Where

617 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA 02452

Location from the city calendar. The posted agenda is the official notice; check it if the two differ.

How to take part

• Attend in person at 617 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA 02452.
• Waltham residents and members of the school community can speak for one minute each during a 15-minute public comment period at the start of regular meetings, on agenda items or district matters. Sign in with your name, address, and affiliation five minutes before the meeting starts. Longer written comments can be given to the Committee before or after the meeting. Source: the School Committee's Policy Manual (opens in new tab).
• Meetings are broadcast and recorded by MAC-TV (WCAC) (opens in new tab).
• The posted agenda (opens in new tab) is the official notice. It may give instructions for public comment.
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What's on the agenda

The meeting covers closed-door talks on union contracts and two lawsuits. Open business includes a contract amendment for Chad Mazza, the 617 Transformer Project, and budget transfer requests.

Agenda items

• Executive session: strategy and negotiations with WSSA
• Executive session: strategy and negotiations with WSAA
• Executive session: strategy and negotiations with Waltham School MIS Technicians
• Executive session: strategy and negotiations with Waltham School Department Food Service Workers
• Executive session: preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel, Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations
• Executive session: strategy and negotiations with Waltham Building Maintenance Workers Association
• Executive session: litigation strategy, Waltham School Secretaries Association and Waltham Public Schools, MUP-26-12223
• Executive session: litigation strategy, Waltham School Secretaries Association and Waltham School Committee, MUP-26-12365

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• Public input
• Student council and student input
• School council, PTO, SEPAC, and BELPAC input
• Consent agenda: retirements, resignations, and donations from Watertown Savings Bank to the WHS Golf Team and WHS Soccer Team
• Staff out-of-district request for 2026-2027 school year
• Superintendent's update: miscellaneous personnel and information
• School improvement plans for MacArthur Elementary, Stanley Elementary, and Waltham High School
• Unfinished business: anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion
• Unfinished business: dual language school model and reutilization of 617 Lexington Street
• Unfinished business: Waltham High School Career and Technical Education Department
• Unfinished business: Waltham High School schedule
• Unfinished business: enrollment, space and data in Waltham Public Schools
• Unfinished business: school committee subcommittee meetings
• New business: Waltham Public Schools district policy and training
• New business: proposed new positions
• New business: vote on contract amendment with Chad Mazza for Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations
• Fiscal matters: FY '26 School Department end of year report
• Fiscal matters: 617 Transformer Project
• Fiscal matters: FY '27 budget transfer requests
• Fiscal matters: bills on warrant
• Agenda items for future meetings

The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.

Agenda posted on Google Drive (PDF, 83 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 17, 2026.

Terms used here

consent agenda

Routine items, such as minutes and reports, voted on together in one motion without discussion. A member can ask to take any of them up separately.

executive session

A part of a public meeting closed to the public. State law allows it only for specific reasons, such as lawsuits, negotiations, or personnel matters.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting is listed in more than one place: the same board on the same day, and only one listing gives a time. The listings are shown here as one meeting.

• Waltham School Committee Meeting (opens in new tab), on the city calendar
• School Committee Meeting (opens in new tab), on the school district's website

First recorded by Waltham Publick on October 17, 2026.