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From YouTube: School Committee Meeting of 3-4-21
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City of Chelsea, Chelsea Public Schools, via Zoom
D
D
A
Yeah,
okay,
great,
so
we
are
going
to
get
started.
I
call
this
meeting
to
order
at
7
05
p.m.
Good
evening,
everyone
and
happy
thursday.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
this
evening.
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that
our
city
manager
is
on
this
call
and
our
city
councilor
leah
robinson.
So
thank
you
for
joining
us.
E
E
A
B
E
A
C
D
A
D
D
So,
as
you
can
see,
we've
continued
to
be
successful
in
having
students
attend
remote
school
in
grades.
Three
and
four
we
are
actually
over
our
target
of
95
percent.
In
grades
k,
1
2,
5,
6,
7,
8
9.
We
are
over
90
and
grades
10
through
12.
We
are
over
80
percent,
with
our
lowest
being
in
grade
12.,
and
that's
something
I've
been
reading
about
throughout
the
the
nation
that
it's
really
hard
to
engage
our
seniors
right.
D
D
The
first
indicator
indicator
number
three
here.
I
just
wanted
to
remark
that
the
nonsense
word
fluency
test
is
one
that
is
given
to
kindergarten
students
one-on-one,
it's
really
not
remote
friendly,
so
we
have
not
been
using
that
assessment
this
year
in
our
remote
learning,
however,
we
have
been
very
closely
tracking
kindergarten
progress.
Don't
worry,
we've
been
using
our
imagine
learning
data
as
well
as
other
data
to
really
robustly
know
what
kids
are
learning
and
they're
doing
a
great
job
in
oral
fluency
and
vocabulary
for
quarter.
D
D
Moving
on
to
8th
grade,
you
will
see
that
we've
had
gains
in
writing
and
science
in
eighth
grade,
while
ela
has
remained
pretty
the
same
and
math
has
actually
dropped.
A
few
points
again,
though,
when
you
compare
this
to
last
year's
second
quarter
grades,
which
was
pre
pandemic
right.
We
had
these
grades
right
before
we
went
out,
we
had
they
are
very
comparable
to
last
year.
Actually
in
math
we
were
at
66
percent.
D
D
Right
now
we're
at
a
dropout
rate
of
1.73
last
year
at
this
time
we're
at
4.6,
and
if
you
go
back
through
the
years,
you
can
see
that
at
this
time
we're
generally
we've
generally
been
in
the
fours
and
we're
at
1.73
right
now,
which
is
remarkable
of
the
students
that
have
dropped
out,
though
this
is
sort
of
the
detail
down
here.
You'll
see
that
as
per
usual
or
what
we've
been
seeing,
the
trend
is
that
many
many
of
those
students
are
l's,
so
20
of
the
27
have
been
ls
on
the
next
page.
D
D
Our
mobility
is
low
again
when
you
compare
it
to
last
right
now.
We
have
about
total
about
795
kids
that
have
come
oregon
this
year.
Last
year
we
had
over
a
thousand
at
this
time
and
you'll
see
that
our
we've
we've
remained
fairly
equal,
our
ins
and
our
outs.
You
know
we
had
29
in
and
31
out,
it's
it's
remaining
pretty
constant,
although
we
had
60
kids
come
and
go
last
year
right
now
we're
at
13.4
percent
mobility.
Last
year.
D
You
can
see
that
in
ninth
grade
the
number
of
the
percentage
of
students
who
are
failing
at
least
one
class
has
increased,
which
is
not
good
and
we're
working
hard
on
that.
But
you
can
see.
The
good
news
is
that
the
number
of
students
who
are
failing,
multiple
classes
has
decreased
a
bit.
So
the
number
of
kids
that
are
failing
only
one
class
has
increased
in
in
the
10th
grade.
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D
F
I
have
a
quick
question
and
this
is
just
more
just
because
I'm
not
sure
how
this
works
around
attendance.
I
I
was
on
a
facebook
group
somewhere
and
someone
from
chelsea
was
commenting
that
you
know
one
of
the
attendance
officers
went
to
their
house
to
to
like
ask
about
the
their
students,
attendance
and
the
parents
said
that
you
know
they
hadn't
received
a
call
or
anything
prior
to
that.
So
I'm
I'm
just
curious
like
how
does
that
work?
F
H
Sure
yeah,
so
home
visits
happen
on
on
a
regular
basis.
