Committee Approves Homework, Grading Policies

During the Aug. 28 School Committee, members approved the following four school policies that will be implemented during the 2012-2013 school year:

• ASFMS Grading Policy
• Coventry High School Homework Policy
• ASFMS Homework Policy
• Elementary Homework Policy

Each policy was presented at past Committee meetings and published on the district's website in order to receive feedback from the public. Committee members acknowledged that all of the policies are living documents and may be amended in the future, but also agree that they will bring much more consistency for parents, teachers and students alike.

Click here to review the middle school policies.

Click here to review the elementary and high school policies.

Personnel Appointments

The following appointments were also approved at Tuesday's meeting and are all effective Aug. 27. 2012:

• Catherine Burdick was appointed to the position of .5 one-year-only Student Services Supervisor at Alan Shawn Feinstein Middle School for the 2012-2013 school year. (90-day position.)
• Linda Williams was appointed to the position of 1.0 regular School Nurse/Teacher for the District (Hopkins Hill School for the 2012-2013 school year.)
• Jill Nagel was appointed to the position of 1.0 regular School Nurse/Teacher for the District (Blackrock School for the 2012-2013 school year.)
• Kelli McGillivray was appointed to the position of 1.0 one-year-only Self-Contained Teacher at Washington Oak School for the 2012-2013 school year.
• Carrie Mathers-Kurland was appointed to the position of .8 Teacher Assistant with ASL (American Sign Language) for the Transition Class. (Five hours a day)
• Jacques Branchaud was appointed to the position of Assistant Boys' Soccer Coach at Coventry High School. (Effective Aug. 28)

The School Committee's next meeting will be held on Sept. 12, 2012 at 7 p.m. at the School Administration Offices.