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From YouTube: Boston School Committee Meeting 6-21-23
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Due to 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
A
C
A
Thank
you,
Miss
Sullivan
tonight's
session
is
being
shared,
live
on
Zoom.
It
will
be
broadcast
on
Boston,
City,
TV
and
post
it
on
the
school
committee's
webpage
and
on
YouTube.
The
recording
will
be
available
in
all
of
the
BPS
languages.
Tonight's
meeting
documents
are
posted
on
the
committee's
web
page
Boston
Public
schools.org
school
committee.
Under
the
June
21st
meeting
link
the
meeting
documents
having
translated
into
all
of
the
major
EPS
languages.
A
A
Thank
you
to
everyone
who
signed
up
for
public
comment.
Sign
up
for
public
comment
closed
today
at
4,
30
PM.
Please
make
sure
you
assigned
into
Zoom.
Under
the
same
name
you
used
to
sign
up
for
public
comment.
You
can
use
the
zoom
tools
to
rename
yourself
so
that
the
committee
staff
will
be
able
to
recognize
you
when
it
comes
time
to
call
on
you.
I
want
to
welcome
our
alternative
student
representative
affiliate,
honest
who
is
filling
in
for
Diego
meta
tonight.
Welcome
Ophelia,
we're
delighted
to
have
you
with
us
before
we
get
started.
A
A
A
You
will
recall
that
on
May
24th,
the
superintendent's
team
presented
a
proposal
for
a
new
admissions
policy
for
Madison
Park
that
meets
the
state's
requirement
for
VOC
Tech
schools.
Committee
members
raised
concern
that
the
proposed
policy
has
the
potential
to
create
unintentional
barriers
for
our
students
and
families.
We've
asked
the
admissions
team
to
revisit
the
policy
and
make
adjustments
to
simplify
the
application
process,
while
still
ensuring
that
students
know
what
Madison
Park
offers
and
that
they
want
to
attend
a
Vocational
Technical,
High
School.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair
good
evening.
Everyone
I
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
share
an
update
that
impacts.
This
governing
body
today
will
be
my
last
school
committee
meeting
as
I'm
stepping
down
from
the
school
committee
seat
effective,
June
30th
though
there
is
no
cause
for
alarms,
I
won't
be
on
the
committee,
but
I
won't
be
going
far.
D
They
also
continue
to
celebrate
schools
and
their
important
gains.
I'm
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
be
joining
such
an
incredible
institution
in
the
city
of
Boston.
My
role
with
investors
is
a
big
one
and
I'm
excited
to
be
putting
my
time
and
energy
behind
it
because
I
know
their
work
pushes
and
also
supports
the
district.
Every
single
day
since
my
first
job
at
Social,
Latina
I
have
been
committed
to
supporting
educational
opportunities
for
students
and
Families,
and
my
commitment
has
remained
the
same
in
my
role
as
a
school
committee.
D
Member
I
think
it
is
important
to
state
that
being
a
school
Committee
Member
requires
endless
energy,
mental
and
physical
fortitude
and
time,
and
just
as
in
Parenthood
being
a
member
of
this
body
means
you're,
always
on
I.
Have
two
small
children
and
I
really
hope.
They're
not
listening
right
now,
because
they
call
themselves
big
kids,
but
they're,
five
and
nine,
and
they
still
enjoy
spending
time
with
me,
which
I
hear
changes
so
I'm
holding
on
to
that.
D
D
I
do
want
to
take
a
few
moments
just
to
acknowledge
some
folks,
starting
with
member
Polanco
Garcia,
since
we
joined
at
the
same
time,
and
so
we're
committee
Buddies
Latina,
it
has
been
awe-inspiring
to
watch
you
push
this
body
and
this
city
and
how
it
engages
with
Spanish-speaking
families.
D
D
I
also
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
chair
Robinson
for
your
leadership
and
support
throughout
my
time
on
the
committee.
I
am
personally
grateful
for
the
Friendship
we
have
built
and
for
the
guidance
and
understanding
on
what
it's
like
to
be
a
parent
to
young
children
while
serving
I
know,
I've
shared
this
with
you,
but
I'm
keeping
your
number
on
speed
dial
to
continue
to
share
any
thoughts
and
concerns.
D
I
also
want
to
take
a
moment
just
to
thank
mayor,
Wu
and
mayor
Janie
for
the
appointment.
I
hope
that,
by
your
estimation,
you
can
see
that
I've
always
engaged
with
our
young
people
and
families
at
the
center
and
I
know.
I'll
continue
to
partner
with
the
city
on
how
to
continue
to
move
our
city
forward.
D
D
Your
leadership
has
been
profoundly
felt,
I
appreciate
your
persistence
in
looking
under
every
hood
and
getting
to
fully
understand
what
is
working
and
What
needs
to
change
and
I'm
deeply
inspired
by
your
humility
and
your
ability
to
admit
shortcomings
and
work,
to
make
things
right
last
to
the
to
the
staff.
So
stop
will
always
answer
my
call
and
he'll
always
address
my
many
questions,
whether
in
this
forum
or
in
others,
and
for
those
who
show
up
for
students
every
single
day.
I'm.
D
Incredibly
grateful
for
your
dedication
and
your
your
work
also
deeply
grateful
for
the
families
who
I've
engaged
with
throughout
this
process.
Who
I've
learned
from?
Thank
you
for
the
lessons
and
for
advocating
for
all
of
our
children.
It
has
been
an
incredible
honor
and
privilege
to
serve
in
this
capacity,
and
just
thank
you
for
the
opportunity.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
Miss
lepera,
and
thank
you
for
your
service
to
our
students
and
families.
Since
joining
the
committee
in
20
in
2021,
Mr
Pera
has
been
an
invaluable
member
of
the
committee.
Providing
a
critical
parent
voice.
I'll
always
be
grateful
to
miss
lepera
for
serving
as
co-chair
of
the
search
committee
that
brought
superintendent
Skipper
back
to
BPS.
She
always
puts
students
and
families
at
the
center
and
our
district
is
stronger
because
of
her
work.
I'll
now
open
it
up
to
my
committee
fellow
committee
members
for
comments,
foreign.
F
E
F
F
E
F
E
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
Mr.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
on
the
committee.
I
have
learned
a
lot
working
with
you
and
have
deeply
appreciated
the
insights
you
shared
with
me.
We've
talked
a
lot
I
particularly
appreciate.
As
the
chair
said,
your
role
as
co-chair
of
the
search
committee.
We
spent
a
lot
of
time
together
and
I
learned
a
lot
from
you,
so
I.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
G
G
As
you
know,
and
so
this
is
a
win
for
edvestors
to
have
you
join
them
and
it's
a
win
for
you
to
be
joining
a
wonderful
organization
that
is
such
a
great
partner
with
the
district,
so
I'm
glad
you're
not
going
far
we'll
continue
to
be
working
together
quite
a
bit
and
thank
you
for
always
taking
my
calls
and
for
teaching
me
so
best
of
luck
at
advestas.
H
Member
lopera
I
much
of
what
I
needed
to
say
to
you,
I've
said
to
you
privately
and
so
we'll
keep
that
conversation,
private,
but
I
think
at
its
core.
It's
just
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
just
everything,
you've
done
on
this
body
and
really
pushing
the
conversation,
a
willingness
to
be
brave
and
ask
questions
that
are
hard
and
continue
to
probe
when
the
answers
don't
feel
right
or
don't
make
sense,
and
then
just
as
a
colleague
and
a
friend,
now
I
feel
really
lucky.
H
I
met
member
lobetto
right
when
I
moved
to
Boston,
when
you
were
the
executive
director
at
Latinos
for
education,
and
it
was
one
of
the
first
organizations
I
wanted
to
connect
with
when
I
moved
to
the
city,
and
there
was
just
like
a
willingness
to
help
me
understand
the
complexity
of
Boston
and
the
landscape,
and
you
welcomed
me
with
open
arms
in
a
town.
That's
like
not
always
known
for
being
so
warm
to
new
folks,
and
so
thank
you
and
and
and
maybe
even
more
important.
H
Thank
you
for
the
sort
of
constant
history,
lessons
that
have
allowed
me
to
understand
the
sort
of
institutional
knowledge.
That's
that's
necessary
to
to
make
meaning
of
the
sort
of
current
state
of
our
system
and
then
to
also
push
it
to
be
better
and
so
I'm.
Just
really
thankful
for
you
and
I
will
see
you
all
the
time,
because
you
know
you're
going
to
be
at
investors
and
I'm
on
the
board
at
edvestors,
and
so
you
won't
be
too
far
away,
but
I'm
really
thankful
for
everything.
H
You've
done
here
and
and
privately
in
our
own
relationship
and
I'm.
Just
really
thankful
that
you're
gonna
be
serving
young
people
in
Boston
and
a
new
in
different
way.
We're
lucky
to
have
you
and
we're
all
really
lucky
to
have
gone
the
opportunity
to
work
with
you
here.
So.
E
I
J
Okay,
I
just
I,
wanted
to
to
Echo
that
I
will
miss.
You
I
have
found
that
you
think
from
a
mom
and
a
parent,
but
also
a
professional
lens,
and
so
you
you
have
pushed
particularly
around
issues
on
for
multilingual,
Learners,
always
being
a
champion
and
certainly
like
on
our
facilities
work,
because
you
know
it's
direct
impact
to
families
and
so
I've,
just
I've
very
much
appreciated
how
you
think
deeply,
and
you
ask
deep
questions
about
topics
that
we
know
are
so
important
to
the
communities
we
serve.
J
Also
I.
Thank
you
for
trusting
us
with
your
children
every
day
as
a
parent
I
do
not
take
that
lightly
and
and
I
know
as
a
mom
that
that
is
a
trust.
I
also
think
you're,
absolutely
right
that
ages,
five
and
nine
you
still
get
that
window
when
they
still
want
to
do
things
with
you,
but
you're
right
as
they
get
older
that
changes
and
so
I
hope
you
really
find
that
space
and
able
to
really
enjoy
that
time.
You
know
with
your
children
and
I'm
excited
in
your
new
capacity.
J
A
Right,
Mr,
car
Dad
Hernandez,
your
your
hand,
is
still
raised.
No
you're
done
alrighty
again
miss
lepera.
Thank
you.
So
very
much
we'll
begin
with
the
approval
of
minutes.
At
this
time,
I
would
like
to
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
the
minutes
of
the
June
7th
2023
school
committee
meeting
is
presented.
Is
there
a
motion
who
Moved?
Thank
you?
Is
there
a
second.
A
G
A
You
Miss
Sullivan,
we'll
begin
tonight
with
a
special
recognition
for
a
talented
group
of
graduating
seniors
who
are
ending
their
terms
with
Boston
student
advisory
Council,
also
known
as
bsac.
These
students
have
proven
to
be
true
leaders
and
Powerful
advocates
for
their
peers.
We
are
so
proud
of
them
and
while
they
will
be
greatly
missed,
we
know
that
they'll
be
going
on
to
do
great
things
for
the
Boston
community.
A
Each
of
you
will
be
receiving
the
man
in
the
mail,
a
citation
from
the
school
committee
and
superintendent
skipper
when
I
call
your
name.
Please
turn
on
your
camera
and
tell
us
briefly
what
neighborhood
you're
from
and
your
plans
for
next
year
from
the
Horace
Mann
school
of
the
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing
Muna
about
a
bunor
Luna.
A
Is
halal
with
us
this
evening,
it's
not
here!
Well,
thank
you
to
from
Boston
Latin
Academy.
A
M
Yeah,
so
my
name
is,
and
I
am
from
East
Boston
and
I'm
going
to
Northeastern
for
biology.
Thank
you.
L
L
You
sorry
hello,
my
name
is
cassim
Saeed
and
I'm
going
to
Salem
State
University
next
year,
study,
marketing
and
I
live
in
East
Boston.
A
A
Thank
you.
Congratulations
to
the
vsat
class
of
2023.
Thank
you
to
all
for
all
your
advocacy
and
Leadership,
and
we
can't
wait
to
see
what
you
all
do.
Next
have
a
wonderful
summer,
we'll
move
on
to
the
superintendent's
report,
which
will
include
an
update
on
transformation
schools.
I
present
to
you,
our
superintendent,
Mary
skipper.
J
Thank
you,
chair,
Robinson
and
good
evening
to
the
committee.
First,
a
big
congratulations
to
all
of
our
seniors
from
bsac
on
their
next
chapter,
those
that
were
here
and
those
that
weren't.
J
You
know
we
couldn't
be
more
proud
of
you
for
the
service
that
you
gave
and
an
advocacy
that
you've
given
as
part
of
being
a
part
of
bsac
and
I'm,
really
happy
that
we
were
able
to
celebrate
you
as
you
go
on
to
your
next
chapter.
I'm
sure
you
will
do
many
great
things.
J
I
just
wanted
to
start
as
I
know.
Many
of
you
are
aware
from
both
what
we
have
sent
as
a
district
and
then
from
the
media.
J
You
know
we
shared
an
update
with
the
families
at
three
of
our
high
schools,
English
Burke
and
Brighton
than
an
adult
woman
enrolled
as
a
student
used
false
identification
and
paperwork,
as
I
stated
yesterday,
I'm
deeply
troubled
that
an
adult
would
breach
the
trust
of
our
school
communities
by
posing
as
a
student.
J
J
I
cannot
comment
further,
as
this
remains
an
ongoing
investigation,
but
I
do
want
to
publicly
thank
BPS
staff
who
caught
this
and
quickly
acted
as
well
as
the
Boston
police
for
launching
an
immediate
investigation,
we'll
provide
additional
updates
if
relevant
information
becomes
available
through
the
investigation
and
as
we
do
with
any
major
incident,
we
will
continue
to
review
all
of
our
systems
and
processes
to
make
sure
that
what
we
did
was
correct
terms
of
the
end
of
the
school
year.
J
This
is
an
exciting
Bittersweet
time,
as
we
say
goodbye
to
the
school
year,
and
we
say
hello
to
the
summer
as
we
close
it
out
we're
in
the
process
of
finalizing
all
of
our
plans.
For
the
summer,
the
teams
worked
really
hard
to
ensure
a
productive
fun
summer
of
learning
and
earning
while
registration
for
summer
will
continue
through
the
actual
first
week
of
programming,
I'm
excited
about
how
the
enrollment
is
shaping
up
a
few
bright
spots
from
it.
J
In
our
fifth
quarter
elective
opportunities
we
have
more
than
five
thousand
six
hundred
and
ninety
students
registered
last
year.
We
started
with
4
100.,
so
I
think
a
lot
of
our
Recruitment
and
getting
the
word
out
and
thanking
parents
for
registering
their
students,
nice
and
early.
That's
really
giving
us
a
much
bigger
group
of
students
to
enjoy
our
summer
programming.
J
Our
extended
school
year
program
is
anticipated,
roughly
around
4
800
students
who
will
be
in
the
programming,
and
we
currently
have
nearly
3
000
students
enrolled
in
high
school
credit
recovery
and
300
in
the
exam
School
initiative.
So,
overall,
our
numbers
are
are
up
and
we
will
exceed
the
goals
that
we
set.
J
14
programs
will
also
offer
more
inclusive
opportunities
for
our
students.
These
programs
are
both
school
and
partner-led.
Examples
are
Lee
steam,
Academy
lease
theme
ahead,
which
is
a
partner
that
Embraces
young
scholars
who
are
inventors
and
scientists
who
want
to
create
change
in
their
communities.
J
All
of
these
inclusion
opportunities
are
co-located
in
schools
where
esy
is
being
offered
so
that
we
can
benefit
so
that
the
students
who
are
attending
can
benefit
with
on-site
supports
as
we
expand
Beyond
phase
one
we'll
be
engaging
more
Partners,
who
are
already
supporting
students
with
disabilities
to
create
more
inclusive
opportunities
for
our
students.
This
is
a
commitment
that
we
have
made
to
our
to
our
parents,
with
students
with
disabilities,
as
we
heard
they
wanted
access
to
more
and
more
summer.
J
Opportunity,
I
also
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
our
partners
who
are
offering
earning
opportunities
this
summer.
This
is
exceptionally
important
for
our
high
school
students,
city
of
Boston,
State,
Street
and
ABCD
all
offer
a
summer
earning
opportunities
to
any
student
who
resides
in
Boston
and
our
long-standing
collaboration
with
the
Private
Industry
Council,
which
we
call
pick
as
this
year,
led
to
more
than
2
000
EPS
students
placed
in
earning
opportunities
around
the
city
and
again
big
thanks
to
the
mayor
and
the
mayor
jobs
campaign.
J
You
know,
as
we
try
to
get
more
and
more
of
our
students
opportunities
to
earn
we're
really
excited
for
the
summer.
You
know
this
is
it's
an
important
time
and
we
know
that
students
that
participate
in
summer
programming
and
do
it
regularly
they
go
on
and
they
have
a
much
smoother
transition
into
the
school
year
they
achieve
at
higher
rates
and
overall,
it's
just
healthy
opportunities
for
our
students
for
parents
who
haven't
registered,
we
still
have
slots,
and
so
we'll
look
forward
all
the
way
up
to
that.
J
We
are
committed
to
utilizing
Mass
core
graduation
requirements
as
a
tool
toward
Higher
Achievement
for
all
BPS
students.
This
year
has
been
a
year
of
learning
for
the
district
and
for
the
schools.
As
our
current
ninth
graders,
the
class
of
2026
are
the
first
class
that
will
graduate
under
the
new
policy.
We
do
not
yet
have
grades
from
our
first
year.
Students
obviously
end
of
the
year,
and
that
is
wrapping
up.
J
But
once
the
school
year
is
over
and
all
the
grades
have
been
entered,
we'll
provide
the
school
committee
with
an
update
next
fall
on
the
progress
toward
their
graduation
requirements.
We
anticipate
a
need
now.
We
anticipate
a
need
to
discuss
some
potential
alternative
Pathways
to
graduation
for
certain
groups
of
students,
specifically
for
our
multilingual
Learners
with
disabilities,
our
multilingual
Learners,
our
students
with
disabilities
and
our
students
in
alternative
education.
But
before
bringing
anything
to
you,
we
want
to
review
the
data
from
this
year.
J
J
J
Higher
Ground
held
its
celebration
to
showcase
the
successful
efforts
of
the
family-led
stability
initiative.
It's
this
is
a
unique
Collective
impact
initiative.
That's
focused
on
reducing
student
homelessness
for
Boston
Public
Schools.
J
The
event
also
raised
awareness
and
support
for
the
issue
of
student
homelessness
and
support
for
the
in
for
the
initiatives,
promise
and
approach
the
event
marked
Higher
Grounds
impact
on
providing
a
support
to
500
families,
which
was
really
a
significant
Milestone
over
the
course
of
the
year.
J
I
had
the
chance
to
meet
with
many
of
the
partners
and
speak
at
the
event,
and
also
to
see
one
of
my
former
students
who
was
a
speaker
at
the
event,
so
just
a
congratulations
to
Higher
Ground
and
to
all
of
the
project,
hope
and
all
of
the
other
partners
for
the
the
work
that
they
do
in
our
schools.
Every
day,
I
also
had
the
pleasure
of
being
on
hand
to
surprise
Alex
Munoz,
who
received
the
life
changer
of
the
Year
award.
This
is
an
award
that's
given
from
the
national
life
group.
J
He
was
one
of
15
winners
out
of
almost
900
applicants.
Alex
is
I.
Call
him
Alex.
He
was
a
former
student
of
mine.
