Revised

Recognitions have been added to Pg. 2.

 

 

 

AGENDA

 

AUGUSTA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

 

6:15 P.M. – PRE-BOARD MEETING

7:00 P.M. – BUSINESS MEETING

 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2008

[Rescheduled from Wednesday, February 13, 2008]

CAPITAL AREA TECHNICAL CENTER CAFETERIA

 

 

 

7:00 P.M. - BUSINESS MEETING:

 

1)      Opening:

A.     Call to Order                                                                                                                                                                             

B.     Pledge of Allegiance

C.     Presentations:

1.  2008-2009 Operating Budget Presentation by Dr. Brown.

 

2)      Approval of Minutes:

A.     Motion to approve the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 9, 2008. 

 

Move to approve the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 9, 2008 as submitted.

Motion:

Yeas:

Nays:

Vote:

______________  Second:  ______________

____________________________________

____________________________________

Motion (Passed/Failed)  _____  to _____

 

B.     Motion to approve the Minutes of the Special Meeting of January 23, 2008. 

 

Move to approve the Minutes of the Special  Meeting of January 23, 2008 as submitted.

Motion:

Yeas:

Nays:

Vote:

______________  Second:  ______________

____________________________________

____________________________________

Motion (Passed/Failed)  _____  to _____

 

3)      Communications:

A.     Letters 

 

B.   Student Council Report

 

4)      Resignations and Retirements:

 

A.  Resignations:

 

1.      Martha Field – Letter of Resignation dated January 7, 2008 informing the Augusta Board of Education that she would be resigning from her position as a G/T Teacher in the Augusta School Department effective with the close of the 2007-2008 school year.

 

2.      Thomas Delvin – Letter of Resignation dated January 1, 2008 informing the Augusta Board of Education that he would be resigning from his position as a Special Education Teacher at Hodgkins Middle School effective January 17, 2008.

 

  1. Retirements:

 

1.   Dawn Young – Letter of Retirement dated January 28, 2008 informing the Augusta Board of Education that she would be retiring from her position as an English Teacher at Cony High School effective with the close of the 2007-2008 school year after 10 years with the Augusta School Department.

 

5)      Recognitions:

 

1.   Cameron Dufour – Cony Senior Captain Cameron Dufour won the 100 free and finished second in the 50 free to win the Top Male Swimmer Award at the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A Swim Meet held at the Bath YMCA on Saturday, February 9th. 

 

2.   T.J. Vallee – 171 lbs. Class A Eastern Maine Wrestling Champion.

 

3.  Shawn White – 215 lbs. Class A Eastern Maine Wrestling Chapion.

 

6)      Informational Items:

 

A.     Out-of-State Professional Development Travel:

1.      Nancy Kelly – Trip to New York City, NY - April 1-5, 2008 -

            42nd Annual TESOL Convention.

 

2.      Luci Levesque – Trip to Boston, MA – February 15-18, 2008 –

Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) with Presentations on Current Scientific Research.

 

B.     Athletic and Extra-Curricular Nominations:

 

1.      Winter Coaching Nominations:

 

Ø      Robbie Morin - Hodgkins 7th Grade Boys’ Basketball Coach

Ø      Robbie Morin - Hodgkins 8th Grade Boys’ Basketball Coach

Ø      Nathan Gurney – Hodgkins Wrestling Coach

 

7)      Committee Reports:

A.     Finance:

1.      Business Manager’s Report.

 

B.     Curriculum & Education:

1.      Curriculum Coordinator’s Report.

 

C.     Personnel & Negotiations:  None.

1.      Personnel & Negotiations Committee Chairman’s Report.

 

8)      Consent Items:  (All matters listed under this item will be considered routine and will be enacted by one motion.  A Board Member may ask to have an item(s) removed and considered individually.)

 

A.  Nominations for Professional Positions:  None.

           

9)      Public Comment on Non-Personnel Agenda Items:

10)  Unfinished Business:

A.     Policy Adoptions/Revisions/Deletions:  None.

 

11)  New Business:

A.  Student Activity Travel Requests (Out-of-State or Overnight):

 

1.      Motion to approve Skills USA trip to Bangor, ME – March 13 & 14, 2008 –

for the Skills USA State Conference/Competition.

 

Move to approve

Skills USA trip to Bangor, ME – March 13 & 14, 2008 – for the

Skills USA State Conference/Competition.

Motion:

Yeas:

Nays:

Vote:

______________  Second:  ______________

____________________________________

____________________________________

Motion (Passed/Failed)  _____  to _____

 

B.   Motion to approve the Expansion of the Pre-School Program.

 

Move to approve the Expansion of the

Pre-School Program.

Motion:

Yeas:

Nays:

Vote:

______________  Second:  ______________

____________________________________

____________________________________

Motion (Passed/Failed)  _____  to _____

 

C.  Motion to ratify Administrators’ Contract.

 

Move to ratify Administrators’ Contract.

Motion:

Yeas:

Nays:

Vote:

______________  Second:  ______________

____________________________________

____________________________________

Motion (Passed/Failed)  _____  to _____

 

D.  Motion to approve Math Strategies Course.

 

Move to approve Math Strategies Course.

Motion:

Yeas:

Nays:

Vote:

______________  Second:  ______________

____________________________________

____________________________________

Motion (Passed/Failed)  _____  to _____

 

E.   Motion to approve AP Statistics Course.

 

Move to approve

AP Statistics Course.

Motion:

Yeas:

Nays:

Vote:

______________  Second:  ______________

____________________________________

____________________________________

Motion (Passed/Failed)  _____  to _____

 

F.   Motion to approve the Recommendations of the Task Force on Alternative Education.

 

Move to approve the Recommendations of the Task Force on Alternative Education.

Motion:

Yeas:

Nays:

Vote:

______________  Second:  ______________

____________________________________

____________________________________

Motion (Passed/Failed)  _____  to _____

 

G.  Policy Adoptions/Revisions/Deletions.  None.

 

H.  Nominations for Administrative Positions:  None.

 

12. Superintendent’s Report: 

 

13. Reports from Other School Officials:

 

14. Audience Recognition for Non-Agenda Items:

 

15. Adjourn:

A.  Motion to Adjourn:

 

Move to Adjourn.

 

Motion:

Yeas:

Nays:

Vote:

Time:

______________  Second:  ______________

____________________________________

____________________________________

Motion (Passed/Failed)  _____  to _____

______ p.m.

 

 

 

 

Next Business Meeting of Board of Education

 

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

 

7:00 p.m. – Board Business Meeting

 

CATC Cafeteria