School overview
Bates Elementary School
How Bates is governed, funded, and represented in the official record. Part of Boston Public Schools.
Who makes decisions for Bates?
Bates is governed districtwide by the mayor-appointed Boston School Committee. At school level, the Bates School Site Council is the body that reviews the budget and school plan; the school says it meets with the broader Bates Family Council.
School Site Council
BPS says every school must have one, with equal parent and professional representation, and gives it authority over the Quality School Plan, discretionary budget, engagement plans, waivers, and recommendations with significant school impact.
Family Council
Every parent or guardian belongs to the School Parent Council. At Bates, the school site says the Family Council and School Site Council have met together monthly.
Public record gap
The school-linked rolling agenda is genuine but ends in September 2023. Searches of current school navigation and calendar, BPS profile and calendar, Boston notices, linked Google documents, official video channels, and a 2026 Wayback snapshot did not locate a newer Bates council agenda, minutes, or recording.
Not finding newer online records after these checks does not prove the council did not meet; records may be distributed privately through ParentSquare or retained offline.
Where the school stands
School-controlled allocation; centrally held transportation, facilities, benefits, and district services are outside this figure.
The enrollment input used for the FY27 allocation.
Context calculation: $5,121,904.47 divided by 305; this is not total district spending per student.
Includes $14,874.15 for META compliance and $711 for family engagement.
Major projects
Japan Foundation grant for Bates
Scheduled for committee action July 8, 2026The School Committee agenda listed a new $29,018 FY27 Japan Foundation grant for academic instruction at Bates, managed by the district world-languages program and Principal Meghan Harrington.
- Grant appeared under action items in the School Committee agenda
Funding
Japan Foundation grant
$29,018 listed for Bates Elementary.
The school figures come from the collected FY27 Bates allocation one-pager. Governance comes from official BPS council guidance and the school-linked council page. Committee agenda items are described as scheduled for action unless an outcome record establishes completion.
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