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From YouTube: Boston School Committee Meeting 8-31-22
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boston School Committee holds "virtual" meetings online in order to practice safe social distancing and stay current with issues important to the Boston Public Schools.
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A
Thank
you,
sullivan
tonight's
session
is
being
shared,
live
on
zoom.
It
will
be
rebroadcast
on
boston
city,
tv
and
posted
on
the
school
committee
webpage
and
on
youtube.
Tonight's
meeting
documents
are
posted
on
the
committee's
web
page
bostonpublicschools.org
school
committee.
Under
the
august
31st
meeting
link,
the
meeting
documents
have
been
translated
into
all
of
the
major
bps
languages.
A
Any
translations
that
are
not
ready
prior
to
the
start
of
the
meeting
will
be
posted
as
soon
as
they
are
finalized.
The
committee
is
pleased
to
be
offering
live,
simultaneous
interpretation
in
spanish
haitian
creole,
cabal,
variano,
cantonese,
mandarin,
vietnamese
and
american
sign
language.
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will
now
turn
on
the
interpretation,
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the
globe
at
the
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A
Thank
you
to
everyone
who
signed
up
for
public
comment.
Sign
up
for
public
comment
closed
today
at
4
30
pm.
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make
sure
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You
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so
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committee
staff
will
be
able
to
recognize
you
when
it
comes
time
to
call
on
you.
Thank
you
for
your
cooperation.
A
Tonight's
meeting
will
be
a
little
unusual
due
to
illness
and
travel.
We
will
not
have
a
quorum
for
the
entire
duration
of
the
meeting
in
order
to
conduct
the
necessary
business
of
the
school
committee.
This
evening
I
would
like
excuse
me.
I
would
like
to
propose
that
we
move
the
no
votes
to
the
beginning
of
the
agenda.
A
If
and
when
members
need
to
leave,
we
will
vote
to
adjourn
the
meeting,
as
we
will
no
longer
have
a
given
the
urgency
of
the
work
being
done
by
the
district
to
prepare
for
the
reopening
of
school
and
the
need
to
share
this
important
information
with
our
stakeholders
and
community
members.
The
remaining
members
will
stay
on
to
hear
the
acting
superintendent's
report
and
the
back
to
school
update.
We
will
maintain
a
live
stream
for
the
public
to
hear
these
important
updates.
C
No,
I
just
wanted
to
know
what
the
committee's
participation
in
the
past
has
been
with
some
of
these
activities.
Like,
obviously,
I
think
we've
received
emails
regarding
the
the
conference
that
I
believe
takes.
The
annual
conference
that
takes
place
every
year
I'd
be
curious
from
some
of
the
more
senior
members
if,
if
they've
had
any
positive
experiences
with
with
those
with
those
events,
and
if
so,
you
know
what
practices
have
we
taken
back
from
that,
so
basically
how?
How
have
we
benefited
from
the
membership?
Essentially.
A
E
A
Support
the
school
committee,
so
I
can
tell
you
as
one
as
a
new
chair
this
year
I
had
almost
weekly
conversations
with
glenn
kutcher,
who
is
the
head
of
the
mass
association
of
school
committees,
who
is
always
available
and
ready
to
explain,
support,
offer
any
kind
of
support.
He's
also
provided
training
to
our
new
members
of
the
mayor's
office
to
help
them
to
understand
on
the
roles,
and
you
know
and
responsibilities
of
the
school
committee,
etc.
A
They
stand.
I
mean
I
feel
like
to
be
honest,
how
I
have
used
them.
More
has
been
one-on-one
they've
offered
a
lot
of
training
all
throughout
covet.
You
know
in
in
order
to
help
you
know
you
know,
locate
materials
you
know
share
what
other
districts
are
doing.
It's
been
different
different,
obviously
over
the
last
two
years,
as
everything
has
gone
remote
so
that
there
really
haven't
been
any
in-person
opportunities,
but
in
in
the
past,
people
have
attended
conferences,
etc.
A
I
feel
they're
most
helpful,
particularly
in
interpreting
interpreting
what
goes
on
in
massachusetts
in
terms
of
massachusetts,
law
et
cetera,
and
how
any
number
of
issues
coming
down
from
the
government
et
cetera
around.
You
know
testing,
you
know
all
of
these
things,
then
they
had
the
most
up-to-date
information
so
that
that's
all
that
I
can
say
in
in
terms
of
my
own
participation
over
the
last
several
years.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you,
dr
elkins,
for
that
question.
One
of
the
things
that
I
know
I've
benefited
from
is
participating
participation
with
mask.
Is
they
provide
monthly
forums
that
touch
on
different
topics,
and
you
know
just
based
on
any
kind
of
changes
in
the
landscape,
around
policy
and
education
in
massachusetts.
G
I
also
receive
monthly
bulletins
that
really
have
a
good
synopsis
of
different
happenings
again
in
the
education
landscape.
So
for
me
it's
been
beneficial
to
get
a
better
understanding,
especially
as
a
new
committee
member.
So
if
you
aren't
already
signed
up
with
them
and
if
you're
not
already
receiving
some
of
these
bulletins
and
information,
I
encourage
you
to
do
so.
H
C
A
Yeah,
I
would
say
over
the
years
you
know
most
members
have,
you
know,
number
one
taking
advantage
of
the
training
and
when
I
took
it
it
was
in
person.
Obviously
it's
been
remote
and
that
was
an
opportunity
not
only
to
get
to
know
the
landscape
of
you
know
school
committees
itself,
but
to
hear
from
other
members
of
other
committees
and
to
be
able
to
compare
notes,
etc.
So
you
know
my
hope
too.
In
this
next
year
things
will
be
able
to
come
back
in
person
and
that
we
will
encourage
our
members
to
take
part.
A
H
C
H
A
A
C
H
H
A
You
miss
elvin
now,
as
I
stated
earlier,
we
will
adjourn
tonight's
official
meeting
since
we
will
no
longer
have
a
quorum.
Thank
you
again,
ms
lapera,
for
joining
us,
but
we
will
still
remain
live
for
the
public
to
see
the
important
updates
from
the
district
on
the
acting
student
attendance
report
and
the
school
ready
reopening
presentations
I'll
now
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn
the
meeting.
Is
there
a
motion?
C
H
H
H
A
I
It
was
important
to
me,
as
I
transitioned
into
this,
acting
role
to
to
be
as
transparent
and
communicative
with
our
public
about
really
important
work
ahead
of
us
most,
notably
in
our
first
meeting
in
august,
to
talk
about
the
systemic
improvement
plan
and
our
readiness
to
submit
those
documents
in
advance
of
the
desi
deadlines
in
for
tonight
to
where
the
the
main
message
is
about
our
readiness
for
the
first
day
of
school.
I
thought
it
was
really
important
as
a
governance
team.
I
I
In
terms
of
my
acting
superintendent
report
for
this
evening,
there's
a
few
areas.
I
think
I
really
want
to
make
sure
that
I
update
the
community
on,
and
so
the
first
is
when
we
last
met.
We
talked
about
a
pending
deadline
of
august
15th
for
our
submission
to
deci
for
the
systemic
improvement
plan
documents
for
our
first
set
of
submissions
in
august
15th.
I
The
district
continues
to
engage
with
senior
level
desi
staff
to
review
their
feedback,
to
discuss
the
work
and
to
make
adjust
adjustments
as
we
continue
to
collaborate
on
this
critical
system's
work.
I
want
to
thank
chair
robinson,
who,
among
others,
has
been
attending
many
of
these
meetings,
and
I
think
we
would
all
agree.
Deci
bps
and
members
of
the
of
the
mayor's
team,
as
well
as
chair,
robinson,
that
these
meetings
are
productive
and
collaborative,
and
everyone
is
rolling
up
their
sleeves
in
the
interests
of
us
doing
better
for
our
students
and
families.
I
I
We
also
have
some
additional
deliverables
that
are
due
relative
to
the
sip
on
september,
8th,
including
hiring
for
key
positions
to
oversee
the
problem
resolution
system.
This
is
a
system
in
which,
if
a
parent
or
community
member
might
have
a
complaint
about
bps
that
he
she
or
there
is
not
able
to
resolve,
and
they
need
to
escalate
that
to
deci
that
that
complaint
then
gets
reported
to
the
department
of
elementary
and
secondary
education
and
then
sent
to
the
bps
for
response.
I
We
also
have
some
key
deliverables
around
our
procedures
for
revising
our
protocols
for
student
withdrawals.
I'm
happy
to
report
that
we
are
on
track
to
deliver
on
these
commitments.
We've
discussed
them
on
multiple
occasions
with
desi
leaders
and
received
feedback,
and
we
will
again
post
all
of
our
deliverables
on
the
bps
website
for
public
review,
once
we've
submitted
them
to
desi.
I
During
last
meeting
the
team
spoke
about
the
investment
we
have
made
in
athletics.
This
we're
glad
to
report
that
the
season
has
started.
The
mass
general
brigham
sports
medicine
organization
provided
boston,
public
school
students
with
free
pre-season
physicals
on
august
13th,
taylor
twellman,
a
former
player
from
the
new
england
revolution
in
color
commentary
with
espn
sports
came
to
me
and
to
talk
with
the
students.
I
We're
also
proud
to
announce
that
earlier
this
summer
we
hosted
our
august
leadership
institute,
which
was
held
at
boston
university
from
august
16th
to
august
18th,
incoming
superintendent
skipper,
and
I
have
the
honor
of
greeting
attendees
from
all
across
our
schools,
which
included
teacher
leaders
and
school
leaders
on
day,
one
along
with
btu
president
jessica
tang
school
committee
chair
jerry
robinson
and
school
committee.
Vice
chair,
michael
o'neill,
the
three
days
focus
on
the
implementation
of
equitable
literacy,
our
academic
focus
and
the
development
of
high
quality
school
strategic
plans
for
school
year
22-23.
I
In
addition
to
the
august
leadership
institute,
which
which
is
deeply
focused
on
work
of
instructional
practice.
We
also
hosted
the
week
after
a
managerial
and
operations
institute,
which
was
held
virtually
from
august
22nd
to
august
24th
and
engage
school
staff,
leadership
and
central
office
administrators
in
the
work
of
management
and
operations.
