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All right. Today, there we go. Today is Monday, April 27th, 2026. The time is somewhere around 6 what 43. Uh and now is the uh meeting of the Westport School Committee uh special meeting will come

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to order. We're going to ask everyone to please stand for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nationy for all. All right. Under Mass General Law 3A uh

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20F, this meeting is being recorded. At this time, we'll have an opportunity for comments and statements from the public. If anybody wishes to address the committee at this time. >> All right. Well, hearing none, we'll move on to the first item in our special agenda. Uh the first item is the school

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committee reorganization. Uh there was a town election. Uh Mr. uh Jendro will be uh continuing for another three-year term after the uh after the results of the election last week. So now will be the selection of chair and vice chair

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and I'll open the floor for nominations going forward. >> I'll make a motion for Evan for a chair. >> I second. >> It's been moved and seconded. Are there any further nominations

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hearing? None. I we do we do vice chair now too after >> our policy calls for a roll call for each for each >> uh so I will ask Mr. Mr. Gendro, would you accept the nomination? >> I would accept this will the committee. >> All right. Excellent. And uh so now we will

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ask for uh there's any further discussion. Any do I hear a motion to close nominations? >> Second. >> Second. >> Been moved. Second to close nominations. Uh at this time, we'll I will ask the full committee uh to uh approve the

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nomination of Evan Gendro for chair for the upcoming term. And with that, we'll take a roll call vote. Melik. >> I Fred Melik. >> I Caitlin Sanders. >> I Jason Pac. >> And I Christopher Thrasher. All right. So with that, Mr. Jendro will be the

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chair going forward. And uh next will be the uh nomination uh for >> Let's go ahead and just >> I don't need that. >> That's okay. I'll give you I'll give you the implement here. Go right ahead. Good sir. I' I'd just like to say uh thank you to Chris for the last year of uh

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your work as the chair. >> Yeah, I know uh I know how involved it is uh being chair. I served as chair for a year. So, previously, so I know the the work and time and effort that goes into it. So, certainly appreciate the the work that that you do.

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>> Thank Thank you everyone. I'm I'm very very happy with the rotation, shall we say, moving forward here. So, sounds good. >> Well, thank you. Uh thank you, Chris. much appreciated. Um job well done. Um I don't know the uh entire gauntlet of the job and I'm a little fearful of it

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myself and uh but thank you. Um thank you for uh for your commitment and uh much appreciated. >> Thank you all. It's been a pleasure. >> All right. Um with that being said, thank you first to the committee for their confidence in me uh in the position and I look forward to continue

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to work with you over the next uh three years and thank you of course to the voters for their continued support. um looking forward to continuing to serve our town. All right. Uh at this time, I will open nominations for the position of vice chair of the committee.

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>> I nominate Jason Pacho. >> I'll second it. >> Okay. There has been a nomination and a second to the nomination of Jason Pacho. Is there any further discussion? Any further nominations? Hearing none, I will accept a motion to close the nominations.

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>> So move. >> Second. >> Okay. Motion made second. All in favor of closing the nominations. >> I oppose. That carries. All right. Uh the name of Jason Pico having been laid before the committee for the position of vice chair. We will take a roll call vote on the nomination.

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>> I Fred Melnik. >> Hi Caitlyn Sampers. >> Hi Christopher Thrasher. >> Hi Jason Pico. >> Iendro. Congratulations Mr. Vice Chair. >> You're going to find out what it means. Jack. >> All right. >> Spoke too soon. Now that we've uh selected chair and vice chair, we can

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now move to our uh appointments, our committee appointments. So I'll run through the list first and then we can kind of discuss. Um so chair uh Evan Jendro, vice chair Jason Pico, legal counsel, the one that we've been using,

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Murphy Lamir Murphy, um school committee secretaries, Sharon Pino is our recording secretary and our executive secretary, Lori Melo, school physician, the office of Dr. Dennis Callen, town committee representatives, c capital improvements committee, Christopher

