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Vote: School Committee Calendar for 2026

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Passed · To approve the 2026 School Committee meeting dates · moved by Seamus Kelley, seconded by Jennifer Razi-Thomas Yes: Jennifer Razi-Thomas, Seamus Kelley, Margaret Raymond Driscoll, Matt Hartman, Jennifer McAndrew, Dorie Withey.

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SECONDER: Jennifer Razi-Thomas AYES: Dorie Withey, Jennifer McAndrew, Jennifer Razi-Thomas, Seamus Kelley, Margaret Raymond Driscoll, Matt Hartman ABSENT: Jennifer Grigoraitis 4. Report: Outreach Ms. McAndrew took a moment to remind the community of the upcoming monthly office hours which are posted on the website and encouraged community members to attend. 8. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 8:48 PM. MOTION: To adjourn RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Raymond Driscoll SECONDER: Matt Hartman AYES: Dorie Withey, Jennifer McAndrew, Jennifer Razi-Thomas, Seamus Kelley, Margaret Raymond Driscoll, Matt Hartman ABSENT: Jennifer Grigoraitis 7 School Committee September 28th, 2025 District Priorities - Progress Update Cari Berman Interim Superintendent 1 My Core Values ● All Means All – Every student, without exception, deserves to feel valued, supported, and challenged. ● Student-Centered Decision Making – The needs of our students will always

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▶ 1:46:30 Speaker 1: Um, thank you. With that, we have a couple more things under the announcements of the chair. So one is the MASC resolutions, not policies. Um, I just wanna acknowledge that the previous meeting we did vote for Mr. Kelly to serve as our delegate to the MASC conference. Thank you again. Um, during the conference, the resolutions that were sent to you all via email will be put forward. We actually are not gonna move forward with a vote tonight, um, as I don't anticipate that we would be attending that delegate assembly. So no need to vote, but wanted at least for folks to be able to see what they were so that we could lean in, understand some of the topics that are gonna be discussed at that conference. Next, we have the school committee calendar for 2026. Um, we looked at these proposed dates in our last meeting. I didn't hear any feedback or questions regarding any of the dates. So given that, what's the will of the committee at this time? Mr. Kelly? Motion to approve. I have a motion to approve the school committee dates made by Mr. Kelly, seconded by Ms. Razzie Thomas. All in favor? And that passes unanimously. Last, but certainly not least, do we have any outreach reports this evening? Ms.