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From YouTube: School Committee Meeting of 8-11-21
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City of Chelsea, Chelsea Public Schools, Special Meeting, via Zoom
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What
we
have
as
I'm
gonna,
actually
turn
it
over
to
assistant
superintendent,
mr
adams,
lady,
and
to
our
new,
extended
learning,
coordinator
malik
and
he's
on
the
line
as
well
he'll
be
presenting
as
well,
but
we
we
have
some
exciting
news
about
our
summer
school
programs
and
our
participation
rates
and
all
the
courses
that
we
would
offer.
So
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
let
mr
delayed
take
it
from
here.
H
Gladly,
thank
you,
dr
aveda
yeah.
We
did
have
a
very
successful
summer
program
over
the
course
of
the
summer,
and
I'm
just
going
to
give
you
some
highlights
and
I'm
actually
going
to
turn
it
over
to
malik
haushan,
who
we're
very
excited
to
have
with
us
today
so
quick
overview.
Our
program
ran
from
july
6
to
july
29th.
H
You
know
we
were
going
into
this
summer,
not
really
knowing
what
things
were
going
to
look
like,
but
we
made
a
substantial
effort
to
try
to
do
in-person
learning,
because
we
felt
that
that
was
really
important.
With
the
you
know,
to
continue
the
efforts
we
had
in
the
spring.
We
had
10
different
programs
at
three
different
locations
at
the
high
school.
We
actually
had
the
high
school
credit
recovery
program.
We
had
an
eight
nine
transition
program,
for
you
know
our
our
students
traveling
from
middle
school
to
high
school.
H
We
also
had
l
programming
across
the
district
for
all
grades.
High
school
and
middle
school
was
housed
at
the
high
school
and
then
we
also
had
a
middle
school
general
education
program,
which
was
you
know,
partly
enrichment,
partly
mitigating
learning
loss.
At
the
elementary
complex
we
had
another
general
ed
program,
which
was
partly
enrichment,
partly
to
mitigate
learning
loss.
We
also
had
l
programs
and
we
had
our
elementary
esy
program
and
at
the
elc
we
had
a
general
gen
ed
program
and
we
also
had
an
esy
program.
H
We
had
a
wonderful
team
of
site
supervisors.
So
each
one
of
those
programs
had
a
teacher
leader
who
was
in
charge
of
the
program
and
they
they
supported
all
of
the
teachers.
We
had
24
district-wide
staff,
77
teachers,
33
paraprofessionals,
and
we
served
a
total
of
827
students,
and
I
want
to
emphasize
that
that's
we
weren't
really
sure
how
many
we
would
get.
We
knew
that
at
the
end
of
last
year
we
had
some
per
note
with
our
staff,
as
well
as
our
students.
H
You
know
we
felt
like
people
were
going
to
want
to
need
a
break,
but
we
were
only
about
100
150
students
short
of
two
years
ago,
when
we
were
full
in
person.
So
we
were
really
happy
that
that
many
kids
were
interested
in
participating,
and
you
know
we
had
a
lot
of
fun,
the
positions
and
services
you
know
just
so.
We
see
the
supports
that
we're
giving
we
had
a
social
worker
at
each
developmental
level.
H
We
had
a
nurse
for
each
location,
we
actually
continued
our
covid
testing
and
we
had
two
coordinators
to
oversee
the
testing
and
testing
was
available
at
every
site.
We
had
five
specialist
reading
teachers
in
the
esy
program.
Also,
we
had
three
speech
and
language
pathologists.
We
had.
We
had
an
occupational
therapist,
a
physical
therapist,
a
vision
specialist,
so
all
of
those
related
services
were
continued
during
the
summer.
H
I
do
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
julie
foreign,
so
for
the
last
two
years
she's
been
serving
as
a
summer
program
manager,
we
recognized
the
need
to
have
somebody
in
charge
of
sort
of
the
whole
thing
and
she
worked
tirelessly
to
set
things
up
and,
as
dr
abeda
said
this
year
we
added
an
extended
learning
coordinator
position,
which
was
malik
haushan
and
you're,
going
to
hear
from
him
soon.
He
only
started
on
july
1st,
so
he
wasn't
involved
in
the
actual
planning
of
this
summer
programming.
H
But
I
will
say
you
will
be
getting
to
know
him
very
well
very
soon
he
has
been
making
his
rounds
in
the
city.
I
think
he
knows
more
people
than
me
at
this
point
and
I
I
was
born
in
this
city,
so
he
he
really
is
he's
a
guy
who
wants
to
come
in
and
you
know,
do
everything
he
can
to
help
kids.
So
he
took
voracious
notes.
H
He
observed
everything
that
was
going
on
he's
currently
working
on
a
summer
school
playbook
so
that
he
can
start
working
on
next
summer
and
he's
he
already
has
started
working
on
next
summer.
So
with
that,
I'm
actually
going
to
turn
it
over
to
malik
and
you
can
hear
from
him
from
some
general
takeaways
from
the
program
from
his
perspective
and
with
that,
I
give
you
malakashian
hi
everyone.
I
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
dr
beta.
Thank
you
school
committee,
mr
the
lady.
It's
been
an
absolute
pleasure
being
chelsea,
but
to
summer
school.
So
I
I
we
had
a
couple
a
couple
takeaways
from
summer
school
one
especially
since
I
just
started,
and
so
I'm
kind
of
seeing
it
from
30
000
feet
summer
school
was
extremely
successful.
I
I
Apparent
outreach
and
communication
was
absolutely
commendable.
Leadership.
At
the
summer
school
supervisor
level
was
very
professional.
There
was
an
impressive
amount
of
teamwork
taking
place
as
a
good
example.
There's
a
couple
of
examples
that
I
picked
up
on
one
were
the
transportation
issues
that
came
about
as
they
always
do,
but
summer
school
we
were
definitely
able
to
fix
them
in
a
timely
manner
and
we
even
managed
school
cancellation
due
to
inclement
weather,
which
normally
does
not
happen
in
summer.
