6 p.m. Monday, February 24, 2025 in the SPHS Lecture Hall (Rescheduled from February 10)

Executive Session | 5 p.m. | SPHS Learning Commons

Consideration and action to enter into Executive Session pursuant to MRSA§405(6)(D) to discuss collective bargaining with the SPTA and SPESPA.

Regular Meeting | 6 p.m. | SPHS Lecture Hall

1.0 Call to Order

1.1 Pledge of Allegiance

1.2 Opening Statement

2.0 Report of the Chair

2.1 Upcoming meetings:

• Regular Meeting on Monday, March 10 at 6 p.m.

• Board Budget Workshop I on Monday, March 17 at 6 p.m.

• Board Budget Workshop II on Monday, March 24, 2025

• Board Budget Workshop III and Special Meeting on Thursday, March 27, 2025

3.0 Report of the Student Representative

4.0 Report of the Superintendent

4.1 Announcements:

• Review of Policies BBA (Roles, Functions, and Duties of School Boards) and BCA (School Board Member Ethics)

Reports:

• Enrollment Report

• PreK Expansion – Dr. Prince

Retirements:

• Robin Legere, Ed Tech, SPMS

• Denise LaRose, Ed Tech, Brown

Resignations:

• Sydney Walker, Special Education Teacher, SPMS

5.0 Workshop on the Future of the SPHS Athletic Complex

• Superintendent’s Updates

• Board Questions for the Superintendent

• Board Discussion

6.0 Audience of Citizens - Topics on the Agenda

Citizens in the audience will be privileged to speak on any topic on this meeting’s agenda.
Such privilege is to be limited to one presentation per citizen of not more than three minutes.

7.0 Consent Agenda

Consideration and action to approve the Consent Agenda items listed below:

7.1 Approval of the minutes from the Regular Meeting held on January 13, 2025.

7.2 Approval of the minutes from the Board Workshop and State of the Schools on January 27, 2025.

7.3 Approval of the minutes from the Board Workshop/Retreat held on February 3, 2025.

7.4 Approval of the donations/grants:

• $500 from Pike Industries to Skillin Elementary to supplement the Student Support Team.

• $1,400 grant from the Maine Environmental Education Association (MEEA) to Tania Ferrante’s Ecology class, in collaboration with the community group Re-Forest South Portland, for a project related to creating a small tree nursery at South Portland High School.

• Two donations from Rotary Club of South Portland Cape Elizabeth to South Portland Middle School: $3,000 to help pay for World Cultures Day on May 7 and $600 to support students wanting to take an after school AfroBeats class.

7.5 Consideration and action to rescind the following policies:

• Policy JLCE: Do Not Resuscitate Requests

8.0 Report of Committees

8.1 Report of the Finance Committee - Ms. Ryan

8.2 Report of the Buildings & Grounds Committee - Mr. Dowling

• B&G Committee Meeting Minutes

8.3 Report of the Policy Committee - Ms. Ratliff

First Read:

• Policy EGAD: Copyright Compliance

• Policy EGAD-R: Copyright Compliance Administrative Procedure

• Policy IJOA: Field Trips and Other Student Travel

Second Read:

• Policy JIC: Student Code of Conduct

• Policy GAB: Job Descriptions

• Policy BB: School Board Legal Status

• Policy BCB: Board Member Conflict of Interest

9.0 New Business

9.1 Consideration and action to approve Policy JIC: Student Code of Conduct.

9.2 Consideration and action to approve Policy GAB: Job Descriptions.

9.3 Consideration and action to approve Policy BB - School Board Legal Status.

9.4 Consideration and action to approve Policy BCB: Board Member Conflict of Interest.

9.5 Consideration and action to recommend to the City Council a June 2025 referendum authorizing bonding for South Portland School Department athletic complex improvements not to exceed $7.93 million to address improvements to the South Portland High School stadium complex to include two synthetic turf fields, one natural grass field, a new track, permanent restrooms, and a storage building.

9.6 Consideration and action to approve the 2025-26 school year calendar.

10.0 Audience of Citizens - Open Discussion

Citizens in the audience will be privileged to speak on any educational topic.
Such privilege is to be limited to one presentation per citizen of not more than three minutes.

11.0 School Board Communications

12.0 Adjournment

View past Board meeting agendas, recordings, presentation slides, and minutes under Board Activities.