Claremont School Board, April 5, 2023

First meeting of the board elected on March 14, 2023. Heather Whitney is elected chair and Frank Sprague vice chair; the board accepts the superintendent's postponement of the elementary grade reconfiguration, approves a one-season parent-driving waiver for middle-school athletics, accepts $3,000 in donations, hears the SRVRTC Visioning Committee's action plan, commits $47,900 of ESSER money to a Southern Regional Education Board study after learning that part of a $100,000 allocation went elsewhere, and holds a nonpublic session whose minutes are sealed for five years. Built from the Cablecast recording's attributed dialogue, the agenda, the packet and the draft and filed minutes. Timestamps link to the same moment in the Cablecast recording.

Body
Claremont School Board (seven members)
Date
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Start time
Agenda 6:30 p.m. Superintendent Tempesta calls the meeting to order and leads the pledge (minutes); the pledge begins at 0:00:16. The minutes carry the agenda's clock headings ("8:30PM Adjournment") but no actual times, and no times for the nonpublic session. The motion to enter nonpublic session comes at 2:00:26; adjournment is moved at 2:03:36.
Location
Sugar River Valley Regional Technical Center (agenda and minutes; no room named)
Board composition
All seven present (roll at 0:03:10; minutes): Heather Whitney (elected chair tonight), Frank Sprague (elected vice chair), Steven Horsky, Bonnie Miles, Whitney Skillen, and the two members elected March 14, 2023, Arlene Hawkins and Jennifer Gallagher. Michael Petrin, chair until the election, is no longer on the board.
Recording
Cablecast: School Board Meeting live 4/5/23 (observed extent 2:03:46 from the last row of the dialogue file; the Cablecast API refuses requests from the build environment, so the run time was not confirmed). The nonpublic session is not on the recording; the seal motion follows the entry roll call directly (see flag 1).
Minutes
draft 4.5.23 CSB Meeting Minutes.docx (1).pdf, filed in the April 19 packet folder and created on Drive Friday, April 14, 2023 at about 1:53 p.m. (seventh business day; see flag 2). A filed copy, 5. 4.5.23 CSB Meeting Minutes, sits in the 2023 Meeting Minutes folder. Submitted by Chelsea Weatherford. Nonpublic minutes sealed for five years.

