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From YouTube: Universal Pre-Kindergarten Announcement
Description
Boston is well on its way to having pre-K for every 4-year-old in the city! Mayor Walsh joined BPS Superintendent Laura Perille and members of the Boston Public School Committee at ABCD Head Start Walnut Grove in Dorchester, to announce that the city is putting $15 million into a fund that will provide every 4-year old in Boston the opportunity to have a seat in a high-quality pre-kindergarten program.
A
B
Thank
you
everyone
for
being
here.
My
name
is
tiara
and
I'm
the
universal
pre-k
director
for
the
city
of
Boston.
This
is
such
an
exciting
time.
It's
so
much
easier
to
talk
to
four-year-olds,
but
I'm
going
to
do
my
very
best
job
today,
talking
to
all
of
the
experts
that
have
joined
us
for
years,
community-based
organizations
and
Boston
Public
Schools
have
worked
together
to
serve
children
across
the
city.
Today,
we
solidify
our
partnership
with
the
mayor's
commitment
to
a
mixed
delivery
system.
Today,.
B
Quality
and
when
we
say
quality
we
mean
that
all
educators
come
together
to
learn
from
each
other.
It
means
that
we
continue
to
not
only
meet
but
exceed
quality
standards
under
NAEYC
and
QRIs.
It
means
that
our
community-based
organizations,
the
teachers
there
are
paid
the
same,
commensurate
salary
as
they
are
in
bps
and,
most
importantly,
it
means
that
we
keep
a
consistent
pulse
on
what
our
family
and
children
need.
This
has
been
a
long
time
coming.
B
I
feel
so
honored
to
be
a
part
of
this
work
and
I'm
super
excited
to
see
where
we
go
there.
It
really
truly
does
take
a
village,
and
there
is
no
way
to
thank
all
of
the
invested
stakeholders
that
have
got
us
to
this
point
throughout
our
agenda.
We're
going
to
make
sure
that
we
highlight
a
few
people,
but
I
do
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
say
that,
while
we
may
not
say
you
by
name,
we
appreciate
all
of
your
hard
work
and
dedication.
B
You
have
and
will
continue
to
be,
the
voice
of
our
quality.
Pre-K
work
well,
first
hear
from
Sharon
Scott
Chandler,
the
vice
president
for
ABCD
Sharon
and
her
team
are
one
of
the
many
community-based
partners
that
have
helped
us
create
a
bridge
between
our
community-based
agencies
and
Boston
Public
Schools,
its
organizations
like
ABCD,
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club
of
Dorchester
nursery
and
YMCA,
who
keeps
us
abreast
of
what
our
families
and
our
educators
need.
They
are
consistent,
advisors
and
advocates
in
the
design
of
our
mixed
delivery
system.
B
C
Good
morning,
everyone
I'd
like
to
welcome
you
all
to
ABCD.
We
would
like
to
thank
the
mayor
for
his
longtime
leadership
in
supporting
Boston's
young
children
and
their
families,
and
we
appreciate
you,
mr.
mayor
and
the
superintendent
and
all
the
elected
officials
and
other
administration
officials
that
are
here
to
celebrate
this
moment.
C
Your
commitment
and
demonstration
for
high
quality
early
learning
is
outstanding.
An
ABCD
has
been
proud
to
be
a
partner
on
so
many
levels
with
the
city
and,
in
fact,
the
spring
we'll
be
hoping
to
celebrate.
The
opening
of
a
new
Early
Learning
Head
Start
Center
down
the
street
at
seventh
Street
in
collaboration
with
the
city
and
the
Robert
White
trust
fund,
George
water
break
trust
fund
in
early
education.
C
C
Many
of
you
here
today
were
part
of
all
of
that
in
building
all
of
that
and
as
Tiana
mentioned
most
recently
through
the
preschool
expansion
grant
federally
funded
and
through
the
Massachusetts
Department
of
Early
Education
and
care.
Bps
ABCD
and
other
community-based
organizations
were
able
to
pilot
key
components
of
high-quality
universal
pre-k
program.
C
The
UK
upk
partnership
is
a
win-win
for
families
for
community-based
programs
and
bps,
because
it
allows
us
to
build
again
off
of
our
efforts
and
bring
together
the
strengths
of
public
school
systems
as
well
as
community-based
programs,
in
order
to
give
the
city's
youngest
students
their
best
chance
for
success
in
life.
The
initiative
emphasizes
critical
aspects
of
high
quality,
higher
salaries,
enhanced
curriculum,
comprehensive
services
to
families
and
rigorous
ongoing
professional
development.
C
It
provides
more
options
to
families
who
cannot
utilize
a
traditional
six-and-a-half
hour,
ten
months
of
the
year
school
program,
because
their
jobs
and
family
circumstances
they
may
need
longer
hours
in
a
full
year.
Experience
with
the
high
quality
upk
embedded
within
the
community-based
early
care
and
education
setting
UPK
promotes
a
seamless
alignment
and
delivery
of
services
birth
through
five,
the
most
critical
stage
of
a
child's
life,
and
it's
key
to
the
best
preparation
for
kindergarten.
