Barnstead Elementary School Board Meeting August 19th, 2026

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for which it stands, one nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
If
>> I can take a roll call starting, we'll
start with Howie.
>> How dare
>> I'll bring it closer. I'm sorry.
>> Go ahead. Howie Drole, Ian Harmon,
>> Katie Derford,
>> Matt Jazokus,
>> Eliza Drole,
>> Kristen Lee,
>> Ununice Landry.
>> Um, if I can have a motion for the
agenda review.
>> I'll make a motion to approve the agenda
as submitted.
>> Second.
>> We just needed to add.
>> Okay. So, under action items, um, prior
to approving the student handbook,
we'll, um, talk about a roof replacement
quotes.
>> We can't hear you.
>> Okay,
that's okay.
Any other changes or additions?
Seeing none, I'll make a motion to
approve the agenda as presented.
>> Oh. Oh, I already took the motion. Yeah.
So, all in favor?
>> I
>> Thank you.
>> Um, so we need a motion for approval of
minutes for June 24th, 2026. We'll do
the public and non-public on that date.
I'll make a motion to approve the
minutes of the June 24th regular meeting
and the June 24th non-public.
>> Any comments or discussion?
>> All in favor?
take a motion for the non-public meeting
minutes on June 29th, 2026.
>> Make a motion to approve the the
non-public minutes of June uh July 29th.
Second.
>> Do you guys have them?
>> They're put.
>> Okay.
>> You have a copy?
>> They were out.
>> Um, seeing none. All in favor?
>> I.
>> And a motion for the August 12th
non-public minutes.
>> I'll make a motion to approve the
minutes of the non-public for August
12th.
Second. Any comments, questions? Seeing
none, I'll take um all in favor.
>> I'm going to abstain.
>> Abstain. Okay, perfect. So, we'll now
open our first public input. This um
public input is for agenda items only. I
would ask if you have public input to
come to the microphone, to state your
name, and to please limit comments to 3
minutes or less.
Good evening, Seth Emory, Windsor Way,
Center, Barnstead, New Hampshire.
Um, I have some concerns regarding, I
guess, the budget and then also
something outlined in the student
handbook.
Um, I understand that we have to cut
$447,52
from this year's school budget. U, but
I'm just wondering why we've retained
Mr. Brick uh, as the building project
consultant to the tune of approximately
$12,000.
And then digging through it, I found
we're expected to save about a h 100,000
um with the bus situation to the high
school,
but we're still well short of that
mark. Um so I'd like more on that, I
guess. And then second,
I'd like to address the district's
bullying investigation process that's
been outlined in the student handbook.
Um some context for it. At the end of
last school year, my son had a complaint
filed against him.
It was eventually
uh deemed or concluded as unfounded.
Uh but my issue with it is I guess the
procedure or how it's handled itself.
Neither myself nor my son were contacted
in regards to this matter. And if I were
the parent who had filed this uh said
bullying investigation, I'd be a little
frustrated over that.
So if there's no students or no parents
being interviewed as part of that
process, I question whether there's a
thorough investigation that can truly
take place.
And in fact, I guess the legality of
that in in essence.
Um now I'm hearing that we did indeed
have a July meeting. Um, last I had saw
it was discussed back in August, there
was no July meeting, which is why we had
to pass Mr. Jizoko's to be able to have
the hiring ability.
Um, I understand if it was non-public,
but on the agenda there was a public
session, so I'm a little confused by
that.
Uh, overall, I think the communication
with the school, it's starting to
improve. Um, I've had a few
conversations with Mr. Zokos now and I
do think it's starting to move in the
right direction. Um, a few examples of
that I guess would be the recent emails
from Mr. Drew that have gone out. Um,
the backtoback emails on the back to
school night. I'd rather the
overcommunication than the under. And
then same thing about the student
placements. Uh, I understand that you
folks were still looking for teachers to
hire, so you didn't necessarily have
those answers. I appreciated that
communication.
Thank you for your time.
Seeing no further public input, I'll
close public input.
Um,
so next up, bees administration, the
principal report.
Good evening. Um, so our enrollment um
numbers didn't make it in the packet,
but I can um give you those right now.
So currently we have 45 kindergarteners
registered,
42 first graders,
30 second graders,
42 third graders,
34 fourth graders,
34 [snorts]
uh fifth graders, 34 sixth graders,
427th, and our biggest class is our
eighth graders at 54.
Um, as far as the staffing update goes,
um, I'm pleased to say that we are
pretty much fully staffed. Um, we did,
um, have two people accept positions on
Friday, which, um, rounded out, um, the
hiring of a first grade teacher and a
third grade teacher. So, um, you know,
aside from, you know, a few pair of
professionals and some substitutes,
we're we're really in good shape as far
as as hiring goes. So, you know, um,
it's the first time, you know, in in the
last couple of years that we've been in
this good of a situation. So,
um, our mission statement, so my
administration team with along with the
leadership team worked to recraft our
mission. Um because in the conversations
that I've had with Mr. Jazokus over the
last couple of years, you know, we want
things like mission and vision to be not
something that is, you know, hanging on
a wall that everybody walks by, but we
really want those things to drive
everything that we do. Um, and
you know, you you've heard us talk about
um that in our minds we're building more
than just a building. We're we're
changing the way we do things with kids
academically, behaviorally, socially,
emotionally. So, we're trying to improve
all aspects of the school, not just the
infrastructure itself. Um the mission
statement we had was was wellcrafted and
it was lovely. Um it was four sentences
long and contained 39 words. Um again it
sat in our handbooks and people might
have glanced at it but it didn't drive
everything that we did consciously.
Right? So we believe that you know
everybody should think about our mission
every day that they walk through the
doors. So, we really wanted to craft
something that encapsulated everything
that we're trying to do, all of our
initiatives, everything that we believe
in. Um, so
I'm I'm really proud of the work that
the leadership team put into this and
our new mission statement is together we
grow a community of connected,
courageous, and curious learners. Um,
every every word really has a meaning
with this. You know, we really wanted to
focus on togetherness because it it it's
everybody. It's it's our teachers and
our students working with our parents
and um, you know, our our support staff
members. So, everybody has a hand in
helping our students grow academically,
socially, emotionally, behaviorally. Um,
and you know, we're where our focus with
capturing kids hearts is all on
connection. So, we want our kids to be
connected to the building. We want our
kids to be connected to the adults in
the building. We want our staff to be
connected to parents. Um, we want to
teach kids to be courageous, to be able
to take risks, to
be courageous on the playground when
they see somebody getting picked on, to
be able to stand up and say, "Hey, you
know, that's let's not do that." Um, so
we want, you know, we want to teach kids
to be able to take risks, stand up, be
brave, and we also want them to be
curious. So, um, we think that this this
mission again really encapsulates
everything that we're trying to do, um,
as a school.
