Peacham Elementary School
EMAIL: info@peachamschool.org
PHONE: 802.592.3513
MAILING Address: PO Box 271, Peacham VT 05862
FAX: 802.592.3517
SHIPPING Address : 340 Bayley-Hazen Road, Peacham VT 05862

 


Peacham School Board

The School Board has the responsibility of insuring that all Peacham students receive an education. Specifically, the Board oversees the operation of our pre-K through Grade 6 elementary school, and works through Caledonia Central Supervisory Union (CCSU) to pay tuition for students in Grades 7-12 to attend middle and high school. Students have their choice of secondary schools, and are currently enrolled in a variety of public and independent middle and high schools in the area.

Peacham’s School Board has three members, each elected for a three-year term. The terms are staggered, with one vacancy being filled every year at Town Meeting. Regular Board meetings take place the second Monday of the month at 6 p.m. at Peacham Elementary School. Meetings are open to the public, and attendance and participation are welcomed. Topics at these meetings range from infrastructure issues such as building repair or equipment acquisition, to questions of staffing, curriculum, policy updates and budget. The Board works closely with the Principal and Superintendent for input and consultation on these and other issues.

To contact the School Board, you may call any of the current members:

Jo Anne Post, Chair                 592-3221
Wynne Browne, Vice-Chair    592-3545
Jean Dedam, Clerk                  592-3278

The latest School Board minutes along with the most recent archives of minutes are available online as a PDF documents. See the links below.


Latest School Board Minutes: March 31, 2008

Archived Minutes:


March 10, 2008
February 18, 2008
January 14, 2008



Peacham School Board Community Planning

Like many other towns across Vermont, Peacham has experienced a decline in student numbers over the last decade. In response to this situation, and to the changing statewide environment for school funding, the Board and a number of community volunteers are engaged in a series of discussions to help determine whether our current model of providing education is still appropriate, or whether changes should now be considered. Four workgroups are meeting from the spring to the fall of 2007, examining different approaches to structuring education in Peacham: keeping the school as is with possible cost-cutting measures and/or initiatives to increase enrollment; collaborating and/or merging with a neighboring school district (Danville or Barnet); closing the school and offering school choice from kindergarten through high school; and expanding the elementary school to include seventh and eighth grades. The website includes documents from this process, beginning with results from a community-wide meeting in January, 2007; minutes of the monthly meetings of the entire Planning Group; and minutes from the individual workgroups as they are filed. Please note that workgroup minutes reflect ongoing discussions, and do not necessarily represent the views or findings of the School Board as a whole.

At the first community meeting on January 21, 2007 Winton Goodrich from the Vermont School Boards Association moderated a "Peacham Community Dialogue" to consider the future of education in Peacham. The minutes of this meeting and all additional community meetings are available below.

School Community Forum
Presentation of Final Drafts of all Workgroups
Minutes 10.28.2007

Minutes of Previous Meetings:

September 9, 2007
June 24, 2007
May 20, 2007
April 22, 2007
March 24, 2007

January 21, 2007

All interested persons are welcome. In addition to these larger community meetings, five standing committees have been established (see below). These committees/workgroups schedule and post their own meetings. Committee meeting minutes are available online as a PDF documents. See the links below:

FY 08 Budget Figures
Cost per Student at the Peacham Elementary School

Expansion:
       Committee Report - DRAFT
               Report Summary
               Parent Survey Results 2007
               Budget

       June 6, 2007       
       May 17, 2007

       April 4, 2007

Revision of School As Is:
       Committee Report - DRAFT

       August 14, 2007

       June 18, 2007
       May 7, 2007
       April 11, 2007

Collaboration/Merger:
       Committee Report - DRAFT
               Attachment 1
               Attachment 2
               Attachment 3

       April 10, 2007       
       May 8, 2007

       July 10, 2007

School Choice:
       Committee Report - DRAFT
               Appendix B
               Appendices C-F




   
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