Agenda_2017_1_12_Meeting(407)

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by  Town of Arlington Massachusetts

ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
In accordance with the provisions of the Massachusetts General laws, Chapter 30A, Section 20, notice is
hereby given for the following meeting of the:
Arlington School Committee
School Committee Regular Meeting
Thursday, January 12, 2017
6:30 PM
Arlington High School
School Committee Room
869 Mass Avenue, 6th Floor
Arlington, MA 02476
6:30 p.m. Open Meeting
6:35 PM Public Participation
6:40 PM Community Education, SummerFun Trip Approval
Vote for Approval of Acadia National Park, ME July 9-19, 2017
6:45 PM World Language Presentation, C. Ritz
7:00 PM School Committee Priorities for FY 18 Budget Needs
Motion for School Committee to approve and vote the first budget numbers for FY 18 to
Town Manager
7:30 PM Monthly Financial Reports, D. Johnson
7:40 PM School Calendar 2017-2018 First Reading
7:55 PM Discussion of Job Description of Chief Financial Officer
8:10 PM Superintendent's Report K. Bodie
Update on School Buildings

8:30 PM Consent Agenda
All items listed with an asterisk are considered to be routine and will be enacted by
one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the
committee so requests, in which event the item will be considered in its normal
sequence:
Approval of Warrant: Warrant # 17098, Dated 12/15/2016, Total Warrant
Amount $532,685.58
Approval of Minutes: School Committee Regular Meeting, December 15, 2016
8:35 PM Policy: EDE: Recycling Materials
Vote to Approve Policy
8:45 PM Subcommittee & Liaison Reports & Announcements
· Budget, Kirsi Allison-Ampe, MD. (Chair)
· Community Relations, Cindy Starks, (Chair)
· District Accountability, Curriculum/Instruction & Assessment, (CIAA) Paul
Schlichtman, (Chair)
· Facilities, Jeff Thielman (Chair)
· Policies & Procedures, Bill Hayner (Chair)
· School Enrollment Task Force, Bill Hayner, Cindy Starks, Jeff Thielman
· Warrant Committee, Bill Hayner
· Liaisons Reports
· Announcements
· Future Agenda Items

9:15 PM Executive Session
To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with union
and/or nonunion personnel or contract negotiations with union and /or
nonunion in which if held in an a open meeting may have a detrimental effect.
· To conduct strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation, in
which if held in an open meeting may have a detrimental effect, Collective
bargaining may also be conducted.

· Voted to approve the following Executive Session Minutes: December 15, 2016
9:20 PM Adjournment
The listings of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair, which may be
discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items
not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.
Stated times and time amounts, listed in parenthesis, are the estimated amount of time
for that particular agenda item. Actual times may be shorter or longer depending on
the time needed to fully explore the topic.
Submitted by Jennifer Susse, Chair
Correspondence Received:
Press Release January 3, 2016 From Kathleen Bodie, Brackett Elementary
School Commended by MA Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary
Education
Chief Financial Officer (School Business Administrator) Job Description
Warrant Dated December 15, 2016
Draft Minutes from Regular and Executive Session, December 15, 2016
School Calendar for 2017/2018 First Reading
World Language Presentation, C. Ritz
Monthly Financial Reports. D. Johnson
EDE Recycling Materials Policy
Trip Approval for Community Education SummerFun trip
Emails from Mr. Schweich
Brackett School artwork
Staffing Update Memo from R. Spiegel 1/6/2017
Danielle Raad Teacher of the Year
Budget FY 18 Number and Motion for Town Manager
Town of Arlington, Massachusetts
6:30 p.m. Open Meeting
ATTACHMENTS:
Type File Name Description
Backup Material brackett_artwork.pdf Brackett Artwork
FABULOUS FEASTS!
Kindergarten
Many artists use food as subject matter for their work, and
food is often present at celebrations of all kinds.
Kindergarten students have spent the past few months
focused on the many aspects of celebration: masks and
costumes, party drawings and now feast collages! After
discussing several examples of food-related artworks by
Wayne Thiebaud and Claus Oldenburg, students listed
their own favorite foods they think would be fun to bring to
a feast for others to enjoy.
Students were then instructed to create a feast by cutting
out appropriate shapes and colors to represent various
foods, imagining the colored paper background as their
"tabletop". Small details and texture could be added using
oil pastels, and students were encouraged to include and
think about other table-setting objects such as dishes,
flatware and drinking glasses.
GYOTAKU FISH PRINTING,
Old & New
Grade Two
Students in the second grade took their previous printmaking
experience from earlier grades to new levels with the introduction
of this lesson. Gyotaku printing was traditionally practiced in
Japan several centuries ago as a way for Japanese fisherman to
record particularly memorable catches before it influenced artists
and developed into an art form. Students discussed this technique
and its history before examining several examples of gyotaku
prints by contemporary artists who have stretched the boundaries
of this traditional technique in new creative directions.
Students were then told that they would be combining traditional
and new techniques of gyotaku printing in an artwork of their own.
First, students were show a demonstration of printing in the
traditional method using black tempera paint and rubber fish
models. Thin paper was placed on the rubber fish and gently
rubbed to create a print. Then, students were ready to try the
technique on their own.
Once completed, the second step was to create a background
with which to mount their fish print. Students were given a variety
of materials, including watercolor and collage and encouraged to
combine materials and utilize previously learned techniques such
as watercolor resist and wet on wet painting to create interesting
and vibrant effects to highlight their fish print.