Um, some of the changes in our, um,
student handbook, I won't go too
indepth, um, with each of these. You all
have, um, they all have in in front of
you. Um,
we did remove um, no motorized bicycles,
scooters, skateboards. Um,
we're not sure why that was in there in
the first place, but I'm sure as you
ridden the streets of Barnstead, those
um are pretty ubiquitous. So, you know,
we don't see an issue with those, you
know, coming to school. Um, we did put
in some language in there that said
participating in the eighth grade
promotion ceremony is a privilege and
not a right. So, if a student owes money
for damaged materials, um, the privilege
to participate could be rescended. That
kind of ties in with with the next thing
is that we really wanted to put in some
language in there around vandalism,
especially with, you know, the new
building um being open. And, you know,
we we put in some language around
vandalism.
And we also
um wrote in something that if if there
is vandalism that occurs that um
requires custodians to go kind of a
little bit above and beyond. So for
example, you know, if somebody writes in
the bathroom in Sharpie, which requires
them to, you know, sand it, repaint it,
things like that. um we'd like there to
be like a flat fee for, you know, any of
those damages and then anything, you
know, materials that go above and beyond
that. Um there there is a little bit of
an of an issue, you know, with with
vandalism and we're hoping that with the
renovation and addition, those things
will will go away. But we wanted to put
something in there, you know, with some
teeth to hold students and parents
accountable um for that.
Um we added some language around
visitors. This comes directly from um
the board's language. We revised our
discipline philosophy a little bit just
to include um our guiding principles of
of capturing kids hearts.
Um, we added some core beliefs on
behavior, which are relationships first,
social contracts, which again ties in
with our capturing kids hearts
initiative, uh, modeling and
affirmation, and restorative practices.
Um, we added a section on capturing kids
hearts that kind of explains the
philosophy and some of the principles
behind that.
We added um really some language around
physical contact between students and
um in our response
to those and and how we as a school
respond to it because um when these
things happen um you know Miss Brooks
and I get a lot of calls from parents
who say you know what is the school
doing about it or you know what's your
process for handling that And we had
things that we do, but we didn't really
have them written down in in a protocol
that um that we can say to parents,
okay, you know, here's the step-by-step
process that we take, you know, when
physical, you know, contact occurs. So,
so now we have um that in place.
Um and and again, it's there. I won't,
you know, go through go through all of
that, but it's, you know, it's in the
handbook. Um, there was really only one
small change, the faculty handbook, and
we wanted to make sure that our faculty
understand in terms of um, field trips
that the permission slips have to be
returned at least 3 days prior to the
trip. And teachers should contact
parents if they have not received
um a permission slip at that point and
um let them know that they have to their
student has to remain home um on that
day of of the field trip. Um we had a
little bit of an issue of you know
teachers running around the day of
parents bringing in you know permission
slips the day of. So now, you know,
you've got to contact the kitchen and
possibly get an additional bag lunch.
You have to contact the place that
you're going to and possibly play, you
know, pay an extra admission fee. So, we
just, you know, want to make sure that
we have, you know, 3 days prior to the
trip, we have everything in place so
we're not running around with our heads
cut off the day before a trip to kind of
accommodate, you know, permission slips
that come in the day of. So, um those
are really the only changes that we had
to both the faculty and um
student handbook.
Let's see. Um so, I did outline um some
things that we're doing to um address
things on both the academic side and the
behavior side. They're closely related.
Um, so, you know, we're still continuing
our um our initiative of of fully
implementing MTSS, our multi-tered
system of supports, and those can occur
for both kids that are having academic
struggles and behavior struggles. Um,
so, you know, we've over the last couple
of years, we've really driven that
process. um that's fairly in place and
we're going to continue to refine that
process. Um on our academic side, we
continue to refined our bear block which
is our intervention block. Um
and we're, you know, having kids have
targeted interventions in the skills
that they are um that they have deficits
in. And the kids that don't need any
interventions, we have them in do
engaging projects, pass in projects that
they that they're interested in. Um we
continue to align our curriculums
vertically. We have our literacy
community work. We have um the benefit
of having um an instructional coach this
year who will work with our teachers. Um
we'll go into classrooms and help them
with their pedigogy.
Um we've done um professional
[clears throat] development around
assessments. Um we're going to tighten
up our our our
Tuesday afternoon meetings um to turn
them into real professional learning
committees. So um we're going to have
you know real work done in in various um
in various things. We did um some
collegial coaching training. So, this is
going to allow staff members who are
trained to go in and um observe their
colleagues and give them feedback on a
lesson. So, we not only have, you know,
Miss Brooks and myself doing
observations, but we have our
instructional coach that can go in and
help, and we also have collegial coaches
who who can go in and and do some peer
coaching.
And um this week we're we have um
several members attending the New
Hampshire secondary innovations project
where we're really learning to craft um
assessments that are, you know, grounded
in um UDL, the needs of of the community
based on our needs survey. So we're
doing, you know, we're doing a lot. We
we understand that there's growth to
make and and we're um working hard and
our staff is working hard to to make
that happen. Um on our behavior side,
again, MTSS is going to be in place. Uh
the big initiative this year is is
capturing kids hearts, which you've been
hearing about. Um we're going to
implement zones of regulation. Um just
the on Monday, we've hired two
additional um RBTs.
We're going to have a behavioral
specialist and we're sort of reimagining
what the what the BOT or the back on
track room looks like. Um so we're, you
know, we're we're working with um Paul
Bush and we'll be working on the
behavior specialist to to sort of reook
at at that space and see how we [snorts]
can use that in a more um conducive way.
And that is all I have. So, if you have
any questions, I'd be happy to answer.
[snorts]
>> Thank you. Good report.
>> All right. Um, in our packet, we have
our special education
report.
Uh, looks like there was um over 20
students that partic participated in our
extended school year or the summer
program. I believe that was held here
this year. Correct.
Um, and it looks like we are fully
staffed in special education as well.
Um, with the exception of always looking
for some PAR educators. I believe that's
true for here and the elementary school.
So, um, if you know anyone, we're
hiring. Um,
I think that's it unless there's
questions.
Um, so buildings and grounds, we have
our report from Kevin.
and and then I would say probably where
we're going to have more information.
Um, Ununice, anything you want to update
us on for construction?
>> Um,
we've had several meetings since our
last board meeting and I'll tell you
it
>> just pull your mic. you're quite
>> because of all the work that's being
done. Um they've been focusing on
getting the school ready for the opening
or letting the teachers back in on the
24th. Our next meeting is actually
tomorrow. And so being the 20th, we'll
get the latest update on everything
that's happening. I have asked Matt to
produce um a copy of the plan for the
opening
and originally it would have shown what
classrooms like first grade, second
grade, but now it's showing what
teachers are in the rooms. Um and some
of the new spaces are going to be used
um
for not their original purpose but for
actually some classrooms. while the
whole D section is being renovated. So,
um, and that's expected to be sometime
in December that would be done. And it
all of the rooms are going to be
furnished with the existing equipment,
furniture. Um, we made that decision
because we wanted to make sure
everything was consistent and so we've
delayed um the implementation of the new
furniture until we have it for
everything.
