Participants
Everyone heard or recorded as present. Spellings follow the agenda and draft minutes. Staff named in passing (for example in the list of summer program staff) are not listed. Unidentified voices stay unidentified unless the minutes credit the remark.
| Name | Role | Participation |
|---|
| Candace Crawford | Chair | Presides. Explains how she found two manifest signers (0:07:24); asks for a monthly treasurer summary (0:17:01); explains auditor payment (0:49:17) and the forensic audit's history with the state police (2:26:47); runs the procurement, bus, dress code, antenna and nominations votes; reports the August 12 Finance Subcommittee (3:12:54). |
| Michael Petrin | Vice chair; SRVRTC Committee chair | Present (minutes; not named in the transcript of the roll). Asks about the order of business (1:11:48); reports the August 10 SRVRTC committee meeting (3:11:05). Both rows sit in another member's diarizer cluster and are named from the chair's recognitions. |
| Heather Whitney | Member; Finance Subcommittee; Ad Hoc Reconfiguration chair | Raises possible forgery of board signatures for the forensic audit (0:21:53); asks about enrollment (0:29:44) and FY28 aid (1:00:25); proposes detailed dress code language and votes no (2:02:18, 2:18:02); moves the bus quotes and antenna motions (1:24:39, 3:02:11); raises the March role assignments (3:15:10). |
| William (Bill) Madden | Member; Capital Improvement chair | Asks how the board can see manifests before checks issue (0:05:44); questions the audit timeline and the auditor (0:39:34, 0:43:10); argues against a forensic audit (2:25:26); opposes the dress code proposal (1:58:19); questions nominations vetting (3:03:43). |
| Loren Howard | Member; Policy Subcommittee chair | Supports bringing financial policies to the full board (1:16:13); offers the tech center building assessment (1:32:05); votes no on the dress code (2:15:09); questions the forensic auditor's acquirer (2:25:12, 2:29:17); reports policy work, 11 policies adopted since March (3:13:33). |
| Don Lavalette | Member; Finance and Policy Subcommittees | Per the minutes, gives the corrections to the August 5 minutes (rows at 0:03:45 to 0:04:51, which the dialogue file assigns to the treasurer with an uncertainty note). Moves the procurement procedure (1:10:36); questions petty cash (1:13:29); seconds the dress code motion and votes yes (2:15:05; minutes). |
| Brian Rapp | Member; Capital Improvement and Policy Subcommittees | Asks about petty cash (1:12:30) and proprietary systems in bidding (1:18:50); moves the dress code (2:15:00) and the nominations (3:03:23); supports the forensic audit (2:31:14). |
| Dr. Timothy Broadrick | Superintendent, SAU 6 | Reads the memorial (0:01:38); reports finance (0:35:14 to 1:06:02), the procurement procedure, transportation, facilities, special education aid and Medicaid, the special education plan and the DDR (2:35:47 to 3:01:47). The transcript renders the name "Broderick". |
| Kerry Kennedy | Director of Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment | Calls the roll in the clerk's absence (0:00:37); reports new-staff orientation, summer programs and enrollment of 1,359 (0:22:43, 0:29:24). |
| Luke Diamond | District Treasurer | Presents the July and August bank-based reports, unsigned August payments and outstanding vouchers (0:09:04 to 0:19:46); recounts the former interim business administrator's manifest practice (0:21:14). |
| Nicole Boynton | Principal, Claremont Middle School | Gives middle school staffing by subject (1:53:59); present for the dress code item (1:56:22). |
| Noelle Kronberg | School Board Clerk | Absent (ill); Kerry Kennedy took the roll (minutes; 0:00:37). Produced the draft minutes. |
Agenda
The agenda as posted (CSB Agenda - August 19 2026), with dispositions from the recording and the draft minutes. The procurement procedure, listed as action item V.2, was adopted during the superintendent's report.
