001Yeah, go for it. >> Let me do this. >> Our call was meeting the order. >> This screen just went back. >> Not yet. >> Did we turn it black? >> I didn't. >> Okay. Yeah, his should >> I think the owl got unplugged. We can wait till it just re reinitializes. You'll see it come up >> now. >> Or was it? Yes. >> We have it now. >> Send it to me. >> Can you send it to me? will that if that's like I've already delayed muted we're good. Y >> okay thank you guys. Right. We're going to call this meeting order at 611 with a brief apology for our delayed due to technical difficulties. Uh agenda review. Does anyone have anything they wish to add, edit or remove from the agenda as it
002currently stands. Neil, >> I don't know if you want to add the item that I emailed you last night or if you just want to >> Yes. Could we put that under um committee reports? >> Sure. >> Great. Thank you for that. Anyone else have anything? Right, we're going to move right on to public comment. If anyone wishes to comment on something not related to tonight's agenda, now is the time to do so. Please raise your hand in person or virtually and we'll work with that right now. Okay, seeing none, we will move on to reports starting with Ella who is not here. she sent an email that she had conflict and I can just say that council has been working on their budget for next year and um one thing that I noticed from
003reading the minutes is that there's question about whether ELOs's count as eligible for um applying for council funds. So that's just sort of a FYI. I I don't know and confused about that. So, we'll see. Anybody going to chime in on that, Julie? Are you good? >> Yeah, I don't think they should. I don't think they should either. I told something that the other day. >> Right. Thank you for that report from the council Deb and I will add for a minute taker that board members Michael Costa and Garrett Palmer with us virtually as well. Now, moving on to the RMS principal's report. I know that she is not here at the moment. I haven't heard anything about her not being >> this was her final. >> Okay, we will skip around that. >> Although
004we did say did not show up in person. >> She's not either. >> Okay. All right. Julie, our high school principal is here. Julie, anything you wish to emphasize in your report? >> New new report here. >> Does anyone have any questions? >> We would love to have you at graduation or classmate. Um if there's a certain place you want to sit, let us know and graduation's going to look a little different this year. People won't be here. >> For those of us who will be there in front of people standing in a crowd, how is it different? >> Yes. So if you think about, do you know where a ropes courses? >> Nope. >> Okay. So the back your back will be to the back of the people sitting to watch will be to
005the school in the back parking lot. Everyone's going to be looking at the wood scoreboard. You know where the scoreboard is. >> And there's a stage that's going to be built on the turf. And so the bleachers are for like whoever wants to overflow their seats all along and you'll be sitting on the stage with me. There'll be like eight of us, eight of us on stage and the students will be watching ramp, stairs, music, staff, all are kind of on the turd and the stage will just be it's three feet high. It's a little bit lower. Yeah, we had some requests to move it around, so we're trying something new and we hope we get a chance to try it. >> Yeah. >> So, we'll see. >> You have any questions or comments for
006Julie? >> I I have >> one quick one. I noticed the weather report has it being super hot on Friday and it's on the turf. Will there be water bottles for the kids? >> We'll just have a bunch of tables with water and sleep. >> I figured, but thank So, and we won't do the most recent. Two graduations ago that I went to somewhere else, they charged to a lot when it was hot. We won't do that. >> Thank you for taking that initiative. >> Uh Garrett has a question. Yeah. Go for it, Garrett, when you're ready. >> Yes. Not for Julia. This is more of a middle school thing. I was just reading the report or I read the report today. Maybe just for the board to note, um the testing scores, the eighth
007grade math is like uh it's pretty jarring. It's like a 68% achieved uh basically proficiency versus 86 and 88 for sixth and seventh graders. So that's a 20% difference. And I know, you know, we've had a lot of discussion around the math program there, but this is probably something for the board to keep an eye on. And I would hope that we haven't created a cohort of students that are now going to be forever behind in math for the high school because that that's a pretty big difference. >> Yeah. Point taken on that one. And so was expected today as well as her report on the survey results specific to RMS. So hopefully she will soon. Yeah, >> thanks for that comment, Eric. Anything else specific to Julie? Right, seeing none, we'll move along to
008reading of policy. These are all second readings. And I think that's all I have to say about that at the moment. Deb, >> there was the correction made that Renee pointed out about just removing that science lab so that the language was consistent. >> Great. Thank you for that followup. Anything else on these six policies, Renee? >> Um, I just wanted to, you can kind of clarify my memory. The JJIB, the athletics one, when we talked about um the thoughtfulness of adding new stuff and then uh how should we consider the removal of things or the evaluation of each program so we're not just kind of adding on >> all the time. Was that discussed? >> I was not present at the last policy meeting. There hasn't been a policy meeting since >> guess it's
009only been two weeks. Yeah. >> Right. Since >> There hasn't been a policy meeting since the first read that the next one will be >> next week. Yeah. >> I will say though part of this it's dependent upon numbers and things like that. Anyway, so some of those um themes often will end up being removed when those situations aren't in place. So it kind of serves both means for adding and eliminating teams. Okay. >> Which they've had to do in the past because there haven't been enough people >> and team dependent on number of people per team evolved in >> field space and all those other factors. >> Yeah. >> Okay, that makes sense. Um, and then I would just like emphasize that in there somehow just be like and like on an annual basis
