Grafton School Committee retains Bram as chair in 4-1 vote

School Committee · Meeting of May 27, 2026

Grafton School Committee voted 4-1 to keep Liora Bram as chair for a second straight year, over objections from member Kristy Kielbasinski, who called rotating leadership "a widely recognized best practice" for preventing any member from accumulating "disproportionate control over the agenda." Rebecca Soco was approved as vice chair after Kielbasinski's self-nomination for the role failed, and Stella Varellas-Dikas was unanimously elected clerk. The committee approved six policies on first or second read, including new medication administration rules reviewed by head nurse Jackie, a revised sponsorships and advertising policy requiring school committee approval for permanent structures such as scoreboards, and a school choice update; a physical restraint policy was held for further review. Grafton High School Principal Tracy and Assistant Principal Anthony presented a year-end report highlighting a new depth-of-knowledge academic framework, a 20-teacher AI book group that produced a fully teacher-led May professional development session, and new handbook language tying detention consequences to class tardiness.

Valedictorian Logan Lee, bound for Purdue University to study computer engineering, was recognized before the business portion of the meeting.

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Source: the School Committee meeting of May 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.