Boston School Committee Meeting

The Boston School Committee meeting will be held in person on December 4 at 5:15 p.m. at the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, 2300 Washington Street, School Committee Chamber, 2^nd Floor, Roxbury, MA 02119 and live streamed on Boston City TV (Xfinity Channel 24, RCN Channel 13, and Fios Channel 962) and on Zoom.

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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

Agenda

I. Pledge of allegiance

II Call to Order

III Adjourn to Executive Session

IV The Boston School Committee will immediately adjourn to an executive session to discuss strategy with respect to the Committees role in collective bargaining between its contractor Transdev and the United Steelworkers Local 8751 for a successor collective bargaining agreement. The Committee will receive a brief update on the BTU contract negotiations. The Committee will return to public session.

6.00 p.m.

V Approval of Meeting Minutes: November 6, 2024 meeting and November 20, 2024 retreat

VI General public comment

VII Action Items

Grants for approval totaling $52,654,772

Amount	FY	Grant Name	Status	Program Manager	Focus Area	Site(s)
$360,000	2025	CBHM Research and Data	Increase	Andria Amador, Behavioral Health Services	Behavioral Health Services	Districtwide
$4037.00	2025	Indian Education Formula Grant	New	Karissa Goff, Director of Partnerships, Partnerships-OFCA	Extended Learning Opportunities	Districtwide
$324,000	2025	Catalyze New Models Grant	New	Tony King- Boston International Newcomers Academy	Professional Learning and School Innovation	BINcA, Boston International Newcomers Academy
$254,178.97	2025	MassGrad	New	Charnae Garrett-Coles	Attendance	Charlestown, BATA, English, Boston Collaborative, BINCA, CASH, Greater Egleston
$176,243.00	2025	Innovation Pathways Implementation and Support Grant FC419	New	Michelle Sylvaria, Executive Director of Career & Technical Education	Career & Technical Education	Dearborn STEM Academy, Holland High School of Technology, Brighton High School, Excel High
$42,925,206	2025	Title I, Parts A and D	Continuing, annual entitlement	Director of State & Federal Programs, Finance	Student opportunities and family engagement	Districtwide
$2,656,104	2025	Title II, Part A	Continuing, annual entitlement	Director of State & Federal Programs, Finance	Teacher and Leader Quality	Districtwide
$2,313,954	2025	Title III Part A	Continuing, annual entitlement	Brittany Baggett, Office of Multilingual and Multicultural Education	English Language Acquisition	Districtwide
$3,161,049	2025	Title IV, Part A	Continuing, annual entitlement	Director of State & Federal Programs, Finance	College and Career Readiness, Social Emotional Wellness, Technology Access	Districtwide
$480,000	2025	CommCorp: Career Technical Initiative (Round 9)	New .	Serge Andre, Adult Education Comment	Career & Technical Education	Dept. of Adult Education/ Boston Central Adult High School at Madison Park High School

Total: $52,654,772

VIII Reports

-Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreements: Transdev and the United Steelworkers Local 8751

-Human Resources Update

IX Public comment on report

X New business

XI Adjourn

December 4, 2024

05:15PM
Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building

2300 Washington Street, School Committee Chamber, 2nd Floor

Boston, MA 02219
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617-635-9014
Contact:

Lena Parvex
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Posted:

12/02/2024 - 3:54PM
Resources:

Official Filed AGenda
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