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From YouTube: School Committee Budget Hearing of 3-24-23
Description
City of Chelsea, Chelsea Public Schools
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B
B
B
B
B
D
Hey
everybody:
my
name
is
Catherine
Anderson
I
live
at
15
powder
house
Terrace
in
Somerville,
Massachusetts
I'm,
a
seventh
grade,
English
language
arts,
special
education
teacher
at
the
brown
and
I'm.
Also
the
president
of
the
Chelsea
teachers
union
I'm,
here
to
speak
tonight
about
the
proposed
budget
for
2024.
D
I've,
been
in
the
district
since
2013.,
we
have
seen
been
through
many
years
where
we've
had
to
make
massive
cuts
to
the
budget
had
to
deal
with
significant
budget
deficits
over
the
past
several
years.
Thanks
to
hard
advocacy
on
behalf
of
the
district
and
many
many
community
members,
we've
seen
the
student
Opportunity
Act
increase
our
budget
an
incredible
amount.
D
In
the
past,
we've
had
to
fill
this
room
with
teachers
in
order
to
save
specific
positions
and
this
year.
Instead,
our
voices
are
overall
overwhelmingly
incorporated
into
the
budget.
We
see
massive
increases
in
our
special
education
services,
massive
increases
in
our
El
services,
and
we
see
really
really
strong
use
of
our
Sr
funds
to
proactively
fund
some.
Some
mental
health
supports
for
our
students
in
terms
of
counselors
and
social
workers.
D
D
I
do
want
the
school
committee
to
consider
some
adjustments,
particularly
with
Benny
and
extra
money,
comes
in
or
just
looking
through
the
budget
and
seeing,
if
there's
any
room
to
shift
overall
for
two
particular
areas
of
need.
Our
mental
health
supports
at
the
middle
school
level
need
a
lot
of
attention.
A
lot
of
our
students
are
really
struggling
from
transitioning
back
in
from
the
pandemic,
and
that's
resulting
in
really
escalated.
D
Behaviors
a
lot
of
people
are
putting
in
a
lot
of
work
to
help
students
stay
in
the
classroom
as
much
as
possible,
but
there's
a
significant
need
for
for
Dean
positions
across
the
three
middle
schools.
Our
principals
are
not
able
to
get
in
and
give
teachers
great
feedback
on
their
teaching
and
learning
practices,
because
student
Behavior
concerns
are
filling
up.
D
The
offices
and,
more
importantly,
students,
are
not
able
to
stay
in
classroom
because
they're
not
able
to
do
as
much
preventive
and
restorative
work
to
get
kids
back
into
the
rooms,
so
restorative
Deans
at
the
middle
school
would
be
a
massively
important
thing
to
consider.
The
other
area
is
our
related
service
providers.
D
Our
school
psychologists
in
particular
have
caseloads
that
if
we
had
all
five
School
psychologists
would
be
a
little
over
double
the
recommended
ratio
of
psychologists
to
students
for
the
district.
We
currently
only
have
three
working
in
the
district,
so
they're,
actually
at
almost
four
times
the
recommended
ratio
for
school
psychologists
to
students.
D
Our
other
related
service
providers
also
have
caseload
and
workload
concerns
that
are
really
particular
depending
on
the
different
positions,
but
our
school
psychologists
in
particular,
really
really
need
some
extra
work
extra
Staffing
to
help
address
their
needs.
I
think
this
is
reflected
on
the
fact
that
our
psychologists
are
only
able
to
provide
evaluative
services
and
aren't
able
to
provide
actual
therapeutic
services
to
our
students.
So
again,
those
two
areas
focusing
on
restorative
Deans
and
looking
at
our
related
service
providers,
particularly
our
school
psychologists,
would
be
really
really
important.
D
I
appreciate
the
addition
of
a
coordinator
for
related
service
providers
in
order
to
help
with
evaluations
of
teachers,
but
I
think
at
this
point
it's
more
important
to
focus
on
getting
access
to
Student
Services
than
it
is
to
be
decreasing.
The
evaluation
course
load
for
the
for
the
coordinators.
Again,
this
budget
is
so
reflective
of
so
much
hard
work
in
terms
of
community
outreach
in
terms
of
advocacy
for
increasing
the
budget.
D
B
Oh
perfect
timing.
Thank
you,
Miss
Anderson
I
know
a
few
new
members
joined
the
the
room,
so
I'd
like
to
reiterate
that
for
tonight's
meeting
it's
a
public
hearing
we
are
here
to
hear
from
the
community.
It's
so
great
to
see
our
youth
in
the
back
of
the
room.
You
will
have
another
opportunity
to
speak
at
our
next
meeting
as
well
during
public
comment.
So
after
this
public
comments
section
then
miss
lemboy
Will
present
our
presentation
on
our
budget
and
then
that
closes
today's
meeting.
B
The
next
school
committee
meeting
is
when
we
take
the
vote,
so
I
just
wanted
to
provide
that
extra
layer
of
explanation
for
the
community
and
once
again,
if
you'd
like
to
speak
at
tonight's
meeting,
feel
free
to
come
up
to
the
microphone.
You'll
have
four
minutes.
Please
state
your
name,
your
address,
and
we
are
here
to
listen.
B
E
School
committee,
my
name
is
Lauren
Sokol
I
live
on
184,
Chestnut,
Street
and
I'm.
Here
with
LA
collaborativa's
Riot
Squad
they've
got
a
couple
priorities.
