Sept 2000 Board Minutes

Public notices were posted on September 7, 2000. The meeting was called to order at 7:17 pm by Chairperson
Marie McMillen

Present
School Board: Marie McMillen, Christopher Parkinson, Mark Lefebvre, Robert Wester
Administration: Ralph Minichiello, Peter Chamberlin and principals Gibbens, Edwards and Spofford

Student Representative: Greg Sagris was welcomed by the Board. Greg and Ricky Boyd will attend the Board
meetings on an alternating schedule.

Public was present

Chairperson Marie McMillen opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance.		OPENING EXERCISES

Mark Lefebvre moved to approve the minutes of August 24, 2000. Seconded		MINUTES OF 8/24/00
by Christopher Parkinson, the motion carried unanimously.

The public was invited to comment at this time. Parent Trisha Brooks spoke to the		PUBLIC COMMENT
Board about busing children to the Two by Two Daycare Center in Bow.

On behalf of the Concord Chamber of Commerce, Kara Stanley presented a $1000.00		CONCORD CHAMBER
to Bob Jozokos. Bob and his students will be organizing, researching, and formally		OF COMMERCE
writing up descriptions of Abenaki artifacts (and pre-Abenaki artifacts) found in New		GRANT
Hampshire and currently located in storage at the Sergeant Museum.

Christopher Parkinson moved to approve vendor and payroll manifests in the amount of		VENDOR AND
$1,210,193.14. Seconded by Mark Lefebvre, the motion carried unanimously.		PAYROLL MANIFESTS

The Board reviewed the Budget Status Report.		BUDGET STATUS

The School to Career Committee will be meeting on September 27, 2000.		SCHOOL TO CAREER

The Technology Committee will be meeting on Thursday, September 21, 2000.		TECHNOLOGY

The Long Range Planning Committee has not met since the last Board meeting. The		LONG RANGE
PR subcommittee met last week and recommended to the Board that the forums be		PLANNING
held at Bow Memorial School. The next meeting will be on September 20, 2000.		COMMITTEE

The CIP Committee met yesterday and identified major items in all three schools that		CIP COMMITTEE
would need repair or replacement within the next ten years. The Committee will meet
again before budget time.

SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT		SUPERINTENDENT'S
The Superintendent thanked the custodians, transportation coordinator, administrators		REPORT
and the teachers for a very smooth opening of school.

Eight firms responded to the RFP. The Subcommittee will review the applications over
the weekend and will be meeting next Tuesday.

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Mr. Minichiello distributed the U.S.Senate Youth Program to the Board members. There
are some pictures and dialogue with one of high school students, Courtney Scala.

The Superintendent encouraged the Board members to visit the Bow School District
web site and view the multi-media modules that were put together by Bow teachers this
summer.

The elementary school staff presented a granite plaque to Kathy Cramer in appreciation
of all her hard work invested in the garden in front of Bow Elementary School.

Gary Lynn, member of the Recycling Committee and a parent was awarded a WalMart
Grant of $1,000.00. The grant will be used for science related equipment and materials
for the fourth grade.

The Great Books program has been kicked off at the elementary school. Bow Memorial
School's Great Books program is being taught by parent volunteers, Mrs. Lucas in
Grade 5 and Mrs. McCann in Grade 6.

The Bow Memorial "Sun"sational Summer Reading Program resulted in 807 books being
read by students over the summer.

There have been several changes at the schools in response to the surveys conducted
last spring. At BMS the band and chorus programs have been incorporated into the
regular school day. New classes are being offered-they include: Conflict Resolution in
grades 5 & 8, Exploratory Latin in grade 6, and Study Skills in grade 7.

The staff will be developing monthly newsletters to keep parents better informed about the
happenings at the schools. At BHS the BEST 12 program is utilizing Mrs. Gaschnig
to arrange for guest speakers to make presentations on important life skills. So far, a
representative from Grappone's has talked about purchasing a car. The Secretary of
State discussed being a responsible voter and a representative from Allied Insurance
talked about purchasing insurance.

Robert Wester moved to adopt policy DFH with the following amendment: Fundraisers		POLICY DFH
should not exceed 10 days in duration without express permission of the Bow School		ADOPTED
Board. Seconded by Mark Lefebvre, the motion carried unanimously.

Robert Wester moved to adopt the Social Worker position for the Bow School District.		SOCIAL WORKER
Seconded by Christopher Parkinson, the motion carried unanimously.

Mr. Minichiello distributed updated enrollment figures to the Board.		ENROLLMENT

Christopher Parkinson moved to authorize the Superintendent to hire an additional		TEACHER ASSISTANT
Teacher Assistant to work in Grade 5 for the 2000-2001 school year. Seconded by
Robert Wester, the motion carried unanimously.

The Board tabled the NHSBA discussion until the October meeting.		NHSBA

Christopher Parkinson moved to approve the leave without pay requested by Joann Heath.		LEAVE GRANTED
Seconded by Mark Lefebvre, the motion carried unanimously.
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The Bow School Board will hold a Work Session on September 28, 2000 at 7 p.m. at		WORK SESSION
the S.A.U. office.

The NCAA Clearing House is reviewing courses that had not been approved by them		NCAA
at Bow High School. The high school is encouraging students and parents to make out
the forms in a timely manner.

Robert Wester requested that the "Two by Two" daycare busing problem be put in the		TWO BY TWO
October School Board agenda.		DAYCARE

The Board will set the Annual School Meeting date at their October meeting.		ANNUAL MEETING

The public was invited to comment at this time.		PUBLIC COMMENT

Christopher Parkinson moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:33 p.m. Seconded by		ADJOURNMENT
Robert Wester, the motion carried unanimously.

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