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Middletown School Committee votes at a glance: collective bargaining approval, homeless policy first reading, esports job and support resolution
Summary
On March 20, 2025, the Middletown School Committee approved several items including a collective bargaining agreement, a second-and-final reading cell phone policy (see separate article), an esports job description and a resolution supporting two state bills; it also took first-reading action on a new homeless policy.
Several formal actions were recorded at the March 20, 2025, Middletown School Committee meeting. The committee approved routine and substantive items; where vote tallies were read they are listed below.
- Consent agenda: Approved. The committee moved and seconded approval of the consent agenda; the motion passed without recorded opposition.
- Collective bargaining: The committee voted to approve the superintendent's recommendation regarding the collective bargaining agreement for Council 94 (legal advice was noted under Rhode Island General Law provisions during executive session). The committee voted in favor; a roll-call tally was not recorded in the public minutes.
- Homeless policy (first reading): The committee considered and voted to approve a first reading of a district homeless policy required by law. Committee members were told the policy is new and based primarily on legal requirements; the committee will hold a required second reading before final adoption.
- Cell phone policy (second and final reading): See separate article. The committee approved the policy 4'to'1 with the condition that school handbooks be updated and returned for approval at the April meeting.
- Esports job description: The committee approved the first-and-final reading of a proposed high school esports job description. Committee members discussed the activity's extracurricular, team-based nature and statewide recognition; the motion passed (no roll-call tally recorded).
- Resolution supporting state bills: The committee voted to approve a resolution supporting Rhode Island House Bill H5397 and Senate Bill S50334. Committee members described the bills as measures to give school districts more flexibility in spending to address unfunded state mandates; the resolution passed.
- Executive-session minutes: Committee members voted to seal the minutes from the executive session in which they received legal advice; no votes were taken during the closed session itself.
Where the meeting transcript did not include a roll-call listing of how each member voted, this summary reports recorded tallies (4'to'1 on the cell phone policy) or notes that a tally was not specified. All motions passed as described at the meeting.
