Gloucester School Committee Wednesday: a vote on its own operating rules, a Biotechnology Academy talk and a special education update

Gloucester's School Committee meets Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. in the Gloucester High School library, 32 Leslie O. Johnson Road. The public can attend in person or join on Zoom (webinar ID 872 9632 8954, or by phone at 309-205-3325 or 312-626-6799).

What is on the agenda

• Operating protocols vote. The committee votes on updated School Committee operating protocols, the rules for how it runs its meetings and business. The Program Subcommittee, chaired by Laura Wiessen, reviewed them on Sept. 30 and reports first.
• Biotechnology Academy. A partner presentation on the Biotechnology Academy by John Doyle.
• Special education update and the superintendent's report.
• Student voice. The Gloucester High School Student Advisory Council has a place on the agenda.
• Consent items. Minutes of three earlier meetings, bills and transfers, and a $1,200 donation of gift cards from a Gloucester bookstore to the city's preschool teachers.

How to take part

Residents can speak during oral communications near the start of the meeting, for up to three minutes each, and are asked to give a copy of prepared remarks to the recording secretary. On Zoom, use the raise hand button, or press star 9 on a phone.

Coming up

The committee's next meetings are Wednesday, Nov. 4, and Wednesday, Nov. 18. Its Building and Finance Subcommittee meets Monday, Nov. 9, at 5 p.m.

Gloucester High dates on the agenda

The agenda lists the high school's significant events for the year:

• Fall Coffee House, Thursday, Nov. 5
• Semi formal, Tuesday, Nov. 10
• Sawyer Medal Night, Thursday, Nov. 12
• Fall play, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20 and 21
• Holiday concert, Tuesday, Dec. 22
• Spring musical, April 8 to 10, 2027
• Graduation, Sunday, June 13, 2027, with a projected last day of school Wednesday, June 16, 2027

Check with the school for times and places. All Gloucester school dates are on our school calendar.