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Following the approval of the consent agenda (consisting entirely of past meeting minutes) we witnessed the awarding of a governor’s commendation to Andrews Principal Jennifer Skane for her response to February’s fire in a first floor bathroom. Dr. Galusi shared information about the searches for the open positions of Assistant Superintendent of Academics (the role she held prior to her appointment as Interim Superintendent) and Director of English Language Learners (Paul Tei

There’s not a lot to recap this time around. Building on the budget meetings held earlier this month, the committee approved the district’s recommendation of $87,583,290 for our municipal budget request for fiscal year 2026. Budget analyst Gerry McCue shared the adjustments to funds, new spending, and savings. There was very little commentary from the committee and none from the public. Highlights included appreciation for the continued cleaning up of accounts and fund tracki

I don’t usually recap our committee of the whole meetings, but given that it was the first public meeting of the budget season, I thought I’d make an exception. The slides will be posted to the website later this week, but here’s the link to the recording . Notes and opinions [with commentary in brackets] are entirely my own and do not represent any official position of the committee. We started off by authorizing the Superintendent to submit applications to enter the Robert

Agenda | Recording Following the approval of the consent agenda, Assistant Superintendent Cushing made three presentations to the committee. First, with head of World Languages Vilma Bibeau, a proposal for a student exchange pilot program with a school in Italy. Second, and updated job description for the Director of Facilities and a new one for the new position Assistant Director of Facilities. Finally, with MVTHS principal Chad Fallon, an update on the MSBA’s review of the

First meeting with our interim superintendent. Consent agenda includes a donation, several grants, and the usual minutes, bills, and payroll. Dr. Galusi began her update with a statement of appreciation for the opportunity to serve. Then, following an update on the district’s response to recent executive orders, she walked us through her transition plan, talking about her goals, guiding philosophy, and key areas of focus (including specific action plans).  This was followed b

It was a short meeting tonight, as most of the agenda items were to set things in motion for future action. The consent agenda included the usual bills and payrolls plus the acceptance of two donations (for musical instruments and conference registrations). We severed the marching band’s field trip request to confirm that it was for approval rather than funding. Later in the meeting, we voted to direct the Rules and Policy subcommittee to draft a policy for such approvals and

This was a remarkably short meeting but you’d never know it from my recap. I decided you all would appreciate a bit more detail about the override spending, although you should watch the video if you really want the nitty gritty. That’s here . Views and commentary are all my own, thoroughly unofficial.  1. Coming out of executive session, we approved the contract for our incoming interim superintendent. (She’ll be in the position through June 30, 2026.)  2. Consent agenda app

Final meeting (and recap) of the year. The themes of the evening were celebration and capital planning.  Agenda here . Video her e . English transcript here . 1. The meeting opened with an orchestral presentation by the high school orchestra and the middle school cello choir. 2. First order of business was the consent agenda which passed without fanfare. 3. Superintendent’s update included upcoming transitions, gratitude for holiday donations and the Music Drives Us grant giv

Agenda | Video 1. Commendations for the Medford rowing team 2. Consent agenda approved 3. Approval of minutes from DEI subcommittee + discussion of the timeline for creating and hiring a school-based DEI director position (to be continued in an upcoming meeting) 4. Approval of minutes from strategic planning subcommittee 5. Superintendent’s update & comments - Thanksgiving, fundraisers & food drives, football victory & season accomplishments, marching band tree & wreath sal