WINDHAM SOUTHEAST SCHOOL DISTRICT
53 Green Street
Brattleboro, VT 05301
www.wsesu.org
NOTICE OF BOARD MEETING
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June 7, 2022 in the WRCC Cusick Conference Room and remotely via Zoom.
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AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – Kelly Young, Board Chair
II. CONSENT AGENDA
• CLERK’S REPORT – Approval of Minutes – May 17 and May 24, 2022
• FINANCES
Warrants of April 11, 2022
Warrant No. 1301 in the amount of $ 2,210.00
Warrant No. 1302 in the amount of 150.00
Warrant No. 1303 in the amount of 63,715.34
$66,075.34
Warrants of April 18, 2022
Warrant No. 1305 in the amount of $ 15.44
Warrant No. 1306 in the amount of 6,000.00
Warrant No. 1307 in the amount of 12,388.75
Warrant No. 1308 in the amount of 245.00
Warrant No. 1309 in the amount of 132,301.59
$150,950.78
Warrants of April 25, 2022
Warrant No. 1310 in the amount of $ 12,756.80
Warrant No. 1315 in the amount of 40.52
Warrant No. 1316 in the amount of 179.00
Warrant No. 1317 in the amount of 400,450.46
$413,426.78
Warrants of May 2, 2022
Warrant No. 1319 in the amount of $ 30,732.89
Warrant No. 1321 in the amount of 600.00
Warrant No. 1322 in the amount of 1,949.00
Warrant No. 1323 in the amount of 6,086.54
Warrant No. 1324 in the amount of 77,541.17
$116,909.60
Warrants of May 9, 2022
Warrant No. 1325 in the amount of $ 1,861.76
Warrant No. 1326 in the amount of 1,941.00
Warrant No. 1330 in the amount of 6,900.00
Warrant No. 1331 in the amount of 560.00
Warrant No. 1332 in the amount of 712.50
Warrant No. 1333 in the amount of 8,422.74
Warrant No. 1334 in the amount of 800,682.32
$821,080.32
Warrants of May 16, 2022
Warrant No. 1336 in the amount of $ 4,098.00
Warrant No. 1337 in the amount of 52,453.43
Warrant No. 1338 in the amount of 18,017.53
Warrant No. 1339 in the amount of 6,000.00
Warrant No. 1340 in the amount of 97,724.78
$178,293.74
Warrants of May 23, 2022
Warrant No. 1343 in the amount of $ 563.00
Warrant No. 1344 in the amount of 5,029.47
Warrant No. 1345 in the amount of 196,711.09
$202,303.56
Warrants of May 31, 2022
Warrant No. 1349 in the amount of $ 2,375.00
Warrant No. 1350 in the amount of 300.00
Warrant No. 1352 in the amount of 375.00
Warrant No. 1353 in the amount of 2,568.75
Warrant No. 1354 in the amount of 4,351.87
Warrant No. 1355 in the amount of 611,604.29
$621,574.91
April 8, 2022 $1,367,342.33
April 22, 2022 $1,371,915.92
May 9, 2022 $1,347,086.89
May 20, 2022 $1,591,346.33
III. Public Comment on Non-agenda Items (10 minutes)
IV. Unfinished Business
A. Sexual Abuse Investigation Update
B. Update to Follow-Up Plans Regarding SRO Task Force Recommendations
V. Committee Assignments
VI. Administrative Report
• Monthly Report for School Board
VII. Fiscal Report
VIII. New Business
A. Act 250 School Impact Questionnaire – Action Needed
B. Ellen P. Darrow Scholarship – Action Needed
C. Authorization for the Finance Committee to Act on the Board’s Behalf to Award
FY ’23 Capital Project Bids, and to Approve Warrants and Payrolls in July and August – Action Needed
D. Motion to Award the Guilford Central School HVAC Bid to BG Mechanical in the amount of $225,860 – Action Needed
E. Motion to Award the Academy School HVAC Bid to BG Mechanical in the amount of $374,988 – Action Needed
F. Summer Meeting Schedule
IX. Executive Session – 1V.S.A. §313(a)(1)(A) Contracts
Windham Southeast Supervisory District (WSESD) Board
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Executive Session
Motion made by KY to enter Executive Session under 1VSA §313 (a) (3) confidential attorney=client communications made for the purpose of providing legal services to the body. DST seconded.
