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From YouTube: Boston School Committee Meeting 12-2-20-Virtual
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boston School Committee holds "virtual" meetings online in order to practice safe social distancing and stay current with issues important to the Boston Public Schools.
A
E
A
Thank
you,
mr
coleman
will
be
joining
us
shortly.
Tonight's,
a
meeting
is
being
shared,
live
on
zoom.
It
will
be
ready
on
boston
city,
tv
and
posted
on
the
school
committee's
webpage,
bostonpublicschools.org
forward,
slash
school
committee
and
on
youtube
for
those
of
us.
For
those
of
you
excuse
me
joining
us
on
zoom
or
at
a
later
date.
You
can
find
tonight's
meeting
documents
posted
on
the
committee's
webpage
bostonpublicschools.org
school
committee.
Under
the
december
2nd
meeting
link
the
agenda,
presentations
and
equity
impact
statements
have
been
translated
in
all
of
the
major
bps
languages.
A
The
committee
is
once
again
thrilled
to
be
offering
live.
Simultaneous
interpretation
in
spanish,
cantonese,
mandarin,
vietnamese
and
american
sign
language
throughout
the
meeting.
Look
for
the
interpretation
icon
the
globe
at
the
bottom
of
your
screen
and
select
your
language
preference.
In
order
to
access
this
feature,
you
must
update
the
latest
version
of
zoom.
If
you
need
to
do
so,
please
visit
support.zoom.usb.
F
Good
evening
my
name
is
juan
bernali,
I'm
the
spanish
interpreter.
I
will
be
providing
simultaneous
and
consecutive
interpretation
throughout
the
duration
of
this
meeting.
I
will
now
instruct
the
spanish
speakers
how
to
connect
through
the
icon
for
a
simultaneous
interpretation.
I
will
proceed
to
do
that
in
spanish.
G
A
Juan
and
luz
apologies
for
that
I
should
have
introduced.
You
also
we'll
ask
michael
hirschberg,
sarah
kosnetsky
and
sherry
kuhn
if
they
could
interpret
asl,
please
on
the
zoom
instructions
and
also
I'm
going
to
ask
the
mandarin
interpreter
to
please
give
zoom
instructions
in
mandarin.
That's
tina,
wang
and
maple.
A
A
A
If
you
could,
please
make
sure
that
you
are
signed
into
zoom
under
the
same
name
that
you
used
to
sign
up
for
public
comment,
you
can
use
the
zoom
tools
to
rename
yourself
so
that
the
committee
staff
are
able
to
recognize
you
when
it
comes
time
to
call
on
you
and
really
thank
you
for
your
cooperation
in
that
we
are
gonna.
Now
move
on
to
the
approval
of
the
minutes
from
our
last
meeting
on
november
18th
2020..
A
B
D
E
A
A
The
committee
looks
forward
to
partnering
with
the
superintendent
and
city
leaders
on
a
smart
and
safe
return
to
school
buildings
as
quickly
as
we
can
and
with
a
deep
commitment
to
ensuring
students,
access,
high
quality
instruction
and
support
services,
both
in
school
buildings
and
in
remote
learning.
I
know
that
there
are
a
lot
of
questions
about
the
timeline
for
reopening
school
buildings
and
in
fact
I
know
there
was
a
rally
today
at
city
hall.
A
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thanks
everyone
for
being
on
the
call
and
members
for
being
here
this
evening.
I
want
to,
I
hope
that
everyone
had
a
wonderful
holiday,
and
I
know
that
we're
all
looking
forward
to
winter
break
for
some
needed
rest
and
to
be
able
to
spend
even
more
time
with
family
and
friends.
C
I'm
very
much
looking
forward
to
working
with
the
school
committee
next
wednesday,
during
our
professional
development
meeting
and
during
our
retreat
on
saturday
december
12th,
which
is
a
public
meeting.
I
invite
members
of
the
community
to
join
us
as
we
do
a
deep
dive
into
our
work,
becoming
an
anti-racist
district
and
focusing
our
efforts
on
providing
an
excellent
and
equitable
education
for
every
single
one
of
our
bps
students,
and
I
want
to
thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
your
collaboration
on
this
training
and
for
your
leadership
in
making
these
upcoming
meetings
a
priority
for
this
body.
C
C
These
are
the
things
that
are
really
going
to
help
us
open
schools,
because
that's
what
really
drives
down
these
rates,
but
in
the
meantime,
if,
if
everyone
can
go
and
get
tested,
that
then
gives
us
the
information
on
how
to
then
quarantine
or
stay
safe
ourselves
and
keep
everybody
else
safe.
And
so
I
want
to
announce
some
additional
free
mobile
testing
sites
that
are
located
around
boston.
This
week
we
have
east
boston,
central
square
park
and
also
at
the
roxbury
and
washington
park.
C
Mall
hours
for
both
sites
for
the
rest
of
the
week
are
tomorrow
and
friday,
one
o'clock
until
5,
30
pm
and
on
saturday
december
5th
from
10,
am
until
2
30
pm
anyone
can
get
tested
for
free
and
regardless
of
your
symptoms
or
immigration
status.
So
please
make
sure
you
make
an
appointment
which
can
be
scheduled
by
calling.
C
617-568-4500
also
this
week
the
city
is
offering
free
walk-up
testing
at
anna
mae
cole
community
center
in
jamaica,
plain
testing
is
open
tonight
until
seven
and
tomorrow,
from
three
to
seven
pm
and
in
addition
to
the
city's
two
mobile
testing
sites
and
this
week's
testing
in
jamaica,
plain
covid19
testing
is
available
at
over
30
locations
across
the
city.
You
can
call
the
mayor's
health
line
with
any
questions
at
617-534
five:
zero:
five,
zero.
You
can
also
visit
boston,
dot,
gov
forward,
slash
coronavirus
for
resources
and
more
information
or
simply
call
three
one.
One.
C
C
School
registration
season
is
upon
us.
Beginning
tuesday
january
5th,
families
can
begin
registering
students
entering
k-0,
k-1,
6th
grade
7th
and
9th
grade
for
the
2021-22
school
year.
Beginning
monday
february,
8th
families
of
students
entering
k2
and
all
other
grades
may
begin
registering
for
the
21
22
school
year.
In
the
meantime,
prospective
bps
students
are
encouraged
to
check
out
bps
school
preview
times.
While
we
aren't
able
to
open
up
our
schools
for
visits
this
year,
each
bps
school
is
hosting
a
virtual
school
preview
time
between
now
and
the
end
of
january.
C
These
virtual
sessions
are
a
great
opportunity
for
families
to
learn
more
about
each
school
community.
Meet
the
school
leaders
ask
questions
about
the
school
and
various
programs
they
offer
a
list
of
school
preview
times
are
available
at
bostonpublicschools.org
forward.
Slash
school
preview.
Additional
details
on
the
school
registration
process
are
available
at
bostonpublicschools.org
forward,
slash
register.
C
In
october,
the
school
committee
accepted
the
exam
school
admissions
criteria,
working
group
recommendations
for
changing
the
admissions
process
to
exam
schools
for
the
21
22
school
year
and
in
light
of
the
complications
presented
by
colvid19
pandemic
and
its
impact
on
student
learning,
bps
is
hosting
virtual
information
sessions
for
our
parents
and
interested
stakeholders
to
inform
the
community
of
the
admissions
process
for
next
school
year
and
to
help
answers
any
questions.
The
community
may
still
have
we've
already
hosted
a
couple
of
these
sessions
and
we
have
about
five
more
webinars
scheduled.
C
C
Full
details
on
the
admissions
process,
including
meeting
information
and
an
faq
faq,
is
available
at
boston,
public
schools,
dot,
org
forward,
slash
exam,
we're
actively
working
to
establish
the
next
exam
working
group
based
on
feedback
and
testimony.
We
will
we'll
add
additional
members
to
this
working
group
to
include
students
and
current
fifth
grade
parents.
C
We
will
convene
this
working
group
after
the
winter
holiday
as
part
of
the
data
privacy
policy
that
was
passed
in
september,
16
2020,
I'm
announcing
tonight
that
I'll
be
establishing
a
school
safety
work
working
group.
This
oversight
body
will
be
charged
with
continuing
to
examine
the
policy
reviewing
bps
data
meeting
on
a
quarterly
basis
with
me
and
my
team,
and
making
recommendations
to
the
school
committee.
C
C
Although
the
outcomes
for
these
goals,
I
believe,
are
going
to
be
multi-year,
I
believe
that
there's
some
urgency
and
focus
to
this
core
work
and
there
are
some
critical
steps
that
I
want
to
take
as
the
superintendent.
In
order
to
get
this
work
started
goal
one
develop
and
implement
a
plan
to
significantly
improve
the
district's
capacity
to
meet
the
needs
of
english
language
learners.
C
C
Then
I
would
present
that
to
the
school
committee
for
your
review
and
comment.
Some
of
the
lagging
indicators
of
success
that
I
want
to
propose
are:
first,
an
increase
in
training
to
the
coasts
and
the
educators
on
mtss
problem.
Solving
to
reduce
the
numbers
of
students
referred
to
special
education.
C
I'd
like
to
decrease
disproportionality
in
the
number
of
referrals
to
special
education
of
kids
of
color
decrease
the
number
of
students
with
disabilities
in
substantially
separate
seats
by
transitioning
students
to
inclusion
classrooms
and
decreasing
the
rate
at
which
students
are
identified
for
substantially
separate
programming
and
four
increase.
The
number
of
students
with
disabilities
in
inclusion
settings
goal
number
three
I'd
like
to
reorganize
the
structure
and
function
of
the
boston
public
school
central
office
to
significantly
improve
its
capacity
to
close
opportunity
and
achievement
gaps
in
all
schools
within
the
district.
C
Increase
opportunities
for
school
leader
voice
and
participation
in
system
level
policy
decision
making
lagging
indicators
will
be
perceptions
of
central
office.
Effectiveness
by
our
stakeholders
improve
educator,
perception
of
central
office,
service
effectiveness
and
accountability
for
results,
as
measured
by
the
average
scores
on
select
scales,
groups
of
related
items
from
the
teacher
climate
survey,
improved
school
leader,
perception
of
central
office,
service
effectiveness
and
accountability
for
results,
as
measured
by
average
scores
on
select
scales
from
a
school
leader.
C
I
just
want
to
give
a
brief
update
on
reopening
and
where
we're
at
with
that,
I
know
chair.
You
mentioned
some
of
the
plans
that
we
are
seeking.
Now
we
have
been
meeting
with
the
school
leaders.
I
met
with
them
on
tuesday
and
again
this
morning
to
speak
with
them
about
preparations
for
in-person
learning.
We've
also
been
meeting
over
the
past
month
with
our
high
priority
task
force,
which
consists
of
btu
members,
school
leaders,
students
and
the
sped
pac
members
to
identify
responsible,
phased
in
approach
to
getting
our
high
needs
students
back
in
school.
C
As
you
know,
we
opened
two
weeks
ago
for
four
for
four
of
our
k-12
specialized
schools
that
serve
some
students
with
very
very
complex
needs
who
were
having
trouble
accessing
or
were
unable
to
access.
Remote
learning
and
those
schools
were
the
carter,
the
mckinley,
the
henderson
and
the
horseman
schools.
C
And
what
we've
seen
over
the
past
two
weeks
is
a
trend
in
the
right
direction,
and
that
indicates
with
additional
safety
measures
that
we've
put
in
place,
that
we
may
be
able
to
open
more
schools
and
to
our
to
our
students
and
and
have
more
of
us
more
of
our
high
priority
students
return
to
school.
The
safety
measures
that
we
have
added
have
included,
offering
additional
and
more
convenient
testing
for
staff,
providing
additional
medical
grade.
C
C
According
to
industry
standards,
conducting
further
air
quality
and
ventilation
testing
and
greatly
limiting
the
number
of
students
in
classrooms
and
number
of
staff
in
buildings.
As
we
continue
to
watch
the
trends,
we
will
continue
to
communicate
to
parents
and
the
public
about
the
date
certain
we're
aiming
for
for
this
return.
C
At
this
time,
I'm
asking
our
school
leaders
to
prepare
for
the
welcoming
back
of
students
when
boston
public
health
commissions
gives
us
the
green
light.
And,
finally,
I
want
to
just
give
a
update.
Last
week
we
had
a
number
of
parents
and
community
members
who
spoke
to
the
mather
and
our
dual
language
program
that
we
intend
to
move
to
the
mather
school.
I
want
to
just
take
a
moment
to
share
with
you
what
we
have
done
since
that
meeting
my
team
met
with
parents.
C
Following
the
school
committee
meeting
on
november
19th,
we
met
again
with
staff
from
the
mather
this
week
to
listen,
answer
their
questions
and
share
additional
information
about
our
planning
and
about
dual
language,
programming
and
sei
programming
and
the
benefits
of
each.
We
are
committed
to
continuing
to
listen
and
to
plan
with
the
community
and
the
school
community.
It
is
clear
that
we
must
continue
to
engage
with
the
community
to
ensure
consistent
communications
about
the
program
and
our
next
steps.
C
Dr
sylveo
romero
johnson,
is
our
new
assistant
superintendent
for
office
of
english
learners
and
mary
driscoll,
the
school
superintendent
who
oversees
and
supports
the
mather
have
been
engaged
in
these
ongoing
conversations,
and
so
has
the
school
leader
and
her
team,
and
we
will
keep
them
updated
on
our
progress,
and
I
will
in
turn
also
keep
this
committee
updated.
We're
grateful
for
their
continued
partnership
and
with
the
entire
mather
school
community
for
their
understanding
and
willingness
to
continue
to
lean
into
this
really
important
dialogue.
And
with
that,
madam
chair
I'll
turn
it
back
to
you.
A
B
C
B
B
I
B
I
All
right,
so
all
of
our
schools
are
hosting
virtual
times
we've,
given
them
some
tips
and
tools
on
how
to
do
that.
The
classroom,
my
understanding
is
a
lot
of
the
school
leaders-
are
engaging
the
classroom
teachers
much
more
around
that
and
and
have
many
of
them
have
already
started.
Actually,
so
that's
been
good.
I
B
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
Another
question
superintendent
around
some
of
the
sped
work.
Will
there
be
any
looking
at
the
out
of
district
placement
of
students
as
we're
doing
the
reorg
within
within
bps,
and
also
how
are
we
looking
at
things
like
providing
stronger
support
to
families
with
children
with
dyslexia,
etc?
You
know
you
know,
I.
I
understand
the
issue
around
inclusion
classrooms,
but
wonder
when
there
are
children
with
very
specific
needs.
How
do
you
do
both
inclusion
but
also
make
sure
they're
really
getting
the
kind
of
support
that
they
need.
C
And
those
those
are
the
kind
of
questions,
ms
robinson,
that
we're
going
to
answer
as
we
begin
to
develop
our
plan
moving
ahead
for
our
students
with
disabilities,
especially
as
we
think
about
dyslexia
and
inclusionary
practices
and
what
are
the
best
trainings
for
our
for
our
educators
and
what
training
are
they
going
to
need
that
will
all
be
in
that
plan,
so
we're
undertaking
right
now.
