LONG LAKE
CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Date: July 14, 2005
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Type of Meeting: Reorganizational
Place: LLCS Cafeteria
Members Present: Brian Farr
Hallie Bond
Michelle Hamdan
Vickie Plumley
Jules Comeau
Others Present: Kevin Crampton, Superintendent
Victoria Snide, Clerk of the Board
Michael Farrell
Beth Powers
Pete Klein
Call to Order:
The clerk called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. and followed with the Pledge of Allegiance. Newly elected Board Member Jules Comeau signed the Oath of Office of Board Member.
Board Actions:
Approved: On Motion by Vickie Plumley, seconded by Jules Comeau, with all in favor, Mr. Brian Farr was elected as Board President.
Approved: On Motion by Brian Farr, seconded by Hallie Bond, with all in favor, Ms. Vickie Plumley was elected as Board Vice President.
The Clerk had Mr. Farr and Ms. Plumley sign their oaths of office as President and Vice-President.
Mr. Farr welcomed Mr. Kevin Crampton as the new Superintendent of Schools. A question/answer period then took place regarding appointments and recommendations to follow.
Approved: On Motion by Michelle Hamdan, seconded by Vickie Plumley, the Board approved Tuition for the 2005-2006 school year at $450/family (non-faculty) by a vote of 4 to 1. Mr. Jules Comeau opposed the Motion.
Approved: On Motion by Michelle Hamdan, seconded by Hallie Bond with all in favor, the following Appointments/Recommendations:
Board Clerk Victoria Snide
Treasurer Kristen Lance
Tax Collector Jerome Flanagan
School Physician Dr. Russell Rider
School Attorney Girvin & Ferlazzo
Central Treasurer-Extra Classroom
Activity Accounts Kristen Lance
Attendance Officer Kevin Crampton
Asbestos (LEA) Designee Anthony Clark
Purchasing Agent Kevin Crampton
Official Bank Depository Citizens Bank
Regular Board Meetings 2nd Thursday of each month
Official Newspapers Tupper Lake Free Press &
Hamilton County News
Payroll Certifications Kevin Crampton
Conferences & Workshop
Attendance Kevin Crampton
Petty Cash Fund $200.00
Check Signatures Kristen Lance
Kevin Crampton
Lisa Walker (Extra-Classroom Acct. Only)
Karin Cook (Music Activity Acct. Only)
Budget Transfers Kevin Crampton
Mileage Rate $.405/mile
Authorization of Investments Victoria Snide
Surrogate Parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Helms
Official Undertakings (Bonds) Tax Collector - $1,000,000
Treasurer - $1,000,000
All Other Employees - $100,000
Adopted: On Motion by Michelle Hamdan, seconded by Jules Comeau, with all in favor, all Long Lake Central School District Board of Education Policies.
Approved: On Motion by Vickie Plumley, seconded by Michelle Hamdan, with all in favor, the below committee:
Committee on Special Education – Mandated Members
Tisha White – Chairperson
School Psychologist – Judy Wurster
Parent Representative
Susan Virostek – Special Education Teacher
Regular Education Teacher
Dr. Russell Rider – Physician**
** Mandated if request is made 72 hours prior to CSE meeting
Approved: On Motion by Vickie Plumley, seconded by Hallie Bond, with all in favor the below committee:
Committee On Pre-School Special Education – Mandated Members
Regular Education Teacher
Chairperson – Tisha White
Parent Representative
Special Education Teacher
County Representative
Representative from Approved Pre-school Program
Approved: On Motion by Vickie Plumley, seconded by Jules Comeau, with all in favor, the below:
Approved Institutions for Pre-School Special Education Programs
The Children’s Corner/The Adirondack ARC
Prospect Child & Family Center
United Cerebral Palsy and Handicapped Persons Association of Utica, Inc.
United Cerebral Palsy Association of Fulton-Montgomery Counties
Approved: On Motion by Jules Comeau, seconded by Hallie Bond, with all in favor, the Minutes of the June 9, 2005 Board Meeting, noting the change of date on Mr. Crampton’s employment date to July 1, 2005.
