Georgia Board of School Directors

April 3, 2007 at Georgia School Library

Regular Meeting at 5:30 PM

MINUTES

 

Board Present:                  Ron King, Doug Bergstrom, Wendy Larose

Administrators:                  Frank Calano, Flora Hurteau, Armando Vilaseca

Others:  

 

I.                    Executive Session – Entered Executive Session at 5:30 PM; exited Executive Session at 7:00 PM; no action taken.

 

II.            Call to Order                                                                                                                                                                                                

The meeting was called to order at 7:10 PM

III.                Public Comment – None.

 

IV.      Consent Agenda

                        ACTION:  Motion by Wendy Larose to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting on March 20, 2007 with changes regarding Executive Session discussion, seconded by Doug Bergstrom, approved unanimously.

 

V.      Old Business

            A.      School Board Vacancies – Irene Bonin and Jennifer Petrie were present to express their interest for being on the school board. 

                  ACTION:  Motion by Ron King to appoint Jennifer Petrie and Irene Bonin to the Georgia School Board, each for a one-year term; seconded by Wendy Larose; approved unanimously.

            B.      SPC Copier Proposal – Armando addressed questions that were raised at the March 20, 2007 meeting regarding the copier proposal.

                        ACTION:  Motion by Wendy Larose to postpone taking action on this issue until there is a full board; seconded by Ron King, approved unanimously.

            C.      Wide Area Network (“WAN”) Update – Armando updated the Board regarding WAN.  With the new WAN it will double the bandwith and be cheaper.  This contract will also include technical support.

 

            VI.      Playground Committee – Chris was present to discuss his progress so far regarding the new playground equipment for the school.  Through the fund raising efforts $40,000 has been raised to date.  He passed around a drawing of the proposed playground structure which costs $60,000.   The committee has been awarded some grants from Ben & Jerrys and PBM.  He was appealing to the board to utilize the funds set aside for next year to be made available this year.

                              ACTION:  Motion by Wendy Larose to approve up to $10,000 for the installation of the playground structure, with the equipment being on site by the end of the fiscal year of June 30, 2007; seconded by Ron King, approved unanimously.

 


VII.      Policies

            A.      Public Use Of School Facilities – Some revisions were made regarding local organization fees and to accommodate the YMCA after school program.

                  ACTION:  Motion by Ron King to table the Public Use of School Facilities Policy; seconded by Wendy Larose, approved unanimously.

 

VIII.      Other – Doug reviewed the different committees and their meeting frequency for the new board members.

 

            IX.      Upcoming Meetings                                               

A.     Next Regular Meeting:  April 17, at 6:00 PM, Georgia School Library