Moretown Elementary School Board Meeting

Present: Board members Lisa Ransom, Jay Pilliod, Amy Bolger and principal Roberta Barone

Absent: Superintendent Bob McNamara

The meeting was called to order at HUHS at 5:47 p.m. by Lisa Ransom, who was chairing the meeting in Deb Hunter’s absence.

Roberta noted that staff have been discussing emergency preparedness and are finalizing a plan. They will engage in preparedness drills and practice securing the building ("lock downs") in the coming weeks. A letter will go home to parents advising them of this; there will be an assembly to communicate with students . Board members agreed to allocate $4650 to change door locks.

Roberta reported that the budget YTD is on track.

Finally, Roberta reported that she attended a conference last week. The topic was "formative" assessment, a powerful means to enhance student learning which, among other things, will help MES teachers prepare students for testing, design optimal teaching strategies and meet accountability expectations. Roberta has shared what she learned with faculty who are implementing formative assessments in the classroom.

Jay attended the 10/30 meeting at which it was agreed that there will be one meeting per month, with the goal of wrapping up negotiations in four months.

Bob had nothing extraordinary to report and stated that everything was going along fine.

There was no report on this meeting since John Schmeltzer was absent.

Amy and Lisa updated Jay, Roberta and Bob on discussions at recent joint meetings.

In a motion by Jay, seconded by Amy, the board approved the following board orders: # 30 for $1196.14; #31 for $41.99; #32 for $143.58; #33 for $80.41; #34 for $32,155.39; #s 35 and 36 for $12,125.13 and #37 for $4,694.31, all dated 10/13/06. Also, #38 for $82,082.82, dated 10/25/06.

Minutes

In a motion made by Lisa and seconded by Jay, the October 11, 2006 minutes were  approved.

Adjournment

On a motion by, seconded by, the meeting adjourned at 7:03.

Clerk Amy Bolger