[0:01] Good evening everyone.

[0:02] I will now call this meeting of the Dairy School Board

[0:04] to order for our friends from Hood who wanna come up

[0:07] and lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

[0:18] Pgi, the flag

[0:20] Of the United States of America,

[0:22] and to the Republic for widget sands, one nation under God,

[0:28] indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[0:33] Thank You everyone. We'll start with the roll call.

[0:36] If everyone could introduce

[0:37] themselves, starting from my right.

[0:41] Jeremy La Moth, facilities director,

[0:44] Joe Crawford, assistant Superintendent

[0:47] Jane Ard, business administrator,

[0:49] Michael Flynn, superintendent

[0:51] Brenda Willis, school Board.

[0:52] Michael Thiel, school board Chair. Jen Tho

[0:54] Rose School Board, vice Chair.

[0:56] Jennifer Paradise, school Board Secretary

[0:58] Jamie Crew School Board.

[1:00] Cameron r. School Board. David Clap, school board.

[1:03] Anthony Henry Pinkerton Academy Liaison.

[1:06] Thank you everyone. Our first order

[1:08] of business will be the consent agenda for tonight.

[1:11] We have the public meeting minutes of April 14th, 2026,

[1:16] the non-public meeting minutes of April 14th, 2026.

[1:20] The manifests in the amount of $6,020,699

[1:24] and 1 cent of which $4,051,593

[1:28] and 75 cents is general payroll

[1:30] and 1,000,600 $969,105

[1:34] and 26 cents is general expense.

[1:37] The following, professional staff nominations.

[1:39] Erin LaRusso, English Language Arts teacher,

[1:42] west Brook Intermediate School, Grace Leblanc,

[1:45] English Language Arts teacher,

[1:46] west Brook Intermediate School.

[1:48] James McCabe, social studies teacher

[1:50] Gilbert H Should Middle School.

[1:53] Colby Plant Art teacher Gilbert H Should Middle School.

[1:56] Jillian Reno, speech Language Pathologist District.

[1:59] Allison Rhodes,

[2:00] Spanish teacher Gilbert H Should Middle School.

[2:03] Wendy Richardson,

[2:04] special education teacher Gilbert H Should Middle School.

[2:07] Ashley Sandhill, art teacher Gilbert H Should Middle School,

[2:11] the election of the following.

[2:13] Professional staff for the 20 26 27 school year.

[2:17] Catherine Smith, occupational Therapist District

[2:20] and the following professional staff resignations effective

[2:23] at the end of this school year.

[2:25] Rachel Benson, occupational therapist,

[2:27] east Dairy Memorial Elementary School, Avelina,

[2:30] carbon Jarek Special Education Teacher,

[2:33] Grinnell Elementary School.

[2:34] Suzanne Cillo,

[2:36] second grade teacher Ernest P Bark Elementary School.

[2:39] Amy Fino, special education teacher,

[2:41] Ernest p Barkett Elementary School.

[2:43] Melody Hodges,

[2:44] special education teacher East Area

[2:46] Memorial Elementary School.

[2:48] Mindy Holland, art Teacher Gilbert H Hood Middle School.

[2:51] Carrie Lynn flm,

[2:53] special education teacher Gilbert h Hood Middle School.

[2:56] Madeline McCallum,

[2:57] special Education Teacher West

[2:59] Running Brook Intermediate School.

[3:01] Alison Rice Out District Coordinator District.

[3:05] And the following, post deadline Notice of Intent

[3:07] to retire effective June 30th.

[3:09] Sean Curran, east English Language Arts Teacher West

[3:12] Running Brook Intermediate School.

[3:14] Do I have motion to accept the consent agenda?

[3:16] So moved first by Jenna.

[3:19] Second. Second by Jamie.

[3:24] All in favor?

[3:26] Aye. Aye. All opposed. Motion passes. Seven zero.

[3:31] All right. Our next order of business will be a presentation

[3:33] for our friends at Gilbert H Should and Deep.

[3:35] So I'll invite you guys up to get started.

[4:27] Okay. Hello everyone is Isan.

[4:31] We wanted to say first of all

[4:33] before we start, a big thank you to Mr.

[4:35] Manchester and then also the National Junior Honor Society

[4:39] children, students, because they're always at our deep

[4:43] events that we hold helping out.

[4:46] They even know the Easter Bunny, which is unbelievable.

[4:50] So that is amazing.

[4:52] And we really couldn't put on all of our events without Mr.

[4:55] Manchester and all of his students.

[4:56] They help us out a great deal.

[4:58] So we wanted to say thank you before we started

[5:02] and we made them some posters.

[5:04] So the children are gonna hand out the posters

[5:05] to all the students.

[5:09] Mrs. Kern, can you maybe? There we go. Perfect.

[5:24] Good.

[6:00] And

[6:00] Then I wanted to, I know it's silly,

[6:02] but I wanted to say thank you.

[6:04] I've got you some flowers and then I also wanted

[6:06] to say thank you to Angela Mackey, who is

[6:09] our deep PTA person that does it all.

[6:12] And she is Finley Mackey's. Mommy Finn,

[6:16] Come here.

[6:17] Do you wanna give these to mommy? I'll give up to mommy.

[6:22] Thank you for everything. Of course.

[6:24] That's

[6:30] So Mr.

[6:31] Manchester's students put on a little presentation

[6:33] and put together a slideshow for everyone

[6:35] to see the collaboration between the two schools.

[6:40] So at this point I'll invite the N Jha students on over

[6:43] and get our presentation started.

[6:56] Thank you for having us tonight.

[6:58] My name is Ariana

[6:59] and I'm one of the three members of National

[7:01] and Junior Honor Society representing Gilbert h Hood.

[7:04] Here to talk about our time collaborating

[7:06] with students in the deep early education program

[7:09] during our time as members of NJHS.

[7:12] Participating in these events have helped me

[7:14] as an individual, individual connect

[7:16] with the students at deep.

[7:17] It provides the students activities to do outside

[7:19] of their normal school day.

[7:21] Over the past year, we've done numerous events combined

[7:23] with the early EDU very early education program.

[7:26] Some of these events include their PTA sponsored end

[7:29] of year celebration, their PT sponsored trunk or treat,

[7:32] and the NJHS sponsored Easter acom.

[7:35] The benefit of us working with these students allows us

[7:37] to not only represent Gilbert h Hood Middle School,

[7:40] but also to act as role models to this younger age group

[8:02] A microphone.

[8:04] Okay.

[8:05] I'm here with Caleb

[8:09] And What's your name?

[8:13] Finley.

[8:15] First I'm going to talk about the first event

[8:17] that I participated in as a member of the NJHS.

[8:21] The end of school year celebration held in late May,

[8:23] sponsored by the deep PTA was the first major event

[8:26] for new members of NJHS.

[8:28] An amazing way to end the year there was pizza,

[8:31] face painting, a dj, and just loads of fun.

[8:33] It was an amazing way to connect

[8:34] with the deep students while they were showing off their

[8:37] dance moves and having fun outside of the classroom by,

[8:40] by participating in this event

[8:41] where impacting students early development stages

[8:44] by modeling safety, responsibility and fun.

[8:47] It was an endearing meant to get

[8:48] to know the kids while I was learning patients.

[8:55] Yeah. Guys,

[8:59] Can you show off your best dance move

[9:12] Finley,

[9:13] Do you wanna show up your BA Best dance move?

[9:15] Yeah, show me.

[9:21] So good.

[9:29] Hi, my name is Jenny and I am here with

[9:33] Christopher Hank.

[9:37] The second event that I will be talking about tonight was

[9:40] the Trunk or Treat, sponsored by the deep PTA

[9:43] many NJHS members decorated a trunk

[9:46] with fun Halloween decorations.