The Next Board of Education Meeting, will be on Thursday, September 8, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. The Board will meet at 7 p.m. to do the annual walk-around the building tour.
Public Comments:
None
Approved: On Motion by Vickie Plumley, seconded by Michelle Hamdan, with all in favor, Treasurer Reports for the months of May and June, 2005.
Approved: On Motion by Michelle Hamdan, seconded by Vickie Plumley, with all in favor, Warrants # 24, 25, and 2, in the amounts of: General Fund $88,117.60, Trust and Agency Fund, $52,329.41, and Lunch Fund $1,559.61.
Review of the Comprehensive Budget Status Reports, Shared Maintenance Agreement with Tupper Lake Central School, School Bus Damage, and a transportation bid to for a BOCES program took place. The President signed two BOCES Contracts.
Approved: On Motion by Jules Comeau, seconded by Vickie Plumley, with all in favor, installation by NCC Systems of fire/heat detectors in the three stairwells, the Science & FCS classrooms, and the kitchen.
Approved: On Motion by Michelle Hamdan, seconded by Jules Comeau, with all in favor, the Academic Intervention Services Plan for Long Lake Central School.
Approved: On Motion by Hallie Bond, seconded by Michelle Hamdan, with all in favor, the Substitute List for 2005-2006 school year.
Approved: On Motion by Jules Comeau, seconded by Vickie Plumley, with all in favor, the agreement for Girvin & Ferlazzo from Albany, New York to perform legal services for the school.
Approved: On Motion by Michelle Hamdan, seconded by Vickie Plumley with all in favor, the following Resolution regarding Selection Classification.
For Board Adoption July 14, 2005
WHEREAS, Section 135.4(c) (7) (ii) (a) (4) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education provides for a board of education to permit pupils in grades no lower than seventh grade to compete on interscholastic athletic teams organized for senior high school pupils, or senior high school pupils to compete on interscholastic athletic teams organized for pupils in the seventh and eighth grade; and
WHEREAS, these pupils are to be placed at levels of competition appropriate to their physiological maturity, physical fitness and skills in relationship to other pupils in accordance with the standards established by the Commissioner of Education; and
WHEREAS, the State Education Department issues the standards for these pupils to compete under a program called the Selection/Classification Program;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Long Lake Central School District Board of Education shall permit pupils to compete under the Selection/Classification Program in all sports.
Approved: On Motion by Michelle Hamdan, seconded by Vickie Plumley, with all in favor, a request for ACE funds by Melissa Clark to attend the Junior National Young Leaders Conference this fall in Washington, D.C. The payment will be ½ of expenses, up to $1,000, pending a final report regarding the success of Ms. Clark’s fundraising efforts from other organizations.
Approved: On Motion by Jules Comeau, seconded by Vickie Plumley, with all in favor, the bidding of a surplus garage door.
A thank you card from Mr. Kyle Austin and a letter from Mrs. Lauren Walker-Arsenault stating her interest in the school district was passed around to all Board members.
Mr. Crampton recapped the Administrators Leadership Conference he recently attending in Lake Placid. He also informed the Board that several teachers were doing curriculum work this summer on multi-aged teaching.
Mr. Farr would like to see a short memo sent home weekly from the Superintendent advising the Board of happenings in the school.
Public Comments:
None
Motion to go into Executive session by Vickie Plumley, seconded by Hallie Bond, with all in favor at 8:44 p.m. Items to be discussed: personnel issues. Mrs. Beth Powers was asked to attend a portion of executive session also.
Motion to come out of Executive session by Jules Comeau, seconded by Vickie Plumley, with all in favor at 9:38 p.m.
Adjournment: On Motion by Hallie Bond, seconded by Vickie Plumley, with all in favor, the Board adjourned at 9:38 p.m.
Clerk of the Board
Victoria J. Snide