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From YouTube: School Committee Meeting 11-12-20
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Yes,
your
vice
chair,
carlyle
and
school
committee
members.
I
would
like
to
invite
our
hr
director
christine
lee,
to
share
about
our
paraprofessional
pipeline,
we're
very
excited
about
our
para
professional
pipeline,
because
we
have
been
working
on
really
working
on
diversity,
and
we
also
believe
that
our
para,
our
paraprofessionals,
are,
are
instrumental
to
our
our
growth
as
a
district
and
just
excited
to
share
a
little
bit
more
about
what
we're
doing
so
christine.
I
will
turn
it
over
to
you.
G
Hi
everyone,
just
to
echo
with
what
christine
said:
it's
been
a
really
strong
cohort
and
we're
really
excited
for
the
work
that
they
are
currently
doing
and
will
be
doing
in
the
district.
So
I'm
just
going
to
call
out
their
name
they're
just
going
to
briefly
introduce
themselves
and
say
what
the
grant
has
allowed
them
to
do
so.
First
camilo.
H
Hello
good
evening,
I'm
not
sure
if
I'm
muted,
I
think
I
am
perfect.
My
name
is
camilo
machado.
I
am
the
assistant
principal
at
the
sokolovsky
elementary
school.
I
started
working
in
chelsea
a
little
over
five
years
ago,
as
a
paraprofessional,
and
the
teacher
pathway
program
allowed
me
to
complete
the
last
requirements
I
had
in
order
to
become
a
licensed
teacher
and
eventually
it
opened
the
doors
to
the
pathway
of
educational
leadership.
I
K
Hello,
my
name
is
jalen
rodriguez
mendoza.
I
was
a
paraprofessional
the
last
two
years
at
the
elc.
I
am
currently
a
seventh
grade
specialist
teacher
growing
up.
I
was
in
a
special
ed
classroom
with
a
lot
of
teachers
who
inspired
me
to
be
a
teacher,
and
with
this
grant
I
was
able
to
accomplish
that
goal.
L
Hi
guys
how's
it
going.
My
name
is
joey.
I've
been
at
the
chelsea
high
school
for
about
two
years.
This
will
be
my
third
year
of
coming
up.
I've
been
a
paraprofessional.
This
grant
has
allowed
me
to
become
a
physical
education
teacher
in
the
future.
Hopefully,
if
I
work
hard
and
just
pursue
what
I'm
trying
to
influence
the
next
generation
of
kids
to
do
within
physical
activity.
M
Hi
everyone,
I'm
catherine
lopez
and
I'm
a
fourth
grade
foundational
language
teacher
at
the
sokolowski
school,
I'm
also
an
immigrant
and
an
english
language
learner.
So
I
understand
the
hardships
of
learning,
a
new
language
and
a
new
culture,
and
this
grant
has
allowed
me
to
continue
pursuing
my
master's
degree
in
teaching
english
language
learners,
and
I
am
every
single
day
inspired
by
the
heart
and
the
passion,
hard
working
and
passionate
students.
I
have
in
front
of
me
thank
you.
N
Hi
everyone,
my
name
is
karen
pierre
lewis
and
I'm
a
paraprofessional
in
a
special
ed
classroom
at
the
elc,
and
this
grant
has
been
a
big
blessing.
It's
allowing
me
to
continue
my
education
to
be
a
social
worker
to
serve
the
community.
I
love
so
much
and
I'm
always
inspired
also
by
my
parents
that
are
also
immigrants
and
I
love
chelsea.
I
was
born
on
razor,
so
thank
you
very
much.
N
O
I
am
very
happy
and
very
thankful
to
each
and
everyone
that
have
helped
me
obtain
this
scholarship.
I'm
really
thankful.
Thank
you,
rashida.
Thank
you
miss
christine.
Thank
you.
I
really
appreciate
all
your
help.
I
am
a
chelsea
girl
and
I
came
from
honduras
when
I
was
17..
I
grew
up
here.
I
grew
up
in
chelsea.
O
P
Q
Hi,
I'm
angie
palencia,
I'm
currently
a
junior
at
salem
state
university
on
a
teacher
track
to
become
a
mathematics
teacher.
I
am
also
a
dreamer.
I
came
to
the
united
states
when
I
was
two
years
old,
so
this
grant
I'm
very
thankful
for
it.
It
has
allowed
me
to
you
know,
take
the
pressures
of
paying
for
school
a
little
bit
off
my
shoulders,
because
I
do
not
I'm
not.
You
know
eligible
for
financial
aid
as
well
as
I
I
love
chelsea.
As
soon
as
we
came
to
the
united
states.
Q
R
G
You
xenia,
so
two
paraprofessionals
could
not
be
here
today.
Caesar
who's,
currently
a
elementary
prayer
professional
at
the
sokolowski
said
that
this
grant
has
allowed
him
to
pursue
one
of
his
greatest
passions,
which
is
to
teach
the
kid
in
the
community
that
made
him
who
he
is
today
and
also
naomi,
is
a
paraprofessional
at
chelsea
high
school
and
said
that
this
grant
has
allowed
her
to
continue
with
her
education
and
fulfill
her
dream
of
becoming
a
social
worker.
A
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
coming
on
during
the
meeting
here
and
it's
nice
to
meet
you
all
and
to
see
you
all
and
face
to
face,
and
it's
my
pleasure
to
welcome
you
to
the
chelsea
community.
I
know
a
couple
of
you've
been
here,
but
I'm
so
happy
and
very
proud
of
you
that
you
advance
your
education
here
in
chelsea.
Thank
you.
F
F
F
All
right
good
evening,
everyone,
we
are
very
excited
today
to
present
to
you
the
successfully
bargained
ctu
contract,
which
was
ratified
by
the
union,
with
an
overwhelming
majority
vote
voting.
Yes
to
this
contract,
there
were
221
teachers
who
voted
yes
and
19
voting.
No,
together
with
the
ctu,
we
worked
long
and
hard
to
reach
an
agreement
that
we
will
be
presenting
you
to
you
tonight.
