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Bourne School Committee approves FY26 capital plan, accepts grants and $115,847 scholarship gift; raises adult meal price
Summary
At its Nov. 6 meeting, the Bourne School Committee approved its five-year capital plan and FY26 capital requests, accepted two career-pathway grants totaling $35,000 and a $115,847.73 estate donation to establish a scholarship fund, and approved raising the adult meal price to $5.00. Most votes were unanimous.
The Bourne School Committee on Nov. 6 approved its five-year capital plan and the district’s FY26 capital request, accepted two career-pathway grants totaling $35,000 and a $115,847.73 donation to establish a scholarship fund, and voted to raise the adult meal price to $5.00.
Maureen Fuller moved to approve the BPS five-year Capital Plan; the roll-call vote was 7–0–0 (the student representative is not eligible to vote). Fuller also moved approval of the FY26 Capital Request; that voice vote passed 7–0–0. Director of Business Services Jordan Geist reviewed capital items discussed by the Budget and Facilities Subcommittee, including a draft design for a chiller at Bourne Middle School, a requested BMS roof feasibility study and a previously approved WWTP capital project for which a submission was made to Tighe and Bond.
The committee accepted two grants aimed at career and pathway development: a Middle School Career-Connected Learning Partnership Grant of $20,000 to support college-and-career exposure activities, moved by Kerrie Scofield and seconded by Kendellynn Gagne (voice vote passed 8–0–0), and an Innovation Career Pathways Planning Grant of $15,000 to plan adding an Information Pathway (computer science) at Bourne High School, moved by Kendellynn Gagne and seconded by Kerrie Scofield (voice vote passed 8–0–0).
The committee also voted to accept a $115,847.73 donation from the Estate of Gary Paul Kirouac to establish a scholarship fund; the motion by Kerrie Scofield, seconded by Maureen Fuller, passed by voice vote 8–0–0.
On budget-related operating items, the committee approved increasing the adult meal price from $4.00 to $5.00 after a motion from Maureen Fuller (seconded by Kendellynn Gagne); the voice vote passed 8–0–0. Warrants and payroll for payroll cycles 17 and 19 were approved by roll-call vote 7–0–0 (student representative not eligible). Regular session minutes from Sept. 11, 2024, were approved by roll-call vote 8–0–0.
All actions recorded at the meeting were procedural approvals or standard acceptances; no contested votes or recorded dissents were noted. The committee adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
