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Public forum highlights tensions over superintendent contract, school consolidation and library policy

5023750 · June 18, 2025
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Dozens of residents used the public-comment period to press the school committee on leadership decisions, school closings, library-media policy and school culture; the chair urged civility after several speakers described harassment and workplace morale concerns.

Dozens of residents from Richmond, Charlestown and Hopkinton used the public comment period at the June 17 Cherry Hill Regional School Committee meeting to raise concerns about district leadership, school consolidation and local policy decisions.

Several speakers criticized the committee’s earlier decision not to extend a contract for a district employee. Heidi Fee of Charlestown urged the policy subcommittee to maintain a library-media policy that respects the Freedom to Read, saying the policy "does not allow for…

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