Moretown School Update 3/29/19

Embracing Mud Season 

School News:

• The fifth and sixth graders have been working hard on 20% time projects. Students chose something they felt passionate about and wanted to learn more about. They spent several weeks setting goals, reflecting, adjusting their goals, and preparing for presentations. The projects ranged from make up and nails to making model RC cars.
• The April lunch menu is on the school website.  Remember you can check balances and pay through 
  https://www.myschoolbucks.com/

All that Jazz:

• Mark your calendar, the Spring Concert is scheduled for May 22 at 6:00pm.  
• We will also have our school BBQ that night!

Monster Mash

• Rock, Paper, Scissors:
• Mr. David organized a March Madness type Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament to celebrate one of his favorite new classics:

Congratulations Mrs. Auger for being our Staff Champ!

PTO

Vermonte Carlo

Mark your calendars!  Moretown and Fayston PTO’s are collaborating to have the best night out in the valley! The Vermonte Carlo night is 7:00 p.m. April 6^th at Mount Ellen Lodge (Tickets $25).  Featuring live music by The Grift, BBQ buffet,  black jack tables and silent auction (seriously amazing things!). 

If you are interested in donating an hour or two of your time to help with the set up/dealing? Please click on the link for volunteer needs and details. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E044CA5AB2CA64-vermonte2

Upcoming PTO meetings:

April 24^th 

              5:30- 6:00 Advisory Committee- Chair: Jason Marring

              6:00-7:00 PTO meeting- President:  Lindsay Staples

May 22^nd 

              5:30- 6:00 Advisory Committee- Chair: Jason Marring

              6:00-7:00 PTO meeting- President:  Lindsay Staples

June 5^th

              5:30- 6:00 Advisory Committee- Chair: Jason Marring

              6:00-7:00 PTO meeting- President:  Lindsay Staples   

A Special THANK YOU to Pam Nelson for heading up the Winter Sports Program! It was an awesome season.   We all appreciate the work and care you put into the program!

Thank you to all the volunteers that made it happen!

Community News

Summer Camp Opportunities found  here.

School Board

Subject:  HUUSD School Board Meeting Recap March 27th

Dear members of our six town community,

At our last meeting on March 27, 2019, the Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD) Board took action on the six (6) items below (listed in order of the time in the meeting when the vote occurred):

1. Approved consent agenda including: approving minutes of 3/13/19, annual meeting (3/4/19) minutes and an out of state field trip; and accepting vouchers #1193, 1194, 1204 and 1213 equaling $636,610.96
2. Adopted these 2 motions related to the work plan and prek-12 plan after discussion and amendment:
• Task the Asset Management group to review the “Getting to yes” and “Questions” worksheets, compile the data, and report back to the board;
• Task board leadership, the superintendent, and board committee chairs to develop a draft timeline for the board to review; (related to the bond and the preK-12 plan) as early as April 10th but no later than April 24th.
3. Appointed Tim Jones and Maureen McCracken to the Fayston School Principal Search Committee.
4. Recapped, discussed, and heard public comment on the Superintendent’s report and approved incorporating such report into these minutes.The report can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1157YDyP44frIp0x07Gajy781Q-Jtlsx-/view
5. Entered into executive session for purpose of discussing a grievance, because premature general public knowledge would clearly place the public body or a person involved at a substantial disadvantage. Upon returning to open meeting, no further action was taken.
6. Entered into executive session for the purpose of discussing an employee's contract, because doing so in public session would clearly place that employee at a substantial disadvantage. Returning to open meeting, the Board upheld the Superintendent’s recommendation for disciplinary action regarding an employee. The Board denied a leave of absence request from an employee.

Our next meeting is Wednesday, April 10th at 7:00 pm and will be held in the Harwood Union High School library. Starting at 6:00 pm, the Asset Management and Policy committees will meet, also in the library. Committees generally alternate meeting times and meet every other board meeting. For more information on the SMART goals that drive these committees, check the HUUSD board web page.

Please visit www.wwsu.org/huusd-board for board agendas and packets  (including committees that are meeting), detailed minutes, HUUSD Smart Goals for the 2018-2019 school year, and to find the link to watch board meetings. The direct link to watch this and past recent meetings is: https://mrvtv.com/category/school-board-meetings/.  There is also an archive of older meetings, which can be found here: https://archive.org/search.php?query=mrvtv

Thank you for your continued support and engagement.

Respectfully,

The HUUSD Board

Caitlin Hollister (Waterbury)  *Chair

Torrey Smith (Duxbury)  *Vice Chair

Hannah Clark (student rep, class of 2019)

Jonathan Clough (Warren)

Carlton Cummisky (student rep, class of 2021)

Gabriel Gilman (Moretown)

James Grace (Waterbury)

Tim Jones (Fayston)

Jake Lynn (student rep, class of 2020)

Garett MacCurtain (Duxbury)

Maureen McCracken (Waterbury)

Theresa Membrino (Fayston)

Kristen Rodgers (Moretown)

Christine Sullivan (Waitsfield)

Alexandra Thomsen (Waterbury)

Jeremy Tretiak (Waitsfield)

Rosemarie White (Warren)