Board of Education Meeting Minutes

November 21, 2006

ATTENDANCE: Thomas Vetter, Chairman; Midaglia Rivas; Rob Polley; Jody Bishop-Pullan; Rosa Murray; Gregory Burnett; Richard Fuller; Bruce Kimmel.

STAFF:

OTHERS: Mayor Richard A. Moccia; Dr. Karen Lang.

I. CALL TO ORDER

Mayor Moccia called the meeting to order at 8:01 p.m. and stated that there will be an election of officers.

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Mayor Moccia led the Board in the Pledge of Allegiance.

III. ELECTION OF OFFICERS

Mayor Moccia thanked Mr. Vetter for serving on the Board of Education, not just for serving as its chairman, but also for his devotion and service over fourteen years. He said it has been a pleasure working with Mr. Vetter and the Board.

Mayor Moccia called for nominations. ** MR. POLLEY NOMINATED MS. BISHOP-PULLAN AS CHAIRMAN. ** MR. FULLER SECONDED. ** MR. FULLER MOTIONED THAT NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED. ** MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

Ms. Bishop-Pullan was declared the new Chairman of the Board of Education.

At this time Ms. Bishop-Pullan took over the remainder of the meeting. She called for nominations for the position of Vice-Chairman.

** MS. RIVAS NOMINATED MS. MURRAY AS VICE-CHAIRMAN. ** MR. BURNETT SECONDED. ** MR. FULLER MOTIONED THAT NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED. ** MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

Ms. Murray was declared the new Vice-Chairman of the Board of Education.

Ms. Bishop-Pullan called for nominations for the position of Secretary.

** MR. FULLER NOMINATED MS. HAMILTON AS SECRETARY. ** MR. KIMMEL SECONDED. ** MR. FULLER MOTIONED THAT NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED. ** MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

Ms. Hamilton was declared Secretary of the Board of Education.

IV. OATH OF OFFICE

Mayor Moccia administered the oath of office to Ms. Bishop-Pullan and Ms. Murray. V. ACTIONS

A. Consent

1. Approval of personnel actions

** MR. VETTER MOTIONED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. ** MS. MURRAY SECONDED. ** MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

Dr. Lang addressed the Board and said it was her pleasure to introduce the newest member of the administration, Elise Kamel (sp), newly appointed Assistant Principal at West Rocks Middle School.

B. Approval of minutes (October 17, 2006)

** MS. RIVAS MOTIONED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 17, 2006 MEETING. ** MR. VETTER SECONDED.

Ms. Bishop-Pullan questioned page six of the minutes and the title of a paragraph. The secretary replied that she did not remember the exact wording of the agenda and would have to go back and review it, but agreed that it needed correction. She stated she would have to review both the tape and her notes in order to correct them.

Mr. Burnett stated that the following paragraph was confusing also. He suggested the minutes be tabled until the secretary had a chance to review and correct them. Ms. Bishop-Pullan agreed.

** MR. BURNETT MOTIONED THAT THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 17, 2006 MEETING BE TABLED PENDING REVIEW AND CORRECTION BY THE SECRETARY FROM TELESCO SERVICES. ** MR. POLLEY SECONDED. ** MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

C. Approval of new courses for 2007-2008

** MR. VETTER MOTIONED TO APPROVE THE NEW COURSES. ** MR. KIMMEL SECONDED. ** MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

VII. INFORMATION & REPORTS

A. Budget Presentation Dates: January 2, 3 & 4, 2007

Ms. Bishop-Pullan stated that these were revised dates and on the agenda so the Board would be aware of the revision.

B. Board Members Announcements

Mr. Fuller reminded the Board that he is remaining on the Board through July 1, 2007.

Mr. Vetter stated that last weekend at the Connecticut Board of Education Conference, the Norwalk Board of Education was awarded a Board Leadership award for the second time.

Ms. Bishop-Pullan said several members of the Board attended a conference in which they were able to hear information and network with other districts.

Mr. Burnett said he wanted to publicly thank Mr. Vetter for his assistance to Mr. Burnett as a new member of the Board, and for his leadership over the past year. IX. ADJOURNMENT

** MS. MURRAY MOTIONED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. ** MR. POLLEY SECONDED. ** MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:17 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Linda J. Hayes Telesco Secretarial Services

Category: Minutes