| Taken up | Item | Agenda text / disposition |
|---|
| 0:00:04 | I. Call to order and Pledge (agenda 6:30 p.m.) | Called to order by the chair. |
| 0:00:37 | II. Roll call | Read by Kerry Kennedy; all present (minutes). |
| 0:01:03 | II.a Recognition: "Michael F. Richmond, 1962-2026" (agenda text) | Memorial remarks written by the Stevens principal and read by the superintendent (0:01:38). |
| 0:03:04 | II.b Consent agenda: agenda; August 5 draft minutes; review of manifests | Corrections to the August 5 minutes offered (0:03:45); "We will make those corrections." (0:04:46). No vote is heard. Manifests since August 5 are in the binder (0:05:07); discussion of pre-approval (0:05:44 to 0:08:32). See flag 4. |
| 0:08:32 | II.c Citizens' comments (policy BEDH) | No one spoke (0:08:49). |
| 0:09:04 | III.1 Treasurer's report | July and August reports; unsigned payments (0:15:45). See flag 1. |
| 0:22:37 | III.2 Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment report | Orientation, summer programs, enrollment (0:29:24). |
| 0:35:06 | III.3 Finance report: FY26 budget v. actual; DOE-25; FY27 revenue planning | Encumbrances released, surplus not final (0:35:59); audits and corrective actions (0:40:09); DOE-25 for Claremont and Unity (0:50:09); adequacy schedule (0:58:46). |
| 1:05:53 | III.4 Superintendent's report (corrective action, transportation, facilities, grants, special education aid and Medicaid, SAP, SRVRTC community room, hiring) | Procurement procedure adopted here rather than under its action item: Lavalette moved (1:10:36), second at 1:11:03, "the motion carries unanimously" (1:18:05). Bus quotes motion carried (1:24:54). Remaining items from 1:23:08 to 1:55:31. |
| 1:56:00 | V.1 SHS & CMS dress code proposal (discussion and action) | Rapp moved, Lavalette seconded (2:15:00, 2:15:05); failed, "we have two yeses" and "we have four against" (2:20:12, 2:20:23). Minutes: Lavalette and Rapp in favor; the chair did not vote. |
| 2:24:04 | V.2 Proposed audit corrective action: procurement policies and procedures | Already acted on (2:24:04). |
| 2:24:28 | Forensic audit (raised from the floor) | Discussion only (2:24:33 to 2:32:39). |
| 2:32:39 | V.3 Recovery plan update | Principals' SWOT analysis half done (2:32:44). |
| 2:35:43 | V.4 Special education staffing and operations plan | Information and discussion (2:35:54 to 2:50:14). |
| 2:50:14 | V.5 Special education DDR and program approvals (former Academy program) | Information and discussion. See flag 7. |
| 3:01:47 | V.6 Police department request to place an antenna at CMS | Whitney moved (3:02:14); minutes: Howard seconded; "Motion carries unanimously." (3:03:08). |
| 3:03:08 | V.7 Personnel report: nominations, resignations, organizational chart, job descriptions | Rapp moved six nominations (3:03:23); carried unanimously (3:05:42). One resignation reported (3:06:01); org chart (3:06:30); athletics and IT job descriptions for information (3:08:00). |
| 3:10:44 | Subcommittee reports | SRVRTC, ad hoc reconfiguration, capital improvement, finance and policy (3:11:05 to 3:14:41). |
| 3:14:49 | VI. Other business | School visits as a future item (3:15:38); back-to-school festival (3:15:57). |
| 3:16:15 | VII. Nonpublic session, "RSA 91-A:3, II (a, c, & e)"; "Negotiations Planning - SREA, Custodians, Secretaries, CAA" (agenda text) | Motion and roll call (3:16:40). Minutes: entered 9:47 p.m. (nonpublic minutes: 9:46), returned 10:39 p.m. The recording ends here. See flag 2. |
| Not recorded | VIII-IX. Future dates; adjournment | Not recorded. Minutes: "10:40pm consent adjournment" (minutes text). |
Discussion timeline
Times are taken from the dialogue transcript (Dialogue/Claremont School Board 81926.mp4.CSV). Timestamps link to the same moment in the Cablecast recording.
