ANSONIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

BOARD OF EDUCATION
MINUTES
PLACE: ANSONIA CITY HALL DATE: 06 APRIL 2011 TIME: 7:00 P.M.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY: PRESIDENT John Lawlor

I. OPENING
A. Pledge of Allegiance

B. Roll Call

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PRESENT ABSENT LATE (time)

MR. GEORGE BOATH X
MR. ROBERT CARUSO X
MS. FRANCES DIGIORGI X
MR. JOHN LAWLOR, President X
MR. WILLIAM NIMONS X
MR. CARMEN PITNEY X
MR. EDWARD SHARKEY X
TOTAL 5 2 0

MOTION: To amend the agenda and add Action Item C,

Resignation of Marie Elliott and Action Item D,
Resignation of Sandra Fainer.

MOTION YES NO ABSTAIN

MR. GEORGE BOATH 2 X
MR. ROBERT CARUSO
MS. FRANCES DIGIORGI 1 X
MR. JOHN LAWLOR, President X
MR. WILLIAM NIMONS X
MR. CARMEN PITNEY
MR. EDWARD SHARKEY X
TOTAL 5 0 0

II. PRESENTATIONS

A. CAPT Scholars

DISCUSSION: Superintendent Merlone said she is very proud to present certificates of achievement to the CAPT
scholars from Ansonia High School. The seniors are: Meghan Ellis, Diane Garzon, Zachary Rivers, Jasmine Schuchmann;
and juniors, Brisita Crews, Veronica Devine, Deanna Jimenez, Daniel Kiley, Albert Kwaskiewicz, Jake LaRovera, Daniel
Majchrzak, Rose Matasovsky, Derik Montanez, Joshua O’Neill, Rachel Paskiewicz, Rose Scalzi, Joseph Simon, Kailey
Sirois, Paulina Topczewska, and Gabriela Wrobel. There was applause from the audience. Mr. Lawlor, in behalf of the
Board, congratulated all the students on their hard work and effort in excelling on the CAPT test. He also congratulated the
parents for recognizing the importance of education for your children and pushing them to be the best that they can be. The
Board looks forward to hearing good thing about your accomplishments as you begin wind up your careers in Ansonia. Mrs.
McKernan, principal of Ansonia High School, presented the scholars with sweatshirts.
 B. CABE Calendar Award, David Kennedy

DISCUSSION: Superintendent Merlone introduced Mr. David Kennedy, from the Connecticut Association of Boards
of Education (CABE). Mr. Kennedy was at the meeting to present Mrs. Eileen Ehman, grants manager, with the 2010 Board
of Education Excellence in Communication Award to Ansonia Public Schools. Mrs. Ehman was not able to attend the
meeting and Mrs. Merlone accepted on her behalf. Mr. Kennedy said that he is a member of the CABE Board of Directors
and a member of the Stratford Board of Education. He explained that the calendar is impressive not only for the artwork but
also for the simple language that takes policies and programs and presents them very clearly. Also, what makes it special is
that it shows at a glance what is happening across the district. This helps others to get involved in what is happening in your
schools. Mr. Kennedy said he works for the United Way, and the United Way commissioned a national study to look at the
public’s opinion about public education. We found that the public wants to be involved in public education. Mr. Kennedy
congratulated the Board for engaging their community through this form of communication. Mr. Kennedy then presented
Superintendent Merlone with the 2010 Board of Education Excellence in Communication Award. There was applause from
the audience. Mr. Lawlor thanked Mr. Kennedy for taking the time to present the award. Mr. Lawlor congratulated Mrs.
Ehman.

C. Curriculum & Instruction Committee, Sherrod McNeill, Chair

ATTACHMENT #1
DISCUSSION: Dr. Gasper explained that they have put together impressive groups of teachers and administrators
to work on making the District Improvement Plan (DIP) come to fruition. There are five committees in total. He explained that
it is his and Superintendent Merlone’s plan to have each of those chairs give a brief overview to the Board. The first of two
committees to present to the Board is the Curriculum & Instruction Committee, chaired by Mr. Sherrod McNeill, sixth grade
teacher at Prendergast School. The second committee, Assessment & Data Teams Committee, is chaired by Mr. Joseph
Apicella, vice principal of Prendergast School.

