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good
evening,
happy
thursday
and
welcome
to
our
school
committee
meeting
on
this
thursday
evening.
I
believe
we
have
three
meetings
left,
we're
so
close
to
the
end
of
the
school
year.
Our
schools
are
open.
Let's
keep
the
momentum
up
and
let's
begin
our
meeting,
I'm
calling
the
meeting
to
order
at
701
and
let's
begin
with
our
pledge
of
allegiance,
so
school
committee
members
and
central
office
team.
Please
join
me
in
unmuting
ourselves
and
beginning
our
pledge
of
allegiance.
A
A
C
A
D
A
E
A
G
G
I
went
to
the
berkowitz
in
elementary
and
I
went
to
the
right
up
until
sixth
grade
and
I
noticed
a
common
trend
with
my
experience
in
chelsea
public
schools.
I
realized
there
was
a
lack
of
recognition
for
people.
Like
me,
I
realized
there
was
a
lack
of
recognition,
a
lack
of
identification
and
a
lack
of
celebration
of
people.
Like
me,
there
is
a
a
community
of
arab
students,
just
like
me
in
chelsea,
while
we
are
a
small
community
we're
still
here
and
we
contribute
just
as
much
as
everyone
else.
G
G
G
I
Islam,
el
wedi
188,
brook
street
east
boston,
massachusetts,
zero,
two
one,
two
eight
so
heritage
months
are
the
perfect
opportunity
that
designates
celebrating
and
acknowledging
various
ethnic
and
marginalized
groups
in
these
periods
of
time.
It's
really
not
only
important
to
celebrate,
but
also
educate
others
on
various
groups,
histories
and
contributions
to
american
history.
Specifically,
when
it
comes
to
being
an
arab
american,
you
realize
that
even
in
2021,
most
people
don't
know
what
it
means
to
be
arab.
I
There
is
still
a
lot
of
heavy
discrimination
of
arab
americans
to
this
day,
especially
in
a
world
where
minorities
are
always
constantly
being
attacked.
It's
very
important
to
fight
ignorance
with
education
april
is
arab
heritage
month.
It
is
also
the
perfect
opportunity
for
arab
americans
wherever
they
may
live,
that
being
east
boston
or
chelsea.
I
To
take
a
second
and
appreciate
that
arabs
are
more
than
just
the
stereotypes
that
flow
around
us.
We've
contributed
so
much
to
civil
civilization
that
including
mathematics,
astronomy,
our
cultural
foods
etc,
and
from
seeing
excel
celebrate
arab
heritage
month,
it's
united,
my
school,
even
more
than
it
once
was
celebrating
this
month
in
chelsea.
A
H
H
I
still
am
a
resident
of
chelsea
and
want
to
put
a
couple
of
things
into
perspective,
knowing
the
couple
of
things
into
perspective,
knowing
that
the
action
to
pass
the
resolution
to
acknowledge
arab
heritage
month
in
chelsea,
public
schools
is
happening
today,
so
me,
and
a
couple
of
other
students
also
want
to
attend
for
that
purpose
and
I'm
sure
you've
already
heard
from
them.
As
our
students
from
excel
high
school
we've
been
able
to
host
many
events
and
do
many
things
in
celebration
of
our
air
heritage.
Because
of
our
club,
our
student
union.
H
We
wanted
to
provide
the
student
perspective
of
things
and
how
acknowledging
our
heritage
month
to
be
its
own
official
month
would
individually
impact
us
and
bring
students
up
in
our
schools
just
like
coming
from
one
community
to
another,
while
that
population
of
arab
students
might
not
be
nearly
as
high
as
hispanic
students
in
chelsea.
There
still
is
a
high
population
of
us
out
there.
The
issue
that
I
found
is
that
there
have
been
many
barriers
holding
us
arab
students
back
from
putting
ourselves
out
there
for
reasons
such
as.
H
What
do
we
want
to
do
after
we've
established
a
club
and
honestly
being
able
to
celebrate
our
heritage
month
gives
students
something
to
do
such
as
planning.
Events
like
we've
been
able
to
do
answering
all
those
questions.
However,
in
my
personal
experience,
the
biggest
barrier-
and
I'm
sure
it
applies
to
many
other
arab
students
as
well-
is
education,
and
by
that
I
don't
mean
what
we're
learning
in
our
classes.
H
I
found
that
instead
of
spending
most
of
this
month
celebrating
my
identity
as
an
arab
american,
I've
actually
been
spending
a
lot
of
time,
educating
others
on
common
misconceptions
or
stereotypes
that
they've
had
about
us.
I
love
explaining
things
to
people
about
my
culture
and
my
identity,
especially
what
comes
with
being
an
arab
american,
but
as
I've
grown
older,
I've
been
shocked
again
and
again
by
how
many
misconceptions
come
with
it
things
that
I've
thought
were
common
information,
actually
weren't
common
information.
H
It's
been
like
a
slap
to
the
face
every
time
I
come
to
that
realization
again,
but
I've
noticed
that,
with
every
event
in
april
that
our
club
has
hosted
at
excel
close
friends
or
even
friends
that
I
don't
even
talk
to
as
much
of
and
extremely
open
to
learning
about
what
we're
doing
I'd
get
like
a
random
text,
apologizing
for
not
attending
and
then
asking
me
to
fill
them
in
on
what
they
missed
randomly
and
knowing
how
similar
our
communities
are.
I'm
sure
that
would
happen
in
chelsea
as
well.
H
It's
really
heartwarming
to
see
that,
and
even
though
we
don't
really
need
a
designated
month
to
celebrate
this
part
of
our
identity,
it's
still
great
to
have
a
specific
month,
just
to
be
yourself
to
celebrate
something
that
makes
you
you
and
I
hope
to
see.
The
changes
that
I've
seen
in
my
community
excel
also
happened.
There.
