NORTH ROSE-WOLCOTT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
    BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
    SEPTEMBER 26, 2006
    7:00PM
    MEDIA CENTER OF NORTH ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    PRESENT
    Sandra Boerman, Robert Cahoon, Melinda DeBadts, Nickoline
    Henner, Mark Humbert (7:45pm), Edward Magin, Clifford
    Parton, David Smith
    Sam DeMuzio, Elena LaPlaca, Lucinda Miner and approximately 15
    guests.
    ABSENT/EXCUSED
    Terri Smith
    1. CALL TO ORDER
    Robert Cahoon called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm and led the
    pledge of allegiance.
    1a. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
    Clifford Parton moved and Nickoline Henner seconded the following
    motion. The vote was unanimous. S. Boerman, R. Cahoon, M. DeBadts,
    N. Henner, E. Magin, C. Parton, D. Smith voted yes.
    Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
    the Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law,
    approves the agenda of September 26, 2006.
    1b. BUILDING TOUR
    Neil Thompson, Principal, and Randy Sears, Head Custodian, led the
    board on a tour of the facilities.
    2. PUBLIC ACCESS
    In a continuation of a matter brought before the board at the September
    12, 2006 meeting, Mr. Charles Youells asked the board to consider
    allowing his children to continue to attend North Rose - Wolcott
    schools, even though the property they are renting is in the Clyde-
    Savannah district. He owns property in the district and plans to build
    as soon as his house is sold. Mrs. Miner recommended that his children
    continue to be educated in the district. She discussed the situation with
    the district’s attorney. When the property owner has adjoining land in
    both districts, they can choose which district the children can attend.
    Edward Magin moved and Nickoline Henner seconded the following
    motion. The vote was unanimous. S. Boerman, R. Cahoon, M. DeBadts,
    N. Henner, E. Magin, C. Parton, D. Smith voted yes.
    Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
    the Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law,
    authorized the children of Charles Youells, 3630 Drury Road,
    Savannah, NY to attend the North Rose - Wolcott schools.
    3. PRESENTATIONS
    No presentations were made.
    4a. FOUR COUNTY SBA
    Reservations were made for the October 3 general membership
    meeting.
    4b. WIND ENERGY MEETING Mark Humbert reported on a meeting to explore the possibility of
    establishing a local relationship with Empire State Wind Energy, LLC.
    The Supervisors of the towns of Huron, Butler, Rose and Wolcott,
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    major land owners in the district met with Keith Pitman, President and
    CEO of Empire State Wind Energy, LLC to discuss local interest in
    developing a project that would be owned by the communities, and
    generate profits that would directly benefit the communities involved.
    If the project comes to fruition, it would provide an impact to the local
    economy in the way of lower taxes, boost the economy of the region and
    may also impact local energy costs.
    4c. ADMINISTRATOR’S
    Building Principals, Assistant Principals, the Athletic Director, Director
    REPORTS
    of Curriculum and Coordinator of Pupil Services provided written
    reports to the board with regards to the first weeks of school. They all
    reiterated the content of their reports and answered questions from
    board members.
    4c. OTHER GOOD NEWS
    Sandy Boerman provided the board with a synopsis the Academy of
    Public School Governance conference she attended in Albany sponsored
    by NYSSBA.
    4d. OTHER
    No reports were given.
    5a. SUPERINTENDENT’S
    John Boronkay led the Board in a discussion of recently reported test
    UPDATE
    scores. He charted the four-year ELA trend analysis for both 4
    th
    and 8
    th
    grade assessments as well as grades 3, 5, 6 an 7 benchmarks. He
    discussed the efforts being made by him and Mrs. Miner, in conjunction
    with building Principals and teachers to establish a consistent approach
    to instruction throughout the grade levels. They are addressing the low
    test scores with appropriate and swift action.
    5b. BUSINESS ADMIN.
