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From YouTube: School Committee Meeting 2-4-21
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A
B
C
C
So
she
said
to
tell
everybody
that
she
was
sorry
she
had
to
miss
and-
and
she
wanted
to
tell
everyone
happy
black
history
month
and
then
this
is
my
first
time
running
this
meeting
in
a
while.
So
everybody
be
patient,
goodwood
roll
call
for
attendance,
veronica.
B
Yes,
miss
enriquez.
B
Mr
jimenez,
we
know
he's
present
miss
alfaro,
miss
hernandez
here.
Mr
wilson,
miss
carlisle
present.
Ms
velez
president.
C
Seven
members,
president
true
absent,
we
continue.
I
wanted
to
provide
that
translation
is
available.
The
information
is
at
the
bottom
of
the
agenda.
The
zoom
id
is.
C
G
Hi
I'm
here
this
is
angelica
hello,
everyone,
the
other
two
members,
are
having
difficulty
I'll
get
into
the
room,
so
I'm
working
on
that
right
now
with
them.
Okay,.
C
C
I
also
want
to
let
everyone
know
that
today,
city
manager,
tom
brazino,
will
be
coming
in
at
the
new
business
section
for
votes
on
our
on
our
para
and
clerk
contracts.
Just
to
let
everyone
know.
So,
please
give
him
a
welcome
when
he
does
come
in.
He
should
be
coming
in
around
7.
H
J
G
G
G
We
are,
who
are
we?
We
are
parents
advocates
of
children
with
special
needs
in
chelsea,
grassroots
community
leaders,
volunteers
for
the
chelsea
cpac,
the
special
education
parent
advisory
council,
and
we
are
multilingual
group
of
parents.
All
languages
are
all
language
speakers
are
welcome
to
join
us.
We
currently
have
english,
spanish
and
portuguese
speakers
in
our
group
next
slide.
Please
and
I'll.
Introduce
karen
karen
is
a
former
secretary
of
the
cpac
and
she's
the
the
actual
chairwoman
right
now
at
the
c-pac
karen.
The
is
yours.
Thank
you.
I
I
I
I
am
also
I'm
developing
a
facebook
page
better
together,
especially
chelsea
as
a
way
to
help
parents
looking
for
resources,
parents
looking
for
information
and
trainings
and
meetings
and
more.
This
is
parent
helping
parents,
I'm
still
improving.
My
english
and
yeah,
that's
all
set.
That's
me.
K
Hi
good
evening,
my
name
is,
and
this
year
is
my
first
year
of
la
being
a
vice
president
and
the
channel
chairwoman,
I'm
a
mother
of
advocate
in
the
city
of
chelsea
living
for
18
years
in
this
beautiful
city.
I
am
a
mother
leader
for
at
least
five
years,
a
member
of
blti
national
parent
leadership
institute.
K
I
am
actively
in
school
groups
such
as
school
site
council
at
berkeley,
school
calgary
school
also
attending
several
special
education
courses
helped
me
to
educate
myself
and
support
my
family
now,
seeing
the
need
existing
in
the
community
and
the
rights
of
children
with
a
special
need.
I
saw
an
opportunity
to
advocate
and
teach
family
about
their
rights
and
our
children's
rights,
so
I
decided
to
take
this
opportunity
and
become
a
member
of
cpac.
G
And
back
to
me
again,
I
was
a
former
chairwoman
from
the
cpac
and
I
am
a
portuguese,
english
and
poetry.
Now
speaker,
portugal
is
a
mix
of
portuguese
and
spanish
fun
fact:
a
lot
of
parents
in
chelsea
who
see
me
speak
in
spanish.
They
cannot
tell
where
my
accent
is
from,
so
I
always
tell
them
it's
from
brazil.
My
spanish
is
from
brazil.
Since
brazil
doesn't
speak
spanish,
you
speak
portuguese.
G
I
me
I
bring
my
immigrant
background
and
parent
lenses
to
collaborate
with
the
school
side
council
as
well
at
the
berkwitz
meetings
and,
most
recently
I've
been
participating
as
a
stakeholder
at
the
iep
improvement
plan
at
the
state
level,
we
actually
had
a
meeting
earlier
and
I'll
be
participating
at
the
early
adopters
of
the
iep
improvement
process
in
chelsea
as
well.
G
I
continue
my
work
advocating
for
language
access
and
language
justice
in
chelsea,
especially
for
families
of
children
with
special
needs.
Finally,
as
a
former
cpac
president,
I
made
the
decision
to
step
back
and
volunteer
for
the
position
of
cpac
secretary
in
order
to
push
our
brilliant
parents
to
the
leadership
position.
G
It
is
with
a
pleasure
to
collaborate
and
collaborate
and
advocate
on
behalf
of
our
families
and
our
bestest
cindy.
J
So
cindy
rosenberg,
the
administrator
special
ed
for
our
beautiful
city.
We
have
a
wide
range
of
cpac
participants
and
all
families
are
welcome.
All
families
voices
count,
I'm
thankful
for
our
cpac
officials
and
all
our
members.
They
really
provide
support
to
our
staff
and
all
families.
J
We
continue
to
advocate
and
prioritize
families,
rights,
parents,
rights
and
really
receive
their
voices,
hear
what
they
have
to
say
and
feedback.
D
I
have
a
question:
it's
rosemary.
I
had
rosemary.
Thank
you
all
for
coming
and
it's
nice
to
see
parent
involvement,
I'm
very
proud
of
you,
girls.
How
do
you
feel
right
now
about
the
special
needs
children
getting
their
education
remotely?
D
G
Everyone
is
trying
our
best
and
it's
we're
in
a
place
that
we
don't
have
where
to
go.
It's
not
much
to
be
done
right
now,
but
again
it's
a
loving
hate
relationship
it
there.
There
are
good
things
and
bad
things
about
it.
D
Yeah,
I
know
I
feel
bad
for
the
parents,
because
it's
so
hard
for
the
children
to
learn
remotely,
and
I
can
imagine
how
hard
it
is
to
for
the
parents
to
help
their
children
remotely
too
so
we'll
work
on
this
and
have
the
state
come
up
with
some
kind
of
idea
of
what
we
can
do
for
these
special
needs.
Kids,
because
they're
losing
out
on
so
much.
F
I
have
a
question
to
make
a
comment:
go
ahead.
Okay,
thank
you.
I
just
want
to
say
that,
throughout
the
past
three
or
four
years,
I've
seen
angelica
karen
and
carla
very
involved
in
our
community
and
taking
advantage
of
what's
offered
to
families,
she
they're
the
perfect
role
models
and
we
need
to
work
together
with
them
to
engage
more
families
in
the
work
that
we
do
karen.
F
I
sat
in
a
meeting
last
week
with
you
and
or
last
month
at
the
chelsea
early
childhood
network,
and
let
me
tell
you,
your
english
is
even
better
this
time
keep
up
the
great
work.
That's
what
it
is.
Thank
you
fearless
go
ahead
because
you
guys
have
your
opinion
is
very
valuable.
F
Okay,
that's
the
only
way
that
we
are
going
to
improve
our
schools.
Our
community
is
by
listening
to
the
parents.
You
know
I'm
in
the
early
childhood
field,
so
whatever
you
need,
I'm
here
to
support
you,
I'm
right
here
in
the
city,
for
you
and
angelica.
You've
been
a
great
leader
in
this,
but
congratulate
you
also.
Thank
you.
L
Yeah
hi
hi,
everyone
just
wanted
to
say
again.
Thank
you
so
much
for
coming.
Yeah,
yeah,
cool
yeah
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
all
for
for
joining
us
today
and
and
for
for
talking
about
your
experience,
and
you
know
what
you
what
you
are
doing
through
cpac,
which
I
think
is
super
important
work.
I
just
wanted
to
to
know.
L
I
saw
that
there
was
a
bunch
of
meetings
that
you
have
coming
up
on
the
on
the
slides,
if
there's
any
way
that
we
could
just
like
get
those
with
like
invitations,
I'd
love
to
join
and
hear
more
about
your
perspectives.
You
know
outside
of
these
meetings,
which
you
know,
you're
always
welcome
to
join.
J
C
It's
it's
always
wonderful,
to
see
mothers
empowered
and
doing
for
their
children
and
working
for
these
wonderful
causes.
So
it
brings
me
great
great
honor
and
happiness
to
see
immigrants,
women,
whose
english
karen.
I
can't
believe
that
you've
been
here
for
such
a
short
time.
She
says
her.
English
is
not
great.
Her
english
is
wonderful.
C
I
would
never
be
able
to
speak
another
language
being
in
a
different
country
for
four
years.
I
can
just
pick
myself,
but
thank
you
so
much
for
all
the
work
and
roberto
actually
took
maya
calm
from
me,
which
was
that
I
would
love
to
get
to
know
those
dates
for
those
meetings
so
that
I
will
be
able
to
attend
some
of
them.
So
thank
you.
J
And
chairwoman,
kelly
garcia,
came
lat
this
past
friday
night,
so
school
committee
is
represented
and
we
feel
supported.
Thank
you
so
much
to.
L
E
E
M
Hey
yeah
can
folks
hear
me
already
yeah
yeah,
okay
yeah.
I
just
wanted
to
commend
angelica
karen
e
karla
for
your
presentation
tonight
and
for
coming
here
and
sharing
the
importance
of
parent
involvement.
M
Angelica
you've
been
like
my
first
go-to
as
a
mom
of
a
daughter
on
the
spectrum
and
so
resourceful
and
so
helpful
to
me,
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that,
like,
as
everybody
says
here,
not
only
for
us
to
attend
your
meetings
and
support
and
get
a
better
understanding
of
what's
happening,
but
also
gives
me
a
lot
of
joy
to
see
the
space
open
for
all
of
you
to
continue
to
come
and
share
feedback
and
what
you're
hearing
from
parents.
M
I
think
it's
our
obligation
to
listen
and
see
whether
we
could
support
parents
directly
any
way
that
we
can.
So
I'm
just
really
happy
and
grateful
that
you
all
are
here
and
thank
you
for
your
continued
efforts
and
your
advocacy
at
the
state
level
as
well,
which
has
been
super
super
impressive.
G
E
C
I
think
I
think
we're
all
sad.
Okay,
now,
I'm
now
I'm
paranoid
about
being
able
to
be
heard.
Okay,
so
now
we'll
move
on
to
item
number
five
presentations.
C
Okay,
okay,
then
we'll
move
on
seeing
none
we'll
move
on
to
number
six
and
at
this
point
I'll
turn
it
over
to
dr
albeda.
Okay,
with
the
reported
superintendents.
O
Good
evening,
everyone
are
the
indicators
of
success
being
able
to
be
seen.
Yes
right.
Okay,
all
right,
you
should
all
have
received
a
copy
of
these
as
well
via
email
tonight
we
only
have
a
few
indicators
to
share
with
you
but
excitingly
as
promised.
We
have
attendance
which
you've
been
patiently
waiting
for.
O
O
Excuse
me
as
I
scroll,
which
is
our
attendance,
so
as
you
can
see,
our
attendance
has
been
very
good,
which
is
really
exciting,
and
it
also
demonstrates
a
lot
of
work
by
our
educators
to
engage
our
students
and
to
reach
out
to
those
who
are
not
attending
and
there's
just
been
a
lot
of
work
behind
this
and
I'd
like
to
applaud
and
appreciate
all
of
that
work.
O
So
a
couple
of
highlights
september
here
in
you'll,
see
was
a
short
month
for
us,
because
we
had
the
10
days
of
professional
development
at
the
beginning
of
the
year.
So
there
were
only
10
school
days
in
september.
O
Then
you'll
see
that
as
you
move
from
september
into
october
november,
in
most
cases
not
across
the
board,
but
in
most
cases
at
least
pre-k
to
five.
Those
numbers
improve
they
improve
from
september
to
october
to
november,
and
as
I
was
saying,
that
is
the
work
of
all
of
our
educators
really
reaching
out
and
connecting
with
families
and
having
kids
in
school.
O
So
currently
you'll
see
that
in
grades
three
and
four
we
are
hitting
our
goal
of
attendance
at
95
percent
and
we're
very
close
k
to
two
and
we're
over
ninety
percent
in
grades
5
through
10
and
we're
working
hard
in
pre-k
and
11
and
12.
so
pre-k.
As
you
know,
the
the
littlest
ones
are
really
tough
and
they
usually
require
an
adult
to
be
with
them.
So
that's
a
hard
one
and
pre
11
and
12
is
both
at
the
high
school
and
the
chelsea
opportunity
academy.
O
So
those
those
numbers
are
both
schools
combined.
So
if
you
could
turn
to
page
six,
we'll
get
to
our
drop-out
rate.
O
O
That
I
can
so
here
on
page
six,
you
can
see
that
our
dropout
rate
is
at
1.16
you'll
that
actually,
that
number
is
the
same.
As
last
month
we
haven't
had
any
new
dropouts
registered
through
pick
in
the
month
of
january.
That's
partially
paperwork
and
catching
up
and
all
the
things
that
are
going
on.
But
it's
also,
you
know
we
aren't
necessarily
having
kids,
disenroll
and
and
leave.
O
You
know
the
paperwork
lag
so
just
as
a
it's
as
a
contrast,
you'll
see
that
last
year,
at
this
time
we
were
at
3.60
percent
here
with
54.
right
now,
we're
at
18
with
1.16.
This
may
jump
next
month
when
we
catch
up
and
and
paperwork
follows,
but
there
are
no
new
dropouts.
O
Mobility,
you
will
see
that
currently,
we've
had
a
total
of
735
students
either
come
or
go
from
our
district
this
this
year.
So
far,
that's
in
comparison
to
900
last
year.
So
that's
what
we
were
just
talking
about,
you'll
you
could,
if
you
compare
to
last
year,
elc
and
the
kindergarten
and
elementary
are
about
the
same
mobility
as
last
year,
but
at
the
middle
school
and
high
school
we've
seen
less
students
moving
in
and
out
than
we
usually
did
in
past
years.
O
L
Alright
jump
in
yeah.
Okay,
can
we
go
back
to
the
the
attendance
rate?
I'm
curious?
If
we
like?
Do
we
sorry,
you
mentioned
that
the
high
school
includes
coa
and
chf.
I
was
wondering
if
there's
like,
like
what
the
difference
is
between
the
two.
O
O
N
So
the
next
part
of
our
superintendent's
report,
which
I'm
very
excited
about,
is
our
coven
19
update,
and
so,
if
you
can
recall
we
in
in
the
spring
we
kind
of
jumped
into
remote
learning
and
it
was
all
very
hurry.
Hurry
do
shocking
to
everybody,
but
we've
got
to
do
this,
and
so
the
feedback
that
we
had
heard
in
the
summer
time
was
that
we
needed
to
improve
our
remote
learning.
So
we
focused
on
improving
remote
learning
to
family
engagement
through
better
resources
online
and
our
teachers,
just
our
teachers
really
just
leaned
into
remote
learning.
N
So
we
thought
we
would
do
a
survey
just
to
do
a
dipstick
and
just
kind
of
get
a
pulse
of
what
our
families
are
thinking
about
remote
learning.
