School committee approves senior trip, school improvement plans and Teamsters instructional assistant contract

The Northbridge School Committee voted on three action items during the meeting: approval of a high‑school senior trip, adoption of school improvement plans for each school, and ratification of a collective bargaining agreement covering instructional assistants represented by Teamsters Local 170.

On the consent and action items the committee recorded roll‑call votes. The committee approved the senior trip after a motion and second. The school improvement plans — presented earlier in the meeting by building leaders and central office staff — were adopted by affirmative roll‑call vote. After a closed executive session to discuss collective bargaining (entered under Massachusetts General Laws chapter 30A, section 21(a)), the committee returned to open session and voted to approve the instructional assistant collective bargaining agreement for the period 07/01/2025 through 06/30/2028.

Votes at a glance

- Senior trip: motion moved and seconded; roll‑call vote recorded as affirmative. - School improvement plans: motion moved and seconded; roll‑call vote recorded as affirmative for the members called. - Collective bargaining — Teamsters Local 170 (instructional assistants): approved for the period 07/01/2025–06/30/2028 following executive session.

Meeting minutes read into the record also acknowledged donations from Unibank Charitable Foundation ($500 each to Northbridge High School student council and the robotics team) and an anonymous $2,000 Fidelity Charitable donation to the robotics program.

The meeting adjourned after the final recorded affirmative votes.