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.

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.

Discussion Topics

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

October 23, 2024

06:00PM
The 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
Posted:

10/21/2024 - 1:56PM
Resources:

Official Filed Agenda
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