Alex
has
been
at
the
Edison
K-8
in
Brighton
for
over
six
years,
he's
an
amazing
before
school
educator
ABA
during
the
school
day,
co-director
of
the
young
queen
and
king
scholar
program
at
the
Edison.
He
works
11-hour
days.
He
goes
over
and
above
for
every
student,
he
stays
late
for
pickup.
J
He,
coaches,
basketball,
he's
an
academic
Mentor,
a
transformation
Mentor
he's
a
tutor
he's
been
working
in
the
emotionally
impaired
program
at
the
Edison
for
years
now,
and
he
deals
with
students
who
sometimes
you
know
in
Behavior,
will
bolt
or
fight
or
or
yell
to
release,
and
he
works
with
students
on
IEPs
every
day.
He
always
has
a
warm
smile
on
his
face
and
his
students
and
his
co-workers
each
gave
up
and
gave
testimony
for
why
he
was
so
deserving
of
the
award.
J
Alex
was
a
TDA
grad
and
what
I'm
just
so
proud
was
to
see
his
deep
connection
with
every
student
he
knelt
down.
He
listened
as
they
thanked
him,
and
everybody
said
you
could
just
see
that
connection
and
to
know
that
Alex
still
very
young
in
his
career
is
committed
to
making
a
difference
in
BPS
and
particularly
for
students
at
the
Edison
school
and
he's
giving
all
his
talent
just
kind
of
made
made
the
end
of
my
year
in
terms
of
graduations
at
the
high
school
level.
J
This
is
the
fun
time
you
know
when
we
say
goodbye
to
the
class
of
2023
and
just
really
applaud
them
for
all
of
their
hard
work.
Also
to
the
staff
who
have
just
made
all
those
graduations
possible.
There
are
students
getting
ready
to
graduate
right
up
until
the
end
and
students
trying
to
make
sure
staff
trying
to
make
sure
that
students
are
getting
across
the
stage.
J
I
had
the
pleasure
of
attending
many
of
the
the
graduations
mmas
Margarita
munices
Tech
Bostons
missions,
binkas
many
of
them
were
held
at
White
Stadium,
which
is
which
was
extra
special
and
in
the
outdoors,
and
it
was
just
really
wonderful
to
see
how,
as
students
cross
the
stage
embracing
staff
shaking
hands
so
proud
of,
getting
that
BPS
diploma
and
knowing
that
they're
going
out
to
change
the
world
and
to
do
so
many
wonderful
things.
So
congratulations.
Class
of
2023.
J
I
would
also
like
to
just
share
my
Reflections
a
bit
on
end
of
year
accomplishments,
as
we
close
out
this
year
and
for
me
my
first
year
here,
Academic
Year,
at
BPS,
in
in
the
capacity
of
superintendent,
so
first
I'm
extremely
proud
of
our
Network
model.
J
The
regional
model
clearly
is
having
impact
we've
put
so
much
effort
this
year
into
improving
it
listening
to
the
field
and
making
really
concrete
changes
so
that
at
day's
end
it
can
be
a
better
service
to
our
principals
to
our
and
school
leaders,
to
our
staffs
and
to
our
students.
J
We
also
welcomed
a
new
team
and
really
mapped
out
an
organizational
chart.
That
I
think
is
going
to
help
serve
BPS
in
very
positive
ways.
In
the
years
to
come,
I
could
not
be
more
proud
of
the
team
we've
assembled.
J
They
represent
BPS
in
in
so
many
different
ways
through
experience
through
race
through
language,
you
know
through
being
BPS
students
or
being
BPS
parents
or
being
part
of
the
BPS
in
the
past
and
so
I'm
just
very
proud
and
hopeful
and
optimistic
of
the
work
that
is
yet
to
come.
With
that
team
we
are
119
schools.
We
have
over
12
000
employees,
but
really
my
goal
is
to
move
us
as
one
district,
and
that
is
our
shared
goal.
J
As
a
team,
one
team
addressing
every
classroom,
every
student,
every
school
and
really
unlocking
the
potential
of
the
Stu
of
our
students,
which
we
know
there's
so
much
one
thing
I'm
most
proud
of
this
year-
is
you
know
in
terms
of
the
Investments
to
the
regional
model.
We've
really
been
able
to
better
support.
J
J
Our
school
superintendents
have
organized
teams
of
central
office,
coaches
and
operational
staff
to
provide
support
to
their
regions
of
schools
every
day,
and
you
know
we
surveyed
School
leaders
at
the
beginning,
and
we
then
have
surveyed
them
since
to
ask
them
what
their
experience
with
the
regional
network
has
been,
and
they
said
that
you
know
this
year
that
they
saw.
J
80
percent
of
the
school
leaders
surveyed
feel
that
they
have
a
clear
understanding
of
how
their
Regional
teams
and
Liaisons
operate
and
can
support
their
quality
school
plans,
and
this
was
a
very
this
was
this
was
a
for
us.
You
know
very
much
a
goal
of
ours
to
see
that
Improvement
and
have
it
be
very
much
focused
on
the
support
of
the
qsips
for
our
transformation
schools.
J
We
have
committed
to
ensuring
that
they
have
additional
support
beyond
the
regional
model
from
our
transformation
office
and
I
would
like
to
share
a
brief
update
on
some
of
the
emerging
data
points
as
part
of
our
sip
commitment
to
quarterly
progress
monitoring,
so
the
practices
such
as
a
close
review
of
the
school
90-day
plans
and
ongoing
quarterly
instructional
rounds.
These
are
tools
that
have
helped
to
really
maintain
a
steady
focus
on
curriculum
and
classroom.
J
Instructional
practices,
as
you
know,
we've
closely
monitored
data
throughout
the
year
and
we
presented
it
to
you
a
couple
times,
particularly
in
the
areas
of
instruction
School,
climate
and
attendance,
and
some
of
our
end-of-year
data
is
available,
and
we
can
clearly
see
signs
of
progress
in
these
metrics
on
the
attendance
front.
While
there's
still
a
lot
of
improvement,
you
know
to
to
be
made
here
for
sure
26
of
the
28
transformation.
J
The
the
teacher
climate
surveys
show
Improvement
at
transformation
schools
in
six
out
of
seven
ratings
in
school
leadership,
feedback,
coaching
and
central
office
Effectiveness
when
you
compare
them
to
non-transformation
schools,
and
you
can
see
evidence
of
improving
conditions
in
some
of
the
sample
survey.
Questions
provided
in
your
slides.
J
This
student
class
feedback
survey
indicates
that
the
majority
of
students
who
attend
transformation
schools
feel
they
are
held
to
high
expectations
by
their
teacher.
This
is
equivalent
to
The
District
results
and,
as
we
wait
for
the
end
of
the
year
student
assessment
data,
we
anticipate
some
areas
of
progress
and
look
forward
to
an
even
more
intensive
focus
on
classroom
practice
and
student
learning
next
year.
J
Overall,
indicators
of
progress
show
that
our
strategy
and
support
are
working
to
accelerate
Improvement.
We
look
forward
to
further
aligning
and
strengthening
our
classroom
level
instructional
coaching
as
an
area
of
focus
and
transformation
schools.
Next
year.
We
will
continue
to
provide
quarterly
updates
to
you
on
progress
and
growth
in
our
transformation.
Schools.
J
J
We
also
continue
to
provide
permanent
housing
for
our
families
experiencing
homelessness
through
our
partnership
with
Boston
Housing,
Authority
and
partners
like
Higher
Ground.
Together,
we
are
also-
or
we
also
continue
to
expand
opportunities
for
our
Secondary
School
students
through
the
launch
of
our
high
school
plan.
This
year,
at
five
BPS
high
schools,
we
enrolled
students
into
nine
distinct,
Early
College
pathways.
J
We
also
announced
the
launch
of
year
13
at
Fenway
High
School,
with
UMass
Boston,
giving
the
students
an
additional
full
year
of
college
courses,
college
level
courses,
debt
free
as
they
transition
to
college
and
accelerate
toward
a
degree
and
then,
similarly,
at
Charlestown,
High
School.
We
announced
that
deep
partnership
with
Bunker
Hill
to
do
a
very
similar
approach,
which
is
to
allow
the
Charlestown
High
School
students,
particularly
in
the
Korea
Pathways,
that
they
have
laid
out
to
be
able
to
start
to
assemble
those
college
courses
and
credits.
J
J
we've
also
made
deep
Investments
to
expand
access
to
native
language
programming
and
we're
beginning
to
plan
to
add
more
programming
in
the
upcoming
school
years,
and
there
will
be
more
on
that,
as
we
continue
to
focus
on
Equitable
literacy.
We've
made
an
investment
in
high
quality,
instructional
materials
that
are
vetted
and
required
at
every
school
and
in
30
addition
and
we've
added
in
30
additional
centrally
deployed
reading
interventionists
to
support
our
students
recognizing
how
critical
a
strong
literacy
Foundation
is
in
transportation.
J
We've
continued
to
make
progress
in
implementing
system-wide
improvements,
including
a
focus
on
hiring
to
address
bus
driver
and
monitor
Staffing
shortages,
and
these
were
things
that
plagued
us,
particularly
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
as
of
early
earlier.
This
month,
transdev
is
fully
staffed
with
bus
drivers
fully
staffed.
Transdev
also
has
more
than
30
drivers
still
in
training.
J
J
As
we
know,
some
of
these
contracts
were
out
for
five
six
years
and
we've
already
begun
planning
for
the
new
negotiation
rounds.
Lastly,
we've
done
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
great
work
with
our
student
support
team
quick
example.
J
We
have
65
students
from
middle
and
high
school
grades
that
are
in
training
to
be
peer,
mediators,
and
we
see
this
as
a
wonderful
program
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
continue
to
expand
and
to
roll
out
that
will
help
with
situations
of
conflict
in
schools
where
peers
can
come
in
and
help
to
support
their
peers.
This
reduces
conflict.
This
reduces
fights
this
reduces
arguments
and
we
really
see
that
as
a
one
one
example
in
our
youth
opportunities
area,
that's
going
to
lead
to
positive
change
within
our
schools.
J
I
could
go
on,
but
I
just
I
really
wanted
to
just
give
you
a
few
of
the
things
that
I'm
really
proud
of.
There
are
many
because
I
think
our
team
has
worked
incredibly
hard
to
do
as
much
as
possible
in
this
Academic
Year
I
think
the
foundation
we're
laying
is
a
strong
foundation
for
many
good
things
and
great
things
to
come
in
BPS,
but
this
foundation
work
is
work
that
had
to
be
done.
I'm
committed
to
doing
that
work.
The
team
is
committed,
and
this
is
really
just
the
beginning.
J
It's
my
honor
to
serve
this
District
I'm
grateful
for
the
opportunity,
as
I've
said
from
the
start,
and
and
we
will
continue
to
work
with
you
as
the
policy
makers
for
this
District,
where
we
can
make
BPS
the
district
that
we're
proud
of
for
every
single
one
of
our
students
to
attend.
So
that
will
that's
going
to
conclude
my
report.
I
do
chair
want
to
make
one
acknowledgment
before
the
final
final
word
there.
J
So
Denise
Snyder
is
someone
that
I
have
worked
with
she's
she's,
our
she's,
our
chief
of
family
and
Community
advancement,
and
she
is
somebody
I
worked
with
early
in
my
career
and
then
for
many
many
years
and
then
had
the
privilege
to
work
as
I've
returned
she's
retiring
this
year
and
I
I
really
wanted
to
just
say
she
is
somebody
I
think
of
when
I
think
of
a
career,
well-served,
I,
think
of
Denise
for
her
leadership,
her
care,
her
passion
for
our
families,
for
really
putting
her
heart
into
all
of
the
work
and
just
a
tireless
worker
she's,
a
parent.
J
You
know
been
a
parent
herself
for
many
years
and
she
carries
that
lens
and
and
her
work
ethic
into
into
everything.
She
does
BPS
with
that
lens,
it's
always
with
intention
and
with
care
and
consideration
for
families
and
parents,
and
we
have
really
been
blessed
to
have
her
BPS
for
so
many
years
and
IFL
blessed
to
work
with
her.
So
I
just
wish
her
all
the
best
in
her
retirement.
It's
well
deserved
and-
and
we
see
her
off
with
great
thanks
and
gratitude.
O
Thank
you,
I,
don't
there
are
not
a
lot
of
words
for
me
to
say.
I
I
have
to
say,
though,
that
this
has
been
honestly
the
honor
of
a
lifetime
to
come
back
to
Boston,
to
complete
my
career
to
be
with
the
families.
In
my
own
neighborhood
I
have
lived
here
for
31
years
in
the
same
house
worked
in
BPS
so
many
of
those
years
there
are
so
many
families,
and
so
many
capacities,
I've
learned
something
every
step
of
the
way
and
I've
learned
something
from
everyone.
O
I've
worked
with
and
as
I
retire
and
move
to
sunny,
California
I
will
take
all
of
that
with
me
and
I
I
hold
everyone
here
in
such
high
regard
and
honestly
superintendent.
It's
it's
just
such
an
honor
to
have
served
with
you,
I'm
thrilled
you're
back
to
serve
the
district,
and
it's
been
an
honor
to
to
work
with
the
school
committee.
O
I'm
wishing
you
all
a
very
bright
future,
because
I
know
what
it
means
for
all
of
our
kids
and
families.
So
again,
thank
you
for
the
shout
out.
It
was
unexpected.
It's
been
a
day
of
unexpected
surprises.
I
guess
that's
redundant,
but
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
M
A
I'll
now
open
it
up
to
colleagues
for
questions
comments.
H
I
guess
I'll
go
first.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
the
report.
I
have
a
few
questions.
I
guess
we
can
start
with
the
report
on
the
update
on
transformation,
schools,
I,
guess,
I,
don't
know
where
to
start
is
there
I
guess?
Is
there
any
data
around
outcomes
that
we
can
talk
about
and
it
doesn't
have
to
even
be
end
of
year
outcomes,
but
just
like
trends
that
we're
seeing
yeah.
J
Director
Saban,
we
can
share
some
of
the
the
ongoing
monitoring
that
we're
doing.
P
So
what
I'll
say
is
we
are
scouring
all
available
data
looking
for
patterns
that
are
meaningful
and
the
end
of
year
map
data,
which
is
in
assessment
in
literacy
and
math
at
all
grade
levels,
is
what
we're
looking
at
right
now
and
I.
Think
I
would
generalize
by
saying
we
see
lots
of
bright
spots
in
individual
classrooms
and
even
grade
levels.
P
We
are
not
yet
seeing
whole
schools
that
are
moving
in
unison
toward
high
growth
and
high
achievement,
and
our
goal
is
to
learn
from
the
bright
spots
and
examine
them
in
detail
and
study
and
address
any
challenges,
Within
the
areas
of
need.
So
we
really
have
a
classroom
by
classroom,
look
at
achievement
in
math
and
literacy,
and
we
also
have
a
lot
of
observational
data
from
the
rounds.
P
But,
what's
challenging
is
that
the
patterns
are
not
simple
and
we're
still
making
sense
of
them.
The
positive
is,
there
are
many
many
bright
spots.
The
challenge
is
I
need.
Students
need
a
string
of
high
growth
years,
as
people
know
to
really
reach
high
achievement
and
that's
our
goal,
and
we
are,
as
the
superintendent
mentioned
our
Focus
next
year,
is
to
hone
in
on
the
instructional
coaching
at
the
classroom
level
to
further
strengthen
the
areas
of
high
achievement
and
to
apply
our
learning
in
the
areas
of
need.
P
H
Is
it
possible
to
then
see
and
I?
Don't
know
how
we
tier
schools
but
of
the
30?
You
know
this
presentation
gave
us
a
sort
of
one
size
fits
all
everyone's
growing
and
these
sort
of
culture,
domains
and
very
small
sort
of
downward,
Trends
and
other
ones.
But
30
is
a
big
number,
and
so
you
know
like
I'm
happy.
H
We
had
the
presentation
but
like
it
doesn't
give
us
much
information
around
the
state
of
play
for
schools,
nor
how
we're
looking
at
them
categorically
and
so
yeah
I
guess:
I'm
I'm
struggling
to
even
formulate
a
question
because
I
just
there's
like
so
much.
We
don't
know
based
on
this,
but
like
our
schools
in
tears,
is
there
how
many
exist
in
the
the
sort
of
Autumn
quadrant
that
we
are
the
most
concerned
about
how
many
show
promising
practice
that
we're
really
excited
about?
P
I
wish
I
could
give
you
a
simpler
answer
and
I
don't
think.
I
can
because
we're
looking
carefully
at
data
in
the
three
priority
areas
of
attendance,
school,
climate
and
student
achievement,
and
we
look
at
depth
of
all
three
of
those
and
that
makes
tearing
them
much
more
complicated,
because
what
if
a
school
has
a
wonderful
climate
and
the
parent
staff
and
student
surveys
come
back
in
the
top
quadrant
of
the
whole
District.
P
H
Mean
yeah,
we
could
look
at
all
three
of
them.
You
know
I
mean
we
could
have
a
conversation
about
all
three
and
then
talk
about
where
schools
are
performing
and
then
look
at
schools
that
are
showing
promising
practice
in
three
of
the
those
those
three
sort
of
categories
or
in
two
of
the
three
categories,
or
only
in
one
or
in
none
of
them,
but
I
think
we're
leaving.
Today,
not
you
know
like
I
at
least
I.
Don't
I
don't
have
a
picture
of
where.
J
J
On
that,
I
think
I
think
that
executive
directors,
Haven
and
the
team
are
going
to
construct
a
memo
once
the
end
of
the
years
are
fully
vetted.
That
will
have
some
of
what
you're
asking
for
I
do.
Think
it's
important
to.
J
L
H
J
H
P
So
I
I
think
Monica
Hogan
might
want
to
weigh
in
and
also
has
the
best
history,
but
this
is
a
relatively
new
status
that
was
created
just
before
kovid,
so
many
of
the
schools
I
believe
have
been
in
that
status
since
2019..
P
H
H
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I
appreciate
the
information
that
was
shared
similar
in
line
of
thinking.
As
member
cardet
Hernandez
I'm
wondering
how
I
guess
one
curiosity
of
mine
is
what
does
the
Staffing
I
guess?
Prioritization
look
like
for
schools
that
are
are
transformation.
Schools
is
there
Staffing,
prioritization
I
know
we
were
challenged
with
some
vacancies
this
year
and
so
I'm
just
trying
to
figure
out
how
how
or,
if
we've
reconciled
any
prospective
vacancies
in
those
schools
that
clearly
are
in
more
need.
P
Ahead,
so
the
transformation
office
and
the
office
of
human
capital
have
a
very
close
partnership
around
this
Staffing
Challenge
and
we've
been
meeting
weekly
together
to
strategize
and
problem
solve,
and
it's
a
it's
a
hard
labor
market,
as
we
all
know,
but
we
are
tracking
the
the
hiring
data
daily
and
I
I
I'm
pleased
to
say
that
at
the
moment
the
transformation
schools
are
actually
running
about
three
percentage
points
ahead
of
the
rest
of
the
district
and
the
fill
rate,
which
was
not
the
case
previously.
P
So
a
lot
of
hard
work
is
going
into
this
at
the
moment
of
all
vacancies.
This
is
not
just
teachers
but
paraprofessionals
and
so
on
all
ever
administrators.
The
transformation
schools
are
at
72
percent,
hired
right
now
and
I
think
the
rest
of
the
district
may
be
at
about
70
or
69
percent.
So
there's
a
long
way
to
go,
but
we're
confident
that
we're
well
ahead
of
last
year
and
we're
particularly
confident
that's
the
supports
given
to
the
very
high
needs.
