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 online Meeting

Public comment: Please sign up online to testify. Sign-up closes at 5 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

Agenda

I. Call to Order

II. Pledge of allegiance

III. Approval Meeting Minutes: December 3, 2025

IV. Update on Cycle 3 recommendations for closures, mergers, and grade-reconfigurations

V. Report: Eliot Innovation School Plan

VI. General Public Comment

VII. Action Items

Grants for approval totaling $592,990.00

Amount	Fiscal Year	Grant Name	Status	Program Manager	Focus Area	Site(s)
$3,000.00	FY26	FC 0330 Influence 100 Grant	New	Nick Brooks, Division of Schools	Educator & Staff Development	District-wide for 3 staff members
$37,500.00	FY26	FC 2517 Fair Share Earmarks - Department of Early Education and Care (EEC)	New	Anu Jayanth, Senior Advisor of Operations	Playground enhancements	Harvard Kent Elementary School
$390,000.00	FY26	FC 2517 Fair Share Earmarks - Executive Office of Education (EOE)	New	Anu Jayanth, Senior Advisor of Operations	Capital, facility improvement and equipment upgrades	Adams Elementary, Guild Elementary, Madison Park, and O’Bryant School
$67,500.00	FY26	Qatar Foundation International (QFI) - Arabic Language Expansion Grant	Continuing	Andrew Bott, Head of School - Brighton High School	Academic Instruction	Brighton High School
$25,000.00	FY26	Mass Cultural Council Creative Experiences Grant Increase	New	Amy Wedge, Executive Director for the Arts	Arts Access	Hugh Roe O'Donnell School, Sarah Roberts Elementary School, Josiah Quincy Elementary School, Joyce Kilmer School, TechBoston Academy
$69,990.00	FY26	FC 0598 MyCAP Planning and Implementation	Continuing	Erin Jaques, Assistant Director of College & Career Advising	College and Career Readiness	Districtwide

Total: $592,990.00

In-Kind Donations with a Total Estimated Value of $13,110

Donor Name	Donated Item(s)	BPS Recipient (Site)	BPS Vendor (Y/N)	Estimated Value (provided by donor)
AZW Law, P.C	Projector Screen	King Elementary	N	$170
AZW Law, P.C.	Decodable Readers	King Elementary	N	$3,900.00
AZW Law, P.C.	K’Nex Building Set	King Elementary	N	$110
AZW Law, P.C.	Legos	King Elementary	N	$120
AZW Law, P.C.	Art Easels	King Elementary	N	$400
AZW Law, P.C.	Poster Maker	Ellis Elementary	N	$2,100
AZW Law, P.C.	Poster Maker color ink and paper	Ellis Elementary	N	$350
AZW Law, P.C.	Additional copies of texts for close reading	Ellis Elementary	N	$1,200.00
AZW Law, P.C.	Wireless Color Printer and Scanner	Blackstone Elementary	N	$840
AZW Law, P.C.	Color ink for printer	Blackstone Elementary	N	$2,400
AZW Law, P.C.	Headphones (class set of 25)	Blackstone Elementary	N	$1,520

Total: $13,110.00

Eliot Innovation School Plan
Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Boston School Committee and the Boston Association of School Administrators and Supervisors (BASAS), effective September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2027.

FY26 Supplemental Appropriation Request for $1,307,901 to support the new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Boston School Committee and the Boston Association of School Administrators and Supervisors. (BASAS).

Closure Proposals for School Year 2027: Closure of Lee Academy Pilot School, Another Course to College, Community Academy of Science and Health. Merging of the Henderson Lower and Upper Inclusion School.

VIII. Report

Finance Update

IX. Public comment on report

X. New Business

Recognition of Service: Michael O’Neill

XI. Adjourn

December 17, 2025

06:00PM
2300 Washington Street

School Committee Chamber, 2nd Floor

Roxbury, MA 02119
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