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From YouTube: City Council Meeting of 2-7-22
Description
City of Chelsea, Joint meeting with School Committee
A
C
B
C
B
B
There
were
two
districts
school
school
committee,
district
races
that
did
not
elect
a
school
committee.
Member
per
the
charter,
once
the
city
council
is
notified
of
the
vacancy,
it
is
up
to
the
city
council
to
call
a
joint
session
with
the
school
committee
members,
the
the
remaining
seven
in
this
case
to
host
a
hold
a
joint
committee,
so
that
we
can
appoint
the
position
from
any
candidates
that
submit
their
resume.
With
a
letter
of
interest.
B
So
all
that
being
said,
I
will
let
my
colleagues
and
the
my
elected
officials
from
the
other
side
of
the
aisle
on
the
school
committee,
get
prepared,
we're
going
to
ask
committee
and
we're
going
to
allow
the
school
committee
members
first
to
ask
questions
of
ms
clarice
clovis
and
then,
after
that,
we'll
allow
the
city
councillors
to
ask
questions.
I'll
turn
this
at
this
moment
to
my
fellow
president
of
the
school
committee,
ms
kelly,
garcia.
G
F
H
Thank
you,
mr
regeneda,
already
team,
so
we
have
in
front
of
us
one
candidate.
Thank
you
for
those
watching
at
home.
Thank
you
for
joining
this
special
joint
meeting,
I'm
kelly
garcia
and
I'm
the
president
of
the
chelsea
school
committee,
I'd
like
to
turn
it
over
to
the
school
committee
to
start
with
questions.
So
if
there
are
any
members,
please
raise
your
hand,
so
I
can
call
on
you.
Mr
jimenez
start
us
off.
Please.
A
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J
I
J
Perfect
so
I
came
here
when
I
was
in
second
grade,
so
I'm
not
gonna
date
myself,
because
I
know
that
you
guys
happen
to
like
to
do
that.
But
let's
just
say
that
it
was
second
grade
was
in
the
what
was
called
the
old
shirtless
school.
My
mom,
we
came
from
puerto
rico.
I
grew
up
in
chelsea.
I
went
through
the
chelsea
public
school
system
from
second
grade
all
the
way
up
to
high
school,
and
my
son
is
now
going
to
be
enrolling
in
kindergarten
in
what
is
no
longer
the
shirtless
school.
J
It's
now
the
early
learning
center.
So,
if
I'm
being
completely
transparent,
that
is
part
of
the
main
reason
my
eldest
son
will
be
there.
This
upcoming
fall
and
then
my
youngest
son
will
be
there
the
following
fall,
so
my
biggest
reason
for
wanting
to
be
part
of
the
school
committee
or
be
in
the
seat
is
so
that
I
can
have
a
voice
and
be
kind
of
a
little
bit
of
a
bridge
if
you
will
between
the
parents
and
what's
going
on
within
the
school
system.
J
I
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
I
mean
I
watched
the
the
last
committee
meeting
and
I
learned
so
much
there's
so
much
behind
the
scenes.
Work
that's
already
being
done.
That
is
absolutely
not
even
really
in
the
peripheral
vision
of
most
people.
Most
people
think
that
kids
just
get
up
they
go
to
school
and
that's
what
happens.
There's
so
much
behind
the
scenes.
Work
that
you
guys
are
doing
that.
It's
incredible
and
me
personally,
as
a
parent.
J
I
don't
want
to
go
ahead
and
say:
I'm
going
to
end
up
being
a
helicopter
mom,
but
knowing
and
being
involved
within
that
process
is
going
to
definitely
alleviate
some
of
the
pressure
and
the
stress
is
going
to
be
coming
up
in
the
fall
and
I'm
sure
a
lot
of
parents
would
be
able
to
vocalize
that
if
they
had
the
time
or
if
they
were
able
to
to
join
or
if
they
tried
to
become
a
little
bit
more
active.
So
if
it
wasn't
here,
I
was
gonna.
K
Hi
welcome,
like
you,
I
got
into
school
committee
through
an
interview,
and
here
I
am
10
years
later,
so
so
our
one
of
our
biggest
push
is
family
and
community
engagement.
We've
been
working
very
hard
to
make
sure
that
the
community
is
well
aware
of.
What's
going
on
in
the
schools
and
engaging
parents,
do
you
have
any
techniques
that
maybe
you
could
bring
to
try
to
engage
more
parents?
It's
been
great,
but
it
could
be
greater
because
you
know
seeing
the
demographics
that
we
have
in
the
city.
K
J
Ms
villas,
I
think
the
biggest
thing
in
my
opinion
is
a
lot
of
people
are
unaware
of
the
work
that
you
guys
do.
So
I
think,
first
and
foremost,
that
needs
to
be
addressed,
whether
it's
you
guys
are.
You
have
a
lot
of
teachers
that
are
working
with
you.
I
thought
it
was
amazing
how
some
of
them
even
stepped
up,
as
advocates
for
their
students.
I
think
that
helps
the
student
teacher
relationship.
J
I
think
that
students,
knowing
that
yes,
it's
not
just
mom
and
and
dad
or
mom
and
mom
or
dad
and
dad
whatever
their
or
their
caregiver,
whatever
their
at-home
structure,
is
going
to
be
coming
up
to
back.
I
think
that
once
people
start
to
see
that
the
bigger
picture
really
is
that
it
takes
a
village,
it's
it's
a
done
deal
because
parents
do
want
to
know,
especially
right
now.
J
You
guys
mentioned
that
with
the
coronavirus
protocol,
everything
has
been
shifting
so
quickly
and
you
guys
have
been
able
to
adapt
and
the
school
systems
have
been
able
to
adapt,
and
I
think
it's,
it's
honestly
commendable
how
quickly
both
the
parents
and
the
tea
and
the
children
themselves
have
been
so
resilient.
The
teachers
have
also
done
their
part
and
you
guys
have
been
able
to
do
that.
J
A
lot
of
the
parents
think
again
it
starts
at
drop
off
and
pick
up,
and
then
everything
else
is
just
kind
of
like
a
big
snowball
situation,
so
my
biggest
technique
is
going
to
be
to
advocate
and
voice
the
fact
that
listen,
if
you
don't
like
what's
going
on,
you
have
a
voice
and
you
need
to
start
using
it,
and
these
are
your
avenues.
These
are
your
tools,
help
us
help.
J
A
K
J
L
We've
tried
every
form
of
communication,
I
think
has
come
to
our
minds:
how
to
communicate
with
parents
and
still
like
you,
it's
not
just
drop
off
the
child
and
pick
it
up,
and
you
know
they
raise
it
for
you.
But
it's
I
think
we
need
this
year.
I
think
especially,
we
need
to
think
of
brainstorm
on
what
is
that
new
way
to
communicate
with
parents,
because
it
doesn't
seem
to
get
to
them
in
any
language.
My
biggest
term
was
when
I
first
started
was
that
there
wasn't
enough
multi-language,
spanish
speaking,
communication
going
out.
L
Well,
there's
plenty
of
that
now
and
it's
still
not
doesn't
seem
to
still
be
getting
out
there
enough.
So
in
your
in
your
role
here
with
us,
probably
one
of
the
biggest
things
that
we'll
be
looking
for,
is
you,
as
a
parent
with
little
kids
in
school,
trying
to
find
you
hear
what
other
parents
say?
Why
why?
Why
aren't
they
listening?
Why
aren't
they
looking
into
what's
going
on
with
their
kids
any
ideas
on
what
what
can
be
done?
J
J
No,
no,
absolutely
not!
No,
no!
No
because
you
know
what,
by
that
same.
By
that
same
token,
then
you
have
parents
that
are
going
to
be
on
the
counterpart
that
are
going
to
be
dropping
off
at
the
age
of
20..
You
know
so
the
the
point
is
that
when
I
was
growing
up,
my
mom
didn't
have
facebook,
my
mom
didn't
have
social
media.
J
I
read
recently
a
horrifying
story
about
a
young
lady
that
if
the
school
system
would
have
implemented
a
simple
hey,
your
child
is
not
here
right
now,
it's
past
first
period,
your
child
is
not
here.
Where
is
your
child?
That
child
would
probably
still
be
going
home
to
their
parents,
and
you
know
that
school
system
was
going
to
start
implementing
something
that
I
remember
was
happening
when
I
was
in
high
school
so
that
that
is
again.
J
I
understand
that
there's
gonna,
be
you
know
that,
oh,
you
can't
beat
a
dead
horse
or
you're
beating
a
dead
horse
kind
of
situation,
but
that's
not
the
case
when
I
was
growing
up.
We
had
buildings
that
were
in
rubble
and
starting
and
now
these
buildings
are
huge
and
and
it's
a
it's
completely
taken
over,
our
city
is
constantly
evolving
and
with
that
the
people
are
evolving.
So
if
that
means
that
we
have
to
utilize
more
social
media,
we
have
to
utilize
word
of
mouth.
We
have
to
utilize.
J
J
From
a
parent
to
to
a
teacher
to
a
teacher
to
a
student,
I
was
telling
the
other
candidates
that
I
remember
that
when
my
little
one
of
my
siblings
started-
and
I
myself
am
dyslexic-
I
remember
I
used
to
have
to
be
pulled
out
of
my
classroom
on
a
weekly
basis
with
one
special
teacher
that
would
help.
You
know
me
deal
with
my
frustration
of
reading
and
so
forth,
and
my
brother
himself
would
have
to
be
pulled
out
of
the
classroom
for
his
medications.
J
J
The
caregivers
are
going
to
go
ahead
and
do
that
and
I
used
to
coach
way
before
I
even
my
sister
and
I
coached
little
league
and
the
first
two
practices.
I
noticed
right
away.
Parents
were
just
dropping
off
their
children
and
leaving
that's
it
for
an
hour
an
hour
and
a
half.
Then
I
would
have
to
you
know,
wait
until
they
got
back
from
doing
whatever
they
did.
Two
practices
by
the
third
practices-
I
said-
excuse
me
this
is
not
gonna
fly.
J
This
is
what
I
need
for
every
single
practice.
I
need
one
person
present.
You
don't
have
to
be
in
our
way,
but
I
need
these
kids
to
see
that
there's
someone
there
waiting
for
them
that
if
they
get
hurt,
there's
someone
there
and
you
know
what
happened
the
rest
of
the
season.
At
least
one
parent
started
showing
up
for
those
kids.
So
what
you
allow
will
continue,
but
it
starts
with
just
throwing
the
stone
in
the
water
and
causing
that
ripple
effect.
J
H
J
H
H
And
it
takes
a
lot
of
work
dedication
and
it's
not
easy,
but
we
do
it
for
our
children.
So
thank
you
for
showing
your
commitment
and
for
being
here
and
so
before.
I
turn
it
over
to
the
city
council
for
questions.
I'd
like
to
ask
you
one
last
question:
what
is
your
vision
for
the
chelsea
school
system.
J
My
vision
for
the
chelsea
school
system
is
that
when
our
athletes
go
to
other
districts,
they
no
longer
feel
humbled
in
the
sense
that
they
feel
that
they're
not
equipped
with
certain
the
same
commodities.
If
you
will,
I
want
to
get
the
student,
the
tel,
the
typical
chelsea
student,
that
chip
off
their
shoulder.
You
know
our
educational
system,
our
our
resources,
are
just
as
good,
if
not
better,
they're,
just
not
being
taken
advantage
of,
and
I
want
that
by
the
time
I
from
the
moment
I
set
foot
till
the
moment.
I
I
finish.
J
I
want
to
see
that
I
want
to
see
that
from
my
children
all
the
way
up
to
the
high
school
kids,
because
you
guys
talked
about
attendance
and
you
guys
talked
about
a
lot
of
things
in
the
last
meeting
and
I
think
it's
important
for
children
to
care
and
it's
if
we
really
think
about
it,
it's
easier
to
raise
a
healthy,
emotionally,
competent
child.
All
the
way
up
to
adulthood
than
to
try
to
you
know
fix
an
adult.
J
If
you
will
so,
I
think
it
really
does
start
from
the
educational
level
and
all
the
way
up
and
they
need
that
reinforcement.
There's
people
there
that
are
there
for
you.
They
are
rooting
for
you
and
if
the
minute
we
start
to
feel
that
there's
resistance,
then
that's
that's
that's
where
we,
I
personally
feel
go
wrong.
So
if,
if
you're
asking
me
about
the
vision,
I
would
say
that
academically
speaking,
I
want
the
kids
to
say.
Yes,
I
I
went
to
chelsea
public
schools.
J
I
came,
I
come
from
chelsea
and
say
that
with
a
certain
level
of
pride
that
I
know
comes
from
knowing
that
I
had
people
on
my
corner,
because
I
did
personally,
you
know
from
the
grades
that
I
hated
guess
what
the
teachers
that's
out
there
and
and
pretty
much
like.
No,
you
know
this.
I
know
that
you
know
this.
J
You
might
not
be
testing
properly
now,
but
you
know
this
that
reinforcement
that
made
the
difference-
and
you
know
from
my
mother
telling
me
like
no
whatever
you
do
educationally
speaking,
that
is
what
you
learn
is
for
you.
You
know
nobody
can
take
that
away
from
you.
Nobody
can
give
you
more
so
you're,
either
prepared
or
you're,
not
so.
D
President,
thank
you
clary
for
for
clary
angelis
for
being
here
today
and
and
for
answering
your
questions
so
eloquently
as
you
see
today
is
not
actually
a
typical
day.
Usually
we
have
the
school
committee
members
here
we
have
the
council
here.
I
would
love
to
hear
from
you.
How
do
you
see
us
working
and
collaborating
together.
D
J
In
school
committee
and
council
well,
I
think
it
depends
on
what
you're
discussing,
because
I'm
sure
that
you
know
everyone's
going
to
have
certain
opinions
and
and
certain
wants
and
needs,
and
you
know,
in
my
opinion,
it's
either
going
to
be.
You
know,
we're
all
cooperating
and
maybe
compromising
or
it's
something
that
is
you
a
subject
that
we
all
are
passionate
enough
about.
That
unifies
us
to
the
point
that
we
could
actually
work
very
well
together.
N
N
J
Well,
I
would
contribute
my
opinion.
I
start
there.
You
know.
As
far
as
there
I
mean
I'm
not
saying
that
everything
runs
smoothly,
because
that
would
be
pretty
much
very
dorothy
of
me
or
very
much
alice
in
wonderland,
we're
not
very
far
from
wonderland,
there's
work
to
be
done
and
I'm
sure
that,
depending
on
the
work,
that's
being
done,
it's
going
to
be
the
level
of
smoothness.
If
you
will
that's
going
to
happen
so
as
far
as
change
goes,
you
know
I
have
to
first
get
acclimated
in.
