A sampling of Wellesley, Mass., meetings and agenda items for the week of Sept. 7, 2026:
Wellesley Housing Authority Board (Sept. 8, online, 8am)
New business: *CHA Management Agreement Determination (Editor’s note: CHA is short for Cambridge Housing Authority. Would be great if agendas spelled out acronyms, but I guess that’s what we’re here for…)
School Committee (Sept. 8, 6:30pm, online)
Discussion: Opening of School Report; Discussion: Field Projects Baseball Scoreboard Proposal for Sprague Fields Hunnewell Track & Field Project Update; Discussion: New State Graduation Requirements; Discussion: Policy ACL-Interacting with Law Enforcement Officers Engaged in Civil Law Enforcement (Protect Act); Discussion/Vote: Air-Conditioning Project; Discussion/Vote: CapCom Forms; Discussion: School Facilities Master Plan Task Force
Executive Session Under G.C. c.30A, §21(A), exemption #3 – Strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the Wellesley Educators Association
Select Board (Sept. 8, 6:30pm, town hall & online)
Discuss Report Recommendations of Fire Station Master Plan Siting (No Public Comment) • Vote Project Proponent Form for Fire Station Master Plan; Discuss and Vote to Join Fire Class Action Lawsuit; Policy Subcommittee Update; Discuss Select Board STM Articles • FY27 Supplemental Appropriation • Establish Capital Stabilization Fund • Rescind Debt • Bylaw Review Committee Articles; Discuss and Vote Special Town Meeting (STM) Warrant; Executive Session (behind closed doors) • M.G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(3), to conduct strategy with respect to negotiation with the Wellesley Patrol Officers Association, Wellesley Superior Officers, Wellesley Firefighters, IAFF, Local 1795, Wellesley Free Library Association, and the Wellesley Free Library Supervisors Association.
Advisory Committee (Sept. 9, 6:30pm, town hall)
Advisory Committee Bylaw proposed amendment – presentation and discussion; Report to Town Meeting writing workshop – Article write ups
Community Preservation Committee (Sept. 9, 7:30pm, online)
Update and discussion regarding the North 40 conservation restriction, and the Select Board outreach and processes for discerning future use(s) of the property; Discussion and updates of possible future or pending proposed projects from: Historical Commission Housing Authority Affordable Housing – Town initiatives Natural Resources Commission Planning Board Recreation Commission Requests by non-municipal governmental persons.
Permanent Building Committee (Sept. 10, 7:30pm, online)
Agenda to come
School Committee retreat (Sept. 11, 9am, not recorded by Wellesley Media)
Training: Anti-Bias Workshop; Discussion: School Committee Self-Evaluation; Discussion: Goals and Metrics for SY2026-2027; Discussion: School Committee Workplan and Assignments
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