F
F
Dr
beta
had
a
vision
for
this
contract
from
the
start,
dr
burke,
our
previous
superintendent
and
dr
beta
traveled
to
the
annual
massachusetts
superintendents
conference
last
year.
During
that
conference,
dr
beta
knew
that
you
wanted
what
she
wanted
as
a
through
line
for
the
district,
even
before
coven
19
hit.
F
It
was
the
culture
of
care,
that's
where
she
wanted
to
go,
and
the
culture
of
care
is
ever
more
present
and
more
important
during
these
times,
and
it
highlights
that
she
always
knew
whatever
we
do
in
education,
you
know
or
in
life.
We
have
to
care
for
our
students,
families
and
staff.
Next
slide,
please
the
cb
the
so
I
will
be
going
over
key
points
related
to
the
tentative
collective
bargaining
agreement
that
you,
members
of
the
school
committee
will
be
voting
on
this
evening.
F
When
we
were
first
bargaining,
we
were
all
operating
under
the
assumption
that
we
would
be
utilizing
our
new
student
opportunity
act,
funds
that
had
been
awarded
to
chelsea
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic.
We
mutually
decided
to
pause
on
bargaining
in
may
and
pick
up
back
in
september,
because
we
had
to
shift
our
focus
on
school
reopening.
F
F
This
meant
that
there
would
not
be
a
whole
lot
of
money
for
raises.
However,
we
had
hoped
that
the
state
and
the
federal
stimulus
money
would
come
through
historically.
Chelsea
has
worked
hard
to
close
a
gap
over
the
years
in
the
5dp,
there's
still
a
gap.
However,
we
recognize
that
when
most
districts
were
in
a
salary
freeze,
we
continue
to
offer
salary
increases
to
our
teaching
staff,
together
with
the
ctu
and
the
district
agreed
to
a
one-year
agreement.
F
F
On
the
school
side,
we
had
marisol
santiago,
representing
the
chelsea
school
committee,
myself,
director
of
human
resources,
jackie
bevere,
maloney,
early
learning,
center
principal
dr
mary
board,
educational
consultant
and
our
previous
superintendent,
jerry
mchugh
educational
consultant
and
our
previous
director
of
administration
of
finance,
rebecca
bryant
and
justin
gomes.
Our
legal
counsel
from
stoneman
chandler.
F
The
key
pillars
that
we
entered
negotiations
include
the
following
to
always
do
what
is
in
the
best
interest
of
students,
which
includes
increasing
instructional
time
and
increasing
teacher
co-planning
and
professional
learning
time
to
deepen
and
extend
the
culture
of
care
to
students
and
to
all
adults
who
work
in
our
schools
and
to
ensure
that
their
employer.
The
chelsea
school
committee
sends
the
message
that
it
values
each
of
them
at
every
stage
of
their
career
in
life.
F
F
The
key
points
in
the
agreement
include
the
following:
first,
it's
a
one-year
agreement.
Traditionally,
these
contracts
are
three
years,
but
because
of
the
situation
that
we're
in,
we
agreed
to
a
one-year
one-year
deal
and
we're
also
waiting
for
a
stimulus
that
we
hope
will
help
us
with
additional
funding
for
the
different
programming
that
we
were
hoping
for
in
the
first
round.
F
Some
language
changes
that
were
made
was
first
deans
and
academic
coaches
were
added
to
the
section
for
special
services
service
personnel,
which
include
a
lane
change
for
these
roles
for
our
mentoring
program
in
chelsea,
we
have
a
two-year
mentoring
program,
which
goes
above
and
beyond
destiny's
required
150
hours
of
an
induction
program.
We
wanted
to
provide
language
to
allow
experienced
teachers
to
waive
their
second
year
of
participating
in
the
program
if
they
provide
the
certification
of
their
current
district's
induction
induction
program.
F
F
F
We
made
some
addition
to
the
overnight
trips.
Hopefully,
one
day
we
will
be
able
to
have
trips
again,
the
compensation
for
supervising
will
be
75
per
night
and
for
supervising
trips
that
take
place
over
a
weekend,
vacation
or
other
non-working
day
will
be
125
dollars
per
day.
And
finally,
we
have
added
a
domestic
violence.
Leave
act
in
the
event
that
this
is
needed.
F
We
really
look
forward
to
and
are
hoping
for
changes
to
our
economic
situation
that
will
help
support
further
increases
for
our
staff.
The
next
slide,
so
in
closing,
we
have
successfully
bargained
the
collective
bargaining
agreement
with
our
ctu
to
provide
the
best
possible
contract.
During
these
unprecedented
times.
Our
ctu
has
voted
unanimously
in
favor
of
ratifying
this
one-year
contract
and
we
are
committed
to
a
culture
of
care
for
our
students,
families
and
staff,
and
at
this
time
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
might
have.
A
J
T
Dr
albeda,
I
wanted
to
thank
all
of
you
and
christine
just
again
as
witnessing
this
process
for
the
first
time,
the
expertise
of
our
beloved,
rebecca
and
dr
burke,
and
just
echoing
the
culture
of
care,
as
christine
said
that
was
just
I
was
just
so
proud
to
be
in
another
space
and
just
feel
your
leadership
all
over
it.
I
was
like
this
is
almy.
This
is
like
our
district.
This
is
amazing
for
a
process
to
witness
a
process
for
the
first
time
like
that.
T
I
just
really
commend
the
team
and
the
expertise
in
that
room
and
the
also
for
folks
to
actually
sort
of
delegate
these
roles
in
the
midst
of
a
transition
and
in
being
able
to
have
a
process.
The
way
it
was
was
just
unbelievable,
just
truly
unbelievable,
shout
out
to
the
ctu
and
my
bird
who's
chirping
in
the
back.
Oh
sorry,
yeah
the
ctu,
and
you
know
to
to
all
the
members
of
their
team
that
came
to
every
meeting
with
the
same
willingness.
