Meeting Aug. 22

Fri, 08/19/2016 - 2:30pm

The RSU 71 School Board (Belfast, Belmont, Morrill, Searsmont and Swanville) will meet Monday, Aug. 22, at 6:30 p.m. in the Belfast Area High School Library. The agenda includes continued discussion and possible straw vote on the high school concept plans.

The board has been working this year, along with Siemens and WBRC Architects and Engineers, to develop concept projects that would address heating, ventilation, and energy savings in all RSU 71 schools,

The school board will continue to discuss the concerns regarding the tri-town schools throughout this school year, but have narrowed the concept projects to three for Belfast Area High School, with a goal of narrowing the project to a final choice in the coming weeks. This decision will allow the school board to move forward in asking the public for a finance bond to fund the chosen project on November 8. The decision will also allow the school board and Siemens to further design energy savings projects that will be funded within the existing district energy budget.

The full agenda follows”

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

Monday, August 22, 2016

BELFAST AREA HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY 6:30 P.M.

CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES

3.1 Regular Board Meeting – August 8, 2016 (Vote)

CONSENT AGENDA FOR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES–Policy Mtg., August 8, 2016 (Vote)
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
COMMITTEE REPORTS – Policy Committee (8/8/16)

6.1 Second Reading and Adoption of the Following Policies: (Vote)

– Staff Dress Code
– Instructional Goals and Objectives
– School Year and School Day
– Organization of Instruction
– Curriculum Development, Adoption, Review
– Inclusive Vision Statement
– Curriculum Programs
– Basic Instructional Program
– Individualized Education Programs
– Referral/Pre-referral of Students with Disabilities
– Referral/Pre-referral Administrative Procedures
– Child Find Policy
– Life-Sustaining Emergency Care
– Grievance Procedure for Persons with Disabilities
– Gifted and Talented Education
– Student Assistance Team
– Student Assistance Team Procedures
– Program for Limited English Proficient Students
– Tutoring Services
– Home Instruction Program
– Home Schooling Participation in School Programs
– Private School Students Access to School Co-curricular, Interscholastic
– Summer School

– Advanced Placement Courses – Weighted Grades
– Post-Secondary Enrollment Options
– Participation of Day School Students in Adult and Community Education – Adult Education Program
– Adult Education Program Enrollment
– Adult Education Program Authorization for Waiver of Hyset Age

Requirements
– Adult Education Establishment of Program Fees
– Adult Education Standardized Assessment
– Class Size
– Independent Study
– Instructional and Library-Media Material Selection
– Challenge of Instructional and Library-Media Materials Form – Student Trips
– Field Trip Request Form
– General Guidelines for Field Trips
– School Volunteers
– Student Achievement/Evaluation of Student Achievement
– Report Cards/Progress Reports
– Parent Conferences
– Class Rankings/Grade Point Averages
– Honor Roll
– Promotion, Retention, and Acceleration of Students
– Consideration of Retention Notice
– Notice of Retention Decision
– Graduation Requirements
– Early Graduation
– Evaluation of Instructional Program
– Student Surveys and Marketing Information
– Teaching about Controversial/Sensitive Issues
– Alternatives to Biological Dissection
– Exemption from Required Instruction
– Patriotic Exercises
– Flag Displays
– Animals in Schools
– Service Animals in Schools

6.2 First Reading of the Following Policies:

– Compulsory Attendance Ages
– Entrance Age
– School Admissions
– Admission of Resident Students
– Admission of Non-resident Students – Admission of Homeless Students

– Intra-Region Transfers
– Student Withdrawal from School (Dropout Prevention Committee)
– Student Use of Personal Electronic Devices at School
– Student Use of Personal Electronic Devices at School–School Rules

– Post Graduate Attendance Policy

– Post Graduate Student Application
– Post Graduate Contract
– Assignment of Students to Classes: Transfer Students and Home Schooling

Students
– Truancy
– Student Rights and Responsibilities
– Student Involvement in Decision-Making
– System-wide Student Code of Conduct
– Student Dress
– Student Conduct on School Buses
– Student Distribution of Non-School Materials
– Student Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Use
– Student Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco – Administrative Procedures
– Extra Curricular and Co-Curricular Activities Code of Conduct for Middle and

High School Students
– Weapons, Violence, and School Safety
– Bullying
– Documentation of Disciplinary and Remedial Actions Taken
– Student Questioning, Searches and Arrests
– Questioning and Searches of Students - Administrative Procedures – Student Activities Policy
– Fund Raising Activities by Students
– Student Athletics
– Emergency Athletic Policy
– Private School Students Access to Public School Co-Curricular,

Interscholastic and Extra-Curricular Activities
– Private School Students Application for Participation in Co-Curricular,

Interscholastic and Extra-Curricular Activities
– Sponsorship and Evaluation of Athletic/Co-Curricular Programs
– Hiring and Evaluation of Coaches
– Sportsmanship
– Relations with Booster Groups
– Interscholastic Athletic Activities Eligibility
– Student Concussions and Other Head Injuries
– Private School Students Participation in Extra-Curricular K-8
– Student Discipline
– Use of Physical Restraint and Seclusion
– Procedures on Physical Restraint and Seclusion
– Detention of Students
– Suspension of Students
– Suspension Procedures
– Expulsion of Students
– Expulsion Guidelines
– Disciplinary Removals of Students with Disabilities
– Removal of Students with Disabilities - Administrative Procedures – Student Wellness
– Immunization of Students
– Communicable/Infectious Diseases
– Students with HIV/AIDS