Easton School Committee Approves Three Contracts, Authorizes Regional State Budget Letter

EASTON -- June 16, 2026, Easton School Committee approves three service contracts and hears middle school schedule overhaul plan. The committee voted unanimously Tuesday to renew its food service agreement with Aramark, with per-meal fees rising 3.9 percent to 13 cents administrative and 13.5 cents management under a Consumer Price Index adjustment, approve a $98,937 weight-room equipment purchase from Gronk Fitness, and authorize a $137,880 contract with Weston & Sampson for wastewater treatment plant operations. Easton Middle School Principal Luke Carroll presented a four-goal school improvement plan whose centerpiece is a complete review of the school's decade-old master schedule, with a new schedule committee to form before September and implementation targeted for 2027-28; he also set a two-year goal to raise MCAS math scores for students with disabilities and the lowest-performing subgroup, which he said are running five to eight scale-score points behind accountability targets. Oliver Ames Principal Kelly Cavanaugh outlined three goals driven by the school's NEASC self-study, including launching a student portfolio system tied to the district's newly approved Vision of the Graduate framework and expanding security-team meetings from twice yearly to quarterly following completion of the school's new vestibule project. Chair Jackie Wiseman was authorized to co-sign a regional letter to the state budget conference committee urging a $160 per-pupil minimum aid floor, a foundation budget review commission, higher circuit breaker funding, and full universal free school meal funding, all ahead of a July 1 deadline.