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From YouTube: School Committee Meeting of 3-10-22
Description
City of Chelsea, Chelsea Public Schools, Public Hearing
A
But
it
is
one
of
my
favorite
times
of
the
year
where
we
decide
priorities
for
next
year
and
our
budget
and
all
of
that
good
stuff
and
so
best
practices.
We
just
listen
as
school
committee
members
and
then
for
our
next
meeting.
We
will
share
our
responses
or
or
try
our
best
to
answer
those
questions,
and
so
I
will
give
each
community
member
four
minutes
to
speak
and
so
again
feel
free
to
shut
off
your
camera,
or
whatever
is
easiest
for
you.
A
A
Alrighty
team,
so
we
are
officially
live
good
evening
and
happy
thursday.
Everyone.
I
hope
you
find
yourself
safe.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
tonight.
We
are
hosting
our
public
hearing.
So
thank
you
again
for
joining
us.
I
am
calling
this
meeting
to
order
at
6,
33
p.m
and,
let's
begin
with
a
roll
call,
but
only
got
four,
I'm
sorry
pledge
of
allegiance
and
then
we'll
do
a
roll
call
for
attendance.
So
please
join
me
in
unmuting
yourselves
and
placing
your
right
hand
on
your
chest
and
we
can
begin
with
our
pledge
of
allegiance.
A
D
E
A
A
All
righty
team.
The
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
the
school
choice
for
the
2022
to
2023
school
year
before
we
run
into
a
vote
and
turn
it
over
to
dr
albeda
and
miss
bellez,
who
always
help
us
by
providing
an
explanation
before
casting
a
vote
and
so
turn
it
over
to
them
before
we
do
a
roll
call
for
this
action
item.
G
Okay
well
I'll
start
and
then
I'll.
Let
miss
wales
share
how
it
works.
So
what
school
choice
is.
Is
that
this
would,
if
we,
if
we're
I'm
at
we're,
making
the
recommendation
that
we
forego
school
choice
so
that
way,
all
of
our
seats
will
belong
to
chelsea
students.
So
this
is
just
saying
we're
not
accepting
students
from
other
surrounding
districts,
but
instead
we
are.
G
F
So
the
vote
will
go
if
we,
if
you
vote
yes,
then
you
are
supporting
dr
aveta's
recommendation
that
we
will
only
allow
chelsea
students
that
reside
in
chelsea
into
our
schools
if
you
vote.
No,
that
means
that
you're
not
taking
the
recommendation
of
dr
abaeta
and
that
you
are
in
agreement
of
letting
students
from
surrounding
cities
come
into
our
schools.
Does
anybody
have
any
questions
on
that,
because
I
don't
every
year
and
I've
been
doing
this
for
11
years?
There's
always
some
confusion
when
it
comes
to
the
vote.
A
Thank
you,
mr
ellis,
and
dr
beta.
I'd
also
like
to
share
that.
We
are
actually
thank
you
veronica
for,
for
correcting
me
we're
not
taking
a
vote
on
this.
We
will
be
voting
on
this
on
the
march
24th
meeting,
and
so
this
is
just
a
quick
explanation
of
what
it
is
and
then
we'll
vote
on
it
on
the
24th,
and
so
if
there
are
any
further
questions,
we
can
move
right
along
to
open
up
our
public
comments.
Section
of
today's
meeting.
A
H
C
G
Monica
you're
going
to
you
can
turn
it
for
me.
Okay,
so
well
good
evening
and
tonight
we're
just
excited
to
present
our
budget
for
school
year
23
and
as
our
chair
garcia
explained
tonight,
the
night
of
we
present
the
budget
and
then
we
will
listen
to
comments
and
then
on
march
24th.
The
budget
will
be
voted
on,
so
I'm
excited
to
present
last
year
when
we
presented
this
budget.
We
had
another
r
in
here
and
it
was
reopen,
restore
and
rebuild,
but
because
we
have
reopened
and
we
reopened
successfully.
G
Our
vision
is
chelsea.
Public
schools
is
a
gateway
school
system
that
welcomes
and
educates
all
students
and
families,
and
our
theory
of
action,
which
is
taken
straight
from
our
strategic
five-year.
Strategic
plan
is
if
we
improve
the
quality
of
teaching
and
learning
at
every
school
and
provide
innovative
and
enriching
programming
for
all
recruit
support
and
retain
diverse
teachers
and
leaders,
engage
families
as
our
partners
in
our
core
work
and
ensure
efficient
and
effective
operational
systems.
G
G
Our
strategic
plan
has
five
key
priority
areas,
and
these
were
derived
from
the
listening
learning
tours
that
I
conducted
during
my
entry
for
an
entire
year
and
even
taking
data
from
small
focus
groups,
meeting
one-on-one
with
people
listening
to
community
conversations.
So
these
were
the
other
priority
areas
that
really
popped
during
this
time.
G
G
I
So
funding
for
public
education
in
massachusetts
is
a
unique
formula
and
process.
The
first
thing
the
state
does
every
year
is
they
consider?
What
does
it
cost
to
educate
all
children
who
live
in
chelsea,
regardless
of
where
they
might
go
to
school?
They
look
at
the
student
profiles,
english
language
learning,
special
education
needs
and
they
determine
the
foundation
budget,
which
is
the
total
cost
to
educate
our
children.
I
Then
they
look
at
local
revenues,
property
taxes,
hotels,
taxes,
meals,
taxes
and
they
consider.
How
much
can
the
local
community
contribute,
because
different
communities
in
different
parts
of
the
state
might
have
different
resources
and
then
they
determine
that
the
total
amount
minus?
What
the
locals
should
contribute
will
become
the
state
contribution
and
the
term
for
that
is
chapter
70
after
the
state
law.
So
we
talk
about
our
chapter.
70
funding
is
our
state
funding.
I
That
number
is
still
for
all
children
in
chelsea.
So
from
that
number
we
deduct
the
funds
that
go
to
our
charter,
schools
and
our
vocational
schools,
but
we
also
get
some
funding
from
the
state
specifically
for
charter
school
reimbursement
at
the
end
of
the
day.
That
provides
us
with
the
budget,
which
is
one
number
there's
a
separate
number.
It's
very
important
is
it's
not
just
enough
to
budget
for
student
needs?
I
I
Then
from
that
comes
our
charter
school
tuition,
which
is
the
wedge,
is
literally
taken
out
of
the
the
pie
here,
focusing
more
on
our
local
share.
There
are
some
components
to
what
the
city
of
chelsea
offers
us.
The
first
is
what's
required
by
the
state
to
meet
that
number
that
the
state
has
established.
