What was said

School Committee, June 21, 2023

the recording · 2:29 long, about 18,993 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town published an agenda for this meeting. No minutes have been published; the recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

The short version

  1. ▶ 2:23:15The School Committee put the long-term future of Turkey Hill Elementary off to a summer meeting and will seek input from the select board chair and the municipal building committee.
  2. ▶ 29:39The committee voted on the FY24 school handbooks; the captions do not make the vote outcome audible.
  3. ▶ 33:33The committee voted on its 2023-24 meeting calendar; the captions do not make the vote outcome audible.
  4. ▶ 14:16The chair reported no line item transfers, and a contractor will provide IT director functions from July 1, replacing the prior provider.
  5. ▶ 19:08A final off-cycle Zoom meeting on June 29 will review purchase orders to carry over.

Why it matters — our reading

  • Turkey Hill's future was discussed in terms of repair cost and state building-aid conditions, and was left undecided, so any building decision and its cost to taxpayers comes later and at a meeting not yet scheduled.
  • The IT director function moves to an outside contractor on July 1, which changes how a district service is staffed and where its cost appears in the budget.

Watch next

  • A summer School Committee meeting on Turkey Hill's future, which may include a public forum; no date is given in the minutes.
  • The June 29 Zoom meeting on purchase orders to carry over into the next fiscal year.

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Present: Mr scumbrini (member); Mr beadmore (member); Mrs brzezowski (member); Dr Burnham (superintendent); Mr Adams (principal, remote); Annika Scott (director of teaching and learning); Amy Resnick (math specialist); Meredith Weiss (presenter); Stephanie Miller (school adjustment counselor); Michael Smith (fifth grade teacher). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 29:39Approve the FY24 school handbooksnot audible
  2. ▶ 33:33Approve the school committee calendar for 2023-24not audible

And 2 procedural: approve may 3 regular session minutes (▶ 13:36); go into executive session to discuss security deployment and adjourn following (▶ 2:29:30).

The money

  1. ▶ 14:16Line item transfers

    The chair noted there were no line item transfers.

  2. ▶ 14:16IT services contract

    From July 1 a contractor will provide IT director functions, replacing the prior provider.

  3. ▶ 1:58:42Turkey Hill building repairs

    Chair said keeping the building going would cost a large sum, and discussion covered MSBA funding conditions and avoiding spending on a building later torn down.

    as heard:between 12 and 14 million dollars14 million dollars

  4. ▶ 2:17:02Town Center/TCP renovation

    A member recalled a resident asking why money would be spent on the front end of TCP but not on Turkey Hill.

    as heard:11 million dollars

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 2:23:15Turkey Hill future discussion will be put on a summertime meeting; members to reach out to the select board chair and municipal building committee for input and consider a public forum.
  • ▶ 13:15May 24 minutes will be reviewed at the next meeting.
  • ▶ 19:08A final off-cycle meeting by Zoom on June 29 will review purchase orders to carry over.

Public comment

  1. ▶ 1:47A committee member's comment on defining equity, in response to an earlier question.
  2. ▶ 8:03A resident thanked the superintendent for the PTO fundraiser lunch prize and said she supports equal opportunity but not equal outcomes. — Lisa plant 490 Lancaster Ave, as heard
  3. ▶ 10:09A parent thanked the PTO for the Hollis Hills fundraiser.

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 0:06Call to order and pledgeinformational · 1:41 long
  2. ▶ 1:47Public commentinformational · 9:23 long · public comment
  3. ▶ 11:10Chair report and minutesvoted · 3:05 long · policy
  4. ▶ 14:16Superintendent reportinformational · 9:24 long · superintendent report, transportation
  5. ▶ 23:41FY24 handbooks and committee calendarvoted · 10:12 long · policy
  6. ▶ 33:53Spring assessment report, report cards, Amplify, playful learninginformational · 53:14 long · curriculum
  7. ▶ 1:27:07Family school partnership initiative reportinformational · 31:15 long · policy
  8. ▶ 1:58:22Future of Turkey Hill Elementarytabled to a summer meeting · 25:13 long · turkey hill, facilities, msba
  9. ▶ 2:23:35Committee reportsinformational · 5:34 long · athletics
  10. ▶ 2:29:09Public comment and executive sessionmotion made · 0:41 long · executive session

What the captions could not carry

  • Vote counts for all motions were not captured.
  • Finance committee report around 8658-8762 is garbled.

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