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Votes at a glance: School committee approves MASC resolutions, warrants, minutes and routine items on Oct. 14
Summary
The committee voted on a slate of Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) resolutions, approved payroll and accounts-payable warrants, accepted meeting minutes, approved a field trip and adopted the 2025–26 operating protocols; most motions were approved by voice vote.
At its Oct. 14 meeting the East Bridgewater School Committee took a series of formal actions: it voted on several MASC resolutions to be carried to the MASC conference, approved payroll and accounts-payable warrants, accepted prior meeting minutes, approved a student field trip and passed administrative routine items.
Key outcomes
- BMI screening resolution (submitted by Grafton School Committee): Motion to support the MASC resolution to remove BMI screening requirements from public schools. Outcome: motion passed by voice vote (aye; one opposed recorded). The committee did not record a roll-call tally in the minutes.
- Reauthorization and other MASC resolutions: The committee considered and voted to support the MASC reauthorizations and new items discussed (sanctuary laws for transgender students; increasing the special education reserve cap; reconstituting BESE membership; restoring local governance for select state‑run districts; personal financial literacy education; and a regional school assessment reserve fund). Each of those resolutions was moved and supported by the committee by voice vote as presented in the packet; the committee carried individual votes for each resolution during the meeting and the motions passed per the meeting record.
- Warrants and financial approvals: The committee approved payroll warrants (PS 11 dated 09/10/2025 and PS 13 dated 09/24/2025) and accounts-payable warrants (SW 12 dated 09/17/2025 and SW 14 dated 10/01/2025) by voice vote.
- Minutes and routine approvals: The committee approved multiple meeting minutes from July, August and September 2025 (including 07/15/2025, 07/28/2025, 08/05/2025 and 09/16/2025) and approved homeschool education plans as recommended by Assistant Superintendent Jennifer McPartland. The committee adopted the School Committee 2025–26 operating protocols.
- Field trip: The committee approved an out-of-state field trip request to the Great East Music Festival in Salem, New Hampshire, on June 5, 2026, submitted by the district music director.
- Adjournment: The committee adjourned by unanimous voice vote.
Procedure note: votes were taken by voice in most cases; the minutes record affirmations (“Aye”) and occasional explicit opposition counts (for example, one opposed on the BMI-screening resolution) rather than roll-call tallies. Individual board members’ votes were not recorded by name in the meeting transcript for every motion.
