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Home My Public Portal AboutBrewster School Committee -- 2008-04-17 MinutesQ ~ I~ U Y ittee Brewster School Comm Minutes of April 17, 2008 MAY 1 5 2008 Held at Eddy Elementary School Chair O'Reilly called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL: For the Committee: Steve Jones, Marie Enochty, John O'Reilly, Jennifer Rabold, David Telman For the Administration: Michael Gradone, Gail Briere, Denise Fronius, Keith Gauley Others: Elisa Bucci AGENDA CHANGES -None CITIZENS SPEAK -None PRIORITY BUSINESS Administrators' Reports Denise Fronius reported that 64 students have registered for kindergarten; presented student work in writing outlining the beginning in kindergarten with students working on a journal with the goal at the end of the year of them being able to write a complete sentence, 1 St grade's goal is to be writing complete paragraphs, and at the end of second grade to write a story with a beginning that will grab you; students decorated (colored, painted) brown paper bags for Earth Day which will mean 1,000 bags will be distributed to businesses to use; on June 6 students will perform at 1:30 with the theme "The Roar of Musical Bats"; and finished up with a review of the Character Traits "Bridge to a Better Me." She also had with her the cut-out of a coyote Mr. Andujar made to put on the fields to keep the geese from being on the fields - it works! Mr. Andujar is retiring this year and will be sorely missed. Keith Gauley reported on the success of the Community Reads Day and BESPIE's Read-a-thon which has challenged the students to read 30 minutes a day for a total of 125,000 minutes as the school-wide goal; he reviewed the NCLB Report Card for the Committee which will be sent home to all students; the Regional Baseball League will bring a temporary batting cage to the grounds which will be removed after the season; Destination Imagination participants did very well at the competition; and the school has received a Friends of Pleasant Bay Grant to support 4th grade students' scientific study of the Pleasant Bay ecosystem next year. Town Meetina Preparation Liz Argo spoke to the Committee regarding the Citizens' Petition which will be on the Town Meeting Warrant to install a solar panel on the roof of Stony Brook Elementary School. She reviewed costs, funding, savings in the future, durability of the panels and answered questions concerning maintenance, grant funding, bidding process if voted at Town Meeting. The Committee discussed the fact that they have cut their budget and feel they should not endorse this proposal. Mr. Jones moved that the Committee authorize the installation of the solar panel(s) on the Stony Brook Elementary School Brewster School Committee Minutes -April 77. 2008 PacLe 2 should the Town vote funding this project. The motion was seconded by Jennifer Rabold and voted unanimously. Committee members discussed how best to present the budget and the request for a supplemental appropriation. Mr. Jones felt the simple statement that the need for the supplemental appropriation was due to unexpected special education expenses. Mr. Schober (Finance Committee Chair) will have fifteen minutes at Town Meeting to outline the Finance Committee's view of the Town's fiscal condition and he suggested to Mr. Gradone that the School Committee may want to respond. Ms. Enochty said her real concern is the Regional Agreement which each member Town has to vote in favor of to set assessments. Should the Town not vote this the results would be devastating to the District. There was a discussion of what this means and the need to get this information to citizens so they will come to Town Meeting and support the Regional Agreement. Supt. Gradone will send an email to clearly explain what the Regional Agreement means so this can be shared with the public. - Consider Surplus It was moved by Jennifer Rabold, seconded by Marie Enochty and voted unanimously to declare the Gravely Pro 50 Mower with grass catcher surplus. REPORTS AND INFORMATION - Cape Cod Collaborative -None - June Meeting The June meeting will begin at 7:30 to follow the Eddy Fifth Grade Night which is scheduled for 6:00. APPROVAL OF MINUTES It was moved by Steve Jones, seconded by David Telman and voted unanimously to approve the minutes of March 20, 2008. ADJOURNMENT - It was moved, seconded and voted unanimously to adjourn, subject to paying bills, at 8:23 p. m. Respectfully submitted, r B.J. Newmier, Secretary Brewster School Committee s~: ~ ~~ z- ~nr so. ~~