[0:03] Good morning, everybody. It is Thursday, July 9th, and it is 10 o'clock 6 a.m. and we are calling this regular meeting of the Winchester School Committee to Order.

[0:14] Our thank you, Mr. Marion, for this new graphic representation of our agenda. I love it. We've got numbers right, easy to read up on the screen.

[0:23] So we are going to start today with with public comments, then move on to Superintendent and Chair remarks, our consent agenda, discussion of the Safe Schools memo, the Mr. Belair submitted, some updates, consideration for approval for our child care hardware and FSMC contracts, talk about our summer meeting schedule and our workshop, move into executive session and adjourn hopefully around 1130.

[0:50] So with that, we will flip over to public comment.

[0:54] Public comment will be for up to 20 minutes,

[0:56] anyone who's wishing to speak shall identify themselves by name,

[0:59] no longer than three minutes,

[1:02] and our Vice Chair Ms. Minierjee will do the timing.

[1:05] All remarks are addressed to the chair,

[1:07] and just as a reminder,

[1:08] public comment is not a discussion debate or dialogue between residents in the committee.

[1:12] It's just an opportunity for everyone to express their opinion

[1:15] on issues of school committee business.

[1:17] If there's something you want to submit in writing,

[1:19] we're happy to incorporate that into the record.

[1:22] So feel free to do that either during or after the meeting.

[1:25] And with that, I will ask anyone who is here for public comment

[1:28] to raise their digital hand and we will elevate you

[1:32] and Ms. Minierjee will do the timing.

[1:37] All right, I see we have three people here for public comment.

[1:42] There's someone Cindy and then Rebecca Slis

[1:46] and Liz are the three people.

[1:49] So I think we'll take them in that order, Ms. Minierji.

[1:51] So if you'll go ahead and do the timing,

[1:53] let's elevate Cindy first,

[1:55] and we will move on from there.

[2:03] That's the Cindy.

[2:04] They're hand down.

[2:06] Oh, let's go on to Rebecca.

[2:08] All right, so let's move on to Rebecca's.

[2:10] Liz.

[2:23] Good morning, everyone.

[2:24] Can you hear me?

[2:26] Yep, and good morning. Good morning, Rebecca.

[2:29] My name is Rebecca's Liz.

[2:30] I live at two Watson Plays.

[2:32] And I'm here today both as a parent of two students in Winchester Public Schools and as the executive director of the network for social justice.

[2:42] I am grateful to the school committee for having on its agenda today the topic of safe school zones.

[2:49] And I fully support creating policies and procedures to ensure the safety of all WPS students, including in the event of federal immigration enforcement presence.

[3:00] There are times when my roles and yours too, I imagine, overlap, and the desire for all students to feel

[3:08] safe and safe role is one shared by many in our community. Over a year ago, when executive orders were

[3:16] issued aimed at and affecting immigrants, as well as other segments of our community, I was in touch with

[3:22] parents who were concerned.

[3:25] Even if we can never guarantee our children's safety, we wanted some communication and some assurance

[3:32] that the schools had a plan if immigration agents were to show up.

[3:38] Fast forward to this past April, 2026, when the network convened a broad group of stakeholders.

[3:44] The purpose to discuss community preparedness as local and national news indicated that immigrants and people who look like immigrants continue to be at risk.

[3:57] At that April meeting, the idea of a safe school zone was introduced and we learned of a Massachusetts school defense toolkit with resources and best practices that was developed because of the ongoing and increased concern

[4:13] about school preparedness and student safety.

[4:18] Coming back to today, that is why I'm so grateful that the School Committee

[4:22] is acknowledging this concern and committing to develop a policy and plan

[4:27] for Winchester Public Schools starting the next school year.

[4:32] I can confidently say there is a broad group of stakeholders who support you

[4:36] and is willing to share the resources we've collected as well as our needs and perspectives.

[4:41] I'll close with a brief story about why this work feels so important right now.

[4:48] Out of personal and professional interests, I signed up for a summer class, Spanish for social justice,

[4:55] with 20 others from Massachusetts who want to improve their Spanish and be able to better support immigrant families.

[5:02] The first scenario we discussed at length was a square last year in American C.S. schools and emergencies.

[5:11] We were encouraged to imagine that we were children being asked where are your parents?

[5:17] Do you want to start?

[5:19] Yeah.

[5:19] It was three minutes.

[5:20] So maybe just five more seconds.

[5:24] Sure.

[5:25] What I think we were really being asked to consider and feel in that moment was vulnerability

[5:30] and empathy.

[5:32] Two more sentences.

[5:34] While Winchester may not be a community where the risk of immigration enforcement

[5:37] actions is high, we do want to be a community where we lead with and teach empathy, where

[5:42] Our schools are places where all students feel safe and a sense of belonging and where

[5:47] our policies and practices are aligned with these shared values.

[5:51] Thank you for committing today as a school committee to a policy that protects students and

[5:55] families who may feel especially vulnerable in this moment and maintains a school environment

[6:01] where all students can learn and thrive.

[6:04] Thank you.

[6:05] Thank you.

[6:06] Thanks Rebecca.

[6:06] I see that Cindy has re-raised her hand and we have Liz as well.

[6:14] So I will let Mr. Marin decide who to elevate.

[6:19] Come on over.

[6:25] And thanks very much Rebecca.

[6:27] As we see you cast back off into the attendee zone.

[6:36] Thank you.

[6:38] Thank you for bearing with me.

[6:40] My name is Cindy Revel and I live in Arlington.

[6:43] Can everyone hear me?

[6:46] Yes. Great. Okay.

[6:48] I'm here as a fifth-grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School.

[6:52] And I'm also here to support the Safe School Zones item.

[6:56] As an elementary teacher and Winchester for a decade,

[6:59] I've always known that our schools are committed

[7:02] to the social emotional well-being of our students.

[7:05] We're a team that puts our deep care and respect into action

[7:08] from providing incredible social, emotional learning coaches

[7:12] to the way that we just solve everyday problems.

[7:15] And that's why I know that we will signal to families

[7:18] that we are alongside them,

[7:20] protecting our students and our learning environment.

[7:23] So this item seeks to make transparent

[7:26] our district's commitment to the safety of immigrants.

[7:30] And families, and of all students, by creating a clear protocol that could be followed in emergency situations.

[7:37] And I, along with countless other educators in our district, strongly advocate for the school committee to commit to providing this.

[7:45] As a final Winchester Education Association, Rep Council meeting, this year, the representatives reviewed an early version of a safe school zone's resolution.

[7:56] and the endorsed it with enthusiasm.

[7:59] There are only question was when, when can this happen?

[8:03] So I just want to say thank you and behalf of Winchester educators.

