School Committee: September 30, 2025

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4:33 me see. Oh, there you are. Let me um » Yep. I just did it. I didn’t see you lo in. Sorry. Okay. Thank you.

5:13 All right. All right. Hey. Um, can you hear me? Okay, » I can hear you. Can you hear me? » Yeah, no problem. » Um, why don’t we call to order at 8:30? Um, John was maybe going to be joining us, but we can get started and » Okay. Um I um for some reason I can’t you had you had a spreadsheet at one point and I for some reason can’t find that anywhere but um so maybe we can get to that later because I have we have I have all the ones on the agenda for today. Um and I think you had created a spreadsheet. » Yeah. So the that are on the agenda

5:59 today are the A and B policies that were in that spreadsheet, but I can make sure that you can access. » There’s one A policy we have, right? The AC policy. » Yes. Okay. That the only one um that was needed to be updated um with the M. Did we already do ACAB

6:24 and AC the sexual harassment? That was back from February of 2012. Let me just see here. Hang on.

6:33 Well, anyway, let’s let’s go through the agenda and then we can talk about that. Okay. First thing we have is approval of the minutes from our August 28th meeting. So, I make a motion to approve the minutes of August 28th, 2025. » I second that motion. » Um,

6:58 okay. Um, did you have any changes or anything? » No, I thought they look fine. » Okay. So, um I’ll I guess I’ll call a vote. » Okay. In favor » and I’m in favor. So, two to zero approved. » Okay. Um, all right. Where are we? » Um, you didn’t want to do a public comment. Well, I mean, I guess we don’t have anybody, but » Oh, wait. » I mean, we do have some people, but » Well, it’s not on the agenda. I just didn’t know. » So, I mean, if you wanted to make a motion to open it, you could. » Sure. I’ll make a motion to open up to public comment since it’s not on the agenda. » Okay. I’ll second that motion. » J. Yes. Or open. Okay. I guess I’ll call a vote.

7:47 Um, in favor in favor two to zero, would anybody have any public comment? If you have a public comment, just raise your hand, which is the little button at the bottom that says raise hand.

8:02 All right. I don’t see any public comment. So, for the record, we offered we voted for um public comment which was not on the agenda and I do not see anybody looking to make a public comment. So, I will close it. » Okay.

8:21 Okay. Um Okay. Um policy review. Um Okay. So, the AC is the non non-discrimination. » It’s the non-discrimination. Um and it is the only one that we had that there were um MASC recommended changes. And so um that were not like we did some minor ones um in the group of policies that we approved at our last meeting. Um and on top of that, these were um this is a policy that the anti-semitism, the special commission on anti-semitism had recommended districts, you know, take a look at as well. Our policy

9:08 is actually pretty significantly different from the MASC policy. So, it’s not a situation where we could just consider the changes that they are recommending um and implement those. And so I thought we should just have a conversation about how we want to go about reviewing this policy this year. » So I’m looking at our policy which was revised 9722. Um so yeah, I don’t know what it looked like before that but it says uh it’s non-discrimination and harassment. Um, the Marblehead public schools does not tolerate discrimination against students, parents, employees, or the general public on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, homelessness, religion, age,

9:54 pregnancy, or pregnancy status, or any other category protected by state or federal law. The Marblehead schools are is the Marblehead public schools is are also committed to maintain maintaining a school environment free of harassment based on all of those things except it added immigration status which was not in the above one. So that’s interesting. » Oh interesting. Okay. » Um or any other category protected by state or federal law. Immigration status not protected by federal law but whatever. Um the district provides equal access to all designated youth groups. Marblehead public schools policy of non-discrimination will extend to student staff, the general public and individuals with whom it does business. No person shall be excluded from or discriminated against in employment admission to a public school of the

