Superintendents Report

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Superintendents Report

• 2007-2008

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Board of Education
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Goals of the Board of Education

• To continue to improve communication and positive
  outreach to the community.
• To complete the negotiation of a fair and
  equitable contract with the CSEA.
• To continue to emphasize safety in policies and
  operating procedures.
• To continue to monitor capital projects.
• To meet the challenge of increasing the use of
  technology throughout the district by conducting
  paperless board meetings.

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Core Academic Beliefs

• All children can learn.
• Academic progress is everyones first priority.
• Everyone in the process must feel personally
  responsible.
• We must review and use the data.
• We should be restless about the rate of
  improvement.

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Major Academic Initiatives for 2007-2008

• Make adequate yearly progress for all subjects in
  all grades and sub-groups.
• Implement new K-5 Math program.
• Implement Virtual High School.
• Implement Mandarin Chinese language studies in
  the middle school and Chinese culture studies in
  the intermediate school.
• Expand elective, college level and AP courses in
  the high school.
• Expand enrichment and accelerated offerings in
  grades 3-8.
• Coordinate district-wide curriculum mapping.

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High school and intermediate school named High
achieving, gap closing schools by NYS Education
Department.
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Superintendents Goals Student Achievement

• Encourage and support continuous academic
  improvement.
• Develop a five-year plan for continuous academic
  improvement.
• Complete individual curriculum mapping.
• Begin grade level, building level, and district
  level scope and sequence discussions for all
  academic areas.
• Increase the number of faculty members using the
  Internet to communicate goals, objectives, lesson
  plans, assignments, projects, enrichment
  activities, and student progress with students
  and their parents.

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First Day of School September 2007
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Superintendents Goals Student Achievement (contin
ued)

• Increase the number of students with functional
  behavior plans to include nonclassified, at-risk
  students.
• Ensure enrichment activities and rigorous courses
  for students in grades 3-12 who need to be
  challenged.
• Begin online learning in the high school,
  distance learning in the middle school (Mandarin
  Chinese), and Chinese culture studies in the
  intermediate school.
• Update and coordinate academic operating
  procedures.

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Four Year EnrollmentAll statistics are taken
from the NYS Report Card issued in spring 2008.
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Four Year Ethnicity
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Free and Reduced Lunch
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Average Class Size
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Liam ONeill uses videoconferencing through BOCES
to begin our Mandarin Chinese program.
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Grade Four Assessments
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Grade Eight Assessments
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High School Regents Exams
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High School Regents Exams
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High School Regents Exams
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Cohort Assessments
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Regents Diplomas
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Regents Diplomas
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Distribution of Graduates
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High School Noncompletion Rates
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Superintendents Goals Personnel

• Settle with the CSEA union on a fair and
  equitable contract.
• Begin negotiations with the AMVA
  (administrators).
• Increase online staff development opportunities
  for faculty and administrators.
• Work with the Mid Hudson Teachers Center and the
  Mid Hudson Principals Center to encourage
  ongoing staff development.

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Attendance and Suspension Rates
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Discipline Reports
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Superintendent Hearings
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Betsy Corletta and Rosemary Marcolina named
Citizens of the Year by the American Legion.
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High school English teacher, Michael Burns,
receives honorable mention in SAKAI and IBM
online learning competition.
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Superintendents Goals Safety

• Increase the number of drills and table top
  exercises to test our emergency management
  procedures.
• Work with the Red Cross to address school and
  community preparedness for emergency situations.
• Update the high school event security plan.

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Emergency Preparedness

• Button added to our web site 10-31-07

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Superintendents Goals Finance

• Build and pass a budget for the 2008-2009 school
  year.
• Continue to hone financial oversight procedures
  in anticipation of a Comptrollers Audit.

On May 20, 2008, the community passed an
82,558,319 budget for the 2008-2009 school year.
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Superintendents Goals Communication

• Campaign to get all residents to make
  www.minisink.com their home page.
• Engage students to assist in podcast, vodcast and
  television production.
• Continue to reach out to parents in times of
  concern.
• Plan a Good-Bye for the current Otisville
  school building.

