Putney Central School Board Meeting Minutes

Meeting Date

2.6.08

Minutes Submitted on

2.8.08

Board Attendees

Virginia Scholl (VS); Anne Fines (AF); Ellen Pratt (EP); Benji Cragin (BC); Peter May (PM)

Community Attendees

None present

Administration Attendees

Not present

Location

PCS Writing Room

Meeting Called to Order by:

PM

Meeting Called to order at:

5:34 pm

Meeting adjourned at:

7:30 pm

 

Note: These minutes should be considered draft until approved at the next scheduled board meeting.

Agenda Item

Motion

Moved by

Seconded by

Discussion

Passed?

Approval of Minutes

To approve the minutes of the 1.24.08 meeting

VS

BC

 

yes

Administrator’s Report

No administrators present

Warrants

No warrants

 

 

 

 

Committee Meetings

School Forest Committee

Jim Kane was going to check with the insurance company about a waiver of liability for overnight camping in the forest. AF will follow up with Jim on this.

Communications

An email to AS from a parent who is very happy with Lilly Durborrow’s teaching.

New business:
Endowment

Town Meeting
Candidates for the school board

PM distributed a draft PCS Endowment Overview (it is attached to these minutes in the binder where the minutes are kept in the school office). It presents a draft purpose statement: “to support innovative academic and after school enrichment programs for PCS students and their families.”  PM stated that this is a permissive document, not a mandate. The board will have discretion over the use of the endowment funds. PM will rework the document and give it to Jim Kane for review by a lawyer.  The board will discuss it again at its March 13 meeting.

The board members are still seeking a candidate for the school board director position that will be open in March.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old Business:

Expanding preschool discussion

AF reported to the board a discussion the she, EP and Amelia Stone had about a process for deciding whether to expand the PCS preschool.  They decided to survey community members, preschool providers and parents to determine the need for more preschool slots, what type of preschool parents are looking for and other issues that would affect the board’s decision.  AS will work with Amelia Struthers on the survey. The board would like to see the survey instrument at its next meeting. The board will then discuss the survey results and the topic in more detail at a meeting in March to be determined.

Upcoming Meetings

March 13
Preschool
Expansion
Endowment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted by: Board Clerk
This represents my understanding of this meeting.  If you have any changes, please submit them at the next board meeting.