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Bedford School Board approves course catalog updates, temporary p‑card limit increase, town MOU and tuition rate
Summary
The Bedford School Board on Monday evening approved several routine but substantive items by voice vote, including an updated course catalog that adds two new unified classes, a temporary increase to a high‑school procurement card limit for intersession purchases, a memorandum of understanding with the Town of Bedford, and the district's out‑of‑district tuition rate of $18,400 for 2025‑26.
The Bedford School Board on Monday evening approved several agenda items in unanimous voice votes, including an updated course catalog, a temporary increase to a high school procurement card limit for intersession purchases, a memorandum of understanding with the Town of Bedford, and the district's annual out‑of‑district tuition rate.
The board voted to adopt the course catalog that incorporated two new "unified" classes (Unified Humanities and Unified STEM) that were adapted from an earlier Impact by Design proposal. Principal Bob Zokas presented the revisions and said the unified courses were modeled on existing unified PE, art and music offerings; the catalog descriptions were rewritten to be more concrete so students would better understand what they would take. The board then moved and seconded a motion "to approve the course catalog as presented," and the chair called for the voice vote. The motion passed with board members responding "Aye." The transcript records a voice approval; no roll‑call tallies were read into the record.
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