DEER ISLE – STONINGTON CSD SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
March 29, 2006

Board Members Present: Joe Babbitt, Jim Adams, Walter Kumiega, Skip Greenlaw
and Mark Cormier at 6:20 p.m.
Board Member Absent: Aimee Eaton
Staff Present: Penny Wendell, Catherine Ring, Mike Wood and Robert Webster
Citizens and Guests Present: M. Cousins and L. Cousins

1. Call to Order/Quorum
Chairman Kumiega opened the meeting and declared a quorum at 5:47 p.m.

2. Moment of Silence
A moment of silence was observed.

3. Citizen’s Comments
There were no citizen comments

4. Approval of the Agenda
Motion by Adams, second by Greenlaw, to approve the agenda as amended with the addition of action item on Regular Employment Agreements and an Executive Session for negotiation of administrator contracts. Vote: 5 Yes; 0 No.

5. EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion by Greenlaw, second by Adams, to enter executive session at 5:50 p.m. on a student matter pursuant to 1 M.R.S.A. § 405(6)(B). Vote: 5 Yes; 0 No. Participants were Greenlaw, Kumiega, Cormier, Babbitt, Adams, Wendell, M. Cousins, L. Cousins and Webster. The school committee returned to regular session at 6:33 p.m.

6.ACTION ITEMS

A. Consideration of a Student Expulsion
Motion by Babbitt, second by Adams, to expel an eleventh grade student from Deer Isle-Stonington High School. Vote: 5 Yes; 0 No.

B. Regular Employment Agreements
Webster recommended approval of regular employment agreements for Heather Hallock, part-time assistant cook and Jessica Gillen, educational technician. Motion by Greenlaw, second by Adams, to approval regular employment agreements for Heather Hallock and Jessica Gillen for the remainder of the 2005-06 school year. Vote: 5 Yes; 0 No.

Due to the addition of the executive session at the end of the meeting, the school committee conducted the budget work session as part of the special meeting. School committee members discussed priorities, specific budget proposals such as the addition of nursing time, a technology position at the high school, class size and configurations, special education and regular classroom enrollments, and program planning. The consensus of the school committee was to consider budget reductions that would create a budget increase of from zero to three percent. Motion by Greenlaw, second by Cormier, to extend the meeting past the three hour limit. Vote: 5 Yes; 0 No.

7. EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion by Greenlaw, second by Cormier, to enter executive session at 8:45 p.m. for negotiation of administrators’ 2006-07 contracts pursuant to 1 M.R.S.A. § 405(6)(A)(D). Vote: 6 Yes; 0 No. Participants were Greenlaw, Kumiega, Cormier, Babbitt, Adams and Webster. The school committee returned to regular session at 9:25 p.m.

8. Adjournment
Motion by Babbitt, second by Cormier, to adjourn the meeting at 9:25 p.m. Vote: 5 yes; 0 no.

Respectfully Submitted,

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Robert Webster
Superintendent of Schools