So
to
be
able
to
put
that
together.
I
So
fast
was
extremely
impressive
summer
school
will
help
set
this
summer
school
will
help
set
the
groundwork
for
what
we
will
be
doing
in
the
future,
as
as
mr
lady
mentioned,
I'm
hoping
that
we
can
start
having
a
playbook
for
weeks.
So
we
can
all
all
have
a
go
at
for
future
planning
for
summer
schools
in
the
future,
and
this
year
was
very
helpful
in
beginning
that
process
and
finally-
and
definitely
most
importantly,
there
are
a
lot
of
smiles.
I
Smiles
are
present
throughout
summer
school
amongst
the
students
and
their
parents
in
the
end,
that's
what
summer
school
is
all
about.
It's
about
academic
advancement
through
project-based
learning
and
activities
plus
having
fun,
while
doing
it
next
slide,
please
speaking
of
smiles
in
project-based
learning.
So
I
I
was
at
the
complex
for
a
majority
of
it,
so
I
was
lucky
enough
to
be
able
to
hang
out
with
with
the
kids
down
at
the
complex
and
this
classroom
in
particular.
They
were
great.
I
So
what
you
see
here
are
some
pictures
of
third
grade
students,
loving
their
project-based,
hands-on
learning,
making
video
game
controls
and
using
coding
to
produce
digital
music.
I
will
say
the
music
was
great
and
we
actually
did
use
the
controllers
to
play
super
mario
brothers.
It
was
very
cool,
very
cool,
so
just
to
continue
just
a
little
bit
what
you'll
notice
throughout
the
rest
of
it-
and
I
know
we
don't
have
that
much
time.
I
But
as
mr
the
lady
mentioned,
what
we
did
was
we
put
in
a
far
more
in-depth
description
of
the
programs,
so
feel
free
to
go
through
those,
as
you
will,
if
you
want,
if
you're
looking
for
a
little
bit
more
information.
Mr
lady
mentioned
that
we
have
esy,
we
have
the
ell
programs
in
the
gen
ed
throughout.
I
There
is
one
program
that
I
would
like
to
just
mention,
and
that
is
the
the
transition
summer
school
program,
I'm
very
familiar
with
this
program,
having
only
overseen
the
same
type
of
program
for
four
years
up
in
methuen.
This
is
the
type
of
summer
program
offering
that
really
supports
students
which
tend
to
struggle
in
school,
assisting
with
not
only
their
ability
to
graduate
but
graduating
on
time.
I
D
D
Ask
them
how
they
felt
about
the
programming
this
summer
and
what
else
we
do
offer
for
the
following
summer?
Maybe
you
know
general
education
is
important,
but
I
noticed
that
enrichment
is
also
a
plus
a
lot
of
our
students.
Don't
get
to
go
to
summer.
Camp
parents
can't
afford
to
sign
them
up
in
something.
So
if
we're
able
to
offer
any
enrichment,
I
think
that
will
be
great
because
it's
something
for
them
to
do
and
stay
busy
during
the
summer.
I
I
I
think
this
playbook,
which
is
just
getting
started,
will
evolve
throughout
the
year.
I
look
forward
to
getting
feedback
from
everyone
involved,
whether
it's
parents,
students,
staff
administrators,
everyone
involved,
get
get
feedback,
be
a
part
of
the
process
for
budgeting.
For
example,
you
know
I'm
I'm
really
fresh
to
this,
so
everything
that
I'm
doing
and
that
you
I'll
be
lucky
to
participate
with
mr
the
lady
as
we
go
through,
will
be
a
learning
process.
So
what
I?
I
What
I
will
hope
to
to
be
to
have
is
something
concrete
for
to
share
out
with
everybody
as
we
head
into
next
summer
school.
But
again
it's
going
to
be
evolving
and
work
in
a
work
in
progress,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
start
laying
some
some
groundwork
as
we
as
we
begin-
and
I
was
super
lucky
to
just
be
able
to
start
on
july,
1st
and
kind
of
hop
right
in.
D
G
So
I
just
wanted
to,
if
I
may
shout
out
to
the
reach
program.
The
pictures
that
we
had
at
the
beginning
were
all
from
the
reach
program,
and
that
was
a
beautiful
night
that
we
had
with
with
reach
and
the
students
sharing
their
projects,
and
so
we
we
were,
we
they
could
have
taken.
They
they've
prepared
their
created
their
own
businesses,
and
I
I'm
almost
convinced
that
some
of
them
will
plan
that
those
were
seeds
planted
that
they
might
actually
do
this
in
the
future.
C
A
B
G
Okay,
yeah
it's
turning
red
on
me.
There
you
go
or
good
all
right,
good,
okay,
so
I'm
excited
to
present
to
you,
our
safe
reopening
of
schools
and
an
update,
and
so,
as
you
can
see,
we're
starting
a
new
school
year.
So
we
have
a
new
color
for
all
of
for
our
reopening
instead
of
the
red
we're
going
with
blue,
because
this
is
a
new
year
and
we
are
excited
about
a
new
year.
G
So
I
will
just
be
providing
a
brief
update
on
the
most
recent
deci
guidance
and
then,
at
the
end
of
this
presentation,
I'm
going
to
provide
I'm
going
to
make
my
recommendations
based
on
the
destiny
guidance
and
what
we've
been
hearing
from
and
from
our
teachers
and
our
teachers
union
as
well.
We've
been
working
very
closely
with
ctu
leadership.
G
G
Another
recommendation
is
that
schools
allow
vaccinated
students
to
remain
unmasked
and
that
any
individual
at
higher
risk
for
severe
disease
from
covid
or
a
household
that
has
a
household
member
should
wear
a
mask
and
then,
of
course,
any
child
or
family
who
prefers
prefers
to
wear
a
mask
at
school
can
be
supported
in
this
choice
and
then
by
federal
public
health
order.