J
What's
going
on,
I
need
to
dig
deeper
as
far
as
what
their
overall
tasks
are.
As
I
can
see.
As
far
as
I'm
concerned,
they
have
been
able
to
move
quickly
with
all
of
the
recent
demands
and
quickly
efficiently
and
to
the
point
where
at
least
maybe
minimal.
If
you
will
push
back
from
chelsea
residents,
I
do
follow
the
what's
happening
in
chelsea,
page
and
yeah.
I
mean
parents
complain
about
drop
off
and
pick
up
being.
You
know
not
as
smooth
as
it
could
be.
J
Parents,
parents
have
tons
of
topics
in
which
they
can
can
you
know
they
can
be
upset
about
or
just
notice
that
there's
flaws
in
the
system.
There's
flaws
in
every
system,
mr
cooper,
the,
but
the
difference
is
that,
if
we're
not
working
towards
fixing
the
flaws
or
at
least
putting
the
flaws
on
the
table
again,
what
is
allowed
will
continue
because,
if
nobody's
doing
anything
to
change
it,
then
it's
gonna.
It's
gonna
keep
happening
so.
N
J
B
J
That's
well,
I
live
here,
so
I
mean
some
it's
just
well
as
far
as
being
involved.
I
think
I
need
to
first
address
the
what
the
needs
are.
So
if
we
have
hey
this
is
what
we
need
done
again.
These
parents
needed
to
complete
these
surveys.
You
know
we
need
this
taken
care
of.
You
know
I
live
here.
I
plan
on.
You
know,
spending
my
time
trying
to
figure
out
what
needs
to
get
done
and
then
from
there
delegating.
O
A
J
J
I
I
was
the
last
time
that
I
coached
or
helped
my
sister
coach
was
to
in
2011
my
first
son
wasn't
born
in
2000
until
2016.,
so
I've
always
tried
to
see
the
need
and
do
things
that
are
enjoyable,
and
you
know
it's
humbling
because
I
still
have
now
you
know
with
with
especially
with
boys
and
for
some
reason
it's
like
you,
don't
see
them
for
a
second
and
then
it's
like
they
come
back
and
you
have
a
man
running
towards
you.
Saying
coach
coach.
J
A
F
Place
leaves
me
feeling
and
wonder
wondrous
every
single
day.
Secondly,
I
want
to
tell
you
that
you're
doing
a
phenomenal
job
that
it's
a
lot
of
pressure
to
sit
there
and
get
all
these
questions
from
a
bunch
of
people
who
win
elections
and
don't
even
have
to
answer
most
of
the
questions.
You're
answering
and
that's
just
because
of
our
low
voter
turnout.
It's
just
a
reality,
so
I
just
want
to
commend
you
for
being
here.
A
J
That
that
essence
is
what
the
kids
need
and
then
from
the
children's
perspective,
for
them
to
know
that
they
matter
and
again,
if,
if
your
kids
are
going
to
school
and
they're
happy
about
school
and
it's
a
safe
place,
which
I
know
that
for
a
lot
of
children,
especially
during
the
pandemic,
school
was
their
safety.
And
then
that
was
you
know.
But
by
the
same
token,
I
know
that
there
was
a
lot
of
kids
that
appreciated
remote
learning
and
did
better
during
remote
learning.
J
P
P
P
P
J
Well,
something
that
I
realized
raising
my
children
is
that
for
the
most
part,
if
there's
discrepancies
within
like,
for
example,
my
mother's
methods
and
my
methods,
it's
more
of
a
generational
gap
in
true,
we
want
our
children
as
she
wanted.
You
know
everyone
works
with
the
tools
that
they
have
so
yes,
the
problem
is
there:
the
parents
are
not
always
going
to
be
able
to
be
engaged
because
they
have
to
work.
That's
the
bigger
picture.
J
J
They're
gonna
show
up
and
they're
gonna
do
better
and
they're
gonna
be
proud
about
the
educational
system
and
they're
gonna.
You
know,
if
you
think
about
it,
everybody
likes
positive
feedback.
You
know
I
don't
happen
to
have
a
problem
with
negative
feedback
either.
But
that's
just
me
I
mean
that's,
that's
fine,
but
feedback
is
feedback.
So
that's
all.
I
could
really
say
to
that.
Really.
J
J
J
J
Right,
but
if
I
would
have
known
that
the
the
vacancy
was
available,
you
know,
maybe
it
was
just
based
on
timing
as
well.
I
actually
became
aware
that
the
seat
was
available
on
wednesday
wednesday
afternoon.
I
believe
I
was
requested
to
present
three
letters
of
recommendation.
I
got
four
and
I
felt
that
because
I
four
people
took
the
time
to
go
ahead
and
do
that
that
I
deserved
to
submit
that,
because
four
people
took
their
time
out
of
their
day
to
do
that.
J
P
So
I
I
I
I
think
your
answer
is
illuminating,
that
that
you
I
mean
it
seems
like
this
process
has
been
kind
of
an
accelerated
process
and
that
and
that,
maybe
if,
if
you
know,
we
would
have
had
a
little
bit
more
time
and
and
and
worked
a
little
harder
we
could
have,
we
could
have
had
more
candidates
come
forward.
Not
that
there's
anything
wrong
with
your
good
self
here,
but.
B
When
was
I'm
going
to
cut
this,
I'm
going
to
cut
this
off?
Let
me
remind
everybody:
we
have
three
candidates
that
we
have
to
interview
tonight
and
the
purpose
of
tonight
is
to
ask
questions
of
each
candidate
as
to
why
the
reasons
were
that
they
want
to
join.
Why
what
their
qualifications
are.
I
do
not
want
to
have
side.
O
B
I
do
not
want
to
have
sidetracked
conversations
about
the
process,
lack
of
a
lack
of
candidates
and
anything
else
than
people
not
running,
and
all
that,
because,
again
I
mind
you,
we
have
two
bodies
of
legislative
bodies
in
this.
We
all
have
to
ask
questions
and
if
there's
a
problem,
anyone
seems
to
have
a
problem
about
the
situation.
I
would
say
that
deserves
its
own
time
and
separate
meeting
from
this
tonight.
B
So
please
be
aware:
it
is
already
45
minutes
that
this
candidate
has
been
in
front
of
us
and
we
still
have
two
more
candidates
to
interview.
So
unless
you
have
a
question
specific
to
the
candidate
itself
about
her
her
background,
then
I
would
say:
allow
other
colleagues
to
answer
questions
or
we
get
to
the
next
candidates.
Thank
you.
A
B
The
agenda
is
that
we
are
hold
on
I'm
answering
council
videos,
question
first
and
then
take
other
questions.
The
agenda
right
now
is
that
we
are
nominating
you
know
the
we're
interviewing
the
candidates
number
three
and
then
we
go
to
the
nomination
regarding
the
other
districts.
If
anyone
wants
to
make
a
motion
to
end
and
not
end
the
discussion
right
here
of
the
interview
process
and
then
make
a
decision
and
go
right
to
nomination,
and
then
we
continue
president.
F
Q
J
Strengths
well.
Well,
I
don't
believe
that
everything's,
you
know
very
alice
in
wonderland.
I
am
a
very
persistent
person
and
I
don't
give
up
easily
so
and
if
I'm
it's
something
that
I'm
very
passionate
about
you're,
either
going
to
be
very
well
educated
about
it
or
you're,
going
to
end
up
being
very
passionate
about
it,
because
if
I,
if
I,
if
it
moves
me,
it's
what
I
that's
what
I
do.
