The end of the school year is rapidly approaching, so the Needham School Committee had no time to waste after a late Town Meeting session the night before. Instead they plunged headlong into the Broadmeadow School Improvement Plan, and reviewed the handbooks for all of the town’s schools. There they found reason to question the district’s absenteeism policy, which led to a lengthy discussion.
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Agenda:

1) Public Hearing on Massachusetts School Choice Program, School Year (SY) 2024-2025

2) Public Comments

3) School Committee Chair and Subcommittee Updates

4) Superintendent’s Comments

5) Consent Items
• Minutes of the April 23, 2024 Meeting
• FY24 Budget Transfers
• FY24 Donations

6) Broadmeadow School Improvement Plan

7) 2024-2025 Elementary, Middle School & High School Handbooks

8) Waiver of Policy EEAE: School Bus Safety Program Sections 2 & 3 for SY 2024-2025 to Support NPS and YMCA Transportation Pilot Program

9) Appoint Superintendent Gutekanst to 2024-2025 ACCEPT Education Collaborative Board of Directors

10) Yellow Bus Transportation Contract Extension: 2024-25 and 2025-26

11) School Committee Comments

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