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Committee delays school-choice decision until April, advances several policy reviews
Summary
The committee agreed to prepare both participating and non-participating school-choice policies for an April decision, discussed tradeoffs between the $5,000 per-choice-student stipend and potential special-education costs, and advanced first readings or no-change motions on student publications, gang-activity, hazing/bullying review, alcohol/drug screening and cell-phone policy follow-up.
The North Middlesex Regional School Committee agreed to postpone a final decision on school choice until April and to bring both policy drafts — JFBB (participating) and JFBB-1 (not participating) — back for further review.
Brad Morgan (administrator) told the committee he needs to review class sizes and budget implications before recommending whether the district should participate. Morgan noted that the state stipend is about $5,000 per school-choice student, but warned that many students who choose schools may have special education needs that can cost far more than the stipend. "It could be compensated $5,000 but…
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