Hampton Falls School Board Meeting Minutes June 7, S. Smylie announced that she will be formally resigning as School Board member.

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1 School Board members present: Administration members present: R. Moyer Ratigan; Chair, T.Baker, W. Skoglund, S. Smylie and E. Christo. R. Sullivan; Ed.D. Superintendent, B. Hopkins, C.A.G.S Assistant Superintendent, B. Hickey; Business Administration and Mark DeBlois. 1. Call to order R. Moyer Ratigan called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. S. Smylie announced that she will be formally resigning as School Board member. 2. Reports d. Facility (Out of Order) iii. School Zone Safety Lights Police Chief Dirsa addressed the Board and agreed that he was in favor of a yellow flashing safety light in front of the school. A 10 mph speed limit is typical when the light is flashing. A 20 mph speed limit is typical when the light is not flashing. The current speed limit is 35 mph. We currently don t meet the school zone requirements without the flashing light. Chief Dirsa has agreed to write a letter of request, indicating the school zone need to the state, investigate the costs and contact the state engineers. W. Skoglund moved to authorize Chief Dirsa to begin the process of establishing a school zone for LAS. Seconded by E. Christo. Motion passed 5-0. a. Superintendent s Superintendent Sullivan discussed the procedures for replacing a Board member with an unexpired term of fulfillment. Assistant Superintendent Hopkins discussed features from her written report and digital portfolios. b.principals M. DeBlois, Don Conti and Collette Elzey discussed moving from a quarterly schedule to a trimester schedule. 1 The entire LAS Staff unanimously favors a change from a quarterly schedule to a trimester schedule. The quarterly schedule is too short with testing, holidays, etc. The end of the quarters comes to fast. One poor grade can impact the student when there is less time to make the grade up.

2 Grade and homework Information is always on-line for parents and students to track. The academic program will not change trimesters will give students the opportunity to have more time but with a definitive end point. There will be three report cards instead of four. Conferences can be more informative. The Health and Guidance curriculums schedules can also be managed with the trimester schedules. One concern discussed was to keep an up to date version of the On-line grades. The Board agreed to change from a four quarter semester to a trimester schedule in the school years. M. DeBlois extended his appreciation to the LAS staff for their support and helpfulness in his absence and for continuing business as usual. EPI Pen The First Student Bus Company has not expressed interest in changing their medical policy regarding EPI pens under the current contract with LAS. Corporate policy and counsel does not recommend this at this time. Conversations can begin again when the new contract is negotiated. Currently, the bus driver will pull over and dispatch any difficulties. Using the police channel (radio frequency) may result in a quicker response. 5. New Business (out of order) c. Breakfast Price Increases (Out of Order) The Board agreed to raise the Breakfast price in the school years from $1.00 to $1.25. d. Kitchen Equipment B. Simon, Food Services Director and M. DeBlois discussed: The kitchen pressure steamer needs to have the elements replaced and the tank of the boiler needs to be de-scaled. (Calcium deposits). De-scaling the boiler needs to be done on a regular basis because of the hardness of the water. The pressure steamer is a major appliance regularly used in the kitchen. It is used to steam large amounts of pasta and corn on the cob. It is not hazardous to staff or to students. It is approximately 10 years old. The cost to repair the pressure steamer is $1,100. The first de-scaling is scheduled next week and a preventative de-scaling maintenance program will continue two times each year. A Boiler replacement would be approximately $11,000 to $12,000. 2

3 c. Financial B. Hickey provided and discussed: The Year to Date Financial Report and the updated Safety Compliance Plan. The District price for oil was locked in at $3.02 per gallon. The Bond Bank came back with a refinance price with a savings of $5,639. The cumulative savings is approximately $24,000 for the district. d. Facility (Continued) i. Facilities Upgrade Committee Discussions included establishing a time frame to determine an actual dollar figure, looking to the Board to determine the next step, what preliminary work is needed, Clerk of the works necessity, rough time line of steps needed when the project is determined. The Board will determine which project to continue and the Facilities Upgrade Committee charge will changed. ii. Public Meeting May 30, 2012 The Facilities Upgrade Committee members were pleased with the positive response of the community members who were in attendance. New volunteers have come forward to assist with community education and other services. Town folk with and without school age children were in attendance at the meeting. The Board opened up the discussion to the audience members. Discussions, comments and opinions included: The May 30, 2012 Public Hearing minutes, Adequate Sprinkler system, Impact Fees clarification, Construction proposals, Documentations at the Facilities Committee Meetings, sharing a middle school with SAU 90, Townsfolk moved to Hampton Falls because of the K-8 small school concept. The Board reviewed the concepts; Option A, Option B, Option C, Option D and Option E, that were discussed in detail at the May 30, 2012 Facilities Upgrade Public Hearing. W. Skoglund moved to examine Option E more closely. Seconded by E. Christo. Motion passed 5-0. E. Christo excused herself from the meeting at 8:15 p.m. T. Baker moved to appoint Stacey Kinnally to the Facilities Upgrade Committee. Seconded by S. Smylie. Motion passed

4 The Facilities new charge: To research and propose a construction delivery method. Look at how to begin to get specifications. Explore other schools that have experienced building in the last three years and inquire what their successes were. Advice and information is available at the State Office (Ed. Merdo) and the DOE manual is a valuable resource to explore. To always work towards the final goal. (Bond Hearings-Warrant Hearings). Grassroots committees are welcome to present any available information that they may acquire, at a public meeting. 3. Minutes W. Skoglund moved to accept the May 3, 2012 regular Public, Non-Public and Public Continued minutes as written. Seconded by S. Smylie. Motion passed Continuing Business 5. New Business a. Policy DIA Fund Balance (1 st Read) Discussed. b. Prepayment of Tuition Requested Discussed. e. Policy Review Section A discussed. 6. Public Comment of Agenda Items The Board welcomed Catherine Kennedy; a Winnacunnet student who attended tonight s meeting. Catherine is working to fulfill her requirements for her Foundations of Democracy Class. 7. Voting on Agenda Items W. Skoglund moved to authorize the requested tuition reimbursement prepayment for $1, Seconded by S. Smylie. Motion passed 4-0. W. Skoglund moved to authorize the breakfast price increase from $1.00 to $1.25. Seconded by T. Baker. Motion passed Signing of the Manifest The Board members present signed the manifest. S. Smylie moved to move into Non Public Session under RSA 91-A: 3 ii (a), (b), (e) at 8:30 p.m. Seconded by T. Baker. Roll call vote. R. Moyer Ratigan says yes, T. Baker says yes, W. Skoglund says yes, and S. Smylie says yes. Motion passed

5 Next Meeting date will be July 12, Respectfully submitted, Maureen Hastings (Minutes approved 7/12/2012) 5