Mansfield Board of Education Meeting

October 16, 2008

Council Chambers 7:30 p.m.

 

Board Members:

Mary Feathers, Chair; Shamim Patwa, Vice-Chair; Christopher Kueffner, Secretary, Gary Bent, Dudley Hamlin, Martha Kelly, Mark LaPlaca, Min Lin, Katherine Paulhus

Agenda

7:30    Call to Order

7:35    Hearing for Visitors

7:40    Communications

7:45    Additions to the Present Agenda

7:50    Connecticut Greenway Program – Mr. Tim Quinn

Reports:

8:05    Committee Reports:  Building, Personnel, Policy, other

8:20    Report of the Superintendent

·      Policy Book Updates/Revisions (M)

·      June 30, 2008 Financial Statements (M)

·      2007-2008 Budget Transfers (M)

·      Board Fall Retreat with Administrators

·      Dorothy Goodwin Bequeath

·      Elementary School Fire Safety

·      Secondary School Redesign Proposal

·      October 1 Enrollment Report

 

NEW BUSINESS: (If needed, items from the “Consent Agenda” may be added at this time.)

CONSENT AGENDA: (M)

The following items for the Board of Education Meeting of October 16, 2008 be approved or received for the record, unless removed by a Board member or the Superintendent of Schools.

 

That the Mansfield Public Schools Board of Education approves the minutes of the September 11, 2008 Board meeting.

 

That the Mansfield Public Schools Board of Education approves to approve the increase in salary for educational improvement for the following certified staff: Tara Achane, Brenda Bissell, Julie Brennan, Sandra Burns, Ann Levesque, Megan Baker, Judy Baxter, Sharon Cline, Nora Dickinson, Heather Tamsin, and Ryley Zawodniak.

 

That the Mansfield Public Schools Board of Education approves the revision of the Authorized Signatures Change Form of the ED-099 Agreement for Child Nutrition Programs.

 

That the Mansfield Public Schools Board of Education approves the DEMHS School Security Competitive Grant Application for the period of July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009.

 

That the Mansfield Public Schools Board of Education accepts the Liberty Bank Foundation Grant Award for the 2008-2009 school year.

 

That the Mansfield Public Schools Board of Education cancels the October 30, 2008 meeting.

 

9:15    Hearing for Visitors

9:20    Suggestions for Future Agenda

9:25    Executive Session (M) – Negotiations

            Adjournment