[8:06] We know that our district can be a role model for others in these trying times.

[8:11] Thank you.

[8:13] Thank you, Cindy.

[8:14] Cindy, we will move you back to the attendees.

[8:18] Certainly welcome to join the rest of the meeting, but thanks so much for joining us this morning.

[8:23] And Liz is our final public commenter if you could unmute and if possible, if you're in a place to do so turn on your camera.

[8:32] Hi, my name is Liz Blacksuchy.

[8:36] I'm from one, I'm at 195 Haalandav,

[8:39] in which I'm a parent of two Morocco Children.

[8:42] I am fully in support of the Safe School's Resolution.

[8:47] First, I want to say thank you to everyone

[8:49] on the School Committee this year

[8:51] in Defraing Tag and Friday.

[8:53] I also want to say I am sorry for what you must have

[8:57] gone through this spring.

[8:58] I cannot imagine what it's been like in your shoes.

[9:02] You've had to make a lot of really difficult decisions about budget cuts, many of them were probably lose lose.

[9:10] I think the decision to pass this resolution, however, is a clear win.

[9:14] This protects all students, all staff and parents.

[9:18] It's an easy way to show how Winchester public schools prioritize and protect our students and staff, particularly the most vulnerable.

[9:26] perhaps you might encounter people who feel the likelihood of federal agents arriving at

[9:31] our schools is statistically insignificant. So those people I would say I hope they are

[9:36] right and also what's the statistical likelihood of a fire happening in one of our newer

[9:43] buildings. These buildings are built to void fires and yet every year we have fire drills

[9:49] just in case and because to not do so would be clearly irresponsible. I think the same

[9:55] holds true here. I would also ask people to remember that even if federal agents never showed

[10:01] up in the town of Winchester, parents could be detained from their place of work or while

[10:06] driving or going to church, etc. We need a policy in place to support any child who has lost

[10:14] one or two parents. Since January of 2025, according to the SNUS, more than 6,300 children

[10:24] under 18 have been detained. So for anyone who thinks this is a problem exclusively of immigrants,

[10:30] also, according to the Book of Public Report, as of October 2025, at least 170 U.S. citizens

[10:36] have been detained by ICE, including approximately 20 American children. And for anyone who thinks this

[10:43] is a problem exclusively of people of color who have been racially proviled, please refer to the

[10:53] work visa, and married to an American man, and her white seven-year-old Canadian daughter,

[10:58] who spent close to three weeks in ICE detention in March, with no rationale provided.

[11:04] The good news is, Winchester does not need to reinvent the wheel. Many other towns and Massachusetts

[11:10] have developed protocols already which we can refer to. Furthermore, in May of 2016,

[11:15] That's Chuseous Governor more healing issue guidance with the title K through 12 schools obligations to protect students and their information.

[11:25] I urge you all to take advantage of the fact that WEA, including Cindy, our great resources, they have an e-create working group.

[11:36] They're already in touch with schools with policies and protocols in place.

[11:40] They can start these sources.

[11:42] Yeah, just want them to wrap it all up.

[11:47] Teachers and staff are the ones who would be there with children.

[11:50] Should this ever happen?

[11:52] So as a parent, I insist that they are at the table with you when you develop this.

[11:57] Thank you so much.

[11:58] Thank you, Liz.

[12:01] Thanks so much.

[12:02] And I believe we have one last public commenter as we move

[12:05] Liz back into the attendees.

[12:07] Eliana.

[12:14] Yes.

[12:16] Good morning.

[12:18] I'm going to try to turn my camera on, and I'm not necessarily at a place I might have to turn off my camera at some point, but I did want to take an opportunity to comment as a parent.

[12:32] I am, you know, from an immigrant background.

[12:38] I have two children in the public schools, one in the high school

[12:41] and one in the middle school.

[12:43] I also have a daughter who has complex special needs,

[12:47] who is out of district.

[12:48] And I am right now at the state house.

[12:51] I have been here before.

[12:53] I am a strong advocate in,

[12:57] I came here for the passage of the Safe Community Act

[13:02] And I was very important for the communities, you know, who are the most vulnerable at this

[13:09] point.

[13:09] I know that Winchester is not necessarily a community that has or serves, you know, large

[13:15] immigrant community.

[13:16] However, I know the importance that it is for me as a parent to have information to know

[13:22] the procedures, the protocols, the policies, and to receive information, you know, from

[13:30] school and that unfortunately hasn't in the case. I just went up a couple of instances in which

[13:38] there were some rumors going on in Winchester and I really felt very concerned. When I spoke

[13:48] with my two songs, one age 13, the one age 15, both of them said to me that it would be very

[14:00] also the line in regards to what the students really need. Think about what the families feel

[14:06] and how these can be very impactful. I myself am a stakeholder. I'll be very happy to support

[14:13] and any efforts in order for procedures, policies and all of that to be done. I think it is

[14:21] a very important thing that interested in needs to do. Thank you, I appreciate the time.

[14:25] Thank you, Eliana. Is it possible for you to give us your name as well so that we can incorporate that into the minutes for the meeting if you're comfortable doing that?

[14:34] Yeah, of course. So do you want me to say it now?

[14:38] Just you can say it now and then our recording secretary municipal and I say we'll be able to incorporate that into the minutes for the meeting.

[14:45] of course, Illiana, I hope you're in a goticad GTIC.

[14:49] Perfect. Thank you so much, Illiana. I hope you have a good rest of your day and

[14:53] thanks. And we appreciate everyone who's come to share a public comment today.

[14:59] We really are very...

[15:00] Very grateful always for hearing from our community. And obviously we will continue to discuss this item later on the agenda with the memo that Mr. Bellair put into the packet for committee members. So without it 10 to 21, I will close public comment and thank again everyone for participating and we will move on to Superintendent and chair remarks. Dr. Hackett.

[15:22] Thank you, Dr. Matthews. Good morning, everybody. I just have one. We have had a busy summer.

[15:30] We're doing a lot of wrapping up a lot of things, including some hiring, but I am pleased to announce that we have hired an athletic director.

[15:38] Wayne Publisi, Dr. Matthews, and who else had a chance to meet him?

[15:46] That's right. That's right. Thank you. It seems like it was a long time ago, and it really wasn't.

[15:50] Um, Wayne is actually currently or has his direct director and, um, in, uh, in, uh, in

[15:57] over, and he's been in that role since 2022 and prior to that, he, he has had a long, uh, career

[16:03] in in over. So, uh, we are super excited to welcome him aboard. He's, he's experienced, uh, he

[16:10] rose to the top very quickly and the candidate pool at the high school, uh, screening committee level.

[16:15] And I think that, you know, I think we're fortunate to find someone with experience and I'm looking forward to, as I know,

[16:23] because I know misconous is looking forward to him coming on board soon. So that is it for me.

