January 5, 2010

Hopkinton School Board
Hopkinton, New Hampshire

School Board Meeting
SAU #66, Maple Street School
Cafeteria

Tuesday, January 5, 2010
6:30 pm

Agenda

PUBLIC SESSION

1.    Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance

2. Additions/deletions from agenda by Superintendent

3.      Correspondence

4.      Approval of minutes

Recommend the Hopkinton School Board approve the minutes of the regular board meeting held on December 1, 2009.

Recommend the Hopkinton School Board approve the minutes of the regular board meeting held on December 8, 2009.

Recommend the Hopkinton School Board approve the minutes of the regular board meeting held on December 15, 2009.

5.      Public Comment (1)

6.      Comments from the Hopkinton School Board

7.      Staff Reports and Presentations

a.    Principal Reports

b.    Superintendent Report

8.    Items for School Board Discussion

a.    2010-2011 Expendable Trusts/Capital Reserve Funds: School Building Repair and Maintenance Expendable Trust Fund, Educating the Educationally Disabled (Special Education) Expendable Trust Fund, Health Insurance Expendable Trust Fund, Vehicle Capital Reserve Fund (Action Items)

b.    2010-2011 Hopkinton School District Budget (Action Item)

c.    Program Expansion: Middle School Sports

d.    Emergency Preparedness: Acquisition of a generator

e.    Monthly Financials – November 2009

9. Public Comment (2)

10. Materials Included

Principal Reports
Superintendent Report
2010-2011 Expendable Trust/ Capital Reserve Proposal
HESS Contract Summary (Confidential)
Warrant for the 2010 Annual Hopkinton School District Meeting – Draft
Monthly Financial Report November

11.    Important Dates

•    January 9, 2010 H1N1 Clinic
•    January 12, 2010 School Board Meeting (Contracts)
•    January 13, 2010 Budget Committee Meeting (Town Hall, 6:30pm)
•    January 19, 2010 School Board Meeting
•    January 20, 2010 Budget Committee Meeting (Town Hall, 6:30pm)

ACTION ITEMS

12.  Hopkinton School Board approve the superintendent’s recommendation to establish an article for the 2010 School District Meeting which authorizes the raising and appropriating of $75,000 and the transferring of $75,000 from the unreserved fund balance to the School Building Repair and Maintenance Expendable Trust Fund.

13.  Hopkinton School Board approve the superintendent’s recommendation to establish an article for the 2010 School District Meeting that creates a Health Insurance Trust Fund and authorizes the raising and appropriating of $25,000 and the transferring of $25,000 from the unreserved fund balance to that Health Insurance Expendable Trust Fund.

14.  Hopkinton School Board approve the superintendent’s recommendation to establish an article for the 2010 School District Meeting that creates a Vehicle Capital Reserve Fund and that authorizes the raising and appropriating of $25,000 and the transferring of $25,000 from the unreserved fund balance to that Vehicle Capital Reserve Fund.

15.  Hopkinton School Board adopt the Superintendent recommended 2010-2011 Hopkinton School District Budget at the $16,103,592 funding level.

NONPUBLIC SESSION

16. Nonpublic Session for the Discussion of Matters as Per RSA 91-A: 3, II (a)

Negotiations

RETURN TO PUBLIC SESSION

17.    Adjournment[