Participants
Everyone heard or addressed on the recording, plus members recorded as present. Spellings follow the agenda and approved minutes; the incoming superintendent's surname follows his own signed memo (Broadrick), which the transcript renders as Broderick. Students are described by role, not named. Unidentified voices stay unidentified.
| Name | Role | Participation |
|---|
| Candace Crawford | Chair; Finance Subcommittee chair | Presides. Adds a nonpublic session to the agenda without a vote (0:00:45) and treats the consent agenda as approved by agreement (0:02:14). Presses for a verified July 1, 2025 starting balance: "it's very important that we get this number for the valid number for July 1st, 2025" (0:57:29). Questions credit recovery cost and staffing (1:07:21, 1:08:58). Says board members should route requests for administrative action through the chair or a meeting (1:46:41). |
| Michael Petrin | Vice chair; SRVRTC Subcommittee chair | On aligning the calendar with Newport for the technical centers (0:46:37); asks what happens if Bluff School sells before the police training (1:23:29); supports the training (1:24:50); notes former band members march in the alumni parade (1:40:51). The minutes name him as mover of the motion to leave nonpublic session and as the member who thanked the student representatives; on tape the mover is not identified and the thanks at 0:07:53 are labeled Lavalette in the dialogue file. |
| Heather Whitney | Member; Ad Hoc Exploratory Reconfiguration chair | Asks for a school-by-school staffing map against minimum standards (0:13:44, 0:14:11) and a middle-school contingency plan (0:20:48); raises learning loss (0:23:21) and Medicaid cost capture (0:35:43); asks how the instructional-hours shortfall escaped state notice (0:46:58). Seconds the police-training motion (1:21:51). Says she was the board member who filed right-to-know requests (1:43:13). The minutes record her moving to seal the nonpublic minutes; that motion is not on the recording. |
| William Madden | Member; Capital Improvement and Curriculum Subcommittee chair | Asks what qualification the truant officer lacks (0:40:48) and challenges the answer (0:42:46); reports on the capital-improvement and curriculum subcommittees (1:32:52, 1:49:39). The minutes credit him with the question about a payment to "Steven Horsky" (minutes text) that the dialogue file labels Lavalette (1:18:59). |
| Loren Howard | Member; Policy Subcommittee chair; NHSBA delegate | Asks whether the audits cover three years (0:57:25); asks about Bluff School's former free-meal program (1:17:23). Recorded in the minutes as the lone vote against the lunch prices. Reports contact with NH Listens (1:34:36); offers to find a used camera for filming subcommittees; suggests a "vampire technique" for board visits to the SAU office (1:39:37). |
| Donald Lavalette | Member; Finance and Policy Subcommittees | Asks for the yearbook students' names for the minutes (0:06:43); follows up the November 19, 2025 vote on a hybrid truant-officer and McKinney-Vento transportation role (0:37:43) and a bus aide's pay (0:39:56); asks about moving-expense and stipend payments to a departed principal (0:58:23); presses the RiverView CTE point (1:00:03). Moves the lunch-price motion (1:18:48). Offers to learn to film subcommittee meetings (1:34:59), to paint the middle school (1:36:35), and asks for a list of right-to-know requests before September (1:42:00). |
| Brian Rapp | Member; Capital Improvement and Policy Subcommittees | Asks whether all positions are posted (0:25:17) and for a firm first day of school (0:51:41). Moves the police-training motion "With our gratitude" (1:21:43) and asks about insurance (1:24:02). Moves to enter nonpublic session (1:31:06). Disagrees that individual members need a board vote to obtain information (1:47:59, 1:48:31). Moves to adjourn (1:51:47). |
| Noelle Kronberg | School Board Clerk | Calls the two nonpublic roll calls (1:31:12, 1:31:39). Submitted the minutes. |
