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From YouTube: Committee on Education on November 12, 2020
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Docket #0273 – Order for a hearing regarding Build BPS.
Docket #0274 – Order for a hearing to analyze the safety and security measures taken to protect school environments from threatening situations.
Docket #0937 – Order for a hearing regarding Libraries and library Staff in the Boston Public School
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Well,
you're
in
for
a
treat
madam
chair,
we
have
a
couple
of
superstars
with
us
today
talking
about
build
pbs
and
libraries
and
safety
and
all
the
good
work
going
on.
So
I
think
it's
a
great
opportunity
today
to
highlight
some
of
the
good
good
things
going
on
absolutely
not
so
much
pandemic,
which
will
be
good.
Let's
just
shift
for
a
minute
here
to
talk
about
some
of
the
strategic
work
and
that
we're
engaged.
B
B
Yeah
I
was
out
in
school
today,
which
is
great.
I
was
started
at
the
higginson,
the
baby
higginson,
and
then
I
went
over
to
lee
k-8
to
look
at
our
food
nutrition,
our
new
quality
food.
Oh
my
gosh
they're,
cooking
food
on
site
and
it
looks
amazing,
fresh
salads,
fresh
fruit,
wraps
that
they're
doing
spaghetti,
meatballs
and
I
mean
they're
just
really
excited
next
week.
They
got
a
little
thanksgiving,
wrap
that
they're
doing
with
turkey,
and
so
it's
fun
to
see
that
that's
finally
taking
shape.
B
A
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H
B
A
A
Perfect-
and
we
do
have
one
one
person
that
was
going
to
testify
in
a
later
panel,
but
has
a
time
restraint,
so
he
bumped
her
up
just
to
give
her
testimony
her
statement
earlier
everybody
ready
to
go
yeah
yeah
all
right
good
afternoon,
everyone.
My
name
is
denise
for
savvy
george
and
I'm
chair
of
the
boston
city
council's
committee
on
education
and
accordance
with
governor
baker's
march
12,
2020
executive
order,
modifying
certain
requirements
of
the
open
meeting
law
and
relieving
public
bodies
of
certain
requirements.
A
A
We
will
take
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
this
hearing.
If
you
wish
to
testify
via
video
conference,
please
email,
juan
lope1.lopez
boston.gov,
to
sign
up
when
you
are
called
please
state
your
name
and
affiliation
or
residence,
and
limit
your
comments
to
no
more
than
two
minutes
to
ensure
that
all
comments
can
be
heard.
You
can
also
submit
written
testimony
by
emailing.
A
A
We
have
with
us
the
superintendent
of
the
boston
public
schools,
brenda
casellas
with
the
director
of
libraries,
dr
debra
froggett,
who
is
the
director
of
library
services
and
for
presentation.
We
will
have
dr
melanie
kimball
who's,
the
director
of
school
library,
teacher
concentration
at
simmons,
school
of
library
and
information
sciences
from
safety
services.
A
We
will
have
brian
mclaughlin
who's,
the
boss,
public
schools,
director
of
capital
planning
and
he'll.
Also
there
be
joined
by
sam
depina.
We
have
some
others
that
I'll
introduce
when
we
get
to
that
point.
I'm
curious
if
any
of
my
colleagues
have
brief
opening
statements.
I'll
start
with
counselor
brayden.
K
A
D
A
Great,
thank
you
very
much
council
arroyo.
I
do
have
a
little
bit
of
an
opening
statement
just
to
set
the
stage
in
the
table
for
this
afternoon.
This
pandemic
has
given
us
an
opportunity
to
think
critically
about
how
our
school
facilities
are
as
they
as
they
currently
are,
and
how
they
could
be.
Our
facilities
tell
a
story
about
the
choices
we
as
a
city
have
made,
and
our
schools
are
places
of
academic,
social
and
emotional
learning.
A
A
A
How
can
we
ensure
that
our
students
will
return
to
build
two
buildings
that
make
them
feel
wanted
and
safe
that
make
them
feel
like
learning
is
an
exciting
pursuit
and
they
have
resources
available
to
them
to
help
them
explore.
What
can
we?
What
can
we
do
now
to
nurture
the
foundations
for
lifelong
learning?
What
will
we
do
now
to
create
a
better
district
for
tomorrow?
I
am
excited
to
be
here
with
all
of
you
today
to
discuss
these
matters
and
we'll
get
rid
of
this
puppy
in
time.
B
You,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
members
for
being
here,
counselors
just
so
excited
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
something
other
than
covid
directly,
some
of
the
strategic
work
that
we've
been
working
on
with
libraries,
also
the
work
that
we
have
been
engaged
in
prior
to
my
arrival.
Even
with
bill
pps
and
kind
of
update
you
on
a
couple,
some
of
the
major
projects.
We
won't
be
able
to
speak
about
some
of
the
other.
B
You
know
projects
that
are
in
the
bill
pps
just
yet,
because
we
still
have
some
community
engagement
to
do
prior
to
the
school
committee.
But
we
do
we
want
to
talk
to
you
about
the
quincy,
the
carter
and
the
boston
arts
academy
and
where
we're
at
with
those
designs,
as
well
as
some
of
our
capital
projects
and
and
coming
up
that
we
are
doing
to
address
some
of
our
facility
concerns
that
you
talked
about.
Madam
chair
around
covid
and
our
covered
response.
B
We
also
will
be
hearing
from
aniva
coca-grice,
who
will
be
speaking
about
our
safety
division
and
some
of
the
work
we
did
with
data
privacy
police.
The
policy
were
so
pleased
with
that
policy
took
a
while
getting
there
over
the
past
eight
months,
but
we
got
there
by
broad
work
with
our
community,
and
so
I'm
excited
for
them
to
talk
about
that.
B
So
I'm
not
going
to
talk
a
lot,
I'm
going
to
just
turn
it
right
over
to
our
chief
librarian
deb
froggett
who's,
going
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
a
update
on
our
libraries
and
then
we'll
take
some
questions
and
then
we'll
go
back
to
chief,
no
coakley,
grice
and
then
she'll
present
make
her
presentation
we'll
take
some
questions.
That's
okay,
that's,
okay
and
then
we'll
go
right
into
the
build
bps
which
might
be
where
most
of
your
questions
are
at.
L
L
So,
first
you
will
see
a
table
and
on
this
table
there
are
numbers
that
represent
the
school
library
programs
by
school
grade
band
and
then,
alongside
of
each
of
the
grand
you
can
see,
there
is
height
that
high
school
middle
schools
and
elementary
schools
are
represented
and
then
below
the
the
total
number
of
programs
in
each
grade
brand.
It
shows
how
many
certified,
librarians
and
paraprofessionals
are
dedicated
to
each
one
of
those
oops.
L
Up
so
then,
we
move
on
to
boston,
public
library,
collaborations,
bps
library,
services
and
bpl
continue
to
have
a
strong
partnership,
and
I
want
to
thank
president
david
leonard
and
the
director
of
youth
services
for
roka
abazite,
for
supporting
the
the
program
growth
that
is
is
listed
here,
oops
of
go.
If
you
would
please
go
back
one
slide.
L
This
is
why
I'm
not
doing
sharing
my
screen,
which
is
fine.
Thank
you
carrie,
oh
goodness.
Well,
I
can
speak
to
for
some
reason
that
slide
is
not
there.
I
can
speak
to
the
partnerships
I
have.
I
did
script
this
because
I'm
always
so
worried
that
I'm
gonna
miss
something
so
this
year
we're
working
to
ensure
that
all
students
have
a
library
card
number
that
will
be
integrated
into
bps's
student
information
system.
It's
called
aspen
this
way.
L
L
Now
you're
very
clear
deborah,
but
you
weren't
breaking
okay,
I'm
glad
because
sometimes
I
have
issues
like
it
just
you
know.
Don't
we
all,
but
anyway,
I
do
want
to
send
bps's
tech
department,
a
huge
thank
you,
because
they
embedded
the
soar
platform
in
the
clever
backpack
and
that's
a
single
seamless,
seamless,
access
to
a
myriad
of
ebooks
for
even
the
youngest
learners
in
bps
this
past
summer,
once
again,
bpl
and
bps
collaborated
on
summer
reading.
Some
are
reading
together,
2020..
L
The
homework
help
does
vary
from
school
to
school,
and
many
bps
students
certainly
take
advantage
of
it
and
then
finally,
the
metro,
boston
library
network,
which
is
the
integrated
library
system,
that
the
bpl
branches
use
is
also
used
by
25
libraries
and
thus
students
can
place,
holds,
and
many
can
access.
Interlibrary
loan
services
through
that,
and
so
I'm
very
grateful
to
bpl
for
these
partnerships
that
create
access
to
great
resources
for
our
kids
and
then
now
for
this
slide.
L
So
it's
a
wonderful
partnership
there
and
then,
finally,
last
but
not
certainly
not
least,
library,
services
and
team
members
are
very
cognizant
of
culturally
and
linguistically
sustaining
practices.
We
have
a
selection
development,
a
policy
that
prioritizes
book
selection,
obviously,
but
it
sustains
that
and
books.
It's
you
know:
students,
cultures,.
L
L
If
you
will-
and
it's
all
about
agency
and
equitable
access
for
students,
the
libraries
library
services
team
members
also
integrate
access
to
digital
resources
for
background
knowledge
and
for
further
research
across
the
academic
content
by
collaborating
with
teachers,
students
use
the
the
library
services
virtual
learning
commons,
you
could
google,
that
and
and
explore
that
that
is
being
used
across
the
district
and
then
I'll.
Just
close
with.
L
A
I'd
like
to
I'd
love
to
just
go
through
all
the
conclusions,
then
we'll
do
a
round
of
questions
that'd
be
great
just
just
because
it
is
the
context
of
the
library
presentation.
I'd
like
dr
kimball
to
go
next,
just
because
she
has
a
presentation
related
to
library
services
and
has
a
time
crunch,
and
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
that
we've
been
joined
by
councilman
o'malley
who's,
the
co-sponsor
of
the
bill's
bps
hearing
order
and
counselor
campbell,
as
well
as
councillor
flynn
and
councillor
mejia.
Thank
you,
dr
kimball.
Thank
you.
M
Very
much
for
inviting
me
to
come
and
speak
to
you.
I
don't
have
a
formal
presentation.
The
way
that
deborah
just
gave
you
I'm
just
going
to
talk
to
you.
I
am
an
associate
professor
and
the
director
of
the
school
library
teacher
concentration
at
the
school
of
library
and
information
science
at
simmons
university.
M
I've
been
asked
to
talk
to
you
about
the
importance
of
libraries
in
schools,
and
I
guess
my
passion,
for
this
comes
from
the
fact
that
I
truly
believe
that
libraries
are
not
just
important
to
schools.
I
think
they
are
the
centrally
important
to
schools
because
they
cover
every
angle.
They
cover
every
field
of
study.
They
cover
all
ages
of
school
of
school
children.
M
It
is
study
after
study
has
shown
that
academic
achievement
and
test
scores
tend
to
be
higher
in
schools
that
have
a
full-time,
certified
librarian.
I'm
of
course,
assuming
that
all
schools
have
libraries,
which
I
know
is
not
the
case.
So
that's
a
given
you
gotta
have
a
library
and
a
full-time
certified
librarian.
M
Better
reading
scores
tend
to
follow
school
libraries
that
have
appropriate
funding,
information,
retrieval
and
evaluation
skills
are
something
that
librarians
teach
to
children
and
those
skills
will
last
for
a
lifetime,
no
matter
what
the
format
is
or
how
the
format
changes,
understanding
how
to
retrieve
information,
how
to
evaluate
information
to
make
sure
that
it's
the
best
information
is,
is
incredibly
important,
school
library
current
time
not
cloven
time,
not
not.
Counting.
Of
course,
school
libraries
provide
a
broadband
high-speed
internet
to
those
students
who
don't
have
access
to
it.
M
Much
like
they're,
also
bridged
by
public
libraries
that
have
provide
the
same
school,
librarians
and
school
libraries
help
prepare
students
for
careers
and
college
readiness
and
librarians.
I
think
something
that's
important
is
we
always
think
about
librarians
in
terms
of
children,
but
they
collaborate
with
other
teachers
to
provide
resources
and
skills,
and
that
that
collaboration
is
incredibly
important
and
the
the
other
thing
that
I
think
sometimes
gets
left
out
is
is
libraries
as
space.
M
The
library
provides
a
space
for
students
to
go
to
do
group
work
to
do
study
to
to
spend
time
absorbing
other
other.
You
know
spend
time
doing
other
kinds
of
work
so
that
school
libraries
to
me,
that's
a
that's.
A
no-brainer,
they're
very
important
having
a
full-time
certified
school
librarian
is
is
incredibly
important
as
well.
The
other
thing
I
was
asked
to
talk
about
was
diversity
in
in
librarianship,
and
how
do
we
achieve
a
more
diverse
t,
school
library
teacher?
M
I
will
have
to
admit
that
that
the
the
field
of
librarianship
in
general
is
probably
less
diverse
than
the
field
of
education.
That's
a
little
bit
anecdotal!
I
I
don't
actually
have
a
study
to
back
that
up,
but
just
that's
my
sense
is
that
we
are
not
as
as
diverse
as
as
we
could
be
not
for
want
of
trying
the
american
library
association
has
a
diversity
office.
That's
been
trying
very
hard
for
years
to
diversify
this
profession
that
carries
over
into
the
school
library
profession
at
simmons.
M
We've
been
talking
very
much
about
that
this
year,
especially
because,
because
we
have
this
time
where
we're
working
with
our
students
online
and
so
strangely,
it
gives
us
some
kind
of
space
to
to
actually
talk
about
things
more
and
one
of
the.
I
just
had
a
meeting
this
week
where
we
were
talking
about.
How
do
we
get
a
more
diverse
population
into
our
programs,
both
the
education
programs
in
the
school
library
teacher
education
programs?
M
So
I
I
can't
give
you
concrete
things
I
I
will
say
that
before
I
came
to
simmons,
I
was
at
another
school
where
we
did.
This
did
work
on
this
with
a
grant
from
the
from
the
federal
government
to
pay
tuition,
for
you
know
for
a
certain
number
of
minority
students,
and
that
was
great
for
the
for
the
couple
of
years
that
those
students
were
in
the
in
the
pool
and
they
went
out
and
became
school
librarians,
and
this
was
in
new
york
state.
M
But
the
problem
with
all
grants
is
that
you
need
to
have
money
to
back
it
up
to
follow
up
on
that
and
continuously,
and
that's
that
seems
to
be
the
problem.
And
finally,
a
path
to
to
certification
for
library,
aids,
deborah
and
I
were
hard
at
work
on
on
in
discussions
with
the
two
of
us
and
as
well
as
the
director
of
the
school
of
library
and
information,
science
and
and
then
covet
hit,
and
so
we've
kind
of
come
to
a
dead
stop.
M
But
I
think
that's
something
that
we
plan
to
take
up
again
and
and
talk
about
more
we've
certainly
had
a
productive
partnership
over
the
years
with,
as
debra
said
many
of
my
students
going
into
the
public
schools
and
in
boston,
either
as
teacher
candidates,
but
also
in
their
pre-practicum
work,
and
some
of
them
have
been
hired
by
you.
Thankfully,
and
so
I
hope
that
simmons
will
continue
to
have
a
really
strong
relationship
with
bps
in
the
future.
Thank
you.
E
Good
afternoon,
everyone
and
thank
you
so
much
dr
concilius-
I
I'm
honored
to
be
here
as
always.
Thank
you
to
all
of
the
city
councilors,
and
this
is
always
wonderful
to
see
you
and
your
little
your
little
puppy
and
good
to
see
everyone.
I'm
here
happy
and
safe.
First
I'd
like
to
say
we
at
safety
services,
particularly
my
officers,
are
partners.
We
will
work
diligently
to
break
down
barriers
by
building
relationships,
relationships
and,
in
some
cases,
re-establish
communications
with
students,
community
members
and
community-based
partners.
E
In
an
effort
really
to
create
prevention
practice
practices,
we
will
reorganize
from
a
law
enforcement
department
to
one
which
promotes
health,
wellness
prevention,
partnership
and
problem
solving.
As
change
agents,
we
will
decentralize
the
decision-making
process
by
really
empowering
officers
who
are
organized
on
the
ground
level
in
regional
teams
to
make
to
work
with
families.
School
personnel,
community
partners
officers
will
leverage
their
connections
to
build
consistent
consensus,
around
creative
solutions
to
barriers
to
students,
success,
positive
school
environments
and
the
larger
quality
of
life
and
health
and
safety
of
the
broader
school
community.
E
In
doing
this,
as
the
superintendent
mentioned,
I
came
in
really
like
a
ball
of
fire,
really
just
really
kind
of
engaging
some
of
the
same
partners
and
relationships
that
I
left
with
with
boston
pd.
So,
first
of
all,
we're
having
we're
gonna
know:
what's
not?