C
C
Before
I
turn
it
over
to
John
Drew,
who
will
introduce
our
mayor
I,
do
want
to,
as
tiara
said,
mention
a
couple
of
people
at
ABC,
D's
Head
Start
program,
our
vice
president
Yvette
Rodriguez,
who
helps
us
run
all
of
our
early
childhood
programs
across
the
city,
our
walnut
program,
director,
Gayle
Smith,
who
is
here
hosting
us.
Thank
you
again
now,
kita
other
staff
and
families
alike.
D
D
We
all
have
been
striving
since
that
day,
to
bring
together
the
elements
that
will
allow
us,
together
to
close
the
gap,
to
close
the
difference
in
abilities
of
children
for
nurtured,
so
I
thank
and
welcome
everybody
to
hit
that
Center
to
our
campus.
I
want
to
thank
in
advance
the
mayor
and
all
the
city.
Councilors
and
God
help
us
everybody
who's
here
today,
I
thought
I
was
coming
to
alone,
step
off
ceremony,
but
I
think
it's
wonderful,
but
we
partner
with
the
city.
D
We
are
an
integral
part
of
this
city
on
our
board
is
city,
councilors
and
members
of
this
community.
We
work
with
the
EITC
right
now
we're
doing
taxes
with
the
city
we're
doing
summer
jobs,
so
we
doing
workforce
and
building
trades.
I
off
the
guy
icicle
is
proud
of
the
system
schools
for
children
who
need
to
come
back
in
from
substance
abuse.
We
do
all
the
services
a
lot
of
other
things.
D
D
E
It
is
exciting
to
be
here
today,
I
want
to
thank
ABCD
for
hosting
us
today
and
being
part
of
our
Advisory
Committee
sharing.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
work.
Ciarra.
Thank
you
for
what
you've
done
in
another
hour,
we'll
talk
about
being
cited
earlier.
Superintendent
Laurel!
Thank
you.
Laura's
well,
Lara
was
part
of
this
work
before
she
became
the
superintendent.
I
want
to
give
thank
President.
E
Andrea
Campbell
is
here
with
us
from
the
varsity
council,
we're
partners
in
this,
and
we're
talking
about
today
we're
talking
about
expansion
of
education
for
our
kids,
we're
not
caught
up
in
some
of
the
conversations
we've
been
having
over
budgets
over
the
last
couple
years.
This
is
about
really
changing
the
game
for
young
people
in
education.
So
I
want
to
thank
the
City.
Council
was
a
strong
partner.
It's
counselors,
a
strong
partner
in
this
I'd,
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
give
a
shout
out
to
Cherry,
Robinson
and
Jason
sacks
the
co-chair,
the
upk.
E
Back
back,
I've
told
the
story:
a
million
times
back
in
2013
when
I
was
running
for
mayor.
I
sat
down
with
cherry
and
we're
talking
about
the
importance
of
the
development
of
a
young
child's
brain
and
the
importance
of
them
and
the
lack
of,
in
some
cases,
young
people
being
read
to
and
getting
enough
words
heard
in
their
in
their
life.
At
the
age
of
zero.
To
four,
we
talked
about
the
importance
of
universal
pre-kindergarten.
We
made
it
one
of
the
cornerstones
of
the
campaign
and
after
we
got
elected,
we
started
talking
about.
E
E
Ron
took
this
issue
on
and
there's
two
ways
of
doing
it.
One
was
the
New
York
model
that
went
to
the
legislature
and
got
the
money
and
tried
to
figure
it
out
afterwards
and
our
model
was
well.
How
do
we
do
it?
Will
we
make
it
fair
across
the
board?
So
not
just
our
schools
benefit
from
it,
but
our
community
providers
benefit
from
it
and
we
took
the
time
in
thousands
of
hours
of
meetings
sitting
down
with
the
advisory
boards
and
talking
about
how
do
we
make
this
happen?
E
How
do
we
make
the
disparity
between
pay
in
the
public
side
work
with
the
disparity
of
pay
in
the
nonprofit
side?
How
do
we
deal
with
the
idea
of
space?
How
do
we
create
a
curriculum?
That's
important
in
what
came
out.
It
was
high-quality
pre-kindergarten,
it's
not
just
a
pre-kindergarten
program
and
all
these
conversations,
many
of
the
people
behind
me
were
very
instrumental
in
those
conversations
and
I
want
to
thank
everyone.
I
might
be
not
mentioning
my
name
today,
but
we
truly
appreciate
all
that
you've
done.
E
E
In
the
last
five
years,
we've
added
750
pre-kindergarten
seats
are
high
quality,
improving
to
close
the
achievement
gap.
In
every
budget
year
we
usually
rolled
out
a
couple
more
hundred,
and
we
talked
about
more
programming.
Now
we're
going
to
be
investing
15
million
dollars
in
our
quality
pre
kindergarten
fund.
It's
going
to
help
us
create
an
additional
750,
high
quality
seeds
and
VPS
community
and
within
community-based
organizations,
and
allow
us
to
achieve
our
goal
of
universal
pre-kindergarten
for
every
for
every
fourth
group
for
year,
older
in
our
city
and.