| Kerry Kennedy | Interim Superintendent | Introduces the yearbook recognition (0:02:31); gives last-day dates, exit interviews and the PowerSchool-to-Alma shift (0:08:17, 0:08:57, 0:10:49); describes the three summer programs (1:02:10). "One individual board member requesting something does not necessarily mean it's the will of the board" (1:46:11). |
| Dr. Timothy Broadrick | Incoming Superintendent (starts July 1, 2026) | Presents his five-page written report (0:15:05): 20 open positions at the middle school (0:17:50); a draft organization chart splitting student services (0:27:21); an IEP-timeliness sample (0:33:30, 0:34:20); transportation licensing (0:38:46); the calendar and instructional hours (0:47:30, 0:50:19). |
| Matt Angell | Senior Comptroller / Interim Business Administrator | Cash of $5.1 million before the final teacher payroll (0:55:55); fraud auditors have made contact (0:56:40); the auditors are "going to disclaim an opinion" (0:57:16); year-end report due September 1 (0:57:59). Presents lunch prices (1:14:52) and the State Police request (1:19:51). Says part of the truant-officer conversation belongs in nonpublic session (0:43:05). |
| Dr. Michael Herrington | Principal, Stevens High School | Credit recovery dates, funding and the eligibility score (1:06:10, 1:09:53); graduation rule (1:10:49); cost (1:12:05); vape detectors (1:26:22, 1:27:07). The transcript renders him Harrington. |
| Mimi Rhines | Stevens High School staff; runs credit recovery | Schedule and staff prep day (1:05:44, 1:07:03); teachers without students do not work (1:07:40); offers an August report (1:13:48). |
| Hilary Walsh | Technology teacher and yearbook adviser, Stevens High School | Describes the yearbook class and the Jostens award (0:03:24, 0:04:29). The minutes spell her first name Hillary. |
| Student yearbook editor | Stevens High School senior (named in the minutes) | Introduced by Walsh at 0:03:24; recognized with the class. |
| Unidentified | Short responses | Four rows (for example the mover of the motion to leave nonpublic session, 1:31:31); twelve more rows are labeled Multiple (pledge, roll calls). |
Agenda
Official agenda items (6.3.26 CSB Meeting Agenda) with the time each was taken up on tape and its disposition. Vote tallies follow the approved minutes and the chair's announcement; the board voted by voice except on the nonpublic motions.
| Taken up | Item | Agenda text / disposition |
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| 0:00:05 | Call to order and Pledge | 6:30 p.m. on the agenda. Roll call at 0:00:34; the minutes record "All present" (minutes text). |
| 0:00:45 | Consent agenda | Agenda: amendments and final approval of the agenda; approval of the 5/20/26 minutes; "Approval of Manifest:" (agenda text, left blank). The chair adds a nonpublic session after the vape-detector item, citing on tape "RSA 91, a colon, three comma, section two, parents number one"; the minutes record the addition as "a non-public as item 3 under RSA 91-A:3,II(c)" (minutes text). No motion or vote: "if anyone is agreeing to the consent agenda, that means you're approving of the minutes for five, 20, 26" (0:02:14). No manifest is presented on tape or recorded in the minutes. See flag 4. |
| 0:02:31 | Yearbook recognition (taken before citizens' comments) | Jostens Silver Level award for the Stevens High School yearbook. |
| 0:07:16 | Citizens' comments (Policy BEDH) | No speakers; the minutes record "none" (minutes text). |
| 0:07:24 | Student representatives' report | Not given; the student representatives were absent. Struck through in the minutes. |
| 0:08:09 | Superintendent's report: Interim Superintendent Kennedy | Last days of school, exit interviews, PowerSchool to Alma. |
| 0:15:05 | Incoming Superintendent's report: Tim Broadrick (staffing; organization chart; transportation; 2026–27 calendar) | Staffing from 0:15:30; organization chart from 0:27:21; special education sample at 0:32:49; transportation from 0:37:33; calendar from 0:46:03. No action; the chart is a draft "absolutely not asking for a decision" (0:27:21). |
| 0:55:41 | Finance update (Matt Angell) | Oral report; no written finance report in the packet. Cash, fraud audit, audit opinion, September 1 report. |