So, it'll be one of the vacations where
changes are made or it could be we could
wait till next summer and change
everything. But,
so
there's some areas that won't be done.
The library will not be done. Um, the
gym will not be open, but all of the new
classrooms will be utilized. Um the
kindergarten is being changed from two
rooms to three and that's not going to
be ready for the fall either. Um but
there are places on the on the diagram
you'll show where kindergarten is going
to be placed.
>> So that green box that's like the
kindergarten box.
>> Yes. Okay.
>> And Dwing won't be open. No, but they've
been working on the kitchen this summer
and that's going to be open again. So,
and we're going to have a real cafeteria
[laughter]
with no gym equipment in it. So, this is
kind of exciting
>> with the teachers going into the
building as of the 24th. Is that enough
time? Like, do they need help getting
things moved into their new rooms? No,
actually there um as you saw in building
and grounds report, some of our
custodians because the school's been
closed for the summer have been working
in either the high school or in Alton.
And now what Kevin's going to be able to
do is take all of the custodians and
bring them down to help furnish move all
equipment into the new rooms.
>> So,
>> but we also have a backup. Um, we've
reached out to the athletic director and
the teams to make sure that if
necessary, we would have a group of
people come down and do some volunteer
work to help move things, but Kevin
feels like he's in pretty good shape,
but we do have that as a contingency
plan if necessary.
>> I just know there's usually time spent
too from the t, you know, specific
things they might want a bulletin board.
Just I just want to make sure that we're
not like
>> Oh, wait till you see the rooms
>> from last hour. [laughter]
>> They're more than I ever expected.
They're gorgeous.
>> Great.
And so after the meeting tomorrow, will
we know like um like I'm assuming there
might be some changes to drop off or
>> Yeah.
>> Like we'll have communication around the
building. The retaining wall has been
done. The fencing is up. I saw them on
Monday working uh on the playground
because the sub
material has been installed and they're
planning on fencing that whole area. Um
but paving was being done around the
building and they're working on new
curbing and they've been pl putting in
plants. I mean it's going to be nice.
Yeah, I think tomorrow uh our meeting
will give us some more information
regarding the opening uh which includes
the drop off for for parents and so the
idea much like we did for our faculty
with a map. We'll have a map so that we
can send out to parents so it shows
exactly the direction they're going in
and things of that nature. The bus loop
will be the same as it was uh this past
school year. So that will stay the same.
Um, you know, I I think there's been
some frustration in terms of maybe um
getting information out, but as Ununice
pointed out, um, if you go in there on a
Monday and then you come back on a
Thursday, it's vastly different from it
was what it was. And so, even as much as
last week, um, when we did did some
walkthroughs, uh, and even on Monday,
it's changed again. So, tomorrow will
give us a really good idea of what's
going on. Uh the goal has always been to
have the building to our faculty and our
custodial group on the 24th of August.
Uh and so we're confident that that's
going to happen. In the meantime, our IT
part department is going through there
left and right to make sure that all the
wiring is taken care of, hooking up all
the intercoms, the the cameras and
things of that nature. Uh so all our
systems are ready to go. So uh Gordon
Bristol is here if if you had any
questions specific that Ununice hasn't
answered. And I will say, if I'm if I
may, sorry, Gordon, [laughter]
I will say that at our last meeting,
they offered a a a tour. Um, so they
took us through all the new sections of
the building. And I'll tell you,
I think some of the like the um science
room or the art room
are probably better than up here. I
mean, they're huge. I mean, really
beautiful and all the cabinetry and very
nice. So, I'm impressed. They've done a
great job.
>> That will be pretty amazing [snorts] for
kids that have never had a real science
room before. So,
>> because usually they get up here and
they're excited for like a traditional
lab classroom and now they'll have it.
So, yeah.
>> I know. And and there's actually going
to be a science room for the fifth and
sixth graders. So,
>> great.
>> Thank you, Unice.
Any questions for Unice or Gordon?
All right,
we will move on. Um, we've got our
financial reports. Heidi, anything to um
I passed out a summary. Um, just this is
June. Um, June's report again is
estimated the auditors are expected to
be in August 31st, the week of um, and
I'm sure they'll have journal entries to
[clears throat] give me. Um but some of
the savings some that um I just wanted
to bring to your attention are the
unfilled positions. We had some SPE
special ed teacher positions uh a few
paraprofessional
um and then a couple of staff changes.
So that really gave us some extra um
surplus
um and I just there's a summary here if
you have any questions.
Any questions?
All right. Um,
is there a technology report?
>> The single audit report. Yes. So,
Barnstead um received a single audit
report because we had um over 750,000
worth of federal funding this past year.
Um they did have one finding and it was
um we have to sign off when um product
is received. The one that they
particularly you know they picked didn't
have a sign off so they wrote me up. Um
I do have to add it to our procedure.
It's a minor weakness in the internal
control procedure. So
>> not bad. Good job.
>> Yeah. Good job as usual. [laughter]
Thank you.
Um, all right. Now we have the
technology reports. Um, looks similar to
what we saw last night. Um,
so then
did you want to speak to curriculum?
>> Thank you. Um, I am new here so I'll
introduce myself uh to you all. My name
is Kristen Lee. I'm the new uh director
of curriculum instruction and
assessment. Um, so my report tonight I I
will keep it brief because uh Mr. Drole
covered quite a bit of it. Um, but uh in
your packets you have the New Hampshire
SAS scores
that we also reviewed last night.
I will uh state the obvious. The scores
aren't where we want them to be. But in
regards to that, what I think is
exciting and that we should be looking
forward to is that we have adopted,
[snorts] as Mr. Drole said, we have
adopted a new math curriculum,
researchbased. Our science curriculum is
researchbased and has a lab component.
So, Ununice, I'm excited for the new
science labs. I'm sure they will be put
to good use. Uh we also have uh a
reading program in English language
arts. Because these programs are so
different from what we would normally
consider uh a traditional teaching
method, uh we are not rushing them. We
need to make sure that our teachers are
prepared. We need to make sure that we
have everything in order because it will
it will be changing for these students.
So, we want to make sure we're ready.
Part of that is all of last year, our
high school teachers have already been
using the science, math actually, and
the English language arts programs. So,
our our high school teachers with a year
under their belt have been uh mentoring
the Barnstead and Alton uh teachers to
make sure that they're ready uh for
English language arts. we have
professional development already ready
to go so that by the time uh December
January comes our teachers will have had
some uh additional professional
development for the English language
arts.
Um our new coach Christine Bersron
uh she is a veteran of Barnstead so
we're very excited to have her switch
roles. We've met many times over the
summer. She was included uh in our
leadership retreat. Uh and um her
priorities will be to coach new teachers
and teachers who are starting with a new
program so that we can support them that
way. I'll be in the schools so that we
can um I also can help support the
teachers.
and then the New Hampshire Secondary
Institute that we have been in all week
uh thinking about ways that we can
remove barriers
for kids in classes when they're
learning even through behaviors. So
looking at what we're teaching and
trying to think about the ways that kids
may not be able to access and what do we
do in those uh situations so that we can
have uh equitable distribution of
learning in the schools.
Uh and I think that's it. I think how we
covered everything else.
>> Any questions?
>> Turn it over to you.
>> Yeah, sure. Uh I'll I'll make it brief
since we went through this last night,
but uh we just completed our
administrative retreat, which was a
three-day leadership retreat. Um that
started out with uh as Kristen put our
our coaches, our assistant principal,
principal, uh from out throughout the
system. Uh and included in that was our
IEP team chair um on those first two
days. And then the third day, we brought
in our team reps as well. Uh the
leadership team spent significant time
building relationships. We have new
people added to the team. So it takes
time to build some cohesion there. Uh
estam establishing common expectations.
Um me being new to this position, not
new to the system, but certainly having
some different expectations. Uh we
wanted to make sure those were clear. Uh
and then we spent a lot of time looking
at our 202526
goals and looking at um evidence to
suggest whether or not we met those
goals or if we didn't meet those goals
um what else do we need to do moving
forward. Um one of the things that I've
stressed to our to our administrative
team is that um we have to look at the
four C's with the things that we do. um
that is uh what we're doing. Is it
clear? Is there clarity within that
piece of it? And if there is clarity, uh
are we consistently following through uh
with those goals or expectations? Um and
then obviously having collaboration not
only at an administrative group but also
with our faculty and staff and then uh
solid two-way communication. Uh it can't
be just pushing it out. We need to have
uh feedback from that piece of it. And
we feel like if we have the clarity, we
have the consistency, we have the
collaboration, and we have the
communication, then we're set up for
success for that goal or those
expectations. It's when we are missing
one of those where we fall short or we
need to sit back and really take a look
at that um as a team. So, we've did a
lot of work around that. Our key focus
areas again, building strong leadership
teams. Um there are people who are in
who are in roles that aren't um uh
technically an administrator because
they're not doing observation and
evaluation but uh they are leaders of
our buildings based off of their their
expertise or their time here combination
thereof. So um we can't just assume that
they understand how to be a leader. So
we're working with them to cultivate
that. Um again we did a lot of planning
for this year. Um but more importantly
uh as we looked at goals uh what were
the measurables that we were looking for
and making sure that our faculty and
staff and our community know what those
goals are, what the measures are going
to be and then the tasks that we'll
complete in order to reach those goals.
Um and then planning. So that was a big
piece of our retreat. I did share
yesterday as well uh our our vision. Um,
and as we work through this process, um,
you know, we we want to look at the why,
uh, when we look at, as Kristen said,
uh, we've done a lot of things in the
last four years in terms of really
working with our faculty and staff to
build, uh, the the tools to tool belt,
if you will. Um, and really what we
wanted to do is look look at the why.
Um, so why are we working on our 5
through 12 curriculum alignment in both
Barnstead and Alton? um because we
funnel up to the high school and having
that consistency is important. Uh having
the same programs uh so that there's a
continuity as we go through. Um so we're
we've really worked on that 5 through 12
uh and eventually we'll work on that K
through four. So we will have that
coherence uh as we go forward. Um
obviously within those pieces of it uh
we know that there are students that
come in at different levels and need
different supports. So looking at
universal design for learning that UDL
uh how we spoke a little bit about bearb
block uh and getting giving some
interventions right. So those are a lot
of the things that we wanted to uh put
out on the table because there's been a
lot of work and and we need to celebrate
that um because there is hard work and
dedication going on at Barnstead
Elementary right now. The frustration is
it's not yielding the results that we're
looking for. But we're hoping as we
consistently refine our practices uh we
will see uh that uh come to fruition. So
um we'll be talking with the faculty and
staff on the 26th as a whole system and
really rolling out uh the vision. Um
something that I wanted to bring to to
your attention as well. Um several weeks
ago I was contacted by Pittsville School
District and the Pittsville School
Board. uh they've established a high
school options committee uh to evaluate
future educational opportunities uh for
their students. Uh Pittsville currently
serves approximately 95 students in
grades 9 through 12. Um so they had um
this survey that they put together um
and it was a tight uh frame followup and
and and submission. However, our team
came together and as I stated last
night, while it was a tight timeline to
be able to go through and really look at
what we offer from Prospect Mountain
High School, um is was a a good um task
to do, but they also reached out and
talked about the fact that they might be
looking at our se their seventh and
eighth grade population. Uh they also
have approximately 50 students in grades
seven and eight. Um so we we have put
that together for them. um they didn't
give us any timeline as to what their
next steps are. Um but I will continue
to update you um as we go forward. That
doesn't mean that one is inclusive of
the other um whether they're looking at
for for the 7 through 12 or 9 through
12, but we'll cross that bridge when we
get there. Um couple different things,
busing updates. Uh you know, we've we've
fieldailed a lot of phone calls from
from parents at the high school level uh
regarding the two buses. Uh, and we're
trying to communicate as best we can as
to what those stops are. Um, first
student is is open to really kind of
taking the first couple weeks and
looking at what's there and if
necessary, we can make some adjustments,
but again, they'll be the ones working
with us through that process. Um, we
will start the year though at um at the
elementary school. Uh, we will have some
substitute bus drivers for some of our
positions. they're transitioning um some
some new hires and things of that
nature, but uh they will be some
substitute bus drivers to start off the
school year. So, um but Billy Joe
assured me that they have people in the
pipeline. So, getting through that
process and then getting them up to
speed usually takes some time there. So,
uh we'll continue to update on your on
the bus piece of it. Uh lastly, um you
know, I reached out to the board, uh the
back to school night, uh we prematurely
put out that the back to school night,
uh was going to be postponed because of
uh the renovation and uh the addition.
Um what I want to be able to do is just
simply say that we're still having that
under consideration. Uh again, as you
pointed out, tomorrow is going to be a
big uh decision on that piece of it. Um,
I did make it clear to Milestone and and
our architect like we would love to have
that because again we know the value of
our kids coming the night before, but
also there's an excitement to see what
it looks like, right? And so if we can
do that prior to, but again, we have to
balance um being ready, but also making
sure that our teachers have the time and
that they get their setup properly for
the first day of school, which is on the
31st. So, um, we'll we'll be
communicating that with parents, uh,
either today or, excuse me, tomorrow or
Friday, the latest on that piece. So,
that's all I have.
>> Any questions from them?
>> I think that back to school night is
really important and I know we all know
that
>> and that's what I was like, are we all
are we going to be ready because we
should be ready before the day before
school and so that back to school night
>> we're we're pushing. know the the start
day is on a Monday. So I think that like
is an added challenge, right? I mean
unless you did it on a Sunday, but I see
how that weekend buys them more time to
get
>> I will say Milestone has really put uh a
lot of of of uh people to get the rooms
uh cleaned out of the construction
materials, get get some cleaners in
there to help support Kevin. Um, so it's
just a matter of if they're able to hit
their deadline, if they hit their
deadline, which we're we'll know
tomorrow. Um, then we certainly could
have back to school night, but I don't
want to say that until we know for 100%
certainty.
