Committee approves proctor pay increase, BASE rate hikes and policy housekeeping; course catalog drops journalism
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The Bridgewater-Raynham committee approved a 2% proctor pay increase and raised BASE summer and vacation-week daily rates to $50; the committee also combined EFBA into the ADF wellness policy and removed journalism from the high school course catalog.
The Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School Committee approved several operational and policy changes during the meeting, including proctor pay, BASE program fee increases, housekeeping updates to committee representation and a change to the high school course selection booklet.
The committee agreed to recommend a 2 percent increase to the proctor hourly rate for fiscal year 2027; the motion to set the proctor hourly rate (motion language recorded as to $22.82) was moved and seconded and recorded as passing in the meeting minutes. Members later reported roughly 14 proctors across seven schools who primarily provide class coverage and substitute support.
The BASE program director recommended raising BASE summer and vacation-week day rates. The committee voted to raise the summer BASE program full-day rate to $50 per day (motion by Mr. Loosz, second by Mr. Fitzgibbon) and to raise the BASE vacation-week full-day rate to $50 per day starting FY27 (motion by Mr. Loeb, second by Mr. Fitzgibbon); both motions passed by voice vote. Committee members praised the BASE director for turning the program toward self-sustainability and said the rate changes aim to ensure the program no longer requires support from district E&D funds.
On policy housekeeping, the committee approved updates to BDFA to refresh the list of external committees and approved combining policy EFBA (School Food and Nutrition) with policy ADF (Wellness) into a single wellness policy. The committee also approved routine general ledger warrants with one abstention recorded.
On curriculum, the high school presented a single-course change: due to low enrollment, the committee approved removing the journalism and media studies course and adding a new writing course called "Everyday Ethics." The motion was moved by Mr. Loesch and seconded by Ms. Guedotamus and approved by voice vote.
Next steps: business office and program directors will update payroll, fee schedules and parent communications to reflect the changes; policy updates will be republished and the course catalog updated for the upcoming school year.