Boston Public Schools

This document presents a summary evaluation of the Superintendent's performance against the Boston Public Schools' strategic priorities and student learning goals for the 2025-2026 school year. Key focus areas include accelerating academic performance, ensuring equitable access for all students, and sustaining high-quality learning opportunities. The evaluation tracks progress on improving student outcomes, increasing engagement, reducing absenteeism, and enhancing graduation rates, alongside the implementation of inclusive education and a long-term facilities plan. It also identifies areas of strength such as organizational stability, increased student success indicators, commitment to equity, and operational efficiency, while highlighting areas for continued growth including community engagement, addressing achievement gaps, goal setting and accountability, and protecting key investments.

This document serves as a performance evaluation for Superintendent Mary Skipper and outlines her self-directed growth plan for Boston Public Schools, focused on enhancing student learning, fostering inclusive education, and implementing a long-term facilities plan towards Vision 2030. Key strategic areas include establishing a shared vision for strong teaching and learning, providing safe and effective learning environments with appropriate curriculum, building strong family and community partnerships, and cultivating a professional culture of continuous staff development.

This document is a performance evaluation of the Superintendent of Boston Public Schools, covering the SY2025-2026 academic year. It assesses progress against key strategic objectives, including accelerating academic performance, ensuring equitable access for all students, and sustaining high-quality educational opportunities through long-term facilities planning. The evaluation also covers professional practice in instructional leadership, management and operations, family and community engagement, and fostering a professional culture, aiming to prepare students for post-secondary success and responsible citizenship.

This document evaluates the superintendent's performance against strategic objectives for Boston Public Schools. Key strategic pillars include accelerating academic performance through high-quality educational experiences, advancing inclusive education with effective resource allocation and professional development, and implementing a long-term facilities plan aligned with Vision 2030. The plan also emphasizes effective administration, operations, family and community engagement, and continuous professional learning to foster student success.

The committee met to discuss collective bargaining strategy with various employee associations, including school police and support staff. The superintendent provided an update on staff reductions, summer programming enrollment, and the launch of a new post-secondary transition center for graduates. Additionally, the committee discussed a city lawsuit against social media companies regarding their impact on student mental health, acknowledged the contributions of Jaylen Brown, and showcased a prize-winning video on the Declaration of Independence created by students.