Please read below!!! As ACT 46 moves forward the meeting below is the next step to form the merged district (Newbury, Bradford & Oxbow). While Newbury is currently a plaintiff in the lawsuit for a stay/injunction to halt the forced merge. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A GOOD TURN OUT FOR THIS MEETING!! PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND SPREAD THE WORD.
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Newbury Elementary School Board
WARNING
SPECIAL MEETING
OXBOW UNIFIED UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT
January 23, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.
The legal voters of the Oxbow Unified Union School District (the "District"), comprising the voters of the Towns of Bradford and Newbury, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Oxbow High School in Bradford, VT on 23rd day of January, 2019, in the Auditorium at 6:00 p.m. to conduct the following business:
i. To elect a temporary presiding officer and clerk of the District from among the qualified voters of the district.
ii. To swear in the members of the Transitional Board created in Article 9 of the District's Articles of Agreement, who shall immediately assume office and serve until the voters of the District elect the initial members of the Board of Directors and those members are sworn in and assume their duties.
iii. To adopt Robert's or other rules of order, which shall govern the parliamentary procedures of the organizational meeting and all subsequent annual and special meetings of the District.
iv. To elect the following officers of the District from among the qualified voters of the district, which officers shall assume office upon election and serve for a term of one year or until their successors are elected and qualified:
• Moderator • Clerk • Treasurer
v. To determine a date and location for the first annual meeting of the District and all subsequent annual meetings, which shall be not earlier than February 1 and not later than June 1 in each year.
vi. To determine whether to vote on the District's budget and all other public questions by Australian ballot.
vii. To determine whether to elect members of the District Board by Australian ballot.
viii. To determine and approve compensation, if any, to be paid to officers of the District.
ix. To determine and approve compensation, if any, to be paid to members of the District Board.
x. To establish provisions for the payment of any expense incurred by the District before it becomes fully operational on July 1, 2019 under a voter-approved budget for the fiscal year beginning on that date.
xi. To authorize the District to borrow money pending receipt of payments from the State Education Fund by the issuance of its notes or orders payable not later than one year from date: provided, however, that the District is authorized by Vermont Statutes to borrow sufficient funds to meet pending obligations.
xii. To determine whether to authorize the Board of School Directors, pursuant to the provisions of 16 V.S.A. § 563(10) & (11)(C), to provide mailed notice to residents of the availability of the Annual Report and proposed school budget in lieu of distributing the Annual Report and proposed budget.
Dated this 17 day of December, 2018.
____________________________ Daniel M. French, Ed.D. Secretary of Education
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