Reconfiguration UpdateAugust 26, 2015

Macomber School

FY 16 School Year

• Principal: Mrs. Kristina Delaplain• Lead Teacher: TBD• Eight Modulars: Grade 2, Art, Music and

Interventions• Main Building: Room for PE and Sensory Room• Will have 3 fulltime specialists and 2.5 FTE

Interventionists

Updates• Mrs. Jen Bettencourt has moved to grade two.• Mrs. Karen Salva has moved to grade one.• Mrs. Donna Edwards has moved to grade one.• Mrs. Linda Ferreira has moved to grade two.• Mrs. Karen Sigman has moved back to the preschool.• We need an additional transition teacher.• The final inpection on the modular’s will take place

tomorrow. Mr. Tunney has done a great job managing the project and coordinating efforts with Mike Duarte. Special thanks to both of them!

Westport Elementary School

FY16 School Year

• Principal: Mr. Tom Gastall• Assistant Principal: Mrs. Stacy Duquette• No need for a Lead Teacher• Middle School Specialists will teach grade 5 and 6

students • Hired four .5 specialists (Music, Art, PE and World

Language)• Hired an additional specialist to cover contractual

obligations.

Updates• Mr. Andrew Cottrill has moved to fourth

grade.• Mrs. Lisa Diogenes was a long term sub last

school year and will be a third grade teacher this year.

• Mrs. Lindsey Skarpos moved from Special Education to a regular third grade classroom.

• The Extended Day program will continue running programs in both schools. Their summer school program was/is highly successful.

Westport JR/SR High School

FY 16 School Year

• Principal for the High School:Mrs. Cheryl Tutalo

• Associate Principal for the Jr. High: Mrs. Carolyn Pontes

• Recommend: Shared Dean of Students with the JR/SR. High

• One shared Campus Supervisor

• The plan is to keep the grade 7/8 students separate from the high school students unless grade 8 parents agree to a grade 8/9 elective. Selection sheets were sent to all grade eight families and scheduling is nearly complete.

• Grade 7/8 students will eat during the first lunch time (10:39 - 11:09), except those in gr. 8/9 electives.

• A block of 13 classrooms have dedicated solely to grade 7/8 classes.

• There are six classrooms on the first floor and seven on the second floor.

• Grade 7/8 students currently take their core classes daily for a total of 6 classes per week.

• Classes meet daily and, one day per week, each class meets for a double period.

• Grade 7/8 students will take one or two elective classes per day.

• Five to ten electives over the course of a week will be offered including music, art, health, cable television, a master writing class and PE.

• Intervention classes (reading, writing) replace one of the electives for some students.

• The Advisory Period will continue.

Fire Inspection• On July 8th Daniel Ledoux, Lieutenant of Fire

Prevention, inspected the middle school classrooms. • Occupancy numbers are:– Meeting Room B: 25 persons– Sped Office: 27 persons– Room 207: 33 persons– Room 215: 21 persons– Room 101: 34 persons– Room 103: 32 personsThese numbers may be modified slightly by the building

commissioner due to the furniture arrangements or other unforeseen issues arising.

Projected Enrollment

• MAC 408 (including 66 preschool students)• WES 522• Jr. High 265• Sr. High 357

Total Enrollment as of 8/26/2015: 1552

No Matter What

Each school can become what it was always meant to be: a building that has four walls with tomorrow inside.

-John Fellows Akers