They
want
to
share
with
you
regarding
the
budget,
so
I
have
a
few
youth
in
the
back
they're
going
to
speak
themselves.
I
have
a
few
testimonies
here
from
some
of
Youth
that
couldn't
join
us
tonight.
E
So
the
first
one
is
from
Adrian.
He
says
hi.
My
name
is
Adrian
and
I
go
to
Chelsea
High
School
students
need
more
guidance
counselors,
because
the
guidance
counselors
are
too
busy
to
make
time
for
other
students.
This
can
cause
mental
health
issues
because
guidance
counselors
are
supposed
to
be
there
for
us.
E
E
The
next
is
from
Allison
Rivera
hello.
My
name
is
Allison
Rivera
and
I'm,
a
student
at
Chelsea,
High,
School
I'm,
currently
a
freshman
I'm
here
today
to
ask
for
more
guidance,
counselors
in
the
middle
school
and
the
high
school
I'm.
Writing
this
to
ask
for
two
additional
high
school
guidance,
counselors
and
two
additional
guidance
counselors
at
the
Williams
School
and
one
additional
counselor
at
the
Clark
School.
E
The
reason
why
I'm
asking
for
this
is
because
many
times
students
really
need
to
meet
with
their
school
counselors,
but
they
can't
because
they're
already
busy
with
another
student
and
there
isn't
enough
guidance
counselors
on
one
occasion,
Middle
School
I
really
need
to
do
my
guidance
counselor
due
to
personal
reasons,
but
I
couldn't
because
they
already
had
appointments
to
meet
with
other
students.
Since
I
didn't
meet
with
my
counselor
I
wasn't
able
to
receive
the
right
guidance,
I
needed
at
the
moment,
and
the
situation
got
worse.
F
B
F
I
do
believe
this
does
not
eliminate
the
need
for
more
guys
concerts
at
Chelsea,
High
School
or
the
Middle
School
for
students
during
my
three
years.
My
guidance
counselor
has
not
yet
been
able
to
reach
out
to
me
personally
regarding
my
education
plans,
or
issues
and
I
have
not
been
able
to
meet
with
them.
When
I
was
scheduling
on
beating
weeks
ahead,
because
their
schedule
was
so
full
social
high
school
is
the
school
filled,
the
students
with
urgent
needs
and
problems
that
need
addressing
in
the
moment.
F
How
can
these
students
get
the
help
that
they
need
in
time
before
it
gets
worse,
when
our
counselors
can't
reach
them
in
time?
If
you
hire
more
guys
counselors,
this
won't
be
an
issue
anymore.
Not
only
will
this
help
current
students
at
CHS
regarding
their
future
or
correcting
their
educational
course,
but
it
will
continue
the
level
support.
Cps
students
as
a
whole
will
be
receiving
starting
at
the
elementary
school,
with
the
inclusion
of
the
two
firstly
hired
counselors
there.
F
Furthermore,
we
need
two
counselors
in
the
volumes
and
additional
hire
in
the
Clark
School.
Our
services
are
better
and
we
need
to
provide
better.
They
need
someone
to
be
available
to
them
at
every
level
from
start
to
finish
or
their
memory
of
CPS
is
the
one
they'll
want
to
share
the
recommended
ratio
by
American
school
concert.
Association
is
250
students
for
every
guidance
counselor
and
in
the
Williams
there's
roughly
560
students
for
every
single
first
guidance
counselor
and
the
clerk
is
350
to
1..
F
G
G
I
want
my
siblings
to
not
struggle
with
the
same
things
I'm
starting
with
right
now,
the
middle
school
should
be
the
first
schools
receiving
more
counselors.
Given
that
the
fact
that
kids
ages,
10
to
14
are
more
effective
with
learning
disabilities,
Brown
Middle
School
currently
has
two
counselors
and
600
students.
I,
don't
know
how
they
do
it.
G
G
E
E
The
youth
felt
it
was
really
important
to
talk
about
the
issue
of
the
security
guards,
specifically
at
Chelsea
High
School
I
have
a
couple
more
testimonies
from
youth
that
couldn't
be
here
today
and
I
also
have
some
in
the
back
that
are
going
to
follow
after
me.
This
next
one
is
from
Alan
Bonilla.
He
says
hi.
E
This
next
testimony
is
from
zainabiman
hi.
My
name
is
zainab
and
I'm
a
freshman
at
Chelsea,
High
School.
Today,
I
want
to
talk
to
you
about
the
security
guards
at
Chelsea
High.
So
the
other
day,
I
was
basically
excused
out
of
class,
and
my
teacher
didn't
give
me
a
pass
because
she
didn't
think
I
needed
one,
because
I
was
going
to
a
meeting
with
my
counselor
and
a
security
guard
asked
me
if
I
had
a
pass
and
I
told
him.
E
No,
then
he
straight
up
said:
I
have
detention
when
I
had
a
meeting
and
I
told
him.
No,
because
I
didn't
do
anything
at
all.
I'm
telling
you
this,
because
I've
seen
so
many
kids
at
school
get
in
trouble
for
nothing
and
what
I
want
for
you
guys
to
do
is
to
convince
Chelsea
High
to
get
more
respectful
and
understanding
security
guards
that
will
engage
with
us
students
with
that
extra
13
million
dollars
in
your
budget.
Can
you
please
get
new
security
guards
that
will
do
their
jobs.
E
Hi,
my
name
is
Brian
Martinez
I'm,
a
10th
grader
at
Chelsea,
High
School
I'm,
here
to
speak
about
investing
in
better
training
for
security
guards
at
the
high
school
me
personally,
I've
seen
our
security
guards
act
and
how
they
do
their
jobs
wrong.
