Present: Roy
Morrisette, Lucy Cushman, Kent Chamberlin, Linda Henderson, Sara Baer-Sinnott, Patty Lovejoy and Bill Perkins
Absent: Ben Hillyard
Administration: Steve
Kossakoski and Peter Stackhouse
1. CALL TO
ORDER: Chair Morrisette called the meeting to order at
2. NON-PUBLIC
SESSION: None at this time.
3. APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
3.1
3.2
4. VISITORS:
Anne Sloan, parent was present, but had no comments.
5. BUSINESS AND
FINANCIAL
5.1 Financial
Report – Nathan Lunney, Treasurer: Steve Kossakoski spoke in Nathan’s absence noting the financial
report is the same as last month. Motion by
Patty Lovejoy, seconded by Bill Perkins and unanimously voted with no further
discussion to accept the financial reports (see
Attachments #1 pdf and
#2 pdf) as
presented.
5.2 Tuition
payments from DOE – Update: Steve noted that
Nathan has done research regarding if the tuition monies can be saved or held
over and has found that no one is saying you cannot save them and other charter
schools have been allowed to hold surplus
funds.
We will ask out attorney about the next step. Discussion by trustees that if the attorney
thinks there are no issues with saving the tuition monies, we should consider
going forward as we have done our due diligence.
6. GENERAL
CORRESPONDENCE
7. SUPERINTENDENT'S/ADMINISTRATION’S
REPORT
7.1 Enrollment –
Steve: Currently the school has 76
students enrolled and Peter added that
they have received interest from four
students at EHS to come to GBeCS next semester.
Within the last week, two new
sophomores have transferred to school.
7.1.1 Enrollment Report: No written report at this time.
7.1.2 New
Application Process: Peter reviewed the 8th grade
information night GBeCS will hold and plans to possibly do an 8th grade
parent mailing. Trustees discussed
having a GBeCS representative contact CMS
about being added to the agenda of the “team
times” so they can discuss the profile of students who do well at
GBeCS. It is the intent of GBeCS to send a letter in January-February 2007 to
8th grade parents sharing information about the school. Discussion
on being open for an 8th grade night that showcases the many options, other
than EHS, that are available to parents.
January 22nd begins
second semester and is an important time for EHS students interested in come
here and those at GBeCS interested in transitioning there.
7.1.3 Out of
District Enrollment: Steve reported
that Skip has spoken with Commissioner
Tracy about the school opening up the enrollment to out-of-district students. A limited
number of out-of-district slots will be available after processing all SAU 16
student applications.. Having
out-of-district students attend the school ties into the new application that
will be discussed since students will be driving to the school. It was clarified that if a student was
allowed to attend GBeCS, s/he would be allowed to stay through graduation. Steve
also reminded the trustees that we will
be told at some point, that by law, we have to include out-of-district
students. Trustees then discussed how many outside students would be allowed to
attend and if the wordage in the charter
on the “lottery” system for students would need to change to accommodate
in-district students first and possibly have one deadline for in-district and then a second deadline for
out-of-district students. The
trustees agreed with the
different deadline proposal. Sara arrived at
7.2 Principals Report – Cheryl McDonough/Peter Stackhouse:
Peter highlighted items in their recent newsletter: exhibition nights; NECAP
and NWEA testing; and first quarter grade reports. Peter
will check to see if Cheryl has researched how college will review their
non-letter grading system as it is important to know how our students will
stand in the application process. He
also reviewed developing individualized
learning plans students; projects
occurring at school; outfitting lab at TLC; additional aide to be funded
through IDEA; extracurricular activities by students; community service
initiatives; and Cheryl/Peter will see if
their
A/P courses will meet the auditing
criteria now occurring.
7.2.1 School activities: see
7.2
7.2.2
Curriculum update: see 7.2
8. EMPLOYEES
8.1 Resignation of Trustee – Chair Morrisette shared the resignation email
(see attachment pdf) from Tom Wisbey and that we have an additional parent opening with two resumes that he also shared. Trustees agreed that Patty, Lucy and Sara will be the interview
committee for
the two interested parents and will make a
recommendation
to the trustees
by February.
Motion
by Lucy Cushman, seconded by Kent Chamberlin and unanimously voted with no
further discussion to accept Patty Lovejoy, Lucy Cushman and Sara Baer-Sinnott for the
parent trustee interview committee. Motion by Sara Baer-Sinnott, seconded by Lucy Cushman, and
unanimously voted to accept with regrets the resignation of trustee Tom Wisbey. Trustees agreed to leave the
trustee position open until NHCTH appoints a new full time president to possibly replace Tom Wisbey.
9. BOARD
REPORTS/ POLICY:
9.1 Review of
Policies: Motion by Patty Lovejoy, seconded by
Sara Baer-Sinnott and unanimously voted with no further discussion to adopt the
following GBeCS policies: AA - School District Legal Status; EHB-R -
Records Retention Schedule; IC - School Year; IC - School Calendar; IKE -
Promotion and Retention of Students; JFABD - Admission of Homeless Students; JH-R3 GBeCS
Absences and Excuses – Rules; and KEC – Public Complaints About the Curriculum or
Instructional Materials.
10. BUILDING AND
GROUNDS: Peter gave an update on the status of the building and noted that they are in the process of planning the move in the
spring to the Tuck Learning Campus.
11. PUPIL
RELATED MATTERS: None at this time.
12. OLD BUSINESS: None at this time.
13. NEW BUSINESS
13.1 Trustees consideration of New Trustee –
Non-public Session under RSA 91-A:3 II.(c):
Non-public deferred per agenda item 8.1.
14.
ADJOURNMENT: Motion by Lucy Cushman, seconded by Sara Baer-Sinnott
and unanimously voted with no discussion to adjourn at
Respectfully submitted,
Sally Boyd, Secretary