Clarksburg School Committee Meeting - Mar. 7th, 2024

Meeting will be in a classroom.  Please park and enter through the main school entrance. 

Agenda

1. Call to order:
2. Public Comment/Open Meeting Rules: Clarification of the official legal rules of participation in an open meeting.
3. Approval of Minutes: Suggested Motion: Move to approve the minutes from the Clarksburg School Committee Meeting dated February 1, 2024.
4. School Building Project: Updates regarding the adjusted plan to complete a building project in June to address the ADA accessibility issue with a chairlift on the back stairwell.  Any school building safety and security updates will be discussed at this time.
5. Clarksburg Select Board Meeting Update: Discuss recent communication between the Select Board Chair and Superintendent regarding attempts to secure funding for the roof, and the plan going forward to address this building issue.  Also, communication in reference to a joint meeting with the new finance committee (and Select Board) to review the FY25 budget draft.
6. Financial Statement: Suggested Motion: Move to approve the current financial statement for FY24.
7. Business Administrators Report: Review and discussion in reference to the draft of the FY 25 school budget document
8. Principal’s Report: Principal Cote will provide an update on school related events, activities, student learning, and staffing.
9. Assistant Superintendent’s Report:
10. School Committee Business:
    1. New Business:
       1. School Calendar: Discuss options for the 2024-2025 school calendar
       2. Non-union staff member request for a staff increase: Review the request for a salary increase by a non-union staff member during the FY25 school year.
       3. Prekindergarten Program: Updates on the plan to get all families up to date with monthly payments for the current school year.  Continue planning discussions about the format for three-year old program in 2024-2025.
    2. Continuing Business:
       1. Admin Assistant Position: Continue the discussion about creating a sub-committee to address this situation, along with looking at the teaching assistant position benefits.
11. Executive Session- Per Chapter 30A, Section 21 MGL: None
12. Next School Committee Meeting: Thursday, April 4, 2024, 5:00 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.