Courtland Booth

“A motion was made by Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth, for CSC”

“Mr. Booth thanked his colleagues, students, teachers, and leadership”

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“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth”

“seconded by Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth”

“A motion was made by Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth shared a list of items that represent significant increases over the prior year, recommending tighter management on some of the non-student facing and non-academic areas.”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth noted Mr. Noce's time and energy given to the Concord Nanae affiliation as well as the Instrumental Music School after school program.”

“Mr. Booth asked that the SC see the RFP”

“Mr. Booth noted his concerns on the February 6, 2024 agenda, including the abbreviation of Mr. DaRosa’s remarks and the reference to the CMS name during the comments section made prior to the vote.”

“Mr. Booth recommended looking into vehicle charging during the process.”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth”

“A motion was made by Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth asked the SC to revisit the minutes of October 10, 2023, providing a handout of suggested edits. A motion was made by Mr. Booth, seconded by Ms. Rainey, to amend Action Item IV. D in the October 10, 2023 minutes, as stated in his handout.”

“Mr. Booth stated that he was opposed to moving the article.”

“Mr. Booth, aye”

“A motion was made by C. Booth”

“C. Booth asked that T. Marano share C. Rainey's comments with Dr. Hunter.”

“C. Booth, aye”

“A motion was made by C. Booth”

“C. Booth, aye.”

“C. Booth also requested rigorous first year assessment and reflection.”

“C. Booth asked for athletic numbers and a specific outline of funds spent on athletics.”

“C. Booth asked for athletic numbers and a specific outline of funds spent on athletics.”

“C. Booth thanked the specialists for their clear passion and asked what amount of time students are on screens.”

“C. Booth thanked the specialists for their clear passion and asked what amount of time students are on screens.”

“C. Booth asked how many restroom units are necessary for the amenities building.”

“C. Booth”

“A motion was made by C. Booth”

“Second, C. Booth.”

“C. Booth noted that he believes the Town and Schools goals should be pushed against fiscal realities and aligned priorities.”

“Seconded by C. Booth.”

“C. Booth second”

“C. Booth moved that The Concord School Committee will enter into Executive Session under Purpose 3 of the Open Meeting Law: To conduct strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the Concord Teachers Association and return to Open Session.”

“C. Booth aye”

“C. Booth asked if there would be post-graduation job opportunities”

“C. Booth seconded the motion”

“C. Booth asked if this process of selecting finalists is a referendum and an accurate reflection of counting votes.”

“Booth-aye”

“C. Booth made a motion”

“C. Booth moved the motion to declare the buses surplus as outlined.”

“C. Booth moved a motion to approve the CCRSD FY 24 Quarterly Reports and Transfers”

“C. Booth thanked the co-principals for the shared information on CCHS and asked about new resources that have been brought in this year, which they would like to see embedded into the school.”

“C. Booth questioned the title, as this plan is the 2010 plan that has been reaffirmed.”

“C. Booth moved the motion.”

“C. Booth confirmed that he does not believe that much emphasis can be placed on the Campus Advisory Committee, as the report from 2018 did not chart out exactly what the SC is moving forward on in 2024.”

“Mr. Booth”

“C. Booth seconded the motion.”

“C. Booth thanked the team and their support for helping them get to this victory.”

“C. Booth confirmed that the Concord Teachers Association meeting has been set up to discuss contracts through mid-April.”

“C. Booth”

“C. Booth asked if the annual grant can help with FY25.”

“C. Booth questioned the numbers as to why the total does not equate.”

“C. Booth asked if the infrared should be an operating expense and if this is a backup to existing fire protection.”

“C. Booth asked about the $900,000.”

“C. Booth asked about the Thoreau campus study.”

“C. Booth asked about the panels and detectors at Alcott.”

“C. Booth asked if the furniture was picked by classroom, age, etc., and what specifically drives the needs and numbers.”

“C. Booth requested that this Budget stays on the agenda, noting that resources and funding/guidelines/date are evolving.”

“C. Booth noted that the assumption that the project would pass code and comply with impervious service requirements.”

