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Fairfax Board of School Directors
Monday, May 14, 2007
Regular Board Meeting at 6:30pm
Fairfax Community Library
Present: Chairperson Peg Stewart, Jeff Loller, Lauri Fisher, Angela Baker, Dustin Howard, Clara Pedley, Scott Lang, Thomas Walsh, Lisa Delorme
Public: Barbara Nason, Judy Stewart, John Woodley, Carly Staab, Elijah Paradee
1. Executive Session –No action was taken.
2. Call to Order - Peg Stewart called the meeting to order at 6:45pm.
3. Master Agreement Ratification – Barbara Nason thanked the Board for their part in the negotiation process. Jeff Loller summarized the points of the agreement and thanked the team from the Teacher Association for the smooth negotiating process.
Action: Jeff Loller moved to accept the Master Agreement good through the 2009/2010 school year. Lauri Fisher seconded. Passed unanimously.
4. Consent Agenda – Items on this agenda include a requested 1 year leave of absence from Georgette Huffman.
Action: Jeff Loller moved to accept the leave request for Georgette Huffman for the 2007/2008 school year. Angela Baker seconded. Passed unanimously.
Other items included waiving tuition fees for 30 days for a student, the hiring of Amy Black for the elementary school nurse position, the hiring of Cynthia Anderson for the elementary special education position, and the hiring of Kathleen Dubrowski and Jessica Valenti for the two elementary 4th grade positions.
Action: Angela Baker moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Lauri Fisher seconded. Passed unanimously.
5. Approval of Minutes
Action: Jeff Loller moved to accept the minutes from the regular meeting of April 9, 2007. Lauri Fisher seconded. Passed.
6. Reports
Lauri Fisher reported on the library meeting.
Jeff Loller reported on the band’s trip to Newport and the middle school music festival in Enosburg.
Angela Baker reported she recently attended a school board training.
Dustin Howard reported there will be a band concert on May 24th. The Student Council brought in over $800 for the school wide Hats On Day to benefit children with cancer. Elections for the class officers and student council are now taking place.
Clara Pedley reported on the prom and the NHS induction. Students in the Poetry and Short Story class and the AP English class will be taking a trip to Montreal. AP exams were last week.
Peg Stewart reported she attended the NHS induction and gave her congratulations to all the inductees. The work on the field out back has been completed. She reported on the steering committee meeting.
Scott Lang reported that the Class of 2007 valedictorian is Catherine McGuinness and the salutatorian is Lindsay Mucia. Class Day will be June 8th at 8:30am.
Lisa Delorme updated the Board on upcoming events in the elementary: Spring Concert on June 7th, Four Winds Day on June 8th, Move on Day for grades K-4 on June 6th , Move on Day for grade 5 on June 8th, Principal’s BBQ on June 6th, All-school staff meeting on June 5th to give recognition to staff members who are moving on.
7. New Business
a. Student Parking Lot – The student was not present to give presentation.
b. Financial Update – The Board received a current budget report for review. Peg noted that Chris Sumner may need to write to the town to request the budgeted money from impact fees. The administration reviewed the projects and purchases that the remaining fund balance could be used for.
Action: Lauri Fisher moved that the Board approve the project and purchase list recommended by the administration. Jeff Loller seconded. Passed unanimously.
- Cross Consulting Report on White House – This report was held for review until the Board has a chance to look it over.
- Accept bids for Paving and Unit Ventilator – The school received 3 bids for the paving of the front lot from the old bus garage to the bus lane. They would like to accept the bid from Premier Paving for the amount of $52,000. The school received 3 bids to begin the replacement of the school ventilators. Four to 5 new ventilators will be replaced per year. The bid from Control Technologies for $47,100 was recommended because this would allow one vendor to be responsible for all installations.
Action: Lauri Fisher moved to accept the paving bid from Premier Paving in the amount of $52,000 and the ventilator bid from Control Technologies in the amount of $47,100. Jeff Loller seconded. Passed unanimously.
- Abbey price increase – The school received a memo that the Abbey would like to raise the lunch prices for the next school year. As they are in their second year of a 2 year contract, Armando is in negotiations with them. Angela expressed interest in seeing the actual contract.
Action: Lauri Fisher motioned to approve the lunch price increase for next year assuming the new contract goes through. Angela Baker seconded. Passed.
5. Policies
a. Gifts to School
Action: Lauri Fisher motioned to accept the Gifts to School Policy and Angela Baker seconded. Passed.
b. Parental Involvement – Removal
c. Hat Policy – Removal
Action: Angela Baker moved for the removal of both the Parental Involvement Policy and the Hat Policy. Jeff Loller seconded. Passed unanimously.
d. Travel Expense Policy – Review – The Board noted that the policy included was actually the Travel Expense Policy for FWSU. Policy will be brought back to the next meeting.
6. Other – Peg wanted to mention that the dedication for the recreation area will be on Saturday, June 2nd following the Ducky Race. There will also be a bike fair in the elementary parking lot on Saturday, June 16th.
7. Meeting adjourned at 7:50pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Julie Filiberti
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