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BANGOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING
6:30 p.m.,Tuesday,July 25,2017
School Committee Members present: Chairman Warren Caruso,Jennifer DeGroff, Brian Doore, Marlene
Susi,Caryn Sychterz,and Sue Hawes. Member Sue Sorg was unable to attend.
A. 1.&2. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Caruso at 6:30 p.m. and the Pledge of
Allegiance followed.
B. Superintendent Webb requested to amend the agenda to add E.1Al.Donation
VOTED 6-0 to amend the agenda as requested.
D. 2. a. Superintendent Webb updated the Committee on the revised state subsidy amount for
Bangor for the FY18 budget.The overall impact is a decrease for the local appropriations
of($55,188) from the FY 17 budget to the FY18 budget. It is a reduction on the mill rate
by.06 cents.
b. Assistant Superintendent Kathy Harris-Smedberg presented the 2016-2017 Reading
Recovery results.
Committee members asked questions and praised the outstanding results.
c. Superintendent Webb reported the following resignation(s):
Sarre Kane Kindergarten Teacher Fruit Street School
Pamela Legere Kindergarten Teacher Fruit Street School
Timothy Legere Grade 4 Teacher Fairmount School
Chris Junkins IEP Coordinator(38) Mary Snow School
Thomas True JV Baseball Coach Bangor High School
Andrew Logan Freshman Football Coach Bangor High School
d. Superintendent Webb reported the following reassignment(s):
K.risti Charette from Literacy Specialist/Title 1 (.8) Fairmount School and(.2)Mary Snow
School to Literacy Specialist/Title I (.9) Fairmount School and (.1) Fourteenth Street
School.
Kathryn Hill from Speech/Language Therapist at Fairmount School to (.8)
Speech/Language Therapist at Fairmount School and (.2) American Sign Language
Teacher at Bangor Regional Program.
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Kimberlyann Hatt from Speech/Language Therapist (.5) CDS,(.2) Districtwide, and (.3)
Private Schools to Speech/Language Therapist(.7)Districtwide and(.3)Private Schools.
Eric Steadman from Mathematics Teacher (.4) at Bangor High School to Mathematics
Teacher(.6)at Bangor High School.
E. 1. a. I VOTED 6-0 to approve the Minutes of the June 28, 2017 Regular School Committee
Meeting as amended.
b. 1. Superintendent Webb recommended approval of the May 2017 Financial Report.
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VOTED 6-0 to approve the financial report as presented.
2. Superintendent Webb recommended approval of the July Bid&Quotation Report.
Members asked questions about the transformer upgrade.
VOTED 6-0 to approve the report as presented.
c. 1.a. Superintendent Webb recommended the following Teacher nominations for the 2017-2018
school year,with a one-year Probationary Contract:
Rebekah Bosco,Grade 2 Teacher at Vine Street School
Jodie Burgess,Grade 4 Teacher at Fairmount School
Gretchen Fleming,Kindergarten Teacher at Fruit Street School
Michelle Jacobson,Special Education Resource Room Teacher at Mary Snow School
Gerald Quimby,Mathematics Teacher at Bangor High School
Jennifer Roy-Musor,Grade 5.Teacher at Fairmount School
Leah Welch,Kindergarten Teacher at Fruit Street School
Jacqueline Bloch,Special Education(RR)Teacher at James F. Doughty School
Jessica Gallant,K-8 Social Worker,Systemwide
2. Superintendent Webb recommended committee approval of the following Extra-Duty
Assignments for school year 2017-2018:
Enrichment Act.Coord(.5) James F. Doughty School Keenon Blindow
Dramatics Advisor James F.Doughty School Gordon Bowden
Team Leader Grade 7 James F.Doughty School Patricia Bernhardt
Math Counts James F.Doughty School Ilyse Caldwell
Or.8 Football Coach JFDSfWSCS David Morris
d. Committee Member Carla Sychterz shared the following donation:
To the William S. Cohen School from the Tian Family, a cash donation, having a total
dollar value of 51,000.00 to support Academic Excellence.
VOTED 6-0 to accept the donation with great thanks.
E.2.a. VOTED 6-0 to amend the school calendar as requested and to waive the first and second
reading.
H. 1. Chairman Caruso reviewed the important dates.
J. By roll call vote,voted 6-0 to enter executive session for the purpose of evaluation of the
superintendent according to 1 MRSA subsection 405(6)(A)at 7:12 p.m.
Returned to public session at 9:13 p.m.
VOTED 5(Caruso, Doore, Hawes, Susi,Sychterz)for and 1 (DeGroff)opposed to extend
the superintendent's contract from July 1,2018 to June 30,2023.
Meeting adjourned at 9:13 p.m.
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Respec - Hy submitted,
Betsy M. Web, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools