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Orleans School Committee Prepays FY27 Tuition Costs
Orleans School Committee closes FY26 books with a $69,836 gap covered by state and town funds.
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Barnstable School Committee Adopts Bell-to-Bell Cell Phone Ban for Fall 2026
BARNSTABLE -- July 15, 2026, Barnstable School Committee adopts bell-to-bell cell phone ban and clears seven other policy actions at its July 15 session. The committee voted 4-1 to create policy JICJ-
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Brewster School Committee Elects Jacobus Chair, Votes on Policies and Audit at Reorganization Meeting
BREWSTER -- June 11, 2026, Brewster School Committee elects new chair and vice chair at annual reorganization, hears enrollment decline warning. The committee unanimously elected Katie Jacobus as chair and Maria Nocte as vice chair
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Eastham School Committee Re-Elects Higgins Chair, Advances Policy Package at June Meeting
EASTHAM -- June 11, 2026, Eastham School Committee reorganizes, honors retiring principal, and moves policy package toward fall vote. At its June 11 meeting, the five-member committee re-elected Sarah Higgins as chair and
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Eastham School Committee Re-elects Higgins as Chair, Projects $77,000 Deficit
EASTHAM -- June 9, 2026, Eastham School Committee re-elects Sara R. Higgins as chair and projects a $77,000 year-end deficit coverable by state aid. At its June 9 annual reorganization meeting, the
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Orleans School Committee Elects Roache Chair, Advances Policy and Budget Reviews
ORLEANS -- June 8, 2026, Orleans Elementary School Committee reorganized for 2026-27, elected officers, and grappled with unresolved year-end special education funding questions at its June 8 meeting. Superintendent Sandra Roache was unanimously
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Bourne School Committee Honors Over a Dozen Staff and Students at June Meeting
BOURNE -- June 3, 2026, Bourne School Committee celebrated its annual Navigator Awards at the June 3 meeting, honoring more than a dozen staff members and several students for exemplifying district core values. Superintendent Dr.
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Barnstable School Committee June 3 meeting leaves no usable broadcast record
BARNSTABLE -- June 3, 2026, Barnstable School Committee's June 3 meeting produced no reportable record from the community access TV broadcast. The transcript captured by the station's automatic speech recognition system
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Nauset Committee Directs Superintendent to Consult Towns on Capital Assessment Error
ORLEANS -- May 21, 2026, Nauset Regional School Committee opens multi-year capital assessment dispute to intertown discussions. The committee, meeting May 21 at Nauset Middle School, spent more than an hour debating a discrepancy
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Orleans School Committee Approves Minutes, Draws $138,000 From Special Education Stabilization Fund
ORLEANS -- May 18, 2026, Orleans School Committee honors 30-year veteran chair and closes a special education budget gap with a $138,000 stabilization fund draw. At its May 18 meeting at Orleans Town
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