SC Update

Shaun Cahill, School Committee Chairman

Congratulations (or condolences?) to Shaun Cahill and Andrea Killion  for taking the Chair and Vice-Chair positions on the School Committee last night.  Also -- it was great to see several Selectmen in the audience -- hopefully that was a harbinger of things to come.

There still seems to be some confusion on the part of some over the role of School Committee members.  Supporters of one candidate for Vice Chair continually harped on her availability during the day if needed.  In fact, this person even questioned Cahill about HIS availability during the day.  The SC is an elected policy-making board -- members (who may have little or no educational administrative background -- or education, for that matter!) have no involvement over day to day operational issues.  Even then, the Chair has no more authority (or magical powers) than any other member.  Do these people think the SC gets called in during the day to fix leaky pipes, or serve as substitute teachers -- or maybe lunchroom duty, or to fill in for a school nurse?

All in all, an encouraging evening.