School Board Regular Meeting

Regular School Meetings are held at the Falmouth Town Hall Council Chambers, located at 271 Falmouth Road, Falmouth Maine 04105

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Falmouth School Board
Regular Meeting
Falmouth Town Hall
Monday, October 19, 2015
7:00 p.m.
Policy Committee Meeting - 6:00 p.m.

 Citizens in the audience are invited to speak during public comment and/or on a topic that is introduced during the course of the meeting under New Business.  Each citizen is to be limited to one presentation, per citizen, per topic, of not more than three minutes.  Audience participation shall cease on a topic at such time as the chairman calls for board discussion.

 
1.         CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
 
2.         PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
 
3.         ADJUSTMENTS TO AGENDA
 
4.         APPROVAL OF MINUTES
            A.    September 21, 2015
            B.    October 5, 2015
    
5.    COMMUNICATIONS
            A.         Student Representative Report
            
6.         SUPERINTENDENT - Report
 
7.         LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORTS: 
A.    Falmouth Elementary School      
B.    Falmouth Middle School    
C.    Falmouth High School
D.    Director of Finance and Operations        
E.    Curriculum Director    
F.    Director of Special Services
G.    Technology Director            
H.    Athletic Director                    

  8.         ITEMS FOR INFORMATION:        
A.    New Employee:
        Melinda Hankins - Special Education Ed. Tech. III - FES (replacement)
B.    Current openings:
Substitutes for Teachers and Ed. Techs. - all grade levels
Bus Aide - Special Education (new position)
Study Hall Monitor - (budgeted new position)

  9.       COMMITTEE AND PROJECT STATUS REPORTS
            A.         Finance Committee
            B.         Facilities Committee
            C.         Policy Committee
            D.         Wellness Committee
            E.         PATHS Advisory Committee
                                                                            
10.       UNFINISHED BUSINESS
                
11.       NEW BUSINESS
(Public comment will be entertained on specific business items prior to Board discussion of all new business except on items related to individual employment decisions.)

A.    Approval of Schedule B Winter Coaches as follows:
Girls Varsity Basketball: Mary Warner
Girls JV Basketball: Kim Hilbrech
Boys Varsity Basketball: David Halligan
Boys JV Basketball: Jamie Hilton
Boys and Girls Swimming: David Cox
                                           Steve Cox
                                           Dan Edwards
                                           Betsy Perron 
Girls Varsity Ice Hockey: Robert Carrier
Girls Varsity Assistant: Frank Fortier
Boys Varsity Ice Hockey: Deron Barton
Boys JV Ice Hockey : Reid Tozier
Boys Varsity Assistant: Eric Oickle
HS Indoor Track Head Coach: Jorma Kurry
HS Indoor Track Head Coach: Danny Paul
High School Nordic Head Ski Coach: Sarah Beliveau
Middle School Boys 8th Grade Basketball: Robert McCully
Middle School Boys 7th Grade Basketball: Robert McCully
B.    Approval of employment of Colleen Hallee hired as Kindergarten RTI Literacy Teacher (FTE 0.5)
C.    First reading of new policy/revisions to policies as follows:
First read new policy:   ADC - Tobacco/Nicotine Product Use and Possession
First read changes (related to e-cig language addition and policy naming corrections):
JIC - System-Wide Student Code of Conduct
JICH - Student Substance Use and Possession
JICH-R - Student Substance Use and Possession Admin Procedures  
JICI-R - Co-Curricular Code of Conduct Administrative Procedures
KG - Use of Falmouth Town and School Facilities
GBEC - Drug-Free Workplace
First read updates wording/policy names:
JICI-A - Extra-Curricular/Co-Curricular Code of Conduct Contract

12.    COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC

13.    MOTION TO ADJOURN