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From YouTube: BPS School Facilities Announcement - 5/12/22
Description
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu makes a major announcement regarding Boston Public Schools facilities at McKinley Elementary School in Boston's South End neighborhood.
She will be joined by Boston Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Brenda Cassellius, School Committee Chair Jeri Robinson, Chief of Operations Dion Irish, and BPS community members.
A
A
All
right,
good
morning
welcome
to
the
mckinley
schools.
My
name
is
cindy
nielsen,
I'm
the
principal
of
the
mckinley
schools.
Here
we
are
very
excited
to
host
this
event.
Today
we
are
grateful
to
marawu
chairwoman,
robinson
and
superintendent
cassellius
for
this
exciting
announcement
that
follows
through
on
a
long
awaited
promise.
A
While
we
know
this
is
part
of
a
longer
term
comprehensive
plan,
this
first
step
toward
designing
a
facility
that
provides
our
students
with
the
academic
and
social
emotional
supports
they
need
and
deserve.
Is
a
dream
come
true
for
our
students,
families
and
staff.
I'm
excited
to
turn
over
the
microphone
to
mayor
will.
B
Thank
you
so
much
cindy
for
your
leadership.
Thank
you,
everyone
for
being
here
with
us
today.
I
will
recognize
a
few
folks
and
you'll
hear
from
many
of
them
after
me,
but
in
addition
to
our
incredible
school
leader,
we
are
joined
by,
of
course,
dr
brenda
caselia
superintendent
of
vps
chairwoman,
jerry
robinson
of
the
boston
school
committee
chief
of
operations,
dion
irish
president
of
the
boston
teachers,
union,
jessica,
tang,
chair
of
spedpack,
but
also
a
member
of
our
superintendent
search
committee.
B
Our
deputy
superintendent
drew
eccleston
is
here
as
well,
who
did
I
miss
chief
of
equity,
charles
granson
state
representative
russell
holmes,
chief
of
chief
of
operations,
india
alvarez
who's
responsible
for
so
much
of
this
today,
who
did
I
miss
oh
and
sam
defina,
who
has
been
carrying
us
on
his
shoulders
on
so
many
of
the
facilities
issues,
senior
advisor
megan,
costello,
chief
of
community
engagement,
brianna
mellor,
deputy
policy
director
tally,
robbins,
okay,
anyway,
chief
financial
officer,
nate
cooter.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
B
We
are
here
today
talking
about
a
boston,
green
new
deal
and
a
green
new
deal
specifically
for
boston
public
schools.
90
years
ago,
president
franklin,
roosevelt,
promised
our
country
a
new
deal.
Programs
and
public
works
projects
that
address
multiple
crises
at
the
time
to
pull
us
out
of
the
great
depression,
tackle
infrastructure
issues,
bring
about
jobs.
B
The
new
deal
accomplished
much
and
had
lasting
impact
and
prioritized
projects
that
were
ready
to
go,
and
we
know
today
that
the
one
major
shortfall
of
the
new
deal
then
was
in
not
leaning
into
and
making
sure
that
racial
equity
was
also
a
key
part
of
that
focus
today.
We're
here
to
carry
on
that
legacy,
but
correct
and
repair
that
piece
of
it,
projects
that
are
shovel
ready
and
here
waiting
for
for
our
facilities
and
operations.
B
B
So
today
we
are
officially
launching
the
green
new
deal
for
boston
public
schools.
This
plan
will
this
plan
will
bring
major
new
construction
and
renovation
projects
to
our
school
facilities
and
increase
the
pace
of
district-wide
upgrades
like
renovating
bathrooms,
planting
school
gardens
installing
water
fountains.
B
The
projects
we're
proposing
right
now
represent
more
than
two
billion
dollars
of
additional
city
investment,
but
we're
not
here
to
focus
on
a
number
we're
here
to
focus
on
the
impacts
and
to
make
sure
that
we
have
that
impact
touch.
Every
single
school
community,
every
neighborhood
in
boston
that
two
billion
dollars
will
continue
to
grow
year
after
year
as
new
projects
enter
the
pipeline.
