Board Meeting Minutes
Monadnock Regional Junior
and Senior High School,
Present: Don Arguin,
Also
present: C. Cardine, Supt., K.
Dassau, Asst. Supt., R. Cloutier, Assistant Business Manager, T. Warner, Dir.
of Tech. and D. Hodgdon, Curriculum Director.
Principals: B. Tatro, D. Mousette, D. Dahl, K. Craig and D. Stockwell.
R. Marra reminded the Board that they are here to
strive for the best education for every child.
1. CONSENT
AGENDA:
Minutes of
The Board will defer from approving the minutes.
CORRESPONDENCE
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: C. Cardine
informed the Board that the students are practicing for the upcoming Grease
Production on March 9,10 and 11th.
C. Cardine informed the Board that the 8th
grade Math Counts finished 1st place in the state.
Students from Cutler and
C. Cardine reported that the
The PTO will be holding a forum for candidates on
R. Marra informed the Board that there will be a
concert to benefit the restoration of the Catholic Church in
R. Marra informed the Board that this would be the
last meeting for three board members who would not be returning. L. Colby could has been on the Board for three
years and always showed passion and concern for children as well as other
groups. R. Marra said that he valued G. Lerandeau’s
wisdom and observations. R. Marra said
that D. Arguin has been a member of the Board for 6 years and has not missed a
meeting. R. Marra figured it out that D. Arguin has attended more than 400
meetings including Policy and Facilities meetings. R. Marra appreciated his
continued advice and wishes all three well.
2.
STUDENT COUNCIL CONCERNS: No report.
PUBLIC
COMMENTS: S. Pogorzelski
would like to speak at the second public comment section.
5. Other School Board Business:
A.
Board Committee
Reports:
1.
Community Relations Committee: D.
Gurian reported that there will be a presentation on the Warrant Articles in
Gilsum on
1. Facilities Committee: D. Arguin reported that it was a “gathering” because
they did not have a quorum. The audit of the oil tanks was discussed as an
emergency item as the corrections would need to be made in 90 days. The
committee would be receiving a proposal from the Maintenance Dept. on
3.
Finance Committee: R. Marra reported
the next meeting will be on
4.
Policy Committee: D. Arguin reported
that the Policy Committee met
New
Business: Treasurer’s Report on Payments: N. Carlson reported on the district’s receipt of payments from the towns. She said that
most pay regularly. She asked the Board to approve the policy to receive 10
monthly payments from the towns. W. Felton commented that the Board has no
authority to enforce these deadlines. He
would suggest posting the names of the towns that are in default like similar
to the posting deadbeat dads. W. Wright commented that Fitzwilliam does not
like the new schedule. R. Thackston commented that he did not agree with the
suggestion to post the towns. R. Marra commented that N. Carlson has met with
the selectmen and the members of the towns and has received a fair amount of
cooperation. N. Carlson commented that there is some resistance to the 10
payments. The three towns that pay the largest sums pay regularly. She said
that when
Old
Business: Action on Treasurer’s Letter from
Lacrosse
Proposal for Club Status: R. Marra
commented that the information requested by the Board from the Lacrosse Club
had been sent in the board
packets. MOTION: D. Gurian proposed to send the Lacrosse
Proposal to the Finance Committee. SECOND:
G. Lerandeau DISCUSSION: G.
Lerandeau asked if numbers would be available for the finance committee. E.
Cronin commented that if the club is approved there is no money involved. R. Thackston asked if waiting two weeks would
be a problem. E. Cronin said “No”. Mr. Magee commented that he would like to
schedule the equipment man to come and fit the kids. He said that if there is no
club the equipment would not be needed. This is a self-funded sport the
students pay for their own equipment. R. Marra commented that the Finance
Committee would be meeting on Friday. W. Felton would suggest that this issue
go through the Policy Committee and create a committee to deal with situations
like this. VOTE: 7.198/2.135/0.776/4.891.
Motion passes. R. Marra commented
that this item would be on the Finance agenda on Friday. E. Cronin asked if
there was any additional information that the Board would need by Friday. W.
Wright would like to have a member from the Lacrosse Team who would be able to
answer questions in attendance. The meeting will take place on Friday at
Rescheduling the Board Meeting: C. Cardine commented that
it is more important for him to attend the organizational meeting on
D. Arguin commented on the fact that the temporary modulars
are not temporary.