So
I
am
going
to
ask
our
assistant,
superintendent,
sarah,
kent
and
our
harvard
resident
il
bergman
to
share
the
survey
and
the
results
from
the
survey.
So
I
will
let
them
take
it
from.
N
O
And
I
are
extremely
excited
to
share
this
data
with
you
tonight.
As
dr
abeda
was
saying,
we
sent
this
out
to
families
and
hoping
to
get
feedback
on
a
lot
of
work
that
has
happened
and
we're
we're
looking
forward
to
sharing
it
with
you.
O
So
just
some
basic
facts
about
the
survey
itself.
We
administered
it
for
a
week
in
january,
just
recently
and
families
were
reached.
You
know
in
various
ways
through
text
phone
call,
the
website,
social
media
all
kinds
of
ways,
and
it
was
on
a
google
form
and
we
also
with
the
google
form
I'm
going
to
slow
down
for
the
translator.
I
just
got
the
high
sign
with
the
google
form.
O
We
made
sure
that
the
first
question
asked:
what
is
your
preferred
language
and
from
there
all
the
other
questions
were
asked
in
that
language.
So
we
really
feel
that
was
great
because
it
allowed
you
didn't,
have
to
read
both
languages
and
navigate.
It
was
you
know
it
was
a
choice,
so
the
total
sample
size
was
about
2276
responses,
which
represents
about
38
percent
of
our
students,
which
is
wonderful.
So
we
had
more
than
a
third
of
our
students
represented
and
all
the
people
who
responded.
O
So
the
big
question
was:
how
satisfied
are
you
with
remote
learning
since
september,
as
you
can
see
from
the
from
the
pie?
Chart
about
60
percent
of
folks
were
either
quite
satisfied
or
very
satisfied
and
about
20
were
slightly
satisfied
or
not
satisfied
at
all,
and
I'm
very
proud
of
these
results
and
the
work
that
this
that
this
represents
from
all
of
our
educators.
O
O
But
then
we
knew
we
needed
to
do
better
for
our
students
and
we
started
to
reach
out
and
gather
information
from
various
sources,
and
we
we
did.
We
had
a
parent
advisory
group.
We
created
a
task
force,
we
did
surveys,
we
did
focus
groups
and
we
heard
you
know
very
loud
and
clear,
or
there
were
three
things
that
people
really
wanted
us
to
improve.
O
The
first
was
they
wanted
accountability
for
participation
they
wanted.
You
know,
students
to
know
that
it
mattered
that
they
participated,
came
to
school
and
learned.
Second,
they
wanted
grades.
They
wanted
accountability
for
students
and,
as
I
mentioned,
they
wanted
attendance
as
well
as
participation,
but
not
just
being
there,
but
actually
participating.
O
So
as
I
mentioned,
we
created
a
task
force
this
summer
and
it
had,
I
think,
52
people
on
it
with
different
committees,
four
different
committees-
and
we
really
worked
hard
at
what
it
was
we
needed
to
do
to
make
a
plan
and
really
make
remote
learning
much
improved.
We
called
it
remote
learning
2.0
for
the
fall
that
included
increasing
technology
access.
We
had
done
our
best
to
get
chromebooks
out
to
everybody,
but
we
were
going
to
make
sure
that
we
got
them
out
to
everyone
who
needed
them.
O
O
So
what
went
into
this?
We
did
a
lot
of
work
over
the
summer
with
the
curriculum
team
on
curriculum
maps.
We
spent
a
lot
of
time
strategically
purchasing
online
platforms
that
were
interactive,
collaborative
and
allowed
us
to
have
rigor
more
rigorous
instruction.
O
We
worked
really
hard
on
schedules
and
having
face
time
with
teachers
and
every
kid
sees
a
teacher
every
day
that
was
one
of
our
big
pillars
that
we
wanted
to
make
sure
happened,
and
then
the
commissioner
gave
us
10
days
of
professional
development
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
and
we
leveraged
those
to
do
three.
Things
first
was
to
make
sure
the
technology
was
out
to
our
students,
and
that
was
a
really
heavy
lift
by
our
operations
team.
O
We
also
worked
hard
on
trust,
visits
and
family
engagement
and
talking
to
families
in
order
to
build
relationships
to
make
this
work.
And
finally,
we
did
a
lot
of
professional
development
with
our
teachers
on
remote
learning
and
had
them
collaborate
to
figure
out
the
best
ways
to
to
meet
the
needs
of
our
kids
and
that
also
turned
into
a
website
with
resources
for
for
both
parents
and
a
website
for
resources
for
teachers.
O
So
this
one
is
one
we're
all
wrestling
with
how
difficult
is
it
for
your
child
to
stay
engaged
in
remote
learning,
so
this
is
all
over
media.
This
is
all
over
the
state,
it's
all
over
everywhere.
Talking
about
how
hard
it
is
for
kids,
especially
young
kids,
but
also
teenagers,
to
engage
in
remote
learning,
and
so,
as
we
all
know,
it's
not
as
interactive,
it's
not
as
social,
it's
not
as
fun
as
it
is
to
be
in
person,
and
so
this
is
not
surprising
that
it
is
a
little
bit
lower.
O
One
thing
I
can
say
is
that
student
voice
in
the
classroom
is
increasing,
there's
more
use
of
breakout
rooms,
there's
more
kids,
helping
kids
and
talking
to
kids
we're
getting
better
but,
as
I
said
everywhere,
we're
struggling
with
this.
One
thing
I
would
like
to
call
out
is
that
our
buildings
have
done
a
really
really
good
job
of
distributing
materials.
O
With
you
know,
books,
art
supplies,
phys
ed
supplies,
science
stuff,
so
that
our
kids
can
read
real
books,
do
things
hands-on
at
home
and
that's
been
a
heavy
lift
and
really
really
impressive.
I've
talked
in
other
districts
with
other
groups
and
they
say
what
your
kids
have.
Science
stuff,
like
yeah
they've,
been
put
in
bags
and
parents
have
picked
them
up
and
kids
have
this
stuff.
O
O
O
What
I
can
say
is
that
we
are
really
trying
to
monitor
kids
progress
so
that
we
can
make
strong
plans
for
how
to
adapt
and
support
them.
We
are
trying
to
know
how
kids
are
doing
so
that
we
can
make
adaptations
and
support
them
when
time
comes,
and
now
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
y'all
who's.
Going
to
talk
about
the
next
couple
of
questions.
P
Thank
you,
sarah.
The
next
question
we
asked
was:
how
concerned:
are
you
about
your
child's
mental
health
due
to
remote
learning
in
spanish?
This
was.
P
And
what
we
see
is
that
about
half
of
all
families
reported
that
they
are
not
at
all
concerned.
P
Sixteen
percent,
or
about
one
in
six,
are
indicating
that
they
are
they're
very
concerned
or
quite
concerned.
We
think
that
this
could
be
a
pretty.
This
could
be
a
good
sign
that
there's
less
concern,
but
it
can
also
be
a
little
bit
hard
to
interpret
this
data
because
people
define
mental
health.
People
define
salumental
in
really
different
ways,
and
it
can
be
very
contextual
and
it's
very
culturally
contextual
as
well
so,
but
we
thought
it
was
important
to
ask
and
to
give
families
a
chance
to
weigh
in
on
this
question.
P
We
also
wanted
to
ask
about
internet
access,
but
we
didn't
want
to
ask
simply:
do
you
have
internet
access,
yes
or
no?
We
wanted
to
ask
in
a
more
nuanced
way
so
that
we
could
get
a
more
detailed
understanding
of
what
families
are
going
through.
So
we
asked:
do
you
have
consistent
reliable
internet
access
in
your
home?
