The presentation slides from the Superintendent's Report to the Orange Board of Education on October 15, 2013.

1. Superintendent‟s Report
October 15, 2013

2. Regional Calendar
 2014 – 2015 “Recommended”
 2015 – 2016 “Required”
 Task Force requirements
 To RESC‟s, by January 2014:
Process Guidelines
Our RESC
ACES

3. Regional Calendar
 180 days minimum
 Uniform start date
General Statutes
10-148a
10-220a
 Uniform PD days
 Not more than three vacations
 ONE = summer
 Not more than TWO = one week

4. Regional Calendar
Our RESC
ACES

5. Our RESC
ACES

6. Nancy Boyles
Embedded PD

7. 21st Century
 STEM
 New „Life Skills‟ Curriculum
 Philanthropy – blankets
 “Talk-to-Me” Grant

10. CCSS Curriculum Nights
MLT: October 16th
Peck: October 22nd
Turkey Hill:
October 23rd

11.  Lock-Down Drills
 with Orange Police
 State requires 3 x‟s per year
 New lock-down – panic button
 Fire doors close
 Pre-recorded message
 911 is called
 Letter home

12. D.A.R.E.
Sargent Aquino
Officer Amarone

13. BOKS at Race Brook
 Typical BOKS Class
“Build Our Kids Success”
 40-minute sessions
 Fun warm-up game or movement drills
 Running activity, relay races, obstacle
courses and strength movements
 Cool down
 BOKS Bit- a nutrition

14. Peck
 Adopt-a-Reader
 Golf Tournament
 New Drama Club:
“Wizard of Oz”

15. Golf Tournament
• 68 Golfers
• Over $11,500
• 6th Grade Teacher
Michele Behun’s team
won with a score of 61.

16. „Quest to be our Best” – Turkey Hill
October 9
PBIS at PTO

17. Conversion from Oil to Gas will generate $24,140 in savings per
school annually.
Natural Gas lock-in rate of $7.80 per DTH saving the District
$2,410 over last year.
Facts on Natural Gas:
• U.S Dept of Energy forecasting a 14% increase in Natural Gas.
• Natural Gas accounted for 28% of electricity generated in
New England in 2001; increased to 52% by 2012.
• Natural Gas Electricity generation expected to increase over
the next year
• Natural Gas Commodity Pricing still half the cost of Oil