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From YouTube: School Committee Meeting of 11-14-19
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City of Chelsea Public Schools
A
A
B
Hello,
my
name
is
stephane.
Sorry,
hello,
hello,
my
name
is
Stephanie
Rodriguez
I
live
at
184,
Chester
I'm
in
Chelsea,
Mass
and
I
am
the
site
coordinator
for
the
reach
at
the
school
program.
I
have
work
with
youth
in
the
city
of
Chelsea
for
over
15
years,
I
grew
up
in
Chelsea
and
I
graduated
from
Chelsea
high
school.
B
My
experience
growing
up
here
working
here
has
led
me
to
believe
that
our
youth,
our
at
risk
of
dropping
out
getting
involved
with
street
crimes
or
gangs
living
here
and
raising
my
children
here,
makes
me
proud,
but
it
also
alarms
me
our
youth
need
a
secondary
family,
a
family
that
is
there
through
extended
hours.
While
most
parents
are
working,
they
need
a
group
of
individuals
that
are
rooting
for
them,
providing
some
social
emotional
support
resources
in
a
solid
relationship
that
supports
academic
success.
B
During
and
after
graduation
tonight,
I
am
here
to
support
the
student
in
my
program
and
to
give
my
appreciation
to
everybody
that
showed
up
today
in
support
of
the
rich
at
the
school
program.
Hola
soy,
la
cual,
Deena
Dora
del
programa
de
vich,
in
Chelsea
mojado,
con
la
Habana.
In
Chelsea
automatic
in
Daniel
Christine
Chelsea,
my
graduate
at
Chelsea
high
school,
miss
experiences.
C
C
This
we're
here
to
advocate
for
the
staff
and
their
families.
We
congratulate
you
on
being
elected
to
the
school
committee
for
those
of
you
who
have
been
recently
elected
and
we're
really
glad
that
the
school
committee
reflects
the
reflects
the
diversity
of
the
Chelsea
Public
Schools.
All
of
us
are
here
to
ask
you
to
become
an
advocate
for
the
Chelsea
reach
program
to
continue
instead
of
being
phased
out.
A
key
first
step
to
supporting
reach
tonight
would
be
to
lift
the
current
cap
on
enrollment
that
is
imposed
by
the
superintendent.
C
Currently,
the
reach
program
is
being
asked
to
stay
up
40
students
because
there's
a
phase-out
plan
going
on,
and
we
would
like
to
ask
the
school
committee
to
propose
to
temporarily
lift
that
cap.
Well,
we
can
look
into
the
future
of
reach
I'm.
Just
here
to
say
three
main
points
number
one
Reach
is
currently
a
fully
funded
program.
We
are
not
here
to
ask
for
funding.
We
do
not
currently
need
funding.
C
The
reach
has
a
budget
to
support
more
than
forty
students.
We
think
at
this
point
with
our
staffing.
We
could
serve
about
65
students
and,
more
importantly
than
that,
our
funders
do
require
us
to
reach
a
certain
amount
of
students.
Each
year
we
have
21st
century
Community,
Learning,
Center,
funding
and
50
is
usually
usually
the
minimum,
and
we've
always
had
75
to
100
students
every
year.
So
the
current
cap
is
going
to
put
our
future
funding
in
jeopardy.
C
These
decisions,
as
well
as
not
allowing
the
program
to
fill
key
staffing
positions,
left
open
and
reducing
staff
hours
and
pay
rates,
are
putting
reaches
future
in
jeopardy.
This
is
why
we
are
all
here.
If
the
program
continues
to
phase
out
and
prompt
action
isn't
taken,
reaches
current
funding
and
staff
will
be
lost,
there
will
be
no
more
reach
to
save
in
June.
C
Second,
reach
was
created
by
Chelsea
for
Chelsea
reach
is
not
citizen,
schools,
leaders
from
every
nonprofit
organization
in
the
community,
Gladys
Vega,
Juan
Vega
people
from
central
Latino
roca.
The
superintendent
from
every
agency
came
together
to
address
the
severe
lack
of
youth
programming
and
concern
for
youth
in
the
city,
jessenia
Alfaro
and
the
Chelsea
collaborative
led
a
social
capital
campaign
where
they
did.
We
did
over
1,000
conversations
one-on-one
with
Chelsea
residents
and
thousands
of
surveys
and
the
number
one
concern
of
residence
was
the
youth
in
the
city
of
Chelsea,
los
joven
estate
Chelsea.
C
If
we
were
I'm
a
hundred
percent
certain,
if
we
redid
all
of
those
conversations
you
want
to
do
it
see,
the
same
concern
would
be
in
our
city.
The
youth
are
still
at
risk.
In
Chelsea
and
all
cities
across
America,
as
we
have
seen
today
again,
and
they
need
safe
places
to
go
after
school
when
youth
violence
is
highest,
they
also
need
people
like
Stephanie
in
their
life
that
they
can
come
to.
C
When
something
is
going
wrong,
they
need
a
place
to
go
every
day,
not
just
one
day
a
week
for
tutoring,
not
just
two
days
a
week
every
day
after
school,
and
the
third
thing
is
Reach
is
the
largest
year-round
after-school
program
serving
middle
and
high
school
students
in
the
city
of
Chelsea,
through
our
partnership
with
DPH
reach
provides
jobs
to
ten
to
fifteen
youth
a
year.
It's
one
of
the
largest
youth
employers
in
the
city
of
Chelsea.
C
We
have
provided
a
long
list
of
outcomes,
we've
had
external
evaluations.
I
was
responsible
for
the
evaluation
of
the
reach
program.
We
have
excellent
outcomes.
We're
happy
to
provide
any
data.
People
would
like
on
the
youth
of
reach.
Ninety
percent
of
youth
who
came
to
reach
even
for
one
year,
graduated
Chelsea
high
most
reach
youth
attend
the
program
for
six
years.
A
C
Importantly
than
any
data
or
statistics,
the
youth
and
their
mentors
are
here
to
tell
you
why
the
program
is
important
to
them.
These
stories
are
highlighted
in
a
video
the
reach
movie
crew
made
last
year
with
Stephanie.
So
we
encourage
you
to
watch
that
Reach
is
a
family.
The
environment
and
culture
that
has
been
created
over
the
past
ten
years
is
where
supportive
and
peer
and
mentoring
relationships
can
take
place.
E
Hi,
my
name
is
Christine
Swiss
dro
I
live
at
99
Clark
Avenue
in
Chelsea,
and
first
I
would
like
to
offer
a
statement
from
Linda
Alioto
Robinson,
who
can't
be
here
tonight.
She
says
I
wish
I
was
able
to
be
at
the
meeting
in
person,
but
unfortunately,
I
am
ill
and
could
not
make
it.
I
did
not
want
my
absence
to
be
interpreted
as
a
lack
of
support
for
reach
the
staff
or
the
students.
E
As
the
former
director
of
reach
for
eleven
years,
I
have
witnessed
how
hundreds
of
students
have
benefited
from
attending
the
program
beyond
student
and
staff
testimonials.
We
have
years
worth
of
data,
proving
that
the
program
is
successful.
Reach
students
graduate
from
Chelsea
high
school
go
on
to
higher
education
and
in
many
cases
after
college
return
to
the
program
as
staff
reach
is
completely
grant
funded
and
also
holds
an
annual
fundraising
event
to
support
student
activities.