Please
do
not
include
cell
phone
service
in
your
response,
so
what
we
found
is
that
about
half
a
family
said:
yes,
it's
reliable
all
the
time
about.
P
A
third
of
family
said:
yes,
it's
reliable
most
of
the
time,
but
still
about
13
percent
said
no
look.
We
have
internet
access,
but
it's
not
fully
reliable
and
two
percent
of
families
said
no.
We
do
not
have
internet
access
in
our
home
and
we
know
that
this
is
the
case
really
across
the
state.
It's
the
case
across
the
country.
There
was
an
article
on
the
globe
about
this
just
the
other
day
and
cps
we're
using
grant
funds
to
distribute
hot
spots
as
soon
as
we
learn
of
any
internet
connectivity
challenges.
P
They
are
not
perfect.
We
have
all
had
connectivity
issues
here
and
there
so,
and
we
see
this
in
the
open
response
comments
towards
the
end
which
I'll
explain
at
the
end,
but
we're
seeing
where
we're
responding
and
we're
trying
to
make
internet
access
as
available
as
possible.
Given
the
constraints
of
the
situation.
P
If
you
have
to
choose
what
are
the
there
are
a
lot
of
difficult
parts
about
remote
learning,
but
what
are
the
most
difficult
parts
about
remote
knowing
and
the
way
to
read?
This
is,
if
you
look
at
the
first,
if
you
look
at
the
first
bar,
that's
the
first
answer:
choice.
Each
bar
represents
a
different
potential
answer
choice
and
what
we
see
is
that
the
most
difficult
part
for
the
most
families
is
that
it
is
hard
to
balance
my
work
and
life
while
also
helping
my
child
learn
and
the
760.
P
The
big
takeaway
from
this
slide
is
that
there
is
a
fairly
even
distribution
as
far
as
what
folks
are
saying
is
the
most
difficult
part
about
remote
learning.
So
there's
none
of
these
bars
are
over
50
percent.
So
even
at
the
top,
let's
say,
vote
getter.
The
top
concern
with
remote
learning
was
33,
which
means
that
two-thirds
of
people
who
responded
did
not
select
that
which
doesn't
mean
that
it's
not
important.
It
just
means
that
people
were
selecting
a
lot
of
different
responses.
P
There
wasn't
a
clear,
most
difficult
challenge
that
everybody
was
selecting,
so
the
top
most
difficult
part
was
that
the
balancing
work
and
life
and
then
also
struggling
academically,
children
struggling
academically,
children
struggling
socially
and
the
least
vote
getters
at
ten
percent
and
eleven
percent,
where
there's
not
enough
space
in
the
home
for
their
unreliable
access
to
internet.
P
This
really
contrasts
when
to
the
next
question,
when
we
ask
what
are
the
best
parts
about
remote
learning,
so
I'll
go
back
to
the
most
difficult
part,
the
number
one
response,
the
most
difficult
part
received
33
of
all
responses.
But
when
we
ask
what
is
the
best
part
about
remote
learning,
we
see
that
the
top
one
jumps
up,
nearly
double
that
at
62
percent
and
what
we're
seeing
is
families
are
saying
loud
and
clear
that
the
best
part
about
remote
learning
is
that
they
can
ensure
that
their
child
is
safe.
P
P
We
also
so
we
also
saw
a
lot
of
responses
around
families
wanting
to
be
able
to
spend
more
time
or
families
being
able
to
spend
more
time
with
their
children
during
the
day
and
being
able
to
see
what
their
children
are
learning.
More
often,
there
was
a
lot
of
support
for
being
able
to
be
in
better
communication
with
children's
teachers
and
just
getting
a
better
sense
of
what
teachers
go
through
on
a
day-to-day
basis
being
in
the
home,
acting
as
a
bit
of
a
surrogate
teacher
at
times.
P
P
We
saw
over
500
total
responses,
so
there
was
a
there's,
a
real
appetite
out
there
to
share
what
they're
experiencing
and
I'm
going
to
share
in
a
moment,
a
few
quotes
that
really
stood
out,
and
you
should
know
that
each
of
the
quotes
are
emblematic
of
themes
that
came
up,
so
they
don't
sort
of
stand
on
their
own.
They
are
part
of
a
theme
that
we
saw
throughout
the
the
comments.
P
What
we
also
see
is
that
families,
while
they
are
for
the
most
part,
expressing
that
they're
satisfied
with
remote
learning
that
it
doesn't
come
without
its
challenges,
and
so
people
in
the
open
responses
were
being
very
open
and
honest
and
reflective
about
that.
And
so
we
see
one
comment
here
about
you
know:
I've
had
to
make
some
tough
decisions
about
my
work
or
my
students
learning
and
just
as
some
feel
that
their
kids
are
doing
great.
Not
everybody
is
reporting
that
they're
feeling
great.
This
is
just
an
honest
assessment.
P
This
this
mother
felt
that
her
child
is
bored.
There
were
a
number
of
comments
about
internet
connectivity
and
and
how
the
the
internet
support
is
helpful.
But
again
it's
not
it's
not
a
cure-all,
and
we've
heard
that
and
then
finally,
there
was
questions
about
okay,
we're
not
in
an
ideal
situation.
What
is
tomorrow,
gonna
look
like
questions
about
that.
So
to
me,
the
the
big
takeaway
at
the
end
of
all
this
is
that
a
lot
of
families
are
really
holding
multiple
truths.
P
F
F
Okay,
so
I'm
just
wondering
that
whole
mental
health
number-
I
don't
think
it's
accurate
and,
like
you
said
culturally,
there's
still
a
lot
of
parents
out
there
that
even
when
they
get
culvert-
and
I
reach
out
they're
scared-
even
to
say
they
have
it
because
they're
feeling
you
know
some
type
of
way
and
I
know
culturally.
For
me,
you
never
talked
about
mental
health.
F
You
were
not
depressed,
you
just
sucked
it
up
and
you
kept
going
so
you
know
so
that
number
concerns
me
and
I'm
glad
that
some
people
did
admit
that
they
have
concerns.
F
But
I
think
mental
health
is
something
that
we
need
to
keep
on
top
of
and
constantly
communicate
with
our
parents,
because
they're
not
gonna,
really
open
up
to
us
and
tell
us
unless
we
really
build
that
relationship
and
let
them
know
that
we're
here
to
help-
and
I
think,
over
the
years
mental
health
has
been
coming
up
more
and
even
in
our
communities,
so
people
are
starting
to
feel
a
little
bit
more
comfortable,
but
still
not
everybody
is
talking
about
it.
F
L
Yeah,
so
the
first
thing
I
want
to
say
is
just
thank
you
so
much
for
for
doing
the
survey.
I
know
that
you
know
it's
it's.
This
has
been
like
the
big
question
on
so
many
people's
minds
for
so
long,
and
I
just
want
to
say
it
feels
incredibly
validating
to
see
that
so
many
parents
have
been
understanding
of
the
situation
that
we're
in
and
it
you
know
it
feels
like
we're
we're
being
validated
for
making
the
right
for
having
made
the
right
decisions
right
like
we.
L
We
know
that
there's
pressure
coming
from
a
lot
of
places,
not
in
this
city,
for
us
to
reopen-
and
we
have
you
know
really
stuck
to
our
guns
and-
and
this
shows
us
that
we
made
the
right
decision
and
what
our
parents,
you
know
think
is
the
right
thing
to
do.
Right,
62,
saying
that
that
they're
they
they
feel
that
their
children
are
safe
like
like
that
is.
That
is,
in
my
opinion,
much
more
important
right.
That
is
the
most
important
thing
is
making
sure
that
people
understand
that
their
children
are
safe.