T
I'm
just
really
really
proud
to
be
a
part
of
that
process
and
to
witness
that
and
just
really
want
to
thank
every
single
one
of
you
for
your
dedication
and
your
work
and
and
to
see
this
happen
tonight.
I'm
just
really
really
proud
and
thank
you,
dr
albeda,
and
and
christine
and
everyone
who
was
a
part
of
that
process.
I'm
just
really
proud
of.
A
Tommy
you're
there,
hello
tom,
welcome
to
the
school
committee
meeting.
Thank
you.
I
would
like
to
take
it
out.
We'll
go
along,
so
tom
doesn't
have
to
go
through
the
whole
meeting
with
us
because
he's
busy.
So
I
would
like
to
bring
this
to
the
school
committee
for
a
vote.
Consider
action
and-
and
I
vote
to
collective
buying
agreement
between
the
chelsea
school
committee
and
the
teachers
union
for
the
period
of
july,
1st
2020
to
june
30th
2020,
and
it's
in
closure
g.
A
And
the
chelsea
school
committee
approved
the
collective
bonding
agreement
between
the
chelsea
school
committee
and
the
teachers
union.
The
period
has
is
still
the
same.
It's
july
1st,
through
2020
to
june
30th
2021,
including
amendments
set
for
the
memorandum
of
agreement
gratified
by
the
chelsea's
teachers
union
on
november
6
2020..
V
A
E
And
so
I
have
the
outline
for
this
brief
presentation
will
be
just
our
theory
of
action.
We're
going
to
go
over
our
trust
visits
which
you've
heard
about
already
and
then
remote
learning,
co-design
and
then
curriculum
and
instruction
I'm
going
to
have.
So
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
parts
of
this
presentation
to
sarah,
our
cat,
our
assistant,
superintendent,
nao
bergman,
who
is
our
superintendent
resident,
and
so
they
they'll
be
supporting
me
with
this
presentation.
E
E
So,
elena,
being
in
the
middle
of
the
pandemic,
one
thing
that,
knowing
that
we
were
starting
remote,
it
was
we
knew
we
needed
to
do
something
to
engage
our
families
up
front,
make
sure
that
we
were
connecting
with
our
students
and
make
sure
we
were
connecting
with
individual
families.
And
how
do
you
do
this
remote?
E
So
that's
kind
of
what
drove
us,
and
that
was.
We
really
do
believe
that
this
is
critical
for
for
improved
remote
learning,
as
we
learned
that
we
needed
to
improve
remote
learning
is
that
we
engage
our
families,
so
we
started
off
with
our
trust,
visits
and
based
on
our
theory
of
action.
We
built
this
into
our
10-day
mou
with
cta
ctu
and
as
as
part
of
the
10
days,
teachers
conducted
what
we
coined
as
trust
visits
and
I'll
share
a
little
story.
E
E
What
are
what
are
the
the
parents,
dreams
for
our
students
and
so
ayala,
and
I
were
talking
and
said:
we
want
to
build
trust
and
so
all
of
a
sudden
he
was
like.
Well,
I'm
gonna
just
call
them
trust
visits.
I'm
like
that
sounds
good
to
me
and
it's
stuck,
and
so
that's
how
we
came
up
with
trust
visits.
E
E
Detective
students
have
chromebooks
and
internet
activity
and
what
we
learned
from
that
and
what
I
heard
even
just
the
other
day
from
one
principle,
was
that
amy
guess
what
I
have
all
of
the
updated
phone
numbers
and
addresses
of
my
students-
hey
because
this
would
have
taken
me
months
to
get
gather
all
this
information,
and
I
got
it
up
front
as
a
result
of
this,
and
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
it
to.
I
end
up
to
I
all
and
I'll.
Let
you
take
it
from
here.
W
All
right,
thank
you,
dr
beta,
so
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
professional
development
that
we
did.
First,
it
really
was
designed
to
reinforce
the
idea
that
trust
is
the
critical
ingredient
to
an
effective
homeschool
partnership
and
we
used
a
quote
from
maya
angelou
to
center
this
idea
she
says
that
I've
learned
that
people
will
forget
what
you
said.
W
People
will
forget
what
you
did,
but
people
will
never
forget
how
you
made
them
feel,
and
this
quote
really
resonates,
and
I
think
it
really
speaks
to
the
point
that
people
may
forget
what
you
say.
People
may
forget
what
you
do,
but
they
don't
forget
how
you
make
them
feel
and
that's
sort
of
the
idea
that
we
wanted
to
bring
into
the
spirit
of
the
trust
visit.
W
We
have
some
evaluation
results
that
are
on
the
the
slides
that
you
received
in
advance,
but
we
found
that
about
four
out
of
five
eighty-one
percent
of
fan
of
the
faculty
across
the
district
found
the
pd
really
valuable
or
valuable.
They
said
things
that
learning
more
about
relational
trust.
Oh
okay,
that
there
was
a
real
focus
on
an
asset
based
approach
to
connecting
with
families
that
thinking
outside
the
box
in
a
new
way
to
communicate
with
families
was
important
for
them.
They
really
liked.
W
There
were
a
lot
of
comments
about
really
appreciating
hearing
from
each
other
about
what
it
was
like
to
teach
in
the
community,
and
we
tried
to
make
it
interactive
and
immediately
applicable,
and
so
we
tried
to
also
give
folks
a
chance
to
feel
relaxed
and
feel
a
little
bit
of
comfort
and
confident
as
they
go
into
the
trust
visits,
and
so
these
are,
I
think
you
can
see
now.
These
are
some
pictures
of
what
the
trust
visits
look
like.
They
really
just
took
place
all
over
the
city.
W
Some
folks
did
it
in
the
community
in
front
of
people's
homes.
Those
were
like
sidewalk
visits.
There
were
some
folks
that
did
it
over
zune.
There
are
some
folks
that
hosted
gatherings
at
the
school,
so
you
can
see
and
to
me
the
big
takeaway
months
later,
is
that,
as
dr
abeyta
said,
we're
hearing
the
word
trust
a
lot.
Folks
say
they
have
additional
trust
visits,
they
schedule
additional
trust
visits,
they
have
their
trust
families,
and
this
is
really
important.