A
B
J
J
We
called
her
miss
d
for
the
dictionary,
because
whenever
we
did
something
wrong
or
were
not
necessarily
being
you
know
the
way
we're
supposed
to
be,
then
we
would
end
up
having
to
do
dictionary
work,
and
I
started
to
notice
that
my
dictionary
work
ironically
enough
had
a
whole
lot
of
b's
and
d's
and
m's
and
n's,
and
you
know
again,
extra
work
from
educators
that
had
to
do
that.
That
didn't
have
to
go
that
extra
mile
and
what
started
like
a
punishment
ended
up.
Really,
you
know
being
something
that
helped
me.
J
I
love
reading
and
you
know
again
dyslexia
back
then
wasn't,
and
I
have
just
you
know-
were
dyslexia
and
numerical
dyslexia.
Unfortunately,
for
me,
so
I
hated
math,
I
hated
math
and
I
just
couldn't
figure
it
out.
You
know
and
again
another
educator
also
figured
it
out
for
me
and
she
guided
me
through
it
and
a
subject
that
I
would
have
flunked
just
based
on
at
that
point,
I
would
have
done
whatever
needed
to
be
done
to
get
out
of
that
class
to
spare
me
the
embarrassment
of
having
to
sit
there.
J
You
know,
because
of
those
educators
doing
that
at
that
time.
I
know
that
now,
there's
laws,
there's
different
legislation,
there's
different
information
that
this
school
district
has
now
that
they
didn't
have.
Then
I
mean
it's:
it's
it
evolves,
so
maybe
it's
not
as
severe.
Maybe
the
children
are
a
little
bit
more
integrated
now,
that's
all
something
that
I'm
going
to
be
finding
out
quite
soon,
whether
it's
through
the
school
committee
or
whether
it's
when
I
step
foot
into
the
school
system
with
my
sons,
but
that's
just
something
that
helped
me
personally.
B
Counselor
robinson
mentioned
earlier
about
your
past
being
in
the
softball
team,
but
I
also
read
in
your
one
of
the
recommendations
by
miss
she
amanda
quintana.
I
think
it
said
that
she
possessions,
so
my
question
is,
I'm
sorry.
No.
Actually
it
was
ashley
calzada,
just
the
years
involved
in
the
athletic
programs.
So
I
I
besides
softball
was
there
any
other
programs
that
you
participated
in
and
played.
J
I
tried
soccer
once
and
then
decided
that
there
was
no
way
in
that
short
period
of
time
that
I
was
gonna,
get
the
endurance
that
it
was
going
to
take
for
me
to
run
from
one
side
of
the
football
field
to
the
other
side
of
the
football
field,
and
because
I
was
a
a
catcher.
I
did
not
really
appreciate
getting
kicked
in
my
chins
all
night.
You
know
when
a
game
so
then
the
school
plays.
J
J
If
you
will
so
that's
why
softball
was
the
one
thing
that
I
personally
really
enjoyed
it.
It
brought
me
closer
to
my
my
my
dad
because
we
would
have
to
have
our
practices
early,
and
so
that's
the
one
thing
that
I
never
I
never
stopped.
You
know
I
liked
basketball.
I
liked.
Of
course
I
would
try
out
because
my
friends,
you
know
hey,
the
team,
needs
you,
but
if,
if
my
attention
was
called
elsewhere
by
you,.
A
B
No
I'm
glad
I
asked
the
question
because
we
actually
learned
a
little
bit
more
about
your
participation,
because,
even
though
you
say
you
only
played
one
sport,
we
just
found
out
that
you
also
did
drama
and
theater
in
the
band.
So
again,
it's
it's
great
to
have
a
little
insight
on
how
how
much
you
actually
did
participate
and
everything
that
the
high
school
system
provide
was
available,
and
it's
a
nice
insight
into
you.
Are
there
any
other
questions?
B
B
B
We
don't
put
any
of
our
other
appointees
any
of
the
boards
or
commission
members
through
this
process,
and
I
want
to
proud,
applaud
your
attention
and
your
behavior
tonight
and
again,
my
again,
it's
an
honor
to
have
you
here
in
front
of
us.
If
that's
the,
if
there
are
no
other
questions,
I'll
go
back
to
counselor
vedau.
C
B
B
P
C
C
B
D
Thank
you
so
to
my
colleagues
and
to
everyone
present
here.
I
am
fully
going
to
disclose
that
I
will
be
recusing
myself
from
the
next
portion
of
interviews.
I
am
the
city
council
for
district
five,
but
actually
one
of
the
candidates
here
fully
disclosing
is
a
colleague
of
mine
at
my
full-time
employer,
which
is
the
neighborhood
developers
and
therefore
considering
on
the
basis
of
appearance
of
conflict,
I
will
be
recusing
myself
for
the
next
portion,
so
I
trust
everyone
that
you
will
make
the
right
decision,
but
good
luck
and
good
evening.
Thank
you.
B
Good
evening
my
name
is
roya
virginet,
I'm
the
city
council
president
and
joining
me
here
on
the
dais
is
the
chairperson
for
the
school
committee,
ms
kelly,
garcia,
along
with
the
members
of
the
city
council
and
the
school
committee
members
seated
in
front
tonight,
we're
going
to
ask
a
bunch
of
questions.
We've
received
your
letter
of
interest
and
your
impressive
resume,
and
I'm
going
to
now
allow
the
school
committee
to
ask
questions
relative
to
your
interest
for
joining
the
school
committee
and
also
any
relevant
questions
in
that.
H
I
R
R
H
A
H
K
K
R
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that
question.
I
think
it's
a
very
like
nuanced
perspective
and
I
think,
as
a
product
of
chelsea
public
school
and
as
someone
who
currently
works
at
a
charter
school,
I
think
it's
important
that
parents
and
students
have
choice
over
the
schools
that
they
choose,
regardless
of
whether
it
is
a
public
school
or
charter
school
as
a
part
product
of
public
schools.
K
I
agree
with
you:
it's
a
parent's
choice
but
as
a
school
committee
member
you're,
just
when
you're
wearing
that
hat
is
for
our
current
students
enrolled
in
our
public
schools.
So
would
you
be
voting
for
more
charters,
thinking
to
give
the
family
more
choices
or
against?
Because
we
want
to
keep
the
funding
for
our
students
that
are
in
our
schools?.
I
R
Yeah
definitely
most
recently,
I
penned
an
op-ed
around
educators
of
color
and
the
need
for
educators
of
color,
and
so
particularly
that
is
something
I'm
I'm
very
passionate
about.
As
a
homegrown,
educator
and
educator
of
our
students,
I'm
really
passionate
that
we
have
and
advocate
for
more
educators
of
color
within
the
chelsea
public
school
system.
R
H
R
Earlier
I
mentioned
that
one
of
my
passions
is
to
make
sure
that
we
have
mentors
for
our
students
that
represent
what
they
look
like
and
the
power
of
that.
It
brings
me
so
much
joy
to
be
able
to
be
in
a
parent-teacher
conference
and
to
be
able
to
speak.
The
same
language
as
many
of
the
families
in
our
schools-
and
I
think-
and
that
was
one
of
the
things
that
was
at
the
forefront
of
my
policy,
memos
to
ensure
that
our
students
have
the
necessary
mentors
and
the
quality
education
that
they
deserve.
H
R
When
every
day
I
walk
into
my
students
classrooms,
I
can't
just
consider
science
right.
