School Committee weighs ICE policy, hears grievance
Lexington School Committee advances ICE-response policy, votes 5-0 to close doors on grievance.
School Committee · Meeting of September 22, 2026
Lexington School Committee advances ICE-response policy, votes 5-0 to close doors on grievance. Chair Larry Freeman presided as members Roy, Carter, Jay and Lenihan gave a second reading to a new policy responding to the state's Protect Act, built from template language from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Massachusetts Association of School Committees. Superintendent of Schools Dr.
Hackett said the draft's training language "does make sense" but needs work to "align more with our practices." A third reading and vote are still required before adoption. The committee then voted unanimously, 5-0 on a roll call, to enter executive session under Exemption 3 to hear a Level 3 grievance filed by the Lexington Education Association's Unit A.
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Source: the School Committee meeting of September 22, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.
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