Charter Governing Board
Minutes
April 18, 2005
Board Members Present: Ed Aceves, Peggy Crabtree, John Geary, Suzanne Koppman-Gue, Leslie Messier, Robin Peterson, Cathy Singer
Student Representatives Present: Gabriel Thibodeau, Natalie Portillo
Other Representatives Present: Principal, Douglas Smith
Principal Smith with a quorum of Board Members
present, called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 18, 2005, in
the Library at
A. The Board met in executive (closed) session to discuss litigation/potential;
B. Negotiation: GEA, CSEA, SEIU
C. Employee Matters
A. Call to Order
B. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
Student Representative Gabriel Thibodeau, lead the pledge.
C. Public Report of Action Taken (if any in Closed Session)
Principal Smith reported no action was taken in closed session.
A. Introduction of New Board
The board introduced themselves to the audience.
B. Election of Board Officers for Next Term
Member Crabtree moved to accept Leslie Messier as our new president, seconded by Member Peterson, the motion passed with all in favor. On motion of Member Singer, seconded by Member Aceves, Robin Peterson will serve as Vice President.
C. Recognition of Member Leaving Board (Lori Free-Trout)
Principal Smith acknowledged Lori Free-Trout as serving on the Board for the past five years.
D. Approval of Minutes of March 14, 2005
On motion of Member Peterson, seconded by Member Crabtree and minutes were approved with corrections made correctly spell Member Koppman-Gue’s name.
E. Approval of Agenda
On motion of Member Singer, seconded by Member Peterson the board approved the agenda.
A. Financial
1. Estimated Unrestricted Revenues 2004/2005
2. Summary of unrestricted Expenses 2004/2005
3. Restricted Expenses & Revenues 2004/2005
On motion of Member Crabtree, seconded by Member Peterson the board accepted the financial report as presented.
B. Business
1. Review of Universal Scoreboard Agreement
After reviewing the agreement the Board gave approval to continue to work on acquiring the scoreboard and development of agreement with U.S.B.
2. Enrollment Projections 2005/2006
On motion of Member Messier, seconded by Member Crabtree the board approved a target enrollment of 2460 with the breakdown as follows: 675 9th grade, 600 10th grade, 625 11th grade, and 560 12th grade.
3. Set Meeting Dates for 2005/2006
The following dates have been approved for 2005/2006: May 16, 2005, June 27, 2005, no meeting in July, August 15, 2005, September 19, 2005, October 17, 2005, November 14, 2005, December 12, 2005, January 23, 2006, February 27, 2006, March 13, 2006, and the April meeting date will be set at the March meeting.
C. Student’s Report
Gabriel Thibodeau reported that Tuesday would start three days of STAR testing, there will be a senior BBQ coming soon and on Friday the Sadie Hawkins dance. Natalie Portillo reported the spring fling approaching on May 18 with the Multi-Cultural Day slotted for May 27.
D. Principal
1. Fitness and Nutrition Report
Dr. Smith reported the finding of the Fitness Committee which recommends several options for students to fulfill additional hours of PE along with the Nutrition Committee report for eliminating candy and confection sales at Helix, and working with Food Service to provide more nutritious items for students.
The Board asked Dr. Smith to have this item brought back next month for adoption.
2. Helix Induction Program and BTSA
Cheryl Tyler briefly described the difference between Helix’s HIP and District BTSA programs, stating Helix decided to offer their first year teachers the opportunity to join District BTSA this year because it coincided with obtaining a master degree. Leslie Messier would like to see new teachers introduced to the administration and given a tour of the school prior to school starting.
VI. Communication on
Items Not on the Agenda
A. Board Communication
Cathy Singer stated that meeting with Helix’s lawyer last week was very informative.
B. Public Input
There was none at this time.
VII. Adjournment – 7:15 p.m.