South Kingstown School Committee Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

 

South Kingstown High School Cafeteria

215 Columbia Street

Wakefield, RI  02879

 

Attendees - Voting Members

Roland Benjamin - Chair

Michelle Brousseau

Emily Cummiskey

Kate Macinanti

Raissa Mosher

 

Absent Voting Members

Stephen (Scott) Mueller - Vice Chair

Alycia Collins

 

Attendees - other

Kristen Stringfellow - Superintendent

Pauline Lisi - Assistant Superintendent

 

 

1.         6:00 PM - The School Committee may seek to convene in executive session

in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws for the purpose(s) of:

 

A.     Collective Bargaining - NEASK - MOA (RIGL 42-46-5(a)(2))

           

Roland Benjamin called the June 26, 2018 School Committee meeting to order at 6:03 PM. 

Unanimous roll call vote to convene in executive session for the purpose of collective bargaining.

 

2.         7:00 PM - Call to Order

 

Call to Order

 

Roland Benjamin called the June 26, 2018 School Committee meeting back to order at 7:00 PM. 

B. Seal the minutes of the executive session

 

MSV (4) move to seal the minutes of the Executive Session.

 

Motion made by:  Raissa Mosher

Motion seconded by:  Kate Macinanti

Vote:  Unanimously Approved

 

C. Reporting of vote(s) taken in executive session

 

Mr. Benjamin reported on votes taken in Executive Session:

·       Vote to increase the stipend for Dean positions (NEASK) to $5000.  The motion was made by Raissa Mosher, seconded by Michelle Brousseau.  The vote was unanimously approved.

·       Vote to approve a MOA with NEASK.  The motion was made by Raissa Mosher, seconded by Emily Cummiskey.  The vote was unanimously approved.

 

3.         Consent Agenda

 

            Mr. Benjamin reviewed the Consent Agenda.

Items A and B were pulled from the agenda.  Dr. Stringfellow advised that she had hand-carried the resignation of Maintenance Director Robert Desrochers.

 

A. Approval of Open Session Minutes - Meeting of 6/5/18 – Pulled from the consent agenda

B. Approval of Executive Session Minutes - Meeting of 6/5/18– Pulled from the consent agenda

C. Personnel Actions

D. Bid Award - #2384 Roof Replacement at PDES and SKHS

E. Expenditure over $10,000.00 - Gaggle Safety Management Suite for Google

F. Approve Consent Agenda

 

            MSV (5) move to approve the Consent Agenda as amended.

 

Motion made by:  Michelle Brousseau

Motion seconded by:  Raissa Mosher

Vote:  Unanimously approved. 

 

4.         Comments from the Community

 

A. Comments from the Community

 

Tia Beckman, community member, asked the School Committee to look at tracking and programming for those with language-based disabilities, and would like IEPs to reflect specific LBD-dyslexia, dysgraphia, and other such diagnoses.  She wondered if there were LBD specialists in each school.

 

5.         School Committee Business

 

A. Appointment of Community Member to Contingency Committee

 

There were three members of the community who submitted applications to sit on the Contingency Committee.

 

MSV (6) move to expand to accept three community members as part of the Contingency Committee.

 

Motion made by:  Raissa Mosher

Motion seconded by:  Emily Cummiskey

Vote:  Unanimously approved. 

 

MSV (7) move to appoint Christopher Roman, Nicole Mulanaphy, and Jason Ralph to the Contingency Committee.

 

Motion made by:  Kate Macinanti

Motion seconded by:  Raissa Mosher

Vote:  Unanimously approved. 

 

6.         Adjournment

 

A. Adjourn meeting

 

MSV (8) move to adjourn at 7:15 PM.

 

Motion made by:  Raissa Mosher

Motion seconded by:  Kate Macinanti

Vote:  Unanimously approved. 

 

 

                                                                                                Respectfully submitted,

                                                                                                Kristen Stringfellow