Okay,
good
move
I'll
just
go
through
the
slide
real
quickly,
and
then
we
can
be
prepared
to
ask
any
questions
at
the
end.
E
We
collected
over
2
000
toys
from
marine
toys,
retox
program
for
the
holiday.
We
collaborate
with
the
youth
group
and
we're
assisting
them
in
distributing
those
toys
within
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
Really
thinking
out
of
the
box
really
being
innovative
and
supporting
our
communities
recommended
update
uniform
designs
based
on
engagement,
personality
and
effectiveness
of
our
safety
service
mission.
E
We're
really
looking
at
my
mother
also
say
you
know
you
can't
really
change
unless
you
make
a
difference,
unless
you
do
something
different,
that's
one
of
the
things
we're
looking
at
really
be
a
different
type
of
engagement
officer
and
what
that's
going
to
come.
A
new
uniform
appearance,
we're
fostering
departmental
wide
mptc
basic
reserve
training,
looking
at
getting
our
whole
department
trained,
reserve
trained,
which
is
looking
at
the
new
reform
policy
related
to
police,
recognized
in
4,
000,
social
media
hits
and
virtual
events.
E
We
have
been
really
doing
a
circuit
really
getting
our
word
out,
introducing
myself
in
the
re,
really
the
re-engagement
of
our
department
and
being
a
different
type
of
apartment
department.
Really
focusing
on
you
know
our
values
which,
which
include
you
know,
providing
a
safe
learning
environment
in
our
city,
schools,
contributing
value
resources
to
schools
and
staff.
Members,
really
fostering
positive
relationships
with
our
youth,
developing
strategies
to
resolve
problems
affecting
youth
and
protecting
our
students,
as
we
as
they
reach
their
full
potential,
not
really
ignoring
any
of
the
sentiment.
J
Thank
you,
chief
coakley
rice
and
thank
you
for
all
your
hard
work.
You've
been
doing
just
want
to
publicly
recognize
that.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
all
the
work
you've
done
so
I'm
here
good
evening,
city,
council,
members
and
committee
at
large,
I'm
here
to
speak
with
you
all
about
our
recent
policy
regarding
preparing
and
sharing
students
and
reports
and
information,
boston
police.
J
Before
I
jump
in,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
also
publicly
thank
all
of
our
partners
that
worked
with
us
very
closely
to
discuss
and
have
a
lot
of
good
conversation
around
kind
of
the
shaping
of
this
policy,
and
you
know,
ask
the
public
to
recognize
dr
sally's
for
hard
work
and
personal
involvement
in
getting
the
group
of
us
together
to
come
up
with
this
revised
policy
that
we
have
today.
So
with
that
just
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
highlights
of
the
policy.
J
It
eliminates
the
practice
of
preparing
intelligent
reports
as
well,
which
are
just
basic
information
about
different
things
that
go
on
in
the
community
safety
service.
Employee
must
also
now
inform
a
school
administrator
prior
to
preparing
an
innocent
report
where
it
involves
a
student
and
then
once
the
administrator
is
made
aware
that
a
student
is
going
to
have
a
police
report
filed
or
a
report
file
they're
required
to
notify
the
families
of
that
as
soon
as
they
get
that
information
within
24
hours.
C
This
is
behavioral
health
services
data
from
september
to
october,
and
notably
this
is
a
lot
of
student
support
services.
This
is
indicative
of
the
level
of
trauma,
and
we
know
that
since
march,
when
covet
hit,
particularly
in
that
month
and
beyond,
there's
been
a
significant
uptick
between
20
and
30
in
violence
in
the
community,
including
juvenile
violence.
C
So
that's
significant.
I
should
also
point
out,
within
this
framework
this
summer,
when
we
were
having
multiple
incidents
and
students
impacted,
I
went
to
the
superintendent
and
she
immediately
funded
four
more
social
workers.
For
the
summer
to
provide
support
directly
to
families-
and
they
made
hundreds
of
calls
to
families
impacted
as
a
result
of
the
work
that
the
team
is
doing
in
collaboration
with
the
community,
and
those
calls
were
all
very
well
received.
C
C
Bpd
is
poised
to
work
with
us
in
providing
these
during
this
remote
environment.
So
we
just
spoke
with
sergeant
blake
and
we've
been
working
with
chief
coakley
and
our
team
to
initiate
those
for
pd
for
our
school
communities.
If
folks
don't
know,
these
are
also
very
well
received
across
the
district
by
staff
and
school
communities,
they
are
for
staff,
they
include
situational
awareness
and
how
to
really
negotiate
their
own
space
in
their
own
building.
C
So
normally
they
take
place
in
the
building
for
a
reason,
but
we'll
be
working
to
do
those
virtually
until
we
get
fully
back
in
and
finally,
we
work
with
jody
lg
over
succeed,
boston,
there's
a
little
bit
of
data
on
what
has
been
provided
around
bullying
and
cyber
bullying
through
60
boston
and
virtual
trainings.
Thus
far
this
year,
I
am
now
going
to
turn
it
back
over
to
sam
depena
he's
going
to
review
the
door
lock
replacement
project
of
the
district.
J
J
In
our
north
zone
31
buildings
in
our
east
zone
36
buildings
in
our
west
zone,
28
buildings,
we
anticipate
completion
of
all
the
remaining
buildings
by
the
end
of
the
2021
summer
break
in
many
locations.
Other
work
was
required
to
show
the
doors
closed,
properly
and
locked
as
well.
This
you
know
includes
work
such
as
replacing
doors
installing
new
hinges,
I'm
installing
or
replacing
closers
or
refurbishing
metal
door
frames
to
help
doors
sit
more
appropriately
in
the
space.
J
We
also
purchase
new
keys
for
each
school
and
completed
complete
key
replacements
for
either
lost
or
key
lost,
keys
or
keys,
not
returned
by
the
party
staff
members.
So
this
year
we
spent
approximately
about
initially
budget
five
a
little
over
five
million
dollars,
and
we
continue
to
move
forward
with
making
these
investments
to
ensuring
that
classrooms
is
safe.
You
know
for
our
staff
and
our
students,
and
with
that
I
will
turn
it
back
over
to
the
superintendent.
B
B
As
I
said,
we
are
not
ready
to
talk
about
all
of
the
pieces
and
components
of
build
pps,
because
we
still
have
community
engagement
projects
we're
doing
with
the
horse
man.
We
have
community
engagement
projects
that
we're
doing
with
jackson,
man
and
then
our
k-6
expansion
and
so
we'll
come
back
around
and
talk
with
talk
with
all
of
you
on
those
projects.
B
N
N
Thank
you
as
superintendent
indicate
I'll
be
providing
information
on
some
of
the
larger
projects
currently
in
design
and
construction,
along
with
some
of
the
other
capital
programs
bps
managing
within
school
buildings.
The
first
slide
is
an
overview
of
the
three
largest
projects
we
currently
have
going
on
in
design
and
in
construction.
N
N
The
jedi
quincy
upper
school
is
currently
in
design.
That's
the
rendering,
on
the
bottom
right
hand,
corner
of
the
slide
excitingly.
After
nearly
a
decade
working
with
the
msba,
the
city
will
be
moving
forward
with
the
construction
of
the
new
josiah
quincy
upper
school
on
the
site
of
their
current
modular
building.
N
Msba
approved
the
project,
scope
and
budget
of
this
project
by
a
unanimous
vote
on
october
28th,
and
we
will
be
back
before
the
council
next
tuesday
to
discuss
this
project
further
and
to
request
an
appropriation
to
support
the
costs
to
construct
a
new
building
construction.
This
building
will
start
in
the
summer
of
2021
will
be
complete
the
2024
school
year.
N
The
new
jqs
will
be
a
six-story
middle
high
school
built
for
650
students
in
grades
6
to
12..
The
design
of
the
building
will
emphasize
flexibility,
collegiality
and
collaboration
amongst
student
staff.
The
new
state
of
the
art
school
will
have
21st
century
learning,
spaces
for
music
art
science,
we'll
have
a
full-size,
gymnasium
auditorium
media
center
and
cafeteria.
N
Finally,
and
last
but
not
least
out
of
the
three
big
larger
construction
projects
we
have
going
on
right
now
is
the
carter
school.
That's
still
in
the
early
stages
of
design,
the
carter
school.
I
know
many
people
are
familiar
with.
Is
a
bps
school
located
on
the
border
of
boston's,
lower
roxbury
south
end
neighborhood.
N
The
current
building
was
built
in
the
1970s
as
a
temporary
facility
for
the
school
students
at
the
cotta
range
in
ages,
from
12
to
22.
The
students
present
both
severe
intensive
disabilities
and
complex
health
needs.
Due
to
these
unique
challenges,
each
classroom
is
comprised
of
five
students,
one
teacher
and
two
teaching
assistants.
N
N
N
In
addition,
outdoor
therapeutic
spaces
will
be
included
in
the
project
to
replicate
the
cotter
school's
current
therapy
garden.
I'm
moving
on
to
some
of
the
smaller
projects.
We
have
ongoing
right
now,
as
you
may
have
heard,
if
you
can
move
to
the
next
slide
kerry
boston.
Public
schools
recently
received
a
6.2
million
dollar
grant
under
the
us's
epa
reduction
and
lead
exposure
drinking
water
program.
N
N
N
It
presents
a
dramatic
shift
for
schools
that
have
previously
served
pre-packaged
meals
to
their
students
in
these
schools.
The
kitchens
are
transformed
into
miniature
full-service
cafeterias,
with
serving
lines,
high
quality
food
and,
most
importantly,
a
new
element
for
the
students
where
they
have
the
choice
to
select
the
food
that
they'll
be
eating.
For
the
day
to
date,
90
plus
school
kitchens
have
been
transformed
to
support
my
way.
Cafe,
costs
associated
with
the
past
three
years
of
work
on
these
renovations
is
over
18
million
dollars.
N
N
Final
program,
I'm
going
to
speak
to
some
bathroom
upgrades
that
are
ongoing
throughout
bps
in
fy21,
10
million
dollars
was
included
in
the
budget
to
identify
and
update
bathrooms
throughout
the
district.
These
upgrades
focus
on
updating
fixtures,
partitions
lighting,
painting
and
flooring,
and
some
of
the
bathrooms
that
were
in
need
of
some
work.
N
The
second
phase,
which
will
result
in
upgrades
to
an
additional
86
toilet
rooms,
will
go
into
construction
in
early
winter.
Those
schools
would
be
the
josiah
quincy
elementary
school,
harvard
kent
excel
high
school
bumana
and
english
high
school.
We
also
anticipate
another
five
to
eight
schools
going
into
construction
in
the
summer
of
2021..
J
Yes,
thank
you
very
much
brian
for
your
leadership
and
work
and
all
those
efforts.
Those
are
real,
significant
investments
that
we're
making
with
your
leadership
and
help
and
without
our
city
college,
also
acknowledge
our
city
colleagues
who've
been
supporting
with
the
work
as
well.
I'm
here
just
briefly
to
discuss
some
of
the
covert
preparations
and
planning
that
we
have
been
engaged
in
since
the
spring,
and
you
know
those
those
projects
include
windows.
We
had
two
phases
of
window
projects
that
we
completed
one.
J
The
first
phase
was
to
ensure
that
at
least
one
operable
window
was
open
in
every
classroom.
Even
though
we
have
an
average
about
three
to
four
windows
per
room,
we
have
to
make
sure
all
of
them
were
operable
as
much
as
possible.
We
identified
two
about
300
windows
that
need
to
be
repaired
in
phase
one,
and
we
got
that
work
done
first
and
while
we
were
doing
that,
we
assessed
every
window
in
every
school,
which
was
about
twenty
seven
thousand
five
hundred
windows
and
of
those
twenty
seven
thousand
five
hundred
windows.
J
J
Also
in
the
process
of
you
know,
as
the
temperatures
are
getting
colder,
we're
monitoring
the
our
energy
division
is
monitoring
the
temperatures
in
our
buildings,
we're
running
three
reports
on
the
average
temperatures
or
three
times
a
day
at
seven
a.m,
11
a.m
and
3
p.m,
and
our
school
leaders
have
the
ability
to
contact
our
any
division
to
raise
the
temperatures
up
or
down
as
they
see
fit.
So
that's
just
an
update
there
with
this
non-hvac
schools.
We
continue
to
monitor
and
make
repairs
as
needed
to
our
ventilation
systems
and
boilers.
J
J
J
Ninety
nine
percent,
which
is
smaller
than
the
covet
viral
virus
particles,
whereas
hepa
filters,
are
only
ninety
nine
point.
Nine
seven
percent
efficient
in
their
their
filters
capture,
only
0.3
microns,
with
the
worth
of
particles
and
again
bps,
completed
air
quality
testing
of
all
of
our
schools
over
the
summer,
and
all
of
them
were
rated
as
passed,
and
our
air
quality
is
safe
to
occupy.
J
B
B
A
I
love
it
and
they're
more
than
qualified
to
answer.
I'm
sorry!
Thank
you,
dr
castellius,
and
everyone
for
that
thorough
presentation.
I'd
like
to
get
right
into
questions
by
colleagues,
so
we
will
start
with
counselor
breedon
brayden
and
I
am
doing
a
a
five
minute
timer
this
evening.
So
as
you
hear
the
alarm,
please
wind
up
your
question,
so
we
can
keep
this
moving.
We
do
have
another
panel
on
this
evening.
K
K
K
K
K
L
Well,
I
don't
know
if
dr
castellis
would
like
me
to
like
to
or
not
absolutely
as
mentioned
briefly,
and
I
can
describe
it
a
little
better.
Bpl
has
enabled
access
for
all
students
to
access
very
easily.
This
ebook
platform
called
sora
that
has
a
thousands
and
thousands
of
of
digital
texts
for
kids
to
read
so
that
that's
a
way
for
all
students
very
seamlessly
to
access
books,
books
they
need
for
school,
for
pleasure
and
so
on.
So
that
is
all
of
those
resources
are
digital.
K
K
And
then
the
path
to
certification
for
librarians-
I
I
understand
that
you
know
the
barriers
for
going
into
further
education
with
a
mat
to
get
a
master's
in
library
studies
or
whatever
is
is,
is
a
barrier.
The
the
tuition
fees
are
a
barrier.
I'm
I'm
curious
about
the
the
strategies
for
getting
more
librarian
library,
aids
certified.
How
does
that
work,
and,
and
also
how
that
works
in
terms
of
diversifying
your
your
librarian
staff.
M
M
If,
if
you
know,
if
the,
if
the
point
is
to
provide
a
path
to
certification
for
library
aides
that
are
currently
working
at
bps
it,
you
know,
it
just
depends
on
who
those
who
those
folks
are
in
terms
of
diversity.
In
general,
that's
definitely
been
made
pretty
clear
as
a
mandate
deci,
we
just
recently
were
reaccredited
by
deci
and
our
have
a
continuing
accreditation
by
dusty,
and
that
was
you
know.
M
It's
made
very
clear
to
us
that
that's
something
that
they're
very
concerned
about
we've
been
having
ongoing
discussion
with
all
of
the
educator
prep
programs
across
the
state,
with
strategies
for
how
to
do
that.
But
so
I
can't
give
you
specifics
right
this
minute,
but
to
say
that
it's
it's
important
is
probably
an.
K
Yeah,
I
think
it's
a
very
laudable
goal
to
have,
and
also
in
terms
of
our
cultural
diversity,
I'm
wondering
about
librarian
library,
resources
that
are
bilingual.
You
know
I
I
I
see
little
ones
starting
off
with
a
bilingual
first
reader,
and
you
know
so
that
the
mom
or
caretaker,
maybe
english
is
the
second-
is
not
their
first
language,
so
that
you're
you're
it's
it's
it's
sort
of
a
win-win
all
around,
so
you
have
access
to
bilingual
materials
as
well.
M
A
D
Welcome,
thank
you
guys,
I'm
going
to
try
and
stagger
these
by
topics
that
were
brought
up
and
so
hold
on.
There's
I
told
you
they
wait
till.
I
start
talking
so
in
terms
of
our
libraries.
How
are
we
handling
in
a
time
when
all
of
our
students
are
remote,
but
even
when
we
get
back
to
a
hybrid
model,
most
of
our
students
will
still
be
remote.
How
are
we
handling
book
distribution
or
making
books
available
to
our
families.
L
So
there's
that
avenue
one
thing
that
I'm
pretty
excited
about
and
it's
this
is
very
nascent
and
I
may
be
talking
out
of
school
if
you
will,
but
now
that
we,
the
food
sites,
are
pretty
well
established
at
mildred
ave,
which
is
a
food
site.
The
the
school
library
paraprofessional
and
I
are
are
looking
into
just
giving
books
away.
They
just
actually
had
a
book
fair
where
they
gave
books
to
families
that
came
to
pick
up
to
pick
up
meals
and
food,
and
so
at
the
campbell
resource
center.