E
And
the
timeline
doing
this
is
over
the
next
five
years
and
when
people
say
well,
why?
Why
can't
we
do
it
tomorrow,
because
it's
not
a
simple
way
to
and
stats
you
roll.
This
plan
out
we're
gonna
be
working
with
the
nonprofit's,
we'll
be
looking
at
our
space
through
our
bill
BPS
plan
and
reassessing
our
space
and
we're
going
to
be
pushing
to
get
it
done
before
five
years
and
the
people
behind
me
like?
Oh,
no,
but
we're
going
to
do
that.
E
But
it's
also
important
for
us
to
make
sure
that,
as
we
continue
to
roll
this
out,
we
roll
it
out
right
because
every
parent
that
signs
up
deserves
to
make
sure
that
their
young
people
get
a
real
good,
strong
start
in
education.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
Boston
is
a
place
where
everyone,
every
young
person
can
succeed
inside
at
the
very
beginning,
the
moment
a
child
is
born,
they
need
high
quality
resources
and
a
safe
place
to
call
home
when
they
set
foot
in
a
classroom.
E
We
need
to
make
sure
that
they
have
a
strong
foundation,
that's
going
to
set
them
on
a
pathway
to
success,
and
if
you
look
at
all
of
the
studies,
they
all
say
that
every
study
that
you
look
at
about
pre-kindergarten
and
the
success
rate
of
the
young
people
as
they
get
older,
what
what
it
does
for
them.
This
is
a
game
chance
they
mention
early.
This
is
a
game
changer
for
the
young
people
of
our
city.
E
We
must
make
sure
that
every
single
child
from
every
single
neighborhood
and
every
single
background
can
get
a
strong
start
in
life.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
this
this
access
to
pre-kindergarten
is
a
guarantee
for
every
single
family
in
Boston,
regardless
of
your
income,
when
your
backgrounds,
bosses
approach
to
universal
pre-kindergarten,
a
national
model
in
early
childhood
education,
we
have
proven
success
in
closing
our
achievement
gaps
and
what
we
have
more
work
to
do.
We
know
that
we
saw
a
few
weeks
ago
in
the
study
about
valedictorians
and
the
success
rate.
E
E
Our
teachers
are
trained
to
support
students
of
all
cultural
backgrounds.
They
encourage
critical
and
creative
thinking
and
they
put
the
needs
of
our
students.
First
today
is
World
Autism
day.
It's
a
good
reminder
that
we
must
make
sure
that
all
of
our
children
of
all
abilities
can
reach
their
fullest
potential.
The
commitment
that
commitment
is
driving
our
unit
high
quality,
pre-kindergarten
programs
and
the
lessons
our
children
learn.
Don't
just
stay
in
the
classroom.
They
have
lasting
impacts
from
kindergarten
to
college
to
life.
So
every
year
we've
been
working
to
expand
as
I
mention
earlier.
E
The
success
of
the
approach
with
the
goals
of
reaching
every
single
four-year-old
er
in
our
city.
When
I
took
office,
we
were
facing
a
gap,
move
of
1,500,
high
quality
seats
and
that's
the
important
piece
there
is
high
quality
seats.
Ensuring
equal
access
to
high-quality
pre-kindergarten
became
one
of
our
administration's
top
priority,
along
with
the
City
Council.
We
couldn't
have
done
it
without
the
partnerships
and
the
dedication
of
educators,
partners,
organizations
and
many
more,
including
many
people
that
are
here
today.
E
E
E
We've
invested
in
new
pre-k
seats
every
single
year
since
2014,
despite
the
constraints
on
our
budget
and
availability,
classroom
space,
we're
going
to
continue
to
make
those
advancements
and
our
most
recent
budget
fiscal
truth.
The
one
that
we're
going
to
launch
next
week,
$850,000
going
to
be
in
there
to
develop
80
pre-kindergarten
seats
together,
a
community
partner,
which
means
that
some
of
these
seats
will
be
in
our
boys
and
girls
club.
Some
of
our
C's
will
be
a
B
C
D.
E
Some
of
these
seats
will
be
a
different
places
and
we're
working
to
make
sure
that
they
that
they
get
the
benefit
of
this
plan
as
well.
We've
learned
that
community-based
organizations
are
central
to
our
upk
strategy.
The
first
meetings
that
we
had
in
the
Eagle
room.
It
was
the
community-based
organizations
that
stepped
up
and
said,
wait
a
second
we've
been
doing
this
for
a
long
time,
and
we
want
to
be
able
to
continue
to
do
this.
So
we
said:
well,
we
have
to
be
a
partner
with
this
and
that's
how
that
all
began.
E
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
building
something
to
last
and
truly
serve
our
communities
and
today
we're
providing
more
options
for
working
families
right
in
their
own
neighborhoods
and
that's
another
important
aspects.
We
also
appointed
our
first
upk
director,
Chiara
das,
das,
Thank
You,
tiara
fo.
For
this.