[16:29] And it also, I think Dr. Hackett, not to cut you off, but I want to make sure to highlight that he does have experience also having coached in Winchester.

[16:38] It was many years ago now, but he did start out, I believe he started out his career as a coach here in Winchester as well back in the late 90s.

[16:48] So he was excited to because of his prior association with the district excited to return after many years.

[16:56] So I will also just echo what Dr. Hackett said and say that much of our time has been spent finalizing some of the more key hires for next year.

[17:07] And so you, committee members, we will meet again next week in order to work on another one of those

[17:15] hires and ratifying that. So we are excited about that as well. So stay tuned. Make sure that

[17:23] we are all sort of prepared and ready for the meeting next week so that we are able to to finalize our

[17:30] great team for the 2026-27s full year as well.

[17:34] Summer is in full swing.

[17:36] Obviously that gives us more of an opportunity to do some of our

[17:40] more long-range and strategic things.

[17:42] So one of the things we will be looking to do over the summer is

[17:45] have some workshop sessions similar to how we did last summer

[17:48] in order to get prepared for the many things that we anticipate will be on our

[17:52] plate this coming fall as well.

[17:55] So stay tuned for more from me about scheduling those sessions

[17:58] in between all of our many vacations and troubles that everyone has over the course of the summer.

[18:06] And obviously thank you as well to those who came and provided a public comment today.

[18:11] We are always very grateful and appreciative to hear from members of the community and look forward to working on the issue that everyone raised over the course of the coming weeks.

[18:21] So with that I will move on to the consent agenda.

[18:25] I believe is next.

[18:27] I'm so Mr. Marin, if we can flip over to that.

[18:31] Ms. Bowling, I say, is there anything additional

[18:33] that you'd like to add?

[18:34] We did a pretty extensive presentation last week on this,

[18:37] but I know there were at least two notes that you had

[18:41] about small things that needed to be updated

[18:44] before we took them motion for the consent agenda today.

[18:49] Oh, it's not necessarily an update.

[18:50] It's just a point that in the motion.

[18:56] If there's a EFC EFD, and then there's EFC separately

[19:01] and EFD separately, and the combination of EFC or at the point

[19:06] about EFC EFD is that those are supposed to be split

[19:09] into two standalone policies, the following EFC

[19:12] universal free school meals and EFD on the meal charge policy.

[19:17] And then the combined ELC EFT would be deleted.

[19:22] And then the other one is CCA, the organizational charts.

[19:27] That's supposed to be deleted.

[19:29] So.

[19:31] Did everyone track that site?

[19:33] It wasn't an update.

[19:34] It was an update committee to make sure they fully understood what we were

[19:37] voting on in our second reading and approval today.

[19:40] So is everybody clear on that?

[19:43] Ms. Minier G.

[19:43] I am clear on that specific point, but I have a general policy question about their summer

[19:53] schedule.

[19:55] So, do you want me to hold off and let us vote in these policies first?

[19:59] Sure.

[20:00] That's great.

[20:01] Is there someone that would like to make a motion around the consent agenda?

[20:05] Motion to accept the consent agenda.

[20:08] Is there a document?

[20:09] All right, so with a motion by Ms. Bolinese and a second by Ms. Miniergy, we will take a

[20:15] roll call vote on accepting the consent agenda. Mr. Belair. Ms. Miniergy. Oh, sorry. Mr.

[20:21] Mr. Hubcroft, sorry. I'm just looking at all my little Zoom boxes. Okay. Ms. Bolinese.

[20:28] Hi. Ms. Miniergy. Hi. And I vote as well. So we are unanimously in favor of adopting

[20:35] the consent agenda has presented, Ms. Minergy.

[20:39] So now that Bell to Bell is law, is policy, subcommittee,

[20:47] are they, are you, do you plan on discussing it this summer?

[20:51] And looking for, or I don't know if that's,

[20:55] has been on your agenda, or an apologies,

[20:57] I should be attending your meetings to stay on top of it.

[21:01] But when you guys are so good,

[21:02] I'm sorry, you have lots of meetings.

[21:03] Yeah, I know, but you're so good about coming to budget subs. So I feel like I should be in the

[21:07] policy as well to be supportive. But is that something that is scheduled for this summer?

[21:14] So policy subcommittee will definitely be meeting over the summer and it's part of the future agenda items.

[21:21] Great. Great. And then just as some of the comments just on policy. So with the approval of all of the

[21:29] policies today will get the rest or will get the policy manual updated for all of these.

[21:38] And I think we're most of the way to being ready to submit our policy manual to the

[21:44] MSE to be updated to their online policy manual.

[21:50] We still do have a few left mainly from two sections and then also just a few individual

[21:57] policy. So I have a complete list of all of those ready to go. And then also, I guess related

[22:06] to this with our student handbooks. I've taken a look through our student handbooks in all of

[22:11] the policies that we have in there because I think we had had a number of policies that were

[22:16] still based on the old policies. But now that we have gotten so much policy approved over this

[22:21] last year, we can pretty confidently update the student handbook, so that they'll be ready to go for

[22:28] also for 26.

[22:30] 27, as part of that preparation.

[22:36] All right. Any other questions?

[22:39] Thank you. Greatly. This is the tremendous effort. So thank you both.

[22:45] No problem. Yeah, we are very grateful for all the work the policy so committee has been doing. And we'll continue to do to bring everything up to date with an aligned with the latest policies with the mass.

[22:57] see. So with that, I believe we are moving on to the presentation of the Safe

[23:04] Schools memo. So I will turn it over to Mr. Browler.

[23:10] Hey, everybody. So as was kind of alluded to during public comment with some of the guests

[23:15] that we had today, I think this summer is a really great opportunity to, or as the

[23:21] memo that I put in the binder lays out, to really take a step back and as we're heading

[23:26] into the next school year, think about what our policies and procedures should look like in the

[23:32] event that there are federal integration enforcement actions at school property or that impact

[23:38] our families and how we can be prepared for that. You know, these have been actions that have

[23:45] directly impacted families and Winchester already, they have been impacting communities across the

[23:50] country and we're I think in a position to do some thinking around what formal policy could

[23:57] look like to codify some of the existing practices that we do have to come into alignment

[24:03] with guidance that was issued by Governor Healey and the Massachusetts Executive Office

[24:08] of Education and then also to engage our state delegation or continue to engage our state

[24:15] as the protect act, which is a piece of legislation that regulates federal immigration enforcement

[24:21] at public schools, courthouses, other facilities to make sure that we're complying with the law,

[24:29] as it evolves and as Massachusetts responds to federal immigration enforcement actions over the last two years.