| Time | Topic | What was said | Flags |
|---|
| 0:01:38 | Memorial: Michael Richmond | Remarks on the Stevens math teacher, a 1980 Stevens graduate and Army veteran: "Mike Richmond was a remarkable educator and human being" (0:02:28). | |
| 0:03:45 | Corrections to the August 5 minutes | Add the forensic firm's name; "And Mr. Gonyea. Name was just misspelled under finance director." (0:04:22). Labeled the treasurer in the dialogue file; the minutes credit Lavalette. | MED |
| 0:04:54 | Manifests since August 5 | "So these are these are copies of every manifest since your meeting August 5th." Madden: "How will we see them before you wish you the checks?" (0:05:44). | OBS |
| 0:06:31 | Two available signers | "we look for two people who are available"; a member with a challenging schedule "may never be aware of this happening". Electronic approval targeted for the end of September (0:05:54). | OBS |
| 0:09:26 | Treasurer: bank-based report | Checking and sweep accounts; "I'm still not in the loop when it comes to deposits." (0:10:20); outstanding checks must be subtracted to know the available balance (0:11:23). | |
| 0:12:19 | July total reconciled | "the total $2,977,682.46 adds up to the same amount that you see under payments for the month of July"; August items in red still lack vouchers (0:12:48). | MED |
| 0:14:14 | Direct deposits as lump sums | "the direct deposits are not being itemized. They're just showing as one big lump." Every item should be itemized on the manifest (0:15:07). | |
| 0:15:45 | Unsigned August payments | "Two payments went in that were not signed." Purple lines: "Payment issued without board or treasurer." (0:16:01). "There shouldn't be such entries." (0:18:31). | HIGH |
| 0:19:59 | After-the-fact voucher signing | Broadrick: the audit line was based on what the firm was told; "he's deleting the line." (0:20:13). Diamond: the former interim business administrator "admitted to me that that was part of his practice" (0:21:14). Whitney: possible forgery of board signatures should go to the forensic auditors (0:22:04). | OBS |
| 0:22:43 | New staff and summer programs | "Over 30. Five new staff" at orientation; 24 or more mentors (0:23:13); students in grades 1-12 return August 31, kindergarten September 9 (0:25:08). | |
| 0:29:24 | Enrollment | "we are right now at 1359 students total in the district." Comparisons to last year by school (0:29:49). | |
| 0:35:14 | FY26 budget v. actual | Open purchase orders without payables were closed: "It was almost half $1 million." (0:35:59). "the number on your report is nearly $5 million of surplus. And that is not going to be our end of year position" (0:36:37); two thirds of the SchoolCare assessment is still to be paid (0:37:32). | |
| 0:40:09 | Why the old audits still matter | "until the fiscal 24 audit is done, the fiscal 25 audit is done. We can't do the fiscal 26 audit." Corrective actions adopted so far: zero (0:41:09). | POS |
| 0:43:10 | Madden on the auditor | "I have a problem with the guy who is here for nine years and didn't catch the 5 or $10 million bust". Lavalette: the auditors "would be at the very bottom of my list" (0:45:57). | |
| 0:47:03 | Consulting contract | The one-year contract for mentoring, communications and analysis "ended July 1st"; communications continues hourly (0:47:25, 0:47:56). | |
| 0:50:09 | DOE-25 for Claremont and Unity | The district is responsible for both districts' reports under the separation agreement; "fiscal 26 started with Matt Angel's best guess." (0:50:46). | |
| 0:51:32 | Tuition agreements and receivables | Agreements are hard to find; "the base tuition rate hasn't been increased to reflect inflation or any other budget increases since 2223." Tuition invoices were sent last year, per the retired finance director (0:52:23). | |
| 0:58:46 | State aid schedule and FY28 | Adequacy paid "20%, September 1st, 20% November 1st, 30% January 1st, and then 30% April 1st". Whitney: the former business administrator warned of a seven-figure loss in FY28 (1:00:25); free and reduced lunch forms drive differentiated aid (1:03:02). | |
| 1:06:02 | Procurement procedure | Three tiers up to $5,000, $5,001 to $20,000, and over $20,000 (1:07:13); "Those numbers are my recommendations. They don't exist in state law." (1:07:56). | POS |