It's
usually
one
of
the
last
things
we
do
when
when
phones
or
emails
aren't
working
so
in
in
the
case
that
you're
hearing
about
I'm
guessing
it's
a
process
of,
maybe
a
phone
number
was
changed
and
it
wasn't
updated
with
the
school.
Whatever
email
was
working
wasn't
working,
and
my
guess
is
that
it's
probably
that
we
hadn't
seen
the
kid
for
a
couple
of
days
and
without
any
response.
H
It's
you
know
the
the
idea
is
to
make
sure
that
our
kids
are
are
well.
So
my
guess
is:
it
was
partly
a
wellness
check,
but
yeah.
We
we
do
that
every
now
and
then,
when
we're,
when
we
don't
have
any
information
about
a
kid
or
where
he
is
so,
we
want
to
make
sure
we
check
on
them.
Does
that
answer
it.
F
F
I
Sarah
thank
you
for
sharing
your
the
update.
I
just
wanted
to
ask
if
it's
okay,
if
you
can
just
share
a
little
bit
about
come
back
to
the
point,
I
want
to
make
sure
I
understood
correctly.
Did
you
say
that
more
students
are
failing,
multiple
classes,
that
that
very
last
section
that
I
think
you
covered?
I
just
wanted
to
come
back
to
that
and
make
sure
I
heard
it
correctly
sure.
D
D
You
can
see,
though,
that
from
last
quarter
we
had
only
we
had
62
students
failing
one
class
now
we
have
89
students
failing
one
class
and
we
had
14
students
failing
four
classes
and
we
only
have
seven
now.
So,
although
the
percentage
of
students
failing
has
increased
the
number
of
classes
that
they're
failing
has
decreased
for
ninth
grade,
does
that
make
sense.
D
D
I
I
Why?
I
just
you
know,
wanted
to
flag
that
as
something
to
watch
too,
because
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
really
understanding
our
students
needs,
especially
their
learning
needs
and
and
just
to
think
about
testing
on
top
of
that
right
now.
So
thank
you,
almi
for
sharing
about
the
improvement
plan
and
for
you
know,
for
all
of
you,
just
really.
You
know
sort
of
like
zoning
in
on
that
right
now
and
something
to
watch
and
thank
you.
I
G
A
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A
J
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J
J
J
The
domestic
violence
leave
language
of
allowing
15
sick
days.
If
someone
needs
to
use
this
time
and
then
naca
members,
if
they
do
not
click
complete
four
years,
then
they
will
owe
the
district
50
percent
of
their
tuition,
reimbursement
and-
and
this
is
more
to
incentivize
people
to
stay
longer
with
their
district.
E
F
B
B
A
G
G
2020
meetings
have
begun
to
address
working
conditions
related
to
hybrid
in-person
models,
and
then
the
next
presentation
I
have,
which
is
very
exciting,
is
our
coven
19
tested
testing
pilot
presentation
that
adam
delaney
is
overseeing
and
we're
very
excited
about
this
because
we'll
be
starting
it
very
soon.
So
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
assistant
superintendent,
the
lady
to
share
our
good
news.
G
H
All
right,
thank
you,
dr
abeda,
so
we
are
extremely
excited
to
share
this
information
with
you
and
I'll
just
a
quick
agenda.
Dr
abeda
will
do
some
framing
she's
going
to
give
a
little
bit
of
history
on
some
work.
We've
done
in
in
the
safer
teachers,
safer
schools
coalition,
we'll
share
the
goals
of
the
testing
program,
we'll
talk
about
the!
What
the!
Why
the?
How
the
where
the
when
and
the
who
and
then
we'll
take
some
questions
and
answers,
and
I
anticipate
we'll
have
some
so
before
we
move
on
dr
abeda.
G
Sure
so,
back
in
october,
I
was
invited
to
be
part
of
the
safer
teachers,
safer
schools
coalition,
and
they
had
reached
out
to
actually
chelsea
in
revere
and
a
couple
other
school
districts,
wellesley,
watertown
and
somerville
a
couple
of
others,
and
they
said
hey.
Would
you
be
interested
in
being
part
of
this
collaborative
it's
for
coca-19
testing,
and
so
I
joined
because
I
thought
well.
G
I
really
want
to
learn
more
about
this,
and
even
though
we
weren't
ready
to
reopen,
I
thought
it
would
be
wise
to
to
learn
from
the
other
school
systems
who
were
already
open.
For
example,
wellesley
has
been
open
since
day,
one
of
the
school
year,
so
they
put
this
kobit
19
pilot
testing
pilot
in
place.