[24:37] So I think this intends to be kind of the start of the conversation and hopefully this is something that

[24:43] be taken up in the policy subcommittee in the coming weeks so that we can be ready for the next

[24:49] school year. But I think I just wanted to advance this as a priority that emerged from a lot

[24:55] of great conversations with community organizations, with parents, with teachers, elected officials,

[25:02] elsewhere in town that have kind of brought us to this point. So super grateful for their advocacy

[25:07] and input. And I think today I think it would be helpful if the committee has, if there's, I guess this is maybe a general framework that I would use as a starting point for potentially drafting something in the policy subcommittee.

[25:22] So if there are general general impressions, the school committee has with regards to some of the points outlined in this memo would be happy to answer questions or discuss what's in here.

[25:31] but I do this is kind of the beginning of a conversation

[25:34] that will continue in policy subcommittee

[25:37] and then come back to the full school committee later.

[25:42] That's great.

[25:43] Thank you, Mr. Billaire.

[25:44] Mr. Huffcroft, when was in the energy of their injuries?

[25:47] So let's start with Mr. Huffcroft.

[25:50] Yeah, so thank you, Mr. Billaire.

[25:52] For bringing this forward, this is a really important topic.

[25:56] Obviously, I remember when I first started

[26:01] their activities, let's say, having a conversation

[26:03] with Dr. Hackett, a year or more ago about the things we're already doing, and I think it

[26:08] is a good time to look at how do we modify, expand, and make sure that we're being thoughtful

[26:14] about what we're doing, especially with the new guidance, and then communicate what we're doing

[26:18] out with the broader community for sure. And I think working on this in the policy committee,

[26:26] I think it was a good place to work on it.

[26:32] I'll note that the legislature is the protect act

[26:35] is in conference right now.

[26:38] The House version only protects court houses.

[26:41] The Senate version has a broader scope of sensitive areas

[26:44] that do include schools and places of worship

[26:46] and healthcare and other things.

[26:49] So hopefully the Senate version is the version that ends

[26:52] at landing, but either way, as that evolves,

[26:55] we want to make sure that we're meeting compliance with it.

[27:00] I think my input for policy committee folks, when we start getting into this, I think a

[27:08] good approach to take care might be a sort of two-part approach where we, you know, having

[27:15] looked at the state guidance and your memo of state governance has a few other things.

[27:20] I think the committee would probably be very supportive of as well, but then we just adopt

[27:24] the state guidance, and then we have a second part where we layer in the Winchester specific things that we might add to it because I note that in your memo

[27:33] you know we have notification of Winchester police and having them serve as a district liaison or you know we'll talk to Dr. Hackett about

[27:41] you know we shouldn't even have someone offers their immigration status we shouldn't write it down you know and you know

[27:47] dealing with the third party contractors and things I don't think is in the state guidance.

[27:52] So I think having the adopting what the state's guidance keeps us from having

[28:00] consistency between policies and it allows future updates at the state level to automatically

[28:05] remain up to date in our policies, but then layering in which a specific step on top of that

[28:12] because I think we might want to go further would be a good approach for the committee to consider.

[28:16] So, those are my two cents.

[28:20] Thank you, Mr. Hillcroft.

[28:21] Here's my energy.

[28:24] Thank you guys for putting this together.

[28:27] Thank you, John.

[28:29] And thank you.

[28:29] And that represents justice for your collaboration

[28:31] and partnership.

[28:33] I feel like just having this conversation

[28:34] since a strong message to members in our community

[28:37] that they're supported that we see them

[28:39] and we value them as members of our community.

[28:42] So, thank you again for highlighting this and bringing this to our attention.

[28:47] I support everything in the memo.

[28:49] I just have a central law of questions and possible additions,

[28:54] or maybe you've considered them, and when it's a different route.

[28:57] A firm with service providers, absolutely important, right?

[29:00] So the protocols that we're having during the school day,

[29:03] for after school programs like Kidsboro,

[29:05] we want to make sure that our students are protected the entire time

[29:07] that they're on school grounds,

[29:09] that are part of even after school programming, absolutely.

[29:13] But along that vein, also with parent association,

[29:18] they have after school programs,

[29:20] they also have Halloween parties and various events

[29:24] that members of the community can participate in,

[29:27] that can experience certain,

[29:31] that can be put in situations where we need

[29:33] to follow these protocols as well.

[29:35] So if you can include the leadership,

[29:37] as you can go through Islip,

[29:39] I believe is a new leadership council's name.

[29:42] the former PISC and just have a quick way to kick off the school year.

[29:48] Some safety protocols that they can implement after school during, you know, concerts and

[29:54] fit book fair and science fair, all of these great things that we do, just to make sure that we're consistent.

[30:00] And we're protecting our community, all this,

[30:07] and I'm all set.

[30:08] Thank you.

[30:09] Thanks, Ms. Minierjee. Ms. Bull and I say.

[30:14] I was just going to say, thank you very, so thank you so much for putting this together.

[30:19] And thank you to so much to all of those who joined us for public comment and expressed your input.

[30:25] I think that's very important and valuable.

[30:27] And I think as Ms. Minierjee was saying, it's great that we're having this conversation.

[30:34] I think Mr. Hubcroft was also pointing out that this is still in the house.

[30:41] So I'm not really sure how it progresses through, I guess if it goes from the house, then on to the senate.

[30:47] So I'm not really sure how it makes its way through at the state level.

[30:52] But I do think it's important that we stay in touch with our legislators so that we understand what's happening with this.

[30:59] and so that we can stay in step with that as it develops and I think from a policy perspective

[31:10] policy is very much on the governance side we're sort of high level over arching aspirational

[31:18] but when we start getting down into the part I guess I see part of this is I think that the school committee can take a broad stance on this

[31:28] And, I mean, I'm personally very supportive.

[31:31] But I think what we do have to remember from a policy perspective

[31:35] is that we come up with the overarching view,

[31:38] but we don't get down into codifying the procedures

[31:45] and all of the steps.

[31:46] I view that as more of an operational responsibility.

[31:54] So I'm glad to hear as one of our public speakers with public commenters was saying this morning that

[32:05] like the Lincoln School is having this discussion that the staff there are having this discussion.

[32:10] And I think it's important for our staff to be having this discussion perhaps with the IMT teams as well so that there is a procedure in place.

[32:18] But I don't know that the school committee gets into the procedure.

[32:24] But otherwise, I'm very supportive.

[32:28] Thank you, Ms. Bullenis.

[32:29] I see Mr. Hupcroft's hand is raised again.

[32:32] Yeah, thank you.

[32:34] I realized I probably wasn't clear.