B
I
used
to
live
right
around
the
corner,
a
couple
streets
down
from
here,
and
so
the
mckinley
school
was
our
polling
place.
This
is
a
hub
for
community
not
only
for
the
young
people
who
are
receiving
their
their
education
and
services,
and
and
supports
here
for
the
educators
who
make
up
our
community,
but
for
neighbors
from
all
around
the
area
to
recognize
that
every
school
building
we
have
is
a
larger
hub
for
community
for
participation
for
democracy.
B
Boston's
building
sector
accounts
for
two-thirds
of
our
city-wide
emissions
and
boston.
Public
schools
represent
nearly
half
of
all
emissions
from
city-owned
buildings.
A
majority
of
our
school
buildings
were
built
before
1950.
many,
as
we
saw
during
the
pandemic,
with
the
frustrations
and
the
difficulty
of
how
to
administer
learning
during
an
airborne
pandemic.
B
Many
lack
quality
and
modern
hvac
systems
clean
drinking
water,
let
alone
the
facilities
and
resources
for
a
world-class
education
that
is
possible
here
in
this
mecca
of
education
and
opportunity.
The
current
state
of
many
of
our
school
facilities
compromises
the
health
of
our
students,
our
educators,
our
communities
and
directly
impacts
educational
opportunity.
B
They
serve
some
of
our
most
marginalized
students,
including
a
large
number
of
black
and
latino
boys
and
young
men
with
special
needs,
and
for
too
long
our
infrastructure
has
not
provided
the
baseline
for
our
students
needs
clean
air,
safe
water
and
an
environment
conducive
to
learning.
We
now
have
the
ability
and
the
opportunity
to
deliver
improvements
to
our
school
communities
while
accelerating
climate
action
in
boston,
and
I
want
to
be
clear-
this
is
not
only
an
opportunity
to
improve
our
school
buildings
and
to
make
them
more
effective
learning
environments
more
climate
resilient
again.
B
B
This
will
better
serve
our
student
athletes
and
help
give
another
wrap-around
support
to
what
gets
our
young
people
excited
to
be
part
of
this
community
in
this
district,
we'll
also
be
improving
facilities
district-wide
by
increasing
energy
and
water
efficiency,
renovating
bathrooms
and
kitchens
installing
solar
panels,
air
conditioners,
water,
fountains,
improving
school
yards
and
planting
school
gardens.
This
work
will
touch
every
single
boston,
public
schools,
school
community.
B
These
improvements
are
long
overdue
decades
overdue.
In
many
cases-
and
we
are
often
seeing
the
consequence
of
deferred
maintenance,
our
young
people
see
that
every
day
in
the
feelings
they
have
when
they
enter
buildings,
where
you
can
see
water
stains
on
the
ceiling,
tiles
or
shades
that
don't
work
properly
or
windows.
That
are
a
little
sticky
to
open.
B
And
we're
seeing
that
that
has
built
and
reinforces
mistrust
between
the
city
and
the
community
we
are
here
to
serve.
We
are
committed
to
rebuilding
that
trust
by
getting
these
projects
done
right
in
partnership
with
communities
because
of
the
ambitious
work
ahead
of
us.
Upgrading
all
of
our
school
facilities
will
be
a
decades-long
project
and
we
need
a
clear,
reliable
timeline
to
deliver.
The
effective,
efficient
results
that
our
communities
deserve.
B
So
a
lot
of
what
I'm
learning
in
this
new
role
is
that
often
the
biggest
barrier
in
boston
is
not
resources.
It's
not
ideas,
it's
not
helping
hands
and
partnerships
from
the
community.
It
is
getting
the
organizational
capacity
right
to
be
able
to
follow
through
and
deliver
on
these
partnerships
and
actions.
B
That's
why
we
created
a
new
cross-departmental
team
with
leadership
from
boston,
public
schools
and
city
hall.
