Where

Esther Howland (South) Chamber

Location from the city's meeting portal. The posted agenda is the official notice; check it if the two differ.

Recordings of School Committee meetings: WEA-TV, live and archived broadcasts (opens in new tab).

What was decided

Minutes haven't been posted on the Worcester Public Schools website (opens in new tab) yet, 5 days after the meeting. Minutes usually come out after the board approves them at a later meeting.

Agenda

The meeting will cover a five-year bus lease and a student petition about bathrooms at Sullivan Middle School. It also includes two policy changes for 2026-2027 and union contract negotiations discussed in executive session.

Agenda items

• Executive session: strategy for successor contract negotiations with several Educational Association of Worcester units, and with United Federation of Police Officers, Inc., Local 302 on behalf of Plumbers, Steamfitters and Tradespeople
• Recognition of Burncoat High Senior Konstantin Kibe for the 2026 Youth Community Change Maker Award
• Public petition (c&p 6-14) from 8th-grade students asking for bathroom improvements and renovations at Sullivan Middle School; recommended referral to Operations and Governance
• Student Assessment and Performance Data report (ros 6-14); recommended to approve and file
• Boundary realignment presentation (gb 6-72); report already approved and item held for future forums
• Proposed changes to the Career Technical Education Admissions Policy for 2026-2027 (gb 6-99); already approved and filed
• Proposed changes to the Middle School Pathway Exploration Policy for 2026-2027 (gb 6-100); already approved and filed
• Response on how many teachers used or exceeded all their allotted sick time (gb 4-114); recommended to hold for future updates
• Update on the City of Worcester Information Technology Department moving out of Worcester Technical High School (gb 6-77); recommended to approve and file
• Five-year lease agreement for ten special education buses (gb 6-114); recommended to approve and file

The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.

Agenda posted on Google Drive (PDF, 163 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 27, 2026.

Terms used here

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.

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.

• School Committee (opens in new tab), on the city's meeting portal
• School Committee Meeting (opens in new tab), on the school district's website

First recorded by Worcester Publick on October 27, 2026.