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Votes at a glance: committee approves minutes, personnel actions, trips and labor contracts
Summary
The Biddeford School Committee approved a slate of routine and substantive items unanimously, including prior minutes, a consent agenda of hires and transfers, field trips, policies, the purchase of Yonder pouches, and labor contract actions after executive session.
The Biddeford School Committee recorded a series of unanimous approvals during its July meeting.
Key votes approved without recorded opposition included: - Approval of the June 10, 2026 minutes (motion carried unanimously). - Consent agenda: hires, appointments and transfers including David Catananzaro (Bedford High School), Brian Beckwith (Biddeford High School, EdTech 3), Megan Spooner (Biddeford Primary School, EdTech 3), Haley Rennie (Biddeford Primary School, EdTech 2), and recorded resignations and transfers. - Purchase of Yonder pouches for Biddeford High School and related procedures (motion carried unanimously). - Second reading and approval of an overnight field trip to Japan in 2028 for cultural perspective. - First and second readings and suspension of the rules to approve an overnight field hockey preseason retreat Aug. 28–30. - First and second readings and approval of a business school policy and a weapons, violence and school safety policy.
After two executive sessions on labor negotiations and personnel, the committee returned and approved labor contract actions for EdTech 3, the Library Aids Association and the Administrative Assistance Association and separately approved the personnel matter related to Superintendent Jeremy Ray; all motions were recorded as unanimous.
Motions were typically moved by a committee member identified as Marie and seconded by Amy on multiple items; recorded votes in the meeting were unanimous. The committee adjourned and reconvened in August as scheduled.
