Upon a motion made and seconded, the School Board acknowledged the resignation of Jodi Anderle, School Secretary. Anderle will stay in this position until year end unless a replacement is found sooner.

Reports

A. Principal’s Report

Principal Langsner reported that the large number of delayed openings this winter have caused concern for the morning kindergarten and for the morning classes that have been repeatedly missed. She is looking at ways to make this more equitable in the future.

Langsner asked the Board members to stop by the art room after the meeting to see the tapestries there. The tapestries are being made by PES students who have been learning the weaving technique from this year’s artist-in-residence, Marcy Schepker.

Langsner distributed a packet of information to the Board with NECAP testing data that compares this year’s scores with that of other years. She explained the process that the test data group, made up of PES teachers, goes through to analyze the test results each year.

B. Superintendent’s Report

Superintendent Collins mentioned that the boundary issue, mentioned at a previous meeting, should be resolved soon because the abutting homeowner is willing to deed the small piece of property, once thought to belong to PES, over to the school district.

Collins reported that there will be an inspection of the underground oil tank next week. The shut off valve will be inspected to see if it is faulty or if the overfill last month was the fault of the oil delivery person.

Collins hopes to bring a preliminary 2008-2009 calendar to the next meeting for examination and discussion. Principal Langsner mentioned that she will discuss with the staff the possibility of having school end one hour early once a week for the entire school year, instead of having monthly early dismissal days, for the purpose of holding teacher in-services. This plan is being used successfully in Hanover.

C. Committee Reports

Athletic Committee: Board member Forman indicated that he sent results of the survey done after the soccer season to the Board. He felt that the results were very positive overall and the Athletic Committee has been discussing what action should be taken as a result of the survey. Forman said that discussion at the next Athletic Committee meeting would cover Coach Training and Compensation and Baseball.

Facilities Committee: In the absence of Board member Doug Cogan, Superintendent Collins asked Facilities Committee member Mike Higgins to report on the last meeting. Higgins reported that the savings from energy conservation measures are now projected to be $14,870. Higgins spoke about the final costs for the proposed parking lot upgrade. Board member Ferguson was concerned that Higgins said the Committee feels that the parking lot project is the highest priority on a long list of improvements needed at the school. Her concern is for mold and rot and she wondered if the parking lot could be phased in over time so that other work could be done sooner, rather than later. Board chair Reynolds asked Higgins if he thought the Facilities Committee is thinking about having a forum to discuss priorities of building improvement. Higgins indicated that April would be a good time for a forum.

Business for Discussion and/or Action

A. Review Goals 07-08

This discussion was tabled for a later meeting.

B. District Meeting Preparation

The Board discussed their plans for presentations for the School District Meeting. They went over the material that would be presented and made updates and changes accordingly.

Non-public Session

Upon a motion made and seconded, the School Board voted unanimously to go into non-public session pursuant to NH RSA 91-A:3, II (a) at 8:51 pm. The Board discussed administrative compensation.

Upon a motion made and seconded, the School Board voted unanimously to go back into public session at 9:09 pm. No action was taken.

There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned 9:10 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Annette Moore

Recording Clerk

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