Clerk), Shaun Murphy (SM), Michelle Green (MG)
Attending via Zoom: Emily Murphy-Kaur (EM), Anne Beekman (AB), Liz Adams (LA)
Invited guests: Attorney Kendall Hoechst, Dr. Chris Overtree.
7:16. Rose from Executive Session.
No action taken.
7:17. AB moved to adjourn. LA seconded.
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, MAY 17, 2022
REGULAR BOARD MEETING – 6:00PM
HYBRID MEETING: WRCC CUSICK CONFERENCE ROOM & REMOTELY VIA ZOOM
DRAFT MINUTES
WSESD Board Members Present: Chairperson Kelly Young (KY), Liz Adams (LA), Anne Beekman (AB), Michelle Green (MG), Tim Maciel (TM), Shaun Murphy (SM), Emily Murphy Kaur (EMK), David Schoales (DSC), Deborah Stanford (DST).
WSESD Board Members Absent: Lana Dever
WSESUWSESD Administrators Present: Mary Kaufmann, Kate Margaitis, Nancy Weise, Frank Rucker, Mark Speno, Keith Lyman, Paul Smith, Deb Gass, Liz Demick
Media Present:
Others Present: Emily Kornheiser, Mindy Haskins-Rogers, Jody Normandeau
Please note: this attendance may be incomplete.
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair KY called the meeting to order at 6:01pm.
KY announced the changes to the agenda.
MOTION BY KY TO AMEND THE AGENDA FOR THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS. DSC SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
II. CONSENT AGENDA
– CLERK’S REPORT –
Approval of Minutes – May 3 and May 10
MOTION BY TM TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF MAY 3 AND MAY 10. DST SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
III. PUPIL WEIGHING
Representative Emilie Kornheiser gave a presentation on the Legislature’s work on pupil weighing.
• The Legislature has been working on this in some form for about a decade.
• The current bill, S.287, which Emilie has worked on, passed in both the state Senate and House.
• A review of some recent legislation that passed which is relevant to the WSESD, including: universal school meals, a new grant program for mental health supports, Career Center funding, and other social-welfare supports.
• A brief history of S.287.
• What “student weights” means, which can be summarized as the recognition that different students cost a different amount of money to educate.
• Changes in S.287 to how the poverty weight is calculated.
• How S.287 will be evaluated.
• There is extra funding available for English-language learners.
• In the WSESD, there will likely be a tax increase and why, but there are protections built in and possible tax reductions.
• The funding models for the WSESD may change because the rates of poverty and number of English-language learners will likely change.
SM asked about the excess spending threshold. Emilie noted they are suspended until 2029.
MG asked about the definition of rural vs. non-rural districts. A discussion ensued.
SM asked about income-sensitive property tax rates in the state. Emilie said the Legislature is discussing using income vs. property values to determine an individual’s tax rate.
IV. COALITION FOR VERMONT STUDENT EQUITY
Tabled by KY until the next meeting.
V. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
KY reviewed the types of possible responses by the Board to members of the public who make comments during this section of the meeting.
Jody Normandeau of Dummerston thanked all those involved who facilitated the recording and producing of the Finance Committee meetings.
VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. Sexual Abuse Investigation Update
DSC gave the report. Highlights included:
• There is very little the Board can say.
• The Board has conferred with its attorney on what Board members can say without violating attorney-client privilege.
• The Board has received no information on ongoing investigations, so there is no report on that.
• The investigator and the attorney are editing and reviewing a statement the Board will share soon. It will be limited because protecting reporters’ confidentiality is paramount.
KY noted the Board is balancing the public’s desire to know, with the need to assure reporters’ confidentiality, the latter of which the Board must honor.
Mindy Haskins Rogers of Northampton, MA, and a BUHS alumna, asked about the content of the statement to be issued by the attorney and the investigator. DSC said the Board does not know.
B. Student Representative to the Board
MOTION BY TM TO CHANGE THE PROCESS OF SELECTING THE TWO STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES TO EXPAND THE DEADLINE TO MAY 30TH, AND TO ALSO ALLOW RISING SENIORS TO APPLY.