L
L
I
know
that
some
schools,
when
coveted
all
of
a
sudden
hit
us
librarians,
sent
a
wealth
of
books
home
with
kids
that
that
week
in
march,
when
we
all
were
sort
of
scrambling,
and
so
the
students
had
those
to
enjoy-
and
hopefully
we
they'll
come
back
and
we'll
be
able
to.
As
I
said,
you
know,
continue
to
put
books
in
kids
hands.
D
Just
to
give
everybody
a
heads
up
on
what's
coming
next
in
terms
of
the
window
project,
I
believe
the
number
was
7
thousand
windows.
Is
that
what
I
heard?
Yes,
I
remember
having
a
hearing
in
august
about
reopening
schools
with
the
superintendent
here
and
I
believe
the
number
of
windows
that
were
reported
at
that
time
was
about
116
or
in
that
ballpark.
Why
the
huge
discrepancy
between
what
was
reported
in
august
and
this
7000
that's
being
reported
right
now.
J
But
when
we
finished
that
assessment
it
wound
up
being
able
to
in
total
300
windows,
but
simultaneously,
as
we
were
doing
all
the
assessments
we
knew
we
had
identified
more
that
were
not
operable
that
we
wanted
to
make
operable.
So
there
were
two
phases
of
the
works
that
might
have
been
some
of
the
confusion,
the
two
different
numbers
they
shouldn't
be
looked
at
together.
They
should
be
looked
at
one
phase,
we're
just
making
one
window
operable
in
every
classroom
to
make
sure
that
was
happening.
J
Then
the
second
phase
of
the
work
was
identifying
all
the
windows
that
were
not
operable,
that
we
wanted
to
make
repairs
to
and
again
they
were
on
average
about
three
to
four
windows
per
classroom.
So
we
were
confident
that
there
was
enough
windows
in
buildings
to
make
sure
there
was
air
exchanges.
Okay,.
D
So,
just
to
make
sure
that
I
understand
it
basically
that
initial
number
in
august
was
those
were
classrooms
that
had
no
windows
that
worked
at
all.
Is
that
basically,
what
it
was
okay
and
then
this
is
an
entire
assessment
of
even
possibly
not
even
classrooms,
but
offices
and
everything
else.
All
the
windows
in
a
building,
yes
got
it
as
we
look
at
kind
of
things
that
are
gonna.
Obviously
these
aren't
new
issues.
J
D
B
Yeah
I'll
turn
over
to
nathan
cooter,
who
has
taken
over
build
pps,
and
he
works
closely
with
sam
and
the
ops
team,
as
well
as
brian,
on
some
of
the
major
projects
and
some
of
our
transparency
around
bill
pps.
When
we
restarted.
As
you
know,
when
we
were
going
in
culvin,
we
kind
of
put
things
on
the
back
and
burner,
so
we
could
get
all
ready
for
reopening
so
I'll.
Let
nate
talk
a
little
bit
about
where
we're
at
with
bill
pps
and
where
we're
going
to
be
headed.
O
Yeah-
and
I
appreciate
the
question
you
know
when
we
launched
billbps
the
first
report-
we
launched
it
with
the
dashboard
that
allowed
you
to
go
to
each
school
community
and
click
and
see
a
lot
of
information,
including
the
condition
of
air
quality.
There's
a
lot
of
information
about
what
physical
assets
are
in
the
building.
We
have
not
done
a
good
job
of
keeping
that
data
live
and
updated
with
major
projects
that
have
happened.
O
So
one
of
the
things
that
brian
and
I
are
going
to
be
working
on
with
the
billbps
team
over
the
next
year
is
refreshing
that
data
and
figuring
out
an
annual
timeline
for
making
sure
that
you
have
that,
so
that
you
can
go
in
and
view
that
dashboard
and
get
the
latest
information.
Certainly
a
lot
of
the
work
we've
done
around
the
windows
is
not
reflected
in
that
data,
but
it's
something
that
we're
committed
to
keeping
updated
going
forward.
D
P
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair
and
good
evening.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
I
apologize.
I
was
a
little
tardy
to
this
having
some
technical
difficulties.
I'm
now
talking
to
you
through
my
phone
but
delighted
to
be
with
all
of
you
and
really
appreciate
the
partnership
of
the
chair
and
so
much
of
this
important
work
the
just
taking
through.
P
I
know
where
disguise,
if
I
have
it
right,
chair,
we're
going
through
all
three
sort
of
topics:
build
bps
safety,
security
library,
so
I'm
gonna
work
backwards,
then
from
the
numerical
docket
listings,
obviously,
as
a
bibliophile
as
someone
who
loves
books
and
loves,
bps
really
encouraged
to
see
our
our
renewed
support
for
libraries
and
library
staff.
It
is
obviously
such
a
integral
part
of
the
learning
process.
When
I
was
a
student
at
boston,
latin
school
in
the
late
1990s,
we
nearly
lost
accreditation
because
of
a
subpar
library.
P
Many
people
may
not
know
that
now,
but
that
was
something
that
what
what
is
now
the
c-vac
room
was
the
library.
So
it's
great
to
see
how
that
has
been
rectified
and
looking
forward
to
seeing
the
the
that
replicated
throughout
every
school,
particularly
our
high
schools,
it's
important
to
have
such
strong
libraries
and
fully
staffed
libraries.
P
Secondly,
the
safety
and
security
now
takes
two
chilling
reasons
that
we
need
to
focus
on,
of
course,
school
safety
in
terms
of
a
man-made
issue,
but
now
we're
seeing
with
the
pandemic
as
well-
and
I
know
that
there's
been
some
some
good
work
there
and
look
forward
to
continuing
the
work
for
this
round.
I
want
to
focus
on
the
sort
of
the
general
build
bps
hearing.
I
think
some
of
you
may
know.
P
I've
mentioned
this
countless
times
through
countless
iterations
of
the
boston
city
council
that
the
first
hearing
order
I
ever
called
for
was
on
a
facilities
plan
for
boston,
public
schools.
This
is
in
march
of
2011.,
so
this
is
something
that
obviously
I'm
focused
on
and
it's
the
work
remains
daunting
and
given
the
economy
that
it
looks
like
it
will
continue
to
be
daunting.
But
I
wanted
to
speak
specifically
on,
as
it
relates
to
new
construction
bps's
plans
to
live
up
to
our
work
in
terms
of
net
zero
carbon
construction.
P
This
is
something
that
we
passed.
I've
been
working
on
since
2016.
the
mayor,
signed
into
law
and
executive
order
last
december,
mending
that
all-new
school
and
all
new
municipal
buildings
will
be
net
zero
carbon,
so
super
nate
or
whomever
wants
to
tackle
that.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
sort
of
our
resiliency
plans
and
as
it
relates
to
new
construction
and
eventually
retrofitting
as
well.
B
N
Of
course,
as
with
the
new
construction
projects
that
we
have
ongoing
in
design
we're
working
closely
with
the
design
teams
to
identify
how
we
get
to
net
a
neutral
building
relative
to
the
energy
management
working
closely
with
currently
right
now,
we
have
fh
on
the
j
on
the
drazei
quincy
upper
school
project,
perkins
and
eastman.
They
they
were
the
architects
for
the
boston
arts
academy,
which
is
going
to
be
online
after
your
motion
was
passed,
but
also
working
with
the
carter
school.
N
We
also
have
a
environmental
team
here
at
the
boston
public
schools.
That's
working
closely
with
these
architects
to
not
only
work
on
these
current
buildings,
but
identify
how
we
can
make
strides
in
our
existing
buildings
so
that
we
do
have
the
most
energy
efficient
facilities
in
in
the
city
of
boston
or
in
the
inventory.
N
N
P
D
P
But
I
think
you
know
having
it
if
not
net,
for
the
older,
older
new
construction
pardon
the
oxymoron
to
have
something:
that's
net
zero,
ready
as
opposed
to
net
zero
carbon
certified.
It
sounds
like
baa.
It
sounds
like
you're.
Moving
in
that
direction.
Is
that
the
same
for
the
carter
and
the
upper
quincy
or
will
either
of
them
be
mcc.
N
No,
the
carter
would
definitely
design
started
after
the
the
your
emotion
of
the
matter
was
through
the
council
jqs
again
that
came.
They
started
design
prior,
but
I
believe
it's
going
to
be
net
ready,
maybe
not
zero
when
it
becomes
online,
but
we're
gonna
again
put
the
infrastructure
in
place
to
hopefully
get
there.
P
Well,
that's
really
encouraging
and
would
love
to
just
obviously
for
my
own
edification
stay
in
touch
with
you
on
that
and
look
forward
to
seeing
it's.
I
often
cite
this
example:
the
in
lexington
massachusetts.
We
had
a
selectmen
speak
at
our
hearing
on
this.
They
have
the
hastings
elementary
school,
which
is
net
zero
carbon
one
of
the
first
schools
in
the
commonwealth,
if
not
the
first
in
a
general.
P
P
So
that's
actually
a
net
net
positive
carbon,
so
the
the
bar
has
been
set
pretty
high,
but
it
again
shows
my
belief
that
every
every
fiscal
conservative
ought
to
be
an
environmentalist,
because
if
we
do
this
right,
we're
also
we're
going
to
have
better
energy
efficient
buildings,
we're
also
going
to
save
money
for
the
taxpayers.
So
thank
you
for
your
work
in
this
space.
I
know
it's
not
glamorous,
but
it's
incredibly
important
and
I'm
grateful
for
your
leadership
here.
A
Q
Q
Q
What
is
the
relationship
between
build
bps,
the
the
schools
and
you
know
with
some
of
the
programming
with
bcyf
as
well?
How
does
that
relationship
work
if,
if
we're
doing
build
bps
and
also
there's
some
projects
that
need
to
be
done
at
a
bcyf
center
that
might
be
on
site?
Can
you
talk
about
that?
That
relationship.
N
Sure
I
think,
with
all
school
facilities
within
bps
and
in
speaking
specifically
to
the
bill
bps
program.
We
look
at
that
facility
as
a
whole,
and
several
of
these
facilities
include
bcyf
centers,
whether
it's
the
murphy
jackson
manor
any
of
the
other
schools
that
have
bcyf
centers
within
those
facilities.
N
So,
in
the
event
that
we
were
going
to
be
doing
upgrades
or
somehow
renovating
or
transforming
a
a
particular
school
in
the
space,
that's
incorporated
that
bcyf
incorporates
they'd
be
at
the
table.
While
we
work
through
whether
it's
design
or
or
future
plans
for
that
building,
so
that
one
they
know
the
impacts
to
the
operations
while
a
particular
project
is
going
on,
but
also
have
a
better
understanding
of
what
their
spaces
are
going
to.
Look
like
that
may
impact
their
programmatic
offerings
when
the
a
particular
project
is
done.
J
J
Q
I
know
that's
going
to
be
a
tremendous
tremendous
service
for
our
students
and
they
they
definitely
deserve
it.
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
bps
team
for
working
closely
with
the
state,
treasurer's
team
and
and
getting
that
done,
as
well
as
the
the
mayor's
team.
I'm
also
happy
about
the
josiah
quincy
school
as
well
as,
as
was
discussed.
I
guess
my
question
is
for
a
school
like
josiah,
quincy
or
other
schools
that
might
be
located
in
areas
where
we
have
high
pollution
rates,
environmental
issues.
Q
B
I
think
counselor,
it's
a
really
good
question
and
probably
mr
cooter
and
mr
mclaughlin
can
speak
to
it
most
more
so,
but
earlier
today
mr
depena
talked
about
an
indicator
system
that
we're
going
to
be
putting
into
our
schools,
which
will
have
a
central
base
that
they
all
of
the
information
about
co2
and
dust
and
other
things
within
the
air
can
come
back
to
our
central
environmental
team.
Who
is
outstanding
by
the
way.
They're.
Just
a
great
team
of
folks
and
they'll
they'll
then
be
able
to
more
monitor
the
the
air
quality.
Q
A
R
Thank
you,
counselor
sabi
george,
and
thank
you
to
the
panelists
and
I
apologize.
I
missed.
I
think
the
beginning
of
the
hearing,
my
questions,
and
maybe
this
and
I
can
look
at
there-
was
a
lot
of
information
presented.
So
I
can
definitely
look
at
look
at
it
when
this
is
over,
but
you
know
obviously
we're
still
continuing
to
get
questions
with
respect
to
ventilation,
the
safety
of
our
buildings
with
respect
to
the
pandemic
and
returning.
R
So
just
people
are
frustrated
as
well
with
respect
to
the
fact
that
they've
been
raising
concerns,
of
course,
for
a
long
time
about
the
old
infrastructure
and
concerns
around
ventilation,
hvac
systems
et
cetera.
Even
before
covet-
and
I
know
you
know
the
superintendent,
when
you
even
did
your
tour
you're
very
concerned
about
the
the
physical
infrastructure
so
as
we
think
about
bringing
folks
students
back
eventually,
particularly
our
highest,
need
students
how
how
do
we
prioritize
buildings
that
we
deem
to
be
safer
and
those
buildings
that
are
safer?
R
What
do
they
have
that
that
makes
them
safer
in
this
moment
in
time
and
then
for
the
other
infrastructure
issues?
What's
our
timeline
and
and
what's
realistic
right
in
terms
of
making
them
safer
in
the
midst
of
the
pandemic,
as
we,
of
course
continue
to
create
a
plan
to
bring
our
highest
needs
students
back.
B
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that.
You
know
it
really
helps
to
clear
up
some
of
the
fear
and
anxiety.
That's
out
there.
You
know
our
buildings
are
old
and
we
do
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
over
the
next
several
years
under
the
bill.
Bps
and
some
of
our
capital
improvement
plans,
some
of
that
we
started
with
bathrooms
and
water
and
windows,
but
we
have
a
lot
more
work
with
painting
and
flooring
and
new
builds
and
gymnasiums
and
libraries
and
all
the
other
things
that
we
want
to
do.
B
B
We
also
have
purchased
air
purifiers
for
nursing
stations,
isolations
rooms,
and
then
all
of
the
four
schools
that
are
open
will
have
the
air
purifiers
and
we
have
classroom
air
purifiers
on
order.
Mr
depina
talked
a
little
bit
about
our
supply
problem,
but
we
do
we
have
them
on
order
and
we're
ready
to
go
with
that.
The
third
is
what
I
just
spoke
about,
which
is
the
air
indicators,
the
data
data
indicators.
I
can't
think
of
the
data
collection
indicators.
B
I
think
that
will
go
into
our
classrooms
and
give
us
a
more
regular
reading
of
the
air
quality
within
our
classrooms.
So
those
are
long-term
investments.
That
really
aren't
you
know,
don't
cost
millions
and
millions
of
dollars,
but
will
provide
for
the
ongoing
maintenance
and
monitoring
of
our
air
quality
within
our
buildings,
and
I
think
those
those
pieces
are
what's
going
to
be
needed
when
we're
dealing
with
infectious
disease
like
this.
R
Thank
you,
superintendent,
and
look
forward
to
staying
in
contact.
I
know
it's
an
ongoing
issue
and
just
wanting
to
raise
up-
and
I
know
you
guys-
are
hearing
it
too-
that
can
aiden
also
is,
I
guess,
frustrated
about
something,
but
also
wanted
to
just
continue
to
flag
that
there.
That
continues
to
be
frustration,
I
think,
was
just
the
pace
and
and
of
of
the
bill.
Bs
build
bps
plan
overall
and,
of
course,
improving
our
infrastructure
in
such
a
way
that
it
is
considered
top
tier.
T
Hi,
yes
good
evening,
thank
you.
So,
just
in
the
interest
of
my
five
minutes,
I
want
to
just
be
super.
Mindful
of
how
I
want
this
to
look
for
me,
I'm
going
to
ask
a
question
specifically
around
some
data,
first
to
the
library
for
the
librarian
hearing
order,
and
then
I'm
going
to
give
you
some
time
to
look
up
that
data.
T
While
I
ask
questions
to
another
cohort
of
folks
that
I
want
to
so
I
don't
want
wanna
like
waste
my
time
here,
so
I'm
gonna
ask
if
you
could
just
give
me
a
breakdown
of
the
number
of
librarians
and
librarian
paraprofessionals
by
race,
and
I'm
also
curious
to
know
how
many
librarians
speak
more
than
one
language.
So
I'll
come
back
to
you.
T
While
you
get
that
data
and
I'm
going
to
move
on
to
my
next
question
to
chief
coakley,
I'm
just
super
inspired
and
excited
to
see
the
work
that
you're
doing
and
happy
to
know
that
you
are
really
centering
it
in
community
and
I
think
that
that's
what
these
times
require.
So
looking
forward
to
your
leadership
in
this
space.
I
do
have
some
follow-up
questions
from
our
previous
hearing.
T
I
believe
it
was
in
august
around
our
restorative
justice,
and
so
when
we
met,
we
talked
about
the
need
for
serving
families
in
terms
of
how
they
were
experiencing
the
presence
of
police,
and
I'm
just
curious.
Would
you
if
you
guys,
have
put
any
reports
out?
