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From YouTube: Committee on Education on October 20, 2020
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Docket #0979 - Hearing regarding the implementation of the #BPSReady reopening plan
A
A
C
C
C
B
B
I
am
first,
I
think
in
correct
order
of
arrival
council
brayden
councillor
flynn
and
just
saw
council
council
president
janie
join
us.
There
may
be
others
as
I'm
away
from
my
script:
council,
ricardo
and
counselor
counselor
ricardo
arroyo
and
council
kenzie
bach.
Thank
you
very
much
for
joining
us.
This
is
a
public
hearing
being
recorded
and
live
streamed
via
boston,
daca
forward,
slash
city
dash
council
dash
tv.
It
will
be
rebroadcast
on
comcast
channel,
8,
rcn,
channel
82
and
verizon
channel
1964..
B
We
will
take
public
testimony
throughout
this
hearing.
This
is
a
public
testing
hearing
only
if
you
wish
to
testify
via
video
conference,
please
email,
shane.pac,
boston.gov
to
sign
up
s-h-a-n-e
dot,
p-a-c
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
a
few
minutes
to
ensure
that
all
comments
will
be
heard.
You
may
also
submit
written
testimony
by
emailing.
B
I
will
give
an
opportunity
for
colleagues
to
offer
very
brief
comments,
as
we
are
trying
to
maintain
the
integrity
of
public
testimony
only
hearing
and
do
want
to
hear
from
our
families
from
our
school
communities,
from
our
students
from
our
educators
regarding
the
reopening
plan
to
date
in
the
boston
public
schools.
Today's
hearing
and
testimony
will
help
inform
the
work
that
is
ahead
in
some
of
our
future
hearings
regarding
the
boston
public
schools,
reopening
plan
next
I'll
go
to
counselor
liz
braden.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
holding
this
public
hearing.
I
think
it's
really
important
to
hear
from
our
parents
and
educators
and
students
in
our
in
boston,
public
schools,
as
we
consider
re.
Our
plans
for
reopening
the
covid
19
crisis
is
an
ever-changing
constantly
changing
landscape
and
it's
hard
to
keep
up
with
the
latest
developments,
but
I
really
welcome
the
opportunity
to
hear
from
everyone.
Thank
you.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
I
will
just
echo
what
council
braden
said,
I'm
here
to
listen
to
the
concerns
and
comments
of
the
public
on
on
these
critical
issues.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
B
Thank
you,
councillor
flynn,
council
president
janie.
F
Thank
you
so
much.
Madam
chair.
I
just
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
to
sit
in
with
all
of
you
and
to
listen
to
to
families
as
they
testify.
I
think
it's
really
important
that
we
hold
a
listening
only
session,
so
grateful
for
your
leadership.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
madam
president,
councilor
bach
thank.
G
You,
madam
chair,
I
would
also
echo
my
colleagues,
I
just
think
there's
nothing
more
important
that
we
do
as
a
city
government
than
educate
our
kids,
and
I
think
you
know
we
all
know
we've
seen
in
the
pandemic,
how
hard
it
is
when
that's
impacted.
When
that's
you
know,
when
we
really
aren't
able
to
do
it
at
the
standard
that
we
would
want
to
be
in
normal
times
and
and
the
long
the
long
effects
this
is
going
to
have
on
our
kids.
G
So
it's
just
so
important
for
us
to
figure
out
how
to
do
the
best
that
we
can
here
and-
and
I
also
I-
I
just
think-
that
we've
seen
in
this
pandemic
also
how
much
education
in
our
kids
are
at
the
heart
of
adults
lives
and
how
much
it's
affecting
people's
work
and
and
the
ability
to
keep
their
families
afloat
financially,
and
so
it's
just
a
whole
nest
of
issues,
and
this
council's
been
hearing
from
lots
of
people
in
our
emails
and
phone
and
on
the
street.
G
B
H
Thank
you
and
I'll
keep
this
short
so
that
we
can
get
to
the
public.
We
know
that
there
were
deep,
lasting
inequities
in
public
education,
not
just
prior
to
the
pandemic,
but
since
I
was
in
boston,
public
schools,
you
know
at
the
beginning
of
this
decade
and
likely
when
some
other
families
were
in
public
schools
back
in
the
1980s
and
90s,
and
these
are
long-standing
issues
with
inequity
and
opportunity
gaps
that
we've
been
trying
to
address
and
close
forever
as
we
find
ourselves
in
a
100-year
pandemic.
