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Vote: MHS Athletic Dept. Waiver
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gress. 2025 MCAS Overview Slides C Vote: MHS Athletic Dept. Waiver Interim Superintendent Berman presented a request for an Athletic Waiver from Athletic Director Stephen Fogarty. The waiver seeks approval for 8th-grade students to participate in the high school level girls and boys ice hockey teams to ensure team numbers. 4 MOTION: To Approve the Athletic Waiver RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Seamus Kelley SECONDER: Dorie Withey AYES: Dorie Withey, Jennifer McAndrew, Jennifer Razi-Thomas, Jennifer Grigoraitis, Seamus Kelley, Margaret Raymond Driscoll, Matt Hartman 3. Policy and Planning - Matt Hartman/Margaret Driscoll A Vote: JJF Policy Mr. Hartman presented the JJF Policy as it was scheduled for its second reading and vote. MOTION: To Approve the JJF Policy RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Raymond Driscoll SECONDER: Seamus Kelley AYES: Dorie Withey , Jennifer McAndrew, Jennifer Razi-Thomas, Jennifer Grigoraitis, Seamus Kelley, Margaret Raymond Driscoll, Matt Hartman B Vote: IJND and IJNDB Policies
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▶ 43:31 Speaker 3: Do you do everyone motion to approve? Yes. Being here. Oh, thank you. A motion to approve made by, okay. Second. Okay. All in favor? Okay. That motion was made by Ms. McAndrew and second by mr. And that is seven in favor. Thank you Ms. Cruz for Thank you. This accelerated improvement plan. Moving on to our second item, which will be the winter waiver. That's for, um, JV hockey, for girls hockey as well as the boys hockey. Um, and we don't have Mr.
▶ 44:02 Speaker 3: Fogerty here, I don't believe so. Will you speak to this for us?
▶ 44:08 Speaker 5: Um, sure. Mr. Foreman. Um, I will do my best. Um, so, um, given the fact, um, in order to continue with the success and, and make these teams whole, we are looking for, um, our, uh, eighth graders in both, uh, girls Ice hockey and, um, boys JV ice hockey for our eighth graders to be able to participate in, um, our high school sport. So although Mr. Merrill does oversee both buildings, both buildings are actually operated separately. So we do believe that according to the MIAA as we interpret it, you would still need to vote, I guess, right? This is a vote, um, to, um, to approve that, um, eighth graders would be able to participate in, um, these high school sports.
▶ 44:56 Speaker 3: And we've done this for many sports over the years at many points. So if we need to make a, uh, a sports team hold to run it, it's, it's a good opportunity for those eighth graders to be brought up. Any questions or comments from the committee? Yes, Mr. Kelly? Yes. Motion to approve. Motion to approve.