Board Meeting Minutes
Monadnock Junior and Senior High School
Library
7:00 PM CALL TO ORDER
Present: Don Arguin, Winston Wright, Chairman,
Also present: C. Cardine, Supt., K.
Dassau, Asst. Supt., L. Biron, Business Manager, D. Hodgdon, Director of
Curriculum. Principals: K. Craig, D. Dahl, K. Carter, D. Stockwell, D.
Mousette, D. Bissaccio, and Betty Tatro. Student Council Representative: Beth
Dahl.
1. CONSENT AGENDA:
Minutes of
2. CITIZENS
CONCERNS: K. Sportello commented that the numbers for
Surry
regarding opening day enrollment were incorrect. C. Cardine informed her that the numbers have
since been fixed.
N. Moriarity from the
Budget Committee informed the Board that he will not be able to attend the
October 5th meeting but would like to give his opinions. N. Moriarity
suggested that the architectural fees, the expansion project and the
maintenance account be three separate Articles on the Warrant. He informed the
Board that the reason why the Budget Committee did not support the expansion
was because there was no design.
A parent of a student
at the MC2 Program wanted to let the board know what a wonderful experience her
child is having at the school. Her son
is becoming a leader. The teachers are wonderful. Communication between the school and parents
is great. Her child looks forward to
going to school and he comes home enthusiastic. She feels that this is a
positive experience for her child.
3. STUDENT
COUNCIL CONCERNS: B. Dahl informed the Board that
Homecoming Weekend will be the weekend of Sept. 27. The students will have a bonfire
and the Football Team will be having a home game on Saturday. B. Dahl
encouraged the board members presence at the events.
B. Dahl informed the
Board that on
The Student Council
would like to ask the Board to include them in the passing of the expansion and
renovation process. A. Gross said that he thought that was a great idea and
that the students should be involved.
4.
CORRESPONDENCE
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: C. Cardine informed the Board that last
year’s yearbook has been chosen as a semi-finalist by the Taylor Publishing
Company. Less than 10% are chosen.
Deb Crowder has
received the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards of 2002.
Howard Robertson and
Tom Warner, Dir. of Technology will be presenters at a workshop titled Ghost
Buster: Reimage a Corrupted/Crashed Computer in Less than Five Minutes.
C. Cardine read a
letter sent to him about the impact certain teachers at the
Robert M. De Jong sent
a letter to Coach Pickering. At the
recent football teams event at Pilgrim Pines the students displayed manners
that the school can be proud of.
Donna Page, AP
Coordinator was recently informed that James Kahn a former MRHS student will be
attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
James took advanced placement classes while attending MRHS and scored so
well that WPI has awarded him with 9 college credits.
C. Cardine commented
on the junior/senior high school ceremony that took place on
C. Cardine commented
on the behavior of the students in the lunch room. There are between 520 and 540 students in the lunch
room and how well behaved they are.
5. OTHER
SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS:
A. Board Committee
Reports:
1.
Policy
Committee: D. Arguin asked that the Board review the NHSBA
Resolutions further into the meeting agenda in case the audience does not want
to sit through all of them. The Board agreed.
Policy JICA Student
Dress Code, D. Arguin mentioned that he understood that the Board felt that
this policy was vague. The Policy Committee had talked about having the
building dress code in the policy. This discussion has not been resolved as of
yet. A. Gross thought that this policy should be vague and to let the building
principals decide. MOTION: R.
Thackston MOVED to accept Policy
JICA Student Dress Code as presented at the last meeting as a second reading. SECOND: A. Gross VOTE: Unanimous.
Policy GBAA
Anti-Harassment and Sexual Violence: D.
Arguin asked K. Dassau to explain the reasoning by the attorney for deleting
the statement in the old policy. K. Dassau explained that attorney Irwin
deleted the legal reference for sexual harassment because the policy was
broadened to include other types of harassment. A. Gross would like to know how
the staff will be reviewing this policy. C. Cardine explained that the building
principals will review the policy with staff. MOTION: R. Thackston MOVED to
accept Policy GBAA Anti-Harassment and Sexual Violence as presented at the last
meeting as a second reading. SECOND: L.
Colby VOTE: Unanimous.
Policy EDC Appropriate
Use of Technology and Privacy Policy. MOTION:
R. Thackston MOVED to accept
Policy EDC Appropriate Use of Technology and Privacy Policy as presented as a
second reading. SECOND: G.
