Votes at a glance: Easton committee accepts retirement, dissolves superintendent advisory committee and moves to executive session

At its March 26 meeting the Easton School Committee recorded several formal actions: acceptance of a paraprofessional retirement, dissolution of a temporary advisory committee, approvals of meeting minutes, and a roll‑call vote to enter executive session on collective bargaining and an open‑meeting complaint.

The committee accepted the retirement of Barbara Kushing, a paraprofessional at East Middle School of more than 25 years, "with regret"; the motion was made and seconded and carried by voice vote.

The committee voted to dissolve the superintendent advisory committee — the group that developed a profile for a prospective superintendent and reviewed Dr. Puit — after the committee reported its original purpose had been fulfilled; the motion was made, seconded and approved by voice vote.

The committee approved a series of regular‑session, workshop and some executive‑session minutes for January–February 2026 with a small number of edits (including spelling corrections). Those approvals were taken by voice vote; the meeting record does not include a full roll‑call tally for those items.

At the meeting’s close the chair moved to enter executive session to discuss collective bargaining with EA units A and C, strategy for negotiations with non‑union personnel, an open‑meeting‑law complaint received March 10, 2026, and to review many prior executive session minutes. The motion passed on roll call: "Percio, yes; Wesman (Wiseman), yes; Hamilton, yes." The committee did not return to open session.

No ordinances, appropriations or contracts were adopted during open session at this meeting.