Here’s your recap of the Monday, April 8, Board of School Committee meeting. The agenda for the meeting is here: https://5il.co/2hrgn. Video from the meeting will be posted online by Manchester Public Television. As a reminder, we provide live updates from full board meetings at https://twitter.com/mansd_nh.
Webster School Students Lead the Pledge of Allegiance
Thank you to Webster Wildcats Aniya, Jovhan, Elijah, Quinn, Finley, Jack and Jaden for leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance at Monday’s meeting. As is customary, the students had a chance to meet Mayor Ruais and check out his office before the meeting, even sneaking in a practice run of the pledge.
Great work by the students, and thank you to Assistant Principal Canning for helping to coordinate.
Beech Street Teacher Recognized for Award
Our 1st recognition at Monday’s meeting was for Beech Street teacher Anna Balletta, who was named an Extraordinary Educator by Curriculum Associates. Mrs. Balletta is one of 32 to earn that recognition from across the nation. Read more about the award: https://mansd.org/article/1471882.
Central Jazz Band Honored After Performance
Our 2nd recognition was of the Central Jazz Band (which performed before the meeting) and won an Outstanding Performance Award at Clark Terry UNH Jazz Festival. The band also recently performed for the Executive Council. You can watch the performance: https://fb.watch/rkbMVK_TtV/.
Action Agenda Items
There are two items on the action agenda tonight: a request for a change to insurance offerings for non-affiliated District employees and a pilot program for hands-only CPR instruction with Manchester Fire Department. Both items are approved.
Consent Agenda Items
Next up is the consent agenda, which includes the curriculum for our new dual language immersion program, which is set to launch in the fall. All items are approved. Find all items in the agenda packet: https://5il.co/2hrgp
Superintendent’s Updates
Moving right along, we're on to superintendent's communications. The big news here is that Central's FIRST Robotics Team Chaos won the New England championship event this weekend, and has qualified for the World Championships. You can read more about the team here: https://www.mansd.org/article/1543523.
Adjournment and Reminders
The meeting then moved into non-public session, then was adjourned.
As a reminder, you can find more information on the Board of School Committee at https://www.mansd.org/page/bosc. We'll be back with live updates for the May 13 meeting and a recap the following day.