The Journey

The journey began on February 24, 2010, when the Board of Education voted to restructure Miller and Driscoll Schools into one school. Our building will be referred to as Miller-Driscoll School.



A steering committee was immediately formed of parents, administrators, paraprofessionals, and teacher volunteers in order to ensure that the reorganization would be designed with information generated from all members of our school community. This steering committee was asked to identify and prioritize key implementation tasks for the organizational approach. The first meeting was held April 6, 2010. Members from the Administration are: Heidi Carlin(SPED), Arlene Gottesman, Cheryl Jensen-Gerner, Fred Rapczynski(Pre-School), Ginny Rico, Mary Skowronski, and Sheelah Brown. Parent representatives are: Jeffrey Busch, Maria Haljun, Bernadette Hess, Andrea Klancko, Susan Safko, Tiffany Tece and Elizabeth Torkelsen. Teacher representatives are: Lauren Feltz, Jane Giresi, Jeanine Hussey, Beverly Iannucci, Carol Maxwell, and Leigh-Ann Salotollo. Mary Henwood, our School Psychologist, Marie Jarboe, our School Secretary and Kathy Franks, our Reading Paraprofessional.



At the April 6, 2010 meeting, the committee purpose was to :

a. Design an organizational approach

b. Identify key implementation tasks

c. Identify subcommittees/tasks/ establish the timeline