Participants

Names follow the agenda, the roll call and the minutes. Where the dialogue file's speaker label conflicts with the minutes on who moved or seconded, this page follows the minutes and says so. Students other than the student representative are not named.
NameRoleParticipation
Heather WhitneyMember; elected chairElected chair by voice vote (0:01:41) and presides from 0:02:56. Says the curriculum subcommittee could not approve materials because "with Josh Lambert leaving, it left just me" (0:30:16) and that "we do have an academic achievement crisis in Claremont" (0:31:05); takes the reconfiguration postponement "by consent" (0:38:30); lets the public speak on the waiver after closing board discussion (1:00:03); moves the nonpublic session (2:00:26).
Frank SpragueMember; elected vice chairNominates Whitney for chair (minutes; spoken inside a row labelled Michael Tempesta at 0:00:44); elected vice chair (0:02:18). Asks what "high quality" means (0:25:14) and what counsel's objection to the waiver rests on (0:49:46). Seconds the waiver motion and the vote to close discussion (minutes); moves to seal the nonpublic minutes (minutes; the dialogue file labels the motion Michael Tempesta).
Steven HorskyMemberAdds the athletics transportation waiver to the agenda (0:03:38); calls the recurrence "an embarrassment" and moves approval pending legal review (0:43:47); adds a notary requirement (0:52:30) and a spring-only limit (0:58:57); raises a point of order on the reconfiguration (0:36:03); moves both donations; asks whether other consultants were vetted (1:44:33); moves the SREB funding (1:50:17). Votes No on the seal: "because it seems too short" (2:03:20).
Whitney SkillenMemberNominates Sprague for vice chair (0:02:06); asks whether Wit & Wisdom is the whole grade 4–5 program (0:26:57); asks why no drivers were trained in twelve months and proposes a one-season limit (0:57:52); asks about SREB's scope (1:42:41) and amends the funding motion (1:51:06); asks for numbered items in the superintendent's report (1:59:47); moves adjournment (2:03:36).
Arlene HawkinsMember (elected March 14, 2023)Asks whether the business-administrator job is posted (0:34:34); welcomes the reconfiguration delay and asks to put it to a vote (0:35:08); moves the Youth and Government trip (0:41:24); asks what other towns do (0:53:28); asks "what happened to the other 55" (1:47:03); seconds the SREB motion (1:52:28); reports school visits (1:58:56).
Jennifer GallagherMember (elected March 14, 2023)Asks whether parents can legally drive their own children (0:56:15); seconds the waiver amendment (0:59:19) and, per the minutes, the motion to move the question.
Bonnie MilesMemberSeconds Sprague's vice-chair nomination (0:02:10); the minutes also record her seconding Whitney's nomination. Four short rows.
Hannah PetrinStudent representativeReports school events across the district (0:09:20).
Michael TempestaSuperintendent, SAU 6Presides over the officer elections (0:00:44); reports the business-administrator search and David Jack of MRI (0:12:17); recommends delaying the grade reconfiguration (0:13:41) and making an SRVRTC course a graduation requirement (0:18:13); explains counsel's advice on parent driving (0:47:24, 0:50:35); says about $47,000 of the $100,000 activity paid CTE teachers for eighth-grade classes (1:45:56).
Stephanie HurstLiteracy Specialist, SAU 6 (minutes)Presents the K–5 and 6–8 literacy materials recommended after a year's pilot (0:20:08); wants approval "As soon as possible" (0:30:10). Only "Stephanie" is spoken; the surname and title come from the minutes.
Ben NesterDirector of Special EducationAsks for a unified-sports shirt (1:12:36); calls the roll for the nonpublic session (2:00:57).
Jill ChastenayStevens High School Youth and Government advisor (agenda, minutes)Describes the seven-student delegation (0:39:12). Her rows are labelled Unidentified in the dialogue file; the agenda and minutes name her.
Shaun LaplanteClaremont Middle School athletic director (minutes spelling; the dialogue file reads Sean LaPlante)Presents the waiver he drafted from other districts' templates (0:42:16, 0:45:21); "we would lose 50% of our season" (0:42:49); presents the Red River donation (1:08:43).
Alex HerzogDirector, Sugar River Valley Regional Technical CenterIntroduces the Visioning Committee (1:13:24).
Andy LafreniereVice chair, SRVRTC Visioning Committee; Ward 3 (minutes; the dialogue file labels him Andy)Presents the committee's history and work plan (1:14:48), recommends the Southern Regional Education Board (1:22:38) and asks the board to release funds (1:39:45).
Ivy CoburnDivision Director, Education and Workforce, Southern Regional Education Board (handout spelling; the dialogue file reads Ivey)Presents SREB's plan of support and timeline (1:23:57).
Hope DamonNH state representative; citizens' commentsReports on the House budget: the Education Trust Fund (0:06:28), education freedom accounts (0:07:20) and building aid (0:08:44). Minutes spell her Daman.
Mimi RhinesWard 1; Stevens counselor and unified basketball coachSays a notary requirement is "a barrier" for working parents and doubts coaches should drive buses (1:00:30, 1:00:47); presents the Byrne Foundation gift (1:09:34).
Matt BeanWard 1; unified track coachDoubts coaches can supervise while driving (1:02:01); speaks for the Byrne gift (1:11:37).
Candace CrawfordCitizen (says Ward 2 on the recording; the minutes say Ward 1)Asks about notaries on weekends (1:03:19).
UnidentifiedVarious24 rows are labelled Unidentified, most of them the Youth and Government advisor's presentation; others include the second to the waiver motion (0:44:56) and an answer about notaries (1:00:40).
Named, not present on the recordOthersRichard Seaman (retiring business administrator); David Jack (MRI); Michael Campo (Plodzik & Sanderson, rendered Mike Campbell at 0:13:09); Mike Koski; Doug and Pam (athletics and transportation staff; surnames not spoken); Mr. Putnam (Visioning Committee); Chelsea Weatherford (minutes).

