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At a glance: Chelsea School Committee votes on school choice, calendar, and field trips

March 28, 2025 | Chelsea City, Suffolk County, Massachusetts


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At a glance: Chelsea School Committee votes on school choice, calendar, and field trips
In a set of largely noncontroversial votes, the Chelsea School Committee approved several agenda items by roll call, each passing 7–0 with two members absent.

The votes included:
- Forego school choice for the 2025–26 school year (committee vote: 7 in the affirmative, 2 absent). The committee’s motion was worded as “consideration and action to forego school choice for the 2025–26 school year.”
- Adopt the Chelsea Public Schools calendar for the 2025–26 school year (7–0, 2 absent).
- Approve three field trips: an April 9–10 overnight trip to Blue Hills Reservation for 10 COA students and three chaperones (Outdoor Experience course); an April 17 trip to the Newport Mansions in Newport, R.I., for 178 Chelsea High School students and 20 chaperones (Gilded Age historical research); and a June 9 trip to Canopy Lake Park, Salem, N.H., for 153 eighth-grade students and 15 chaperones (end-of-year school engagement experience). All trip approvals passed by roll call (7–0, 2 absent).

Committee members gave no extended debate on these items beyond the roll-call votes and brief procedural clarifications. Chair Hernandez called the roll for each item and announced that each motion carried with seven affirmative votes and two members absent.

Ending: These routine approvals complete the committee’s new-business agenda; committee leaders encouraged continued public engagement on budget and safety matters that drew extended public comment earlier in the meeting.

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