FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS BRIAN. WE'RE OUR DISTRICT FOR CITY COUNCILOR AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. TODAY'S MAY 23RD, 2020 FOR THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED. IT IS ALSO BEING LIVESTREAMED AT BOSTON.COM BACKSLASH CITY GAS COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCAST ON EXPANDED CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 AND FILES CHANNEL 964. THE COUNCIL'S BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS WILL ENCOMPASS A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT BEGAN IN APRIL AND WILL RUN THROUGH JUNE. WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS BY GIVING TESTIMONY FOR THE RECORD. YOU CAN DO THIS IN SEVERAL WAYS WHILE ATTEND ONE OF OUR HEARINGS AND GIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.  WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT THE END OF EACH DEPARTMENT'S HEARING AND ALSO HAVE TWO HEARINGS DEDICATED TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY. THE FULL HARRIS SCHEDULE IS ON OUR WEBSITE AT BOSTON.COM BAGS COUNCILOR DESK BUDGET. OUR NEXT SCHEDULED HEARING IS DEDICATED TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY IS TUESDAY, MAY 28 AT 6 P.M.. 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TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET NUMBER 067020672 OR IF THE FY 25 OPERATING BUDGET INCLUDING ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FOR DEPARTMENT TO OPERATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS DOCKET NUMBER 067320675 OR IS FOR CAPITAL FUND TRANSFER APPROPRIATIONS DOCUMENT B067620678 WHAT IS FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET INCLUDING LOAN ORDERS AND LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS? THESE MATTERS WAS SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APRIL TEN, 2020 FOR THE FOCUS OF THIS HEARING WILL BE DISCUSSED AT FY 25 BUDGET FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOCUSING ON LONG TERM FACILITIES PLANNING MERGERS, CLOSURES, GREATER GRADE REALIGNMENT ENROLLMENT DECLINES IN NEW ARRIVAL STAFFING IN CENTRAL OFFICE.  TODAY I'M JOINED BY MY COUNSELORS, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES COUNSELOR BRAYDEN AND TODAY'S PANEL IS CONSIST OF TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION SUPERINTENDENT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER BATH PUBLIC SCHOOL CFO BLOOM DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATIONS DEPUTY FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT TWO PINA CHIEF OF PLANNING STAFF OF CAPITAL PLANNING FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHIEF DEANGELIS CHIEF OF HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICER CHIEF CANTY AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FACILITIES FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR FOR THE FLOORS NOW U.S. GREG GREAT SO FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU CONSUL GENERAL I AGAIN WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU PUBLICLY FOR THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION.  YESTERDAY WE HAD A FOLLOW UP MEETING WHICH YOU KNOW I INDICATED WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WANT TO ANSWER ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILORS HAVE. WE RECOGNIZE OUR BUDGET IS SUBSTANTIAL IN THE CITY AND WE FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER INFORMATION WE CAN PROVIDE AND FLAHERTY WE WANT TO BE HERE FOR. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO DO A FORMAL PRESENTATION TODAY. INSTEAD WE WILL BE HERE FOR QUESTIONS.  THOUGH I DO WANT TO HAVE CHIEF STATE OF JUST HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO CAPITAL PLANNING SINCE THAT IS A KEY FOCUS OF THE HEARING.  WE PROVIDED THE POWERPOINTS FOR YOU INCLUDING THE POWERPOINT THAT WAS PRESENTED LAST NIGHT AT SCHOOL COMMITTEE AS WE GAVE THE PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE LONG TERM FACILITY PLAN. SO WITH THAT I WILL YIELD MY TIME AND TURN IT TO CHIEF STANISLAUS.  GOOD MORNING.  THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT . THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT . THANK YOU, CHAIR WORRELL AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR INVITING OUR TEAM HERE THIS MORNING TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE CAPITAL PLANNING AND ALSO SOME CROSS COLLABORATIVE WORK THAT OUR TEAM HAS BEEN DOING WITH THE CITY AND ALSO WITH ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT THAT'S REPRESENTED HERE THIS MORNING.  I WANT TO START OUT BY EMPHASIZING THAT THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN IS ALIGNED TO A HOLISTIC VISION FOR BHP'S A WELL-ROUNDED ECOSYSTEM WITH HIGH QUALITY SEATS FOR EVERY STUDENT IN EVERY SCHOOL, IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. WE KNOW INVESTING IN OUR FACILITIES AND SHIFTING THE PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT OF BHP'S IS DEEPLY INTERTWINED WITH OUR CORE ACADEMIC STRATEGIES AS WELL AS THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES WE'RE MAKING. I AM GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES ACROSS BHP'S MANY OF WHOM YOU'VE HEARD FROM THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS FOR LEADING THIS VERY IMPORTANT WORK. LAST NIGHT AT THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING MY COLLEAGUES AND I PRESENTED SOME OF THE MILESTONES THAT WE EXPECT BHP'S TO REACH OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 MONTHS TO INCREASE THE HIGH QUALITY SEATS THROUGH FACILITIES INVESTMENTS AS WELL AS ACADEMIC AND PROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENTS. WE ALSO PROPOSED TO SCHOOL CLOSURES AND THREE GRADE RECONFIGURATIONS AND THIS TEAM IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL SORRY HAS THIS MORNING. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. WHEN HE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCILOR WEBER AND THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION COUNCILOR SANTANA HAS ALSO JOINED US, I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR QUESTIONS. COUNCILOR BRADING THE FLOOR AS . GOOD MORNING EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.  I DID WATCH SOME OF THE HEARING LAST NIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE TO SAY I WAS EXPECTING I'M A LITTLE UNDERWHELMED. I WAS EXPECTING SOME SOME MORE BIGGER BIGGER ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN WAS. I'M REALLY VERY UNCLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE WHAT THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN IS LIKE. THE REALLY ISN'T FOR THE FOLKS WATCHING IT REALLY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE. IT'S NOT VERY IT'S NOT VERY TRANSPARENT. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS.  SO IT'S VERY HARD TO TAKE A POSITION ON IT. I THINK REALLY IT SEEMS TO BE VERY TENTATIVE LIKE WE DON'T HAVE TIME. THIS TAKES SIX YEARS TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL. IT TAKES IT TAKES SOMEWHAT SO IT TAKES YEARS TO EVEN RENOVATE A SCHOOL SCHOOL.  SO I'M JUST REALLY IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT RATHER THAN A QUESTION.  WHY ARE WE SO TENTATIVE IN THIS FIRST THIS FIRST ROUND OF ON ROLLING ROLLING OUT A LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN?  