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BANGQR SCH04L CUMMI'FTEE '
REGULAR MEETING
7:00 p.m.,Thursday,May 29,2Q 14 ,
Schoal Committee Members present: Chairman Warren Caruso, Marc Eastman, Phyilis Guerette, Susan
Hawes and Jay Ye.Members Sarah Smiley and Cbristine Szal were unable ta attend. ,
A. 1.&2. The meeting was caUed to order by Chairman Caruso at 7:U0 p.m. and the Pledge of
Allegiance followed.
3. The Bangor School Deparhment and the Bangor School Committee recogni2ed Mary '
Butfer, a Bangor�iigh School junior, as the 2014 Maine Stackholm Junior Water Prize
(SJWP)winner. The national competition will ba held in Virginia in mid-June. This is '
Bangor High School's eighth consecutive state winner of the SJWP.
B. Superintendent Webb requested amending the Agenda to remove D2.a. Physical '
Education Assessments Update and to add E.l.a.Personnel Extra Duty Assignments and
d.Donations.
VOTED 5-0 to arqend the Agenda as reqnested. '
D. 1. a. Superintendent Webb recommended approval af the Bangor High School Fine Arts
Academy for implementatiott in the Fall af 2014. �
Committee Members asked questions and voiced their support for the Academy.
VOTED 5-0 to approve the Fine Arts Academy. �
b. Superintendent Webb recornmended naming the James F. Daug�ty School gymnasium,
the Robert Kelley Gymnasiurn.In 1991,the newly reno�ated gymnasium at the James F. �
Doughty School (JFDS}, then Fi$h Street Jr. High School, was dedicated to Robert
Kefley and a plaque was placed autside the gymnssium doors. This plaque still remains
outside the JFDS gymnasiiun today.A Committee appraval would formalize the naming '
process and dedicate the James F. Doughty Schoal gymnasium as the Robert Kelley
Gymnasium.
VOTED 5-0 to apprave the naming af facilities as pressnted. �
2. b. Superintendent Webb shared an update on the FY15 Schaol Department Budget. She
reviewed the most recent version of the Maine Departraent of Education's Education '
Funding Law Implementation cBart.
Committee Mez�bers z�tade camments regarding the shift from Augusta to the local �
taxpayers.
a. Superinteudent Webb reparted the follawing retiremen� ,
Cecile Achey Guidance Counselor Bangor High School
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d. Superintendent Webb reparted the following reassignmants for the 2414-2015 school
, year:
Christine Caron from School Nurse, Grades K-3 to (.6) Schoo! Nurse, Grades K-3 and
' (.4)School Nurse at the Bangor Regional Therapeutic Day Program
Kristy Danahue from Grade 3 Teacher at Vine Street School to Grade 4 Teacher at
Fairmauat Schaoi
' Martha Gladstone fram Kindergarten Teacher at Vine Street Schoal to Grade 1 Teacher
at Vine$treet School
, Rabyn Pelkey from Grade l Teacher at Abraham Lincoln School to Kindergarten
Teacher at Abraham Lincoln Schoal
' Laurie Sproul-Poisson from (.9) Physical Education Teacher at Mary Snow School and
(.1) Adaptive Pt►ysical Education Teacher at Fourteenth Street 5choal to Physical
Educa�ion Teacher at Mary Snow Schaol
' E. 1. a. 1-2. VOTED 4{Can�so,Guere�te,Hawes,Ye)to 0 and 1 abstention(Eastir►an)to approve the
Minutes of the May 8,2014 Special School Committee Meedng.
' Due to lack of a quorum,the May 14,2014 Regular SchooI Committea Meeting Minutes
were tabled until the next meeting.
' b. Superintendent Webb recommended approval of the Apri12014 Financial Statement.
Committee Member Gaerette asked about the Adult Education revenues.
� VOTED 5-0 to apprave the Apri12(}14 Financial Statement as presented.
, c. Superintendent Webb recommended the following Extra-Duty Assignments for the 2Q 14-
2015 school yeac:
' Dramatics Coach William S.Cohen School Ashley Itramer
Boys'Varsity Soccer Coach Bangor High School William Shannon ia�n,�.��esn�
Girls N Basketball Bangor High Schoo! Frederick Lower N
' Committee Member Guerette asked if all nominees were employees of the Bangor School
Departmen�Superintendent Webb reparted that two were teachers and William Shannan
has been smployed as a caach for the school department for four years.
' VC?TED 5-0 to apprav�the naminations 8s prssented.
' d. Superintendent Webb reported the foAowiag donation:
To i�'awaa��st S6h�c�1 frc�� Low�'s Cha�rit�bl� aa�d Edu��.�c�n�l �'o�aad��ioa�, � anonet�rry
donatian,having a totel dollar value of$S,OQQ.
, To Vine Street Schaol from Maine Education Associatian, books for first grade stc�dents,
having a total dollar value of$430.
' VQTED 5-0 to apprave with gceat thanks the donatiqns as presented.
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Minutes,Regular Meeting,May 29,2Q14 3. '
G. 1. Princigals Ryan Enman, Gary Gonyar, and Paul Butler reported on the Bangor Schoa�
Depari�nent's monitaring of academic progress as compared to report card grades. �
Committee Members asked questians and made comments al�out the progress.
H. 1. Chairman Canaso reviewed the impar#ant dates. '
I. Chairman �aruso tbanked the School Department faculty and staff far their hard work
and commented on the end of year stretch. ,
Committee Member Hawes recognized Andrew Sandweiss, the newly elected Bangor
High Sahool Student Council President. ,
J. The meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.�n.
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