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From YouTube: Ways & Means on March 29, 2023
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Ways & Means Hearing Docket #0576- Message and order for your approval an Order authorizing the City of Boston to submit Statements of Interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) Core Program for the P.A. Shaw Elementary School and the Charles H. Taylor Elementary School pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter, 70B, Section 5. The Statement of Interest describes and explains the deficiencies within each of the school facilities hat prevent them from delivering their desired educational program.
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A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
for
the
record,
my
name
is
Tanya
Financial
Anderson
district
7,
City
councilor
I
am
the
chair
of
the
Boston
city
council
committee
on
ways
and
means
I
am
joined
today
by
my
colleagues
counselor
president
Ed
Flynn
counselor
Liz
Braden.
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A
Today's
hearing
is
on
docket05
76
message
in
order
for
your
approval,
an
order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
supplement
statements
of
interest
to
the
Massachusetts
school
building
authority,
msba
core
program
for
the
PA
Shaw
Elementary
School,
and
the
Charles
H
Taylor
Elementary
School
pursuant
to
mgl
chapter
70b
set
Section
5.
The
statement
of
Interest
describes
and
explains
the
deficiency
efficiencies
with
which,
within
each
of
the
school
facilities
that
prevent
them
from
delivering
their
desired
educational
program.
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B
A
C
C
Good
afternoon
Council
chair
and
to
all
of
our
fellow
counselors
in
the
chambers
this
evening
this
afternoon
my
name
is
Delavan.
Stanislaus
I'm
one
one
and
a
half
month
into
my
role
as
the
chief
of
capital
planning
for
Boston
Public
Schools
I'm,
happy
to
be
here
this
afternoon
to
present
to
the
council
a
proposal
for
the
msba
core
project
for
2023..
C
We
know
that
these
neighborhoods
do
not
currently
have
enough
Elementary
School
seats
and
they
have
a
high
proportion
of
Boston's
children.
These
two
neighborhoods
alone,
the
the
o2124
and
o2126
zip
codes,
have
24
24
of
all
of
Boston's
children
under
five,
showing
that
they
will
continue
to
see
high
demand
for
elementary
school
seats
for
in
the
near
future.
C
C
C
C
C
C
In
the
meantime,
we
believe
that
combining
these
two
schools
will
improve
the
learning
experience
for
current
Shaw
and
Taylor
students
by
freeing
up
physical
space
to
add
new
programming,
freeing
up
Financial
Resources,
to
invest
in
new
resources
and
directing
our
talented
Educators
to
what
classrooms
that
are
full.
Instead
of
spreading
too
few
students
across
too
many
classrooms.
C
C
C
We
excluded
K-8
schools
and
also
the
Henderson
upper
and
lower
schools
which
have
a
specialized
program
which
has
specialized
programming
the
shaw.
Taylor
merger
will
combine
a
small,
nearly
single
strand
school,
which
is
the
shaw
where
the
largest
school,
the
Taylor
School,
the
show
on
the
Taylor
Building
needs
scores,
places
them
in
the
fifth
and
fourth,
the
fifth
and
fourth
quintentile
quintile,
sorry,
respectively
of
all
BPS
facilities.
C
C
C
C
Combining
the
two
schools
will
allow
us
to
consult
consolidate
some
classrooms,
freeing
up
physical
space
to
support
enrichment
programming
longer
term
designing
a
new
facility
for
the
combined
Shaw
Taylor
schools
will
ensure
that
these
students
have
access
to
state
of
the
art,
spaces,
libraries,
science,
labs,
auditoriums
and
gyms,
as
as
a
baseline,
with
an
opportunity
to
design
for
other
special
programs
before
and
after
school
programming,
Community
Gathering
spaces
and
other
types
of
spaces.
Depending
on
what
the
community
chooses
throughout
the
design
process.
C
D
D
So
on
April
26th,
that
proposal
will
go
to
the
school
committee
and
on
May
10th.
The
school
committee
will
vote.
We
currently
are
in
the
process
of
engaging
a
design
team.
That's
bringing
together
both
School
communities
to
engage
in
what
a
joined
Community
could
look
like
and
also
building
the
journey
for
how
that
would
move
in
turn
in
terms
of
academic
programming,
how
we
think
about
Staffing
all
of
the
pieces
that
go
into
joined,
School
communities,
and
so
that
would
continue
to
move
forward
upon
school
committee.
