The Bridge Builder

An old man, going a lone highway,

Came, at the evening, cold and gray,

To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide,

Through which was flowing a sullen tide.

The old man crossed in the twilight dim;

The sullen stream had o fears for him;

But he turned, when safe on the other side,

And built a bridge to span the tide.

"Old man," said a fellow pilgrim, near,

"You are wasting strength with building here;

Your journey will end with the ending day;

You never again must pass this way;

You have crossed the chasm, deep and wide-

Why build you the bridge at the eventide?"

The builder lifted his old gray head:

"Good friend, in the path I have come," he said,

"There followeth after me today

A youth, whose feet must pass this way.

This chasm, that has been naught to me,

To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be.

He, too, must cross in the twilight dim;

Good friend, I am building the bridge for him."

September 13, 2011

7:30 P.M.  – Regular Meeting,  School #7

·        Report on the Opening of School
·        Report on Summer Programs
·        School Board Resolutions for New York State  Conference
·        Goals and Objectives 2011/2012
·        Report on Tax Cap

October 18, 2011

7:30 P.M. – Regular Meeting, School #9E/9M

·        Report from the School District Auditor
·        Report on Common Core Standards
·        Update on Social Emotional Literacy Program

November 15, 2011

7:30 P.M. – Regular Meeting,  School #2

·        A Genre Specific Writing Continuum in Grades 1 – 6
·        Dignity for All Students Act

December 6, 2011

7:30 P.M. – Special Meeting, Board Room

December 13, 2011

7:30 P.M. – Regular Meeting, School #5

·        Recommendations for Additions/Deletions of H.S. Courses  2012/2013
·        Research Skills for Students – Grades K-12

January 24, 2012

7:30 P.M. – Regular Meeting, School #8

      Overview of the Upcoming Budget Process
Ipad Initiative at the Middle School
Dignity Act

February 7, 2012

7:30 P.M. – Regular Meeting, School #4

·        Budget Workshop # 1 – Administration & Capital
·        Building & Grounds Committee Report

March 6, 2012

7:30 P.M. – Special Meeting, School #6 Cafeteria

·        Budget Workshop # 2 – Instruction

March 13, 2012

7:30 P.M. Regular Meeting, School #3

·        Budget Workshop # 3 – Instruction

March 20, 2012

7:30 P.M. – Special Meeting, School #6 Cafeteria
·        Budget Workshop  #4 – Staffing, Revenues, Tax Rates

April 17, 2012

7:30 P.M. Regular Meeting, School #6 Auditorium

·        BOCES Budget Vote
·        Review of New District-wide Health Curriculum

May 8, 2012

7:30 P.M. Regular Meeting, School #7

·        Budget Hearing
·        School Report Card

May 15, 2012

10:00 p.m. School #6 Auditorium

·        Budget Vote and Elections

June 19, 2012

7:30 P.M. – Regular Meeting, School #7

·        Review of Goals and Objectives 2011/2012
·        Update on School Lunch Program