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Votes at a glance: Rockland School Committee approves minutes, reports, fundraisers and updates bullying policy
Summary
At the Feb. 24 meeting the Rockland School Committee approved earlier minutes, several financial reports, a package of fundraisers and an updated bullying policy required by state guidance.
At its Feb. 24 meeting the Rockland School Committee approved the minutes from the Feb. 10 meeting, accepted four financial reports, approved eight new fundraisers across district schools and voted to adopt an updated bullying policy reflecting recent changes in state legislation and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) guidance.
The approvals were taken as routine business. Committee members recorded motions and seconds for each item and called the votes; specific vote tallies and individual voter names were not recorded in the meeting transcript.
Minutes and financial reports: The committee moved to approve the minutes of Feb. 10, 2025, and accepted four financial reports covering the school department, Rockland High School student activities, Rogers Middle School student activities and food services. The meeting record shows the motions were seconded and the chair called the vote.
Fundraisers: The committee approved eight fundraisers, including pheripheral and school-specific efforts: Esten School pack fundraisers (two separate proposals), an online apparel sale by the class of 2029 to sell Rockland Bulldog apparel, a girls tennis cash-calendar fundraiser ($10 calendars for daily prizes), a one-day mattress sale by the Rockland High School boosters (advertised for March 22), a Harlem Wizards exhibition game March 26 pitting the Wizards against Rockland Public Schools staff to raise funds for athletic gear and equipment, a WRPS Rockland's Got Talent show to raise scholarship and music-department funds, and senior goodie bags ordered by parents for the class of 2027. The transcript lists these items and shows the committee approved them as a block.
Bullying policy: The committee voted to approve an updated bullying policy after staff said the changes respond to recent legislation and DESE policy guidance. A committee member said the highlighted language "has been added" but characterized the additions as largely procedural: "There's really nothing of tremendous substance to the additions. It's... sort of a formality as a school committee to vote because it is in place already." The committee approved the updated policy by voice vote; the transcript does not record a numeric tally.
Other routine business: The meeting also included superintendent remarks and brief reports from committee members, but no further formal votes were recorded.
Votes at a glance (items recorded in meeting transcript): - Approval of minutes, Feb. 10, 2025 — motion made and seconded; outcome: approved; tally not specified. - Acceptance of 4 financial reports (School Department, Rockland High School student activities, Rogers Middle School student activities, Food Services) — motions made and seconded; outcome: approved; tally not specified. - Approval of 8 fundraisers (listed in body) — motions made and seconded; outcome: approved; tally not specified. - Approval of updated bullying policy (to align with state legislation and DESE policy) — motion made and seconded; outcome: approved; tally not specified.
The committee adjourned following routine reports and a motion to adjourn.
