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Votes at a glance: Chicopee School Committee approves calendar, MOA with teachers, two warrants; postpones food-service contract

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Summary

At its March 5 meeting the Chicopee School Committee approved the 2025–26 calendar, a memorandum with the Chicopee Education Association, programs of study and two warrants; it postponed final approval of a collective-bargaining agreement pending legal language cleanup.

The Chicopee School Committee on March 5 took a series of routine and administrative votes including approval of meeting minutes, two warrants, a memorandum of agreement with the Chicopee Education Association and the 2025–26 school calendar. The committee postponed a collective bargaining agreement with the United Food and Commercial Workers until lawyers finalize language.

Votes and motions at a glance

- Approval of minutes (regular meeting 02/19/2025): Motion to approve carried by roll call; the committee recorded 10 yes votes and the motion carried.

- Warrant S 02/21/25 (total $738,605.70): Motion to approve read into the record. Committee member Jay Dowd stated he would abstain because his employer appears in the warrant. The roll call recorded Mr. Dowd as abstaining; the transcript did not provide a complete final tally for this warrant in…

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