[9:48] They also handed out candy

[9:49] and interacted with the students and their families.

[9:52] The NJHS helpers were also dressed up in fun costumes

[9:56] showing off their Halloween spirit.

[10:08] Okay, I'm Ariana and I'm here with Can

[10:15] I'll Melanie, you're gonna come

[10:19] Question next.

[10:20] Thank you. What are your guys' names?

[10:22] Melanie. Emma.

[10:25] The next event I'm going

[10:26] to be talking about was our third event of the year,

[10:28] taking place right before the holiday B break.

[10:31] And personally this was one of my favorites

[10:33] in this activity, approximately six NGHS members went down

[10:37] to deep over two days visiting both sessions.

[10:40] During this time we did activities like reading stories,

[10:43] crafts, and face painting.

[10:45] Students had a chance to have their face painted

[10:47] however they wanted with items like butterflies, dinosaurs,

[10:51] and even tigers being some popular choices.

[10:54] The storybooks were holiday themed in the holiday.

[10:57] Craft hats were kind of like this one I have here.

[11:00] Overall, this event was lots of fun and really helped me

[11:03] and the students socially.

[11:05] Now let's see what they think.

[11:07] Would you guys rather make a hat or get your face painted

[11:11] Face?

[11:12] Face paint. Face paint. Okay.

[11:18] The next activity was the Easter icon,

[11:21] which was the major community service activity

[11:23] sponsored by NJHS.

[11:25] At the Egg Hunt there were crafts for kids

[11:28] to make like Easter bunny headbands and bags for their eggs.

[11:31] There was also face painting station and bubbles.

[11:34] Both of these were a huge hit.

[11:39] The Easter Bunny was also there

[11:40] taking pictures with the kids.

[11:42] And of course there was an egg hunt

[11:43] where all these kids could find eggs hiding

[11:45] around our library, each with a fun prize inside, such

[11:49] as a sticker or a temporary tattoo.

[11:52] For those students who couldn't attend the Easter Bunny

[11:55] visit, visited deep classrooms as well.

[12:00] Do you like Halloween or Easter? Better?

[12:03] Halloween, Easter.

[12:06] And would you prefer a sticker or a temporary tattoo?

[12:11] Tattoo. Tattoo.

[12:16] Can I have you two guys again?

[12:19] Thank you. The most recent event we did

[12:22] was literacy night.

[12:23] During this event, we first played

[12:25] with the deep students in their

[12:26] classroom and did some crafts.

[12:28] Then everyone sat down on the rug to listen

[12:31] to the mouse, read the story.

[12:32] If you give a mouse a cookie.

[12:34] After the story was read, we all went to,

[12:36] with the deep students to a table

[12:38] to help them decorate their very own cookie To eat.

[12:41] This activity helped us and deep students socialize

[12:44] and connect While having a good time.

[12:46] Events like this have also helped me learn patience,

[12:49] responsibility, and cooperation, while associ myself

[12:53] with my fellow Gilbert h Hood,

[12:55] national Junior Honor Society members in the deep community.

[12:59] Do you guys like chocolate chips in your cookies or no?

[13:03] No chocolate Chips. You like chocolate

[13:05] Chips? Me too.

[13:06] No, Thank you.

[13:11] Thank you. So in conclusion, I just want to again say that

[13:16] as the advisor of National Junior Honor Society at Gilbert H

[13:18] Middle School, this is one

[13:20] of my favorite groups to work with.

[13:22] The deep program is absolutely amazing.

[13:24] It's just a wonderful opportunity to connect with our,

[13:27] to connect our eighth graders with our,

[13:30] with our youngest students in the school district.

[13:32] It's just, just an incredible thing to do.

[13:34] It's incredible time. These students work incredibly hard on

[13:38] planning activities, implementing activities,

[13:40] and again, none of this could be possible without the

[13:42] support of the Gild Hho administration.

[13:45] I appreciate Melanie Kern for coming out this evening

[13:47] to support, along with Tanya Laba, who

[13:51] runs the Deep Program as a director.

[13:53] So again, we work together

[13:55] to make all these great projects possible.

[13:57] The students do a wonderful job

[13:59] and again, I love the ability, the opportunity to connect

[14:02] with the community within our own school building.

[14:05] So with that, I think we'll open it up

[14:07] for any questions if there are any questions?

[14:13] Any questions? Anyone?

[14:19] I think, you know, we, it's kind

[14:20] of an unconventional arrangement we have

[14:22] with our early education program in our middle school,

[14:25] but we always see how it brings these awesome opportunities

[14:29] for these kids, these older kids in middle school to

[14:32] help out down at deep

[14:34] and you know,

[14:35] get some experience if maybe you wanna get into education.

[14:38] Have any of you guys thought about being educators someday?

[14:43] When I was little

[14:49] I wasn't really thinking about doing it in like the school

[14:51] field, but in like teaching people how

[14:53] to like ride horses and stuff.

[14:57] I also did when I was younger, but not so much anymore.

[14:59] But I do have a lot of fun hanging out and helping them.

[15:04] I have a question. I think I have one question.

[15:06] Do you think it's relaxing or is it tiring with the littles?

[15:14] It is relaxing but it can be a lot of fun.

[15:18] I think it's like a lot of fun working with 'em

[15:20] because they're so cute and fun to play with.

[15:23] I think it's a little both, but I have a lot

[15:24] of fun like working with 'em

[15:26] and trying, like doing new

[15:28] activities that they haven't done before.

[15:31] Good. Christopher, come here. Hey, come here.

[15:36] Did you like when the Easter bunny came? Yeah. Yeah.

[15:40] Were you scared at all? No. No. What about you? No. No.

[15:44] Okay. Awesome. You say thank you to them. Thank you.

[15:48] Thank you.

[15:54] Alright. Anybody else? Well,

[15:57] before we let you go, I, I, a few of us had the opportunity

[16:00] to go to the, the ceremony

[16:02] for the National Junior Honor Society last week.

[16:05] And you know, you've got a bunch of new members

[16:07] and you know, it's an incredible

[16:08] program you've got there, Russ.

[16:09] You know, I mean everything these kids do

[16:11] around the school and in the community.

[16:13] Yeah. Keep up the great work.

[16:15] I'd like second what Michael said, having that opportunity

[16:18] to be in the same building makes it easy

[16:21] to just walk over there and and connect.

[16:24] But they're gonna have the best of the both worlds.

[16:26] 'cause it's like having a big brother,

[16:28] big sister program right in the school.

[16:29] So it's pretty. That's amazing.

[16:33] We appreciate them. All right.

[16:36] Thank you guys for coming. Thank you

[16:44] all.

[16:44] We'll take a five minute recess.

[23:48] Welcome back everyone.

[23:50] Our next order of business is delegations

[23:52] and individuals at this time, residents of Derry, parents

[23:55] of currently enrolled dairy students

[23:56] and employees of the district may address the school board

[23:59] on matters that pertain only to school

[24:00] and district business for a period of time.

[24:02] Not to exceed three minutes per person.

[24:04] As a reminder, the board welcomes input,

[24:06] however questions are not entertained during the comment.

[24:09] If you would like to speak, please come up

[24:10] to the microphone at this time and state your name

[24:12] and address for the record.

[24:24] Good evening. I have to talk fast

[24:26] 'cause I didn't know I only had three minutes.

[24:28] Anyway. My name is Patricia Dowling

[24:31] and I am from Derry, New Hampshire.

[24:34] And since 1964 maybe,

[24:37] and I come here tonight to talk to you

[24:40] actually about the adult education program.

[24:43] This past week I've had two encounters, one at Shaw's

[24:48] and one at church with two people asking me about the adult

[24:52] education program, which I have had many classes there.

[24:56] And if I remember the last one was a computer one

[25:00] and I think I paid 125 or $145.

