Regular School Committee Meeting - 1/18/22 7:00 pm

POSTED: January 13, 2022

REGULAR SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Salem School Committee will hold a Regular School Committeemeeting on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. This is an on-line Zoom meeting.

Zoom Link to participate:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81676297525?pwd=YVh3bnlHZmJPbHRDd05aTzdWd0p

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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/qAz6xMZ1keK763iR7. 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 from Committee of the Whole meeting on December 20, 2021

b. Approval of Minutes of the Regular School Committee meeting on December 20,

2021

c. Approval of Warrant: 12/23/2021: $610,406.58; 12/30/2021: $255,331.43;

1/6/2022: $213,889.69

IV. Public Comment

Please see above for instructions on participating in public comment.

V. Student Showcase - New Liberty Innovation School

VI. Superintendent’s Report

a. COVID update

b. PK/K registration update

c. Enrollment targets for 2022-2023 school year

VII. Report from the Student Representative – Hawa Tabayi

VIII. Action Items: Old Business

IX. Action Items: New Business

a. Deliberation & vote to declare eight (8) school buses surplus property

b. Deliberation & vote to extend the Batch 1 deadline to March 21, 2022

c. Deliberation & vote to accept recommendation to increase the rate of pay for substitutes

to $120/regular day and $150/extended day

X. Finance & Operations Report

XI. Subcommittee Reports

XII. School Committee Concerns and Resolutions

XIII. Adjournment

Respectfully submitted by,

Mindy Marino

Executive Assistant to the Superintendent