MAINE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT #51
CUMBERLAND / NORTH YARMOUTH
P. O. Box 6A
Cumberland Center, ME 04021
Web site: www.msad51.org - Phone: 829-4800
Board of Directors
Agenda

 

Board of Directors
Agenda

7:00 PM

Monday Mabel I. Wilson School
May 19, 2003 Multipurpose Room

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1. Call To Order - by MSAD #51 Board of Directors Chairperson, John
Aromando.

2. Approval of Minutes

3. Superintendent's Report

4. Workshop
a) Japanese Lesson Study
b) Comprehensive Assessment System
c) Comprehensive Education Plan

5. Committee Reports
a) Finance
b) Negotiations
c) Facilities
d) Policy Committee

6. Items for Action
a) Vote to appoint non-athletic co-curricular stipend positions for the
2003-2004 school year

7. Communications

8. Adjourn Meeting ______PM


Addendum

5. Committee Reports
d)
Policy Committee
First reading of policy:
IKF ­ Graduation Requirements

 

MSAD #51 Mission

The mission of MSAD #51 is to guide all students as they acquire
enthusiasm for learning, assume responsibility for their education,
achieve academic excellence, and discover and attain their personal bests.

To accomplish this mission, the MSAD #51 community will collaborate to:
· Use effective instructional practices and provide professional
development to assure
that all students meet or exceed the District's benchmarks and outcomes;
· Ensure a safe and respectful environment where all feel a sense of
belonging; and
· Promote parental participation as fundamental to each student's success.

Board Goals for 2002-2003
1. Effectively engage students in learning to ensure that each student
meets or exceeds the District's benchmarks and outcomes and progresses
towards attaining his/her personal best. In support of this goal, the
Board will:
· Support the District's ongoing work in curriculum, assessment,
instruction and professional
development;
· Measure the District's progress towards attaining its mission by
collecting, analyzing and
sharing data on student performance;
· Establish measurable goals for improving student achievement; and
· Develop and evaluate the structures and policies necessary to ensure
all students meet the
district's benchmarks and outcomes.

2. Implement accountability systems for providing, assessing and
supporting student learning. In support
of this goal, the District will:
· Recruit, retain and develop quality staff;
· Encourage the ongoing development of instructional and administrative
leadership;
· Develop and use a system of data analysis for decision making; and
· Develop 3-year budgetary goals and strategies to provide greater
financial stability.

3. Promote community involvement in education by:
· Establishing an ongoing dialogue with community members; and
· Collaborating with the community to meet student needs.

4. Provide a quality learning and work environment to support our
educational mission by:
· Constructing a new middle school to open in fall of 2004;
· Renovating Greely Junior High into high school space for use beginning
in fall of 2005; and
· Securing funds from the State to renovate and construct an addition to
Greely High School.

MSAD #51 Board of Directors
John Aromando, Chair 829-6861 jaromando@pierceatwood.com
Peter Bingham 829-5713 pbingham@acornearth.com
Betts Gorsky 781-2234 bjgorsky@hotmail.com
Polly Haight Frawley, Vice-Chair 657-2373 PHFraw@aol.com
Audrey Lones 829-4171 audrey@alum.mit.edu Henry Kennedy 829-6979 hrk@kieve.org
Jim Moulton 657-3803
Bob Vail 829-5393

Upcoming Meetings/Events
5/21/03 - Early release: Grades 7-12 @ 1:12 PM, Grades K-6 @ 12:15 PM
5/22/03 ­ Grade 3 Parent Night at NYMS, 6:00 PM ­ 7:00 PM
5/22/03 ­ GJHS Art Show and Spring Concert
5/22/03 ­ GHS Facilities Task Force, GHS Conference Room, 5:00 PM
5/26/03 ­ Memorial Day, no school
5/26/03 ­ PTO Memorial Mile/Spring Fling
5/28/03 ­ Full-day Wednesday
5/29/03 ­ NYMS & DRS Concert, 6:30 PM
6/4/03 ­ Early release: Grades 7-12 @ 1:12 PM, Grades K-6 @ 12:15 PM
6/5/03 ­ Class Day, GHS, 12:00 PM
6/5/03 ­ GHS Facilities Task Force, GHS Conference Room, 5:00 PM
6/6/03 ­ Candlelight, GHS, 8:00 PM
6/8/03 ­ GHS Graduation, 2:30 PM
6/10/03 ­ PTO Annual Meeting, 7:00 PM
6/11/03 ­ GHS/GJHS Step-up Day
6/11/03 - Early release: Grades 7-12 @ 1:12 PM, Grades K-6 @ 12:15 PM
6/12/03 ­ GJHS Awards Night
6/15/03 ­ Father's Day
6/18/03 ­ Last Day of School
6/19/03 ­ Teacher In-service day

