001just we'll see all right so I am G to call the Heartland uh March 11th Schoolboard meeting to order at 6:03 pm and we are gonna do our reorganization as a first agenda item so I am going to take nominations for uh chairperson for the board anyone would like to make a nomination what for chair I nominate Nikki there a second I I guess I am I have to be the second right like a lot of just nominating this is gonna be yeah Nikki do you accept the nomination I do okay are there any other nominations for board chair hearing none is there any discussion about uh around the board Nikki are you like I I'm happy that you want it but like are you sure that like are you sure that you still want
002to do this I am this is succession planning time okay so because you know like Ryan and Hannah aren't here I feel like we should just I have had conversations with both of them um yeah now this is my this is my last round um and I will do if you guys elect me I will do succession planning okay I just want to make sure like before we you know before you do this that like you you're you're really okay to go which is great if you are yeah okay cool all right any further discussion okay I'm gonna do a roll call vote Heather yep I sorry okay and hi you can votee all right can I think so I mean otherwise we don't have he has to tonight all right so um Nikki you
003are um in charge now you are taking over the meeting um so I will take a nomination and election of the vice chairperson and for the record Beth was the previous Vice chairperson Beth are you still interested in being the vice chairperson okay then I nominate Beth to be I will second that is there any further discussion okay I will do a roll call vote and Beth you get to go first I I okay I am also an i i okay Beth has been elected as the vice chairperson uh nomination an election of clerk of the board the previous Clerk of the board we made Ryan clerk who's the newest person clerk I think we should continue to let Ryan be the clerk since he's still the newest person on the board yes I think
004it's great that Ryan and I had texted Ryan previously um so I think he's okay with it okay uh so I think I need a second for I need a nomination I don't even know ifan okay so Beth nominated Heather you are Heather seconds um and is there any further discussion no we already had it um okay I'll go to a roll call and so I I I am an i okay go Brian has been elected to the clerk of the board the nomination election of signer of the Manifest that was me S whoever lives closest to the Su building it's usually just Auto yeah exactly I nominate Nikki closer yeah because theu moved oh I forgot about that actually oh oh Ryan's pretty close too yeah I think I'm closer okay if you still
005want to do it then now I don't I don't mind doing it but that would be good transition stuff for later so well then I mean like is that something I mean how how difficult is this job not that I'm saying I want it but I think Ryan could do it could also do it why don't you you can have two signers right and then train him Nikki sign I had to go in once when you were on vacation we we yeah we just asked somebody to go in if we're and I think I just did it as Vice chair yeah do we have to have to or is it just you um we had last night at Mount es scotney we had a backup signer oh okay nominated so uh we can do me
006as the signer and Ryan as the backup or the other way around but Ryan's not here so backup be the why don't we let him be the backup we can promote him later so Heather I heard you make a nomination I'm nominated to make Nikki primary signer if that's the word and Ryan backup or secondary signer y okay uh is there a second I second okay second I any further discussion sorry no okay uh Heather you're ready we'll go to a vote Heather I I am an i Beth is an i okay R Nikki is the uh signer of the Manifest with Ryan of the backup on to nominations for representatives to the Su bargaining Council I will keep doing that if no one else wants to so I nominate Beth Beth quoting herself from
007last year nominates Heather um and Nikki will just keep that line the same in second um so we've nominated Heather um is there any further discussion okay we'll go to a vote Beth I Nikki I Heather I okay we have placed Heather as the representative to the Su B bargaining Council okay uh nominations of Representatives to the Su board by default the chair is a representative me I think it was Beth and Hannah um um I if like if Hannah wants to keep doing it great if not I I don't mind doing it as long as like I can be remote for a lot of it um never go in um because I'm gonna say this nicely like hopefully bargaining will end on Thursday and then I've got a you know two-year repri so I
008like because the reason why I didn't do it last year was because I knew that I was going to be bargaining again and it's a lot of time so um if Hannah doesn't want to do the Su board I'm happy to take her place if she doesn't want to okay Hannah's not here's not here and it I mean anyone is welcome to take my place as well but oh well then Beth I will happily take your place if you do not want to do it but like than I did yeah that's the only thing yeah I just felt like Hannah we kind of not we didn't pressure her last year obviously but like it was like you know I I think that Hannah works a lot and I mean we all do but yeah yeah
009so I I'm happy to take that off her plate if she doesn't want it or Beth if you don't want it like I mean I wouldn't mind a year off but that's it's okay I don't know what to do so I say replace Hannah with Heather okay we'll deal with it if for some reason like Ryan's like that's the best thing I want to do forever we can switch can you I mean like are these things like permanent written next we can change these the next meeting okay then let's then let's do that and only like I told I was going to sign her up for everything and here I am taking something um from her God Heather um so yeah you can put me in and then we'll no no no no no not
