Good evening everyone. Calling the Norfol School Committee meeting on Monday, April 13, 2026 to order. Start this meeting by reading our mission statement. The Norfol Public Schools offers a safe, joyful, and challenging learning environment that meets the needs of our diverse students.
Through school, family, and community partnerships, we provide an education that inspires lifelong learners and cultivates caring and productive citizens of our everanging world. Have a roll call, please. Peter Schwalva, >> Lauren Beas, Grace Lockhead, Adora Champagne, Lisa Sheldon, Andre Lardi,
Miriam Goodman. Moving on to public comment, which we have none. Looks like correspondence also none. Moving on to the chair report, we do have some generous gifts
from the Norfor PTO to approve tonight. First one is in the amount of $266.85 85 and that is for the spring teacher grants for Freeman Kennedy. The next item is same teacher grants for age all of day in the amount of $460.
The next item is $2225 for science materials for HOD. And the next is $800 for teacher stipens for the active kids session 2 at HOD. That's a total of $3,548.90 as gifts from the PTO. I'm looking for a
motion to approve the gifts as stated. >> So moved. >> I'll second. Further discussion. >> Just thanks. >> Thank you very much to our PTO. All those in favor? >> I future negotiation update our meeting Thursday.
>> Yeah. So updates to follow more updates like that. Okay, moving on to the friends of the public library book sale. So, as in previous years, the book
sale is going to be hosted at the Freeman Kennedy Library. The book sale would be Friday evening, April 24th and Saturday, April 25th. And they would like the use of the library from Tuesday, April 21st, 2026 through Saturday, April 25th, 2026. In the past,
we've let them use the library that week. It is the week of April break um for setup. I also did see in their note they are asking for signage. That's not really under our jurisdiction though. So, we're just voting on the use of the library. Correct.
>> There is um there is a policy that the school committee would approve signs if they're going on the um access road or on school grounds. >> Okay. So, not the Pond Street. >> No, that Okay. So, I would be looking for a motion to approve use of the library from Tuesday, April 21st through
Saturday, April 25th. And none of these look like they're on school grounds except the one outside in front of the library. So, I'll do that again. Um, motion to approve use of the library from Tuesday, April 21st through Saturday, April 25th, 2026, and to post
and permission to post a sign in front of the library. >> So, moved. >> A second. Any further discussion? >> Um, are they hosting it at the library? >> Town library. >> I would bet >> they're hosting it at the town library or here or >> they host it here,
>> but in the cafeteria, right? Or in the gym? >> It's in the gym. Okay. >> But I believe they're requesting permission to post a sign in front of the town library. They didn't specify. >> Yeah. >> It wouldn't be very visible. >> Yeah. Right. >> For families, I think they want to post
it in front of the town library to advertise the book. Okay. Not entrance. Yeah. And this is the same letter they sent to the select board. So I think the select board probably has to approve the the signage. So >> should we revise? We're just saying >> use of the facility. >> Use of the facility
>> to allow the friends of the library to use the facility for the sale as laid out in the exhibit. >> Second. >> All right. All those in favor.
>> Okay. And that was they were requesting the fee waiver too. >> Back one more time. Second. >> One more time. >> Friendly amendment to move to wave the fee associated with the use. Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. Perfect.
>> All right. So, tonight is Grace's last evening with us. So, I just wanted to take a moment this evening to thank and recognize her for her service to the Norfick School Committee over these past three years. Um, during this time, she served on the policy subcommittee her
first and second year, worked as a member of the building committee, which we all know was a significant amount of time and effort as she worked through the space challenges facing the district in such a thorough and meaningful manner. This year she also served as the King Philip liaison, regularly attending
additional meetings each month to help strengthen communication and collaboration across our districts. And throughout the time on the committee, she's brought thoughtful questions and perspective to our discussions. And her dedication to the work has been evident and you know school committee service is a volunteer public service and it
requires time and investment and energy. So we're grateful for your contributions to the schools and the community and we'll miss you and we wish you the best. Oh, thank you. We have a card for you here. I will let you second everything. >> Okay. Thank you.