A
J
Great
well,
I'm
excited
to
turn
it
over
to
dr
jennings,
dr
jennings
has
been
with
us
now,
as
he
says
six
months
and
he's
going
to
provide
an
update
on
his
work
and
what
he
has
been
doing
with
our
equity
audits,
and
so
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
him.
I'm
going
to
stop
sharing
my
screen
and
let
him.
K
Great,
let
me
first
say
thank
you
so
much,
dr
beta
and
council
for
allowing
me
to
present
to
you.
I
won't
be
before
you
long,
but
I
will
say
first
how
I'm
appropriate,
how
fortuitous
it
is
for
sarah
islam
and
to
insulin
to
share
with
us
to
remind
us
the
importance
of
our
arab
community
here
in
chelsea.
So
I
thank
you.
K
So
I
am
excited
to
be
here.
On
the
last
time
I
was
before
you
I
presented,
I
believe,
in
january,
a
couple
of
months
later.
This
is
mark
my
six
months
of
being
with
you
all.
I'm
doubly
excited
and
happy
my
first
presentation,
I
kind
of
shared
with
you,
my
onboarding.
I
focus
in
on
the
listening
and
learning
audit
share
with
you,
my
fear
of
action,
kind
of
what
I
would
like
to
believe
to
be
a
phase.
K
K
The
leadership
academy,
equity
audit
and
the
leisure
academy
is
the
organization
that
we
decided
to
use
to
lead
this
equity
audit
process
for
us
and
their
equity
audits
involve
the
collection
of
specific
district
data
that
focus
on
particular
needs
and
areas
of
concern.
I
want
to
highlight
particular
needs
and
areas
of
concern
and
I'll
address
that
later
in
the
presentation,
but
I
want
you
to
see
that
I
want
you
to
make
note
of
that.
K
The
organization
of
that
data
gives
stakeholders
the
opportunity
to
identify
the
policies,
practices
and
behaviors
that
may
be
contributing
to
gaps
in
outcomes
and
access
for
key
groups
of
students,
the
organization
of
that
data
of
identifying
our
policies,
practices
of
behavior.
It
allows
us
to
diagnose
one,
our
current
state
of
equity
in
the
district,
two
focal
points
and
three
recommended
strategies
for
making
improvement.
K
End,
let
me
first
say
that
I
am
extremely
excited
about
the
equity
audit
committee
team
that
we
have
assembled
each.
The
team
represents
three
three
distinct
roles:
the
leadership
academy
team,
the
co-chairs,
as
well
as
the
nine
committee
members,
and
I
will
say
that
we
only
have
nine
committee
members,
because
the
leadership
academy
stresses
the
the
nine
as
far
as
being
a
manageable
number.
They
say
more
than
that,
then
the
work
is
the
fusion
process
takes
place,
but
the
leadership
academy.
K
Co-Craft
focus
group
questions
attend
meetings,
co-develop
root
cause,
as
well
as
contribute
to
shaping
action
plan.
As
you
will
see,
there
is
a
lot
of
code,
developing
co-planning
co-crafting,
going
back
to
our
commitments.
This
process
is
collaborative,
no
one
deletion
academy
nor
the
nor
the
co-chairs
nor
the
committee.
No
one
has
an
agenda
that
they're
running
on
their
own,
but
this
is
truly
a
collaborative
process
and
we
all
collectively
together,
have
our
hands
in
this
process.
K
Another
thing
that
that
excites
me
the
most
about
this
committee
is
that
we
are
truly
diverse
myself,
I'm
the
co-chair,
along
with
president
garcia,
who
is
your
president
of
the
school
committee
she's,
the
co-chair
of
the
equity
team
with
me
and
then
obviously,
dr
beta
is
an
ex-officio
when
we
have,
as
you
see
from
member
representation,
we
have
eight
individuals
of
groups
in
the
district
plus
one
community
member.
As
for
educators,
we
have
two
assistant
principals
on
the
team,
one
principal
one
curriculum
coordinator,
one
teacher
one
dean
and
one
paraprofessional
for
gender
identity.
K
K
K
School,
so
I
mentioned
earlier
about
that.
The
equity
audit
is
focused
on
specific
data,
specific
needs
and
so
based
on
the
listening
learning
tool,
the
qualitative
data
that
I
gathered
and
speaking
to
over
103
individuals
plus
multiple
groups
of
parents.
So
I
spoke
to
over
125
individuals
through
my
listening
and
learning
tour
plus
dr
abeda's
initial
listening
tour.
K
Our
focus,
our
main
focus
for
our
equity
audit
is
culture.
Competency,
the
cultural
competency,
we're
looking
at
culturally
responsive
teachers
and
staff,
ensure
all
students
have
access
to
to
learning
experiences
that
are
relevant,
respectful
of
different,
rich
and
engaging
within
the
cultural
competency.
The
leadership
academy
has
identified
six
priority.
Errors.
K
Excuse
me
that
it's
found
within
his
research
to
help
districts
become
more
equitable
in
their
systems,
so
those
six
areas
are
establish,
communicate
and
garner.
Support
for
vision
of
equity,
as
an
example
will
be
communicate
clearly
to
the
community
that
our
teachers
and
staff
members
will
be
trained
in
and
observed
for
their
use
of
culturally
responsive
curriculum.
That's
an
example.
K
The
second
priority
area
is
develop.
A
highly
effective
team
of
equity-minded,
educators
and
leaders,
an
example
of
that,
would
be
ensure
that
all
educators
understand
and
honor
the
characteristics
and
contributions
of
different
ethnic
groups.
The
third
focus
area
or
excuse
me
priority
area
is
set
accountability,
measures
and
monitor
progress.
K
K
K
You
will
find
these
six
priority
areas
as
a
move
forward,
embedded
in
in
our
other
areas
of
focus
now
getting
to
other
areas
of
focus.
We
have
four
sub-areas
culture.
Competency
itself
is
inclusive
of
everything,
but
we
do
have
some
areas
where
we
need
to
lean
in,
and
those
four
areas
are
pedagogy
personnel,
family
engagement
and
discipline.