H
My
heart
breaks
for
families
and
teachers
that
are
really
experiencing
the
lack
of
resources
and
the
lack
of
ability
for
us
to
really
address
the
inequities
that
already
existed
on
top
of
the
inequities
that
are
now
created,
with
the
lack
of
opportunity
to
proper
facilities
and
proper
learning
materials
and
proper
online
access,
and
so
I'm
very
focused
on
hearing
from
our
parents
and
from
our
teachers
and
everyone
else
involved
in
our
administration
of
learning
in
institutions
of
learning
and
how
we
can
try
to
make
this
better
in
the
period
that
we're
in
for
for
all.
I
Hi,
yes
and
good
afternoon,
thank
you,
chair,
counselor,
savvy
george
for
holding
this
hearing
and
provide
for
providing
a
space
for
the
members
of
the
public
to
make
their
voices
heard.
Last
week
our
office
held
a
town
hall
on
the
reopening
plan
and
how
it
impacts
students,
parents
and
guardians,
and
teachers
and
administrators.
I
We
were
lucky
to
have
you,
madam
chair,
in
attendance,
to
listen
and
to
provide
your
thoughts.
We
heard
a
lot
of
great
input
that
we
will
be
sharing.
However,
we
also
know
that
it's
a
matter
of
what
we
as
leaders
are
going
to
do
about
it.
I
I
look
forward
to
hearing
from
the
people,
and
I
hope
that
we
can
leave
this
hearing
with
some
actionable
items,
and
I
would
like
to
agree
with
my
the
sentiment
of
my
colleague
ricardo,
that
when
it
comes
to
issues
of
inequity
in
the
city
of
boston,
public
education
and
all
things
that
impact
students
who
are
low
income
and
black
and
brown,
we
always
fear
to
bear
the
brunt
of
all
of
these
inequities
that
continue
to
persist.
I
And
during
this
conversation,
I
think
it's
really
important
for
us
to
recognize
that
there
are
schools
that
are
crumbling
schools,
that
don't
have
proper
ventilation,
schools
that
have
been
asked
to
do
more
with
nothing
and
that
there
is
a
real,
deep
conversation
here
around
the
haves
and
the
have-nots,
and
I
think
that
the
kids
who
have
not
will
continue
to
not
have
if
we
don't
address
this
in
a
way
that
is
equitable
and
fair
for
all.
Thank
you.
B
K
You,
madam
chair,
all
right-
and
I
are
here
to
to
listen,
appreciate
your
great
work
on
this.
Obviously,
I
know
we
are
all
united
to
do
everything
we
can
in
the
name
of
equity
and
safety,
as
it
relates
to
bps,
as
it
relates
to
supporting
our
bps
families,
faculty
staff
and
others.
Thank
you
all
and
looking
forward
to
hearing
from
folk.
J
Thank
you,
councilor
sabi
george,
it's
so
great
to
see
them.
So
no
I'm
here
to
listen.
I've
also
been
getting
emails
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
highlighting
this
aiden
also
says
hello,
but
I'm
here
to
listen.
We've
also,
you
know
been
feeling
a
whole
host
of
emails
and
calls
with
respect
to
reopening
so
here
to
listen
to
the
community
and
the
families.
So
thank
you
very.
B
Much
fantastic!
Thank
you
all
for
being
here.
As
I
noted
in
my
opening
remarks,
this
is
a
public
testimony
only
hearing,
so
we
are
here
for
a
number
of
hours
and
if
there
are
sort
of
opportunities
where
there
isn't
anyone
for
testimony,
we
may
take
a
brief
recess
and
I
will
text
colleagues
I'll
be
here
and
text.
Colleagues
if
members
of
the
public
do
arrive,
we
sometimes
when
we've
done
this.
In
the
past,
we've
had
participants
arrive
in
in
waves.
B
So
I
am
gonna
just
give
me
a
quick
minute
to
grab
my
oh
where'd.
It
go
my
list,
sorry
for
those
who
are
testifying,
so
we
have
first
to
sign
to
testify
offer.
Testimony
is
stephanie,
nieves,
nancy
lesson
and
naomi
rodriguez
shane.
If
we
could
allow
them
into
the.