P
D
How
are
we
also
that's
great
to
hear?
Are
we
also
looking
at
how
perspective
vacancies
could
be
impacting
this
year's
impact
data
like
when
you're
doing
your
data
analysis?
Is
that
something
you're
taking
into
account
and
then
being
more
aggressive
or
how
we
think
about
Staffing
and
recruiting,
and
also
honestly,
condensing
classrooms
for
the
future?
D
P
What
I'll
say
within
transformation
schools
is
that
we
do
know
that
one
feature
of
certain
schools
early
in
an
improvement
process
is
a
lot
of
churn
of
teachers
and
that's
not
a
healthy
process,
and
so
we're
working
very
hard
to
stabilize
that.
We
don't
have
an
analysis
yet
of
classroom
by
classroom
achievement
set
with
the
seniority
level
of
the
teacher.
That's
probably
something
we
could
do,
but
we
haven't
gotten
to
that
level
of
detail.
Yet
to
the
broader
questions.
I'll
have
to
defer
that
to
to
the
superintendent.
J
So
I
think
these
are
good
questions
and-
and
this
will
be
one
of
the
slices
of
data
that
we'll
take
a
look
at
as
we
start
to
get
the
end
of
the
years
across
district-
is
to
look
at
the
impact
of
temporary
staffing
substitute
infill
rates,
so
that
that
is
something
what
I
will
say
is
we
are
in
much
better
shape
right
now
than
we
were
this
time
last
year,
relative
to
the
Staffing
piece
and
there's
a
very
targeted
Focus
both
on
our
recruitment
team,
but
also
working
with
our
Educators,
who
are
on
any
kind
of
a
waiver
to
be
able
to
get
their
certifications.
J
J
But
then
we
are
also
just
really
going
school
by
school,
with
the
regional
soups
to
see
which
schools
need
the
most
Staffing
support
right
now
and
that's
much
earlier
than
was
able
to
have
happened
last
year,
so
we'll
be
happy
to
report
out
in
August
what
that
actually
looks
like
for
school
committee,
but
we'll
be
slicing
the
data
as
well
to
your
to
your
point,
Mr
partner,
that
you
know
what
is
that
impact
on
on
a
on
a
vacancy
or
on
somebody
that
has
temporary
status.
E
F
J
So
so
I'll
actually
ask
deputy
and
to
come
on
if
she
might
have
more
detail,
but
we've
been
following
closely
both
our
filling
of
the
chief
of
special
education
as
well
as
the
chief
of
multilingual
and
Multicultural
education,
and
we
are
still
in
the
process
of
the
kind
of
final
vetting
of
candidates.
J
So
I
don't
think
we're
ready
to
announce
that
or
to
name
in
any
way.
But
we
are
toward
the
end
of
that
process.
Dr
Chen,
I,
don't
know
if
you
have
anything
more
specific
that
you'd
like
to
add
to
it.
Q
Sure
we
are
in
some
final
stages
of
vetting
final
candidates,
but
also
really
want
to
appreciate
both
El
task
force
and
sped
pack.
Members
who
are
part
of
the
process
to
help
us
and
give
us
very
good
feedback
on
the
candidates
that
we
interviewed
for
both
the
chief
of
specialized
services
and
the
chief
of
multilingual
and
Multicultural
education.
J
And
we
agree
that
member
Polanco
Garcia,
we
agree,
these
are
pivotal
positions
and
there's
been
quite
a
bit
a
churn
in
both
of
those
positions
for
the
last
three
to
four
to
five
years.
So
stabilizing
both
departments
has
been
a
key
for
us.
We
did
it.
We
did
actually
use
a
recruiter
for
the
positions
in
talking
to
my
colleagues
from
around
the
country
of
big
districts.
J
These
are
two
of
the
hardest
positions
to
find,
and
so
you
know
we're
we're
hopeful
that
in
the
process
we've
used
that
we
will
we
will.
You
know
we
will
come
to
the
conclusion
of
the
process
successfully.
Thank
you.
G
You're,
muted.
Yes,
of
course,
thank
you
in
the
interest
of
time,
I
was
going
to
ask
the
exact
same
question,
so
I
thank
member,
cardeta,
Hernandez
and
and
Miss
lapero
for
a
member
of
apparel
for
asking
the
questions.
I
think
the
map
data
you
know
was
of
keen
interest
on
the
transformation
schools
and
and
getting
more
data
superintendent
I
do
want
to
ask
what
concerns
do
you
have
about
the
because
you
talked
about
bright
spots
and
some
you've
seen,
and
we
do
look
forward
to
getting
the
the
student
achievement
data
and
particularly
broken
out.
G
J
So
I
think
thank
you.
I
appreciate
that
question.
So
I
I
think
it's
a
few
things
right.
I
think
one
is
what
is
the
right
plan
for
those
schools
that
exit
for
continued
support?
I
think
this
is
a
conversation
that,
frankly,
is.
I
J
Statewide
and
think
it's
a
conversation
that
you
know,
we've
engaged
with
DeSean
and
done
a
lot
of
deep
thinking,
because
you
know
it
is
once
the
school
exits,
some
of
the
autonomy
that
they
lose.
Some
of
the
resource
that
they
lose
are
the
very
things
that
may
have
enabled
them
to
be
able
to
make
the
progress
right.
So
that's
that's
kind
of
one
I
think,
secondly,
to
to
executive
director
Saban's
point,
we
have
to
move
Beyond
bright
spots
to
a
systemic
solution.
R
J
Where
we
see
the
data
flip
and
we
reach
those
tipping
points
where
it's
traction
of
practice-
that's
actually
cohesive
practice
in
the
school
as
opposed
to
individual
classrooms.
Where
you
see
it,
and
that
does
take
time.
But
we
also
know
that
students
really
benefit
in
the
second
third
year
of
that
happening.
So
continuing
that
momentum
increasing
that
momentum.
J
Those
are
going
to
be
things
in
particular
that
we
need
to
watch
for
as
we're
building
best
practice
and
scaffolding
that
we
have
to
also
make
sure
we
continue
to
support
the
best
practice
to
go
even
deeper
and
further
I
think
being
able
across
our
wonderfully
unique
and
District.
That
has
lots
of
variation
in
autonomy.
J
It's
coming
up
with
threads
that
are
common
or
Universal
to
to
the
transformation
schools
as
a
whole,
and
so
that
will
take
some
real
looking
at
the
data
having
conversations
with
leaders
seeing
what's
happening
at
the
classroom
level
to
be
able
to
pop
those
so
that
those
are
things
that
we
start
to
really
invest
in,
because
we
believe
they
are
Universal
strategy.
So
those
are
a
few
of
the
things
that
that
right
now
for
me
with
transformation,
I
think
you
know
we
want
to.
J
We
want
to
kind
of
keep
the
the
foot
on
the
pedal
around
and
I
I
applaud,
Mike
and
the
team
I
think
they've
done
such
a
good
job.
The
school
leaders
are
the
first
ones
to
save
in
the
transformation
schools
the
level
of
support
that
they
have
felt,
and
there
is
something
to
be
said
about
our
ability
to
focus
specifically
on
the
types
of
issues,
the
churn
rate
that
Mike
talked
about.
J
That's
a
concern,
I
think
it's
always
going
to
be
a
concern
when,
when
we
see
instability
of
Staffing
I
think
for
us
as
a
district,
we
you
know
at
the
school
leader
level,
much
much
less
Stern.
J
You
know,
it'll
be
remain
to
be
seen,
but
so
far
at
the
teacher
level,
that
appears
to
be
the
same,
the
more
stable
we
can
keep.
The
staff
means
that
we
have
traction
with
what
we
invest
in
the
staff
and
so
I
think
at
the
transformation
school
since
we're
putting
so
much
effort
into
development
and
PD
and
capacity
building.
J
If
that
leaves
because
the
person
leaves,
then
that
doesn't
benefit
that
group
of
schools,
so
that
will
be
something
else
that
we'll
talk
about
in
in
terms
of
how
we
pay
the
how
we
pay
attention
and
give
resource
to
that
is
to
that
issue.
Thank.
G
You
and
I
appreciate
you
and
direct
to
say,
been
talking
about
the
challenges
of
schools
exiting
that
status
because
of
what
they
lose.
Both
it's
not
just
autonomy,
it's
also
funding
and
attention,
and
there
is
a
sad
history
in
this
District
of
schools
that
get
extra
support
and
attention
and
improve,
and
then
that
falls
by
the
wayside
and
the
improvements
slip
off
and
some
schools.
Unfortunately,
you
know
we
can
talk
about
multiple
cycles
of
that,
and
so
sensitivity
of
that
is
is
really
appreciated.
G
I
do
want
to
also
just
in
the
interest
of
my
time
left
also
thank
Miss
Nida
for
her
work
and
thank
you
for
calling
that
out
and
also
congratulate
the
graduates.
You
know
this
is
the
fun
time
of
year,
like
you,
I,
attended
a
lot
of
high
school
graduate
I.
G
Think
I
was
at
five
this
year
and
and
love,
seeing
a
variety
of
our
schools
in
a
variety
of
parts
of
the
city
and
appreciate
the
school
leaders
inviting
me
and
seeing
our
graduates
and
their
families
celebrate,
and
the
teachers
celebrate
the
success
of
the
students
that
they've
worked
so
hard
to
reach.
G
H
I'm
gonna
I
have
so
many
more
transformation,
School
questions,
but
I'm,
actually
gonna
move
I,
think
move
off
of
it
because
I
I,
you
know,
like
I,
don't
think
we
really
got
a
presentation
that
is
substantive
enough
for
us
to
have
like
a
real
conversation,
I'm
saying
that
with
so
much
respect,
but
just
being
really
real
and
I
I'm,
probably
hot,
coming
off
of
the
exam
School
conversation
and
the
amount
of
time
we've
spent
talking
about
three
schools
that
are
some
of
our
highest
performing
in
the
district
and
the
that
it
just
feels
like
a
sort
of
superficial
conversation
about
a
30
that
none
have
even
been
named.
H
We
haven't
even
named
one-
we
haven't
even
said
a
single
school's
name
around
a
success,
or
probably
even
more
importantly,
like
where
we're
seeing
the
greatest
concern,
and
so
you
know
just
like
as
a
as
a
person
as
a
consumer.
I
am
I'm
just
I'm.
Finding
that
participating
I
guess
the
the
second
piece
I
think
it
brings
me
to
is
around
I.
H
Think
what
probably
a
bunch
of
us
read
this
week
or
last
week
around
sort
of
the
high
school
process
and
the
disparities
between
high
schools
in
our
city
and
the
peace
in
the
globe
that
highlighted
to
school
specifically
and
outlined
just
the
really
different
floor,
that
kids
have
access
to
I.
Guess
I'm
curious
on
two
levels,
just
sort
of
like
initial
thoughts,
because
it's
it's.
It
was
a
I
think
a
pretty
important
long
piece
and
it
came
after.
H
We
were
having
conversations
about
the
need
to
talk
about
high
schools
and
it
also
comes
after
we
made
this
big
announcement
around
like
our
vision
for
high
schools
and
and
so
yeah
I'm,
just
sort
of
like
I'm
curious
sort
of
where
that
landed,
and
if
it
is
impacting
any
sort
of
system
change
that
we
should
be
thinking
about
or
talking
about.
H
J
I
mean
I
think
one
of
the
things
I
we
talked
about
sort
of
from
the
start
is
there
are
inequities
clearly
between
the
high
schools.
This
is
the
result
of
many
things
like
over
the
course
of
time,
but
you
know
I
think.
The
four
pillars
that
we
laid
out
was
an
attempt
to
say:
let's
try
to
get
these
four
things
to
a
point
where
there's
some
level
of
equity
within
the
schools.
J
I
have
lots
of
thoughts
about
the
article
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
didn't
kind
of
get
addressed
as
much
as
it
should
have
in
the
article
is.
You
know
what
I
would
call
all
Source
funding
right
or
all
resource
funding,
which
is
that
some
of
our
schools
have
foundations.
Some
of
our
schools
have
Foundation
boards
and
there's,
in
some
cases
a
considerable
amount
of
money
that
comes
in
through
them.
That
actually
can
continue
in
some
cases
to
fuel
disparity,
I.
J
Think
it's
one
of
the
things
that
we
in
as
we
take
on
the
work
next
year
of
the
reimagining
funding.
We
have
to
figure
out
how
to
consider,
because
I
think
in
the
what
what
obviously
highlighted
even
more
the
two
schools
was,
that
one
has
that
and
the
other
does
not.
J
And
so
you
know
one
is
looking
at
sort
of
what
is
perpetuated
through
weighted
student
formula
and
what
inequities
are
there.
Part
of
this
is
also
like
the
dollars
follow
the
students,
but
when
you
have
concentrations
or
smaller
enrollment,
there
becomes
difficult
choices
in
what
the
dollars
can
afford
and
I.
J
When
you
get
into
the
economy
a
scale
of
a
couple
thousand
kids,
that's
a
very
different
scale
and
so
you're
able
to
offer
just
a
lot
more
just
because
the
economy
scale
forwards
or
two
so
there's
just
I,
see
it
from
so
many
different
layers
and
details.
But
but
I
think
the
most
important
thing
is.
These
are
active
conversations
that
we
are
having
the
secondary
office
and
part
of
why
we're
building
the
secondary
office
up
is
to
be
able
to
take
some
of
these
things
on.
J
So
when
it
comes
to
the
academic
rigor,
when
it
comes
to
Early,
College
and
Career,
you
know
you
had
one
announcement
for
Fenway
and
one
announcement
for
Charlestown
and
I
think
the
idea
was
to
be
able
to
ensure
that
each
school
at
the
high
school
level,
the
secondary
level,
is
going
to
be
able
to
have
that
early
college
opportunity
for
students
and
career
Pathways
for
students,
I
think.
J
Similarly,
on
the
buildings
we
we
already
know
that
some
schools,
you
know
some
of
the
high
schools-
are
in
very
small
buildings
or
buildings
that
don't
allow
them
to
actually
expand
programming
in
the
ways
that
they
need
to,
and
other
schools
have
access
to
big
buildings
that
have
lots
of
opportunities
to
bring
Partners
in
and
to
do
different
kinds
of
things.
So
these
are
the
areas.
J
H
I
appreciate
that
and
I
I
appreciate
you
and
a
recognition,
obviously
like
one.
These
are
not
we're
not
like
snapping
our
fingers,
and
this
is
changing
and
this
the
inequity
predates
you.
Some
of
it
we
like
have
to
be
sober
about,
like
is
by
Design
like
anytime
we've
put
in
you
know.
The
history
of
screening
kids
in
schools
was
to
create
segregation
and
to
further
perpetuate
inequities
and
to
make
sure
some
kids
were
taken.
H
Care
of,
and
others
didn't
get
the
same
experience
when,
before
your
time,
the
former
superintendent
talked
about
the
quality
guarantee
and
I
criti
I
hate
that
word.
It
sounds
like
we're
selling
chicken
or
something,
but
like
the
the
idea
that,
like
there
would
be
this
these
like
things,
these
experiences
that
would
happen
universally.
H
What
never
happened
from
that
and
I'm
just
curious,
where
you
are
in
your
team,
was
like
an
actual
numerical
commitment
to
what
that
experience
would
look
like
like
as
again
like
as
a
parent
consumer
I
want
to
know
that,
no
matter
what
high
school
my
kid
goes
to,
there's
at
least
five
AP
options
or
no
matter
what
high
school
I
go
to.
There's
at
least
three
language
options
there
may
be
more,
but
like
that
I'm
gonna
get
the
floor
versus,
like
you
know
what
we
do
with
like
big.
H
J
Yeah,
so
there's
so
the
vision
of
The
Graduate
is
work,
that's
been
being
done
both
with
a
working
group
of
kind
of
mixed
community
and
then
and
also
the
secondary
office,
and
so
that
is
queued
up
for
the
fall
to
present
to
you
guys
as
a
way
to
be
able
to
see
exactly
what
we're
thinking
for
what
should
high
school
graduates
have
access
to
and
be
able
to
say
they
experienced.
The
numerical
piece
has
to
be
part
of
that
reimagining
right
as
we
think
about
the
way.
J
It
is
right
now
and
weighted
student
formula.
Those
things
aren't
considered
in
that
way,
and
so
that's
going
to
be
a
big
piece
of
why
we're
undertaking
looking
at
the
funding
formula
in
a
different
way,
because
if
we
don't,
then
we're
going
to
have
the
same
outcome.
Yeah.
H
A
programmatic
floor
and,
like
obviously
I,
think
this
at
least
me
but
I'm
sure
the
rest
of
the
body
like
I'm,
committed
to
a
conversation.
If
you
tell
me
these
are
the
this
is
the
programmatic
floor.
This
is
actually
what
it
takes
to
operate,
our
school
system
and
the
funding
formula.
Does
these
other
sort
of
additive
things,
but
what
the
article
highlighted
for
me
was
like
there
isn't
a
floor,
it's
like
you
can
go
to
a
a
decent.
You
know
a
decent
sized
school
and
have
one
language
option,
and
it's
not
about
that.
H
J
That's
exactly
the
work
right
that
is,
that
is
beginning
to
happen,
and
you
will
get
some
of
the
glimpse
of
that.
Come
fall.
I
will
say
that,
seven
years
ago
we
had
started
really
doing
some
of
that
work
at
the
high
school
level
of
reimagining,
high
school
and
then
I
think
just
with
a
lot
of
changes
that
work
kind
of
lost
in
the
translation.
But
that
is
it's
critical
and
I.
Think
it's
actually
not
not,
as
its
has
been,
which
is
secondary,
is
nine
to
twelve.
H
M
H
C
S
H
The
school
has
you,
don't
even
have
a
printed
directory.
You
know
like
how
do
you
know?
You
know
if
my
kid
loves
anime?
How
do
I
know
if
a
school
has
an
anime
club
and
I
can't
be
lug
around
the
city
going
and
asking
every
school
if
there's
an
anime
club
or
if
they
are
Japanese
like
there
has
to
be
a
way
for
families
to
make
informed
choices,
so
their
kid
doesn't
end
up
at
a
school
that
they're
like
this
wasn't
right.
J
Those
things
change
regularly,
right
and
so
I
think
it's
also
finding
ways
that
you,
you
create
the
human
connection,
Beyond
just
you
can
Google
and
say,
or
you
can
use
a
school
finder
and
be
able
to
say.
Oh
this
school
has
these
these
things
one.
The
thing
has
to
be
updated
on
a
regular
basis,
but
two
often
the
parent
is
really
looking
for
that.
Like
human
conversation
about
the
school
to
visit
it
to
be
able
to
see
it.
H
H
What's
on
the
menu
tell
give
me
the
menu,
and
then
we
can
have
a
conversation
if
it's
right
and
we
don't
even
have
a
menu
yet
and
that's
part
of
what
that
article
highlighted
for
me,
it's
like
we
have
to
build
something
for
families
to
make
informed
choices,
we're
going
to
keep
having
kids
ending
up
at
Madison,
Park
or
somewhere
else.
Where
they're
like
this
wasn't
the
right
place
for
me
and
it's
like
I
think
it's
actually
one
of
the
most
urgent
things,
particularly
as
we're
trying
to
transform
the
system.
A
Yeah,
thank
you.
Yeah
I
have
a
slightly
different
question
that
follows
that
up
when
we
started
the
conversation
earlier
tonight
about
Mass
core,
my
question
is:
how
are
we
doing
in
outfitting
schools
to
make
sure
that
they
are
adding
on
those
courses
and
other
things
that
are
required
so
that
students
have
full
access
to
mass
score?
