Nashua (NH) Board of Education - HR Committee meeting - 5/26/26

The Nashua Board of Education HR Committee met on May 26, 2026, to discuss several personnel and compensation matters. Key procurement-related topics included the review and approval of personnel recommendations for teacher and staff openings, with a total of 98 openings reported excluding paraprofessionals. The committee also reviewed and approved updates to the performance evaluation form for non-affiliated school administrators to standardize and improve the evaluation process. A significant portion of the meeting focused on the stipend committee's recommendations to revise and equalize stipends across schools for extracurricular program advisors, eliminating outdated stipends and reallocating funds to support equitable compensation, including new stipends for elementary school programs. The committee approved these stipend adjustments and discussed the funding sources, noting that stipend funds come from the personnel budget and that materials funding is separate. Additionally, the committee reviewed proposed updates to the non-affiliated employee handbook, including changes to remote work policies, probationary periods, performance evaluations, severance pay conditions, and benefits. The committee voted to forward these handbook changes to the full board for approval. Overall, the meeting addressed personnel hiring, compensation equity, and policy updates impacting future procurement and budget allocations related to staffing and stipends.