K
So
once
again,
I
want
to
remind
you,
within
these
four
areas
we
will
look
and
see
where,
in
our
policies,
practices
and
systems
and
equity
lie,
so
in
teaching
teaching
that
is
individualized,
highly
qualitative
and
rigorous
is
going
to
have
the
greatest
impact
on
student
achievement
for
our
students.
Personnel
students
are
most
likely
to
be
successful
if
they
have
diverse,
culturally,
responsive
and
highly
effective
teachers
and
other
staff
members.
Family
engagement,
strong
relationships
between
school,
family
and
community
result
and
significant
gains
in
student
learning,
better
family
child
relationships
and
lower
dropout
rates.
K
K
Leading
to
the
data,
there
obviously
will
be
two
types
of
data
that
we
will
gather:
that's
both
qualitative
and
quantitative.
The
qualitative
data
will
consist
of
focus
groups
and
surveys.
We
will
have
six
focus
groups
that
will
be
60
minutes
long.
The
leadership
academy
requested
it
be
10..
I
asked
them
for
one
more
and
they
agreed
and
we'll
have
one
facilitator.
There
one
note
taker.
K
However,
all
stakeholders
will
have
opportunity
to
complete
surveys
and
so
focus
groups
and
surveys
will
potentially
include
residents
of
chelsea
school
committee.
Members
principals,
I
mean
the
whole
gamut.
Everyone
who
touches
the
district
in
some
shape,
form
or
fashion
will
find
themselves,
ideally
in
focus
group
or
survey.
K
So
the
next
four
months,
right
now
in
april
president
garcia
maritza
and
I
did
engage
in
a
pre-launch.
We
met
with
the
leadership
academy,
shared
our
desires
and
concerns,
as
we
do
this
equity
audit
april.
The
fifth
was
our
first
equity
audit
meeting.
Our
second
meeting
would
be
the
28th
of
april,
and
at
this
meet
we
will
set
our
focus
on
our
focus
groups,
questions
etc.
K
Moving
into
april
and
may
we
will
establish
the
current
state,
and
this
is
when
we
gather
data.
It
is
from
the
data
that
we'll
be
able
to
establish
with
our
current
state
after
we
gather
all
the
data.
We'll
excuse
me
data,
we'll
move
into
may
june,
where
we
will
begin
to
lean
into
and
discover
root
causes.
K
Once
again,
I
want
to
make
sure
there's
a
distinction
between
root
causes
and
symptoms.
Oftentimes
we
get
caught
up
in
symptoms,
we
put
interventions
towards
symptoms
and
not
root
causes
and
then,
lastly,
having
a
clear
understanding
of
the
root
cause,
we
will
develop
a
plan
of
action
together
that
we
will
use.
You
will
see
through
this
time
and
task
chart.
There
is
coherency,
there
is
a
through
line
and
everything
adds
for
each
other.
So
nothing
is
is,
is,
is
out
of
order
or
happenstance.
K
So
next
steps
as
a
reminder,
I'm
committed
to
learning.
As
hearing
hearing
hearing,
we
will
be
gauging
in
the
district
data
from
the
district
data.
It
will
give
us
our
current
state
from
our
current
state,
we'll
lean
into
the
root
cause.
What
are
the
root
causes
once
we
have
an
inside
information
we'll
be
beginning
to
then
to
develop
an
action
plan?
K
It
is
with
this
actual
plan
in
mind
that
we
will
lean
into
a
district-wide
equity
plan.
So
once
again,
with
the
leadership
academy
recommendations
in
hand,
we
would
then
take
that
document
to
begin
to
work
on
a
district-wide
equity
plan.
This
plan
will
be
three
to
five
years.
I
believe
it
will
touch
school
committee
district
level
as
well
as
school
level,
and
we
will,
because
this
is
a
district-wide
plan.
K
K
Crashed
understand
so
I
would
do
that.
I
will
invite
president
garcia
moritza,
if
you
want
to
add
into
that
too,
as
co-chair,
please
feel
free
to
do
so.
I
see
dr
beta
is
is
booting
on
right
now
for
a
couple
of
seconds.
Thank
you
doctor,
as
I
dr
betty,
isn't
here.
So
I
guess,
but
I
was
just
saying
doc.
Please
feel
free
to
jump
in
chime
in
any
time
during
this
question.
Answers
I'll
also
offer
the
same
extension
to
president
garcia
moritz
as
well.
A
A
We
are
so
committed
to
do
this
work
and
if
it
wasn't
for
the
students
and
all
of
the
advocacy
behind
this
work,
we
would
not
have
created
this
position
for
aaron
or
dr
jennings.
We
would
not
have
been
as
far
as
we
have
come
along
in
this
process.
So
thank
you
and
thank
you
in
advance
for
answering
the
questions
joining
the
focus
groups
and
just
participating
along
in
this
journey
with
us.
A
B
K
F
Just
wanted
to
add,
you
know
it's
it's
a
lot
of
work
and
in
your
time
here
you've
done
a
lot
of
work.
So
thank
you
for
that.
It's
not
easy
and
it's
still
a
long
process
that
we
have
to
go
through,
but
you
know
I
like
what's
in
place
in
the
steps
that
we're
taking
to
get
to
where
we
want
to
be
so.
Thank
you
very
much.
K
Mr
net,
your
support,
your
support,
is,
is
one
first
and
foremost
is
unwavering,
but
two.
It
means
a
lot
because
of
the
commitment
and
intimacy
that
you
have
towards
this
community.
So
having
you
on
the
team
and
being
a
champion
and
being
a
part
of
this
process
is
worth
his
wait
and
go
so
I
say
thank
you
a
million
times
over.
Thank.
L
You
a
quick
question-
and
you
may
have
mentioned
this,
so
I'm
sorry
if
you
did
so
when
thinking
about
the
focus
groups,
I'm
curious.
