From the Office of the Executive Secretary to the School Committee
School Committee - Regular Meeting | September 19, 2017
A G E N D A
1. Public Comment (3 Minutes):
2. Student School Committee Report:
3. Presentation of the Records for Approval:
- Special Meeting, September 5, 2017
- Regular Meeting, September 5, 2017
4. Reconsiderations: None
5. Unfinished Business/Calendar: None
6. Awaiting Reports: None
7. Superintendent’s Agenda:
7a. Presentations: None
7b. Innovation Agenda:
7c. Consent Agenda:
#17-217 Recommendation: Approval of Request from the School Committee to the
Election Commission for Mailing Addresses
#17-218 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to Cambridge Public Schools
Policy & Procedures for Prevention & Management of Head Injuries &
Concussions in Athletic Activities (Second Reading)
#17-219 Recommendation: Day & Residential Program Services not available
From the Cambridge School Department
#17-220 Recommendation: Gifts/Miscellaneous Receipts
#17-221 Recommendation: Contract Award: Shore Educational Collaborative: Professional Development
#17-222 Recommendation: Contract Award: Shore Educational Collaborative: Consultant Services
#17-223 Recommendation: Contract Award: Education Resource: Consultant Services
#17-224 Recommendation: Contract Award: Follett/X2 Development Corp:
Student Information System for Cambridge Public Schools
#17-225 Recommendation: Contract Award: Pearson Education (NCS): Assessment Materials
#17-226 Recommendation: Contract Award: Cambridge Public Health: Nursing Services
#17-227 Recommendation: Contract Award: City Sprouts: Educational Services
#17-228 Recommendation: Contract Award: WB Mason Co., Inc: FY18 Classroom Furniture
#17-229 Recommendation: Contract Award: Cambridge Housing Authority: ducational Support
#17-230 Recommendation: Grant Award: Innovation Lab-Ctr. For Artistry & Scholarship (SC18142)
8. Non-Consent Agenda:
9. School Committee Agenda (Policy Matters/Notifications/Requests for Information):
#17-231, Motion by Buildings and Grounds Sub-Committee, that the following be referred to second reading:
WHEREAS: the Buildings and Grounds Committee met over a series of meetings to review and update the Cambridge Public Schools Facilities Policy to produce a more transparent process for leasing space in CPSD buildings;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the School Committee approve the revisions to the Community Use of Facilities Policy and approve the deletion in its entirety of School Committee Order C91-275 and School Committee Policy File KFA Committee Action as detailed in the attached documents. The revisions to this policy are being recommended to clarify current policy practices regarding the use of school facilities. (first reading).
#17-232, Motion by Buildings and Grounds Sub-Committee, that the School Committee approve the following hourly rental fees for the use of school building facilities outside of school hours and for the use of certain equipment.
#17-233 Joint Motion by Ms. Nolan and Mr. Fantini, that in light of the academic challenge manager vacancy and the departure of the only senior administrator with direct experience in advanced learner programs, that the administration review and report back to the Committee by the end of October on how the district is meeting the needs of advanced learners.
#17-234, Motion by Mayor Simmons, that the Superintendent be and hereby is requested to direct the Head of the RSTA Program and other appropriate CPSD personnel to establish a comprehensive and robust skilled labor trades program, with a view toward alerting more of our students about potential careers in the skilled labor trades, and to report back to the School Committee on the progress towards achieving this in a timely manner.
#17-235, Joint Motion by Ms. Dexter and Ms. Nolan, that whereas the City Council rules allow for videotaping and broadcasting City Council Roundtables, but the current School Committee rules prohibit videotaping and broadcasting School Committee Roundtables, that the Governance Sub-Committee review the Committee's rules and consider whether to recommend a change in the rules to allow, at the School Committee discretion, the videotaping and broadcasting of Roundtables.
#17-236 Joint Motion by Ms. Dexter and Ms. Nolan, that whereas a major objective of the Cambridge Public Schools is equity of opportunity and achievement, including across race/ethnicity and gender;
And whereas a Student Data Report with disaggregated student achievement data provides useful information about equity of opportunity and achievement;
And whereas the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education provides test score data disaggregated by only one student characteristic at a time (such as by providing data on African American/Black 3rd graders and female third graders, but not all African American/Black female third graders);
The Committee requests an analysis of the 2017 MCAS scores by race/ethnicity and gender, and by other relevant multiple categories.
10. Resolutions (letters of congratulations, letters of condolence):
11. Announcements:
12. Late Orders: