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Weston School Committee

The Weston School Committee is a legislative body comprised of five members elected for three-year terms at the Town Election in May, whose primary responsibility is to: - oversee the annual school budget - develop school system policies - hire and review the performance of the school system Superintendent - advocate for the school system with citizens and Town Government The School Committee is responsible for setting priorities (through the budget) and for establishing local policy to ensure that the schools are properly run in accordance with state law and regulations. Current composition of the Weston School Committee is as follows: Term Expires Ed Heller, Chair 2010 Court Chilton 2012 Rick Manley 2012 Maryanne Rogers 2011 Sanjay Saini 2010 Budget Budget information is available on the Finance and Operations section of this site. Policy Manual The Policy Manual, which is currently undergoing revision, is available in the Superintendent’s Office. Upon completion and approval of the revised manual, anticipated in summer 2009, it will be added to these pages. There are a few policies often asked about here. (These currently include the Class Size Policy, Policy regarding the start of school, Harassment Policy, and Resident/Non-Resident Policy.) WEEFC The Weston Education Enrichment Fund Committee (WEEFC) is a permanent sub-committee of the School Committee. One member of the School Committee serves on the WEEFC Board. Click here for more additional information regarding WEEFC. Field School Project The Field School Project Committee is also a subcommittee of the School Committee. The High School Science Facility Needs Subcommittee was established in June 2009 to provide recommendation to the School Committee to address the need to improve current cience laboraties and weight room/athletic trainer facility. Administration The School Committee hires the Superintendent to oversee the daily operations in the schools with the help of an administrative staff. In order to act on policy matters and to evaluate, in a general sense, the overall functioning of the school system, the Committee asks the administrative staff to do a variety of tasks involving data collection and analyses and to make recommendations where appropriate. The Admnistrative Council consists of the Superintendent of Schools, the Assistant Superintendent, the Director of Finance and Operations, the Director of Student Services, the Director of Information Technology and Libraries, and the Principals of each of the five schools. Student Advisory Council In addition, Massachusetts law requires that school committees meet at least once every other month during the school year with a student advisory committee, which consists of five members elected by the high school student body. The five members shall, by majority vote, elect from their number a chairperson who will serve for a one-year term. That chairperson also serves as as an ex-officio, non-voting member of the school committee. Sophia Wirth was elected for 2009-10. The meetings of the School Committee and Student Advisory Council (SAC) are open to the public and are all held in the High School Principal's Conference Room from 7:00-7:30 AM. Meetings for 2009-10 are scheduled to be held on the following dates (all Thursdays): September 17, October 8, November 12, December 10, January 14, February 11, March 11, April 8, and May 6. METCO Representative In addition to the five elected members and student, a non-voting METCO Representative to the School Committee, is elected annually by the Boston/Weston METCO Parents Organization. Elizabeth Nagarajah and Cheryl Antoine currently serve in an alternating role.