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School committee approves audit presentation, calendar change, warrants and multiple appointments; contract addendum tabled
Summary
The Freetown-Lakeville School Committee approved a $2,000 FY24 audit presentation, accepted a calendar correction for pre-K and K start date, approved payroll warrants for March 19, authorized a DECA field trip, appointed Dr. Barbara Starkey to two regional collaboratives and tabled an addendum to two staff contracts.
At its meeting the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School Committee took several procedural votes and made appointments; several items were approved by voice vote or roll call and one personnel-contract addendum was tabled.
Key actions and outcomes
- Approved acceptance of the FY24 financial audit firm to present findings at a May meeting for a fee of $2,000. The committee approved the presentation and the funds would be identified from business-office lines. (Motion carried; roll call votes recorded for committee members.)
- Approved minutes: the committee voted to accept regular minutes and executive-session minutes from March 12 and accepted amended executive-session minutes for 07/31/2024 after direction from the Attorney General’s office to provide a more detailed summary.
- Approved a minor 2025–26 calendar change: pre-K and kindergarten first day moved to Thursday, Sept. 4 (previously indicated as Sept. 3 in the calendar box). Motion passed by voice vote.
- Approved payroll vendor warrants for March 19.
- Approved a Providence, R.I., field trip request for DECA students (approximately 45 students) to attend a team-building activity at Providence Place Mall; bus and admission cost estimates were discussed at the meeting and fund-raising/assistance was being sought to reduce per-student cost.
- Appointed Dr. Barbara Starkey as the district’s representative to Reeds Collaborative and to South Coast Collaborative for the remainder of the 2024–25 school year and separately for the 2025–26 school year; the committee approved the four required votes.
- Tabled action on an addendum to the contracts of John Higgins and Kelly Steele until the next meeting; the motion to table was approved.
Procedure notes: Several motions were approved by roll call; in most cases the meeting record reflects unanimous voice approval with no named dissent. Where the Attorney General determined the committee had violated open-meeting requirements related to a past executive session, the committee accepted amended minutes to comply with the AG's directive.
No budget vote was taken at this meeting; the committee is scheduled to vote on the FY26 budget on April 9.
