Those Present:

Sabrina Doak, Chairperson; Vickie Merrill; Paul Seaman; Forest York, Sr.; Tom Soule, Principal; and William Shuttleworth, Superintendent of Schools.

I.

Call to Order

S. Doak called the meeting to order at 6:04 pm.

II.

Pledge of Allegiance

III.

Recognition

W. Shuttleworth and T. Soule recognized the staff for the selfless work in preparing for the parent-teacher conferences, acknowledging that they go above and beyond expectations.

IV.

Presentations

MEA Results: Tom made a power point presentation regarding the MEAs including a hands on opportunity to take a couple of the sample released items.

V.

Public Comments Session

P. Seaman, speaking as a parent, indicated that half days are very difficult challenge for parents in trying to arrange for adequate child care.

VI.

Previous Minutes (October 20, 2005)

S. Doak moved to approve the October 20, 2005 meeting minutes; F. York seconded.

    Vote: Approved 4 to 0

VII.

Principal’s Reports

Tom handed out his written report and discussed it paragraph by paragraph.

VIII.

Superintendent’s Report

Sabrina asked if we could enter another league for sports and W. Shuttleworth indicated that MPA has demonstrated very little flexibility in thinking about different ways of configuring interscholastic sports during such high energy prices. W. Shuttleworth reported that he will be getting an estimate from Jack Shaw regarding the building of a small access road to the septic tank. We discussed the various efforts to work on the heat distribution in the school and will continue to find adequate resources to fix this. W. Shuttleworth spoke to the American Legion last week thanking them for the support of our playground and support for the summer loss prevention reading program. He also discussed the upcoming PLC conference that he will be taking staff to and the great success of the Brain Conference that so many staff attended.

IX.

Financial Report

27% of the FY’06 budget has been expended at the 33% mark of the fiscal year.

X.

Committee Reports

Building Committee Update and Report: A building committee meeting is schedule for Nov 16^th from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Review RFP for Arrowsic students: T. Soule presented the outline draft of the Request for Information from Arrowsic. F. York moved to authorize the principal to submit the RFP; V. Merrill seconded the motion.     Motion passed 4 to 0.

XI.

Old Business

None

XII.

New Business

1. Discuss budget process and communication plan to the public and selectmen: W. Shuttleworth expressed the collective hope of our board and administration to reach out and develop a collaborative process for budget development and will bring to the next board meeting an outline recommendation for those important discussions that will build a real sense of team.

2. School Board Goals: Sabrina distributed a copy of the work she has done to organize the school board’s goals.

3. Food Policy under Chapter 51: F. York moved to accept the first reading of policy EFE as distributed; S. Doak seconded. Motion passed 4 to 0.

4. Middle School: Ideas for scheduling for next year: T. Soule and W. Shuttleworth will prepare a presentation for the next meeting.

5. Update on MSBA conference: W. Shuttleworth reported that the MSBA workshop was very well done and encouraged board members to attend next year.

6. Discussion of Pre-School meeting: In anticipation of CDS being curtailed in the next several years, W. Shuttleworth hosted a pre-school summit of various agency providers to discuss how to plan and collaborate in the event that DOE’s plans will be implemented. It was a very collaborative meeting and we have scheduled another meeting in December.

7. Discussion of Norton Health insurance proposal: Not yet completed.

XIV.

Establish Next Meeting Date and Agenda

Thursday, December 8, 2005, 6:00pm

       1. Budget Initiatives for next year

2.  Second Reading of Policy EFE

3.  Wellness Policy

4.  Building Committee Update

5.   Middle School Presentation and recommendations for next year

6.   Results of Self Audit Review

7.   Norton Health Insurance Overview

8.   Annual Evaluation of Building Principal

XV.

Executive Session Pursuant to Title 1-MRSA, Section 405(6) (D) to discuss contract negotiations.

S. Doak moved to enter Executive Session pursuant to Title 1-MRSA, Section 405(6) (D) to discuss contract negotiations at 7:52pm; F. York seconded the motion.

       Vote: Approved 4 to 0.

Mrs. Doak declared the board back in Public Session at 8:07 p.m.

NO PUBLIC ACTION TAKEN

XVI.

Adjourn

Mrs. Doak adjourned the meeting at 8:08 pm.