1. Public Comment (3 Minutes):

2. Student School Committee Report:

3. Presentation of the Records for Approval:

June 4, 2024, Regular Meeting

June 4, 2024, Special Meeting

4. Reconsiderations:
None

5. Unfinished Business/Calendar:
None

6. Awaiting Reports:
None

7. Superintendent’s Agenda:

7a. Superintendent's Update:
None
7b. Presentations:

District Plan: End of the Year Progress Update

Victoria L. Greer, PhD, Superintendent of Schools

7c. CPS District Plan:

(Please see Presentations)

7d. Consent Agenda:
#24-129 Recommendation: Day & Residential Services not available from the Cambridge School Department
#24-130 Recommendation: Contract Award: Research for Better Teaching: Professional Development
#24-131 Recommendation: Contract Award: Aramsco, Inc.: Custodial Supplies
#24-132 Recommendation: Contract Award: Filter Sales & Services: HVAC Supplies
#24-133 Recommendation: Contract Award: Mirah: Measured Based Care System
#24-134 Recommendation: Contract Award: 1722 Behavior & Consulting: Special Education Services
#24-135 Recommendation: Contract Award: NRT Bus, Inc.: Unhoursed (McKinney Vento/DCF) Student Transportation
#24-136 Recommendation: Contract Award: F. W. Webb: HVAC Supplies
#24-137 Recommendation: WW Grainger: Facilites Equipment & Supplies
#24-138 Recommendation: Contract Award: Home Depot: Carpentry & Maintenance Supplies
#24-139 Recommendation: Contract Award: Metropolitan Pipe: Plumbing Supplies
#24-140 Recommendation: Contract Award: Imagine Learning: Instructional Materials
#24-141 Recommendation: Contract Award: NorthEast Electrical: Electrical Supplies
#24-142 Recommendation: Contract Award: NRT Bus, Inc: Special Education Transportation
#24-143 Recommendation: Contract Award: Pasek: Locks, Keys & Hardware
#24-144 Recommendation: Contract Award: Quadient Inc.: Postage Machine Leases
#24-145 Recommendation: Contract Award: Next Gen Supply Group: Custodial Supplies
#24-146 Recommendation: Contract Award: New England School Services: Doors & Supplies
#24-147 Recommendation: Contract Award: City Sprouts: Educational Services
#24-148 Recommendation: Contract Award: WB Mason: Classroom & Office Furniture
#24-149 Recommendation: Gifts/Miscellancous Receipts
#24-150 Recommendation: Grant Award: FY25 Popplestone Foundation (SC25695)

8. Non-Consent Agenda:
None

9. School Committee Agenda (Policy Matters/Notifications/Requests for Information):
#24-153: Establish a School Councils Subcommittee | Joint Motion by Member Weinstein, Member Rachel, Member Hunter

WHEREAS: School Councils are established by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (General Laws Part I, Title XII, Chapter 71, Section 59C); and

WHEREAS: The Cambridge Public School District’s School Council Handbook was drafted by a working group that included Cambridge parents, caregivers, community members, and CPSD staff and was adopted as policy by the School Committee June 20, 2023; and

WHEREAS: The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education advises that the “law provides for an explicit oversight role for school committees” with respect to School Councils; and

WHEREAS: In Cambridge the School Council has the following main responsibilities, as noted in the School Council Handbook:

• Adopt educational goals for the school that are consistent with local educational policies and statewide student performance standards; 
• Identify the educational needs of students attending the school in the relation to the goals; 
• Collaborate with school community and district instructional staff to form an annual School Improvement Plan (SIP) to be reviewed by the School Committee prior to approval by the Superintendent; 
• Review the school budget annually; 
• Review the student’s Rights and Responsibilities handbook regularly to ensure the school discipline policies.
• Assess student discipline data; and

WHEREAS: The School Committee plays a critical role in policymaking, establishing the CPSD budget, and reviewing School Improvement Plans; and

WHEREAS: This School Committee is committed to supporting the caregivers, staff, teachers and community members serving on School Councils with the shared goal of best supporting the education and growth of all of the children of Cambridge; now therefore be it

RESOLVED: That the School Committee establishes a School Councils Subcommittee; and be it further

RESOLVED: That the School Councils Subcommittee will be focused on supporting the School Councils; coordinating the School Committee's review of School Improvement Plans; providing a forum to review and support School Councils and their work; and will undertake other work determined by the chair of the subcommittee, in consultation with the members of the subcommittee, to be relevant and timely.

10. Resolutions:
#24-154: Honoring 2023-2024 CPSD Retirees | Joint Motion by Member Weinstein, Mayor Simmons, Vice Chair Hunter

WHEREAS: Twenty-six Cambridge Public Schools staff members are retiring or have retired in the 2023-24 school year; and

WHEREAS: Each and every one of these individuals has made a significant difference in the lives of  each of the children of Cambridge whom they have served, whatever their particular roles and responsibilities; and

WHEREAS: Every Cambridge Public Schools employee leaves a legacy that is carried on by their colleagues and in the lives of the students, community members and colleagues they supported; and

WHEREAS: These retirees together represent more than 474 years of dedicated service to the Cambridge Public Schools, including many with decades of service; now therefore be it

RESOLVED: That Cambridge School Committee honors all of these colleagues and wishes them all the best in their retirement; and be it further

RESOLVED: That the Executive Secretary be and hereby is requested to forward a suitably engrossed copy of this resolution to each of the retirees on behalf of the entire Committee.

APPENDIX

Cambridge Public Schools Staff Members Retiring or Retired in the 2023-34 School Year

11. Announcements:
None

12. Late Orders:
None

13. Communications and Reports from City Officers:

None

Updated on 06/14/2024