>> I appreciate,
>> but we want to, right? Obviously, but we
also have to make sure we're ready for
the 31st as well.
>> Agreed. So the sorry the busing in the
morning where you mentioned it'll start
at BES does that mean kids that need to
take the bus to the high school they'll
get on like a regular route go to BES
from there be
>> no no there there so we have two buses
um and those the pickup places have been
um put on the website so they'll go
directly to the high school so they
won't they won't come into
>> the same thing in the afternoon they
would be dropped off at those two
designated
>> correct y
>> okay
>> yep and and Like I said, first student,
I've been in contact with them. I've had
several meetings with uh the the person
running this area. Um they'll monitor it
to see um what the wrership looks like,
all those things. And if we need to make
adjustments down the line, we can make
adjustments. Um in past, uh the buses
start off at the beginning of the year,
typically full um and then kids figure
out rides and stuff like that. And so it
kind of drops off a little bit. And if
it drops off, then maybe we can expand
the piece of it. The whole idea is to
make sure that we obviously get all the
kids but also not have them on the bus
for you know hour and a half you know
right so
>> okay thank you for clarifying understood
>> any other questions
>> n
um we'll move on to action items
um so
our first one is we have a bid for early
learning roof replacement
um Heidi anything to add to this.
>> Um, no, we had requested quotes from
five roofing companies. We've been doing
this for a while. We've asked them to
fill out the bid specs. Um, we have two
that filled out the bid specs. So, we
are asking um if you could approve um MJ
Murphy and Sons um to replace the roof
at the early learning center.
>> I'll take a motion.
>> Can go ahead. I've heard some of this,
but can you explain the difference
between filling out the spec sheet and
just getting a quote?
>> Right. So, we we um send out spid back
spec specs so that everything is
identical because what happens is
they'll send us their quotes, but it
doesn't mean that it's identical and we
need to it's hard to judge if it's not.
Um, so for some reason we did get quotes
from five companies, but we couldn't
they weren't exact. They were all a
little different. Um, we did send out
the specs to the companies twice um and
we've called [laughter]
and we've only received two um that we
can compare.
>> I guess the only silver lining is that
the lowest bid happens to have a bid
spec. Yes. So that's a positive.
>> Make a motion to accept the
early learning roof replacement bid
through MJ Murphy and Suns
at 25,000.
>> Any discussion? No. All in favor?
>> All right, that passes. Um, so Howie
went over it briefly, but we need to
make a motion for the updated student
parent handbook.
He just went over the changes.
>> Make a motion to accept the 2627 student
>> Any discussion?
Seeing none, all in favor? I
>> um the same for the faculty handbook and
that one only had one minor change.
>> Make a motion to accept the 2627 faculty
All in favor?
>> um I don't think we need a motion for
athletic camp or two.
>> We should. Yeah. Um before you make the
motion though, one thing that we have
added both at Alton Central and Prospect
Mountain is in the eligibility section
of it, uh we've spelled out the uh
grades that are necessary to be eligible
this way. It's clear um because at each
building, this is slight difference. So
we just wanted to make sure because it's
one athletic handbook for all of our
system. So
>> yes. So I will say um pre going to
infinite campus at bees that there
seemed to be a roadblock in terms of
coaches actually being able to get the
information. Um but that's gone away
now.
>> Correct. Yep.
>> Okay. Perfect.
>> Yes. Our our administrative assistant
who works with the coaches at all of our
schools has complete access because now
we're we have uh infinite campus for all
three schools. So it's a much easier
process.
>> Good. Um, then I'll take a motion on the
updated athletic handbook.
>> Make a motion to accept the 2627
athletic handbook.
>> um do we have updates to the EOP?
>> No. The the EOP is is the same as it has
in the past. If there's any questions
that you might have, we should go into
non-public and have that conversation.
Um, but it's pretty standard. We we
standardized it so that we each year we
wouldn't have to go through line by line
by removing names and just putting
titles and things of that nature. So,
>> but we need a motion every year.
>> Motion to accept the 2627
EOP plan presented.
>> Any discussion? Any need for non-public?
No. Um all in favor?
>> I I All right. Then we have a function
transfer from Heidi.
>> Yeah. Per policy, I can't move money um
through function in between functions
without the school board approval.
>> Make a motion to accept the function
transfer with the credit amount of
$18,46429.
>> Uh the numbers are wrong.
get two different numbers.
>> They are two different numbers. One's
1864.
Oh, I think it was just transposed.
>> Yeah, it should be the 18 646 294. Okay.
>> 646.
>> So, so did you hear that? It's the 18.
Okay, perfect.
>> We'll just revise your motion.
>> Um, do we have a second?
>> Um, just so everybody understands, this
is
when we put all of we we create a pool
for for non contract employees for their
raises. So this is a function transfer
that allows it to move from that pool
into their
>> to where it belongs.
>> Thank you Venus.
>> All in favor? I
>> And then we have our audit engagement
letter for bees.
Do you need a motion on this?
>> So you just need a motion to
>> approve it.
>> Accept and Sanderson. Yeah, too.
>> Okay. So motion to accept the audit
engagement letter per
project and Sanderson
>> second.
>> Did they add a new function for this
year or I remember in the audit
in the budget there was an additional
item?
>> Yeah, the OPED, the Gazsby
that is in here. Yeah.
>> Any other questions? All in favor? Hi.
>> Hi. [snorts]
>> All right. We have
>> a quote for um the baseball duck.
>> Yes. So, we did get another quote. Um it
is a little lower, not much. So, I'm
just bringing it to your attention if we
could. We'd like to move forward um with
getting the baseball dugouts built
before this season.
>> So, this one's lower than the one we saw
before.
>> It still is kind of pricey for
>> a dugout. What we're doing is trying to
match the softball so they look the
same. Um we did look into what you were
um referring to like the the fencing and
that what they did at Allen. pretty
expensive except it actually I think is
more. It will end up costing more than
this.
>> Um
>> it's kind of shocking cuz there weren't
even malls. But
>> yeah.
All right. I'll take a motion.
>> Is this the
the total that's per dugout or for both?
>> Yeah, it's the $18,58
>> for both dugouts. Like the two baseball
field for two. Okay.
should have been a contractor. Um,
make a motion to accept the baseball
dugout quote per
building for the $18,58.
All in favor? Hi.
>> Hi.
>> I'm happy for those kids playing
baseball because
>> I know it was a rough year with the
sometimes a tent, sometimes not a tent.
>> It was brutal, but [laughter] they had
the
just the covering like just the roof
that they had for a while.
>> Too bad that the the work that was done
here was done by the regional technical
center was kind of a donation to us. So,
yeah.
>> All right.
Good to know.
>> Yeah, something to look at in the
future.