If
will
there
be
like
specific,
like
subs
like
like
when
it
says
cross
section
of
stakeholders?
I
guess
my
question
is
like:
is
it
going
to
be
like
different
focus
groups
on
different
topics,
or
will
it
be
like
a
cross-section
of
different
people
across
the
district
in
each
of
them.
K
L
K
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you,
sir.
Once
again,
I
just
want
to
repeat
that.
Please
know
school
committee
that
you
may
get
invites
to
a
focus
group
or
survey.
Please
please,
please,
I
beg
you,
beseech
you
to
respond.
Your
information
and
insight
is
vitally
important
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
capture
as
many
stakeholders
the
voice
of
perspective
as
possible.
We,
you
know,
I'm
I'm
thanking
you
thanking
you
in
advance.
A
L
I
I
do
have
one
one
last
question:
I'm
curious
just
on
the
timeline
for
the
process,
looking
at
the
slide
around
developing
the
plan
of
action,
it
says
that
that
would
happen
in
june
and
july,
and
I
know
that
in
the
past
we
have
not
met
during
those
during
those
months.
So
I'm
curious,
you
know,
will
we
be
in
conversation
kind
of
ask
this
plan
of
action
is
being
developed
or
will
we
kind
of
hear
about
it
after
it's
developed
and
in
full
just
curious
like
what
that
communication
is
gonna.
J
J
H
J
A
A
Thank
you
all
right
so
to
those
watching
at
home.
We
are
moving
out
of
order
and
moving
two
resolutions
up
and
then
we
will
come
back
to
order
as
soon
as
we
cast
a
vote
for
those
two
resolutions,
and
so
as
dr
beta
gets
the
documents
ready
to
present,
I
can
share
a
little
bit
more
about
the
the
reason
behind
myself
or
me
getting
these
two
resolutions
and
presenting
these
two
resolutions
to
the
committee.
So
the
first
one
is
the.
A
If
I'm
not
mistaken,
is
the
autism
awareness
month
april
is
autism
awareness
month
and
my
godson
achilles
maldonado
vega,
who
is
also
the
son
of
city
councilor,
melinda
maldonado
has
autism
and
through
that
we
have
learned
so
much
as
a
family.
I
am
also
a
special
education
teacher,
and
so
you
know
I
I
noticed
we
don't.
We
don't
have
a
resolution
for
for
this
autism
awareness
month.
L
Yeah,
I
have
a
just
a
quick
comment.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
for
bringing
this
up.
I
think
you
know
celebrating
the
the
you
know,
neurodiversity
of
our
students
is
really
great
and
something
that
we
should
continue
to
do
in
any
way
that
we
can.
You
know
we.
We
know
that
districts
like
chelsea
tend
to
have
kind
of
disproportionate
special
needs
students,
I'm
not
sure
you
know
specifically
autism
spectrum
where
we
land,
but
I
you
know
it
is.
It
is
super
important.
L
A
Great
we're
ready
so
autism
awareness
resolution
dedicated
for
gifted
individuals
like
achilles
maldonado
vega,
my
god
son,
whereas
recognizing
april,
as
national
autism
awareness
month,
began
in
the
united
states
in
the
1970s
to
draw
attention
to
the
challenges
faced
by
the
community
of
individuals
with
autism,
whereas
april
2nd
is
observed
internationally
as
world
autism
and
awareness.
Autism
is
a
bio-neurological
developmental
disability,
typically
diagnosed
during
the
first
three
years
of
life,
greatly
impacting
individuals
of
their
ability
to
communicate
and
interact
with
others
and
whereas
the
centers
for
disease
control
and
prevention.
A
National
health
statistics
report
conclude
the
prevalence
of
autism
spectrum
disorder
has
risen
to
one
in
every
54
children
in
the
united
states
and
whereas
individuals
with
autism
face
difficulties
in
their
workplace
due
to
the
lack
of
accessibility
and
resources
for
their
needs.
And
whereas
autism
is
reported
to
occur
in
all
racial,
ethnic
and
socioeconomic
groups.
A
A
Sorry,
doctor,
do
you
mind
scrolling
down,
whereas
participation
in
observance
in
national
autism
awareness
month
helps
to
promote
awareness
through
education
on
the
needs
of
this
community
and
therefore
be
it
resolved
that
the
chelsea
school
committee
hereby
won?
Celebrates
national
autism
awareness
month
from
april
1st
to
the
30th
and
april
2nd
is
autism
awareness
day.
2.
A
Be
it
further
resolved
that
the
child,
the
chairwoman
and
members
of
the
chelsea
school
committee
support
that
the
month
of
april
is
autism
awareness
month
in
the
chelsea
public
schools.
We
encourage
our
students
and
staff
to
join
in
celebration
of
the
special
observance.
In
witness
thereof
we,
the
members
of
chelsea
school
committee,
approve
of
this
resolution.
Veronica.
May
we
please
have
a
roll
call.
E
B
A
The
next
resolution
we'll
read
and
discuss,
is
arab
american
heritage
month
and
that
it's
the
second
day
of
ramadan
I
I
wish
all
those
families
other
muslim
families,
including
my
husband,
a
happy
ramadan
before
reading
this
resolution.
I'd
like
to
open
it
up
to
the
committee
to
see
if
there
are
any
questions
or
comments
on
the
resolution.
L
Hop
on
again
and
thank
the
chairwoman
for
introducing
this,
you
know
I,
I
think
it
was
really
great
hearing
from
the
students
who
came
to
speak,
so
you
know.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
to
all
three
of
the
students
for,
for
you
know
the
work
that
they've
done
in
in
their
school
and
and
in
our
in
east
boston
and
here
in
chelsea
as
well.
For
elevating
you
know
the
conversations
around
around
this
issue.
L
You
know
in
the
same
way
that
that
we,
you
know
those
of
us
who
are
allowed
next
right,
have
to
push
back
against
the
stereotypes
of
the
latinx
community
right.
