The Nantucket School Committee approved multiple routine financial items and minutes by voice vote during its Feb. 4 meeting.
Approved items (voice votes; no roll-call tallies recorded):
- Accept $1,500 donation to the Nantucket High School (NHS) student-gift account from Island Lumber. Motion moved and seconded; chair called for "All in favor? Aye." Outcome: approved.
- Accept $600 donation to the NHS student-gift account from the Cape Cod Club of MIT, Inc. Motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved.
- Accept $15,138 donation from Sustainable Nantucket to offset the salary of an agricultural position at NHS. Motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved.
- Transfer $12,663.70 from a dormant CPS student account to the CPS Student Council account. Motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved.
- Transfer $2,500 from the CPS Student Council to Year of Graduation 2029 (YOG 2029). Motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved.
- Transfer $2,500 from the CPS Student Council to Europe Graduation 2030. Motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved.
- Approve meeting minutes for Jan. 7, 2025 and Jan. 21, 2025. Motions moved and seconded; outcomes: approved.
Why it matters: These approvals fund student activities, a proposed agricultural position salary offset, and routine student-account housekeeping. The Feb. 4 record shows voice votes with "aye" responses; no roll-call vote counts or dissent were recorded in the provided transcript.
Ending: The committee completed the consent and financial-transfer items and proceeded to other agenda topics.