| 0:59:20 | Follow-up items: RiverView partnership; ESY and credit recovery; PreK updates | RiverView at 0:59:20; summer programs at 1:02:10; PreK deferred until Dr. Broadrick is on board (1:14:05). |
| 1:14:35 | Set school lunch prices (vote) | Paid lunch up 25 cents at every level (high school $3.75 to $4.00; middle and elementary $3.50 to $3.75; breakfast unchanged) per the staff report and the USDA Paid Lunch Equity tool. Moved by Lavalette (1:18:48); the minutes name Rapp as seconder. Voice vote: "The motion carries 6 to 1" (1:19:06); the minutes record Howard opposed. |
| 1:19:42 | Request by NH State Police to utilize Bluff School (discussion/vote) | Motion by Rapp "to support this and, Yeah. With our gratitude" (1:21:43), second by Whitney (1:21:51); clarified to include simulated ammunition (1:24:34). No use charge; insurance from the State Police per Angell. Voice vote: "Motion carries seven zero" (1:25:23). |
| 1:25:23 | Vape detectors | Information; additional detectors at Stevens and the technical center, grant funded (Title IV-A per the superintendent's report). No vote. |
| 1:30:43 | Nonpublic session (added under the consent agenda) | Motion by Rapp (1:31:06); minutes name Whitney as seconder; roll call ends 1:31:20. Minutes: 8:01 to 8:27 p.m., under RSA 91-A:3, II(c). Motion to return to public session at 1:31:27, roll call by the clerk (1:31:39). Minutes record a further roll-call vote to seal the minutes until September 1, 2026; it is not on the recording. See flag 2. |
| 1:31:45 | Subcommittee reports | Purpose statements and meeting schedules requested; Finance to take theirs up on June 19; Capital Improvement to meet the following week; Curriculum reports progress. |
| 1:34:20 | Other business | NH Listens; filming subcommittees; painting the middle school; board visits to the SAU office; right-to-know requests; the Academy presentation. |
| 1:51:01 | Future dates | June 11 graduation; June 17 board meeting; June 19 Finance Subcommittee; July 21 board meeting with goal setting. |
| 1:51:47 | Adjournment | Motion by Rapp, second by Petrin (1:51:49); minutes record 8:39 p.m. |
Discussion timeline
Times are taken from the dialogue transcript (Dialogue/17397 SchoolBoard060326.mp4.CSV) and link into the recording.
Chronological topics. Quotations are the transcript as recorded.
| Time | Topic | What was said | Flags |
|---|
| 0:00:45 | Agenda amended for a nonpublic session | Chair: "I would like to put in a nonpublic meeting into that slot." No motion is taken: "Unless there's somebody who wants to object. I think we're all set." (0:01:46). | MEDIUM OBS |
| 0:02:14 | Consent agenda | "if anyone is agreeing to the consent agenda, that means you're approving of the minutes for five, 20, 26." No manifest is mentioned. | OBS |
| 0:02:44 | Yearbook award | Kennedy: "this year, we've been awarded the Silver Level award for engaging yearbooks." Walsh: the yearbook became a class with "18 students in it" (0:04:29) and is "self-funded" through ads and sales (0:04:50). Lavalette asks for the students' names for the minutes (0:06:43); the approved minutes print "Students who helped create the yearbook:" (minutes text) with no list after it. | |
| 0:07:16 | Citizens' comments | No one comes forward. | |
| 0:08:17 | Interim superintendent's report | Last day June 11 for the elementary schools and June 12 for the middle and high schools. Exit interviews are optional and anonymous (0:09:17, 0:10:32). The student information system will move from PowerSchool to Alma gradually (0:10:49). | |
| 0:13:44 | Staffing map | Whitney asks how vacancies overlay the staffing map and for "a school based vacancy based on minimum standards. That's 306" (0:14:11). | OBS |
| 0:15:30 | Broadrick: memos and grant discipline | "I like writing memos. We do because they create records." "you can only spend the money you have, and you can only spend each dollar once" (0:15:56). His written report says the review found two contracted social-work positions with no approved grant activity and one "for which the district did not have an identified funding source" (report text). | MEDIUM |
| 0:17:50 | Middle-school vacancies | "There are 20 open positions at the middle school." He asks for "the next 4 or 5 weeks" to hire before contingency planning (0:18:09); "by the time I see you in July, certainly we will know where we are" (0:18:33). | |