We
do
not
ask
nor
receive
funding
from
the
school
department.
Thank
you
for
your
attention.
E
Linda
Alioto
Robinson
on
a
personal
note,
I'm
the
program
oversight
committee
chair
for
the
Chelsea
reach
program,
I've
been
on
the
POC
for
10
years,
and
the
students
will
speak
for
themselves
but
year
after
year
after
year,
through
all
the
TDC
evaluations
that
Kat
mentioned,
as
well
as
the
graduation
dinners
and
every
POC
meeting,
where
we
hear
from
students
about
the
change
that
Chelsea
reach
has
made
in
their
lives.
I
would
really
urge
you
to
consider
the
loss
to
the
community
if
this
program
doesn't
continue.
Thank
you.
F
What
are
some
of
the
barriers
but
I
had
a
revelation
this
morning
and
it
was
a
personal
one
very
much
like
a
lot
of
the
faces
that
I
see
here
today,
who
are
rich
participants.
I
was
the
recipient
of
an
after
school
community,
organizing
type
of
program
in
the
city
of
Boston,
called
Hyde,
Square
task
force
and
I.
F
There
was
a
lot
of
uncertainty
about
who
I
was
about
whether
or
not
I
mattered
and
the
height
Square
task
force
really
allowed
me
to
embrace
myself
fully
and
and
reverting
back
to
that
revelation
that
I
had
this
morning.
It
was
a
very
candid
reminder
that
we
still
live
in
a
very,
very
ugly
world.
I
was
at
the
gym
and
I
was
called
a
I
was
harassed
for
my
sexuality.
F
F
I've
seen
that
firsthand
I've
gotten
to
know
a
lot
of
these
youth,
very
personally
I've
heard
stories
very
similar
to
mine,
and
so
I
want
to
leave
you
today
with
that
in
mind,
and
have
you
taken
to
account
that
taking
away
a
program
that
provides
a
sort
of
foundation
that
it
does
for
these
youth
doesn't
simply
just
get
erased
or
or
have
no
effect,
it
has
long-term
effects
on
the
lives
of
these
individuals
far
beyond
their
grades.
Far
beyond,
they
could
save
a
life
at
the
end
of
the
day
and
so
I.
H
Good
evening
my
name
is
Ann:
Machado
I
live
at
82,
Linwood
Street
in
Lynn
Massachusetts,
but
I
was
born
and
raised
in
the
city
of
Lynn,
I
mean
the
city
of
Chelsea.
My
family
was
been
based
in
the
city
of
Chelsea,
my
contr
alleys
and
community
services,
and
events
with
my
mother
who
served
the
community
of
Chelsea.
My
entire
life
through
Center
at
the
Chelsea
collaborative
now
in
Chelsea,
housing
and
I,
am
a
strong
believer
and
proud
to
be
from
the
city
of
Chelsea
me.
My
siblings,
attended,
Chelsea
schools.
H
Unfortunately,
my
siblings
had
a
different
ending
to
their
story.
They
did
become
statistics
and
dropped
out
of
high
school
in
senior
in
junior
years
and
thankfully
they
did
later
get
their
GEDs
and
their
diploma
online
and
when
I
went
to
Chelsea
High
School
that
freshman
year
and
started
going
not
the
right
way.
My
mom
got
scared
and
so
I
finished
my
high
school
years
at
Northeast
vocational
school
in
Wakefield.
H
But
it
makes
me
think
maybe
things
could
have
been
different
if
there
was
a
program
like
reach
when
I
was
in
high
school
and
I
strongly
believe
that
it
could
have
made
the
biggest
difference.
In
my
life
in
the
life
of
my
siblings
and
I
know,
firsthand
I
am
I
was
a
group
leader
in
the
program
of
the
reach
program
for
six
years.
H
I
started
off
as
a
ninth
grade
group
leader
for
the
girls,
and
we
did
college
tours
and
college
fairs
and
I
was
the
person
that
they
put
down
for
their
job
applications
and
even
now,
when
they're
married
and
have
children.
These
girls
still
write
me
down
as
their
recommendations,
the
bonds
that
we
form
at
reach
till
this
day
I.
H
You
know,
there's
kids
here,
that
I
used
to
work
with
that
know
that
if
they
ever
needed
anything
I'm,
just
a
phone
call
away,
and
reach
is
just
more
than
a
place
where
you
hang
out
and
more
than
just
a
basketball
court
more
than
just
hanging
out,
we
baked
cookies
that
were
terrible,
but
they
strengthened
their
math
skills
and
we
watched
stupid,
Halloween
movies
and
spoke
about
how
we
can
make
our
own
movie
clip
for
projects.
I
mean
we.
H
We
did
things
that
they
didn't
think
that
they
could
and
now
believe
that
they
are
able
to
do
when
can
help.
Others
do
I'm
a
strong
advocate
from
this
program,
I
believe
in
the
future
of
these
children,
and
reach
goes
a
long
way
to
heading
the
to
putting
them
towards
the
right
direction
in
life.
Thank
you.
I
I
I
have
getting
new
friends
being
able
to
publicly
speak
like
this,
and
what
me
and
my
Youth
Advisory
Council
peers
did
was
that
we
have
collected
over
300
signatures
from
people
that
support
the
reach
after-school
program
and
among
those
signatures
we
have
students,
social
workers,
all
CoA
staff,
parents,
teachers,
the
City,
Council
and
I
would
like
to
enter
our
petition
into
the
record
along
with
our
newsletter
at
this
time.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
J
You
know
I
started
reaching
seventh
grade
and
well,
and
life
I've
always
been
a
knucklehead.
All
you
know,
I
was
introduced
to
reached
by
a
friend
of
mine,
who's
also
meant
to
reach
in
we've
graduated
this
year.
You
know
me
just
helped
us
a
lot
which
helped
me
just
discover
things:
I
do
poetry,
now
I
started
to
get
into
photography.
J
Help
me
deep
dig
into
music
write
music
in
I'm
in
college,
now
go
to
Bunker,
Hill
I'm,
studying
visual
design
and
I
want
to
transfer
the
mass
art,
because
I
want
to
be
and
so
I'm
into
fashion,
so
I
just
want
to
go
deeper
and
that
and
but
I
started
all
with
reach.
Oesn't
reach
I,
don't
know
where
I
would
been
and
I
would
have
been
because
started
in
seventh
grade
and
just
graduated
just
went
on.
My
brother
went
to
each
and
a
lot
of
friends.
J
I
have
I,
went
to
each
and
I'm
just
appalled.
That,
like
seems
like
there's
a
limitation
side
of
the
education.
I
was
like
it's
like
I
haven't
seen
any
other
programs
just
reach
on
the
only
one
that's
available
to
us
is
it's
like
we're.
Gambling
we're
fighting
back
and
it's
like
the
education
is
being
gambled
with
so
I'm
just
here
to
support.
Thank
you.
K
So
my
name
is
Tom
Thompson
and
I
graduated.
The
class
of
2018
and
I
currently
live
on
68
Summer,
Street,
Malden
Massachusetts,
so
I
started
reached
when
I
was
a
freshman
in
high
school.
I
would
say:
I
was
following
my
brother's
footsteps,
who
also
went
to
each
and
he
went
to
the
military
right
after
high
school
and
that's
the
same
time
I'm
going
down
because
not
to
the
military,
but
I
told
the
SWAT
team
and
stuff,
and
reach
was
like
my
second
family
throughout
high
school
I
didn't
have
much
attention.