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NYS All State Musicians
Amanda Morace (Womens Chorus), Andrew Hulle
(Symphony Orchestra) Emily Cooper (Mixed Chorus),
Katrina Kuka (Mixed Chorus) and Caitlin Ryan
(Mixed Chorus)
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Fifth grade student dresses up as a UNICEF
box for Halloween.
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Area All State musicians perform at
Monroe-Woodbury High School on November 17,
2007.
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Project Cooperation Summer 2007
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Congressman John Hall meets with seniors on
October 12, 2007.
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Strawberry Milk Comes to Minisink. Fifth graders
petition for change.
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MV Kiwanis gives every third grader a dictionary.
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Middle school students support the troops.
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Pinwheels for Peace September 21, 2007
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Senior Ken Sweeney gets parking sticker September
2007 as part of new safe driver program.
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FBLA works on Adopt-a-Highway Project.
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National Transportation Week October 22-26
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Aileen Gunther visits in October to have
Intermediate school students vote on a NYS
butterfly.
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Superintendents Goals Growth

• Adjust the attendance zones for the Route 6 and
  Otisville campuses.
• Close out the middle school and spring bid
  projects.
• Work with Thomas Associates to ensure an on
  time, on budget opening of the new Otisville
  Elementary School.
• Prepare and pass a referendum for an
  infrastructure improvement, safety, and
  technology project utilizing the NYS EXCEL funds.

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New Attendance Zone
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EXCEL Project approved by the voters On February
5, 2008.
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High school roof gets a facelift.
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Teachers tour new classrooms in June.
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Division 2 Champions Warriors vs. Crusaders in
Section IX AA Finals on November 3, 2007
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Varsity Girls Basketball Division 2 Champions
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Coach of the Year Jeff Malara, varsity tennis
coach
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Stephanie Dolson Player of the Year
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Varsity Boys Basketball Section IX Champions
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Cory Quimby Player of the Year Dave
Oszcepinski Coach of the Year
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Ross Hansen Section IX Wrestling Champion
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Boys Tennis OCL Division 2 Champions
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Krista Hawkins Senior Individual Champion
Cheerleaders Third in CANAM Nationals in Myrtle
Beach, SC
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Varsity Boys Baseball Section IX Champions
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Alec Faldermeyer named 1 in New York
State in the Hammer Throw event.
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Athletic greatness starts in the middle school
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Rudyard Kiplings Just So Stories November
1-3 2007
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Girl Scout Gold Award Project unveiled on
November 30, 2007.
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RoseMarie Cricchio accepts Department of the Year
award on behalf of the business department.
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Aviation course begins in the high school.
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K-5 art work now displayed online at Artsonia.com
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Middle school students perform holiday songs for
the troops in Iraq live via videoconferencing.
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Third grade chorus members sing at a local
nursing home.
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Fourth grade students visit Radio City Music
Hall to attend Chinese New Year show.
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The president of the National Honor Society
speaks at the induction ceremony.
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AJROTC members win frequent competitions with
other high schools in the area.
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Alice in Wonderland, Middle School, March 14, 2008
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Improvisation Group from Lincoln Center performs
for intermediate school students March 19, 2008.
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Dr. Seuss sets the stage for the high
school spring musical in April 2008.
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Whoville residents are part of Seussical, the
Musical.
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The elementary school honors its many
parent volunteers.
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High school chorus groups win several trophies
in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Odyssey of the Mind team takes first place in
state competition.
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JROTC earns recognition as Honor Unit with
Distinction during their Annual Formal
Inspection.
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Scholar Athletes Caitlin Meagher Tyler Faust
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Otisville Students Celebrate 1972 Day
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Minisink Elementary students go ACES on the
track, All Children Exercising Simultaneously.
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Farewell to Otisville Building June 7, 2008
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Senior Citizen Cabaret June 14, 2008
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Class of 2008 Valedictorian Kenneth
Sweeney Salutatorian Elizabeth Moriarty
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Graduation Day June 27, 2008