Windham Southeast School District Board
53 Green Street
Brattleboro, VT 05301
www.wsesu.org
NOTICE OF BOARD MEETING
The Windham Southeast School District Board will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14,
2025 – in person at Guilford Central School, 374 School Road, Guilford, and remotely via Zoom.
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AGENDA
I. Call to Order
– If appropriate, agenda items are subject to Potential Action.
– If any Board Member feels that an item on the Consent Agenda warrants discussion, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be set aside for discussion. In this way the Consent Agenda will be approved in one motion. That request should be made now – or before the vote on the Consent Agenda.
– Amendments to the Agenda
II. Student Matters
Student voices on the process of transitioning from elementary to middle to high school (Riley Bristol and Willow Sharma)
III. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
This is a time for the Board to listen and to take notes. It is not a time for the Board to respond to comments or to engage in dialogue with the public. If appropriate – the Board and Administration will work on next steps
IV. Board Matters
Announcement: BCTV Government/Education Partner Award
A. Leadership Council Updates
B. Board Sub-Committees and SU Updates
C. Update on legislative issues related to education (Tim & Jocelyn)
Legislative Update and Webinar.
D. Update concerning Board Goals and WSESD Task Force re Redistricting
(Jessica, Ruby, Kim, Tim)
E. Update on Hazing, Harassment and Bullying (HHB)
– Agency on Education (AOE) Council on HHB – Mary Gannon
F. Discussion of the role of the Board as established in policies:
– C7 Board Relations with the Administrators
– C8 Board Relations with School Personnel
G. Confirmation of the timing of Panorama Student Climate Surveys (Fall and Spring?)
H. Board Collaboration in creating Continuous Improvement Goals (CIP)
BREAK: 10 Minutes
V. Administrative Report
– Hires, Resignations, Retirements
– Update from the committee charged with evaluating class ranking on transcripts
– As per Policy C7, #3 – Update on goals and objectives for administrators for the 2025-26 academic year
VI. Fiscal Report
VII. Consent Agenda
– Approval of Minutes for September 23, 2025, September 30, 2025, October 10, 2025
Warrant of September 8, 2025
BUHS ENDOWMENTS FAST 1091 in the amount of $6,000.00
WSESD FAST 1097 in the amount of $6,053.27
SAF 1098 in the amount of $105.61
WSESD REGULAR 1099 in the amount of $252,360.09
Total Accounts Payable $264,518.97
Payroll #5 of 9/5/25 in the amount of $1,731,635.00
Warrant of September 15, 2025
WSESD ARBITER PYMT 9/09/2025 in the amount of $1,220.20
WSESD FAST 1101 in the amount of $6,149.90
WSESD FAST 1102 in the amount of $33,626.99
WSESD FAST 1103 in the amount of $808.91
CAPITAL PROJECTS 1104 in the amount of $2,127.50
BUHS ENDOWMENTS 1105 in the amount of $1,350.00
SAF 1106 in the amount of $846.23
WSESD REGULAR 1107 in the amount of $212,486.67
Total Accounts Payable $258,616.40
Warrant of September 22, 2025
WSESD CREDIT CARD PYMT
9/11/25 in the amount of $25,035.24
WSESD ARBITER PYMT 9/15/25 in the amount of $1,122.40
WSESD FAST 1108 in the amount of $2,290.61
WSESD BUILDING TRADES 1117 in the amount of $4,265.50
SAF 1118 in the amount of $3,276.42
WSESD REGULAR 1119 in the amount of $1,271,578.19
Total Accounts Payable $1,307,568.36
Payroll #6 of 9/19/25 in the amount of $1,794,813.64
Warrant of September 29, 2025
WSESD ARBITER PYMT 9/23/25 in the amount of $2,160.00
WSESD ARBITER PYMT 9/23/25 in the amount of $378.00
WSESD FAST 1116 in the amount of $11,387.07
SAF FAST 1121 in the amount of $500.00
WSESD FAST 1122 in the amount of $6,400.00
WSESD FAST 1123 in the amount of $109,567.50
WSESD FAST 1124 in the amount of $6,744.53
WSESD FAST 1125 in the amount of $1,391.23
SAF 1127 in the amount of $722.16
WSESD REGULAR 1128 in the amount of $215,977.47
Total Accounts Payable $355,227.96
Warrant of October 6, 2025
WSESD ARBITER PYMT 9/30/25 in the amount of $1,081.20
WSESD FAST 1134 in the amount of $13,580.03
BUHS ENDOWMENT 1135 in the amount of $922.00
SAF REGULAR 1136 in the amount of $872.92
WSESD REGULAR 1137 in the amount of $1,204,906.88
Total Accounts Payable $1,221,363.03
Payroll #7 10/03/2025 $1,758,803.44
VIII.. New Business
Policy and Amendment Committee presents for a 1st Reading
– F5 Searches, Seizures, and Interrogation of Students By Law Enforcement Personnel or Other Non-School Personnel
IX. Proposed Executive Session
1 V.S.A. §313 (a)(7) the academic records or suspension or discipline of students
