Longmeadow School Committee reflects as the school year winds down

June 16, 2021 | Miasha Lee

Clerk Kevin Shea gave a shout out to everyone who took part in making the high school graduation so special this year.
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LONGMEADOW – At the June 8 Longmeadow School Committee meeting, Clerk Kevin Shea gave a shout out to everyone who took part in making the high school graduation so special this year.

“It was a ton of work for everybody involved and we know there were lots of people behind the scenes,” he said. “Everything that the seniors have been through this year it really was a blessing that they had a great day for their graduation. It was a great celebration with wonderful speeches and musical performances.”

Vice Chair Bronwyn Monahan added, “I thought graduation was great and went very smoothly. Congratulations to all the graduates and good luck to them on their future endeavors.”

The committee then made a motion to approve the revised 2021-2022 school calendar eliminating the Professional Development Day that was scheduled for March 18, 2022 and moved the last day of school to June 15, 2022 if there are no school closure days/snow days.

In regard to snow days, Superintendent M. Martin O’Shea said the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley has not indicated whether the Massachusetts Department of Secondary Education will allow remote learning days to count as school days when districts experience inclement weather. If that option is given to school districts, the matter will be brought to the School Committee for decision or for direction.

During the duration of the meeting, the committee approved the facility use request for Cars of Longmeadow, a car show for lupus research to use the Longmeadow High School parking lot on July 25.

In addition, the committee approved the fiscal year 2022 budget as revised and dated June 4, 2021 in the amount of $38.9 million with a general fund allocation of $36.4 million.  

After leaving for executive session to discuss contract actions, the committee returned to open session where they decided to authorize the Longmeadow Public Schools to observe the Juneteenth holiday with a day off and offices closed on June 18 without loss of compensation for full year employees.

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