001Happy birthday to everybody. >> It's 502. We'll call this meeting to order. We start with the pledge of allegiance. >> 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. Everybody go to item two, the consent agenda. Do I have a motion to accept the motion to approve the May 18th, 2026 school board meeting minutes as presented? So move. >> Is there a second? [clears throat] >> We'll table this to Matt's here. Matt was your last. >> Okay. that we'll [laughter] move on to item three, business report. >> All right. I do have a couple actual items tonight. One is going to be on the revised guidelines for benefits for our partial year and full
002or year round administrators. We now have partial year administrators. So, we had to revise the actual benefits. If you go down through, I know it's hard to Well, if you're looking on your computer, you can actually see um where we highlighted struck out the changes. So, basically, um you can see the benefits they're not eligible for anymore and also how the vacation days are prrated based on the percentage of year that they work. So, there's been no added benefits except for the buyout because we changed that for the district. So, we did change the buy health insurance. >> We build a $49 garden hose nozzle that makes every pressure washer on the market [laughter] completely unnecessary. Every pressure washer is in your budget. >> Yeah. Yep. That is part of a benefit now. [laughter] >>
003Yep. Yep. So, that would be a nice benefit for folks. Um, so I will need action on that. And the other item I need action on has to do with fund balance. I think I was pretty detailed in my board report. Did anybody have a chance to read my board report explaining that? Do you have any specific questions on that? I don't believe um at this time we'll need the whole 200, but I figured if we could just vote on it one time for the capital reserve withdrawal up to the 200, that way I can close the books out and finalize the year. um based on what you would like to project the town to be. Um I think the town what we're going to return to the town to reduce taxes is the most
004important part. In my board report, I'm recommending 50,000. Um we could, you know, zero that out and take less from capital reserve or keep it at the roughly 50,000. In the past, like I said in my report, we returned like five or six hundred,000 a few years back. Last year was 190, you know, so there's been this, you know, influx, which we all know significantly impacts the tax rate. So, my recommendation is to um base a minimum of 50,000 to reduce taxes and then do the backwards math from there and withdraw what we need to offset the year-end projects. And if I have to touch the retention, we can reduce the the 5% retention amount which is currently 630,000. So my spreadsheet is based on us retaining the whole 5%. That I provided with you
005guys. So, and if we currently and currently if we withdrew the whole 200,000, we'd probably return around 80,000 to the t to the town for taxes. But I guess if I just had a baseline of what the board would like to see the town receive at a minimum have the board approve up to the 200,000 to be withdrawn from the district facilities capital reserve fund. that I can close the books based on that information and come back probably [clears throat] either the end of July depending on when we're having a meeting or the very first meeting in August to go over where we landed exactly what we needed to do. So, like I said, the admin benefits was the easy one and then the fund balance one's a little a little complicated, but I was
006going to let it play out, but I just think with the transition, we should just have a have a plan. Set that plan and [clears throat] >> which transition? >> Yeah, the you transition. >> Yeah. Yeah. [clears throat] There. Oh, yeah. There are a lot of transitions. Yeah. the 5% retention. >> Yes. >> If you had to grossly oversimplify. >> Yes. >> How do we tend to spend that like in buckets? >> We would spend that if we went over budget. >> We never use that on any maintenance issues, building issues. >> We do not. We have not. >> We could. So we use it exclusively if we go over budget for some reason staffing. >> Correct. >> Oils high whatever. >> Correct. Correct. >> Transportation. And generally speaking, how much of that do we
007typically spend? >> What do you mean? What do >> we spend any for the contingency reserve? >> Like year over year. Is it typically we don't spend any of it? >> Typically we do not. It's >> like a rainy day fund. Mhm. >> Right. But we try not to use that term, you know, like it's for emergencies. I always say it's for those things that had happened that we didn't plan for 18 months prior, you know, >> because the big difference this year is the district facilities fund, >> which is a lot more than normal because of that warrant. But if we don't typically use the retention funds for what we use that for, it's not really offsetting. >> No. So typically when we approve year-end spending, it's from unexpended appropriation, >> right? So, it's
008coming from lines that we haven't expended from, >> right? >> So, we've never gone beyond that, right? And dipped into our um 5% retention. >> I mean, this year right now, as of today, we're about 200,000 in the negative with special education. Like I explained in my report, um, starting July 1, we're going to be over 100,000 over budget with special education. And that's on the low side. So that's the only reason that I'm not recommending we withdraw anything from special ed right now for capital reserve because we only have 240,000 in there right now. So, um, that's why I'm recommending we draw that 200 from our capital reserve for facilities because we approved the 350,000 of year end capital improvement plan um projects. So, I guess that's the purpose, right? Um, is to use
009those funds for that. So, we will be putting in 574,000 back into that account for July 1. >> That is a change. You're saying not typically we don't pull out of that fund. You're saying we pull 150 out of that fund to finance some of the year- end projects that that account's going to be more than replenished because of >> Oh, absolutely. >> The change. >> Correct. But so if we were not to do that, we would have essentially nothing or less than nothing to pay back taxes, pay down taxes unless we went below the 5% potential. >> Correct. >> And if you look at an apples to apples comparison based on what you're proposing, the two big line item differences are last year we paid back 199 for taxes. >> Yep. You're proposing 79,
010which is a $120,000 swing, but our year-end fund balance goes from a million bucks last year to $850 and change this year. So, $150,000 swing. So, paying back less for taxes, but also having less in. >> Correct. And remember that million dollars we had last year, we also paid $380,000 to school year. >> Oh, for that onetime assessment. >> Yes. Right. >> So, in all reality, um, our fund balance really wasn't a million dollars. It I had to put in a liability account to reduce it after July one. So, so even this year, our fund balance is below a million dollars and again it will be below a million dollars again. >> Probably have an unrelated question. When I read your letter, you mentioned that there was a 380 unex 380,000 >> unexpected expense. I
011just didn't quite understand how something could come in at that amount. Unexpected. >> That's what she was just referring to. >> No. Okay. >> No, she's talking with school care. >> Schoolare. Yeah, that was a one-time assessment >> um that all customers received 12%. [laughter] >> Health insurance. >> That was the health >> we were legally required to pay. >> So now it's clear. >> Yeah. So that came right >> surprised everybody. >> I bet. So that came directly from our fund balance. So sitting here right now, we would have had an additional 384,000. Right now, >> Bill wanted to pay double. He said, "No, Bill, don't." [laughter] >> So, um, we had a couple hits this year besides unanticipated expenses, school care. There were just several different items this year that aren't normal, but
012sometimes it's never normal. So, so that's what I'm recommending. Um, because I do feel it's important that we continue our capital improvement plan and get these facility maintenance things done every year and plug away. I mean, what's the sense of having a plan if we're not going to follow through? Um, so if we hadn't had fund balance or a higher fund balance, we should have been taking it from our um capital reserve fund anyway. So, That's it. That's I think that's all that I had for you guys. >> Unless you have more questions. >> Are there any other questions? So, do I have a motion to approve the updated administrator's guideline for benefits effective July 1st, 2026 as presented? >> So, moved. Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? I >> oppose abstain. >>
013Vote carries. I think 4 Z. >> Yeah, I was still thinking about asking a question, but yeah. I [laughter] >> Any discussion was >> Well, I know you went fast. I was thinking, >> well, I go fast. Be ready. [laughter] A motion to approve the withdrawal of up to $200,000 from the Littleton School District Phil facilities capital reserve fund to partially offset year end approved project as discussed with the DA. >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? Pause. [laughter] >> All those in favor? I >> oppose. Obain. Vote carries 4. We'll go back to item two, consent agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the May 18th, 2026 schoolboard meeting minutes as presented? So moved. >> Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. Any discussion?
