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Rockport School Committee adopts 2025–26 committee goals focused on community connections
Summary
The Rockport School Committee unanimously adopted four 2025–26 committee goals emphasizing community connections and advocacy, including a three-times-per-year newsletter, a midyear active-listening retreat, community outreach events with the superintendent, and coordination with town committees.
The Rockport School Committee voted unanimously to adopt its 2025–26 committee goals, shifting the title from "communication and advocacy" to "community connections and advocacy." Chair Amy Oakes opened the item and the committee approved a package of four actions designed to increase listening and two-way outreach with residents.
The goals call for publishing the committee newsletter three times this year, holding a midyear retreat focused on active listening, conducting four to five community outreach visits with the superintendent across the year, and engaging Rockport town committees on behalf of schools. "We want to engage in and support actions that will create ongoing and effective community communications," Chair Amy Oakes said during the discussion.
Members emphasized that the first action would be to maintain the superintendent's "In the Loop" newsletter and to consider short topical postcards for timely notices. Committee member Mark Lorenz said the outreach goal aligns with the committee's aim to hear what the community cares about. The motion to adopt the committee goals passed after a roll-call 'Aye' vote.
The committee will revisit implementation details and timelines at future meetings as the actions are put into practice; no additional funding or contract approvals were requested as part of this vote.