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Thrasher, cable committee, Jason Pico, school building committee is myself and Miss Sampers. Long-term building committee is uh myself. Uh ADA transition team, Fred Melnick, Caitlyn Sampers. Audit committee is myself. Uh

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educational fund committee, Fred Melnik and Jason Pico. Um, collective bargaining representatives, uh, Westport Federation of Teachers is Jason Machico and Christopher Thrasher. Um, although I I will note on that typically the chair does serve as as a member of that

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subcommittee. Um, so that may be somewhere where we can uh make a change. >> Um, and we do have negotiations for that coming up this year as well. They'll be beginning sometime later this fall. ASME is myself and Chris for Thrasher. That'll be wrapping up shortly, I

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believe. Um, we're in the middle of that now. Health advisory committee, Fred Melnick, budget subcommittee is myself and Christopher Thrasher. Special education committee is myself, Christopher Thrasher. Campground committee is Jason Pico, which I think there'll probably be some only soon. Um, the MASC policy review subcommittee,

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Jason Pico, and Caitlin Sampers, and the master plan update, Fred Melnik. Um, so I'll just make a note on a couple of these before we discuss. So, uh, school building committee, we should have a meeting coming up very soon on that to address a few items and hopefully work towards a close out very shortly. Um, on

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the educational fund committee, I re we recently discussed this with, uh, I sit on the audit committee and we discussed this recently. This is, if anyone notices on your tax bill, there's a place to pay into voluntarily an education fund. This is the committee that deals with the funds that go into that. So, there's a there are there is

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monies that are sitting in that account on the town side. So, if this committee does meet, we, you know, it could meet with the the town account and treasurer to to look at that funding. Um, and I think that's about it. So, if everyone's okay with where they're at

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currently, I think we can >> Mr. Mr. Chair, I would uh request that um I I would step down from the uh Westport Federation of Teachers negotiation to add you to that position.

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And I'll just say like the ADA committee has never met in the entire year that I've been on. >> I think what that Yeah. What that I think a lot of the responsibilities of that typically are with the disabilities commission on the town side. >> So I I'm not sure if this committee on the town side existed at one point

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separate from the disabilities commission. >> So we we were trying to look through earlier on what >> like to see what it really couldn't find >> anything >> on that. Um, so >> I'll reach out to the town. >> There are confirm there are some that are on the books of the town that could

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meet like the educational fund committee that's kind of just yeah I guess self-driven on the schools, you know, the school side if if we wanted to tap into funding for whatever reason we that that's available. >> Um, >> so that that may not be a bad thing even just as a status update to discuss. But

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yeah, that there are a couple like the same thing with the master plan committee. It looks like there's maybe every five ten years or so that the town's put out a plan and then the there's a school section of that. So our assumption without having seen much on

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it is that uh this was kind of just as a leazison for that process. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> And Mr. Chair, we'll note the long-term building committee will likely not exist after June. Right. >> So uh we could >> certainly >> keep the appointment for now, but that's uh >> right that's in the cards,

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>> right? you get to cross your name off of one which is good. >> I know. I know. >> Yeah. All right. So, I guess um the list as presented to the committee uh with obviously with the changes to chair and vice chair u consistent with the earlier

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vote and then uh for WFT subcommittee would be Jason Pico and myself >> to move the committee. All right. There's a motion second motion and a second on that list of appointments. Is there any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor?

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>> I. None >> opposed. That carries. >> Moving to our next item. Discussion of school committee. Uh sorry, actually we took that out of order. Discussion preparation of >> Evan, that doesn't bode well for your career. >> All right. Without objection, we will

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take item B uh out of order. Um discussion preparation of the school committee regular meeting calendar. So, um, having looked at the calendar for the next school year, um, keeping the third Wednesday conflicts with two school vacations,

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>> but if we bump it up to the second Wednesday, it only conflicts with one thing in November, but we could move that to another week that that month. Um, and then I'm not sure what the committee's thought is on um, time. I wouldn't be opposed to

