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School Committee – Sep 17, 2026

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Where
Esther Howland Chamber, Worcester City Hall; virtual option available via Zoom

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What was decided

Members approved the consent agenda, the superintendent's 2026-2027 goals, and several grants and finance items. Proposed changes to the CTE admissions and middle school pathway policies were referred to Operations and Governance. Other items were referred to administration, recommitted, or approved and filed.

Decisions recorded

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Agenda

The agenda includes three state grants and two proposed policy changes for 2026-2027. It also covers closed-door talks on union and nonunion contracts and several general business requests.

Agenda items

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  • Superintendent goals for school year 2026-2027 (approve and file)
  • Creative Experiences Grant from Mass Cultural Council, $50,000 (arts, humanities, and sciences)
  • Early College Support Grant from DESE, $525,000 (WPS students taking Early College courses)
  • Early Literacy Consortium Grant from DESE, $20,000 (early literacy teaching and learning)
  • Prior year payment of $7,900 for missed salary increase
  • 13 prior-year payments totaling $81,975.93
  • Response to gb 6-23 on current structure at Claremont/Woodland St and proposed changes (approve and file)
  • Response to gb 6-46 on enrollment and participation of Hispanic/Latinx students in advanced coursework (approve and file)
  • gb 6-99: Proposed changes to Career Technical Education Admissions Policy for 2026-2027 (refer to Operations and Governance)
  • gb 6-100: Proposed changes to Middle School Pathway Exploration Policy for 2026-2027 (refer to Operations and Governance)
  • gb 6-101: Review of suggested National Awareness Days and Months (refer to Administration)
  • gb 6-102: Annual recognition of May as Mental Health month (approve and file)
  • gb 6-103: How the district would keep WPS open and operating during a cyber security incident (refer to Administration)
  • gb 6-104: Evaluation of the School Committee Clerk (approve and file)

Summary written by AI from the agenda posted by Worcester Public Schools. Checked against the city's PDF. Check the original before relying on it. How summaries are checked

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Agenda posted on Google Drive (PDF, 141 KB). Saved copy, saved .

Terms used here

consent agenda
Routine items, such as minutes and reports, voted on together in one motion without discussion. A member can ask to take any of them up separately.
executive session
A part of a public meeting closed to the public. State law allows it only for specific reasons, such as lawsuits, negotiations, or personnel matters.
Open Meeting Law
The state law (M.G.L. Chapter 30A, Sections 18 to 25) that requires public boards to meet in public, post notice of their meetings in advance, and keep minutes.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting is listed in more than one place: the same board on the same day, and only one listing gives a time. The listings are shown here as one meeting.

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