Draft: Feb. 10, 2005

Approved: March 2, 2005                                                                                       

School Committee meeting Feb. 9, 2005

Under Report of the Secretary

 

 

Executive Session

Consideration and action to move into Executive Session to discuss a personnel matter (1 MRSA §405 (6)(A)

 

At 6:21 p.m. Mr. Toothaker moved, seconded  Ms. McRae and voted  unanimously to move into Executive Session to discuss a personnel matter (1 MRSA §405 (6)(A)

 

At 6:40 p.m. Mr. Thompson moved, seconded  Mr. Toothaker and voted  unanimously to come out of Executive Session

 

Consideration and action to move into Executive Session to discuss negotiations with the Portland Administrators’ Association. (1 M.R.S.A.) § 405(6)(D)

 

At 6:41 p.m. Mr. Meiklejohn moved, seconded  Mr. Toothaker and voted  unanimously to move into Executive Session to discuss negotiations with the Portland Administrators’ Association. (1 M.R.S.A.) § 405(6)(D)

 

At 6:42 p.m. Mr. Meiklejohn moved, seconded  Mr. Toothaker and voted  unanimously to come out of Executive Session

 

Business Meeting

Mr. Radtke called the meeting to order at 7 p.m.

 

Members present:  Jonathan Radtke-Chairperson, Jason Toothaker, Ellen Alcorn, Stephen Spring, Teri McRae, Ben Meiklejohn, Otis Thompson, Michael Imbergamo, Sophia Njaa

 

Members not present:  Tae Chong ,James DiMillo

 

Mr. Radtke:

a)       Reach out grants funded through the Portland Partnership and support of the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Foundation and Edward H. Davies Benevolent Fund awarded to King Middle School and Lincoln Middle School.

b)      Three LL Bean Service Learning grants awarded to Lyman Moore Middle School, Nathan Clifford Elementary School and Portland High School.

 

Report of the Superintendent

Superintendent O’Connor:

·        Announced that a Community Roundtable to discuss “How do schools add to economic vitality?” would be held on April 5th .   This is a continuation of the study circles process.  Some of the sponsors of this event include Chamber of Commerce, Coalition for Excellence in Education, Portland Board of Realtors.

·        Announced resignations and retirements:

1.      Resignations:  

Tami Lawrence            Presumpscot/OT    5 years with Portland                          Effective 1/28/05

2.      Retirements:    Geraldine Day, Deering/Guidance 35 years with Portland

Effective 08/31/2005

·        Sophia Njaa announced that Portland High School students Kendra Beckler and Laura Burnham are in the top 50 scorers on the MEAs.  They have been invited to attend a session with Commissioner Gendron to discuss the future of MEAs in high school.

 

Report of Committees

1.  East End Area School Building Committee – No report

2.  Policy Committee – Mr. Spring indicated that the Committee would be reviewing two policies for a first reading and one for a second reading.

3.  Finance Committee – Ms. McRae reported that the Budget Advisory Task Force is scheduled to meet on Thursday, Feb. 10th.   The Finance Committee has finalized the budget meeting schedule and that there would be a vote on the budget on April 6th.

4.  Legislative Affairs Committee – No report.

5.  Other Committees and/or member concerns – No report.

 

Consent Items

Superintendent O’Connor reviewed the donations and thanked contributors.

 

Report of the Secretary

Consideration and action to accept the meeting minutes of the February 2, 2005 meeting.

 

Mr. Toothaker moved, seconded  Mr. Meiklejohn and voted  unanimously to accept the meeting minutes of the February 2, 2005 meeting. (Students voted with majority)

 

Later in the meeting:  Ms. McRae moved, seconded  Mr. Toothaker and voted  unanimously to table the minutes to the next meeting. (Students with majority)

 

Old Business

  1. Consideration and action to approve policy BDE – Subcommittees, Task Forces, Advisory Groups

 

Mr. Toothaker moved, seconded  Mr. Spring to approve policy BDE – Subcommittees, Task Forces, Advisory Groups.

 

Mr. Spring reviewed the change in policy BDE.

 

Vote on motion:  It was voted  unanimously to approve policy BDE – Subcommittees, Task Forces, Advisory Groups. (Students voted with majority)

 

New Business

  1. First reading of policies:
    1. KBF  - Parent Partnership policy
    2. KCB – Public Engagement

 

  1. Policies to be removed from the Policy Book:
    1. KA -  School-Community Relations
    2. KD – Public Information Program
    3. KDC – School Sponsored Information Media

 

Mr. Spring reviewed items 1 and 2 with the Committee.

