Meeting Date

11/29/07

Minutes Submitted on

12/2/07

Board Attendees

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

Community Attendees

Mike Mrowicki

Administration Attendees

Amelia Stone (AS)

Location

PCS Writing Room

Meeting Called to Order by:

VS

Meeting Called to order at:

4:35 pm

Meeting adjourned at:

6:15 pm

Agenda Item

Motion

Moved by

Seconded by

Discussion

Passed?

Approval of Minutes

To approve the minutes from the board’s 11/8/07 meeting

BC

AF

yes

Warrants

To approve warrants #1037 Fast in the amount of $3,551.03 and #1038 Regular in the amounts of $25,779.78

And #1030, 1031, 1033, 1034 Fast in the amounts of $35,507.93; $986.85; $190; $1,132 and #1035 Regular in the  amount of $44,084.75.
    

VS

BC

BC noted that the prepayment for our fuel bill is $32,000.

yes

Communications

A parent emailed asking if she could attend an upcoming meeting to report on an indoor air quality grant that she’s been working on with the Westminster School.  The board will invite her to the Dec. 13 meeting

Administrative Report

RS distributed a letter from the Vermont School Boards Association which encourages school boards to meet with their legislators to discuss the implications of Act 82 and the potential to revise/rescind it.  Act 82 requires towns to hold 2 votes on a school’s budget, the second in order to pass excess spending.

RS reported that the Superintendents Association has scheduled a legislative breakfast for December 19 to discuss Act 82. The meeting will be held in Chester at the News Bank Center at 8:30 am.

The Windham Southeast Supervisory Union board will meet at 6:30 pm on Dec 13 at PCS. The board will vote to approve the SU budget.
 

Committee Reports
School Forest
Finance

AF reported on the forest committee.  Coyote Path (the group that is using the school forest for a paid activity) held its.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS, If Any
A.   Policy Review:
·     F1 – “Student Conduct and Discipline” – Adoption
·     F6 – “Student Records; Family Privacy” – Adoption
·     F9 – “Student Alcohol and Drug Abuse” – Adoption
·     F23 – “Policy on Prevention of Harassment to Students” – Adoption
         B.  Other
 
VIII.  NEW BUSINESS
A.   FY ’09 Budget Discussion

New Business
Putney Education Trust

To approve policies F1, F6, F9, F23

EP

VS

BC reported: he’d like to get a professional assessment of the school building and energy efficiency measures we could take.  BC will work with Jim Kane (SU Business Manager) to draft a request for proposals to get bids for the assessment.
BC suggested that, after the assessment, a building committee could review the study and make recommendations to the build.

AF reported that she spoke with Jim Kane about an Education Trust for the school. Jim Kane suggested that the board first develop a purpose statement for a trust (who would it serve, what would be its purpose, how would it be governed/administered).

 The board will discuss this at its 12/20 meeting.

yes

Upcoming Meetings

December 13
Report on the Early Education Outreach Program

Rachael Peters report on indoor air quality grant to Westminster school

Capital Plan and
Budget with Jim Kane

December 20

Putney
Endowment

January 10

Full review of budget: the public is encouraged to attend

Mike Mrowicki reported that he wants to hear from this board on school governance matters that the legislature should take up.