B
L
B
L
Thank
you,
hello.
My
name
is
stephanie
nieves
and
I'm
the
12th
grade,
math
teacher
at
boston,
green
academy,
I'm
testifying
today,
despite
my
very
real
fear
of
public
speaking,
not
by
choice
and
I'm
going
to
try
to
keep
my
emotions
and
checks.
Excuse
me,
but
because
enough
is
enough,
I
like
many
bps
employees,
families
and
students
are
sick
and
tired
of
the
elaborate
charade
that
bps
decision
makers
continue
to
dress
up
as
the
best
reopening
plan
for
all.
L
Two
continue
to
change
safety
goal
posts
without
transparency
regarding
how
decisions
are
being
made,
and
the
data
and
science
that
support
these
decisions.
Three
negotiate
with
the
bt
with
the
intent
of
not
honoring
moa
language.
According
to
what
was
discussed
during
negotiations,
four
frame
teachers
legitimate
concerns
as
a
lack
of
dedication
to
teaching
our
highest
students,
five
unethically,
manipulating
or
representing
data.
L
I
am
a
person
of
color,
I
am
queer.
I
am
a
person
with
disabilities,
I
get
serving
our
highest
students,
but
I'm
also
a
math
teacher
who
relies
on
logic,
deductive
reasoning
and
the
data
and
science
real
science
to
back
up
the
decisions
we
are
making,
and
that
is
not
happening,
and
so
I
want
to
ask
this
committee
to
please
do
something
about
it.
L
B
M
I'm
nancy
lesson:
a
retired
occupational
health,
specialist
member
of
mass
maskosh
health,
technical
committee,
mother
of
a
bps
high
school
teacher,
grandmother
of
four
bps
elementary
school
students.
The
coronavirus
is
airborne,
good
ventilation
and
filtration
are
critical.
The
build
bps
study
released
march
1
2017
documented
poor
ventilation
in
most
schools.
It
was
dismissed
by
bps
and
the
boston
public
health
commission
the
next
day,
stating
that
they
had
not
found
air
quality
in
schools
had
a
detrimental
effect
on
health
fast
forward
to
2018-19
school
year,
the
last
for
which
there
is
any
meaningful
ventilation.
M
Data
tests
were
only
taken
in
schools
with
hvac
systems
about
a
quarter
of
schools,
co2
readings
above
1
000
parts
per
million
indicate
poor
room
ventilation.
One
school
had
25
such
rooms,
another
23
two
had
14
another
13
again,
three
quarters
of
schools.
Those
without
hvac
systems
have
never
been
properly
tested.
The
epa
says
this
virus
remains
airborne
for
longer
times,
traveling
further
distances
and
supports
increased
ventilation
and
air
filtration
cdc.
School
guidance
recommends
portable
hepa
filters.
M
Finally,
bps
is
getting
these
for
nurses,
offices
and
medical
waiting
areas,
but
they
are
needed
in
many
more
rooms.
One
precariously
placed
fan
and
a
single
tilted
window
is
not
protective
as
infection
rates
climb,
high-need
students
need
in-person
services,
but
not
the
choice
between
no
services
and
services
in
unsafe
environments
when
faced
with
two
bad
choices.
M
B
Thank
you
nancy.
I
do
look
forward
to
that
report.
Next
we
have
anna
golden
and
jody
will
be
afterwards.
N
Hi,
my
name
is
anna
golden
and
I'm
a
special
education
teacher
at
the
henderson
and
my
daughter
actually
attends
school
there
too.
So
I'm
a
parent
and
a
teacher
I
was
on
the
meetings
and
on
all
the
emails
that
parents
received
before
school
started,
and
I
continued
to
be
and
the
thing
that
we
were
told
as
families
as
parents
are
not
things
that
are
happening
in
the
building,
so
we
have
been
lied
to
so
families
who
are
mostly
black
and
brown,
are
being
lied
to
by
the
district.
N
There
are
not
pods
in
the
high
schools,
as
students
are
going
from
teacher
to
teacher.
If
someone
tests,
positive
contact
tracing
will
be
possible,
they
said,
but
there
has
been
no
contact
tracing.
The
district
is
not
doing
contact
racing
at
all.
When
there
are
positive
cases,
the
district
is
lying
and
that's
saying
that
there
are
no
positive
cases
and
teachers
know
that
that
that's
not
true.