Agenda

Items and wording from the posted agenda (created on Drive Monday, April 3, 2023); dispositions from the recording and the minutes. Item V.2 was added at the meeting, renumbering the rest.
Taken upItemAgenda text / disposition
0:00:16I. Call to order, pledgeSuperintendent Tempesta (minutes).
0:00:44II. Election of board officers: a. Chair, b. Vice ChairChair: Sprague nominates Whitney, Miles seconds (minutes); Horsky moves the question; voice vote, all in favor (0:01:41). Vice chair: Skillen nominates Sprague, Miles seconds (0:02:06, 0:02:10); voice vote, "Unanimous" (0:02:18).
0:02:56III. General business: roll call; agenda; minutes of March 1; citizens' comments; student representativeAll seven present. Horsky adds the item the minutes head "Claremont Middle School Athletic Transportation Waiver" as action item 2 (0:03:38), taken by consent; agenda as amended approved by consent, Horsky moving and Skillen seconding (0:04:37). March 1 minutes approved as written by consent, Skillen moving, Horsky seconding (0:05:05). Citizens' comments: Rep. Hope Damon (0:05:39). Student report (0:09:20).
0:12:17IV. Superintendent reportBusiness-administrator search; reconfiguration delayed to 2024–25 (the packet slide: "delay any implementation until the 2024-2025 school year"); literacy materials, with a purchase vote set for April 19. The minutes record "There are no objections from any of the board members in regards to postponing the reconfiguration ... postponement passes" (0:38:30; flag 6).
0:38:58V.1 SHS Youth and Government (Jill Chastenay)Trip to the State House April 14 and 15 approved: Hawkins moves, Horsky seconds, voice vote (0:41:42).
0:42:04V.2 (added) Claremont Middle School Athletic Transportation WaiverHorsky moves approval "pending legal approval" by Friday (0:44:41); seconded (Sprague per the minutes). Amendment adding a notarized signature and limiting the waiver to the spring season: Horsky, second Gallagher, carried (0:59:40). Discussion closed by vote; three members of the public speak. Final motion as restated at 1:05:24, carried by voice vote with no objection (1:05:54). See flag 5.
1:08:15V.3 Donations: a. Red River, $1,000 to CMS Athletics; b. Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation, $2,000 to SHS Unified SportsRed River: Horsky moves, Skillen seconds (minutes; the dialogue file labels the second Heather Whitney), voice vote (1:09:26). Byrne: Horsky moves (1:12:52), Hawkins seconds, voice vote (1:13:04). Both are below the $5,000 level at which RSA 198:20-b, as it read before July 18, 2023, required a public hearing for unanticipated funds.
1:13:11V.4 SRVRTC Visioning Committee ReportAction plan and SREB proposal presented. Horsky moves to allot, from the $53,000 remaining in the ESSER grant activity for the Visioning Committee, the SREB plan of support, the rest to remain with the committee, and a purchase order the next morning (1:52:00); Hawkins seconds; voice vote (1:52:33). The minutes give the SREB figure as $47,900.00. See flags 3 and 4.
1:52:55VI. Other businessRetreat set for Tuesday, May 16, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. (1:58:00), at "the teal" (1:58:40). Nonpublic session under "RSA 91-A:3 II" (minutes): Whitney moves, Skillen seconds (2:00:45), roll call all yes. Seal for five years: Sprague moves, Skillen seconds; roll call with Horsky voting no (2:03:11). See flag 1.
2:03:36VII–IX. Future dates; closing; adjournmentNext meeting April 19; future item: middle-school athletic transportation. Adjournment: Skillen moves, Hawkins seconds, voice vote (2:03:40).

Discussion timeline

Times are taken from the dialogue transcript (Dialogue/15003 SchoolBoard040523.mp4.CSV) and link into the recording.

