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Votes at a glance: Chariho School Committee meeting (Feb. 11, 2025)
Summary
A quick reference of all recorded formal actions and outcomes from the Chariho School Committee meeting, including votes on the FY26 budget, emergency capital reimbursements, boiler and door purchases, Stage 1 planning application and food-service price changes.
This roundup lists formal motions and recorded outcomes taken by the Chariho School Committee at its Feb. 11, 2025 meeting. Items are listed in the order they were resolved in the minutes.
- Executive session disclosures: The committee reported three votes taken in executive session (approval of executive-session minutes from 01/14/2025; approvals related to student-record privacy reviews; and approval to reconvene to open session). The minutes captioned those votes as unanimous.
- Resolution on private-school transportation (agenda 8A): Motion to adopt a resolution asking the General Assembly to amend R.I. Gen. Laws 16-21-15 to require nonprofit non-public schools to share in statewide transportation costs was discussed; the committee instead voted unanimously to table the resolution and requested a redraft and legal review.
- FY26 budget (agenda 8B): Motion to approve the superintendent's fiscal year 2026 budget as presented. Moved and seconded on the record; the committee approved the budget unanimously. The budget will be subject to amendments at planned workshops and hearings.
- Letter to RIDE School Building Authority for emergency expenditures: Motion to submit the annual letter requesting reimbursement for emergency capital expenditures (eligible items included boilers and door work to secure 61% reimbursement) passed unanimously.
- Request to use State Master Price Agreement for boilers and doors: Motion to use the state master price agreement (instead of a formal bid) for Charlestown and Ashaway boilers and for district doors to preserve eligibility for state housing-aid reimbursement passed unanimously.
- Stage 1 elementary planning application to RIDE: Motion to approve submission of the Stage 1 elementary planning application to the Rhode Island Department of Education (to keep the district in the SBA queue) passed unanimously.
- School calendar (2025-26) and school committee meeting schedule (2026): Motions to approve the calendars passed (one abstention recorded on the school calendar vote).
- Food service adult meal price increase: Motion to raise adult meal prices (example: adult lunch from $3.75 to $4.25; staff/visitor pricing) passed unanimously with the change effective Monday, March 3.
- Motion to publish RFQ for district legal services: A motion to seek qualifications for district legal services was proposed and debated; the motion failed.
- Consent agenda: The committee approved the remainder of the consent agenda after pulling one item (D1) for separate handling; item D1 was later removed/eliminated per committee action.
Votes recorded as unanimous in the minutes were accepted as reported; where roll-call tallies were not specified in the transcript, the minutes recorded the outcome as unanimous or as failed. For any specific recorded roll-call tallies, refer to the official meeting minutes.
