These are unofficial notes of the Board of Education meeting held on Monday, December 1. Meetings are broadcast live on the district’s YouTube channel.  

Agendas, meeting materials, minutes & video

CALL TO ORDER - 5:30PM

NON-PUBLIC SESSION – RSA 91-A:3 IIb

Attendance: Pamela Walsh - President, Brenda Hastings – Vice President, Cara Meeker - Secretary, Liz Boucher, Jess Campbell, Barb Higgins, Jim Richards, Sarah Robinson, Sarah Sadowski

RESUME MEETING - 6pm

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – Approved 9-0

CONSENT AGENDA – Approved 9-0 as amended

• Regular Monthly Meeting (November 3)
• Building Committee (November 6)
• Instructional Committee (November 10)
• Special Board Session (November 12)
• Executive Committee (November 17)
• City & Community Relations Committee (November 17)
• Communications & Policy Committee (November 19)

SCHOOL CELEBRATION

Students from Broken Ground made the connection between the district's "Portrait of a Learner" and key skills learned when participating in the production of Finding Nemo – BGS student performance (1 minute)

RECOGNITIONS / REPORTS

• Student Report - Aryn Bernardo and Clementine Mayala shared updates at Concord High school, including:

• Concord High School has posted the complete CHS yearbook collection from 1927 through 2024 online
• NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges) will visit CHS next week

• Superintendent Report

• COMF Update – the electric charging stations have been installed and need to be configured
• Meeting with City Officials – district leadership met with city leadership to discuss projects and share information
• Special education improvement plan update – the district is forming a committee to follow up on the report, measure progress and set goals
• Donation to CRTC Automotive Update – CRTC received a Ford Focus for the automotive program
• Theater program at CHS – theater no longer qualifies for CTE funding and will transfer to Concord High School
• A final report will be created after the NEASC visit next week at Concord High School, which will lead to the 10-year plan

FACILITIES UPDATE

• CHS Ceiling Update – the project is going very well and will hopefully be ready finished the end of December
• Middle School Project Update - cone penetration testing and a test geothermal well have been completed and are waiting for results; the Building Committee meets on December 4

CITY & COMMUNITY RELATIONS

• Memorial Field Project – David Gill of Parks & Recreation presented the current proposal for Memorial Field at the last City & Community Relations committee meeting; the committee recommended splitting the $1.2M design and development cost 50/50 with the city

FINANCE

• Finance monthly report – Business Administrator Jack Dunn reviewed the finance report
• School Care Assessment Agreement – Jack Dunn reviewed payment options for the School Care assessment
• Introduction of Loan Resolution – Jack Dunn introduced the loan resolution for middle school project and proposed a date of January 5, 2026 for the hearing
• Middle School Project – working on purchasing a portion of solar panels to qualify for Federal tax credits
• Negotiations update – met with CEA

COMMUNICATION & POLICY

• The Board reviewed Policy 415: Title IX Sexual Harassment Reporting and Grievance Process (2nd read) – approved 9-0

INSTRUCTIONAL COMMITTEE

• ELA Vertical Alignment – members of the ELA committee reviewed the process for updating the English Language Arts standards
• 306s CHS Presentation – Assistant Superintendent Kimberly Yarlott and the CHS leadership team shared proposed changes to the graduation requirements based on the updated 306 rules; more information will be shared with Board regarding social studies sequence

PUBLIC COMMENT

• One person shared public comments

PERSONNEL

• Winter Coaches – approved 9-0

VOTES

• Auto donation – approved 9-0
• Memorial Field Project – tabled a vote on approval of design and development, looking for details on financing approved 9-0
• School Care Agreement – approved payment plan 9-0
• Loan Resolution – Monday, January 5 has been set as a date for the public hearing on the middle school project bond resolution – approved 9-0
• ELA Vertical Alignment – approved 9-0 as presented

OTHER BUSINESS

• Monthly enrollment report – Dr. Herbert reviewed the enrollment report
• President Walsh thanked Jim Richards and Sarah Robinson for their service

PROPOSED CALENDARS OF MEETINGS – Upcoming dates were reviewed. Approved dates are posted on the website.

NON-PUBLIC SESSION – RSA 91-A:3, Section II K, L, C

ADJOURNMENT

Notes by Terry Wolf, Director of Communications