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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

  1. Call to Order
  2. Pledge of allegiance
  3. Presentation of Citations: Boston Student Advisory Council Graduating Seniors
  4. Approval of Meeting Minutes: June 5, 2024
  5. Superintendent's Report
  6. General public comment
  7. 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

     

  8. Report
    • Student Representative’s Report
  9. Public comment on report
  10. New business
  11. Adjourn
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