D
The
merger
allows
multiple
pieces
to
happen,
including
expanding
inclusion
at
both
schools,
thinking
about
academic
programming
and
other
pieces
that
could
leave
both
School
communities.
Better
serving
their
students,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
moving
forward
with
that
and
the
other
piece
of
that
is
upon
approval
of
the
msba.
It
now
means
that
the
two
School
communities
have
come
together
before
they
come
together
into
a
single
shared
building.
C
C
C
E
You
Dell
before
speaking
to
the
timeline
of
the
2023
submissions.
I
just
want
to
talk
briefly
on
the
2022
sois
that
were
submitted
last
year
with
the
mass
School
building
authority
in
2022,
the
city
of
Boston
and
Boston
Public
Schools
submit
two
sois
one
for
the
Blackstone
School
in
the
South
End
and
one
for
the
oldest
school
in
East
Boston,
submitting
more
than
one
statement
of
interest
to
the
msba
districts
are
required
to
select
a
priority.
E
Msba
did
not
give
specifics
as
to
why
the
school
did
not
move
forward,
but
one
likely
reason
is
that
the
Blackstone
School
houses
programs
and
has
spaces
that
would
be
deemed
ineligible
in
the
msba
program.
They
have
a
community
center,
a
health
center
in
a
pool,
all
of
which
would
not
be
reimbursable
spaces
in
an
msba
project.
E
E
The
review
will
likely
include
site
visits
to
these
schools
likely
over
the
summer
months
invites
to
collaborate
with
the
msba
will
likely
occur
at
their
October
or
December
2023
board.
Meeting
this
initial
invitation
is
called
the
eligibility
period.
This
is
a
nine
month
period
where
districts
must
complete
certain
prerequisite
items
to
show
the
msba.
That
district
is
ready
to
take
on
a
major
project.
E
A
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
presentation.
It's
really
exciting
to
think
about
a
new
school,
especially
when
I
look
at
the
you
know
the
state
of
things
on
the
ground
over
there.
At
the
moment
one
question
I
had
from
Brian
was
you
know,
we've
we've
been
we've
had
this
conversation
about
other
projects
that
were
submitted,
and
it
seems
that
and
and
clarify
this,
for
me,
is
the
the
MS
ba
the
Blackstone
was
sort
of
that
they
declined
to
to
move
that
forward
because
it
had
a
a
pool,
a
community
center
and
a
health
center.
B
Like
you
know,
we
have
we,
we
actually
favor
facilities
that
have
like
a
hob
School
model
that
have
Health
Center
in
the
building
or
a
community
I
have
an
adjoining
Community
Center
that
you
know
it
seems
like
we
are
we
out
of
step
with
what
msba
are
thinking
about
these
facilities,
like
I'm,
just
thinking
about
the
schools
that
we
have?
We
have
our
community
health
center
offers,
has
a
miniature
sort
of
Health
Center
that
serves
the
students
and
their
parents,
and
some
of
our
schools.
E
Sure
and
I
think
again,
the
msba
didn't
give
any
direct
feedback
as
to
why
it
didn't
move
forward,
but
I
I've
been
working
with
the
mspa
in
the
past,
certain
schools
were
fall
in
line
with
their
their
program,
more
so
than
others
and
I
think
others
would
be
more
would
benefit
from
a
project
independent
of
msba,
and
it's
likely
the
Blackstone
would
be
one
of
those
because
of
the
spaces
within
within
that
school.
The
health
center
and
the
community
center
space
in
the
pool
yeah.
B
B
It
just
seems
really
sort
of
short-sighted
from
her
perspective,
because
you
know
a
school
building
was
putting
billions
of
dollars
into
school
buildings
and
they're
only
allowed
to
be
used
during
the
school
day
and
not
for
other
purposes
like
Community,
you
know
Community
uses
and
adult
education
in
the
evening
Etc.
It
seems
very
short-sighted.
B
E
B
B
No
I
think
that
was
really
I
was
just
trying
to
get
under
the
hood
a
little
bit
on
in
terms
of
msba
and
how
and
and
last
year
they
they
put
They
didn't
accept
any
new
application
like
this
is
2023..
Did
they
put
a
pause
on
accepting
new
core
projects?
Are
we
moving
ahead
now?
This
has
not
been
opened
up
again.
Obviously,.
E
B
B
B
E
Think
right
now,
it's
so
far
off
with
the
msba
timeline.
