| 0:00:07 | Opening and roll call | The chair asks members to mute when not speaking: "There were people rustling papers and typing." Roll: "Frank Sprague chair is present." Petrin: "for some reason, say Joshua for whatever reason. But it is me." | |
| 0:02:49 | Agenda amended twice | The chair moves the graduation update forward because "Matt Upton is with us tonight". Whitney proposes dropping capital improvement because the committee has not met: "I didn't know how effective we could be." Roll call on the amended agenda, 6-0. Magoon: "Have to roll call." | |
| 0:04:55 | Retreat minutes approved | "Minutes from the retreat on February 23rd, 2020. Has everyone had a chance to take a peek at that?" Approved 6-0, fourteen weeks after the retreat and after two tablings (March 4, May 6). | |
| 0:06:08 | May 6 minutes corrected | The chair: "Jason nominated Rebecca. Rebecca then nominated Heather. And then it was a unanimous vote, and I don't think it appears that way in the minutes. The last day of school is the fifth, not the sixth." "the vote was not unanimous. If I recall correctly, Rob and Rebecca voted no on that." Approved with changes, 6-0. | POSITIVE |
| 0:07:57 | Attestation of who is present | "Before we get too far, we have to attest that we're in a room by ourselves." Counsel: "You just need to indicate if there's anybody with you." Each member says they are alone (0:08:27 to 0:08:49). | OBSERVATION |
| 0:09:01 | Student representative report | Home Depot donated window markers for graduates' cars (0:09:30); cap-and-gown pickup June 4; graduation June 11 at 5 p.m. at the speedway, rain date June 13 (0:10:12); elementary drive-through celebrations June 5. The representative reports "about over a dozen emails and graduation" and gives a farewell as this is his last meeting (0:12:00). | |
| 0:16:22 | Counsel on graduation and the emergency orders | Upton: "Emergency Order 16 placed a ten person limit" on gatherings, and "the governor's office has consistently said that it would be a violation of the emergency orders to have more than ten people assembled". If people come to the track to watch, "There's a possibility that the governor's office could actually shut down the proceedings." The order "has been extended by emergency order 49 through June 15th." (counsel's account; the orders were not checked for this page). | |
| 0:20:02 | Questions to counsel | Whitney asks whether other districts follow the limit; Upton describes Conway's chairlift ceremony (0:20:21). Zullo cites Department of Education guidance; Upton: "I read the Doe guidance this afternoon, and I'm a little confused by it". The student representative asks why graduates cannot step out for photos; counsel and the superintendent explain crowd control (0:24:55, 0:27:04). | |
| 0:28:58 | Superintendent and chair on graduation | Tempesta urges that concerns go to the principal; graduation usually "takes months of planning in typical conditions". Towle: "I lost internet connection and I never could pick it up" until the student representative had finished and says her emails went unanswered (0:35:28). The chair: parent photos at graduation were "one that we put to bed a number of years ago." | OBSERVATION |
| 0:38:32 | Reopening in the fall | Tempesta: "we know that it's highly unlikely it's going to be a traditional opening." "Most likely in what we're planning for is a hybrid opening." A committee of "approximately 10 or 15 people" will plan it. Relief money following the Title I allocation would buy technology for a 1-to-1 Chromebook program and furniture to separate students (0:40:08 to 0:41:01). | |
| 0:43:38 | What the relief money may buy | Whitney asks about limits; Tempesta: "It's not it's not it's not title one money per se, but it's following the title one allocation." Nester: related-service needs will be covered by "the small remote instruction grant we received". Staffing for outreach is allowable in Tempesta's understanding (0:47:35). | |
| 0:49:53 | State aid cuts | The chair relays concern about "impending cuts to education aid in the state of New Hampshire." Tempesta: "the Covid relief money that's scheduled to come in is, is substantial." "We're, we're not really worried about, cuts". The attribution report notes this question may be Lovett's. | |
| 0:52:02 | Surveys, hybrid model, internet access | Zullo asks to see parent-survey results; Tempesta will share them (0:52:27). On the hybrid model: "we may have a delayed opening okay." Families without service number "30 or 40, households"; Magoon describes Chromebook-only hotspots (0:57:58). | |
| 0:58:36 | STEM lab, graduation venue, masks, special education | The middle school won a Boston Bruins STEM lab challenge (0:58:36). Mask distribution at Stevens with Rotary and a restaurant chain (1:01:23). NECC partner classroom at Bluff; Nester: "two of which are coming back from out of district." Extended school year will be offered remotely to any interested special education student, "So it's not going to be an additional cost". | |
| 1:06:30 | Abbey Group renewal and summer meals | Seaman: about "450 to 500 lunches and 450 to 500 breakfast per day"; a federal waiver extends the program; final approval is expected "up through August 31st". "my recommendation is that we do renew the contract." "It is a no cost contract guaranteed to Claremont." "we're seeing a surplus of about $25,000 per month"; "something in the range of a $60,000 surplus on our food program." He asks for "a group from the board that I can work with". | OBSERVATION |
| 1:12:16 | A board working group is formed | Sprague: "I'm going to volunteer, Jason, since he's not here." Whitney agrees; Sprague: "So it'll either be 2 or 3 of us there." Seaman will invite them "through a zoom meeting or we can do it, over here at the s a year". | OBSERVATION |
| 1:13:09 | Meal waste and why there is a surplus | Seaman: "There's really no waste on our side." Petrin: "the reason there's a surplus is because the payment is different than a normal school year." Seaman agrees; any child who comes to a bus gets a reimbursable meal, and "this program, as it's structured, Mike, is is a one time structure." | |
| 1:20:38 | Committee recommendations: grading | Tempesta: most committees will roll forward; the grading committee wants "a more traditional, A, B, C or grade or numerical grade versus the competencies". "We're not abandoning all the hard work that went into the competencies. We can't. It's a mandate as well". The chair warns that PowerSchool reconfiguration takes time (1:23:17). | |
| 1:24:14 | Head-lice policy | Magoon: nurses say "they don't have enough time to check every single child, every single month." They want twice-yearly checks and a focus on chronic cases. Zullo: "I don't think they're actually tracking the data on actual cases of head lice." The nurses will meet the policy committee (1:29:11). | |
| 1:29:35 | Goal-setting retreat in August | The chair hopes for a face-to-face retreat at the community center; "We would be hard pressed to do it with ten of us". Set for "August 9th." Magoon: "there is no meeting in July, that our next meeting is going to be the retreat." | |
| 1:34:22 | Senior awards; reports for the next agenda | Senior awards night will be shown online June 10 (1:34:28). Whitney asks for the expected budget surplus and "how many high school students are at risk of not moving forward". Towle asks for capital improvement on the agenda; a committee meeting is suggested before the next board meeting (1:38:43). | OBSERVATION |
| 1:40:12 | Timing of failing-student data | Zullo asks for the data before August; Tempesta will provide it "a week, maybe ten days before we meet." The chair does not want student names (1:41:41). | |
| 1:45:08 | Adjournment | "I don't have Jason here to make a nomination. I mean, a motion." Lovett moves; roll call (1:45:19). | |