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Regular Meeting
Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Town Hall, 50 South Main Street
Legislative Chamber - Room 314
I. Call to Order
A. Roll Call
B. Pledge of Allegiance
C. Revision to Agenda Order
II. Student Participation
III. Public Communications: Comments on topics of interest
from the public. Board members do not respond to comments.
3 minutes per individual, 20 minutes per subject matter.
IV. Unfinished Business
V. New Business
A. Nomination, Appointment and Swearing in of New Board Member
Recommendation: THAT the Board of Education appoint
Mr. Mark Zydanowicz as a member of the West Hartford Board of
Education to fill the position vacated by Ms. Ellen Brassil for the
period of November 20, 2012 through November 19, 2013
and THAT Ms. Essie Labrot, Town Clerk (or designee)
swear in Mr. Zydanowicz as a new Board member.
B. Election of Officers/Board Organization
Background: Pursuant to Sec. 10-218 of the State Statutes, Chapter II,
Section 4, of the Town Charter, and Section 8130 of the West Hartford
School Code Policy, the Board of Education should at this meeting elect
a Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and two Financial Examiners. Such persons
to hold office for a period of one year. It is recommended that the election
be conducted in accordance with the following procedure:
The following recommendation is made by the present Chairperson:
Recommendation: THAT Karen L. List act as temporary Chairperson
of this meeting for the purpose of electing a Chairperson for the Board of Education.
1. Karen L. List, Superintendent will serve as temporary Chairperson and
will call for nominations and action for the position of Chairperson.
2. The newly-elected Chairperson will conduct the meeting.
3. The newly-elected Chairperson will call for nominations and take action
for the election of the following officers: Vice-Chairperson, Secretary,
and (2) Financial Examiners (one from each political party)
C. Motion by Bruce Putterman and Terry Schmitt to Accept Revised Policies
6421 and 6600 - First Reading
Recommendation: THAT the Board of Education accept as a
First Reading the following policies which were revised by the Board
Policy Subcommittee:
6421: Parental Access to Instructional Materials
6600: Evaluation of the Instructional Program
VI. Staff Communications and Reports
A. Superintendent's Report
B. Staff Reports and Board Discussions
1. Summer School Report
Background: Mr. Dave Downes and Mr. Tom Moore will report.
2. Multi-Year Enrollment Projections
Background: Mr. Chip Ward will report.
VII. Routine Matters
A. Financial Statement
1. Approval of the Financial Statement for the period ending September 30, 2012
Recommendation: THAT the Board of Education approve the Financial
Statement for the period ending September 30, 2012
B. Approval of the Minutes
1. Approval of the Minutes of the regular Board meeting
of October 16, 2012
Recommendation: THAT the Board of Education approve the
Minutes of the regular Board meeting of October 16, 2012
VIII. Information and Reports
A. Board Members: Communications and Reports
1. Reports from Other Boards and Organizations
2. Other Information and Discussions
B. Non-Staff Communications and Reports
1. Reports from Student Board Representatives
IX. Future Business
A. Announcement of Meeting Dates
1. Tuesday, December 4, 2012, Regular Board Meeting, 7:00 p.m.,
Town Hall, 50 South Main Street, Legislative Chamber, room 314
2. Tuesday, December 18, 2012, Regular Board Meeting, 7:00 p.m.,
Town Hall, 50 South Main Street, Legislative Chamber, room 314
B. Request for Future Agenda Items
X. Comments from Visitors - 3 minutes per individual,
20 minutes per subject matter
XI. Executive Session
XII. Adjournment


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It was just before the light reaches the time of tall shadows. The sun, low in the sky, caught the dust that hangs above the road. A thousand flecks of gold in the still, heavy air. It was then summer arrived. The season for simple things. Night breezes, page-turners, the whir of an old electric fan. And, that quiet sort of reverence for home and country.