Lerandeau. VOTE: Unanimous.
2. Communications
Committee. D.
Gurian thought that the Board could update their binders later in the meeting
so that the audience would not have to sit through the process.
D.
Gurian explained that the Communications Committee has been looking at efforts
to inform the public about the
3. Facilities
Committee: R. Thackston reported that the committee met but
there were not enough members in attendance so it was an informational meeting
with not action taken. Next meeting will be Sept.23, 2002 at
B. New
Business: See
NHSBA Resolutions and Board binders
below.
C. Old
Business: None
D. Curriculum
Report: D. Hodgdon introduced Jerry Babonis who is the
aquatic biology teacher at the high school. J. Babonis then introduced two of
his former students, Joe Budreau and Eli Dunham. The two students did a power
point presentation on a water quality study done by students on the south
branch of the
E. 21st
Century Report: K. Carter, director of the
D. Stockwell visited the program at the
Stonewall Farm and said that the students were enthusiastic, eager and paid
attention. K. Carter explained to the Board that the students all take part in
the project at hand which is to construct a shed. Each student will have a job.
Some might work on the plans, some might help with the clearing of trees, some
will help with the delivery of materials, and so on. She explained that the
program works closely with the parents and the students to create a mission and
come up with a learning plan. On
The ground breaking for the addition at
L. Colby asked if there were any areas of
concern. K. Carter said that some parents were complaining of no homework. K.
Carter explained that what might not seem like traditional homework to a parent
is homework. Another concern is that the program would like each student to
have a laptop. Parents may be concerned about that. The parent meeting is
G. White asked about foreign language. K.
Carter explained that she is looking into ways for this to occur such as compact discs and tapes.
K. Kenney asked if the students are
covered by insurance that are working in forestry. L. Biron explained that the
students are covered under the district insurance. K. Carter explained that the
students are not using dangerous machinery.
F. Action
on the Manifest: P. Smith MOVED to approve the manifest in the amount of $1,135,295.84 SECOND: G. Lerandeau VOTE: Unanimous.
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT: C. Cardine
informed the Board that he will be talking to Baybutt Construction about the
expansion and renovations for the Monadnock Regional Junior and Senior High
School.
C. Cardine and L.
Biron have a meeting with Clukay Management on
A former MRHS student
will be making a video on the overcrowding conditions at the high school.
C. Cardine informed
the Board that the MC2 Program will be receiving $70,000.00 from a federal
grant for technology. The district had applied for a construction piece of that
grant but was denied because it is at
Saturday will be
planting day at the MRHS with help from the Scouts. The MRHS Maintenance staff
is doing a great job on the outside of the buildings.
Tuesday the 24th
of Sept. the Board will have a meeting with the Budget Committee at
C. Cardine informed
the Board that he will e-mail any information he receives prior to the board
meetings.
Saturday, October. 5,
2002 the Board will meet at the MRHS Library to discuss the facilities and a
way to solve the space problem. The meeting will start at
NHSBA Resolutions D. Arguin sought
feedback from the Board on the Resolutions. D. Arguin would like to discuss #6,
and #12. R. Marra would like to discuss #9. R. Thackston would like D. Arguin
and J. Morin to use their own judgment when they vote on the resolutions.
Approved by consensus. Any concerns see D. Arguin or J. Morin before the
Delegate Assembly.
Binders. D. Gurian updated the board members
informational binders. D. Gurian informed the Board that the 21st
Century Report is included and should be placed in the front of the binder. The
full audit and collective bargaining agreement is included. D. Gurian would
like to thank Terry at the SAU office and Curt for their help on the binders. The SAU Policy Book should be out in November.
7. SETTING
UP THE NEXT MEETING’S AGENDA:
1.
Grant
Writing Position
2.
Policy
Committee
3.
Finance
Committee
4.
Facilities
Committee
5.
Communications
9:00 PM
Chair Wright declares a recess.
9:05 PM G. Lerandeau MOVED to enter into non-public session
for the purpose of discussing personnel. SECOND: L. Colby. VOTE: Unanimous.
9:30 PM G. Lerandeau MOVED to return to public session and to seal this portion of the
non-public minutes indefinitely. SECOND:
R. Marra. VOTE: Unanimous.
9. Motion to Adjourn.
9:30 PM L. Colby MOVED to adjourn. SECOND: R.
Marra. VOTE: Unanimous.
Respectfully submitted,
Laura Aivaliotis
MRSD Board Secretary