5/2/2007 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Minutes

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MASHPEE SCHOOL COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING May 2, 2007 Minutes Attendees: Chairman 11 ary ose Grady, Beeby Rorn ey, and Janice Mills. Bili McNamara was unable to attend tonight's meeting. Also its attendance were Superintendent of Schools Ann Bradshaw and School Business Administrator Ira Brown. I. Call Meeting to Order Mrs. Grady called the regular meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. in the uashnet School Library. II. Executive Session Motion made by Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mrs. Romkey to move into executive session at 6:36 p.m. for the purpose of litigation and negotiations. Roll Call vote: In favor- Mrs. Grady, Mrs. Fornke , Mrs. Mills; Opposed-none. The regular meeting reconvened at 7:15 p.m. Mrs. Grady discussed the Blanket and Books Campaign at the Quashnet School. She explained that Mrs. Maureen Scozzari, the Quashnet School Nurse, and Mrs. Ellen Waechter, the &hool Administrative Secretary, carne up with the idea and contacted Children's Hospital. Mrs. Waechter recruited Mrs. Darlene Phelan to hold a blanket making session with staff. There was also a workshop held with students. Those items will be donated to Children's Hospital. Mrs.Grady thanked everyone who participated. III. Approval of Minutes 3.1 Regular Meeting-January 31. 2107- Motion made by Mrs.'Mills, seconded by Mrs. Rornkey, to approve the minutes of the regular Meeting held on January 31,2007. Iv. Public Forum Mr. Gasior commended Mr. Brown for a good job and having a good sense of the town-school relationship. Mr. Gasior stated that he is read} to work with the school on'recycling. Mr. Gasior also spoke of the wind turbines, and mentioned that it would take 4-5 years for the town to get back their initial investment. Lastly, Mr. Gaior suggested that he would like to see an excel spreadsheet with an updated table of employees and their salaries at each meeting. Due to time constraints Mrs. Grady moved up the following item. X. Report of the Superintendent 10.6 DC Travelers Presentation- Ir. Babbitt spoke about the recent eighth grade trip to Washington D.C. A total of 134 students attended the trip. Where were a total of 44 students who did not go on the trip, and these students had various activities and work to complete during this time. A video of the trip, made by Mr. Looney and Mr. Joia was shown. Michelle Lopez and Teddy Purdy, two eighth grade students, spoke about the trip. Ms. Lopez read an essay she had written and Mr. Puny gave his account of the trip. Mr. Brian Hyde spore about the continued success of the trip and that over 1100 Mashpee students have now attended this trip. Mr. Hyde informed the Committee that he was considering March 16-20, 2008 for the next trip. He stated that this date was selected due to the low traffic and least amount of cost. Mr.