L
L
So
we
know
that
there's
there's
many
many
challenges,
and,
and
so
and
we
see
that
right
like
we
see
that
in
in
the
mental
health
breakdown
and
the
you
know,
challenges,
that's
like
students
are
facing
challenges
right,
but
so
is
everybody
else,
so
it
makes
sense
that
you
know
some
people
are,
but
it's
it's
very
it.
L
It
feels
very
good
to
see
that
you
know
even
within
this
disaster
that
we're
in
people
are
being
understanding,
and
they
are
a
lot
of
our
children-
are
still
getting
a
lot
of
good
good
things
from
from
remote
learning,
and
so
the
other
thing
I
want
to
do
is
also
thank.
You
know
our
our
staff,
our
educators,
everybody
who
has
been
you
know
putting
in
so
much
time
and
effort
into
to
making
sure
that
we
are
providing
as
good
of
an
education
as
we
can
if
every
district
out
there.
L
Besides
us
had
actually
like
put
in
as
much
time
and
effort
into
making
remote
learning
the
best
version
of
itself
that
it
could
be
we'd
probably
be
in
a
much
different
place.
So
anyway,
thank
you
to
all
of
you
here
in
this
meeting
and
to
everybody
who
has
been
working
so
hard,
both
on
the
staff
side
and
the
students
and
parents
as
well.
M
Thank
you
same
sentiment
just
want
to
thank
everybody
for
their
work
on
putting
out
this
survey
almi
for
getting
it
right
out
and,
like
you
said,
doing
the
dipstick,
it's
it's
really
good
and
you
know
to
get
some
feedback
I
as
a
parent,
how
to
fill
it
out,
and
I
absolutely
loved
it
and
noticed
right
away
the
language
choice
at
the
beginning,
which
I
thought
was
like
amazing
and
great,
and
I
also
had
some
feedback
about
it
too.
M
As
a
parent,
you
know,
jeremy
goes
to
the
berkowitz
and
I'm
sort
of
taking
some
of
the
feedback
that
sarah
was
sharing
and
also
al,
and
you
know
what
what
comes
up.
What
I'm
thinking
about
here
in
terms
of
like
going
forward
now,
based
off
these
good
feedback
that
we
received.
M
How
do
we
continue
to
improve
like
the
the
engagement
piece
and
what
are
ways
that
we
could
close
that
gap?
A
little
bit
part
of
the
things
that
I
gave
feedback
about
was
you
know
perhaps
more
student
breakouts
just
last
week
they,
the
berkowitz,
had
a
student
assembly
and
it
was
amazing.
M
You
know
like
doing
more
activities
that
actually
give
the
kids
a
sense
of
community,
maybe
some
of
the
things
that
we
as
parents
and
as
kids,
miss
you
know
being
in
the
building
together
and
and
coming
together
to
celebrate
like
all
these
accomplishments,
and
so
when
I
gave
feedback,
I
noticed
that
there's
been
immediately
student,
breakouts
joey's
teacher.
Mr
akula
is
amazing,
shout
out
to
mr
a
and
in
the
team
there
no
doubt
about
it,
but
I
think
that
sentiment
is
pretty
much
across
the
board.
M
You
know
the
willingness
to
want
to
improve
and
and
keep
working
with
what
we've
been
doing.
So
I
think,
like
you,
know,
thinking
ways
to
close.
How
can
we
close
some
of
the
the
engagement
piece?
Maybe
reaching
people
could
be
top
organizations
when
we
do
another
survey
in
the
future,
you
know
and
really
see.
If
we
can,
you
know
dig
in
a
little
deeper,
but
the
numbers
still
given.
M
You
know
the
the
total
amount
of
families
we
have
in
the
district
versus
the
ones.
That
responded
is
pretty
good
so
that
you
know
checking
that
box
too,
and
then
the
last
thing
I
just
wanted
to
say
about
this
too,
is
the
trust
visits
so
trust
visits.
Were
you
know,
I
can't
speak
to
every
school
and
what
I
saw
would
I
know
my
limited
knowledge,
but
I
feel
like
I
wonder
what
would
be
the
right
amount
of
time
for
that?
M
If
you
know
the
20
minutes
feels
better
or
you
know
that
it's
not
too
long
for
the
teachers
and
too
much
because
there's
a
lot
of
families
that
you
have
to
really
talk
to
for
it
to
be
meaningful,
and
I
get
that
but
wondering
you
know
if
that's
something
that
we
could
do
like
another
round
of
trust
visits
or
you
know
what
feedback
are
the
teachers
giving
based
on?
M
You
know
having
seen
this
feedback
from
the
surveys
and
also
around
the
trust
visit,
so
I
think
that's
something
to
maybe
look
at
you
know
in
the
in
the
next
couple
of
months.
You
know
to
measure
and
keep
to
keep
doing
well
right
and
to
also
think
about.
How
can
we
like
dig
in
even
further
but
appreciate
all
the
work
that
that
everybody's
doing
on.
C
This
thank
you
very
much.
Anyone
else.
C
C
C
I
I
do
I'm
very
concerned
like
like
jeanette,
said,
I
think
us
as
a
culture
spanish
people
in
in
latinos
in
in
general.
We
we
shy
away
from
from
speaking
about
depression
or
any
type
of
anxiety,
anything
to
do
with
emotional
problems.
We
have
a
hard
time
with,
and
this
coming
from
a
woman
whose
mother
had
suffered
from
depression
in
her
entire
life.
C
C
My
nephew
has
it
and
is
having
an
extremely
hard
time
with
this
remote
learning.
He
unfortunately
didn't
live
in
chelsea,
because
I
think
he
would
be
doing
okay
if
he
was
living
in
chelsea,
but
where
he
is
it's
not.
It's
not
he's
not
doing
well.
So
those
are
two
areas
that
I
concern
myself
a
lot
with,
but
I
think
when
we
ask
spanish
people
about
the
their
their
children's
mental
condition
and
they
get
very
they'll,
get
very
protective
of
that
and
they'll
always
say
that
it's
fine.
C
C
C
Q
I
gave
it
to
everyone
well
as
of
right
now.
The
big
thing
that
you
know
I've
seen
in
jose
high
is
a
big
discussion
and
you
know
about
signing
petitions
towards
the
columbus
statue.
It's
something
that
I've
been
hearing
for
like
the
past
week
or
so
a
lot
of
mentioning
a
lot
about
signing
petitions
and
stuff
again.
Another
worry
for
the
students
with
the
closing
quarter
and
the
opening
of
the
third
quarter
is
the
tenant
policy,
especially
the
e
policy.
Q
You
know,
with
the
three
absence
says:
you
get
an
automatic
e
right
where
students
lives,
because
you
know
sometimes
we
get
kicked
out
personally.
I've
gotten
kicked
out
a
few
times
because
of
my
internet
and
I've
been
marked
absence.
I
know
I'm
pretty
sure
that
second
quarter
was
way,
not
100
positive,
but
yeah.
That's
one
of
the
big
worries
but
yeah,
so
another
part
is
the
graduation
planning.
We
are.
You
know
looking
towards
that.
Q
We
are
actually
setting
up
a
senior
assembly
this
thursday,
this
coming
thursday
next
week
yeah
to
get
like
you
know
the
feedback
of
seniors.
You
know
what
they
want
in
their
swag
bags
and
all
those
ideas
and
college
there's
been
a
lot
of
college
acceptances.
Letters
from
you
know
colleges
ranging
from
tubs
bu,
as
well
as
all
the
ums's,
suffolk
salem
and
a
lot
of
scholarship
acceptance.
Letters
as
well,
and
that's
what
I
got
so
far.