Mr. McNeill thanked Dr. Gasper and Superintendent Merlone for their patience and guidance in this process. He then
gave a brief overview. He added that regarding Professional Development, they are trying to move away from the traditional
lecture model where the faculty sits and listens, and mirror the Gradual Release, the I do, we do, and you do model. The
teachers are focusing on this; it is how we provide and implement instruction. Based on feedback, so far, the staff are
accepting to this model. Feedback from the UA department meetings is that it has been a long time coming. The UA
department would like to develop curriculum for their departments. This will be discussed with the committee.
Mr. McNeill explained that looking ahead, they would like to move towards a workshop type of PD where there are
different parts, different subjects that are covered in one PD. This will allow the staff to cover multiple topics in one date. Mr.
Lawlor said it appears from the presentation that we are seeking out input and feedback from staff members as we continue
to develop our PD. He thinks what is a key strategy in putting PD together is having the staff embrace what we are trying to
do. Mr. Lawlor congratulated the Curriculum Committee for keeping an eye on that.

D. Assessment & Data Teams Committee, Joe Apicella, Chair

ATTACHMENT #2
DISCUSSION: Mr. Apicella also gave a brief overview of the Assessment & Data Teams Committee. He explained
that Jessica Koziel, math IRC, was instrumental in creating an electronic student performance data Excel spreadsheet
system that houses all of our student performance for all of our students, K-8. It is all in one centralized location so
administrators and teachers can go on and access the data. Mr. Apicella said the biggest undertaking is the new system of
assessment that they want to implement next year. It is a great system because it ties together the Common Formative
Assessments, benchmark assessments, CMT, and the year-end Capstone Project.
Mr. Apicella said we are in the process of developing a schedule for Instructional Data Teams to meet during early
release days. With continued support, we can start to build capacity within our own teachers to lead those meetings. This
could gradually replace paying for ACES facilitators and substitutes.
Mr. Boath said he thinks this pulls everything together and can give us a snapshot as a moment’s notice. He feels it is an
outstanding evaluative tool. Mr. Lawlor said the Board is currently going through PD with the Lighthouse Project. We are
starting to learn how to assess the data that is being done by this committee. As we get further into that process, we look
forward to reviewing that data and being able to ask appropriate questions and challenge central office administration as to
how we use that and do things differently going forward. Mr. Lawlor said kudos to the Assessment & Data Teams
Committee. We, the Board, look forward to working with you. Superintendent Merlone said she commends the leadership,
administrators, Dr. Gasper, and the teachers for their hard work. We have moved quickly. Dr. Gasper thanked Mr. McNeill
and Mr. Apicella.
 E. Community Reading Project Volunteers, Liz Nimons

DISCUSSION: Superintendent Merlone explained that Mrs. Liz Nimons, reading intervention teacher at
Prendergast School, took her job to a different level. She brought the community in to participate in a reading program. Mrs.
Nimons said that back in October with the support of Mr. DiPalma, principal of Prendergast School, and Mr. Apicella she
decided to start a community reading project with the hopes of increasing our community involvement and to increase
literacy. Flyers were sent to all the public buildings in Ansonia and sent home. We have about 10 volunteers now who come
into the schools and read with students in grades 3-6, for 20-30 minutes. Mrs. Nimons said she wanted to acknowledge their
time and present a certificate of appreciation. We are also going to start to have students from Emmett O’Brien reading with
our students and then at the end of the school year the students will visit Emmett O’Brien. She added that a Board of
Aldermen member said that he was going to tell the members about this program in the hopes that some would volunteer to
read with the students. Recipients are Rose Saleh, parent, Cheryl Henri, community member, Rebecca Sherik, student at
Emmett O’Brien, Kim McDermott, parent, Fran DiGiorgi, BOE secretary, Jan Stevens, parent, and Jennifer Jones, parent.
There was applause from the audience. Mrs. Nimons said she has applied for a grant and hopefully next year with this
funding she could extend the program. Mr. Lawlor thanked Mrs. Nimons and said this is a great program. We look forward to
good things to come as we move forward. This is another way to try to reach out to the community and get the community to
see what we, as a district, are doing.

