Meeting Date:	6/8/06
Minutes Submitted On:
Board Attendees:	Ellen Pratt (EP), Anne Fines (AF), Virginia Scholl (VS), Peter May (PM), Benjamin Cragin (BC)
Administration Attendees:	Jim Kane, Anne Rider, Amelia Stone (AS)
Community Attendees:	Paulina Essinger, Dan Toomey

Location:	PCS Writing Room
Meeting called to order at:	4:35 pm
Meeting called to order by:	VS
Finish time:	6:46 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 May 25, 2006.	BC	AF		yes
Communications	2 emails related to the discussion of primary grade class configurations
Committee Reports: Finance/School Forest/Early Education Outreach Advisory Committee
Warrants	To approve warrants #1101 ($33,453.32), 1102 ($50), 1104 ($249.90) Fast and #1105 Regular ($455,861.86)	PM	EP		yes
Administrators’ Reports	AS is proposing to add para-educator support for the K-2 classrooms. The board gave its approval to do this. A representative from Univ. of VT wrote a letter congratulating us on our Japanese garden. The spring book fair generated over $2,000 in sales. The library keeps about $588 and gets $320 worth of books. A book swap was held recently. 796 books were swapped. Graduation is June 12 at 6:30 pm in the gym. June 14 is the last day of school. It will be an early release day (12;30 dismissal) The primary position (K/1) has been filled by Lilly Durborow. She recently completed her Master’s Degree from Bank Street College. Class placement configurations are going well and parents are interested in all of the options that we will have available.
Old Business
Entered Executive Session at 6:40 pm to discuss a student issue. Out at 6:45	To go into Executive session	EP	PM		yes
Board Retreat			Will be held June 15 3:30-6 pm. We will try to meet at the Putney Public Library. Benjie is looking into whether we can meet there. The meeting will be warned.
New Business Use of Medicaid Funds at Putney Central School Discussion of Use of Possible ADM Revenue From the Pre-School Population Update on District Assessment Discussion of Changing the Times of School Board Meetings Discussion of Foreign Language Instruction and Possible Establishment of Steering Committee				Medicaid: Jim Kane: The supervisory union votes annually on how to expend Medicaid funds. SU receives Medicaid money for nursing services and counseling services. The federal Medicaid money is about $150,000 district-wide. Jim Kane: will develop a chart of revenues per year for the early ed. children we’re counting. Anne Rider: Act 68 requires us to do local comprehensive assessment planning. Teachers district-wide have been involved in our assessment plan. Teachers are learning about these assessments during in-service days. NCLB requires us to have assessment standards. We will continue to meet at 4:30 on Thursdays. If there is an agenda item that generates a lot of interest from the public, we will do our best to schedule that discussion for after 5 pm to accommodate working parents. Tabled to Board Retreat agenda
Upcoming Meetings	June 15: Board Retreat 3:30-6:00. We will try to meet at the Putney library; Board input to Principal’s evaluation; foreign language instruction and possible establishment of steering committee. June 22 meeting cancelled. July 20: Early Education Outreach Committee reports back on discussions re: use of Medicaid for early ed. August 17 Sept 14. with Jim Kane-discuss use of Medicaid for early ed. Activities Jan 2007 (second meeting): Ensure that preparations for 360 degree survey to be distributed are underway. February meeting: Anne Rider to present on comprehensive assessments NEED TO BE SCHEDULED: Flo Nester, Enrichment Coordinator in Brattleboro to report on enrichment curriculum possibilities   (possible presentation in fall when board discusses programming) (Flonestor@wsesu.org) Educational governance Commissioner Cate’s White Paper

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.