>> I made like a bag. >> Oh, good job. Do >> you want to see? >> I was leaving today for the meeting and my seven-year-old who's in first grade says to me, "So, how much do they pay
you for school committee?" And I was like, "It's volunteer work." by it. >> I'm like, all this time you thought I was just hoarding money. >> Thank you. It's been fun. And crazy crazy 3 years. >> That's been a crazy three years. Why did
you look at me? >> I don't know because somebody convinced me to do it 3 years ago. So, you deserve some credit. >> You were called. All right. And that is it for me. Great. All right. So, on to the um uh school
and district highlights. First, I also just wanted to echo what Lisa said and thank you for all of your time and effort with school committee. It's been a pleasure working with you and the many many uh countless hours that went into the feasibility study and uh all the community forums and the information
sessions. Um I know that was a heavy lift. Um so, thank you for that. And if you're interested, we'll be looking for community reps to serve on the next building committee. So, just letting you know, >> as I say, I have a first grader, so I'm not going very far. >> Perfect. Um, as far as school and
district highlights, uh, last week students at FK took the ELA MCCAST tests. Um, and I did want to really acknowledge the many, many hours, hard work, and efforts of the FK administrators and the technology team. Um this year the state contracted with a new vendor to man manage the testing
platform and it was uh certainly not as smooth as anyone would expect. It took a tremendous uh amount of time to get all of the students set up to take the virtual online testing. Um it was very glitchy. There were uh times that the
testing went down. Um it was uh it was a huge lift and the thankfully we did a uh the week before an infrastructure trial so we were able to uh get online with the department of ed and and get things corrected. Um many many many many other
districts were on those same calls. Um it was really on the state side that there were uh challenges. Um but our team did a fantastic job. Teachers worked hard to make sure everything went seamlessly and we are through that first round of testing. So, thanks to everybody for their efforts. Um, spring
parent conferences were held at both schools. It's always great for us to have the chance for parents to come in and see um their classrooms, talk with teachers, share information about their children's progress, and also celebrate the learning and the uh accomplishments they've had so far this year. We are
also in the process of preparing for our federal and state tiered focused monitoring review, group A. Um, we just did this a couple of years ago for the civil rights standards. This year it is uh the review focuses on special education, civil rights and our ELLL
instruction as well as title one. Um so that process begins with the self audit. We are required to upload information on all the standards that are being audited, examples of um policies, uh student record information, timeline
data. Um we will be working with the two L teachers uh Dr. Dr. Tupper and I on Tuesday and Wednesday to support preparing some of that material. And then the state will have an on-site visit in the fall where they interview staff. They usually interview um they open we send something in the paper to
notify parents and the state will meet and interview parents as well and then we will get a report of our compliance towards the regulations that they are being audited shortly after. Um we are also preparing for our spring recruitment for open positions in the
district. We have an administrative team um with our HR director that will be attending the Merc uh recruitment fair over the April vacation week and we have begun our efforts to advertise and start to recruit high-quality candidates to fill the open positions in our district. We will be talking later tonight about
our director of student services which was one of the positions we have just filled. Um, also as part of disability awareness month last month, uh, students in grades two and five participated in an immersion experience presented by Thousand Miles Consulting. Uh, those
lessons took place during their regular scheduled PE classes, and students had the opportunity to learn more about what it's like for people with different abilities to navigate the uh, an environment in a world that was not built for them. It was a great experience. Our students loved it,
learned a lot. Um, and a special thank you to the Norfol CPAC for funding that excellent program. Uh, last the Freeman Kennedy Advanced Band under the direction of Mr. John Forer won their 14th consecutive gold medal at the Micah competition which is
a huge accomplishment. Um, and they will be performing at an upcoming showcase. Um, so that was uh a tribute and last year you got to hear some of the award-winning pieces that they played at the beginning of the school committee meeting. Um, I'm happy to share the links of the performances if you'd like
to hear them. Any questions on current events? All right, then I will turn it over to our business manager, uh, uh, Miriam, to present the third quarter budget update.
