WINDHAM SOUTHEAST SCHOOL DISTRICT
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,
August 12, 2025 in WRCC Cusick Conference Room 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 [10 minutes]
III. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items [10 minutes]
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. Request from Deb Gass for Board approval for the following: [5 minutes]
– Head Start Non-Federal Waiver Request for Approval
– One-Time Supplemental Funds for Nutrition and Healthy Eating for Head Start Children and Families Submission for Approval
V. Board Matters (45 minutes)
[Reminder: As of 6/24/25 minutes the revocation date is August 15, 2025 for the Board to resume approval of hiring.]
A. Leadership Council Updates
– Suggestion that Board Members participate in Orientation for LC Chairs
B. Board Sub-Committees and SU Updates
C. Update on legislative issues related to education (Tim & Jocelyn)
Legislative Update and Webinar. RSCA Motion from 7/8/25 minutes.
– Develop a plan for a Community Forum with legislators to ensure transparency, accuracy, and urgency related to Act 73
D. Board assignments: Committees, LCs, and SAC
E. Evaluate the rotation of board meetings – to meet at different school sites
F. Evaluate the 3 Summits as a means of communicating information across 3 boards
G. Update re Board Goals (Kim, Tim, Jessica, Ruby)
H. Development of a Board Calendar and District Calendar
– Board volunteers to work with Administrators in creating the District Calendar
I. Discussion of Board oversight as it relates to Harassment, Hazing, and Bullying
– Board request for detailed data for each site
– Board’s communication with the AOE Advisory Council on HHB
Board’s Letter to the AOE and the AOE Reply
J. Review the Board’s annual commitment to the VSBA: Board’s Letter and VSBA Reply as well as a VSBA Follow-up to 6/23/25 zoom call concerning VSBA advocacy regarding H.454, now Act 73. VSBA Resolution as per 5/27/25 minutes.
VI. Administrative Report
– Hires, Resignations, Retirements
– Other Business
VII. Fiscal Report
VIII. Consent Agenda
– Approval of Minutes for June 23, 2025, July 8, 2025, July 22, 2025
Warrant of July 7, 2025
FY26 BUHS ENDOWMENTS FAST 1000 in the amount of $1,087.50
FY26 WSESD FAST 1006 in the amount of $35.00
FY25 WSESD FAST 1007 in the amount of $31,057.78
FY26 WSESD FAST 1008 in the amount of $108,397.56
FY26 WSESD REGULAR 1010 in the amount of $1,667.98
Total Accounts Payable $142,245.82
Warrant of July 14, 2025
WSESD CREDIT CARD PYMT 6/30/25 in the amount of $2,695.61
BUHS ENDOWMENTS FAST 1011 in the amount of $16,991.50
FY26 WSESD FAST 1015 in the amount of $19,155.00
FY26 WSESD 1017 in the amount of $11,943.29
FY25 WSESD 1018 in the amount of $45,368.21
Total Accounts Payable $96,153.61
Payroll #1 of 7/11/25 in the amount of $1,476,828.92
Warrant of July 21, 2025
FY26 BUHS ENDOWMENTS FAST1022 in the amount of $11,937.00
FY25 SAF FAST 1023 in the amount of $1,108.00
FY25 WSESD FAST 1024 in the amount of $7,126.94
FY26 WSESD FAST 1025 in the amount of $13,807.85
FY26 REGULAR 1026 in the amount of $158,825.36
FY25 WSESD 1027 in the amount of $32,818.05
Total Accounts Payable $225,623.20
Payroll #1.5 of 7/18/25 in the amount of $1,814.97
Warrant of July 28, 2025
FY26 BUHS ENDOWMENTS FAST 1028 in the amount of $9,157.00
FY26 WSESD FAST 1029 in the amount of $64,420.80
FY25 WSESD FAST 1030 in the amount of $3,261.52
FY25 WSESD FAST 1040 in the amount of $4,959.50
FY26 WSESD REGULAR 1041 in the amount of $65,251.56
FY25 WSESD REGULAR 1042 in the amount of $24,556.75
Total Accounts Payable $171,607.13
Payroll #2 of 7/25/25 in the amount of $1,511,266.00
Warrant of August 4, 2025
FY25 WSESD FAST 1044 in the amount of $737.95
FY26 WSESD FAST 1045 in the amount of $3,422.63
FY26 BUHS ENDOWMENTS FAST 1046 in the amount of $9,085.33
FY25 WSESD FAST 1047 in the amount of $1,650.00
FY26 BUHS ENDOWMENTS FAST 1048 in the amount of $1,080.00
FY26 BUHS ENDOWMENTS FAST 1051 in the amount of $1,000.00
FY25 WSESD FAST 1052 in the amount of $3,217.49
FY26 WSESD FAST 1053 in the amount of $5,196.98
FY26 BUILDING TRADES REGULAR 1054 in the amount of $5,858.38
FY26 WSESD REGULAR 1055 in the amount of $157,650.05
TOTAL ACCOUNTS PAYABLE $188,898.81
IX. Unfinished Business
X. New Business