I
I
Yesterday,
we
held
our
countdown
to
kindergarten
event
at
the
boston
children's
museum,
where
we
welcomed
our
incoming
kindergartners
and
families
passed
out,
backpacks
and
goodies.
We
are
so
grateful
to
the
boston,
children's
hospital,
the
boston,
children's
museum
cables
or
cradles
to
crayons
and
the
mayor's
office
of
early
childhood.
I
I
We
will
have
a
more
detailed
update
to
share
with
you
later
tonight,
but,
as
I
mentioned
to
you
at
our
last
meeting,
the
team
has
been
working
tirelessly
to
address
the
key
areas
that
will
help
us
be
ready
to
have
a
smooth
transition
to
the
school
year.
The
messages
that
you
will
hear
tonight,
I
think,
focus
on
two
really
important
points.
I
I
I
want
to
thank
director
of
transportation
dell
stanislaus
and
her
team,
who
have
been
working
non-stop
to
address
the
transportation
challenges
and
creating
new
ways
of
thinking
about
ways
to
respond
to
this.
To
this
emergency
we've
been
working
alongside
the
mayor,
her
team
and
other
city
and
state
partners.
I
We
continue
to
update
our
families
weekly,
as
information
becomes
available.
Mbta
and
bps
staff
will
also
plan
to
provide
additional
staff
support
to
help
guide
students
on
the
orange
line.
Shuttle
routes
keep
an
eye
out
for
mbta
transit
ambassadors,
who
wear
bright
red
polo,
shirts,
sweaters,
sweat,
sweaters
or
jackets
with
t
logos
and
can
be
found
at
stations
throughout
the
system.
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
We
also
shared
an
announcement
to
staff
to
help
serve
as
ambassadors
for
peak
times
and
we'll
send
a
message
to
them.
In
the
coming
days,
our
community
of
our
office
of
community
engagement
will
facilitate
two
virtual
meetings
to
introduce
the
incoming
to
introduce
incoming
superintendent
skipper
and
share
with
families
how
we
are
prepared
to
welcome
their
children
back
to
school.
I
These
are
promoted
via
robo
calls
texts,
emails
and
the
weekly
parent
newsletter.
The
first
one
is
tomorrow
at
6
p.m,
and
the
second
one
is
saturday
september
10th
at
10
am
there
will
be
updates
on
facilities
upgrades
done
over
the
summer,
updated
coven,
19
protocols,
transportation,
information
and
more.
I
I
Family
engagement
team
is
hosting
two
get
engaged
sessions
for
bps
families,
the
first
one
had
461
participants
and
finally,
I
also
wanted
to
communicate
that.
I
am
planning
to
provide
an
update
to
the
boston
school
committee
and
our
larger
community
on
mission
hill
at
the
at
the
september
14th
school
committee
meeting.
F
C
C
Could
you
just
shut
a
little
bit
more
light
about
how
our,
how
more
of
our
our
special
special
interest
groups
are
also
how
their
feedback
in
terms
of
understanding
the
policy
and
the
long-term
plans
are
being
included
in
in
the
process?
Obviously
I
I
know
a
little
bit
about
the
meetings
themselves,
how
they
are
being
communicated,
but
just
always
just
being
wary
of
how
community
concern
parties
are.
You
know
how
they're
being
included
in
that
process.
C
That's
my
first
question
and
then
my
second
question
is
a
little
bit
about
the
transportation
aspect.
You
know.
Obviously,
the
the
the
first
week
and
second
week
will
be
very
will
be
well
fingers
crossed
like
that.
There
are
as
minimal
complications
as
possible,
but
sometimes
things
happen.
So,
just
if
you
all
are
sort
of
gearing
up
for
things
on
the
back
end
extra
support
at
schools,
maybe
or
within
the
call
center
or
the
help
center,
have
you
all
been
thinking
about
that
in
any
capacity?
C
That's
my
second
question
so
and
then
my
third
question
is
for
the
family
engagement.
You
had
noted
that
there
were,
I
think
it
was
like
461
like
participants.
Could
you
say
a
little
bit
more
about
where
those
were
held
and
just
sort
of
did
you?
Did
you
get
a
sense
of
what
different
school
communities
that
they
represented.
I
Yeah
great
I'll,
take
the
first
two
questions
and
I'll
turn
to
my
colleague,
denise
snyder
or
her
designee
to
take
the
third,
and
so
the
first
question
was:
what
is
the
involvement
engagement
of
multiple
stakeholders
relative
to
the
deliverables
for
the
systemic
improvement
plan,
and
so
there
there
were
some.
Obviously
some
of
these
deliverables
require
higher
levels
of
engagement
than
others.
I
Some
things
are
sort
of
just
technical,
around
secure
a
vendor
to
do
acts,
and
while
there
may
be
some
community
involvement
on
that,
we're,
probably
I
would
imagine
our
stakeholders
are
expecting
opportunities
to
really
engage
on
things
like
a
strategic
plan
for
multilingual
learners,
a
policy
manual
for
students
with
disabilities
or
strategic
plan
moving
forward.
So
so
I
think
a
few
areas,
one.
There
are
three.
I
The
first
review
was
on
site
last
week
in
special
education,
and
the
council
met
with
a
number
of
different
advocacy
groups,
parent
groups
to
get
feedback,
and
we'll
continue
to
do
that
virtually
over
the
weeks
to
come
in
collaboration
with
our
office
of
special
education,
as
it
relates
to
some
of
the
deliverables,
the
materials
that
ultimately
become
before
school
committee
as
sort
of
policy
documents
for
you
to
consider
there
have
been
opportunities
and
will
continue
to
be
opportunities
for
stakeholders
to
weigh
in.
So.
I
I
think
it's.
I
think
everyone
would
agree
that
the
the
heart
of
what
we
see
in
these
drafts
are
things
that
are
not
new
to
any
members
of
our
community
who
have
been
advocating
for
specific
things.
It's
the
things
that
we've
been
listening
to
the
feedback
we've
been
engaged
on
these
topics,
for
example,
as
it
relates
to
the
strategic
plan
for
multilingual
learners.
I
I
think
jesse
was
looking
for
us
to
put
pressure
on
us
appropriately,
so
to
demonstrate
that
these
that
these
things
are
very
serious
and
we
have
to
make
progress
on
them
and
we
have
a
significant
amount
of
time
to
collect
feedback
from
those
organizations.
So
when
they
come
before
you,
these
are
documents
that
should
be
fully
vetted
by
our
community
partners,
and
it
is
my
hope
will
have
their
complete
support
as
they
come
before
you.
I
On
the
second
question,
which
was
related
to
buses
and
some
of
the
contingency
planning
that
we
are
going
to
engage
in
to
anticipate
some
real
challenges
that
will
likely
pop
up
in
the
in
the
days
and
weeks
to
come.
I
don't
want
to
spoil
the
main
event
tonight,
which
is
a
sort
of
presentation
on
our
school
of
school
readiness.
I
We
have,
through
the
strategy
we'll
hear
about
this
evening.
We
have
a
significant
number
of
more
drivers
than
we've
ever
had
in
vps's
history
to
ensure
that
we
have
backup
drivers
to
pick
up
routes
that
might
be
running
late
because
of
traffic
or
other
things.
And
I
cannot
say
enough
about
the
leadership
of
dell
and
her
team
and
the
office
of
transportation.
I
I
feel
100
confident
that
we
are
ready.
It
doesn't
mean
there
won't
be
some
challenges
on
day
one
and
I
want
to
manage
expectations,
but
I
also
am
so
confident
in
sort
of
some
of
the
innovative
strategies
that
she
and
her
team
have
put
together
that
you'll
hear
about
this
evening
and
that
both
in
the
presentation,
also
in
the
q,
a
that
will
sort
of
pop
up
later
on
the
third
question.
I'll
turn
it
over
to
denise,
who,
I'm
sure
is
on
who
can
answer
more
detail
around
the
summer
engagement
opportunities.
J
J
The
way
we
build
capacity
for
parents
to
partner
the
ways
that
families
can
participate
in
shared
decision
making,
whether
that's
school,
parent
council,
school
site
council
or
the
school
based
equity
roundtables.
So
it
was
really
an
introduction
to
a
pitch
to
get
engaged
in
all
the
ways
that
we
can
support
that
along
the
way.
So
that's
that
was
really
the
emphasis
of
that
meeting.
C
Thank
you
for
my
thank
you
for
sharing
that
and
actually
now
that
you
bring
it
up.
I
would
say,
probably
at
some
point
this
year,
since
we
have
what
about
a
year
of
of
experience
with
it,
it
would
be
beneficial
to
sort
of
see
the
progress
or
the
the
the
efficiency
of
the
school
equity
roundtable
discussions.
A
Thank
you,
the
only
question
I
know
you
said
that
we
are
going
to
have
additional
bps
staff
out
at
sites
etc,
helping
with
traffic.
Are
we
making
sure
that
we
have
good
multilingual
staffing,
because
I
was
concerned
about
whether
the
t
staff
would
be
multilingual
or
not?
But
if
we're
supplementing
that
we
will
have
a
good
representation
of
multilingual
staff.
I
Yeah,
all
parties
are
really
concerned
with
this,
so
it's
been
something
that's
been
a
priority
for
the
mayor
and
her
team.
In
our
discussions
with
the
mbta
and
with
bps
and
with
city
employees,
and
so
city
employees
will
be
deployed,
we're
being
very
strategic
based
on
folks
language
proficiencies
to
place
them
in
neighborhoods
that
make
sense
across
the
city
of
boston,
same
thing,
on
the
internal
deployment
we're
going
to
do
at
central
office,
not
only
we
normally
on
any
normal
first
day
of
school
we'd
be
deploying
central
office
to
schools.
I
We're
certainly
doing
some
of
that.
We're
also
deploying
central
office
to
specific
mbta
stops
and
and
really
making
sure
that
in
really
strategic
ways
we're
deploying
the
language
proficiency
in
in
focused
ways
to
best
support
our
students
and
families
as
as
is
transdev
and
the
the
mbta
ambassadors.