We
also
have
to
push
back
on
the
stereotypes
of
other
communities,
and
so
I
you
know,
definitely
want
to
share
solidarity
with
with
the
work
that
they
do
and-
and
you
know
always
always
looking
for
opportunities
to
to
engage
so
you
know
I.
L
I
think
that
the
school
committee
is
doing
great
service
by
highlighting
this,
and
by
celebrating
this
culture,
and
also
you
know,
I
think
one
thing
important
to
remember:
right:
there
are
muslim
arabs.
There
are
christian
arabs
right
like
there
are.
There
is
a
huge
diversity
within
that
community
as
well
right,
and
I
think
it's
it's
crucial
that
we
not
only
think
about
them
as
as
one
culture
right,
but
a
combination
of
many
many
cultures
so
so
happy
ramadan
to
the
celebrating
and
and
also
yeah.
A
And
whereas
arab
american
issues
such
as
civil
rights
abuses,
harmful
stereotyping
and
bullying
must
be
combatted
in
the
forms
of
education
and
awareness,
whereas
they
join
all
americans.
In
the
desire
to
see
a
peaceful
and
diverse
society
where
every
individual
is
treated
equally
and
feels
safe,
whereas
the
incredible
contributions
and
heritage
of
arab
americans
have
helped
us
build
a
better
nation.
A
Now,
therefore
be
it
resolved.
Every
american
heritage
is
worthy
of
celebration
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
the
chairwoman
and
members
of
the
chelsea
school
committee
support
that
the
month
of
april
is
national
american
national
arab
american
heritage
month
in
the
chelsea
public
schools.
We
encourage
our
students
and
staff
to
join
in
celebration
of
this
special
observance.
L
A
In
the
affirmative,
one
absence
the
motion
carries.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
all.
I'm
sorry,
thank
you
to
those
who
supported
these
very
important
resolutions
and
team.
What
I
want
to
mention
is
that
resolutions
are
just
one
step.
The
work
must
continue.
There
is
so
much
more
work
to
be
done
and
with
our
equity
committee,
we
hope
to
continue
working
together
as
a
family
comuna
familia
to
work,
alongside
our
students
and
families,
to
resolve
these
issues
in
our
city
in
our
community
and
our
schools.
So,
thank
you.
A
J
J
J
D
D
D
D
There
we
go
so
15
have
withdrawn
and,
as
you
can
see,
10
of
them
were
english
language
learners
and
a
majority
of
them
were
in
grade
10..
Unfortunately,
a
lot
of
these
students,
one
went
to
the
adult
ed
program,
which
is
wonderful,
but
you
can
also
see
that
many
of
them
we
do
not
know
where
or
what
their
plans
are
and
then.
Finally,
if
we
move
to
page
9,
it's
on
our
mobility.
D
D
D
J
So,
just
to
start,
though,
and
to
preface
everything
that
our
staff
and
educators
and
teachers
central
office
staff
have
worked
extremely
hard
to
open
schools
this
month
and
on
april
5th,
we
welcomed
our
special
education
students
and
it
was.
It
was
so
nice
to
see
students
in
our
building
for
the
first
time
in
a
very
in
a
a
year
and
almost
a
half
a
year
and
a
month
and
a
half
and
then
on
april
12th.
J
We
welcomed
our
kc4
students,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone
that
made
that
possible
from
our
buildings
and
grounds
facilities,
custodians
nurses,
administrators
teachers,
paraprofessionals
crossing
guards,
bus
drivers,
this
leadership
team.
Here
it
was
a
major
feat,
and
it
was
quite
a
celebratory
moment
for
us
to
see
our
kids
walk
back
in
our
doors
and
we're
just
been
celebrating
for
the
last
two
weeks.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
everybody
for
making
making
this
happen.
J
If
they're
they're
excited,
there
are
many
smiles
and
elbow
bumps
on
the
first
day
and
to
quote
one
student,
one
second
grade
student
and
I
asked
her:
how
does
it
feel
to
be
back
in
school
and
she
says
I'm
so
happy
to
be
back
in
school
being
at
home
was
boring,
so
student,
the
students
have
all
seemed
to
be
adjusted,
really
well
they're
wearing
their
masks.
There's
no
issues
with
the
mask
wearing
and
they're
just
they're
very
well
adjusted.
I've
been
visiting
schools
every
day
since
we've
opened
and
we're
it's
it's
it's
pretty
normal.
J
J
B
B
J
Thank
you,
member
wilson.
We
do
not
have
a
date
yet
we're
actually
waiting
for
our
department
of
education
and
I
they
do
have
they
they're
they're
in
conversation
right
now.
We
do
think
it's
coming
and
the
date
will
be
announced
very
soon.
I
think,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
it
might
be
announced
this
week,
but
the
thank.
N
F
F
F
No,
I
just
wanted
to
say
when
I
actually
last
when
I
woke
up
and
I
saw
crossing
guards
on
the
street,
it
was
just
so
so
real
to
say
that,
and
you
know
I
think,
everybody's
excited
of
going
back,
but
there's
still
that
fear
as
well
and
a
little
bit
of
anxiety.
But
you
know
we
just
have
to
take
it
day
by
day
and
I
do
still
teach
dance,
and
I
ask
the
students:
are
you
guys
back
in
school
and
they
were
so
excited?
F
I
L
Dr
veda,
my
question
is
around
students,
and
especially
in
the
high
school,
I
guess
16
plus
and
vaccinations
I'm
curious.
Do
we
do
we
require
other
vaccinations
that
are
not
become
a
vaccine
and
then
I
guess
like
in
as
part
of
that
process,
are
we
gathering
information
of
like
percentage
of
our
students
who
are
eligible
and
how
many
of
them
have
taken
the
vaccine.
J
C
So,
in
in
terms
of
the
vaccine,
18
year
olds
can
take
any
of
the
three
vaccines
that
are
out
there,
but
the
only
one
that
is
currently
approved
for
anyone
under
18,
which
is
actually
16
and
17,
because
nothing's
approved
for
anything
under
16.
