Choiniere Elected Chair as Two New Members Join
Longmeadow School Committee elects Nicole Choiniere chair, seats two new members. The committee voted 6-0, with Choiniere abstaining, to make her chair for 2026-27, and elected Emily Hansen vice chair by the same margin; Kate Bean was reelected clerk.
School Committee · Meeting of June 23, 2026
Longmeadow School Committee elects Nicole Choiniere chair, seats two new members. The committee voted 6-0, with Choiniere abstaining, to make her chair for 2026-27, and elected Emily Hansen vice chair by the same margin; Kate Bean was reelected clerk. New members Bisrat Abebe and Matthew Casale were sworn in and cast their first votes.
The committee also introduced Dr. Peter Gillen, who spent 17 years at West Springfield Middle School, as the first principal of the newly merged Longmeadow Middle School. Clerk Bean reported the Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative secured a $3.7 million grant for trade-program space and said the region remains "short of bus drivers." The committee closed by voting unanimously to enter executive session on collective bargaining strategy.
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Source: the School Committee meeting of June 23, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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