CPS

Regular Meeting Meeting | Agenda

Back to Meeting Listing

Held in and broadcast from the Dr. Henrietta S. Attles Meeting Room, Cambridge Rindge, and Latin School, 459 Broadway, Cambridge. To sign up to call in using the ZOOM app on your computer or mobile device: visit www.cpsd.us/school_committee/virtual

Regular Meetings will be live-streamed at www.cpsd.us and broadcast on Cambridge Educational Access TV (CEATV) Channel 98/99, as usual. Motions shown below are updated live as they progress.

From the Office of the Executive Secretary to the School Committee

March 5, 2024 | 06:00 pm

1. Public Comment (3 Minutes):

2. Student School Committee Report:

3. Presentation of the Records for Approval:
  • February 6, 2024 Regular Meeting
  • February 6, 2024 Special Meeting
  • February 16, 2024 Special Meeting
  • February 28, 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:

ELA/Literacy

Emily Bryan, Director PreK - 12 ELA/Literacy

Heather Francis, Director of Multi-TIered Systems of Support

 

Dr. Lendozia Edwards, Chief of Academics

7c. CPS District Plan:

None

7d. Consent Agenda:
#24-031 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to the High School Health Graduation Requirements (Second Reading)
#24-032 Recommendation: Approval of Policy & Procedures for the Administration of Prescription Medication & for the Management of Life Threatening Food Allergies In the School Setting (First Reading)
#24-033 Recommendation: Day & Residential Services not Available by the Cambridge Public Schools
#24-034 Recommendation: Contract Award: DLAJ Consulting: Professional Development
#24-035 Recommendation: Contract Award: Easter Seals: Special Education Staffing Services
#24-036 Recommendation: Lesley University: Instructional Services
#24-037 Recommendation: NCS Pearson, Inc.: Assessment Materials & Software-Amended
#24-038 Recommendation: Contract Award: B & H Photo Video, Inc.: Audio Visual Equipment
#24-039 Recommendation: Gifts/Miscellaneous Receipts

8. Non-Consent Agenda:
None

9. School Committee Agenda (Policy Matters/Notifications/Requests for Information):
#24-040 Joint Motion by Member Rachel, Mayor Simmons, Member Harding

WHEREAS: The Cambridge Public Schools has a historical commitment to teaching all students fundamental skills; and 

WHEREAS: Being an informed, effective community member in the 21st century requires critical thinking as well as the ability to discern reliable information sources from misinformation and disinformation; now therefore be it 

RESOLVED: That the School Committee update the policy IHA, Basic Instructional Program, to add accessing, analyzing, and evaluating information in written and digital media to the list of fundamental skills.


10. Resolutions:
None

11. Announcements:
None

12. Late Orders:
None

13. Communications and Reports from City Officers:
Updated on 02/29/2024