The Nantucket School Committee took a series of votes on Jan. 21, approving an advisory motion to support a town-meeting warrant article for a long-term lease of a portion of 48 Sparks Avenue; adopting revisions to policy IKF (graduation competency determination); and approving several routine items including overnight field trips, donations and minutes.

Key votes and outcomes:

- Warrant article: Committee voted to support placing a warrant article on the annual town meeting warrant to authorize a long-term lease of a portion of 48 Sparks Avenue to the Nantucket Education Trust for staff housing. The vote was taken by voice and carried.

- Policy IKF (competency determination): The committee approved changes to policy IKF to move the district from using MCAS as the sole competency determination toward a coursework-and-mastery-exam approach. The revised policy requires demonstration of mastery in specified English, math and science courses; for the classes of 2025 and 2026 a qualifying MCAS score or the coursework pathway may apply depending on timing of tests; for the class of 2027 and beyond competency will be demonstrated by coursework or mastery exams only. The committee moved and seconded the policy change and approved it by voice vote.

- Field trips: Committee approved CPS overnight field trip to Boston (Jan. 24'25) and a high-school overnight field trip to the Senior District Music Festival in New Bedford (Jan. 10; vote recorded retroactively). Both motions were approved.

- Donations and minutes: The committee accepted a $500 donation to Nantucket Community School's Learn to Swim program and a $4,000 donation for senior sports and wellness, approved meeting minutes for Dec. 3 and Dec. 17, and approved transfers and invoices as presented.

All motions described above were made, seconded and approved on a voice vote during the Jan. 21 meeting; the meeting transcript records voice approvals ("Aye") rather than roll-call tallies.