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Votes at a glance: Portsmouth School Committee actions, April 8, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal motions and votes taken by the Portsmouth School Committee during the April 8 meeting, including unanimous approvals of minutes, consent agenda, bid awards and schedule adjustments.
The Portsmouth School Committee recorded the following formal actions during its April 8 meeting. Vote tallies and motions are summarized from the meeting record.
• Seal executive session minutes — Motion to seal executive session minutes following an earlier executive session: approved unanimously, 7-0.
• Approval of March 25 meeting minutes — Motion to approve: approved unanimously, 7-0.
• Approval of the consent agenda — Motion to approve consent agenda: approved unanimously, 7-0.
• Change of November meeting date — Motion to move the November meeting (previously scheduled for Nov. 11) to Wednesday, Nov. 12: approved unanimously, 7-0.
• Hathaway septic bid award — Motion to award the Hathaway septic project to East Coast Construction for $28,326: approved unanimously, 7-0. The committee noted the work is necessary to maintain compliance and does not expect the playground to be closed during the work.
• Fort Smith High School roof bid award — Motion to award the roof contract to Commercial Roofing and Contracting with a strong committee recommendation for the 30-year add-alternate; award contingent on Town Council approval of funding: approved unanimously, 7-0 (see separate coverage for project details and financing).
• Student-transportation resolution — Motion to table the local resolution pending the availability of state bill language and related proposals: approved unanimously, 7-0.
• Policy JICJ (cell phones) — Motion to move the policy forward for discussion and to advance it to a second reading (second read occurred at the meeting); final adoption deferred to a subsequent meeting with an implementation target at the start of the next school year.
Votes that carried were recorded by the committee as unanimous where noted; several items were recommended by subcommittees (Capital and Policy) and were acted on by the full committee.
