North Middlesex School Committee enters executive session for superintendent negotiations

The North Middlesex Regional School District School Committee voted June 13 to go into executive session under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30A, Section 21(a) to conduct strategy sessions "in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel" concerning the district superintendent and announced it would not return to open session.

The motion invoked MGL Chapter 30A, Section 21(a), purpose 2 — the statutory provision that allows a public body to hold a closed meeting for strategy sessions related to negotiations with nonunion personnel. The committee’s announcement that it would not reconvene in open session means no further public discussion on the item occurred at that meeting.

School Committee members present who registered their votes were Carrie Battersby (yes), Alexander Bancutti (yes), Randy Roche (yes), Kim Craven (yes), Patrick McPhillips (yes) and Lisa Martin (yes). The transcript indicates other members were present at roll call; one member, identified as Jill, was reported as unable to join the meeting and the committee said they would "meet her there" in the executive session. The transcript did not specify who formally moved or seconded the motion.

Beyond the motion’s language invoking the statute and purpose 2, the committee did not disclose additional details about the negotiations, timing, or any planned public updates on the superintendent matter during the public portion of the meeting. No votes or directives beyond entering executive session were recorded in the public transcript.

The committee opened the meeting with a roll call of members present and then moved immediately to the executive-session motion. The public portion of the meeting ended when the committee went into closed session and did not reconvene in public before adjourning.

No timetable for public disclosure, further action, or the return to open session was provided in the transcript.