Town Meeting approved Article 30, which appropriates $75,500 from free cash to update classroom presentation systems in the K–8 district. The article passed by a majority vote after presentations and committee recommendations in favor.

Becky Pellegrino, representing the school administration, described a five‑year plan to standardize and replace disparate classroom AV systems that are over a decade old and increasingly unreliable. She said the first-year plan would equip all grade 7–8 classrooms at Milliken Middle School (25 classrooms) and that the district is evaluating wall-mounted projectors or interactive touch-panel displays. The estimated cost per classroom presented was $3,000.

Nut graf: School committee and the town’s financial committees recommended approval; Town Meeting concurred, voting to fund the first phase from free cash so the district can begin installations in the current fiscal year.

Appropriations and Financial Planning committees both voted unanimously to recommend approval, and the school committee voted unanimously in favor. The article passed by majority vote. No amendments or follow-up conditions were recorded on the floor.

Implementation: The district intends to install the new presentation systems in Milliken grades 7 and 8 in year one, followed by a phased rollout to other schools and grades in subsequent years as outlined by Pellegrino.

Sources: School presentation and voting record at Town Meeting (transcript).