[32:35] I was just responding to the Protect Act in the,

[32:39] in Mr. Billaires memo,

[32:41] because the reference to this school's being there

[32:44] and just that that wasn't fully settled,

[32:45] but hopefully it will be.

[32:47] I do think the guidance,

[32:48] the Executive Office of Education,

[32:50] you know, has issued guidance that,

[32:52] you know, it could be adopted sooner or so.

[32:54] So I don't think that we have to necessarily wait for the protect act, but at the same time,

[32:58] I think that I'll be forthcoming pretty soon.

[33:01] This will, and I say, I think you also raise a really good point on policy versus procedures,

[33:05] and I think that the state recommendations, which I think are a very good baseline,

[33:18] allows us to focus more on what we want this unique above and beyond this,

[33:23] Winchester from a policy point of view while the superintendent can minister the procedures because a lot of that is

[33:29] the rightly, you know, not in our domain. So I agree with that as well. But yeah, I don't think we to hold it up

[33:36] for the protect act.

[33:38] So hopefully we will be forthcoming very soon.

[33:43] Thank you, Mr. Hubsar. I'll just comment that I'm broadly supportive of what Mr. Hubsar has said.

[33:48] I, my idea around this and, you know, in full disclosure, obviously, I am a member of the Board of the Network for Social Justice.

[33:55] So I've been aware of these issues.

[33:57] Very grateful, Mr. Bill, I put them into the memo

[34:00] and brought them forward for consideration.

[34:03] But in terms of my own involvement,

[34:05] this is something I'm extremely supportive of.

[34:07] And I am definitely on board with what Mr. Havcroft said.

[34:10] It would be, I think, well advised for us,

[34:14] especially mindful of what Mr. Havcroft said

[34:16] to develop the higher level policies

[34:18] and have an understanding of where Winchester

[34:21] would like to be from a high level policy perspective,

[34:24] sort of maybe in front of and open to revision if things change with the final form of the

[34:31] House Senate conference around the Protect Act, what the final form of the legislation looks

[34:36] like and what responsibilities that puts into us. But I would love for us to be, if not a

[34:43] four-runner since the Protect Act is passed in both the House and Senate and they're just in

[34:47] conference right now and we know it's one of the largest priorities for both of our legislative bodies

[34:52] as well as for the governor to sign this year.

[34:54] I would just like to see us be very prepared,

[34:57] especially given the fact that the fall is always more rapidly

[35:01] approaching than we wanted to be over the summer

[35:03] as we're enjoying our moments off.

[35:05] And so my suggestion around this would be that our policies

[35:09] up committee, Ms. Bolinesi, and Mr. Bellair,

[35:12] take this up at an upcoming meeting,

[35:16] and then bring back a recommendation for the high level policy

[35:18] to the committee that we can vote on and incorporate,

[35:21] And that'll get us, as Mr. Mr. Hockcroft said, that will get us sort of out in advance of what we

[35:28] strongly anticipate will be a legislative imperative that comes down to us from the state moving forward.

[35:35] I will on a personal note, say I'm very grateful for the public commentators that came.

[35:40] They came today. I'm always very excited to see broad-based coalitions across the community

[35:47] coming to our table and advocating around issues that are important to them.

[35:53] I think that's a really important part of civic life.

[35:56] And I am excited to continue to work with folks who've come today to advocate on behalf of those who are more vulnerable in our communities.

[36:06] And, you know, obviously want to make sure that we do everything we can to be as protected as possible in the context of our own local community.

[36:13] And particularly for our students, you know, children are the most vulnerable folks in our communities when it comes to issues around immigration enforcement at the federal level.

[36:23] And I think it's always important to ensure as much as we possibly can that we provide as much of a protective layer around them as possible because the federal context is quite menacing at the current moment.

[36:40] So thank you to everybody.

[36:43] I will without ask if it's going to be completely as chair

[36:48] if our policy subcommittee can take this up

[36:51] as a next agenda item, I think back to us

[36:54] for consideration in the future.

[36:59] All right, thank you everyone for that.

[37:01] Unless there's any else we will move on to our section of updates.

[37:08] All right, so there's two things.

[37:10] today, we have an open volunteer position. So it could ever be just who's not on you

[37:18] just go on me because I think there's some feedback in the Zoom calls so I just want to make sure

[37:21] that that's thanks. There is an open position for a school committee appointed EFPBC member

[37:29] as you know.

[37:30] So from our prior meetings, I am currently serving as a school committee rep on the EFPVC, given the action of town meeting, this past spring, we're going to have a second.

[37:40] School committee appointed position. I think the committee has kind of decided by consensus that we'd like that to be not a second school committee member, but rather, and member of the community was appointed by the school committee to serve with our lens of concerns and on our behalf.

[37:57] And so that the application for that volunteer position is now available.

[38:03] You can apply online at our website,

[38:06] ManchesterPS.org and certainly feel free to email the committee

[38:10] if you have any questions in advance of applying for that,

[38:13] but we would love to have a robust pool of applicants to join our EFPVC

[38:18] for those that are not aware that is the education facilities,

[38:23] planning and building committee,

[38:24] which during times when we're partnered with the MSBA to do construction on our schools,

[38:30] which we currently are at the Morocco Elementary School,

[38:34] at that as a committee that also serves as what's called the School Building Committee,

[38:39] which under MSBA procedures, is the body that makes decisions and determinations around

[38:46] how to partner with MSBA on the construction design of new schools.

[38:52] So it's a great time for anyone who has interest in the topic, as well as any relevant expertise

[39:00] that can be anything from construction, architecture, design, trades, anything of that nature

[39:10] that could be a helpful contributor to that committee. So I'm certainly encouraged anyone who may

[39:16] have applied for EFPBC through the town seats, who is not selected, certainly would love to have

[39:22] as well as anyone who might be a new applicant interested in the committee.

[39:27] It generally meets on Monday nights.

[39:30] I attended my first meeting after being officially added on July 1st.

[39:34] And I will just update the committee.

[39:36] I know many of you were able to attend that.

[39:38] As folks in the audience, not participating.

[39:41] But there was a robust discussion of the draft facilities master plan,

[39:47] including a lot of discussion of the Morocco Elementary School.

[39:50] and that discussion is available on Windcam for anyone who would like to review it on demand.

[39:57] So we definitely are going to my suggestion to the FPBC was that it is time for us to get

[40:06] together as a school committee and as EFPBC, sort of discuss the next steps in that project and

[40:11] make sure that the final product that comes out of the SOTE's master planning process aligns

[40:16] the decisions that the school committee needs to make around the Maraka Elementary School in

[40:22] particular and our building assets across the district more broadly. So that will be the next

[40:26] step. Hopefully we can do that at some point over the summer before that processes is finalized

[40:32] and the final document is available. So that's the update with EFPBC and then capital planning.