Yeah.
J
It's
what
percentage
in
each
of
the
types
of
courses
that
have
you
know
we've
reached,
you
know,
I
know,
there's
been
some
some
of
the
particular
areas
that
we've
struggled
with
have
been
things
like
the
electives
in
particular,
for
instance,
with
art
and
we're
we're
definitely
kind
of
hitting
a
ceiling
in
some
of
these,
and
it
has
to
do
with
the
high
school
schedule.
So
one
of
the
things
that
we're
trying
to
do
is
work.
J
I
I
J
Of
that
share
with
with
the
work
once
the
grades
come
in
and
we
can
put.
A
It
along
yeah
I
know
that
many
other
districts
across
the
Commonwealth
have
been
doing
you
know
using
mass
core
for
years.
How
do
we
have
mentors
or
other
partners
that
we
can
look
to?
Who
have
done?
Who
have
had
to
deal
with
some
of
these
same
things
that
could
help
our
schools
sort
of
Break
The
Log
Jam
of
getting
schedules
Etc
so
that
our
students
can
more
quickly
take
advantage
of
the
opportunities
yeah.
J
So
I
Ted,
Ted,
Lombardi
I,
don't
know
if
Ted
wants
to
weigh
in
on
this
just
in
terms
of
the
partnership
piece,
because
that
may
be
a
little
bit
more
historical
over
the
last
couple
of
years.
J
You
know
what
I
will
say
is
one
of
the
things
that
we
we
definitely
have
to
look
at.
That
I
mentioned
in
my
notes.
Is
this
idea
that
while
Mass
core
is
a
great
template,
we
do
need
to
acknowledge
that
the
learning
needs
of
particular
populations
may
need
us
to
look
at
this
differently,
and
so
that
is
kind
of
the
deep
work
that
we're
sort
of
looking
at
that
we
can
see
sometimes
in
the
Delta
of
it.
J
You
know
of
what
what
is
not
yet
at
Mass
Coral,
it's
a
satisfying,
Mass
core
recommendation,
and
so
that
will
be
I.
Think
in
part
two.
When
is
us
to
provide
with
you
what
we
think
some
of
the
groups
are
I
kind
of
outline
them
a
little
bit.
I
think
alternative.
Ed
is
definitely
one
that
we
are
going
to
want
to
both
make
an
option
for
our
students,
but
also
recognize
that
part
of
entering
all
dead
is
generally
because
there's
been
some
off
track
component
in
sequencing
of
high
school
classes.
J
So
you
know
I
think
this
will
be
in
part.
What
we
report
out
on
along
with
recommendations,
but
Ted
I,
don't
know.
Are
there
particular
Partners
right
now
that
with
mass
core
or
Catherine
and
others
are
working
on.
T
Yeah
not
necessarily
thank
you,
superintendent
and
thanks
for
the
question,
I
think
it's.
This
is
really
important
work
and
it's
actually
probably
more
longitudinal
than
we
think
of
it
right
now
than
we're
thinking
of
it
right
now,
in
that
we
did
go
through
a
process
going
before
this
year
in
the
spring
of
22,
going
into
this
year
to
allow
schools
to
request
positions
that
they
needed
to
fill
fulfill
Mass
score
requirements
for
that
incoming
9th
grade
class.
T
So
we
did
make
a
lot
of
adjustments
to
student
staffing
coming
into
this
year
in
terms
of
going
forward,
like
the
superintendent
said,
there's
a
lot
of
assessment
that
has
to
be
done
after
this
first
year
to
see
where
our
students
are
and
to
see
where
those
gaps
are,
because
those
are
the
years
now,
where
they're
going
to
be
getting
into
electives
and
into
you
know,
physical
education
requirements
in
their.
You
know
sophomore,
Junior
and
Senior
year.
T
So
you
know,
I
I,
think
we're
fairly
well
situated
as
it
stands
to
be
able
to
to
get
students
the
finish
line,
but
but,
like
the
superintendent
said,
those
you
know,
alternative
Ed
is
is
certainly
one
area
where
you
know
we
want
to
be
additive
to
students
experience.
We
don't
want
to
just
make
the
diploma
the
finish
line
for
alted.
We
want
to
provide
them
work-based
experiences
and
some
you
know,
life
experiences
as
part
of
that
programming.
So
we
want
to
be
able
to.
T
You
know,
be
a
little
bit
more
adaptive
in
how
we
have
students
reach
graduation
requirements
in
that
setting
when
they're
coming
in
at
you
know,
overage
and
under
credited.
So
that's
the
kind
of
thing
we're
going
to
want
to
talk
about
in
the
fall
when
we
have
a
little
clearer
data
as
to
how
to
move
forward.
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much,
my
other
question.
Well,
it's
really
a
comment
about
the
whole
issue
with
transformational
schools
and
we
get
to
that
point
where
we
talk
about
they're,
about
to
exit
and
we're
going
to
take
away
resources
versus.
A
J
No
I
think
I
think
you're,
absolutely
right
and
I
think
you
know
one
of
the
things
that's
sort
of
happened
with
the
the
Astrid
dollars
is
for
the
first
time
right.
Public
education
is
being
funded
at
a
level
that
actually
starts
to
meet
student
need,
but
I
think
these
are
the
questions
in
the
reimagining
as
we
look
at
it
and
I,
don't
know
if
Chief
Cooter,
I
didn't
call
you
in
the
first
time,
but
I
don't
know
if
you
want
to
just
kind
of
give
a
glimpse
around
the
reimagining
funding
project.
J
U
Thank
you,
superintendent
I'm
always
happy
to
talk
about
the
reimagined
school
funding
project
because
it
is
our
opportunity
to
talk
about
not
just
the
the
sort
of
see
the
floor
of
the
minimum
funding
for
schools,
but
to
talk
about
what
we
want
to
see
and
exactly
the
questions.
Mr
Carter
Hernandez
you
mentioned
when
you
said
you
know
what
are
the
minimums
we
want
to
see
at
every
High
School?
What
are
the
minimums
we
want
to
see
at
every
Elementary,
School
and
so
from
a
timing
perspective
that
we
have
convened
a
public
group.
U
The
steering
committee
has
met
and
there's
a
principal
Advisory
Group
and
a
community
engagement
group
that
have
been
meeting
to
set
the
sort
of
principles
and
guardrails
of
the
project
and
then
we'll
come
back
to
you
and
the
public
in
the
fall
with
some
different
versions
and
recommendations
going
to
fy25
planning.
So
it's
a
really
important
conversation.
It
is
something
that
we're
using
as
our
funding
to
be
able
to
do
and
I'm
really
excited
about
I.
A
V
G
A
You
before
we
move
on
to
General
Public
comments,
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
many
people
are
signed
up
to
speak
tonight
at
the
proposal
to
build
a
new
facility
for
the
O'brien
School
on
the
West
Roxbury
campus
I
want
to
remind
everyone
that
this
is
a
proposal
and
we
are
just
at
the
beginning
of
a
community
engagement
process.
The
school
committee
takes
very
seriously
a
responsibility
to
consider
this
proposal,
those
in
support
and
those
against.
A
B
Thank
you
chair.
The
public
comment
period
is
an
opportunity
for
parents,
caregivers
students
and
other
concern
parties
to
make
brief
presentations
to
the
school
committee
on
Partner
School
issues.
Questions
on
specific
School
matters
are
not
answered
at
this
time,
but
I
refer
to
the
superintendent
for
a
later
response.
B
B
B
B
Please
state
your
name
affiliation
and
what
neighborhood
you
are
from
before
you
begin.
Please
direct
your
comments
to
the
chair
and
refrain
from
addressing
individual
school
committee
members
or
District
staff
when
I
call
your
name,
please
raise
your
hand
virtually
in
Zoom.
Also,
please
make
sure
that
you're
signed
into
Zoom,
with
the
same
name
that
you
use
to
sign
up
for
public
comments
that
will
allow
us
to
identify
you
when
it's
your
turn
to
testify.
B
W
Benning
I
serve
as
co-chair
of
the
governing
board
for
the
bcla
McCormick
school
I'm.
Also,
the
associate
Dean
for
academic
Affairs
and
an
associate
professor
in
the
College
of
Education
and
human
development
at
UMass
Boston
I'll
be
representing
the
Dorchester
community
I'd
like
to
thank
the
school
committee
and
server
Lieutenant
Skipper
this
evening
for
listening
to
concerns
expressed
by
the
BC
McCormick
committee,
including
the
students,
families
and
staff
and
the
BCAA
McCormick
School
governing
board.
W
We
sent
a
letter
to
superintendent
Skipper
and
the
Boston
school
committee
on
April
14th
and
received
a
response
from
server
tennis
Skipper
on
May
4th.
While
we
appreciate
the
response
from
the
superintendent
and
her
commitment
to
continuing
to
complete
all
of
the
needed
Renovations
at
the
school,
we
are
worried
about
the
pace
of
the
project
and
the
critical
upgrades
may
not
be
completed
by
the
start
of
school.
Next
fall.
W
The
merge
of
two
schools
to
foreign
McCormick
712
pilot
school
was
approved
in
2019,
but
we're
still
lacking
some
of
the
basic
foundations
required
for
a
fully
functioning
school.
This
includes
completion
of
previously
approved
upgrades
and
the
creation
of
adequate
classroom
space
at
the
previous
McCormick
Middle
School
to
house
all
students
in
grades
7
through
12.
next
year,
our
Rising
12th
grade
student
students
were
told
that
they
will
not
need.
W
W
One
example
of
an
immediate
concern
is
that
the
lockers
are
too
small
for
high
school
students.
Therefore,
we
come
tonight
to
present
our
case
and
to
read
a
copy
of
our
original
letter.
Our
key
asked
tonight
is
that
we
hope
that
you
will
be
able
to
provide
us
with
a
clearly
articulated
written
assurance
that
the
work
we
outline
in
the
letter
can
be
completed
prior
to
the
start
of
the
23-24
school
year.
Our
specific
requests
are
all
outlined
in
the
letter
we
sent
and
we'll
read
this
this
evening.
X
Y
So
the
letter
goes
that
dear
superintendent
skipper,
we
are
writing
you
from
the
bcla
7th
to
12th
grade
and
the
name
of
all
the
students.
You
know
the
families
and
the
staff.
Y
X
Y
Because
we
want
to
give
the
students
a
classroom
or
a
building
that
is
aligned
with
this
Century
at
20
20
21
century,
and
we
want
the
school
to
be
competent.
And
yes,.
X
X
Y
Y
30
seconds
since
then,
there
have
been
many
chin
chins
and
the
many
plans
and
false
promises.
Y
X
Y
J
R
Good
evening
my
name
is
Karen
olivets
I'm
at
from
South
Boston
I'm,
a
parent
of
a
rising
eighth
grader
at
the
UCLA
McCormick.
We
acknowledge
and
appreciate
the
work
that
has
been
completed
to
renovate
spaces
to
develop
new
science
labs
and
a
life
skills
room.
We
also
want
to
acknowledge
the
planning
and
the
work
that
has
begun
for
additional
Renovations
for
school
year.
R
2023
2024.,
however,
due
to
recent
history,
culminating
in
the
physical
merger
of
the
two
campuses
being
delayed,
our
school
committee
understandably
has
some
concerns
about
the
merger
plans
and
pending
facilities
upgrades
beyond
what
has
already
taken
place.
We
are
seeking
assurances
on
the
scope
and
timeline
of
these
plans,
with
the
understanding
that
many
of
the
necessary
upgrades
will
require
the
coordination
of
multiple
BPS
departments,
substantial
funding,
contractor
bids
and
scheduling
the
work
around
the
school
day
in
the
academic
calendar,
all
of
which
could
produce
further
delays.
R
In
collaboration
with
the
center
for
collaborative
education's
reciprocity
project
in
the
Harbor
Point
Community,
we
are
working
to
achieve
a
vision
that
the
community
would
like
to
see
come
to
fruition.
After
conducting
listening
sessions
with
the
haberpoint
community
to
establish
their
goals
for
7
to
12
school,
the
reciprocity
project
will
also
conduct
listening
sessions
in
our
school
by
meeting
with
students
through
focus
groups
listening
to
the
desired
outcomes
of
our
stakeholders.
R
The
feedback
will
then
be
used
and
analyzed
to
create
an
educational
experience
that
provides
opportunities
for
our
students
to
be
successful
in
our
7
to
12,
school
and
Beyond.
We
want
to
establish
a
school
that
serves
our
greatest
community
and
is
shown
by
those
signing
the
letter
in
agreement.
We
are
working
as
a
collective
to
ask
please
slow
down.
Sorry.
Thank
you.
We
are
working
as
a
collective
to
ask
for
what
we
feel
is
needed
to
create
a
Better
Learning
environment.
Z
Hello,
everybody
thank
you
for
having
us.
My
name
is
David
Lewis
and
I'm,
a
school
counselor
at
the
bcla
McCormick
school
and
a
member
of
the
school's
governing
board.
I
live
and
work
in
the
community
of
Dorchester
and
I'm,
going
to
continue
with
the
letter
I'd
like
to
outline
what
we're
seeking
assurances
on
for
the
year
23-24
and
then
my
colleague,
Ali
Forbes,
will
continue
with
what
we're
seeking
for
the
following
school
year.
Z
Facilities
updates
replace
our
current
lockers
aesthetic
improvements
to
the
barren
and
dilapidated
areas
of
the
public-facing
exterior
of
the
building,
an
installation
of
a
operational,
closed
camera,
closed
circuit,
camera
system.
Our
school
has
based
on
safety
concerns
this
year
and
we
serve
a
very
high
need
population,
and
this
is
important
for
our
school
safety,
a
Fresh
coat
of
paint
for
the
gym
classrooms
and
hallways
replacement
of
whiteboards
and
installation
of
new
whiteboards
inappropriate
classrooms,
a
completion
of
the
plan
Renovations,
which
is
already
ongoing
and
then
replacing
Antiquated
classroom
furniture
with
updated,
21st,
Century
Furniture.
Z
Those
are
facilities
updates
for
facilities
planning.
We
like
Assurance,
that
the
district
will
start
planning
for
phase
two
construction
with
a
goal
that
that
will
be
completed
in
2425.
We
like
to
reignite
conversations
about
the
Green
Space
study
that
was
promised
share.
The
most
recent
facilities,
condition,
update
and
complete
a
new
facilities,
update
facilities
assessment
rather
and
then.
S
Z
Then
plan
for
modular
modulars
to
be
in
place
for
the
following
school
year,
because
currently
our
school
does
not
fit
all
of
the
students
that
we'll
have
in
grades
7
through
12
and
then.
Finally,
we
would
like
to
start
we'd
like
BPS
to
start
discussions
between
BPS
leadership
and
UMass
Boston
regarding
providing
additional
space
to
our
school
and
plans
for
the
doap,
the
daily
land.
We're
a
baseball
field
currently
sits
outside
of
the
school.
Thank
you.
I
V
Pci
McCormick
lower
campus
I'm,
a
special
educator
specializing
in
ela
in
history,
primarily
with
the
ninth
grade
for
the
start
of
the
24-25
school
year
for
facility
updates.
We're
asking
to
construct
additional
bathrooms
to
meet
the
current
unmet
needs
based
on
the
layout
of
the
building.
We
have
the
longest
hallways
ever
in
Boston
and
there's
one
bathroom
for
each
hallway.
It's
it's
been
problematic.
V
Incidents
take
necessary
steps
to
improve
air
quality,
as
cited,
we
were
cited
as
four
in
the
most
recent
publicly
available
report,
replace
anything
remaining.
That's
Antiquated
in
the
classroom
to
bring
us
up
to
date
with
21st
Century
Furniture
throughout
the
building
facilities,
planning
planning
began
additional
facility
updates
and
space
considerations
for
2025
and
Beyond,
based
on
recommendations
from
the
most
recent
facilities
assessment.
V
A
plan
for
phase
three
Renovations,
including
possible
updates
to
common
areas
such
as
cafeteria
or
a
Lobby
37.
gather
staff,
including
feedback
to
renovate
and
redesign
space
occupied
by
the
currently
unused
defunct
boys
and
girls.
Locker
room
plan
for
renovation
of
a
library
to
create
a
high
school,
appropriate
Library
space,
including
modern
technology
and
research
technology,
and
with
the
non-facilities
planning,
continue
negotiations
with
UMass
Boston
moving
toward
an
mou
or
other
more
formalized
agreement
for
the
use
of
shared
space.
B
AA
Good
evening
my
name
is
Nicholas
ebisu
I'm,
a
building
rep
at
Boston,
Latin
Academy
and
a
teacher
there
and
I
live
in
the
West
End
I
would
like
to
address
the
vote
of
no
confidence
taken
by
Boston
Latin
Academy
staff.
Regarding
the
head
of
school
Gavin
Smith,
the
vote
was
taken
as
a
last
resort.
The
bla
faculty
undertook
two
surveys
and
the
vote
only
after
two
long
years
in
which
Mr
Smith
consistently
ignored
the
concerns
and
pleas
of
the
faculty
regarding
school
safety
and
protocols.
AA
AA
The
success
of
the
school
as
a
whole,
its
faculty,
its
community
and
its
hundreds
of
students,
bla
faculty,
strongly
urges
the
superintendent
and
the
BPS
school
committee
to
understand
that
after
two
years
of
leadership
and
incompetency
and
irresponsibility,
any
hope
of
future
success
at
bla
must
involve
a
change
in
leadership.
Thank
you.
AC
I
did
it
Mike
Eichmann
beija,
Dorchester,
Mazel,
Tov,
Miss
lepera.
Thank
you
for
your
service
quote.
It
seems
that
we
can
move
fast
when
we
want
to
move
fast.
Close
quote:
School
Committee,
Member,
Brandon
Cadet
Hernandez
speaking
at
the
June
7th
Boston
school
committee
meeting
quote
the
school
committee
will
permit
the
superintendents
to
move
as
slowly
as
she
wants.
While
she
supervises
a
racist
cover-up,
close
quote:
Mike
Heisman,
testifying
again
again
and
again
before
the
school
committee
before
taking
office.
AC
Ms
Skipper
on
August
the
24th
last
year
had
received
the
letter
from
15
high-ranking
retired
BPS,
educators
of
color
protesting
against
the
targeting
harassment
and
firing
of
anti-racist
black
and
brown
central
office
leaders.
You
have
allowed
Ms
Skipper
to
be
in
charge
of
this
investigation
against
herself.
It
is
now
June
23rd,
the
last
meeting
of
the
school
year.
Nothing
new
again
was
reported
today,
I
again
accuse
Miss
Skipper
of
conducting
a
racist
cup
of
I,
again
cues,
you
of
abdicating
your
response,
public
responsibility
by
being
silenced
and
complicit.
AC
In
this
cover-up
last
night,
I
attended
a
zoom
meeting
at
the
O'brien
to
discuss
the
new
proposal
to
move
the
exam
school
to
West
Roxbury
over
200,
attended,
Dell
Stanislaus
was
the
major
presenter.
She
briefly
named
and
addressed
the
major
concerns,
Transportation,
preserving
diversity,
maintaining
partnership
and
potential
alternative
sites.
AC
Based
on
what
I
heard
and
read
in
the
chat,
no
one
was
a
fooled
and
everyone
was
opposed.
I
requested
the
video
in
the
chat
be
released
to
the
school
committee
and
the
public
moving
an
exam
School
From
The
Heart
of
the
City
into
the
racist,
Suburban,
wider
and
wealthier
Edge
of
our
city
is
a
racist
decision
made
in
secrecy
behind
behind
closed
doors
to
defeat.
