The Manchester-Essex Regional School Committee voted Oct. 7 to approve a revised roster for the Essex School Building Committee that the district will submit to the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
The committee’s packet showed three teachers added to the building committee; together those teachers hold one combined voting seat while two additional teacher appointees will serve in an advisory capacity. The roster also removes Jason Walgreens and adds Steve Hunt in an advisory role. Two previous members, including Adam Ziegler, were noted as resigned.
District members said the current distribution of voting residents and district employees aligns with past practice for Memorial and other projects. The building committee discussed but did not add two more voting members from Manchester after a straw poll favored retaining the existing balance. Committee members also said a working group will continue site-selection work and sustainability discussions before the district advances configuration decisions.
The revised roster will be filed with MSBA in the next step of the Essex building project process. Committee members asked that one additional title be added to the roster before submission; the roster was approved with that change noted.
No detailed roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript; the committee chair called for those in favor and the motion passed.