010it's evaluated or whatever timing of it to make sure existing teams also adhere to that number of kids. I mean it's already happening and that's great >> but making it there I think would be very helpful. Are you comfortable in voting today? >> Um, with the understanding >> understanding that they're >> here. Is that us or technical? Okay, great. Deb, >> well, I just wonder if the very at the very bottom where it says programs that fail to meet minimum participation or financial sustainability standards may be suspended or discontinued. I mean, that's in there right now. Is that sufficient? >> Second sentence from the bottom. Yeah. >> Uh, thank you for pointing that out. Um I think it's a timing thing of like when are when is when are those evaluated? >> Okay. >> Just
011like is it an on an annual basis? >> It is which I would >> I mean it's whenever the teams get organized for the season. So >> preseason discussions registration time that >> any other comments on the six policies. Julie, >> so the one with graduation requirements since policy committee hasn't had a meeting and I have a staff meeting tomorrow where they asked to I told you what I felt about art. >> I told the staff that the day after. >> Oh yeah. >> Um it was there was an interesting reaction. Um and I told the staff I'd put it on agenda for us to talk about and it's on tomorrow's staff meeting agenda. So you could go forward with what's there if you want. But I just want to warn you that if we
012have a staff meeting and really great points are brought up and everyone feels a certain way and they convince me also that that that I'm thinking of something wrong or um then I would come back and ask you to change that to a 1.0. So I don't know if you want to wait until August to do that one or if you're okay with me coming to you in August saying, "Can we switch that to a 1.0?" We discussed that one an awful lot. So I'm okay to vote on it. >> So just vote on it and then if we need to adjust it, we'll adjust it. Okay. >> That that adjusts with the seasons based on the state. So >> all right. >> Any policy folks? Great. We move on right along then to where
013the food service contract. It was my understanding that the contract was uploaded yesterday. Thank you for that Teresa. Um, do you want to discuss or highlight anything in that contract? >> Um, the contract is the same. It's it's was written as the same as it has been for last year. Um, and everything else. The only thing that I've added in there is the budget document, exhibit A, attachment A, and everything else. And what the proposed budget is um, and the revenues with relatively a profit of maybe $1,000 if it goes well. any suggestions by the internal committee that meant to talk about this the admin committee >> um the food service >> yes >> group focus group um we have not had another meeting since our last meeting um it's been trying to really pull
014people together but this is a topic for next for us going into this next year so whether we address looking at outsourcing um to another putting it out to bid for another company or whatever to hopefully bid or whether the option of looking at in-house which I really don't think is the most sensible based on chasing people down, hiring people, trying to keep the staff, it's it doesn't look like it's the smartest move, but going back out to bid um may be an option. here, Manda. >> Um, the the commentary that you gave was very helpful. Um, I wasn't sure though about the numbers when they're listed as proposed budget expenditures over last year's um proposed expenditures and revenues because I don't because we talked about that the program was not doing as well as
015anticipated. So, are those numbers all projection to projection or is there any like actual >> This one, this one is. So, so what I put on there is a projection to projection. Absolutely. >> How far away are we from the projection this year? How like how what's the difference? >> We're actually gaining ground. We're actually doing better. Um and so right now it's we're not looking at um being in a deficit. >> So that's a good thing. um still doesn't kind of make up for last year and everything else. Um uh forget the number off the top of my head, but I did attach the detailed food service documents >> um that are in there um probably under the third group and everything else, but for the revenue and the expenditure. So, I did forget
016that number off the top of my head. Yeah, I just wanted to know if it was like a big like that's what we thought was going to happen, but if it didn't really happen to understand that 550,000 I'm just going to round the number for right now, but this year's was anticipated the expenditures to be about 550, but we're actually coming in a little even below that. >> Okay, so expenditures are less and >> expenditures are coming revenues were the problem that we had talked about. >> Correct. When we started um 556 um or 552 last year's approved revenue 552. >> Um and and again that's already forgetting what that is right now. Um looking at those but that we're we should hit that mark on that and um during the course of the year
017when we started meeting with the food service company and started last fall meeting a lot with them and everything else and so trying to turn things around. We did get like the coffee machine. We made sure there was a button on the register just for that so I could tell whether or not we were making a profit. And we thought like couple months into it that we were going to get rid of it because we weren't sure. But then when we started looking at the numbers, we're like, "Oh, it really is making a profit." So we decided to keep it but downsize because we don't need one. It has like six or seven. So for a lot less money um it just made sense to go ahead and still offer that opportunity, you know, for
018those that don't want to walk up the street. Um >> thanks for the good news. >> My daughter like that. >> I have a really quick question about personnel and it it's just it's in the language of the contract. It says all food service personnel shall be subject to regulations and health examinations as client may require. So I'm just thinking in terms of vaccination and health stuff we do we supersede like if the state of New Hampshire decides you know employees and school systems don't need vaccinations. Can we still say >> I can still require we require a fit to work anyhow? >> Yeah. Okay. I just wanted to desk job. >> Thank you. One other thing I'd say in relation to this, when we do have we do go out for bid next year,