This
I
urge
the
O'brien's
Community
to
conduct
a
massive
campaign
of
resistance
and
I
pledge
my
support.
Thank
you.
AD
Okay,
if
it
matters
I'm
a
John,
Mudd
resident
of
Cambridge
and
a
long
time
advocate
in
Boston,
if
it
matters
speaking
for
myself
personally
I
want
you
to
know
that
I
am
deeply
troubled
by
your
decision,
not
to
hear
a
full
report
from
the
English
Learners
task
force
that
was
originally
scheduled
for
this
meeting.
You
know
full
well
that
BPS
is
failing
to
prepare
over
90
percent
of
multilingual
Learners
and
multilingual
Learners
with
disabilities
to
meet
expectations.
AD
AD
Postponing
the
English
Learners
task
force
report
sends
a
message
to
me
and
I
expect
to
others
that,
although
the
task
force
is
appointed
by
the
school
committee
to
provide
policy
advice
to
the
school
committee,
such
advice
is
not
needed
and
doesn't
count.
The
task
force
has
already
made
many
recommendations.
Most
important
is
access
to
native
language.
AD
AD
AD
K
Good
evening,
good
evening,
superintendent,
school
committee
and
the
chair-
oh
my
gosh
nervous,
I'm
nervous
and
I'm
I'm
overwhelmed.
Actually,
my
name
is
Nisa
I'm,
a
parent
of
a
senior
at
Boston,
Latin,
Academy
I'm.
Also
a
Boston
Latin
Academy
Alum.
Can
you
add,
like
five
more
seconds
onto
that
I'm?
Also,
a
teacher
at
the
O'brien
BPS
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Do
not
value
Educators.
85
percent
of
professionals
voted
no
confidence
in
bla's
leadership.
K
I
cannot
imagine
begin
to
imagine
what
those
work
conditions
are
like
BPS
in
the
city
of
Boston
do
not
value.
Educators
I
was
before
a
media
announcement
to
move
the
O'brien
to
West
Roxbury
O'brien's
staff
received
a
10-minute
Zoom
call
about
the
move.
How
disrespectful
BPS
in
the
city
of
Boston
do
not
value
social,
emotional,
Wellness
of
children,
we're
93
out
of
109
professionals
voted
no
confidence.
K
K
At
OB
took
on
the
task
of
confront
comforting
children
and
assuaging
their
fears
and
anxieties.
Anxieties
of
a
drastic
change
to
their
Community
I
am
realizing
that
if
you
align
with
a
bullying
tactics,
abuse
of
power
and
the
power
structure,
you
have
a
sanctuary
at
the
bowling
walk
down
to
City
Hall
they'll,
welcome
you
with
open
homes,
but
if
you
stand
up
and
out
against
dictatorship
as
in
the
spaces
where
bbla
leadership
failed
miserably,
my
friends,
you
are
marginalized
and
targeted
for
retaliation.
K
AF
Thank
you
school
committee
chair.
My
name
is
Tristan
granum
Jamaica,
Plain
resident
teacher
at
Boston,
Latin
academy
and
co-lead
of
the
faculty
Senate
I'm
here
to
share
a
letter
on
behalf
from
The
Faculty
Senate,
dear
superintendent,
Skipper,
chair
Robinson
and
members
of
the
Boston
school
committee.
Educators
at
Boston,
Latin
Academy
recently
took
a
vote
of
no
confidence
in
head
of
school
Gavin
Smith.
Following
the
vote
of
no
confidence,
The
Faculty
Senate
wanted
to
make
sure
you
have
a
summary
of
key
concerns
that
we
feel
should
be
addressed
by
central
office.
AF
Many
of
these
concerns
have
been
previously
shared
with
central
office
and
most
are
ongoing
and
actively
compromising
the
student
learning
and
educator
working
experiences.
First,
many
Educators
and
students
didn't
have
a
complete
class
schedule
on
the
first
day
of
school,
resulting
in
the
loss
of
learning
time
and
creating
a
wide
array
of
problems
that
persisted
throughout
the
school
year.
Second,
they
have
been
inconsistent
and
at
times
fully
contradictory
Communications
to
staff,
about
academic
policies,
leaving
faculty
and
students
confused
and
less
prepared
to
teach
and
learn.
AF
Third,
investigatory
meetings
are
increasingly
and
frequently
taking
place,
based
on
unsubstantiated
claims
leading
to
a
culture
of
fear
and
retaliation.
Fourth,
despite
repeated
requests
from
Educators,
the
school
lacks
clear
protocols
to
follow
when
there
are
safety
and
behavior
incidents
at
school,
causing
many
students
and
faculty
to
feel
unsafe
and
unsure
of
what
to
do.
AF
Six
we
have
raised
concerns
that
hiring
practices
at
bla
don't
appear
to
follow
Personnel
committee
protocols
and
do
not
always
prioritize
the
most
qualified
candidates.
Seventh,
other
school
structures
require
meetings
and
processes
such
as
those
of
the
school
side,
Council,
the
instructional
leadership
team
and
the
faculty
Senate,
all
of
which
are
supposed
to
ensure
Democratic
and
collaborative
leadership
amongst
family
student
and
educated
stakeholders
are
being
ignored,
repeated
repeatedly,
canceled
neglected
or
not
adhere
to
the
issues
extended
well
beyond
this
list.
B
Thank
you,
liba
Israel
is
in
the
meeting
you'll,
be
our
next
speaker,
followed
by
Mary
de
benga.
AG
AG
I
disagree
with
the
no
confidence
vote,
I've
seen
Mr
Smith
progress
professionally
and
push
peer
staff
and
myself
towards
Excellence
from
2019.
Until
now,
I
know
he's
capable
and
qualified
for
this
position
and
in
a
higher
position
he
decides
to
pursue.
The
mission
of
Boston
Latin
is
preparing
students
to
be
independent
leaders,
contributing
citizens
in
a
diverse
and
challenging
society.
Yet
staff
meant
to
teach
this
Mission
have
not
learned
to
communicate
directly
and
instead
opted
in
for
an
incognito
mom
of
online
comments.
AG
AG
While
Mr
Smith
is
direct,
he
keeps
you
accountable.
He
is
not
rude
and
wants
nothing,
but
your
best
effort.
Every
day.
People
who
sugarcoat
do
not
value
your
growth
and
development,
communication
and
feedback
are
useful
tools
to
build
lasting
positive
relationships,
share,
needs
and
concerns
and
provide
support
and
assistance.
From
personal
experiences
from
my
personal
experience,
Mr
Mr
Smith
has
been
very
receptive
and
constructive
to
feedback
allowing
us
and
students
to
review
him
and
things
that
he
could
be
doing
better.
AG
If
you
took
the
time
to
tell
him
how
you
felt,
he
would
take
the
time
to
learn
how
to
communicate
with
you
36
the
solution
is
the
solution,
isn't
removing
someone
every
time
you
feel
threatened?
The
solution
is
rounding
up
the
village
and
getting
back
on
track
together
as
leaders
that
you
want
the
students
and
future
classes
to
see,
as
my
time
is
coming
to
an
end,
I
want
to
leave
you
with
a
question.
B
AH
Thank
you
and
I
want
to
thank
the
committee
for
hearing
my
testimony
this
evening.
I
and
I
also
want
to
apologize
for
the
fact
that
I
am
testifying
I.
This
conversation,
I,
don't
actually
believe
belongs
at
this
body
and
I
I
actually
really
echoed
the
sentiment
that
was
said
earlier
about
how
there
is
too
much
time
being
devoted
to
three
schools
of
this
District.
When
there
are
so
many
really
important
issues
going
on
and
I
did
want
to
speak
to
the
recent
confidence
at
Boston
Latin
Academy,
which
is
my
school
context.
AH
AH
This
community
means
a
lot
to
me,
as
does
the
entirety
of
BPS
and
I,
fully
believe
that
we
should
handle
problems
through
proper
channels
and
that
it
does
not
serve
a
school
Community
to
have
its
dirty
laundry
aired
and
kind
of
the
entire
city,
and
that's
why,
as
a
faculty
member
at
bla,
when
I've
had
concerns
I've
brought
them
through
the
proper
channels.
AH
We've
brought
them
through
the
bodies
of
the
faculty
Senate
we've
brought
them
through
the
bodies
of
our
elected
representatives
through
the
union,
and
it's
only
because
those
members
were
not
met
with
that.
Those
concerns
were
not
addressed,
that
the
district
did
not
respond,
that
we
had
to
go
to
a
vote
of
no
confidence
and
what
I
want
to
talk
about
now.
AH
When
the
issues
we've
raised
have
been
around
retaliation
and
things
done
in
ways
where
Mr
Smith
has
refused
to
meet
with
the
bodies
that
are
elected
bodies.
It
is
extremely
important
that
we
have
a
process,
that's
going
to
be
transparent
and
a
process.
That's
going
to
allow
people
to
be
protected.
Who
are
vulnerable
teachers
like
teachers
who
are
provisional
and
we
need
a
different
model?
That's
going
to
allow
that
to
happen
if
we
can
move
forward.
Thank
you
thank.
AI
AI
Finally,
Wu
and
Skipper
have
promised
that
they
have
looked
at
Alternatives
and
that
the
West
Roxbury
proposal
is
the
only
possibility
on
the
table.
This
is
clearly
untrue.
As
we
speak,
there
is
a
bpda
meeting
regarding
the
Lots
on
Harrison
and
Melania
Cass.
This
would
be
a
prime
location
for
our
school,
near
Ramsey,
Park's
field
space
and
the
future
bfit
college
campus.
AI
The
proposal
to
move
the
O'brien
to
West
Roxbury
will
likely
be
brought
to
the
Boston
school
committee.
This
fall
I
strongly
urge
this
body
to
reject
that
proposal.
When
it
comes
here,
the
city
needs
to
go
back
to
the
drawing
board
to
find
Central,
safe
and
Equitable
locations
for
both
Madison
Park
and
the
O'brien.
Thank
you
thank.
AJ
AJ
My
son
goes
to
the
O'brien
he
attended.
He
has
attended
since
seventh
grade
and
the
intrinsic
thing
that
is
lost
with
looking
to
move
to
the
O'briens.
In
addition
to,
what's
already
been
said,
and
what
will
be
set
after
me
is
that
two
things
one
is
the
opportunity
to
interact
and
collaborate
with
fellow
students.
AJ
There
are
multiple
places
to
go,
whether
it's
the
neighborhood
library
or
JP
licks
in
Jamaica,
Plain
or
other
places
within
the
within
the
Roxbury
area
that
are
easy
to
walk
or
get
to,
and
there
are
multiple
existing
Transit
hubs
that
are
right
near
the
school.
AJ
So
that's
one
thing,
and
it
has
provided
a
level
of
Independence
for
my
son
to
emerge
as
a
confident
young
man
going
into
high
school
and
being
able
to
navigate
the
challenges
of
the
MBTA
I,
also
lived
in
West
Roxbury.
For
20
years
and
commuted
into
City
Hall
and
on
a
good
day-
and
this
is
before
traffic-
has
gotten
as
bad
as
it
is,
it
would
take
45
minutes
to
an
hour
to
get
into
City
Hall
from
the
from
Spring
Street
across
from
the
VA
Hospital
20
seconds.
Thank
you.
AJ
I
urge
you
to
not
consider
this
fate
accompli
in
past
decisions,
where
the
these
kind
of
decisions
have
been
presented
as
options,
it
really
isn't
and
I
really
don't
believe
that
this
is
an
option,
so
I
hope
that
the
department
and
the
school
committee
proved
me
wrong.
Thank
you.
AK
Good
evening
my
name
is
Mark
sudden
I
am
a
former
teacher
of
the
Boston
public
schools
for
18
years
and
I'm
here
tonight
to
ask
that
the
committee
move
to
name
the
theater
at
the
Boston
Arts
Academy
after
Carmen
Torres
and
Linda
Nathan
in
1998,
Boston
Arts
Academy
opened
at
174
Ipswich
Street.
It
opened
with
three
huge
assets:
enthusiastic
student
body,
a
dedicated
staff
and
no
asset
more
important
than
the
Bold
vision
of
Carmen
and
Linda.
AK
Their
Vision
was
that
we
could
open
a
school
for
the
Arts
without
admissions
gated
by
either
formal
training
in
the
Arts,
nor
gated,
by
a
student's
academic
history,
and
with
this
we
could
create
an
environment
of
growth
and
learning
for
students
and
adults
alike.
That
was
the
vision.
The
reality
was
that
we
worked
in
a
building
that
was
inadequate
in
size,
inadequate
in
terms
of
the
lack
of
specialized
spaces
it
offered
for
specialized
curricula
and
with
an
inadequate
budget
that
failed
to
recognize
that
Arts
Education
costs
money.
AK
The
reality
also
was
that,
because
of
the
leadership
and
care
of
Carmen
and
Linda,
we
built
the
school
that
garnered
all
the
attention
and
support
that
led
to
the
school.
Finally
getting
a
facility
adequate
to
the
work
that
happens
there
as
important
as
the
vision
they
pushed
forward.
Carmen
and
Linda
were
true
teachers.
AK
He
helped
me
grow
into
the
teacher.
I
am
through
my
many
mistakes.
No
one
ever
felt
shame
around
Carmen,
that's
the
leader
in
the
person
that
she
was
Linda
taught
me
end
us
not
to
be
bound
by
the
Limited
vision
of
the
conventions
of
Education
that
have
led
us
to
such
disparate
results.
She
insisted
that
we
try
things
that
seem
crazy,
because
some
of
them
would
work
work
or
be
the
seed
of
something
that
would
work
and
she
was
right
over
and
over
again.
AK
Nothing
could
have
been
more
valuable
to
me
as
a
young
teacher
than
this
kind
of
guidance,
patience
and
care,
and
I
am
one
among
many
among
literally
thousands
who
were
touched
by
the
work
that
Carmen
and
Linda
LED
I
have
not
yet
been
able
to
visit
the
new
building,
but,
to
be
honest,
I'm
happy
to
wait
until
it
is
truly
finished.
Baa.
R
AK
AL
AL
Speaking
from
my
lived
experience
as
a
white
woman,
we
take
everything.
We
take
resources,
we
take
land,
we
take
neighborhoods,
but
the
amazing
ironic
thing
is
that
we
have
not
collectively
tried
to
take
OB,
arguably
the
best
high
school
in
the
city.
Up
until
very
recently
many
people
that
I
know
and
love
in
West
Roxbury
would
only
consider
two
high
schools
in
Boston
and
Obi
was
not
one
of
them.
AL
Our
city
leaders
have
a
proposal,
a
plan,
a
proposal,
a
plan
to
orchestrate
the
theft
of
black
resources
and
move
those
resources
to
a
heavily
resourced
white.
Neighborhood
and
I
do
not
blame
West
Roxbury
for
the
short-sighted
plan.
I
blame
our
leaders
at
the
meeting
that
can
only
Loosely
be
called
a
community
meeting.
People
talked
about
how
the
new
selection
process
puts
a
natural
protection
in
place
that
will
ensure
bps's
commitment
to
preserve
representation.
AL
Diversity
is
touted
at
our
other
two
exam
schools,
but
when
a
school
is
40
percent
white,
it
feels
like
it's
80
percent.
When
it's
30
percent
white,
it
feels
like
it's
60
percent,
because
another
thing
we
take
is
a
lot
of
space
if
Opie
begins
to
mirror
the
diversity
of
other
exam
schools.
Ob,
as
we
know,
know
it,
while
also
mirror
their
systemic
issues
of
racism.
Division
and
lack
of
equity
I
have
watched
my
people
fight
past
mayors
and
superintendents
and
school
committees.
AL
White
people
have
fought
against
school
time
school
start
times
and
one
we
fought
against
emerging
schools
and
one
white
people
fought
against
people
walking
back
the
promise
of
a
sixth
grade,
and
one
I
am
excited
to
hear
to
see
the
powerful
OB
community
be
feared
and
heard
in
the
same
way.
People
Empower
fear
and
hear
my
people.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
listening.
AM
Can
hear
it
I'm
Sherry
Jackson
I
am
a
I
live
in
Newton
I'm,
a
32-year
veteran
of
Boston
Public
Schools
I
started
in
1991
at
Boston,
Latin,
Academy
and
I.
Basically
here
tonight,
because
I'm
kind
of
concerned
of
what
is
going
on
I
know
what
bla
was
in
the
past
and
what
it
actually
can
be
again
with
the
right
leadership.
AM
AM
I
spent
16
years,
basically
honing
a
curriculum
to
get
all
children,
black
brown
white
or
whatever,
into
college
and
preparing
them
with
the
skills
that
they're
going
to
need
to
make
it
a
successful
College
freshman
I
had
students
put
together
a
petition
last
year
to
keep
me
in
the
junior
senior
and
that
was
ignored.
One
of
the
things
brought
up
tonight
was
the
idea
of
all
students,
basically
being
College,
ready
and
I,
had
a
curriculum
that
basically
prepared
kids
at
pla.
AM
Specifically,
but
it's
something
that
could
be
done
for
all
students,
I
agree,
it's
a
need
and
again
I
was
taken
out
of
the
junior
senior
track.
That
I
had
taught
the
upperclassmen
for
the
past
16
years
and
promptly
put
into
the
eighth
grade,
and
we
actually
need
stronger
leadership.
AM
Somebody
more
experienced
someone
who
has
been
in
the
classroom
for
at
least
10
years
and
understands
that
all
subjects
are
different
and
are
taught
differently:
autonomy
to
teachers
and
again,
as
a
professional
who
spent
32
years
in
a
Boston,
Public
classroom,
teaching,
English
or
31.
AM
I
asked
for
the
assistance
of
the
school
committee
and
the
superintendent
to
help
us
get
Boston
line.
Academy
I'm
back
on
track.
AN
B
AO
AO
The
idea
that
we
just
need
a
couple
hundred
extra
exam
seats
or
a
fourth
School
ignores
the
fact
that
expanding
a
system
designed
to
segregate
students
with
disabilities
504
plans,
English
language
Learners
from
high
performing
students
quote
unquote,
will
never
remedy
the
opportunity.
Gap.
So
10
bonus
points,
no
bonus
points
we're
missing
the
forest
for
the
trees.
The
problem
isn't
that
teachers
aren't
preparing
every
student
to
pass
an
exclusionary
admission
screen.
The
problem
is
the
exclusion
and
the
scarcity
mindset
that
it
fuels
were
confusing
exclusion
for
excellence.
AO
You
know:
we've
created
an
Ever,
more
convoluted
mechanisms
to
preserve
and
Equity
to
our
assignment
system
for
kindergarten,
how
we
ignore
the
incredible
amount
of
private
money
that
flows
into
a
handful
of
wealthy
schools
and
it's
what
causes
us
to
spend
hours
discussing
which
12
year
olds
deserve
a
broad
and
challenging
education
and
which
do
not
we
reify
a
hierarchy
of
human
value.
Every
time
we
do
this
exercise,
so
your
mission
isn't
to
ensure
that
a
family
doesn't
have
to
pay
for
private
school.
AO
AP
Hi,
can
everybody
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can
perfect
hi.
My
name
is
Katie
Melissa
Hayes
I
have
worked
at
bla
for
15
years,
I
started
in
the
health
center
there
and
now
I'm
a
school
counselor,
I
love
bla
and
are
amazing
students
and
staff.
We've
always
had
a
strong
sense
of
community
school
spirit
and
pride.
Unfortunately,
under
Gavin
Smith,
a
culture
of
distrust
and
divisiveness
has
taken
hold.
