Mass. Association of School Committees
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education held a special meeting on Monday, August 15 at noon. The agenda can be found here; the video of the meeting is here.
The Board opened with public comment, much of which focused on the proposal to raise the MCAS score required to fulfill the state’s competency determination for high school graduation.
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education had their regular June meeting on June 28 at 9 am. The agenda is online here; the video of the meeting is available here.
Commissioner Jeffrey Riley participated remotely, as he has COVID.
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As presented at the Local Government Advisory Commission meeting on April 9, 2019 by MASC Past President Beverly Hugo (Framingham School Committee) and MASC Vice President Ellen Holmes (Ashburnham-Westminster School Committee)…