All
students
and
staff
are
required
to
wear
masks
on
school
buses
and
in
health
offices
and
then
additional
they're
going
to
provide
additional
guidance
for
school
health
professionals.
G
It's
coming
soon,
so
that's
just
their
guidance
in
a
nutshell.
Regarding
mass
just
mass,
the
next
area
that
the
guidance
covered
was
cobit,
19
testing
and
they're
highly
encouraging
districts
to
maintain
or
establish
a
robust
program
for
coping
19
testing,
including
both
diagnostic
and
screening
and
so
they're.
They
will
continue
to
offer
the
services
to
districts
at
no
cost,
and
so
additionally,
districts
are
strongly
encouraged
to
sign
up
for
the
statewide
code
testing
program
which
we
were
already
signed.
G
Programs
that
are
approved
will
be
able
to
implement
a
new
test
and
stay
protocol
in
lieu
of
requiring
asymptomatic,
close
context
to
quarantine,
and
what
that's
saying
is
that
kids
can
be
tested
each
day
so
that
way,
they're
not
quarantined,
and
that
way
they
don't
have
we're
not
they're,
not
learning
they're,
not
home
and
not
being
educated.
The
goal
is
to
keep
the
kids
in
school
and
then
under
under
the
test
and
stay
again.
Asymptomatic
close
context
will
have
the
option
to
remain
in
school.
G
G
And
then,
when
masks
are
off
for
eating
our
mass
breaks
for
students
in
grade
levels.
Where
that
are
vaccination
eligible
the
student,
will
the
logistical
strive
for
a
maximum
of
social
distancing
at
lunch,
with
a
minimum
of
three
feet
socially
distance
and
so
and
then
I'm
also
recommending
that
no
masking
or
physical
distancing
be
required
outdoors
and
then,
of
course,
we
continue
with
our
copin
19
testing.
G
G
And
it's
on
the
there's
a
lot
of
conversation
on
the
horizon
and
fda.
Is
you
know,
looking
there
there's
their
approval
of
copin
19
vaccine
could
be
soon.
We
don't
know
how
soon,
but
we
just
need
to
take.
We
just
need
to
watch
this
closely
and
then
there
are
also
high
rates
of
voluntary
educator
and
school
staff,
vaccination
in
massachusetts
and
in
our
district.
G
So
the
city
of
chelsea
right
now
has
a
vaccination
rate
of
66
percent.
Shout
out
to
our
city.
We've
done
an
amazing
job
of
getting
our
community
vaccinated.
We
are
for
four
percent
higher
than
the
state's
vaccination
rate,
which
is
at
62
percent.
So
my
recommendation
for
mandating
vaccinations
would
be
to
wait
on
this.
A
A
K
Thank
you
amy
for
the
for
the
presentation
on
this
and
for
your
work.
I
have
shared
both
to
you
and
with
other
folks
in
the
community
just
to
make
sure
our
families
understand
that
dusty
is
in
terms
of
what
options
we
have
like.
The
that
this
is
sort
of
you
know,
really
come
and
told
us
right
like
the
this.
K
Is
it's
really
hard,
in
other
words,
for
us
to
have
any
type
of
phase
in
that
we
had
discussed
last
year,
I've
just
been
hearing
from
families
that
there's
a
large
percentage
that
feels
comfortable
to
school,
and
I
still
have
families
that
feel
some
reservations
about
it.
The
sharing
of
your
vaccination
rates
is
was
always
helpful
and
thank
you
for
for
having
brought
that
information
to
tonight's
meeting
for
anybody
watching.
K
I
just
had
like
ice.
I
personally
my
daughter,
I
think
again.
I've
said
this
in
other
spaces
for
those
that
are
new
here.
I
believe
that
you
know
I
out
of
this
school
committee.
I'm
the
only
one
that
actively
has
a
child
in
chelsea
public
schools
right
now,
my
daughter's
transitioning
to
middle
school.
K
You
know
this
past
year
was
really
hard
for
all
our
students
and
equally
for
those
that
are
transitioning
to
a
new
building.
I
have
a
ton
of
questions.
I'm
grateful
that
I,
that
you
know
everyone
has
been
really
helpful
and
trying
to
answer
them.
I
have
some
unease
about.
You
know
this.
The
this
whole
process
around
you
know
the
quarantining
what's
made
me
feel
better,
is
that
we
have
instituted,
pool
testing
and
thank
you
almi
and
and
for
your
leadership
on
that
and
adam
for
his
work.
K
That
does
make
me
feel
better,
but
I
was
just
as
you
presented
the
slides.
I
wanted
to
just
pull
us
back
to
that,
because
that's
immediately
one
of
my
questions
right
what
happens?
If
you
know
we
do
have
a
student,
that's
positive!
How
does
that
relate
to
pool
testing?
You
know
how
can
we
really
use
that
pool
testing
right
in
a
way
to
to
plan
ahead
or
try
to
prevent?
K
You
know
any
any
sort
of
scares
on
that
on
that
and
with
either
students
or
or
teachers,
because,
if
they're,
if
they're
not
asked
to
quarantine
right,
what
what
are
the
things
that
we're
we're
sort
of
counting
on
that
that
make
us
feel
comfortable
in
making
that
decision.
It
feels
important
to
know.
H
H
Probably
four
or
500
people
over
the
course
of
the
year
out
of
those
four
or
500
people,
only
two
of
them
reported
testing.
Positive
one
was
in
the
very
beginning
of
the
year
in
a
department
where
people
were
not
social,
distancing,
not
wearing
masks
and
working
shoulder
to
shoulder,
and
the
other
person
who
was
positive
was
actually
the
sibling
of
the
positive
person,
which
means
he
likely
got
the
virus
at
home,
not
at
school.
