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back to School Board meeting minutes archive BARRE TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT Minutes are not official until approved by the Barre Town School Board BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: None ADMINISTRATORS: Guests: None BOARD SECRETARY: Donna Holden 1. Call to Order The Chairperson, David Harrington, called the Wednesday, October 1, 2008, meeting to order at 6:00 p.m., which was held in the Barre Town Middle and Elementary School Library, 70 Websterville Road, Barre Town, VT. A flag salute followed. 2. Visitors and Communications
Mrs. Buzzell announced that Heather Bond would be the new facilitator of the Central Vermont Building Bright Futures Barre Area Play Groups, sponsored by the Barre Area Success by Six team, scheduled to be held at 9:30 -11:00 a.m. on Wednesday at the Graniteville Presbyterian Church, and on Thursday at the Barre Presbyterian Church. 3. Consent Agenda
On a motion by Ms. Moore seconded by Mrs. Buzzell, the Board unanimously voted to approve the warrants, and minutes of September 17, 2008, as submitted. 4. Board Action Items None 5. Board Discussion Items
Mr. Crowley provided a PowerPoint presentation outlining a menu of action plan interventions to implement the 2008-2009 Action Plan, which he confirmed would be posted to the BTMES Website upon approval at the 10/15/08 meeting. The Board discussed the aggressive multifaceted plan to provide support to the group of students not meeting the NECAP standards but who were not identified as special education qualified students. Mr. Crowley provided an example of how Administrators, teachers, mentors, parents, and the students would engage in an individualized program designed from a menu of choices geared to assist students in attaining academic, behavioral, and other skills and knowledge to meet the NECAP proficiency standards. 6. Old Business None 7. Regular Reports to the Board
Dr. Bacon distributed an updated FY ’08 budget analysis which showed an unaudited and unreserved anticipated surplus of $149,714K. The Board also received and discussed the year-to-date FY ’09 budget projections, also showing an anticipated surplus in part from the FY ’08 carryover. At 7:35 p.m. on a motion by Mr. Bond seconded by Ms. Moore, the Board unanimously voted to enter into executive session, pursuant to Title 1 § 313 to discuss a personnel matter. Dr. Bacon, Dr. Riggen, Mr. Crowley, and Mrs. Holden were invited into the executive session. At 7:50 p.m. the Board exited executive session. Dr. Bacon shared information regarding the October 30 & 31 Vermont School Board Association’s meeting at Lake Morey, and invited interested members to contact the Central Office with reservations requests. Dr. Bacon and the Board also discussed other matters including potential Title 1 services, and the Board’s role in discipline appeals.
All Committee meetings are held in the BTMES 2nd floor conference room. Approved minutes for each Committee can be viewed on the Website at www.btmes.org.
8. Monthly Reports to the Board (2nd meeting of the month)
The next monthly meeting is scheduled for October 9, 2008, at 6:00 p.m., in the Supervisory Union Central Office Conference Room. 9. Other Business None 10. Executive Session
At 8:50 p.m. on a motion by Ms. Moore seconded by Mrs. Buzzell, the Board unanimously voted to enter into executive session, pursuant to Title 1 § 313 to discuss a personnel matter. At 9:30 p.m. the Board exited executive session. 11. Next Meeting Dates Meetings are held at 6:00 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of the month, unless noted. The next Barre Town School Board meeting dates are: October 15, 2008 – 6:00 p.m. 12. Adjournment On a motion by Mr. Kirkland seconded
by Mr. Bond, the Board unanimously voted to adjourn at 9:30 p.m.
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