| 1:10:36 | Procurement procedure adopted | Lavalette moves; petty cash questions (1:12:25 to 1:14:19); Howard prefers bringing financial policies to the full board (1:16:13); "the motion carries unanimously" (1:18:05). | POS |
| 1:23:31 | Bus replacement | Insurer's fair market value "$127,500"; a replacement "should cost between 100 and $150,000"; two quotes instead of a bid; motion carried (1:24:54). "If you always had a bus in the budget, we'd have a much easier conversation right now." (1:25:22). | MED POS |
| 1:26:59 | Facilities and capital planning | 27 summer projects, nine incomplete; the board prefers hiring a plumber to doing the job in-house (1:28:18). Self-assessment of four buildings instead of an engineering firm (1:29:09). | |
| 1:35:16 | Grants and Medicaid | Grant reports are being submitted and approved; Medicaid reimbursements "not too long ago were a lot higher than the last couple of years" (1:36:27). | |
| 1:38:59 | Special education aid | "11 students in fiscal 22, 16 students in" ... 13 in FY26; "the 13 children cost us over 2.6 million" (1:39:49). Proration history (1:40:33); Madden on the 2026 law (1:41:32); threshold described as about $70,000 (1:45:00). | OBS POS |
| 1:46:25 | Court and DHHS placements | "at least six students who are placed out of district from Claremont." were placed by state agencies and courts, not district IEP teams (1:46:55). | |
| 1:49:18 | SAP counselors and the CCTV room | A grant has funded student assistance counselors for 11 years (1:49:52). A planned program in the tech center room was dropped after a resignation; the 1999 lease to CCTV "for consideration of $1" was found (1:50:57). | |
| 1:51:22 | Hiring | Two teachers resigned in the last week; "special education I would hire six people tomorrow if I could" (1:52:34); middle school has three certified teachers in each core subject (1:53:59). | |
| 1:56:00 | Dress code | Madden wants hats off (2:02:08); Whitney proposes detailed wording and objects to late documents (2:02:18, 2:18:02); Howard: "I am going to vote no for this." (2:15:09); Broadrick: "nobody has unreviewed discretion" (2:13:37). Fails 2-4 (2:20:23). | |
| 2:24:28 | Forensic audit | The engaged firm was acquired and has not cashed the $10,000 deposit (2:24:33). Madden: "I'm not sure I want to spend more money" (2:26:37). Crawford: the state police advised finishing the audits first (2:27:19). Rapp: "I'm not in favor of, of of dumping, that forensic audit." (2:31:34). | |
| 2:35:47 | Special education staffing plan | Evaluation, case management and instruction teams; "the idea that I am the special ed director for the coming year should scare the hell out of you" (2:46:59). | |
| 2:50:29 | DDR and program approvals | "In September of 2024, Claremont had 11 special ed programs in its schools approved by the Department of Education." (2:55:22); "Nothing was approved." (2:59:24). High school programs to be located at Stevens (3:00:34). | OBS |
| 3:01:47 | Police antenna at CMS | A radio repeater for emergency communications (3:02:40); approved unanimously (3:03:08). | |
| 3:03:23 | Nominations and central office | Six nominations approved (3:05:42); vacancies are the business administrator and the special education director (3:07:03); the last dated athletics handbook found was "from 20 1718" (3:08:59). | |
| 3:12:54 | Finance Subcommittee report | The chair: the August 12 meeting "was recorded. And it is on, CCTV."; next meeting September 15. | |
| 3:13:33 | Policy Subcommittee | "We've passed 11 since March that need to be updated on the website." (3:13:57). | |
| 3:15:10 | March role assignments to nonpublic | Whitney raises "when we assigned officers and roles in March of this year"; the chair: "That's going to be a nonprofit." (3:15:24). | MED |
| 3:16:15 | Nonpublic session | Motion "under RSA 91 a three part two A, C and E"; roll call (3:16:40). Recording ends at 3:17:17. | MED |
Items flagged for review
These flags are a reviewer's aid, not findings of violation and not legal advice. Each one names the rule it rests on, as that rule read on August 19, 2026, or is labeled an observation where no verified rule applies. Counts: 1 HIGH, 2 MEDIUM, 4 OBSERVATION, 2 POSITIVE.
