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Votes at a glance: Auburn School Committee, April 2, 2025
Summary
Summary of actions taken April 2 by the Auburn School Committee including approval of Gateways Academy, school choice seat allocations and budget transfers, and acceptance of meeting minutes.
The Auburn School Committee recorded the following formal actions during its April 2, 2025 meeting:
- Acceptance of minutes (03/12/2025): Motion to accept minutes was moved and seconded; committee approved by voice vote.
- Open FY2026 public hearing: Motion moved and seconded; committee opened the public hearing on the FY2026 budget by voice vote.
- Close FY2026 public hearing: Motion moved and seconded; committee closed the public hearing after presentations and questions.
- Approve Gateways Academy as a private school in Auburn: Motion moved and seconded; committee approved by voice vote. A committee member announced a potential conflict of interest and abstained from the vote.
- School choice seats: The superintendent recommended accepting five new middle-school school-choice students and eight new high-school school-choice students (13 new students total), which would bring the district's school-choice total to 74 spots. The committee voted to approve the recommended numbers.
- Approve budget transfers dated 03/27/2025: Business manager provided a list of inter-series and intra-series transfers; committee voted to approve the transfers as presented.
- Motion to adjourn: Committee voted to adjourn the meeting.
For procedural items (acceptance of minutes, opening/closing hearings, adjournment), votes were conducted by voice and exact roll-call tallies were not recorded in the public transcript. Where a member declared a conflict and abstained (Gateways approval), the abstention was noted on the record.
