December 4, 2014
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 Corinne Cascadden, Nicole Plourde, Lynn Moore, Donald Labrecque, Denise Valerino, Bryan Lamirande, Tim Forestall, Roland Pinette, Cheryl Pinette, Dan Record, Amy Huter, Julie King, Gary Bisson, Mike Fortier and Mitzi Riley.
MINUTES On a motion by Donald Labrecque, seconded by Denise Valerino, the Board voted to approve the minutes of the November 20, 2014 meeting. The motion passed unanimously.
WARRANTS On a motion by Lynn Moore, seconded by Donald Labrecque, the Board voted to approve the warrant dated, December 8, 2014 for the amount of $309,482.69. On a roll call vote, all members voted in the affirmative.
FINANCIAL REPORT The Board reviewed and approved the financial report.
COMMENTS None
REPORT CARD On a motion by Lynn Moore, seconded by Donald Labrecque, the Board voted to approve the competency based version of report cards for Hillside School. Julie King presented her rationale on applying the competency based reports cards. She expressed that this was a learning process for all and the report cards may need to be altered next year based on what is learned this year. The Board was concerned about how a Valedictorian and Salutatorian will be determined. Gary Bisson felt the new grading will give a better idea of what the students knows. It will be more difficult to determine the two top students. No two school districts will have the same definition of growth because of local control. Julie King
expressed her feeling that adding a numerical component at this time would be a step backwards in the process. The motion passed by a 3 to 1 margin with Nicole Plourde, Donald Labrecque, and Lynn Moore voting in the affirmative and Denise Valerino in the negative.
SUPER’S REPORT The Superintendent informed the Board on the following issues:
- Project AWARE
- December Holiday Events
COMMENTS Julie King informed the Board that her staff had been working towards competency based report cards for the past three years. She requested that competency based grading be placed on the next Board agenda.
MEMBER BUSINESS Nicole Plourde requested that holding elections in the schools be placed on the next agenda due to safety issues.
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NON PUBLIC On a motion by Lynn Moore, seconded by Donald Labrecque, the Board voted to go into nonpublic session at 6:45p.m. in accordance with RSA 91-A3II, (a), (b) & (c). On a roll call vote, all members voted in the affirmative.
On a motion by Lynn Moore, seconded by Donald Labrecque, the Board voted to come out of nonpublic session at 7:30 p.m. The motion passed unanimously. No votes were taken in nonpublic session.
STAFFING On a motion by Lynn Moore, seconded by Denise Valerino, the Board voted to approve the following staffing changes:
RESIGNATIONS:
Rebecca Lavoie- Educational Assistant - BHS
All nominations are contingent on the applicant passing a background check.
The motion passed unanimously.
PRESS RELEASE On a motion by Donald Labrecque, seconded by Denise Valerino, the Board voted to accept the joint press release between SAU 3 and SAU 20 as amended to include the requirement of an annual review for Best Interest of the Child decision. The motion passed unanimously.
ADJOURN On a motion by Lynn Moore, seconded by Denise Valerino, the Board voted to adjourn it’s meeting at 7:35 p.m. The motion passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary, Berlin Board of Education
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