SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The first school committee organizational meeting for the calendar year for Springfield took place Tuesday afternoon.

There were four items requiring a vote at Springfield City Hall

  • The appointment of secretary to the school committee
  • An approval of rues and regulations of the school committee
  • Establishing chairpersons to standing committee’s
  • And the nomination and election of Vice Chairman

The summary of the business can be found here:

January 3 2023 Organizational Meeting AgendaDownload

“Under tight leadership, under recourses, under a community that’s banded together, and believe together that if we do better, our kids can have better. We’ll, guess what I still believe that,” Latonia Monroe Naylor, a school committee member.

The items that didn’t require a vote but were addressed were establishing a voting order and the attorney reviewing the overall rules and regulations. The next time the committee will get together is 6:00 p.m. on the 12th for a working session.