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School Committee votes 4‑0 to enter executive session on HEA collective bargaining

Harvard School Committee · May 18, 2026
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Summary

At 8:56 PM the committee moved, seconded and approved by roll call (4‑0) a motion to enter executive session under MGL Chapter 30A, Section 21A, Number 3 to discuss strategy related to collective bargaining with the HEA.

At 8:56 PM on May 18 the Harvard School Committee voted to move into executive session to discuss collective bargaining strategy with the Harvard Educators Association (HEA). Chair Abigail Besse made the motion, Ms. Liz Joyce seconded it, and the committee approved the motion by a roll call vote of 4‑0.

The motion invoked MGL Chapter 30A, Section 21A, Number 3, the statute allowing non‑public sessions for discussing strategy with respect to collective bargaining. No further public minutes or substantive details of the bargaining discussion were recorded in the meeting summary.

Next step: the committee proceeded into the closed executive session; public actions on bargaining strategy were not taken in open session.