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Individual town meetings have been designated to have town residents learn about the consolidation/reconfiguration project, provide input, ask questions, and receive answers. These meetings will be held in person, with no online participation. Please see the dates and times below.
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Our continuing commitment in the Consolidation/Reconfiguration project is to be open, transparent and inclusive with the residents of all ConVal member towns. In accomplishing this commitment there are two interrelated activities that are currently becoming ready to take place:
1 Individual town meetings.
The Individual town meeting is important to attend. It has been designed to have town residents learn about this project, provide input, ask and receive answers, and participate in this important activity etc, This meeting will be hosted by Prismatic Services This meeting will be an in-person meeting with no on-line participation. .
Each town will have their own town meeting (see schedule below).
2. On-line survey.
This survey has been made available and is now live until October 6. You can participate in the survey by clicking here. All town residents are asked to respond to this online survey. Prismatic will be seeking input from those with children currently in ConVal schools as well as those without. All responses will be held confidential by Prismatic and only aggregate results will be shared with district staff and public.
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Your School Board has formed the Strategic Organization Committee (SOC) to embark on an open, transparent, community-involved review to completely analyze our physical environment.
The goal of this committee is to determine the best possible, educationally rich, safe, socially responsive, community sensitive, financially responsible, and organizationally sound physical model while providing for enhanced diversity and cultural understanding in support of our ConVal community and students.
ConVal supports 11 physically separate schools: eight elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school. Our school population has been on a steadily decreasing track with ConVal now having approximately 1,993 students with a capacity for 3,530 students as of November 2022. Our school capacity far exceeds our current enrollment, and enrollment is not expected to significantly increase in the foreseeable future. The latest demographic projections suggest a very small growth in enrollments over the next decade.
We are in the process of selecting an outside organization that is experienced with activities like this from working with other school districts and states. The selected organization will provide their expertise and assist us in this project. We have issued a Request for Information, received replies, selected three organizations to receive our Request for Proposal and will shortly select our partner organization.
The key to this process will be community engagement. We will have as involved partners in our committee: community members, parents and students, Select Board members, School Board members, ConVal District Administration, teachers, and staff.
The SOC will be holding Community Forums and individual community meetings to share, discuss and receive input. We will produce a report detailing the committee’s work and determined proposals in proposing a redesign for the district.
There can be more than one viable approach recommended. Any change to the number of active elementary schools will require a 2/3 public vote to amend our Articles of Agreement.
We expect this critical activity will take approximately 6 months to complete once we select and engage our partner organization.
It is important to note that we do not enter into this activity with a preconceived notion of what, if anything, should be done. We proceed with open minds fulfilling our mandate to provide the most educationally rich, cost-effective, safe, and responsive environment for our students and community.
We will keep all updated.
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The ConVal School Board has been wrestling with a seemingly intractable problem for many years. All 11 ConVal schools are significantly under-enrolled. This negatively impacts the students, causing educational inadequacies and inequities.
It also negatively impacts the taxpayers, who are paying to operate these underutilized buildings. Additionally, the School Board has concerns about the high cost of maintaining safe conditions for students and staff in so many buildings. Conversely, the Board is acutely aware of each town's concerns about any changes to the status quo. Lastly, another issue related to this issue is ConVal's ability to hire and retain qualified academic staff.
But the reality is that the School Board doesn't have the authority to determine what should be done to address this problem. School Board Chair Dick Dunning notes, "Because of the 1967 Articles of Agreement, the voters have to approve any changes made to our elementary school structure. And it has to be approved by a 2/3's majority."
So the School Board decided to hire a consultant to examine the issues facing ConVal and how best to move forward. Prismatic Services, the company selected, has extensive experience working with school districts in planning their futures, including here in New Hampshire. Prismatic will be analyzing our district and gathering input from our nine towns over the next several months, and issue their recommendations in December.
"We wanted to go with an outside consulting company like Prismatic Services so ConVal residents would have an objective evaluation of our district's issues," said Mr. Dunning. "And then we as a community have to decide if we want to move forward with their recommendations."
