Meeting Information

2019-2020 Tentative Agendas
School Committee Agendas & Minutes

The School Committee generally holds meetings on Monday evenings, twice per month from September to June at Case House, 89 Wellesley Street, at 7:00 PM.   All are welcome to attend.  Meetings are currently being held via Zoom. The Zoom Webinar ID is in each agenda.

Contact: SchoolCommittee@Weston.org

Meeting Procedures

In light on the pandemic, the School Committee has been meeting via Zoom webinar. Community members interested in attending the meeting will enter the Zoom room as audience members, with their camera or microphones disabled.

Official business meetings of the School Committee are conducted under a prepared and limited agenda distributed to the Committee a few days ahead of time. Copies of the agenda are made available at our meetings for your use. Zoom links are in the agendas and tentative agenda items are published in The Town Crier and Westword and are posted on our meeting agendas page.

The policy of the Committee with respect to public participation is summarized below:
The School Committee believes that one of its paramount responsibilities is to listen to the citizens it represents and keep itself informed of their opinions and viewpoints on school matters. Therefore, the public shall always be welcome at all official meetings of the School Committee except those designated as executive sessions.

It shall be the policy of the Committee to designate a portion of each meeting as an open forum, thus encouraging community members to bring forth their comments, questions, and concerns.

The chair shall be responsible for recognizing all speakers, who shall properly identify themselves; for maintaining proper order; and for adhering to time limits. When possible, questions asked by the public will be answered immediately by the chair or referred to a staff member present for reply; questions requiring investigation shall be referred to the superintendent for consideration and later response.

Additionally, in response to public input, the School Committee is currently trying some changes from prior meeting procedures. In order to provide additional time for comment beyond the Open Forum, community members may be recognized by the Chair in the course of its discussions of specific agenda items. It will be the responsibility of the chair to limit, if necessary, the number of speakers and the duration of the comment period.

If you are interested in participating in the public comment periods at the start of a given meeting, you should join the audience at the start of the meeting, and follow these public comment directions:
Additionally:
  1. Speakers should identify themselves
  2. Remarks should be limited to no more than three (3) minutes
  3. Residents may present written or oral statements. The Committee would appreciate receiving copies of any written statements
  4. If many citizens desire to speak on the same subject, they will be asked to limit their remarks so that other topics can be heard
  5. Other than to obtain answers to questions of a routine nature, citizens should not expect an immediate reply from the Committee since this is a time for citizens to be heard and not for decisions to be made. If the Committee desires to discuss the citizen’s matter of interest further, it may place the matter on the agenda of a future meeting
In addition to its business meetings, the Committee and school administration may offer public forums during the year to discuss general issues of concern or specific predetermined topics. These provide lengthier open sessions at which citizens are invited to interact with the School Committee and administration. The purpose is to promote dialogue and ideas about the school system. No decisions will be made at such sessions. However, the topics discussed will be taken under advisement and may be acted upon at a later date.
The School Committee appreciates your assistance in helping it discharge its duties properly. The Committee would appreciate any comments relative to possible improvements, which may be directed to SchoolCommittee@Weston.org