We
are
building
this
team's
capacity
to
ensure
that
our
students
have
access
to
the
quality
facilities
they
deserve
and
that
this
rollout
will
be
efficient,
effective
and
equitable,
and
so
I
know
chief
irish
will
will
speak
more
about
that.
But
we
are
really,
I
would
say,
exponentially,
we're
dramatically
increasing
the
capacity
the
staff
capacity
and
the
partnership
from
our
city
hall
operations,
team
and
cabinet
to
be
able
to
support
and
work
alongside
the
boston,
public
schools,
facilities
and
operations.
B
B
I'm
so
grateful
to
have
so
many
partners
from
across
our
city
and
communities
to
deliver
on
a
plan
for
our
students,
our
families
and
our
future,
and
most
of
all,
as
a
boston,
public
schools
mom.
I
am
on
a
tight
timeline
to
to
make
sure
that
this
gets
done
before
I
turn
this
over
to
superintendent
cassellius.
I
want
to
make
sure
I
thank
you
so
much
to
our
media
partners,
who
also
always
make
sure
there's
bilingual
coverage
in
english
and
in
spanish.
C
B
Now
I'll
turn
it
over
to
superintend
cassellius,
our
district's
biggest
champion
for
equity
and
the
the
loving
environments
that
our
students
deserve.
Literally
from
the
very
first
conversation
we
had
about
this
role,
she
has
been
pushing,
and
so
I'm
so
grateful
for
her
leadership
to
get
us
to
this
moment.
D
D
I
was
shocked
and
surprised
on
my
100
day
tour
as
I
went
and
visited
every
single
school
in
boston,
public
schools,
and
it
was
there
that
I
saw
with
our
family
engagement
team
first
hand
and
spoke
to
our
teachers
about
the
conditions
of
our
facilities
and
their
desire,
and
our
parents
desire
to
finally
get
our
facilities
in
get
the
right
kind
of
investment
that
matched
the
the
kind
of
learning
environments
that
they
deserve.
So
mayor
today
is
a
great
day
and
thank
you
so
much.
D
I
want
to
recognize
jerry
robinson,
our
school
chair,
who
also
has
been
a
long
time,
bostonian
and
champion
for
early
childhood,
as
well
as
our
students
in
our
k-12
system.
I
want
to
thank
dion
for
your
partnership
and
my
team,
indy
and
sam
and
the
entire
facilities
team
and
our
amazing
custodians
who.
D
Who
have
been
working
day
in
and
day
out
to
maintain
these
facilities
and
do
the
best
they
could
with
what
they
had?
And
so?
Finally,
today
we
are
getting
a
capital
budget
that
matches
the
need
and
a
commitment
from
the
mayor
to
continue
to
add
to
it
with
these
immediate
projects.
The
projects
in
this
plan
are
projects
that
serve
some
of
our
most
vulnerable
students,
and
so
centering
equity,
like
the
mayor
said,
is
just
absolutely
critical
to
the
work
that
we're
doing
as
we
move
forward.
I
visited
the
mckinley
school.
D
I
came
back
and
I
cried
in
my
office
that
we
were
providing
this
kind
of
environment
to
our
kids,
who
were
most
in
need.
I
went
to
the
jackson
man
school
that
we
recently
had
to
close
because
of
the
issues
or
the
wreck
school
and
to
see
that
we're
going
to
put
new
buildings
there
and
grow
and
see
new
innovation
and
new
opportunities
for
our
children
is
just
so
heartwarming
we've
been
able
to
work
over
the
past
several
years
on
establishing
our
academic
pathways.
So
there's
one
point
of
transition
for
our
students.
D
This
is
a
key
part
of
our
work
so
that
parents
can
know
and
be
sure
that
their
children
are
getting
a
quality,
guarantee,
an
opportunity
for
libraries
and
gymnasiums
and
outdoor
play
spaces
and
science
labs.
I
mean
these
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
kids
absolutely
have
to
have
to
thrive,
and
so
this
is
an
opportunity
today
to
put
a
down
payment
on
those
promises
that
the
city
of
boston
is
making
to
our
children
of
boston
and
they
deserve
nothing
less
right.