Mr
Smith
leads
within
my
way
or
the
highway
approach
and
has
been
unwilling
to
collaborate
with
appropriate
stakeholders
in
the
building.
AP
AP
There
are
many
examples
of
his
General
lack
of
leadership,
but
most
can
be
boiled
down
to
this.
He
seems
unwilling
to
listen
and
change
and
clearly
regards
feedback
from
an
experienced
and
passionate
staff
as
without
Merit
and
beneath
him,
whether
it
be
in
hiring
committees,
staff
meetings
or
one-on-one
conversations,
staff
is
treated
with
minimal
professionalism,
respect
and
appreciations
bps's
plan
talks
about
mentors
and
meetings,
but
I
don't
feel
confident
that
mentors
can
change
his
lack
of
respect
asking
the
staff
to
further
wait
out.
AP
AQ
Good
evening,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can
good
evening.
My
name
is
Nora
Paul,
Schultz
and
I'm,
a
resident
of
Jamaica
Plain
and
a
physics
and
Engineering
teacher
at
O'brien
I
have
real
concerns
about
the
proposed
move
of
O'brien
to
West
Roxbury.
Well,
I
have
many
concerns
about
this
plan
today.
I
want
to
talk
about
the
how
the
location
will
impact
our
Partnerships
and
an
alternative
vision
for
the
O'brien.
Our
Partnerships
are
key
to
the
our
stem
education.
AQ
Students
are
able
to
do
dual
enrollment
in
multiple
universities,
including
having
a
math
class
co-taught
by
Wentworth
professors.
Students
are
able
to
do
internships
and
work
at
hospitals
like
Dana
Farber
and
the
Brigham.
If
we
move
to
West
to
West
Roxbury,
all
this
would
be
harder.
I'm
asking
you
at
all
as
school
committee
members
to
imagine
a
different
Vision.
Keep
us
in
in
Roxbury
have
OB
also
be
part
of
the
This
Magnificent
vision
of
Madison
being
part
of
the
Nubian
Square
Redevelopment.
AQ
If
we
were
to
be
located
at
Park
three
across
the
street,
from
where
we
are
now,
we
could
have
students
interning
at
the
life
science
labs.
That
will
be
there.
If
we
were
at
the
undeveloped
land
at
Molina,
Cass
and
Harrison
Ave,
we
would
be
across
the
street
from
Benjamin
Franklin
Institute
of
Technology.
They
have
a
BS
of
in
electrical
engineering
that
we
already
have
connections
to
what
are
the
possibilities
that
that
could
grow
with
this
proximity.
AQ
As
an
engineering
teacher
I've
been
trying
to
make
connections
with
Madison
teachers
making
connections
with
their
Makerspace
and
engineering
program,
my
students
tried
to
have
their
engineering
project
fabricated
by
the
welding
program
at
Madison,
but
it
the
end
of
the
year
and
lack
of
materials
got
in
the
way.
I
am
hopeful
to
continue
to
build.
These
connections
help
make
this
a
possibility.
O'brien
could
also
be
of
service
to
the
Nubian
Square
Community.
Our
promise,
Makerspace
Labs,
could
run
programs
for
the
Nubian
Square
community
and
give
access
to
folks
to
these
tools.
AQ
AR
This
year
we
applied
for
exam
schools
and
we're
told
because
of
his
map
scores
were
so
high,
nationally
99
in
Math
98
in
science
and
94
in
English.
We
were
told
due
to
that
that
he
would
easily
get
into
an
exam.
School
Zach
did
get
a
c
last.
The
fourth
semester,
the
fourth
term
of
last
year
and
his
GPA
ended
up
being
7.875,
which
is
0.13
too
low
to
be
considered
for
an
exam.
School
Zach
belongs
in
an
exam
school
and
not
considering
his
profile.
Loss
is
just
not
Humane.
Without
a
human
element.
AR
We
are
failing
Zach,
we
are
feeling
my
grandson
saxmath
map
school
was
the
second
highest
in
the
entire
school,
including
the
high
school
one
senior
scored
higher
than
he
did.
Zach
needs
to
be
challenged,
and
this
will
not
happen
at
Dearborn
I'm,
not
asking
that
his
application
for
Boston
Latin
School
be
reconsidered
and
that
he
be
given
the
opportunity
for
as
much
Scholastic
growth
as
possible
I,
provided
you
his
grades
for
the
last
three
years.
Thank
you.
M
AB
AB
AB
The
credible
concerns
include,
but
are
not
limited
to
a
lack
of
transparency
in
the
process.
Hostility
towards
diversity,
a
non-credible
plan
for
transportation,
disregard
for
the
existing
and
Superior
ecosystem
of
Community
Partners.
No
economic
plan
or
budget
cut
protection
to
sustain
essential
infrastructure.
AB
West
Roxbury,
School
enrollment
vastly
over
represents
white
students
and
underrepresents
others,
especially
Black
and
Hispanic
students
Educators
may
be
lost
in
the
move.
The
steering
committee
has
been
hidden
and
excludes
stakeholders
with
children
at
the
school
consisting
of
cherry-picked
alumni.
AB
Every
Boston
representative
in
that
meeting
admitted
there
was
no
plan
or
budget
in
existence
to
justify
any
claims.
Nor
did
they
express
sincere
concern
about
diversity.
The
mayor's
own
Green
New
Deal
has
a
racial
Equity
toolkit
in
the
office
of
the
superintendent,
stressing
both
transparency
and
centering
voices
of
a
diverse
population.
It
has
been
ignored,
I
propose
an
open
and
thoughtful
process
be
initiated
to
independently
assess
O'brien
and
Madison.
It
should
follow
City
benchmarks,
inclusive
of
community
stakeholders
and
emphasize
racial
Equity
I
request.
All
data
minutes
involved.
AB
B
M
AS
Good
evening,
members
of
the
school
committee
and
superintendent
and
Skipper,
my
name
is
Danielle.
Bayard
I
live
in
High,
Park
and
I'm,
a
2022
alumni
of
the
John
D
O'brien
School
of
mathematics
and
science,
who
now
attends
Northeastern
University
I'm
here,
because
I
have
concerns
about
superintendent,
Skipper
and
meru's
proposal,
Timothy
O'brien
to
West
Roxbury.
It
is
troubling
that
the
O'brien
will
be
moved
as
its
current
location
is
one
that
is
very
accessible
to
a
number
of
students
of
a
diverse
set
of
communities.
AS
As
a
Hyde,
Park
resident
I
know
the
distance
well
from
O'brien
to
High
Park.
It
is
not
a
simple
one.
A
Bus
and
Train
are
almost
always
required
to
make
that
distance
and
West
Roxbury
is
even
farther
Southwest
than
High
Park,
a
10-minute
drive
from
Hyde
Park
to
West
Roxbury
becomes
a
45-minute
MBTA
commute
the
reason
I'm
mentioning
this
is
because
a
majority
of
O'brien
students
live
in
neighboring
areas
to
be
O'brien,
for
example,
Dorchester,
Jamaica,
Plain
or
Roxbury
itself,
which
is
what
makes
the
school
so
diverse.
AS
Considering
the
diverse
communities
that
surround
the
school
now
imagine
how
far
the
commute
would
be
for
students
likely
50
minutes
or
more
just
to
get
to
West
Roxbury
by
MBTA,
not
to
forget
those
coming
from
East,
Boston
and
Austin,
who
would
have
more
than
an
hour
commute
just
to
get
to
the
school
This
Not
only
would
exhaust
students
but
make
it
difficult
for
students
to
be
on
time
for
classes
and
engage
in
extracurricular
activities
due
to
distance.
This
proposal
sets
limitations
on
the
O'brien
students
due
to
a
loss
of
accessibility.
AS
The
O'brien
is
a
school
of
culture,
variation
of
race
and
ethnicity
and
within
a
practical
location.
My
worry
remains
that
a
move
to
a
more
isolated
location
would
greatly
affect
this
identity
of
the
school,
though
I
do
not
oppose
a
move.
I
do
urge
the
school
Community
to
support
moving
to
another
location
within
Roxbury,
where
resources
and
opportunities
can
still
be
created
for
students
through
initiative
and
Outreach.
Thank
you
thank.
AT
Before
I
begin,
I
would
like
to
let
you
know
that
Nicolette
POTUS
is
present
in
the
chat
good
evening.
Everyone
I'm,
Jaden,
Riley,
I,
reside
in
Dorchester
and
I
am
a
2023
graduate
of
the
John
D
O'bryant.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
the
opportunity
to
talk
about
why
my
high
school
should
remain
in
Roxbury.
Removing
OB
from
Roxbury
will
remove
the
diversity
and
connection
in
the
Boston
Community
myself,
amongst
many
others,
have
gained
experiences
in
and
out
of
the
school
Community
due
to
his
accessibility
to
public
transportation.
AT
Other
educational
institutes,
such
as
colleges,
which
provide
dual
enrollment
opportunities,
as
well
as
Athletics
and
other
programs
that
benefit
students
and
many
other
locations,
such
as
the
Reggie
Lewis,
Center,
Fenway
Park,
and
many
museums
that
allow
students
in
out
of
the
classroom,
learning
experience.
Our
school
resides
in
a
neighborhood
of
minorities
and
diversity.
Having
OB
in
Roxbury
has
given
students
an
opportunity
to
showcase
intelligence
skills
and
talents
that
battle,
discriminatory
stereotypes
and
adversity
being
a
part
of
OB
s,
I've
been
allowed
to
travel
to
new
places,
participate
in
activities.
AT
I
would
have
never
had
the
opportunity
to
do
at
old
schools
and
best
of
all
I
have
been
allowed
to
express
myself
and
had
the
opportunity
to
find
myself
at
Obi,
whether
it
be
for
job
internships
or
other
opportunities
programs
that
harness
skills
and
talents
or
having
Connections
in
school
and
in
the
community
itself.
O'brien
has
a
place
for
everyone.
Taking
O'brien
from
Roxbury
from
its
home
will
only
cause
its
demise.
AT
Students,
families
and
faculty
have
already
expressed
plans
to
relocate
and
the
school
when
the
school
moved,
and
many
students
and
many
families
won't
want
to
enroll
their
students
in
the
school.
The
reputation
of
will
be
with
falter
and
with
less
connection
and
less
diversity.
O'brien
won't
be
the
same,
so
I
ask
here
tonight:
do
what
is
right
for
my
school,
give
it
a
better
place
in
the
neighborhood
it's
better
in
which
is
Roxbury.
AT
AU
Our
strength
as
a
community
is
in
our
diversity
and
when
I
first
heard
about
this
move,
it
was
from
a
parent
on
June
1st,
who
said
I
heard
a
rumor
from
someone
who
spoke
with
a
councilman
who
said
that
O'brien
is
being
moved
to
West
Rocks
I
said
no,
that's
ludicrous!
It
would
never
do
something
like
that,
especially
without
talking
with
the
staff
members.
AU
I
come
to
be
fairly
shocked
when
five
days
later,
it's
announced
during
a
15-minute
Zoom
that
was
originally
supposed
to
be
an
update
on
our
head
of
school
search
that
soon
had
been
scheduled
for
Thursday,
June,
3rd
I,
believe,
and
then
it
got
delayed
with
no
notice
at
first
that
it
was
done.
So
when
we
entered
the
zoom
on
that
following
Tuesday,
it
was
with
expectation
that
we
were
being
updated
on
our
head
of
school
search,
not
that
we
remain
told
that
we
are
being
moved.
Our
students
deserve
the
best.
Our
school
needs
repairs.
AU
We
do
deserve
a
better
school
I.
Am
a
coach,
so
I
do
understand
the
need
for
great
Fields.
However,
West
Roxbury
is
not
the
answer.
Moving
us
to
West
Roxbury
makes
it
incredibly
difficult
for
so
many
of
our
students
to
get
there
transportation
in
the
city
is
horrendous.
I,
open,
Revere
and
I
would
love
to
take
the
blue
line
and
be
able
to
lower
my
carbon
footprint,
especially
as
an
environmental
science
teacher.
Yet
I
cannot
rely
on
that
to
get
to
school.
One
morning,
I
saw
a
student
walking
to
school
at
6
30
in
East.
AU
He
didn't
get
to
school
until
eight
times,
because
they
were
shuttle
buses
that
were
taken.
What's
going
to
happen,
if
we
move
to
West
Roxbury,
how
are
those
students
going
to
get
to
and
from
school
students
who
do
clubs
who
do
sports?
Are
we
going
to
have
constant
shuttles
running
or
are
we
going
to
be
like?
Oh
we're
gonna
have
one
day
of
clubs,
so
you're
going
to
lose
those
after-school
opportunities,
so
many
students
are
important
to
their
families
as
child
care
providers.
Moving
our
school
to
West
Roxbury
takes
away
that
opportunity
for
education.
I.
AU
AE
AV
I'm,
a
single
parent
of
third
and
fifth
grade
girls,
one
in
BPS
and
the
other
at
a
public
charter
school.
She
left
BPS
last
year,
primarily
due
to
near
daily
fights
after
the
principal
was
attacked
by
a
16
year
old
girl
and
knocked
unconscious.
It
would
be
an
understatement
to
say
that
the
atmosphere
at
the
Henderson
was
not
conducive
to
learning.
AV
Unfortunately,
my
fifth
grader,
who
has
spent
six
of
her
seven
school
years
as
a
VPS
student,
lost
the
bonus
points
when
she
left
the
Henderson,
based
on
the
data
available
even
scoring
highly
on
the
map
test
and
with
the
good
grade
she
has
earned,
she
will
be
shut
out
of
all
exam
School
seats
next
year
without
the
10
points
as
we
live
in
a
Dorchester
neighborhood
that
is
considered
better
off
based
on
census
track
data.
Her
school
is
a
poverty
level
that
is
trending
in
the
right
direction,
but
BPS
uses
a
five-year
average.
AV
This
year
the
deci
calculated
rate
for
her
school
is
44.1
percent.
That
means
that
44
of
the
students
currently
in
a
public
charter
school
who
are
considered
poor,
are
disadvantaged
by
the
10-point
policy.
Bps
can
actually
identify
students
who
are
disadvantaged
and
provide
them
with
additional
points.
The
tiered
system
also
serves
as
a
way
of
giving
students
who
live
in
less
affluent
neighborhoods
that
benefit
by
allowing
them
to
be
first
in
line
when
seats
are
allocated.
AV
There
are
many
things
that
are
inequitable
about
the
exam
school
admissions
policy
bonus
points
for
virtually
all
Chief
among
them,
and
waiting
for
the
five-year
Mark
to
reevaluate.
The
policy
deprives
children
like
my
daughter
of
opportunities
that
cannot
be
regained,
I
greatly
admire
President
Carter
and
his
wife
for
all
the
work
they
have
done
to
uplift
people
in
poverty,
however,
I
disagree
with
their
decision
to
send
their
young
daughter
to
Washington
DC's,
terrible
Public
Schools
as
a
way
to
draw
attention
to
the
mismanaged
school
system.
AV
A
AV
Slow
down
just
slow
down
a
bit.
Thank
you.
I
really
am
concerned
that
my
daughter
and
other
deserving
students
like
her
will
be
relegated
to
underperforming
BPS
high
schools
by
a
well-intentioned
but
seriously
flawed
exam
School
admission
policy.
Please
look
at
adjusting
the
tiered
allocation
of
seats
by
percentage
of
students
applying
and
allocate
bonus
points
directly
to
students
in
need.
Thank
you.
AW
Oh
appreciate
your
patience.
Oh
now
we're
going
to
come
to
technology,
but
let
me
just
say
that
well,
first,
my
name
is
Dickie
cam
on
and
I'm
the
director
of
the
black
Community
Information
Center
and
chair
of
the
Nubian
Square
Coalition,
which
is
a
component
of
the
black
community
of
Mesa
Center,
and
let
me
very
be
very
candid
and-
and
trust
me.
AW
This
is
the
basic
sentiment
of
the
community
that
we
feel
that
the
what
has
been
presented
by
the
mayor
and
the
superintendent
to
our
community
has
been
very
disrespectful
and
insulting
as
it
pertains
to
moving
the
the
O'brien
High
School
they've
been
no
consultation
whatsoever.
AW
We
were
just
told
what's
going
to
happen.
So
let
me
just
say
that
this
is
a
call,
and
this
is
like
I,
said
the
center
of
the
community-
that
we
would
like
to
put
that
proposal
on
hold.
And
let
me
just
say
that
we
would
like
to
be
able
to
present
a
plan
from
the
community.
AW
I
had
a
lengthy
discussion
today
with
an
architect
who
has
a
national
reputation
who
lives
right
in
Roxbury,
who
gave
me
a
quick
summary
of
what
he
felt
it
would
take
to,
in
fact
address
the
issues
for
not
only
Madison
but
also
the
O'brien,
not
only
in
terms
of
Rehabilitation
but
expansion
of
that
location
to
accommodate
the
increased
number
of
students.
AW
As
I
stated,
this
architect
said
that
he's
prepared
to
pull
together
a
team
that
would
in
fact
come
up
with
a
plan
if
you
will,
that
would
be
able
to
accommodate
the
wishes
of
the
community
for
the
O'brien
to
remain
there,
with
the
concentration
being
not
only
on
the
physical
plant,
but
improving
the
quality
of
education
at
Madison,
Park,
Vocational,
High,
School
so
appreciate
the
time
and
I
would
hope
that
we
would,
at
this
point,
get
the
type
of
respect
that
we
feel
we
deserve
in
terms
of
considering
that
type
of
a
move.
C
Thank
you
so
much.
My
name
is
Eve
Harmon
I'm,
a
former
Mission
Hill
resident
and
student
at
the
former
student
at
the
John
D
O'brien
school
I
am
here
tonight,
because
I
oppose
superintendent,
Skipper
and
Mary
Wu's
proposal
to
move
the
O'brien
school
to
West
Roxbury.
As
a
former
student
at
the
O'brien,
I
relied
heavily
on
public
transit
traveling
to
and
from
school,
which
I
know
is
the
case
for
many
other
O'brien
students.
C
West
Roxbury
is
one
of
the
least
public
transit,
accessible
neighborhoods
in
the
city,
and
if
the
O'brien
School
were
to
move
there,
this
would
prevent
many
students
would
have
from
having
access
to
the
transportation
that
they
need.
Additionally,
the
O'brien
is
the
most
diverse
of
Boston's
three
exam
schools,
as
well
as
the
most
representative
of
the
demographics
of
the
Boston
Public
Schools
as
a
whole
part
of
what
gives
the
O'brien
School
the
ability
to
be
this
diverse
is
its
location
in
Boston.
C
If
it
were
to
move
to
West
Roxbury,
it
is
likely
that
this
would
no
longer
be
the
case.
I
believe
that
it
would
be
incredibly
unfortunate
for
the
city
of
Boston
to
no
longer
have
an
exam
School
whose
student
population
is
not
representative
of
the
demographics
of
all
of
our
Public
Schools
I.
Understand
also
that
this
plan
comes
about
in
order
to
get
Madison
Park
the
only
Technical
vocational
High
School
in
the
city,
the
Rejuvenation
and
the
Investments
that
it
needs
something
that
I
believe
is
absolutely
necessary.
C
That
being
said,
there
are
other
ways
for
this
to
be
done
without
moving
the
O'brien
school
to
a
less
successful
location
for
many
of
its
students.
That
would
likely
cause
a
decrease
in
the
diversity
of
its
student
population
and
I
urge
the
mayor
and
the
superintendent
to
consider
other
alternatives
to
this
plan
in
order
to
achieve
the
goals
that
this
plane
seeks
to
achieve.