"Prismatic Services will host a meeting in each town at a time and place to be determined by Town leaders.", said Dr. Tatia Prieto, President and founder of Prismatic Services. "The meetings will be scheduled for September and October. The objective of the meetings will be to gather input from town residents about the district’s current school configuration and possible reconfigurations.
Prismatic has designed the meetings to allow residents to provide input via a variety of formats, including written responses to posted questions, prioritizing different options, short videos, and sharing with Prismatic Services consultants. Residents will be able to provide meaningful input in their preferred format, even if they only have 15 minutes to drop in."
In addition, Dr. Prieto said that Prismatic Services will be conducting a forum online in which all ConVal residents will have the opportunity to give their input. Residents will be able to respond to posted questions, view the responses of others, and respond to those responses. This forum will be monitored and moderated by Prismatic Services.
Finally, Prismatic Services plans to gather information through an online survey. The survey will give residents a third opportunity to share their thoughts about the current status of ConVal and its future.
School Board Vice-Chair Alan Edelkind is excited about what he sees. "We are about to enter a strategic school reconfiguration journey, with the goals of bolstering education quality, fostering community collaboration and optimizing our resources.", he said. "Recognizing that transitions can be challenging, we have asked a consulting firm, Prismatic Services, to carefully analyze our district, gather input from our nine towns, staff members, parents, students, and community members and help us create an educational environment that prepares our students for lifelong success and strengthens our community."
The School Board has stressed to Dr. Prieto the importance of listening to the ConVal community in drafting their report. Mr. Dunning said, “We are committed to community engagement and developing a sense of unity, and we hired a consulting company who shares that commitment."
"Our student population is shrinking, we now have just under 2,000 students with empty classrooms throughout the district," continued Mr. Dunning. "This is unsustainable and not the best use of our resources or best learning environment. The time has come to gather data, analyze and come up with a plan to ensure long-term sustainability of our educational programs and facilities."
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Dear Fellow Community Members,
The ConVal School Board wishes to thank you, the voters, for your continued support of our students, staff, and programming. Even three feet of snow, power outages, and a delayed vote could not stop your dedication to our community and our schools.
Voter approval of the 2023-2024 operating budget ensures a continued excellent and supportive education for the children of our district. For the Board and administration, this was a months-long process, developing a budget that is both educationally sound and fiscally responsible in financially difficult times. We also appreciate your support of all remaining articles, from the building capital reserve trust fund to the health maintenance trust fund.
Please help us welcome both new and re-elected School Board members: William Bryk (Antrim), R. Michael Hoyt (Bennington), Thomas John Kirlin (Francestown), Dan Harper (Hancock), Greg Kriebel (Peterborough), and Jim Fredrickson (Sharon).
Thank you again for your support. For a .pdf file with detailed results, please click here.
The ConVal School Board
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The ConVal School Board wishes to remind residents of the 9 district towns of the upcoming interactive community forum the board and district administration are hosting in-person and online.
The forum will take place Monday, March 6, from 6-8 p.m. at the Lucy Hurlin Theater at ConVal High School, and will also be accessible via live stream.
The forum will feature four presentations highlighting different aspects of the budget development process and will detail the budget figures that are most consequential for the community to know. The presentations will include a layman’s view of the budget, an explanation of the budget process, an overview of significant budget drivers, and highlight the goals and initiatives of the proposed budget and detail how property taxes are impacted by the School Budget.
Throughout the evening, there will be opportunities for the in-person and online audiences to ask questions. Each question will be answered by the presenter or by a member of the School Board or Administration. Attendees will also have an opportunity to ask questions on district-related topics other than the budget
The live stream will be done as a YouTube event that will be available as it happens, and a recording will be accessible after the event concludes. To view this forum via live stream at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 6, click here (https://www.youtube.com/c/ConValEvents) and select the “2023 March 6 Community Forum” video from the list of available videos.
To send in a question via e-mail please use Forum@conval.edu.
Ahead of the forum, community members are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the work that has been done already on the development of the budget by clicking here (https://schoolboard.convalsd.net/budget/).
At the conclusion of the forum, attendees will have the opportunity to meet and speak with board members and district administrators.
To view the agenda for the forum, click here.
