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WESTMINSTER â The Bellows Falls Union High School board voted unanimously Monday night to send a suggestion for a bonus for retiring teachers to its policy committee, rather than approve the plan outright.
Chairwoman Molly Banik of Westminster said she was âtiredâ of the board coming up with different plans every year to honor retiring staff. âEvery year it comes up,â she said. âWeâve got to stop this. Itâs got to be written down.â
âThis is muddy, and I donât like muddy stuff,â she said at the end of the discussion.
WESTMINSTER Westminster residents on Saturday approved the proposed $2.1 million town budget, after rejecting a bid to reduce its spending on the Windham County Sheriff s Department for police coverage.
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WESTMINSTER â A request from a Westminster man to fill a vacancy on the Bellows Falls Union High School board prompted a lengthy discussion about the potential for conflict of interest.
Ian Sbardellati attended the boardâs virtual meeting Monday evening and asked to be appointed to fill a three-year term that has been vacant for more than a year. Sbardellati would need to run for the seat next year if he wants to stay on the board.
Sbardellati said he has one child in the high school and another in the Bellows Falls Middle School, heading for the high school.
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WESTMINSTER â Bellows Falls Union High School board member Jason Terry apologized Monday night for his verbal outburst last month at the school principal, saying he was just trying to protect his son.
âI would like to apologize for my behavior,â he said. âMy passion got the best of me.â
âOn March 23rd I was involved in a shouting match at Bellows Falls Union High School with Principal (Christopher) Hodsden and I own that. I found out recently that there were people at the high school who felt uncomfortable by that confrontation, and to anyone who feels this way you have my unequivocal apology. This will never happen again,â Terry said.
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BELLOWS FALLS â Superintendent of School Christopher Pratt has taken out a âno trespassâ order against school director Jason Terry, which prohibits him from the grounds of Bellows Falls Union High School and its activities, after he got into a public dispute with Principal Christopher Hodsden.
The Windham Northeast Supervisory Union superintendent said Friday via email he took out the order out of concern for the faculty, staff and students at the high school after several of them witnessed a verbal confrontation between Terry and Hodsden late last month at the high school.