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Field trip: Museum of Science — Woodland Heights School
Motion: \"I make a motion to approve the field trip request for the Museum of Science for Woodland Heights School as presented.\" The motion was seconded and carried 6–0. Administrators noted the trip application follows district policy for out‑of-state travel and that staff are pursuing available discounts to reduce per‑student cost.

Laconia Educators Nomination List
Motion: \"I make a motion to approve the Laconia Educators Nomination List as presented.\" The motion was seconded and carried 6–0. The administration said the approved nominations will generate contracts; under collective-bargaining procedures staff will have 10 working days to accept or decline the offers. The administration noted that some nominees may decline if they accept other positions or relocate.

What the votes mean
- Field trip approval authorizes the Woodland Heights School Museum of Science visit, subject to normal planning and safety procedures.
- The nomination-list approval moves the district toward final staffing decisions for the coming year; contracts will be issued and returned per negotiated timelines.

For the record: the board also approved the Lakes Region High School Consortium concept later in the meeting (6–0).","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","SAU 30 School Board 04-01-2025","oneSentenceSummary","The board approved Woodland Heights' Museum of Science field trip and the Laconia Educators Nomination List; both motions passed 6–0. Contracts will follow for nominated educators and the district said recipients have 10 working days to respond.","taxTitle","Laconia School District, School Districts, New Hampshire","taxId",64982,"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},6087449,"Lakes Region consortium concept approved by Laconia board to expand access to courses across districts",763,5062000,5825000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2890091-df51352fd24270a1126ce1ad8a02b4c5&start=5062&end=5825","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2890091-df51352fd24270a1126ce1ad8a02b4c5/thumbnail_5062000.jpg","/articles/6087449/New-Hampshire/Lakes-Region-consortium-concept-approved-by-Laconia-board-to-expand-access-to-courses-across-districts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6087449-019071b03162cf663b9867720e6fb9a9/orig.mp4?Expires=1770439388&Signature=K9WGizQh48pTQrWyp3FO3pOu9S-arKILdeIf5KtpZmz~fsqh3Nqs-a1zjq9oyAvkCJLUd5QFVP7Nmb300Se6gBFsXAaUiHsc-Pvztv-3815gMgkmnZJKOFHZx02jgkK8wrTL7flQ4kfVtUTdEgW8k9pwfxcdA1AX63AY2N40BUq7jjxXNTPK9usTi9GVopfStID2SgSQHOB4zQC8eNF-SehGRJPqwcVY~u4fPTb72AgStew8MfxkVBaFHUvQ2CH0r7rf-3hhI0ai1G0LlCiXF8zyjxiuL5DsXB5gK5O1GhVqYN3D2b59~J6dLSaGLDaoepT0ExTxgeDQpYdhs6UUaw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Laconia School Board voted 6–0 on April 1 to approve the district's participation in a Lakes Region High School Consortium memorandum of understanding (MOU) designed to let students from neighboring districts access courses and career‑technical seats across participating schools.

Principal Hines described the MOU as a proactive regional agreement to expand student access without waiting for possible state mandates. \"To be able to allow students to, districts to reach outside to area schools, it's similar to us reaching to LRCC for support when our students need a class that we may not offer,\" Hines said.

The proposal discussed at the meeting would set a structure for shared seats and scheduling, address special-education and transportation implications, and require advisory‑committee governance. Board members and the administration said the agreement includes capacity protections for sending schools and a seats-based approach so that receiving schools do not run under‑enrolled or over-enrolled classes because of outside students.

How it works and board concerns
- Seats and scheduling: The concept is based on defined seat counts for particular classes (for example, a calculus class with a specific number of seats). Administrators said the agreement is intended to allow districts to share offerings without forcing a host school to expand staffing or reduce opportunities for its own students.
- Protections for sending schools: The administration said the consortium would protect smaller sending districts from losing essential enrollments; administrators flagged Franklin and Interlakes as examples where district capacity must be safeguarded.
- Advisory committee and amendments: The draft language presented would permit routine adjustments through the consortium's advisory committee; the board asked for clarification that significant changes would return to participating governing bodies for approval.

Motion and outcome
Board members moved and seconded a motion \"that we accept it. Accept it. Go forth with it.\" The motion passed unanimously, \"so moved, six‑zero.\" The administration said it will return with final wording and operating details and that significant policy or fiscal changes would be brought back to the board.

