0017 o' you are welcome. >> Thanks Ben. >> We'll take an agenda review. Does anyone have anything they wish to add, delete, or amend to the agenda? >> If you like. >> All right. Seeing none, we'll move on to public comment. Does any member of the public wish to speak on an issue that is not already on tonight's agenda? Seeing none, we will move on to reports. Uh Ian, anything going on on the high school council realm? So, in the past few weeks, council has debated the delayed first period start motion, which would essentially move the first block uh back for 15 minutes so that attendance will be taken at 8:15, which would ultimately result in a shorter lunch period. Uh this week, we had town halls where we gathered feedback on this motion with
002students, which was mostly negative. Uh the town the Tom Hamlin cup winners will also be announced and spring on spring carnival this Friday. Uh, also there's been a cafeteria ad hoc group formed to discuss and to try to solve the issues regarding the cap and council elections are also coming up. >> Lots to unpack there. Um, any questions for Ian Kelly? >> Two questions. One. So, will this be your last meeting with us? >> Uh, I don't think I think that'll be >> this is April. >> Oh, no. >> Yeah, one more. >> One more. Okay. Yay. Um, second question. I'm curious about the delayed start time. So, what was the rationale? Something we've talked about. What was the rationale for just 15 minutes? >> I'm not sure about like the intent of the motion
003was to have like give more sleep to students. I think >> 15 minutes. Okay. >> All right. >> Linda, I think you have to test specifically on that. >> Linda Dante also said um it was actually a motion to encourage conversation around schedule. Got >> and it was also a test run to see if it impacts attendance, you know, at the beginning of the day if if people are more likely to arrive on time if they have that time to arrive. That makes sense. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Uh Neil, there question. Okay. Y >> um would you tell the board about your experience with DECA? >> Is that what it's called? >> Yeah. Well, >> um Miss Nelson, we we had a curriculum No, you can skip that. Just go to the
004go to the the not embarrassing part. >> Oh, it's it's a business club. Yeah, that I started in Hover High School. >> And you have done how well in competition? >> We we've placed >> Oh, god. There's >> Okay. Sorry. Any [laughter] other questions, comments for Renee? >> Um, I did notice I think later on in the agenda from uh Teresa's report there is a piece about the um food services. Are you is this is the work that you guys are doing part of that work separate from that work informing that work? >> I I believe currently the cafeteria ad hoc group is is just a group of students that are discussing the issues. I don't think they've uh mobilized yet. [laughter] >> Great. Sounds like eventually things will merge merge. >> I'll also add
005that the annual survey to all the schools is going out later this week and there's a cafeteria question on it to all four schools since all four schools are reporting independent slightly varying issues. Um, okay, moving on from Ian. Thank you, Ian. As always, the RMS principal, Mr. Morrison did alert Robin and I um a few minutes ago that she will be unexpectedly not attending tonight though for good reasons of her own. So we will miss her. Does anyone have any questions specific to the RMS principal report to ask Robin instead? >> Um uh there I was it was so sad to see the small number of survey responses. now. Um, and it seems like that is also a thing potentially at the high school as well. Just makes me wonder like >> what even
006are we expecting from the survey that'll be going out? Um, I had another question I think just for this probably for the board but related to that one >> I think there was a request for please submit the survey once per student in your family. I love that aspiration. I don't I want to test if it actually matches the reality of what parents are going to do. I can speak as an individual parent. It's a lot to ask the parent. Um, and I thought the questions were really good. Um, I thought it was a nice spread of the kinds of things that you would want to know about like school culture and academics and and things like that. Um, and so I thought it was just it's sad that we didn't get a lot. And
007so I'm wondering like how I know she said that like part of the work to do now is to figure out how to get more stuff. So, I don't know if you've talked about that or if that's like a bigger thing that's going to need to happen, but did you >> We haven't talked about that, but I think it would be a good topic for us at the leadership team meeting because it seems to be more of a trend this year across the schools >> and I don't know whether it's just the timing or >> yeah, >> what the situation is because we usually have good feedback >> and I noticed that um >> a significant number >> um that the seem like the trends and I know like it's It's hard because it's sixth,
008seventh, and eighth and it's like 20some people from Eden. >> But it like those 20some people the trends were the scores towards eighth grade were lower. Yeah. >> Which I thought was interesting when there was a question of like preparation for high school >> of like sixth grade, seventh grade feel better prepared and all of a sudden you get to like almost high school and you're like, "Oh, wait. I don't actually think we're prepared." >> Yes. And so I I want I would love to unpack that a little bit more, especially as we're thinking of maybe there's sixth and seventh grade parents just don't know what they don't know yet. >> Um and so I don't know if there's more to kind of dig into with the eighth grade parents especially, but >> again it's
009only 20ome people. So >> yeah, and it's funny because it's been different each year, too. >> Yeah. So yeah something we need to look at >> and in terms of the methodology of like survey distribution and response rates and all that stuff there is there are things that we can do and there's been some discussions um but you're right this is a significant drop off by comparison RMS the big survey last year across all pro schools had 130 from RMS ballpark yeah >> so this is a pretty significant drop >> and I think the survey last year may have gone out later but >> thank you for that any other questions regarding RMS for Robin. >> This is less a question but just a a point for conversation. It seemed like both the Richmond school
010and the high school um there's this on the one hand there's the sense that we're not well prepared and on the other oh my god everybody's tutoring and taking enrichment courses and stuff. So I think we it would behoove us as a district to have a conversation about how that feeds off of the to with the extent that it does. And the other thing was um >> it looks like there's increasing attention to um computers in the classroom classroom experience. It's been in the papers as well. So I think it just makes sense for us to be paying attention to them. >> Yeah. like that. Anything else? Neil, >> just in general, what um turn to the chair? Uh these survey results were presented in the form of the principles report. What is what action
011do you what is expected of the bulls? >> Probably discussion and factf finding. This is again this was intended to be led by ANISA until like an hour ago. Well, I understand, but it's also included as just part of a principal report rather than a separate discussion item on the agenda to talk about the survey results and what the board might want to do with that information. Would I anticipate that this would come back to a future meeting or no? >> Presumably, yes. That's like if we we as an agenda plan, I guess survey wasn't done yet. So, it's kind of a hot minute. It's just finished. >> Let me ask a different question. Is it on the agenda template? template totally >> because that would then guarantee that it would come back for discussion
012>> noted. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Great. Thank you for that. >> All done with RMS. Okay. Let's move on to the high school. Uh Julia, you want to walk us through things we need to hear about? >> Oh, yeah. Go ahead, Mark. Kelly, I'm sorry. Okay, just I was just looking back um and I noticed that this came out that I know there were multiple >> but it came out during the um the Dartmouth break and so that might be something to kind of try to >> avoid since that's a lot of our community. >> Yeah. >> Um part of this the survey retention stuff. >> Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. Carry on. Uh Julie, when you're ready. >> Uh sectioning has been a big deal recently. You might notice um for next year there's two more