[25:04] And I've paid for most of the classes as have other people.

[25:09] So they're not free adult education classes.

[25:12] There is a rumor going around that these classes are going

[25:16] to be halted that when no longer gonna have them.

[25:20] I want you to know that if that's true,

[25:24] that we do have people of all ages.

[25:28] We have citizens, senior citizens, young people,

[25:32] we offer crafts.

[25:34] We, last one I took was computer.

[25:36] Before that it was finance. My daughter-in-law took Italian.

[25:41] So it's a variety of programs.

[25:44] I know you could save some money

[25:45] because I know the flyers

[25:46] that you send out are very expensive

[25:49] and it could be some cost measures here,

[25:52] but I'm just seeing you and talking to you.

[25:56] I was gonna call Mrs. Willis,

[25:58] but you know, she has a nonstop

[26:01] caller from people all over town.

[26:03] So I then I was gonna call Jane, who shares

[26:07] Dairy Village membership with me,

[26:09] and then I figured I'd just come

[26:11] and see, come to the horse's mouth

[26:13] and see everybody since I don't know most of you.

[26:16] And so I have no questions except for the rumor

[26:20] and I thank you very, very much for listening to me.

[26:25] Thank you. Pretty

[26:30] Time.

[26:31] Keep going. Just

[26:36] as a background for you young ones,

[26:40] I was your state legislator in Concord

[26:43] for 10 terms for 20 years.

[26:45] And I was also on the town council

[26:47] and I was on your budget committee for three terms.

[26:51] And before we had this form of government

[26:54] and I was on the first charter commission as well.

[26:57] So I know my way around a little bit.

[27:02] Thank you for coming up. I had not heard that rumor.

[27:14] I am not seeing anyone else coming up to the microphone,

[27:16] so we'll move on with the meeting.

[27:17] However, the public comment period will remain open

[27:19] until 7:26 PM If you wish to speak prior to that time,

[27:23] you can approach the microphone

[27:24] and I will recognize you with the next break in the agenda.

[27:28] Mike, did you wanna address the adult ed piece now or

[27:32] No? I'll, I'll wait.

[27:33] Wait for your update. Well,

[27:34] While you're here I'll address it.

[27:35] So there's the rumor came my way as well.

[27:37] Actually when I came back from vacation with my family,

[27:40] Jane had approached me about any discussion around this

[27:43] and we were trying to confirm it

[27:45] and couldn't find out that information either.

[27:49] I there, there has been no discussion about the removal

[27:52] of adult ed, if anything that would come to this board

[27:54] as a whole for discussion two meetings ago.

[27:58] I know Jen, Jenna had brought up question about the,

[28:01] the finances behind it.

[28:03] We have a current employee that's considering whether

[28:06] to continue or not.

[28:08] I can't discuss that publicly.

[28:10] So there's all those things that are kind of in the air,

[28:12] but at no point has the discussion of ending

[28:14] that program come from anywhere.

[28:17] Thank You very much. Sure.

[28:20] All right, thanks Mike. Our next order

[28:23] of business is student member updates.

[28:24] So I will turn it over to Anthony

[28:25] for his Pinkerton Academy update.

[28:28] Thank you. So I like to consider this time

[28:31] of the school year celebration season

[28:34] because a lot's going on

[28:36] and I think what really kicks celebration season off is

[28:39] prom, which is this Saturday.

[28:41] It'll be May 16th at the Hackler gym.

[28:44] I don't know what time,

[28:46] but I remember when I helped plan prom last year, we,

[28:49] we opened it up for a few hours in the late morning,

[28:51] early afternoon so the public could go see.

[28:54] So as the meeting goes on, I can try to find that time

[28:57] for you, but I don't have it right now.

[28:58] But if you're curious, you can come up to me later.

[29:00] Hopefully I'll have it. Underclassmen awards are gonna be

[29:05] Tuesday, May 19th.

[29:06] I believe it's at 6:00 PM I could be wrong though.

[29:09] CTE completers night will be Thursday, May 21st.

[29:13] So this is for anyone that has taken part in a career

[29:16] and technical education program

[29:18] that has obtained their CER certificates.

[29:21] A lot of people don't know, but you can actually get OSHA

[29:24] certified with PANCREAT and CTE.

[29:26] You can get a lot of other certifications

[29:29] for whatever field you want to go to, such as cosmetology,

[29:32] automotive, things like that.

[29:34] Excuse me. J-R-O-T-C awards Night will be the next day,

[29:38] May 22nd and spring instrumental concert

[29:42] will be May 27th.

[29:43] I was at the winter one. They're amazing.

[29:45] They get better every time I see them.

[29:48] And crazy for me to say this,

[29:50] but the last day of classes for seniors will be June 1st

[29:54] exams begin the next day, June 2nd for seniors.

[29:57] We get them a week early.

[29:59] Underclassmen begin theirs on June 11th, senior banquet,

[30:03] which this year is at the DoubleTree Hotel in Manchester.

[30:06] That'll be June 4th.

[30:08] Senior sunset will be June 8th at 7 45.

[30:12] I mentioned that that's a big tradition at Pinkerton,

[30:13] where first day of the year is Senior Sunrise,

[30:16] where we all go there at like five in the morning

[30:19] to watch the sunrise and we end the air with the sunset.

[30:22] The next day is senior barbecue, June 9th, 3:00 PM

[30:26] Senior awards night, June 11th, 6:00 PM

[30:31] and exactly one month from today will be graduation

[30:34] June 12th, 6:00 PM Memorial Field.

[30:37] If you want to go, I recommend getting there at least two

[30:40] hours early if you want something resembling a good spot.

[30:44] Otherwise, you may have to park at Shaw's and walk.

[30:47] But yeah, that, that concludes my final update.

[30:52] This is the last meeting you'll be coming to Anthony. It

[30:54] Is.

[30:55] 'cause I won't be able to make the next one.

[30:56] And I just wanna say it's been three years.

[30:59] I've learned a lot up here.

[31:01] I've had a great time getting to know three years worth

[31:04] of board members and administrators

[31:07] and it's really been a fun experience.

[31:09] So thank you all for being open to me, for talking

[31:12] to me about all sorts

[31:14] of stuff related to the school district.

[31:15] I I did learn a lot and I'll carry it

[31:18] with me wherever I may go. So thank you,

[31:21] Congrat.

[31:22] Congratulations.

[31:29] Are you feeling excited or nostalgic at this point?

[31:34] Well, when I was actually writing this update

[31:37] and I wrote graduation one month from today,

[31:40] that's kind of when it hit.

[31:43] It's a little of both. Like right now we're putting together

[31:46] the senior slideshow, which is presented at Senior banquet.

[31:50] All the students get to submit pictures from all four years.

[31:52] So I've been trying to figure out

[31:55] what my submissions are gonna be.

[31:57] Class office puts it together so we have the full pool

[32:00] that everyone submits.

[32:01] So that's been interesting to just see how far

[32:04] everyone I've known some of them

[32:05] since kindergarten have come.

[32:07] It's, it's been a little both.

[32:10] You have your plans land up for next year?

[32:13] Yeah, a lot

[32:14] of people have been asking me over the last few school board

[32:16] meetings, but it's gonna be st a's majoring in poli sci.

[32:20] I'm gonna do a minor, but I don't know what yet.

[32:23] End goal is law school. So

[32:26] Congratulations to you and good luck.

[32:28] Thank you Anthony.

[32:29] I, I, I've only known you a short time,

[32:31] but I, for, in my previous district in Hopton,

[32:35] I had two student reps for three years.

[32:38] And I'll say the same thing I said to them, to you,

[32:41] that's a lot of time that I'm not sure a lot

[32:43] of your peers understand.

[32:45] I mean, every other Tuesday for three years

[32:47] to show up and hang out with adults.

