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Francestown provisional school board elects officers, adopts interim rules and forms four committees
Summary
At its May 21 organizational meeting, Francestown’s provisional school board elected chair and vice chair, adopted interim Rules and Procedures with the SAU as interim host for materials, set a regular meeting schedule beginning June 3, 2026, and formed four standing committees to begin organizational work.
Laura Mafera, a pro tem member of the Francestown Independent School District board, was elected chair at the board’s May 21 organizational meeting; David Stahlin, a pro tem member, was elected vice chair and Susan Kane was named secretary.
The provisional board adopted an interim set of Rules and Procedures covering remote participation, public meeting procedures, quorum requirements, Right-to-Know compliance and email protocols, with one amendment: references to the Town as host of board materials were revised so the SAU will serve as the interim host. The board voted unanimously to adopt the amended rules.
The board set its regular meeting schedule for the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 7:00 PM beginning June 3, 2026, to be held at Francestown Elementary School; Pat Troy advised he will be absent from the June 3 meeting. Dr. Ann Forrest, superintendent of the Contocook Valley School District (ConVal), offered to coordinate building access and proposed creating a Francestown School Board page linked from the ConVal website and from the Francestown town website. Dr. Forrest also offered to set up temporary francestownisd email addresses under the conval.edu domain to provide board members access to Google Workspace tools while the district establishes longer-term infrastructure.
The board voted to continue with the current law firm as interim legal counsel and accepted draft Committee Creation and Operations Guidelines. The board moved to form four standing committees — Finance and Negotiations; SAU Withdrawal Research; Communications and Community Engagement; and Policy — and separately appointed board members to chair each committee. The committee-formation motion was recorded as Laura-Yes, David-Yes, Pat-No and the motion passed; subsequent chair appointments were approved unanimously. The board agreed that residents interested in serving on committees should contact the Chair by email and that formal community appointments will be made by vote at a future meeting.
The meeting concluded with a unanimous motion to adjourn at 9:26 PM.
