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From the Office of the Executive Secretary to the School Committee

Posted at the City Clerk's Office on 5/2/2025 12:10 p.m.

May 6, 2025 | 06:00 pm

1. Public Comment (3 Minutes):

2. Student School Committee Report:

3. Presentation of the Records for Approval:
  • April 1, 2025, Regular Meeting
  • April 15, 2025, Regular Meeting

4. Reconsiderations:
None

5. Unfinished Business/Calendar:
None

6. Awaiting Reports:
None

7. Superintendent’s Agenda:

7a. Superintendent's Update:

An update on pending matters and highlight various initiatives taking place across CPS school communities.

The Interim Superintendent will also introduce Principal Darrell Williams and representatives from the King Open School community who recently participated in a trip to the Azores as the culminating experiential learning opportunity for fifth grade students who have matriculated through the Ola program, the district’s Portuguese language immersion program to share their experiences from their recent trip.

7b. Presentations:

The Interim Superintendent, Chief Accountability Officer and Executive Director of Human Resources will provide a briefing to the Cambridge School Committee on the educator evaluation process as governed by Massachusetts law and the collective bargaining agreement between the Cambridge School Committee and the Cambridge Education Association and the evaluation instrument’s administration within the Cambridge Public Schools.

7c. CPS District Plan:

None

7d. Consent Agenda:
#25-096 Recommendation: SY2025/2026 State School Choice-Recommendation for Non-Participation
#25-097 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to Rights & Responsibilities Handbook (Second Reading)
#25-098 Recommendation: Day & Residential Program Services not Available from the Cambridge School Department
#25-099 Recommendation: Contract Award: B & H Photo Video, Inc.: Multi Media Equipment (FY26 Contract)
#25-100 Recommendation: Contract Award: Baystate Interpreters: Translation Services (FY26 Contract)
#25-101 Recommendation: Contract Award: Einstein Tutoring, LLC: Tutoring Services (FY26 Contract)
#25-102 Recommendation: Contract Award: Boston Tutoring Services: Special Education Services (FY26 Contract)
#25-103 Recommendation: Contract Award: Cambridge Center for Neuropsychology & Learning: Special Education Services (FY26 Contract)
#25-104 Recommendation: Contract Award: Ro Health LLC: Special Education Temporary Staffing Services (FY26 Contract)
#25-105 Recommendation: Contract Award: Amergis Healthcare Staffing: Special Education Temporary Staffing (FY26 Contract)
#25-106 Recommendation: Contract Award: Easter Seals: Special Education Staffing Services (FY26 Contract)
#25-107 Recommendation: Contract Award: EI US, LLC: Special Education Services (FY26 Contract)
#25-108 Recommendation: Contract Award: Precision HR Solutins, Inc.: Special Education Staffing Services (FY26 Contract)
#25-109 Recommendation: Contract Award: Curriculum Associates, LLC: Computer Software (FY26 Contract)
#25-110 Recommendation: Contract Award: DCW Government LLC: Computer Software (FY26 Contract)
#25-111 Recommendation: Contract Award: ParentSquare, Inc: Computer Software (FY26 Contract)
#25-112 Recommendation: Contract Award: The New England Center for Children: Computer Software (FY26 Contract)
#25-113 Recommendation: Contract Award: SHI International: Computer Software
#25-114 Recommendation: Contract Award: SHI International: Computer Software (FY26 Contract)
#25-115 Recommendation: Contract Award: Branching Minds: Computer Software (FY26 Contract)
#25-116 Recommendation: Contract Award: Follett Software: Computer Software (FY26 Contract)
#25-117 Recommendation: Contract Award: Follett Software: Computer Software (FY26 Contract)
#25-118 Recommendation: Contract Award: Follett School Solutions: Library Books (FY26 Contract)
#25-119 Recommendation: Contract Award: WB Mason: Instructional Materials (FY26 Contract)
#25-120 Recommendation: Contract Award: William Lowe & Sons Corp.: Moving Services for Tobin Montessori & Darby Vassall Upper Schools (FY26 Contract)
#25-121 Recommendation: Grant Award: FY25 Computer Science Professional Development & Devices (SC25864)
#25-122 Recommendation: Approval of Students in the Class of 2025 and Class of 2026 (and preceding classes) who have not (or did not) establish their Competency Determination (CD) through passage of the MCAS, will have done so through satisfactorily completing coursework in English Language Arts (20 credits), Mathematics (20 credits), and at least one Science discipline (10 credits; Biology, Introductory Physics, Chemistry, or Technology/Engineering).

8. Non-Consent Agenda:
None

9. School Committee Agenda (Policy Matters/Notifications/Requests for Information):
#25-123: Interim Superintendent Evaluation | Joint Motion by Member Hudson, Member Harding: Download Attachment
10. Resolutions:
None

11. Announcements:
None

12. Late Orders:
None

13. Communications and Reports from City Officers:
  • January 13, 2025 Joint Roundtable Meeting Minutes - Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program
  • February 24, 2025 Joint Roundtable Meeting Minutes - FY26 CPS Budget Priorities