Agenda Preview: May 16th School Committee Meeting

Special education, summer programs, police, and new school name.

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May 16 School Committee Meeting

The next school committee meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 16. Executive Session starts at 5 p.m. The general meeting is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m., but actual start time depends on how long the Executive Session takes. See the agenda here. You can watch it via zoom or Facebook live. Spanish translation is available on zoom. (Editors note: Or you could tune into the WCT3k Twitch stream and watch it with us!)

Here’s my preview:

Grants: Two grants are up for approval. One for $6k for the Sullivan Middle School Food Pantry and one for $53k for the Doherty High School biomedical program.

Public petitions. There are two petitions from the public. One on gender support plans and one on adding bleachers to the North High Softball field.

This meeting’s Report of the Superintendent is called “Human Resources: Making Connections.”

Special Education. Member Vanessa Alvarez (district B) has two items on special education: one requesting by district the number of students with disabilities in non-sub-separate classrooms and another on what system special education has to monitor compensatory services.

Summer Programs. Member Kathi Roy (district E) is requesting that the district have a summer reading kickoff and is also requesting a report on the summer school plan.

Police. Member Dianna Biancheria (district C) is requesting an update on the status of the School Liaison Officer (SLO) model, asking for copies of all signed MOUs with the Police Chief, and requesting a job description and details of the specific plan to phase out security guards at the schools that have them.

School Name Change. There is a request from the Chandler Magnet/La Familia school community to change the school name to “La Familia on Chandler Multicultural School.” The two schools merged at the start of the school year due to the Diocese of Worcester canceling the lease for the La Familia Dual Language School.

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