Thank
you.
So
much.
P
AX
AX
Good
evening
school
committee,
members,
guests
and
neighbors,
my
name
is
Dr
Sonia,
White
Hope
and,
in
addition
to
being
a
longtime
Fenway
resident
I'm,
a
music
teacher
at
Boston,
Latin
Academy
I've
had
the
privilege
of
teaching
in
the
Boston
Public
Schools
since
1992
and
Boston
Public
at
Boston,
Latin
Academy,
since
2012.
I
genuinely
love
my
work
and
am
proud
to
work
with
bla
students
and
colleagues.
AX
AX
I
welcome
actions
that
genuinely
support
pedagogy,
grounded
in
Equitable
practices,
consistent
and
reliable
order
and
safety,
and
in
affirming
joyful
learning
and
teaching
community
I'll
give
a
concrete
example:
Educators
at
bla,
stymied
by
the
threat
of
Retribution
due
to
retaliation
and
retro
and
have
after
standing
up
for
their
marginalized
students,
have
been
obliged
to
evaluate
whose
interests
they
can
effectively
defend
said
another
way.
Teachers,
guidance,
counselors
and
others
must
choose
whether
to
endure
mistreatment
of
their
students
or
accept
mistreatment
to
themselves.
AX
AE
B
AE
Hi
good
evening,
everybody
I'm
here
in
support
of
Mr
Smith's
leadership.
Oh
I
am
Manuel
Medina
I'm
the
family
liaison
at
Boston
Latin
Academy
good
evening.
Everyone
I
am
here
in
support
of
Mr
Smith's
leadership
as
a
Latina,
professional
I
can't
say
that
I
have
felt
welcomed
by
the
bla
Community,
but
have
had
full
support
for
my
school
leader,
and
he
has
showed
up
for
me
in
multiple
ways.
AE
He
has
been
a
mentor
to
me
this
year,
as
it
has
been
my
first
year
at
bla
and
in
BPS,
with
a
mentor
moments
of
Praise,
with
a
mentor
moments
of
praise
and
moments
of
critique
happen.
This
is
normal.
I
have
experienced
both
with
Mr
Smith
and
have
appreciated
his
feedback
and
taking
it
to
grow.
I
have
seen
him
show
up
for
multiple
school
events
in
support
of
our
students
and
teachers.
I
have
felt
shunned
by
the
teachers
at
bla.
AE
I
do
not
feel
welcome
walking
into
the
school
as
people
stop
talking
when
I'm
around
or
walk
the
other
way.
I
have
received
multiple
insults
and
closed
doors
when
trying
to
voice
my
opinions
in
faculty,
Center
or
even
wanting
to
collaborate
with
teachers
as
a
Latina
being
called
sassy
is
one
of
the
most
harmful
and
hurtful
things
you
could
say,
and
it
and
I
was
called
this
during
a
faculty
Senate
meeting
and
none
of
the
facilitators
or
leaders
leading
this
meeting
intervened
to
steer
the
conversation
in
a
different
way.
AE
I
believe
we
have.
We
have
to
stop
trying
to
be
right
and
work
together
to
make
things
better
for
our
faculty
and
our
students
30
seconds.
It
seems
that,
because
I
have
been
vocal
about
my
support
for
Mr
Smith
I
have
been
put
into
a
do
not
associate
box
regardless.
My
support
continues
to
be
solid
for
him
and
the
work
that
he
does.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
AY
Good
evening
my
name
is
Isaiah
law
and
I
am
a
Dorchester
resident
and
a
former
student
of
Gavin
Smith
I
just
wanted
to
share
that.
Kevin
Smith
has
been
an
extraordinary
teacher
and
Mentor
children,
since
we
first
met
in
high
school
Mrs
Smith
was
my
second
black
male
teacher
in
my
life
and
the
first
two
actually
inspired
me
to
achieve
my
goals.
AY
As
a
teacher,
he
has
went
out
of
his
way
to
make
sure
that
I
did
what
I
need
to
do
to
graduate
and
still
feed
into
my
passions
outside
of
school.
There
were
times
Where,
Mrs
Smith
has
shown
up
early
to
school,
just
to
teach
me
and
tutor
me
as
well
as
state
after
to
make
sure
that
the
rest
of
his
kids
still
know
what
they
needed
to
do.
AY
Mrs
Smith
has
also
engaged
in
my
outside
activities
and
gotten
my
first
audition
into
the
urban
Nutcracker
and,
as
that
brought
me
through
the
entire
process
of
that
audition,
the
amount
of
care
that
Gavin
Smith
has
for
us
to
is
created,
and
you
can
ever
imagine
and
as
a
black
queer
male,
it's
very
hard
to
find
another
black
male
teacher.
AY
That
truly
does
care
about
you,
five
years
after
graduating
high
school,
he
still
continues
to
offer
me
jobs
offered
me
things
that
are
going
to
feed
into
my
career
and
truly
just
supported
me
in
everything
that
I
do
just
as
much
as
she's
watched
me
grow
from
the
16
year
old.
That
would
ditch
class
and
things
like
that.
20.
AY
Have
also
seen
him
grow
from
the
first
year,
biology
teacher
to
now
being
the
principal
at
Boston,
Light
Academy,
and
that
in
itself
says
a
lot
of
the
determination
that
he
has
for
everyone,
his
care
for
his
education
for
students,
education
and
the
reason
is
the
reason
why
he's
here
now
and
I
know
that
there
are
a
lot
of
students
I
care
about
him
just
as
much
as
he
cares
about
us.
AY
AN
Hi
I'm,
sorry,
can
you?
Can
everyone
hear
me?
We
can
hear
you,
okay,
perfect
hi.
My
name
is
sonal
Patel
I
am
a
parent
of
an
O'brien
student,
8th
grader
and
you
know
I
want
to
just
Express
that
I
am
opposed
to
the
proposal
at
relocation
to
West
Roxbury
a
location
was
critical
when
we
chose
an
exam
school
for
my
son
and
you
know
very
and
the
fact
that
not
everyone
uses
public
transportation.
AN
In
fact,
you
know
my
child
gets
dropped
off
because
my
husband
works
for
the
state
and
he
gets
dropped
off
every
morning
because
of
where
OB
is
located.
AN
The
other
point
as
well
is
that
some
of
the
other
parents
have
brought
up
is
the
ecosystem.
My
child
does
not
participate
and
has
not
participated
in
the
sports
team
at
O'brien,
but
what
we
have
done
is
he
has
done
Community
Rowing,
which
is
through
Harvard,
and
there
is
where
he
takes
shuttle
buses
through
the
north
northeastern
Rebel
station.
AN
This
last
year,
during
the
eighth
grade,
we
decided
to
do
squash
Busters,
which
was
again
at
Northeastern
campus
and
then
the
other
ecosystem
that
becomes
critical.
As
he's
looking
at
engineering
as
well
as
potentially
bio,
medical
pathways
are
the
Harvard
Medical
area
and
in
being
able
to
do
even
potentially
work
part-time,
as
well
as
attend
school
right.
AN
So
a
lot
of
that
is
the
critical
ecosystem
of
why
we
picked
O'brien
for
him,
and
then
you
know
when
you
look
at
the
fact
that
moving
to
something
like
West
Roxbury
the
commute
time,
the
fact
that
the
kids
have
three
hours
of
homework
at
what
point
in
time
you
know
at
sports
activities
after
school
clubs,
there's
really
no
time
left
with
the
amount
of
commute
that
would
take
for
kids
to
go
and
parents
even
to
be
able
to
pick
up
drop
off
and
participate
in
school
activities.
AN
Sorry
one
one
more
point
was
critical.
Is
that
as
we
look
at
the
future
of
high
schools
right
knowing
that
post
covid
corporations
have
gone
to
hybrid
remote
work,
is
you
know,
do
we
necessarily
need
the
same
amount
of
space
as
before?
If
we
are
looking
at?
What
does
future
of
Education
look
like?
Could
there
be
hybrid
as
kids
are?
You
know,
as
you
look
at
high
schools
and
reimagining
what
a
high
school
looks
like
sure.
AN
B
AZ
Hello,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can
hear
you
hi.
My
name
is
Chanel
Shearer
and
I'm.
The
parent
of
an
honor
student
at
the
O'brien
I
live
in
Dorchester,
dear
superintendent,
Skipper
and
school
committee
members
I'm
here
as
a
concerned,
parent
of
the
O'brien
School
of
Math
and
Science.
This
move
that
has
recently
been
announced
by
mayor
Wu
is
highly
problematic.
AZ
There
is
no
dispute
that
the
O'brien
deserves
a
new
campus
that
provides
our
children
with
the
best
facilities
to
Foster
learning
and
growth
for
Steam
and
stem.
We
agree
that
our
school
could
benefit
from
not
having
a
campus
that
is
shared
with
another
school.
AZ
We
are
asking
as
parents
that
the
relocation
to
the
West
Roxbury
campus
we
seriously
reconsidered
as
a
part
of
the
OB
Community.
What
makes
the
O'brien
special
is
its
diversity
and
inclusion
moving
the
Orion
to
the
West
Roxbury
more
mostly
most
definitely
alter
that
diversity.
The
O'brien
has
worked
so
hard
to
maintain.
There
are
lots
and
lands
and
Roxbury
that
are
adequate
for
new
OB
campuses
like
parcel
3
20
seconds,
P3
has
7.7
acres
of
land
in
the
old
old
ride
would
only
be
0.7
to
build
a
new
facility
right
in
Roxbury.
AZ
M
BA
Hello:
apologies
that
took
me
a
minute.
I
do
want
to
say
that
I'm
sorry
already
to
to
Mr
cardad
Hernandez,
because
I
know
you're
tired
of
hearing
about
exam
schools
that
that's
where
I'm
gonna
go
good
evening.
All
my
name
is
Anya
nikala
cook
I'm,
a
member
of
The
Faculty
at
Boston,
Latin
Academy
and
a
resident
of
Hyde,
Park
I,
admit
I,
am
saddened
and
conflicted
about
speaking
publicly
around
our
school
struggles,
I
believe
in
addressing
issues
of
a
community
within
that
Community.
BA
But
unfortunately,
my
present
experiences
as
a
member
of
ble
is
such
that
need
for
external
support
is
not
just
necessary
but
urgent.
Prior
to
injuring
and
after
the
pandemic,
I
co-chairs
the
instructional
leadership
team.
As
the
faculty
we
identified
and
planned
to
address
specific
problems
of
practice
in
the
learning
community
at
years
and
2020
I
compiled
the
next
steps
for
September
using
data
and
feedback
from
teachers,
administrators
parents
and
students.
During
the
Academic
Year
of
2020-21,
there
was
a
clear
plan
and
actionable
steps
in
rebuilding
and
reimagining
instruction
post
pandemic.
BA
As
a
result,
both
are
map
testing
data
and
Panorama
data
shows
that
not
only
are
students
who
were
engaged
and
working
are
now
not
coming
to
school
as
much
and
are
at
a
greater
risk
of
failing
at
least
one
core
subject
in
closing.
I
am
wondering
how
many
members
of
external
support
staff
will
be
needed
to
address
the
Myriad
of
issues
we
are
experienced
and
I
wonder.
How
long
are
we
asking
our
students
to
wait
for
the
progress
of
one
person
so
that
we
can
move
in
support
in
service
of
our
bla
family?
BA
S
Hi,
so
welcome,
thank
you
for
having
me,
but
my
name
is
locked
in
Yao
I'm,
the
health
teacher,
volleyball
coach
and
former
Alum
at
Latin
Academy
I'm
here
to
discuss
the
issues
I've
had
with
head
of
school
Gavin,
Smith,
lack
of
communication
and
urgency
and
the
problems
it
creates
amongst
the
community.
One
example
of
this
is
when
trying
to
book
gym
space
starting
in
mid-june.
Last
summer,
we
had
to
wait
for
Mr
Smith's
permission
to
use
the
space.
S
This
was
hindered
by
Mr
Smith's
on
response
to
me
or
other
fellow
staff
members
like
athletic
director
Mr
Huey
assistant,
head
of
School
Miss
Holmes
and
Mary
Ellen
Sheeran
from
BPS
Athletics,
who
tried
tirelessly
to
book
the
space
for
the
girls
volleyball
team.
Even
my
captain,
Kelly
Hoffman
had
to
suffer
through
the
ordeal
as
well,
because
she
wanted
to
book
gym
time
for
Captain
practice
for
the
team
so
that
they
can
prepare
for
tryouts.
S
Even
after
two
months
in
August,
the
girls
called
me
on
the
day
of
their
first
Captain's
practice
from
the
doorsteps
of
bla.
They
told
me
that
they
were
being
turned
away
because
their
permit
was
for
the
wrong
time.
This
happened
because
of
the
result
of
over
30
emails
text
messages
phone
calls
over
two
months
periods
stemming
from
Kevin's
lack
of
a
response
to
our
requests.
The
wrong
time
was
inputted
on
the
permit.
S
Because
of
this,
this
is
just
one
of
many
examples
that
we
dealt
with,
and
this
is
just
a
short
excerpt
of
a
joint
statement
that
some
of
my
volleyball
captains
had.
They
wanted
to
say
it
was.
It
was
particularly
aggravating
because
we
had
games
to
prepare
for
and
no
alternative
to,
but
to
vacate
whenever
we
received
these
last
minute
notifications,
these
issues
persisted
during
the
boy
season
as
well.
Despite
having
a
permit
for
the
gym,
we
were
informed
at
the
11th
Hour
that
it
was
occupied
by
a
club
or
teacher
assembly.
S
When
we
reached
out
for
our
adulter
clarification,
we
received
conflicting
information.
These
issues
persisted
academically,
as
well
as
my
schedule
as
a
teacher
kept
changing
even
after
letting
administrators
as
well
as
Mr
Smith
know
about
it.
My
schedule
was
changed
just
before
a
term
or
during
the
term,
and
again
there
was
no
response
from
Mr
Smith.
When
notifying
of
these
concerns
imagine
trying
to
attend
a
health.
B
BB
BB
BB
We're
talking
about
at
least
doubling
with
mood
for
all
these
kids.
A
shuttle
service
is
being
proposed
with
Maverick
station
as
a
possible
Hub,
but
that
actually
doesn't
solve
anything
for
most
families
in
Boston.
Unless
it's
right
by
Maverick
many
families
would
have
to
allocate
30
minutes
just
to
get
to
Maverick,
so
it'd
be
a
90-minute
commute
anyway.
BB
That's
just
one
way,
and
that
is
time
that
could
be
much
better
spent
on
schoolwork
on
Sports,
on
extrapolational
activities,
on
sleep
and
on
time
with
family
and
friends,
and
people
also
lose
independence
of
being
able
to
travel
on
the
teeth
to
external
partnership
programs,
as
others
have
said,
and
if
a
kid
meets
the
shuttle
to
go
in
a
bit
late
after
a
doctor's
appointment
at
the
local
Health,
Center
or
anything
like
that.
Getting
to
school,
commit
Boston
by
public
transportation,
could
take
between
90
minutes
and
two
hours
in
20.
I
BB
BC
Good
evening,
everyone
in
attendance
to
this
meeting,
so
my
name
is
Maureen
Calderon
Perkins
I'm,
a
resident
of
Rosendale
I
am
an
Alum
to
the
John
D
O'bryant,
as
well
as
a
spouse
to
an
Alum
and
a
volunteer
coach
and
a
parent
of
a
current
O'brien
student
I'm.
Also
an
educator
just
down
the
street
from
O'brien
at
the
Hurley
k-2a
campus.
BC
This
is
something
that
is
very
emotional
to
me
and
I
am
asking
and
I'm
imploring
you
to.
Please
reconsider
this
move
to
West
Roxbury.
This
is
a
school
that
shaped
me
as
a
person
as
a
first
generation
American
as
a
daughter
of
immigrants.
BC
I'm
here
to
not
only
just
share
my
concerns,
but
those
of
my
family
members
as
a
spouse
of
someone.
That
is
a
coach.
Their
concerned
about
the
O'brien
serving
continuing
to
serve
the
various
other
schools
that
participate
in
the
Athletics
with
the
O'brien
students
I'm
concerned
about
do
enrollment
access
with
the
school
being
so
far
away.
BC
I'm
concerned
about
Transportation
access
I'm
also
concerned
as
an
educator
of
the
Hurley
who's,
proud
of
all
the
students
that
have
earned
admission
into
the
O'brien
from
the
Hurley
and
I
fear
that,
with
the
move
of
the
location,
parents
will
choose
to
not
have
their
child
go
there
because
of
difficulties
of
transportation
and
all
the
other
things
that
everyone
has
shared
I.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
BC
BD
Hello,
everyone
I'm
Carolyn,
shitty
Lewis.
Thank
you
for
having
me
I
am
a
resident
of
Jamaica
Plain
and
a
parent
of
a
rising
fourth
grader
and
a
former
Mission
Hill
School
parent.
It's
been
a
year
for
me.
It
took
me
a
long
time
to
be
able
to
come
back
to
explain
what
we
went
through
last
year,
which
was
really
really
terrible.
BD
You
know
there
was
a
lot
of
talk
about.
You
know
the
well-being
of
children,
but
the
truth
is
that
the
only
children
that
mattered
were
the
children
from
families,
with
the
resources
to
sue
all
the
other
children
were
dispensable
and
they
were
hurt
and
they
were
damaged
and
I
witnessed
it
as
a
volunteer
in
the
classroom
and,
most
specifically,
those
who
were
hurt
were
the
kids
of
color
those
who
were
being
bussed
in
from
other
neighborhoods
who
were
being
denied
in
education
in
three
classrooms,
especially
and
in
others
as
well.
BD
You
know
I
understand
that,
there's
a
lot
of
difficult
decisions
that
the
committee
has
to
make,
but
what
how
this
happened
was
so
wrong
and
that
you
put
our
children
in
the
midst
of
a
salacious
new
story
that
they
were
the
ones
who
took
the
brunt
of
what
adults
were
doing
at
the
district
level,
as
well
as
leadership
that
needed
to
improve
and
the
destabilization
that
happened
really
damaged
for
a
Year's
worth
of
Education.
That
was
really
crucial
at
a
point
where
these
kids
needed
extra
help.
BD
I
had
to
call
9-1-1
on
abusive
press
who
harassed
our
children,
who
asked
me
like
twice-
and
you
know
this
was
this-
was
a
horrifying
experience
and
you
know
I'm
listening
now
and
I
wanted
to
say
more,
but
now
that
I'm
hearing
about
the
o'briant
and
I
I
actually
am
thinking
more
about
this.
You
cannot
move
that
school.
Excuse
me,
Mission,
Hill,
Maryland
from
Mission
Health
to
Jamaica,
Plain
and
it
destroyed
the
community
is
the
beginning
of
the
end.
Don't
do
the
same
to
any
other
school.
Thank
you.
B
BE
Sorry,
hello,
so
hi,
my
name
is
Ann
chinchilda,
George
I'm,
a
Roxbury
resident
and
the
son
of
a
seventh
grader
at
Boston,
Latin
Academy.
As
you've
heard,
we've
had
significant
problems
at
bla
and
they
are
continuing
to
permeate
the
school
Community
with
fracturing
Among
Us.
This
leadership
is
not
welcoming
of
all
voices
and
fosters
the
silencing
of
students,
parents
and
teachers
who
dare
to
question
it.
BE
I
have
found
it
to
be
rather
toxic,
myself
and
I
actually
fear
that
we
have
misled
those
coming
in
as
I
was
misled
last
year,
yes
blatantly
lied
to
in
the
new
family
orientation,
families
are
dividing
and
bullying
those
who
question
this
leadership.
