WINDHAM SOUTHEAST SCHOOL DISTRICT
53 Green Street
Brattleboro, VT 05301
www.wsesu.org
NOTICE OF BOARD MEETING
The Windham Southeast School District Board will meet remotely at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 via Zoom.
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AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – David Schoales, Board Chair
II. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS
III. CONSENT AGENDA
• CLERK’S REPORT – Approval of Minutes – February 16, February 19, February 23, 2021
• FINANCE
Warrants of February 1, 2021
Warrant No. 1224 in the amount of $ 6,426.25
Warrant No. 1228 in the amount of 2,250.00
Warrant No. 1229 in the amount of 162.92
Warrant No. 1230 in the amount of 3,696.00
Warrant No. 1231 in the amount of 14,409.11
Warrant No. 1232 in the amount of 106,292.75
$133,237.03
Warrants of February 8, 2021
Warrant No. 1234 in the amount of $ 33,233.47
Warrant No. 1235 in the amount of 311.00
Warrant No. 1236 in the amount of 1,186.76
Warrant No. 1237 in the amount of 843,809.94
$878,541.17
Warrants of February 15, 2021
Warrant No. 1238 in the amount of $693.39
Warrant No. 1239 in the amount of 314.97
Warrant No. 1244 in the amount of 5,469.75
Warrant No. 1246 in the amount of 2,500.00
Warrant No. 1247 in the amount of 1,595.23
Warrant No. 1248 in the amount of 158,583.81
Warrant No. 1249 in the amount of 10,176.58
$179,333.73
Warrants of February 22, 2021
Warrant No. 1251 in the amount of $ 373.59
Warrant No. 1253 in the amount of 35,116.88
Warrant No. 1254 in the amount of 1,195.00
Warrant No. 1255 in the amount of 58,128.26
$94,813.73
Payrolls
January 29, 2021 $1,254,600.91
February 12, 2021 $1,374,035.27
IV. COMMUNICATIONS
V. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
• COVID Update of Ongoing Expansion of In-person Instruction
VI. FISCAL REPORT
• New Information or Documents Relating to Elementary and Secondary School
Emergency Relief (ESSER) and COVID Relief Fund (CRF) Grant Opportunities
VII. COMMITTEE REPORTS
• Leadership Council Reports
• WSESD/WSESU Diversity/Equity Committee
• Finance Committee
• Personnel Committee
• Policy and Amendment Committee
• Programmatic and Performance Equity Committee
• Climate Crisis Task Force
• Communications Council
• Social Justice Committee
• Early Education
• WSESU Board
VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
IX. NEW BUSINESS
A. Academy School Addition/Renovation Project Review – Possible Action
• Use of Fund Balance and Reserves in the Budget Process – The Board will
consider funding options for the proposed Academy Construction Project.
X. Public Comment on Non-agenda Items
EXECUTIVE SESSION (If Needed)
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Note: These proposed minutes should be considered preliminary until they are approved by the Board at a future meeting.
WINDHAM SOUTHEAST SCHOOL DISTRICT (WSESD) BOARD
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2021
REGULAR BOARD MEETING – 6:00PM
REMOTE LOCATION
DRAFT MINUTES
WSESD Board Members Present:
WSESU Administrators Present: Andrew Skarzynski (Superintendent); Frank Rucker (Finance Director)
Media Present: Rich Melanson (BCTV)
Others Present: Wendy M. Levy (Board Recorder),
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair DS called the meeting to order at 6:02pm.
II. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS
DS reviewed online meeting etiquette.
DS announced changes to the agenda, including:
• Tabling Item A under New Business—about the possible change in the meeting schedule—until July because of a conflict that is not easily resolved.
• Nearly the entire agenda is tabled to allow for time to review the Communication Council’s district merger pamphlets.
III. CONSENT AGENDA
– Clerk’s Report: Approval of the minutes of the February 2, 2021 meeting.
MOTION BY TN TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 2, 2021 MINUTES. TM SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
No amendments or discussion.
IV. COMMUNICATIONS
DS reported receiving communications from the Windham County NAACP about a poster and essay contest. Mikaela Simms shared the pamphlet announcing the contest, and explained the details. She noted this is a joint project between the NAACP and the WSESU Office of Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice. A discussion ensued on how the contest will be promoted in schools.
V. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
Gregg Stoller, WSESU STEP Behavior Coach, gave a presentation on social and emotional learning (SEL), and Panorama Surveys, an SEL assessment tool. Highlights included:
• Gregg’s background working with the district.
• A definition of SEL.
• What constitutes effective SEL programming, and its components.
• The nationwide focus on SEL.
• Examples of current WSESU SEL programming, which, Gregg noted, has been in use for some
time, but there is a new focus on it.
• A timeline of unified SEL programs in WSESU.
• SEL vs. SEAD (social-emotional academic development): the WSESU team uses SEAD and
why.
• Goals and steps taken for SEAD implementation at the WSESU.
• The CASEL SEL framework.
• Committee recommendations on the SEAD assessment tool.
• Panorama Surveys meets the recommendations.
• About Panorama Surveys; who developed it, who is using it, and what does the research behind it look like?
• Samples of assessment surveys in Panorama that students, families, and staff can take, and how the results can be used.
• Additional topics and features of Panorama.
• A feature of Panorama: “The Playbook,” which includes resources to help move from data to action.
• The team is conducting its first survey on teachers’ assessment of their students’ SEAD competencies.
• Plans for the next survey.
• Goals for the next school year.
• Panorama is a valuable tool to help raise success for students in the entire district.
DS thanked Gregg for a comprehensive presentation. DS noted the challenges with finding so much time for professional development.
EMK asked about the number of questions in the surveys. She also asked if these surveys will replace the student climate surveys. Gregg responded.
Jaime Contois asked if the data from Panorama will be shared with Leadership Councils, too, or if it is just for staff. Gregg responded.
DS asked how Panorama intersects with MTSS and restorative justice. Gregg responded.
Hannah Neff asked whether Panorama is an assessment tool, and not an intervention. Gregg responded.
DS said he would like Gregg to return to a future meeting.
VI. FISCAL REPORT
Tabled by DS.
VII. COMMITTEE REPORTS
All except the Social Justice Committee and the Communications Council were tabled by DS.
SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
– Members of the Social Justice Committee will Recommend Narrative Around Our “Ongoing
Social Justice and Anti-Racist Commitment” on All Recruitment Documents
– Members of Social Justice will Recommend Including a Diverse Group of Student Volunteers on the BAMS and BUHS Screening and Hiring Committees
TN reported that at the last meeting, committee members discussed the following:
• Trainings in the long-term and short-term.
• Adding language to employment listings that mention “the commitment,” and adding a link to the commitment on the district website.
• Adding an African-American Studies curriculum to BUHS, and TN asked what presently exists.
• That students should be included in the BAMS and BUHS hiring process.
DS asked for administrators’ input on the last item.
Superintendent Andy Skarzynski noted the district’s hiring practices are in the Superintendent’s purview, and he will take the suggestion under advisement. He added the idea has come up in the administration’s conversations. Andy asked for input from BUHS Principal Steve Perrin and BAMS Principal Keith Lyman.
KY expressed her concerns with students having access to sensitive personal information about applicants.
SM reported on an email conversation he had about this with Steve Perrin; specifically, how to integrate this idea into the existing process.
Steve Perrin discussed the existing hiring process at BUHS and how students and families are involved, and concerns relating to KY’s comment.
DS said the Board could invite the administration and others to the next committee meeting to discuss this.
DS called for a break from 6:59pm to 7:04pm.
COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL
– The Council Will Present Long and Short Form Drafts of Informational pamphlets Relating to the Town Ballot Articles on School District Withdrawals
SM made a point-of-order on the changes DS made to the agenda. SM expressed concerns with this change, and asked if the Chair is empowered to unilaterally make this decision.
DS responded: Yes, Robert’s Rules of Order allow it, and allow a Board member to appeal the Chair’s decision. DS explained the process. DS noted the information on the upcoming vote on whether to dissolve the merger is the most pressing concern, and the Board needs to focus on that.
SM said he had no objection as long as some financial information is included, and the Finance Director can provide input. DS said that what is included in the discussion is not up to him.
DS read a statement inspired by a communication from a Board member about Act 46. Highlights from the communication include:
• Concerns with the community’s history with Act 46, including scare tactics and individuals
presenting opinions as facts.
