Meeting Date:	March 2, 2006
Minutes Submitted On:	March 6, 2006
Board Attendees:	Ellen Pratt (EP), Anne Fines (AF), Virginia Scholl (VS), Peter May (PM), Rebecca Coffey (RC)
Administration Attendees:	Amelia Stone (AS)
Community Attendees:	Benji Cragin

Location:	PCS Writing Room
Meeting called to order at:	7:10
Meeting called to order by:	PM
Finish time:	8:22

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	Move to approve minutes of January 17, 2006 special meeting and the February 9, 2006 meeting	PM	AF		Unanimous
Communications	The board will send a very belated note of thanks to Will O’Brien, who helped with the construction of the bridge to the School Forest and with the removal of the old bridge. RC distributed information giving board members information available at the Dept of Ed website.
Committee Reports: Finance/School Forest/Early Education Outreach Advisory Committee	None.
Warrants	Consideration of warrants was tabled.
Administrators’ Reports	Because PCS’s Winter Sports program was unable to make use of the full set of days at Ascutney Mountain, Ascutney has offered a free day of skiing for the children who participated in the Ascutney portion of the Winter Sports program. This day will most probably be March 17, which is Parent Conference Day. No chaperones, transportation, or supervision will be provided by the school. There will be more information about this offer in the March 9 school newsletter. Parent Conference Days are March 16 and 17. March 16 is an early release day. There is no school on March 17. The 360 Degree Principal Performance Feedback Survey will be going out next week. Stakeholders will be given 10 days to get them back to the school office. Raw data will be available to RS by March 23 and summary data will be available to the board at its March 23 meeting in Executive Session. Any board member who wants to view the collated raw data must visit the Central Office.
Old Business
	The board will not move forward with the grant application. No home-based providers expressed interest in participating. There was only one local provider that could promise to cooperate and they didn’t have enough qualified children to make a difference. Even without the grant, PCS will soon begin receiving Vermont Dept of Ed revenue for the PCS-based Headstart Program. The board has to decide how to use money it receives.
	Last meeting AS gave a glowing report about the status of the food service this year. In the meanwhile, there have been questions raised about cleanliness in the kitchen. AS will address those questions with the food service contractor and follow up with the board.
New Business
Principal Performance Review	Scheduled for this evening: Superintendent meets with Board and Administrator in Executive Session to provide Progress Report to Board with respect to Administrator’s progress against Administrator’s professional goals for the current year. Purpose is to provide constructive feedback on Administrator’s performance and identify critical issues, if any, that may impact any contract renewal notice dates. Executive Session may be held with Superintendent at Board’s request. Tabled until March 23, 2006
Town Meeting Preparation	Peter distributed a Proposed Budget Summary dated 2/3/06 and a Revised Revenue Budget dated 2/3/06. These documents show very slightly different figures than those included in the Town Report. At Town Meeting Peter will talk voters through the differences.
Upcoming Meetings	NEED TO BE SCHEDULED: § Review of transportation bids March 9, 2006. (Ellen Pratt will miss the meeting.) § Election of board officers § Consideration of Head Start contract for 2006-2007. March 23, 2006 § Discussion of 4-Day Week § Follow-up items from meeting with staff, including the possibility of a PCS endowment § Superintendent meets with Board and Administrator in Executive Session to provide Progress Report to Board with respect to Administrator’s progress against Administrator’s professional goals for the current year. Purpose is to provide constructive feedback on Administrator’s performance and identify critical issues, if any, that may impact any contract renewal notice dates. Executive Session may be held with Superintendent at Board’s request. April 13, 2006 § Presentation from RS on progress to-date on Brattleboro Town Schools Foreign Language Program First meeting in June § Discussion of use of possible ADM revenue from the preschool population

Respectfully submitted by: Rebecca Coffey

This represents my understanding of this meeting. If you have any changes, please submit them at the next board meeting.