W
So,
if
you
can
scroll
to
the
next
piece,
thank
you
so
to
extend
to
move
from
the
trust
visits
and
to
keep
extending
them
and
to
really
capitalize
on
the
enthusiasm
for
deeper
engagement,
we're
starting
to
undergo
a
project
we're
calling
solidarity
driven
co-design,
which
is
essentially
a
way
to
collaborate
with
families
in
a
deeper
way
to
address
shared
concerns.
So
if
you
can
imagine
there
are
teams
what
we're
calling
co-design
tables,
so
teams
of
faculty
and
families
that
are
coming
together
to
address
shared
issues
or
shared
concerns.
So
there's
some
examples
here.
W
Like
there's
a
committee
working
on
the
standards-based
report
card
rollout,
some
schools
want
to
really
improve
their
school
site
council.
Some
schools
are
thinking
about
parent
workshops.
How
can
we
involve
families
and
thinking
about
the
best
way
to
do
these
parent
workshops
to
improve
remote
learning?
W
There's
about
a
dozen
or
so
of
these
co-design
tables
established
across
the
district?
Some
of
them
are
hosted
at
the
school.
Some
of
them
are
hosted
through
a
central
office
department,
but
they
all
involve
teachers,
administrators
and
families,
and
so
what
does
this
look
like?
There's
a
couple
of
distinct
steps.
W
The
first
one
is
that
we're
going
to
be
delivering
or
we
started
delivering
professional
development
to
families
and
to
the
and
to
the
educators
separately
at
first.
So,
for
instance,
if
you're
a
family
member
participating
in
the
standards-based
report
card,
we
want
to
give
those
family
members
a
chance
to
really
practice
sharing
their
stories
around
their
experiences
with
report
cards.
S
S
Also
some
videos
and
support
around
using
zoom
google
classroom
class
dojo,
there's
also
a
whole
section
on
academic
enrichment,
a
lot
of
the
museums
and
other
public
places
that
people
are
not
frequenting.
These
days
have
offered
or
have
started
a
online
virtual
field
trips
and
really
really
neat
stuff
for
kids.
S
S
When
given
chromebook,
there
is
a
launcher
page,
we
call
it.
It
looks
like
something
like
this
in
the
bottom
right
hand
corner
and
it
allows
kids
to
go
straight
to
their
apps,
and
there
is
also
a
on
the
grade
one
through
four.
There
is
one
that's
highlighted
with
this
yellow
arrow:
that's
called
a
parent
hub
which
links
parents
to
a
lot
of
these
resources.
S
So
there's
a
lot
of
sort
of
always
there
parent
resources
online.
Also,
our
website
is
translatable,
as
if
you
could,
you
can
change
any
to
any
language
you
would
like.
Can
you
turn?
Thank
you.
We
also
have
been
doing
a
lot
of
sort
of
more
well
face
to
screen
face-to-face
sort
of
support
for
parents.
S
Also,
we've
done
the
schools
have
done
a
lot,
a
lot
of
personal
so
from
delivering
delivering
technology
to
houses,
to
holding
outdoor
help
sessions
and
outdoor
pickups
for
parents
and
one
of
the
things
that
I'm
really
proud
of
is
we.
We
recently
had
our
5dp
pd
day
and
we
got
to
hobnob
with
the
educators
from
the
other
districts,
and
we
were
some
of
our
educators.
S
S
Teachers
was
explaining
how
the
she
does
her
class,
and
then
she
says
to
the
kids:
okay,
go
get
your
science
materials
and
they
run
off
and
they
get
the
little
bag
that
they
were
given
at
materials
distribution,
which
is
a
activity
outside
very
safe,
and
they
they
get
their
little
cup
or
their
little
pipette,
and
they
do
the
experiment.
Hands-On
and
the
other
educators
were
just
really
really
impressed.
S
Okay,
the
hard
part
is
that
we're
having
a
really
hard
time
getting
that
into
our
information
system.
So
we
are
definitely
keeping
track
of
attendance.
We
have
all
all
of
the
data,
but
if
we're
having
trouble
getting
aspen,
which
is
our
what
we
call
cis
to
hold
that
data
right
now,
because
dusty
is
asked.
S
A
S
I
A
E
B
E
E
S
S
S
I
have
not
been
able
to
yet
put
this
in
here
for
you.
I
will
I
promise.
I
will
update
it
as
soon
as
our
aspen
system
is
able
to
regenerate
the
reports
that
we
need
to
generate
with
the
new
codes.
I
will
say
that
attendance
has
been
pretty
good.
I
don't
you
know,
don't
want
to
be
quoted
exactly,
but
you
know
the
elementary
schools
have
been
still.
S
You
know
in
94
95
the
high
school's
been
doing
well,
and
I
will
have
exact
numbers
for
you
as
soon
as
you
know,
hopefully
by
next
month,
so
I'm
going
to
move
to
indicator.
Sorry
indicator
eight,
because
these
are
these
are
things
that
happen
quarterly
and
the
quarter
has
not
ended
indicator.
Eight
is
our
dropouts,
so
we
have
had
seven
dropouts
so
far
this
year
and
we,
as
you
can
see
from
this
chart
here,
there's
been
one
regular
education,
student
and
six
english
language
learners
as
a
point
of
comparison
last
year.
S
At
this
time
we
had
20
dropouts.
However,
if
you,
if
we
turn
to
the
notes
here,
you'll
notice
that
there
really
weren't
any
dropouts
in
september-
and
that's
because
we
started
later
right
so
in
september,
the
three-week
window
for
school,
having
you
know,
having
had
school
for
15
days
did
not
happen.
So
in
in
october,
we've
had
seven.
These
are
since
they're
all
location,
unknown.
In
speaking
with
some
of
the
principals,
they
are
mostly
students
who
never
sort
of
they
were
registered,
but
never
truly
came
to
school.
S
So
and
the
last
one
I
have
to
share
with
you
this
evening
is
mobility,
so
we
have
had.
