← School Committee · 2025-12-16 · School Committee Meeting
Vote: MHS Competency Determination Policy
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days extend the year. A motion was made by Ms. McAndrew to approve the 2026-2027 school year calendar, 3 seconded by Ms. Razi-Thomas. With all in favor, and one abstention, the motion passed. Ms. Withey arrived 7:19 PM MOTION: To Approve the 2026-2027 school year calendar RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Jennifer McAndrew SECONDER: Jennifer Razi-Thomas ABSTENTION: Dorie Withey AYES: Jennifer McAndrew, Jennifer Razi-Thomas, Jennifer Grigoraitis, Seamus Kelley, Margaret Raymond Driscoll, Matt Hartman B Vote: MHS Competency Determination Policy The Competency Determination Policy was presented for a second vote. MOTION: To Approve the Competency Determination Policy RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Seamus Kelley SECONDER: Jennifer Razi-Thomas AYES: Dorie Withey, Jennifer McAndrew, Jennifer Razi-Thomas, Jennifer Grigoraitis, Seamus Kelley, Margaret Raymond Driscoll, Matt Hartman C Vote: CTE Policy Amendment Mr. Hartman reviewed the
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▶ 19:05 Speaker 5: And that's approved. Uh, six. Yes. Any anyone against or abstaining? Abstaining Right now? Abstaining. Okay. Thank you. Um, so we have six in favor and one abstention on the calendar. Moving to another item that we've seen before, this is the competency determination. We, um, had a discussion about where this comes from and, uh, how it needs to be implemented by the end of the year and sent to Desi. Um, at this point, we are approving it for a second vote. After having combined our informational reading and our first vote at our last meeting, um, if the will of the committees to move forward, I'll entertain a motion to approve the competency determination. Motion to approve Kelly Second by Ms. Razzi Thomas. All those in favor? Discussion? Oh, discussion. Yeah. Discussion.
▶ 19:51 Margaret Raymond Driscoll: Thank you. So, no, I appreciate that. And, um, you know, I've had raised questions, um, in the past. I would like to see, um, um, some kind of report out relative to the competency determinations and, um, whether, you know, what, whether the teaching and learning side of the house is really seeing, um, or what, what is being seen are. Is this, does this seem to be meeting our goals? Um, are you seeing that students are performing well? Are they more, um, it are the determinations more reflective of their actual abilities and skills, um, reaching towards mastery? So I'd just like to learn more about how this is, um, how this is working for us. Thank you.
▶ 20:35 Speaker 5: Thank you, Mr. Driscoll. Um, any further discussion from committee members? And maybe that's something we can think about for our rolling agenda going into next year, that we would have some report back about that. Any further discussion with a motion on the table to approve? I seeing none. All those in favor? We have seven in favor.