Where

Esther Howland Chamber, Worcester City Hall, with a virtual option on Zoom

From the posted agenda.

What's on the agenda

The meeting opens with closed-door talks on contract negotiations with several Educational Association of Worcester units. Members will also take up a student petition on Sullivan Middle School bathrooms and a $175,000 state education grant.

Agenda items

• Executive session on contract negotiations with Educational Association of Worcester bargaining units
• Executive session to review minutes from the October 8 and October 22, 2026 meetings
• Burncoat Quadrivium Honors Choir performs the National Anthem
• Consent agenda: donation of 50 coats from UMass Memorial for Coats for Kids
• Consent agenda: $1,500 in used books from D'arren E Wuensch DBA A-Plus Education Services for the World Language department
• Consent agenda: $5,155.72 in biotech supplies from NLS ReSource for Worcester Technical High School
• Consent agenda: $5,000 in used social studies books from D'arren E Wuensch DBA A-Plus Education Services
• Consent agenda: linen cart, non-slip socks, and TED stockings from Christopher House for the Allied Health department

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• Consent agenda: $500 donation from Ballard Mack Sales & Service Inc for the South High diesel program
• Personnel records: new hires, resignations, and retirements
• Recognition of the Burncoat Quadrivium Honors Choir for its Gold Medal and invitations to perform at Carnegie Hall in 2027 and 2028
• Public comment, two minutes per speaker
• Public petition from 8th-grade students asking for bathroom improvements and renovations at Sullivan Middle School, referred to Operations and Governance
• FY26 budget report and transfers, approved and filed
• FY27 budget report, approved and held for updates
• Boundary realignment presentation, held for future updates
• Doherty Biomedical Academy program update, approved and filed
• Enrollment report since 2023 for the Hanover Program and Goddard Scholars program, held for more information
• $9,998 DESE Safe and Supportive Schools Continuation Grant
• $175,000 DESE Intensive Assistance Grant renewal
• Seven prior year payments totaling $112,501.93, plus four more prior year payments
• Analysis of students leaving the district over three to five years, approved and filed
• List of approved applications used by WPS, filed
• Future Ready Technology Committee progress updates, approved and held for future updates
• Chromebook usage reports, filed
• Request to remove individual devices from Pre-K through 2nd grade classrooms, filed
• Authorize City Legal Counsel to sponsor an employee for a U.S. work visa, with up to $8,000 in fees
• Three-year Apptegy website host contract extension for $157,500
• Lease agreement of up to five years to replace 1,000 staff MacBook Airs and 6,000 student Chromebooks
• Release of executive session minutes from 2023, 2024, and part of 2025
• Three-year CDW Government renewal for Lightspeed web filtering services

How to take part

• Attend in person at Esther Howland Chamber, Worcester City Hall, with a virtual option on Zoom.
• Residents can speak during Public Comment at full committee meetings on any item before the committee, for up to 2 minutes, giving their name, residence, and the item, in person in the Esther Howland Chamber at City Hall or by Zoom (the link is on the agenda); members may not respond at the meeting. Speakers in a language other than English are asked to tell the Clerk of the Committee in advance, so an interpreter can be provided; Spanish interpretation is available through Zoom, and in-person interpreters need 48 hours' notice. Residents can also file a public petition through the committee's online form. Source: School Committee agenda of October 22, 2026, and the School Committee page (opens in new tab).
• Meetings are broadcast and recorded by WEA-TV, live and archived broadcasts (opens in new tab).
• The posted agenda (opens in new tab) is the official notice and may say how to comment.

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.

All the terms in the glossary

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