013sections of German and we have one fewer section of Latin and two section of French. Um and a lot of students sign up for art. So, we're adding sections apart, all within the budget, which should indicate to you that our staff is incredibly flexible in doing pretzels to make it work because they're all certified in different areas, right? So, um while keeping everyone keeping their jobs. So, I think it's great and really happy about staff who have sort of stepped up and been like, I can do that. I know how to do this, right? So, it's um that part's been great. Um and what else? Our survey I I think maybe would be better or um because we had about half the responses that we've gotten over past years and I feel like we maybe
014did it more in May. >> We were trying to do it earlier so we could give you a report earlier. Um I do have questions about like our survey versus your family survey. You know, which ones are we going are we going with all of them? Maybe we only should do one. Um, but I I think and I did it I did four reminders. I did two that were like just on their own schools reminders and two is my principal's report. But it did span our vacation, the open time and apparently now that you mentioned it a bit vacation. But yeah, so yeah, maybe not great timing. So, um, but you know, that's why I said sort of be aware of the answers because it's fewer people, so maybe not as statistically significant. Um, but,
015um, but there was some interesting feedback and the Chromebook thing, I wonder if there's more of a microscope on it because now people can't use their own devices. So, now people upset who weren't upset about Chromebooks before because they weren't using them are not happy about them. So, um, I think that one came there. And then I I thought there's some interesting the counseling feedback was interesting to me in terms of national pearls versus the other and so I'm going to work to present that to the counseling group and see what they're thinking about that. >> Great. Any comments or questions for Stevenson? Deb, >> this is this is indirectly connected. It's more just FYI to the board, but there is a lot of grumpiness about Vermont students not being able to do VLAX courses
016and calling it, you know, it's not equitable and yada da da. And my feeling is just calm down. You know, you don't need to have your passion figured out by the time you're a junior in high school, but it is a there is a drum roll going on there. we should be able to do all this stuff that New York >> the Vermont um organization >> there is our students take courses there and if they're required like if there's something like we can't meet a graduation requirement because of their schedule we have a fund but we pay for their VLAX class of Vermont kid we just won't do it if it's because I want to do basket weaving and Hanover High School doesn't have basket weaving but and and whatever the Vermont version it would
017be like I can't remember wondering whether it um doesn't have basket weaving. But um >> this seems more oh sorry this seems more about academic courses to accelerate to be prepared to take something more to be prepared to go to college and be prepared to you know what I mean >> well and [clears throat] Robin can probably share but like we're seeing um an uptick you were sharing um [laughter] >> I'm diagnic of this year placing kids in ninth grade for math. Oh, >> took a number of BAX classes >> to be in a higher math class at the high school coming in. And that is it's interesting dilemma for us because one, >> they might start at a higher level that where they won't finish and you're supposed to employ in the state of
018New Hampshire take a math experience each year, math class each year. So they might max out of our classes if they start at right. And so are we so then are we creating those other classes also? So are they prepared having been prepared electronically >> to take classes to to succeed in our world which >> we have some evidence that some kids it's a really bumpy maybe a bumpy transition from the VA world to the you know high school math world >> so we usually see a couple kids do it and what did Warren tell us it was >> eight or nine >> right I think she was saying that want a place differently but I think the number of kids that might have taken the math could be up in the >> teams. >>
019Um so, so that's another that we're going to have to deal with as administration like how we're going to >> start figuring that out. And we have said very maybe politely or not that like we don't want to have the middle school students taking classes at the high school for social reasons. All right. But are there enough of them where um we could send someone to the middle school from the high school to teach a math sectioning if if it's not felt that someone there could do it. Um right to have them serviced if there's enough of them. When it's two it's one thing but when it's 15 20 like should there be a section for them. Those are all sort of administrative things, but just to let you know, you know, that that there's
020[clears throat] been a shift there. >> Um, a couple of questions. So, the VLAX courses are uh free for New Hampshire students, but at a pay for Vermont students. Absolutely. >> And we have students at the middle school who are from New Hampshire getting free VLAX courses to essentially place higher in a math program once they arrive at Hover High. And the Vermont student wanted to do the same, they would need to pay out of pock for that. >> Yeah. I don't know what the middle school is doing in terms of that. like when we have that situation, we would pay if we didn't offer it and it was needed for moving. >> This sounds like this is extra almost extra. >> I'm guessing those parents are paying out of pocket, but I don't know
021how the middle schools. >> But to be clear though, the those Vermont families would not be charged for that coursework, even if it was at a level above what they were doing in middle school. >> The Vermonties, >> sorry, the New Hampshire. >> Yeah. that the Vermont families would pay unless they're doing I don't know if they're taking it in Vermont because they could have taken >> this is why I shut my mom [laughter] >> just consider us in the information gathering statement. >> Yes, you're factor. Yeah, >> Kelly, >> this is not really part of Julie's report, but >> I, you know, I think that again when when we have students self-pacing and we're encouraging self-pacing, like this is not a surprising of encouraging self-pacing, right? So >> then it selfac. >> Yes. Except
022that I will add that what I caught my eye on the way into the meeting tonight was a poster for student council from what I believed to be a Norwich student who is campaigning on the cost of Beck's forces for promotivist body. Right. >> Yeah. >> Democracy. [laughter] >> Anything else for Julie? Thanks, Julie. Shifting to business requiring discussion, starting with the tuition rate. I will point out that Teresa is absent uh tonight and won't be able to talk further about this or all the other things coming up that are highly relevant to her. Um Tara, Neil, Kelly, anyone want to chime in on the tuition rate from that committee? >> I can too. Sure. The the number does match what we had discussed. The meeting at this point was some time ago. And was
023before we needed before the data was available on other schools tuition rates which was in previous years something that we generally do review before we approve our tuition rate just to make sure that we understand the marketplace and we're not sort of putting the district at a disadvantage from the other area schools. So we haven't done that bid. That being said, this is a number that we discussed and we're comfortable at at the last point of our meeting without data. >> Or am I the handover folks that at the last handover meeting we had some fairly lengthy discussion and we were presented with sort of two different options needed to make a decision. So my understanding you're right here that the committee is aligned where like this is the proper number. This was very preliminary.
