School Committee Meeting - Apr. 10th, 2025

Agenda

1. Call to order the monthly meeting of the Clarksburg School Committee
2. Public Comment/Open Meeting Rules: Clarification of the official legal rules of participation in an open meeting.
3. School Building Update:
   1. Discuss any updates on the roof repair project and the impact on the summer program.
4. Approval of Minutes: Suggested Motion: Move to approve the minutes from the Clarksburg School Committee Meeting dated March 6, 2025.
5. Financial Statement: Suggested Motion: Move to approve the current financial statement for FY25.
6. Financial Report:
   1. FY26 budget draft updates and discussion
7. Principal’s Report: An update on school related events/activities, student learning, and staffing.
8. Assistant Superintendent’s Report:
9. Superintendent’s Report:
10. School Committee Business:
    1. New Business:
       1. Contract Negotiations: Review the progress of negotiations with the Clarksburg Teachers Association for a new three-year agreement.
       2. Principal Contract Negotiations: Review the negotiations and make recommendations based on contract requests.  Announce that Kimberly Rougeau will be the new Clarksburg principal for the 2025-26 school year with the retirement of current principal Sandra Cote.
       3. School Choice: Review classroom numbers for the 2025-26 school year and discuss any potential school choice slots that can be made available during the spring school choice application window.
       4. Children of Non-Resident Policy: Review the policy, upon advice of legal counsel that has been in place to prioritize the children of staff members during the school choice process, when those spaces are available.  Vote to terminate the policy if the committee feels ready to do so after discussion.
    2. Continuing Business:
       1. Residency Policy: Ongoing discussion about the current residency policy for enrollment at the school and the challenges caused by the high demand with many families seeking to enroll their children at Clarksburg School (with questions surrounding their town of residence, and the school’s ability to verify).  Review any relevant documentation from local districts.
11. Executive Session- Per Chapter 30A, Section 21 MGL: Negotiation of the Teachers Contract
12. Next School Committee Meeting: Thursday, April 3, 2025 @ 5 p.m.                    
13. Adjournment: 

The agenda items are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair, which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. 

Posted: Any person may, pursuant to the provisions of the Open Meeting Law, audiotape an open meeting.  As such, please be advised that this meeting may be taped by any person present.