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Attending:  Lauren Poster – chair, Andy Reichsman – vice chair, Gussie Bartlett – Sec’y arrived at 4:00pm , David Holzapfel and Judy Lang.

The meeting was called to order at 3:30 pm.

We went into executive session to discuss staff contracts.

We left executive session at 4:00pm.  No action was taken.  The staff left.

Gussie entered the meeting to discuss the Energy Committee’s recommendation to apply for a grant to improve the heating and ventilation in the school building.  The board agreed to forward with the application.

The meeting adjourned at 4:20 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Andy Reichsman

Our Guiding Principles:

Students’ will be at the center of our decision-making

We will keep to the agenda.

The chair will estimate the amount of time necessary for each item

and act as timekeeper during the meeting.

Every voice is heard as discussion goes back and forth.

Decisions will not be made hastily.

We will ask ourselves, “What other information do we need

in order to make a thoughtful decision?”

Decisions/discussion will be recapped before moving on to a new item.

Items requiring action will be identified and we will note who is responsible for each action item.

Follow through will occur before the next meeting.

We will use e-mail judiciously to communicate between meetings.

Implementation Guidelines:

Meetings will be held on the second Monday of each month with the fourth Monday

kept in reserve, if an additional meeting is needed.

The chair will send out the agenda the Thursday before the meeting.

The meetings will start at 6 pm and go no later than 9 pm

Marlboro School Board

Principal’s Report

Monday, December 14, 2009

Student Learning

Parent conferences finishing up

Social Inclusion work continues – invite Board to staff meeting for discussion of what we mean by Social Inclusion

Integration with art – Kindergarten, 5/6

3/4 Clay boats as math/science activity

JH – Evolution and Africa

Mixer for samples of student work

Winter Workshops

K-3  Art Lab, Pottery, Capoeira

4-8  Sculpture, Drumming, Puppetry

Policy or Regulation Implementation

F23, F24, F27?

Buildings and Grounds

Repair of 3^rd-4^th grade heating unit/temporary unit in place

Grant submitted by Energy Committee – thanks to Bob Anderson

Finance/Accounting

HS tuition for Kroka program

Work on FY11 budget

Enrollment/Staffing

Enrollment  85 new student in Primary

Staffing – substitute for Debbie Allen

Informational items

Holiday Concert, Wednesday, 6:30

Superintendent’s Report for the Marlboro School Board

December 14, 2009

Note: Consideration of the FY11 Budget by the Townshend School Board including a reduction of force obliges me to attend their meeting tonight.  If Francie or Lauren lets me know that you would like me to assist with any agenda items, I will join you from 6:00 – 6:30.  These conflicts among board meeting schedules are unavoidable for the present, but I look forward to recommendations from the WCSU Governance Committee meeting on the 15^th.

Student/Staff Learning

1. Last Friday, the principals met to discuss Critical Friends Groups (PLCs), teacher evaluation, the WCSU FY11 Superintendent’s Budget and school calendar.
   1. Your minutes indicate no action on policy warning and adoption.  I will attach my spreadsheet on school policy status throughout the WCSU for your information.
   2. Last Wednesday, the WCSU Board approved the WCSU Strategic Plan with Action Steps.
   3. The Board also confirmed the timeline for the superintendent’s evaluation. Each school board, administrator, and certified office staff member will complete the WCSU Superintendent Evaluation form.  All evaluations must be returned to Rich Werner by Feb.1, 2010.  The WCSU Board will review the results in executive session at their March meeting. The WCSU Board will appoint a committee to discuss the finding and results with the Superintendent at a later date.
   4. The WCSU Governance Committee will present recommendation(s) to the full Board on January 28^th.  The Committee continues to weigh a variety of approaches to improving governance.

Policy/Regulation

Finance/Accounting/Operations

On December 9, 2009 the WCSU Board approved the Superintendent’s Budget, $1,267,971 for FY11.  You received hardcopies at the meeting.  Thank you for representing Marlboro’s views.

Enrollment/Staffing

The state’s equalized pupil count for Marlboro is relatively stable:

FY10 – 121.07 students

FY11 – 121.61 students.

Informational Items

1. Next WCSU Governance Committee meeting will be December 15^th at 5 P.M. at Brookline.
2. Next WCSU Board Meetings are:

January 27, 2010 at 7PM in Wardsboro

March 24, 2010 at 7PM in Newfane