REGULAR MEETING                                    July 8, 2010                Board of Education

 

PRESENT                                                                              ABSENT

Susan Gelatt, President                                                         

John E. Holdorf, Vice-President 

Laura Hawes

Timothy Johnson 

Jeremy Robinson

David P. Rowley

Martha Winsor

Alicia M. Bowen
Mary Ellen Bates

 

Regular Meeting was called to order by Susan Gelatt at 7:16pm.

 

GUESTS/VISITORS  Cheryn Payne.

 

PRESENTATIONS  There were no presentations.

 

CORRESPONDENCE  Thank you’s from Debra Pugh and Charlene Marzeski.

 

MINUTES    On motion of John Holdorf, seconded by Timothy Johnson, the Board unanimously

approved the minutes of the June 10, 2010 Board Meeting.   

 

BILL WARRANTS  The Board reviewed the Bill Warrants.

 

TREASURER’S  REPORT  The Board reviewed the Treasurer’s Report for 6/30/10.  

 

CLAIMS AUDITOR REPORT  The Board reviewed the Claims Auditor Report.

 

 

OLD BUSINESS:

 

EXCEL PROJECT  Dave Rowley reported on the project progress.  The damaged ceiling tiles have been marked.  Ridley Electric is working on their punch list.  We are waiting on schedules from Putrelo’s remaining items and Brandeles is waiting on go ahead for heat exchanger.

 

SMART RESULTS  The list of team members for 2010-11 school year were distributed.  Essential element teams worked on district goals.

 

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

ALEXIS ROBINSON  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by Jeremy Robinson, the Board unanimously approved Alexis Robinson as a per diem substitute, pending fingerprint clearance.

 

LINDA BOND  On motion of John Holdorf, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board unanimously appointed Linda Bond as a Summer Program Activity Leader at $15/hr.

 

TAMMY WAITE  On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board unanimously appointed Tammy Waite as a Summer Maintenance Worker at $8.50/hr.

 

ANNUAL STAFF PICNIC  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by Jeremy Robinson, the Board unanimously approved a half-day of work for all 12-month employees on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 for the annual staff picnic.

 

SPORTS MERGER  On motion of Jeremy Robinson, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board unanimously approved a resolution authorizing Board President, High School Principal and Superintendent of Schools to sign the Section IV Applications for merger with Unadilla Valley Central School for Varsity Football and Modified A Football for the 2010-2011 school year.

 

CASELLA WASTE MANAGEMENT  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board unanimously awarded the solid waste removal bid to Casella Waste Management at $6,200 for the 2010-2011 school year.

 

LIBRARY BOOK SURPLUS  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board unanimously declared 140 library books as surplus.

 

SURPLUS  On motion of John Holdorf, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board unanimously declared the following items as surplus: 13 overhead projectors, a field striper (lime), 4 television carts, 2 cafeteria carts and 5 televisions.

 

BUS SURPLUS  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded John Holdorf, the Board unanimously declared as surplus bus #96, #98 and #100 and approved the sale of all 3 buses to Don Brown Bus Sales at a total of $25,200.

 

BUDGET AND STATE AID  The Board discussed the 2010-2011 Budget and State Aid.  No new news on the State Budget status.

 

SPRING TRACK  The Board discussed Spring Track.

 

JUNE REGENTS RESULTS  Mrs. Winsor reviewed the June 2010 Regents results with the Board.

 

MORNING PROGRAM  The Board discussed the Morning Program schedule for the 2010-2011 school year.  There will be 14 dates, which includes 1 concert.

 

TARGETED RETIREMENT INCENTIVE  The Board discussed Chapter 105, Part A Retirement Incentive.

 

SCHOOL CALENDAR  The Board discussed the 2010-2011 school calendar.

 

LAURIE GOODRICH & ROBERT SICKMOND  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board unanimously appointed Laurie Goodrich & Robert Sickmond as Summer School Math Instructors in Geometry and Integrated Algebra at $75/day per course from July 12-August 18, 2010.

 

 

OTHER BUSINESS:

 

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT:  Martha Winsor reported on the Regents review classes and how well they were attended by the students.  She also reported that the Pre-K report for the state was extensive this year.

 

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT:  David Rowley reported that the lock box has been installed and reported to the NYS Troopers.  We are planning emergency drills for next year.  He also reported that he is hopeful that grants we have applied to participate in will be successful. (Promise Neighborhood Grant)  CASEBP is running very well.  He will be at the school annual law conference next week and we are also participating in the School Board Summer Institute Program again this year, which is on July 20th.    Mr. Rowley discussed the policy manual.  It needs to be addressed.  We need to focus on policies with local control.

 

The Board unanimously moved to executive session at 8:55 to discuss personnel.

 

On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by Jeremy Robinson, the Board adjourned executive session at 9:32pm.

 

CSE MINUTES  On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by Jeremy Robinson, the Board approved the CSE Minutes from 6/8/10, 6/11/10 and 6/22/10.

 

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

adjourned their meeting at 9:33pm.