10:41 district or ina or in obtaining the advantages, privileges and courses of study of such public school based on account of and it listes lists all of the actually it doesn’t right it mixes some say gender ident some say sexual orientation oh no it is out of there sorry and immigration status » y then the superintendent shall designate at least one administrator to serve as the compliance officer for the non-discrimination policies which will include but not limited to um inquiries regarding title six, title 7, etc., etc. Uh the superintendent shall also adopt and publish one or more grievance procedures for addressing reports of discrimination. the student handbooks, grievance procedures, and the

11:27 district’s website shall identify the name and title, name, title, office address, email, and telephone for the compliance officers for the above non-discrimination. So yeah and that is different than definitely than um that » it’s different than the correspondence MASC and it seems to incorporate like MASC has some separate ones that we don’t have but it seems as though perhaps we have incorporated everything into the one » into one. Yeah, the one for MASC um is a yeah, it’s more bullet pointed. Um and it does let me just see does it include anything

12:13 include anything include anything active military and veteran status, marital status, familiar status. Yeah, it’s definitely different additional groups, » right? » And however does not include immigration status, » right? in the MESC version. » Um, has John I don’t know if John has taken a look at this. » I had told him that we were going to be, you know, discussing it. I thought he was joining us, but he’s not here. So, I think he should look at it. Um, it should probably be reviewed by legal. I mean, the law has changed around these areas over the last several years. And so if we’re not just using the MASC policy, then we probably should

12:58 have our lawyers take a look and make sure that we’re covering everything that we’re supposed to cover. » Yeah. I mean, maybe they should take a look at um what we currently have as well as what MSC is recommending and maybe make a um recommendation to us. » It would not have been them in 2022. It would have been the previous firm. So I don’t think that um Valerio Dominello wrote the latest version of ours. » Okay. » Um so that probably makes sense. All right. So have them review what what’s being recommended and Marbleheads

13:39 for comment. for comment. I mean do you I mean generally I would think we would probably want to adopt MASC. I mean they do do this for a living, » right? I would think so. Um I mean it would be adopting MASC and you know probably their other ones that we don’t have. So like the non-discrimination on the basis of sex we don’t have. We seem to have incorporated them into the same policy. So it could be in adopting a couple new policies. » Yeah. » Okay. » Yeah. » All right. So we need to do that. All right. So I’m going to put this on our to-do

14:25 It um it also looks like it’s a ce non-discrimination on basis of disability, sexual harassment, equal opportunity, instructional materials, and equal educational opportunities are the cross references. So maybe we well I guess we’ll ask them to like review this whole thing. » I think so and figure out which ones we would need to adopt if we were shifting away from ours. » Yeah. Okay. » Sense. » Okay. » All right. » So, the new one is called, let me just see the new the not the new one, but the MASC one is non-discrimination policy including harassment and retaliation. » That is Yeah, that is definitely we don’t have that, » right?

15:11 » Okay. All right. So, that’s going to send to Valario Dominella. Okay.

15:21 The next item was the middle school pathway pathway exploration policy. John just sent that to us. » Yeah, he sent it this morning. » Yeah. So, you know, just by, you know, our pro process, I don’t like to try to review things on the same day. Like, we should have had this earlier. » Yeah. um he had we were supposed to get it a day or two ago um and then MASS came out with some recommendations and I think that the delay was that they were comparing this to that. » Okay. I’m fine to not review this today, but the there’s a deadline in November for this policy to be in

16:07 place and we don’t have a subcommittee meeting scheduled until November 20th. So, I think we would either have to decide to just have the full school committee handle this one or we’d have to schedule a meeting before then to get the ball rolling on this. I’m not sure there’s a like heinous punishment if we don’t have this done by November, but I will leave it at that versus like December. » It’s I’m sure probably just a recommendation. Um, but we can schedule a meeting. That’s fine. Um, so it looks like from what John sent us, it’s a draft policy, middle school pathway exploration. The recommendation is it’s an added add the drafted policy to instructional program as file IH AAA-

16:55 um and usually those dashes. Let me just see what I H A III is I have you have you looked at IH AI. Okay. So I AI. Let me um let me share my screen. Do you want me if I share just so you can see it? Yeah, that’s fine.