We
know
that
there
have
been
positive
cases
on
any
given
day.
N
There
are
at
most
five
kids
in
the
building
for
us
and
up
to
15
adults
there
to
serve
them.
This
means
teachers
are
teaching
zooms
with
masks
on
managing
the
feedback
of
the
zooms
as
multiple
kids
have
it
open
and
we're
all
freezing
with
the
windows
open
and
the
fans
blowing
with
the
poor
ventilation.
N
The
union
and
the
teachers
at
my
school
have
been
advocating
since
march
to
be
part
of
the
planning,
and
we
are
continually
left
in
the
dark
and
not
permitted
to
sit
at
the
table
where
decisions
are
being
made.
The
numbers
are
as
high
as
eight
percent
in
some
of
the
communities
where
my
students
are
coming
from
and
where
we
live,
we
want
to
be
serving
high
needs
students,
but
this
plan
does
not
make
sense.
There
are
spaces
for
students
to
take
mass
breaks
in
the
hallways
away
from
any
windows
or
ventilation.
N
Good
teachers
are
taking
leave
and,
in
some
cases,
quitting
these
teachers.
I
want
to
work,
I
want
to
work
in
person,
but
the
schools
are
not
safe,
as
they
are
right
now
they
could
be.
Schools
could
be
safe
for
high
needs,
kids,
but
they
are
not
right.
Now.
We
need
to
go
remote
right
now
and
give
teachers
teachers
real
time
to
make
plans
for
their
students
that
meet
their
needs
and
keep
them
safe.
I
am
continuing
to
stay
home.
N
Despite
the
threats
I've
received
that
I
could
lose
my
job
because
my
students
lives
matter
and
I
will
not
be
a
part
of
lying
to
parents.
Just
like
miss
mejia
said
we
need
to
do
more
to
make
safe
spaces
for
our
black
and
brown
students.
The
choices
being
made
are
not
valuing
valuing
the
lives
of
students
and
teachers
thanks.
B
A
My
name
is
jody
sugarman
brosean,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
mass
kosh,
the
massachusetts
coalition
of
occupational
safety
and
health,
but
I'm
also
a
bp
pbs
parent
of
14
years.
Mass
cost
works
to
ensure
that
all
workers
can
go
to
workplaces
free
of
hazards
where
they
can
earn
a
fair
wage
and
good
benefits
and
be
treated
with
respect
and
dignity,
always
with
the
ultimate
goal
of
returning
home
to
their
families
alive
and
well.
I
really
appreciate
being
here
today.
Well
social
distancing,
hygiene
and
cleaning
and
disinfecting
are
critical.
A
Public
health
measure
measures,
one
of
the
key
ways
that
school
staff
and
students
are
exposed
to
sars
covq.
The
virus
that
causes
covid19
is
aerosol
transmission
of
micro
droplets,
in
other
words,
by
breeding
air
that
contain
live
virus
that
had
been
exhaled
by
infected
individuals.
On
october
5th,
the
cdc
updated
its
guidance
to
confirm
that
it
can
be
spread
that
kovid
19
is
spread
by
airborne
transmission.
A
It's
critical
to
ensure
that
air
potentially
contaminated
with
deadly
viruses
made
as
safe
as
possible
for
school
building,
occupants
to
breathe
and
in
130
bps
school
buildings.
Only
28
even
have
hvac
for
the
93
schools
with
limited
or
no
mechanical
ventilation.
It
requires
assessment
of
every
classroom
to
see
if
windows
can
remain
open.
A
If
fans
and
extension
cords
can
be
placed
safely
and
strategically
to
bring
in
enough
outside
air
for
ventilation
and
then
adding
portable
air
cleaners
with
hepa
filters,
where
they're
needed
for
the
37
schools
with
hvac
systems,
it
requires
inspections
of
operations
and
capacity
to
provide
adequate
outside
air
and
upgrades
to
the
cdc
recommended.
Merv
13
filters.
A
Boston,
public
schools
has
yet
to
prove
that
buildings,
which
already
have
ventilation
and
air
quality
problems
before
the
pandemic,
are
sufficiently
ventilated.
Bps
conducted
indoor
air
quality
tests
in
every
school
and
declared
that
each
building
passed,
but
this
was
determined
by
measuring
the
concentration
of
carbon
dioxide
in
unoccupant
occupied
rooms,
which
bps's
cover
page
accompanying.
