Minutes
Coalition for Glen Cove Meeting
Monday, September 15, 2003, 7:30 PM at St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Officers for 2003-2004 were approved as follows:
Don Scarl - President
Helen Kotzky - Vice-President
Maria Reyes - Secretary
Lorri Prince – Treasurer
The board of education will conduct a strategic
planning session with the community on October 27th. A professional leader
will conduct the session and community members will be able to voice what
goals they feel the district should focus on for the next 3 to 5 years.
Goals and objectives will be set up based on input from all facets of the
Glen Cove community. The board of education and the Glen Cove teachers
have already had separate planning sessions The meeting will be well
publicized and letters of invitation will be sent to specific
organizations to be sure they are represented.. Details will be announced.
Helen Kotzky attended the "Welcome Back" meeting at
St. Paul's Episcopal Church and gave out information about the Coalition.
She was able to meet with a number of church members and explain the goals
of our organization.
We will try to have 2 meetings in October so that we
can accommodate 2 guest speakers, Mary Ann Holzkamp and Jed Morey, both
running for Mayor of Glen Cove. Don Scarl will make the invitations to the
candidates. We would like to hear them talk about education issues and
Glen Cove.
Maria Reyes will invite Edward Thomas, new high
school Assistant Principal, to be our speaker at the November 3rd meeting.
We would like to hear about the new 9th grade teaming approach as well as
some of the other initiatives taking place at the high school.
Helen Kotzky and Betty Cammisa will invite James
Lethbridge, new Middle School Principal, to be the speaker at the December
1st meeting.
Don Scarl will invite Susan Breen, new English
Coordinator for the January meeting and Ira Cooper, new Math Coordinator
for February.
Helen Kotzky reported that the Coalition Academic
Excellence Committee met with Dr. Freeley and Diane Scricca in August.
Many new initiatives are being undertaken this year which will help all
students achieve their best. The math curriculum has been "compressed" and
Math A will begin in 7th grade so that more students will be able to take
calculus when they are in high school.
Teachers are being supported and enriched by many
professional training opportunities, especially in the areas of math,
language arts, and differentiated instruction. AIS or Academic
Intervention Services will be offered to all qualifying students under a
new model which is designed to meet their needs more effectively. AIS
classes will be capped at 20 students.
It was noted that honors classes at both the middle
school and high school are very large this year. 30 students is not
uncommon. It is time to start planning for smaller classes as the coming
years' budget is developed.
Minutes submitted by Helen Kotzky |