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moving it up to six, but I'm finally keeping 6:30 as well. whatever the committee's pleasure is on that. Um, but I think I I would recommend the second Wednesday, >> Mr. Chair. >> That works for the committee. >> I I would uh if there are no objections,

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I would also like to see meetings at six. Um, so we're doing the second Wednesday instead of the 13th. Is that correct? >> So, our next regular regularly scheduled meeting would be on the 13th. Is that correct? >> Correct. May 13th. >> Okay. >> Y

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is correct. That doesn't affect you or you, right? Six o'clock. I don't Doesn't >> I'm not opposed to keeping the six. I just thought since we since we moved to one per month, we we've run later on some of the meetings.

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>> Yeah. And it's like better to start earlier than >> Yeah. >> All right. So, second Wednesday at 6 PM is what we can shoot for for regular meetings. >> Okay. It's been moved. >> Second. >> It's been seconded. Is there any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor?

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>> I >> I >> I. Any oppose? That carries. >> And Mr. Chair, just to uh confirm this would this would change the meeting schedule going forward beginning right now as opposed to July. Is that correct? >> Correct. >> Excellent. >> Yes. And then we'll have our end of the

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fiscal year meeting. Um >> so Melissa, I actually spoke to Melissa this morning. She proposed um July 13th in the morning. It's a Monday. That works for everybody. The week before a lot of people are away.

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the week after July weekend. Um so she would like to get closeouts to the accountant um by end of July 13th which would require the committee to meet in the morning. >> So that first one on this list move from the 9th to the 13th. >> Y that's fine. That works for me. Yeah.

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>> Which first one? What are we talking about? >> That would be for the just for the close out of the books. It's usually a quick meeting. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I remember that from last year. >> Uh July 13th. Um, so I'm I'm fine with that. The other thing too is um at our next regular

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meeting, it'll be after town meeting, so we will have to approve our final budget at that point. Um, so we'll have to we'll add that to the next agenda as well. All right, sir. So that'll start with next month's

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meetings. All right, moving on to ourformational agenda. We'll start with our superintendent report. Dr. Roy, >> thank you. So, I have um three three or four things to update you on. Um first

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of all, a lot of this is a thank you like for the fields. If you have seen the fields out there for baseball and softball, they're looking great. I know we don't have the lacrosse field yet, but um kudos to Mr. Puland and his staff

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for having those fields handle the weather that's existed so far. I want to also thank the athletic boosters for their breakfast this morning. I got a quick chance to attend that and there

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was a lot of kids in that cafeteria this morning and Miss Sampers was serving them. But it was nice to see both the middle school and the high school kids together being honored for for playing sports. Um, we have the kids from South Korea

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returned last night and tomorrow we have our eighth graders going to Washington. So again, a big thank you to the many parents and staff members that volunteer. Those experiences are just irreplaceable and I'm so thrilled that

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our students have the opportunity to experience that and that would not happen without such a strong sense of community here. And lastly, um we had our first induction ceremony for our ICP

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pathways. We have over 25 students uh involved in the innovation career pathways. Um it's we're it's a first that is our first inaugural class for that and again we had some uh folks from

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the committee uh from the community being there and that innovation career pathway demands that we have partnerships with our community. Right? So I I kind of think that everything I'm talking about today is what make makes Westport very special which is the

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community. Thank you. >> Thank you Dr. Wright. Any comments from the committee? >> Right. >> I just want to Holly, that was awesome. I went to the innovation career pathways ceremony on the Friday before and it's like so wonderful to see all these kids

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that are so excited about it and um I don't know how my son ended up in like Gina Brimwell brought them down so Connor was there like he's like mom what are you doing here? But it was a really great ceremony. Nice work and Fran and Laura was not here. >> It was Holly and Christina Borges. I

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forgot to remember really that was their brainstorm. >> Thank you. And I know there was I know there's also an article in the shorelines about it. >> Yeah, I saw that. >> Yeah. >> Right. Moving on to our curriculum director reports. >> Thank you. Um I have a really short

