BRUNSWICK
In its final summer meeting before classes start anew, the School Board will on Wednesday consider what to do about administrative contracts and proposed new construction, too.
In executive session at 6:30 p.m., the board will eye administrative contracts and any action on them.
Following that, the board will take on the first reading of a policy for the student liaison.
For the past two years, student Julia Brown had represented Brunswick High School to the school board for the town.
The idea for the post had caused some concern that on fiduciary matters students would speak out of turn.
In 2009, board member Michelle Small said she didn’t like the student liaison idea at all.
“What bothers me about having a student vote is the possibility of influence on us,” Small said. “I think that is unseemly. The only purpose of them voting would be to influence us.”
The policy change would solidify that role, leaving the student representative post whole.
A list of other policies the board will read, includes one about service animals for those in need.
The board will also get an update on planning strategy from superintendent Paul Perzanoski.
A slate of seven resignations may also be approved from teachers and staff at various schools.
That list includes: Bridget Cohen, psychologist at the junior high; Janice Sypniewski, Grade 1 teacher; James Irish, Stowe School education technician; Patricia McCabe, Coffin School physical education teacher; Ruthanne Thibodeau, education technician at the junior high; Kathleen Krea, part-time reading teacher at the Stowe School; and Suzanne Hamilton, Coffin School secretary.
The board will also consider how to move on with hiring designers for proposed school construction.
Early this June, the school board approved its first outline of plans to renovate and renew.
In total, the facilities plan’s latest iteration could mean around $21.5 million to fund school reconfiguration.
But the plan that was outlined in June by the board will likely wait for next year to be scored by the voters who would take to the polls next June, said Perzanoski to The Times Record in June.
In the meantime, planning has entered “Phase II” before which the board will select designers anew.
Currently, the board has retained Harriman Inc. for the first planning phase.
On Wednesday, discussion is expected to include whether that firm’s work on the project should be continued.
The meeting Wednesday is set to begin in Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave., at 7 p.m.
A full agenda can be viewed at http://goo.gl/wA8uS.
dfishell@timesrecord.com
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