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Harrisville School Board Policy Meeting for Thursday, December 10, 2020 – 3:30PM Harrisville Board Members met remotely. Transcription available upon request.

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and there we go so we're recording and we're going to begin with policy EB I think we did that the board meeting oh but do you want well we only have used to prove them anyway so I guess we could if we are you're okay with them I was okay with him I think we did pretty well on them all right I will know that it is as we didn't approve him at the November meeting then I will meeting so I first policy is EB workplace program and Joint Loss Management you know and we do have a policy on record that CV joint Loss Management committee and the reason this is on the agenda was that this policy is no longer required and used to be required by the state but it's now been folded into policy ebebi which will take off in a minute which is school safety however I would recommend that we still keep it because I think there's some clarity about what Kate but if you look at it but each principles responsible for etcetera and maybe a little redundant and I just recommend we keep it and just change it from Priority to recommended cuz it is still recommended policy it's not required though bassinet what do you think cake unmute myself I think that is it's a great idea to do recommended in our small school we we often when we meet in house for safety take about 20 minutes for that in 20 minutes for joint lost so that they do go hand-in-hand good mouth going to be joining us in a minute what the change that to recommended leave it on I just recognized that it stay on the books and so they will be able to have a new date on it to that says we breathe is it at I mean there's no changes that have been made of the very few changes I think J also Campbell from the basically doesn't say anything differently but if you want to see if you'd prefer to change that's okay to it should be stop sample Plaza eBay and then it says recommended and it has two sections workplace safety and Joint Loss Management committee like I said they're both in the current policy but if you feel language is clean or we could change it Daddy can I ask a clarifying question wish you can so what you're asking is either keep it like Evie and Jay liar set up or to combine the two such as what this one looks like now what I'm suggesting is that we needed to keep the hair supposed to be on the books he'd be in Des Arc or if you want to adopt the language that the School Board Association has and that's it says sample policy EB at the top and it has a high Melody and it has two sections workplace safety and lost Mana paragraph one talks about workplace safety just doesn't have the header and a joint management committee so patient there's just changing the language a little I like the format of the the one that's broken up A&B personally I think it's between Melody we're looking at policy EB which is no longer a required policies now just recommended I'm on my way I'm recommending that you keep it and what we're talking about is if we just want to tweet the language a little bit in your knee be at the top and it says exact same but like Kate was just noting that it just has headers and she thought it was a little clearer because it has headings so shall we go with the if you want to take a minute and look and just see sample policy that's fine I'm fine either way and maybe we should do what Kate wants because she's the one that's going to enforce it hey now you're on view your auntie Melody I sorry yeah I'm fine with whatever whatever Kate wants we will do sample policy EB and keep that on the bus good all right then I said before you came on was the reason that no longer is required if is because a steak now new populations called ebebi school safety and all the required things are in this policy it's a little redundant with it when we just talked about with EB but I think it's cleaner to have both on on the record so that it you know like that you were you having a really talk about joint loss you know that's a big deal that you know I actually is a joint loss and you just want something that really speaks to that and that deposit me just talk to me that's what it and it says right on it workplace safety and Joint loss committee this new policy will say school safety talk about more stuff but it doesn't have it like a highlighting and that is a huge issue another school as Kate knows that whenever there is they have a lot of responsibilities and help me make school stay safe in Summit place where people can share their concerns and make sure that we're keeping our environment safe Woody baby again these are recommended sample policies what you have in front of you or somewhere and if you want to walk through it and look at a chance to read about it it does talk about in a while you know what the schools are responsible in in paragraph 2 and talks about policy ebca and that is not required not recommend we just scratch that because of the Senate says the general safety plan will include wide Crisis Prevention and response plan and inside each school and if the reality is Kate is required to submit an emergency plants in the state of New Hampshire every year so the policy is not required and it is just redundant and just another policy that I don't think you need to bother you know put on the box and I mean that as a state standard she has to put that as called an ELP in annually she has updated me and they're actually Estates to review them and they was same gentleman who came here to do our informal audit that we did you give us some recommendations he's lovely to work with you and just gave us last year and then he went a step further this year how big they are reading them very carefully as they should because those plans cover everything from tornadoes to to some to his I thought there and where