Northbridge School Committee Seats Fifth Member, Fills Three Subcommittee Vacancies

School Committee · Meeting of July 21, 2026

Northbridge School Committee seats fifth member and fills three subcommittee vacancies at July 21 meeting. The committee unanimously appointed newly seated member Erin Meagher as representative to the Community Preservation Committee, the curriculum subcommittee, and the negotiations subcommittee — seats held open since the position was vacant. Superintendent Amy told the committee that Northbridge expects roughly $112 per pupil in one-time state aid from the governor's $100 million supplemental budget, with funds required to be spent by June 30, 2027, and that she and fellow superintendents are coordinating letters to legislators to ensure the money flows directly to districts.

The committee heard an informational presentation on a proposal to convert a certified occupational therapy assistant line to a second full-time occupational therapist, driven by a caseload of 74 student evaluations — 48 of them initial — performed by a single OT last school year. The committee also accepted a $176 donation from the dissolved civic group Residents for a Better Northbridge and was introduced to Marissa, identified as the district's first female assistant principal at Northbridge High School, who holds a doctorate from Boston College and led a $6 million bilingual teacher residency grant at Boston Public Schools.

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Source: the School Committee meeting of July 21, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.