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Middletown School Committee approves two policies and assistant director job description
Summary
At its July 17 meeting the Middletown School Committee approved the second and final readings of two credit-card and energy-management policies and approved a job description for an assistant director of student services.
Middletown School Committee on July 17 approved two district policies on their second and final readings and approved a job description for an assistant director of student services.
The actions came during the committee's business section after the superintendent recommended final approval of the credit card policy (3070.1) and the related credit-card protocol (3070.2), and a new energy management and conservation policy (identified in the record as 09/01/1930). The committee also voted to approve the job description for an assistant director of student services.
The committee considered the credit card items together as the second and final reading after staff said the policy had been explained at a prior meeting. The energy management item was described by staff as a standard policy aligned with statewide guidance. Committee members moved and seconded each motion; each motion passed after a vote in which members voted in favor and no opposition was recorded on the transcript.
Committee members emphasized that the assistant director role is a prioritized hire to help manage special-education caseloads and increase administrative efficiency for services to students. The superintendent said the position had been discussed with administration over the past two years and called it an “essential position” to prioritize this year.
Votes at a glance
- Second and final reading: 3070.1 Credit Card Use policy and 3070.2 Use of Credit Card protocol — approved (motion moved and seconded; committee recorded votes in favor; no opposition noted). - Second and final reading: 09/01/1930 Energy Management and Conservation policy — approved (motion moved and seconded; committee recorded votes in favor; no opposition noted). - Approval: Job description for assistant director of student services — approved (motion moved and seconded; committee recorded votes in favor; no opposition noted).
The committee's approvals finalize those policy changes and clear the personnel job description to proceed to recruitment. During the meeting members said the assistant director position will be posted in the coming weeks, with a standard two-week posting period and interviews to follow, with the goal of having the hire in place before the administrative retreat and the start of the school year.