should we keep our copies of them I'm here at the SAU off his card and electronic because if ever they were an emergency of any kind at the plan so so comprehensive that you have a response and so again I don't think the state requires it and so what I would just recommended Express required under Bob board policy if you're okay with that vaccines playgrounds all that stuff which is equally important and if you're looking at page to actually really like the way this is set up because it seems like a roadmap and you know that you know I just kind of go step by step by step what you know I am friends with whoever they think we should add Tapas Cooper at the border exit superintendent to develop a schools plan and yeah and if that would be maybe we should but I don't think we need to so if you're looking at each of these under number 5 again I would scratch you know the e d c because it's not required and just she can't know she has to do respond and those are all regulated by the gioi and we actually have to keep track of them and submit the state that we've done them I never 7 we would keep me because we keeping that policy and again the reason we're keeping that one though it's not required it's because it does specifically talk about joint loss committee and then you go down to number 12 we do have Jake AAA on the books and that this is a whole number deals with managing student behavior and we do have that and that's all about restraint and seclusion we just passed that one a little while ago you know we're making sure we have updated information on that so we are currently jkeaa and that's required policy number 13 ABC a is not required however there are you know your response plan again and that's where it is about that time again to stay but I think we need to have a policy there and then on the other Pages you know training and you know what and again you know that's something that's in case umbrella that she certainly would have to make sure all staff know how I mean it's all the drill should be practice like you know if you had tornado drill all those kinds of things she needs to practice the mall traffic bike safety pedestrian stuff that comes under an umbrella the last one which is a schools reporting and a statue in RSA 193 and that is a requirement that we report to the law Whenever there is a violation of the safe School act and and you know it and I think we've reviewed that at Princeville Sweden's quite a bit so I think he's very familiar with that process but again and I love the way this is set up because it just kind of like psycho road map of all the things you have to do in order to keep our school safe you need some time to look at that or how you feeling about that one I feel it's pretty Sorrows well SI language what do you think 8 I like it very clear take out the policies that are except for EB that are not required and just in those sentences with periods so on going back to jli which I was never to I believe in our gender a kind of this is with the passing of EBV this one was no longer required to be separate on EB we already have joint Loss Management so we really don't need this and so it would just recommended that the whatever it is we call it we send remove whatever is between DD and DDD okay questions on that Kate at all cuz I know your your joint boss familiar okay Darcy jli ajai alai okay sorry gets Jayla so the next one is jic which is student conduct and I just want to say in your packet Jay was very thorough this time so you got a lot of policies that what's that in okay but they were related to jic and I think she wants to have you have money and so when is the one we're going to be talking about is US conduct is day icy but related to that is j i a witch is student due process and she put that in your packet it's really nothing you need to do with that we looked at that and a year ago and nothing has changed and it's all about process I think Jay wanted you to know that we had that there was current and God love her she's so thorough she's so good chicken recite these things you know by heart you know and I know she also include student discipline and due process now that's not on our agenda we do have that and that is current as well as we did that on November 2018 and nothing has changed but Kate if you want to take a look at that at some time and if you want to revisit that we can but it's dishes nothing's changed but again it's it's one of those related policies engagement to have and the last one that fits that category is jick and that again we reviewed and that's the policy goes on forever that's what bullying one and it's a good policy 2016 the work that does predates locate and I was working with Harrisville but this is a very similar policy and all our districts nothing has changed that all came about when the bullying law and there have not been any updates since 2016 so it is okay and again Katie if you ever get a chance to review This Is Us mom policy Pride free familiar with can look at it but there's really no need to do that now it's just that I guess I J want to be sure you had all the related policies to go with it Edwina Kane I talked to you earlier this week because why are we still here you know like she was wondering if we were doing a lot more work than I figured it would sound so I think we should focus on Jay I see if that's okay and that's the simple policy of student conduct and that is a recommended policies so it's not necessarily one that is required however I don't know if you had a chance to review it I do think that there is some good connections that are made in a very simple way with my man in or just talk about the due process all of those kinds of things and it's a very simple policy to follow it is a recommended policy but at the way it's set up just it's so easy to read it and I feel as other policies can be very complicated again required so if you don't want to do it we don't have to but I think we should include it or