I'M REALLY ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS LIKE I KNOW THAT WE'RE BEATING THE BUSHES AND ODDS AND BRIGHTON REALLY WE'RE BUILDING A LOT OF WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING A LOT OF NEW FAMILY HOUSING IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS WITH THE EXPANSION OF FANSHAWE GARDENS AND WE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WE'RE GETTING MORE IDP HOUSING UNITS THREE BEDROOM. SO REALLY TO SAY OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES ARE IMPORTANT. WE WANT YOU TO STAY IN THE CITY. WE WANT TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR YOU. WE WANT QUALITY SCHOOLS FOR YOU . BUT THEN YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING THAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF FAMILIES JUST GIVING UP A DECENT AMOUNT HERE AND LEAVING THE CITY BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL THE HOUSING SITUATION IS IS IT'S TOUGH BUT ALSO THE REALLY GIVING UP ON BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SAID IT'S TO COME AS THERE'S NO CLEAR AND PREDICTABLE PATH FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM. YOU START HERE AND YOU END UP THERE AND IT'S JUST REALLY STRESSFUL AND VERY DISCOURAGING FOR FAMILIES. SO I THINK YOU KNOW, I'M VERY CONCERNED YOU KNOW, OUR ENROLLMENTS GO DOWN YEAR ON YEAR BUT I KNOW LIKE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I CAN NAME A DOZEN FAMILIES WHO'VE SAID OH, I'M OUT OF HERE AND THEY GET TO A CERTAIN AGE, YOU KNOW, COME TO KIDS GET TO BE BY THIS HIGH AND THEN THEY'RE GONE LIKE AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE QUESTION ABOUT THE EXAM SCHOOL'S SELECTION PROCESS OR WHATEVER.  IT'S JUST THAT THERE'S SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY AND SO MUCH UNPREDICTABILITY IN THE IN THE IN THE PROCESS THAT FAMILIES ARE VOTING WITH THEIR FEET AND GOING ELSEWHERE.  AND THEY ALSO FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF MAKING THESE DECISIONS THAT AND THIS IS MORE OF A CRITICISM THAT YOU REALLY DON'T DO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT VERY WELL LIKE YOU'RE ALMOST AFRAID TO COME OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE LIKE I KNOW FAMILIES WANT THE BEST FOR THEIR STUDENTS.  THEY WANT BOSTON. I WANT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO SUCCEED.  BUT THE ISSUE OF JUST REALLY ENGAGING IN A VERY DEEP AND SERIOUS CONVERSATION WITH THIS WITH FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IN OUR CITY. WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY BUILDINGS TO MAINTAIN THAT'S TAKEN MONEY AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOM THAT'S DIMINISHING OUR ABILITY. THERE'S INCREASING THE COST OF DELIVERING QUALITY SCHOOL EDUCATION BUT WE'RE NOT HAVING THAT SORT OF CONVERSATION AS AS A COMMUNITY OF EQUALS WITH WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AND SAYING LAY IT ALL OUT. WHAT ARE THE COSTS? WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES?  WHAT ARE THE RISKS OF NOT DOING ANYTHING AND THEN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS TO SORT OF COME TO A CONSENSUS ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? I THINK WHAT REALLY UPSETS PEOPLE THE MOST IS THAT WE GET THESE DECISIONS MADE FROM THE TOP DOWN AND THEY'RE SORT OF DROPPED IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND THEN THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IT JUST JUST ALIENATES PEOPLE AND MAKES PEOPLE ANGRY AND I THINK IT COULD BE SO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SMART AND THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR FAMILY'S NEEDS.  SO YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE OF A A CHALLENGE TO TO BHP'S TO BE MUCH MORE ENGAGED WITH COMMUNITY AND GET OUT OF THE BOWLING BUILDING AND COME OUT AND BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT A VERY ORGANIC LEVEL ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND AND AND TRY AND BUILD CONSENSUS ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO LIKE THIS BROAD LIKE PEOPLE AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE NEED TO DO THIS STUFF BUT THEY FEEL LOCKED OUT OF THE CONVERSATION AND REALLY THAT'S ALL I HAVE I HAVE TO SAY AT THE MOMENT I'M DELIGHTED THAT THE HARDEST MAN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IS MOVING TO ROXBY NOT ROXBURY. NO THAT'S THE OTHER KNOCK ON THEIR OOPS SORRY THE WRONG PLACE WRONG NEIGHBORHOOD CHARLESTOWN THEY'RE GOING TO CHARLESTON. HOPEFULLY THEY'LL OPEN ON TIME IN SEPTEMBER AND IT'LL BE IT'LL BE A WONDERFUL NEW FACILITY FOR THEM AND YOU KNOW I JUST THINK IN TERMS OF ALLSTON BRIGHTON THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE GREEN ACADEMY IT'S DEFINITELY THEY NEED A BIGGER BUILDING.  THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN AN INCUBATOR FOR MANY SCHOOLS. I THINK YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH ONE OF THEM MARY AND THAT'S YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S A WONDERFUL SPACE TO SORT OF DEVELOP PROGRAMING AND BE AN INCUBATOR FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS AND WE'LL BE SORRY YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE BUILDINGS BIG ENOUGH IN IT.  YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER LOCATION. UM WELL WE WOULD BE SORRY TO SEE IT GO BECAUSE A LOT OF ALLSTON BRIGHTON KIDS ACTUALLY CHOOSE TO GO THERE AT THIS POINT. SO UM, ANYWAY I'M A LITTLE UNDERWHELMED AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SEEN A MUCH BOLDER APPROACH TO THIS FIRST ROUND OF OF SCHOOL RECONFIGURATIONS AND AND TACKLING THE ISSUE THAT WE JUST HAVE WE NEED TO START DOING MOVING FASTER BECAUSE I DO APPRECIATE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL OR RENOVATE A SCHOOL AS WE FIND WITH THE WITH THE EDWARDS AND CHARLESTOWN HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR YEARS SO IT DOESN'T BECOME IT'S NOT A QUICK TURN AROUND AND AGAIN WE'RE JUST PUSHING THE WHOLE THING KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD FOR ANOTHER YEAR.  HAPPY TO RESPOND THAT IN TERMS OF THE QUESTIONS THE THEMES I HEARD WERE AROUND ENROLLMENT WHICH I THINK JAMEEL ASKED YOU TO GIVE SOME THINKING ON THAT PARTICULARLY IN THE BRAIN AUSTIN AREAS AND THAT'S WHAT COUNCILOR BREADON REPRESENTS.  I THINK WHAT YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT LAST NIGHT WAS THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN BEING A PLAN THAT BRINGS TOGETHER THE PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT OF THE DISTRICT WHICH WE KNOW FROM A DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND A SHIFTING ENROLLMENT BECAUSE IT ISN'T JUST DECLINING, IT'S ALSO SHIFTING TO A LOT MORE OF OUR MULTI-LINGUAL LEARNERS AND A LOT OF OUR YOUNGER SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. SO IT'S POST BUT IT HAS DECLINED BUT IT'S ALSO SHIFTED ESPECIALLY POST-PANDEMIC. BUT WE HAVE TO BRING TOGETHER BOTH THE PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT AND WE HAVE TO BRING TOGETHER THE ACADEMIC AND THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND I THINK WITH A LOT OF THE CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP OVER THE PAST 7 TO 10 YEARS AND BHP'S THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STARTING AND STOPPING. THERE HASN'T BEEN CONTINUITY IN DEVELOPING OUT THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMING THAT IS GOING TO ADDRESS WHAT PARENTS WANT. TO YOUR POINT ABOUT WANTING TO STAY IN THE BIPS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEIR STUDENTS GET A GOOD QUALITY EDUCATION.  WE KNOW FROM A LOT OF THE THE DEEP ENGAGEMENT WORK WE'VE DONE WITH SERVING WITH FOCUS GROUPS YOU KNOW WE'RE AT THIS POINT IT'S 12 13,000 PEOPLE THAT WE'VE ENGAGED WITH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.  