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The ConVal School Board is pleased to invite stakeholders to an upcoming community forum, where they will have the opportunity to engage with the board and learn more about the district’s work with students and the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
The forum will take place Monday, March 6, from 6-8 p.m. at the Lucy Hurlin Theater at ConVal High School and will be accessible via live stream.
“We believe in providing a venue where the ConVal community is engaged and informed and all can discuss, share knowledge, and talk to each other about topics of mutual interest,” School Board Chair Janine Lesser said. “These forums are a way for our community to stay connected with the District and have an active role in the work we do, so I’m hopeful our community will take part.”
The forum will feature four presentations highlighting different aspects of the budget development process and will detail the budget figures that are most consequential for the community to know. The presentations will include a layman’s view of the budget, an explanation of the budget process, an overview of significant budget drivers, and highlight the goals and initiatives of the proposed budget and detail how property taxes are impacted by the School Budget.
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The live stream will be done as a YouTube event that will be available as it happens, and a recording will be accessible after the event concludes. To view this forum via live stream at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 6, click here (https://www.youtube.com/c/ConValEvents) and select the “2023 March 6 Community Forum” video from the list of available videos.
To send in a question via e-mail please use Forum@conval.edu. Ahead of the forum, community members are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the work that has been done already on the development of the budget by clicking here (https://schoolboard.convalsd.net/budget/).
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by Janine Lesser
Chair, ConVal School Board
The day to vote on the 2023-24 ConVal budget is March 14th in your local polling place. All households in the nine towns in our regional school district will receive an annual flyer with the budget and the warrant articles, and information on your voting locations and times. We sincerely hope you will make the commitment to vote for the school budget on the 14th — our students are counting on you.
We all know it’s crucial we make good decisions. If you have children enrolled in the district schools, if you are a community-oriented person who believes in investing in our children, or if you are simply thinking about real estate values and taxes, the school budget vote makes us sit up and pay attention.
But the issues are complicated and straightforward, understandable facts can sometimes be hard to come by. The ConVal School Board would like to offer some information that we believe is important to your decision. The Board has posted a series of articles on the ConVal School Board website. The information includes the proposed 2023-2024 budget, a PowerPoint including highlights of the proposed budget, the warrant, a sample ballot, an explanation of the trust funds, and information on how property taxes are determined. You can find that information here: schoolboard.convalsd.net/budget.
There is a Community Forum on March 6th at 6:00 PM in Lucy Hurlin Theatre, whose subject will be the proposed budget. The Forum is live-streamed at this link: youtube.com/c/ConValEvents. You will be able to find the recording on YouTube, after March 6th. You can also contact your school board representative with questions, those representatives are also listed under the school board link.
The ConVal 2023-2028 Strategic Plan is now finished and approved and moving into implementation. You can find the plan in the "Quicklinks" section of the ConVal website under the heading "District Strategic Plan 2028."
Included in the proposed budget is the ability to begin the work of reaching our identified student-centered outcomes. The increase in the budget is at 1.35% — an accomplishment during these challenging economic times. Kudos to the school and SAU administration: their hard work and ability to balance student needs and taxpayer limits was accomplished through skill and creativity.
Public education is facing challenges across the country. ConVal has fared better than most but the ever-decreasing state funding and an onslaught of legislation and unfunded mandates present serious barriers.
Despite this reality, our schools continued to gain recognition and awards. In academics and the arts, last year alone, the ConVal High School Choir won a Gold Medal and the ConVal High School Band won a Platinum Medal at the Great East Music Festival (well-deserved!!). A ConVal High School student won first prize at the New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival, “Everest to End Duchenne.” Juniors and seniors achieved: 15 AP Student Performance and 4 Scholars With Honors Awards; 4 Scholastic Writing and 35 Scholastic Arts Awards; 2 National Merit Scholarship Commendations.
The GBS and SMS Robotics teams respectively won First Place and participated in the World Championships in Dallas. A ConVal Applied Technology Center student garnered the Best Overall Project award from the New Hampshire Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIANH).
ConVal students also demonstrated good citizenship, winning the First Prize in the American Legion Oratorical Contest and the DAR Good Citizen Award. Two high school students received the Peter R. Marsh Foundation Silent Servant Award in the fall.