K
I
want
to
say
attention
with
much
space
at
home
to
do
homework
or
stuff
like
that.
So
when
I
sat
down,
I
reached
I
played
a
lot,
but
to
do
homework.
I
didn't
have
time
to
do
all
that,
so
I
reached
I
sat
down
with
Stephanie
and
back
then
coach
Jackson.
He
helped
me
a
lot
throughout
my
school
work.
He
forced
me
to
do
better
than
what
I
am
what
I
was
doing
before.
I
bet
him,
and
thanks
to
the
rich
book,
I
had
the
opportunity
to
make
myself
a
better
person,
have
a
better
future.
K
Stan
I
had
before
I
started
going
and
I
know
that
every
CH
ends.
The
kids
that
are
sitting
here
in
front
of
you
won't
have
the
same
opportunity
to
have
a
better
life
or
choose
their
pathway.
They'll
just
follow
the
streets
or
follow
their
peers,
but
which
keeps
them
off
the
streets
and
keeps
them
in
school.
L
And
I'd
like
to
say
the
Chelsea
reach
program
has
helped
me
become
the
person
I
am
today
from
transitioning
to
high
school.
My
academics
and
social
skills
and
more
I
feel
that
the
program
shouldn't
be
taken
away
from
future
youth.
Speaking
as
a
reach
participant
I
avoid
I've,
been
here
since
seventh
grade
and
now
I'm
a
sophomore.
This
program
has
been
a
backbone
for
many
youth,
especially
myself.
Reach
has
helped
me
pass
classes
improve
my
grades
from
D's
and
F's
to
being
an
honor
roll
student.
L
This
program
has
kept
me
out
of
trouble
and
out
of
the
streets
during
crime
time,
which
is
when
the
program
runs,
and
this
program
has
helped
me
realize
what
I
want
to
do
for
my
future,
and
it
makes
me
realize
I,
don't
want
to
be
another
statistic
in
this
city
and
I
want
to
provide
and
be
an
example
for
future
youth.
It
made
me
realize
that
my
actions
are
not
only
gonna
affect
me,
but
affect
my
family
and
everyone
else
around
me.
L
The
program
has
taught
me
a
lot
and
I
like
I
wrote
this
whole
thing
down
expecting
to
talk
about
it,
but
this
program
has
kept
me
off
the
streets.
So
much
I
I
could
have
been
like
someone
I,
wouldn't
I,
probably
wouldn't
be
a
sophomore
right
now.
I
want
to
be
in
high
school
anything,
and
thank
you
for
your
time,
because.
M
My
name
is
Malcolm
Ellis,
I-45,
Normandy,
Road
and
I'm.
Currently,
a
senior
in
Chelsea,
high
school
and
I've
been
hearing
a
lot
of
people
say
that
reaches
a
very
useful
program,
but
I
don't
see
reach
as
a
program.
I
see,
I,
look
and
I
see
straight.
Family
I
can
name
every
single
person
here
with
me
and
countless
experiences
of
when
someone
needed
help
and
I
would
do
anything.
M
I
could
for
any
of
them
and
like
I,
wrote
something
down,
but
I
don't
want
to
come
up
here
and
talk
about
something
that,
like
wouldn't
matter
or
how
reach
has
been
useful
to
other
people,
because
reach
helped
me
in
a
lot
of
ways
and
I.
Don't
think
I
would
be
the
person.
I
am
what's
that
with
Stephanie
Rodriguez.
Earlier
today,
I
went
to
a
tough.
O
Good
evening
everybody,
my
name
is
Miguel
Mejia
and
I
live
on
63,
Crescent
Ave
and
to
shut
off
reaches
evidence
in
to
me.
I
started
as
a
seventh
grader
went
up
to
graduated
and
went
out
to
work
outreach
and,
to
be
honest,
what
outreach
I
wouldn't
be
the
person
that
I
am
today
I
wouldn't
be
in
college
right
now.
If
it
wasn't
for
Kathleen,
Bray
and
Stephanie,
they
helped
me
a
lot
through
the
programs
that
they
were.
O
They
taught
me
how
to
public
speak
where
I
wouldn't
be
as
nervous
as
I
should
have
been
before
that
and,
to
be
honest,
I
think,
if,
if
you
don't
think
as
like
a
counselor
but
think
as
a
parent
yourselves,
you
don't
want
your
kids
to
be
out
on
the
streets
or
live
in
a
dangerous
life.
You
want
them
to
be
somewhere
safe
and
to
be
honest,
reach
for
me,
that's
what
it
was
I
was
so
I
got
introduced
to
each
by
a
friend
and
I
am
so
happy
to
that
friend.
O
I,
choose
me
to
reach
and
what
outreach
it's
like.
Nothing
I
would
go
home
before
reach.
I
would
just
go
home
at
2:30
and
do
nothing
go
to
sleep
play.
Video
games
don't
do
homework
and
my
mom
will
show
up
at
10:30
at
night.
10:00
I
was
go
to
sleep
and
then
start
all
over
again,
but
everyone
since
reach
started
and
I've
been.
O
It
has
just
been
a
second
family
to
me,
I'm,
so
excited
to
have
Kathleen
Bray,
as
one
of
my
coaches,
that
I
was
with
I
am
glad
to
have
Judy
Jackson
here
with
us.
Also
he
was.
He
was
a
good
coach,
a
good
tutor
as
well
and,
to
be
honest,
reaches
more
than
if
you
heard
all
these
kids
all
these
youth.
It
reaches
more
than
just
an
afternoon
after
school
program,
it's
more
like
a
family
to
them,
and
I've
begged.
O
You
guys
that
if
you
guys
just
think
really
hard
and
strong,
you
guys
can't
continue
reach
because
we
have
our
separate
funds.
So
we
don't
need
more
of
your
funds.
It's
just.
We
have
our
own
and
we
can
live
it
up.
But
to
be
honest,
I
agree
with
all
these
youth.
It
reaches
gand
and
future
for
kids
are
gone
just
in
general
and,
as
Kathleen
said,
is
more
than
to
continue
something.
O
That's
already
there,
then
to
start
from
zero
and
I'm
I
think
reach
for
letting
me
be
the
adult
that
I
am
now
I'm
got
to
graduate
this
year
from
Benjamin
Franklin
I
am
Peter's
technology
major
and
if
it
wasn't
for
Kathleen
and
the
program
that
I
was
win,
this
wouldn't
be
possible.
So
just
keep
that
in
mind,
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank.
A
P
Cuz
we're
a
family.
We're
not
doing
this
because
we
just
want
to
I
could
have
been
doing
something
else
right
now.
This
is
a
song
series
that
we
all
like
how
it
is
like.
We
all
hear
that
together
as
a
team,
it's
not
just
because
we're
hey
just
do
it
again,
because
we've
been
doing
something
else.
Everyone
here
crying
here
today
is
because
that
we
all
like
what
this
program
to
stay
up
we
want
to
be
together.
We
wants
to
live
as
a
family.
We
could
have
been
doing
something
else
on
our
spare
time.
P
We
all
do
this
because
we
care
about
each
other,
we're
here,
because
we
want
to
have
this
program
be
up.
