Reg Sch Bd. Minutes Nov. 13, 2007

Superintendent: Joan said Jackie submitted the service plan in October. On October 3^rd Joan and the administrators met with the state police and local police chiefs to discuss safety plans. The police will come and visit each school. George said they were assured that in an emergency the state police would call a local agency to come to Cavendish until they arrived. They agreed to meet with Joan yearly. K-2 teachers met in October to finalize the writing program. Joan attended the superintendent’s conference on November 2^nd and 3rd and found it very informative. Discussion ensued. Joan passed out information on enrollment in the supervisory union and discussed them. A friend of Joan and her husband has given the supervisory union an enrichment grant for $5,000.00 which must be met by matching funds. Joan went over how the money will be distributed. Principal: George passed out the budget summery and went over it. There will be some overages that were not expected. A student broke her arm and they had to hire someone to scribe for her. They have a student that was transferred to the Gateway program in Springfield. Discussion ensued. Materials have been sent to the auditors. All of the clubs are up and running. Discussion ensued. The NECAP testing is complete and they are expecting the results in December. They will have an in-service on analysis of the MAPS test. Discussion ensued. The PTO had their first annual bingo night and they raised 6 or 7 hundred dollars. The PTO’s goal this year is to upgrade the playground. They want to make sure the board is “o.k.” with this. Jim said he would like to see the plans because there are issues outside now that need to be taken care of. The PTO welcomes the Board’s participation. Discussion ensued. They received a gift of $2,200.00 dollars for backboards in the gym from Jared Harper’s company, the Vermont Electric Company. Jesse made a motion to accept the money for the backboards and to install them in the gym. All approved. The funds for the bottled water will end in December. They have had volunteers who are willing to pay for a month at a time for the water. George wants to know if the board wants to do anything about the situation. The average cost is about $250.00 a month. Joan asked if this should go into the budget for next year. Mike said he thinks the community is going to take care of it. Discussion ensued. Sharon thinks they should budget for some water for next year. They had their Thanksgiving lunch today and had about 250 people. The book fair is going on right now. The support staff has a duty free day tomorrow and the professional staff is buying lunch for them. The state wide calendar meeting is Thursday in Springfield at 6:30 p.m. The staff is busy working on budgeting. George has a new Grandson!!! Board: Dr. Bont said the NCLB law is up for renewal. He has written a letter to our Vermont congressmen to say the boards do not agree with the way the NCLB law is currently written. He read the letter. Jim made a motion for the Cavendish Town Elementary School board to accept and sign the letters written to our congressman and representatives. All approved. Committee Reports: NoneBus Repair Discussion: One of the buses has transmission problems. The estimated cost to fix it is $4,612.28. The Green Mountain Board discussed selling Cavendish the bus they are currently borrowing from them. The bus is newer than the one that is broken. Discussion ensued. Mike and Jim think they should look at possibly having one bus. Discussion ensued. The board wants documentation on how long runs take and how many students are being transported on each bus. Discussion ensued. Mike will talk to Greg about continuing to borrow the bus through December. Stuart got some information on how much used busses similar to the one from Green Mountain cost. Joan suggested starting a “sinking fund” for a new bus as a way to raise money over a number of years. Discussion ensued. Security System Update: George said the system is up and running. Discussion ensued.New Ski Program Guidelines: George passed out information on the CTES Snowsports Program and went over some of the issues. Discussion ensued. Sharon made a motion to approve the 2008 Snowsports Program information. All approved. Trust Funds Update: George, Mike and Jim met with Amy Thompson from the bank to discuss the trust funds. The Proctor Redfield fund has $18,800.00. The white fund has $90,171.08. Amy does not feel the Proctor fund needs to be kept in a trust at the bank. If the board wanted to they could take that money and do what they want with it. She has made suggestions as to how to invest the money. Discussion ensued. Floor Repairs: The floor in the art room and by the library has been repaired. Other Business: NoneExecutive Session – Student Issue: Dr. Bont made a motion to go into executive session at 7:49 p.m. to discuss a student issue. All approved. Jim made a motion to come out of executive session at 8:12 p.m. Dr. Bont made a motion to allow the child whose family is moving to Mt. Holly to pay tuition for the remainder of the year in the amount of $5,000.00 or allow the child to stay until the beginning of the next marking period at Mt. Holly. All approved. Adjournment: Sharon made a motion to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.


