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From YouTube: Boston Bridge Announcement
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Mayor Walsh and Governor Baker join city and state officials at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School in Roxbury to announce a collaboration aimed at making higher education a realistic and affordable goal for students throughout the Commonwealth.
A
B
Person,
foremost
good
afternoon,
everyone
all
right,
ready,
hi,
I'm,
Kevin
McCaffrey,
the
executive
director
here
at
Madison
Park,
and
we
are
truly
thrilled,
honored
and
blessed
to
have
the
announcement
made
here
at
our
school.
So
before
we
get
to
the
program
I'd
like
to
make
a
few
acknowledgments
of
individuals
who
are
here,
Chancellor
teeth,
my
leave,
UMass
Boston.
C
C
And
a
whole
bunch
of
other
people,
I
want
to
take
you
represented
Tyler
as
well
and
secretary
tides.
Thank
you
very
much
as
well.
Madison
Park
is
certainly
at
the
heart
of
the
vision
that
we
have
for
young
people
of
Boston
and
certainly
our
economy.
There's
been
a
lot
of
written
about
this
school.
How
many
students
in
this
room
for
Madison
Park
I?
Don't
he
let's
hear
it.
C
There's
been
a
lot
written
about
this
school
over
the
last
few
years
like
should
we
keep
it
open?
What
should
we
do
with
the
school?
How
should
we
do
it,
and
my
first
year
is
May
at
3
years
ago?
How
many
seniors
in
here
he
sees
all
they're
all
even
already
gone.
Ok
well,
3
is
when
I
took
over
as
mere
the
first
year
we
were
here.
We
were
putting
together
some
schedules,
class
schedules
and
they
fell
behind,
and
people
said
to
me.
C
Well,
there's
no
real
hot
at
Madison
Park
and
I'm
like
they're
in
the
hot
day.
They
have
to
be
hot
there
and
for
a
couple
of
weeks-
and
you
guys
run
off
any
of
you
were
here,
but
my
remember,
there
was
no
classes
going
on
and
the
students
walked
out
and
when
the
students
walked
out,
I
turned
to
then
the
superintendent
John
mcdonoughs
before
dr.
C
Chang
came
on
and
I
said,
you
know
what
that
that
that
school
has
that
school
is
a
big
high,
because
a
lot
of
the
kids
they
wouldn't
walk
out
if
they
weren't
pleased
with
not
being
able
to
learn
the
school.
So
I
want
to
thank
you,
students
for
pushing
us
and
pushing
Madison
Park,
because
we
know
it's
a
good
school
and
I
want
to
congratulate
all
of
you
as
you
move
on
to
you
see
me
I'm
a
lot
of
you
probably
so.
Thank
you
very
much
as
we
do.
C
Education
is
the
key
to
upward
mobility,
but
for
society
we
didn't
always
confront
that
about
education.
Education
is
also
more
than
a
seat
in
the
classroom.
It's
an
opportunity
to
do
great
things.
Many
of
you
are
going
to
work
this
summer
for
employers
around
the
City
of
Austin,
and
that's
going
to
further
your
education
you're,
going
to
be
going
to
be
able
to
meet
people
and
mentor
ships.
C
Neil
Sullivan
is
here
from
the
pick
you're
going
to
be
able
to
work
in
industries
that
you
never
even
thought
of
things
that
you
money,
management,
environmental
justice,
different
programs
like
that,
where
it's
something
that
wasn't
even
on
your
radar
screen
and
that's
also
an
extension
of
your
education.
So
it's
important
that,
as
we
think
about
education,
the
City
of
Austin
and
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
we
don't
just
think
about
in
high
school.
We
don't
just
think
about
it
in
first
grade.
We
don't
just
think
about
it
in
pre-kindergarten.
C
We
think
about
it
from
the
day
that
a
young
person
is
born.
It's
important
for
us
that
we
make
sure
that
we
have
that
continuum
of
care
and
of
love
and
of
Education
as
we
move
forward,
because
it's
our
job
and
I
feel
it's
our
job
as
my
job
as
mayor
and
dr.
