Board Meeting April 15

We seem to be practicing for moving to one meeting per month. Not so much on the agenda of great excitement (I hope I am not getting jaded already:) and done pretty promptly. We were presented with this health and wellness program for faculty that is sponsored by the Vermont Health Insurance system for teachers that somehow pays each teacher for participating in wellness activities AND then gives the schools money to match what teachers get--all for FREE (or included in the increase in health care expenses???). Not much to argue about here, unless one is against health and monetary incentives and matching funds for schools (although now that I mention the health care premiums, I do realize this could be just a new profit center for the insurance company???). Still, I think the idea is that there are lots of benefits from a healthy faculty and this actually lessens health care costs overall and may lessen sick days, et al and help morale (as well as give kids better role models in seeing healthy adults around them. Other "highlights" include review the monthly budget figures, adopting new head lice policy (much more humane than previous quarantine approach), update on the school's apparently continually malfunctioning freezer that the principal is trying hard to get replaced (for free) by the original provider(s), and approving our audit firm (if this doesn't make you want to join right in at the meetings, I don't know what would :) ). Thankfully, I am not on the contract negotiating committees--these may be more exciting but I don't think exactly a lot of fun.