H
So
without
the
test
and
stay
program,
we
would
end
up
because
we
are
going
to
get
positive
kids.
Kids,
our
kids
are
testing
positive,
that
it's,
it
is
a
reality
and
when
we
do
we're
going
to
contact
trace
prior
to
test
and
stay
contact,
tracing
would
result
in
a
kid
going
home
for
two
weeks
and
missing
two
weeks
of
education.
H
What
we'll
do
now
is
throughout
the
entire
gestation
possible
gestation
period.
We
will
test
that
any
close
contacts
every
day
as
they
come
in
if
they're
positive,
yeah
they're
going
to
go
home
and
we'll
contact
trace
for
those
kids,
but
most
likely
the
majority
of
close
contacts.
The
vast
majority
of
close
contacts
will
test
negative
and
that
will
allow
them
to
not
have
to
miss
schooling.
K
H
I
will,
if
I
can
add,
actually
if
I
have
the
opportunity
to
plug
with
our
parents
who
are
watching
and
we
can
spread
the
word.
We
can't
do
that
test
and
stay
program
if
we
don't
have
the
consent
paperwork,
so
families
should
look
for
that
consent,
paperwork
to
be
going
home
either
a
few
days
before
school
starts
or
on
the
very
first
day
it
would
go
home
with
the
kids.
So,
in
order
to
be
able
to
allow
us
to
do
the
test
with
the
close
contacts,
we
would
have
to
have
consent
forms
signed.
H
We
have
an
online
version
and
a
paper
version,
so
my
plug
is
that
I
strongly
strongly
recommend
people
to
get
that
consent
in
so
that
your
students
can
participate
in
our
coveted
safety
checks.
And
if
anyone
has
any
questions,
you
know
I'm
happy
to
I'm
happy
to
answer
them
and
I'm
happy
to
talk
to
any
family
or
parent
who
has
any
reservations
about
the
vaccine.
K
Yeah,
thank
you
adam.
I
actually
was.
That
was
the
follow-up.
How
did
we
do
when
we
were
getting
consent
forms
for
the
pull
testing
and
if
that
was
actually
the
follow-up
like
if
there
was
any
opportunity
for
us
as
a
school
committee,
to
actually
support?
You
know
whether
it's
communicating
that
or
again,
like
you,
said
you
know,
encouraging
folks
to
contact
you.
Did
we
do?
Okay
in
terms
of
filling
out
those
consent,
forms
or
testing.
H
Yeah,
so
we
had
that
tracked
by
school
and
our
lowest
percentage
school
was
close
to
40
percent,
which
wasn't
that
bad,
but
one
of
our
schools
I'll
call
out
the
kelly
school
was
close
to
90
percent.
So
you
know
it
ranges
throughout.
But
to
your
point
I
do
agree,
there's
more
work
to
be
done
with
that.
You
know
we
did
a
lot
of
communication,
but
we
also
did
it
in
the
middle
of
you
know,
march
and
april,
where
there
was
a
whole
lot
going
on.
H
K
Great,
thank
you
adam
we're
on
board
with
that
and
almi
and
I'll,
and
this
is
that
last
question
I
had
in
I'll
pause,
because
I
know
the
discussion
will
give.
You
know
this
discussion
amongst
all
of
us
will
allow,
for
you,
know
more
information,
but
the
the
other
thing,
that's
really
big.
On
my
mind,
is
any
policy
changes
or
updates
due
to
this-
and
I
know
you
mentioned
that
quickly,
so
I
just
wanted
to
ask:
do
you
foresee
any
immediate
policy
changes
that
you
would
want
us
to
work
on?
K
I
know
that
we
have.
You
know
we
have
to
schedule
our
next
policy
and
procedure
subcommittee.
Are
there
any
ones
in
your?
You
know
right
now
that
you
think
we
would
be
like
immediately
important
before
school
starts
and
that's
all
I
had
and
I'll
I'll.
You
know,
roberto
and
other
folks
have
questions.
G
And
as
far
as
policy
or
concerns,
I
don't
really
see
anything
right
now
that
we
need
to
change,
because
we
were
following
dusty
guidance
when
we
opened
schools
and
then
they
just
reissued
new
guidance
to
the
new
guidance
to
proceed
to
the
guidance
that
we
had
previously
and
then
we're
also
our
moa
with
ctu.
Our
union
expired
june
30th.
G
So
I'm
currently
in
conversation
with
our
union
leadership
about
a
new
moa
that
we
can
agree
upon,
and
so
that
will
kick
into
gear
once
we
get
that
together
real
soon,
and
that
will
outline
the
parameters,
for
example,
and
depending
on
this
conversation
too,
it
will
outline
parameters,
let's
say
for
for
masking
or
for
vaccination
or
for
social
distancing.
So
all
of
that
those
are
all
working
conditions
that
we
still
negotiate
as
well.
G
So
I
don't
just
anticipate
like
an
actual
per
se
policy,
but
I
do
anticipate
that
we
have
to
change
our
ammo
we're
gonna,
we're
rewriting.
We
have
to
rewrite
our
entire
moa
again
with
our
union,
and
then
I
will
come.
I
would
after
this
conversation
I
will
have
conversations
with
our
union
leadership
and
then
we
will
work
together
to
finalize
a
new
memorandum
of
understanding
that
will
need
to
be
ratified
by
by
their
constituents
and
teach
and
and
the
teachers.
K
Thank
you,
the
one
that
I
that,
and
you
know
this
could
be
for
later
follow-up
for
later
and
hearing
you
on
the
mo
and
then
on
the
mou,
certainly,
but
also
thinking
about
like
how
you
know
how
how
you
know
if
covet
is
still
impacting
families
like
what
you
know
what
we
need
to
look
at.
