Marlborough School Committee rejects MASC firearm-storage resolution, splits on preschool building aid

MARLBOROUGH -- September 26, 2023, Marlborough School Committee rejects firearm-storage resolution, strips preschools from MSBA cap-removal push. Members voted not to support a Framingham-sponsored MASC resolution that would have urged districts to warn parents about Massachusetts safe-storage law, calling it toothless and outside the schools' lane. The committee supported a Wachusett resolution to lift the $800 million annual MSBA funding cap but voted to strike a clause adding public preschools to MSBA-eligible programs, with the chair voting in opposition on the preschool point. Mr. LaFleur reported 12 NRT bus routes, six in Marlborough, have no permanent driver, leaving "two elementary routes 30 minutes or longer late to school on a daily basis." Mrs. Matthews was named MASC delegate, Ms. Hennessey alternate. The committee also accepted $1,596,624 in FY24 IDEA funding and $1,024,360 in Title I funding among six federal grants.