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GREENLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT
School Administrative Unit 50

48 Post Road, Greenland, New Hampshire 03840
Phone (603) 422-9572 _ Fax (603) 422-9575

To be approved by the Greenland School Board at the March 17, 2025, meeting.

GREENLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT
GREENLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE

The Monthly School Board Meeting of the Greenland School Board was held in person on
Monday, February 17, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at the Greenland Central School in Conference Room
105.

PRESENT
School Board Members:
Talley Westerberg
. Pat Walsh (Absent)
John Balboni (Absent)
Scot Hopps
Katie Curtis

SAU Central Office Staff: | Stephen Zadravec, Superintendent of Schools
Susan Penny, Business Administrator
Stacey Kirby, Director of Special Education
Rebecca Dwyer, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent

School Administrators: Tamara Hallee, Principal

Visitors: Sarah Gouzeles, Glen Westerberg, Georgia Westerberg, GCS staff
members: Stacy Gosselin, Maria Emory, and Lorie Bromley

CALL TO ORDER
Ms. Westerberg called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. and indicated that the meeting would
begin with the recognition of visitors and public comment.

Several members of the Greenland Central School community thanked Ms. Westerberg for her
six years of service to the Greenland School Board. Ms. Westerberg thanked everyone for their
kind words and well wishes.

RECOGNITION OF VISITORS / PUBLIC COMMENT

FINANCIALS

0 Approval of Manifests
On a motion by Mr. Hopps, seconded by Ms. Curtis, the Board voted to approve the manifest dated
January 17, 2025, in the amount of $381,214.49. Discussion. Vote: 3-0

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On a motion by Mr. Hopps, seconded by Ms. Curtis, the Board voted to approve the manifest dated
February 7, 2025, in the amount of $410,184.25. Discussion. Vote: 3-0

Ms. Penny indicated that her report is in the drive. She highlighted the $41,000 negative
variance in the Portsmouth High School tuition line. Ms. Penny indicated that the board could
take the money out of the trust fund, or see how things even out. She said there is enough
money to cover the first half of the tuition payment, but the second half would need to be
covered out of the tuition line should the board choose to go that route.

During the March school board meeting, the Board will be holding two public hearings. The
first hearing will focus on setting the tuition rate and the second will focus on how to proceed
forward with the gym repairs.

o Budget Transfer
On a motion by Mr. Hopps,seconded by Ms. Curtis, the Board voted to approve the budget transfer in the
amount of $9,145.25 Discussion. Vote: 3-0

CENTRAL OFFICE REPORTS

Superintendent

Mr. Zadravec began his report by highlighting that as indicated in policy AC, the Board is
required to approve and review bi-annually the SAU 50 Anti-Discrimination Plan. This plan
has been drafted and reviewed by the administrative team and is based largely on work Dave
did in SAU 21. This is a required document and outlines processes to prevent and respond to
any concern for discrimination. It is not intended to encompass all aspects of student
programming such as assemblies, presentations and curriculum related to anti-discrimination.

Mr. Zadravec shared that Mr. Hobbs recently joined him at a meeting with the PHS
administrative team a couple of weeks ago to discuss student transitions and course offerings.
PHS has published the Program of Studies for 2025-2026. There is again a page on their
website dedicated to the 8th - 9th grade transition here. As you know, PHS also has expanded
their college level offerings. While the elimination of AP classes has been raised as a concern, it
should also be noted they have expanded their Honors level offerings. We have asked for
additional data on student enrollment in these offerings as well as student completion of AP
exams.

Mr. Zadravec indicated that the Professional Growth Committee has planned a robust half day
of PD for staff on March 11th. He shared that all buildings and the central office have stepped
up to offer sessions on a wide array of topics including literacy, math, music, wellness,
technology, and innovative classroom practices.

The board briefly discussed the student transition process of transitioning to Portsmouth High
School.

Director of Special Education
Ms. Kirby began her report by highlighting the success of the Parent Partnership Group, which
continues to meet monthly. She shared that a zoom link will be available going forward for
future meetings and highlighted a list of future guest speakers:

© March 4, 2025 - Occupational therapy with jodi Fletcher, Occupational

Therapist, Greenland School District
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o April 1, 2025 - Speech Therapy with Gina Henshaw, Speech Pathologist, Rye
School District
°o May 6, 2025 - Psychological Services with Jen Drew, School Psychologist,
Greenland SchoolDistrict
© June 3, 2025 - IEP Document with Stacey Kirby, Director of Special Education
Ms. Kirby shared that the PreK program in Newington continues to grow and that CPens will
be launched in all four districts. She indicated that after 60 days an evaluation will be done to
see if they will continue to be useful to our students.

