Weathersfield School Board
School Board Members
| Holly Rheaume, Chair 154 Cemetery Road Weathersfield, VT 05089-9671 (802) 674-5660 |
Nathalie Whitney 1 Stardust Circle Windsor, VT 05089 (802) 674-2423 tabornat@adelphia.net |
Jeff Locke, Vice Chair 237 Drumlin Rd. Perkinsville, VT 05151 (802) 263-9557 locke@mail.tds.net |
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Weathersfield Mission Statement
Weathersfield strives to make available to all students a sound basic education in the traditional scholastic disciplines. Opportunities for enrichment are offered through academics, athletics, and in the arts. We are dedicated to providing for our children a safe, well-maintained place in which to learn, a sensitive and academically superior faculty, and a motivational framework to encourage them to their highest level of achievement. In order for our schools to both reflect and lead our community, we seek to promote a healthy discourse among parents, community members, students and staff. It is our intent to encourage and reinforce the ideals of personal and social responsibility, and to nurture in our students are respect for themselves and an understanding of others.
School Board Meeting Ground Rules
In an effort to have successful meetings, we have adopted ground rules for all of us to follow. Please:
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raise your hand and be recognized before speaking |
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direct all comments only to the chair person of the board |
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allow others to finish what they are saying |
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respect everyone's right to an opinion |
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talk in a normal conversational tone |
Suggestions and Concerns
Should you have a concern or suggestion involving the schools that you wish to communicate, there is a "chain of command" which should be followed:
Step 1. Employee involved
Step 2. Building Principal
Step 3. Superintendent
Step 4. School Board
If your concern is not resolved at one step, then move on to the next step. We believe that following these steps in order is the best and most direct way for communication.
School Board News
2004-2005 School Year
The board annual retreat took place on Wednesday, August 23rd. The agenda covered:
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Goals for 2004-2005 |
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Updates on WES oil replacement |
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April conference date |
SCHOOL BOARD - Meetings take place the 2nd (WES) and 4th (WMS) Mondays of each month from 7-9:30 PM.
Meeting Schedule for the 2005-2006
School Year--
all meetings are held on Mondays at 7 P.M. unless otherwise noted.
| September | WMS | Regular Board Meeting | 7 PM |
| October | WES | 7 PM | |
| October | WMS | 7 PM | |
| November | WES | 7 PM | |
| November | WMS | 7 PM | |
| December | WES | 7 PM | |
| December | WMS | 7 PM | |
| January | WES | 7PM | |
| January | WMS | 7 PM | |
| February | WES | 13 | 7 PM |
| February | WMS | 7 PM | |
| March | WES | 7 PM | |
| March | WMS | 7 PM | |
| April | WES | 7 PM | |
| April | WMS | 7 PM | |
| May | WES | 7:30 PM | |
| May |
WMS |
10 AM - 7 PM |
School Board Completes Self-Assessment - 2002
The Weathersfield School Board heard from Winton Goodrich, of the Vermont School Board Association, about its self-assessment survey in February 2002.
The board went through an exercise to learn how each member could contribute to the board as a whole. In addition, several key points were brought to the board's attention from reviewing the survey results. They were:
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Staff Communication |
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Planning (3-5 year) |
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Policy Work |
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Mentoring New Board Members |
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Equity in Curriculum and Co-curricular Activities |
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Focus on Student Achievement |
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Well-being of Students |
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Using Data to Make Decisions |
The top three issues on which the board will focus are:
Staff Communications, Short & Long Term Planning and Updating of Policies.
These issues relate very closely to this year's goals:
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Update the Board Policy Book |
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Work on joint Board and Staff goals |
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Continue to explore the possibility of a single school |
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Evaluation of the School Board by an outside resource such as the Vermont School Board Association. |
Weathersfield Elementary School