019we really do need to think about the employing people part of it because they're going through cycling through so many people and we're seeing the same thing with our custodians this year. So, we've had to go out for custodians as well. So, I think we really need to think about that next year. Um, okay. That's a just follow up to that, but it feels like more specific conversation about it. Never mind. >> Yeah, I think that another conversation more depth specific to the food service contract. It is being up for a vote tonight. >> Neil, >> nothing for that, but uh I couldn't get my notes up in time for the policy discussion before you flew right through it. So, we can >> before you efficiently flew right through it. Okay. >> Anything else to
020food costs? Yeah, Renee. >> Um, I'm just I think this is a just a clarification of how all these numbers come together. Um, so from I was looking back at our because we talked about food a lot. Um, from like April 28th, we talked about a revenue of 505,000 and expenditures of 600,000. And then there's some numbers that are embedded in um the budget book that we talked about in February. And I'm wondering how are the things that we've already seen different or similar to what the numbers that we're currently seeing in terms of like the revenue and expenditure projections. >> Well, some of the expenditures like the food service contract itself is is completely separate. So there are some other line items there that might take it to 6,000 because we are paying for
021the coffee machine and others. So there's other district expenditures that free and reduce. So we're contri we're supplementing that. Um, what's the other thing? I think there's one more line item on there. Um, but equipment, some equipment that might have been purchased too or something or supplies. So, that could take us to the that'll take us to the 600 mark, but the actual contract is 550. >> Okay, that's helpful. I'll point out too on a related note that the in in the all suide surveys there were 170ome comments about the lunches which is about a third of all parents had free text comments to say about our lunches and that would be forthcoming within >> that' be great >> so this is a a hot topic issue with lots of people watching us >> no
022>> right anything else on food service discussion right now >> seeing none Neil you want to bring us back to policy >> question yeah um policy the DAFFB I think there are a couple of uh typos in there. >> All right. >> Um paragraph so uh the paragraph numbered one maintenance of effort. Um at the the very last sentence reads to district funding or attendance make such a location unfeasible. I think that that should my best guess is that should say such an allocation. It just doesn't read right to me. >> Okay. >> Oh, >> yeah. >> Right. >> Okay. And then in the paragraph numbered two um at the very bottom the sentence that says the district shall maintain adequate accounting records demonstrate that the methodology used to locate and I think that that
023should say used to allocate. >> Yeah. >> And then that's a specific period on it either. >> Yeah. Okay. >> And then the last thing is a question. So B1, does this mean that we need to have a salary schedule for um admin staff? >> Question. >> That's a good question. I'm guessing we don't know the answer to that tonight. >> Let me read it because I think I I probably do know the answer. You're talking about number two. Uh B1, >> what does it mean to have a district-wide salary schedule? All employees. >> It's do that certified still. >> No, it's just Yeah, we provide them with >> Do we already do that? >> Yeah. Well, because we provide them with the salary schedule for our staff and then we also provide them with
024all of the salaries for our administrators. So, this is this policy is actually from this was one I think we had to implement that I got from >> our grant audit. So, >> so if that the case, I guess my understanding would be previous written asurances satisfied. >> Yeah. >> Hampshire requirements in this case, even though we don't necessarily have a >> Yeah. Because we literally just had a grant audit too and nothing came up that we were not in compliance with that. Okay. No. >> Um, >> yeah. I mean, I guess then I would say it it uh >> and the >> it's okay. It's just that, you know, it uh a new board member reading that >> Yeah. would >> Well, the other thing too is a lot of these things don't even
025apply to us because we just don't have the school like be number two and number three. We have to have a policy to ensure equivalence among schools, but we don't really have schools that we have to have equivalence among. So, some of this is, you know, it's in a policy that we have to have, but it doesn't even honestly apply to us. >> Anything else, Neil? No, I guess I'm just curious how you plan on handling this tonight. Now, >> folks, you want to do you want to change the ending? Do you want to bring it back to policy? >> I would I'm taking notes and Ryan watches the video. And I think this is the kind of we have to have it. Let's fix it. Let's do the typos. Let's move on and not,
026you know, have to bring it back to the board. That's my personal since it's a boilerplate with typos >> document from NHSBA. >> They're good friends at NHSBA. Very good. >> I think in general I agree with Doug and on this particular one my concern is that if we do have to have a district-wide salary schedule that's a undertaking that we should get started. So I think for me it's not necessarily that the policy team needs to meet again, but it's not just fixing the typos. I feel like there's got to be like we got to do the research to find out like is that something we're expected to have? >> And and to Rob's point, this has been already and it's been audited by DOE and the outside and it's been sailed through all
027of those things >> and the districtwide salary schedule that they're talking about is a teacher salary schedule. Well, I think that was the original question and we know that to be true that it doesn't include administrators. >> Yeah. And we do provide them with all the information about administrators too. Just so you know, they the DOE has all of that information from us. >> Rene, >> is it in that case worth putting in a districtwide teacher salary schedule? Can we clarify that language >> and then if that were >> let's say that >> certified stat >> whatever the appropriate language would be. >> Yeah. >> I I think we can keep adding to make it fine-tuned for our purposes. But given that we've already followed this policy, it's been accepted. This is the kind of
