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Cherry Hill committee approves bond resolution, curricula, grants and MOUs in unanimous votes
Summary
At its June 17 meeting the Cherry Hill Regional School Committee approved a series of routine and substantive items including the main-campus bond resolution, multiple curricula, grants and MOUs; several items were discussed and one policy motion was withdrawn.
The Cherry Hill Regional School Committee voted on a series of resolutions, curricula, grants and contracts during its June 17 meeting, approving the main-campus bond resolution and a slate of curriculum and contract items by unanimous recorded voice votes. Several other routine approvals — including grants, an Apple finance agreement and MOUs with local towns — also passed without recorded opposition.
The committee approved the main-campus bond resolution, which the superintendent recommended as the final step for the bond process. Committee members voted unanimously to approve the resolution.
Committee members also approved updates to district purchasing policy and a voluntary change of elementary district guidelines. The board approved physical education curriculum for grades 7 and 8 and accepted revised visual-arts, music and world-language curricula for K–12 (or grades 5–12 for world language). The committee approved an annual student resource officer MOU with Richmond and a Hope Valley Elementary MOU and Ashaway School lease with Hopkinton, each after attorney review, all by unanimous votes.
Grants approved included a Champlin Foundation award of $99,701.17 for high school science classroom upgrades and a SchoolShield safety grant of up to $25,000. The board also approved an Apple financing agreement for technology purchases in the ordinary course of business.
The meeting record shows several other standard approvals on the consent calendar — donations, minutes and budget transfers — passed by unanimous voice vote. One notable earlier executive-session action reported at the meeting recorded three executive-session votes: approval of executive-session minutes (10 yeas, 1 abstention by Tyler Chambers), approval of homeschool requests (unanimous) and return to open session (unanimous).
Not all items were finalized. A policy to create a student representative and liaison at the high school was discussed at length and the motion was eventually pulled from the floor for further work. A request about Charahoe Cowboys youth football using the main-campus varsity field was discussed but left unresolved pending insurance and operational details.
The meeting included routine approvals of curriculum, contracts and grant acceptance intended to keep day-to-day district operations on schedule while two multi‑month capital planning efforts continue to move through state review and local subcommittees.
