March 9, 2015 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

I. Opening of Meeting

I.A. Call to Order

I.B. Roll Call

I.C. Approval of Agenda

I.D. Approval of Minutes

I.D.1. February 23, 2015 regular meeting

II. Consent Agenda
Motion:  The Board of Education approve the consent agenda as presented to include the following:

II.A. retirement of teaching staff member, Thomas King, effective June 5, 2015.

II.B. hiring of Stephanie Francisco, .70 FTE speech and language pathologist at the MA Step 2 level effective on the first teacher contract day of the 2015-16 school year.

II.C. request for an unpaid personal leave of absence for paraprofessional, Neelam Saini, from March 5th – March 26th, 2015.

III. Action Items

III.A. Merit Pay
Motion:  The Board of Education authorize the following stipends to be paid to teachers and administrators related to section 1250 of the Revised School Code as presented:·        
-  $100 per each of the following fiscal years if a highly effective evaluation was received by the teacher or administrator:  FY 2011-12, FY 2012-13, FY 2013-14, and FY 2014-15.
- $50 per each of the following fiscal years if an effective evaluation was received by the teacher or administrator:  FY 2011-12, FY 2012-13, FY 2013-14, and FY 2014-15.

III.B. Food Service Contract
Motion:  The Board of Education authorize the Superintendent, or her designee, to sign the presented Agreement Page and Contract Renewal Agreement to renew the food service management contract with Chartwells School Dining for a period of one year beginning on July 1, 2015
through June 30, 2016

IV. Board Discussion

IV.A. Consideration of the Red Cedar facility in the context of our vision and plan of meeting our students' needs.

IV.A.1. History that brought us to this conversation

IV.A.2. Outline our challenges, our guiding principles and some possible solutions

IV.A.3. Input from Superintendent

IV.A.4. Feedback from Red Cedar Subcommittee

IV.A.5. Comments from other Board members

IV.A.6. Discussion

IV.A.7. Request for additional information

IV.A.8. Next steps

V. Public Comment:    This is the opportunity to address the Board.  Speakers are to confine their remarks to five minutes.  If a speaker requires more than five minutes, after all other persons who have requested to speak during this part of the meeting have spoken, that speaker will be allowed additional time.  The Superintendent or other district staff may comment to clear up or avoid significant misunderstandings.

VI. Adjournment