Chiang's,
our
job
as
a
superintendent
and
the
school
committee's
job
is
a
school
committee
to
get
you
men
and
women
to
12th
grade
and
then
12th
grade.
C
Put
you
on
a
pathway
to
college
or
career,
something
that
that
each
of
us
take
different
paths,
because
my
path
wasn't
straight.
When
I
went
when
I
graduated
high
school
I
really
wasn't
prepared
for
college.
Although
I
went
to
college,
I
went
to
Quincy
junior
college
to
get
my
grades
up,
because
you
know
something:
I
wasn't
a
great
high
school
student
and
I
didn't
get
into
the
schools.
I
wanted
to
go
to,
but
I
wanted
to
go
to
college
because
my
mother
and
father
were
born
in
another
country.
Wanted
me
to
go
to
college.
C
They
wanted
me
the
VB
to
be
the
first
person,
not
family,
to
go
to
college.
So
I
want
to
Quincy
junior
college
for
a
year
and
I
realized
that
actually
I
can
do
this,
because
I
did
well
and
then
I
transferred
into
Suffolk
University
and
I
did
one
semester
in
Suffolk,
University
and
I
quit
school
after
that,
because
I
thought
for
me,
it
was
more
important
that
I
wanted
to
make
some
money.
I
was
always
going
to
go
back
to
school.
C
For
me,
I
ended
up
going
back
to
school,
I
got
my
degree
at
BC
and
went
nights.
I
worked
in
the
State
House
in
the
daytime
as
a
state
representative,
but
what
we're
trying
to
do
today
by
the
experience
that
I've
gone
through
and
by
the
experience
that
the
superintendent's
gone
through
and
the
governor's
gone
through,
we
all
had
education
differently,
but
we
all
learn
about.
How
do
we
make
our
education
better?
So
we,
our
job,
is
to
make
sure
that
we
put
our
young
people
on
a
pathway
when
it
comes
to
higher
education.
C
Affordability
is
the
main
barrier.
A
lot
of
you
in
this
will
know
that
tuition
at
a
four-year
college
is
out
of
touch
with
a
lot
of
families,
particularly
in
the
city
of
Boston
area,
because
we
can't
afford
those
big
salaries
and
we
can't
afford
those
big
tuitions
I
should
say
that
paid
for
some
of
the
big
salaries,
but
it
is
a
complex
system.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
make
financial
aid
available.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
get
students
involved
in
the
educational
process.
C
Last
year
in
the
city
of
Boston,
we
rolled
out
what
was
called
tuition
free,
Community
College
for
BBS
grads.
It
was
a
good
program
and
it's
still
in
existence.
We
work
with
Bunker
Hill,
Community
College
and
Roxbury
Community
College.
That
was
our
first
year
since
then
women
expanded
to
Masbate
Community
College.
Now
we
started
the
program
late
in
the
year
last
year,
so
I
just
want
to
share
some
data.
C
From
our
first
year
programming,
fifty
students
signed
out
16
of
them
from
Madison
Park
and
again
we
rolled
this
plan
out
real
late
in
the
school
year.
This
year.
We're
gonna
have
a
better
better
example.
The
average
age
was
19
years
old,
the
average
household
income
for
the
family
was
just
under
$20,000.
So
when
you
think
about
going
to
college
when
you
think
about
going
to
Suffolk
or
BC
a
video
or
northeastern
or
any
place
like
that,
you
realize
that
it's
honor
range
right
off
the
bat.
C
So
we
have
that
we
kept
this
program
moving
forward
in
the
16
kids,
young
people
from
Madison
Park
that
went
to
school
88%,
successfully
completed
the
first
semester
at
college,
which
is
a
really
high
number
and
we
don't
have
any
other
data
other
than
that.
So
we're
going
to
continue
to
look
at
it
and
see
where
we
go.
C
One
student
told
us
something
really
important,
though
he
said
the
program,
helped
him
get
core
classes
done.
So
when
he
gets
to
four-year
college
it
will
cost
him
less
as
he
goes
down
the
road
he's
looking
ahead
already
to
his
bachelor's
degree.