What
have
you
learned
from
that
report
and
where
are
we
with
that
deliverable
and
then
the
other
question
that
I
have
for
you
in
particular,
is
that
during
another
hearing
that
we
hosted,
we
heard.
T
I
know
that
stabbings
and
issues
of
shootings
are
are
issues
that
happen
in
our
schools.
But
we
also
heard
in
a
hearing
that
we
hosted
on
july
30th
that
sexual
assault
was
a
growing
problem
in
our
schools
and
I'm
just
curious
what
your
your
department
is
doing
to
address
and
prevent
these
incidences
from
happening,
and
then
the
last
question
that
I
have
is
in
regards
to
information
sharing.
I
believe
you
there
was
a.
T
I
believe.
I
think
this
one
is
for
you,
sam.
You
talked
about
new
information
sharing
policy,
I'm
just
curious
as
to
when
that
policy
was
created
and
who
did
you
work
with
to
create
that
policy?
So
I'm
gonna
go
back
to
the
librarian
question
so
that
I
can
give
my
other
colleagues
an
opportunity
to
think
about
what
I
ask
so
that
we
can
keep
this
moving,
and
I
have
five
minutes
to
do
so.
So
I'll
go
back
to
the
librarians.
E
I
can
start
this
councilwoman,
so
during
my
time
here,
just
my
short
12
weeks,
I
have
been
like
you
said:
I've
been
really
all
around
the
community,
not
only
just
focusing
on
my
experience
from
bpd,
but
really
just
trying
to
get
a
new
lens
on
my
position
here
and
doing
that.
I
visited
up
to
about
75
schools
across
11
neighborhoods
throughout
boston.
I've
also
talked
to
about
200
stakeholders
in
community
meetings
and
that's
a
that's
a
true
number,
and
I
know
it's
probably
more
than
that.
E
If
I
really
just
go
one
by
one
in
that
input,
I
received
input
from
about
a
thousand
members
in
the
boston
community.
I
remember
before
we
talked
and
we
just
hadn't
had
the
opportunity
to
follow
up
on
that
survey,
but
just
after
last
week
I
was
just
thinking
that
we
should
definitely
do
that,
but,
prior
to
that,
I've
been
talking
to
a
lot
of
different
individuals
and
a
lot
of
that
input
is
encompassing
to
my
strategic
plan
that
we're
we're
finalizing
and
some
of
those
things
one
my
new
objectives.
E
As
far
as
our
engagement
really
just
really
getting
out
in
the
community
and
doing
some
some
extra
things-
my
dialogues,
I've
done
my
community
meetings.
I've
done
some
of
our
engagement
things
we
presented
in
two.
We
participated
in
two
kind
of
food
distribution
banks.
We
help
with
the
ppe
equipment
we've
done.
T
E
From
the
woke
woman
wednesday,
I
saw
all
the
the
the
hits
from
that
and
some
of
the
questions
that
were
also
on
the
chat,
so
I've
kind
of
a
tally
of
those
those
those
questions
and
those
comments
and
really
kind
of
acted
on
those.
I'm
not
sure
if
you
heard
the
earlier
presentation
but
we're
looking
at
extensive
training
for
our
officers,
we're
looking
at
a
new
uniform,
that's
going
to
be
more
conducive
in
the
engagement
practices
that
we're
going
to
be
doing.
Moving
forward.
E
T
And
before
we,
because
now
I'm
always
now
paranoid
when
I
attend
these
type
of
hearings,
because
I
want
to
make
sure
I
get
through
if
you
could
just
tell
me
quickly
what
what
have
you
heard
in
regards
to
sexual
assault
in
boston,
public
schools
and
if
you
could,
just
if
you
don't
know
much
about
what's,
if
you
haven't
seen
that
as
a
growing
problem.
Yet
then
that's
fine,
but
I
I
have
heard
in
public
hearings-
and
I
just
want
to
put
that
on
your
radar-
you
don't
need
to
answer
it.
E
Assaults
go
directly
to
boston,
police.
Okay,
any
report
of
sexual
assault
goes
directly
to
boston
police,
the
sexual
assault.
They
have
two
officers,
two
female
officers
that
come
out
we'll
take
the
report.
Those
reports
and
those
those
reports
are
followed
up
through
sexual
assault
unit
for
boston.
T
A
L
L
T
A
A
A
Is
there
similar
to
school
nurses
or
school
social
workers,
school
psychologists,
there's
sometimes
a
national
standard,
and
I
wonder
if
there
is
a
national
standard
for
whether
or
not
a
school
should
have
a
library
or
suggested
or
mandated
to
have
a
library
based
on
maybe
the
number
of
kids,
I'm
also
curious.
How
much
does
the
boston
public
schools
spend
on
library,
material
materials?
A
A
L
Yeah
I'll
start
with
that.
First
there's:
a
strong
body
of
research
25
years
about
access
to
a
certified
school,
librarian,
effective
school
library,
program
and
academic
success.
Writing
scores.
Standardized
test.
Scores.
Writing.
You
know
a
wealth
of
different
types
of
studies
that
do
that
correlation.
I'm
happy
to
send
that
as
well.
In
regards
to
people's
certification,
the
national
standard.
L
You
know
it's
certainly
by
a
state.
I've
just
done
some
research
myself
state
by
state
in
regards
to
school
library,
teacher
evaluation
program,
so
every
state
sort
of
handles
certification
elements
to
the
being
certified
in
a
different
fashion.
It
tends
to
be
that
I
you
don't
neces
you!
You
need
24
hours
more
than
a
rec
when
I
say
regular
teacher.
I
don't
mean
it
that
way,
but
teacher
just
out
of
of
college
to
even
step
in
into
a
library
to
be
a
certified.
L
Librarian
simmons
then
offers
the
library
degree
as
well
in
regards
to
a
national
standard
for
books.
That
kind
of
thing
there
there
is.
There
are
some
guidelines.
I
mean
it's
not
like
written
in
stone,
but
there
are
guidelines
and
there
really
should
be
about
10
to
15
books
per
student
in
a
school
library
in
a
school.
Is
that's
a
a
rough
estimate
in
regards
that
you
know
we
do
have
a
national.
L
We
do
have
national
school
library
standards
that
for
evaluation
purposes,
as
well
as
for
student
competencies
and
that
sort
of
thing,
information,
literacy
and
literature,
literacy
and
so
on.
So
there
are
a
set
of
standards
that
I'm
happy
to
share
as
well
and
then
in
regards
to
per
capita
spending
the
the
central
library
services
budget
funds,
my
salary,
it
funds,
membership
to
the
metro,
boston,
library
network,
that's
the
bulk
of
it.
It
funds.
L
Integrated
library
networks
for
the
smaller
libraries
that
are
not
part
of
that
mbln
system
and
it
pays
for
one
digital
ebook
subscription
for
k-8
students.
There
is
there
is
not
a
per
capita
expenditure
for
library,
books
and
resources.
That's
up
to
the
individual
school
as
to
how
school,
librarians
or
school
library
team
members
fund
getting
new
resources
for
their
building.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
for
that
and
I'm
going
to
clip
through
a
couple
of
my
other
questions
on
chief
coakley,
the
all
of
our
students
now
have-
or
I
think
almost
all
of
our
students
now
have
electronic
devices,
whether
it's
the
chromebook,
the
bps,
gave
them
it's
their
own
tablet
or
a
cell
phone
device.
Things
like
that.
Have
we
seen
an
increase
in
online,
whether
it's
cyber
bullying
incidents,
incidents
of
sexual
sexual
exploitation,
other
sort
of
incidents
of
either
violence
or
infringement
or
assault
by
using
technology?
E
E
Also
young
people
have
had
a
couple
of
situations
in
which
inappropriate
things
were
displayed
on
the
zoom
classes,
and
we
had
the
incident
that
they
had
nationally
with
zoom
in
which
you
could
photo.
They
could
bomb
photobomb
zoom
classes,
but
that
was
something
that
zoom
had
nationally,
but
we
have
our
our
computer,
let's
get
with
it,
but
it's
mark
razin
has
been
working
very
closely
with
us
and
he's
always
on
it.
E
As
soon
as
we
recognize
an
incident,
that's
reported
to
us,
we
directly
communicate
with
him
and
he
rectifies
the
situation
right
about
and
if
an
incident
has
to
be
recorded,
then
we
do
that.
There's
been
a
couple
of
unfortunate
incidences
of
sexual
issues
and
they're
directly
reported
to
boston
police,
as
I,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
that's.
A
Great,
I
know
that
cac
and
I
know
the
superintendent
supports
these
efforts
and
the
district
attorney
does
around
the
stop
block
and
talk
around
some
of
the
exposures
that
our
kids
are
having
online.
My
last
question,
maybe
is
for
nate,
but
you
know
it's
something
that
we've
talked
about
in
hearings
over
the
last
almost
five
years
now
or
four
years
anyway,
around
the
sort
of
the
next
batch
of
funding
around
build
bps.
A
Although
there
is
this
feeling
and
appreciation
that
some
of
the
builds
bps
planning
has
stalled
because
of
covid
and
sort
of
it's
distracted.
So
many
of
us
from
so
many
different
things
are
there
efforts
underway
around
securing
or
realizing
an
additional
allocation
down
the
road
for
additional
improvements
to
the
bps
infrastructure.
B
Well,
you
know
me,
madam
chair,
I'm
always
one
to
not
be
shy
about
asking
for
more
funding.
I
would
like
to
actually
see
the
biden
administration
come
out
with
a
big
infrastructure
bill
across
the
nation
for
schools.
Quite
honestly,
I
think
that
it's
needed
and
I
think
that
that's
a
huge
barrier
for
us
to
opening
school
safely
across
the
nation,
and
so
I
think
that
there's
a
number
of
things
that
we
need
to
do
and-
and
I
also
think
that
you
know
mayor
walsh-
has
made
a
significant
commitment
with
bill
pps.
B
A
K
I
think
I
might
just
follow
up
on
on
an
counselor
and
savvy
george's
question
about
the
what's
in
the
pipeline.
I
know
that
the
jackson
man
complex,
is
very
much
on
your
mind,
it's
very
much
on
my
mind
and
the
folks
in
austin
brighton,
so
in
terms
of
supporting
this
process
with
regard
to
developing
a
plan
for
build
bps
for
jackson,
man
complex,
which
includes
the
bcyf
community
center,
the
harassment
and
the
and
the
jackson
elementary.
B
You
could
be
of
great
help,
counselor
thank
you
for
that
and
for
offering
your
assistance.
I
know
that
mr
mclaughlin
and
mr
cooter
will
be
in
touch
with
you
any
meetings
that
we
have
with
the
community
right
now
we're
in
the
process
of
surveying
the
community,
and
we
did
a
really
great
survey,
had
a
lot
of
community
engagement.
As
you
know,
you
were
part
of
much
of
that
this
past
winter
prior
to
covid,
and
then,
when
goodkova
did
slow
things
down
and
our
focus
was
to
reopening
for
most
of
our
facility
work.
B
B
K
You
on
that,
it's
a
huge
undertaking
and
it's
a
really
really
important
project
within
our
neighborhood.
So
I'm
happy
to
help
in
any
way.
I
can
also
I'd
love
to
know
a
little
more
from
chief
coakley
about
restorative
justice,
I'm
I'm
very
fairly
new
to
the
whole
concept,
and
I
just
wanted
to
know
in
terms
of
your
staff
development,
how
how
that's
going
with
regard
to
training
your
your
staff
in
in
restorative
justice
techniques
or
programs.
E
Well,
a
lot
of
my
staff
have
already
been
involved
in
restorative
justice
for
a
few
years
now
and
me
coming
over
from
boston,
I've
been
I've
done
about
maybe
about
four
or
five
different
circles
with
different
organizations,
some
even
considered
I
did
it
even
a
suffolk
county
house
of
corrections
with
a
group
of
youth.
There,
I've
done
some
with
some
juveniles
coming
out
of
dys
facilities.
I've
also
done
some
with
a
lot
of
the
community
organizations.
E
E
In
fact,
we
have
a
group
practice
set
up
for
right
after
the
new
year,
with
b
sac,
the
group
and
there's
council
group
group
of
youth.
So
I'm
going
to
be
doing
probably
about
a
six
or
seven
session
with
them
we're
going
to
be
doing
some
extensive
training
with
them
as
well.
So
we
have
a
partner
in
bps,
arnold,
arthur
collins,
who
is
working
with
my
group
to
do
training
coming
up,
like
I
said
before
the
new
year
and
then
we'll
be
doing
restorative
justice
circles
with
vsac.
K
Very
good,
I
think
it's
a
great
tool
to
help
address
a
lot
of
the
trauma
and
the
other
question
I
have
for
you
is
in
relation
to
sexual
assault.
You
know
a
lot
of
it
goes
unreported
and
there's
a
tremendous
amount
of
shame
and
blame,
and
all
that
goes
with
it.
How
is
it
what
mechanism
is
there
for
students
to
report
an
assault
or
in
the
school.
E
Well,
there's
a
number
of
different
mechanisms
right
now:
we're
getting
reports
directly
from
teachers,
we're
getting
them
from
administrators
and,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
those
reports
go
directly
to
bpd,
but
bpd
is
a
very
close
partner.
Is
ours?
Two
young
females
come
out.
They
take
the
reports
and
bpid
refers
those
incidents
directly
to
their
sexual
assault
unit,
but
based
on
our
relationship,
we
keep
in
direct
contact
any
other
services
from
our
behavior
health.
C
C
C
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
now
for
the
second
part
of
this
question,
and
I
do
have
questions
about
bill
bps
and
librarians,
but
in
honor
of
the
time
restraints
that
we
have
here.
While
I
have
you
all
here,
I
just
do
want
to
say
directly
that
I
believe
I
count
seven
of
you
here
today.
Two
days
ago
we
had
a
hearing
directly
on
points
about
surveillance
oversight
at
dps.
D
J
D
J
Thanks
yeah
so
right
now
the
new
policy
really
significantly
restricts
what
goes
to
boston
police
it
it
limits
what
we
provide
I'm
pulling
up
now,
the
actual
list,
I
don't
miss,
speak.
I
have
a
list
as
well:
sam
yeah,
so
the
only
thing
misdemeanor
crimes
that
do
not
involve
weapons
control,
substances,
assault
and
battery
sexual
behavior
or
threats
will
not
be
documented.
Police
report
instead
must
be
documented
sis,
so
that's
kind
of
what
happens
so.
J
D
D
J
The
new
policy,
also,
though,
has
the
the
school
administrator
needs
to
be
consulted
when
any
incidents
happen
on
school
grounds
and
then
the
school
administrator
is
going
to
help
determine
kind
of
the
level
of
consequences
that
occur
as
a
result
of
the
incident.
So
not
all
will
be
funneled
to
bpd,
but
it
has
that
screening
process
that
happens
first
after
this,
that
happens
at
school,
so
that
there
is
no
automatic
reporting
to
boston
police.
So
there
is
that
little
time.
D
J
They
have
a
lot
of
input
on
that
and
they
greatly
influence
what
goes
forward,
because
if
it's
something
that
can
handle
as
a
code
of
conduct
matter,
that's
our
preference
and
that's
the
direction
we've
guided
everyone
to
do,
but
only
the
major
ones
that
are
really
significant
and
cause
significant
harm.
Those
will
be
the
ones
that
are
tend
to
get
put
on
to
bpd
and
again,
if
victims
want
to
make
sure
they
pursue
criminal
action
against
their
perpetrators
and
those
will
also
be
sent
forward.
So.
D
D
U
D
R
D
On
the
policy
in
terms
of
the
the
chain
of
command
who
filters
these
so
the
school
police
officer,
this
is
my
final
question.
Due
to
time,
school
police
officer
writes
a
police
report,
they
notify
the
school
administrator.
Then
they
send
it
directly.
To
bpd
is
that
that
is
that
the
chain
of
how
that
works?
Is
there
one
person
who's?
This
is
all
getting
funneled
to
who's
getting
say
how
is
it
each
school
on
their
own?
How
is
that
working.
E
Once
they
do
a
police
report,
it
automatically
goes
into
bpd
system.
It
depends
on
what
so
what
we're
saying
is
that
it
depends
on
if
they
write,
a
police
report
depends
on
what
the
circumstances
are
surrounding
that
incident.
If
a
police
report
is
done,
it
goes
on.
That's
go
through
that
goes
through
bpd.
That
means
it's
a
beef,
so
the
bpd.
D
And
so
the
only
thing
that
happens
is
the
police
officer.
School
police
officer
speaks
to
an
administrator
says.
I
would
like
to
file
this
report,
or
I
think
I
spot
this
reporter.
What
do
you
think
about
this
report
and
then,
once
they
write
that
report,
it's
immediately
accessible
to
bpd
and
and
possibly
ice?
Is
that,
basically,
is
that
the
is
that
the
road
map?
No,
we
don't
let
this
with
bpd
correct
once
bpd
has
it
bps
doesn't
have
any
say
about
how
bpd
uses
that
that.
