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School Board Minutes Tuesday February 26, 2008 Andy Boyce
convened the School Board meeting at 7:05PM in the Art Room. The following were present: Andy Boyce, Robin Brown, Karen
Kaliski, Jennifer Reining, Susan Weider, School Board; Alice Worth,
Principal; Virginia Stone, Secretary; members of the TA Board of Trustees and
members of the public Agenda Review – The anticipated executive
sessions were deleted. Minutes – MOTION: (Weider/Brown) moved/seconded to
approve the minutes of the meetings 1/22/08 and 2/12/08; unanimous. Orders – (Brown/Kaliski) moved/seconded to
approve order #15/07 and the payroll for 2/15/08; unanimous. Reports PrincipalÕs
Report – Alice Worth noted that:
the school welcomed Mariah Lienau as the long term substitute for
Elizabeth Auch who is on maternity leave and Susan Hatfield who is the long
term substitute replacing Molly Dugan-Sullivan as a paraprofessional in Aimee
TothÕs kindergarten class; the decision was made to hold school on Monday,
March 3rd, which was previously scheduled as an in-service day, in
an effort to make up school days lost to snow cancellations; and reported on
the in-service work around the social sciences and the planned implementation
of a new math program for K-5 in the next school year. 7:30PM Alice Worth and Virginia Stone left the meeting. Business Update
from Thetford Academy re: ~Capital Project Funding and Costs – Tim
Briglin, President of the TA Board of Trustees, gave a presentation on the
revised capital construction project at TA including time-line and financing
of the project. Information will again be presented in its entirety at Town
Meeting.~~The project as originally proposed and approved by the Town in an
advisory vote in 2007 was $10.6million. ~The final cost of the revised
project is expected to be approximately $7.9 million. ~As TA has had to
revise the original project due to their difficulty in obtaining financing,
the revised project will be phased in with new construction and renovations
to Anderson Hall~that include a new gym, cafeteria, and performance space as
well as~renovations to the Science Building in Phase I. Construction is
planned to begin in May of 2008 and take two years. ~Sources of funding are:
~Building Campaign, Endowment, Sale of Property, Tuition, and Construction
Line of Credit. ~Discussion. 10:40PM Members of the TA Board of Trustees and the public left
he meeting. Thetford School Directors 2/26/08 page
2 Business (contÕd)~~~~~~~~ Superintendent
Evaluation~ – Materials distributed to the Board to be returned to
the chair March 11th. ~~~~~~~~Preparation for Annual Meeting – Discussion
including FY09 Budget and TA Capital Project; materials required for distribution
to the public. Adjourned: MOTION: (Boyce/Weider) moved/seconded to
adjourn at 11:10PM; unanimous. Virginia
Stone/Robin Brown These minutes are not official
until approved by the School Board. |