[Live Stream] Collingswood Board of Education Meeting 5/20/2019

This special meeting was held at the Middle School Auditorium because awards were presented to students, staff, and faculty for achievements and recognition of accomplishments for the 2018-2019 school year. Updates to policies included: Co-Curricular Activities -Revised,  Administering an Opioid Antidote – Revised,  Gifts, Grants and Donations – Revised.

The complete Agenda may be found here: http://go.boarddocs.com/nj/colps/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BBURCW629292

Policies read included:

Co-Curricular Activities -Revised 

Administering an Opioid Antidote – Revised

Gifts, Grants and Donations – Revised

The District’s Equity Plan 

Highlights of changes made to the Co-Curricular Activities Policy:

A nonpublic school student may participate if:
o The nonpublic school of attendance does not offer an equivalent athletic
activity;
o The nonpublic school student demonstrates that he or she meets the same
academic criteria as a public school student, as evidenced by report cards
from the nonpublic school;
 A home schooled student may participate if:
o The parent of the home schooled student has provided written notification of
homeschooled status to the Collingswood Board of Education;
o He or she meets the same academic criteria as a public school student, as
evidenced by reports from a structured homeschooled program or whose
parent signs a statement of assurance that the student meets these
requirements in his or her homeschool program;
o He or she would have been eligible for participation upon the date of
withdrawal from the last public school of attendance, if applicable.

Other Highlights From the Agenda:

• There will be no increase in prices for school lunches
• The board will reject the bid received on May 14, 2019 for the High School Running Track resurfacing. The Bid rejection is listed here.
• The curriculum committee is working to settle on benchmark assessments that will be presented to teachers and the public for a standardized report card/ assessment

Public Comment Highlights:

There were no public comments made at this meeting

The next meeting of the Collingswood Board of Education
Monday, June 24, 2019 at 6:30 (Zane North Elementary School)