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Votes at a glance: Norwood School Committee actions, May 14, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken by the Norwood School Committee on May 14, 2025, including contracts, MOAs, job descriptions, handbook and curriculum votes.
At its May 14 meeting the Norwood School Committee recorded the following formal votes and actions. This roundup lists the motion, mover/second when provided in the public record, vote tally and the outcome as recorded in the meeting transcript.
1) Approval — High school principal contract (effective 07/01/2025) Motion: Approve high school principal contract. Mover: Teresa (moved during public session); second: recorded as "Second" (unnamed on public record).Vote: unanimous recorded as 4–0 at that point (public record later shows full board action: formal confirmation recorded in open session).Outcome: approved.
2) Approval — Norwood High School student handbook 2025–26 Motion: Approve NHS student handbook for 2025–26 as presented. Mover/Second: not specified in open‑session record.Vote: 5–0.Outcome: approved.
3) Approval — Music curriculum adoption and supporting expenses Motion: Approve Quaver (K–4), MusicFirst (5–12) and supporting equipment/supplies totaling $139,692. Mover: Judith Bromley; second: Joan Giblin (seconded for discussion).Vote: 4–1 (Joan Giblin voted no).Outcome: approved.
4) Approval — Title I teachers transfer MOA into Unit A Motion: Approve MOA moving Title I teachers from Unit 50 into Unit A and related contract language; effective Sept. 1, 2025 (successor agreement alignment).Mover: David Hilt (moved in public session); second: Theresa (second recorded).Vote: 5–0.Outcome: approved.
5) Approval — Nurse leader and summer program coordinator stipend MOA Motion: Approve MOA updating nurse leader stipend language and creating three summer program coordinator stipends (amounts and terms as presented).Mover: David Hilt; second: Theresa.Vote: 5–0.Outcome: approved.
6) Approval — Food service contract (Chartwells) Motion: Award new three‑year food service contract to Chartwells via the DESC cooperative procurement; Chartwells guaranteed return $436,735 per year as submitted.Vote: 5–0.Outcome: approved; staff to add scoring tool to contract file before final signature.
7) Approval — Transportation contract (Connolly & Sons) Motion: Award three‑year transportation contract to Connolly & Sons per bid package; district to contract for 15 buses with flexibility to add as needed per per‑bus rates.Vote: 5–0.Outcome: approved.
8) Approval — Nurse leader job description Motion: Approve updated nurse leader job description for posting.Vote: 5–0.Outcome: approved.
9) Approval — Summer program coordinator job description Motion: Approve job description covering summer programs, extended school year and transition programs.Vote: 5–0.Outcome: approved.
10) Consent items: Donations and Global Citizen Project grant Motion: Accept listed donations and the Global Citizen Project grant.Vote: 5–0.Outcome: accepted.
Several of these items had been discussed in executive session prior to the public votes. Staff will finalize contract documents, incorporate scoring tools or addenda as noted in open session, and proceed with procurement and onboarding steps as required by district policy and procurement rules.