HIGH Two August 6 payments went out with no board or treasurer signature, the day after the board heard the treasurer's July report
The treasurer's August report (CSB Treas - August2026.pdf) lists a $2,246.51 payroll EFT and a $444.93 IRS payment on August 6 with "Not Signed" in both the signature and date-signed columns, under the legend "Payment issued without board or treasurer signature" (report text). On tape: "Two payments went in that were not signed. I found the vouchers. They were, but nobody signed them, so they were just put in." (0:15:45); "Neither of those were signed okay by anyone." (0:16:22). The same report shows further EFTs (an Amazon payment, a postage payment and a $20,648.17 health-insurance payment) with a ? in the signature column and lists checks still awaiting a manifest (report text). Diamond: "There shouldn't be such entries. The treasurer should always sign for every payment that goes out." (0:18:31).
RSA 197:23-a lets the treasurer pay out district money "only upon orders of the school board or upon orders of the 2 or more members of the school board empowered by the school board as a whole to authorize payments" (statute text). A payment no board member and no treasurer signed is outside that rule on its face. The amounts are small and payroll and tax payments are time-critical, and the superintendent and treasurer both say procedures are improving (0:19:28, 0:19:34); but this followed the August 5 report of the same class of problem (August 5 page, flag 1). Graded HIGH as a recurring departure from a binding rule.
Sources: RSA 197:23-a (treasurer pays out "only upon orders of the school board or upon orders of the 2 or more members of the school board empowered by the school board as a whole"); treasurer's August 2026 report
MEDIUM The board decided in nonpublic session who sits on the teachers' negotiating team, a matter outside the grounds its motion cited, and the minutes surfaced two weeks later
The board entered nonpublic session "under RSA 91 a three part two A, C and E" (3:16:15); the agenda listed "Personnel" and "Negotiations Planning - SREA, Custodians, Secretaries, CAA" under the same three grounds (agenda text). Just before, Whitney had raised the March assignment of officers and roles and the chair said it would go to nonpublic (3:15:10, 3:15:24). The nonpublic minutes (CSB Non-public minutes - Aug 19 2026.pdf) record: "the Board voted unanimously by roll call to add Don Lavalette and Candace Crawford to the SREA negotiation team" (minutes text). That question had been argued in public at the August 12 Finance Subcommittee.
RSA 91-A:3, I(c) requires that "decisions made during nonpublic session shall be confined to the matters set out in the motion" (statute text). Grounds II(a) (dismissal, promotion or compensation of an employee), II(c) (reputation) and II(e) (pending claims or litigation) do not describe choosing which board members negotiate. Collective-bargaining strategy is excluded from the definition of a meeting by RSA 91-A:2, I(a), but that exclusion was not invoked and does not obviously reach a vote assigning members. RSA 91-A:3, III requires nonpublic minutes and decisions to be "publicly disclosed within 72 hours" unless sealed; no sealing vote appears in either set of minutes. The earliest public copy found was filed in the September 2 packet folder (Drive creation time September 2, 9:46 a.m. Eastern), fourteen days after the meeting; MAP.md records that the Meeting Minutes share does not hold it. Drive timing shows when a copy reached the share, not whether the minutes were available on request. Graded MEDIUM as a probable process gap; the decision itself was recorded and disclosed.