[40:38] I will turn over to Ms. Minierjee. Thank you. So last night, I attended my first WCCP

[40:46] CPC meeting, which was very convenient because I'm a member of both committees.

[40:52] And it was a great collaborative meeting because WCCP is a relatively new committee.

[41:00] And it works, there are plenty of projects that overlap between the two bodies.

[41:06] So it's just the way to work collaboratively and support each other and support the projects as much as we can and leverage whatever funds that we have available.

[41:14] We voted our capital priorities and if you could just click on that really quickly and drew and just bring up our ranking.

[41:22] We voted on this on our June 26 meeting, but which has passed the June 15 deadline for WCCP,

[41:30] but I'm making the case on Tuesday that the Lincoln flatwork is actually not a new application.

[41:36] And we took a lot of the feedback that we received from WCCP last year, and we tweaked it so we're hoping to have them consider it again this year.

[41:46] But also, it'll be a good example of how the two bodies are working well, and in the collaborative way, and bringing the strongest case possible to town meeting because at the end, all of the committees, including this one, are beholden to town meeting.

[42:01] So it's just bringing that best case, the best case that we can make for not just Lincoln Flatwork, but all of our historic assets, which, yes, is also called the HVAC project and the field work for Lincoln.

[42:16] I'm bringing those in front of WCCP and hoping to get that support.

[42:20] So I will update you to see if WCCP and capital will collaborate on that at the very least

[42:26] it's in the capital queue, so it'll be brought in front of fall town meeting once capital

[42:33] finished finalizes its process.

[42:36] Any questions?

[42:41] Thank you.

[42:42] Yeah.

[42:43] I was just curious.

[42:44] Can you let us know how much CPC funds are available for historic buildings in this area?

[42:51] If you know, if you know, it's not, that's okay.

[42:54] Specifically to historic?

[42:57] Well, the categories that you were talking about for Lincoln and McCall.

[43:01] Well, I'm sorry.

[43:02] So for the Community Preservation Act funds or...

[43:07] Yes, I'm sorry.

[43:09] CPC.

[43:12] So, CPC is capital planning committee, so a little bit of the stable as they, I know it's very exciting.

[43:19] I do really serve on both committees, and I have, yeah, to get a straight.

[43:22] So, before let's wrap it up on the three letter I can.

[43:25] Thank you.

[43:25] Yes, so WCCCP is community preservation act funds and CPC is capital planning committee.

[43:32] Those are the building and the capital stabilization funds.

[43:35] Oh, just a bit.

[43:37] Two, seven, we can't just

[43:38] spend it on a better job finding more

[43:40] dissimilar acronyms.

[43:43] Yeah, or just calling WCCP CPA, the CPA committee,

[43:48] and that would have been very straight forward.

[43:50] Or, you know, the capital planning, just stabilization committee.

[43:53] But then to be fair, it would have been CPC and CPA,

[43:55] which is still very close.

[43:57] That is the real question, is there $900,000

[44:00] to do the link and flat work?

[44:02] I guess it's going.

[44:04] Yes, but then that would take money away from other things.

[44:08] So it's not 100, we're not looking for them to fund 100% of it, but to share a portion of it.

[44:13] May it be 50-50. There was a survey that was conducted after fall town meeting.

[44:18] It was published in December, I believe.

[44:21] And in the survey of town meeting members, it was specifically about,

[44:25] how would you like to see this partnership between the stabilization funds and the CPA.

[44:30] And they 60% of, I'm sorry, 60% of CPA funds, town meeting members would like to see being used towards projects in the capital backlog, which these three projects that I highlighted, the school projects are part of that capital backlog.

[44:53] And then they're remaining 40% to go towards other community initiatives.

[45:10] I think they have 2 million, they have about 2.1, I believe exactly.

[45:21] And of course some projects like we were yesterday we spoke about the Packer Ellis Quartz and a couple of years that's going to be like a three million dollar project like all of these bigger projects. We don't just spend three million dollars out of the gate we borrowed right and so that's that service that'll be coming out of those funds

[45:39] because we won't spend $3 million in cash on that on the project.

[45:44] That's what we're talking about.

[45:46] Right, we have a triple bond rating.

[45:48] We might as well use it.

[45:50] That's a great point.

[45:51] That's how the solar work we did, you know,

[45:54] makes one year one.

[45:55] So yeah, that's a great reminder for community.

[45:57] Thank you.

[45:59] All right.

[46:00] Any other questions?

[46:04] Great.

[46:04] With that, we will move on to our next agenda item,

[46:08] which is a consideration of approval for our district contracts. Mr. Marin, I will hand it over for you

[46:14] to you for this. Thank you. So we have three contracts for your review.

[46:24] So as you know, our policy is schooled may away in a contract longer than three years.

[46:30] It's the first one we went out. Schooled may have voted in the fall of this report.

[46:35] a request for proposals to extend our district childcare program from three years to five years.

[46:42] And we went through the process. This late winter early spring.

[46:47] We had two bits on it, and kids were always the most favorable out of those two.

[46:54] And they were also our existing benefit for childcare.

[46:58] And so we're looking to extend them a new contract, and this would be year one of five.

[47:05] And it would be structured in a way, some more of the food source contract that we were new year by year.

[47:12] So it's over five year term, but we have the option to extend each year.

[47:15] And so if something did change, we were able to go back up to bid.

[47:18] The committee would still have that option.

[47:21] And then the second one on the list is a hardware lease.

[47:26] So with our budget and some of the constraints,

[47:28] we still have to update a significant amount of Chromebooks in the district

[47:34] and switching to a leasing model.

[47:36] We need more economical for us.

[47:38] And we'll enable us to update a larger amount of devices that we have.

[47:44] And it will help also reorganize some of that as well.

[47:47] So this is our student Chromebook since most have the elementary level, and this would be a five year lease.

[47:54] It will line with our five year life cycle replacement that we tried to do.

[47:59] Those devices.

[48:01] And then the last one is we're going to year two of our current food service management company contract.

[48:08] And that's what's what's in this nutrition.

[48:11] So, these are in your packet.

[48:14] I have to go into more detail on anything there.

[48:19] Mr. Huffcroft, do you have a question?

[48:21] Followed by Mr. Bill air.

[48:23] Yeah, and these are, I'm supportive of all of these.

[48:25] So I refer to all, I was just curious.

[48:28] And maybe I was throughout my three questions.

[48:31] You know, one is here in the, the child care,

[48:33] at least, and I remember, you know, we have the ability to,

[48:37] to get out of this every year.

[48:39] And I was kind of curious why the difference between having a five-year contract that you can go out and date every single year on and just having a one-year contract is.

[48:51] We're locking in like the terms over five years.

[48:54] I was just curious as a quick reminder.