The
pfizer
is
the
only
one
that
the
16
and
17
year
olds
can
take.
C
L
Yeah,
I
guess,
like
my
question,
was
intended
for
the
copa
vaccine,
but
I'm
actually
just
I
guess,
like
a
side
question
is,
do
we
track
like
do
we
require
vaccinations
for,
like
you
know,
other
things
like
you
know,
mumps
or
anything
like
that,
because
I
know
some
districts
do,
but
I
don't
know
if
we
do
and
it's
just
yeah.
I.
C
The
flu
numbers
were
historically
low,
and
so
they
pulled
back
that
requirement.
There
was
really
no
need
to
require
the
students
to
get
the
flu
vaccine
this
this
year,
but
all
those
other
ones
that
you're
talking
about
yeah.
They,
I
think
it's
we
have
to
check
every
third
grade.
Fifth
grade
seventh
grade,
I
believe
so
yeah.
We
do
track
that
and
every
now
and
then
you
might
have
a
couple
of
families
for
religious
beliefs
or
whatever,
but
for
the
most
part
yeah.
The
vast
majority
of
our
students
get
those.
J
And
just
to
add
on
you
know,
mr
jimenez
rivera
when,
when
our
kindergarten
students
register
our
pre-k
students
register
part
of
the
requirement
is
they
have
to
have
certain
vaccinate,
a
certain
mmr,
your
traditional
vaccinations,
so
those
are
required
and
then
just
as
a
I'd
like
to
also
think
the
east
boston
health
center
as
well,
between
the
east,
boston,
health
center
and
the
city.
We've
just
been
incredibly
fortunate
to
have
so
many
of
our
educators
and
families
vaccinated.
L
Yeah,
second,
that
the
thank
you
to
both
of
those
organizations
and
also
to
mr
dilley
for
the
work
that
he's
been
doing
with
the
the
nurses
and
thank
you
to
the
nurses
as
well
for
all
the
work
that
they've
been
doing.
I
know
I
as
soon
as
I
heard
that
you
know
the
kids
were
eligible.
I
texted
dr
evade
and
I
was
like,
and
she
was
just
like.
Oh
we're
on
it
already.
You
know
it
was.
It
was
great.
L
So
thank
you
also
being
for
being
so
on
top
of
this,
because
it's
it's
super
super
important.
You
know
to
make
sure
that
we're
as
safe
as
we
can
be
as
we're
moving
forward,
because
you
know,
as
ms
velasquez
said
right
like
we're
not
not
through
this
yet
right
and
there's
a
lot
of
anxiety
and
you
know
fear
some
of
it.
You
know
founded
others,
maybe
less
founded,
but
I
think
it's
it's
important
that
us
as
we're
making
this
as
safe
as
possible.
L
L
Actually,
a
follow-up
question
to
that.
Actually
I
I
don't
know
I.
I
know
that
there's
currently
studies
happening
for
12
to
15
and
potentially
even
earlier,
I'm
curious
if
things
like
that
were
to
come
out
over
the
summer
that
that
were
approved
for
younger
ages.
Is
that
something
that
we
would
be
involved
in
or
not
because
it's
summer.
J
I
we
still,
we
at
central
office
work
year-round,
and
so,
if
that
were
something
that
became
available,
we
would
most
likely
partner
with
the
city
and
our
local
health
department
and
probably
the
east
boston
health
center
and
to
sponsor
vaccination
clinics.
And,
of
course,
parents
would
have
to
be
involved
for
any
students
that
are
younger
than
18.
I
M
F
J
If
I,
if
I
may
interrupt
before
the
curriculum
instruction
committee
report
gets
commended
to
the
record,
I
just
wanted
to
make
one
comment:
if
that's
okay,
so
just
an
update
on
the
ethnic
studies
that
member
roberto
presented
to
us
several
weeks
ago
in
the
curriculum
instruction,
what
we
have
decided
is
that
we
would
do
kind
of.
We
would
continue
with
our
process
that
we
normally
use
for
curriculum
proposals
at
the
high
school
level.
J
J
That's
going
to
be
working
on
this
at
the
high
school
level,
so
we
are
modifying
what
we
normally
do
with
new
courses
for
the
ethnics
course
just
so
that
way,
we
can
really
get
the
word
about
the
ethnics
course
and
what
it's
about,
and
this
actually
ties
a
direct
tie
into
our
equity
work
as
well.
But
I
just
wanted
to
provide
a
quick
update
to
our
to
to
you
and
to
our
public
that
we
will
be
working
on
providing
an
ethnic
studies
course
at
the
high
school
for
next
year.
L
Right,
I
just
want
to
quickly
just
chime
into
that.
You
know,
as
I've
been
working
with
folks
who,
who
do
ethnic
studies
in
primarily
boston
and
but
also
in
holyoke,
where
they've
been
doing
it
for
about
seven
years
now.
You
know
one
of
the
most
important
things
that
they
that
they've
mentioned
is
the
importance
of
engaging
community
in
the
process
of
creating
an
ethic
studies
program.
So
I
just
want
to
just
want
to
thank
dr
abeda,
for
you
know
really
really
pushing
for
for
that
engagement.
L
Well,
as
we're
you
know
trying
to
create
this
type
of
this
program.
I
just
want
to
just
want
to
say
you
know
if
anyone
in
the
community
is
interested
in
learning.
More,
please
reach
out
to
me
I'd
be
happy
to
talk
to
folks
about
it
to
make
sure
that
we're
engaging
as
many
as
many
folks,
you
know
in
the
schools,
but
also
externally,
right
to
make
sure
that
we
are
really
building
the
program
to
be
the
best
version
that
it
can
be.
Thank
you.
M
M
First
action
is
consideration
and
action
to
accept
ten
thousand
dollars
for
the
department
of
elementary
and
secondary
education
for
the
fafsa
completion.
Opportunity.