I
have
some
outside
support.
C
Coming
in
to
really
look
at
the
audit
that
was
done
by
the
council
for
great
city
schools,
that's
going
to
inform
the
work
of
our
special
ed
department
and
some
of
the
work
that
we're
doing.
I've
specifically,
though
focused
on
our
sub
separate
program,
also
mtss
problem
solving,
so
that
we
can
limit
the
referrals
to
special,
ed
and
also
the
disproportionality
of
students
of
color
in
special
ed.
C
G
J
Thank
you
very
much,
dr
cells.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
respond
to
the
the
issues
evaluation.
Thank
you
very
much
for
putting
it
together.
I
know
this
is
very
trying
difficult
work
and
you
have
so
many
opportunities
to
narrow
it
down
to
these
three
areas.
I
know
it
was
difficult
and
I
really
respect
the
work
that
you've
done
and
the
clarity
of
which
you're
presenting
that
and
I
look
forward
to
our
ongoing
conversation
as
an
agenda
item
in
our
next
meeting.
J
I
would
just
in
preparation
for
that
meeting,
like
you
did
in
the
third
area,
where
you
talked
about
as
measured
by,
I
think
for
all
the
lagging
indicators
it'd
be
nice
to
add,
as
measured
by
in
each
one.
I
mean
not
just
the
the
thing
that
you're
looking
for,
but
as
measured,
how
will
we
know
where's
the
starting
point?
What's
the
trend?
Thank
you
very
much
for
that.
It's
really
excellent
work.
Thank
you.
E
E
However,
there
is
a
concern
from
from
largely
from
parents
that
the
dual
language
program
somehow
will
be
the
principal
program
replacing
the
sei
either
next
year
or
sometimes
down
the
road,
and
that
that
concern,
I
believe,
has
not
been
addressed
by
my
earth
or
or
by
the
by
your
office.
Would
you
somehow
give
me
some
clarification?
Clarification
on
on
you
know
on
where
the
position
of
your
office
is
in
regards
to
that
concern.
C
C
So
as
we
think
and
shift
toward
that,
we
are
going
to
be
having
more
conversations
with
our
school
community
and
our
stakeholders
around
that.
And
so,
as
we
move
forward,
we
will
continue
to
discuss
when,
with
dr
romero
johnson
as
we
engage
with
the
community
around
our
look
at
planning
and
the
el
planning
that
I
talked
about.
K
K
C
C
Don't
you're
not
as
soon
as
I
can
get
our
kids
back
in
school,
so
I've
it's
just
been.
You
know
we
don't
have
school
police
in
our
schools.
Obviously
right
now,
even
though
you
know
this
planning
is
important.
I
mean
they're
in
our
schools,
but
our
schools
don't
have
children
in
them
at
this
time
outside
of
the
high
priority
schools.
C
So
right
now,
a
lot
of
my
focus
has
just
been
on
reopening
and
trying
to
manage
some
of
the
school
registration
pieces
and
exam
school
pieces
because
we've,
you
know
we
need
to
have
that
for
school
choice
and
as
we
think,
to
build
pps.
There's
some
decisions
tonight
that
I
needed
to
get
to
the
to
the
school
committee
as
well
as
we
began
to
think
about
options
for
parents
in
the
school
choice
season,
so
I
hope
to
bring
it
around
probably
after
the
new
year,
dr
rivera.
K
K
C
Yeah,
so
we
have
surveyed
the
the
students
as
well
and
I
would
need
to
defer
to
our
oda
department
on
the
most
recent
surveys
for
of
students,
I
talk
to
bsac
all
the
time
which
has
been
wonderful,
but
that's
just
a
representative
body
of
the
of
the
student
body
at
each
school
and
they've.
Actually,
given
me,
though,
really
good
feedback
from
their
peers
and
the
feedback
that
I
got
with
them
around.
C
You
know
whether
videos
are
turned
on
the
type
of
instruction,
the
number
of
hours
that
they
have
for
instruction,
the
quality
of
the
instruction,
and
I
shared
some
of
that
feedback
with
our
school
leaders.
So
I
had
a
meeting
on
thursday
two
weeks
ago.
I
think
it
was
with
bsac
and
shared
that
with
on
friday,
so
they
bring
a
summative
of
that.
But
then,
in
terms
of
the
overall
survey,
I
will
have
to
come
back
with
you
about
what
what
we're
going
to
be
doing
for
a
future
survey
for
our
students.
K
C
Yeah
and
we
we
have
enrollment
on
our
now
on
on
our
site
and
the
state
released
that
last
week.
As
for
our
student
surveys,
I
have
my
staff
telling
me
that
the
students
are
also
being
surveyed.
I
knew
the
survey
went
out
on
parents
and
and
staff,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
also
are
surveying
our
parents.
That's
due
on
the
december
17th.
A
So
I
saw
there
was
something
uniform,
so
I'm
hoping
you
know,
everybody
looks
at
that
because
I
know
the
students
that
I
talk
to
have
given
me.
You
know
different
takes
on
on
whether
they
can
or
can't
turn
their
camera
on.
So
I
appreciate
that
we
have
something-
and
I
don't
know
I
assume
it's
on
our
websites-
hopefully
it's
there,
so
every
student
can
look
at
it
and
then
I
wanted
to
say.
I
appreciate
the
goals.
A
It's
something
similar.
You
know
when
it
comes
to
including
community
and
making
sure
that
that
you
know
actually
happens,
and
the
community
feels
heard
both.
You
know
not
just
the
school
itself
like
in
terms
of
like
teachers
and
staff,
but
also
you
know
the
parents
and
the
external
community.
So
if
there's
a
way
to
just
take
a
deeper
dive,
I
don't
know
monica's
department
and
miss
robert's
department.
Maybe
you
can
look
at
that.
I
don't
want
to
make.
A
It
seem
like
it's
just
a
paper
checklist,
but
it
is
one
way
and
one
strategy,
but
I
think
we
we're
gonna
we'd
like
to
keep.
You
know
continuing
to
make
sure
that
the
community
is
is
heard
and
they
feel
like
we're
partnering
with
them
on
that.
So
thank
you
for
bringing
that
back
and
that's
that's
all
my
comments.
So
if
there
is
no
further
discussion,
I
would
like
to
entertain
a
motion
to
receive
the
superintendent's
report
so.
G
E
D
J
E
A
Okay,
before
we
move
on
to
general
public
comment,
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
really
am
missing
our
fellow
member,
mr
o'neill.
I
just
want
to
say
that,
because
I
haven't
been
to
a
school
committee
meeting
where
he
was
not
at
so
I'm
sure
he's
watching.
I
just
want
to
say
we
missed
your
presence,
sending
you
lots
of
good
vibes.
So
before
we
move
on
to
public
comment,
I
also
want
to
invite
our
amazing
student
representative,
mr
james,
to
present
his
first
monthly
update.
L
L
L
If
you
need
more
information
about
teens
in
print,
it's
a
program,
it's
a
writing
program
in
boston
and
it's
a
youth
journalism
program
more
specifically
for
8th
through
12th
graders,
and
we
have
a
column
in
the
paper
called
the
b
sac
buzz.
If
you
want
to
check
it
out
moving
on
to
our
subcommittees,
we
have
three
subcommittees
this
year,
as
it
usually
historically
has
been.
We
have
environmental
justice
and
sustainability
subcommittee,
the
school
climate,
culture
and
improvement
subcommittee,
and
then
the
student
rights
and
student
vote
subcommittee.
L
The
overview
of
that
subcommittee
is
improving
the
environment
and
taking
on
climate
change,
we
did
some
voter.
They
did
some
voter
registration
work.
That
was
absolutely
amazing,
especially
prior
to
the
presidential
election
vsac
members
spent
over
150
hours
this
year,
reaching
out
to
people
of
color
and
specifically
voters
across
the
country
to
get
out
the
vote
for
the
general
election
and
we're
still
continuing
to
do
that.
With
the
georgia
senate
runoff,
they
made
over
2
000
phone
calls
and
sent
over
150
000
texts
to
voters.
This
fall.
L
L
We're
also
working
on
setting
up
listening
circles
with
boston,
school
police
officers
to
build
a
mutual
understanding
and
trust
between
boston,
school
police
and
the
students
when
they
serve
with
the
ultimate
goal
of
enacting
a
vision
of
police,
free
schools
and
then
working
with
a
variety
of
education.
Justice,
advocacy,
advocacy
groups
in
the
city
to
ensure
that
the
student
opportunity
act
will
be
fully
funded
and
to
fight
against
possible.
L
You
know
measures
taken
by
beacon
hill
in
response
to
budget
shortfalls
precipitated
by
the
coronavirus
pandemic
and
then
going
on
to
our
last
subcommittee
is
student
rights
and
student
vote.
The
overview
of
this
subcommittee
is
building
opportunities
and
interesting
and
increasing.
Excuse
me
student
voice
in
decision
making,
so
you
know
they're
working
on
securing
voting
rights
for
the
student
member
on
the
school
committee.
L
Bsac
members
have
served
on
high
and
school
priority
planning
teams
to
share
their
concerns
and
feedback
on
students
returning
to
school.
This
is
something
that
we
would
like
to
see
more
of
just
beyond
interest
groups,
which
is
actually
a
conversation.
I
brought
up
at
the
last
school
committee
meeting
we
met
with
jake
jacob
stern
in
the
office
of
data
and
accountability
and
bsac
provided
feedback
on
the
bps
school
climate
survey
and
two
students
currently
sit
on
the
high
in
person.
L
Priority
also
known
as
hippp
or
hip
task
force
and
the
opportunity
and
achievement
gaps,
oeg
task
force
and
on
top
of
all
that,
vsac
is
meeting
with
superintendent
castillos
on
a
monthly
basis.
So
we
meet
with
her
once
a
month
and
we
look
forward
to
possibly
making
that
a
little
bit
more
frequent
and
I
guess
last
but
not
least,
a
more
long-term
project
that
I
personally
wanted
to
share
with
you.
All
that
I
have
taken
on.
L
It
means
a
lot
to
me
and
it's
really
critical
to
me,
because
I'm
I'm
big
on
student
engagement,
student
voice.
I,
like
I
said
in
the
prior
meet
in
the
last
school
committee
meeting.
I
think
it
should
come
as
natural
as
drinking
water
to
stay
healthy.
I
think
that's
how
important
student
voice
is
and
when
I
remember
my
own
time
in
middle
school
and
when
I
spoke
to
a
lot
of
teachers
and
a
lot
of
friends
who
are
in
high
school
in
my
grade,
even
who
reflect
on
their
times
in
middle
school,
they
weren't.
Really.
L
We
weren't
really
given
the
opportunities
and
chances
to
both
learn
about
the
system
and
rebel
against
it
and
sort
of
question
authority
and
ask
like
hey:
are
you
doing
what's
right
for
us?
So
I
think
a
middle
school
b
stack
would
be
not
only
a
great
thing
for
the
students
that
actually
are
involved
in
it,
but
a
more
symbolic
message
to
all
students
that
you
can
learn.
K
K
We
tried
to
get
some
students,
but
they
the
meetings
used
to
be
like
you
know
in
the
morning,
like
at
nine
ten
o'clock,
they're
now
from
three
to
five
pm,
and
I
can
send
the
dates
or
actually
they're
public.
You
know
they're
on
the
schedule
there,
but
it
would
be
wonderful
to
have
a
student
member
now
that
the
time
might
be
more.
You
know
they
might
be
more
able
to
participate.
So
please
do
help
us
recruit
a
student
member
for
that
task
force
because
it's
also
very
very
important.
Thank
you.
A
B
Yes,
james.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
report
have
a
question.
You
were
saying
that
you
have
almost
40
students
now
showing
up
to
vsac
meetings.
Do
you
think
the
fact
that
they
are
on
zoom
makes
it
easier
for
students
to
be
able
to
participate
because
of
not
having
to
travel
to
a
particular
location?
B
L
Thank
you,
miss
robinson,
that's
a
great
question.
I
was
actually
speaking
about
this
with
bsax
manager,
maria
estrada
yesterday.
Actually-
and
I,
the
answer
to
your
question-
is
just
yes:
it
is
because
we're
on
zoom
now
zoom
has
made
it
much
more
accessible
to
students
to
show
up
get
involved
with
vsac
and
the
work
that
we
do,
because
all
you
have
to
do
is
switch
from
one
link
to
another,
rather
than
waiting
for
a
bus
for
15
minutes.
L
L
Hopefully,
when
bsac
can
start
meeting
again
in
the
bowling
building,
maybe
exploring
a
sort
of
hybrid
option
where
we
have
like
the
t
like
anyone
who
can
come
into
the
bowling
building
can
come
in
and
then
anyone
who
cannot
but
can
do
zoom
since
it's
more
efficient
and
convenient
for
them
at
the
time
can
sort
of
pop
up
on
the
screen
and
sort
of
figuring
out
how
the
people
in
the
physical
space
can
still
interact
with
the
people
on
the
screen.
So
those
are
we
know
we
we're
we're.
L
B
So
I
don't
know
whether
we've
if
we
have
any
kind
of
data
that
talks
about
what
kind
of
you
know
student
government.
We
have
across
all
125
barber
schools
so
that
all
students
again
equitably
are
having
are
being
introduced
to
these
ideas
and
having
an
import
having
an
opportunity
to
give
their
voice
show
their
voice
find
their
voice
as
they
engage
in
their
schooling.
L
Yeah,
that's
that's
a
brilliant
point
with
robinson
I
100
agree,
I
think
larger
than
you
know.
Definitely,
I'm
thinking
larger
than
a
middle
school
b
sack
as
well.
I
think
that
going
back
to
what
I
had
said
earlier
about
you
know,
kids,
being
eight
kids,
my
age
in
high
school
being
able
to
reflect
on
their
younger
academic
years
and
saying
to
themselves.
Well,
my
teacher
never
really
taught
never
really
told
us
that
there
was
a
school
committee,
a
boston,
school
deputy.
L
They
never
really
told
us
what
the
job
of
the
superintendent
was
or
what
the
job
of
the
school
committee
was.
They
never
told
us
what
policy
changes
were
happening
in
our
communities
in
our
school
districts
and
our
schools
and
how
they
were
directly
impacting
us
and
what
we
could
do
about
it.
I
think
that
the
solution
to
that
larger
than
just
creating
a
middle
school
b
sex,
since
that
is,
in
my
opinion,
I
think
that
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
L
How
are
we
teaching
our
curriculum
and
how
are
we
implementing
it,
and
I
think
that
this
is
a
much
larger
conversation
that
I've
heard
from
some
school
committee
members
already
and
some
community
members,
and
I
think
that
it
would
be
really
interesting
to
see
some
sort
of
change
in
how
teachers
teach
content
so,
for
example,
my
a
push
teacher.
This
is
the
first
time
I'm
getting
this
type
of
teaching,
but
my
apush
teacher
when
he
teaches
like
the
content
material.
L
He
also
somehow
finds
a
way
to
connect
it
back
to
the
issues
going
on
in
bps,
whether
it's
about
you
know
covid
or
how
are
you
know?
