Despite the lack of school, the School Committee will meet.
Tonight's School Committee meeting is on tonight as scheduled. According to an town announcement, the committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Juliani Room at Town Hall.
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Wellesley is in the process of purchasing the land on which St. James the Great Church sits.
An update on the St. James property acquisition is forthcoming. Selectwoman Katherine Babson will update the School Committee on the property located at 900 Worcester St. at about 7:55 tonight. In June, Town Meeting voted to purchase the land. The property, which technically still belongs to the Archdiocese of Boston, has been tied up in an appeals process filed by parishioners who were at one time intent on reopening the church.
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The new policy would implement school activity-related penalties against students with delinquent lunch accounts.
The School Committee adopted a new food service policy Thursday, which would punish students with long-standing delinquent lunch accounts. Under the new policy, students with delinquent accounts are subject to penalties such as delay in report card issuance, prohibition from fee-based activities including athletics and other sanctions. Also under the new plan, students would rarely if ever not be served a lunch. Instead, students with a zero or negative balance will be offered an “alternative” lunch at a reduced price. The School Committee’s statement on the new policy: "The School Committee, Administration and Staff of the Wellesley Public Schools recognize that a healthy, nutritious meal plays an important role in the readiness and …
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The School Committee is considering punitive options for students and families who maintain negative lunch account balances.
Students with consistent negative lunch balances could find delayed report card delivery, bans on athletic activities and withholding of diplomas by the school system this year. According to a revised food service policy read at the School Committee’s Tuesday night meeting, students with delinquent accounts will be notified that the following actions may be taken if payments are not made by an agreed-upon date between the student’s family and the principal of the student’s school: Students with a zero account balance will be provided with an "alternative" meal at a reduced price under the new policy. The meal would consist of a nut-free sunbutter sandwich, fruit and milk. School Committee member Suzy Littlefield said this was the progress…
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The School Committee will meet with Superintendent David Lussier in a public meeting this afternoon to discuss the policy going forward.
The School Committee will convene today to discuss the school system’s lunch service policy going forward. The meeting is at the superintendent’s conference room – located on the lower level of the Middle School – and is open to the public. The meeting begins at 2 p.m. Recently, Wellesley Patch reported about $26,000 of past lunch debt is owed to the schools based on an old credit system.
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The superintendent and School Committee will meet to discuss the new food service policy Thursday.
Wellesley Public Schools are still owed about $26,000 in unpaid lunch debt - incurring over $2,000 last year, and with a new food services vendor, new personnel in several positions and a new school year approaching, the new superintendent wants to talk about the 2012-2013 school lunch policy at a meeting Thursday. Superintendent David Lussier said in a phone interview no action will be taken at the meeting. He wants to update the committee on the status of the policy, which states that students must try to keep a minimum account balance of the equivalent of 10 lunches. “We want to bring them up to speed on it a year later,” he said. The policy was drafted in June 2011 after the former credit-based system resulted in nearly $37,000 worth …
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Fall is in the air.
1. Are any of you still watching the Boston Red Sox? I'm just curious. 2. The Wellesley School Committee will meet tomorrow afternoon to discuss the school lunch policy. 3. Do you have to register a student in the Weston Public School system? 4. Get your swimming in while you can. Memorial Pool closes Aug. 26. 5. Got photos from the summer? Add them to our pics and clips section.
Whitsons is chosen to receive a contract for the 2012-13 school year.
After a year-long struggle with the food services program in the Wellesley Public Schools, the School Committee on Tuesday, June 20, decided which of its three finalists to approve for the 2012-13 school year. The committee voted to enter into contract negotiations with Whitsons School Nutrition to provide food services for the coming school year. “The product they were able to deliver was actually quite excellent,” said School Committee Member Wendy Paul, who was part of the team that made site visits to test food from the three vendors who were finalists for the contract. Interim Business Manager Judy Belliveau led the presentation of the food services contract at the School Committee meeting. She explained the search process, and how …
As the school year comes to a close, the School Committee elected a new chair.
With the end of the school year upon us, the Wellesley School Committee began looking ahead to next year at its meeting Tuesday night, as a new chair was voted in. Suzy Littlefield, who served as School Committee chair for the fourth time this year, closed out her time with the gavel with praise from fellow members. While she tried to quickly slip the gavel to Assistant Superintendent Salvatore Petralia so he could lead the proceedings to elect a new chair, Diane Campbell wouldn’t let her off so easily. Campbell, a committee member, praised Littlefield, with fellow member KC Kato adding additional compliments. Campbell was then elected as the new chair, while Kato will serve as vice chair. Tere Ramos will be secretary. Littlefield, …
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The committee decided to not renew Chartwells for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Along with all of the changes that have taken place at the Wellesley schools this past year, food service will be the next item up for discussion. The Wellesley School Committee will vote on a new food service plan at a meeting tonight. The committee decided not to renew Chartwells contract after multiple problems with the service this year. Prior to this past year, the Wellesley schools employed local cafeteria workers, who vied for their jobs back throughout this past school year.
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11:10 am on Tuesday, June 19, 2012
There are plenty of local residents in NEED of employment and more than willing to provide superior service not only to the children of Wellesley but also to their employer, the School Department. If the School Committee has specific reasons why local workers are not hirable they should voice those concerns so as to provide the locals with understanding and an ability to defend their previous … more ›
roger weinreb
8:31 am on Thursday, August 30, 2012
Despite the obvious slow learning curve the school committee is beginning to realize that it is the taxpayer who has been cheated by the delinquents. Those who are delinquent must be held accountable. About time the school committee comes to that reality more ›