School Committee Votes to Explore Quaboag Partnership
North Brookfield School Committee votes to explore a joint panel with Quaboag Regional amid sharp internal disagreement.
School Committee · Meeting of September 21, 2026
North Brookfield School Committee votes to explore a joint panel with Quaboag Regional amid sharp internal disagreement. New Chair Matt Grant proposed the joint committee "to look at some level of future partnership, all the way up to regionalization," stressing it commits the district to nothing; the motion passed with no recorded opposition. A member identified as Kristen objected, citing "a lack of transparency" from Quaboag after its elementary school's undisclosed financial trouble surfaced following 2021 regionalization talks.
The vote came alongside a grim MAP testing presentation showing grade 10 math growth at the 16th percentile in a 13-student class and grade 11 reading collapsing from the 71st to 22nd percentile over the year. Vice Chair Nancy Waldron, a self-described "math person," said she was "really having a hard time with why they wouldn't take these tests seriously." Superintendent Tim McCormick also announced a $15,000 state planning grant for a new Health Services career pathway, with up to $75,000 more possible in a second phase.
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Source: the School Committee meeting of September 21, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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