>> Um, all right. We have a personnel
report. Um,
it looks like we need a motion for the
resignation.
>> Motion to accept resignation.
Um, Miss Hurjan, effective July 21st.
>> She will be missed. very sweet teacher.
Um, all in favor?
um, no action needed on the next one,
but we do need action needed for the
incoming professional staff.
>> Can we read them all together?
>> Do you want by line? Yes.
>> Okay, cool.
>> Motion to accept the building base
substitute for Becca effective August
24th. Motion to accept the special
education teacher Heidi Hoffman
effective August 24th. Motion to accept
grade 1 teacher Emily Jackman effective
August 24th
to accept behavioral specialist
Christina Brown effective August 24th
and to accept 78 ELA teacher Kayla
Turner accept effective August 24th.
>> Nice job finding teachers.
all right. Um, I'll now open up our
final public input. Again, if you have
input, please go to the microphone,
state your name, and keep comments to 3
>> Go ahead. [laughter] We're both
Frank McDonald. Uh live 58 Lakes Shore,
Senator Barnstead.
>> Frank McDonald. Um I live at 58 Lakes
Shore, Senator Barnstead. And um I also
drive for First Student and and Beacon.
And um just a couple of things and I I
joined the staff uh you know, we my wife
and I were away and we came in mid
session. I know there was a lot of
problems there, but maybe just a few
suggestions from what I saw. I'm a
retired boyc. I used to do bus contracts
for the old Colony Y just south of
Boston, New York City, greater New York.
Um and um some of the things I noticed
was that there wasn't assigned seating
all the time in the buses just for a
transition. Cell phones were allowed
usage. I also drive for multiple
districts, so Louden schools don't allow
cell phones. That's a big difference on
the buses. Um and I think you have a lot
of turnover from as most of the the
staff are retired people like myself who
are driving. So um it would make things
from a management perspective a lot
easier. again assigned seating um no
cell phones and then and uh as far as
transitions when you're dropping off
it's very important and I know that the
Barnstead Elementary is under
construction but there were multiple
times when we'd pull up and we would be
there for like 20 minutes so that it
really tough to manage the children when
they're on you know sitting on the on
the buses so that's just one thing the
other thing is I commend you with the uh
elementary the barn elementary school
I've actually owned owned a home in for
25 years in u instead and I think it's
really exciting. I I see it as a really
a community center. Um again I'm a a
YMCA retired exec. I'm just wondering
what you have going you know with the
recreation department maybe as far as
like uh after school enrichment because
that's a great opportunity to engage all
the kids. I know I, you know, I drive
charters, sports charters, and I do
field trips, and I did a whole bunch
this past year with the New Hampshire
cooperative, you know, out in u uh uh
Hampton Beach, etc. And, you know, the
kids are so excited to do this
extracurricular stuff. So, I'm just
wondering what's happening right at the
school because not all the kids play,
you know, they don't they all don't make
the, you know, the the the the the barn
that the team, the baseball team, the
various teams, but it's an opportunity
uh uh to do some after school stuff, you
know, like basketball, intro to
basketball, music classes, etc., etc.,
especially with the new facilities, you
know, it gets just engages the kids. So,
but that's uh that's basically it. And
uh again, thanks Thank you.
>> Good evening everybody. Frank
Bermananti, 118 North Barnstead Road uh
Barnstead, New Hampshire. I had a
question uh regarding I understand the
uh building inspector has submitted a
letter of uh the new school. I don't
want to use so basically some electrical
and mechanical I'll call them concerns.
So, I was wondering and then I also
found out at the select board meeting
last night that those concerns have been
addressed and also the uh contractor has
uh is going to make some repairs or
whatever the case may be. So, my first
question is I'd just like to see is
there anything any documentation of what
the uh inspector wrote and then what um
the contractor is doing to resolve the
issues and how do I get that
information?
>> So, we don't answer questions during the
public input. With that being said, I'm
jotting down some notes. So after the
public input, if there's anything we can
answer, I will.
>> Okay. And my last name is Banti. B R A M
A N T E. Perfect. Thank you.
>> Hi, I'm Sher Bowden and uh South
Finstead Roads, the address. I'm
thrilled to see you here. Thank you. Uh,
obviously a [clears throat] big problem
here and I'm sure you have great ideas
and I'm thrilled to see you here. I wish
you
>> the most success. I really do. Yeah. Um,
that being said, uh, I am a little
concerned. Um, the special education
representative doesn't seem to be here
today. Is that correct? Was he not able
to make it? the gentleman that was here
at the last meeting.
>> He doesn't always attend.
>> He doesn't always.
>> He always supplies a report, but he
doesn't always attend in person.
>> Okay, great. [music]
So, I'd like to see a little more meat
out of his report. Uh, with a 25%
uh
student
amount of students that are in special
ed or coded or needing special
assistance, behavioral, reading, math,
science, whatever their needs are. I'
I'd like to see a little more out of
that particular role. So, I'm not sure
if that comes at the direction of my
elected officials or if it comes from a
our new superintendent. Welcome, by the
way. Congratulations. Um, so I just I
wanted to put that out there because I
think it's very important uh along with
the curriculum which I'm sure is going
to make a a big difference uh in the
next few years with the students um to
do something in terms of reducing the
amount of special education students
that we have in the Barnstead Elementary
School by providing them whatever it is
that they need according to their IEP
and making sure that they are getting it
and that they are improving. And I know
I remember you at the um the candidates
night and I hope that uh you're getting
your sea legs under you a little bit
because you had a lot of great things to
say and I and I'd like to see some of
that uh thought about and discussed
openly with your fellow board members.
Um, so on that note, uh, I'll leave it
at that for now, but special education
clearly is something that we do want to
get as many of those kids resolved and
moved along and and into the mainstream
with the regular curriculum that will be
going out to streamline these kids to
get them ready for Prospect Mountain.
So, um, on that note, I'll I'll end with
that. Oh. Uh, one last thing though, the
total number of students that you had
mentioned, um, some quick math. Are we
at like 350 students in the elementary
school or did I do some
>> Yeah, I did I did some quick math
myself?
>> 357.
>> 357. That's what I thought. And so
that's a considerable drop. Actually,
it's
>> So that doesn't include um prek.
>> So it would be higher.
>> PreK's across the street, right? It's
still normally included though. It's
part of the elementary.
>> Okay. And and do we have a number for
the prek?
>> We do.
>> Is it 50?
>> Well,
>> that could be a fluid number, too.
>> Yeah, he can work on getting that. Is
there anything else? Uh well, depending
on what he says for a number, uh my next
question is uh where we've just seen and
and I know it's fluid. I get that it's
fluid. We may start out with 357
and then
>> 22. Okay. So, that still brings us well
under the 405 or 406 we had at the end
of the school year last year because I
was at that meeting and I remember that
number. Um but we are talking about
Pittsfield possibly. There's some
[clears throat] talk. I don't know if
that will even be this year, but um we
looking at classroom sizes here at all.