Remaining Board Meetings:
Monday, June 2, 2003 - Cumberland Town Hall Council Chambers, 7:00 PM
Wednesday, June 5, 2003 ­ Mabel I. Wilson School, Library, 6:00 PM
Wednesday, June 11, 2003 ­ Mabel I. Wilson School, Multipurpose Room, 6:00
PM

 

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MAINE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT #51
CUMBERLAND / NORTH YARMOUTH
P. O. Box 6A
Cumberland Center, ME 04021
Web site: www.msad51.org - Phone: 829-4800
Board of Directors
Minutes

Monday Cumberland Town Hall
May 5, 2003 Council Chambers

____________________________________________________________________
1. Call To Order - by MSAD #51 Board of Directors Chairperson, John
Aromando 7:07 PM.

Attendance:
Board of Directors: John Aromando, Peter Bingham, Polly Haight Frawley,
Betts Gorsky, Henry Kennedy, Audrey Lones, Jim Moulton, Bob Vail

Administrators: Becky Foley, Wayne Fordham, Suzanne Godin, Robert Hasson,
Chris Mosca,
Pat Palmer, Scott Poulin, Susie Robbins, Judy True, Penny Wheeler-Abbott

2. Approval of the Minutes ­ of the Board of Directors meeting held on
April 28, 2003.

Motioned 2nd ed
Voted: To approve the minutes of the Board of Directors meeting held on
April 28, 2003. (Voted: 7-0-1 abstain)

3. Public Comment

4. Superintendent's Report

5. Committee Reports
a) Finance
b) Negotiations
c) Facilities
d) Policy Committee

6. Items for Action

a) Vote to approve continuing teacher contracts

Motioned 2nd ed
Vote: To approve continuing teacher contracts: (Voted: 8-0)

 

MIW NYMS DRS
Kristyn Allen Carol Chandler Ruth Kirkwood
Julie Chandler Tammy Heathco
Melissa Colby Jennifer Piesik
Debra Harmon Monica Simmons
Johna King
William McLellon
Donna Stoudt

GJHS GHS
Elaine Brassard Susan Bartlett
Jane Crowley Sebastian Brenes
Dianne Peters Esther Coyle
Teresa Swinbourne Joyce Hale
Peter Ryan
Kelly Welch
Instructional Support
Melissa Camire

b) Vote to approve probationary teacher contracts

Motioned 2nd ed
Vote: To approve probationary teacher contracts: (Voted: 8-0)

MIW NYMS DRS
Kimberly Geesaman Katy Dresnok Blair Atherton
Sharon Grossman Kathy McGovern
Kathleen Hardy
Erin Neale

GJHS GHS
Michelle Dubey Joseph McDonough
Alisha Goldblatt Kevin Rollins
Holly Groom David Rosen
Dennis Levandoski
Dianne Moore
Linda Rackley
Mar-E Trebilcock

c) Executive session for the purpose of discussing negotiations

Motioned 2nd ed
Vote: To enter into Executive Session 7: 55 PM

Motioned 2nd ed
Vote: To come out of Executive Session 8:00 PM. (Voted: 8-0)

d) Vote to ratify 2003-2006 Agreement between MSAD #51 Bus Drivers and
MSAD #51 Board of
Directors

Motioned 2nd ed
Vote: To ratify 2003-2006 Agreement between MSAD #51 Bus Drivers and MSAD
#51 Board of Directors. (Voted: 8-0)

e) Vote to authorize the lease purchase of computer and office equipment

Motioned 2nd ed
Vote: To authorize the lease purchase of computer and office equipment.
(Voted: 8-0)

