MILAN SCHOOL BOARD

MINUTES 10/06/03

 

 

The Milan School District met in regular session on Monday, October 06, 2003 at the Milan Village School, Milan, NH.  In attendance:  Andrew Mullins, Patricia Shute, and Jacqueline Quintal.  Also:  Steven Welford, Pauline Plourde, Sarah Sarette, and Susan Enman (recording secretary). 

 

I.          Call to Order:  Andrew Mullins called the meeting to order at 8:50 p.m.

 

II.            Approval of September 10, 2003 minutes:

 

            Patricia Shute pointed out an error on the agenda and a couple of errors on the

             minutes of September 10, 2003.

           

            Mrs. Shute pointed out that Item 2 on the agenda should read “Approval of             September 10, 2003 minutes” not “Approval of September 11, 2003 minutes”.  

            A spelling error was noted in the first paragraph of the Principal’s Report.  The

            word “forth” on line four should be spelled “fourth”.  It was also pointed out that

            the word “the” in line 10 should be eliminated. 

 

                        Motion by Jacqueline Quintal – Seconded by Patricia Shute

                        MOTION:  to approve the minutes as amended

                        Vote on motion:  All in favor

 

III.            Communications:

            Mrs. Plourde reported that the Dummer School Board had mentioned the

            possibility of setting up an AREA meeting for Berlin, Milan, and Dummer on

            November 13, 2003.  The Milan School Board members stated that they would

            also be available on November 13th.   Mr. Welford offered to call John Moulis

            to discuss the possibility of setting up an AREA meeting on November 13, 2003

            at 6:00 p.m. at the Berlin High School.  It was suggested to bring up the conflicts

            between the schools’ calendars at this meeting.

 

            Jacqueline Quntal asked if there was money in the budget for school board

            members to attend conferences.  Mrs. Plourde reported that there was $267.00

            available in the budget for this purpose.  Ms. Quintal mentioned that she would

            like to attend the educational conference that was being held by Brad Kidder.

            Mr. Mullins stated that he would also be interested in attending this conference.

 

IV.            Prinicpal’s Report:  Mrs. Sarette had reviewed her report at the joint meeting.

            However, no motion had been made at the joint meeting to approve  Mr.             Roberge’s request to have a sleepover in the school on October 17, 2003.

 

           

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                        Motion by Jacqueline Quintal – Seconded by Patricia Shute

                        MOTION:  to allow Mr. Roberge to have a sleepover for his astronomy

                        study with the students on Friday, October 17, 2003 with the stipulation

                        that at least one teacher is on duty all night.

                        Vote on motion:  All in favor

 

V.            Superintendent’s Report:

            Many of the issues were discussed  in the joint meeting minutes.

            Mr. Welford reported that many of the monitors in the Milan school library were             donated by the SAU office.  Mr. Welford suggested when buying new

            monitors to buy the flat screen monitors as these are healthier for the students

            and do not cause a glare.

            *Financial Report.

            Mrs. Plourde mentioned that she would have an updated list of students tuitioned             to Berlin available at the next school board meeting. 

            Mrs. Plourde reported that the Honeywell contract would end this year.  The

            business administrator noted that Dennis from Ray’s Electric informed her that

            his company has a guarantee for one year and felt that a full agreement with

            Honeywell was unnecessary at this time. The school board  agreed that a new             contract should be drawn up with Honeywell.

 

VI.       Public Comments:  No public comments were made at this meeting.

 

VII.     Other: 

            A discussion on how to properly dispose of desk and materials stored in

            the trailer was held.   Mr. Welford informed the school board that computers             might have to             be disposed of differently due to the tubes inside containing             hazardous materials.              Mrs. Sarette suggested offering the items stored in the       trailer to the public at open house.

 

                        Motion by Patricia Shute – Seconded by Jacqueline Quintal

                        MOTION:  All monitors and computers no longer functional will

                        be claimed as disposable once all the hazardous parts are removed.   

                        Vote on motion:  All in favor

 

                        Motion by Jacqueline Quintal – Seconded by Patricia Shute

                        MOTION:  The materials in the storage area of the trailer will be                                     disposed of appropriately after being offered to the public.

                        Vote on motion:  All in favor

 

            Andrew Mullins expressed his concern over the difficulty with snowplowing in the

             

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            area of the medium.  Mr. Mullins asked if the medium was part of the State’s plan             or if this was part of Wrenn’s plan.  Mrs. Plourde stated that she would look into

            this matter.  It was agreed that the medium would be removed if it were in the

            plans from Wrenn Associates.  Ms. Quintal pointed out that markers should be

            set up before the snow falls.

 

            Andrew Mullins asked what type of table the nurse needed.  Mrs. Plourde and

            Mrs. Sarette will look into this matter.

 

            Ms. Quintal asked why catastrophic aide had not been received.  Mr.             Welford informed the school board that transportation costs have been    

            eliminated from catastrophic aide.

 

VIII.    Non-Public Session – RSA 91-A section C & E

 

                        Motion by Patricia Shute – Seconded by Jacqueline Quintal

                        MOTION:  to go into non-public session under RSA 91-A section C & E

                        at 9:35 p.m.

                        Vote on motion:  Roll call taken; all in favor

 

            An issue pertaining to a teacher’s contract was discussed.  Litigation issue             involving a teacher was discussed.  A student issue was also discussed.

 

                        Motion by Patricia Shute – Seconded by Jacqueline Quintal

                        MOTION:  to come out of non-public session under RSA 91-A

                        section C & E at 10:10 p.m.

 

            Mr. Welford nominated Karen Cloutier under her new contract.

                        Motion by Jacqueline Quintal – Seconded by Patricia Shute

                        MOTION:  to nominate Karen Cloutier for a new contract with

                        the Milan School District to work four days a week at step MA10

                        and salary in the amount previously discussed.       

 

IX.       Next Meeting:

            The next Milan School Board meeting will be held Monday, November 03, 2003,

            at 6:30 p.m., at the Milan Village School, Milan, NH.

 

X.            Adjournment:

 

                        Motion by Patricia Shute – Seconded by Jacqueline Quintal

                        MOTION:  to adjourn the school board meeting at 10:20 p.m.

                        Vote on motion:  All in favor