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Wilmington School District committee meeting, Jun 24, 2026

1 h 22 min · 0 public speakers

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Wilmington School Committee approves food service contract and finance director appointment 3:47

  • The superintendent updated the committee on the Doorman phone app, saying district attorneys had reviewed and edited the contract, which had not yet been executed. 10:00
  • An outreach subcommittee member presented a proposal for committee liaisons to district-affiliated groups, and the presenter said nothing would be decided until a summer working session. 49:45
Item by item (10)
  1. Opening and consent agenda 0:05
    • The committee approved the June 10th, 2026 minutes and policies JFABC, JFABD, JFABE, JFABF and JFBB for second read, each unanimously. 0:36
    • Local warrant 148 was pulled from the other warrants because part of it involved a committee member in a professional capacity, so that member could abstain. 1:10
    • The chair said no public comment was received in advance, and none was offered. 2:33
    • The remaining warrants were approved unanimously, and warrant 148 was approved 6 in favor with 1 abstention. 1:10
  2. Timeout, seclusion and restraint policy 2:33
    • The chair said the wrong version of policy JKAA had been placed in the packet for the previous meeting. 3:09
    • A speaker said the version in the packet was the correct version and complied with new regulations that must be in place before August 2026. 3:28
    • The committee approved policy JKAA unanimously. 3:47
  3. Food service employees contract 3:47
    • The chair said the negotiating groups had reached an agreement discussed earlier in executive session and that the signed agreement was now available. 4:28
    • In response to a question about dates, speakers said it is a 3-year agreement effective July 1st of this year. 5:11
    • The contract was approved unanimously. 5:21
  4. Director of finance appointment 5:21
    • The chair announced the district had reached an agreement with a candidate to become the next director of finance. 5:56
    • The appointment was approved unanimously. 9:36
  5. Cell phone restriction app update 9:36
    • The superintendent said attorneys reviewed and edited the Doorman contract, the platform aligns with state data privacy agreements, and families who do not want to use the app can leave phones in the main office. 10:00
    • The superintendent said Doorman is a tenth of the cost of Yonder pouches and the district applied for a grant covering the first year. 16:28
    • A speaker asked whether the company would commit to second-year pricing, and the superintendent said the district could ask. 27:24
  6. Transportation working group 40:43
    • The superintendent proposed a working group for next year focused on routing and safety and asked for committee volunteers. 40:46
    • A speaker said a bus monitor on every bus for the entire school year would cost the district almost half a million dollars. 43:43
  7. Diversity, belonging and climate working group 44:51
    • The superintendent said the district started a Diversity, Belonging, and Climate Working Group after several instances of inappropriate and racist language in the schools and community. 44:51
    • The superintendent said the district reached out to the Anti-Defamation League about No Place for Hate and is prepared to expand it below the middle school. 46:10
  8. Outreach subcommittee liaison proposal 49:23
    • An outreach subcommittee member presented a proposal for committee liaisons to district-affiliated groups and said no vote was planned. 49:45
    • One speaker said the SAC is meant to advise the principal and asked whether a liaison talking with the committee could cut through that process in a way that could become problematic. 1:07:08
    • The presenter said nothing would be decided that evening and the subcommittee would reconvene before a summer working session. 1:12:53
  9. Closing remarks 1:13:59
    • The chair said there was no correspondence and thanked members, the incoming superintendent, the departing finance director and the interim superintendent. ~1:14:10
    • The interim superintendent said it was the last meeting and thanked the committee. 1:17:02
  10. Upcoming dates and adjournment 1:20:18
    • The chair listed upcoming dates, including summer programming beginning June 29th and schools closed July 3rd. 1:20:18
    • Speakers noted a remote elementary school building committee meeting on June 30th. 1:21:04
    • The motion to adjourn was approved unanimously. 1:21:35

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If I can just tack on to that, because we, we looked recently in the policy subcommittee at the essentially the device policy, and the, the entire thing was so out of date. It was last— it was created or last reviewed in 2016, and like you could feel the 2016-ness of it like all the way through every part.David Ragsdale · School Committee Member23:33
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Video: posted by the district as “School Committee Meeting - June 24th, 2026”