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Middleborough School Committee approves consent agenda, health procedure and one‑year bus contract extension
Summary
At its Jan. 9 meeting the committee approved the consent agenda and donations, adopted a medication delegation procedure to allow trained staff to administer certain medications on trips, approved several field trips, and voted to extend the student transportation contract for one year (4–1).
The Middleborough School Committee took several routine but formal actions during its Jan. 9 meeting.
The committee approved the consent agenda — which included meeting minutes, donation acknowledgements (including a Cape Cod 5 educational mini‑grant and gifts in memory of Jackie Kavanaugh) and fundraising notices — by voice vote recorded in the meeting transcript as unanimous.
The committee approved the school nurse medication delegation procedure, aligning with the Department of Public Health license that allows nurses to train other staff to administer specific medications (inhalers, epinephrine, ADHD medications) during field trips and school events. The procedure requires parent permission and updated staff training; the committee voted to adopt it unanimously.
Multiple field trips and overnight travel requests (including elementary out‑of‑state museum trips and a high‑school student council conference overnight) were approved without amendment.
On the student transportation contract, district staff recommended exercising a one‑year option (year four) of the existing contract to provide continuity and additional time to assess improvements; the staff presented a year‑four cost figure and described a 2.3% increase over the current year. Committee discussion included concerns raised by some members about contractor management and driver retention; one member voted no. The motion to extend the contract for one year passed by voice vote recorded as four to one.
The meeting concluded with adjournment. Committee members asked staff to post calendar drafts and assessment materials online and to follow up on corrective‑action timelines discussed earlier in the meeting.