014All those in favor? >> I opposed abstain. Vote carries 301. >> Moving on to new business. A strategic plan framework. Okay, I'm going to get a few slides to share with you a little bit about the process. Um, as I the disclaimer I gave the board in the email I sent, this is a this is the beginning step. It doesn't have the devil's in the details now. How do you make this come to pass? And but this serves as a a road map and certainly identifies some of the priorities uh that were identified through uh surveys and work of the team. So, first of all, I want to acknowledge the members of the committee, some of whom are in attendance tonight. Um, part of them, Dale, you want to go to the next slide? There's,
015uh, the rest of the committee. Um, I was not on the committee per se. I was present, facilitated the work, uh, but didn't didn't do any of the work per se in terms of of contributing to that piece of So I tried to just manage it, communicate it, kind of administer the committee the best that I could. [clears throat] So we met five times starting in October on Tuesdays uh into into November. We met a couple went met went three three meetings in October, a couple in November. We had to dodge a few activities and events and so on, but got a good good number of meetings in. We tried to keep the meetings pretty brisk and brief, I should say, and to the point. uh the best that we could and to keep things
016moving and I think the committee did a great job with that. If you want to go back real quick, Dale, to that previous the other or the presentation itself. Thank you. Um so, oh never mind. Yeah. So, the survey staff, parents, community, uh you're right, Dale. Go ahead and just pull that up real quick. You had what you just had up. I'm sorry. you you're doing the right thing and I was out holding myself. Good. So, uh so just a little bit some of the basic details of the uh of the [clears throat] survey. You know, it's linked to the agenda. You can always go back and refer to it as can community members. Um so, when we did this, we were really hoping we could involve students and we asked parents to share it
017with kids if they approve. It's gotten really hard uh because of recent legislation to do much of anything with students in terms of surveys. You have to be very very careful. Uh we thought like we felt like as we get into the implementation of this there'll be other opportunities for students certainly student council to participate. I did talk to the student council a little bit about this work. [clears throat] You see the responses we got 91 surveys from parents guardians. uh 42 from staff members, 18 individuals that identified themselves as community members and then this document simply gives an overall survey of the findings u kind of the the trends and it was out of this survey along with conversations among the uh committee members uh that we came up with some of some of
018the categories as you see there and the categories that we we really focused on facilities curriculum safety, well-being, uh, and and communication. [clears throat] So, if you want to go back to the presentation now, Dale, I'll hit the, uh, go to the next slide. So each one each one of those four uh areas there there's a link there that gives in more detail the findings of the committee the work of the committee kind of what they what they did in terms of uh coming to to design the uh the final product which was the uh the framework. So if we want to click on communication curriculum or excuse me communication engagement we can just hit that one. Um [clears throat] so you see the key the key t the key themes that came out key
019thoughts uh some of that information shows up on the framework document itself um and then uh and then just some other information that came via the survey again I won't I won't lie we used AI for a lot of this to help to coalate and put together a lot of the information from the survey All right, we'll go back to the main the main presentation. Uh, so each each of these four areas have a have a more detail if you click on those links. So, at this point, I'll ask I'll invite anybody present who was a part of the committee or the board or anybody else to ask any questions you might have before we actually look at the the onepage frame doc framework document here that I'll share with you. [clears throat] [snorts] Wait,
020>> I have a question. I thought you were asking participated >> for the board. Yeah. >> Um, why I know this just a framework, but why is there not a a pillar or a section uh about the district as a place of employment, as a place to work, as a workplace culture? You can take a look. There's the document. >> Thanks. I have it open. >> Yeah. >> Here. >> Yeah. I'll pass around the Yeah. If you want to go on to the to the next slide and kind of just kind of leaves what Matt has to say. >> Yeah. I think I think Matt to answer I think to answer your question, some of this uh some of those specifics would fall under here and yours. Okay. So if we say this is a
021goal and these are some of the some of the key elements of the goal >> then you have to write the action plan is what are we going to do? >> Certainly some of that would fit in there. We put a high emphasis on on you look under safety and well-being for instance uh safety, kindness, respect, responsibility which again a lot of that conversation came out of some of the survey results. the uh the uh culture survey as well as as the uh survey that the committee itself used. >> So this is this is a this is a starting point with a mission statement, a vision statement. >> Yeah. If we were to flesh it out, I think there's two things that I would like to see is something about >> the district as an
022employer because I always view us as having three primary obligations. >> Sure. >> First and foremost to the students and families. I think that's well covered. not in any order of priority I should say but first to them and then co-equal our obligations to our staff as an employer and our obligation to the town particularly the taxpayers so something about our our role as an employer something about our obligation of stewardship >> of both the town's >> youth of the town's resources obviously I think is important and I again I know it's just a framework but I would maybe it's AI but I would be careful about using words that we don't mean like I noticed the second to last bullet under safety and well-being. It speaks to um some that respects everyone's roles and
023needs. I would just say plainly there are some needs that ought not be respected as if for instance the seniors felt a need to trash the building that would be a need that ought not be respected. So I think we should just be careful about the words that we use because words mean things and I think that's a silly thing to say to be honest with you. But aside from that, it looks nothing. >> Who do you say? >> It says everyone's >> ro some. >> So the document again takes a lot of work, a lot of information, puts it into pretty concise. Again, it's a it's a of a starting point. Um it uh it comes from again a pretty diverse group of people that put this together which is what you should [laughter]