“C. Booth discussed campus safety needs at the CMS buildings. He noted that the budget approach is that they hope they do not need the funds, but it would be there should it be needed.”

“C. Booth asked about the tractor proposed for Willard.”

“C. Booth stated that he would vote against the change because first, the current policy serves us well, second, the timing is unnecessary and unfortunate and third, not to exclude the Select Board from the process.”

“C. Booth seconded the motion.”

“C. Booth seconded the motion.”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth noted that the FTEs didn't come through on the CPS line item budget.”

“Mr. Booth asked if there was any additional information about consulting roles with regards to the budget and understanding alternative pricing with regards to bus leases should the fleet be electrified.”

“Mr. Booth asked that the document on electric buses be shared out again”

“Ms. Reed asked what the delta between the FINCOM guideline and CCRSD guidelines was and how $300,000 was allocated to E&D.”

“C. Booth requested that anything surrounding the cell phone tower be referred to as cell phone tower questions, as no decision had been made at this time.”

“C. Booth requested that the SC hold off on approving #1”

“Moved by C. Booth”

“C. Booth discussed the community's interest in the naming of CMS and that he wondered if renaming the school would become a distraction or supersede the town's policy.”

“C. Booth asked if the SC did not move forward with any decision would the town move forward on it independently.”

“C. Booth asked that Acton-Boxborough be added to the slide show.”

“C. Booth asked that Acton-Boxborough be added to the slide show.”

“C. Booth asked that Acton-Boxborough be added to the slide show.”

“C. Booth asked that Acton-Boxborough be added to the slide show.”

“Mr. Booth stated that he was not speaking for the SC, but noted that the SC had not thoroughly discussed the recent work done on the capital plan recommendation by the Superintendent. He stated that he would like to have these conversations.”

“C. Booth asked that the offset state funding be added to the fiscal presentation.”

“C. Booth agreed and stated that with less than 10k in the savings, he suggests another column added to the fiscal spreadsheet.”

“C. Booth requests that the next budget meeting be scheduled”

“C. Booth stated that two members of the SC (C. Booth and A. Anderson) supported engaging in attorney”

“C. Booth confirmed that the slides in question have historically been drivers and the information is visible there.”

“C. Booth confirmed that the slides in question have historically been drivers and the information is visible there.”

“C. Booth notes that he believes the SC has heard sensible arguments”

“C. Booth questioned that there have been no changes in the policies since the first read”

“C. Booth asked if the generating and sharing of ideas about budget directions would move toward the Administration before the Administration makes its first recommendation to us or if we are strictly in a reactive mode.”

“C. Booth asked if the generating and sharing of ideas about budget directions would move toward the Administration before the Administration makes its first recommendation to us or if we are strictly in a reactive mode.”

“C. Booth asked if the generating and sharing of ideas about budget directions would move toward the Administration before the Administration makes its first recommendation to us or if we are strictly in a reactive mode.”

“C. Booth for both, aye”

“C. Booth agreed with C. Rainey”

“C. Both for both, aye.”

“C. Both for both, aye.”

“C. Booth asks why legal counsel was contacted before the SC considered the town policy for naming town Buildings.”

“C. Booth asks to read 2 sentences from the town record”

“C. Booth asks to read 2 sentences from the town record”

“Mr. Booth noted that charging for the lights should be included in the rental fee schedule.”

“Mr. Booth stated that he was not a supporter of zero based budgeting, noting that it hasn't fundamentally changed cost control efforts, noting that the value of a guideline gives a "do not exceed". Regarding capital, he noted that solar at CCHS was being discussed.”

“Approved by C. Booth”

“C. Booth confirms his continued participation as the representative for CPS”

“C. Booth moves to accept the report”

“second C. Booth”

“C. Booth reads 'Carlisle Regional School committee vote to support the use of the formula landfill space at CCHS for a track and that has commenced efforts to develop with a private partnership for this endeavor.”

“C. Booth suggests that rather than ask the Town for the 2.3 million, he suggests that we request design money with a warrant article first.”

