Governance Committee
of
Lisbon/M.S.A.D. No. 75 RPC
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Minutes
January
2, 2008
The Governance Sub-Committee of the Lisbon/M.SA.D.
No. 75 Reorganization Planning Committee (RPC) met on Wednesday, January 2,
2008, at
Committee members present were: Joanne Rogers (Chair); Robert W. Hill; Tim
Lavan; Dan Billings; and Charles Smith.
Also present was M.S.A.D. No. 75 Superintendent J.
Michael Wilhelm.
Chairwoman Rogers called the meeting to order
during the sub-committee breakout session of the RPC.
Discussions of the governance sub-committee yielded
the following:
·
In view of Commissioner Gendron’s review of the RPC
progress report submitted on December 1, 2007, a minor adjustment to weighted
votes of Topsham RSU board members was recommended for action by the RPC. (The RPC voted to adjust the weighted votes
later in the RPC.)
·
Determined to recommend to the RPC for standing RSU
subcommittees to include:
Finance: membership of one representative from each
town determined by a caucus of that community’s RSU board members, nominated
and elected by the RSU Board, understanding the Finance Chair to be the Vice
Chair of the RSU board
Facilities: membership voluntary with at least one
representative from each community on the committee
Professional
and Support Staff Negotiations:
membership voluntary
Curriculum: membership voluntary
Policy: membership voluntary
·
The school system policies required by State and/or
Federal statue will be made available for general RPC review on January 16,
2008. A list is located in the back of
the Drummond Woodsum package distributed at the initial RPC meeting.
·
A discussion of the process and conduct of RPC
public hearings determined that, with the concurrence of the RPC, the
governance sub-committee will continue to work towards a presentation that
outlines minimally
● the purpose of the Public Hearing(s), how and why we are meeting
● the elements of the Reorganization Plan
● what the new system will “look like” i.e. demographics,
geography, etc.
● the estimated costs of not consolidating
● the estimated cost saving of consolidating
● the educational benefits of consolidating
We should be prepared to answer
questions regarding the Plan, the process of major capital projects in an RSU
and the structure of the Vocational/CTE organization(s) as it applies to the
new RSU.
The Governance Sub-committee adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
to rejoin the RPC meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Robert W. Hill
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