Today,
at
school,
during
fifth
period,
I
asked
to
go
to
the
bathroom
one
of
the
security
guards
told
me:
I
could
go.
E
E
I
It's
not
until
after
I
have
those
conversations.
They
then
want
to
ask
questions,
but
by
then
I'm
already
aggravated
and
don't
want
to
converse
with
them
anymore,
to
prevent
future
situation.
Situations
similar
to
mine
research
and
funding,
with
the
13
million
that
you
guys
have
gotten
extra
this
year,
should
go
into
better
training
for
security
guards
in
the
areas
of
trauma-informed
care,
de-escalation
and
restorative
practices.
Thank
you
and
have
a
wonderful
rest
of
your
day.
Thank.
B
C
My
name
is
Alondra
I'm,
a
junior
in
Chelsea,
High
School,
the
security
guards
tend
to
Target
and
harass
students
for
just
the
way
they
look
in
the
way
that
they
express
themselves
in
an
aggressive
manner,
using
what
their
actions
and
vocals
vocalization,
causing
students
to
become
scared
or
and
easy
to
be
in
school.
There
are
students
of
all
ages
that
struggle
with
unknown
situations
as
in
home
or
outside
situations.
The
way
that
the
way
of
communication
matters,
because
it
can
result
in
uncontrolled
actions
in
effective
students
mentally
and
emotion
and
emotional
well-being.
C
C
J
My
name
is
Alexis
and
I'm
here
to
talk
about
my
experience,
while
I
was
going
to
Chelsea
High
School
last
year,
and
my
experience
now
with
my
friends
and
people
I
work
with.
So
when
I
was
going
to
Chelsea
High
School,
whenever
I
used
to
go
to
the
bathroom,
there
would
be
a
security
guard
like
maybe
just
walking
around.
They
would
ask
me
like
what
are
you
doing?
I
just
came
out
of
the
bathroom
like
I'm
doing
my
thing
in
the
bathroom.
J
J
They
would
decide
which
one
is
better
and
like
without
even
an
explanation
coming
from
me,
or
they
would
never
even
call
my
teacher
and
now
I'm
listening
to
this
story
from
my
co-workers
and
some
friends
that
I
have
and
what
I'm
seeing
is
that,
like
most
people
affected,
are
black
and
Latino
students,
because
we
work
with
YP
Why
students.
I
have
friends
that
are
white
and
I
have
never
heard
this
the
stories
coming
from
them
instead
of
heard
stories
about
they
being
without
past
in
the
hallways
they
don't
get
like
inside
house.
J
They
don't
go
nowhere
so
like
for
from
what
I'm
seeing
is
that
situation
have
getting
worse
and
from
that
those
experience
that
I
had
with
that
security
guards
and
everything
I
have
developed
like
a
certain
thing
that
whenever
I'm
going
I'm
in
in
that
classroom
and
at
school
for
me,
I
feel,
like
afraid,
in
a
room
because
I
feel
like
somebody's
gonna
come
in
security
guard.
Tell
me
something
then
kick
me
out
of
school.
J
Do
something
about
it
and
it
has
killed
so
much
that
I
feel
afraid
of
being
outside
when
I
see
a
police
I
get
scared,
I
feel
for
my
life.
I'd
be
like
damn
like
he
gonna
do
something
to
me.
If
a
security
guard
can
do
something,
why
can
he
not?
He
said,
he's
a
police
and
that's
why
I
would
like
for
y'all
to
like
invest
on
that?
J
What
if
I,
write
it
out
and
based
on
training
the
security
guards
on
tomorrow
trial?
More
informant
care
because,
like
as
I've
gone
to
a
place
where
I
have
friends
and
I
I
can
I
can
even
tell
them
to
go
and
talk
to
their
Deans
about
it.
Her
friends
said
that
I
have
in
the
same
situation
as
mine,
and
it's
not
something
funny
is
something
that
need
to
be
taken
seriously
because
I
don't
feel
safe
at
a
school
or
even
outside
in
the
streets.
B
K
K
So
yeah.
Also,
one
question:
is
there
no
other
headphones
for
the
Spanish
speakers,
because
they
can't
hear
anything
and
I
kind
of
feel
really
bad
because
they
want
to
know
what
their
kids
are
going
through
right
now
and
and
if
you
don't
have
enough,
can
we
get
more
later
on
because
I
feel,
like
that's,
really
unfair
and
they
have
to
use
their
phones
right
now
and
I?
Don't
think
they
can
hear
me.
K
L
Good
evening
my
name
is
Vanessa
318
Chestnut
Street
before
I
get
started.
I
just
really
want
to
highlight
the
youth
that
have
come
today.
I
am
inspired
by
their
stories.
It's
the
reason
why
we
are
here
and
I
hope
that
we
are
listening
to
everything
that
they
say,
because
their
word
matters
more
than
anything,
I
can
say
or
any
other
educator
y'all
are
the
best
I
as
a
district
I've
been
here.
L
My
this
is
my
seventh
year
and
I've
seen
us
go
from
cuts
to
adding
positions
every
year
and
it's
been
amazing
to
be
in
a
school
district
where
we
are
focusing
on
the
needs
of
our
most
vulnerable
students,
including
students
with
special
needs
and
our
English
language
Learners,
as
we
continue
to
expand
the
resources
that
we
are
providing
for
our
families
and
our
students
here,
I'm
also
wanting
to
elevate
that
there
is
still
work
to
do.