028thing I think we should not be doing in our meeting. I think we should just move on and let policy >> which Dub is now on by the way. Just >> Yeah, I'm now on policy. With all respect, I think this worked for us and it's working. Let's move on. But I can also >> breath more of my vodka. Neil, then Gina, >> although just for clarification, this is a new policy. >> Yes, >> it hasn't previously. So, it's not like it's an amendment to an existing. This is brand new, right? >> We've never had this before. >> Um, I would just caution us then that if we a I believe that the language that's in here probably came to us in draft format from some, >> you know, said here's the here's the policy
029language that you need. >> Yep. >> Right. Um it so uh changing the language about district-wide salary schedule might then make the policy non-compliant. So I would caution against making that change at a meeting like this without following Nick Shore. And equally I would also caution us though about approving a policy tonight that commits this body to actually have something that we may not have. >> So I Um, also the policy is equivalence in instructional staff and materials. So I think it's applicable just to our teaching staff. I mean it says teaching and administrative but that's the focus equivalence and instructional staff and materials. So, >> right, I'm seeing some mixing messages here. And this is Neil is totally correct. This is a new policy and we did have there's some typos that have gone
030I think general type to worry about, but this is an issue of potential substance and I was not at the policy meeting where this was discussed. Um, I really should have built that up. My apologies. I can never just saying >> but I'm totally fine to bring it back. This is not an urgent thing. We'll discuss probably some point over the summer policy continues to meet over the summer. It's one of the few that does Jim. >> Oh, that was a secret. >> So, I'm totally fine bringing this back because that is something that we should have. I agree this is policy should follow in writing. Does anyone have any concerns about that? we can pull it out for the >> approval later on this evening. >> All right, >> Garrett's hands raised. >> Oh,
031thank you. Garrett, we can see on the full TV. Sorry about that. Go ahead. >> Yeah. Sorry. Is this the This is the instructional staff >> policy. >> Yeah. Sorry, I should start here. Um, I mean, I guess I would ask too, I I don't really remember doing this, but this is a is this a model policy from New Hampshire? And then I guess when it does say districtwide, >> you weren't at that meeting either, I believe. >> Yeah. I mean, we have two different things. So, I mean, we're not we're never going to have equivalency between like Norris teachers and handover teachers because we have two different >> we have two different teachers unions and whatnot, right? With different contracts, don't we? >> Right. And we only have one elementary school. So I know
032I and again I I hear you saying I wish to take this back to policy but I guess as a member of the policy committee I'm always asking like okay what are we going to do when we are sitting there in policy on Wednesday morning and we bring up Neil's question here. I don't actually know the answer to this right when it says a district-wide I think this is meant for like school districts that are all like in one paper. >> I don't even know what it means, right? Like what do they mean by all this stuff? >> Neil, you responsible. >> Equivalence among schools and teachers, administrators, and other staff. Like what does that even mean? This goes back to our New Hampshire problem with all the this is a mandated thing, but like
033what does what does equivalence mean? >> Right. >> Again, I'm not I'm just saying this, right? what equivalence in a like not some of these policies that we've been getting from the state like they just don't make sense and they're really hard to like so we've just been putting the polic we've just been copying and pasting and moving on >> right is going to chime in on answer to you Garrett and we'll go to Neil >> and that that's what I was saying before this is more if you have a district like Manchester Nasha with many elementary schools many middle schools when you get receive your title one funds funs, title two funds, title four funds. There has to be equivalency and what you're providing in those schools based on your poverty, your free and
034reduced lunch, things like that. So, >> Neil, >> yeah, I would get So, being that this is a Dresden policy, I don't think that we need to concern ourselves with Marian Cross, right? Because that's a different district. >> No. >> Yeah. Um and even if it did though I read in the second paragraph basically the out that says that the board recognizes that individual teacher salary differentials due to salary schedule experience and longevity factors will not be included in the determination of staff equivalency. So there's already a an exit clause for differences in salary schedules that addresses that. Dina, >> I move that we put this through to approve it as amended with typos and other things in the spirit of what Deb said earlier to keep us going. >> I second that. >> Okay.
035Any last comments before I move off? Right. Seeing none, thank you for that, Gina. >> All right. We talked about food service. We're switching to business requiring action which is the approvals. Um, so I note that this does include as written the food service contract and all of the policies as well as handbook changes and our usual yearly authorization will let Robin do hires over the summer which then come back to us in August. >> Yeah, >> I would like to make two quick corrections to the minutes. Um, Teresa is referred to as an FA rather than BA. Um, and the other thing is that I had questioned um, Pam Kuster about a field trip cost and after she provided her really thorough explanation, I specifically said I no longer had any concerns and that
036was omitted from the minutes and I would like that added. >> Okay, good call out. >> Any other things, Steph? >> No. >> Do you want to make a motion as a >> Yeah. So I move to approve items B through H by consent with the typographical corrections in the appropriate policy and with the corrections to the minutes. >> Second second by Tara. We have folks on Zoom as Kelly Mala joined us as well. So let's start with our Zoom folks. Garrett >> Garrett you still there? Yeah. Sorry, I don't Is this a vote? >> Yeah, thank you. Oh, sorry. Slow night. Uh, Michael, >> yes. >> We did. Looks like we lost Kelly actually. So, starting with Neil >> Odell, yes. >> Tanton, yes. >> Christie, yes. Yes. Donia, yes. Nelson, yes. >> Yes.
