Schools

Southbridge School Committee re-elects Brittany Davison as chair and returns three members to office. Town Clerk Maddie Bonitas swore in Carla De La Cruz Davila, Frank Kavinsky, and Stephanie Rivers to three-year terms expiring June 30, 2029 at the July 15 reorganization and regular meeting.

Southbridge School Committee holds training session on state-mandated superintendent evaluation.

Southbridge School Committee honors nine early career educators and five retirees, eyes facility fees and school choice change.

SOUTHBRIDGE — June 4, 2026 — Southbridge School Committee's June 4 meeting cannot be reported from available record. The community access TV transcript of the meeting produced no usable content — no speaker identifications, no agenda items, no motions, no votes, and no dollar figures appear anywhere in the automated speech

Southbridge School Committee receives collective bargaining training as four union contracts near expiration.

Southbridge School Committee finishes Section B of its policy manual overhaul, dropping a legally questionable "supreme authority" clause and flagging the absence of required school councils.

Southbridge School Committee unanimously approves Phase Three plan to exit state receivership.

SOUTHBRIDGE — May 12, 2026 — Southbridge School Committee unanimously approves Phase Three plan to exit state receivership. The committee voted 7-0 Tuesday on a roll-call vote to approve the Phase Three transition plan and forward it to the state commissioner of education for approval, a step members described as

Southbridge's School Committee Policy Subcommittee approved eleven policy changes Thursday in a wide-ranging review of the district's policy manual led by a Massachusetts Association of School Committees consultant.

Southbridge schools face an $1.8 million structural budget gap heading into fiscal year 2027, with at least 19 positions already cut.