Sure. Thanks. Good evening. Um, just a quick update on your budget. Uh, no surprises here. You've seen this slide before. 16,234 378. That's where what was approved. Uh in terms of district administration, we're looking at a
deficit of roughly $26,000. We will potentially reclass some administrative expenses to our um to our after school program, our sack program uh rebaling account to cover this overage. Um that's not out of the ordinary. We've done that for years. Um
we have a large balance in instructional services. Um we did hire a new classroom teacher in the beginning of the year, grade two based on enrollment, but uh we also used uh one-time shelter funds uh this year for our EL staffing um which has provided a lot of flexibility in
this category. So that's where you're seeing um this this large balance as a result of that. Additionally, Mary, I'll just jump on. We instituted a budget freeze back in January in order uh and a hiring freeze. So, we have some open positions we are not filling in
anticipation of trying to generate some revenue this year that we could use to prepay uh tuitions or to offset in anticipated costs next year um because we know that the town is struggling to balance the budget. So, >> and I will repeat those things in in our
key takeaways slide. Uh so, in student services, uh we're looking at a deficit of about $31,000. We did hire a new LPN. Uh that position is since vacant, but it is still budgeted and and we're hoping to fill
that before the end of the year. Uh but we stay tuned. Uh operations and maintenance have has a balance at this point. There are some things that um the facilities director will still be purchasing for summer cleaning. Uh so we anticipate using a little more of that
as well. Uh in terms of fixed charges, balance is about $14,000. We don't anticipate any other expenses in this category for this year. And uh in terms of our tuitions, we have um a slight deficit of about $60,000. We
are we've budgeted for the use of $75,000 in our um from our stabilization fund, but we are not going to use that. Uh we did reclassify 253,000 out of uh circuit breaker funds which is required
to be spent um on a yearly basis and we um have one out of district uh placement that is unbudgeted. Uh but we can cover this bud deficit um based on the balance as a whole. Uh you're looking at a a
positive balance of $356,000 anticipated for through the end of the year. That's about 97% of your budget right now. Um we uh a good chunk of that is as a result, as I said earlier, of the emergency homeless shelter money
that we received um at the end of June last year and and at the beginning of August. Um these were used in FY26 this year for EL staffing, for translation services, for supplies and materials, um for other transportation contracted
services. uh and McKenna Vento um transportation, the school of origin transportation which was not fully reimbursed by the department. Um so we're using some of this money to carry those balances. Currently I'm projecting 275,000
almost 276 to be spent in this account. So we have another 115,000 or so to spend through the rest of the year. um an offset um we're anticipating using the remaining funds 267,000
uh for next year to offset the cost of those ELLL teachers as well and to offset any potential um budget shortfalls in the event that we have to reduce our FY27 budget based on what the town is um allocating
terms of revolving funds as you know revolving funds are required to be spent in the categories where the fees are being raised for. So um they're very restricted in that in that um in that way. So we are looking at a balance right now of 980,000 in revolving funds
for those particular purposes. As you see our grants um these are the balances at this point um for our state and federal grants and you can see again the bottom line is that emergency homeless shelter
and that's the balance as of today uh end of March basically uh and then um our circuit breaker and stabilization funds other special revenue funds there's the balances there you can see um as I said we have we had
anticipating using $75,000 in this year, but we don't have a need for that. So, it's going to just stay in that stabilization fund. Um, we also did receive an additional appropriation of $43,286 at the November town meeting, which was
the um difference in the chapter 70 money when the budget was finalized and the town um put that into our stabilization fund or the stabilization fund. Uh for that we have typically had 250,000 in that stabilization in case um
anybody moves into the district that's unbudgeted outplaced. We have had to use that the last few years. So um the balance is at 169. We're not where we were but uh we haven't depleted it further which is a positive thing. Okay. And we could use any um potential funds
that we might have available at the end of this year for that stabilization fund. There might be some uh additional out of district placements coming. Um emergency shelter funds. Again, take key takeaways. One-time funds, limited use for next year for EL staff, TARS, and
and potential budget shortfalls. Um not using the $75,000 from stabilization. We do have a budget and hiring freeze in place right now in the event of budget reductions from the town. Um this year we're projecting lower costs for substitutes.
