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Key outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript include:

- Manifest approval: The board certified and approved a manifest totaling $4,914,806.02.

- Policies adopted: The board moved to adopt four policies and recorded aye votes for each: JLCJA (emergency plan for sports‑related injuries), JLF (reporting child abuse), JICK (pupil safety and violence prevention, including an added web‑based reporting link), and IGE (parental objections to specific course material). The transcript records motions and aye votes for all four policies.

- School calendar and last student day: After discussion about snow days and instructional‑hour requirements (the board referenced state requirements of at least 945 hours for grades 1–6 and 990 hours for grades 7–12), the board voted to keep the final student day as originally scheduled and approved the proposed school calendar for next year; the motion recorded in the transcript set the student last day as June 20.

- Field trips: The board approved an overnight Special Olympics winter‑games trip to Waterville Valley for grades 9–12 (March 2026) and a Belize trip for grades 9–12; the transcript records the motions and recorded ayes. Funding for the Waterville Valley trip was described as covered by district field‑trip funds, donations and past fundraisers; the Belize trip was described as student‑funded.

- Research study: The board approved a request from a Franklin Pierce University graduate student to conduct research at SMS on staff perceptions and methods addressing student absenteeism; the superintendent reviewed consent forms and survey materials before forwarding the request to the board.

- Expense and encumbrance report: The business office informed the board it had not included an expense and encumbrance report in the packet because staff needed to reconcile salary and benefits lines after a March 18 budget transfer; staff said a corrected report would be provided at the next meeting.

- Nonmeeting for negotiations: The board moved to go into a nonmeeting under RSA 91‑A:3, II to discuss negotiations; the transcript records the motion and board agreement to proceed.

The transcript records motions and aye votes for these items but does not provide complete roll‑call tallies or the names of every member voting in each instance in the excerpt provided. Where details about funding sources, contract amounts, or precise field‑trip dates were missing or garbled in the transcript, the board either described the funding source in general terms (student fundraising, district field‑trip funds, donations) or deferred specifics to staff reports.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","2025 April 15 School Board Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","At its meeting the Contoocook Valley School Board approved the accounts manifest, adopted four policies, set the last day of school for students, approved field trips and a research study, and voted to go into a nonmeeting for negotiations.","taxTitle","Contoocook Valley School District, School Districts, New Hampshire","taxId",64161,"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},6603411,"Board to study open-enrollment legislation; authorizes communications committee to explore school-funding partnership",1272,1316000,2588000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3000219-bdf759ce7f78d1231c454f18e8ae5904&start=1316&end=2588","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3000219-bdf759ce7f78d1231c454f18e8ae5904/thumbnail_1316000.jpg","/articles/6603411/New-Hampshire/Board-to-study-open-enrollment-legislation-authorizes-communications-committee-to-explore-school-funding-partnership","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6603411-e008bbd16a89314399821b8b2fe1ee6c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771120900&Signature=IINJgIy6ZIiTmZUylopK8L0sUGWzznKm-VW3NHfu~uScjCgX7eS8gdwE9QcJk-viQOCfSKOPkBf17vJaQzfqpbcrPRuADY89T1uQeT6cSUZRIT25HSSHwCeT-ONOB2hWe134PLBGI~~0Z6qfIUDqiKXiYJ-2x-ZVhIe9OXIXc3agfjfCyfqwvOD8vaQfcmRFDgd~MlV9z4BqJwpGepySa61r7ycVLoW3jzddtowPuN7i76O73YR971wt6OsVsJqHT7JfZPXPEm4aktASNwyA3j-xiRPoguwOh4wCbnV5OVOJArvhDp5aFSGC5kgw-fdpjwr112td7b03bx3ex3TU2w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Contoocook Valley School District’s Communications Committee told the board it will study proposed New Hampshire open-enrollment legislation and the possible local effects, and the board authorized the committee to engage the New Hampshire School Funding Fairness Project to examine how the district’s nine towns are affected by the state funding system.

“First up, there are multiple pieces of legislation proposed in Concord regarding open enrollment,” said Curtis Hamilton of the Communications Committee. “This would allow any student in New Hampshire to attend any public school within the state pending availability. The sending district would be paying the bulk of the tuition. There's potential for this legislation to have a meaningful impact on our district both in terms of administrative and budgetary planning.” Hamilton said the committee will develop a detailed understanding of the proposals and report back to the board at the next meeting.

