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Thursday, March 26, 2026 · 10:30 AM AM · Ways & Means Committee Hearing on Dockets #0570 & 0571

TL;DR

The Ways & Means Committee advanced two measures to fund window and door replacement projects at Boston Public Schools. Docket #0570 requests $20.2 million for Adams Elementary School, while Docket #0571 requests $1.1 million for three schools (Margarita Muniz Academy, Mildred Avenue K-8 School, and Orchard Gardens School). Both projects may qualify for grants from the Massachusetts School Building Authority.

Key Decisions

  • Docket #0570 - Adams Elementary School window/door replacement funding Recommended for first reading and further action
  • Docket #0571 - Three-school window/door replacement funding Recommended for first reading and further action in new draft
Agenda PDF

Agenda

  1. Ways & Means Committee Hearing on Dockets #0570 & 0571
  2. 2026-0570 The Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred on March 18, 2026, Docket #0570, Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to appropriate the amount of Twenty Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($20,200,000.00) for the purpose of paying costs for the window and door replacement projects at the following schools: Adams Elementary School. This includes the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto, and for which the City of Boston may be eligible for a grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (“MSBA”), said amount to be expended under the direction of the Public Facilities Department on behalf of the Boston Public Schools, submits a report that the order ought to be read for the first time and assigned for further action.
    Committee Reports
  3. 2026-0571 The Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred on March 18, 2026, Docket #0571, Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to appropriate the amount of One Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,100,000.00) for the purpose of paying costs for the window and door replacement projects at the following schools: Margarita Muniz Academy, Mildred Avenue K-8 School, Orchard Gardens School. This includes the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto, and for which the City of Boston may be eligible for a grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (“MSBA”), said amount to be expended under the direction of the Public Facilities Department on behalf of the Boston Public Schools, submits a report recommending that the order ought to be read for the first time and assigned for further action in a new draft.
    Committee Reports