We
want
our
families
to
like
be
better
thanks
for
the
job
I'm
able
to
help
my
family
pay
like
money
and
stuff
like
I
can
help
pay
right.
I
can't
pay
anything
I
can
help
pay
for
my
sister,
just
my
parents
can
be
super
busy.
Do
stuff.
I
have
this
job
now,
so
I
can
help
her
pay
for
stuff
my
low
sister.
She
can
do
her
own
thing,
so
I'll
help
her
out.
P
It's
all,
because
that,
thanks
to
this
program,
I'm
able
to
become
a
better
person
bigger
of
a
man
because
of
that
and
I
appreciate
that
from
Stephanie
and
Kathleen,
and
everyone
else
who's
came
here
today,
just
to
like
show
that
we're
not
here
alone,
because
we're
here
as
a
family.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
Q
Good
evening
my
name
is
Melissa.
Valentin
I
was
raised
in
a
city
of
Chelsea
and
also
worked
in
the
city
of
Chelsea.
Throughout
my
life,
my
graduating
class
is
2009,
which
90%
of
the
reach
were
graduated
class,
so
I
am
group
leader
and
the
middle
school
girls
in
the
seventh
inning
eighth
grade
at
the
time.
I
want
to
share
that.
Reach
has
helped
me
grow
on
in
many
ways,
not
only
as
a
group
leader
but
I
also
learned
a
lot
about
the
culture
backgrounds,
their
personalities
and
the
struggles
that
they
face
daily.
Q
A
lot
of
my
students
develop
relationship
skills
with
adults
and
their
peers
by
just
being
in
an
environment
where
we
can
all
share
our
stories
you
know
endured
through
conversations
or
through
journal
writing
activities,
learning
meaningful
topics
such
as
immigration
laws,
sexual
education,
learning,
how
to
cook
or
even
dancing
a
flop
off
for
Zumba,
which
is
something
that
the
kids
really
enjoy
at
the
time,
which
has
been
a
program
that
has
always
needed.
It
has
always
been
needed
in
our
community.
Q
I
wish
there
would
be
more
like
this
program
that
would
strengthen
the
reach
program
in
my
community
so
that
our
youth
can
have
a
place
where
they
can
learn
life
skills,
get
resources,
tutoring
and
just
have
some
ones
who
reach
out
soon.
They
all
know
that
they
all
matter
and
that
they
are
loved
when
they
come
into
our
program.
This
program
is
exactly
what
our
city
needs,
so
our
youth
can
continue
to
grow
and
be
productive
and
successful
residents
and
our
city
of
Chelsea.
Q
R
R
R
R
S
S
Iris
I
got
I
recently
got
my
master's,
a
Social,
Work
and
I
came
here
when
I
was
7
years
old
from
Kenya
I'm
a
refugee
camp
in
Chelsea
and
from
that
day
forward
I
be
trying
to
figure
out
not
again
this
system,
we
call
America
without
Chelsea
the
resources,
that's
provided
for
me
from
kindergarten
to
high
school
and
this
program.
That
has
provided
me
with
the
resources
right.
S
This
program
is
not
a
good
night.
We're
not
here
to
save
our
kids,
we're
here
to
provide
the
resources,
so
we
can
help
them
guide
them
so
who
they
want
to
be
when
they
grow
up,
and
that's
why
the
breach
has
done
for
me
and
I
come
back
here.
It
breaks
my
heart
that
were
right
here
talking
about
facing
our
reach.
What
are
we
doing
in
the
city?
What
are
we
doing
the
city
this
our
future
and
we're
over
you're,
taking
away
something
that's
working
to
do
what.
S
Right
as
our
future
in
everyday
I'm,
a
social
worker
for
reason,
I'm
a
social
worker
for
a
reason,
because
growing
up
I
reach,
I
Kathleen
I
had
people
that
believed
in
me.
That
has
helped
me
become
the
man.
I
am
today
I'm
a
counselor
at
Cambridge
Rindge
online
high
school.
Why
am
I?
There?
I
was
supposed
to
be
a
Chelsea
high
school.
S
Right
I
applied
to
the
Chelsea
high
school
as
a
social
worker,
with
my
masters
and
didn't
get
an
interview,
but
ten
schools
from
Boston
came
an
interview.
A
man
that
grew
up
in
Chelsea
went
to
all
the
schools
in
Chelsea,
high
school
went
to.
Undergird
gravity
came
back
to
the
city
to
come
back.
He
has
a
group
leader
and
it's
not
about
me
anymore,
there's
our
youth.
S
What
are
we
doing?
What
is
our
job
every
day
we
wake
up
to
do
what
to
support
youth
to
support
our
family,
so
they
can
have
the
best
chance
of
what
I
figure
now
who
they
trying
to
be
as
a
young
man
as
a
young
Queen
anyhow,
it
breaks
my
heart
I'm
here
today
and
they're
over
here
sitting
down
and
we
should
be
supporting
them.
How
can
we
expand
reach?
S
T
T
These
kids
need
advocates
and
what
you
hear
about
the
reach
program
that
other
programs
in
the
school
system
don't
have
is
the
emotional
support?
The
the
Stephanie
before
there
was
Stephanie
there
was
Kathleen
anything
you
hear
about
Stephanie
or
Kathleen.
You
could
say
about
Linda
and
that's
the
thing
that
differentiates
this
program
from
others
and
and
being
school
committee.
T
A
U
U
With
these
kids
and
honestly
I
just
tipped
my
hat's
off
to
these
kids,
but
I
want
you
guys
to
really
think
about
it.
The
school
to
Prison
Pipeline
is
real.
These
kids
have
nowhere
to
go.
That's
their
safe
place,
that's
their
safe
haven.
They
go
home
to
nothing
they
eat
there,
they
break
bread
together
over
there.
That's
their
community,
that's
their
family
and
you
guys
are
gonna
think
about
taking
that
away
from
them.
Where
are
they
gonna
be
at?
We
need
your
support.
U
V
V
You
have
to
you're
trying
to
do
what's
best
for
the
entire
school
district,
but
what
I
can
tell
you
is
that
what
you're
seeing
here
these
kids
are
engaging
civically
and
taking
pride
in
what
they're
doing
in
our
school
system.
This
is
what
the
entire
purpose
of
Education
and
the
public
school
system
is
to
create.
Good
citizens
at
units
are
prepared
for
the
future.
We
heard
from
somebody
that
button
that
is
getting
their
master's
degrees
in
social,
social
work
yeah.
V
Just
for
me
in
the
work
that
I
do
reach
means
a
lot.
The
losing
reach
would
would
be
a
really
big
blow
to
the
fabric
of
our
social
community.
So
I
really
want
to
thank
you
guys
for
being
here
tonight
and
for
the
impact
that
you
guys
are
doing
every
day.
So,
thank
you
and
I
know
it's
a
really
tough
decision,
but
please
reconsider.
W
Hello,
my
name
is
Leilani
Markovski.
My
address
is
866
Huntington
have
in
Boston
I'm
here
today,
representing
green
roots
and
the
youth
coordinator
there
I'm
going
to
keep
it
pretty
short
I
think
we
heard
a
lot
of
really
really
really
powerful
and
vulnerable
stories
from
our
young
people
here
today
and
I
want
to
applaud
all
of
you
because
I
know
it's
not
easy
and
just
like
Jose
said
when
we
talk
about
what
kind
of
young
people
do
we
want
to
see,
and
what
do
we
want
our
young
people
to
become
this?
