Dec 6 Minutes
Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting
of
RSU #74 Board of Directors
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
6:00 p.m.
At Carrabec Community School
Demchak, Chair, called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
Directors Present: Judi Dunphy, Robert Demchak, Troy Dunphy, Tammy Murray, Grace Carreiro, Larry Dunphy, Robert Dunphy, Kevin Sousa, Heather Hilenski, Bobbi Sue Harrington, Laura Layman, Robert Lindblom, and Deron Whittemore.
Directors absent with notification:
Directors Absent without notification: Annette Folco and Dulcie Welch
Staff Members Present: 15
Students Present: 1
Citizens Present: 0
Agenda Item #1 ADJUSTMENT TO THE AGENDA
Agenda item #2A was added to approve the Special Board minutes of November 9, 2017 Board Meeting.
Under appointments, Kathy Stevens was moved under nominations.
Under appointments Heidi Vicneire was added at the 7th grade basketball coach at CCS.
Agenda Item #2 TO SEE IF THE BOARD WILL APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF NOVEMBER 1, 2017.
Upon motion by Troy Dunphy and seconded by Larry Dunphy the Board voted by unanimous consent to approve the minutes of the Regular Board Meeting of November 1, 2017.
Agenda Item #2A TO SEE IF THE BOARD WILL APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING OF NOVEMBER 9, 2017.
Upon motion by Troy Dunphy and seconded by Larry Dunphy the Board voted by unanimous consent to approve the minutes of the Special Board Meeting of November 9, 2107.
REPORTS:
Agenda Item #3 PRESENTATIONS
Jean Butler, Brenda Robinson, and Tracy Fortin presented a power point of the Pre-K program.
Agenda Item #4 REPORTS
A.) Superintendent’s Report – Mr. Tracy provided a written report to the RSU #74 School Board.
1. Appointments:
Doug Larlee – Softball Coach CCS – per contract
Harold Withee – One Act Play Director – per contract
Tammy Conners – Grant Writing - $2000 stipend
Brian Twitchell – Data/Evaluation Coordinator - $5000 stipend
Sarah Harriman – Melmac Summer Contact - $500 stipend
Heidi Vicneire – 7th Grade Basketball Coach CCS – per contract
2. Resignations:
Mary Redmond-Luce – Special Ed Teacher/504 Coordinator CHS
Bonnie Atwood – Special Ed Secretary – June 2018
3. Nominations:
Kathy Stevens – Interim 1 year Fourth Grade Teacher at CCS – per contract
Upon motion by Troy Dunphy and seconded by Larry Dunphy the Board voted by unanimous consent to approve the nomination.
B.) Administrators: Written Reports were mailed to Board members and are available online at www.carrabec.org.
C.) Committees:
Building/Grounds/Trans. met on November 15th
Academic Committee met on November 29th
Negotiations Committee met on November 29th
Finance Committee (Audit update) met on December 1st
Agenda Item #5 CITIZENS COMMENTS ON AGENDA
None
ACTION ITEMS:
Agenda Item #6 TO SEE IF THE BOARD WILL APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FROM MSBA – SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION 1.3.
Upon motion by Troy Dunphy and seconded by Robert Dunphy the Board voted by unanimous consent to approve the Resolution from MSBA – Support for Public Education 1.3.
Agenda Item #7 TO SEE IF THE BOARD WILL APPROVE MOVING THE PRE-K TRANSPORTATION TO REGULAR K-12 TRANSPORTATION.
Upon motion by Troy Dunphy and seconded by Deron Whittemore agenda item #6 was open for discussion.
Upon motion by Larry Dunphy and seconded by Troy Dunphy the Board voted 9-4 to move the question. Motion passed.
Upon motion by Troy Dunphy and seconded by Deron Whittemore the Board voted 10-2-1 to approve the moving of Pre-K transportation to regular Pre-K transportation. Tammy Murray abstained.
DISCUSSION ITEMS:
Agenda Item #8 TO SEE IF THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS COLLABORATION UPDATES AND GRANT SUBMISSION UPDATES.
Upon motion by Troy Dunphy and seconded by Deron Whittemore the Board discussed collaboration updates and grant submission updates.
Agenda Item #9 TO SEE IF THE BOARD WILL ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER M.R.S. TITLE 1, CHAPTER 13, SUB CH.1. S.S. 405.6.D. SUPPORT STAFF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT.
Upon motion by Troy Dunphy and seconded by Deron Whittemore the Board entered in Executive Session at 8:04 pm.
Board resumed open session at 8:16 pm, and no action was taken as a result of the executive session.
Agenda Item #12 ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was declared adjourned by Robert Demchak, Chair at 8:17 pm.
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Michael Tracy
Superintendent