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Votes at a glance: Oyster River board approves minutes, calendar changes and DIJ director resignation
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Summary
At its April 16 meeting the Oyster River Coop School District board approved the agenda and several sets of minutes, passed a revised school-year calendar for student and teacher last days, accepted the director of diversity, inclusion and justice resignation and voted to enter nonpublic session under RSA 91:8 III(c).
The Oyster River Coop School District board on April 16 completed a series of routine and personnel votes: it approved the meeting agenda; approved multiple sets of minutes; approved a revised calendar setting the student last day for June 18 and the teachers’ last day for June 20; accepted the resignation of the district’s director of diversity, inclusion and justice (DIJ) with a last day of June 6, 2025; and voted to enter nonpublic session under RSA 91:8 III(c).
Votes and key details
- Approve agenda as amended: motion made from the floor; seconded by Kelly Ickes. Outcome: approved, tally reported as 7 in favor.
- Approve regular meeting minutes (April 2) as amended: motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved, 6 in favor, 1 abstention (Sean Harrison).
- Approve nonpublic session #1 minutes (April 2): approved, 6 in favor, 1 abstention.
- Approve nonpublic session #2 minutes (April 2): approved, 6 in favor, 1 abstention.
- Approve nonpublic emergency meeting minutes (April 8): approved, 7 in favor.
- Approve unanimous consent agenda (includes a maternity leave of absence request from Mohamed Elementary): approved, 7 in favor.
- Approve last day for students and teachers (final motion): motion to set students’ last day June 18, 2025, and teachers’ last day June 20, 2025; seconded by Kelly Ickes. Outcome: approved, 7 in favor.
- Accept resignation of DIJ director: motion to accept resignation with last day June 6, 2025; seconded by Sean Harrison. Outcome: approved, 7 in favor. Board members publicly thanked the DIJ director for her service during the meeting.
- Enter nonpublic session under RSA 91:8 III(c): motion made and seconded; roll-call vote recorded: Renee Bennett — yes; John Chelsea — yes; Matt Bacon — yes; Heather Smith — yes; Denise Day — yes; Kelly Ickes — yes; Sean Harrison — yes. Outcome: approved.
Legal reference
The board cited RSA 91:8 III(c) to justify the nonpublic session, described in the statute as allowing discussion of matters likely to adversely affect the reputation of a person other than a board member.
Ending: Several of the votes were routine approvals of minutes and agenda items; the board also completed the personnel action accepting the DIJ director’s resignation and moved into nonpublic session by unanimous roll call under RSA 91:8 III(c).
