Holyoke School Committee Meeting, April 8, 2024

MEETING NOTICE

 

SCHOOL COMMITTEE AGENDA

 

DATE: April 8, 2024

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 April 8, 2024.

• 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. 

• STUDENT SHOWCASE –  E.N.White Student Showcase 

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• PUBLIC COMMENT- Members of the public wishing to submit public comments can email sgubala@hps.holyoke.ma.us no later than 3:00 p.m. Monday, April 8, 2024, 

1. 1. Comments will either be displayed or read during the meeting.

 

• COMMUNICATION & REPORTS:

• STUDENT REPORTS 

1. 1. 1. HHS North Campus- Student Representative
      2. HHS Dean Campus- Student Representative

 

• VICE-CHAIR REPORTS

 

 

• SUPERINTENDENT/RECEIVER REPORTS

1. TRAILS Curriculum
2. Budget Update
3. MCAS Data – High Schools

 

• NEW BUSINESS- 

1. Women to be honored in MA Senate Chamber

1. Mr. Whelihan is nominating Betty Medina Lichtenstein to have a bust in the State Senate Chamber.     

Ms. Medina Lichtenstein was the first Puerto Rican woman elected to public office in Massachusetts.  She was first elected to the Ward 2 seat on the Holyoke School Committee in 1985.  She served 4 terms on the School Committee. 

Mass. Senate Art Committee

 

• ONGOING BUSINESS 

1. 1. Approval of Meeting Minutes
      1. 2.26.2024 School Committee Meeting Minutes
      2. 3.12.2024 School Committee Minutes
   2. Updates from Sub-Committees-

1. Policy & Governance Sub Committee-
2. Finance/Operations Subcommittee-Approval of Minutes 10.18.2023 Finance Subcommittee minutes 
3. Joint City Council/School Committee-
4. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Sub-Committee- Approval of Minutes 2.7.2024 DEI Subcommittee minutes 
5. Local Control Sub Committee- Meeting held March 25, 2024.  Future meetings scheduled for:

• Monday, April 8, to review and discuss the Turnaround Plan that has guided the receivership process since 2015
• Tuesday, April 23, to discuss the annual budgeting process;
• Monday, May 13, to discuss the policy process;
• Tuesday, May 28, to discuss the process for reviewing, hiring, and evaluating the superintendent;
• Monday, June 10, to build a plan for collaboration with key stakeholders going forward;
• Monday, July 22, to revisit the Turnaround Plan with a focus on continuous improvement going forward; and
• Monday, August 19, to review and develop recommendations for School Committee bylaws that would go into effect when receivership ultimately ends.

 

1. Attendance/Chronic Absenteeism Update (FYI)
2. Referral / Discipline Data (FYI)
3. Staffing Update (FYI)
4. MS Building Update (FYI)
5. Administrative Assistant Position update (FYI)
6. Out-of-State Field Trips
   1. Metcalf Middle School- CT Science Center –CT. Science Center
   2. STEM Academy- UConn Campus tour- UCONN Campus Tour
   3. STEM Academy- CT Science Center- CT Science Center

 

1. Student Activity Approval (N/A)

 

• ANNOUNCEMENTS –

1. 1. DPAC Meeting- Tuesday, April 9, 6:00pm via zoom.
   2. Middle School Building Committee Meeting, April 18, 6:00pm via zoom
   3. Attendance Celebration for District, April 23, 5:30pm- HB Lawrence School
   4. Local Control Subcommittee, Tuesday, April 23, 5:00pm- Fifield Room at HHS Dean Campus or  via zoom.
   5. Holyoke School Committee Meeting, Tuesday, April 23, 6:00pm- Fifield Room at HHS Dean Campus or  via zoom.
   6. Holyoke High School Dean Graduation, Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 5:30 pm
   7. Holyoke High School North Graduation, Friday, May 31, 2024 at 6:00pm.