Mount Desert School Department
Mount Desert School Committee
Minutes
The Mount Desert School Committee held a meeting on Wednesday, 5 November 2008, with the following members present: Chair Heather Jones, Charlie Wray, Laura Hendricks and Gail Marshall
Absent: Brian Reilly
Also present were Scott McFarland, Rob Liebow, Sumner Rulon- Miller, and Jane Fenno-Vaux
CALL TO ORDER
Heather Jones called the meeting to order at4:02 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
MOVED by Gail Marshall, seconded by Charlie Wray and unanimously voted to approve the minutes of 1 October 2008 as presented.
PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Principal McFarland presented his report.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
• League of Towns Forum on HS Funding Formula – A reminder to the committee that the funding formula meeting is scheduled for December 4
• Budget Calendar Development – Principal McFarland and Superintendent Liebow presented the budget summary for the 2008-09 school year. The committee agreed to a budget calendar as follows:
December 17th at 5:00 PM
January 7th at 5:00 PM (for budget, the regular meeting will start at 4:00 PM)
January 21st at 5:00 PM
Principal McFarland will notify Ellen Brawley (education rep for the warrant committee) of the dates and times
ACTION ITEMS
• Sabbatical Request – French Teacher Jane Fenno-Vaux outlined her request for a 60 day sabbatical. MOVED by Gail Marshall, seconded by Charlie Wray and unanimously voted to table a decision until the December 3rd meeting
• Second Reading and Adoption of Policies BIA, BIC, BIC-E, KDB - MOVED by Gail Marshall, seconded by Laura Hendricks and unanimously approved to adopt the policies BIA, BIC, BIC-E, and KDB as presented
• Selection of Voting Members for Next High School Board Meeting – MOVED by Gail Marshall, seconded by Charlie Wray and unanimously voted to approve the slate of Charlie Wray, Heather Jones, Laura Hendricks and Brian Reilly as the alternate as voting members for the next HS board meeting
• AOS Voting Members - MOVED by Gail Marshall, seconded by Laura Hendricks and unanimously voted to appoint Charlie Wray, Laura Hendricks, and Heather Jones to the AOS Board Representatives
Other Business
• Principal McFarland updated the committee on the status of the school’s emergency plans in light of the recent incident at the Stockton Springs School
DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF NEXT MEETING
December 3, 2008 at 4:00 P.M. at Mount Desert Elementary School
Future Agenda Items
• MYDAUS Report
• Sabbatical request
• HS voting members
Executive Session
MOVED by Gail Marshall, seconded by Charlie Wray and unanimously voted to enter executive session at 5:45 PM pursuant to 1 M.R.S.A. § 405(6)(D) to discuss teacher contract negotiations.
The committee came out of executive session at 6:05 PM
Adjournment
MOVED by Gail Marshall, seconded by Laura Hendricks and unanimously voted to adjourn the meeting at 6:10 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Scott McFarland
Mount Desert Elementary School
Principal’s Goals
For
2008-2009
1. Continue to create a school atmosphere that fosters student physical, social and emotional “wealth”.
2. Continue to implement the concept of “Whatever it Takes” to the degree that every student that does not meet the standard in literacy and math is identified and appropriate strategies are planned, implemented and assessed to determine their effectiveness. Specifically, this year I plan to focus my attention on math instruction through a combination of data analysis, classroom observations, and discussions with teachers and grade span teams.
3. Support curriculum implementation and provide teacher classroom support. As a follow-up to Rob’s professional plan, I have blocked out Fridays on my calendar that I am committing to working in the classroom with a different teacher/class each week.
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