That's great. I'm happy to say that. So, I think that's also part of uh some of the the balance they have available right now. Um and then at the at as as we finalize the year, any funds that we do have available, we would make a second payment on the math curriculum,
which is $105,000 or so. Uh we would prepay any out of district tuition in accordance with law. We are um allowed to pay any private school tuition for up to three months uh and any collaborative placement up to a
year. Um we could use the funding to replenish the stabilization account and we could use it to purchase much neededed Chromebooks to be compliant with MCCAST testing. Um, so the balance uh also allows us some flexibility for next year in the event that we have to
hire a new kindergarten teacher or andor parah based on enrollment. Stay tuned. Um, so brief summary of your gift account, $35,000 roughly left in that account for the moment um for teacher proposed
enhancements, etc. Um, happy to take any questions you guys might have. Okay. And I would just jump on that with the So again, we're anticipating a total uh year-end balance of about 356,000 at the end of the year. About 170,000 of
that is a result of applying shelter funds. The rest is uh generated from the budget hiring freeze. We are um watching closely the K enrollment. As we talked about when we did the budget presentation, we can have a total of 147 students with the number of teachers we
have right now. Um, and stay within the school committee policy size. Uh, we're at 143 right now. Um, we typically pick up between 8 to 10 students over the summer. So, we do expect we may need to add that position back. Um, so this this
would allow us to potentially um through pre prepaying tuitions have the revenue in the next year's operating budget to cover that cost. Any other questions for Thank you. Thanks, Miam.
Uh, the next is very early. I bet you're all thinking today about Halloween, right? So, but the Norfolk uh CPAC, this is their largest fundraiser of the year. Um, and they would like to have the uh school committee vote to approve this
fundraiser early so that they can start advertising and planning trunk retreat. The projected date would be October 23rd, 2026. Um, a day rear parking lot. Uh, it's a pretty standard event at this point. We've been doing it for over 10 years. So, they are asking for a motion
to vote to approve their fundraiser and the date. >> Move to approve the trunk or treat fundraiser on October 23rd, 2026. >> Second. >> Further discussion? >> All those in favor? >> I I
next is the quarterly bullying report. Per district policy, I provide an update to the school committee uh every quarter on the number of reports we've re received of potential bullying and the outcomes of the investigations. Um this quarter there was one report of bullying at each olive day and this this report
goes from February 1st to April 1st. Um it was investigated and it was determined not to meet the criteria for bullying. So they took the appropriate next steps. There were two reports at Freeman Kennedy um and again they were both investigated and neither met the criteria per the district policy and
state regulations for bullying. Um in that case appropriate disciplinary measures were taken u consistent with our code of conduct and we continue to provide comprehensive instruction and anti-bullying um using the second step and open circle curriculums
questions. All right, MSBA update. We continue to work with the Mass School Building Authority. We had a uh joint meeting the other day uh including um the representatives from the town. That was sort of our kickoff. Again, our eligibility period began on April 1st.
Um they walked through the the sort of due dates of the next few things that we have to provide. Uh the first was uh we all have to review and sign off on that we're going to follow the policies and guidelines of the Mass School Building Authority if we move
forward with a building project. Um that was uh already due and we have submitted that to the state. Um it had to be signed by the school committee uh chair Lisa and by the town administrator um and myself. So we've submitted that. Uh two things that we are now working on.
