Draft:  March 3, 2005

Approved: March 16, 2005

                                                                                                         

School Committee meeting March 2, 2005

Under Report of the Secretary

 

Business Meeting

Mr. Radtke called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.

 

Members present:  Jonathan Radtke-Chairperson, Jason Toothaker, Ellen Alcorn, Stephen Spring, Ben Meiklejohn, Otis Thompson, Tae Chong, James DiMillo Sophia Njaa

 

Members not present: Michael Imbergamo, Teri McRae

 

Report of the Chair – No report

 

Mr. Radtke requested unanimous consent to take an agenda item out of order.

 

New Business

Personnel

  1. Consideration and action to approve the Personnel items listed below.

 

Ms. Alcorn moved, seconded  Mr. Toothaker to approve the Personnel items as listed.

 

Sabbatical leaves for the 2005-06 school year.

Name                           School/Position                                                Leave Request           

John T. Johnson                        Portland/Social Studies Tchr.                Full Year                            

Debbie            Deschambeault            Lincoln/8th Grade Language Arts             Second Semester

and Social Studies Teacher                                                           

 

Olivia Solodar                          Longfellow/Learning Strategist            Full Year                            

Priscilla Simmons                      Deering/English Teacher                        First Semester

                                                   Reading Specialist                                 

 

Catherine Dunn             PATHS/Hospitality-General                        Second Semester                                                          Trades Instructor         

Marlies Reppenhagen                Deering/German Teacher                        Second Semester

 

TBD                                         Possible Shinagawa position                        Full Year             

 

Vote on motion: It was voted unanimously to approve the Personnel items as listed.

(Student representative voted with majority)

 

 

 

Superintendent’s Report

Superintendent O’Connor:

Ms. Whynot-Vickers shared her experience at Riverton School today participating in Read Across America.

Mr. Spring was invited to read to a Kindergarten class at Nathan Clifford School.

 

 

Reports of the Committees

  1. East End Area School Building Committee – No report.
  2. Policy Committee – Mr. Spring indicated the Policy Committee met prior to the evening meeting.   He indicated that two policies are on the evening’s agenda for a second reading and consideration by the School Committee.
  3. Finance Committee – Superintendent O’Connor reported that the Finance Committee met prior the evening meeting to review the FY06 budget.  The next meeting of the Finance Committee will be Tuesday, March 8, 2005.
  4. Legislative Affairs Committee – Mr. DiMillo reported that the Legislative Affairs Committee met prior to the evening meeting with representatives of the Legislative Delegation.  He also outlined some of the items that the Committee will be looking at in the coming months.
  5. Other Committees and/or member concerns – a) Mr. Meiklejohn made a request that a task force be formed to review high school block schedules; b) Mr. Spring thanked staff for the work that has been done in designing a new report card.

 

Report of the Secretary

  1. Consideration and action to remove an item from the table.

 

Mr. Spring moved, seconded Mr. Toothaker and voted  unanimously to remove an item from the table. (Student representative voted with the majority)

 

  1. Consideration and action to accept the meeting minutes of the February 2, 2005   meeting.

 

 It was voted unanimously to approve the meeting minutes of the February 2, 2005 meeting. (Student representative voted with the majority)

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Consideration and action to accept the meeting minutes of the February 9, 2005 meeting.

 

Mr. Chong moved, seconded  Mr. Toothaker and voted unanimously to approve the meeting minutes of  the February 9, 2005 meeting. (Student representative voted with the majority)

 

Consent Items

Superintendent O’Connor reviewed the donation and thanked the contributor.

 

Old Business  

  1. Consideration and action to approve the following policies

a.  KBF – Parent Partnership policy

 

Mr. Chong moved, seconded  Ms. Alcorn to approve policy KBF  - Parent Partnership policy

           

Mr. Spring reviewed policy KBF  - Parent Partnership

 

Mr. Spring moved, seconded  Mr. Chong to amend item 3 in policy KBF as recommended by the secondary principals.

 

Vote on amendment:  It was voted unanimously to amend item 3 in policy KBF as recommended by the secondary principals. (Student representative voted with majority)

 

Vote on motion:  It was voted unanimously to approve policy KBF – Parent Partnership policy as amended. (Student representative voted with majority)

 

b.  KCB – Public Engagement

 

Ms. Alcorn moved, seconded  Mr. Chong to approve policy KCB – Public Engagement

 

Mr. Spring reviewed the policy.

 

Vote on motion:  It was voted  unanimously to approve policy KCB – Public Engagement.  (Student representative voted with majority)

 

  1. Consideration and action to approve the removal of the following policies from the Policy Book:
    1. KA -  School-Community Relations
    2. KD – Public Information Program
    3. KDC – School Sponsored Information Media

 

Mr. Toothaker moved, seconded  Mr. DiMillo to approve the removal of the following policies from the Policy Book -  KA -  School-Community Relations, KD – Public Information Program, and KDC – School Sponsored Information Media.

 

Mr. Spring reviewed for the Committee the recommendation regarding removal of these policies from the Policy Book.

 

Vote on motion:   It was voted  unanimously to approve the removal of the following policies from the Policy Book -  KA -  School-Community Relations, KD – Public Information Program, and KDC – School Sponsored Information Media. (Student representative voted with majority)

 

New Business

  1. Consideration and action to approve a trip to Mexico during the February 2006 school break for 20-25 Lincoln Middle School students.

 

Mr. Chong moved, seconded  Mr. Meiklejohn to approve a trip to Mexico during the February 2006 school break for 20-25 Lincoln Middle School students.

 

Superintendent O’Connor briefly reviewed the field trip request.

 

Vote on motion:  It was voted  unanimously to approve a trip to Mexico during the February 2006 school break for 20-25 Lincoln Middle School students. (Student representative voted with majority)

 

Public Comment prior to 11 p.m.  No members of the public addressed the Committee.

 

Mr. Toothaker moved, seconded  Mr. Meiklejohn and voted  unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 7:43 p.m.

 

At the conclusion of the business meeting the Committee met briefly to discuss Board process and procedures.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Mary Jo O’Connor

Superintendent of Schools