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District announces new director of special education; superintendent previews elementary schedule changes
Summary
The board recognized Karen Viddy as the district's new director of special education and Superintendent Doctor Sampson previewed an elementary schedule change and upcoming June 17 meeting to discuss folding STEM into revised instructional blocks.
Doctor Sampson introduced and welcomed Karen Viddy as the district's new director of special education, saying she most recently served at Blind Brook and previously worked in Greenwich.
"So Karen is, officially our new director of of Special Education," Doctor Sampson said, welcoming Viddy to the front of the room. The transcript records the announcement but does not record a formal board vote on the appointment.
In a longer report, Doctor Sampson described a day of school visits and program work — from high-school scheduling that is "about five weeks ahead of where they normally are" to collaborative fifth-grade planning, literacy screening improvements and faculty professional learning with author Mary Ehrenworth. He highlighted art awards and a venture to deepen student expressive and academic language.
Looking ahead, Doctor Sampson said the board will discuss an elementary schedule change at the June 17 meeting: "changing the schedule, the special schedule in folding STEM into that, moving to some very clear and concise instructional blocks, moving library into something fundamentally different from what it's been." The transcript records the preview; the board scheduled more detailed discussion for the next meeting.
The transcript does not include further detail on how the elementary schedule change would affect staffing, daily minutes or budget implications; those specifics were deferred to the June 17 discussion.
