The Longmeadow School Committee voted Jan. 9 to go into executive session under Massachusetts law to prepare for collective bargaining with several employee units and to consider the release of previous executive‑session minutes, and said it would not reconvene in open session.

A committee member moved that the committee "meet in executive session pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, chapter 30A, section 21(a), purpose 2, to conduct a strategy session in preparation with collective bargaining with units A, B, C, D, E, F, and H, and [under] purpose 7, consideration of release of executive session minutes of previous meetings, not to reconvene in open session," and another committee member seconded the motion.

The committee noted in the public record that remote meetings remain authorized through March 31, 2025 under legislation enacted March 29, 2023 (chapter 2 of the Acts of 2023) and that, while remote participation continues, votes must be taken by roll call. The meeting was recorded and aired live on LCTV.

Committee members approved the motion by roll call. Committee members voting "yes" in the transcript included Julie, Mikaela, Estelle, an additional unnamed committee member who also voted aloud, and the following members identified by surname: Hemavathy, Zorko, Levine, Gold and Dr. Lam. The committee chair (name not stated in the transcript) declared the body "officially in executive session." The transcript records no public discussion or debate on the record before the vote.

The stated purposes for the executive session were (1) to conduct a strategy session in preparation for collective bargaining negotiations with bargaining units listed as A, B, C, D, E, F and H, and (2) to consider the release of minutes from prior executive sessions. The committee announced it would not return to open session after the executive session.

Because the vote concerned entering executive session rather than adoption of a policy or contract, no other actions or directives were recorded on the public transcript excerpt. Any substantive outcomes of the executive session (for example, settlement agreements or decisions about releasing minutes) are not recorded in the provided transcript excerpt and therefore are not described here.