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Minutes and consent agenda
Attorney Bernard Campbell moved to adopt the minutes of the Jan. 28, 2025 regular meeting; Peter Morgan seconded. The board voted 5–0 to approve the minutes.

The board approved the consent agenda, which included extracurricular coaching nominations at Salem High School and an approved leave of absence: Stephanie Messina requested maternity leave expected to begin on or about June 28, 2025, with an approximate 12‑week return timeline. Pamela Berry moved to accept the consent agenda; Patricia Corbett seconded. Vote: 5–0.

Security camera bid award
Facilities staff presented a single bid response for security cameras; the recommendation was to award the contract to IP Video Systems LLC of Danville, New Hampshire in the amount of $15,870. Board discussion noted the bid was manufacturer‑specific and only one bidder responded; staff said the price was consistent with the budget estimate and that equipment availability had not shown recent delays. Attorney Campbell moved to award the contract to IP Video Systems LLC for $15,870; Pamela Berry seconded. The motion passed, 5–0.

Overnight JROTC field trip
The board approved an overnight leadership challenge trip for Junior ROTC cadets to Norwich University from Feb. 21–23. Technical Sergeant Taylor Specht, the JROTC instructor and program alumnus, told the board the event is ongoing at the university and typically hosts high schools from across the country; the unit had nine cadets interested and four registered at the time of the presentation. Pamela Berry moved to approve the trip; the motion was seconded and the board voted 5–0 in favor.

2025–26 school calendar
Superintendent Mara Palmer presented the draft 2025–26 calendar and summarized results from a staff survey: 193 responses with 78% in favor of the calendar as drafted. Board discussion noted feedback on the December 23 date and on in‑service scheduling in January and March; superintendent noted the in‑service days align with Region 17 sending schools. Attorney Campbell moved to adopt the calendar as proposed; Peter Morgan seconded. The board approved the calendar, 5–0.

Nonpublic session
Attorney Campbell moved that the board enter nonpublic session pursuant to RSA 91‑A:3 II(c) to discuss a personnel matter; Pamela Berry seconded. The board conducted a roll‑call vote and all members voted yes to enter nonpublic session.

Nut graf: The meeting’s votes were routine administrative actions — approvals of minutes, personnel items, small capital procurement and an overnight trip — all approved unanimously. The security camera award was notable only because a single manufacturer‑specific bid was received.

Ending: After the votes, the board moved into a nonpublic session to address a personnel matter. The transcript records no further public actions before the meeting closed.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Salem School Board Regular Meeting 02/11/2025","oneSentenceSummary","At its Feb. 11 meeting the Salem School Board unanimously approved minutes, personnel items, a $15,870 security camera contract, a Junior ROTC overnight trip to Norwich University and the 2025–26 school calendar before voting to enter nonpublic session on a personnel matter.","taxTitle","Salem School District, School Districts, New Hampshire","taxId",59123,"location","New Hampshire","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6284033,"Salem School Board opens public hearing on two citizen petitions proposing budget and tax caps for March warrant",190,393000,583000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2583982-64c5d7b5a9ad4afae67944c773335721&start=393&end=583","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2583982-64c5d7b5a9ad4afae67944c773335721/thumbnail_393000.jpg","/articles/6284033/New-Hampshire/Salem-School-Board-opens-public-hearing-on-two-citizen-petitions-proposing-budget-and-tax-caps-for-March-warrant","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6284033-118ebde063d016029c90a5cdcd85e983/orig.mp4?Expires=1771153673&Signature=ob5Hf88oVrnQeTmF7YHKqU2miZSC7NjpYUxyqMPrt2Rd7d0mvYVI5aUzCB~ub5wYqDrcGD36blISqQd7TxBxwqnz9KlOyf2ehumbo~lzgpE7W9R3a8dzyInYe-UKjQKSxMzeHeIrI15GNIROp47fNxxRd-9SRanP6mPGP7PuMnN9D-4h-Lnb8H85Aa1k~zBrFLJ6NoxaFiklyM2qJdliOp0ZPdgiMR4bGWEuWqLeoO77I94pfPcSCE0jK7Cvhd6mHu-7~XLRN2mxqjArPTFfOSsNT544FZt9R-gBgO0eQ4Fq5bQ6L3brN8kaVc7B8gIqt9asHyxDDvRFCSEhv3~rnQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Salem School Board opened a public hearing at 7:01 p.m. on Feb. 11 to read two citizen petitions that seek to place warrant articles on the March 11, 2025 town election ballot.

The first petition, as read into the record, would \"insert the following article on the warrant question to be voted upon at the town election annual meeting of 03/11/2025\" and \"implement a budget cap whereby the school board or budget committee shall not submit a recommended budget that is higher than 35,000 per pupil cost.\" The petition referenced \"RSA 30 two:five B\" in the reading as the statutory authority the petitioners cite.

The second petition, also read at the hearing, cited \"RSA 32:5-b\" and would \"implement a tax cap where the governing body and budget committee shall not submit a recommended ... budget and all other warrant articles with a tax impact ... that increases the amount to be raised by local taxes by more than the annual percentage increase in the Northeast consumer price index plus 5% over the previous fiscal year.\" Both petitions were presented to the board as signed by the necessary citizens.

Nut graf: The petitions seek to constrain local school spending and annual tax growth via warrant articles for the March 11, 2025 town election; the board opened the hearing, read the petition language into the record and invited public comment.

No members of the public spoke during the hearing. Attorney Bernard Campbell moved to close the public hearing; Pamela Berry seconded. The board voted to close the hearing with an affirmative vote recorded and then proceeded to other agenda items. No board action on placing the petitions on the warrant was recorded in the meeting minutes beyond the reading and closing of the hearing.

