WOBURN - In a recent setback to the crusade of fellow member Andrew Lipsett, the School Committee firmly refused to sanction a proposed MCAS resolution that calls upon state officials to suspend the use of the exam for three years. During their latest remote gathering, the School Commitee in a 6-to-1 vote opposed adoption of a declaration that would urge the Mass. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to institute the following MCAS regulation changes: ⢠Eliminate the planned administration of the testing for the current year in light of the extreme challenges posed by COVID-19; ⢠Hold all high school upperclassmen harmless from the state's MCAS graduation competency mandate, which requires high schoolers to pass three 10th grade exams to obtain a diploma;