010on the bed dog not on the bed so I guess I will make a motion uh or I'll nominate representatives to the Su Board of myself Heather and Beth yes you second I second the three people in the room okay okay so we have a motion of Nikki Heather Beth um and do we have any further discussion no okay I will go to a vote Heather I Beth I I am also an I so our representatives to the Su board are Nikki heatherb okay designation of a truant officer um can I be a TR you to read what you said last say last that's right move to continue with SRO through the Windsor PD as the Trent officer okay do we have a second I second okay um so is there any further discussion I
011don't think so I I think we' there's any other real solid choices no there are no there was a choice around this there was a discussion a little bit around the sheriff department but they don't have the capacity that we need okay will go to a vote Heather I I Beth I okay Windsor SRO Police Department official newspaper yeah you want to keep going sure official newspaper I moved to designate Valley News in the Vermont standard as the official newspaper okay uh standard okay uh and I know that the Christine I know um the Su board had previously looked at BT Digger as an official newspaper how has that been functioning um I I mean it's that we use the uh newspapers that often so what I thought okay so we'll just stick with the
012two that we have okay uh so Beth nominated the Valley News and the standard I don't know if I heard a second I second okay Heather seconds okay any further discussion sorry I did the discussion part early okay uh let's go to a vote Heather hi I am also an i Beth hi okay we have the Valley News and the standard as the official newspapers establishment of a regular time place and date of the monthly meeting um I move to hold the meetings on the first Tuesday of each month at 6m at the Heartland Elementary School nice great job good reading okay Heather seconds any further discussion no but Beth I like your really deep voice that you just used to say that official it's off that was great okay with no further discussion I'll
013go to a vote Beth hi Nikki I I Heather all okay sorry I'm pointing at you and you have no idea okay it's fine because you're right there can't you tell okay um we will now have our meetings on the first Tuesday of the month at 6m at the heart Elementary School uh we need to vote to approve Robert's rules for small boards again I make a motion to approve Robert's Rules of small order of small order you know other moves for Robert's rules for small boards that's second any further discussion and what small boards does over the regular Roberts rules is that allows the chair to talk so I don't know Heather you would be having a long conversation tonight um okay uh with no further discussion I will take are there just out
014of curiosity are there any other Rules of Order beside Robert's Rules of Order not know that I I just think that that's silly then then if there's no other ones we would follow then why we them there are Rob for large boards this is for small boards so okay be like consent um uh votes like you don't have to roll B that kind of thing y i remember yeah okay uh we done discussing okay all those in favor uh Heather I I and I am also an I so we are going to follow Robert's rules for small ports okay we have reorganized Christine thank you you're welcome um uh I'm gonna head out in a minute but uh Lindsay's got my report she's goingon to give it for me that's okay sure nikk yeah okay
015right I'm still recording okay sounds good good luck with weatherfield have fun okay uh so we are now on to changes or additions to the agenda um and we have a resignation to take up um so we will add that to the agenda I guess I'm going to put it before substitute pay okay I will take a motion to approve the minutes of February 4th 2025 so okay moved by Beth seconded by Heather okay um any further discussion I've never been so sick of the letter i in my life we're getting there we're almost done yeah okay I will take a roll call Heather I approved approved there we go okay I also approve the minutes of February 4th 2025 have been approved okay public participation or announcements uh we have shows the end of
016the month yeah and I bet that's in the administrative report what's that ala you're the only public if you have anything Alissa you're the only public I am just here as a staff representative thank you so much for all you do thanksa thank you and as well to you um I would like during our public participation to thank our public because we pass the budget Hallelujah and yeah and hopefully I'm knocking on wood without drama this like real wood um and uh I'm just really thankful to our community for understanding um the budget that we pour forth and for recognizing the work that we do also by reelecting our two uh board members who were running again so all of that is fantastic and I want to thank the there's the show which I assume
017is in your so I going to wait for lindia on the next okay and I can take it from here if You' like I will pass the Baton to the administrative report it is very short um there's not a whole lot to this so I wanted to just highlight some great pictures of things that we've done recently um upper left corner uh Anna brunck our new KR teacher did this absolutely incredible entire Marty gr parade that went through and they were throwing out to everyone oh yeah it was it was just it was really fun um and then some other academic highlights and three of the other photos um fth grade fourth in a couple fourth grade and then the center lunch with the loveed one that we had right before break oh my God
018that feels like forever it does it does but somehow it still wasn't all that long ago right all right Emily I'm gonna turn it back over to you that was all I had really the upcoming events I have towards the end I think I have yours and then some upcoming events after okay so well we have February break which I guess everybody was happy to have because I feel like second and then we ended winter activities before break which I know a lot of people enjoyed I had to let go those sometime but you know is what it is I'll come back again and then in the Middle School um we had there were two different events that went on seventh grade versus sixth grade in a pingpong ball race who could get the pingpong
