1. Public Comment (3 Minutes):

2. Student School Committee Report:

3. Presentation of the Records for Approval:

• August 4, Regular Meeting (Summer)

4. Reconsiderations:
None

5. Unfinished Business/Calendar:
#26-125: Welcoming Community Ordinance | Motion by Member Jaikumar: Download File
6. Awaiting Reports:
None

7. Superintendent’s Agenda:

7a. Superintendent's Update:

The Superintendent will present to the school committee on various matters pertaining to the opening of the 2026 - 2027 school year, including a report on the district’s annual Colloquium, the first day of school for grades 1st - 12th and the preparations for the arrival of preschool and Kindergarten students on Thursday September 3rd. The Superintendent will also advise the committee on the ongoing process of determining the future of the school building located at 158 Spring Street, formerly the home of the Kennedy Longfellow School.

7b. Presentations:

The Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer will provide an update to the Cambridge School Committee on policy and practice changes pursuant to recently released district-wide guidance on the use of technology in CPS schools.

7c. CPS District Plan:
None

7d. Consent Agenda:
#26-180 Recommendation: Approval of Revised Policy JKAA: Time-Out Seclusion & Physical Restraint of Students (Second Reading)
#26-181 Recommendation: Approval of Request from the School Committee to the Election Commission for Mailing Addresses
#26-182 Recommendation: Day & Residential Program Services not Available from the Cambridge School Department
#26-183 Recommendation: Contract Award: New England Medical Billing: Medicaid Reimbursement Claiming Services
#26-184 Recommendation: Contract Award: AllOne Health Well, LLC: Employee Assistance Program Services
#26-185 Recommendation: Contract Award: Education Ligistics: Transportation Management System
#26-186 Recommendation: Contract Award: Converge One: Computer Hardware
#26-187 Recommendation: Contract Award: Gargiulo Produce: Groceries
#26-188 Recommendation: Contract Award: JW Lopes: Produce Supply & Delivery
#26-189 Recommendation: Contract Award: Thurston Foods, Inc.: Produce Supply & Delivery
#26-190 Recommendation: Contract Award: Mansfield Paper Company: Food Service Paper Products
#26-191 Recommendation: Contract Award: Sanitary Chemical Service, Inc: Pest Management Services
#26-192 Recommendation: Gifts/Miscellaneous Receipts
#26-193 Recommendation: Grant Award: FY27 Individual with Disabilities Education Act (SC27605)
#26-194 Recommendation: Grant Award: FY27 Individuals with Disabilities Educational Act Early Childhood (SC277607)
#26-195 Recommendation: Grant Award: FY2027 McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Grand (SC27707)
#26-196 Recommendation: Approval of Memorandum Of Agreement Between the Cambridge School Food Service Employee Association, SEIU Local 888 and Cambridge School Committee for a successor collective bargaining agreement for the period of July 1, 2026 through and including June 30, 2029

8. Non-Consent Agenda:
None

9. School Committee Agenda (Policy Matters/Notifications/Requests for Information):
School Start Times - Discussion |
#26-197: Smart Glasses | Joint Motion by Member Jaikumar, Member de Paula Santos, Vice Chair Dube: Download Attachment
#26-198: Welcoming Community Ordinance & PROTECT Act | Joint Motion by Member Jaikumar, Member de Paula Santos, Vice Chair Dube: Download Attachment
10. Resolutions:
None

11. Announcements:
None

12. Late Orders:
None

13. Communications and Reports from City Officers: None