[32:50] It's pretty impressive. And it shows some dedication

[32:52] and commitment and it's not always fun here

[32:54] and it's not always exciting.

[32:56] But as you dive into this field,

[32:59] I think this can definitely bring you some experience.

[33:02] I'm sure you'll be able to share stories at school

[33:04] that most others won't share at every

[33:06] other Tuesday night board meeting.

[33:07] So, nice job. Way to stick out.

[33:09] When do we hear about the next candidate? Do you know?

[33:11] I'm, this is new for me. I don't know.

[33:16] Perfect update. Thank you

[33:22] For any dedication, commitment, and just shift

[33:25] because it wasn't for you.

[33:30] Thank you. All right, we will move on to our next order

[33:35] of business, which is deliberations.

[33:37] We have two items tonight, so I will turn it over to Mike

[33:39] to speak to the school board meeting

[33:41] schedule for the upcoming year.

[33:42] Yeah, so it's the first calendar.

[33:44] I, I mean, last year I drafted it

[33:45] with Joe without really knowing our

[33:47] world and what we're living in.

[33:49] So this year I, I've come with a few recommendations.

[33:53] Obviously I'm supporting no July meetings.

[33:56] That's something that I think is a good break for all of us.

[33:59] Stepping back into, in August,

[34:00] we rotated one of the meetings.

[34:02] Instead of having one right after the delivery,

[34:03] we backed it up to give everyone a week in between.

[34:06] So just kind of space them out a little bit more calculated.

[34:09] Any questions certainly can move forward,

[34:11] but I, it's my recommendation.

[34:13] So with that, I I would move it forward for recommendation

[34:16] or com comments or questions.

[34:18] Yeah, I, I appreciate some

[34:20] of the adjustments that you're making here.

[34:21] I think everybody will appreciate the break in July.

[34:24] I will note the state DOE rules call for boards

[34:26] to meet at least once every two months.

[34:28] So we're, you know, right within that window there.

[34:32] I like the second December meeting.

[34:34] I, I know it's a tough time.

[34:35] We get close to the holidays, people get busy,

[34:37] but you know, that's a busy time of year

[34:38] with the run up to the budget.

[34:40] So to not have that month off between, you know,

[34:44] our last meeting before the public hearing,

[34:46] I think will be a good thing.

[34:50] But other than that I also like creating a little bit

[34:52] of space between deliberative and the next meeting

[34:54] and not, you know, coming back during the very next Tuesday,

[34:57] I, I felt there was a little bit

[34:58] of a time crunch there with fiscal advisory.

[35:00] Again, it was my first go around.

[35:01] I'd rather have the meetings booked

[35:02] and us cancel rather than having to schedule extra ones.

[35:05] So this has us booked throughout the season all the way

[35:09] through the reorganization of whatever we do.

[35:11] Alright, any questions, comments from the board?

[35:15] All right, so I would accept a motion

[35:17] to accept the school board meeting schedule for 20 26, 27.

[35:22] So moved First by Jamie second. Second by Jenna.

[35:28] Any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? Aye.

[35:32] Aye. Aye. All opposed. Motion carries seven zero.

[35:36] The second item for tonight is approval of a contract

[35:39] for the completion of the South Range Roof project.

[35:42] So I'll again turn it over to Mike. Sure.

[35:44] Can we also have Jeremy here? We're

[35:45] Tonight.

[35:46] Yeah, we're gonna, we're gonna, I'm gonna kick it off.

[35:47] Jeremy's gonna take the, the meat of the,

[35:49] the presentation so to speak.

[35:50] But as we've been trying

[35:52] to coordinate this throughout the start of the school year,

[35:55] we really started to, once you started

[35:58] to open up the projects from the facade to the windows

[36:01] to the roof, it really became calculated and coordinated.

[36:06] And we're finally moving into the, we,

[36:08] the feel good about it stage.

[36:10] This is the last quote, unquote hurdle

[36:11] for everything to be a go.

[36:14] The bids came in, that's why we had a facility,

[36:16] facilities meeting yesterday to go over the bids.

[36:19] Jeremy's gonna go over and articulate

[36:20] the recommendation to the board.

[36:22] So Jeremy,

[36:26] So we're recommending, well first of all, we went out

[36:29] to five different bidders with ARM consulting.

[36:33] Two bidders came to the walkthrough,

[36:35] so we ended up getting two numbers at the end of the day.

[36:38] North Star Roofing came in as the low bidder

[36:42] at about $334,000 less than Tech.

[36:46] Tech Roofing is, was has been the lowest bidder in all

[36:49] of our other roof projects.

[36:50] So it was a bit of a surprise.

[36:51] But North Star Roofing is highly recommended

[36:55] by Arm consulting as a qualified bidder as well.

[36:59] As you can see, it's in the original bond we did

[37:03] 1.6 million for the new roof.

[37:06] Over time, that has changed because the scope has changed.

[37:10] The scope has gotten a little bit bigger in some areas

[37:12] and smaller in some other areas.

[37:15] Due to the structural integration,

[37:17] it became a little bit larger

[37:19] because originally when we were looking at the HVAC project,

[37:23] we were only concerned about the structural areas around

[37:26] the HVAC equipment to satisfy the code requirements

[37:30] because we're doing the new roof

[37:32] and we're, we're going through this effort, it makes sense

[37:34] to attack those other structure

[37:38] issues now while the roof is open rather than do it again

[37:41] for potentially a lot more money.

[37:43] So that increased the cost and also the timeline

[37:48] because there is asbestos in the roof and

[37:50] because we're gonna have to have roofers there

[37:52] for the whole project, it, it adds a lot to it.

[37:55] We're gonna have to have roofers there

[37:57] to temporarily close up the building every single day rather

[37:59] than a normal roofing project where they would come in,

[38:02] install the roof and go home.

[38:04] This is, it's gonna be a long summer.

[38:06] So we anticipate going in two phases as opposed

[38:10] to the facade portion that will be done this summer.

[38:14] But because of the nature of how we have to do it

[38:18] between opening up the classrooms, closing 'em up,

[38:21] it makes more sense to do it over the summer and next summer

[38:27] because the facade project came in so much lower

[38:30] and the window project is part of that facade project,

[38:33] we were able to, there's a $3.2 million

[38:38] savings there that we have.

[38:39] So the overage for the roof is well within the budget.

[38:43] So any questions?

[38:47] So as we discussed at finance, the reason, you know, not

[38:50] to go into the full fi excuse me, the,

[38:53] the full facilities meeting is,

[38:55] it's not just the simple take the roof off, put it on right,

[38:57] because of the asbestos

[38:59] and the decking, which is between, and the hvac.

[39:04] We have to, it sounds crazy,

[39:05] but you're taking it off almost in little chunks throughout

[39:08] the summer rather than just rip off and put on.

[39:11] That has to do with also the facade work that's going on.

[39:15] And so while you see we saved

[39:19] 1.2 million in the brick facade

[39:21] and 1.9 million in the window replacement,

[39:24] this overage still puts us under budget for that project

[39:27] as a whole roughly $830,000.

[39:30] So even though we might be over in one,

[39:32] we've been under in the others to, to offset,

[39:35] And this is not starting this summer.

[39:37] It is. Oh, it is.

[39:38] I'm sorry, I thought you just said that.

[39:40] It just gonna be completed. Oh, it won't

[39:41] be complete. Got it. Sorry. It's gonna be

[39:42] A two phase, two summer project. Got it.

[39:45] When you say that roof won't be completed,

[39:47] that's just, that's

[39:49] A section of roof that they will be doing this summer?

[39:51] Will be completed this summer? Yes.

[39:53] We will have a roof for school next year. Yeah.

[39:56] Okay. So when you're removing the sections

[39:59] of this roof, are you removing the asbestos also?

[40:02] Or are we covering asbestos?

