BURLINGTON
BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS
August 8, 2006 Board Meeting
Ira Allen Administration
150 Colchester Avenue,
Burlington, VT 05401
Commissioner
Hale called the meeting to order at 7:02 pm.
Commissioners:
Marrisa Caldwell, Katharine Chasan, Barbara Crook,
Wallace Elliott, Thom Fleury, Chris Haessly,
Paul Hale, Fred Lane, Keith
Pillsbury , Amy Werbel
Administrators:
Jeanne Collins,
Superintendent
Sara Jane Mahan, Human Resources Director
Betsy Liley, District Grants
Coordinator
Bonnie Poe, Special Services
Director
Absent:
Scott Lisle, Business
Manager
Paul Irish, District
Technical Director
Katherine Connolly,
Commissioner
Erik Hoekstra, Commissioner
Jurij Homziak, Commissioner
3.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Motion (Caldwell/Fleury) to approve the agenda.
Request by Commissioner Caldwell to discuss scheduling and agenda of the
retreat under Old Business. The motion carried.
4.
COMMENTS/QUESTIONS
Linda Siegal -- Teacher at Wheeler and member of
Equity Task Force. Urged Board to find way to settle teacher negotiations;
concerned that work of the task force will go to waste if negotiations get
contentious.
5.
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
District actively preparing to open schools. A few
snafus relating to the "sister school" program, but the
Administration is working with the school principals to work out any problems.
The Superintendent announced that the proposed
merger of the District after-school program and City Kids has been postponed.
The District is moving forward to insure the sustainability of its after-school
program.
An e-mail has been sent out to organize the Board
retreat.
6.
COMMITTEE UPDATES
a. Finance
Committee
Commissioner Lane presented
the report of the Finance Committee.
Motion (Fleury/Pillsbury) to approve a request by
Burlington Telecom to place two 20x30 foot buildings, one at Hunt and one at
Flynn, for the provision of telecommunications service to the New North End. The motion carried;
Commissioners Lane and Caldwell abstained.
Commissioner Lane also
briefly summarized the issues discussed during the Finance Committee's retreat.
The minutes for both
meetings are on file.
b.
Curriculum & Policy Committee
Commissioner Pillsbury presented the report of the
Curriculum & Policy Committee. The minutes are on file.
c. Technology
Committee
The Technology Committee did not meet prior the
Board meeting.
7.
OLD BUSINESS
a. Board
Retreat
Motion (Caldwell/Crook) to
only schedule Board retreats when 100% of the Board can attend.
Motion (Fleury/ ) to require 100% attendance only at
the retreat scheduled for discussing the task force report. The motion failed
for lack of a second.
The motion to require 100%
attendance failed.
Motion (Elliott/Fleury) to
schedule the Task Force retreat so that all who wish to do so can attend.
Commissioner Chasen – Yes Commissioner Elliott – Yes Commissioner
Haessly -- Yes
Commissioner Pillsbury – No Commissioner Fleury – Yes Commissioner
Caldwell -- Yes
Commissioner Crook – Yes Commissioner
Lane -- No
The motion carried.
Motion (Caldwell/Fleury) to require that a minimum of 11 members of the Board be available for the strategic planning retreat on August 30th.
Commissioner Chasen – Yes Commissioner Elliott – Yes Commissioner
Haessly -- Yes
Commissioner Pillsbury – No Commissioner Fleury – No Commission Caldwell -- Yes
Commissioner Crook – Yes Commissioner Lane --
No
The motion carried.
8.
NEW BUSINESS
a. Consent
Agenda
Motion (Lane/Pillsbury) to approve the consent
agenda. Commissioner Caldwell pointed that her name was misspelled and asked
that it be corrected. The motion carried.
b. Policy
review
Motion (Haessly/Pillsbury)
to approve all three policies for second reading.
1.
BCG – School Attorney -- 2nd Reading
2.
JQ -- Pupil Privacy Rights:
Student Surveys -- 2nd Reading
3. JGAA -- Restrictive Behavioral Intervention
-- 2nd Reading
9.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
a. Negotiations
update
Motion (Caldwell/Crook) to go into Executive Session
for the purposes of discussing the status of negotiations. The Board went into
Executive Session at 8:00 p.m.
Motion (Lane/Pillsbury) to
come out of Executive Session. The Board came out of Executive Session at 8:30 p.m.
The Board took no action.
10. ADJOURNMENT
Motion (Lane/Fleury) to adjourn. The motion carried and the
Board adjourned at 8:35 p.m.