May 4th Minutes

Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting

of

RSU #74 Board of Directors

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

6:00 p.m.

At

Carrabec Community School

Troy Dunphy, Chair, called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m.

Directors Present: Troy Dunphy, Judi Dunphy, Amy Price, Pamela Mitchell, Eric Ewing, Grace Carreiro, David Royce, Heather Longley, Kevin Sousa, Bobbie Sue Harrington, Deron Whittemore, and Laura Layman.

Directors absent with notification: Larry Dunphy, Robert Lindblom

Directors Absent without notification: None

Staff Members Present: 11

Students Present: 1

Citizens Present: 2

Agenda Item #1 ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA

Add Agenda Item #4. A.1. Appointments

Jessi Hall – Guidance Office Secretary/Registrar - CHS

Add Agenda Item # 4. A.3. Nominations

Samantha Taylor – Performing Arts/Music Teacher - CHS

Add Agenda Item #9. To see if the Board will approve the updates to policy ADC and policy BBBAA per policy committee recommendations.

Upon motion by Deron Whittemore and seconded by Kevin Sousa the Board voted by unanimous consent to approve the adjustments.

Agenda Item #2 TO SEE IF THE BOARD WILL APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF APRIL 6, 2022

Upon motion by Deron Whittemore and seconded by David Royce the Board voted by unanimous consent to approve the Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting of April 6, 2022. Motion passed.

Agenda Item #3 PRESENTATIONS: Mr. Twitchell did a presentation on VR goggles.

Agenda Item #4 REPORTS:

A.) Superintendent’s Report - Mr. Tracy spoke about the budget process and where the increases were, about the pre-k transition going well, he explained the failure report, and discussed the restructure committee meeting that will be next week on May 11^th.

1. Appointments:

Robert Lightbody – Baseball Coach – CCS – per contract

Terrie Hoops – Pre K-5 Summer School Coordinator – per contract*

Heather Austin – Pre K-5 Summer School Instructor – per contract*

Jessie Cates – Pre K -5 Summer School Instructor – per contract*

Amanda Deleonardis - Pre K -5 Summer School Instructor – per contract*

Jennifer Hebert - Pre K -5 Summer School Instructor – per contract*

Mary Keenan - Pre K -5 Summer School Instructor – per contract*

Desiraeh Ladd - Pre K -5 Summer School Instructor – per contract*

Billie Lawrence - Pre K -5 Summer School Instructor – per contract*

Brenda Mullin - Pre K -5 Summer School Instructor – per contract*

Laurie Nile - Pre K -5 Summer School Instructor – per contract*

Aimie Pomerleau - Pre K -5 Summer School Instructor – per contract*

Jenney Rollins - Pre K -5 Summer School Instructor – per contract*

Danielle Schinzel - Pre K -5 Summer School Instructor – per contract*

Aaron Welch - Pre K -5 Summer School Instructor – per contract*

Alicia Bedard – CCS Tier III Team – per contract*

Alethea Schanz – CCS Tier III Team – per contract*

Brian Twitchell – CCS Tier III Team & Data Coordinator – per contract*

Lesa Weggler – CCS Tier III Team – per contract*

Jessi Hall – Guidance Office Secretary/Registrar - CHS

* Federally funded

2. Resignations:

Pat Jarvais – Guidance Secretary/Registrar - CHS

3. Nominations:

Samantha Taylor – Performing Arts/Music Teacher – CHS

Upon motion by Deron Whittemore and seconded by David Royce the Board voted by unanimous consent to approve Samantha Taylor as the Performing Arts/Music Teacher at CHS. Motion passed.

B.) Administrators: Written Reports were mailed to Board members and are available online at www.carrabec.org.

C.) Committees:

Policy Committee met on April 27th

Agenda Item #5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

On behalf of the RSU #74 Board of Directors, I want to make it clear that we encourage public comment during the Public Comment portion of this meeting. There are restrictions, however, on what is allowed to be discussed publicly. Those comments are limited to policy and procedures in general terms.

