APPROVED
NEWFIELDS SCHOOL BOARD
June 11, 2007 — 5:30PM
NEWFIELDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In Attendance: Carolyn Bellisio, Michael Price, Joe Army
Administration: Steve Kossakoski, Dennis Dobe
Treasurer: Maggie Doane
Secretary: Dennis Dobe
Visitors: Ed Oddo
3.1 May 14, 2007 Board Meeting (Approved with corrections: Motion— Michael Price,
Second—Carolyn Bellisio; Unanimous)
4. Visitors
4.1 Ed Oddo
A. Adjacent Lot Cleaning Project – Mr. Oddo reported on a bid he had for work to clean the lots adjacent to the school. This cleaning would involve removing unsafe debris from the site (broken and suspended branches and trees, metal, glass, and other waste on the surface, etc.), and cutting back the growth alongside the school building to better facilitate overflow parking. Ms. Bellisio made a motion to encumber $4,700 with Great Horizons for the purpose of cleaning the school property adjacent to the school. Seconded by Mr. Prince. All members voted in favor. Mr. Price will be speaking with Wes Moore, representative of a group of local contractors interested in working on our parking lot project by Friday, June 15th.
B. Summer Projects – A list of suggested summer facility improvement projects was discussed to include: new gravel edging around the school driveway, the installation of lighting for the school sign, repainting of lines on the driveway, painting of eaves, bulkhead, and porch of the school, paint the interior walls of three classrooms, and install new circuits in the school kitchen / multi-purpose room. Ms. Bellisio made a motion to approve the following encumbrances: (1) Deblois Electric, $3,000, for the purpose of installing sign lighting, (2) Peak Painters, $2,800, for the purpose of painting eaves, bulkhead, and porch floor, (3) Peak Painters, $4,000, for the purpose of painting three classrooms, (4) Deblois Electric, $5,107, for the purpose of installing new electrical circuits in the multipurpose room, (5) Hartmann Oil, $5,000, for the purpose of purchasing heating oil, (6) Hartmann Oil, $5,000, for the purpose of purchasing propane, (7) Thomas Binette, $700, for the purpose of painting game lines in the multipurpose room, (8) John Fuller, $400, for the purpose of adding and grading gravel at the edge of the school driveway and parking areas, (9) Exeter Lines, $800, for the purpose of painting parking lines on pavement. Seconded by Mr. Price. All members voted in favor of the motion.
5. Business and Financial
5.1 Monthly Financial Report
School District Treasurer, Maggie Doane, stated that the Newfields School District had $393,581.71 cash on hand at the end of May. Additionally, Steve reported the following fund balances: Maintenance Account--$17,451.12, Parking Lot--$6,811.44.
5.2 Recommended Encumberances (Covered above in Sections 4.1 A. and 4.1 B.)
6. Curriculum
7. Superintendent / Assistant Superintendent Report
7.1 SAU Update – Dr. Kossakoski shared some pertinent dates with the School Board:
SAU 16 Joint Chairs meeting on June 20 at 5pm—SAU, SAU Moving to New Offices at 30 Linden Street from 6/20-6/22, SAU Joint Board meeting on May 21 at 7PM—EHS, and EHS Graduation on June 15 at 5:30pm.
7.2 Enrollment Update – Dr. Kossakoski reported that NES enrollment is unchanged at 167 students.
7.3 Permission to Hire in Board’s Absence – Carloyn Bellisio made a motion to allow the school superintendent to make necessary hires over the summer months (second by Michael Price, All in favor).
8. Principal’s Report
8.1 Year Planning – Mr. Dobe shared information on end school activities to include
the upcoming Grade 5 Celebration on June 12. Carolyn Bellisio will attend, representing the school board. The DARE Graduation for 5th Graders will be held on 6/13 at 10:00am, and the annual Silver Arrow Review will be held on 6/15 at 1:15pm. Also, teachers will be cleaning and packing their classrooms and attending various professional training over the last two weeks of the month.
8.2 School Activities – Same as above (8.1).
9. General Correspondence
10. Personnel
10.1 Adjustment to Guidance Contract – The School Board elected to approve a request written by the Newfields Teacher Association regarding an adjustment to the NES Guidance Counsellor’s employment contract for 2007-2008 (Motion – Michael Price, Second – Carolyn Bellisio, All in Favor).
10.2 Summer Staffing – Mr. Dobe informed the board that all hiring necessary to run our Extended Year Programming had been completed, and that he was pleased with the quality of the staff secured for the programs.
10.3 Approval of Principal’s Contract – The board elected to grant Mr. Dobe the salary proposed in the 2007-2008 Newfields School District Budget (Motion – Carolyn Bellisio, Second – Michael Price, All in Favor).
11. Building and Grounds
11.1Building Use Requests – There were no building use requests.
11.2 Summer Building and Maintenance Projects -- Outlined in 5.2 above.
12. Pupil-Related Matters
13. Board Reports / Policy
13.1 Joint Board Chairs Meeting -- Minutes of the May meeting were included in the School Board packet..
13.2 Communication and Public Outreach Plan -- A parking solutions committee is
starting to be formed and will meetin in late summer or early fall.
13.3 SAU 16 Policy Committee Update -- There was no policy Committee Update given.
13.4 Policies: First Reading (The policies below were moved to ‘Second Reading’ for next
month.)
13.4.1 GBGBA Use of Automated External Defibrillators
13.4.2 IMG Animals in School
13.5 Policies: Second Reading
13.5.1 JRA Student Records and Access
13.5.2 KF Use of School Facilities
13.6 Policies: Third Reading
13.6.1 JLCH Do Not Resuscitate -- The Board approved this policy (Motion by
Michael Price, Second by Carolyn Bellisio, All in Favor).
13.7 Policy for Review: JEB – Age of Entrance
14. Old Business
15. New Business
16. Next Meeting
16.1 Board Meeting: August 13, at 5:30PM
17. Adjournment – 8:02PM
Mr. Price made a motion to adjourn the school board meeting, second by Ms. Bellisio, all in favor.