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Westwood School Committee votes to decline participation in interdistrict school‑choice program
Summary
By roll call the committee voted unanimously to decline participation in the Commonwealth’s interdistrict school choice program under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 76, §12B, citing reimbursement below per‑pupil costs and ongoing fiscal risk of retaining outside students through graduation.
The Westwood School Committee voted on May 8 to decline participation in the Massachusetts interdistrict school‑choice program for the coming year.
A motion presented to the committee cited Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 76, §12B and noted that the program’s maximum reimbursement rate is below Westwood’s per‑pupil…
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