So
all
along
for
the
last
months,
I've
been
learning
about
their
testing
pilot
and
attending
these
meetings,
just
waiting
for
the
day
when
we
would
be
able
to
someday
implement
code
19
testing.
G
G
Learning
so
we
didn't
really
qualify
for
it,
but
we
were
able
to
to
make
the
case
because
we
do
have
students
in
our
online
learning
centers
that
we
could
be
part
of
the
pilot,
so
they
allowed
us
to
be
part
of
the
pilot,
and
so
at
that
moment,
when
we
submitted
the
application,
I
we
were
able
to
take
it
from
there.
So
I'll
just
turn
it
back
over
to
adam
to
share
since
he's
the
one
that
took
it
over
from
there.
H
All
right,
thank
you,
yeah
and
first
off.
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
this
is
the
result
of
you
know,
as
dr
abeda
said,
the
support
and
advocacy
from
lots
of
people
outside
of
our
district,
but
also
the
work
of
a
lot
of
people
inside
of
our
district,
particularly
our
our
nurses,
our
nurses,
aides,
our
our
health
department
in
general,
has
been
working
almost
around
the
clock
studying
and
researching
and
learning
the
testing
protocols.
H
It
really
is
a
lot
of
information
and
a
lot
of
work,
so
they
have
my
appreciation-
and
I
know
they
have
all
of
yours
so
that
we
have
three
goals
with
our
testing
program
and
the
first
first
and
foremost
it's
it's
really
about
creating
peace
of
mind
for
our
stakeholders,
our
students,
our
staff,
our
families,
our
administrators,
in
in
being
able
to
come
back
to
school.
Knowing
that
we're
doing
everything
we
can
to
keep
things
safe.
H
The
second
goal
is-
and
it's
equally
as
important-
is
to
decrease
transmission
of
this
virus,
particularly
in
our
schools,
but
also
this
will
help
in
our
community
as
well
and
also.
Lastly,
this
is
going
to
give
us
even
more
data
and
information
on
the
prevalence
of
the
virus
in
our
school
community.
H
So
what
is
pool
testing
so
pool
testing?
Is
it's
actually
a
very
cost
efficient
way
to
test
large
numbers
of
people
so
rather
than
pay
per
person,
we
are
essentially
pooling
together
or
grouping
together,
say
10,
test
samples
into
one
test,
so
we
only
get
charged
one
tenth
of
the
price,
which
is
really
significant
when
we're
testing
a
larger
number
of
people.
But
I
think
it's
important
to
point
out
that
you
know
no
one
mitigation
strategy
on
its
own
is
going
to
be
effective.
H
I've
come
to
learn
to
like
this
little
analogy
of
swiss
cheese,
because
each
slice
of
swiss
cheese
has
some
holes
in
it,
but
if
you
stack
them
up,
all
of
those
holes
end
up
getting
covered
by
the
other
slices.
So
testing
in
schools
is
yet
another
slice
of
swiss
cheese
on
the
pile
of
mitigation
strategies
of
cheese.
H
This
identifies
those
asymptomatic
cases
and
that's,
I
think,
a
key
factor
in
stopping
the
spread
within
our
schools
and
also
our
communities.
It
will
build
confidence
and
trust
in
the
safety
of
our
school
buildings.
It
will
help
us
understand
the
prevalence
of
the
virus
in
our
schools.
It's
going
to
encourage
the
importance
of
safety
measures
outside
of
school
and
in
the
home,
and
also
it'll
help
us
prepare
for
and
accelerate
the
return
to
full
in-person
schooling,
which
I
know
many
of
us
are
hoping
and
praying
for,
and
why
are
we
considering
this
well
number
one?
H
H
Basically,
the
student
or
the
staff
member
uses
what
we
call
an
anterior
swab,
and
so
what
that
means
is
it's
not
the
long
one
that
seemingly
looks
like
it's
going
to
go
into
your
brain?
It
just
goes
at
the
very
outside
edge
of
your
nostril.
It's
extremely
pain
free,
nothing
to
worry
about,
and
you
know
you
rub
it
around
each
nostril
twice
and
then
it
goes
into
this
little
tube
right
here
and
we
put
about
10
samples
in
a
tube,
and
then
people
go
back
about
their
business.
H
So
we
would
call
them
back
if
we
get
the
results,
while
people
are
in
school,
we'll
bring
them
down.