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update for tonight. Um so I'm just pleased to announce that we did receive a grant from the Westport Cultural Council for $2,500 for um an artist and residence program. It's a program that we've had um happening in the art

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classes for a couple of years now. Um and you just trying to piece together a variety of funding to continue that. Um so we we very much appreciate the Westport Cultural Council for continuing to support those efforts. Um I also

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wanted to just mention that the 250th Abner Brownell reenactment will be happening. Um there was a little bit of a flurry of back and forth in emails today, but I think we finally landed on Friday. Is that right? Yeah.

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>> Um for that to happen. So a Lexington Minute Man reenactor will be visiting the elementary school starting at 9:00 and then heading on to the middle high. He'll then uh visit the historical society and the council on aging and

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then he'll finish up at the Mac Humber School and he's doing both a reenactment of the actual ride on horseback but he's also coming in and uh meeting with students and having a conversation with our students so they'll be well verssed in that unique part of Westport's

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history. And that's it. >> Thank you very much. Any comments, questions from the committee? Okay, moving to our business manager for Mr. Posa. >> Uh just a reminder that town meeting will be May 5th at 7 pm. Um I believe on

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the warrant it the amount for the school department is 24,82432. Um we also have a quite a bit of an amount on um capital improvements on that same list which also will be a separate vote. I can just give you a quick rundown of some of the items that

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are on there. Um, elementary school HVAC for 500,000. Macumber school playground for 150,000 which some of that is being supported by CPC if it pass at town meeting. Um, interactive TV computers.

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These computers as you see right here, um, they are already outdated. The computer that's in them is outdated. So, you can't do the touch screen right now. So, we had put on there are new computers, which is just like a small computer pack that goes in the back of all of them so that we can use them as

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they were made um to be used. Um technology safety cameras for 125,000 that is for putting outside cameras on the fields going up to the elementary school kind of filling in all the blind spots that when we walked around with the SRO's between Mac West and here to

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see areas interior and exterior on where there's some blind spots. So that's where that 125 comes from. Um and also a new um Ford pickup for the maintenance department. So on the warrant there is um CIC for

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$972,815. So um that is basically our budget update and we are I know that fees have been a big um conversation out there many times with what the parents have to pay for fees, paying for athletics, paying for transportation. So, we have

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been spending quite a bit of time working with the town and looking at what other towns use to try to reduce the fees as much as we possibly can for families. It's very difficult because the fees are not something that we charge families. It's what the

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companies, the software companies charge families. So, it's it's really been difficult to try to find a company to try to get as most reasonable for families so that they're not paying astronomical fees. So we we are working on that so that we can start that for the new school year.

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And that's all I have. >> Any comments, questions from the committee? >> Thank you, Michelle. >> Um, moving to item D, FY27 budget. So we've discussed this at length, but quick Michelle mentioned the number that will appear in the warrant. Again, the

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town meeting is Tuesday, May 5th at 7 PM here in the auditorium. Um the the budget will be article 11. So if you if you go to the town website, the full uh draft or actually the final

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warrant is posted on the town website as well as the article 11 chart which shows the budget breakdown by department. Um one quick thing that I wanted to note is you know there's always talk about the percentage of the town budget that's that is the school department. So, not

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counting the regional assessment that the town pays, the the school's operating budget accounts for 42 and a half% of the town's budget. So, that's separate from the net revenue number that we often discuss, which is the 54% split of new net revenue. The actual

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operating budget, we're around 42 43% of the budget. So, I just thought that was an interesting number for the committee's edification, but again, all of this is in the article 11 chart that's posted on the town's website. So, and the full warrant is also there as well.

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Any other comments, questions on budget of the warranty? Item E, committee leers on reports. We'll start with >> uh nothing reported. >> Nothing to report. >> Okay. since last meeting.