I
A
My
only
other
question
is
still
again
about
transportation
and
I'm
wondering
if
individual
schools,
particularly
those
who
have
students
most
impacted
by
the
orange
line,
whether
they
are
also
doing
their
own
orientation
for
families,
you
know
and
students,
particularly
our
youngest
kids.
I
guess
two.
I
Yeah,
I
think
I'll
pass
this
one
to
dell
dell,
if
you
could
comment
on
two
things:
one,
the
number
of
requests
that
we
received
around
families
who
who
now
want
to
opt
to
yellow
bus
service
and
how
we're
accommodating
those
requests
and
then
to
any
information.
You
might
know
about
school-based
discussions
around
readiness
for
this.
K
L
K
So,
just
to
start
the
we've
gotten
requests,
we've
got
a
number
of
waiver
requests,
I'm
pulling
the
most
updated
number
right
now
the
file
is
running,
so
I
can
give
that
update
that
updated
number
in
a
second
number.
Two.
We
have
provided
and
or
redesigned
some
of
our
shuttle
routes
to
accommodate.
Some
of
our
students
are
seventh
and
eighth
grade
students
and
even
some
of
our
high
school
students.
We
are
still
working
in
partnership
with
the
city
and
the
mbta
to
provide
additional
shuttle.
K
Bus
designated
shuttle,
buses
for
boston,
public
school
students,
and
we
did
see
quite
a
number
of
families
is
sending
waiver
requests,
and
I
do-
and
I
think
that
family
we're
gonna,
see
more
waiver
requests
come
in
the
first
day
of
school,
like
the
first
week
of
school.
Sorry
as
family
just
tried,
navigating
the
mbta
and
seventh
and
eighth
graders
are
like
this
is
something
we
can
do
or
something
we
can't
do.
K
M
Dr
you,
if
I
can
just
briefly
in
my
chair
the
other
thing
that
we
did
do
early
on,
is
we
were
made
aware
of
the
honors
line
shutdown.
We
did
survey
individual
schools
just
to
have
them,
assess
the
true
impact
on
the
work
and
on
their
students,
and
during
those
conversations
we
make
sure
we
had
discussions
on
how
they
would
support
and
communicate
some
school
specific
support
for
their
families.
So
they
are
aware
of
that
in
our
a
way,
that's
gonna
need
to
happen.
K
After
doing
some
assessment,
I
think
charles
down
high,
especially
with
the
shift
of
seventh
and
eighth
graders
attending
charlestown
high
school,
and
we
were
able
to
redesign
charleston
high
shuttle
routes
and
provide
their
shuttle
routes
from
forest
hills
to
south
station
and
south
station
to
charlestown
high,
and
also
provide
a
shuttle
bus
for
students,
especially
the
seventh
and
eighth
graders.
Coming
in
from
east
boston
to
charleston
high
school.
F
A
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
D
It's
good
to
see
you
all
that
are
here
and
able
to
join
us.
My
name
is
vernae
wilkinson,
I'm
with
school
facts,
boston-
and
this
is
a
school
facts-
boston
proclamation
of
urgency,
whereas
boston
public
schools
have
been
inequitable
for
decades.
There
is
no
reason
multiple
generations
should
have
to
endure
the
same
issues:
the
education
concerns
of
boston,
public
school
families
need
to
be
addressed
with
urgency,
timeliness
and
accountability.
D
All
students
deserve
to
be
encouraged
and
infirmed
by
their
educators,
whereas
esser
funding,
bps
transportation,
superintendent,
leadership,
changes,
systemic
improvement
plan
and
the
green
new
deal
for
bps
are
all
very
active
in
important
areas
of
work.
There
needs
to
be
a
system
of
communication
for
updates
to
boston
families
and
ways
to
receive
and
incorporate
their
feedback.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
attention.
We
look
forward
to
hearing
your
reply
with
your
thoughts
and
comments.
This
is
a
portion
of
a
proclamation
of
urgency
from
school
facts,
boston
and
I
will
distribute
it
in
its
entirety.
N
I'm
nancy
lesson
from
jamaica,
plain
grandmother
of
four
bps:
elementary
school
students,
mother
of
a
bps
high
school
teacher
member
of
bps
families
for
covid
safety
and
mass
kosh
health
technical
committee.
Our
schools
are
crowded
indoor
spaces
where
covid
19
is
easily
transmitted.
Coveted
protections
demand
the
centering
of
equity
to
address
decades
of
disinvestment
and
structural
racism.
N
Our
student
population
is
primarily
black
and
brown
from
communities
disproportionately
ravaged
by
coven
19.
many
bps
families
live
in
multi-generational
households,
including
elderly
and
vulnerable
relatives.
The
average
school
building
is
80
years
old
and
lacks
proper
ventilation.
The
vaccination
rate
among
children
in
boston
is
low.
Bps
needs
a
comprehensive
plan
rather
than
the
few
inadequate,
coveted
policies
that
were
just
emailed
to
bps
families.
N
N
As
a
recent
massachusetts
study
showed
adding
to
a
lot
of
the
literature
on
on
masks
preventing
covid
transmission,
tying
decisions
for
universal
masking
to
just
boston's
coven
19
positivity
rate,
as
the
bps
email
indicates,
makes
little
sense,
as
pcr
testing
in
schools
and
communities
has
been
eliminated
or
reduced
public
health
experts
say
there
are
many
times
more
infected
people
than
a
community's
positivity
rate
indicates
testing.
Just
those
with
symptoms
misses
50
percent
of
infected
infectious
individuals
spreading
covid.
N
One
take-home
rapid
test
per
person
per
week
helps,
but
it's
a
far
cry
from
last
year's
weekly
pooled
pcr
testing.
Without
a
good
testing
system,
how
accurate
will
metrics
be
to
identify
classroom
clusters
or
school
outbreaks
and
what
role
should
wastewater
testing
play
in
early
identification
of
surges?
N
None
of
this
was
elaborated
in
the
email
that
bps
families
just
received.
Good
ventilation
and
filtration
demand
funding
and
installing
hvac
indoor
air
quality
monitors
are
not
the
solution
and
we
need
a
creative,
comprehensive
plan
for
vaccine
clinics
for
hardly
reached
communities
lacking
vaccinations.
Bps
must
create
a
comprehensive
covert
safety
plan
that
centers
equity.
Thank
you
very
much.
N
O
Good
evening,
good
evening,
good
evening
how
you
doing
school
committee
members,
my
name,
is
robert
jenkins.
I'm
president
of
the
madison
park
alumni
association,
I'm
also
been
the
school
site
council
member
at
madison
park
for
the
last
eight
years.
Family
engagement
is
very
important
and
I'm
looking
to
work
with
the
new
superintendent
and
her
staff
on
achieving
this
goal.
It's
very
important
to
get
as
many
parents
involved
in
their
child's
education,
but
my
main
concern
right
now
is
transportation
that
is
going
to
be
happening
when
the
kids
go
back
to
school.
O
With
the
armies
lying
down,
it
is
very
imperative
to
come
up
with
a
comprehensive
panel
working
with
other
city
agencies
such
as
the
street
worker
program
bam,
be
a
man
program
to
make
sure
that
these
buses
are
somewhat
trying
to
be
monitored,
because
these
kids
getting
on
buses
by
themselves
and
with
the
recent
violence
and
what
teenagers
do
with
this.
You
know
unfortunate
situation.
O
We
have
definitely
have
to
be
prepared.
The
police
already
out
there.
You
know
manning
each
bus
stop,
but
we
have
to
do
a
better
way
of
keeping
our
keeping
just
not
only
our
students
but
passengers
safe
during
this
very
trying
time
with
the
mbta,
and
that's
all
I'm
going
to
say
at
this
time.
Thank
you
very
much.
P
I
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
comment.
I'm
julia
reisman
and
I'm
an
assistant
professor
at
the
boston
university
school
of
public
health,
and
I
lead
the
kobit
19
u.s
state
policy
database.
I
greatly
appreciate
the
service
of
everyone
on
the
committee
and
and
the
superintendents
here
today
and
everyone
who's
attending.
I
I
am
here
to
speak
about
the
importance
of
preparing
for
surges
and,
unfortunately,
I'm
following
what's
happening
across
the
country.
P
We
are
seeing
that
when
schools
reopen
without
mitigation
policies
in
place,
specifically
mass
policies
that
there
have
been
large
surges
quite
quickly,
chicago
schools
have
hundreds
of
cases.
Tennessee
schools
don't
have
enough.
Teachers
and
child
hospitalizations
are
rising
in
the
south.
So
I
I
really
urge
the
committee
to
have
in
mind
a
really
hard
threshold
and
low
threshold
for
turning
on
mass
policies.
P
We
see
that
mass
policies
are
especially
important
because
they
help
ensure
that
the
people
with
covid
are
wearing
masks
and
the
people
around
them
are
also
wearing
masks.
There's,
no
nothing
that
any
individual
can
do
to
help
reduce
the
amount
of
covert
in
the
air
like
a
leader
can
do
by
implementing
a
mass
policy.
P
As
you
know,
schools
are
very
valuable
institutions,
they're
places
that
bring
together
the
whole
community,
their
places.
That
should
be
that
should
support
equity
and
inclusion
of
high-risk
households,
children,
families
and
we
see
that
that
our
boston
public
schools,
families
are
at
high
risk.
They
live
in
multi-generational
families,
the
vaccination
and
booster
rates
of
children
and
their
household
members
are
not
where
we
need
them
to
be
and
and
these
families
will
be
at
risk.
P
We
do
see
that
there
is
also
high
public
support
for
mass
policies
in
massachusetts
and
especially
among
the
black
and
hispanic
families
that
make
up
most
boston,
public
schools,
families,
80
percent
of
black
massachusetts,
families
reported
supporting
mass
policies
in
schools
in
the
spring
and
67
percent
of
hispanic
parents.
So
I
hope
that
that
you
will
feel
emboldened
to
lead
to
take
decisive
action
and
to
know
that
the
worst
thing
to
do
when
there's
a
search
is
to
wait
and
see.
P
We
know
we
have
already
seen
what
happens
with
surges
we've
seen
it
with
delta
we've
seen
it
with
omicron,
and
we
saw
it
this
past
spring.
We
also
saw
that
boston's
math
policy
made
a
difference,
so
I
really
commend
you
for
leading
on
that
in
the
spring.
