NEWS

Addressing improved communication and transparency with action item goals
- Discussion of past sessions about the role of the school committee, school staff
- Workshops can be implemented
- Phil will take the lead
Mrs. Bell, principle at Memorial, showcased success of STMATH and discussed the Bridges platform
Please see MURSD Covid-19 dashboard. There are updates every Thursday.
As per the state commissioner mask requirements will continue until November 1st
- There is an 80% vaccination rate requirement for school community mask removal
- Highschool student vaccination 71% and staff vaccination rate is at 96%
- A formal process would need to be developed to determine vaccination status in order to remove mask requirement
- Middle school 7th (62%) and 8th grade (72%) vaccinated
- Hosting a vaccine clinic Oct 22 at Nipmuc. People need to register (at least 25 people)
General finance and budget- a lot to unpack. Start listening at 47:40
- Sean suggested an informational session with Jay so people can better understand the budget process at our schools
- (Reached out to Jay and SC about putting this session together)
In other business Sean requested attention to the topic of special education. Maureen noted that they developed a rotation of departments and special ed will be apart of that. Jennifer D'Angelo, director of student services, will be coming to the next school committee meeting on October 18th.

K-12 will be required to mask while in school per state mandate that will be voted on 8-24-2021