I
On
top
of
that,
there
are
some
spending
that
is
not
counting
towards
net
school
spending,
but
that
the
city
of
chelsea
sees
as
a
priority.
This
includes
our
transportation,
our
yellow
bus
transportation.
Our
it
also
includes
the
intergenerational
literacy
program,
among
other
things,
and
then
above
that
is
a
voluntary
local
contribution
that
the
city
of
chelsea
provides
us
with,
because
there's
support
education
for
our
kids.
I
I
To
that
we
add
our
grants
and
our
grant
percentage
has
gone
up
largely
due
to
the
covid
one-time
monies.
A
couple
years
ago
was
around
10.
Now
we're
nearly
at
14
grand
funding
and
revolving
funds.
The
single
largest
is
our
lunch
fund,
which
is
a
revolving
fund,
and
you
can
see
the
total
allocation
for
the
current
school
year
of
131
million.
I
I
I
Every
budget
year
we
talk
about
enrollment
enrollment's
critically
important
because
our
funding
is
on
a
per
pupil
basis.
So,
even
though
we
are
in
a
growth
period
through
the
student
opportunity
act
where
each
year
right
now,
our
per
pupil
allocation
is
going
up.
If
we
have
a
downturn
in
our
enrollment
that
could
actually
erode
some
of
those
gains
that
we
are
hoping
to
get
through
the
new
student
opportunity
act.
I
This
graphic
shows
enrollment
from
2005
to
date.
Between
2005
and
2010.
Enrollment
was
relatively
stable.
Around
5500,
then
there
was
a
tremendous
increase
up
to
2013
2014,
where
we
peaked
around
6
300
students
the
pandemic
year,
which
was
2020
when
we
were
on
remote
learning,
was
a
down
year,
which
was
common
across
the
united
states,
as
parents
did
not
send
the
smallest
children
to
school
predominantly
and
right
now
we're
at
6074
students
in
district
looking
forward.
We
want
to
kind
of
consider
what
next
year
might
look
like.
I
We
do
a
three-year
trend
and
you
can
see
in
the
yellow
column
a
breakdown
of
what
we're
projecting
by
grade
band.
So
early
learning
center,
the
mary
c
burke
complex
our
middle
schools.
Our
high
school
grades
and
then
our
outer
district
students
a
couple
things
to
point
out
about
enrollment.
We
are
anticipating
the
largest
high
school
enrollment
since
prior
to
2003
over
1
500
students
of
the
high
school
grades.
I
So
this
table
here
shows
the
total
funding
for
all
chelsea
children.
So
our
chapter
70
allocation
for
fiscal
23,
104
609
and
the
city
contribution
20
million
484..
You
can
see
the
difference
from
the
year
prior.
It
is
a
clear
increase
from
these
numbers.
We
add
our
charter
school
revenue
and
our
charter
school
tuition.
I
I
I
To
that
we
add
the
city
funding
that
is
either
not
eligible
for
net
school
spending
or
the
above
the
minimum,
and
we
are
looking
at
a
budget
for
next
school
year
of
just
under
119
million.
It
is
a
very,
very
substantial
increase
of
nine
million
seven
hundred
thirty
one
thousand
dollars
beyond
where
we
are
today.
I
I
G
Okay,
so
our
priorities
for
school
year
for
this
coming
school
year,
2023
as
I
stated
earlier,
are
really
to
focus
on
restoring
and
rebuilding,
and
so
when
we're
talking
about
restoring
and
talking
about
restoring
so
much
of
what
we
have
lost
over
the
years
and
and
that's
where
our
student
opportunity
at
funding
comes
into
place
too.
So
as
a
result
of
having
the
student
opportunity
act,
funding
we're
able
to
really
restore
and
focus
on
rebuilding.
G
We
added
to
english
language
and
english
language
learner
support.
We
added
social
emotional,
supports,
curriculum
development
supports,
and
then
we
worked
on
excel
the
acceleration
of
literacy
and
math.
We
work
to
reduce
teacher
to
student
ratio
and
classrooms
and
then
we
really
have
focused
on
teacher
recruitment
and
retention.
I
I
What
we
are
doing
today
for
next
year
as
a
result
of
the
closure
of
the
bargaining
agreements
with
all
of
our
unions,
we've
made
major
strides
in
pay
in
chelsea,
about
4
million
dollars
will
be
dedicated
to
cost
of
living
increases
and
steps
for
our
employees,
insurance
and
retirement
is
typically
a
very
high
item,
a
growth
item,
but
this
year
it
is
not.
What
we're
observing
is
that
some
of
our
younger
staff
are
not
taking
health
insurance
from
chelsea
schools,
so
we've
been
able
to
basically
keep
that
level.
I
We
are
anticipating
an
increase
in
special
ed
tuition
of
a
million
dollars.
The
school
committee
will
remember:
we
pre-paid
1.2
million
dollars
of
tuition
for
the
current
year
from
last
year's
monies.
We
do
expect
that
is
going
to
be
used
up
or
almost
all
used
up
and
tuition
costs
will
be
increasing.
I
I
Added
to
that
are,
there
are
two
existing
positions
that
are
going
to
come
off
of
grant
funds
and
move
on
to
the
general
fund,
because
those
grants
do
not
have
capacity
any
longer
for
those
positions,
so
that
is
5
million
560
000
just
for
the
baseline
operation
of
the
of
the
schools,
but
we
still
have
substantial
monies
to
do
some
exciting
things.
I'm
going
to
move
through
each
of
our
schools
at
our
early
learning
center.
The
key
initiatives
for
the
year
coming
up:
accelerated
literacy
and
math
and
strengthening
special
education.
I
Just
to
let
everybody
know
continuing
on
our
essar
2
and
3
grant
the
way
that
we
structured
it
will
be
an
educational
team
leader,
social
worker,
reading,
specialist,
two
english
language
learning
teachers
and
two
parent
professionals
moving
up
to
our
elementary
schools,
our
berkowitz
elementary
key
initiatives
for
this
year,
social
and
emotional
support.
It's
very
much
a
theme
throughout
everything
that
the
schools
are
doing:
english
language
learning
and
accelerated
literacy
and
math
at
berkowitz,
we're
proposing
to
add
a
half
a
counselor.
I
If
I
could
explain
that
we're
proposing
to
add
two
counselors
across
the
four
elementary
schools
that
will
be
a
half
a
counselor
for
each
school,
a
teacher
for
ell
and
a
math
specialist,
because
that
school
would
really
like
to
focus
on
its
math
literacy.
Continuing
on
esser
is
a
reading
specialist
and
two
paraprofessionals.