IT'S CLEAR WHAT PARENTS ARE ASKING FOR FROM A STUDENT EXPERIENCE SIDE. SO THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN IS TAKING THAT KIND OF FIRST STEP TO BRING TOGETHER THE PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT WHICH IT WILL TAKE MANY YEARS TO DO ALONG WITH THE ACADEMIC AND THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE. THOSE THINGS WHEN I THINK ABOUT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS EVEN THREE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAPPENED IN THE BPC JUST ON THE CAPITAL PLANNING ALONE SIDE THERE'S BEEN THERE'S 11 LARGE SCALE CAPITAL PROJECTS WHICH FOR JUST COUNCILORS KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTS MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF WORK IN THE CPS. WE HAVE NEVER HAD THE EXTENT OF THAT WORK BEING DONE. THAT'S ALL HAPPENING THAT ALL HAS A COST TO IT. IT ALSO HAS A CAPACITY DRAW THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO AND WE DO WELL. SO HORACE MANN THAT YOU REFERENCED IS YOU KNOW FOR EXAMPLE ONE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE TRANSITION AND WE TRANSITION WELL BEFORE TURNING TO THE NEXT THING.  ADDITIONALLY ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE, I KNOW WE'VE PRESENTED AND YOU'VE HEARD FROM QUITE A FEW OF OUR STAFF AROUND INCLUSIVE OF ED INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO BREAK DOWN THE SILOS THAT HAVE EXISTED WHERE STUDENTS WHO ARE SPECIAL NEEDS AND STUDENTS WHO ARE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS HAVE MUCH GREATER CHOICE IN THE SYSTEM THAN THEY'VE EVER HAD. THEY'VE BEEN RELEGATED TO NAMELY SMALL NUMBER OF SCHOOLS TO CHOOSE FROM.  WHAT INCLUSIVE EDUCATION DOES IS IT ACTUALLY ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS HAVE ACCESS TO MORE BILINGUAL EDUCATION, MORE NEWCOMER PROGRAMING, MORE SLAVE PROGRAMING AND MORE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMING WHERE THEIR STUDENTS CAN BE ALONGSIDE THEIR NON-DISABLED PEERS. THAT IS WORK THAT'S DEEP SYSTEMIC WORK THAT THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS ITSELF WHICH REPRESENTS THE LARGEST 78 DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY HELPED US FORMULATE A PLAN THAT BY ITS OWN ADMISSION IS GOING TO TAKE 3 TO 5 YEARS TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE. SO COMING IN NOW AT MONTH 18 OR 19 FOR ME I'M TRYING TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE SUSTAINABLE NOT ONLY FLASHY BUT SUSTAINABLE AND ACTUALLY GET AT THEIR CORE WORK BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY KEEP PARENTS IN THE DISTRICT. THAT'S WHAT'S ACTUALLY TO MAKE SURE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL FOR INSTANCE THAT EARLY COLLEGE AND CAREER ISN'T HERE AND THERE BUT EVERYWHERE I DO WANT TO SHOW A SLIDE THOUGH JUST ONE IF I COULD AND THAT IS WHAT IS THE NUMBER 115. NUMBER 15 YOU ALSO HAVE A PRINT OUT IN YOUR PACKET AND COUNCILOR BREADON FOR FOR YOU IN PARTICULAR I JUST WANT TO NO THAT'S NOT IT 1111 FOLKS DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH.  OH YOU DON'T. OKAY SO YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR PACKET. IT'S NUMBER 15 AND IT'S A IT'S A GRAPH AND THE TITLE OF IT IS RETHINKING STUDENT ASSIGNMENT AND SPECIAL EDUCATION POLICY POLICIES. SO WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY PUT THE DATA OUT IN THE BEEPS THIS WAY AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.  BUT TO GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE THIS REPRESENTS A 9 TO 12 STUDENT BODY. IT'S IT'S 50 IT'S RETHINKING STUDENT ASSIGNMENT AND SPECIAL ED POLICY. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS IT IT'S IN THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE PRESENTATION FROM LAST NIGHT. OKAY COUNCIL WHERE DO KNOW LOOKS LIKE THAT NUMBER 15 YES ONE YEP THAT WOULD SO THE REASON I HIGHLIGHT THIS IS BECAUSE THIS SHOWS US A COUPLE OF THINGS. SO OF OUR ROUGHLY 15,000 15,500 STUDENT BODY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS WE HAVE MULTIPLE CATEGORIES OF HIGH SCHOOLS. WE HAVE ALTERNATIVES. WE HAVE LOTTERIES WHICH WOULD BE HORSE MAN BEAGLE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. WE HAVE EXAM SCHOOLS OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE OUR SPECIALIZED PROGRAMING WHICH MADDISON WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE WITH VOGUE TECH WE HAVE OUR SELECTED TVS WHICH HAVE SOME FORM OF APPLICATION COULD JUST BE TO FILL YOUR NAME OUT BUT THE NEW MISSIONS THE VAS WHICH HAVE ADDITIONS AND THEN WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED OPEN ENROLLMENT BRIGHTON HIGH IS AN OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHOOL SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS SPECIAL EDUCATION IN MULTI-LINK LEARNER PERCENTAGES WHICH IS THE ORANGE BAR ON THE RIGHT THE OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS SERVE ABOUT 55% OF THE SPECIAL ED AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS IN THE WHOLE DISTRICT WHEREAS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EXAM SCHOOLS THEY SERVE ROUGHLY 3% EVEN ALTERNATIVE ED ISN'T REALLY DESIGNED TO SUPPORT OUR SPECIAL ED MULTILINGUAL AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS AND SO RIGHT NOW ALSO ON THE OPEN ENROLLMENT WE HAVE SOME UNDER ENROLLED SCHOOLS THERE, RIGHT? THE BUILDINGS ARE NOT NECESSARILY FULL BUT THEY HAVE THIS REALLY HIGH CONCENTRATION OF WHAT WE WOULD CALL HIGH NEED STUDENTS.  SO A SEAT IS NOT JUST A SEAT. A SEAT REPRESENTS A STUDENT AND PARTICULAR STUDENT NEEDS. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANY KIND OF MERGER CONSOLIDATION OR CLOSURES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WE WOULD AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THESE BARRIERS IN THESE OTHER SCHOOLS FOR MULTI-LINGUAL LEARNERS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS TO ENTER WE WOULD JUST BE SHIFTING THE STUDENTS AROUND IN THE OPEN ENROLLMENT WHICH MEANS BRIGHTON HIGH WHO'S ALREADY SERVING ABOVE THE DISTRICT AVERAGE FOR SPECIAL ED MULTILINGUAL WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO TAKE MORE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS. THAT'S A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM.  THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM THAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST LIKE 510 YEARS. THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT'S HISTORIC AND BEPS IT EXISTED THIS WAY WHEN I WAS BACK IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS TO GET AT THIS WE HAVE TO WORK AT SOLUTION SETS ON THE BARRIERS SO BUILDING UP ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION IN A WAY TO MEET THE STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE NOW POST-PANDEMIC AND THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO GRADE SEVEN RIGHT SIX AND SEVEN BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO SPECIAL ED AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS ARE EXAM SCHOOLS WORKING AROUND WITH OUR PARENTS EDUCATING ABOUT HOW TO GET INVOLVED, TAKE THE EXAM, DO THE PREP RIGHT, THE KIND OF DEEP ACADEMIC WORK WE'RE DOING TO PREPARE SO THAT ALL STUDENTS INCLUDING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS HAVE A VIABLE OPTION FOR THE EXAM SCHOOLS THAT'S LIKE THESE ARE THE BREAKING DOWN OF THE BARRIERS EARLY COLLEGE AND CAREER WE'RE PUTTING A GREAT DEAL OF WORK IN TO BRIGHTON HIGH RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? PARTNERSHIP WITH B.C, YOU KNOW A PARTNERSHIP WITH UMASS. I THINK WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD SO THAT EARLY CALLED IN CAREER ISN'T A POCKET HERE AND THERE BUT IT'S ACROSS THE WHOLE DISTRICT THAT'S THE DEEP ACADEMIC AND STUDENT EXPERIENCE WORK WE HAVE TO DO AND WE'RE DOING IT RAPIDLY.  