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Committee suspends policy to appoint sophomore to student advisory committee after recruitment shortfall
Summary
The School Committee voted 5–2 to suspend a policy requirement and appoint a current sophomore, Shreya Carmarker, to the district's student advisory committee for the 2025–26 school year after efforts to recruit a freshman were unsuccessful.
The Westford School Committee on Oct. 21 temporarily suspended a policy to allow the appointment of a sophomore, rather than a freshman, to a vacant student advisory committee seat and approved the appointment by a 5–2 vote.
Policy 7307 (suspension of policies) allows the committee to temporarily suspend policy by two-thirds vote; the committee invoked that authority to suspend policy 5406 (which requires a…
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