Quite
you
know:
significant
movement
you'll
see
that
the
elc
elementary
and
middle
schools
have,
you
know,
had
two
to
three
kids
net
come
or
go
with
the
elc
in
middle
school,
gaining
a
few.
The
elementary
losing
a
few.
The
high
school
has
lost
seven
more
than
they've
gained
for
a
net.
S
Overall,
when
we
look
over
here,
you
know
because
we
had
september
as
well.
We
have
had
542
kids
either
come
or
go
this
school
year
with
more
actually
leaving
than
coming.
We
are
44
students
less,
but
just
as
a
point
of
comparison,
we
are
about
40
students,
less
movement
than
we
were
last
year
at
this
time.
Last
year,
this
time
we
had
about
580
kids,
who
had
come
or
gone.
V
V
Yeah,
basically
so
like,
like,
let's
say,
like
parents
have
to
have
to
move
out
of
the
city,
but
because
the
students
were
still
here,
you
know
had
been
here
for
a
number
of
years
right
there,
maybe
living
in
riviera
now
and
they
could
still
be
enrolled,
but
because
they
can
just
come
online,
they
haven't
registered
elsewhere.
Is
that
something
that
could
be
happening
is
happening.
E
I
can
answer
that
one.
Sarah,
thank
you
for
roberta.
We
do
have
case
very
few
cases
like
that.
I'll
give
you.
Last
week
we
had
a
case
where
the
family
had
moved
to
revere.
One
student
was
a
senior,
so
we
actually
with
our
seniors.
We
allow
them
to
stay
in
district
and
finish
with
us,
but
the
other
sibling
in
the
family
was
in
fifth
grade,
and
so
we
encouraged
and
we
told
the
family,
you
need
to
register
your
fifth
grade
student
in
revere
public
schools,
and
so
it's
a
case-by-case
basis.
E
We
do
have
a
couple
families
for
whatever
reason
they've
had
to
move
out
due
to
quarantine
for
a
temporary
temporarily
and
on
those
we're
extending
a
lot
of
grace
and
with
with
a
couple
of
families
in
that
situation,
and
then
when
they
come
back
and
maybe
they're
staying
there,
they
can
they're
gonna
be
back
in
chelsea.
So
again
it
it
really
does
depend
on
a
case
a
case-by-case
basis,
and
we
keep
track
of
who,
with
the
students
that
we
that
are
being
disenrolled,
and
I
have
to
sign
off
on
it.
A
B
B
J
Hi
hi,
my
name
is:
oh
there
you
are
hi,
I'm
a
senior
at
chelsea
high
school,
I'm
moroccan
and
I
don't
know
what
more
to
say,
I'm
also
in
student
government,
which
is
why
I
like.
I
was
really
interested
in
joining
and
becoming
a
school
board
representative,
especially
to
help
the
club
and
the
school
out
on
both
ends.
So
thank
you
guys
for
letting
me
join
and
yeah.
D
Okay,
I
am
also
a
senior
at
chelsea
high
school
lomia
like
lomia,
I'm
hondurian,
not
moroccan,
but
I'm
hungarian.
I
am
part
of
I'm
president
of
nhs
and
a
vice
president
of
my
student
class
and
that's
one
of
like
my
main
goals
why
it
pushed
me
to
become
part
of
a
student
representative
and
just
to
help
out
with
the
communication
between
you
know,
school
members
and
our
students
to
just
kind
of
like
bring
them
awareness,
and
you
know,
have
our
community
informed.
X
Hi,
I'm
hi,
I'm
aaliyah
cologne,
I'm
a
senior
also
class
historian
for
class
21,
puerto
rican
and
moroccan,
so
I'm
here
basically
just
to
like
I'm
also
historian
but
like.
I
also
feel
like
you
know,
some
kids
just
don't
really
get
a
voice
around,
especially
since,
like
you
know,
bravo
learning,
so
I'm
just
glad
to
have
this
chance
to
help
out.
I
guess.
A
A
C
V
A
Y
Good
evening,
everyone
first
one
is
consideration
and
action
to
accept
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
from
the
department
of
elementary
and
secondary
education
for
the
targeted
assistance
grant
tag.
The
targeted
assistance
grant
is
designed
to
support
the
development
and
implementation
of
sustainable
employment
plans,
formerly
known
as
turnaround
plans.
The
funds
will
be
used
for
stipends
contractual
services,
supplies
and
materials
conferences,
indirect
costs
and
other
expenses.
C
C
Y
Next
item
is
consideration
and
action
to
accept
eighteen
thousand,
seven
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
from
the
department
of
elementary
and
secondary
education
with
the
leading
educational
access
project,
leap,
culturally,
responsive
practices
and
instruction
grant.
The
leap
grant
supports
ongoing
efforts
to
strengthen
culturally
responsive
leadership
practices
and
instruction
grant
funds
will
be
used
for
stipends
for
staff.
Engaging
in
this
work,
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.
C
V
T
Y
I
think
we
went
too
far
down
supporting
districts
addressing
two
pandemics
grant.
The
nellie
mae
education
foundation's
mission
is
to
champion
efforts
that
challenge
racial
inequities
and
advance
excellence,
student-centered
public
education
for
all
new
england,
youth.
The
grant
funds
will
be
used
for
the
salary
and
insurance
benefits
for
the
new
diversity,
equity
and
excellence,
officer
position
and
contractual
services
for
an
outside
vendor
to
provide
child
care
for
students
in
kindergarten
to
grade
four
during
remote
learning
and
after
school
programming.
A
C
Y
Next
item
is
consideration
and
action
theft,
192
000,
when
the
department
of
elementary
and
secondary
education
for
the
keeper
diversification
pilot
program
grant
this
competitive
teacher
diversification
pilot
program
supports
local
school
district
efforts
to
strengthen
and
diversify
existing
teacher
recruitment
and
retention
programs.
The
current
award
represents
the
third
allocation
to
chelsea
public
schools.
