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Upcoming Pittsfield City Council Meeting March 26th with Important Educational Items

Posted on by William Garrity

The Pittsfield City Council will have a meeting Tuesday, March 26th at 6pm at City Hall in City Council Chambers. (Agenda)

Anyone interested in speaking during the public comment period must sign up with their name and address before 6pm at the podium. There is a 3 minute time limit for public comment per person.

The following educational items will be on the agenda:

14. A communication from Mayor Marchetti submitting a resolution to seek a full inflation adjustment of Chapter 70 school aid for the fiscal year 2025 (the School Committee approved the same resolution at our last meeting)

18. A communication from Superintendent Curtis requesting the City Council to authorize the Superintendent to submit a Statement of Interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (the School Committee voted to authorize the Superintendent to submit a Statement of Interest at our last regular meeting).

19. A communication from Superintendent Curtis on petitions from Councilor Amuso and Wrinn requesting an organizational chart that defines the number of positions in each department, the number of classrooms, and the projected number of students for the 2024-2025 school year

Items automatically referred under Council Rule 27 unless a member objects to the referral

Upcoming Pittsfield School Committee Budget Workshop March 27th, 2024

Posted on by William Garrity

The School Committee Budget Workshop is being split into two parts: a regular meeting that will be picked up by PCTV and a workshop with small group discussions that will not be picked up by PCTV.

Upcoming Regular Meeting

Click here to view the agenda for the special meeting

Click here to view the packet information

The Pittsfield School Committee will have a meeting on Wednesday, March 27th at 5:30pm in the Reid Middle School Library (950 North Street). The meeting will be covered by PCTV.

Any member of the public may wish to speak during our public comment period. Public comment is limited to 3 minutes per person and the public comment period is limited to 15 minutes unless the school committee votes to extend the public comment period. Anyone wishing to speak during the public comment period may be required to sign up before the meeting starts.

Agenda Highlights

  • Approval of Student Opportunity Act Plan
  • FY25 Budget Presentation
  • FY25 Line Item Budget

Upcoming Budget Workshop

Click here to view the agenda for the budget workshop

Click here to view the packet information

The Pittsfield School Committee will have its second budget workshop on Wednesday, March 27th following the regular meeting in the Reid Middle School Library (950 North Street). The meeting will not be covered by PCTV.

There will be no participation by the public for this portion of the meeting, and the only agenda item is the budget workshop small group discussions.

March 20th Pittsfield School Committee Special Meeting Recap

Posted on by William Garrity

Click here to view the March 20h meeting packet

Click here to view the March 20th meeting recording

Click here to view the March 20th budget hearing recording

Approval of Memoranda of Agreement Between the Pittsfield School Committee and the Pittsfield Educational Administrators’ Association (documents coming soon) – The School Committee approved the memoranda with the Pittsfield Educational Administrators Association (PEAA) to address compensation for certain individuals that had extra work commitments due to the absences of staff they had to cover for.

Approval of Settlement Agreement Between the Pittsfield School Committee and the United Educators of Pittsfield – The School Committee approved a settlement agreement with the United Educators of Pittsfield (UEP teachers union) to update some language in the contract regarding the sick leave bank and compensation for teachers in substantially separate classrooms.

Approval of Memorandum of Agreement Between the Pittsfield School Committee and the Pittsfield Federation of School Employees, Bus Drivers’ & Attendants’ Unit – The School Committee approved an agreement with the Pittsfield Federal of School Employees Bus Drivers and Attendants Unit which raises the rates at which bus drivers and bus monitors are paid to hopefully attract more drivers, as well as include rates for 7D drivers (used for special education transportation) so the district can hire 7D drivers instead of relying on contractors to reduce costs.

Approval of a resolution received from the Haverhill School Committee to seek changes in the calculation of the inflation factor used in determining Chapter 70 funding for FY 2025 and thereafter – The School Committee approved this resolution.

March 13th School Committee Recap: The Budget Presentation

Posted on by William Garrity

I am splitting the recap from our March 13th Meeting into two parts, one just on the budget presentation and one on everything else during the meeting.

Budget Presentation

Superintendent Curtis and Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance Behnke presented the administration’s FY25 budget proposal.

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Upcoming School Committee Meeting March 13th, 2023

Posted on by William Garrity

Click here to view the agenda for the regular meeting

Click here to view the packet information

The Pittsfield School Committee will have a meeting on Wednesday, March 13th at 6pm in City Hall Council Chambers (70 Allen St). The meeting will also be broadcasted on PCTV Channel 1302, PCTV’s Facebook page, and PCTV Select.

Any member of the public may wish to speak during our public comment period. Public comment is limited to 3 minutes per person and the public comment period is limited to 15 minutes unless the school committee votes to extend the public comment period. Anyone wishing to speak during the public comment period may be required to sign up before the meeting starts.

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