On Thursday night, Get On Tap presented to the school committee for the Acton-Boxborough School District, proposing our policy to better utilize our local tap water! In attendance were the 10 school committee members, including chair Mary Brolin, and Superintendent Dr. Brand. We were also very lucky to have our mentors Kate Crosby and JD Head in the audience to support us. The meeting began at 7pm, and our presentation started quite shortly after, as we were first on the agenda. We gave a 7 minute presentation recapping the information in our policy proposal packet, then opened up the floor to questions. School committee members expressed great support for our advocacy, if not our movement. To see their exact reactions and questions, check out the recording of the meeting at actontv.org/on-demand/government. Also, be sure to take a look at the slideshow we used as a visual during our presentation (attached below) and our the policy proposal packet released prior to the meeting (see previous post). At the conclusion of the presentation, the committee voted unanimously to accept Get On Tap's donation of a water bottle filler to the RJ Grey junior high. It will be installed over the summer and ready for use during the 2017-2018 school year! Finally, Ms. Brolin, the committee chair, requested the policy sub-committee consider and revise our proposal for the needs of the school committee, asking members to have their version prepared for their April meeting. The committee will be updated on the entails on this updated proposal and have the ability to raise any final questions. Then, on May 18, the committee will formally vote on the bill. A gracious thank you to the school committee for their time and consideration. We look forward to further work with our districts outstanding administration in the creation of cleaner and greener school policy.
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