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Longmeadow School Committee — votes at a glance, Jan. 28, 2025
Summary
The committee approved minutes, a set of building‑use requests, a grants/special‑revenues revision and voted to go into executive session on collective bargaining; all recorded votes were unanimous.
At its Jan. 28 meeting the Longmeadow School Committee recorded several formal actions by roll‑call vote. All recorded votes listed below passed with all members recorded as “yes.”
Approve minutes — The committee moved and approved the minutes of the Jan. 14, 2025 School Committee meeting as presented. Roll call recorded the members as “yes.”
Consent agenda (building use) — The committee approved a consent agenda of four building‑use requests reviewed by the finance subcommittee: Longmeadow High School boys’ basketball booster club (end‑of‑year award ceremony, March 5, high‑school cafeteria), Longmeadow Parks & Rec (coed basketball clinic, Feb. 21, high‑school gym), Longmeadow High School Music Italy tour (high‑school parking‑lot use for travel drop‑off/pickup, Feb. 14 and Feb. 22), and Wolf Swamp PTO (Valentine’s bingo, Feb. 7, Wolf Swamp gym). The finance subcommittee reported it had also discussed JV hockey fees and booster‑club support in a separate conversation. The consent agenda passed on roll call.
FY25 grants and special revenues revision #1 — The committee approved a revision to the FY25 grants and special‑revenue budget that updates grant awards to reflect finalized amounts. The revision as presented had a net increase to FY25 special revenue of $35,954.20 (specific line changes included reductions to some federal grants and increases to others, and an increase in MedCo funding), and the committee approved the revision by roll call.
Executive session — The committee voted to enter executive session under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 30A, §21(a), purpose 2 (collective bargaining strategy) to conduct strategy sessions for units A, B, C, D, E, F and H, and purpose 7 (release of executive session minutes). The motion passed by roll call and the committee did not reconvene in open session.
Ending — All recorded votes at the Jan. 28 meeting were unanimous. No vote at the Jan. 28 meeting rejected or tabled an item; several items (notably the FY26 budget recommendation) were presented for discussion and will return for later action.