Comments or complaints that may pertain to personnel and/or personnel issues should be raised through RSU #74 School Board Policy JII/KI/GBK. This policy outlines the procedures to be followed.

Each individual choosing to speak tonight will be provided with 3 minutes so that we can hear from as many members of the public as possible.

The RSU #74 Board of Directors will follow RSU #74 School Board Policy BEDH/KD in that public participation will be limited to no more than 30 minutes in total length and that all comments at a regular meeting may deal with any topic related to the Board of Directors’ conduct of the schools. The Board of Directors shall give due attention to comments and contributions from the audience but shall not respond or take any immediate action.”

For those who wish to participate, please note that in order to keep things running smoothly, we do have a number of guidelines that people need to follow when making public comment. Those include the following:

1. Please address your thoughts to me, the Chair, and the rest of the School Board.

2. We expect all members of the public to remain civil during the public comment period. This includes the speaker, as well as members of the audience. This means you may not share gossip, make defamatory comments, or use abusive or vulgar language.

3. Individuals should not provide thoughts/reactions/commentary unless recognized by the Chair. We request that you do not clap, boo, or provide similar reactions.

4. Comments about specific individuals, including students and school employees, have the potential to violate the rights of those individuals, and will not be tolerated.

If the Board has specific procedures or policies with respect to the matter on which you are commenting, I may redirect you to those policies rather than allow you to continue. If another commenter discusses the issue you wish you discuss, you may address the Board, but please try to reduce repetition.

Please note that if you violate these rules or exceed the time allotted to you, I may give you a warning or ask you to stop. If you choose to continue, you will be asked to leave and escorted out.

On behalf of the Board, we appreciate your interest and look forward to hearing from you. I will now recognize the first speaker – are there any individuals present that would like to address the Board?

None

ACTION ITEMS:

Agenda Item #6. TO SEE IF THE BOARD WILL APPROVE THE FOLLOWING TEACHER NOMINATIONS AS REQUIRED BY STATUTE FOR MOVEMENT FROM PROBATIONARY CONTRACT TO CONTINUING CONTRACT.

Bruce Dostie

Keith Holland

Angela Larlee

Melody Rich

Lindsay Burke-Cinsov

Taylor Savage

Jill Shelley

Upon motion by Deron Whittemore and seconded by David Royce the Board voted by unanimous consent to approve the teacher nominations required by statute for movement from probationary contract to continuing contract. Motion passed.

Agenda Item #7. TO SEE IF THE BOARD WILL APPROVE THE FOLLOWING TEACHER NOMINATIONS MOVING FORWARD FROM 1-YEAR OF PROBATIONARY CONTRACT TO 2-YEAR PROBATIONARY CONTRACT.

Heather Austin

*Suther Bickford

*Amanda DeLeonardis

Paul Kaplan

Rachel Layman

D’Ann Luce

Valerie Pinkham

*Jerzee Rugh

*Billie Lawrence

*Federally funded-temporary positions

Upon motion by Deron Whittemore and seconded by Amy Price the Board voted 11-0-1 to approve the teacher nominations moving forward from 1-year of probationary contract to 2-year probationary contract. Motion passed. Laura Layman abstained.

Agenda Item #8. TO SEE IF THE BOARD WILL SIGN THE NEW FY22 PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET WARRANTS.

Upon motion by Deron Whittemore and seconded by Laura Layman the Board voted by unanimous consent to sign the new FY22 proposed school budget warrants. Motion passed.

Agenda Item #9. TO SEE IF THE BOARD WILL APPROVE THE UPDATES TO POLICY ADC AND POLICY BBBAA PER POLCIY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.

Upon motion by Deron Whittemore and seconded by Laura Layman the Board voted by unanimous consent to approve the updates to policy ADC and policy BBBAA per policy committee recommendations with edits. Motion passed.

ACTION ITEMS OLD BUSINESS:

None

The Board Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 7:32 pm.

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Michael Tracy

Superintendent