Watertown School Committee
Monday July 28, 2025
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FOLEY129.68 -129.68 Great.129.68 Those130.47 meeting130.72 minutes131.12 are131.35 approved.131.51 Next131.92 is132.16 the132.4 06/26/2025132.56 school134.79 committee135.03 meeting135.51 minutes.136 Can136.56 I136.79 get136.88 a137.03 motion137.19 to137.51 approve?137.68
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FOLEY179.14 -179.14 Thank179.14 you.179.46 Next181.19 is181.5 the181.91 Watertown181.99 Public182.63 Schools183.1 handbook.183.66 Each185.43 summer,185.66 we186.06 vote186.31 on186.63 changes186.86 to187.26 the187.34 handbook.187.5 So187.82 I'm187.99 going188.06 to188.47 hand188.47 this188.71 to188.86 the189.03 superintendent189.19 to189.75 do190.47 an190.63 overview190.86 of191.34 these191.5 changes.191.75 They192.38 were192.54 also192.78 reviewed193.1 in193.58 our193.75 most194.38 recent194.63 policy194.94 subcommittee195.34 meeting.195.82
198.76 DEANNE198.76 GALDSTON198.76 -198.76 WATERTOWN198.76 PUBLIC198.76 SCHOOLS198.76 -198.76 Excellent.198.76 Thank199.16 you199.4 very199.56 much.199.64 With200.68 regards201 to201.64 our202.04 elementary202.52 handbook,203 there204.36 were204.68 relatively205.16 few205.8 changes,205.96 some206.44 updates206.68 to207.08 names,207.24 and208.04 updating208.28 to209 the209.24 cell211.56 phone211.79 policy212.12 just212.59 to212.75 reflect213.07 the213.56 conversations214.03 that214.51 we've214.68 been214.84 having,215 and215.96 updating216.51 that217.56 when217.79 you217.96 record218.36 an218.68 absence,218.84 it219.24 goes219.4 on219.64 our219.79 absence219.96 forms220.36 as220.75 opposed220.92 to221.24 just221.56 a221.72 phone221.88 call222.12 in.222.36 So,223.4 again,223.64 relatively224.03 few224.68 changes224.92 to225.31 the225.4 elementary225.56 handbooks,226.03 and227.36 that's227.6 what227.76 we227.92 have.228.24
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