E
This
work
that
tiara
has
been
doing
is
important
work.
It's
promote
collaborations
and
building
collaborations
between
schools,
community
programs
and
city
partners.
It's
not
easy
work,
but
it's
necessary
work
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
best
opportunity
for
our
young
people
she's,
helping
make
sure
that
not
only
the
early
learning
probe
with
her
leading
programs
are
consistent
from
our
classroom
to
VPS,
but
also
to
our
community
providers.
E
It
will
look
at
our
landscape
for
our
healthy
and
how
these
family
supports
for
our
young
people
and
make
sure
that
our
classrooms
have
the
access
to
wraparound
service
is
something
that
is
so
important
about
moving
forward
because
of
our
work
over
the
last
six.
She
is
our
initial
gap
of
1,500
seats
have
been
cut
in
half,
and
now
our
new
funds
will
help
us
close.
The
remaining
gap
in
cheap
universal
pre-kindergarten
and
city
of
Boston,
so
whether
the
federal
government.
E
The
federal
government
cuts
back
on
education
and
don't
show
their
commitment
like
they're,
not
showing
right
now,
or
we
can't
get
that
commitment
from
the
state
which,
like
we've,
tried
in
the
last
couple
years.
Boston
will
make
sure
that
we
won't
forget
and
won't
leave
behind
our
FOIA
rollers
in
the
City
of
Austin
in
the
education
and
will
be
a
model
for
any
other
city
in
town,
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
that
one-oh
interested
to
universal
pre-kindergarten.
E
We're
saying
come
to
us
sit
with
us
and
we
will
help
you
on
how
you
do
this
I
want
to
stress
again.
This
isn't
just
about
making
seats
available,
because
if
that
was
the
case,
we
would
have
already
had
universal
pre-k
Niigata
City
of
Austin.
It's
about
ensuring
that
every
single
pre-k
C
we
offer
is
a
high-quality
one
that
closes
opportunity
and
outcomes
and
the
gaps
that
we
see
it
gives
our
children
an
equal
chance
at
a
strong
life.
E
Our
work
isn't
done
we're
going
to
continue
to
develop
our
programs
and
pay
attention
to
the
needs
of
our
young
people
and
our
students,
and
this
that
getting
our
attention
right
now
we're
gonna
continue
to
see
partnerships
that
help
us
make
these
programs
even
stronger
and
at
a
time
that
we
make
an
investment
in
a
young
person.
It's
always
important
to
understand.
That's
a
step
forward
for
our
city
and
investments,
and
our
young
people
are
worth
making
I
just
want
to
just
say
one
more
special.
E
Thank
you
to
a
gentleman
that's
here
in
2014
when
we
were
running
for
man
we're
talking
about
creating.
There
was
a
lot
of
tension
between
charter
schools
and
nonprofits
and
public
education,
and
there
was
a
lot
of
talk
back
in
the
day
about
you
know:
public
first
charter
schools
and
one
of
the
reasons.
One
of
the
things
we
did
was
we
created
the
education
cabinet
and
the
education
cabinet
wasn't
created
to
keep
an
eye
on
the
bus
public
school
superintendent.
E
It
was
to
add
to
that
role
and
help
that
person
for
of
the
superintendent
is
to
have
have
somebody
in
the
city
that
can
help
with
relationships,
whether
it's
a
college
universities,
whether
it's
partnerships
to
charter
schools,
private
parochial
schools
and
one
of
the
first
tasks
that
Rondo
she
took
on
was
universal.
Pre-K,
pre-kindergarten
and
I
have
to
tell
you
for
the
entire
time
he
was
here,
which
is
almost
five
years.
That
was
his
main
focus
and
we
throw
out
of
different
ways.
I
mean
injecting.
How
do
we
make
this
happen?
E
Make
this
a
reality
and
I
remember
one
of
the
first
meetings
after
Ronstadt
with
some
of
the
bride
that
he
came
in
to
me,
and
he
talked
about
universal
pre-kindergarten.
I
was
thinking
of
creating
classrooms
and
maybe
in
the
schools
we
have,
and
he
decided
to
introduce
this
concept
to
me
of
high
quality
and
we
started
talking
about
high
quality
and
what
he
said
was
it's
not
about
having
a
seat
for
a
young
person
be
educated
in
and
so
about
making
sure
that
that
seat
is
a
high
quality
seat.
E
I'm
trying
to
kill
them
a
little
bit
right
now
for
for
keeping
this
ball
moving,
because
this
is
an
important
day
for
the
city
of
Boston
and,
most
importantly,
it's
an
important
day
for
the
kids
in
my
school
district,
but
that's
15
years
from
now
we're
gonna
look
back
and
see
our
young
people
being
successful
and
they're
gonna
be
the
pioneers
of
universal
pre-kindergarten
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
we're
gonna
see
the
success
of
that.
So
again,
I
want
to
thank
all
the
folks
behind
me
who
had
did
anything
to
make
this
work.
E
B
The
dedication
and
thanks
to
our
community-based
organizations,
just
so
you
know,
an
RFP-
has
been
released
to
create
up
to
four
hundred
and
fifty
seats
this
year,
and
you
can
find
that
on
commbuys
at
Boston
Public
Schools.
