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Welcome to the Joint Milton and Wakefield NH School Board meeting from 1/29/14. The boards met at the School Administrative Unit offices and began at 5:00 pm. For information about both schools, visit the School Administration Unit, SAU64 website here


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00:01 Review of previous meeting minutes 10/30/13; Corrections; Bonnie Cyre page 2; Anne Walsh page 6; motion to accept; 2nd; unanimous; motion to accept the non public minutes of 10/30/13; 2nd; unanimous; motion to accept the minutes from 1/6/14; 2nd; unanimous; 1 abstention Snyder; motion to accept the public hearing minutes; 2nd; unanimous 2 abstentions Snyder Brown; Expense report Michael Tursi; stomach virus; Andrew D’agastino;


05:00 Student service director versus business administrative salary line; phone and maintenance; E- rate reimbursement; interest on investments; losses; fund balance; Motion to accept expense report; 2nd; all yes; 1 oppose Brown; Wakefield SAU withdrawal Committee; Brown strongly accuses Chairmen Shute of intentionally manipulating the meeting schedule;


10:00 Brown accuses Chairman Shute of playing games; open discussion ensues; Brown motions to remove Doug Shute as Chairman; no 2nd; motion fails; Brown demands that Shute remembers to alternate the meetings between Wakefield and Milton;


15:00 POLICY MEETING REVIEW ACE non discrimination on the basis of handicap; NH School Board Association; Motion for 1st reading ACE; 2nd; unanimous;


20:00 School Board power and duties; BBBHR; 2010 vetting; Motion to accept BBBHR; 2nd; unanimous; Treasurer appointment;


25:00 Secretary appointment; discussion of voting process; RSA’s; tax base; population of students; in house enrollment; Motion to accept for 1st reading of BBBHR; 2nd; motion carries passes; new evaluation to determination Learning Disabled; LD; policy update;


30:00 Cognitive abilities; iEDA; required polices; SAU policy committee; policy and procedure manual for special Ed; Motion to make iHBAA 1st reading; 2nd; unanimous; Brown motions to add #8 to agenda; 2nd; motion fails;


35:00 Weighted voting; based on number of students; Motion to move into non public per 91-a 3 11 b, a; 2nd; Ed Comeau public question regarding the learning disabled evaluation process; roll call vote;