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.

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 lparvex@bostonpublicschools.org for distribution to the Committee.

The public can offer testimony.

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

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

Report
- Student Representative’s Report
Public comment on report
New business
Adjourn

June 17, 2024

06:00PM
Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, 2300 Washington Street

School Committee Chamber, 2nd Floor

Roxbury, MA 02119
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617-635-9014
Contact:

Lena Parvex
Neighborhoods:

Citywide

Roxbury
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06/13/2024 - 1:29PM
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