This
is
one
student
and
it's
true
for
many
of
our
Community
College
students,
because
when
I
went
to
Quincy
junior
college,
I
knew
I
wanted
to
get
the
essentials
out
of
the
way,
because
I
didn't
want
to
take
a
class
there,
that
I
couldn't
transfer
to
another
school.
C
C
C
D
C
Up
I
think,
are
you
doing
it?
That's
all
my
notes
here
when
I
think
about
growing
up
in
Dorchester
down
the
street
and
as
a
mayor
or
the
governor
as
a
legislature,
the
state
representative,
we
find
a
lot
of
programs
and
we're
always
talking
about
reentry
programs
in
the
navel
is
a
Roxbury
Mattapan.
Think
about
that
for
a
minute.
C
I
neighborhood
we're
talking
about
reentry
programs,
so
the
determinations
already
that
we're
going
to
people
on
to
jail,
we're
talking
about
poverty,
income,
inequality,
questions
and
how
we
close
the
income
inequality
gap,
we're
talking
about
college
dropouts
and
high
school
dropouts.
That's
what
we
hear
every
single
day.
C
It's
by
providing
yourself
and
your
family
with
an
opportunity
to
do
what
you
want
to
do,
and
this
truly
is
a
partnership
in
this
partnership
that
we
have
is
with
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
In
this
partnership
we
have.
Is
it
the
governor
of
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
because
we
pull
a
focused
on
making
sure
that
we
create
opportunities
for
young
people
in
our
city
and
in
our
state
the
governor's
going
to
take
this
and
go
around
the
state
with
it.
C
We
want
to
make
sure
that
you
are
the
future
leaders,
because
there
are
people
in
front
of
me
sitting
in
front
of
me
behind
this
row
of
college
presidents
and
advisers,
you're
going
to
be
the
future
college.
Presidents
you're
going
to
be
the
future
mayors
of
the
city
of
Boston
you're,
going
to
be
the
future
governors
of
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
you're,
going
to
be
the
future
athletes
they're
going
to
be
playing
the
NBA
championships,
they're
going
to
play
an
NFL
NHL
major
league
baseball,
whatever
it
is.
C
Whatever
you
put
your
mind
to,
you
can
do
that
and
that's
what
we're
trying
to
do
together
today,
the
governor
and
the
city
of
Boston
and
the
rest
of
the
cities
and
towns
across
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
So
I'd
like
to
introduce
to
all
of
you,
the
governor
of
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
governor
Charlie,
Baker,.
D
D
The
mayor's
basic
dress,
with
respect
to
where
the
idea
came
from,
is
exactly
right.
He
had
a
program
where
he
was
working
to
create
free
tuition
opportunities
for
kids,
going
to
Community
College
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
have
the
Commonwealth
commitment
program,
which
was
put
together
by
secretary
Kaiser
and
by
neil
commissioner,
carlos
commissioner,
santiago
and
the
other
folks
associated
with
the
public
higher
ed
system,
and
we
thought
maybe
there's
an
opportunity
here.
D
If
we
put
these
two
together,
we
could
create
a
program
that
would
make
it
possible
for
kids
in
the
city
of
boston,
to
go
to
school
to
get
a
two-year
degree
or
4-year
degree
without
paying
tuition
or
fees.
Those
will
be
funded
through
our
program
in
the
cities
program.
There's
some
tweaks
to
this.
We
had
to
work
out
and
some
things
we
have
to
solve
for,
but
the
bottom
line
here
is:
we
wanted
to
be
able
to
say
to
kids
in
the
city
of
Boston,
particularly
Pell,
Grant
eligible
kids.
D
If
you
go
to
rocks
comp
or
you
go
to
Mass
Bay
or
you
go
to
Bunker
Hill,
you
can
travel
a
path
here
that
will
get
you
to
a
two-year
or
four-year
degree
without
you
having
to
put
money
on
the
table
to
pull
it
off
and
I.
Think
for
for
everybody
who
spends
time
thinking
about
what
they
want
their
next
ACT
to
be
how
they
want
to
take
advantage
of
the
benefit
associated
with
the
high
school
diploma
that
they've
got.
