Boston School Committee Meeting

Boston School Committee will hold a hybrid meeting on April 16 at 6 p.m.

The Boston School Committee meeting will be held in person 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 5:00 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

Agenda

I.   Call to Order

II.   Pledge of allegiance

III.   Approval Meeting Minutes: March 26, 2025 meeting

IV.   Superintendent's Report

V.   Report

●   Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Boston School Committee and Boston Teachers Union (2024-2027)

VI.   General Public Comment

VII.   Action Items

●   Grants for approval totaling $213,941

Amount	Fiscal Year	Grant Name	Status	Program Manager	Focus Area	Site(s)
$48,316	2025	FY 25FC 0723 MA FRESH CORP	New	Nancy Fisher, Food and Nutrition Services	Food and Nutrition Services	Districtwide
$44,625	2025	FC0645/0244 21st CCLC Continuation Grant - Sept Start	Increase	Aiyana Spencer Lakes ELO	Academic Instruction	Holland Tech and the Lilla Fredrick
$100,000	2025	FC0105 Deeper Learning Implementation Grant	New	Joanna McKeigue Cruz Samuel Adams School Jason Meland, Donald McKay School	Academic Instruction	Samuel Adams School and Donald McKay School
$17,000	2025	Financial Education Innovation Fund	New	HHS:Francisca Himmer; BLA: Marsha White, Director of COPE BLS: Jim Levesque, BHS: John DeFina	Financial Literacy	1. Dr. Albert D. Holland High School of Technology 2. Boston Latin Academy 3. Boston Latin School 4. Brighton High School
$4000	2025	FY25 FC0330 Influence 100 Grant	New	Nick Brooks, Division of Schools	Educator & Staff Development	District-wide for 4 staff members

Total: $213,941

● Code of Conduct Amendment

● Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Boston School Committee and Boston Teachers Union (2024-2027)

● FY25 Supplemental Appropriation in the amount of $33,262,466 to support the Memorandum of Agreement For Successor Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Period September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027 Between the Boston Teachers Union, Local 66, AFT-Massachusetts and the School Committee of the City of Boston

● FY26 Supplemental Appropriation in the amount of $58,396,821 to support the Memorandum of Agreement For Successor Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Period September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027 Between the Boston Teachers Union, Local 66, AFT-Massachusetts and the School Committee of the City of Boston

VIII.   Reports

●   Q3 Transformation Schools Update

●   Student Incident Documentation Policy

●   Massachusetts School Choice Plan, SY 2025-2026

IX.   Public comment on report

X.   New Business

XI.   Adjourn

April 16, 2025

06:00PM
Bruce C. Boiling Municipal Building

2300 Washington Street, School Committee, Chamber 2nd Floor

Roxbury, MA 02119
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617-635-9014
Contact:

Lena Parvex
Neighborhoods:

Roxbury
Posted:

04/14/2025 - 3:30PM
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