BUT TO START MOVING STUDENTS WITH CLOSURE OR CONSOLIDATIONS BEFORE THESE SEATS THAT THEY CAN GO TO THAT AGAIN TO GIVE THEM A BETTER QUALITY EDUCATION IS NOT COMMITTING OUR PROMISE TO THE FAMILIES. IT'S JUST CLOSING OR MERGING OR CONSOLIDATING SO THIS IS WORK THAT WE ARE WORKING BOTH URGENTLY BUT IT HAS TO BE STRATEGIC AND IT TAKES MORE THAN A YEAR OR TWO OF GETTING ALL THE DATA TOGETHER, LOOKING AT IT AND THEN WORKING TO GET THESE PROGRAMS BUILT IN A PROVED SO THAT WE HAVE GOOD QUALITY SEATS TO MOVE THE STUDENTS INTO BILINGUAL EDUCATION. YOU KNOW WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS IN RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE THAT WE'RE LAUNCHING AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL WE HAVE LIKE ANOTHER I THINK UP TO 11 THAT ARE IN DEPARTMENT OF ED TO BE APPROVED THOSE TAKE A YEAR TO APPROVE OR MORE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BUILD THE CURRICULUM,  YOU HAVE TO HIRE THE STAFF. SO OUR INTENTION LIKE AS WE INDICATED IN THE PLAN, WE'RE MOVING THE SYSTEM AT ALL SIDE IS NOT JUST THIS ONE PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT SIDE BUT ALL SIDES AND IT'S ACTUALLY THE ACADEMIC AND STUDENT EXPERIENCE SIDE THAT WE'RE MOVING CREATING HIGH QUALITY SEATS THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO ACCELERATE ON THE PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT BUT WE CAN'T DO IT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY HAVE HIGH QUALITY SEATS TO MOVE THE KIDS INTO. SO THAT'S WHY OUR CAPITAL PROJECT PLAN, OUR LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN IS REALLY TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO ENROLLMENT NEEDS BUT AT THE SAME TIME ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BE ABLE TO HAVE SPENT THE YEAR CULTIVATING AND WORKING WITH SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE THE WORK AT THE GARDNER THE WORK AT THE EDISON, THE WORK AT THE EDISON IS GOING BEAUTIFULLY THIS YEAR AND IN FACT AT BOTH THE EDISON AND THE GARDNER IT WORKS SO WELL THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PATTERN WHERE THE STAFF MOVE OVER FROM THE SEVENTH AND EAST TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE REGION AND THAT GIVES THE STUDENTS IN THE FAMILIES THAT POWER OF TRANSITION. RIGHT. THAT'S SO HEALTHY. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY LIKE IN EDISON, THE FAMILIES FEEL CARED FOR ARMS WRAPPED AROUND DELON HER TEAM SAME THING WITH THE GARDNER THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE MULTIPLE TIMES TALKING WITH THE FAMILIES AT THIS POINT JUST HELD ANOTHER MEETING AND THAT'S AT THE HERNANDEZ AND THAT'S ALSO AT THE HENNIGAN THAT SAME WORKS BEING DONE WE ARE ALLOWING ALL OF 2425 TO WORK ON THE TRANSITION SUPPORTS FOR THESE CHANGES BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THE BIPS WE ARE WE HAVE ANNOUNCED SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TWO MONTHS LATER AND I'VE SEEN THE TRAUMA AND THE DAMAGE IT DOES TO THE COMMUNITY.  I'VE ALSO SEEN WHERE IT'S UNFAIR TO THE KIDS SO THAT'S WHAT EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING NOT TO DO AND SO WHEN WHEN WHEN SOMEONE YOU KNOW WILL LOOK AND SAY WELL IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH OR IT'S KIND OF THE SAME OLD SAME OLD I LOOK AT IT HAVING A PRETTY DEEP HISTORY AND BEEPERS AND SAY WE'VE NEVER HAD 11 MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT REPRESENT $1.5 BILLION ON THE TABLE UNDERWAY AND HAPPENING. WE'VE NEVER THAT IS NOT LIKE THE BBC THE OLD WE HAVE NEVER IN INCLUSIVE ED TAKEN ON DISMANTLING THE DELIBERATE SEGREGATION OF BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION WE HAVE NEVER HAD THE INTENTIONALITY OF REALLY TAKING BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ACCESS IN MADE IT A PRIORITY. THESE ARE ALL VERY STARKLY DIFFERENT THINGS THAN WE'VE EVER DONE IN BEFORE AND THOSE ARE THOUGHTFUL, STRATEGIC AND THEY NEED SUPPORT AND THEY NEED A BIT OF TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS SO WE DO IT WELL WHICH IS HOW WE'VE NOT DONE IT BEFORE.  MR CHAIR, JUST FOR FOLKS WATCHING.  THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT . YOU KNOW, I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THE DISTRICT PUBLIC WATCHING THE ALTERNATIVES AND TO THESE PROGRAMS. CAN YOU ENLIGHTEN US SO SURE.  SO I AM A I'M A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF WHAT I CALL EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS FOR KIDS OR SOME CALL IT ALTERNATIVE ED BECAUSE I THINK WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT STUDENTS COME IN AND OUT OF THE SYSTEM AT DIFFERENT POINTS OF TIME IN A DIFFERENT WAYS AND SOME NEED A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE IN ORDER TO GET THAT DIPLOMA AND REACH THEIR DREAMS OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION AND A CAREER ALTERNATIVE. ED HERE HAS HAD A VERY KIND OF STORIED JOURNEY BACK WHEN WE WERE HERE WHEN I WAS HERE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS WE DID A LOT WITH CARLOS DIAZ AND HIS LEADERSHIP AND VISION TO BUILD THE SYSTEM UP. SO WE HAD A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY AND WE COULD REALLY WORK WITH FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TO GET THEM INTO THAT IN ONE SHOT OF AN ALTERNATIVE ED SETTING BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PICK A SECOND ONE. SO THAT ONE SHOT OF THAT SCHOOL OR THAT PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO HELP GET THEM TO WHERE THEIR THEIR DREAMS ARE MET I THINK A COMBINATION OF THE LEADERSHIP CHANGES LOTS OF PHILOSOPHY, DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES ABOUT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION IN THE PANDEMIC WAS KIND OF A PERFECT STORM FOR THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE A DRIFT THE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS WE HAVE AND OTHERS DON'T BECAUSE THE NEEDS OF KIDS HAVE CHANGED IN THE STUDENT BODY WE HAVE HAS CHANGED SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE PROPOSAL THAT I THINK IS BOLD AND IT'S SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO TEN YEARS AGO WAS TO LAUNCH A SECOND BOSTON ADULT TECHNICAL ACADEMY WHICH WE CALL BEDA THIS TIME IN EAST BOSTON BECAUSE WE HAD THE ISSUE OF OUR EAST BOSTON STUDENTS WHERE WE HAVE A LARGE 18 TO 22 YEAR POPULATION OF EMILY'S STUDENTS WHO COME IN HARD WORKING CAN'T POSSIBLY MEET THE REGS FOR GRADUATION AND THEY NEED EXTRA TIME IN A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO IT AND THEY NEED TO WORK AND SO BODY RESPONDS TO THAT. THAT'S THEIR MODEL RIGHT NOW THE KIDS HAVE TO COME ACROSS THE BRIDGE IF THEY LIVE IN EAST OR CHARLESTOWN THEY HAVE TO COME A LONG JOURNEY TO GET TO THAT SCHOOL. SO FOR KIDS THAT ARE ALREADY OR ADULTS THAT ARE ALREADY TRYING TO WORK GET THEIR DIPLOMA, KEEP GOING AT IT AND HAVING TO TRAVEL IT'S TOO MUCH. WE ARE LAUNCHING A NEW SIGHTING OVER THERE CALLED BORDER EAST WHICH WILL BE IN THE OLD EXCEL CHARTER BUILDING WHICH WE HAVE WE HAVE UNDER LEASE.  WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING THE STAFF FOR THAT. IT'LL YOU KNOW, IT SERVES OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS LOTS OF ESL, LOTS OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE STUDENTS IN EARLY COLLEGE. SO WE'LL BE TAKING THE SUCCESSFUL MODEL OF BORDER AND MOVING IT BECAUSE WE'RE RESPONDING TO WHAT THE STUDENTS NEED.  THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN ALL THAT WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO WHO THE STUDENTS ARE AND WHAT THEY NEED AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HASN'T HAPPENED AS MUCH IS IN THE ALTERNATIVE ED SYSTEM HERE WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE EARLY COLLEGE AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES LIKE WE DO IN THE OTHER SCHOOLS. MY EXPERIENCE OF STUDENTS THAT ARE IN ALTERNATIVE ED IS THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE SAME DREAMS AS EVERY OTHER HIGH SCHOOL KID . THEY WANT ACCESS TO SPORTS. THEY WANT ACCESS TO SOCIAL EVENTS, THEY WANT ACCESS TO EARLY COLLEGE AND BEING ABLE TO GO ON AND GET A DIPLOMA AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO START A CAREER. IT'S THE AS THE KIDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS. SO WE ARE NOW BUILDING THAT CAPACITY INTO THE ALTERNATIVE. ED SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A KIND OF A DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT OF OF EARLY OF ALTERNATIVE ED IN THE PROGRAMING BUT ALSO IN WHO THEY SERVE RIGHT NOW IF YOU A SPECIAL EDUCATION YOU DON'T HAVE NEARLY AS MANY OPTIONS AN ALTERNATIVE IT IF YOU ARE A MULTILINGUAL LEARNER ASIDE FROM BODY YOU DON'T HAVE AS MANY OPTIONS.  SO PART OF THIS IS AS YOU SEE FROM THIS SLIDE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN SERVE SPECIAL EDUCATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST. STUDENTS AT DISTRICT AVERAGE OR NEAR SO THAT'S WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVE ED WE TALK ABOUT THAT SMALL SET OF SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS THAT SERVES WHAT I CONSIDER A MAGNIFICENT GROUP OF KIDS IN THE BEEPS WHO REALLY JUST NEED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. I'LL COME BACK WITH OTHER QUESTION THANK YOU THAT'S VERY . YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE PANEL.  JUST FOLLOWING UP ON SOME PART OF THAT BACK AND FORTH. YOU KNOW, AS A AS A MISSION HILL PARENT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GET TWO MONTHS EVEN ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FOUND OUT OUR SCHOOL WAS CLOSING FOR THE END OF THE YEAR. SO I AND I'VE BEEN PUSHING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU ANNOUNCE THE SCHOOL CLOSINGS AND I'VE BEEN PLEASED TO HEAR SEVERAL TIMES THAT SCHOOLS WOULD NOT CLOSE FOR UNTIL THE END OF THE NEXT YEAR. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, PROCEED DELIBERATELY AND GIVE FAMILIES ENOUGH TIME TO DO THAT. I GUESS PART OF MY CONCERN I HAVE GETTING TO MY CONCERN FROM THE THE SORT OF UNDERWHELMING KIND OF LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN OR WHERE IS SO WE'RE DEDICATED TO INCLUSION. CORRECT. CORRECT.  AND SO CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN TO TO WHAT TO ME AS SOMEBODY WHO AS A NON EDUCATION PERSON WHAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES YOU NEED IN A SCHOOL TO HAVE AN INCLUSION PLAN THAT AREN'T THERE NOW?  I MEAN LIKE A K THROUGH EIGHT? SURE. SO WE HAVE THEM SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING INCLUSION AND THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF IT. IN SOME SCHOOLS THEY DO A TEAM APPROACH IN OTHER SCHOOLS THEY MAY HAVE TWO EDUCATORS AND THEY MAY HAVE AN EDUCATOR IN A PARA . IT REALLY IT VARIES IN A VARIES BY AGE AND IT VARIES BY SOMETIMES HISTORY OF HOW A SCHOOL KIND OF WENT ABOUT THINGS WE WE SORT OF LOOK AT ACROSS 219 SCHOOLS RECOGNIZED THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENCES. SO FOR US TO SAY YOU HAVE TO DO A OF ANY ONE PARTICULAR WAY MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT WORK THE SCHOOL. INSTEAD WHAT WE DID WAS TO IN THE BUDGET PROCESS TO WELL FIRST OF ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SCHOOL HAD WHAT WE CALLED AN INCLUSION PLANNING TEAM. THE IDEA WAS THAT TEAM REPRESENTED THE SCHOOL WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL LEADER TO LOOK AT WHO THEIR STUDENTS WERE AND WOULD BE IN THE INCOMING CLASS TO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS? BECAUSE INCLUSION AT DAY'S END IS ABOUT MAKING SURE STUDENT NEEDS ARE MET ON A CONTINUUM PRI P STUDENTS.  SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE FIRST STEP THOSE TEAMS MET AND DID DEVELOPMENT ALL YEAR AND THEY ALSO WILL BE MEETING NEXT YEAR AS WELL RIGHT AS NEW STUDENTS COME IN AS WE GET DATA BACK FROM KIND OF WHATEVER WAY THE STUDENT THE SCHOOL IS IMPLEMENTING IT. WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT? THERE MIGHT BE STUDENTS THAT ENTER SCHOOL THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BECAUSE THE STUDENT'S NEEDS WERE PREDICTED. SO THOSE TEAMS ARE SORT OF EVERY SINGLE MONTH MEETING. SOME MORE FREQUENTLY TO BE ABLE TO REALLY MONITOR THAT WITH OUR WITH OUR OFFICE RIGHT WITH OUR OFFICE SERVICES AND ACADEMIC TEAM IN EACH SCHOOL. EVERY SCHOOL WAS FUNDED SO THAT FROM A COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT ANY KIND OF SERVICE ON IEPS WOULD BE MET. THEN ADDITIONALLY EACH SCHOOL THROUGH THE AP TEAM PUT FORWARD A PLAN AS TO HOW THEY WOULD WELCOME AND BE ABLE TO SERVE STUDENTS THAT TRADITIONALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A SELF-CONTAINED SETTING WHO NOW WOULD BE JOINING INTO AN INCLUSIVE SETTING. THOSE ARE VERY VARIED. RIGHT. WHAT PEOPLE PUT DOWN.  I THINK PART OF THE STRUGGLE WAS THAT YOU KNOW WE WERE COMING DOWN OFF OF ESSER IN SO IN THE FIRST RENDITION OF THE PLANS WE RECEIVED SOME SCHOOLS WERE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR POSITIONS THAT WERE. ESSER POSITIONS. UNDERSTAND I WAS A SCHOOL LEADER LIKE YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE THOSE POSITIONS. BUT THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY CORRELATE TO THE INCLUSIVE PLAN. THEY WEREN'T STUDENT FACING POSITIONS. THEY WEREN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO MOVE THE WORKFORCE.  FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING INTO INCLUSIVE ED SO WE HAD A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TEAMS AND IT WAS BEEN A PROCESS LIKE A REAL ITERATIVE PROCESS OF ARRIVING AT WHAT THAT RESOURCE LOOKED LIKE FOR THE SCHOOLS. AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED. YOU KNOW WE SAID IN OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION WE'VE RESERVED SOME FUNDING SO THAT IF STUDENT NEED CHANGES, IF SOMETHING IF THERE WAS YOU KNOW, THE TEAM UNDERESTIMATED SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE SOME EXTRA DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT. BUT WE MADE SURE THROUGH THE IBT PROCESS THAT EVERY SCHOOL HAD A PLAN. THEY WERE COMFORTABLE WITH WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT COULD MOVE THE INCLUSIVE WORK FORWARD. SO IT'S NOT IN SOME IN MOST CASES IT'S A TEAM A PLAN WHERE YOU'LL HAVE A COMBINATION OF GENERAL EDUCATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION IN ESL TEACHERS, SOMETIMES READING SPECIALIST.  SOMETIMES IT COULD BE CLINICAL SUPPORTS COMING IN AND OUT IN PUSHING PULL OUT DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT SCHOOL ACTUALLY DECIDED WAS GOING TO BE THE WAY THEY WERE GOING TO DEVELOP THE SERVICE MODEL.  