The
results
even
acknowledges
meaningless.
Vectric
co2
measurements
are
only
useful
as
a
proxy
for
ventilation
if
the
room
has
been
occupied,
if
there's
actually
a
source
of
co2
to
measure.
A
The
public
health
commission
determined
that
in-person
learning
for
high
needs
students
can
safely
continue
and
increase
to
four
days
per
week
was
the
risk
of
airborne
transmission
of
the
coronavirus,
which
is
now
recognized
by
cdc
a
factor.
Did
the
public
health
commission
consider
the
status
of
ventilation
and
filtration
in
buildings
and
the
october
16th
letter
from
boston,
public
health
commission
to
bps?
A
It
concluded
that
an
increase
to
four
days
per
week
schedules
because
it
concluded
that
we
could
increase
to
a
four
day
per
week
schedule
because
10
additional
students
per
school
seemed
like
a
relatively
small
number,
but
how
many
students
and
staff
are
actually
in
each
occupied
room?
How
ventilated
ventilated
are
those
rooms
and
again
measured
in
air
changes
per
hour?
A
What
will
happen
this
winter
when
temperatures
drop
well
below
the
standard?
Will
teachers
continue
to
keep
windows
open
and
fans
blowing
to
ensure
that
there's
some
ventilation
and
how
will
that
impact
those
students
whose
asthma
is
triggered
by
the
cold,
which
is
a
real
concern
that
we've
heard
from
parents
and
families
to
know
if
a
space
is
safe?
We
need
to
know
the
rate
of
ventilation
in
each
classroom,
measured
in
air
changes
per
hour.
A
Luckily,
that's
not
hard
to
do
it's
not
hard
to
measure
air
changes
per
hour
and
these
ventilation
measurements
can
be
taken
in
occupied
or
unoccupied
rooms.
So
the
loose
the
solution
to
us
is
simple
use:
science
to
measure
the
ventilation.
The
air
changes
per
hour
in
classrooms
find
the
safe
space
that
exists
within
boston,
public
schools
and
use
the
safe
space.
Only
bps
must
commit
to
rapidly
assessing
ventilation
ensuring
that
in-person
learning
occurs
only
in
safe
classrooms.
A
B
O
Hello
counselor.
Thank
you
very
much.
I'm
calling
just
very
briefly
to
talk
about
the
state
of
our
school
facilities.
It's
no
shock
to
anybody
that
they
are
in
a
massive
disrepair,
most
of
them
and
the
fact
that
bps
felt
that
a
single
window,
cracked,
open
several
inches
a
single
window
fixed
in
each
classroom,
is
somehow
enough
to
create
the
space
that
we
need
for
our
students
who
are
high
needs
who
need
to
be
in
person
right
now.
H
B
Welcome
back
to
travis
in
a
minute:
next
we
have
jessica,
tahiraj
and
then
next
we'll
go
to
tamara
shay
tennis
and
emma
tennis,
jessica.
P
Hi,
thank
you.
So
basically,
I
I'm
conflicted
about
the
proposal.
I
do
believe
that
there
needs
to
be
fairness
and
a
qua
equality
across
the
board,
but
with
this
cheese
hole
proposal
it
or
swiss
cheese
proposal,
there's
it
is
not
equity
and
I'm
when
I'm
talking
about
equity,
I'm
talking
about
the
chinese
community.
P
When
I
first
read
the
proposal,
that's
what
I
I
saw
right
away
is
that
the
it
did
not
capture
the
chinese
community
at
all.
I
work
all
over
boston,
I'm
a
physical
therapist.
I
go
house
to
house,
I
do
know
I
go
in
the
projects.
I
go
in
middle
income,
families,
houses,
rich
income,
family
houses
and
there's
such
big
huge
wealth
gaps
in
almost
every
single
zip
code.
I
don't
see
how
this
is
this:
they
use
the
american
community
survey.
P
I
don't
see
how
that
captures
that
and
also
they
measured
it
by
kindergarten
through
12th
grade
graders,
when
they
should
have
only
measured
the
sixth
graders
and
the
eighth
graders,
because
those
are
the
kids
that
this
proposal
is
affecting.