We
are
currently
in
need
of
school
psychologists
of
social
workers
and
guidance
counselors
across
the
whole
District.
L
As
you
heard
from
the
students
at
the
high
school,
they
are
seeing
a
need
that
is
currently
not
being
met.
I
am
here
to
to
recognize
that
we
have
done
a
lot
of
work
as
a
district.
This
is
something
that
we
have
worked
together
to
get
to
and
I
want
us
to
continue
to
work
together
by
hearing.
What
are
the
actual
needs
that
our
students
are
asking
for.
L
B
M
M
M
M
M
M
N
N
Chelsea
opportunity
Academy
is
a
school
designed
to
support
the
students
who
have
had
difficulties
in
the
traditional
school
system,
and
that
is
our.
That
is
our
mission.
I
I
want
to
thank
the
school
committee
and
central
office.
I
have
them
finishing
my
20th
year
here
in
Chelsea
and
never
have
I
had
the
kind
of
support
I
have
to
meet
the
needs
of
students
and
our
students
have
tremendous
needs,
so
that
is
invaluable
and
I
am
grateful
for
the
opportunity.
A.
N
N
Just
as
I
close
I'd
like
to
thank
the
opportunity
now
that
we
are
in
our
fifth
year
of
operation,
we
have
had
over
350
students,
we
have
over
100
graduates
and
more
than
80
dropouts
have
left
school
and
come
back,
and
that
is
invaluable
for
a
community
and
for
the
individuals
who
have
had
that
experience.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
that,
and
I
really
appreciate
the
support
in
the
budget.
Thank
you.
Gracias.
B
O
This
is
my
seventh
school
year
at
the
Clark
Ave
and
my
eighth
year
with
Chelsea
Public
Schools
I'm
writing
today
to
express
my
gratitude
for
the
addition
of
school
counselors,
not
only
at
the
elementary
level,
but
for
the
last
year
at
the
middle
school
level,
when
I
first
began
at
the
Clark
I
was
the
sole
counselor
for
all
fourth
grade
levels,
making
my
ratio
one
to
six
hundred
students,
approximately
the
recommended
School
counsel
ratio
from
the
American
schools.
Counselor
Association,
is
one
to
two.
O
This
is
still
over
the
recommended
ratio,
but
is
not,
but
it
has
certainly
made
a
significant
difference
in
my
work
with
students
increase
access
to
a
counselor,
the
ability
to
develop
a
comprehensive
developmental,
School,
counseling
curriculum
for
all
students
and
more
time
supporting
our
students
who
are
struggling
academically
are
all
things.
I
have
been
able
to
do
since
the
addition
of
the
second
counselor
in
the
building.
O
Adding
the
two
counselors
at
the
elementary
level
makes
our
impact
grow
even
more.
Our
current
elementary
counselors
no
longer
have
to
choose
which
building
to
support
or
which
students
have
access
to
their
counselor.
That
day,
our
department
is
fully
staffed
and
we
are
able
to
provide
programming
to
support
all
students,
academically
and
social
emotionally,
while
I
am
grateful
for
the
addition
of
counselors.
The
lack
of
the
restorative
Dean
positions
at
the
middle
school
level
create
significant
challenges
for
both
students
and
staff.
O
O
O
O
Furthermore,
she
helps
create
a
great
culture
within
our
content
team
and
promotes
an
asset-based
approach
to
student
and
teacher
growth.
With
this
position
Consolidated
into
General
Humanities
position.
This
will
inherently
reduce
the
quality
of
coaching
first
for
new
teachers,
which
are
a
sizable
demographic
in
our
schools.
O
O
O
Without
the
support
of
our
history
coach
this
year,
my
practice
as
a
teacher
would
not
have
grown
to
where
it
is
now,
more
importantly,
having
a
focused
professional
who
knows
my
content.
Specific
needs,
as
well
as
the
needs
of
the
district
has
given
my
department,
a
strong
guide
that
has
measurably
benefits
students,
the
ability
to
engage
with
non-fiction
texts,
effectively,
articulate
an
argument
and
a
grounded
contact
context
of
the
world
around
them
are
all
vital
skills
that
are
taught
in
our
history
classrooms.
O
O
Eliminating
this
position,
as
the
new
budget
does,
will
not
just
be
damaging
to
teachers
practices
but
will
directly
impact
our
students
ability
to
be
knowledgeable,
competitive
and
healthy
members
of
our
community.
That
is
why
I
strongly
urge
the
retention
of
the
history
Coach
position
in
next
year's
budget.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
O
O
B
P
So
I
would
just
like
to
first
thank
everyone
for
being
here,
it's
nice
to
see
the
room
full
and
we
do
like
the
fact
that
our
community
is
involved
in
the
process.
We
worked
really
hard
to
involve
our
community
in
this
process,
so
we
did
our
best
to
listen
and
we're
still
listening.
So
tonight
is
a
night
where
we
are
are
listening
still
and
so.
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
here.
H
H
There
we
go
just
the
agenda
for
the
evening.
What
we're
going
to
speak
about
initially
is
how
Public
Funding
for
education
is
calculated
in
Massachusetts,
we'll
talk
about
the
year
that
we
currently
are
in
the
resources
available
to
us
and
how
we're
using
them
and
then
we'll
look
forward
into
fiscal
year
2024
and
end
with
our
proposed
budget
and
next
steps.
H
P
Sure
so,
as
I
always
say
we
we
have
to
have
a
vision.
