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From the Office of the Executive Secretary to the School Committee

Posted at the City Clerk's Office on 8/1/2025 10:31 AM

August 5, 2025 | 05:00 pm

1. Public Comment (3 Minutes):

2. Student School Committee Report:

3. Presentation of the Records for Approval:
  • •June 3, 2025, Regular Meeting
  • •June 17, 2025, Regular Meeting
  • •June 20, 2025, Roundtable Meeting
  • •June 24, 2025, Special Meeting
  • •July 11, 2025, Special 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 this summer in preparation for the 2025 - 2026 school year.

7b. Presentations:

The Interim Superintendent and administrative team will present on modifications to building-based protocols pertaining to the cell phone access during the school day at CRLS along with policies pertaining to academic integrity, student attendance and other policies under review for the start of the new school year. The presentation will include a response to the school committee’s June 3, 2025 Order to review the feasibility of more restrictive cell phone policies.

7c. CPS District Plan:

None

7d. Consent Agenda:
#25-190 Recommendation: Approval of Revsions to Rights & Responsibilities (First Reading)
#25-191 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to School Department's Civil Rights Grievance Procedures Policy (First Reading)
#25-192 Recommendation: Approval of Revsions to School Department's Policy Regarding Transgender & Gender Nonconforming Students (First Reading)
#25-193 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to Cambridge School Department's Title IX/Sexual Misconduct Policy (First Reading)
#25-194 Recommendation: Approval of Revsions to Student Attendance Policy (First Reading)
#25-195 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to Pysical Restraint Policy (First Reading)
#25-196 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to School Department's Non-Discrimination Policy (First Reading)
#25-197 Recommendation: Approval of Revsions to Homebound Instruction Policy (First Reading)
#25-198 Recommendation: Approval of Adjustments to CRLS Club Advisor Stipends in the Collective Bargaining Agreement Between the Cambridge School Committee & The Cambridge Education Association Units A & B
#25-199 Recommendation: Approval of a Request from the School Committee to the Election Commission fro Mailing Addresses
#25-200 Recommendation: Day & Residential Program Services Not Available From the Cambridge School Department
#25-201 Recommendation: Contract Award: uAspire: Educational Services
#25-202 Recommendation: Contract Award: Enroot: Educational Services
#25-203 Recommendation: Contract Award: Cambridge Housing Authority: Educational Services
#25-204 Recommendation: Contract Award: Tutoring Plus of Cambridge Inc.: Educational Support
#25-205 Recommendation: Contract Award: Edia Learning Inc.: Professional & Instructional Services
#25-206 Recommendation: Contract Award: Yondr Inc.: Instructional Materials
#25-207 Recommendation: Contract Award: DJT Transportation: Student Transportation
#25-208 Recommendation: Contract Award: Bunker Hill Community College: Dual Enrollment Program for CRLS Students
#25-209 Recommendation: Contract Award: BCM Controls Corporation: Security Maintenance & Upgrades
#25-210 Recommendation: Contract Award: Brightly Software: Computer Software
#25-211 Recommendation: Contract Award: Interpreters & Translators Inc.: Translation Services
#25-212 Recommendation: Contract Award: Gold Star Foods: DESE Mandated USDA Commodities Storage & Trucking Company
#25-213 Recommendation: Contract Award: Produce Connection: Groceries
#25-214 Recommendation: Contract Award: Rosev Dairy: Milk Delivery & Purchases
#25-215 Recommendation: Contract Award: Thurston Foods, Inc.: Produce Supply & Delivery
#25-216 Recommendation: Contract Award: Scenario Learning dba Vector Solutions: Computer Software
#25-217 Recommendation: Contract Award: PJ Systems d/b/a HiQ Computers: Tech Hardware-AMENDMENT
#25-218 Recommendation: Contract Award: Creative Office Pavilion, LLC DBA Creative Office Resources
#25-219 Recommendation: Contract Award: The Metro Group, Inc.: Chemical Water Treatment
#25-220 Recommendation: Contract Award: Burgess Pest Management: Pest Management Services
#25-221 Recommendation: Recommendation: Gifts MIscellaneous Receipts
#25-222 Recommendation: Grant Award: FY26 Popplestone Foundation (SC26995)
#25-223 Recommendation: Grant Award: FY26 Strenghthening Career & Technical Education (Perkins) Secondary & Postsecondary Program Improvement & Equipment Grant (SC26696)
#25-224 Recommendation: Grant Award: FY26 Food & Nutrition Services Appropriation (SC00402)

8. Non-Consent Agenda:
None

9. School Committee Agenda (Policy Matters/Notifications/Requests for Information):
#25-225: Buildings & Grounds Subcommittee Report - June 12, 2025 | Motion by Buildings & Grounds Sub-committee
#25-226: Establishing an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy | Joint Motion by Member Hudson, Member Harding: Download Attachment
#25-227: Further the Superintendent Search | Motion by Member Hudson: Download Attachment
#25-228: Series of Updates on CRLS Programs, Policies and Structure | 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: Superintendent Search Update from Mayor E. Denise Simmons and Vice Chair Caroline Hunter