October 24, 2018 Board of Trustees Regular Meeting MINUTES

WAINSCOTT COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING

October 24, 2018

MINUTES

 

 

Present: Board President D. Eagan, Trustees K. Anderson and W. Babinski Jr,

Superintendent D. Haab, District Clerk M. McCaffrey, teacher K. Yusko and

one (1) member of the public.

 

  1. The meeting was called to order at 6:30 pm

2. Board Minutes of September 19, 2018 – Accepted

3.Financial Report

  • Budget Control Report –Filed
  • Request for quarterly analysis of Ross activity – expenses and revenues
  • Check Warrant – September 12, 2018 – October 11, 2018 – Filed
  • Audit Trail –September 12, 2018 – October 11, 2018 – Filed
  • Bank Reconciliations – July 2018 & August 2018 – Filed

4.School Report

  • Visit to East Hampton Library – tour of entire library – will be visiting monthly
  • Grazina visited – dental health and Halloween candy buy-back program
  • Field trip to Harbes farm in Mattituck
  • Thanks to parents who visited today and did Halloween activities with students
  • Friday, Officer Kim of EH Town PD will be in to discuss Halloween safety
  • Scheduled to visit East Hampton Fire Department for Fire Safety
  • Halloween Parade and Trick or Treating on Wednesday at 1 pm

5.Public Comments – None

6.Superintendent’s Report

  • Mission Statement – Individualized instruction. Maintenance of historic setting.
  • Back to School Night well attended.
  • Safety meeting with surrounding area schools at Amagansett. Connect to EH Town Police cameras.
  • Superintendent Conference Day – use of grant funds – family involvement – possible Math Night and New Year Celebration.
  • SMART Board – new wall mount unit for Classroom 1, equipment funds available

7. New Business:

  • November Meeting Date – Thursday, November 15th @ 5:30 pm
  • 911 test – School’s phones go to Southampton Village. East Hampton Town Police would like notification.

8. Old Business:

  • Enrollment Report – Filed
  • Sexual Harassment Policy – typos need correction
  • Phone lines / fire alarm system. Have lines inside building tested. Bellringer proposal would use radio control. Upgrade phone system with quality phones. Alarm directly to dispatcher would be best. Contact SC FRES for report of outages during routine testing.

 

    9. Resolutions

  1. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of its regular meeting held on September 19, 2018. – Approved
  2. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees approves the Check Warrant (September 13, 2018 – October 11, 2018) – Approved
  3. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees, acknowledges receipt of the Audit Trail             (September 13, 2018 – October 11, 2018) – Approved
  4. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees, accepts with regret the resignation of Kembly Berrocal, Teacher’s Aide. – Approved
  5. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, approves the appointment of Angela Kiang, as Computer Teacher for the 2018-2019 school year at a rate of $70.00 per hour, effective October 5, 2018. – Approved
  6. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, approves the appointment of Yvonne Rao-Remy as Resource Room Teacher to assist a student attending the Ross School for the 2018-2019 school year at a rate of $105 per hour. – Approved
  7. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, approves the addition of Patricia Sales and Kyle McCann to the Substitute List– Approved
  8. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, approves the updated Sexual Harrasment Policy. – Approved with corrections
  9. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, approves the 2018-2019 Emergency Response Plan. – Approved
  10. RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees approve the Wainscott Common School District Tax Levy for the 2018-2019 school year in the amount of $ 2,248,277. – Approved

 

    10. Public Comment – None

11. The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 to enter an Executive Session

12. The Executive Session was adjourned at 8:10 p.m.

 

 

 

    13. Resolutions:

  1. RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby terminates Greg Hilton as District Treasurer / Business Manager,  effective 10/17/18 . – Approved
  2. RESOLVED, that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the Board of Trustees hereby appoints Christine Schnell,as the District Treasurer, effective 10/18/18 at the annual salary of $30,000.00 ( July 1- June 30), prorated from 10/18/18. – Approved

 

14. The Regular Meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m.

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Mary M. McCaffrey

District Clerk

 

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