We
wouldn't
start
looking
at
potential
solutions
to
a
shot
Taylor
combined
school
until
2025.,
so
it
would
be
really
early
to
put
a
number
out
there
because
again
we
haven't
agreed
to
an
enrollment
number,
which
also
feeds
the
size
of
the
building
yeah.
So
I
think
it
would
be
really
tough
to
put
a
dollar
value
to
this
game
right
now,
very.
C
C
F
You
I
just
want
to
put
these
questions
on
the
record,
because
I
I
I'm
gonna
have
to
run.
This
is
an
obvious
initiative.
That's
very
important
to
me
as
a
graduate
of
the
Taylor
school
as
someone
who's
been
listening
to
both
schools
and
as
someone
who
has
a
niece
who
is
currently
attending
the
Taylor
School,
even
though
we
know
that
this
is
going
to
affect
that
we
wouldn't
get
a
new
building.
Thank
you
for
the
timeline
until
maybe
about
2029
2030..
F
So
my
first
question
is
because
I
attended
one
of
the
initial
meetings
that
we
had
over
at
the
Mildred
Avenue
Community
Center
about
the
about
bringing
the
communities
together.
First
question
is
about
the
communication.
Where
do
we
stand
with
with
really
informing
the
PA
Shaw
community
and
the
Taylor
School
Community
about
this
merger
about
this
msba
application?
F
However,
the
school
environments
and
school
communities
responded
and
Rebecca
I
know
you
and
I
have
talked
a
bit
about
this,
but
if
we
could
put
it
on
the
record
to
see
where
things
are
because
I
don't
know
of
another
meeting
public
meeting,
that
has
happened
after
the
meeting
that
I,
attended
and
I
know
that
that
meeting
there
was
significant
interest
in
in
continuing
conversation.
So
I
just
want
to
know
where
that
stands
to
do.
We
have
an
understanding
of
where
we
would
be
citing
the
new
facility.
F
It
seems
like
we're
still
that's
still
sort
of
that's
a
question
for
discussion,
but
where
would
the
new
facility
be
cited?
Is
there?
Is
there
a
possibility
that
the
site
would
be
on
the
Taylor
campus
right
now
or
would
it
be
another
location,
the
PA
shot?
I,
don't
believe
is
big
enough
to
build
the
the
new
sort
of
building
that
we
would
want
to
build,
and
then
three
is
just
also
for
the
record.
F
F
No
questions
that
I
will
post
to
the
admin
to
the
chair,
but
I
think
you
I
just
want
to
have
these
questions
for
the
record,
because
it's
important
to
constituents
who
will
come
to
me
with
questions,
and
so
it's
important
that
we
have
them
on
the
record
and
that
we
continue
the
conversation.
So
thank
you.
D
Foreign,
so
the
in
terms
of
the
msba
process,
we
first
shared
it
with
the
design
team.
That's
working
to
bring
the
two
schools
together.
The
next
school
community
meeting
will
be
on
April
4th,
it's
actually
a
to
both
share
the
work,
the
current
work
of
the
design
team
and
to
give
a
slight
overview
of
the
msba
process.
D
This
meeting,
though,
will
be
accompanied
by
other
ways,
because
we're
trying
to
increase
the
engagement
for
how
we
get
more
voices
in
the
mix.
So,
while
this
is
a
you
know,
Community,
it's
virtual,
it's
a
community
meeting,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
people
are
are
aware
of
pieces
that
are
going
on
in
other
ways
as
well
and
able
to
give
feedback.
C
In
terms
of
location
for
the
new
build
for
our
school,
as
Brian
mentioned
as
part
of
the
process,
the
msba
one
will
go
out
and
evaluate
both
the
Shaw
and
Taylor
campus,
and
we
may
be
looking
for
a
location
somewhere
within
the
matapan
southern
Dorchester
neighborhood
to
house
that
physical
building
for
the
new
build
for
the
shot.
Taylor.
Sorry.
A
Thank
you
for
the
panelists
for
your
presentation.
If
you
have
any
information,
I
guess
it's.
Needless
to
say
that
we
look
forward
for
you
to
afford
any
information
for
us.
We
look
forward
to
take
a
vote
on
this
matter.
Probably
the
next
council
meeting
I,
don't
have
any
questions
specifically,
we've
I
think
we've
gone
through
this
thoroughly
prior
to
this
hearing
and
for
those
who
are
listening
at
home.
If
you
require
any
further
information,
the
meeting
is
April
4th
where
in
time
it's.