Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Winchester School Committee adopts 2025–26 handbooks; defers cellphone rules to policy subcommittee
Summary
The committee voted to approve elementary, middle and high school handbooks for 2025–26 while leaving cellphone/smartwatch language open and asking the policy subcommittee to ensure handbook text matches school‑committee policies.
The Winchester School Committee voted to adopt the 2025–26 student handbooks for the elementary, middle and high school levels while pausing formal language changes on personal devices and asking the policy subcommittee to verify that handbook text matches policies the committee has approved. The committee took separate roll‑call votes approving each handbook and recorded unanimous aye votes by the five members present. The committee also agreed the handbooks are “live” documents that can be updated during the year.
The action matters because the handbooks set rules used by…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