| 0:20:48 | Contingency plan and learning loss | Whitney: "I know we may not be able to exceed at 306 standards, but I want to ensure that we can meet them." Broadrick's Plan B: "anybody who holds a bachelor's degree who might be interested in pursuing a career in education, we can find a pathway to licensure" (0:21:16). On learning loss he expects "a multi-year recovery plan for learners" (0:24:02). | OBS |
| 0:25:17 | Are all positions posted? | Rapp asks; Broadrick says the display ad covers "K through 12 teachers" and applications are arriving (0:26:30). | |
| 0:27:21 | Draft organization chart | The chart "fits in the approved budget for fiscal 27" (0:28:48). Student services split into a director of special education and a director of school counseling, citing "many more 504 plans" (0:30:09) and state suicide-prevention duties (0:30:36). | |
| 0:32:49 | IEP timeliness sample | "I'm going to have a lot of bad news." About 450 to 460 IEPs, "roughly a third of the students" (0:33:30). "It was not 50%, but it was close to 50% of the first 54 she looked at that had had a gap in approval from a day to a few months" (0:34:20); "something on the order of 40 or 45% of our IEPs might not have been renewed on time." An expired IEP cannot be billed to the Medicaid to Schools program (0:33:57). "bringing IEPs and staffing into compliance with federal law" (0:35:15). | HIGH |
| 0:35:43 | Medicaid cost capture | Whitney: "if we're not getting Medicare [Medicaid] reimbursement for 50% of our kids". Broadrick adds out-of-district placements and legal fees (0:36:05, 0:36:39). | HIGH |
| 0:37:43 | Truant officer and McKinney-Vento transport | Lavalette: on November 19, 2025 "The board voted for to two to bring back the turnover [truant officer] as a hybrid position to include transportation under McKinney Vento"; is it happening? Broadrick: home-to-school transport "requires a special license" (0:38:46, 0:39:20). Madden: "we haven't trained that person yet" (0:42:25). Angell: some of it belongs in nonpublic session (0:43:05). Chair puts it on the next agenda (0:45:47). | OBS |
| 0:39:56 | Bus aide pay | Lavalette cites one bus aide's pay as "842 grand plus 24,000 abandons for 66 grand"; the minutes give $42,130.02 salary and $24,522.04 benefits, $66,652.06 total (minutes text). He asks what aides do between runs. | |
| 0:44:45 | Clear expectations | Broadrick on past district emails "written in passive voice": "If I write to an employee, this is what we're going to do, and this is what I expect you to do." | |
| 0:46:10 | 2026–27 calendar | "I will bring you a proposed school calendar for next year on July 21st." Petrin: align with Newport for the technical centers (0:46:37). Broadrick: "There are precious few real accountability systems in place in the Department of Education in Concord" (0:47:30); the district counted hours and scheduled "100 and 72.5 days" (0:50:19); with 178 days "we won't have to worry about structured learning time at the end" (0:51:22). Rapp asks for a firm first day (0:51:41); Broadrick expects the first day to stand and days to be added in June (0:55:03). | OBS |
| 0:55:55 | Finance update | "the cash balance of the district in the bank right now is 5.1 million"; the final teacher payroll is "1.1 million", leaving "$4 million in the bank, and that's going to carry us to the end of the year." The fraud auditors "Reached out to me to start the fraud audit" (0:56:40). On the audit: "Just know they're going to disclaim an opinion." (0:57:16). Year-end report "due to the state by September 1st" (0:57:59). | OBS |
| 0:58:23 | Payments to a departed principal | Lavalette: "$8,461.53 in moving expenses once, then $9,230.76 in moving expenses, and then paid an additional $4,365.39" on top of salary. Angell asks to connect privately to identify the employee (0:58:56). The minutes add that Lavalette "could not find anything in previous minutes regarding those stipends" (minutes text). | OBS |
| 0:59:20 | RiverView students and the technical center | Kennedy: a student residing in the CTE center's district is "eligible for enrollment" (0:59:35). Crawford would admit them "only if there are slots" (0:59:57); Lavalette: "the law is pretty clear in New Hampshire that if they're eligible to attend to CTE and they want to come, they can" (1:00:03). Crawford: "our students in our school have the first right of refusal for those slots" (1:00:41). No statute was named on tape. | |
| 1:02:10 | Summer camp, ESY, credit recovery | Summer camp is grant funded for tier-one students; ESY serves students whose IEPs require it (1:03:00); credit recovery is for students with a recovery-eligible score (1:04:28). Herrington: run through August with "no cost to the district" under Title IV-A (1:06:10); eligibility moved from 50 to 45 "in an attempt to, boost the graduation rate" (1:09:53); students who have not met every requirement "do not walk across that stage" (1:10:49); cost fell from "about 28, maybe $30,000" to "under 15" (1:12:05); about 95% of attending students finish (1:12:40). | |
| 1:14:52 | School lunch prices | Angell: prices "haven't changed since the 2324 school year"; the USDA tool recommends 25 cents (1:15:24). Reduced-price students "only pay $0.40" (1:16:27). Bluff's former Community Eligibility Program ended when its students were dispersed (1:18:18). Vote "carries 6 to 1" (1:19:06). Whitney thanks Angell for posting the PLE tool (1:19:22). | POSITIVE |
| 1:19:51 | State Police training at Bluff School | Angell requires public notice, roadway signage and multi-agency participation and supports simulated ammunition (1:20:51). No charge "because the district would benefit from this training" (1:21:52). The State Police "they'll provide whatever insurance that we need" (1:24:21). "Motion carries seven zero" (1:25:23). | |
| 1:25:37 | Vape detectors | Whitney: "They got a grant. A grant, and we didn't know about it." Herrington: detectors installed about four years ago "are incredibly valuable" (1:26:22); an alert plus camera review meets "the standard of reasonable suspicion" for a search (1:27:07); two more for Stevens and some for the technical center, grant funded with a "nominal" licensing fee (1:28:07, 1:28:46). | |
| 1:30:43 | Nonpublic session | Chair: "I would entertain a motion to go into nonpublic session under RSA 91, a total of." then "Section two sub part one." (1:31:02). Rapp: So move. Roll call (1:31:12 to 1:31:20). Back in public at 1:31:27; roll call (1:31:39); the chair moves straight to subcommittee reports at 1:31:45. No seal vote is heard. | MEDIUM |
| 1:31:45 | Subcommittee purpose statements | Policy has filed its statement; Finance will take it up June 19; SRVRTC nearly done; Capital Improvement to meet after a meeting with Steven Holt (1:32:52); the statements will feed July goal setting (1:33:53). | |
| 1:34:59 | Filming subcommittee meetings | Lavalette: "I know CCTV doesn't have the staffing, but I'm willing to do". Angell: "we used to use the Owl camera for our subcommittees" (1:35:48). | |
| 1:38:08 | Board members at the SAU office | Lavalette's estimate of staff time lost to board visits; Crawford: "the board should not be going into the saw [SAU] office" (1:38:49). | |
| 1:41:19 | Right-to-know requests by board members | Lavalette asks for "A list of all the requests that have been submitted name, short subject line and any cost to the district" before September (1:42:00). Whitney says she filed them because information on grants and reimbursements was withheld from the board (1:43:13) and asked a legislator for a bill so board members "receive the same financial information that the administrators are receiving" (1:44:06). Kennedy and Crawford: action requests need the board (1:46:11, 1:46:41). Rapp: "I do not need a vote of a board to approve me getting information." (1:48:31). | |
| 1:51:01 | Future dates and adjournment | Graduation June 11; board June 17; Finance Subcommittee June 19; board July 21. Adjourned at 1:51:50. | |
Items flagged for review
These flags are a reviewer's aid. They are not findings of violation and not legal advice. Each names the rule it rests on and links to the primary source; where no verified rule supports a concern, the flag is an Observation.
