Hybrid Boston School Committee Meeting

There will be a hybrid Boston School Committee meeting on May 14, 2025, at 5:30 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 livestreamed on Boston City TV (Xfinity Channel 24, RCN Channel 13, and Fios Channel 962) and on Zoom.

Join the online meeting

Please sign up online to testify at the MA School Choice Program public hearing and/or general public comment.

Public comment sign-up closes at 4:30 p.m. on the meeting day. There will be two comment periods: the first is limited to one hour, with priority for in-person speakers. Time permitting, the Committee will then open it up to virtual testimony. Remaining speakers can testify at the end of the meeting. Written testimony can be emailed to lparvex@bostonpublicschools.org.

The public can offer testimony.

Discussion Topics

5:30 p.m. Agenda

I.   Call to Order

II.   Pledge of allegiance

III.   Adjourn to Executive Session

The Boston School Committee will immediately adjourn to an executive session to receive a brief update on the tentative agreement with the Administrative Guild, SEIU Local 888. The Committee will return to public session.

6:00 p.m. Agenda

IV.   Public Hearing: Massachusetts School Choice Plan, School Year 2025-2026

V.   Adjournment of MA School Choice Plan Public Hearing

VI.   Approval Meeting Minutes: April 16, 2025 meeting

VII.   Superintendent's Report

VIII.   Boston Student Advisory Council (BSAC) Student Representative Report

IX.   Reports

○   Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Boston School Committee and the Administrative Guild, SEIU Local 888

○   School Trusts Expenditures

X.   General Public Comment

XI.   Action Items

●   Grants for approval totaling $99,483

Amount	Fiscal Year	Grant Name	Status	Program Manager	Focus Area	Site(s)
$5,000	2025	The Digital Divide	New	Courtney Sheppeck, Principal	Career and Technology	The Blackstone Elementary School
$10,000	2025	NFL Play 60	New	Courtney Sheppeck Blackstone Elementary School	Health & Wellness	Blackstone Elementary School
$1,500.00	2025	FC207 inSPIRED Fellowship	New	Sherri Neasman, Boston Collaborative	Educator Effectiveness	Boston Collaborative High School
$82,983	2025	FC0186 Title III Part A: Immigrant Children & Youth	Continuing Year 1	Brittany Baggett Office of Multilingual & Multicultural Education	Immigrant Children & Youth	Districtwide

Total: $99,483

In-Kind Donations with a Total Estimated Value of $24,585.57

Donor Name

Donated Item(s)

BPS Recipient (Site)

BPS Vendor

(Y/N)

Estimated Value (provided by donor)

Franklin Sports

Pickleball paddles, net, court making kit and outdoor pickleballs

Rafael Hernandez Dual Language School, Josiah Quincy Elementary School & Kilmer Lower School

Total - $24,585.57

6:00 PM Agenda Continued

●   Collective Bargaining Agreements and Supplemental Appropriation Requests

○   Tentative agreement to extend the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Boston School Committee and the Administrative Guild, SEIU Local 888 from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027

○   FY25 Supplemental Appropriation Request in the amount of $394,901 to support the Memoranda of Agreement For Successor Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Period September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025 between the Administrative Guild, SEIU Local 888 and the Boston School Committee

○   FY26 Supplemental Appropriation Request in the amount of $977,749 to support the Memoranda of Agreement For Successor Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Period September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026 between the Administrative Guild, SEIU Local 888 and the Boston School Committee

●   School Trust Expenditures

●   Massachusetts School Choice Plan, SY 2025-2026

●   Student Incident Documentation Policy

XII.   Reports

●   Boston Green Academy Charter Renewal

●   Graduation Requirements Amendment

● Private School Application: Urban Achievers High School

XIII.   Public comment on report

XIV.   New Business

XV.   Adjourn

May 14, 2025

05:30PM
Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building

2300 Washington Street, School Committee Chamber, 2nd Floor

Roxbury, Massachusetts 02119
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617-635-9014
Contact:

Lena Parvex
Neighborhoods:

Roxbury
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