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From YouTube: Boston School Committee Announcement
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Mayor Janey hosts a press conference announcing the new appointments for the Boston School Committee.
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The
sudden
departure
of
these
two
members
created
a
void
and
representative
leadership
with
more
than
40
percent
of
boston,
public
school
students
identifying
as
latino
and
10
percent
residing
in
public
housing.
I
know
how
important
it
is
to
have
our
children
and
their
families
represented
in
leadership.
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I
thank
the
school
committee's
independent
nominating
panel
that
rose
to
the
occasion
to
prepare
and
perform
a
new
search
for
members.
I
want
to
especially
thank
bps
teacher,
miss
laurie
ciardi
for
her
effort
and
leadership.
As
panel
chair,
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
the
school
committee
members
who
are
with
us
today.
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I
would
also
like
to
thank
pastor
sam
acevedo,
a
leadership
in
the
latino
community
and
executive
director
of
the
boston
higher
education
resource
center
for
being
with
us
today,
and
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
have
chiefs
that
are
here,
the
chief
of
civic
engagement,
aisha
miller
and
so
many
others
on
my
team.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
other
members
of
the
cabinet
chief
marty,
martinez
and
my
chief
of
policy
and
planning
I'm
mary
churchill.
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Ms
luperra
and
ms
polanco
garcia
offer
the
depth
of
knowledge
and
relevant
experience
to
serve
the
children
and
families
of
the
boston
public
schools.
There
is
nothing
more
important
right
now
than
the
education
of
our
children
as
we
focus
on
the
needs
of
our
students.
Let
me
introduce
you
to
the
new
committee
members.
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Miss
lopera
is
a
veteran
of
local
organizations,
focused
on
expanding
educational
access
for
latino
youth
and
students
of
color,
including
the
roxbury-based
societal
latina.
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vida
incorporated
and
building
excellent
schools,
as
well
as
national
organizations
such
as
city
year
and
the
posse
foundation
most
recently
lorena
is
the
executive
director
at
latinos
for
education,
new
england,
the
first
latino
founded
and
led
national
organization
dedicated
solely
to
creating
leadership
pathways
for
latinos
in
education,
and
she
is
a
proud
bps
parent.
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Her
activism
on
behalf
of
the
latino
community
in
education,
includes
working
on
the
no
on
2
campaign
in
2016,
helping
to
pass
a
sanctuary,
school's
resolution
and
her
advocacy
and
helping
to
pass
the
student
opportunity
act
since
2015.
She
has
served
as
the
director
of
parent
engagement
in
organizing
at
st
stevens
youth
programs
in
the
south
end,
and
she
also
is
a
parent
of
a
bps
student.
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I
trust
that
miss
lopera
and
miss
polanco
garcia
will
serve
our
students
and
families.
Well,
as
parents
with
children
in
the
boston
public
schools,
they
especially
know
that
our
students,
what
our
students
and
families
need
moving
our
city
forward,
will
also
require
informed
conversations
and
the
tools
to
create
shared
solutions
around
racial
equity.
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This
training,
which
is
being
provided
to
all
city
of
boston
staff,
will
be
a
first
step
in
setting
new
rules
of
engagement
among
bps
community
committee
members,
families
and
all
of
those
with
a
stake
in
our
schools
today
begins
a
new
day
for
equity,
transparency
and
accountability
for
the
boston
school
committee.
Please
join
me
in
congratulating
miss
lopera
and
miss
polanco,
garcia
again.
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I
came
to
this
country
from
colombia
when
I
was
four
I
was
undocumented
and
unaware
of
what
my
family
was
risking
or
sacrificing
in
conversations
between
my
parents
and
their
friends.
They
often
spoke
about
needing
green
cards
as
a
child.
I
was
unable
to
fully
comprehend
the
magnitude
of
the
fear
my
family
was
living
in
and
one
day
I
pulled
out
green
construction
paper
and
made
green
cards,
so
they
wouldn't
have
to
worry.
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Today.
I
have
a
better
understanding
of
what
my
parents
may
have
felt,
I'm
a
latina
who
grew
up
undocumented,
an
education
advocate
and
a
mother
of
two
children,
one
who
currently
attends
a
boston
public
school
growing
up
with
the
possibility
of
having
everything
taken
away
from
us
because
of
our
immigration
status.
My.
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Yes,
the
question
was
on
vaccination
rates,
specifically
in
our
neighborhoods
and
the
neighborhood
of
matapan.
We
continue
to
prioritize
vaccine
access
and
equity
in
our
efforts
here
in
the
city
of
boston.
It
is
why,
when
I
first
became
mayor,
I
invested
millions
of
dollars
in
that
effort
and
when
we
opened
the
city
back
in
may
we
doubled
that
effort.
So
there
is
three
million
dollars
that
we
have
invested
in
community
groups
who
are
working
with
different
neighborhoods
to
get
the
vaccine
out.
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Just
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
we
launched
the
day
of
hope
campaign
as
another
way
to
raise
awareness
of
the
importance
of
getting
the
vaccine.
The
vaccine
continues
to
be
our
best
protection
against
covid
in
every
single
neighborhood
throughout
the
city
of
boston.
With
the
exception
of
matapan,
we
have
seen
the
vaccines
increase
to
over
50
percent.
We
are
close
with
matapan
and
we
are
working
working
in
a
targeted
way
to
make
sure
that
we
bring
those
numbers
up.
Citywide
there
are
60
of
residents
who
have
the
vaccine.
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The
question
was
masks
in
our
schools,
so
in
all
municipal
buildings,
masks
are
required.
As
folks
know,
there
are
a
number
of
children
who
still
are
not
eligible
for
the
vaccine,
and
so
children
are
currently
wearing
masks
as
they
are
in
summer
school
and
in
different
programs
throughout
the
city,
and
in
this
fall
they
will
be
wearing
mass
still.
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The
question
was
on
having
a
member
of
the
boston
school
committee,
whose
primary
language
is
spanish.
We
have
made
a
lot
of
progress
in
our
schools
and
certainly
in
the
boston
school
committee,
in
terms
of
language
access
for
parents
who
attend
meetings.
There
is
simultaneous
trans
interpretation
that
is
offered.