019ball down the slowest moving Tower 30 pieces of paper one ret tap and my group one so that's always fun to say and I had chicken tenders today they're really good that was our prize that was your prize nice Mr Martin the pr uh and even if you don't win there're still pretty fun because you have like teamwork and like to do through things so like it's just fun to do and you had lunch with a l one and everybody enjoys with a l one lot of people are generous people with them it's just nice to see people like and then oh yeah there's a school dance Middle School Dance which was held in the gym which a lot of people enjoy because it wasn't in the r because the wck is so small and
020it's there's not a lot of room to dance I feel like better place yeah it's really good start Corners is go the next slide yeah okay so I did the four grade um cuz that was just the next one on my list I don't know um so last month the fourth grade did um clay food in arm including a lollipop soda a burger and the cheeseburg told to put specifically cheese so um they made um these marvelous Foods in art class also made some houses that um had to light they had a wire to light up like a light that was on the front which I thought was really cool love that project I never I never a great project I had Miss vit it was an awkward same with Miss po I never had
021them either I um and then a lot of the boys I should say enjoy doing this or were a few girls who enjoyed doing but I know most of the and then they made poems that um the parents have to come in and see or I guess here and see their kids be them which I think they were good I didn't go to it one of the girls in my class went and it was good some of them didn't make sense but one went to support a sibling really yeah thank you some upcoming events we have an early release next Friday is it really next Friday it is next Friday and then the 28th and the 29th is your bed Man Charlie Brown which I am sure will be an incredible performance because they always
022are they always are yeah we're gonna have some all the excitement and it will be great freaking out already freaking out commencing we also have the premier for what is it that will be the same 28 Friday Friday before yes and on that on the 28th during the school day we um invite Weathersfield to come which is really really beautiful because they then also invite us to see their preview so it's really a nice um partnership that we have with weatherfield is it all WEA weatherfield middle school or just there people that are in their that's what we did last year too yeah like a little do we know when weatherfield show is a early April I think it's before break probably the Friday or Saturday I'm not sure if they one day or two
023yes y okay okay and Christine's report I'm GNA skip past this because that's the same every time I know she wanted to say like yes all of the budgets in the entire Su pass which is huge and I think something really important to note is 92% of the budgets throughout the state which was a really positive direction and um I think that was really good for the government to see that as well because they passed even with the increases and yeah they're trying to talk I think so I don't think so no one has their hand up so exciting that's that's really really good news all around not only in RSU but also Statewide really good news um some legislation session updates um H bill h44 which is the one that is the uh trying
024to move into five districts throughout the entire State um I don't have a lot of working knowledge on this um I know if you've got questions Christine's had just sent an email later with more details that she just received okay yeah I think they're probably as things are going they're learning more at any given moment so is this like in effect for next not for next school year like be too fast no it has to be it's it's just but if it happens I don't even believe if it I don't think so yeah no because everything's been voted on yeah um and I wanted to point out um so we have two new directors which is really exciting that's happened in the last probably month and a half Jennifer Holz who is going to be
025the new um director of student sport Services she comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience in Vermont as a director of student sport services in just another supervisor Union and Bridget Fel is stepping in as the curriculum director in July um which is is really exciting I think they'll both have wonderful visions and moving the entire Su forward uh we they will both be with us we do an administrative retreat in April they'll both be in attendance for that so we can really get that dialogue started which we're all really excited about okay and instructional team leaders this doesn't necessarily functionally affect Heartland but it did functionally affect some of the other buildings across the Su which is why Christine wanted to mention it um we've been doing and using instructional coaches um and
026right now in Heartland we have a 0.5 instructional coach and a 0.5 interventionist same person half and half for roles that will stay the same for that individual um it is shifting a little bit for some of the other schools where we worked with um Jen Gibbons who is the Nea uniserve director as well as our Union Representatives throughout the Su around how do we make it so we weren't riffing positions because there was some reductions of some things that needed to get shifted to others so we worked as a team of Administrators and and Union representatives to make sure that it felt everyone was in agreement and felt out good for for parties in moving in this direction but fundamentally it it doesn't change anything that we're doing here in Heartland okay that's it