TimeTopicWhat was saidFlags
0:00:44Officer elections"I'd be pleased to nominate Heather Whitney as chair of the Claremont School Board." Skillen: she "pays attention to detail and is very aware of parliamentary procedure" (0:01:09). Sprague elected vice chair: "Unanimous. Congratulations." (0:02:18).
0:03:38Waiver added to agendaHorsky: "We saw this last year as an issue, and here we are again with it as an issue." The chair takes the addition "by consent, which is there's no objection" (0:04:15).OBSERVATION
0:05:39State budget reportRep. Damon: "Education trust fund money can only be spent on education" (0:06:28); EFA eligibility "Right now, it's 300%" of the federal poverty level, with an amendment "would raise eligibility to 500%" (0:07:50).
0:12:17Business-administrator search"we've contracted David Jack from MRI" to assist the search (0:12:42); the auditors "are used by about 80% of the communities in New Hampshire" (0:13:09). Asked by Hawkins whether the job is posted: "So we haven't posted yet." (0:34:50), though the packet slide says "Position will be posted this week!" The packet adds that Michael Campo "will present the audit findings when finalized to the board (May meeting)".OBSERVATION
0:13:41Reconfiguration delayed"we don't think we can operationalize that as we prepared, particularly when there's a change in the budget." Contracts must go out "over the next week or so as mandated" (0:14:18). "the class size in the high school over the past ten years has been lower than the class size average in the elementary schools" (0:15:28). He proposes an SRVRTC course as a graduation requirement: "Let's make it a requirement." (0:18:33).OBSERVATION
0:20:08Literacy materialsHurst: after a year-long pilot, staff chose Wit & Wisdom "because it aligns with Foundations and Haggerty and geodes" (0:21:06); teachers' search time is "just criminal what we're putting teachers through" (0:21:54). Full implementation is "a two, three year process" (0:24:53). Whitney: the subcommittee could not approve it because "with Josh Lambert leaving, it left just me" (0:30:16).
0:35:08Postponement by consentHawkins: "Many parents felt that it was just sprung on them" (0:35:36). Horsky: "Point of order. Yes. It's not a discussion and an action item, so we can't take action upon it." (0:36:03). The chair: "as long as it's reflected in the minutes that no one on the board objects to the recommendation by Superintendent Tempesta to hold back on moving forward in the reconfiguration. I think we're good" (0:38:30).OBSERVATION
0:42:16Transportation waiverLaplante: middle-school teams get only "two busses to go out for activities" and "we would lose 50% of our season" (0:42:49); "it's not a bus issue. It's a it's a bus driver issue" (0:54:55); training takes "four months" (0:55:13). Horsky moves approval "pending legal approval. And I anticipate and require legal approval by Friday." (0:44:41).OBSERVATION
0:47:24Counsel's earlier adviceTempesta: "We did talk to our attorney who advised us not to do this last year." The risk is losing "a vetted person" (0:51:02). Sprague: "who would an injured party. Sue?" A voice: "Biggest pockets. Which would be us." (0:51:51). Whitney: "if the attorney says does not advise, then the waiver will not be approved." Horsky: "I would have it come back for discussion." (0:53:20).OBSERVATION
0:57:52A one-season limitSkillen: "I'm curious as to why in the last 12 months, more people haven't been trained". Horsky amends: "only for the spring season" with a notarized signature (0:58:57). Amendment carried (0:59:40).
1:00:03Public comment on the waiverAfter the board closes its discussion, Rhines: a notary is "a barrier right there" for working parents (1:00:47); Bean: coaches driving is not "a realistic solution" (1:02:27); Crawford on weekend notaries (1:03:19). The waiver is to be signed once for the season (1:03:47).POSITIVE
1:05:24Waiver approvedRestated: "accept the the waiver as presented with the addition of a notary to sign off on the signature for the spring sports season at CMS only." Carried: "There's no objection. The motion passes." (1:05:54). Training of drivers goes to a future agenda (1:07:56).OBSERVATION
1:08:43DonationsA coach's employer grant to CMS football, $1,000 (1:09:18). Rhines: the Byrne Foundation "gave us $2,000" for unified-sports gear (1:11:10); this year's gear bill "was $980" (1:10:50). Both accepted.
1:14:48Visioning Committee planLafreniere: the committee grew from 2022 deliberative-session concern "over the strength and perhaps the direction of our own tech center programing" (1:15:21); the plan answers "How many programs should now be run at our CTE center" (1:18:09); timeline "start this spring and wrap up during the fall of 2023" (1:21:50); he recommends SREB, which did "an extensive report for us here in 2015" (1:23:14).
1:23:57SREB proposalCoburn: shareholder engagement, a career pathway review and strategic planning; "a four day extensive visit" (1:31:42); desktop audit April to August, site visits in September, unpacking October to December (1:37:01). Further facilitation "will be a different contract" (1:44:13).OBSERVATION
1:39:45Where the $100,000 wentLafreniere: "up to $100,000 was agreed upon" in July; the cost "is $47,500" (1:40:09). Tempesta: "a motion in my opinion that would be doesn't matter" (1:42:29); then "40. 7000 is paying for extra teachers to do doing grade, and the remainder is for the vision committee" (1:46:01). Whitney: "So I don't remember." (1:46:19). "We have about $55,000 for the Vision Committee." (1:46:55). Hawkins: "I would just like to know what happened to the other 55." (1:47:03).MEDIUM
1:44:33Other firmsHorsky asks whether other firms were vetted. Lafreniere: "we did vet an additional consultant" (1:44:47). The figure on screen is read as 47,900 (1:45:49).OBSERVATION
1:49:27ESSER accountingHorsky: "there's plenty of Esser money" and "I've asked them several times for a detailed to the penny accounting of where the money is and where it's earmarked to." He confirms "$53,000 because 47 has been used" (1:50:00); Tempesta: "don't have exact numbers in my head" (1:50:09). Motion carried (1:52:33).MEDIUM
1:53:30RetreatA policy requires a strategic plan with the administration "supposed to be done in May". The community center "want to charge us to use it" (1:54:56). Set for May 16, 4 to 7 (1:58:09).
2:00:26Nonpublic session and sealThe chair requests nonpublic session "under RSA 91, a three, two C and 91 a 321". Roll call to enter, then the motion "to seal the minutes for five years" (2:03:00). The chair: "Two thirds has to approve." Horsky: "I'm gonna go. No, because it seems too short." (2:03:20).MEDIUM

