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MRUSD Special Board Meeting | 8/11/2025

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YouTube / Maple Run Unified School District
Date
2025-08-12
Location
Franklin County, VT
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2,266 words · about 13 min
Collected
2026-07-03

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001meeting to order at 303. And are there any changes on the agenda that need to be changed that you move? [Music] Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [Music] efficiency based. [Music] >> I was going to update on that. I said go principles. Um and I did and they kind of looked at me and said, you know, there was there's a few things going on with the state reor and um there would need to be some good teacher prep fine tooth grain proficiency database graduation requirement. We I showed them the BSBA and the Maple Run one and they just said, you know, if there's any way that could be put on hold

002um for a bit for us to figure out, we're doing a whole bunch of reporting things. One of the things that's getting announced as school starts here is we finally started to align. We've aligned the um math and literacy and for the prek for the first time they're the same report card that they've never had. So we have a bunch more work to do on alignment. So they they asked if we get a hold somewhere this year but not right now. >> So >> we're putting it on hold. >> Yeah. So we just put on hold and come back to it. I'll keep up with >> Okay. >> Um the student policy you're going to have lawyers take a look at. >> Yeah. There's a memo in here from German. He works for PHland [Music]

003um about it. He really suggests staying with the PSBA model policy. He talks about if we were to call out one religion that we would need to call out all of them. It's hard to have encompass list. Okay. >> So, he just said he recommend us stay as close as we could. [Music] >> And I actually think because they work for Bisfit, they're one of the attorneys that does that review, not the only attorney that does. >> We usually get all the school attorneys to look at it as well. I'd have no problem with that. >> Um, so if we go with the BSBA model policy, we'll bring that before the board full board on the next one or just Joan and they'll have to be here. >> I would suggest you have everybody here.

004>> Okay. [Music] >> And depending on when that meeting is, I'm going to be >> Okay. Well, we can figure that out. [Music] A21 public participation on board meetings. Yep, that's yours. >> Okay. So, if you have the uh maple round one in front of you, I'll point out sorry I brought you highlight and market ones, but um so having them side by side uh the top section policy and background and are the same. Um we start to deviate at implementation. So, if you're looking at the Maple Run one, the first uh from line 12 to 15, that is in Maple Run only. Um from 15 down to 18 is the same as the BSBA. So this one um just includes additional language around um providing comments that are respectful that orders maintain um public

005comment shall be subject to reasonable rules established. So that's additional language there. Um and then persons who may address the ward is exactly the same except for in line 23 but number three it says individuals who have been requested by the superintendent and maple rhymes includes principal in addition to the superintendent and board. So that's a little bit more broad. Okay bear with me on this. The next part the last part um public comment on agenda items. So the VSBA breaks it into items on the agenda and not on the agenda. The Maple Run one does not. It includes a lot more language and the Maple Run policy. Everything from under public comment is pretty much in Maple Run only with the exception of a portion of number five and all of number seven. So

006I guess it's up to this committee. this. So looking at this, it just really outlines a lot more around um public what the public can say and um you know the board giving additional time. Um so all of those are additional and then the chair having me a right to shut down or capture anything that's disrespectful or inflammatory in there. Um, I think the maple run policy is fun. I don't know that we need to go as short as the VSBA one, but I just wanted to highlight for this group in any discussion that we want to have that um the main run policy is has a lot more to it than the BSBA. I don't know if there's a reason for that. I don't know if why that might be. I'm guessing that the

007board had a reason for putting that in there. So, just want to see if anyone has any thoughts. I know that it's come up a couple of well we don't get people to come usually but um occasionally it has been I know when Kumao was asking if people could ask during the meeting if questions pop up during the meetings and they'd be able to ask questions. Yeah, there is something in here that at the discretion of the board, additional time for visitors to address the board when an item comes up on the agenda. So, it does allow for a little bit more flexibility in the rent policy for it not to only happen during the public comment section. Um, it also pretty much the um the VSBA one doesn't say anything about whether the board

