I couldn't understand what you were talking about, but now that BOE minutes have been posted it has shed some light on your comments. You must've been referring to the Hebron Administrator's Union contract approval.
The HBOE met on 9/15 and voted to spend $19 grand on smartboards for all grades:
3rd Grade Smart Boards
Since Ms. Cruz has been acting as Special Education Director since the end of
June, there has been a savings. She would like to use the money to buy
smartboards.
Mr. O’Reilly stated that the board should listen to the community re: more
technology.
Mr. Moorcroft felt that students should have consistency and for students not to
have smartboards after using them in their previous grade would not be good.
Ms. Dube agreed and said that training all teachers at once was more efficient.
MOTION made by Jane Dube to purchase Smartboards for Grade 3,
seconded by Stephanie Raymond.
Ms. Dube amended her motion to include ‘spending up to $19,000’, Ms. Raymond
accepted the amendment. Vote: Unanimous. Motion Carried.
Kathy Shea was not in attendence - I wonder if she would have voted yes.
The BOE also hired a part-time Special Education Consultant at 2 days per week and yet another secretary -
Consultant for Special Services (Encl. 7b.1)
Ms. Judith Richard has been hired as a Special Education Consultant beginning
Sept. 15th working two days a week. She has met with the special education team
and a new special education secretary has been hired and will start October 4th.
Seems like they had a lot of administrators before - so they replace one person with 1.4. Granted, the new secretary probably doesn't earn what the prior special education director did, so it may yet end up a wash.
The meetings are apparently now being videotaped - but no clue yet as to how they might be viewed by the general public to get more information as to what was discussed.
This coming Thursday, 9/22, there is a special joint meeting to discuss capital improvement policy and budget guidance for the 2012-2013 fiscal year. Both BOS and BOF will join the BOE. Will they try to force ADK on us again?