Great Bay eLearning Charter School

Minutes of the Meeting

Wednesday, June 2, 2004

 

 

1. CALL TO ORDERDr. Arthur Hanson – The meeting was called to order at 3:40 PM.

 

1.1  Introductions

 

1.2 Authority and Duties of Board of Trustees – The general duties and the authority of Trustees of Charter Schools according to the RSA were explained.

 

1.3  Acceptance of Appointments – The following people accepted appointments to the board of trustees of the Great Bay eLearning Charter School: Roy Morrisette, Lucy Cushman, Linda Henderson and Peter Stackhouse.

 

1.4  Election of Chair – On a motion by Linda Henderson, seconded by Lucy Cushman and unanimously voted, Roy Morrisette was elected chair of the GBeCS Board of Trustees.

 

1.5 Election of Vice-Chair – It was decided to leave the vice-chair’s position open until more trustees are nominated.

2.     NON-PUBLIC SESSION – None at this time.

 

3.       APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Because this is the first meeting, there are no previous minutes.

4.     VISITORS – None present.

5.     SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT

       

5.1 History of the Great Bay eLearning Charter School - Steve Kossakoski and Skip Hanson gave an overview of the history of the charter school.

6.     GBECS ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM REPORT   

6.1 Review of Charter, 7.2 Start-up Timeline – Steve & Skip reviewed the charter and also discussed the promotion of the charter school and application process for students, both of which will take place commencing in September 2004.

 

7.     EMPLOYEES - The Trustees appointed Skip Hanson as Superintendent of the Charter School and ex-offico member of the Trustees; Steve Kossakoski as Director of Development; Nathan Lunney as Treasurer; and Sally Board as secretary to the trustees.

 

7.1    Nomination of professional staff – On a motion by Linda Henderson, seconded by Lucy Cushman and unanimously voted to elect Anthony Baldasaro and Carol Dawson as science and English teachers respectively in the GBeCS pending their appointments at the next ERCSD Board Meeting.

 

7.2    Nomination of administrative staff - On a motion by Linda Henderson, seconded by Lucy Cushman and unanimously voted to elect Anthony Baldasaro as Lead Teacher for the GBeCS pending his appointment as a science teacher by the ERCSD.

 

7.3    Support Position Hiring - No appointments at this time.

 

8.   BOARD REPORTS/ POLICY - The Trustees were issued the policies listed below and asked to review for a first reading at the next Trustees’ meeting.

 

8.1    Key Work of School Boards

8.2    Review of policies, first reading

8.2.1           BAAA - Board of Trustees Policies and Administrative Procedures

8.2.2           BB - Board of Trustees Legal Status

8.2.3           BBA - Board of Trustees Powers and Duties

8.2.4           BBAA – Board Member Authority

8.2.5           BBBC – Board Member Resignation

8.2.6           BCA – Statement of Ethics

8.2.7           BCB – Board Member Conflict of Interest

8.2.8           BDA – Organizational Meeting

8.2.9           BDB – Board Officers

8.2.10       BDDD – Quorum

8.2.11       BEA – Regular Board Meetings

8.2.12       BEC – Non-Public Meetings

8.2.13       BEDB – Agenda Preparation and Dissemination

8.2.14       BEDH – Public Participation at Board Meetings

8.2.15       BFE – Administration in Policy Absence

8.2.16       BG – Board Policy Development

 

10.  CURRICULUM - Steve discussed the curriculum development work to date and what will be accomplished during the summer months in this area.

 

11.  BUILDING AND GROUNDS – The architectural plans were shown and explained to the Trustees.

 

12.  PUPIL RELATED MATTERS – None.

 

13.   OLD BUSINESS – None.

 

14.  NEW BUSINESS – None.

 

15.  BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL

 

15.1 Adoption of school name and logo – Steve issued the logo to the Trustees and reviewed the decision to accept ViewComm as the Charter School Video Conferencing vendor.

 

16.  NEXT TRUSTEE MEETING - The next meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held on Thursday,
August 12, 2004 at 4:00 PM in the SAU 16 Conference Room.

 

17.  ADJOURNMENT – On a motion by Lucy Cushman, seconded by Linda Henderson and unanimously voted to adjourn the meeting at 5:15 PM.

 

 

Minutes taken by Arthur L. Hanson