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Committee hears plan to host district policies in-house to speed updates, save modest fees
Summary
School officials said the district is exploring moving policy hosting from MASC to the district website to avoid posting delays and modest annual fees (around $950) and to publish policy updates more quickly.
School administrators told the committee they are exploring moving the district’s policy hosting from MASC (Massachusetts Association of School Committees) to the district’s own website to streamline posting and reduce a modest annual fee.
An administrator said MASC currently houses district policies and that housing them in-house would let the district post approved policy updates immediately rather than sending them to MASC in a format that can take “2 to 5 to 10 days” to appear online. The administrator described the current cost as “not significant money, $950,” and said moving the hosting in-house would allow immediate posting once policies are approved.
The administrator said the district would still use MASC for policy exemplars and support but would change only where the policies are hosted. The district plans to work with its website developer to mirror the existing structure so policies remain easy to find.
Committee members did not take a vote on the hosting change during the meeting; they characterized the move as a budget and administrative streamlining proposal and said further work with the district website vendor would follow.