027y okay that was it that was quick okay okay um so we are now on to items for discussion uh followed by motions if needed um so I am sad to report that we have uh a resignation that's effective immediately um so uh trell Mansfield has um submitted their resignation um letter uh effective today um and so uh Heather we can send you a copy um you emailed okay great um so I am personally oh saddened that that this didn't work out um and I know that there are going to be students who are upset um but I also think that it's best that they do whatever is best for them um and I would take a motion to accept the resignation I move to regretfully acceptation okay mov by Heather or move by be
028looking at Heather for a second I second okay um is there any further discussion no okay I will move to take a vote be I I okay I'm an i Heather I okay we have accepted Char's resignation um and wish them well as they move forward okay um now we have a discussion of substitute pay this was I think at Bill's request I don't have any context to this but all are like this is easy to discuss uh I think I miss the last thought we increased the pay at the Su level I think I have a context I thought we like leled everybody else across the Su like I thought there was a difference or something okay give us some context so the the context is is that obviously there's a massive sub shortage
029and I know that one of the things Bill really wants to do and clearly this is this is it is to up the sub pay to try to get more PE more subs to help out the teachers so that like when teachers are absent par Educators and other people at like don't have to step in and that everyone can do their job jobs that they were assigned so I think that they were upping trying to up the sub pay in hopes that if the sub pay is comparable to other districts or just better more people might want to be substitute teachers and that makes sense I mean that's the the last time we up the sub pay that was the reason yeah um and I think it was effective for a bit um yeah you
030know we always continue to look for Subs um and then sometimes we take those subs and then hire them as full-time employees which is great do we ever have per like try to hire a permanent sub um we essentially have some people that are are permanent Subs um teacher that's we got a new teer think but olds every day yeah so it's essentially kind of like that yeah but they wouldn't be but would it be a different rate of I'm just wondering if you actually put out a position saying we are high in for a permanent substitute would they be then eligible for like benefits or a different rate of pay we would but it just makes me think as we moving things over that it's I don't know would it be cheaper to have
031we have two at our school and they're used every yeah I know and I know that we have people that function as permanent Stu that us yeah um okay well there was they also have higher qualifications then what traditional yeah um so I don't think we need a motion I think it was just a it was a just a discussion to have that discussion was had um Christine wanted me as we move on to saying the next agenda I know that um there was a conversation of not having an April meeting um and then she said at the May meeting we need to approve the tan the tax anticipation note so that um will have to be on the agenda okay and we don't have that yet the bank has not had a day to
032do it okay yeah um okay and if we need to move well no we wouldn't need to move faster on that because that would be for the 25 school year so and I think we signed it at the retreat last year so yes I think so yeah so um and that was the other thing I guess we're moving on to setting the next we're setting the next agenda so we were going to skip the April meeting um in an effort to reduce the number of board meetings that we have um and it was decided that the April meeting was a generally a good one to miss um and so we'll be moving to the May meeting which is what day so Maya inkey um okay Poss uh and well that that gets us out of
033having an April Fool's meeting um okay so we're going to meet on um May 6 and one of the big topics for that will be our June Retreat and scheduling that we have traditionally done in June so yeah um so we'll have the June Retreat on the agenda we'll have the tax anticipation note um we do a learning update like what what other Christine has this lovely spreadsheet that she normally I'll if there's something on there that is intended for May then I will just be sure to add that um she's she's good and has it all mapped out by month okay um yeah and that'll be like um month and six days before the end of the year yeah y I know I know it's oh yeah and I can note that sorry I
034didn't even think about that when we were talking about announcements we did schedule the 8th grade graduation date for Thursday June 12th at four o'clock yeah so when will the last day of or can we say the last day of school yet jinxing us isn't it if we I believe Christine said it was the 16th which is a Monday which would be a half day okay assuming assuming a couple things assuming no snow days and she has not heard any word about any um waivers so that has not been a conversation that's been out at this point that's when it's like how many kids are showing up for half day a l yeah um a lot ofs okay okay I um there was a request for a short executive session um to talk about Personnel
035um I don't know I think on my I don't know if if you still want on your end that's okay I don't need it on my end unless there was the request from someone else yeah there was a request okay from the board member okay um okay so what is the official reason um can we discuss personal issue uh there's a number is it um yeah I think it's 1384 uh well no that's like a disciplinary that's not it um uh I don't know to me it's a mix between A4 and A6 uh and A7 but um oh no let's go with A3 let's which is which is appointment employe or evaluation of a public officer or employee um so we're going to go that with that one um sorry I should have done my
036homework beforehand but I've been driving all day um okay so uh okay I would take a motion to go into executive session for 313 A3 I session so Beth yeah Beth moves you a second yep whatever okay um and then all those in favor of going into executive session Heather I I okay Nikki I okay so we'll move into executive session um can we take Heather