If
it's
only
a
one-year
proposal
which
will
the
population
is
going
to
change
every
year,
are
the
metco
kids
in
this
proposal,
because
they're
they're
not
allowed
to
go
to
boston
latin
in
the
research
I
found
out
are
charter
schools
that
get
feeded
into
their
own
high
schools?
P
Are
they
counted
in
this
and
then
mayor
marty
walsh
makes
a
lot
of
these
promises,
but
he
may
not
run
for
mayor
next
year
I
mean,
or
he
might
not,
even
get
elected.
So
how
can
you
make
all
these
promises
that
you're
not
going
to
be
around
to
to
to
go
on
your
promises?
P
And
then
why
is
another
course
to
college
boston,
arts
academy?
New
mission
high
have
special
unique
application
processes
in
order
to
are
they
going
to
change
that
in
order
to
promote
diversity?
P
Also,
brockton
public
schools
has
a
a
special
school
where
you
have
to
take
an
exam
and
they
count
your
grade
point
average
and
it
actually
it's
for
kids
who
have
special
gifts
and
talents
like
they
do
at
these
exam
schools,
a
chicago
jessica.
B
If
I
could
just
ask
you,
we
are,
this
is
a
public
testimony
hearing
regarding
the
reopening
of
the
boston
public
schools
and
I
it
is
public
testimony.
So
I
want
you
to
have
your
opportunity
to
speak,
but
I'd
love
it.
If
you
could
wrap
up
it
was.
I
was
unclear
in
the
beginning
what
you
were
talking
about.
Okay,
so
I'm
talking
about
you
could
wrap
up
yeah.
P
Yeah
sure
I
mean
I,
I
really
think
that
the
the
proposal
is
is
not
fair
and
equity
across
the
border,
just
because
and
focus
on
zip
codes
that
come
from
the
american
community
survey.
I
I
don't
think,
that's
that's
the
right
move,
so
I'm
wrapping.
B
O
Yes,
hi.
Thank
you
so
much.
I
appreciate
it.
I
appreciate
it
so
I'm
my
kids
just
finished
their
lesson,
so
I'm
taking
them
out
for
a
second.
But
what
I'm
calling
to
say
is
just
that.
O
I
can't
I
struggle
to
believe
that
in
a
city
that
is
as
enriching
resources
as
we
are,
that
we
feel
confident
that
fixing
one
window
in
every
classroom
is
is
enough
ventilation
and
enough
safety
precautions.
I
mean
stickers
and
hand
sanitizers
and
soap,
that's
all
great,
but
we
know
about
the
aerosolized
particles.
O
We
know
how
about
air
exchanges
as
the
testimony
from
mass
cost
just
just
laid
out.
We
we
have
classrooms,
we
have
buildings
that
are
100
years
old
and
we
have
fixed
one
window
in
each
classroom
and
most
of
those
windows.
Certainly
in
my
own
kids
school.
Those
windows
are
fixed
by
lifting
them
up
six
inches
and
putting
a
fan
in
there
and,
as
was
also
testified
to
earlier,
you
know,
once
winter
comes,
these
classrooms
are
going
to
be
freezing.
O
I
know
they've
talked
about
cranking
the
heat
up,
but
these
classrooms
in
previous
winters
with
the
windows
closed
we're
oftentimes
hovering
in
the
low
60s.
So
I
just
think
that
we
really
need
to.
O
I
know
that
we're
under
the
we're
under
a
lot
of
pressure
from
the
state
and
deci,
but
we
need
to
fight
for
resources
to
to
do
better
by
the
the
schools
and
we
need
to
use
what
resources
we
have
now
in
terms
of
facilities
to
make
sure
that
the
kids
who
need
in-person
learning
are
getting
those
services
and
getting
them
safely,
and
that
we
are
also
making
sure
that
ours
we're
working
harder
than
probably
ever
working
their
lives
are
doing
that
safely
as
well.
Thank
you.
B
Travis.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
for
moving
to
a
better
spot.
Next,
we
have
emma
emma
welcome
hi.
Q
I'm
from
roslindale
I'm
a
freshman
at
the
boston
latin
school,
and
I
would
like
to
thank
councillor
george
for
opening
this
meeting.
Now
I
want
to
start
by
asking
all
of
you
counselors
something
why,
from
the
this
is
a
statistic
from
the
national
alliance
of
mental
illness
helpline.
Why
was
there
a
65
increase
in
calls
mostly
from
high
schoolers?