With those things in mind, I designed these handheld fans for the Fourth of July. You can print and make them yourself; here's how: Click here to download clip art, print on cardstock and cut out. Score and fold along white line. Unfold and lie flat. Now, working perpendicular to your first fold, score at half inch intervals. Fold accordion style. Shape into circle and glue at top using tab. Let dry. Glue wooden sticks to each of the remaining ends and tie or glue sticks together.
A couple of notes: The wooden sticks can be found at Michaels. I stained them using a water-based stain by FolkArt (found with the acrylic craft paints) - it's perfect for these kinds of projects (where it would be too inconvenient to break out the hardware store stuff). Also, a bone folder and scoring board or ruler are extra helpful here — they'll give you those even and crisp folds every time.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Fans & Fireworks
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Labels: Crafts, Downloads, Graphic Design, Holidays, Tutorial
21 comments:
- VintageBettys said...
Lovely,they would be great for the holiday!
- June 30, 2011 at 2:31 AM
- postcards and pretties said...
these are so cute & patriot!
- June 30, 2011 at 7:28 AM
- Sarah loves it all said...
These are so lovely! I just found your blog, and I am SO glad! Your pictures are really beautiful.
- June 30, 2011 at 1:52 PM
- Maddy @ Somewhere Splendid said...
I adore these. Gorgeous as usual!
- June 30, 2011 at 8:01 PM
- Punctuation Mark said...
i love these... super cute!
- June 30, 2011 at 8:30 PM
- Winny said...
Happy 4th of July. Like the black one.
- July 1, 2011 at 11:49 AM
- Madeline said...
These are so simple and beautiful! I love how one embodies the stripes, and the other the blue and stars...
- July 1, 2011 at 4:49 PM
- Nicky | JAF Gifts said...
This is so pretty! Too bad I saw this just now... but perhaps I can try this for another occasion, with another design. Thank you!
- July 4, 2011 at 8:10 AM
- Designs Good said...
Those are lovely--thank you!
- July 6, 2011 at 2:03 PM
- Shannon @ A Mom's Year said...
The bad news is I just arrived here today so I'm late for this 4th of July, but the good news is that I'm ahead for next year! These are beautiful and so original. Thank you for sharing with us.
- July 6, 2011 at 3:33 PM
- Gandhali said...
hey livy! beautiful fans, they reminded me of the precious fans my gran brought for me from USA more than a decade ago... good times :')
i just had a question, what is the typeface that you used to write the "how to", and where can i get a copy of it? it's beautiful!
- July 7, 2011 at 3:25 AM
- Erica said...
Gorgeous as usual!
Silver MLM
- July 7, 2011 at 6:30 AM
- elissa @ faucethead said...
great work. i could use the striped one this week... it's scorching!
- July 12, 2011 at 5:49 AM
- Carolyn Jae said...
Perfect! I am going to do these with my American Girls Club girls next week. As much as I LOVE the stars and stripes designs, I would like to be able to make a template to have the girls trace onto scrapbook paper. Do you know of any way to turn the clipart into a template?
- July 13, 2011 at 11:02 AM
- Rachel said...
Please, POST MORE OFTEN.
Your posts are such a rare treat.
Q: I am working on a collaborative project, and am collecting recipes. Would you send me your favorite, tried-and-true recipe?
Thank you and keep posting!
- July 21, 2011 at 8:14 PM
- Tucson Web Design said...
How cool. I will have to keep these in mind for next year..
- July 22, 2011 at 2:02 PM
- Joanne said...
These a beautiful - and so nicely photographed. I shall most definetly be making some.
- July 26, 2011 at 3:42 PM
- Kakav Nered said...
like a lollipops....uff :))
- August 9, 2011 at 3:15 AM
- emily said...
So sweet! love the little flowers especially!! and i'm not a kid haha
- August 12, 2011 at 4:03 AM
- RAKU. said...
million thanks for sharing, Greetings
- September 30, 2011 at 8:47 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hi! I just printed a bunch of these for my son's birthday party...however, I'm having difficulties figuring out how to assemble them! I ended up having to cut the two symmetrical halves of the fan in order to make it big enough to form the circle, and then after I glue it to the stick, it won't stay, but keeps "popping" out of shape.
