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Tuesday June 26, 2007 Andy Boyce
convened the School Board meeting at 6:05PM in the Art Room. The following were present: Andy Boyce, Robin Brown, Kristen
Downey, Jennifer Reining, Susan Weider, School Board; Alice Worth, Principal;
Virginia Stone, Secretary; Wendy Hovey, OESU Agenda Review – no additions/deletions Action items – none to report on Minutes – MOTION: (Reining/Brown) moved/seconded to
approve the minutes of the meeting on 6/12/07; unanimous. Orders – MOTION: (Brown/Boyce) moved/seconded to
approve order #24/06, and payroll warrant for June 30th; unanimous. Public Comment – none Correspondence
- none Reports SuperintendentÕs Report – Wendy Hovey spoke to the
status of the hiring of a Human Resources Coordinator at the OESU level and a
trial of automated answering service over the summer at the OESU. PrincipalÕs Report – Alice Worth reported on status
of hiring for support staff positions for 2007-2008 at Thetford
Elementary. MOTION: (Boyce/Reining) moved/seconded to
authorize the Chair to sign a contract when prepared for Brian Lukowitz,
Custodian for the 2007-2008 school year; unanimous. MOTION:
(Weider/Brown) moved/seconded to authorize the Chair to sign a
contract when prepared for Kathleen Hatch, Speech/Language Paraprofessional
for the 2007-2008 school year; unanimous. MOTION:
(Boyce/Reining) moved/seconded to authorize the Chair to sign
contracts when prepared for a Paraprofessional and two Personal Care Aides
for the 2007-2008 school year; unanimous. Facilities Report – Alice Worth reported to the
Board for Keith Thompson, Facilities Manager, who could not be present at
tonightÕs meeting. She noted:
that the Board would have an update on the Thetford Hill Sidewalk Project at
their next regularly scheduled meeting; that Jim McGrath, OESU, has proposed
a $2,200 study be undertaken regarding improvements to the curtain wall of
the 1966 building; that an engineer had reported that to improve the heat
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2 Reports (contÕd) Facilities Report (contÕd) would cost $10,500; that Ken Kaliski had volunteered to look
into ways of reducing the sound problems in class rooms created by the
heating system; and that the improvements to the schoolÕs fields were
somewhat behind schedule but coming along well. Discussion Other Business Authorization to Pay July and August - MOTION: (Weider/Reining) moved/seconded to
authorize Robin Brown to approve
the payment of bills and payrolls in July and August, with the Board
ratifying same at their next regularly scheduled Board meeting; unanimous. Review Bus Routes – Discussion of request for
extending a bus route for a TA student.
Alice Worth will inquire of First Student if it is possible to meet
this request without impacting the time and mileage of the route. She will then report back to Andy
Boyce and Robin Brown. Legislative Reports – Wendy Hovey provided a
handout to Board members, ŌStudies Pertaining To Education Commissioned By
The Vermont Legislature – 2007Ķ, A Briefing Prepared by the VSA, VSBA
and VPA Updated June 5, 2007 with links to bills that the VSA, VSBA and VPA
will be discussing.
Discussion. Executive Session - MOTION: (Boyce/Reining) moved/seconded to go
into Executive Session at 7:15PM to discuss the PrincipalÕs Evaluation, the
premature dissemination of which would clearly place the Board at a
significant disadvantage; unanimous. Virginia Stone left the meeting. Out of Executive Session at 8:30PM. No action Adjourned: MOTION: (Weider/Reining) moved/seconded to
adjourn at 8:31PM; unanimous. Virginia
Stone/Robin Brown These minutes are not official
until approved by the School Board. |