Why it matters: The MOU aims to broaden course options and career-technical access across the Lakes Region while limiting unintended consequences for smaller districts or for program viability at host schools.","The board voted 6–0 to accept a Lakes Region High School Consortium memorandum of understanding concept that would let students from neighboring districts share seats and courses; the district noted protections for sending schools and scheduling and capacity conditions.",{"_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},6087454,"Laconia High officials report rising graduation rate, falling discipline referrals and continued academic recovery",2980,91000,3071000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2890091-df51352fd24270a1126ce1ad8a02b4c5&start=91&end=3071","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2890091-df51352fd24270a1126ce1ad8a02b4c5/thumbnail_91000.jpg","/articles/6087454/New-Hampshire/Laconia-High-officials-report-rising-graduation-rate-falling-discipline-referrals-and-continued-academic-recovery","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6087454-310fe3919ca744dca675d52ac5ccfd93/orig.mp4?Expires=1770439388&Signature=K2hAAUTbtcMlSMEHm-jEJlcDhomGaRiIcNgSxT9w2x~saqVDwmmQNmcDzrTWqCDMmd0TL9ymcEMeT4cttJX4Kb9gOPfuVUzW4SB0QdIMGEy-VHbNO3ey7FTZ39izbU6zRi51Hwob-Wr4e-qvpFshLw3eeG-Iv4kSCZZC~jCIiHdOnQccMDqh9Fj-SAmyX22kmPuikIOknsRqiYWFO4L86E39XExQkKcfBlmRBJMp2ZbFtFtLft8UHiFN-C3G-wWPjxSidcACWnk5HPN8woU01u4NFEsAESsWOQPHcH4RLmA3wrjA9nxsDXxh66~pfOVThwj-B7KwcgjetjNJBUjabA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Laconia High School Principal Hines told the Laconia School Board on April 1 that the high school's graduation rate and several measures of student success have improved as the school implements targeted academic recovery and expanded behavioral supports.

In a presentation to the board, Principal Hines and members of the Laconia High administrative team said about 90% of course classes are being passed at the high school and that last year's graduation total rose to 117 of 140 students (about 84%), with this year's expected graduates at about 120 of 132 (about 91%). \"We can say with certainty that 90% of our student population at Laconia High School, 90 percent of those classes are being passed, and so we're very proud of that total,\" Principal Hines said.

The update framed that academic progress alongside a sharp decline in discipline referrals and improvements in attendance. Assistant Principal Mike Boyle and Student Services Administrator Jen Sautak outlined a reorganization of student supports — consolidating counselors, mental‑health clinicians and restorative-practices staff into a common suite and expanding tiered interventions under the MTSSB (Multi-Tiered System of Supports for Behavior) framework. \"We put them all together, got them some professional development, had them start to develop some systems. They collect data, and they took off,\" Sautak said, attributing the drop in referrals to those coordinated supports.

Why it matters: Board members said the combination of stabilized staffing, newly configured student‑support teams and building upgrades appears to be translating into better climate and improved outcomes, a priority as the district implements K–12 curricular alignments and earlier intervention strategies.

Key academic data and supports
- I‑Ready at the high school is used by teachers as class-level pre/post assessment rather than a schoolwide growth metric; the administration said it is useful for planning targeted instruction rather than producing a single growth score.
- Math and English diagnostic results show room for improvement: the presentation noted roughly 30–42% of students in math are at or approaching grade-level skills on the I‑Ready snapshot the school presented; English measures were stronger but still reflected students needing remediation.
- SAT (state accountability) and PSAT participation and scores were reviewed. Principal Hines noted that Laconia's SAT measures have been roughly consistent and in some cases rising while state and national averages have slightly decreased over the same multi-year window.
- Advanced Placement participation rose to 43 students taking 52 AP exams; the school counts a score of 3+ as a marker of proficiency for reporting purposes.
- Alternatives and pathways highlighted: early-college (E-Start / Running Start), online classes, industry certifications (ServSafe, OSHA, cybersecurity), and Hewitt Technical Center partnerships.

Behavior, attendance and student supports
- Daily referrals have fallen significantly since 2021; the presenters said repeat offenders remain a small share of the population and that the percentage of students with six or more referrals dropped markedly.
- Attendance and tardiness data were described as improved; presenters said gains in school climate and staff stability have helped.
- The school reorganized counseling and mental‑health services into a suite that supports classroom lessons (social-emotional curricula), suicide awareness (Connor's Climb), targeted group work (girls' groups, barbershop group), and external referrals to DCYF and regional mental‑health partners.

Staffing and operations
- Presenters noted stable department leadership, new professional-learning structures (PLCs), and teachers participating in AP question‑reading and other external professional development. One physics teacher will serve as an AP question reader in June.
- Building upgrades (electronic hall pass, secured single‑use restrooms, locker-room renovations) were credited with improving school climate; the administration flagged an April 11 anticipated opening of upgraded locker-room facilities.

What the board asked and next steps
Board members pressed the administration on middle-to-high-school transition work and how the district is aligning seventh and eighth grade interventions to reduce incoming freshman deficits. Principal Hines said the district is rolling transition work back into the second half of seventh grade and strengthening a year‑long freshman seminar (freshman English) focused on transition skills, accountability and social-emotional learning.

The administration said it will continue to refine common assessments, portfolios and vertical curriculum alignment and to monitor interventions and staffing as the district expands early-college course offerings and career pathways.

Ending note: Board members and the administration emphasized that improvements reflected coordinated systems work rather than any single change and said they plan to return with additional assessment and enrollment detail as pathway expansions proceed.","School leaders told the Laconia School Board that graduation rates and many academic measures have edged up since COVID while behavior referrals and chronic absenteeism have declined after a package of student-support changes.","actionData","errors"]

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