How
are
power
policy
makers
today
responding
to
the
to
the
pandemic,
similar
to
how
policymakers
back
then
were
responding
to
the
economic
crisis
or
etcetera?
I
think
things
like
that.
Being
able
to
make
connections
to
the
curriculum
directly
to
the
issues
that
are
prevalent
in
society
and
sort
of
having
the
students
problem
solve
and
think
about
it,
and
you
know,
understand
the
issue
in
a
complex
way.
L
You
know,
and
just
weaving
that
continuously
weaving,
that,
through
curriculum
and
through
pedagogy,
is
extremely
critical,
and
I
think
you
know
I
I
saw
this
firsthand
by
a
middle
school
teacher
named
suzy
mcglone,
who
I've
grown,
I've
grown
quite
fond
of,
and
you
know
I
visited
her
class
a
lot
of
times.
She
teaches
an
eighth
grade
class
at
the
king
school
and
you
know
every
you
know
every
time,
she's
teaching
them
about
writing.
She's.
Also,
you
know
telling
them
like
hey
here's.
What's
going
on
in
the
district,
she
shows
clips
of
school
committee.
L
A
A
That
is
fantastic.
I
commend
you
guys,
that's
really
wonderful,
great
job.
My
favorite
is
the
climate
justice.
I
I
everything
you
guys
do
is
great,
but
that
one
is
just
really,
I
think
so
so
important
for
the
future
of
our
world,
and
I
also
want
to
echo
you
know
miss
robinson's
question,
because
that
was
going
to
be
my
question
about
the
the
participation.
A
I
think
I
definitely
would
love
to
see.
You
know
when,
when
we
return
that
there
be
some
kind
of
hybrid,
you
know
as
just
like
a
single
mom.
I
you
know,
I
know
that
I
have
been
able
to
participate
in
a
lot
more
things
because
of
zoom,
which
I
would
not
have
been
able
to
do,
and
I've
seen
that
also
in
our
school
committee
meetings
where
people
have
been
able
to
participate
so
being
able
to
have
both
like
in
person
and
that
I
think
will
be
really
really
important.
A
D
D
Questions
on
specific
policy
matters
are
not
answered
at
this
time,
but
maybe
the
subject
of
later
discussion
by
the
committee.
We
have
32
speakers
this
evening,
so
in
accordance
with
school
committee
policy
time
will
be
reduced
to
two
minutes
per
person
and
I'll
remind
you
when
you
have
30
seconds
remaining.
D
D
D
Please
state
your
name
and
affiliation
before
you
begin.
When
I
call
your
name.
Please
raise
your
hand
virtually
in
zoom.
Also,
please
make
sure
that
you're
signed
in
to
zoom,
with
the
same
name
that
you
use
to
sign
up
for
public
comments
and
that
will
allow
us
to
identify
you
when
it's
your
turn
to
testify.
M
Good
evening,
members
of
the
school
committee
and
superintendent
casellis,
my
name
is
anissa
assave-george,
I'm
an
at-large
city,
councilor
and
chair
of
the
council's
education
committee.
Today,
at
the
city
council
meeting,
I
filed
a
home
rule
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
the
enfranchising
of
boston
school
committee.
Student
member.
This
home
rule
petition
is
the
beginning
of
what
will
undoubtedly
be
a
complex
and
long
conversation
regarding
the
structure
of
the
school
committee
after
a
long-standing
partnership.
M
In
many
conversations
with
the
boston
student
advisory
council,
I
believe
that
it
is
long
overdue
to
begin
the
process
to
formally
enfranchise
the
student
member
of
the
boston
school
committee.
Currently,
the
school
committee
structure
allows
for
seven
full
voting
members
and
one
student
member.
The
student
member
is
elected,
as
you
know,
by
the
bps
student
population
through
the
boston
student
advisory
council.
M
Tonight
we
are
joined
by
kamani
james
who
attends
every
school
committee
meeting,
participates
in
school
committee
policy
deliberations
and
is
a
public
voice
representing
our
actual
bps
students,
just
like
his
predecessors
did
before
him
and
too
many
ways
to
describe
the
student
member
contributes
enormously
to
the
discussion
at
the
school
committee
and
does
the
same
level
of
work
to
prepare
for
these
meetings
as
full
voting
members.
The
main
difference
between
them
and
is
that
the
student
member
currently
does
not
have
the
right
to
vote
on
the
school
committee.
M
As
an
official
representative
of
the
student
voice,
their
role
is
fundamental
to
making
sure
our
policies
are
well
informed
and
include
the
stakeholders
directly
impacted
as
a
former
bsac
member
myself,
and
as
someone
who
has
watched
many
student
members
excel
and
be
deeply
engaged
in
the
school
committee.
Despite
not
having
the
right
to
vote,
I
am
committed
to
finding
a
way
to
make
sure
that
the
student
member
of
the
boston
school
committee
can
vote
this
home.
Rule
petition
will
certainly
be
edited
and
reshaped
several
times
before
we
vote
on
it.
M
N
N
Today
I
wanted
to
amplify
and
lift
my
students
voices
who
will
be
testifying
after
me,
they
have
come
to
me
with
many
concerns
that
they
have
over
remote
learning
and
hybrid
learning,
and
I
told
them
that
the
best
place
to
be
heard
to
make
change
because
their
voice
is
important,
is
for
them
to
speak
in
front
of
this
committee.
So
I
present
to
you
some
of
the
best
fifth
graders
in
east
boston,.
D
A
O
D
O
O
O
I
think
we
were
to
start
going
back
to
school,
where
you
know
I
would
be
really
hard
to
do
school
all
day
in
a
mask,
because
some
kids
make
it
really
hard
to
breathe
and
focus
on
work.
Also,
the
internet
at
school
is
really
slow
and
it
would
be
hard
to
be
hybrid
when
we
we
are
all
together
being
in
school,
would
not
feel
like
real
school
because
we
can't
play
and
with
our
friends
or
learn
like
we
used
to,
we
should
only
go
back
to
school.
Q
Q
Hi,
my
name
is
christian.
I
am
a
fifth
grader
in
east
boston.
I
wanted
to
share
my
concern
about
the
virtual
school
hours
most
days.
I
log
off
the
computer
after
seven
hours
with
my
eyes
hurting
not
able
to
look
at
not
be
it
not
not
being
able
to
focus
at
anything
ever
since
virtual
learning
started
the
problems
with
my
eyes
have
gotten
worse
and
worse.
I
think
we
need
at
least
one
or
two
hours
less
of
school
each
day
with
less
time
on
zoom.
It
would
help
me
be
more
engaged
in
class.
Q
D
R
R
Recovered
out,
ninth
sorry:
the
covet
19
outbreak
has
changed
our
world,
our
communities
and
our
children.
Schools
will
need
to
change
too.
This
pandemic,
like
so
many
other
disasters,
has
disproportionately
impacted
community
of
colors
of
color
and
low-income
families.
Amk
families
and
staff
are
concerned
that
returning
to
school
with
an
inadequate
facility
is
an
injustice
thanks.
Thanks
to
boston,
public
schools,
the
fenwood
campus,
which
houses,
9th
and
10th
grade
students
is
safe
for
all
students
and
staff.
R
R
Despite
all
odds,
we
believe
that
the
district
alongside
the
emk
community,
will
do
its
best
to
develop
a
plan
that
will
not
jeopardize
students
and
staff
safety
to
avoid
to
avoid
further
exasperating
the
deep
inequities
in
our
education
system.
The
emk
community
believes
that
we
must
start
planning
out
for
a
new
school.
You
cannot
train
21st
century
health
professionals
in
a
19th
century
building.
S
S
Hi
good
evening,
my
name
is
charlie
kim.
I
have
a
parent
of
two
students
in
bps
tonight.
The
build
bps
team
will
be
presenting,
so
I
want
to
bring
clarity
and
real
transparency
to
whatever
false
narrative.
The
build
bps
team
will
try
to
pass
to
the
school
committee
and
the
public
at
large.
Tonight.
Mr
cooter
will
tell
you
the
horse.
Man
and
jackson.
Man
are
one
a
high
priority.
Two,
a
part
of
build
bps
and
three
covet
has
delayed
the
planning.
S
The
first
is
a
poor
use
of
words
that
bps
continues
to
use,
as
it
has
completely
diluted
it.
High
priority
is
used
to
offensively
categorize
our
children,
along
with
categorizing
condemned
school
buildings.
You
can't
say
high
priority.
If
you
don't
actually
do
something
about
it,
precision
of
language
is
paramount
when
dealing
with
families.
S
Second,
our
building
is
a
part
of
billbps.
That
is
false,
because
on
slide
number
17,
it
state
it
states,
bps
is
seeking
funds
from
msba
and
partnerships.
Build
bps
has
a
committed
budget
of
1
billion.
Why
does
bps
need
to
seek
new
funds?
Third
covet
has
delayed
the
planning.
This
is
completely
false.
There
is
a
there
is
public
documentation
proving
this.
The
horace
mann
community
started
formal
meetings
with
build
bps,
starting
in
2019,
including
bi-weekly
and
monthly
meetings
during
this
coveted
pandemic.
S
In
these
closed-door
meetings,
some
of
which
were
confidential,
bps
offered
the
edwards
building
in
charlestown
the
horse,
man
formally
wrote
to
the
build
bps
team
on
september
22nd,
saying
we
accept
the
edwards
building
option
as
a
plan
on
november
2nd
superintendent.
Cecilia
said
the
edwards
can't
be
committed
to
the
horus
man,
because
it's
committed
to
the
charlestown
community.
S
So
I
want
to
close
with
a
respectful
plea
to
the
school
committee
members
of
the
charlestown
community
and
to
elected
officials
to
please
restart
the
conversation
where
we
left
off
on
september
22nd.
The
edwards
building
is
vacant
with
no
plan,
but
will
be
a
school.
Please
let
this
be
a
viable
option
for
the
horace
mann
school
for
the
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing.
Thank
you.
D
D
T
T
T
T
For
some
strange
reason,
we've
only
switched
to
using
this
new
rate
in
the
last
couple
of
weeks,
so
I'm
just
having
a
very
hard
time
understanding
why
you
guys
cannot
convey
this
information
to
the
public
when
it
is
being
it's
being
used
to
make
such
consequential
decisions
for
all
bps
students
and
parents
have
no
idea
that
this
is
even
going
on.
At
the
last
meeting,
I
heard
dr
casella
say
that
she
hasn't
gotten
enough
support
from
the
federal
government
or
guidance
from
the
federal
government.
T
Are
we
really
waiting
on
the
federal
government
to
give
us
guidance
on
how
to
open
schools
when
there
are
cities
all
over
the
world,
including
in
europe
and
canada,
and
right
down
the
road
in
new
york
city
that
have
now
done
this
successfully?
I
just
I'm
having
a
really
hard
time
wrapping
my
head
around
that.
So
I
hope
that
you
guys
can
continue
to
focus
on
this
issue,
primarily
above
and
beyond
everything
else.
The
issues
at
the
mather,
the
issues
with
cops
in
schools.
T
U
On
october,
21st
2020,
the
former
chief
of
the
school
committee,
calmly,
uttered
a
series
of
black
names
in
a
racist
parody.
This
was
not
a
mistake.
He
rattled
off
these
names
like
he's
done
it
over
and
over.
He
was
not
sorry.
He
was
sorry
he
got
caught.
Racism
is
not
harmless.
Tolerance,
excuses
and
lack
of
action
hurts
because
silence
is
compliance.
U
Comforting
white
fragility
in
the
face
of
racist
acts
contributes
to
the
dehumanization
dismissal
and
invisibility
of
black
people.
So
I
asked
you
a
series
of
five
questions.
What
will
you
do?
Number
one
money
matters
when
measuring
outcomes
in
the
wake
of
covert
19?
Will
you
use
the
equity
tool
to
equitably
fund
historically
underfunded,
under-resourced
and
under-staffed
schools
in
facilities
in
black
neighborhoods
number?
Two
research
shows
that
policing
does
not
lead
to
safer
schools.
It
makes
black
students
less
less
safe.
Will
you
confront
the
school
to
prison
pipeline?
U
How
deep
fund
school
police
and
support
student
healing
during
this
pandemic
with
counselors
and
mental
health
professionals?
Three
black
and
brown
students
face
racial
profiling,
interrogations
and
surveillance.
Will
you
eliminate
the
tyranny
of
surveillance
that
violates
the
rights
of
black
and
brown
students
in
schools?
Four
instruction
matters:
a
temporary
pause
on
the
racial
hoarding
of
exam
schools
is
not
enough.
Bps
fired
highly
qualified
black
academic
leadership,
with
no
shared
plan
for
ensuring
all
students
have
equitable
access
to
high
quality
instruction
where's
the
plan
where's
the
organizational
chart.
Five.
U
What
can
you
do
now?
Prioritize
in-person
learning
for
all
students
with
high
needs,
not
just
those
whose
families
have
political
capital,
combat
racism,
be
an
ally,
but
don't
use
your
privilege
to
speak
for
black
and
brown
people.
We
can
speak
for
ourselves
work
with
our
elected
leader,
roxy
harvey
chair
of
the
boston
sped
pack
representing
families
of
11
000
students
with
disabilities
across
all
communities.
U
V
Hi
there
my
name
is
sam
bartle
and
I
am
the
mom
to
two
boys
in
the
boston
public
school
system.
The
reason
for
my
testimony
tonight
is
that
school
is
essential,
while
my
third
grader
continues
to
struggle
with
remote
learning
and
actually
told
me
this
morning
that
he
hates
school
now.
I'm
here
to
give
testimony
today
about
my
kindergartener
miles
miles,
is
on
the
spectrum,
where
he
struggles
with
attention,
communication
and
social
skills.
Before
this
pandemic,
he
was
already
behind
his
peers
in
many
of
base.
V
V
I'm
not
a
trained
special
educator
speech,
therapist
or
occupational
therapist,
all
services
that
he
needs
just
to
help,
keep
him
up
with
the
rest
of
his
peers.
It's
a
daily
struggle
to
get
him
to
even
sit
at
the
computer.
Never
mind,
engage
and
learn
his
losses
this
year,
due
to
remote
learning,
will
continue
to
impact
him
for
the
rest
of
his
life.
V
For
a
city
that
prides
itself
on
its
progressive
and
equitable
values,
I'm
appalled
at
where
children
are
falling
on
its
priority
list.
Boston
says
it's:
okay
to
gamble,
drink
and
dine
in,
but
kids
can't
go
to
school
unless
you're,
a
family
that
can
afford
to
send
them
to
a
private
school
or
move
to
a
school
district.
That
is
open.
Data
continues
to
show
that
reopening
schools
does
not
meaningfully
increase
the
risk
level
faced
by
teachers
or
students,
but
keeping
them
closed
is
causing
tremendous
emotional
damage
to
our
children
and
their
families.