AND DAVID, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT. I GET SO I THINK HE'S SAYING NO. SO I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF BUT THE SO DOES THE AVERAGE SCHOOL NEED LIKE MORE TEACHERS TO TO GIVE YOU KNOW, TO ADEQUATELY IMPLEMENT INCLUSION FOR SOME SOME SCHOOLS ALREADY HAD STAFFING BECAUSE THEY WERE EITHER DOING INCLUSIVE ED ALREADY SO THEY THEY HAD THAT STAFF RATIO OR THEY HAD THE LIKE APPROPRIATE TYPE OF TEACHERS LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION OR ESL TEACHERS OTHER SCHOOLS WE NEEDED TO ADD IN SOMETIMES FOR ESL WE HAD TO ADD IN AS WELL OR TAKE OUT DEPENDING ON WHO THE STUDENTS WERE THAT WERE BEING ASSIGNED. I THINK IT WAS A WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE 2.3 WAS THE AVERAGE FTE THAT WAS ADDED IN. I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. YEAH I THINK IT WAS 2.3 BUT DAVE IT'LL CLARIFY OVER AND ABOVE WHAT SCHOOLS ALREADY HAD FOR COMPLIANCE THAT WAS ADDED IN THAT WAS THE AVERAGE IN THE SCHOOLS. WELL I MEAN SO SO MY CONCERN FOLLOWING UP ON LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU KNOW WE'RE WE'RE WE HAVE DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND YOU KNOW WE CONSOLIDATION IS ONE WAY OF DEALING WITH THAT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN PROVIDE YOU KNOW FOR THE KIDS THAT THAT WE HAVE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. BUT WE'RE WE'RE FOR WITH INCLUSION MAYBE WE ARE INCLUDING A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE PER SCHOOL BUT WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT MAKING THE SACRIFICE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ACTUALLY CONSOLIDATING THE SCHOOLS. SO IT DOES TO JUST SORT OF SORT OF PAIR IT WITH COUNCILOR BREADON SUGGESTED IT SEEMS LIKE PASSING THE BUCK SO YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE SOMETHING BUT NOT HAVE TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE WE WERE GOING TO GET THAT YOU SAVE RESOURCES BY CLOSING SCHOOLS. SO I YOU KNOW, JUST SHOULD BE CAN RESPOND TO THAT. SURE. SO WE WE SEE THIS AS SOMETHING THAT EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE HAVE TO WORK TOWARD EFFICIENCY ON TO THAT SLIDE THAT I SHOWED, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL THINK WHEN YOU CLOSE A SCHOOL THAT YOU AUTUMN OR SEE YOU MERGE SCHOOLS THAT YOU AUTOMATICALLY GET THIS COST SAVINGS. IT DEPENDS ON WHO THE STUDENTS ARE.  IF YOU'RE MOVING HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF SPECIAL ED AND MLS STUDENTS LIKE AS YOU SEE IN THE OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS FOR INSTANCE, YOU STILL HAVE TO SERVE THOSE CHILDREN. ALL THAT RESOURCE STILL STAYS IN THE SYSTEM AND HAS TO MOVE OVER THE COST SAVINGS IS REALLY ON JANITOR SEATS AND THOSE ARE NOT PLENTIFUL ON THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE. SO IT'S YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC IN HOW WE DO COST SAVINGS. FOR INSTANCE LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR WE'VE WE'VE CLOSED ABOUT 75 CLASSROOMS AND WE'VE DONE IT IN A WAY THAT ALLOWED THE SCHOOL TO FUNCTIONALLY MOVE FORWARD FINE, MAKE SURE STAFFING IS WHAT IT NEEDS. BUT EACH OF THOSE CLASS CONSOLIDATIONS BRINGS BACK INTO THE BBC ROUGHLY 100 GRAND WHEN WE CLOSED SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES. THAT'S A MUCH BIGGER SAVINGS RIGHT BECAUSE YOU'RE CLOSING ACTUAL COHORT IN SO THAT'S THE REASON WE'VE BEEN SO FOCUSED ON CLOSING SEVENTH AND IS BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL IT ALIGNS TO THE PRE-K TO SIX SEVEN, 12 THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE ADOPTED. BUT SECONDLY IT THOSE ARE FOR THE MOST PART LIKE A LOT OF THOSE EMPTY SEATS THAT RESIDE IN THOSE SEVEN EIGHT. SO WE'RE BEING VERY STRATEGIC ADDITIONALLY.  JUST TO REMIND COUNCIL BUT WE FOUND $17 MILLION IN EFFICIENCIES IN THE CENTRAL LAST YEAR THAT WAS PART THIS HAS BEEN PART OF OUR BUDGET THAT WE PUT FORWARD. SO AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE ARE DOING CONSOLIDATIONS, MERGERS IS AND IN SOME CASES A FEW OF THE CLOSURES WE PUT FORWARD FOR THIS YEAR WE'RE BUILDING THE SYSTEMS FOR THE CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THE FUTURE CLOSURES. WE ARE ALSO MAKING SURE FROM A LARGE DISTRICT STANDPOINT THAT WE ARE BEING AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE IN AREAS LIKE TRANSPORTATION, FOOD SERVICE,  YOU KNOW ALL OF THE AREAS THAT YOU CAN SQUEEZE DOLLARS OUT OF . I AM HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE IS I KNOW SAM IS YOU KNOW OR BRIAN SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS. SECOND ROUND THANK YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCIL FINANCE JENISON AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE HAS JOINED US. COUNSELOR SANTANA, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND GOOD MORNING, SUPERINTENDENT . REALLY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR SOME GREAT QUESTIONS AND SOME GREAT ANSWERS. SUPERINTENDENT . YOU KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON INCLUSIVE EDUCATION SO I'LL START THERE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE WHERE WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, YOU'RE SPEAKING IN A WAY LIKE THE FINAL PRODUCT OF WHERE WE WANT TO BE.  I WANT TO KNOW THIS IS DO I KNOW IT TAKES TIME. IT'S GOING TO TAKE IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE YEARS TO REALLY DEVELOP THIS.  RIGHT. WHAT CAN PARENTS AND STUDENTS EXPECT THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR IN TERMS OF VERY INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AND I KNOW YOU KNOW YOU'VE AND YOU KNOW PREVIOUS YOU TALKED ABOUT OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS STUDENTS AT IEP. CAN WE CAN YOU TALK ABOUT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND WHAT CAN THEY EXPECT THIS UPCOMING YEAR FOR OUR SCHOOLS?  SURE. SO RELATIVE TO THE INCLUSIVE ED IN K0 K1K2 AND THEN SEVENTH AND NINTH IN THOSE GRADES WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS TO BEGIN THE INCLUSIVE PROCESS AND THAT MEANS IF A STUDENT IS ON AN IEP AT THEIR TEAM MEETING, IF THE TEAM AND THE PARENT AGREE THAT THAT STUDENT IS ELIGIBLE AND CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN AN INCLUSIVE SETTING, THEN THAT TEAM WILL NOW HAVE A C WHICH MEANS IN THEIR OWN SCHOOL OR IF THEY WERE TO WANT TO MOVE SCHOOL THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THOSE ARE HAPPEN TO BE TRANSITION GRADES AS WELL RIGHT IN SEVENTH IN LIFE IN K-2. SO I THINK WHEN THE COUNCIL GETS TO THE SCHOOL SORT OF RECOMMENDED WEEK WE STARTED WITH TRANSITION GRADES KNOWING THAT THAT'S WHEN PARENTS ACTUALLY HAVE CHOICE AND STUDENTS SO DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE THEY WILL SEE SCHOOLS THAT THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO NECESSARILY GET A SEAT AT IF THEY WERE COMING FROM A SELF-CONTAINED SETTING.  IN THE CASE OF OUR MULTI-LINGUAL LEARNERS WE ARE WORKING RAPIDLY ON THE BILINGUAL SIDE TO FIRST OF ALL ACROSS PATHWAYS ANY OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE DOING ANY WHAT WE CALL KIND OF RCI OR LANGUAGE SPECIFIC PATHWAYS WE NEVER WE NEVER COULD GUARANTEE THAT THE TEACHER WHO WAS TEACHING THAT SPOKE THE LANGUAGE THE NATIVE LANGUAGE. WE ARE WORKING IN CONCENTRATION WITH CHIEF CANTY IN HER DEPARTMENT TO HIRE RAPIDLY MORE BILINGUAL STAFF SO THAT WE CAN GIVE START TO GIVE THAT ASSURANCE AROUND THOSE PROGRAMS . IF YOU ARE A NEWCOMER STUDENT FOR PARENTS IT'LL BE A LOT CLEARER WHAT THE PROGRAM OFFERS AND WHAT THE ENTRANCE AND THE EXIT CRITERIA ARE. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE NEVER ENGAGED WITH PARENTS ON IN THE WAY WE NEEDED TO. IF YOU ARE A SLIGHT STUDENT IN PARENT YOU WILL HAVE MORE SAFE PROGRAMING. YOU WILL HAVE SOME FOR INSTANCE IN MARGARITA MUNIS YOU'LL ACTUALLY HAVE THE SPANISH WIFE BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING THAT OVER. SO THE ACCESS TO OTHER KINDS OF SCHOOLS IF YOU'RE A SLAVE STUDENT WILL BE THERE. ADDITIONALLY, YOU WILL FOR SURE HAVE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT WITHIN THE SLAVE PROGRAMING AS WE MAINTAINED OUR BILINGUAL SOCIAL WORKERS WE SAW THOSE AS ESSENTIAL WITHIN PSYCH. WE'RE ALSO JUST MAKING SURE EVEN THOUGH THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE US LIFE IS MUCH REGULATION WITH LIFE. WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE TIGHT THAT EVERY SLAVE PROGRAM THE TEACHERS ARE GETTING PAID AND THEY YOU KNOW WE KNOW THE PARENTS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT PROGRAM. WE HAVE IN THE Q WITH DASSEY RIGHT NOW AN ADDITIONAL UP TO 11 PROGRAMS WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE NEWCOMER PROGRAMING AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL AND THEN WE'RE CHINESE CAPE VERDE VERDEAN AND SPANISH.  