HIGH Incoming superintendent reports that close to half of a 54-IEP sample lapsed before renewal
Dr. Broadrick told the board that the district's special-education consultant checked "the first 54" IEPs and found "close to 50%" with "a gap in approval from a day to a few months" (0:34:20); he stopped the review as "close enough to a representative sample" and estimated that 40 to 45 percent of roughly 450 to 460 IEPs "might not have been renewed on time" (0:33:30, 0:34:20). He did not know "for how many years this has been going on" (0:34:51). Federal regulation requires each public agency to ensure that the IEP team "Reviews the child's IEP periodically, but not less than annually" (34 CFR 300.324(b)(1)(i)). A lapse between expiration and renewal is the gap that rule forbids. Mitigation stated on tape: the figure is a sample estimate, not a state monitoring finding; he expects the Bureau of Special Education to require corrective action rather than punishment (0:35:09); and he names special-education compliance as a reason for a dedicated director (0:35:15). He also ties the lapses to lost Medicaid to Schools reimbursement (0:33:57), which the board should expect to see quantified.
Sources: 34 CFR 300.324(b)(1)(i) (IEP reviewed not less than annually); Claremont Board Report, June 3, 2026 (concerns about "consistency of IEP writing", report text).
MEDIUM Nonpublic session: the spoken motion does not state II(c), and the minuted vote to seal is not on the recording
RSA 91-A:3, I(b) requires that a motion to enter nonpublic session "shall state on its face the specific exemption under paragraph II which is relied upon." On tape the chair cites "RSA 91, a colon, three comma, section two, parents number one" when amending the agenda (0:00:45) and "Section two sub part one" when calling for the motion (1:31:02); neither rendering is II(c), which is what the minutes record ("RSA 91-A:3,II(c)", minutes text). The transcript may have garbled the letter, so the recording does not settle what was said. The more concrete gap is the seal. The approved minutes record that "Heather Whitney made a motion to seal the minutes until September 1, 2026, Brian Rapp seconded the motion" with a roll call, all in favor (minutes text). RSA 91-A:3, III allows nonpublic minutes to be withheld only "by recorded vote of 2/3 of the members present taken in public session" with a determination that disclosure would likely harm a person's reputation, render a proposed action ineffective, or relate to terrorism preparedness. The recording runs continuously from the return-to-public roll call (1:31:39) into subcommittee reports (1:31:45) with no seal motion, and the minutes state no statutory determination. Either the seal vote was taken outside public session or it was not taken as minuted. Also: the session followed a discussion in which the business administrator said a truant-officer matter "deals with personnel" (0:43:05); if that was the subject, II(a) (an employee's discipline or compensation) is the employee-specific exemption, and II(c) excludes members of the public body only. The topic is not stated in the public record, so exemption fit cannot be judged here. The seal date has passed; a search of the district's Unsealed Minutes share on 2026-10-03 did not locate released minutes for this session, but that search relied on Drive's search tool, which has missed files before, so the result is "not found", not "does not exist".
Sources: RSA 91-A:3, I(b), II(a), II(c), III (motion must state the exemption; seal by 2/3 recorded vote in public session with a finding); 6.3.26 Approved CSB Meeting Minutes.
MEDIUM Written report finds staff positions without an identified funding source and federal grants left unspent for several years
Dr. Broadrick's packet report states that two contracted social-work positions had no approved grant activity, that "there is no history of all contracts having to be submitted to the central office for a purchase order and signature", and that one contracted position was one "for which the district did not have an identified funding source"; it adds that "the central office has not fully expended federal grant funds for several consecutive years" (report text). On tape he frames the rule as "you can only spend each dollar once" (0:15:56) and says the district's Safe and Supportive Schools grant has been hard "to actually expend in full" (0:30:36). Federal awards require the recipient to maintain effective internal control over them (2 CFR 200.303), and federal education formula funds carry over only one additional fiscal year before they lapse (20 U.S.C. §1225(b)). The report's own mitigation: the encumbrances were found and the costs are already in the expenditure reports, and next year's positions will be tied to a funding source before hire. MEDIUM because these are process gaps described by the district's own incoming chief executive, without a dollar figure for lapsed funds.