[48:57] Maybe just answer that.

[48:58] I'll put the ask the other two.

[49:00] Sure.

[49:02] So we feel like programs like this.

[49:04] food service, you're trying to build a program, have consistency, and students get to know the

[49:09] individuals with those programs. In what Kizbaron Pticole, we've had a good history of them,

[49:15] we've done really good feedback from families, services that provide sweet thought of people

[49:19] to file to send a five-year for that program. Okay. I just, I didn't know if there's something

[49:27] some things that we're gaining from, from having that.

[49:30] Yeah, and it was exciting.

[49:31] Yeah, that there's some dislike overhead to doing these processes.

[49:35] It's not a huge list, but it is a kind of process here.

[49:39] Yes, so efficiency gains.

[49:41] Okay, on the hardware lease was curious.

[49:46] Are we doing, is that sort of over, is it staggered?

[49:50] So we're, we're getting five, really buying them all.

[49:54] every five years they'll all become old and have to be a renewed or really like a fifth of them each year over five years that every year a fifth of them comes up to be refreshed.

[50:05] I think it's one fifth, but we are trying to parse it out so that we can get to that standard five year life cycle placement.

[50:16] But then it made it's over the next three years.

[50:19] We're making devices at the elementary and secondary level that we support and also devices for staff to get that.

[50:28] Great.

[50:29] And then on the food services, I know we've been moving from Styrofoam to compostable trays to eventually having dishwashers and being able to have real trays.

[50:41] Do we have the Styrofoam completely out now?

[50:44] because I know at one point we were ending up with with a styrofoam

[50:47] when other districts used up all the combustible stuff and I

[50:51] from said that they were all out now just wondering how on the

[50:55] the sustainability progression how we're doing and how you're thinking about that.

[51:00] Yes, start from especially out. I do not see at any time this year. Come back,

[51:05] we have good supply chains around those trays. We also work closely with a group

[51:11] town, I'm getting their official name, it's kind of like the Winchester Sustainability Group, I think

[51:16] Tom, you know, in Africa. But we work with them on our composting efforts at the Almetry

[51:21] School. We had great group of students at the high school or the past two years who are building

[51:26] on the composting program outside there. So we're going to extend some of those practices,

[51:32] get to the remaining schools next year, which will be a focus on my call, then also at Morocco,

[51:37] elementary, um, if it's in 0 and 2, um, um, trust us the same building. We, we were looking

[51:46] at some other services around to be useful. We were washing, um, but just with, with budgets

[51:52] as they were, we were sort of positive for, um, sort of re-valuate that at the moment. But right now,

[51:59] we have, uh, we're washing at the one-challenge school or as purpose-built care, and the next

[52:06] National staff would be looking at my call for that,

[52:10] where they have some of the infrastructure in place,

[52:12] and we said to make some upgrades in the over the next year,

[52:14] perhaps so.

[52:16] Thank you.

[52:17] Any,

[52:21] Mr. Billare?

[52:25] Thank you.

[52:26] So I think, recognizing that we have,

[52:30] The technology usage committee, Dr. Allen, I was doing a great job leading. That's going to be meeting throughout the summer and into next school year, that's looking at all of our technology policies, including the, you know, how we might approach technology in different ages.

[52:50] I think I would be maybe more open to a shorter term lease on the Chromebooks, just given

[52:56] that we might need.

[52:58] This committee might deliver recommendations to the superintendent that we need additional

[53:03] Chromebooks.

[53:03] They might say that we need fewer Chromebooks.

[53:06] I think that that might influence the terms of a contract like this, so Andrew, can you say a little

[53:12] bit more about Mr. Rick, can you say a little bit more about the pricing of the five-year

[53:16] contract relative to a potentially shorter term option and I think you mentioned that this

[53:21] was about a fifth of the Chromebook inventory that the district has, so that would be that

[53:27] information would be helpful.

[53:30] Yes, yeah, I would recommend the five year lease now that this does come what they,

[53:36] so a reorganization standardization of some devices at the elementary level in terms of what we're offering.

[53:42] So these would be a higher amount of devices and it's more about 50% of the classrooms enrollment.

[53:48] It's a count.

[53:49] So this is reducing devices to start.

[53:53] And then even if there were further changes, it's the same model that we used throughout the district.

[53:57] And we still have significant amount of upgrades at the secondary level.

[54:00] That we can repurpose things, we'll never have.

[54:02] So I want to see a reason to change that if other things were to change,

[54:07] but we also have had some really good conversations internally on those invitories

[54:11] in what's where the district is looking to go with things.

[54:16] I know Dr. Hack has been involved with that too, I had anything.

[54:21] No, I just, you said what I was going to say actually,

[54:24] just to say that this is a represents a reconfiguration

[54:27] and a reduction in the ratio of devices

[54:31] at the elementary level.

[54:32] Fairly significantly actually,

[54:34] we were approaching almost one to one

[54:37] and a lot of places that cuts that down to I believe.

[54:40] I think the ratio is 10 or so when it depends on how many kids in the classroom, but I also just want to mention that you know part of the challenge for us is

[54:50] and passes still delivered.

[54:51] It's still delivered on devices.

[54:54] So we have this huge ramp up of a need to get devices and kids hands and the districts always done a really good job.

[55:03] Um, scheduling that and rotating that and sending devices from one school or the other.

[55:09] Um, but there's that reality that we do, you know, we also, oh, we have to make sure we have enough devices to be able to accommodate that as well as devices that in case something some device goes down that we have some backup that can be used if a teacher is doing a lesson that is relying on the technology.

[55:28] So I really appreciate the point, Ms. Billaire, I think I don't think this does anything to

[55:36] hinder any development or movement in any way towards whatever the committee comes out with.

[55:43] And I think it actually does reset kind of our starting point so that we can kind of change

[55:49] maybe the expectation around how many devices that students are going to have or building

[55:54] I'm going to have it be all mentioned low.

[55:56] So we obviously should not be doing one to one

[55:59] from a lot of reasons, not the least,

[56:01] in which is we can afford it, certainly the other pieces.

[56:05] Because don't need advice in the hands all the time.

[56:11] So, no right, Ms. Minerati.

[56:13] I love hearing that, Dr. Hackett.

[56:15] I love hearing that.

[56:17] I think the one thing that I really loved about arts and letters

[56:21] is that it's paper and pencil.

[56:24] My son was in the fifth grade pilot.

[56:26] So fifth graders who do bring their own device, he didn't need his Chromebook to participate in the new Arts and Letters curriculum.

[56:34] So I don't think it would impact the rollout of Arts and Letters this year. Can you please confirm that?

[56:42] The actually have their placement of devices?

