March 5, 2003

Meeting came to order at 7:15 pm.

ATTENDEES:

John Alberghini, Vicky Congdon, Phil Graff, Fred Kenney, Lisa Wells, and Ann Whitman

Guests: Pat King

GENERAL ITEMS

1. Phil Graff and Lisa Wells took the Oath of Office following their re-election to the Board.

2. There were no comments from community members.

3. Fred moved to approve the minutes from February 5, 2003; Phil seconded. All in favor.

4. Principal’s report:

In March, the 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th graders will be taking the state and district standardized tests in math and English. The 4^th graders took the NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) in February, with good results.

John discussed submitting a claim to our insurance company for the heating system repairs with Laura Nassau in the Central Office, and she is pursuing that option.

For the March inservice, the staff will be discussing The Differentiated Classroom and studying classroom activities from the book to help meet the learning needs of a wider variety of students.

Smilie staff will present Smilie’s math curriculum, Investigations, to parents on March 19^th.

ACTION/DISCUSSION ITEMS

1. Annual meeting follow-up:

The Board reviewed the presentation and discussion of the school budget at Town Meeting. Our state representatives would have been better able to answer some of the questions from the floor regarding state and fed. funding and Act 60 revisions, and in the future, we will ask one of them to remain after the potluck for the school board meeting. We will also ask the representatives from the business office to take a more proactive approach to answering questions and clarifying accounting and budget issues.

Lisa will discuss having the town plow the school driveway with Eric Andrews.

2. Election of officers:

Ann nominated Lisa as chair; Phil seconded. All in favor.

Lisa nominated Ann as vice-chair; Vicky seconded. All in favor.

Fred nominated Vicky as clerk; Phil seconded. All in favor.

Committee assignments will stay the same: Long-Range/Phil; Special Ed./Vicky; Curriculum/Ann; Executive/Ann and Lisa. Fred will attend Transportation com. meetings.

3. Lisa moved to adopt the Animals on School Grounds policy; Vicky seconded. All in favor.

4. Vicky moved to accept the Invoice Edit List in the amount of $229,701.43; Ann seconded. All in favor.

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm.

The next meeting has been scheduled for 7PM, April 2, 2003, at the Smilie School.

Respectfully submitted,

Vicky Congdon, Clerk

Approved