Minutes
Shelburne School Board
Wednesday, September 24, 2003 – Family Resource
Center, Gorham, NH
Robert Corrigan –
chairperson
Jo Anne Carpenter
Wendy Niskanen
Steven Welford – Interim
Superintendent, SAU #20
Pauline Plourde – Business
Administrator, SAU #20
Jacqueline Tetreault –
Curr. Coor. Adm. Assist., SAU #20/Recording Secretary
Robert Corrigan,
chairperson of the Shelburne School Board, called the meeting to order at 3:24
pm.
One correction was noted to
the August 22, 2003 minutes:
-pg. 3 under ITEM IX – NEXT MEETING – The following
schedule for the
Shelburne
School Board meetings is as follows:
Wednesday,
September 24, 2003 – Board Room, Family Resource Center – 3 pm
Friday,
November 21, 2003 – Board Room, Fam. Res. Center – 8 am
Friday,
December 19, 2003 – Board Room, Fam. Res. Center – 8 am
Motion
by Wendy Niskanen, seconded by Jo Anne Carpenter
Motion: to accept the August 22, 2003 minutes as
amended.
Vote
on motion: all approve; motion carried.
No communications were
brought before the Shelburne School Board in September.
-It had recently been
brought to the attention of the Interim Superintendent that the SAU board may
be conducting business incorrectly due to a policy in the SAU handbook based on
RSA 194, C7 & C8. C7 talks about
representation, and C8 discusses weighted voting. The SAU by-laws cannot be in conflict with state law. Mr. Welford shared that by the next SAU
meeting on October 9th, he would have proper information as to
whether the SAU board had been conducting business improperly, but he believed
that business had been conducted appropriately, and that no malice was
intended.
Some discussion was held
regarding explanation as to what weighted voting is, and what the ‘weighted’
votes would be for each town.
Kathleen Kelley, SAU
chairperson, entered the meeting at 3:49 pm.
All members were in
favor of a recess from regular business at this time. Recess began at 3:49 pm.
Regular business was
re-entered at 4:36 pm.
Ms. Plourde presented a
financial report for the month ending August 31, 2003. Ms. Hebert-Sweeny will be getting
information to Ms. Plourde on the actual numbers for pre-school costs and
special education, and Ms. Cloutier will be putting together the final numbers
for summer school.
Ms. Plourde also presented
a tax impact handout for the 2003-2004 fiscal period. New figures were in the column furthest to the right.
A new transfer schedule for
monies to the SAU was presented for signatures. The last figure was the only one that saw a change.
Mr. Welford shared a letter
from a program entitled ‘Dare to be You’, which currently has members
participating from Gorham Middle/High School.
This program helps students to avoid social problems, such as taking
drugs, and becoming involved with alcohol.
North Country Education Services
contracts were presented by Ms. Tetreault for signatures. Mr. Welford shared that the SAU may want to
consider hiring its own personnel to provide many of the services that are
currently contracted through NCES.
A current listing of
students for the Shelburne School District was presented.
Mr. Welford had presented a
handout of the NH School Boards Association delegate form and resolutions that
will be discussed. No member from the
Shelburne School Board will be attending.
No public comments were
shared.
Some issues regarding
postings were discussed, as well as reports about the school districts in the
newspaper being accurate.
The next regularly
scheduled meeting of the Shelburne School Board will be Friday, October 17th,
2003, in the Board Room at the Family Resource Center at 8 am.
Motion by Jo Anne Carpenter, second by Wendy Niskanen.
Motion: to
adjourn the September 24, 2003 meeting of the Shelburne
School Board.
Vote on
motion: all approved; motion
carried. Meeting adjourned at 5:14 pm.
Respectfully submitted
Jacqueline J. Tetreault
Curr. Coord. Adm.
Assist./Recording Secretary
SAU #20/Shelburne School
Board