Bimonthly Board Meeting Minutes/May 15, 2008

M.S.A.D. #11
BI-MONTHLY MEETING
Central Office Board Room
Thursday, May 15, 2008
7:00 p.m.

PRESENT: Mr. Rogers, Chair, Mr. Hunnewell, Vice-Chair, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cone, Mrs. Fles, Mr. Heath, Mrs. Ricker, Ms. Shaw, Mr. Trott, Dr. Knowles, Ms. Disch, Mr. Tuttle

ABSENT: Ms. Avery, Mrs. Dunn, Mr. Jermyn

UNEXCUSED:

Mr. Rogers called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and declared a quorum present. Mr. Rogers reviewed the public participation procedures.

Nominations

Vote 9-0 Motion by Mr. Trott, seconded by Mrs. Ricker, to approve the Superintendent’s Nominations as follows:

Jeff Turnbull, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director/GAHS - $63,545.55
Sara Barrows, Title I Literacy Specialist - $34,066.34
Wendy Oakley, Title I Literacy Specialist - $39,760.91

Discussion

Mr. Warren, Principal GRMS, and Mr. Kempton, Principal GAHS, provided the Board with a list of issues that surfaced as a result of the academic audit process. Among the issues are safety, relevance and educational coherence. Mr. Warren and Mr. Kempton discussed how the issues are being addressed both in the short term and intermediate time frames. Middle School Thoughts , Middle School List of Issues , High School List of Issues

VOTE 9-0 Motion by Mr. Hunnewell, seconded by Mr. Trott, Whereas the Warrant for the District
budget meeting to be held on May, 27, 2008, at Gardiner Area High School and approved by vote of this board and executed on May 8, 2008, contained the wrong address for the High School, and whereas the administrative staff subsequently noticed and corrected the address error in said Warrant, NOW THEREFORE, all actions taken by administrative staff to correct the address in the Warrant for the 2008-2009 District budget meeting to Gardiner Area High School, 40 West Hill Road, Gardiner, Maine be and hereby are ratified and confirmed.

General Information

A. Letter of Retirement from Cathy Warren, Special Ed., Ed. Tech II/GAHS
B. Transferred Stephanie Radcliff to Grade 2 Position/Helen Thompson

VOTE 9-0 Motion by Mr. Trott, seconded by Mrs. Fles to go into executive session at 8:00 p.m. to discuss labor contract negotiations with Administrators, pursuant to 1M.R.S.A. § 405(6)(D). The Board reconvened at 9:15 p.m.

VOTE 9-0 Motion by Mr. Tyler, seconded by Mr. Heath to approve the contract as agreed with the
Superintendent.

The Meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m.

Attest a true record,

Dr. Paul D. Knowles, Secretary