[40:05] A lot of it will be covered, but areas where we remove,

[40:08] it's going it where we remove decking that will be abated.

[40:13] And, and what would be the life of this new roof?

[40:16] Like how, how many years it projected for it?

[40:19] It's a 20 year warranty. Okay.

[40:23] Have we ever used this company before? North Star?

[40:27] We have not, but we hired ARM Consulting

[40:32] and they go to roofers who they've worked for in the past

[40:35] and have the capacity

[40:36] to get something like this completed in

[40:38] the timeframe that we need it.

[40:40] So, and that went

[40:43] for all five bidders that they invited

[40:47] And the opinion from ARM was

[40:49] that they were a good fit for this project.

[40:51] Yep, yep.

[40:54] And we had talked about actually,

[40:55] because the other bidder was the, I'll call it the, the one

[40:59] that won the other five Five roofs. Four roofs,

[41:01] Yeah. Five. And the,

[41:02] And we debated that at the committee level in regards to

[41:07] do you pay the extra $300,000 to go with the one

[41:10] that's done the other roof or was there

[41:12] value in saving the money?

[41:13] And the committee had determined through the recommendations

[41:15] of both Mark and Arm, that saving the $300 was,

[41:19] was a lot of value for us.

[41:20] And they felt comfortable with that,

[41:22] which made me feel good.

[41:24] Yeah, I think when you think about different projects,

[41:26] like if you were doing something like controls,

[41:29] you would want them to be universal across all the schools.

[41:31] Whereas roofs really seem like we're

[41:34] of a standalone thing,

[41:36] It's not as Right.

[41:37] And, and one good explanation from ARM two is that it's,

[41:40] it's a two year labor warranty.

[41:41] So we're tied to these people for two years after that.

[41:45] The manufacturer's warranty is a,

[41:46] that's a material warranty, so you'd be going to Carlisle,

[41:50] whoever the manufacturer is.

[41:53] But we decided a couple years ago when we started using arm

[41:56] and so we don't get into this situation again of a bunch

[41:58] of failed roofs is they'll do an inspection

[42:01] and a roof track report for us every year.

[42:04] So we won't get into this.

[42:05] Oh, that's good to ask in the future. And

[42:08] That's included in the cost, the inspection or wait,

[42:12] Which not included in, in this?

[42:14] No, this is separate

[42:16] Arm.

[42:17] Does the inspections not really install

[42:17] Arm does the inspections, yeah.

[42:18] As like a preventative maintenance program for us.

[42:22] Okay. Yep,

[42:23] That's

[42:28] All right.

[42:29] Did we have any further questions, comments? All right.

[42:33] If there are no further questions,

[42:35] I would entertain a motion to approve the contract

[42:37] with North Star Roofing in the amount of $2,776,750

[42:41] for the completion of the South Range Roof Project.

[42:46] So moved First by Jamie. Second. Second by David.

[42:52] All in favor? Aye. Aye. All opposed. Motion carries.

[42:56] Seven zero Soft range will

[42:59] Be very, very busy this summer.

[43:02] So be prepared for a lot of construction

[43:07] Traffic.

[43:08] A lot of different trades there. A lot of stuff going on. So

[43:10] Trailers, dumpsters, everyone in the community,

[43:13] just be well aware.

[43:14] Anyone that lives around there, it's going

[43:16] to be really busy.

[43:18] Alright Jeremy, great job coordinating this.

[43:20] I mean that, I know we, I know we, I know,

[43:24] I know we do this a lot to each other.

[43:25] However, this is a massive coordination effort

[43:28] and undertaking in it's all because of what you put in place

[43:33] and the time and effort you spent with all these people. So

[43:35] Coming, appreciate it.

[43:36] I I'm starting to feel better about it.

[43:38] Yeah, we appreciate seeing these projects get done the

[43:40] right way knowing that, you know, this is stuff

[43:42] that's gonna be built to last.

[43:45] Alright, any other questions for Jeremy

[43:47] before he gets to go home?

[43:50] No, everybody loves a Jeremy visit.

[43:54] Enjoy The rest of the sunshine.

[43:59] All right. Our next order

[44:00] of business is administration report.

[44:01] So I'll turn it over to Jane

[44:03] for the business administrator update.

[44:07] Okay. So with all the work

[44:08] that Geners Jeremy's generating,

[44:10] our department is generating all the contracts

[44:13] for those contracts, purchase orders.

[44:15] So this is a really busy time for us to get all of those

[44:19] submitted, completed.

[44:20] We work with attorneys, we work with Primex

[44:22] to make sure all the language is

[44:25] correct in order to be issuing those.

[44:28] We are also going to be opening up

[44:32] our 26 27 portal in our financial software

[44:37] so that schools and departments can start placing the,

[44:42] or putting their orders in for the 26 27 school year.

[44:48] And currently we are on a, what they call the desktop

[44:53] software and we're going to be migrating to the cloud.

[44:56] So we're gonna be doing a lot of training on that coming up.

[44:58] We'd like to be with Mike coming in.

[45:02] He's brought in a lot of really great ideas on

[45:05] going paperless on a lot of, a lot of areas.

[45:07] So that's what we're transitioning to and,

[45:10] and we're really excited about that

[45:11] and think that's gonna be a great change

[45:12] for our department and for the district.

[45:15] We also recently,

[45:18] I I only received one free reduced application

[45:20] and it was an approved one.

[45:22] So they're, they're still coming in,

[45:23] they're slow at this time of the year,

[45:25] but just wanna remind families

[45:27] that it's, there's still time.

[45:29] If they had a change in circumstance, someone in your home,

[45:33] change of jobs, things like that, please fill out the free

[45:36] and reduced applications.

[45:38] And, and since Pat's actually in the audience, I'm a newbie

[45:42] to joining Dairy Village Rotary.

[45:44] I just joined in July,

[45:45] but Pat's a longstanding member, Owen,

[45:48] who you just saw earlier.

[45:49] Owen is also a member of Dairy Village Rotary

[45:51] and it ties nicely with the food service

[45:54] because there is a nonprofit, 68 hours of Hunger.

[45:57] And the Dairy Village Rotary does many projects of

[46:01] food collection, whether they have food

[46:04] collection at Market Basket.

[46:05] We recently did a district-wide food collection

[46:09] and every week,

[46:11] actually the two members from 68 hours of Hungary just join,

[46:15] join the Diary Village Rotary.

[46:16] But every week members of the Diary, village Rotary,

[46:19] pack up the food, deliver it to the schools so

[46:23] that kids can take a bag of food home to feed them

[46:27] for the 68 hours until they return back on Monday.

[46:30] So great work by everybody

[46:32] and it's a nice tie in with our students

[46:36] and our food service to make,

[46:37] make sure children are still fed over the weekend.

[46:40] So are there any questions?

[46:46] Questions for Jane? All right, thank you Jane.

[46:50] Next step is Mike with the superintendent's update. Yeah.

[46:53] And Joe is gonna lead in your packet

[46:54] as kindergarten update and we have some information

[46:56] that we need to share and Joe's gonna do it.

[47:00] All right. So you, in your packet,

[47:02] there was a very small kind of a spreadsheet

[47:05] that showed you our current kindergarten enrollment numbers,

[47:08] just to make sure everybody's on the same page.

[47:11] We, kindergarten is not compulsory in the state

[47:13] of New Hampshire, so you don't need to send

[47:15] your children to kindergarten.

[47:16] So, and it is typically where most

[47:18] of our children enter the dairy school district,

[47:21] aside from deep, the vast majority

[47:23] of our kids enter the district at kindergarten.

[47:25] So it can be a bit of a challenging thing to predict year

[47:29] to year how many kids are gonna come in

[47:31] and which schools they're gonna be in.

