The Board of Education meets tomorrow night at 7pm in the Common Council Chambers at City Hall. Several items of interest are on the action agenda (meaning the BOE is voting on something specifically), including the Ad Hoc Feasibility Committee, authorization to spend Capital Preventative Maintenance funds on a new Moody Playscape, a Spencer School naming request and the second phase of the Race to the Top Grant.
Just last week, the General Assembly approved an educational reform bill that was specifically designed to make CT more competitive to receive federal stimulus funds from the $4.3 billion Race to the Top competition. More information on this subject is available in a May 6, 2010 article in the CT Mirror. The deadline for the second round of competition applications is June 1, 2010.
The vote on the new Moody Playscape is particularly important because the old playscape has already been removed. Only the BOE can spend Capital Preventative Maintenance Funds, so it takes a specific vote to release this money.
The district's financial statement will also be of interest given the fact that the proposed BOE share of the city's 2010-2011 budget is $200,000 less than last year's budget. There will have to be some discussion (I would think) about how to readjust spending priorities if this budget passes.
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