B
Report
right
that
that
is
correct
once
is
to
be
once
it
goes
to
bpd.
It
is
their
record
and
I
think
kathy
lazap
might
be
able
to
speak,
but
I'm
not
sure
if
she's
up
on
the
panel,
but
she
could
speak
to
the
legalities
of
the
policy.
I
think
and
then
also
once
we
have
bpd
one
of
the
things
on
the
policy
that
we
were
very
clear
is
that
once
it
goes
to
bpd,
it
is
not
put
into
our
student
record.
D
Okay,
I
know
that
my
time
is
up
and
I
don't
want
to
take
up
time
for
my
colleagues,
but
this
is
why
it
would
be
incredibly
important
for
you
to
show
up
to
hearings
that
we're
discussing
these
things
at,
and
I
am
disappointed
that
we
didn't
get
a
chance
to
do
that,
and
so
I'm
gonna
see
the
rest
of
my
overtime
because
I
know
I
went
over
time.
So
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
trying
to
answer
that
and
within
like
three
minutes,
but
hopefully
in
the
future.
We
can.
A
Q
First
time,
george,
I
was
over
the
blackstone
school
during
the
pandemic
for
a
food
relief
effort,
and
my
question
is
about
the
library
at
the
blackstone
school.
Can
you
I
didn't
have?
I
haven't
had
a
chance
to
follow
up
with
the
principal
yet,
but
can
you
just
tell
me
how
the
the
library
over
at
the
blackstone
is
working?
What
challenges
they
have?
What
is
the
status
of
it
and
you
know
what
are
we
doing
to
help
it?
What
are
we
doing
to
improve
it?
L
I
don't
know
the
the
actual
budget,
because
it's
not
a
bps
in
regards
to
how
much
money
they
actually
raise
a
year,
but
they
contribute
a
substantial
amount
of
money
overall
to
the
building
and
the
school
program,
not
just
the
library
it
we've
looked.
I
mean
I've
met
both
the
print,
the
the
new
principal
I
mean
that
she's
beginning
year,
two
and
the
new
assistant
principal
about
considering
other
locations,
because
it's
so
front
and
center
that's
really
hard
to
have
a
class.
Q
I
I
think
the
information
you
provided
was
was
very
helpful.
I
know
the
library
when
you,
when
you're
walking
up
the
stairs
on
the
right
is
kind
of
out
out
in
the
open,
and
so
it
can
be
a
little
noisy
if
you're
in
there
trying
to
do
a
little
bit
of
reading.
But
but
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
whatever
I
can
do
to
be
helpful.
I
I
I
love
the
blackstone
school,
it's
in
the
middle
of
it's.
Q
Obviously,
it's
in
the
middle
of
the
villa
victoria
in
in
the
cathedral,
public
housing
development
down
the
road
a
little
bit
from
the
lenox
development.
So
you
have
one
of
the
most
diverse
areas
in
the
city
and
we
have
a
lot
of
students
from
east
boston
as
well,
but
I
I
would
like
for
us
to
continue
talking,
and
maybe
we
can
be
as
helpful
as
we
can
to
the
library
at
the
blackstone
and
but
but
thank
you
for
you
know.
T
T
This
is
the
sort
of
stuff
that
these
inequities
are
the
ones
that
really
boil
my
blood,
because
this
is
a
shame
that
saint
stevens,
a
non-profit
organization,
that's
based
in
a
church,
is
the
one
that's
funding
the
black
stone
in
their
little
light
in
their
little
library.
That
is
a
shame
I
I'm
so
disappointed
sounds
good
counselor.
B
T
We
should
not
have
to
rely
on
non-profit
organizations
that
are
already
struggling
and
having
them
bear
that
cross.
That's
all
I'm
saying
so.
Let
me
move
on
to
my
questions
in
regards
to
the
breakdown
for
the
for
the
librarians.
I
think
we
already
talked
about
the
language
access
issue,
but
I'm
just
curious
about
the
selection
of
your
development
policy.
T
J
T
Thank
you
for
that,
so
this
is
for
my
dear
friend,
chief
coakley.
Just
get
ready
for
this
one,
I'm
just
curious.
You
know,
I
see
a
lot
of
your
police
officers
out
here,
leading
amazing
mentoring
programs,
oftentimes
they're,
coming
out
of
their
own
pockets
to
produce
these
activities,
and
I'm
just
curious.
You
know
we.
We
expect
folks
to
do
miracle
work
with
very
little
resources
and
I'm
just
curious.
How
can
bps
and
the
council
commit
to
making
their
roles
and
to
mentor
easier.
E
Well,
we're
working
on
that
we
just
passed
budget
season.
We
also
just
passed
the
deadline
for
grants
that
went
in.
Unfortunately,
I
just
didn't
have
enough
a
lot
of
time.
I
came
in
just
12
weeks
ago,
so
right
in
that
that
whole
process,
it's
a
very,
very
competitive
process
as
well,
but
that
is
definitely
higher
in
the
gender
for
next
year.
E
We're
not
going
to
let
that
stop
us,
though
we're
still
going
to
be
very
involved
in
a
lot
of
community
organizations
having
a
lot
of
partners
within
the
city
they're
supporting
a
lot
of
the
causes
that
we
have
now
so
we're
getting
a
lot
of
funds.
Like
I
said
we
just
got
a
bunch
of
2000
toys
from
marines
toys
for
tots
looks
like
we're.
E
Gonna
get
we're
gonna
get
about
50
turkeys
that
are
going
to
be
coming
in
on
friday,
we're
going
to
help
distribute
those
to
community
members,
and
so
what
we're
doing
is
we're
partnering
with
different
organizations,
so
that
needed
extra
hand
we'll
be
able
to
help
and
support
that.
So
we're
going
to
not
going
to
let
direct
funds
to
those
services
be
the
reasons
why
we
don't
we
don't
work
out
work
with
them
this
year,
but
next
year.
T
Yeah-
and
I
think
the
the
council
and
bps
needs
to
be
a
little
bit
more
mindful
of
how
they
can
support
those
services
and
put
their
money
where
their
mouth
is
and
pour
resources
into
your
department,
so
that
you
can
continue
to
do
those
programs
so
that
your
officers
are
coming
out
of
their
own
pockets.
Sam,
you
mentioned
installing
filters
in
schools
that
will
accommodate
them.
Can
you
provide
a
list
of
schools
that
can
and
cannot
accommodate
these
changes?
T
A
Thank
you,
council,
mejia,
and
I've
got
a
couple
of
wrap
up
questions
myself
just
very
quickly.
Dr
froggett.
Do
we
have
a
clear
path
or
why
isn't
there
a
clear
path?
I
don't
think.
I
think
we
through
the
presentation.
We
understood
that
there
is
no
clear
path
for
paraprofessionals
to
become
librarians
in
the
school
system
and
then
also
for
in-person
learning,
as
we
hopefully
shift
to
hybrid
and
then
eventually
full
in-person
learning.
A
Are
we
using
libraries
or
other
non-traditional
classroom
spaces
to
de-densify
our
classrooms
and
then
how
will
we
utilize
the
space
of
in-school
libraries
to
make
them
central,
especially
as
we
look
to
redesign
through
build
bps
we
want
to.
You
know,
I
think,
want
to
make
them
central
to
student
life
and
activity,
and
how
do
we
create
that
that
environment
in
our
school
libraries,
both
from
a
sort
of
design
perspective
and
also
from
a
professional
development
perspective.
L
In
regards
to
library,
paris
seeking
certification,
I've
been
in,
I
know
that
the
city
has
a
program
that
allows
city
employees
to
get
grants.
I
I
think
it's
bu
in
northeastern,
and
I've
been
working
with
simmons
trying
to
for
the
last
two
or
three
years
to
to
have
that
happen
and
now
we're.
Finally
getting
to
that
point.
L
It
would
be
great
if
we
could
get
the
city
involved
as
well,
because
there
is
that
program
so
that
paris,
that
have
college
degrees
can
step
in
and
begin
their
cert
the
certification
process,
so
that
it
will
continue
to
we'll
continue
to
work
on
that
I've.
As
I
said,
I've
been
trying
to
do
that
for
a
little
while
in
regards
to
you,
I
should
have
written
down
question
two
help
me
out
here.
L
L
Library,
team
members
and
professional
libraries
are
collaborating
with
teachers
and
supporting
students
in
a
variety
of
ways
as
well
and
then,
finally,
as
we
think
of
build
bps,
I
mean
I
know
that
in
the
plan
and
I've
you
know
I've
been
on
and
off
the
committee
for
numerous
years.
There
is
a
place
for
a
media
center
in
each
of
the
new
renovated
or
new
schools
and
their
the
idea.
L
The
the
model
of
a
learning
commons
model
a
flexible
21st
century
learning
space
is
one
that
tech
boston,
for
instance,
and
their
beautiful
learning
commons
has
employed.
So
there
is
research
to
back
up
the
the
the
need
for
a
a
place
with
a
certified
person
that
can
collaborate
with
teachers,
teach
students,
curate
collections,
embed,
21st,
century
learning,
research
skills
into
the
the
academic
content
and
team
teach
and
collaborate.
A
Great
excellent-
and
I
know
that
you
talked
a
little
bit
about
that
in
your
earlier
presentation.
I
appreciate
and
value
your
efforts
to
be
included
in
build
bps
because,
as
we
look
at
redesigns,
we
might
as
well
add
and
make
sure
we're
adding
thoughtfully
designed
library
spaces
to
that
and
sort
of
the
suite
of
services
that
may
go
with
them
and
fit
neatly
with
them.
So
thank
you
for
that.
My.
A
A
A
K
T
A
All
right,
so
thank
you,
superintendent
and
your
team
for
being
here
and
being
both
thorough
with
your
presentations,
which
we'll
make
sure
to
share
the
slide
deck
with
the
council
and
look
forward
to
continue
conversations,
because
there's
certainly
that
the
work
has
to
continue,
and
I
appreciate
all
of
your
efforts
and
being
so
forthcoming
today.
So
we're
gonna,
we're
gonna,
ask
you
to
sign
off
and
we're
gonna
bring
in
our
next
panel.
Of
course
you
could
stay
and
listen
and
observe,
but
we'll
get
move
on
to
the
next
panel.
Thank
you.
A
A
We
have
jessica
tang,
president
of
the
boston
teachers,
union,
barbara
fields
from
boston
network
for
black
student
achievement,
citizens
for
public
schools
and
black
educators,
alliance
of
mass
or
beam
ruby,
reyes
who's,
the
director
of
the
boston,
education,
justice
alliance,
al
vega,
who's,
the
director
of
policy
and
programs
for
mass
kosh,
felicia
humphries
who's,
a
librarian
at
excel
high
school
and
we're
hopeful
to
have
cassandra
sam
samuel,
who
is
a
library
paraprofessional
at
the
curly
kid
8.?
So
as
you
folks
are
coming
on
in
give
it
a
few
more
minutes
for
folks
to.
A
V
That's
fine!
Thank
you
so
much
and
good
evening,
good
afternoon,
everyone,
my
name
is
barbara
fields.
I
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
today,
I'm
speaking
as
a
member
of
the
bill.
Bps
coalition,
composed
of
organizations
that
were
convened
in
2017
as
a
result
of
the
release
of
the
boston
public
schools,
10-year
facilities
plan
represented
within
the
coalition
are
civil
rights,
parent
education
and
community
agencies
and
organizations.
V
V
When
the
facility's
plan
was
launched,
we
asked
that
the
plan
be
revised
to
include
a
10-year
time
table
for
facility
improvements,
relocation,
construction
and
closure
of
any
schools,
an
analysis
to
determine
if
plans
are
equitable
by
race,
social,
economic
status,
neighborhood,
disability
and
linguistic
groups,
and
impact
analysis
to
understand
the
effects
on
current
and
future
students,
families
and
neighborhoods
in
the
city.
A
financial
report,
including
estimated
costs
for
rebuilds
relocations,
maintenance
program,
expansion,
swing,
space,
etc,
and
an
educational
plan
regarding
programs
grade
configurations,
extended,
learning
time,
student
assignment,
etc.
V
V
Covet
19
has
taught
us
that
the
inequities
of
the
past
are
perpetuated
and
present
decisions
being
made
that
continue
to
disadvantage
the
same
populations
of
students
and
communities
who
have
always
been
disproportionately
impacted,
are
black
latinx
special
needs,
ell,
low
income
and
and
other
students
are
within
that
population,
of
which
I
speak.
This
city,
the
mayor,
appointed
school
committee,
members,
school
officials
and
elected
officials
are
quite
comfortable
using
equity
jargon,
but
its
meaning
is
not
often
reflected
in
actions
taken
that
our
facilities
need
air
quality
equipment
enhancement.
V
V
If
co
moving
into
tomorrow,
our
facilities
still
require
upgrades
for
air
quality,
just
as
they
did
pre-pandemic
they
are
needed
now.
Covet
has
taught
us
the
importance
of
effective
planning
and
thoughtful
foresight
that
we
cannot
wait
on
desi,
the
governor
and
others
to
guide
us
in
what
is
in
the
best
interest
of
our
students.
V
V
Revised
updated
with
the
knowledge
gained
from
this
experience,
it
must
include
a
thorough
equity
analysis
to
address
the
perpetuation
of
institutional
racism
that
undergirds
the
plan
in
who
is
included
and
excluded,
whose
needs
were
addressed
up
front
and
who
remains
without
attention.
The
assessment
of
all
facilities
should
be
reviewed
for
accuracy.
V
Covent
has
taught
us
the
value
of
outdoor
open
space.
Some
of
our
students
must
have
a
mass
break
in
an
outdoor
open
space.
Where
is
the
racial
justice
that
we
all
say
we
are
seeking
as
recent
as
today,
the
globe
published
a
story,
including
the
name
of
four
schools
selected
to
reopen
for
high
needs
students
on
monday.
V
V
Isn't
it
this
city
and
our
education
mayor's
responsibility
to
ensure
that
all
our
schools
are
ready
to
move
heaven
and
earth
to
get
our
young
people
back
into
safe
schools
so
that
our
teachers
and
parents,
good
relationships,
are
so
critical
to
the
education?
My
children
are
not
weakened.
The
current
situation
is
also
eroding
precious
work
invested
in
eliminating
the
opportunity
gaps.
The
students
who
comprise
the
gaps
are
home
without
the
level
of
instruction
resources,
services
and
support
desperately
needed.
Yet
these
are
the
students
to
whom
we
say
we
are
committed.
V
So,
let's
use
this
pandemic
as
an
opportunity
to
learn
from
our
past
to
take
the
funding
generated
locally
from
the
state
and
the
federal
government
to
upgrade
our
schools
formally
adjust
our
class
sizes
to
enable
social
distancing
to
provide
the
necessary
equipment
for
school
staff
and
truly
truly
put
equity
at
the
center
of
our
decision-making
and
eradicate
institutional
racism
from
all
policies,
procedures
and
practices
within
the
boston,
public
schools.
And
thank
you
so
much
for
the
time.
X
X
It
marked
the
start
of
build
bps,
a
10-year
plan
where
mayor
walsh
promised
to
put
1
billion
dollars
of
city
and
state
funds
to
upgrade
aging
bps,
building
and
infrastructure.
What
has
resulted
thus
far
includes
school
closures,
mergers
reconfiguration
and
the
selling
off
of
bps
properties
that
increase
gentrification
in
communities
of
color.
Over
the
past
several
years,
the
there
has
been
a
destabilization
of
school
communities,
a
lack
of
vision
and
decisions
that
have
have
continued
to
hurt
and
traumatize
school
communities
made
up
of
primarily
people
of
color.
X
Specifically,
the
lack
of
long-term
planning
and
visionary
leadership
has
exacerbated
the
impact
of
the
pandemic
on
schools
that
have
experienced
significant
years
of
divestment
at
the
city
and
state
level.
At
the
state
level,
the
student
opportunity
act
was
unanimously
passed
in
november
2019
to
update
the
over
20-year
funding
formula
for
public
education
resources.
X
Those
funds
have
not
been
committed
through
the
state
budget.
We
once
again
see
state
legislative
policy
that
has
been
created
but
not
carried
out
in
terms
of
funding.
At
the
city
level,
bps
schools
have
experienced
cuts
over
the
years
that
have
set
many
school
communities
back.
For
example,
over
the
past
few
years,
east
boston,
schools,
their
budgets
have
been
cut
by
over
2
million.
X
Despite
the
rampant
overdevelopment,
and
now
we
see
some
of
the
highest
coveted
rates
in
the
city,
mayor
walsh
determines
how
much
or
how
little
bps
receives,
and
while
btu
contract
negotiations
have
led
to
increases
in
funding
such
as
school
nursing
staff,
the
steady
decrease
of
the
prior
years
have
taken
their
toll
most
recently.
This
divestment
and
the
pandemic
have
resulted
in
continued
irresponsible
support
for
high
needs
students
who
need
to
receive
in-person
services
in
safe
spaces.