I
can't
just
consider
the
scientific
phenomena
in
our
world.
I
have
to
consider
also
what
they're
dealing
with
outside
of
the
classroom,
and
so
my
vision
is,
is
to
ensure
that
we
have
a
curriculum,
that
is,
that
considers
the
whole
child
that
ensures
that.
Not
only
are
we,
you
know
considering
mcasquaries,
but
we're
also
making
sure
that,
at
the
forefront
of
our
teaching
out
of
our
schools,
that
we
have
educators
that
care
about
the
whole
child.
B
S
S
Get
in
here
thank
you
for
joining
us.
Thank
you
for
your
interest
in
your
desire
to
be
a
school
committee
person.
I've
read
your
reference
from
your
extended
background,
I'm
very
impressed,
and
I
know
that
it's
like
a
hot
seat
there,
but
you
know
we're
glad
to
have
candidates
come
out
and
to
really
carry
the
mantle
for
us
here
in
the
school
department
with
it
as
a
member
of
the
school
committee,
and
I
just
want
to
wish
you
best
and
you're
doing
a
great
job
sitting
here.
Thank
you.
Thank.
R
B
R
I
think
particularly
around
the
retainment,
I'm
going
to
kind
of
come
back
to
the
retainment
of
educators
of
color,
and
I
think
that
it's
such
a
great
need
as
a
product
of
chelsea
public
schools.
I
remember
that
the
only
like
I,
I
did
not
have
a
educative
color
during
my
you
know,
12
years
of
experience
in
chelsea
public
schools-
and
I
remember
starting
ninth
grade
at
chelsea
high
with
more
than
500
students.
But
when
I
walked
across
that
stage
at
graduation,
there
was
only
250
students
that
walked
across
that
stage.
R
Yes,
and
I
think
education
is
so
it's
such
an
intersectional
place
right
when
I
consider
when
I
come
into
the
classroom,
I
also
have
to
consider
our
housing
are
our
students
housed?
Are
they
do?
They
have
consistent
meals
right,
and
so
I
think
that's
a
really
great
question
to
consider
the
whole
child
here
and
particularly
as
rents,
are
rising
and,
frankly,
folks
are
being
pushed
out
of
chelsea
because
of
the
lack
of
or
the
lack
of
accessibility
to,
affordable
housing.
I
think
that
we
need
to
consider
are
our
families.
R
I
think
it's
important
to
consider
housing
and
ensuring
that
we
have
more
latinx
home
ownership.
My
parents,
the
reasons
why
I've
been
able
to
live
and
continue
to
live
in
chelsea,
is
because
my
family
was
able
to
save
up
money
and
buy
and
purchase
their
own
home
where
they
were
able
to
house
their
family
members.
And
so
we
were
able
to
continue
to
live
in
chelsea.
Because
for
those
reasons
and
that's
a
privilege
to
say
that
there
are
not
a
lot
of
there's,
only
there's
less
than
you
know.
O
We've
had
many
conversations
in
the
past,
I'm
kind
of
curious.
You
mentioned
a
few
different
things.
I
know
that
the
question
about
the
charter
school
piece
came
up
and
I
guess
my
question
to
you
would
be
that
you
know
that
the
high
school
needed
people
of
color
to
apply
for
to
be
in
the
system,
I'm
kind
of
wondering
why
you
didn't
choose
your
alma
mater
and
you
chose
to
go
to
a
charter
school.
R
I
was
actually
applying
for
a
place
in
at
chelsea
high
a
position
at
chelsea
high,
but
because
of
a
budget
funding
freeze
or
a
budget
freeze,
I'm
not
sure
the
exact
phrasing
of
it.
However,
they
did
at
the
moment.
In
the
summer
of
2020,
the
school
committee
had
to
decide
to
pause
funding
to
hire
additional
teachers
at
chelsea
high,
so
I
would
have
loved
to
teach
at
chelsea.
R
I
wanted
to
teach
at
chelsea
high
and,
however,
because
of
the
funding
that
was
available
at
the
moment
and
because
of
the
nature
of
our
pandemic,
I
had
to
choose
the
first
school
that
had
that
provided
an
offer
for
me,
and
so
I
I
would
have
loved
to
teach
at
chelsea.
It's
it's
my
home,
it's
where
so
many
of
my
amazing
memories
and
teachers,
whether
it's
mr
peacock
or
mr
martino,
who
had
taught
at
chelsea
high.
F
President,
I
my
question
was
very
similar
to
what
counselor
robinson
was
saying.
When
I
heard
you
answer
the
chartered
question
inside
I
kind
of
cringed
a
little.
I
was
a
person
that
I
chose
a
charter
school
for
my
daughter,
because
I
do
respect
the
parents
choice
and
think
that
they
should
have
that,
but
also
understand
the
issues
that
we're
perpetuating
within
our
public
school
system
when
we
go
that
way
so
to
have
a
person
that's
applying
to
be
on
the
school
committee.
F
Share
that
opinion
it's
a
little
kind
of
like,
and
then
I
I
I
I
hear
you
and
I've
long
been
a
fan
of
yours.
I
know
that
I
I
know
the
work
that
you
do.
I
know
your
your
work,
I
know
who
you
are
and
I'm
like
such
a
fan
and
I'm
listening
to
what
you're
saying
and
I'm
like.
I
don't
want
her
on
our
school
committee.
I
want
her
in
our
schools
right,
but
so
long
as
we're
going
to
keep
you
know
going
to
charter
schools
and
so
on.
F
It's
like
we
get
in
our
own
way
anyway.
Nonetheless,
I
just
you
know
I
just
I
guess
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
that
comment,
because
I
would
be
hypocritical
to
not
say
it
out
loud,
because
I
was
feeling
it,
but
I
do
have
a
question
and
the
question
is:
if
you
had
a
magic
wand
and
you
can
address
any
issue
within
our
school
system,.
R
R
P
P
R
Yeah,
I'm
I'm
taking
my
time
because
I
want
to.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
intentional
the
way
I'm
answering
this,
and
I
think
that
it
depends
right,
we're
living
in
a
very
polarized
nation
right
now,
and
I
think
that
we
have
to
be
careful.
The
way
in
which
we
curate
the
conversation
not
only
with
with
our
students
and
what
we're
teaching
them.
And
so
I
do
believe
that
parents
should
definitely
have
an
input
in
their
child's
education.
R
Thank
you
for
clarifying
that
question,
so
I
do
believe
as
right.
I
think,
when
we
think
of
education,
it's
a
it's
a
it's
a
team
not
only
as
an
educator
as
students,
families
do
have
a
crucial
part
in
their
child's
education
and
and
they're
one
of
the
key
players,
and
so
I
do
believe
they
should
have
a
say
and
a
space
to
do
so
and
to
express
their
needs
on
what
they
think
their
child
should
be.
Learning.
B
P
R
Off
the
top
of
my
mind,
I
do
not
nothing.
Nothing
of
concern
comes
to
mind
just
yet.
I
think
that,
just
because
I'm
a
you
know
professional
teacher,
I
went
to
undergrad,
it
doesn't
mean
that
I'm
like
my
mother,
who
has
who,
who
stopped
going
to
school
eighth
grade.
She
has
just
as
much
input
on
my
education
as
I
did,
or
as
I
do
now,
and
so
I
think,
regardless
of
people's
background,
their
educational
attainment.
I
think
their
voice
is
very
much
equal
and
they
should
have
a
say
in
their
child's
education.