024do and do this kind of work. Um we did have board membership Travis was there every meeting we had and I think most most of our team actually most of the committee people on the committee were there without without fail. So what you do with it from here, what you take it from here, however you however you uh edit it and shape it, that's that'll be up to the you know going forward. But I felt like we it's it's something that unlike we don't have anything at this point to drive us uh this on paper that has any kind of a any kind of a framework through which to work. So, uh, I felt like it was a good a good start. And again, I thank I thank those who are present tonight that participated
025in this work. [clears throat] >> Well, correct me if I'm wrong. There's grants we don't even qualify for until we have this in place officially. Is that accurate? >> So, I think it's important that we get this in place. And >> yeah, is it clear from the folks that worked on it like what the next steps are and who's going to drive or do we have to We look we we didn't spend a lot of time with that. We did look at some other other strategic plans, you know, and realize that there's a lot of work that has to be done. You actually have to start somewhere. Here's our starting point. Yeah. >> Any other questions for Steve? >> And Mary has lots of experience writing strategic. [laughter] >> You're tired. >> She does. And
026we're moving on to new business D 2026 2027 EA consolidated application summary. >> Okay, I have an outline of it and I also it's required under the new grant system to post it. So everything was posted to public notices on the website um including the comprehensive needs assessment. So I did is an outline for you um or if it's easier um as I started that um you ask questions to ask questions. All right. So the out the premise of it is that we have to be completely transparent in the consolidated application moving forward and a comprehensive needs assessment. comprehensive needs assessment was worked with all of the administrators of the buildings and um Dale with um filling out all of the comprehensive needs assessment and it's filled out for three years. So it's good for
027three years on the consolidated application including title 4 um which is a requirement to even get [clears throat] from title 4. The periphery is title one is um 526,925, title 2 72,934, title 4 67,49. Um and it says other title grants at the end of my outline because I do not know what the allocation is going to be for title five, which is our LIS, and it doesn't usually come out till October. So when we get that, I'll come back to you. Um the districtwide under the comprehensive needs assessment it was identified that academic achievement, student engagement and attendance, social emotional learning and school climate, staff development, retention, family and community engagement are are top pillars within the the consolidated application. Um, under title one, the priorities are going to be literacy and math interventions,
028multi-tered systems of support, attendance improvement, social emotional learning supports, family engagement, professional development for staff. Key supports are four full-time title one intervention teachers, data informed intervention groups, progress monitoring systems, and a PDIS and trauma informed practices. And our intended outcomes for that is to increase academic achievement, improve attendance and engagement, reduce behavioral referrals, and stronger family involvement. And that's for Lakeway. We have another plan. You'll see there's two plans. We have to do one for each building from each school. So Daisy Bronson's program goals are to reduce summer learning loss, improve readiness for the following school year, strengthen literacy and math skills, increase student engagement and confidence, um support social emotional development. Program components will include small groupoup instruction, evidence-based interventions, achievement activities, seal and behavior supports, family communication and outreach. That's title one.
029Title two is professional development. That's what the money is intended for. New teacher onboarding and mentoring, alternative lensure support, professional development workshops and conferences, in instructional coaching, teacher leadership development. The district's um teaching and learning facilitators will continue to support instructional improvement through coaching, collaboration, and data review. Program effectiveness will be monitored through teacher feedback, student performance data, PLC, and teacher meeting review, ongoing stakeholder consultation. Title four, we have three [clears throat] pots. the federal court because we we received more than 30,000 and our allocation is 67. So under the well-rounded education, STEM programming, maker spaces, project based learning um opportunities, safety and healthy students is the second requirement under title four. So um bullying preventions, seal supports, traumainformed practices, positive school climate initiatives and then the last part is effective use of technology, technology
030integration into instruction, digital citizenship education, personalized learning opportunities and staff technology training. The intended outcomes for title 4 will be to increase student engagement, expanded STEM participation, improve digital citizenship, enhance problem solving skills, and reduce their behavioral incidents. And then overall for all of these the overall district priorities will be strengthen literacy and mathematics achievement expand intervention systems and MTSS supports which is your multi-tiered support student support systems improve student engagement and attendance increase social emotional and behavior supports expand STEM and technology opportunities support staff retention and professional growth, strengthen family engagement and communication, and use data consistently to guide continuous improvement. So, that's what that's what I covered in the long application [laughter] of our consolidated application, which is completed and uploaded for you. Um, it had to be posted prior to this meeting.
031Had to go over everything in this meeting before I can have it certified and sent to the state. Seems like a lot of work. [laughter] >> See, some of those goals will be co-le into the strategic plan, of course. >> Yes. Yes. >> This would be great if we had a final strategic plan to to then prove I could upload the strategic plan as evidence that we are doing what we say we are going to do as a school board in the school district. >> I think that's something we should get done this year. [clears throat] >> Yeah. Thank you for all the hard work. >> Any questions or anything? It's for public input. You guys considered part of the stakeholders of this piece. So if there's any questions for us, >> thank you, Michelle.
