REGULAR MEETING                                    April 8, 2010                Board of Education

 

PRESENT                                                                              ABSENT

Susan Gelatt, President                                                         

John E. Holdorf, Vice-President

Keith Carpenter

Laura Hawes

Timothy Johnson

David P. Rowley

Martha Winsor

Alicia M. Bowen

Mary Ellen Bates

Ed Telfer

 

The Board of Education Meeting was called to order by Susan Gelatt at 7:00pm.

 

GUESTS/VISITORS  John O’Connor, Cheryn Payne and Bill Bennis were guests. 

 

PRESENTATIONS   There were no presentations.

 

CORRESPONDENCE  A thank you from Milford Academy was read in regards to the donation of textbooks and a thank you from ONC BOCES for hosting a session on Conference Day.

 

MINUTES    On motion of John Holdorf, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board unanimously

approved the minutes of the March 11, 2010 Board Meeting.  

 

BILL WARRANTS  The Board reviewed the Bill Warrants.

 

TREASURER’S      The Board reviewed the Treasurer’s Report for 3/31/10.  

REPORT

 

CLAIMS AUDITOR REPORT  The Board reviewed the Claims Auditor Report.

Tim Johnson arrived.

                                   

OLD BUSINESS:

 

EXCEL PROJECT  Ed Telfer reported on the EXCEL Project.  He stated that the Fire Alarm System has been returned to a functional state.  Playground equipment will be purchased.  The gym entrance steps may possibly be brought back into the project (as an alternate).  He also stated that the elementary hall floor will be fixed after school is is out and the Gym Entrance sign is to be ordered.

 

SMART RESULTS  Expand initiative schoolwide next school year.  The proposed District Academic goals are: Literacy Pre-K-12, graduation rates, course failure reductions and   increasing proficiency and mastery levels on state tests.

 

AUDIT COMMITTEE  The Audit Committee is still waiting for the final copy of the district risk assessment.  Field work to occur after the April break.

 

2010-2011 BUDGET   Mr. Rowley and Mrs. Bowen disussed the 2010-2011 Budget.

 

 

 

NEW BUSINESS:  

 

GLENN MARSALA  On motion of John Holdorf, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board unanimously approved Glenn Marsala as a substitute teacher, pending fingerprint clearance.

 

DEB SCHUSTER  On motion of Keith Carpenter, seconded by Timothy Johnson, the Board unanimously approved Deb Schuster as a substitute bus driver.

 

JUDI FREIMANN  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board unanimously accepted the resignation of Judi Freimann, as a cafeteria worker, effective April 30, 2010.

 

JENNIFER BOLTON   Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent and on motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by Keith Carpenter, it was RESOLVED that in compliance with the provisions of Section 3012 of the Education Law and Part 30.3 of the rules of the Board of Regents, that Jennifer Bolton be appointed for tenure in the position of Teacher of Students with Disabilities 5-9, who holds a valid NYS ceritificate permitting her to work in the aforementioned tenure area, and the Board of Education does hereby make this appointment, effective 9/1/10. Voting 5-0.

 

GENERAL EFFICIENCY PLANNING GRANT  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board unanimously approved the Resolution for the General Efficiency Planning Grant in conjunction with ONC BOCES.

 

ONC BOCES BOARD OF EDUCATION ELECTION The Board of Education discussed the upcoming election of 3 members to the ONC BOCES Board of Education.

 

BOCES ADMINISTRATION BUDGET  The Board discussed a resolution to approve/defeat the Otsego/Northern Catskill BOCES Administration Budget for the 2010-11 school year.

 

2002 FORD TAURUS WAGON  On motion of John Holdorf, seconded by Timothy Johnson, the Board unanimously declared as surplus the 2002 Ford Taurus Wagon.

 

BUDGET HEARING/VOTE  On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board appointed the following officials for the School Budget Hearing/Vote:

  Clerk- Tracy Plows

  Assistant Clerks- Alicia Bowen, Brenda Belden

  Voting Inspector- Carl Johansen

 

LAST DAY OF CLASSES  On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board unanimously approved the following Resolution:  RESOLVED that due to the fact Edmeston Central School is a Pre-K-12, one component school, Grades Pre-K-8 will be excused during regents week (June 15-23, 2010) making the last day of classes Monday, June 14, 2010.

 

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND  On motion of John Holdorf, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board unanimously approved Tuesday, June 1, 2010 as an unused emergency closing day, to be added to the Memorial Day Weekend.

 

WRESTLING  Bill Bennis addressed the Board regarding wrestling for the 2010-11 school year.

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION:  On motion of Keith Carpenter, seconded by Laura Hawes, the

Board unanimously moved to executive session at 8:41pm to discuss personnel issues.

 

On motion of Keith Carpenter, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board adjourned executive

Session at 10:15pm.

 

2010-2011 BUDGET RESOLUTION  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board approved the 2010-2011 Budget Resolultion:  RESOLVED that the Board of Education of Edmeston Central School be, and hereby is, authorized

To expend the sum set forth                                                   $9,605, 915

To accumulate a planned balance    

To July 1, 2011                                                                       $      75,000

To levy the necessary tax for the above purpose.

 

 

OTHER BUSINESS:

 

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT  Mrs. Winsor’s report stated that she met with the staff who regularly handle the After School Tutorial Program to develop some rules.  The Drug Quiz Team won their local contest and made it through the first round before losing by only one point in the second round of play in Syracuse.  She met with the teachers of the new section of 8th grade students and they shared some of their ideas and felt that it was going fairly well.  Both 10th grade classes have been trained in AED and CPR by Lisa Norton for their health class.  K-4 retentions are still being discussed.  Pre-K students are registered at this point.  We have 4 on the waiting list in case we have any slots open up.  We will be tight on our substitutes over the next month or so with 3 people out for various reasons. 

 

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT  Mr. Rowley reported that we had 15 Clark Scholarship winners at our school this year.  The Pool Project with the Town of Edmeston is progressing.  He also reported that the Summer Recreation Program will be run by ECS with a Town donation.

 

CSE & CPSE MINUTES  On motion of Keith Carpenter, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board approved the CSE Minutes of  3/30/10, 3/31/10, 4/1/10, 4/6/10 and 4/7/10 and the CPSE Minutes of 3/31/10.

 

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION:  On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by Timothy Johnson, the

Board unanimously moved back into executive session at 10:24pm to discuss contract

negotiations and extra and co-curricular appointments.

 

On motion of Keith Carpenter, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board adjourned executive

Session at 11:09pm.

 

ADJOURNMENT  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded byLaura Hawes, the Board  

adjourned their meeting at 11:10pm.