Windham Southeast Supervisory Union School Board
Minutes — December 6, 2023
Directors present: Anne Beekman, Kerry Amidon, Tim Maciel, Deborah Stanford
Via Zoom: Kelly Young
Mark Speno, Frank Rucker, Tate Erikson, Kevin Drury, Whitney Lynde, Brin Tucker, Brandy Levesque
(List of Zoom attendees as of 6:15 at the end of the minutes)
CALL TO ORDER—6:00 p.m. – Anne Beekman, Chair
On a motion by the chair the board voted to amend the agenda to remove warrants and payroll as they were approved at the last meeting.
Mark requested the board adopt the new job description for the position of Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment. A discussion ensued around the job description presented.
The board tabled the job description. It will be distributed to both boards and return to the SU Board’s agenda for our December 13th meeting.
On a motion by Deborah Stanford the board moved to approve the minutes of November 29, 2023.
Frank Rucker walked through the proposed WSESU FY25 Special Education Revenue and Expenditure Detail document. In sum the proposal is up 8.74% to a total of $19,003,426.
Tate introduced the team who discussed their areas of focus for improvement and the work they continue to do to meet the Continuous Improvement Plan goals. Brandy discussed the pre-school area and the new classroom being added at the Canal Street facility. Whitney spoke of her elementary groups focus on literacy and how changes in the law allow special educators to spend more time on teaching reading. According to a recent survey, the new case management model is working very well. Kevin also discussed how the case management model is working at BAMS and their desire to expand it to BUHS. They will use a vacancy to add a case manager, without adding to the budget, to build more capacity to keep kids in classrooms and work toward the CIP goal of 80% of students spending 80% of their time in core classes.
OLD BUSINESS
The board had a 2nd reading of the following policies:
E10 – School Crisis Prevention & Response
E15 – Security Cameras
F9 – Student Substance Abuse Prevention
An update was given on the Food Service program. The immediate issues discussed last week have been addressed and some of the expected “later changes” have already been instituted such as the new menu item of a burrito bowl. A draft survey has been received by the administration for their feedback.
NEW BUSINESS
The board had a 1st reading of the following policies:
C9 – Nondiscrimination
D11 – Public Complaints -Personnel
F2 – Bus Discipline
PUBLIC COMMENT – there was none
On a motion by Kerry, the board voted to adjourn at 7:34 pm.
Notes respectfully submitted
Kerry Amidon
