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School Committee approves donations, personnel contracts and routine minutes
Summary
At the July 22 meeting the committee unanimously approved several donations totaling multiple grants to district programs, accepted contracts for two assistant superintendents, and approved a series of meeting minutes and transfers/invoices.
The Nantucket School Committee voted unanimously on several agenda items July 22, approving donations, personnel contracts and routine business minutes.
Donations: The committee approved a $5,000 donation from the Nantucket Education Trust to the Nantucket Community School Summer Boost program; a $20,000 donation from the Community Foundation for Nantucket to the Nantucket Community School adult English-for-speakers-of-other-languages program; an $11,000 donation from the Community Foundation for Nantucket to the Nantucket Community School Summer Boost program (the agenda noted the $11,000 line as a typo during the meeting); and multiple donations from the Egan Maritime Institute to the Nantucket High School vocational-technical horticulture program for Heather Ring (amounts recorded in the meeting as $2,569 and later $10,000 to be deposited into the school’s gift account). All donation motions were moved and seconded on the record and were approved by voice vote.
Personnel contracts: The committee approved a contract listed as 02/1928 for Dr. Mandy Bardsley as assistant superintendent of teaching and learning and approved contract 02/2028 for Melissa Devitt as assistant superintendent of academic operations. Both motions passed by unanimous voice vote.
Minutes and finance: The committee approved a series of meeting minutes (reorganizational meeting June 2; meeting minutes from June 3, June 9, June 17, and June 20) and voted to approve transfers and invoices. Each motion was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
Procedural notes: Most motions were moved and seconded from the floor; the meeting used voice votes with committee members responding “Aye.” No roll-call tallies by member name were recorded in the meeting transcript for these items. The committee set an August 19 retreat (not a public forum) and indicated the next regular meeting will be the first day of school, September 2.
All items in this article reflect actions taken on the meeting agenda and recorded in the meeting transcript.
