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Board reviews 2025-26 meeting calendar, discusses timing of deliberative sessions
Summary
The board reviewed a draft 2025-26 calendar that moves budget work earlier (late October), drops one Saturday meeting and proposes aligning deliberative session start times with the town; changes will return for final approval.
The Bedford School Board reviewed a draft school-board meeting calendar for 2025-26, including an earlier start to budget meetings in late October and elimination of one previously scheduled Saturday meeting.
Board members discussed whether the school deliberative session should begin at the same start time as the town deliberative session. Several members said aligning start times (the town began at 6:30 p.m. this year and the school at 7 p.m.) would aid community members who attend both meetings; others said holding both deliberatives on the same day would be burdensome. The board asked Superintendent Fournier to check with the town moderator and report back on costs and logistics for matching times or dates.
Board members also identified a calendar detail to correct: the current draft listed a meeting on Columbus Day (Oct. 13) where the district typically schedules on the following Tuesday; staff said they would change that.
The board did not take a final vote; members asked staff to return with clarified dates and any cost or facility implications before the next meeting.
Why it matters: The calendar sets the timetable for budget deliberations, committee meetings, and hiring timelines (the board cited the need to set meeting dates because a new high-school principal search is underway). A calendar that places back-to-back deliberatives or meetings close together could reduce public participation, board members noted.
