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School committee approves warrants, transportation contract and several policy updates
Summary
At its Jan. 28 meeting the Northbridge Public Schools School Committee approved multiple consent-agenda items including warrants, a transportation contract and policy revisions on student discipline, bus conduct and security cameras.
The Northbridge Public Schools School Committee on Jan. 28 approved a series of consent-agenda items and policy changes, including warrants, a transportation contract, revisions to student-discipline and bus conduct policies, and addition of a security-camera policy.
Key outcomes: - Approval of minutes from the Jan. 14, 2025 meeting (unanimous roll-call vote as recorded). - Approval of warrant 25-29 (Jan. 16, 2025) in the amount of $209,573.29 (roll-call votes recorded as yes by committee members present). - Approval of warrant 25-30 (Jan. 23, 2025) in the amount of $9,709.11 (passed by roll-call). - Approval of a transportation contract (vote recorded as passed). - Approval of proposed revision to policy JK (student discipline) (vote recorded as passed). - Approval of proposed revisions to policies EEAEC and JICC (student conduct on school buses) (vote recorded as passed). - Approval of proposed addition of policy ECAF (security cameras in schools) (vote recorded as passed).
The meeting record shows motions were made and seconded for each item; roll-call confirmations followed and the chair announced the items as passed. The transcript records committee members answering “Yes” on roll call for each motion; specific recorded names in the roll calls include Jonathan Canoy, Carl Cowan, Jill Leonard, Heather Alden and John Figuenoy (as spoken during the meeting transcript). Several motions were procedural or routine and drew no extended discussion.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting transcript): - Minutes (Jan. 14, 2025): passed (roll-call: Heather Holden? Yes; Carl Cowan? Yes; Jonathan Kennoy? Yes; Jill Leonard? Yes). - Warrant 25-29 (Jan. 16, 2025), $209,573.29: passed (roll-call: names recorded in transcript). - Warrant 25-30 (Jan. 23, 2025), $9,709.11: passed (roll-call: names recorded in transcript). - Transportation contract: passed (roll-call: Jonathan Canoy? Yes; Carl Cowan? Yes; Jill Leonard? Yes; Heather Alden? Yes). - Policy JK (student discipline) revision: passed (roll-call recorded). - Policies EEAEC and JICC (bus conduct) revision: passed (roll-call recorded). - Policy ECAF (security cameras): passed (roll-call recorded).
No recorded motions in the transcript failed or were tabled. The committee adjourned after the consent agenda and remaining items were disposed.
The meeting did not record detailed debate on these items in the transcript; most were approved as routine consent agenda actions.