B
Ms
cabral,
I
just
want
to
go
over
a
little
bit
of
your
impressive
resume
here,
so
I
get
a
better
understanding
of
some
of
the
things
you've
done
here
and
I'll
start
off
with
your
first
generation
aspirations
program,
and
it
spoke
about
helping
students.
Local
high
school
students
go
through
the
college
application
process.
So
can
you
just
give
me
a
little
bit
of
back
on
what
that
was
about
and
your
experience
there.
R
What
did
that
look
like
and
I
went
to
school
in
lewiston
maine,
there's
a
huge
somali
population
and
it
mirrored
a
lot
of
what
I
saw
here
in
chelsea,
a
lot
of
first-gen
students
whose
parents
had
never
gone
to
college
before
and
that
mirrored
a
lot
of
what
I
experienced
as
a
first-gen
student.
And
so
I
recognized
this
need
within
this
program
and
had
spoken
with
some
of
the
community
organizers
at
my
school
to
start
this
first
gen
aspirations
program
and
to
curate
an
experience
where
we
had
bates
financial
aid.
R
This
is
possible
and
I
think
that's
what
a
lot
of
our
students
need
is
to
know
that,
like
college
is
totally
attainable
and
regardless
of
whether
you're
the
first
in
your
family
to
go
to
college,
there
are
fuentes.
There
are
different
ways
to
get
there
right
and
it's
a
it's
a
matter
of
building
coalition
building
power
and
what
that
looked
like.
R
What
that
looked
like
was
through
this
first
generation
aspirations
program,
and
so
I
collaborated
with
about
11
first-gen
student
current
college
students
and
about
it
was
30
plus
students
from
the
local
middle
school
that
attended
our
programs
as
well,
and
so
obviously
that
I
take
that
into
account
as
many
of
our
students
here
working
the
school
committee,
taking
into
account
that
many
of
our
students
are
first
gen.
That
is
something
when
I
talk
about
anti-racist
work
and
culturally
relevant.
B
R
So
mainly
different
departments
within
our
schools.
So
what
that
might
look
like
is
looking
at
the
international
department
or
looking
at
the
asian
studies
department
and
trying
to
collaborate
to
you
know,
discuss
different
issues
that
impacted
that
community
and
also
trying
to
empower
and
uplift
them
as
well
and
so
collaborating
with
the
asian
club
asian
studies
department
and
these
different
bodies
in
campus
in
the
campus
to
try
to
organize
either
celebrations
or
discussions
around
those.
B
So
it's
rare
and
I
want
to
say
I'm
very
impressed
in
the
manner
that
you
handled
yourself,
particularly.
I
know
that
you
faced
a
loaded
question,
so
to
speak,
with
being
able
to
handle
a
position
that
is
a
third
real,
so
to
speak.
But
I
was
impressed
by
the
fact
you
stood
your
ground
and
went
forward
and
I
will
echo
what
my
colleague
todd
taylor
says:
it's
okay
to
have
a
different
opinion
on
a
board.
B
R
Thank
you
so
much
and
if
I
can
say
last
words,
I'm
just
appreciate
really
appreciative
of
all
the
time
you
all
have
taken.
I
know
it's
been
a
long
day
and
I
fully
believe
that
chelsea
public
schools
has
prepared
me
to
be
the
next
leader
within
our
community,
and
so
I
thank
you
all
and
I
hope
you
have
a
great
evening
as
well.
B
H
H
A
K
T
Thank
you,
mr
and
thank
you
everybody
for
giving
me
this
opportunity
to
be
here
tonight
for
this
interview
for
district
5..
The
reason
that
I'm
coming
back
it
is
interesting.
I
have
been
in
the
community
for
I
live
in
this
community
for
so
many
so
many
years,
and
I
work
at
this
community
for
for
so
many
years
that
I
feel
that
I
have
invested
myself
in
the
work
that
I
do
in
the
community
and
and
the
reason
that
I'm
coming
back
is
because
I
really
like
my
work.
T
T
I
I
can
see
that
I
can
see
what
I
have
done
and,
and
I
feel
really
rewarding
for
what
I
see
people
would
smile
parents
coming
to
my
to
me
talking
to
me
about
how
we
are
helping,
how
we,
as
members
of
the
school
committee,
we
can
make
a
little
difference
in
in
the
people's
like
the
parents,
the
students
we
are
here
for
the
students.
So
I
really
care
about
the
education.
So
our
students,
it
is
important
and
it
is
important
for
us
that
we
listen
then
in
parents
concerns
involve
departments
too.
I
I
T
Thank
you.
It's
a
good
question.
I
think
that,
once
that
you
know
what
what
what
really
our
denise
or
how
we
can
improve
the
educations
of
the
students
in
chelsea,
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I
will
continue
advocating
for
for
them
to
achieve
their
for
achievement,
achievement
success,
that
they
receive
the
education,
the
quality
of
the
questions
that
they
really
deserve
and
be
really
fair
in
terms
of
meet
the
students
where
they
are
coming
from.
So
we
we
need
to
for
me.
T
I
want
to
work
in
that
area
to
continue
advocating
for
the
best
educations
in
working
with
the
parents,
because
I
see
that
it's
important
always
to
include
the
parents.
The
community
I
feel
like
I
have
been
a
voice
for
the
parents
and
the
teachers
communications,
and
I
want
to
be
a
bridge
that
I
want
to
continue
being
the
bridge
for
the
for
the
parents
in
in
the
community,
the
teachers
and
and
everybody
that
really
care
about
the
education.
So
our
students,
then
we
need
to
to
really
pay
attention.
T
H
O
T
T
O
T
T
S
President
has
said
is
really
a
tough
part
because
you
sit
up
here.
You
see
all
these
faces
with
mass
staring
at
you,
but
you
know
really
want
to
just
congratulate
you
for
coming
in
and
thank
you
for
partaking
in
his
part
on
being
willing
to
be
selected
for
the
replacement
of
the
vacancy
of
the
school
committee.
S
S
A
F
President,
first
and
foremost,
I've
known
you
for
over
25
years
when
I
was
a
young
person
at
roka
and
you
were
working
with
young
moms
and
I
just
want
to
commend
you
for
your
years
and
years
of
work
and
in
the
community
and
you're
one
of
those
leaders.
That's
often
quiet
that
a
lot
of
people
sleep
on
but
you're,
always
in
the
background
doing
the
work.
So
I
just
really
want
to
acknowledge
you
for
that.
F
This
district
5
ordeal
was
really
troubling,
and
but
I'm
I'm,
I
really
feel
like
we're
like
in
this
tough
predicament,
where
we
have
like
someone
with
years
of
experience
and
then
this
young
person
with
like
a
fresh
perspective,
and
it's
like.
Why
can't
we
have
you
both
you
know,
and
it
just
really
puts
us
in
a
in
a
bad
predicament.
But
I
just
really
wanted
just
to
commend
you
for
your
work
and
then
I'm
going
to
ask
you
the
same
question.
F
T
What's
going
on
in
the
life
of
the
other
student,
because
the
life
of
the
students
depends
how
the
adult
see
them
so
and
then,
if
we
see
that
the
student
has
somebody
that,
oh,
you
won't
be
able
to
do
anything,
you
won't
be
able
to
succeed.
That's
what
we
are
teaching
that
student.
We
are
putting
that
student
down,
so
we
have
to
see
everybody
equal
that
everybody
that
are
the
students
in
collaboration
with
the
teacher
and
everybody
community.
