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Watertown panel tables voting policy, advances restraint rules
Watertown Policy Subcommittee tables voting-rules rewrite, advances restraint policy to full committee.
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Watertown school subcommittee votes to bar outside high school rentals for a year
Watertown schools bar all outside high school rentals for the first year.
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Watertown School Committee votes 5-0 to add second middle school bus
Watertown School Committee adds a second middle school bus after a registration error stranded students on the wait list. The committee voted 5-0 Thursday to fund the bus for the 2026-2027 school year at a net cost of approximately $67,500, drawing on the district's revolving transportation account.
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Watertown School Committee Unanimously Approves Interim Student Services Director Amid Public Outcry
Watertown School Committee unanimously approves interim student services director and creates new oversight subcommittee.
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Watertown School Committee Rejects Bid to Put No-Confidence Vote on Agenda
Watertown School Committee fields sharp criticism of special education plan, tables no-confidence motion.
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Watertown Panel Hears Special Ed Survey Results
The Watertown School Committee's Curriculum Subcommittee reviewed caregiver survey results showing families distrust special education communication.
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Watertown School Panel Advances Revised Middle School Handbook to Full Committee
Watertown school policy panel approves middle school handbook changes and defers mandatory restraint policy update.
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Watertown School Subcommittee Advances Three Policies, Tables Restraint Overhaul
WATERTOWN -- June 8, 2026, Watertown's School Committee Policy Subcommittee advanced three policies Monday and tabled a fourth pending legal review. The panel unanimously approved sending a new staff social media policy (IJNDD)
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Parents petition for no-confidence vote on director
Watertown residents petitioned the School Committee for a no-confidence vote on special education leadership.
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Watertown School Committee receives no-confidence petition over special education director
WATERTOWN -- June 1, 2026, Watertown School Committee receives a 231-signature no-confidence petition against its Director of Student Services. Parent Suzanne Brueggemann submitted the petition at the June 1 meeting at Lowell Elementary
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