Joint Committee of the City Council and School Committee Meeting February 12, 2025

Posted February 7, 2025, 10:01 a.m.

City Council
Holyoke Massachusetts
Pursuant to the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §§ 18-25,
Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2023,
notice is hereby given of a meeting of the committee on
Joint Committee of the City Council and School Committee

Wednesday, February 12, 2025
6:30 PM

Meeting to take place at
Holyoke City Hall, 536 Dwight St
and can be accessed remotely on Zoom Meetings
Per order of the Chair: Kevin Jourdain
Remote access via www.zoom.us
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85416911009?pwd=i8cXIyquPTAzb8aCF3jiLwEjb9Ur2U.1
Meeting ID: 854 1691 1009 Meeting Passcode: 933842 or by call in at 1 (646) 558-8656 with the same Meeting ID and Passcode.

Live Spanish interpretation will be available on local access channel 15 using the television’s SAP option, through the live stream on the city website, as well as on the Zoom feed by clicking the interpretation option and choosing Spanish.

Agenda

Item 1: Minutes of October 10, 2024 meeting.

Item 2: 8-6-24 BARTLEY, JOURDAIN, Greaney – Order, the School Department, the School Committee, the Receiver and Mayor present a plan for the future of Metcalf School. I’d like to hear long-terms plans as well as temporary ones. I would like the district to consider the City continue using the school in its current purpose: as a learning institution. If not in the plan, then let’s consider it as the headquarters of the School Department. Should a committee be formed? What plans are being discussed? The building, erected 1911, is iconic and should be preserved and, if needed, rehabilitated and repurposed for City uses. Refer to HPS, Receiver, Mayor and Joint Committee.
*Tabled 10-10-24

Item 3: 9-4-24 Holyoke Teachers Association – Letter regarding process to hire superintendent
*Tabled 10-10-24

Item 4: 11-19-24 (copy) BARTLEY, VACON – The City consider installation of flashing Crosswalk signals at the two crosswalks proximate to Metcalf. Refer to Mayor, DPW, C.E., Receiver, Joint Committee.

Item 5: 2-4-25 From Mayor Garcia and Superintendent Soto, a Joint statement affirming the rights of immigrants

Item 6: 2-4-25 Jourdain- The Superintendent of Schools discuss his recent memo on affirming the rights of immigrants with the Joint Committee on City Council and School Committee.

Item 7: 2-4-25 From Sean Mangano, School Committee Finance Subcommittee 12.12.24

Item 8: 2-4-25 Jourdain, Vacon- The Superintendent of Schools please update the Joint Committee on City Council and School Committee on any updated plans for the School Dept headquarters in light of their decision not to go forward with proposed High Street location.

Administrative Assistant: Jeffery Anderson-Burgos
The listing of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. Agenda subject to change up to two business days (48 hours) prior to posted meeting time.