CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE

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▶ 0:01 Speaker 1: Good evening and welcome to the Melrose School Committee meeting on Tuesday, October 28th, 2025. Thanks for being with us this evening. Ms. O'Connor, will you please call the role?

▶ 0:11 Speaker 2: Yes, Ms. Woody? Here. Ms. McAndrew? Here. Ms. Frazy Thomas. Here. Mr. Kelly? Here. Mr. Driscoll? Here. Mr. Hartman? Here.

▶ 0:19 Speaker 1: Great. We have one absent and then six present. Therefore, we do have a quorum. So let us rise as we are able to stand for the pledge.

▶ 0:31 Speaker 3: Our pledge to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty

▶ 0:40 Speaker 3: and justice for all.

▶ 0:47 Speaker 1: Just a note, before we start this evening, I wanna remind everyone that this meeting is being broadcasted by our friends at MMTV and it is also being live streamed. Again. As a reminder, this meeting is being recorded. First up on our agenda tonight, we have public comment. If anyone would like to speak this evening, please take a moment just to sign up. We've got a sign up sheet right on that table. So we'll take a moment and see if there's anyone that would like to speak,