Windham Southeast Supervisory Union Board
53 Green Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301
www.wsesu.org
NOTICE OF MEETING
The Windham Southeast Supervisory Union Board will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 in the WRCC Cusick Conference Room and
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AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER—6:00 p.m. — Kerry Amidon, Board Chair
II. Election of a Board Clerk
III. Consent Agenda
Approval of Minutes – November 9, 2022
Warrants and Payroll Approvals
November 9, 2022
Warrant No. 1076 in the amount of $ 13,987.10
Warrant No. 1077 in the amount of 63,673.79
Warrant No. 1079 in the amount of 1,062.94
Warrant No. 1081 in the amount of 2,842.95
Warrant No. 1082 in the amount of 504,652.36
$586,219.14
Payroll
November 4, 2022 $550,786.22
IV. Administrative Report
V. Public Comment for Items Not on the Agenda (10 minutes)
VI. Unfinished Business
A. VSBA Training – Next Steps
B. Superintendent Evaluation – Current Status and Next Steps
C. Code of Ethics – Possible Action
VII. New Business
A. FY ’24 Budget Preparation
• Administration / Instruction / Grants
VIII. 7:00 P.M. – EXECUTIVE SESSION VSA § 313(a)(1)(D) Grievance
EXECUTIVE SESSION (if needed)
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
WRCC Room 194 and via Zoom
Board members present: Kerry Amidon, Kelly Young
Via Zoom: Liz Adams, Michelle Green
Also present: Mark Speno, Whitney Lynde, Paul Smith, Tim Maciel
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 PM by Kerry Amidon
II. Election of a New Board Clerk.
The Chair requested nominations for Clerk offering to serve as scribe. Motion by Kelly Young to nominate LIz Adams. As there was no second, the motion died and the board is currently without a Clerk.
III. Consent Agenda
Approval of Minutes – On a motion by Kelly Young and seconded by LIz Adams the minutes of October 12 and October 19 were approved on a roll call vote:
Liz Adams – AYE
Michelle Green – ABSTAIN
Michelle stated she was not comfortable moving forward with action until we have confirmation on the legal process from our previous meeting.
Kelly Young – AYE
Liz Adams – AYE
Michelle Green – ABSTAIN
IV. Administrative Report
Superintendent Speno introduced the Data Trend Report with Paul Smith and Whitney Lynde.
V. Unfinished Business
A. Superintendent Evaluation – Current Status and Next Steps
Participation: 11 of 14 Board members completed the survey. 26 of 34 Administrators completed the survey.
Write up from the VSBA will be coming the week of November 21st. The Central Office will mail the document which will be collected after our final meeting.
2) The board will invite the Superintendent and his mentor in for a review
3) We will as a group discuss goals
subsequent meeting.
Once approved by the board, the VSBA will create a final report with an overview of the results
and the agreed upon goals. The board chair and Superintendent will sign this document.
B. VSBA Training – November 16 and 17 5:30 – 8:30 pm
On a motion by Kelly Young and seconded by Liz Adams, the board authorized the chair
to arrange food at the training sessions on a roll call vote:
Kelly Young – AYE
Liz Adams – AYE
Michelle Green – ABSTAIN
C. Code of Ethics – the chair ask to push this to our next meeting
VI. New Business
A. On a motion by Kelly Young and seconded by Liz Adams, the board approved with appreciation and regret the retirement of Deb Moranski (special educator, Academy) on a roll call vote:
Kelly Young – AYE
Liz Adams – AYE
Michelle Green – ABSTAIN
B. The Superintendent reviewed with the board FY24 Budget Development Overview (The document can be found under this meeting’s agenda on the WSESU website.)
The chair reminded the board that at our June 22nd meeting a motion passed “to authorize BCTV to record regular meetings and as needed.” There were no objections to having BCTV cover all our upcoming budget meetings.
The chair will also be announcing our meetings to the WSESD Finance Committee as well as the WSESD Independent Budget Review Committee.
VII. Public Comment for Items not on the Agenda
VIII – The previously warned Executive Session has been postponed tentatively until November 30th at 7 pm.
IX. The chair announced she will be sending a calendar of upcoming dates including VSBA Training on November 16 & 17 and Budget Sessions when confirmed. Our next regular meeting will be on December 14th.
On a motion by Kelly Young and seconded by Liz Adams the board voted to adjourn at 7:28 pm on a roll call vote:
Liz Adams – AYE
Michelle Green – ABSTAIN
Respectfully submitted,
Kerry Amidon
