Agenda for the September 14 Regular Meeting of the Medford School Committee

The Sixteenth Regular Meeting of the Medford School Committee

Date/Time

Monday, September 14, 2026

Executive Session: 5:00 p.m.

Regular Meeting: 6:00 p.m.

Location

Please be advised that there will be a Regular Meeting of the Medford School Committee held in the Alden Memorial Chambers at Medford City Hall and via remote participation only. This meeting is being recorded.

This meeting can be viewed live on the Medford Public Schools YouTube channel or via Medford Community Media on your local cable channel (Comcast Channel 9, 8 or 22 and Verizon Channel 43, 45 or 47). Participants can log in by using the link below.

Agenda

Agenda for the September 14, 2026 Sixteenth Regular Meeting of the Medford School Committee

Zoom Link

https://mps02155-org.zoom.us/s/99639685995?pwd=y3P9opn3Ih2KzTdf5qXywWZDkdneT0.1

Questions or comments can be submitted during the meeting by emailing: medfordsc@medford.k12.ma.us

Those submitting questions or comments must include the following information:

1. Your first and last name
2. Your Medford street address
3. Your question or comment

Agenda

I. Roll Call of Members and Student Representatives

II. Salute the Flag

III. Executive Session

Executive session pursuant to G.L c. 30A (a) (3): the Medford School Committee will convene in Executive Session to discuss collective bargaining regarding a grievance dated 5.13.2026 with the Medford Teachers Association (MTA) and the Chair so declares.

Executive session pursuant to G.L c. 30A Section 21 (a) to conduct a strategy
session on the basis that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the
bargaining positions of the Medford School Committee. Specifically, the

Medford School Committee will convene in executive session to discuss strategy for potential litigation (Zia Shaikh ppa v. City of Medford) and the Chair so declares.

The Medford School Committee will convene in public session immediately following the conclusion of the executive session, approximately at 6:00 pm.

IV. Consent Agenda

• Approval of Bills and Payrolls
• Approval of Donations
  • Watts Water Technologies Donation- $10,000.00
• Approval of Meeting Minutes
  • Regular Meeting - August 24, 2026

V. Report of Subcommittees

VI. Report of the Superintendent

1. Mustang Moment
2. Honors Pilot for Career Technical Education (CTE) at Medford High School - Presented by Dr. Kim Talbot, Assistant Superintendent for Academics & Instruction and Chad Fallon, Executive Director of CTE
3. Opening of Schools - Dr. Suzanne B. Galusi, Superintendent
4. Superintendent's Goals for SY26/27 - Dr. Suzanne B. Galusi, Superintendent

VII. Presentations of the Student Advisory Council

Presentations of the Public (not to begin before 7:00 pm)

“Regular Meetings of the School Committee include this ‘Presentations of the Public’ agenda item to give any resident the opportunity to place a presentation before the School Committee. A resident may only present once at any meeting.

These presentations are an opportunity for the public to make a presentation to the Committee but are not opportunities for dialog with the Committee. If one or more members of the Committee wishes to have a conversation about the topic presented, a member may request that the item be added to a subsequent Regular Meeting.

The details for submitting a presentation can be found within the policy BEDH, Public Comment and Presentations of the Public”

Pursuant to policy BEDH, Public Comment and Presentations of the Public - any resident in the audience may be given permission to speak once on any item on the agenda for up to three (3) minutes. The speaker is expected to keep their comments to the item on the agenda. The speaker must begin their comments by providing their full name and full Medford street address where they reside. A welcoming, inclusive community is both a value of the School Committee and an aspirational goal. We ask for your help in achieving this goal and value your perspective. Employees of the Medford Public Schools are exempt from the residency requirement of this policy. The voice of our employees is welcomed on all matters before this body. When a non-Medford-resident employee is participating in public comment or submitting a presentation of the public they will include their home address and identify themselves as an employee of the Medford Public Schools.

A welcoming inclusive community is both a value of the School Committee and an aspirational goal. We ask for your help in achieving this goal and value your perspective.

VIII. Continued Business

IX. New Business

X. Reports Requested

XI. Condolences

The Members of the Medford School Committee express their deepest condolences to the family of Lorraine Miles, the mother of former school committee member Kathy Kreatz and retired Medford Public Schools and St. Joseph's Parish school teacher.

The Members of the Medford School Committee express their deepest condolences to the family of Gerald H. Wadness the father Michael Wadness, Science teacher at Medford High School.

X. Next Regular Meeting

• September 28, 2026 - Alden Memorial Chambers, Medford City Hall in addition to Zoom

XII. Adjournment