Minutes - School Board Meeting 1/3/07
School board meeting 1/3/07 APPROVED
Attending: Lauren Poster - chair, Andy Reichsman – vice chair, Gussie Bartlett, clerk, Francie Marbury, Principal, Tina Shakespeare – interim Assistant Superintendent, David Dezendorf, Chair of the WCSU Technology Committee
The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm.
David Dezendorf attended the meeting to report on Technology issues in the Supervisory Union. He talked about the history of the Technology Coordinator position and how it came to be that a Technology Committee was initiated to make recommendations and create a job description for the T.C. See attached sheet that lays out issues and recommendations. Discussion – maintenance, integrating technology into curriculum, storing and sharing teaching resources in such a way that other schools in the district could share and take advantage of them, etc. One recommendation is to create an on-going SU Tech committee comprised of each school’s Tech committee to help determine the direction for WCSU technology. Staff feels they need a say.
David left at 7:37pm.
Reviewed minutes from 12/5. The minutes were approved with minor grammatical corrections.
Principal’s report. Enrollment 82, down 1. MES has gained two new Antioch interns.
We discussed the possibility of allowing an employee to use her next year’s professional development funds for a worthy course of study this year, knowing that next year’s professional development monies won’t be fully utilized. We asked Francie to look into where we stand in the professional development budget area for the current year.
Winter workshops are starting January 8th,partially supported by a Vermont Arts Council grant. The workshops include many interesting areas of study.
Tina gave an update on SU matters. See attached sheet.
Gussie informed us of a NCLB meeting on January 29th at Brooks Memorial Library.
The state has informed us that the Marlboro District’s equalized pupil figure for next year is 121.87.
Gussie brought up window quilts as a possible way to save on energy costs. Some windows seem to be letting air into the building. We will talk to Stantec, the company conducting our energy audit about this issue.
Andy made a motion to adjourn. Gussie seconded the motion. The motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 9:07 pm.
Upcoming scheduled meetings: a budget meeting on January 16th at 4:00pm; a regular meeting on Tuesday, February 6th, 7:00pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Andy Reichsman
Pay orders:
#12 12/8/06 $76,348.91
#13 12/19/06 $177,970.86
Attachments: Technology Committee report, SU report
Posted: February 8th, 2007 under School Board.