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Attending:  Lauren Poster – chair, Andy Reichsman – vice chair, Gussie Bartlett – Sec’y, Francie Marbury – Principal,
The meeting was called to order at 6:32 pm.

This is a re-organizational meeting.  Gussie nominated Lauren Poster to be Chairperson.  Andy seconded.  The motion passed unanimously.  Lauren nominated Andy Reichsman to be vice-chairman.  Gussie seconded.  The motion passed.  Lauren nominated Gussie to be secretary.  Andy seconded.  The motion passed.

We established The Brattleboro Reformer as our paper of record.  We established our regular meeting time as the second Monday of each month at 6:00 pm unless otherwise posted.  We delegated Lauren to be our WCSU representative , and Andy and Gussie to be Alternates.  We assigned the Constable to be Truant officer.  Gussie agreed to be the WCSU Policy Committee Member.

Principal’s Report (see below)

In support of Erica’s trip to Haiti to develop curriculum for her classroom, we authorized Francie to reimburse $500 of her airfare from the 3/4th Field Research line item in the MES budget.

SU Report (see below)

Respectfully submitted,

Andy Reichsman

Pay Orders:          #14    3/13/09    $  86,255.09

Future Board Meetings:  April 13th at 6:00pm.

WCSU Meeting in Marlboro:  March 25th at 6:30pm.

Marlboro School Board Meeting
Principal’s Report
Monday, March 9, 2009

Student Learning
Student Led Conferences 3/27
Kindergarten – Ezra Jack Keats stories and illustrations
Primary – Inuit dolls
3/4 – Haiti partner school
5/6 – Cereal boxes
7/8 – Drama – performance 3/26

Buildings and Grounds
Plans for renovating the greenhouse are underway.  Don Sherefkin has offered to draw up plans which can be used as we put it out to bid.
Report from Johnson Controls received.  We will reconvene the building energy committee.

Finance/Accounting
Budget passed.  Thank you!

Enrollment/Staffing
Enrollment – 80
Staffing – no changes

Informational items
Poetry readings following each class’s time with Ann
Sea of Birds – Thank you, Sara Coffey!
Matt Chapman as student teacher
Tobey from Marlboro College – observing/interning

Windham Central Supervisory Union
“WCSU will provide member districts with the leadership and resources to ensure a strong education system for all students”
Marlboro Elementary School
Superintendent’s Report 3-09-09

Student Learning
The Brookline and Newfane School Boards have held two more meetings at which they have discussed the possibility of forming a joint board.  The joint boards held a community meeting on February 16 at the Newbrook Fire Hall.  Participants provided input and asked questions about the joint board concept.  The boards will schedule another meeting toward the end of March to process the information from the community meeting and determine next steps.  Newfane and Brookline are two of the schools experiencing serious declines in student enrollment.
Finance:
The Governor has convened a task force whose charge is to envision a new funding system for public education, given his belief that Acts 60 and 68 are “broken and beyond repair.”   The group is meeting weekly, but I have not seen a date by which they are to report back.
I am not clear on whether the stimulus package money will affect WCSU, but I’m watching for that to unfold.  All the budgets in WCSU have been approved by voters.  Winhall was the only district required to hold two votes per Act 82.
Human Resources:  We are heading toward the end of two administrative searches:  one for the Associate Principal at Leland and Gray (restructured from Middle School Principal) and one for Principal at Dover School.  We hope to have the processes completed for both of these within a few weeks.
Meetings upcoming:
WCSU Reorganization Meeting March 25, 6:30 Marlboro
WCSU Annual Meeting May 27 at Windham 7:00 p.m.

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