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SUMMARY: Southern Berkshire Regional School District School Committee Meeting, July 29, 2026

COMMITTEE VOTES TO CENSURE MEMBER AMID MARATHON, CONTENTIOUS MEETING

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[Context: This meeting continues a rocky stretch for SBRSD governance. Committee membership has been unsettled: both Kim Alcantara and Arthur Batacchi stepped down back in March as chair and vice chair amid internal friction, with Julie Hannum and Amy Bainbridge-Jordan taking over those posts, while Bonnie Silvers’ subsequent resignation opened the Sheffield seat Bob Kilmer is now filling on an interim basis. Financial oversight has been a recurring flashpoint — the district’s treasurer, Cami Lamica, has been transitioning into a contractor role via her new firm, Education Finance Services, even as cash-reconciliation gaps and warrant-approval lapses (both again on display Wednesday night) point to bookkeeping problems still being untangled ahea…

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