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Lunenburg  High  School  1079  Massachusetts  Avenue  Lunenburg,  MA  01462  Phone:  (978)  582-4115                          Facsimile:  (978)  582-4153  
 
 TIMOTHY  SANTRY                          YANINA  BURNS  LMHS  Principal                           Assistant  Principal/  Athletic  Director                        KARMA  TOUSIGNANT         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        
 
  
Assistant
 
Principal
  MINUTES  Lunenburg  High  School  School  Advisory  Council  Meeting  Date:  03/26/2026  Schedule  time:  3:00  PM  Location:  LMHS  Conference  Room   Members  present:  Mr.  Tim  Santry;  Ms.  Karma  Tousignant;  Ms.  Yanina  Burns;  Ms.  Jessica  Frank;  Ms.  
Mariah
 
Comesana;
 
Ms.
 
Meghan
 
Arnold
  Members  absent:  Mr.  Warren  Stevenson;  Mr.  Anthony  Sculimbrene   Additional  persons  present:  Ms.  Lynn  Radford   1.  Meeting  called  to  order  at  3:02  p.m.   2.  Budget  update  -   a.  School  Comm  has  approved  a  balanced  budget  ($989,000  under)  i.  cuts:  2  primary  teachers;  2  elementary;  CODA;  .2  music;  interventionist  at  primary;  
custodian;
 
part
 
time
 
AD;
 
band
 
and
 
atheltic
 
transportation;
 
girls
 
lacross,
 
boys
 
golf,
 
ski
 
teams;
 
increase
 
of
 
athletic
 
fees
 
to
 
$400
 
per
 
student.
 b.  Core  budget  also  approved  (at  tri  board):  restores  WL  teacher,  Bridge  program  and  para;  lose  
interventionist
 
at
 
middle
 
school
 
and
 
high
 
school.
 
($1.6
 
mil
 
increase
 
over
 
balanced
 
budget)
 c.  Restoration  budget  -  returns  all  positions.  No  reductions  ($1.9  mil  increase  over  balanced  
budget)
 d.  Waiting  for  Town  number  for  their  portion  of  the  override  -  Select  Board  seems  to  be  looking  to  
do
 
the
 
tiered
 
budget.
 
$2.5
 
mil
 
/
 
$3.3
 
mil
 
including
 
town
  3.  LHS  Handbook  -  in  the  shared  drive.  Please  look  and  submit  change  suggestions  to  Tim.  School  
Committee
 
will
 
vote
 
on
 
these
 
in
 
June.
  4.  Course  Registration  Update  a.  Program  of  Studies  was  approved  by  SC;  course  registration  options  were  sent  out  for  students.  b.  Most  are  completed  minus  a  few  students  with  very  specific  needs.  c.  Department  Chairs  will  be  deciding  section  counts  and  which  courses  can/cannot  run.  d.  Some  scheduling  details  are  dependent  on  budget  and  staffing.      

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5.  Work  based  learning   DESE  program  w/MassHire  a.  Originally  planned  for  at-risk  students  or  for  credit  recovery;  got  a  bit  larger  than  initially  planned  
this
 
year
 
-
 
mostly
 
due
 
to
 
lack
 
of
 
options
 
for
 
students.
 b.  Next  year,  the  program  will  have  more  guidelines  and  restrictions  for  availability,  number  of  
students,
 
etc.
 
  6.  Senior  Schedule  Update  a.  Adjustment  to  the  senior  week  schedule  in  order  to  remain  in  compliance  with  the  count  of  days  
between
 
seniors’
 
last
 
day
 
and
 
graduation
 b.  Senior  Exam  Schedule  5/26  -  6/1  c.  June  2:  Senior  Sign-Out  Day  -  obligations,  chromebooks,  books,  dues,  etc.  d.  June  3:  Senior  Breakfast  at  BGCL;  Motorcade  at  9:30  a.m.  e.  June  4:  rehearsal;  senior  dinner;  scholarship  awards  f.  June  6:  graduation   7.  Feedback  for  Spring  Parent/Teacher  Conference  a.  Scheduled  day  ended  up  being  online  appointments  due  to  the  snow  b.  Sensitivity  to  not  taking  spots  from  other  parents;  felt  that  if  I  needed  to  speak  to  a  teacher  I’d  
have
 
done
 
it
 
before
 
March
 
(for
 
a
 
year-long
 
class)
 
-
 
S2
 
classes
 
not
 
necessarily
 
“academically
 
rigorous”
 
for
 
my
 
child;
 
some
 
teachers
 
seemed
 
frustrated
 
at
 
repeat
 
appointments.
 
One
 
parent
 
suggested
 
maybe
 
this
 
time
 
could
 
be
 
an
 
informal
 
check-in
 
initiated
 
by
 
parents
 
if
 
they
 
know
 
they
 
can
 
do
 
so.
 
One
 
mentioned
 
the
 
idea
 
of
 
a
 
“student
 
showcase”
 
open
 
house
 
in
 
the
 
Spring
 
instead.
   8.  Adjourn  at  3:23  p.m.    Minutes  respectfully  submitted  by  Lynn  Radford