We
have
been
very
fortunate
to
have
superintendent
Laura,
Perez
leadership,
both
now
and
in
our
early
thinking
of
how
to
create
a
mixed
delivery
system.
One
of
my
first
meetings
as
a
upk
director
was
with
the
school
committee
that
helped
me
think
even
deeper
about
what
a
connection
to
the
next
experience
means.
B
How
do
we
connect
our
systems
both
now
and
in
the
future?
How
do
we
leverage
the
resources
inside
of
Boston,
Public,
Schools
and
outside?
How
do
we
make
sure
that
we're
hearing
from
our
families
consistently
and
how
do
we
again
communicate
our
partnerships
to
the
larger
Boston
community
superintendent,
Laura
provel
has
consistently
created
the
space,
the
opportunities
and
the
Boston
Public
School
resources
to
develop
this
mixed
delivery
system.
With
her
leadership,
we
are
both
well-informed
and
positioned
to
expand
quality.
Pre-K
access,
I'd
like
to
welcome
up
superintendent,
Laura
Corral,
all.
F
Right
I'd
really
like
to
be
turning
the
other
way,
so
I
too
could
enjoy
the
terrific
image
of
the
young
children
playing
behind
us,
and
maybe
some
grown-ups
too
but
good
morning.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
The
mayor
did
a
tremendous
job
on
the
extraordinarily
long
list
of
thank-yous
to
make
this
kind
of
investment
in
the
future
of
our
children
and
in
the
City
happen.
F
I
do
want
to
add
one
more
with
an
investment
of
this
size,
we
relied
on
an
extraordinarily
creative
finance
team,
both
at
the
city
and
the
Boston
Public
Schools,
to
structure
this
15
million
dollar
investment
that
the
mayor
just
announced.
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
the
city,
CFO
and
mehandi
budget
director
Justin
starett
and
the
Boston
Public
Schools
CFO
Eleanor
Lawrence.
F
The
mayor
mentioned
that
today
is
World
Autism
day.
It's
why
you
see
a
lot
of
blue
being
worn,
but
it
is
really
only
fitting
that
we
make
this
kind
of
wonderful
announcement
on
a
day
when
we
take
the
time
to
celebrate
the
assets
of
all
of
our
students.
One
of
the
reasons
that
Boston
has
such
a
successful
pre-k
model
is
that
all
of
our
classrooms
are
inclusive,
which
means
that
students
of
all
backgrounds
and
abilities
are
learning
together,
side
by
side,
making,
connections
playing
and
learning
from
one
another
at
a
very
young
age.
F
It
is
our
mission
to
meet
students
where
they
are,
regardless
of
whether
they
have
any
type
of
disability,
whether
they're
English
learners
new
to
this
country,
whether
their
families
are
struggling
with
poverty
or
face
other
kinds
of
obstacles,
and
as
we
work
tirelessly
to
close
opportunity
and
achievement
gaps
and
shape
the
minds
of
young
people
to
be
inclusive
and
accepting
of
one
another.
It
is
so
important
that
we
start
that
young
and
so
that
our
focus
on
expanding
the
pre-k
work
here
in
Boston
is
truly
groundbreaking.
F
Mayor
Walsh
has
been
an
enormous
champion
of
this
work.
Like
him,
I
also
want
to
thank
the
community-based
organizations
who
have
joined
in
partnership
with
the
Boston
Public
Schools
to
dramatically
expand
access
while
providing
high
quality
programming
across
the
city,
so
that
not
only
do
we
meet
the
children
where
they
are
in
our
classrooms,
but
we
meet
our
families
where
they
are
in
our
communities,
whether
a
school-based
setting
or
a
community-based
setting
meets
the
needs
of
their
families.
F
Our
pre-k
model
incorporates
play
intangible
learning
to
stimulate
the
minds
of
our
youngest
learning,
our
youngest
students,
and
get
them
interested
in
learning
even
more
than
the
skills
that
will
shape
their
development
and,
as
our
k1
programming
has
expanded
in
bps
in
recent
years,
word
has
gotten
out
about
how
great
our
programs
are
for
kids,
and
so
this
collaboration
between
community-based
organizations
and
the
Boston
Public
Schools
early
childhood
Department
is
an
enormous
opportunity
to
simultaneously
partner
with
our
leading
community-based
childcare
programs
to
support
their
efforts
to
deepen
and
expand
quality
access.
Alongside
of
bps.
F
It
is
this
mixed
delivery
model
that
allows
us
to
meet
all
of
our
families
where
they
are
and
with
what
they
need,
whether
it's
a
school
or
community-based
program,
and
thanks
to
today's
announcement
finding
that
right
spot
is
going
to
get
a
whole
lot
easier.
So
one
of
the
things
that
is
most
exciting
is
that,
as
far
as
we
have
come
since
the
mayor
took
office
in
closing
the
quality
gap
from
1,500
to
750,
we
are
now
empowered
to
close
that
remaining
gap
within
5
years
again.
