11-26-1990 Information Items - Council Meeting

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Don Anderson congratulated the girU soccer team on their conference championship. Dave McKown briefly reported on the TIES Annual Meeting which was held October 10, 1990. As an informational item, Bill Fenholt addressed the change orders on the new construction. He stated that, in his experience with construction projects, he does not consider them to be an excessive amount owing to the ability of the foreman, Ron Hendricks, to resolve problems at no additional cost. Toni Bergland introduced Ms. Lois Moffitt, Director of the Community Resource Pool who provided the Board with background information on the development of the Community Resource Pool stating that their mission is to provide curriculum enrichment focusing on the current curriculum of the schools who participate in the program, Ms. Moffitt explained the process followed by teachers in order to utilize the service of the Community Resource Pool and she provided information on the presentations that have been or will be utilized by Orono teachers. She acknowledged Marvel Bongart as the catalyst for extensive utilization of the service of CRP by the teachers at Orono Primary School and Schumann Elementary School and stated that they are in the process of planning sessions with the new teachers at Orono Middle School. At the high school level, Ms. Moffitt stated that they are working to get information to the teachers on the caliber of resources that CRP can provide for their classrooms, the purpose being to increase the useage of CRP on that level. Ms. Moffitt answered questions from the Board for clarification purposes. The Board received the tabulation results of the breakfast survey which shows that far less than 15% indicated an interest in the provision of breakfast by the school district. The meeting was recessed at 7:55 p.m. and the Board met in executive session regarding the Superintendent evaluation. The mee ing reconvened at 8:25 p.m. Dave McKown reported on the Superintendent evaluation stating that the Board of Education is well pleased with the performance of the Superintendent and they acknowledge the excellent leadership Dr. Mich provides for the district. UPON MOTION by John Maresh, seconded by Lucie Taylor, the Board of Education ^^pproved the removal of electrical poles and overhead wiring and changing the three pole transformers to pad transformers at ground level at the front of the new addition and directed administration to negotiate any additional cost with the contractors. Carried unanimously. Dr. Mich presented the site plan, conducted by Roy A. Anderson Associates, for the existing campus and also the site plan for the acreage across from the main campus. Dr. Mich stated that the district does not, a. this time, plan to use the land and that the site plan was developed primarily for future planning. The Board requested that a site plan also be conducted for the primary school at a future date.