The Town of Webb UFSD Board of Education held a meeting on Tuesday, December 4, at 6:30 p.m., where it took the following action. This report is a summary and not the approved minutes of the board.

• Approved the Minutes of November 20 regular meeting.

• Approved the Warrants and Claims.

• Approved the Board Policies: 604.2 – Bus Accident – Emergency Plans; 605.2 – Operation of School Owned Vehicles; 606.2 – Maintenance of Vehicles

• Approved Danielle Harmer as Travel Club Advisor at the prorated rate of $412.50.

• Approved the appointment of the following: Cheryl Montana Fletcher as Substitute Teacher at $80/day; Cheryl Montana Fletcher as Substitute Teacher Aide at $9.75/hour; Hope Miller as Substitute Teacher at $80/day; Hope Miller as Substitute Teacher Aide at $9.75/hour.

• Approved – Dave Clark as 2012-2013 winter sports coach for Grade 3, 4, 5, and 6 Intramural BB – 2.25% x $40,149 (base salary) = $903.35

• Approved John Swick as a certified Lead Evaluator of teachers and has completed training which meets the requirements of 8 NYCRR 30-2.9 and the Town of Webb UFSD’s Annual Professional Performance Review Plan.

• Approved the recommendation of the Town of Webb UFSD CSEA Sick Bank Committee to approve 44 hours CSEA Sick Bank for a Civil Service Employee.

Special Topics: The Board reviewed Board Policy Section 000’s.

Principal’s Report:• Thank you to Diane Amos and Mark Johnston for organizing our Immigration Luncheon for our 8th grade students. Pictures of the event are in the paper! Thank you also to those that helped with the event.

• The Webb Way dinner took place tonight to help raise funds to reward our students for positive behaviors. Thank you to the Webb Way Committee for organizing this.

• The winter seasons has started and encourage everyone to get out and support our sports teams.

• Kim Casselman returned to work with our teachers on the Smartboard again.

• Jennifer Parzych will be at the December 18 Board meeting to introduce the BOE to Smartboards.

• Encouraged everyone to come out and attend the choral concerts scheduled for Thursday at 7pm and Friday at 12:30 pm of next week.

• Each student who revieved an Ice Cube or Chain Link for positive behavior received a reward and a letter home.

• Honor roll students will be published in this week’s newspapers. Letters of recognition will be going home for this as well.

Superintendent’s Report included the topics:

• Provided information to Board Members regarding a link to a petition that we have been asked to sign initiated by another northern school district to the State of New York regarding School Aide.

It is from a particularly poor school district that is asking for support in getting aide reconfigured to more appropriately match the needs of schools.

• Discussed the idea of faculty and staff being allowed to bring their children to school here without paying tuition.

We have a staff member that has approached this topic with me and my understanding is the conversation has come up before but I am unsure of the history.

• School Physician services are in place with Dr. Webster through the end of the 2012-13 school year at which time we will need to come up with an alternative plan for the 2013-2014 school year.

• Discussed putting red bows and seasonal white lights on the trees out front on the trees surrounding the school sign for community beautification and celebration.

• Attended several conferences over the last couple of weeks and as you may be hearing on the news; many districts are predicting fiscal and academic insolvency within 4 years.

Everything sounds bleak at best with the impact of Hurricane Sandy on school aide yet to be determined.

TRS and ERS have both come out with large increases for the coming year which by themselves will consume our 2% cap themselves. Operational and salary increases will be on top of that. We have already been working very hard already to do some long range planning beyond the regular budgetary preparation activities.

On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. the next regular meeting is scheduled in the Library.

Once minutes are approved they can be found at www.towschool.org.