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Votes at a glance: committee ratifies union MOA, advances curriculum and routine items
Summary
The School Committee ratified a memorandum of agreement with the Laborers union for IT staff, approved standing committee reports and referred several items to administration; TLSS had approved a Reveal math curriculum purchase authorization and the committee recorded roll-call approvals on multiple items.
At its meeting the Worcester School Committee voted on several administrative items, ratified a labor agreement and filed multiple reports and referrals.
Ratified MOA with Laborers union: The committee ratified a memorandum of agreement between the Worcester School Committee and Massachusetts Laborers District Council Unit D covering computer technicians/IT professionals for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. A roll-call vote recorded the listed members present voting yes.
Reveal elementary math curriculum: The Teaching, Learning & Student Success subcommittee reported it had authorized the administration to purchase the Reveal elementary math curriculum on a six-year contract "not to exceed $3.2 million" (GB6-33); that TLSS vote was reported as 2-1. Committee members discussed dual-language materials and teacher access to Spanish-English resources; Member Mailman moved that the committee adopt a public curriculum-review schedule to ensure future large contracts come with stakeholder visibility.
Other approvals and referrals: Subcommittees reported on library collaboration items, student job and volunteer opportunity plans, COPPA/data-privacy handbook updates and mask policy updates; the committee referred petitions on middle-school recess to TLSS and requested administration reports on athletics-related race-complaint logging, aviation career program details and rejected-enrollment trends for 2026-27.
Roll-call votes were recorded during the meeting on the TLSS packet and other routine items; the meeting concluded with several items approved to file and a motion to adjourn.
Details in committee materials and meeting minutes will list exact vote tallies and statutory citations for each formal action.