M
Richard
thank
you
for
sharing.
Is
it
okay
to
the?
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
your
petitions,
and
I
heard
you
mentioned
something
around
the
attendance
policy.
That's
something
that
I
actually
want
to
bring
up
in
another
subcommittee.
But
can
you
share
a
little
bit
more
about
both
the
petition
for
the
stat,
the
statue
and,
and
what
do
you
mean
by
that?
M
Is
that
there's
a
petition
circulating
because
there
are
students
that
have
strong
feelings
or
feedback
about
something
involved
in
the
statute
and
then
also,
if
you
could
just
share-
and
this
could
be
like
one
or
two
little
sentences-
I
don't
mean
to
it's
okay
for
for
what
you
shared,
you
know,
but
if
it
just
be
helpful
for
me
to
understand
what
what's
happening
on
both,
what
what
are
you
hearing.
Q
Yeah,
sorry,
I
wasn't
specific
enough,
but
yeah
there's
a
lot
of
you
know.
I've
heard
a
lot
of
talk
about
standing
position
to
bring
the
statue
down
because
it's
not
an
adequate
representation
of
you
know
chelsea.
Q
I
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
people
who,
like
don't,
feel
well
represented
and
sometimes
feel
offended,
especially
for
all
my
history,
students
that
really
know
their
history.
They're,
really.
You
know
offensive
and
they're,
really
like
not
really
like
proud
and
not
really
like
positive
about
having
a
statue
about
columbus.
So
there's
a
lot
of,
I
know,
there's
a
position
that
everyone
is
signing
about,
bringing
it
down.
You
know
having
some
sort
of
meeting
about
bringing
it
down
about
the
e-policy.
Q
We
have
multiple
discussions,
especially
all
the
azure
co-workers
that
I've
been
part
of
the
heat
policy
is
something
that
wears
a
lot
of
students,
especially
with
those
that
have
internet
connections
that
you
know
have
problems
with
interconnections,
because
you
know,
as
you
may
know,
the
e
policies
three
apps.
It
says
you
get
automatic
59.9.
Q
And
we've
been
marked
absence
even
when
we
are
present
or
when
our
connection
is,
you
know
really
bad.
We
just
don't
want
our.
You
know.
Internet
problems
like
get
in
the
way
of
our
grades
and
stuff
and.
Q
H
N
H
N
Okay,
so
these
are
our
personnel
changes.
Since
january
4th
of
2021,
you
can
see
the
new
all
our
new
hires.
You
will
see
some
pair
of
professionals
there
as
we
have
worked
to
reduce
class
size,
so
you'll
see
that
and
our
demographic
data
hr
department
doing
a
great
job
of
recruiting,
in
this
case,
60
hispanic
and
then
you'll
see
our
resignations
and
retirements
and
very
few
right
now
and
then
our
enrollment
report.
N
H
N
And
then
our
commit
of
subcommittee
reports.
F
E
E
C
C
Move
on
to
item
number,
seven,
which
is
unfinished
business,
and
I
see
we
have
none.
We
move
on
to
item
eight,
which
is
new
business.
E
N
C
R
Should
I
wait,
or
should
I
go
ahead?
Yeah
go
ahead
all
right,
good
evening
school
committee,
good
to
see
all
of
you
tonight.
I'm
really
excited
to
present
to
you,
the
paraprofessional
and
clerk
contracts
that
we
have
been
able
to
ratify
with
the
unions,
so
today
again
I'll
be
presenting
the
agreements
that
we've
come
to
with
the
paraprofessional
unit
and
the
clerical
unit.
R
I
wanted
to
start
off
by
highlighting
our
negotiating
principles
similar
to
our
negotiating
principles.
When
we,
when
I
presented
the
teacher
contract,
we
wanted
to
always
number
one
do
what's
best.
What's
in
the
best
interest
of
our
students,
we
think-
and
we
know
and
believe
that
our
students
are
amazing
and
they
are
the
focus
of
our
contracts
and
how
we
try
to
come
to
common
ground.
R
Dr
abeda
has
from
the
very
beginning,
spoken
about
the
culture
of
care
that
we
are
striving
for.
This
is
a
place
in
chelsea
that
we
want
everyone
to
belong
in
this
community
and
to
be
cared
for.
Third,
we
want
we
emphasized
wanting
to
reduce
turnover
and
find
ways
to
incentivize
staff
staying
in
our
district.
We
always
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
keeping
strong
talent
in
our
district
and,
lastly,
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we're
focusing
on
increasing
our
salaries
as
fiscally
responsible
and
prudent
within
our
limited
resources.
R
Here
is
a
list
of
the
team
that
was
made
up
on
the
teachers
union
side
and
also
on
the
management
side.
You
could
see
that
we
had
a
very
robust
team
of
paraprofessionals
who
volunteer
their
time
to
be
part
of
this
process,
because
they
care
deeply
about
making
sure
that
their
voices
were
represented.
R
R
We
also
allowed
for
additional
days
for
religious
lead
purposes,
and
we
made
a
few
changes
on
the
grievance
procedures.
Some
additions
to
highlight
we
increased
the
sorry.
The
first
bullet
is
that
paraprofessionals
will
be
compensated
at
their
hourly
rate
for
attending
meetings
before
and
after
school.
R
We
also
increased
severance
pay
to
50
dollars
for
unused
days.
So
if
someone
retires
they're
they're
able
to
buy
back
some
of
this
time,
and
so
we
increased
the
rate,
we
also
included
an
increase
to
substitute
class
coverage.
So
when
paraprofessionals
cover
for
classes,
we
increased
it
to
ten
dollars
an
hour
plus
their
hourly
rate,
whereas
before
it
was
nine
dollars
and
fifty
cents,
we
also.
We
also
believe
that
with
paraprofessionals
receiving
tuition
reimbursement,
which
we
believe
that
becoming
taking
on
more
classes
is
very
important
in
their
career
development.
R
R
However
yeah,
if
they
leave
after
their
four
years,
completing
their
commitment
to
chelsea
public
schools,
then
there
isn't
any
payment,
any
payment,
that's
required,
but
we
believe
that
this
will
hopefully
help
the
paras
that
we
invest
in
will
continue
to
grow
in
in
their
career.
At
chelsea,
we
adopted
similar
maternity,
paternity
adoptive
leave
language
as
the
teachers
and
similarly
with
the
domestic
violence
and
with
the
maternity
patronia
adoptive
leave.
Again.
R
It's
a
really
important
point
that
we
have
come
to,
because
now
the
paraprofessionals
are
also
able
to
take
up
to
12
work
weeks
of
paid
leave,
whereas
before
it
was
only
eight
weeks
and
for
fraternity,
it
was
only
two
weeks
and
so
now.
For
these
reasons,
we
believe
it
really
highlights
the
culture
of
care.
R
R
The
second
contract
that
we
negotiated
was
a
clerical
contract.
You'll
see
the
team
here
on
the
union
side
and
on
the
chelsea
school
side.
R
R
The
funeral
leave
section,
for
example,
includes
an
expansion
of
the
definition
of
who
can
use,
who
you
can
use
your
bereavement
days
for
such
as
grandchildren,
and
we
also
added
additional
days
for
religious
purposes
and
again
updated
the
grievance
procedures,
a
few
additions
one.
We
have
decided
to
have
a
joint
study
and
make
recommendations
about
possibly
having
clerks
working
from
home
on
a
snow
day
on
a
regular
basis.
R
We
had
a
lot
of
discussion
about
this,
but
we
believe
that
you
know
we
still
are
learning
about
this
remote
environment
and
you
know
what
can
be
accomplished
at
home.
What
needs
our
attention
on
site?
