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November 2, 2020 - Andover Public Schools Plan for 2020-21 School Year Continues in Absence of Agreement with Teachers’ Union
September 10, 2020 - A Primer for the 2020 Andover Annual Town Meeting
September 9, 2020 - Andover School Committee Prevails at Department of Labor Relations
September 3, 2020 - Statement from APS Chief Operations Officer
August 31, 2020 - School Committee votes unanimously to authorize district legal counsel to petition Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations
August 28, 2020 - Message from School Committee Chairperson Shannon Scully on the safe return to school buildings
August 24, 2020 - Doherty Middle School Track and Field Area to be Named in Honor of the Tucker FamilyJuly 28, 2020- Superintendent Evaluation Documents for 2019-2020:
Superintendent Summary Evaluation Documents:
- End-of-Year Progress Report on Superintendent Goals
- Superintendent Composite Evaluation FY20 Final- Approved July 30, 2020
- Summary Evaluation Matrix FY20
Superintendent Individual Evaluations by Members:
- SuperEval FY20 Blumstein
- SuperEval FY20 McCready
- SuperEval FY20 Murphy
- SuperEval FY20 Scully
- SuperEval FY20 Spruce
June 8, 2020- Anti-Racism Activism within APS
June 1, 2020- Andover School Committee responds to recent incidents across the U.S and in Andover
March 17, 2020 School Committee Update regarding the Coronavirus
June 24, 2019 Superintendent Evaluation 2018-2019
Superintendent Summary Eval Docs:
- Superintendent Berman FY19 Composite Eval
- Evaluation Matrix FY19
- End of Year Progress Reports on Superintendent Goals
- Statement from School Committee on Superintendent Evaluation
- Dr. Berman's Memo to School Committee
September 25, 2018
At the September 20, 2018 meeting, the School Committee voted to approve 2019-2020 school calendar. This was the third reading of the proposed calendars, and the vote was unanimous following thoughtful consideration, discussion and feedback from the public, the AEA and students. The approved 2019-20 calendar is different than the 2018-19 school calendar. Based on responses to the committee from parents, teachers, students and the community, school will be in session on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Good Friday in 2019-20.
A few important notes on this decision:
September 5, 2018
A few important notes on this decision:
- The district does not and cannot make decisions about school vacation days based on religion. Instead, we’ve traditionally not had school on “low attendance days” when so few staff and students would be available that the district could not reasonably operate. Four of those days are observed as religious days (Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Good Friday and Christmas Eve) and a fifth is the day after Thanksgiving.
- The School Committee votes annually on the following year’s calendar; this calendar is for 2019-20. This will allow the SC to assess and determine which days, if any, are truly “low attendance” days.
- Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Good Friday are included on the diverse list of religious and ethnic observances given special consideration under the School Committee’s Religious and Ethnic Observances policy which can be found here.
2018-2019 Religious and Ethnic Observances
June 25, 2018 Superintendent Evaluation 2017-2018Superintendent Summary Eval Docs:
- SC Memo EOY Standards 1-4
- End of Year Progress Reports on Superintendent Goals
- Superintendent Berman FY18 Composite Eval
- Evaluation Matrix FY18
Superintendent Individual Evaluations by Members:
Statement of the Andover School CommitteeSuperEval FY18 BlumsteinSuperEval FY18 McCreadySuperEval FY18 MurphySuperEval FY18 ScullySuperEval FY18 Spruce
February 16, 2018
Statement of the Andover School Committee re AHS Hockey
September 8, 2017
SC Statement Against Hate
June 27, 2017
The Andover School Committee will vote on a new three-year contract with the Andover Education Association Unit A on July 6, 2017. The School Committee’s negotiating subcommittee and the union’s negotiation team have agreed to extend their 2014-2017 collective bargaining agreement through August 31, 2020. The agreement was reached by the negotiation teams on June 14, 2017, ratified by the Andover Education Association Unit A membership on June 23,
- Memorandum of Agreement: The Andover School Committee and The Andover Education Association - Unit A - June 14, 2017
- Financial Overview AEA - 2017-2020
Feb. 12, 2015
Statement of Andover School Committee re AHS Principal Position
(drafted by the ASC at the Feb. 12,