001I pledge algiance 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. Come on in. So, it's a it's a honor and privilege to open the meeting with a very special recognition for one of our employees. Uh, and for that uh recognition, I'm going to turn the meeting over to Debbie O' Conor who is a business administrator from the Lynwood School District. So, Debbie, if you want to throw it up there and the people you brought with you, feel free to join her and we'll proceed with this special recognition. You're good. >> Okay. Good evening everyone. My name is Debbie O' Connor. I'm the business administrator at the Lincoln Woodstock School District. [clears throat] And I'm here
002with Rose Boie from the Monroe School District and Tony Butterfield of SAU35 in Compens uh Franconia Bethlehem and Profile School District. On behalf of New Hampshire ASBO, it is my distinct honor tonight to present the New Hampshire School Business Administrator of the Year award to a true pillar of our professional community, Matty Brown of the Littleton School District. [applause] So [clears throat] when we look for the gold standard of leadership and financial integrity, there is no one more deserving than Patty. Her deep expertise built over years of dedicated service has made her an invaluable resource, not just for her own district, but for BAS and school districts across the entire state and especially here in our north country. What truly sets Patty apart is her spirit. She manages the complexities of her role with incredible
003grace and a sense of humor that can bright brighten even the toughest of budget seasons. To formalize this well-earned recognition, I would now like to read a proclamation from the New Hampshire Association of School Business Officials in Patty's honor. So, I'm just going to read this Whereas Patricia Patty Brown, New Hampshire certified school business administrator, has served the SAU 84 Littleton School District of New Hampshire for the past five years, as well as SAU 58 North umberland for 15 years with dis with distinction and having been enthusiastically nominated for recognition by her peers in the North Country region and her superintendent. Whereas Patty Brown is commended for her exceptional professionalism, her expertise, her commitment to mentorship, and active engagement in the broader educational community. She is a highly valued mentor among North Country business administrators.
004For many years, she has dedicated significant time to assist North Country business administrators, offering many hours of help to successfully complete the DOE 25. Patty Brown embodies the finest qualities of a school business administrator. Decades of experience, exceptional financial management, an unselfish dedication to mentoring colleagues, and a consistently professional and collaborative demeanor. Whereas Patty Brown is commended for her transparency and communication. As her superintendent, Dr. Steven Nius stated, "Patty has transfor transformed how we communicate with our board, budget committee, and the public. Her meticulous financial reports have built unprecedented community confidence in our district's fin fiscal management." He then went on to say, "Patty Brown is the rare professional who combines technical mastery with a teacher's heart. She does more than manage finances. She ensures our district's mission is sustainable." Whereas Patty Brown is also
005commended for her many contributions beyond her official duties to the school business profession at large. As recognized at the state level, Patty Brown has been a valuable contributor to the New Hampshire Accounting Handbook Project Focus Group, contributing to the development of statewide [snorts] best practices. Therefore, the New Hampshire Association of School Business Officials honors Patty Brown as their 2026 New Hampshire School Business Administrator of the Year. Congratulations, [applause] >> [laughter] >> I [laughter] know >> these guys can never keep a secret. I don't know how the business >> [laughter] >> Oh yeah, it won't work. [clears throat] >> Okay. >> [laughter] >> This is how we start meeting. [laughter] >> All right. So, I'm all done for the night. >> You actually are. However, unless you're the only one who is very abbreviated as not,
006you're pretty good. really keep people on. >> I think they got [clears throat] >> nothing. >> Everybody know about this? I'm just cur Everybody knew about this in my district >> room. [laughter] >> Oh my god. You guys keep a secret. Wow. Holy smine. >> [laughter] >> Oh my god. [clears throat] >> Hang on this chair thing. >> Sorry. I have things I need you to vote on. So >> work first. >> We we could if you don't mind that. [laughter] Okay. >> All right. We we will do the reorganization real quick report and family. >> So I'll entertain a nomination for the the chair. I would like to nominate Travis Howard for chairman. >> There second. >> Second. >> All in favor? Travis Howard is chair. >> I. >> All opposed. Congratulations, Dr. Howard.
