December 5, At 7:03 pm Chairman Sullivan called the meeting to order.

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1 December 5, 2016 A meeting of the Westfield School Committee was held on Monday, December 5, 2016, at 7:00 pm in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 59 Court Street. Members present by roll call were: Mr. Bill Duval, Mr. Jeffrey Gosselin, Mrs. Diane Mayhew, Mrs. Cindy Sullivan, Mr. Kevin J. Sullivan, Mr. Ramon Diaz, and Chairman Brian Sullivan. At 7:03 pm Chairman Sullivan called the meeting to order. 1. Pledge of Allegiance: Chairman Sullivan asked if anyone was taping the meeting and if so, please state your name and address: no response. 2. Public participation, excluding personnel: none 3. Paper Mill Elementary School presentation: Ms. Kennedy, Principal, and students were in attendance. Students shared art work with the committee. A two minute recess was called. 4. Westfield Technical Academy student representatives: Tyler Simpson and Peyton McTavish were in attendance and updated the committee. 5. State of the District: Superintendent Czaporowski reviewed a Power Point presentation with the committee (attached). 6. Approval of the ovember 21, 2016 School Committee meeting minutes: moved, seconded to approve the regular School Committee meeting minutes of ovember 21, All were in favor. 7. Approval of home school applications HE to HE : moved, seconded to approve home school applications HE to HE for the school year. All were in favor. 8. Approval of Westfield Technical Academy Trip to ew ork City, December 20, 2016: moved, seconded to approve the Westfield Technical Academy trip to ew ork City on December 20, All were in favor nd /final reading, by title only, of policies: a. File: BG School Committee Policy Development moved, seconded for 2 nd /final reading, by title only,

2 of amended policy File: BG School Committee Policy Development. Motion passes. All were in favor. b. File: BGB Policy Adoption: moved, seconded for a 2 nd /final reading, by title only, of amended policy File: BGB Policy Adoption. All were in favor. Motion passes. c. File: BGE Policy Dissemination: moved, seconded for a 2 nd /final reading, by title only, of amended policy File: BGE Policy Dissemination. All were in favor. d. File: BGF Suspension of Policies: moved, seconded for a 2 nd /final reading, by title only, of amended policy File: BGF Suspension of Policies. All were in favor. e. File: BDG School Attorney: moved, seconded for a 2 nd /final reading, by title only, of amended policy File: BDG School Attorney. All were in favor. Motion passes. 10. Approval of Memorandum of Agreement with Westfield Education Association: moved, seconded to approve the Memorandum of Agreement with the Westfield Education Association, as presented, to allow for the additional pay of $500 for the month of ovember 2016 for additional responsibilities related to Health Service Liaison and authorize the Chari to sign on behalf of the committee. Chairman Sullivan 11. Approval of Memorandum of Agreement with Westfield Lunch Association: moved, seconded to approve the Memorandum of Agreement, with the Westfield Lunch Association, as presented, to allow all union eligible members to participate in a bidding in December 2016 for a manager vacancy in January 2017, and authorize the Chair to sign on behalf of the committee.

3 Chairman Sullivan 12. Budget Transfer: moved, seconded to approve the following budget transfer: Amount From Acct#/Title To Acct #/Title $30, / /52100 atural Gas Energy Chairman Sullivan 13. Acceptance of Westfield Public Schools Special Revenue Accounts, ovember 2016: moved, seconded to accept the ovember 2016 Westfield Public Schools Special Revenue Accounts, as presented, ovember Chairman Sullivan 14. Superintendent s Report a. Acceptance of gifts/donations: moved, seconded to accept the following gifts/donations: - Munger Hill Elementary School, Great American Opportunities, $60.00, gift account, educational purposes - Paper Mill Elementary School, Great American Opportunities, $72.00, gift account, educational purposes

4 Chairman Sullivan b. John & Abigail Adams Scholarship: Mr. Czaporowski announced 97 Westfield High School students and 11 Westfield Technical Academy students received the John & Abigail Adams Scholarship. This is an increase of three students from last year. c. Other: Mr. Czaporowski recognized Mrs. Dargie for having received an award at a recent Westfield State University annual meeting for teachers and education majors. He also provided an update on the refugee enrollments, Botvin health curriculum, and gave a shout out to Westfield High for a recent Mass College Celebration to assist seniors in applying for college. 15. Mayor s update: Mayor Sullivan stated if you have any opportunities to get out to the schools for the upcoming celebrations please take advantage of them. 16. School Committee update: none 17. Items for referral to subcommittees: moved, seconded to the following School Committee policies to the Human Resources & Policy Subcommittee: File: BHBA School Committee Conferences and Workshops File: BHD School Committee Member Compensation and Expenses File: BI School Committee Legislative Program File: BK Evaluation of School Committee Operational Procedures File: BK-E School Committee Self Evaluation File: Draft Lice Policy All were in favor. moved, seconded to refer the Botvin health curriculum to the Instruction & Curriculum Subcommittee, as soon as the Superintendent has it available. All were in favor. 18. Old business: none 19. Subcommittee Reports/Recommendations: a. Reports: reported the Human Resources & Policy Subcommittee met earlier this evening to review and discuss policies. Policies will be brought forward at the next meeting. b. Minutes: none

5 20. ext regular School Committee meeting: December 19, 2016 At 8:32 pm moved, seconded to adjourn the meeting. All were in favor. Mr. Stefan Czaporowski, Superintendent of Schools Clerk Westfield School Committee A true copy, Attest: Cindy Sullivan, Secretary Westfield School Committee