BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
MINUTES
DATE: Tuesday,  May 10, 2005
WHERE: PCHS

Members Present:  Shelly Bennett, Larry Davis, Patricia Davis, Melissa Douglass, Ralph Eastman, Pam Goulette, Nancy Hall, Cinthia Hoak, Patricia Izbicki, Anita Kain, Donna Littlefield, Susan McAvoy, George Nuite, Donna Runnels and  Michelle Ward.

Members Absent:      James Bell, Lorna Marshall and Anita Kain

Also Present:              Greg Bellemare, Crystal Priest, Kevin Jordan and Paul Stearns.

Call to Order:             The meeting was called to order by Chairman George Nuite at 7:39 p.m.

Approval of Minutes:  A motion was made by Patricia Izbicki and seconded by Pam Goulette that the minutes of the April 13, 2005 Board of Directors meeting be approved as printed.

Vote: Yes~ 14 No ~ 0 Ab. ~ 0

Public Forum: Jan Ronco stated that the Town of Abbot would like very much for the Board of Directors to consider changing the date that the Board Budget Meeting is held to avoid a conflict with the Primary Elections.

Correspondence:        none

Educational Reports:  PCHS foreign exchange student Ralph Pakinkin and his friend Teng Julkiram from Bangor High School (both from the Philippines), gave an excellent  presentation to the Board.

1.         Adjustment to Agenda:          none   

2.         Budget Approval:

A motion was made by Pam Goulette and seconded by Nancy Hall that the Board of Directors adopts the Fiscal Year 2006 Budget of $6,549,417.91 with a local assessment (Foundation/Debt Service/
Local Additional) of $2,452,223.00 for S.A.D. #4.

Vote: Yes~ 13 No ~ 0 Ab. ~ 1

3.         Adult Education Budget:

A motion was made by Pam Goulette and seconded by Patricia Davis that the Board of Directors adopts the Fiscal Year 2006 Adult Education Budget of $28,750.00 with a local assessment of $28,750.00.

Vote: Yes~ 14 No ~ 0 Ab. ~ 0

4.         Establish District Budget Meeting:

A motion was made by Pam Goulette and seconded by Nancy Hall that the Board of Directors sets the District Budget Meeting for Tuesday, June 14th at 7:00 P.M. (preceding the regularly scheduled Board of Directors Meeting) in the PCMS Cafeteria.

There was discussion regarding moving the date of the budget meeting.

Vote: Yes~ 12 No ~ 1 Ab. ~ 1

5.         Warrant Approval:

A motion was made by Michelle Ward and seconded by Pamela Goulette that the Board of Directors authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to issue checks prior to the signing of accounts payable and payroll warrants for the FY '06.         

            Vote: Yes~ 14 No ~ 0 Ab. ~ 0

6.         Employment Agreements for employees not covered by bargaining agreements:


A motion was made by Patricia Davis and seconded by Pam Goulette that the Board of Directors authorizes the Superintendent to offer employment contracts to employees not covered by the collective bargaining agreements.

Vote: Yes~ 14 No ~ 0 Ab. ~ 0

7.         Resignation:

A motion was made by Patricia Davis and seconded by Melissa Douglass that the Board of Directors accepts the following resignations with the effective dates:

Kevin Jordan – PCHS Principal (effective 6/30/05)
Sarah Campbell – Special Education Teacher – McKusick (effective 8/14/05)
David Inglehart – Integration Specialist/Digital Communications Teacher - PCHS (effective 8/14/05)
Merle Gilbert – PCHS Softball Coach (effective immediately)

Vote: Yes~ 14 No ~ 0 Ab. ~ 0

8.         Creation of Positions:           

A motion was made by Pam Goulette and seconded by Ralph Eastman that the Board of Directors authorizes the creation of the following positions for the 2005-2006 school year:

Social Studies – PCHS

K-3 Elementary Supervisor/K-12 Director of Curriculum & Instruction

Vote: Yes~ 14 No ~ 0 Ab. ~ 0

9.         Recommendation to Employ:

A motion was made by Ralph Eastman and seconded by Susan McAvoy that the Board of Directors accepts the following recommendations to employ (one year contracts):

·                    Rebecca Warren - Softball for 2004/05 (PCHS)
·                    Bruce Priest - Boy’s Varsity Soccer Coach  for 2005/06 (PCHS)             
·                    Brian Gaw - Girl’s Varsity Soccer Coach for 2005/06 (PCHS)

Vote: Yes~ 14 No ~ 0 Ab. ~ 0

10.       Increase Position:

A motion was made by Ralph Eastman and seconded by Cindy Hoak that the Board of Directors authorized the increase of the Career Prep position from half time to full time in order to cover PCHS and PCMS for the 2005-2006 school year.

