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Home My WebLink AboutSchool Comm 11/18/2025Approved 1.13.26 Mansfield School Committee Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, November 18, 2025 In Person room2ABZ�(,�_Itj=(� An Open Meeting of the Mansfield School Committee was held on Tuesday, November 28, 2025 in room 2AB of the Town Hall. The open meeting session was called to order by Chair Jenny-�sh'af b`.34,p.rrS, I `l? Members Present: Administration Present: j Jenn Walsh, Chair Michelle McKeon, Superintendent' Lynn Cavicchi Amy Bright, Assistant Superintendent of Teaching &Learning Diane Ready Jessica Davis, Assistant Superintendent Student Services Steve Schoonveld Matthew Violette, Director of Finance and Operations Jenifer Sellon Members Absent: Public Speak: None Administrative Reports: Superintendent Michelle McKeon provided an update on fall activities. Athletics had strong runs into the playoffs but all are done now except for the annual Thanksgiving football game with Foxboro. Our quiz show team has been selected as one of seventeen teams to compete in the WGBH Quiz Bowl. More information will follow throughout the winter. QMS wrapped up their 3rd successful cross-country season with strong performances by our students. MSBA update: The MA School Building Authority has moved Mansfield's request to replace the J/1 roof to the next phase. This work will be part of the Accelerated Repair Program. In July, further evaluation, plans and reviews will take place. If approved to continue, we will go to the citizens at Town Meeting for approval to go forward. Mansfield must commit to the full amount and then will be reimbursed approximately half of the cost. Lastly, Superintendent McKeon is happy to report that Bluestone Bank has awarded us a $5000 grant to pursue the purchase of audio and video equipment in support of the MHS Buzz program. This will allow us to set up a small studio for our students. Assistant Superintendent Amy Bright updated the committee on the first English Language Parent Advisory Committee (ELPAC) and first EL family night. She thanked all of the staff who worked toward this evening. Approximately 15 families attended. Some of the board members have been chosen while others remain open with some interested candidates. Further elections will be held at the next meeting in January. Asa reminder we have approximately 125 EL students currently in our district. Professional Development on 11/4/25 included elementary school work on the Wonders Literacy program focusing on small group instruction. Our art, music, and physical education staffs attended focused development for their specialties. Assistant Superintendent Jessica Davis reported on professional development for our special education staff. There was a wide variety of targeted instruction for each school including social thinking and motor skills at Roland Green; ELA instruction, partnering paraprofessionals / teachers and accommodations at QMS; coteaching and specialized instruction at MHS; diabetes care for our district nurses. Ms. Davis also provided an update on the revised paraprofessional evaluation tool. As a result of paraprofessional negotiations, a subcommittee was formed to review and enhance the existing document. The new plan is more streamlined and transparent. The district will seek school committee approval next week. Highlights of changes are: • Scaling back the lengthy verbiage and removing comments at each section • Revising language for standards 2 and 3 • Deleting the score of Exemplary for all standards. • All paras will review this at the beginning of the year and choose one standard Page 1 of 5 Approved 1-13-26 Mansfield School Committee Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, November 18, 2025 In Person room 2AB Staff members who are new, on probation or have received Needs Improvement will meet on progress multiple times per year. All others will meet at the end of the year to review progress to their chosen goal. • One comment box is now at the end of the document. Superintendent McKeon noted that the bargaining unit has seen and ratified the changes. Mr. Schoonveld notec that training was a big issue for our paras during negotiations. However, this document does not detail how the teachers will be trained. Assistant Superintendent Davis noted that paras work under the guidance of a teacher who meets regularly with the paras regarding individual student needs and the district provides training. There is not specific planning time set up during the week. Mr. Schoonveld asked if the paras could use TeachPoint. Yes, the next steps would be to put this evaluation tool on TeachPoint and then provide training. Superintendent McKeon noted that the district is looking into the creation of a steering committee to discuss professional development options including digital solutions that may offer individualized training. Director Matt Violette provided an update on our first quarter financials- The district is tracking as expected early in the year. Steve Schoonveld reminded all that any transfers between cost centers must go to the school committee. He commended Matt on the presentation of information. Matt then discussed the FY27 budget planning. A draft presentation has been created and will be reviewed with the budget subcommittee before going before the school committee on 12/2. Steve recommended that the presentation address decreasing enrollment but increasing costs. Lynn Cavicchi noted that the presentation was modified to include comments made at recent listening sessions. Approval of Warrant: Goods & Salary & Goods & Salary & Services Wages Services Wages 26011S 2611 PS 260125 2613PS 9-9-25 9-12-25 9-23-25 9-26-25 General Fund 429,933.13 1,762,156.41 653,200.54 1,788,123.75 Medicare - 2,800.00 - 2,800.00 Capital 170,206.54 - 39,820.05 - Revolving 1,526.07 56,186.69 6,990.01 69,620.45 Food Service - 35,530.27 65,379.46 46,688.80 Gifts 463.60 - 133.91 - Student Activity - - 7,371.00 - Grants 213,144.87 76,616.93 3,794.31 73,462.27 Prior Year 20,287.37 - 10,966.71 - $835,561.58 $1,933,290.30 $777,655.99 $1,980,695.27 Motion to approve the warrant memo dated 10-10-25 by Jen Sellon / Steve Schoonveld Motion carries 5 - 0 Page 2 of 5 Approved 1-13-26 Mansfield School Committee Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, November 18, 2025 In Person room 2AB Salary & Salary & Goods & Services Wages Goods & Services Wages 2615S 2615PS 2617S 2617PS 10/07/25 10/10/25 10121/25 10124/26 General Fund 326,394.11 1,818,301.55 638,644.38 1,784,566.04 Medicare - 4,025.00 - 2,800.00 Capital 313,737.30 - 22,217.00 - Revolving 3,484.48 73,24625 2,730.67 66,501.19 Food Service 109,728.04 43,983.70 44,341.88 43,309.65 Gifts 439.98 - 1,265.11 - Student Activity - - - - Grants 125.34 73,020.74 54,216.13 83,641.89 Prior Year 21,369.73 - 11,666.70 - 775,278.98 2,012,577.24 775,081.87 1,980,818.77 Motion to approve the warrant memo dated 11-10-25 by Jen Sellon / Steve Schoonveld Motion carries 5 - 0 Approval of Minutes: Date 1st 2nd Discuss Y/N Vote 10-14-25 JS SS Y 5-0 10-28-25 JS s5 Y 5-0 10-14-25: Amend the minutes to include the room number and that it was held in person as well as virtual. 10-28-25: Modify to clarify comments from Diane Ready. Committee Updates: Audit: No update Policy: Update from 10-23-25 and 11-13-25 meetings. Met with Christine Dooling, Russ Booth and Tina Karidoyanes to discuss various health policies as well as graduation and competency requirements. Facilities: Met to review options for a new facilities management tool. Will determine a solution at the next meeting. Budget: Update from 11-10-25 and 11-18-25 meetings. The group reviewed expectations and the town timeline. Lynn Cavicchi commended the work done by the district on the new budget presentation. CIP: Update from the 11/6/25 meeting. There was a lot of confusion and inconsistency among departments. A task force may be created do develop standards. Next meeting is on January 12t^. New Business: Consideration of Field Trip: World Travel Club to Portugal This was postponed to a future meeting. Page 3 of 5 Approved 1.13-26 Mansfield School Committee Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, November 18, 2025 In Person room 2AB Consideration of Policy revision: IKF High School Competency Requirements Superintendent McKeon provided an introduction and noted that she anticipates bringing this back again next year for changes that will be made for the class of 2027 and beyond. Assistant Superintendent Bright reviewed the detailed changes. Lynn Cavicchi followed up with some of the logic behind the changes including looking at other districts. We need to define mastery and measurable goals and reference grading policies. DESE states that districts may use some 81h grade math courses as part of the fulfillment. Lynn recommended that this policy be split into two: IKF Graduation Requirements and IKFE Competency Determination. Lynn will work with Amy to make these modifications. Approval postponed to next meeting. Consideration of High School Nurse Appointment Per MA General Law, School committees appoint all school nurses. Superintendent McKeon provided information on Jacqueline Lattanzio's resume, background and interview process. Motion to appoint Jacqueline Lattanzio, R.N. to the position of High School Nurse effective December 1, 2025 by Jen Sellon / Steve Schoonveld. Motion carries 5 — 0. Consideration of new job description: Monitor Director Matt Violette noted that we do not have a job description for this role and Human Resources is going through job descriptions to bring them up to date. All monitors were grouped together as we need flexibility in hiring and placing staff where most needed. Steve Schoonveld asked if there should be a separate job description for MHS. The district will review. Jen Sellon asked if the new salary law requires us to put salaries on the descriptions. Salary ranges will be on job postings but not job descriptions. confidentiality, qualifications, preferred qualifications and description of physical requirements need to be added. There were some questions that led to postponing this to a future meeting. Will follow up with Jocelyn LeMaire. Consideration of School Resource Office Memorandum of Understanding Superintendent McKeon and Police Chief Ron Sellon provided answers to any questions. There was no change from last year's MOU. Mr. Schoonveld asked if the plan will always be to split the salaries between the town and the school. Ms. Cavicchi noted that the first SRO came out of the town budget and when the district requested a second, it came out of the school budget. Dr. McKeon noted that we cannot predict future budget allocations. One typo was noted. Motion to approve the School Resource Office MOU for 2025-2026 by Jen Sellon / Steve Schoonveld Motion carries 5 — 0. School Committee Business: Chair Jenn Walsh updated the committee on negotiation appointments. Jen Sellon and Jenn Walsh will participate in MEA negotiations while Diane Ready will be on the negotiating team for special education bus drivers. The ground rules for the MEA are complete and negotiations will start in January. School Committee Questions and Comments: Steve Schoonveld made note of two concerns from parents. First, he has received calls asking the committee to take a look at school start times as there are concerns over the early start. Second, he has had another complaint from a parent regarding the return of student work especially for students on IEPs. Other- Items not anticipated by the Chair 48 hours prior to this meeting: None Documents Referenced: Warrants Minutes Page 4 of 5 Approved 1-13-26 Mansfield School Committee Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, November 18, 2025 In Person room 2AB Q1 Financial Updates Update on 2025 MCAS Results Policy Nurse resume Job Description SRO Memorandum of Understanding Motion to adjourn: At 8:08 p.m., Chair Walsh called for a motion to adjourn. Motion to adjourn by Jenifer Sellon / Diane Ready Motion Passes 5 - 0 Respectfully Submitted, Diane Nugent, Administrative Assistant to Superintendent & School Committee Page 5 of 5