REGULAR MEETING February 11, 2010 Board of Education

PRESENT ABSENT

Susan Gelatt, President

John E. Holdorf, Vice-President arrived at 7:46pm

Keith Carpenter

Laura Hawes

Timothy Johnson arrived at 7:40pm

David P. Rowley

Martha Winsor

Alicia M. Bowen

Mary Ellen Bates

Ed Telfer

Regular Meeting was called to order by Susan Gelatt at 7:03pm.

GUESTS/VISITORS John O’Connor, Cheryn Payne, Heath Dunham, Sean Conboy, Danielle Wengert & Suzette Wengert were all guests.

CORRESPONDENCE A thank you was read from Nick Benjamin for the Ferris Scholarship.

MINUTES On motion of Keith Carpenter, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board unanimously

approved the minutes of the January 7, 2010 Board Meeting.

BILL WARRANTS The Board reviewed the Bill Warrants.

TREASURER’S REPORT The Board reviewed the Treasurer’s Report for 1/31/10.

CLAIMS AUDITOR REPORT The Board reviewed the Claims Auditor Report.

EXCEL PROJECT John O’Connor reported that they are going through punch lists with contractors. The majority of the work will be done within the next month. Keyless entry is expected to be installed next week. They are also monitoring the boilers for water usage. He also reported that any damage to the baseball field will be repaired in time for the season.

AUDIT COMMITTEE The Audit Committee meeting that was set up for Wednesday, February 10^th was cancelled due to the snow day.

ONC BOCES BOARD FORUM Laura Hawes & Dave Rowley attended the second meeting. Groups met to discuss cooperative ventures between schools. Edmeston, Laurens & Morris were in one group discussing possible sharing of services. The next meeting will be March 1^st.

SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS On motion of Keith Carpenter, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board appointed Michael Pikarsky, Haylee Bennett, and Amanda Woodbeck as substitute teachers.

LIBRARY SURPLUS On motion of Keith Carpenter, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board declared 61 reference books from the Elementary Library as surplus.

PRINCIPAL’S HOUSE The Board discussed future use of the principal’s house. We are moving ahead with insulating the house and will be finding out about our allowed uses of it.

Timothy Johnson arrived at 7:40pm.

John Holdorf arrived at 7:46pm.

BUILDING INSPECTION On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by Keith Carpenter, the Board approved the annual structural building inspection.

PRESENTATIONS: Brian Belknap presented to the Board the Farm to School Initiative.

EXECUTIVE SESSION: On motion Laura Hawes, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board unanimously moved to executive session at 8:12pm. to discuss personnel issues.

On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by Timothy Johnson, the Board adjourned executive session at 8:47pm.

SMART RESULTS The Board enjoyed their visit with the SMART Results team on January 28, 2010. They encouraged continuance of this Initiative. Everyone will be involved next year.

2010-2011 BUDGET The Board discussed the 2010-2011 budget. More details will be available at the March meeting regarding fuel oil prices, diesel prices and sports estimates.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT: Mrs. Winsor shared the RCT/Regents results with the Board.

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT: Mr. Rowley reported that the CASEBP rate increase is set at 5%. The 2010-2011 school calendar will be available for review at the March meeting. He also reported that the BOCES Administrative budget presentation will be on March 11^th at 6:30pm.

EXECUTIVE SESSION: On motion of John Holdorf, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board unanimously moved to executive session at 10:00pm. to discuss Negotiations.

On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board adjourned executive session at 10:55pm.

CSE MINUTES On motion of John Holdorf, seconded by Keith Carpenter, the Board approved the CSE Minutes of 1/27/10 and 2/9/10.

ADJOURNMENT On motion of Keith Carpenter, seconded by Timothy Johnson, the Board

adjourned their meeting at 10:57pm.