DOCKET
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
6:00 PM – 9:30 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 Record: September 15, 2022 School Committee Meeting
ii. Acceptance of Gifts
iii. Acceptance of Grants
iv. Student Trips: Lawrence School 8th Grade to Athol, Massachusetts
(Farm School); February 28, 2023-March 1, 2023;
March 1, 2023-March 2, 2023; and March 2, 2023-March 3, 2023
v. Student Trip: Brookline High School Students to Alabama,
Mississippi, and Tennessee (Civil Rights Movement Historical Sites);
April 16, 2023-April 22, 2023
vi. Student Trip: Pierce School 7th Grade to Charlton, Massachusetts
(Nature’s Classroom); November 2, 2022-November 4, 2022
vii. Student Trip: African American and Latino Scholars Program to
University of Rhode Island; October 19, 2022
viii. Student Trip: African American and Latino Scholars Program to
Brown University; October 26, 2022
ix. Student Trip: African American and Latino Scholars Program to
University of Connecticut-Storrs; November 4, 2022
6:05 PM (20 minutes)
2. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT (Linus Guillory)
a. Spotlight on Excellence
6:25 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 29, 2022. 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.
6:40 PM (1 hour and 35 minutes)
4. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS OF CURRENT ISSUES
6:40 PM (45 minutes)
a. Budget Updates (Linus Guillory and Mariah Nobrega)
i. FY 2023 Budget Update
ii. FY 2024 Budget Development
1) FY 2024 Budget Development Calendar (1st Reading)
2) FY 2024 Budget Development Guidelines (1st Reading)
7:25 PM (5 minutes)
b. Update on Pierce Project Timeline and Planning for Relocation (Linus Guillory)
7:30 PM (45 minutes)
c. Overview of 2022-2023 Superintendent/District Goals
and Priorities and an Update on the Strategic Plan Process (Linus Guillory)
8:15 PM (10 minutes)
5. SCHOOL COMMITTEE ACTIONS
a. Proposed School Committee Vote to Support the Fair Share
Amendment, a Ballot Question on the November 2022 Ballot (Suzanne Federspiel)
8:25 PM (30 minutes)
6. 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)
i. Discussion of Scheduling Public Hearings on 2022 Special Town
Meeting Warrant Articles
h. Additional Liaisons and Updates
8:55 PM (5 minutes)
7. NEW BUSINESS
9:00 PM (30 minutes)
8. PROPOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
Purpose 3, to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the Brookline Educators Union
(BEU) Unit A (Grievance) and Paraprofessionals Unit, 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 7, to review and approve executive session minutes from the following meeting:
September 1, 2022
9. ADJOURNMENT