Meeting Date:	3/1/07
Minutes Submitted On:	3/2/07
Board Attendees:	Ellen Pratt (EP), Anne Fines (AF), Virginia Scholl (VS), Peter May (PM), Benjamin Cragin (BC)
Administration Attendees:	Amelia Stone (AS), Ron Stahley (RS), Paul Smith (PS)
Community Attendees:

Location:	PCS Writing Room
Meeting called to order at:	54:37 pm
Meeting called to order by:	PM
Finish time:	7:30 pm

NOTE: These minutes should be considered a draft that awaits approval and possibly amendment by the board at its next scheduled meeting.
AGENDA TOPIC	MOTION	MOVED BY	SECONDED BY	DISCUSSION	PASSED?
Prior Meeting’s Minutes	To approve minutes of the 2/8/07 meeting	PM	BC	In the second paragraph of the Adminstrator¹s report the second sentence should read “This is earlier than last year so that we can project numbers of incoming kindergartners earlier than last year.”	yes
Communications	The Board received an invitation to a March 27 5:30-7:30 pm at PCS on the Safe Routes to School project. PCS has a grant from VTRANS to look at safe routes to school and to encourage students to walk/bike to school. The committee working on the grant  is holding the meeting to solicit community input on next steps for the grant. The meeting is open to the public; a light dinner will be provided.
Committee Reports: Finance  School Forest Committee Para Negotiations Committee Other	AF reported on the School Forest Committee: Karen Saunders¹ class surveyed 174 people about their uses and knowledge of the forest. 89% of respondents had heard of the forest. 71% said they¹d been in the Forest. 49% think the town owns forest; 40% think the Putney Pool Assn owns the forest.  Only  .6% of the respondents think the school owns the forest. We need to educate people about the Forest. The School Forest Committee achieved its goal of raising $1000. Thanks to individuals and businesses who contributed. Fifteen students went out into the forest for the Winter Sports on-campus program.  There¹s been a second incident of vandalism where displays were ripped off the Forest kiosk for the second time.  The board approved the committee issuing a reward which would lead (PFS) to finding the person/people responsible. AF also reported that Putney Family Services hosted a meeting about early care and education in Putney on Feb 19.  At that meeting it was reported that the United Church of Putney decided against offering the church space for use of a child care center. PFS is still exploring other potential sites for the child care center. No more meetings have been planned but AF will stay in contact with PFS on this issue.
Warrants	To approve warrants #1070; #1071 and #1072 Fast in the amounts of $700; $1,1114; and $568.72 respectively; And #103 Regular in the amount of $63,036.73	PM	VS		yes
Administrators’ Reports	AS: To date kindergarten enrollment for 07/08 is projected to be 16. Kindergarten registration will be held on May 7. AS projects 14 kindergartens for the 08/09 school year and 16 for the following year. All but one of these preschoolers are in child care settings.  There will be a math night (called Putney Pi) on March 14 for parents and students in grades 5-8.  Games and food (with a math theme) will be offered.  AS submitted the School Quality Standards report to the Dept. of Education at the end of February. A a copy of the report is in the Minutes binder in the school office.  AS is following up with a consultant of the Vermont School Board Association to conduct a free school energy audit.  The School Climate survey will go out in next week¹s newsletter. It will also be posted electronically. AS reported that she is in conversation with staff about continuing staff support of the Asian Studies program. In past years Gerry Gatz had taken primary responsibility for coordinating the program at the school but he is retiring after this school year. Gerry has offered to continue to provide some assistance to the program after he retires.  AS reported that there is an active Asian Studies Committee which supports the Coordinator.  AS will keep the board updated on the status of a coordinator for the program.  AS reported that a few more Westminster middleschool students have expressed interest in attending PCS next year. The school receives about $9,500 for each tuitioned middle school student.
Old Business Board Goals Progress Goal Review for Administrator	AS distributed her professional goals for 06-07.  They can be found with a copy of these minutes in the Minutes binder in the school office.
Executive Session to discuss a student issue. In at 6:25 p.m. out at 6:45 pm	PM	BC			yes
New Business A. Town Meeting Prep B.Enrichment Discussions C.NECAP Results D.    Comprehensive Assessments Anne Rider, Curriculum and Assessment Coordinator – postponed E. Other	NECAP Paul Smith Distributed NECAP assessments of PCS students. In October, students in grades 3-8 were tested in reading and math. Fifth and 8th graders were also tested in writing.   The results of this test are used to determine the school¹s Adequate Yearly Progress.   Paul stressed that these test results are a snapshot picture of how students are doing. While the results are used by teachers and administrators to develop and modify curriculum, the results should not be used as a basis for all decisions made about curriculum and student learning.   A summary of the NECAP results (aggregated for the school) are attached to the minutes in the Minutes binder in the school office. Individual student test results will be sent home with the winter session report cards.   Enrichment: AS reported that she will follow up with staff on the enrichment discussion and stressed that enrichment activities will need to be incorporated in classrooms.    Town meeting: PM will present the budget information and AF will make a statement about the wonderful volunteerism in the school
Upcoming Meetings	March 6 Town Meeting March 22 Discussion of special education at PCS Discussion of procurement of busses Discuss potential endowment April 26 Preschool—Deb Gass invited Sept. 07 Report on school’s compliance with Nutrition Policy To discuss at future meetings: Music programming How to spend PreK ADM money

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.