Tewksbury — At its April meeting the Tewksbury School Committee took a sequence of procedural and substantive votes. Below is a concise summary of those actions and immediate follow‑up steps the administration was asked to carry out.

Votes at a glance
- Chair election: Bridget Garabedian was nominated and elected chair by voice vote. (Outcome: approved; recorded as unanimous voice vote.)
- Vice chair election: Mrs. B. Ajani Smith was nominated and elected vice chair. (Outcome: approved; unanimous voice vote.)
- Clerk election: Jamie Cutlass was nominated and elected clerk. (Outcome: approved; unanimous voice vote.)
- Motion to enter executive session: Motion to enter executive session to approve executive session minutes and to discuss collective bargaining (TTA bargaining units) was approved by roll call; committee recessed and reconvened in open session at 6:30 p.m. (Outcome: approved.)
- Acceptance of donation (PowerAd scoreboard): Motion to accept the donated scoring table (PowerAd) — approved unanimously by voice vote. (Outcome: approved.)
- Approval of advertising on donated board (PowerAd): Motion to permit commercial advertising on the donated board under athletic‑director review of content — approved unanimously by voice vote. (Outcome: approved.)
- Payroll certifications: The committee approved and certified three payroll warrants: period ending 03/13/2025 ($1,737,138.43), 03/27/2025 ($1,679,342.20) and 04/10/2025 ($1,682,603.33). (Outcome: each approved by roll call; unanimous.)
- Approval of minutes: Motion to approve the 03/11/2025 regular business meeting minutes was approved; one member (Jamie Cutlass) recorded an abstention for that item. (Outcome: approved with one abstention.)
- Policy adoption — JLCA (Physical examinations of students): Second and final reading adopted by voice vote. (Outcome: approved unanimously.)
- FY26 budget: Motion to approve the FY26 budget in the amount of $78,897,922 was moved and approved by roll call vote; the vote forwarded the budget to the town meeting. (Outcome: approved unanimously.)
- Calendar and registers: Committee approved the last day of school for the 2024‑25 year as Tuesday, June 17 (early release). Committee also approved the 2025‑26 register periods (kindergarten, grades 1–4 trimesters and grades 5–12 terms). (Outcome: approved unanimously.)
- Inter‑district School Choice: The committee voted to follow the superintendent’s recommendation to not participate in the 2025‑26 School Choice program, citing Central Elementary enrollment pressures and facility reconfiguration work. (Outcome: approved unanimously.)
- Consent agenda: The committee approved the consent agenda, which included receipt of Valley Collaborative reports and acceptance of a $1,000 donation from Teradyne to the high school robotics team. (Outcome: approved unanimously.)
- Adjournment: Motion to adjourn passed at 8:24 p.m.

What the committee asked staff to do
- Document and return with clarifications on the PowerAd donation: post‑warranty repair responsibilities and a written advertising‑approval process.
- For the FY26 budget: staff to proceed with required submittals for town meeting and any related follow‑up memos requested by the committee.
- For fees and clubs: staff to return with additional data before any vote on proposed fee changes.

Ending
The meeting combined routine administrative approvals with several items requiring short administrative follow‑ups; the committee moved the district budget on to town meeting and scheduled additional information and public outreach on proposed fee changes.