17:21 » So, this is that Oh, hang on. Can you see this? » Um, yes. » So, I this is our current policy. Vocational technical education recognizes that students of preK through 12 should be Oh, it’s not formatted properly. Be afforded the opportunity to be informed about the world of work. Okay. Vocations available to them. Develop a respect for the dignity of work. I know this is terribly formatted. Um, so this was approved in 21. So it looks like what MASC is recommending is that this would be like an at the -ash I would be like a separate one and this would stay. It doesn’t look like it’s a replacement. » That’s correct. There was some there was a newsletter a couple of weeks ago. This

18:09 is due to some DESIE requirements. Um that that if you if a district like ours that has that participates in a technical » Yeah. » program, we have to have a policy on how we inform our middle school students of those opportunities. » Was this I’m looking at the August 25th update. I don’t see it in there. Maybe it was » um It was a standalone email. » Oh, okay. » Let me see. » That’s all right. So, I guess we just it So, they’re looking to add that that policy we have is sort of like whatever generic, but it doesn’t say a ton, but um Okay. So, we’re looking to just add that. I mean, well, he’s not we’re not really here to talk to I just want to make sure um let me pull his up here that John’s able to meet that, right? I mean, I’m

18:55 assuming he wouldn’t have sent it to us if he didn’t or if he couldn’t. Um » well it says there’s a couple things I had questions on like um you know they it says that we you know it’s a veteran school that the veteran school will comply with the regulatory requirement um that they give out the names addresses emails like that he’s prepared to do all of that. » Yeah. » Um the other thing I had a question about for him was me a minute here. Oh it’s a probably a longer question but it references in the very last paragraph. I don’t know if you have his document in front of you, but the very last paragraph says career connected learning opportunities » says exploration and awareness of secondary school options including career connected learning opportunities

19:42 will include CTE programs. Innovation’s career pathways program at Marblehead High Schools. I don’t know what that is. Dual enrollment and career prep courses will be shared annually with with vet students. Dual enrollment I have a question on. I don’t know what that means because we used to have a dual enrollment program with Salem State » which was eliminated either right before during COVID. » Okay. » So, I just want to understand because I that this may not be accurate. » Okay. » I just want to maybe it is I just I am unaware of a dual any dual enrollment programs. » Okay. » So, that would be a question for John. So, yeah. So, let’s um I get let’s just make sure he’s not there. » No, he’s not in the attendees. Okay. Um I guess we’ll take I mean I’m fine with this like recommending this to the

20:30 school committee if you are but um maybe we just want to make sure that question but I don’t think that should hold it up but just to make sure John took a look at that and is but that it’s accurate. » Um I mean I’m okay with just you know » I think it’s a pretty straightforward policy so I’m okay with just starting to move it forward. Um I do believe we could probably get some clarification from Alicia that we have to do three readings. » I assumed we had to do three readings policy. » Yeah. So that’s another reason why we probably should try to move this along so we can get it into um the next couple of school committee

21:16 meetings in October and so then we can be prepared to vote on it in November. I mean technically this counts as a first reading right you want to do that and my understanding is and we can get clarification but my experience is that you don’t actually have to read it it’s just presented and it’s in the package public can can read it that’s what reading means » makes sense » um yeah and I guess I just had a few questions for John I I did I was unaware did like they talk they’re talking about um you know promoting effectively Northshore tech Um they talk about application interviews. I am unaware of whether they do interviews or not. Maybe they do, » right? I don’t know. Um it’s a good question, but » yeah. And what is not an information