032Moving to item C, 2025 2026 CTE nonrad grant award. >> You guys are going to love this, right? I only applied for one grant for $10,000. And then two weeks ago, we came and the state called me, remember, and said, "Hey, what would you do if we gave you 10,000 more?" Well, they called right after we had board meeting last Monday. So, they called Tuesday afternoon and said, "What would you do if we gave you another 10,000?" So, now I'm [clears throat] back here to approve 30,181. And I will tell you what we're doing with it. We are doing a health science camp. So there's a gap between wreck when w starts and when school ends. So that that week of school we are doing a camp for health science for grades six through 9th
033we are doing a rad camp that is going to take place all every Friday starting June 19th until August. Um and that was all day. Um 9 to three they're doing that and then on we're doing an author's academy through the uh careers in education for that for the last week. So that'll be every day. Um students sixth through 9th grade can come and take those courses. Very cool. I like that. >> Neighboring schools in London. >> Yeah, I sent that to you. Yeah, I sent it out to all the principal. This is a regional because we're regional. That did go out to all the setting schools that their students can sign up for this 6th through 9th. And it was a way for us to increase visibility into the CTE that these programs exist.
034Any questions? >> Thank you. So, do I have a motion to accept the 2025 2026 CTE non-track grant award in the amount of $30,181? >> So, any discussion? [clears throat] >> All those in favor? >> I opposed. Staying vote carries 4. Look forward to call tomorrow for the extra $10,000. [laughter] >> Keep it going. >> Thank you. >> Moving on to item D, 2025 2026 CTE industry recognized credentials grant award. >> So I wrote this grant as well and this is for our RAD program to the tune of $74,000 for expanded IRC's. And so um this will just open up which Mr. Brown is currently doing and expand it all the way across. Um but it ensures for um more industry recognized credentials for students that are taking their courses. So, we have any. >>
035So, we're looking for a motion to accept the 2025 2026 CTE industry recognized credentials grant award in the amount of $74,000. So, moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? I posted abstain. vote carries 40. Moving on to item E, New Hampshire Student Assistance Network. >> Got that one, too. So, this is this is a grant and it's a grant here. So, you have to write the whole application all over again. Um, to support our SAP. So instead of us hiring and employing and paying the benefits from an SAP person, we've chosen to contract the services with adapt. Um so we'll still have a full-time SAP [clears throat] person in the building. We'll still have Wild. We'll still have Yaltta. The difference is it's not coming through our district um as an employee
036of our district is they will be an employee of ADAPT and we will contract services with them. Um, and then it gives us another layer of support with ADAPT as far as training and accountability to um our SAP staff. So, we are we're going to hire they're going to hire it, but they're going to be in the building full time. Yes. >> What's ADAP? ADAPT is the name of a company um for drugs and alcohol support for making better choices for youth. So when they violate the um date, what's the quickest way? When they violate bait, then they meet with the SAP three times to go through what's a better activity than maybe our just didn't hear it. Okay. Okay. Thanks, So, be looking for a motion to accept the 2026 2027 New Hampshire student
037assistant network grant for $66,115 as presented. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? I opposed abstain. Vote carries 40. Moving on to F the 2026 2027 Perkins preliminary allocation notice. Perkins 5 preliminary allocation notice. So that is the same as I got last year for Perkins grant money. Um same amount of money exactly. Um and we split that allocation always with white regional. So the the other half um but it's to run the um CTE program for the year with all it's great when they do all the supplemental grants. So lots of grants. We like it. We have a motion to accept the 2026 2027 Perkins 5 preliminary allocation for $56,62.38 as presented. >> So moved Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? Opposed?
038Obtain. Vote carries 40. >> Moving on to the FFY26 idea and preschool allocations. >> So, that's just an allocation that usually comes out with the title grants, which we've already accepted, but IDA did not come out with theirs ahead of time. I will note that the uh IDA grant from what we currently have on the books to what we're getting next year is a 72,500 lower. So I I know that was so I just wanted that's what I have on the allocations [laughter] that I am reading in the paper. So just to be aware that that that's a significant lower in IBA. That's a piece of >> and the preschool portion is the same. >> Questions to a motion to accept the fiscal year 27 idea grant for $213,000 400 213451,80 as presented. So moved.
039>> Second. >> Any discussion? >> All those in favor? >> I opposed abstain. Vote carries 4. [clears throat] We have a motion to accept the Do you want to talk about preschools? Already talked about >> it was. Yeah. >> Yeah. That's what I thought. I have motion to accept the fiscal year 27 IDEA preschool allocation for $5,000 $5,635.37 as presented. So move second. >> Any discussion? >> All those in favor? >> I opposed abstain. >> Carry score zero. >> Guess what's next? >> H rural health grant. >> That's mine too. I wrote it in November. [snorts] Um I'm I'm part of the rural health um community um for the north country and why not the community college received the rural health grant money and they set aside 1.5 million roughly in for CTE programs but
040you had to apply. So, I applied for I put a link in there for YouTube for you to see, but it's an interactive table um for health plans. It's called the auto atomage table. Um and then I put in for an EKG machine and I put it in for vitals and we were awarded it. So, Shayan notified me and said that we could have everything we wanted for equipment for our CTE health science um program and they're just figuring out how to um either get us the money or get us the equipment. We put in all of our bids, our quotes, everything is done. So, just wanted you to realize that we did apply for the rural health grant and we're awarded. It's a 100,000 of equipment coming in for Adam Science. or as long
041as you accept [laughter] the order to accept that. I guess >> we have a motion to accept the rural health grant for $100,000 for the purchase of equipment for the health science program. >> So, is there a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> All those in favor? I post abstain. Vote carries 4. Moving on to item I, foreign exchange student requests. >> So, I'll I'll invite him to adding comments, but he did receive a a request a couple weeks ago um for us to a family who's going to host a foreign exchange student. Uh so, back I did contact back to the company reminded them of the we do need a J1 visa per our board policy. So, u so our recommendation or asking that the board accept the point exchange request subject to
042them presenting the J1 visa and how there's anything you want to add. [snorts] It's through pax who we've dealt with in the past probably since co we have not had any exchange students but in the past we've had numerous and been a huge asset and great part of our school community's girl from Germany 10th grader looking that way. >> Is there any cost to the district for that? >> Just make sure. >> Does anyone else have any questions or comments? >> A motion to accept the foreign exchange student request subject to a J1 visa as presented. >> So moved. Is there a second? >> Any discussion? All those in favor? I >> opposed. Abstain. Vote carries. 4 Z. >> On to item J, the kindergarten expected enrollment as well as request to add a teacher.
