Boston School Committee Meeting

The Boston School Committee will hold a virtual meeting on July 8, 2026, at 5 p.m.

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Public Comment: Sign up online to testify. Sign-up closes at 4 p.m. on the meeting day. The Committee offers two public comment periods; the first is limited to one hour, with remaining speakers heard at the end of the meeting. Written testimony may be emailed to lparvex@bostonpublicschools.org for distribution.

Discussion Topics

AGENDA

5 p.m.

I. Pledge of allegiance

II. Roll Call

III. Adjourn to Executive Session:

The Boston School Committee will immediately adjourn to an executive session for the purpose of discussing strategy with respect to collective bargaining with SEIU, Local 888, CTW-CLC, Professional Employees of the Department of Planning and Engineering, with Boston School Police Patrolmen Association, with Boston Police Superior Officers Federation, with AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Counsel 93, Local 2814 (Storekeepers and Stores Deliverymen’s Union), with Boston School Department Plant Administrators Association. The Committee will return to public session.

5:30 p.m.

IV. Approval of Meeting Minutes: June 10, 2026

V. Superintendent's Report

VI. Reports

Collective Bargaining Agreement with SEIU, Local 888, CTW-CLC, Professional Employees of the Department of Planning and Engineering
Collective Bargaining Agreement with Boston School Police Patrolmen Association
Collective Bargaining Agreement with Boston Police Superior Officers Federation
Collective Bargaining Agreement with AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Counsel 93, Local 2814 (Storekeepers and Stores Deliverymen’s Union)
Collective Bargaining Agreement with Boston School Department Plant Administrators Association.
Authorization for Revolving Fund for Revenue Generating Vocational Programs
Opportunity and Achievement Gaps Task (OAG) Force Nomination: Boston School Committee member Lydia Torres
Horace Mann Charter Governing Updates: Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School: Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) A

VII. General public comment

VIII. Action Items

Grants for approval totaling $4,313,505.99

Amount	Fiscal Year	Grant Name	Status	Program Manager	Focus Area	Site(s)
$1,579,211.66	FY27	Boston Arts Academy (BAA) Foundation Grant	Continuing	Tyrone Sutton, Head of School - Boston Arts Academy	Academic Instruction	Boston Arts Academy
$60,000.00	FY27	FC 0426 CTE Frameworks and Competency Based Implementation	New	Beverly Pierce, CTE Director - Office of College, Career & Life Readiness	Career and Technical Education	Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, English High School, Boston Green Academy, Boston Arts Academy
$490,000.00	FY27	FC 0220 Strategic Transformation Grant	New	Monica Hogan, Chief - Data, Information and Systems Improvement	Academic Instruction	Holland Elementary School
$4,702.00	FY27	Office of Indian Education (OIE) Formula Grant	Continuing	Karissa Goff, Director - Partnerships Office	Culture and Belonging	Districtwide
$29,018.00	FY27	Japan Foundation Grant - Bates Elementary	New	Katy Cen, Program Director - World Languages / Meghan Harrington, Principal - Bates Elementary School	Academic Instruction	Bates Elementary School
$150,000.00	FY27	FY27 Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) PILOT Program - Health Services Vision Care	Continuing	Atosa Ahmadi, Assistant Director - Office of Health Services	Health and Wellness	Districtwide
$40,000.00	FY27	Campus Without Walls (CWW) Planning Grant Year 2 Increase	Continuing	Genevieve Nouveaux, Head of School - Greater Egleston / Karen Loughran, Co-Head of School - New Mission / Patrick Cleary, Head of School - Tech Boston / Artis Street, Head of School - Albert Holland Technical	Academic Instruction	Greater Egleston High School, New Mission High School, Tech Boston High School, Albert D Holland School of Technology
$250,000.00	FY27	Lubin Family Foundation Hub Schools Grant	Continuing	Shenette Gray, Assistant Superintendent - Hub Schools	Academic Instruction	Community Hub Schools
$4,000.00	FY27	Boston University (BU) Wheelock Consortium Grant	New	Katie Quackenbush, Program Director - World Languages / Katy Cen, Program Director - World Languages / Ashleigh Randolph, Physics Teacher - Boston Arts Academy	Academic Instruction	World Languages programs districtwide, Boston Arts Academy
$489,750.00	FY27	FC 0645 Massachusetts 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Program Continuation Grant	Continuing	David Martinez, Executive Director of Expanded Learning and Opportunities	Academic Instruction	Holland Tech High School, Josiah Quincy Elementary, and Umana Academy
$79,899.00	FY27	FC 0215 Genocide Education Grant	New	Kaitlin Torossian, History/Social Science Program Director - Teaching and Learning	Academic Instruction	Districtwide
$38,066.00	FY27	FC 0589 Civics Teaching and Learning Grant	New	Kaitlin Torossian, History/Social Science Program Director - Teaching and Learning	Academic Instruction	Districtwide
$175,290.33	FY27- 28	MLSC Elementary and Secondary Education OpenSciEd Grant	New	Nicole Guttenberg PhD, K0-12 Science Program Director - Teaching & Learning Division	Academic Instruction	Districtwide
$8,569.00	FY27	Friends of the Hernández De-Leading Project Grant	New	Danielle Costello, Principal - Rafael Hernández School	Facility Improvement	Rafael Hernández School
$915,000.00	FY27	FY27 FC460 Early College Support Grant	Continuing	Katie Hill, Director of Early College - Office of College, Career & Life Readiness	College and Career Readiness	Charlestown High School, Madison Park Voc. Technical High School, Dearborn STEM Academy, New Mission High School, Fenway High School, Ruth Batson Academy, Brighton High School, East Boston High School, TechBoston Academy, Margarita Muniz Academy, Boston International Newcomers Academy