W
W
Get
lost
really
really
concerns
me
because
I
know,
in
my
conversations
with
youth
and
my
conversations
with
parents,
the
areas
where
we're
seeing
our
youth
not
cared
for
in
the
city
as
adolescents
as
teens,
and
we
need
to
increase
programming
for
our
teenagers.
So
I
know
that
it's
a
tough
decision
and
I
really
want
us
to
to
really
try
to
come
together
to
create
a
solution,
because
no
one
should
have
to
be
afraid
or
scared
of
losing
their
family.
You
know,
I
was
just
at
a
training
that
Cambridge
Health
Alliance,
put
on
on
youth.
W
X
My
name
is
Leo
Robinson
I'll
disclose
that
I'm,
the
husband
and
Linda
Alioto
Robinson
I've,
been
around
the
program
since
it
started.
I've
been
an
unofficial
method.
So
most
of
these
kids,
who
are
here
how
to
deal
with
some
of
the
toughest
kids
in
our
community
who
are
sitting
out
here
and
who
have
turned
their
life
around
being
affiliated
with
reach,
see
Mohamed,
who
grew
up
in
Chelsea
and
who
went
on
got
his
master's
want
to
come
back
here
and
teach
in
Chelsea
and
didn't
have
the
opportunity.
X
Look
at
coach,
Jackson
and
in
fact,
that
he
has
on
these
young
young
people
here
at
Chelsea,
High
School,
another
person
who
was
affiliated
with
the
reach
program,
Stanley
who's,
actually,
the
guidance
teacher
over
at
Everett
high
school
and
the
head
basketball
coach
at
Chelsea
at
Everett
high
school.
So
he
could
see
the
benefits
that
these
young
people
getting
by
the
people
who
they
surround
themselves
with
and
I.
Think
it's
an
honor
for
them
to
be
here
to
address
the
school
committee
and
I'm
sure.
It's
not
easy
for
them
to
get
up
here
and
speak.
X
But
I've
been
around
the
program
since
the
beginning,
and
it's
unfortunate
that
some
of
yous
have
not
been
able
to
attend
the
graduation,
how
dinners
that
reach
has
done,
because,
if
you
did,
you
would
have
a
different
perspective
of
what
the
reach
program
is
and
I
just
want
to.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
A
Z
Good
evening
tonight
we're
gonna
be
looking
at
the
indicators
of
success
for
Chelsea
public
schools
for
October.
You
also
may
have
received
a
copy
of
September
as
well
in
that
last
month
there
was
a
full
agenda
and
we
did
not
get
to
the
September
ones.
I'm
gonna
speak
to
October,
because
most
of
it
is
cumulative,
if
you
do
have
any
questions
about
September
as
well,
I'm
happy
to
answer
them.
Z
If
we
could
this
sorry
this
month,
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
monthly
indicators
as
well
as
the
appendix
quarterly
grades
just
closed,
and
the
report
cards
will
be
coming
out
this
later
this
week,
but
we're
not
ready
to
report
on
them.
You'll
have
them
in
December
for
you,
okay,
if
you
could
start
on
page
three
about
our
attendance,
our
goal
for
attendance
district-wide
is
95%
and
you
can
see
that
grades
K
through
eight
are
meeting
that
goal.
We're
still
striving
to
improve
attendance
in
the
upper
grades.
Z
Z
Eight
looking
at
dropout
you'll
see
that
we
have
nine
more
students
that
have
dropped
out
this
month
from
last
month
and
overall,
we
have
seven
more
than
last
year
at
this
time,
however,
only
one
of
those
is
new
in
that
we
that
gap
was
created
last
month.
When
you
look
at
the
nine
students
that
have
dropped
out
or
that
or
the
twenty
that
have
dropped
out
overall
and
the
in
the
chart
on
the
bottom
of
the
page,
you
can
see
that
a
vast
majority
of
our
dropouts,
all
almost
75%,
are
from
our
ell
students.
Z
Z
They
are
mostly
ELL
students
who
have
been
dropping
out.
I,
don't
have
the
details
on
every
student,
but
you
can
see
from
the
details
on
page
seven
that
eight
of
them
have
plans
unknown.
That
generally
means
that
we
were
unable
to
contact
them
or
talk
to
them
about
why
they
were
leaving.
You
know
one
move
to
an
adult
education
program,
the
others
we
are
unable
to
determine
so.
Y
A
AA
AB
Y
Y
Y
Under
communications
I
do
want
to
let
you
know
that
you
have
before
you
the
November,
the
November
first
annual
report.
It
was
sent
to
you
October
31st,
digitally
by
email,
but
this
is
the
hard
copy
for
this
year.
That
is
a
Mass
General.
Our
requirement
that
you
received
the
annual
report
every
year
in
November.
First,
always
with
the
caveat
that
we
are
able
to
get
the
data
and
the
information
from
the
municipal
side
in
a
timely
fashion
as
well.
So
you
do
have
that
and
then
important
dates
coming
up
in
November.
Y
We
don't
have
a
full
of
big
lists
for
you,
but
November
14.
Today
tonight,
November
15th,
tomorrow
night
and
then
November
16th,
Friday
night
Chelsea,
High
School
play
The,
Laramie
Project
and
it
each
night
it
is
beginning
at
7:00
p.m.
November
19th.
The
inverse
and
morning
morning
workshop
at
the
collaborative
will
take
place
at
10:00
a.m.
Y
November
20th.
The
write
Science
and
Technology
Academy.
The
school
psych
council
meeting
will
be
at
9:00
a.m.
and
the
inverse
and
evening
workshop
at
Chelsea,
High
School
6:00
p.m.
November
21st
clock,
Avenue,
middle
school,
school,
psych,
council
meeting
and
parent
coffee
hour.
At
8:30
and,
of
course,
November
27th
to
the
29th,
there
is
no
school,
it's
Thanksgiving
break.
We
do
not
have
school
on
the
Wednesday
before
and,
of
course,
then,
there's
Thanksgiving
football
game,
so
all
of
those
will
be
on
the
they're.
Probably
there
already
the
website.
Y
Y
Y
First
of
all,
I
want
to
commend
all
of
you
that
spoke
tonight
and
I
am
extremely
impressed
with
your
public
speaking
skills,
but
also
to
the
confidence
in
terms
of
coming
forward
and
advocating
many
of
you
actually
also
helped
us
advocate
to
the
state.
Last
year
we
advocated
to
the
state
because
public
schools,
in
particular
gateway
cities,
urban
school
districts
like
Chelsea,
are
millions
upon
millions
of
dollars
underfunded.
As
of
2017.
Y
We
were
actually
seventeen
million
dollars
underfunded.
What
we
could
do
with
that
money?
We
have
been
going
through
five
consecutive
years
of
severe
budget
cuts
programs,
as
you
heard,
citizen
school
is
only
one
of
them,
but
programs
have
been
cut.
We
have
also
cut
staff
at
times
and
other
services
for
our
students.
We
have
tried
very
hard
to
do
it
in
a
very
strategic
way
so
that
our
students
were
not
harmed,
but
ultimately
any
urban
school
district
is
going
to
be
harmed
when
the
budget
cuts
continue
by
fiscal
19
we're
in
fiscal
20
year.
