Kent Board of Education - Minutes (Approved)
May 6, 2010 Meeting
The Kent Board of Education held its regular meeting on Thursday, May 6, 2010. Present were: Chairman Tracy Horosky, Kendra Galusha, Scott Harvey, Carol Kallstrom, Patti Leo, CiCi Nielsen, Superintendent of Schools Patricia Chamberlain, Asst. Principal Leonard Gulotta; also present was teacher Lee Sohl, and Dr. Scott Fellows and Ms. Karen Prince from HVRHS. Tracy Horosky called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m. 1. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA: Carol Kallstrom made a motion to: Approve the agenda as amended. (under 6. Superintendent’s Report, a) Freshmen Transition Team was moved up to 3. Communications – The motion was seconded by CiCi Nielsen and approved unanimously. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: CiCi Nielsen made a motion to: Approve the minutes of the March 2, 2010 special meeting, as written. The motion was seconded by Patti Leo and approved unanimously. CiCi Nielsen made a motion to: Approve the minutes of the April 19, 2010 special meeting, as written. The motion was seconded by and approved unanimously. Patti Leo made a motion to: Approve the minutes of the April 1, 2010 regular meeting, as written. The motion was seconded by Carol Kallstrom and approved unanimously. 3. COMMUNICATIONS: a) High School Student Report – None Freshman Transition Team - Karen Prince of the HVRHS Guidance and Dr. Scott Fellows, Chairman of the Math Department reported on the Freshman Initiative 2010 which will facilitate the student transition from elementary school to the high school. This program will focus on the development of students over a 10 year period which takes each freshman from ninth grade to age 24. b) COMMENTS - None
c) Written – None 5. COMMITTEE REPORTS: a) High School Report – Jonathan Moore - attached. b) Building Committee – Scott Harvey is still investigating various types of roofs for our gym roof project. c) Budget: The Town Budget Hearing is Friday, May 7th. d) All Boards Chair – Tracy Horosky reported that the ABC group recommends continuing to negotiate with Aetna for health insurance. e) Wellness Committee – Patti Leo – The matrix is still being tweaked. f) Math Curriculum - Kendra Galusha – see attached.
Chamberlain – see Annual Report attached. c) Patricia Chamberlain reported that the Region One budget passed. 7. OLD BUSINESS: a) Transportation Policy – Carol Kallstrom made a motion to: Amend Policy 3541 – TRANSPORTATION - to include under item VI. 1. The motion was seconded by Patti Leo and approved unanimously. b) Building Security – Cici Nielsen and Scott Harvey were appointed to this new committee. Their goal is to come up with building security recommendations by the end of the 2010 school year. 8. NEW BUSINESS: a) Healthy Food Certification – ED-099 – Carol Kallstrom made a motion to: Opt out of the Healthy Food Certification for the 2010-2011 school year. The motion was seconded by CiCi Nielsen and approved unanimously. b) KCS Scholarship – Patti Leo reviewed the Scholarship Committees upcoming schedule. Sixty applications have been received so far. 9. COMMENTS: None
10. EXECUTIVE SESSION – Principal contract – Carol Kallstrom made a motion to: Go into executive session at 7:45 p.m. The motion was seconded by Kendra Galusha. The board came out of executive session at 8:06 p.m. 11. ADJOURN – Cici Nielsen made a motion to: Adjourn at 8:07 p.m. The motion was seconded by Patti Leo. Respectfully submitted, Barbara Lynch |