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School Committee Meeting - 12.1.2025
Call to Order and Salute to the Flag
School Committee Reports: Resource Subcommittee & School Building Needs Subcommittee
Resource Subcommittee & School Building Needs Subcommittee - Met on November 25, 2025
School Committee Reports: Policy Subcommittee Report
Policy Subcommittee - Met on November 19, 2025
School Committee Reports: Student Support Subcommittee Report
Student Support Subcommittee - Will meet on January 5, 2026
School Committee Reports: Student Advisory Committee Report
Student Advisory Committee - Met on December 1, 2025
School Committee Reports: Student Representative Report
Approval of Minutes: November 3, 2025
Approval of the minutes from a previous School Committee Meeting: Approval of Minutes of the Regular School Committee Meeting of November 17, 2025
Communications: Rosemary Reynolds
Communications: First Student Bus Transportation
Public Comment
Superintendent's Report: Out of State Field Trip
Out of State Field Trip, Talia Mercadante, Music Teacher + #25-570- #25-26 Approve Superintendent's recommendation to allow Fitchburg High School chorus students to attend The New England Music Festival Chorus Auditions at Griswold High School in Connecticut on Saturday, December 13, 2025.
Superintendent's Report: Athletic Department Update
Athletic Department Update, Todd Robbins, Director of Athletics
Superintendent's Report: Social Emotion Learning Department Update
Social Emotion Learning Department Update, Dr. Brendan Keenan, Director of SEL
Budget Items
Budget Items: 6 Donations, 4 Grants - to submit
Policy Items: Policy IHAIA, Middle School Pathway Exploration Policy, Revised Based on DESE Feedback
Action Items
+ #25-571- #25-26 Approve the donation of $4000 (40 $100 gift cards to Market Basket) to Reingold Elementary School for students in need; Black Bear Coating & Concrete. + #25-572- #25-26 Approve the donation of $750 to Fitchburg High School for school related activities; Hannaford Supermarkets. + #25-573- #25-26 Approve the donation of canned goods and nonperishable items to Reingold Elementary School for their food pantry; Tim Bean of Eastwood Club Inc. + #25-574- #25-26 Approve the donation of nonperishable food items to Reingold Elementary School for their food pantry; the Rusk and Tefft family. + #25-575- #25-26 Approve the donation of 150 Thanksgiving baskets for students in need; City United Church. + #25-576- #25-26 Approve the donation of 40 boxes of food (approximately 2150 items) to stock and support school food pantries; various community members. + #25-577- #25-26 Approve the Superintendent's recommendation to submit the following grants titled: ++ Project Lead the Way Launch; $30,000 ++ Project Lead the Way Gateway; $40,000 ++ Project Lead the Way Computer Science; $10,000 ++ Hammer Strength Fitness Equipment; $18,500 + #25-578- #25-26 Approve the subcommittee's recommendation to revise policy IHAIA, Middle School Pathway Exploration Policy, based on the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's feedback.