Y
We
did
ask
that
the
director,
at
the
time,
Linder
Elio
de
Robinson
and
her
staff
come
up
with
a
three
year
phase-out
plan
because
we
had
up
until
that
point
been
able
to
hold
harmless
the
reach
program
from
any
of
the
cuts.
The
three-year
phase-out
plan
was
developed
by
the
staff
and
submitted
to
us,
and
we
approved
it
right
now.
We
are
in
year
two
of
the
phase-out
plan.
Y
The
reason
for
the
phase-out
we
did
not
want
to
penalize
any
of
the
students
who
are
currently
enrolled
in
the
reach
program,
so
strategically
we
decided,
we
won't
put
any
new
students
in
and
we
will
make
sure
that
the
funds
are
there
for
all
students
to
get
to
graduation.
It
would
be
phased
out
by
June
2021.
According
to
the
plan.
Y
We
do
not
have
the
money
yet
and
the
legislation
is
called
the
student
Opportunity
Act.
It
is
not
here
yet
the
status
of
it
at
this
point
is
that
both
the
House
and
the
Senate
are
working
in
conference
committee
to
work
out
their
disagreements
and
ultimately
we're
hoping
it
makes
its
way
to
the
governor's
desk.
Ideally,
I
would
love
it
for
Thanksgiving,
so
we
can
all
be
extremely
grateful.
Y
We
are
waiting
for
the
student
Opportunity
Act.
You
will
here,
you
will
see
it
as
the
acronym
SOA
I
want
to,
however,
quell
our
expectations
and
remind
the
school
committee
of
the
need
of
fiscal
prudence,
you
must
continue
to
be
the
advocates
for
social
justice
and
equity
in
all
that
you
do
and
all
that
you
vote
on.
I
say
this,
because
any
new
money
will
be
each
and
every
year
subject
to
state
revenues
and
state-level
appropriations.
For
example,
our
Chadha
reimbursement.
This
year
was
only
funded
at
52%.
Y
We
also
don't
know
yet
the
accurate
methodology
that
they
will
be
used
for
for
counting
our
low-income
students
and
that
an
accurate
methodology
means
millions
of
dollars
to
our
school
district.
So
you
need
to
advocate
and
pay
attention
to
that
as
I
move
on
currently
the
school
department
due
to
inflation,
contract
obligations,
health
care
and
all
increased
costs
needs
an
additional
three
and
a
half
to
four
million
dollars
each
year
just
to
break.
Even
we
still
don't
know
what
the
student
Opportunity
Act
will
give
us.
Y
Y
So,
let's
turn
to
reach
moving
forward.
I
endorse
and
support,
reach
and
I
always
have
matter
of
fact.
I
held
reach
harmless
for
many
years
before
I
ended
up
having
to
ask
for
cuts,
while
I
made
cuts
throughout
the
rest
of
the
district.
In
fact,
as
assistant
superintendent,
I
represented
the
school
department
on
the
two-year
Community
Planning,
and
it
was
two
years
of
Community
Planning
with
the
Smith
foundation
that
created
the
reach
program
and
I
subsequently
hired
Linder
Elio
de
Robinson.
Y
As
the
director
we
currently
supplement
to
about
65%
the
salary
of
the
site
coordinator
and
the
part-time
clerk,
everything
else
is
grant
funded.
There
are
many
parts
of
the
program
of
reach
that
we
need
to
retain
that
work
extremely
well
and
they
prevail
once
that
promote
student
engagement,
public
speaking,
homework
help
mentoring,
leader,
ship
leadership,
development,
and
these
are
only
to
name
a
few
of
the
core
pieces
of
reach
that
need
to
be
retained.
Y
Y
The
area
of
grants
is
going
to
balloon
over
the
next
year
and
for
the
foreseeable
years
ahead.
I
have
already
suggested
to
superintendent
Almia
beta
that
she
hire
a
full
time.
Grant
writer
with
the
grants,
however,
come
new
requirements
and
deci
is
looking
for
new
models
of
student
programming
to
fund.
They
want
to
see
computer
science,
digital
literacy,
Korea
training,
to
name
only.
A
few
reach
is
extremely
well
positioned
to
go
for
these
grants
in
order
to
sustain
them
to
qualify
for
the
funds,
we
should
look
to
reimagining
a
new
reach,
reach
2.0.
Y
It
hasn't
been
looked
at
since
it's
time
to
look
at
it,
there's
no
harm
in
that
the
model
should
be
reimagined
and
it
needs
to
align
with
what
deci
is
looking
for.
That
way,
you
continue
to
receive
the
grants.
My
recommendation
to
dr.
Abeyta,
as
she
takes
over
from
me
on
January
1st,
would
be
to
do
the
following
convene
a
district
team
under
the
direction
of
assistant
superintendent,
Adam,
delay
D,
because
reach
falls
under
Adam
delay
D
now
he
should
lead
a
strategic
planning
during
the
spring
2020
semester,
ready
to
reimagine
for
the
following
year.
A
AB
A
AB
We
had
one
member
of
reach
come
up
after
another
and
I
think
I
heard
from
several
the
speakers
that
they
didn't
need
any
funding
now.
I,
don't
know
too
much
about
this,
but
I
am
I
would
like
to
investigate,
like
all
the
other
members
of
school
board,
I'm
sure
every
member
of
the
school
board
here
has
some
interaction
but
reached
during
the
years.
So
is
this
a
fallacy
that
reach
doesn't
need
anybody?
They
have
their
own
money,
reach.
Y
Monica,
you
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
there
is
some
funds
that
come
from
a
small
amount,
it's
a
supplemental
for
two
salaries
and
it
comes
from
our
chapter
70
keeping
in
mind,
as
the
other
cuts
have
been
going
through
the
years
we
have
also,
we
also
funded
the
prior
director,
etc.
So
we've
always
given
some
amount
of
our
funds
to
reach,
even
though
they
have
been
predominantly
funded
under
the
grants.
AB
A
AB
A
AD
Y
Y
AD
Y
We
have
actually
at
the
policies
and
procedures
we
actually
discussed
that
tonight,
and
so
that
will
be.
You
know
when
you
go
into
that
and
you
look
at
it
I
think
if
you
turn
into
the
third
page,
it
shows
all
the
after-school
programming
that
we
have
in
the
entire
district
and
it's
by
grade
range
as
well
as
the
difference
is
that
we
are
able
those
programs
we
are
able
to
fund,
through
mostly
our
title
one
and
our
title
for
federal
grants.
AA
Good
evening
superintendent
Bork
school
committee,
chair
MLS,
thank
you.
My
report
will
be
pithy
but
exciting.
At
the
same
time,
every
time
I
come
up
here,
I
say
how
proud
I
am
to
be
in
Chelsea
and
I
feel
so
grateful
just
been.
It's
been
a
wonderful
three
months,
I've
been
here
92
days,
I'm
wrapping
up
my
listening
learning
phase
of
my
entry
I
have
conducted
one-to-one
meetings
with
fifty
two
individuals
for
group
sessions
for
community
conversations
that
engage
staff,
community
and
partners.
I
have
visited
all
the
schools
and
continue
to
visit.
AA
Schools
and
I
have
analyzed
a
lot
of
data
and
reports
and
read
through
a
lot
of
reports
in
this
process.
I
have
learned
a
lot
about
Chelsea
public
schools.