008can respond to things. The Maple Run one does have information about whether the board can respond to questions and I think that's up to every board whether it's just comment and you don't say anything back or whether you respond. Um this one does say that um this version should not expect that the board can engage but it doesn't limit it. >> So that the board may decide to provide answers to specific questions at a later time. So for writing >> Bill, do you have any idea as to why that there's >> Well, I was not around 2016, but I can from reading this and working with boards for a long time. >> I like the board. It's what it's much more specific than than the SBA. >> It also kind of defines what a a

009public meeting is versus a meeting of the public. A public meeting is a meeting that's happening the public can observe and comment on >> but it's not a meeting of everyone in the room. It's a meeting of the board. >> Correct. >> That to me is and I think that's a board decision. It has been in my whole career is do you want everyone to participate throughout the meeting and talk? That's a that to me is a public meeting. A meeting in the public is a meeting that the board's having. The board's doing the work. They allow the board, they allow the public to comment either before, after, or both, but don't let the the public doesn't engage in a back and forth during the meeting. >> And and open meeting law is very specific

010about >> and that's why we have like different types of meetings. When you have a school district meeting, that's a meeting of the public [Music] >> instead of a board meeting when it's in the public. And those two prepositions for me are really powerful. >> Yeah. >> And I that I've seen more I've worked with both types of boards. Um and to me that's a real that's a board decision. I think you get I have biases for that. So I'm trying to keep those right now. I think this one allows for flexibility for the board to respond if it wants to, but isn't an expectation that it doesn't create an open dialogue unless it makes sense, which make me feel like I personally would recommend the maple red policy. I think it allows for some

011safeguards, but also allows for flexibility. Um, and the honestly the BSBA one doesn't really >> like say anything about whether the board can respond. So, it doesn't create any opportunity for it to happen or not happen. Um, I don't think there's anything in there that I would recommend taking out unless there's some history or something that has come up. One of the good practices that happens a lot is especially if a parent comes about an issue there's contact [Music] >> I think it also protects the board for items that aren't on the agenda to not engage and respond to those because it does say that >> you know that prohibits from engaging meeting conversation on item that's not listed on the legally warned agenda so that you're not getting flooded at times. So any other

012run policy, right? I know like when I was on the select board, we would have public comment at the beginning and then have one other point during the meeting and that was I kind of like that because sometimes you think of something else you want to say or >> yeah, >> you know, if you miss your running late and it just gives you another opportunity, but that would be up to the board. This policy doesn't say we can't do that if we wanted to. >> It doesn't. Um, >> so it gives us the freedom >> as right. [Music] So we kind of have to wait until we have full If you're gonna if you want if this committee wanted to look at it and suggest go change it. If your suggestion is to do nothing

013I think you can report to the board just for you. If you thought maybe does the board want to have this discussion you can do that too or ask that question. I mean, my suggestion is to do nothing unless the board is interested in having more opportunity for public comment at various points during the meeting. >> They'll bring that up. They'll bring that up when they see that, >> right? >> Okay. So, we'll bring it before the board. >> Okay. [Music] B8 item number three. So there >> and so that I'm glad you said that actually just because and I should have been on top of this but seeing this right now um H480 which is now act 72 is going to really change this policy >> and because of we're going to have we've

014already been doing the work on the back side because the board couldn't do this work so fast but we have improved applications that can be used and we're done that are monitored and they have to store every message unedited from the original message format. So, I'm going to tell more about to the board about that next week. So, I would say let's hold on this. We're going to have to look at redoing this policy, but I'm sure there'll be a new law as well as a result of that legislation in June. >> Okay. I'm glad you didn't do much because it's going to change. >> And Bill's going to do the C12 here. >> Yeah. [Music] >> Hold on that one. And then um E1. That was me. Y uh title one part A parent

015rental involvement. And all I did was um I took [Music] the current Maple Run policy and this BSBA policy and put them through chat >> AMI. And I all I did was give it directions to just make it more pointed or less but keep the same guts. So I don't think you really have to change it. >> Okay. >> Change anything. >> All right. >> Um it really didn't it didn't change anything. It just cleaned it up a little bit. I kind of like using that. You can get a lot the problem, one thing I'd have to look at is for because this affects our federal grants if we're approval to change because this I hope it's available one is I know we had to do it a couple years ago in an audit to