Any suggestions? Am I doing something wrong? Would you mind giving me some more detailed instructions?
Thank you!
- August 29, 2013 at 9:56 AM

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Advanced nursing degree puts veteran at frontlines of leadership
A fire often begins as a small flame that, through life experiences, develops into a burning passion. For Capt. Jerry Webb '12, that experience came with a deployment to Afghanistan.
A 2003 graduate of Blinn College's associate degree nursing program, Webb worked as an operating room nurse at College Station Medical Center. To advance rank in the military, he decided to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) and began coursework with the Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) College of Nursing in 2009 as part of the college's inaugural class.
"Initially, I began the program purely because it was a requirement for rank advancement," he said. "I wasn't exactly sure why I needed to get a degree that wouldn't change my nursing ability or earning potential."
During his first semester of baccalaureate coursework, Webb volunteered for deployment to Afghanistan, where he served as a medical officer in the U.S. Army.
"I knew my number was coming up soon, so I volunteered for this mission so that I could be on the front lines," he said. "I knew the mission was going to be a mentor role, and as a nurse, you are always in the mind frame to teach."
Webb led a team of five medics in assisting the Afghan National Army's (ANA) 209th Corps to increase medical readiness throughout northern Afghanistan. He also served as the senior medical mentor to the 209th Corps Surgeon General and was personally responsible for providing guidance and recommendations to the highest-ranking Afghan military medical professional in the northern portion of the country.
"I provided oversight and advice to the ANA regarding its medical system in terms of medical doctrine, logistics, vehicle maintenance, building operations and maintenance, leadership growth and development, and overall medical capability," he said.
It was this Army leadership experience that ultimately sparked a greater, more profound passion in Webb to continue his nursing education.
Upon returning from Afghanistan, Webb re-enrolled in the college's RN-to-B.S.N. program, a transition program for associate degree nurses to pursue a baccalaureate education. The program is offered completely online, with part- and full-time options, allowing students to balance career and family while advancing their education.
"When I returned to the states, I attempted to pour myself back into the coursework and finish my B.S.N. as quickly as possible," he said. "I was no longer just going through the motions of education but actually seeking the advanced knowledge that, through my experiences in Afghanistan, I knew was so pertinent."
Webb also returned to his full-time position as an operating room nurse at the College Station Medical Center, juggling school and a family at the same time.
"The online aspect of the program was paramount to my success," he said. "I vowed to not let my family, or work, suffer through continuing my education."
To accomplish this, Webb worked during the day, spent evenings with his family and then began schoolwork after putting his kids to bed. He admits it wasn't always easy, but it was worth it.
"As an associate degree nurse, I felt like I was a good nurse – good at my job, good at caring for individual people," Webb said. "What I didn't see until I started working on my B.S.N. is how my job as a registered nurse impacts people outside of my immediate circle. The quality of care I provide makes a difference in patients, their families and even other staff."
Evolving standards among health care providers and nursing professional associations are making the B.S.N. more important than ever. In fact, in 2010, the Institute for Medicine called for increasing the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses in the workforce to 80 percent by 2020. Currently, only 42 percent of nurses in Texas hold baccalaureate degrees.
"Research supports the relationship between the level of nursing education and both the quality and safety of patient care," said Sharon Wilkerson, Ph.D., RN, CNE, dean of the TAMHSC-College of Nursing. "In addition, baccalaureate-prepared nurses have potential to climb the career ladder in nursing, as a bachelor's degree is typically required for management positions."
Webb is no exception. During his last semester in the B.S.N. program, he secured a job as the director of the Central Texas Endoscopy Center in Bryan, Texas. He manages the day-to-day operations of the center and is responsible for the safe, effective care given at the surgery center.
To provide an efficient bridge for associate degree nurses, the college also has articulation agreements in place with Blinn College and Austin Community College, with plans to formally partner with South Texas College this summer. The agreement creates an educational pathway for associate degree graduates at these educational institutions to go on to achieve a bachelor's degree.
