Minutes
Present
Board: Dr. Bont, Sharon Huntley, Stuart
Lindberg and Jessica Goodman
Administration: George Thomson-Principal, and Linda
Waite- Superintendent
Public: LPCTV, Virginia Walsh Mack-Recording
Secretary, Michael Ripley, Peggy Svec, Connie Kendall, Christine Balch, Deb
O’Brien, Amanda Tyrrell, and Joe Vullo
Call to order
Dr. Bont said there is no
quorum at 5:30 p.m. so the board members present will listen to reports.
No quorum until 6pm. Dr. Bont
called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
Comments from the
Community
Approval of Minutes of
September 18, 2012
Jessica made a motion to
approve the minutes of September 18, 2012 as presented. Correction: Under Budget- The overall savings of interest for
CTES for the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank Refunding was $65,648.31.
Minutes approved as
amended.
School Board Candidate
Presentations
Dr.
Bont said there is a vacancy on the board. The board has been petitioned by Amanda
Tyrrell. Amanda presented the board with a
letter of interest. She said she
cares about this school and the community. She feels her educational background would benefit the board. Dr. Bont thanked Amanda.
Appointment of School
Board Member
Sharon
made a motion to appoint Amanda Tyrrell to the CTES school board until March
2013. Motion approved
Spring 2012 Science NECAP Scores
Linda
gave the board the science NECAP results for CTES (attached). George said some students who qualified
had accommodations (Nimble Tools).
There is a correlation between the MAPS and NECAP tests. The NECAP tests will not be given in
2014. There will be a new test
which will be a national test.
Finance
13 – 14 Budget Planning
Timeline
George said it is time to
start planning for next year’s budget.
Linda said there may be some related services shifts in the budget. Health care costs may increase
significantly. George will put a
timeline together and share it with the board. George said moving the financial services to the SU will
have to be discussed with the board.
He feels this may cost CTES more than it does now.
New Supervisory Union Update
The new supervisory union’s
name is Two Rivers Transition Supervisory Union. The board authorized the co chairs to negotiate contracts
with Linda and Bruce Williams.
Bruce will be the Superintendent and Linda will be the Associate
Superintendent. The board sees
this merger as a two year transition.
There will be a superintendent search next year. There is a meeting at GMUHS on Thursday
evening.
Principal’s Report
George gave the board a
budget summary. He said the budget
looks good. One Para has not been
hired and since 6 new students have enrolled he may have to hire someone for
the position. The annual audit has
been completed. He is waiting for
the results. He feels there will
be a slight deficit.
The MAPS testing is
finished. About 50% of students
regressed in reading over the summer months. 65% of students regressed in math. The NECAP testing is almost complete.
The first and second grade
screening is complete. The results
help group students and to get extra help for the students who need it. The “summer slump” was seen in both the
upper grades and the lower grades.
George was asked if he could gage how the students did that participated
in the summer program. George said
it is difficult to determine; the variables are different. Every student would have to be looked
at individually. The tests are
just a “snapshot”.
The bus was sold for
$750.00. George met with
representatives from the insurance company regarding the roof. The insurance company will personally
get involved since they know the parties involved. Today the staff had a speaker come in from WISE on reducing
sexual abuse with students. The
staff will have training. George
said the math and FanS unit programs are going well.
The Ludlow after school
program coordinator asked to meet with George. Linda reported they could not do any combining right now
because the grant funds which support this program are specifically for the
Ludlow school.
Conferences are scheduled for
this Thursday. IPads are starting
to be used by students.
Superintendent Report
Linda reported the WSWSU Board
and the WSWSU Education Association met last night and remain at impasse. Linda
will attend the SE Superintendents meeting tomorrow. The VSBA conference is October 25th and 26th
at Lake Morey. Linda hopes there
will be participation from the board.
Other Business
The
testing for the FanS unit has just been completed. Peggy reported the class is very busy. There are 22 students in the class. They are using a new program with new
materials which is time consuming.
They will know more next month.
Parental help was offered.
If the number of students increases the administration will evaluate the
needs. The administration will
bring the policy regarding classroom size. Linda said they can only report on student success to the board
and the community on a broad basis.
George said he knows the teachers are working hard and he feels the FanS
program is going well. Teachers should
not be doing clerical work. Comparing
discipline from this year to last is hard to compare.
Executive Session
Jessica made a motion to
go into executive session at 7:33 p.m. to discuss personnel and to invite the
administration. Motion approved. The
board came out of executive session at 7:50 p.m. No action taken.
Adjournment
Jessica made a motion to
adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 7:51 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Virginia M. Walsh Mack
Recording Secretary
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