[Amended 10-24-2006 ATM, Art. 23]
[Amended 5-1-2018 ATM, Art. 24]
There shall be a School Committee consisting of five members
elected for terms of three years each so arranged that the terms of
three members shall expire each year. [Charter Section 3-3(a)]
[Amended 5-1-2018 ATM, Art. 24]
The School Committee shall have the power to select, fix the
compensation of and to terminate the Superintendent, shall review
and approve budgets for public education in the Town, and shall establish
educational goals and policies for the schools in the Town consistent
with the requirements of law and statewide goals and standards established
by the Board of Education.
A.
Location and description. The thirteen-and-seven-hundredths-acre
parcel of land located on the northeasterly side of Linwood Avenue
in the Village of Whitinsville and acquired by the Town from the estate
of Arthur F. Whitin by a deed dated April 7, 1930, shall be known
as the "John Whitin Lasell Memorial Field."
B.
Administration. The field shall be under the direction and control
of the School Committee, which shall manage, control, lease and let
the same for the purposes of all amateur and professional athletics,
recreation, play, sports, physical education, celebrations, exhibitions
and entertainments.
C.
Promulgation of rules and regulations. The School Committee
may make rules and regulations governing the field, including establishing
and collecting reasonable charges for its use, provided that the field
shall be available to all local residents and groups without discrimination
and that the field shall not be considered school property for any
purpose that would limit or control the ability of the town to determine
the control or disposition of the field.
