Otter Valley Unified Union School Board recorded on December 3, 2024

PUBLIC NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OTTER VALLEY UNIFIED UNION SCHOOL BOARD Tuesday, December 3, 2024 OVUHS Library Virtual Option Available 6:00 PM All School Board meeting information, including a link to participate remotely, can be found online at https://www.rnesu.org/page/district-information-school-boards SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA I. 6:00 p.m. Call the Meeting to Order ● Review and Accept Agenda II. 6:02 p.m. Communications with Parents/Citizens/Staff (Policy 4.2) Thank you for coming to speak to the Board. We appreciate your time and are interested in hearing your questions and thoughts. Before you begin, please state your name and the particular agenda item or topic to which you’d like to speak. After you have finished, the Board may ask clarifying questions and the Superintendent or Board Chair may of er helpful resources about your topic, but the Board will not discuss any topics other than those listed on the published agenda. If there is an issue that the Board should act on that is not on the published agenda, the Superintendent may be directed to bring it to the Board for future discussion through the agenda planning process. In order to permit fair and orderly expression of comment, speaking time may be limited per individual due to the volume of speakers (but no less than two minutes per individual). The Board Chair may rule any speaker out of order for inappropriate statements. Comments may also be shared with the Board using the Reach Out button on each school and district website. ● November 2024 Reach Out! - Report ● Board “Reach Out” Communications III. 6:05 p.m. Consent Agenda (Policy 4.3) Items that the Board has previously delegated to the Superintendent, but that an external authority requires the Board to “approve.” The entire Consent Agenda is adopted by one motion, without discussion. However, any item can be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion, following the Board’s policy. A. Minutes B. Orders C. Monthly Financials D. Personnel Changes E. Process of Internal Controls IV. Global Ends Monitoring (Policy 1.0) No items identified by the Board for review at this time. V. Board Professional Development (Policy 4.7) No items identified by the Board for review at this time. VI. 6:10 p.m. Executive Limitations Monitoring Report (Policy 2.0) ● Monitoring Report: 2.2 Treatment of Staf VII. Board Management Delegation (Policy 3.0) No items identified by the Board for discussion at this time. VIII. 6:20 p.m. Governance Process (Policy 4.0) ● Governing Style (4.1.6) The board will monitor and discuss the board’s process and performance on a regular basis. Self-monitoring will include comparison of board activity and discipline to policies in the Governance Process and Board-Management Delegation categories. ○ Board Monitoring Report: 3.4 Monitoring Superintendent Performance ● Community Linkage ○ VT AOE Listen and Learn Tour ○ Board Member Recruitment - Terms up for Election in March 2025 ● Brandon (Lauren Thomas) ● Leicester – 1 year remaining of a 3-year term (Lesley Bienvnue) ● Pittsford (Brett Mullen) ● Pittsford – 2 years remaining of a 3-year term (Jessica Markowski) ● Sudbury (Laurie Bertrand) ● Whiting - 2 years remaining of a 3-year term (Vacant Seat) ● At-Large * (Barbara Ebling) ● At-Large – 2 years remaining of a 3-year term * (Greg Babcock) *Candidates can be from any of the OVUUSD towns: Brandon; Goshen; Leicester; Pittsford Sudbury; and Whiting ○ OVUUSD Annual Board Report ○ Budget Communication Planning ■ Budget Ambassadors ■ Board Members at Superintendent Budget Talks ● OVUUSD FY26 Budget - 1st Draft ● RNESU Board Update ● Other Business - for future consideration ● Review Board Annual Work Plan IX. 7:45 p.m. Communication and Support to the Board (Policy 2.8) ● Superintendent Informational Report X. 7:48 p.m. Set Date for Next Meeting OVUU Board Meeting - Tues., December 17, 2024 - 6:00 PM - OVUHS Library & Online/Dial In ● Board Meeting Group Evaluation XI. 7:50 p.m. Executive Session (Anticipated) https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/01/005/00313 With a finding that premature general public knowledge would clearly place the public body or person(s) involved at a substantial disadvantage: ● Contract Negotiations XII. 8:00 p.m. Adjourn