Kingston School Committee accepts $70,000 KFE gift

School Committee · Meeting of September 21, 2026

Kingston School Committee accepts $70,000 gift, honors late teacher with memorial donation. Members unanimously accepted a $70,000 check from the Kingston Foundation for Education and a separate $4,500 memorial gift, raised from 56 donors, honoring longtime kindergarten teacher Nancy Babington, who died November 27, 2025, at 83 after 23 years teaching in Kingston. Former student Addison Boe called her "legendary, enchanting," presenting the check with longtime colleague Barbara St.

George to teacher librarian Denise Reynard for the Kingston Elementary School library. The committee also voted 5-0 by roll call to enter executive session over a Kingston Teachers Association grievance, later approving a new KTA memorandum of understanding, a school resource officer MOU, and a $311,936.08 transfer of unspent special education funds into a stabilization reserve, returning $1,998.47 to the town. Business Administrator Stephanie said the deposit is capped at "2 percent of the budget" under state regulation.

Members also approved a refrigerator swap between Kingston Elementary and Dennett Elementary schools and relaxed a hats-and-bandanas dress code to parental discretion.

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Source: the School Committee meeting of September 21, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.