Salem School Committee - Regular School Committee Meeting - April 4, 2022, 7pm

Date: 
Monday, April 4, 2022 - 7:00pm

DATE POSTED: March 30, 2022

REGULAR SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Salem School Committee will hold a Regular School Committee meeting on April 4, 2022 at 7 p.m. This is an on-line Zoom meeting.

Zoom Link to participate:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81330874877?pwd=dTF4dFMreXZQMmpxMVMxZUZCcVRYdz09

Passcode: 9wQGud

I. Call of Meeting to Order

a. Summary of Public Participation Policy (SC Policy #6409).

Read aloud: The Salem School Committee would like to hear from the public on issues that affect the school district and are within the scope of the Committee’s responsibilities. Spanish interpretation is available for anyone who needs it.

b. Live Spanish Interpretation.

Spanish language interpretation is now provided for all Regular School Committee

meetings. To listen to this meeting with Spanish language interpretation, please see

instructions below:

1. Click Interpretation .

2. Click Spanish

3. (Optional) To hear the interpreted language only, click Mute Original Audio.

c. Instructions for Participating in Public Comment

Should any member of the Salem community wish to participate in public comment during this meeting, please click on the below link to sign up and submit your comment electronically: https://forms.gle/SzS9i72SBqvUHFEB7. A district staff member will be compiling all comments which will be shared with members prior to the end of the public meeting. Comments will also be summarized in the meeting minutes. Please contact Jensen Frost at jfrost@salemk12.org or 617-285-7567 with any questions or to report any technical difficulties you experience.

II. Approval of Agenda

III. Approval of Consent Agenda

a. Approval of minutes of the Regular School Committee meeting held on 03/21/22

b. Approval of Warrants: 3/24/2022 - $789,263.29; 3/31/2022 - $258,763.94

IV. Public Comment

Please see above for instructions on participating in public comment.

V. Student Showcase - Witchcraft Heights Elementary School

VI. Superintendent’s Report

a. Salem High redesign presentation

b. Update on SPS logo, core values, tag line

c. Memo re: Student Advisory Committee

VII. Report from the Student Representative – Hawa Tabayi

VIII. Action Items: Old Business

IX. Action Items: New Business

a. Deliberate and vote to accept & support Superintendent’s recommendations on SPS core values, logo and tagline

X. Finance & Operations Report

a. Budget transfers

XI. Subcommittee Reports

a. Policies for second reading

i. 3601 Student Transportation Services

ii. 1102 Advertising in the Schools

b. Discussion regarding Policy 6502 Student Advisory Committee

XII. School Committee Concerns and Resolutions

XIII. Adjournment

Respectfully submitted by,

Mindy Marino

Executive Assistant to the Superintendent