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Votes at a glance: manifest, clerk appointment, policies, trips and donations approved; minutes partially unsealed
Summary
The Contoocook Valley Regional School Board approved routine financial and governance items, accepted a donation, authorized a student activity trip and voted on multiple policies and minutes.
The Contoocook Valley Regional School Board took several routine and governance actions in its meeting, approving financial and personnel items and several policy votes.
Approval of manifest: The board certified and approved a manifest totaling $2,020,338.99 for charges against the Contoocook Valley School District for goods and services received.
Appointment: By motion the board annually appointed Brenda Marshock as the school district clerk, as required by RSA; Marshock's role includes maintaining board meeting minutes and assembling the warrant.
Gifts and trips: The board accepted a $1,000 gift from Kristen and David Galland to support the ConVal High School Hope Squad. The board also authorized an overnight varsity wrestling trip to a Vermont high school on Jan. 17-18, 2025; the departure time was clarified as 3 p.m. on Jan. 17.
Policies and rescissions: The board approved a second read of policy AC (nondiscrimination/equal opportunity) and approved policy IKF (high school graduation requirements) after removal of a taxable requirement, according to board discussion. The board advanced versions of policies related to Title IX and nondiscrimination (ACAC/Title 9 policy updates) and rescinded duplicate policies GBGBA and JLCEA; the board also discussed rescinding JVAB (transgender and gender-nonconforming students) in favor of broader anti-discrimination language now contained in AC.
Minutes: The board voted to partially unseal nonpublic minutes from Nov. 19 related to legal advice about implementing Title IX, citing that the material no longer required nonpublic status for the affected schools.
Recess and nonpublic sessions: The meeting opened and recessed into multiple RSA-authorized nonpublic sessions for legal and negotiation purposes; the board noted motions to enter nonpublic under RSA 91-A and later partially unsealed a portion of a prior nonpublic discussion.
Other governance: The board approved appointment of alternates to the student discipline review committee and scheduled several upcoming meetings including budget hearings, a community forum and policy committee meetings.
All actions described above were taken during the public meeting; when details were not specified in the public portion of the record the board described them as "not specified" and noted that more detailed fiscal or personnel clarifications would be handled in nonpublic or in future meetings.