I
I
will
point
out
that
we
were
able
to
with
esther
grants
to
provide
a
paraprofessional
in
every
first
grade.
Classroom,
which
is
something
chelsea
has
not
been
able
to
do
previously
at
our
hooks.
Elementary
key
initiatives
are
again:
social,
emotional
support,
l
and
accelerated
literacy
and
math
you'll,
see
the
half
counselor
again
and
in
the
hooks
they
would
like
to
add
a
reading
specialist
which
will
bring
us
to
a
total
of
four.
I
So
we'll
have
one
per
grade
continue
on
esser
as
you'll
see
another
reading
specialist
and
several
paraprofessionals
for
different
focus
areas
at
our
kelly
elementary
school,
which
is
our
caminos
program.
We
are
growing
our
bi-literacy
program
grade
by
grade
social,
emotional
support,
ell,
caminos
and
accelerated
literacy
and
math
here,
we're
proposing
to
add
their
portion
of
the
counselor
and
three
teachers
for
ell
as
a
dual
language
school.
They
have
different
requirements
in
terms
of
ell
services
for
their
students,
and
this
is
going
to
maintain
our
compliance
with
those
requirements.
I
Those
will
be
joining
the
esther
positions
of
a
counselor
and
coaches
for
history
and
science
and
paraprofessionals
for
english
language.
Learning
at
the
clark
avenue
middle
school,
same
key
middle
school
priorities,
proposing
to
add
an
l
teacher
and
a
reading
specialist,
they
will
be
joining
the
counselor
that
was
added
last
year.
I
At
the
wright
academy
same
themes
there,
we
will
be
adding
a
special
ed
inclusion
teacher,
a
math
specialist
to
really
drive
the
math
at
that
school
and
a
paraprofessional
to
support
our
library.
It's
only
staffed
by
one
teacher,
one
librarian
at
the
moment,
continuing
on
esser
two
and
three
is
a
counselor,
a
half
a
social
worker
and
the
coaches
that
have
social
records
shared
with
the
brown,
which
is
one
person
for
the
building.
I
I
We
are
moving
forward
with
increasing
our
enrollment
at
the
school.
We
think
it
offers
a
unique
opportunity
for
our
chelsea
kids.
No
general
fund
positions
are
requested
because,
again,
the
school
is
funded
by
esser,
including
the
principal
teachers,
social
worker
and
counselor
instruction
and
assessment,
which
is
really
drives.
Our
curriculum,
we're
accelerating
at
all
grade
levels,
literacy
and
math,
and
really
moving
forward
with
the
culturally
responsive
curriculum.
I
We
are
proposing
to
create
a
director
of
culturally
responsive
curriculum,
who
will
work
with
all
of
our
grades
in
all
of
our
schools,
to
make
the
curriculum
particularly
relevant
to
our
kids,
we're
proposing
a
coordinator
for
college
and
career
readiness.
This
has
been
a
key
priority
for
chelsea,
but
now
we
have
an
opportunity
to
really
create
somebody
who's,
full-time,
focusing
on
the
college
and
career
readiness
and
a
coach
for
english
language
learning
at
the
elementary
levels.
We
already
have
one
grant
funded
position.
I
I
We
currently
have
a
contractor
that
does
that
we
think
bringing
it
in-house
is
going
to
be
really
important
and
helpful
to
our
kids,
a
vision
specialist,
which
is
for
assisting
students
who
are
vision,
impaired
with
either
brailling
or
being
able
to
benefit
from
the
curriculum.
This
is
also
outside
and
we're
bringing
it
in-house
proposing
to
add
two
social
workers
for
special
education
who
will
meet
the
requirements
for
students,
individual
education
plans,
the
two
positions
transferring
from
the
grant
are
in
special
ed
and
two
support
positions.
I
In
our
health
area,
we've
made
a
significant
investment
through
covid
we're
not
proposing
any
additional
grant
fund
any
additional
general
funds.
We
have
from
the
grant
a
covered
manager,
additional
nurse
aides,
temp,
nursing
services
in
health.
Other
general
is
our
after-school
and
summer
programming
for
twilight,
school
and
orchestra.
I
We
currently
have
41
staff
participating
in
this
program.
To
date,
it's
been
predominantly
grant
funded.
Those
grants
are
coming
to
an
end.
We
think
that
investment
is
meaningful
and
we're
proposing
to
move
it
on
to
the
general
fund,
as
well
as
increased
costs
for
building
maintenance
rent
for
our
new
annex
building
at
webster
avenue
and
revision
to
the
student
handbooks
with
a
lens
of
equity
and
inclusion.
I
Another
way
to
look
at
the
same
numbers
is
by
type
of
position,
so
you
can
see
the
investment
in
our
instructional
positions,
which
are
directly
working
with
students.
Our
student
supports,
which
are
also
directly
working
with
students,
paraprofessionals,
administrative
and
other,
where
other
are
two
support
positions
and
building
maintenance.
I
A
H
H
J
Thank
you
everyone,
so
I
love
the
emphasis
on
multilingualism
and
the
additions
that
we're
seeing
to
the
caminos
program.
That
was
a
program
that
I
was
part
of
as
a
student
one
question
I
do
have
regarding
the
elementary
schools,
I'm
wondering
what
explains
the
modest
declines
that
we're
seeing
in
the
elementary
school
recently.
G
Sure
I
can
answer
that
question
for
you,
the
declines
in
elementary.
What
we're
seeing
them
mostly
is
at
fourth
grade
and
I'm
going
for
transition
fourth
into
fifth
grade,
so
that's
students
leave
our
elementary
schools
and
go
to
middle
school
at
between
fourth
and
fifth
grade.
So
a
lot
of
families,
as
you
know,
they
do
end
up
attending
charter
schools
or
going
to
independent
schools,
and
so
we
do
lose
enrollment
at
that
age.
G
I
Think
there's
also
lard
absolutely
everything
dr
baker
just
said,
but
we
also
are
living
in
a
region
where
housing
costs
are
continuing
to
rise.
So
we
are,
you
know,
sort
of
monitoring
those
it's
it's
beyond
our
capacity,
but
we
are
monitoring
families
that
might
need
to
move
because
of
financial
pressures.
G
Yeah,
so
we
have,
we
have
a
bubble
at
chelsea,
high
school
right
now
and
so
that
bubble
there's
extra
fte
there
right
now,
so
then
they
will
move
down.
Obviously,
when
you
create
a
master
schedule,
you're
you're
able
to
apply
them
and
shift.
You
know
sections
to
say
the
ninth
grade,
because
we
do
have
that
bubble
moving
up,
and
so
we,
the
master
scheduling
process,
actually
started.
