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Rutland Town Board of = School=20 Directors Meeting

Monday, December 14,=20 2009

 

Open: Chair=20 Stacy Chapman opened the meeting at 7:09pm with the Pledge of=20 Allegiance

 

Present: In=20 attendance: Board members Stacy Chapman, Jim Levins, Jim Wright; = Principal=20 Pati Beaumont; Assistant Principal Larry Sims; Superintendent Wendy = Savery;=20 Lead Technician Jesse Safran

 

Directors Orders: All orders signed

 

Minutes of November 24, 2009 = meeting: adopted as written

 

Public Questions/Comments:  =  None

 

New Business:

Jim Levins motioned and Jim Wright = seconded to=20 approve four activities contracts ($700 each) for Kathryn Currier=20 (7th grade girl=92s basketball), Joe Bizzaro = (8th grade=20 girl=92s basketball), Jeff Cassarino (8th grade boy=92s = basketball),=20 and John Fiske (7th grade boy=92s basketball).  = Motion passed=20 unanimously.

 

Next meeting for teacher contract = negotiations (fact=20 finding) is set for 1pm on January 21, 2010.

 

Next meeting will be January 5, = 2010.  Agenda=20 items will include presentation on the school community by Linda = Mullin=20 representing the Friends of Rutland Town School=92s efforts to = garner support=20 for the school budget, and FY 2011 budget.

 

Executive Session:  Motion made by Jim Levins to go = into=20 Executive Session (Title 1, Section 313) for issues related to = personnel,=20 contract negotiations, and legal matters, seconded by Jim Wright; = passed 2-0=20 at 7:17pm.  Motion made and seconded to end Executive Session, = passed=20 unanimously at 8:08pm

 

Administrator=92s Reports:

 

Superintendent Savery

Preliminary draft for upcoming budget = reflects a=20 decrease of nearly $50,000 (.658%) from FY2010 ($7,553,264) to=20 $7,503,540.

 

Highlights include: decrease in RCSU = assessment=20 (which includes increase in wages that are offset by increased = employee=20 health insurance contributions), 4.5% increase in health insurance = premiums,=20 3% wage increase for non-union employees, step increases for teacher = salaries, expenses for negotiations, heating oil at $2.00 per = gallon,=20 transportation increase of 2.2% (per the New England Economic = Project=20 Cumulative Price Index), support staff increase (per year 4 of = existing=20 4-year contract).  Consideration to expend $25,000 from the = Technology=20 Reserve Fund for Computer Lab renovations and $25,000 from Capital = Reserve=20 Fund for needed paving.

 

Jesse Safran (Lead = Technician)

RTS computer laboratory proposal, 3 = options to=20 consider (options 2 and 3 are similar, only difference is leasing in = option=20 3):

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Option 1: renovate existing lab = (~$27K)

 

            = Option 2: renovate lab using existing computers in classrooms and = purchase=20 laptops.  (~$53K)

 

Option 3: same as Option 2, lease (3 year) = laptops,=20 buy ($1.00 each) at end of lease. (~$53.5K)

 

Price differential for laptops versus = desktops is=20 about $200 per machine.  All options include making building = wireless=20 capable, document camera, projector, and interactive = whiteboard. =20

 

Chair Report: None

 

Old Business: None

 

Adjournment:  Jim Wright made a motion to = adjourn, Jim=20 Levins seconded, passed 2-0 at=20 8:30pm