D
Now
our
team
is
putting
in
investments
in
bathrooms,
they're
putting
in
investments
in
clean
water
they're
covering
our
radiators,
so
that
children
do
not
get
burned
any
longer.
We
fix
12
000
windows.
We
have
air
conditioning
going
in
this
summer.
Our
auditoriums
are
getting
upgraded
lighting
and
painting
is
getting
done
so
that
our
teachers
don't
have
it
falling
on
their
heads
and
our
kids
and
then
one
thing
I'm
very
proud
of
is
our
outdoor
learning
spaces.
D
This
is
so
critically
important
to
the
green
new
schools
deal
to
go
outside
to
to
have
healthy
environments
for
our
students
and
through
some
of
our
essa
funding.
We
will
be
funding
a
stipend
at
every
single
school
elementary
school
to
be
able
to
go
out
and
do
learning
in
gardening
and
outdoor
play
spaces,
which
will
help
with
our
children's
mental
health,
and
so
that
is
really
important.
So
no
longer
will
I
be
up
at
night.
D
E
Good
morning,
everyone
and
again
thank
you,
meru
and
thank
you
superintendent
for
your
undaunting
pressure
to
get
this
done.
I'm
a
lifelong
bostonian,
I'm
a
graduate
of
the
boston
public
schools.
I
attended
three
schools
during
my
career
here
and
only
one
of
them
still
exists
at
a
school.
That
school
was
built
in
1909.
E
It
was
inadequate
in
1959,
yet
it
still
is
a
cherished
wonderful
in
learning
environment,
but
this
it's
not
even
a
20th
century
environment
of
our
21st
century
environment,
as
bostonians
we've
been
here
before
many
times.
We've
heard
the
promises
we
see
some
things
happen,
but
for
the
majority
of
our
kids
that
isn't
the
experience
for
our
teachers
for
our
families.
If
you
are
fans
of
school
committee,
you
know
that
we
have
schools
that
are
coming
to
us
at
every
meeting,
families
who
are
advocating
first
graders
who
are
advocating.
E
E
We
are
building
gorgeous
buildings
for
people
who
spend
four
or
five
hours
eight
hours
a
day
here,
but
we
have
kids
who
live
their
lives
here
in
this
community
and
they
need
to
experience
the
birthright
of
the
city
of
boston
by
giving
them
buildings
that
show
how
much
we
care
about
the
kids
that
are
born
right
here.
We
want
them
to
go
downtown
and
work
in
those
buildings.
E
We
want
them
to
be
proud
of
this
city,
so
we
hope
that
today's
moment
is
more
than
just
the
beginning,
we're
going
to
hold
ourselves
accountable,
we're
going
to
hold
each
other
accountable
and
we
are
going
to
do
what
is
right
for
our
kids.
So
I
hope
when
we
are
back
here
next
year
at
this
time,
we
can
tell
you
what
we've
done
in
year,
one
of
many
years
to
come.
Thank
you.
F
Thank
you
think.
First
conversation
I
had
with
the
mayor.
Actually
the
mayor
elect
at
the
time
was
about
school
facilities,
and
ever
since
then
you
know
myself
and
many
members
of
the
team
have
been
eating
sleeping
and
just
thinking
about
how
can
we
improve
our
school
facility
plans
since
then?
So
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
for
her
leadership.
F
I
also
want
to
thank
superintendent
casillas,
for
this
is
something
that
she's
been
advocating
for
for
many
years
and
many
conversations
I've
had
with
her
even
prior
to
my
current
role
as
the
chief
of
operations.
So
it's
great
to
be
here
today
to
see
that
this
come
to
this
point
of
fruition,
understanding
that,
as
the
chair
said,
that
this
is
the
the
money
that
was
committed
here
is
rep
home
says
this
is
like
real
money,
real
investment,
but
we
also
want
to
be
judged
by
by
our
deeds,
not
our
words.
F
So
that's
our
commitment
so
good
morning
again,
I
want
to
thank
everyone.
