DOCKET
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2023
6:00 PM – 10:05 PM
Attend in Person: Walsh School Committee Meeting Room, 5th Floor, Town Hall
333 Washington Street, Brookline, MA
Watch Remotely: Brookline Interactive Group (BIG) will broadcast live out to the cable channels
and online via live stream at www.brooklineinteractive.org/live
BIG’s cable channels will replay the meeting and the meeting recording will be posted at
http://www.brooklineinteractive.org for viewing after the meeting.
STATUTORY NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE TOWN CLERK.
Meeting Documents are available on the PSB Website. https://www.brookline.k12.ma.us/Page/2087
NOTE: All times are approximate.
6:00 PM (5 minutes)
1. ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS (David Pearlman)
a. Consent Agenda
i. Past Records: January 5, 2023 School Committee Meeting
ii. Driscoll School Project: Gilbane Change Order 21
iii. Driscoll School Project: Gilbane Change Order 22
iv. Brookline High School Project: Lambrian Construction Change Order 7
6:05 PM (20 minutes)
2. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT (Linus Guillory)
a. Spotlight on Excellence
6:25 PM (1 hour and 50 minutes)
3. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS OF CURRENT ISSUES
6:25 PM (30 minutes)
a. Presentation of School Improvement Plans (Heath Principal Asa Sevelius, Lawrence
Principal Monica Crowley, Brookline High School (BHS) Head of School Anthony Meyer)
6:55 PM (20 minutes)
b. Presentation and Possible Vote on BHS Course Catalog Changes for 2023-2024 (BHS Head of School Anthony Meyer, BHS Assistant Head of School Hal Mason, and Jennifer Monopoli)
7:15 PM (1 hour)
c. Presentation of Superintendent’s Preliminary FY 2024 Budget Request (Linus Guillory)
8:15 PM (45 minutes)
4. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SUPERINTENDENT’S PRELIMINARY FY 2024 BUDGET REQUEST
Members of the public may provide public comment on the FY 2024 Budget either in person or remotely.
If you would like to provide public comment, please email [email protected] by 12:00 PM
on Thursday, January 19, 2023. After signing up, remote speakers will receive an email with additional
information on how to provide comment during the meeting. Speakers will be called on in the order in
which they signed up. All speakers will be limited to 2 minutes per person. Members of the public may
send written public comment to [email protected] Written comments will be shared with all
School Committee members.
Preliminary FY 2024 Budget information will be available here:
https://www.brookline.k12.ma.us//site/Default.aspx?PageID=108
9:00 PM (30 minutes)
5. SUBCOMMITTEE AND LIAISON REPORTS
a. Capital Improvements (Helen Charlupski)
b. Curriculum (Jennifer Monopoli)
c. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (Valerie Frias)
d. Finance (Mariah Nobrega)
i. Accounts Payable Warrants
e. Government Relations (Suzanne Federspiel)
f. Negotiations (Andy Liu)
g. Policy (David Pearlman)
h. Additional Liaisons and Updates
9:30 PM (5 minutes)
6. NEW BUSINESS
9:35 PM (30 minutes)
7. PROPOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
Motion to meet in Executive Session, pursuant to Massachusetts General laws chapter 30A section 21(a)
for the following purposes:
Purpose 3, to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the Brookline Educators Union
(BEU) Unit A (Grievance) if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining and
litigating position of the public body and the chair so declares;
Purpose 3, to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the BEU Paraprofessionals if an
open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining and litigating position of the public body
and the chair so declares and
Purpose 7, to review and approve executive session minutes from the following meeting:
January 5, 2023
8. ADJOURNMENT