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Sharon budget committee removes half-time Spanish position and insurance from proposed budget
Summary
The Sharon Board of Education Budget Committee met March 4, 2026, entered and exited an executive session, and then revised the draft budget, removing a half-time (.5) Spanish position and insurance from the proposal before adjourning.
The Sharon Board of Education Budget Committee met in hybrid format on March 4, 2026. Board member Terry Vance called the meeting to order at 11:33 a.m., and the body quickly moved into an executive session that included the district business manager and superintendent.
The committee moved into executive session at 11:40 a.m. on a motion by Board member Terry Vance, seconded by Board member Nancy Hegy Martin; the motion "carried unanimously," according to the minutes. Business Manager Sam Herrick and Superintendent Melony Brady-Shanley were invited into the executive session. The board returned from executive session at 12:10 p.m. after a motion by Terry Vance, seconded by Board member Peter Birnbaum; that motion also carried unanimously.
After the executive session the committee resumed a public budget discussion and made two specific reductions to the draft budget: removal of a half-time (.5) Spanish teacher position and removal of insurance (the minutes record only that insurance was removed; the type and dollar amount were not specified). No formal vote on those budget edits is recorded in the minutes; they are recorded as changes made during the budget discussion.
The meeting was declared adjourned at 12:45 p.m. Minutes were signed "Respectfully submitted" by Cindy Webb, Board Clerk, and filed by the Office of the Town Clerk on March 17, 2026, at 1:18 p.m.
