Calendar

DOCKET
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 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
a. Consent Agenda
i. Past Record: September 13, 2023 School Committee Meeting
ii. Acceptance of Gifts
iii. Acceptance of Grants
iv. Student Trip: Brookline High School –Kyoto, Japan Exchange Trip to Tokyo, Kamakura, Shirakawa-go, and Kyoto, Japan; April 6-19, 2024
v. Student Trip: Brookline High School Civil Rights Trip to Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia; April 14-20, 2024
vi. Student Trip: BHS Queer Student Program Trip to Richmond, NH; Saturday, October 21, 2023
vii. Brookline High School Project: Contract Amendment No. 33, William Rawn Architects ($2,200.00)
viii. Driscoll School Project: Change Order No. 31, Gilbane Building Company ($189,914.00)

6:05 PM (15 minutes)
2. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
a. Spotlight on Excellence

6:20 PM (15 minutes)
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
Members of the public may provide public comment either in person or remotely. If you would like to provide public comment, please email [email protected] by 12:00 PM on Thursday, September 28, 2023. After signing up, 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. Public comment is broadcast and recorded by Brookline Interactive Group.

6:35 PM (2 hours and 45 minutes)
4. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF CURRENT ISSUES
   6:35 PM (1 hour and 30 minutes)
      a. K-8 World Language Program Review: Overview and Discussion
   8:05 PM (30 minutes)
      b. FY 2025 Budget Development
          i. FY 2025 Budget Development Calendar (1st Reading)
   8:35 PM (45 minutes)
      c. Overview of Superintendent’s 2023-2024 Goals and Priorities, and Update on the District Strategic Plan

9:20 PM (10 minutes)
 5. SCHOOL COMMITTEE ACTIONS
a. Review and Possible Vote to Approve Memorandum of Agreement with the Brookline Educators Union for Unified Sports Coaching Stipends
b. Discussion and Possible Vote on FY 2024 Food Service Fees 

9:30 PM (30 minutes)
6. SUBCOMMITTEE AND LIAISON REPORTS
a. Capital Improvements
b. Curriculum
c. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
d. Finance
   i. Accounts Payable Warrants
e. Government Relations
f. Negotiations 
g. Policy 
  i. Discussion and Possible Vote on Scheduling 2023 Special Town Meeting Warrant Articles for Public Hearing
h. Additional Liaisons and Updates

10:00 PM (5 minutes)
7. NEW BUSINESS

10:05 PM
8. ADJOURNMENT