III. PUBLIC SESSION

After asking three times if anyone wished to speak, Mr. Lawlor closed the public session.

IV. ACTION ITEMS, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING . . .

A. Ansonia Board of Education meeting minutes dated March 2, 2011 (regular) and March 23, 2011 (special)

MOTION: That the minutes dated March 2, 2011,

(regular) be accepted as presented.

MOTION YES NO ABSTAIN

MR. GEORGE BOATH 1 X
MR. ROBERT CARUSO
MS. FRANCES DIGIORGI X
MR. JOHN LAWLOR, President X
MR. WILLIAM NIMONS X
MR. CARMEN PITNEY
MR. EDWARD SHARKEY 2 X
TOTAL 4 0 1

MOTION: That the minutes dated March 23, 2011,

(special) be accepted as presented.

MOTION YES NO ABSTAIN

MR. GEORGE BOATH 1 X
MR. ROBERT CARUSO
MS. FRANCES DIGIORGI X
MR. JOHN LAWLOR, President X
MR. WILLIAM NIMONS X
MR. CARMEN PITNEY
MR. EDWARD SHARKEY 2 X
TOTAL 4 0 1

B. Report and Recommendation from the Finance Committee

DISCUSSION: Mr. Lawlor explained that we will not be discussing this item. There is no report or recommendation from
the Finance Committee because the committee did not meet. We will cover the information that was to be presented at that
meeting during Mr. Gaskins presentation on finances. If there is any need for action based on that information, we will take that
up under new business on the agenda.
 C. Resignation/Marie Elliott/Grade 3/Mead School

DISCUSSION: Superintendent Merlone said that she received a letter of resignation from Mrs. Elliott saying that she
will be retiring effective June 30, 2011, contingent on the retirement package offered by the Board of Education. Mrs. Elliott has
been a teacher here for quite a while. She has been a great teacher and a great resource for other teachers. This is bittersweet.

MOTION: To regretfully accept the letter of resignation

from Marie Elliott, grade 3 teacher at Mead School,
and send a special letter of thanks for her many
years of service with Ansonia Public Schools.

MOTION YES NO ABSTAIN

MR. GEORGE BOATH 1 X
MR. ROBERT CARUSO
MS. FRANCES DIGIORGI X
MR. JOHN LAWLOR, President X
MR. WILLIAM NIMONS X
MR. CARMEN PITNEY
MR. EDWARD SHARKEY 2 X
TOTAL 5 0 0

D. Retirement/Sandra Fainer/Grade 5/Prendergast School

DISCUSSION: Superintendent Merlone said that she also received a letter of resignation from Mrs. Fainer saying that
she will be retiring effective June 30, 2011, contingent on the retirement package offered by the Board of Education. Mrs. Fainer
has been a teacher here for quite a while, as well. We will be sorry to see her leave. She has been a great teacher.

MOTION: To regretfully accept the letter of retirement

from Sandra Fainer, grade 5 teacher at
Prendergast School, and send a special letter of
thanks for her many years of service with Ansonia
Public Schools.

