Fairfax Board of School Directors
Monday, December 18, 2006
Regular Board Meeting at 6:30pm
Fairfax Community Library
Present: Chairperson Peg Stewart, Greg Beeman, Jeff Loller, Lauri Fisher, Rachelle Howard, Dustin Howard, Clara Pedley, Scott Lang, Thomas Walsh, Lisa Delorme, Armando Vilaseca
Public: none
1. Call to Order - Peg Stewart called the meeting to order at 6:35PM.
2. Approval of Minutes
Action: Jeff Loller moved to accept the Regular Meeting minutes of December 4, 2006. Lauri Fisher seconded. Motion passed.
3. Correspondence – Peg Stewart publicly commended the Strive Room personnel in response to their letter.
4. Public Comment-none
5. Reports
a. Principals’ Report – Lisa Delorme had no new news to report from the elementary. Scott Lang reported on the commissioner’s visit to BFA last week. He stated that the commissioner had good interactions with the high school faculty. Tom Walsh reported that the Board should have received a copy of his parent letter, which had all the updates in the middle school.
b. Board Reports – Clara Pedley reported on a senior dinner last week and that BFA’s Scholar’s Bowl team did not score well in the national and state rankings. Lauri Fisher reported that the supervisory union held its budget meeting and she recommends supporting it. Greg Beeman expressed pleasure in seeing many BFA sports students out and about and proud of their school. Dustin Howard reported that the All New England results are in and 3 BFA students will be participating in the festival located this year in Massachusetts. Peg Stewart reported that she received from State the CLA figures for Fairfax. This year the CLA will be 99.11%. Jeff Loller reported skiing is on hold and that the first negotiation session went very well.
6. New Business
a. Track Request – The BFA Track Club has been club sport for 2 years run by volunteer coaches. At this time they are asking for consideration to be a varsity sport. Because of the number of students participating in the program, it will necessitate 2 coaches. Discussion took place around the proposed cross-country trail expansion.
Action: Greg Beeman motioned to approve the Track Club as a varsity sport with two coaches. Jeff Loller seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
b. FY2008 Budget – The Board commended the administration on the budget reductions they worked on from last meeting. The Board asked a few questions on the reductions made. Mike Brown was present to answer questions on this portion of the budget. He presented a breakdown and summary of the reasons for the large increases to the co curricular budget. He gave his best projections for the future co-curricular needs for the school in the upcoming years. Discussion ensued on the need to have a unified BFA Booster Club that supports all sports and possible ways to organize one.
Action: Jeff Loller moved to tentatively approve the 2007-2008 Fairfax Town School Budget in the amount of $10, 618, 235. Greg Beeman seconded. Passed unanimously.
The administration will put together some talking points for the Board for the presentation of the budget.
7. Policies
a.Section 504 Policy -Second reading will take place at the next meeting.
8. Other – Peg Stewart announced that January 22nd is the date of the joint meeting with Selectboard to talk about all long-term plans.
9. Executive Session
Board entered executive session at 8:15pm.
Board exited executive session at 8:30pm.
No Action taken.
Respectfully submitted,
Julie Filiberti