It's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
at
the
mckinley
military
school
this
morning.
As
we
announce
a
big
step
forward
for
schools,
the
operations
cabinet
is
responsible
for
managing
public
facilities
and
and
projects
across
the
city
for
many
different
agencies.
But
our
largest
client
is
a
boston
public
school
department.
F
I'm
also
excited
to
help
lead
a
new
interdepartmental
team.
As
the
mayor
said,
this
is
a
hall
all
hands
on
deck
approach,
with
not
only
the
operations
cabinet
but
others
in
the
mayor's
office,
our
bps
facilities
team,
our
public
facilities
team.
You
know
this
is
an
unprecedented
partnership
to
make
sure
we're
moving
our
facilities
forward,
so
we're
taking
big
steps
to
invest
in
the
team
and
the
tools
that
we
need.
F
We
understand
that
we
can't
just
commit
to
funding
projects
without
having
the
ability
to
manage
projects,
so
we're
going
to
be
increasing
staffing
in
our
public
facilities
department,
we're
adding
about
10
or
11
new
positions.
There
we're
also
increasing
our
staffing
on
the
boston
public
school
facility
side
of
things
as
well
with
15
new
positions.
F
So
we're
also
starting
to
work
on
key
tools
that
will
need
to
continue
to
make
holistic
and
strategic
plans
for
our
school
facilities.
Bps
is
currently
working
with
bureau,
test
veritas,
technical
assessments
to
complete
a
facilities,
condition
assessment
and
this
tool
will
be
provide
detailed
objective
analysis
of
school
buildings
and
recommendations
for
renovation
and
rebuilding.
F
The
most
important
part
of
this
that
you
should
know
this
is
our
commitment
is
to
community
engagement.
We
want
this
to
be
a
community-led
process
with
students
and
families
in
front
educators.
We
want
everyone's
input
as
we
develop
plans
that
going
forward
will
help
us
to
to
speed
the
pace
of
new
projects,
because
we
will
have
already
have
agreed
and
identified
what
our
schools
should
look
like
what
should
be
in
them,
and
you
know
what
type
of
facilities
we
need.
F
F
I
also
want
to
note
that
an
important
partner
of
this
effort
will
be
the
massachusetts
school
building
authority
they've
been
a
great
partner
for
us
in
the
past,
and
we
look
forward
to
increasing
our
partnership
with
them
to
help
us
to
continue
to
grow
on
the
2
billion
dollar
investment
over
time
going
forward.
So
thank
you
again
for
this
opportunity.
It's
a
great
day
to
be
here.
B
G
I've
seen
first
hand
the
differences
in
school
facilities
across
the
district,
the
difference
in
how
it
feels
to
walk
into
a
beautiful
gleaming
school
with
state-of-the-art
science
labs
and
fully
stocked
libraries
compared
to
school,
where
the
paint
peeling
windows
are
cracked
to
get
some
air
circulation
and
educators
are
squeezed
into
every
inch
of
space.
Just
to
make
do
I'm
so
excited
I'm
trying
to
contain
it
to
see
this
commitment
to
investment
in
bps
facilities
at
the
pace
our
kids
deserve
and
have
earned.
G
G
H
Thanks
so
much,
I
too
am
having
a
hard
time
containing
my
excitement
and
happiness
about
this
news.
My
name
is
jessica
tang.
I
am
proud
to
serve
as
the
president
of
the
10
000
member,
strong
boston
teachers
union
and,
as
the
mayor
had
said,
these
investments
are
long
overdue
and
as
educators
and
staff
in
the
schools,
we
have
been
witnessing
firsthand
how
the
the
the
facilities
have
been
deteriorating
and
the
deferred
maintenance.
H
H
When
we
go
into
schools
and
there's
no
green
space
and
there's
no
outdoor
classrooms
or
gardens,
you
know,
is
it
essential?
Maybe
not,
but
does
it
make
a
difference
for
the
students
who
are
going
to
school
every
day?