007You are the new chair of the Littleton School District board. >> I'll turn it over to you for vice chair. Sure. >> I nominate Bill. a second denomination. >> Actually, actually, you're you're the chair now, so you actually get you actually get a >> point for a motion. >> You're the chair. >> nomination. So, I second it. So, you going to call for any other nominations? Then you got to call for a vote. >> We had any discussion. >> All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. Abstain. >> I abstain. >> Motion carries. 401. Thank you. >> Okay, >> Patty will go right to you for the business. Of course, you can get out. >> All right. I actually only had two action items for you guys to approve the food service meal prices for
0082627. There is no change. We have been um pulling a profit for the past three years. So, we don't um need to increase our prices. We're good for now. And the only other action item I have for you is to approve the Abbey Group, which is now Witson's, but they still go by Abby Group, their um contract for 2627 school year. And I did um she Sheena uploaded it to the folder this morning, but there's no changes. Literally, it's just an updated budget and I have to change the fiscal year. That's it. That's it for changes. But those were the only action items that I had for you guys. If you want to vote those now or go ahead, please >> just in case there's any questions. So, I'll make a motion to accept the
009uh pricing for uh food service for the 26 22nd school year. >> I'll second that. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? >> Opposed? >> Abstain. So, vote carries 5. Uh, I'll make a motion to approve the uh annual 2627 renewal with the Abbey Group Witson subject to NHDE [laughter] Food and Nutrition final approval of the contract as presented by the business administrator of the year. [laughter] I'll >> second. I'll second with enthusiasm. Enthusiasm. I'll second. >> Any discussion? >> All those in favor? >> Opposed? Abstain. Vote carries 5. for any more bands before you leave? Are you good? >> I got I got Greg on my side. So, >> Thank you, Patty. Congratulations. I had 45 minutes worth of You guys don't have to go with her. You can stay. [laughter] >> It's up
010to you. >> Imagine if she >> Patty. >> Yes. >> I can come by the SCU tomorrow around lunch time to sign all that if you want. >> Do you want me to leave them for you? >> You can do that or I can come. I'm in town tomorrow. So, if it's easier, if you're packed up, I'll see you tomorrow around lunchtime. >> Okay. Sorry. Thank you for remembering that though. [clears throat] >> Go to the consent agenda. >> We have a motion to approve the consent agenda for March 2nd, 2026, February 16th. So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I opposed. >> Abstain. Vote carries. 5. >> I wasn't present. >> 401. >> Thanks. >> I'll move to new business with Lindsay Tison. >>
011Away Jeremy. >> That was me. Uh hello everyone. Uh thank you so much for inviting us here to talk about our partnership with SU84. Um my teacher colleagues Samantha and Kate are joining me tonight to talk about the projects. And I was told by Crystal that if we don't keep it she wrote a big book and she's actually going to grab us and pull us off the stage. So we're going to be mindful of that. I think her message was exactly um we're really excited about what we're doing and we want to keep doing it. Um, for those of you who don't know, uh, Wimsy is, uh, a nonprofit organization based really close to here down, uh, by showing at 23 Avenue, 6th Street. Um, we were actually started by a SU84 employee built church.
012He used to teach physics here. Um, he was doing such innovative, exciting projects with his kiddos, uh, that he was excited to spread it to more schools in the region, and that's why he started nonprofit, whimsy, back in 2013. Um, I'll, uh, keep it short and sweet. Um we visit 87 different schools in the area. Uh we try to be a conduit of ideas for the region. We try to excite rural students about um curiosity and engage in problem solving. And that's why K and Samantha are here tonight to talk about all that. Um when we started this project four years ago, our goal was really to increase critical thinking and deep learning uh within classrooms and really excite and support teachers in project- based learning practices. Um it is so hard for a teacher
013uh just to maintain the status quo in their classroom, let alone take on a big uh scary exciting new project with kiddos. And so we have been the uh the helpers uh to get that started uh within classrooms. Um other programs that we've done along with the uh teacher support and coaching, we've had an enrichment program going. So um supporting kids during that crucial time after school uh when there aren't necessarily other um positive uh experiences for them to take part in. So we've had a STEM education program going after school. We've had a winter program. Uh we've also had a thriving internship program where students actually uh take what they've learned in STEM classes and they actually go into the elementary school and then support teachers there uh in bringing technology and engineering projects
014uh to their students. And then finally, we've provided a lot of support to maker spaces. So uh Allison over at the elementary school equipping her library and then um Katie's project over at the uh the design lab. We've been supporting that. Um I think uh what our work boils down to is this process uh I'll uh outline here and then we'll jump into the specifics with Kate and Samantha. Um so any project that we do starts with uh ideiation uh students really building a lot of empathy and thinking through um a person or a group of people that they want to help or maybe an exciting challenge they want to solve. So here you'll see uh students on the left brainstorming uh ways to design a catapult during an energy transfer lesson and on the
015right here students are designing a uh a chair for a bear in an elementary classroom. So they're thinking through what does a bear need? How big is a bear? What kind of chair would a bear want? Uh once they're done with that ideation and brainstorming, they get to uh the design element. So uh taking their ideas and making them come to life. Uh this is in Mr. Bailey's classroom in sixth grade. students are designing an insulated house that they will then test uh for its insulation properties. Um and they're embedding, as you can see, a light bulb in there to uh provide a heating source for them to measure. And on the right here, uh students are designing a a shadow um experiment uh during the eclipse project back in 2024. Um next, testing and
016iteration. I think this is the most challenging and most exciting part uh of the project where a lot of the learning happens. uh students have to deal with the uh failure of trying their design or their experiment for the first time and seeing that it doesn't work quite right. And so we coach them through um processing that failure, not getting frustrated and then looking closely at the project and identifying the next steps, right? How do we improve the design um and uh you know bring it to uh the spot where we want to bring it to? Um on the left here you'll see a students in the third grade uh designing um uh wagons for the Oregon Trail. They're [laughter] they had a really steep hill to test that design at first in that picture.