Vote: Yes~ 14 No ~ 0 Ab. ~ 0

11.              Re-assignment/Transfer:

A motion was made by Patricia Davis and seconded by Pam Goulette that the Board of Directors re-assign/transfer the following employee recognized under the SAD #4 Board of Directors and the SAD #4 Education Association Contract for the 2005-2006 school year.

Joseph Luchini – From Half Time to Full time Career Prep (PCMS/PCHS) 

Vote: Yes~ 14 No ~ 0 Ab. ~ 0

12.       Probationary Contracts:

A motion was made by Nancy Hall and seconded by Cindy Hoak that the Board of Directors authorizes the Superintendent to offer 2nd year Probationary Contracts to the following:

·                    Don Moen -  Industrial Arts/Computer Technology
·                    Karalynn Gibson – Spanish
·                    Deborah Fournier – Music
·                    Eric Smith – Math

Vote: Yes~ 14 No ~ 0 Ab. ~ 0

13.     Continuing Contracts:

A motion was made by Pam Goulette and seconded by Michelle Ward that the Board of Directors authorizes the Superintendent to offer Continuing Wage Agreements to the following:

·                    Elena Smith – Special Education
·                    Susan Watson – Special Education
·                    Joseph Luchini – PCHS/PCMS Career Prep
·                    Carla Albers – Elementary Art
·                    Heather Doherty – PCHS Science
·                    Brian Gaw – PCHS Phys Ed & Health

Vote: Yes~ 14 No ~ 0 Ab. ~ 0

14.       Policy Development:

A motion was made by Ralph Eastman and seconded by Patricia Izbicki that the Board of Directors gives final approval for policies IHA, JFABD and KB of the revised SAD #4 policy book.

            Vote: Yes~ 14 No ~ 0 Ab. ~ 0

15.       Committee Reports:                                                         

Budget Committee – Mr. Davis went over the highlights of the 2006 Budget.

Communications Committee – Susan McAvoy (et. al.) reported on the following:

·                    “Every Fifteen Minutes” Program based on shock value to try to curb teenage drunk driving.
·                    Students being at Committee Meetings or Board Meetings.
·                    PCHS closed campus.
·                    All job descriptions will be reviewed and updated.

16.       Administrative Reports:

            Crystal Priest (Technology Coordinator):     

·                    Midterm reports were sent home last week
·                    Meeting with Department teams K-12 to discuss changes over the summer and computer related needs and issues.
·                    The latest issue of Pirate Post is up on PCHS Online.
·                    Spring Star Testing is taking place K-12
·                    Staff Development Classes are being offered this month on a variety of topics.
·                    Nova Scotia Ministry of Education is looking to send some people to visit our middle school in May.  They are looking at 1:1 laptops and FastForWord.
·                    Jack Mara (former Superintendent of Gardiner) will be doing a research study on the 9th grade and laptop use around the end of May.  He will get the results to us.
·                    Attended a MEDMS Advisory Board Meeting (data management system for Maine), they are off to a rocky start.  This system has required a large number of hours in the district working on cleaning up data in Powerschool to roll over to MEDMS.  The secretaries have been working hard on fixing things to comply to MEDMS.
·                    FastForWord has been extended for a month so some of the kids who started late can have a chance to finish.  We had a couple of schools visit last week to check out the program.  Jolane Clawson has reported some very interesting anecdotal date on various kids.
·                    CLC – we had to go to a mandatory state training last week.  Our program has gotten off to a very good, high quality start.  CLC offered over 70 programs this past school year between Guilford and Greenville and will be sending out the summer program brochures in the next week or so.  CLC will be offering summer camp programs the last 3 weeks in July in Greenville and Guilford for students in K-12.  We are also setting up a stronger academic component for next year’s program to target students who are having academic difficulties in the classroom.

