Portland Board of Education Business Meeting 7:00pm Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Room 250, Casco Bay High School Business Meeting Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance Report of the Chair - None Report of the Superintendent 1. Presentation of the Superintendent s FY12 budget Report of the Secretary - None Report of the Committees 1. Curriculum and Educational Planning Committee 2. Facilities and Transportation Committee 3. Finance Committee 4. Other committees and/or member concerns Consent Items - None Old Business 1. Consideration and action to remove agenda items from the table. Moved Seconded Voted to remove agenda items from the table 2. Personnel a. Consideration and action to approve the Personnel item listed. Non-Rep Appointments Effective January 31, 2011 Susan Steele Thrive Grant Coord.4 FTE $27,581* Prorated to $11,492
Moved Seconded Voted to approve the Personnel item listed. b. Consideration and action to renew the contracts of Principals for the 2011-2012 school year who have been employed more than two years, pursuant to M.R.S.A. Title 20-A, Chapter 504, Section 13301, Employment of Principals. Dana Allen Karen James Stephen Rogers Christine Bearce Shelia Jepson Suellyn Santiago Brian Britting Michael Johnson Gail Senese Dawn Carrigan Cynthia Loring David Turner Lee Crocker Michael McCarthy Robert Wood Marcia Gendron J. Peter McCormack Kimberly Wike Sandra Gorsuch- Plummer Steven Nolan Lenore Williams Kelly Hasson Derek Pierce Moved Seconded Voted to renew the contracts of Principals for the 2011-2012 school year who have been employed more than two years, pursuant to M.R.S.A. Title 20-A, Chapter 504, Section 13301, Employment of Principals. New Business 1. Consideration and action to appoint Caleb Horton to serve as alternate CBHS student representative to the Portland Board of Education during the period when Emma Maasch will be unavailable to serve. Background information: The superintendent supports the nomination of Emma s replacement for the last semester of the school year. Emma has been accepted into a very prestigious school for a semester in Freeport called Coastal Studies for Girls that focuses on Marine Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, and Leadership. Moved Seconded Voted to appoint Caleb Horton to serve as alternate CBHS student representative to the Portland Board of Education during the period when Emma Maasch will be unavailable to serve. 2. Consideration and action to accept the superintendent s FY12 budget and refer to the Finance Committee. Moved Seconded Voted to accept the superintendent s FY12 budget and refer to the Finance Committee.
Personnel 1. Consideration and action to approve the Personnel item listed. Non-Rep Appointments Effective March 1, 2011 Constance M. Packard Budget Manage.75FTE $23,513.49* $60,000 ann l Background Information: Ms. Packard received a MBA from Thomas College, a BS in Accounting from Westbrook College and a BA in English from the University of Maine. She received her CPA, passing all sections, in 1990. Her experience includes being the Business Manager for RSU #18/MSAD 47 since 2003. Prior to that she was the Director of Finance for the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences from 1997 2003, Director of Finance for the City of Augusta from 1992 1997, and Director of Finance/Supervising Bookkeeper for the Town of Bridgton from 1998 1992. Moved Seconded Voted to approve the Personnel item listed Committee Focus on Educational Issues - None Public Comment Prior to 11:00 PM on any items not on the evening s agenda Adjournment Moved Seconded Voted to adjourn the business meeting at. Workshop 1. Review staff letter regarding Title IX recommendation Upcoming School Committee Meetings 2011 March 15, 7pm March 22, 7pm Business Meeting, Room 250, Casco Bay High School March 29, 7pm Business Meeting, Room 250, Casco Bay High School April 5, 7pm April 26, 7pm May 3, 7pm May 17, 7pm June 7, 7pm June 21, 7pm Upcoming Workshops 2011 March 8, 7pm
April 12, 7pm May 10, 7pm June 14, 7pm Upcoming Subcommittee Meetings March 8, 5pm March 8, 5:30pm Facilities/Transportation Committee, Rm 250, CBHS March 9, 4:30pm Curriculum/Ed Planning Teacher Topic Night, Riverton Media Center March 10, 5:30pm Joint Finance Committee meeting, City Hall, Room 209 March 15, 5pm Finance Committee, Rm321, PATHS March 15, 5:30pm Curriculum/Ed Planning Committee, Rm 250, CBHS March 17,,5pm March 24, 5:30pm Joint Finance Committee meeting, Rm 321, PATHS April 5, 5pm April 12, 5:30pm April 26, 5:30pm May 3, 5pm May 10, 5:30pm May 17, 5:30pm May 31, 5pm June 7, 5:30pm June 14, 5:30pm Curriculum/Ed Planning Committee, Rm 321, PATHS Curriculum/Ed Planning Committee, Rm 321, PATHS Curriculum/Ed Planning, Rm 321, PATHS
Administration Dr. James C. Morse, Sr., Superintendent David Galin, Chief Academic Officer F. Mark Terison, Chief Operations Officer Michael Wilson, Chief Financial Officer 196 Allen Avenue, Portland, Maine 04103 (207) 874-8100 TO: Portland Board of Education FROM: Dr. James C. Morse, Sr. DATE: February 15, 2011 RE: Title IX Intervention As the School Board is aware, we have had two recent reports, the Red and Blue Foundation which was presented to the Board on September 22 nd, and most recently Title IX reviewed by Melissa Hewey on January 11 th. In contracting with Drummond Woodsum, Melissa Hewey has done a comprehensive analysis of our Title IX compliance. In addition, we are anticipating an Office of Civil Rights Title IX review some time this winter. As Melissa stated in the public present to the Board, in those areas in which Portland Public Schools is responsible, i.e. coaches salaries, supplies and those types of budgetary issues, she indicated that we were in compliance. However, Melissa s report did point out two significant areas that will require Board discussion and policy development. The first area pertains to city facilities specifically, Payson Park versus Fitzpatrick stadium. Our young women do no have changing facilities/locker rooms at Payson Park. We are in positive discussions with Assistant City Manager, Anita Lachance, in terms of addressing the Payson Park issues. The second major issue is related to our booster clubs. Currently, Portland has a myriad of booster clubs that form to support any given athletic team. Parents have dedicated themselves to fund raising for those teams and are very committed to both the coach and students. The major issue we face is that in both the Red/Blue Foundation Report and Melissa s Title IX analysis there is a strong recommendation to go with one booster club for Deering High and one booster club for Portland High. To that end, Melissa has drafted a new booster club policy that I will present to you as a first read in an upcoming school meeting. Following that I will need to schedule a public question/answer forum around the recommendation that we move to one booster club per high school. As we are currently in the midst of putting the FY12 budget together my strong recommendation would be to wait until after we present the Board s budget to the Finance Committee of the City Council at which point the Board will have time to focus on the booster club issue.