REGIONAL SCHOOL UNIT NO. 40

MAINE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT NO. 40

Friendship * Waldoboro * Warren * Washington * Union

1070 Heald Hwy.* PO Box 701 * Union * Maine * 04862

(207) 785-2277 Fax (207) 785-3119

Susan A. Pratt, Superintendent Business Manager

Kimberly Schroeter, Director of Instruction Karen Etheridge, Director of Student Services

Board of Directors Meeting Agenda - Revised

November 15, 2012

Thursday at 7:00 p.m.

Medomak Middle School

Amundsen, Erik / Jackson, Danny
Bourrie, Guy / Letteney, Lynda
Brown, Tod / Luce, Wayne
Donaldson, Ann / Massengale, Maggie
Genthner, Mary / O’Farrell, Sandra
Goldrup, Darrell / Rosen, Cynthia
Hawes, Gail / Silvestri, Errol
Heller, John / Wooster, Dennis

Agenda Topic

I. Opening 7:00 p.m.

A. Call to Order

1. Pledge of Allegiance

2. Declaration of Quorum

3. Note Absences

4. Adjustments to the Agenda

II. Audience with the Public

III. Action Item

1)  Approve MVHS student representatives to the board-Aaron Smeltzer, Brianna Gross, Melissa Philbrook, Alternate

IV. Consent Agenda

Approve Minutes of November 1, 2012

V. Presentations

1.  Presentation to the MMS Boys Soccer Team

2.  Adult Education Update – Susan Taylor

VI. Superintendent and/Or Chair Reports

A.  Superintendent’s Report

Announcements:

Stipend

Cheering coach- MMS- Leanne Young

7th grade boys basketball- Nate Grade

7th grade girls basketball- Rachel Winchenbach

Positions

Ed tech III- WCS- Day Treatment - Joanne Wood

Ed Tech II- MVHS- Resource - Brian Conzett

Ed Tech I- UES- Resource - Lynda Koskinen

Ed Tech III- Rivers Alternative School - Lauren Adams

Ed Tech III- MVHS- Day Treatment- Meredith Hughes

Ed Tech II- MS (K) - Regular Ed-Paige Bossow

Ed Tech II- MS (2) - Regular Ed- Michele Scheffler

Kitchen Assistant/Cook - MVHS- Janet Slader

Bus Aide- Amy Slivinski - Miller run- small bus

B. Board Chair’s Report

C. Business Manager’s Report

VII. Reports from Schools:

Ben Vail

Harold Wilson

Julia Levensaler

Ann Kirkpatrick

Richard Blackman

Karen Etheridge

Kim Schroeter

Susan Taylor

Linda Trenholm

VIII. Educational Issues

a)  Other

IX. Action Items

2)  The following policies are for first reading

a. JJI Student Athletics

b. KE Public Complaints

3)  The following policies are for second reading

a.  KDB Freedom of Access

b.  JKE Student Expulsion

c.  GCFB-R Personnel

4)  The following two policies are up for deletion

a. BDEB Action Items

b. BDEB-R Point Paper Form

5)  Appoint Superintendent of Schools F.O.A. officer

X. Committee Reports

A. Personnel Committee – December 12th @ 5:30 p.m. - MMS

B. Curriculum Committee – December 12th @ 7:00 p.m. - MMS

C. Facilities-Transportation Committee – December 13th @ 4:00 p.m - MMS

D. Finance Committee – December 19th – Central Office/Union

E. Negotiations Committee TBA

F. Policy Committee – December 19th @ 5:00 p.m. – Central Office/Union

G. Region 8 Committee – November 28th @ 7:00 – MCST/Rockland

H. Technology Committee – November 15th @ 2:30 PM MVHS-postponed

XI. Executive Session 1 MRSA 405 (6) (A) Personnel

XII. Action as the Result of Executive Session

a.  Any action the Board wishes to take regarding the hiring of a Business Manager

b.  Any action the Board wishes to take regarding the hiring of a Facilities/Transportation Supervisor

XIII. Executive Session 1 MRSA 405 (6) (D) Negotiations with MVEA

XIV. Action as the Result of Executive Session

XV. Other Items/Adjournment

All meetings of the Board, except executive sessions, will be open to the public. All actions of the Board will be taken openly and the deliberations leading to Board action will likewise be conducted openly. The public and district employees are encouraged to attend Board meetings. A time of up to thirty minutes in duration for comments by visitors at Board meetings will be scheduled at the beginning of the Board’s agenda. Board committee meetings are open to the public. Public input is welcomed but the Board Chair may need to limit discussion.