March 3, 2025 

In Attendance 

• Stacey Lazzar – Abbot-Downing & Christa McAuliffe 
• Brittany Mahany – Beaver Meadow 
• Allison Davis – Broken Ground 
• Kristen Curren – Rundlett Middle School 
• Leslie Barry – Concord High School 
• Donna Reynolds – Central Office 
• Fern Seiden – Central Office 
• Melissa Witherspoon – Central Office 
• Elizabeth Boucher – Board of Education 
• Bevan Tulk, Guardian/ Community Member 

Absent 

• Alison Casco – Abbot-Downing  
• Tracy Tsouros – Abbot-Downing  
• Jenny Fennelly – Mill Brook  
• Sarah Williams – Mill Brook  
• Haily Lincoln – Rundlett Middle School  
• Erin Stewart – Rundlett Middle School  
• Quinci Worthey – Rundlett Middle School 
• Laura Anderson – Central Office 

Discussion 

• Introductions 
• Reading of Norms. Confidentiality was added
• Fern read through the minutes from February meeting
• Minutes were approved by Liz and seconded by Stacey

PD Day March 21st 

• There was a discussion on staff burnout and grief.  
• Brittany mentioned that March is a challenging time due to resetting from February break and coming back to a number of deadlines which can cause stress and be hard to balance.  
• Leslie said it’s the time of year for anxieties about the following school year . 
• Bevan talked about grief going from individual to family to community.  
• Fern is thinking about next year’s PD days agendas.  
• Brittany asked about I-Ready Math Training being required for many teachers and wondering how they would have time for other workshops.  
• Kristen mentioned there was too much mandatory training required.  
• Brittany said there was more required of some staff than others.  
• Bevan asked if there were resources for teachers.  
• Brittany asked Melissa if this would be under EAP.  
• Fern said DOE put out an 18-hour training which filled up quickly. This was after the school day.  
• Bevan asked if we needed CEU’s. He suggested adding self-care options to that.  

Staff Survey 

• The group discussed shooting for April for staff survey info, or as soon as possible.  
• Members would be notified when the survey was coming out so they can let school staff know. Brittany asked how we would use survey results. Stacey explained the outcomes. 
• Stacey said this was a draft for Kathleen and Terry.  
• Drop downs were mentioned as a possibility.  
• There was discussion on the surveys being anonymous.  
• There was discussion on keeping the survey district focused rather than school based.  
• Kristen said it might be interesting to see responses by school for data collection.  
• Bevan said he needed to see the policy. Liz said she would help him find it on the website. 
• Fern said staff wellness was added to the policy.  
• Leslie asked if we were getting too far into the weeds with question #4.  
• There was discussion on how this would help us as a committee.  
• Fern is concerned it would provoke negativity.  
• Leslie proposed changing language to “What is something the Wellness Committee could do for you?” 
• Bevan asked if the policy stated we must create material for staff.  
• Fern looked it up. Liz found answer under 4A, second paragraph “Committee needs to make a list of community resources.” 
• It was suggested to ask staff in the survey what they’d be interested in and break down according to wellness policy outline, then leave open ended.  

 Submitted by Donna Reynolds 3-31-25