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School Committee approves bylaws, legal counsel and multiple procedural items; votes recorded unanimously
Summary
On Jan. 14 the Portsmouth School Committee approved procedural business including sealing executive session minutes, adopting bylaws (policy BED), reappointing legal counsel and replacing policy GEH; all recorded votes were unanimous except one tied vote on cell‑phone policy which was treated as informational.
The Portsmouth School Committee handled several business motions at its Jan. 14 meeting, recording votes on executive‑session minutes, bylaws, legal counsel reappointment and a policy update.
Early in the meeting the committee moved to seal the executive‑session minutes from the pre‑meeting executive session. The motion passed by voice vote as recorded in the minutes: unanimous 6‑0.
On routine business the committee approved the minutes from the Dec. 10 executive and regular sessions and approved the consent agenda; both motions were recorded unanimous 6‑0.
Under the business section the committee voted to adopt the school committee bylaws (policy BED) and to continue the appointment of its current legal counsel, HCL LLC (Hanias Carol Lombardo), to serve at the pleasure of the committee. Both motions passed on voice votes recorded as unanimous 6‑0.
A separate policy update, replacing policy 4,111.6 with policy GEH, was moved, seconded and approved by a unanimous 6‑0 vote.
The committee recorded the motions and outcomes in the meeting minutes and asked staff to prepare the revised bylaws and updated policy documents for distribution to the committee and public records.
Votes at a glance: • Seal executive session minutes — approved, unanimous 6‑0. • Approve Dec. 10 executive and regular session minutes — approved, unanimous 6‑0. • Approve consent agenda — approved, unanimous 6‑0. • Adopt school committee bylaws (Policy BED) — approved, unanimous 6‑0. • Reappoint legal counsel HCL LLC — approved, unanimous 6‑0. • Replace policy 4,111.6 with policy GEH — approved, unanimous 6‑0.
The committee recorded no roll‑call dissent on these business items and closed the meeting after routine reports.