037>> Russell, yes. >> And Keiny, yes. That is unanimous. Thank you all. Right. Moving on to reports of the chair. I mentioned briefly that the policy results coming out. We anticipate those results to come out probably at some point over the weekend or into early next week. We are rushing to beat the end of school. The pretext comments are approximately 170 pages long. Uh they look very impressive as usual. I applaud our parents and guardians for giving us their thorough, honest, and very very keen opinions. And those are then being disseminated down to the appropriate principles and teachers and stuff. Rob and I will continue our presentations to the staff probably in August and September, which is an improvement of several months from our previous turnaround time. So, it's been u a little hectic, but
038I think it was all for the best. And the results are fascinating as usual. So, we'll see those probably discussing it as a group next time we meet. And this is our final Dresden meeting for the year. We're going to say a very fun farewell to Amissa and we will do so if and when she arrives. Other than that, have a good summer and we will meet again and try not to bother you too much until August 18th. >> That is all the chair has. That said, in terms of committee reports, we'll go down our usual list and then I think some folks have some political legislative updates for us. Some are for Dresden, some are for SAU later tonight, but we'll do the Dresden ones now, obviously. So, uh, CSDC, uh, Deb and Lisa,
039any updates? I know it's only been a couple weeks since our last Dresden meeting. Well, we had our final meeting, but I can't remember now if it was before our last Dresden or afterwards. >> It was It was just last week, so it was after. >> It was after. Okay. >> Nothing. >> I still am not an official member, so nothing. >> It was It was pretty straightforward. >> All right. >> We already discussed council uh Carrie, any updates from Hartford in the last two weeks? >> No. >> Okay. >> They graduated. Yeah. And then >> I think the tuition committee either just met or is just about to meet tomorrow >> tomorrow. Okay. Terry, anything to report in the inter room? >> No. Okay. After tomorrow's meeting, >> well, you can let us know
040in August or let me know if anything else needs to be done. >> Good. >> Right. Then uh Neil wanted to bring forth some discussion from the Vermont side of the river. Neil, you want to walk us through what's been happening? Some of us already know some things. I'm sure you know more. >> Um I mean briefly. So, there was a major education transformation bill that passed at the end of the session. We're currently waiting for the governor to sign off on that bill. Um, one of the items though that I wanted to bring before this body had to do with what is um uh one of the things coming out of the bill is the generation of cooperative educational service areas um in Vermont. Uh similar for those folks that might be familiar with
041the New York title of ABOSIES. um the idea that you've got an organization that offers shared services to the school districts that are part of that sort of overarching umbrella. Um in the law in the bill that was passed um nor uh Norwich or I should say more accurate it was labeled in the law as SAU70 is included with Hartford in um the Northeast region CISA. So, cooperative education service area acronym CISA. Um, Hartford is pursuing a reassignment to a different CISA so that they are better aligned with the school districts that they have traditionally served for CTE. I think that SAU70 Norwich, however you want to sort of categorize, title us, um, should pursue the same thing so that we follow Hartford um, in that CISA assignment. The CES are going to be set
042up to offer um shared services. Uh these are examples in the areas of um special education um uh administration and finance possibly transportation. Um but because we are so tightly coupled with Hartford and the CTE stuff, I think it makes sense to follow them so that we end up together in the same CISA for shared services. So, uh, while technically I think it might be Norwich is the one that would request the reassignment because all of the CTE services flow through Dresden, which is why I wanted to bring it up here for for this body's consideration to see if it made sense to everybody. >> How many CESAS are proposed, Neil? >> Five. Five. I was thinking >> Yeah, I'd have to go back and read the we can um you know certainly the intent
043is to come forward with a much better um synopsis of what passed in that new um education transformation bill that's going to be important to the district. Um but this is one of those items that I think was going to require some movement sooner rather than later. Um, >> now you mentioned there might be a 30 and a 45day deadline. You want to always >> So that Yeah, that is so the new CES are going to be governed by a board of directors. That board of directors um was going to consist of a board member um appointed by each of the member school districts that are in that CISUS. So um within 30 days of the governor's signature passing of the bill, um those >> not signed it yet, just to clarify, >> he has
044not signed it yet as of today. Um so within 30 days of his signing the bill into law um those member districts need to appoint one of their board members um or designate to serve on that new CISA board and then within 45 days of signing the bill into law that board needs to meet. you anticipate with your understanding of the law that Dresden would have a vote on that proposed regional board since that we had Vermont students or would it just >> not Dresden per se but um well I mean you bring up a good point right so the the the board the the body that is um enumerated in statute is SAU70. You could, I guess depending on how you want to interpret that. It's either a board member from the I guess
045I was originally interpreting it would be a board member from the Norwich board that sat on that board, but maybe you could interpret that that it's a board member from the wider SAU board that would serve on that board. >> Well, where I was going is possibly the Norwich board and the SAU board. >> I don't think you're going to get two votes. I think you're only going to get one. Um, yeah. So, I think you're only going to get one design. Um, and this one might be some clarification that we want to reach out to. >> Well, I hate to say the AOE. >> Yeah. I get curious about I mean because we're one district like the implications right are prim primarily for the special ed department and I mean I've worked in a
