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EXHIBIT II
TOWN OF SIMSBURY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Record of Proceedings Regular Meeting October 25, 2016
Mrs. Willerup called the regular meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. in the Board of
Education Conference Room.
Roll Call :
Members present : Mmes. Tara Willerup and Lydia Tedone. Messrs. Todd Burrick,
Tom Doran, Tom Frank and Jeff Tindall.
Members absent : Messrs. Todd Burrick and Mike Goman.
Also present : Assistant Superintendent Erin Murray, Assistant Superintendent Sue
Homrok-Lemke, Business Manager Burke LaClair, Director of Personnel Neil
Sullivan, Student Representative Zeke Hodkin and Recording Secretary Katie Wilde.
PUBLIC AUDIENCE
None
BOARD AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMUNICATIONS
Zeke Hodkin reported on activities at SHS such as PSAT administration, the National
Merit Scholarship breakfast for the 5 semifinalists, and the One Act Festival. He also
reported on activities at HJMS and at some of the elementary schools.
Ms. Tedone noted that the CABE/CAPSS Convention is November 18 & 19, with the
Delegate Assembly on November 17. Ms. Salina reported on the Curriculum
Committee meeting, stating that they discussed the review of the elementary math
program. She noted that the Elementary Math Program Adoption Committee will
hold their first meeting this week.
Ms. Lemke stated that Dr. Cecilia Singh, Professor at Yale University Child Study
Center of Medicine, will be presenting on trauma and the impact on students for
special education teachers during their professional development session tomorrow.
She stated that Community for Care will hold their next presentation on November
15 th . The topic is suicide prevention, and the presenter is Simsbury resident Tom
Steen, Executive Director of Capital Area Substance Abuse Council (CASAC).
Mr. Sullivan reported that negotiations are continuing with the SEA and SSASA
unions. SSASA mediation is scheduled tomorrow and SEA mediation next week. Mr.
LaClair reported that he attended a meeting at the state relative to the HJMS school
renovation project.
Ms. Murray discussed the math review meeting that will take place during
professional development tomorrow. She reviewed the professional development
sessions that are scheduled on November 8 th : Elementary level teachers will receive
professional development on responsive classroom and secondary teachers will
attend the annual Technology Conference that Joncia Lytwynec puts together. Ms.
Murray noted that over a dozen Simsbury teachers participated in a Twitter chat last
week discussing “creating joy within the academic environment”. She stated that art
teacher Laurel Archambault has a picture of her sculpture printed in a children’s
book; and music teacher Colleen Thompson will present at the CMEA professional
Public Audience
Communications

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in East Hartford.