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School committee approves consent agenda, policies and trip venue; adopts 2026–27 calendar
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Summary
The Quabbin Regional School District School Committee approved the consent agenda (including several donations), adopted several district policies, approved a change to a Nature's Classroom site for an elementary trip and adopted the 2026–27 school calendar after roll-call votes.
The Quabbin Regional School District School Committee on Jan. 8 approved its consent agenda, adopted several revised policies and approved two formal items brought for vote: a Nature’s Classroom venue change for a school trip and the 2026–27 school calendar.
The meeting’s consent agenda — which included approval of the Dec. 11, 2025 minutes, warrants and recent donations — passed on a roll-call vote after a motion and a second. Chair called out new donations including an anonymous $500 donation to the district and $1,000 to the National Honor Society from the Barry Savings Bank Charitable Foundation. The motion was seconded and recorded in a roll call that registered members’ responses as recorded in the meeting transcript.
In policy business, a motion was made (on behalf of Dr. Allen, who was absent) to remove policies IKF (graduation requirements), IKFE (competency determination) and KJF (tuition/scheduled programs) from the table and approve them as policies. The committee voted to adopt those policies by roll call; individual member votes were recorded as yes in the transcript.
On a separate motion, the committee approved Hubbardston Center School’s Nature’s Classroom trip site change from Charlton, Massachusetts, to the new Swansea, New Hampshire location for Oct. 20, 2026. As the motion’s rationale, the administration said the new site has features teachers prefer and provided a cost note that the Swansea site is "a bit cheaper," a point raised by a teacher who spoke to the board.
Finally, the committee adopted the 2026–27 school calendar. The superintendent said the calendar reduces early-release days from 10 to 5 and adds approximately 35 instructional hours (about one extra week), with teachers starting in late August and students beginning after Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 7). The motion to adopt the calendar passed by roll call.
The meeting concluded with no request for executive session and a motion to adjourn.
Votes and formal motions recorded in the transcript were the basis for the above outcomes; specific roll-call names and the meeting’s verbatim yes/thumbs-up tallies were recorded at the meeting.