Under
this
program,
funds
will
be
used
to
provide
tuition
assistance
up
to
twelve
thousand
dollars
each
to
sixteen
paraprofessionals
or
teachers
with
provisional
licenses,
who
will
be
seeking
their
master's
degree
and
other
expenses
in
support
of
the
program.
C
Y
Next
item
consideration
and
action
to
accept
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
the
reach
program
and
the
chelsea
opportunity
academy
from
the
mass
grad
grant
program
explanation.
On
october
1
2020,
the
school
committee
accepted
the
award
of
fifty
thousand
dollars
from
the
mass
grad
grant
program.
The
action
acknowledged
that
the
reach
program
would
receive
funding
but
failed
to
indicate
that
the
chelsea
opportunity
academy
will
also
receive
a
portion
of
the
funds
which
will
receive
thirty
thousand
dollars
until
the
opportunity
academy
will
receive
twenty
thousand
dollars.
Y
Funding
is
private,
provided
for
the
cost
of
staff
benefits,
professional
development,
stipends,
grant
specific
school
activities,
supplies
materials,
technology
and
other
costs.
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.
Y
C
Y
Next
item,
consideration
and
action
to
accept
three
thousand
seven
hundred
fifty
dollars
in
cash
donations
for
the
annual
back
to
school
celebration
and
approximately
two
thousand
two
hundred
sixty
eight
dollars
in
donations
of
backpacks
and
other
items,
and
consideration
in
action
to
approve
the
use
of
11,
639
and
six
cents
from
the
gift
account
for
the
purpose
of
funding
the
school
year.
2020
2021
back
to
school
celebration.
Y
The
district
received
generous
financial
support
for
the
back
to
school
celebration
this
year
from
the
tufts
associated
health
plan,
metro,
credit
union,
the
chelsea
restoration
corporation
and
the
committee
to
elect
tom
ambrosino
and
from
costco
corporation,
which
provided
backpacks
for
students.
The
funds
received
this
year
and
on
reserve
from
prior
years
were
used
to
purchase
additional
backpacks
and
lab
trays
for
students,
massachusetts,
general
laws,
chapter
71,
section
37a,
provides
for
the
acceptance
and
it
should
say
of
gifts
for
educational
purposes.
Only
with
the
approval
of
the
chelsea
school
committee.
C
Please
consideration
and
action
to
accept
3750
in
cash
donations
for
the
annual
back-to-school
celebration
and
approximately
2
260
dollars
in
donation
of
backpacks
and
other
items
and
consideration
in
action
to
approve
the
dollars.
11
hundred
and
thirty,
nine
and
dixon
in
the
gift
account
for
the
purpose
of
funding
the
whole
year,
2020
2021
back
to
school
celebration.
C
T
You
pardon
ms
carlyle
before
we
take
the
roll
caller
proceed
with
the
roll
call.
Can
I
just
ask
a
clarifying
question
for
from
monica
please
regarding
this
vote.
You
want
to
send
me,
go
ahead,
monica
did
you
say
at
the
very
end
and
just
to
clarify
I
think
my
phone
might
have
been
fuzzy.
Did
you
say
committee
to
elect
tom
ambrosino
was
part
of
the
folks
who
gave
donations.
T
Y
T
T
He's
not
yeah
no
he's,
he
is
appointed
as
our
city
manager,
rosemary,
but
a
committee
account
is
normally
deemed.
If
it's
a
committee
to
elect
that
means,
it
was
probably
from
his
mayoral
account,
I
think,
and
so
just
just
just
good
to
like
understand
when
we
receive
donations,
what
what's
like
acceptable
or
or
whatnot,
but
it
sounds
like
it
is
for
monica
and
it's
consistent
so
appreciate
the
clarification.
T
A
C
Ahead
veronica
tour
of
rp
consideration
in
action
to
accept
3750
in
cash
donations
for
the
annual
back
to
school
celebration
and
approximately
two
thousand
two
hundred
and
sixty
eight
dollars
in
donations
of
backpacks
and
other
items
in
consideration
in
action
to
improve
the
use
of
eleven
thousand
six
hundred
and
thirty
nine
dollars
and
six
cents
from
the
gift
account
for
the
purpose
of
funding
the
school
year.
2020
2021
back
to
school
celebration,
mr
jimenez.
V
A
Thank
you,
veronica
moving
right
along
consideration
and
action
to
amend
the
non-bargaining,
salary
and
wage
schedule
for
2020
2021
to
create
a
new
position
of
lead
computer
computer
technology,
and
you
have
an
inclusion
sectional
explanation.
In
october,
the
school
committee
funded
created
two
new
positions
for
computer
technology
positions,
beginning
bringing
towards
four
permanent
positions.
Since
then,
it
has
become
clear
to
us
that
the
lead
position
is
needed
to
coordinate
an
effort
to
our
technology
and
we
will
be
working
together
in
multiple
buildings.
A
Thank
you
moving
right
along
consideration
and
action
to
amend
general
fund
from
2020
to
2021
school
budget,
to
correct
a
tech,
typing
error
and
the
program
allocations
and
addresses,
addresses
minor
rounding
errors
and
that's
enclosure.
P
explanation:
on
october
1st,
the
school
committee
adopted
a
budget
amendment
to
increase
funding
for
the
school
year.
Unfortunately,
the
figure's
two
lines
were
swapped
and
unintentionally,
increased
the
budget
for
the
technology
services
and
reduces
funds
for
facility
management
and
transportation.
A
C
C
C
A
B
I
would
like
to
make
a
motion
that
if
we
take
the
role
called
role,
that
we
do
it
for
all
the
families
instead
of
doing
one
by
one
okay,
but
I
believe
we
could
just
make
a
motion
to
accept
the
homeschooling
petition
and
we
don't
have
to
do
a
roll
call.
I
could
be
wrong,
but
in
the
past
I
believe
we
have
in
that
role.
A
Consideration
and
action
to
accept
the
resolutions
regarding
the
mcas
moratorium
for
chelsea
public
schools.
Explanation
the
chelsea
school
committee
requested
the
state
of
massachusetts,
develop
a
new
border
state
education
assessment
accountability
system,
especially
to
the
communities
like
chelsea.
