Present:
Board: Dr. Bont, Amanda Tyrell, Stuart Lindberg and Scott Ranney
Administration: George Thomson-Principal, Linda Waite- Superintendent
Public: LPCTV, Virginia Walsh Mack-Recording Secretary, Peggy Svec, Tracy Churchill, Michelle Lindberg, Mary Putnam and Richard Putnam
Call to order
Linda called the meeting to
order at 5:37 p.m. and welcomed Scott to the board and asked for nominations
for Board Chair.
Comments from the Community: None
Approval of Minutes of February 19th &
March 4th, 2013
Amanda made a motion to approve the minutes of
February 19th and March 4th, 2013 as presented. Motion approved.
Reorganization
Elect Board Chair: Stuart nominated Dr. Bont as Board Chair. Motion approved.
Elect Board Vice-Chair: Scott nominated Stuart as Vice-Chair. Motion approved.
Elect Board Clerk: Amanda nominated Scott as Board Clerk. Motion approved.
Elect Supervisory Union
Board Representatives: Dr. Bont will be one
representative as board chair. Dr. Bont nominated Amanda as a
representative. Motion approved. Dr. Bont nominated Sharon as a
representative. Motion approved.
Personnel
Approval of Resignation
Letter: George informed the board he
received a letter from Leigh Dakin resigning as the CTES Nurse. Amanda
made a motion to accept Leigh’s letter of resignation with regret and thank her
for her service at CTES. Motion
approved.
School Nurse Contract: George recommends hiring Mary
Putnam as the CTES school nurse. Scott made a motion to hire Mary Putnam as
the CTES School Nurse for the FY’14 school year at .85 FTE. Motioned approved.
FANS Unit
Report: George said the students have had a very good year and
have made gains. A bigger variety of
literacy materials have been provided.
There is an opportunity for the professionals to meet daily. They are much better able to address the
diverse needs in the classroom.
Nonfiction materials have been a success. George commended Peggy for her success with
the program. Peggy thanked Beth Walker,
Connie Kendal and Kim Currier for their work in the program.
Dr. Bont asked for volunteers for the reading
program. George said they would welcome
anyone who would like to come in and work with the students. Scott asked if we should advertise.
George said the wrestling program has grown; they are
very dedicated. Two students did well at
the state level.
Amanda asked about testing. Fountas and Pennell will be used to test next
week. The students were tested in
October. There are two teachers in the
classroom all day.
Two Rivers Supervisory Union Update
Linda gave the board a draft
copy of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union “State of The Union” (attached). She asked the board for questions or comments
after reading the draft.
The central office will be
located at the Fletcher Farm. The next
board meeting will be on May 16th.
Stuart said he has been reading about the legislature regarding the
central office roles.
Principal’s Report
George reported CTES will be
reimbursed for the entire school roof at 100%; up to $92,000.00. The board thanked George. This project needs to be put out to bid. Scott
made a motion to put the roof project out to bid. Motion approved. Linda extended huge congratulations to
George for his hard work on this project.
Stuart and Scott volunteered to serve on a facilities committee.
George handed out the budget
summary and said there are no surprises. He said they are in good shape with
the budget. George has advertised for a
school counselor; this is a .40 FTE position.
He hopes to have a nominee at the next meeting. The administrative assistant to the principal
position will be advertised with Irene’s retirement.
George reported on H538 which is a bill in
the state legislature dealing with small schools. George got a message from VSBA saying the
implications could possibly hurt small schools.
He went over the provisions that may reduce funds to CTES. The bill also has a provision for a small
school quality study. Stuart said he is
concerned with the possibility of having to make cuts at CTES. Amanda urges community members to get
involved. Stuart reminded voters to look
at legislator’s voting records.
The school health index has
been completed. George said Mary was
very involved with this project. The
document that was used didn’t really fit for a small school.
NECAP assessments
and MAPS testing will be taking place in the next few weeks.
Variety Show was fun. The grade six play was well done. PTO has been raising money for the
activities at the school. Grade three will have their
play at the Weston Playhouse. The performance
will be June 8th. The sixth grade will be going
to Keewaydin.
Amanda asked for the current
MAPS scores to compare when completed. George
said he will bring a report with the results of the tests. The Fountas and Pennell data has been put
together. Linda said all students made
progress but with confidentiality issues she can’t share the information with
the board. Parents will get the results
for their child.
Superintendent Report
Linda handed out the code of
ethics for the board members. She asked
the board members to read, sign, and return the form to her.
Linda reported the Support
Staff will have a meeting in May to follow up on leave time. The teacher’s contract has reached a
tentative agreement. She is waiting for
the rewrite and salary schedule. Linda
gave the board copies of a special legislative bulletin.
Other Business
This meeting was warned. This will be K.P.’s last meeting as the LPCTV
recorder. The board thanked him for his
service.
Executive Session
None
Adjournment
Scott made a motion to adjourn. Meeting
adjourned at 6:51 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Virginia M. Walsh Mack
Recording Secretary
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