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On Monday, September 22 the Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee voted on a motion to revert Policy JFABG, Enrollment of Non-Resident Employees, back to a prior version that allowed a broader group of school employees to enroll their children in SPS.
If the motion had passed, it would have undone a 2024 vote that limited which employees qualified for the benefit of sending their children to SPS by requiring that they be DESE licensed staff. Following that 2024 vote, SPS employees made public comments objecting to the policy change, arguing that it effectively excluded support staff from sending their children to SPS.
The vote to revert to the old version of the policy was tied at two in favor and two opposed, which meant the motion failed. Chair Karyn Jones and Vice Chair Jessica McCready supported a reversion to the prior version of the policy. Members Nicole Burnard and Mandy Sim opposed the motion citing concerns over potential budget impacts. Member Betsy Sues was not present for the meeting.
There was some discussion about potential work to evaluate an expansion of the enrollment benefit to Town of Sudbury employees, including employees in the Sudbury Police Department, but it was unclear if that work would be taken up in the future after the vote for a much smaller expansion to the policy failed.