Our sports teams brought home their share of honors as well, among them the Division 3 State Championships, Middle School Girls Cross Country, teams A & B; SMS Boys Soccer, 2nd in Tri-County Championship; ConVal High School Lacrosse WMUR Hometown Hero Award; Athletic All-State Honors for ConVal High School Boys Soccer, Golf, Girls Field Hockey, Soccer and Volleyball; the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Sports Awards (ConVal High School Soccer and Volleyball); Keene Sentinel Player of the Year Awards Soccer and Volleyball; Keene Sentinel Player of the Week Honors Boys Soccer, Football and Girls Volleyball. And just weeks ago, two Cougar alpine skiers qualified for the NHIAA Division II Meet of Champions.
Our staff are great, too, and were recognized for their excellence this past year: ConVal staff received the School Librarian of the Year Award and the New Hampshire Society for Technology in Education Technology Impact Award. The Applied Technology Center was recognized by the New England Association of Woodworking Teachers with the Program of the Year Award. ConVal High School's soccer coach received the Division II Soccer Coach of the Year Award, and a Great Brook School teacher was a semi-finalist for the honor of New Hampshire Teacher of the Year.
Beyond classroom learning, our students enjoy expanded educational opportunities with a variety of community and state-based organizations: the Harris Center for Conservation Education; Lab Girls; the Cornucopia Project; and New Hampshire Fish and Game.
There are cooperative partnerships with the New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation (NHHEAF); Keene State College; the Community College System of New Hampshire; Upward Bound; Career Day; and Stem Fest UNH.
Our students are matched in Extended Learning Opportunities (ELOs) and internships with a wide variety of local employers. They engage with service organizations like the Rotary, the Lions Club, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. They also regularly connect with local emergency management departments, fire departments, and police departments; local libraries and senior centers; and community organizations like the River Center and the Grapevine.
In addition to classroom visits by a wide variety of local artists, such as writer-illustrator Marty Kelley and Cy Montgomery, our students also get to expand their physical education and movement skills through artist–in-residency programs like those offered by the Wunderle's Big Top Adventures Circus and the New Hampshire Dance Institute (NHDI).
Music enrichment activities are provided by Monadnock Music, the Temple Band, and Electric Earth Concerts. At the high school level, student writers and photographers gain valuable experience through their collaboration with the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript by editing and publishing "The Link." And for those who are interested in serving as first responders in their communities, ConVal offers EMT training, scenario-based firefighter training, and LNA certifications.
All of these expanded learning opportunities are designed to help connect our students to the nine towns that make up ConVal, explore the rich cultural resources in our district, and offer them pathways to their future careers.
Again, the budget for which we are asking support is conservative: the operating budget has a 1.35% increase over the current year’s budget. In the face of declining state revenues, the school board fully recognizes both its responsibility to taxpayers and to the children and families of these nine communities.
The need for an education that prepares our students for the rigors of independent and informed decisions and action in our democracy has never been greater. The Board is fully invested in comprehensively addressing one of our most pressing problems — managing the cost of education while maintaining excellence and equity in education for all students.
We hope that you agree and vote yes for the budget.
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by Jim Fredrickson
Chairman, Budget & Property Committee
ConVal School Board
This final article will review how the school budget is used to calculate the “local education” portion of property taxes in the nine towns in the District.
Specifically, we’ll look at your final FY22 tax bill that you recently paid. That will help you understand why you cannot simply use the % increase in the proposed FY23-24 school district budget to estimate the impact on your next tax bills.
For the detailed document (8 pages) on this issue, please click here.
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by Jim Fredrickson
Chairman, Budget & Property Committee
ConVal School Board
The Chairman of the ConVal School Board Budget and Property Committee wishes to share a document that addresses Warrant Articles 2-7 that are related to ConVal Trust Funds.
For the detailed document (3 pages), please click here.
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Individual town meetings have been designated to have town residents learn about the consolidation/reconfiguration project, provide input, ask questions, and receive answers. These meetings will be held in person, with no online participation. Please see the dates and times below.
Town Meeting Dates
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