Public notices were posted October 4, 2000. The meeting was called to order at 7:17 pm by |
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Chairperson, Marie McMillen |
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PRESENT |
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School Board: Marie McMillen, Robert Wester, Christopher Parkinson, Mark Lefebvre and Bruce Crepeau |
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Administration: Ralph Minichiello, Peter Chamberlin, and Principals Gibbens, Spofford and Edwards |
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Student Representative: Greg Sagris |
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Public was present |
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Chairperson Marie McMillen opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance. |
Opening Exercise |
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Christopher Parkinson moved to approve the minutes of September 14, 2000. Seconded |
Sept. 14, 2000 |
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by Robert Wester, the motion carried unanimously. |
Minutes |
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The Bow High School Music Program requested permission for the high school band and |
BHS Band/Chorus |
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chorus students to take a school trip to Ottawa, Canada. Christopher Parkinson moved |
Trip Approved |
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to approve the band/chorus trip to Ottawa. Seconded by Robert Wester, the motion |
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carried unanimously. |
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The public was invited to comment at this time. |
Public Comment |
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Christopher Parkinson moved to approve the Bow High School French II trip to Quebec. |
French Trip |
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Seconded by Mark Lefebvre, the motion carried unanimously. |
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Christopher Parkinson moved to approve Vendor and Payroll Manifests of $802,544.35. |
Vendor/payroll |
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Seconded by Robert Wester, the motion carried unanimously. |
Manifests |
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The Board reviewed the Budget Status Report. |
Budget Status |
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The School Board/Long Range Planning Comm. selected a construction manager, MacMillin |
Long Range Planning |
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Company. There is a meeting scheduled for October 18, 2000. |
Committee |
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Mark Lefebvre reviewed the technology upgrades and new items in the district. The |
Technology |
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The committee will develop a plan for use of our website by non-school groups. |
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Mark Lefebvre updated the Board on recent developments including continuing programs. |
School-to-Career |
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The next meeting is scheduled for November 29, 2000. |
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT |
Supt's. Report |
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The Commissioner of Education, Betty Twomey, presented Sarah Bragg a Milliken Foundation |
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Award at an assembly held at BES on October 4th. The award is presented for teaching |
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excellence. The award included a check for $25,000.00 and an all expenses paid trip to Los |
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Angeles to participate in the Milliken Family Foundation National Education Conference. |
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The elementary school received the Blue Ribbon School Achievement Award for the amount |
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of volunteer hours given to the school. |
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On Oct. 9th, the Language Arts and Reading teachers attended a workshop conducted at |
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Bow Memorial School by Linda Rief. Ms. Rief is a nationally known authority on writing. She |
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is also the author of Seeking Diversity, Vision and Voice. |
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Statewide assessment results for grades 3, 6 & 10 are being released on October 18th. |
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The high school faculty has voted to have Intercession from January 31st through February 2nd |
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This decision was made to take some pressure off the spring schedule that is an extremely |
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busy part of the school year. |
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The Golf Team won the Class M State Championship. |
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Humanities teacher Denise Fournier has a piece being published in an anthology entitle, |
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The Heart of the Matter. |
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Teacher Donna Girard has been notified that her website, "Schooligans.com" has been |
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selected for inclusion in an issue of www.4kids.org - distributed by UPS. |
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Old Business |
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The Board reviewed the NHSBA Resolutions and Mr. Crepeau received input from the |
NHSBA |
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Board on individual resolutions. |
Resolutions |
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The Transportation Committee met and reviewed previous school district procedure. The |
Transportation |
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Two by Two transportation request was reviewed. At this time we cannot accommodate |
Two by Two |
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this request. Mrs. McMillen referred to RSA 189 that states that this must be voted on |
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at the Annual School District Meeting by residents of Bow. The Board will continue |
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with the current process regarding bus routes. |
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The Bow School District will post all school property with respect to the letter from |
Bow Pioneers |
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the Bow Pioneers. |
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The Board reviewed the Athletic Director's Annual Report. The Board congratulated Mr. |
Athletic Director |
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Kaufman for a good job on this report. |
Report |
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The Board decided, due to time constraints, not to appoint a new community member to |
Appoint Community |
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the Long Range Planning Committee. |
Member - LRPC |
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Currently there is a shortfall from the State of NH of $23,000 in building aid for this year. |
State of NH |
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The Board will hold budget work sessions on the following dates: Thursday, November 16, |
Work Sessions |
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Wednesday, Nov. 29 or 30th, Tuesday, Dec. 5, Thursday, Dec. 7, and Tuesday, Dec. 12. |
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Work sessions will be held at the BHS media center and begin at 6:00 pm. |
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Christopher Parkinson moved to set March 16, 2000 as the date for the Bow School |
Annual School |
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District Annual Meeting. Seconded by Robert Wester, the motion carried unanimously. |
District Meeting |
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Christopher Parkinson moved to join in the partnership with Rebuild New Hampshire, a |
Rebuild NH |
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government agency that promotes energy consciousness. Seconded by Robert Wester, |
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the motion carried unanimously. |
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Christopher Parkinson moved to approve the personal day request of Mrs. Meilcarz. |
Personal Day |
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Seconded by Mark Lefebvre, the motion carried unanimously. |
Request |
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The public was invited to comment at this time. |
Public Comment |
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Mark Lefebvre moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:20 p.m. Seconded by Robert Wester, |
Adjournment |
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the motion carried unanimously. |
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