If
it's
we
get
the
results
at
night,
we'll
call
you
and
say:
please
come
first
thing
in
the
morning
or
at
your
convenience
and
we
will
individually
test
each
person
and
then
we're
going
to
find
out.
Are
you
the
positive
person
or
not?
H
So
how
does
it
work?
It's
an
anterior,
nasal
swab,
which
is
the
short
swab
done
at
the
front
of
the
nostril.
It
actually
can
be
administered
by
adults
by
themselves
and
older
children.
Anyone
grades
2
and
up,
but
if
kids
need
help
with
it,
our
our
staff
will
be
available
to
do
it
for
them.
But
anyone
grade
two
and
up
can
do
it
to
themselves
under
supervision.
H
It
cannot.
It
can
also
be
administered
by
any
trained
school
staff.
It
doesn't
need
to
be
a
medical
staff.
Consent
forms
are
a
requirement,
so
no
one
can
participate
unless
they
complete
a
consent
form.
The
information
that
we
have
for
positive
results
does
need
to
be
reported,
but
it
will
be
transmitted
via
the
provided
technology
from
deci,
which
is
secure
and
compliant
with
all
data
privacy
laws.
H
And
lastly,
I
do
want
to
stress
that
this
is
optional.
No
one
is
required
to
participate
in
this
program.
However,
I
do
want
to
stress
that
the
more
people
that
do
it
the
safer
our
schools
are
going
to
be,
so
we
really
do
highly
encourage
people
to
take
part
and
participate
and
if
you're,
unsure-
or
you
have
questions
please
reach
out,
because
we
really
feel
that
this
is
one
of
the
most
important
slices
of
swiss
cheese.
H
Once
we
have
them
in
place,
then
we
will
start
setting
up
people
to
get
tested,
we're
starting
at
our
middle
school
and
high
school
buildings,
because
essentially
that's
where
our
students
are
right
now
at
least
the
ones
in
the
remote
learning
center
and
we're
going
to
do
sort
of
a
slow
rollout.
So
it'll
be
just
the
people
that
are
in
the
buildings,
including
the
remote
learning
center
kids.
H
Now
this
will
prepare
us
to
have
systems
in
place
to
expand
that
testing
to
all
schools
once
we're
conducting
forms
of
in-person
instruction
so
who
can
participate
any
student
or
staff
member
in
our
middle
school
and
high
school
buildings?
So,
basically,
any
human
being
who
sets
foot
in
our
buildings
can
participate
as
long
as
they
complete
that
consent
form
the
elementary
schools
in
the
early
learning
center
they're
going
to
be
added
to
the
program
once
we're
able
to
move
to
other
forms
of
in-person
instruction.
H
However,
we
are
working
on
options
to
include
the
staff
that
are
currently
coming
into
those
buildings,
but
they
may
need
to
come
over
to
one
of
those
other
testing
sites
we're
still
working
that
out,
but
we
are
not
forgetting
about
our
elementary
and
early
learning
center
staff.
They
will
have
the
opportunity
to
participate,
so
in
summary,
and
then
I'll
take
some
questions.
H
The
things
to
really
take
away
from
this
are
we
we'll
be
starting
some
pooled
testing
beginning
next
week
and
we'll
phase
it
in
and
we'll
we'll
build
our
capacity
as
the
numbers
of
people
coming
into
our
buildings.
Hopefully
increases
I
want
to
stress,
it
is
optional.
No
one
is
required
to
participate,
should
also
say
it's
completely
free
of
charge.
Deci
is
taking
care
of
the
cost
all
the
way
through
april
18th
and
hopefully
they'll
extend
that.
H
It's
a
nice
pain-free
option
that
people
can
do
themselves
and
members
of
positive
pools
will
be
called
back
to
conduct
reflex
testing
and
if
that
is
an
inconvenient
option
for
reflex
testing,
people
can
also
take
take
the
other
options
where
you
can
do
free
testing,
pcr
testing
within
the
city
or
elsewhere,
and
just
ultimately
we
believe
this
will
greatly
increase
safety
while
decreasing
transmission
in
our
schools
and
our
community.
So
with
that,
I
am
happy
to
take
any
questions.
A
I
Yeah,
this
is
paris.
I
had
a
couple
questions
and
thank
you
adam,
because
I
know
you
explained
this
to
us
on
another
meeting
before
and
went
into
more
detail,
and
we
appreciate
that
I
just
got
off
another
call
talking
about.
