School Board Strategic Retreat
Time:
July 8, 2026
at 9:00 am
to 3:00 pm
Location:
Kearsarge Professional Development Center, 114 Cougar Court, New London
Meeting Minutes (DRAFT)
The following minutes are subject to change pending review by the School Board:
- Call to Order
- Aaron called to order at 9:05am
- Roll Call
- Aaron McKeon, Amanda Leslie, Samantha Nelson, Sue Blair, Beth Bierwirth
- Changes to the Agenda
- Public Forum
- Kathy Ivey – been taking photos of the renovation Helping to clean out the White building. Will be reaching out to contacts to see if area schools/educators would like anything before throwing away
- Review SY 26 Strategic Goals & Key Performance Indicators
- Transportation – almost finalized
- Compensation plan – Goal was started, template made. Did not gain traction as everything is included in our contract. With only 2 FT employees, will continue to move them at a market rate. Improvements to the compensation structure have been completed
- New website – Has been completed
- Establish and tracking key performance indicators – Complete
- Improve math and literacy outcomes/Percentage of students at grade level proficiency/Percentage of students with improved proficiency vs prior year – Only have CVS data, have seen an improvement
- Public 20 policies – Published 12 policies
- Issue 1 transition project update per trimester – Discussed at all meetings
- Create Capital Improvement Plan and obtain funding – Completed
- DOE Key indicators – Over 20 indicators that need to be met. Croydon is currently in Needs Assistance
- How much are we over/under budget? – $63k under budget currently, not yet finalized. Looks to be pretty close to the budgeted surplus number of $143k
- Number of FT/PT/Contracted services that voluntarily return – We asked 8 to come back, 7 of the 8 are returning
- Percentage of positions filled at the start/middle/end of year – 100%
- Percentage of capital improvement plan requirements fulfilled – 100%
- Percentage of capital improvement funding achieved – 100%
- Number of community events held – 23 total including field trips and in house events
- Percentage of registered voters who attended district meeting – 11.2% 72/664
- Review Strategic Plan – Made great progress on many areas of the Strategic Plan
- Policy Update and Prioritization
- Need to prioritize certain policies – Aiming to create/approve 10 policies
- Lunch (~12:00pm)
- Review CVS Early Learning Program
- NH Frameworks for PK
- Reggio for K, play based
- PK and K will be together in the classroom
- Playground will be deferred to next year for a total overhaul. Looking into adding some additional equipment that can be moved
- Public Forum
- Set Strategic Goals Key Performance Indicators for SY 27
- Non-public under 91-A:3, II(a)
- Amanda motions to move into nonpublic under above RSA, Samantha 2nd, all in favor
- Amanda motions to seal the minutes for 2 years, Samantha 2nd, all in favor
- Adjournment
- Amanda motions to adjourn 3:30, Samantha 2nd, all in favor
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