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COLCHESTER BOARD OF EDUCATION
Policy Committee Meeting
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
2:00 PM
Board of Education Conference Room
MINUTES
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Margo Gignac, Donna Antonacci and Stefanie Tracey-Calash.
ADMINISTRATION PRESENT: Superintendent Daniel P. Sullivan, IIT
OTHERS PRESENT: Executive Assistant to the Superintendent Alyssa Fratoni
1. MEETING OPENING
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1.2 Roll Call
All present
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2. PUBLIC COMMENT
2.1 No public comments
3. *CONSENT AGENDA
3.1 Motion by: M. Gignac
Motion to approve minutes from Policy Committee Meeting on April 17, 2024
Second: D. Antonacci
Roll Call: All in favor
Vote: Motion carried
3.2 Motion by: D. Antonacci
Motion to add review items from 9000 Series
Second: M Gignac
Roll Call: All in favor
Vote: Motion carried
Motion by: D. Antonacci
Motion to remove Policies 0300 Policies and Bylaws for Colchester Public Schools, 9310
Development, Distribution and Maintenance of Manual of Policies, Regulations, ByLaws, and 9401
Policy Review due to redundancies in Policy 93/1 Policies. Policies 0300, 9310 and 9401 will be
brought to the full Board at the next Board of Education Regular Meeting.
Second: M Gignac
Roll Call: All in favor
Vote: Motion carried
Motion by: D. Antonacci
Motion to edit Policy 2231 Policy and Regulations Systems due to the need to meet more current
technical standards. Policy 2231 Policy and Regulations Systems will be brought to the full Board at
the next Board of Education Regular Meeting for First Read.
Second: M Gignac
Roll Call: All in favor
Vote: Motion carried
Motion by: D. Antonacci
Motion to edit Policy 9311 Policies. Policy 9311 Policies will be brought to the full Board at the next
Board of Education Regular Meeting for First Read.
Second: M Gignac
Roll Cail: All in favor
Vote: Motion carried
Motion by: D. Antonacci
Motion to edit Policy 5123 Promotion/Retention/Acceleration Policy. Policy 5123
Promotion/Retention/Acceleration Policy will be brought to the full Board at the next Board of
Education Regular Meeting for First Read.
Second: M Gignac
Roll Call: All in favor
Vote: Motion carried
Motion by: D. Antonacci
Motion to keep as posted Policies 9314 Suspension of Policies, ByLaws, Regulations and 9321 Time,
Place and Notice of Meetings. Policies 9314 Suspension of Policies, ByLaws, Regulations and 9321
Time, Place and Notice of Meetings will not be brought to the full Board at the next Board of
Education Regular Meeting due to no revisions.
Second: M Gignac
Roll Call: All in favor
Vote: Motion carried
Motion by: D. Antonacci
Motion to remove Policy 0050 Code of Ethics due to redundancies in Policy 9272 Code of Coduct
and Expectations . Policy 0050 Code of Ethics will be brought to the full Board at the next Board of
Education Regular Meeting.
Second: M Gignac
Roll Call: All in favor
Vote: Motion carried
Motion by: D. Antonacci
Motion to remove Policy 0200 Mission-Goals-Objetives District Goals due to it being dictated by
the State Statute and adhered to by the administration. Policy 0200 Mission-Goals-Objetives District
Goals will be brought to the full Board at the next Board of Education Regular Meeting.
Second: M Gignac
Roll Call: All in favor
Vote: Motion carried
4. *PRIORITY DISCUSSION / ACTION ITEMS
4.1 *Series 1000 Board of Education Policies
The Committee discussed Policies 0500 Comprehensive Long-Range Planning, 1000 Concept,
Goals, and Roles in Community Relations and 1110.1 School, Family, and Community Partnerships. After
discussion, the Committee thinks they are all necessary but need edits and removals. D. Antonacci will work on
the rewording of the Policies and bring to next Policy Committee Meeting for review.
5. ADJOURNMENT
Motion by: M. Gignac
Moved to adjourn.
Second: S. Tracey-Calash
Roll Call: All in favor
Vote: Motion carried
D. Antonacci adjourned the meeting at 2:59 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Alyssa Fratoni
Executive Assistant to the Superintendent