22:01 sharing? I mean, that’s all important obviously for the public to see that because I guess we must provide all the names to um Essex Tech, but Northshore Tech, » but there’s nothing in here. I guess this wouldn’t be appropriate. It’s very competitive. It’s like there’s far more applicants from as well as the other Northshore towns than there are spaces. » We, you know, we’ve been hearing that for quite some time now. So, you know, I just wondered whether I maybe it’s not appropriate, but somewhere in there it should be saying like it’s a I don’t want to say competitive is not the right word. It’s a lot. I think it’s a lottery. » I don’t know what it is. I don’t honestly it actually might be competitive. It might be based on grades and » um » I don’t know, John. So, I just didn’t know whether that should be referenced

22:49 in there, but you know, because MASC is doing this for the entire state and I don’t know what the other pro school how competitive the other schools are across the state, » but I know ours is very competitive. » Yeah. Yeah, that’s a good point. So, but let’s let’s if we’re comfortable recommend this policy pending some of these questions to John and will we want to add it to the um October meeting. I don’t know what the date is. Uh get my calendar

23:25 my analog paper calendar. I’m a total boomer and admit it. Um, so I think it’s the it’s not the second cuz that’s Yung Kapoor, right? So it’s what the 9th and the 23rd. » No, it’s the 15th. » Oh, it is. » Yeah. » No, I don’t have that in there. » We’re doing the 15th and the 30th. » And the 30th. That’s right. Um, I have this as a policy meeting October 23rd. » Oh, it didn’t make it onto my calendar, but that would work for me. It’d be good to meet the fourth Thursday. » Yeah. » So, technically without any changes, that could be our third. Well, no, we’ll probably do the two readings. If we do it the 15th

24:10 15th 15th um and then do a reading on the 15th school committee meeting and then on the 30th um in theory, we could vote it. » Yep. the third reading. » Okay. » Okay. » Um so let’s see that would be 10 15 and 10 30. Okay. » Okay. Um should we vote to recommend it to the full school? » Yes, we we probably should. One quick question. I don’t expect you to know the answer to this, but it’s called middle school pathway exploration. That must like I’m just un clear exactly what that is. I’m assuming that mean is the like sort of term for

24:58 » that’s what the DC guidance was that districts who participate in a regional technical program must create a middle school pathway exploration policy » for that schools it’s not for other schools it’s for the tech » our middle school about how we inform students about the tech or theoretically if there was another technical school that our students could go to then it would be both of them. » Well, or other like there’s other you know you could go be an apprentice to a plumber. I you know I don’t know » right anything like that I think is what we’re » maybe John can just clarify that. » Um but we we will go forward. Okay. I will make a motion to um to approve

25:46 draft policy IH AI- A middle school pathway exploration for recommendation to the school committee to approve. » Um I’ll second that. » Second Kate. Hang on. Let me just write Hang on one sec. I just want to write down this motion.

26:05 Okay. A call for a vote. Kate » in favor. » Chen in favor two to zero. So we have approved this. This is our first reading and approved this to go forward to um recommendations to school committee. » Great. Okay.

26:26 So now we have several of the e policies. » Yes. » Which are primarily revisions. Um do you want to just sort of go through them or » Yeah, we can walk through them if you want. Um the first one is the policy BA school committee operational goals. » That’s that was literally one word. » It was changing problems to concerns. » Yeah. » Um changing simple to smart » and deleting concrete. » Yeah. to periodically. The only thing is when there’s an assumption that people know what a capital sm goal is, but » yeah, » it’s not referenced. So, I don’t know whether » we could spell that out. » We could hype it, you know, do a

27:12 parenthesis. I don’t know what they are now. I don’t even know what they are to be honest with you. Um, add the words. » Yeah. » Okay. So, why don’t we What are smart goals? Hang on. Let’s see. specific. specific. This is what I’m showing in my AI. Specific, measurable,

