School Committee Meeting Agenda: May 16, 2017

From the Office of the Executive Secretary to the School Committee
School Committee - Regular Meeting
May 16, 2017
AGENDA

• Special Meeting, April 25, 2017
• Regular Meeting, May 2, 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:

#17-85 Recommendation: FY16-17 General Fund Budget Statutory Transfers

#17-86 Recommendation: Approval of Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Cambridge School Committee & the Cambridge Education Association Units A & B for one-year collective bargaining agreement for the period of September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2017 and for a three-year collective bargaining agreement for the period of September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2020

#17-87 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to Cambridge Public Schools Wellness Policy (First Reading)

#17-88 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to Cambridge Public Schools Family & Medical Leave & Small Necessities Leave Policy (First Reading)

#17-89 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to Cambridge Public Schools Leaves of Absence Policy (First Reading)

#17-90 Recommendation: Contract Award: Apple Inc.: Computer Hardware

#17-91 Recommendation: Contract Award: S.P. & R. Transportation Inc.: Special Education Transportation Services

#17-92 Recommendation: Contract Award: Casey EMI: FY18 Custodial Supplies
Regular Meeting 

#17-93 Recommendation: Contract Award: MD Stetson: FY18 Custodial Supplies

#17-94 Recommendation: Contract Award: Southwestern Industries Inc.: Three Vertical Machining Center & One Lathe

#17-95 Recommendation: Contract Award: PeopleAdmin, Inc.: Human Resources Recruitment System Software

#17-96 Recommendation: Gifts/Miscellaneous Receipts

8. Non-Consent Agenda:
9. School Committee Agenda (Policy Matters/Notifications/Requests for Information):

#17-97, Motion by Ms. Bowman, Mr. Harding and Ms. Nolan, that the School Committee requests a plan of action specifying the criteria which will be used to determine whether additional resources are needed to address the challenges identified and addressed with extra resources this year, the Haggerty School current second grade cohort and the PAUS math program. Further that the plan of action be delivered to the School Committee and directly communicated to the affected school communities by June 1, with an update by July 15.

#17-98, Motion by Ms. Bowman, Mr. Fantini and Ms. Nolan, that whereas the current controlled choice policy recognizes the importance of family togetherness and prioritizes siblings in the Kindergarten lottery and whereas the only time siblings registered in the January cycle have not been assigned to the requested schools are in the immersion programs, that the policy on the Kindergarten assignments to the immersion programs be referred to the Community Relations subcommittee for discussion and review. Further that the subcommittee is charged with exploring solutions and ensuring public discussion of the issue and a report back to the full Committee by September of 2017.

10. Resolutions (letters of congratulations, letters of condolence):
11. Announcements:
12. Late Orders: