Wakefield school committee votes unanimously to hold executive session on contract negotiations

The chair of the Wakefield School Committee moved on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, that the committee enter executive session “to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non‑union personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with non‑union personnel,” and said the panel would not reconvene in open session.

The chair read the motion aloud and asked for a second; a committee member seconded. The meeting was held on Zoom, and the chair then conducted a roll-call vote. Committee member Tom Markham, Kevin Scallow and Pete Davis voiced assent; the chair announced a unanimous vote and said the committee would move into executive session. The chair then indicated participants would log off the public session.

The motion specifies the purpose of the executive session as negotiating strategy related to non‑union personnel and contract negotiations. The meeting transcript records five committee members present when the motion was made and voted in favor.

No public discussion of the subject matter of the negotiations was recorded on the transcript. The committee did not state a date or time for any subsequent public meeting on the subject before leaving open session.

The committee convened the executive session immediately after the vote and logged off the public Zoom session; no further open-session actions or votes were recorded in the provided transcript.