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Weare School Board approves minutes, accepts retirement and moves to unseal older nonpublic minutes
Summary
At its Dec. 17 meeting the board voted to accept meeting minutes, approved a staff retirement, appointed a long-term substitute to a permanent position and approved the unsealing of a set of past nonpublic minutes after a 10‑year review.
The Weare School Board on Dec. 17 approved routine minutes, accepted a retirement and approved an employee appointment, and voted to unseal multiple past nonpublic minutes after a decennial review.
Minutes and personnel actions
A motion to accept the minutes of a Nov. 19 budget work session and a Nov. 19 school board meeting carried after a motion and a second; the board recorded "All in favor? Aye." The board then moved to accept the retirement of Julie Katarina; members voted in favor and thanked the retiring staff member for service. The board also approved moving a long-term substitute (named in the meeting as Sheila) into a permanent position; members said the hire will help maintain continuity.
Unsealing nonpublic minutes
Policy committee members reviewed sealed minutes under Board policy BEDG, which requires reviewing sealed minutes every 10 years. The committee recommended unsealing a group of minutes dating back through several years and recommended keeping five sets sealed for the reasons discussed in executive review (student or sensitive personnel issues). The board moved to unseal the listed minutes; the motion passed after a second and the board recorded "All in favor? Aye." A board member noted that moving forward the board will be more consistent about sealing only minutes that meet the formal criteria and that most nonpublic summaries can be added to public minutes rather than kept sealed.
Context and procedure
Policy BEDG and RSA 91‑A (the New Hampshire right‑to‑know law) guided the review. Board members said the exercise clarified that some prior practice had been inconsistent and that a regular review schedule will reduce the accumulation of sealed minutes.
Ending
There were no recorded no votes or roll-call tallies published in the meeting transcript; in each case the board adopted the motions with an affirmative voice vote. The board did not change policy text at the meeting but indicated it will apply the BEDG review procedure going forward.