024Okay. >> Right. So we haven't, you know, reconvened to hash out sort of the discussion items and say, "Hey, is there an A option? Is there a B option?" What this is is a 6.5% increase over the previous year. It's very straightforward. Um we felt that was reasonable. Um there was a number that was picked prior to this um for sort of budget um estimation purposes. So, if someone in the area who has a tuition student um or other districts that send large numbers of students our way would be able to take our budget documents and back into a number which is very similar to this, slightly lower that Teresa used as a placeholder for our budgetary process. So, this is all within that same, you know, um, same radar. You know, we're we're in
025the same ballpark. Um, there would be no one who would be I I wouldn't imagine for the few hundreds of dollars different would be up in arms about this particular number. It seems like a safe number, but as I said, it hasn't been fully vetted in comparison to other tuition rates because we started this discussion process much earlier than we did in previous years. So in previous years, everyone else's data was already available and we had full transparency. Um, so that's the sort of the rub, that's the tension. If we do it sooner, then we don't have all the data. If we wanted to wait, we could have all the data. I'm not sure we would come to it to break down more substantially, but the other folks on the committee sure can chime that
026in. Ellie, >> Robin, anything to add? Yeah. Um, I will admit it's been months since we've looked at this, so my recollection is a little vague. Um, I went to take a look at past minutes and minutes don't help because a lot of this was discussed in non-public session. >> I have a recollection and I will look to my colleagues across the way to see if this matches their recollection. We actually used the formula that Vermont uses for calculating tuition. So, I didn't want people walking away from this because the only thing that you're seeing is a number and it says it's a 6.5% increase. There actually was a formula >> that sat behind this. Now, the number I think that came out of the formula was a little bit >> was close to this,
027but yeah, >> different from my recollection. >> I can tell you the numbers if you're deferring. >> Yeah. But I guess I want people to understand like we we made a conscious dark. >> Yeah. We made a conscious shift to use the formula that Vermont you that Vermont schools use for calculating the tuition amount versus what we had done previously just because things that there were issues with the prior formula. So I don't want people walking away that all we did was slap a 6 and a half% increase on last year's number and save done. >> That's not what happened. And to clarify the deviation between the formula and where we ended up at this, I had wanted this a little bit higher. The the tension was related to the um increased health insurance costs
028that we experienced and the fact that we had not fully integrated the trueup process with the initial Vermont calculation that all the other schools do use. So in lie of a formal true-up process which would be um would would result in an increase but would be very labor intensive for our folks, we decided to forgo that and instead just estimate a reasonable increase to sort of take into account that >> cost. It sounds like the tuition committee is uncomfortable just proceeding to a vote tonight. And well, what I can say is the committee didn't meet to deliberate that question. >> We met as part of budget process planning and evaluation. So I mean we could in theory meet again and >> we could I mean what I would say is the number that you see
029here tonight right is the number that the committee was working with during the budget development process and was the number that we used for estimating tuition revenue. >> Okay. >> Any questions for the tuition rate for Robin or the tuition committee members? Right. Seeing none, we'll move on to anformational donation from the friends of handover and Norwich schools for RMS. Note that this isformational procedural in nature because is less than the threshold that would take it to a board vote. So, um, this is not here. Robin or Lauren can either speak to this. >> This one, I think, >> yeah, it's for science binoculars and they were awarded $4,000 to purchase the science binoculars. 4,000. You're right. You're right. >> $1,000 and that was for the seventh grade. >> Well, we thank the friends of
030Hannover Norward schools for this generous contribution. It does not go unnoticed. Any further questions or comments on this? We will move on to a separate donation from the Jack and Dorothy Born, excuse me, from the Jack and Dorothy Burn Foundation, which we will vote on later tonight. Um, anything to account for this, Julie? This is the Chris Hold that have the relationship with Dorothy they ask for every year which she contributes to that every year. >> As always, we thank the Burn Foundation for their generosity and regular contributions. Any further questions or comments on this particular donation? Seeing none, we'll move on to the school board meeting schedule. And we have the topic template and the school meeting schedule like we talked about before. We are voting on it tonight. So we heard a previous
031comment about adding a trying to do a standing item for both the survey presentation as well as a discussion for the school specific surveys. We can probably do the same thing if we were able to meet it on the ongoing SAU wide survey. >> So we can note those probably in the April and May or June time frames. I see Renee and Neil and then Lisa. The first bullet in April quality indicator report or MSBJS parent survey results is that >> the thing we just looked at >> it would be yeah just and I said is it detail? Yeah, Kelly >> wondering if we want to shift later on. >> We can talk about that because I know there was a conversation I don't know if it was all the schools but moving the surveys
032up earlier so that we had time time to get the results and discuss the results within the same school year. But that said, the SA wide ones anyway were often in late May to early June and got substantially higher counts. It also could be the way that the superintendent sending out emails with regularity fact there's sewide as well as being more school summation stuff. Uh Lauren, I saw your hand jump up. Did you want to comment on that? >> I just wanted something template where um you discussed sending the parent survey in April and then you discussed the parent survey results in May. So depending on how you want handover and Dresden to work together at the same time, that's an option as well. And if you make a change here, you might need to
033make a change there. But in Yanover, the results tend to be done in May. >> Okay. As well as a continuity or legging if we want to deliberately spread them out for parents in multiple schools and avoiding survey fatigue. Uh Robin chimed in and then we'll go back to the schedule. >> And we talked about that today at our handover agenda planning because the survey results again we're not getting a number of results. So it may >> help zero response survey that has been out for a week which to win I said are we sure? Yeah, I think I've seen a survey come through. >> They are. And that gets another point because a lot of these surveys are kind of being buried in weekly emails and rather than kind of attesting to them like
034a specific >> load of an email. >> Um >> we just got a reminder today >> and when you look at it it's like it was >> and both the it sounds like all three of the school specific surveys in that county mar were also over the spring break rather than trying to finish before or starting after. the one we're talking about suide one was deliberately delayed till after spring break as an example of some something going on Renee again or same followup >> Neil does >> okay Neil then Lisa then Dr. Um I might make the recommendation that I mean timing of the survey aside, right? Having the discussion in May, which is more than just the report, right? I would like to see a board discussion of the results in May in particular
035because if there's any item in there that's going to influence any um goal adoption the following month in June, that would be the right time to have that discussion. >> Um and Neil Le. >> Yeah. Um, Neil made one of my points and then I was just looking at the schedule. Um, it I'm just wondering all the meetings times start at 6:00 p.m. except for October 27th is 7 p.m. And it just it feels like it would be a lot easier if we were just consistently 6:00 p.m. I I don't like for all the meeting start times. I don't know whether other people feel that way, but sometimes it's just helpful to know that a board meeting starts at 6 instead of this month at 6 and this month at 7 and etc. So, I
