Salem School Committee - Regular School Committee Meeting - January 22, 2024, 7:00pm

DATE POSTED: January 18, 2024 

REGULAR SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING 

Notice is hereby given that the Salem School Committee will hold a Regular School Committee meeting on January 22, 2024 at 7:00p.m. This meeting will take place in person at 29 Highland Ave., Rm. 227, Salem, MA. You can also join via Zoom using the link below. 

Zoom Link to participate: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89001811170?pwd=dmJvQlhtakNUdlNHald0d1hjanpZZz09

Passcode: 844154

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. 

The members of the School Committee would like to remind the public that Salem Public School students regularly attend School Committee meetings. We encourage all meeting participants to model respectful and productive public discourse for our young learners.

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 following link to sign up and submit your comment electronically:https://forms.gle/tCUPL4UR8cW3YJ2W8. 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 Krista Perry at kperry@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 Regular SC meeting held on January 8, 2023

B. Approval of Warrants: 1/11/24 - $388,689.36; 1/18/24 - $472,567.53

C. Approval of Salem High School Music Department to attend the Salem Winter Percussion & Color Guard Competition at the Salem High School Salem, NH on March 9, 2024 

D. Approval of Salem High School Music Department to attend the Salem Winter Percussion Competition at Cranston East High School Cranston, RI  on March 16, 2024

E. Approval of Salem High School Music Department to Canobie Lake Park Salem, NH on June 14, 2024

F. Approval of facilities use request for Saltonstall School by General Consul, Dominican Republic

G. Approval of facilities use request from BG1 (Brayson Green One) to waive the facility fee for the use of the Horace Mann Laboratory School gymnasium on 1/27/24

IV. Public Comment 

See above instructions for participating in public comment.

V. Student Showcase - New Liberty Innovation School 

VI. Superintendent’s Report      

Draft SY24-25 Calendar and Proposed Changes to SY23-24 Calendar (Strategy 4.2)

2024-2025 Enrollment Targets for Student Assignment (Strategy 4.1) 

FY25 Capital Requests (Strategy 4.3)                                                                          

VII. Student Representative Report 

VIII. Action Items: Old Business 

IX.  Action Items: New Business

A. Deliberate and vote on proposed changes to the SY23-24 calendar

B. Deliberate and vote on 2024-2025 enrollment targets for student assignment

C. Deliberate and vote to support SPS recommended FY25 Capital Requests 

X.  Finance & Operations Report 

XI. Subcommittee Reports 

A. Policies for third reading

Policy 1101.01 Non-Discrimination 

Policy 4106 Nondiscrimination and Equal Employment Opportunity 

XII. School Committee Concerns and Resolutions 

XIII. Adjournment 

Respectfully submitted by, 

Krista Perry 

Executive Assistant to the School Committee & Superintendent 

“Persons requiring auxiliary aids and services for effective communication such as sign language interpreter, an assistive listening device, or print material in digital format or a reasonable modification in programs, services, policies, or activities, may contact the City of Salem ADA Coordinator at (978) 619-5630 as soon as possible and not less than 2 business days before the meeting, program, or event.”