G
In
january
this
year,
mr
lovato
has
been
working
with
the
high
school
team
to
really
make
sure
the
master
schedule
is
meeting
the
needs
of
individual
students
and
is
also
working
to
make
sure
that
students
do
not
have
any
gaps
in
their
schedules
that
they're
getting
what
they
need
to
graduate
and
to
be
on
track.
Mr
lobato,
if
you
want
to,
could
you
comment
a
little
bit
more
on
that.
L
It's
amazing.
You
know
it.
It
puts
my
heart
at
ease.
I
cannot
believe
what
the
school
system
it
it's
it's
night
and
day
it's
borderline
revolutionary,
the
the
work
that
has
has
it's
definitely
money
well
spent
miss
lamboy.
The
presentation
on
the
budget
was
incredible.
I
love
everything.
That's
it's
just
so
it's
such
a
proud
moment
to
see
what
how
far
the
educational
system
has
gone
and
where
we're
going
and,
of
course,
there's
so
much
that
we
could
still
do.
L
L
But
I
mean
I
have
nothing
but
great
things
to
say
in
my
personal
opinion,
so
if
it
was
just
as
a
parent
I
mean
definitely,
if
I
had
10
kids,
10
kids
could
go
there,
a
thousand
percent
so
very
comfortably
sane,
so
very
proud.
I
can't
I
mean
they're
going
to
be
great,
so
just
want
to
throw
that
out
there.
So
thank.
M
Mr
boyd,
I
encourage
you
know
what
everybody
has
said:
an
excellent
job,
putting
together
all
of
this
budget
and
managing
the
finances
of
of
the
school.
That
is
our
responsibility
and
with
a
lot
of
things
going
up
like
you
did
mention
some
of
the
economic
aspect,
the
student
mobility,
that's
kind
of
like
my
comment.
If
it's
a
way
possible
that
we
can
track
down
when
the
student
mobility
is
happening,
if
this
student
is
transferring
per
se
from
chelsea
to
east
boston,
is
there
a
way
we
can
at
least
track
the
city?
M
What
they're
moving
at?
So
we
can
do
some
comparison
of
like
the
rent
increase
that
you
mentioned,
that
I
know
chelsea's
rent
is
like
it's
crazy
how
prices
are
going
up,
but
the
neighbor
neighboring
cities
as
well.
So
I'm
just
a
curiosity.
We
can
do
that
if
there
is
a
way
that
we
can
track
that
down.
G
G
G
We
can
definitely
do
that,
but
we
have
done
that
in
the
past
and
that's
why
part
of
the
reason
why
we
belong
to
the
five
district
partnership
is
because
we
know
that
we
share
students
with
everett.
We
share
students
with
malden
when
we
share
students
with
revere,
and
so
we
as
superintendents
and
as
school
systems,
the
five
district
partnership.
A
A
So
thank
you
again
for
all
that
you
do,
and
now
we
have
the
chance
to
hear
from
you
all.
So
I'm
excited
to
open
up
our
public
comments
section
as
a
reminder:
you'll
have
four
minutes
to
speak
and
school
community
members.
Once
again
we
are
listening,
we're
being
active
listeners
and
then
we
won't
vote
on.
We
will
not
participate
in
any
voting
tonight.
That
will
happen
on
march
24th
and
so
veronica
we
are
ready
for
public
comment
is
renee.
Our
first
public
comment.
C
A
D
D
I
had
formed
a
bond
with
the
teacher
and
as
a
class,
we
grew
together
until
a
few
weeks.
She,
after
she
had
to
quit
over
not
being
paid
enough.
We
yet
again
had
another
sub
the
next
quarter.
We
were
promised
everyone
would
have
a
teacher,
but
as
soon
as
the
first
day
of
new
classes
started,
we
had
sub
after
some.
D
This
is
an
example
of
promises
not
being
kept
by
the
school,
because
not
enough
teachers
is
a
big
issue
and
I
think-
and
I
think
it
should
be
prioritized
because
not
only
is
education
going
down,
but
effort
and
care
from
students
is
as
well
having
that
bond
with
the
teacher.
You
trust
is
very
important
for
students
education
to
do
better.
D
This
situation
hits
closer
to
home
because
my
mom
had
to
leave
her
job
because
the
school
failed
to
negotiate
a
deserved
pay.
She
had
to
put
herself
in
her
financial
security
first
and
move
jobs.
This
didn't
only
affect
her,
but
also
her
students
and
families
she
worked
with
who
had
a
hard
time
transitioning
without
her.
Based
on
the
information
I
provided,
I
ask
that
you
give
teachers
the
higher
pay.
They
need
to
have
stability
for
themselves.
A
N
N
N
So
I
see
that
some
teachers
need
more
motivation
or
pay,
and
then
we
also
need
more
staff
members,
because
we
are
running
low.
I've
asked
a
bunch
of
teachers
as
well
and
they
tell
me
that
there's
a
staff
sorters
and
that
they
really
need
some
and
we
are
not
just
a
through
f
grades
and
nor
percentages.
We
are
the
future
of
this
country
and
we
need
this
help.
We
need
more
staff
and
more
pay
for
the
teachers,
so
we
can
get
the
education
we
deserve
and
I
thank
you
guys
for
your
time.
E
A
Alrighty
for
the
next
public
speaker,
please
welcome.
Please
state
your
full
name
address
and
you
have
four
minutes
to
speak
for
the
next
public
speaker.
Please
welcome.
Please
state
your
phone
name
address
and
you
have
four
minutes
to
speak
for
the
next
public
speaker.
Please
welcome.
Please
state
your
phone
name
address
and
you
have
four
minutes
to
speak
for
the
next
speaker.
Please
welcome.
Please
state
your
phone
name
address
and.
O
O
O
O
O
Collectivist
culture
is
focusing
and
emphasizing
group
success,
collective
wisdom
and
the
belief
that
group
members
take
care
of
each
other
to
get
ahead.
The
district's
strategic
plan
states
the
value
of
culturally
responsive
instruction
to
close
the
opportunity
and
achievement
gaps,
but
it's
not
just
instruction.
O
It's
the
whole
school
environment
that
needs
to
be
culturally
responsible
and
at
the
brown
middle
school
we've
only
begun
the
process
of
implementing
restorative
justice.
We've
created
a
restorative
justice
leadership
team
provided
circle,
training
for
most
of
our
staff
and
begun
training
in
diverse
and
equitable
awareness
and
teaching.
We
began
this
process
in
the
2021
school
year
with
professional
development,
with
suffolk
university
on
the
suffolk
university
rj
center,
a
whole
school
rj
model.
