Lyme School District
School Board Meeting
Thursday, June 19, 2007
Meeting Minutes

Board Members Present: Peter Glenshaw, Mary Beck, Audrey Brown, Kevin Kerin, Kathy McGowan, Dan Parish. Staff Members Present: Gordon Schnare, Jeff Valence. Recorder: Roger Lohr

1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 7:07 p.m. by Board Chair Peter Glenshaw.

2. Business Requiring Discussion
The Board discussed the Strategic Plan. A meeting will be held next week to consider the Student Life section of the Strategic Plan. The Board provided suggestions about the library section of the plan and it was decided that that segment would be shortened with reference to the full Library Committee recommendations document. Other issues discussed about the library included technology, the number of staff hours, and the balanced use of the library between the school and the town. The value of sharing the library was emphasized because the budget associated with the library is much lower for the town compared to the costs associated with also having a separate library at the school. It was felt that in 2009, a full time school media specialist was desired depending upon the personnel available.

It was suggested that all the financial aspects of the plan be incorporated into the financial section. Topics such as facilities projects, investigation of alternative compensation, finding a more cost effective health plan, and fund raising would be within that section.

Board members would be sent a revised draft of the plan via email and feedback could be sent to Peter Glenshaw. The Board will convene again in August so that it could vote on the final Strategic Plan draft by school opening.

3. Business Requiring Action
A motion was made and seconded (McGowan, Parish) to approve Policy GBRIC Employee Benefit/Leave Policy for Administrators, as submitted and attached to the original Board packet. The motion passed unanimously.

A motion was made and seconded (McGowan, Brown) to approve Policy JJE Fund Raising, as submitted and attached to the original Board packet. The motion passed unanimously.

The Board discussed the fund raising procedure document and related topics including the annual 8th grade class trip to Washington DC. The objective of the procedure policy is to decrease the number of fund raising solicitous activities, decrease the teacher responsibility for fund raising, and support the annual 8th grade class trip. It was decided that a new document would be produced and it would include fund raising guidelines and a glossary.

Superintendent Schnare nominated Robert Terry as a social studies teacher and aide. A motion was made and seconded (McGowan, Kerin) to elect Robert Terry as Part Time Social Studies Teacher (3 hours) and Aide (5 hours) for the 2007-08 school year. The motion passed unanimously.

A motion was made and seconded (Glenshaw, Beck) to approve the Lyme School Professional Development Plan subject to revisions based on the new Strategic Plan . The motion passed unanimously.

The Board accepted Mary Beck’s resignation from the Lyme School Board with regret. This was her last Lyme School Board meeting.

4. Adjournment: There was a motion and approval to adjourn the meeting at 8:35 p.m. (Beck, McGowan). The motion passed unanimously.

The Board will hold a retreat in the summer and the next regular board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.