School Committee Executive Session Meeting, January 12, 2026-Closed to the Public
7:00pm - 8:00pm Fifield Room @ William J Dean Technical High School
1045 MAIN ST , Holyoke, Ma 01040
MEETING NOTICE of EXECUTIVE SESSION
SCHOOL COMMITTEE AGENDA
DATE: January 12, 2026
TIME: 7:00 PM
LOCATION: Fifield Room, HOLYOKE HIGH DEAN CAMPUS, 1045 MAIN ST, HOLYOKE, MA 01040
Today, March 29, 2025 Governor Maura Healey signed into law bodies to H.62, as amended by S.2506 (which contains the final form of the bill), entitled “An act Relative to Extending Certain Covid-19 Measures Adopted during the State of Emergency” (“ACT). Of interest to all governmental public bodies in Massachusetts, the Act extends until June, 2027, the authority for meetings of multiple-member bodies to be held in an entirely remote or hybrid format. All public bodies may hold fully remote or hybrid meetings, without the physical presence of a quorum of the public body, as long as “adequate, alternative means” of public access is also provided.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 28 OF THE ACTS OF 2009, SECTIONS 17-20 (FORMERLY SECTION 23B OF CHAPTER 39) OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS, THAT AN EXECUTIVE MEETING OF THE HOLYOKE SCHOOL COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 12, 2026.
- CALL TO ORDER ~ ROLL CALL ~ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Not open to the public because an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the public body for the purpose of the collective bargaining of all units.
- NEW BUSINESS
- Updates on bargaining with all units.
- Appointment of bargaining teams for units.