Principal Report

Ms. Hallee indicated that her report is in the drive. She shared that the students are busy
working on some exciting updates from our recent competitions but she wanted to take a
moment to share our engineering notebooks with you. These documents capture many aspects
of our program and are submitted to the competition judges as one part of many for their
awards considerations. Our marketing departments have truly done a spectacular job with these
this year.

Ms. Hallee shared that this year, 18 students participated in the Math Counts program. We had
representation from all 3 grades. 7 students competed in the official competition (Two 8th
graders & Five 7th graders). There was one student who made it into the top 12, placing 11th
out of 88 students. We have not yet received our individual results or team results. When that
information becomes available, it will be shared with the board.

Ms. Hallee gave a special thank you to our parent facilitators of the Invention Convention, ms.
Beth Hawkins and Ms. Claudia Bartolini for organizing and facilitating this impressive event.
Thank you also to Mr. Weld, our 4th Grade Teachers, and families who assisted their children
with the creation of inventions as a part of our annual Invention Convention. Students worked
hard and developed some very impressive inventions this year! We celebrated our inventors on
the evening of February 12th at the awards ceremony.

Ms. Hallee indicated that on January 2, we welcomed two new students: one in grade 5 and one
in grade 8. On February 3, we welcomed one grade 6 student. We are expecting a grade 4
student to join us on May 5, moving to Greenland from Germany bringing our total enrollment
to 373 students. We currently have 42 students in the process of registering for kindergarten next
year.

OTHER
There was no other to share this evening.

PRELIMINARY ACTIONS/ SECRETARY'S REPORT

o Approval of Public Minutes: January 13, 2025
On a motion by Ms. Curtis, seconded by Ms. Westerberg, the Board voted to approve public minutes dated
January 13, 2025, as amended. Discussion. Vote: 2-0-1

o Approval of Non-Public Minutes: January 13, 2025
Ona motion by Ms. Curtis, seconded by Ms. Westerberg, the Board voted to approve non-public minutes

dated Junuury 13, 2025. Discussion. Vole; 2-0-1

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Communications
Mr. Zadravec shared a thank you note from Mr. Hudson, thanking the board for their support
over the last couple of months.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A. Gym Floor Painting
On a motion by Ms. Curtis, seconded by Mr. Hopps, the Board voted to approve the spending of up to
$18,000.00 to repaint the gym floor. Discussion. Vote: 3-0.

B. Ramp Installations
Ms. Penny indicated that this project is pending weather and timing. The board briefly
discussed that the ramps are both here, they just need to be installed.

NEW BUSINESS

A. Summer Retreat Date
The Board agreed to postpone this item to a later date when the new school board has had a
chance to meet.

PERSONNEL

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS REPORT
The board thanked the Administration for their support to our students during the invention
convention.

POLICY

First Review: SAU 50 Anti-Discrimination Plan

Mr. Zadravec briefed the Board on the SAU 50 Anti-Discrimination Plan. He indicated this is
just a first review and an approval will not need to be made until next month. Mr. Zadravec
noted that the Policy Committee has reviewed and approved the plan with some minor
adjustments.

FUTURE PLANNING DATES
e Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM at Portsmouth High School (AREA)
Monday, March 17 2025, 6:00 PM at Greenland Central School
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM at Greenland Central School (Joint Board)
Monday, April 21, 2025, 6:00 PM at Greenland Central School
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM at Portsmouth High School (AREA)
Monday, May 12, 2025, 6:00 PM at Greenland Central School
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM at Maude H. Trefethen School (Joint Board)
Monday, June 16, 2025, 6:00 PM at Greenland Central School

PUBLIC COMMENT:
Ms. Gosselin thanked Ms. Hallee for her support and celebration in honor of the Clipper
Foundation grant she recently received.

NON-PUBLIC SESSION RSA 91-A:3
On a motion by Mir. Hopps, seconded by Ms. Curtis, the Board voted to go into nonpublic session at /:10
p.m. Discussion. Roll Call Vote: 3-0.

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RETURN TO PUBLIC SESSION
On a motion by Mr. Hopps, seconded by Ms. Curtis, the Board voted to return to public session at 7:56 p.m.
Discussion. Vote: 3-0.

On a motion by Mr. Hopps, seconded by Ms. Curtis, the Board voted to seal the nonpublic minutes at 7:57
p.m. Discussion. Vote: 3-0.

ADJOURNMENT
On a motion by Mr. Hopps, seconded by Ms. Curtis, the Board voted to adjourn the meeting at 7:58 p.m.
Discussion. Vote: 3-0.

Respectfully Submitted,

Rebecca Dwyer

Executive Assistant to the Superintendent
February 17, 2025

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