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NOTICE OF BOARD MEETING
The Windham Southeast School District Board will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 in the WRCC Cusick Conference Room.
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – Kristina Naylor
On Tuesday, November 19th, 2019, an election will be held by the Windham Southeast School District (“WSESD”) in the four towns of the district, Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Putney. Citizens of the towns of the WSESD will have the opportunity to vote, by Australian Ballot, to approve or reject proposed amendments to the Articles of Agreement, the bylaws governing the WSESD. Vermont allows voter registration up to and on the day of an election. Early voting begins October 30th, 2019.
Four questions will be presented to voters:
England-born, Oxford University-educated Rupert Wates has released nine acclaimed solo CDs. Since relocating to the USA, two tribute albums to his material have been made by musicians in Nashville and Los Angeles, and he’s won dozens of songwriting awards. He’s been a fulltime songwriter since the late ’90s, when he signed an exclusive publishing deal with London-based Eaton Music.
Wates prefers the up-close intimacy of small listening rooms over large venues and festivals to perform his eclectic mix of acoustic, melodic art/folk flavored with jazz, vaudeville, and cabaret. Stage 33 Live is honored to host the final East Coast date before his tour heads to southern states.
Early/absentee ballots for the Special School Merger Election to be held November 19, are now available in the Brattleboro, Town Clerk’s office. Anyone wishing to vote prior to November 19 may apply for an early/absentee ballot until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 18.
Early/absentee ballots may be voted in person in the Clerk’s office, mailed to the voter by the Clerk’s office, picked up by the voter, or if a voter is in need can be delivered to the voter’s residence by two Justices of the Peace. All voted ballots must be received by the Clerk before the polls close on election day in order to be counted. For more information or to request an early/absentee ballot call 251-8157.
A poem inspired by today’s world headlines.
spinning toward election
lawmakers reject proposal
fighters have left
forces captured
crisis turns violent
protesters pack square
NOTICE OF MEETING
The Windham Southeast School District Amendment and Policy Committee will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 5 at the WSESU Central Office, 53 Green Street, Brattleboro.
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 9:30 a.m. – Kristina Naylor
II. Approval of October 15, 2019 Minutes
Brattleboro VFW Post #1034 At 40 Black Mountain Road will be Hosting a Bingo for the Brattleboro Firefighters Benefit Association Sunday, Nov. 10th. Doors open at 11 am. First game starts at 1 pm.
No outside food or drinks allowed, but both will be available for purchase inside, including homemade goodies!
November Showings
GOTTA GIVE A LITTLE, LAUGH A LITTLE: THE STORY OF LIFE
NOVEMBER 4th
Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy – 10:00 am
NOVEMBER 18TH
Starring: Irene Dunn, Barbara Bel Geddes – 9:30 am
The Vermont Jazz Center received a generous Arts Impact Award from the Vermont Arts Council and further support from the Windham Foundation to sponsor its second annual Emerging Arts Festival. This weekend’s activities will include a Jazz Walk during Brattleboro’s first Friday Gallery Walk. Seven different student groups will perform jazz music in five venues. The Festival will also include a Saturday afternoon workshop and evening concert at the VJC with renowned Cuban pianist, Harold López-Nussa and his quartet.
See below for schedule.
The Vermont Jazz Center is excited to present pianist Harold López-Nussa and his all-Cuban quartet on Saturday, November 2nd as part of the VJC’s Emerging Artist Festival. This event is being held in memory of the VJC’s dear friend and generous patron, Jonathan Flaccus, whose passion for Cuban music and classic bebop as well as his generosity in assisting those in need has had a great impact on the Jazz Center. This is a rare opportunity to hear the López-Nussa Quartet live, as they are based in Cuba and are coming to the VJC as part of a tour that will take them to seven venues on the East Coast as well as performances in France and the United Kingdom.
Thanks to an Arts Impact Award from the Vermont Arts Council, the Harold López-Nussa Quartet will also be presenting a free workshop on the basic building blocks of Cuban jazz performance and style at the Vermont Jazz Center at 2:00 PM on Saturday, November 2nd. This workshop is free and open to the general public. The López-Nussa Quartet concert at 8:00 PM is a ticketed event (tickets available at vtjazz.org).
BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 10/28/19
Monday, October 28, 2019
4:00 am North Branch Nature Center – Nocturnal Bird Migration
5:00 am Juno Orchestra – Juno Orchestra 9/8/19
5:45 am Doing Life – 170 – Spiritual Vision
6:30 am Vermont Council on World Affairs – Visiting Journalist Michal Musil
7:00 am New England Cooks – Jim Romanoff and Jessie Price
Next Stage Arts Project presents an evening Americana music and art with StompBox Trio and Pumpkintown at Next Stage on Saturday, November 2 at 7:30 pm.
StompBoxTrio is a Western Massachusetts-based band that features Evelyn Harris (vocals, percussion), John Cabán (“Dobro” steel guitar, stompbox) and David Rodriguez (wood bass, foot tambourine). The trio reaches deep into the wellspring of vintage American blues, funk and soul to bring folks a hip-shaking, foot-stomping great time.
Agenda
1. Approve Minutes of 10/2/19 Finance Committee Meeting:
2. Discussion of Field Turf Improvement Project and Financial Implications:
3. Other
The Rotary Clubs of Brattleboro mark historic progress toward a polio-free world while urging the community to help end the paralyzing disease
Airing informative show on BCTV is among thousands to be held by Rotary clubs around the world on World Polio Day, Thursday, October 24, 2019
Rotary members in Brattleboro are taking action on World Polio Day to raise awareness, funds, and support to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that still threatens children in parts of the world today.
The Windham Southeast School District Board will hold a special meeting at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at the Green Street School. Purpose: VSA Title 1 § (a)(7) and § (a)(1)(E)
BELLOWS FALLS – The End Of America returns to Stage 33 Live on Saturday, November 2, co-headlining with Oshima Brothers. This is the first show of an Eastern US tour by the two bands.
The End Of America was voted Favorite New Artist at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, and won the Emerging Artist Showcase at Falcon Ridge, returning the next year as that festival’s Most Wanted band. Beck invited them to play his Song Reader album release show. David Crosby of Crosby, Stills & Nash tweeted, “they sound great.”
Kick back with your popcorn and browse your favorite channels of clown television. New England Youth Theatre proudly presents, “Clown TV!” A play written and directed by NEYT alum Doran Hamm, aided by Amy Majer, Putnam Smith, and all of the young comedians, “Clown TV! “ is uproarious fun for the whole family.
“My favorite part of the process is the collaboration with the kids. We had this concept of clown tv, which is a rich field to plant in,” says Hamm. “We compiled a bunch of different ideas, we all voted, and democratically chose the top nine options to create scene work in.”
BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 10/21/19
Monday, October 21, 2019
4:55 am North Branch Nature Center – Saving the Bird in the Bush
5:59 am Osher Lifelong Learning Institute – Eyes and Ears with Sheila Reed
7:00 am Heartline Ministries – The Cost of Betrayal
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
Come join us for a basket raffle party and chicken barbecue!
Doors open at 4pm
Dinner at 5pm
Live band 7-11pm Champagne Jam Band
NOTICE OF MEETING
The Windham Southeast School District Personnel Committee will meet at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 24 at the WSESU Central Office, 53 Green Street, Brattleboro