MOTION YES NO ABSTAIN

MR. GEORGE BOATH 1 X
MR. ROBERT CARUSO
MS. FRANCES DIGIORGI X
MR. JOHN LAWLOR, President X
MR. WILLIAM NIMONS 2 X
MR. CARMEN PITNEY
MR. EDWARD SHARKEY X
TOTAL 5 0 0

V. INFORMATION ITEMS
A. Assistant Superintendent’s Report/District Improvement Plan (DIP)
ATTACHMENT #3
DISCUSSION: Dr. Tony Gasper, Assistant Superintendent, said the presentations by Mr. Apicella and Mr. McNeill are
the bulk of his report. He wanted to thank them and the others who have volunteered to chair committees. Dr. Gasper said, for
him, it has been an excellent way to learn about Ansonia and what we are doing well and where we need to improve. It has
been a learning experience for everyone involved. He said that in the Board’s binders is the updated printout of DIP that was
discussed at last months meeting.
B. Special Education Director’s Report
ATTACHMENT #4
DISCUSSION: Ms. Gabrielson, special education director, did not attend the meeting due to illness. Mr. Lawlor said if
any Board member had questions to contact Ms. Gabrielson directly.

C. Technology Report
ATTACHMENT #5

DISCUSSION: Eric Bundy, network director, presented his report. He explained that the reason for his meetings with
the City’s assistant comptroller, Mr. Richard Bshara, is to find redundancies in what the City and the BOE are doing. We are
looking to share resources and costs. The City is using the same vendor for their website that we are looking at purchasing. If
we piggyback onto their website there is a huge cost savings. We also have other ideas on saving possibly $6,000-$8,000. Mr.
Bundy said they are also talking about linking the City’s network connection with the BOE network. We have a firewall in place
so that we can share data, calendars, email, and software applications. Both the City and BOE have the same application and
if we have a network connection between the buildings then we can share the cost of that. Mr. Lawlor said, not to indicate that
we are hiding anything, but there will be some sort of segregation. Mr. Bundy said that is where he will have a firewall in place
so that we can specifically get access to what we want. For example, our internet connection will be separate from the City’s.
We get our internet service free from the State. Mr. Bundy added that the City does not have an IT department. They have to
outsource as needed. If we can start integrating the BOE’s IT department with the City to help support them, they might be
able to help financially support the BOE with their IT department as well. Mr. Nimons asked if Mr. Bundy had an IT manual with
the changes. Mr. Bundy said he has been working very closely with Ann Turner, technology coordinator, and the other
technicians so everyone is aware of what changes are being done. We are working on a manual for teachers. If an IT manual
was written now it would be outdated tomorrow because of all the changes that still need to be done. We are not quite ready
for a manual yet. Mr. Nimons asked about the backup tape. Mr. Bundy said, right now the backup tape is at the high school.
We are working on upgrading the fiber optic connection to the BOE. Our long term plan is to do disc-to-disc backup. We are
going to build another server identical to the large data server we have now. That server backs up hard drive to hard drive.
Then on off hours that server gets backed up on tapes in a remote location. Mr. Lawlor said it sounds like there are good
things going on in the IT department. He congratulated Mr. Bundy and Mrs. Turner on a job well done.

