1. Company LOGO Welcome Back 2007-2008

2. Agenda 1. Introductions 2. New for 2007-2008 3. Twenty-first Century Education 4. Challenges and Goals

3. Introductions Central Office Administrators Building Level Administrators New Teachers Twenty-five Years of Service

4. Beth Carlen – High School Gloria Cherry – Transportation Julie Mott – Middle School Cathy Nowacki – Central Office Nick Scarimbolo – High School Ron Storms – Buildings and Grounds

5. New Personnel for 2007-2008 Two new kindergarten teachers New music teacher in the high school Reinstatement of early intervention and AIS services at the elementary level An additional bus driver An additional middle school security person Reinstatement of all program assistants JV Lacrosse coaches

6. New Programs for 2007-2008 Chinese culture studies in the intermediate school Mandarin Chinese course in the middle school Beginnings of e-learning in the high school through Virtual High School Instant parent communication through School Messenger Additional wireless capability and mobile computer labs

7. New and Renovated Facilities New Otisville Elementary New sidewalks MVES/MVIS Reconfigured roadway and parking Stairs behind the visitor bleachers Elevator shaft Renovated kitchen MVES/MVIS Additional lighting Route 6 Campus

8. Twenty-first Century Education Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Strategic Planning Curriculum Mapping E-learning

9. Strategic Planning for Teaching and Learning Staff Development Technology Special Education Performing Arts Gifted And Talented Curriculum & Instruction Curriculum & Instruction

10. Join a Task Force Curriculum and Instruction Performing Arts Special Education Gifted and Talented Staff Development Technology strategicplan@minisink.com Join by September 14

11. Goals for 2007-2008 1234 Make AYP on all NYS tests Curriculum Mapping Strategic Planning Harness the Internet

12. Challenges 2007-2008 EXCEL Project Pass Budget Student Discipline Remain Positive

13. EXCEL Project New heating system in ES/IS New alarm/clock/PA systems in ES/IS New bleachers in the HS New auditorium seats in the HS New roof at the MS New paving and bus lifts at the bus garage Surveillance cameras on buses Surveillance cameras campus wide Ceiling mounted projectors

14. We are the young, the children of the world. We hold tomorrow in our hands. We are the young, the promise of a brighter day. The future waits at our command. Teach us well; teach us how to care. Give us love, love that we can share. We’ll walk hand in hand in the light of the rising sun. We Are the Young

15. We are the young and so we look to you to show us how the world should be. We are the young; we trust in your experience to help us shape our destiny. That day is dawning when we will be grown. We will inherit this world for our own. We are the young.

16. You must work, we all must work, to make the world worthy of its children.