Board
Meeting Minutes
Monadnock Regional Middle / High School,
Present:
Colline Dreyfuss, Jonathan Kenyon, Gene White, Karen Cota, Bruce Tatro, Kenneth
Colby, William Felton, Tim Peloquin, Jason Hill and Richard Thackston. Absent:
Phyllis Peterson, Bruce McCulley, James Carnie, Charles Johnson and Tim
Aho.
Also present:
K. Dassau, Superintendent, D. Hodgdon, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum,
T. Warner, Dir. of Technology, L. Biron, Business Manager, K. Chambers, New
Business Manager. Principals: K. Craig,
B. Tatro, J. Smith, M. Young, S. Rashid, D. Mousette, K. Carter, and D.
Gagne.
C.
Dreyfuss called the meeting to order at
1. CONSENT
AGENDA: MOTION: W. Felton MOVED to accept the
2.
CORRESPONDENCE
J. Smith reported that the chair of the NEASC Visiting
Team came for the first visit, which was the same day that the students cleaned
out their lockers. She was in the building for about 4 hours. She did say that
she was impressed by the appearance of the building and complimented the
maintenance department.
K. Carter reported that the 2 students from MC2 walked
with the graduating class at Monadnock.
B. Tatro reported that the third graders had a celebration.
She reported that they dedicated the sign at
K. Dassau introduced K. Chambers the new SAU 38 Business
Manager to the Board.
S. Rashid reported that the students almost doubled
their challenge to read 5500 books. The students managed to read more than
10,000 books. He informed the Board that the students had field day today. He
reported that the entrance to the school has greatly improved thanks to 12
children and the art teacher.
K. Craig reported that 22 students graduated from
D. Mousette had Recognition last night with a Dr. Seuss
theme. He commented that he has a great group of kids going to the middle
school. He reported that they had a field day and a cook out at Gilsum for all
the children of the three towns. He commented that it has been a great year for
the staff and the parents.
K. Dassau reported that he received a thank you from
the Fish and Game Department about the work that M. Morrison and his students
did on stocking of the salmon.
K. Dassau read a letter from C. Cardine officially
giving his weight lifting equipment to the district. The sum of the donation
was estimated at $4,804.00. MOTION: R.
Thackston MOVED to accept the
donation of equipment to the district. SECOND:
W. Felton VOTE: 10.159/0/0/4.841.
Motion passes.
J. Smith reported that the master schedule is
complete. T. Warner passed out samples of the schedule to the Board. M. Young
said that the 7th grade schedule has been completed and 8th
grade will be done by the end of the week.
3.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT REPORT: No report. C. Dreyfuss commented that the most recent
minutes of this committee on the web site are dated Oct.
4.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: T. Small asked questions about the moving of MC2 to Surry and K.
Dassau commented that it would be under “Old Business”. He did say that he is a
neighbor of the
W. Brown
commented that one reason the Board said that Surry Elementary needed to be
closed was the lack of a third teacher. Surry was willing to pay for that. But
the Board did not want that. He does not think that moving MC2 will save the
district money. He said that the building is built for small people and it
would cost money to change that. He said that it is wrong to make the move and
that the children from MC2 do not fit the norm. He commented that there is no
full time police officer and who would they call. C. Dreyfuss responded that
she does not fit the “norm” either.
Ed Winter commented that the school has always been an
elementary school. The charter school would have been a better fit.
Jen Hutsciets a mother of three children moved to
Surry because she heard great things about the town. She said that she wants
her children to be safe and comfortable. She is concerned about the river road.
She also commented that the
K. Dassau announced that F. Conroy was video-taping
the meeting.
W. Brown commented that he did not mean any disrespect
about the norm comment. He meant that the norm is an elementary school.
5.
Curriculum Report:
a. AYP Changes
- D. Hodgdon: D. Hodgdon reported
that after he reported the results to the Board at the last meeting the state
and federal government changed the consideration for the subcommittees. He said
that the updates from two weeks ago are now non-existent. He said that the new
results should be available in August. The results may look similar. K. Cota
asked if it would cost the district. D. Hodgdon said that it would be paid for
by federal funds.
6. Old
Business: B. Tatro informed the Board
that D. Gurian attended the Finance Meeting earlier today and brought the
information that was asked for about the MRPSOC grant. She said that the $11,000.00
could be used for purposes other than rent to
7. SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS:
1.
Community Relations Committee: K. Colby reported that the committee is beginning goal
#2 which is to get the high school students involved with the publishing item.
They would like to ask the students to write about their towns. The committee
met with J. Smith about this issue. The committee would like to get started in
Sept. on this item. He thanked T. Warner for the pictures of graduation on the
web page. They are discussing adding sound to the page possibly the band
performing. They would like to add stories of alumni students to the web page.
The next meeting is on
2.
Facilities Committee: K. Cota passed out minutes dated
3.
Finance Committee: B. Tatro reported that the committee had a non-meeting due to lack of
a quorum. They reviewed the assets and the financial status, which remain
unchanged. MOTION: B. Tatro MOVED to carry forward the funds in the
amount of $240,975.31 to be earmarked for maintenance projects to be carried
forward. SECOND: G. White. VOTE: 10.159/0/0/4.841. Motion passes. The next meeting will be
on
a. Action on
2006-2007 Operating Budget: K. Dassau explained that the same information
was passed out at the last meeting. He reviewed the information. He explained
that adjustments would be made within the bottom line of the operating budget.