017And then on the right here, students are working on a physics project with a marble run roller coaster. And then finally, some sort of meaningful public product uh that will excite and motivate the students at the end. Um and so on the left here, you'll see this is um uh a an insect presentation that Mrs. Niles's classroom in kindergarten designed where students were actually animating insects and showing their adaptations. And then on the right here is a a movement uh museum that students brought to the sixth grade. They taught uh the sixth grade about anatomy that day through all of these hands-on exhibits that they designed. And here's a video. Those were kindergarteners animating uh ladybugs. I believe this one is using um well it's flashing to uh attract uh attract mates. [clears throat] Uh
018overall we've done 74 of these projects over the past uh four years. Uh you'll see we started with a smaller pilot in the first year and then grew and grew and grew. Um, this is uh a list of many of those projects, which I won't get into the details of because if we listed all of them, we'd be here all night, which I've heard we really don't want to do. [laughter] Uh, but I think this is a good segue into getting into the specifics if you want to take over. >> So, I'm Smith Blazer. I teach second grade over Lake. Um, so we have been a multi-year partnership with whimsy and it has been really cool to kind of take what we're learning in class with ELA and science, social studies, and also with our
019math. Uh, my first year we did ELA connected with the three little pigs and fairy tales and how those students were able to kind of come together and figure out how could they build a stable and strong house compared to one of the stories that we read, the different versions of the three little pigs. Um, for science and social studies, we've talked about landforms using magic clay. And we've also worked on maps and how we can outline those maps. And then we did last year engineers, architects, and scientists. We built towers, made catapults, and did a lake for our scheme night at school. And this year, our favorite one was our Winter Olympic Games. This year, since we had the Winter Olympic Games, we decided to do skiing, skating, and bobsled. So the big thing
020is the power of creativity. Over the years, we've seen that these kids are now becoming more creative, not just by doing art and drawing, but by being able to think outside of the box. And with they're solving problems, they're expressing their ideas and it's showing how students can think. Uh we've noticed over the years they become more confident in how they can express themselves. And if there's different solutions to not, it may not just be one solution, but there might be a variety of them. um they've been using these skills. So, it's been also in school but also outside in real life and they are able to make these real life connections. So, from our steam night this year, we have I have some students on here that have we have some who are working
021on the skiing. So they had to take little aluminum foil and they created their own little skiers and they put them onto popsicle sticks and they had to figure out a way to get them to stand so they could go down the ski ramp. We had ice skating. So there's a few pictures on here that show that they had to use a magnet to kind of move their ice skater around. And then we've got the bob sled. So, we had they had to cut out these little snowmen and they had to use toilet paper rolls to kind of put them in there to have them go down the the luge the the course that we were designing for them. And through all of that process, we had them thinking about what materials will you need
022to use, how can you construct it, if it doesn't work the first time, how can you, you know, tweak it, make it better, what are those little things you can fix for a better outcome. So [clears throat] overall for us, we love seeing the creativity of these students and how they are improving every year. So that's it for us at second grade. Sorry, >> for those that don't know me, I'm Kate Priselle. I am the science teacher here at LHS and I work with Whimsy for my first project, I think two years ago now. Um, whimsy really helps me do what I love about science with my students, which is applying it to that bigger picture. As Jeremy was talking about, allowing them to use science to solve a problem. I found for a long
023time the students were very nervous to try new things, hesitant for that failure process that is the process of science. And through Whimsy, I've been able to with their assistance create these projects that let them experience that failure in a successful way, in a way that lets them problem solve and think bigger and just analyze all these different things. And even when I started, I was nervous about failure in it. But Whimsy was great in helping me. They had me come in and try the projects with them on my own, kind of come through. And then any day that I was like, I would love some extra support, they were always there to help out. And I know so in science I've been doing projects with them that mostly build between our electricity and our
024energy units. I know our math teachers have done some projects about building speakers and all these different things. And this year we are actually creating a crosscurricular project with whimsy using more dam talking about the mathematics, the energy, the science, the history which has been really fun to get to design. Um these are some photos from my first project with whimsy. Basically I we scaled up for them. They learned about electricity. We learned about circuits. And they built these small paper circuits that then built up into Oh, no. Oh, well. Okay. [laughter] U the videos that would have been here show that then they had to design a um like a wind powered turbine using some Lego kits, some equipment that then powered those paper circuits. So, they learned how to power them flat. We
025did a lot of mini projects. So, it's not just even bringing in these large scale projects to my classroom, but these small, easy, hands-on moments that allow them to trial and error, problem solve, and not just understand the scientist, but learn to think like a scientist. And so, and each year I've gotten more confident to try new projects on my own, knowing that anytime I need support or backup or ideas or materials, Whimsy is there to support me. And so, it's been a fantastic program. And I have also seen my students over time get more creative, try harder things. Instead of often they come up with the ideas, they're like, "Well, this is small, it's easy, it's quick, I'll just do this." They're now trying for these bigger projects, these bigger ideas. I had students
026try to see if they could connect 10 lights, if they could get it to be wind powered, see how many bolts they could get it to run. They're getting bolder and more confident to try new things and solve those problems. And so, it's just been a fantastic experience. I think that was that. >> Thank you. >> Yes. So, we've really enjoyed our partnership together and um I know you guys have a busy agenda, so we can uh wrap up here or if you all have any questions about the partnership, we're we're open. >> We're happy to go to midnight. Don't worry about Crystal. [laughter] >> Yeah. Any questions? >> It's a great It's a great program. My someone would smartly put my son in one of those pictures. [laughter] I appreciate everything that you do.