Sorry
restorative
justice
model
includes
a
director
within
the
first
three
to
five
years.
O
O
The
district
has
already
invested
in
restorative
justice
by
funding
leadership
program
for
at
least
three
participants
that
I
know
of
myself
included
in
this
program.
I've
learned
that
many
of
our
surrounding
schools
already
have
restorative
justice,
directors,
chelsea
isn't
behind,
but
it
is
our
time
to
create
this
position
for
our
students.
O
O
When
I
say
we
need
culture,
a
culture
based
on
restorative
justice,
it's
true.
We
need
safe
spaces
group
success
and
collective
wisdom.
Our
students
need
to
feel
seen,
heard
and
understood.
We
need
intentional
restorative
justice
in
our
school
in
our
schools,
and
this
is
why
I'm
asking
you
to
fund
restorative
justice,
director
positions.
P
Hi
everyone,
my
name,
is
lauren
jorgensen.
I
live
at
557
salem
street
in
malden,
I'm
currently
one
of
the
school
counselors
at
wright
middle
school,
and
before
I
get
started
with
what
I
was
going
to
say,
I
want
to
say
how
great
it
is
to
see
that
there's
emphasis
in
the
budget
for
elementary
school
counselors
getting
those
positions
and
for
a
director
of
our
coordinator
for
college
and
career
readiness.
I
think
that's
incredible
and
I
think
it
really
goes
along
well
with
what
I
was
going
to
say
about
school
counselors.
P
So
this
year
we've
had
more
counselors
at
the
middle
school
level
than
we
have
before,
which
is
incredible.
I
wanted
to
give
some
context
as
to
kind
of
how
that's
going
in
a
very
difficult
year.
So
thus
far
this
year
me
personally,
I've
had
over
400
meetings
with
students.
I've
been
able
to
run
three
different
groups.
P
I've
done
four
different
classroom
lessons
with
grades
the
grades
that
I
support,
which
is
not
as
many
as
I
would
have
liked,
but
it's
more
than
I
used
to
do
given
the
additional
support,
which
is
amazing,
what's
great
about
this
position,
and
it's
very
much.
A
misunderstood
position
is
that,
unlike
other
professionals,
school
counselors
are
professionals
that
work
within
all
three
domains
for
students,
it's
their
academic
domain,
their
socio-emotional
domain
and
college
and
career
domains.
P
Most
of
our
our
time
right
now
is
spent
with
those
tier
three
students
just
because
of
the
level
of
need
in
chelsea,
but
really
according
to
the
american
school
counselor
association.
Most
of
our
time
should
actually
be
spent
with
tier
1
and
tier
2
students,
which
are
those
in
the
general
population
and
those
that
need
slightly
more
intensive
intervention.
In
my
personal
experience,
even
though
it's
my
fourth
year
count
working
as
a
counselor,
I've
never
had
so
much
need
in
so
many
different
balancing
priorities
that
I
have
to
balance.
P
Students
asking
me
for
check-ins
in
the
hallways
teachers
calling
my
office
a
long
list
of
to-do's.
Sometimes
this
is
virtually
impossible
to
get
my
list
of
student
check-ins
below
12..
That
just
seems
to
be
my
number,
so
I
just
want
to
emphasize
that
I'm
so
grateful
that
we've
been
able
to
have
another
counselor
this
year
and
just
the
need
for
middle
school
counselors
in
order
to
really
prepare
our
kids
for
high
school.
A
E
Q
Q
Q
I've
worked
at
bms
for
six
years
and
every
year,
each
grade
level
of
the
foundational
program
receives
as
many
as
15
new
students
as
they.
This
number
does
not
include
newcomers
who
join
the
chelsea
community
over
the
summer,
and
every
year
the
social
work
programming
has
changed
due
to
staffing
or
funding.
Q
Q
Q
A
R
R
I
have
been
a
teacher
at
chelsea
public
schools
for
eight
years.
Unfortunately,
this
means
that,
with
the
exception
of
last
year,
I
have
seen
positions,
cut
resources,
dwindle
and
class
sizes
increase
last
year.
When
we
saw
funding,
increase
central
office
held
focus
groups
for
various
stakeholders,
including
staff
and
teachers,
were
able
to
give
feedback.
R
It
was
so
encouraging
to
felt
heard
and
it
made
clear
that
the
budget
prioritized
repairing
what
was
broken
from
previous
cuts.
We
gained
a
few
of
the
positions
we
had
lost
and
we
were
promised
that
this
would
continue
until
we
were
made
whole.
It
felt
great
to
finally
work
in
harmony
together
to
give
back
to
students
this
year
when
budget
season
came
around,
members
were
really
excited
to
advocate
for
the
resources
their
students
still
lack.
However,
many
staff
were
never
asked.
R
R
At
the
brown
middle
school,
a
new
world
language,
teacher
and
reading
specialist
have
been
proposed,
rather
than
the
staff's
desire
for
an
additional
half-time
social
worker
or
a
restorative
justice.
Coach
we've
seen
students,
increased
emotional
needs
this
year,
and
these
positions
are
critical
to
addressing
the
many
non-academic
needs
students
have
so
that
they
can
come
to
the
classroom
ready
to
learn.
R
When
I
spoke
to
the
union
executive
board
about
this
lack
of
opportunity,
it
became
clear
that
this
was
a
trend
in
the
district.
Some
schools
reached
out
to
their
building
leadership
teams,
but
as
a
district,
I
believe
we
can
do
better
to
make
sure
we
have
systems
that
prioritize
staff
and
community
input.
R
I
ask
that
the
school
committee
urged
the
voices
of
every
stakeholder
to
be
heard.
Teachers
and
staff
know
their
students
best.
They
know
the
needs
of
the
school.
There
should
be
a
process
for
school
leaders
to
elicit
feedback
from
staff
and
provide
that
to
central
office.
It's
time
to
ensure
that
staff
voices
are
heard.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
I
appreciate
your
time.
A
S
S
S
S
S
S
The
following
year,
the
elementary
complex
spent
an
entire
school
year
vetting
three
different
literacy
curricula,
eventually
settling
on
journeys.
However,
journeys
lasted
only
for
a
few
years
before
we
were
asked
to
switch
to
teacher-created
ubd
units.
We
still
use
those,
but
every
year
units
are
added
and
taken
away,
meaning
we
are
constantly
reinventing
the
wheel.
S
Every
time
we
begin
to
feel
comfortable
with
the
curriculum.
We
are
actually
asked
to
teach
something
different,
sometimes
only
days
before
school
starts.
