Croydon School District

Meeting Minutes

School Board Regular Meeting

Time:
November 19, 2024
at 6:00 pm
Location:
Little Red

Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to Order at 6:07pm by Kevin Morris, Board Chair 
  2. Roll Call – Kevin Morris, Aaron McKeon, Amanda Leslie 
  3. Public Forum #1 
    1. Jim Morgan – Senator Sheehan is interested in considering assisting with  funding of CVS construction; would need to coordinate through Hope  Damon; Aaron to disseminate materials provided by Jim to the rest of the  board; Jim requested balances of existing trust funds and what the money  can be used for; he and Paul would like to give a $10k donation to the school 
    2. Sharon Grader – Asked about an article concerning NH schools facing  special education funding shortfall; property taxes will go up because of this
  4. Changes or Additions to the Agenda 
    1. Discuss leadership models in New Business 
    2. Add approval of minutes 
  5. Approval of Minutes 
    1. Aaron motioned to approve Minutes from October 15, Amanda seconded,  passed 3-0 
  6. Old Business 
    1. Status of Special Education 
      1. Postponed until January meeting 
      2. On watch by DOE for ability to meet referral timelines (23/24)
      3. Sue has found a speech/language pathologist
    2. Staff Training
      1. November 1 – trained staff on Acadience software; baseline results to  be presented at next meeting
      2. Redesigned report cards to be based on competency
      3. Worked on developing curriculum standards; will take time and link  back to state standards
      4. Parent-Teacher conference had 96% attendance
    3. Halloween Parade – Was very successful
    4. Sunapee Contract
      1. Tuition will go up 10% in 25/26, 5% in 26/27, and 2%/yr thereafter
      2. Sunapee would become an anchor school only if we sent all kids PK  through 12 and we would have to pay the full state rate
      3. Sue to look into transportation options (Sunapee, short busses, big  busses, vans, etc.)
    5. Information
      1. Beginning-of-Year (BOY) Reports – Sue cleaned up all our reporting so all  students are now correctly in the Alma system
      2. Mary Beth is resigning from special ed responsibilities (grades 2-4); she will  continue to case manage after school hours until a replacement is found;  Sue investigating alternatives for providing services; the position has been  posted to School Spring
      3. Granite State Leadership Academy (GSLA) – Sue was accepted into  superintendent certification program (3-year program); Sue will likely need to  take a few days per month for workshops; Sue to communicate her schedule
  7. New Business
    1. Discussed leadership structure; Sue would like to maintain current structure b. Discussed tuitioning out grade 4 next year vs waiting for construction; Sue to  meet with current third-grade parents to see what their preference would be c. Amanda to meet with the church to see if they would be interested in a lot  line adjustment because Big White is currently on church land 
  8. Upcoming Events 
    1. TIGER “Kindness Counts” – November 22 at 10:00am; Plymouth State  University theatrical group 
    2. Thanksgiving Feast – November 22 at 11:30am 
    3. Polar Express – December 19 at 5:30pm (snow date December 20)
  9. Public Forum #2 
    1. Jen Ballou – Is there a ski program this year? No, there is not. Sue is looking  into alternate activities. 
  10. Non-Public 
    1. None 
  11. Next Meeting Date 
    1. Next meeting will be December 17, 2024 
  12. Adjournment 
    1. Adjourned at 8:34pm