027It's a great program. >> Yeah, I think my fourth grader chose it for winter program this year as well. He loves it. [laughter] [clears throat] >> Well, thank you very much. >> You thanks for being here. >> That brings us to new business. Item B, AMC overnight hiking trip. Hello, [laughter] I'm Alex. I'm the parent for sixth grade over at Lakeway. Last year, I ran an overnight hiking trip with 10 sixth graders to the Lonesome Lake Hut. Um, all coordinated through the AMC. So, we got fully funded. We have funding again this year. Way the program works is the kids apply out of the whole sixth grade can get accepted. um working with the AMC, we go on an overnight hike. So, we leave Lakeway at 7:30 in the morning on a Saturday. We go
028to the Highland Center, which is over in Crawford Notch. We get the kids all geared up, everything they need. The AMC has all the hard goods that kids need, and then through donations, we get like socks, long underwear, those things. So, it's completely cost free to the school and the parents. This year, we're going to do a slightly different hike. We're going to go to Zealand Falls, which is 2 and a half milesish in. I think it's just going to be a lower physical barrier to entry, so it should be a little bit more inclusive to some of the kids that were a little nervous about going up to Lson Lake. Um, he hikes should take around one to three hours depending on how we're doing. Um, once we get there, one key difference between
029last year is the hut will be fully stocked already. So, last year the packs were kind of heavy because we had to bring in our own food, water, etc., etc. We're going to a fully stocked hut this year. Usually kids just need to bring clothes and clothes in their backpack for the next day. Um and then following day, so it's a Saturday, Sunday, Sunday, we'll leave after breakfast, hike back down, and we should be back to Lakeway right around 140 if all goes well after a pizza lunch at the Highland Center. Um yeah, it's basically the same trip we ran last year, just to a slightly different location. That should be easier for the kids. That's all. Any questions? So uh they screen the kids as far as >> Yeah. So we have it's only
030through sixth grade. We have 45 I think 45 sixth graders. >> So I have an application for them. It's why do you want to go on the trip? What are you expecting from the trip? When you face a challenge, how do you overcome that kind of thing to try to like get an understanding of their mindset? And then between myself, Crystal, Mel, and the sixth grade teachers and the behavioral specialists, Miss Gisham up there, we kind of decide out of those and look at our responses and pick the 10 kids that way. And then there is a parent meeting the week before. So everybody is all very much on the same page as far as expectations and behaviors go. >> Okay. Thank you. >> This a question probably for Crystal. Is this the same similar
031hike that they used to do with sixth grade whole class, right? >> This is a little more manageable. >> Yeah. Well, and that was precoid, I think, which since we haven't done that, right? >> Correct. Okay. >> Um, and this is all Alex. He puts this all together and the kids really had a good time last year, so it was an easy cell for us to support him. >> Speaking of a person over the age of 50, the Zealand hut hike is simple until the very end [laughter] >> and then it's brutal. So, I don't know how much easier than home the other one was, but >> I know a long day. It was four and a half hours up last >> when I did the Zealand hut the first time. I was like, "Oh,
032this is way easier than I thought." And then we got to the end, I'm like, "Oh, this is just going to [laughter] >> They're greeted by fresh brownies at the top." >> Yeah. Well, they're much younger than I am. >> You don't look a day over 55, though. So, [laughter] >> just a few days over. >> We're going to do the leadup. Last year, we did lead up days. We did like four weeks of leadup hypes between sports and this and that. kids would just miss and we had kind of set the precedent ahead of time like you have to come to the leadup days and then I ended up losing I think seven of my 10 kids because they would skip days or they had this or they had that. This year I was
033going to do the parent meeting the week before and then probably have one day with that Wednesday before we go just everybody come. We're gonna go for a small hike, try on a backpack. But I think I decided to kind of scale down that meetup system because I think a lot of kids didn't show it. It was a long time [laughter] to kind of commit to that much. But that was the only other change that we made for this year. >> And how many adults? I mean, you might have said, how many adults? >> It's myself, Miss Collins from Lakewood. She's the PSU resident we have up there for sixth grade. And then there's an AMC staff that'll come with us and they're either woofer or woofer certified, etc., etc. So, like the AMC handles
034all the all the like insurance stuff is why we do the AMC because they're the woofer. They're the first responder on the scene. And then they even tell you like the school staff is just there for behaviors, right? >> They run everything else. >> Cool. I think we need approve because it's an overnight. >> Yeah. >> So, do we have a motion to approve the AMC overnight hiking trip as presented? >> So, move. >> Second. Any discussion? >> All those in favor? >> I opposed. Abstain. Motion carries 5. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> The Delta Dental Grant. So, I wrote a um the dental donor grant this year is for the purpose of establishing a scholarship fund for the dental assisting students that are completers. Um and they will range from $500 to $1,000
035dental g,000 for that. Um and then the dental society gave us another um directly from them and they're going to write the students name and the check. So that was done differently but they gave a thousand as well. So this delta dental um is um to establish a scholarship fund that they hope to give us every year um for the purpose of our completers that are finishing the dental assistant program. >> How many completers do you have this year? >> Four. two of them seniors and two of them are definitely are already enrolled accepted into hygiene colleges. >> Great. >> Any other questions? Thank you, Michelle. Do we have a motion to accept the Delta dental grant as presented? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? >> Opposed? Abstain. Motion
