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The board approved the district manifest for payments totaling $1,999,691.93 after a motion and voice vote. The meeting record shows the motion was moved and seconded and that members voted \"aye\"; no roll-call tally with names was recorded in the transcript.

The board accepted three gifts:
- A $700 donation to Great Brook (RayBob?) to sponsor 20 eighth-grade students' Washington, D.C., trip (donor: Amy Odell Wilson LLC).
- A $900 check to South Meadow School from Janine Lester to assist families with costs of an American Heritage trip to Washington, D.C.
- A $500 donation from Special Olympics New Hampshire to support the unified sports program at ConVal High School.

All three gift-acceptance motions were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.

Overnight field-trip approvals: The board approved overnight trips to the Special Olympics Winter Games at Waterville Valley, March 3-5, for South Meadow School (grades 5-8) and for ConVal High School (grades 9-12). Both motions were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.

Personnel and consent items: The board introduced Neil Cass as a new business administrator hire; the transcript shows his introduction and remarks and notes that committee interviews had taken place. The meeting record did not include an explicit roll-call vote textually tied to his hiring in the excerpt provided, but new hires were listed in the consent agenda and welcomed by the board.

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Coach Cindy McLaughlin and assistant coach Evan Cohen joined athletes at the meeting. Senior William Smart was recognized as the state champion in the 3,000 meters (8:42) and for setting school records; junior Ross Stevens won the 300 meters and set a school record; senior Kendrick Edwards finished second in the 55-meter dash with a personal record (6.64 seconds); senior Max Jalofsky placed sixth in the shot put (43 feet, 2.5 inches); and sophomore Griffin Schultz set a school and personal record in the high jump (5 feet, 10 inches). The coaches noted several athletes qualified for New England competition and that the team set five or six school records this indoor season.

Coach Cindy McLaughlin said, \"I love to talk about track. You know, it's I'm just so impressed with these guys. They worked really hard, and they deserve it.\" Assistant coach Evan Cohen and members of the team also spoke briefly about upcoming meets and national-level competitions.

A board member said the district would not require the team to fundraise for a plaque and charged the budget-and-property committee to find money to produce and mount an indoor-track record board before the seniors graduate. Jim Fredericksen, chair of budget and property, acknowledged the charge. The board also praised the athletes' role-modeling and sportsmanship.

No formal vote was required to recognize the team; the board recorded its intent to identify district funds for a plaque and directed the committee to pursue that task.","The school board recognized the boys indoor track and field team's second-place state finish, individual state champions and New England qualifiers and asked the budget-and-property committee to find funds for an indoor-record plaque.",{"_32":88,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":89,"_40":90,"_42":91,"_44":92,"_46":93,"_48":94,"_50":95,"_52":96,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":97,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":98,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6615480,"Residents urge board to reverse decision on football coaching appointment, say students were overlooked",256,1676000,1932000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2890126-6c82aae536cf54566d2056f3ed416d7e&start=1676&end=1932","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2890126-6c82aae536cf54566d2056f3ed416d7e/thumbnail_1676000.jpg","/articles/6615480/New-Hampshire/Residents-urge-board-to-reverse-decision-on-football-coaching-appointment-say-students-were-overlooked","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6615480-81e2e5e4ce41934e15f03aa3770df1b2/orig.mp4?Expires=1769942281&Signature=DAjmqZQLhgBJUwBl~ViVkuOSh6qNJaxDNsJFIPX8imGT-oSvUBUnz2S~bkxsMMCQ9XDSixqnael5p20pbPgs9Z-0lxy9cnGNl0U7tqMYnwVw127DF2mpWQR-isr7qaPwrB-ZwR0YWQuuyrlFaAmEz2Ogy8xargaexfQwUz5YUKESNTVI0nQloH~-ZI4zgCY2TlHJkfPOzspop0qwGuTckcfISUjxzTe1PaLz7Li5Mpxkpxtbxcrg04leV2yBKMVqiDEG0-xYYxNPl9HZPiHSPDlfbn12MwQXBjH~F7waBHouhqoieSKLHzJA77bfDUzvwS8MBzrhisa6wnyEW8OpIw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Two members of the public used the board's public-comment period to press the board to reconsider a recent decision affecting the ConVal high school football program and its assistant coach.

Johanna Maxwell of Greenfield told the board she believed a recent decision was made without regard for how \"the football team and the football community... feels about that decision\" and said, \"We have failed them. We have failed at putting them first.\" She described uncertainty among players about the program's future and said the decision had affected students' \"future goals.\" Maxwell asked the board to follow the district's stated mantra, \"We are ConVal,\" and to consider students first.

