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Health board member accuses chair of exclusion
Southbridge health board member accuses chair of sidelining vice chair on opioid funds. From our own coverage: Board of Health joins regional health partnership; Policy subcommittee weighs school security and camera policies.
From Southbridge News
- Board of Health joins regional health partnership. Southbridge's Board of Health took up joining a five-town regional health partnership while pressing the town manager over roughly $400,000 in unspent opioid funds, as one member accused the chair of excluding the vice chair from talks on the stalled substance abuse committee.Southbridge News
- Policy subcommittee weighs school security and camera policies. Southbridge's School Committee Policy Subcommittee worked through updated building security, grounds-access and camera policies on October 13, weighing whether to open school tracks to public use and who should control access to camera footage.Southbridge News
- School Committee hears mixed MCAS results. Superintendent William Metzger told the School Committee that the district's state accountability score rose from 43 percent to 65 percent in 2026, though Southbridge remains classified as underperforming despite graduation-rate and attendance gains.Southbridge News
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