Using
this
mixed
delivery
model.
F
B
Thank
You
superintendent
and
I'd
like
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
Jason
sacks
and
our
early
childhood
Department
for
all
of
their
hard
work.
Coaching
and
professional
development.
It
is
truly
paid
off.
I
have
to
say
that
Clif
Quang
has
not
only
served
as
an
educator
in
our
community-based
organizations,
but
he
also
attended
as
a
former
student
educators
like
cliff
inspires
every
day
and
after
our
families,
the
teachers
are
opposed
to
what
children
are
learning
and
experiencing
on
a
daily
basis.
B
One
of
the
biggest
benefits
of
our
quality
upk
fund
is
that
our
educators
get
to
come
together
and
share
in
a
professional
learning
community.
My
favorite
event
each
year
is
when
the
district
teachers
and
the
community-based
organizations
who
share
in
the
same
curriculum
come
together
and
share
the
children's
work.
The
ideas
are
flowing
and
the
children's
work
is
so
inspiring
whether
it's
through
our
upk
UMass
leadership
course
to
which
cliff
is
a
course
participant
or
the
use
of
our
focus
on
K.
One
curriculum.
G
It's
a
real
pleasure
to
be
here
and
the
presence
of
so
many
great
people.
The
best
possibilities
are
created
when
people
such
as
us
come
together
with
an
understanding
of
what
truly
matters.
It's
the
bigger
picture,
I
admire
the
mayor
and
bps
for
their
ability
to
envision
our
future
with
so
much
hope
now,
I
grew
up
in
the
city
of
Boston.
I
was
one
of
those
kids
and
I
can
tell
you.
This
education
was
not
nearly
as
sophisticated
as
it
is
today.
G
Now,
once
there
was
a
student
who
explained
to
his
older
sibling
to
his
mother
and
faculty
in
the
room,
what
scholarships
were
the
meeting
was
actually
further
ILDA
brother
for
having
too
much
potential
and
not
trying
as
hard,
and
so
a
teacher
had
asked
them.
Do
you
know
what
scholarships
are?
The
older
brothers
shook
his
head?
G
No
I,
don't
the
younger
brother,
who
was
a
peg
student
at
the
time
he
raised
his
hand,
and
he
said
I
do
I,
do
I
know
what
scholarships
are,
and
he
briefly
explained
to
this
meeting-
that
scholarships
were
secret
money
and
it's
secret
money,
because
you
know
about
it
if
you're
intelligent
and
then
they
ask
them
well,
how
do
you
obtain
these
scholarships?
He
says
every
student
who
goes
to
school
is
smart,
you're
smart
for
going
to
school,
but
it's
what
you
do
at
school
that
makes
you
intelligent.
G
Now,
although
the
student
had
some
behavior
challenges
in
the
past
by
implementing
the
bps
curriculum,
multiple
lessons
had
been
taught
to
better
prepare
him
for
any
life
obstacle.
That
would
eventually
come
his
way.
We
were
able
to
create
routines
and
structures
that
address
those
behavior
challenges,
and
it's
not
just
about
getting
their
lives
ready
for
next
year.
It's
more
so
about
getting
them
ready
for
life.
G
What
this
curriculum
is
meant
for
community
needs
is
very
much
intentional.
Another
time
I
was
able
to
speak
to
a
father
of
how
his
son
had
the
ability
to
fly.
Now,
students
can
walk,
students
can
run,
students
can
climb
mountains,
but
this
student
in
particular
could
fly.
The
opportunity
is
that
bps
can
give
a
student
and
their
family
is
endless.
G
B
Each
time
someone
speaks
I
just
go
more
and
more
inspired.
Most
importantly,
children
and
families
are
at
the
center
of
our
work
they're.
The
reason
why
we're
here
today
and
the
reason
why
we
strive
for
high
quality
the
expectation
that
their
child
receives
the
same
love
dedication
in
care
as
they
transition
into
schools,
is
priority
for
Boston
Public
Schools
and
our
community-based
organizations.
B
Strong,
consistent
engagement
with
the
child's
first
teacher
is
at
the
foundation
of
our
quality.
Pre-K
expansion
and
families
are
our
child's
first
teacher
as
educators.
We
will
continue
to
listen
and
learn
from
our
families
about
what
they
need,
who
better
to
tell
us
what
matters.
What
quality
looks
like
or
when
we've
reached
success
than
our
parents.
So
please,
let
me
introduce
Taraki
Calderon
who,
through
her
program,
has
seen
the
success
with
her
own
child.
A
Hello,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Chiaki
and
I
am
a
parent
of
Kylie
and
she's.
The
student
here,
I
wanna
growth,
being
a
first-time
mom
I,
was
extremely
nervous
and
all
protective
of
my
daughter
I
would
hear
and
watch
her
and
watch
horror
stories
in
the
news.
So
I
decided
that
my
child
was
just
safer
at
home.
A
I
wanted
to
keep
her
who,
for
as
long
as
I
could
but
I
knew
that
I
had
to
sign
her
up
someday
when
she
turned
4.