Erin Michaud of Peterborough also addressed the board. She said Brad Davis had served three years as an assistant coach and had \"revived the dying middle school football program\" and that she had not heard complaints about him from the athletic director. \"Brad Davis deserves and has earned the right to lead ConVal football into its best chapter yet. A grave error has occurred, and we need to make it right,\" she said.

Board members did not take a vote or announce a reversal during the meeting. The public-comment speakers framed their remarks as appeals to the board; no official record of the specific personnel decision, its authorizing motion or vote was presented during public comment.","Two public commenters told the board the district failed students after a decision affecting the high school football program; speakers asked the board to reconsider and cited the coach's role as mentor.",{"_32":100,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":101,"_40":102,"_42":103,"_44":104,"_46":105,"_48":106,"_50":107,"_52":108,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":109,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":110,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6615484,"ConVal board debates Francistown/Dublin withdrawal claims after SAU cost-model errors disclosed",685,2436000,3121000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2890126-6c82aae536cf54566d2056f3ed416d7e&start=2436&end=3121","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2890126-6c82aae536cf54566d2056f3ed416d7e/thumbnail_2436000.jpg","/articles/6615484/New-Hampshire/ConVal-board-debates-FrancistownDublin-withdrawal-claims-after-SAU-cost-model-errors-disclosed","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6615484-fc886a51eb02c643929fe10e4a83eca6/orig.mp4?Expires=1769942281&Signature=PbDzLUU421dBdPb6tLTRZGLXXnbMWCPoxxziVaGyiJzygkzcoiwUOtJ8~4UQvgcwbwujMBY4CoYhmLNNz6Xa3OVR~HxVeFt5kepc7g-YZAsfV5reVws83KhR3vOJG3TE1hqk6R94omruI4zbro1ytf55cCaquKk2GHiEPa-B93UmoRv1FAR38dqJbBcCVm3Bzn2WVxlGnu28u~l5FIXceT4q6eWZ8JxMZr8BC2bp9lpxfrOhqTK3mx8zfgvgHDaNif2O9Su2NucIOOS2TSzO3YYSqAZNXJf0ebhUmzXLYKtba8-3R8rRN-gwPkzAALMGQtFMyBM7AX9oPTqg7MM7ew__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Contoocook Valley School District school board discussed letters from the Francistown School Committee and the Dublin Select Board alleging the district refused to meet and disputing the district's withdrawal cost estimates. Board members and the district's budget-and-property chair said their feasibility work and updated cost model had been shared with the town representatives and that earlier calculation errors had been corrected.

Board member Curtis Hamilton said the district had engaged Francistown and Dublin through a six-month feasibility study, community forums and committee meetings and that \"negotiations can only begin should withdrawal be approved by a district wide vote.\" He told the board the town that seeks withdrawal would form an independent district and that any negotiations over costs would follow a vote by that town's voters.

Jim Fredericksen, chair of the budget and property committee, told the board he had prepared a cost-apportionment model to estimate the incremental costs of a move to a multi-district SAU. Fredericksen said early estimates placed the multi-district SAU cost at $2,070,000, later work using a different method produced an estimate of $2,790,000, and that a prior presentation had incorrectly been reported in some public communications as a $1,500,000 increase. He said the difference arose after discovering a formula error that had not captured nearly $1,000,000 in employer benefit costs and that he had corrected the model. Fredericksen said the corrected model and the superintendent's draft estimates are public and available on request. \"I now publicly apologize once again for the inadvertent calculation errors I made,\" he said.

Dr. Anne Forrest, the district superintendent, told the board she had shared the updated model with Francistown after the community forum and said the district would produce supporting documents requested under a right-to-know request. She asked board members and staff to forward any emails or documents that relate to the community-forum presentation so the district could compile a complete response by the deadline.

Fredericksen and Hamilton emphasized that the degree to which a withdrawing town's submitted budget would cover the cost of running an independent SAU is unknown without a formal withdrawal plan and negotiations. Fredericksen noted the district's modeling suggested towns remaining in the ConVal district could face increased tax burdens in the range of about 6.6% to 7% under certain multi-district SAU scenarios, but stressed that estimates depend on inputs such as tuition assumptions and staffing choices.

No board vote occurred on withdrawal during the meeting. Instead, the board agreed to compile and provide the requested documents and to continue public communication ahead of a March 11 vote referenced by multiple speakers.","Board members and the district's budget chair responded to letters from Francistown and Dublin about withdrawal, disclosing calculation errors in the SAU cost model and sharing updated estimates ahead of a March 11 vote.","actionData","errors"]

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