And
so
this
committee
will
look
into
what
we
can
do
similar
to
the
paraprofessional.
R
We
agreed
to
clerical
unit
members
who
receive
tuition
reimbursement
if
they
leave
before
their
fourth
year,
then
they
will
owe
the
district
back
50
and
again
it's
not
to
punish
our
clerks,
but
it's
rather
to
help
incentivize
our
clerks,
who
are
pursuing
their
degrees
to
stay
in
our
district
and
to
continue
on
in
their
career
trajectory
in
chelsea,
public
schools,
again
maternity,
fraternity,
adopted
leave
and
our
domestic
violence
leave
language
was
updated
and
again,
we've
extended
the
12
work
weeks
for
our
clerk,
clerical
members
and
for
salaries.
R
R
So
today
you
will
vote
if
you're
in
agreement
and
then
because,
if
perez
and
clerks
had
already
voted
to
approve
this
contract
on
the
22nd
and
then
our
city
manager
will
also
vote
on
committing
municipal
funds
for
our
agreement.
M
Yes,
christine:
can
you
share
why
the
at
this
point?
Is
it
a
matter
of
timing
in
terms
of
why
the
city
manager
needs
to
bring
this
for
municipal
funds
in,
in
contrast
to
other
contracts
that
we've
been
doing,
is
the
funding
different
here
for
the
powers
and
clerks,
or
is
it
because
of
the
budget
process.
R
Right,
it's
the
city
manager,
votes
on
on
the
contracts
or
agreements.
I
don't
know,
dr
veda,
you
have
more
context
correct.
N
M
Yeah,
that's
helpful,
I
mean,
but
I
just
think
like
when
we
talk
about
like
the
teachers
or
any
other
contracts,
and
then
I
just
in
my
head,
I'm
viewing
that
as
like
part
of
our
budget
within
the
school
and
then
I'm
thinking
like
there's
a
time
where
we
present
the
budget.
But
this
is
like
just
strictly
contract
talk
yeah.
L
Us
had
a
quick
question.
I'm
curious,
I'm
curious
the
the
the
tuition
reimbursement
like.
Are
there
like
exceptions,
like
I'm
just
thinking
like
kind
of
crazy
scenarios
where,
like
you
know,
somebody
like
has
like
some
reason
whether
they
just
like
decide
that
they
can't
continue
to
work
like
a
medical
reason
or
something
like
that
like
is
there?
Is
there
language
in
there
or
is
that
something
that
we
could
wave
ourselves
if
we
needed
to
I'm
curious.
R
Yeah
we
had
discussed
that
with
the
union
and
you
know
part
of
the
superintendent's
approval.
We
would
absolutely
make
some
considerations.
R
R
All
right,
so
at
this
time
I
believe,
if
you
will
vote
on
whether
you
approve
and
ratify
these
contracts,.
B
C
You
a
roll
call.
C
So
consideration
and
action
to
vote
on
the
collective
bargaining
agreement
between
the
chelsea
school
committee
and
the
chelsea
teachers
union
paraprofessional
union
for
the
period
of
july
1st
2020
june,
through
june
30th
2021
item
number
21sco010
explanation.
The
chelsea
school
committee
approves
the
collective
bargaining
agreement
between
the
chelsea
school
committee
and
the
chelsea
teachers
union
para
professional
unit
for
the
period
of
july,
1st
2020
through
june
30th
2021,
including
amendments
set
forth
in
the
memorandum
of
agreement,
ratification
by
the
chelsea
teachers
union
on
january.
Twenty
second,
two
thousand
twenty
one.
B
In
roll
call,
consideration
and
action
to
vote
on
the
collective
bargaining
agreement
between
the
chelsea
school
committee
and
the
chelsea
teachers
unit,
the
paraprofessional
unit
for
the
period
of
july,
1st
2020
through
june
30th
2021.
miss
enriquez.
Yes,
ms
santiago,
yes,
mr
jimenez
rivera,
yes,
miss
hernandez!
B
C
The
chelsea
school
committee
approves
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
between
the
chelsea
school
committee
and
the
chelsea
teachers
union
clerical
unit
for
the
period
of
july,
1st
2020
through
june
30th
2023,
including
amendment
set
forth,
and
memorandum
of
agreement
ratified
by
the
chelsea
teachers
union
on
january
22.
2021
roll
call.
B
Consideration
and
action
to
vote
on
the
collective
bargaining
agreement
between
the
chelsea
school
committee
and
the
chelsea's
teachers
union
clerical
union
for
the
period
of
july,
1st
2020
through
june
30th
2023
miss
enriquez.
Yes,
ms
santiago!
B
B
C
Affirmative
to
absent
motion
passes
next
consideration
and
action
to
vote
on
the
non-bargain
salary
and
wage
schedules
for
hourly
positions
and
salary
positions
for
the
period
of
july
1st
to
2020
through
june
30,
2021
item
number
21sc012
explanation:
each
year
the
school
committee
reviews
and
approves
the
non-bargaining
salary
and
wage
schedule
for
hourly
positions
and
salary
positions.
These
are
positions
that
are
not
subject
to
any
bargaining
agreement
to
respond
to
changes
in
the
state
minimum
wage
in
the
city
of
chelsea
living
weight,
an
increase
in
some
hourly
position
is
recommended,
effective
july
january,
1st
2021.
C
In
addition,
a
few
modest
changes
are
being
recommended
to
the
rangers
for
salary
positions
to
allow
for
cost
of
living
increases
for
non-union
positions
and
to
keep
the
direct
the
district
competitive
with
salaries
in
the
region.
It
is
requested
that
the
salary
increases
be
effective
july.
1St
2020
roll
call.
B
B
C
Never
in
the
affirmative
and
two
options
absent
the
motion
passes
next
consideration:
action
to
accept
thirty,
one
thousand
four
hundred
and
seventy
one
dollars
from
the
department
of
elementary
and
secondary
education
for
the
for
the
idea.
C
Federal
targeted,
special
education
program.
Improvement.
Grant
item
number
two
one
sc-013
explanation:
the
purpose
of
the
targeted,
targeted
special
education
program
improvement
grant
is
to
support
improved
outcomes
for
students
with
disabilities
in
all
modes
of
instruction,
including
in-person,
hybrid
and
remote.
The
funds
will
be
used
to
purchase
I'm
sorry
logistics,
materials
for
middle
school
students
provide.
C
B
B
B
C
B
M
Santiago
did
I
get
lost,
but
I'm
so
sorry,
if
it'll
help
me
out,
it'd
be
a
yes,
but
I
thought
we
just
maybe
I
got
confused
with
what
was
on
the
screen.
I
thought
we
were.
B
There's
similar
wording
there,
but
they're
two
different.
B
C
Next
consideration:
action
to
accept
an
increase
of
fourteen
thousand
dollars
to
the
adult
education
services
grant
for
the
intergenerational
literacy
program.
First
school
year,
2020
through
2021
item
21sc15
explanation,
the
adult
education
services
grant
helps
adult
students
achieve
their
educational
and
career
goals,
including
moving
towards
college,
further
training
and
employment.
C
These
funds
will
be
used
for
salaries
and
benefits
professional
development,
software
hardware,
ppe-
I
I'm
not
sure
what
that
stands
for
and
other
expenses
in
support
of
the
program.
Massachusetts,
general
laws,
chapter
71,
section
37a,
provides
for
the
acceptance
of
gifts
only
with
the
approval
of
the
chelsea
school
committee.
Roll
call.
B
C
Motion
passes
next
consideration:
action
to
accept
the
resolution
regarding
the
recognition
black
history
month
in
chelsea
public
schools
school
year,
2020
through
2021
item
number
21sc16
explanation.
