Cape Elizabeth School Board
REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
6:30  P . M .     
TOWN  COUNCIL CHAMBERS

Heather Altenburg

Kimberly Carr

Susana Measelle Hubbs

Elizabeth Scifres

M. Nasir Shir

Hope Straw

John Voltz

                     AGENDA

03:22 Callto Order/Pledge of Allegiance

03:54 1. ADJUSTMENTS  TO  AGENDA

04:01 2. APPROVAL OF SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES 

Regular Business Meeting, Tuesday, September 11, 2018

04:22 3. COMMENTS BY STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES

05:43 4. COMMENTS  FROM  PUBLIC  ON  AGENDA   ITEMS  [ per  SBoard  Policy  BEDH]

05:51 5. PRESENTATIONS:

Justin Alfond- Full Plates Full Potential

6. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

39:30 6a. High School Principal

46:25 6b. Middle School Principal

55:14 6c. Pond Cove School Principal

01:03:38 6d. Director of Special Services  

01:07:05 6e. Director of Teaching & Learning

01:27:42 6f. Business Manager

01:34:51 6g. Superintendent’s Report, including October student enrollment

NEW BUSINESS  

01:40:04 7. Consideration to adopt School Board Goals for SY 2018-2019

01:42:53 8. Motion to vote to authorize $99,499.00 Lease Purchase Agreement for one (1) school bus, be approved in form presented to this meeting and that a copy of said vote be included in the minutes of this meeting.

9. Motion to support the following MSBA resolutions:

01:47:34 9a. CDS Move to Public Schools: The Maine School Boards Association supports the eventual move of programs for 3-to-5-year-olds into public school but only if it is well planned and appropriately funded by the state.

02:04:17 9b. School Safety:  To support a public school’s responsibility to keep children safe, The Maine School Boards Association advocates the following comprehensive approach: Ongoing risk assessments not only for active shooter attacks but other disrupters that could put students or staff at risk; Increase focus on social and emotional support; Training on early warning signs around student perpetrators of violence.

02:06:02 9c. Gun-Free Schools: The Maine School Board Association supports the current state ban on guns, loaded and unloaded, on school property and opposes any legislative attempts to amend that prohibition. The ban is both symbolic and practical.

02:07:02 9d. Proficiency-Based Diplomas:  The Maine School Boards Association supports the ongoing work toward the implementation of proficiency-based diploma systems in Maine schools. The work to improve proficiency-based systems must be done by educational stakeholders and be in the best interest of all students.

02:10:03 9e. Special Education Reform: The Maine School Boards Association believes the special education system is created by Congress more than 40 years ago needs to be reviewed and amended on the federal and state level to assure all student needs are being met.

02:11:09 9f. Starting Teacher Pay and Longer School Year: The Maine School Boards Association supports a law change to lengthen the school year to 180 instructional days and 10 days for professional development because there is not enough time in the current calendar to accomplish all that  is needed and required. In conjunction with a longer school year, we also support a law change calling for additional state funding to raise the starting teacher salary to $40,000.00.

02:15:07 9g. School Attendance at Age 5: The Maine School Boards Association understands how critical early     education is to the success of students and believes Maine’s current compulsory attendance age of 7 is too high and out-of-step with the rest of the country. MSBA supports a recommended age of 5, which is typical age of kindergartners in the state.

02:20:07 10. Consideration to affirm the student educational trip to England, France, Belgium and Germany on June 24 - July 3, 2020 and acknowledge the impact it has on the school district.

02:33:41 11. Consideration to approve the student whitewater rafting trip on October 12-13, 2018 from the Cape Elizabeth Outing Club.

02:35:40 12. Consideration to approve the student educational trip for the Cape Elizabeth Model UN to Boston, Massachusetts on February 8-10, 2019.

02:36:25 13. Consideration to approve the student educational trip for the Cape Elizabeth Model UN to Boston, Massachusetts on March 22-24, 2019. 

02:36:55 14. Consideration and action to approve the following 2018-19 administrative and athletic extracurricular personnel nominations:

02:37:54 15. Consideration of the following policies first reading. (no vote required)

JL-Student Wellness

02:44:56 16. Consideration and action to approve the following policy as presented for second reading:

16a. JJIF-Management of Concussions and other Head Injuries

16b. JJJ-High School Co-Curricular and Extra-Curricular Activities Eligibility

2:47:42 17. Committee Reports

17a. Policy Committee- Elizabeth Scifres

17b. PATHS General Advisory Committee-Hope Straw

02:50:44 18. Request for Future School Board Meeting items

02:52:19 19. Upcoming Meetings

Combined School Board/Town Council Meeting- October 23, 2018, 6:30-8:30 PM, Town Center Fire Station conference room