So
this
part
of
my
entry
plan,
the
listening
and
learning,
is
complete
in
this
process.
I
plan
to
analyze
all
the
information
and
synthesize
all
the
information
with
cabinet,
so
that
I
can
present
an
entry
report
to
you
soon
so
I
plan
on
getting
that
out
and
probably
January
when
I
start
so
and
that
will
be.
That
report
will
help
guide
us
during
the
budget
session.
AA
But
at
the
same
time
we
already
have
a
suit
because
I'm
fortunate,
we
already
have
a
strategic
plan
in
place
that
history
report
is
going
to
complement
the
current
strategic
plan,
so
I
look
forward
to
working
with
cabinet
to
analyze
and
synthesize.
All
the
information
that
I
have
been
collecting
and
I
will
get
a
report
out
to
you
soon.
So,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
Budget
finance
subcommittee
met
October
24th
in
attendance
was
Lucia
Regas,
myself,
rosemary
Carlile,
Harry
Wilson
and
Hernandez
super-tender
left
army,
Abeyta,
assisted
superintendent.
Mr.
de
lady
and
district
interim
assistant
for
student
support
Monica
Lum
boy,
the
meeting
started
at
5:30
6:00.
There
were
several
items
on
the
agenda
to
accept
private
grants
for
the
school
year,
2019
2020,
which
we'll
be
voting
on
later
on
today
from
Mondale's
international
fiscal
products
for
the
host
Hook
school,
$400,
Arbella
and
Sharons
foundation.
A
Also
for
the
hook
school
$400,
the
Boston
foundation,
Hildred
storefront
for
the
CoA
for
25,000
motion
was
made
by
Miss
Garcia
and
moved
forward
for
approval
of
the
school
committee.
Tonight
we
also
talked
about
back
to
school
celebration,
gifts
in
the
amount
of
1500
they
received,
and
cash
donations
and
5765
in
donations
of
food
and
other
items.
Considering
an
action
to
approve
the
use
of
2600
from
the
gift
account
for
the
purpose
of
funding
the
school
year.
A
Budget
transfers
were
reviewed,
a
meeting
adjourned
at
5:56
p.m.
do
we
have
emotions
was
at
the
budget
and
finance
subcommittee.
Many
minutes.
Any
objection
is
no
motion
passed,
unfinished
business.
None
moving
on
to
new
business.
Mr.
Ricca
moves
to
accept
the
award
awarded
allocations
for
the
below
listed
private
grants
for
the
school
year,
2019
2020,
Mandel's
international
Nabisco
products
for
the
hook,
school
$400,
our
Bella
Insurance
foundation
for
the
hook,
school
$400
and
the
Boston
foundation.
AE
A
Affirmative
three
EPs
and
motion
passes
mr.
Rick
irika
moves
to
accept
gifts
for
back-to-school
celebration,
consideration
and
action
to
accept
1500
in
cash
donations
for
the
annual
back-to-school
celebration
in
approximately
five
thousand
seven
hundred
and
sixty
five
in
donations
of
food
and
other
items
in
consideration
and
action
to
approve
the
use
of
two
thousand
six
hundred
from
the
gift
account
for
the
purpose
of
funding
the
school
year.
2019
2020
back-to-school
celebration.
A
Explanation:
a
number
of
individuals
and
companies
donated
generously
to
Chelsea
schools
in
part
of
this
year's
back-to-school
celebration
each
year.
These
funds
are
accepted
by
the
School
Committee
in
deposited
into
the
gift
account
school
committee.
Approval
is
needed
to
authorize
the
use
of
up
to
two
thousand
six
hundred
from
the
gift
account
for
expenses.
For
that
event,
roll
call.
AE
On
the
motion
to
accept
$1,500
in
cash
donations
and
approximately
five
thousand
seven
hundred
sixty
five
dollars
in
donations
of
food
and
other
items
for
the
annual
back-to-school
celebration
and
to
approve
the
use
of
two
thousand
six
hundred
dollars
from
the
gift
account
for
the
purpose
of
funding
the
2019
2020
back-to-school
celebration:
Miss
Hernandez,
yes,
Miss
Alfaro
mr.
Wilson.
Yes,.
AD
D
A
In
the
affirmative,
one
absent
motion
passes
mr.
Regan
moves
to
approve
a
resolution,
an
amended
easement
of
grant
power
option
so
select
access
to
the
school
roof
of
Clark
Avenue
middle
school.
In
order
to
provide
require
maintenance
to
the
solar
panel
system
and
authorized
the
superintendent
to
execute
any
and
all
documents
associated
with
the
easement
power
option,
select
explanation
in
May
2018,
the
School
Committee
granted
an
easement
to
power,
option
seller
to
access
the
school
roof
of
the
Clark
Avenue
middle
school.
So
the
company
could
access
the
roof
and
maintain
the
solar
panels.
AE
The
motion
to
approve
a
resolution
and
an
amended
easement
to
grant
power
option,
select
access
to
the
school
roof
at
Clark
Avenue
middle
school
in
order
to
provide
required
maintenance
to
the
solar
panel
system
and
authorize
the
superintendent
to
execute
any
and
all
documents
associated
with
the
easement
to
power
options.
Select
miss
Hernandez,
miss
Alfaro
mr.
Wilson.
Yes,.
AD
D
A
AE
AD
AF
AF
I
guess
I
was
I
was
sharing
with
the
committee.
Another
committee
member
that
obviously
tried
to
review
the
agenda
beforehand
to
make
sure
I
have
that
understanding
and
come
prepared,
and
he
heard
that
there's
like
an
RFP
RFP
process
for
up
a
little
back
Ernest
has
that
is
the
owner
did
I
understand
it's
already
been
done
and
we're
just
extending
into
a
ten
year
or
are
we
voting
on
approving
that
the
process
like
we.
Q
A
AG
A
monocle
and
Boyd
director
of
administration
and
Finance
per
state
law.
We
have
to
go
and
solicit
proposals
for
leased
space.
We
are
not
actually
able
to
extend
the
lease
that
we're
in
so
the
agreement
that
was
signed
was
for
five
years
when
that's
over.
We
do
not
have
any
ability
to
extend
that
so
we're
gonna
go
out
for
requests
to
proposals,
which
means
any
property
owner
in
Chelsea
will
be
able
to
tell
us
what
space
they
might
have
available
that
meets.
AF
AE
AD
D
D
A
The
affirmative
one
lapse
and
motion
passes
next
consideration
in
action
to
authorize
the
district
to
enter
into
a
lease
agreement
of
up
to
ten
years
with
a
property
owner
for
lease
space
for
Chelsea
opportunity,
Academy
and
the
intergenerational
literacy
project.
The
School
Committee
has
authorized
funding
in
the
current
year
budget
for
lease
antenna,
improvement
for
the
relocation
of
Chelsea
opportunity,
Academy
and
the
intergenerational
literacy
project.
District
staff
must
prepare
requests
for
proposals
to
identify
a
leased
space
for
the
school
and
program.
A
A
period
of
10
years
is
requested
to
be
able
to
forecast
the
lease
costs
over
the
long
term
and
provide
stability
to
the
school
in
the
program
in
terms
of
where
they
will
be
located
school
committee.
Approval
is
required
prior
to
advertising
a
RFP
for
lease
for
more
than
three
years
and
month.
Roko.