You
know
I
don't
know
if
it's
technically
a
policy
change
or
any
small
amendment
to
that
or
given
any
special
conditions
like
to
make
sure
that
students
have
support.
K
J
Yeah,
I
you
know
first
thing
I
want
to
point
out
is
that
what
we've
been
hearing
from
destiny
is
that
they're
requiring
things
that
increase
risk
right,
they're
requiring
us
to
be
in
person
they're
requiring
us
to
be
five
days
in
person,
which
are
all
things
that
we
want
right.
But
these
things,
because
we
are
having
to
do
them
they
do
require
they
do
increase
the
risk
right,
but
they're
only
encouraging
or
maybe
even
strongly,
encouraging
the
things
that
decrease
risk.
J
I
think
that
this
is
more
of
the
same
that
we've
seen
from
dusty,
where
they
continue
prioritizing
other
things.
Besides
the
health
and
safety
of
our
students,
if
they
actually
were
prioritizing
that
we
would
see
requirements
coming
from
dusty,
and
I
think
it's
it's
a
shame
that
they're
that
they're
not
taking
a
stronger
stance,
they're
still
continuing
to
just
leave
us
out
here
having
to
make
the
hard
decisions
city
by
city,
making
everyone
less
safe,
because
it
means
that
you
know
maybe
everett
will
make
a
different
decision.
Maybe
revere
will
make
a
different
decision.
J
I
think
it's
a
shame
and
they
should
do
better.
On
the
issue
at
hand,
I
I
think
that
I
I
agree
fully
with
the
need
to
require
mass
for
everybody.
I
do
think
I
I
think
we
should
strongly
consider
requiring
vaccination.
Now.
I
I
think
waiting
is
is
less
helpful.
I
I
think
I
would
like
to
hear
what
other
members
think
about
vaccine
requirements
for
students
and
and
whether
people
feel
differently
now
or
after
the
vaccine
is
fully
fda
approved.
J
I
just
strongly
believe
that
the
fastest
way
for
us
to
get
over
this
pandemic
is
for
everybody
to
get
vaccinated
as
soon
as
possible.
We're
seeing
more
and
more
private
employers,
state
government
california
just
announced
today
that
they're
going
to
be
requiring
it
from
people.
I
think
that
the
way
for
us
to
keep
all
of
our
students
and
our
staff
safest
is
to
require
this
vaccine
for
students.
J
I'm
hopeful
that
the
vaccine
will
be
fully
approved
soon
and
then
at
that
point
I
really
see
no
reason
why
we
wouldn't
require
it
the
same
way
that
we
require
other
vaccines.
I'm
really
happy
to
see.
66.2
vaccination,
that's
awesome,
but
my
understanding
is
that
herd
immunity
requires
70,
maybe
even
80.
Vaccination
rates,
so
I
think
that
we
need
as
much
protection
as
possible
right.
It's
it's
not
it's
not
enough,
even
if
we're
doing
really
great
and
I'm
super
grateful
for
the
work
that
you
know,
the
school's
department
has
done.
J
The
city
of
chelsea
has
done
a
fantastic
work
right,
everybody's
doing
their
part
to
push
people
to
to
see
that
the
importance
of
this,
but
I
also
think
that
we're
not
gonna
get
there
until
there
are
some
requirements
mandated
by
by
school
department,
school
districts.
You
know
other
other
corporate
corporations.
Things
like
that.
I
think
I
think
we
need
to.
J
We
need
to
do
as
much
as
we
can
and
and
like
as
much
protection
as
possible
to
me
means
requiring
mass
requiring
vaccines
as
soon
as
we
feel
comfortable
doing
so
I
am
comfortable
right
now
to
have
that
conversation.
I
would
hope
that
a
majority
of
us
feel
comfortable.
You
know
today,
hopefully
soon,
if
not
today.
This
is
not
only
about
the
safety
of
our
kids,
but
about
the
safety
of
their
parents
and
their
grandparents
who
live
with
them,
and
some
of
them
are
immunocompromised.
J
They
can't
get
vaccinated,
some
of
them
have
siblings,
who
are
younger
than
12
who
can't
get
vaccinated.
I
have
a
baby
who
is
old.
I
wish
he
could
get
vaccinated,
but
he
can't-
and
so
you
know,
I
think
it's
we
need
to
do
our
part,
because
it's
not
just
about
the
safety
of
the
kids
about
the
safety
of
their
families.
J
We
are
not
through
this
yet
we're
seeing
that
the
delta
variant
and
the
lambda
variant
right,
they're,
impacting
kids
in
ways
that
we
haven't
seen
before.
That
is
scary.
I
I
I'm
not
gonna,
not
gonna
mince
words
here.
I
am
very
scared
that
my
baby
will
get
will
get
covered
and
you
know
it's
a
very
small
risk
that
that
anything
serious
will
happen,
but
it's
a
risk
and
it's
one
that
I
think
we
need
to
take
seriously
as
a
community.
J
C
C
I'm
gonna
I
shut
off
my
video
only
because
it
doesn't
the
the
voice
and
the
the
audio
don't
work
well
and
the
video
don't
work
well
together,
roberto.
I
appreciate
everything
you've
said,
and
I
too
I
understand
exactly
what
you're
saying.
I
can't
tell
you
that
at
this
moment
in
time,
right
now,
I
can
give
you
an
answer
and
say:
yes,
I
think
everybody
should
get
vaccinated.
C
We
should
we
should
demand
it
make
it
a
requirement
only
because
I
need
to
give
it
a
little
bit
more
thought
because
it
is,
it
is
a
difficult
call
to
make,
because
even
even
so,
there
are
going
to
be
we
have
to.
We
have
to
understand.
It's
also
going
to
be
a
lot
of
kids,
that
for
religious,
religious
purposes
will
not
allow
their
children
to
be
vaccinated
and
we
cannot
make
them
get
vaccinated.
