The agenda is here. The livestream is here. The meeting is fully remote.
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| tree in my backyard why they are fully remote |
Today will be (I believe) the sole appearance of Amy Kershaw, as Acting Secretary of Education, as Steve Zrike will have started before their March meeting.
Melissa Ryan, superintendent Berkley Public Schools (getting $1.2M in hold harmless funding, which means the state is funding them at 110% over foundation; has an enrollment of 599 students; they are regionalized at the high school level)
$44,925 in minimum per pupil funding
she reads the increases that other districts are getting in their projected FY27 funding
reviewing $17M in grants "while Berkely is cutting teachers"
"there are solutions, but it begins with acknowledgement"
"right now zip code does matter"
Ben Tobin
supports testing for teachers (speaking of proposed regulations)
has experienced retaliation for identifying students with language-based disabilities
parents from the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School
student enrollment to reflect students served
transition students out of IEP students as a decline
(this is a school that's been known for not giving services to students)
and now transportation
long bus rides make it less feasible
Board of Trustees "has labored many hours in monthly meetings...to address these conditions"
thorough review of OML complaints: engaged a nationally recognized consultant for training and review
staggered terms,
(did they get training in OML? because a "nationally recognized consultant" wouldn't do that)
Tim Nicolette charter school association
ask that charters get equitable funding for literacy grants
12 charter schools getting renewed
"charter schools are an integral part of the Commonwealth's education system"
Kariss McLaughlin
speaks of 1/3 of Boston seniors not meeting MassCore standards (note that this is not a state required standard; that is something
need a system that "looks at each school each year"
on civics she is finding kids that don't know things (?)
Max Page, Deb McCarthy, MTA
Page: last year of SOA implementation
need a new review commission
objects to ballot question on rollback of income tax
lists the connections to higher ed including Babson, where the chair of the Board works!
Gerry Mroz
awkward outliner in the nation in support for gifted students
don't consider it any harm at all to bore a kid to tears
Craven: praises Secretary Tutwiler
(which kicks off a round of praise)
Tutwiler says he'll send the recording of this to his mother
"change in education is a process not an event"
"laid the foundation that will shape the trajectory for years to come"
Kershaw thanks Tutwiler for his work as Secretary
$1.2M in MassFresh grants to help grow or procure local food
Watertown shipping container; Lowell Green Team of fifth graders
Martinez: staying closely connected to the districts
structure time to listen to "teachers, students, as well as community members and parents"
(hm, I see at least one group missing)
(video interlude)
working towards final report of high school graduation council
artwork in the Board room in Everett:
for reasons that defy understand, the vice chair is now asking about teachers' strikes
law around if teachers are paid during strikes
and that is super duper not on the agenda at all
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