043>> Okay. You mind, you mind putting that up on the screen if you would, please? easier for everybody to see it. So, um, as as of today, we're we're sitting at 51 u potential kindergarten students based on the preschool early early enrollment information we have. Um, so this is something that that Mel work worked with. She did present it to Marian and I as well. we took take a look at it, but uh kind of kind of goes walks through a little bit the uh the uh different the different scenarios. So basically what this looks like here is so what if we rather than adding a fourth kindergarten pos rather than hiring another teacher and in so doing adding a a fourth kindergarten position. What if we instead used use staffing we already have in
044different classes to cover that position that would involve moving people around and some things. And so these are just the numbers and kind of what that looks like. So as of now projected enrollment in kindergarten around 60. I will I will I will uh I will point out there is a chart below this chart we have here that that Melo Crystal presented and give me some ideas. So what we got 51 now are we likely to go to 60? Is this is this as high as it going to get? Is it going to go lower? Is it going to go higher? um years, for what it's worth, the last few years, 2223, uh we had 36 kindergarteners screened in May. We ended up with 42 in August. Uh [clears throat] 2324, we didn't couldn't find
045information. Uh 2425, we screened 35, ended up with 45. 256, we screened 35 and ended up with 39. and 26 27 were as I said at 51. >> 52. >> It [clears throat] was 54 last meeting. So did we lose three? >> We were told three sections of 18 fully full last meeting. 3 * 18 is 54, right? >> We said we were approaching. We at that time we were 51. If I misspoke, >> okay, >> maybe I am. But uh the fact is we have 52 at this point. Um so different different options. Um do nothing. Um, you know, again, if if we if we we project around 60, you're looking at kindergarten sections of 20. Um, and you can kind of go down through there. First grade, and Crystal may misspeak on any
046of this. Just you let me know. Um, this this year's current year's kindergarten is is is the lowest number grade level we have. There's 39 students. Uh so if we if we cut that back to two sections um again we'd be we'd be looking at uh um right at right at the the minimum or or mean the maximum actually a little bit over the recommend recommended at 19.5. It's a it's a it's an awkward number I know. Then you kind of see the rest of them second grade third grade and so on. uh those other those other uh options of what those might look like if we went from a uh a reduced a section actually get into the other section you're reducing down. Are you reducing from three to two? So there's any questions
047on the numbers or the options the board has for myself or well >> we already have one of the three kindergarten teachers is already going to be new. Is that right? >> So this would be >> new to kindergarten but not new to us. >> Oh correct. Financial implication is moderate. Yeah, go ahead. Close to I mean it depends on who you hire, their experience, but it could be close to $100,000. >> Is that salary and benefits? >> Could be a little more for their experience. Do you ever use um birth rates to look at projected numbers for the following year? >> Yeah, we we get we get that from a agency called NASDAQ. They were projecting 44 kindergarteners for this coming year. I looked at that today actually. >> This is the first CO
048boom. Yeah. So they're expecting CO maybe boom for two years in a row this year and next year. Well, >> we should be if if that's what the projections nationally are that this is going to be the first entry of the co babies and it's hard to look at it with just the numbers. I mean, you have to look at the whole package of the of the class. You're looking at academic needs, you're looking at behavioral needs, you're looking at social emotional needs. It's not just the members. >> Will a fourth classroom require more another para as well or will we be able to >> we would have to shut that. >> And I think we were talking last meeting the room that could be used would need to be vacated by the professional staff.
049Does that create problems or >> solvable ones? Yeah. I'd rather have that problem than the current problem of too many kindergarters. [snorts] >> Are all these numbers projected K through six or is it >> it's just what we have currently moving forward a year? Yeah. >> Okay. >> So, those can fluctuate a little bit here and there too. Thank you. >> Yeah, there's there's another document there that's on the agenda that take a look called request to add a teacher, but it's a little bit talks a little bit about, you know, some of the rationale kindergartener kindergarten has the greatest instructional impact. So, I think that I mean I'm just speaking for myself. The question is do we do we go to four sections or not is how do we do it? Do we add
050another teacher? we had we had to find another 100 grand in the budget. Um or do we start moving people around and shuffling and so on which is doable but it's not best education by any means. Plus I think I think one of the things on this is it's probably likely a multi-year bubble. I hope it is because better to have more kids than fewer kids. I think we all agree to that. The trend has definitely been to pick up more kids as in summer, not lose more. >> Certainly the last the last the data that I shared certainly looks that way. Doesn't mean it'll hold, but uh yeah, typically typically there's been another 10% or so 24 25 to 45, but we probably won't have 10. Crystal and Mel worked really hard even um
051looking at different types of scenarios, multi-age classrooms and shifting and this this is the best scenario. >> The bottom line is if you're looking at what's best for the education of kids is to act on the teacher, not from within to hire you. Any questions? [clears throat] >> So, I'll be looking for a motion to add an additional kindergarten teacher as presented. >> So, move. >> Is there a second? this because I'm new. I really don't feel like I have enough information to be able to second. I don't know understand the staffing needs as well I guess as I should um to hire another teacher when you know the overall trend of the birth rates going down even though we have a bump here. If you look at ages or birth rates we're still going
052down. Um, I'm not sure that the taxpayer will be real thrilled with us hiring another teacher when really the student populations have been decreasing overall. So, I'm just not sure that I feel comfortable approving it when I don't understand um, you know, as the numbers have decreased, what have we have we lost teachers already because of decreasing numbers? No, I think you can second the motion and then there can be a discussion. >> Well, yes, we definitely have altered staff, administrators, teachers based on current population. You've trimmed administrators quite a bit since I've been on the board. But again, my I can't motion or second. So, these are just my comments. My primary concern is the education of the children. And obviously I'm really conservative fiscally. Uh but 22 kindergarteners in the classroom is not