Sources: RSA 91-A:3, I(b)-(c) and III (nonpublic motion and scope; minutes and decisions disclosed within 72 hours unless sealed); RSA 91-A:2, I(a) and II (collective-bargaining strategy excluded from meeting; minutes contents); nonpublic minutes; agenda
MEDIUM The draft minutes omit one board vote and misstate several details the recording settles
On tape Whitney moved "to allow, for the board to allow Mister Doctor Broderick to secure two bids to replace, the totaled bus and report back to the board." (1:24:39) and the chair declared "Motion carries unanimously." (1:24:54). The draft minutes describe only that "the Superintendent proposed obtaining at least two quotes" (minutes text); the motion, its mover and the vote are missing. RSA 91-A:2, II requires minutes to include "a brief description of the subject matter discussed and final decisions" and states that "The names of the members who made or seconded each motion shall be recorded in the minutes." (statute text). Other departures: the minutes report July payments of "$77,682.46" where the treasurer said "the total $2,977,682.46 adds up to the same amount" (0:12:19); they record Loren Howard seconding the procurement motion where the recording has "I'll second that." in Whitney's voice at 1:11:03; and they record a correction to "Mr. Daniels's name" where the speaker on tape says "And Mr. Gonyea. Name was just misspelled under finance director." (0:04:22). Graded MEDIUM because a board action is absent from the record; the rest are corrections the board can make before approval.
Sources: RSA 91-A:2, II (minutes record final decisions and the movers and seconders of each motion); 8.19.26 draft minutes
OBSERVATION Manifests are signed by whichever two members are available, and the board as a whole sees them afterward
Dr. Broadrick: "We send the call out by law to members of the board, have to sign it. So we look for two people who are available." (0:06:31). The chair: "Doctor Broderick called me Monday" and she called two members "in town and available" (0:07:24, 0:07:39). The prior practice of emailing vouchers ahead of time "Stopped happening" (0:07:51 to 0:08:02). RSA 197:23-a permits payment on the orders of two or more members "empowered by the school board as a whole to authorize payments" (statute text). No vote empowering particular members appears in this record; one may exist elsewhere (Whitney said on August 12 that the board now has a manifest review policy). The electronic approval system the superintendent promised by the end of September would let every member see each manifest (0:05:54). Recorded as an observation pending the empowering vote or policy.
Sources: RSA 197:23-a (treasurer pays out "only upon orders of the school board or upon orders of the 2 or more members of the school board empowered by the school board as a whole")
OBSERVATION A statement about after-the-fact voucher signing is to be deleted from the FY22 draft audit, though the practice is described elsewhere in the record
Asked about vouchers signed after the fact, Dr. Broadrick said the audit firm "were repeating something that they had been told from within the SA, not something that they had seen documented. So because that report is still draft, he's deleting the line." and added "It doesn't mean it didn't happen." (0:20:13, 0:20:36). The treasurer then said the former interim business administrator "admitted to me that that was part of his practice", putting payroll amounts on manifests "that you were signing after the after they had already been paid" (0:21:14). On August 5 the auditor told the board that the after-the-fact review did not comply with state statutes (August 5 page). Whitney wants any retroactive signature examined for possible forgery in the forensic audit (0:22:04). Whether a finding belongs in an audit report is governed by auditing standards this page does not cover; recorded as an observation so a reader can compare the final FY22 report with the draft.
Sources: FY22 draft annual financial report (DRAFT - 11/19/2025); RSA 197:23-a (treasurer pays out "only upon orders of the school board or upon orders of the 2 or more members of the school board empowered by the school board as a whole")
OBSERVATION Special education aid was described at the table in terms the statute does not use
Dr. Broadrick put the reimbursement threshold at "three times the previous year's average per pupil cost. Statewide, roughly $70,000" (1:45:00) and the state share at "at least 90 and hopefully 100% of the rest" (1:45:33). Madden said a 2026 bill "which is now statute" means "It can't be prorated less than 90%." (1:41:32, 1:41:38). RSA 186-C:18, III as it read on August 19, 2026 sets the threshold at "3 and 1/2 times" the state average expenditure per pupil, has the State pay "80 percent of the cost above" that up to 10 times and all cost above 10 times, and requires the department to distribute "not less than 80 percent of the district's entitlement" (statute text). HB 1563 (2026) changes the formula, but LegiScan reports its effective date as July 1, 2028; its chaptered text was not read for this page. The district's figures (13 students and about $2.6 million in FY26) are the superintendent's and the packet's claims summary. Recorded as an observation: the speakers' figures do not match the statute in force, and the gap matters for budgeting.