Absolutely,
and
so
it's
not
just
about
the
big
investments,
it's
all
about
the
small
ones
and
lastly,
I'll
just
say
too
that
I
also
deeply
appreciate
the
commitment
to
partnering
with
families
and
students
and
educators.
I
Thank
you,
madam
mayor.
I
want
to
just
begin
by
saying
thank
you
to
all
of
the
major
participants,
of
course,
to
the
school
committee,
to
the
superintendent,
to
the
mayor,
because
of
the
fact
that
I
continually
say
in
many
of
the
neighborhood
meetings
that,
when
anyone,
whether
it
be
at
the
federal
city
or
state
level,
if
we're
saying
we
don't
have
money,
they're,
not
telling
you
the
truth,
we
actually
have
the
funds.
The
question
is
to
the
mayor's
point:
it's
not
a
resource
issue.
I
It
is
about
getting
these
resources
to
the
right
place
in
an
equitable
way,
and
so
it's
so
great
to
see
the
mayor
do
that.
I
want
to
give
a
special
shout
out
today
to
the
facilities
folks.
Why?
Because
my
wife
is
a
is
a
teacher
at
the
boston
latin
school,
she
has
taught
at
the
lee
school,
she
has
taught
at
the
london
school
and
she
has
taught
at
the
latin
school
and
rest
assured.
She
can
see
the
difference
in
the
resources
and
the
schools
at
the
linden,
the
lee
and
the
latin.
I
And
so
what
she
says
to
me
often
is
that
hey
we
teachers
are
very,
very
important,
but
what
I
was
saying
to
dion
is
the
people
who
need
the
greatest
shout
out.
She
tells
me
every
day
are
those
custodians,
so
let's
give
them
a
hand,
because
when
you
are
trying
to
hodgepodge
schools
that
have
been
around
for
a
hundred
years,
it
is
very
tough
to
put
these
things
back
together
and
make
sure
that
we
can
then
make
them
all
work.
I
And
so
thank
you
to
the
to
jessica
and
all
the
many
10
000
teachers
and
all
the
folks
who,
my
wife
is
a
part
of
just
they're
they're
working
hard
in
a
system
that
needs
these
resources
and
so
to
dion.
To
the
mayor.
To
all
of
you,
please
continue
to
demand
that
mass
building.
We
should
be
sending
you
guys
all
the
money
we
can
because
of
the
fact
that
we
are
trying
to
educate
children
and
we
are
trying
to
educate
them
in
a
way
that
is
a
very
competitive
environment.
I
Looking
for
fully
rounded
students,
they're,
not
looking
for
just
the
person
who
is
just
educated,
they
need
the
students
who
also
have
all
of
the
acclimates
as
brenda
as
the
superintendent
said,
all
the
things
that
you're
learning
outside
all
of
the
athletic
facilities,
we're
looking
for
folks
who
can
put
on
their
resumes,
not
just
hey,
here's
my
gpa,
but
look
at
the
many
other
things
that
that
that
they
can
provide
and
the
school
building
itself
matters.
Children
think
we
care
when
they
look
at
our
facilities.
I
I
can
tell
you
I've
had
a
couple
of
conversations
where
parents
have
said:
hey
we've
moved
from
this
building.
I
won't
name
it
to
another
building
because
of
the
fact
that
they
believe
that
the
the
education
in
this
other
building
is
better.
However,
the
students
said:
why
did
you
move
me
from
this
place
to
this
one,
because
that
place
had
better
facilities
because
they
felt
as
though
they
were
going
to
be
better
treated
in
a
better
facility?
So,
thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you,
the
entire
team
again
thank
you.
B
J
Thank
you,
mayor
wu.
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
your
historic
win
for
the
city,
and
I
want
you
to.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
this
historic
moment
for
students
of
boston.
I
want
to
thank
dr
casellis
for
her
leadership
and
also
for
jessica
tang
for
her
advocacy
and
representation
of
all
those
teachers
who
have
worked
so
hard
in
the
district
and
who
have
made
things
happen.