You
know
how
we
in
the
in
in
the
state,
are
trying
to
push
vaccine
distribution,
and
we
don't
want
to
neglect
the
importance
of
testing
simultaneously.
I
So
just
seeing
us
have
access
to
additional
testing
in
the
city
is
always
a
plus,
and
given
that
we
are
for
all
the
reasons
you
listed
here,
you
know
wanting
to
be
safe
and
and
think
about
like
how
we're
making
things
more
accessible
for
our
community
is
always
like
a
good
thing
here.
On
my
on
my
end,
I
did
want
to
ask
a
little
bit
just
a
quick.
I
guess
a
tiny
question
around.
H
Yeah
I
appreciate
that
so
the
the
language
is
surveillance.
Testing
is
what
sort
of
we're
calling
the
first
round.
So
that's
the
nasal
swab
that
we're
using
that's
that
goes
into
the
pool.
When
we
talk
about
reflex
testing,
there
are
different
ways
to
do
it.
The
deci
program
that
we're
participating
in
uses
what
we're
calling
a
rapid
antigen
test,
and
that
is
done
by
created
by
a
company
called
abbott
by
next
now,
and
essentially
it's
another
anterior
swab.
H
But
what
happens?
Is
you
take
the
swab?
You
put
it
in
this
little?
I
don't
I
don't
know
what
kind
of
science
goes
into
it,
but
it
goes
into
this
little
folded,
piece
of
paper
and
kind
of
works
like
other
tests,
where
one
line
means
positive
and
two
lines
mean
negative
or
vice
versa.
So
it
goes
in
there
and
within
15
minutes,
you're
gonna
get
a
result
in
terms
of
the
accuracy.
H
H
for
the
rapid
antigen
test.
It
depends
on
what
we
call
the
viral
load.
So
if
someone
has
a
high
viral
load,
what
that
means
is
that
they're,
more
highly
contagious
and
more
likely
to
spread
the
disease,
so
the
rapid
antigen
test,
the
accuracy
correlates
with
the
viral
load
so
in
other
words
the
higher
the
viral
load,
the
more
accurate
the
test
is,
so
it's
essentially
98
to
99
accurate
with
people
who
have
high
viral
loads.
It
also
takes
into
account
if
you're
symptomatic
or
not
on
the
low
end
based
on
the
research.
H
I
Yes,
it
did
perfectly
and
then
sorry
this
is.
This
is
definitely
the
last
question.
Forgive
me
the
storage
and
management
of
testing
on
our
school
buildings,
who
would
be
overseeing
that,
and
you
know
how.
How
do
you
feel
about,
like
the
storage
of
all
these
things
and
like
how
that
sort
of
like
the
logisticals
of
like
having
this
in
our
schools.
H
Thank
you
for
that.
Actually
we
have
so.
I
am
working
in
conjunction
with
denise
ferrari
deresta,
who
is
our
health
manager,
and
we
have
used
some
of
our
grant
funding
to
hire
and
we're
in
the
process
of
hiring
actually
one
district
testing
coordinator
who
will
oversee
you
know
she'll
work
directly
with
denise
and
I
and
me,
but
she
will
coordinate
with
three
grade
level
coordinators,
so
we're
going
to
have
a
high
school
coordinator,
a
middle
school
coordinator
and
an
elementary
and
early
learning
coordinator.
H
So
there's
four
sort
of
leadership
positions
that
will
be
working
with
denise
and
me
to
be
able
to
oversee
all
of
the
logistics
and
support
and
data
entry,
and
you
know
reaching
out
to
the
courier
to
pick
up
the
samples
when
they're
ready
entering
the
data
scanning
all
of
the
tubes,
all
that
stuff,
so
that'll
all
be
worked
out.
We
do
have.
H
We
really
do
have
some
high
we're
lucky
high
quality
health
suites
in
our
district
and
we
will
be
storing
the
you
know,
testing
materials
in
those
suites,
but
I
think
marisol
you're
getting
at
what
are
we
doing
with
the
actual
like
materials
as
we're?
Using
them,
so
we
do
have
proper
protocols
to
follow
around
disposal
of
materials.
H
For
example,
as
people
come
up
to
the
table
to
get
tested,
you
have
to
blow
your
nose
first.
So
now
we're
dealing
with
you
know:
blowing
your
nose
putting
the
tissue
in
in
the
receptacle
making
sure
we're
sanitizing
our
hands.
