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Fairfax Board of School Directors
Monday, October 9, 2006
Regular Board Meeting at 6:30pm
Fairfax Community Library
Present: Chairperson Peg Stewart, Greg Beeman, Jeff Loller, Rachelle Howard, Lauri Fisher, Dustin Howard, Clara Pedley, Scott Lang, Thomas Walsh, Lisa Delorme
Public: none
1. Call to Order – Peg Stewart called the meeting to order at 6:30PM
2. Approval of Minutes
Action: Lauri Fisher motioned to accept the minutes of the Regular Meeting ofSeptember 25, 2006. Jeff Loller seconded. Passed unanimously.
3. Correspondence - none
4. Public Comment - none
5. Reports
a. Principals’ Report- Scott Lang reported on the NHS blood drive which had a large turnout of kids who were first time donors. A High Schools on the Move team will be visiting the high school. There will be a group of 3 or 4 people who will make a presentation to them about BFA’s practices. In December the commissioner will come and meet with the faculty as a follow-up to this meeting. BFA will participate in a video conference regarding our security system this week. Lisa Delorme reported on the great fall day for hike day last week. Lots of parents were in attendance for the day. The elementary is in the second week of NECAP testing and it is going smoothly. Tom Walsh reported that the 8th grade has been selected to do the NAPE. The 8th graders will also be piloting the PASS this year. He hiked on Mt. Mansfield with the half of the 6th graders on October 6th. The “clear the halls” drill for the faculty/staff has been bumped to the 31st of October. Scott Lang will write a letter for the Fairfax News and a letter to parents as well regarding the student drill that will take place on November 14th. Some door lock hardware still needs to be installed.
b. Board Reports – Dustin Howard reported the NHS met their goal of 50 usable units of blood at the blood drive. The senior class is going to do a magazine drive for fundraising. Student council elections took place last Friday. Clara Pedley reported that Helping Hands held a bottle drive over the weekend. Rachelle Howard reported on the discussions that took place at the VSBA regional meeting. Lauri Fisher reported on the FWSU meeting. They are looking into relocating the SU office and staff and have formed a committee to look into the feasibility of different locations including the white house that the Town of Fairfax now occupies. Lauri was selected as the Fairfax representative and asked the Board for any input and thoughts for the relocation. Greg Beeman reported he also attended the FWSU meeting. He reminded the Board of the “Welcome to Fairfax” gathering on October 17th in the elementary gym at 7:00PM. Jeff Loller will be attending the VSBA budgeting seminar in St. Albans. Peg Stewart reported on the ribbon cutting for the Rec Path and the SR2S bike fair.
6. Old Business
a. Special Article Update
Action: Greg Beeman motioned to approve the following special article that will be warned to the public to be voted upon at a special meeting. Lauri Fisher seconded. Passed unanimously.
Article I: Shall the voters ratify the School Directors’ expenditure of __________
dollars ($_____) to make emergency repairs to the roof of Bellows Free
Academy Fairfax and authorize them to apply for State Construction Aid
to obtain reimbursement for a portion of such cost?
b. Funding for Completion of Field Improvements – The school currently has $1500 left from Phase I of the field improvements. Phase II of the work can be completed for less than $20,000 additional. Phase II will include an extended road to the existing pine trees. At its completion the JV field could be turned and there will be an upper field big enough for a JV field and practice field. The administration reminded the Board that there is also a need for a security camera and a card swipe for the far elementary door. They feel there is sufficient funding for the field work and the door swipe but want to research the security camera further.
Action: Jeff Loller motioned to approve up to $20,000 to complete Phase II of the field work. Greg Beeman seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Action: Jeff Loller motioned to approve $7000 for a new card swipe device to be installed at the far elementary door. Greg Beeman seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
7. New Business
a. Assessment Data – Lisa Delorme presented the Gates testing comparison for grades 3 through 8 from last spring and this fall. All grades have been showing improvement.
b. Budget Timeline – Tom Walsh presented the timeline that was created to guide the budget forming and budget presentation process for this year. There was discussion on the process.
8. Other –
Rachelle Howard questioned the Board as to why BFA doesn’t have representation at Caring Communities. She stated that administrators and superintendents from Franklin County schools attend these meetings. Peg stated that she will speak with Armando concerning this.
Rachelle also expressed the need to poll BFA students at some point after graduation to see how students felt about how prepared they were for their life after high school. Scott Lang reported that VSAC does such a survey that they receive data from. He stated that he also does this informally through discussion with past students. Beth Cole also collects this information informally.
9. Policy Review
a. Co-Curricular Activities Policy
Action: Jeff Loller motioned to approve the Co-Curricular Activities Policy (with clerical fixes). Lauri Fisher seconded. Passed unanimously.
b. Internet Acceptable Use Policy
Action: Jeff Loller motioned to approve the Internet Acceptable Use Policy. Lauri Fisher seconded. Passed unanimously.
Lauri also had some corrections and gave some input for the DRAFT II Acceptable Use Procedural Regulations.
c. Graduation Policy – 1st Reading
Action: Lauri Fisher moved to remove the valedictorian, salutatorian and class trip sections of the policy. Rachelle Howard seconded. Passed unanimously.
10. Upcoming Meetings
The next Regular Meeting was confirmed for October 23, 2006 at 6:30pm in the Fairfax Community Library
11.Peg Stewart adjourned the meeting at 8:20PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Julie Filiberti
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