036just and we managed to do that with the exception of Tuesday, October 27th. It starts at 7 p.m. So, I just I I wasn't sure why. Um, >> well, I know it's my understanding that the historical rational for the six versus seven was the six o'clock meetings were ones we knew in advance that we thought were going to be long. or it was combined with an SAU meeting and I think some folks and I don't remember the specifics or the numbers of this had some concern about whether they able to make it here by 6 PM in terms of their day jobs and >> yeah I mean the ones that are double it's 6 and then you know optimistically seven for the second meeting which I don't think we've ever hit um but but there's
037one a regular meeting on October 27th is that the Dresden then that starts at 6 with the SAU so that's a typo so there's two on October 27th. >> Yeah. >> Um and then there's a regular meeting on the 17th without a time, but all the other ones are six. I just I'm looking at it for cons I would I would personally appreciate consistency if that is at all possible. So >> in response to that, >> just sorry. >> Yeah, just looking at that. I think Ryan was maybe trying to call out the budget presentation as a separate thing. Yeah. Is my sense. So then it's an SAU regular meeting on the 27th. >> No, a Dresden and an SAU budget presentation. There's a regular Dresden meeting and an SAU budget presentation, but maybe there's
038a way to make that clear. >> Yeah. I mean, if it's not clear to us, it doesn't Yeah. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> I don't think it'll be clear to anybody else. So, yeah. >> And then Kelly again. >> Yeah. So, the calendar um looking at the meeting template in handover, we moved the calendar approval, the school calendar approval up >> earlier, right? >> Earlier. If we can do that in Dresden, that would be good to help our families out with the vacation plan. >> So, right now it's approving in December. You're proposing to change it to approving earlier. >> I think we were able to I'm trying to remember how early we were able. We were able to do it this year I think earlier because I got the information so much earlier. So November
039we talked about >> so we hope to move that up. We don't need to put everything you off. And then my comment that I ultimated handover but I have to say it is that we again have our annual meeting on the Saturday of February break which I realize that like it's not a huge public to come no matter what we have it but in terms it was a struggle issue to get an out forum of us that were around and then because of the shift of vacation it seems like that's going to be an ongoing issue and if there's any way to avoid that that would be great. I do have someone looking into that for us. >> Okay, >> sorry. I I'm going back to the um the survey piece here and to when
040you are thinking of surveys in general, I I wonder what we're asking of parents at what times. So, I'm thinking of the things that have come to me and there was something about like registering my kids or like telling the school my kids were coming back >> and then I'm guessing it got mixed in with this other survey of other things >> and I we know what we need to ask of parents at different points in the year. There's going to be other things at different points in time, I'm sure. But like to things that are unique, if you can schedule them out so that parents aren't confused as to what their coordination filling out probably is going to be beneficial to our results. >> Yes. change >> and >> yeah say >> yeah and
041just I feel like we say this every year but fewer surveys is better because people don't know the difference between the different surveys and so they think that a reminder for a survey I mean they think that a new survey is actually a reminder for the survey that they feel that they already filled out and if they've got kids at multiple it just anything we can do to combine surveys into one and maybe make it longer and just say this is the only one you're going to get or I don't I don't know. I just I'm feeling for parents who are juggling multiple students at multiple schools with multiple questions coming at them as they're trying to figure out what summer plans are and what's happening with their kid the next fall and going to
042all the end of your concerts and you know so I just I feel like we have this conversation every year and there's only so much we can do but just another plea to make it simple. Yeah, a lot of the schools and personnel are thinking like, oh, it's the end of the year or what do I need to do? >> Yeah, right. Exactly. >> Not that I'm gonna Oh, the board's permission. Oh, fair. Sorry. >> Are surveys required or they just nice to have? >> I believe they are all self-improvement initiatives by individual signals in the SA. I don't care if they're required anywhere, but probably just good governance, I assume. I mean, as a parent of kids that are moving through the school system at higher levels, I will tell you that people a
043lot of people just don't care about the surveys. So, I think again, I think you keep doing them and they're probably going to make, you know, people that do have issues, right, or complaints are going to fill them out. So tiered to Julie's point about like read as a pro >> but I will tell you that >> I don't know when the last time we filled a survey on our family at the end of the day if everything's going fine we just don't fill up surveys a couple days >> but and you know to the point you're right that it is often the same parents you had over and over again the same respondents per right >> but it also depends if you're going to hype and if you're talking about a certain issue so
044for example for the cost survey which some of you remember which is three years old now Yeah, >> that one jumped up hundreds of students at the high school alone, right? >> Because people had something to say about >> big issue. It was a big problem. there's big surveys, but I think maybe and I don't know, but >> I don't think I think >> I even get the emails for the surveys, but when you get when you send these surveys, I'm not sure if there is >> if there's fewer surveys or if there's something that tells the parents that listen, we we really like kind of begging them that there's one survey or something and we would like you for your school to respond to it because it helps us improve our schools or something
045like that rather than just >> another survey like it's like >> I agree. framing goes a long way and how to do this which we've talked about many times internally. Uh Renee and then I think we should probably move on. >> Um I have a vague recollection and forgive me if this is not this district but I feel I saw the conversation of sorry >> they got mixing. >> Yeah. um uh like the share that shareback piece coming from the superintendent saying like here's this survey results were this and this is the thing that we decided to do based on your results and then therefore here is the next survey and so that I think maybe was part of our SA this year or something but is it like to the to the extent of
046like if we actually are using the data >> and we show families that we're using the data we should be able to get more buy in. Maybe not from everybody, but at least then it's like, oh, this actually is meaningful. I I should probably interject here. I think there's another question of what are we asking? Why are we asking it? Like what is the purpose? How is this question actually going to be used in like this survey design process, which is a whole other ball of wax. >> Yeah. >> But at least there's there is a moment to share back. >> Conversation sounds great >> through the work. I don't was that this conversation we talked about >> that was probably talking about last year where Jadam's superintendent at the time >> we had a
047very clear language like here's the survey here's what we're going to ask about here's why we're going to ask one here's what we've already done as a result of last year's survey >> okay >> and so the superintendent that I expect will probably happen again this year nudge nudge um >> but there is strong variation about how select personnel have done that across all four schools >> yes I think that's also part of it Yes, there's that that share that piece. I realized it's >> you'll be helpful. >> So, um I hear you. I think others hear you as well. Um are we all good to move on? >> Yeah, >> wait. Can I So, based on that discussion, is there anything changing when we get to the motion to approve the template of the
048calendar? >> We are hearing all we're taking notes on all things that are advising to change. Um, Robin and to your knowledge, there a reason we needed to approve this tonight or should we edit it and bring it back and made? >> That's up to you. There are things you want to change. I mean, I not we've noted some of the changes that you have discussed, but have you made a decision like about the time it'll work? >> Sounds to me like the calendar doesn't need to change. So, Ryan can go ahead and process with that piece, right? We can approve that. >> You're all okay with the times. within our template for topics. Well, unless we wanted to change the times >> or just to double check that >> the clarity >> just the