If
we
don't
have
a
vision,
we
don't
have
Direction,
and
so
our
vision
is.
We
are
a
Gateway
School
System
that
welcomes
and
educates
all
students
and
families,
and
that
picture
we're
incredibly
proud
of
it's
a
picture
of
our
graduate
students
at
Chelsea
opportunity
student.
P
So,
okay,
so
when
I
first
got
here
several
years
ago,
I
did
a
lot
of
listening.
It
was
right
before
the
pandemic
and
we
had
focus
groups.
We
talked
to
our
community,
we
talked
to
staff,
we
talked
to
students
and
we
listened
and
part
of
that.
Listening
was
so
that
we
could
gather
information
about
what
our
priorities
would
be.
P
And
then
we
also
heard
that
we
needed
to
engage
our
families
and
more
authentic
ways,
and
so
we've
been
really
working
hard
to
focus
on
these
five
areas.
So
this
is
the
Strategic
plan,
and
this
is
what
guides
us
as
we
make
decisions
for
the
budget
and
so
between.
Listening
to
everybody,
we
had
several
Community
conversations
and
our
strategic
plan.
That's
the
road
map
that
helps
us
make
the
decisions
that
we
need
to
make.
P
So
if
our
next
slide
talks
about
our
budget
development
process,
each
principal
listened
to
to
staff
at
their
school,
so
we
had
Community
conversations
on
February,
13th,
the
16th
and
the
27th,
and
then
we
again
I.
We
use
our
strategic
plan
to
guide
us
and
then
we
listen
to
schools
and
Department
requests.
So
we
are
extremely
busy
in
the
month
of
February,
as
we
do
a
lot
of
listening
and
so
I'm
now
going
to
turn
it
over
to
miss
Lamb
boy
to
go
over
all
the
numbers,
because
that
is
her
expertise.
H
H
So
the
first
thing
that
the
state
does
is:
it
calculates
the
cost
to
educate
all
children
who
live
in
Chelsea,
regardless
of
what
school
they
go
to
the
cost
to
educate
those
students
is
included
in,
what's
called
our
foundation
budget,
then
they
look
at
the
resources
that
the
city
has.
What
can
the
city
contribute
toward
that
total
cost
to
educate
all
the
children
that
live
there?
H
So
the
state
contributes
money
and
the
City
of
Chelsea
contributes
money
to
educate
all
of
the
children
that
go
that
live
here
from
that
number,
the
students
that
elect
to
go
to
Charter
School
or
go
to
a
vocational
school
or
go
to
a
school
in
another
school
district,
the
Monies
to
educate
them
go
with
them
to
the
school
that
they're
going
to,
which
is
why
we
try
to
keep
as
many
students
within
the
four
walls
of
our
Chelsea
Public
Schools.
As
we
can.
H
A
separate
number
is
the
net
school
required
net
School
spending.
So
it's
not
as
enough
to
put
on
a
budget
put
on
a
piece
of
paper,
the
amount
of
money
for
Education.
We
actually
have
to
prove
to
the
state
every
year
that
we
did
spend
those
Monies
to
the
benefit
of
the
students.
If
we
fail
to
spend
the
money
that
we're
required
to,
then
there
can
be
penalties
and
fines
and
a
multi-year
impact
to
the
district.
H
H
That's
a
chapter
70..
The
remaining
balance
is
the
local
share
which
comes
from
the
city
of
Chelsea
within
the
city
of
Chelsea's
monies.
Oh
actually,
before
we
get
onto
that
this
wedge
sort
of
represents
the
Charter
School
tuition,
The
Vocational,
School
tuition
that
is
taken
with
those
students
out
of
this
pie
and
travels
with
them
to
the
new
school
that
they've
elected
to
attend
than
among
the
local
share.
There
is
the
amount
that's
required
to
meet
then
required.
Nets
will
spending
on
top
of
that,
the
city
contributes
money
for
things
that
are
not
eligible.
H
This
is
a
graphic
that
shows
the
monies
that
are
available
for
the
year
that
we
are
currently
spending.
You
can
see
the
Chapter
70
in
red
the
city
contribution
here.
We
see
a
very
large
share
that
is
Grants
because
in
this
graphic,
I
included
our
last
round
of
covid
funding,
which
is
called
sr3,
and
that
number
is
20.7
million
dollars
that
will
be
available
to
us
through
September
of
2024.
H
Here's
a
look
at
the
same
numbers
without
that
really
large
Grant
included
in
it,
and
we
can
see
some
significant
changes.
First,
our
dependence
on
state
revenue
goes
up
substantially.
The
red
section
grew
hugely
when
we
take
that
grant
money
out
and
our
grant
share
went
down.
This
is
more
the
traditional
money
that's
available
to
Chelsea
schools,
pre-pandemic
and
where
we
will
return
after
the
one-time
money
is
fully
expended.
H
The
general
fund,
which
is
a
combination
of
the
Chapter
70
and
the
local
money,
and
what
you
can
see
here,
is
between
2017
and
2021.
There
was
not
a
lot
of
growth.
Those
were
the
years
where
we
were
talking
about
Cuts.
Where
some
of
our
speakers
said,
we
were
losing
teachers,
we
were
losing
support
staff
since
then,
22
and
23
we've
seen
an
increase
in
Revenue
to
the
district.
H
This
line
actually
shows
us
really
well.
