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The curriculum committee reviewed an immersion trip to Costa Rica, heard safety and insurance procedures, and voted to forward the proposal to the full board for approval; organizers reported 10 students pending sign-ups and payment-plan options through EF.
Connecticut / School Districts / Cheshire School District
District administrators reviewed planned teacher transfers to new schools (about 16 moves, many voluntary), onboarding events (PD March 20; friend day June 4) and described an existing AI literacy initiative (CSPI) that provides professional learning, micro-credentials and tool guidance but faces budget limits for paid platforms.
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District presenters outlined two schedule models for Dodd Middle School — a six-period day (54-minute academic blocks eliminating most iBlocks) and a seven-period staggered/trimestrial model — both would create a daily advisory block to support SEL and require at least two additional teachers for implementation.
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District staff reported 180 multilingual learners (up from 171 on Oct. 1), outlined the four-level English proficiency framework, student success plans, TESOL consultant support and a pending budget request for a dedicated ML position; staff said last-links testing wraps March 13 and official counts will be available in mid-May.
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Officials said the State Department requires districts using the paper version of the Acadience (Cadence) screener to convert and submit mid-year data by March 27, prompting manual data import work, questions about software costs and parent data-privacy concerns.
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District coaches described year-two classroom units in science and robotics, hands-on agriscience and ecosystems investigations, teacher workshops and in-class modeling; coaches said a local farm will donate plants for experiments and emphasized coaching as a districtwide strategy to build teacher capacity.
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The committee advanced library collection development and display policies and associated regulations (including regulation 6161.13) to further review, emphasizing professional selection, developmentally appropriate materials and the multi-step complaint and reevaluation process for challenged items.
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The policy committee reviewed a revised suicide prevention and intervention policy (Policy 5141.5), discussed its referral and triage procedures and sought confirmation on whether board members are mandated reporters under state law.
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The committee approved two procedural motions: sending Policy 5111.3 (protection of undocumented students) to the full board for a second reading and moving a set of policies and regulations (library, suicide prevention and bylaws) to a third reading before the full board.
Connecticut / School Districts / Cheshire School District
The Cheshire School District policy committee voted to send Policy 5111.3, a proposed protection policy for undocumented students, to the full board for a second reading after debate about legal risk, classroom disruption language and community impact.