Dickinson School Trust Meeting Minutes
Meeting date:
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Attendance:
Present: Gene Theroux & Kristi Deedy
Absent: Dean Rankin
Visitors: None
1. Twelfth Annual Teacher Grants: The trustees unanimously decided to award two grants this year for a total of$ 512.50 and it to be presented to the following teachers for the project and dollar amount indicated:
a. Laura S. Fitzgerald in the amount of$ 200.00 for reference materials for the “Scratch”, computer coding curriculum for the middle school.
b. Elizabeth McCarthy in the amount of $312.50 to purchase a 40 week subscription for ten students to access and use the Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces (ALEKS)
Other:
Mr. Theroux made a motion to transfer $ 512.50 from the Dickinson School Trust to the STGRSD Superintendent’s Dickinson School account to fund the two awarded grants. A vote was taken and unanimously approved.
2. Marketing and Fund Raising: Discussed updating the Richard Dickinson Trust insert for solicitation of donations to the Dickinson School Trust of what’s been approved to be awarded from the Twelfth Annual Teacher Grants. A motion was made by Mr. Theroux to submit a solicitation with the 2017 census. A vote was taken and unanimously approved.
3. New Business: Trustees discussed modifying the Teacher Grants Brochure to lower the proposal request cap of $1,000 to $ 500 for Thirteenth Annual Teacher Grants. A motion was made by Mr. Theroux and vote taken was unanimously approved.
4. Adjourn
Respectfully Submitted,
GENE H. THEROUX
Dickinson School Trustee