	Cavendish Town Elementary Board Minutes November 13, 2007, 6:00 p.m. Present Board: Mike Ceravole-Chair, Dr. Bont-Vice Chair, Jim Ballantine, Sharon Huntley and Jessie Goodman Administration: Joan Paustian-Superintendent, and George Thomson-Principal Public/Staff: Peggy Svec, Jared Harper, Paulette Martel, Stuart Lindberg, and Lorens Lindberg Call to Order: Mike called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. Approval of Minutes for September 11, 2007: Jim made a motion to approve the minutes of September 11, 2007 as presented. All approved. Reports: Superintendent: Joan said Jackie submitted the service plan in October. On October 3^rd Joan and the administrators met with the state police and local police chiefs to discuss safety plans. The police will come and visit each school. George said they were assured that in an emergency the state police would call a local agency to come to Cavendish until they arrived. They agreed to meet with Joan yearly. K-2 teachers met in October to finalize the writing program. Joan attended the superintendent’s conference on November 2^nd and 3rd and found it very informative. Discussion ensued. Joan passed out information on enrollment in the supervisory union and discussed them. A friend of Joan and her husband has given the supervisory union an enrichment grant for $5,000.00 which must be met by matching funds. Joan went over how the money will be distributed. Principal: George passed out the budget summery and went over it. There will be some overages that were not expected. A student broke her arm and they had to hire someone to scribe for her. They have a student that was transferred to the Gateway program in Springfield. Discussion ensued. Materials have been sent to the auditors. All of the clubs are up and running. Discussion ensued. The NECAP testing is complete and they are expecting the results in December. They will have an in-service on analysis of the MAPS test. Discussion ensued. The PTO had their first annual bingo night and they raised 6 or 7 hundred dollars. The PTO’s goal this year is to upgrade the playground. They want to make sure the board is “o.k.” with this. Jim said he would like to see the plans because there are issues outside now that need to be taken care of. The PTO welcomes the Board’s participation. Discussion ensued. They received a gift of $2,200.00 dollars for backboards in the gym from Jared Harper’s company, the Vermont Electric Company. Jesse made a motion to accept the money for the backboards and to install them in the gym. All approved. The funds for the bottled water will end in December. They have had volunteers who are willing to pay for a month at a time for the water. George wants to know if the board wants to do anything about the situation. The average cost is about $250.00 a month. Joan asked if this should go into the budget for next year. Mike said he thinks the community is going to take care of it. Discussion ensued. Sharon thinks they should budget for some water for next year. They had their Thanksgiving lunch today and had about 250 people. The book fair is going on right now. The support staff has a duty free day tomorrow and the professional staff is buying lunch for them. The state wide calendar meeting is Thursday in Springfield at 6:30 p.m. The staff is busy working on budgeting. George has a new Grandson!!! Board: Dr. Bont said the NCLB law is up for renewal. He has written a letter to our Vermont congressmen to say the boards do not agree with the way the NCLB law is currently written. He read the letter. Jim made a motion for the Cavendish Town Elementary School board to accept and sign the letters written to our congressman and representatives. All approved. Committee Reports: NoneBus Repair Discussion: One of the buses has transmission problems. The estimated cost to fix it is $4,612.28. The Green Mountain Board discussed selling Cavendish the bus they are currently borrowing from them. The bus is newer than the one that is broken. Discussion ensued. Mike and Jim think they should look at possibly having one bus. Discussion ensued. The board wants documentation on how long runs take and how many students are being transported on each bus. Discussion ensued. Mike will talk to Greg about continuing to borrow the bus through December. Stuart got some information on how much used busses similar to the one from Green Mountain cost. Joan suggested starting a “sinking fund” for a new bus as a way to raise money over a number of years. Discussion ensued. Security System Update: George said the system is up and running. Discussion ensued.New Ski Program Guidelines: George passed out information on the CTES Snowsports Program and went over some of the issues. Discussion ensued. Sharon made a motion to approve the 2008 Snowsports Program information. All approved. Trust Funds Update: George, Mike and Jim met with Amy Thompson from the bank to discuss the trust funds. The Proctor Redfield fund has $18,800.00. The white fund has $90,171.08. Amy does not feel the Proctor fund needs to be kept in a trust at the bank. If the board wanted to they could take that money and do what they want with it. She has made suggestions as to how to invest the money. Discussion ensued. Floor Repairs: The floor in the art room and by the library has been repaired. Other Business: NoneExecutive Session – Student Issue: Dr. Bont made a motion to go into executive session at 7:49 p.m. to discuss a student issue. All approved. Jim made a motion to come out of executive session at 8:12 p.m. Dr. Bont made a motion to allow the child whose family is moving to Mt. Holly to pay tuition for the remainder of the year in the amount of $5,000.00 or allow the child to stay until the beginning of the next marking period at Mt. Holly. All approved. Adjournment: Sharon made a motion to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Virginia M. Walsh MackRecording Secretary