• The Board is relinquishing the dissolution decision to voters.
• It’s the Board’s responsibility to provide information to voters, and the Board gave this task to the Communications Council.
• Statute supporting the Board’s duty to provide information to voters.
DS explained how the Board will provide information to voters.
DS shared the draft short-form pamphlet, which explains the ballot questions, what they mean, and information on the district and the Board.
DS reviewed the pamphlet line-by-line and solicited questions and objections from Board members.
A lengthy discussion ensued, with questions, objections, and suggestions for edits made by Board members, Andy, and WRCC Director Nancy Wiese.
Highlights included:
• Drafting the budget.
• SM noted he had not seen this document before this meeting, which makes it difficult to assess. DS responded: he and MG were the only Board members who saw the document before the meeting, and he explained why.
• The process DS is using to review this draft.
• The BUHS bond.
• School choice and tuition, and what statute indicates.
• The cost of BUHS renovations and the towns’ liabilities toward it.
• How a dissolution would affect BUHS, BAMS, and WRCC.
• If the dissolution happens, would what replaces the WSESD be close to what existed before the merger?
• That the pamphlet does not speculate on what could happen after the vote, and why the pamphlet was drafted this way.
• Statute that supports re-forming the BUHS Board.
• Whether BUHS becomes property of the Town of Brattleboro if the merger dissolves.
• The lack of information, guidance, and statute about most implications of dissolving the merger.
• What the pamphlet can include and what it cannot include, as per legal advice.
• How WRCC fits in with school choice.
DS, and MG, Chair of the Communications Council, provided explanations and answered questions.
Putney Leadership Council Chair Ruby McAdoo took notes and made edits to the document, and read the edits out-loud.
MG noted council members received advice from an attorney when developing this pamphlet.
DS called for a break from 8:11pm to 8:16pm.
DS asked the Board for their thoughts on the process for editing and approving the pamphlet. Ruby read the edited version. A discussion ensued.
MOTION BY TM TO APPROVE THE BULLET POINT ON THE PAMPHLET AS PRESENTED. AB SECONDED.
A discussion ensued. DS asked TM and AB to withdraw the motion to amend it.
MOTION BY TM TO WITHDRAW THE LAST MOTION. AB SECONDED. MOTION WAS WITHDRAWN.
A discussion ensued on the final bullet point on the pamphlet. Andy provided an explanation: the Agency of Education rule is that the State Board of Education has no power to re-form BUHS 6 and its Board, and there is no statute to address this. The statute, said Andy, only indicates that students in Brattleboro will attend Brattleboro High School, but there is no governance structure addressed in the statute.
MG noted she and the two other members of the Communications Council, Jaime Contois and Robin Morgan, spent hundreds of hours studying this.
A discussion ensued.
MOTION BY TM TO APPROVE THE SIXTH BULLET POINT IN THE “FINANCES AND BUDGETS” SECTION AS AMENDED, CONTINGENT ON THE VOTE OF THE “TOTAL DISSOLUTION” BULLET POINT. SECONDED BY AB.
DS TOOK A ROLL-CALL VOTE
AB: YEA
LA: YEA
MG: YEA
TN: YEA
SM: ABSTAIN
KY: YEA
JR: YEA
TM: YEA
EMK: YEA
MOTION CARRIED 8-1, WITH ONE ABSTENTION
The review and discussion on the pamphlet continued, with Board members making suggestions for edits, objecting outright to some bullet points, approving some bullet points, and explanations being offered. Finance Director Frank Rucker participated.
DS called for a break from 9:13pm to 9:18pm.
The Board resumed reviewing, discussing, and editing the pamphlet.
DS opened up comments and questions to the public. He reminded them that this discussion is only about the pamphlet and the work the Board has just done on it. A lengthy discussion ensued with many WSESD staff, committee members, families, and community members participating, including: Bethany Ranquist, Ruby McAdoo, Ellen Rago, Beth Bristol, Maggie Foley, Regina Stefanelli, Tosha Tillman, Emily Marker, Emily Hartz, Tammy McNamara, Molly Stoner, Jody Normandeau, Jaime Contois, Peter Welch, Robin Morgan, Joann (no last name given), and Alisha Kaeppel Wilcox.
Highlights included:
• Praise for the Communications Council for their work.