I
also
commend
the
schools
for
leading
on
delivering
vaccines
to
schools
and
I
hope
you'll
help
have
trusted.
Community
leaders
lead
on
communicating
about
those
vaccines
and
their
importance
in
native
languages.
Thank
you.
B
Q
Hello,
everyone
good
evening,
my
name
is
sarah
horsley.
I
am
a
bps
parent.
I
live
in
jamaica
plain
and
have
a
rising
fourth
grader,
and
I
also
am
the
co-founder
of
bps
families
for
coveted
safety
or
famcosa,
and
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
my
concerns
and
our
our
group's
concerns
about
the
covid
safety
policy.
For
this
next
school
year
we
represent
families,
you
know
parents,
grandparents,
guardians
at
about
50
schools.
Q
We
also
ally
with
bps
nurses
and
others,
and
our
group
shared
with
bps
the
health
commission
and
mayor
wu's
administration
officials,
a
set
of
recommendations
for
coveted
safety
for
the
school
year,
and,
I
would
say
more
than
probably
50
to
75
people
have
sent
emails.
You
know
indicating
that
they,
they
are
hardly
recommending
these
recommendations.
Q
Q
One
is
testing
and
while
we're
of
course,
glad
that
they'll
be
symptomatic
testing
and
some
rabbit
at
home
tests,
we're
quite
concerned
that
the
rabbit
at
home
tests-
you
know
not
always
reliable
and
certainly
once
a
week,
is
going
to
miss
a
lot
of
cases,
and
so
we're
wondering
you
know
there
hasn't
been.
At
least
that's
come
to
us
a
lot
of
transparency
about
how
arpa
and
other
funds
have
been
spent
and
were
wondering
you
know.
Q
You
know
underscore
again
that
three
quarters
of
bps
schools
have
no
hvac
and
we're
glad
that,
of
course,
you
know,
I'm
concerned
about
the
climate
as
well.
I'm
glad
that
mayor
wu
is
doing
a
green
new
deal
for
bps,
but
there's
no
information
about
ventilation,
and
we
really
want
to
hear
about
what
investments
the
city
is
going
to
make
in
bps
schools
around
ventilation
for
the
long
term
and
we're
especially
also
concerned
about
cafeterias.
You
know:
are
there
enough
air
purifiers
in
those
larger
spaces,
which
you
know,
of
course
students
are?
Q
Thank
you,
but
there's
a
lot
more.
That
needs
to
be
done.
There's
community
groups,
grassroots
groups
that
know
how
to
do
community
outreach
that
know
how
to
reach
families-
and
I
think
you
know
there
could
be
partnerships
there
and
I
think
julia
you
know
had
a
great
point
about
masking.
Our
main
concern
is:
what
are
the
metrics?
What
are
the
key
metrics
that
are
going
to
be
used
to
know
when
to
bring
the
mask
back?
I
agree
with
nancy.
Q
R
R
R
Only
five
schools
will
receive
updated
systems
under
renew
boston,
trust
that
will
provide
fresh
air
and
move
away
from
fossil
fuels.
Five
out
of
our
many
schools,
so
the
newly
released
plans
continue
some
of
the
problems
of
last
year
measuring
poor
indoor
air
quality
is
not
a
solution
for
schools
without
ventilation.
R
R
The
12-hour
averages
cover
the
problems
during
the
occupied
times
and
the
sensors
measure,
without
the
evidence
that
those
measurements
are
being
used
to
improve
conditions
so
covet
safety
and
good
learning
environments
are
still
relying
on
open
doors
and
windows.
The
air
quality
deteriorates
whenever
windows
or
doors
have
to
be
closed
for
wet
weather
or
noise.
So
we
we
anticipate
even
now
too
hot
and
too
cold
conditions
for
another
school
year.
R
How
can
we
ensure
that
more
schools
are
modernized
with
hvac
systems
and
cooling?
How
can
we
correct
this
lack
of
rigorous
science
in
looking
at
the
ventilation
and
the
lack
of
funding
for
this
expensive
expenditure
of
improving
ventilation
in
our
schools?
So
the
boston
public
schools
are
not
ready.
R
Our
ability
to
stay
safe
will
depend
on
our
capacity
to
shift
gears
when
things
are
bad.
School
levels
mirror
community
levels,
so
we're
going
to
need
information
about
community
cdc
risk
levels
and
we're
going
to
need
to
be
able
to
change
policies
as
needed,
starting
with
masking
and
shifting
to
masking.
R
The
structural
racism
that
has
led
to
the
underfunding
of
our
schools
and
the
lack
of
engagement
with
families
has
allowed
schools
to
add
to
the
health
and
educational
burdens
in
black
and
brown
families.
We
know
we
need
more,
please
help
protect
the
health
of
children,
educators
and
families.
Thank
you.
S
Good
evening
my
name
is
sheryl
buckman,
I'm
a
parent
to
an
incoming
fourth
grade
student
at
the
denver,
I'm
a
member
of
hamcosa
inspectback.
My
son
suffers
from
physical
and
emotional
impairments
since
we
have
been
in
this
covet
search
for
almost
close
to
three
years.
My
son
has
missed
in
the
beginning
10
days
at
the
start
of
the
last
school
year,
due
to
being
a
close
contact
and
later
developing
symptoms.
S
He
got
the
work
that
he
had
missed
from
his
teacher,
but
most
of
it
he
didn't
understand
with
little
or
no
instruction
on
how
to
work
and
how
it
should
be
completed.
I
could,
as
a
responsible
parent,
could
only
help
him
so
much
when
he
returned
to
school.
He
was
very
scared
of
bringing
home
the
virus
to
his
family
and
especially
to
that
of
his
grandmother
home
visits
on
a
regular
basis.
S
It's
not
fair
that
at
this
time
in
this
pandemic
that
children
should
be
having
to
choose
between
their
health
or
their
education.
This
should
never
have
been
a
thought
that
crosses
my
child
or
any
child's
mind.
Choosing
between
my
child's
education
or
health
should
not
be
a
choice
that,
as
a
parent
I
should
have
to
make
this
pandemic
is
far
from
over,
and
the
school
year
is
upon
us.
S
S
What
we
need
is
a
flexible
plan
designed
for
how
covet
is
affecting
us
now
and
plans
that
we
can
use
in
the
future.
Students
and
teachers
need
support
instead
of
being
penalized
for
missing
days
at
this
time.
Bps
must
guarantee
a
safe
environment
for
its
families,
whose
children
need
in-person
learning
well,
given
those
at
home
that
they
have
to
miss.
The
same
learning
experience
I
know
that
bps
is
committed
to
the
safety
of
its
teachers,
students
and
community.
S
I
believe
that
this
time
is
now
to
take
those
protective
measures
we
currently
have
and
put
them
to
good
use.
I
will
close
with
this
quote
from
my
nine-year-old
son.
Masking
up
in
school
keeps
our
friends
family
teachers
and
staff
safe.
I
don't
want
to
go
back
to
the
way
it
was
before
when
I
was
away
from
all
my
friends
and
my
school.
Thank
you.
S
T
Another
question
is
the
desi
sword
of
damocles
still
hanging
over
bps
for
the
next
three
years
and
what
regular
reporting
is
in
place
to
keep
teachers,
parents
and
students
informed
and
bps
accountable.
What
is
being
done
to
eliminate
the
revolving
door
of
superintendents,
or
should
we
not
be
so
attached
and
connected
to
this
superintendent
either?
T
Is
there
an
efficient
and
transparent
and
accountable
system
in
place
between
the
mbta
and
bps
and
transdev
that
will
guarantee
the
safe
transportation
of
our
children
and
students
and
provide
real-time
tracking
for
our
students
just
like
uber
or
lyft?
If
they
can
do
it,
why
can't
we,
since
questions
are
not
answered
directly
to
testifiers
during
the
meeting?
When
will
we
all
know?
What
is
the
time
on
that
and
finally
welcome
superintendent
skipper?
May
the
force
be
with
you?
Thank
you
for
listening
to
me.
B
U
U
So
femcosa
is
calling
for
a
layered
approach
to
prevent
and
covet
infection
and
transmission
in
a
school
district
where
80
percent
of
students
are
children
of
color,
a
population
whose
families
suffer
disproportionately
from
the
ravages
of
this
pandemic.
The
current
plan
for
coveted
mitigation
and
bps
is
not
enough.
U
In
order
to
ensure
students
from
historically
marginalized
populations,
including
english
language,
learners
and
students
with
disabilities,
are
at
the
center
of
decision
making.
We
ask
that
you
adopt
policies
aligned
with
evidence,
equity
and
inclusion
that
prioritizes
those
communities
and
ensures
they're
at
the
table.
U
U
evidence
suggests
that
as
many
as
half
of
pediatric
infections
mean
may
be
asymptomatic,
it
is
not
enough
to
just
send
one
home
rapid
test
kit
every
two
weeks
for
students
and
call
it
a
testing
plan
eye
health,
cova,
19
antigen
rapid
tests
are
only
authorized
and
recommended
to
be
used
by
both
the
manufacturers
and
cdc
in
asymptomatic
patients
when
tested
twice
over
three
days
with
at
least
24
hours
and
no
more
than
48
hours
between
tests.
So
one
test
per
week
is
not
enough.
U
E
E
E
E
E
E
We
have
a
september
9th
event
planned
with
our
full
school
community
staff
and
parents
with
people
where
people
will
get
caught
up
on
what
we
know
about
this
proposed
merger
and
can
voice
their
questions
and
opinions.
We
have
done
a
lot
of
work
to
advertise
this
event.
We
are
talking
with
families
individually,
many
in
spanish,
to
make
sure
that
everyone
knows
what
this
meeting
is
about
and
encourage
them
to
attend.
We
will
have
this
meeting
with
haitian
interpreters
and
we
are
going
to
have
a
meeting
completely
in
spanish.
E
E
B
B
L
L
L
L
A
I
Thank
you
chair
and
thank
you
to
the
speakers
this
evening
for
your
really
important
feedback
and
guidance.
Our
presentation
this
evening,
I
think,
will
highlight
two
really
critical
themes.
One.
We
anticipate
that
there
will
be
some
challenges
with
the
start
of
the
school,
especially
related
to
transportation
and
two.
