Matthew Grant was elected chair of the North Brookfield School Committee in a roll-call vote during the committee’s reorganization portion of the meeting. The committee also elected Tim Canada as vice chair and Kristen J. Grande as secretary, approved the minutes from the Aug. 18, 2025 meeting and established membership for four standing subcommittees.

The reorganization is the first formal business item of the committee’s meeting after welcoming new member Maggie Woodward. The chair position was opened to nominations; one nomination was recorded for Matt Grant and no further nominations were made before the committee proceeded to a roll-call vote. Committee members recorded in the roll call as voting “yes” on the chair election included Tim Canada, Kristen J. Grande, Dan (last name recorded as Randa), Maggie Woodward and Matt (last name recorded as Brandt) and the meeting chair turned control of the meeting to Grant following the vote.

The committee voted by roll call to elect Tim Canada as vice chair after a nomination and second. Kristen J. Grande was nominated and elected secretary in a subsequent roll-call vote.

After completing officer elections, the committee approved the Aug. 18, 2025 meeting minutes by voice vote. Later in the meeting members discussed and approved a roster for four subcommittees: policy, curriculum, building and grounds/safety, and negotiations. The approved assignments were: the policy subcommittee — Tim Canada and Maggie Woodward; curriculum — Matthew Grant and Kristen J. Grande; building and grounds — Dan (Randa) and Kristen J. Grande; and negotiations — Tim Canada and Matthew Grant. The committee approved the roster by motion, second and voice vote.

There was no executive session scheduled for the evening; the meeting concluded after a motion to adjourn passed by voice vote.

Votes at a glance
- Chair: Matthew Grant — elected by roll-call vote (yes votes recorded for Tim Canada; Kristen J. Grande; Dan Randa; Maggie Woodward; Matt Brandt). Motion: nomination of Matthew Grant (mover not specified in transcript); second recorded. Outcome: approved.
- Vice chair: Tim Canada — nomination and second recorded; outcome: approved by roll-call vote.
- Secretary: Kristen J. Grande — nominated, seconded and approved by roll-call vote.
- Approval of minutes (08/18/2025): motion to approve, seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote: “Aye”).
- Subcommittee roster: motion to approve roster (mover: not specified in transcript), seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote: “Aye”).
- Adjournment: motion and second recorded; outcome: approved (voice vote: “Aye”).

The committee indicated that subcommittee work and some items tabled for clarification will be revisited at future meetings.