The Chelsea School Committee voted to approve a consent agenda containing items 25SC54 through 25SC65 during the Oct. 8, 2025 meeting.

Items listed in the packet and approved by roll call included a DESE fair-share earmark of $150,000 for fiscal years 2025–26, a $30,000 gift from the Play Ball Foundation to expand middle school intramurals, donated musical instruments valued at $625, a package of market-basket gift cards totaling $720, 100 donated books to Sokolowski Elementary, and a $1,043,390 interdepartmental budget transfer for fiscal year 2026.

The committee also approved Chelsea High School graduation requirements and the local competency determination that districts adopted after passage of Question 2 in 2024, updated language to handbooks reflecting Massachusetts regulations, the superintendent's summative evaluation for the 2023–25 cycle, and homeschool petitions for two Chelsea families covering three students for the 2025–26 school year.

Roll-call result: Chairwoman Veronica Hernandez recorded six affirmative votes and three absences; the clerk announced "6 in the affirmative and 3 absent," and the consent motion passed.

Ending: Committee members asked if any items required separate discussion; none were raised, and the consent agenda items were adopted as presented.