Somerville Announces Town Halls On School Year Plans

SOMERVILLE, MA — The city will host four online School Planning Town Halls – two in English, two multilingual – on local efforts to prepare for the upcoming school year amid the coronavirus pandemic. The School Committee will also hold two additional summer meetings.

The upcoming schedule is as follows:

• Monday, July 27: School Committee Meeting, 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, July 29: School Planning Town Halls: Introduction to Planning Efforts and Discussion
  • Multilingual Town Hall, 5 to 6:25 p.m.
  • English Town Hall, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
• Monday, August 3: School Committee Meeting, 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, August 5: School Planning Town Halls: Update on Planning Efforts and Discussion
  • Multilingual Town Hall, 5 to 6:25 p.m.
  • English Town Hall, 6:30 to 8 p.m.

How to participate:

Watch: All meetings will be livestreamed. View them live on:

• City Cable TV and the Educational Channel (Channels 13 & 15 on RCN, Channels 15 & 22 on Comcast)
• City YouTube: youtube.com/SomervilleCityTV
• Via the City Website: somervillema.gov/TV (Select “Watch Live Stream”)

Join School Committee Meetings online:

• Instructions on how to join and comment at School Committee Meetings are located on the Schools website here.

Join Town Halls online or by phone:

• Town Halls are hosted on the Zoom teleconferencing platform and there will also be an option to call into the meeting from a phone.
• Visit www.somervillema.gov/virtualtownhall at the start time of the meeting you would like to attend to join live or get call-in information.
• The Somerville Public Schools is sending meeting information via their alert system to all student families and will conduct additional multilingual outreach via the School’s Somerville Family Learning Collaborative.
• Call-in information will also be available on the day of each meeting on City Cable TV and the Educational Channel (channels 13 & 15 on RCN, channels 15 & 22 on Comcast) or by calling 311.