Maine School Administrative District No. 35

Board of Directors - Regular Meeting

 

CITIZENS ARE INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA USING THE CARDS LOCATED NEXT TO THE AGENDAS. A BOARD MEMBER WILL RESPOND TO ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS WITHIN A WEEK.

5:55 Executive Session - Consideration and action to enter into an Executive Session to consider employment of employees pursuant to Title IA MRSA §405 (6)(A).

Motion: Mrs. Pullar Second: Mr. Stevens Vote: 5-0

7:00 Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Scheduled Audience to the Public - None

Members of the public who wish to schedule an audience with the Board should contact the Superintendent of Schools three days in advance of a meeting.

 

Special Recognition:

1. Top Ten Students - Mr. Mehlhorn introduced the top ten students: Maura Elston Cass, Valedictorian, Margaret Thea Wildnauer, Salutatorian, Jennifer Perry, Daniel patch, Thaddaeus Webster, Emily Brown, Matthew Dumont, Mark McDonnell, Trista Myers, and Kayla Pope. Each student took a turn introducing one of the other students - talking about their accomplishments and future plans.

2. Retiring Employees - Dr. Clockedile introduced each one of the retirees (Elaine Burnham, Richard Fernald, Donna Fernald, Kathyrn Mills, Ann Gebbia, Dennis Lundberg, and Merrill Cousens) separately and talked about their accomplishments and work for the district. Mrs. Cass gave each retiree a gift.

 

Report of the Secretary:

1. Consideration and action to approve the minutes of the regular meetings of May 17, 2006.

Motion: Mrs. Breed Second: Mr. Stevens Vote: 4-1 (Dr. Gilbert abstained)

Report of the Chairperson:

1. Summer Meeting Schedule - Mrs. Cass asked the Board members to look at meeting times and to give her feedback as to which would be the best times to meet during the summer.

2. MSBA Officer Nominations - Sue Pullar said that she might be interested in this.

3. Chair Luncheon - Mrs. Cass said that last Friday they had a Chair luncheon. She also said that flyers will go home to remind parents to vote on June 13th. Mrs. Cass asked the Board if they were interested in setting aside a time to review the budget process and what went well and what didn't. They will schedule time for this sometime in the near future.

Superintendent’s Report:

1. Resignations: Dr. Clockedile announced that he had accepted a resignation from Paul Ezzy, Chemistry teacher at Marshwood High School. Dr. Clockedile also distributed the retirement letter from Merrill Cousens.

2. Bullying and Harassment Summary - Dr. Clockedile told the Board that all of the schools have been working on various projects to reduce bullying and harassment. There was a workshop for the entire staff in the Fall. The elementary schools have chosen The Responsive Classroom as a model to help reduce bullying. Students from the Middle and High School have been trained by Steve Wessler's group so that they can also work on reducing bullying and harassment.

3. Supervision and Evaluation Committee - Gail Sullivan distributed all of the forms that the Supervision and Evaluation Committee created. She thanked all the committee members for their hard work this year. The Board members will have an opportunity to look the materials over and discuss it or ask questions at the next meeting.

4. Athletic Trainer - Dr. Clockedile said that we have entered into an agreement with Wentworth Douglass Hospital to provide us with an athletic trainer at 30 hrs/week at no cost to the district. Dr. Clockedile also noted that at the high school we had an opportunity to practice one level of our Crisis Plan when a diesel truck containing 9500 gallons of diesel fuel went off the road in front of the high school. Dr. Clockedile thanked Paul Mehlhorn and the high school staff for doing an excellent job.

Correspondence:

1. Great Bay Gallery - Dr. Clockedile noted that we received a letter complimenting the excellent behavior of the Junior class.

2. Informational Letter #148 - DOE - Dr. Clockedile said that he thought it would be important for the Board to see and read the letter from the Commissioner.

Report of Committees:

1. Report of the Finance and Facilities Committee - We will meet next week.

2. Report of the Educational Policy Committee - The Board discussed the need to develop a policy about placing permanent art work or displays in our schools.

3. Report of the Community Relations Committee - The Newsline went to the printer last Friday.

New Business: