Holyoke School Committee Meeting, January 13, 2025
6:00pm - 7:00pm Fifield Room @ William J Dean Technical High School
1045 MAIN ST , Holyoke, Ma 01040
MEETING NOTICE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE AGENDA
DATE: January 13, 2025
TIME: 6:00 PM
LOCATION: Fifield Room, HOLYOKE HIGH DEAN CAMPUS, 1045 MAIN ST, HOLYOKE, MA 01040
Members of the public can access the meeting here: https://hps-holyoke-ma-us.zoom.us/j/85266232176?pwd=ci9tWEs3cG81SkQxdXZrWW5GenBXQT09
(Spanish Interpretation will be available).
On March 29, 2023, Governor Healey signed into law An Act Relative to Extending Certain State
of Emergency Accommodations, which, among other things, extends the expiration of the
provisions pertaining to the Open Meeting Law to March 31, 2025. Specifically, this extension
allows public bodies to continue holding meetings remotely without a quorum of the public body
physically present at a meeting location, and to provide “adequate, alternative” access to remote
meetings. The Act does not make any new changes to the Open Meeting Law other than
extending the expiration date of the temporary provisions regarding remote meetings from
March 31, 2023, to March 31, 2025.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 28 OF THE ACTS OF 2009, SECTIONS 17-20 (FORMERLY SECTION 23B OF CHAPTER 39) OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS, THAT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE HOLYOKE SCHOOL COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 13, 2025.
- CALL TO ORDER ~ ROLL CALL ~ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A, s. 20, I am hereby informing all attendees that a video and audio recording is being made of the meeting and the meeting is being live-streamed and run live on the City’s community TV channel.
3. STUDENT SHOWCASE – Sullivan Middle School
- PUBLIC COMMENT- Members of the public wishing to submit public comments can email ifeliciano@hps.holyoke.ma.us no later than 3:00 p.m. Monday, January 13, 2025.
- Comments will either be displayed or read during the meeting.
- COMMUNICATION AND REPORTS
- Student Reports
- HHS North
- HHS Dean Campus
- Superintendent’s Report
- Update on Contract Employees
- Panorama Survey
- School Year 25-26 Proposed Calendar
- Possible Naming of Rooms
- Vice Chair Report
o RECOMMENDATION: That the School Committee vote to approve the following appointment: Mildred Lefebvre to the Leadership, Accountability, and Measurements Subcommittee as the Chair and continue with the current appointments of all other subcommittees.
- NEW BUSINESS
o RECOMMENDATION: That the School Committee vote to approve the budget transfer of $109,000 from the teacher salaries to the contracted services for Donahue, Morgan and STEM to contract for a Registered Behavioral Technicians (one for each school) to support the ABL program.
- Approval of Meeting Minutes
- RECOMMENDATION: That the School Committee vote to accept and approve the meeting minutes of 8.19.24 Local Control Subcommittee Meeting Minutes
- RECOMMENDATION: That the School Committee vote to accept and approve the meeting minutes of 10.7.24 Local Control Subcommittee Meeting Minutes
- RECOMMENDATION: That the School Committee vote to accept and approve the meeting minutes of 10.30.24 Local Control Subcommittee Meeting Minutes
- RECOMMENDATION: That the School Committee vote to accept and approve the meeting minutes of 11.12.24 Local Control Subcommittee Meeting Minutes
- Updates of Committees
- Policy and Governance Subcommittee
- Finance and Operations Subcommittee
- Joint City Council/School Committee
- Local Control Subcommittee
- Leadership, Accountability and Measurement Subcommittee
- ONGOING BUSINESS
- ANNOUNCEMENTS
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- January 14, 2025- SEPAC Event at 5:30pm, Holyoke Merry-go-Round.
- January 15, 2025- Lawrence School Site Council at 4pm