WEYMOUTH — Nov. 5, 2026 — The Weymouth School Committee on Thursday unanimously adopted a policy governing how schools handle civil law enforcement officers, then split 4-2 to advance a proposed rule routing members’ individual information requests through the superintendent to a second reading. The committee also approved disputed minutes 4-2 after Kelly McClean sought a series of corrections.
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Civil law enforcement policy. Secretary Mary-Ellen Devine moved the third-reading adoption of policy ACL, the PROTECT Act policy on interacting with law enforcement officers engaged in civil law enforcement. The policy sets district procedures for contacts with civil law enforcement, including designated administrators, consultation with counsel, documentation and family notification. It was approved on a 6-0 roll call. The posted document’s footers read “Adopted” on one page and “DRAFT” on another.
Information requests. The committee voted 4-2 to accept the first reading of an amendment to policy BHC, with Ashley Dickerman and Kelly McClean opposed; it now goes to a second reading. Under the proposal, a member would send individual requests in writing to the superintendent, with a copy to the chair. Information that exists or takes about two hours or less of staff time would be provided; larger requests would go to the full committee to decide, and responses would go to all members at once, with a quarterly log of requests. The proposal leaves members’ right to file public records requests unchanged.
Vice Chair Danielle Graziano said the amendment affects only the committee, not the public or the district, and had been reviewed by counsel. Graziano said members who miss a meeting may never learn that information they could use exists, and that the change would ease a feeling some members had of gatekeeping. As a first reading, the policy is not in effect.
Minutes dispute. One motion sought approval of seven sets of minutes from August through October. McClean asked for several amendments, including correcting the spelling of McClean’s surname, recording McClean’s no vote on the superintendent’s evaluation, removing wording McClean called editorial and listing how each member voted on several October 1 roll calls. McClean said members were told they would receive a memo showing counsel’s recommended changes but never did, and that the minutes arrived only two days before the meeting. McClean said accurate, transparent minutes are part of being transparent with constituents.
The chair said one motion was on the table, and the committee voted 4-2 on the minutes as submitted, with Dickerman and McClean opposed.