27:39 achievable, achievable, relevant, and time bound. » Yep. » Okay. Um,

27:53 does your goo is the Google doc can you can you add this to the Google doc? » Yeah, I can I can do that. » Great. So, let’s do that. Why don’t you want to go through all these and then assuming at the end we just vote them all or do you want to vote them one? » Yeah, we can go through them all and then vote them all or if there’s one that we’re going to hold back or whatever, do it that way. It’s » okay. I also notice at the I think you the bottom it shows Marlin public schools approve in this case this one BA approved 1018118 updated. So we’re going to leave that and then just show the updated date of the vote. » Yeah. So the ones we did at the last school committee meeting the next day I put that date and then sent them all to Stephen to go up on the website. So » Okay, great. » Currently

28:40 » okay. The next one is B A A school committee member authority. This is like four pages. » Yes. And the the changes are the change is really minor. It’s » right. » Changing towns public schools to district. » Yep. » And then changing good of the students to good of all students. » Yeah. I think that’s probably pretty straightforward. » Very tight with that. Um, BB B A BB BB. It’s a school committee member qualifications, oath of office. Um, not that it’s a big deal, but they deleted a sentence at the end saying membership on a school committee is not limited to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

29:26 » I’m assuming that’s just because that is the law. » That’s my guess. are because it’s an elected position. So the sort of hiring language around non-discrimination wouldn’t apply. » Wouldn’t apply. Yeah. Okay. So that’s just just deleting that. So I think that’s pretty straightforward. » BBBC is um school committee resignation. Um all it did is um replace he or she with they. » It’s very minor change. I am curious whether they did like gender stuff throughout, but I don’t think I want to delve into that. » They seem to have a bunch of the ones that we » um voted at the last meeting, that’s what the changes were. Um and this one wasn’t flagged

30:12 » on in their newsletter as minor changes. So, it didn’t get caught with those, but » Oh, got it. Okay. Right. So, that’s BBBC. BBE is the unexpired term both element. Um it just changed it to select the select men to select board. » Yeah. » So another really minor. » Yeah. Okay. Makes sense. BEH is Oh, the public comment. » So public comment is deleting. This is interesting. Um, under section three of our public comment, it’s deleting the sentences that read, “Although no member of the community will be denied the right to bring their complaints to the committee,

30:58 they will be referred through the proper administrative channels in accordance with policy K public complaints for resolution before investigation or action by the committee. Exceptions will be made when the complaints concern committee actions or committee operations only.” So, I’m not sure. I mean, I like that, but I don’t know. I I wish that MASC’s changes were annotated so you could understand why they were recommending them. Um because you kind of have to read between the lines a little bit and guess. My only thought was that you know people are entitled to come make their public comment whether they want you know to try and work towards a solution or not. Um, but I don’t think if we want to leave the language in here, I don’t

31:44 think it hurts anything to have it there. I just I mean because this is saying you’re not going to be the denied the right to bring your complaint to the committee. So you can come obviously can come and speak, but you will be referred through the proper channels. So that just because you come to the school committee with a complaint does not mean the committee is going to investigate that complaint. That’s that’s how I read this. » Yes. But does it create an affirmative obligation then for the like you know, we don’t respond to public comment. So, is this creating a situation where we need to then tell people you should take your concerns to your principal or your superintendent, you know, whoever the appropriate channel would be. » Well, the entire section three says topics for discussion should be limited to those items within the school committee scope of authority. The

32:30 authority of the school committee primarily concerns the review and approval of the budget of the district’s public schools, the performance of the superintendent, in the educational goals and policies of the district’s public schools. Comments and complaints regarding school personnel parenthesy apart from the superintendent parenthesy or students or students are generally prohibited unless those comments and complaints concern matters within the scope of school committee authority, which is interesting that they leave that in. Right. So, you’re prohibiting complaints, which by the way, we do not do. um as a practice and then we’re striking although no member of the community will be denied the right to bring their complaints to the committee they will be referred through the proper administrative channels in accordance with policy K I mean I like I don’t I like that there

33:15 like that I like that there » and I’m I’m sort of wondering the whole like prohibited I don’t think we can prohibit any public comment but I guess we

33:31 I mean, I can see the rationale of not allowing people to come in public comment and speak about personnel matters because they’re » Well, how do you do it? Because you’re not I mean, they’re going to say it and then you’re like, how do you stop it? » Yeah, you can stop it. So, » I don’t know. I personally think we should leave it in » because we’re going to refer you to the proper channels which is important. » Yeah. » And the only other thing is under section four they delete um or contains obscenities. » Yes. » But I thought when Liz was talking to us this summer you we can prevent obscenities. Obscenity is doesn’t mean I was like I learned obscenity doesn’t mean profanity.