I
I
I
want
to
acknowledge
three
presenters
this
evening
that
will
be
leading
us
through
this
presentation,
dr
linda
chen,
dr
sam
depina
and
megan
costello,
who
will
all
be
leading
various
elements
of
this
back
to
school
update
and
the
entire
an
entire
central
office
team
stands
ready
to
answer
any
questions
from
school
committee
members
now
before.
I
turn
it
over
to
dr
chen,
who
will
begin
the
presentation.
I
W
Thank
you,
superintendent,
eccleston
and
greetings
to
madam
chair,
our
school
committee,
members,
bps
families,
community
members
and
partners.
We
are
thrilled
to
welcome
our
students
back
for
the
2022-23
school
year.
As
the
superintendent
mentioned
earlier
grades,
one
through
twelve
will
return
on
thursday
september.
8Th,
pre-k
and
kindergarten
will
start
on
monday
september
12th.
W
W
By
the
first
day
of
school,
we
will
be
ready
with
complete
staff
hires
to
ensure
every
student
has
a
qualified
educator
in
their
classroom
transportation
systems,
ready
to
get
our
students
to
school
in
a
safe
and
timely
manner.
We
will
have
healthy,
nutritious
meals
available
to
all
students,
we'll
have
school
facilities
that
are
safe,
clean
and
prepared,
including
our
coveted
19
protocols,
authentic
engagement
with
our
families
to
ensure
students
are
registered
for
class
and
curriculum
and
instructional
plans
ready
to
help
our
students
learn
and
grow
at
every
school.
W
As
the
superintendent
said,
while
we
believe
we
are
on
track
for
a
solid
first
day,
we
want
to
share
that
our
largest
concerns
remain
around
staffing,
transportation
and
food
services,
but
our
departments
are
continuing
to
work
hard
to
mitigate
these
barriers
and
ensure
we
have
that
remain
on
track
for
the
first
day
with
that,
we
will
begin
with
staffing
so
on
the
next
slide.
You'll
see
that
this
table
illustrates
the
progress
that
we've
made
hiring
for
key
positions,
including
teachers,
food
service
workers
and
paraprofessionals.
W
M
Thank
you,
dr
chen
and
good
evening,
members
of
the
school
committee
and
members
of
the
public
joining
us
this
evening
with
regards
to
transportation
staffing.
This
table
illustrates
the
progress
we
made
in
hiring
for
transportation
based
positions,
specifically
we're
working
closely
with
transdev
to
hire
bus
drivers
with
a
number
of
incentives
to
drive
up
the
number
of
bus
drivers
we
have
hired,
including
offering
paid
training
for
cdl
certification.
M
M
M
The
contingency
plans
include
partnering,
with
schools
to
recruit
staff
from
the
schools
to
service
monitors
when
discussions
with
the
city
about
outlining
a
negotiation
strategy
to
incentivize,
more
applicants
for
bus,
monitor
role
and
the
finance
team
has
signed
off
on
an
enhanced
competitive
compensation
package
to
provide
those
in
the
bus
monitor
role
next
slide.
Please.
M
The
graduate
transportation
department
we're
focusing
on
through
a
three-pronged
strategy
to
improve
our
services
this
this
year,
we're
the
first
to
leverage
our
updated
collective
bargaining
agreement
with
the
school
bus
drivers
union
in
collaboration
with
our
city.
Colleagues,
we
will
continue
to
advocate
to
the
mbta
the
needs
of
our
students
and
families
of
each
of
our
school
communities
and
three
operational
improvement:
inefficiencies
with
transdev
within
the
bps
transportation
department
to
better
serve
the
transportation
department
needs
of
our
students
and
families.
M
Next
slide,
as
we
mentioned
the
last
june,
transdev
bps
and
city
of
boston
signed
a
new
contract
with
the
bus
drivers
union
that
includes
key
operational
changes
that
will
better
prepare,
bps
and
transdev
to
significantly
improve
our
services
for
our
students
and
families.
We've
been
working
collaboratively
all
summer
to
implement
these
changes.
M
During
the
orange
line,
shutdown
we'll
be
contracting,
with
70
transportation
vendors
to
provide
transportation
services
for
routes
outside
of
the
city.
The
use
of
these
transport
vans
will
free
up
transit
of
bus
drivers
within
city
limits
to
drive
additional
school
buses
support
where
trips
have
fallen
behind
schedule.
M
Next
slide,
I'm
going
to
go
slightly
out
of
order
with
these
topics,
just
because
dr
eggleson
covered
some
of
this
in
his
opening
remarks
and
to
make
sure
we
give
the
most
important
update
to
families
and
students.
First
bps
staff,
city,
colleagues
and
mbta
representatives
have
been
working
closely
to
ensure
students
and
families
receive
information
and
resources.
M
They
need
to
navigate
their
community.
During
the
orange
line
shutdown,
we
encourage
our
23
000
bps
students
who
rely
on
the
mbta
and
the
approximately
5
000
students
who
utilize
the
orange
line
specifically
to
plan
and
practice
their
travel
routes
prior
to
the
first
day
of
school,
to
plan
your
trip.
Please
visit
the
mbt
website
at
www.mbta.com.
M
In
addition,
as
mentioned
earlier,
the
mbta
has
provided
bps,
with
five
thousand
seven
day
link
passes
to
get
families
who
utilize
the
orange
line,
an
opportunity
to
practice
new
routes
prior
to
this
out
of
school.
Please
contact
your
school
administration
to
obtain
such
facets
for
students
who
do
not
typically
use
the
orange
line.
You
should
continue
to
take
your
normal
route
to
school
and
inspect
delays
during
your
commute,
traditional
m7
mbta
passes
for
all
students
in
grade
7
7
through
12
will
be
provided
to
students
on
the
first
day
of
school.
M
M
M
One
of
the
areas
that
have
has
surfaced
repeatedly
is
around
parking
so
due
to
that
we're
exploring
options
with
the
city
to
lift
parking
enforcements
around
some
of
our
schools,
we're
also
in
discussions
with
our
faith-based
community
to
assess
the
use
of
their
parking
lots
for
neighboring
schools
next
slide.
Please.
M
Regarding
operational
efficiencies,
routing
and
bus
assignments
was
an
area
last
year
that
needed
some
attention
to
address
this
breakdown.
To
break
down
this
area,
we
created
a
full-time
position
responsible
for
regular
in
accordance
regular
communication
and
coordination
between
the
transportation
department,
our
special
education
department
and
our
enrollment
department
to
ensure
that
transportation
department
received
timely
and
accurate
information
needed
for
bus
routing
and
bus
assignments.
M
This
strategy
proved
effective
as
buzzwords
as
bus
routes
were
sent
to
transdev
for
the
fall
drivers
bid
on
friday
august
12,
including
assignments
for
more
than
20
500
students
routed
on
590,
yellow
buses.
All
students
assigned
also
all
student
assignments
completed
by
august
12th
are
guaranteed
to
buzz
assignments.
M
The
writing
team
will
continue
to
route
students
as
students,
student
assignment
data
changes
as
new
families,
enroll
in
boston,
public
schools
fall.
Bus
assignments
are
being
sent
to
families
in
their
native
language
by
email
and
regular
mail.
Emails
were
sent
on
monday
august
22nd
and
assignments
to
regular
mails
were
sent
on
august
24th.
So
again,
communication
has
been
happening
and
it's
ahead
of
schedule
and
we're
really
proud
of
that
accomplishment.
M
As
mentioned
earlier,
we
recent
agreement
with
the
driver's
unit
that
will
permit
the
district
to
retain
45
additional
student
support
vans
student
transport
vans
to
use
to
drive
routes
outside
of
boston.
These
vans
will
free
up
existing
transit
drivers
and
yellow
buses.
This
change
increased
our
available
fleet
of
drivers
from
579
to
607
670..
M
This
added
capacity
will
allow
us
greater
flexibility
to
provide
support
during
any
service
delays
or
disruption
in
both
the
morning
commute
and
the
afternoon
commute
with
regard
with
regard
to
customer
services,
staffing,
the
transportation
department,
the
bps
transportation
department,
customer
service
team
is
on
track
to
be
fully
staffed
with
more
than
25
multilingual
customer
service
staff.
Members
for
starter
school
families
can
contact
the
customer
service
team
again
at
617-635-9520.
M
Or
through
our
support
portal,
which
serves
as
a
full
service
ticketing
system
with
information
on
our
policies,
frequently
asked
questions
as
well
as
the
ability
for
schools
and
family
center
and
check
on
support
tickets,
schools
and
families
can
access
this
portal
at
boston.
Public
schools
help
dot
freshdesk.com.
M
These
walkthroughs
will
will
review
and
assess
bus
preparations
with
the
work
of
our
mechanics
and
getting
our
buses
to
be
operating
functionally
and
passing
all
inspections,
ensuring
that
our
drivers
complete
their
drive,
runs
training,
operation
staff,
reviewing
and
updating
operational
procedures
and
for
the
starter
school
transdev
will
be
assigning
staff
from
other
locations
outside
of
boston
to
temporarily
come
support
us
with
school
opening
next
slide.
Please.
M
M
As
a
reminder,
this
service
is
necessary
to
provide
meal
service
during
the
summer
months
during
emergency
meal
service
requirements
in
meals,
at
schools
that
have
not
fully
converted
to
our
on-site
meal.
Preparation
and
cooking
of
all
of
our
schools.
72
schools
will
start
preparing
fresh
meals
on
site.
As
of
september
8th
due
to
the
staff
shortages
mentioned
earlier,
51
schools
will
have
food
provided
by
city
fresh
38.
M
M
With
regard
to
our
field
facilities,
department
they've
been
very
busy
at
work
this
summer,
and
this
is
their
go
time
as
we
as
we
describe
this.
I
just
want
to
thank
you
all
for
the
work
that
you
all
done
this
summer,
specifically
as
well.
They've
been
engaged
in
deep
cleaning
of
our
schools
so
that
our
students
and
staff
can
come
to
a
facility.
That's
clean,
safe
and
ready
to
to
to
teach
our
students.
Our
schools
have
undergone
deep
cleaning
to
ensure
that
we're
ready
for
the
first
day
of
school.