Total: $4,313,505.99

Donor Name	Donated Item(s)	BPS Recipient (Site)	BPS Vendor (Y/N)	Estimated Value (provided by donor)
Friends of JP Education Inc.	Furniture	Early Childhood Programs	No	$100,000

Total: $100,000

In-Kind Donations with a Total Estimated Value of $100,000
Authorization for Revolving Fund for Revenue Generating Vocational Programs
Collective Bargaining Agreement with SEIU, Local 888, CTW-CLC, Professional Employees of the Department of Planning and Engineering
FY27 Supplemental Appropriation in the amount of $85,879 to support the Memorandum of Agreement For Successor Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Period September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027 Between the Planning and Engineering, SEIU Local 888 and the School Committee of the City of Boston
Collective Bargaining Agreement with Boston School Police Patrolmen Association
FY27 Supplemental Appropriation in the amount of $330,282 to support the Memorandum of Agreement For Successor Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Period September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027 Between the Boston School Police Patrolmen's Association and the School Committee of the City of Boston
Collective Bargaining Agreement with Boston Police Superior Officers Federation
FY27 Supplemental Appropriation in the amount of $111,802 to support the Memorandum of Agreement For Successor Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027 Between the Boston School Police Superior Officers Federation and the School Committee of the City of Boston
Collective Bargaining Agreement with AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Counsel 93, Local 2814 (Storekeepers and Stores Deliverymen’s Union)
FY27 Supplemental Appropriation in the amount of $10,320 to support the Memorandum of Agreement For Successor Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Period September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027 Between the AFSCME, AFL-CIO Council 93, Local 2814A (Storekeepers) and the School Committee of the City of Boston.
Collective Bargaining Agreement with Boston School Department Plant Administrators Association.
FY27 Supplemental Appropriation in the amount of $40,365 to support the Memorandum of Agreement For Successor Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Period September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027 Between Boston School Department Plant Administrators Association and the School Committee of the City of Boston
Superintendent’s School Year 2025-26 Summative Evaluation
OAG Task Force Nomination: Boston School Committee member Lydia Torres
Horace Mann Charter Governing Updates
- Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (EMK) Accountability Plan
- EMK Enrollment Policy and Application
- EMK Expulsion Policy
- EMK MOU A
- Boston Day and Evening Academy (BDEA) Mission Statement
- BDEA MOU A
- BDEA MOU B
- BDEA Accountability Plan
- BDEA Expulsion Policy
- Boston Green Academy Expulsion Policy
- UP Dorchester Expulsion Policy
- Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School MOU A
Private School Application: South End Village Academy Private School

IX. Report

Long-Term Facilities Plan Update

X. Public comment on report

XI. New business

XII. Adjourn

July 8, 2026

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