Analysis: Town and Schools

School Committee

Posted since 2012: 186 agendas, 82 sets of minutes, 288 recordings, 121 meetings with our minutes and 901 votes on the record.

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Next meeting

Nothing on the calendar yet.

Meets Wednesdays, 7:00 pm · LMS Collaborative Room #D132 · hybrid, Zoom link on each agenda · broadcast live on public access

Its record

minutes posted · FY2666%

23 of 35 meetings · FY27 so far 1 of 2

on YouTube · FY27 so far78%

7 of 9 meetings · FY26 30 of 35

compared with every board →

Job postings

16 open · 4 taken down — openings and history →

Line item transfers

every one, by fiscal year →

FY2027: 0 approved in the town’s minutes, plus $41,560.06 tentative awaiting the minutes. 51 in all.

What it is deciding

Open matters, tracked across every board, that have come up at this one.

Every matter the town is deciding →

Lately

dateour minutesrecordingagendaofficial minutes
Oct 15 2026needs videonot availableagendanot available
Oct 13 2026needs videonot availableagendanot available
Oct 7 2026Committee voted to hire Rich Matthew as director of finance and operations, pending contract; requested $300,000 free cash for special ed reserve. · 11 votesvideoagendanot available
Every meeting →

Latest votes

datemotionoutcomerecordcheck it
Oct 7 2026Accept FY27 line item transfers — moved by Tonypassed unanimouslythe recording onlyvideo 13:27 · ours
Oct 7 2026Hire Mr. Matthew as director of finance and operations, pending contract negotiationspassed unanimouslythe recording onlyvideo 32:48 · ours
Oct 7 2026Declare non-compliant literacy materials and damaged textbooks surplus and authorize disposalpassed unanimouslythe recording onlyvideo 37:38 · ours
Oct 7 2026Accept the report on spring 2026 MCAS and fall DIBELS datanot audiblethe recording onlyvideo 70:09 · ours
Oct 7 2026Change the previously voted position to a 0.5 positionpassed unanimouslythe recording onlyvideo 74:28 · ours
All 901 votes →

Where its time goes

The top topics across the 124 recorded meetings we have minutes for.

budget48.6 h · 17%
policy48.6 h · 17%
facilities41.3 h · 15%
staffing39.7 h · 14%
capital30.7 h · 11%
Every topic →

School Committee stated goals · FY2026 · superseded

the future of Turkey HillDecide whether to rebuild or renovate, and how it would be paid for.
The playground and the parking at the primary school.
Run the budget to a schedule the boards agree on.
One long-term plan covering every school building.
pursuing the turf field alongside the other capital-planning goalsTake the turf field forward with the rest of the capital work.

Adopted at the School Committee, Nov 5, 2025. Recorded in our minutes rather than a published goals document. The one-line summaries are ours; open a goal for the board’s own words. Nothing here says whether a goal was met.

School Committee stated goals · FY2027

the primary school parking lot and playground studyA study of the parking and the playground at the primary school.
the MSBA application for Turkey HillGet the Turkey Hill application in to the state building authority.
Hold the district’s finances to the process the boards agreed.

Adopted at the School Committee, Sep 16, 2026. Recorded in our minutes rather than a published goals document. The one-line summaries are ours; open a goal for the board’s own words. Nothing here says whether a goal was met.

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As of 2026-10-16. All boards.

What changed

Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026