I managed to catch pieces and parts of the School Committee’s Budget & Finance Subcommittee meeting this morning. The main agenda item for the meeting was an update on the FY211 budget, and GPS Business Manager Andy Paquette was at the meeting to review the report he had generated and answer the committee members’ questions.…
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The Ways & Means Committee recommends adding $757k to GPS budget.
The Way & Means Committee of the Greenfield City Council voted this evening to recommend that the Council raise and appropriate $757,000 dollars and add it to the Greenfield Public Schools line of the Mayor’s FY20 budget. The recommendation would help to fill the gap between the Superintendent’s requested budget as put forward by the…
Live-blogging: GPS Policy & Programs Subcommittee
I am currently sitting in the April 24 meeting of the Policy & Programs Subcommittee of the Greenfield Schools Committee. See below for updates… Here is the link to the full GPS Policy Manual. Sounds like they will be talking through the process for reviewing and adopting GPS policies, which has been overwhelming in previous…
GPS Policy & Program Subcommittee meeting later today
The Policy & Program Subcommittee of the Greenfield School Committee is having one of its regular meetings later today. Here is the current agenda: Call to Order Public Comment Review Policies related to Policy Adoption and Processing BG: School Committee Policy Development BGB: Policy Adoption BGC: Policy Revision and Review Initiate Policy Action from Health…
Summarizing Wednesday night’s School Committee meeting
The Greenfield School Committee held its regularly monthly meeting this past Wednesday night (April 11). You can find my live updates of the meeting here and here. GCTV should have the recorded video of the meeting available online sometime in the next 2-3 days. I think it’s worth taking a moment to step back and…
I have gotten no further response from Chief Haigh regarding the SRO expansion proposal.
I emailed Greenfield Chief of Police Robert Haigh on Wednesday, April 4 asking if it was accurate to characterize his position on the expansion of the School Resource Officer program to be that the School Committee can be involved, but that the allocation of more SROs is a decision that rests with the Police Department…
Mayor Martin’s further response regarding the SRO program assessment and his support for expansion
Mayor Martin has now replied to my follow-up question about the Collaborative Team responsible for assessing the School Resource Officer program. He has pointed me to Chief Haigh and Jordana Harper, Superintendent of the Greenfield Public Schools. I am now awaiting a response from them. The Mayor went on to explain his support for the…
I am still waiting on responses from Mayor Martin and Chief Haigh about their School Resource Officer program proposal.
UPDATE: I have now heard back from Mayor Martin. I have not had any response since April 4 from either Mayor Martin or Chief Haigh to my follow-up questions regarding their proposal to expand the School Resource Office program in the Greenfield Public Schools. The questions I have asked are: To Mayor Martin: Who is…
It really seems like any change to the School Resource Officer program has to be approved by all the parties.
I have read through the Memorandum of Understanding a few times now, and while I am not a lawyer, I see nothing in it (at least as it currently exists) that would cover the proposed expansion of the program. According to section IV.A.1 of the memorandum, The Greenfield Police Department will select and assign one…
I am chasing down some questions about the School Resource Officer proposal.
Following today’s meeting of the Health, Safety, & Facilities Subcommittee, I emailed Mayor Martin with a few questions about the SRO proposal, and have a a few other conversations on that topic. The School Resource Officer program currently consists of one plain-clothes officer. This officer reports up through the Greenfield Police Department, and the salary…