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School Committee approves consent agenda and votes to enter executive session
Summary
At the January 22, 2025 meeting the Ashland School Committee approved the consent agenda (with the grant item removed) and voted to enter executive session under MGL Chapter 30A §21(a)(2) to discuss strategy for negotiations or collective bargaining; roll-call votes were recorded.
The School Committee voted to approve the consent agenda (the committee removed the grant-approval item from the consent agenda before the vote). A motion to approve the consent agenda minus the grant approval was made and seconded; committee members voted "Aye" and the motion passed. The consent agenda cover items included approval of gifts and donations and approval of minutes from a prior meeting; the committee noted there were no grant approvals for this meeting.
Later in the meeting the committee voted to enter executive session under MGL Chapter 30A Section 21A(2) to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel (Superintendent Jim Adams) or to conduct collective bargaining. The motion to enter executive session was made, seconded and approved on a roll call: Marcy — Aye; Paul Kendall — Aye; Mark — Aye. The committee stated its intent not to return to public session.
Paul Kendall also read warrants for payables totaling $486,534.47; he listed the breakdown as general fund expenses of approximately $216,634.10, revolving expenses of $265,240.51 and grant expenses of $4,659.95. That warrant summary was presented verbally to the committee; no separate vote on the warrants was recorded in the public transcript beyond the consent agenda approval.