Items flagged for review

These flags are a reviewer's aid, not findings of violation and not legal advice. Each one cites the rule it rests on as that rule read on April 5, 2023; check the recording and the primary source before relying on any of them. Severity: HIGH, a likely breach of a binding rule or a missed statutory deadline; MEDIUM, a probable process gap or control weakness; OBSERVATION, notable with no confirmed rule; POSITIVE, practice beyond the legal minimum. This page carries no HIGH flag.

MEDIUM Nonpublic minutes sealed for five years with no statutory determination, and an exemption the minutes do not specify

RSA 91-A:3, III, as codified for this date, requires nonpublic minutes to be disclosed within 72 hours "unless, by recorded vote of 2/3 of the members present taken in public session, it is determined that divulgence of the information likely would affect adversely the reputation of any person" other than a member, render a proposed action ineffective, or pertain to terrorism (statute). The vote here was a public roll call (2:03:11), and the chair noted the two-thirds rule; that part was met. No determination was stated: the motion was "to seal the minutes for five years" (2:03:00), and the minutes record only "Minutes sealed for 5 years from today's date." RSA 91-A:3, I(b) also requires the motion to "state on its face the specific exemption under paragraph II." On the recording the chair names two C together with a garbled second citation (2:00:26); the minutes record only "RSA 91-A:3 II", with no lettered exemption. The session itself is not on the recording, and the minutes give no times for it. Two smaller discrepancies: the dialogue file gives the seal motion to the superintendent, who is not a member, where the minutes credit Sprague; and the minutes' seal roll call lists six members and omits Skillen, whose Yes is audible at 2:03:31.

Sources: RSA 91-A:3, I(b), II(c) and III (2022 codification; source note ends 2021, 48:7, 163:1, 172:1); draft minutes, item VI

MEDIUM The minutes reached the public share on the seventh business day

RSA 91-A:2, II requires minutes to be "open to public inspection not more than 5 business days after the meeting" (statute). The earliest copy located, the draft in the April 19 packet folder, was created on Drive on Friday, April 14, 2023 at about 1:53 p.m.; the PDF's own modified time is about fifty minutes earlier the same day, so nothing dates it sooner. Counting from Wednesday, April 5, the fifth business day was Wednesday, April 12. Drive's created time shows when the public could see the document on the share, not when it was written, and a draft may have been available at the SAU office on request; nothing in the record says so. Because minutes exist and the gap is two business days, this is graded MEDIUM under the project's severity rule for late rather than missing minutes.

Sources: RSA 91-A:2, II (minutes within 5 business days); packet folder 10. CSB 4.19.23 (Drive metadata)

MEDIUM About $47,000 of a $100,000 ESSER activity the board had pointed at the Visioning Committee was spent on another program without the board's knowledge

The committee's vice chair reports that in July 2022 the board allocated "up to $100,000" to the Visioning Committee (1:39:45; he says he reviewed the July minutes, 1:46:25). Asked for the money, the superintendent explains that about $47,000 of the activity paid CTE teachers to run classes for eighth graders, an effort "independent outside of the recommendations of the Visioning Committee" (1:48:06, 1:48:11). The chair says "I don't remember" that use; a member asks what happened to the rest. The figures given for what remains differ within minutes of each other, "about $55,000" (1:46:55) and "$53,000 because 47 has been used" (1:50:00), with the superintendent saying he does not "have exact numbers in my head" (1:50:09). A member says he has asked "several times for a detailed to the penny accounting" of ESSER money without receiving it (1:49:27). The Uniform Guidance requires a recipient to "Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance" of compliance (2 CFR 200.303(a)). Spending within an approved grant activity may have been lawful under the grant; what the record shows is a board that could not say where its own allocation had gone. The July 2022 minutes were not read for this page.

