Committee votes unanimously to remove inactive member from school building committee

The Whitman-Hanson Regional School District school building committee voted unanimously to remove member Don Essen from the committee due to lack of participation.

A motion to remove Essen was moved and seconded during the meeting after members described repeated absences and a lack of response to contacts. Members conducted a roll-call confirmation of those present before announcing that the removal passed unanimously. The chair said the committee will notify the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) of the change.

Committee members said the decision followed multiple attempts to contact the member and several years of non-attendance. The chair framed the action as necessary to keep the committee in compliance with membership expectations for the middle school project.

The committee recorded the change in attendance and agreed staff or the chair would inform the MSBA. No further action on a replacement was included in the transcript; the committee said it would update the attendance log and MSBA records.