2019 ANNUAL MEETING DATES
WOONSOCKET SCHOOL COMMITTEE
2020
January 8 and 22
February 12 and 26
March 11 and 25
April 8 and 22
May 13 and 27
June 10 and 24
July 15
One meeting per Bylaws
August 12 and 26
September 9 and 23
October 14 and 28
November 18
One meeting per Bylaws
December 16
One meeting per Bylaws
Meetings will be held at the Hamlet Building Middle School, Cafeteria located at 60 Florence Drive, Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895 on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month, except in July, November and December when only one meeting will be held on the third Wednesday of those months, per Bylaws amended 10/13/2004.
Additional meetings may be called by the Chair, as necessary, to conduct business for the Woonsocket School Committee. In the event the Committee desires to meet for a closed session prior to 7:00 p.m., the Committee will post the earlier time; however, the agenda posted for the public session will not be addressed before 7:00 p.m. The time and place of such meetings will be specified in the posting of the meeting notice and posted on the State and school department website, as specified in the mandated forty-eight hour period preceding the meeting, except for emergency meetings, which shall be subject to Chapter 42 of the General Laws of RI.
Meeting places will be accessible to the handicapped. Individuals requesting interpreter services must notify the Office of the Superintendent of Schools at (401) 767-4608 at least twenty-four hours in advance.
Approved by the WSC on July 17, 2019

 

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