Boston School Committee Meeting 9/16/26 - with ASL Interpretation

We'll begin the meeting with the approval of minutes. I'll now entertain a motion to approve the minutes of the July 8th, 2026 meeting and the August 5th, 2026 special grants meeting. Is there a motion?

Thank you. Is there any discussion or objection to the motion?

Um, on August 26th uh the office of an inspector general released a report detailing concerns about procurement and payments at BPS from years 2019 to 2024.

the way procurement and payment is done under one branch as opposed to transportation and food service uh and facilities all having different processes where it's more likely that this fracture. So I I do think um we are

But I do know that there is some dissatisfaction from some of the families. So the question that I do have for you it is what is it that we are doing for those families where transportation is not arriving on time things

by member Peralta and member Garcia, I will focus pretty much uh specifically in the uh area of diversity involving layoffs especially through that last round of uh budget u um problems that we have um before I I do this

I'm not going to say the number, but I can tell you that numerous uh professionals had reached out to me with concerns that and I I I do think you also are aware of it. Numbers of a number of of of these are in the hand

take advantage um of the education available to them. Um the 37 students with whom um the staff made contact for the door knocking. Is there tracking related to those 37 in terms of who followed up with reenrollment, whe

It's also brought through the student success team um for each school, the student support team for each school. Um you know, they're meeting as the professionals. They'll engage the parents and the key piece of it is en

There any other questions? Okay. Thank you all. I will now entertain a motion to receive the superintendent's report.

Thank you. Is there a second? I think I heard a second there too. Is there any discussion or objection to the motion?

submitting Madison Park Technical Vocational High School for the MSBA core program in March of 2025. In December of 2025, Madison Park was invited into the MSBA eligibility phase. As part of the eligibility period that c

next steps in the process. Brett Dickens, our assistant superintendent for secondary schools and college career and life readiness is also here with us to answer any questions that you may have. Uh I also see Brian Mclof

Invitation rates likely foreshadow enrollment rates. So, we should be concerned about a widening opportunity gap in the near future. Questions that I hope you all ask seconds.

Good evening everyone. Thank you for your time and listening. Um, I'm here tonight because I am extremely consider concerned about um the system for uh IEPs and that it's too complicated um even for myself, a former teac

multilingual person that if I am assessed in the wrong language, you will not know as much as you won't be able to know what I actually know. And so we were trying to figure out how to how to put this into the form becau