Q
You
know
what
we
talk
about
safety.
We
talk
about
the
coronavirus.
We
never
talk
about
mental
health
safety,
we
say.
Oh
social,
emotional
learning,
walsh
just
says:
oh
just
go
to
a
counselor,
but
it
I
don't
see
where
people
care,
because
when
I
go
into
school,
when
I
go
to
my
computer,
I'm
on
the
computer
for
six
hours
learning
my
eyes
are
glazed
over
because
I've
been
doing
this
for
20
days,
and
you
know
what
I
was
I
was
waiting.
Q
Q
Is
this?
Is
this
good
for
the
suicide
numbers?
Is
this
good?
You
know
one
one
in
four
teenage
one
in
four
18
to
24
year
olds,
seriously
committed
seriously
contemplated
suicide
in
the
month
of
june.
Okay.
Is
that
a
that's,
an
important
number
that
that
that
shows
that
this
is
not
safety?
We
are
not
talking
about
public
health
safety.
When
we
talk
about
opening
windows,
hvac
systems,
no
we're
talking
about
people's
lives
that
are
going
to
be
lost
from
depression.
I,
when
I
go
into
school,
I
go
to
a
room.
Q
Q
They
had
an
addiction,
fantasy
social
media,
video
games,
whatever
you
want
to
call
it,
but
now
it's
normal.
I
call
on
you
counselors.
You
have
the
agency
to
open
the
schools,
get
the
teachers
that
are
willing
to
help
these
kids,
because
teachers
are
hurting
too,
and
teachers
are
in
pain
right
now,
students
are
in
pain
and
you
counselors
have
the
agency
to
say
you
know
what
this
pain
is
not
worth.
Q
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you
emma
very
much.
We
shane
we
have
an
iphone
on
there.
I'm
not
sure
if
the
iphone
is
someone
for
public
testimony.
B
Oh
hello,
would
you
like
to
give
testimony.
B
Yes
or
no
okay,
if
one
of
you
could
shut
off
your
audio,
it's
offering
a
feedback
loop.
B
That's
fine,
we'll
put
you
we'll
put
you
on
hold
and
if
you
stay
there
for
a
little
bit
I'll
call
you
in
a
little
bit.
Next
we
have
al
vega
and
ruby.
B
R
I
don't,
I
think,
jody
actually
presented
mass
cautious
testimony.
I
don't
believe
that
we
made
that
clear
in
our
request
to
testify
so
jody
covered
all
of
the
testimony
on
behalf
of
mass,
but
ruby
does
have
something.
D
D
Instead
of
developing
a
better
plan
or
adopting
the
many
safer
suggestions
made
by
parent
students
in
the
btu,
this
led
to
the
bps
and
btu
fighting
in
court
over
defining
safe
schools.
Through
all
of
this
parents
and
teachers
have
been
pitted
against
one
another.
There
is
still
no
long-term
bps
plan
for
high
needs.
Students
and
students
continue
to
suffer
from
lack
of
services.
D
Bps
leadership,
including
central
office.
The
mayor
and
walsh's
appointed
school
committee
are
solely
to
blame.
The
impact
of
bps's,
poor
planning
and
lack
of
good
faith
negotiation
has
increased
the
opportunity
debt
for
students
with
high
needs,
who
are
overwhelmingly
black
and
latino
and
are
the
same
students
who
struggle
to
access
services
last
spring.
D
Only
20
percent
of
students
with
disabilities,
24
of
english,
language,
learners
and
18
of
homeless
students
logged
in
at
least
80
of
the
time
among
high
school
students,
only
6.8
percent
of
special
ed
students,
5.5
of
english
language,
learners
and
3.5
of
homeless,
students
logged
into
their
online
classes,
at
least
80
percent
of
the
time.
Furthermore,
these
numbers
do
not
track
whether
students
were
able
to
engage
in
the
work
and
make
progress.
D
They
merely
track
that
the
student
logged
on
parent
students
in
the
btu
have
been
advocating
for
compensatory
in-person
services
since
the
spring,
which
bps
ignored.
Despite
many
school
committee
meetings
in
which
families
and
teachers
overwhelmingly
expressed
their
concerns,
the
plan
by
the
district
remains
inadequate.