Sources: Claremont Board Report, June 3, 2026; 2 CFR 200.303 (internal controls over federal awards); 20 U.S.C. §1225(b) (one additional year of availability).
OBSERVATION Agenda change and minutes approval by general consent; the manifest line is blank
The board added a nonpublic session to its agenda and approved the May 20 minutes with no motion and no vote: "Unless there's somebody who wants to object. I think we're all set." (0:01:46) and "if anyone is agreeing to the consent agenda, that means you're approving of the minutes" (0:02:14). No New Hampshire statute located for this page requires a formal vote to approve minutes, so this is not graded as a violation, but RSA 91-A:2, II's rule that "The names of the members who made or seconded each motion shall be recorded in the minutes" has nothing to attach to when no motion is made. The agenda's consent item "Approval of Manifest:" is blank in both the agenda and the minutes, and no manifest is mentioned on tape. RSA 197:23-a lets the treasurer pay "only upon orders of the school board or upon orders of 2 or more members of the school board empowered by the school board as a whole"; Lavalette's remark that he went in to "sign a couple of things" (1:38:08) is consistent with signed orders outside the meeting, but the public record of this meeting shows no payment order.
Sources: RSA 91-A:2, II (movers and seconders recorded); RSA 197:23-a (treasurer pays on orders of the board or empowered members).
OBSERVATION Approved minutes and recording differ on four details
(1) Timing: the minutes record nonpublic session 8:01 to 8:27 p.m. and adjournment at 8:39 p.m. The tape breaks at 1:31:22 and resumes at 1:31:27, then runs 20 minutes 23 seconds to adjournment at 1:51:50. From a 6:30 start the break falls at 8:01, but a return at 8:27 would put adjournment near 8:47; an 8:39 adjournment would put the return near 8:19. (2) The motion to leave nonpublic session: the minutes name Petrin as mover and Lavalette as seconder; on tape the mover is unidentified and the chair says "Is there a motion to second? Lauren? Second" (1:31:31). (3) The thanks to the student representatives, minuted as Petrin's, are labeled Lavalette in the dialogue file (0:07:53). (4) The question about a payment to "Steven Horsky" (minutes text), minuted as Madden's, is labeled Lavalette in the dialogue file (1:18:59). The recording does not settle (2) to (4); the minutes are the official record of who moved and seconded. RSA 91-A:2, II as amended by 2025, 112:1 (eff. Aug. 22, 2025) requires minutes to include "the start time and end time of the meeting"; these minutes give the agenda's 6:30 heading and "8:39" (minutes text) and name the clerk who produced them.
Sources: RSA 91-A:2, II (contents of minutes); 6.3.26 Approved CSB Meeting Minutes.
OBSERVATION School-year length: an instructional-hour waiver this spring, and a proposal to schedule about 178 days
Dr. Broadrick's report says Claremont "needed to seek an instructional hour waiver from the State Board of Education last month" because it scheduled "the minimum-length school year possible" by counting hours (report text). On tape he puts the old practice at "100 and 72.5 days" (0:50:19) and proposes about 178 days so the district clears the hours requirement (0:51:22). Ed 306.15 (as readopted effective December 13, 2024) sets the school year at 180 days of instruction or the hour equivalents (450 hours kindergarten, 945 hours grades 1 to 6, 990 hours grades 7 to 12). Whether a 178-day calendar complies depends on the hours each level schedules, which the July 21 calendar should show. Separately, Whitney asked for staffing measured against the Ed 306 minimum standards (0:14:11, 0:20:48); 20 middle-school vacancies were open on this date (0:17:50).
Sources: N.H. Admin. Rules, Ed 306.15 (school year: 180 days or hour equivalents) and Ed 306 generally; Claremont Board Report, June 3, 2026.
