PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MINUTES WILL NOT BE FINAL UNTIL

THE BOARD HAS APPROVED THEM AT ITS NEXT MEETING.

 

August 11, 2005

 

The Board of Directors of Maine School Administrative District No. 75 held a regular meeting at Mt. Ararat High School on Thursday, August 11, 2005.

 

The following Directors were present:  Joanne Rogers, Chair; Maryane Burns; Dorothy “Dee” Carrier; Edward M. Cook, III; Caroline Eliot; Dorothy Gardner; Stephen P. Harris; Robert W. Hill; David A. Johnson; Jane Meisenbach; Andrea Najarian; Jeffrey Rowe; Jeffrey Steinert; and Kim Totten.

 

Also present was Tasha Cornish, student representative to the Board of Directors.  The student representative seat previously held by Jared Libby remains vacant.

 

1.         Call to order

 

            The meeting was called to order by Chairman Rogers at 6:30 p.m.

 

2.         Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

 

            The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was recited by those present.

 

3.         To consider action relative to additions or adjustments to the agenda and to ask for comments from the audience

 

            Agenda adjustments were noted, as follows:

 

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6.2a     To appoint Rick Dedek to the position of .5 FTE Woodside Elementary School Assistant Principal and .5 FTE Special Education teacher

 

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6.3a     To consider a policy to allow our current practice regarding sales of foods at public events to remain in place until the District has an opportunity to consider a District-wide nutrition policy as required by Law in the spring of 2006

 

3.1       RECOGNITIONS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

√          Moe St. Pierre & the M.S.A.D. No. 75 Food Service Program – Excellent Bureau of Health Inspection scores

 

4.         To take action relative to accepting as printed the minutes of the July 7, 2005, regular meeting of the Board of Directors

 

It was moved by Mr. Hill, seconded by Mr. Johnson, and VOTED (unanimously of those present) to accept as printed the minutes of the July 7, 2005, regular meeting of the Board of Directors.

 

Ms. Eliot was out of the room when the vote was taken.  Mr. Harris, Mrs. Meisenbach, and Mr. Steinert had not yet arrived.

 

5.         OLD BUSINESS:

 

5.1       To hear a report on the meeting with Selectmen to reconsider the cost-sharing formula  

 

            Superintendent Wilhelm reported on the initial meeting of this group, which was held on August 10.  Two additional meetings have been scheduled to be held on Tuesday, September 6 and Wednesday, September 21.  Dr. Wilhelm noted that three of the six agenda items had been addressed at the August 10th meeting.

 

6.         NEW BUSINESS:

 

6.1       To accept the following resignations:

 

√          Roger Linton, Transportation Director

 

√          Paula Burleson, Speech/Language Pathologist

 

√          Faith Madore, Special Education teacher

 

√          Cheryl Nelson, Special Education teacher

 

√          Nancy Pinkham, Special Education teacher

 

√          Sarah Wishart, 1st grade teacher

 

…        At 6:32 p.m. Mr. Harris and Mr. Steinert arrived.

 

It was moved by Mrs. Carrier, seconded by Mr. Cook, and VOTED (856 yeas, 0 nays, 77 abstentions, and 67 absent) to move the slate, accepting the resignations of the above-listed.

 

Voting yea were Ms. Burns, Mrs. Carrier, Mr. Cook, Ms. Eliot, Mrs. Gardner, Mr. Hill, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Najarian, Mrs. Rogers, Mr. Rowe, Mr. Steinert, and Mrs. Totten.

 

There were no nay votes.

 

Abstaining from voting was Mr. Harris.

 

Mrs. Meisenbach had not yet arrived.

 

6.2       To appoint the following to first-year probationary contracts, for the 2005-2006 academic year, as detailed

 

√          Tracy Ginn, .5 FTE 6th grade art teacher, at Master’s +15, Step 8

 

√          Christina Schoenberg, .4 FTE school nurse, Williams-Cone School, at Bachelor’s, Step 11 (prorated)

 

√          Karen Nesbitt-Collin, Kindergarten teacher, Bowdoin Central School, at Bachelor’s +15, Step 3

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6.2a     To appoint Rick Dedek to the position of .5 FTE Woodside Elementary School Assistant Principal and .5 FTE Special Education teacher

 

It was moved by Mr. Hill, seconded by Mr. Steinert, and VOTED (unanimously of those present) to move the slate, appointing the above-listed, as detailed.

 

                        Mrs. Meisenbach had not yet arrived when the vote was taken.

 

6.3       To approve a draft schedule of Board meetings for 2005-2006

 

            It was moved by Mr. Steinert, seconded by Mr. Johnson, and VOTED (unanimously of those present) to approve a draft schedule of Board meetings for 2005-2006.

 

            Mrs. Meisenbach had not yet arrived when the vote was taken.

 

…        At 6:40 p.m. Mrs. Meisenbach arrived.

 

6.3a     To consider a policy to allow our current practice regarding sales of foods at public events to remain in place until the District has an opportunity to consider a District-wide nutrition policy as required by Law in the spring of 2006

 

Superintendent Wilhelm noted that Mary Booth, Health Curriculum Coordinator, favors this.

 

It was moved by Ms. Najarian, seconded by Mrs. Gardner, and VOTED (unanimously) to request that Administration prepare a draft policy showing exceptions to the State Law.

 

{A meeting of the Board’s Policy Committee was subsequently scheduled to be held on August 25th , and this issue will be further discussed.}

 

6.4       To enter executive session pursuant to I. M.R.S.A. Section 405(6)(A) to consider a personnel issue

 

                        This item will be taken at the end of the meeting.

 

7.         COMMITTEE REPORTS:

 

8.         SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT:

 

8.1       Financial report – Business Manager Ron Lavender presented this report.

 

8.2       Navy Annex Housing update – Superintendent Wilhelm reported that 100 of 177 residences on the Navy Annex are no longer being occupied.  Some have already been demolished in preparation for rebuilding them, but the plans have been put “on hold,” awaiting the BRAC Commission’s ruling on possible closure of BNAS.

 

8.3       Enrollments – Superintendent Wilhelm reported briefly on enrollments, noting that Woodside’s population was 442 on October 1, 2004 and that the enrollment there (as of August 11) is 362.  Similarly, the August 11, 2005 enrollment at Williams-Cone is 275, and the October 1, 2004 enrollment was 302.  Enrollments at the middle and high schools are up slightly.

 

            The Superintendent informed the Board that a decision had been made today that there would be no K-1 program at Woodside, but that the KinderStart program will continue to be maintained with four sessions.  A further report will be presented at the August 25th Board meeting.

 

8.4       Schedule change at high school – To enable all high school students to participate in the advisor-advisee program, the middle school and high school have “flipped” starting times.  The high school day will begin at 7:45 and the middle school at 7:50.  This arrangement will also have the added bonus of reducing congestion at the intersection of Eagle’s Way and Route 201.

 

 

6.4       To enter executive session pursuant to I. M.R.S.A. Section 405 (6)(A) to consider a personnel issue

 

At 7:08 p.m. it was moved by Mrs. Carrier, seconded by Ms. Burns, and VOTED (unanimously) to enter executive session pursuant to I. M.R.S.A. Section 405 (6)(A) to consider a personnel issue.

           

The executive session ended at 9:35 p.m., and the following action was taken.

 

It was moved by Mr. Harris, seconded, and VOTED (unanimously) to deny the grievance presented to the Board of Directors in the executive session.

 

9.         ADJOURNMENT:

 

            The Board meeting was declared adjourned at 9:40 p.m.

 

 

 

 

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