We have to submit a uh list of the members that will be on the school building committee and that is due by June 1st. Uh I spoke with Rob Gity and they um we had to investigate a little further by the town bylaws that the community reps to that committee are
appointed by the select board. Um I anticipate that they will approve the charge to be posted um to recruit members for the building committee um hopefully tonight or tomorrow and that we'll see that go up. Um I think it's up to the select board whether they want to
have three to five community reps on that that committee. There are also um required members that MSBA has. We have to have somebody that is MCPPO certified for the town administrator superintendent. Um school committee has
typically had two members um on that that committee. Um and then there also has to be somebody with the facilities background. So, there's specific positions that we would have to um uh fill and then we have to get that certified and sent to the town um uh to
the MSBA by June 1st. So, uh stay tuned. We'll be working on that. Um and then the other things that we have to submit to them are the educational plan, which I'm working on. Um and that is due by June 30 by June 30th. um which summarizes really the work of the
feasibility committee in what we're anticipating for enrollment, what the proposals are, what it would mean for educational programming. Um and I will certainly bring that to the committee before I submit it. So that's where we are. Did I miss anything, Lisa? >> I don't think so. Okay, great. All
right. On to the next item, which is our uh search for our new special education uh director. So, as you saw in your packet, it was a pretty it was a very, I would say, very comprehensive process. We established a um search committee.
The first thing that we did was we held focus groups with uh staff members at both buildings to try to get a sense of what people felt were the most critical skills uh experiences, background uh needed in a new special education director. We also held a meeting uh a
session for parents to contribute to that that was not well attended. So, in collaboration with the CPAC, um we ended up deciding to send out a parent survey to all of our families to see if we could get a better return. Many people responded and contributed to that. That data was used in order to help build a
candidate profile. Um the candidate profile was then used to develop the scoring rubric for our search committee to evaluate references and um resumes to in order to wean down the candidate pool to determine who they wanted to interview. The search
committee ended up interviewing six candidates. Um, all of the candidates went through the interview process and were also required to do a writing sample at the time of their interview. Um, and they looked at both the the resumes, the interview and the written
product in order to uh recommend two finalists to me. I interviewed both of the finalists. Um, we also had them participate in meet and greets with both staff and parents at um at the schools uh the last week and then I did comprehensive reference checks. As a
result of all of the search activities and process, we are uh bringing forward a recommendation to the school committee tonight to appoint Miss Cara Mirhead. Um Cara, if you want to come up and and join us. Um, I invited Cara so she could
share just a little bit with you about her background and uh her interest in the position and then uh under the Massachusetts law, the school committee votes to appoint the special ed director, business manager, superintendent and school position. So you would vote um to move forward with
the appointment. So Carol, I'll have you introduce yourself and share a little bit about your background. >> Sure. Hi, I'm Karen Murehead. Um I've been here in district for 14 15 years now. Um working with um under Dr. Tupper. Um prior to um I work here
currently this year is my first year as the team chairperson. Prior to that I was the district BCBA and specialized resource teacher. Um before coming to Northfor, I worked um in a couple of different um private
agencies um where we um in both the different agencies we worked to bring um a private day school up to chapter 766 approval. Um I a lot of my experience um was also working in homes with families
um and um with a wide range of um ages and needs um of families and students and children. Um prior to that I was at the um I worked in a collaborative in Foxboro that it doesn't actually exist anymore, Project Spoke. Um and before
that I worked in a residential program at the New England Center for Children. So um that's a little bit about my professional experience. Yeah. Great. Um so Cara is currently in the team chair position uh facilitating team meetings um is very familiar with our district
programs and processes. Um state regulations and timelines and has had the chance to work with Dr. Tupper um over the course of the year this year. Um had some exposure to budget and and the the many different components of the role. So, we're excited to bring um uh
Cara's recommendation forward. I think she is highly skilled and and very prepared for this next step and would be a real asset to the district. So, um I turn it to the committee. I don't know if you have any further questions for me about the search or for Cara about her um past experiences that you would like
to ask. or if you feel very comfortable and want to move forward on the the appointment that's up to you. >> I mean it seems like a very thorough process um and very inclusive of the different stakeholders and community. So
>> um confident good >> coupled with a very strong track record in the district. So >> yeah feel feel good. Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> So we would just need a motion and a vote to appoint Miss Head as the new director of student services.
