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School committee approves contracts, curriculum adoptions and leadership reorganization in unanimous votes
Summary
At its June meeting the North Andover School Committee approved minutes and multiple agreements, appointed the school physician, adopted new curricular materials and completed its annual reorganization; most motions passed unanimously or by recorded roll call.
The North Andover School Committee approved a package of formal actions at its June meeting, including acceptance of minutes from May, appointment of the district’s school physician for 2025–26, ratification of labor agreements, adoption of selected curriculum materials and the annual committee reorganization.
Committee members voted by roll call on each item. The meeting recorded roll-call votes for the motions and yielded largely unanimous results: most motions carried with four or five yes votes and no recorded no votes; one memorandum of agreement recorded a single abstention.
The committee first approved minutes from the May 13 meeting as amended and from May 29. It then confirmed the appointment of Dr. Kenny Chan to serve as the district’s school physician at an annual cost of $9,000. The committee voted to accept a negotiated agreement between the district and the North Andover School Administrators Association (Unit B) and a memorandum of agreement to add certain service providers (speech-language pathologist assistants, occupational therapy assistants, licensed practical nurses and physical therapy assistants) into Unit A of the North Andover Teachers Association. The latter motion recorded an abstention by one member and passed.
The committee also approved a memorandum of understanding allowing the teachers-union president to retain a 1.0 position, with 0.8 devoted to teaching and 0.2 funded by the union for release time. Separately, the committee voted to adopt Eureka Math Squared for K–5 mathematics and to begin phased adoption of Investigating History (social studies) and Wit & Wisdom (ELA) units in middle grades; the board voted to move forward with districtwide rollouts per the implementation schedules described by the administration.
The committee accepted the superintendent’s FY25 summative evaluation and completed its customary annual reorganization: Joe Hicks was elected chair, Kelly Cormier vice chair and Dave Brown clerk, each by roll call. All reorganization votes were recorded by roll call and passed.
The committee’s formal recorded motions and vote tallies are summarized below.