053going to serve their education needs and that affects every year after that. And if it comes where we lose 10 kids, we can always alter that. >> This is a bump. Can this can we move the teacher up through the grades as they go up? Would that be something that would happen? So say we we hire a kindergarten teacher that this coming year and then next year we're down to 40 kids in kindergarten but obviously first grade is going to be so does that teacher then follow? >> That would be the likely trend. Um but as per board policy the number of classes per student changes at the different grade levels. So eventually that bubble would reach a grade that could sustain more students based off policy >> and presumably the contract if we were
054to hire somebody would be one year anyway. So this is not the board making a decision for three years or four years. >> Yeah. Now I feel >> so we have a motion. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Was good. [laughter] >> All those in favor? I opposed abstain vote carries 4. Thank you guys. Um we'll move on to unfinished business teacher residency program. >> I don't have anything unless Crystal does. >> Then moving on to committee reports. Doesn't look like there's been any. >> Not seeing the student representative. We'll move on to eight, the superintendent report. >> Okay, just very very briefly, uh, you know, last time I I neglected to [clears throat] talk about a couple music concerts that happened actually before the last board game. Just want
055to circle back and mention those. Tremendous attendance. Moving moving Lakeway up here was huge success. Crystal's shaking her head. >> It's so much better having up here. >> So much better. >> Yeah. I like that. Right. Beautiful facility. Right. >> The floor thing Dale was nice too on up there. That's nice. >> I like that. That was good stuff. >> And and I want to recognize James James Murphy Casey Gisham who both stepped up and made this work and you know and supporting you know Jay Stewart from afar as he was helping all all year long and still still working through the through the programming. And I think that they uh you know among the the three of them they really they really put together a great show and they like I said I think
056the uh having it up here was it's was kind of like it probably should have happened a long time ago the school high school concert also you know and there's other activities you know that are happening sports and all but I really again I'm I'm kind of amazed to be very honest as I think back and I go to events like this and I I'm thinking You know, we have fewer kids than when I was here when I was here a few years ago. But we have more people coming to these kind of events. And I think that's speaks well to the the staff, Chrissy Noise, and the in the in the case of the middle school, high school, speaks well to the the programs and how strong they are and how how well supported
057they are. And then just the uh the two links there of the events as the year is winding down pretty pretty quickly now. But those are just for your information. That's all I have. And there are links to the Crusader end of year events and the lake end of year events on the agenda that people can click on and look at. Is that all you see? >> Yes. to moving to public input. >> It was just a comment for the the next superintendent and principal of this building. It would be nice to have a shady bre more actively part of the board. We had for one year school one and a halfish and it kind of dissipated this year. So you can turn the student council >> just voted students in. So >> okay great.
058>> You can turn the screws the student council. [laughter] Got it. Tell them they won't get their pay if they don't show up. Sort of thing. >> Missing out on all this fun. [clears throat] [laughter] >> If you don't know me, I'm Jaden Kelman. I'm the high school math teacher here. If you do know me, you know that I'm very outgoing. I'm very supportive of the whole community. I love being part of the culture and out um any outside um school activity that I can be a part of. This being said, what happened the night of May 28th, 2026 is totally inappropriate, super unsafe, dangerous, shows no respect for teachers, staff, and especially our janitors. Shows just how entitled some of these students feel and makes not just me, but other staff in the building
059feel completely worthless and honestly unsafe in our own space. The janitors work so hard to keep our campus as nice as possible. Teachers also take care take their own time to clean up every day after students and spend their own money on supplies for this. During the night of the 28th, students who are given keys and their alarm coat to come into the school by themselves to pour soap, baby oil all over the floors of classrooms. You used a teacher salt shaker and emptied it all over the desk and computer. trashed rooms, hallways, and broke window screens to get access to the roof and then went onto the roof of the school. This is not a prank. This is vandalism and super dangerous. If this was done at a house, the person accountable would be
060facing jail time. Teachers janitors were then expected to pick up after themselves. There there has been no apology at all for any of um the students or or admin that were part of this um and letting them in. This is not the first time that I know an admin gave a key to um a kid a student in this building to allow them into offices while they were not here. Something see um something it seems like they forget is that it also means that they have access to the whole school. No student or any anyone who does not work at the school should ever have a ever access to a key. This means that they have access to medical files, the chemical storage closet, cameras, and simply everything. this um staff are held to such
061a high standard to keep um not only the students safe but their classrooms as well. We have to go through training, classes and meetings to understand how dangerous schools can be. The students that are responsible for this truly do not understand what they did wrong. I've heard students say they uh they were forced to pick up which is not true. Um also what they did was not bad. And why are teachers overreacting to this funny prank? Students that have done stuff like this in the past got into trouble at all. Um did not get into trouble at all. Um they truly think this behavior is okay. If no one is accountable for this, it just shows every single teacher in our school that students run it and cannot and can get away with whatever they
062want with no repercussions. Thank you. Thank you. >> I think that means I'm next. Good evening. I'm not going to stand. I'm not a sol even though I am wearing heels. I'm Ami Saba. I'm the ELA teacher for 11th and 12th grade. I'm also the debate teacher up here at LHS. As I'm sure that you're all aware, the senior prank this year reached frankly unwarranted levels of disrespect for our community, for our school, for everybody in here. To a reasonable person, this facet isn't up for debate. So, I'm going to focus not on the integrity of those who deface their school. I'm going to focus on the safety aspect. To say that students unattended wantingly destroying public property is unacceptable is to severely underestimate and understate the danger that those very students were in and