• Disappointment that the Board waited so long to get information to the public.
• Concerns with DS “shushing” MG during the meeting.
• Concerns with the subjective “slant” of the pamphlet.
• A lack of clarity about who created the pamphlet.
• Confusion about the Board’s meetings and the process for addressing this issue.
• Questions about when the public will have access to the long-form version of this document.
• The Board’s plans for disseminating this information, and whether the pamphlets will be printed in local newspapers.
• What role the Agency of Education had in this process.
• An explanation, from Board members, about why this is happening now, and why they are engaging in this process.
• A query into how the Board knows the dissolution question is so urgent, and if this information is accurate.
• Financial and staffing implications of a dissolved merger, and where on the website this information can be found.
• The Communication Council’s role and how it relates to this project and process. MG noted these pamphlets are “above and beyond” the Council’s role, and they did this work as a sort of gift.
• Frustration that Leadership Council and teachers’ input was not solicited.
• A reading of a letter to the Board, about this vote, written and signed by a group of Dummerston School staff.
• A concern that the public is voting on their feelings about Act 46 without updated information on how the district has fared since the merger.
• Information about discussions at the state level about removing the option to dissolve mergers. Jody Normandeau invited interested parties to contact her for further information.
• A letter expressing dismay about an article by TN in “Views of Dummerston” about the merger, and what the Board will do about it.
• Whether the Board sought legal advice, the nature of that advice, possible legal implications of dissolving the merger, and what of this can go into the pamphlet.
• A reminder that the Board is not making the merger decision—that is the voters’ decision. A counter that the Board did make the decision when it placed these articles on the ballot without asking for public input.
• That a vote on dissolving the merger may not be binding.
• Who asked for the dissolution articles to go on the ballot.
• That the Board has the authority to make its meeting agendas, and why it followed this process.
• How transitional boards may or may not happen should the dissolution occur.
• A reminder that these issues are all confusing and unprecedented, that this Board supports its staff, as evidenced during COVID, and to please remember this before attacking this Board and its members.
• Can this vote get postponed, or re-voted?
• The process for approving press releases.
DS closed public comment.
The Board agreed, because of the late hour, to call a Special Meeting to edit and review the long-form informational pamphlet.
MOTION BY MG TO ADD A BULLET POINT TO THE PAMPHLET: “VERMONT STATUTE 16 V.S.A. § 724, ALLOWS TOWNS THAT HAVE VOTED TO FORM A UNIFIED DISTRICT TO VOTE TO WITHDRAW FROM THAT DISTRICT. THE WSESD IS A STATE-FORMED DISTRICT AND NO LAW APPLIES TO THEIR WITHDRAWAL.” SM SECONDED. [SEE BELOW FOR THE VOTE.]
MOTION BY KY TO AMEND THE PREVIOUS MOTION TO INCLUDE “THERE IS CURRENTLY NO PRECEDENT TO ADDRESS THE DISSOLUTION OF STATE-FORMED SCHOOL DISTRICTS.” LA SECONDED.
DS TOOK A ROLL-CALL VOTE
JR: YEA
EMK: NAY
TM: NAY
TN: YEA
MG: NAY
LA: ABSTAIN
AB: YEA
SM: NAY
KY: YEA
MOTION FAILED 4-4, WITH ONE ABSTENTION
MOTION BY KY TO AMEND MG’S ORIGINAL MOTION. SM SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
THE VOTE ON MG’S ORIGINAL MOTION: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
MOTION BY MG TO APPROVE THE SHORT-FORM PAMPHLET, AS AMENDED, FOR DISTRIBUTION. AB SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
MOTION BY MG TO SET A SPECIAL MEETING AS SOON AS QUORUM CAN BE MET TO APPROVE THE SIX-PAGE DOCUMENT. JR SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
DS shared rules about setting special and emergency meetings.
DS established Friday, February 19, as a possible date for the special meeting.
MG attempted to move that the Board hold a question-and-answer information session on February 22, but it was not seconded. DS questioned whether the Board can hold a meeting of this nature, and asked Andy for guidance. Andy said he would research this and share the results.
JR asked MG to send all Board members the six-page pamphlet so they may review it before Friday’s meeting. DS said he will send it, and he reminded Board members that this document is confidential, and to please not share it.