D
This
is
one
more
tool
in
the
toolbox
that
people
can
choose
to
pursue
their
kids,
who
currently
participate
in
our
dual
enrollment
program,
who
are
still
students
here
at
Madison
Park.
We
were
talking
about
the
fact
that
you
can
use
the
dual
enrollment
program
here
to
go
to
Ben
Franklin,
which
is
a
wonderful
school
free
for
a
year,
while
you're
here
and
then
go
one
more
year
and
graduate
with
an
associate's
degree.
There.
D
But
one
of
the
things
we
want
to
do
as
a
Commonwealth
is
to
partner
with
folks
like
Madison
Park,
folks,
like
the
city
of
Boston
and
others,
to
create
opportunities,
pathways
and
possibilities
that
give
kids
and
their
families
the
ability
to
pursue
a
whole
variety
of
tasks
of
success.
Our
view
on
this
is,
we
have
to
help
lay
out
the
past,
help
figure
out
how
to
pay
for
them
and
then
help
work
with
you
and
the
city
and
with
others
to
help
kids
through
those.
But
I
agree
completely
with
the
mayor.
D
At
the
end
of
the
day.
Here,
the
biggest
investing
we
can
do
for
all
of
you
and
for
the
Commonwealth
of
mass
is
to
make
sure
you
have
options
and
possibilities
and
pathways
to
success
and
that
we
work
collaboratively
with
others,
irrespective
of
whatever
we
agree
or
disagree
on
to
make
sure
that
every
kid
has
that
opportunity
to
pursue
whatever
the
right
path
is
for
them.
D
That's
what
today
is
about
that's
what
this
initiative
is
about
and
we're
looking
forward
to
building
on
it
going
forward
and
seeing
a
lot
of
kids
who
are
sitting
here
today
and
in
other
schools
and
classrooms
around
the
city
of
Boston
have
the
same
opportunity
to
participate
in
it
going
forward.
Thank
you
very
much.
E
Good
afternoon,
my
name
is
that
my
name
is
Eddie
grotto
I'm,
a
native
of
Dorchester
I,
currently
attend
Roxbury,
Community
College.
My
filter
concentration
at
the
moment
is
businessman
administration,
but
I've
changed
it
businessman,
no
I'm.
Sorry,
my
total
concentration
is
then
this
business
management,
but
at
the
moment
I
switched
it
to
Business
Administration
after
completing
my
associates,
degree
I,
hope
to
transfer
to
a
four-year
college
and
received
my
bachelor's
degree
and
eventually
move
on
to
my
master's
degree.
E
I'm
sorry,
throughout
my
short
life
I
thought
about
pursuing
a
few
different
career
paths
from
telecommunications
to
sports
therapy.
My
end
goal
is
to
be
the
best.
I
can
be
in
any
way
shape
form
and
with
the
ability
to
give
back
to
my
community
and
Boston
area.
I
live
in
fact
that
I've
done
plenty
of
things
for
them,
whether
it's
healthy
to
eat
and
how
people
want.
Today,
I
did
more
to
life
than
staying
with.
E
You
really
had
I
started
to
pursue
business
as
my
major
because
I'm
a
numbers
guy
I've,
always
loved
money,
such
as
a
money,
which
is
why
I
chose
to
attend
Roxbury,
Community
College
and
during
my
senior
year
at
master
Park
I
met
mr.
greatest,
who
introduced
me
to
the
wrong
summer
program
and
helped
me
achieve
credits,
while
my
being
in
my
senior
year
at
Madison
Park,
and
it's
helped
countless
times
big
money.
I've
already,
when
I
graduated
I
had
12
crisis
already
under
my
boat
with
three.
E
Because
of
the
Wassenaar
program,
the
transition
from
high
school
calls
was
seamless,
I
saved
a
lot
of
money
in
the
process
with
receiving
the
12s
already
had,
and
mr.
great
done
introducing
two
main
solution:
free
program
which
helped
me
continue.
My
studies
at
RCC
I
hope
there's
my
first
year
at
RCC
receiving
all
A's
and
B's
I
also
run
an
RTC
track
team
and
just
recently
came
back
from
Nationals
in
Maryland,
where
I
placed
eighth
overall
in
enforcement.