[56:46] Do you mean yes, yes. Well, the quantity of devices in each building and whatever we're budgeting.

[56:51] No, no, no. It would not affect.

[56:53] There, as you know, there's some technology related to the program where our assessments, that kind of thing, but just have to be done for technology. So what I can say is we probably need to come up with some money to add storage and access to each one of our building, given the amount of materials that have come in, it's just unbelievable.

[57:12] And the volunteers, the people here, I don't know who they are, but they're like in every single day, and then that little entry area, and they are just just going through like sand as elves and just packaging and repackaging.

[57:26] It's just amazing operations going on here.

[57:30] I saw all of the boxes and boxes stacked at Ambrose the last week of school.

[57:34] And it is, it requires a Feets of Strengths to move all of those books, but they are exactly that.

[57:39] They're paper and where are their workbooks and literature, the children will have in their hands.

[57:45] I saw the kindergarten books and they are just stunning.

[57:48] So I'm very excited about it.

[57:49] And I'm grateful that this will not at all interfere with the successful rule out.

[57:58] That's great.

[57:59] Any other questions?

[58:00] If not, I would be happy to accept a motion.

[58:03] Mr. Marin, just in terms of procedure, do we need to do three?

[58:06] separate motions for each of these or can we accept them? We didn't really put them on the

[58:10] consent agenda, so I'm assuming it's it's three separate motions in votes.

[58:15] Yes, yeah, that's great to separate to have.

[58:18] All right. I would accept a motion to start around the acceptance of the district child care contract

[58:26] with kids broke. So moves second. Right. With a motion by Ms. Miniergy seconded by Ms.

[58:33] and I say I'll take a roll call vote, Mr. Belair.

[58:36] Hi, Mr. Hubcroft.

[58:38] Hi, Mr. Bullenessay.

[58:40] Hi.

[58:41] Ms. Minyarji.

[58:42] Hi.

[58:43] And the chair vote, as well.

[58:44] So that's a 5 to 0 unanimous vote.

[58:46] Looking on to the hardware lease,

[58:49] I would accept a motion around the acceptance

[58:51] of the hardware lease agreement.

[58:53] So, Mr. Bullenessay.

[58:55] All right.

[58:56] Modemotion by Ms. Bullenessay.

[58:59] Seconded by Mr. Hubcroft.

[59:01] Um, we would take a roll call of Mr. Bill air abstain.

[59:06] All right, Mr. Hupcroft.

[59:09] Ms. Bill and I say, I.

[59:11] Ms. Miniergy.

[59:13] Hi.

[59:14] And the chair votes aye as well. So we are 4 to 0 to 1 on that one.

[59:18] And then in terms of the agreement with what's in nutrition,

[59:23] acceptance of the food service management contract for your two of five.

[59:28] I will accept the motion on that as well.

[59:29] So moved.

[59:31] All right.

[59:32] On a motion by Mr. Hopcroft.

[59:34] Second is,

[59:34] Second.

[59:35] Mr. Polinesi.

[59:36] We will take a roll call.

[59:38] Vote Mr. Billaire.

[59:39] Hi.

[59:40] Mr. Hopcroft.

[59:41] Hi.

[59:42] Polinesi.

[59:43] Hi.

[59:44] Ms. Minierjee.

[59:46] Hi.

[59:46] And the chair votes aye as well.

[59:48] So that is five to zero.

[59:50] All right.

[59:50] Thank you so much for those.

[59:52] Congratulations, Mr. Marin.

[59:53] We've gotten that dealt with for this year.

[59:56] and we're going to run that out over the current week.

[1:00:00] Moving on quickly to our summer meetings schedule and workshops, I would encourage you all. I'm going to send a scheduling text. My favorite thing to try and actually get sometimes nailed down for our summer meetings. I know that some of us have vacations.

[1:00:22] That we need to work around, but ideally what I would like to see with this is that we have at least two sessions, preferably between now and the beginning of August, because I know we have one member who's leaving the country at that point.

[1:00:38] And so if we are able to do that, there are a number of topics that we need to delve into that we will discuss at a later date.

[1:00:45] don't need to have the labor that for today since we're already at 11.07 and we needed to

[1:00:49] go into executive session. But please respond as quickly as possible. Let's get these on

[1:00:55] the books because once folks start going out of the country it's a little bit less easy to

[1:01:00] schedule. And so if it's possible to do one or maybe two sessions in real time that would be great

[1:01:07] for the topics that we need to discuss over the summer. Obviously we are having our meeting next

[1:01:12] as well for the consideration and approval of the contract with our new assistance superintendent for elementary education.

[1:01:19] So look forward to having that meeting as well.

[1:01:22] But do look out between now and then for the scheduling information for our summer meeting workshops.

[1:01:29] With that, I will move on to our next agenda item, which I believe is moving into executive session.

[1:01:36] And so unless there are any other items I would accept a motion to move into executive

[1:01:42] session, a mindful of the fact that the committee will not come back into public session.

[1:01:48] And we will just adjourn directly from that executive session without coming back online.

[1:01:54] So the executive session today is for purposes two and three to conduct strategy sessions

[1:01:58] in preparation for negotiations with non-union personnel, as well as to discuss strategy with

[1:02:04] respective collective bargaining with the WAA as the chair declares in both cases that an open meeting

[1:02:08] may have a detrimental effect in the negotiating position of the committee. So it's the

[1:02:12] exact emotion at this time.

[1:02:14] I moved.

[1:02:16] Is there a second?

[1:02:17] Second.

[1:02:18] All right. I'm motion by Ms. Volanesa.

[1:02:21] Second by Ms. Minierjee will take a World Cova, Mr. Billaire.

[1:02:25] Hi. Mr. Hopcroft.

[1:02:27] Hi. Ms. Volanesa?

[1:02:29] Hi.

[1:02:30] Ms. Minierjee.

[1:02:31] Hi.

[1:02:32] And I vote I as well. So we are adjourned in executive session

[1:02:34] at 11.09 a.m. The link will be, you know, you know, you know, probably.

[1:02:43] So I see. Yes, it will. Yeah, no, just, just, just, yes, you'll get it from the Andrew, right?

[1:02:53] Andrew, Andrew will be sending that as we scheduled in plan before the meeting. So this is all

[1:02:59] arranged pressure. Let at least you think we were not organized. I don't know, received anything yet.

[1:03:06] It's common.

[1:03:07] Thank you.

[1:03:09] Dr. Spam.

[1:03:10] All right.

[1:03:10] I love a note.

[1:03:11] Thank you so much, everybody.

[1:03:12] Thank you.

[1:03:13] Thank you.

[1:03:14] Thank you.

[1:03:15] Thank you.

[1:03:16] Thank you.

Winchester School Committee Meeting 7-9-26

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