School committee approves minutes, warrants, FY26 budget parameters, ski trip and food pantry donation

At its Dec. 5 meeting the Northbridge School Committee approved a set of routine and substantive actions, including minutes, warrants, budget parameters and an out-of-state student trip.

Minutes: The committee moved and approved the school committee minutes (from 11/26/2024). Voting participants recorded in the meeting included Jonathan Kanoi, Carl Collins, Jill Leonard and Heather Alden; the motion was recorded as passed.

Warrants: The committee approved Warrant 25-22 (Nov. 27, 2024) for $91,963.76 and Warrant 25-23 (Dec. 5, 2024) for $289,440.40. The combined total of the two warrants is $381,404.16 (amounts as read into the record).

Budget parameters and timeline: The committee voted to adopt FY26 budget parameters and the timeline presented by district staff (as discussed earlier by Melissa). The motion passed following a motion and second; recorded votes were affirmative.

Ski trip: The committee approved the ski club out-of-state trip to Waterville Valley, N.H., as requested by a staff member; the presenter had sought approval to finalize bookings for roughly 40 students and had indicated interest from 49 students. Members voted to approve the trip.

Donation: The committee accepted a food pantry donation from the Williams family consisting of six $25 gift cards; the motion passed.

Adjournment: The committee then moved to adjourn and the meeting was closed by recorded vote.

Where the transcript did not name a mover or seconder explicitly, those fields are recorded as "not specified." Vote tallies in the transcript were recorded by individual 'Yes' responses for members who answered during roll-call voting; detailed roll-call tallies beyond the named affirmative responses were not included in the record.