Grant
item
number
two
one:
two
one
sc
three
one
explanation:
this
grant
will
be
used
to
provide
direct
support
to
students
and
families
as
they
complete
the
free.
The
free
application
for
federal
student
aid,
application
for
college
financial
aid
funds
will
be
used
for
contracted
services
in
stipends
and
other
expenses.
M
E
Consideration
and
action
could
accept
ten
thousand
dollars
from
the
department
of
education
and
elementary
and
secondary
education
for
the
fafsa
completion
opportunity
grant
miss
enriquez.
Yes,
mr
jimenez,
yes,
miss
hernandez.
Yes,
mr
wilson,
yes
miss
carlisle!
Yes,
ms
velez,
yes,
six
in
the
affirmative
and
three
absent
six.
M
Explanation,
the
department
of
elementary
and
secondary
education
has
adjusted
chelsea's
allocations
for
physical
year
physique
physically
year
2021
for
title
1
title
2a.
I
idea
and
early
childhood
special
education
grants
as
it
does
each
year
the
additional
funds
will
be
used
for
the
same
priorities
as
were
originally
established
for
each
grant
massachusetts
general
laws.
Chapter
71,
section
37a,
provides
for
the
acceptance
of
grants
for
educational
purposes
only
with
the
approval
of
the
chelsea
school
committee.
Roll
call.
E
F
E
M
Seven
of
the
affirmative
and
two
absent
motion
passes
next
consideration:
action
to
accept
the
following:
private
grants
for
school
year,
2020
and
through
2021
books
grants
2000
sports
mata,
grant
1000
new
england,
patriots
foundation,
5
000,
personal
and
workplace
success,
skills,
2500
and
anna
b
stearns
foundation
up
to
15
item
number.
Twenty
one
sc33
explanation.
M
The
sports
matter
grant
from
dick's
sporting
goods
foundation
will
also
be
used
to
support
girls
sports
at
chelsea,
high
school,
in
addition
to
athletics
programs,
will
be
will
receive
funds
from
the
patriot
patriots
foundation
to
support
the
football
team
at
chelsea
high
school.
These
funds
will
be
used
to
purchase
equipment.
M
The
inter,
inter
generational
literacy
program,
will
receive
funds
from
the
personal
and
workplace
success.
Skills
library
case
study
to
be
used
to
pay
teachers,
stipends,
printing
costs
and
other
expenses.
Funds
from
the
anna
b
stearns
foundation
will
be
used
by
the
ilp
for
stipends
student
assist
assistants,
supplies
and
other
expenses.
E
Consideration
action
to
accept
the
following:
private
grants
for
school
year:
2020
2021
box
grant
for
2000
sports
matter,
grant
for
1000
new
england,
patriots
foundation
for
5,
000
personnel,
personal
workplace
success,
skills
for
2500
and
the
anna
b
stern's
foundation
for
up
to
fifteen
thousand.
Miss
enriquez.
Yes,
mr
jimenez,
yes,
miss
alfaro,
yes,
miss
hernandez!
Yes,
mr
wilson,.
G
M
One
consideration:
action
to
accept
30,
000
from
education,
development
center
nsf
for
the
innovation
pathways
to
data
careers,
grant
item
number
21
sc34
explanation.
Districts
submitted
an
application
for
an
innovation
pathways
for
data
careers
grant
as
part
of
the
first
year
of
this
grant,
chelsea
high
school
will
design,
develop
and
test
curriculum
for
a
data
module
to
be
integrated
into
high
school
civics
courses.
Funds
will
be
used
for
stipends
travel,
material
supplies,
indirect
costs
and
other
expenses
in
support
of
the
program.
M
E
E
M
Seven,
the
affirmative
and
too
absent
the
motion
passes
moving
on
to
the
next
one
consideration
and
action
to
approve
a
budget
transfer
in
the
amount
of
915
thousand
dollars
to
move
funds
from
benefits
and
payroll
adjustments,
early
learning,
center
clark,
avenue
middle
school
and
chelsea
opportunities
academy
to
facilities
in
transportation.
Item
number
21sc35:
explanation:
savings
are
available
in
benefits
in
payroll
adjustments
due
to
reduced
spending
for
retiree
health
care
insurance.
M
In
that,
inter
generational
literacy
program,
due
to
remote
learning,
the
funds
are
being
transferred
to
facilities
and
transportation
to
fund
one
time.
Expenses
such
as
additional
building
improvements
from
funds
may
also
be
ppe
and
cleaning
supplies
and
contract
contractual
services
in
support
of
reopening
roll
call.
M
L
L
L
And
whereas
additional
funding
is
needed
to
ensure
that
all
schools
can
maintain
or
provide
small
class
sizes,
offer
social
emotional
supports
and
hire
additional
counselors
nurses
and
social
workers.
And
whereas
new
state
revenue
is
necessary
to
rebuild
crumbling
roads
and
bridges.
Improve
our
public
schools
from
pre-k
through
college,
invest
in
fast
and
reliable
public
transportation,
make
public
higher
education
affordable
again
and
expand
opportunities
for
healthy
walking
and
bicycling,
and
whereas
massachusetts
needed
new
investments
in
our
transportation
and
public
education
systems
before
the
coven
19
pandemic.
L
Therefore,
let
it
be
resolved.
The
chelsea
school
committee
supports
the
proposed
fair
share
amendment,
which
would
create
an
additional
tax
of
4
percentage
points
on
annual
income
over
above
1
million
and
dedicate
those
funds
raised
by
this
tax
to
quality,
public
education,
affordable
public
colleges
and
universities
and
for
repair
and
maintenance
of
roads,
bridges
and
public
transportation
yeah.
So
just
to
just
quickly
chime.
In
you
know,
the
most
recent
numbers
that
we
have
from
the
department
of
revenue
is
that
fewer
than
five
people
it
might
be
as
low
as
zero.