V
V
When
you
look
back
at
this
time,
will
you
be
able
to
say
with
all
honesty
that
you
fought
for
what
is
right
for
the
kids,
who
need
us
most
for
all
bps
students
who
want
to
safely
return
to
in-person
learning,
or
were
you
complicit
with
not
taking
a
stand
to
make
the
children
of
boston
a
priority
in
person?
Public
education
is
essential.
Closing
the
gaps
for
those
who
are
disadvantaged
is
essential.
My
sons
are
essential.
Thank
you.
D
W
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
chairwoman.
Oliver
davila
and
the
other
committee
members.
My
name
is
corey
zangabot,
I'm
a
resident
of
charlestown,
where
my
daughter
is
a
k1
student
at
harvard
kent,
I'm
also
a
member
of
the
now
very
robust
coalition
of
parents
and
other
caregivers
called
voices
for
bps
families.
W
As
I
spoke
about
at
the
last
committee,
we
are
looking
for
immediate
action
on
returning
our
high
priority
students
and
littlest
learners
to
school.
At
this
point,
nearly
10
months
into
the
pandemic
in
the
u.s,
the
data
is
unambiguous,
and
public
health
experts
and
epidemiologists
are
unanimous
that
our
youngest
elementary
school
children
can
safely
attend
school
across
the
u.s.
More
districts
have
begun
to
prioritize
elementary
students
for
in-person
learning,
a
policy
already
in
place
in
much
of
europe.
W
Earlier
today
I
participated
in
a
protest
at
city
hall
with
other
parents
from
across
the
city
and
with
massachusetts,
parents,
united,
but
most
importantly
with
our
children.
We
use
this
as
an
experiential
object
lesson
in
civic
engagement,
something
that
typically
isn't
part
of
the
lesson
plan
for
pre-k
and
kindergarten
students.
But
this
we
can
all
agree
is
an
atypical
year.
We
embrace
anything
that
provides
an
opportunity
for
safe
in-person
interaction,
something
our
little
learners
so
desperately
need
and
deserve.
W
I
was
asked
by
a
reporter
on
city
hall,
plaza
today,
why
wouldn't
bps
and
the
mayor
considering
bringing
back
just
the
younger
grades,
given
the
abundance
of
data
now
available?
My
reply,
that's
the
same
question.
I've
been
asking
it's
nonsensical
and
every
day
that
high
priority
students
and
young
students
are
out
of
school
sets
them
further
and
further
behind
disproportionately
affecting
black
and
brown
students
across
the
city.
Given
who
bps
serves
to
me,
this
seems
a
lot
like
institutional
racism,
though
I'm
a
white
parent
who
fully
acknowledges
my
white
privilege.
W
I
am
committed
to
signaling
my
allyship
and
advocating
for
all
students
who
choose
to
return
to
school.
We
ask
you,
the
members
of
the
school
committee,
as
well
as
other
parents
from
across
the
city,
to
sign
exchange.org
petition
school
is
essential,
resume
in-person
education
in
boston.
We
are
nearing
a
thousand
signatures
just
after
48
hours
and
would
love
additional
support
from
everyone.
D
X
Here,
hi
good
evening,
hi
good
evening,
I'm
here
because,
as
other
others
have
said,
school
is
essential.
I
am
a
parent
of
a
bpsk
student
in
k2
and
a
member
of
voices
for
bps
families
with
no
timeline
for
when
bps
students
will
return
to
the
classroom.
It
is
striking
that
parents
and
the
public
have
been
given
virtually
no
information
about
how
remote
learning
is
actually
working
or
not
working,
as
the
case
may
be.
There
are
so
many
questions.
X
What
are
attendance
rates
at
each
school
and
in
each
grade
level?
How
are
attendance
rates
calculated?
How
many
hours
of
synchronous
learning
are
students
actually
attending
each
day?
What
are
the
assignment
completion
rates
more
globally?
How
is
bps
evaluating
the
effect
and
effectiveness
of
remote
education
is
bps
evaluating
the
effect
and
effectiveness
of
remote
education.
X
We
saw
the
survey
circulated
earlier
this
week.
What
else
are
you
doing
to
check
on
education
of
your
students
on
tuesday
voices
for
vpsp
families
submitted
a
records
request
to
the
city
seeking
records
and
data
regarding
the
effectiveness
and
effect
of
remote
education
in
bps
schools?
We
are
building
on
the
work
of
counselor
campbell,
who
our
request
we
understand
was
never
responded
to.
X
D
D
Y
Thank
you.
My
name
is
ruby
reyes.
I'm,
the
director
of
the
boston
education,
justice
alliance
throughout
reopening
bps,
has
worked
to
turn
school
communities
against
one
another
from
gaslighting
teachers
by
claiming
an
open
window
and
box
fan
or
adequate
air
filtration
systems
to
pitting
parents
against
one
another
in
claiming
that
high
needs
are
different
from
students
with
higher
or
highest
needs.
These
divisive
methods
are
not
what
students
and
families
need
right
now
or
ever.
What
we
need
is
a
leadership
that
listens
to
school
communities
and
advocates
for
the
needs
of
our
students.
Y
This
is
this
is
not
what's
happening
as
we
prepare
for
budget
season.
We've
had
nine
months
of
inadequacy.
The
budget
is
an
opportunity
for
you
to
do
something
right.
Each
year,
schools
are
pitted
against
one
another
in
the
annual
budget
season,
fight
for
crumbs
last
year's
budget
promised
100
million
dollar
increase,
but
also
included
school
budget
cuts
of
over
6
million
because
of
enrollment
decline.
Some
of
the
transformation
schools
that
received
additional
resources
also
saw
overall
budget
cuts.
This
is
while
a
50
million
dollar
projected
budget
was
approved
to
beautify
city
hall
plaza.
Y
This
is
also
as
boston
has
two
of
the
most
expensive
zip
codes
in
new
england,
beacon,
hill
and
prudential
center,
which
have
home
sales
averaging
over
33
million
dollars.
The
school
budget
process
is
a
game
of
winners
and
losers.
All
the
while
bps
central
office
thanks
themselves
for
their
good
work
and
school
committee
members
scratch
their
heads
wondering
why
they
have
to
hear
families
beg
for
pennies
every
year
as
we
continue
to
live
in
a
year
of
crisis.
School
communities
need
a
moral
budget.
Y
It's
your
responsibility
as
a
school
committee
to
pass
a
budget
that
actually
meets
the
needs
of
students.
The
city
charter
gives
you
clear
authority
to
change
anything
in
the
superintendent's
budget,
including
adding
money.
Baija
demands
the
development
of
a
moral
budget
based
on
the
needs
of
our
school
communities,
rather
than
based
on
what
the
mayor
gives
us
or
enrollment
decline,
similar
to
the
moratorium
on
testing
for
the
exam
school
in
face
of
the
pandemic.
Y
There
needs
to
be
a
moratorium
on
cutting
budgets
for
a
school
because
of
enrollment
numbers
that
reflect
reflect
the
pandemic,
not
school
choice.
The
pandemic
cannot
be
used
as
an
excuse
to
cut
school
budgets
or
continuation
of
insufficient
planning.
The
sick
culture
of
scarcity
has
to
end.
Are
you
acting
on
behalf
of
the
mayor
or
bps
children
and
families?
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
D
Z
Hi,
so
sorry
this
is
megan
hi
thanks
for
having
me
and
thank
you
for
everyone,
who's
testifying
again
tonight,
I'm
a
parent
in
charlestown
of
three
bps
kids,
one
of
who's
in
the
hipp
group.
The
group
that
I'm
part
of
I
had
a
rally
today
at
city
hall,
over
100
people
were
there
and
all
these
people
had
signs
and
kids
had
signs
and
the
one
that
stuck
with
me
the
most
said
that
they,
the
kid
was
holding
that
they've
been
out
of
school
for
294
days.
Z
We're
nine
months
into
this
september
was
three
months
ago.
The
last
time
I
testified
at
school
committee
was
two
weeks
ago.
We're
gonna
keep.
I
have
to
keep
coming
back
here.
The
opening
plans
are
not
even
on
the
agenda
tonight,
they're
on
my
agenda
every
day,
all
day
at
our
house
for
the
kids
that
need
full-time
help
to
go
through
virtual
learning,
and
I'm
just
begging
you.
I
don't
know
what
action
has
been
taking
in
the
last
two
weeks
since
the
last
school
committee
meeting.
Z
The
fact
that
people
can
be
at
bars
and
bowling
alleys
and
casinos
and
restaurants
and
private
schools
and
charter
schools
and
catholic
schools,
but
not
at
public
schools
in
boston,
is
a
travesty.
And
I
just
appreciate
that
being
the
number
one
priority
of
everyone
on
the
committee
and
thank
you
for
having
me.
AA
Good
evening,
everyone,
I'm
sharon,
hinson
parent
educator
and
community-
advocate
I
like
to
recognize
the
hard
work
of
superintellius
members
of
the
boston
school
committee.
Parents,
students,
teachers,
mayor
walsh,
around
safely
reopening
all
the
boston
schools
for
all
students,
but
I'm
also
saying
that
I'd
like
to
support
vigorously
support,
having
a
voting
student
representative
of
b
sac
on
the
boston
school
committee,
and
I
support
the
home
rule
initiative
of
counselor,
and
this
is
sadie
george.
AA
AA
We
are
looking
at
the
impact
of
education
or
the
lack
thereof
and
the
access
the
lack
thereof
on
our
future
generations
and
that
impacts
the
whole
fabric
fabric
of
our
communities
and
our
country.
So
I'm
calling
to
again
voice
my
support
for
a
voting
member
of
bisac
on
the
boston
school
committee,
prioritizing
in-person
services
and
also
you
know
asking
that
and
I've
been
on
a
lot
of
these
zoom
calls
in
the
boston
school
committee
that
all
these
groups
come
together,
we're
supposed
to
all
be
concerned
about
our
kids
and
our
students.
AA
AB
D
AC
AC
AC
Two
weeks
have
passed
since
that
testimony,
which
may
seem
like
a
short
amount
of
time,
but
it's
a
lifetime
for
many
of
us
with
kids
at
home,
particularly
high
needs
kids.
Yesterday,
mayor
walsh
said
he
would
love
to
have
schools
open
love
to
have
kids
in
schools.
He
said
the
loss
of
education
as
a
result
of
kids
being
out
of
the
classroom,
is
likely
pretty
detrimental
mayor
walsh,
had
the
opportunity
to
keep
two
thousand
six
hundred
high
in-person
priority
kids,
who
chose
to
return
like
my
son
in
the
classroom,
but
he
did
not.
AC
Many
of
these
kids
cannot
learn
on.
Zoom
are
not
getting
their
services
and
they
are
suffering.
We
are
approaching
a
year
of
kids
being
out
of
school.
Governor
baker
is
talking
about
kids
going
back
to
school.
Full-Time
bps
has
less
than
one
percent
of
kids
in
the
classroom.
It's
a
travesty
and
it's
a
failure
of
leadership.
AC
On
november
24th,
mayor
walsh
said
that
hopefully,
as
the
new
year
comes,
we'll
be
able
to
get
our
kids
back
in
school,
he
reiterated
this
on
tuesday.
I
hope
kids
can
go
back
to
school.
Members
of
my
group
hope
kids
can
go
back
to
school.
Many
many
parents,
caregivers
children
in
boston,
hope
kids
can
go
back,
but
none
of
us
is
the
mayor
and
hope
is
not
a
plan.
Look
at
the
science
look
at
the
harm
being
done
to
children,
make
tough
decisions
to
prioritize
kids
and
send
them
back
mayor
walsh.
AD
Under
this
policy,
the
gaps
are
much
much
greater
more
than
10
percentage
points
for
black
teachers,
more
than
30
percentage
points
for
latino
teachers.
Yet
to
my
years,
not
one
school
committee.
Member
mentioned
this
policy,
even
though
this
was
goal
was
part
of
the
strategic
vision
of
the
school
committee
in
2015
the
opportunity
and
achievement
gap
policy
in
2016
and
the
superintendent's
2025
strategic
plan
approved
this
year.
So
what
does
this
mean?
Are
you
really
serious
about
this
policy?
AD
If
you
are
in
fact
committed,
I
would
ask
you
to
take
the
following
four
steps:
one
reaffirm
publicly
that
you
are
committed
to
the
long-term
policy
of
matching
the
diversity
of
teachers
to
the
diversity
of
students,
two
direct
the
school
department
to
report
the
gaps
in
this
match
between
teachers
and
students.
In
addition
to
reporting
the
garrity
benchmarks,
three
add
language
diversity
explicitly
to
the
match
between
students
and
teachers
and
direct
the
department
to
report
on
those
gaps
and
finally,
don't
continue
the
kind
of
self-satisfied
pat
on
the
back
tone.
AD
Please
show
some
urgency
and
demand
that
the
department
move
more
aggressively
on
this
issue.
Ask
the
superintendent
to
come
back
at
your
first
meeting
in
february
or
before
with
a
report
on
the
actual
race
and
language
gaps
and
prepare
propose
a
bolder
plan,
with
annual
targets
and
accountability,
to
increase
teacher
diversity
in
coming
years.
Thank
you.
P
I,
the
information
as
framed
was
framed
so
that
it
misrepresents
the
level
of
progress
made
and
places
a
spin
on
the
information.
I
appreciate
the
hard
work
that
the
team
has
done
and
I
truly
commend
the
team
for
those
efforts.
However,
I
must
point
out
that,
regrettably,
the
20
20
21
hiring
update,
continues
to
show
the
lack
of
any
real,
significant
progress
to
obtain
the
minimal
25
black
teachers,
as
mandated
by
the
court,
despite
bps
diversity,
policies
and
programs.
P
Given
a
two-minute
limitation,
I
will
speak
solely
about
black
teachers.
The
area
of
continuing
violation
of
the
outstanding
federal
court
order
prior
to
2008
black
teachers
had
reached
slightly
over
26
percent
of
teachers
shortly
thereafter
in
2008,
bps
reported
23.9
black
educators.
From
that
time,
on
bps
has
experienced
a
steady
decline.
P
The
update
on
teacher
diversity
heralds
the
2021
year
as
having
the
strongest
hiring
outcomes
for
the
last
seven
years,
but
one
must
look
at
the
past
seven
years.
Black
teacher
overall
numbers
and
percentages
have
fluctuated
up
and
down
for
the
previous
six
years,
significantly
decreasing
to
a
low
of
20.25
percent.
P
The
figures
now
of
22.08
percent
is
a
gain
of
a
34
edition.
Black
teachers
for
a
1.20
24
increase
over
seven
years.
That's
just
an
increase
of
0.65
over
last
year,
and
I
see
that
run
out
of
time.
But
I
just
like
to
say
one
thing,
and
that
is:
I
am
really
disappointed
in
the
accolades
given
by
the
school
committee
members
and
the
superintendent
to
this
progress.
P
While
there
is
some
progress
being
made,
we
have
so
far
from
reaching
the
mandate
that
we
have,
and
I
concur
with
john
that
we
really
need
to
focus
on
making
some
substantial
gains
and
to
not
keep
making
these
incremental
increases.
That
really
takes
us
nowhere
closer
to
25
than
we
were
decades
ago,
and
thank
you
for
allowing
me
the
extra
few
minutes.