That under and pursuant to the provisions of Title 20-A M.R.S.A. Sections
1001 and 1055, the Superintendent of Schools be and hereby is authorized
to execute and deliver a Municipal Lease Purchase Agreement with Banknorth
Leasing Corp. in the name and on behalf of Maine School Administrative
District #51 for computer and office equipment, with an aggregate purchase
price of Ninety-Five Thousand Eight Hundred One Dollars and Twenty-Eight
Cents ($95,801.28), in such form as the Superintendent may approve (the
"Lease Purchase Agreement"); and that the appropriate officials of Maine
School Administrative District No. 51 be and hereby are authorized to
execute and deliver on behalf of Maine School Administrative District No.
51 such other documents and certificates as may be required in connection
with the Lease Purchase Agreement; and that no part of the proceeds of the
Lease Purchase Agreement shall be used, directly or indirectly, to acquire
any securities and obligations, the acquisition of which would cause the
Lease Purchase Agreement to be a "private activity bond" or an "arbitrage
bond" within the meaning of Sections 141 and 148, respectively, of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as mended (the "Code"); and that the Lease
Purchase Agreement issued pursuant hereto be designated as a qualified
tax-exempt obligation within the meaning of Section 265(b)(3)(B) of said
Code; and that the Superintendent be and he hereby is authorized to
covenant on behalf of the District to file any information report and pay
any rebate due to the United States in connection with the issuance of the
Lease Purchase Agreement and to take all other lawful actions necessary to
insure the interest portion of the rental payments under and pursuant to
the Lease Purchase Agreement will be excluded from the gross income of the
owners thereof for purposes of federal income taxation and to refrain from
taking any action which would cause such interest portion of the rental
payments to become includable in the gross income of the owners thereof.

7. Communications

8. Adjourn Meeting 8:05 PM

Upcoming Meetings/Events
5/5/03 through 5/9/03 ­ Teacher Appreciation Week
5/5/03 through 5/9/03 ­ Greely High School AP Exams
5/7/03 - Early release: Grades 7-12 @ 1:12 PM, Grades K-6 @ 12:15 PM
5/8/03 ­ Chebeague Island Arts Appreciation Night, 6:30 PM
5/9/03 ­ GHS/GJHS Mid-quarter Reports
5/11/03 ­ Mothers Day
5/6/03 through 5/9/03 ­ Gr. 6 Terra Nova Assessments
5/12/03 through 51/16/03 ­ GHS AP Exams
5/12/03 ­ Steering Committee, MIW Library, 7:00 PM
5/13/03 ­ PTO Business Meeting, MIW, 7:00 PM
5/14/03 - Early release: Grades 7-12 @ 1:12 PM, Grades K-6 @ 12:15 PM
5/14/03 ­ Art/Inkwell, GHS, 5:30 PM
5/14/03 ­ Evening of Excellence, GHS 6:30 PM
5/21/03 - Early release: Grades 7-12 @ 1:12 PM, Grades K-6 @ 12:15 PM
5/22/03 ­ Grade 3 Parent Night at NYMS, 6:00 PM ­ 7:00 PM
5/22/03 ­ GJHS Art Show and Spring Concert
5/26/03 ­ Memorial Day, no school
5/26/03 ­ PTO Memorial Mile/Spring Fling
5/28/03 ­ Full-day Wednesday
5/29/03 ­ NYMS & DRS Concert, 6:30 PM
6/4/03 ­ Early release: Grades 7-12 @ 1:12 PM, Grades K-6 @ 12:15 PM
6/5/03 ­ Class Day, GHS, 12:00 PM
6/6/03 ­ Candlelight, GHS, 8:00 PM
6/8/03 ­ GHS Graduation, 2:30 PM
6/10/03 ­ PTO Annual Meeting, 7:00 PM
6/11/03 ­ GHS/GJHS Step-up Day
6/11/03 - Early release: Grades 7-12 @ 1:12 PM, Grades K-6 @ 12:15 PM
6/12/03 ­ GJHS Awards Night
6/15/03 ­ Father's Day
6/18/03 ­ Last Day of School
6/19/03 ­ Teacher In-service day

Public Budget Forum:
Tuesday, May 6, 2003 ­ Budget Public Forum, Chebeague Island School, 6:00
PM

Public Budget Vote:
5/15/03 ­ Public Budget Vote, Greely High School, 7:00 PM

Next Board Meeting:
Monday, 5/19/03 ­ Mabel I. Wilson School, 7:00 PM