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Wakefield School Committee accepts donations, approves international trip and adopts two policies
Summary
At its Feb. 25 meeting the Wakefield School Committee unanimously accepted two donations totaling $53,000, approved a student trip to Italy and Greece, and adopted two district policies.
The Wakefield Public Schools School Committee on Feb. 25 accepted two donations, approved an April student trip to Rome and Athens and adopted two personnel- and committee-related policies in unanimous votes.
The votes matter because the donations directly fund school athletics and coaching stipends, the field trip is a school-run, curricular travel program for upper-level language students, and the policy votes change governance and staff expectations for the district.
The committee voted to accept a $3,000 donation from the Wakefield girls basketball program to cover stipends for two assistant girls basketball coaches for February. Christine (staff member), presenting the financial items, moved the motion; the motion passed unanimously. A school committee member called the gift “amazingly generous.”
The committee also…
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