USING LINE CONSTRUCTIVELY:
Tree Line Drawings
Grade One
For their first lesson of the year, first graders revisited the
element of Line and discussed how lines can be found
everywhere in our world and that artists can use different
kinds of lines to express their ideas more fully. Students
examined and discussed several examples of line
drawings by various artists, explaining how each artist
used Line. Next, students were shown several paintings of
trees done by different artists and explored how each tree
was represented differently using various and often
unexpected types of lines. Students were led to notice
how using a particular type of line changes the way we
expect a tree to look.
Finally, students were instructed to create a line drawing
of their own choice. That said, everything in the picture
had to be constructed from a variety of appropriate lines
AND the subject had to include at least one tree. They
were encouraged to think about how lines can be used to
represent the many parts of a tree and different species of
trees. Students were given artworks created by Asian
artists which depicted different species of trees during
different seasons to help them think about the many ways
line can be used.
UNITY AND TRANSFORMATION IN
SCULPTURE
Grade Four
Fourth graders were introduced to the design
element of Unity, in which an artist employs
something which visually holds the artwork
together. Students also discussed how an artist
can utilize the idea or process of transformation in
a work of art. Students were then shown several
examples of the artwork by Tara Donovan, an
artist who uses common, disposable materials
such as paper plates and styrofoam cups and
transforms their appearance by arranging large
amounts of the same material in unexpected ways
in site-specific gallery installations. Students were
then instructed to choose one particular
disposable material, in any amount, and create a
sculpture which transforms the material in an
unexpected and interesting arrangement.
Sculptures of this nature often tend to be abstract
and organic in style and content, and students
were encouraged to explore this idea while also
creating a stable, secure structure with balance
and support.
ARCHITECTURAL FACADES
Grade Three
Students in grade three have been learning about
architecture and how architects plan buildings. For this
lesson, students learned that the front exterior wall of a
building is called a facade and requires specific
elements to be considered. Students noticed that
architects, like all artists, often borrow design ideas
from existing buildings and adapt them to their own
ideas. For example, students discussed how The
Parthenon in Athens, Greece has inspired buildings all
over the world, past and present, in both symbolism
and design. Students discussed some important
architectural elements such as columns and arches,
and how they have been used. In addition to structural
and functional elements, students were led to also
notice decorative elements, as well. The facade of the
Church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy was
discussed and examined.
From these ideas, students were instructed to create a
styrofoam block print of a building facade of their own
design while paying special attention to the details and
a various structural elements such as arches, columns,
balconies and towers. Once the prints were dry and
complete, students created a background setting for
their building using a variety of media.