M
All
bottled
water
coolers
are
on
schedule
to
be
ready
prior
to
this
out
of
school
and
just
to
highlight
a
flu.
A
few
school
improvement
projects
that
the
team
has
been
working
on
as
if
you're
in
and
around
schools,
people
have
seen
that
we've
stripped
and
refinished
floors
replaced
a
lot
of
light
bulbs
to
increase
lighting
in
certain
areas.
M
As
a
brief
update
to
our
ac
installation
project,
956
acs
have
been
installed
as
of
august
29th
and
as
a
reminder
due
to
our
old
infrastructure
with
the
bps
system.
Any
electrical
updates
that
are
required
need
to
be
performed.
First,
then,
the
installation
of
window
aac
units
can
occur.
We
are
on
track
to
install
all
these
by
spring
of
2023.
M
Another
improvement
we've
been
working
on
is
that
we've,
the
229
new
filtered
bottled
refill
stations,
have
been
installed
in
24
schools.
This
is
part
of
the
district's
drinking
water
access
initiatives,
a
four-year
project
launched
in
2020
to
install
1400
units
across
all
schools.
The
product
is
suspected
to
be
completed
by
the
end
of
school
year
24-25.
M
Also
this
year
we've
done
some
painting.
We
have
23
schools
who
have
received
painting
and
a
fresh
facelift.
We
have
installed
three
modular
units
at
the
bates,
grew
in
chitick
elementary
schools
and
have
repaired.
Approximately
57
requests
for
bathroom,
related
repairs
have
been
completed
and,
lastly,
with
facilities.
I
just
want
to
highlight
a
lot
of
interior
exterior
repair
and
replacement.
M
Work
has
gone
on
just
to
highlight
a
couple
we've
installed,
radiator
covers,
which
has
been
a
new
initiative
that
we've
been
embarking
on
and
have
a
contract
for
in
place,
replace
white
boards,
interior
doors
and
locks
and
exterior
we've
been
doing
work
on
roofs
masonry
and
walkways
just
to
name
a
few
next
side.
Please.
M
Since
the
implementation
of
the
police
reform
bill
in
2020,
the
office
of
safety
services
has
worked
to
update
the
role
of
safety,
service
specialists
and
hire
for
for
new
positions.
We
have
seen
some
turnover
in
that
department
due
to
the
shift
and
roll
and
we're
on
track
to
fill
positions
that
we
have.
We
do
it.
We
have
had
interviews
over
the
summer
we're
in
the
process
of
clearing
some
of
these
highers
in
roaccu,
but
we're
excited
to
be
working
on
that
endeavor.
M
M
Finally,
with
regard
to
safe
mode,
safe
mode,
drills,
we've
narrowed
the
window
on
when
schools
need
to
conduct
these
safemost
drills.
The
current
circuit
requires
them
to
be
done.
In
september
and
january,
the
team
has
agreed
that
schools
should
hold
the
safe
mode
drills
during
the
two
specific
weeks
in
september
and
in
january.
M
X
Thank
you,
dr
dipina.
Good
evening,
everybody
I'm
filling
in
for
jenny,
lobo
lopes,
our
senior
director
of
health
services,
who's
added
training
this
evening
and
couldn't
be
with
us.
I've
been
working
closely
with
jenny
and
our
other
colleagues
as
we
prepare
for
another
year
with
cobid
as
a
daily
reality.
I
really
want
to
thank
jenny
and
her
whole
team,
who
have
just
been
tirelessly
at
work
to
ensure
our
state.
Our
schools
are
safe
and
prepared,
as
we
enter
into
the
school
year.
X
X
As
for
our
vaccine
clinics,
as
we
did
last
year,
we
hosted
over,
I
think,
160
vaccine
clinics,
and
so
we
are
going
to
hopefully
do
the
same
this
year,
maybe
even
more.
We
are
partnering
with
the
boston,
public,
health,
commission
and
cic
and
many
other
clinical
partners
to
make
sure
that
we
can
have
a
vaccine
clinic
at
our
at
every
single
school.
X
We
do
have
some
specific
situations
where
masking
will
be
required,
such
as,
if
a
student
is
returning
from
isolation
before
10
days
or
they're
in
the
nurse's
office.
So
we
have
all
that
information
on
our
website
and
have
sent
that
out
to
families
today
to
make
sure
they
know
about
all
our
protocols
and,
lastly,
on
air
quality
and
ventilation.
As
we
have
in
previous
years,
we
have
air
purifiers
in
every
classroom
and
common
spaces
like
cafeterias
and
gyms.
X
X
So,
if
a
student
test
positive
from
a
symptomatic
test
at
school,
we
will,
you
know,
notify
families
of
that
individual
case
right,
because
other
students
in
the
class
could
have
been
exposed.
We
will
also
notify
families
of
a
cluster
of
cases.
So
if
there
are
three
or
more
cases
in
a
particular
classroom,
we
will
notify
families
of
that.
X
We
are
meeting
every
afternoon
with
the
boston,
public,
health,
commission,
health
services,
vps
leadership,
to
review
the
number
of
positive
cases,
but
it
is
important
to
note
that
we
will
not
be
able
to
notify
families
about
community
cases.
So
this
is
when
a
family
might
call
and
report
a
coped
positive
case
from
outside
of
school.
X
X
The
last
thing
we
want
to
note
is
on
isolation
and
exposure.
We
talked
last
year
a
lot
about
isolation
and
quarantining.
That
was
the
language
we
we
used
last
year
this
year,
we're
using
isolation
and
exposure.
So
isolation
is
for
an
individual
who
has
tested
positive
and
exposure.
Protocols
are
for
individuals,
who've
been
exposed
to
somebody,
but
they
themselves
are
negative.
X
Instead,
students
and
staff
with
this
suspected
covet
exposure
may
return
to
school,
but
they're
required
to
wear
a
mask
for
10
days
following
that
exposure.
So,
as
we
have
in
past
years,
we
will
rely
on
all
of
our
strategies
to
keep
our
students
and
staff
safe.
We
will
remain
flexible
as
we
make
changes
needed
based
on
the
latest
data
and
recommendations
from
the
boston
public
health
commission.
W
On
the
next
slide.
We
also
wanted
or
sorry
on
the
bottom
of
the
slide.
We
also
wanted
to
update
you
on
the
status
of
waitlists
on
august
12th,
all
families
on
multiple
waitlists
were
required
to
drop
to
one
waitlist
on
octo
august,
23rd
bps
sent
an
automated
call
to
families
on
waitlists
for
schools
with
open
seats.
W
For
example,
we
have
advertised
on
spanish
language
and
haitian
creole
language
radio
stations
sent
staff
to
community
events
around
the
city,
distributed
flyers
in
the
nine
languages
across
the
city
and
are
sending
direct
communication
to
families
to
enroll
students
prior
to
the
first
day
of
school.
We
want
everyone
to
be
ready.
W
The
helpline
phone
number
and
email
are
being
shared
broadly
with
the
community
through
promotional
materials,
community
events,
distribution
through
school
newsletters
and
such
the
helpline
features
the
use
of
a
ticketing
system
providing
accountability
to
families
and
data
for
the
district
about
issues
that
need
to
be
addressed
more
systemically.
Moving
forward,
we've
been
hosting
the
annual
kindergarten
days
and
we
were
so
excited
yesterday
about
the
return
of
our
citywide
celebration
at
the
children's
museum.
W
W
W
W
Equitable
literacy
is
our
district-wide
academic
priority
that
the
superintendent
mentioned
earlier.
The
focus
is
on
ensuring
every
student
has
access
and
attainment
to
building
strong
skills
in
reading
and
writing
to
support
their
learning
in
all
subject
areas
by
centering
their
identities
and
lived
experiences
through
engagement
with
grade
level
texts
across
subject
areas.
W
We
are
also
partnering
with
boston
university
in
the
development
of
a
secondary
level,
critical
disciplinary
literacy
module
that
will
be
available
for
all
schools.
Later
this
fall
to
support
our
equitable
literacy
work.
Coaches
will
be
available
to
all
schools
to
assist
with
expanding
equitable
literacy
practices
in
every
classroom.
W
Eight
school
communities
excuse
me
we'll
go
to
our
last
and
final
slide
on
a
few
more
important
updates.
For
this
year.
Our
office
of
multilingual
and
multicultural
education
has
opened
a
language
assessment
center
in
east
boston
to
support
english
language
proficiency,
testing
impacted
by
the
orange
line
closure
and
will
open
another
site
on
fridays
in
roslindale
starting
september,
2nd
in
partnership
with
the
boston
teachers
union.
We
will
be
working
intensely
with
20
to
25
schools
this
year
to
deepen
their
school-wide
inclusive
practices
in
service
of
our
students
with
disabilities
and
our
multilingual
learners.
W
A
C
C
So
three
and
four,
could
you
give
a
little
bit
more
insight
as
to
what
these
vacancies,
what
they
might
be
due
to
and
just
how
we're
strategizing
around
that,
particularly
you
know
with
teacher
teachers
for
for
stem
courses
but
also
sort
of
the
disparity
that
we're
seeing
for
bus
monitor
positions.
I
thought
I
had
heard
alluded
to
basically
contract
concerns,
but
if
you
could
provide
a
little
bit
more
insight
into
that
yeah,
I'm
going.
Y
Sure
so
I'll
take
the
first
question.
Our
teacher
vacancies
are
a
combination
of
many
sort
of
a
perfect
storm.
If
you
will
right
so
we're
in
this
space,
where
there's
been
a
tremendous
ship
in
the
workforce
right,
that's
happening
across
the
country
in
this
sector
of
employment,
as
well
as
other
sectors
too,
but
particularly
with
teaching,
and
then,
when
we
drill
down
to
science
and
some
of
the
other
specialties
as
well,
that
also
have
lucrative
private
sector
careers.
Y
The
second
piece
is
that
we've
added
over
600
positions
to
the
district
through
esser
funding
for
the
purpose
of
academic
recovery
and
then,
of
course,
just
the
natural
churn
that
always
happens
through
sort
of
leaves
of
absences
and
all
those
things
so
like.
