The School Committee recorded multiple formal actions on June 12, 2025. This snapshot lists each item voted on during the meeting, the motion text as recorded on the agenda or in the meeting, the mover/second (as captured in the transcript), the roll-call tally when available, and the committee’s next-step instructions.
1) Approval of minutes and routine recommended actions
- Motion: Approve minutes listed and recommended routine actions (see agenda).
- Mover/Second: Member Miller / Member Davis.
- Outcome: Approved; roll-call unanimous among members present.
2) IT budget transfer ($15,000)
- Motion: Approve budget transfer to increase district-wide software/license fees using available maintenance/repair lines.
- Mover/Second: Member Gacy / Member Miller.
- Outcome: Approved (roll-call); funds reallocated to district licenses.
3) Special education grant/account correction ($62,940)
- Motion: Transfer $62,940 into special-education salary lines to correct earlier grant coding (tuition vs salary).
- Mover/Second: Member Gacy / Member Miller.
- Outcome: Approved (roll-call); administrative accounting correction.
4) Revised 2025–26 school calendar
- Motion: Adopt revised calendar (professional development day change; corrected school-day count).
- Mover/Second: Member Gacy / Member Stein.
- Outcome: Approved (roll-call).
5) NEF Small Grants acceptance ($32,950.35)
- Motion: Accept NEF small grants funding 11 school projects.
- Mover/Second: Member Miller / Member Reisenfroid.
- Outcome: Approved by roll-call; administration to accept and implement per donor terms.
6) NEF Endowment grants (GrowFood $11,000; Math Recovery $29,000)
- Motion: Accept NEF Endowment grants for elementary programming.
- Mover/Second: Member Miller / Member Gacy.
- Outcome: Approved (roll-call); district to administer funds and report per NEF protocols.
7) Special-education transportation contract renewal (Vanpool)
- Motion: Renew contract for special-education transportation and continue concurrent analysis of alternatives.
- Mover/Second: Member Sophie Cox / Member Miller.
- Outcome: Approved (roll-call); transportation director to report back on options.
8) LEADS before/after rates (pricing adjustment and review)
- Motion: Approve LEADS program hourly rate increases, add sibling discount and refer account balance/long-term sustainability to Budget & Property for review.
- Mover/Second: Member Sophie Cox / Member Miller.
- Vote: Approved (7–1); review by Budget & Property requested.
9) Authorization for superintendent to enter business-administrator negotiations (amended)
- Initial motion (failed): Authorize superintendent to enter negotiations with the business administrator for up to two years at 3% annual increases.
- Amended motion (passed): Authorize superintendent to enter negotiations and consult the School Committee in executive session to provide guidance before any final contract is returned to the public body for a vote.
- Outcome: Amended motion approved (roll-call); administration to conduct negotiation and hold executive-session consultation prior to any public vote.
10) Immediate staffing and one-time fund request (amended)
- Motion (as amended and approved): Authorize the superintendent to post and restore two prioritized NHS positions immediately, fund the school garden program, and request one-time funds for other prioritized items (including superintendent search and identified cut-list items); administration to report a detailed accounting at the June 25 special meeting.
- Outcome: Approved (roll-call). Immediate hiring and June 25 reporting directed.
Notes and next steps: where the committee approved transfers or grant acceptances, the administration was directed to implement the financial changes and report back as required by district policy. For the multi-item one-time funding request and the LEADS referral, the committee set a June 25 special meeting and Budget & Property review, respectively, for detailed follow-up. The committee also required executive-session consultation prior to any final contract vote for the business administrator.