Joint Committee of the City Council and School Committee 10/10/2024
En Español
Agenda
Item 1: Minutes of June 13, 2024 meeting.
Item 2: 4-16-24 (copy) Ocasio — Ordered that the School Department provides a Crossing Guard at the corner of South Bridge St and Sargent St. To protect the children and families crossing the street. Coming to and from Morgan School this is a very dangerous situation that needs immediate attention.
*Tabled 6-13-24
Item 3: 8-6-24 BARTLEY, JOURDAIN – Order, the School Department, the School Committee, the Receiver and Mayor present a plan for the future of Metcalf School. I’d like to hear long-terms plans as well as temporary ones. I would like the district to consider the City continue using the school in its current purpose: as a learning institution. If not in the plan, then let’s consider it as the headquarters of the School Department. Should a committee be formed? What plans are being discussed? The building, erected 1911, is iconic and should be preserved and, if needed, rehabilitated and repurposed for City uses. Refer to HPS, Receiver, Mayor and Joint Committee.
Item 4: 9-4-24 JOURDAIN – Ordered, that the School Receiver and Father Albert be invited to the Joint Committee of the City Council to discuss the status of the school breakfast and lunch program in Holyoke. If they cannot attend please send the City Council a letter to let us know if the concerns about the parochial school children losing their breakfast and lunch has been resolved satisfactorily or if the matter is still unresolved from their perspective and the children might still lose out. Please keep us posted until resolved.
Item 5: 9-4-24 Holyoke Teachers Association – Letter regarding process to hire superintendent
Item 6: 9-4-24 BARTLEY (copy) – The administrative assistant add a page to the city’s web site that highlights Holyoke’s sister cities program. So far as I can tell there are sister city relationships with Salinas (Puerto Rico), Tralee (Ireland) and SVALYAVA (Ukraine). Receive and adopt. Copy Joint Committee as an FYI as I’m hoping there could be an educational component for HPS students.
