BUILDING LEVEL PLANNING TEAM
MINUTES
Member’s Present; Stephen Lezon, Sarah
Rogine, Sarah Sutherland, Ted Alban, Gary Sutherland
Guests: Dr. Laura Sagan, Ernie Welch, Faculty
Representative.
Member’s Absent: John Murphy, Larry Montalto,
Barbara Wolcott, Pat Beecher, Diane Brown, Susan Volin, Nina Saxena, Parul Saxena
Dr.
Laura Sagan, Bulkeley Middle School Principal and Mr. Ernie Welch, Rhinebeck
High School Foreign Language (French) instructor, were introduced and thanked
for their attendance.
Acceptance of Minutes: The meeting minutes of
Dr. Sagan’s Power Point
Presentation: Dr. Sagan presented on proposed changes to the Foreign Language
Program at BMS. (See Attached)
Discussion
followed.
¨ BMS will mirror the
languages that are offered in the High School with exception of Latin.
¨ Questions of why Latin is
not included. It is felt that middle
school students are not developmentally ready for Latin in 6/7 grade. Latin will be offered to students when in 8th
grade.
¨ Benefit to students with
language being introduced at an earlier age.
¨ Must remember to promote
Latin.
¨ Suggestion of High School
Foreign Language teachers to introduce their subject to individual BMS classes.
¨ The BLPT is in agreement
with this proposal, but is fearful of losing middle school Latin component.
BOCES Program Update: Mr. Heywood, Mrs. Volin and
Mr. Lezon met with Mr. Celenza. (two weeks ago)
¨ Went over our
concerns/program concerns.
¨ He will set up a meeting
with Claire Garvey. (Asst. Superintendent at BOCES)
¨ Our HS guidance counselors
will be invited as well as Mrs. Volin and Mrs. Bryant. (HS Special Ed/Resource
Room teachers)
¨ Mrs. Volin will present the
results of that meeting and any results/findings and/or agreements at a future
BLPT meeting and put this issue to closure.
Drug Free School Zone:
This
topic has been discussed at the Board of Education meetings. The Board has asked for more information
before deciding on this topic. The Board
of Education requests that representatives from the RHS BLPT make a
presentation at a future Board meeting.
They also request input/feedback form the community regarding this
topic. We discussed sending a letter to
the community. This letter will be
drafted prior to our next meeting.
Closed vs. Open Campus: Due to time constraints,
the BLPT was not able to enter into discussion on this issue. This will be discussed at next meeting.
Next meeting will be
1. Review and Discussion of the
Mission/Vision/Core Values Statement drafted by the CDEP M/V/B Subcommittee.
(See Attached)
2. Drug-Free School Zone
(Update)
3. Student Signing Out during
the School Day/Closed Campus.