036carries. 5-0. >> Um, new business D. Daisy Bronson Middle School signage. >> I can I can speak to this, I guess. Um, so last meeting we looked at several different options and and the board asked us to go back and and maybe look at a different way of presenting the Dy Bronson uh signage. So you'll have you have a couple of several different options there access the [snorts] links there. And basically the big the big difference being um that the uh the uh ones that we bring is another alternative those are letter lettering is placed on a backing board. It's not board actually it's steel but uh it'll be it'll be attached to a surface which will then be mounted versus uh having the letters centered over the high school sets it off a little
037bit differently. The colors there are kind of a you go with a I think that'll be that's just that's was just art playing with the colors without actually looking at the colors we have here you know so we if we go with that that we'll have to come up with a match that looks good on there but uh another another option that we bring to the board and for your consideration or if uh want us to keep searching that be okay too other options If I forgot anything, Dale, Greg, or Bill, >> feel free to chime in. >> We didn't see the top two at the last meeting. We saw the bottom two. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Are the bottom two still an option or is the top two? Yeah, >> we decided to
038bring all the first two and the second two. >> So the the the cheaper cost options are the ones that are blocked in >> a little bit >> or those are the more expensive. >> Those are a little bit cheaper. Not much, but they are a little bit cheaper. >> It takes less to attach the ones that are on the back of >> versus attaching each letter individually. So we we need to pick an option or not. Say come back with hot pink or >> I think I think if you if you tell us you would like if you if you like the design in terms of the uh the way it looks and with it tell us to get the color that uh goes best with the brick. I said it's going to be
039hard as hell based on that to be honest. >> Yeah. You'll have to leave that little bit of discretion to art who does does this work. It's pretty good >> that kind of the aesthetics piece of >> but if you like the way it looks in that in a test block, >> but there's no consensus recommendation from the building admin and admin team. There's just like here's some options. >> Pick one or >> I like the first option. >> Which one's that? the red, >> maroon, whatever it will be when they color match it. >> Yeah, they're gonna try to was trying to color match to the school colors, >> right? >> Looks good. [clears throat] >> You now have the ability to make a motion. >> Well, I don't [laughter] like that. I hate
040that. >> I I like the arched letters that are smaller font than the letters that exist. Yeah. option three, but I I don't have a strong opposition to any of them. And the work will be done in the summer, by the way. Think I said that before. So, you know, I agree. Yeah, I like option option three the best. >> Motion to approve the design for Daisy Bronson Middle School signage option three in the amount of $4,149.13 as presented. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor you been able to see them in here. >> Oh, hold on. >> This is this is option one. >> Option two and it's adding this and then option three is this. Option four is this. So right now the tape right
041now what's been um offered up as a motion is this one. >> So we have a motion and we have a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> In flavor [laughter] >> tastes good to me. >> I opposed abstain. Motion carries 5. >> All right. Can I ask a point of order on the balance of the agenda? >> So I we got to do the floor, I guess, right? Abby group, we already did. Uh the Littleton Academy piece, I'll say this carefully so Kelly doesn't kill me. Do we have to do that tonight? I only ask because we've got a lot of stuff to cover in nonpublic that may in fact wind up with us hiring a superintendent and principal. You may want them involved in the discussion so on and so forth. And
042it just feels like that's a big topic that requires a lot of time and space. So I wonder is there is there an absolute that has to be decided upon tonight or is it just it was ready and we're here. >> Just a brief backstory because I know Crystal. Um so it was decided [laughter] February facilities meeting that we would bring a proposal in March to [snorts] the committee. >> Okay. >> And then I know Greg was just giving an update of the facilities committee um at that following meeting. Dale, Al, and I I don't think were in attendance. Um so we were not prepared for the proposal. So um at the facilities meeting last Friday or Friday before, whatever it was, um it was decided to tonight's meeting. So I mean, if you just
043are in agreement at the next meeting to move the academy, then I'm fine with you. No, I'm just kidding. Um I I would just say this, like I don't want to push it out too far. If if we need to move it to the next meeting, fine. Um because if everybody's in agreement with the move, we want to like make sure everyone has enough time to kind of wrap their heads around that and prepare for that and what it will. So >> I don't know if Dale now and Michelle are part of this proposal. So I don't know if anybody else has >> I'm fine table. >> I I just think it's it's a big topic that we should >> it is looking at it from two different lens >> spend a big enough amount
044of time on. And I noticed too that in the in the the write up like one of the first things that the author speaks to and I presume you is about the Dina students change in that necessitating and I just feel like not readjudicating any of that but that's a big >> yeah sort of strategic topic that I think it I just don't want us to rush our way through it because I feel like that would be I'm not afraid of Kristen but we might rush our way through it anyway and I feel like that would not be doing it justice. >> But any [cough] [clears throat] [laughter] thanks for letting me ask. >> So, were [snorts] you going to move it to next meeting? Is that >> I would maybe I think we should,
045>> but that's just me. Like there's no We don't have to vote on it tonight. I'd rather make it a signature part of the of the next discussion, the next meeting rather. >> I think with possible changes that makes sense. So if that's okay to push it just to the [laughter] next meeting at which time we'll definitely vote on it. >> Yeah, I [laughter] >> Okay, new business E. Lakeway School Floor and Reinforcing. So what's linked in there is not that that was a contract that uh De Boy King had presented us as an add-on or additional but I did inform um Patty that it was no longer required to be added that [clears throat] they were able to do everything that we had asked and we didn't ask them to do the vibration analysis.
