April 30, 2026 Meeting

• Payment of Bills:
  • 42-2026 Date: 4/21/26 Amount: $2,026,854.55

Motion by Ms. Devine to approve below minutes. Seconded by Ms. Lyons. Motion unanimously passed.

• Approval of Minutes:
  • Regular Meeting 4/9/26

Vice Chair Graziano is attending the National Honor Society induction ceremony. Congratulations extended to the students and families.

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT:

Superintendent Curtin shared best wishes to the Chapman Students during the performance of Seussical this weekend. Congratulations shared to National Honor and World Language National Honor students. WECC had special olympics today and Unified game day is Friday, May 1, 2026.

Thanks and appreciation expressed to Assistant Superintendent Smith, Alyssa Bosse, executive team, Mayor Molisse, Chief of Staff Lacey, Sen. O’Connor & Rep. Murphy as well as Town Council for open collaboration on the budget. Gratefulness shared for the 3.5% increase in the budget along with $500K education reserve. Work is still being done and finalization is almost to the finish line. The school budget will be presented to the Town Council on May 12, 2026.

Chapman Middle School will be changing from a 7 to 6 period day and French will be eliminated to preserve languages at the high school. Spanish will be offered as an elective.

OLD BUSINESS

a. Student Handbooks & Program of Studies: Second Reading -Ms. Karen Monahan, Ms. Karen Bonner
Ms. Bonner shared an update of the added language of ‘smart devices’ to page 81 under telephone/electronic equipment. The attendance requirements and point deduction was clarified. AI software for grading is minimally used by staff currently.

Motion by Ms. Devine to combine the second and third reading of the WHS 2026-2027 Handbook. Seconded by Ms. Lyons. Motion passed unanimously.

Motion by Ms. Devine and seconded by Ms. Lyons to approve the WHS 2026-2027 Handbook. Motion passed unanimously.

Principal Monahan shared that a few elective courses will be paused for the 2026-27 school year. It was explained that there will still be a robotics team.

WHS Program of Studies will be moved to a third reading.

NEW BUSINESS

a. Policy Subcommittee Report - Ms. Mary-Ellen Devine
At the April 16th meeting Massachusetts guidance for AI in K-12 was discussed. There are no updates at this time. Also reviewed was Policy IKB-Homework; the policy is appropriate as is.

b. 2026-2027 School Committee Meeting Schedule (action requested) - Chair Nardone
Motion by Ms. Devine to table the 2026-27 school committee schedule to the next meeting. Motion was seconded by Ms. Lyons. Motion passed unanimously.

PUBLIC COMMENT
In accordance with Policy BEDH.

Chair Nardone shared that at the Budget subcommittee on 4/29/26 discussion was had on the home to school bus transportation IFB and will be an agenda item on the May 6 budget subcommittee meeting as well. Procurement law MGL C.30B will be followed and adhered to. The contract will be awarded by May 13, 2026.

-Eric Dresser, 72 Rustic
Expressed disappointment on the elimination of French at the middle school and encouraged the committee to revisit the decision and reconsider the elimination.

-Joe Brewster, 285 Pond St.
He thanked bus drive #18 Paul Dechellis and questioned NRT’s feasibility in fulfilling the transportation contract. He encouraged the committee to investigate NRT further. He praised First Student for their drivers and management team. He also noted that First Student donated 9 buses for the Unified Games.

-Sue Laboussiere, First Student #7 bus driver
Expressed concerns over NRT, Inc. and brought to light 6 hour shifts instead of 5, long runs across town for students who attend non neighborhood schools. She questioned if the pricing for the scope of the bid is the same and mentioned late bus omission from the current bid. She shared that NRT was removed from the Framingham contract due to service issues and encouraged the district to pull back and rebid.

-Steven Hilson, 231 Broad St.
Shared his opinion that there is a specification deficiency in the transportation IFB and that it omitted late bus service. He urged the town Chief Procurement Officer to cancel and do a corrective rebid.

-Michelle Majchrowicz, Teamsters 653 and parent
Stated that Weymouth bus drivers are not interchangeable and have built generational trust. Current First Student drivers are not guaranteed their positions; a petition has been submitted to NRT as well as an MOA drafted for NRT to honor and protect driver benefits. NRT has not responded. She expressed her opinion to rebid and have strong teamsters drivers to ensure a smooth transition.

-Sandra Sullivan, 445 Broad St., #10 bus driver
Shared that all of her 30 students transported are not going to their neighborhood school and that drivers are doing 6 plus hours a day.

Announcements:
-Budget Subcommittee: May 6, 2026, 6 p.m., Adams
-Weymouth Town Council Budget/Management Committee Meeting: Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 6 p.m., Weymouth Town Hall (Deliberation on the measure for the School Department budget)
-Town Wide Parent Council Meeting: May 12, 2026, 7 p.m., WHS
-Athletics Subcommittee Meeting: May 14, 2026, 4 p.m., Adams

Next School Committee Meeting:
Regular Meeting: Thursday, May 14, 2026 - 6:00 p.m.

The Meeting adjourned at 6:45pm on the motion by Ms. Devine and seconded by Ms. Lyons. Motion passed unanimously.