So
there's
this
whole
assembly
line
of
steps,
but
there
are
very
strict
protocols
on
what
we're
doing
with
the
with
the
actual
like
waste
materials
as
well
as
handling
the
swabs.
H
H
Then
it
goes
into
a
bigger
box,
so
it's
and
then
we
have
to
mark
that
box
as
there's
a
special
code
that
I
forget,
but
it's
like
n
with
a
bunch
of
numbers,
which
means
something
in
this
box
could
be.
You
know
a
contaminant,
so
there's
lots
of
stuff
in
terms
of
keeping
this
stuff
safe
and
we
are
totally
on
top
of
making
sure
that
happens.
I
F
F
H
Yeah
great
question,
and
that
actually
is
something
that
is
occurring
every
now
and
then,
and
so
what?
What?
Just
to
summarize,
what
you're
asking
so
the
pcr
test
is
100
accurate
and
it
says:
hey
somebody
in
this
pool
is
positive.
Then
we
go
back
and
give
everybody
the
reflex
test
and
you
get
all
negative
results.
That
might
happen
and
there's
a
number
of
reasons.
Why
number
one
remember
when
you
take
a
covet
test?
H
It
is
a
snapshot
in
time,
so
it's
possible
that
you
are
positive
on
monday
and
no
longer
positive
on
wednesday
when
you
take
the
reflex
test.
That's
one
way.
Another
thing
is
that
you
were
positive
because
you
had
a
low
viral
load
and
that
doesn't
come
up
on
the
rapid
antigen
test.
So
what
there's
two
options
and
right
now
we're
working
on
both
options,
but
one
option
is
to
do
the
binex
now
again
and
according
to
the
guidance
from
dph.
H
If
you
do
the
reflex
testing
twice
and
everybody
comes
up
negative
both
times
we're
good
to
go,
the
risk
is
negligible
and
we
don't
have
to
worry
about
it,
but
we
also
have
the
option
of
paying
a
little
bit
extra,
which
right
now
deci
would
be
paying
a
little
extra,
but
so
we're
all
good
with
that.
So
pay
a
little
extra
and
do
both
the
buy
next
now
and
an
individual
pcr.
H
So
we're
going
to
pilot
that
option
to
start
so
if
we
do
get
that
negative,
we'll
have
the
pcr
tests
so
we'll
have
to
reflex
everybody
again,
which
will
be
a
bit
inconvenient
for
people,
but
hopefully
on
people
understand
that
it's
worth
that
risk,
because
we
want
to
get
it
right.
So
if
it
does
come
up
negative
we're
going
to
have
a
store
of
individual
pcrs,
which
are
you
know,
much
more
expensive,
but
we're
ready
to
do
it
that
way
as
well,
so
we're
opting
on
the
more
safe
side
with
that.
G
Now,
dr
phd
the
lady,
we
have
been
stretched
in
many
directions
as
a
result
of
this
pandemic,
each
of
us
on
this
team
and
we
learn
and
we
grow,
and
I
tell
you
we
learn
something
new
every
single
day
as
a
result
of
this,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
adam
for
his
flexibility
and
willing
to
jump
in
and
do
this.
So
thank
you,
mr
lady,
for
you
and
your
team's
work
on
this.
Making
our
dreams
come
true
with
covid19
testing
we're
excited
about
it.
G
E
Here
he's
not
here,
but
he
sends
me
a
statement
to
read:
oh
great
great,
so
richard
richard
flores
couldn't
be
here
tonight.
He
wanted
to
apologize
for
that
and
said.
He'll
see
everyone
at
the
next
meeting.
A
couple
updates
he
had
is
that
students
in
the
high
school
are
essentially
working
on
getting
graduation
and
senior
events
hoping
to
plan
everything
in
person.
E
His
second
update
was,
more
students
are
getting
into
colleges
like
dartmouth,
boston,
university,
all
the
umasses
and
others
as
well
as
getting
good
scholarships,
and
his
third
and
last
update
was
sports.
Is
the
hottest
topic
right
now
with
the
opening
of
hybrid
models
in
cities
like
everett,
revere,
somerville
and
malden,
and
mia
approving
sports
for
mass
it
brought
to
the
students
attention
chelsea's
undecided
decision
regarding
our
sports,
I
wrote
and
lent
the
email
to
dr
beta.
I
apologize
for
not
responding,
but
I
was
meeting
with
staff
to
get
wait.
I
missed
that
part.