X
In
october,
20
2018
under
walsh's
selected
interim
superintendent,
laura
purrell
and
four
of
the
current
six
school
committee
members,
west
roxbury
educational,
complex,
was
closed.
The
building
was
deemed
unsafe
by
one
of
walsh's.
Former
top
aides
inspector
buddy
christopher
christopher,
took
a
leave
of
absence
in
september
2019,
amid
a
federal
bribery
investigation
under
allegations
of
influence
peddling
at
the
zoning
board
of
appeals.
X
Since
closing
the
west
roxbury
educational
complex,
the
boston
police
department
has
used
the
building.
Several
times,
even
though
it
was
deemed
unsafe,
the
decision
and
process
was
not
part
of
build.
Bps
with
wreck
also
came
the
announcement
of
the
closure
of
the
mccormick
middle
school
in
dorchester.
X
After
several
months
of
heart-wrenching
trauma,
the
mccormick
school
community
worked
with
bps
staff
to
reconfigure
to
serve
grades
7-12
and
merge
with
the
boston
community
leadership
academy.
In
august
2020,
before
bps
developed
a
plan
for
high
needs
students
to
return
to
in-person
learning.
The
school
committee
approved,
giving
away
the
mccormick
schools
fields
to
the
boys
and
girls
club
despite
the
mccormick
school
community
and
surrounding
harbor
point
residents
overwhelmingly
saying
they
wanted
to
keep
their
green
space.
X
The
decision
was
passed
with
only
three
school
committee
members
voting
in
favor
of
this,
one
of
whom
was
recently
resigned,
chair
michael
lacanto
lacanto
resigned
because
he
was
making
overtly
racist
comments
in
a
virtual
school
committee.
Meeting
beija
calls
for
a
reversal
of
this
decision,
grounded
in
systemic
racism
and
based
on
the
fact
that
this
school
community,
primarily
black
and
latino,
have
experienced
the
trauma
of
a
school
closure,
then
reconfiguration,
then
merger
and
now
a
complete
disregard
for
their
needs
and
voices
on
keeping
their
green
space.
X
The
series
of
unfortunate
events
was
also
not
part
of
lbps
at
the
end
of
march
2019
blackstone
elementary
was
promised
5
million
dollars
to
to
address
their
school
needs
for
doors
and
walls,
because
their
school
is
a
1970
style
open
plan.
Former
interim
superintendent,
laura
perrell,
announced
the
investment
to
put
walls
and
doors
and
reconfigure
the
classrooms.
X
Since
that
announcement,
blackstone
families
have
not
received
any
kind
of
work
towards
addressing
their
needs,
which
would
have
significantly
supported
their
return
to
in-person
learning
for
their
majority
high
needs,
educate,
special
education
and
english
language
learner
students.
The
blackstone
was
also
not
part
of
the
bill
bps
plan.
Also
in
march
2019.
X
The
closed
rogers
school
in
hyde
park
was
unanimously
approved
by
the
school
committee
to
be
declared
surplus
and
no
longer
needed
for
school
purposes.
The
land
and
the
building
were
to
be
used
to
help
meet
the
needs
of
other
city
of
boston
priorities.
According
to
the
decision,
these
priorities
have
led
to
the
development
of
condos.
X
This
development
was
also
not
part
of
the
bill
dps
plan.
In
addition,
in
april
2019,
the
jackson,
man
and
horace
mann,
schools,
both
in
the
same
building,
were
found
to
be
unsafe
by
bps
and
the
city
of
boston.
They
were
told
that
swing
space
would
be
found
for
them
in
an
attempt
to
keep
the
school
communities
together.
Most
recently,
dr
cassellius
reneged
on
her
commitment
to
use
the
edwards
school,
a
swing
space
for
the
horace
mann
students
and
has
shared
no
plans
whatsoever
on
the
jackson,
man,
students.
X
This
school
was
also
not
part
of
the
build
bps
plan.
We
find
ourselves
nine
months
into
a
pandemic
three
years
into
build
bps
and
a
continued
lack
of
leadership
and
vision
for
our
aging
school
buildings.
If
build,
bps
is
supposed
to
be
a
10-year
and
long-term
plan
for
school
buildings.
The
past
three
years,
a
succession
of
sinister
events
of
closures,
mergers
reconfiguration
and
the
giving
away
of
school
buildings
for
gentrification
have
not
been
included
in
build
bps.
X
The
past
few
years
have
shown
that
bill
bps
does
not
do
that,
and
I
just
want
to
also
share
that
on
student
information.
Sharing
the
revised
bps
policy
continues
to
not
ensure
student
safety
as
evident
by
the
questions
and
answers.
The
counselor
arroyo
asked
and
was
responded
to
in
the
previous
panel.
Thank
you
very
much.
Y
Next
steps
on
billbps
as
well
as
school
reopening
my
name,
is
al
vega
and
I'm
the
director
of
policy
and
programs
at
mass
college.
The
massachusetts
coalition
for
occupational
safety
and
health
are
you
speaking
today
on
behalf
of
our
healthy
schools
initiative
and
I'm
also
here
as
a
member
of
baysia
and
the
build
bps
stakeholders
community.
Y
We
are
glad
to
hear
that
racial
equity
has
become
a
focus
for
the
city
and
hope
these
next
steps
will
fully
support
our
students,
families
and
the
broader
school
community.
Once
we
emerge
from
this
pandemic,
I'm
also
mindful
that,
sometimes
in
moments
above
evil
decisions
of
significance
get
made
without
the
full,
transparent
community
process
needed
to
ensure
that
all
concerns
are
being
heard
and
that
the
needs
of
the
most
impacted
communities
should
matter.
Y
Mass
clashes,
work
with
parents,
students,
school
staff,
unions
and
environmental
health
allies
and
academics
to
assess
and
improve
building
conditions
for
almost
three
decades
through
state
and
national
coalitions.
Mascot
and
its
partners
have
advocated
for
resources,
policy
and
standards
to
support
green
and
healthy
conditions
for
all
schools.
Massachusetts
played
a
key
role
in
establishing
the
healthy
schools
task
force
in
this
city
in
2002
to
address
environmental
conditions
in
boston,
public
schools
that
can
affect
health
and
learning
and
develop
environmental
policies
and
procedures
to
improve
indoor
air
quality
and
school
building
conditions
that
are
reported
annually.
Y
Y
Now
more
than
ever.
These
concerns
must
be
seriously
taken
into
account,
as
we
are
pushed
for
more
in-person
learning,
even
as
covet
19
numbers
continue
to
rise,
statewide
and
across
this
country.
For
several
months
we
have
been
advocating
to
this
body,
the
school
committee
and
elsewhere,
to
consider
the
many
recommendations
outlined
in
a
report.
Our
health
tech
committee
helped
develop
with
the
boston
teachers
union
reps
and
teachers,
as
they
did
walk-throughs
of
a
few
schools
as
they
prepared
to
ensure
the
safest
conditions
for
in-person
learning.
Y
Mass
cautious
analysis
of
school
building,
supplemented
by
its
walk-throughs,
finds
that
many
boston,
public
school
classrooms
and
buildings
are
not
yet
prepared
to
be
safely
used
by
the
students
and
staff.
While
there
is
still
time
to
get
these
measures
in
place,
we
are
quickly
running
out
of
time.
Educators.
Attempts
to
plan
for
three
possible
models
of
teaching
is
made
even
more
stressful,
when
there's
doesn't
seem
to
be
any
plan
from
the
district
or
proper
guidance
from
the
state
which
continues
shifting
how
it
interprets
metrics
and
continues
to
dangerously
politicize
data
to
suit
their
agenda.
Y
K-12
schools
are
still
exempt
from
the
state's
dls
kovit
19
workplace
safety
regulations
and
that's
a
perfect
example
of
where
it
remains
unclear
where
school
staff
should
turn
to
or
what
will
happen
if
the
health
and
safety
guidelines
outlined
by
desi
and
the
city
of
boston
are
not
being
met.
The
protections
to
prevent
the
spread
of
kova
19
described
in
this
document
should
be
implemented
as
soon
as
possible
and
follow-up
walk-throughs
and
additional
ongoing
air
quality
testing
should
be
conducted
now
to
ensure
all
appropriate
measures
are
in
place.
Y
Btu
has
been
advocating
to
open
safe
buildings
as
soon
as
possible
and
to
ensure
that
all
rooms
that
can
be
used
safely
are
is
done
and
that
it
helps
students
and
families
and
teachers
can
transition
back
into
these
buildings.
Rooms
and
buildings
that
are
not
adequate
should
not
be
used
until
those
building
spaces
can
be
made
safer.
The
district
in
the
city
must
work
diligently
to
find
alternative
spaces
that
can
be
safely
used
for
our
students.
Y
In
the
interim,
we
wish
to
thank
all
custodians
facilities,
engineering
and
maintenance
staff
for
all
that
they
have
taken
on
because
they
too
are
committed
to
doing
what
they
can
to
improve
our
facilities
where
possible.
But
we
know
so
much
more
is
needed.
More
has
to
be
done
to
upgrade
the
school's
facilities
due
to
the
unprecedented
crisis
our
communities
are
facing.
Y
While
we
have
concerns
about
what
still
needs
to
be
done,
it
is
the
incredible
commitment
and
effort
put
forth
by
these
workers
that
will
continue
to
help
getting
the
buildings
to
where
they
are
and
where
they
need
to
be.
With
this
in
mind,
we
are
very
concerned
that,
due
to
recent
developments,
around
negotiations
with
teachers
regarding
in-person
learning
has
gone
awry.
The
district
has
chosen
to
move
forward
without
agreement
on
how
to
safely
do
so,
jeopardizing
the
lives
of
any
high
needs,
students
or
high-risk
teachers
or
staff.
Y
Instead
of
using
this
time
to
do
more
tests,
upgrade
more
systems
and
build
the
trust
within
families
and
teachers.
The
opposite
has
happened.
Boston
public
schools
has
unfortunately
failed
to
provide
a
real
space
where
it
is
possible
to
help
alleviate
the
fears
folks
have
around
in-person
learning
or
the
fear
of
getting
sick
or,
worse
simply,
by
trying
to
do
a
job
that
many
love
and
want
to
return
to,
but
only
in
buildings
that
they
feel
they
have
the
honest
and
transparent
information
that
follow
science.
Y
To
do
so,
we
do
not
need
to
read
the
obituaries
of
any
of
our
neighbors,
because
the
state
and
the
city
have
turned
a
blind
eye
to
the
pandemic.
That
is
getting
worse
day
by
day.
This
pandemic
has
put
a
spotlight
on
all
the
problems
we
knew
would
be
compounded
over
time
if
they
were
not
dealt
with
then
and
fixed
in
order
to
allow
for
a
quicker
return
to
in-person
learning.
The
build
bps
can
be
a
plan
that
is
truly
inclusive
and
created
under
a
racial
equity
lens.
Y
Only
when
decision
makers
who
hold
the
keys
are
willing
to
share
that
space
genuinely
and
incorporate
what
they
hear
from
all
of
our
communities.
Constituents
who
bring
much
needed
different
perspectives,
the
work
we
do
as
a
city
and
what
occurs
at
boston
public
schools
over
the
next
several
weeks
and
months
have
the
potential
to
rebuild
some
of
that
trust
and
lack
of
communication.
Y
For
that
reason,
we
ask
you
not
to
make
any
more
rush
decisions
of
significance
regarding
anything
connected
to
bps
that
pertains
to
school
buildings,
school
communities,
school
land.
During
this
time
of
uncertainty
and
upheaval,
our
students
and
families
are
in
the
midst
of
a
unprecedented
public
health
crisis,
and
any
additional
stress,
regardless
of
the
end
goal,
would
only
exacerbate
our
black
and
browns
communities
issues
and
would
only
create
additional
harm
for
our
students
and
families.
Y
Please
be
cognizant
of
how
any
future
decisions
connected
to
this
plan
will
be
received
and
always
allow
for
the
communities
to
be
fully
engaged
in
the
ways
they
deserve
in
the
ways
that
should
be
a
standard
for
how
we
make
any
decisions
in
this
city.
Thank
you
again
for
giving
us
an
opportunity
tonight
to
share
our
expertise
and
perspective.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
al
with
some
sort
of
distraction
there.
I'm
sorry
about
that.
I'm
not
sure.
If
any
of
my
colleagues
have
questions
for
this
panel,
I
do
appreciate
their
extensive
remarks
and
testimony
to
these
topic
areas
any
questions
from
colleagues
before
we
move
on
to
public
testimony.
T
Want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
advocates
for
your
long
lifetime
commitment
to
this
conversation,
because
we
all
have
been
having
this
conversation
for
far
too
long,
and
it
just
seems
the
only
thing
that
changes
are
the
characters
and
the
outfits
that
we're
rocking,
but
not
much
in
terms
of
change.
So
I
am
so
incredibly
grateful
to
you
all
for
your
continued
advocacy
in
this
space.
It
is
greatly
appreciated
and
needed.
T
I
would
like
to
say
is
that
what
I
have
just
in
hearing
these
and
hearing
your
testimony,
it
would
have
been
great
to
have
superintendent
casilius.
I
don't
see
her
here
anymore
or
anyone
from
the
administration
to
hear
you
and
to
listen
to
this
feedback
and
then
create
an
opportunity
for
them
to
respond.
T
I
think
that
that
was
a
missed
opportunity
in
terms
of
what
I
heard
here
and
what
I
heard
earlier,
there
seems
to
be
a
disconnect
and
there
is
no
level
of
accountability
right
now,
because
I
can't
follow
up
with
the
administration
and
ask
them
specific
questions
about
what
I
heard
right
now.
So
that's
just
some
feedback
for
us
to
really
think
about
voice
and
and
and
and
holding
people
accountable.
T
Because
now
I
I
felt
like
that's
such
a
missed
opportunity,
and
so
I
I
think
that
when
it
comes
to
education,
it
is
a
very
traumatizing
space.
I
think
that's
why
so
many
people
are
beginning
to
lose
faith
again
and
and
trust
in
the
system,
because
I
feel
like
we
just
keep
going
around
in
circles
and
not
much
is.
T
I
think
we
get
a
lot
of
lip
service,
but
this
isn't
a
new
issue
and
I
feel
like
it's
not
so
much
a
question.
It's
just
really
utilizing
my
little
five
minutes
to
get
on
my
little
soap
box
and
and
put
a
little
call
to
action
is
that
we
can't
continue
to
do
business
as
usual
and
expect
different
results
like.
I
really
do
think
that
if
we're
really
serious,
we're
gonna
have
to
have
the
political
courage
and
will
to
be
more
public
about
what
we're
learning
like.
T
I
like
to
see
things
not
so
much
like
a
dashboard,
but
I
want
I
want
to
see
weekly
updates
like.
I
think
that
bps
has
a
lot
of
information
that
comes
out
and
oftentimes.
It's
it's
trickle-down
information
and
they
already
have
the
answers
or
they
already
have
a
plan.
But
we
don't
know
about
that
plan
until
48
hours
later,
and
I
was
sitting
as
a
city
counselor.
There
are
times
when
I
don't
even
know
what's
happening
and
I
hear
about
it
in
the
globe.
So,
in
terms
of
communication,
everybody's
gonna
have
to
step
it
up.
T
T
We
need
to
ensure
that
we're
doing
a
deep
dive,
because
when
I
hear
that
libraries
in
exam
schools
are
being
done
and
then
the
blackstone
has
to
get
funded
by
a
non-profit
organization
to
have
a
library
and
space,
and
this
that
or
the
other,
the
black
stone
doesn't
even
have
walls
like.
I
really
want
to
do
a
deeper
dive
and
let
the
people
decide
what
an
equitable
build.
Bps
plan
looks
like.
Q
Thank
you,
counselor
sabi
george,
and
thank
you
to
the
panelists
for
for
being
here
for
your
opening
statement,
but
for
your
leadership
as
well.
I
I
just
wanted
to
follow
up
on
some
of
al's
comments.
You
know
what
and
I
answered
this
earlier
in
the
in
the
in
the
conversation,
the
the
impact
of
the
environment
that
has
it
has
on
our
students,
especially
our
students
that
live
in
and
around
the
the
highway
system,
whether
it's
you
know
chinatown
or
austin
and
brighton,
certainly,
and
in
charlestown
as
well.
Q
Y
Yeah
I
mean
that
that's
definitely
one
of
the
things
that
I
would
say
in
in
the
time
that
I've
been
at
the
organization
for
11
years
has
definitely
come
up.
I
remember
specifically
one
project
that
we
helped
to
support.
The
I
believe
was
an
abcd
site
actually
across
the
street
from
the
mass
pike
right
there.
I
forgot
what
street
it
is,
but
they
also
had
you
know:
lots
of
asthma
in
that
particular
building,
and
so
looking
at
ventilation
systems
filters.
Y
Oh,
we
we
put
this
here
and
it's
you
know
it's
too
close
to
this
highway
and
that
the
pollution
from
that
particular
source
is
entering
into
this
building
more
so
than
it
had
been
placed.
