Committee approves substitute-pay schedule; school police report several recent incidents
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Summary
The Brockton School Committee approved an updated substitute-pay schedule and received a briefing from the school police liaison about recent safety incidents, including a dismissal-line assault at the Arnold School and a toy gun incident off West Elm Street.
The Brockton School Committee unanimously approved an updated substitute-pay schedule that formalizes daily rates for short- and long-term substitutes, adds substitute paraprofessionals and food-service substitutes to the memo, and raises the retired administrator substitute rate to match current practice.
Superintendent Dr. Tiliani said the memo uses the BEA salary schedule as the basis for the permanent-substitute rate and adds categories such as early-college facilitators and food-service substitutes. A formal motion to accept the substitute teacher salary schedule was made and seconded; the motion passed by show of hands.
During the meeting the school police liaison briefed the committee on several recent safety and security incidents: an October 9 dismissal-line fight involving parents at the Arnold School that resulted in an arrest for assault with a dangerous weapon; a separate incident in which a resident reported seeing a juvenile pointing what appeared to be a firearm (later found to be a toy gun with the orange tip removed) on West Elm Street; an off-campus report of juveniles throwing rocks at a Brockton High teacher’s vehicle outside McDonald’s (police identified suspects on video); and several runaways and a child-in-crisis case that involved a 51A report to the Department of Children and Families.
School police praised staff who intervened to protect children during the Arnold School incident and said staff helped bring students back inside until officers arrived. The liaison said evidence and video were gathered in the incidents and that criminal charges or referrals to juvenile authorities are pending in some cases. He also noted school police will pilot drone monitoring of traffic at the Raymond School to study dismissal congestion and will participate in Brockton High’s Trunk-or-Treat event.
Committee members thanked school police for their response and asked practical questions about parental trespass and DCF (51A) procedures. The liaison explained that a 51A referral triggers Department of Children and Families involvement when a juvenile is at risk.
The substitute-pay schedule approval, the public-safety updates and several other routine items were all part of the meeting’s consent or action agenda.
