The summer really flew by this year, and the Committee was hard at work on a number of business items in support of our students. Here are some quick highlights from June, July, and August:
June 10th
* Voted on the administration of PARCC
* Approved the job description for the Director of Fine and Performing Arts
June 24th
* Listened as all School Improvement Plans were presented
* Voted to add one secondary school psychologist
July 8th
* Approved lump-sum raises for non-union personnel
* Continued employment of our outside legal counsel, Hollender & Carey
July 22nd
* Voted to eliminate class rank beginning with the Class of 2016
* Performed the Superintendent's evaluation
August 8th
* Approved the School Committee action items (associated with our goals)
* Voted to increase Supt. Taymore's salary (based on performance and in accordance with previously agreed salary grid)
August 26th
* Reviewed the DPW's summer work in the schools
* Voted to extend Supt. Taymore's contract to 2018 and voted on her 2015 goals
* Reviewed the educator evaluation report from the Dept. of Elem. and Sec. Ed.
Remember that all documents attached to the items above, as well as for the other items we discussed at our meetings, can be found at melroseschools.com, School Committee, IQM2. We also officially changed e-mail addresses this summer, so please contact us using our new city addresses (e.g. mdriscoll@cityofmelrose.org). Due to today's elections, we'll meet again on September 23rd. Looking forward to a great fall!
