Committee asks for survey data, delays transformer funds
Waltham School Committee heard secretaries say they were 491 days without a contract and delayed a transformer funding request. Several school secretaries told the committee a cost-of-living offer of 2.5 percent fell short and that new administrative pay was rising.
School Committee · Meeting of November 4, 2026
Waltham School Committee heard secretaries say they were 491 days without a contract and delayed a transformer funding request. Several school secretaries told the committee a cost-of-living offer of 2.5 percent fell short and that new administrative pay was rising. Resident Chris Scheifele criticized the Oct. 21 vote on a communications position.
The committee voted to receive full results of a calendar survey with 868 responses, and to forward three high school schedule questions to Dr. Kinnard before the Nov. 23 forum. Members also continued a $290,874.39 request for the 617 Lexington Street transformer project after finding the memo and auditor figures did not reconcile.
In the full story:
- WALTHAM — November 4, 2026 —
- Student Council Report
- Public Comment: School Secretaries
- Public Comment: High School Schedule
- Consent Agenda
- Superintendent's Update: Calendar Survey
- School Improvement Plans
- Unfinished Business
- New Business: Transformer Funding
- Future Items
- Who Was There
- Organizations And Documents Referenced
- The complete report: 1,564 words
Source: the School Committee meeting of November 4, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.
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