D. Financial Reports
ATTACHMENT #6
1. 2010-2011 Year-to-Date

DISCUSSION: Mr. Gaskins explained the financial report, adding that the projections were not included in the
packet, because they were attempting to hold a Finance Committee meeting prior to formulating the projections and
forwarding them to the BOE. Mr. Gaskins said we have talked about the ARRA funding from the Federal Government that
goes to the State. The State uses it to supplant the Educational Cost Sharing (ECS) Grant that goes to the City to fund
education. The budget reported here is a $25 million for consistency and use of understanding. It is really a combination of the
$2 million from the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund and the City Appropriation. Mr. Gaskins explained that since the projections
were not included in the packet, it would appear that there is $6.4 million remaining and we are reporting that we have 25% of
our budget remaining. That is not the case. A $2 million balloon check for the teachers is going out at the end of June. That is
why we provide the projection sheets. Mr. Gaskins gave the projections to the Board. He added that there are always
fluctuations is certified salaries, and gave an example of when a teacher is hired pending certification. Mr. Lawlor asked once
a teacher gains certification can that salary that was charged to non-certified prior be transferred to certified, or does it have to
stay in that account? Mr. Gaskins said a lot has to do with the dates and is on a case-by-case basis. Sometimes you can, but
not always. More examples were given. Mr. Gaskins spoke about special education aides and instructional assistants hired
throughout the year. It is cheaper to hire aides than to send a student out-of-district. Mr. Lawlor asked is it appropriate to say
that the special education factor is unforeseen costs based on new IEP’s? Dr. Gasper said absolutely. Mr. Gaskins said since
July 1st we have hired 61 non-certified staff. They are not all new staff; some are replacements. Out of the 24 special
education aides and instructional assistants, 10-15 are new hires. Every year these activities happen and the impact on the
salaries budget happens and that, in turn, has an impact on benefits. Mr. Lawlor asked about the overtime deficit. Is it safe to
assume that that is directly due to the snow removal? Mr. Gaskins said yes, that is due to the snow removal, not just from the
roofs but from weekend work and overtime work to get the snow removed.
Mr. Gaskins spoke about projected expenditures. He said those are estimates that we are putting in, where we are going to
be in June from today. Public utilities has changed. We have looked closely at prior years and are projecting a deficit. Repair
and maintenance is well over $100,000 over and that is where we charged the snow removal from the roofs, too. The cost for
the snow removal from the roofs is $150,000, without the overtime, just the vendors. There is one estimated vendor cost. We
have not received the final invoice from them. Mr. Gaskins said the reason why we don’t see a deficit in repair and
maintenance is because of the spending freeze, which applies to all accounts, and any encumbrances that could help offset
this cost. We are looking at every means possible to either save money or delay spending it until the next fiscal year, because
this year is so tight. Mr. Gaskins said that tuition and transportation is substantially over budget. Mr. Lawlor asked about
purchased services. We are showing almost a $20,000 deficit. Just by the name of the line item you would think that we could
control those costs. Why are we projecting a $20,000 deficit? Mr. Gaskins explained that a lot of those are contractual services
and for instance legal services; we can’t predict what the invoices are going to be. He said he met with Pam Dickson, accounts
payable, who has done an outstanding job with projecting out expenditures, and we came up with $43,000. It that doesn’t
th
come to fruition, the deficit will come down for that one account summary. We can’t predict where we will be on June 30 for
the substitute account. Funds are held in reserve for repair and maintenance, in case, for example a boiler goes down. Things
are going to happen; we hope they don’t exceed what we are projecting here. Mr. Lawlor said, regarding purchased services,
he would be interested to know what is causing that. He wants to make sure that since we do have a spending freeze in place
that any discretionary purchased services that would be included in that $43,000 are looked at closely. We are projecting a
$142,000 deficit now; we certainly can use every penny that we can scrape up. Mr. Gaskins said he agrees; feedback from
within the district is that we are very strict on the spending freeze. We are not stocking the warehouse, so to speak, we are
only ordering what is absolutely needed. Mr. Lawlor said he just wants to make sure that we are holding the spending where
we can. Mr. Gaskins said yes we are.
Mr. Gaskins said, the bottom line right now, is that we are projecting a deficit of $142, 294. We still have options ahead of
us. Most importantly he thinks, communicating our projected situation to the City is important. Mr. Gaskins said there are
several different ways to do that. He said he provided a cover letter to Superintendent Merlone that has some available
