SCHOOL UNION #98 AND MOUNT DESERT ISLAND REGIONAL SCHOOL SYSTEM

JOINT ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA

Mount Desert Island High School Library

Wednesday, 3 December 2008 at 6:00 p.m.

I.  Call to Order  

2. Union 98 Voting Procedure and Weighted Votes Chart and Mount Desert Island Regional School System Voting Chart (Attachment A)

3. Establishment of Quorums:
• Union 98
• Mount Desert Island Regional School System

4. Election of Mount Desert Island Regional School System Officers (MDIRSS vote)
• Chairperson
• Vice-Chairperson
• Secretary

5. Review of Notes from 17 November 2008 Union 98 Executive Committee Meeting and Approval of Minutes from   14 October 2008 Union 98 Meeting (Attachments B and C) (Union 98 vote) 
   

VI. Annual Report of Union 98 Administrators (Attachment D) 

VII. Executive Session:  Evaluation of Union 98 Central Office Personnel 

VIII. Renewal of Contracts for Union 98 Central Office Personnel (Union 98 vote) 

9. Establishment of Salaries for Union 98 Central Office Personnel Effective 7/1/09 (to be presented at meeting) (Union 98 vote)

10. Approval of Changes to Central Office Support Staff Salary Scale and Benefits (to be presented at meeting) (Union 98 vote)

11. Transfer of Contracts from Union 98 to Mount Desert Island Regional School System effective July 1, 2009 (MDIRSS vote)

12. Review and Discussion of Job Descriptions:

1. Assessment Coordinator (Attachment E)

2. Assistant to the Director of Special Services (Attachment F)
3. Assistant Superintendent (Attachment G)

REFRESHMENT BREAK 

XIII. Computation of Mount Desert Island Regional School System Payments by Formula Based on Proposed Budget (Attachment H) 

14. Action Items: (MDIRSS votes)
1. Adoption of Mount Desert Island Regional School System Budget for Fiscal Year ’10 (Attachment I)
2. Set Date and Discuss Details for Mount Desert Island Regional School System Budget Meeting
3. Adoption of Mount Desert Island Regional School System Calendars for 2009-2010
• Elementary Schools and Trenton (Attachment J and K)
• Mount Desert Island High School (Attachment L)

  XV.        Other Business 

16.   Future Agenda Requests

17.   Date, Time and Location for Next Union 98 and Mount Desert Island Regional School System Meetings

18.   Adjournment

THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TAKE ACTION ON ANY ITEM THAT IS LISTED ON THIS AGENDA

MISSION:  Our mission is to provide leadership and support to Union 98 member schools to assure all children a high quality education --- emphasizing essential academic skills and preparing students to be personally and socially responsible citizens.

School Union #98 is the organizational framework which assists its school communities as they establish sustainable learning environments that are authentic, engaging, stimulating and equitable, and where individual talents of students, faculty and staff, are recognized and nurtured.