046state that had these models and that's the benefit right like you don't have your own speech pathologists right you share it with other small schools right and it's very effective in rural settings um and I'm just curious what that means for vets's team I think this is like down the road once it's established perhaps not next year but I mean I think it's like potentially Dresden is not accessing those folks. But um what does that mean in terms of a >> the special ed team? And I don't know how much that works if Norwich staff are just Norwitch staff or if we have people who travel between who are elementary speech pathologists in our district. >> People who travel between Yeah. two states. >> So I think about like what is that implication for a
047staffing model like it's bigger than >> Yeah. >> Mary Cross. >> Yeah. All of those things I anticipate will be worked out in the formation of the ceases. Um and I do get a sense that and there will be um my understanding is there will be a fee for participation in these entities and then on top of that if the district decides to protect themselves of one of the shared services there would probably be some cost uh associated with that as well too. Um, you know, I do think that beyond just the special education stuff, uh, you know, we all know the challenges of finding, you know, BAS in this current environment, um, shared services around business and finance and administration might be something that's really, um, >> you know, could be very beneficial for
048some of those member districts. So, >> and Neil, are you looking for anything actionable tonight or is this more of an FYI that there might be additional meetings over? FYI, well, a FYI, I wanted to get um essentially a head nod that the Dresden board agrees that reassignment would be appropriate. Um, and if that headnod is there, then we can task the right people to sort of follow up on what are the next steps to pursue that reassignment. >> Any further clarifying questions on that, Neil and or Gina, and then I'll go. >> It's we I think we I can't remember if we talked about this as a board or if it was a side conversation. I think if we can get a job description of or a set of roles of what they want
049for the liaison or whatever the person is called for the CISA, I think that will help us as a board figure out who the right person would be. >> Yeah. I don't think I don't think that the law laid that out. >> Um we could infer what the qualities and qualifications would be based on the role that the cease is going to play in in educational services. or if there's expectations. I think things like are the meetings required to be in person are the meetings at certain times of day. I think that will help us decide if it does wind up being an SAU to board norm which we only have four >> five but so >> I just think that would help us make a better decision. >> That would be especially >> where
050the meeting Yeah. >> Can you can you be remote travelers? And then Neil, my question would just be only as far as you know, since it's such a fast moving process in a devil's advocate sense, is there any advantage to being in our proposed location in the northeast area or unattended concerts of moving or trying to move without success? Anything like that? had a flower. >> Well, let me >> Yeah, I don't nothing any unintended consequences of moving or attempting to move. >> Not that I can foresee at this point in time, but yeah, I mean these this whole CISA structure just >> came about in law just a few, you know, well, it's not technically law yet, but the bill has passed. So, this is this is new territory for all of us. Well,
051>> I would just say it behooves us to move if we're able to because I would prefer to be aligned with our CTE because we have connections with them already. So, and with the school districts around us, so >> makes sense. Um, this is a little bit of a tangent, but Neil brings up brings up to me another piece that was approved by legislation in Vermont is that they're going to roll out an electronic health record for all school nurses that will need to be implemented. And I don't know if that has implications beyond Mary and Cro. >> They have so many, >> but they picked an EHR. >> One of the five funniest things I've ever heard. >> Me too, but it's happening. >> Board representative calling for it, right? >> But it makes
052me curious like Yeah. I don't know if we are on the same EHR if our nurse has had that. Yeah, Robin, go ahead. >> I've actually asked about that because they want to move to SNAP and we've talked about that here in the past because our Vermont has used SNAP and we do not. We use powers school for all of our schools. So, I sent an email to the AOE just to see what the situation is going to be for us because we use our school forever. So, >> I don't think it's I think they just approved a net electron health. I don't have my >> I think we can we can discuss that further as them. I mean I think many school districts are going to be in that place. I mean some districts
053pay for a separate electronic health record, >> right? >> And it's going to roll out sometime. >> Yeah. >> Anything else to discuss with on what Neil brought forth or anything else on the Vermont side of the river in terms of recent legislative legal things? Otherwise, in terms of the New Hampshire side, uh Deb, Tara, Kelly have joined us. Anything specific to Dresden we want to talk about or do we want for SAU? Well, I would say that the HB 434 or SB 434, which has passed both the House and Senate and would ban books, films, teaching materials in a much broader way than um previous bands have talked about doing that. that is headed currently to Kelly Aayat's desk and the ACLU has a an online petition that you can use to sign it.
054I sent the link to you, Ben, and Robin and Kelly. Um, if that's something that the board wants to circulate, I would encourage that. It's a pretty quick thing to do. And then we can talk about the um tax cap bill in the SAU meeting, although it applies >> to Dresden. >> Absolutely. Does. >> Yeah. >> And there's also the federal voucher bill, which Kelly AOT has signed us all into, enrolled us all in, and that has implications as well. Starts in January. >> Say, say that again. >> Just so you know, I see you have some discussion. Oh, good. Love a good spicy discussion. >> Also, no open enrollment for the year, right? >> Yes. That's gone. At least for now, momentarily. >> For the year. >> Yeah. >> All right. I think that's
055it for >> I think that's it for legislative updates. We're going to move on. Superintendent report. Rob, anything you wish to highlight beyond what you already put in? >> Just I want to thank Anissa for filling in for the year as our interim principal and for her many years of service at the Francis Richmond School when the middle school was here and then moving into the new district. It's been was really amazing for her to step up and be willing to do that for us for the year. It's hard position to be in. So, I just want her to know how much we appreciate all she's done and her many years of service here. >> We should all for that. Um, Robin and her part also put on some updates to her smart goals for
