Cavendish Town Elementary School Board Minutes June 6, 2006, 6:00 p.m. Present Board:  Mike Ceravole - Chair, Dr. Bont and Jim Ballantine          Administration:  Ed Brown – Superintendent, George Thomson – Principal   Public/Staff:  Mike Ripley, Peggy Svec 1.      Call to Order:  Mike called the meeting to order at 6:04 p.m. 2.      Approval of Minutes of April 11, 2006:  Jim made a motion to approve the minutes of April 11, 2006 as presented.  Dr Bont seconded. All approved. 3.      Reports: a)      Superintendent:  There is an executive board meeting, Tuesday, June 13th, 8:30 a.m. at the central office. b)      Principal:  George passed out and briefly went over the budget summary.  George said they have a student in the school that needed an assistant.  They hired Keith Partyka as a one-on-one Special Education Assistant. George asked the board for approval.  Dr. Bont made a motion to approve hiring Keith Partyka as a Special Education One-on-One Assistant.  Jim seconded.  All approved.  There are teachers who will be doing professional development this summer.  George and some staff members wrote a community challenge grant requesting $12,000.00, which would provide more time for arts programs at the school. The first and second graders put on a program of Aesop’s Fables for the volunteers at CTES.  Last night they had Arts Night.  Discussion ensued.  There is an Apple computer lease that needs signatures.  They are having a school picnic outing next Tuesday at Camp Plymouth. They locked in the oil for next year at $2.08 a gallon.         c)      Board:   Dr. Bont, Tim and Jim went over most of the school.  Most of what they found Tim can take care of.  One issue is the need for more cork strips in the classrooms so tape is not used on the walls.  Kitchen issues are the stove and the mixers.  Dr. Bont passed out notes on a proposed nature trail at CTES.  Discussion ensued.     d)      Committee Reports: 4.      Contracts:  Ed has contracts to present for board approval:  Tim Lee, Director of Building and Grounds and Plant Maintenance at a salary of $29,286.00, Irene Pearson, Secretary/Bookkeeper at a salary of $27,764.00 and a salary adjustment letter for George Thomson, Principal at a salary of $68,741.00.  Ed needs authorization for the board chair to sign these contracts.  Dr. Bont moved to approve the contracts as presented.  Jim seconded.  All approved. 5.      Discipline:  Ed said he thinks the policy committee should meet and go over the discipline policy at CTES.  They will meet the third week in July. 6.      Graduation Update:  George said graduation is scheduled for next Tuesday, June 13th on the “Green”. They have 12 students graduating and the theme this year is the sixties. 7.      Keewaydin Report:  George said the kids had a good time.  George was unable to go due to knee surgery.  Robin reported the students were well behaved.  Discussion ensued.      8.      Other Business: Mike Ripley said he came down because of the financial issue with Stepping Stones.  He would like to know what is going on.  Ed said the end goal is to serve all kids in their town of residence. Ed said if there is space left they will accept three year olds.  Discussion ensued. 9.      Executive Session (Personnel):  Jim made a motion to go into executive session at 6:46.  All approved.  Jim moved to come out of executive session at 7:00 p.m.  All approved.  No further action taken.   10.     Adjournment:  Jim made a motion to adjourn. Dr. Bont seconded.  Meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Virginia M. Walsh Mack Recording Secretary