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School committee debate over subcommittee attendance, open-meeting law and 'gotcha' accusation delays policy action
Summary
Committee members sharply debated a housekeeping motion to refer policy BDE to the policy subcommittee after a subcommittee vice chair raised an Open Meeting Law concern at a prior meeting. Members disagreed about whether attendance and participation by non-subcommittee school committee members at subcommittee meetings should be limited.
A motion to refer policy BDE to the policy subcommittee sparked an extended debate on March 18 about whether school committee members who are not on a subcommittee should be allowed to attend and participate in subcommittee meetings.
At issue was a change proposed after a facilities and operations subcommittee meeting. Committee member Mimi Larabee presented the referral of policy BDE for further vetting. During discussion several committee members said the prior subcommittee had raised an Open Meeting Law concern; others said the division of open government had issued a determination that the issue was resolved and that restricting…
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