The Newbury School Board urges voters in the Newbury School District to turn out to represent us at the first Unified Union School District meeting. This critical meeting will be held this Monday, February 25th, at 6:00 in the Oxbow High School auditorium. We regret the short notice; a judge was expected to issue an injunction postponing the need for a meeting. However, the judge has not yet ruled, so we are expecting Monday evening's meeting to go on. Hence, the call for Newbury voters to attend. We hope you can join us.
Here is the warning for Monday's 6:00 meeting that Education Secretary Dan French sent to OESU Superintendent Emilie Knisley on January 14th, 2019:
WARNING
SPECIAL MEETING
OXBOW UNIFIED UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT February 25, 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 25th day of February, 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 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.
iii. 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
iv. 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.
v. To determine whether to vote on the District's budget and all other public questions by Australian ballot.
vi. To determine whether to elect members of the District Board by Australian ballot.
vii. To determine and approve compensation, if any, to be paid to officers of the District.
viii. To determine and approve compensation, if any, to be paid to members of the District Board.
ix. 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.
x. 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.
xi. 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 14th day of January, 2018.
Daniel M. French, Ed.D.
Secretary of Education
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