PUBLIC NOTICE
OF SCHOOL BOARD RETREAT
OTTER VALLEY UNIFIED UNION SCHOOL BOARD
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
OVUHS - Library
(Virtual Option Available)
6:00 PM
All School Board meeting information, including a link to participate remotely, can be found online at
https://www.rnesu.org/page/district-information-school-boards
SCHOOL BOARD RETREAT AND MEETING AGENDA
I. 6:00 p.m. Call the Meeting to Order
● Welcome and Introductions
● Review and Accept Agenda
II. 6:02 p.m. Board Professional Development (Policy 3.0)
● Presentation: Open Meeting Law Review - Dina Atwood, Esq.
III. 6:25 p.m. Communications with Parents/Citizens/Staff (Policy 4.2)
Thank you for coming to speak to the Board. We appreciate your time and are interested in hearing your
questions and thoughts. Before you begin, please state your name and the particular agenda item or topic to
which you’d like to speak. After you have finished, the Board may ask clarifying questions and the
Superintendent or Board Chair may offer helpful resources about your topic, but the Board will not discuss
any topics other than those listed on the published agenda. If there is an issue that the Board should act on
that is not on the published agenda, the Superintendent may be directed to bring it to the Board for future
discussion through the agenda planning process. In order to permit fair and orderly expression of comment,
speaking time may be limited per individual due to the volume of speakers (but no less than two minutes per
individual). The Board Chair may rule any speaker out of order for inappropriate statements. Comments may
also be shared with the Board using the Reach Out button on each school and district website.
● Board “Reach Out” Communications
● For any public comments that are outside of the agenda items below.
IV. 6:30 p.m. Governance Process (Policy 4.0)
● Act 73 Discussion (will include public comment)
○ Input to Redistricting Task Force
○ Public Forum
● Considerations regarding Leicester, Neshobe, Whiting and Caverly (will
include public comment)
● OV Facility/MS Model (will include public comment)
○ Next Steps
○ Communication Plan
V. 7:25 p.m. Global Ends Monitoring (Policy 1.0)
● Presentation: Progress of Continuous Improvement Plan
VI. Board Management Delegation (Policy 3.0)
No items identified by the Board for discussion at this time.
VII. 7:40 p.m. Governance Process (Policy 4.0) - Continued
● Board Vacancies
○ At-Large Rep. - 2-year term
● Board Seats up for Election in March 2026
○ Brandon - 3-year term
○ Leicester - 3-year term
○ Pittsford - 1 year remaining of a 3-year term
○ Whiting - 1 year remaining of a 3-year term
○ At-Large* - 3-year term
○ At-Large* - 3-year term
○ At-Large* - 1 year remaining of a 3-year term
*At-Large Candidates can be from any of the OVUUSD towns: Brandon; Goshen;
Leicester; Pittsford; Sudbury; and Whiting
● Summer Facilities Report and Project Requests
● Community Linkage
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 3:00 - 4:30 PM Maclure Library - Pittsford Library Chat
Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 7:45 - 9:45 AM Whiting General Store Coffee Talk
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025 7:45 - 9:45 AM Sugar & Spice Restaurant - Mendon Coffee Talk
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025 9:00 - 11:00 AM OCA - Whiting School Community Outreach
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025 12:00 - 2:00 PM OCA - Leicester School Community Outreach
Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025 9:00 - 11:00 AM Bruce Academy - Sudbury School Community Outreach
Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025 12:00 - 2:00 PM Caverly - Pittsford Community Outreach
● District Quality Standards (DQS) - Governance Standards
○ Self Assessment Rubric
● Advocacy (4.2.5)
○ Redistricting Task Force - Public Forum (Oct. 22)
○ VSBA Annual Business Meeting (Oct 23)
○ VSBA/VSA Annual Conference (Oct . 29 & 30)
● Other Business - for future consideration
● 2025-2026 OVUU Work Plan
VIII. 7:55 p.m. Set Date for Next Meeting
OVUU Board Meeting - Tues., November 4, 2025 - 6:00 PM - OVUHS Library
OVUU Board Meeting - Tues., November 18, 2025 - 6:00 PM - OVUHS Library
IX. 7:57 p.m. Board Self Evaluation (Policy 4.1)
● Board Meeting Evaluation
X. 8:00 p.m. Adjourn
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