056the year. Does anyone have any questions for Robin on those initiatives? >> Rob, anything? >> No, I I figured I'd talk about that in SAU. Tara, >> I did have a question about the capital improvement. Yes. >> Committee >> wondering if at some point we might want to consider um some kind of forward liaison or representative on that committee because >> it's hard to get information. >> Yeah. >> And I don't want that to disrupt our budget process as we start rolling it out quite soon. So, I'm just trying to, you know, just imagine how can we >> how can we better integrate that uh committee's work into the work that we're all about to do. >> Yeah. I mean, we can easily add someone if board member wants to serve on it. And now
057we're putting everything online and assembly all pieces. So, now might be a good time for someone to join if they want to. What's happening now is the Tony and Theresa are meeting with each of the principles to go through the plans that they've come up with based on what TX Colin had, the meetings with the principles, meetings with their groups of people and all of that's going into assembly so we can actually see the capital improvement plan laid out. But yeah, I mean, we're happy to have a board member on the capital improvement plan committee if anyone wants to be a volunteer. Do you think >> we didn't initially want to do that because of the, you know, having it and >> having a forum and all that when it's so difficult oftenimes to get
058people, but I I don't have a problem with it. So, >> do I mean it doesn't necessarily have to be a a voting member or anything. I'm just trying to get the how do we integrate the information and not miss out because of the you know the cadence of their meeting time work and you know so how do we better manage that >> as I recall and I would be far more harm with this that even if it's board members a non- voting liaison or equivalent that would still make it a public meeting right I remember Ray had an issue with that a couple years ago >> yes >> okay >> that work with like the council though so we have a leazison public council people can the public can come high and the time
059to >> and they do. >> There you go. >> And I think that'd be an essay discussion as well, right? >> Yeah. >> Right. Anything else for Robin Superintendent report beyond what we discussed? Michael, thank you. I forgot about that. >> Oh, um, since Anessa is not here, um, again, since we're hitting the end of the road here school year, >> did the middle school math results stand out to you? And if so, did you have any discussion with Anessa about it? >> Yes, we we well, we've been having discussions about this. So, yes, we will be and we'll obviously be talking to the new incoming principal about the results. >> So, >> and and Michael, were you on Zoom when brought up some? >> Yeah. Okay. >> Yeah. I heard Zoom all the way
060into Lebanon Street. >> Oh, okay. and we were intending to go over some of the survey results tonight as well. Um, obviously that's not happening. At least not as of yet. >> So Rene, >> um, on that note though, those eighth graders are going to be in ninth grade and we do have Julie here. >> So I don't know if there's a conversation. >> There's a dear headlights >> about how you support those kids because that has been such a hot topic. So >> yeah. Well, and I've been meeting actually with the math the K through 12 math team. So, we obviously we did not have these results at that point, but we've been talking about the transition of eighth graders into 9th grade anyway because we have so many different discrepancies like very high
061numbers of students who are taking some online classes that's impacting where they're going to end up. So yes, all of this will play into what happens in the ninth grade and where students are ending up selecting classes and so yeah and I don't know if Julie wants to add anything about that but we have been meeting with the K through 12 math team to talk about just these issues. We've also heard from the surveys which I like I said are going to be announced next week where parents have referred multiple parents referred to the maths being a lost year for their kids and that lines up because now we ask about grades with the eighth graders as well. So there's parents have lost feelings this as well as they should. >> Oh no no no
062sorry more to come on that. >> Yes >> we are. >> Let me add to yes >> kind of segue us into my report. Um we have lots of staff members in Dresden from both the schools that have signed up for summer work. >> Um and when when folks put in a proposal to do summer curriculum work um so far largely they get to determine a lot of what they plan to do. Um these results are pretty new like Robin said. Um, but given these results and conversations that we'll have with current administration, incoming administration, I think we can make a a pretty good plan for some of our curriculum time to review results, >> understand what happened, and create a plan for the future. So, that's also on my mind thinking about uh supporting
063these curriculum work teams summer. >> Lauren, you want to stand and walk us through your thing? >> I don't need to walk you through it. It's very lengthy. Some of you have seen portions of it before at other board meetings. Um I guess I would just uh I would just say that a lot happened at the SAU this year. >> Um I learned a lot. Um we got a lot of work done and um we spent some great grant money to get some additional things into our schools. um this work will continue and I'm really starting to think about uh instead of thinking year by year strategically in three years what do I want to accomplish in five years what do I want to accomplish um and I plan to work with Robin over the
064summer to create some of those more long-term goals for myself as we start thinking about budget moving forward uh you know this is my final meeting with you all as your technology director >> it's been a wild But just uh you know I would say before I turn this over um to our new technology director that we're going to continue to see as we see in many areas increases in costs of things and technology is particularly being hard hit right now. So, as we think about the budget for next year, think about what our schools and what our SAU need in the realm of technology. Um, I think it just would be appropriate to be prepared uh to hear that those costs are rising like in many other areas. Um, and I'm just really excited
065to onboard our our new person and look forward to supporting him. Um, and also keeping that connection alive because more and more technology and curriculum are very much intertwined. Um, I'm happy to answer any questions you might have after I say one more thing. I added two more attachments for you today. Um, because we've been another thing that we've been working on is an exciting partnership with Dartmouth. And so I've included a couple of flyers in there because there's an awesome session happening in August that all of our educators and educators from two other SAUs are invited to and I would consider you to be invited as well. There's some really cool sessions that our Dartmouth folks are um in partnership are putting on for us and I think it's going to be a really
