Croydon School District

Meeting Minutes (DRAFT)

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:

  1. Call to Order
    1. Aaron called to order at 9:05am
  2. Roll Call
    1. Aaron McKeon, Amanda Leslie, Samantha Nelson, Sue Blair, Beth Bierwirth
  3. Changes to the Agenda
  4. Public Forum
    1. 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
  5. Review SY 26 Strategic Goals & Key Performance Indicators
    1. Transportation – almost finalized
    2. 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
    3. New website – Has been completed
    4. Establish and tracking key performance indicators – Complete
    5. 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
    6. Public 20 policies – Published 12 policies
    7. Issue 1 transition project update per trimester – Discussed at all meetings
    8. Create Capital Improvement Plan and obtain funding – Completed
    9. DOE Key indicators – Over 20 indicators that need to be met. Croydon is currently in Needs Assistance
    10. 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
    11. Number of FT/PT/Contracted services that voluntarily return – We asked 8 to come back, 7 of the 8 are returning
    12. Percentage of positions filled at the start/middle/end of year – 100%
    13. Percentage of capital improvement plan requirements fulfilled – 100%
    14. Percentage of capital improvement funding achieved – 100%
    15. Number of community events held – 23 total including field trips and in house events
    16. Percentage of registered voters who attended district meeting – 11.2% 72/664
  6. Review Strategic Plan – Made great progress on many areas of the Strategic Plan
  7. Policy Update and Prioritization
    1. Need to prioritize certain policies – Aiming to create/approve 10 policies
  8. Lunch (~12:00pm)
  9. Review CVS Early Learning Program
    1. NH Frameworks for PK
    2. Reggio for K, play based
    3. PK and K will be together in the classroom
    4. Playground will be deferred to next year for a total overhaul. Looking into adding some additional equipment that can be moved
  10. Public Forum
  11. Set Strategic Goals Key Performance Indicators for SY 27
  12. Non-public under 91-A:3, II(a)
    1. Amanda motions to move into nonpublic under above RSA, Samantha 2nd, all in favor
    2. Amanda motions to seal the minutes for 2 years, Samantha 2nd, all in favor
  13. Adjournment
    1. Amanda motions to adjourn 3:30, Samantha 2nd, all in favor

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