AGENDA

ACTON PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING

December 17, 2009 R.J. Grey Junior High School 7:30 pm Library

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. CHAIRPERSON’S INTRODUCTION

III. APPROVAL of MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 19, 2009 AND STATEMENT OF WARRANT (see addendum)

IV PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. 7:35 Enrollment Projections Annual Report – Marie Altieri

• Discussion of Number of Sections

8:00 ALG Report/Acton Finance Committee Report

• November 18, 2009 ALG minutes

• December 16, 2009 Agenda

3. 8:05 FY’10 Budget Update – Steve Mills

4. FY’11 Budget – Steve Mills

• Preliminary FY’11 Budget

• APS Object Summary and Detail (bring with you from 12/3/09 AB packet)

• 8:30 JT Task Force on Cost Savings – Jonathan Chinitz & Xuan Kong

• Acton Warrant deadline is 12/31/09

5. 8:40 Health Trust Report – John Petersen

6 8:50 School Committee Liaison for each Elemntary School – Xuan Kong

VI. NEW BUSINESS

1. 8:55 Recommendation to Accept Gift from Yoon Jung Hur and Jinhaeng Cho to Acton Public Schools Preschool – VOTE – Steve Mills

2. 9:00 Bus Ridership/Fees – JD Head

VII. FOR YOUR INFORMATION

1. School Newsletters –

Acton Public School Preschool: http://ab.mec.edu/Preschool/index.htm

Conant Crier: http://conant.ab.mec.edu/pto/newsletter.html

Douglas Digest http://douglas.ab.mec.edu/index.html?pto/pto

Gates Gazette: http://gates.ab.mec.edu/gazette.html

McCarthy-Towne Bulletin: http://www.mctptso.org/bulletin/

Merriam Community News: http://merriam.ab.mec.edu/newsletters.html

2. ESL Student Enrollment Report, 12/1/09

3. Monthly APS Financial Reports

a. Budget Status Summary

b. Budget Status Summary – SPED (see addendum)

4. Kindergarten Registration Schedule

5. December 1, 2009 Student Enrollment Numbers/Class Size Info

6. Wellness Action Plans (See addendum)

7. H1N1 Flu Vaccine Clinic Backpack Letter – Clinics on 12/10 and 12/17

VIII. ISSUES FOR THE COMMITTEE

IX. EXECUTIVE SESSION (if needed)

X. NEXT MEETINGS - January 7, 2010 – 7 pm, RJ Grey JH Library – Joint Budget meeting, followed by AB Meeting

January 21 – 7:30 pm, R.J. Grey Junior High Library

January 23 – All-Day Budget Workshop, JH Library – to be decided.

XI. 9:15 ADJOURNMENT

RE: ADDENDUM

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III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 19, 2009

V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

2.a. ALG Report

i. Proposal to use additional reserve to reduce the debt/COPS impact on APS

FY2011 budget

2.b. Acton Finance Committee Report

i. FinCom “Point of View” with respect to FY2011 Budget Planning

ii. FinCom “Carve Out Letter” related to employee compensation

VII. FOR YOUR INFORMATION

3. Monthly APS Financial Reports

b. Budget Status Summary – SPED

5. December 1, 2009 Student Enrollment Numbers/Class Size Info (replacing packet copy)

6. Wellness Action Plans

a. Conant

b. Douglas

c. Gates

d. McCarthy-Towne

e. Merriam

8. Social Security Withholding vs OBRA Report