April 3, 2007 at Georgia School Library
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