Here are the posted open, public Southborough committee and board meetings for this week* along with my selected highlights from the agendas.
As always, be aware that changes to the meeting schedule (and agendas) are known to happen throughout the week. (Scroll down for details on any meetings that popped up after last Monday’s post.) For an updated list of meetings, visit the Town website.
These days, most (but not all) meetings, can be participated in, watched live, and replayed from home.)**
Monday, February 23, 2026
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 6:00 pm @ webinar only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Informational Forum on Special Town Meeting Warrant Articles and an Update on the Neary School Roof Replacement Need (read more here)
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Discuss ADU Bylaw and Tricentennial Committee signs; Public Hearings on 352 Turnpike Rd (DAVE Inc site plan)and proposed zoning bylaw changes (Industrial Park uses, 55+ Housing, MBTA Communities correction, and replacing SHOPC with AHT; Discuss updating Subdivision Rules and Regs, Open Space Notification/Education, and Clean Energy Siting & Permitting Regs
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Planning Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss updating ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit) Bylaw [Note: the posted agenda lists the Hearing Room. That was where the Planning Board’s meeting was scheduled to be held. That meeting changed to be remote-only due to the storm.]
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 12:00 pm @ Office of the Superintendent, Conference Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Neary Elementary School Principal Finalist Site Visit (read more here)
- Board of Assessors Meeting, 4:15 pm @ DPW Meeting Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: approve excise tax abatements and senior property tax work off amount
- Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: license for new Pizzaville ownership; FY27 water rates; FY27 budget; Preparation for March 2nd Special Town Meeting; draft warrant for Annual Town Meeting; Potential budget requests to State Legislature
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
- Regional School Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Algonquin Regional High School Library (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Presentations on Algonquin Athletic Boosters and Multilingual Learners, and FY 27 Recommended Budget; Vote on 2026-2027 School Calendar; 2nd Reading of NEW Competency Determination Policy; Rescind Class Standing policy
Thursday, February 26, 2026
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 12:00 pm @ Public Safety Building (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Informational Forum on Special Town Meeting Warrant Articles and an Update on the Neary School Roof Replacement Need (read more here)
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 4:15 pm @ Finn School Conference Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Finn School Principal Finalist Site Visit (read more here)
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list last Monday morning:
Friday, February 20, 2026
- Advisory Committee Meeting, 6:00 pm (agenda, look for video to be posted here) Agenda Highlights: Vote on FY27 Budget Items; Discuss Special Town Meeting and Advisory’s letter to meeting voters
Sunday, February 22, 2026
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, 8:00 pm (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Informational Forum on Special Town Meeting Warrant Articles and an Update on the Neary School Roof Replacement Need
*I don’t list meetings that are only closed Executive Sessions unless the agenda indicates the possibility of some action in an open public session at the opening or closing of the meeting.
**Details on watching meetings remotely:
- Town Committee/Board Meetings:
- If in-person meetings don’t also advertise a zoom option, assume that it won’t be broadcast or captured on video.
- To remotely participate in meetings that allow zoom, click here.
- To live stream (or view later) remote or hybrid meetings (even those covered by Southborough Access Media) over the internet, use the Town’s YouTube Channel for Remote Meetings. (The meetings covered by SAM can also be streamed on their website here, and eventually on SAM’s YouTube Channel.)
- Cable Access — Southborough Access Media broadcasts the regular evening meetings for the Select Board, Planning Board, and Zoning Board of Appeals that take place in the Town House Hearing Room. (Those meetings will still allow zoom participation.) View SAM’s live and replayed broadcasts via their Government cable access channel (Verizon-37 and Charter-194).
- School Committee Meetings:
- Subcommittee meetings and some special meetings are only available to attend/view live (in person or by “webinar”) with no later rebroadcast.
- Regular Southborough School Committee meetings are generally broadcast live by Southborough Access Media here and on Verizon-37 and Charter-192. (Video replays are also usually made available through their YouTube channel within a couple of days.)
- Regular Regional School Committee meetings (or Combined meetings based at Algonquin) are live broadcast by Northborough Cable Access here and YouTube channel, and on Southborough’s Education Channel (Verizon-29 and Charter-194). The meetings are also eventually rebroadcast and available on demand through NCAT’s VideoOnDemand player and YouTube (though that can take several days).