different options for the Board to consider; hold the line where we are now, have a meeting and discussion with the City, we
can formally notify BOAT of our situation, or we can formally request an additional appropriation to cover the projected deficit.
Any of those or any combination of those is an option we have at this time. Mr. Lawlor said his position at this point is our first
attack would be to try to cover this on our own, as we go forward. But, in the meantime, we incurred a significant cost with
snow removal that we did not anticipate and are not quite sure whether we can cover this. In fairness to the City and BOAT, he
thinks, at the minimum right now, we should certainly craft a communication to them notifying them of our current projections
and the possibility of the BOE requesting additional appropriations at year end. That way the City is on notice and have this in
the forefront. In that same communication, he recommends on a proactive basis, providing them as you did here, in case we
can’t cover it on our own, how we can possibly cover it without having much of that, if at all any of that, on the City of Ansonia.
Mr. Lawlor said, doing that based on history, a) your first suggestion would probably be the way to go and have the least
effect, assuming that in previous years the Special Education Excess Cost Grant is spoken for education and included in
revenues for the City. We have been fortunate enough, for the last several years, to be able to cover those excess costs. This
would be his recommendation at this point. We need to keep a close eye on this as we go forward. We should review it again
at our next BOE meeting and making a further determination whether we need to be more specific with the City and BOAT. He
said he wants to keep this in the forefront because he does not want to be too late and in a position to have to address us not
being forthright in a timely manner. This process would be proactive in getting everyone on board in what we are dealing with
at this point. Mr. Nimons said the excess money toward special education surplus to the City government wasn’t budgeted and
he thinks that special education should be number one and the Fund 90 should be number two. Mr. Lawlor said, point well
taken. He said he is only talking about a history. We, as a Board, can decide what we want to do and where we want to
request it from when the time comes. Mr. Lawlor said, at this point, the communication should be all three, a, b, and c need to
be put out there as ways to cover any potential shortfall. Mr. Nimons said, looking at special education, it is going up
$600,000-$700,000 per year. It is eating away at our budget. In a few years we will be spending 30-40% of our budget on
special education. Where is the breakdown? Mr. Gaskins said we are required by law to provide these things. Mr. Nimons said
every time we spend extra money on special education we have to take it away from the regular education kids. Mr. Lawlor
said this is one area where there isn’t a crystal ball. We must be doing a fantastic job in Ansonia because the students are
coming fast. It is a burden, but there is nothing we can do about. The only alternative is to outplace special education students.
Mr. Gaskins said the budget recommendations come directly from the special education director. We rely on her expertise for
that. The budget as a whole is not growing as fast as special education expenses. It is disproportionate and creates an
inequity and unfairness to the majority of the students. We have to comply with the law on one hand and live within our means
on the other. Mr. Nimons said, based on historical data that we have in front of us now going to the future, if we run two or
three more years of these numbers, you are going to be spending up to 50% of your budget on special education. Mr. Boath
said it could be more because they are always expanding the scope on special education. Mr. Nimons said, then what are we
going to do? Mr. Gaskins said that is a good question and we are not alone. Superintendent Merlone said then, what do we do
and what do we do with a 0% budget increase? We lost the Priority School District Grant. There are no tricks in the bag. Mr.
Nimons said we certainly can’t shut down the schools. Mr. Gaskins said it does reflect on the effectiveness and efficiency of
the district as a whole when we have the lowest per pupil cost in the entire state of Connecticut, and at the same time we were
just taken off of the Priority School District list. Mr. Lawlor said the positive thing about losing the Priority School District Grant
is that everyone here should be proud of what we have accomplished in Ansonia. Unfortunately, the way the grant is set up is,
if you do well, you get financially penalized.
Mr. Gaskins gave the Legislative Position, HB 6385, Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, handout to
the Board. A change was proposed to the NBR calculations which say that you will lose $3,000 for every student that you lose
from your district. It is based on enrollment. That what would mean to Ansonia is, the first year is a decrease in educational
cost sharing money that goes to the City; a decrease of $230,000. What it means to the State is, that as a whole, it would save
$18 million from the state budget.