046So um that was part of the extra fee. Um, so I think the only thing that we have on the table for the floor reinforcing are the options that the facilities committee evaluated. I don't know if you're going to cover that in the um committee committee reports or if we want to talk about it now >> on the facilities committee with an opinion on that. Cover it now. Wait. Um, >> either way it works for good. Why don't we do it now? >> So, um the facilities committee um put out uh two RFPs. One was to look at um structurally reinforcing the second floor um at Lakeway. Um and the second option was to um install a monitoring a live load monitoring system. Um we received one bid for each RFP. Um we had uh
047multiple walkthroughs and we had at least three companies of each um for each RFP and only one submitted a bid. Um the bid for the uh reinforcing um Deo and King informed us of the initial um base bid um would not address any vibration or deflection issues with the floor. um it was just going to add um a structural um piece to each of the beams which would have addressed the live load, but the floor was still going to have deflection um because it's a wood floor. Um that quote came in I was trying to open it um that quote came in at 42,000. I could the opposite. >> Yeah. 41216. >> 41216. Y >> and then the second bid was 63,000 and change for the live blood monitoring and facilities committee because for two
048reasons. One, the um reinforcing didn't address the main concerns of the floor movement. um felt that that was a lot of money to put into something that was still going to have a cause for concern and and that we should maybe re-evaluate looking at add alternate one and add alternate two which was in the RFP but nobody bid on or nobody provided a price on um and to um go forward um with discussion on the live load monitoring system which would address both the floor as well as the live load for the roof late. >> It will also I think satisfy the requirements from the insurance company. Correct? >> Yes. Because they said that they wanted one or the other done. Did we uh and I apologize I missed last week's meeting when I was
049out of town, but um did we verify with the insurance company that this decision would meet their recommendation satisfactory? Um I personally did not. I mean I can pull up what they said in their email here in just a second, but basically I vaguely remember them saying we had to do something whether it was monitor it or fix it. get their get their blessing before we spend the money and that way we don't spend it then turn around and say well you still won't need >> simply if we send if we give them the proposal of what we're going to do and then get their you know blessing to that it's >> did we send them the monitoring proposal when we sent them the uh engineering report? No, we just stopped. Okay, I couldn't remember.
050So, it sounds like the committee agreed on the 63,561 options, but we might might want to run it by the insurance company committee to make sure that before we spend that money, it does indeed satisfy their concerns. >> Yeah. So, I'm happy to make a motion to [clears throat] support just that to support moving forward the SRS live monitoring for a cost of $63,561 as presented by the facilities committee with uh contingent on uh support from uh district insurance. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. >> Abstain. Motion carries 5. >> Thank you. >> We already voted on the AB group. >> Board graduation speakers for ATN and LHS. >> Travis >> [laughter] >> Do we normally have speakers for ATN? >> I already
051asked Bill to do. It depends on whether it's going to be in the country. >> Yeah. Oh, >> why wouldn't you be in the country? >> Uh because I've got tickets for Israel. >> Oh, that's fun. >> It's not in the country this year. >> Yeah, it's kind of exciting over there. You know, why why go when it's boring? What are the dates uh for each of those if you don't mind? >> 18 is May 21st and >> Oh, May 21st. >> Littleton is the first weekend. >> Say something. I'm happy to be your backup. >> The 21st. >> Yes. >> If you're if you end up being allowed out of the country. [laughter] >> But don't tell me on the 20th. >> Okay. >> That's okay. >> Let me know like the second week
052of May so that when I have you down the high school, >> I think I've done the high school every year. You've been uh Greg did it one year. Um I've done it three times. >> [clears throat] >> did it last year. >> I think we'll know the end of April. They haven't told us that definitely, but the way everything's been going on with the letters that we've been emails we've been receiving, it sounds like that's probably when they're going to make that final decision. >> Well, I can do the high school if no one else is going to do the high school. >> It is the duty of the chair. [laughter] I sure have to talk a lot more sitting here than I got to get away with over there. >> Yeah, [clears throat]
053with the with the printing of the programs for the for the high school especially in April be pushing it. So >> I'll do it if Travis could thank you as well. >> And we're going to table H until next meeting. Unfinished business teacher residencies program. Yeah, I I can report that um we we've begun the interview process and uh we we have do have a number of candidates that uh Puma State has gathered and we interviewed two candidates uh last Friday and there's three more candidates who will be interviewed this week. So things are moving forward. I did I did attend a uh a P state a te preparing for education teacher fair and uh I presented the a little bit about the program there which I hope will help draw your some interest as
054well. >> So it's it's moving along well. U moving on to committee reports negotiations did not meet facilities we covered anything up to the capital funage. >> Okay. So, summer projects, capital projects, um the RFPs, we we discussed that um uh replacement of uh we are actually doing RFPs for replacement of the boilers at the academy as well as the hot water tank. Um the [clears throat] high school, middle school, CTC safety ladders and roof access. That's one of the challenges that we have right now is they have to kind of go out the window to get up on the roof. It's not a good situation. So, uh, we have plans to get that changed and installed. Um, gym floor replacement. Do you have you have the quotes for that now? No. >> We're supposed
055to ask for guidance. >> Okay. Whether we're going to move forward with that or not. >> Well, yeah. >> Discussion around the 574,000. >> Yeah. >> That was >> that we have. Yeah. >> What what our overall intent is. >> Okay. Um, when was the floor done last? When was when did we replace this floor? >> Um, to the best of the knowledge and correct me, but it was in the 90s. >> Okay. Yeah. >> And it's had multiple floods. >> Yeah. Yeah. The with a high score like what we have here, 30 years is just about pushing it. So, I was I couldn't remember when it was either, but I knew it was getting up there in age. So, we we're definitely in the window. Um whether we agree to do that this year
