001All right, we are good to go. >> Okay. Um, it is 12:02. I'll call this special meeting of the Rockingham School Board to order. And the first item is introductions. Um, Andy, can we start with you? >> Sure. Andy Hos, superintendent. >> Okay. And Kate, >> Kate Kane, principal at Central Elementary. >> Okay. Um, I'm Caitlyn Dashane Desmond, Rockingham School Board. Chris Kibby, Rockingham School Board. >> Drewisanti, Rockingham School Board. >> Oh, Rick, you're muted. >> Rick Holloway, Rockingham School Board. >> All right, great. Um, I don't think we have it on the agenda, but we do have an adjustment to the agenda. >> Yeah, we just uh we have a a staff member appointment we'd like to bring to you for recommendation. Okay. Um, so should we make that bore A and bump the
002CBA to 4B? >> Um, >> sure, that's fine with me. Yeah. >> Okay, that sounds good. All right, >> um, and then communications and public comment. All right, seeing none, um, let's go to the new 4A, which is the appointment of the counselor position at Central Elementary School. Yeah, I'll just do a quick introduction then. Um um I'll let Kate add anything. Um the candidate we're bringing to you is uh his name is Tanner Lupa. Um and it's for the school counselor at Central Elementary School. Um and the school counselor um offered their resignation um over the summer. Is that correct, Kate? If I um um I think for family reasons. Um but um so this kind of this why it's a late hire for us. Um but Tanner has worked at the Inspire School
003for um many years um and been a teacher down there. Um is looking to make a little bit of a a change in his career um and is u wants to u become a school counselor. So it would be um bringing him on as a under a provisional um to be a school counselor at um at CES. So, um, but Kate, I don't know if there's anything more. >> No, we had a great interview with him. His references are glowing. They, one of them said, "If you don't snatch him up right away, somebody else will." So, and I just feel really good about him and his way with kids. And I'm really excited to have him on board. >> Great. Um, and Andy, I know you had mentioned we would do the approval for the
004hire and then approve the actual position the next meeting. So, do we need to bring in like a step in the motion or is that >> Yeah. Yeah. So, he um Yes, Caitlyn. So, we what we would be asking is is you to um make a motion to uh appoint him um and then uh at our next regular meeting, we would just ratify that um that motion. Um, >> and so Tanner would be a a a master's step nine. >> Okay. >> Question. So why do we need to do that with the next meeting? >> Well, because we didn't have it on the agenda, Chris. So, I just wanted to make sure that we had our bases covered. But if you think we're good, I I mean I'm just >> Well, I mean, you can
005ask your lawyer if you want, but I mean, >> I don't know if it's worth 50 bucks to be honest with you. >> I mean, it's an open position and you interviewed him and everything. So, >> I I'm comfortable with that. I again, >> I don't care. Whatever you want to do. >> Okay. Thank you, Chris. I'll make the motion though to appoint Tanner Lupa. Is that how his name is pronounced? >> Correct. >> Uh as a CES guidance position and I presume uh oh I don't what's his education >> master? >> He's a master's step one I presume. Right. Does >> step nine. Yeah, because he's going into his ninth year of teaching. >> But he wasn't at an approved. >> Inspire has been it's been an improved school, Chris. >> Oh, he was
006working under a license at Inspire. >> Correct. Yes, he had a Yes, he's had his teaching. He has a special education license. >> Okay. So, M's step nine. >> All right. Any further discussion? Okay. Um, Jerusa, how do you vote? >> Uh, I favor. >> Yes. With >> great. Uh, Rick. >> Yes. >> Chris. >> Yes. >> And I'm a yes as well. >> Excellent. Thank you. >> Thank you all so much. >> Thanks, Kate. >> Good for you. >> Um, okay. So the next 4B is adoption of support staff CBA. Um which was linked in. Uh Andy, Rick, Chris, are there any highlights you all want to share for this? >> Well, I I don't know if any members want to go into exec for this or not, but I can give you the
007I mean I guess DBA will be a public document anyway. Um so after the factf finders uh report came out we met one more time with the sports staff and uh they said that they would accept the factf finders uh recommendations which are as far as follows or at least these are the highlights. um a 4.63% increase in each step for this fiscal year. Um a 3.5% increase for fiscal year 27 and a 3.5 increase for fiscal year 28. Um, and then there are several other things including, and these were all in effect for um the premium pay, which is, you know, what we pay for folks that are dealing with body fluids, uh, would would increase from a dollar an hour to $1.50 an hour. um a provision uh providing employees with 20 combined
008years of service within the district that make up the WNESU with a stipend of $5,000 upon retirement. Um, one more paid holiday uh which increases calendar year employees which are uh custodians from 10 to 11 and school year employees which are paraprofessionals mostly from 7 to 8. Um, and the other one had to do with when a parah is called upon to substitute for an absent teacher, uh, the premium pay at at an additional $3 an hour for that time with a minimum payment for one hour. So those are all the changes. Um Oh, and sick leave. I think that that was a three was it 3 days, Rick? 3 to 12 per hour that isn't in here, >> I believe. So >> 12 per year. >> Yeah. >> Right. So, we as a team
009were pretty happy with the pay request. We value these people's employment. Uh what they do, they do hard, really hard work. Um uh where some things probably if it was our way, we wouldn't have done, but this seemed like a a good arrangement and and a fair one. So, I recommend that the board uh approve this uh agreement with the support staff. >> All right. So, do we have a motion to approve the CBA for the support staff? >> So, made. >> Great. Um any other questions or further discussion? I I if I could just Caitlyn um the high school Athens Grafton and Westminster did adopt um the u CBA um for the support staff already and then the SU will it will go before the SU board tonight. >> Okay, great. >> All right.
010Um then let's take the vote. Uh Chris, how do you vote? Yeah. >> Jerusa, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Rick, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> And I vote yes as well. Um, thank you, Rick and Chris, so much for your work on this. And it is really nice to see. I'm glad this has come together. I'm sure you are, too. >> It It's great to have this um I mean um support staff come back tomorrow. Um and so having this um in place knowing that they're coming back I I think is is a is a great um commitment to our support staff. Just as Chris said, they they work very hard and and having it finalized and hopefully the SU board will finalize it tonight. Um it's just it's nice to
011be there and not kind of feel like you're dancing around a little bit. So, >> all right. Great. Um, well, then I think we can adjourn this meeting uh at 12:13 and hopefully see you all tonight at the allboard meeting. >> All right. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Bye.