049clar but I mean if we clarify it and it's I don't know differing times that doesn't make a lot of sense to me but yeah >> I mean I would just say for the ease and the smoothness of trans transition let's approve the calendar the schedule of meetings the time something thing is something we can attend to at another point. Um I mean I know there was one year where we had a meeting the week of Thanksgiving and we just we realized it and we moved it. I mean it's not like this is going >> right in gold or something. And did anyone note a conflict with certain holidays? >> I double checked. We missed Rashashana. We missed Yianapur and we missed Passover. Um so that's good. Um, yeah, >> I didn't check for Thanksgiving,
050but >> I know Ryan's really good about >> shal from a few years ago for folks who >> remember that. >> But yes, this will come up to a vote later tonight. >> Thank you all. Moving on to the revised tax rate request. I will note again that Teresa is not here and Robin will do the best she can to fill us in on the details of this. >> Yes. So, as you all know, Ben prepared a letter that we submitted to the select board in March, and we asked them to send a letter from the select board to the DRA in conquered to provide us with an opportunity to change the spring tax bill for um Dresden. So the response from the DRRA was they did not approve that. They said it had to
051be at least a 15% difference in what our calculation was. And so which led us to have paid $366,000730 that we cannot recoup from the town. So, we've been having discussions about the um you know what our remaining balance would be here and if we can cover that and that you'll see in the budget discussions under Teresa's report. >> Yeah, I did also uh receive an email from the board member. I had some Norwich perspective on this. Um anything want to hear on that chief? >> Yeah. Yeah. here. Go ahead. >> Could someone just give a little bit of background? What's happened? So, >> this was the when there's a page that was left off that was sent to the state earlier in the year and so they missed part of the warrant articles when
052they figured out the tax rate and so the town was under tax bill. So we asked to have that change for the spring to increase the tax rate for the spring make up for the missing $356,000. And so we had to go through process. We had to then write a letter to the select board and ask them to write a letter to the state. >> We missed the missed the initially. >> Yeah. Why was it that was the state? There is not a form that was submitted by the business office. One page of from the information was submitted >> and it's my understanding that it was is actually given to the state of New Hampshire prior >> and was completed >> but was not properly upto uploaded and submitted with the formal materials at the
053time of submission even though the state had already submitted to the board. So maybe a lot of logistical things went wrong even though the information was correct >> and now when we >> did the [clears throat] revision and had the handover select board submit it to the state the differential was not enough of a problem. So basically we were not far enough off for the state to do anything about it even though so if we actually had a bigger mistake than we actually did >> they might have said yes >> and if they're shaking head with madness that's because it is madness. Sometimes it what's the state or the town say to deal with the situations? I don't think there's anything we do. >> There's nothing we can do. We just have to make it
054up through >> there's no appeal process. >> Yeah, there's nothing >> to add to the next year's >> Well, we well we should be able to cover it for >> some hands are so Neil then Kelly then Michael. >> So then I guess my question would be what is the plan to make it up? the plans make it up is right now if you look at well when we get to the budget materials for this year we can I asked Teresa to project out what it's looking like right now for our remaining balances for the year and to figure out if we have enough to cover $366,000 from the Dresden budget to pay for that because Norwich has already paid their share of the taxes. It's not an issue for Norwich because they had all
055the information about the warrant articles and what was needed. So, it's only on this side that we're dealing with that makeup piece. So, the right now it looks like we will have enough money to cover the overage even with the increases in insurance that we had to pay this year. And part of that will come a little bit from our remaining balances from the 25 year. >> And we only have the un audited amount right now. So, and the audit for the 25 school year is not finalized. We're still waiting for a few little documents that they needed, but it looks like we should be okay. [clears throat] >> Follow Yeah. So, um I appreciate the fact that we might have enough money left over in Dresden to cover this. My concern comes though from
056the fact that >> um if you look at this from step back for a second, Norwich taxpayers were fully taxed for the amount Hover was not. If we're looking to use the Dresden surplus to cover the amount that handover was responsible for, that means Norwich taxpayers are picking up a the a portion of that under revenue source from handover. What it means is that we can't so that amount of money that could have been applied to buy down the budget the following year is no longer available to Norwich. So, we're getting hit >> more than once, not exactly twice because it's a third of the total amount. Now, I would be more comfortable if you said that you had revenue surplus and handover budget >> that would cover this amount, but I I'm not I
057guess at this point in time, I'm not convinced that this is the right approach to use the Dresden surplus to cover shortfall in the revenue gain. >> I >> So, yeah. Sean said it. >> Yeah, I think Teresa actually accounted for that. Yeah. She said, "This uh takes into account that Dresden would receive the full assessment payments due from both Nor and Hanover as required to make Dresden School District whole. Right. The tax assessment shortfall will be passed down to Hanover School District because I I agree that would be completely unar. >> Yeah. Do you think we do? >> That's what I couldn't understand from that further description. Where are you looking? It wasn't where you can clarify. >> It's in her um the business administrative report 7E 7E. It's text, not the actual attachments,
058but in the the email portion of it. >> Okay. Sorry. >> Got it. >> We all see I didn't even need my computer. You [laughter] >> I'll just speak for you. >> I'm just reading it. That is so that is my interpretation of what's there. It is. >> I just I'm not a handover board member, so I didn't know if you guys were aware of it, if you knew it. >> I'm aware about them now. >> Yeah. >> So, thank you for bringing that attention for Teresa being able to respond to that. Right, >> Neil. Does that assuage your concerns? >> And I do check with Jamie on tonight, too. >> Sorry. >> If my handover colleagues are telling me that they're covering the bill, then I I feel better than I did when the
059meeting started. >> But it sounds like you all don't even know whether or not you've got the money in your budget to cover it. Right. I do not personally have >> I lastly wonder here we are. So Renee, were you next or was it Lisa? >> Uh that I was just chiming in to respond to that. >> Okay. Did you have a separate question? >> I I No, not not that I could formulate that. >> Lisa then Kelly. Okay. Kelly then Garrett. Uh so just a flag that the knock-on effect of this is going to be no rollover for next year, right? No car. So that is going to hit next year's budget like a ton of bricks. >> So just a you know >> like but should we still have handled by >> it's
060going to hit the year-over-year >> know that sense >> of the handover one or >> Hover one. >> It's going to hit Annover. Yeah, >> if your budget was built for >> Yeah. [clears throat] >> Yay. >> And then Garrett, did you have a separate point? >> Okay, Rene. And then Michael, >> um, I don't know what the total number of dollars is, but it seems to me it's in the seven figure number that we've had to spend this year on not things that are not directly related to the student experience. >> And that makes me very sad. Um, and I and I don't know how we rectify that, but this is this may not be going away, this trend. And so I I I'm just I just want to state that I'm very sad
061about everything we could have spent this year that is like not directly related to >> Yeah. >> our kids. >> Thank you for hearing on that. Uh, Michael Vent. >> So I just want to make sure I understand. So we committed administrative error. Mhm. >> Handover taxpayers didn't contribute the full share. We're able to cover that out of fund balance. >> What do we have some sense of what we didn't spend money on or is this just accumulated surplus? >> Well, part of it surplus and then this year we were relying on for the health benefits piece that we was unanticipated. A lot of that we were relying on not filling positions, right? >> Because we had certain positions like for example in Hanover, we had a math coach that moved into our principal's interim
