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Subcommittee recommends four school grants to full school committee, including Project Lead The Way awards
Summary
The Budget & Finance Subcommittee voted to recommend four grant expenditures — TNTP Reimagine Teaching ($16,400), two Project Lead The Way grants ($16,000 and $12,250) and a Project Lead The Way Gateway grant ($30,000) — to the full Springfield Public Schools committee.
The Budget & Finance Subcommittee voted to recommend four grant awards to the full school committee, advancing funds for teacher professional learning and career-pathway programs.
The items recommended to the full committee were:
- $16,400 from the TNTP Reimagine Teaching grant for Duggan Academy (professional learning on high-quality instructional materials and implementation supports). The grant period referenced in discussion included a window noted in materials as October 4, 2024–June 30, 2025; committee members clarified the award is a one-time grant and reimbursements would follow approval.
- $16,000 from a Project Lead The Way grant to Central High School for professional development in engineering-related course work intended to support a middle-to-high school career pathway.
- $30,000 from a Project Lead The Way Gateway grant to Kylie Academy for grades 6–8 to build hands-on STEM and career-focused classroom experiences (coding, robotics, engineering concepts); principal Imani Hines was present via Zoom to answer questions.
- $12,250 from a Project Lead The Way High School Engineering grant to Central High School to support teacher–student collaborative engineering coursework.
Each motion was made and seconded on the record; the chair reported “more than sufficient votes” and each item will appear on the next full-school-committee agenda for final action.
Why it matters: the grants fund professional learning and expand career-and-technical pathways at multiple district schools, including middle-school gateway programming and high-school engineering coursework.