Students
are
posting
signs
on
the
school
after
being
told
not
to
by
this
leadership
and
taking
to
social
media
to
share
their
shocking
experiences
at
bla.
This
should
be
upsetting
to
all
of
us
to
be
clear.
This
isn't
about
liking
or
disliking
someone,
nor
is
it
about
race
or
age.
BE
It
is
about
experience,
competence
and
trustworthiness
in
bla's
leadership.
It
is
about
the
thriving
of
all
students
and
about
the
fostering
of
an
Engaged
Community
to
support
our
students.
Right
now,
we
have
a
situation
where
one
individual
seems
to
be
more
important
than
the
entire
School
community,
and
it
just
doesn't
make
sense
this
isn't
a
company
building,
Widgets
or
making
the
best
burrito
in
Boston,
which
are
both
highly
commendable.
But
these
are
our
children,
and
this
is
about
the
future
of
the
future
of
their
lives
and
the
City
of
Boston.
BE
These
children
cannot
get
their
time
back.
We
want
to
what
we
give
them
is
what
they
get
and
we
have
not
met
the
exceptional
standards
that
we
know.
Bla
is
capable
of
this
year.
Multiple
classes
were
left
without
science
directly
due
to
the
poor
choices
of
this
leadership.
Among
many
other
things,
the
the
inexperience
of
the
entire
leadership
team
at
bla
shines
brightly
with
either
a
for
me
or
against
me
approach
completely
polarizing.
BE
Our
family
liaison,
who
you
just
heard
from
Ms
Medina,
is
a
great
example
of
this
she's
supposed
to
be
this
to
support
families
like
mine,
but
has
instead
become
a
mouthpiece
for
this
leadership
even
publicly
attacking
me.
She
is
not
my
family
liaison
by
all
accounts.
Bla
is
suffering
and
only
getting
worse,
but
you
will
not
listen
and
I
have
to
ask
why
I
am
left
wondering
what
is
really
going
on
here
with
such
a
precious
commodity.
We
simply
cannot
take.
X
BF
Thank
you,
superintendent,
Skipper
and
school
committee
members
I'm,
a
parent
of
the
O'brien
from
Roslindale,
adding
my
voice
to
the
course.
You've
already
heard
that
no
amount
of
state-of-the-art
facilities
will
mitigate
the
damage
that
a
move
to
West
Roxbury
would
inflict
on
the
O'brien
community.
BF
Last
week,
I
was
I
was
on
a
zoom
with
my
son's
OB
friends,
a
few
of
whom
also
live
in
Roslindale
and
would
therefore
benefit
from
the
move.
It
was
clear
that
these
students
understood
how
much
this
change
wouldn't
hurt,
nearly
all
their
peers
and
they
did
not
want
it.
Their
gut
reaction
of
solidarity
is
a
marker
of
what
OB
makes
possible
and
of
what
is
now
at
risk.
If
this
move
is
instituted,
the
community
makeup
of
OB
will
shift
dramatically
as
families
from
Roxbury
East,
Boston,
Dorchester
and
other
areas
spare
their
children.
BF
BF
Finally,
the
proposed
area
is
not
welcoming
to
students
of
color.
It
is
the
polar
opposite
of
the
life
of
firming
location
of
the
school
currently,
where
all
students
are
truly
welcome
and
have
access
obi's
part
of
the
future
of
an
educational,
Equitable
Boston.
Please
do
not
turn
this
diverse
School
into
a
state-of-the-art
facility
that
is
only
used
by
Boston's
Most,
privileged
families.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
BG
One:
okay:
there
we
go
hi
hi,
my
name
is
Betsy
Yoshimura
and
I
am
a
mother
to
a
to
a
third
grader
at
the
Mario
umana
Academy
in
East,
Boston
and
I
have
an
incoming
K1
student
next
year.
BG
I
am
an
active
member
in
my
school's
community
and
in
the
Citywide
parent
Council
as
well,
and
I
just
wanted
to
begin
by
sharing
my
personal
belief
that
we
should
be.
We
should
benefit
from
each
other's
strengths
as
allies,
with
a
shared
goal
of
obtaining
the
best
possible
outcomes
for
all
BPS
students.
BG
I
believe
that
nurturing
a
collaborative
relationship
between
families
and
BPS
is
incredibly
important,
and
it
is
in
the
spirit
that
I
offer
feedback
on
the
decision
to
move
the
O'brien
to
Westbrooks.
Roxbury
I
believe
that
the
move
will
hurt
our
black
and
Pete
people
of
color
families
and
students
and
will
reduce,
reduce
Equity
rather
than
increase
it.
Our
goal
must
be
to
provide
a
high
quality
education
in
an
equitable
manner
to
all
of
our
students
and
moving.
The
O'brien
will
lead
to
decreasing
the
accessibility
of
that
high
quality
education.
BG
To
so
many
students
who
are
unable
to
commute
to
Rex
West
Roxbury,
whether
due
to
quality
of
life,
as
my
as
the
other
mother
from
East
Boston
mentioned,
you
know
it
would
be
you'd
need
to
wake
up
at
five
o'clock
to
make
it
to
school
on
time,
even
if
there
is
an
East,
West,
Roxbury
shuttle
and
for
so
many
reasons
of
history
and
systemic
inequity.
The
move
of
the
O'brien
seems
to
me
to
weigh
the
project
heavily
in
disfavor.
BG
BG
A
Thank
you,
Miss
Sullivan,
and
thank
you
to
those
of
you
who
spoke
this
evening
and
shared
your
perspectives.
Your
testimony
is
very
important
to
us.
A
first
action
item
this
evening
is
grants
for
approval
totaling,
3
million
754
624
dollars,
I'll
now
open
it
up
to
the
committee
for
questions
and
comments.
A
A
A
X
A
A
Thank
you
hearing,
none
I
will
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
the
in-kind
donation
as
presented.
Is
there
a
motion.
AD
A
AJ
B
A
Thank
you.
Our
next
action
items
are
two
memoranda
of
agreement
between
the
Boston
school
committee
and
the
Boston
Association
of
school
administrators
and
supervisors.
Also
known
as
basis.
You
will
recall
that
Labor
Relations
director
Jeremiah
Hudson,
presented
these
agreements
to
the
committee
at
our
June
7th
meeting.
I
will
now
invite
the
superintendent
to
offer
any
final
comments.
J
Thank
you
chair.
Just
as
a
reminder,
our
you
know
our
basis
members.
They
really
work
across
our
district.
Some
are
in
positions
of
assistant,
principals,
others,
directors
of
operations,
others
serve
centrally.
J
You
know
such
as,
like
our
regional
operational
leaders
in
some
in
special
education.
So
you
know
really.
They
are
across
the
organization
invaluable
to
the
organization
they
really
protect
and
support
the
the
health,
the
safety,
the
academic
success
of
our
students,
I'm
grateful
for
everything
that
they
do
and
I'm
I
really
appreciate
their
unions.
Work
with
us
for
this
contract,
so
I
would
ask
that
you
vote
in
favor
of
the
contract
this
evening.
A
A
I
will
now
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
the
memorandum
of
agreement
between
the
Boston
Association
of
school
administrators
and
supervisors
in
the
Boston
school
committee
for
the
period
September
1
2020
through
August
31st
2022
as
presented.
Is
there
a
motion
so
moved?
Thank
you.
Is
there
a
second.
G
B
A
Thank
you.
I
will
now
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
the
memorandum
of
agreement
between
the
Boston
Association
of
school
administrators
and
supervisors
in
the
Boston
school
committee
for
the
period
September
1
2022
through
August
31st
2024
as
presented.
Is
there
a
motion
who
Moved?
Thank
you?
Is
there
a
second?
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Is
there
any
discussion
or
objection
to
the
motion?
C
G
A
You
I
will
now
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
a
fiscal
year:
23
supplemental
appropriation
request
to
the
Boston
City
Council
in
the
amount
of
one
million,
seven
hundred
five
thousand
one
hundred
and
forty
two
dollars
to
support
the
memorandum
of
agreement
for
successor,
collective
bargaining
agreement
between
the
Boston
Association
of
school
administrators
and
supervisors
in
the
Boston
school
committee,
from
2022
to
2024
as
presented.
Is
there
a
motion.
A
O
D
B
A
You
before
we
conclude
tonight's
meeting
I,
wanted
to
have
a
brief
discussion
around
the
superintendent's
evaluation
process
among
the
primary
responsibilities.
The
Boston
school
committee
is
the
hiring
supervising
and
evaluation
of
the
superintendent
superintendent.
Skipper
hasn't
had
a
full
year
with
us
that
date
comes
in
October
of
2023,
but
per
her
contract.
The
committee
shall
do
an
evaluation
before
the
beginning
of
the
next
school
year.
A
There
are
four
components
of
the
evaluation
goal
that
we
agree
on:
a
self-evaluation
done
by
the
superintendent,
individual
members,
evaluations,
summative
assessment
based
on
those
individual
evaluations
and
then
a
vote
on
the
assessment.
The
superintendent
will
provide
the
committee
with
her
self-evaluation
by
the
end
of
July
in
a
special
meeting.
We
will
call,
and
then
the
committee
will
do
our
evaluation
of
the
superintendent
before
the
next
school
year
begins
on
August
30th.
A
Access
to
social,
emotional
learning,
streamlining
operations
and
ensuring
student
safety,
developing
authentic
family
and
Community
engagement
practices,
improving
internal
and
external
Communications,
with
families
and
the
staff,
increasing
accountability
for
both
the
central
office
and
our
schools.
I
have
asked
Dr
Stephen
Hawkins
to
take
the
lead
on
the
evaluation
he
has
graciously.
He
has
graciously
accepted.
I
also
asked
Vice
chair,
Michael
O'neill
to
support
Dr
alkins,
as
he
undertakes
this
process.
A
As
we
close
out
our
last
meeting
of
the
school
year,
it
is
important
to
acknowledge
that
there
is
a
lot
of
work
still
to
be
done.
I
know
the
superintendent
feels
the
same
way,
there's
a
lot
of
work.
We
have
done
this
year,
but
this
is
just
the
beginning.
These
past
few
years
have
been
very
difficult.
A
These
past
few
years
have
been
very
difficult.
Sorry,
somebody
try
to
call
in
the
different
cult,
the
pandemic,
multiple
Mayors,
multiple
superintendents,
multiple
school
committee,
members
and
so
on.
That
is
now
mostly
behind
us
and
we
must
keep
moving
forward
one
step
at
a
time
one
day
at
a
time,
I
see
this
summer
as
an
opportunity
for
us
all
members
of
this
committee,
BPS
staff,
families,
community
members
and
students
to
do
our
own
self-reflection
and
evaluations.
A
If
we're
going
to
move
forward,
this
District
we're
going
to
move
this
District
forward,
we
all
have
to
recognize
the
role
and
responsibilities
we
all
have.
This
is
not
just
up
to
one
person.
It's
up
to
all
of
us.
I'll
now
see
if
any
members
of
the
committee
have
questions
about
the
evaluation
process.
H
Thank
you
so
much,
and
just
because
it's
my
first
time
at
the
rodeo,
it
means
we
do
the
evaluation
after
we
get
the
self-evaluation,
correct.
Okay,
thank
you.
So
much
just
clarifying
question.
I
A
If
not
I
want
to
thank
you
and
is
there
any
new
business
Miss.
D
Lepera,
thank
you.
Madam
chair
I.
Only
see
it
fitting
to
end
with
new
business,
for
you
all
to
engage
in
I,
appreciate,
Mr
Mudd
joining
us
at
public
comment
today
and
wanted
to
raise
the
question,
especially
knowing
that
that
vacancy
does
exist
in
leadership
for
multilingual
Learners,
when
we
should,
when
the
body
should
expect
to
hear
an
update
from
the
office
of
multilingual
Learners
and
our
English
language,
Learners
task
force
as
to
what
is
being
done
and
how
we
are
planning
to
best
support
our
students.
I
J
Can
I
just
Miss
Laburnum?
Can
you
just
clarify
I
think
I
heard
two
things
one
when
we'll
get
an
up
when
you
will
get
an
update
as
a
body
on
the
omme
office
in
terms
of
the
hiring
but
then
also
relative
to
the
task
force,
the
recommendations
of
the
task
force
did
I,
hear
that
right,
two-part,
correct,
okay,
great
so
I
think
is
Dr.
J
J
We
will
update
the
committee
over
the
next
couple
of
weeks
and
if
it
doesn't,
then
we'll
update
the
committee
as
to
what
our
next
steps
are.
I
think
in
terms
of
the
the
task
force
we're
meeting
with
the
task
force,
but
this-
and
this
is
something
that
was
brought
up
today
as
to
when
they
would
present,
and
what
chair
said
at
that
meeting
was
that
we
would
have
that
discussion
with
them
and
plan
for
the
fall.
Probably
the
early
fall
for
them
to
be
able
to
present
their
recommendations.
D
Thank
you,
Justin
I
can't
leave
without
expressing
the
enormity
and
the
urgency
that
this
population
requires,
and
so
I
hope
that
it
is
early
fall
and
that
we
are
having
conversations
with
them
throughout
the
summer.
Yes,
start
the
year
off
in
a
solid
foot.
Thank
you.
A
Yes,
I
just
want
to
make
note
that
we
are
hoping
to
have
the
presentations
for
all
for
both
the
spread
pack
and
the
oag
task
force,
as
well
as
ell
task.
First
early
in
the
fall.
Thank
you.
Mr
cardet
Hernandez.
H
Thank
you.
A
few
questions
really
quick
for
new
business,
one,
what
I
feel
like
I'm
operating
a
little
bit
in
the
dark,
and
so
after
the
intense
public
comment
tonight
around
the
OB
move
and
the
start
of
Engagement
there
do
we
have
an
engagement
timeline
and
a
plan
for
when
this
will
come
for
a
vote
to
this
body,
and
if
not
when
can
we
anticipate
that
being
released.
J
Through
your
chair,
so
it
is
a
proposal.
As
the
chair
indicated
at
the
start
of
public
comment,
there
was
a
community
meeting
yesterday,
the
chief
Stanislaus
conducted
and
through
the
capital
planning
office
there'll,
be
a
series
of
again
soliciting
Community
feedback
as
part
of
that
same
thing
with
us
thinking
about
how
to
engage
we'll
work
with
Dr
Woods
around
staff
and
what
that
can
look
like
over
the
summer.
I
think
we're
also
thinking
about
potentially
some
visits
down
to
the
complex
for
people
to
be
able
to
see.
J
You
know
what's
there
and
what
sort
of
envisioned.
So
this
is
coming
together
through
Capital
planning
right
now
as
something
that
would
happen
somewhat
during
the
summer
and
then
certainly
into
the
fall
in
terms
of
the
timing
of
the
vote.
I
think
that's
something
that
we're
starting
to
have
conversation
about
when
that
would
be
when
we
would
have
a
the
full
proposal
to
be
able
to
bring
forward
if
it
seems
that
that
is
the
next
step,
so
that
would
be
sometime
in
in
mid
to
late
fall.
H
Thank
you,
maybe
just
for
note
and
my
own
advocacy
here,
maybe
moving
forward
as
I
suspect.
Will
you
know
we're
going
to
continue
to
have
conversations
about
moves
and
mergers
and
consolidations
I
think
what
I'm
I'm
heat,
what
I
was
hearing
tonight
and
what
I'm,
probably
also
experiencing
even
as
a
member,
is
like
the
uncertainty
around
like
what
happens.
We
make
this
big
announcement.
We
have
a
press
conference
and,
like
we
do
the
whole
thing
and
I
don't
know
I
feel
like
in
order
to
get
on
that
stage.
H
We
need
to
like
deliver
folks
a
little
bit
more
clarity
around
the
timeline
that
we're
going
to
be
operating
with
like
and
if
it's
just
a
proposal
is
it
yeah?
You
know,
and
we
have
to
build
that
system
right
like
we
will
spend
nine
weeks
in
community
engagement
process,
which
includes
these
three
things
followed
by
a
three-week
executive
conversation
I'm,
making
something
up
right
where
we
talk
about.
H
H
So,
but
thank
you
for
that
and
for
you
know,
sort
of
a
rough
frame
around
what
will
happen
next
and
maybe
you
know
we
can
deliver
something
more
concretely
to
the
community,
so
we
can
ease
some
of
that
tension
and
some
of
the
fears
that
are
currently
clearly
living.
The
second
question
I
had
was
just
as
sad
as
I
am
to
see
member
Lorena
Lopez
I
am
also
curious
about
our
timeline
for
next
steps,
what
happens
as
a
body
and
what
should
we
anticipate
moving
forward
foreign.
A
We
will
begin
the
conversation
with
the
mayor's
office,
who
leads
that
search,
and
there
are
timelines
that
have
to
be
followed
in
terms
of
how
long
the,
when
the
announcement
gets
posted
I,
don't
know
when
that
day
will
be,
and
then
they
will
move
very
quickly.
We
hope
to
have
a
member
join
us
by
the
Fall,
if
not
sooner,
and
so
we
will
after
Miss
lepera,
has
taken
the
first
step
by
announcing
this
tonight.
A
So
then
we
will
be
moving
forward
with
with
the
city,
and
we
will
make
that
information
available
to
all
members
to
let
you
know
what
that
timeline
is.
H
Perfect,
thank
you
so
much
last
thing
here.
This
is
just
a
hope
either
for
our
next
meeting
or
just
in
our
continued
communication.
We
spent
a
lot
of
time
at
the
start
of
last
year,
sort
of
playing
catch
up
around
vacancy
numbers
and
I
guess
I'm
wondering
if,
on
a
proactive
level,
can
we
start
having
conversation
around
anticipated
vacancies
and
then
the
like,
you
know,
from
retirements
to
folks
who
we
know
are
leaving
the
system.
I
also
know
like
based
on
you
know,
other
sort
of
agreements.
H
People
tell
us
last
minute,
all
of
those
things,
but
keeping
that
sort
of
tally
of
like
what
we're
anticipating
what
we're
filling
and
then
to
then
be
able
to
look
at
that
sort
of
third
column
around
what
currently
is
vacant.
That
would
be
really
helpful.
Absolutely
thank
you
so
much
and
thank
you
for
a
great
school
year.
Together,
superintendent,
it's
been
really
it's
been
really
lovely.
Thank.
H
G
Volunteer,
if
I
may
just
finish
what
we
finish
this
meeting
by
what
we
were
saying
at
the
beginning,
which
was
thanking
member
lapera
for
her.
Yes,
I'm,
an
expertise
in
this
committee
and
even
her
thoughtfulness
and
questioning
today
talk
about
going
strong
right
to
the
end,
Miss,
lapiro
and
I
should
have
mentioned
at
the
at
the
beginning
as
well.
G
You
know
your
focus
and
expertise
in
certain
areas,
whether
it
was
ell
as
you
were
talking
about
tonight,
but
also
your
persistent
and
thoughtful
probing
on
infrastructure
issues
and
bringing
that
to
the
Forefront
in
how
we
approach
the
green
New
Deal
at
just
as
memo
Cadet
Hernandez
was
talking
now
about
process
around
big
changes
that
we
need
to
make
to
our
facilities
had
an
impact
on
all
of
us,
so
oftentimes
you'd
hear
us
say
well
as
Miss
Lopez
probably
going
to
ask
you
know:
let's
talk
about
the
building,
so
in
your
time
this
committee,
you
have
impacted
all
of
us
and
again
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
your
time
and
your
commitment
to
the
students
of
Boston
foreign.