On
the
left
hand,
side
you
can
see
the
the
monies
that
were
available
before
the
student
Opportunity
Act
kicked
in
and
then,
after
that,
the
rate
of
growth
in
our
Revenue
really
shoots
up,
and
we
are
currently
in
the
second
year
of
student
Opportunity
Act
heading
into
the
third
year.
H
H
We've
implemented
new
reading
curriculum
at
the
Elementary's
and
math
curriculum
at
our
middle,
and
we
have
teams
of
teachers
and
staff
identifying
the
best
curriculum,
that's
out
there,
so
that
we
can
purchase
it
with
our
funds.
We
have
expanded
our
after-school
offerings.
We
had
a
robust
summer
school
this
year
and
we've
been
really
investing
in
our
buildings,
including
the
new
cafeteria
at
the
Williams
Middle
School,
the
playground
and
many
other
places.
H
Okay,
now
it's
turning
towards
fiscal
year
2024
the
year,
that's
going
to
come
factors
that
are
going
to
influence.
Our
budget
include
the
fact
that
we
did
have
an
increase
in
students
between
October
of
21
and
October
of
22..
Our
revenue
is
based
on
per
pupil,
so
having
a
growing
student
population
will
increase
revenues
to
the
district
we're
in
the
third
year
of
the
student
Opportunity
Act.
H
H
We
always
have
to
cover
the
costs
of
the
step
increases.
The
cost
of
living
increases,
health
insurance
for
our
staff,
Transportation
expenses
utilities,
Insurance,
fixed
costs,
I
think
we
all
know
at
our
home
budget
that
many
items
are
going
up
year
over
year
in
our
expending,
and
we
have
what
we
call
a
potential
Cliff,
that's
coming
up
in
25
when
the
one-time
money
is
ended.
How
are
we
going
to
attempt
to
retain
the
staff
that
were
hired
under
those
funds?
That's
the
yes
or
cliff.
H
The
Blue
Line
our
English
language
Learners
we're
seeing
a
dramatic
change
in
the
number
of
English
language
Learners
in
the
district
from
2013
to
now,
the
yellow
line
represents
our
low-income
students
and
we
can
see
an
increase
in
21
and
22
and
we
don't
believe,
that's
an
actual
increase
in
terms
of
our
population.
What
we
believe
is
that
the
state
is
finally
acknowledging.
H
Finally,
using
the
data
resources
to
properly
acknowledge
the
numbers
of
low-income
students
that
live
in
Chelsea,
this
was
something
that
the
city
of
Chelsea
the
school
department
our
school
committee,
have
advocated
for
and
we're
seeing
the
results
of
that
because
they
are
capturing
more
accurately.
The
number
of
low-income
students
that
we
have.
H
H
We
are
projecting
6099
students
in
District
overall,
but
the
reality
is
our
current
enrollment,
as
of
yesterday
was
6280
students
in
District
in
Chelsea
Public
Schools,
some
of
the
highlights
of
enrollment
Trends
are
we
have
the
largest
High
School
enrollment
since
2003,
which
is
the
data
that's
readily
available?
If
we
recall
1996
was
when
the
high
school
opened,
it
was
designed
for
a
thousand
students,
the
blue
tower
opened
in
20
2002.
H
We
also
have
a
very
large
group
of
students
that
are
currently
in
ninth
grade
and
they
are
followed
by
a
large
group
that
are
currently
in
eighth
grade
that
will
be
moving
into
the
high
school.
So
we
will
continue
to
see
increases
in
the
High
School
enrollment.
We
anticipate
looking
at
our
revenues
for
2024.
H
H
That
number
is
broken
down
into
the
State
share
and
the
City
of
Chelsea
share
to
this
table.
We
now
add
the
revenue
that
comes
in
for
Charter
Schools
and
the
amount
of
tuition
that
is
going
to
charter
schools
for
Chelsea
students
that
elect
to
attend
Charters.
So
those
monies
as
I
mentioned,
go
to
the
schools
with
the
students.
H
Looking
at
our
grants,
the
one-time
funds
that
are
available
until
September
2024
we're
using
them
for
positions,
including
the
Chelsea
virtual
Learning
Academy,
we
are
purchasing
high
quality,
instructional
materials
in
all
content
areas.
We
are
funding
increased
after
school
tutoring
summer
school
Mental,
Health
Services.
H
P
Great
thank
you.
We
tried
to
break
it
up
a
little
bit,
so
you
wouldn't
hear
just
one
voice
so
again
we're
looking
at
striking
and
support,
and
when
we
came
out
of
the
pandemic,
the
goal
was
to
rebuild
and
we've
been
rebuilding
every
year,
since
we
got
student
opportunity,
acts
and
since
act
dollars
and
since
we've
returned
from
the
pandemic.
So
right
now
we're
we're
strengthening
what
we've
been
building
and
we're
providing
more
supports.
P
P
As
of
now,
we
have
17
counselors
district-wide.
In
2020
we
had
15
social
workers
district-wide.
We
now
have
21
social
workers
district-wide,
and
that
was
a
focus,
was
to
expand
social
workers
and
skips
and
counselors,
because
when
you
coming
back
from
the
pandemic,
that
that
was
going
to
be
a
need-
and
so
we
have
committed
to
do
that
and
that's
those
numbers
are
current
for
this
school
year.
Our
Outreach
workers
who
support
student
students
who
are
struggling
as
well.
We
had
two
in
fiscal
year
2020.
P
Now
we
have
four
and
then
our
Apparently
azons,
one
of
our
priorities
was
to
really
reach
out
to
families.