066fun event. Um if you'd like to sign up, please do. Um and hopefully you'll see continued collaboration with Dartmouth and our other community folks as we move forward. I've been thinking about that as well. Now I can answer questions if you have anything. >> Thank you for that call out, Lauren. >> I would love to go to that. I already know I'm traveling, but I would encourage folks to go if they have the time. It needs looks like all day activity on a Wednesday. So keep that in mind, >> but it looks really cool. >> And if you can pop in for one, do it. It's like you don't have to worry about um being strict on your attendance, too. >> Any questions or comments for Lauren? I >> I hope is I just want
067to thank you again for the work to create more support systems and translating our documents and our procedures and all our matters for families. I just think that's both way overdue clearly. Um but I it's not something that I thought about so I'm glad you thought about it and I really like that you have identified satisfaction rates as targets. So, thank you for that. >> Welcome. I already have year two in the works, which you'll hear about in August because it will inform budget. So, you're welcome. And thank you. >> Great. Thanks. Moving along to the business of administrator's report. Uh Teresa, anything you want to highlight apart from what you already mentioned earlier? >> Um want me just cover the first page. I'll let you read the rest. >> Okay. Um basically, I just
068want to highlight some of the revenues on the on the page 1.0. I kind of broke the revenues out. You'll if you notice that in the past it's kind of been truncated very um very short and everything else. So I broke that out so you could see the differences within the different um areas of the revenues that we receive. Um kind of happy how I feel like how this year has kind of played out given that we were hit with that uh insurance assessment of $560,000. Um, with that being said, our budget was still able to absorb that and still have a savings of about $7,000 in our expenditures when we were done. >> So, it was on the positive side. Um, we came into this with a fund balance retained of about 511,000. So,
069we're looking at I took the glasses off. 6841,000. Um and so we'll go into um and obviously this is un audited and everything else. Um and so but we're looking at roughly about 681,000 um available for retainage and speaking about un audited. So I don't have the Dresen audit report yet. It's in the final. Again, I know they've been working through these. I just got handovers on no it's not relevant here but I got handovers on Friday and everything else. So that should be coming next. Um so I'll do the same thing. I'll review them once I get the final draft. I'll get it uploaded and then I'll notify the chair that it's available and the anticipation would be in August at the next meeting. Um you would have time to review and then approve
070them >> or have questions. Gina person. >> I don't know if it's for Teresa or Robin or both, but it's interesting that we have higher revenue than expected. I'm curious, do we know what any of the drivers were on >> student tuition? >> Tuition, but like more like taking it a step further if >> what potentially is driving more tuition based. No, I mean for the for the line students when we when it was initially and I can't necessarily speak to that budget when it was set then >> but we actually had more students come than had been budgeted. >> I see. >> So that was part of it. >> Okay. I just didn't know if there's like >> a lot of kids from >> a special influx. No, >> not not anything in particular.
071>> Okay. >> Thanks, >> Neil. Um, can you remind me again what did what did we end up doing about the the revenue shortfall from the tax collection in handover? >> So, because Dresden has to be made whole because Norwich would be adversely affected. So, Handover still pays the $366,000 to Dresden. So, that is included on my little page 1.1. I note it that um where I list the different um any details about the revenues and stuff like that. Um and so I note there that 366,000 is included in that assessment. >> Okay. So then so the handover school district >> No, no. I just like that you guys are seeing a a hit on the >> Yes. Yes. >> Anything else for Teresa? >> All right. Thank you, Teresa. >> We do have need
072for a nonpublic tonight on a variety of issues. So, I'd like to take a motion for AB, C, and L. >> Make one. Um, >> she's going for it. >> It didn't doesn't tell me how. Uh, I'd like to make a motion to move into non-public session for A, B, and L. >> Deb, you want to do the full lingo? >> I It's just written down in the re next to the move move to enter into nonpublic session at 7:10 p.m. on RSA 91- calling three >> Roman numeral 2 A, B, C, and L. >> Thank you. Seconded by Renee. Uh, starting with the virtual people, Garrett, Ben Kelly. >> Uh, sorry, >> McConnell. Yes. >> Neil, yes. >> Yes. >> Christie, yes. Sullivan, yes. >> Yes. Nelson, yes. Yes. Russell, yes. Yes. And Keen,
073yes. We'll come back in a bit. Thanks, Yeah, do it. >> We are back to everyone. Thank you for your patience. Um, at 7:55 p.m. with the motion to approve the new hires. We have one teacher erently missing from this. So, I'm going to add them and and do the recommendation myself. Move to approve hiring Scott Gendzer as a 1.0 FDE teacher at RMS, Bridget Cameron as a 6 FTE nurse at HHS, Susan Cop as a point8 FD math teacher at HHS, and Theo Dunky as a 0.9 FD English teacher at HHS as presented. Can I have a second, please? Second by Deb. We need to do a roll call vote for the virtual folks. Uh Garrett, if you would. >> Not Garrett again. Thank Oh yeah, sorry. I don't think I'd do this one.
074>> Yeah, sorry. >> Bad night for that. >> Come back to me to close the meeting. >> Yes. >> Christy, yes. Sivven, yes. Yes. >> Nelson, yes. >> Yes. Russell, yes. >> Yes. >> And Keiny, yes. Thank you all. Um, second opportunity for public to address the board. Anyone wish to speak on some of tonight's agenda can do so now virtually or in person. Okay. Seeing none, um, if you have any agenda topics for the next meeting, please feel free to send them to me. We are now on our summer hiatus and I will see you all on August 18th, unless there's a dire need to meet earlier. There won't be, but there's always that possibility. There's an SEU meeting immediately to follow and I will take a motion to adjourn the meeting. >> Gary,
075yes. >> Thank you, Derek. Uh, I move to end the meeting at 7:57 at 57. >> Seconded by Terry. We heard from Garrett going with Neil. >> Yes. >> Danton, yes. >> Christie, yes. >> Sullivan, yes. Jon, yes. >> Nelson, yes. >> Yes. >> Russell, yes. >> Also, less than two hours for Dresden. Not too bad. I think