School Committee adds 12 school choice seats
The Hatfield School Committee reorganized and opened 12 more school choice seats on June 8. Christy Boudreau was kept as chair and Catherine Englehardt as vice chair, and two new members, Nancy Potvin and Tania Menz, were introduced.
School Committee · Meeting of June 8, 2026
HATFIELD — The Hatfield School Committee reorganized and opened 12 more school choice seats on June 8. Christy Boudreau was kept as chair and Catherine Englehardt as vice chair, and two new members, Nancy Potvin and Tania Menz, were introduced. Members added two kindergarten, five sixth-grade and five ninth-grade seats.
They approved a 2028 Europe trip priced at $4,514 per student, and approved the CKLA reading curriculum for fiscal 2027 if grant and rollover funds are available. Staff cited a pending PRISM grant of about $15,000. The committee also approved year-end transfers of $234,098 from the local budget and $162,288 from the school choice account.
In the full story:
- Reorganization
- Mission moments and new members
- Fall athletic co-ops
- School choice
- 2028 Europe trip
- ELA curriculum
- Administrative and special education reports
- Circuit Breaker
- School finance transfers
- What is next
- Who Was There
- Organizations And Documents Referenced
- The complete report: 1,556 words
Source: the School Committee meeting of June 8, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.
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