Where

James J. Cannon Lecture Hall, Waltham, MA 02452

Location from the city calendar. The posted agenda is the official notice; check it if the two differ.

Recordings of School Committee meetings: MAC-TV (WCAC) (opens in new tab).

What was decided

Minutes haven't been posted on the Waltham Public Schools website (opens in new tab) yet, 12 days after the meeting. Minutes usually come out after the board approves them at a later meeting.

Agenda

The committee meets in executive session on collective bargaining and litigation matters, then holds a regular meeting covering school improvement plans for Kennedy, McDevitt, and Valor High School, Waltham High School's CTE Department and schedule, and FY '26 and FY '27 budget transfers.

Agenda items

• Executive session: strategy and negotiations with WSSA
• Executive session: strategy and negotiations with WSAA
• Executive session: strategy and negotiations with Waltham School MIS Technicians
• Executive session: strategy and negotiations with Waltham School Department Food Service Workers
• Executive session: strategy and negotiations with nonunion personnel - Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations
• Executive session: strategy and negotiations with Waltham Building Maintenance Workers Association
• Executive session: litigation strategy - Waltham School Secretaries Association and Waltham Public Schools MUP-26-12223
• Public input

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• Student Council / Student input
• School Council / PTO / SEPAC / BELPAC input
• Retirements
• Resignations
• Donation from SharkNinja, Inc. to WHS' CTE Cosmetology Program
• Donation from Cradles to Crayons
• Donation from Maricruz Hairstyles to WHS' CTE Cosmetology Program
• Communications
• Superintendent's update: miscellaneous personnel
• Superintendent's update: information
• Superintendent's update: monthly district enrollment
• School Improvement Plan - Kennedy Middle School
• School Improvement Plan - McDevitt Middle School
• School Improvement Plan - Valor High School
• Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion update
• Dual Language School Model and reutilization of 617 Lexington Street
• Waltham High School's Career and Technical Education (CTE) Department
• Waltham High School schedule
• Enrollment, space and data in the Waltham Public Schools
• School Committee subcommittee meetings
• Approval of the School Committee meeting calendar for 2027
• Declaration of surplus - portion of second floor of 617 Lexington Street
• FY '26 budget transfers and close out
• FY '27 budget transfer request
• Bills on warrant
• Agenda items for future meetings

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

Agenda posted on Google Drive (PDF, 82 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 13, 2026.

Terms used here

consent agenda

Routine items, such as minutes and reports, voted on together in one motion without discussion. A member can ask to take any of them up separately.

executive session

A part of a public meeting closed to the public. State law allows it only for specific reasons, such as lawsuits, negotiations, or personnel matters.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting is listed in more than one place: the same board on the same day, and only one listing gives a time. The listings are shown here as one meeting.

• Waltham School Committee Meeting (opens in new tab), on the city calendar
• School Committee Meeting (opens in new tab), on the school district's website

First recorded by Waltham Publick on October 13, 2026.