T
Q
T
T
T
At
the
at
the
at
the
school
teachers,
not
representing
the
the
students
and
staff
doesn't
represent
the
student
diversity.
I
think
that
we
need
to
have
more
diversity
and
inclusions
in
in
this
school
and
and
it's
I
can
see
the
changes
recently.
I
can
see
some
changes
happening
already
in
the
schools
like
given
the
opportunities
to
para
professionals
to
pursue
more
educations
in
order
for
them
to
become
teachers,
and
they
be
part
of
the
education
because
they
are
the
one
the.
T
When
we
talk
about
paraprofessionals
teacher
assistants,
we
don't
see
like,
like
they
had
a
future
to
become
like
a
detective
teacher
retention.
We
need
to
work
in
that.
We
need
to
give
them
more
opportunities
to
our
our
people
already
that
are
doing
the
work
in
chelsea
for
them
to
stay.
I
think
it
will
be
that
the
education
to
our
our
people
already,
I
would
say,
the
teachers,
the
professionals
and
retention,
because
we
don't
really.
I
see
that
our
teachers
are
coming
to
our
our
school.
T
They
stay
for
a
year
two
years
and
they
leave
and
we
need
to
figure
out
why
they
live,
and
then,
if
it
does
that
are
staying,
then
we
need
to
concentrate
on
the
one
that
is
staying
and
prepare
them
more
with
more
professional
developments
and
opportunities
too,
for
education
is.
That
is
that,
thank
you,
okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
P
So
I'd
like
to
thank
you
and
commend
you
again
for
all
the
years
that
you
have
been
involved
in
this
community
and
that
you
have
already
served
this
community
in
so
many
different
ways.
It
really
is
amazing,
and
I
I
give
you
all
the
credit
in
the
world
and
I
know
you've
got
a
great
heart
and,
and
you
are
you,
you
are
one
of
the
pillars
of
chelsea.
P
What
can
be
done
to
kind
of
increase
the
the
parental
involvement
in
in
education?
I
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
work.
You
know
you
know
sometimes
more
than
one
job
and
and
it's
it's
very
difficult.
So
how
do
we?
How
do
we
go
about
because
I
think
that's
one
of
the
things
that
has
been
proven
to
you
know
raise
test
scores
to
to
get
to
lift
up
the
students
is
to
have
the
support
at
home
and
the
involvement.
So
how
do
we
do
that?.
T
It
is
a
great
question.
We
always
talk
about
the
parental
involvement
and
the
lacking
of
parental
involvement
that
I
hear
when
when
we
have
meetings
like
we
have
community
meetings,
we
always
see
the
same
group
of
parents
and
the
reason
that
we
see
the
group
of
parents
is
because,
like
you
said,
the
majority
of
the
parents.
T
They
they
don't
have
one
job,
they
have
one
and
two
three
jobs
and
something
that
really
bothers
me.
When
I
go
to
meetings
and-
and
I
hear
oh
pardon-
they
don't
care
they
care
about
their
children's
education,
they
really
care
and
they
have
some
barriers
in
terms
of
language.
The
education
is,
it's
not
it's
not
the
same.
T
They
are
not
able
to
to
spend
time
with
their
children,
helping
with
the
homework
because
they
don't
know
how
yeah
and
that's
that's
a
big
big
challenge
for
for
the
students,
because
it's
like
a
they
have
to
be
receiving
some
other
kind
of
support
outside,
because
even
the
pilots
are
not
able
to
to
offer
it's
not
because
they
don't
want
it.
It's
because
they
don't
have
the.
A
T
Capacity,
they
don't
have
the
education
to
help
their
their
children.
So
I
think
that
we
are
trying
like
during
offering
the
opportunities
to
parents
at
the
level
of
the
elementary
school.
We
have
the
site
council
parents,
we
they
they,
they
create
activities
for
parents
to
get
involved
when
there
is
something
going
on
in
in
the
school,
so
they
come,
and
I
think
that's
a
great
opportunity
for
the
politicians
when
they,
when
they
have
that
kind
of
activities
in
trying
to
involve
the
parent
interact
with
the
teachers.
T
What's
going
on
like
see
the
teachers
reaching
to
the
parents,
if
the
parents
they
are
not
able
to
come,
then
the
teacher
should
be
able
to
do
something
with
the
parents,
maybe
doing
a
coffee
hour
like
after
something
that
a
parents,
dependence
on
iron
had
met
parents
during
coffee
hour
before
they
go
to
work.
I
have.
I
have
my
parents
because
different
schedules,
because
I
know
schedules.
I
know
that
there
are
some
parties
that
start
from
two
o'clock
to
eight
and
then
in
the
middle
of
the
night.
T
T
That's
that's
an
auction
and
I
see
that
we
have
that
we
have
really
in
the
past.
When
I
started
school
committee,
I
know
that
we
didn't
have
parents
liaison.
We
only
had
like
one
person
at
the
chelsea
high
school
and
that
person
used
to
go
to
the
different
I
used
to
go
there
and
offer
some
kind
of
informational.
T
Sessions-
and
it
was
only
one
person
now-
we
have
different
different
parent,
liaisons
and
different
schools,
and
that's
also
that
we
can
use
them
to
communicate
with
the
parents
and
figure
out
what
how
we
can
connect
them
with
the
the
parents
and
gays
and
the
community.
It's
like
it's
a
community
world
work.
B
Okay,
I
guess
the
last
question
thank
you,
alyssia,
and
I
appreciate
you
coming
over
here
tonight
and
entering
your
presenting
your
letter
of
interest.
My
question
is
not
going
to
be
geared
towards
school
committee
or
your
work
on
the
school
committee
or
plans,
because
you
do
have
that
relative
experience
and
the
questions
have
been
answered
tonight
and
based
on
your
background,
we
kind
of
know
what
you
kind
of
work
you
do.
So
it's
not
relative
to
that.
B
B
B
You
are
uniquely,
I
don't
know
how
to
say
qualified,
but
you
are
unique
in
your
situation
that
you
had
all
that
experience.
Yet
in
an
open
time
could
not
share,
and
so
I
need
to
explain.
Can
you
explain
to
me
other
than
my
perception
that
you
didn't
put
forth
the
effort
in
the
election
to
get
elected,
but
then
that's
how
you
got
one
vote
or
is
there
something
else
that
I'm
missing
here.
T
Okay,
thank
you
yeah.
Is
that
done,
yeah?
Okay,
I
I
got
17
votes
and-
and
I
did
my
my
my
work
I
spent
I
spent
my
my
own
money
doing
flyers
and
going
around
door
knocking
given
the
the
stickers
that
I
did
on
my
own.
I
did
the
stickers
and
I
was
really
surprised,
frustrated
it
made
me
it
was
like
for
me.
T
It
was
like
a
slap
on
the
face
with
the
with
those
bolts
that
I
got
and
when
I
was
at
the
willian
school,
giving
the
these
stickers
and
people
were
telling
me
they
still
they
still.
They
don't
believe
people
didn't
vote
for
me
because
they
were
they
were
challenged.
The
decision
that
was
made
against
this
person,
so
it
means
that
they
didn't
believe
that
what
was
going
on
was
true.
He
was
like
a
really
a
decent
person.
It
is
a
decent
person
he's
not
really
going
to.
T
They
vote
for
him
and
that
made
me
really
mad,
because
I
had
given
a
lot
to
this
community.
