Kate Slater - School Committee Resignation

This ordinance/process acknowledges the resignation of Kate Slater from the Amesbury School Committee, effective with the February 9 meeting. Slater explains that after more than two years of service and under significantly increased demands of her full-time role as Executive Director of a nonprofit, she must step back from school committee duties. She notes her advocacy for teachers, administrators, and students and her participation on the Policy and Personnel Committee, Curriculum and Inclusion Committee, and involvement in hiring and grant initiatives like the Playful Learning Institute grant. The measure serves to formally recognize her departure and to trigger the vacancy-filling process per city procedures.