W. Felton asked if they were replacing an English position with a new Spec. Ed.
position. K. Dassau answered yes. MOTION:
J. Kenyon MOVED to accept the
MRSD Budget Adjustments for 2006-2007 presented by the administration. SECOND: K. Cota. DISCUSSION: K. Cota asked if there was room to purchase textbooks
and if there is a plan for purchasing textbooks for the future. She also asked
about the reduction of an administrator. K. Dassau explained that the Budget
Committee commented on cutting an administrator but we can not be compared to
the state average having D. Mousette and K. Carter. He said that the high
school exceeds the number of students. K. Cota asked if the secretaries are
being looked at. K. Dassau asked for the direction of the Board. J. Smith said
that the books asked for would be purchased. M. Young said that the Middle
School is in great shape for books. VOTE:
7.098/0/3.061/4.841. Motion passes. R.
Thackston commented that our administration, set up and the state average is
not a relevant question.
4.
Policy Committee: MOTION: R. Thackston MOVED
to accept the Principal Retirement Benefits Policy SECOND: J. Kenyon DISCUSSION:
G. White reported that this was reviewed by the attorney. This package has
been given to the principals for 5 years but had not been put into policy. K.
Dassau commented that there is presently no retirement package for the
principals. K. Cota commented that she hoped B. Tatro would not vote on this
motion. VOTE: 8.277/0/1.882/4.841. Motion passes. The next policy meeting
is
5.
Budget Committee: There was no meeting. The next meeting is in Gilsum.
6.
The
7.
Tech Committee:
J. Kenyon reported that this committee met on
8. OTHER SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS:
New Business: W. Felton commented that
it would be a good idea that any committee reports indicate the members on the
committee. He would ask that the reports be written. He commented that an oral
report is in one ear and out the other.
9. Action on the Manifest: MOTION: T. Peloquin MOVED
the manifest in the amount of
$2,633,193.53. SECOND: K. Colby. DISCUSSION: B. Tatro commented on the fact that someone was getting
paid but not working. L. Biron explained it to the Board. VOTE: 6.142/0/4.017/4.841.
Motion passes.
10. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT: K. Dassau welcomed K. Chambers and T. Peloquin. He
informed the Board that there would be 2 non-public sessions. He also informed
the Board that he would not be in attendance at the July Meeting.
L. Biron informed the Board that the Emergency Expenditure and
Over Expenditure requested from the Budget Committee by the Board was not
valid. It needs to come from the Board. He said that the $210,147.00 requested
does not have to be there because it would be paid in surplus. He said that the
letter included additional comments and talked about the septic and asked for a
letter from the engineer. They asked for information on the leach field, spec. ed.
and IEPs. They asked about the revenues and asked why they are not budgeted on
the MS24. MOTION: W. Felton MOVED the Emergency Expenditure and
Over Expenditures in the amount of $359,985.00. SECOND: B. Tatro DISCUSSION:
G. White asked if we needed to rescind the motion. The motion was made by
the Budget Committee. VOTE: 9.456/0/.703/4.841.
Motion passes.
11. BOARD CHAIR REPORT: C. Dreyfuss thanked L. Biron for all his years at the
District. It is much appreciated. She also welcomed K. Chambers to the
district. She informed the Board that the Surry Withdrawal Committee would be
meeting on
12. SETTING
NEXT MEETINGS AGENDA:
1.
Textbook Plan
for District
13. SECOND
PUBLIC COMMENTS: P. Bauries commented
on the adjustments proposed by the administration. She is concerned about the
textbooks. She is concerned that there was no public hearing for the purpose of
the
W. Brown commented that the State of
F. Conroy asked why they did not move MC2 to Surry
last year. He said that the Board is not listening to the citizens of Surry and
even if we had the whole town here it would not make a difference. He said that
they could not hold Surry hostage. He said that there are two schools that will
take them and he asked that when the time comes to let Surry go.
W. Imon explained that his son goes to MC2 and if anyone
has any questions feel free to talk to him. He commented that there is a lot of
talk about the MC2 Program at the Board Meetings. He said that if the Board was
more positive about the program they could move forward. The Board needs to get
behind the program and explain it.
Ed Winter commented that Surry would push to the max
to withdraw from the District. That is not a threat but what is what is going
to happen.
14. NON-PUBLIC
SESSION: RSA 91-A:3 II a: Personnel: MOTION: G. White MOVED to go into non-public session under RSA 91-A:3 II
a-personnel. SECOND: J. Kenyon. Roll call vote: J. Hill, K. Colby, T.
Peloquin, K. Cota, W. Felton, J. Kenyon, B. Tatro, G. White, R. Thackston and
C. Dreyfuss. Motion passes.
15. NON-PUBLIC
SESSION: RSA 91-A:3 II b: MOTION: B.
Tatro MOVED to go into non-public
session under RSA 91-A:3II b-nominations. SECOND:
K. Colby. Roll call vote: J.
Hill, K. Colby, T. Peloquin, K. Cota, W. Felton, J. Kenyon, B. Tatro, G. White,
R. Thackston and C. Dreyfuss. Motion
passes.
16. Adjournment:
MOTION: K. Colby MOVED to adjourn the meeting at
Respectfully submitted,
Laura L. Aivaliotis
MRSD Recording Secretary