M.S.A.D. NO. 75

TOPSHAM, MAINE

 

REGULAR MEETING – BOARD OF DIRECTORS

6:30 P.M.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008

 

Æ HARPSWELL ISLANDS SCHOOL Å

{Please note location of meeting.}

 

AGENDA

 

1.         Call to order

 

2.        Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

 

3.        To consider action relative to additions or adjustments to the agenda and to ask for comments from the audience

 

3.1      RECOGNITIONS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

 

Æ    Welcome from Jennifer Nucci, Principal of Harpswell Islands School

 

Æ    Jan Bessey, Mt. Ararat High School senior – Winner of the Achievement Award in Writing Program of the National Council of Teachers of English

 

4.        To take action relative to accepting as printed the minutes of the September 25, 2008, regular meeting of the Board of Directors

 

5.        OLD BUSINESS:

 

5.1      To undertake a second reading and adoption of the following policies: 

 

Ø         Placement of Teachers on the Salary Scale

Ø         Policy on Time out Rooms and Therapeutic Restraint

Ø         Procedures for using personally-owned computer devices in M.S.A.D. No.75

 

5.2      To consider the approval of a contract with HKTA Architects to estimate the cost of renovating Mt. Ararat High School and the cost of building a new high school

 

5.3      To consider changes to the Mt. Ararat High School Sports Boosters By-laws

6.        NEW BUSINESS:

 

6.1      To consider changes to the MSBA resolutions

 

6.2      To hear a report from Diana McCain on the Merrymeeting Adult Education Program for 2008-2009

 

6.3      To consider contracting management of 403(b) plans due to the new regulatory expectations

 

6.4      To accept as tuition students to M.S.A.D. No. 75 for the 2008-2009 academic year:

 

Tyler Cota (12th grade) from Georgetown

Kaitlyn Goodspeed (7th grade) from Georgetown

Charles Richard (12th grade) from Georgetown

Hillary Warner-Evans (9th grade) from West Bath

Morgana Warner-Evans (9th grade) from West Bath

Zachery Carrier (9th grade) from West Bath

 

7.         COMMITTEE MEETINGS:

 

7.1       Comprehensive Strategic Planning Committee

 

7.2      Finance Committee meeting

 

8.        SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT:

 

8.1      Article about Grant Connors

 

8.2      Workshop with Brunswick School Board

 

8.3      Superintendent’s evaluation

 

8.4      Special Education Review

 

9.        ADJOURNMENT

 

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