Calendar

DOCKET
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING
THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023
6:00 PM – 9:25 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. Vote to Appoint Acting Secretary
b. Consent Agenda
i. Past Record: February 9, 2023 School Committee Meeting
ii. Driscoll School Project: Gilbane Change Order 23
iii. Brookline High School Project: Lambrian Construction Change Order 9
iv. Brookline High School Project: CTA Construction Managers Change Order 14
v. Acceptance of Gifts
vi. Acceptance of Grants
6:05 PM (5 minutes)
2. STUDENT REPORT (Alice MacGarvie Thompson)
6:10 PM (20 minutes)
3. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT (Linus Guillory)
a. Spotlight on Excellence
6:30 PM (15 minutes)
4. 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, March 2, 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.
6:45 PM (1 hour and 30 minutes)
5. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS OF CURRENT ISSUES 6:45 PM (45 minutes)
a. FY 2024 Budget Update/Discussion and Possible Vote on (Linus Guillory) FY 2024 Fees
7:30 PM (45 minutes)
b. The Culture of Equity in the Public Schools of Brookline (Senior Director of Educational Equity Jenee Uttaro and Assistant Director of Educational Equity Haeyoung Koh)
8:15 PM (5 minutes)
6. SCHOOL COMMITTEE ACTIONS
a. Proposed Revision of the Public Schools of Brookline (David Pearlman)
Substance Use Prevention and Education Policy (1st Reading)
8:20 PM (30 minutes)
7. SUBCOMMITTEE AND LIAISON REPORTS
a. Capital Improvements (Helen Charlupski)
b. Curriculum (Suzanne Federspiel)
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
8:50 PM (5 minutes)
8. NEW BUSINESS
8:55 PM (30 minutes)
9. 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) (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: February 2, 2023
Purpose 2, to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel (Executive Assistant to the School Committee)
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
9:25 PM (5 minutes)
10. SCHOOL COMMITTEE ACTIONS
a. Possible Vote to appoint the Executive Assistant, subject to the successful completion of contract negotiations.
11. ADJOURNMENT