E
Sorry,
although
all
student
athletes
are
willing
to
go
back,
a
few
educators
aren't,
I
hope
the
accessibility
of
vaccines
for
educators
at
cvs
makes
it
more
comfortable
for
everyone
to
go
back.
At
least
some
variant
of
of
a
hybrid
model,
I
hope
that
it
doesn't
intervene
with
sports
and,
if
there's
an
alternative
for
teachers
to
teach
from
home,
also
the
chance
of
having
conditioning
training
as
a
lot
of
students
are
out
of
shape
and
need
to
be
back
at
full
potential
to
make
the
best
of
the
short
sports
season.
A
G
G
A
Already
moving
right
along
to
new
business,
we
can
skip
right
over
the
first
one,
as
we
already
completed
that
one
next
up.
We
have
consideration
and
action
to
accept
five
thousand
dollars
from
the
department
of
elementary
and
secondary
education
for
the
growing
literacy
equity
across
america.
Massachusetts
grant
explanation.
A
This
grant
will
be
used
to
support
a
team
that
will
develop
a
proposal
for
the
gleam
grant
that
will
be
submitted
to
desi
this
spring.
Gleam
funding
is
intended
to
support
deep
and
lasting
improvements
to
schools.
Multi-Layered
multi-tiered
system
of
support
for
literacy
funds
will
be
used
for
stipends
in
support
of
the
planning
team
during
school
year.
2020
and
2021.
E
I
C
B
C
A
Carries
next
up,
we
have
consideration
and
action
to
accept
9
335
from
deci
for
the
teen
pregnancy
prevention
partners
for
youth
success
grant
explanation.
This
is
the
fifth
and
final
year
of
the
tt
of
the
tpp
grant,
which
supports
districts
in
implementing
and
sustaining
evidence-based
teen
pregnancy
prevention
programs
in
middle
schools.
Funds
will
be
used
for
stipends
for
professional
development,
instructional
materials,
conferences
and
other
expenses
in
support
of
the
program
for
school
year.
E
F
B
A
Explanation,
elizabeth
wooley
and
brian
goldsmith
are
private
individuals
who
have
learned
about
the
goals
of
the
chelsea
opportunity
academy
and
would
like
to
support
its
ongoing
efforts.
Their
donation
is
to
generally
support
the
school
as
needed.
Massachusetts
general
laws,
chapter
71,
section
37a,
provides
for
the
acceptance
of
gifts
only
with
the
approval
of
the
chelsea
school
committee.
Roll
call.
F
K
I
F
B
A
A
A
E
B
A
A
Explanation
savings
are
available
in
benefits
and
payroll
adjustments
due
to
some
health
benefit
costs
being
transferred
to
grants
and
that
salary
contingency
is
no
longer
needed.
Now
that
nearly
all
bargaining
agreements
have
been
settled
for
the
fiscal
year.
Savings
in
other
instructional
programs
is
due
to
the
reduction
in
the
salary
expenses
for
after-school
programming
and
savings
are
available
at
sokolovsky
elementary
due
to
vacancy
savings.
The
funds
are
being
transferred
to
technology
services
for
the
purchase
of
software
licenses,
equipment
and
other
items
in
support
of
in-school
and
remote
learning.
I
E
K
B
C
A
A
C
C
She
dedicated
her
her
years
to
bringing
up
her
children
here
in
chelsea,
educating
them
here
in
chelsea
and
and
making
sure
all
the
students
in
the
city
of
chelsea
were
well
educated.
She
fought
for
the
rights
of
the
teachers,
she
fought
for
the
rights
of
the
students.
If
there
was
something
wrong,
liz
was
always
there
to
fix
it,
as
you
all
know
that
liz
passed
away
this
week,
her
wake
was
today
and
we
we
will
truly
miss
this
woman
in
the
community
of
chelsea.
C
There
should
be
more
women
like
liz
on
the
school
committee
and
in
the
active
community
of
education.
My
prayers
are,
with
her
family,
all
her
children
that
I
knew
quite
well.
I
grew
up
with
them
and
may
she
rest
in
peace,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
guys
for
letting
me
bring
this
resolution
to
the
table.
A
F
Okay,
I
just
have
a
quick
question,
so
we're
recognizing
elizabeth
mcbride
day
on
february
6
2021,
which
already
already
passed
or
is
it
on
her
birthday
which
has
come?
I
don't
know
when
her
100th
birthday
would
have
been
so
I'm
just
curious
what
we're
actually
like.
When
are
we
actually
recognizing
the
day?
