Meeting Date

10.25.07

Minutes Submitted on

10.26.07

Board Attendees

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

Community Attendees

Administration Attendees

Amelia Stone; Marisa Duncan-Holley

Location

Writing Room

Meeting Called to Order by:

PM

Meeting Called to order at:

4:30 pm

Meeting adjourned at:

6:45 pm

Agenda Item

Motion

Moved by

Seconded by

Discussion

Passed?

Approval of minutes – 10.11.07

To approve the minutes of the 10.11.07 meeeting

PM

AF

yes

Administrator’s Report

Grades 2-4 will be attending an author visit at the Grammar School on 10.26.07.  Thanks to our Librarian, Ms. Mackler, for arranging this visit. This is the second year of this enrichment activity.

PCS has not had a Destination Imagination (DI) team for two years.  There will be a free informational meeting for students, parents, and community members to learn more about this enrichment program and to solicit leaders for a DI team.  Te meeting will be held on Monday, November 5 at 6 pm at PCS.

Mary Ann Deere’s students will hold a fundraiser for their annual Make A Wish project (the students raise funds and decide collectively which organization to donate to) this Saturday 1 pm in the gym. 

PCS has received a $75,000 Safe Routes to School grant. Many thanks to the school’s health committee and to Pam Corbet for writing the grant.  The funds will be used to design and construct 385 feet of additional sidewalk to facilitate students walking/biking to school.

Pam Corbet also included PCS in a grant proposal to the state’s Farm to School grant.  If we receive grant funds, they will be used to facilitate getting more local produce in school meals, funding field trips to local farms and for curriculum development.

Ed Anderson( evening custodian) will be out for the next 3 months due to an injury.  AS is in the process of hiring a temporary replacement.

The school has the opportunity to enter into contractual agreements with area preschools where Putney preschoolers attend. There is still a question about how many preschoolers PCS can include in its annual census of students (in order to draw down Education funds).  AS will ask Jim Kane for more detailed information in order for the board to make a decision about entering into these contracts.  The board will meet on Monday Oct 29 at 5:30 pm to continue this discussion and to possibly sign these contracts.

There will be a school field trip on  Nov 7 12:30 at Landmark College to see the Mongolian Dancers.

AS distributed the One Percent Funds requests. The board will decide on distribution of these funds at the next meeting.

There was some vandalism to the school last weekend but no apparent break-in.  The board will discuss building security at its next meeting. 

The board will invite the Putney Recreation League board to come to its next meeting to discuss the use of the building, the snack shack and field maintenance.

Communications

Letter of thanks from a parent for action on an administrative matter.

Approval of Warrants

To approve warrants #1029 Regular in the amount of $ 16,828.20   and warrant #1027  Fast in the amount of $888.11

BC

PM

yes

School forest Committee

The board thanks AF for her contribution of the book “Learning and the Land”  for the library.

AF requested permission from the board for the school forest committee to sign an agreement with Mark Morey from the Institute for Natural Learning to use the school forest for his environmental learning project over the next year (this was discussed at the last board meeting). PM moved, BC seconded. Passed.

Policy Review:

·   LBP-8 “Enrollment of Children of Teachers and Staff – Adoption

·   E9 “HIV/AIDS” – Adoption

·   E8 “Tobacco Prohibition” - Adoption
 
·     F1 – “Student Conduct and Discipline” – 2nd Reading

·     F6 – “Student Records; Family Privacy” – 2nd Reading

·     F9 – “Student Alcohol and Drug Abuse” – 2nd Reading
         B.  Other

To adopt  LBP-8

To adopt policy# E9 HIV/AIDS

E8 Tobacco Prohibition

VS

EP

PM

BC

VS

BC

Page. 3 of Policy F1 fill in blank “10 days”— to 3rd reading

F6 and F9 –to 3rd reading.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Policy Review:
·     F23 – “Policy on Prevention of Harassment to Students” (NEW)– 1st Reading

B.   School Building Security

Bldg security – we’ll discuss next meeting.

Superintendent’s Evaluation

PM moved to go into Exec. Session to discuss personnel matter at 6:20pm.
Out at 6:45

Upcoming Meetings

Nov. 8

Meet with Rec. League on use of bldg, keys, snack shack, field, other?

School building security

3rd reading of:
F1 – “Student Conduct and Discipline” – 2nd Reading

·     F6 – “Student Records; Family Privacy” – 2nd Reading

·     F9 – “Student Alcohol and Drug Abuse” – 2nd Reading