"These collaborative efforts benefit not only the students but also the community by providing additional education for local nurses," Dr. Wilkerson said.
In June, another 45 associate degree students began coursework to achieve their B.S.N. – more than doubling the college's RN-to-B.S.N. admissions from the previous year.
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Mary DeYoung of the Hope College mathematics faculty died on Monday, July 25, 2011, after a brief battle with cancer. She was 58.
An associate professor of mathematics, she had been a member of the Hope faculty since 1982. She was a 1975 Hope graduate.
"This is a shattering development for Mary's family and the Hope College community. Few of us can match her zest for life, joy-filled teaching, and utter commitment to her students' best interests," said Provost Richard Ray.
Her teaching and scholarly emphasis was on mathematics education. The college presented her with its Janet L. Andersen Excellence in Teaching Award in 2010 in recognition of her work and perseverance in preparing pre-service elementary teachers for careers in education, including through her teaching as well as by serving as the official academic advisor for many mathematics elementary-education majors and as an informal advisor for other elementary students.
Active professionally beyond campus, she spoke through the years at a variety of national professional meetings concerning the teaching of mathematics and the preparation of mathematics teachers. Her numerous publications included the cover article in the October 2009 edition of "Teaching Mathematics in Middle School," and a chapter in the 2007 book "Beyond Tests and Quizzes: Creative Assessment in the College Classroom," which featured insights from more than a dozen Hope educators regarding effective teaching strategies.
DeYoung majored in mathematics at Hope - as had her father, William Vlieger of the Class of 1942. Her activities at the college, from which she graduated summa cum laude, included the Mortar Board honorary society, the Pi Mu Epsilon mathematics honor society, the Alpha Gamma Phi sorority and the Nykerk Cup competition.
She and her husband, Steve, who survives her, were Hope classmates who met at the college.
She completed a Master of Arts in the teaching of mathematics at Western Michigan University in 1987.
From 1975 to 1980, she was a seventh- and eighth-grade mathematics and science teacher at Hudsonville Junior High School. From 1980 to 1982, she was a part-time teacher with Holland Community Education's Learning Center for Adults. During the 1996-97 school year, while on a leave of absence from Hope, she served as deputy head of school and a mathematics teacher with Black River Public School in Holland.
In addition to enjoying any game or activity involving math, Mary was an avid tennis player, bridge player, and loved to ride her tandem bike with her beloved husband Steve. Mary was active in Third Reformed Church by holding various leadership positions, being involved with the youth program, and was an advocate for those less fortunate than she by participating in various mission trips. She and Steve were active with the Holland Area CROP Walk for years. She also worked with her husband in the family's woodworking business, Youngstirs LLC.
Mary is survived by her husband of 37 years, Steve; and her son and his fiancée, Andy DeYoung and Jessica Materson of Grand Rapids, and her son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Allison (Rich) DeYoung of Sarasota, FL. She is also survived by her mother, Sylvia Vlieger of Sioux Center, IA; her sister Judy and her husband, Ron Buseman of Sioux Falls, SD; her brother and his wife, Bill and Patty Vlieger of Houston, TX; and JoAnn and Vern Wichers of Le Mars, IA; her parents-in-law, Dr. James and Ruth DeYoung of Waupun, WI, Dirk DeYoung of Holland, Patricia DeYoung and Brad Nauman of Salt Lake City, UT, Paul and Bonnie DeYoung of Sussex, WI, and Sarah DeYoung and Scott Mason of Wauwautosa, WI. In addition to the immediate family, Mary is survived by many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Memorial contributions may be given to Hope College for a scholarship in the name of Mary DeYoung or to the mission memorial fund of Third Reformed Church of Holland.


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Jennifer Lawrence: Kings Road Cafe Lunch!
Jennifer Lawrence is cute and casual as she heads out for lunch with some friends at Kings Road Cafe on Sunday afternoon (January 6) in Los Angeles.