That's
when
I
made
the
decision
I
applied
for
bps,
she
didn't
get
a
seat,
then
I
learned
about
the
affiliation
bps
had
with
ABCD,
so
I
decided
to
apply
at
1a
Grove,
and
it
was
the
best
decision
that
I've
ever
made
and
regret
and
I
have
done
it
sooner.
I
tried
teaching
my
daughter,
her
colors
numbers,
etc,
but
being
a
full-time
working
mom.
A
It
was
hard
for
us
to
do
these
little
things
since
being
I
want
to
grow.
Kylie
has
learned
so
much.
She
knows
how
to
write
her
name.
She
knows
her
letters.
She
knows
the
letters
of
both
her
parents
names.
She
counts
to
20.
She
comes
to
ten
in
Spanish,
knows
all
her
colors
and
is
even
doing
simple
math
using
her
fingers.
A
Also,
the
partnership
that
bps
has
with
ABCD
has
helped
us
tremendously
and
I'm
happy
to
have
had
the
opportunity
for
her
to
be
in
this
program.
It's
helped
my
daughter
getting
ready
for
school.
It's
also
allowed
my
daughter
and
me
to
be
full
partners
in
this
education
process.
I
get
to
bring
her
into
her
classroom
where
I
can
sit
down
with
her
enjoy
breakfast.
A
We've
had
the
best
of
both
worlds
here:
I
wanna
growth,
it's
a
great
curriculum
with
committed
teachers,
amazing
headstart
services,
again
I
am
extremely
thankful
for
the
staff
here.
I
wanna
grow
crystal.
Thank
you
so
much
for
helping
us
through
this
process.
I
am
like
I'm
always
going
to
be
grateful
for
my
daughter
attending
ABCD
thanks.
B
Thank
you
again
trophy
and
thank
you
for
all
of
our
speakers
what
a
great
way
to
close
out
our
speaking
program
than
with
Ron
Dorsey,
the
former
chief
of
Education
for
the
city
of
Boston,
as
the
mayor
vindicated
Ron
saying,
is
no
wrong
door.
It's
a
phrase
that
we
often
use
to
point
out
that
families
deserve
high-quality,
whether
it's
in
our
community-based
organizations
or
in
Boston
Public
Schools.
His
dedication
and
understanding
of
the
early
education
field
continues,
as
he
serves
on
our
active
selection
committee,
an
advisory
board.
Please
join
me
in
welcoming
Ron
Dorothy.
H
Good
morning,
everyone,
so
one
thing
that
I've
discovered
since
I
left
government
is
that
I
cannot
see
so
I
will
be
donning
glasses
when
probably
the
first
time
in
my
life,
all
right.
That's
better
good
morning.
First
of
all,
I
want
to
say
a
number
of
thank-yous
to
people,
certainly
to
Mayor
Walsh
Mara.
It
was
an
honor
to
serve
in
the
cabinet
and
certainly
one
of
the
highlights
of
my
life.
H
So
thank
you
for
the
opportunity,
certainly
to
superintendent
Parrilla
and
to
superintendent
Chang
as
well,
who
were
both
huge
supporters
of
the
work
to
get
us
to
universal
pre-k
to
the
leadership
at
Boston,
Public,
Schools
and
City
Hall
in
particular,
tiara,
Dyess
and
Jason.
Sacks,
without
whom
this
cannot
be
done
and
with
whom
you
will
see
the
flourishing
of
UPK
in
the
city
of
Boston,
also
to
Dave,
Sweeney
and
mehandi
and
Joyce
Lenihan,
who
each
knew
every
time
I
knocked
on
the
door.
H
The
the
probability
was
that
I
was
coming
to
ask
for
money
for
upk,
and
so
thanks
to
their
partnership,
we've
gotten
it
done.
There
were,
in
fact,
three
advisory
committees,
including
the
standing
advisory
for
UPK,
and
many
of
the
folks
who
served
on
those
advisory
committees
are
in
the
crowd.
If
you
served
on
an
advisory
committee,
just
raise
your
hand
for
folks
so
that
they
can
recognize
you.
H
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
service
and
a
lot
of
the
long
meetings
that
the
mayor
talked
about
as
well.
I
also
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
Commissioner
Tom
Weber,
Anita,
Muller
and
Jocelyn
Brown
at
mass
IEC
for
their
partnership
and
their
guidance
as
we
try
to
design
the
system
as
well.
A
shout-out
goes
out
to
United
Way
of
mass
van
Merrimack
Valley
and
the
bar
foundation,
who
supported
much
of
design
the
design
and
systems
work
if
we
can
give
them
a
quick
round
of
applause,
a.
H
Couple
of
additional
shout
outs
because
I
think
we
overlooked
them.
Sometimes
there
were
a
small
group
of
people
who
really
got
this
process
off
the
ground
and
really
preceded
me
in
the
process:
Jane
Tewksbury,
Delaney,
first
and
Andrew
Bundy,
who
were
the
initial
facilitators
for
that
first
advisory
group.
I,
don't
think
that
they're
here,
but
if
you're
out
there
a
TVland
know
that
we
are,
we
did
acknowledge
you
and
really
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you've
done
for
us.