062position and we did not fill that position because we knew it was for a year. We had EA positions that we couldn't fill. So, and we had some of those situations here at high school as well, too. So there was quite a bit of positions that we could not fill. >> So essentially vacancy savings. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> And then we have had you know obviously rollover funds over the past few years significant. >> I guess my only separate question is how will um handover taxpayers experience this? So next year they'll have to catch up >> and then whatever's on top of that >> exercise. >> Yep. Right. Tara, then Lisa, then Neil. I have not thought about this before but I am now I'm in a place of curiosity as to
063contribution of funds are portioned between handover and Norwich based upon budget preparation. Is there a true up process against actuals at the end or have we never done that? Because now my head wants to explode. different. >> We do October. >> Yeah, that's all great >> because always the budget building process is a huge guess and at the end there's money that we spent in ways that we anticipated and there's money that we didn't spend as we anticipated. There are also expenses that are unanticipated just like the insurance. So, for example, the chunk of money that hit Dresden for this insurance um additional bill, was that aortioned appropriately [clears throat] to taxpayers in Norwich and handover or did we just use unspent funds on the original budget bill and use it to cover that rather
064than reortioning those >> to the to the various towns because that Right. That that's so when when there's when there's a revenue problem um the same situation occurs is when there's an expense problem. And so if we reconcile the revenue problem from each town, we should also be >> reconciling the expense problem. And I'm wondering if we ever do that >> or if because Jamie always built the budgets with such a substantial cushion, which she did, we would never have to talk about this because there was always a pot of funds at the end. >> Right. >> Exactly. >> Yeah. So now I'm confused. >> All right. I'm curious then Neil was where you're at. I I don't know if Neil had a response to that because my question is kind of a little bit
065different. >> So I do have a response to that. I >> the way that I see this, I don't think that's an issue. I think this is the first time that we've ever had a revenue shortfall the result of one town not raising the amount that they were required >> to raise. So in a normal in a normal year, right, if you had surplus money at the end of the year, that surplus I mean one of two things could happen. We could set some aside in a reserve, right? The retainage ease of things or you could use an amount of that money to buy down the com the total budget. When you buy down the total budget, then it's that figure at the end that gets split out between the two towns. So in a
066scenario where both towns raise the exact amount of revenue they were supposed to then applying the surplus to that budget and then aortioning it out to the two towns basically takes care of that >> using the October numbers that >> the differential though because it's always recalculated the aortionment is recalculated every year based upon enrollment numbers. So it's not a true reconciliation in that. Um and it also depends on where we're using the money. So, for example, the shortfall, I can't remember if that's the entirety of the shortfall or that's just the portion of it for Dresden because obviously there was a portion of it for elementary school as well. So, could someone clarify if that's the entire number or if that's the Dresden impact only number because I don't remember >> according to this
067letter. I believe is that it was only the it's that number is the Dresden number and that was the only amount because that was the only page that was missing >> submission to DRA the the submissions for handover school district. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Lisa, you want to go in a different direction? >> Yeah. Only if Yeah. Are we good? Okay. Um, I'm kind of back to this problem and I'm back to my dissatisfaction with this response and this letter and I'm sort of looking at my more politically >> from us or from the state >> from the state um and the and the comment that if our problem were bigger they would have helped us and the fact that our problem is smaller seem I am I'm angry about this and I I'm
068turning to sort of my more politically astute people because the last time I lobby I lobbyed on behalf of nonprofits and literacy programs. And I get that this is more complicated and more difficult and it's taxes and etc. But I am wondering if there is a way to get our political delegation involved in this and ask for help. And I don't know whether that's possible, whether this is the final word, whether there's a way to apply some pressure to the governor, to to whoever needs just to explain the situation. um because this this is not satisfactory. This puts handover taxpayers at harm and then by default people across the river at default. And I I I'm just wondering, do we just say we're done because we got this letter or is there a is there
069a way to kind of keep pushing to get a different response? >> Well, we did go ahead. >> We did follow up with the state after we received the letter. Teresa did connect with them again. Again, I'm just wondering if like having politicians involved is I mean, that's why we elect them. And so I I don't know whether that's helpful or harmful, but I'm just >> I'm not sure a phone call from the person in the in the SAU office. You all are fabulous, but I don't know if that's really what is most helpful. So, I'm just posing the question. I don't have an answer. >> They are Michael and Kelly. >> Um I' I've had the great privilege. That's why I turned to you. >> Being a tax administrator for the Vermont Department of
070Taxes, >> um, you know, the law will tell you whether the commissioner has any authority to do this. Um, we made the mistake. I I mean, it would seem extremely unlikely that they would accommodate us. Um, I just think of the bigger, at least speaking from my chief seat in Vermont, a lot of you are closer to what's going on in New Hampshire, though I try to keep tabs on it. um we may have bigger political fish to fry over the next couple years and so this seems more like our mistake and we got to accept the lumps related to it. Kelly then Neil. >> So I don't know when the tax bills go out but I imagine that deadline is coming up and I mean so um my sense was we were told no
071way no how there's no repeal process. This is a final thing. I don't know how much we like we didn't go to the governor for sure but and I hear you. Um it's unfortunate as a taxpayer it's unfortunate because it would have been like you know hundred extra dollars in this year like we're good we're whole. We're fine right? Um, but I think it's going to come down to, as with many things, a a PR campaign next year communication saying, "Hey, your year-over-year or your your bump in this one tax bill might look bigger than normal. Here's why." And explaining it. And I mean, take this opportunity to yet again thank our generous voters. >> Yeah. For supporting us because I think that's what comes down to. >> I'm satisfied with that. I just >>
072Yeah. Having not been privy >> and wondering, >> we got Neil then Dev and Terra then we should probably try to move on. Yeah. I mean, not to beat a dead horse, the letter is pretty clear. This isn't some arbitrary decision based on statute. So, state law directs what the what what the administration what the what the department had the authority to do. I'm pretty sure that this is probably put in place because there is a cost associated Yeah. with trying to change the tax bill, right? And so they put a threshold in there to make sure that you know the amount that you're asking for that you didn't get um is not outweighed by the cost that it is going to issue a new tax bill. Um you could certainly bring this up to
073legislators if you wanted to. Nothing will change in the time frame that we have to address this. Then the final thing that I will add is yes our handover colleagues will see the pinch of this next year. One would argue they're seeing the benefit of it right now. Mhm. >> And also knowing that's separate to all this is a state movement to have caps on increases in spending at the district level. >> All right. Dad then Terara then Terara then >> right >> like at the end of the day let's just put this in like cost accounting perspective right it's a 3070 split right I just looked it up from last year it's 30.1 and 60.9 or something 69.9 or something right so that means of the number of $366,730 basically at some point Hannover