AE
AD
AE
A
A
So
mr.
Reyes
is
not
here
today,
just
me
to
excuse
her.
She,
her
daughter,
had
her
first
grandchild,
so
she's
very
excited
they're.
Actually
she
had
to
go
to
Pennsylvania.
So
that's
why
she
is
not
there.
Are
there
any
closing
remarks?
Any
other
school
committee
members
would
like
to
share
miss
Garcia.
AC
Quick,
just
a
quick
announcement
to
the
members
of
the
School
Committee
for
the
next
policy
and
procedures.
Meeting
I
will
be
proposing
that
we
change
Columbus
Day
to
indigenous
peoples
day
and
I've
written
a
piece
on
the
newspaper.
If
you
want
to
find
out
more
and
I
will
go
into
a
great
detail
during
our
policy
and
procedures.
Meeting
look
forward
today.
Thank.
A
C
AF
That
the
majority
of
the
students
are
gone.
Hopefully,
if
there's
anybody
watching
or
can
pass
the
message,
but
just
really
grateful
for
the
organizing
that
allowed
them
to
come
here
tonight
and
the
staff
and
their
labor
is
very
moving
to
hear
their
stories.
I
know
that
we
all
feel
you
know
really
proud
about.
AF
The
work
that's
happening
reached
collectively
and
you
know
I
was
hearing
particularly
one
of
the
students
share,
an
experience
about
you
know,
leaving
high
school
and
going
on
to
Northeast
and
those
are
often
stories
and
we
connect
that
with
statistics
and
there's
different
opinions
and
perspectives
about
that.
But
I
just
wanted
to.
AF
Let
all
students
in
the
city
know
that,
irrespective
of
your
path
as
long
as
you
have
the
space
to
continue
on
your
path,
that
that
is
a
really
great
job
and
that
you
know
I,
look
forward
to
hearing
more
about
reach
and
I
think
all
of
us
really
want
to
be
supportive
of
that
space
and
the
students
and
I
appreciate
dr.
Burke
for
all
her
work
there
and
the
school
committee,
for
you
know
supporting
the
program
currently
to
be
still
still
a
thing
for
our
students
and
still
present
in
our
high
school.
AF
AD
AD
Robinson
and
Kathleen
and
Stephanie
and
the
rest
of
the
crew
out
there
who's
doing
a
great
job
and
been
doing
a
great
job
since
I've
been
there
for
2013
I
also
had
the
pleasure
of
going
to
a
couple
of
the
dinner
graduation
events
that
reach
had
in
each
year
that
I've
been
there
just
to
see
the
video
of
the
progress
that
the
kids
have
been
doing
over
the
years.
It's
remarkable,
but
when
I
see
what
I
saw
today
at
the
city
as
a
school
committee,
remember
not,
as
a
resident
I
see
the
passion
I
see.
AD
That
too,
took
students
to
get
up
in
front
of
us
in
front
of
school
committee
and
City
counselors
and
fight
for
what
they
what
they
want,
what
they
deserve
opportunity
to
do
something
when
the
student
was
talking,
I
wrote
the
word
to
reach
our
e
ACH
down
and
the
letter,
and
each
letter
represents
something
to
me
from
these
students.
Speaking
there
are
representative
resource
for
the
e
educate,
the
a
was
advocate,
the
C
was
challenged
and
the
H
they
kept,
bringing
back
the
word
family.
AD
Is
that
bringing
back
home
to
me
so
maybe
I'm
biased,
maybe
whatever
you
want
to
use
this
terminology
to
describe
me
for
the
passion
that
I
have
for
reach,
but
I've
seen
some
amazing
young
people
come
out
of
that
program,
and
now
I
was
at
the
high
school
today,
and
I
saw
some
other
young
kids
there.
That
was
the
era
when
I
was
with
a
coffee,
talk
grader
now
they're
in
the
sophomores
and
junior
high
school
right
now
at
the
high
school,
and
they
still
to
the
program.
So
it's
a
remarkable
program.
AD
A
AH
Say
anything,
but
tonight
was
very
an
emotional
night
for
me,
because
what
I
saw
is
a
motion
coming
from
the
students
in
the
reach
program,
and
that
tells
you
a
lot
about
these
students
that
they
have
emotion.
They
have
feelings
and
they
have
the
best
interest
of
this
program.
The
reach
program,
thanks
to
Linda,
thanks
to
Stephanie
Kathy,
all
you,
people,
Leo,
you
backed
them
up
from
the
start.
I
know
you
have
and
Deanna
I
know
you've
been
these
for
these
students.
I
want
to
thank
you
too
and
Joe.
AH
Thank
you
all
for
being
there
for
these
kids,
but
I
truly
believe
we
need
this
program
in
the
city
of
Chelsea.
We
cannot
let
these
students
come
up
here
and
tell
us
how
they
feel
about
that.
Something
is
so
important
in
their
life
and
likely,
like
Henry,
said
it's
family.
These
kids
need
this
outside
the
home
to
keep
them
going
and
to
see
some
of
them
to
come
up
here
and
see
how
well
they
did
from
the
reach
program.
AH
We
all
need
to
make
sure
that
we
fight
to
make
sure
this
program
comes
back
and
stays
in
the
city
of
Chelsea
says.
I
was
very
proud
of
these
students,
like
Henry,
said
to
the
students
that
come
out
and
fought
for
what
they
wanted
for
the
outside
graduation.
These
kids
are
fighting
for
the
the
rest
of
your
life
and
to
have
something
in
their
life,
and
we
need
to
keep
that
reach
program
going.
AI
No
brave
that
they
were
sharing
with
us
all
of
their.
You
know
feelings
and
what
rich
means
to
them.
But
I
will
say
also
that
when
we
were
doing
that
social
capital
campaign
Catherine
brain
mentioned,
it
was
one
of
the
need
not
only
for
rich.
There
is
more
than
a
rich
program
that
is
nearing
Chelsea,
because
kids
in
Chelsea
needs
programs
for
kids.
AI
According
to
that
research
that
we
did
close
to
13
years
now,
it
was
program
for
children
on
the
ages
of
11
through
15,
because
that's
the
ages,
when
all
of
the
after-school
program
are,
you
know
not
longer
available
for
them,
and
this
idea
of
rich
grew
up.
I.
Remember
that
we
were
having
several
mini
with
different
funders.
AI
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
my
heart
was
crying
with
them,
because
on
a
mother
of
four
and
two
of
my
kids
benefit
from
rich
I
was
also
on
the
PLC
for
several
years.
Mary
was
there
too,
and
due
to
you
know,
prior
commitments,
I
had
to
renounce
the
the
PLC,
but
still
in
my
heart
and
I
just
wanted
to.
Let
everybody
in
there
in
the
city
know
that
we
are
all
rich.
AI
Everybody
is
one
of
you
have
rich
in
your
heart,
because
this
kids
were,
they
were
asking
for,
is
love
understanding,
compassion
because
they
don't
feel
that
there
is
that
many
resources
in
our
city
and
I
think
we
all
own
it
to
this
kids
and
that's
why
I
feel
that
we
still
still
have
time
to
revisit
rich
2021
is
far
along
still
a
lot
of
time
and
Mary.
You
give
some
recommendation
of
funding
that
they
can
be
eligible
for
so
I
hope
that
they
also
revisit
that
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
continue
to.