016make sure that it was exactly in alignment with the federal policy model. [Music] can achieve. >> Yeah. Which it looks like um the last BSBA version was released in September of 21. >> Yeah. >> And this current version of MUSD was adopted in October 21. >> Yeah. >> So it looks like they looked at that. >> I remember I was a CP coordinator. That was my second year being assistant superintendent. I had to take on these duties that year and I remember I had to push this to the board to say hey use this [Music] monitor. >> So we're in line with everything we need to be. >> It looks like it would stay on top of that. >> Okay. >> All right. So that looks like we're done reviewing policy reviews [Music] business next

017steps [Music] suggestions. Mhm. >> So for September, we come back and just uh work with the the SBA student club policy. >> We're going to have to be ready for electronic communications between employees and students, which is BO8, but we're going to have to stay tuned for that. There also will be by January 1st, I believe it is, a new cell phone policy for that's required of banning the bell staff cell phones in schools, which is an update to our policy, which we already looked at. I can tell you that our schools are pretty much going to be pretty much there at the opening of school this year. The announcement's just starting to go out. Um and then um [Music] that takes care of a lot of the mandated policies. I think you know what

018was one of the task for this group was to get all the required policies. We have some others that are here. Um, and we have and some of them we aren't, you know, part of like the library. So, um, I don't know if you want to look at some things that are still white [Music] to have it easier to be reviewed. I printed out two spreadsheets. So the one all in yellow is all of our policies. The one that's not yellow are the ones that the subcommittee has not [Music] Like a lot of these we don't have there hasn't been a VISBA update since we approved it. >> Yeah. >> Except special ed. >> Yeah. Special education is one we could talk. Um, I want to have uh Andrea really looking at any of our

019compliance uh monitoring done by the agency of education [Music] F24. It looks like there's been an update after we adopted it. [Music] >> So that would be good, but it also be good to help us out with that. >> But I definitely definitely should look at it as well. [Music] Oh, I see. That's potentially [Music] there might be the E21. >> Oh, yeah. [Music] I'm just trying to think of what just came through besides cell phones and the legislation that might impact any policies that are there. Is there anything? I'm just thinking like there was some stuff on um on um I saw the school safety month but then I was like no I think the school safety stuff was really related to >> there was not there were a lot of tweaks to behavior

020threat assessment took care of that and I don't think it's really going to hit the policy level I think it's procedural you stay on top of that procedural >> uh will the behavior threat assessment policy that was reviewed your last time and is going to the board on the one the next board meeting. Yeah. And we're still working on getting the procedures in place, but there is model procedures that we follow from the state just we just need to make it especially the leadership team's um job to do for the procedures. Um, >> yeah, we did a pretty Eron and I and Jim did a pretty fine tooth com because there's so much in there, >> right? Yeah, I assume. >> But really about cell phones, social media, behavioral threat. >> Yeah. >> Was there

021there might have been some word changing for library distribution, but didn't affect the policy. >> Correct. >> Some wording on virtual learning. pathways, [Music] cell phones, safety stuff. >> Yeah, the virtual learning and flexible pathways is very [Music] good question. [Music] >> So, we could add those three. We meet um probably September the 8th is that the second Monday [Music] the first [Music] at least look at these two as well and then for all of you to look at the non non nonchoolable literature distribution. I can tell you right now that in all our schools we have different methods and different it's not very much different levels but just different methods of non school sponsored literature distribution. Mhm. >> Do you need one of us to look at that one other? >> Well, let's look

022at that what the policy says, not necessarily the procedure, >> right? >> Yeah. Once you start opening it up, it's like you can't you got to just you can't judge who's going to get. [Music] You got different methods for distributing non school versus school. >> Anybody that's not school, you got to get the same. >> Yeah. [Music] >> So that that would give us those three plus the two that are coming back from the old business to look at next time. So, the proficiency based graduation >> we're going to put on a hold. >> Yep. >> The public participation at board meetings >> were current. The the BOE were we're waiting for some more comment back. Oh, and student clubs were going to the BSBA policy. So, we look at that next time. >> And

023we didn't have Bill here to do the title N. So those two plus the three will give us one. >> Y kind of talking. >> Yes. >> That makes sense. >> Is there any other business? [Music] We are a joke. Yay.

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