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Expectations of Subcommittee Chair

  • Schedules meetings (5-8 meetings per subcommittee) during the course of the school year, primarily between September and June.

  • Works with the Executive Assistant to post the agendas for all meetings in accordance with the Open Meeting Law.

  • Ensures minutes are recorded for all subcommittee meetings. Minutes should be forwarded to the Executive Assistant for filing with the Town Clerk's Office.

  • Reports at each School Committee meeting on the subcommittee’s work and ensures the full School Committee is aware of the next scheduled subcommittee meeting.
 

School Committee Liaison Members:

Palmina Griffin, Chair

Leah Filipkowski, Vice Chair

  • Reviews, proposes, and considers matters pertaining to policies and procedures.
  • Policies are reviewed on a rotating basis unless School Committee requests an expedited review.

School Committee Liaison Members:

Corey Burke, Chair

David Cornacchioli, Vice Chair

 

  • To represent the full School Committee in collective bargaining with all unionized employees.

School Committee Liaison Members:

David Cornacchioli, Chair

Todd Proctor, Vice Chair

  • Inspects physical buildings annually and reports to the School Committee any recommendations, and any capital needs to the Finance Committee.
  • Works with Superintendent, Building Principals, and Building Custodians to ensure student and staff safety measures are appropriate.

School Committee Liaison Members:

Palmina Griffin, Co-Chair

Corey Burke, Co-Chair

 

  • Reviews proposed substantive changes to curriculum and adoption of related instructional materials.
  • Reviews District Accountability Data and makes recommendations to the full School Committee.

School Committee Liaison Members:

Todd Proctor, Chair

Leah Filipkowski, Vice Chair 

 

  • Ensures the District creates a welcoming community for ALL students and our school culture is inclusive.
  • Supports recruiting and retaining a diverse and culturally responsive teaching workforce and provides annual professional development on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Examines School Committee policies for institutional and systemic racialized practices and implements change with sustainable policies that are evidence-based and inclusive. 
  • Reviews curriculum to ensure it includes the history of racial oppression works by culturally diverse authors and works from diverse perspectives.