Despite
the
challenges
we've
had
with
the
pandemic
and
before
my
name
is
edith
brazil,
I
am
a
graduate
of
boston,
public
schools.
J
I
came
back
to
the
district
to
serve
32
years
because
I
love
this
city.
I
love
this
district
and
I
know
that
we
do
great
things.
It's
often
not
told-
and
I'm
so
extremely
excited
about
this
moment-
that
our
children
are
going
to
get
respectful
buildings
and
equity
in
all
facilities.
So
I
I'm
just
so
appreciative
of
this
effort,
the
transparency,
the
leadership
of
the
entire
team
behind
us
and
all
of
those
of
you
who
have
worked
very
hard
for
this
moment,
and
I
look
forward
to
continue
great
things
in
this
city.
J
So
again,
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
honorable
mayor
wu
for
all
of
her
leadership
and
all
of
her
work
to
make
this
happen
to
stand
here
at
the
mckinley
schools.
When
I
started
my
career,
I
collaborated
with
the
mckinley
schools.
I
didn't
work
within
this
facility,
but
I
know
of
many
students
who
have
been
sent
here.
J
This
is
a
therapeutic
school
for
students
with
disabilities
who
need
targeted,
support
and
intervention,
and
I'm
just
so
so
excited
that
this
facility
will
now
have
everything
that
it
needs
to
ensure
that
our
students
and
in
the
city
of
boston
are
able
to
realize
their
potential
and
create
a
pathway
for
college
career,
vocational
or
whatever
they
desire.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
for
this,
and
I
really
appreciate
it.
B
So
I
want
to
just
give
a
little
insight
and
I'm
going
to
pass
it
over
to
indy
or
the
school
later
to
answer
this
specific
question,
but
jess
overend
has
a
sense.
This
was
really
not
about
picking
a
big
number
to
sound.
Like
a
big
number,
we
are
going
to
touch
every
school
community
to
deliver
the
buildings
that
every
single
one
of
our
students
deserve.
B
There's
a
process
for
how
each
building
goes
from
the
current
state
to
the
beautiful,
healthy,
inspiring
space
that
we
envision
usually
begins
with
a
needs
assessment
in
partnership
with
community,
and
so
that
requires
some
funding.
Then
it
goes
into
a
design
stage
to
map
out
exactly
what
that
looks
like
with
the
layouts
and
classrooms
and
performing
art
spaces
et
cetera
and
then
to
construction,
and
so
it
is
a
multi-year
process
for
for
many
of
our
buildings
and
that
two
billion
dollar
two
billion
plus
dollar
number
currently
includes.
B
Was
it
600
and
605
million
dollars
in
this
immediate
capital
budget
that
has
been
proposed
to
the
city
council
for
this
budget
cycle.
That
includes
some
of
the
needs
assessment
funds,
and
so,
as
those
needs
assessments
get
completed,
those
schools
will
then
transition
to
the
much
larger
funding
for
design
and
construction
and
new
projects
will
enter
at
the
needs
assessment
phase.
So
that's
the
that's
the
overview
and
then
someone
could
talk
about
mckinley.
F
Sure,
but
the
mayor
pretty
much
covered
it,
though
typical
project
timeline
is
we
begin
with
an
assessment
which
we
we
refer
to
as
a
study,
then
we
go
from
there
to
a
design
to
construction.
So
overall,
it's
typically
a
three
anywhere
from
three
to
five
year
process
to
from
from
and
having
an
idea
and
assessing
what
you
need
to
actually
close.
You
know
closing
out
construction
and
reopening
a
building.
F
F
B
But
boston
has
been
at
the
you
know,
even
when
we
kind
of
restarted
the
commitment
to
new
buildings,
it
was
one
school
every
sevenish
years.
So
we
really
need
to
flip
that,
where
we're
doing
many
schools
all
at
the
same
time,
tightening
up
the
timelines
for
these
processes,
the
more
capacity
we
have
on
staff
and
the
staff
is
actually
not
reflected
in
the
two
billion
dollar
funding.