[47:33] So when we kind of established our positions

[47:37] and projections this year,

[47:39] we were projecting about the same number

[47:40] of kindergartens this year, kindergartners this year, sorry,

[47:44] next year that we currently have.

[47:45] So we didn't change the number of positions

[47:47] or the locations of those positions.

[47:49] So there are 17 kindergarten classrooms currently.

[47:52] That's what we have budgeted for next year.

[47:55] Just a few weeks ago, we met with principals,

[47:58] the elementary principals, Mike and I,

[47:59] and we looked at our current enrollment trends

[48:01] and we're noticing that East Dairy was already

[48:06] at overflow status.

[48:08] And we had a couple other schools

[48:10] that had lots of spaces still.

[48:12] So we moved one position

[48:14] from Grinnell Elementary School over to East Derry.

[48:17] And that kind of tracks a little bit from this year.

[48:19] East RY is actually overflowed.

[48:21] There, there are a handful of students from the East Derry

[48:25] part of town that go in overflow status to Barca.

[48:28] So we made that decision right now that solves that problem.

[48:33] And, and we're, we're crossing our fingers that,

[48:36] that this will continue,

[48:37] this trend will kind of work itself out.

[48:39] We have kindergarten orientation on Friday,

[48:41] this, this coming Friday.

[48:42] So it was really important that we made this decision

[48:45] sooner than later so that those families and,

[48:48] and kids who are registered for kindergarten would know

[48:51] what school they were going to prior

[48:52] to kindergarten orientation.

[48:54] Our goal is to have zero students in overflow.

[48:58] That's really what we'd like to do.

[49:00] But it is challenging because of the, what I said

[49:03] before is that you never know where they're gonna pop up.

[49:06] You know, a few years ago Barca had six

[49:09] kindergarten classrooms.

[49:10] This year they have five and they're not full.

[49:13] And next year, you know, so,

[49:14] so each year it can change a little bit.

[49:18] Any questions about kindergarten enrollment?

[49:20] Anything I missed? I know I

[49:22] have one more thing to say actually.

[49:23] I wanted to make sure I got it.

[49:25] We're gonna continue to watch the numbers as time goes on.

[49:30] You know, we've gone back, Jane and, and,

[49:32] and I have had this conversation for years now about trying

[49:35] to make predictions based on past experience.

[49:38] We kind of entered into a new era

[49:41] of student enrollment in the state of New Hampshire.

[49:43] There are a lot of moving pieces, which lead us to believe

[49:46] that the previous 20 years

[49:48] of enrollment history are not necessarily gonna accurately

[49:51] predict the next 20 years of enrollment history.

[49:55] So we are doing our very best,

[49:56] our principals update the spreadsheet on a pretty,

[49:59] almost a daily basis.

[50:00] They coordinate with Kathleen.

[50:02] We're trying to make sure that we get

[50:03] the word out to families.

[50:04] Hopefully anybody who's watching today who has not

[50:07] yet registered their child for kindergarten, please, please,

[50:09] please, please go register your children for kindergarten.

[50:12] It's not too late, but the sooner we get you registered,

[50:15] the sooner we can get you into the right school.

[50:17] And we'd absolutely love every every child

[50:20] to have an opportunity to come out

[50:21] to the orientation on Friday.

[50:24] Now I'll stop again and see if you have questions.

[50:27] Any questions about kindergarten enrollment?

[50:30] Are we, I, if remember correctly last year,

[50:33] were we talking about going to the, the preschools

[50:37] or going to the childcare centers to speak

[50:40] to people to try to get them?

[50:42] I I have like a vague recollection of us talking about doing

[50:45] that, but I don't know if we

[50:47] Yeah, I, I believe we have sent out some information.

[50:51] I'll con I'll confirm and double check.

[50:52] I know we did last year where we tried

[50:54] to send information out more about like the school district

[50:58] meetings and elections and things like that

[51:00] because, you know, for people

[51:02] that may have their first child going to school,

[51:04] they may not be tapped into these meetings

[51:07] and know about everything going on.

[51:08] But I think historically we have sent out some flyers.

[51:12] I can check on that, make sure

[51:14] It seems like a one of the easiest routes to try and yeah,

[51:18] I believe we might have posted some stuff on social media

[51:20] as well, but I'll double check with Clifton.

[51:22] Yeah.

[51:24] Okay. I will say

[51:26] with the last time we did an enrollment forecast, I know we,

[51:29] you and I talked a lot about this going back

[51:32] to when it was done, is that it did kind of show

[51:35] enrollment going up at Barca and East Area

[51:37] and enrollment going down at Grinnell and South Range.

[51:40] And it looks like we're kind of seeing that.

[51:43] Yeah, yeah. And Mark is an interesting one.

[51:46] You know, enrollment was down this year.

[51:48] It was much lower than we thought it would be,

[51:50] but next year right now it's trending

[51:52] to be back up higher again.

[51:54] So yeah, it is difficult to predict.

[51:56] You know, what we, what we will do is we will come back

[52:00] to the board and kind of keep you guys updated.

[52:04] You know, what Mike and I had talked about is,

[52:05] is there is a potential, if, if there is a, a massive influx

[52:10] of students enrolling in the, you know, June, July,

[52:14] we may need to add another kindergarten position.

[52:16] I think we have done that. I know we have done

[52:18] that in the past when it has called for it

[52:21] right now we're trying to make the most out

[52:23] of the resources that we have.

[52:24] And again, if, if everything lines up perfectly,

[52:27] we have still many, many seats open for kindergarten.

[52:30] They're just the predominantly at South Range

[52:33] and Grinnell right now.

[52:34] And now there are more open seats at East Area

[52:36] because we moved one of those positions.

[52:41] Alright, thank you. We're under

[52:44] Babied.

[52:45] All right, any other questions before I'm

[52:48] kindergarten last call?

[52:49] Alright, I'm gonna start off with

[52:52] Staff Appreciation Week last week.

[52:55] It was, it's always a fun week for us at our level,

[52:59] but a a couple specifics.

[53:02] The PTA always does a phenomenal job

[53:04] of helping support us throughout that week.

[53:08] Kathleen, a lot of coordination between as much people

[53:11] as possible as we're trying to do our things.

[53:14] PT is trying to do their things,

[53:15] but this year we had two community businesses really,

[53:21] really donate and step up and support.

[53:23] So that was Rigatoni

[53:24] and Aroma Joes did a phenomenal job of helping us.

[53:28] So thank you to them. Please stop by

[53:30] and buy something from them.

[53:32] That'd be great. They, they were just,

[53:34] they were just phenomenal.

[53:36] Mike mentioned it earlier, but I got to spend my first

[53:40] national junior honor society induction at Hood last week.

[53:44] Just, I mean, I made a joke during the, during the ceremony,

[53:47] blown away at how well spoken, as you can tell this evening

[53:51] and confident they are.

[53:52] I, I said that if, if I knew I was gonna have

[53:54] to speak in front of 300

[53:55] people, I would've skipped the event.

[53:56] So just a great job by Russ.

[53:59] Every time I turn around, he's somewhere here.

[54:01] So he does a phenomenal job for, for us in a lot of ways.

[54:06] I'd emailed the board earlier last week

[54:08] and we had started to send out invitations,

[54:11] but I had said that I'm gonna try

[54:13] and bring a, a new standard

[54:14] to the retirement celebration here in dairy.

[54:17] It's something I launched in Hopton.

[54:18] It's, it's just an evening to celebrate them.

[54:22] And we're gonna have that on June 10th.

[54:25] And what started in my first year in hop kind of was small

[54:29] and then as people caught on,

[54:31] more retirees came back year after year.

[54:33] And we, and we, it grew into a larger celebration.

[54:36] It's a good evening that families get

[54:38] to speak about their parents

[54:39] or maybe colleagues get

[54:41] to speak about the years they've spent.

