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 livestreamed on Boston City TV (Xfinity Channel 24, RCN Channel 13, and Fios Channel 962) and on Zoom on October 9 at 6 p.m.
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
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Agenda
6 p.m.
- Pledge of allegiance
- Roll Call
- Adjourn to Executive Session
- The Boston School Committee will immediately adjourn to an executive session to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining related to the Committee’s contracts with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 93, (AFSCME) Lunch Hour Monitors and Local 230 (Cafeteria Workers) and the ongoing negotiations between Transdev and Teamsters Local Union 25 for a successor collective bargaining agreement. The Committee will return to public session.
6:30 p.m.
- Approval of Meeting Minutes: September 25, 2024
- Superintendent's Report
- General public comment
- Action Items
- Grants for approval totaling $700,000
Amount
FY
Grant Name
Status
Program Manager
Focus Area
Site(s)
$100,000
2025
Special Olympics Massachusetts - Unified Champion School Grant
Continuing
Year 3 of 3
Avery Esdaile, Senior Director, Athletics
Health & Wellness
Adams, Baldwin, Boston Green, Brighton, CASH, Charlestown, Chittick
Conley, Curley, East Boston, Excel Academy, Haley Pilot
Higginson, Tobin, Henderson Upper, Horace Mann, Manning, Kilmer Lower, Kilmer Upper
King, Lee, Madison Park, Mather, Mattahunt, Mildred
New Mission, Orchard Gardens, Perry, Roosevelt, Trotter, Umana, Warren Prescot
$600,000
2025
Hub Schools Strategic Investment
New
Shenette Gray, Assistant Superintendent, Hub Schools
Other (please add below)
District-wide. City-wide alignment
Districtwide via Hub Schools team
Total: $700,000
- Report
- Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreements:
- Boston School Committee and Lunch Hour Monitors
- Boston School Committee and Local 230 Cafeteria Workers
- 2024 State Assessment and Accountability Results
- Public comment on report
- New business
- Adjourn