063that they put other students in. I'm one of the first teachers to arrive every morning. I arrived here at 6:30 in the morning. I'm usually here obviously before they plow so it's a bit of a travel but I'm here early. When I arrived on Friday, my classroom door was unlocked. No interior door is ever unlocked. We are trained to never ever leave them unlocked for safety reasons. Per all the safety training and per my own common sense, I knew I had left it locked. Immediately that raised red flags for me. I immediately considered that there could be a threat in our school. And as I was trained to do, I was trained to consider that these situations are a threat. The more I learned of the magnitude of the issues, the more I I was
064disturbed. So, if you will please allow me to list off my primary security concerns. From what I know, students were unattended for some hours in the school after hours. Students gained access to school keys and to our security code and then let in other students. Students were on the roof in the dark and horsing around near the edge. One reportedly sat on the edge and dangled his legs over. The school was unsecured with open internal doors. There was clear slip and fall risks between baby oil and dish soap, not all of which was immediately visible to somebody walking. There were minors present. The principal Al was alerted and he responded as soon as he knew. And it is because of him and his sense of duty that this danger was stopped. He was the one
065who came and stopped the danger. School safety is and must be our primary concern. I for one only want Littleton and myself to be in deadlines. Not deadlines, headlines. I'm still in deadline season, excuse me. Headlines that are pleasant, positive headlines like our CTE graduates. And I'm sure that the community and the parents of Littleton would agree with me. This is what we want for our community. I am charged with the emotional, the intellectual, and the physical safety of every single one of my students. This is not a duty that that I nor any of the staff at LHS take lightly. So, in light of this, I please ask the board to take any measures necessary to ensure that I can once again face the parents of my students and tell them that they're safe
066with us. Thank you. >> Just for the record, you had said as as I'm sure you all know, we actually don't know. We haven't been briefed on it yet. One of the first details that I just heard about what happened really, aside from a brief conversation in the grocery store parking lot is from the two of you. So I expect it'll be a robust topic of discussion as we enter into non-public because there's a lot to unpack there. >> There's definitely a lot to unpack. Um there are many things that we do not know. There are many things that we do know. Um I am not a parent. I can't imagine the weight that a parent must feel for the safety of their children. I feel some of it for the hours that I'm in
067charge of it and the hours that I think of them outside of the clock. I would be livid if my my son or my daughter was on the roof in the dark without any adult present to tell them when something was dangerous. An 18-year-old is an adult legally, but all of us have been 18 and we know that there's a lot that's still missing. >> And it wasn't just seniors here. >> It wasn't just seniors. There were children under 18. The liability issues alone by the children cannot protect other children and the integrity of our school cannot rest on the backs and the common sense of children. This is why we're trained hours every single year and every single day reminders because we are the adults in the room and for some hours there were
068no adults in this room and we dodged larger headlines. We dodged the slip out of sheer luck. Personally, I don't like to gamble and never with my kids. Thank you both. >> Thank you. >> Do you have any other public input? >> Um I do. >> Um I have a question. What is the policy for teachers um communicating with students singularly um singular um asking for texts um group message chats, pictures? What is the policy with the school on that >> without notifying the parent? >> The state of New Hampshire has a code of conduct and code of ethics and it's written in there. >> And what is that? I don't know what to do. >> Don't do that. >> Okay. So, if you're going to go into non-public, I suggest that being brought up.
069One. Secondly, I would bring up maybe investigating that some teachers did leave their classrooms unlocked for certain students. So, there's always two sides to the story. And not everybody was on the roof. So, to pinpoint that these kids were on the roof, some kids were not, some were just going to sleep in the gym. So, you know, to pinpoint certain children and what happened. Yes, it it it's wrong. It's totally wrong. It got out of hand because of some certain children, students, adults, whatever you want to call them. But there is two sides to the story. You need to ask some of the students their side of the story because I have heard sides that teachers have left their classrooms open for their favorite students to go in. And I've heard that teachers have asked
070other students for photographs individually without permission from their parents in text in their group chat. >> And if I find out the case >> related to this issue. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> So if you're going to recommend, recommend all. >> I agree. >> Not just the students. >> Yeah. And we we never pinpointed students at all. We we agree that some did like work awesome here and everything. We agree with that. The biggest thing is the safety. >> I understand the safety concerns, >> but I I understand. Of course I do. My daughter's a senior, Mr. K. I understand. >> Awesome. >> I apologize on behalf. I picked up all the toilet paper outside. >> That is not your responsibility. >> It isn't my responsibility, but my daughter goes to this school until Saturday.
071And I do know there's a few more other kids that were trying to clean up >> that night. >> People th this this was not a failure of children. >> No, not at all. >> Children that one is part of a crowd and the crowd gets out of control has happened to every one of us. We've all been in a situation where we go, "This is not that's not something I'm comfortable with anymore." Absolutely. These were the actions of very very few students. the vast majority would have never let it get this far if they could control it. But children aren't responsible for controlling other children. That's why we're here. So that some teachers failed in their duties. Absolutely understandable. That that could be looked into for sure. This is not on the kids. Recommend
072those that we know went beyond what a reasonable person would do. I understand that. don't maybe not recommend the entire class because some of them stayed back and cleaned for double the time that the others were destroying >> for the time that they were at the time that some students cleaned as much as they could. But to tell you the level of the I don't want to call it destruction but sheer disrespectful foolery. Not all students even knew what they were looking for. We we the following day just continued to find more because it spiraled out of control. My primary concern is that during this time until Al showed up, there wasn't an adult that was responsible for their safety and that we owe our students better than that. >> They did not break in.