We
had
four
and
fiscal
year
2020,
and
we
are
now
at
11,
apparently
Azon,
so
you
can
see
the
increase
of
positions
from
34
and
fiscal
year,
2020
to
59
and
fiscal
year.
23,
which
is
the
current
year,
and
so
here
is
Miss.
Lemboy
is
going
to
go
through
our
proposed
budget
plan.
H
Thank
you,
Dr
beta,
the
first
thing.
After
looking
at
revenues,
we
look
at
what
does
it
cost
to
continue
the
operation
exactly
as
it
is
each
year?
It
costs
more
to
do
the
same
things,
because
we
have
increases
in
labor
costs
through
steps
and
cost
of
living.
Health
insurance
can
rise
as
well
as
pension
benefits.
H
We
often
look
at
our
special
education
tuition,
our
transportation
expenses
utilities,
and
we
also
consider
positions
that
are
on
grants
and
whether
they
should
be
moving
to
the
general
fund.
So
what
you
can
see
in
this
table
is
a
larger
than
average
Baseline
expense,
largely
in
the
health,
insurance
and
retirement.
P
H
Now,
looking
at
ahead
at
what
we
are
hoping
to
accomplish
in
different
schools
and
departments
at
our
Early
Learning
Center
Key,
initiatives
for
2024
are
to
strengthen
our
special
education
supports
there.
We
will
be
opening
a
new
classroom
for
social
communication,
so
we
have
a
teacher
and
three
paraprofessionals.
H
Another
classroom
which
starts
mid-year
for
our
smaller
children
will
actually
be
opening
at
the
beginning
of
the
year.
That's
a
half,
a
teacher
and
another
two
halves
of
a
pair
of
professionals,
we're
also
adding
a
coach
for
special
ed
inclusion
to
help
our
kids
be
educated
in
the
least
restrictive
environment
and,
hopefully,
to
eventually
move
them
out
of
a
special,
a
sub-separate
environment.
H
We
will
be
reducing
a
vacant
kindergarten
classroom
which
was
on
hold
because
we
are
opening
the
social
Communications
classroom
instead
at
the
Berkowitz
Elementary
key
initiatives
for
2024
is
to
strengthen
special
education
and
ell
support
and
enhance
planning
time
for
our
teachers
so
that
they
can
organize
the
work
that
they
do
as
a
team.
A
number
of
positions
at
the
Berkowitz,
including
an
English
language,
learning,
foundational
teacher
for
first
grade
technology
Specialists.
H
Last
year
we
added
two
counselors
for
four
schools
this
year,
we're
going
to
add
two
more
so
that
each
Elementary
School
will
have
its
own
dedicated
school
counselor.
We
are
doing
the
same
thing
with
our
principal
clerks
for
special
education
right
now.
There's
two
across
four
schools.
We
will
be
adding
two
FTE
basically
so
that
each
school
will
have
its
own
special
education
clerk.
Instead
of
sharing
them.
H
At
our
hooks,
Elementary
School,
we
will
be
strengthening
special
education
and
ell
supports
enhancing
planning.
Time
also
have
the
ell
foundational
teacher,
the
teaching
specialist,
the
half
counselor,
half
special
education
Clerk
and
recommending
transfer
one
pair
professional
for
special
education
off
of
the
grant
onto
the
general
fund
at
Kelly
Elementary.
We
have
the
same
goals
as
the
other
elementary
schools.
H
We
will
be
adding
the
ell
foundational
and
an
additional
ell
transitional
teacher
because
of
the
enrollment
numbers
and
the
student
needs
identified
in
that
specific
School
we'll
be
adding
a
technology
specialist,
the
counselor,
the
principal
Clerk
and
an
additional
paraprofessional
for
special
education
classroom
there.
We
will
be
reducing
a
vacant
pair
of
professional
position
that
was
in
the
library
before
we
had
a
full-time
librarian,
which
we
now
have
happily
so
that
position
is
not
needed
anymore
at
our
Brown
Middle
School
strengthen
special
education
and
ell
support.
H
We're
recommending
four
special
education
inclusion
teachers
at
the
brown
based
on
the
enrollment
at
the
brown
and
those
students
unique
needs.
We
are
recommending
a
teacher
for
English
language
Learners.
The
acronym
is
s-l-I-f-e.
This
is
students
who
had
interrupted
educational
experiences
in
their
country
of
origin.
Perhaps
they
were
not
able
to
attend
school
at
different
grades
and
they
have
different
needs
than
other
English
language,
learners
and
one
pair
professional
for
inclusion.
H
We're
recommending
that
one
counselor
be
converted
from
the
grant
onto
the
general
fund
at
Clark,
Avenue
Middle
School
strengthen
special
education
and
ell
support
at
Clark
Avenue
Middle
School.
We
will
be
opening
a
new
social
communication
classroom
for
students
with
autism.
That
includes
one
teacher
and
two
paraprofessionals
for
that
new
classroom.
H
In
addition,
we
are
recommending
two
ell
teachers
for
the
clerk.
They
will
be
working
on
changing
somewhat
of
their
schedule
as
it
relates
to
ell
supports.
So
these
are
General
right
now
until
we
Define
how
they're
going
to
be
used.
Also
recommending
adding
the
teacher
for
students
who
have
interrupted
education
and
a
principal
clerk
in
the
principal's
office
to
help
the
principal's
office,
but
also
to
support
the
special
education
office.
Because
right
now,
there's
only
two
people
and
when
there's
breaks
and
lunch
they
have
to
cover
for
each
other.