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>> Uh last week met with the um cable committee um cable advisory board and um basically a a fairly um usual normal um you know business meeting. Um the one thing that um did want to mention again and I know um Mr. Thrasher just

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mentioned um close out of um the building is the existing issue I know I brought up before the um fiber um Mr. Zendi, help me with the um >> correct.

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>> Y >> Yeah, they're all still just inactive. We got wire running through. We have fiber running through the whole building that um was part of the original um building project that's never been completed. So, um you know, again, if that can be looked into before the

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closeout, um I think it would certainly help Mr. Azendes and um everything that he does with um um with the media um with the media team and and production um all of the uh filming and everything that we do here. Um so, um that was one of the topics. Um

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besides that, like I said, it was pretty much a normal business meeting. Um and we will meet again um summer um summertime, late summer. Um, so that was my only um only meeting. >> Um, I don't have anything new. Uh, the audit committee, our our town, the

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auditor the town uses, Anthony Roselli, will be presenting to the committee on the board at some point in the near future. Um, and is it next week? >> Next week. >> Okay. Um, on the school building committee, we are trying to schedule a meeting hopefully sometime next week, I

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believe. >> Wednesday. Lori, did we get it for Wednesday? Yeah. So, I know we'll we'll address some issues there, but there was a question about the the town asking bond council on the scope of the of the funding. Um, there's a sprinkler

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>> issue that we're addressing. So, there's a couple of items on that on that agenda for next week. >> So, I'll report back after after that meeting. >> All right. Uh, moving to item F, Westport Community Schools bill warrant dated 4172026 in the amount of $35,000

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$624.31 and May 1st, 2026 in the amount of $432,25340. This has been sent to the committee. Is there any comments, questions at this time? Seeing none, we'll move to item A of our action agenda. Review and act on school

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committee meeting minutes for Wednesday, April 8th, 2026. We are passing over that item without objection. Item B, review and act on revised job description for media specialists at the Westport Elementary

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School. >> Yes. Um the existing media specialist is retiring um from West and when we took a look at that job description, I I think it was done in like 1999 or something

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like that. So it's really outdated. And so our goal here was to uh update I mean I think it that job description was designed at a time where technology was sort of isolated and not necessarily integrated. So and Miss Morren can speak

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to this certainly which is why she's here tonight. So between uh me, Miss Morren and Miss Hograves, we tried to sort of reconceptualize the role in a way that uh has added value. So we're looking at that role to really support

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an applied learning model that has the you know the district has been working on applied learning for a while now but this specialist and it will the kids will continue to have that as a special. So there still will be a library. They'll still have access to that.

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they'll have access to technology, but the curriculum in itself should really enhance the application of some of the units that might be in your traditional math class or English class and to use both technology

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um as well as the library as a resource to enhance that learning. So, we're we're being innovative, I I would say, with this position and um excited to put it in front of you. >> Yeah. So, um I think this is something

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that that we've been looking at for a while, trying to um take what we have now in media center and just make it more um studentfriendly as well. Um I think the teachers a lot of times um are always looking

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the students learning. And I think by having a um a media specialist, somebody that has experience in all the upcoming technology that we have out there now would help to um implement it into the classrooms as well. It'll just be another place where kids can go to learn

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too as well and not just, you know, be computer based and library based. It be more hands-on learning. >> And uh Dr. Roy, this was something that was uh spoken with with the Federation of Teachers, right? >> We did um we met with them and they were

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very much on board with that. They uh absolutely agreed that this was a a better model and a better way to go. >> Mr. Chair, I will move approval of this job description. >> Second. >> Okay. Motion made second to approve the job description. Is there any further

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discussion, comments, questions? >> Hearing none. All in favor of approval? I >> oppose. That carries. Okay. Uh moving to item C on our agenda is

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review and act on school choice for school year 2026 2027. Um Fran, do you want to explain some of the proposals? >> Um this was brought to you prior and it was tabled I believe. And so what we're

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looking at after conversations with the principles is a recommendation to open up seats, five seats in 9th grade and five seats in 10th grade. A question that I had is I know in previous in the last couple of years we had