They
should be used as little as possible. He said that it is not right to have the
“temporary” modulars there for 10-12 years.
Self-Evaluation
of Deliberative Session: R. Marra
commented that A. Gross that he thought T. Britton did an excellent job and
Officer Kassotis also. R. Marra said that he heard people were concerned that
certain sections of the gymnasium were not being counted. K. Cota asked what
the protocol was for students being able to speak. She said it was unfortunate
that the students had to be verbally insulted by the audience. G. Lerandeau from
his perspective as a town moderator that it is the voters’ meeting. C. Dreyfuss
was confused because of the pink cards. She understood that in order to enter
the gymnasium you had to have a pink card but the students got in without one.
R. Marra said that it is not who was allowed to enter the gymnasium but who is
allowed to speak. R. Marra suggests that
if a non-voter wished to speak that they should consult the moderator.
Curriculum
Report: C. Cardine passed out the
report from the NEASC along with a letter dated
E. 21st Century
Report: No report.
F.
Action on the Manifest: MOTION: G. Lerandeau MOVED
the manifest in the amount of $893,275.23. SECOND: W. Wright. VOTE: 8.988/0/1.121/4.891. Motion passes.
6.
Superintendent’s Report: C. Cardine
passed out a copy of the annual report to the Board Members. He reported that
this report would be distributed to the towns. C. Cardine has added the names
and dates on the report to make sure everyone receives one. K. Cota asked about
the power energy transportation lab. C. Cardine noted that next year it will be
the Electrical and Welding Program using teachers from the technology education
department.
7. PUBLIC
COMMENTS: S. Pogorzelski commented that L. Biron explained that the non-voters at the Deliberative
Session would be sitting on the right side of the gymnasium, the overflow would
go to the auditorium and a ballot vote would be used. R. Marra explained that a
meeting between himself, T. Britton, C. Cardine, L. Biron and K. Schnyer took
place prior to the Deliberative Session to set the ground rules. S. Pogorzelski felt that the episode with the children was an
embarrassment and a procedure should have been in order. R. Marra said that
these issues need to be addressed for the next year session. D. Gurian
commented that the voters and non-voters are allowed to attend a public meeting
but the non-voters can not vote. S. Pogorzelski commented on the NHSBA guidelines and W. Wright
explained that the Board may or may not use them. He commented that the
non-voters should have gone to the auditorium. D. Connell said that on the
radio it said only registered voters could attend the meeting. He is concerned
that the rules should have been enforced. He believed this confused the voice
votes. He also said that he believed a teacher was allowing students to enter
from the door behind the bleachers. S. Pogorzelski
said that the voters should have been in the gymnasium, we are talking about a
30 million-dollar budget. R. Marra explained that these are all valid concerns
that need to be dealt with a consistent policy needs to be developed with the
moderator.
J. Morin
arrived at
R. Bauries spoke in favor of
the paper ballot because of the separation of the voters in two different
rooms. G. Lerandeau commented that the voters could have asked for a paper
ballot.
8. Board Chair Report: R. Marra
distributed information on the number of students and staff that received the
meningitis vaccine at the various locations.
R. Marra passed out the gathered comments from the
Board regarding the self-evaluation. He commented that this information would
be useful at the
9. SETTING
UP THE NEXT MEETING’S AGENDA:
1. Swear in New Board Members
2. Elect Chair and Vice Chair
3. Revisit revised Minutes from
4. Review District Vote
5. Meningitis Report
6. NEASC Report
7. NCLB Workshop Date
W. Wright informed the Board that he would be in
D. Arguin commented that the Finance Committee would
be reviewing the oil tank situation on
R. Marra would like to invite the public to share cake
which was baked to wish L. Colby, D. Arguin and G. Lerandeau good luck and
thank them for their time on the Board. R. Marra presented D. Arguin with a
perfect attendance certificate.
10. NON
PUBLIC SESSION
8:35 PM W. Wright MOVED to
enter into non-public
session for the purpose of approving the minutes of the non-public session on February 17, 2004, and a legal issue. SECOND:
D. Gurian VOTE: Unanimous for those present. Motion
Passes
11. Adjournment
9:41 PM J. Morin MOVED to adjourn. SECOND: D. Arguin. VOTE: Unanimous
for those present. Motion
Passes
Respectfully submitted,