WSESD Board Meeting Agendas

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 at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday,
April 08, 2025 at the Guilford Central School and remotely via Zoom.
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AGENDA

I. Call to Order [5 minutes]
– Hybrid Statement
– If appropriate, agenda items are subject to Potential Action.
– If any Board Member feels that an item on the Consent Agenda warrants discussion, that
item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be set aside for discussion. In
this way the Consent Agenda will be approved in one motion. That request should be
made now – or before the vote on the Consent Agenda.
– Amendments to the Agenda

II. Executive Session [45 minutes]
1 V.S.A. §313 (a)(7) the academic records or suspension or discipline of students.
[No Action Anticipated]

III. Student Matters [10 minutes]

IV. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items [10 minutes]

This is a time for the Board to listen and to take notes. It is not a time for the Board to respond to comments or to engage in dialogue with the public. If appropriate, the Board and Administration will work on next steps.

V. Board Matters [60 minutes]
A. Leadership Council Updates
B. Board Sub-Committees and SU Updates
C. Update on legislative issues related to potential education reforms
D. Consider Education Quality Standards (EQS) and District Quality Standards (DQS) Effective July 1, 2025
– Education Quality Standards (EQS)
– District Quality Standards (DQS)
E. Consider annual review as per WSESD Ongoing Social Justice and Anti-Racist Commitment
F. Reminder that board members are allocated $100 annually for relevant publications

Break [10 minutes]

VI. Administrative Report [30 minutes]
– Hires, Resignations, Retirements
– Update from BUHS regarding accreditation as per NEASC (New England Association of School and Colleges)
– Update on Act 1 (Erin’s Law) training District-wide
– Student comments from Panorama Survey

VII. Fiscal Report [15 minutes]

VIII. Consent Agenda [5 minutes]

Approval of Minutes for March 25, 2025

Warrant of March 10, 2025
WSESD ARBITER SPORTS PYMT 3/04/2025 in the amount of $510.50
WSESD FAST 1334 in the amount of $3,120.69
WSESD FAST 1336 in the amount of $7,795.29
SAF 1338 in the amount of $2,016.74
WSESD REGULAR 1339 in the amount of $79,301.29
Total Accounts Payable $92,744.51
Payroll #18 of 3/07/25 in the amount of $1,674,674.46

IX. Unfinished Business
X. New Business
XI. Executive Session
1 V.S.A. §313(a)(1)(B) labor relations agreements with employees
[Action

Policy and Amendment Committee
Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 2:00pm
in the District Office

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PROPOSED AGENDA – 4/9/2025

I. Approval of Minutes from 3/26/25

II. Evaluate
– F8 Student Medication (2:00-2:30)
Invited attendee: Rebecca Olmstead, Nurse Leader
– Gender Freedom in Schools – Proposed new policy
F34 Transgender and Gender Creative Students Policy
– Assess Draft of Statement re Students with Immigration Status [Mikaela and Shannon]
– F37 District Equity Policy
Compare to Education Quality Standards (EQS) from the AOE
– C8 Board Relations with School Personnel

– B3 Board Member Conflict of Interest
– E12 Electronic Communications Use and Retention
– G4 Selection of Library Materials
– G5 Selection of Instructional Materials
– G6 Complaints About Instructional Materials
– H4 Distribution of Non-School Sponsored Literature in Schools

Set Agenda for next meeting (April 23, 2025)
Meeting to Conclude at 4:00