            Elementary Schools Report:

            Shelley Connolly & Margaret Templet-Drummond reported:

·                    Maine Author Lynn Plourde visited the elementary schools for three days each.   She held writer workshops in each classroom where students wrote stories and acted them out.
·                    The Maine Mason’s returned this year for their CHIPS program where they provided parents with video tapes, finger prints and dental impressions to keep in case of an emergency.
·                    Grade 1 will be going on a class field trip to the Children’s museum in Bangor on May 13th.
·                    Steve Law of the Kids and Tree Growing Together Program returned to plant seeds with first grade.  Pictures and information about the progress of this program can be found at their web site:  www.naturalresourceeducationcenter.org
·                    McKusick School is planning a Red, White and Blue Sing-a long on May 27th.
·                    Arts Alive Day will be celebrated on June 3rd.  McKusick School will have the Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers performing a play in the afternoon and Guilford Primary will have a presentation by Michael Cooper (he does dramatic exhibits with masks and stilts). 
·                    Students were encouraged to turn off their TV for the week (less than 4 hours of TV).  The classes that had 80% participation would get a frosty treat and an extra recess.
·                    The Visual and Performing Arts Festival will be held for Grades K-3 on May 26th at PCMS.  Art work will be displayed and there will be a 3rd grade movement presentation at 6 p.m.
·                    The Dental Sealant Program has taken place.
·                    For Earth Day the students at the Primary School helped clean up the playground.

Greg Bellemare (PCMS Principal):

•           7TH  Grade Science Fair was held on May 4th in the PCMS Cafeteria
•           PCMS Band  & Chorus performed at the State House in Augusta on May 5th.
                        They did an outstanding job and were invited back.
•           The student identification program sponsored by the Mason was held at PCMS for 4th, 5th 6th, 7th & 8th Graders on May 6 and May 13th. 
•           5th Grade D.A.R.E. Parent meeting will be held in the cafeteria this evening at7:30 P.M.
•           Third Trimester Mid terms were mailed out on Thursday.
•           Our 4th grade students will be traveling to the Maine State Museum on 5/11/05
•           Selected students will be attending the District 5 Festival in Millinocket on Friday May 13th.
•           Peggy Cleaves attended a LAD Conference on May 4th.
•           Wellness Committee is busy getting prepared for the Wellness Fair that will be held in the  PCMS Gym on May 21st from 9:00-12:00.
•           Received the CSHE health grant for $2000 a year for 3 years to work on curriculum and assessment.
•           Nutrition Task Force will have a report for the June board meeting.

Kevin Jordan (PCHS Principal):

·                    There will be a theater performance Thursday – Nintchka
·                    Spring Music Concert went well
·                    We had 12 new inductees into National Honor Society last week
·                    Frosh Focus visited Mayo Regional Hospital last week
·                    Successful Blood Drive with 56 units
·                    William Cleaves was named the TCTC Student of the Year.
·                    The Junior Class will be going to the Cole Transportation Museum tomorrow.
·                    May 18th is our Spring Fling Community Service Day.
·                    May 23rd is 8th Grade Step-Up Day.
·                    Valedictorian and Salutatorian named: 
Melissa Lutz – Valedictorian
Amy Knowlton – Salutatorian

17.       Chairperson’s Report:

Committee calendars & assignments were distributed and explained.  This has been a very busy month.

18.       Superintendent’s Report: 

·                    Task Force will meet again on the 18th.
·                    The board will review and establish goals for 2006.
·                    There will be a July 1st Board retreat
·                    Mike Dexter received FEMA money for snow removal $1,291.00
·                    Greg Bellemare wrote and was awarded a Health Grant - $2,000 for curriculum work.
·                    Trisha Kurt and staff wrote a Reading First Grant for $425,000 which we received.
·                    Teacher Appreciation Social well received and well attended
·                    Discussed the Standards & Poor Report
·                    Congratulated and thanked Kevin Jordan.
·                    Handed out “Superintendent’s Point of View” article.

19.       Negotiations:

            A motion was made by Larry Davis and seconded by Patricia Davis that the Board of Directors goes    into executive session for the purpose of discussing negotiations.

            Vote: Yes ~ 14   No ~ 0   Ab. ~ 0

            Time In:          8:59                 Time Out:       9:03

            No Action Taken

20.       Adjournment:

Vote: Yes ~ 14 No ~ 0   Ab. ~ 0


Respectfully Submitted,


Paul A. Stearns
Superintendent of Schools
SAD #4