Tuition Agreement Timeline and Process

MEETING DATES & TIMES

The Winchester Hinsdale Tuition Agreement Committee has posted its work sessions at which the draft anchor high school tuition agreement will be drafted for town and NH Department of Education approval. All of the tuition agreement work sessions are held in non-public session under NH RSA 91-A:3, II (k) until such time that the draft agreement is ready to be posted for a public hearing. All draft agreements and meeting minutes will be posted at that time.

Wednesday, February 5

3:30 – 5:30 Hinsdale SAU Conference Room

Thursday, February 13

3:00 – 5:00

Winchester SAU Office

Monday, February 24

2:00 – 4:00

Virtual Meeting

Monday, March 3

3:00 – 5:00

Hinsdale SAU Conference Room – meeting was cancelled

Thursday, March 13 2:30 – 4:30

Winchester SAU Office – moved to the Hinsdale SAU Office


COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Members of the committee include Winchester School Board members Dr. Karen Jerome (board chair) and Amanda Winchester, Hinsdale School Board members April Anderson (board chair) and Kaylah Hemlow (vice chair), Cheryl Mayberry and Jane Fortson (Winchester and Hinsdale business administrators, respectively), and Dr. David Ryan, superintendent for both school districts. Jacob Blake serves as the alternate for the Winchester team and Marc Sprague is the alternate for Hinsdale.


MEETING MINUTES

Minutes February 5, 2025

Minutes February 13, 2025

Minutes February 24, 2025

Minutes March 14, 2025


TUITION AGREEMENT DRAFTS

DRAFT #1 High School Contract

DRAFT #2 High School Contract

DRAFT #3 High School Contract

DRAFT #4 High School Contract

DRAFT #5 High School Contract

DRAFT #6 High School Contract-final


PUBLIC HEARING & SPECIAL DATES

It is important to the Hinsdale School Board to effectively communicate the process for approving this draft tuition agreement and expresses a desire to call upon the Hinsdale community to provide input and feedback on the contract. As such, the Board has elected to move forward with a public hearing and special meeting process to give Hinsdale voters the opportunity to participate and express their support or disagreement. The dates for these activities are as follows:

Date Approval Activity
Monday, March 17 Notice for the public hearing and all drafts and minutes of work sessions to be posted.
Wednesday, April 9 Public Hearing and Board Vote on Draft Tuition Agreement
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Special Hinsdale School District Meeting for tuition agreement warrant article.
Thursday, June 12, 2025 NH State Board of Education approval of tuition agreement.