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Leominster School Committee reviews MASC resolutions, advances policy readings and approves routine actions
Summary
The committee discussed the Massachusetts Association of School Committees resolutions including removing BMI screening from schools and personal financial literacy, advanced multiple policy readings, approved minutes and field trips, and discussed CTI donations and athletic director succession planning.
The Leominster School Committee on Oct. 20 reviewed Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) resolutions, advanced a slate of policy readings from the policy subcommittee, and approved routine actions including minutes and field trips.
Committee members discussed several MASC items during the meeting. The committee considered a resolution to remove Body Mass Index (BMI) measurements from routine school screening; a committee member stated support for removing BMI measurement from schools. Members also reviewed a resolution supporting personal financial literacy in schools and discussed a resolution described as protecting transgender students’ rights in schools (referred to in the meeting as sanctuary protections). The committee discussed a separate resolution that would amend the special-education funding formula by changing the referenced percentage in Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, §13E (the meeting record cited changing a factor from 2%…
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