do you say Kate yeah I I guess I don't eat I was trying to be a double-dyed to get my head I don't see any harm in including this I do appreciate the parent notification section young it does align with is related to a few others that we've already previously spoken about some that would be fun to include it my opinion thank you for asking now the policy one of the bosses that refers to is jic DD which I don't think J included and that one is she don't think she put that one in the packet and that one again is not required but what is in that policy I'm looking at a draft right now and it's all the same thing damaging school property alcohol all the qualities I have you no more than you have to have I mean if you want we could look at it next time or we can just take that cuz it's in the second paragraph that talks about J icdd and we could just grab that out jrc DD yep in jic he deals with the actions we have policies that govern all of that because the only action that you have to take I think that's a good idea. redundancy aicd am I correct it's just a i j i c DDS really wanted was a big paragraph to we just scratch that out all right all right so that moves us to jld guidance and counseling program and I think the reason we included that was because of that was good idea even though it's not required I do think it gives you know Kate some clarity of why we have a counseling program not that that hopefully comes up too often but I'm sure it does every once in awhile and I depart I appreciate if you look the second bullet and talks about following the ASCA model which if we certainly are falling that model on Kim Baker at Keene High School is the director of guidance Keen so many got school counselors that I will required and Keen to have a director of guidance cuz you know they have so many and so she feels that role as well as many others at Keene High School and the nice thing about Kim Baker which is amazing as she doesn't let her fence and deck at the city Lion King whatever she does is the director of guidance for the king school counselor she includes all the town councillors and and that includes hours activity and she's a Lifeline she's a Lifeline for Kate and you went and Kate certainly reached out to her a lot last year when she had some and without pretty traumatic and Floyd her her Department to Canton Wells Memorial to support the school and and everything else so you know that and Kim is adamant about falling the ASCA model which isn't it defines all of these kinds of things of how support families when there is a crisis and and I tell you she's amazing and she's just she's a very fortunate to have her in our and our system so I'm again a model of the role of a school counselor so I would recommend are doing it even though it's not required it just makes some clarity about why we had the program fortunately in Harrisville we have dealing with what's that has been scrutinizing but you never know when I turns going to come and as you know in some of our neighboring districts why do you need this what you need that for and what they do and it's nice when you have something that is in writing to back that up I don't see any harm that looks good that sounds good if we can support okay so we'll put that one in and the next one is Ja ABA behavior management gets I think that's the behavior management intervention and then went to the board meeting and we passed it so guys okay with it should have been on the agenda but that buy us all right all right this one is jld BB and the heavy one the suicide soon as I get into law year ago and you know there was a family that had a tragic suicide and was really lobbing with a state to have a law governing it and then it's required Now by law and it's a pretty heavy lift for districts and are doing our best to comply to require that all staff all staff are trained in suicide prevention and. wire that they be Point people and protocols again Kim Baker has been instrumental in trying to lead this charge but it is it's a great it's a great policy and it's great law as it's it's unwieldy didn't see how we're going to implement it it just a few examples what we decide to do on that November 3rd day at as you know from the meeting is to do suicide prevention trying to get the bulk of our staff done and we still have probably 10% of our staff that have not been trained yet and then to 15% and by March 20th I think it is we're supposed to have them all trained so and then you think about the turnover and your staff right now there isn't yet hopefully organizing online classes that can be done. That's the way to do it but at least it will give people some information but right now nobody's the belted online program oh but it is a heavy left but it is required and again you know why good the whole I would recommend going with the King School District this is one that can Bakery set for King and has not passed from King yet but they're not done but it does align with all the things in the sample policy that are required adjustable language is a little clearer better in my opinion on that as well but I just think some of the languages do an apple apple is just a little clearer the king one I don't think it came on fast I'm not bossy I read through the quinoa and it looks looks like they put a lot of work into it and it outlines things well so that would be my vote in a better you know what the third and fourth page I think that really helps it's the definitions of decency going to strike language to use you know it's kind of you guys appreciate the story you know because on November 3rd we did everything remotely so my granddaughter lies it was listening to the training cuz Mary was doing it at home everybody was home doing it and most everybody knows our bandwidth we were actually appreciative of people doing it from home so that we were sure would be able to have everybody online at the same time so it was Mary's home watching the suicide prevention training