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Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm12/10/2025 11:00pm Orange Southwest School District Board Mtg Orange Southwest School District (OSSD) Regular Board Meeting on Wednesday December 10, 2025 Braintree Elementary School 6pm I. Opening (6:00 pm) ● Board Attendance: Ensuring a quorum ● Meeting Purpose: Initiation of Budget Process ● Review and Accept Agenda: Meeting purpose? Are these the right agenda items? Is the right amount of time allotted? II. Ownership Linkage (6:05) ● Public Comment: Please hold comments on the budget until the second public comment. The Board welcomes comment but is not able to take any action. Comments limited to 3 minutes per speaker. ● Review Updated Budget Numbers and Preliminary Data ○ Public Comment: specific to the updated budget information. The Board welcomes comment but is not able to take any action. Comments limited to 3 minutes per speaker. ○ Board Discussion: Does the Board believe this is supportable by the taxpayers? ○ Next steps and Budget Timeline reviewed ● Up for Learning Update III. Board Process (7:30) ● Support Staff Negotiations (Pick a date for committee) ● Sabbatical Request: Accept/Reject Sabbatical Request ● Review Draft of Annual Report from the Board ● Discussion around meeting with Legislators IV. Board Education (7:45) ● Reminder of Policy Governance Virtual Training January 22,2026 V. Monitoring the Organization (7:50). ● Review EL 2.4 & 2.5 (BMD 3.4.5) 1st Read ● Financials (EL 2.3 Financial Conditions) VI. Policy Decisions for District Governance (8:00) ● None for the this month VII. Monitoring the Board (8:10) ● Board Self-Evaluation: Monitoring compliance with Board Governance Process and Board Management Delegation Policies. ● GP 4.5 Governance Investment – Self Evaluation VIII. Consent Agenda (8:20) ● Vote on acceptance of Consent Agenda: 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, an item can be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion with a majority vote GP 4.3.4. ● Approve Minutes from November 12, 2025 ● New Hires IX. Closing/Incidental Information (8:25) ● Superintendent's Report ○ Up for Learning Project ○ Ends Snapshot ● Action Item Recap X. Executive Session First Motion: I move to find that premature general knowledge regarding the superintendent's contract clearly places the board at a substantial disadvantage because the board risks disclosing its negotiation strategy if it discusses the superintendent's contract in public. Second Motion: I move to enter Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the superintendent's contract under Title 1, Section 131 (a)(1). Future Meetings ● Agenda Planning Meeting: Monday January at 6 pm ● Regular Board Meeting: 6pm January 14, 2025 at Randolph Elementary Braintree Elementary School, Bent Hill Road, Braintree, VT RACDC info@racdc.com America/New_York public
Braintree Elementary School, Bent Hill Road, Braintree, VT
Orange Southwest School District (OSSD) Regular Board Meeting on Wednesday December 10, 2025 Braintree Elementary School 6pm I. Opening (6:00 pm) ● Board Attendance: Ensuring a quorum ● Meeting Purpose: Initiation of Budget Process ● Review and Accept Agenda: Meeting purpose? Are these the right agenda items? Is the right amount of time allotted? II. Ownership Linkage (6:05) ● Public Comment: Please hold comments on the budget until the second public comment. The Board welcomes comment but is not able to take any action. Comments limited to 3 minutes per speaker. ● Review Updated Budget Numbers and Preliminary Data ○ Public Comment: specific to the updated budget information. The Board welcomes comment but is not able to take any action. Comments limited to 3 minutes per speaker. ○ Board Discussion: Does the Board believe this is supportable by the taxpayers? ○ Next steps and Budget Timeline reviewed ● Up for Learning Update III. Board Process (7:30) ● Support Staff Negotiations (Pick a date for committee) ● Sabbatical Request: Accept/Reject Sabbatical Request ● Review Draft of Annual Report from the Board ● Discussion around meeting with Legislators IV. Board Education (7:45) ● Reminder of Policy Governance Virtual Training January 22,2026 V. Monitoring the Organization (7:50). ● Review EL 2.4 & 2.5 (BMD 3.4.5) 1st Read ● Financials (EL 2.3 Financial Conditions) VI. Policy Decisions for District Governance (8:00) ● None for the this month VII. Monitoring the Board (8:10) ● Board Self-Evaluation: Monitoring compliance with Board Governance Process and Board Management Delegation Policies. ● GP 4.5 Governance Investment – Self Evaluation VIII. Consent Agenda (8:20) ● Vote on acceptance of Consent Agenda: 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, an item can be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion with a majority vote GP 4.3.4. ● Approve Minutes from November 12, 2025 ● New Hires IX. Closing/Incidental Information (8:25) ● Superintendent's Report ○ Up for Learning Project ○ Ends Snapshot ● Action Item Recap X. Executive Session First Motion: I move to find that premature general knowledge regarding the superintendent's contract clearly places the board at a substantial disadvantage because the board risks disclosing its negotiation strategy if it discusses the superintendent's contract in public. Second Motion: I move to enter Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the superintendent's contract under Title 1, Section 131 (a)(1). Future Meetings ● Agenda Planning Meeting: Monday January at 6 pm ● Regular Board Meeting: 6pm January 14, 2025 at Randolph Elementary