Monday
December 15, 2003                     7:00 PM                 Mabel I. Wilson School Multipurpose Room





MSAD #51 Mission

The mission of MSAD #51 is to guide all students as they acquire enthusiasm for learning, assume responsibility for
their education, achieve academic excellence, and discover and attain their personal bests.

To accomplish this mission, the MSAD #51 community will collaborate to:

 
Use effective instructional practices and provide professional development to assure 
   that all students meet or exceed the District's Content Standards and Performance Indicators
as they relate to the system of Maine Learning Results;
Ensure a safe and respectful environment where all feel a sense of belonging; and 
Promote parental participation as fundamental to each student's success.




        Board Goals for 2003-2004


1. Effectively engage students in learning to ensure that each student meets or exceeds the District's
Content Standards and Performance Indicators and progresses towards attaining his/her personal best.
In support of this goal, the Board will:
	

	
Support the District's ongoing work in curriculum, assessment, instruction and professional development;
	
Measure the District's progress towards attaining its mission by collecting, analyzing and sharing data on
	student performance;
	
Establish measurable goals for improving student achievement; and
	
Develop and evaluate the structures and policies necessary to ensure all students meet the District's
	Content Standards and Performance Indicators as they relate to the system of Maine Learning Results.
	


2.  Implement accountability systems for providing, assessing and supporting student learning.
In support of this goal, the District will:
        

        
Recruit, retain and develop quality staff;  
        
Encourage the ongoing development of instructional and administrative leadership;
        
Develop and use a system of data analysis for decision making; and
        
Develop 3-year budgetary goals and strategies to provide greater financial stability.
        


3.  Promote community involvement in education by:
        

        
Establishing an ongoing dialogue with community members; and     
        
Collaborating with the community to meet student needs.
        


4.  Provide a quality learning and work environment to support our educational mission by:
        

        
Constructing a new middle school to open in fall of 2004;     
        
Renovating Greely Junior High into high school space for use beginning in fall of 2005; and
        
Securing resources to renovate and construct an addition to Greely High School.
        


 



MSAD #51 Board of Directors

                John Aromando                   829-6861        jaromando@pierceatwood.com
                Peter Bingham			829-5713	pbingham@acornearth.com
                Polly Haight Frawley            657-2373        PHFraw@aol.com
                Betts Gorsky                    871-7500        bjgorsky@hotmail.com
                Audrey Lones                    829-4171        audrey@alum.mit.edu 
                Henry Kennedy                   829-6979        hrk@kieve.org
                Jim Moulton			657-3803
                Bob Vail                        829-5393




1.  Call to Order  -  by MSAD #51 Board of Directors Chairperson, John Aromando.


2.  Approval of Minutes

		
3.  Superintendent's Report


4.  Presentations:
        a)  MSAD #51 Arts Alliance
        b)  Drowne Road School Reuse Task Force
        

5.  Committee Reports
        a)  Finance
        b)  Facilities
        c)  Performance Data
        d)  Policy
        e)  Negotiations




6.  Items for Action
        


7.  Communications
        
        

8.  Adjourn Meeting ______PM




Upcoming Meetings/Events
12/16/03 - Greely Middle School Coffee, coffee & conversation about GMS, GJHS, 3:00 - 4:00 PM
12/16/03 - Financial Aid Night, GHS, 6;30 PM
12/17/03 - Early Release:  Grades 7-12 @ 1:12 PM,. Grades K-6@ 12:15 PM
12/18/03 - GJHS Winter concert, 7:00 PM
12/19/03 - Progress Repot, GHS & GJHS
12/19/03 - Chanukah begins at sunset
12/25/03 - Christmas
12/22/03  through 1/2/04 - Holiday Break, no School 
1/5/04 - School Resumes
1/6/04 - First practice for junior high girls basketball
1/7/04 - Early Release:  Grades 7-12 @ 1:12 PM,. Grades K-6@ 12:15 PM
1/8/04 - Allstate Jazz Festival
1/8/04 - PTO Parent University:  Nutrition and Your Children, MIW, 6-8 PM
1/9/04 - Allstate Jazz Festival
1/10/04 - Allstate Jazz Festival
1/12/04 - Greely Middle School Coffee, coffee & conversation about GMS, GJHS, 4:00 - 5:00 PM
1/13/04 - PTO Business meeting, MIW library
1/13/04 - Chorus Concert, GHS
1/14/04 - Early Release:  Grades 7-12 @ 1:12 PM,. Grades K-6@ 12:15 PM
1/15/04 - Greely Middle School Coffee, coffee & conversation about GMS, GJHS, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
1/15/04 - Band Concert, GHS
1/19/04 - Martin Luther King Day, no school
1/21/04 - Full day of school
1/22/04 - Play & Learn Math Night, NYMS, 6:30 - 7:30 PM
1/23/04 - End of 2nd quarter GJHS & GHS
1/28/04 - Early Release:  Grades 7-12 @ 1:12 PM,. Grades K-6@ 12:15 PM
1/29/04 - NYS Concert
1/30/04 - District II Band Festival
1/30/04 - MIW Progress Reports go home
1/31/04 - District II Band Festival


Next School Board Meeting:

   January 5, 2004 - Cumberland Town Hall Council Chambers, 7:00 PM