# 2026-08-18 School Committee Meeting


**Body:** Chariho Schools
**Date:** August 19, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Education, Construction & Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding


The Chariho Schools School Committee meeting, listed as August 18, 2026 (metadata timestamp: August 19 UTC), included several spending and capital-project items. The committee reviewed conceptual plans for a unified elementary campus, with approximately 50,000 square feet for pre-K–grade 1 and 84,000 square feet for grades 2–5. The project remains subject to a November bond vote; no construction contract or final project budget was approved. The committee also approved a proposal for a dedicated school-construction information website; the discussion described the cost as below the district’s $10,000 threshold for requiring an RFP, but the amount and vendor were not clear in the transcript. A unanimous vote approved the NEA educational support professionals’ tentative agreement, including salary increases of 2.75%, 3.4%, and 3.3% over three years (9.5% total) and a transition to HSA health plans within that period.

The committee approved the bill review. Members discussed Dell Marketing LP Chromebook purchases for five schools, with a reported total beginning at $229,1xx (the remaining digits were unclear), as part of the district’s device replacement cycle. They also discussed approximately $154,000 in grant-funded services from Effective School Solutions, a previously approved contract, and routine water testing by Northeast Water Solutions. No new construction award was made. The committee sent the cell-phone policy back for further review and tabled the secondary grading policy; it also voted to form a subcommittee reviewing Chromebook use in grades K–4.

**Source:** Chariho Schools