The night before, the 22-year-old Silver Linings Playbook actress went for a girls night out with her gal pals at the Chateau Marmont.
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I'm living an austere lifestyle as I write these words. At least, as austere as possible under the circumstances.
My Twitter and Facebook accounts are logged off. My iPhone, which harbors my Hotmail account and text messages, is in my pocket untouched. My work computer is still on, but I've closed every website except Google and promised myself not to use that one unless I need to for a story.
I'm not exactly Amish, I know. I still have my work email on — if one of my colleagues calls a meeting in the next few minutes, it would be irresponsible of me to miss it — and my landline is plugged in as well. But I've taken at least a few steps to pare my world to a single space and time. In other words, if two of my high school friends are picking apart "Pretty Little Liars" or if a fellow editor is live-tweeting a Lakers game, I'm here in the office and not there with them.
I realized the need for this experiment after I detected an involuntary twitch in my left forearm this month at the Newport Beach Central Library. I had just sat through a lecture by author Sherry Turkle about her book, "Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other," which analyzes the ways technology impacts our social and emotional lives — especially if we're "digital natives," Turkle's term for young people who grew up with Twitter and the like.
To a capacity crowd in the library's meeting room, the author talked about some of the phenomena she's witnessed in years of doing research. As a teacher, she once asked students why they texted during lectures, and one replied, "I need to see who wants to be in touch with me." Another example was downright chilling; Turkle described people who tapped their iPhones during funerals because they wanted to escape the "boring bits."
Scandalous? Sure. But on my way out of the library, as I proudly told myself that my attention span far exceeded those of Turkle's subjects, I felt a familiar motion: my left hand sliding into my pants pocket to retrieve my iPhone. I steeled it in place, then felt the urge again seconds later; I hadn't even made it to the door, and already I wanted an update. Had a friend texted me? Was there an email from a colleague? If I waited a half hour until I was home to check my messages, would I be out of the loop?
To one of the digital natives that Turkle described, those may seem like run-of-the-mill concerns. But I'm not a digital native, and once I willed my hand to stay out of that pocket at least for a few minutes, I tried to reimagine the days before Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg put so many things within reach at a second's notice. In short, how did I used to wait so long?
Well, the true answer to that question is "impatiently." Decades before social media, I already had an insatiable hunger for knowledge and a desire to know as much as possible as soon as possible; I just didn't have the resources that are available now. If I ordered a book or video, I might pace in front of the house for weeks waiting for the UPS truck. The newspaper and mail (no need to call it "snail mail" then) brimmed with possibilities when they arrived.
Under those circumstances, gathering information felt like a dedicated craft — the equivalent of building a sculpture a small piece at a time. If one book at the library had three more movie stills of the Marx Brothers than another, those three would be studied in depth. If one video had slightly more footage of Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak than another, the added frames didn't just excite; they brought with them the aura of accomplishment, the notion that they had been tracked down and discovered.
Nowadays, as an editor, I have Google open on my screen for 40 or more hours a week. If I need to check anything, whether about DiMaggio or Costa Mesa's last mayor, I can plug it in and have the answer in seconds. But those online devices don't just make work more efficient. On a typical day, my Facebook and Twitter feeds fill by the minute with colleagues posting articles, commenting on mine or debating the morning's news; my work email and Hotmail fill at the same rate. Like Turkle said, I'm both here and countless other places at the same time. After so many years, can I be just one place for an extended length of time?
So I decided to test myself. Monday morning, I set a regimen for the week: one check of Hotmail and Facebook in the morning, one at lunch and one at night before bed. Twitter would stay off unless I had to post a story on it. I would send no texts during the work day unless someone texted me with an emergency.
The fact that you're reading this story shows that those limitations didn't prove fatal. And I had a couple of revelations in the process. I learned, for one thing, that I can easily live without Twitter, which provides exciting links but also constant distraction; every time I glance back and see the number of new tweets posted at the top, I feel behind on my reading. I'm considerably fonder of Facebook, which is slower and allows for a more personal touch, but it creates the same feeling of racing to catch up. Like corn chips, it requires the willpower to say when.
