Jenn Cote

The document discusses the Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District's 2024-2025 budget proposal. It addresses the changes made by the VT Legislature to the education funding systems, which necessitated a revision and reduction of the FY25 budget by 5.5 million dollars. The budget supports educational services for 2,610 students and includes details on the tax rate discount, education spending, and budget drivers such as salaries, employee health insurance, and capital projects. It also provides a comparison of the MMUUSD tax rate over five years and a three-year total budget comparison.

This document outlines the strategic priorities for the 2026-27 academic year, focusing on Technology, Transportation, School Nutrition, and Facilities. Key objectives include maintaining reliable and secure technology infrastructure, ensuring a safe and efficient transportation system, providing nutritious and appealing meals with an emphasis on local sourcing and scratch cooking, and upholding clean, safe, and well-maintained school facilities. The plan aims to enhance operational efficiency, student safety, academic support, and overall well-being across the district.

This document outlines the district's implementation priorities for the 2025-2026 period. Key focus areas include fostering social-emotional learning and wellbeing through metacognitive skill development, positive classroom culture, and trauma-informed practices. It also emphasizes anti-bias/anti-racism and equity by promoting diverse perspectives and social justice curriculum. Further priorities involve enhancing early grades literacy, implementing a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) with data-driven pedagogy, strengthening professional learning communities for collaborative data analysis, and ensuring curriculum alignment through the development of learning targets.

The committee reflected on a board discussion regarding community engagement, noting the varied ways board members are engaging with the community. Updates were shared about outreach to select boards and the upcoming budget process, including plans to publicize board discussions and invite legislators to a meeting. The committee also discussed community engagement opportunities and planned an activity at upcoming basketball games.

The committee discussed community comments regarding website accessibility and welcomed student representative Jean Young. The committee discussed Policy Governance outreach and education, including sharing resources on the website and posting a link to the policy governance podcast. The committee also discussed Front Porch Forum and planning for the upcoming board meeting regarding community engagement. Sandra will create a calendar and present it at the 11/10 board meeting. The November submission will feature the student reps to the board.