OBSERVATION The business administrator expects the auditors to disclaim an opinion
Angell: "Just know they're going to disclaim an opinion." (0:57:16). Crawford wants a verified July 1, 2025 opening balance (0:57:29); Howard asks whether three years are covered (0:57:25). A disclaimer means the auditor could not obtain enough evidence to give any opinion. Angell plans the year-end report for the board near the end of August because "it's due to the state by September 1st" (0:57:59), the date RSA 198:4-d sets for the annual financial report. From July 1, 2026, 2026 N.H. Laws ch. 272 (SB 586, approved July 2, 2026) also requires the audit report for the last completed fiscal year within 9 months of year end (March 31, 2027 for FY2026) and directs the commissioner to withhold "state grant funding, not including RSA 198:40-a funding" from non-compliant districts. That law was not yet in force on June 3. Auditing standards govern the auditor, not the district, so no rule-based flag is drawn from the expected disclaimer itself.
Sources: 2026 N.H. Laws ch. 272 (SB 586), approved July 2, 2026, eff. July 1, 2026 (RSA 198:4-d reenacted; ¶III September 1 report; ¶VIII audit within 9 months).
OBSERVATION A November 2025 board decision on McKinney-Vento transportation had not been carried out
Lavalette reports that on November 19, 2025 the board voted to restore the truant officer "as a hybrid position to include transportation under McKinney Vento" (0:37:43) and could find no later explanation in the minutes (0:38:26, 0:39:37). Kennedy says the officer could not be certified; Madden establishes that the person simply had not been trained (0:42:25). The district's federal duty to transport homeless students to their school of origin does not depend on which employee drives (42 U.S.C. §11432(g)(1)(J)(iii)); the gap is between a board decision and its execution, with no record of the decision being revisited. The chair put the officer's expectations and job description on the next agenda (0:45:47).
Sources: 42 U.S.C. §11432(g)(1)(J)(iii) (transportation to the school of origin).
OBSERVATION Payments to a departed principal that a member could not find authorized in the minutes
Lavalette reads from "public facing documents" (0:59:08) two moving-expense payments of $8,461.53 and $9,230.76 and an added $4,365.39 under an administrator title, all to a recently departed principal (0:58:23); the minutes add that he "could not find anything in previous minutes regarding those stipends" (minutes text). Angell asked to identify the employee before answering. No answer is on this record. Whether the payments rest on a contract term the board approved is the question the follow-up should settle.
Sources: RSA 197:23-a (payments only on orders of the board); 6.3.26 Approved CSB Meeting Minutes.
POSITIVE Both voting items came with written staff reports, and the lunch-price vote with the USDA calculation itself
Federal rules require school food authorities to set paid lunch prices each year under 7 CFR 210.14(e). The packet carried a staff report explaining the requirement, the current and recommended prices, and the $190,000 food-service contribution in the FY27 budget, together with the completed USDA Paid Lunch Equity tool, so the public could check the arithmetic; Whitney pointed this out on the record (1:19:22). The State Police request also came with a written staff report setting conditions (public notice, signage, multi-agency participation) and the fee rationale. The incoming superintendent gave his report in writing for the same reason: "they create records" (0:15:30).
Sources: 7 CFR 210.14(e) (pricing paid lunches); Staff Report - Paid Meal Price Recommendation.pdf; SAU 6 Claremont SY 26-27 Contiguous States PLE Tool (1).pdf.
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Laws and rules cited on this page
- State: RSA 91-A:2, II (read 2026-10-03; source note ends 2025, 112:1, eff. Aug. 22, 2025); RSA 91-A:3, I(b), II(a), II(c), III (read 2026-10-03; last amended 2023, 189:1); RSA 197:23-a; Ed 306.15 and Ed 306
- Session law: 2026 N.H. Laws ch. 272 (SB 586), approved July 2, 2026, eff. July 1, 2026
- Federal: 34 CFR 300.324(b)(1)(i) (read 2026-10-03); 7 CFR 210.14(e) (read 2026-10-03); 2 CFR 200.303; 20 U.S.C. §1225(b); 42 U.S.C. §11432(g)(1)(J)(iii)