1. Public Comment (3 Minutes):

2. Student School Committee Report:

3. Presentation of the Records for Approval:

• January 7, 2025, Special Meeting
• January 8, 2025, Special Meeting
• January 15, 2025, Special Meeting
• January 21, 2025, Regular Meeting

4. Reconsiderations:
None

5. Unfinished Business/Calendar:
#24-259: Tobin Montessori School Preliminary Report | Joint Motion by Member Hudson, Member Harding: Download File

WHEREAS: The Tobin Montessori School was recently recognized by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and by the Cambridge Public Schools Superintendent for its high student achievement; 

WHEREAS: The Tobin Montessori School is leading the way within the Cambridge Public School District, delivering clear, measurable progress in narrowing gaps in achievement between students with different backgrounds – an issue that the District has long stated is its most important; and

WHEREAS: The School Committee went on record a year ago supporting the expansion of the and directed the Superintendent to “…provide a report and recommendation to the committee a plan of action for the possible next steps…”; and

WHEREAS: No report nor recommendation was ever made; now therefore be it

RESOLVED: That the School Committee request that the Superintendent provide a preliminary report on the feasibility of making this change, and a recommendation from the Superintendent as to whether next steps are warranted and what those next steps would be, no later than December 31, 2024 (with the definition of preliminary to be determined by the Superintendent).Tobin Montessori program (specifically, “…to explore the recommendation of the American Montessori Association Accreditation team to extend the Tobin Montessori Upper Elementary Program to three years…”) and referred the matter to the Superintendent “…for further review of the recommendations from the Accreditation team to explore implications of such a change including but not limited to the budget impact, upper school enrollment, and feeder patterns…” 

#25-006: Dr. Robert S. Peterkin Condolence | Joint Motion by Mayor Simmons, Vice Chair Hunter: Download File
6. Awaiting Reports:
None

7. Superintendent’s Agenda:

7a. Superintendent's Update:

The Interim Superintendent will provide an update on pending matters and highlight various initiatives taking place across CPS school communities including an update on the transition of the Kennedy-Longfellow School.

7b. Presentations:

An update on the developing FY 26 operating budget for the Cambridge Public Schools.
David Murphy, Interim Superintendent
Ivy Washington, Chief Financial Officer

7c. CPS District Plan:
None

7d. Consent Agenda:
#25-015 Recommendation: Approval of the Memorandum of Agreement Between the Cambridge School Committee & Cambridge School Food Service Employee Association, SEUI Local 888 for a Successor Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026
#25-016 Recommendation: Approval of Authorizaion for the Superintendent to Submit a Statement of Interext to the Massachusetts School Building Authority for the Replacement of the Cambridgeport School Building Roof
#25-017 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to the Sexual Misconduct/Title IX Policy (Second Reading)
#25-018 Recommendation: Contract Award: Day & Residential Program Service not Available from the Cambridge School Department
#25-019 Recommendation: Contract Award: Star Dance School LLC: Dance Program
#25-020 Recommendation: Contract Award: WW Grainger: Facilities Equipment & Supplies
#25-021 Recommendation: Gifts/Miscellaneous Receipts

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