What was said

School Committee, June 7, 2023

the recording · 2:42 long, about 16,192 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town published an agenda for this meeting. No minutes have been published; the recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

The short version

  1. ▶ 49:14The committee voted to approve posting paraprofessional mentor positions, with building-based mentors and a lead mentor receiving stipends.
  2. ▶ 49:55Most of the meeting went to a briefing and discussion with principals on the state anti-bullying law.
  3. ▶ 2:18:53The superintendent said the bullying plan will be streamlined over the summer.
  4. ▶ 38:28The superintendent announced a new Turkey Hill Elementary principal starting July 1.
  5. ▶ 2:21:59The committee was told the Keystone Collaborative property purchase has no financial impact on Lunenburg, since Keystone has its own budget.

Why it matters — our reading

  • The mentor stipends are paid from the budget line of the position each mentor is chosen from, so no separate line shows their cost in the school budget.
  • A streamlined bullying plan is a policy document the committee is likely to be asked to adopt, and it governs how schools respond to reports.

Watch next

  • A late-June meeting for the business office to close out purchase orders, with open ones coming to the committee for approval to carry over.
  • The next agenda: assessment data, next year's meeting calendar and a family-school partnership presentation.

contracts and unionscurriculumexecutive sessionfacilitieshigh schoolhiringmiddle schoolpersonnelpolicyprimary schoolpublic commentsuperintendent reportturkey hill

Present: Chair (Madam chair) (chair); Dr Burnham (superintendent); Mike Cassidy (HR director and business manager); Mrs Golembrini (member); Mr Santry (presenter (middle/high school principal)); Mr Palumbo (presenter (assistant principal, Turkey Hill)); Stephanie Miller (presenter (social worker)); Mrs Hanscom (presenter (special education)); Mr Adams (presenter (principal)); Mrs Heidi Champagne (principal (retiring)). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 49:14Approve the paraprofessional mentor positions (posting)passed

And 1 procedural: go into executive session for negotiation strategy with non-union personnel and adjourn following (▶ 2:42:06).

The money

  1. ▶ 47:29Paraprofessional mentor stipends

    Building-based mentors would receive a stipend for the year and the lead mentor a larger one.

    as heard:six hundred dollars8.50

  2. ▶ 48:12Cost of stipends

    A member estimated total spending and asked whether an existing line covers it; the answer was it comes from the line of the position the person is chosen from.

    as heard:33 3400

  3. ▶ 42:20Primary school lemonade stand fundraiser

    A class presented a check to the police officer for stuffed dogs for children.

    as heard:five thousand two hundred and fourteen dollars

  4. ▶ 2:21:59Keystone Collaborative property purchase

    No financial impact on Lunenburg since Keystone has its own budget.

  5. ▶ 44:43PO carryover

    A late-June meeting will let the business office close out purchase orders, and open ones will come for approval to carry over.

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 38:28Superintendent announced Carla Squire appointed principal of Turkey Hill Elementary, starting July 1.
  • ▶ 2:18:53Superintendent said the bullying plan will be streamlined over the summer.
  • ▶ 2:39:59Next meeting agenda set: assessment data, next year's meeting calendar, family-school partnership presentation.
  • ▶ 2:41:45Instructional equity discussion to be placed on the list, probably for the fall.

Public comment

  1. ▶ 26:45Asked the committee to define equity, criticized the superintendent's equity graphic, and asked about an equity team, tiered learning, and student data profiles. — Daryl plant, as heard, resident, 490 Lancaster Ave

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 24:13Call to order and pledgeprocedural · 1:45 long
  2. ▶ 26:45Public comment on equityinformational · 2:27 long · public comment, policy
  3. ▶ 29:53Chair and superintendent reports, retireesinformational · 8:15 long · superintendent report, turkey hill
  4. ▶ 38:08New Turkey Hill principal and June datesinformational · 6:56 long · hiring, turkey hill, superintendent report
  5. ▶ 45:25Paraprofessional mentor stipendsvoted · 4:09 long · personnel, contracts and unions, budget
  6. ▶ 49:55Bullying law briefing and principals' discussioninformational · 1:30:20 long · policy, curriculum
  7. ▶ 2:20:35Keystone Collaborative property acquisitioninformational · 3:34 long · facilities
  8. ▶ 2:24:09School improvement plan progress reportsinformational · 12:56 long · curriculum, turkey hill, middle school
  9. ▶ 2:37:05Committee reports, public comment, future topicsinformational · 5:01 long · public comment
  10. ▶ 2:42:06Executive session and adjournmentmotion made, seconded, in favor · 0:41 long · executive session

What the captions could not carry

  • Stretch 3100-3760 was a technical failure with the video; audio is chatter.
  • Vote count on the mentor positions and on entering executive session not stated.
  • Stipend figures are uncertain as captioned.

These are ours, and they are not the record

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