You
know
several
blocks
away
from
this
particular
location,
so
those
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
have
to
be
considered,
and
I
don't
know
if
that
is
necessarily
the
case
for
everything.
That's
currently
in
the
bill
bps
plan,
but
making
sure
moving
forward,
that
that
is
something
that
we
have
to
be
very
very
cognizant.
S
Q
Yeah
then,
I
appreciate
those
comments
and
my
final
comment
or
question:
I
guess,
is
our
playgrounds
parks,
bcyf
facilities.
We
want
to
make
them
as
safe
as
possible
for
our
students
and
for
our
our
young
people.
Many
of
them
are
located,
as
you
know,
in
bha
developments
as
well,
a
bha
property
so
having
having
safe.
Q
Q
The
students
are
going
back
to
school
from
the
the
weekend,
but
we
don't
know
what
happened
over
the
weekend
in
some
of
these
playgrounds
if
there
was
broken
beer
bottles
or
or
anything
like
that,
so
safety,
public
safety
and
public
health
are
also
critical,
but
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
panelists,
barbara
and
ruby
and
into
l.
Thank
you,
council
wasabi,
george.
A
Thank
you
very
much
councillor
flynn
and
thank
you
baba,
ruby
and
al
for
joining
us
and
giving
such
extensive
testimony
today.
We've
council
mejia,
mentioned
the
structure
of
this
hearing.
We've
tried
it
a
couple
of
different
ways
and
had
some
challenges
a
few
weeks
ago
with
setting
it
up
the
other
way
and
in
the
hearing,
lasted
several
too
many
hours.
So
I
I
trust
that
ps
officials
and
administration
are
watching
this
hearing
and
certainly
are
taking
notes
and
will
hear
feedback
from
others.
I
see
council
arroyo
has
appeared.
A
And
then,
if
I
actually
council
roy
before
you
start,
if
I
could
just
have
any
of
the
participants
in
the
box
who
are
planning
on
testifying,
if
you
could
just
start
preparing
to
raise
your
blue
hand,
so
we
can
get
to
public
testimony
following
council
arroyo.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
that
interruption.
D
Thank
you,
and
this
is
this-
will
be
quick.
It's
just
one
question
and
it's
for
every
panelist
I've
done
before
I
had
this
job.
I
also
did
panels
and
I
always
used
to
pray
that
they
would
ask
me
a
certain
question
and
I
never
got
the
question
so
my
question
for
each
of
you
is,
is
there
a
question
that
was
not
asked
of
you
today
that
you
would
like
to
answer
specifically?
Is
there
some
target
area,
something
that
you
would
like
to
say
that
did
not
get
asked
of
you
from
any
other
counselor.
D
X
I
was
hoping
I
know
that
you
counselor
arroyo
were
asking
for
a
benchmark
on
build
bps.
I
feel,
like
my
testimony,
was
kind
of
a
benchmark
of
the
things
that
were
conveniently
not
included
in
build
bps,
for
the
simple
fact
that
I
think
when
it
comes
to
sharing
the
bps
story,
I
think
bps
central
office
has
a
tendency
to
highlight
things
as
areas
that
it
needs
to
grow
in.
X
X
I
do
hope
that
the
counselors
will
consider
joining
us
and
asking
for
a
retraction
of
that
decision
by
the
school
committee
to
give
away
their
green
space
to
to
the
boys
and
girls
club
for
the
simple
fact
that
literally
only
three
of
the
school
committee
members
supported
it
and
one
of
whom
is
now
gone.
So
I
do.
I
think
those
are
two
really
important
issues.
I
think
the
other
issue
is
around
the
horace
mann
school
and
the
jackson.
X
Man
school
who
space
was
deemed
unsafe
two
years
ago
and
is
now
have
not
had
like
swing
space
plans
really
like
shared
with
those
communities.
So
those
communities
are
really
not
hearing
anything
at
all
and
I
think
when
we
talk
about
the
trauma
and
the
harm
done
to
school
communities,
not
knowing
is
harder
than
having
to
figure
something
out
together
and
problem
solve,
as
we've
seen
with
the
mccormick
community,
come
together
and
problem
solve
and
create
a
reconfiguration
recon
like
create
a
merger.
X
V
That
people
understood.
You
know
their
their
needs
to
have
that
space
and
at
a
time
in
which
everyone
was
saying
how
important
it
is
for
green
space.
Yet
we're
letting
them
put
concrete
in
a
big
building
up
over
there.
What
does
that
say
to
our
young
people?
So
I
think
we
need
to
revisit
that,
and
I
think
we
need
to
do
justice
for
those
children
and
for
that
community
by
giving
them
back
this
space.
All
they're
asking
for
is
space
around
a
school
building.
V
V
When
we
have
a
city
council
that
has
been
elected,
that
the
voters
have
empowered
to
be
the
advocates
for
them,
I
would
just
you
know
implore
you
to
really
do,
as
I
will
be
suggested,
revisit
that
and
give
those
young
people
back
their
area
to
be
outside
and
to
get
out
of
brick
buildings.
All
the
time.
Y
Y
Referencing,
regardless
of
the
experts
who
are
doing
in-person
walk-throughs
testing
of
school
buildings,
regardless
of
what
the
boston
public
health
commission
is
even
saying
in
terms
of
what
they're
putting
out
to
teachers,
parents
and
students
about
the
air
quality
test,
those
air
quality
tests
they
keep
mentioning,
are
unoccupied
we're
done
in
unoccupied
spaces,
but
yet
they're
using
that
to
say
our
buildings
will
be
safe.
Once
we
have
in-person
learning
and
people
are
in
those
buildings,
and
that
is
a
lie.
Y
I
don't
believe
that
we
should
be
continuing
to
put
out
information
that
isn't
have
the
details
and
backup
to
really
get
people
to
understand
what
it
is
is
being
shared.
I
believe
that
governor
baker
and
commissioner
riley
are
doing
our
communities
in
justice
when,
day
after
day
they
come
out
and
keep
changing
the
metrics
about
what
they
consider
safe
and
unsafe.
That
just
creates
confusion
amongst
what
teachers
feel
is
safer
and
safe
confusion
about
what
parents
and
families
should
be
doing.
Y
So
I
believe
that
the
leadership
of
this
city,
starting
at
the
city
council,
the
mayor
and
the
superintendent,
should
do
what
is
best
for
us,
not
what
the
state
thinks
is
best
for
us,
not
what
commissioner
riley
thinks
is
best
for
us.
We
need
to
do
what
is
best
for
our
city
when
it
came
to
the
bus.
The
reopening
of
businesses
in
this
state
did
marty
walsh
immediately,
say
thank
you,
governor
baker.
We're
going
to
follow
exactly
what
you
said.
Y
So
that's
another
concern.
I
do
know
that
there
has
been
recent
conversations
with
our
executive
director
to
begin
those
conversations,
but
I
will
say
that,
for
the
last
few
months
we've
been
trying
to
reach
out
to
kind
of
figure
out
what
it
is.
They
were
using
to
come
up
with
their
side
of
the
story
and
weren't.
We
were
not
getting
the
type
of
response
we
felt
we
would
get
from
a
partner
that
we've
worked
very
closely
with
for
many
many
years
in
the
healthy
schools
task
force.
A
Thank
you,
mr
vega.
I
think
was
that
everybody
great
so
I
do
have
some
folks
have
joined
us
for
public
testimony.
Miss
fields,
miss
reyes,
mr
vega.
You
are
welcome
to
stay
for
this
portion
or
come
off
screen,
I'm
okay,
with
whatever
you
choose.
First
for
public
testimony,
we
have
travis
marshall,
then
bonnie,
mcbride
and
aaron,
welsh
and
then
I'll
add
a
few
more
in
welcome
travis.
Z
I
thank
you
counselor.
Thank
you
counselors
for
holding
this
hearing
good
evening.
My
name
is
travis
marshall,
I'm
a
parent
of
two
bps
students
and
a
member
of
the
bates
school
site
council,
as
well
as
a
member
of
quest
quality
education
for
every
student,
and
you
know
well
before
the
kova
19
pandemic,
shuttered
schools
and
strained
public
education
across
the
country.
Boston
school
facilities
were
in
dire
shape,
school
buildings,
less
than
50
years
old
were
declared
unsafe
for
students
and
staff.
Z
Z
A
resource-rich
city
with
100
year
old
classrooms
and
ill-fitting
fans
wedged
into
cracked
windows
should
frankly
embarrass
us
all.
This
crisis
has
further
illustrated
the
urgent
need
for
updating
school
buildings
in
boston.
We
need
a
comprehensive
construction
plan,
including
a
clear
schedule
for
equitable
renovations
across
the
district.
Z
Earlier
iterations
of
the
bill,
bps
plan
seemed
as
focused
on
consolidation,
as
they
were
on
renovation.
Many
schools
on
desirable
parcels
of
land
fear
that
their
communities
would
be
dismantled
as
part
of
any
construction
plan.
Indeed,
when
the
district
first
unveiled
build
bps,
its
first
moves
were
to
close
schools.
Z
Z
Is
it
any
wonder
that
parents
assume
they
will
find
better
care
at
a
newly
built
charter,
school
or
medco
place
or
private
school
planning
for
the
future
means
more
than
assuming
current
trends
are
written
in
stone,
bps
still
educates
the
vast
majority
of
students
in
our
city
and
with
tangible
and
equitable
investments
in
facilities
and
programming,
it
can
again
regain
enrollment
and
prove
to
families
that
they
are
wanted
here.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time
and
thank
you
for
holding
this
here.
Anything
is
hearing
today.
A
H
I
could
tell
you
all
about
the
different
studies
that
show
the
enormous
impact
of
school
library
staffed
by
a
certified
librarian
has
for
students.
I
could
also
tell
you
about
how
my
students
will
chase
me
down
on
those
few
occasions.
I
have
to
close
the
library
to
ask
why
can't
they
get
into
their
space.
H
What
this
means
is
that
school
leaders
need
to
choose
between
what
are
unfortunately
considered
at
many
schools
to
be
extras:
gym
teachers,
art
teachers,
music
teachers,
librarians.
This
funding
method
for
school
librarians
must
change.
The
funding
needs
to
come
from
a
central
place
and
not
just
be
an
option
for
schools.
G
All
right,
yes,
thank
you
so
much
counselor
for
this
opportunity.
I'm
gonna
talk
really
fast,
so
we
can
get
to
the
next
person.
So
my
central
purpose
for
sharing
this
testimony
is
to
help
expedite
the
return
for
in-person
learning
safely
for
all
students.
I
speak
for
myself
and
on
behalf
of
a
group
of
bps
parents,
the
parents
for
in-person
learning
committee,
who
are
collaborating
to
get
all
the
kids
back
to
school
safely,
using
all
resources
necessary.
G
H
G
That
schools
implement
negative
and
positive
air
pressure
using
the
building's
hvac
system
or
in-room
or
portable
equipment,
where
needed
pertaining
specifically
to
koben's
collateral
risks.
I'm
urging
the
city
to
ensure
the
following
number
one:
that
asthma
concerns
are
addressed
for
students
and
faculty,
such
as
by
use,
utilizing
air,
filtration
cleaning
equipment
and
supplies
designed
to
reduce
the
amount
of
chemicals
required.
G
Examples
of
this
quiz
of
this
equipment
are
presented
in
documents
that
I
submitted
also
addressing
asthma
concerns.
I
urge
the
school
to
utilize,
mobile
containment,
carts
designed
to
contain
airborne
passages
and
contaminants
for
ceiling
or
wall
access
during
maintenance
renovations.
Construction
such
as
the
hepa
cart
mobile
containment,
car
continuing
the
kobat
collateral
covet
list
risks.
G
Number
two
energy
savings
number
three
rugged:
construction
suitable
for
a
long
lifespan
in
commercial
applications,
number
four
appropriate
noise
level,
number
five
easy
operation
with
indicator
lights
and
easily
changed
filters,
because
these
machines
don't
provide
a
benefit
to
safety
if
they're
confusing
to
use
or
clogged
up
number
six,
that
the
schools
have
a
specific
plan
for
changing
filters
appropriately,
number:
seven,
that
the
equipment
comes
with
reliable
customer
support
here
in
the
us
for
rapid
service,
troubleshooting
and
replacement
parts.
These
machines
don't
offer
safety
if
they're
broken.
Of
course.
G
To
achieve
these
outcomes,
I
urge
the
city
to
evaluate
in-room
and
portable
equipment
from
available
from
peppa
cart,
including
the
following,
which
have
which
are
ready
to
ship
now
versus
the
ones
that
have
been
ordered
that
it
sounds
like
maybe
on
back
order,
hepa
force
line
of
products
which
meet
the
criteria.
I
just
listed
using
hospital
grade,
hepa
down
to
99.9
percent
99
efficiency
and
far
uv
technology.
G
I
urge
the
city
to
evaluate
other
conflict
infection
control,
equipment
designed
to
contain
airborne
contaminants
such
as
hepa
cart,
mobile
dust,
containment,
carts,
anti-room
modules,
stark
modular,
temporary
walls,
walk-off
mats
and
other
equipment,
I'm
available
to
provide
additional
equipment
information
and
how
to
properly
calculate
for
adequate
air
changes.
Reference
materials
related
to
ashrae's
standards
and
other
reference
materials
are
included
in
the
documents
I
submitted.
My
contact
information
is
included
and
I
look
forward
to
assisting
the
city
and
the
schools
with
the
reopening
effort.
G
A
You
I
went
through
most
of
that
without
it.
Thank
you
very
much
aaron
next.
Well,
we
had
sabrina
I've
lost
sabrina.
If
you
want
to
raise
your
hand
in
the
weight
room,
I
will
bring
you
back
over
next.
We
have
valeria
dovali
and
ilya
titch,
a
naily
tabora
and
I'm
sure
I've
not
done
that
justice
valeria
hi.
Can
you
guys
hear
me
we
can
hear
you.
Thank
you.
Welcome.
I
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
thank
you,
city,
counselors,
for
a
great
hearing
and
asking
really
difficult
questions
that
we
definitely
need
to
get
answers,
for
my
name
is
valeria.
I'm
with
the
student
immigrant
movement
as
the
city
counselors
mentioned
before
we
had
a
hearing
about
school
safety
measures
in
terms
of
the
student
privacy
policy
a
few
days
ago
where
bps
was
not
present.
I
I
am
also
here
on
behalf
of
my
family
members,
who
are
currently
in
bps
and
as
a
former
bps
student.
It's
it's
really
difficult
to
to
hear
the
amount
of
inadequacies
and
and
things
that
are
being
said
from
bps.
That
we
know
is
not
accurate.
I
want
to
deeply
thank
and
extend
all
my
gratitude
to
all
the
organizers
and
panelists
from
the
organizing
table
who
shared
their
remarks
today.
I
It
is,
I
don't
even
have
the
words
to
say
how
frustrating
it
is
that
not
only
will
they
not
stay
and
hear
what
we
have
to
say,
but
let
alone,
like
I
said
in
the
previous
hearing
they
weren't
even
present,
and
to
me
that
is
a
covered
move.
If
there
is
anyone
that
needs
to
be
a
coward
here,
it's
me
for
being
an
undocumented
person
and
my
members
who
come
out
and
speak
out
on
the
injustices
that
are
happening.
I
The
organizers
who
put
their
lives
on
the
line
literally
every
single
day
to
to
create
a
better
community
and
they
show
up,
they
show
up
every
single
day
and
bps
and
other
administrations
that
have
to
do
with
these
issues
do
not
show
up,
and
that
is
they
have
nothing
to
lose.
They
have
nothing
to
lose.
They
only
have
things
to
gain
from
showing
up
and
from
hearing
from
us-
and
this
was
alluded
to
by
ruby,
but
I
just
want
to
extend
that.
I
I
think
she
was
just
being
too
nice
and
she
didn't
say
it,
but
bps
needs
to
get
off
their
high
horse
and
ask
for
help.
I
want
to
commend
city
councilor
mejia
for
for
telling
the
truth
and
stating
the
truth,
which
is
that
organizations
are
having
to
fill
the
gaps.
That
bps
is
not
filling
the
disparities
that
they
are
not
filling,
and
it
is
not
okay
that
they
are
relying
on
our
funding
to
to
create
these.
I
To
create
these
measures
to
fill
these
gaps
and,
like
I
said
they
need
to
be
open
to
working
with
more
community
groups.
It
is
not
enough.
They
mention
all
the
time
that
they're
going
to
work
and
the
feedback
they'll
get
is
from
vsac,
but
base
hack
is
directly
connected
to
them
and
their
members
are
are
suppressed
all
the
time.
These
sac
members
are
suppressed
all
the
time
from
working
on
issues
that
they
care
about
and
that
they
know
they
need
to
work
on,
and
so
there
are.
I
I
just
hope
to
be
brief,
because
people
have
said
that
a
lot
of
good
things
tonight.
I
just
want
to
beg
again
and
please
the
city
councilors
to
if
you,
even
if
you
don't
agree
with
all
that
is
being
said.
