Record of Approved Team Issues
2007 SDP
Central New York Team
1. Should the VVS CSD change their Shared Transportation Maintenance
Program with the Madison-Oneida BOCES to an Independent Transportation
Program operated by the district?
Issue Approval: March 6 Deadline:
Report to the Superintendent on June 1, 2007 (revised)
2. Should the Madison CSD offer an additional section of their Pre-K
program beginning an 2007-08?
Issue Approval: May 9 Deadline: Report
to the Superintendent on June 1, 2007
3. What are the options available for providing the best support for
technology integration in the district's classrooms and which option (s)
best fit the Morrisville-Eaton School District?
Issue Approval: June 26 Deadline: Report
to the Superintendent August 31, 2007
4. What is the most efficient and effective organizational structure
to increase the productivity of the Mohawk CSD administrative team?
Issue Approval: July 12 Deadline: Report
to the Superintendent August 15, 2007
Hudson-Mohawk Team
1. How can the margin of community votes of support to the Greenwich
Central School's budget vote be increased?
Issue Approval: February 15 Deadline:
Report to the Superintendent on March 12, 2007
2. What would be the best skill set for the district's new position of
Technology Director, and structurally how would this person fit into the
organizational chart of the district?
Issue Approval: May 2 Deadline:
Report to the Superintendent and two Assistant Superintendents by June 14, 2007
(revised)
3. Should the Granville CSD continue to operate its own transportation
department, or should it contract out for transportation services?
Issue Approval: April 23 Deadline:
Report to the Superintendent by June 11, 2007
Mid-State Team
1. Is the Central Square CSD student population growing and/or
shifting, and if so, what are the immediate and future implications?
Issue Approval: February 5 Deadline:
Report to the Superintendent and Administrative Team on June 28, 2007
2. Should the LaFayette CSD create a Pre-Kindergarten class or a
Developmental-Kindergarten class (Pre-First Grade) at GG elementary school
beginning in the 2007-08 school year?
3. What are reasons that cause some students at Mexico Academy and CSD
to drop out of high school and what would be the recommendations to improve
the graduation rate?
Issue Approval: August 22 Deadline:
Report to the Superintendent on October 25, 2007
4. How can the administrators in the Onondaga CSD improve the formal
teacher observation process by unifying language, raising expectations for
teachers and creating a tool that will improve communication for the
observation template?
Issue Approval: September 12 Deadline:
Report to the Superintendent on October 3, 2007
Mid-West Team
1. Should the West Irondequoit CSD implement Pre-K options and/or
adjust the current Kindergarten program in their district for the 2008-09
school year?
Issue Approval: February 18 Deadline:
Report to the Superintendent and Board of Education on June 7, 2007
2. How might the Fairport CSD respond to a request from a booster club
to create a woman's ice hockey team?
Issue Approval: May 6 Deadline:
Report to the Superintendent on July __, 2007
3. At Rush-Henrietta CSD, how will lowering class size and
implementing full teaming at the Middle School Level improve student
achievement, as measured on the New York State Assessments?
Issue Approval: September 6 Deadline:
Report to the Superintendent on October 15, 2007
4. How can the Brockport CSD effectively publicize a capital project
that was defeated by the voters of the district and generate support for the
project to ensure passage in the next votes?
Issue Approval: October 15 Deadline:
Report to the Superintendent on October 31, 2007
Western New York Team
1. Should the Albion CSD consider a public relations specialist
position whose sole responsibility would be public relations?
Issue Approval: February 28 Deadline:
Report to the Administrative Cabinet on March 16, 2007
2. How should the East Aurora UFSD successfully and efficiently
transition students and teachers to a new grade level/building configuration
for the September 2010 school year?
Issue Approval: April 18 Deadline:
Report to the Superintendent by May 29, 2007
3. Should the ___ CSD purchase laptop computers and mobile computer
labs to address web 2.o technology?
Issue Approval: May 9 Deadline:
Report to the Superintendent by May 21, 2007
4. What were the issues that caused the Panama CSD to abandon the
middle school model which was previously used, ac the issues be resolved,
and should the district consider using the model again?
Issue Approval: June 5 Deadline:
Report to the Superintendent by August 1, 2007, then to the Board of
Education
