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School Board Members  - As of APRIL 7, 2025

 
Brodie Deshaies, Chair                                                                                               Dr. Elizabeth Sheckler, Vice Chair                                                                                     
PO Box 1568                                                                                                                165 Old Bay Road
37 Elm Street                                                                                                               New Durham, NH  03855-7106
Wolfeboro, NH 03894                                                                                                Email:  esheckler@sau49nh.gov
Email: bdeshaies@sau49nh.gov                                                                              New Durham – Term expires 2027                774-392-4788 (cell)
At-Large – Term expires 2028                    603-387-4210 (cell)
 
G. Thomas Bickford                                                                                                    Kirsten Burke
22 Percy Drive                                                                                                             231 Middle Road
Wolfeboro, NH 03894                                                                                                Center Tuftonboro, NH  03816
Email: tbickford@sau49nh.gov                                                                                     Email: kburke@sau49nh.gov 
At-Large – Term expires 2026                    603-651-6792 (cell)                            Tuftonboro – Term expires 2026                   603-986-0174(cell)             
 
Kayla Hewitt                                                                                                               Dr. James Manning
57 Upper Trask Mountain Road                                                                             Wentworth Road
Wolfeboro, NH 03894                                                                                              Brookfield, NH  03872-7106
Email: khewitt@sau49nh.gov                                                                                 Email: jmanning@sau49nh.gov 
Wolfeboro - Term expires 2026            603-986-0934                                        Brookfield  – Term expires 2026                   603-957-2004 (cell) 
 
Mary Pray Schillereff                                                                                                 Kelly Tivnan
3 Rockingham Road                                                                                                  172 Nicola Road
Wolfeboro, NH 03894                                                                                               Middleton, NH 03887-6017
Email:  mschillereff@sau49nh.gov                                                                         Email:  kelly.tivnan@sau69nh.gov
At Large – Term expires 2027                  603-733-6380 (cell)                             Middleton Representative                              603-755-4406 (home)                  
 
Danielle Van Dusen                                                                                                   Nathanael Willis Williams
PO Box 473                                                                                                     35 Henry Drive
Ossipee, NH 03864                                                                                                    Effingham, NH  03882
Email:   dvandusen@sau49nh.gov                                                                          Email:  nwilliams@sau49nh.gov  
Ossipee – Term expires 2028                603-969-2267 (cell)                                 Effingham - Term expires  2028                  603-986-0319 (cell)
                                                                   
Bryce Sandlin: Student Representative  

 

​​The Governor Wentworth Regional School Board (GWRSB) shall be composed of an odd number of members elected by qualified voters of the District at elections held in March. The term of office of each member of the School Board shall be for a period of three (3) years. 
The GWRSB permits the addition of a non-voting student member. The School Board shall organize annually at its first meeting following District elections.  The School Board shall meet on regularly scheduled nights, to be determined at the organizational meeting.  The Board will elect officers and establish committees for the year.

The Board is responsible to the people for whose benefit the school district has been established.  Further, the Board's current decisions will influence the course of education in the District's schools for years to come.  By virtue of this responsibility, the Board and each of its members must look to the future and to the needs of all people more than the average citizen finds necessary.  This requires a comprehensive perspective and long-range planning in addition to attention to immediate problems.

The Board's primary responsibility is to establish those policies, programs, and procedures, which will foster the greatest educational achievement while wisely managing the District's resources.  The Board must fulfill these responsibilities by functioning primarily as a legislative body to formulate and adopt policy, by selecting an executive officer to implement policy, and by evaluating the results.

In accordance with these principles, the Board shall work to achieve the following goals:

  • To concentrate the Board's collective effort on its policy making and planning responsibilities.
  • To formulate Board policies, which best serve the educational interests of each student.
  • To provide the Superintendent with sufficient and adequate guidelines for implementing Board policies.
  • To maintain effective communication with the public, staff, and students in order to maintain awareness of ideas and opinions.
  • To conduct Board business openly.