074has to raise an extra $110,000 which is in order his share of that Right. >> So the the the entire amount of the revenue shortfall was handover's responsibility. >> Yeah. Nothing to do with >> Okay. So Okay. So even a bigger problem because basically >> again you just put $366,000 on top of our budget, right? That's the reason I think that we're kicking and screaming is is that's like another couple percent that we basically >> if we had another 366 to spend like no so uh >> go ahead basically >> so that that amount the under the under that revenue amount shortfall um uh that was part of the overall budget that was approved last year. >> Right. So the expense amounts already been accounted for. >> Yeah. >> The revenue shortfall came from they
075just didn't collect enough taxes from the handover folks. >> But to take that out of the Dresden, >> we're not going to do that. Our colleagues tonight just said that they're that our handover friends on the Hover School Board are gonna get the money out of that they were responsible. Um I'm just throwing it out there that we have this nice group of folks in handover um from the community that forms the financing committee that I am not really interested in taking on this particular topic of all of the topics that I have you know jumped through the hoops >> or I'm going to need someone from the SAU or someone from this board who feels comfortable. I don't care who it is, but I think this is the time that because there's going to
076be a lot of community messaging around this hopefully that we plan this appropriately. This would be the time to start planning >> and not not on me. It is this is a bigger messaging than just me. >> I'll be happy to join you at that meeting and we can probably find somebody you can help with that as well. >> That would be lovely. >> Thank you for that. Let us move on. >> And they do know they I'm involved. >> Yes. >> With it. >> Yeah. They I'm sure they they know >> they know what's going on. Yeah. >> All right. Let's shift to business decides to not tell them this >> they have other ways of building >> because the you know the chair of the select on but it has not been for
077presented for a discussion point an agenda item at a meeting. So for that I am saying we need to plan >> yeah feel free to give me heads updates and stuff like that. Okay, shifting to business requiring action. Note that the tuition rate is not part of the consent agenda where we have our usual expenditures and minutes and stuff. We are reapproving policies DFA and BCB which for those you may remember that is a standing year-over-year reapproval on an annual basis. Do we have a signature for >> Yeah, we are supposed to >> Yeah, I think we're supposed to sign that. You know, if we have any we can bring that to the next one. Yes. >> Uh the previous discussed donation and meeting schedule and I hear a motion on that consent agenda. Kelly
078>> move to approve items through G by consent. >> Okay. >> Seconded by Deb. We have no one online. We can do this with all hands up. All those in favor. Right. That is unanimous. Thank you all. Now moving on to the tuition rate. This is what we discussed earlier tonight. There are specific numbers in item 5 A for those who wish to make a motion. Kelly again >> trying sorry good >> to approve the tuition rates as presented. Uh RMS in the amount of Why can't I find RMS in the amount of $27,564 >> 94 >> $94. Thank you. And Hannah High School tuition in the amount of $26,61. >> Thank you that together Kelly second. Any further discussion on the tuition rate? Right. All those in favor, please raise your hands. Okay, that
079is unanimous. Thank you all for that. Now, moving on, reports and communications. I did want to note that handover did unexpectedly lose a member. We are anticipating filling that member's role on May 13th at the next handover meeting and hopefully that person will join us at the next resin meeting to follow. Uh we will miss the person setting question and that's it. We will move on on replacing the res as immediately as possible. Uh >> we also had some gatherings at the state capital this morning kind of throughout the day actually and involve schoolboard members across the state as well as education related personnel doing a day at the capital. I was not able to attend this one but hopefully folks who did have anything to report on it. >> I was not able to
080>> otherwise that's all I have to report. >> Kelly did I miss something? >> Quick legislative update. Um just want to make sure members of the public saw that currently the open enrollment um >> bills that we have been talking about quite a bit at our various meetings um have so one one failed the other is still in committee for um examination. So it looks like at least for next year there will not be open enrollment to contend with in New Hampshire. So stay tuned if it gets revived. >> Yeah. >> As it could and then we hope >> and there are other related one not open enrollment but other related fiscal >> things of question that are also moving their way through. >> Yes. Oh >> with that we'll move on to committee reports.
081We'll go down the list here. CSDC. Um anything to report Deb and Lisa? >> You know this is this is me suddenly realizing did we agree to the template for the board meeting? No, just the calendar. >> Okay, perfect. Because it occurred to me when I was looking and I didn't I failed to write it down. We do enrichment grants in January and as part of the we the staff development and as part of the master plan, I believe there is language that suggests the superintendent will share could be us sharing what those enrichment grants are. And I think we should just put it on the calendar >> because we currently spend about $36,000 on enrichment grants and it would be I think five minutes of time to just share out to the board who's
082got them and what they're planning to do and I forgot. >> And that'd be for all the snappers, right? Not just Dresden or is it just Dresden? Well, it's it's it's Dresden and it's handover >> and it's handover both. >> Yeah, it's not the >> it's not okay. And it's on either calendar right now. >> Right. >> And there's nothing else to report really. >> No, other than I went to a meeting before I was officially part of it. So, that was interesting. [laughter] >> Right. Thank you for that note, Deb. I wrote it down. Thank you. >> Moving on to council updates also. Deb, anything to add besides what Ian reported all? >> No, it's it's great. people. Oh yes. Um the Lebanon Student Council and the Hannover Council >> planned a walk which
083took place this past Saturday with the money going to support two mental health organizations. One, the Busy Head Project and I can't remember the second one's name, but Positive Tracks allowed students, they set up a page on their website. There are 501 throughc organizations. So donations could are taxdeductible and as of Sunday the site was still live. So it may be that you can still make a donation and I'll find out tomorrow about participation. >> Great. Thank you for those updates. Uh moving on to Carrie. Any updates from Hartford? Yeah, our meeting was the 18th of March, but I think our last resin meeting was like the 17th of March or something like I think we met. So, it feels like a very long time ago. Um, but I don't think we've reported out on
084it yet. Uh, nothing major. There was a discussion around attendance procedures. um talking about cosmetology for full day students and kind of if those can come from more districts and you know it really comes down to scheduling and costs I think for districts this upcoming year. Um we're still talking about the calendar >> that was still being talked about in March. Um >> yeah, I don't know if there were any other I'm looking at my notes. Nothing. I haven't seen >> any updates for any questions for Perry. >> Seeing none. Lastly, I think we've already heard from the tuition committee tonight. Anything for you guys to add? >> I was going to add the budget process committee report. I guess it's SA. >> Yeah, it's SE. Technically, it's SU. >> Okay. Sorry. >> Um, I
085was wondering if you wanted to explain the handover warrant articles attachment here. I think it's a pretty quick update, but um yeah, the petitioned articles. >> Yeah, thank you. >> I'm losing my mind. Sorry. >> There are two petitioned articles that um are on the town meeting on the town warrant >> which is May 12th, I believe. >> Yes, it is May 12th. And so they will be voted on by those assembled in the evening. And one of them is basically a statement about having supporting having our electeds tell the governor and the legislature that um the school voucher program needs to have accountability built into it and some kind of evaluation system and I'm sure it will pass. And the other one, what is the other one? >> Oh, downshifting downshifting taxes onto the
086local onto local property taxes and calling for an end to that. Thank you so much. >> So, I'll be there talking about those and I will be prepared with that. [laughter] But I can I'm quite confident that the people assembled will support both of them and so it won't really I just need to prepare myself. >> FYI Deon I often chime in at town meeting on things like this. I will not be president of town so that sorry feel free to bring it back to us and report on >> I will thank you. Kelly will remind me. >> Any questions comments for Deb on these warrant articles by the town of Hanover. Seeing none of that we'll move on to um superintendent report. So we have Robin's attachment. Robin, anything you want us to highlight