D
AE
Good
evening
to
superintendent
casillas
chair,
oliva
davila,
as
well
as
the
boston
school
committee
members,
my
name
is
reverend
williams
ii.
I
am
the
chair
of
the
boston
network
for
black
student
achievement
senior
pastor,
elect
of
the
historic
12th
baptist
church,
as
well
as
a
member
of
the
opportunity
and
achievement
gap,
task
force
and
a
proud
member
of
roxbury.
I'm
here
tonight
to
call
on
you
to
do
better
in
our
efforts
to
promote
diversity
for
black
teachers
in
boston,
public
schools.
I'm
not
here
to
spout
more
statistics
about
the
lack
of
progress.
AE
There
are
others
who
probably
can
do
that
better
than
me,
and
you
have
the
numbers
from
the
office
of
human
capital
report
from
last
meeting.
You
know
that
we
have
essentially
made
not
much
progress.
That
is
significant
over
the
past
decade
in
achieving
the
minimal
benchmarks
that
have
been
established
by
judge
garrity
nearly
50
years
ago
of
25,
and
these
garrity
goals
themselves
are
out
of
date
in
a
school
system
that
is
33
black
students.
We've
waited
far
too
long,
we've
seen
far
too
little
progress.
AE
We
need
to
see
some
real
action
that
will
produce
real
results.
Bps
has
an
impressive
array
of
partnerships
and
pipelines,
programs
that
promote
diversity,
but
the
number
of
black
teachers
produced
by
these
programs
is
still
far
too
small
and
do
not
make
a
significant
difference
in
the
overall
percentages.
You
know
this.
I
know
this
and
we
cannot
be
satisfied
with
this.
AE
To
be,
satisfied
would
be
seemingly
to
be
satisfied
with
some
form
of
tokenism.
I
and
my
community
are
not
satisfied.
It
is
time
that
we
break
out
of
this
stalemate
with
some
dramatic
action.
Let's
not
only
think
about
thinking
outside
of
the
box,
but
let's
break
out
of
the
box.
For
example,
I
sit
on
the
opportunity
achievement
gap
task
force.
Our
policy
approved
in
2016
called
for
taking
the
accelerated
community
to
teachers
program
to
scale.
We
are
coming
up
on
the
budget
season.
AE
Let's
see
some
action
on
this
and
other
teacher
diversity
items
in
the
next
budget
that
can
begin
to
make
real
progress,
but
more
than
that,
let's
see
a
broad
plan
that
will
produce
some
significant
progress
for
bps,
beginning
in
its
next
hiring
season.
In
2021,
we
don't
see
that
a
strategic
operational
plan
to
implement
teacher
diversity
goals
and
the
superintendent's
20
and
25
strategic
plan.
Let's
see
it,
let's
discuss
it
as
a
school
district
in
the
community,
I'm
here
and
I'm
saying
I'm
out
of
time.
AE
Progress
won't
be
easy
and
none
of
us
expect
change
overnight
and
we
recognize
that
people
are
working
hard
in
the
season,
but
we
do
not
just
expect
verbal
commitments
but
a
serious
demand
to
school
committee
and
from
our
superintendent
so
that
we
can
achieve
real
progress
in
teacher
diversity
over
the
next
years.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
and
I
also
want
to
lift
up
the
name
of
a
great
advocate,
george
cox,
who
fought
hard
on
this
issue
of
teaching
diversity.
Thank
you
again.
A
Thank
you
so
much.
I
appreciate
your
testimony.
I
just
want
to
remind
everybody
that
we
have
two
minutes
per
speaker.
I
really
try
not
to
cut
people
off,
because
I
think
everybody
has
something
important
to
say,
but
I
do
want
to
make
sure
that
everybody
gets
to
speak
and
I
know
people
have
families
and
dinner
et
cetera.
So
if
everybody
coming
up
next
next
could
just
really
stay
with
your
two
minutes.
It
would
be
very,
very
much
appreciated.
Thank
you
in
advance.
AF
AF
I
I
hear
the
pain
of
many
parents
who
testifying
today
that
they
want
children
to
go
back
to
schools.
I
I
I
know
they're
sincere
with
their
with
their
desire
for
kids
to
return
to
schools.
I
also
want
to
say
there's
another
side
to
this,
which
is
safety.
I'm
74
years
old.
My
wife
is
77
years
old.
If
we
return
our
children
to
schools,
it's
going
to
impact
the
students
will
get
sick.
Educational
workers
will
get
sick,
it
will
get
more
more
virus
in
the
community.
AF
AF
I'm
very
pleased
at
the
last
meeting
in
this
meeting
that
there's
improved
translation
services
this
this
should
continue.
At
the
last
meeting,
I
expressed
concern
about
the
budget
for
the
rest
of
the
year
in
the
next
one.
I
am
fearful
that
you're
proposing
we'll
be
proposing
an
austerity
budget
with
deep
cuts
and
services,
layoffs
and
school
closings.
AF
D
Thank
you,
mr
heischmann.
We'll
move
on
now
to
our
speakers
who
are
going
to
use
spanish
interpretation,
so
I
would
ask
that
that
attendees,
who
are
listening
to
simultaneous
interpretation
on
a
different
zoom
channel.
Please
now
move
over
to
the
english
language
channel,
where
the
public
testimony
is
being
translated
from
a
non-english
language.
D
AG
D
D
D
Q
D
D
AB
AB
All
right
well,
thank
you,
first
of
all
for
this
opportunity
to
participate
tonight,
as
always:
I'm
aaron
welch,
bps
parent
and
a
member
of
boston
voices
for
bps
parents.
The
purpose
of
my
testimony
tonight
is
to
reiterate
that
school
is
essential.
It's
interesting
at
the
beginning
of
this
public.
Testimony
portion
of
this
meeting
that
you
asked
members
of
groups
to
have
one
speaker
provide
testimony
on
behalf
of
the
group
when
you
hear
us
these
same
parents
from
the
same
groups
saying
the
same
thing.
AB
AB
AB
AB
I
think
at
this
point,
after
so
long
of
having
remote
learning
that
we're
entitled
to
have
some
of
these
answers,
which
I've
submitted
on
numerous
occasions
to
different
authorities.
So
one
question
is:
by
what
criteria
did
you
decide?
It
was
safe
to
return
only
200
students
to
four
schools.
What
covid
statistics
exactly?
How
did
you
decide
which
students?
How
did
you
decide
which
schools?
AB
How
did
you
decide
how
many
students
or
the
ratio
of
students
to
teachers,
massachusetts
law
guarantees
a
free
and
appropriate
public
education
in
the
least
restrictive
environment
to
all
school-age
children,
regardless
of
disability?
Currently,
only
children
in
boston
who
are
receiving
an
appropriate
education
are
those
with
the
financial
resources
to
pay
tuition
for
private
education.
AB
Is
this
acceptable?
Yes,
or
no?
Have
you
researched,
boston's
private
schools
to
learn
what
operational
model
the
bps
schools
can
use
to
open
for
in-person
learning
five
days
a
week
like
the
private
schools?
What
exactly
are
the
barriers
to
opening
the
schools
to
more
students?
Are
the
teachers
willing
to
return
to
school?
Where
is
the
boston
teachers
union?
Where
is
mrs
tang.
A
AH
Good
evening,
good
evening,
I'm
sorry
good
evening.
My
name
is
manuka
zampanakis.
I
have
two
children
bps,
one
of
which
is
a
high
priority
student,
and
I
am
part
of
what
is
rapidly
becoming
a
very
large
group
of
parents.
Voices
for
bps
families
today
marks
the
27th
school
day.
Since
you
told
my
son
that
he
couldn't
go
to
school
anymore.
AH
Today,
I
am
again
giving
a
testimony
because,
like
the
100
parents
and
children
that
stood
in
front
of
city
hall
a
few
hours
ago
and
the
over
800
that
signed
our
petition
in
the
last
48
hours,
I
believe
the
school
is
essential,
unlike
you,
dr
cacelias.
What
I'm
looking
forward
to
is
high
priority
kids
to
return
to
school,
not
the
winter
break.
AH
When
27
school
days
ago,
you
told
my
son
and
fifteen
hundred
other
kids,
that
school
was
closing.
You
told
them
that
gambling
is
more
important
than
them.
You
told
them
that
dining
in
the
waterfront
is
more
important
than
them.
You
told
them
the
kids
that
can
afford
a
private
school
are
more
important
than
them.
AH
AH
AI
Hi,
thank
you.
My
name
is
jessica
mcgovern
and
I'm
speaking
tonight,
because
I
think
school
is
essential.
I
cannot
imagine
a
more
important
topic
than
a
plan
to
reopen
schools
for
those
who
want
to
attend
in
person
to
be
discussed
tonight
by
the
school
committee
and
leaders
of
the
boston
public
schools.
I
am
a
parent
of
two
bps
students,
a
pediatrician
and
wife,
to
a
non-public,
high
school
teacher
who
is
teaching
in
person
four
days
a
week.
It
is
clear
now
that
schools
are
safe
to
open,
using
math
social,
distancing
and
staying
home
when
sick.
AI
We
know
that
young
children
and
children
with
disabilities
cannot
learn
remotely
on
a
personal
level.
My
first
grade
son
cries
frequently
hates
zoom
school
and
is
never
actually
on
zoom,
but
is
toggling
between
several
websites.
At
all
times
he
hasn't
learned
anything
since
last
winter,
my
daughter's
in
third
grade.
She
seems
to
be
doing
her
work,
but
she
is
a
zombie
on
a
screen
all
day.
AI
I
can
see
your
old
self
come
out
every
so
often
and
it
breaks
my
heart
to
see
my
children
lose
their
excitement
for
learning
all
children
are
suffering
enrollment
in
bps
is
down.
Efforts
to
improve
inequities
in
our
society
are
being
shattered
by
the
ability
to
get
an
in-person
education
or
not,
and
that
right
now
that
has
to
do
with
whether
your
family
can
afford
a
private
school
tuition.
These
schools
are
open.
AI
AI
D
AJ
AJ
Good
evening
and
thank
you
for
having
me
and
allowing
us
to
speak,
my
name
is
brittany,
hampton
and
I'm
a
resident
of
charlestown.
My
son
jack
is
in
k2
at
the
elliott
school
learning
remotely,
while
his
four-year-old
brother
is
at
a
private
nursery
school
down
the
street
from
the
elliot
learning
in
person.
Five
days
a
week
since
september
last
week,
the
globe
reported
that
public
school
enrollment
across
massachusetts
dropped
by
nearly
four
percent.
This
fall
a
clear
signal
that
many
families
have
pulled
their
children
out
of
public
schools.
AJ
The
steepest
decline
came
in
the
lowest
grades,
as
families
have
opted
to
keep
their
children
enrolled
in
private
school
programs,
even
if
it
means
delaying
kindergarten.
For
a
year,
kindergarten
enrollment
decreased
by
nearly
12
percent,
and
public
pre-kindergarten
enrollment
is
down
30
percent.
Those
two
grade
levels
combined
represent
almost
half
of
the
overall
enrollment
decline.
Statewide.
AJ
We
know
that
early
education
is
one
key
aspect
of
closing.
The
achievement
gap
in
bps,
k1
and
k2
spots
are
coveted,
as
families
want
to
have
their
children
benefit
from
high
quality
early
education.
How
present
party
included,
however,
due
to
the
lack
of
planning
and
concern
for
our
littlest
learners?
We
now
have
bts
schools
that
are
struggling
to
fill
these
seats.
Bps
schools
that
had
waitlists
80
families
long
in
the
spring
now
have
seats
open
in
their
k1
and
k2
programs.
AJ
AK
Allen
hi
I'm
a
teacher
at
the
hernandez,
I'm
a
mom
at
the
roosevelt,
I'm
also
a
hyde
park
resident
where,
even
when
you
change
how
you
measure
it
covet
rates,
still
top
seven
percent.
We
have
heard
from
a
lot
of
families
tonight
who
want
to
get
kids
back
to
school.
So
I
want
to
talk
about
the
people
who
aren't
here
tonight.
AK
People
like
the
city
residents,
who
don't
heed,
advice
to
stay
home,
and
why
would
they
when
casinos
and
restaurants
remain
open?
They
can't
see
their
families.
Of
course
they
saw
their
families
they
gathered
over
thanksgiving
and
we're
just
now
beginning
to
see
the
effects
that
that
is
having
on
our
copied
rates.
AK
I
know
that
in
the
past
three
days
I
have
learned
of
ten
new
cases
in
four
different
households,
and
that
is
just
among
the
people
I
work
with
directly.
I
don't
know
how
many
other
cases
there
are
in
our
school
community.
I
don't
know
how
many
other
cases
there
already
are
in
the
rest
of
bps.
I
know
that
my
students
and
my
colleagues
and
their
families
are
homesick
with
covid
right
now
so
they're
not
here
tonight.
AK
Dr
casilius
you've
said
that
buildings
don't
make
people
sick
and
you're
right.
It
is
people
who
get
each
other
sick
when
students
talk
their
masks
slip
down
and
they
fix
it
with
their
hands
on
the
exposed
part
because
they're,
not
healthcare
providers,
they're
kids,
when
an
asymptomatic
carrier
is
in
a
room
for
six
hours
with
other
people,
the
building
can
be
as
healthy
as
you
want.
The
virus
will
spread.
AK
AK
It
is
heartbreakingly
difficult
to
watch
how
he
is
suffering
in
remote
learning,
and
you
said
it's
worth
it
to
get
kids
like
my
son
back
to
school,
I'm
saying
it's
not
it's
not
worth
someone
else's
health,
it's
not
worth
it
for
someone
else's
life.
Your
child's
education
is
not
worth
more
than
another.
Bps's
students
life,
not
their
mother's
life,
not
their
grandmother,
not
their
teacher,
not
the
custodian,
not
a
bus
driver.
A
horrible
year
of
school,
not
worth
more
than
a
lifetime
school
is
important.
D
AL
I
commend
all
the
parents
who
are
here
tonight
and
all
the
speakers
who
highlighted
what
their
experience
has
been
like
for
themselves
and
for
their
children.
If
it
doesn't
shake
you
and
rattle
your
bones.
Thinking
about
the
inequities
in
education
right
now
in
our
society's
priorities,
then
I
don't
know
what
else
would
when
you
have
so
many
things
open
while
schools
are
closed
in
a
school
district
in
which
communities
of
color
are
the
ones
who
are
asked
to
make
sacrifices?
AL
You
hear
the
tone
from
the
parents
tonight
and
it's
so
different
from
the
tone
that
I
hear
from
the
boston
public
school
system
and
I'd.
Ask
that
there'd
be
a
greater
sense
of
urgency,
because
it's
not
just
that
online
learning
is
less
adequate
or
less
good.
Is
that
it's
actively
harmful
it's
actively
harmful
for
kids
that
are
regressing
and
not
learning.
AL
I
don't
know
whether
or
not
my
son
who's
in
kindergarten,
the
boston
public
school
system
is
going
to
have
to
go
a
year
without
going
to
school.
