Draft: March 27, 2008
Approved:April
2, 2008
School
Committee meeting March 26, 2008
A public hearing on the FY09 budget began at 5:30pm
At 7:30pm Mr. Coyne called the business meeting to order:
Members present: John Coyne, Peter Eglinton, Rebecca Minnick, Lori Gramlich, Susan Hopkins (arrived at 7:50pm), Kate Snyder, Sarah Thompson, Robert O’Brien, Jaimey Caron, Joshua Tingley, Joel Daley, Jules Szanton
Barbara Adrian DHS/Science 2008-2009 School Year
During my sabbatical I plan to enhance my depth and breath of knowledge in science through didactic studies and targeted travel. I will learn the meteorology and astronomy I need to teach these subjects by taking classes at USM. I will also be traveling to countries with geologically significant features, biological diversity and critical ecological importance. These include Tanzania’s African Rift Valley, and the Serengeti and Lake Victoria Wildlife Preserves, as well as the Three Gorges Dam and Guangxi Province in China. In these and all the places I visit, I will be collecting information, photographs and geological samples of particular interest to my students. I am not traveling as a tourist, but as a volunteer and teacher. I will be involved in schools in various capacities (teaching conversational English to Buddhist monks) in Bangkok, Thailand and (as guest speaker/social worker) Biharamulo, Tanzania. I also plan to visit schools in Shanghai, China. In all of these culturally different places I will be studying their various approaches to education with an eye to better understand the “science” of teaching our own diverse student population here at home.
Ms. Thompson moved, seconded Ms. Minnick and voted unanimously approve the Personnel item as listed. (Students abstained)
Consideration and action to move into Executive Session to hear a report from the chairperson on negotiations for a contract extension with the interim superintendent pursuant to1 MRSA § 405(6)(A).
At 7:45pm Ms. Gramlich moved, seconded Ms. Thompson and voted unanimously
to move into Executive Session to hear a report from the chairperson on negotiations for a contract extension with the interim superintendent pursuant to 1 MRSA § 405(6)(A). (Students abstained)
At 7:59 pm Ms. Minnick moved, seconded Ms. Thompson and voted unanimously to come out of Executive Session.
Ms. Minnick moved, seconded Mr. O’Brien and voted unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 8 p.m. (Students voted with majority)
Respectfully submitted,
Jeanne Whynot-Vickers
Interim Superintendent of Schools