MILAN

Minutes of School Board Meeting

Thursday, March 3, 2005 at 8:00 a.m.

Milan Village School, 11 Bridge Street, Milan, NH 03588-9702

 Phone 603 466.3632      Fax 603.466.3870     Web http://schools.ncia.net/milanvs2

                                                                                                           

Milan Members Present

Sarah Sarette, Principal

Milan Village School

Andrew Mullins,

School Board Chairman Jacqueline Quintal,

School Board Member

Patricia Shute,

School Board Member

Others Present:

Patrick Low, Superintendent, SAU20

 

Pauline Plourde, Business Administrator SAU20

 

Malcolm Shute,

Minute Taker

Agenda Number                                         Subject

I.          Call to Order                                                                                                             

            Andrew Mullins called the meeting to order at 8:15 a.m.

II.        Approval of February 8, 2005 Minutes

Editorial and typographical errors were noted in these minutes. Pauline Plourde will take care of correcting these in the approved minutes.

            Motion by Jacqueline Quintal, seconded by Patricia Shute.

Motion:     To approve the minutes of Febuary 8, 2005 with changes as noted.

            Vote:          All in favor.  Motion passed.

III.       Public Comments       

             None.

IV.       Communications/Written

·        We have received written communication from the performance bond in which the terms are                                                                        unacceptable by the school board.  Our attorney is working on a response at this time.

·        It was noted that site work improvement was not mentioned in the letter.                                                           

V.        Communications-Visiting Staff 

            None.

VI.      Principal’s Report

·        The March 3, 2005 Principal's report was distributed to the school board.

·        The school nurse's hours have been changed to11 a.m. to 3 p.m .on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

                  and Friday.

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·        Snow plowing of the school parking lot this winter needs some fine tuning.  The SAU20 Superintendent has contacted the vendor to remedy this situation and work with our school team.

VII.      Superintendent's Report

A.     Financial, Month Ending

                    No discussion.

            B.  Building Renovation Update

                    No discussion.

            C.   MAPS (Measured Academic Progress) Testing and Preparation

·        The Superintendent has been meeting with the Principal to establish a roster of students and

      `                 teachers who will be participating in these on-line tests using PC's in the school. The Director of Technology shared this information with NWEA.

·        A parent information meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 16th at 6:00 p.m.at

                         the SAU-20 office.

·        A newsletter document, which explains MAPS, and an announcement about this meeting, will

be sent to the local media the week of March 14th.  The newsletter document is available to all schools in SAU-20 to share with students, parents and teachers.                                      

·        Pilot tests are scheduled for the last two weeks in March and the first week in April.  It was

recommended that the results of these tests be retained throughout the summer to allow teachers

to review the results and plan accordingly.  They will also be available to interested parents

who contact the schools, although it was pointed out that these results are just preliminary.

·        The Superintendent will check with NCIA regarding a hi-speed Internet connection for Milan.                     

             D.  Vendor Letter-process for conducting business with MVS/SAU-20

A form letter has been prepared to notify vendors who do business with the Milan Village School and the SAU-20, which explains to them what is expected of them and what is expected of the schools. The following items, among others, will be included:

·     What is the cost?

·     A purchase order number is required - specifications

·     What is the hourly rate? – work completed

·     Provide a record of time spent on a job.

             E.  Arts Council Opportunity-Information

                    The Superintendent shared opportunities for 2005/2006 available to our students at great discounts.

 

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             F.  Task List Follow-Up From Last Meeting

                   No discussion.

             G.  Other

·     The Business Administrator for SAU-20 distributed the updated budget.

·     She distributed the old and new salaries.

·     She distributed a draft of the fringe benefits document for teachers and a draft of the

                             fringe benefits document for support staff.  A lengthy discussion took place regarding:

1.        Who qualifies for health insurance?                                         7.  Retirement

2.        How much is paid by whom?                                                     8.  Holidays.

3.        How to prorate benefits for less than full time.                       9.  Personal leave

4.        Health buy-out.                                                                            10. Bereavement leave

5.        The dental plan.                                                                           11. Full time/part time

6.        Sick days.                                                                                      12. Professional/ para support

                                                                                                                13. Other support (maintenance/secretarial).        

·     The fringe benefits documents will be reviewed again next month.

VIII.    Policy Development

·        The bus stop wording as posted in the school board meeting minutes on February 8, 2005 was

                  approved.                                                                                                  

IX.       Non-Public Session

The meeting went into non-public session at 8:20 a.m. per RSA:91-a-311.  The public session resumed at 10:00a.m.                                   

X.        Other   

             None.             

XI.       Next Meeting

            Milan School Board Meeting on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 6:30 p.m.at Milan Village School.

XII.     Adjournment 

            Meeting adjourned at 12:10 p.m.