Votes at a glance: Burrillville School Committee approves budget warrant, personnel moves, policies and 2025–26 calendar
February 01, 2025 | Burrillville, School Districts, Rhode Island
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At the Burrillville School Committee meeting Feb. 11, 2025, members approved a series of routine and substantive items including the January warrant, multiple personnel actions, several district policies and the 2025–26 school calendar.
Key approvals included the January warrant (Warrant No. 7 for January 2025) with a grand total expenditure of $2,522,673.30; multiple personnel leaves, retirements and resignations; adoption of Policy 42-19 (internal controls for grant management) and Policy 42-20 (Title I funding methodology); approval of the 2025–26 school calendar; and approval of an overnight DECA field trip to Orlando, Florida.
Personnel actions recorded in the meeting included a leave of absence for Ashley Kranca, assistant principal at Burrillville High School, beginning on or about March 24, 2025, through May 16, 2025; retirements for Gregory Romowicz, systems analyst, effective May 23, 2025, and Monica Thompson, principal, A.T. Levy, effective June 30, 2025; and several resignations with the effective dates noted in the meeting minutes. The committee received and filed subsequent appointments and tabled certain nonrenewals pending further review.
Other procedural and policy votes were largely noncontroversial and passed on voice votes: Policy 42-19 (internal controls for management of grants) and Policy 42-20 (Title I funding methodology) were approved on second reading; Policy 737311 (youth nutrition/student account policy, listed in the packet as policy number 737311) was approved; homeschool applications listed on the packet were approved; and the committee approved its annual meeting calendar for 2025.
The student representative reported that the high school will maintain a 20-hour community-service graduation requirement and that athletics and extracurriculars will be phased out as qualifying service for future cohorts; juniors and seniors will be grandfathered under the current approach.
All recorded motions in the transcript passed by voice vote with committee members answering “Aye.” The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.
Key approvals included the January warrant (Warrant No. 7 for January 2025) with a grand total expenditure of $2,522,673.30; multiple personnel leaves, retirements and resignations; adoption of Policy 42-19 (internal controls for grant management) and Policy 42-20 (Title I funding methodology); approval of the 2025–26 school calendar; and approval of an overnight DECA field trip to Orlando, Florida.
Personnel actions recorded in the meeting included a leave of absence for Ashley Kranca, assistant principal at Burrillville High School, beginning on or about March 24, 2025, through May 16, 2025; retirements for Gregory Romowicz, systems analyst, effective May 23, 2025, and Monica Thompson, principal, A.T. Levy, effective June 30, 2025; and several resignations with the effective dates noted in the meeting minutes. The committee received and filed subsequent appointments and tabled certain nonrenewals pending further review.
Other procedural and policy votes were largely noncontroversial and passed on voice votes: Policy 42-19 (internal controls for management of grants) and Policy 42-20 (Title I funding methodology) were approved on second reading; Policy 737311 (youth nutrition/student account policy, listed in the packet as policy number 737311) was approved; homeschool applications listed on the packet were approved; and the committee approved its annual meeting calendar for 2025.
The student representative reported that the high school will maintain a 20-hour community-service graduation requirement and that athletics and extracurriculars will be phased out as qualifying service for future cohorts; juniors and seniors will be grandfathered under the current approach.
All recorded motions in the transcript passed by voice vote with committee members answering “Aye.” The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.
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