Regular Meeting of the School Committee Meeting | Agenda
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From the Office of the Executive Secretary to the School Committee
Posted at the City Clerk's Office on 5/16/2025 AT 11:22 AM
May 20, 2025 | 06:00 pm
1. Public Comment (3 Minutes):
2. Student School Committee Report:
3. Presentation of the Records for Approval:
4. Reconsiderations:
None
5. Unfinished Business/Calendar:
None
6. Awaiting Reports:
None
7. Superintendent’s Agenda:
7a. Superintendent's Update:
#25-124 Recommendation: Contract Award: The Stepping Stones Group: Special Education Staffing Services (FY26 Contract)
#25-125 Recommendation: Contract Award: Buckingham Brown & Nichols School: Student Tuition
#25-126 Recommendation: Contract Award: Nick's Transportation: Student Transportation
#25-127 Recommendation: Contract Award: BMP Transportation Inc.: Transportation Services
#25-128 Recommendation: Contract Award: Imagine Learning: Instructional Materials (SY26 Contract)
#25-129 Recommendation: Contract Award: Teachers' Curriculum Institute Holding, L.P.: Instructional Materials
#25-130 Recommendation: Contract Award: Wilson Language Training: Instructional Materials
#25-131 Recommendation: Contract Award: Amplify: Computer Software (FY26 Contract)
#25-132 Recommendation: Gifts/Miscellaneous Gifts
8. Non-Consent Agenda:
None
9. School Committee Agenda (Policy Matters/Notifications/Requests for Information):
None
10. Resolutions:
None
11. Announcements:
None
12. Late Orders:
None
13. Communications and Reports from City Officers: None
2. Student School Committee Report:
3. Presentation of the Records for Approval:
April 25, 2025 Special Meeting
April 29, 2025 Special Meeting
May 6, 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.
7b. Presentations:A brief overview of the revised School Improvement Plan (SIP) template and share with the committee the guidelines developed for improved transparency and accountability around goal-setting, timelines and SIP spending plans in individual school communities.
David Murphy, Interim Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Michelle Madera, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education
Dr. Heather Francis, Executive Director of Academics
None
7d. Consent Agenda:#25-124 Recommendation: Contract Award: The Stepping Stones Group: Special Education Staffing Services (FY26 Contract)
#25-125 Recommendation: Contract Award: Buckingham Brown & Nichols School: Student Tuition
#25-126 Recommendation: Contract Award: Nick's Transportation: Student Transportation
#25-127 Recommendation: Contract Award: BMP Transportation Inc.: Transportation Services
#25-128 Recommendation: Contract Award: Imagine Learning: Instructional Materials (SY26 Contract)
#25-129 Recommendation: Contract Award: Teachers' Curriculum Institute Holding, L.P.: Instructional Materials
#25-130 Recommendation: Contract Award: Wilson Language Training: Instructional Materials
#25-131 Recommendation: Contract Award: Amplify: Computer Software (FY26 Contract)
#25-132 Recommendation: Gifts/Miscellaneous Gifts
8. Non-Consent Agenda:
None
9. School Committee Agenda (Policy Matters/Notifications/Requests for Information):
None
10. Resolutions:
None
11. Announcements:
None
12. Late Orders:
None
13. Communications and Reports from City Officers: None