L
We
don't
actually
know
exactly
how
many
I
have
actually
earned
incomes
of
over
a
million
dollars
in
the
city
of
chelsea
and
yet
most
of
the
revenue
that
would
be
raised
by
this
tax,
which
would
be
really
focused
on
people.
It
would
be
focused
on
people
who
make
one
million
dollars
each
year
right.
So
so,
if
you,
if
you
have
one
million
dollars
in
your
bank,
account
you're,
probably
not
going
to
be
hit
by
this
tax
even
right.
L
L
So
I
hope
that
that
you
know
my
members,
fellow
members
will
join
join
me
in
supporting
this,
so
that
we
can
continue
to
erase
the
revenues
that
we
need
to
provide
the
students
of
chelsea
and
massachusetts
with
the
schools
that
they
deserve
and
to
you
know,
make
sure
that
we
are
fully
funding
the
student
opportunity
act.
Thank
you.
M
Thank
you
roberto
for
putting
this
together
and
putting
and
bringing
it
forward
to
us.
I
appreciate
it
and
I
I
totally
support
it
and
I
don't
have
to
worry.
I
don't
have
a
million
dollars
anywhere,
nor
am
I
going
to
make
it
anytime
soon,
so
I
have
nothing
to
worry
about,
but
I
am
gonna
I
am
going
to
enjoy
what
this
will
provide
for
us.
M
L
We
vote
and
just
for
clarity
and
for
people
watching
at
home.
This
is
a
measure
that
will
will
go
on
the
ballot
for
the
2022
election,
but
it
is,
it
has
to
be
voted
on
by
the
legislature
this
year
in
order
to
get
on
the
ballot
for
2022,
so
it
is
part
of
just
making.
You
know
our
advocacy
with
the
legislature
to
make
sure
that
it
does
go
on
the
ballot.
E
M
N
N
N
M
L
I'd
like
to
speak
for
a
second
about
the
budget
that
that
came
out
from
the
state
legislature,
yesterday,
yeah,
so
so
as
we
all
you
know,
we
know
that
we've
started
our
budget
process
here
in
chelsea,
based
on
governor
baker's
proposed
budget,
which
I'm
gonna
get
a
little
technical
here
quickly.
So
the
student
opportunity
act
is
a
seven
year
plan.
This
is
we're.
L
Entering
year
two
year,
two
budget
governor
baker's
proposal
included
only
year,
one
which
would
have
set
us
up
to
kind
of
not
be
on
target
to
fully
fund
the
the
student
opportunity
act
on
time,
and
so
you
know,
as
we
were
moving
forward
right,
we
were
thinking.
We
either
want
one-sixth
this
year,
so
that
we
can
get.
L
L
I
would
just
really
encourage
anyone
who
is
listening
to
this
meeting,
to
really
reach
out
to
your
legislators
and
to
to
push
them
to
advocate,
to
make
sure
that
they
are
not
only
fully
funding
the
the
student
opportunity
yet
so
that
we
are
on
target
and
on
time,
but
to
make
sure
that
we
are
fully
counting.
You
know
that
we
have
an
accurate
count
of
our
students
that
there's
going
to
be
budget
amendments
coming
out
that
support
this.
L
So
I
just
really
encourage
you
all
to
call
your
legislator
and
ask
them
to
make
sure
that
the
enrollment
is
correct
and
that
the
enrollment
that
we're
using
is
either
the
2019
numbers
or
the
2020,
whichever
is
highest,
which
I
believe
for
chelsea
would
be
the
2019.
Some
like
someone
from
central
office.
L
Please
correct
me
if
that,
if
I'm,
if
I'm
wrong
there-
and
I
I
just
also
want
to
want
to
highlight
that
the
gateway
cities
caucus
from
the
legislature
did
send
a
letter
to
to
the
ways
and
means
committee
last
monday,
monday
of
previous
week,
asking
for
them
to
do
this.
And
so
this
was
the
house
members
of
the
flag
caucus,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
representative
giannino
from
from
revere
who
covers
part
of
chelsea,
who
was
part
of
that
letter
signatory
for
that
letter.
L
M
N
But
if
you
want
to
thank
the
dr
vader,
her
cabinet
members,
as
well
as
the
teachers
and
the
parents
and
the
students
for
a
great
jump
start
for
being
back
into
class,
just
want
to
thank
everybody
for
a
great
job.
Everything
I've
heard
so
far
from
some
parents
and
from
some
students,
my
neighbor
kids
and
stuff,
that
they
are
very
happy
to
be
back
in
school
and
everything
has
gone
very
smoothly.
N
M
Thank
you,
mr
wilson.
I
have
the
same
thing.
Also
it's
it's
all
been
positive.
We
haven't,
I
haven't,
heard
anything
negative
about
the
beginning
of
school,
for
these
students.
On
the
contrary,
everybody's
been
so
excited
to
be
back
in
school.
It's
great
to
see
kids
excited
about
being
back
in
school,
like
kids
that
usually
didn't
want
to
go
to
school,
are
excited
about
being
in
school
and
that
just
that's
great,
maybe
this
pandemic
had
some
good
side
to
it.
M
L
Want
to
quickly
add
on
I
I
thank
repgienino,
but
I
did
not
thank
senator
domenico,
who
I
know
has
been
very
on
top
of
the
of
the
student
opportunity
act.
Funding
and
you
know
kind
of
the
budget
is
still
in
the
house,
so
that's
kind
of
why
I
brought
her
up,
but
I
know
that
senator
dominico
has
been
very
on
top
of
that.
So
thank
you
to
him.
L
M
F
M
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
everyone.
I
wish
everyone
at
home
a
great
vacation
week
and
a
great
just
great,
safe
vacation
and
ready
to
go.
Stop
back
up
out
next
week,
the
following
week
with
a
whole
full
full
full
rest
of
the
year.
God
willing
keep
our
fingers
crossed
and
pray
that
everything
goes
exactly
how
we've
planned
and
hopefully
get
back
to
to
summon
melody
or
our
new
normality.