Draft: June 4, 2008

Approved: June 25,2008

School Committee meeting June 4, 2008

Under Report of the Secretary

Business Meeting

Mr. Coyne called the business meeting to order at 7:07pm

Members present: John Coyne, Peter Eglinton, Robert O’Brien , Joshua Tingley, Joel Daley, Jules Szanton, Susan Hopkins, Sarah Thompson, Kathleen Snyder, Jaimey Caron

Members not present: Lori Gramlich, Rebecca Minnick

Report of the Chair

Mr. Coyne introduced David Hilton, Moore Middle School teacher and two student teams who presented their projects as part of Project Citizen.

Executive Session

Consideration and action to move into Executive Session to discuss extending the Interim Superintendent’s contract for the 2008-2009 school year pursuant to 1 MRSA § 405(6)(D)

Members present: John Coyne, Peter Eglinton, Rebecca Minnick, Susan Hopkins, Sarah Thompson, Kathleen Snyder, Jaimey Caron

Members not present: Lori Gramlich, Robert O’Brien

At 7:35 pm Ms. Thompson moved, seconded Ms. Hopkins and voted 7-0 to move into Executive Session to discuss extending the Interim Superintendent’s contract for the 2008-2009 school year pursuant to 1 MRSA § 405(6)(D) (Students abstained)

At 7:42pm Ms. Thompson moved, seconded Mr. Eglinton and voted 7-0 to come out of Executive Session.

Executive Session

Consideration and action to move into Executive Session to discuss negotiations with the Portland Administrators’ Association (PAA) pursuant to 1 MRSA § 405(6)(D)

At 7:43pm Ms. Snyder moved, seconded Ms. Thompson and voted 7-0 to move into Executive Session to discuss negotiations with the Portland Administrators’ Association (PAA) pursuant to 1 MRSA § 405(6)(D) (Students abstained)

Members present: John Coyne, Peter Eglinton, Susan Hopkins, Sarah Thompson, Kathleen Snyder, Jaimey Caron, Robert O’Brien

Members not present: Lori Gramlich, Rebecca Minnick

At 8:09pm it was moved, seconded and voted 7-0 to come out of Executive Session.

Report of the Superintendent

Interim Superintendent Whynot-Vickers:

• Recognized Duane Kline, Portland’s City Finance Director, and Ellen Sanborn Assistant Director

Executive Session

Consideration and action to move into Executive Session to discuss negotiations with the Portland Education Association (PEA) pursuant to 1 MRSA § 405(6)(D)

At 8:14 Mr. Eglinton moved, seconded Mr. O’Brien and voted 7-0 to move into Executive Session to discuss negotiations with the Portland Education Association (PEA) pursuant to 1 MRSA § 405(6)(D)(Student abstained)

At 9:56 pm Ms. Thompson moved, seconded Mr. Eglinton and voted to come out of Executive Session.

Executive Session

Consideration and action to move into Executive Session to discuss negotiations with the non-represented employees pursuant to 1 MRSA § 405(6)(D) - Postponed until June 11, 2008 at 5:30 pm.

At 10pm the Committee returned to the business portion of the meeting.

Report of Chair -

Mr. Coyne:

· Attended PHS graduation

· Mentioned Anthony Toppi received Brown Award.

· Odyssey of the Mind group placed 7^th: in the World Odyssey of the Mind competition.

Report of the Superintendent

Interim Superintendent Whynot-Vickers:

• Mentioned the possibility of installation of a wind turbine at EECS.

· Announced resignations: Effective 9/1/08

Olga Slasten-LaPlante MLTI/eMINTS Trainer/CTS

Michelle Sanchez SPED/Reiche

Report of the Secretary

1. Consideration and action to approve the meeting minutes of May 14, 2008, May 21, 2008, and May 28, 2008 meetings.

Ms. Thompson moved, seconded Mr. O’Brien and it was voted unanimously to approve the minutes of May 14, 2008, May 21, 2008, and May 28, 2008 meetings. (Students voted with majority)

Report of Committees

1. Policy Committee/Legislative Affairs – Ms. Snyder- met prior to evening meeting to review policies as well as reviewing finance policies with the Finance Committee.

2. Finance Committee – Mr. Eglinton – next meeting will be a joint meeting with the city council on June 17^th to discuss the sustainability plan for educational quality in Portland.
3. Personnel Committee – Mr. Coyne – involved with living contract negotiations with the PEA.
4. Portland Education Partnership – Ms. Thompson – board will meet June 12^th at DiMillo’s. Restructuring is taking place with partnership developers.
5. Building Committee – Mr. Caron – building committee is now working as subcommittees working on different parts of the design process. Ms. Thompson – subcommittee agendas and notes will be posted on Portland’s web site. Ms. Whynot-Vickers – the city council will be meeting to consider bonds for this process. Voting will take place on June 10^th. $60,000 will be used towards air conditioning. This sum is not reimbursable from the state.
6. Other Committees and/or member concerns - None.

