Education section
AGENDA
I. Call to Order [6:00 to 6:05]
II. Student Matters [6:05 to 6:15]
III. Administrative Report [6:15 to 6:45]
– The budgetary process, how the Budget is built to meet the goals and established timeframes leading up to 03/2024. [25 Minutes]
The Windham Southeast Supervisory Union Board warns the following policies for adoption at the November 8th Board Meeting:
F10-Reporting Suspected Child Abuse
H7- Leadership Councils
Agenda
1. Approval of Minutes
2. FY24 Fiscal Year 1st quarter Financial Statement review
3. FY25 Preliminary Budget Development Planning Discussion
4. Capital Project Implementation updates
NOTICE OF BOARD MEETING
The Windham Southeast School District Board will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 10,
2023 in the WRCC Cusick Conference Room and remotely via Zoom
The Windham Southeast Supervisory Union Board will meet at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 in the WRCC, Cusick Conference Room, and remotely via Zoom.
AGENDA:
● Curriculum Review
● Tour of Facilities
● Equipment Inventory (BUS/Transportation)
● IRC’s and Duel Enrollment opportunities
● Future of Pleasant Valley Watershed as a Forestry outdoor learning lab
SUMMARY:
● Two new student representatives joined the board, Alora Lawyer and Jayden Gonzalez.
● Administrators presented information about the WSESU Continuous Improvement Plan, and a discussion of this plan will continue at the next board meeting.
● PCB testing has been completed for all WSESU schools. Results have come back clean for Vernon, Green Street and Academy Schools. PCB remediation at Oak Grove is complete and due to be re-tested. Results are still pending for other district schools.
● Seven community members have applied for appointment to the vacant Brattleboro seat on the board. Their names will be shared to the public before the next meeting.
● There was a discussion of whether to implement stipends for staff members participating on Leadership Councils. Mark Speno will bring a recommendation about this to the next meeting.
The Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) Board has received letters of interest from seven candidates for the vacant seat on the Board. Any individual appointed to the open seat on the WSESD Board must be a resident of Brattleboro and will complete the remaining term of the open seat, which is through March 2024, when they will be eligible to run for election to the WSESD Board.
The seven candidates from Brattleboro are:
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is excited to launch 3 Osher events in the greater Brattleboro area for Fall 2023! These will all take place on Sundays at Next Stage in Putney, VT, though the times differ for each event. Find out more details for each event AND register in advance at learn.uvm.edu/olli/brattleboro
Agenda:
1.Current enrollment
2.Current challenges
Technology
Transportation
WSESD
Policy and Amendment Committee
The WSESD Policy and Amendment Committee will meet Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 2:30pm
in the WSESU District Office, 53 Green Street, Brattleboro and via Zoom.
I. Approval of Minutes and confirmation of next meeting date
The minutes of 9/5/23 meeting approved by assent.
The next meeting for the Policy and Amendments Committee is scheduled for: Tuesday, Oct 3, 2023.
DS amended agenda to add Policy C9 (Board Commitment to Non -Discrimination) to the discussion, as there is a reference to C9 in D11 (Public Complaints About Personnel).
The WSESD Programmatic & Performance Equity Committee will meet from 2:00-3:00pm on Sunday, October 1, 2023. The meeting will take place in the Conference Room of Putney Central School, 182 Westminster West Road, Putney. Access the building via the side entrance (glass hallway).
I. Call to Order [6:00 to 6:05]
II. Student Issues [6:05 to 6:15]
III. Introduction to New Student Representatives [6:15 to 6:20]
KY announced that a third Executive Session is being added for 1 VSA §313(a)(1)(F), confidential attorney-client communications. It will happen in-between the two Executive Sessions on the agenda.
Course offerings 2023-24
Career Fair
Reality Fair
BMH Job Shadows
Business Administrator Frank Rucker shared and reviewed a document, “WSESD FY2023 Expense Summary, dated 9/11/23”, for the twelve month period ending June 30, 2023. Highlights included:
• There are many transactions this time of year, and most of them are things that happen beyond the District’s control, such as government receivables. These receivables are reconciled before presenting the final document to the auditors at the end of September.
The Windham Southeast School District’s Windham Regional Career Center Regional Advisory Board will meet Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. in the WRCC Cusick Conference Room, 80 Atwood Street, Brattleboro, Vermont. To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/ypo-attp-kgt Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 904-383-7979 and enter this PIN: 546 958 080# Please RSVP to Joyce Rathbun 802-451-3586 or jrathbun@wsesdvt.org
The Windham Southeast School District’s WRCC Culinary Advisory Committee will meet Monday, October 2, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. at 80 Atwood Street, Room 182, Brattleboro.
The Windham Southeast School District’s WRCC Business Program Advisory will meet Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 4:15 p.m. in Room 292, 80 Atwood Street, Brattleboro.
CALL TO ORDER—6:00 p.m. – Anne Beekman, Chair
The chair announced that the previously scheduled presentation on Act 173 is postponed until the October meeting.
On a motion by Deborah Stanford the board approved the minutes of August 16, 2023.
The Windham Southeast Supervisory Union Board will meet at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 in the WRCC, Cusick Conference Room, and remotely via Zoom.