So moved. Second. >> Any further discussion? >> I think you've all had lots of discussions about those in favor. >> Hi. Hi. >> Excellent. Congratulations, Cara. And we are excited to have you joining our team
in a different capacity. >> I know. I'm really excited. So, thank you very much. I look forward to serving the community. Um, as a next step, I will work with uh, Miss Mayorhead to negotiate a contract that I'll then bring to the May uh, school committee meeting for the school committee approval. So, great. Thank
you. Uh, last thing in your packet from me is just a copy of the BICO approved budget. Um, it is required that we provide that to the school committee annually. Um, at this point the budget is balanced. Um you can see an overview
uh of the program cost the program projected revenue. Um there have we just finished a search and appointed a new BICO director. One of the things that the board is looking for is to um increase student enrollment and the collaborative's ability to accept
referrals from member districts. Um and that'll be a goal for next year uh to see if we can continue to grow the collaborative. But at this point, the balance the budget is balanced. So happy to answer any questions if anyone has any. All right, that's all I have for you
tonight. Okay, moving on to the committee and liaison reports policy subcommittee. No update since we last updated you. We're meeting tonight. So we'll have an update at the next meeting. >> Budget.
I think budget kind of >> we've covered building committee you just updated. Yep. Unless there's anything else >> actually a question. Um would it be prudent for the chair to make a committee update at Springtown meeting if there's an ongoing search for
>> Yes. I >> members of the community to participate in the MSBA building project. Um, I do think that we we have the right to have a committee report if we want to do that at Springtown meeting or we could do it at a fall town meeting if we're going with the election being a special
election after the fall town meeting. Um, so that's up to the school committee, but we do have the right to give a report if we want to give a report at this point. >> I mean, I'll it see like based upon past feedback. >> Yeah.
>> People seem to want a long runway. Yeah. >> of information which I think >> but I think it would be good to refresh >> sure >> awareness of that. I I have not anyone that I've encountered in town who is not
on this committee or the select board or is serving the town in some other capacity seems very unaware of the fact that this process has been reignited >> because we were invited with MSBA. I think that I think that would make sense if the committee uh is so chooses, we
could give an update and just talk about the selection process and what it means to build with MSBA and next steps. I think that would be really well worth the time. >> Just Yeah. I mean, having done it before, I feel like there's real value in bringing the town along because you
know >> that the folks that attend that meeting likely have short memories when it comes to this kind of stuff. So, I think it cannot hurt and will likely be very helpful. Easy for me to say, but >> No, I think that's a good idea. And then we can also do an update at the Falltown
Committee. We'll be a little further in the process. So, if you're willing, I can reach out to Rob and see um say we want, you know, 10 minutes for a committee report. >> I don't 10 minutes is a long time for somebody to talk. >> They usually say you can have 10 minutes. We if we don't use a whole um
is everybody comfortable with that? Yeah. I don't know that we need to vote on it, but we can move that forward. Great. >> King Villa. Um, we met last week. Um, the Norfor Oh, no, not Norfor. Retham
and Planeville um elections have happened. So, a few folks have rolled off of KP. Um, and then I have one more meeting left and then I will roll off. So, it's in a bit of a transition period right now. Um, in the last meeting, we
um recognized the girls hockey team, ice hockey team, which was really great and I think just pretty moving on all accounts given their um their journey this season um and the adversity that they faced. So, that was really great. Um and we
um voted to move forward with the feasibility for the buildings for both the middle school and the high school. Um, and the committee voted to fund that through our END account. So, it will not be charged to the towns, but we're funding it through our um
>> roof replacements. >> Yeah, for the roof replacement, >> not a building, >> just sorry, just the roof. I was thinking roof, but you know, um, yeah, so those are big updates. >> CPAC, we spoke very briefly. They had a busy week. They held their social
development workshop and then they also held an election and membership drive. They are still looking for volunteers. I know I've said that every single school committee meeting, but it is a great and important organization. So if anyone is interested and can volunteer in any
capacity, I encourage them to reach out to the CPAC. Any other school partners? PTO has been busy um as evidenced by the gift fund discussion we had earlier, but just to highlight some of their events
recently. Um trivia for kids at FK, adult trivia at the Eaglebrook, which is not a thing when I had kids in the school. So that's awesome. Um Dogman movie night and a glow run last Friday that is described as being lit, pun
intended. So I like that joke. Um and then um obviously the gifts that we accepted um went towards a number of different initiatives at the schools. Um and then a plug for I guess tonight. Uh if you haven't had dinner already, go to the gavvel because they're giving 20%
of their proceeds um back to the PTO. So that's >> I think their live auction just went live today. >> And that is my next >> Oh, sorry. >> I do got all those emails about it today. Our annual online auction is underway and runs until Friday at 5.
