Jan. 17 meeting

MEETING POSTPONED: Camden-Rockport School Board to address MET future, new middle school project finances

Wed, 01/17/2018 - 3:15pm

CAMDEN — The School Administrative District 28 School Board (Camden-Rockport K-8) has postponed its Jan. 17 to Jan. 24, from 7 to 10 p.m., with the location to be announced.

The meeting had been scheduled for Camden Town Office Washington Street Conference Room at 7 p.m., to be streamed live (http://new.townhallstreams.com/stream.php?location_id=28&id=15147) and televised on public access channel 1303. The agenda includes another discussion about the future of the Mary E. Taylor building on Knowlton Street, hearing an update about the new middle school construction project, and listening to a presentation about the Hurricane Island project. The board has also scheduled Jan. 23 as a public information night on the new middle school construction project, with a focus on the looks of the building exterior, floor plans, site plan and building design.

The Jan. 23 public information night will take place in the Camden-Rockport Middle School cafeteria and will not be live-streamed nor televised. It will run from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. There will be time for questions and answers with the architects and/or members of the Building Committee. This meeting will be child-friendly so parents are invited to take the whole family.

The Jan. 17 School Board meeting will be preceded by a meeting of the board’s Finance Committee, which will convene from 5:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at the Bus Barn, at Lions Lane, next the middle school.

That meeting’s agenda includes a review and discussion about options for voter approval to expend the $1.1M million from the district’s capital reserves on construction of the new $26.2 million middle school. Committee members will also address the reserve fund and the December 2017 budget.

In November, the Finance Committee reviewed a preliminary SAD 28 budget for the 2018-2019 school year, according to meeting minutes.

“With contractual increases, and excluding the new debt service payment for the middle school approved by the voters in June of 2017, the increase to the expense budget is $348,615 or 2.61 percent. Including the new debt service payment, estimated at $2,142,049, the increase to the expense budget is 18.43 percent and the increase to the taxpayer is $2,463,423, or 19.97 percent. Discussion ensued regarding the bond payment. The Business Manager explained that statute requires a leveled principal payment as this results in the least expense to taxpayers in the long run, and that the school board had previously voted to bond the entire amount in one issue as this was the least expensive for the taxpayer in the long run. The finance committee remarked on how important it would be to communicate what our operating budget increase is without the debt service payment. A target for an expense budget increase would be discussed at the full school board meeting.”

The full agenda for the Jan. 17 SAD 28 School Board meeting follows and the meeting packet is attached as a PDF.

AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Adjustments to the Agenda
3. Public Comments on Items not on the Agenda
4. Minutes
a. Accept the Minutes of the December 20th Regular Meeting
5. Hurricane Island Project Presentation – Multiage
6. Continued consideration of the MET Building
7. Preliminary Discussion of School Calendar Adjustments in 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21
8. School Board Chair's Report – Matt Dailey
9. Superintendents Report – Maria Libby
10. Administrative Reports
a. Debra McIntyre, Assistant Superintendent
b. Jaime Stone, CRMS Principal
c. Chris Walker-Spencer, CRES Principal
d. Valerie Mattes, Director of Student Special Services
11. Ad Hoc Committee Reports
a. CRMS Building Committee – Met on January 8th, draft minutes attached.
b. Strategic Planning Committee – Met on January 12th, draft minutes attached.
Next meeting on January 24th, at 8:00am.
12. Standing Committee Reports
a. Curriculum – Did not meet in December, next meeting TBD.
b. Finance – Met on December 6th, minutes attached. Next meeting on January 17th
prior to Board Meeting, agenda attached.
c. Personnel/Negotiations – Negotiations for MTA Contract met on December 18th,
next meeting on January 25th, at 4:00pm.
d. Policy – Next meeting on February 12th, at 3:30pm.
First Reading
None
Second Reading
BB – School Board Legal Status
DFA – Revenues from Investments (new) JJIC – Athletic Physicals
MSAD 28 School Board November 15, 2017
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JLCB – Immunizations of Students
JLCD – Administration of Medication to Students
JLCD-E – Medication Administration of School Field Trips JHCA – Closed Campus
13. Future Agenda Items
a. Internet Safety Information
14. Adjourn