Dover-Sherborn Committees Approve Calendar, Bus Camera Policy at Joint Meeting

School Committee · Meeting of January 13, 2026

SHERBORN — Dover-Sherborn school committees approve 2026-27 academic calendar and bus camera policy at joint January meeting. All three boards, the Dover-Sherborn Regional School Committee, the Dover School Committee, and the Sherborn School Committee, voted separately and unanimously to adopt a calendar that runs from September 2, 2026, through June 21, 2027, keeping December 23 as a school day after debate over the short holiday break. The boards also completed a second read and voted to approve updated policy ECAF, extending security-camera authorization from buses to all district transportation vehicles, with footage stored on physical discs and accessible only to the superintendent and designated administrators.

Superintendent McCoy and Assistant Superintendent Denny Conklin presented a research-backed proposal to create two K-12 curriculum coordinator positions at an estimated $140,000 each, totaling roughly $280,000 shared across the three districts, with no vote taken as the item moves into budget deliberations. McCoy disclosed that Sherborn faces a $650,000 town budget deficit and a possible override, with budget version 2.0 due to individual committees in February.

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Source: the School Committee meeting of January 13, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.