Building Planning Councils

Committee Chairperson(s):

Michael Plotkin, Laura Dubak, Kerri Bianchi

Educational Program Chairs: Mark Maxam, Nichole Kelly, Craig Campanaro

Committee Charge: The Commissioner’s Regulations (100.11) require that each public school district board of education and each board of cooperative educational services (BOCES) shall develop and adopt a district plan for the participation by teachers and parents with administrators and school board members in school-based planning and shared decision making.

In the Croton-Harmon School District there is a Building Planning Council (BPC) in each school. BPC will be the vehicle we use for 100.11 (Participation of parents and teachers in school-based planning and shared decision making).  BPCs will consist of administrators, teachers, students (where developmentally appropriate), Board of Education representative, and parents. The following are a list of suggested topics for BPC:   grading practices (reporting student progress-communication/conferencing); code of conduct; policy; social/emotional learning; technology; program of study. There may be other topics that the principal may want to consider.