1. Public Comment (3 Minutes):

2. Student School Committee Report:

3. Presentation of the Records for Approval:

• November 21. 2023 Regular Meeting

4. Reconsiderations:
None

5. Unfinished Business/Calendar:
#23-259: Report of the October 4, 2023 Special Education and Student Supports Subcommittee Meeting | Motion by Special Education & Student Supports Sub-committee: Download File

Report of the October 4, 2023 Special Education and Student Supports Subcommittee Meeting

6. Awaiting Reports:
None

7. Superintendent’s Agenda:

7a. Superintendent's Update:

• General Updates

7b. Presentations:

Student Success Planning Update

Victoria L. Greer, PhD

Superintendent of Schools

7c. CPS District Plan:

None

7d. Consent Agenda:
#23-282 Recommendation: Day & Residential Program Services not Available from the Cambridge Public Schools
#23-283 Recommendation: Contract Award: The Calculus Project: Instructional Services
#23-284 Recommendation: Contract Award: Research for Better Teaching: Professional Development
#23-287 Recommendation: Approval of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Cambridge School Committee & Cambridge Education Association, Units A & B for a Successor Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period of September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026
#23-288 Recommendation: Approval of Revision to the 2023-2024 Cambridge Public Schools District Calendar

8. Non-Consent Agenda:
None

9. School Committee Agenda (Policy Matters/Notifications/Requests for Information):
#23-285: Motion for CRLS Garden | Joint Motion by Mayor Siddiqui, Member Hunter and Member Rojas in collaboration with Student Member Anjaria

WHEREAS: Green Cambridge and School Committee Student Representative Naseem Anjaria created a proposal for a garden on the sloped roof of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School; and

WHEREAS: The plan includes concrete information on the positive impact it will bring on the climate to reduce Cambridge’s CO2 levels; and  

WHEREAS: The proposal will provide sustainable food that will be sent to community food pantries to serve unhoused people and those who would benefit from free food; and

WHEREAS: The garden will create community service opportunities for students who would want to help plant the garden and perform upkeep on it; and

WHEREAS: The creation of a garden will contribute towards Objective 2: Provide Accessible College and Career Pathways and Object 4: Build Welcoming & Supportive Schools & Districts by serving as an opportunity to increase college & career exploration and be used by other classrooms and organizations to foster community; and 

WHEREAS: This will allow educational experience for high school students, to help achieve equitable learning opportunities for those that would benefit from this out-of-classroom learning environment; now therefore be it

RESOLVED: This order be referred to the Building & Grounds Subcommittee of the School Committee for further discussions of this proposal with the administration and community partners; and be it further

RESOLVED: That the Superintendent provides an update by the end of January on how the Cambridge Public School District (CPSD) might be able to collaborate with Green Cambridge to create a garden on the slope roof of CRLS; and be it further

RESOLVED: That the Superintendent provides an update by the end of January on whether CPSD might be able to provide funding to support the creation of the garden.

#23-286: Policy Regarding Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students (First Reading) | Joint Motion by Vice Chair Weinstein, Member Hunter and Member Rojas

• Policy Regarding Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students (First Reading)

10. Resolutions:
None

11. Announcements:
None

12. Late Orders:
None

13. Communications and Reports from City Officers:

None

Updated on 12/04/2023