Milewski to Retire from Madison Schools

The Madison Board of Education approved the resignation of business administrator and board secretary Charles Milewski on Tuesday night. Milewski is retiring, with his final day set for June 30.

"I just wanted to publicly commend Chuck for his service to the district for all of these years," Madison Superintendent of Schools Dr. Richard Noonan said. "When Chuck came to the district, Madison was facing some considerable fiscal challenges. Consistently in his time with us our audits have been strong, our financial situation has improved markedly. ... I just wanted to thank him for his service to the district for all those years and wish him luck in retirement."

Noonan said the search process would start in early January for a replacement and that the district would want to fill the position by at least April.

"It really has been a pleasure," Milewski said during the board's meeting.

Torey J. Sabatini School Presentation

Michael Post, principal of Torey J. Sabatini School, gave a slide-show presentation to the board on some more-recent aspects of the school. Part of the presentation showed some of its new facilities, including an all-purpose room that the children voted to call the "Jaguar Jungle."

Post also talked about a program called "Reading Recovery." To demonstrate "Reading Recovery," reading specialist Marlene Ryan and three students went through an abbreviated session, breaking down different components of the program. "Reading Recovery" is an intervention program for first-grade students, with its goal to help accelerate reading growth.

"One of the great things about "Reading Recovery" is that the training model is really what you'd like all of your professionals to be ultimately doing," Post said. "Mrs. Ryan still has to work, quote-unquote, behind the glass where her work is examined by peers. It's a great process."