Minutes of December 2, 2021

MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING OF December 2, 2021

A meeting of the Board of Directors was held in person in North Berwick, Maine on December 2, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. with all members present except Mr. Doiron, Ms. Travers, and Ms. Stanton. Ms. Mallett and Ms. Hopper were present remotely.

Public Input: None at this time

The board reviewed the minutes from November. 18, 2021.

Ms. Hagenbuch made the motion and it was seconded by Ms. Lovejoy to approve the minutes of November 18, 2021 as amended. All members voted in favor and the motion passed.

The Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent shared with the board information regarding the history of Mary Hurd Academy as well as the physical space of MHA, North Berwick Elementary School and the Knowlton School. Also discussed was the configurations of all of the elementary buildings and how the classroom spaces could be utilized. Board members will be taking tours of these buildings next week with the Assistant Superintendent. More discussion and a decision will be considered at the next board meeting on Dec. 16th.

Educational Update:

The student attendance for the past 2 weeks has ranged from Students: 66% low 100% high.

Staff attendance range was 88% low 97% high.

Prior to vacation over 100 students out in Lebanon either due to testing positive or due to being a close contact.

72% of the last 36 positive cases have been Lebanon residents. This piece of information was one of the driving forces to keeping Lebanon remote for the rest of the week.

Parents are doing home testing and sharing that they are positive, but we need actual documentation from the PCR testing in order to state a case as positive.

Feedback from parents in Lebanon was positive that we were trying to address the outbreak status and reduce the number of close contacts.

Employment.

The Superintendent shared the resignation of Tyler Anderson, math teacher at NHS as of January 30, 2021. Ms. Hagenbuch made the motion and it was seconded by Ms. Manley to accept the resignation of Mr. Anderson. All members voted in favor and the motion passed.

The Superintendent shared the retirements of Ms. Nancy Day, Literacy Interventionist at Lebanon and Ms. Nanci Nason, Art Teacher in Lebanon effective June 30, 2022. Ms. Lovejoy made the motion and it was seconded by Ms. Manley to approve the retirements of Ms. Day and Ms. Nason with much appreciation and well wishes for the future. All members voted in favor and the motion passed.

Superintendent Beauvais reported some updates:

Other Business:

Executive session:

Ms. Hagenbuch made a motion and it was seconded by Ms. Lovejoy to adjourn the meeting. All members voted in favor and the motion passed. Out at 8:27 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Audra Beauvais