BELLOWS FALLS UNION HIGH SCHOOL
Special School Board Meeting
July 12, 2010
Present:
Daniel Axtell, Jack Bryar, Russell Capron, David Clark, Stephen L. Fine, Matthew Guild, Stephen Major, Jan Mitchell-Love, Laurie Rowell
Also Present:
Johanna Harpster, Edie Cole, Christopher Kibbe, Christopher Hodsden, James McAuliffe
1. Call to Order:
The Chair, David Clark, called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
2. Adjustments to Agenda:
Two Extended School Year appointments will be added to Item 4, Appointments and/or Resignations, and Executive Session to discuss a personnel matter will be added to the agenda as Item 6.
3. Award Food Service Bid:
Stephen Major moved to go into executive session at 6:32 p.m. to discuss awarding of the Food Service Bid, and invited the administration and Jim McAuliffe to attend. The motion passed.
The Chair returned the board to open session at 7:20 p.m.
Russ Capron moved to approve a one-year, non-renewable food service contract for Café Services, providing other schools in the district do the same. The motion passed on a vote of seven in favor (Axtell, Bryar, Capron, Fine, Guild, Major, Rowell) and one opposed (Mitchell-Love). The Chair did not vote.
4. Appointments and/or Resignations:
A. Appointment for Freshman Academy Home Visits
Stephen Fine moved to appoint Ian Fraunfelder to perform summer home visits to families of incoming freshman students, as needed. The motion passed on a vote of six in favor (Axtell, Capron, Fine, Guild, Major, Mitchell-Love), one opposed (Rowell), and one abstention (Bryar). The Chair did not vote.
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B. Extended School Year Appointments
Stephen Fine moved to appoint Patricia Lemieux and Cheryl Gay-Sherwin as extended school year teachers, not to exceed 3.75 Hrs. (Lemieux) and 0.75 Hrs. (Gay-Sherwin). The motion passed unanimously.
5. Other:
Brief discussion ensued about distributing information to board members. Stephen Major does not wish to rely solely on e-mail.
A Policy Committee meeting will be scheduled one hour before the next business meeting.
The Chair stressed the importance of minutes being available within five days of meetings.
6. Executive Session:
Russ Capron moved to go into executive session at 7:40 p.m. for the purpose of discussing a personnel matter, and invited the administration to attend.
The Chair returned the board to open session at 8:12 p.m.
Stephen Major moved to authorize, as per Paragraph 16.6 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, a retirement incentive to Merilee Huntoon, composed of one payment of $10,000 plus an amount equal to a Cobra insurance payment for up to two years, but only if the retirement insurance does not provide coverage to her, seconded by Russ Capron. The motion passed on a vote of seven in favor (Axtell, Bryar, Capron, Guild, Major, Mitchell-Love, Rowell) and one opposed (Fine). The Chair did not vote.
7. Adjournment:
There being no further business to come before the meeting and no objection, the Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jan Mitchell-Love, Clerk
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