“C. Booth moves to amend 'to request through the Warrant for design money' in order to make this a multi-year effort with time for more involvement by the two towns, with feasibility and design occurring first”

“C. Booth”

“C. Booth moves to accept the report as given by B. Conry noting no transfers”

“seconded by C. Booth”

“C. Booth notes for public records”

“A motion was made by Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth asked Ms. Anderson to ask FINCOM if the effort to bring a singular budget equated with a single guideline budget”

“Mr. Booth stated that the schools should be interested if they receive a demonstrable interest from the track community.”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth stated that he would like to hear more about the possibilities of a site at the MBTA”

“Mr. Booth noted the Community Education trips, noting that they should comply with the district's policy.”

“Mr. Booth suggested asking the high school personnel to see if they had an opinion about adding a potential map/key to help navigate the entire campus.”

“Mr. Booth suggested asking the high school personnel to see if they had an opinion about adding a potential map/key to help navigate the entire campus.”

“seconded by Mr. Booth”

“A motion was made by Mr. Booth, seconded by Ms. Rainey, to approve the CPS and CMS Handbooks”

“Mr. Booth asked where the numbers for overall staff students stood and if there were any concerns with class sizes.”

“A motion was made by Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth asked to remove the Staff Child Request from the consent agenda.”

“Mr. Booth asked to remove the Staff Child Request from the consent agenda.”

“Mr. Booth suggested that the SC plan how to maintain the successes they have had going forward”

“Mr. Booth noted some changes in staff names that needed to be made and asked to review corrected copies before approving.”

“Mr. Booth asked if the SC could build the budget book creation into the calendar.”

“Mr. Booth asked if the SC could build the budget book creation into the calendar.”

“A motion was made by Mr. Booth”

“A motion was made by Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth”

“A motion was made by Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth”

“seconded by Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth”

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“Mr. Booth noted that CCHS expects students from Nanae in the fall.”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth recognized Mr. Rhames, Assistant Business Manager, noting what an extraordinary contributor he has been.”

“Mr. Booth”

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“Mr. Booth thanked Mr. Nyamekye and asked if the reporting form was as an empowering tool”

“Mr. Booth”

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“Mr. Booth stated that conversations about naming the school were starting to occur around town, as well as the timing of the intended opening and the 250th recognition for the town.”

“seconded by Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth asked if Verizon had ever looked at the solar farm near CCHS”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth noted that they are not saving any money, but just reducing the request.”

“Ms. Rainey and Mr. Booth questioned the slide that referenced giving money back to the town in 2021, stating that this is a practice that has to be done.”

“Mr. Booth stated that the Human Rights Council held its Holocaust memorial on Sunday night, noting that it was very well attended. He stated that he was on the 2229 Main Street Advisory Committee (committee formed to monitor the process leading to the cleanup at Starmet, formerly Nuclear Metals, Inc., that is now a Superfund site) as a citizen of the town, but would be able to keep the SC informed as to what was happening in terms of the ultimate use of the property.”

“A motion was mad by Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth, Ms. Rainey, and Ms. Rankin voted nay on the motion”

“Mr. Booth noted that "Proficient" was a high bar according to MASC”

“Mr. Booth noted his concern over the community perceiving that the SC took advantage of an error at the townhouse.”

“motion was made by Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth noted that Ripley was going to be occupied by other town departments, was a town facility, and is the most energy inefficient building. He asked what was envisioned in terms of government involvement in laying out a use case for Ripley to inform a facility assessment.”

“Mr. Booth”

“A motion was made by Mr. Booth, seconded by Ms. Rainey, to approve the cost center transfers at the 1000 level, as presented.”

“A motion was made by Mr. Booth, seconded by Ms. Rainey, to approve the cost center transfers at the 1000 level, as presented.”

“Mr. Booth stated that Ms. Novak from MASC had recommended it.”

“Mr. Booth stated that Ms. Novak from MASC had recommended it.”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth noted that there was a small turnout at the coffee held at the library”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth stated that the budget and capital plan conversations should be kept separate.”

“Mr. Booth”

“Mr. Booth recognized Mark Pauley from MMN”