34:18 It means like something that’s obscene that you are either threaten somebody and they can’t do that. » Well, so earlier in the sentence, it does say that it it’s not constitutionally protected if it can constitutes true threats. Um, so I think to the extent this is talking about obscenities like profanity, » okay, » we can’t stop that and that’s the intention here, » I guess. Yeah. No, no, that’s a good point. Okay, so that’s that’s good. Yeah, I just um » I’d be fine with leaving the language in three. So we could, you know, not make that change, but then delete the obscenities language from four. » All right. So you’re prepared to do that and then that’s what we’ll go forward with. We’ll approve it.

35:09 » Okay, that’s that. Um policy BG school committee policy development. » Yeah, that was just one deletion. I guess that except the definition of policy set forth by the National School Boards Association. Okay. I guess we don’t » then. Well, then the language that’s added after that policies or principles. » Oh, I’m sorry. I don’t have a colored one. I’m sorry. Got the color. Um I think that that is the National School Board Association definition. So we’re » incorporating it into the policy and just eliminating that. » Yeah. And it’s actually the Massachusetts Board of Education and other regulatory agencies. Yeah. So that makes sense. Okay. So I’m fine with that. » Great. Great. That’s good. Um BGC

36:04 this looks like I mean it was just um sort of some like I don’t know if grammar is the right word but » just kind of like more refined language I think or » it does say um so the new policy is is recommended to read in its review the committee will evaluate how the policies have been implemented » period it will consider feedback from school staff students and the community when revising policies as appropriate superintendent is is expected to call to the attention of the committee all policies that are out of date or for other reason appear to need revision but they’re striking the school committee directs the superintendent to periodically recall all policy and regulation manuals for administrative updating and committee review. Um, so maybe that is because that comes

36:49 under the handbooks that we because it’s really the handbooks, » right? That’s what that would be, right? Um, I saw this as more, you know, reflecting that there’s sort of an ongoing review process. » So, » okay, I’m fine with that. » Um, and I don’t think we need John because it’s it’s striking something he’s expected to do or whatever referencing. Um, so the next one is policy BHE, which is use of electronic messaging by school committee members. » Um, and it looks like they just which I I didn’t realize that the school committee chair was going to annually designate a member of central office staff to be copied on electronic mail correspondents. I don’t think that was

37:35 true, but but our tech department track » Yeah. archives and tracks all of our emails. I saw that and the like language that’s being struck about, you know, hard copies for people who computers as really just polic practices that would have existed prior to the way technology is now. So, » right. » So, that’s fine. I think that’s fine. Um, BIBA is policy. BIBA school committee conferences, conventions, and workshops. So, that just changed the word system to district. » Yep. and » and will instead of shall. » Okay, that’s fine with that. That’s easy. » The ID um school committee member compensation and expenses. Um

38:20 Um Um oh, so yeah, we must have been in some must have had this left over from some city that thing that we weren’t supposed to have. So it just says school committee shall serve without compensation. No, no member of the school committee shall be eligible to the position of teacher or superintendent of the Marblehead public schools therein or in any union school or superintendency union or district in which Marblehead participates.

