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Board approves field trip, mini grants, policy updates and hires math teacher; moves to nonpublic session
Summary
The Laconia School District Board on March 4 approved a series of routine actions—field trip, teacher mini grants, two policy updates—and hired a math teacher for Laconia High School before moving to a nonpublic session under RSA 91-A.
LACONIA, N.H. — During the March 4 meeting the Laconia School District Board of Education took a set of routine and personnel actions, voting unanimously on several items in open session before moving to nonpublic session under New Hampshire law.
Votes at a glance
- Out-of-state field trip: Approved as presented. Vote recorded as 7–0 in favor (tally reported by chair). Motion and second recorded in the minutes; mover/second names not specified in the public transcript.
- Pleasant Street School mini grants (CLIF): Board approved awarding the mini-grant requests for Pleasant Street School. The administration asked the board to approve up to $1,500 to cover the grants; the board voted 7–0.
- Policy ACR-2 (nondiscrimination contact information): The board adopted the second read of policy ACR-2 to update contact information; the board voted to adopt after a motion and second. Vote recorded as 7–0.
- Policy ACE (to rescind): The board voted to rescind policy ACE (details presented as part of the policy housekeeping); the motion to rescind passed 7–0.
- Laconia High School math teacher hire: The board approved the hire of Sydney Warman for Laconia High School math starting in the fall; the vote passed 7–0. The superintendent reported that Warman graduated from Laconia High, has been teaching at Newfound High for four years and comes with recommendations from Newfound administrators.
- Move to nonpublic session: Board moved into nonpublic session citing RSA 91-A:3 II(c) and (e) (student and legal matters). A roll call was taken; the transcript records the roll call responses and an affirmative vote to enter nonpublic session.
The transcript records unanimous voice tallies (seven in favor, zero opposed) for the listed open-session votes; specific roll-call vote names were recorded during the nonpublic motion portion of the minutes but the open-session motions were tallied as 7–0. The board did not take additional public votes on the budget discussion at this meeting; budget policy and program decisions remain under review.
Speakers on votes: Board chair (name not specified in recording), Superintendent Champlin, Board member Anderson. New hire: Sydney Warman.
