Regular School Committee Meeting - 11/15/21 7:00 pm

SALEM SCHOOL COMMITTEE

November 10, 2021

REGULAR SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING ON: 
Notice is hereby given that the Salem School Committee will hold a Regular School Committee meeting on November 15 at 7:00 p.m. This is an on-line Zoom meeting.

Zoom Link to participate: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85261851034?pwd=c0M2NXNwZlpTL2VqOHIzcVdzck54Zz09
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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/oEeXVdnh9qjM8Wkw5. 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 November 1, 2021
b. Approval of Warrants: 11/4/2021: $518,711.86; 11/11/2021: $711,946.11

IV. Public Comment 
Please see above for instructions on participating in public comment.

V. Educator’s Showcase - Bentley Academy Innovation School

VI. Superintendent’s Report
a. District improvement planning process
b. Update on multilingual education programming
c. New hire report

VII. Report from the Student Representative – Hawa Tabayi

VIII. Action Items: Old Business

IX. Action Items: New Business
a. Deliberation and vote to amend minutes of Regular School Committee meeting held on October 25, 2021
b. Deliberation and vote to omit multiple readings of policies that undergo no changes as part of the policy review process.  School Committee members will be informed of the policy number, title and the date reviewed at the subsequent regularly scheduled School Committee meeting.  
c. Deliberation and vote to edit language related to protected classes throughout the policy manual as noted in the revised Policy 1101.01 Non-Discrimination.

X. Finance & Operations Report

XI. Subcommittee Reports
a. Policy Subcommittee 
i. Policies for first reading:
1. Policy 1101.01 Non-Discrimination Policy
2. Policy 1103 Distribution of Notices 
ii. Policy for third reading: 
1. 1101 School-Community Relations Goals

XII. School Committee Concerns and Resolutions

XIII. Adjournment 

Respectfully submitted by,
Mindy Marino            
Executive Assistant to the Superintendent

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