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Boston School Committee Virtual Meeting

The Boston School Committee will be holding a virtual meeting on May 24 at 5 p.m.

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

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PUBLIC COMMENT: Please sign up online to testifySign up for public comment will close at 4:30 p.m. on the day of the meeting.

The public can offer testimony.

Discussion Topics

  1. Agenda

    5 p.m.

    •    Pledge of Allegiance
    •    Roll Call
    •    Adjourn to Executive Session
    • The Boston School Committee will immediately adjourn to an executive session for the
      • purpose of discussing strategy with respect to collective bargaining with SEIU, Local 888, Professional Employees Chapter, Department of Planning and Engineering (P&E). The Committee will return to public session.

    5:30 p.m.

    •    Approval Minutes: May 10, 2023
    •    Superintendent's Report
    •    General Public Comment
    •    Action Items
    • Grants for Approval Totaling $50,617,529

    Amount

    FY

    Grant Name

    Status

    Fund Manager

    Focus Area(s)

    Sites

    $60,051.00

    2023

    Title I, Improving Basic Programs (FC305)

    Increase

    Yvonne Macrae

    Opportunity Gap

    Districtwide

    $26,381.00

    2023

    Title II, Part A: Improving Educator Quality (FC140).

    Increase

    Yvonne Macrae

    Educator Effectiveness

    Districtwide

    $15,955.00

    2023

    Title III, LEP Support (FC180).

    Increase

    Yvonne Macrae

    Opportunity Gap

    Districtwide

    $1,185,892

    2023

    US Department of Ed. Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant

    New

    Andria Amador

    Health & Wellness

    Districtwide

    $100,000

    2024

    Northeast Food for Schools

    New

    Deborah Ventricelli

    Food and Nutrition

    Districtwide

    $48,891,750

    2024

    School Nutrition Programs

    New

    Deborah Ventricelli

    Food and Nutrition

    Districtwide

    $337,500

    2024

    Lubin Family Foundation Hub School Grants

    New

    Renée Ọmọladé

    Academics

    Districtwide

    Total: $50,617,529

    • Withdrawal from Massachusetts School Choice Program, SY 2023-2024
    • Merger of the Pauline A. Shaw Elementary School and Charles H. Taylor Elementary School effective School Year (SY) 2024-2025
    • Merger of the John D. Philbrick Elementary School and Charles Sumner Elementary School effective SY 2025-2026

     Reports

    • Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreements: SEIU, Local 888, Professional Employees

    Chapter, Department of Planning and Engineering (P&E) and the Boston School Committee, effective dates September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2023 and September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026

    • Interim Salary and Non-Personnel Payments on External Funds
    • Madison Park Technical Vocational High School Admissions Policy Recommendation
    •  Public Comment on Reports (Optional)
    •  New Business
    •  Adjourn
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