Sources: RSA 186-C:18, III (3 1/2 times threshold; 80 percent above it; not less than 80 percent of entitlement); HB 1563 (2026), reported chaptered as ch. 232, approved July 2, 2026, eff. July 1, 2028 (LegiScan status page; chaptered text not read)
OBSERVATION The district's self-contained special education programs ran without state approval in 2025-26 and are under a state corrective action plan
Dr. Broadrick reported that the Department of Education's Bureau of Special Education has been conducting a due diligence review (DDR) "for several months" (2:50:37), that in September 2024 the district had 11 approved programs, and that for 2025-26 "Nothing was approved." (2:59:24). The packet's DDR corrective action plan lists IEP and placement meetings with planning for compensatory education services, and records that "NHED has requested service logs for students who attended the ‘Academy’ for the 2025-2026 SY" (document text). Program applications were to go to the department "by the end of next week" (2:57:56). This page has not verified the state rule on program approval, so this is an observation; the department's findings, when issued, would settle what went wrong.
Sources: DDR corrective action plan (packet)
POSITIVE The board adopted its first audit corrective action, a written procurement procedure, unanimously
Dr. Broadrick: "as of right now, zero corrective actions have been adopted by the board" (0:41:09). The procedure sets three tiers, up to $5,000, $5,001 to $20,000, and above $20,000 for business-office purchasing (1:07:13), and makes a purchase order the permission to spend: "Without that purchase order number permission has not been granted to spend that money." (1:09:01). He called it "the first and most important corrective action we will ever adopt" (1:09:41). Lavalette moved; the board discussed thresholds and petty cash (1:12:25 to 1:14:19) and adopted it, "the motion carries unanimously" (1:18:05), with the Policy Subcommittee to align the policies. The board then used its own discretion to allow two quotes for a replacement bus rather than a full bid, and said so on the record (1:23:31, 1:24:39).
Sources: procurement policies and procedures (linked from the agenda)
POSITIVE Special education cost data were put before the public in aggregate, with care for student privacy
The superintendent presented five years of special education aid and Medicaid claims, saying "this is the kind of data I think school boards should receive" (1:36:00), and warned that "It's very important when we have these conversations, that we keep this general enough that there's no way to identify the students" (1:39:28). The packet sheet gives only yearly student counts (11, 16, 14, 17 and 13) and totals. FERPA treats as personally identifiable any information that would let a person in the school community identify a student with reasonable certainty; aggregate reporting of this kind avoids that while informing the budget discussion.
Sources: 34 CFR 99.3 (FERPA: personally identifiable information includes information that would allow identification with reasonable certainty); SpEd Aid & Medicaid Claims, FY22-26
Appendix: source files
Official and public sources
- Cablecast: Claremont School Board 8/19/26 (show 17529)
- Drive folder: 4. 8.19.26 -- School Board Documents (22 documents per MAP.md; folder created August 14, 2026; the 21 documents other than the agenda were recorded in it on September 24, 2026, after MAP.md found only the agenda there on August 25):
- Minutes:
8.19.26 DRAFT CSB Minutes; nonpublic: CSB Non-public minutes - Aug 19 2026.pdf and a second copy, CSB Non-public minutes - Aug 19 2026.pdf, both in the 9/2/26 packet folder. Update (2026-10-23): the draft link now opens 8.19.26 Approved CSB Minutes, the same document renamed.
- Related pages: Claremont School Board, August 5, 2026; Finance Subcommittee, August 12, 2026.
Project files
Working files this page was built from. The dialogue file is linked; the others are not published with the page.
Dialogue/Claremont School Board 81926.mp4.CSV (1,099 attributed rows; the basis of this page)Input/Videos/Claremont School Board 81926.mp4Input/Transcripts/Claremont School Board 81926.mp4.jsonInput/SupportingDocuments/MAP.md, section 312
Laws and rules cited on this page
- RSA 197:23-a: treasurer's duties; payment on board orders or orders of two or more empowered members (note ends 2023, 36:2)
- RSA 91-A:2, I(a) and II: collective-bargaining exclusion; minutes contents
- RSA 91-A:3, I-III: nonpublic sessions, scope, grounds, disclosure and sealing (2023, 189:1)
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