Just
last
week,
my
grade
level
team
was
introduced
to
a
new
writing
unit
a
week
and
a
half
after
we
were
scheduled
to
start
it
on
our
pace:
calendar
pacing
calendar
as
teachers.
We
are
experts
in
our
subject
matter
and
especially
in
our
student
body.
S
Please
let
us
use
our
expertise
to
guide
the
curriculum
purchasing
process
through
feedback
surveys
and
curriculum
committees
that
include
teachers,
families
and
students,
where
appropriate.
Our
goals
of
finding
culturally
responsive,
standards-based
curriculum
are
aligned.
Teacher
family
and
student
voices
will
bring
an
invaluable
perspective
on
what
actually
works
for
students.
S
T
Good
evening
my
name
is
nicole
lemmy
and
I
live
in
boston.
I'm
an
ell
teacher
at
the
wright
middle
school
I'm
here
to
advocate
for
the
cps
budget
to
prioritize,
adding
one
more
l
teacher
to
every
school.
As
a
fifth
grade,
ell
teacher
in
chelsea,
I
have
the
largest
caseload
of
students
at
my
school,
which
is
37.
T
An
increase
from
last
year
is
33.
Almost
half
of
my
students
are
also
dually
identified,
meaning
they
also
have
an
iep
and
our
special
education
students.
This
year
has
shown
how
much
of
a
need
exists
for
more
ell
and
spread
teachers
at
our
schools.
In
my
schooling
grade
level,
we
have
only
one
of
each
and
we
are
both
at
our
functional
capacity
trying
to
handle
our
case
loads.
It
would
vastly
benefit
the
students
to
have
additional
teachers
as
the
number
of
english
language
learners
increases
annually.
T
As
an
ell
teacher,
I
see
daily
the
success
our
language
learners
have
when
they
are
given
the
assistance
they
deserve,
as
well
as
the
great
things
they
are
capable
of
when
this
is
paired
with
their
personal
drive
and
their
parents.
Commitment
as
class
sizes
and
l
enrollment
increase,
so
does
the
need
for
increased
levels
of
academic
support
and
with
new
funds
comes
new
opportunities
based
on
the
evidence,
provided
I
ask
that
you
find
more
l
teacher
positions
at
chelsea
schools.
Thank
you
for
the
to
the
committee
chair
and
school
committee
members
for
this
opportunity.
E
Good
evening,
everyone,
my
name-
is
vanessa
mendoza,
mercado,
318
chestnut
street
chelsea,
I'm
here
tonight
to
highlight
items
in
the
proposed
budget
for
the
next
school
year.
As
an
ell
teacher
at
the
kelly
school,
I
am
excited
to
see
an
increase
of
el
staff
across
the
district.
As
we
heard
tonight,
there
are
many
ell
teachers
here
advocating
for
the
addition
of
ell
teachers
across
the
district.
I
am
excited
to
see
three
additional
teachers
being
added
at
the
kelly
school
and
know
we
can
always
use
more.
E
I
hope
we
continue
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
students
and
families
as
we
build
our
schools
to
be
fully
equipped
with
the
necessary
staff.
I'm
also
excited
to
see
the
addition
of
additional
counselors
at
the
elementary
school,
knowing
that
we
will
have
half-time
counselors
this
year
and
hoping
that
we
will
see
an
expansion
of
full-time
counselors
in
the
following
years.
E
One
suggestion
I
have
about
the
budget
is
about
the
revisions
to
the
school
handbooks.
Based
on
our
conversations.
The
current
goal
is
to
hire
outside
consultants
to
lead
this
work.
I
would
like
to
suggest
we
rethink
this
process
and
use
the
funds
to
provide
stipend
for
community
members,
including
students
and
families,
to
rewrite
our
student
handbooks
as
a
district.
E
We
are
moving
towards
a
more
equitable
and
restorative
approach
and
I
believe
the
best
way
I
believe
the
best
way
to
accomplish
this
is
to
uplift
the
voices
in
our
community
and
provide
paid
opportunities
to
our
students,
so
they
can
lead
the
work
as
we
saw
tonight.
We
have
students
who
are
already
willing
to
take
on
these
leadership
roles,
and
I
believe
we
can
build
a
capacity
by
supporting
students
in
paid
opportunities
to
build
and
show
us
what
it
is
that
they
need
in
our
schools
with
the
addition
of
the
culturally
responsive
curriculum
director.
E
A
U
U
U
Co-Teaching
is
the
most
effective
way
to
help
transitional
el
students,
access
content
area
curriculum
and
gain
the
requisite
language
and
literacy
skills.
They
need
to
realize
their
potential.
Splitting
teachers
between
different
grades
and
classrooms
creates
inequitable
workloads
for
teachers
and
does
not
maximize
student
support.
U
U
We
have
the
money,
allocating
that
money
to
new
l
positions
would
prove
to
our
students
and
our
community
that
we
value
all
our
students,
regardless
of
their
of
their
linguistic
backgrounds
and
believe
in
their
abilities
and
futures,
to
truly
support
our
students
and
to
maximize
the
talents
and
the
expertise
of
our
teachers.
I
ask
that
you
fund
more
out
teacher
positions
in
chelsea
public
schools.
V
V
I
just
want
to
start
off
by
saying
how
pleased
I
am
to
see
a
budget
so
full
of
systemic
support
for
english
language
learners,
students
with
disabilities
and
for
social
emotional
needs.
After
years
of
cuts,
it's
just
so
exciting
to
finally
move
from
mere
restoration
to
some
true
additions
to
our
school
community.
V
Besides
the
addition
of
personnel,
this
budget
could
also
provide
an
opportunity
to
demonstrate
commitment
to
one
of
our
core
values
of
including
community
voice
as
we
work
to
welcome
and
educate
all
we've
got
the
opportunity
to
upend
systems
at
silence
and
instead
work
to
include
our
families,
our
staff
and
our
students
and
the
plans
for
a
district.
That's
finally
starting
to
get
the
resources
we've
deserved
for
so
long.
V
V
I
don't
want
those
budget
items
eliminated
at
all,
but
I
want
to
see
the
money
spent
in
our
community
our
reliance
on
consultants
to
tell
us
what
will
be
culturally
relevant
for
our
community
could
miss
a
critical
opportunity
to
engage
our
students
and
families
in
our
school
system
when
we
don't
take
the
time
to
purposefully
and
explicitly
prioritize
the
voices
of
those
who
will
be
using
and
experiencing
our
curriculum
policies.
We
can
end
up
missing
important
pieces
of
information.
V
Our
budget
on
the
whole
prioritizes
the
positions
we
need,
but
it
has
a
few
holes.
