BUDGET HEARING V
June 3 is the new Board vote date (changed from 5/20). Every school district in New York State has had its vote date changed from May 20 to June 3 by action of the New York State Legislature. Therefore, all three matters subject to public vote will now move to the new date:

• School Budget
  
• Board Election
  
• Bond Proposal

The school district will use many venues to communicate this change, including:

• Budget Hearing VI—5/27 at 7:30 p.m.
  
• Spectrum (8 page newsletter) on PE/Athletic Facilities Bond Proposal—by mail week of 5/12.
  
• Cable TV video summary on Bond Proposal—Thursdays and Fridays on Channel 18
  
• Budget Brochure— by mail week of 5/19
  
• Website posting
  
• Other signs and announcements

However, the uncertainty of the New York State budget situation continues despite the delayed voting date. The Board and administrators discussed the question of whether any revision of the Byram Hills budget proposal would be in order, and concluded that changes in the State budget

BUSINESS AGENDA
Consent Agenda
Several matters were also approved on the Consent Agenda, which included a number of personnel appointments or resignations. These actions are summarized in a box on the reverse side.

Program reports
Dr. Taylor, with assistance from technology coordinator Marie Kish and resource teachers Joanna Nash and Rekha Singh, reported to the Board on the continuing effort by the whole faculty to "map" curriculum K-12. Using the Atlas Curriculum Mapping software which the district is employing for this effort, they illustrated how teachers are entering curriculum information, and are able to cross reference that information. For instance, the maps show categories such as "content," "skills," and "assessment" for each course and grade level. The software allows teachers at one grade level to examine content at another grade level, or to match the assessments of student work in one subject area with another.

The Board received this report with some enthusiasm, because the potential uses of the maps are so powerful. Dr. Taylor and the other presenters closed with the expectation that sometime in the new school year the initial process of mapping K-12 will be complete. Even then, the maps will not be static, but subject to continuing revision as teachers cooperate across course and grade levels. Looking further ahead, there is even the prospect that portions of the maps will be available to students and parents online.