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School committee updates facility rental fees, renames for-profit category and aligns custodial coverage with AFSCME deal
Summary
The School Committee approved updated facility rental rates and guideline language that renames the 'for profit' rate class to 'all other' and updates custodial coverage to reflect the district’s tentative AFSCME agreement.
The Westford School Committee unanimously approved updated facility rental fees and guideline changes Tuesday night that reflect inflationary and contract-driven cost increases and rename the existing “for profit” rate column to “all other.”
Why it matters: The business-office presentation said the changes are intended to align rental rates with recent increases in contractor and custodial costs and to reflect language agreed in a tentative AFSCME contract.
What changed
- Fee renaming: The committee approved changing the rate column label from “for profit” to “all other” to better reflect how the district bills users. - Custodial coverage: Guidelines were updated to align custodial-hour requirements and extra‑service charges with the terms in Westford’s tentative AFSCME agreement.
Vote: Committee members moved and seconded the recommendation and voted unanimously to adopt the revised rates and guidance; the changes will be used for FY26 rental requests.
Ending: The committee noted that further refinement of the guidelines and a working group on processes and consistency may be convened during the fall.
