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From the Office of the Executive Secretary to the School Committee

Posted at the City Clerk's Office on 8/28/2025 1:35 PM

September 2, 2025 | 06:00 pm

1. Public Comment (3 Minutes):

2. Student School Committee Report:

3. Presentation of the Records for Approval:
  • August 5, 2025, Regular Meeting

4. Reconsiderations:
None

5. Unfinished Business/Calendar:
#25-227: Further the Superintendent Search | Motion by Member Hudson: Download File
6. Awaiting Reports:
None

7. Superintendent’s Agenda:

7a. Superintendent's Update:

The Interim Superintendent will provide an update on items related to the opening of the 2025 - 2026 school year.

7b. Presentations:

The Interim Superintendent and administrative team will report on the activities and objectives advanced during the district’s August leadership retreat in anticipation of the start of the 2025 - 2026 school year.

7c. CPS District Plan:
None

7d. Consent Agenda:
#25-229 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to Rights & Responsibilities Handbook (Second Reading)
#25-230 Recommendation: Approval of School Department's Civil Rights Grievance Procedures Policy (Second Reading)
#25-231 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to the School Department's Policy Regarding Transgender & Gender Nonconforming Students (Second Reading)
#25-232 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to Cambridge School Department's Title IX/Sexual Misconduct Policy (Second Reading)
#25-233 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to Student Attendance Policy (Second Reading)
#25-234 Recommendation: Approval of Revision to Physical Restraing Policy (Second Reading)
#25-235 Recommendation: Approval of Revisions to the School Department's Non-Discrimination Policy (Second Reading)
#25-236 Recommendation: Day & Residential Program Services not Available from the Cambridge School Department
#25-237 Recommendation: Contract Award: Cambridge School Volunteers: Student Support Services
#25-238 Recommendation: Contract Award: PowerSchool Group LLC: Computer Software
#25-239 Recommendation: Grant Award: Early College Support Grant (SC26831)
#25-240 Recommendation: Grant Award: FY26 J Burdie Fitness (SC26175)
#25-241 Recommendation: Grant Award: Grant Award: Fy2026 McKinney-Vento Homeless Grant (SC26707)
#25-242 Recommendation: Recommendation: Grant Award: FY25 Expanded Homeless Shelter Funding (SC25218) INCREASE

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