I'm
so
proud
of
him,
I'm
so
proud
of
my
son.
He
was
out
at
city
hall
today,
along
with
other
members
of
voices
for
for
bps
families,
and
he
was
there
to
raise
his
voice
for.
What's
right,
I
listen
to
christian
talk
tonight,
other
students
that
are
so
courageous.
AL
AL
AM
Thank
you.
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
welcome.
Thank
you
liz.
My
name
is
sarah
parker,
I'm
a
boston
resident.
I
have
a
fifth
grade
student,
2nd
grade
student
and
k2
student
who
attend
boston,
public
schools.
I
know
school
is
essential.
It
is
within
your
duty
as
a
member
of
the
governing
board
for
boston
public
schools
to
protect
the
students
of
bps,
and
you
are
completely
off
mark.
AM
The
doors
are
closed
to
bps,
schools,
all
children,
but,
more
importantly,
disadvantaged
children,
whether
through
disabilities
or
socioeconomic
factors,
move
to
the
back
of
society's
line,
the
miscommunication,
the
lack
of
transparency,
the
lack
of
urgency,
the
lack
of
a
plan
to
get
kids
back
to
school
is
alarming.
The
fact
that
return
to
school
is
not
even
on
the
agenda
tonight
is
criminal
members
of
the
committee.
You
should
be
putting
every
effort
forward
to
work
with
the
mayor,
the
superintendent's
office
and
bpu
to
make
this
happen.
Where
are
the
emergency
room
funds
that
were
received?
AM
Where
is
the
contingency
plan?
I've
listened
to
all
of
you
talk
for
hours
about
things
that
won't
even
matter
when
you
have
to
deal
with
the
social,
emotional
and
educational
ramifications
of
long-term
remote
learning.
It's
been
nine
months
other
than
the
obvious
issues
with
remote
learning.
Isolation
and
anxiety
are
frightening.
I
know
for
a
fact.
Middle
school
students
in
our
schools
are
being
hospitalized
for
suicide
attempts.
Students
are
not
showing
up
and
haven't
been
seen
for
weeks.
Students
are
having
breakdowns.
AM
Students
are
being
forced
to
turn
on
cameras
in
situations
that
are
uncomfortable
or
unsafe
for
them.
Reports
of
domestic
violence
and
child
abuse
is
on
the
rise.
Children
are
being
propelled
further
into
material
because
it's
considered
within
the
curriculum,
not
because
they
have
the
knowledge
or
skill
level,
further
widening
the
equity
gap.
AM
Personally,
as
a
mother
of
three
school-aged
children
as
an
advocate
for
kids,
this
is
what
I
have
to
say.
However,
I
fear
what
I
say
will
fall
on
deaf
ears,
so
here's
a
list
of
articles
which
I
will
email
to
all
of
you
publicize
with
evidence,
facts
and
figures
approved
schools
are
not
super
spreaders
too.
The
risk
of
mental
health
and
developmental
issues
far
aways
the
risk
of
contracting
coronavirus
at
school
mass
education.
Commissioner,
fears
of
spreading
your
time.
If
you
want.
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A
Our
next
action
items
are
two
collective
bargaining
agreements
between
the
boston
school
committee
and
the
boston
association
of
school
administrators
and
supervisors,
also
known
as
basis
you'll
recall
that
jeremiah
hassan
director
of
the
office
of
labor
relations
presented
these
agreements
to
the
committee
at
our
november
18th
meeting,
along
with
a
request
for
an
fy21
supplemental
appropriation
in
the
amount
of
one
million,
eight
hundred
and
fifty
seven
thousand
dollars
two
hundred
and
twenty
dollars,
and
I
will
now
open
it
up
to
the
committee.
If
there
are
any
final
questions
or
comments.
A
Okay,
if
there
are
no
further
questions,
I
would
like
to
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
the
collective
bargaining
agreement
between
the
boston
school
committee
and
the
boston
association
of
school
administrators
and
supervisors
from
september
1st
2016
through
august
31st
2018,
as
presented
so
moved.
Thank
you,
miss
robinson.
Is
there
a
second
dr?
Thank
you?
Is
there
any
discussion
or
objection
to
the
motion?
B
D
E
A
A
E
A
Thank
you.
Our
final
action
item
tonight
is
an
fy21
supplemental
appropriation
request
to
support
the
collective
bargaining
agreements
between
boston,
school
committee
and
basis
in
the
amount
of
1
857
220
000,
and
I
will
now
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
the
fy
21
supplemental
appropriation
request.
As.
A
D
J
E
A
C
C
And
then
we
will
take
a
deeper
dive
when
we
are
retreating
as
we
align
it
to
the
budget
and
our
strategy
as
we
move
forward
and
pivot
toward
a
more
strategic
direction
and
becoming
an
anti-racist
organization
and
school
district.
With
our
training
on
the
ninth
and
also
the
deeper
retreat
on
the
12th.
As
we
look
at
our
outlook
for
the
future.
As
we
return
strong
and
recover
and
reimagine
bps,
so
nate
monet
give
it
over
to
you.
AQ
AQ
AQ
Well,
that's
going
to
be
you're
going
to
get
the
the
headline
before
I
get
the
chance
to
read
it
and
not
hear
my
emphatic
tone
we
wanted
to.
I
wanted
to
introduce
first
to
monica
roberts
as
well
as
brian
mclaughlin,
our
director
of
capital
planning
tonight
we're
going
to
be
walking
you
through
an
update.
As
the
superintendent
mentioned.
Our
update
this
evening
is
focused
on
projects
that
had
begun
prior
to
to
kovid.
AQ
We
had
last
come
to
the
school
committee
in
november
of
2019
to
talk
about
projects
that
were
being
accelerated,
and
this
is
our
first
opportunity
to
update
you.
We
had
intended
to
come
to
you
in
april
with
a
more
ambitious
time
frame
and
that,
unfortunately,
has
been
disrupted,
but
tonight
we're
we're
going
to
be
walking
you
through
the
projects
that
were
active
and
underway.
AQ
AQ
You're
going
to
see
us
kind
of
categorize
this,
the
first
section
that
I
want
to
introduce
brian
mclaughlin
is
going
to
talk
about
our
active
construction
projects.
These
are
the
big
initiatives
that
have
been
moving
forward.
This
is
the
first
time
I've
gotten
to,
I
think,
introduce
brian
to
to
the
school
committee.
Brian
joined
us
on
march
9th,
and
we
had
about
two
meetings
in
person
about
build
bps
before
obviously
moving
into
a
remote
remote
meeting
schedule.
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AR
AR
It
did
not
have
an
auditorium
or
appropriate
spaces
to
support
an
art
school.
The
design
of
the
new
building
includes
the
ability
to
accommodate
upwards
of
500
students,
so
so
there'll
be
a
small
increase
in
the
student
population
of
the
school.
I
will
support
all
academics
in
the
five
art,
majors
theater,
dance,
music
design
and
visual
arts,
along
with
fashion
technology.
AR
In
addition
to
the
typical
classrooms
in
science,
labs
required
at
any
high
school.
The
new
baa
will
feature
a
500
seat
auditorium
with
a
princemium
stage
in
a
scene:
shop,
a
200
seat,
black
box,
theater,
four
new
dance,
studios,
visual
art,
studios,
recording
studio,
a
coral
room
and
a
550
seat.
Recital
hall,
the
new
building
will
be
five
stories.
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AR
The
project
will
also
modify
the
existing
streetscape
across
from
the
backside
of
fenway
park,
winding
sidewalks,
shortening
crosswalks
and
adding
trees
and
street
furniture
for
a
more
welcoming
experience
as
students
enter
the
building.
The
cost
of
this
project
is
just
over
124
million
dollars
and
will
be
receiving
upwards
of
48
million
dollars
in
reimbursement
from
the
massachusetts
school
building
authority.
AR
Second
major
project,
which
is
currently
in
design,
is
the
josiah
quincy
upper
school
that
the
rendering
of
this
project
is
in
the
lower
left.
The
jqs
is
a
6
to
12
middle
high
school
that
offers
an
international
baccalaureate
program.
This
requires
a
full
range
of
academic,
social,
cultural
and
physical
education
programs.
AR
Although
the
building
has
seen
some
small
renovation
projects
to
support
new
technology
and
address
accessibility
issues,
it
has
seen
no
major
projects
in
the
last
50
years.
The
facilities
lighting
fire
alarm
systems,
accessibility
above
the
first
floor,
signage
rooms
and
academic
specialty
spaces
are
lacking
and
do
not
meet
city
standards.
AR
AR
Today
the
city
council
voted
to
support
an
appropriation
that
will
that
appropriates
193
million
dollars
to
support
the
construction
of
this
project.
The
project
was
moved
forward
back
on
october
28th
by
a
vote
of
the
massachusetts
school
building
authority,
and
today
the
city
council
again
took
the
second
vote
to
appropriate
funds
to
support
the
construction
of
this
project.
AR
AR
The
new
jqs
will
be
a
six
story:
middle
high
school,
with
an
increase
of
enrollment
to
650
students
for
grades
six
to
twelve
design
in
the
middle,
build
new
building
will
emphasize
flexibility,
collegiality
and
collaboration
amongst
students,
staff.
The
new
state
of
the
art
school
will
have
21st
century
learning,
spaces
for
music,
art
and
science.
It
will
have
a
full-size,
gymnasium
auditorium
media
center
and
cafeteria.
AR
The
building's
mechanical
and
other
electrical
systems
in
the
selection
of
durable
building
materials
will
support
the
city
of
boston,
public
boston,
public
schools,
sustainability
initiatives
and
the
new
school
have
an
enhanced
hvac
system.
Hvac
system
that
will
address
all
outside
air
concerns
the
location
adjacent
to
the
massachusetts
turnpike.
AR
The
final
large
major
build
is
the
carter
school
for
those
of
you
who
know
the
school
you're
aware
of
the
amazing
students
and
staff
of
the
carter.
This
school
is
located
on
the
border
of
boston's,
lowell,
roxbury
and
south
end
neighborhood.
The
existing
building
was
built
in
1970s
as
a
temporary
facility.
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
Bps
currently
provides
safe,
clean
drinking
water
at
all,
bps
building
locations
through
bottled
water
and
drinking
water,
fountains
or
drinking
water,
fountains,
boston,
public
schools
is
a
recent
recipient
of
6.2
million
grant
on
the
us
epa's
reduction
in
lead
exposure
via
drinking
water
program.
This
grant
matched
by
the
mayor's
capital.
Investment
will
be
used
to
install
and
test
1400
filtered
bottle
refill
stations
across
the
87
bps
buildings
that
use
bottled
water
as
their
sole
source
of
drinking
water.
AR
In
2016,
bps
passed
the
bps
drinking
water
access
policy,
demonstrating
its
readiness
for
this
grant.
Since
that
time,
bps
has
successfully
piloted
this
initiative
at
17.
Schools
has
implemented
rigorous
testing
and
communication
requirements,
updated
the
policy
and
created
a
new
procedural
document
in
2019
to
meet
stricter
federal
and
state
guidelines
in
one
massdep's
2018
systems
taking
action
to
re
to
reduce
lead
award.
AR
Another
effort
underway
is
the
myway
cafe
which
updates
schools,
kitchens
and
cafeterias
throughout
the
district,
we're
in
the
third
year
of
construction
in
implementation
of
my
way
cafe
to
date,
90
school
90,
plus
school
kitchens
have
been
transformed
to
support
my
way
cafe.
Food
programs
costs
associated
with
the
work
on
these
renovations
is
over
18
million
dollars.
AR
AR
AQ
The
next
section
that
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
today
includes
grade
configurations,
and
this
also
represents
the
two
items
that
we're
asking
you
to
take
action
item
and
school
committee
votes
on
next.
At
the
next
meeting
in
two
weeks
per
the
school
committee's
vote
on
may
22nd
in
2019
we're
working
to
simplify
our
grade
configurations
in
boston
to
create
two
primary
pathways
k
to
six
schools,
aligned
to
seven
to
twelve
high
schools
and
k
to
eight
schools
aligned
to
9
through
12
high
schools.
AQ
School
before
we
talk
about
the
specifics
of
the
project,
one
of
the
two
projects,
I
wanted
to
refer
to
information
that
we've
published
before
on
the
rationale
for
phasing
out
our
standalone
middle
schools.
This
information
has
been
included
in
our
previous
build
bps
reports
and
in
our
prior
updates
to
the
school
committee.
AQ
One
point
I
wanted
to
revisit
in
particular
is
the
impact
of
family
choice
and
enrollment
patterns
on
our
standalone
middle
schools.
As
of
school
year
1718
the
year
on
which
the
phase
two
report
was
based.
Enrollment
in
standalone
middle
schools
had
declined
by
nearly
1800
students
over
the
prior
six
years.
AQ
AQ
Years
in
may
2019,
we
formally
launched
a
planning
process
to
merge,
bcla,
the
boston
community
leadership
academy
and
the
mccormick
middle
school.
While
we've
had
some
disruption
in
the
planning,
we
are
ready
to
bring
with
you
an
updated
plan
for
providing
much
needed
clarity
to
both
school
communities.
AQ
We
are
asking
that
you
take
the
vote
that
allows
us
to
formally
merge
the
two
schools
from
the
student
and
teacher
experience.
This
is
a
merger.
All
students
will
be
automatically
enrolled
in
the
new
7-12
high
school
and
we're
merging
the
two
school
staffs
together
for
the
new
7-12
high
school.
However,
to
move
forward
the
school
that
we
need
the
school
committee
to
require
to
vote
officially
to
close
one
of
the
two
schools,
I
also
want
to
note
that
we're
beginning
the
process
of
moving
the
school
community
into
the
mccormick
school
building
and
next
year.
AQ
AQ
AQ
This
phase
move
allows
us
to
complete
more
renovation
projects,
to
be
ready
to
ready
the
building,
to
become
a
high
school
and
to
limit
the
number
of
students
who
will
be
asked
to
move
from
the
hyde
park.
Education
complex
where
they're
enrolled
now
to
the
columbia
point
campus
of
the
mccormick,
the
bcla
mccormack
7-12.
AQ
AQ
You
can
expect
to
see
more
details
about
this
capital
plan
from
the
mccormick
or
the
columbia
point
school
site
in
when
we
present
our
fy
22
capital
plan.
Later
this
sorry
in
the
in
the
beginning,
part
of
next
year,
and
while
we
are
referring
to
bcla
mccormack
7
through
12,
which
is
what
families
will
see
when
they
go
to
choose
the
new
school
for
the
next
school
year,
we
will
be
launching
a
formal
renaming
process
per
the
school
committee
policy.
AQ
AQ
Our
goal
is
to
ensure
that
all
students
currently
enrolled
in
the
edwards
will
have
the
opportunity
to
to
transition
to
a
new
school
where
they'll
have
as
good
or
better
of
an
educational
experience
for
the
current
eighth
graders.
This
is
a
planned
transition,
as
they
would
have
exited
the
sixth
through
eighth
middle
school
anyway,
and
they
will
enter
the
choice
for
other
with
other
eighth
graders
at
during
this
school
choice
season.