I
have
made
my
effort
to
go
door,
knocking
I
sent
tons
of
like
a
300
letters.
I
spent
that
money
to
send
those
letters
and
made
this
copy
and
to
get
what
I
got.
That's
really
embarrassing.
For
me,
I
I
was
like
really
embarrassed
and
angry,
and
then
that
was
the
reason
that
I
said
I'm
not
getting
involved
anymore.
T
With
with
with
this
the
with
the
city,
I
get
like
a
really
angry
like
in
a
way
I
got
angry
and
I
said
how
can
these
people
do
this
to
them,
because
it's
not
they're
doing
it
to
me
they're
doing
it
to
them.
They
vote
for
the
for
the
person
and
they
didn't
know
what
for
me,
because
I
don't
know
I
don't
know
and
then,
if
I'm
here
today,
it's
because
also
it
made
me
angry
that
we
talk
about
civil
participation.
T
We
talk
a
lot
in
the
community.
I
did
talk
to
people
trying
to
enroll
them
to
engage
in
voter
registration.
Telling
people
go
to
vote.
They
don't
really
people
aren't
apathetic
to
go
to
vote
and
we
saw
that
this
this
election,
not
everybody
went
to
vote
so
it's
like
here.
If
I'm
back
it's,
because
I
care
about
the
the
students
and
I
care
about
this
community,
whatever
the
ones
that
they
didn't
want
for
me,
because
I
was
near
at
that
district.
T
B
F
You
know
we
can
question
the
electorate
all
we
want.
I
still
bang
my
head
against
the
wall
on
how
an
accused
pedophile
could
get
as
many
votes
as
they
got.
Unfortunately,
like
sometimes
there's
just
no
method,
there's
no
way
to
understand
this
stuff,
but
I
mean
I
know
that
I
know
that
I
received
a
letter.
I
know
that
there
was
people
that
I
know
that
wrote
her
name
in,
and
you
said
she
only
got
one
vote,
but
I
heard
she
she
said
she
had
17..
F
So
I
don't
I
I
don't
know,
but
all
of
it
is
just
really
scary
to
be
honest
with
you,
and
I
just
had
to
say
that
out
loud
because
the
issue
here
is
not
you
know
her.
The
issue
is
a
lack
of
civic
engagement,
us
not
educating
the
electorate
and
an
accused
pedophile
getting
as
many
votes
as
they
got
like.
Let's
be
real,
that's
the
issue
and
I'm
not
it's
not
against
you,
I'm
just
saying
in
general.
The
electorate
just
puzzles
me
and
it
infuriates
me
as
well.
So
I'll
stop
now.
Thank
you.
A
B
B
B
B
Behind
closed
doors,
you're,
absolutely
right,
whether
or
not
they
want
to
see
it
on
video,
they
will
see
all
of
this
on
tv.
The
question
was,
I
didn't
know.
Procedurally,
was
that
we
want
to
have
both
candidates
and
call
ms
cabral
back
into
the
room
and
take
the
vote,
so
I
take
it
that
we're
going
to.
F
I
B
C
B
S
B
B
F
You
I
just
really
just
want
to
commend
both
of
you.
This
is
a
very,
very
tough
decision.
It's
like
you
know,
as
a
seasoned
counselor,
if
I
saw
a
young
person
come
in
this
door,
I'm
out
take
it
please.
So
I
commend
you
for
still
having
fighting
you
after
so
many
years.
I
just
want
to
thank
you
both
for
the
work
that
you
do
in
this
community
and
I
know
that
it
won't
end
following
whatever
the
results
are
here.
F
S
Because
I
wanted
her
to
she
came
here
today
we
asked
her
if
she
was
interested
to
submit
a
letter
of
interest
she
did.
She
came
in.
She
did
what
we
asked
her
to
do.
She
answered
the
questions
and
if
no
one
would
have
nominated,
I
would
have
just
felt
like
it
was
not
only
a
waste
of
her
time,
but
it
was
a
waste
of
all
time.
So
I
think
that
we
as
counselors
stated
we
have
two
candidates.
S
We
have
one
with
a
world
of
experience
that
we
worked
with
and
know
what
she
can
do
and
you
know,
unfortunately,
she
had
to
answer
a
lot
of
questions
that
she's
probably
already
have
been
through
with
the
city
of
school
committee
members,
but
it's
just
unfair
that
we
get
up
here
and
we
throw
all
these
questions
and
then,
at
the
end
of
the
day
that
we
have
to
nominate
one,
we
have
two
candidates
here.
I
think
we
should
move
for
a
vote
and
just
vote
up
like
we
voted
on
the
first
person.
Thank
you.
H
Takati
and
lucia,
thank
you
so
much
for
continuing
to
show
your
efforts.
Lucia
you've
been
in
the
game
for
a
long
time.
You're
a
chelsea
resident
you've
been
here
for
so
long.
Thank
you
for
your
endless
commitment
to
our
city
takati.
Thank
you
for
your
commitment
to
our
students
as
an
educator
and
an
educator
of
color.
I
know
it's
not
an
easy
feat,
and
so
thank
you
both
for
your
continued
commitment
to
the
city,
to
the
students
of
chelsea
and
to
civic
duty.
H
I
Thank
you
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
both
of
you.
You
know
having
having
known
the
both
of
you
for
for
a
little
bit
of
time.
I
I
know
the
quality
of
person
that
you
both
are
and
the
quality
of
the
work
that
you
both
do,
and
you
know
multiple
people
have
said
this
already
is
going
to
be
a
very
difficult
vote
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
both
of
you.
Regardless
of
the
outcome
of
this
vote.
I
Like
has
been
mentioned
many
times
today,
civic
engagement
in
this
community
is
still
low.
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
and
whether
you
are
an
elected
official
or
not,
you
are
still
a
leader
in
this
community
and
and
that
work
you
can
be
a
bad
leader
and
be
an
elected
official.
You
can
be
an
excellent
leader
in
this
community
and
not
be
an
elected
official,
so
I
just
want
to
lift
that
up
and
and
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
both
of
you.
Thank
you.
O
I
would
like
to
also
thank
both
candidates
and
it's
not
going
to
be
a
very
easy
decision
to
make,
but
you
know
it's
our
duty
to
make
the
hard
choices
and
choices
that
we
have
to
live
with
are
moving
forward.
But
I
want
to
thank
you
both
for
taking
the
time
to
come
here
and
present
your
case
to
this
council
and
school
committee.
Members.
Q
Q
B
B
I
just
want
to
echo
again
many
of
the
things
thank
you
for
both
candidates,
the
years
of
service
and
also
the
interest
from
my
I
think,
a
young
new
leader
in
this
community.
What
tamale
said
earlier?
I
concur
a
wholeheartedly
about
wishing
you
know
that
you
could
come
out
here
and
you
said
something
earlier
when
you
were
talking
about
class
size.
I
wish
they
were.
You
know
duplicate
yourself
in
10..
I
wish
there
were
ten
of
you
so
that
we
would
you
know.
B
B
B
L
F
B
B
H
C
B
A
C
B
Ms
cabral,
as
I
mentioned
to
the
earlier
the
next
step
in
the
process
to
have
a
satisfying,
corey
check
and
and
then
you
will
be
sworn
in
and
be
contacted
by
the
other
members
of
the
school
committee.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
joining
us
tonight.
I
know
it
was
a
difficult
decision,
but
the
players
has
played
out
and
I
hope
that
we
will
not
see
the
last
of
everyone
that
we
see
tonight.
Thank
you.