E
B
F
Thank
you,
Kevin
Thank,
You
Eddie,
really
appreciate
your
being
here.
Congratulations
on
finishing
up
your
first
year,
arson
c+,
placing
eighth
in
the
country
in
the
400
meters
right,
pretty
amazing,
great
story,
and
also
it's
a
great
story
and
connection
to
what
we're
talking
about
today.
To
talk
about
your
rocks
map
experience,
realtor
Tavian
is
here
who's
the
Godfather
of
rocks
map,
but
those
kinds
of
pathways
that
connect
a
high
school
education
to
college
that
move
young
people
from
readiness
to
success
is
exactly
what
this
is
all
about.
So
thank
you.
F
I
was
in
the
Hurley
elementary
school
last
week,
meeting
with
a
group
of
third
graders
and
they
were
actually
very
well
prepared.
Superintendent
you'd
be
very,
very
proud
of
that
group,
and
they
asked
me
a
couple
of
questions
and
one
of
them
was
so.
What
are
you
working
on?
What
are
the
sort
of
a
big
education
policy
or
reform
issues
that
you're
involved
in
so
the
first
thing
I
talked
about
naturally
was
M
casts.
F
Everyone
here
is
familiar
with
M
task:
it's
usually
a
popular
subject,
but
I
talked
about
how
we're
revising
the
MCATs
assessment-
and
these
are
third
graders,
which
means
this
was
the
first
year
they
were
taking
M
cast
and
so
I
said.
First
of
all,
L
took
M
cast.
Of
course,
I
said
how
many
of
you
like
taking
the
MCATs
exam.
So
if
I
ask
you
all
that
question
I
have
a
feeling.
F
I
know
what
the
answer
would
be,
but
when
I
ask
these
third
graders,
every
one
of
them
raised
their
hand
every
one
of
oh
well,
except
for
one
of
them,
I
got
his
name.
Superintendent
I'll
get
him
later
fit,
but
so
these
kids
were
we're
on
the
ball
and
I
started
going
down
some
other
other
things
that
we
were
working
on
and
I
got
to
some
initiatives
around
affordable
college
and
these
kids
broke
out
in
applause
now,
I
go
around
and
give
speeches
about
education,
I'm,
an
educational
policy
to
a
lot
of
adults.
F
I
can
tell
you
that
it
is
quite
rare
for
the
audience
to
break
out
in
spontaneous
applause,
all
right
to
be
more
accurate.
They
never
break
out
in
spontaneous
applause,
but
these
kids
not
only
were
engaged
in
their
future
and
saw
College
as
part
of
it,
but
they
understood
that
this
issue
was
going
to
make
the
difference
between
whether
they
were
able
to
get
there
and
get
through
in
order
to
fulfill
their
dreams.
F
So
this
tells
you
I
think
a
little
bit
about
the
importance
of
this
issue,
not
just
for
the
high
school
students
in
the
room
today,
but
for
all
the
students
in
Boston
around
the
Commonwealth.
So
my
job
here
today
is
to
explain
some
of
the
details
of
this
program
for
this
program
and
what
I
would
really
describe
as
this
unprecedented
state
local
partnership.
So
all
Boston
residents
graduating
from
high
school
in
2017
who
qualify
for
Pell
grants
are
eligible.
F
So
these
are
the
majors
where
all
the
credits
have
been
aligned,
such
that,
if
you
are
taking
those
courses
and
pursuing
that
major
in
a
community
college
that
all
of
those
credits
transfer
to
your
four-year
institution
that
they
may
transfer
to
any
Massachusetts
public
college
or
university
completing
their
bachelor's
degree
within
two
years.
While
continuing
to
maintain
this
3.0
average
upon
initially
enrolling
in
the
fall
of
2017,
so
this
coming
fall
all
tuition
fee
rates
in
place
at
that
time
throughout
all
the
four
years
of
college
will
be
frozen
at
the
end
of
each
semester.
F
Students
meeting
the
GPA
and
credit
requirements
will
receive
a
10%
credit
on
student
charges
for
the
next
semester,
while
in
Community
College,
the
city
of
Boston
will
provide
students
with
a
last
dollar
scholarship,
covering
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
after
taking
into
account
Pell
grants
and
standard
Commonwealth
commitment,
discounts
and
credits.
