Faculty present: Jan Luchini, Nan Fawcett, Margie Figgins, Joey Giffen-Hunter, Mark Quee, Rachel Thomson, Jennifer Warnecke
APPROVED: We approve renewal of the note of agreement for Jan Luchini, Director of the School. We are grateful for her leadership, her responsiveness to ongoing needs and her financial management. We agree to increase her salary. We ask the Human Resources Committee to conduct the evaluation of the Director in the manner employed last year, using their discretion in making changes in the methods used. We ask that a draft of this report be ready for the May School Committee Meeting.
APPROVED: We approve the minutes of the December meeting as amended.
APPROVED: We approve the Facilities Report from Joey Giffen-Hunter including a decision to request a fire inspection by the State Fire Marshall.
We approve the changes in the capital campaign budget Jan Luchini and Joey Giffen-Hunter have requested for the continued improvement of the facilities, making $200,000 available for window replacement. $100,000 is included in the bridge budget and an additional gift of $100,000 for the windows will be outside the bridge campaign but will still be considered a capital improvement with its own separate budget and funding.
We acknowledge Joey's recommendation that we hire an assistant for the facilities work. We thank Joey for his good work, recognizing that the new addition to the Main Building has significantly increased his workload.
We listened with interest to Jennifer's Academic Report . We commend her good work in the area of curriculum development.
Nan Fawcett reported on Spiritual and Community Life, including an update on Deborah Fisch's clerking workshop with the school, plans for the Quaker Youth Leadership Conference, and efforts to clarify some confusions among the student body. We appreciate all the work she and the faculty are doing in this area.
We listened to Mark Quee's Farm Report with interest. We thank Mark and Dan for the vitality and scope of the farm program.
We listened to written responses to the ISACS report from Lucy Hansen and Jan Luchini with appreciation and approved their work.
We heard the report of the Consultation Committee and appreciate their work.
We listened with appreciation to the Development Report . We commend Margie Figgins, Director of Development for her good work.
We heard the report from Rachel Thomson, Director of Admissions, on Admissions and Enrollment and are encouraged by the successful addition of six new students this semester. We are glad she finds her assistant, Dana Smith a great help.
We are glad the work Margie and Rachel are doing on the Image Audit is progressing well. We recognize how much work it has been and will continue to be for the next months. We realize the importance of the school committee members taking an active role in encouraging members of their meetings to respond to the surveys.
Jan Luchini, in the absence of Adam Kurth, reported about the tablet laptop computer pilot program. We are grateful for the work she and Adam are doing in gathering responses from students and faculty to the tablets, and are interested in the positive response.
Jan Luchini reported on the Human Resources Committee, indicating that the hiring committee will begin its work soon. We appreciate her timely and positive attitude toward this work.
Committee members expressed their thanks to Callie Marsh for taking on the writing of the minutes at short notice.
We adjourned with some moments of silent worship.
Callie Marsh
Recording Clerk for the day