There
are
11
000
students
with
disabilities
in
bps,
16
000
ell
students,
in
addition
to
increasing
numbers
of
homeless
students
or
students
who
are
in
foster
care
around
2
600
students
are
currently
receiving
in-person
services.
D
We
saw
a
powerful
expression
of
the
needs
of
our
students
in
september
when
over
a
hundred
families,
teachers
and
community
members
protested
in
a
rainstorm
to
demand
a
plan
for
in-person
services
in
safe
spaces.
The
district's
reopening
plan
paused
by
mayor
walsh,
due
to
the
rise
in
covet
cases,
is
woefully
inadequate.
D
Although
some
students
with
high
needs
are
going
into
school
buildings,
many
go
into
buildings
where
screens
are
placed
in
front
of
them
rather
than
receiving
in-person
instruction
or
services,
despite
advocacy
for
a
better
plan.
Since
july
parents,
students
and
teachers
express
concerns
about
educators
being
required
to
teach
both
in
person
and
online.
At
the
same
time,
this
doesn't
meet
student
educator
or
parent
needs.
The
district
needs
to
reorient
how
they
are
thinking
about.
D
In-Person
learning
and
have
a
plan
for
what
to
do
if
city
services
are
shut
down,
they
have
to
stop
relying
on
traditional
school
buildings
and
classes
and
think
creatively
about
how
to
provide
in-person
services
in
safe
spaces
for
high
needs.
Students.
Currently
bps
has
not
had
air
quality
tests
that
measure
co2
exchanges
by
an
independent
auditor
to
ensure
that
students
and
staff
can
safely
be
in
buildings
for
extended
periods
of
time,
but
instead
is
using
box
fans
and
an
open
window
as
a
solution
for
ventilation.
When
winter
is
quickly
approaching.
This
cannot
wait
covet.
D
B
Thank
you
very
much
ruby
and
then,
let's
see.
B
I
S
Thank
you
and
thank
you
to
you
and
your
fellow
counselors,
who
really
do
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
speak.
I'm
a
parent
of
a
kindergartner
who
goes
to
mission
hill
school
in
jamaica,
plain,
and
it's
really
frustrating
we
just
feel
like
the
can,
is
getting
kicked
down
the
road
every
week
and
we're
trying
hard
to
plan.
S
But
we
can't
plan
not
knowing
where
we're
gonna,
where
we're
gonna
be
in
one
week.
The
week
after
that
and
I'd
like
to
have
a
solution
that
prioritizes
younger
children
who
need
to
be
with
their
friends
in
person.
I
don't
think
the
remote
style
learning
is
working
for
kindergartners
and
probably
first
graders.
So
I
understand
that
everybody
has
their
own
needs.
The
high
schoolers
have
their
needs
and
I
really
appreciated
hearing
from
the
young
woman
who
testified
previously
about
what
she
needs
and
we've
heard
a
lot
about
the
teachers
and
their
concerns.
B
Shane,
I
don't
see
that
we
have
anyone
else
currently
waiting
for
to
offer
public
testimony.
So
colleagues,
I'm
happy.
B
Thank
you
shane
and
thank
you
for
managing
that
on
the
back
side,
I
am
I'm
happy
to
send
a
text
to
colleagues
when
additional
folks
arrive
for
public
testimony
and
what
I'll
do
is
give
as
individuals
arrive
I'll
ask
them
to
for
a
few
minute
grace
period.
While
I
text
everyone
and
and
have
you
all
logged
back
on
sound
like
a
plan,
excellent.
B
Thank
you,
shane.
I'm
going
to
stay
here
I'll!
Do
I'll
leave
my
audio
on
I'm
going
to
mute
myself
just
so
you
can't
hear
the
chaos
in
the.
B
Do
you
just
want
me
to
join
the
meeting,
or
is
that,
yes,
you
can.
H
Yeah,
you
can,
you
can
gavel
out
or
during
the
meeting.
B
Okay,
I
do
want
to
thank
those
that
offered
excuse
me.
We
just
moved
up
for
a
second.
I
do
want
to
thank
everyone
who
joined
us
for
and
offered
public
testimony
today
who
tuned
in
number
of
people
that
we
heard
from
we
look
forward
to
having
you
participate
in
our
hearings.
B
Coming
up
with
that,
I'm
going
to
adjourn
this
meeting.
Thank
you,
shane
for
sticking
it
out
with
me.