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Boston School Committee Meeting

The Boston School Committee meeting will be held on October 23 at 6 p.m. It will be held in person at the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, 2300 Washington Street, School Committee Chamber, 2nd Floor, Roxbury, MA 02119 and livestreamed on Boston City TV (Xfinity Channel 24, RCN Channel 13, and Fios Channel 962) and on Zoom.

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Public Comment: Please sign up online to testify. Sign up for public comment will close at 5 p.m. on the day of the meeting. The Committee will continue to offer two public comment periods, with the first comment period limited to one hour. Priority will be given to those testifying in person. Time permitting, the Committee will then open it up to virtual testimony. After one hour, anyone who did not have the opportunity to testify will have the opportunity to do so at the end of the meeting. Written testimony can be emailed to lparvex@bostonpublicschools.org.

Discussion Topics

  1. Agenda

    I. Pledge of allegiance

    II. Call to Order

    III. Approval of Meeting Minutes: October 9, 2024

    IV. Superintendent's Report

    V. General public comment

    VI. Action Items

    • Grants for approval totaling $23,212,191

    Amount

    FY

    Grant Name

    Status

    Program Manager

    Focus Area

    Site(s)

    $18,132,090

    2025

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

    Continuous



     

    Lauren Viviani, Deputy Chief of Specialized Services

    Office of  Specialized Services

    Districtwide 

    $514,080

    2025

    Special Education Early Childhood Entitlement Grant 

    Continuous

    Lauren Viviani, Deputy Chief of Specialized Services

    Office of  Specialized Services

    Districtwide

    $2,000,000

    2025

    2022-2023 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants (Purchase)

    New

    Cian Fields, Department of Transportation (DOT). 

    Transportation

    Districtwide 

    $2,000,000

    2025

    2022-2023 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants

    (Repower)

    New

    Cian Fields, Department of Transportation

    Transportation

    Districtwide 

    $200,000

    2025

    Boston Children’s Hospital

    New

    Lucrecia Rodriguez Office of Health Services

    Health and Wellness

    BPS Health Services Office

    $56,000

    2025

    Civics Teaching 

    And Learning Grant

    Continuous



     

    Dr. Angela Hedley Mitchell

    Executive Director of Humanities

    Academic Institution



     

    Districtwide

    $80,000

    2025

    FC 0310 

    McKinneyVento Homeless 

    Education Grant (Federal/COMP) Grant

    New



     

    Brian Marques, Sr. Director of Opportunity Youth

    Educational Stability Services

    Districtwide 

    $30,021

    2025

    Accelerated School of Origin Transportation Reimbursement Program

    Reimbursement



     

    Kedan Harris

    Department of Opportunity Youth

    Transportation



     

    Districtwide

    $200,000.00

    2025

    Margins to Center (M2C) SEED Project

    New

    Year 2 of 2

    Shakera Ford Walker, Teaching & Learning

    Teacher Development

    Districtwide

    Total: $23,212,191

    • Donation for approval of $70,000 to English High School
    • Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreements:
      • Memorandum of agreement between the Boston School Committee and Lunch Hour Monitors, September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2024
      • Memorandum of agreement between the Boston School Committee and Lunch Hour Monitors, September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2027
      • FY25 Supplemental Appropriation request to support the Memorandum of Agreement For Successor Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Period September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 between American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 93, (AFSCME) Lunch Hour Monitors and the School Committee of the City of Boston in the amount of  $457,886
      • Memorandum of agreement between the Boston School Committee and Cafeteria Workers, September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2024
      • Memorandum of agreement between the Boston School Committee and Cafeteria Workers, September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2027
      • FY25 Supplemental Appropriation request to support the Memorandum of Agreement For Successor Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Period September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027 between Local 230 (Cafeteria Workers) and the School Committee of the City of Boston in the amount of $881,479

    VII. Report

    • Transformation Schools Update: Quarter 1, School Year 2024-2025

    VIII. Public comment on report

    IX. New business

    X. Adjourn

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