2. Athletics

DISCUSSION: No questions were asked.

 3. Food Services

DISCUSSION: No questions were asked.

4. Grants

DISCUSSION: No questions were asked.

5. Other Income

DISCUSSION: No questions were asked.

E. Enrollment

DISCUSSION: No questions were asked.

F. Attendance Officer’s Report

DISCUSSION: No activity this month

G. Teacher Absences

DISCUSSION: No questions were asked.

H. Notes from the Desk of the Superintendent

ATTACHMENT #7
DISCUSSION: The Superintendent presented her notes to the Board members. She wanted to publically congratulate
Annette Konopka, Hailey Bourgeau, Wilson Fong, Alex Westine and their coach Mrs. Sara Crooks, business teacher, for
taking third place in the first High School Business Challenge sponsored by Junior Achievement of Western Connecticut.

I. Additional; Administration or Board of Education

DISCUSSION: Mr. Boath said, every month the Board receives this nice packet and he was wondering if we have the
capability to do this double-sided. Superintendent Merlone said yes. Mr. Boath also suggested, so far as teacher absences go,
do we need that information? Superintendent Merlone we can eliminate that if the Board wishes. Mr. Lawlor said, if there is a
Board member who is interested in a teachers’ absence, then they can request it. Mr. Lawlor said unless there are any
objections we will strike teacher absences from the agenda. Mr. Lawlor explained that we looked at the CABE paperless
meetings program, putting everything on laptops. There is a cost to that and he said he will look into it again. Ms. DiGiorgi,
who sits on the ACES Board, said those meeting are paperless and everything is on laptops.
Ms. DiGiorgi asked about the ratio of students to chaperones on class trips because of an incident that happened where a
student was hurt and had to go to the emergency room. Do we have enough chaperones going on the trips? She said she
read that the State requires one chaperone to 10 students and she feels that isn’t enough. Mr. Apicella said extra support staff
is always sent on class trips. Mr. Goldson added that the venues say how many chaperones are required. It depends on the
trip. Ms. DiGiorgi asked the Superintendent, before signing off on field trips, that she find out how many chaperones are going.
Mr. Lawlor said the administration is keeping the student safety in mind and using their professional judgment in having the
appropriate number of chaperones. Mrs. McKernan said school age also plays a part on how many chaperones are needed.
 VI. EXECUTIVE SESSION re: Expulsion
MOTION: To enter into executive session re: expulsion
at 8:40 p.m.

MOTION YES NO ABSTAIN

MR. GEORGE BOATH 2 X
MR. ROBERT CARUSO
MS. FRANCES DIGIORGI 1 X
MR. JOHN LAWLOR, President X
MR. WILLIAM NIMONS X
MR. CARMEN PITNEY
MR. EDWARD SHARKEY X
TOTAL 5 0 0

MOTION: To return to regular session at 8:55 p.m.

MOTION YES NO ABSTAIN

MR. GEORGE BOATH 2 X
MR. ROBERT CARUSO
MS. FRANCES DIGIORGI 1 X
MR. JOHN LAWLOR, President X
MR. WILLIAM NIMONS X
MR. CARMEN PITNEY
MR. EDWARD SHARKEY X
TOTAL 5 0 0

MOTION: To accept the agreements by the

Superintendent with respect to the two students
to be expelled.

MOTION YES NO ABSTAIN

MR. GEORGE BOATH 1 X
MR. ROBERT CARUSO
MS. FRANCES DIGIORGI 2 X
MR. JOHN LAWLOR, President X
MR. WILLIAM NIMONS X
MR. CARMEN PITNEY
MR. EDWARD SHARKEY X
TOTAL 5 0 0
 VII. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: To adjourn the meeting at 8:56 p.m.

MOTION YES NO ABSTAIN

MR. GEORGE BOATH 1 X
MR. ROBERT CARUSO
MS. FRANCES DIGIORGI X
MR. JOHN LAWLOR, President X
MR. WILLIAM NIMONS X
MR. CARMEN PITNEY
MR. EDWARD SHARKEY 2 X
TOTAL 5 0 0

NOTE: The Board of Education members were given handouts, an article from the District Administrator, titled “Taking
Advantage of State Intervention” featuring Superintendent Merlone and Assistant Superintendent Gasper, the Mead School
Loves to Read flyer and the Ansonia High School April 2011 calendar.

Respectfully submitted,

Fran Perrotti
Recording Secretary
April 11, 2011