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Rutland Town Board of = School=20 Directors Meeting

Tuesday, November 24, = 2009

 

Open:=20 Acting Chair Lynette Gallipo opened the meeting at 6:40pm with the = Pledge of=20 Allegiance

 

Present: In=20 attendance: Board members Marc Brierre, Lynette Gallipo, Jim Levins, = Jim=20 Wright; Principal Pati Beaumont; Assistant Principal Larry Sims;=20 Superintendent Wendy Savery, and several parents and = residents

 

Directors Orders: All orders signed

 

Minutes of November 10, 2009 = meeting: adopted as written

 

Public Questions/Comments:  = A parent inquired about fundraising and = the idea of=20 pooling monies versus the idea of individual monies.  Teachers = set the=20 parameters with regard to how fund raised monies are = allocated.

 

Administrator's Reports:

 

Field Trip Update

Superintendent Savery:  = Insurance is adequate for the proposed = trip (May=20 2010) for the current 7th grade class (parent request for = trip)=20 provided the board sanctions (approves) the trip, which it did with=20 conditions.

 

            = Principal Beaumont: At = least one=20 administrator and one (8th grade) teacher are committed = to=20 chaperoning for this trip.  Teachers will work to integrate = academic=20 curriculum and trip itinerary with measurable outcomes = determined. =20 Activities account (fund raising) is earmarked for this trip. =20

 

            = The conditions have been meet for the conditional approval at the = November=20 10, 2009 meeting.

 

            = Assistant Principal Simms: =20 There will be concerted effort to provide educationally sound = activities for=20 those students not participating in the trip.

 

            = Jim Levins asked about deposits and contracts and deposits with the = tour=20 company.  A parent representative responded that November 2010 = is when=20 that will be due.

 

Several people emphasized that this trip = is in lieu=20 of the Cape Cod trip and is in essence a one-time exception to that=20 trip.

 

Principal Beaumont:

            = Roof is complete. A minor leak is being investigated as to the=20 cause. 

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Flu impact at school is being monitored, = but=20 absences are not all related to flu.  Another vaccine clinic is = set for=20 December 4.

 

Discussion on ski academy students who = miss days=20 (parts of days or weeks) at RTS.  Curriculum is provided by RTS = teachers and transferred to the ski school.  The = administration, and=20 the teachers and parents involved sign off on this sort of situation = so that=20 all concerned parties are aware of their = responsibilities.

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Superintendent Savery

Board Goals will be discussed at the next = meeting in=20 context of program overview and budget.  Motion made by Jim = Levins to=20 reschedule the regular meeting of the Rutland Town Board of = Education=20 scheduled for December 8, 2009 to December 7 due to scheduling=20 conflicts.  Marc Brierre seconded, motion passed 3-0.  =

 

Criminal Records Update:  It is = unwieldy and=20 not necessary to have criminal records checks of all volunteers, as = many are=20 parents.  In addition, much of the volunteer time is not in = isolation=20 with students.  A case-by-case determination might be=20 warranted.

 

Jim Levins made a motion to approve a = Support Staff=20 Contract (Nancy Jean Plante), Jim Wright seconded, motion passed = 3-0. =20 This is a non-budgeted hire necessitated by a new student. =

 

Chair Report: None

 

Unfinished Business:

CV solar will amend their proposal for = solar hot=20 water system based on new information regarding heating.  Chris = Weatherby will bring forth, at a future meeting, information = regarding=20 building assessment regarding heat loss/containment.

 

Executive Session:  Motion made by Marc Brierre to go = into=20 Executive Session (Title 1, Section 313) for issues related to = personnel,=20 seconded by Jim Levins; passed 3-0 at 7:42pm.  Motion made and = seconded=20 to end Executive Session, passed unanimously at 9:00pm

 

Adjournment:  Jim Levins made a motion to = adjourn, Marc=20 Brierre seconded, passed 3-0 at=20 9:01pm