    Sam DeMuzio reported on the ongoing discussions of the timelines for
    UPDATE
    transporting students to and from school. Transportation Supervisor,
    Jerry Williams, has been compiling data on bus change requests from
    parents to see how they affect the bussing schedule. More work is being
    done to decrease the amount of these types of requests. He stated that
    the addition of two routes and the diversification of the bus fleet has
    resulted in approximately 97.5% of students reaching home in under an
    hour each day.
    Additionally, Mr. DeMuzio reported that he met with representatives of
    the PTSA to collaborate on strategies to effectively communicate with
    parents and students on a variety of issues that directly affect school –
    community relations.
    6a. MEETING MINUTES
    Mark Humbert moved and Edward Magin seconded the following
    motion. The vote was unanimous. S. Boerman, R. Cahoon, M. DeBadts,
    N. Henner, M. Humbert, E. Magin, C. Parton, D. Smith voted yes.
    Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
    the Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law,
    approves the Meeting Minutes of September 12, 2006.
    7. CONSENT AGENDA
    Mark Humbert moved and Clifford Parton seconded the following
    motions. The vote was unanimous. S. Boerman, R. Cahoon, M.
    DeBadts, N. Henner, M. Humbert, E. Magin, C. Parton, D. Smith voted
    yes.
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    7a. WARRANTS
    Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
    the Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law,
    approves the following Warrants:
    Warrant #13
    $146616.45
    Warrant #14
    $69696.35
    Warrant # 15
    148135.40
    Warrant #16
    $24269.76
    Warrant #17
    $112.00
    Warrant #18
    $135.51
    7b. RECOMMENDATIONS OF Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
    CSE
    the Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law,
    approves the recommendations from the Committee on Special
    Education dated September 12, 2006 and instruct the Superintendent
    to implement the recommendations on behalf of the following
    individuals identified by student number: 11179
    11648
    7c. SUBSTITUTES
    Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
    the Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law,
    approves the individuals named on the substitute lists, which are on file
    with the District Clerk.
    7d. 8
    TH
    GRADE HONORS
    Be it resolved, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
    TRIP
    the Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law,
    approves the Middle School trip to New York, New York on April 26 –
    April 29, 2007 with transportation provided by Port Bay Travel, a
    private busing company. The trip will be supervised by Rosa Fox,
    Crystal Weigand, and a number of non-classroom adults & parent
    chaperones. The cost of theatre tickets will be supported through the
    Arts in Education program, and the district will incur no cost for this
    trip.
    7e. TERMINATION OF BUS
    Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
    DRIVER: VIRGINIA BENSON
    the Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law,
    approves the termination of employment of Virginia Benson as a Bus
    Driver, effective September 22, 2006.
    8. INFORMATION ITEMS
    The following items were shared with the Board:
    PTSA Application, Newspaper article,
    The Advocate
    – September 2006
    9. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
    No one had comments or questions about discussions at this meeting.
    EXECUTIVE SESSION
    Clifford Parton moved and Mark Humbert seconded the following
    motion. The vote was unanimous. S. Boerman, R. Cahoon, M. DeBadts,
    N. Henner, M. Humbert, E. Magin, C. Parton, D. Smith voted yes.
    Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
    the Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law,
    approves Executive Session at 9:00pm for the specific purpose or
    discussing a particular personnel issue.
    OPEN SESSION
    The meeting returned to open session at 9:10pm.
    10. WORKSHOP SESSION
    John Boronkay led the board in a goal setting discussion. Dr. Boronkay
    organized each board member’s list of concerns into categories defined
    during a previous session on goal setting. The board worked through
    extensive lists of concerns and attempted to define goals, items for
    administrative action or policies. The list of emerging goals, policies
    and administrative action items will be discussed and refined further at
    the next board meeting.
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    ADJOURNMENT
    Melinda DeBadts moved and Nickoline Henner seconded the following
    motion. The vote was unanimous. S. Boerman, R. Cahoon, M. DeBadts,
    N. Henner, M. Humbert, E. Magin, C. Parton, D. Smith voted yes.
    Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
    the Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law,
    approves the adjournment of the meeting at 10:10pm.
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    Clerk, Board of Education
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