Are we able to do anything? You I know
we've done some hiring. I'd just like
that to take to be looked at as well in
terms of, you know, I'm all for small
classroom size if if our curriculum is
getting what needs to be done. And so,
um, I'll just leave that, uh, at that
note, but clearly a definite decline in
student enrollment. So, I'm taking note
of that. Thank you very much.
>> Steve Bowden, 479 South Bondstead Road.
Uh, heard this week that there were,
like Mr. Vermonte that you had some code
violations at the new school and uh got
me to wondering, you know, I I
understand the code enforcement folks
going from the state as well as our
local code enforcement officer, but none
of those folks can be there all day
long. Um
so he was able to pick up on something.
Obviously, it was repaired because you
can't get a certificate of occupancy
until it is. Uh but it got me wondering
um you know I've worked in uh
administration for municipal
administration before we commissioned a
$33 million school $25 million
wastewater treatment plant $10 million
roundabout and uh a new water tower.
Don't know the number of that. I think
it was around [snorts] $7 million.
Point being that every single one of
those projects had a clerk of the works.
They were there all day long and they
kept an eye on the contractors to keep
them honest. All due respect to the
contractors, I understand they are
acting as the clerk of the works, but
with all again with all due respect,
that's like putting the fox in charge of
the hen house. Honestly, folks, and you
know, I was a little disturbed to hear
that this is a what $25 million project
we're endeavoring on here. Things can be
hidden that you don't see. And if the
code enforcement officer is not there,
not that they'd intentionally hide
anything, but we've got blueprints,
we've got plans, the taxpayers should be
assured that that building is built
exactly the way it was designed in every
respect. And um you know, again, no no
disrespect to the contractors. I'm sure
they're doing a good job, but
uh you know, you trust verify was a
quote by Ronald Reagan. Um you know,
there's a lot of truth in that. So, I
understand that this very building
didn't have a clerk of the works on it.
And well, I was told either $400,000 or
$700,000 roof repair, which again, I was
told could have completely been avoided
had we had a clerk of the works.
>> We did have a clerk of the works.
>> I was told you didn't. So, okay. I'm
>> informed. I will again after public
input ends, we can provide some clarity.
>> I I I only know what I'm told. You know,
I was told there wasn't one, but uh
shame on him if you didn't catch it.
But, you know, I hope that someone's
keeping an eye on this construction. I
hope that it's more than just the state
of New Hampshire. I hope it's more than
just, uh, Fat Cusone. I hope there's
other folks going in there looking at
things, looking at the blueprints,
making sure we're getting our money's
worth. And that's all I'd like to say.
Hi there. Uh, my name is Laura Dunham.
I live at 58 um, Forget it. I live 58
Lakes Shore Drive. I just got off work
at Guntock. So, um, I was a teacher for
32 years and we did, um, restorative
justice and I thought it was awesome and
it really was helpful as long as the
teachers are on board because there were
plenty of teachers who thought it was
not great until you got them on board.
So, I don't know how you're doing the
training, but I just want to commend you
for bringing that in because it's a
really important piece to getting kids
connected to the school and to teachers,
right? So, um I was happy to hear you
say that. That's all I have to say.
Thank you. Thank you.
My name is Gary Madden. I live in Homes
Road in Center Barnstead. I am also a
selectman in Barnstead and I was part of
the school space needs committee. I'm
very proud of that committee, the people
that were on it, the school board and
the administration that worked together
to get this project, which was much
needed without a doubt. I was proud when
Milestone came in and got the project.
They were very impressive. My problem at
this point is I want to be just as proud
of them when the project is over. I've
heard there have been some issues
uh some disrespect let's say with
administration that has been apparently
resolved. So we'll let that be. I have
heard from a couple of people neighbors
and they are not let's say the
complainers. They're certainly not about
to come here, but I've heard from them
they have had a couple of issues they've
tried to talk to management down there
about and uh they were spoken to very
very disrespectfully
and unprofessional and I would like to
see Milstone pick up their game so that
we can be just as proud of them in the
end as we were in the beginning. Thank
you.
Linda Berante, 118 North Barnstead Road.
We recently had a meeting with the
tsennial
um committee for the town of Barnstead.
We'll be celebrating our 300th
anniversary next year in 2027.
I'm really hoping that both the high
school and the elementary school can
play a big part in our history and our
celebrations
um because it's something that they'll
remember for the rest of their lives.
Thank you very much.
I'm just
>> My wife just told me I can't go up
again. Um Frank McDonald, 58 Lakes
Shore. Um we are spearheading a
watershed protection. Um we received a
$100,000 grant from DEES to do that. and
and and uh as Linda was saying that on
the 300th committee for Barnstead, there
might be an opportunity here for some of
the seniors in in AP classes in bio and
chemistry to get involved with the
project. Uh we're going to start the uh
work hopefully this fall. It's going to
last for 18 months. We're doing a a
shoreline survey. We're going to be
doing chemical analysis. We have people
on our steering committee like retired
Dave Bartlett from UNH. John Haggopian
was the environmental officer at
Manchester City Airport. So, I'm just
thinking, you know, and something I've
thought about in the past. I figured
this would be a great opportunity um to
bring this up that, you know, again,
some students might have an opportunity
to get involved for extra credit down
the road. So, you know, I'm the contact
for that. And uh yeah, just wanted to
let you know. Okay.
My name is Nancy Kr and I live in
Barnstead and I'm the town moderator and
I am here to confirm that the school
will be available for the primary
election on September 8th.
>> Yes.
>> I don't know who's who.
Um, except for Unice.
>> Yeah, [clears throat] Matt just said
yes.
>> Okay. And Okay. So, you're the new
superintendent.
>> Okay. So, I will talk to you after.
Thank you. You're
>> welcome.
>> Seeing no more, I will close public
input.
Um, I would just like to say thank you
for everyone coming. Often we sit here
in a room by ourselves um and we ask for
public input to empty seats. So, it was
nice to hear a lot of um different
suggestions and feedback um in a
respectful manner because we don't
always get that either. So, I just
wanted to say I appreciate that. Um, I
also, um, so I think there's some things
that were mentioned that are obviously
like follow-up things. So I would say
some of that like stay tuned and you
might hear it at future meetings. Um,
something like additional information on
the special education report. if you
have seen any of our um past meetings
over the past few years, it's not always
necessarily um built out under special
education, but we have even prior to um
Kristen going into the this new role, we
have um done a lot of work on
assessments and interventions and um
we've brought in um I think a few times
last year we brought in um like our math
and our reading interventionist um to
provide us some real data in terms of
where we're at and how different things
that we've put in place are helping us
and in cases where we're not seeing the
needle move the way we want, you know,
going back to the drawing table to
figure out what could we do differently.