Does
anybody
want
to
speak
on
this.
V
Yeah,
so
I
introduce
the
this
resolution,
so
our
students
every
year
have
to
take
a
standardized
test,
that's
required
by
the
state
in
order
to
meet
federal
requirements
as
well.
It's
called
the
mcas,
and
so
last
year
we
did
not
have
to
give
it
to
our
students,
because
the
federal
government
gave
a
waiver
and
the
state
decided
to
essentially
cancel
the
test
for
the
year.
This
resolution
does
a
couple
of
things:
the
first
that
it
calls
for
a
moratorium
on
the
test
for
a
for.
V
I
think,
if
I
remember
the
text
it
says
for
for
three
years
or
something
like
that,
but
basically
like
this
test
normally
doesn't
really
represent
the
learning
that
our
students
are
are
are
experiencing
in
the
in
in
school.
You
know
it
captures
a
lot
of
the
challenges
that
our
students
are
facing.
You
know
with
regards
to
living
through
poverty
living
through.
You
know
difficult
family
situations.
V
This
year
it
has
coveted
on
top
of
all
those
things,
so
we
I
it
is
my
opinion
that
we
should
not
be
giving
this
test
to
students
in
general,
but
especially
not
this
year,
because
it
will
not
reflect
the
learning
that
our
students
are
actually
having
are
are
doing
in
the
classroom.
And
so
that's
one
thing.
It
calls
for
a
for
a
moratorium
on
on
the
test.
V
The
other
thing
that
it
does
is
it
calls
for
the
creation
of
a
commission
at
the
state
level
to
study
the
impact
of
of
this
test
on
on
students,
and
it
essentially
calls
for
the
commission
to
create
and
design
a
new
system
for
student
evaluation
and
accountability
that
doesn't
rely
solely
on
test
scores
and
that
it
takes
into
account
things
like.
You
know
what
what
actually
happens
in
the
classroom
right.
It
takes
into
account
parent
parent
opinion
student
opinion
things
like
that.
V
So
basically,
this
commission
will
look
at
everything
that
we
want
to
see
out
of
our
education
process
and
and
try
to
create
a
system
of
accountability
and
evaluation
that
that
uses
all
of
those
things.
I'd
be
happy
to
read
the
resolution
as
well,
if
that
is
helpful,
but
I'm
not
sure
if
people
would
like
me
to
do
that
as
well.
V
T
Sorry
can
can
we
it's
a
lot
happening
right
now.
Roberto
did,
I
think,
like
does
everybody
feel
like
they
reviewed
it?
Does
anybody
have
like
questions?
Do
they
need
to
just
to
hear
your
question?
Roberto
folks,
need
it
like
read
or
do
folks
feel
like
they
had
the
opportunity
to
review
it
like?
Where
are
we
because
you
know
I
have
some
some
comments
and
then
you
know,
I'm
happy
to
you
know,
move
forward
with
the
with
the
vote
on
the
resolution.
H
T
Thank
you.
So
you
know
I
know
a
lot
of
us
have
been
strong
advocates
for
mcas.
You
know
even
prior
to
being
on
the
school
committee
and
I'm
sure
there's
different
opinions
about
it.
I'm
really
proud
of
the
fact
roberto
that
you're
introducing
this
to
you
know
as
part
of
the
chelsea
school
committee
and
that
there's
an
opportunity
to
actually
be
a
part
of
some
statewide
organizing
and
efforts.
That's
going
towards
this
creation
of
a
commission
for
many
years.
T
You
know
this
has
been
a
struggle
and
there's
there's
been
advocates
on
all
sides
of
the
fence
about
you
know
wanting
to
have
measures
in
place
for
accountability
and,
and
you
know,
standards
and
excellence.
You
know,
but
mcas
has
been
one-
that's
really
hard.
I
think
for
a
lot
of
us,
so
I'm
really
happy
to
support
this
resolution
tonight,
but
even
more
so
because
I
feel
like
it's
not
just
a
flat.
You
know.
T
I
don't
want
to
say
that
any
resolution
is
just
a
resolution,
but
that
there's
actually
movement
in
the
state
behind
this
and
that
chelsea
can.
The
chelsea
school
committee
can
actually
be
a
part
of
voicing
their
support
for
this
in,
in
addition,
with
other
school
communities
across
the
state.
So
I
think
it's
just
a
valuable
time
and
a
very
important
time
for
our
families
to
express
you
know
our
our
voices
about
this
and
and
getting
better
testing
for
our
students.
So
thank
you,
roberto
for
bringing
this
forward.
V
And
if
I
could
just
mention
one
more
thing,
you
know
a
big
criticism
of
this
test
is
that
we
end
up
spending
more
time,
preparing
our
students
to
take
this
test,
instead
of
actually
teaching
them
content,
and
so
especially
this
year.
Since
you
know
we,
we
are
in
a
different
learning
environment.
I
think
that
we
need
to
spend
the
most
time
actually
teaching
our
students.
C
B
U
A
Carries
okay.
Thank
you
very
much.
Moving
right
along
to
communications,
I
have
a
letter
from
councilman
leo
robinson,
I'd
like
to
read.
First
of
all,
I
would
apologize
for
not
attending
the
meetings.
I
had
a
lot
of
meetings
and
conferences
to
agree
this
week.
I
would
like
to
make
a
comment
on
a
few
items
that
I
feel
are
very
important
to
the
city,
the
250
000
nellie
mae
educational
fund,
grant,
which
will
challenge
in
racial
equality
and
advance
excellence
students
center
in
a
public
education.
A
A
That's
one
thing
he
brought
to
our
attention
and
the
mass
grad
grant
program
allows
the
opportunity
for
support
programs
that
I
believe,
such
as
the
reach
program
and
the
chelsea
opportunity
program.
It
would
help.
I
want
to
wish
you
all
a
happy
thanksgiving
and
thank
you
for
letting
me
send
in
this
letter.
Does
anybody
have
any
questions
on
his
communication.
T
T
T
T
You
know
in
particular
what
we
talked
about
tonight,
which
was
fantastic
to
actually
hear
and
the
other
topic
on
communication.
I
I
even
thought
that
it
would
be
good
for
us
to
have
like
some
subcommittee
of
the
whole
just
to
get
further
clarity
about
communications
and
how
we
define
communications,
whether
that's
with
the
community
through
outside
of
the
standard
school
committee
meetings.
T
So
when
I'm
hearing
a
comment
about
an
agenda
item,
whether
it
is
from
an
elected
official
or
you
know,
a
member
of
our
body
as
leo
is
the
council
representative,
you
know:
does
that
go
towards.
You
know
a
public
comment
section
when
it's
about
our
agenda
or
how
we
define
communication.
That's
it.
You
know,
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
you
know
he
has
some
feedback
for
us,
I'm
just
it's
literally
more
about
like
how
we
use
these
sections
on
our
agenda.
That's
all.
A
V
V
We
voted
on
nine
resolutions.
They
were
ten.
There
were
ten
resolutions
in
the
in
the
agenda,
but
one
of
them
was
tabled,
so
I
can
just
quickly
go
through
what
some
of
the
resolutions
were.
So
there
was
actually
a
resolution
on
mcas
and
heist
takes
testing
similar
to
the
one
that
we
just
voted
on,
and
these
were
all
passed.
V
V
It
passed
about
55
45,
asking
for
the
organization
to
advocate
for
lowering
the
voting
age
to
16
for
municipal
elections
over
city,
council
and
school
committees.
Primarily
fifth
resolution
was
around
supporting
an
increase
in
federal
support
for
public
k-12
education,
so
essentially
asking
the
federal
government
to
provide
us
the
resources
that
we
need
to
fully
fund
our
schools,
which,
as
we're,
we're
seeing
in
the
budget
right
now.
The
student
opportunity
act
is
not
being
funded
this
year
right.
It
was
mentioned
earlier.
V
If
the
federal
government
were
to
give
us
resources,
they
might
be
able
to
do
something
like
that.
Early
next
year,
a
solution
number
six
was
around
retention
of
medicaid
revenue,
urging
the
state
legislature
to
require
that
100
percent
of
medicaid
reimbursements
be
provided
in
full
to
the
public
schools
of
each
municipality.
V
V
V
You
know
too
much
leeway
to
just
take
their
kids
out
of
school,
and
you
know
there
was
a
bit
of
a
discussion
around
that,
and
so
they
decided
to
table
that
that
resolution.
So
anyway,
that's
that's
what
was
discussed
there
pretty
much
everything
passed.
It
was
a
thrilling
meeting
that
lasted
about
four
hours.
V
V
So
that
those
were
all
voted
on
at
the
assembly,
so
we
had
the
we
had
the
emergency
meeting
on
tuesday
of
last
week,
where
I
was
voted
to
be
the
delegate
and
then
I
attended
and
voted
on
these
things
and
yeah
folks
have
any
questions
around
any
of
the
resolutions.
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
of
them
now
or
you
know
I
can
talk
about
them.
We
can
speak
offline
as
well.
V
A
V
Last
year
they
passed
the
student
opportunity
act,
promised
their
students
that
they
were
going
to
fund
their
education
and
now
they're
choosing
not
to
do
it.
So
I
actually,
I
forwarded
the
letter
along
to
each
of
the
school
committee
members
and
we
can
talk
offlines
in
this
since
you're
you'd
be
signing
on
as
individuals,
but
I
just
want
this.
The
the
folks
who
are
watching
this
meeting
to
know
that
we
are
continuing
to
advocate
for
this
funding,
because
it
is
not
it's
not
a
gift
to
our
students.
V
It
is
not
charity,
it
is.
It
is
money
that
was
promised
to
them
and
that
they
deserve,
because
they
have
been
hit
hardest
by
this
pandemic
and
and
we
can't
we
can
just
sit
idly
by
while
the
legislature
continues
to
not
fund
our
students,
so
we
will
continue
fighting
and
if
you
have
any
questions,
please
please
reach
out.
U
All
right,
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone
and
chelsea
for
coming
out
and
voting.
We
get
a
outstanding
numbers
of
votes
out
there
here
in
the
city
of
chelsea
for
our
current
election
back
in
on
tuesday.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
cabinet
members,
as
well
as
superintendent
schools
for
their
wonderful
presentation
tonight,
even
though
it
was
a
long
presentation,
a
lot
of
great
information.
Thank
you.
A
T
I
personally
have
been
following
the
charter
review
commission
meetings
that
have
been
made
available
by
the
city
online
there's
been
a
lot
of
great
discussion.
It's
very
important.
This
process
happens
every
10
years.
Our
charter
is
pretty
much
like
our
mini
constitution.
If
you
will,
I
know
that
the
chair
has
done
a
great
job
in
reaching
out,
and
you
know
making
herself
available
to
anybody
that
has
feedback.
T
That
process
is
still
happening.
They're
reviewing
things,
there's
a
lot
of
discussions
around
some
proposals,
and
so
I
would
just
encourage
the
school
committee
members
to
really
reach
out
to
those
represent
representatives
on
the
the
commission,
whomever
you
feel
comfortable.
Speaking
to
likewise,
you
know
miss
carlisle,
mr
wilson,
I
know
you're
both
representatives
and
that
it
would
also
be
good
to
hear
from
you
on
another
date
whether
you
want
to
come
back
to
the
next
school
committee
meeting.
T
If
you
have
perspectives,
I
don't
know
if
that's
miss,
dr
alberta,
you
know
if
you
feel
like
it's
appropriate
or
not.
I
I
defer
that
to
the
chair
and
to
draw
beta,
but
I
think
those
conversations
were
really
really
important
and
so
I've
been
paying
attention.
That's
also
another
way
for
us
to
really
make
sure
that
we're
we're
keeping
our
voices
you
know
involved
in
that
process
and
that
just
just
reminding
folks
that
that
that
is
still
an
important
part
of
our
local
work.