Sources: 2 CFR 200.303(a) (internal controls, 2023 edition); draft minutes, item V.4

OBSERVATION A $47,900 consulting engagement paid from federal funds, with its price shown only on screen and one other firm considered

The SREB engagement was presented with a slide deck that is in the packet; the price is not in it, and the figure is read aloud as "doing this work is $47,500" (1:40:09) and then as 47,900 (1:45:49); the minutes record $47,900.00. The motion directs a purchase order "tomorrow morning" (1:52:00). Because the money is ESSER, federal procurement standards apply. Above the micro-purchase threshold and below the simplified acquisition threshold, "price or rate quotations must be obtained from an adequate number of qualified sources" (2 CFR 200.320(a)(2)(i)). The record says one other consultant was vetted (1:44:47); whether quotations were obtained and documented is not shown. The board did ask the right questions on scope and competition (1:42:41, 1:44:33).

Sources: 2 CFR 200.320(a)(2)(i) (small purchase procedures, 2023 edition); 2 CFR 200.318(a); SREB CPR Overview handout

OBSERVATION The waiver's "pending legal approval" condition drops out of the motion as finally restated

Horsky's original motion approved the waiver "pending legal approval", to be obtained "by Friday" (0:44:41), and he said a negative opinion would bring it back to the board (0:53:20). The superintendent reported that counsel had advised against the practice the year before (0:47:24). The amendment added a notary and a spring-only limit (0:58:57). The motion restated for the final vote is to "accept the the waiver as presented with the addition of a notary" for the spring season (1:05:24), and the minutes' wording of the carried motion likewise says nothing about legal review. Whether the condition survived, and whether counsel reviewed the document, is not in the record available here. The item itself was added to the agenda at the meeting (0:03:38); RSA 91-A:2, II requires notice of the meeting, not of each item, so the addition is not itself a defect. The waiver document reached the packet folder on April 6, the day after the vote.

Sources: Transportation Waiver.pdf; draft minutes, item V.2

OBSERVATION The reconfiguration postponement was decided by consent from a report item, over a point of order, with no motion

The grade reconfiguration came up in the superintendent's report, not as an action item. A member raised a point of order that the board "can't take action upon it" (0:36:03); the chair proceeded by consent, asking that the minutes reflect no objection (0:38:30). The minutes record "postponement passes" with no mover or seconder, because there was no motion. RSA 91-A:2, II requires minutes to name "the members who made or seconded each motion"; a decision by unanimous consent has none to name, so no rule is clearly broken, but the record of a significant policy decision consists of an absence of objection. The superintendent's packet slide states the administrative team's decision as already made. The agenda, the March 1 minutes and the waiver's addition were also taken by consent.

Sources: RSA 91-A:2, II (contents of minutes); Supt Report Claremont 4.5.23.pdf

OBSERVATION The audit was still not final in April 2023

The superintendent's packet report says Michael Campo of the auditors "will present the audit findings when finalized to the board (May meeting)". The record does not name the fiscal year. If it is the audit of the year ended June 30, 2022, and the district spent $750,000 or more in federal awards that year, the Uniform Guidance deadline for the single-audit reporting package, "nine months after the end of the audit period", was March 31, 2023, already past (2 CFR 200.512(a)(1)). This page cannot confirm either condition from tonight's record. The business office was also losing its administrator on April 14 (packet; 0:12:17).

Sources: 2 CFR 200.512(a)(1) (2023 edition); Supt Report Claremont 4.5.23.pdf

OBSERVATION The minutes and the recording disagree on several details

The minutes put Candace Crawford in Ward 1; on the recording she gives "Candace Crawford for two" (1:03:19). They record the Red River donation seconded by Skillen where the dialogue file labels the second Heather Whitney (1:09:26). They omit Skillen from the seal roll call (flag 1). They record the Youth and Government trip as April 14; the motion said April 14th and 15th (0:41:24). They spell the state representative Daman and the auditing firm Plodznik. None of these changes an outcome; RSA 91-A:2, II asks for "a brief description of the subject matter discussed and final decisions", and the board can correct such points at approval.

Sources: RSA 91-A:2, II; draft minutes

POSITIVE The public was heard on an action item before the vote

The comment period on this agenda is "reserved for non agenda items" (0:05:11). Before voting on the waiver, the chair closed board discussion and invited the public to speak on it (1:00:03); three residents raised the notary barrier and the burden on coaches, and the board answered the notary question before voting. RSA 189:74 requires an opportunity for public comment at a board meeting; taking comment on a pending action item goes beyond that minimum.

Sources: RSA 189:74 (public comment period; 2022, 333:1, eff. Sept. 6, 2022)

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