So
this
is
the
tuition
free,
Community,
College
part
of
the
partnership.
F
What
this
is
all
about
is
not
just
access
to
college,
it's
not
just
low
cost
or
affordable
college.
It's
about
college
success
and
completion.
This
is
about
encouraging
students
and
providing
incentives
for
students
to
go
to
school,
full
time
and
complete
on
time
and
that's
what
this
is
all
about.
I
want
to
acknowledge
and
recognize
a
few
other
people
in
the
audience
who
are
here
who
have
been
played
an
important
part
of
this.
Some
of
them
have
already
been
noted,
Ron
Dorsey
and
the
mayor's
office
and
the
folks,
the
officer
workers.
F
F
Again,
Keith
motley,
who
was
instrumental
in
starting
success,
Boston
and
shepherding
it
through
I,
also
want
to
acknowledge
Paul
Grogan
with
the
Boston
foundation,
and
that
partnership
has
been
essential
to
getting
us
here
today.
Neal
Sullivan
has
already
been
mentioned
with
the
pick.
These
are
the
critical
partners
who
are
focused
on
again
not
just
getting
students
to
college
but
through
college
successfully,
and
that
has
led
to
I
think
an
unprecedented
increase
in
college.
Graduation
rates
for
Boston
high
school
graduates,
which
is
really
an
amazing
accomplishment,
Kathy
Mears
with
the
archdiocese
is
here
I
saw
her.
F
Did
she
disappear
he's
back
there
and
I
just
want
to
emphasize
that
this
program
is
available
to
all
eligible
Boston
residents,
whether
they
went
to
a
bps,
school
or
charter
school,
the
archdiocese
or
other
private
schools
and
I
think
that's
probably
it
I'm
sure
there
are
many
other
people
here
who
have
left
out
to
thank,
but
this
was
a
joint
effort
very
much
of
a
partnership.
I
think
the
conversations
actually
probably
began
almost
a
year
ago.
A
A
They
get
it.
They
get
that
this
work
it's
about
cradle
to
career.
Our
young
people
are
going
to
be
entrepreneurs,
the
leaders,
the
activists,
the
community,
organizers,
the
health
care
professionals
in
the
future.
When
we
can't
take
care
of
ourselves,
they
will
be
taking
care
of
us,
and
so
we
need
to
prepare
them
not
only
for
high
school
graduation.
We
need
to
be
preparing
them
for
college,
we
need
to
be
preparing
them
for
careers
and
we
need
to
be
preparing
them
for
life
and
that's
our
North
Star.
A
Here
it's
college,
career
and
life
and
as
we
try
to
close
opportunity
and
achievement
gaps
in
the
city
of
Boston,
we
know
providing
tuition.
Free,
debt-free
college
education
to
our
most
underserved
communities
is
critical.
I
want
to
share
with
you
that
about
55%
of
our
graduates
choose
to
attend
one
of
our
in-state
public
institutions
of
higher
ed,
and
there
are
four
reasons
why
they
do
so
number
one.
These
pursue
programs
of
study
that
are
connected
to
their
career
aspirations.
A
That's
in
one
way
number
two:
they
choose
pathways
to
are
clearly
connected
from
two
years
to
four
year:
institutions
number
three:
they
prefer
programs
that
are
close
to
home,
that
can
offer
a
more
intimate
learning
environment
for
them
and
the
last
one.
We
choose
these
programs
because
they
are
affordable
and
issues,
affordability
or
a
known
barrier
for
our
students,
completing
college
on
time,
and
so
that's
why
I
said
they
get
it.
The
leadership
of
the
city.
A
The
leadership
of
the
State
understand
I,
want
to
thank
the
mayor,
the
governor,
the
secretary
for
their
leadership
on
this
issue.
It
sends
a
very
clear
message
to
all
the
young
people
in
this
room
and
in
this
city
about
how
fully
committed
the
city
and
the
state
is
to
their
education.
So
thank
you
so
much
I.