Letter: Why isn’t school committee meeting in person?

Posted 2/18/22

Happy to see town council requiring members attend meetings in-person, as of Tuesday night, with remote option for the public. As it should be.

Why can they handle it, but the school committee …

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Letter: Why isn’t school committee meeting in person?

Posted

Happy to see town council requiring members attend meetings in-person, as of Tuesday night, with remote option for the public. As it should be.

Why can they handle it, but the school committee can’t?

As of the SEAC agenda published today, the school committee is still not meeting in-person. Is it because, if they do, they will have to finally have an in-person appeal hearing for the three fired teachers? What’s the delay?

https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/Common/DownloadMeetingFiles?FilePath=\Notices\7030\2022\419819.pdf

Ellen Schaffer
Bristol

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