Bedford administrators report steady enrollment, discipline trends and add bus to ease late high-school routes
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Summary
At the Nov. 10 board meeting administrators said district enrollment is down six from last month, described incident-reporting changes and discipline totals for September/October (including cell-phone-defiance cases concentrated at Bedford High School), and announced a budgeted additional high-school bus effective next Monday to reduce route delays; staff also proposed switching to a .gov email domain.
Administrators told the board on Nov. 10 that district enrollment is relatively stable and was down six students compared with the prior month. The district has switched its reporting format from log entries to incident-based reporting to improve comparability.
Discipline reporting: administrators reviewed school-by-school incident totals. Reported highlights included September in-school totals (four incidents across two schools) and October out-of-school suspensions concentrated at Bedford High School for cell-phone defiance (several incidents), vaping/THC possession, fighting, and a racism-related incident (one racism incident resulting in five days at a school). District-wide, October totals included multiple incidents resulting in 13 days (various infractions) and a separate count of 12 incidents for 24 days across the district in other categories; administrators emphasized that out-of-school suspensions are reserved for repeated or serious behavior and that parents are notified when such suspensions are imposed.
Transportation: administrators said the high-school bus routes had been running as much as 45 minutes late because buses were full and routes lengthy. The district will add a budgeted high-school bus to serve routes 2, 3 and 5 to relieve delays; the additional bus is expected to take effect next Monday, and staff said the change is budgeted though the district has experienced staffing shortages.
IT and cybersecurity: administrators said the district is likely to change its email domain from su25.net to a .gov domain (potentially sau25nh.gov) to gain stronger cybersecurity protections and noted the earliest realistic implementation could be in January in coordination with the town.
The board accepted the consent agenda and manifest and adjourned; no public comment was taken at the Nov. 10 meeting.