Mass. Association of School Committees
MASC General Counsel Stephen Finnegan has released a legal alert regarding the Boelter v. Board of Selectman of Wayland (SJC- 12353) case, in which the Town Administrator’s Evaluation by Selectmen that followed the longstanding practice was found by the Supreme Judicial Court to violate the Open Meeting Law. The decision must be adhered to by School Committees when evaluating the Superintendent.
MASC General Counsel Stephen Finnegan has released a legal alert regarding student walkouts and mass protests in schools, including detailed guidance for school districts from the National School Boards Association.
MASC Experience Field Director, February 2016 – Present Consultant on superintendent searches for Massachusetts school districts (recent): Greenfield, Chicopee, West
The complete and updated list of state and federal unfunded and under-funded mandates is now available from MASC! Please feel
Paul Schlichtman, MASC Past President, reviews questions and misconceptions around how the cap on charter school payments is calculated, and explains how the bottom ten percent of underperforming districts are identified.
MASC Experience Field Director, February 1996 – Present Consultant on superintendent searches for Massachusetts school districts Workshop presenter: Workshop for
Day on the Hill is MASC’s annual legislative advocacy day. Typically, this event brings hundreds of school committee members, superintendents and student leaders to the State House in Boston to meet with the executive and legislative leadership as well as local senators and representatives. This event is an increasingly critical moment for MASC members to advance the message of the value of public education and ensure that legislators and other key decision/policy makers understand the issues and challenges that you confront and that they can support.
MASC has established a scholarship funded by and honoring the Association’s Past Presidents, to recognize an outstanding student who demonstrates outstanding scholarship; service to the school district, community or public at large; or distinguished achievement.
MASC Field Directors are available to provide facilitation or training for your School Committee retreat or workshop in the following
A Guide for Present and Future School Committee Chairs We are very pleased to provide this important publication on the