Brattleboro Area Middle School
Meeting Agenda
Thursday June 6, 2024
6:00 pm
HYBRID: In Person at BAMS- Conference Room or Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89329995213?pwd=cE0zTnJObTdCYTBRYXhzUWlGTGtHUT09 Full
Zoom Info
• Call to Order – 6:00 pm
– 6:02
– Sharon, Keith, Robin, Tim, Rich, Kelly, Matt S (via zoom)
• Review of minutes from May 2, 2024
– Notes finally posted from last two meetings
• School Board Update – Tim Maciel
– Tim provided the following updates from the latest board meeting:
– June 18th retreat scheduled
– Taking input from LC’s regarding district goals
– Board needs more data driven reports to direct goals
– VTCAP statewide results, Hiring data
– BUHS graduation rates and rates between grades (attrition)
– Budget data/creation
– Student demographics
– Portrait of a graduate committee development, focused on the values and traits of students within the district, including education
– Board will continue to rotate between school (5-4 vote)
– First reading: environmental awareness and responsibility; searches seizures; searches by non-school personnel (see notes from Board meeting:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lukuMuq9WfdIHqPvIaLGOcUlUaGpN55t/view)
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• School Update from BAMS Principal – Keith Lyman
– Team Leo to Amherst College
– Recent concert
– School visits/transition meetings for end of year/next year
– Last dance on Friday
– Wednesday move up day for 8th graders
– New hires (review board minutes)
– Discussion around absenteeism/school refusal, challenge that BAMS is facing
• Community Update
o No Items scheduled/Open Discussion
• New Business/Items from Previous Agenda:
o Discussion of structure for LC for next school year
– Open discussion around the roles of the LC for next school year
– We will circulate a survey between LC members before sending out school wide for parents/guardians to respond to
– Discussion around PTO subcommittee within the LC
o Student Leader Attendance/Update
– Discussion around having members of the student leadership group attend on a rotating basis
o Establish schedule (day/time) for meetings next year
– Preliminarily decided to keep meetings on Thursday evening. To be discussed again at our first meeting in September
• Next Meeting Scheduled for TBD – Meeting Adjourned
– Set for September 6, 2024 at 6:00 pm in the BAMS conference room
