The Town of Webb UFSD Board of Education held a meeting on Tuesday, June 18, at 6:30 p.m., where it took the following action (not official minutes).

Approved the Minutes of June 4, 2013 meeting.

Approved the Warrants and Claims.

Approved the Treasurer’s Report for May 2013.

Approved the Committee on Special Education Recommenda-tions.

Approve the appointment of the Fall Sports Coaches for 2013-2014:

John (Louie) Ehrensbeck, Boys’ Varsity Soccer; David Leach, Girls’ Varsity Soccer; Travis Kiefer, Boys’ JV Soccer; Robert Fountain, Girls’ Junior Varsity Soccer; Kristen Armendola, Girls’ Modified Soccer; TBA, Boys’ Modified Soccer; Tim Leach, Coed Cross-Country Running and Modified Cross Country.

Approved the agreement between Town of Webb Union Free School District and the Jefferson-Lewis BOCES for Services 2013-2014 school year.

Approved the probationary appointment Hannah Payne as a K-6 elementary teacher effective September 1, 2013.

Established a reserve fund to be known as the Liability Reserve Fund.

Approved the Superintendent’s Agreement that replaces and supersedes the prior Employment Agreement between the parties.

Approved the Town of Webb Administrators’ Association collective bargaining agreement July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014.

Principal’s Report: 

I would like to remind everyone of the reading challenge for grades K-5 this summer from the Webb Way.  Every student who reads 3 books can turn in a certificate to the main office to receive a coupon for an ice cream cone at A Sweet Car Named Desire.

I would like to invite everyone in the community to our graduation ceremony for the Class of 2013 on Friday night at 7pm.

The Finals/Regents/SLO testing has gone very smoothly with the cooperation of teachers/staff proctoring and scoring.

Thank you:

• Everyone on the scheduling committee who helped to design an effective Finals/Regents week schedule.

• Enchanted Forest Water Safari for hosting our field trip on Monday for grades K-5.  Thank you to teachers/staff for chaperoning this field trip.

• Mrs. Amos for chaperoning a field trip for Jr. Key Club on Tuesday, 6/18 to Water Safari.

• The faculty who had to travel this year for scoring in Adirondack, Glenfield, or Lowville.

• Adirondack High School for helping us to grade our Regents exams this year due to the new APPR guidelines.

• Kandis Griffin for hosting our 5th grade orientation night for parents.  We look forward to our 5th graders moving up to join the students in grades 6-12.

• Everyone in the building for cooperating and taking part in our fire drills at the end of the year.

• Everyone who applied for the Instrumental Music Position that was posted.  We had over 90 candidates and we conducted interviews all day today during the first round.

• Mallory Sullivan for her successful teaching at the TOW!

I want to wish all of our students and 10 month employees a safe and enjoyable summer!

It is with great appreciation that we wish our Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Borwick the best in her retirement.  We hope she enjoys time with family and friends!

Superintendent’s Report included the topics: 

The Tech Committee decided that it was important to move forward with our District 1:1 initiative. We currently have on order enough laptops to outfit the 9-12 with portable devices for their daily use. The remaining monies in our REAP Grant are being used to fund this. Focus has ultimately turned from replacing lab machines and desktops to supporting this initiative with the current monies available.

The Tech Committee is also going to announce the choice of an online learning platform that will be used by teachers to create a learning environment for some classes that will mimic what they will find in their studies beyond high school.

This platform will be universally used as teachers move into this format but will not be mandated for all classes at this point. As with anything there is a learning curve for all new technology and initiatives and professional development will be necessary to have this be a success in the future.

As part of our summer activities we will be having an outside agency come in for auditing/inventory control. As such we have asked all personnel to make sure all electronic items are returned for inventory and maintenance this year. All instruments have also been asked to be brought in for these purposes.

Weekly guidance regarding Teacher and Principal APPR is continuing. The process still seems to be somewhat fluid with many questions still being asked and concerns raised. John will be meeting for year-end discussions to share with teachers what we currently have for the portion of the scores we are in full control of.

Graduation is on Friday at 7PM. We extend an invitation to all Board members and community members as it is truly the work of the community that supports the school and students allowing us to say that our class of 2013 consist of 100% graduating, 81.25% pursuing higher education, 12.5% moving onto employment and 6.25% enlisting in the military. Congratulations to the class of 2013.

We owe Patty Josephson a very large thank you for 10 years of dedicated volunteer service to the students and staff at the Town of Webb UFSD. Your efforts on behalf of our youth are greatly appreciated and your years of experience will be missed by the board and the administration. THANK YOU!

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On Tuesday, July 2, 2013 @ 6:30 p.m. the next meeting is scheduled in the Library.

*Once minutes are approved you may find them at www.towschool.org