Her.
C
F
I
Just
as
a
point
of
understanding
here
when
we
say
naming
this
day
february,
6th
the
elizabeth
mcbride
day
in
honor
of
her
contributions
is
this
like
for
the
chelsea
public
schools,
or
is
this
a
resolution
that
we're
honoring
for
the
an
opportunity
to
lift
her
her
contributions
and
who
she
was
to
the
city?
This,
isn't
this
isn't
like
on
our
school
calendar
right
like
this,
is
just
trying
to
understand
in
terms
of
process
for
okay
and
thank
you
rosemary.
Thank
you.
Kelly.
E
F
C
B
A
B
Team,
well,
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
participating
in
the
black
history
month
celebration
events
that
we
had
last
month.
It
was
a
great
successful
four
events,
so
thank
everybody
for
participating
and
just
want
to
congratulate
everybody
again
for
being
recognized
at
our
final
event
on
the
24th
of
february.
So
thank
you
guys
for
being
a
part
of
black
history
month
again
here
in
our
great
city,.
F
I
have
another
announcement
or
a
quick
shout
out.
I
guess
I
just
want
to
quickly
shout
out
richard
flores,
our
one
of
our
student
representatives
and
brandon
garcia,
who
both
spoke
at
the
at
the
last
city
council
meeting,
actually
might
have
been
two
meetings
ago.
At
this
point
in
favor
of
removing
the
the
columbus
statue
that
was
sitting
in
the
in
in
chelsea
square,
you
know
it's.
C
Okay,
I
have
at
this
time
I'd
like
to
do
a
moment
of
silence
for
a
couple
of
residents
who
passed
away
in
the
city
of
chelsea,
barbara
melvin.
She
was
active
in
the
senior
scene
center
and
miss
liz
mcbride,
who
you
all
know
was
a
member
of
the
chelsea
school
committee.
I'd
like
to
have
a
moment
of
silence
for
both.
C
A
Thank
you
any
other
announcements.
Actually
I
I
would
like
to
echo
roberto
brandon.
I
remember
spoke
at
our
meeting,
maybe
two
years
ago,
when
we
we're
talking
about
remo
or
replacing
columbus
day
with
indigenous
people's
day.
So
I
just
want
to
applaud
all
of
our
students
that
advocated
and
continue
to
advocate
at
such
a
young
age.
A
I
I
You
know
we
recently
had
our
community
budget
conversation
and
I
want
to
thank
dr
albeda
for
her
continued
process
on
this
and
for
continuing
to
honor
the
voices
of
the
community
in
the
way
that
I
think
all
of
us
have
been
committed
to
in
that.
No,
you
know,
as
we
continue
to
hear
more
about
vaccine
distribution,
and
you
know,
of
course
you
know.
Hearing
adam
present
on
you
know,
testing
being
available
in
our
community
that
you
know
to
continue
to
reach
out
to
us
or
other
folks
in
the
city.
I
If
you
need
more
information
about
these
things,
you
know,
while
I
continue
to
see
the
spike,
you
know,
I
think,
a
couple
weeks
ago
we
had
200
positive
cases
and
then
it
dropped
to
18.
Then
it
dropped
to
three.
You
know
that
we
continue
to
practice.
You
know
safety
as
much
as
possible
and
you
know
to
continue
to
look
out
for
each
other
so
that
we
can
all
continue
to
make
significant
improvement
in
the
city
of
chelsea.
I
What
that
means
for
vulnerable
populations
that
you
know
otherwise
are
have
been
extremely
affected
by
kovaid.
So
please
continue
to
reach
out
to
people.
Even
if
it's
you
know
now,
your
local
school
community
member,
but
anybody
in
the
city.
If
you
need
information
about
you,
know,
testing
sites
and
also
you
know
about
the
vaccine
and
also
just
really
grateful
to
hear
that
the
state
is
also
prioritizing
teachers
making
vaccines
available.
I
A
Thank
you.
Miss
santiago.
I'd
also
like
to
announce
a
personal
initiative
that
I'm
doing.
I
would
love
to
pass
out
easter
baskets
the
last
week
of
march
in
the
food
pants
at
the
food
pantry.
So
if
you
are
open
and
willing
to
join
me
in
stuffing
the
eggs
and
creating
the
baskets
email
me,
I
will
be
sending
out
a
flyer
this
week.
So
thanks
in
advance
already
team,
I
think
that's
it
do.
I
have
a
motion
to
adjourn.