Attendance:  Suellen Bottiggi, Edwin Karp, Jim Lovinsky, Jamon Renaud, Monty Shatney.

Administration:  Principal Elaine Laine and Superintendent David Ford.

Guests: Judy Henchel (HUTA representative); Hazen staff members: Agata Bal, Teal Church, Renee Piernot, Jen Schoen and Joelle Wheeler.

 

1.      Meeting called to order by Chairperson Lovinsky at 5:35 PM

 

2.      Approval of Agenda: Motion to accept Agenda by Monty Shatney as amended (time), seconded by Jason Renaud, motion unanimously approved.

 

3.      Approval of Consent Agenda: Motion to accept Consent Agenda by Monty Shatney, seconded by Suellen Bottiggi, motion unanimously approved.

 

4.      Ends Monitoring Reports:

 

·         Middle School Program – Brief summary of the Middle School Program structure by Superintendent Ford.  Introduction of Middle School staff in attendance.  General Q&A regarding structure, process, programming, and the report submitted to the Board. 

·         Library Media Program – Judy Henchel, Librarian, presented report. Q&A regarding process, interaction with students, teaching discernment/reliability of resources, future plans, and the report submitted to the Board. 

·         EL 2 – Treatment of Students – Superintendent Ford presented brief summary of report.  Plan to come in to compliance is still in process.  Q&A regarding process, student recourse, and the report submitted to the Board.  Monitoring document completed and turned in to Chairperson Lovinsky by members present.

·         EL 6 – Financial Conditions and Activities – Superintendent Ford presented brief summary of report.  (Note: As there are no long term reserves, the line item addressing that was inadvertently omitted.) Brief discussion.

 

5.      Board Policy Review: 

 

·         GP2 – Governing Style – Board members present reviewed and discussed policy line by line and noted evidence of compliance, areas of concern and areas needing further work.

·         B/SR2 – Unity of Control – Board members present reviewed and discussed policy line by line.  Evidence of compliance noted.

 

6.       Annual Meeting Preparation – Arrive prior to 6:30 PM.  Preparation for meeting should include scrutiny of The Annual Report 2008 (passed out at meeting). Edwin Karp will present slide show (printed frames distributed at 3/24 Board Meeting).  Discussion of specific issues that may be brought up to the Board.

 

7.      Executive Session for Negotiations and a Personnel Matter – Motion by Monty Shatney to go in to Executive Session, seconded by Edwin Karp, passed unanimously at 7:42 PM.

Out of Executive Session at 8:40 PM

8.      Motion by Monty Shatney to deny a teacher request for a one year leave-of-absence, seconded by Suellen Bottiggi, motion unanimously approved.

9.      Motion by Monty Shatney to ratify a successor Master Agreement with the Hazen Union Teachers Association for the 2007 - 2011 school years, seconded by Edwin Karp, motion unanimously approved.

10.  Motion by Monty Shatney to hire Cindy Donlon as Guidance Director as recommended by the Superintendent, seconded by Jamon Renaud, motion unanimously approved.

11.  Motion to adjourn by Monty Shatney, seconded by Edwin Karp, motion unanimously approved.  Meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM.

 

 

NEXT MEETING:   Monday, May 12th, 2008, 5:30 PM.

 

PLEASE NOTE: The Hazen USD Annual Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at 7:00 PM.