C
J
D
D
Remember
we
went
home
for
a
day
or
two
and
we
never
came
back.
So
what's
our
plan
b,
we're
so
focused
on
getting
the
kids
in,
but
you
know
at
this
point,
I'm
hopeful
that
we
don't
need
to
rely
on
a
plan
b,
but
is
it
going
to
be
last
minute?
Come
pick
up,
chromebooks
come
pick
up
hot
spots.
Are
we
in
a
better
space
now
than
when
it
first
happened?
Are
we
going
to
be
ready
just
to
okay,
we're
going
home
tomorrow?
We
start
remote.
So
what
is
the
planning
around
that.
G
Yeah
yeah,
I
will,
I
will
respond
so
our
plan
b
and
we
have
talked
actually
about
this
already.
We
are
currently
and
I'm
going
to
let
monica
speak
a
little
bit.
Miss
zomboy
speak
a
little
bit
more
too.
We
are
currently
collecting
chromebooks
updating
them,
cleaning
them
getting
them
ready
for
a
redistribution.
G
G
We
have
also
purchased
new
chromebooks
and
making
sure
that
we
have
updated
chromebooks,
because
some
convicts,
you
know,
kids,
take
them
home
all
year,
long
they
get
broken
and
we
anticipate
that
chromebooks
are
going
to
break
so
we've
been
purchasing
new
chromebooks,
always
having
an
inventory.
Our
goal
is
to
have
inventory
at
school
where
kids
have
their
personal,
chromebooks
and
inventory
at
in
the
classroom,
and
so
I'm
going
to
let
ms
lamboy
speak
a
little
bit
more
to
that
and
hot
spots,
and
so
monica
will.
Let
you
take
it
sure.
L
L
Should
something
happen
in
the
first
week
or
so
we
obviously
have
the
whole
set
in
the
classroom.
We
can
get
it
out
to
those
kids.
I
will
ask
if
I,
since
we're
on
tv:
if
there
are
any
families
that
still
do
have
chromebooks
at
home,
we
are
asking
that
you
do
return
them
to
the
school,
we'll
take
them
in
we're
going
to
clean
them
up
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
they're
ready
for
redistribution.
D
Well,
I
just
have
one
more
and
it's
regarding-
and
I
haven't
heard
this
from
any
of
our
parents
in
this
district,
but
I've
heard
from
where
I'm
at
a
parent
called-
and
you
know-
does
not
want
the
child
to
be
back.
So
I
like
what
I
I
didn't
speak
to
the
parent,
but
I'm
saying
do
these:
parents
now
have
to
do
a
homeschool
petition
to
school
committee
and
now
they'll
be
considered
home
school
because
you
know
desi
is
not
allowing
for
us
to
do
any
kind
of
remote
learning.
D
G
G
G
There
will
be
you
can't
the
way
it's
going
to
work,
and
I'm
going
to
let
mr
roboto
explain
a
little
bit
more
about
the
intake
process
is
that
students
will
register
for
a
school
and
then
they
will
be
recommended
by
the
educators
at
the
school
to
the
virtual
school.
It's
for
a
small
number
of
students
and
it's
individual.
It's
a
school
for
individualization
of
instruction.
So
if
a
child,
for
example,
has
social
anxiety
or
a
child,
let's
say
in
high
school,
get
student
gets
pregnant
and
has
a
child.
G
G
K
Okay-
forgive
me
forgive
me
for
interrupting
madam
chair
and
dr
albeda
and
mr
lovato.
This
is
the
third
time
I
know
it's
not
done
with
that
intention,
but
I
just
want
to
reiterate
to
the
community.
This
is
the
time.
The
third
time
I
hear
us
talk
about
the
virtual
school
and
say
that
this
would
be
perfect
for
students
that
fall
within
a
certain
criteria.
K
But
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
when
we
talk
about
this,
that
the
perception
to
our
students
is
not
because
you're
pregnant
that
you
need
to
be
in
another
school.
But
I
I
know
that's
not
your.
What
what
you
you
said,
dr
alberta,
but
just
for
folks
that
might
be
hearing
that
I
I
wanted
to
bring
that
back.
Sorry
for
the
interruption.
M
M
So,
with
the
program
itself,
as
dr
baitha
did
a
great
job
explaining
the
registration
process
in
the
intake
process,
what
we
really
wanted
to
do
is
make
sure
that
there
was
still
a
connection
with
their
home
school
for
the
students
that
are
entering
the
program,
the
the
school
since
because
of
covid
or
other
factors
that
are
prohibiting
the
child
to
enter
school.
At
this
time
we
recognize
the
importance
of
the
transition
back
in
and
that's
the
the
one
of
the
main
purposes,
along
with
the
recommendations
required.
M
We
know
it's
not
easy
to
teach
some
of
the
factors
such
as
reading.
We
know
that
there's
challenges
with
k5
students
compared
to
secondary
students
that
are
a
little
bit
more
difficult
to
meet
during
a
remote
setting.
So
one
of
the
things
that
we
wanted
to
do
as
well
is
to
make
sure
that
you
know
it
wasn't
necessarily
a
wish
list
to
enter
the
program
and
that
there
were
factors
that
are
representative
of
what's
really
going
on
in
the
family
and
then
also
too.
M
It
also
gives
the
principals
an
opportunity
to
understand
their
students
and
the
circumstances
that
they're
working
with
and
some
of
the
challenges
that
our
parents
have
as
well
too.
So
we
were
also
hoping
to
capture
that
as
well
as
dr
abeda
mentioned,
margaret
mancini
she's
been
at
it
since
she
started
we're
very
excited
to
have
her
and-
and
you
know,
she's
plugging
away
on
the
handbook.
She's
we've
sent
out
guidance
to
the
principals.
M
At
this
point,
we've
sent
out
posted
it
online,
there's
information
for
parents
as
what
the
process
is,
how
to
go
about
it
and
we
just
posted
this
on
monday.
