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Subcommittee refers organizational-meeting rule change for vice-chair elections to full committee after split vote
Summary
Members debated a proposed change to the school committee organizational meeting policy that would alter how the vice-chair is selected; the policy was referred for further consideration after committee members split on adopting city-council-style name-only voting.
The policy subcommittee referred a proposed change to the school committee’s organizational meeting policy that would alter the vice-chair election process to a name-only, plurality-style procedure similar to the city council’s practice.
The proposed amendment would remove roll-call yes/no votes and instead have members state a name; the candidate who receives a majority of named votes would be elected vice-chair. Supporters said the change would simplify the vote and avoid the need to…
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