38:48 » Yep. » Yep. » And then wait hang on one second. No member I didn’t I didn’t read this clear. No member of the school committee shall be eligible to the position of teacher or superintendent of the Marblehead public schools therein. So none of our teachers or our superintendent can be on the school committee, » right? » Or in any union, school or superintendency union or district in which Oh, Marblehead participate. So you could be a teacher in another district and be on our school committee. » Yeah. I Yes. Okay. I think the issue is that you can’t be » you can’t be paid. It’s about compensation. can’t be paid by us or by our union. Like you couldn’t I I read that as like

39:37 you couldn’t be an MTA organizer could not become a school committee, » right, member. Okay, that makes sense. Okay. U and then it cleaned up all this stuff about um regional and cities which were not we’re not part of. So I’m assuming or maybe it’s been deleted for everybody. I don’t know. But this makes sense. So okay. So, we’ll approve that. » Um, and the note, John recommended that we change that from the MASC recommendation and have it be that no member of the school committee shall be eligible for paid employment in any capacity within the Marblehead public schools. » Is this for the opening line? » No, for that section we were just talking about. So the the last sentence

40:23 of the first paragraph, » so no member of the school committee shall be eligible. » So he would have say for paid employment in any capacity within the Marblehead public schools. » And that’s John’s recommendation. » Yeah. » Do we want that reviewed or do we want to just I think that probably it broadens it because this one says teacher. It broadens it to any other. » It broadens it. you know, you can’t be a lunch supervisor or » a principal or anything. You know, that’s good. This must the policy must be specific to um some law. Yeah. Mass GL and we’re going to expand it. So, yeah, I think that makes sense. » I agree. » So, you’ll put that in. » I’ll make that change. Yeah.

41:09 » Okay. And that’s what we’ll present to the committee. So add to all paid employment

41:22 and that could be contractors anything. » Mhm. » Right. » Yeah, that that makes sense. » Sense. » Um that totally makes sense. Okay. And then the recommended recision is for BK, which is school committee memberships. I’m not sure why they’re doing that, but it just says that school the the committee may maintain memberships in the national, state, and regional school committees, associations, and take active part in the activities of these groups. » Yeah. The note in their um newsletter just said it was they recommended removing it as unnecessary. » Yeah, it probably is. Yeah. Um okay, done with that. So, we had a couple of changes um which you’re

42:08 going to go through and then we will present these are all the revisions and the recision. Recision is that the word? Yeah. Um for all of these B policies to the school committee which we can do in one reading or however we want to call it we can vote it. » We can do one reading. We don’t have to do » correct. That’s my understanding. Um, did you want to try to do that for the Well, you I don’t know what the agenda looks like for October. It’s maybe one of the October meetings. » Yeah, let me talk to Al about how full the agendas are. Um, I thought that a couple of these the changes were minor enough that we could do them through the consent agenda like we had done um

42:55 with those other ones. » Okay. So that just kind of limit the number that we have to » So let’s go through that real quick. I wanted to do um so let’s go back to being BA. Um that we could probably you’re just going to write out the smart definition. So that could be consent, right? » I thought so. Yeah. » Um same with BBAA, school committee authority. » Yep.

43:24 » Oh, hang on. Multiple pages. Oh my gosh, this is the long one. Um, BBB, BBB, that’s probably okay, right? » I think so. » BBBC, same thing. Consent. School committee resignation. I think that can be consent, right? » Yes. » Unexpired the um sorry, unexpired terms. Did I missed that? Yeah, unexpired term can be consent. That’s only great. Thanks. Public comment not. Let’s pull that out. Agreed. No. Um, school committee de uh policy development that can probably be consent. » Okay. » Policy revision and review can

44:09 probably be consent unless » Yeah, I think that it’s pretty straightforward. » Yeah. » Uh, electronic messaging. Um, I don’t know. We want to have maybe a little explanation. I don’t know. » I think we probably should do that one on its own. » Okay. Conferences and conventions. Definitely we can consent on that. And then um the compensation I think No, we would have to » that one. Yeah. » Not consent. All right. Good. Oh, that’ll be good. So, that’s only couple we need to » Yeah, just a couple that we have to actually discuss. » Um Okay. Okay. So, do you want uh I will make a motion to approve uh policy the changes as discussed for policies BA,

45:01 BBA, BBBA, BBB, BBBC, BBBE, BEH, BG, BGC, BHE, BIBA, B and BK.