087from that? >> Just to know that next week is staff appreciation week. So very exciting and I'm sending something out about that in the newsletter. And then Lauren and I are hosting ice cream Sunday parties at each of the schools to celebrate all the work that our staff does every day with our students. So that's the big thing. So send your thanks along to staff and schools and just acknowledge all of their hard work. That would be great. >> Thank you all for all that we do. >> Yep. >> Also nice that that Mandarin update as well. >> Yeah. >> Any comments for Robin? I see none. Thank you. I know Lauren is standing up not coincidentally. >> Anything you want to highlight more? started trying >> I would also like to add that um
088there's an additional report that highlights a bunch of new courses that have been published on the website. So I would encourage you to take a look at that big push there. >> Um and then annually I need to stand up in front of you and let you know that uh we have to sign the general asurances. Um this is related to our grant funding. So, as you know, you receive a variety of title grant funding as well as um our SSA funding. And so, instead of signing a separate legal document from each of these funding uh sources, the board signs this one umbrella document once a year to certify that we are responsible stewards of these public funds. So by signing these assurances, the board is guaranteeing that we are prepared to meet the standards
089of accountability required to receive and spend these federal educational aid for the next school year. So in front of you, be sure to review that document um and the board chair initials it and signs it along with our superintendent and then we make the magic happen. Happy to answer any questions. >> And it's very painful. >> This is actually not a question. This is just a thank you because my fellow board members will notice it says drafted by me waiting for final teacher approval. It is unusual that staff in the SAU office write the curriculum documents for teachers >> from my experience. And I think this is an enormous amount of work and I just want the board to be aware that in a lot of districts the teachers are expected to write their own
090curriculum documents and update them. And you might guess what I think would be appropriate for our faculty to do too. >> I will say that it is certainly a team effort. So um there are you know certain um curriculum documents that are 100% completed by staff. Um, it all revolves around the time that people have and so much time and effort was put into creating these pretty beautiful unit plans and then taking those unit plans and then creating an overview. Um, not all of our teachers have a ton of time to do that. So, I'm happy to look at those unit plans because it also has given me the opportunity to really ground myself in the work that I'm supposed to be doing. um and they have done I think the work that feels um
091almost the most meaningful is really outlining the essential learning pieces for students and then I'm just taking that and making it um accessible for parents as well. So much of the major lift is definitely done by our teachers um and I feel like it's a privilege then to be able to go in and see that hard work. >> That's so nice of you. And [laughter] I learned a lot and there are a bunch of folks too um that are working on their own public versions as well. So I don't want to diminish that but thank you. Um it's been a it's been kind of a fun journey. >> Awesome. >> Yeah. Just a quick bit um very appreciative of the translation services work that you've started and um we have someone from Dartmouth who teaches
092languages sitting at this table um who I'm sure you hopefully are going to be talking to but also would encourage you to speak to the Rosius Foundation um because Helen and had people go through these schools and has lots of resources over there. So yeah, >> any questions for Lauren? Thank you all. Um, on the BA's report, we saw there's a lot of stuff here from Teresa. We've talked about a few of these already. Robin, anything to highlight in Teresa's absence? >> No, I think we've highlighted the big things. [laughter] Um, those were the pieces that I was going to talk about, but you can see the unodudited projected end of the year amounts. She included all of I think the relevant reports that you need to see for now. It's really just trying to
093wrap up and get our um head around why we're going to end the school year when tougher. >> We'll see if folks agree. Renee then Kelly, >> I had a very ticky tacky question about subs. It says that the subs were more expensive at Hannover High School, which begs a question of like is that because there were more teachers out like we're just are the subs more expensive? like what is driving the the increase in sub costs? >> We've had a lot of long-term subs this year, >> more than we have had in the past for various reasons. >> So, >> that is very, >> but we have been able to get subs, which is a good thing. So, >> wow, >> that's the other piece of it that we're able we were able to
094get subs this year. In the past few years, it's been really difficult, too. So, so long-term subs and being able to find replacements. >> Roller, >> uh, it's a like what is the student experience? Like, is this where the curriculum piece comes in? And so those long-term STS have like actual content and those kids are really learning and they're achieving what they should be achieving. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Did you have something? >> You know, it could be anything. a pregnancy, medical, you know, there's so many. Yeah. Sorry. >> I'm curious what happens to the federal grants if they go unspect the funds that are not spent and that we use them entirely or are we way too sure? We're going to be sure we spend them. [laughter] >> Robin, >> one thing I'll
095say about that too is the title one funds. That's probably what you're looking at. We end up spending those in the summer. So, we hold on. Yeah, because all of our spending for that is on things like kindergarten training and Yeah. So >> spend away. >> Everyone good to move on? >> Yeah. >> We do have need for a brief non-public tonight. So if I have the motion to go into public for >> personnel, I believe. uh move to enter into non-public session at 8:18 p.m. under RSA 91-82 >> ABC. >> Sure. >> Second by Renee. We have to do this roll call vote. Starting with Neil Gary. Yes. >> Yes. Christy, yes. >> Yes. >> Russell, yes. >> Nelson, yes. >> And Keany, yes. We'll see you in non-public. See you tomorrow. back in
096public session and I will take a motion for the updated nomination list. Deb, >> can I move to approve the updated fiscal year 27 nomination list for RMS and Hannah High School as presented? Second, >> seconded by Tara. All those in favor? Thank you very much. That is unanimous. And we also have a motion to approve a new hire. Would someone like to tackle by digit? I move to approve hiring Anger Quaku as a 1.0 full-time SLP for Hannover High School as presented. >> Second by Terra. Again, hope you guys are in facing her. All those in favor, it is also unanimous. Thank you very much. We also have a second opportunity for public comment and I don't believe we have any public at the moment. >> Sorry. Comment. I just wanted to let board
097members know that board chairs met and that we have um a tenative agenda that will be finalized soon um for the uh board retreat which is on >> Yeah, please tell us. >> Remind meth and we've got moved. >> Oh no, >> it is now Wednesday May 20th at 6:30 to 9. Yes. >> Yeah, but we're intending to have a hard end point. >> Yes, we will have a hard time. >> Um, so that look for that. And then also, um, I did receive feedback on committee assignments and so many of those have been updated. Some of them are still waiting until we have our new panel in person. So, if you look at that, you will see some question marks and such in that document currently, but there have been some updates. So, please
098do take a look at it. As always, if you have concerns, please send them my way. Thank you. >> Thanks for that update, Kelly. All right. Any other agenda topics for Dresden? Please send them my way by email. And our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 26th. I believe that is the day after Memorial Day. Yes, it is. Other than that, we will take a motion to adjourn somewhat early. You are welcome. >> Michael moved >> at 8:30. >> To adjourn at 8:38. >> Thank you. Second by Lisa. All those individually starting with Neil. You have >> Sullivan. Yes. >> Christy, yes. >> Frosty, yes. >> Russell, yes. >> Nelson, yes. >> Yes. >> And Keany, yes. We are journed. Good night everyone. Thank you for coming. Good night. Bye.