056or not, that's something we can discuss on. Um I don't remember anything. I think it's cuz I had to step out on the coordination for the last day of school. >> Last day of school. June >> is the last day of school. It's June 15. >> It's supposed to be weeks. >> Oh, we >> have we discussed anything else notice. I don't think I mean we have to be the only agenda for April. >> Okay. >> Two extra school days here for snow. [laughter] >> There you go. Just want more time. My kids are loud, man. My playroom is next to my office. I want them at school. >> [clears throat] >> So where we're not doing the construction as far as reinforcement on the second floor, [clears throat] there's not going to is any
057issues with parks and >> right. So um the plan is then to have parks and wreck work out of Lakeway this summer since their building is getting torn down. >> Cafeteria and gym and >> playground. And that gives them enough space on a rainy day too between those two big rooms. >> We're going to give them access um I've been working with Matt. They're going to do the um I think if it's a little bit the modular wing first so that they can access that wing from the exterior and they'll have staff answer the bathrooms. >> Okay. I was just going to ask you that which bathrooms would they use if they use the cafeteria and the gym? All right. Uh we discussed the capital reserve as far as the fund strategy where the town
058was gracious enough and they did uh approve the 1% um for us and um as far as looking at capital improvement projects with monies that are left over um and one of the things that we did discuss is the fact that this amount should drop over time as we get caught up on our capital projects. So, um, we don't think we'll be asking for that much. Um, long-term goal would be to have the building fund at $1 million and that would be out of cap. We wouldn't try to, you know, it's not going to be a super fund buildup type thing. Um, and that will help offset uh capital improvement cost going forward. >> Will the plan be to work up to that million slowly now over time rather than a big chunk like we
059did this year? Yes. >> Just from the taxpayer perspective, a little easier to >> absorb. >> Yeah, I think the first two or three years is still going to be a fairly big ask just because we're we're playing catchup. >> Homeland Security assessment. We had the Dale had the tour with Homeland Security. It went very well. um very positive uh comments from the homeland security. There was some minor uh recommendations on uh some exterior cameras that would cover some blind spots and that bulk of that report is not obviously open to the public or even to us because it discusses security. So obviously we can't put that out there. Anything else? Did I miss anything, Dale? Or >> No, I guess the question would just be with the CIP that the board approved um from
060the fall uh would be um do we try to tackle some of the items in 26 27. So, two of them are being addressed already with the boilers and the safety stuff at the high school. The other items that um were on next year was the gym floor and stage lighting. So don't have prices is the instruction to go forward with an RFP to get prices and then bring back to decide whether it's coming out of end ofear funds or capital improvement. I mean capital reserve fund. was and in my view great that that passed but we haven't rationalized what to do about the fact that that passed now and and what what to do with unexpect [clears throat] funds at year end versus that we haven't talked philosophically about how to approach that I
061think that's a topic that we have to have in a conversation we need to have in some detail and while I knew that RBA was going to be thusly honored this evening I didn't know she was going to be dismissed from the meeting. [laughter] So there was a bunch of stuff that we kind of need heard before, I think, to have part of that discussion. So I don't know from my perspective, I wouldn't be comfortable giving my 20% of the direction without having that broader discussion. >> Agree. You defer to the next meeting? >> I think it would be, yeah, go ahead for the RFPs and assume we're going to pay out of the capital reserve. But >> there's no obligation. >> I think we need to move forward with an RFP. I mean it's
062tough to sit here and give you like what the price is going to be without acquiring but I also respect the vendors too >> if we have no desire to move forward >> fictitious yeah just always >> so I would I would [clears throat] from my perspective I would say we that's got to priority needs to be on the academy discussion but I think secondarily in the next meeting we provided that Patty's not going to get an award chat. >> Never know. >> Maybe I'll get past chairman of the year and I'll be able to [laughter] see if there's an association for that. [laughter] >> Okay. >> Is that it for the facilities report? >> That's it for facilities. >> Thank you. policies I don't think met. >> Oh, we have not met. >> Student
063representative is not here. I'll speak with her mother about that tomorrow. >> Oh, basketball. >> Yeah, Travis, just a reminder, the the chairman has the right to assign committee uh to make committee assignments however he sees fit. So, [clears throat] it's no requirement that you do it at this meeting, but you're able to do it in whatever in as in as much dictatorial fashion as you would like. So you can reassign people on existing committees, you can just assign Lauren and keep everybody's the same, whatever you want to do, whatever timeline, but you'll have to make that call. >> Is everybody happy with the committees are on now? >> What are the negotiations look like in the next year? Are there >> negotiations the next couple years? This year support staff and next year is
064teachers again. >> Yep. Okay. >> Okay. Are you okay taking the ones that Erica had? Um, >> which policy and >> policy and likewise >> and likewise is policy committee. >> Just policy committee. >> Yeah, that's fine. >> So, we'll keep everybody the same. >> And who's on policy committee? >> Bill. Bill. >> Okay, good. >> Tell people what to do. >> Just that [laughter] thing. >> Uh, superintendent report. >> Okay. I'm just so excited to make another public after this. >> This will be fairly short. >> Okay, a few things have happened since we last met. We have a state champion boys basketball team. So, that was that was pretty cool. Uh, a girls basketball team made it to the final four, which is, you know, is a is a major accomplishment as well.
