Representative
Heidi Scheuermann briefed the board on work she has been doing with the
legislature and a meeting she coordinated for board chairs and Superintendent
Wrend with several key employees of the Vermont Agency of Education, as well as
the legislative teams from both districts. Representative Scheuermann continues
to provide legislative support for Stowe and Elmore-Morristown Unified Union’s
application for an alternative governance structure under Act 46.
The
board decided on several updates to board operations policies, which will be
warned for adoption at an upcoming meeting.
The board
also began to review its Policy on Public Use of School Facilities use. A
number of community members spoke about an upcoming event on May 20 that a
community member will be hosting, which will take place in Stowe High School
but which is not sponsored by the district. This discussion will continue, as
the board fulfills the district’s obligation to honor the free speech rights of
individuals and groups using the facilities. The board will be exploring
ways to get broad community feedback on options for changes to the
facilities-use policy in the coming months.