AQ
In
a
few
months
for
the
current
seventh
graders,
we
are
adding
a
seventh
and
eighth
grade
program
to
charlestown
high
school,
to
give
them
the
opportunity
to
move
as
a
cohort
and
stay
in
the
neighborhood
for
those
that
do
not
want
to
transition
to
charlestown
high
school.
We
will
also
be
giving
them
a
priority
in
the
assignment
rounds
that
will
allow
them
to
choose
to
enroll
in
one
of
the
area.
AQ
K-8
schools,
including
the
mckay
and
umana
in
east
boston,
for
those
students
from
east
boston
who
want
to
enroll
closer
to
home
for
the
staff
larissa
doherty,
the
edwards
principal
and
tommy
welch.
The
school
superintendent
supporting
the
edwards
middle
school
have
already
begun
to
take
steps
to
support
them
during
this
closure.
AQ
I
need
to
apologize
and
note
that
an
earlier
version
of
this
presentation,
which
was
used
as
the
basis
for
the
translated
versions
that
will
be
posted
had
inadvertently
left
the
jackson,
man
pry
off
of
the
list
of
fy
21
priorities.
That's
at
the
bottom
here,
both
the
horace
mann
and
jackson.
Man
dealing
with
the
building
emergency
in
austin
brighton,
is
one
of
our
priorities
for
this
year,
as
well
as
these
other
four
other
projects
that
are
listed
on
this
slide.
AQ
For
the
horace
mann,
the
big
update
in
this
category
has
to
do
with
the
planned
transition
out
of
their
current
building.
We
had
originally
announced
that
the
horace
mann
would
stay
in
the
jackson
mann
complex
through
the
end
of
this
school
year
and
would
move
into
swing
space
for
the
beginning
of
next
school
year.
The
plan
is
now
being
reevaluated
and
we
will
plan
to
keep
the
horace
man
in
the
building
until
the
end
of
the
next
school
year
until
june
2022..
AQ
The
investments
that
we
made,
most
notably
in
the
air
handling
system,
which
was
the
big
concern
around
the
the
jackson,
man
and
horace
mann
facility,
were
originally
planned
so
that
they
could
withstand
and
keep
the
building
open
for
three
or
four
years.
So
we
are
not
at
risk
of
a
building
emergency
causing
us
to
have
to
change
this
timeline
again.
We
are
still
working
with
the
same
urgency
to
change
and
find
swing
space,
but
we
are
not,
as
concerned
about
the
air
handling
system,
as
we
were
when
we
first
announced
this.
AQ
AQ
When
we
announce
the
1
billion
one
billion
dollar
10-year
bill
bps
plan,
there
was
always
a
commitment
to
have
msba
resources
as
part
of
that
billion
dollars.
We
estimated
at
the
time
270
million
of
the
one
billion
dollars
would
be
msba,
so
this
is
consistent
with
our
messaging
around
the
msba
and
the
total
billion
dollar
investment.
AQ
The
jackson
man
update
is
similar
in
that
the
timeline
has
been
changed,
so
they
will
be
in
the
building
through
the
end
of
next
year
we
are
working
with
lijia,
noriega
murphy,
to
identify
and
design
with
her
the
long-term
plan
for
the
school
and
the
students
who
are
enrolled
there.
Today,
we
launched
another
survey
with
the
school
community
so
that
they
can
provide
us
feedback,
and
let
us
know
what
options
they
would
like
us
to
explore.
I
Thank
you
nate
good
evening,
everyone.
So
just
a
little
bit,
you've
heard
some
about
the
our
work
with
our
linguistic
communities
around
the
dual
language
programs.
The
office
of
english
learners
has
been
engaging
with
two
of
the
communities
that
have
sought
to
access
programs
through
the
looked
act,
specifically
the
vietnamese
and
kabul
virgin
communities.
I
I
In
the
this
last
school
year,
1920
bps
launched
a
two
upk
one
class
of
k1
classrooms
and
a
k2
classroom
at
viet
8,
which
housed
the
program.
The
committee
supported
that
effort.
They
continue
to
meet
monthly
as
well
and
have
launched
a
teacher
work
group
to
support
the
work
in
the
k2
classroom
that
is
currently
residing
at
viet.
I
The
work
of
the
with
the
cabo
verdean
community
started
in
the
2015-2016
school
year
when
they
submitted
a
request
for
cape
verdean
creole
dual
language
program.
They
had
over
100
signatures
in
support
of
this.
In
april
2020,
a
committee
was
formally
launched
that
community
has
met
twice
up
to
twice
a
month.
I
From
april
to
july
of
this
year,
the
committee's
goals
were
to
launch
a
heritage
program
for
the
2020
2021
school
year,
so
that
is
the
school
year
and
to
plan
for
a
k-1
classroom
for
the
2021-22
school
year,
as
was
shared
at
the
last
meeting.
A
heritage
course
is
going
to
be
piloted
at
the
burke
high
school,
starting
in
january,
with
the
virg,
the
vision
of
growing
the
options.
I
So
that's
students
on
the
path
to
earn
the
sale
of
buy
literacy,
the
office
of
of
student
and
family
and
community
engagement
and
the
office
of
english
learners
are
going
to
collaborate.
An
ongoing
engagement
with
the
vietnamese
and
cabo
verdean
communities,
as
well
as
the
this
would
include
not
just
the
school
communities,
but
also
the
broader
communities.
I
In
regards
to
the
dual
language
programs,
the
vietnamese
dual
language
community
is
currently
meeting
every
other
monday.
The
cabo
verdian
community
meeting
is
the
next
one
will
be
held
in
december
and
we'll
be
providing
an
update
on
the
work
that
happens.
This
planet
is
planned
for
the
burke
and
for
the
k1
classroom.
I
More
broadly,
as
a
district,
we
are
going
to
plan,
engage
opportunities
around
a
programmatic
options
available
due
to
look
act
and
partnership
with
office
of
english
learner.
We
hope
to
start
to
build
a
shared
understanding
of
the
options,
as
well
as
the
benefits
for
our
students,
of
all
the
programs
that
that
will
be
available
as
as
we
move
forward
next
slide.
Please.
I
This
slide
is
more
focused,
broadly
on
billbps.
We
have,
as
chief
cooter
pointed
out,
not
been
talking
more
publicly
about
bill
bps
for
a
while,
because
of
some
we
had
pause
and
due
to
the
pandemic,
but
now
we
want
to
get
back
out
and
really
reorient
folks
with
where
we
are
with
bill
bps
the
the
projects
that
we
just
talked
about.
I
I
They
have
been
seeking
to
survey
students
to
get
their
ideas
about
the
design
of
the
school
about
the
school
culture,
so
that
work
will
continue.
We
will
also
be
talking
to
local
residents
and
businesses
in
the
area
of
the
facility
with
charlestown
and
east
bost.
East
boston,
high
school
in
the
edwards
we'll
be
having
conversations
with
both
residents
in
the
community,
as
well
as
staff
and
families
in
the
school
communities
to
plan
for
the
transition.
I
We're
doing
a
lot
of
work,
around
staff
transition
to
support
that
as
well
as
student
transition,
and
making
sure
that
our
families
understand
the
options
available
to
them
as
we,
the
the
edward
school
transitions
and,
lastly,
horace
mann
and
jackson.
Mann
we've
been
engaging
them
over
the
last
few
months.
Mr
peters
spoke
to
that.
So
I
won't
spend
a
lot
of
time
there
just
to
say
that
we
continue
to
work
very
closely
with
them
around
the
next
steps
around
space
and
options
for
them.
I
A
A
K
Rivera
sorry,
let's
try
to
do
the
raised
hand
function.
Thank
you,
okay.
You
know
I
just
have
to
be
honest,
it's
really
hard
to
think
about
building
bps
at
this
moment,
given
how
much
work
is
still
needed
to
get
our
schools
all
of
our
schools
ready,
as
well
as
the
current
declines
in
our
enrollments.
K
So
I
just
I
guess,
I'm
just
wondering
how
how
are
the
current
declines
in
the
enrollments
that
we're
experiencing
right
now,
you
know
how
could
this
affect
some
of
these?
These
plans,
like
should,
should
we
be
taking
a
pause
on
on
on
some
of
this,
given
the
fact
that
there
are
potentially
going
to
be
some
really
significant
changes
in
the
enrollments
throughout
the
whole
district?
C
AQ
Just
in
terms
of
you
know,
some
of
these
changes
are
significant
to
communities
and
how
do
we
continue
to
move
forward
on
this
important
work,
particularly
the
reconfiguration
work,
while
our
community
is
going
through
this
collective
experiences,
collective
trauma
and
that's
why
we
narrowed
it
to
only
those
projects
where
we
had
had
made
public
commitments
prior?
The
other
thing
that
I'll
just
say
about
the
k-6
are
the
the
seven
through
twelve
expansions
and
the
edwards
move.
AQ
The
other
thing
in
the
context
of
enrollment
declines.
You
may
recall
that
when
we
announced
the
expansion
of
k-6
in
east
boston
and
7-12
plans
for
east
boston
high
school.
Originally
we
had
thought
that
those
plans
were
going
to
need
to
be
a
few
years
out,
because
east
boston
had
such
high
enrollment
and
those
schools
had
too
much
capacity
to
serve
not
enough
capacity
to
serve
all
the
kids
and,
with
some
enrollment
declines,
that
we
had
experience
in
east
boston
prior
to
covid.
AQ
It
created
an
opportunity
and
created
the
space
in
the
buildings
to
move
the
configurations
faster,
and
so
what
we're?
We
are
going
to
come
back
with
updates
on
enrollment
projections,
and
I
think
it
should
lead
to
more
discussions
about
what
this
means
for
build,
bps
and
the
timelines,
but
that
we
do
think
that
the
moves
that
we're
making
now
around
these
reconfigurations
are
in
the
best
interest
of
a
solid
enrollment
plan
and
a
solid
plan
for
the
district
moving
forward.
K
Just
one
more
question,
because
I
you
know,
I
joined
the
school
committee
also
when
this
these
these
plans
had
already
been,
and
you
know,
planning
for
a
while.
So
could
you
remind
me
why
the
edwards
was?
Was
a
decision
made
to
close?
Is
it
because
of
just
a
great
configuration
or
was
there's
some
problem
with
the
building
itself?
Just
want
a
her,
a
real,
quick
one.
If
you
don't
mind.
AQ
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
clarify
that
so
the
both
the
mccormick
the
mccormick
was
selected
as
the
first
middle
school
to
move
forward,
both
because
of
the
availability
in
area
elementary
schools
to
take
on
sixth
grade
and
then
knowing
that
the
building
needed
limited
renovations
to
be
able
to
to
move
forward
structurally.
So
it
had
the
good
infrastructure
in
place
already,
so
it
was
not
a
building
emergency.
It
was
a
strategic
move
to
reconfigure
that
middle
school.
AQ
AQ
We
do
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
think
about
upgrades
that
are
needed
to
the
building,
while
it's
empty,
so
that
you
know
we've
disrupted
the
community
the
buildings
in
the
empty.
There
will
be
some
renovations
particularly
focused
on
ada
compliance
and
improving
and
upgrading
the
buildings,
but
that
will
again
not
be
a
significant
multi-year
project.
What
we
want
to
be
able
to
do
is
very
quickly
use
that,
as
as
a
school
building
space
in
charlestown
and
to
help
understand
and
meet
the
needs
of
that
community.
B
C
AR
AR
So
we're
working
with
the
contractor
now
in
the
boston
public
facilities
department,
who
is
managing
the
project
to
identify
when
we
can
get
into
those
spaces.
So
those
students
can
experience
this
beautiful
building,
first
hand
school
leader
and
clock
and
others
have
been
heavily
involved
in
in
the
meetings
that
have
been
ongoing
about
this
project
and
we're
going
to
be.
B
Okay,
thank
you,
the
okay,
so
one
of
the
other
issue
is,
as
we
were
talking
about
the
the
issue
now
of
the
edwards
between
its
original
promise
to
the
horus
man.
But
now
it
will
remain
as
part
of
the
charlestown
community.
Has
there
been
thought
about
what
kind
of
school
the
edwards
would
become?
We've
heard
a
lot
often
from
families
with
young
children.
Saying
they're,
not
enough
seats.
You
know.
Are
you
thinking
of
another
elementary
another
k-6?
AQ
Yeah
I
want
to
first
start
by
apologizing
for
the
confusion
around
the
edwards
building,
as
it
relates
to
the
horace
mann
school.
We
did
ask
members
of
the
school
community
who
were
part
of
the
planning
team
to
walk
the
edwards
space
and
they
were
led
to
believe
that
it
was.
You
know
the
offer
that
it
was
for
them
to
sort
of
say.
Yes,
this
is
the
space
I
want
compared
to
some
of
the
other
sites
or
other
places
where
we
we
may
be
able
to
find
space
there.
AQ
There
were
a
number
of
challenges
in
terms
of
the
timeline
for
the
edwards
building
and
then,
ultimately
the
it.
It
was
not
meant
to
be
an
offer,
and
so
I
think
that's
caused
some
confusion
and
frustration
and,
as
you
heard
from
remember
the
community
tonight,
so
I
just
want
to
apologize
again
for
that
and
the
the
future
plans
for
the
edwards
building.
AQ
I
think
we
have
heard
a
lot
from
that
community
around
the
need
for
early
childhood
seats
as
we
have
across
the
city,
and
so
we
do.
You
know
I
think
we
need
to
have
conversations
about.
Does
it
make
sense?
As
part
you
know,
charlestown
is
easy
because
there's
only
a
few
options
right,
there's
the
harvard
kent,
the
warren
prescott
and
then
charlestown
high
school,
and
so
because
we
don't
think
that
there's
there's
a
there's
a
need
for
additional
supplementary
space
for
charleston
high
school.
AQ
We
are
talking
about
it
as
supplemental
elementary
space.
I
don't
think
we're
necessarily
looking
to
grow
a
new
school,
but
that's
part
of
the
conversation
that
we
want
to
have
with
the
community
this
spring
and
it
certainly
would
meet
the
needs
of
our
upk
commitment
to
be
able
to
expand
more
k-1
seats
in
charlestown.
B
AD
C
P
C
Quality
to
the
health
and
safety
of
our
our
children
and
our
staff
that
are
in
the
buildings,
the
overall
cost
of
our
buildings,
the
pathway
work
that
you
all
passed
prior
to
my
coming
and
that
impact
on
enrollment
and
the
and
we'll
break
that
down
by
demographics.
So
you
can
see
how
many
kids
were
losing
by
neighborhood
and
by
race
and
ethnicity
and
grade
level.
C
B
B
Having
adequate
swing
space
to
house,
a
community
continues
to
be
disruptive
with
again
with
all
the
coded
changes
and
many
you
know,
and
not
knowing
what's
going
to
go
on
with
any
other
number
of
buildings
in
the
city,
is
there
an
opportunity
to
identify
some
types
of
spaces
that
could
be
that
could
serve
over
the
next
decade
as
swing
space?
That
would
be.
