From the Office of the Executive Secretary to the School Committee
School Committee - Regular Meeting
November 17, 2015
A G E N D A
The Committee may convene in Executive Session for the purpose of discussing strategy for contract negotiations with non-union personnel, superintendent, as an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the strategy and negotiation position of the School Committee.
1. Public Comment (3 Minutes):
2. Student School Committee Report:
3. Presentation of the Records for Approval:
¬Special Meeting – October 15, 2015
¬Special Meeting – October 16, 2015
¬Regular Meeting – October 20, 2015
¬Special Meeting – October 27, 2015
4. Reconsiderations: None
5. Unfinished Business/Calendar: None
6. Awaiting Reports: None
7. Superintendent’s Agenda:
7a. Presentations:
College Success Initiative………………
–Susan Walsh, Assistant Director for Adult & Family Services, City of Cambridge Dept. of Human Services
–Damon Smith, Principal, CRLS
7b. Innovation Agenda:
7c. Consent Agenda:
#15-255 Recommendation: Gifts/Miscellaneous Receipts
#15-256 Recommendation: Day & Residential Program Services not Available
From the Cambridge School Department
#15-257 Recommendation: Contract Award: ABAC, LLC: Special Education
Services
#15-258 Recommendation: Contract Award: Schools for Children: Student
Transportation Services
#15-259 Recommendation: Contract Award: Maxim Healthcare Services:
Nursing Services
#15-260 Recommendation: Contract Award: Education, Inc.: Tutoring Services
#15-261 Recommendation: Contract Award: Wilson Language Training:
Instructional Materials/Textbooks & Professional Development
#15-262 Recommendation: Contract Award: Walker Partnerships:
Professional Development
#15-263 Recommendation: Grant Award: FY16 Early Childhood Special
Education Program Improvement (161103)
#15-264 Recommendation: Grant Award: FY16 Title III English Language
Acquisition: Immigrant Grand (SC16126)
#15-265 Recommendation: Grant Award: FY16 Special Education Program
Improvement (SC16674)
#15-266 Recommendation: Grant Award: FY16 Title III English Language
Acquisition for Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students (SC16737)
*Supplemental Recommendation:
#15-272 Recommendation: Contract Award: S.P. & R. Transportation: Homeless Student Transportation Services
8. Non-Consent Agenda:
9. School Committee Agenda (Policy Matters/Notifications/Requests for Information):
#15-267, Motion by Mayor Maher, that the law firm of Deutsch Williams Brooks DeRensis and Holland be retained for legal services related to contract negotiations for the new Superintendent of Schools.
#15-268, Motion by Mr. Harding, that the Vice-Chair of the School Committee schedule and organize a retreat in January with the School Committee and the Superintendent to reaffirm the working relationship and the short term goals of the Cambridge Public Schools for the remainder of SY2015-16.
#15-269, Motion by Ms. Nolan, that the School Committee go on record supporting the California Teachers Association in their lawsuit, Friedrichs v. the California Teachers Association, which is about ensuring that all staff who benefit from the collective bargaining agreements pay the share of union dues used to cover the costs of collective bargaining.
#15-270, Motion by Ad-Hoc Sub-Committee/Task Force on Norms and Goals, That the School Committee adopt the Norms developed by the Ad-Hoc Sub-Committee/Task Force on Norms and Goals as detailed in the attached document.
#15-271, Motion by Mr. Osborne, that Cambridge’s Controlled Choice Policy be revised in the following ways in order to more effectively support the district’s goals and core values.
1. Effective with the 2015-16 school year, the School Committee restore the +/- 10% SES band for assigning students to grades JK-8.
2. Effective with the 2015-16 school year, the School Committee restore the calculation of student socio economic status to capacity of a school’s grade rather than the actual enrollment of the grade.
10. Resolutions (letters of congratulations, letters of condolence): None
11. Announcements:
12. Late Orders: