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Elections and reorganization
- Lori Toste was nominated and elected chair of the school committee for the 2025–26 school year. The committee recorded the tally as 3 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain and 1 absent.
- A motion to elect Mister Terry as vice chair was approved by voice vote (all in favor; no roll‑call tally recorded in the transcript).
- A motion to elect Tina as secretary was approved by voice vote (all in favor; no roll‑call tally recorded).

Field trip approval
- The committee approved a proposed Ashland High School (AHS) cross‑country trip to Vermont for Labor Day weekend, fall 2025, by voice vote after a motion to approve the trip “as presented.” The trip format mirrors the previous year’s trip (Friday–Monday over the Labor Day period), the presenter said camping is on private property, the students camp and prepare food, and activities included hikes and team building. The presenter said the per‑student fee would be $150 this year (up from $25 last year) and that financial assistance is available from the team’s club account for students who cannot afford the fee. The motion to approve the trip was seconded; the transcript records an affirmative voice vote (“Aye”).

Consent agenda and finances
- The consent agenda was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote. As part of the warrant approvals reported on the consent agenda, Paul Kendall said he authorized payables between May 15 and May 28 totaling $1,300,194.56, including: general fund expenses $905,775.29, revolving expenses $384,557.36, grant expenses $9,785.87 and meals tax expenses $76.04. Committee members accepted the consent agenda and the gifts/donations items included in it.

Notes on procedure
- Several motions were made and seconded by unnamed committee members in the meeting transcript; where the transcript did not name a mover or seconder, this summary records the motion and the recorded outcome but does not assign a mover or seconder by name.
- The committee conducted first reads of multiple policies and placed many items on the consent agenda for second reading at a later meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","School Committee - May 28 th, 2025 LIVE 6pm WACA-TV","oneSentenceSummary","The School Committee elected its 2025–26 leadership, approved an AHS cross‑country trip to Vermont for Labor Day weekend 2025, and approved the consent agenda including warrant/payable authorizations totaling $1,300,194.56.","taxTitle","Ashland Public Schools , School Boards, Massachusetts","taxId",71426,"location","Massachusetts","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6539794,"Warren School reports strong progress on DESE S3 work; district to revamp report card",467,796000,1263000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3585643-40df21fb1ab314c28f8a6aa085bf96a6&start=796&end=1263","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3585643-40df21fb1ab314c28f8a6aa085bf96a6/thumbnail_796000.jpg","/articles/6539794/Massachusetts/Warren-School-reports-strong-progress-on-DESE-S3-work-district-to-revamp-report-card","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6539794-78aa69d8e23c7fdb918bb3c226ae30c2/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161633&Signature=I4PYGTWCdRI1QdDxZTk897T5RgaU-6erMlODvEoLATQpdF7jL3O2SoEPumGXTX617LVtBeu2JK3xfTbmR1NhX0hApNA9UsBVIHiufzfdFdueTm4Dtyhc3rbjJVuN34enP3Oe8SnINaYeRZO7In62QXbnb6jOYCPLOZWwOUcH8ZSFtkAX2g2h-H0IABJYv0xswUU0tEk9mUM5hzhribYs9emzXKxe79~-xslwDYP-mdvEFtJM7NCmILHkBXu5p1E2vaIYQMe8qkuWZ1cfkPVUmtE6Wk4S1vjnjAosYDwPpHorI6ezOW90jv9SzsAj3tXCNf2JK9SPtA5aneVTv61Yow__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Warren School leaders reported to the Ashland School Committee on May 28 that the school exceeded expectations this year under a DESE-sponsored S3 cohort and was selected as one of three communities to present its work to the state group.

Pete, the Warren presenter, and other staff credited the school’s data-team process for producing “real actionable work” and intervention strategies. He told the committee Warren had set a goal of 80 percent of students completing a named “journey” under the grant; as of the report the school had surpassed 91 percent overall. He provided grade-level completion rates: kindergarten 100 percent, grade 1 88 percent and grade 2 83 percent.

Warren staff also described community-service activities — second graders have taken responsibility for playground cleanup and younger grades assist other classrooms — and cited increased engagement with Special Olympics through a school liaison role. The presenter said staff surveyed families this year about volunteer opportunities and plan to work to restore volunteer participation to pre-pandemic levels.