You've
heard
testimony
about
tonight
with
formalized
inclusion
of
community
and
staff
input
at
each
school.
This
could
have
been
averted.
I
would
hate
to
see
similar
holes
in
the
curriculum
or
policies
that
we're
selecting,
because
we've
devalued
our
own
knowledge
of
our
students
and
ourselves
again.
V
W
W
I
glance
at
my
calendar
to
see
that
I
have
yet
another
iep
meeting
during
their
next
session.
I
sigh
hopefully
soon
I
tell
them.
This
is
the
reality
for
many
students
seeing
slps
and
other
related
service
providers
like
occupational
and
physical
therapists
at
the
elementary
complex.
They
don't
know
when
they're
going
to
see
us
next
and
we're
doing
a
disservice
to
the
kids.
W
So
why
do
I
miss
so
many
sessions?
Well,
in
addition
to
providing
direct
speech
and
language
services
to
60
students
across
four
elementary
schools,
we
also
complete
their
evaluations.
Some
bilingually
attend
their
iep
meetings
and
conferences
and
write
their
progress,
notes
adding
all
this
together.
The
five
slps
at
the
complex
have
missed
over
60
sessions
that
have
yet
to
be
made
up
in
2022
alone.
W
Think
of
related
services
like
a
pizza
or
cake
where
each
student
gets
a
slice.
The
more
students
we
serve
and
the
more
in
a
group,
the
smaller
the
slice
for
each
student
think
up
to
11
of
our
students
with
the
highest
communication
needs
in
a
group,
especially
coming
out
of
this
pandemic.
Our
students
deserve
the
biggest
slice
possible
right
now.
What
they're
getting
is
more
like
crumbs,
sometimes
they're,
not
even
getting
anything
at
all
and
that's
not
filling
or
legal
according
to
special
education
laws.
W
This
is
where
you
can
be
part
of
the
solution:
the
more
slps
and
other
related
service
providers,
the
bigger
the
slice
for
each
child.
It
has
made
a
difference.
Adding
the
positions
from
last
year,
just
think
what
a
difference
we
can
make
in
these
kids
lives
with
more
access
to
communication
support.
Let's
give
these
kids
what
they
deserve.
They
deserve
and
need
more
slps.
W
A
W
W
A
X
I
live
at
45
havelock
street
in
malden,
but
spend
most
of
my
time
at
180
walnut
street
in
chelsea
as
the
proud
assistant
principal
at
wright
academy,
which
you
are
all
of
course
welcome.
At
any
time
we
had
the
opportunity
to
show
mr
jimenez
around
our
building
a
few
months
ago,
which
was
a
lot
of
fun.
X
I
really
do
believe
that
the
proposals
that
we
saw
tonight
reflect
the
themes
of
in
the
commitment
to
supporting
rigorous
teaching
and
learning
expanding
access,
opportunity,
equity
and
family
and
community
engagement.
You
know
as
administrators.
Our
job
is
to
support
the
work
that
our
amazing
teachers
and
paraprofessionals
are
doing
in
the
classrooms
each
and
every
day
and
to
be
a
resource
for
our
students
for
both
their
academic
and
their
social
emotional
success
in
particular.
Tonight
I
just
wanted
to
extend
my
support
and
gratitude
for
the
consideration
of
the
director
of
culturally
responsive
curriculum
and.
U
X
Coordinator
of
college
and
career
readiness
positions,
we
know
that
there's
no
greater
undertaking
that
we
can
embark
on
as
a
district
than
making
sure
what
our
kids
are.
Learning
is
relevant,
responsive
to
the
needs.
I
think
both
of
the
world
as
a
whole
and
their
own
lives
chelsea's,
really
showing.
I
think
what
we
value,
by
investing
in
a
position
to
work
with
our
admin
and
our
educators
to
prioritize
this
work.
It'll
benefit
kids
for
years
to
come
and
hopefully
continue
to
shift
the
mindset
of
our
staff
at
large,
too.
X
X
We
know
how
important
adding
classroom
positions
are,
and
this
proposal,
I
think,
does
a
great
job
at
making
that
happen.
I'm
appreciative
that
I
think
we're
also
considering
adding
these
two
particular
positions
to
support
the
staff
to
work
with
and
for
those
educators
and
that
we
center
the
needs
of
our
students
throughout
the
decision
making
process.
X
A
Y
Y
I've
been
teaching
in
this
district
for
over
20
years,
24
years
now,
and
I've
been
serving
ell
students
in
multiple
grade
levels
for
many
school
years
and
within
many
school
years
for
years.
At
one
point,
my
position
was
split
between
two
schools
for
three
years
in
a
row
and,
needless
to
say,
that
was
not
quite
effective.
Y
Y
So
these
are
our
needs
at
the
moment,
and
I
hope
that
the
committee
will
seriously
consider
our
needs
and
try
to
hire
new
staff.
We
are
in
great
needs
for
two
yellow
teachers
per
grade
level,
one
for
foundationally
allowed
students
and
one
for
transitionally
allowed
students
and
given
the
multiple
level
of
language
proficiency
in
foundational
classes,
who
are
pushing
in
mainstream
cohorts.
Y
In
addition,
I
would
like
to
take
the
opportunity
to
speak
on
behalf
of
some
teachers,
especially
special
education
teachers,
bilingual
teachers
who
are
here
on
student
visa
and
who
are
great
assets
to
our
staff
in
order
to
stay,
they
need
to
get
sponsorship
through
a
j1
program
by
desi
called
bridge
visa,
I'm
urging
our
district
and
our
union
to
help
them
to
stay
so
with
an
available
budget
to
enable
the
district
to
hire
new
staff
and
to
retain
existing
staff.
I
hope
our
needs
will
be
considered.
Z
Z
Z
I
have
co-workers,
including
megan,
who
spoke
earlier,
whose
level
of
commitment
to
our
students
is
just
amazing
who
put
in
long
hours
and
go
above
and
beyond
to
consistently
figure
out.
You
know
what
our
kids
need
and
how
best
to
support
them.
As
I
mean
everyone
knows,
the
the
core
of
good
teaching
is
the
relationship
that
we
have
with
students,
and
you
know
we
constantly
have
new
students
coming
in
in
mid-year,
which
means
that
there's
there's
work
that
needs
to
go
into
relationship
building.
Z
You
know
all
the
time
and
at
an
even
higher
level
than
I
think,
when
teaching
other
populations
of
kids
and
in
order
to
really
serve
those
students.
Well,
we,
as
many
people
have
spoken
to
this
evening.