Eliza's eavesdropping is no reason why she so you know she she doesn't you know that she has a couple friends but you know she can hang out with but you know pictures aren't physically being very careful these days music world is not been happening other than does online and she can entertain herself in fine so she's asking all these questions and Liza pipes up and goes mom aren't you supposed to come right out and asked me and my as I thought about suicide which is what they say in the training don't Beat Around as you know we need to do it in and let's talk about that how to get help and you know how to you know what time I know that you're in trouble and it but it's kind of you to say I'm not asking for me I'm asking for a friend so it's a very important policy so you're good with it though the king one and just change it to Harrisville have you talked to it okay yes please thank you very important one. All right so that takes us to reporting the girl an abuse and I'm not have not wisdom ever done this before but you do not have a draft of a policy Kate and I talked to her earlier today and so she knows and the Keen policy in a manual Jaden Ford that I think all she put in your packet was the sample policy from the School Board Association and that is way too skimpy for my guys like it will do you know that will read this and that but I want to show you if I can and just tell me if it comes up or not this is new to me to be sharing with a do you see the policy right now taking a minutes the richest can you see it okay I can put the little small. You can blow it up a little bit please yes I have not done this resume I am real good at it Google can you still see it okay or do you want bigger okay good so the what's the policy the King has done and what it looks to me as his marriage then things that need to be in it better required but it's taken some of the good things from Aerosoles old palsy 1980s would actually all the districts have the same policy so that's why it looks so familiar and tells a guy skate and on what to include in a report and I think you know like what adjusts the the sample policy was getting it but it just says you need to report blah blah blah it doesn't give you enough information on how you go about reporting so this one gives you the details gives you the numbers I'm so that you know if if it's less than k grouting designee we're filling in and they need the information I can go the policy and find it all and talks about if you need help with this slow me down if I'm moving too fast and it does talk about you know usually dcyf will require a written report again not always something that why are you even a sorry about that just went back with Sonia let me know when you're ready I'm ready okay Mel yep okay so then you know the again principal action on receiving it most it's very clear what they do and most schools system by which staff report in the sense that talks about the principal and sometimes is the school counselor but that way it doesn't it's not you know we're all mandatory reporters but in school system is best if you have one Point person because a lot of times cuz it's privileged information there may have been a report at the previous year that the teacher doesn't know about because that doesn't travel with the kid you know it's not like next year's teacher knows about dcy report from the previous year but the principal in the school counselor would know and in a minute I'll get to the record-keeping so even when there's a change in principles that information is available but all staff are not privileged to knowing about reports and stuff this protected by FERPA so I think this you know what most schools like to have it that principals like to know or require their staff to let them know about a report and then usually will make it for the the teacher and again it is time sensitive so if there is a written report I mean the British supposed to be immediately Everett and food for it says it's made to the superintendent with 24 hours I'll show you what we do require it is it is just a mess skip ahead just to show you that what we require is that the principles we can keep this kind of report and and the reason for that and they keep it on you know and keep it current and up-to-date there is your notice no names on it we just want to be sure there's a record of every report that's made and there are every principal keep what they call confidential files to keep you no records of all the details I'm going back to see right here is where we left off but thank you and again you know there it just talked about gives more details about lots of times there's some bowling what happened to making sure people are you no other laws or policies are being enforced you know that could be related to a report does talk about up above to law enforcement sometimes you know if you see when you make a report like for example the kid disclose that someone had sexually assaulted them and their family or something then they may he know it is required that that be reported to the law if you know it not our job to prove anything our job is to only report and so that's a dcyf Santa Ana very clear and again we're not required to prove anything which is very important for families to know because that's dcyf and places job our job is to report talks about signage or notification and again making sure that you know that is very clear that if it supposed to students and I think you know this is the kind of thing Kate that probably you know bulletin board you know that your older kids know that they can report and I know when I was in your shoes I had set is it disclosed and also I think that's part of your coincide called that training that you do that I don't know you don't use Women's Health I mean don't know how you do that but training for orchids to know that just glows you do that annually right Kate we do we've just recently purchased the Second Step come home at Dove deep stop yes yeah