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 REVISED MEETING NOTICE-4/3/2023

LIST OF TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED

                                          (For updates to this notice, please see www.townhall.westwood.ma.us)

WESTWOOD SCHOOL COMMITTEE

MEETING AGENDA

JOSEPHA JOWDY LITTLE THEATER

WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

200 NAHATAN STREET - WESTWOOD, MA

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2023

7:00 PM

Call to Order (7:00 pm)

• Pledge of allegiance
• Recognition of Westwood Media Center, which is live-streaming the meeting and also recording for later viewing on its platforms

Superintendent’s Report (7:02-7:15 pm)

• Q3 Financial Report 
• J-Term Courses 
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education: Overview and Initial Thoughts
• News from TMS
• Pollinator Garden
• Gr. 8 Wellness Field Trip

Discussion Items (7:45-8:00) (7:00-7:15)

• Security Initiatives Update 

Public Participation (7:25-7:35 pm)

• Public hearing regarding School Choice 

Action Items (8:00-8:05) (7:15-7:20)

• Vote to approve March 9, 2023 minutes 
• Annual vote regarding participation in School Choice
• Vote to approve a new community scholarship
• Vote to establish elementary districts
• Approval of WHS Academic Decathlon team travel

School Committee Chair Update/Liaison Reports (7:35-7:45) (7:20-7:30pm)

• Chair’s update
• Upcoming School Committee Roundtable & Equity Audit Discussion dates (April 11 and April 27)
• School building project update
• Policy Review Subcommittee
• Other liaison reports 

Executive Session (8:05 - 8:15) (7:30-7:40)

• The School Committee will be going into Executive Session to conduct a strategy session in preparation for negotiations with the new Superintendent or contract negotiations with the new Superintendent, which would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governing body if the discussion were in open session. The Board will return to open session.

Action Items (8:15-8:20) (7:40-7:45)

• Approval of contract for new Superintendent Timothy Piwowar

New Business (8:20) (7:45)

• Any new business not reasonably anticipated by the Chair

Adjournment

Calendar

• Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 7 pm, WHS Josepha Jowdy Little Theater