Hello Roxbury Community!

The Montpelier-Roxbury Board of School Directors meets this Wednesday, December 21st , 6:30 p.m. @ Montpelier High School. The meeting will be held in the MHS library or you can participate virtually via Zoom. *The Zoom link is in the agenda.*

The December 21st Board meeting agenda and meeting documents can be found at:
https://www.mrpsvt.org/2022-agenda-meeting-documents/tag/12-21-2022

Board meetings always begin with a public comment opportunity at 6:30 p.m.; public comments can be made whether you attend in-person or virtually.

The MRPS Board will take up the following at this week's board meeting:

-Central Vermont Career Center 23-24 budget presentation from CVCC Director, Jody Emerson

-MRPS 23-24 2nd round budget presentation (See some details below.)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HpMLyhFqxDnoIBKNqrt1vhaNQop1jx1Z/view?usp=share_link

-The Board will review and have opportunity to approve policy monitoring reports for:
D7 Special Education
F13 In-District Elementary School Transfer Policy
C28 Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students

-Second Reading of Policies Replacing and Repealing Current Policies A02, A03, & A04:
A20 - Board Meetings Agenda, Preparation, and Distribution
A21 - Public Participation in Board Meetings
A22 - Notice of Non-Discrimination
A23- Community Engagement and Vision
A24 - Board/Superintendent Relations

-Third Reading of Policy F2 - Nondiscriminatory Mascots and School Branding

Budget details:
The changes we will see since the first budget presentation on December 7th include:
❖ Changing the funding source of a district wide Social Emotion Learning Director from ARP ESSER to local funds.
❖ Addition of four permanent substitutes
❖ Addition of one time expenses to MHS, MSMS, and Facilities

Since last year:
❖ Education Spending is up 6.51%
❖ Education Spending per pupil is up 7.45%
❖ With the current best guesses of # of equalized pupils, Property Dollar Yield, and Common Level of Appraisal, the tax rate would decrease by 5.23% for Montpelier (9 cents) and decrease by 7.58% for Roxbury (10 cents). NOTE, the above mentioned factors are beyond the control of the school district and are determined by things like real estate market, student enrollment, etc.; they can still change and have effects on the tax rate.

School budgets and formulas are complicated. If you have any questions or want to better understand this process, please reach out to us.

There will be a public budget forum held on January 4th. There is also a great MRPS podcast (Episode 1) with the former business manager that explains the school budget process that can be found here:
https://anchor.fm/in-the-schools/episodes/In-The-Schools-Episode-1-eq92vb

Please consider attending or tuning into our meeting. Be in contact your MRPS Roxbury School Board Directors with any questions, concerns, or positive feedback. We will appreciate hearing from you.

Kristen Getler (kristengetler@mpsvt.org)
Rhett Williams (rhettwilliams@mpsvt.org)

Best,
Kristen and Rhett

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