In Attendance:

            Board Members: Michael Grant, Jan Trueman, Mark Bouzianis

            Administration:  Steve Kossakoski, Arthur Hanson, Chet Lee

            Board Officers:  Maggie Doane, Robin Gray

            Visitors:  Ron DiCarlo

 

1.                  Call to Order – The meeting was called to order at 5:40 p.m.

2.                  Non-public Session – held at end of meeting.       

3.                  Approval Of The Minutes-On the November 18, 2002 minutes, the date of the last meeting should be changed to October 14, 2002 and the item number should be changed to Item 6.3. Mark Bouzianis motioned to accept November 18, 2002 minutes as modified. Jan Trueman second.  All in favor.

4.                  Visitors- none

5.                  Business And Financial –

5.1  Maggie Doane stated that the cash on hand is $292,399.55 as of November 30, 2002.  School Building Fund is $4,706.67 as of 10/31/02.  School Maintenance fund is $1,778.04 as of 10/31/02.

6.                  Curriculum/Principal’s Report   

6.1  School activities-Chet Lee reported that everything has been moving in the right direction educationally since his arrival.

Chet Lee reported that some of the window seals are in need of repair.  He will contact Ray Buxton to repair them.        

                  Superintendent/ Assistant Supt. Report

SAU update- There will be a chairs meeting on Wednesday 12/11/02 and a Joint Board Meeting on 12/10/02.

     7.         General Correspondence-none

8.            Personnel- called at end of meeting

9.            Building and Grounds-none.

10.        Pupil Related Matters- none

11.        Board Reports/Policy

11.1 Policies for first reading

        11.1.1 ACE: Procedural Safeguards (consider NHSBA policy)

        11.1.2 ACE-R: Notice of Procedural Safeguards (move to appendix)

        11.1.3 ACE-R-1: Notice of Program Accessibility (move to appendix)

        11.1.4 AD: Philosophy of Education (review)

        11.1.5 BA: Annual Goals and Objectives (new)

        11.1.6 BAAA: School Board Policies and Administrative Procedures (new)

        11.1.7 BED: Organization (review)

        11.1.8 BEDB: School Board Agenda Visitor’s Proposal (review)

        11.1.9 BGB: Adoption of Policies (consider NHSBA policy)

        11.1.10 BFC(b): Adoption of Bylaws (delete)

These policies are required by RSA and Newfields is currently reviewing all policies to update them.  All of these policies were read and policies 11.1.1 and 11.1.9 it was proposed to use the NHSBA policy. All the other policies were read with no changes.  Next month section D and E will be reviewed.

12.        Old Business-none

     14.       New Business-none

15.              Next Meeting-The next meeting will be January 13, 2003, at 5:30pm.

Jan Trueman motioned to go into non-public session at 6:08pm.  Mark Bouzianis second.  Roll call vote.  All in favor.  The topic discussed was the Principal’s administrative leave.  Jan Trueman motioned to leave non-public session at 6:48 pm.  Mark Bouzianis second.  Roll call vote.  All in favor.

16.              Adjournment- The meeting was adjourned at 6:49pm.  Mark Bouzianis motioned to

                    adjourn.  Jan Trueman second.  All in favor.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Robin Gray