[54:43] So I'm, I'm really looking forward to that. I'm excited.

[54:48] Number four, sorry, on my list you don't need to know.

[54:51] On my list is the capital improvement project

[54:53] or the CIP plan

[54:55] that we've been working on with UMass Lowell.

[54:56] They presented last week in their capstone.

[55:00] They did a phenomenal job.

[55:01] Jeremy and I now have the documents in place.

[55:04] We are going to put a little bit of our touch on them pr

[55:10] presented to the facilities committee.

[55:12] And then we're gonna go live in June here in a board meeting

[55:15] and, and show you that we have projections out to 2033 now

[55:19] with capital improvement projects in every building dollar

[55:21] amounts anticipated timeline.

[55:24] So it's gonna show us

[55:26] specifically at the next meeting when we're gonna

[55:29] have a public hearing on the first

[55:30] withdrawals from the CIP fund.

[55:32] You're gonna see where those, the flooring is gonna reduce

[55:35] that and you're gonna see the

[55:37] upgrades that we continue to move.

[55:38] So I'm excited to, to move that forward here

[55:41] to the board and then to the community.

[55:42] It'll be live online. Another thing I believe I mentioned in

[55:46] September, October-ish was something that Joe

[55:49] and I saw earlier in the year in regards

[55:50] to safety maps in mapping them out

[55:53] and partnering with all of the local authorities,

[55:56] police, fire, EMS.

[55:58] We were told to pause at the time

[56:00] 'cause the state as a whole was gonna put out an

[56:02] entire statewide bid.

[56:03] And that finally went out and they chose a vendor.

[56:06] So now we are gonna receive, don't know timelines,

[56:09] but now all of our buildings

[56:12] and facilities will be mapped up and be able to share.

[56:15] We can go into more detail once it gets there,

[56:17] but it's another avenue that in in which, you know,

[56:20] it's grant funded that we are

[56:21] not going to have to spend the money.

[56:23] So looking forward to that next Friday, Dr.

[56:27] Sandon is gonna spend some time here

[56:29] as we begin the transition.

[56:30] But with with Joe

[56:32] and Danielle parody,

[56:34] we are gonna start the five six sports conversation

[56:36] that was mentioned as a concern at the last meeting,

[56:39] which we were kind of already dabbling in,

[56:41] but now we're gonna put some rubber to the road

[56:43] and see what options we have.

[56:48] Not sure that Tri county's folding or or transitioning.

[56:51] That's the stuff that we're gonna try

[56:53] and figure out those timelines

[56:54] and what we're able to offer our

[56:56] students at the five six level.

[56:57] And then last, I know Mike, we have hiring, as you can tell,

[57:01] a lot of on and a lot of off

[57:02] that's pretty typical for the month of May.

[57:05] The key for us, and I want to commend the, the buildings

[57:08] and the hiring committees, they're getting ahead

[57:09] of these candidates when they're, when they're applying

[57:11] or interviewing, and then when they are selecting

[57:14] candidates, we're moving forward and trying to turn them

[57:16] around within three or four days.

[57:18] You don't wanna be left out to dry in regards to the,

[57:21] the hiring season, it's becoming harder

[57:24] and harder to fill roles in our profession.

[57:26] And one thing I've learned is if if you're ahead

[57:29] and you're first, then you have a better opportunity

[57:31] before other people are able to catch people.

[57:33] So I think we're doing a good job of, of staying hiring

[57:37] as even no more came in today.

[57:39] But I just want to thank the, the building levels

[57:42] for the work they're doing in, in the board in regards

[57:44] to making sure that we able to, to lock these candidates in.

[57:49] And then actually adult ed was on mine,

[57:50] but since we already talked about it, you know, we're,

[57:53] we're in the process of making sure

[57:56] that all those discussions come forward

[57:57] and that it doesn't turn into the rumor wire

[57:59] and it turns into more of clearly

[58:01] communicating what's going on.

[58:02] So we'll move forward. And I think that's it for me.

[58:08] Questions on anything?

[58:09] Can I just add to Something? Sure,

[58:11] Sure.

[58:12] I just wanna add that all the PTAs go

[58:16] to the local businesses and get donations.

[58:18] So we are so fortunate in, in the community that

[58:21] not only dairy, but London, dairy and Salem, they give

[58:25] and give and give and we're fortunate for that.

[58:27] So I don't want anybody to feel slighted. Yeah,

[58:29] No, and and I would say that, that, I appreciate

[58:32] that tho those two businesses directly

[58:35] discounted us on things that we

[58:36] are doing from the district office.

[58:37] So what PTA does

[58:39] and coordinates is, is something I haven't seen

[58:43] in a level in quite some time.

[58:44] I can say that in several districts I've been.

[58:46] So thank you to everyone that's helping us out.

[58:50] Any more questions for Mike? All right.

[58:54] Yeah, our PTSA at West Running Brook is actually doing their

[58:57] teacher appreciation week this week.

[59:00] So yeah, I mean, I have to say there's never enough

[59:03] that we can do to thank teachers for

[59:05] how much they put into their work.

[59:07] You know, it's one of the most important,

[59:08] most difficult jobs out there.

[59:09] You know, I would challenge anyone

[59:11] to spend one day in a teacher's shoes

[59:14] and tell me that that is not one

[59:15] of the hardest jobs that there is.

[59:18] But it can also be one of the most rewarding.

[59:20] So, you know, to all of our teachers in this district,

[59:22] you know, thank you for

[59:23] everything that you put into your work.

[59:28] Our next order of business is committee and liaison reports.

[59:32] We've had one committee meeting since we last met.

[59:34] We've already discussed the bulk of what was covered

[59:36] with the South Range roof,

[59:38] but I'll turn it over to David. Yeah,

[59:40] Yeah, Michael said, and Jeremy did a great job

[59:42] of outlining what we discussed the majority of the meeting.

[59:46] Towards the end of the meeting, mark Bin kind

[59:49] of gave us an update where we stand on every project

[59:52] and compare to the whole bond number,

[59:54] 24 point whatever million.

[59:56] So he's projecting, and he's gotta work

[59:58] with Jane on the final numbers,

[59:59] but we're projecting to be under budget

[1:00:01] by about close to $2 million.

[1:00:05] So that's, that's good news.

[1:00:06] The one thing that we still to hash out,

[1:00:08] and I think Michael, Mike is gonna look into

[1:00:11] how we move forward with that surplus

[1:00:12] and what we can do with that money

[1:00:14] and what's acceptable under the rules of bonding.

[1:00:18] So more to come on that.

[1:00:20] But that was good news from that meeting.

[1:00:23] Yeah, that, I mean, that was about it.

[1:00:24] Jeremy pretty much covered everything,

[1:00:26] but that was some good news on that, that we're gonna be

[1:00:29] under budget overall.

[1:00:33] All right. Any questions for David?

[1:00:37] All right, we'll move on.

[1:00:38] Our next order of business is member

[1:00:39] updates in any other business.

[1:00:42] I have several items for tonight.

[1:00:44] It's been a while since we've been here.

[1:00:46] So first, Mike quickly mentioned it,

[1:00:48] but we had one more nomination

[1:00:49] that didn't make it into the packet in time

[1:00:51] to make it into the consent agenda.

[1:00:53] So if we could take a quick vote on it,

[1:00:55] I would take a motion to accept the following nomination.

[1:00:59] Habiba Freeman, special Education Teacher District.

[1:01:04] First by Jen. Second. Second by Jenna. All in favor? Aye.

[1:01:08] All opposed. Motion carries. Seven zero. All right.

[1:01:12] That should cover all of the Yes. Thank you for doing that.

[1:01:15] I appreciate that very much. All of the nominations.

[1:01:19] All right, A few things.

