Wallingford
Town School District
Board Minutes*
March 6, 2008
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*These
are unofficial Minutes subject to approval at the next regular board meeting.
Present:
Diane
Baker, Ken Fredette, David Klock, Chuck Watts (Board Members)
Staff
Present: Walter Goetz (Superintendent), Theresa Mulholland
(Principal)
Call
to Order: Superintendent
Goetz called the meeting to order at
5:38 p.m.
, and
asked for nominations for the position of board chair.
Reorganization:
Chuck Watts nominated Ken Fredette for chair and David
Klock nominated Chuck Watts; there were no other nominations. Chuck Watts was
elected chair 3-0-1, with Chuck abstaining. Chuck then asked for
nominations for vice chair, and nominated Ken Fredette; there were no other
nominations. Ken was elected vice chair 3-0-1, with Ken abstaining. Ken
said he had spoken with Chuck Piotrowski, who said he would be willing to
continue as board clerk. Ken nominated Chuck Piotrowski as clerk; there were no
other nominations. Chuck Piotrowski was elected clerk unanimously.
The board agreed to the following by consensus:
Truant Officer: Theresa Mulholland (until the end of the school year)
Designation of Bank: Chittenden
Designation of Newspaper:
Rutland
Herald
Regular meeting date and time: 1st and 3rd Thursday
at
6:30
p.m.
Committee
Assignments:
Policy – Chuck Watts
Action Planning – Diane Baker
Finance – David Klock/Chuck
Watts
RSSU
Voting Members:
Ken Fredette
Chuck Piotrowski
Chuck Watts
Approval
of Consent Agenda:
- Minutes
of
February 21, 2008
- Pay
Orders
-
March 6, 2008
- $42,198.70
- Pay
Roll
-
February 29, 2008
-
$ 1,229.45
-
March 7, 2008
- $59,250.13
Ken
moved approval of the consent agenda; Diane seconded the motion. The motion
passed unanimously.
Public
Input: None
Review of Town Meeting: Walter
distributed a sheet showing the voting results throughout the RSSU. The
Wallingford
budget passed with
62% of the vote, 482 to 294. Improved security for the building passed 407 to
370. Diane felt the board should revisit this due to the closeness of the vote.
Discussion ensued. It was noted that work could be done after the end of the
school year, but monies will not be available until the new fiscal year.
All items were approved throughout the SU except the
new seats for the
Mill
River
auditorium, which
failed 998 to 1071. There is one open seat on the Mill River Board from
Clarendon and one from
Shrewsbury
.
Administrator’s
Reports:
Walter advised the board that due to staffing
constraints Rutland Mental Health was unable to provide services for a student
as was planned. Theresa added that a person has been hired to assist with the
student’s needs, and is being paid at the substitute teacher rate.
Walter reported that a check for $11,200 has been
received for the preschool program, bringing the total grant money to $20,000,
as was budgeted. Mark Sustic will visit again on March 11th.
Walter explained that pending ratification of a new
master contract, individual contracts for FY 09 based upon the current agreement
with years of service updated were ready for approval and distribution.
Ken
moved to issue the teachers’ contracts and to authorize the chair to sign for
the board; Diane seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Board
Reports:
Ken – Reported
that a bill drafted in the House Education Committee to repeal the two vote
provision of Act 82, instead going to a lowered excess spending threshold as was
planned last year, had passed the House. It is expected to meet strong
resistance in the Senate.
–
Will be attending a conference at the end of the month, and
has signed up for a workshop on superintendent evaluation and goal setting.
–
Noted that the VSBA 3-Rs workshop is scheduled for April 3rd
at WES this year, the same night as a regular board meeting.
Diane – Reported that
interviews with seven candidates for principal were scheduled for next week.
Three alternates have been selected in case needed. Walter and Carol Geery,
Director of Special Services, provided interview questions for the Search
Committee to review.
Dave – Reported
that the joint Negotiations Committee continues its work to find commonalities
amongst the three elementary contracts. Walter will be meeting with Sean Leach
again on March 11th, and the board and teacher representatives should
begin meeting after that.
Agenda
Building
,
March 20, 2008
:
-
Principal Search, in Executive
Session
-
Negotiations, in Executive Session
Start
time will be
6:00 p.m.
Executive
Session: None
Adjournment:
Ken
moved to adjourn; Dave seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously and
the board adjourned at
6:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Ken Fredette |