The board approved the consent agenda, which included contracts, agreements, personnel recommendations, minutes of the Nov. 7 meeting, and financial reports. The motion to approve the consent agenda was moved by Faith and seconded by Tony; the roll call vote recorded 'yes' from members present.

The board also approved the second reading and adoption of policy numbers 71-10, 71-11, 71-14, 71-20, 71-21, 71-30 and 71-31, which the superintendent and policy committee indicated are attendance-related. The motion was brought forward (moved by James; seconded by Trish) and passed by roll call.

Personnel actions included the formal welcome to David Mallick, who was appointed as a physical education teacher at MES beginning in January and was introduced by the superintendent with background on his education and student-teaching experience. The board approved Amanda Gundling as a choral clinician for a special Marlborough High School Chamber Choir event (moved by James; seconded by Faith) with a roll-call 'yes' recorded for members.

Near the end of the meeting the board moved, by motion (Faith; second Tony), to go into executive session to discuss a personnel matter; the chair announced there would be no action after the executive session.

All recorded motions noted roll-call votes in the affirmative for those items; no votes were reported as failing or tabled during the meeting.