We
need
more
el
teachers,
it's
good
that
we're
getting
more,
but
we
need
more
than
this
budget
currently
reflects.
Z
Z
So
therefore,
I
just
want
to
urge
you
to
add
one
additional
el
teacher
at
each
school
and
a
restorative
justice
specialist
and
an
additional
social
worker
at
the
brown
middle
school.
Thank
you
so
much
to
the
committee
chair
and
the
school
committee
members
for
the
opportunity
to
be
heard.
Thank
you.
C
Our
first
comment
is
from
diana
oberto.
I
am
a
chelsea
resident
and
live
on
104
franklin
avenue,
I'm
a
senior
at
chelsea,
high
school,
and
I'm
here
today
to
advocate
for
more
mental
health
support
at
chs
by
incorporating
the
funding
that
was
given
to
chelsea
public
schools
into
having
more
counselors
and
social
workers
available
to
students.
C
Recently,
I
took
part
in
a
project
for
one
of
my
class
classes,
where
my
group
and
I
research
mental
health
across
the
chs
community
to
see
what
things
need
improved.
We
thought
the
best
way
to
get
students.
Input
was
to
ask
them
ourselves
through
an
anonymous
survey
that
we
sent
out.
We
surveyed
over
100,
a
thousand
students,
66
percent
of
chs
students.
The
data
was
collected,
showed
that
the
majority
of
students
are
upset
at
the
lack
of
availability
to
social
workers
and
counselors,
for
example.
C
I
recently
recently
I
needed
assistance
with
a
change
in
schedule
with
one
of
my
classes
that
was
affecting
my
grade,
and
I
wasn't
able
to
get
an
appointment
until
two
weeks
after
due
to
my
counselor
having
his
availability
booked
up.
This
experience
affects
my
education
as
well
as
others
who
have
gone
through
similar
experiences,
which
is
why
we're
asking
for
more
support
for
chs
students.
Thank
you.
C
Next
comment
is
from
the
special
education
department
for
the
district,
the
chelsea
public
public
schools.
Special
education
department
is
proud
of
the
one
vision
teacher,
two
physical
therapists,
four
occupational
therapists,
four
bcbas
and
the
14
speech
and
language
pathologists
who
provided
related
services
to
our
students
in
need.
C
This
year,
we
were
fortunate
to
have
an
increase
of
five
speech:
language,
pathologists
and
three
bcbas
to
support
our
students,
while
our
caseloads
remain
higher
than
surrounding
districts.
With
the
addition
of
these
staff,
we
have
been
able
to
decrease
the
caseload
so
that
they
are
more
manageable.
C
We
are
continually
monitoring
workloads
of
our
staff
and
making
budget
decisions
based
on
our
students
needs,
while
sometimes
therapy
sessions
are
canceled.
Our
therapists
are
completing
important
tasks
that
are
necessary
for
our
students,
such
as
attending
iep
meetings,
providing
consultation
to
teachers
and
to
other
staff
and
evaluating
students
who
are
struggling.
C
C
Next
comment:
hello
from
school
committee,
members,
educators,
parents
and
community
members-
my
name
is
liliana
felice
and
I
am
a
social
and
social
worker
at
the
brown
middle
school.
I
have
worked
in
chelsea
as
a
middle
school
social
worker
for
over
17
years,
and
I'm
here
today
to
advocate
for
more
social
workers,
counselors
and
mental
health
assistants
for
our
students.
C
Our
students
have
gone
through
so
much
into
the
last
two
years,
a
pandemic
that
left
them
with
anxiety,
grief,
depression
and
fear.
We
have
students
who
struggle
with
trauma
and
loss
from
leaving
one
country
and
traveling
to
another.
Our
school
population
is
made
up
of
very
vulnerable
students
who
need
assistance.
C
This
is
not
enough.
We
need
more.
We
need
more
social
workers,
guidance
and
mental
health
providers
in
our
schools.
We
have
the
task
to
teach
our
students
to
be
high
school
college
ready,
and
yet
we
are
lacking
in
providing
them
with
the
help
they
need
to
deal
with
their
mental
health
issues.
How
can
we
expect
our
students
to
concentrate
in
academics
when
they
have
so
much
going
on
and
we
do
not
have
enough
staff
to
help
them?
C
C
Thank
you
to
the
committee
chair
and
the
school
committee
members
for
the
opportunity
to
be
heard
in
the
last
comment
says
good
evening.
My
name
is
chad
nieming
and
I
am
a
sixth
grade,
ell
teacher
at
the
wright
middle
school.
I
am
writing
to
request
funding
for
an
additional
ell
teacher
to
be
hired
at
each
school
in
chelsea.
C
Excuse
me.
I
request
this
out
of
the
concern
that
too
much
is
being
asked
of
english
language
learners
who
are
struggling
to
succeed
with
additional
support.
They
require.
Many
of
us
recall
our
school
years
as
a
time
when
we
were
challenged,
but
we
were
able
to
succeed
and
graduate
the
school
curriculum
is
built
to
be
rigorous,
to
engage
students
and
to
help
them
grow
to
their
potential.
C
When
you
add
this
to
this,
to
the
difficulties
inherit
in
studying
course
course
content
in
a
language
you
are
still
learning.
However,
the
academic
challenge
can
be
in
some
surmountable,
especially
to
an
11
year
old
mind
with
a
limited
number
of
successes
to
date
and
unlimited
resources
to
call
on.
I
ask
that
we
provide
students
with
the
assistance
they
need
to
grow,
so
they
may
successfully
take
on
academic
challenge
that
school
provides
and
graduate
with
the
knowledge
that
they
have
required
in
a
great
education.
C
An
additional
ell
teacher
for
each
school
would
also
assist
content
teachers
in
the
effective
delivery
of
their
lessons.
It
is
incredibly
difficult
to
successfully
plan
a
differentiated
lesson
for
a
class
with
a
third
of
the
students
rl's
at
different
english
language
levels,
often
duly
identified
our
teachers
are
dedicated
and
want
to
succeed
as
much
as
they
want
our
students
to
succeed.
Please
assist
us
in
making
this
happen
by
providing
our
schools
with
the
ell
assistance
and
commun.
Our
community
requires.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration.
A
Awesome,
thank
you
veronica
for
reading
those
comments,
team
members
that
wraps
up
our
public
comments
section
to
the
audience
and
those
watching
at
home.
Thank
you
for
pushing
us.
Thank
you
for
caring
about
our
students.
Thank
you
for
constantly
reminding
us
why
we
do
what
we
do,
and
so,
with
that
I'd
like
to
close
today's
meeting,
do
I
have
a
motion
to
adjourn
tonight's
public
hearing.