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Pembroke advances draft regional agreement with South Shore Tech ahead of Oct. 21 town meeting
Summary
The committee updated the public on a draft regional agreement with South Shore Tech and said legal counsel and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESC) are reviewing language; the deadline for final language to print on the warrant is Oct. 1 (ideally Sept. 24).
Superintendent (S3) told the School Committee on Sept. 16 that the regional planning committee has circulated a draft regional agreement to support Pembroke joining a regional vocational arrangement with South Shore Tech. She said one edit was made that day to the tuition apportionment language in line 407 and that town legal counsel and DESC have the draft for review.
The superintendent summarized the timeline: the committee had placed a placeholder on the town-meeting warrant earlier; the town warrant will include the article language and the full regional agreement will appear in appendices. To meet printing and procedural deadlines for the Oct. 21 town meeting, final language needs to be in place by Oct. 1, with Sept. 24 preferred. The superintendent said she will circulate the most up-to-date draft to committee members once DESC and legal counsel sign off.
Committee members asked about where the tuition numbers are still being adjusted and whether the regional school committee will vote on the language; the superintendent said the regional committee must vote on the changes before they can be offered as an amendment.
Why it matters: If approved at town meeting, the regional agreement would change Pembroke’s vocational education governance and tuition apportionment for seats at the regional school; language and tuition calculations are the primary contingencies remaining.
Provenance: topicintro: SEG 1000; topfinish: SEG 1043
