ORLEANS CENTRAL SUPERVISORY UNION
Lake Region Union Elementary-Middle School District Board of School Directors Meeting
Date: September 30, 2024 Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Lake Region Union High School
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OCSU Vision: All of our students will have choices for success throughout their lives.
OCSU Mission: It is the mission of the Orleans Central Supervisory Union to provide an environment that celebrates diversity and creativity, promotes inclusion and integrity, and partners with parents and community members to give students access to a 21st century education.
Agenda:
1. Call to Order
2. Additions or Deletions to the Agenda
3. Board Norms • Be present: be honest, be respectful, be creative, and value all ideas.
• Connect our work to goals so that students are at the forefront of our mission.
• Create clear outcomes and action steps for how to achieve those outcomes with a focus on shared responsibility.
• Foster an environment of collegiality that includes laughter, respect, and privacy of all members. • To target a two-hour meeting with the option to extend if necessary
4. Privilege of the Floor: Public School Board meetings provide a public comment option for every meeting. All topics bring more than one viewpoint and more than one viewpoint is welcome. We expect dialogue and interactions before, during and after board meetings to be civil, respectful and safe for everyone. Thank you for supporting your schools.
5. VTCAP Presentation: Erica Harryman, Director of Instruction
6. Consent Agenda (Action) a. Approve Minutes from September 16, 2024 b. Approve Bills
7. Business of the Board (Discussion and Possible Action)
a. Barton Middle School Math
b. Health Office Presentation: Julie Rose, District Nurse
c. Correction to Previous Unpaid Time Request
d. Monthly Mileage Stipend for Facility Director
e. Truexcullins Long Term Planning Proposal Round 2
f. Appoint Authorized Representative to vote on behalf of LRUEMS Board at the VEHI Annual Meeting October 25, 2024
g. Capital Reserve Request to Spend – Facility Committee
h. Superintendent Search Update
i. Staff Retention and Facility Planning
j. Resignations/Retirements
k. Employment/Contracts:
• Heather Whitcomb, School Counselor
l. Education Quality Standards – Effective July 1, 2025
m. Review Future Agenda Items from the Work Plan
8. Administrative Requests, Reports & Information (Discussion & Possible Action)
a. Superintendent
9. Board/Committee Reports
a. OCSU Board
b. Facilities Committee
• Report on Glover/Orleans updates
• Facilities Report — Jason Rowell
1. Engineer Services Discussion
c. Finance Committee
• Schedule for Committee Meetings
d. OCSU Middle School AdHoc Committee
e. Personnel Committee
10. Privilege of the Floor This is another opportunity for the public to comment on the agenda after the business of the board.
11. Executive Session (if needed, pursuant to 1 V.S.A. sec. 313) —
a. Post Executive Session Action (if needed)
12. Future Agenda Items
a. Move the Current Expense Note to a 3 Year Refunding Note (Oct 21)
b. Retreat Next Steps – add to Work Plan
c. Emergency Committee (Unplanned Facility Crisis (October)
d. Strategic Plan Review (November)
e. Board Tech Devices (October)
f. Principal Strategic Plan Goals Presentation (October/Principals)
g. 4 Day Week Proposal (February/Kalli)
h. Update on Substitutes Needs, Data & Recruitment (November)
i. TruexCullins Proposal – containing Cost Estimates for Bd approved K-8 Models
13. Adjournment
Nov 23, 2024, 1 to 3 PM
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