H
Much
of
what
needs
to
be
said
about
UPK
has
been
said,
but
I
do
want
to
stress
a
few
things
for
you
about
why
this
announcement
is
particularly
important.
So,
first
of
all,
this
is
really
about
making
an
investment.
In
perhaps
the
surest
bet
you
can
make
an
education,
and
that
is
in
early
education
and
in
children.
Boston's
records
speak.
H
Boston's
record
really
does
speak
for
itself.
If
you
go
back
to
2005
or
so,
we
began
proving
our
ability
to
make
sure
that
every
child
can
get
off
to
the
right
start
in
and
an
accelerated
fashion,
making
sure
that
we
could
close
skill
gaps
that
we
see
as
early
as
two
years
old
BPSK.
One
has
proven
to
be
the
closest
thing
that
we
have
to
an
inoculation
against
lost
opportunity
and
and
backsliding
from
an
educational
standpoint.
We
also
proved
that
it
doesn't
matter
what
the
setting
we've
got
the
right
technology
to
install
in
the
settings.
H
So
we've
been
doing
this
in
classrooms
at
the
trotter
we've
been
doing
it
here
at
ABCD
nursery
or
wherever
else
from
kids
to
the
pre-k
expansion
grant
program,
who
really
have
been
building
a
network
of
open
doors
for
families
and
children
to
make
sure
that
they
have
access
to
high
quality
education
as
Sharon
and
a
couple
of
others
said.
This
is
also
an
opportunity
for
us
to
address
workforce
disparities
in
early
learning
to
make
sure
that
we
are
investing
in
the
education
of
educators
and
to
make
sure
that
they
are
paid
equally.
H
For
the
tremendous
work
that
they
do,
wherever
they
are
doing
their
work,
today's
announcement
also
is
a
shift
for
Boston
I
think
to
a
more
holistic
view
of
Education.
So,
first
of
all,
we
are
knitting
together,
the
city's
educational
assets,
it's
not
about
whether
it
happens
in
the
classroom,
traditional
school
classroom
or
community-based
setting,
and
in
fact,
the
fragmentation
and
some
of
the
arbitrary
lines
that
distinguish
those
things
are
frustrating
to
parents.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
all
doors
are
the
same
door
to
opportunity
and
knitting
together.
H
H
We
spend
a
lot
of
time
thinking
about
how
we
make
sure
that
all
early
learning
settings
are
connected
to
the
BPS
assignment
system,
which
we
will
continue
working
on
over
time,
that
we
are
sharing
data
about
students
and
making
sure
curriculum
is
well
aligned
from
all
pre-k
settings
into
the
school
setting.
If
students
are
ready
for
kindergarten
entering
the
school
building,
we
will
see
transformative
results
over
the
course
of
their
career
and
k12
as
well.
H
H
There
have
been
a
lot
of
people
working
with
a
great
sense
of
urgency
to
get
us
to
this
moment
today,
but
sometimes
we
were
not
always
working
at
the
pace
that
family
is
required,
but
we
are
here
to
tell
you
that
we
are
here
and
we
are
operating
at
the
scale
that
we
have
long
imagined
and
that
you
have
demanded
from
us.
So
this
is
a
momentous
occasion
in
the
city
of
Boston.
My
last
request
is
that
the
press
help
us
with
a
couple
of
things.
H
So
when
we
talk
about
high
quality,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
Boston
understands
what
high
quality
is,
because
we
want
families
to
be
equipped
consumers
and
we
want
them
to
be
accountability,
partners
with
providers.
So,
first
of
all
we
are
talking
about
well-trained
teachers.
We
are
talking
about
teachers
who
make
good
money
and
they
all
make
the
same
good
money.
They
use
evidence-based
curriculum.
They
are
serious
about
family
engagement,
they're
using
data
for
continuous
improvement,
and
they
are
meeting
the
state
standards
for
accreditation
and
quality.
B
Want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
the
American,
you
continually
work
to
bring
quality.
Pre-K
I
want
to
thank
the
30-plus
members
of
the
24
UPK
advisory
committee
and
the
families
who
helped
create
these
recommendations.
I
also
want
to
highlight
again
and
Douglas,
and
our
family
engagement
partners,
like
our
Boston
family
engagement
network,
who
focus
on
raising
awareness
and
importance
of
family
engagement.
They
have
and
will
continue
to
be,
an
invaluable
partner
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
all
for
being
with
us
today.
B
B
For
community-based
programs
who
are
interested
in
the
RFP
feel
free
to
visit
commbuys
and
for
our
families
who
are
interested
in
a
quality
prepaid
space.
You
can
go
to
Boston
ww
Boston
Public
Schools
backslash
upk.
Thank
you
again
for
joining
us.
The
mayor
is
gonna,
take
a
brief
tour
and
it
is
kind
of
close
to
lunchtime.
So
if
there
are
other
members
who
are
interested
in
touring,
please
just
let
me
know,
and
we
can
see
if
we
can
arrange
that
as
well.
Thank
you.