You
know
something
that
the
district
can
hold
on
to
to
move.
Various
populations
through
as
renovations
or
new
buildings
are.
C
Taking
place,
we
have
to
think
of
that
right.
We
have
to
think
of
that,
as
we
think
about
any
new
builds
or
major
renovations
that
we
want
to
make
or
additions.
Sometimes
those
can
happen.
We
think
like
at
the
mccormick
by
delaying
you
know
splitting
the
grade
levels
from
coming.
We
might
be
able
to
have
them
on
one
floor
and
then
do
the
other
floor
not
have
as
much
disruption,
but
there
may
be
times
when
the
you
know.
You
have
to
completely
move
out
if
you're
going
to
do
a
whole
new
build
or
a
very.
C
L
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
superintendent
and
mr
cooter.
Is
it
and
thank
you
for
your
presentation,
beautiful
presentation,
my
question.
One
of
my
first
questions
was
about
the
upgrades
to
the
drink,
to
the
water,
the
water
fountains
in
schools.
I
think
it's
brilliant.
It's
something
that
b
sac
has
been
pushing
for
for
quite
some
time,
so
I
just
wanted
to
commend
the
superintendent,
her
team,
the
city
for
really
putting
money
into
that.
L
L
So
my
question
was
like
more
inquiring
about
the
cleanliness
and
health
of
these
found
these
water
fountains,
because
if
I
was
a
student
I
wouldn't
want
to
like
you
know,
bend
down
to
like
get
water
after,
like
so
close,
my
mouth
so
close
to
it
after
another
student,
just
previously
did
by
pre
after
post
covid,
since,
like
nothing's,
really
gonna
be
going
back
to
normal.
After
this
that's.
C
A
really
good
point
kimani
and
we'll
go
back
and
bring
that
to
our
environmental
team
around
it
fountains
and
the
safety
of
fountains,
and
would
that
mean
more
refill
stations?
And
what
does
that
mean,
and
so
we'll
definitely
bring
that
back
around
to
our
environmental
team?
And
thank
you
for
that
suggestion.
L
Thank
you.
My
second
question
is
about
my
weight.
Cafe
again,
I
think
it's
absolutely
brilliant.
I'm
very
very
excited
for
it.
My
question,
so
I
know
that
the
presentation
said
that
over
90
schools
have
transformed
their
kitchens
to
support
my
weight
cafes
and
then
the
final
phasing
will
begin
in
the
summer
of
2021.
L
AQ
I'm
not
aware
of
any
particular
surveys.
I
can
go
back
to
the
food
nutrition
team
and
find
out
if
they've
done
any
surveys.
You
know
I
will
say
one
of
the
things
that
we
watch
is
participation
at
my
way
cafes,
and
you
know,
I
think
that
we've
seen
participation
go
into
two
sort
of
directions.
As
we
roll
at
milway
cafes
for
some
of
the
the
schools
at
myway
cafes,
they
were
former
what
we
refer
to
as
satellite
schools.
AQ
There
was
sometimes
a
mix,
and
so
we
needed
the
the
team
on
the
food
nutrition
services
side
would
often
work
with
the
different
cafeteria
managers
to
understand
the
unique
sort
of
tastes
and
interest
of
the
schools,
while
also
maintaining
and
promoting
the
healthier
foods
that
sometimes
students
won't
take
and,
as
a
parent
of
an
eight-year-old
I
can.
I
can
vouch
for
the
sometimes
struggle
to
get
him
to
eat
his
vegetables,
but
you
know
so
it's
it's.
AQ
C
So
we
just
also
want
to
mention
a
big
thanks
to
the
mayor
and
the
shaw
family
foundation
for
their
incredible
work,
to
get
those
started
several
years
ago
and
to
have
the
vision
and
forthright
tenacity
to
really
focus
on
quality
food
for
students,
rather
than
the
pre-packaged,
which
is
a
goal
of
mine
and
a
goal
of
our
food
nutrition
staff.
As
we
begin
to
actually
prepare
food
right
on
site,
and
so
we've
been
able
to
expand
the
13
so
far,
and
we
continue
to
expand
more.
C
L
Yes,
thank
you
for
the
response.
I
guess
I'll
just
leave.
I
guess
I'll
just
turn
my
question
into
a
I'll
turn
that
question
to
a
suggestion
to
whenever
we
go
back
into
schools
sort
of
having-
I
guess
you
know,
I
guess
one
or
two
surveys
in
the
year
for
students
to
sort
of
give
their
opinions
about
what
they
think
about
mwc.
L
My
next
question
is
about
bathroom
upgrades,
again
very,
very,
very
happy
to
see
that
happening
again,
just
shout
out
to
the
city
and
to
just
everyone,
who's
been
pushing
for
that
and
working
on
that,
especially
bsac,
something
that
bsac
has
been
working
on
as
sort
of
an
independent
project.
I
know
definitely
from
last
year
and
possibly
could
be
looped
into
this
is
providing
menstrual
products
for
women
in
the
in
the
female
bathrooms,
especially
if
we're
talking
about
renovating
our
bathrooms.
I
think
you
know,
if
you
guys
are
already
thinking
about
that.
L
C
Want
me
to
comment
on
that,
mr
james.
We
are
providing
menstrual
products
and
we're
also
partnering
with
katie's
closet,
who
has
just
been
absolutely
fantastic
in
providing
products
even
during
the
covid
response
at
our
food
distribution,
centers
and
so
just
very
thankful
to
katie's
closet
for
their
partnership
and
then
our
school
nurses
as
well,
who
are
working
with
our
student
body.
We
do
have
a
request
from
vsac
and
from
some
of
the
students
to
have
them
available
in
the
in
the
bathrooms.
C
L
I
had
I
had
two
more
things
so
one
was.
I
noticed
that
the
pictures
of
the
bathrooms
to
me
personally,
they
looked
a
little
bit
dull.
I
know
that
bathrooms
aren't
supposed
to
look
fancy
or
anything,
theoretically
speaking,
but
I
think
it
would
be
really
interesting
to
sort
of
have
some
type
of
like
collaborative
effort
with
individual
art
departments
in
schools
and
their
students
to
sort
of
like
spruce
up
the
the
the
bathroom
stalls
and
just
the
bathrooms
in
general.
I
have
some
photos.
C
And
we
talked
with
the
young
people,
I
think
we
talked
with
bisac
about
that
and
or
the
youth
cabinet.
I
can't
remember
because
we
brought
it
forward
to
a
local
foundation
to
talk
with
them
about
possibly
doing
some
partnering
with
us
on
that.
So
it
reminds
me
to
circle
back
around
and
and
I'd
love
to
have
your
partnership
on
that,
mr
james
and
and
be
sack
of.
L
Course,
thank
you
and
then
my
very
last
suggestion
sort
of
concern
I
would
say,
is
I
read
the
equity
impact
statement
for
this
presentation
and
I
was
a
tad
bit
concerned
that
I
I
wouldn't
want
to.
I
wouldn't
want
to
pull
it
up
and
like
go
recite.
It
word
for
word
I
feel
like
that
would
be
tedious,
but
the
point
is
I
didn't
see
anywhere
in
there.
L
That
said,
students
were
involved
in
the
decision
sort
of
like
these,
like
decision
making
processes,
because
while
these
are
while,
in
my
opinion,
these
are
great,
these
are
great.
These
are
overall
great.
You
know
projects
and
changes
being
made
to
our
schools
in
our
system.
I
do
think
that
there
are,
you
know
there
are
going
to
be
people
out
there
who
disagree
and
I
always
feel
cautious
and
hesitant
sort
of
like
fully
putting
my
support
behind
something
without
knowing
how
other
people
feel
and
I
believe
in
the
equity
impact
statement.
L
It
just
said
you
know
like
bp.
There
are
some
bps
officials
that
worked
on
it.
I
believe
referred
to
teachers.
I
think
parents,
but
I
just
I
didn't
see
the
word
students
in
there,
which
I
found
very
concerning
and
these
are
again
I
always
bring
this
up
at
every
meeting.
I
feel
like
I'm
getting
like
really
repetitive,
but
you
know
when
we
talk
about
equity,
I
I'm
confused
as
to
how
we
can
talk
about
equity
without
talking
about
students
being
involved
in
the
work.
L
C
A
Thank
you,
mr
james.
I
just
have
a
couple
of
comments.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
I
definitely
want
to
ditto
a
few
things
mr
james
said
about.
You
know,
congratulations
on
the
water
and
I
think
many
of
us
on
on
this
lift
through
the
water
experience.
So
it's
great
where
we
are
and
have
adopted
a
policy
and
be
able
to
have
this
money
and
do
these
upgrades.
A
I
know
our
previous
colleague,
regina
robinson,
and
I
talked
a
lot
about
bathrooms
a
few
years
ago.
I
know
she'd
be
really
happy
to
know
that
we're
you
know
working
on
the
bathrooms.
I
think
it
seems
like
a
small
thing
to
people
but
really
bathrooms.
You
know
let
our
students
know
how
we
feel
about
them
and
I
think
they're
really
important,
and
I
agree
with
mr
james's
comments.
I
mean
there's
so
many
like
the
museum.
Has
these,
like
amazing
bathrooms,
the
bar
foundation.
A
I
mean
there's
like
just,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
talent
within
bps
to
design
those
and
just
make
them
nice,
and
even
have
you
know,
boards
that
students
can
write
on
which
would
deter
from
you
know
any
other
writing
on
the
walls
or
anything.
If
you
have
you
know,
people
have
found
having
like
those
blackboards
painted
on,
etc
will
be
great.
So
I'm
really
glad
to
see
the
bathroom
piece.
The
you
know.
The
other
thing
is
dr
rivera.
A
The
thing
I
I
do
want
to
say
is:
I
know
I'm
getting
ahead
of
myself.
I'll
just
say
it
here,
but
I
would
like
us,
as
we
discuss,
build
bps
to
look
at
some
other
areas
in
our
boston
neighborhoods.
You
know
like
mattapan,
who
don't
have
and
haven't
had
attention,
so
I
I
want
to
say
that
for
the
the
edwards
building
before
the
next
school
committee
meeting,
I
personally
would
like
to
see
the
analysis
behind
that
decision
in
terms
of
how
it
will
be
used,
or
maybe
it's
too
early.
A
A
A
Why
is
there
no
my
way
cafe
at
her
school
so
because
she
hears
about
it
all
the
time
and
mr
james,
I
don't
know
if
if
it's
happening
anymore,
but
I
know
the
youth
that
I
work
with
worked
on,
they
presented
something
around
nutrition
advisory
councils,
which
were
students
that
were
like
tasting
food
and
giving
opinions.
I
don't
know
if
that's
still
happening,
but
that
would
be
just
another
way
to
get
input
from
students
moving
forward.
So
that
is
just
all
my
comments.
A
I
appreciate
again
the
presentation
and
I
thank
everyone
for
testifying
tonight.
I
thank
all
the
committee
members
and
we
look
forward
to
taking
action
on
these
recommendations
at
our
next
meeting.
So
now
we're
going
to
move
on
to
public
comment
on
reports.
I
don't
know,
ms
sullivan,
if
we
have
any
speakers
for
public
comment.
J
You
know
for
me,
you
know,
and
and
and
yes,
I'm
I'm
an
old
guy,
with
gray
hair
and
and
so
12
o'clock
at
night
is
a
tough
time
for
me
to
turn
on
to
be
functional
and
so
how
we
can
balance
those
is,
I
think,
going
to
be
important
for
our
effectiveness
and
our
ability
to
serve
our
our
children
and
our
ability
to
serve
the
faculty
and
staff
that
we
we
want
to
support
to
do
that.
Well,
in
addition
to
being
open
to
the
community.
J
J
If
more,
I
see
some
nodding
heads,
but
if
everyone's
comfortable
with
the
stupid
structure,
I
don't
want
to
get
in
the
way,
but
I
I
would-
and
I
would
particularly
like
to
have
this
conversation
outside
of
an
emergency.
I
don't
want
to
sound
like
I
don't
want
to
hear
about
people
about
budget.
I
don't
want
to
hear
people
about
the
exam
schools
I
do.
I
do
I
do,
but
I
want
to
hear
it
in
a
way
that
I
can
use
effectively
to
support
the
community
and
the.
Q
A
Thank
you,
dr
coleman.
I
so
appreciate
your
comments.
I
I'm
hoping
at
our
retreat.
Part
of
my
plan
is
to
have
a
conversation
about
this,
because
I
could
not
agree
with
you
more.
I
think
we
want
to
create.
It
will
be
more
more
meetings
for
us,
but
they'll
be
structured
differently.
That's
my
hope
is
having
this
conversation
with
all
of
you,
because
I
do
agree.
You
know
some
of
the
meetings
we've
had
have
gone
until
two
in
the
morning
and
it's
very
challenging
for
us
to
have
really
meaningful
conversations.
A
The
votes
and
decisions
that
we're
making
that
hour
and
at
the
same
time
we
still
want
to
hear
from
the
community.
So
I
think
it's
a
matter
of
creating
more
meetings
that
can
be
around
specific
topics
or
issues
that
all
of
us
can
take
on
like
city
council
does
we
don't
all
have
to
be
at
every
meeting?
It
could
be
on
that
it
could
also
be
on.
A
We
know,
like
the
exam
school
people
really
wanted
to
to
testify,
and
we
would
have
more
meetings
that
are
just
testimony
and
then,
when
it
comes
to
our
school
committee
meeting
is,
is
talk.
Just
the
business
and
the
vote
without
all
of
that,
so
that's
what
I
want
to
talk
about
at
our
retreat.
Great.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
Yeah-
and
I
I
I
mean
I
could
not
agree
more
but
obviously
want
to
bring
it
on
the
12th
leave
a
little
time
to
have
that
discussion
and
we'll
be
talking
with
the
governance
person
as
well,
to
show
us
like
other
models.
But
I
agree,
and
I've
talked
to
other
members.
I
think
they
feel,
similarly,
that
you
expect
you
know
the
the
votes
that
we
have
the
policies
that
we're
making
give
it
like
that
time.
A
That
is
necessary
to
discuss
and,
at
the
same
time
give
the
community
also
time
to
speak,
including
you
know,
having
a
discussion
on.
I
know
in
other
open
meetings
in
the
city
they
do
have,
they
do
cut
people
off.
The
volume
goes
down
at
two
minutes
and
I
want
to
be.
You
know,
respectful
to
people,
but
when
you
have
108
speakers
and
people
go
on
and
on
so
I
do
want
to
have
those
tough
conversations
there
in
our
retreat.
But
thank
you
for
bringing
that
up.
A
Yeah,
well,
I
look
forward
to
having
that
conversation
with
all
of
you
at
our
retreat.
So
that
concludes
our
business.
For
this
evening,
the
committee
will
hold
a
virtual
retreat
on
saturday
december
12th
from
9
a.m
to
3
p.m.
The
retreat
will
be
open
to
the
public
and
all
are
welcome.
The
agenda
and
zoom
link
will
be
posted
on
the
committee's
web
page
bostonpublicschools.org
forward
slash
school
committee.