Please
just
acknowledge
that
there
is
something
deeply
troubling
and
deeply
wrong,
that
is
happening
and
with
bps
that
needs
to
be
fixed
immediately
and
that
has
been
going
on
for
years
and
that
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
do
that.
Thank
you.
A
A
A
W
Okay,
I
yes,
my
name
is
elena.
Sorry,
I'm
almost
speechless.
My
name
is
lenny
papanas,
I'm
a
bps
teacher,
long
time,
no
see
to
everybody,
because
I
was
here
on
tuesday.
Thank
you
counselors
for
allowing
me
to
testify
today,
even
though
I
signed
up
late,
because
I
just
heard
about
this.
The
specific
topics
of
today's
hearing
after
the
hearing
had
started.
W
It's
tough
to
compose
myself,
because
I'm
I'm
very
angry,
but
after
standing
us
up
at
tuesday's
hearing
on
school
safety,
multiple
members
of
the
superintendent's
team
decided
to
testify
on
the
matter
here
today
and
really.
This
is
a
blatant
disregard
for
community
voice,
it's
frankly
undemocratic
and
rendered,
even
more
so
by
the
fact
that
they're,
not
even
here
anymore,
so
I'm
talking
to
them
through
youtube
if
they're,
even
listening
at
all.
So
I
think
we
just
need
to
call
this
with
what
it
is.
W
W
So
I'm
just
gonna
spend
a
couple
minutes
talking
about
a
couple
points
and
I
will
be
brief.
I'm
just
going
to
start
with
the
cosmetics
that
are
offered
as
evidence
of
policing
change
in
our
schools,
and
I'm
talking
about
the
comments
about
our
police,
school
police,
distributing
ppe,
collecting
toys
and
distributing
them.
The
social
media
hits
that
that
chief
quickly
grice
discussed
the
uniform
changes
and,
of
course,
don't
get
me
wrong.
I
am
not
anti-ppe
and
there's
a
whole
other
conversation
to
be
had
about
that.
W
I'm
not
anti-toy,
I'm
not
anti-scary
uniform,
but
I
am
very
much
against
the
presentation
or
the
misrepresentation
of
superficial
tweaks
as
sub
substantive
change
chief
quickly.
Grice
said
you
can't
really
make
a
change
unless
you
do
something
different
and
I
completely
agree
with
her.
So
what
is
really
happening?
That's
different
here.
There's
some
photo
ops.
We
dress
things
up
differently
and
we
call
that
enough.
This
is
not
a
makeover.
Reality
show
these
are
people's
lives.
W
There
was
powerful
testimony
from
young
people
about
their
experiences,
their
negative
experiences
with
police
in
their
schools
and
I'll
just
add
again.
The
students
are
not
here
tonight
because
they
didn't
know
that
this
would
be
discussed
and
so
they're
doing
their
homework.
I
presume-
or
you
know
snapchat
so
with
you-
know
those
testimonies
of
kids
in
mind
when
we
hear
chief
cookley
griez
and
the
superintendent
citing
the
fact
that
school
police
are
handing
out
food
as
proof
of
law,
enforcement's
positive
impact
in
our
community.
I'm
left
very
confused.
W
I'm
confused,
because
the
reason
that
chief
cokley
griez
gave
for
bsp's
boston,
school
police's
presence
at
these
food
sites
is
to
quote
make
sure
everyone
can
come
in.
But
who
is
the
everyone?
What
about
the
families
who
don't
want
to
come
pick
up
food
when
they
see
a
police
officer
there
watching
guard?
Are
we
considering
those
families
too?
It
looks
very
good
for
the
police
to
be
there,
but
is
the
decision
to
put
them
there
really
centering
students
needs,
as
we
say
that
it
is.
W
W
The
last
piece
I
want
to
call
attention
to-
and
this
piece
is
even
more
troubling
to
me-
is
one
of
the
new
key
priorities
for
the
department
of
safety
services.
Specifically
the
school
police
chief
coakley
grice
said
in
her
part
of
the
presentation
that
quote,
we
will
decentralize
in
order
to
quote
empower
officers
as
change
makers.
Honestly,
this
is
horrifying.
It
horrifies
me.
W
So
at
tuesday's
hearing
I
read
a
few
emails,
some
of
them
quite
recent
that
show
how
the
boston
school
police
in
some
places
more
than
others,
but
it's
not
just
in
one
school,
operate
as
an
extension,
not
just
of
the
boston
police
department,
but
specifically
of
the
brick
and
these
emails
were
obtained
as
part
of
a
lawsuit
they're,
not
under
protective
order.
I'm
not
going
to
reread
the
same
ones
that
I
read
on
tuesday,
but
there's
two
quick
ones.
W
I
also
included
some
gang
members
who
have
been
already
shipped
out
when
you
guys
get
a
chance
and
are
able
to
send
me
the
verification
document.
That'll
be
great
thanks.
So
the
ice
employee
responds
with
a
long
list
of
people
and
next
to
each
one,
it
says,
verified
or
not
verified,
or
we
need
more
info
on
this
one.
The
brick
person
says
in
this
email
chain
here
are
those
gang
pages
I
have
blank
pending
in
review.
Another
two
fell
short
of
being
able
to
be
added.
W
I
still
have
to
go
over
the
others,
and
so
what
does
the
bsp
officer
do
in
this
situation?
He
responds
with
photos
of
students,
their
profiles
with
information
about
them
and
says.
Thank
you,
sir.
We
have
a
couple
of
fios
field,
interrogation
and
observation
reports
that
we
need
to
send
you
as
well.
So
he's
saying
I'm
going
to
send
you
some
reports
from
my
school
to
you,
I'm
going
to
send
them
to
the
brick
to
ice
in
this
email
chain.
Right
saying:
oh,
you
needed
more
on
these
people.
I
got
you
right.
W
So,
let's
lay
to
rest.
This
lie
that
there's
no
direct
communication
between
bps
employees
and
the
brick,
including
ice.
It's
just
it's
just
a
farce.
The
second
email
very
quickly,
there's
really
innumerable
emails
with
the
boston
school
police
officers,
saying
that
they're
using
facebook
or
other
means
to
identify
students
who
are
so-called
self-admitting
gang
members.
W
The
bsp
officer
then
forwards
it
to
people
in
the
brick.
There's
no
comment
here
for
me
to
even
quote
they
just
forward
these
things
to
each
other.
It's
just
a
forwarded,
email
and
that's
really
telling
right,
because
it
shows
a
level
of
informality
of
regularity,
there's
no
need
for
an
intro
or
pleasantry,
because
it's
just
the
system
right.
I
get
this.
I
forward
it
to
you.
These
communications
show
us
that
changing
uniforms
holding
meet
and
greets
this
is
not
going
to
solve
the
problem.
W
Are
we
only
caring
about
what
we're
wearing?
It
seems
here
that
the
emperor
is
wearing
no
clothes
and
the
district
doesn't
want
to
admit
it.
I
really
hope
this
testimony
helps
to
call
into
question
the
claims
made
by
the
district
at
the
beginning
of
this
hearing
and
to
provide
a
fuller,
more
accurate
and
complete
context
for
the
landscape
of
policing
in
our
schools.
W
AA
Sabrina
had
to
go
because
she
had
a
family
emergency.
She
sent
me
her
testimony.
Could
I
read
that
first?
Yes,
please.
Thank
you
all
right,
so
this
is
from
sabrina
barroso,
who
is
the
lead
organizer
at
the
student
immigrant
movement,
and
she
writes
this
as
her
voice.
Listening
to
remarks
about
the
student
privacy
part
policies
stated
by
the
superintendent
sam
depina,
I
was
troubled
like
city
councilor
arroyo
stated
this
administration
had
the
opportunity
to
address
their
policy
on
tuesday
doing
it
now,
with
the
words
they
have
is
unfair
and
misleading.
AA
Actually,
it's
not
misleading.
It's
just
not
true.
This
policy
is
from.
It
is
far
from
perfect.
It
does
not
do
enough
to
protect
young
people.
The
language
that
depena
used
tonight
about
criteria
for
reporting
freelancing
is
not
is
not
in
writing.
So
it
shouldn't
mean
anything
to
this
council
and
fam
families
should
counsel
and
family
families
and
should
not
be
taken
seriously,
because,
if
that's
how
they're
talking
about
it
it
they,
they
should
have
taken
our
recommendation
and
put
it
in
writing
as
clarified
earlier.
The
this
policies,
language
is
far
too
vague.
AA
In
short,
that
means
reporting
criteria
is
to
is
still
out
of
the
our
hands.
This
policy
is
not
about
accountability
and
transparency
and
under
honoring
youth
training,
as
brought
up
by
the
superintendent,
means
nothing
if
there
is
nothing
that
it
is
held
to.
If,
if
there
is
no
frame,
if
there
is
no
structure,
training
will
not
do
anything
if
the
administration
does
not
have
the
intention
or
value
to
pass
a
real
policy
to
direct
the
school,
their
school
police
and
and
personnel
before
the
community,
holding
bps
accountable
for
putting
youth
in
danger.
AA
AA
You
would
believe
my
anger
and
hurt
when
I
saw
that
that,
in
fact,
bps
continued
direct
communication
with
brick,
even
as
they
lied.
It
is
beyond
reason
reasonable
for
the
community
to
be
angry
frustrated
and
to
hold
you
all
accountable
for
lying
and
evading
to
be
held
accountable
by
not
coming
to
the
hearing.
AA
It
is
clear
it
would
do
this
administration
well
to
practice
active
listening
and
take
action,
so
that
was
her
testimony.
I'm
now
going
to
read
my
testimony
good
evening.
My
name
is
noor
paul
schultz,
I'm
a
bps
teacher
and
a
resident
of
jamaica
plain
on
tuesday.
I
had
the
pleasure
of
being
on
a
panel
for
docket
0
6
a4
on
on
tuesday.
AA
I
spoke
about
the
surveillance
oversight
ordinance
and
how
we
would
address
the
issue
of
information
sharing
among
boston,
public
schools
and
the
boston
police
department
and
federal
law
enforcement
agencies,
including
ice
and
the
fbi.
I
was
surprised
to
learn
this
after
afternoon
that
the
district
was
speaking
on
their
policy
that
sam
depena
presented.
AA
I
wanted
to
take
some
time
to
voice
my
concerns
about
their
information
sharing
policy.
I
was
on
the
working
group
that
worked
on
the
information,
cherry
pop
sharing
policy
and
I,
along
with
many
other
members
of
this,
the
group
had
serious
concerns.
Let
us
be
clear:
the
current
bps
policy
falls
short
in
actually
protecting
our
our
students.
Thank
you,
council
arroyo,
for
your
comments
and
questions
about
bpd
1.1.
AA
You
asked
some
questions
that
those
of
us
had
unafraid
educators
in
the
student
immigrant
movement
have
asked
for
over
a
year
how
many
bpd
1.1
has
have
been
passed
to
bpd
every
year.
How
many
are
are
given
over
to
ice?
The
policy
mr
depina
presented
gives
a
two
too
broad
definition
for
that
type
of
incident.
The
type
of
incident
that
can
lead
to
a
reporting
report
going
to
the
bpp.
We
brought
this
up
numerous
times
with
the
district
and
we're
not
given
sufficient
reasonings
as
to
why
it
had
to
be
so
broad.
AA
In
the
working
group
we
asked
if
school
leaders
could
have
a
sign
off
on
the
report.
We
were
told
that
signing
off
the
reports
would
not
be
possible.
We
were
told
that
school
leaders
would
be
notified
of
the
writing
every
of
a
report,
but
that
they
could
not
have
the
final
say
as
to
when
the
report
was
written,
the
qualifier
of
if
it
causes
bodily
harm,
which
mr
depina
mentioned,
is
frankly
not
in
the
bps
policy.
AA
We
actually
asked
for
language
similar
to
that
that,
to
qualify
assault
and
battery,
we
were
told
that
no
such
language
would
not
be
possible.
You
can
imagine
my
surprise
to
hear
mr
depinas
say
that
that
that
was
a
qualifier
for
a
1.1
report.
What
what
he
is
doing
in
that
statement
is
lying.
He
is
making
a
policy
that
there
is
not
there.
The
paul
the
district
is
relying
too
much
on
training
without
a
clear
and
strong
policy
and
with
no
oversight.
AA
The
district's
policy
will
not
do
enough
to
stem
the
gushing
kind
of
reports
going
from
bps
to
bpd
and
ending
up
in
the
hands
of
ice
or
criminalizing
our
students.
I
am
horrified
that
unafraid
educators
name
is
associated
with
this
policy
because
it
institutionalizes
the
writing
of
police
reports
without
any
oversight.
AA
The
policy
also
gives
allows
that,
in
the
case
of
health
and
safety
emergencies,
which
is
not
clear
clearly
clearly
enough
to
find
officers,
can
share
the
sensitive
information
that
is
prevented
sharing
in
instant
incident
reports.
This
means
that
that
student
information,
such
as
religion,
nationality,
first
language,
that
is
often
hearsay
and
can
be
used
to
target
students,
can
be
shared
with
the
bpd.
AA
Why
are
we
allowing
information
to
be
passed
to
the
bpd
through
phone
conversation
emails
when
it
won't
happen
when
we,
when
we
know
that
this
has
been
the
sharing
of
here
say
in
the
past
and
led
to
the
criminalization
of
the
young
people?
The
district's
policy
also
allows
for
confirmed
gang
status
to
be
shared
in
an
incident
report.
AA
We
have
to
ask:
how
do
school
police
officers
communicate
with
the
brick
to
access
their
gang
database,
which
is
a
flawed
and
racist
system
to
begin
with?
Do
they
rely
on
students
admitting
to
be
gang
members
when
they,
when
sometimes
students,
claim
gay
affiliation
for
safety
or
to
seem
cool?
Finally,
what
happens
if
all
the
reports
that
do
not
meet
the
guidelines
put
forward
in
the
current?
What
happened
to
all
the
reports
from
the
past
that
that
do
not
meet
the
guidelines
put
forward
in
the
current
policy?
AA
AB
Hi
good
evening
and
thank
you
for
adding
me
to
public
testimony.
I
also
did
not
get
to
hear
all
of
the
bps
presentation
earlier,
because
I
wasn't
aware
of
the
hearing
until
last
minute,
but
I
did
want
to
address
a
few
of
the
comments
that
I
heard
officer.
Depena.
Make
that,
as
my
colleagues
referenced
were.
AB
AB
AB
The
other
comment
was
that
safety
services
must
get
input
must
get
buy-in
if
you
will
from
a
school
administrator
before
they
can
make
1.1
reports.
The
policy
isn't
written
that
way,
and
that
was
again
one
of
the
more
controversial
points
of
the
policy.
The
policy
states,
the
bps
policy
states
that
safety
services
are
only
required
to
inform,
not
get
any
kind
of
permission
or
buy-in
they're
just
required
to
inform
a
school
administrator
that
they're
writing
a
1.1
report.
AB
AB
You,
okay
yeah.
We
could
definitely
put
that
together
and
I
think,
as
others
have
referenced,
our
concerns
about
over
policing
and
over
criminalization
is
especially
urgent.
Given
the
document
disclosure
that
we've
recently
received
from
bpd-
and
I
know
we
keep
referencing
that
and
that
hasn't
been
made
publicly
available-
I
just
want
to
say
that
is
you
know
several
thousand
pages
and
we're
working
on
doing
an
analysis
of
that,
and
I
hope
that
that
can
be
forthcoming
to
city
council,
so
that
can
be
something
that
can
be
reviewed
and
referenced,
but
it.
AB
A
Aaron
elizabeth,
thank
you
very
much
for
that,
and
I
look
forward
to
that
comparison.
If
you
don't
mind
with
that,
we
are
all
done
with
public
testimony
this
evening.
I
appreciate
everyone's
attention
and
this
was
certainly
a
a
full
hearing
and
one
that
covered
some
significant
areas
for
discussion.
A
Our
libraries
and
library
librarians
across
the
district
build
bps
as
well
as
school
safety
again
across
the
district.
So
a
lot
of
heavy
lift,
I
think
a
lot
to
digest
from
today's
meeting
and
certainly
a
lot
of
information
from
the
second
panel,
as
well
as
those
that
offered
public
testimony
this
evening.
So
I'm
grateful
for
everyone's
presence
and
for
being
with
us
for
the
duration
certainly
more
to
come,
especially
as
the
end
of
the
calendar
year
approaches.
Thank
you,
everybody
good
night.
A
And
then
I
also
noticed
during
that
first
panel,
when
debra
the
librarian,
the
head
of
library
services,
was
speaking
that
if,
when
I
unmuted
myself
when
she
was
all
staticky,
it
fixed
her
problem
yeah-
and
I
don't
know
if
that
was
a
pure
coincidence,
but
I
tested
it
a
couple
of
times,
but
anyway,
thank
you
for
for
being
here
for
this
meeting
juan.
Thank
you
too,
have
a
good
night.