At the August 10 meeting of the Greenfield School Committee, committee member Kathryn Martini asked Superintendent DeBarge a broad question about the general direction that the district is headed: DeBarge’s full response is worth a listen, but the question itself speaks to a general concern I have with this district. I want to be clear…
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November 20, 2020 – The week ahead
With the Thanksgiving holiday, it’s going to be a light week, both for municipal meetings and for posting on this site. There are two meetings I’ll be keeping an eye on: Monday: Charter Review Committee Meeting – This is the group tasked with recommending updates to Greenfield’s City Charter. They are coming down to the…
November 15, 2020 – The week ahead
Here’s what I will be focusing on over the coming week: Monday: Budget & Finance Subcommittee meeting (School Committee – The posted agenda for this meeting is pretty thin. The only item of note is “FY21 Budget to Date.” Tuesday: Ways & Means Committee meeting (City Council) – This meeting looks to be feeding into…
Charter Review Committee – Budget timing AND BEYOND!!
The final topic on the agenda for the November 9 meeting of the Greenfield Charter Review Committee (for a bit of background on this committee, see the beginning of this post) was Article 5 of the City Charter, which covers Finance and Fiscal Procedures. Given the complexity of municipal finances and the amount of stress…
Charter Review Committee – School Committee appointments and vacancies
I’m still making my way through the November 9 meeting of the Charter Review Committee. In a previous post, I talked about their discussion of whether or not the Greenfield City Charter should allow the Mayor to chair the School Committee. In addition to that topic, their review of Article 4 of the Charter also…
Charter Review Committee – The Mayor and the School Committee
I have been catching up on the deliberations of the Charter Review Committee, which has been meeting for the last few months to evaluate Greenfield’s City Charter and recommend changes: (a) In General – This Charter may be replaced, revised or amended in accordance with any procedure made available under the State Constitution, or by…
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…