Where

City Council Chambers – City Hall

From the posted agenda, as read by AI. The agenda is the official notice; check it before you go.

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What was decided

Minutes haven't been posted on the city's events calendar (opens in new tab) yet, 43 days after the meeting. Minutes usually come out after the board approves them at a later meeting.

Agenda

The meeting will cover a warming center agreement, a union agreement, outstanding invoices, a donation, and grant funds. It will also include an enrollment update and a special education report.

Agenda items

• Student Advisory Committee representatives
• Public comment, available by Zoom sign-up only
• Superintendent district report: enrollment update
• Superintendent district report: Special Education Department introduction, Part I
• Accept report of joint School Building Facilities and Maintenance Subcommittee, March 23, 2026
• Accept report of joint School Building Facilities and Maintenance Subcommittee, April 30, 2026
• Accept report of joint School Building Facilities and Maintenance Subcommittee, May 21, 2026
• Accept report of Educational Programs and Instruction Subcommittee, May 29, 2026

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• Unfinished business: MSBA
• Authorize superintendent to sign MOU for Cummings School Warming Center
• Somerville Public Schools Continuity of Operations Annex Plan
• Approve field trip on October 2, 2026: 15 Next Wave Full Circle students to Mount Monadnock, Jaffrey, NH, at no cost to students
• Approve SY26 Somerville High School diploma for Lucas Gomes
• Authorize chair and superintendent to sign MOA with UAW Community Schools Union
• Authorize payment of outstanding FY26 invoices: Learn Well, $4,544, Special Education Department; American Red Cross, $586, Health Department
• Accept donation of equipment materials from Huber Engineered Woods, Charlotte, NC, valued at $1,700, for SHS CTE Carpentry Program
• Accept FY26 federal Homeless Transportation grant, District Wide, $9,841 operational grant
• Community or calendar items from committee members
• Upcoming meeting: Assessment/MCAS presentation, Special Education Department Part II

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The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.

Agenda posted on the city website (PDF, 248 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 27, 2026.

Source

This meeting on the city's events calendar (opens in new tab), where its agendas, minutes and recordings are posted. First recorded by Somerville Publick on October 27, 2026.