School Board Regular Meeting
Address
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 Elementary School Cafeteria
Monday, September 21, 2015
7:00 p.m.
Preceded by greenhouse site walk
6:15 p.m. - Central Office
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
B. September 8, 2015 - Special Meeting
5. RECOGNITION
A. Greenhouse/Garden Group recognition - followed by “Farm to School” presentation by members.
6. COMMUNICATIONS
A. Student Representative Report
7. SUPERINTENDENT - Report
8. LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORTS:
D. Director of Finance and Operations
F. Director of Special Services
9. ITEMS FOR INFORMATION:
A. New Employees: (Link to supporting documents)
Nicholas Jones - Special Education Ed. Tech. III - FES (replacement)
Alex Zwicker - Special Education Ed. Tech. III - FES (replacement)
B. Current openings:
Substitutes for Teachers and Ed. Techs. - all grade levels
10. COMMITTEE AND PROJECT STATUS REPORTS
A. Finance Committee
B. Facilities Committee
C. Policy Committee
D. Wellness Committee
E. PATHS Advisory Committee
11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
12. 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 Co-curricular assignments as indicated:
Elementary School:
Becky Hanaburgh Gr. 4/5 Chorus
Kathy Earle Activities Club
Dede Waite Gr. 5 Dramatics
Paul Rosenblum/Judy Wibert Gr. 3/4/5 Kids Who Care
Sharon DeFoliart Gr. 4 Math Club
Mary MacKinnon Gr. 5 Math Team
K-2 Student Centered Team:
Julie Scammell – RTI
Robin Seeker - SpEd
Susan Albertini – school counselor
Susie Guerra – K
Jean Gredler – Grade 1
Julie Clay - Grade 2
3-5 Student Centered Team:
Shana Swenson – RTI
Karen Dunn/Andrew Folley - SpEd
Katrina Loef – school counselor
Lynn Booth – Grade 3
Vicky Mildrum - Grade 4
Ellen Walsh - Grade 5
PBIS (Positive Behavioral Intervention Support):
Grade K - Heather Paradis
Grade 1 - Jen Meserve
Grade 2 - Holly Lallemand
Grade 3 - Michelle Brown
Grade 4 - Josh Plati
Grade 5 - Beth Westra / Paul Rosenblum (shared)
Unified Arts - Jenn Doe
Social Worker - Laurie Sivonen
School Psychologist - Emily Klaczynsky
Middle School
Grade Level Team Leaders:
Grade 6: Craig Shain and Sara Tammen
Grade 7: Ellen Santora
Grade 8: Sara Jones and Shawn Towle
Unified Arts: Maureen Sylvia
Special Ed: Diane Reid
World Languages: Wendy Fisher
Content Area Team Leaders:
Math: Sally Bennett
Health/PE/VPA: Stephanie Knight & Simon Adams
Science: Carey Hotaling
Social Studies: Ray Fox
ELA: Jilda Izzo
World Languages: Suzanne Rouhana
B. Approval of building leadership stipend assignments as indicated:
Elementary School
K-5 Team Leaders:
Kindergarten Amy Story
Grade 1 Josh Olins
Grade 2 Laura Merrill / Elizabeth Murphy
Grade 3 Judy Wiberg
Gr. 4 Jen Merrifield
Gr. 5 Rose Hartnett
UA, K-5 Ellen Lowery
SpEd / RTI Karen Dunn / Lesley Fitzgerald
K-5 Professional Learning Team Leaders:
K Sarah Melanson
Gr. 1 Amy Edwards
Gr. 2 Suzie Tierney
Gr. 3 Heather Canty
Gr. 4 Bree Bianchi / Marla Burt
Gr. 5 Barb Stiles
StemScopes Amy Farmer
UA, K-5 (includes Arts Enrichment) Cathy Potter
Middle School
Lauren Murphy Civil Rights Team
Dede Waite Middle School Dramatics
Sara Jones Math Team (Gr. 6)
Sally Bennett Math Team (Gr. 7)
Shawn Towle Math Team (Gr. 8)
Lauren Murphy Select Chorus (Gr. 6)
Renovia Marro Select Chorus (Gold) (Gr. 7-8)
Larry Jackson Jazz Band (Gr. 6)
Jerry Barry Jazz Band (Gr. 7-8)
Shawn Towle Math Counts
Emily Stuart Science Club
Dawn Girsh/Sara Tammen Student Council (6-8)
Carrie Boudreau Team Green
Gail Turner Ping Pong Club
Maureen Sylvia Intramurals
Simon Adams Motley
Jeremy Stein Debate
Carrie Boudreau Science Olympiad
Mat Holmes Civilization Club
High School
Advisor -Freshmen | Nancy Durst |
Advisor- Junior | Liz Lupien/Amy Davison |
Advisor- Sophmore | Bruce Carver |
Advisor-Senior | Rebecca Schoeveiller |
Advisory Coordinator | Karen Finnegan/Marybeth Bachman |
Astronomy Club | Gary Glick |
Civics Club | Deb Hjort |
Civil Rights Coordinator | Deb Hjort |
Debate | Sean Lent |
Environmental Action Comm | Gary Glick |
GORP Advisor | Susan Gifford/Mark Melnicove |
Jazz Ensemble | Jim Horwich |
LGBT Group | Amy Boston |
Math Team | Mike Inlow |
National Honor Society | Deb Hjort |
Newspaper (The Mast) | Mike Casey |
Outing Club | Chris Moore |
Poetry Club | Suzanne Langlois |
Robotics Club | John Kraljic |
Senior Discovery Facilitators | John Kraljic/ Ruth Neagle |
Service Learning Club | Holly MacEwan |
Student Council | Bob McCully |
Theater - One Act | Dede Waite |
Theater Fall Director | DeDe Waite |
Theater Pit Band Director | Kevin Smith |
Theater Spring Director | Dede Waite |
Theater Technical Dir.-Spring | Thomas LaPlante |
Theater Vocal Director | Kevin Smith |
VHS Coordinator | Beth Donovan |
C. Approval of School Board Delegate to the MSBA Legislative Assembly
D. Approval of Julie McCabe hired as Girls JV Soccer Coach
13. MOTION TO ADJOURN
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Regular Meetings Workshop Meetings
October 19, 2015 October 5, 2015
November 16, 2015 November 2, 2015
December 21, 2015 December 7, 2015
January 19, 2016 (Tuesday) January 4, 2016
February 22, 2016 (Elem. School) February 1, 2016
March 21, 2016 March 7, 2016
April 25, 2016 (Elem. School) April 4, 2016
May 16, 2016 May 2, 2016
June 20, 2016 (Elem. School) June 6, 2016