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looked at enrollment in at the MAC and the in the west and opened up some seats at those levels as well. What is the what does the enrollment look like this year? Yeah, we I think we have some of that in your backup, but our class sizes at the West are fairly high. >> Um

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>> about 24 25. >> Okay. >> 24. Yeah. And certainly at MAC we have like 23 kids in a kindergarten class on average. And so that's, you know, we trying to keep the class sizes uh, you know, even ideally a little bit

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smaller than that, which is why we're not opening up seats there, but we're opening them up in the middle high school because we tend to lose kids from in 9th to 10th grade, right? If if they're going to other schools, >> right? So these um

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the seats in ninth and 10th. So the looking at last school year, so there were two seats taken out of the five in ninth, zero in the 10th grade. So is that from what I I know has the last three years here. Is there a >> have you seen consistent interest in

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that from outside districts? Is has it dropped a little? What have you? >> Well, I think this year because of the uh the lottery with Diamond, I think we have 10 families waiting uh on this vote for ninth grade. >> For us or for Diamond? >> No, for for us.

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>> Okay. >> Um >> because they didn't get into Diamond, right? >> For ninth grade. 10th grade. >> Yeah. For ninth grade. >> Just a question on the um is it our own policy? who's who controls the policy on um so for instance in in terms of what you just said um we

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possibly have 10 families if we have zero that apply to come into the 10th can we take those five more for ninth or is that a problem because now we'll have a taking 10 in the ninth grade and zero in the 10th is that an issue or

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>> uh >> I don't know if it's a policy a lawy thing or anything like that >> really you guys vote on the policy The recommendation from the principal right now is, you know, and you know, she's looking at class size as well and what she can handle. Um, her

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recommendation, which we agree with, is five in grade nine and five in grade 10, but it is your vote, right? You guys get to to vote on that. >> Follow up to Jay's question. So, we have none so far that have applied for 10th. It's only 10 for ninth grade.

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>> Correct. So, yeah, I'm curious. I would think in the high school there's a lot more flexibility in terms of classes and offerings and things like that. So I think we would be able to do it but again we could um certainly talk to law. >> My only concern and what I'll comment on and then we can kind of like talk about it is there's been rumblings in years

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past because of like the LEAP students that like some ninth and tth graders end up getting bumped from classes and stuff. So, I just want to make sure that that wouldn't be an issue for like our current students in taking on potentially 10 if that's what we decide

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for nth grade, like all 10 families to try to get >> Yeah. >> the money to follow the kids and all that, which is great. Brings more money into the schools. >> But that would be my only concern is making sure that we can accommodate classes for all of these kids and make sure that our existing students that are

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part of the Westport town don't get bumped out of something because we're taking on And I don't know how we figured that out, but do you know what I'm saying? >> Sure. No, absolutely. Makes sense. >> That that along lines of a question I had as well. So this the recommendation that's before us that Laura's

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recommendation is that's that's a strictly the result of current enrollment numbers in those two grade levels >> with existing staffing. Now, if you're saying 10 more kids, you know, 10 kids in grade nine, I think she'd have to go back and and take another look. I mean,

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and to see if >> we need to add another position, especially like Miss Sampus was saying about the the core classes that might be impacted by those high numbers that kids t typically take in nth grade. >> Because if we only have four English,

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that's like two >> and a half kids per classroom that they would have to add. >> I would just hate to turn away kids that didn't get into Diamond, >> right? You know what I'm saying? Like those families are obviously scrambling now to figure it out. >> Agreed. And the options probably dery

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and >> so I would have a question. Would it be possible to say 10 seats total? >> Yeah. Could we go back to Laura and ask that? Do we have time for that for you guys for planning? >> Um or could we do a separate like email or something? approve as is at five and

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five and if we close and >> we end up with say the 10 for ninth and then then >> you know accept the first five and then maybe she comes back to us to give us a report on if she thinks she can take the additional ones. >> I just have a little clarification.