Consent Items - Interim Superintendent Whynot-Vickers reviewed donations and thanked contributors.

Old Business

1. Consideration and action to approve the 2008-2009 school calendar

Ms. Thompson moved, seconded Ms. Hopkins to approve the 2008-2009 school calendar

Ms. Whynot-Vickers – spoke to the motion.

Amendment: Mr. Caron moved, seconded Mr. Eglinton and voted 0-7 to change the first trimester closing from November 7 to November 21. (Students – 1 yea, 1 nay) – Motion fails.

Vote on main motion: It was voted 7-0 to approve the 2008-2009 school calendar.

(Students with majority)

New Business

1. First reading of nominees to the Comprehensive Facility Use and Maintenance Task Force

Mr. Caron reviewed nominees to the task force.

Personnel

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

Leave of Absence: Effective 9/1/08 for the 2008-2009 school year

Pamela Brewer SPED/Reiche 1.0

Victor Serio Science/CBHS 1.0

It was voted unanimously to approve the Personnel items listed (Students abstained)

Administration Appointments: Effective 7/1/08 – One Year Only Positions

Jeanne Whynot-Vickers Interim Superintendent $111,959*

Jill Blackwood Interim Asst Superintendent $87,034*

PAA Appointments: Effective 7/1/08 – One Year Only Positions

Dana Allen .5 Director/PATHS $42,885*

Nancy Kopack Principal/Riverton $72,825*

David Turner Asst. Principal/Riverton $70,757*

*pending negotiations

It was voted unanimously to approve the Personnel items listed. (Students abstained)

Consensus of Committee to take personnel items as one personnel item.

Election of Probationary Teachers: Effective 09/01/08

LOCATION	FTE	ASSIGNMENT	NAME
District	1	COORDINATOR - HEALTHY MAINE GRANT	TURNER, CHANDRA

Re-election of Probationary Teachers: Effective 09/01/08

LOCATION	FTE	ASSIGNMENT	LAST NAME	FIRST NAME
CBHS	0.6	Social Worker	Curtis	Hannah
CBHS	1	Social Studies (9) Humanities	Grady	Joseph
CBHS	1	Special Ed Reource (10)	Murray	Kevin
CBHS	1	Math (11)	Nichols	Nathan
CBHS	.5	Spanish	Pratt	Dana
CBHS	1	Math (9)	Weigel	Helen
Cliff Island	1	Grade K-5	Holloway	Joshua
Clifford	1	Grade K	Feijoo-Dewitt	Juanita Maria
EECS	1	ESL 1	O'Donoghue	Stacey Patricia
Hall	1	Speech	Milioto	Virginia
Hall	1	Grade 3	Oliver	Andrew
King	0.5	ESL Reading	Paul	Catherine
King	1	Phys Ed/Health	Perry	Christian Robert
King	1	Math (7)	Trecartin	David
Lyseth	0.5	PT	Clifford	Lisa
Lyseth	1	Speech	Palmer	Cathryn
Moore	1	Foreign Language	Roy	Andrew
PATHS	1	Voc-Carpentry	Kehoe Jr	Francis
Peaks	0.5	Sped-Resource/Learning Strategist	Mehler	Marjorie
Peaks	0.4	Teaching Strategist	Smith	Gwen
PHS	1	Guidance Gear-Up	Doyle	Stephanie
PHS	1	Math	Girsch	Robert
PHS	0.5	Health	Porter	Katharine
PHS	1	Social Worker	Small	Katie
PHS	0.5	For Lang Spanish	Ugaz	Patricia
PHS	0.5	Music Instrumental	Mcgovern	Paul
Presumpscot	1	Grade K-1	Beal	Rebecca
Presumpscot	1	Grade 4	Harris	Anne
Riverton	1	ESL K/1	Crowley	Lisa
Riverton	1	ESL 4-5	Dibella	Regina
Riverton	1	Grade 3	Lowell-Riley	Judi

1^st Time Continuing Contract Teachers: Effective 09/01/08

School	FTE	ASSIGNMENT	LAST NAME	FIRST NAME
Adult Ed-West	0.6667	Adult Ed Tchr	Wood	Heather Christine Moore
CBHS	1	Social Studies (10) Humanities	Grover	Jennifer
CBHS	0.5	ESL Reading Workshop	Perkins	Alison
CBHS	1	Phys Ed/Health	Shibles	Darrell
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