What was said

School Committee, September 19, 2020

the recording · 0:10 long, about 1,147 words spoken · captions carried this meeting well

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The town has published neither minutes nor an agenda for this meeting. The recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

The short version

  1. ▶ 8:22The School Committee voted 4-0 by roll call to give permission to post a part-time, hourly remote meeting coordinator position.
  2. ▶ 4:55The committee re-held the vote because the revised agenda had not been posted at town hall after the prior meeting.
  3. ▶ 5:56The position is unbenefited, works evenings, serves both the school department and the town, and runs remote meetings and trains users.
  4. ▶ 6:39CARES Act funds pay for the position through December; after that it is paid from the local budget, with the cost shared between town and schools.

Why it matters — our reading

  • From December to June the position moves from federal CARES Act money onto the local budget, mostly taxes, shared between the town and the schools rather than carried by the schools alone.
  • The re-vote shows that an agenda not posted at town hall can force a decision to be taken again, which affects whether remote meetings stay open to residents.

grantshiringpersonnelpolicypublic comment

Present: Dr Burnham (superintendent, remote); Bertrand (chair, remote); Archambault (Shambo) (vice chair, remote); Kelly (secretary, remote); Leighton (member, remote). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 8:22Permission to post the remote meeting coordinator position — moved by Ms Kelly, as heardpassed 4-0 by roll call

And 1 procedural: adjourn at 10:09 am (▶ 9:30).

The money

  1. ▶ 5:56Remote meeting coordinator position

    An hourly, unbenefited evening position serving both school department and town to run remote meetings and train users. Grant funded through the end of December.

  2. ▶ 6:39CARES Act funding then local budget

    The position is paid from CARES Act funds through December, then from the local budget. Cost from December to June to be shared between town and schools, not fully school-funded.

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 4:55Re-hold the vote on permission to post because the revised agenda was not posted at town hall for the prior meeting.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The town has not published minutes for this meeting.

Heard in the recording

State law asks minutes to list the documents and exhibits used at a meeting (M.G.L. c.30A §22(a)). Names from the recording are the caption model’s hearing; the two sides are matched by name, by script, so a document named two different ways can be missed. A place to look, not a finding.

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 0:00Call to order, roll call, open meeting law and ground rulesinformational · 4:11 long
  2. ▶ 4:11Public comment on agenda itemsnone offered · 0:44 long · public comment
  3. ▶ 4:55Permission to post remote meeting coordinator positionvoted, passed · 3:49 long · hiring, grants, personnel
  4. ▶ 8:44Final public comment and adjournmentnone offered; adjourned · 1:09 long

What the captions could not carry

Nothing was flagged.

These are ours, and they are not the record

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What changed

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