WSESD Board Meeting Agenda and Minutes
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – Kelly Young, Board Chair
II. STUDENT MATTERS (5-10 Minutes)
III. CONSENT AGENDA
Education section
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – Kelly Young, Board Chair
II. STUDENT MATTERS (5-10 Minutes)
III. CONSENT AGENDA
Discussion of Budget. Highlights:
a. “Budget season” is misnomer since budget development is year-long process and Board members always have a fiduciary responsibility with every decision made. Steps taken today are not set in stone. Goal is always what’s best for our students.
b. Review of same budget doc presented last week showing a $31,253,290 m budget for SU down 3.2% from last year
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – Kelly Young, Board Chair
II. EXECUTIVE SESSION – 1VSA §313 (a)(4) a disciplinary or dismissal action against a public officer or employee
WSESD CFO Frank Rucker shared and reviewed a document: “Windham Southeast School District: FY24 Proposed Budget Summary.” He noted this document is on the website, and he will distribute copies to all WSESD Board members at their meeting tonight. Mr. Rucker also distributed a document, “WSESD FY24 Budget Detail,” to attendees, and indicated he had already emailed it to Board members. Highlights of Mr. Rucker’s budget presentation included:
• The total “general operating expenditures” portion of the proposed budget is $62,944,634, which reflects an increase of 3.2% over the previous year’s budget.
AGENDA
I Approval of Minutes from 12/12/22
II Policies for full Board consideration
F38 Prevention of Sexual Harassment as Prohibited by Title IX
(1st reading as of 12/13/22)
F10 – Reporting Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER—5:30 p.m. — Kerry Amidon, Board Chair
II. EXECUTIVE SESSION – 1 V.S.A. § 313 (a)(1)(A) – Contracts
III. CONSENT AGENDA
Approval of Minutes – December 14
Approval of Superintendent’s Goals
NOTICE OF MEETING
The Windham Southeast School District Independent Budget Review Committee will meet at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 20 in the WRCC Cusick Conference Room and remotely via Zoom:
NOTICE OF MEETING
The Windham Southeast Supervisory Union Board will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 in WRCC Room 194 and remotely via Zoom.
AGENDA
I. Call to Order
II. Attend WSESD Finance Committee FY ’24 Budget Meeting
NOTICE OF BOARD MEETING
The Windham Southeast School District Board will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 in the WRCC Cusick Conference Room and remotely via Zoom Join Zoom Meeting
AGENDA
I Approval of Minutes from 11/29/22
II Pending Board action on 12/13 for 1st Reading:
F38 – Prevention of Sexual Harassment as Prohibited by Title IX
III Conclude edits to move policies to 2nd reading
NOTICE OF MEETING
The Windham Southeast School District Independent Budget Review Committee will meet at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6 in the WRCC Cusick Conference Room and remotely via Zoom:
Agenda
1. Approval of Minutes
2. Budget Development: Review 1st draft of FY24 WSESD – Secondary Grade level budget proposal
3. Other
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – Kelly Young, Board Chair
II. EXECUTIVE SESSION – 1VSA §313 (a)(4) a disciplinary or dismissal action against a public officer or employee
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER—6:00 p.m. — Kerry Amidon, Board Chair
II. Consent Agenda
Approval of Minutes – November 30, 2022 (to be distributed)
III. Administrative Report
IV. Public Comment for Items Not on the Agenda (10 minutes)
V. Unfinished Business
A. FY ’24 Budget Preparation
• Special Education / Allocation Methods
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – Kelly Young, Board Chair
II. EXECUTIVE SESSION – 1 V.S.A. §313(a)(1)(e) Pending or probable civil litigation or a prosecution to which the public body is or may be a party.
III. EXECUTIVE SESSION – 1 V.S.A. §313(A)(1)(f) Confidential attorney-client communications made for the purpose of providing professional legal services to the body.
AGENDA
I. Determine Committee Structure
II. Nominate Officers (if required)
III. Discuss Brattleboro Representation Options
I Approval of Minutes from 11/15/22
II Update of Board action on 11/22 for 1st Reading:
F10 – Reporting Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect
F21 – Policy on the use of Restraint and Seclusion
F35 – School Animal Policy
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER—6:00 p.m. — Kerry Amidon, Board Chair
II. Election of a Board Clerk
III. Consent Agenda
Agenda
1. Approval of Minutes
2. Budget Development: Review 1st draft of FY24 WSESD – Elementary Grade level budget proposal
3. Recommendation to Board to Approve Warrants and Payrolls