(Continuation) Dresden School Board 8/18/2026
The Dresden School Board entered non-public session at 9:07 p.m. under RSA 91-A:3-II (B, C, and L) by a unanimous roll call vote (Odell, Sullivan, Done, Nelson, Tanton, Christy, Rose, Russell, McConnell, and Keany all voting yes). The board returned to public session at 10:25 p.m. appointing new hires accepted by Superintendent Steiner, including John Larbara as RMS interventionist/504 coordinator and Case Hathaway Zapita as a 0.5 FTE art teacher, along with changes for Jennifer Groves, Sylvia Hullman, and Nicole Fitzgerald. This appointment motion passed unanimously. The board approved a one-year contract with Witson's for food service management at Richmond Middle School for the 2026-2027 school year by unanimous vote. Agenda item 9 C regarding an ML tuition agreement was removed for a future meeting. The meeting adjourned at 10:27 p.m. to September 22nd.
a motion to go into non-public with several categories of reason and they are um a motion for B, C, and L for those who want to make a motion. Any takers? I can do it myself. >> I can do it if I just get there. You said B, C, and L. >> Yep. >> Okay. Uh give me one sec. Um >> 8 a.m. >> I move to enter into non-public session at 9:07 p.m. under RSA 91 A col 3 2 B C and L. >> Seconded by Carrie going around the horn starting with Neil and then Deb will go right before J. >> Odell. Yes. >> Sullivan. Yes. >> Done. Yes. >> Nelson. Yes. >> Tanton. Yes. >> Christy. Yes. >> Rose. Yes. >> Russell. Yes, >> McConnell. Yes. >> And Keany, yes. This will be a longer one, folks. Apologies in advance. Um, I believe we're going to have Teresa and Pam join us. >> Linda, I can go home. >> You're a member [laughter] of the public. You can do it. >> I don't know why you're >> Thank you. And to start with. Yeah. Yes. Jam, are you ready? >> Yeah. >> Okay, awesome. All right, we're going to go back call back into session at 10:25. Um, we do have a little bit of shift in our votes tonight with apologies for some last minute changes. As we heard at the full regular design meeting earlier this evening, we're going to need to approve an agreement with a food vendor and we're going to do some also new hires and we also need to remove from our agenda current item 9 C about an ML tuition agreement that will be saved for a future meeting. Can I have a motion to appoint the new hires, please? >> Carrie. >> Sure. I move to appoint the following new hires in FTE changes accepted by superintendent Steiner over the summer. RMS John Larbara as an interventionist 504 coordinator of Hanover High School. Case Hathaway Zapita a point to FTE art teacher for the 2627 school year. Jennifer Groves for world language teacher >> RMS um increase FTE from point4 to 6 FTE >> also RMS >> RMS Sylvia Hullman ESOL Spanish teacher decrease FTEE from8 to6 FTE Hover High School Nicole Fitzgerald a8 FTE long-term science substitute >> thank you Carrie for that very long motion much appreciate it seconded by Lisa All those in favor? Right. That is unanimous again noting two absences today. Thank you very much. And can I have a second motion regarding our food service vendor? Janine. Gina. >> Sure. Or Janine. I I said that too. do. [laughter] Um, I move to approve a one-year contract with Witson's, a food service management company, to provide food service at the Richmond Middle School for the 2026 2027 year. >> Thank you. Seconded by Carrie. All those in favor? That is also unanimous. Thank you everyone. We have another option for public comment. I'm pretty sure no one is here. [laughter] andated humans. >> In that case, we are adjourned to the next meeting. Note that I will be not at the next meeting. I will I may be there virtually. I'm not quite sure yet. So, thank you, Neil, for taking time on that one. If you have any agenda topics, please send it to me. Otherwise, we will see you on September 22nd. Much appreciated. I'm sorry for the hour. >> Move to move. >> Thank you. It is getting that late. Made by Kelly at 10:27. >> Second. >> Seconded by Renee. Individually start. Yes. >> Sullivan. Yes. Janine Deon. >> [laughter]