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North Brookfield committee hears two districts on tuition, forms subcommittee to get numbers
Summary
At a Nov. 18 special meeting the North Brookfield School Committee heard presentations from Quabbin and Quaboag regional districts about program offerings and options for tuitioning or regionalization; the committee voted to form a subcommittee to gather detailed financial and operational figures before any decision. Public comment included pleas to preserve the town’s small-school experience.
The North Brookfield School Committee on Nov. 18 hosted representatives from two neighboring regional districts to outline what each could offer North Brookfield students if the town pursued a tuition agreement or eventual regionalization. No final decisions were made; the committee voted to form a subcommittee to gather the concrete financial numbers needed to weigh options.
Colleen Muha, representing Quabbin Regional, described Quabbin as a district of five small towns and highlighted supports aimed at preserving a “small community” feel inside larger schools: grade-banded assistant principals, cohorting, co-teaching and regular social-emotional learning. Muha said Quabbin currently enrolls 59 students from North Brookfield (nine at the elementary level) and cited average class sizes of…
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