AGENDA
WOONSOCKET SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2024
5:30 PM - CLOSED SESSION
7:00 PM – OPEN SESSION
In Person Location:
HAMLET MIDDLE SCHOOL, CAFETERIA
60 FLORENCE DRIVE, WOONSOCKET, RI 02895
Or
Meeting ID
meet.google.com/azz-yecm-jiv
Phone Numbers
(US)+1 240-560-3589
PIN: 340 121 056#
Or
WOON Radio - Channel 1240 for AM Radio
Or
Channel 99.5 for FM Radio
______________________________________________________________________________
Call to Order
Roll Call
CLOSED SESSION: The Committee may seek to convene in executive session in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-5(a)(1) to discuss the job performance and character of a tenured nurse teacher, and to conduct a pre-deprivation hearing to consider the Superintendent’s recommendation to end the employment relationship with the tenured teacher and to discuss the district’s School Hazard Site Safety Survey Reports in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-5(a)(3)
Moment of Silence
Pledge of Allegiance
GOOD AND WELFARE – Public Comment
For anyone addressing the School Committee during Good and Welfare, please begin with your name and address. Your comments shall be no more than five minutes of speaking time and should be in good decorum. Please be aware that the Committee cannot respond to you during good & welfare but may direct you to an appropriate member of the administration team or may meet with you directly after the meeting for further discussion.
RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
● Award Recipients of the Stop & Shop Food Pantry Program
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: October 9, 2024 Open Meeting Minutes
CONSENT AGENDA
● Purchases/Transfers
● Field Trip/Conference Requests
● Homeschooling Requests
COMMUNICATIONS
● Report from the Student Representative
● Instructional Empowerment Case Study Presentation - A. Holt
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
● Personnel Matters Update
SCHOOL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
● Building Committee Update - A. Notarianni
● Facilities, Security and Safety Committee Update - P. Bourget, A. Leclaire
CONFERENCES/DISCUSSIONS
● Special Education Update - D. Morelle, K. Girard
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. None
NEW BUSINESS
1. Discussion/Approval on the Amendments to the Non-Union Benefits Policy - L. Kapiskas, D. Burke
2. Discussion/Approval on the Amendments to the Title IX Policy - L. Kapiskas, D. Burke
3. Discussion on how the Education Department provides assistance for the district’s homeless student population - P. Bourget
4. Discussion/Approval of Filing a Fiscal Impact Statement with RIDE for Proposed Charters/Charter Expansions: (1) New England Tech Academy and (2) Rhode Island Cultural Academy Charter School - L. Kapiskas
ADJOURNMENT
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….............
For additional information or to request interpreter services, or other special services for the hearing impaired (i.e., readers/captioners, etc.), please contact Office of Superintendent three days prior to the meeting at (401) 767-4608; or by the Tuesday prior to the meeting, or call 1-800-745-5555 (TTY), 1-800-745-6575 (Voice). This agenda will be posted 48 hours prior to the meeting. Any changes to this agenda will be posted on the Woonsocket Education Department website at www.woonsocket schools.com, McFee Administration
Building, Woonsocket Middle School, WACTC, City Hall, and Harris Library and will be electronically filed with the Secretary of State at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. The Woonsocket Education Department does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, sex,
sexual orientation, race, religion, national origin, or disability. Posted on October 21, 2024.
The CDC Director has been relieved of her role by the White House. HHS announced Susan Monarez was no longer the agency's director yesterday and at first she refused to leave the post. Her lawyers said it was due to her being a person of integrity and devoted to science, while also adding she was targeted after clashing with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy. 
