Mt. Abraham Union High School Meeting Minutes

December 19, 2006 7:00pm

New Haven Town Hall Cafeteria

 

Members Present: Lanny Smith, Dave Thompson, Chris Brady, Robert Fuller, Jane Low, Wendie Puls, Carol Eldridge, Pam Jennings, Catherine Shahan, Joel Bouvier, Wanda Bouvier, Jim Runcie.

 

Members Absent: Kim Farnham

 

Others Present: Superintendent Evelyn Howard, Associate Superintendent Nancy Cornell, Principal Paulette Bogan, MS Principal June Sargent, ANESU Business Manager Greg Burdick, Lowell Nottingham, Sylvia Gonzalez, Dick Merrill, Judy Bissonette, Bob Donnis, Heidi Bissonette, Ed McGuire, Mary Arbuckle, Amanda Bodell, Amy Cousino (minutes)

 

  1. Chair L. Smith called the meeting to order at 7:05pm.

 

  1. Visitors’ Business- J. Bissonette wanted to address board concerning a personal matter, the board decided this should not be handled at a public school board meeting. She will be meeting with Ms. Howard.

 

  1. Principal’s Report
    1. Celebration of Success - P. Bogan briefly went over the Principal’s Report.
    2. Curriculum Committee Recommendation re: Schedule & Advisories - P. Bogan went over how the process worked from start to finish and how the decision was made. J. Sargent explained how the new scheduling will affect the middle school. The board discussed this and asked questions of Paulette and June.
    3. Grading Statistics - P. Bogan went over the Grading Statistics for Mt. Abraham for the first quarter.

 

  1. Superintendent’s Report:
    1. Financial Report Ending 11/30/06- E. Howard briefly went over the Financial report and asked the board if they had any questions.
    2. Executive Committee Report- E. Howard went over the minutes and explained what has been going on with our email system and what some options could be.

 

  1. Board Items:
    1. Evidence of Money Well Spent - Follow Up - E. Howard is continuing to work on this project, which is bigger than expected. N. Cornell went over a report from VSAC regarding seniors one year after graduation. J. Bouvier handed out a sheet showing that the board saved $119,700 by doing some of the work themselves. L. Smith gave an update regarding the paving issues.
    2. Discussion of Budget Goals - The board discussed some goals that they would like to see regarding the budget.  One example was the buyout.
    3. Discussion of 07-08 Budget Draft - G. Burdick discussed the draft budget line by line and explained new budget codes that will be used this year. The Board discussed the draft and asked questions. The Board would like to put more than $5000 a year into the Bus Sinking Fund to increase it to $10,000.  J. Bouvier moved to direct the administration to increase the sinking fund to $10,000; W. Bouvier seconded. Voted and approved. J. Runcie moved to direct the administration to change the legal fee amount from $2,000 to $15,000; J. Low seconded. Voted and approved.

 

  1. Consent Agenda:
    1. Pay Orders-

DO #

Amount

 

PR #

Amount

11

$3,719,912.36

 

9R

$42.48

0

$0.00

 

11

$255,661.60

Total

$3,719,912.36

 

Total

$255,704.08

 

    1. J. Bouvier moved to Approve pay orders as listed; seconded by W. Bouvier. Voted and approved.
    2. Minutes 12/5/06 - R. Fuller moved to accept minutes as written; seconded by J. Low. Voted and approved.
    3. Other - Ted Lylis called Bob Fuller regarding cooking chickens in the Mount Abraham cafeteria oven.

 

  1. Executive Session- J. Bouvier moved to go into executive session at 9:55 to discuss personnel under [T.1 VSA. CH5 (a) (3)]. Seconded by J. Runcie. Voted and approved.  R. Fuller moved to come out of executive session at 11:00 pm; seconded by J. Low.   Voted and approved.

 

  1. R. Fuller moved to adjourn at 11:00 pm; seconded byW. Puls.  Voted and approved.

 

 

Minutes submitted by

Amy Cousino