School Committee — June 15, 2026
The meeting featured standard policy reviews, a unanimous handbook approval, and tabling of one item with minimal internal reservation and zero public comment.
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Public impact
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Committee reviewed yellow-highlighted changes including resolutions on LGBTQ and immigrant support, revised discipline table with restorative practices, personal device rules, and bus fee language.
Approved with minor wording edits and forwarded to full School Committee on June 22
Minor adjustments to be made before full committee vote
Decisions logged
Topics discussed
▶ 01:03 Middle School Handbook Updates
Review of highlighted changes to the middle school handbook, including resolutions on LGBTQ and immigrant support, bus fees, extracurriculars, discipline consequences table, AI language, and personal device policy.
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Committee reviewed yellow-highlighted revisions from prior meeting including added resolutions, bus fee language, club/athletics section, moved privacy and ISP descriptions, revised discipline table with restorative practices, and personal device rules. Minor wording fixes discussed such as changing 'expulsion' to 'exclusion' and 'can't' to 'may not'.
Approved the changes with discussed edits; motion passed to forward to full School Committee.
Minor adjustments to be made and placed on June 22 full committee agenda.
▶ 09:32 Policy JKAA: Timeout, Seclusion, and Restraint
Discussion of updates needed to align with new state regulations on seclusion and restraint; comparison of MASC and attorney-drafted versions.
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Seclusion largely prohibited except under strict conditions; timeouts require documentation and student ability to leave. Committee preferred attorney version for reduced redundancy but one member had not read the full redlined document.
Tabled for further review; no vote taken.
Possible short meeting before June 22 or August meeting; regulations take effect August 17 regardless of policy adoption.
▶ 22:46 Technology Policies Review
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Initial review of existing policies (IJND, IJNDB, IJNDC, JICJ) on digital access, instructional use, acceptable use, internet safety, and filtering; discussion of potential updates for balance, guidelines, and social media/AI.
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Policies largely current but may need statements on educational-purpose-only use, screen-time balance, responsible-use language, parent access to monitoring tools, and separate social-media or AI policies. Guidelines under development by admin team to reduce passive screen time.
No immediate changes; policies to be revisited after guidelines are finalized.
Guidelines to be shared with principals then presented to subcommittee; possible policy amendments next year.
▶ 56:51 Agenda Item Addition Process
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Clarification of process for adding items to School Committee agendas given Robert's Rules and existing policy.
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Current policy gives chair final say; Robert's Rules allow any member to propose items with two-thirds vote. Draft revision prepared to make process explicit.
Discussion only; no decision reached.
Draft policy revision to be shared and discussed at next subcommittee meeting.
Controversy & dissent
Potentially controversial issues
Policy JKAA updates on timeout, seclusion, and restraint
Middle School Handbook Updates including LGBTQ/immigrant resolutions and personal device policy
Action items
Notable statements
Member positions
Positions marked ~ are inferred from context and may not reflect the member's explicitly stated position. UNCLEAR means the vote was split but the record did not name how this member voted — it is not a “yes.”
Public comment
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