I
said
it's
just
kind
of
a
perfect
storm
right
now
and
how
why
we
have
the
number
of
vacancies
we
had,
but
I
would
add
that,
even
with
having
added
660
additional
positions
over
last
year,
we
are
actually
ahead
of
pace
of
trying
to
fill
those
jobs.
I
Y
We
are
reaching
out
to
retired
folks
we're
reaching
out
to
folks
who
are
in
their
fifth
year
of
like
a
program
at
mit
or
northeastern
for
them
to
return
and
and
provide
either
first
year,
classroom
experiences
or
even
enter
our
system
as
long-term
substitutes
until
they're
ready
to
make
the
transition.
So
we've
done
a
number
of
things
to
try
to
cultivate
talent
around
that
critical
area
of
shortage.
C
Y
So
when
I
saw
our
pipeline
programs
are
internal
programs
that
have
largely
revamped
over
the
last
year
coming
out
of
covid,
and
we
have
yielded
some
candidates
out
of
that,
I
can
get
the
exact
number
for
you.
Our
local
partners
are
like
the
boys
and
girls
club,
the
ymca
that
might
run
an
after-school
program
and
we're
reaching
out
to
those
staffs
to
see
if
they
could
be
interested
in
daytime
sort
of
during
the
day
roles.
If
you
will
as
well.
Y
K
Thanks
drew
first,
I
just
wanted
to
start
to
report
out
on
the
waivers
really
quickly
so
so
far
as
of
today,
we
have
429
families
that
has
put
in
ravel
requests
for
their
students
on
the
bus
monitor
front
on.
On
average,
our
bus
monitors
has
historically
gotten
paid
approximately
eighteen
thousand
dollars
per
year.
K
So
with
that
myself
and
my
team
has
been
working
a
lot
with
the
city
to
increase
bus,
monitor
pay
through
contract
negotiations
and
that's
ongoing
and,
as
you
know,
eighteen
thousand
dollars
isn't
just
not
a
lot
in
the
city
of
boston.
So
we
have
we've
tried
many
different
approaches
to
recruit,
monitors
we've
seen
a
lot
of
folks
come
on
board
wanting
to
be
hired
as
bus
monitors
and
when
the
conversation
of
salary
starts.
K
That's
we've
lost
a
lot
of
people
in
our
bus,
monitor,
pool
one
of
the
things
that
the
district
approved
is
to
do
some
sign-on
bonus
with
bus,
sign-in
bonuses
and
retention
bonuses
with
bus
monitors.
So
we're
looking
at
continuing
to
push
that
effort
in
terms
of
like
hiring
by
just
advertising,
this
hiring
bonuses
and
science
retention
and
hiring
bonuses
with
bus
monitors.
K
I
If
I
could
also
add
that,
on
friday,
in
partnership
with
members
of
the
mayor's
team,
we
will
be
going
to
the
residency
commission
to
seek
a
waiver
for
this
year
because
because
of
sort
of
need
of
bps,
to
waive
any
residency
requirements,
particularly
for
our
bus
monitors
and
food
service
workers
over
the
course
of
this
year,
and
we
think
that
will
be
an
additional
strategy
to
increase
the
number
of
folks.
In
both
of
those
roles.
C
A
M
H
A
A
How
are
we
going
to
make
sure
the
student
experience
is
not
compromised
by
not
having
a
permanent
teacher
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
and
my
concern
is
of
you
know
rotating
substitutes,
who
may
or
may
not
have
the
skill
level
to
actually
teach
the
courses
and
worrying
about
particularly
seventh
and
eighth
graders.
You
know
who
are
now
in
the
whole
math
core
trajectory
not
getting
off
on
a
right
foot
on
a
critical
subject.
Z
I
Think
it's
really
important
to
just
lead
with
this
idea
that,
based
on
our
analysis
and
all
the
partnership
we've
done
in
schools,
we
are
very
ready
to
implement
the
math
core
graduation
requirements.
We
are
committed
to
that.
We
have
working
hard.
I
want
a
special
thank
you
to
the
academics
team
who
worked
with
each
school
leader
a
secondary
school
leader
through
the
probable
org
process,
to
make
sure
that
our
schools
were
designed
and
that
we
have
the
positions
and
we've
been
working
on
the
staffing
relative
to
those
issues.
I
It
is
true
that
just
sort
of
an
analysis
of
I
think,
roughly
18,
I
think
science
openings
particularly
impacting
secondary
schools.
That
is
something
that
we
need
to
deeply
focus
on.
I
want
to
thank
both
the
rcd
team,
as
well
as
the
office
of
human
capital,
who've
been
taking
on
a
number
of
strategies
to
make
sure
that
we
close
this
gap
before
the
start
of
school.
I
Some
of
those
strategies
include
recruiting
back
recently
retired
teachers
who
might
be
eligible,
who
know
this
content
area
and
who
might
have
the
eligibility
to
return
to
the
classroom
for
a
short
or
long
period
of
time
to
help
us.
During
this
period
we
are
working
with
some
creative
solutions
around
central
office
staff
and
other
partners,
particularly
in
the
stem
fields,
to
help
us
support
some
of
those
openings.
W
So
I
think,
in
addition
to
what
superintendent
eccleston
has
expressed
chair
in
terms
of
your
question
around
the
science
areas,
we
do
have
materials
that
the
curriculum
office,
our
academics
office,
has
around
pacing
guides
and
curriculum
guides
that
are
easily
available
for
educators,
including
our
substitutes,
and
we
also
have
content
coaching
in
all
of
our
disciplines.
So
we
have
folks
who
can
come
and
support
whether
it's
substitutes
or
newly
hired
teachers,
as
you've
heard
dr
eccleston
mention
we
are
still
very
much
aggressively
recruiting
teachers.
I
AA
Thank
you,
linda
actually
just
touched
on
that
so
we've
wherever
we
have
highlighted
or
identified
the
possibility
of
a
substitute
going
into
the
role
we
do
have
science,
coaches
and
program
directors
that
we
will
assign
to
support
to
support
those
those
substitutes,
whether
they're,
long-term
subs
or
just
day-to-day
subs
with
that
role.
So
that
is
something
that
we
that
we're
thinking
about
and
that
we'll
have
a
plan
for
in
the
areas
where
we
may
need
substitutes.
A
Great
I'll
ask
one
more
and
then
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
you
doctor.
Do
we
have
any
idea
right
now
of
the
number
of
families
who
have
taken
advantage
of
accessing
the
passes,
and
then
my
other
question
is.
I
know
you
said
that
students
will
receive
their
passes
on
the
first
day,
I'm
wondering
about
kids
who,
for
whom
this
they
did
not
have
a
pass
last
year,
so
who
may
not
have
one
in
their
possession
in
terms
of
getting
to
school
on
the
first
day,
so
that
they're
not
confused
or
whatever.
K
Thank
you
chair
for
that
question.
So
to
comment
on
the
passes
I
do
not
have.
A
number
passes
were
distributed
to
schools
to
distribute
to
families,
so
I
don't
have
the
number
of
families
who
have
actually
used
the
passes
in
terms
of
students
getting
to
school.
The
mbta
ride
on
the
first
day
of
school
will
be
free
for
all
students,
passes
was
already
distributed
to
school,
so
schools
have
passes
and
students
will
pick
up
their
passes
on
the
first
day.
F
M
C
Thank
you.
So
my
next
question
actually
was
around
facilities
just
about
how
I
guess
what
was
the
order
for
which
the
schools
were
sort
of
assigned
these
repairs,
whereas
you
gave
a
breakdown
for
certain
schools
about
a
certain
number.
Typically,
it
was
around
like
24
to
26,
depending
on
whatever
was
whatever
was
repaired.
F
Z
M
Z
S
M
And
if
I
could
just
add
to
that
in
any
any
major
facilities
prepared,
that
was
like
an
emergency
or
health
related
issue,
we
would
have
to
obviously
address
that
out
of
that
order.
That's
the
only
exception
if
it
was
a
health
or
safety
emergency
other
than
that
we
use
the
process
that
is
before
described.
C
X
Sure
I'm
happy
to
jump
in
there.
Thank
you,
dr
alkins.
So
short
answer.
Yes,
you
know
we
have
taken
into
consideration
in
partnership
with
the
boston,
public
health
commission,
a
variety
of
options
for
what
not
only
masking,
but
you
know,
testing
all
of
our
protocols
can
look
like
this
year.
I
think
it's
important
that
we
have
the
ability
to
ramp
up
when
needed,
and
so
that's
why
we
do
have
a
three-month
supply
of
mass
at
every
single
school.
X
You
know
we
have
multiple,
you
know
supplies
of
weeks
and
months
of
supplies
of
testing
at
every
single
school
and
we're
giving
those
testing
kits
out.
So
it
is
this
layered
approach
that
the
boston
public
health
commission
has
recommended
at
this
time
and
because
we
are
in
a
low
transmission
stage
right
now,
the
boston
public
health
commission
felt
it
was
fine
to
advise
that
you
know
mass
are
not
required
but
recommended.
X
I
will
tell
you
that
if
I'm
going
to
school
I'll
be
wearing
a
mask
and
I'm
sure
that
there
will
be
lots
of
other
folks,
that
will
be,
we
want
to
make
sure
our
schools
are,
are
friendly
and
welcoming
places.
You
know,
and
you
know,
students
feel
comfortable
and
staff
feels
comfortable
wearing
masks,
but
it
is
right
now
an
individual
choice.
I
And
I'll
just
add,
on
the
second
question
relative
to
monkey.
Pox
we've
had
multiple
meetings
with
the
boston
public
health
commission
on
monkey,
pox
speaking
about
sort
of
policy
and
support
for
students
and
families,
and
they
have
been
meeting
regularly
with
dr
lobo
lopes
and
her
team
on
this
on
this
issue.
X
And
we
actually
have
on
our
website
where
all
the
cobia
19
protocols
are.
We
we
put
a
section
specific
to
questions
that
family
might
have.
My
families
might
have
around
monkey
pox
and
linked
to
the
city
website,
where
all
of
the
recommendations
and
other
things
that
families
might
need
to
know-
and
I
think
I
said
in
our
presentation-
we
meet
every
single
day
to
look
at
kobit
cases.
I'm
sure
you
know
the
monkey
pox
will
be
incorporated
into
it
as
well.
