School Board – Aug 12, 2026

What was decided

The meeting covered fund balance, heating and cooling work, CESA, and a possible merger study. The group adopted a federally required policy on drug and alcohol testing for transportation employees. Two items were tabled, and the August superintendent's report was accepted.

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Agenda

The agenda covers policy adoption and readings on drug and alcohol testing for transportation employees and tobacco prohibition. It also includes HVAC and fund balance updates, a merger committee representative, and an executive session on pending or probable civil litigation.

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  • Discussion of recent community activities
  • Board presence at the Welcome Back Family BBQ
  • Discussion of City-WSD joint meeting date (10/19 or 11/02)
  • Discussion of CESA update
  • Discussion and action on assigning a representative to the Merger Committee
  • Public hearing and adoption of a policy
  • Policy B4 Drug and Alcohol Testing of Transportation Employees: second read and approval for adoption
  • Policy first read of B7 Tobacco Prohibition
  • Discussion and action on final board retreat agenda
  • Discussion and action on internal monitoring report
  • Discussion of fund balance update
  • Discussion of HVAC work update
  • Discussion and action on August Superintendent's Report
  • Consent agenda: June 10, 2026 meeting minutes, approval of bills, City-WSD MOU, dissolution notice of the Heart of Winooski Foundation
  • Executive session under 1 V.S.A. § 313 (a) (1) (E) on premature public knowledge and pending or probable civil litigation

Meeting details

Where
WSD Library Learning Commons or via Google Meet

From the posted agenda, as read by AI. The agenda is the official notice; check it before you go.

Terms used here

consent agenda
Routine items, such as minutes and reports, voted on together in one motion without discussion. A member can ask to take any of them up separately.
executive session
A part of a public meeting closed to the public. Vermont's Open Meeting Law allows it only for specific reasons, such as lawsuits, contracts, or personnel matters, and no final decision may be made in it.
tabled
Set aside by a vote, to take up later. A tabled item comes back when the board votes to take it off the table.
VSA
Vermont Statutes Annotated, the state's laws (also written V.S.A.).

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About this page

Summary written by AI from the minutes posted by Winooski School District (opens in new tab). Checked against the city's PDF. Check the original before relying on it. How summaries are checked

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The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.

Minutes posted on Google Docs (PDF, 227 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved .

Summary written by AI from the agenda posted by Winooski School District (opens in new tab). Checked against the city's PDF. Check the original before relying on it. How summaries are checked

The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.

Agenda posted on Google Docs (PDF, 106 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved .

This meeting is listed in more than one place: the same board on the same day, and only one listing gives a time. The listings are shown here as one meeting.

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