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Hillsboro-Deering Cooperative School District board meeting, Oct 19, 2026

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What happened at this meeting

Hillsboro-Deering school board sets 6 PM start for deliberative session 2:01:55

  • A district staff member presented financial reports showing a bottom line of $948,239 and said the state was paying 80% of the special education aid owed. 13:59
  • A speaker asked what the worst outcome of holding a forum would be, and a speaker proposed working this week on a statement and possibly an infographic. 49:15
  • The board approved the remainder of the consent agenda 5⁠-⁠0. 1:54:12
  • The board voted 5⁠-⁠0⁠-⁠0 to start the deliberative session at 6 PM. 2:02:06

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Item by item (15)
  1. Opening and correspondence 0:52
    • The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, and a staff member read a letter from another school board thanking the district for considering ways to give that board's students access to classes. 0:52
    • A speaker read an email from a constituent asking whether Hillsborough representatives on the board intended to pursue changes to the school funding formula. 2:43
    • No one spoke at public comment. ~4:43
  2. Student report 5:00
    • A student reported on school activities, including a science initiative at the elementary school, a book fair and a can-recycling contest at the middle school, and PSATs at the high school. 5:00
    • The student said 22 seniors painted parking spots as part of a new tradition at the high school. 5:00
  3. Superintendent's report 7:26
    • A staff member said auditors were on site last week and that the police detail requirement was waived for the high school homecoming dance and the middle school Halloween dance. 7:26
    • The staff member said the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association is expanding into middle school sports this spring and that membership would bar a school from competing in any other league. 8:22
    • A presenter said the law requires 2 hours of training a school year for all staff. 12:13
  4. Grant report and financial reports 13:59
    • A staff member asked to move the full grant report to the November meeting and said Hillsborough and Washington were in the green on this year's risk assessment. 13:59
    • The staff member said the district budgeted $80,000 in special education aid but expected about $64,442 because the state is paying 80 cents on the dollar. 17:03
    • The staff member reported deficits of $66,030 in substitutes and $15,217 in water and sewer and said spending was being frozen. 22:05
  5. Budget planning and insurance rates 26:09
    • A staff member said the AB20 health plan rate increase is 10.7%, the site of service plan increase is 13.5% and dental is 1.9%. 26:41
    • The staff member asked the board for direction on its budget priorities. 29:12
  6. Public communication and HB 1300 statement 30:09
    • A speaker said a long version of 750 words and a short version of less than 300 words of a statement on HB 1300 had been drafted. 31:09
    • A staff member recommended that the chair run any statement past the board's legal counsel. 36:47
    • One board member said there was still value in doing something in person with a livestream, and another board member said there would be value if the board had the capacity and time. 56:35
  7. Joint chairs meeting report 1:01:21
    • A staff member said the joint chairs met on the 23rd of September, finalized the MOU and will meet next on December 1st. 1:01:46
    • The staff member said action steps included investigating a transportation study and identifying potential shared positions. 1:03:07
  8. Coaching policy first reading 1:05:10
    • A speaker said policy GEA sets stricter eligibility criteria for coaches and adds a rubric for assessing them. 1:05:20
    • A speaker said this was the first reading and the second reading would come at the next meeting. 1:07:30
    • A staff member said that once the safeguards are in place, the staff member would be willing to rescind a memo the staff member wrote. 1:08:53
  9. Committee updates and facility use waivers 1:11:01
    • A staff member said that under a petition article from March, the board is no longer the agent of the maintenance trust and cannot access the funds without a vote of the legislative body. 1:11:29
    • Lindsey Boyle said the wellness committee meets next Monday. 1:17:40
    • A speaker said facility use waiver requests were separated from the consent agenda for individual votes, and a staff member said waived custodial fees are paid from the general fund. 1:18:15
  10. Adequacy grant apportionment 1:19:23
    • A speaker said Article 22 was a petition article that the board did not submit or endorse. 1:19:41
    • Several speakers said they did not see a need for a change at this time. 1:25:24
  11. Deliberative session planning 1:27:48
    • A speaker proposed starting the deliberative session at 6 instead of 7, with a board meeting at 5. 1:27:48
    • Speakers discussed offering babysitting at the session, and a staff member raised liability. 1:30:12
  12. Setting budget priorities 1:33:10
    • A speaker said the board wants to look at the maintenance trust as part of setting priorities. 1:33:10
    • A staff member said the professional recommendation is not to negotiate a new busing contract right now and said the technology department is understaffed. 1:37:09
    • Speakers raised expanding preschool programming and surveying the community. 1:45:15
  13. Delegate assembly report 1:49:43
    • Chris Bober said the continuing resolutions the board voted on all passed. 1:50:11
    • Chris Bober said the School Board Association's strategic plan will move legislative advocacy to every other year. 1:50:45
  14. Consent agenda and minutes 1:52:51
    • Chris Bober asked to pull the public minutes from the consent agenda. 1:53:09
    • Chris Bober requested corrections to the minutes, including changing couch to coach and correcting how resolutions were labeled. 1:54:18
    • The motion to pull the minutes passed, and the remainder of the consent agenda passed 5⁠-⁠0. 1:54:12
  15. Action items 2:00:39
    • Public comment was opened and closed at 8 o'clock. 2:00:48
    • A speaker changed the item to an appointment of people to work on a letter and infographic regarding HB 1300 and called for a vote. 2:01:17
    • The board took up a motion to approve a building waiver of $65 for Kid Adventures. 2:02:36
    • The motion to start the deliberative session at 6 PM passed 5⁠-⁠0⁠-⁠0. 2:02:06

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