REPORT ON ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE 2025 ANNUAL MEETING
MASC’s 80th annual meeting was held on Friday, November 14 during the annual conference in Hyannis. A total of 92 delegates representing school districts across the state were registered and participated in the deliberations.
The meeting was led by MASC President Jason Fraser (Plympton/Silver Lake Regional). The Association’s financial report was presented by Secretary-Treasurer Stephanie Clougherty (Carver). MASC Executive Director Glenn Koocher and General Counsel Patrick Francomano, Esq. served as Parliamentarian and Legal Counsel for the event.
Approved for Life Membership were: Helen Charlupski (Brookline); Charlie Ellis (Nashoba Reg. Voc. Tech.); Katherine Hennessy
(Marlborough); Jane Oakes (Gill-Montague Reg.); Senate President Karen Spilka (Ashland); and Mary Ann Stewart (Lexington/MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education).
Elected to the MASC 2026 Board of Directors were: as President-Elect, Beverley Griffin Dunne (Peabody/Essex Tech.); as Vice President, Stephanie Clougherty (Carver); and as Secretary-Treasurer, Michelle Bodin-Hettinger (Marlborough). Denise Hurst (Springfield) who is the 2025 President-Elect becomes President on January 1, 2026.
Current President Jason Fraser becomes Immediate Past President at the same time.
Following are actions taken on the single resolution proposed this year, as well as the six expiring resolutions. The 2023 Delegate Assembly approved an amendment to the By-Laws that resolutions will expire at the conclusion of the Delegate Assembly three years after their adoption. Expiring resolutions may be reconsidered and readopted by the delegate at the annual meeting at which the resolutions would expire. The full text of the proposed as well as the expiring resolutions are printed in the 2025 Delegate Manual and are posted on the MASC website.
As noted by the Resolutions Committee, the expiring resolutions were all adopted by clear margins at previous MASC Delegate Assemblies and have been part of MASC’s advocacy platform for three or more years. Therefore, the Resolutions Committee submitted the expiring resolutions as a slate to be voted up or down as a group and not to be separated out for individual votes. The delegates voted the six expiring resolutions as a single slate. The resolutions, listed below, were reapproved on a unanimous vote.
- Regarding Sanctuary Laws for Transgender Students
- To Increase the Maximum Balance Allowed by the Special Education Reserve Fund
- Membership of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Preserving Local Governance of Massachusetts Schools
- Personal Financial Literacy Education
- Establishment of a Regional School Assessment Reserve Fund
Following are the actions taken on the newly proposed resolution.
RESOLUTION 1: REMOVING BMI TESTING FROM SCHOOLS
(Sponsored by the Grafton School Committee)
BE IT RESOLVED that MASC urges the removal of the BMI screening requirement from all public schools.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that MASC urges the express banning of BMI screening in all public schools.
An amendment to the resolution was presented by the delegate from Quincy.
The amendment edited the resolution as follows:
BE IT RESOLVED that MASC urges the removal of the BMI screening requirement from all public schools.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that MASC urges the express banning of BMI screening in all public schools except when a student’s health care provider requests the screening with parental/guardian approval.
The amendment was approved on a count of 56-33.
The resolution, as amended, was approved on a voice vote.