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The School Committee has posted notice for a meeting Wednesday, July 26, with an agenda item that reads "Superintendent Contract - Early Termination Clause" with the instruction "vote" next to it. "The attorney provided wording [for the agenda]. Beyond that I have been instructed to make no comment," School Committee Chair Sarah Fox told the Current. Superintendent John Buckey outside the Brown School on the first day of school in 2022. CURRENT PHOTO / LEIGH BLANDER The committee met Friday, July 21, in executive session…

****This story was updated on July 23 with a new comment from School Committee member Brian Ota on whether he would continue to recuse himself on issues related to Superintendnet John Buckey. See below. The Marblehead School Committee met in executive session (closed to the public and reporters) on Friday afternoon to discuss Superintendent John Buckey’s contract, which does not end until 2025. "I have been advised by counsel to make no comment," School Committee Chair Sarah Fox told the Current when asked what was…

The School Committee posted an announcement on Tuesday for an executive session (closed to the public) this Friday, July 21, to discuss Superintendent John Buckey's contract, which has two years remaining. The private meeting will be held via Zoom. Superintendent John Buckey outside the Brown School on the first day of school in 2022. CURRENT PHOTO / LEIGH BLANDER "Due to the fact that it is executive session, I cannot comment beyond what is posted on the agenda," School Committee Chair Sarah Fox told the…

Freshman sports will be played this fall, after the School Committee approved an increase in Marblehead High School user fees to fund the program. User fees for students participating in athletics or performing arts are now $495 for the 2023-24 school year, a $12 increase over the previously-announced fee. “I’m not going to take access away from a couple hundred kids for $12,” said School Committee Chair Sarah Fox. The family cap for athletics and performing arts user fees will jump from $623 to $800.…

School Committee member Brian Ota filed a discrimination complaint against Superintendent John Buckey. Newly elected School Committee member Brian Ota will not drop a discrimination complaint he has filed against Superintendent John Buckey, he told the Marblehead Current.“I am continuing on” with the complaint, Ota wrote in an email.Upon being sworn in two days after the June 20 election, Ota filed a “disclosure of appearance of conflict of interest” with the Town Clerk revealing that he had filed a discrimination complaint with the Massachusetts Commission…

Newly elected School Committee member Brian Ota filed a "disclosure of appearance of conflict of interest" report with the Town Clerk when he was sworn in two days after he was elected on June 20. The report, obtained by the Current, reveals that Ota filed a discrimination complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination against Superintendent John Buckey. Ota did not mention his complaint while campaigning. "I'm not going to comment on it because it's an open case," Ota told the Current. At a School…