Boston School Committee Hybrid Meeting
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.
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 for distribution to the Committee.
Discussion Topics
- Call to Order
- Pledge of allegiance
- Presentation of Citations: Boston Student Advisory Council Graduating Seniors
- Approval of Meeting Minutes: June 5, 2024
- Superintendent's Report
- General public comment
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Action Items
- Grants for approval totaling $25,038,880
Amount
FY
Grant Name
Status
Fund Manager
Focus Area(s)
Sites
$10,000.00
FY24
Chronic Absenteeism Initiative
New/
Entitlement
Cory McCarthy
Chronic Absenteeism
District Wide
$ 30,000.00
FY24
Food Cart - Boston Planning and Development Agency
New/ Cash grant
Joe Braitsch
Food Services
Melvin H. King Academy
$ 20,063,024.00
FY24
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean School Bus 2023 “Grant” Program
New/Federal
Blair Dawkins
Transportation
District Wide
$ 3,270,706.00
FY25
Boston Systemic Improvement Plan (SIP) Grant
New/ Entitlement
Monica Hogan
District improvement
District Wide
$ 20,000.00
FY25
Early College Incubator Grant
Additional Funds
Megan Reed
Early College
Boston International Newcomers Academy, Margarita Muniz Academy, The English High School
$ 31,208.00
FY25
Early College Support Grant
Additional Funds
Megan Reed
Early College
Dearborn STEM Academy, Madison Park. Charlestown HS
$ 1,613,942
FY25
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V)
New/ Federal
Michelle Sylvaria
Academic Improvement
16 sites across the district.
$25,038,880
TOTAL
- Interim Salary and Non-Personnel Payments on External Funds
- Renaming Jeremiah E. Burke Proposal: Dr. Albert D. Holland High School of Technology
- Closure proposals for School Year 2025-2026: Closure of Lilla Frederick Middle School and West Zone Early Learning Center
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Report
- Student Representative’s Report
- Public comment on report
- New business
- Adjourn