A discussion ensued on whether the Board could call a meeting on a weekend. DS said that if the Board properly warns it and makes quorum, the meeting can happen at any time. A discussion ensued on whether an information session needs to have quorum.
VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
IX. NEW BUSINESS
A. Possible Meeting Date Change to the Second and Fourth Tuesdays in order to Remove a Conflict for Brattleboro Residents and Media Persons Who Wish to be Able to Attend Brattleboro Select Board Meetings, Which Are on the First and Third Tuesdays DS tabled this item.
X. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
Maggie Foley mentioned legal issues.
Jaime Contois had a suggestion about press releases and information sessions.
MOTION BY AB TO ADJOURN. KY SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:28pm.
Respectfully submitted by Wendy M. Levy from minutes taken by Wendy M. Levy.
This represents my understanding of the above dated meeting. If you have any changes, please submit them at the next Board meeting.
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Note: These proposed minutes should be considered preliminary until they are approved by the Board at a future meeting.
WINDHAM SOUTHEAST SCHOOL DISTRICT (WSESD) BOARD
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2021
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING – 6:00PM
REMOTE LOCATION
DRAFT MINUTES
WSESD Board Members Present:
WSESU Administrators Present: Andrew Skarzynski (Superintendent); Frank Rucker (Finance Director)
Media Present: Rich Melanson (BCTV)
Others Present: Wendy M. Levy (Board Recorder),
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair DS called the meeting to order at 6:02pm.
II. WITHDRAWAL INFORMATION FLYER
The Board reviewed and deliberated over the long-form WSESD withdrawal flyer drafted by the Communications Council.
DS introduced the subject, including giving a brief history of the process.
DS reviewed meeting etiquette, including online considerations, and asserted the need for all parties to follow procedure to facilitate the Board achieving the goals of the warned meeting. As such, he reminded attendees to direct all comments to the Chair.
Jaime Contois asked about an information session and the press release.
DS shared the draft of the long-form information flyer, and reviewed its sections. The flyer detailed comparisons between the two possible outcomes of the upcoming vote—dissolving the merger, or retaining the merger—and their potential practical, operational, and financial implications. DS noted that many of the statements in the flyer were discussed at Tuesday’s regular Board meeting.
A lengthy discussion on the flyer ensued among Board members, Superintendent Andy Skarzynski, and Board Recorder Wendy M. Levy. Highlights included:
• Whether to change the mention of the number of Board members.
• Possible confusion over a section that referenced students paying tuition.
• Minor copy-edits.
• DS noted the role of Putney Central School Leadership Council (LC) Chair, Ruby McAdoo, who created much of the flyer’s contents for the LC.
• The teachers’ contract, and RIF implications.
• Whether to omit the “COVID” section, and its possible effects on voter confusion.
• How the vote could affect ESSER (Elementary & Secondary Schools Emergency Relief Act) funds and shared resources across the district’s schools.
• Clarification of the flyer’s authorship.
• Using “Vermont State Legislature,” or, “Vermont State Board of Education,” in some sections of the flyer.
• Using consistent language across both versions of the flyer: the short-form and the long-form.
MOTION BY TN TO CHANGE THE SENTENCE IN THE FLYER TO, “THERE IS NO LAW THAT ADDRESSES THE WITHDRAWAL OF STATE-FORMED DISTRICTS.” LA SECONDED.
A discussion ensued on the review process of editing and approving this document. MG objected to the motion on the grounds that it disrespected the work of the Communications Council. DS asked the Board to remain focused on the content, not on judgements of someone’s intentions behind wanting to make changes to the document.
DS TOOK A ROLL-CALL VOTE
LA: ABSTAIN
AB: ABSTAIN
TN: YEA
MG: NAY
SM: NAY
KY: YEA
TM: ABSTAIN
JR: NAY
MOTION FAILS WITH TWO YEAS, THREE NAYS, AND THREE ABSTENTIONS.
DS opened the floor to the public. He reminded attendees to keep their comments focused on the articles. DS reviewed the Robert’s Rules of Order procedures for being recognized by the Chair, and for speaking.
A discussion ensued on lack of a listing in the flyer for a Brattleboro information session, and the lack of a Brattleboro information session. Board members and the following attendees participated: Ruby McAdoo, Jaime Contois, and Bethany Ranquist.
