Friday, October 22, 2010

Board Reviews Global Initiative

Superintendent David Quattrone gave the Bronxville Board of Education an update of the district's global initiative, now in its third year. He praised the work of the Teacher Center and its Policy Board, comprised of representative teachers, administrators, and liaisons to the Bronxville School Foundation and the Board of Education. Building on two years of professional development, this year's activities focus on the collaborative examination of student work. Working in groups, teachers are evaluating student writing and projects as a way of gaining insight into two essential questions:

1) To what extent do our students think critically and creatively about the world around them and their place in it?

2) To what extent do our students show initiative and responsibility for their own learning?


The questions will set the stage for a series of curriculum conversations scheduled for Board meetings throughout the year. The presentation can be seen below.

Carducci String Quartet Comes to Bronxville


Rosella Ranno, Secretary and Education Chair of the Friends of Music Concerts, announced that the Bronxville High School strings program has received a Friends of Music Partnership in Education Grant for the fall semester 2010. This grant will support a visit from the Carducci String Quartet, currently on their US East Coast tour from their home base in London. They will be performing and working with Bronxville students in early November.

Friends of Music Concerts is a volunteer, non-profit organization that sponsors high quality music performances in Westchester County. Denise Lutter is director of the strings program.

Auditors Share Findings with Board

The Bennett Kielson Storch DeSantis Division of O'Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins llp, the district's external auditors, presented their annual findings to the Bronxville Board of Education. Susan Barossi and Brian Kenneally prepared the financial statement and made the report. Key findings included:

  • An unqualified opinion on financial statements
  • No material errors, frauds, or illegal acts were identified
  • No deficiencies in internal control were identified
  • No disagreements with management.

Chris Atayan, chairman of the audit committee, called attention to post-retirement benefits, including a $24 million obligation that will be paid out over thirty years. The Board accepted the report unanimously, and the presentation appears below.