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>> These are for nonwestport >> yes >> school choice. Yeah. >> So my question is if these seats end up being taken by new incoming residents or kids who live in Westport that are transferring

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back into Westport. How is that going to affect >> nth grade? Wouldn't it wouldn't affect nth grade at all because >> transfer doesn't count as school choice. >> It would not count as school choice, >> right? Correct. You have to you have to accept residents regardless. We're

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saying we continue, >> but I'm saying if if our if our students and staff numbers >> come unbalanced, >> if we have a massive influx of people moving in in the next couple I mean the summer time is when you start to see those numbers happen.

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>> Um and they start registering in September. Are we >> I mean it's a small number five. >> I will say too historically all the seats have not been taken. >> Yeah. No, I I see that. But >> the highest that we've seen in the last >> say not a single year have the seats all

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been taken. >> No, but I'm saying if we start getting into the 10 realm and then we start putting another three kids that move into town, now you're at 13. >> I think that's probably why Laura is suggesting five and five just because it's easier for her to make the change. >> You know what I mean? Keep it kind of

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balanc. Let me ask you too, when do we have to let the school choice students know by >> we have we've had the waiting list since probably February probably every week. >> Um because they have other options that they want to look into if we're not

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opening of our seats. Um and we have to report to Desi by June 1st. That's the latest >> uh required by Desi. >> So if so if say this process were to were to start tomorrow because we approved this tonight. >> Yeah. >> Would there say it was prior to J Would

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there be something preventing this committee from acting on subsequent seats prior to June 1st? >> No. No. As long as we don't report to until June 1st if we open it up five and five. >> And it's not guaranteed that all 10 would accept. They just wanted to get placed on the wait list. Correct. They're probably on other weight lists and other or they could get into diamond

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or whatever. >> Yeah. They could be on the diamond weight >> or uh Bristol Aggie or Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, >> right. >> Yeah. I mean I'm looking at like so right now I'm looking at an algebra one honors right because that's one of those classes >> where my children will be

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>> right so um this particular class has 19 in it right take >> so could it take some more yes the five to you know five probably easily very confidently we can say that does it get a little overcrowded >> ELA and that kind of because not every

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ninth grader takes algebra one some take like Jack will take two but Connor has to take I can take a quick look. That's my life. >> Yeah, I think what the committee's on previous years too is we've taken the enrollment numbers from building

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principles and looked at their recommendations and after the I think that's been the practice the last couple of at least the last couple of school years and again the seats have not been taken to that level. Um the highest being in

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school year 23 24 where we saw four out of 10. >> I just think with this lottery now though that people are looking for more rural setting >> schools >> because if they live in Fall River there

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are other options too. Um, so again, I guess it would be appropriate at this time to move to approve the proposal as it as it has been recommended by the building leaders with the caveat that we >> I was going to say, can we add an

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asterisk to just say like revisit if these things change? >> I make a motion to approve the next meeting. >> Yeah, I'll make a motion to approve. Mr.'s recommendation for five seats in ninth grade and five seats in 10th grade

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with the option to um you know relook if um if we fill one grade or the other and we still have um open applications. >> Second motion made second. Any further discussion? >> Hearing none. All in favor? >> I oppose that carries. Okay. Moving to

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item D. Review and act on Westport Middle High School field trip to PPAC May 2026. >> Move approval. Second. >> Uh motion has been made and seconded to approve a field trip. Uh is there any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? >> I.

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>> Any oppose? That carries. >> Correspondences and notices. I have none. Discussion of future agenda items. Anything from the committee other than we will have to >> approve the final budget um after uh the May 5th town meeting. We'll have

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to act on that. Just an update on the school choice >> and an update on school choice for the next meeting as well on the third. I believe that's on May 13th is the date. >> Okay. Um any other items hearing? None. Uh topics the chair cannot resume anticipate 48 hours in

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advance of the meeting. I have none there. With that I will entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Motion has been made and seconded. All in favor? Hi.