Clothing Drive
Student Advisory Council representative Andrew Ge announced the high school student senate’s clothing drive collected about 2,700 items of clothing. The clothes will be donated to the nonprofit Cradles to Crayons.
Chenery Roof Funding
Superintendent Jill Geiser and Town Administrator Patrice Garvin presented a funding plan for the repair of the Chenery Upper Elementary School roof. In total, the project is estimated to cost $4.2 million.
According to Garvin, $1.1 million of the project is expected to be reimbursed by the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA).
The roof is the second of three interrelated projects at Chenery. Town Meeting approved $1.6 million for the Chenery boiler replacement in 2024 and a funding request to install heating, ventilation, and air conditioning units is expected in the future.
Community Path
The school committee unanimously voted to allow Geiser to sign a de minimis Impact form for the Belmont Community Path, a portion of which will be on property of Belmont High School. The committee will also have to approve easements at a future date, Garvin said.
School Policies
The committee did a first read of various draft student policies, including some on discipline, student publications, and freedom of expression.
The policy subcommittee will continue to discuss and workshop the policies, some of which were written by the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC). They will come back before the full committee for a second read and a vote at a future meeting.