 

     3.  Consideration and action to approve a contract settlement with the Portland  Administrators’ Association effective July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

 

Mr. Spring moved, seconded  Ms. McRae to approve a contract settlement with the Portland Administrators’ Association effective July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

 

Superintendent O’Connor briefly reviewed the settlement.

 

Clarifying questions:

Mr. Meiklejohn – asked if contract and details of the agreement are available to the public.

 

Mr. Radtke indicated that the current contract is available and now that the settlement is a public document it, too, is available.

 

Vote on motion:  It was voted  unanimously to approve a contract settlement with the Portland Administrators’ Association effective July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005. (Students voted with the majority)

 

Personnel

  1. Consideration and action to approve the Personnel items listed below:

 

a.  Consideration and action to renew the contracts of Principals for the 2005-2006 school year who have been employed more than two years, pursuant to M.R.S.A . Title 20-A, Chapter 504, Section §13301, Employment of Principals.

 

Christine Bearce             Michael Johnson                        David Turner

Jill Blackwood              Kenneth Kunin                        Robert Wood

Kathleen Bouchard                     Cynthia Loring                         

Dawn Carrigan             Michael McCarthy

Carole Clark                            J. Peter McCormack

Steven Connolly                       Marysue Morrison

Lee Crocker                             Jeffrey Porter

Carol Dayn                               Stephen Rogers

Deborah Fuller             Kathleen Rossi

Marcia Gendron                       Brenda Roy

Leonard Holmes             Phoebe Russell

Barbara Hoppin             J. David Shapiro

Karen James                            Deirdre Steiner

 

Ms. McRae moved, seconded  Mr. Toothaker and voted  unanimously to remove Brenda Roy’s name from the principal’s list. (Students voted with the majority)

 

It was voted  unanimously to renew the contracts of Principals for the 2005-2006 school year who have been employed more than two years, pursuant to M.R.S.A . Title 20-A, Chapter 504, Section §13301, Employment of Principals. (Students voted with the majority)

 

Christine Bearce             Michael Johnson                        Robert Wood

Jill Blackwood              Kenneth Kunin                       

Kathleen Bouchard                     Cynthia Loring                         

Dawn Carrigan             Michael McCarthy

Carole Clark                            J. Peter McCormack

Steven Connolly                       Marysue Morrison

Lee Crocker                             Jeffrey Porter

Carol Dayn                               Stephen Rogers

Deborah Fuller             Kathleen Rossi

Marcia Gendron                       David Turner

Leonard Holmes             Phoebe Russell

Barbara Hoppin             J. David Shapiro

Karen James                            Deirdre Steiner

 

b.  Unpaid LOA:  Effective 09/01/2005 - 08/31/2006

Ms. Alcorn moved, seconded  Mr. Meiklejohn to approve Personnel items as listed.

 

Katarina Arvedson            Riverton/ESOL                        1.0            Extended Childrearing

Cynthia Bartlett             Reiche/Nurse               .5 of 1.0            Personal

Renee Bourgoine-Serio    Adult Ed/Even Start            .25 of 1.0            Personal

Heidi Donnelly              Presumpscot/Math            1.0       Extended Childrearing

Kerrie Dowdy                             Adams/Grade 1            .5 of 1.0 Extended Childrearing

Rebecca Geiger              Clifford/OT                  1.0                   Personal

Ann Hanna                               Adams/Literacy             .2 of 1.0  Extended Childrearing

Val Hart                       Multilingual/ESOL Intake   .4 of 1.0            Personal

Darcy McDuffie                      Reiche/ESL                 1.0            Extended Childrearing

Erin McGuiggan-Behan            Adams/Grade 1            1.0            Extended Childrearing

Marilyn Melton             Riverton/Grade 4            .5 of 1.0 Extended Childrearing

Jan Parenteau               Adams/Social Worker              .4 of 1.0            Personal         

Laura Pellerin               Longfellow/Grade 3                  .2 of 1.0 Extended Childrearing

Elizabeth M. Peterson  Longfellow/Grade 5                 .2 of 1.0 Extended Childrearing

Lisa Thomas Prince            Presumpscot/Foreign Lang.    1.0            Extended Childrearing

           

Vote on motion:  It was voted  unanimously to approve Personnel items as listed. (Students voted with majority)

 

Committee Evaluation forms:  Mr. Radtke asked Committee members about written comments on the evaluation forms. 

                       

Committee Focus on Educational Issues

 

Public Comment Prior to 11:00 PM – No members of the public addressed the Committee.

 

Adjournment

Mr. Meiklejohn moved, seconded  Mr. Toothaker and voted  unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 7:25 p.m.  (Students voted with majority)

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Mary Jo O’Connor

Superintendent