So
the
principals
will
start
scheduling,
interviews,
scheduling,
meetings
with
parents
now
and
start
making
the
appropriate
recommendations
for
what
that
looks
like,
but
other
than
that.
If
you
have
questions,
please
let
me
know,
and-
and
I
can
answer.
M
Yes,
ma'am.
We
are
trying
to
emphasize
more
the
secondary
component,
because,
again
what
we
did
do
in
the
implementation
guide
is
we
did
make
a
recommendation
minus
you
know
some
factors
due
to
covid
that
you
know
k5
students.
We
really
recommend
that
they're
in
a
traditional
program
and
then
also
we
made
the
same
recommendations
for
students
with
special
needs
and
l
students.
But
with
that
being
said,
we
we
know
that
there
are
real
factors
out
there
due
to
covet
and
so
we're
also
prepared
to
service
those
students
as
well.
G
J
J
I
guess
just
going
back
to
ms
velasquez's
question
around:
you
know
what
happens
if
we
like
cases
spike,
and
we
need
to
close
again.
My
understanding
is
that
virtual
school
days
would
not
count
so
that
would
need
to
be
a
deci.
Jesse
would
have
to
make
a
policy
change
right
to
allow
for
virtual
base
account.
B
K
Thank
you.
This
was
just
one
of
the
things
that
I
feel
worked
really
well
that
I
felt
really
proud
about
missing
sarah
already
right
when
we
talked
about
our
attendance
rates,
and
you
know
what
we
were
learning
from.
You
know
in
the
midst
of
you,
know
the
this
past
school
year.
One
of
the
things
I
can't
seem
to
shake
is
one
again
as
a
parent
myself,
a
full-time
working
mom
and
navigating
with
my
two
older
kids.
You
know
what
that
was
like.
K
I
often
think
about
you
know,
did
did
having
access
to
wi-fi
at
home,
actually
really
help.
You
know
our
students
in
particular
for
homework
assignments
being
able
to
just
facilitate
you
know,
have
more
options.
You
know
just
feel
like
there
was
less
of
a
burden
on
families
to
actually
figure
this
out,
and
I'm
not
sure
that
you
know
I.
K
So
I'm
curious
to
know
monica
if
you
know
or
dr
albeda
has
there
been
any
conversations
or
thoughts
as
students
shift
in
to
in-person
learning,
if
there's
wiggle
room,
whether
in
our
budget
or
and
spending
like
based
on
where
we
are,
and
you
know
what
the
cost
of
that
would
be.
If
it's
something
that
we
could
consider
or
you
know
if
this
is
something
that
yeah,
if
it
would
be
something
that
we
would
consider
and
it
would
it
be
like
you
know,
for
students
that
really
have
that
need.
G
So
I'll
go
ahead
and
start
and
then
I'll
turn
it
over
to
miss
lamboy.
So
connectivity
is
very
something
that
we
learned
through
the
past.
It
was
the
last
18
months
is
connectivity
is
very
important
to
our
families,
and
it
really
is-
and
I
thank
you
so
much
for
asking
the
question.
It
really
is
about
equity
right
and
many
of
our
households.
Don't
have
access
to
internet,
they
don't
have
connectivity.
G
So
one
thing
that
we
have
really
thought
long
and
hard
about
and
building
into
our
budget
is
continuing
with
hotspots
for
homework,
because
that
that
that
is
equity
at
the
at
its
heart,
giving
our
students
access
to
connectivity
to
do
their
homework
because
they
needed
to
do
their
lap
to
do
their
use
their
chromebooks.
So
I
think
it's
it's
it's
not
for
me.
It's
essential
that
we
continue
to
think
about
this,
that
we
make
sure
that
every
student
in
chelsea
public
schools
has
has
access
to
internet,
good,
high
speed,
internet
and
connectivity.
G
L
It
did
take
us
a
little
bit
of
time,
but
we
were
able
to
provide
either
physical,
hot
spots
or
comcast
codes
to
any
families
that
indicated
that
they
did
not
have
access
to
wi-fi
a
substantial
number
that
we
funded
through
an
array
of
different
grant
programs.
Anyone
that
had
a
comcast
code
that
is
still
live.
It
will
continue
to
go
for
several
months
depending
on
where
we
are.
We
can
also
extend
it
for
time,
so
I'm
hoping
those
families
are
still
taking
advantage
of
those
comcast
codes
in
terms
of
the
physical
hot
spots.
L
We
did
collect
them
in
the
same
go
around
when
we
brought
the
chromebooks
in,
but
we
still
have
the
physical
retention
of
those
devices.
We
are
extending
the
time
period
on
those,
so
we
will
be
able
to
revolve
them
back
out
to
families
in
the
fall
and
as
the
superintendent
said
you
know,
we
are
looking
at
really
any
kind
of
grant
opportunity
to
to
fund
this
and
there's
one
that
we're
working
on
right.
G
M
Sure,
dr
beta,
the
only
thing
that
I
would
add
is
that
the
grant
has
been
made
available.
We
just
allowed
some
flexibility,
as
monica
talked
about
as
well
too,
for
the
entire
purpose
of
the
grant
is
just
that
connectivity
to
you
know
our
families
and
and
families
such
as
our
community
that
are
struggling
for
what
the
internet
access
looks
like
and
as
doctor
of
demented
mentioned,
is
that
it's
really
equity,
and
so
that's
what
the
grant
focuses
on
as
well.
K
That
is
like
super
helpful,
to
hear.
Thank
you
all
for
really
taking
that
into
account,
and
and
thank
you
almi
for
naming,
equity
and
really
you
know,
shows
all
the
work
that
you
know
you
guys
have
been
doing
as
a
team
to
really
make
sure
that
we're
looking
at
you
know
how
to
educate
our
whole
student
and
taking
that
approach.