C
Yeah,
thank
you
and
I
would
say
my
well
one
of
my
last
questions
is
related
to
sort
of
the
equitable
literacy.
Coaches
and
interventionists
is
well
for
one.
I
mean
if
we're
like
we're
seeing
staffing
shortages
across
paraprofessionals,
but
also
teacher
vacancies,
has
the
has
equitable
literacy
coaches.
Has
that
seen
the
same
trend
or
do
we
feel
fully
staffed
in
order
to
provide
support
to
all
schools
in
that
regard?.
I
AB
I'd
be
happy
to
weigh
in
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
for
that
question.
We,
you
know,
like
every
department,
we
have
had
some
struggles
with
hiring,
but
we're
very
excited
that
each
of
our
regions
will
be
staffed
with
an
equitable
literacy
coach
and
in
the
future.
We
would
like
to
get
to
more
than
that,
but
we'll
start
with
with
one
and
we
we
feel
very
very
strongly
about
the
quality
of
everyone
coming
into
those
roles
as
well
with
our
interventionists.
AB
We
do
have
one
per
region
right
now,
but
the
other
piece
that
I
would
like
to
add
is
that,
as
a
companion
to
that
intervention
support,
we
are
also
working
with
every
school
to
get
at
least
one
educator
trained
in
orton
gillingham,
which
is
a
very
intensive
reading.
Intervention
aligned
with
our
equitable
literacy
work,
we've
had
a
shortage
of
people
trained,
and
so
we're
growing
our
own
in
that
way
too.
So
we're
really
excited
that
we'll
have
over
120
additional
highly
skilled
interventionists
in
every
building.
AB
Some
are
working
in
intervention
roles
right
now.
Others
are
classroom.
Teachers,
inclusion,
teachers
and
in
different
roles
in
the
building,
but
they'll
still
be
able
to
share
that
expertise
with
with
their
colleagues
and
with
their
students
to
help
where
there
are
those
especially
intensive,
supports
needed.
AB
A
V
I'm
here
good
evening,
can
you
hear
me
good
evening
all
again?
Yes,
that's
a
result
of.
I
think
I
met
I've
presented
a
couple
of
times
last
year
on
the
reform
bill.
As
a
result,
we
lost
a
significant
amount
of
safety
services
specialists,
but
we've
been
diligently
interviewing
throughout
the
summer,
we've
interviewed
in
excess
of
35
individuals.
V
V
F
A
A
My
question
is:
how
are
individual
schools
doing
their
own
data
tracking
on
these
issues,
both
for
their
own
edification,
but
also
to
keep
families
informed
of
what
is
or
isn't
happening
or
when
things
are
available,
because
you
know
I'm
sure
it's
hard
to
sift
through
all
of
these
things
to
figure
out
well,
where
is
my
school?
You
know
in
all
of
this,
so
I'm
wondering
what
are
the
schools
themselves
doing.
M
We
started
planning
on
may
2nd
because
we
wanted
to
get
way
ahead
of
the
summer
months
and
way
ahead
of
this
time
this
time
of
year.
So
we
have
more
time
to
plan
and
prepare.
So
we
started
meeting
with
a
cross-functional
team
of
about
over
40
departments
and
each
of
them
had
a
representative
that
brought
work
back
to
the
departments
and
we
talked
through
different
central
office
needs
and
school-based
needs.
So
this
division
of
schools
was
headed
up
by
jeff
rose.
M
I
want
to
call
out
and
thank
very
much
for
all
the
support
around
organizing
us
around
this
effort.
He
represented
his
team
on
that
on
that
group.
We
over
the
last
three
weeks
since
schools
have
been
back.
We
have
a
specific
tracker
that
we
give
to
school
leaders
around
the
different
components
and
moving
parts
that
are
needed
for
school
opening
part.
That's
communication
with
families,
part
of
that
scheduling
of
students,
projects
scheduling
the
staffing.
M
So
what
we
have
is
our
operational
leader
core
who
goes
out
and
visits
the
schools
during
this
three
week
period
between
the
time
they
get
back
and
they
open
up
schools.
They
meet
with
them
regularly
week
to
week
to
make
sure
that
they're
making
progress
on
all
the
items
to
prepare
for
school
opening,
and
we
bring
that
information
back
to
the
cross-functional
team,
where
all
those
departments
are
represented
and
if
there
are
any
flags
and
issues
that
are
happening
at
the
pacific
school.
M
We
have
the
people
and
departments
on
the
call
involved
in
the
tracker
day-to-day
and
are
able
to
address
and
respond
in
real
time
with
the
school
leaders
and
again
school
leaders
also
know
to
they
have
contacts
within
different
departments
that
they
can
call
help
resolve
issues,
but
they're
operational
leaders
of
the
primary
point
of
contact
and
the
school
superintendents
also
work
with
them
closely
to
verify.
They
have
everything
they
need
and
they
report
back
if
things
are,
are
off
track
as
well.
M
So
there's
a
system
in
place-
it's
really
robust,
but
I
think
with
the
addition
of
the
new
operational
leaders
with
the
new
regional
structure,
where
there's
less
schools
per
region
and
more
manageable
in
by
neighborhood.
I
think
we've
we've
done
a
good
job
of
staying
in
touch
with
the
schools
and
if
we
haven't,
schools
should
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
the
operational
leader.
I
I
just
want
to
make
one
point
super
that
I
I
think
I'm
dr
depina
made
it,
but
I
just
wanted
to
sort
of
throw
it
a
little
further.
So
in
the
past
I
think
we've
only
had
about
six
operational
leaders
which
were
supporting
a
number
of
different
school
superintendents
and
because
they
weren't
organized
by
neighborhoods,
it
meant
a
lot
of
traveling
between
different
parts
of
the
city.
Now
that
were
organized
by
neighborhoods
and
because
of
superintendent
casilius's
dedication
to
make
sure
that
there
was
support
for
this
regional
model.
X
And
I'm
gonna
add
one
one
thing,
because
I
think
our
colleagues
really
deserve
credit
for
this,
particularly
jeff
and
and
his
team
over
in
the
schools
division.
You
know
we
have
ali
every
year,
which
is
which
is
great,
and
you
know
school
leaders.
You
know
come
together
and
talk
about
a
variety
of
things
for
the
school
year,
but
this
year
we
added
the
management
and
operations
institute
as
well.
X
So
we
really
are
able
to
allow
ali
to
focus
on
the
academics,
equitable
literacy,
really
student
outcome
focused
and
then
school
leaders
can
can
go
to
moi,
but
they
can
also
send
their
assistant
principals
or
you
know,
other
deputies
that
they
have
administration
to
really
dive
into
understanding
at
a
systems
level
what
the
operations
are.
So
I
think
we
have
really
set
ourselves
up,
for
you
know
nothing's
going
to
be
perfect
right.
I
And
how
are
we
deploying
both
ohc
and
school
superintendent
supports
to
work
with
those
principals
to
ensure
that
they
have
hiring
committees
and
they're,
making
decisions
on
those
vacancies
and
we're
really
paying
close
attention,
particularly
to
schools
that
might
serve
a
greater
number
of
multilingual
learners,
greater
number
of
multilingual
learners
with
disabilities
and
students
with
disabilities.
So
we're
looking
at
all
of
that
information
collectively
and
really
trying
to
deploy
our
resources
as
aggressively
as
possible
to
make
sure
that
our
students
have
what
they
need.
I
I
think
we
are
going
to
have
a
strong
even
with
the
transportation
issues
before
us.
We
are
going
to
have
a
very
strong
on-time
school
performance
on
day.
One,
that's
my
guess,
based
on
everything
that
I
see
in
the
data
and
the
really
creative
things
that
dell
and
her
team
have
done
to
get
more
drivers
on
the
road
more
buses
and
to
create
operational
efficiencies
by
reducing
the
number
of
routes
so
that
we
have
more
drivers
on
standby
to
help
us.
With
this
specific
moment.
I
I'm
also
convinced,
based
on
my
historical
sort
of
knowledge
of
where
we've
been
relative
to
staffing
patterns
in
this
critical
moment,
that
we
are
going
to
be
acutely
well
prepared
to
demonstrate
to
the
department
of
justice
and
to
the
department
of
elementary
and
secondary
education
that
we
are
improving
our
system
to
ensure
that
our
students
are
getting
increased
access
to
higher
quality
instruction
as
we're
moving
forward.
It
is
not
going
to
be
perfect.
I
A
Okay
last
chance
any
other
question
before
we
go
now,
I
I
have
many
more
I'm
not
gonna
answe
ask
them
now,
because
I
know
you
all
are
working
so
hard
on.
So
many
things
again,
thank
you
to
all
of
you
here
and
all
of
your
teams
behind
the
scenes
which
I
know
are
working
every
moment
to
make
this
the
best
school
opening
that
we
possibly
can
so
looking
forward.
Wishing
everyone
a
wonderful
everyday
weekend
know
you
all
will
be
working
over
it.
I
Sure
can
I
make
one
reminder
before
we
close.
I
just
want
to
remind
the
public
that
tomorrow
evening,
at
6
00
p.m.
We
have
a
community
meeting
to
discuss.
Some
of
this
content
will
be
repetitive,
but
we
think
it's
really
important
that
we
get
some
of
these
key
messages
out
we'll
be
available
to
answer
questions
that
people
have
about
school
readiness.
I
I
also
have
an
an
event
at
7
00
pm
for
all
the
menino
scholars
at
boston
university,
so
I'll
be
doing
both
events
at
the
same
time,
but
the
team
will
be
here
and
be
prepared
to
answer.
Questions
just
want
to
really
encourage
folks
to
attend
and
to
get
their
questions
out
there,
and
we
will
do
our
best
to
answer
them
in
real
time.
A
Great,
and
so
we
look
forward
to
the
reopening
of
school
on
september,
8th
and
we'll
be
back
here,
our
next
school
committee
meeting
at
seven
on
september
14th
to
report
back
on
that
and
as
we
move
forward
so
again
since
we've
already,
you
know,
we've
already
conclude.
This
will
include
sorry.
This
will
conclude
our
business
for
the
evening
and
since
we've
already
adjourned,
we
can
just
close
out
the
session
and
say
good
night
and
thank
you.