Ending: The petition language and the cited RSA sections were read into the record; any further board action or formal placement of the articles on the warrant was not recorded in the Feb. 11 public minutes.","The Salem School Board opened a public hearing Feb. 11 to read two citizen petitions seeking to add warrant articles to the March 11, 2025 town election ballot that would cap school budgets and limit annual tax growth.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6284036,"Woodbury students demonstrate expanded STEM, computer-science pathway to Salem School Board",2040,634000,2674000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2583982-64c5d7b5a9ad4afae67944c773335721&start=634&end=2674","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2583982-64c5d7b5a9ad4afae67944c773335721/thumbnail_634000.jpg","/articles/6284036/New-Hampshire/Woodbury-students-demonstrate-expanded-STEM-computer-science-pathway-to-Salem-School-Board","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6284036-32f1111105a660ddaa63f77aecc87623/orig.mp4?Expires=1771153673&Signature=aMYn4uA12D3J26ZTaATrHUKC-eqkRVHB8vpKin7FgzPjFemKi2I6XcKlFfXLwDyrV3v5-XinLrSHt08a~qL8aWlekrEZKcho4DfpYcxDe1mg0inTFvVik3bTsSnJ3MUjHbMjMZQQUl2b44GpNpdNHBD21cgTfhjz5XsKpeV3b8o790vMm4uFStLw38zc1s6HgbFI5JowoLZRpjzZiFWiAtoKQV3uvWzqVwbCyTYGDmJM8LCXd~mofJFmFK58GiHsPjJ6z1UHEv7L4yl4RpIILNmCxCee5cTZLX3BM3UiZ4QYW1KbQ8PW4fCPs~fVVhdv-qMZhN0z8~Ej80TfMaFTYA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Woodbury teachers and students presented the Salem School Board with a detailed look at the school’s engineering, computer science and STEM offerings during the board’s Feb. 11 meeting, showing classroom projects and explaining how the programs connect from the elementary grades through high school.

Principal Barry opened the presentation by describing the district’s view of computer science and engineering as foundational, saying, \"Like reading, writing, or math, computer science, and engineering are foundational skills\" for students. Brad Saint Germain, the district’s K–8 math and science director, described the pathway as one that \"provides all students with critical lenses for interpreting and navigating the world around them.\" The program at Woodbury uses Project Lead The Way as a curriculum framework and offers modules and semester courses for sixth- through eighth-grade students leading into high‑school options.

Nut graf: The presentation highlighted hands-on projects and new instructional resources the district says will support a K–12 progression in STEM that aims to develop both technical content and “durable” skills such as collaboration, critical thinking and perseverance.

Teachers and students demonstrated specific classroom projects. Innovators and Makers students used Microsoft MakeCode, micro:bit controllers and newly purchased Hummingbird kits to create interactive mini-golf holes with distance sensors, servos, tricolor LEDs and programmed audio. Teacher Erica Sweatt and computer science teacher Andre DeMaris explained students spend a 45‑day quarter connecting hardware and software; one student presenter described debugging a “distance sensor” and adjusting servo angles so the system would reliably detect a ping-pong ball.

Eighth-grade App Creators students showed mobile prototypes built in MIT App Inventor. Students Madeline Riley and Jenna Bowden demonstrated a “Woodbury Navigator” app they designed to help new students and visitors find classrooms, including a home screen with team lists and a simple navigation flow built from paper prototypes. As Jenna Bowden explained, the class emphasizes user interface design and event-driven coding.

In engineering design, teachers Paul Gelinas and Joe Ferraro presented the Robot Lifeline project: teams design, build and program a robotic rescue vehicle using RobotC to travel along a cable and rescue figurine hikers. Eighth‑grade students Ian Dufresne and Jacob Thompson demonstrated a model that traversed a classroom rope and discussed design tradeoffs such as center-of-mass placement, battery location and dealing with line sag.

Teachers described classroom pedagogy as deliberately building “durable skills” alongside technical content. Saint Germain placed the work in district context, saying the pathway is meant to \"inspire, explore, and plan\" so students who wish to pursue robotics, AP computer science or CTE pathways in high school will be prepared.

Board members praised the presentations. Patricia Corbett commended students and staff for the program’s progress; one board member noted a bill under consideration in Concord that would reduce state requirements for classes of this type and said the students’ work would make a strong case for continuing such instruction. Superintendent Mara Palmer and other administrators praised the students’ public‑speaking and problem‑solving skills demonstrated during the presentation.

The program materials and student projects shown included: Project Lead The Way engineering modules for grades 6–8, micro:bit and Hummingbird kits for physical computing, MIT App Inventor for mobile app prototyping, and RobotC for text‑based robotics programming. Teachers said the Woodbury renovations helped provide updated instructional space and equipment.

Board members asked about project management tools taught in class; instructors said they are introducing an adapted, paper-based version of agile/scrum so students learn to set a minimum viable product, run short reviews and plan tasks. Principal Barry and staff said the district hopes these middle‑school offerings will feed into the high school’s existing robotics and computer‑science opportunities.

Ending: The presentation concluded with applause and brief board discussion; the board then moved on to the evening’s business items. Several board members said they would like to feature short recorded segments about the warrant articles and budget to explain them to voters before the March election.","At the Feb. 11 Salem School Board meeting, Woodbury teachers and students showcased an expanded K–12-aligned STEM pathway using Project Lead The Way, with demonstrations of micro:bit/hummingbird robotics, MIT App Inventor apps and a RobotC lifeline rescue prototype.","actionData","errors"]

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