DS said that the Board can conditionally approve the flyer to include mention of a session if there is a session to include.
MOTION BY SM TO APPROVE THE LONG-FORM INFORMATIONAL FLYER AS PRESENTED. TN SECONDED. THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
DS began a discussion on the Brattleboro information meeting, and a possible date for it: immediately after the budget meeting on Tuesday, February 23. DS noted that the budget meeting is historically brief, and that WSESD Finance Director Frank Rucker will have a lot of information on the budget to present to attendees.
MOTION BY JR TO ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING THE WSESD BOARD WILL BE AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BUDGET MEETING, USING THE SAME ZOOM LINK, TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ON THE SCHOOL WITHDRAWAL ARTICLES.
MG SECONDED. THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Andy requested an Executive Session before the meeting adjourns.
MG announced the Communications Council will work on publicizing the information session.
III. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
A lengthy discussion ensued, with Board members, Andy, and the following attendees participating:
Emily Hartz, Bethany Ranquist, Jaime Contois, Mary McLaughlin, Tosha Tillman, Alisha Kaeppel, Tammy McNamara, Ellen Rago,
Highlights included:
Gratitude for keeping consistent language in both versions of the flyer.
A question, and explanation, about how the long-form flyer will be distributed to the public.
A question about how members of the public can address their concerns with the Board.
A concern that the information session and the Brattleboro Selectboard meet-the-candidates meeting are happening at the same time.
A question about the names of the people who asked for these articles to be included on the Town Meeting ballot.
Whether the Board is required to release the names of its members who requested these articles be included on the Town Meeting ballot.
The process by which articles are included in the Town Meeting ballot vis-a-vis the Board and petitions.
A request for Board members to speak about why they voted to include these articles on the Town Meeting ballot.
If the Board decided not to make this decision available to voters, it would deny voters the opportunity to decide whether to dissolve the merger, and that would be inappropriate.
A concern that voters are overwhelmed and do not have enough information to vote.
A question about why this vote is happening now.
The reason for the LCs’ existence, and their role.
A request for more information about the LCs and their relationship to the Board.
A question about whether the LCs were consulted before the Board put these articles on the ballot, and a concern that this happened too quickly.
A discussion on LCs.
The history of local opposition to the Act 46 merger, and the request of many in the district to reverse it, as an explanation of why the Board put these items on the ballot.
An acknowledgement that voting to dissolve the merger will not actually “reverse” the merger and automatically bring schools back to their pre-merger structures.
DS called for a break from 7:43-7:48pm.
The discussion continued between the Board, Andy, and the following members of the public: Beth Bristol, Tara Castine, Maggie Foley, Robin Morgan, and Julianne Giordano.
Highlights included:
• The LCs.
• A request for Board members to rotate their schedules to attend each LC to get to know the people they are representing.
• A comment on the structure for the community to provide input at Board meetings.
• Gratitude for the time the Board put into this issue.
• Gratitude for the LCs.
• A complaint about prohibiting administrators from discussing the vote unless asked.
• A request to reschedule the regular Board meetings on a day different from the day the Brattleboro Selectboard meets.
• The challenges of scheduling regular Board meetings, and a commitment that the Board will keep trying to find a better meeting time.
• A question about whether all of the Board members will be at the information session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
MOTION BY MG TO ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS A PERSONNEL MATTER. TN SECONDED. THERE WAS NO VOTE ON THIS MOTION.
The Board invited Andy to join them.
The Board entered Executive Session at 8:05pm.
The Board rose from Executive Session at 8:27pm and took no action.
MOTION BY TM TO ADJOURN. TN SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:29pm.
Respectfully submitted by Wendy M. Levy from minutes taken by Wendy M. Levy.
This represents my understanding of the above dated meeting. If you have any changes, please submit
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Windham Southeast School District
Special Meeting – February 23, 2021
Called to order: 6:00 p.m.
• Frank Rucker discusses details of budget
• Public discussion of budget and its impacts
• Michelle Green presented a document on the proposed WSESD withdrawal article.
Public comments follow.
MOTION: Adjourn
MOVED: AB
SECONDED: TM
Unanimous: Yay
Adjourned @ 9:17 PM
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