March 4, 2009
A meeting of the Berlin Board of Education was held in the Berlin High School library beginning at 6:00 p.m. Present for the meeting were Mitch Couture, Martha Laflamme, Nathan Morin, Nicole Plourde, Brian Leclerc, John Moulis, Marion Y. Huntley, Beverly Dupont, Dan Record, Tim Forestall, Corinne Cascadden, Georgia Caron, Roland Pinette, Ken Proulx, Angela Duquette, Lucille Lambert, Amy Huter, Cheryl Pinette, Stacia Lozier, Tom McCue, and members of the press.
MINUTES On a motion by Martha Laflamme, seconded by Nathan Morin, the Board voted to approve the minutes of the February 18, 2009 meeting, public and non public sessions. The motion passed unanimously.
WARRANTS On a motion by Martha Laflamme, seconded by Nicole Plourde, the Board voted to approve the warrants dated February 23, and March 9, 2009 for the amounts of $2,708.78, $131,138.39, and $17,398.32 respectively. Discussion ensued regarding mechanic work, Out of District costs, conference fees, and Bartlett library books. On a roll call vote, Martha Laflamme, Nicole Plourde, Brian Leclerc, and Nathan Morin voted in the affirmative; Mitch Couture abstained. The motion passed by a 4 to 1 margin.
FINANCIAL REPORT The Board reviewed the Financial Report. The budget meeting with the city council will be held on Monday, March 9, 2009 at 7:15 p.m.
COMMENTS None
EARLY GRADUATION This issue was postponed until the March 18, 2009 meeting.
SCHOOL PORTRAITS The Superintendent gave an overview with input from the school principals on the services being provided from the current vendor for our school pictures. They provide many services to the students and staff. Discussion ensued. The administration will meet with the vendor to review any issues.
DISTRICT MEDIA This issue was tabled at the last meeting. No motion was made to remove this item from the table at this time.
SEARCH COMM The Board instructed the administration to come back with the names of members selected for the Superintendent Search Committee. This committee will be comprised of 2 Board members, 1 administrator, 1 BEA member, 1 BESS member, 1 city council member, and 1 parent. The Board requested this list be completed within a week.
SUPER REPORT The Superintendent informed the Board that the fire and life safety project windows will be done during the April vacation and that other work will be done when the students are not in school. A question was raised on the process of the junior high portion of this project. They were informed that it is an ongoing project and will continue to be addressed as funds are available.
A copy of the district's laptop procedures was given to the Board as per their request. They would like copies of forms currently being used.
Yeaton Associates completed the school visitations and will report back to the administration in two to three weeks.
COMMENTS Tom McCue expressed that he feels it is a good idea to extend an invitation to the council to join the superintendent search committee. The mayor would appoint and the council approve the person at a regular scheduled council meeting. He informed them that the next regular council meeting is on March 17, 2009 due to a North Country state budget meeting on March 16, 2009 at WMRHS. He encouraged attendance at that meeting.
Amy Huter expressed her concern for a full time media generalist at Brown School. As a reading specialist she works in conjunction with that individual on technology issues, research, etc.
NEW BUSINESS None
NON PUBLIC On a motion by Brian Leclerc, seconded by Nicole Plourde, the Board voted to go into nonpublic session at 7:07 p.m. in accordance with RSA 91-A3II (a). On a roll call vote, all members voted in the affirmative.
On a motion by Brian Leclerc, seconded by Martha Laflamme, the Board voted to come out of nonpublic session at 7:15 p.m. The motion passed unanimously. No additional votes were taken in nonpublic session.
BUDGET Discussion was held concerning the budget and the upcoming meeting with city council.
ADJOURN On a motion by Martha Laflamme, seconded by Nathan Morin, the Board voted to adjourn it's meeting at 7:30 p.m. The motion passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary, Berlin Board of Education
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