That
is
entirely
for
capital
funds,
the
more
staff
capacity
we
have
the
more
we
do,
these
we're
working
with
community
to
identify
what
does
a
dream
elementary
school?
B
Right
now,
we're
often
excited
to
send
them
off,
but
then
we
have
to
worry
about
whether
they've
packed
enough
water
in
their
water
bottles
to
make
it
through
a
hot
day
or
whether
they
get
enough
outside
time.
So
they
can
actually
have
fresh
air
that
needs.
The
excitement
needs
to
be
included
in
the
facilities
piece
as
well,
and
so
we're
moving
as
fast
as
we
can.
But
I
know
that
our
pace
of
how
we
do
things
cannot
be
at
the
usual
speed
of
government.
B
We
have
to
move
at
the
urgency
of
our
families
every
year
that
goes
by
every
mayoral
term,
that
goes
by
a
child.
Entering
kindergarten
is
about
to
complete
almost
done
with
elementary
school
right
or
is
starting
high
school
and
then
about
to
graduate
and
leave
our
system,
and
so
we
we're
gonna
get
it
all
done.
This
2
billion
number
will
grow
and
we
need
partnership
to
keep
that
happening
at
the
state
level
and
so
very
grateful
to
those
who
are
going
to
fight
for
those
resources
alongside
us.
B
But
most
of
all,
we
need
to
prove
that
it
works
in
some
ways.
Previous
processes
have
exacerbated
the
frustration
of
families
in
in
some
ways.
I
was
part
of
build
bps
and
it
represented
for
the
first
time
in
a
long
time,
a
commitment
to
saying
this
is
important
facilities
really
matters.
But
having
been
to
so
many
of
those
meetings
and
having
seen
the
results,
there
were
still
so
many
unanswered
questions
by
the
end
of
well.
B
B
The
build:
what
is
the
database
that
we're
releasing
today,
so
the
buildings
dashboard
today
shows
all
that
we
know
immediately.
The
facilities
condition
assessment
that
sam
and
the
team
are
leading
will
keep
us
up
to
date,
so
we
no
longer
have
to
keep
spending
a
couple
years
doing
one
pass
through,
but
we'll
know
in
real
time.
B
B
And
we
need
to
do
that,
even
if
that
can
even
be
reined
in
faster
great.
This
is
going
to
require
all-out
partnership.
We've
been
already
reaching
out
to
our
real
estate
community
when
we
met
with
developers
to
introduce
them
to
our
new
chief
of
planning.
The
strongest
ask
that
I
made
in
that
room
was
help
us
think
creatively
about
financing
about
partnerships
so
that
we
can
move
even
faster
and
not
just
rely
on
state
and
msba
funding.
B
Okay,
I'll
start
by
saying,
I
think
I
have
probably
visited
madison
park
more
times
as
mayor
than
any
other
school.
Yet
we've
had
the
chance
to
even
prior
to
starting
this
administration,
to
work
alongside
council
colleagues
and
spend
time
with
the
friends
group
and
alumni
group
and
go
out
to
worcester
to
see
what
similar
or
partner
vocational
technical
high
schools
look
like.
B
B
In
culinary
arts,
they
are
learning
how
to
they're
forming
electric
vehicle,
servicing
and
maintenance
partnerships
they're
working
with
the
trades
to
make
sure
that
the
jobs
created
here
are
for
boston,
kids,
but
the
building
feels
so
outdated
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
have
state-of-the-art,
cutting-edge
technology
facilities
for
our
young
people
we
need
to
put
even
more
investment.
Madison
park
is
often
left
off
left
off
of
the
list
when
we
think
about
facilities.
F
Not
specifically
on
medicine,
but
I
do
want
to
add
that
the
study
that
we're
conducting
to
develop
our
design
and
educational
standards
going
forward
would
also
help
us
to
speed
up
the
timeline.
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
the
typical
project.
You
know
it's
a
year
for
a
study,
then
it's
like
a
year
and
a
half
for
design
and
then
construction
or
where
our
long-term
plan
is.
Once
we
have
agreement
on
what
our
design
will
be.