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Byram Hills
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Volume 9, Issue 5  
October 12, 2005

OCTOBER 11, 2005 BOARD MEETING SUMMARY - Board Goals, Enrollment Report, New Emergency Notification System, Upcoming Events

SPECIAL REPORT: BOARD GOALS FOR 2005-06
Concluding extensive discussion in Board retreat sessions and public meetings with one more round of deliberation, the Board came to consensus agreement on goals for the
2005-06 school year:

  • Extracurricular study/negotiations
  • System for ongoing curriculum and program review
  • Transportation study
  • Byram Hills Administrators Association negotiations

These goals are available to the public in more complete form, along with the District's Mission Statement and an outline of other "Continuous Improvement" topics and activities,

In This Issue...
Special Report: Board Goals
for 2005-06
1
Enrollment Report 1
New Emergency Notification System 1&2
Staff Reports 2
Board Reports 2
Coming Attractions 2
Action Summaries 3

on the District's website. A copy is attached.

The Board's meetings in the course of the 2005-06 school year will include updates on progress toward these goals.

ENROLLMENT REPORT:
October 1, 2005 Tallies/Class Sizes

The Superintendent presented the annual enrollment tally, showing 2,834 students enrolled K-12. This enrollment is very close to the demographer's projection of 2,853.

Mr. Chambers also noted that class sizes K-5 are all within the Board's class-size guidelines; the same is true of virtually all sections 6-12.

A complete copy of the enrollment report is available from the Superintendent's office. It will be used by the District's demographer as an ingredient in enrollment projections for subsequent years.

NEW EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM
The District is preparing to launch a new telephone notification system for use in emergency closings (such as snow days) and other important circumstances. The system comes from a

Byram Hills 
School District
10 Tripp Lane
Armonk, N.Y. 10504
Tel: (914) 273-4082 
Fax: (914) 273-2516 

School Board
President:
Ms. Gail Reese
Vice President:
Ms. Wendy Gardner
Members:
Mr. John J. Grimes
Mr. Rick Kaplin
Dr. Eve Rice
Mr. Ira Schulman
Mr. Brett Summers

Superintendent:
Mr. John A. Chambers

Deputy Superintendent for
Curriculum and Personnel:
Dr. Jacquelyn L. Taylor

Assistant Superintendent for
Business and Management
Services:
Mr. Gregory Carlson

Website:
http://www.byramhills.org/

Board meetings on CATV20:
Sundays          8:00 A.M.
Tuesdays        Midnight
Wednesdays   5:00 P.M.

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