065I know that I know Dale and the girl would like have gone further, but hey, they they had a great season um and did well in the postseason. Um [clears throat] the uh cheer squad also competed in the the state meet. I went down to that last week and they finished third and uh did again it was a really really tough really tough meet. There was a lot of lot of talented teams there, but uh they they did a great routine and and finished very strong for the end of the year. Um spring sports are are starting. I I do have the unfortunate news to report that we do not have enough interest in boys tennis. Uh only a couple of students have uh signed up and we were un unsuccessful getting a coach. Uh
066so that unfortunately [clears throat and cough] is probably not going to happen this year. We'll try to double back unless something drastically changes but we have to notify in the NHA NHAA of that probability. >> Can I ask a question about >> Yes. >> With it being only and Al's here so Al can help [clears throat] because it's only two. Can they still participate as a boys team? And could the could you Al as the girls team coach manage two boys in order for us to still have your competitions at the same time boys and girls or are they very different because of >> you need you need middle eight players. >> Oh because you got doubles you got okay >> you do it with six but you can't compete. >> Can't do it with
067two. Okay. Just thoughts thinking of the two boys that were interested. Is there any chance to and there's other surrounding schools? I know we've we don't I don't know that we've done this very often, but there have been times where we've our kids have gone to play for another school because we didn't have a program or is that an option for these two students? >> Unfortunately with the Chinese, >> not typically usually in advance of the season, >> you have to you have to petition with NHIA and Okay. and they get pretty crazy with some of the other kick kicks you up a level and it's I don't know >> that's unfortunate but >> everything else I think is going going strong. Uh robotics did their first competition um last weekend. Uh, and I know
068Michelle, she wants to feel free to pitch in anything you want to talk about there, but I know first time out, I think the team felt pretty good and they're going out here in a couple more weeks to Burlington for a meet. So, >> yeah, they ended at middle and half, which is great. That's where you want to go when you've got [clears throat] middle school kids and three high school students on the team. They did very well. The robot runs functionally. Um they've added a component based on what we watched and saw that will allow them to gather more fuel which are little balls. Um but they shoot at a rapid um rate. Um but the kids have really taken on the role of being able to answer questions for the judges, being able
069to um participate and fully functioning. They built the robot whereas the coaches and the mentors stepped back and they did the building. they figured out what needs to go and change. So, it's been a great um year to watch them grow compared to um this group of five seventh graders that are now eighth graders that have really taken on a role of engineering. Um so, we are taking a team of nine with us to UVM for the next round. Two didn't go the first round. They will be attending this round. Um and so they're pretty excited to go to UVM. And there was more teams. There's 34 teams competing at um UBM. And when they were at Bedford, we competed against the top six at Worlds. So those six teams have already met the threshold
070for Worlds. Um and they competed against them um at that Bedford competition. So, they did very well. >> Nice. >> Thank you, Michelle. The other thing, and I just I just there's a link to a survey results. I'm not going to go over the results tonight. I just wanted to make them public publicly available to the board and anybody else who wishes to see. Uh this is a survey that we did last fall at the beginning of the strategic planning process. uh we will be coming back uh and we'll be calling that team together and to come back and do a presentation with the board before the year is out to discuss the work that the team did uh in coming up mission vision and in the framework the outline framework for a strategic plan.
071It's not a it's not a full full-blown detailed plan but it does have a it does have a priority areas based on the survey and the people that were a part of the strategic plan. So, I'll be bringing that to the board in the near future. And like I say, you feel free to look at the survey as at your leisure. And if you have any questions about it, uh, feel free to reach out, email, or bring it up for discussion at a future board meeting. And that's all I have. >> I'm moving to public input. >> I got a couple questions for Steve. Um Steve, I don't know if we if you had a an update at the last meeting, but um is there any update on the school choice at the state level
072and [clears throat] >> yeah, let me let me talk about that a little bit based on what I know that the their hearings were today, public hearings were today on on open enrollment. It you know, it uh it's a it's a anyone's guess what what ultimately will happen. you know, like last year it looked like it was on the brink and then it wasn't and until it wasn't, whatever. Um, but I think the the feeling still with a with the people that I talked to that seem to know quite a bit about it, it's it's likely to pass this time. Uh, with a likely implementation delayed for a year. Um, there is there is some there is some discussion I guess about uh rethinking about how that might be funded. Um maybe it would be
073funded like a charter student is funded out of a separate fund. They still have you have now you have to get dollars for that. I'm not sure where those dollars have come from. I would hope it wouldn't come out of existing adequacy aid for everybody but I don't know. I think there may be some move to decouple the uh I mean there would still be an impact on the local district. you wouldn't get obviously wouldn't get state aid anymore and some things like that but uh you know that that's where it is at this point. So I would expect there'll be some kind of a of an open enrollment uh passed this this time around with possibly some time to at least implement it. >> Okay. >> And there's and there's there's a number of
074other other I mean there's a lot of bills there always is this time of year that could potentially affect education. That that's a big one though obviously. Yeah. Thank you for asking. Great. >> Any further question for the superintendent? Moving on to public input. [clears throat] Seeing none, I would like a property worded non-public session initially just with the board and Steve for a very brief pow-wow before bringing on others. I know that. Should we do one vote? >> Yeah. Okay. So, I'm making a motion to enter into a non-public session. Uh, under paragraph 2, section [snorts] three, the RSA 91A3 of the right to no law. Four, number one, the dismissal, promotion, or compensation of any public employee, the disciplining of such employee or the investigation of any charges against him or him or
075her. Number two, the hiring of any person as a public employee. Number three, matters which are discussed in public would likely adversely affect the reputation of any person other than a member of this board. Taking with us Dr. Nius, Dr. Anastasia, and Melanie Harkless, but not necessarily all at once. >> And Crystal. Okay. And Crystal. >> Is there a second? >> Second. All in favor? Roll call vote. Bill Gro. M St. John >> Travis Howard vote carries 5. We are now >> do my job. Uh-oh.