Once in a while, non-digital-native that I am, I fantasize about chucking communication technology altogether. There's a problem, though: to borrow a line from Robert Frost, I have promises to keep. In my different capacities — editor, reporter, Press Club member — I need to touch base with a network of people, and many of them require responses much quicker than snail mail and landlines can provide.
If I restricted myself to those last two avenues of communication, would I inconvenience others? Quite possibly, yes. There is a difference between being a purist and simply being a relic of another time, and now that social media has changed the way we interact and do business, going back to the old methods feels like a self-indulgent protest. And so the websites and iPhone, however demanding, stay on — not because I need them so much as because others need me.
Before long, my social media use may be back to its full schedule. But if I feel my left hand sway unhurriedly the next time I walk out of an event, I can thank Turkle for reconnecting me. There is so much wonder around us, so much beyond those pocket-sized screens.
MICHAEL MILLER is the features editor for Times Community News in Orange County. He can be reached at email@example.com or (714) 966-4617.


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The telecommunications subsystem is used for receiving and transmitting commands and data. It is a two-way radio system, somewhat similar to a pair of very sophisticated walkie-talkies. The telecom subsystem on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is like one walkie-talkie and the Deep Space Network antenna back on Earth is like the second.
With its large-dish antenna, powerful amplifier, and fast computer, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter can transmit data to Earth at rates as high as 6 megabits per second, a rate 10 times higher than previous Mars orbiters. This rate is quite high considering that Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter achieves it while 100 million kilometers (62 million miles) from Earth. The spacecraft has already provided more than 50 Terabits -- that's 50 million million bits. To put it another way, that's more than all the data transmitted by all previous JPL spacecraft put together!
The orbiter's radio operates in the X-band of the radio spectrum, at a frequency of around 8 gigahertz. That means that the electromagnetic carrier wave -- onto which the data is modulated -- oscillates at 8 thousand million cycles per second. For comparison, your radio at home is designed to receive signals from AM stations in the range of 535 - 1,700 kilohertz, and from FM stations in the range of 88 - 108 megahertz.
Now, here's a question: If you could make an electromagnetic wave that oscillates at 500 Terahertz -- that's 500 million million cycles per second -- what would you have? Answer: Visible light! And you produce these amazing waves every time you flip on a light switch!
Major components of the telecom subsystem include:
Also on board is Electra, a UHF telecommunications package that is one of the engineering instruments providing navigation and communications support to landers and rovers on the surface of Mars. Electra allows the spacecraft to act as a relay between the Earth and landed crafts on Mars, which may not have sufficient radio power to communicate directly with Earth.


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While graduate school is typically a shelter from the storm in an unforgiving job market, some who have gone back to school or recently graduated are finding that a college degree is worth the investment.
The average salary for some professions is going up. The college class of 2011's average starting salary is $51,018, up from $48,661 last year, according to a report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, NACE. Twice a year, NACE surveys its 900 member employers and 1,800 colleges and universities to come up with a list of top-paying college majors and their corresponding average salary offers.
"The steady increases in starting salary offers we're seeing this year is a good indication that the job market for new college graduates is gathering strength," says Marilyn Mackes, NACE's executive director.
As companies remain focused on business growth, many are looking for employees with technical skills. Petroleum engineering and computer engineering grads had the highest bumps in starting salaries this year.
There are, however, some notable exceptions. Psychology graduates, for instance, saw a whopping 23.8 increase in their average salary offer, which now stands at $40,069. Although the job market is not as encouraging for English or general liberal arts graduates, most saw their average offers increase.
"Typically the more technical degrees command higher salaries, which explains why nearly all of the top-paid degrees are in the engineering field," Andrea Koncz of NACE says.
Click ahead to see what college degrees are pulling in the best paychecks.
By Jessica Naziri
Posted 15 August 2011