073This prank happened last year also. >> And what happened last year with the students that nothing? >> Thank you. I agree with you. >> So nothing. There was a fist fight. Two students got in a fist fight and who let them in the school then? What? So if you're gonna you're going to reprimand whoever let them have access to the building. You didn't do it last year. You're going to do it this year. >> When do you start? >> Correct. >> Like when someone does fall. >> I don't I don't think we were aware anyone got in the building last year. I think what I heard of Frank last year was they took over the parking lot and no one ever came inside of the building. >> That's what I knew was >> I don't
074know. There was a fist fight out in the parking lot, >> right? No one came inside of the building. But, you know, >> that's the difference this year is children were inside the building >> with no supervision. >> So, I will say this, I'm I'm done anyways in a couple days from this district. I will say this. You you investigate certain things, but you don't investigate other things. You don't investigate student um teachers behaviors at times, you know, other things. But no, this one thing, nobody got hurt. Just let it go. Let it go and make a policy for next year. I don't know. >> I agree with the policy. I I'll go further. I I I was senior class president, Kennet and what not. And the school board had a policy and whatnot. I
075had to sign off on our senior prank. Um being the senior class president and the board head of the board had to sign off too. And we had to stick to like the script they call it. So like we couldn't if anything did happen like we didn't stick to that then something was caused and that's also what we're saying >> but I I don't know how you can have this meeting where behind closed doors or whatever you haven't even notified one parent at all again so hang on >> let me restate the board has no idea what happened >> but the super >> so no excuse me I'm speaking so to sit there and tell us that we're handling ling this the wrong way when we're just listening to public input is an insane overdefense
076that frankly points to things that I suspect I'll learn in non-public number one. Number two, the board has every right by state law by RSA to talk about this in non-public because we've been talking about people we've been talking about individuals and potential ramifications for people that are not included on this board. That is a right enshrined in state law and it is a right that we will take momentarily. Third, if there is a need for there to be an investigation or if there is some sort of um recommendation from the superintendent or the principal or some push from the board to have some punitive measure doled out or some policy reviewed, then yes, obviously the board has an obligation to be judicious and equitable and all those things and to think about all the
077aspects of it. But to come here and tell us we're doing this the wrong way or like pre-threaten us about what we might even do. I didn't even KNOW WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED UNTIL five minutes ago. So please don't assume intent or actions on our part that we haven't even taken yet. But you better believe we have every right to find out what the hell happened and then make decisions from there. And then when our decisions are shitty or whatever your perspective is, then you can come and yell at us all you want. But like let's chill with yelling at us now when we don't even know what happened. I'm not yelling at you. I'm not yelling at you. I'm just saying you're hearing one side of the story. You're not giving anybody on the
078other side of But we don't know that. We don't know what we're going to hear. I believe >> I have no idea. They could have launched an investigation. They could have had a congressional committee. I have no idea. You know more than I do. >> No, probably not. >> I [laughter] I believe you do. You're a parent of a senior. You really know what happened. I don't even know what happened until five minutes ago. >> You knew more than five minutes ago because you said it on your way in to me. I because I I heard as I said I heard very brief details in the parking lot of of Shaw's >> okay >> on Sunday. >> I'm just saying with the outcome of the non-public I feel that students that were so-called involved or
079whatever have every right to be able to hear their side of the story >> before you guys make a judgment. >> Yeah, I appreciate your input. I I think as a parent um it's appreciated. We like Matt said, we we have to find out what happened. I'm new to the board. So any decisions that were made in the past I wasn't a part of. So I would appreciate patience while I worked with the board to try to figure out what would be the best outcome. >> Right. I mean, there's so many rumors going around right now what the outcome might be, and we don't have many days left before kids can walk across that stage. >> So, I'm I'm like wanting to know the time frame on this. >> We don't even know. We don't
080even know what's going to be said to us. We don't know the time. Oh, it's going to happen. We I have no idea. I have no idea >> unless Travis knows something that I don't or Bill does. I don't know anything. >> I don't either >> about what like I don't even know what's going to be recommended or whatever. I have no idea. [clears throat] >> Well, I I'm not going to bring I mean, Mr. K point blank said in his statement that there should be penalties, you know. So, >> they never said that either. >> Okay. But I totally agree with you. Two sides of the story, right? >> Totally agree. >> That's why you have the time, right? >> I mean, honestly, there's two sides to the story. >> Please let me talk.
081Um that's why we have these public meetings so that you can add your input and it helps us when we go and and find out more about what happened. We can take the input that all of you have who have spoken have given to us and add it to the decisions that do happen to come out. But this is not an easy topic for us to think about. >> No, it's not. It's not. And I I mean I apologize for my daughter and she should definitely apologize. I don't know what she participated in, what she didn't. I trust my daughter and I trust her judgment. Um I assume they, you know, it was an air mattress to sleep here. I don't know. I know it probably did get out of control because there was some
082students that were underassmen and students from other area. I don't know the whole I'm hearing rumors on the street, but I also heard from some students concerned that the board will not hear the side of the story um from them their themselves or what like teachers left their door open for their favorite student that they ask for text, pictures and social media, their private social media group um to send to the teachers. So that's against the law without parents permission too. So if you do this behind non-public um if a decision is made tonight, will that be open to public afterwards? >> Any vote any vote the board makes is always open to public and posted afterwards. the board is not permitted to take actions or to make votes and non-public unless we're seeking the
083council uh we're seeking counsel or anything of that nature. >> Okay. And I have one other question. How many students in the class of 2026 2027 will be attending St. Johnsbury Academy again? >> Don't know yet. >> Don't know. Okay. >> And when will that be made? >> By the end of the year. Thank you. >> Thank you, Heidi. Do you have any other public input? >> So, I'll be looking for a properly worded motion to enter into non-public session. I'm making a motion to enter the non-public session under paragraph 2 section 3 of RSA 91A colon 3 of the right to no law for number one the dismissal promotion of compensation of any public employee or the disciplining of such employee or the investigation of any charges against him or her. Number two the
084hiring of person as a public employee. Number three, matters which if discussed in public would likely adversely affect reputation of any person other than a member [clears throat] of this board. I believe number six is also needed. Consideration of matters relating to the preparation for and carrying out of emergency functions and is number eight. I >> think that's it. >> That's it. Okay. And we are taking with us superintendent NASA superintendent Anastasia principal Al Smith. Yeah, I'd like >> Dale, please. >> Dale. [laughter] >> Anyone else? >> I would really like to talk to Jay and Miss >> You can tell me. >> Oh, yeah. Also, >> you're adding that but not public. >> I'd like to add them by Crystal. No, >> Dale. That's not what he said. >> Second. >> Is there any
085discussion? >> All those in favor ro >> Travis Howard. >> Motion carries for zero. We are now public.