that's very good I forgot that you guys have done that that's very good and indicators and just talks a lot about privacy and and say Fidel is very important just know that they can disclose and then the training were required to do which you know Kate now is very good about and leave you were just telling me Cape that you had dcyf actually do the training this year last March I think now probably last February now they came out and is there any part that you need me to show Slow Down Show more about nah I'm good so that you can see the difference in the detail and and are doing cuz I just think of another very very important policy and that we want to be really clear on what's good k80 K through right all right so that will take us to 5043 oh no we also so we'll be resending our old policy or whatever replacing resend and whatever the right term is which is 2000 as a way of the numbers policies that will be replaced by JLo hey and so that just leaves us with 4th 5043 in j help me come up with a letter for it because there this is a policy just for Harrisville no one else in the world has it and so we pick three letters that don't go in with anything else so it does fit in the G category of the end book called and booked and I don't know if there's anything you need to change it does still provide it's not running a before program at all call and she's looking at doing a online after program which you guys will hear about in a couple weeks more about and certainly in the future wanting to run after school program however I think you should leave it in there in case there is need and they don't have to do another policy and it doesn't hurt to leave it there and I don't think Kate when I look case going to be talking with a budget process about reorganizing how we do the after-school program a sneak preview here and I don't think this is his contract if you guys agree with it it doesn't contradict anything to do what and still allow you to do everything you wanted to do okay. Have a question on page for are those rates of pay 2019 I think I'm not sure that that's what we have in our budget so I'll just want to make sure that that's updated yep that's a good Tampa changed in the budget process of if indeed you wanted a change gate has a policy and its really that's more like a procedure that goes with it it is the procedure that goes with it you know those are the ones that kind of should be looked at budget process anyway pull that card out cuz this is not governed by the hea CPA that's why you have because it's outside of the collective bargaining agreement As You Are so again I mean we just put a letter on it and if you're good and you look like you have a question I guess I just would I think I'm just hung up on the procedure so I just need some more time to make sure the language in that matches of what you know we have offered and what we intend to offer the fuse stop about we just suggest policy and procedure by process I would I could what are you guys thinking and clear I think whatever language is not contradicting yourself in one in the other thank you. Comes to finances because people don't forget if you offer them all and you give them list so that gets us to the wow we did okay questions or anything else so do you want the to come back and looked like Emma at the board meeting and we'll have the our goal days that I do is to have these in a final draft for the board meeting for you to review that's next week Wednesday next week days in church 16th and I know it's her goal I'm not no promises to be able to do that so that would be great books they're still there still at the SAU right I believe they're on the table what you want me to bring them out to Harris how are you offering I am in my second job is harris-stowe wealth memorials mailman or mail woman I have to be so nice turn off Twitter on my way home I should have picked up everybody's but it was Friday afternoon dinner for you to oh yeah perfect wonderful computer when does don't lie there like a little later than just this one to leave at like 2:45 release at 3 but I'm usually here till. I 539 the white car in the papa do you want me to put it on I don't want to put out those still snow airports do you want me to just put it in that Garage on trash bin right on the left has very dry and safe and forgot. put it right on there and if the cat jumps out of The Barn at you I just throw her back in the barn the cat that you took in what day should I pick it up whenever you want will it be there tomorrow I guess I'll just leave it at all and I'll put it on out there and you can just pick it out thank you yes not a problem yeah I'll just put it right there on that is all you'll see is just right down its you can't see it from and got to pull in the driveway to see it I think j's got the driveway pretty cleaned up so yeah but he's put a cat thing you know in the garage door and when she thinks someone's come oh my God she Barrel. She did a great job but she of the barrels out thinking you don't let her in the house not going to happen with John Jay he's fat burn for her he's going to keeping it up 45 and he's got all these shell on window so she can look out I'm not kidding and now you don't have to go anywhere but you know she likes to be in the house so she hears something pull in the driveway. she runs zodiac if that doesn't work we have I know Todd will be at the bakery tomorrow night so we can drop the the book off there too so that's fine and I will get it to you and thank you sounds good Chad Neal next Wednesday evening. That was the highlight of the evening remote enough oh yeah yeah by the way in the minutes are going to replay Claire moved and Melody second and you've all agreed to movies forward to the board meeting as soon as possible I'm good all right yeah it is what it is all right guys getting no thank you but thanks for your work appreciate it have a good night goodbye

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