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School committee accepts three grants, including cybersecurity internship funding
Summary
The committee unanimously accepted three grants: a $49,650 Massachusetts Technology Collaborative award to expand a cybersecurity component in a flip internship program, a $5,000 DESE grant for food literacy under CHPE and a $1,500 DESE fellowship grant to support an INSPIRED fellowship participant.
The Burlington School Committee voted unanimously to accept three grants intended to expand cybersecurity instruction, support food‑literacy work and fund an instructional fellowship.
The committee accepted a Massachusetts Technology Collaborative grant for $49,650 that staff said will expand a cybersecurity component of the district’s flip internship program and provide resources for industry certifications. The motion passed with an aye vote recorded as 5‑0.
The committee also accepted a DESE FC127G grant for $5,000, described by staff as funding for food literacy under the CHPE implementation plan. Committee members asked whether the DESE funding contained performance metrics; staff said they would circulate the grant language to members. That motion passed 4‑0‑1 (one member recorded as not‑voting or absent in the roll call noted in the transcript as chair votes ayes 4,0,1).
Finally, the committee accepted a DESE FC207 grant for $1,500 to support a staff member’s participation in the INSPIRED fellowship; staff described the fellowship as a selective program that funds time for a participant to develop presentations and materials for INSPIRED events. The committee recorded the vote as 4‑0‑1 (chair vote recorded as aye with attendance noted).
Why this matters: The Technology Collaborative grant funds career‑pathway work in cybersecurity and will fund industry certification supports; the smaller DESE grants support curriculum implementation and staff professional development.
What’s next: Staff said they would circulate the grant language for the CHPE food‑literacy grant and implement the cybersecurity supports and internship enhancements funded by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative award.