>> Bid on stuff. There's good stuff. >> I always enjoy it. >> That's the end. Sorry. Anyone else? Okay. Moving on to new items. We have a school partner renewal application. And this is
from the King Phillip Music Association. They are a current school partner just looking to renew at this time. They are a nonprofit organization that helps support quality music programming in the King Phillips School District. They've contributed to award-winning music programs throughout various fundraisers
and chaperoning. The fundraisers support music lessons, the honors program, guest musicians for clinics, senior scholarship, food instruments, and more. So, looking for a motion to approve their application as written.
>> So moved. >> Second. >> Second. Further discussion. All those in favor? >> I. >> And then we have another renewal application from Northfor Tech and their
application is very long, but I think we are all aware of the great activities they put together for Norfolk students, adults, everyone. Um it's run now by Jo Josh Walter and they provide an array of
summer programs, programs throughout the year. Um the fireworks festival, the summer concert series, educational programs, a full array to really enrich the lives of students in our town. So looking for a motion to approve their renewal application as written.
>> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor? Bye. >> And in your packet, the first set of meeting uh minutes you will see is from our public hearing on May March 10th and that came right before the school
committee meeting. So if you had a chance to review these minutes, I'm looking for a motion to approve them as written. >> Motion to approve the minutes of the public hearing as written. >> Second. >> Further discussion? All those in favor?
I >> and then also in your packet were the meetings from the March school committee meeting. So looking for a motion to approve the minutes of the March school committee meeting as written. >> So moved. Second. Other discussion.
>> All those in favor? >> I. Okay. So our next school committee meeting is May 19th. Two things on that. Um two agenda items. The first one is this is the last time
the committee will meet in this structure. We will reorganize at the May 19th meeting and the positions we'll be filling are chair, vice chair, two members on policy, two members on budget, one member as the KP liaison,
and two members on the building committee. So if people could just think about what they'd like to do and bring that to the meeting, that would be great. And then one more item is this was new. We found this out today. So June 16th is
the day before the last day of school. And Walpole and Foxboro are both um doing half days because there's a World Cup game that night starting at 6:00. >> Okay. >> So want to be out on the roads. >> Yeah. And the parking lots are scheduled
to open at 2:00 and there is some concern about being able to get students and buses home um because of the traffic, especially families that live on the Route One side of Norfolk. >> Um I did talk with the police chief today and he felt that it's something
that we should give consideration to is the change of calendar. I need to take some next steps and just talk with homes to make sure that they would have buses available if we change the dismissal time. Um we are looking at some events that were scheduled for that day to see whether they can be shifted and moved.
Um but um we'll come back with a recommendation for May, but wanted to give everybody a heads up that that we may need to consider an early release the second to the last day of school um just for public safety and and student family safety and staff that we have
that are trying to commute. Yeah. >> Is there a learning time that has to be made up for that or >> No, as long as we are here through lunch and early release day counts as a two towards 180 days. Got it. >> Okay. >> So stay tuned on that one
with that. Does anyone have anything else? All right. Looking for a motion to adjurnn. >> So moved. Second. >> All those in favor? I read