[1:01:21] First, the application period

[1:01:22] for the fiscal advisory committee is now open.

[1:01:25] This committee is an advisory group of dairy residents.

[1:01:28] It meets with the board each year

[1:01:29] to provide input in the budget process.

[1:01:31] If you're interested in getting more involved

[1:01:33] with the school board, it's a good place to get started.

[1:01:35] We had a full contingent of members last year,

[1:01:37] but I believe we're aware

[1:01:38] of at least two members now returning.

[1:01:40] So there will be some vacancies.

[1:01:42] Our board policy BEDH requires vacancies be announced,

[1:01:45] each May, and appointments to be made by the end of June.

[1:01:48] So if you're interested, the application will be going up on

[1:01:51] the website and could be submitted to the SAU office

[1:01:53] and those appointments will be made

[1:01:54] at the June 23rd meeting.

[1:01:58] We're looking as a board to set a date

[1:02:00] for our annual goal setting session.

[1:02:02] Mike's put the idea out there

[1:02:04] of holding this at 5:00 PM prior to one

[1:02:05] of the board meetings scheduled in June,

[1:02:06] either the ninth or the 23rd.

[1:02:09] So if everybody could take a look at their calendars

[1:02:12] and get back to us on that date

[1:02:13] so we could get something on the calendar.

[1:02:16] Quick update on HB 1331.

[1:02:19] That's the bill to enable the town council

[1:02:21] to incorporate the school district as a department.

[1:02:24] So the Senate election Law

[1:02:25] and Municipal Affairs Committee held a hearing on this

[1:02:27] bill on April 28th.

[1:02:29] Came outta committee with a recommendation of ought to pass.

[1:02:31] And I would expect that this bill will continue moving

[1:02:33] along if it becomes law.

[1:02:36] Charter Amendments could be put on the ballot as soon

[1:02:38] as next March, either by the Town Council

[1:02:40] or by citizen petition.

[1:02:42] So I know Mike and I have already been discussing the

[1:02:45] implications of this with the district council.

[1:02:47] So this will be an ongoing topic.

[1:02:52] Few district events to note.

[1:02:54] First, congratulations to our young singers from Grinnell

[1:02:57] and Westbrook, who went up to Concord

[1:02:58] to participate in the Nhm ME'S Elementary

[1:03:00] Honors Choir last month.

[1:03:02] Those kids get to spend the day up in Concord, rehearsing

[1:03:05] with a guest conductor and

[1:03:06] other students from all around the state.

[1:03:07] And then they put on a beautiful

[1:03:08] performance to cap off the day.

[1:03:10] It's also spring concert season around our schools.

[1:03:13] So congratulations to the Bark at Chorus

[1:03:15] who had their concert a few weeks ago.

[1:03:16] And good luck to the rest of the chorus

[1:03:18] and band students on their upcoming concerts.

[1:03:21] I noted this quickly while Russ was here,

[1:03:24] but congratulations to all the Gilbert Achu students

[1:03:26] that were inducted into the National Junior

[1:03:28] Honor Society last week.

[1:03:30] The board is always happy to receive an invite

[1:03:32] to this event, so thank you to Russ for that.

[1:03:34] And you know, it's a real testament to the caliber

[1:03:36] of the kids that we have here in Derry.

[1:03:38] When you see that event, it's entirely student run.

[1:03:42] There's a, you know, a huge group

[1:03:44] of kids in the National Junior Honor

[1:03:46] Society over there at Hood.

[1:03:47] And as you could see tonight, they do quite a bit

[1:03:49] around their school and around the community.

[1:03:53] Finally, we may all remember the West Running Bridge

[1:03:57] students presenting to us about their mosaic mural

[1:03:59] project back in March.

[1:04:01] So they had an event

[1:04:02] to unveil the finished project last week.

[1:04:04] The artist was in attendance. There was huge turnout from

[1:04:07] all the families coming out to see their students work.

[1:04:09] So if you haven't had a chance to see the completed mural,

[1:04:12] it's, it's beautiful.

[1:04:14] You know, it's in the space right there in the center lobby.

[1:04:17] And I have to put all the thanks out there to our PTSA.

[1:04:20] They did a ton of fundraising this year to make

[1:04:22] that project happen, get all the students involved.

[1:04:25] Every student at West this year did at least one tile

[1:04:29] that's part of the mosaic,

[1:04:31] and that's gonna be a part of the

[1:04:32] school there for years to come.

[1:04:36] So that's all I have.

[1:04:37] I'll open it up to the rest of the board for any updates.

[1:04:45] I just wanted to add, since we, it's already on the books

[1:04:48] and we'll speak to it next time,

[1:04:50] but the next charter school graduation is on June 11th

[1:04:55] at 4:00 PM I was gonna, I mean,

[1:04:57] I could speak at the next meeting for it,

[1:04:59] but I figured I'd put it out there

[1:05:00] for everybody since it's already out there.

[1:05:02] Thanks, Jen. As usual, every year, you know, the,

[1:05:05] the board is invited to attend the next graduation.

[1:05:08] And if you haven't been to a next graduation,

[1:05:09] they're a pretty cool event.

[1:05:11] So if you have a chance to,

[1:05:13] to make it, I would recommend it.

[1:05:17] I just also wanted to say about the mural

[1:05:21] that was so mind blowing.

[1:05:24] I know they came and they did the presentation

[1:05:25] and we got to see the small piece here.

[1:05:29] Just a fractal of what is actually up there.

[1:05:32] I had no idea what it was to that I was expecting,

[1:05:35] 'cause I haven't been in the building in some time.

[1:05:38] Seeing the trees up there and seeing the leaves

[1:05:41] and seeing the personality

[1:05:43] that was put into every single piece.

[1:05:46] Everything from cat paws to baseballs to musical notes.

[1:05:49] Like everyone put a little piece

[1:05:51] of their personality in there.

[1:05:54] And then when they unveiled the big portion,

[1:05:57] it was like looking at a Monet

[1:05:59] and the further you stepped away from it,

[1:06:01] everything kind of pieced together.

[1:06:02] It was really moving. And to know that

[1:06:05] there's just a little, like, you know, the term blood, sweat

[1:06:09] and tears, but not quite as, you know, strong,

[1:06:11] but a little bit of everybody in there.

[1:06:15] I just kudos to all the students, everyone

[1:06:18] that put their time into it, to the artist,

[1:06:20] obviously the resident artist that came in to do that.

[1:06:24] What a beautiful, beautiful piece.

[1:06:26] And I love that it's going to be there for, for time.

[1:06:30] And after speaking to Mr. Fox, his hopes is that hopefully

[1:06:33] the incoming fifth graders down the line will be able

[1:06:36] to add in some way to this

[1:06:38] and it will just be an extension of the school.

[1:06:41] And I just absolutely loved it. It was amazing.

[1:06:45] Yeah. Yeah. I don't get much more than a two word answer

[1:06:48] from my sixth grader on what goes on at school these days,

[1:06:51] but he, he did have a lot to say about the mural.

[1:06:54] I think, you know, the kids had a lot of fun working on it,

[1:06:57] you know, working with the artists.

[1:06:58] So it's a cool opportunity for everybody.

[1:07:02] There are no other updates.

[1:07:04] Our upcoming meeting schedule, we will meet next on Tuesday,

[1:07:07] May 26th, followed by Tuesday, June 9th,

[1:07:09] both at 6:30 PM here at the Municipal Center.

[1:07:13] No non-public session tonight.

[1:07:14] So if there is no further business,

[1:07:16] I will take a motion to adjourn.

[1:07:17] So moved first by Jenna. Second. Second by Jamie.

[1:07:22] All in favor? Aye. Aye. All opposed. Motion carries.

[1:07:25] Seven zero. Goodnight everybody.

School Board Meeting - Meeting of 05/12/26

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