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year ; approved the bills as covered by vouchers 078576 through 078703; approved open enrollment for a fourth grade student. Dr. Mich stated that 1992-93 was a good year and many things have been undertaken\initiated and he expressed appreciation to everyone who worked toward making it a good year; that he sees the 1993-94 school year as a pre-planning year regarding the future of the District; that he wanted to welcome the following people to new positions: Dave Benson as associate principal at the middle school and Sue Kueppers as the principal of the middle school; that he wanted to express appreciation to Ronald Gilbert, whose resignation was accepted earlier in the agenda, for his many years of service to the District; that he wanted to congratulate Connie Fladeland on her appointment as principal of Schumann Elementary School; that he would like to tentatively set a workshop session for August 23 to review the Omnibus Education bill and the implications it will have on our District; that the summer program is going very well and exciting things are happening for the children. Dr. Mich introduced a recommendation regarding the introduction of Spanish in kindergarten and grade one for the 1993-94 school year. He stated that this recommendation is based on the proposal presented by a task force which studied the development of a world language program at the elementary level. Dr. Mich stated that under the Omnibus Education bill fi:nds were allocated to aid in the lowering of the teacher/student ratio and this language addition will help in reaching that ratio. Additional funds may h-r available next year for expansion of this program. UPON MOTION by Pamela Schroeder, seconded by Peg Swanson, the Board of Education accepted the initial phase of the elementary world language proposal and the study of Spanish in kindergart. i and grade one will begin with the start of the 1993-94 school year. Motion carried. Dr. Mich stated that the promotional video for the District has been completed and the Board viewed it. After the viewing. Dr. Mich expressed appreciation to Lindsey Peterson for her work on the video. UPON MOTION by Peg Swanson, seconded by Pamela Schroeder, the Board of Education established the regular School Board meeting time at 7:00 p.m., (except July 1, 1993 meeting will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the May 17, 1994 meeting will begin at 9:30 p.m.) to be held in the Orono Education Link, Room 107L on the following dates: July 1, 1993 August 9, 1993 September 13, 1993 September 27, 1993 October 11, 1993 October 25, 1993 November 8, December 13, January January ?4, February 14, February 28, 1993 1993 1994 1994 1994 1994 March 14, 1994 April 11, 1994 April 25, 1994 May 9, 1994 May 17, 1994 June 13, 1994