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Board approves manifest, policies, calendar, school-year end and several other items
Summary
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.
The Contoocook Valley School Board approved a series of routine and policy items during the meeting, including the district manifest, the adoption of four policies, the final student day for the current year, two overnight field trips and approval for a graduate research study.
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.