The
chelsea
school
committee
hereby
encourages
all
students,
facil
faculty
administrators
parents
and
guardians,
to
recognize
february
as
black
history
month
and
to
honor
the
theme
of
black
family
leadership
and
service
roll
call.
L
I'm
sorry
can
I
before
we
do
that,
can
we
just?
Can
I
just
make
a
motion
to
read
the
resolution
out
loud
wonder
if
we
could
do.
H
L
Whereas
this
year's
theme
for
2021
black
history
month
is
black
family
leadership
and
service,
and
we
are
honoring
dr
almuden
aveda,
dr
aaron
jennings,
christine
lee
dr
reverend,
sarah
sandra
whitley
city
manager,
tom
bracino
city
solicitor,
cheryl
watson,
fisher,
tamara
blake,
canty,
john
cromwell,
councilor,
robinson
and
councillor
brown
for
their
service
representation
and
leadership,
not
only
in
the
department
but
in
the
community
as
well.
Now,
therefore,
resolved
that
the
chelsea
school
committee
hereby
recognizes
february
as
black
history
month,
black
family
leadership
and
service.
L
Thank
you
to
the
lewis,
h,
latimer
society,
bunker
hill,
community
college,
reverend
sandra
whitley,
chelsea,
public
schools
and
the
chelsea
black
community
for
their
contributions
to
the
city
of
chelsea
and
beyond
in
witness.
Whereas
we,
the
members
of
the
chelsea
school
committee,
have
here
on
to
set
our
hands
this
fourth
day
of
february
2021.
C
M
I
may
ask,
let
me
ask
a
follow-up
question.
Who
did
is
this?
A
resolution
presented
to
the
school
committee,
like
a
member
of
the
school
committee,
proposed
this
yeah.
M
A
M
B
C
Government
affirmative
two
absent
motion
passes.
Congratulations.
Thank
you
very
much
for
all
your
work.
Henry
next
item
number
nine
communications.
Seeing
none
are
there
any
announcements.
D
Want
to
recognize
leo
robinson
he's
at
this
meeting
today
he's
the
delegate
from
the
city
council.
A
M
A
Also
again,
it
is
black
history
month,
we've
had
so
far
two
events,
one
at
city
hall,
one
at
the
old
salvation
army
for
arts
and
pictures.
We
had
a
discussion
last
night,
history
from
the
carey
house
and
we
have
other
upcoming
events
coming
up.
So
hopefully
the
rest
of
the
school
committee
members
and
their
families
out
there
watching
will
be
able
to
participate
through
zoom.
A
Through
zoom
at
our
very
special
event-
and
I
wanna
once
again
congratulate
the
members
of
acknowledgement
from
the
resolution
that
I
put
together
today
presented
today,
because
both
if
you
look
at
the
school
department,
how
it
is,
is
from
the
leadership
all
the
way
through
her
cabinet
members.
It's
it's
representing
a
great
change
in
our
city
in
our
school,
so
we
want
to
recognize
each
and
every
one.
Thank
you
guys
for
supporting
me
on
that.
M
Yes,
thank
you.
I
too
feel
very
honored
and
thank
you,
mr
wilson,
for
putting
that
acknowledgement
forward
and
I
think
it's
something
very
beautiful
to
celebrate
in
this
district,
especially
in
this
month.
I
I
recognize
that
this
is
sort
of
the
announcement
section,
but
I
did
want
to
share
that.
You
know
our
meeting
last
month.
M
You
know
and
the
timing,
our
school
committee
meetings
for
the
broader
community,
just
as
a
reminder
that
the
first
thursday
of
every
month-
and
you
know
I
really
want
to
applaud
the
superintendent,
dr
abeda,
for
sending
out
a
letter
in
communication
to
our
district
about
some
of
the
situations
and
the
atrocities
that
occurred
in
our
capital,
and
I
have
received
communication
from
people
that
feel
good
about
that
communication.
M
And
thank
you
all
for
your
leadership,
because
you
did
it
because
it
felt
right
and
it
was
necessary-
and
I
applaud
you
for
that,
and
likewise,
I
think,
there's
other
members
in
the
community
that
are
also
sharing
with
me.
That
they've
noticed
nothing
concerning
to
the
community
by
by
far,
first
and
foremost,
nothing
concerning
nothing
involving
safety.
M
Thankfully,
but
it's
just
a
reminder
that
people
are
perceived
whether
it
is
subtle
or
not
too
subtle,
racist
behavior
anywhere.
I
just
really
want
to
encourage
you
to
speak
up
and
that
it's
not
right
and
that
it's
not
okay
and
wherever
it
happens
most
certainly
not
on
our
school
grounds,
not
around
our
children,
not
around
educators.
M
We
want
our
district
to
always
be
welcoming
to
everyone,
so
I
just
really
want
to
just
say
in
light
of
what's
happening
and
going
forward,
as
we
continue
to
you
know,
have
the
democracy
that
we
believe
we
can
have
and
that
we
deserve
to
have
that
folks,
don't
feel
that
they
cannot
reach
out
to
us
at
any,
given
point,
at
least
for
myself
like,
please
feel
free
to
reach
out,
if
there's
anything
that
we
can
do
to
listen
or
if
there's
observations
that
make
you
uncomfortable
whether
to
to
understand.
M
If
it's
a
concern
or
not
right
like
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
keeping
our
ears
open,
but
I'm
really
grateful
for
the
district
that
we're
in
that
has
the
cultural
competency
and
the
leadership
that
that
I
witnessed
given
the
the
circumstances
that
unfolded.
But
my
commitment
stands
the
same.
C
Thank
you
very
much
totally
agreed
everything
that
you
said
is
so
true
and
I,
as
along
with
rosemarie
jeanette
we've
been
around
not
as
long
as
rosemary
but
enough
years
to
say
that
it
makes
me
so
happy
to
see
the
changes
that
have
occurred
in
our
school
committee
in
our
schools
in
our
administration
just
across
the
board.
C
The
school
committee
I
joined
is
not
anywhere
near
does
not
even
look
like
the
school
committee.
I
sit
on
right
now
and
I'm
so
happy
for
that.
We
have
such
a
mixture
and
such
such
a
different.
C
It's
like
a
melting
pot
of
different
cultures
and
everybody
has
such
wonderful
things
to
add,
and
that
makes
me
so
happy
because
the
change
chelsea
is
not
your
average
town.
So
we
by
no
means
can
have
an
average
school
committee
or
school
system,
and
we
don't.
We
have
an
amazing
one,
so
I'm
very
proud
of
the
city
that
we're
in
and
the
school
committee
that
we
that
we
now
have
and
on
that
note,
does
anyone
else
have
anything
else
other
than
wanting
to
go
home.
D
I
just
want
to
make
a
a
note
to
the
people
over
the
age
of
75
in
the
city
of
chelsea,
that
you
can
go
down
to
broadway
next
to
the
post
office
and
get
your
first
vaccination,
and
I
hope
I'll
take
part
in
this,
because
it's
very
important
for
the
city
of
chelsea
that
we
get
all
our
senior
citizens
vaccinated.
Thank
you
very
much.
D
S
All
right,
first
of
all,
I'd
like
to
thank
mr
wilson
and
the
school
committee
for
recognizing
february
as
black
history
month,
but
in
my
life
black
history
is
all
year
round
and
there's
a
book.
I
would
suggest
that
people
can
take
a
look
at
with
all
the
controversy
and
stuff
going
on.
It's
called
the
lies.
My
teacher
told
me
you
know,
but
I
just
want
to
thank
the
school
committee
as
a
whole
and
wish
everybody
a
a
pleasant
new
year.