Board members discussed district tuition rates for out‑of‑district students during the same discussion. The meeting record shows the board has historically set tuition at roughly 40% of the district’s per‑pupil cost; one figure mentioned in discussion was $10,530, but the transcript does not record a motion adopting that number during this session.

Janine (as recorded in the meeting) summarized the legislative timeline the committee is tracking: the House had completed its work and its bill included an effective date of July 1, 2026; the Senate work and any compromise language could alter that timing or details. “The bill states that it will go into effect July first of 2026,” Janine said. “But the Senate still has to do their budget and whatever they attach, if it's different than the house bill, it will have to come up with some sort of compromise bill. So we're not real sure as of this time exactly when it might go into effect.”

Board members asked staff to clarify the district’s existing policy for admitting tuition students (policy JFAB was cited during discussion and references RSA 193:3) and voted to return the tuition‑rate question to the policy committee for review, with the aim of considering a recommendation at the board’s first meeting in May.

The motion to authorize the Communications Committee to engage the New Hampshire School Funding Fairness Project was made from the floor and recorded as brought forward; the transcript indicates board consent to proceed. Details about any contract, scope of work, or cost for engaging the external project were not provided in the excerpt.

The discussion included multiple board members and district staff; several asked that the policy committee draft clear written conditions for how out‑of‑district tuition admissions will be handled (for example, whether seats must be available and how lottery or course-selection issues are managed at the high school).","The Contoocook Valley Communications Committee told the board it will study proposed New Hampshire open-enrollment legislation and received authorization to engage the New Hampshire School Funding Fairness Project; the board also asked the policy committee to review district out-of-district tuition 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},6603413,"Contoocook Valley board opens public hearing on Pierce School ADA engineering request",57,122000,179000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3000219-bdf759ce7f78d1231c454f18e8ae5904&start=122&end=179","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3000219-bdf759ce7f78d1231c454f18e8ae5904/thumbnail_122000.jpg","/articles/6603413/New-Hampshire/Contoocook-Valley-board-opens-public-hearing-on-Pierce-School-ADA-engineering-request","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6603413-d8cafb13ee8d935e5450e65fa8fe9f77/orig.mp4?Expires=1771120900&Signature=hE2Ru2n7RYNal3BiwQ1vBel63VHgkYE-VsJoWiHZUYFrsP0Iejhit95SLGJ2uSTsQKQncXBs44JFsxY9-uRGT3mKXTcArSsUHEfIMt8ZzzQrzcFE4LOvNb3fvqL0mK7rTI1LeCIjfiOlCfsLWWHR218Hp67JfXZiHtpFYSQbP-CMxfXNAoH3Eoh~HgEfSrTD2c00Bu7GJsHtuO5Auu0ezkBKlFZE7cLRf0-06bc3vcxpSUrLN4ByQCJvCD-ibiNicZhRXc4RN5a5vpbk50XEBtA1ZAaUXH6rCXE7-1~H3XEEJwA~Vd6dqFFKLp1KheeEfffleWD4cMdjU44J7kTMyA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Contoocook Valley School District opened a public hearing after staff said a recent audit found the Pierce School parking lot and the walkway that leads to the building are not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

At a meeting called to order before public comment, a staff member identified in the meeting as “Mister Grassi” told the board the ADA compliance issues resulted from an audit and months of follow-up including calls, photos and emails. Grassi said the district is requesting $12,400 to pay for civil engineering work that would produce plans the district can put out to bid and use to correct the noncompliant parking space and walkway.

“The request is for $12,400 for civil engineering. What that'll give us is a set of plans that are compliant, and we'll be able to put them out to bid and take care of this problem,” Grassi said.

The board kept the public hearing open for 30 minutes while it continued its regular meeting.

No final vote on funding or a contract for the engineering work was recorded in the transcript; Grassi described the request as a next step in the compliance process.

Board materials supplied with the meeting packet were referenced during Grassi’s remarks. The transcript does not record any speakers opposing or amending the request during the portion reproduced here.

The board did not take a formal decision on the engineering contract within the segment of the meeting provided; the public hearing remained open for further comment later in the session.","The Contoocook Valley School District opened a public hearing after staff reported an audit found the Pierce School parking lot and walkway are not ADA-compliant; the district requested $12,400 for civil engineering to produce compliant plans.","actionData","errors"]

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