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Boston School Committee Hybrid Meeting

The Boston School Committee hybrid meeting will be held on October 4 at 6 p.m.

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

Join the Zoom meeting

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 esullivan3@bostonpublicschools.org for distribution to the Committee.

The public can offer testimony.

Discussion Topics

  1. Agenda
    •    Roll call  
    •    Pledge of allegiance
    •    Approval meeting minutes: September 27, 2023
    •    Superintendent's Report
    •    General public comment (1 hour)
    •    Action Items
    • Grants for approval totaling $6,435,766

    Amount

    FY

    Grant Name

     Status

    Fund Manager

    Focus Area(s)

    Sites

     $4,000,000

     2024

    Universal Pre-K (UPK) Expansion Funding

     New

     David McAuley

     Early Childhood

     Districtwide

    $185,000

     

    2024

    Children’s Pilot Funds

     New

     Felicia Simmons

     Health & Wellness

     Districtwide

     $344,966

    2024

     Comprehensive Behavioral Health Model (CBHM)

     New

     Andria Amador

     Health & Wellness

     78 Sites

     $67,800

     2024

     OpenSciEd High School Field Test Materials – FC599

     Increase

     Elizabeth Hadly

     Curriculum & Instruction

     6 Sites

     $60,000

       2024

    Civics Teaching and Learning Grant – FC589

     New

     Angela Hedley- Mitchell

     Curriculum & Instruction

     Districtwide

     

    $72,000

     2024

     Investigating History Pilot –   FC585

     New

    Angela Hedley- Mitchell

     Curriculum & Instruction

     4 Sites

     $700,000

     2024

     Playground – O’Donnell

     New

     Brian Forde

     Playground

     O’Donnell School

     $1,006,000

    2024

    BAA Foundation Grant

     New

     Tyrone Sutton

     

     Boston Arts Academy

     $6,435,766

     Total

     

    • Memorandum of agreement between the Boston School Committee and the Plant             
    • Administrators Association, September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2023
    • Memorandum of agreement between the Boston School Committee and the Plant  Administrators Association, September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2026
    • FY24 supplemental appropriation request in the amount of $145,545 to support the memorandum of agreement between the Boston School Committee and the Plant Administrators Association, September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2026
    • Side letter of agreement to amend the collective bargaining agreement between Boston School
    • Committee and the Boston Association of School Administrators and Supervisors (BASAS)
    • Boston Green Academy charter amendment request: 7-12 grade reconfiguration
    • Report
    • 2023 State Assessment and Accountability Results
    • Public comment on reports
    • New business
    • Adjourn
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