CHEBEAGUE ISLAND SCHOOL
COMMITTEE MEETING
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:30
P.M.
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND SCHOOL
Committee: Carol White,
Chair, Jen Belesca, Beverly Johnson, Ken Pelton (Absent), and Jerry
Wiles (7:02 PM)
Administration: Alton L.
Hadley, III
Staff: Althea Dugliss
Guests: Beth Wiles
1.
Call to Order
Jen
Belesca called the meeting to order at 6:40 PM
2.
Flag Salute
Belesca
led the Committee members present and others in the salute to the flag.
3. Approval of Agenda (A)
Motion to approve
the agenda
Moved- Johnson,
seconded- White Approved 3-0-0
4. Approval of Minutes March 4, 2008 (A)
Motion to approve
the minutes of the meeting held on March 4, 2008
Moved- Johnson,
seconded- White Approved 3-0-0
5. Correspondence (I)
None
6. Public Comment
Beth
Wiles asked the School Committee to consider participating in the Stephen Ross
Scholarship Benefit/fund raiser.
She reported that Jerry Wiles would be doing a Historical Presentation. She expressed an invitation for the
Committeešs presence. This fund
provides scholarships for Chebeague Island students going on to Post Secondary
education.
Wiles
also talked about school employee salaries, contracts, steps, and increases
based on merit. She urged the
committee to look on the creative side of increasing staff salaries.
Jerry
Wiles reviewed his experience with evaluation, merit pay and teacher contracts.
7. Reports (I)(D)
ˇ
School Board Chair
None
ˇ
Superintendent/Principal/SPED
Director
Hadley
reported on the upcoming energy Conference and asked anyone interested in
attending with him to contact him this week. The conference will be held on April 18th at
Lewiston H.S.
Hadley
also indicated that he had received notification of an approved Home School
studentšs program from the state.
8. Old Business (I)(D)(A)
a. Continue
2008-2009 Budget Review
The
School Committee continued to review and discuss the proposed budget. The discussion also covered the April 1
meeting with the selectmen and the Public information meeting scheduled at the
Recreation Center on Saturday April 5th at 9:00 AM with coffee and
goodies at 8:30 AM.
9. New Business (I)(D)(A)
a.
AP Warrant #15
Hadley
distributed Warrant # 15 for the Committee to review and sign.
10. Other Business
None
11. Adjourn
The meeting
adjourned by consensus at 8:36 PM