Thank
you
all
for
looking
into
grants
as
well.
Now
I
know
if
I
see
any
monica
sending
them
your
way,
but
thank
you.
Thank
you
all.
K
I
sent
it
to
dr
albeda,
but
thank
you
all
for
for
for
sharing
that
that's
really
important,
and
then
this
is
the
last
comment
I
have,
and
I
thank
you
for
your
ears
and
your
patience.
But
one
of
the
thoughts
that
I
have
is
this
is
more
towards
the
response
to
mr
jimenez.
Around
vaccination
and
just
hearing
our
conversation
a
little
bit
about
that.
K
Well,
that
I've
said
as
well
is
these
community
health
centers
and
the
partnerships
that
have
really
helped
a
lot
of
what
we've
been
able
to
do
in
the
city
in
terms
of
reaching
people
and
and
really
providing
resources?
I
think
we've
been
fortunate
on
that
end
and
then
second,
second
to
that
is
what
opportunities
could
there
be
dr
albeda
for
us
as
a
school?
You
know
this
is
not
like.
I
don't.
I
know
we
have
our
hands
full
to
reopen,
but
maybe
to
consider
in
the
fall.
K
If
there's
opportunities
to
do
like
a
listening
session-
or
you
know,
invite
you
know,
make
either
share
resources
and
where
these
listening
sessions,
such
things,
are
happening
for
parents
to
be
able
to.
You
know,
maybe
pop
into
a
virtual
or
some
sort
of
discussion
where
they
can
ask
questions
to
doctors.
I
know
that
you
know
some
people
have
talked
a
lot
about.
This
there's
been
some
opportunities.
I've
seen
other
cities
do
this.
K
I
don't
know
how
frequent
they've
been,
but
there's
been
some
opportunities
for
that,
and
I
just
wonder
if
that
would
also
be
a
resource,
and
you
know
maybe
that's
something
the
city
could
do.
Dr
obade,
I'm
not
saying
it's
like
incumbent
upon
us
as
a
school,
but
how
we
could
partner,
perhaps
right
with
other
folks
that
might
be
able
to
to
make
something
like
that
happen.
You
know
you
sharing
the
rates.
You
know,
mr
jimenez
is
always
sharing.
You
know,
other.
You
know
facts
that
are
important
for
us
to
consider.
K
I
just
keep
bringing
back
that.
You
know
the
more
information
we
can
give
people.
I
think
that
that'll,
that
gives
them
the
space
to
sort
of
arrive
to
a
decision,
as
opposed
to
you
know
looking
at
the
various
sources
of
media
right
and
having
to
figure
out
what's
a
credible
source
here,
you
know
who
can
I
trust
and
I
think,
a
lot
of
folks
really
trust.
K
You
know
us
here
in
the
city
of
chelsea,
so
any
opportunity
that
we
could
probably
partner
with
whether
it's
like
a
health
center
and
maybe
do
like
some
sort
of
like
q
a
or
something
or
make
it
available
might
be
helpful
and
again
I
think
that
might
be
something
that
the
city
can
support
right
or
it
might
be
like
something
we
could
ask
tom,
but
I
just
keep
coming
back
to
that
as
we
get
ready
to
shift.
You
know
a
little
bit.
B
Great
all
right
team,
so
thank
you
again
for
the
great
question
central
office
team.
I
know
you
have
been
so
busy
preparing
for
our
schools
to
reopen
up
again.
Our
students
are
so
happy
to
get
to
go
back
to
school,
all
right
with
that
new
business
consideration
and
action
to
accept
three
gifts
as
follows:
three
thousand
dollars
from
care
to
share
for
the
music
program,
ten
thousand
dollars
from
harbor
house
collective
for
substance,
use
prevention
and
albuterol
and
inhalers
with
a
value
of
150
dollars
from
chelsea
mgh
pediatrics
for
nursing
services.
B
Seven
in
the
affirmative
motion
cameras.
Next
we
have
considered
an
action
to
accept
the
recommendation
of
the
school
superintendent
and
amend
the
general
fund
for
the
2021-2022
school
budget
to
increase
funding
from
7
000..
Oh
no
sorry,
107,
eight
hundred
fifty
dollars
to
a
hundred
and
eight
million
five
hundred
and
five
thousand
four
hundred
and
sixteen
dollars
and
amend
program
budgets
as
follows.
B
Then
we
can
jump
into
rokom
for
the
prayer,
this
wrong
date
and
let
your
computer
die,
because
I'm
reading
it
for
myself,
sorry
team,
all
righty
explanation
for
the
city
charter.
Each
year
the
school
committee
must
submit
to
the
city
council
a
budget
based
upon
the
governor's
proposal
prepared
in
january.
That
means
that,
each
year,
if
the
state
legislator
adopts
a
different
figure,
a
budget
revision
is
needed.
B
This
year,
the
legislator
increased
cps
budget
approxim
1.52
million
dollars
in
the
revised
budget,
several
new
positions
are
proposed
and
five
existing
positions
are
recommended
for
moving
house
of
grants.
Now
that
the
figures
for
the
title
and
grants
have
been
made
public,
approximately
70
percent
of
the
positions
are
teaching
positions.
The
balance
are
districtwide
central
office,
including
recruiting
the
chief
academic
office
or
positions
which
previously
existed.
Roll
call.
J
Madam
chair,
can
I
just
make
a
comment
yeah
I
just
wanted
to
point
out.
The
legislature
did
pass
a
higher
budget
than
the
than
the
governor,
but
the
student
opportunity
act
was
not
funded
last
year,
so
we
should
be
two
sevenths
of
the
bill
fully
to
be
fully
funded,
so
we're
definitely
behind
where
we
should
be
so
that
number
in
an
ideal
world
where
the
legislature
had
properly
funded
the
soa
would
be
higher.
So
just
want
folks
to
know
that.