H
Q
Q
H
I'm
just
going
to
repeat
because
it's
really
actually
very
exciting
news,
so
we're
adding
four
classroom
teachers
at
Chelsea,
High
School
for
English
language,
arts,
math
history
and
social
studies
and
World
Language
Portuguese.
So
we
will
be
offering
Portuguese
as
a
language
off
option
for
students
at
Chelsea,
High
School.
We
will
also
be
opening
a
social
communication
classroom
for
students
with
autism,
with
one
teacher
and
one
paraprofessional,
an
ell
teacher
for
students
with
interrupted
learning,
an
assistant
principal
for
operations
and
one
additional
parent
liaison
at
Chelsea
High
School.
H
In
instruction
and
assessment,
we
want
to
accelerate
our
literacy
and
math
we're
seeing
results
this
year.
We
want
those
to
continue
through
next
year,
culturally,
responsive
and
high
quality
curriculum
there,
we're
proposing
to
add
one
coordinator
for
Visual
and
Performing
Arts,
one
coordinator
for
early
college
and
graduation,
a
position
for
the
La
Vida
Scholars,
which
helps
families
save
for
college
and
for
the
AVID
program,
which
is
a
teacher
training
program.
H
All
of
these
positions
will
be
funded
by
reductions
in
other
positions.
One
director,
one
coordinator
position
and
a
position
called
the
inversant
manager,
so
everything
in
instruction
and
assessment
is
net
neutral
to
the
budget
in
special
education.
We
are
proposing
to
add
a
coordinator
for
related
Services.
What
that
means
is
a
supervisor
who
would
work
with
our
speech
language
Pathologists
with
our
bcbas.
We
have
a
very
large
number
of
them
and
to
have
somebody
dedicated
to
them.
H
Full-Time
We
Believe
will
be
really
beneficial
to
them
and
to
the
students
that
they're
working
with
directly
we're
also
recommending
to
transfer
the
assistant
director
of
special
education
from
the
grant
onto
the
general
fund
and
three
speech
language
Pathologists
that
we
added
with
Esser
funding
to
move
them
on
to
the
general
fund
and
that
will
really
stabilize
that
group,
because
that
will
be
all
of
the
grant
funded
special
speech-language
pathologists
within
our
health
and
student
support.
We're
going
to
continue
to
strengthen
our
student
health
services.
H
We
have
one
nurse
case
manager
who
works
with
medically
fragile
students.
We
are
proposing
to
move
her
from
a
grant
funded
by
the
State
Health
Department
onto
the
general
fund
and
to
transfer
three
nurses
aides
off
of
the
Esser
Grant
onto
the
general
fund
in
other
instructional
programs.
Expanding
after
school
and
summer
school.
We
will
be
expanding
our
four
kids
only
program
at
the
elementary
school
continuing
to
work,
to
add
more
students
to
get
enrolled,
and
we
were
going
to
add
funding
for
student
workers.
H
These
are
high
school
students
who
can
get
jobs
within
Chelsea
Public,
Schools
buildings,
so
we'll
be
adding
that
on
the
general
fund
and
then
from
using
the
sr3.
We
are
going
to
be
launching
a
grade.
Five
six
four
kids
only
program
this
Summer
that
will
continue
through
the
fall
and
next
year
and
that
will
offer
support
to
families
until
I
think
5,
30
or
6
o'clock
and
targeted
tutoring
in
support
of
most
struggling
students.
H
Retention
has
been
a
huge
priority
for
ourselves
for
our
teachers
union.
For
our
principals.
We
believe
this
position
will
really
help
work
directly
with
them.
We're
proposing
a
coordinator
for
equity
and
Excellence
to
work
with
our
officer
of
equity
excellence
and
inclusion
and
converting
the
pick
director
who
is
currently
on
cable
funds
onto
the
general
fund
and
adding
one
building
maintenance
man
at
the
Early
Learning
Center,
where
the
there's
lots
of
little
children
to
clean
up
after
so
that's
our
district-wide.
H
H
This
budget
moves
19
of
the
SR
positions
on
to
the
general
fund,
but
we
still
have
40
people,
40
positions
that
have
been
working
with
us
since
2021
that
are
still
on
one-time
money.
And
if
you
look
at
the
40
that
are
still
on
the
Esser
and
the
44
new
that
we
added,
we
can
sort
of
see
that
2025
largely
is
laid
out
for
us
right.
H
Where
did
we
invest
our
money
over
these
years
of
growth,
and
this
table
really
I
think
shows
the
Deep
priorities
that
have
been
paid
over
the
last
few
years
to
our
special
education
student
needs
to
the
needs
of
our
English
language
Learners,
and
our
investment
in
equity
and
social
emotional
support
for
our
students,
so
over
the
192
new
positions
have
been
added.
This
is
how
they've
been
allocated
across
different
subject
areas
you
may
have.
H
Q
Thank
you
so
much
Miss
lamboy
I
appreciate
all
the
work
that
you've
done
to
prepare
this
presentation.
Dr
beta.
Would
you
have
any
last
remarks
before
I
close
I?
Do
not
all
right
our
chair
chairwoman
Kalia
had
to
leave
early
this
evening,
so
I
just
want
to
give
my
gratitude
to
the
many
community
members
that
have
come
here
today
to
share
their
feedback,
their
experiences
within
our
schools.
Thank
you
to
all
of
our
Educators
that
continue
to
show
up
for
our
students
and
thank
you
for
Central
offers
for
preparing
this.