Monadnock Regional School District

 

POLICY COMMITTEE

 

Approved Minutes for the Meeting of July 23, 2007

 

 

 

The Policy Committee met at 5:50 pm on July 23, 2007 in the Teachers Lounge. Committee members in attendance were James Carnie, Jonathan Kenyon, Ken Colby, Gene White, and Sue Oerman. Committee members Bill Felton and Tim Peloquin was unable to attend. Also in attendance were: Dr. Kenneth Dassau, Superintendent of Schools; Dr. David Hodgdon, Assistant Superintendent of Schools. Member of the public present: Richard Bauries. Joe Smith was on vacation.

 

Meeting was taped by Richard Bauries

 

  1. Approval of the minutes moved by K. Colby; seconded by J. Kenyon. The vote was based on corrections as amended. VOTE: 5002

 

  1. Public Comments: R. Bauries inquired as to whether there are policies about accreditations? D. Hodgdon answered him that there were no policies on that issue.

 

  1. Policy IKF – High School Graduation Policy

 

Students from MC2 do go through a process to assign credits to learning for graduation. L. Watkins-Barth and J. Smith assign the credits. There is a lot at MC2 as at the High School. G. White commented that they are missing Math credits. They need 3 credits and only 1 is on the list. J. Carnie commented that there are only 13 ½ credits listed. You  need 20. Discussion ensued on how it adds up to 20 credits. K. Colby would like to see it on letterhead as the same way our policy is set up. J. Kenyon commented that it is not very clear on the documentation. There was a possibility of tabling the issue. K. Dassau found out that Math should be 3 ½ credits. MC2 has a foreign language requirement and the High School does it as an elective. This is a minimum requirement. J. Kenyon makes a motion “To accept the Policy as written with taking off ‘demonstrate proficiency’ from the Information and Communications Technologies requirement”

 

VOTE 5 0 0 2

 

  1. G. White would like us to do better than 20 credits. Let us follow the Wellness Policy and have more Physical Education. Have an least ½ credit in Geography. We should be striving to do better than the minimum. There was a discussion about physical activity. J. Carnie also stated about the Wellness Program – sports, outside activity, physical education. Extra time for sports and having more participants. We should at some time have more dialogue about more credits. J. Kenyon suggested different programs for the less physical active. There are Accreditation issues here. We should possibly have a 3rd party to see what is necessary to go on to higher education and/or entering the work force. What skills do the students need?

 

  1. Policy DJE – Bidding Requirements

 

Tabled until next meeting.

 

The next meeting is scheduled for August 7, 2007 at 5:45 pm in the Teacher’s Room. We will discuss the Revised Bidding Policy, Choice Policy, Behavior Policy and Homework Policy.

 

  1. Motion made by J. Carnie to adjourn. Seconded by K. Colby

 

      VOTE: 5 0 0 2

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Sue Oerman