So, um you heard tonight about some
different roles that are out there. I
would say having Christine Berser on um
as a support to our teachers. Um for
those of you that don't know Christine,
she's a a bit of a legend at Barnstead
Elementary. Um she has worked there for
over 30 years at this point. Um and so
to have a teacher that has that um level
of tenure and just is exceptional
working with students is going to be
such a huge win. Um so I I would say we
recognize that there's room for
improvement. Um you can't flip a switch
and see instant change. Um but hopefully
what you guys have seen over the past
few years and will continue to see is a
real commitment at moving in the right
direction. Um
so with that I would say there were some
questions around um the building and so
it's not called and I'm going to turn it
over to Matt in a second because I'll
mess it up but um it's not called the
clerk of a works anymore. It's called
something else which he'll
>> Yes. So do you want to take it over like
that?
>> Yes. So as part of uh the the process um
in terms of funding um we are required
to have an owner's project manager our
OPM uh that's Gordon Bristol. Gordon
works for us and he's not part of the
contractors. Um so he is um an
individual who uh does a lot of work
behind the scenes and meeting with
Milestone, meeting with Turner. Uh he's
kind of our eyes and ears. he attends
the meetings uh so that we're all on the
same page. Uh when it comes to pricing
and things of that nature, he's working
on our behalf. Um so so that's really
what his role is. Uh it's a separate
entity from from uh Milestone and
Turner.
>> Perfect. And then did you want him or
yourself? I think I think Gordon because
Gordon's been working with that the
>> Gordon maybe you can um answer some of
>> questions and comments that came up.
>> No, my pleasure. And I want to uh I'll
try to talk on the side here uh to tell
you what what we've done.
Excellent comments tonight and thank you
for them. I your superintendent, we we
had a we got a letter from the board of
selectman that went to the school board
in which it brought up some concerns of
some uh inspection reports in the I
believe it was the July time frame, June
time, June 2026 time frame. So what
immediately happened is you your
superintendent asked me to independently
look at this and see what what was the
basis of of those comments. And I spent
a spent my time doing an a full
inspection report. And I want to tell
you what what we did do is we I like
looked from August of 2024 up until 720
when these uh memo came out from the
select board and I reviewed each and
every inspection report that was done by
FAB. And first of all, I'd like to say
we we have a great relationship with FAB
and FAB's been wonderful throughout
this. And when he did his report to the
board of selectment, he did exactly what
he should do. He in the mid in mid June
discovered that there was one particular
area of the building that had been
covered up and he hadn't had a chance to
uh to uh actually inspect it, which is
what he would like to do and what he's
supposed to do. So, we wanted to see is
this something that's a a deep problem
or is this some new new anomaly. So I re
reviewed every inspection report as I
said from 2024 to 2026.
His June 11th report of this year noted
some that there were some unsupported
wires. There was some formal pipe
testing that had not been prior had been
done prior to insulating and there was a
question about some uh wet insulation.
So we looked into this and found that
indeed there seemed to have been that
the three discrepancies were indeed
factual. All right. So so he had done
his his job. We wanted to see is this
something that has been going on for 2
years. And what we discovered was no. It
was it seemed to be a recent phenomenon
that had occurred in the June time
period. So we called in Mr. Fob who was
great. We called in uh the fire chief or
you have a new fire chief who was great.
We met with Milestone. We met with the
architect and basically they all agreed
that there seemed to be a a glitch that
occurred in this one particular
instance. So what I'm here to tell you
tonight is this has not been 2 and 1/2
years of things going on. It appears to
have been an anomaly. Now, I'm not going
to justify the anomaly, but I can tell
you what it what what changed in June of
this year that might make this happen.
Well, in June, you start doing what we
call summer slammers is the construction
term. And you get very busy. And during
that time, there appears to have been
two things that were supposed to be
looked at by Mr. Fab. And what occurred
was the Bendor Milestone went and took
pictures of it instead.
and went on with the construction and
that so FAB properly reported that but
again we do not see that as something
that was ongoing. What we've done is
we've said we'll have independent
testing look at that particular anomaly
and they've looked at it and see no
problem. So it's not like the sky is
falling and something's going to fall
apart because of it. I was more
concerned looking at it globally and and
so was your administration is do we have
something breaking down? It appears
again as I said three or four times now
that it was
one instance under a summer slammer
period doesn't make it right but
everybody's met now when they met they
the all the parties met they've agreed
to change the way they're going to do
business they're not going to use the
photographs we're going to do it right
and it's been going on since then and we
have checked all the reports since then
and they have all been fine so like it
or not I'm really said it 10 times This
was a blip on the screen, not something
that's indicative of what's been
ongoing. Now, just to help you folks a
little bit with testing, it isn't just
your town that inspects it. We have the
state inspectors here. We also have
independent inspectors. So, for example,
when you pour concrete, there's concrete
inspections that are done by an
independent agency. When you put steel
up, there's torquing of the steel that's
looked at by independent companies. So,
there are there are tons of inspections
that are done. It isn't just your Mr.
Fob or just the state. There's also
other ones that are done and those are
independent. They're hired by the school
to be done so that it's a third party if
you will and and I look those over. Now
I can stop there and leave it at that
and you tell me
right.
>> Yeah, it feels like that answers the
question that was brought forward. Thank
you. So it may ask a question, but I'd
still like to read the reports report as
well as the conclusion and
it's nice that he come up here and talk
about it, but I like to read report and
also read how it was rectified.
How do I go about I know
I want to go to
>> you can send me an email and we'll go
from there. Yep. Thank you.
>> Perfect.
okay. So, before we go into our
nonpublic, I just want to do um future
agenda and follow-up items.
>> We don't need hiring update.
>> Yeah, probably won't need a hiring
update.
>> Uh we'll we'll have um we'll have an
update uh from Dr. Lee and the
interventionist here uh to break down
the SAS scores a little bit more and
provide you an overview of their focus
in the first six weeks. So, that'll be
in September.
>> Anything else?
>> I'll have a busing update.
>> It sounds like from last night we'll
have like an athletic update. Yep. um
Howie, I I know um just because it came
up in public, but about um afterchool
enrichment things. Maybe if you can give
us an update of We've always offered
different things, but what that might
look like this year, whether it's
started or, you know, when it will
start.
Anything else?
All right. Um, and then this says our
next meeting is September 16th, but I
believe last night we changed that to
September 23rd. That
>> is correct.
>> Um, just so Alton, Prospect, and
Barnstead are all right in a row. Um,
and then I will take a motion to go into
nonpublic.
>> Oh. Oh, that's a good question. Um,
>> I don't know. [laughter]
>> Which one? Which one?
>> Uh, it should be Barnstead. Yeah, there
should be. Yeah, it'll it'll be in the
Barnstead library.
>> Well, the library is not open, right?
>> Will be. Yes, it will be.
>> Oh, it will be. Okay.
>> So, Barnstead Library. Thank you.
>> Not
the cafeteria.
>> Okay. Yeah.
>> All right. All right. I make a motion
that would go into non-public session
under RSA 91-8
3 Roman numeral Roman numeral 2 A and C.
>> I'll second.
>> Yeah. If you can send me the email and
>> I'll second. I give it a bind.