Thatcher Brook Primary School

Subject: HUUSD Board Meeting Recap 2/12

Dear members of our six town community,

At our last meeting on February 12, 2020, of the Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD) Board: 

• Teacher representatives of the Harwood Union Education Association presented on some possible impacts of the proposed budget on Academic Programs and answered questions from board members. 

• The board discussed protocols regarding media/public events and/or written communications of both individual board members and the full board.

• The first reading of the policy packet occured.

The Board took action on the four (4) items below:

1. Approved the following items as part of the consent agenda: Approve: Minutes of 1/22/2020; Accept: Vouchers 1177, 1187 and 1189 equaling $592,258.02

1. Approved: To direct administration to support the Board's public statement from 1/25 that a collaborative transitional team including staff will be convened and meet regularly to discuss staffing issues. 

1. A...

Subject: HUUSD Board Meeting Recap 1/22

Dear members of our six town community,

At our last meeting on January 22, 2020, of the Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD) Board: 

• The Student Representatives shared their monthly report;

• Michelle Baker, Director of Finance & Operations, gave a brief presentation on options for funds for the lease and installation of the annex at Crossett Brook Middle School and on the warnings for Town Meeting Day; and

• Nicole Mace, Esq. explained and answered questions from board members regarding the two petitions to amend the HUUSD Articles of Agreement that were submitted to the board.

The Board took action on the five (5) items below:

1. Approved the following items as part of the consent agenda: Approve: Minutes of 1/15/2020; Accept: Voucher 1175 equaling $90,652.55.

1. Approved payment of each town’s election expenses for June 9, 2020 bond vote. 

1. Amended last week’s motion to reflect the addition of the cost of the annex: a...

Subject: HUUSD Board Meeting Recap 1/15

Dear members of our six town community,

At our last meeting on January 15, 2020, of the Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD) Board: 

• Michelle Baker, Director of Finance & Operations, gave a presentation and answered board member questions on the FY21 Budget. Her report, and all FY21 budget documents, can be found at https://huusd.org/business-office under “FY21 Budget Development.”

• Board members broke into small groups to discuss how they view equity in regards to HUUSD schools, using the HUUSD vision statement and guiding questions to frame their conversations.

Please note that our full administrative team has now started to work on transition plans and we will be sharing out more details following our January 22nd meeting.

The Board took action on the three (3) items below:

1. Approved the following items as part of the consent agenda: Approve: Minutes of 1/8/2020; Accept: Vouchers 1151 and 1165 equaling $358,456.18

1. Approv...