45:12 Okay, hang on. Motion to approve changes.

45:18 Jen. Second, Kate. Um, I’ll call for a vote. Kate » in favor » and Jen in favor. Two to zero. Okay, great. » Um, and yeah, so we didn’t hear from John. We’ll have to uh we’ll move forward with his pathway thing, but hopefully we’ll get a couple answers for that. » Yep. And then we had doing C was it C and D at the next

45:47 next meeting policy C and D. Okay. » I can do the same thing and » Okay. » Come up. And » are you looking at everything or just the um changes? » Are you going through every policy? » No, I’ve just been looking at the ones that MASC recommended changes. Um and then if we have time left at the end of the year, we could think » start going through the actual all the policies. Okay. » Um the other thing too is um we had talked about I mean it’s probably like minutia sort of but um and I don’t know if you’ve spoken to Stephen I can the just the formatting of it in our on our website. » Yeah. Um I had initial conversation with John about it. So I’m happy to follow up with Stephen and see » okay

46:33 » what the options are especially now as we’re updating a lot of them. It would be good you know to start doing things in a more accessible format. » Yeah. Yeah, I mean like I I don’t know if like I mean we’ve talked about this like when you look at the MASC policies and you look at the schools who are h who have theirs housed on MASC um they’re all I forget the like you they’re hyperl » to the actual document » right » um which would probably be a bunch of work » right » um which is probably the you know the biggest issue but it could be a matter if just we, you know, if we talk to Stephen about it and maybe it’s Lisa Manning or I don’t know

47:18 somebody else who can just start it, you know, maybe we start it and the goal is by the end of the school year or something we have everything hyperl. » Yeah, I think that’s a good idea. » It definitely is easier. » Yeah. Oh, it’s so much easier. » Yeah. » Ours is really kind of clunky. » It’s very clunky. It’s hard to find. » Yeah. I mean it does sit on the other thing is it sits on the school committee page. » I wasn’t sure if that’s right place for it. I mean I I maybe but I don’t know » I can talk to him about that too whether it » I mean I what are your thoughts about that? Like I » mean they are the school committee’s polic » policies. Yeah I guess that is true. It’s our responsibility. They’re the policies of the school district but they

48:04 are our responsibility. So, um Okay. » All right. Great. Anything else? » No. I can take your minutes from today. Get those ready for our next » um Well, I usually since you recorded it, um I have them done by uh All About Town. It’s up to you. I mean, they just That’s what they were from. Um I’ll have them by tomorrow and it’s up to you. » Okay. because there’s um Henry’s been using some technology where we there’s no cost associated with creating them from » um Okay, that’s fine. Unless unless there’s work I mean do they come through straightforward? » Yeah, they come through straightforward and it’s just sort of a matter of reviewing to make sure that they’re accurate. So, which we’d be » um Okay. Can you send me a copy? I’ve

48:51 seen the ones Henry has sent before in their raw form and they are not very easy to do and I don’t think that’s a good frankly use of people’s time if we can get a better version of them. » Okay. I can do a draft from you know the recording from today and share it with you and then we can talk about that and go from there. » Okay. » Right. That’s great. Um okay. And our next what do we say? Our next meeting was um October I do have October 23rd. » Yeah that works for me. » Same thing at 8:30. » 8:30. Um, if you want to do I mean I’m fine doing it on Zoom. Um, but if you want to do it, we can get the conference room. It’s totally up to you. » Um, either way is fine with me. I mean, Zoom is easy enough if you want to. » Okay, that’s fine. » Okay.

49:38 » Um, okay. So, um, we can adjourn at 9:14. » Okay. » All right. Thank you. » You’ll see you tonight. » Oh, yeah. I will see you tonight. All right. Thank you. Bye. Have a good day.