A district official described a planned overhaul of Warren’s report card, saying the goal is to make report cards more parent‑friendly by reporting progress toward grade‑level skills and social‑emotional growth rather than relying primarily on end‑of‑year expectations. The presenter said the revised report card would be brought to the school committee for approval and, if approved, implemented in the 2026–27 school year.

Committee members praised the Warren team’s use of data and said the school’s approach will inform districtwide MTSS and data-team practices. Assistant Principal Erica Linares and other Warren staff were named by the presenter as part of the site council and data-team leadership recognized for the work.","Warren School staff told the Ashland School Committee they exceeded expectations under a DESE S3 initiative, reported high rates of 'journey' completion in early grades, described growing community-service projects and said the school will propose a parent‑friendly report card for 2026–27 implementation.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6539798,"Ashland middle school students describe peer-led ‘Playbook’ workshops to school committee",367,413000,780000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3585643-40df21fb1ab314c28f8a6aa085bf96a6&start=413&end=780","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3585643-40df21fb1ab314c28f8a6aa085bf96a6/thumbnail_413000.jpg","/articles/6539798/Massachusetts/Ashland-middle-school-students-describe-peer-led-Playbook-workshops-to-school-committee","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6539798-46322dd30a7ea07125c3a6bad58c9ff2/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161633&Signature=SpvlS~StwlJOxKAyJMXQyu29AXS2JwlTA~GeWXc7hjpZzmXlYYP~TcdAeUE9CmiMJ4mmTS~5V-OpDbiT0Hlkx0hn1SfwS2ubjF5vcHGwCyGxR5ITklPKyvlJBHykrOEfYU3jhFRGJmYYkLzXFKm4UFvQrO3Qk9xxQo~u1wteyKAk8lLIx7tOvDu8xoRfHDXySejUIR3OPBz-7htsrRTPf5VBMs4KVcNbu05iizPyHR4A5L0bHTW-kM2IryhBHRsluiJMBpn5TH1SZS8O7XDe1xR8vNn~LTd5rA~zeHze9bWbeGBOb7~88nptuA5-9xiKq-kdrX0y9qEOpTlMkV-x4Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Four Ashland Middle School students told the Ashland School Committee on May 28 that they led two Playbook workshops this spring for middle-school peers and ran a separate clothing drive connected to a Project 351 activity.

Grady, an eighth-grade student who led the sessions, told the committee the group collected “25 bags of clothing” as part of the Project 351 project and that high-school senior Sammy Levinson provided the Playbook scenarios the students used. “Playbook is a workshop that trains kids for real life scenarios and to be a leader in their community,” Grady said.

Vedant Apsangi, an eighth-grade student who ran icebreakers, described an activity that showed students “a series of zoomed in images and asked them to guess what each object was,” then used the reveal to discuss how people can hold different perspectives. “This fun and interactive game helped us connect to 1 of the key themes of our workshop, understanding and respecting diverse viewpoints,” Vedant said.

Claire Jacques, who led an “agree/disagree” segment, said the group discussed students’ stances on statements about race, leadership, religion and gender. “It was really interesting to see their different stances on these topics,” she said. Phoebe Smith, another student leader, described scenario-based small-group work in which participants talked through how they would react and sometimes shared back to the full group.

The superintendent, who introduced the students during the superintendent’s report, told the committee the sessions were notable because Playbook workshops are typically run by high-school students for middle-school students. The superintendent said a high-school volunteer ran the first workshop and then, because of senior-level commitments, could not return; the four AMS students “did not hesitate at all to step up and take the lead.” The superintendent praised the students and said staff reported the second session felt “one of the best workshops that AMS has had.”

School staff and committee members asked the students whether the workshops had started or sustained conversations outside the sessions; students said participants had continued to discuss scenarios and could apply what they practiced to intervene in bullying or other incidents.

The AMS presenters said the district and the school plan to compile a running list of topics identified by students and to pursue ways to reach more pupils with the Playbook format next year.","Four Ashland Middle School eighth-graders told the School Committee on May 28 that they ran two Playbook workshops over several weeks for younger students, led icebreakers and scenario exercises and collected 25 bags of clothing through a Project 351 clothing drive.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Ashland School Committee, May 28, 2025

Warren School reports strong progress on DESE S3 work; district to revamp report card

Ashland middle school students describe peer-led ‘Playbook’ workshops to school committee