THERE'S THREE NEW ONES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW FOR AUTHORIZATION FROM THE STATE WHICH WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED SO WE CAN START WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY. I WENT OUT AND MET WITH DIFFERENT I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND WHEN I MET WITH THE CAPE WERE REALLY IN COMMUNITY AND CHINESE COMMUNITY IN THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY ALL IN IN THE ARABIC SOMALI COMMUNITY THEY ALL MUSLIM COMMUNITY THEY ALL INDICATED A DEEP PASSION FOR WANTING TO PRESERVE RIGHT AND HERITAGE AND CULTURE IN THE NATIVE AMERICAN ACTUALLY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. SO MY POINT IS THAT THIS IS COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY WHAT THEY WANT WITH LANGUAGE IN THE PROGRAMS AND WE'RE RESPONDING SOMETIMES THERE'S CURRICULUM ALREADY DEVELOPED SOMETIMES WE HAVE STAFF ALREADY WHO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE BUT OTHER TIMES WE HAVE TO DEVELOP THAT AND SO WE'LL WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY EVEN AROUND STAFFING, GETTING COMMUNITY TO APPLY OR TO GET INTO PIPELINE PROGRAMS SO AS A STUDENT YOU KNOW AND A PARENT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL START TO SEE NEXT YEAR DIFFERENT THAN YOU HAVE IN THE PAST WITH IPS. BUT YOU WILL SEE THEM MORE FREQUENTLY NOW GOING FORWARD. GREAT. THANK YOU.  AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED CHIEF CANTY AND THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING TO TRY TO GET RAPID BILINGUAL TEACHERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW NOTHING TO ANSWER RIGHT NOW BUT WE'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DOING IN TERMS OF TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE AND CREATING INCENTIVES FOR OUR MULTI LINGUAL TEACHERS.  SUPERINTENDENT , I THINK I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CAPITAL PLANS AND LIKE FUTURE OF OUR SCHOOLS.  I WANT TO TALK ABOUT JUST PUBLIC SAFETY FOR A SECOND AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SEEN THE YOU KNOW, CAPITAL PLANS OF WHAT THAT IS, I THINK PUBLIC SAFETY SHOULD BE PART OF EVERY SINGLE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE MAKING AND BP HAS. AND QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN VISITING SCHOOLS VISITING YOU KNOW, LIBRARIES WHERE STUDENTS ARE WHO ARE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, AND I ASK THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IMPROVING YOUR SCHOOL? AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY'RE SHY.  YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL LUNCH AND I'M LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MOST OF THEM DON'T TALK ABOUT AND SAY THAT THEY WANT TO SEE, RIGHT? YEAH. AND SO MAYBE NOT SURPRISING BUT MORE RECENTLY A LOT OF THEM LIKE YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT THE SCHOOL LUNCH. RIGHT? I CARE ABOUT MY PUBLIC SAFETY. I MEAN I DON'T FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL AND YOU KNOW, I ASK WHAT PROTOCOLS ARE IN SCHOOL FOR FOR FOR YOU TO FEEL SAFE. THEY TAKE OUR BAGS FOR THEIR TIME READY OR REAL CHECK ONE OF THE CASE MAY BE WHAT DO WE DOING?  YOU KNOW, ON A HIGH LEVEL BUT ALMOST LIKE ON A SCHOOL BY SCHOOL LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT OUR OUR STUDENTS FEEL SAFE AND ARE SAFE IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW AND BEFORE YOU ANSWER, I THINK OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SAFE HAVENS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, SOME OF OUR TEACHERS AND EVERYONE WHO'S WORKING IN THEM. AND THIS THIS PATTERN AND THIS THEME THAT I'M SEEING IT'S NOT JUST IN ONE SCHOOL OR ONE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY. SO YOU KNOW CAN YOU CAN YOU SPEAK THAT A LITTLE BIT? SURE. YEAH. I THINK SCHOOL SAFETY HAS A LOT OF ELEMENTS TO IT, RIGHT. I THINK AS YOU AND I HAVE TALKED, THERE'S THE PHYSICAL SCHOOL SAFETY, THERE'S THE EMOTIONAL SCHOOL SAFETY.  UM, I THINK FIRST OF ALL SO SO BECAUSE OF THAT YOU NEED TO APPROACH IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS WHICH I THINK WE ARE DOING.  FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, THERE IS I WILL SAY THE VAST MAJORITY OF TIMES THAT A WEAPONS GETS REPORTED BEING A KNIFE OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT ALMOST ALWAYS COMES FROM KIDS.  IT'S NOT IT'S NOT ALWAYS BECAUSE THERE'S A METAL DETECTOR IN PLACE. THE METAL DETECTOR CAN CERTAINLY BE A SIGNAL TO A STUDENT TO REMEMBER NOT TO DO THIS BUT AT THE END IT'S REALLY KIDS MONITORING EACH OTHER AND BUILDING A CULTURE IN A SCHOOL WHERE THEY WANT TO BE SAFE AND THEY WANT TO KEEP THE SCHOOL SAFE THAT USUALLY THAT INFORMATION COMES FORWARD.  AND SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE CULTURE BUILDING IN THE SCHOOLS. THIS IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ANTI-BULLYING, UM, YOU KNOW, ANTI-RACISM AND BIAS WORK. THIS IS ABOUT YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE SOCIAL WORKERS THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE CLINICAL PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS. WE'VE DEVELOPED AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD AND BP'S AND DEPARTMENT DOES THREAT ASSESSMENTS. THEY FOLLOW YOU KNOW, THE AND NATIONAL PROTOCOLS. SO IF A STUDENT IF THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT A STUDENT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ACTUAL ASSESSMENT WE CAN DO TO DETERMINE WHAT OTHER SUPPORTS THAT STUDENT NEEDS. SO IT'S REALLY A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE'VE ADDED IN FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT OUR SCHOOL SAFETY WHICH IS OUR SCHOOL SPECIALISTS . WE'VE NOW UNDER CHIEF COAKLEY'S LEADERSHIP TRAINED ALL OF THEM IN DE-ESCALATION TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICE SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE THEY KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR. THEY KNOW WHICH STUDENTS MIGHT BE STRUGGLING AND WHO COULD BE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR TO OTHERS. AND SO THAT'S A BIG STEP THAT WE HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY DONE. WE'VE ALSO ADDED IN THE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS AND THIS IS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A NEW MODEL FOR US, RIGHT IN A IN SOME OF THE FOLKS HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN IN THE STREET WORK OR POSITIONS AND THEN NOW ON THE BPA SIDE BUT REALLY WE DID THIS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT HAPPEN IN OUR SCHOOL START OUTSIDE AND THEN THEY COME INTO THE SCHOOL AND THEY START OUTSIDE AT THE TS AT CERTAIN RESTAURANT AREAS THAT WE KNOW AND YOU KNOW SOME OF THE SHOPPING MALLS THERE'S CERTAIN HOTSPOTS THAT KIDS GATHER. ISSUES HAPPEN AND THEN IT COMES INTO THE SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY. SO THOSE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS HAVE A STAGGERED SCHEDULE SO THAT THEY CAN BE IN THOSE PLACES. SO IF WE IF WE'RE HEARING STUDENTS ARE HAVING AN ISSUE, THEY CAN GO AND WORK ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION WITH THE KIDS. IF AN ISSUE DOES HAPPEN THEY CAN WORK ON RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICE. RIGHT. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THE RJ WORK ON THE STUDENT SUPPORT AND THAT IS REALLY WITHIN WITHIN EACH OF THE REGIONAL NETWORKS MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A YOU KNOW, AN ARE A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICE COACH THAT CAN WORK IN THE SCHOOLS TO GET BECAUSE THAT'S A THAT'S A WHOLE CULTURE IN A SCHOOL. SO WE HAVE TO AT ALL LEVELS FOR THIS. I THINK WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THIS IS A CITY AND DISTRICT INITIATIVE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE STUFF THAT DOES HAPPEN OUTSIDE THAT COMMUNICATION SO THAT WE KNOW LIKE SOMETHING'S HAPPENED AT SOUTH BAY OR SOMETHING'S HAPPENED SOMEPLACE THEN WE CAN START UNPACKING FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND TRY TO YOU KNOW,  MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED AND THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. IT'S ALSO ABOUT BUILDING CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRAMING FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THAT MEANS IN THE AFTERSCHOOL HOURS, THE WEEKENDS IN PARTICULAR YOU KNOW, COREY MCCARTHY AND STUDENT SUPPORT HAVE WORKED WITH BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT TO GET A LOT OF LIKE THEY'VE GOT BASKETBALL LEAGUES GOING SOCCER LEAGUES LIKE ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THE WEEKEND SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE GOOD CHOICES RIGHT THERE IN, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONAL STUFF AND YOU KNOW, IT'S HEALTHY. SO IT'S IT'S A COMPLEX ISSUE WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE TO WORK IT FROM ALL SIDES NOW.  GREAT. THANK YOU. I WILL HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ON PUBLIC SAFETY BY NEXT ROUND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCILOR MEJIA HAS JOINED US COUNCIL FINANCE ANDERSON, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  MORNING. GOOD MORNING.  I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO LIKE MORE BUDGETARY NUMBERS IN ROUND TWO. BE AROUND TO THE CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION I'M GOING TO CIRCLE RIGHT BACK TO O'BRYANT BECAUSE WHERE?  WAITING ON AN EMAIL OR SOME SORT OF CORRESPONDENCE. A FOLLOW UP ABOUT AND I THINK THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE YOU WAS SUPERINTENDENT WE HAD DISCUSSED AND YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO LOOK INTO IT AND TRY TO GET BACK TO ME BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH A TIMELINE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THAT. YES. SO DO YOU WANT TO JUST UPDATE? THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILOR . SO ON THE O'BRYANT I THINK A WEEK OR SO AGO I MET WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM THE O'BRYANT WHO HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT LIKE THE PROJECT AND ALSO LIKE WHAT LIKE TIMELINE WOULD LOOK LIKE SHARED THAT COMMUNITY THAT THE O'BRYANT ALONG LIKE AS WE HAVE THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN NOW THE O'BRYANT AND OTHER PROJECTS THE O'BRYANT IS STILL A PRIORITY FOR THE MAYOR BOTH THE MAYOR AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AS WE'RE SORT OF LIKE PHASING IN LIKE THE CAPITAL PLAN AND WITH THE CAPITAL BUDGET JUST LIKE ALIGNING ON LIKE WHERE THE O'BRYANT LIKE SITS IN SORT OF LIKE THE CAPITAL BUDGET CONVERSATION AND LIKE WHEN THAT PROJECTS LIKE CAN AND WILL BE STARTED THIS THE SPECIFIC PROJECT AROUND O'BRYANT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE LIKE OUR TEAM WILL BE MOVING FORWARD LIKE RIGHT NOW IT IS A PART OF LIKE ALL OF THE OTHER LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN AND CAPITAL BUDGET CONVERSATIONS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THAT COMMUNITY AND ALSO IN THE AS WE'RE DOING THE MADISON PARK PROJECT ARE SPACES THAT MADISON PARK AND O'BRYANT WOULD BE SHARING WITHIN OUR COMPLEX. SO THAT WILL BE UPGRADED LIKE AS PART OF LIKE THE MADISON PARK PROJECT AND THEN THERE'S SORT OF LIKE DAY TO DAY LIKE FACILITIES PIECES THAT WILL WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM TO MAINTAIN IN THE BUILDING.  IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET US A TIMELINE OF WHEN THOSE FACILITY ISSUES WILL BE CORRECTED OR IMPROVED?  YEAH. BRIAN DO YOU WANT TO JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT O'BRYANT? I KNOW YOU'VE THE CEILINGS IN PARTICULAR. THANK YOU. IF IF IF YOU CAN SEND ME IN WRITING THROUGH THE CHAIR A LIST OF FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED AND A TIMELINE TO GET THAT DONE.  I THINK JUST THE COMMUNICATING TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAYING THIS IS WHAT IT IS. WE'VE DONE AN ASSESSMENT I KNOW WE TALKED A OF YEARS AGO AND YOU SO ELOQUENTLY LAID OUT A PLAN AND THEN DASHBOARD. THANK YOU.  AND SO I AND I APPRECIATE THE ANSWER ON THE LONG TERM AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. I GUESS JUST COMMUNICATING TO THE COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY ON FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.  YEP. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILOR . ABSOLUTELY.  I CAN GET YOU OVER A LIST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING AS OF RIGHT NOW AS YOU KNOW THIS FISCAL YEAR, THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE IN WE COMPLETED FACILITIES CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND UNLIKE MANY YEARS PAST IT'S A COMMON INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COHESIVELY ASSESS ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS ACROSS ALL THE MAJOR PROJECTS AND MAJOR IN OUR AREA AND THAT ALLOWED US TO CREATE AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR THE FACILITIES TEAM THAT ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS EACH ONE OF THESE. IN ADDITION TO THAT WHAT WE DID IS WE CREATED A PRIORITY LIST THAT TAKES INTO THE EXISTING CONDITION REMAINING USEFUL LIFE BUT THEN WE FACTOR IN THE EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY INDEX AND RACIAL PLANNING AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THEM EFFICIENTLY.  I APPRECIATED THAT IT'S HOLISTIC. I SAW THAT I WENT THROUGH ALL OF YOUR DIFFERENT SECTIONS IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITY INDEX AS TO IN TERMS OF LIKE ACTUAL HARD CORE LIKE FACILITY ISSUES AND THEY SCORED PRETTY LOW. SO JUST REALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT GETTING SOME IMPROVEMENTS.  O'BRYANT I THINK SCORED SIX IN MASSACHUSETTS.  YOU KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO SOME PEOPLE AROUND HERE WANT TO TALK ABOUT BOSTON LATIN BUT I STILL THINK O'BRIEN'S THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL IN BOSTON.  BUT IF WE CAN GET IF WE CAN GET GOING. I APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY.  IN THE TIMELINE JUST THE TIMELINE, WHAT IT IS WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WHEN.  PLEASE. THANK YOU. THE LONG TERM FACILITY PLANS MENTION MENTIONS THAT ALL OF THE FACILITIES AND BPC WERE GIVEN OVERALL BUILDING EXPERIENCE SCORE AND SO DOES A LOW SCORING BUILDING ACCORDING TO OVERALL BUILDING EXPERIENCE SCORE MEAN THAT THE FACILITY WOULD BE PRIORITIZED BY DEVELOPMENT OR CLOSURE?  THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE BUILDING WOULD BE CLOSED.  THERE'S A BUCKET LIKE WHEN LOOKING THROUGH THAT DATA THERE WITH THE BUILDING EXPERIENCE SCORE IT'S LIKE CAN THAT BUILDING?  LIKE EVEN THOUGH THE BUILDING EXPERIENCE SCORE IS LOW IT'S LIKE LOOKING AT CAN THAT BUILDING FIT A MODEL SPACE RIGHT?  LIKE SO CAN WE PRIORITIZE THAT BUILDING FOR RENOVATION FOR X EXPANSION IN SOME WAY? ANOTHER BUCKET THAT WE THINK ABOUT IS CAN WE LOOK AT POSSIBLY LIKE MERGING THOSE SMALL COMMUNITIES AND MERGING ONE SCHOOL COMMUNITY WITH ANOTHER? AS WE'RE LOOKING AT IT LIKE PROGRAMMATICALLY INCLUSION POSSIBLE EXPANDING TO THIS K THROUGH SIX SEVEN THROUGH 12 MODEL WITH RENOVATION SO THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE POSSIBILITIES LIKE OUTSIDE OF CLOSURE LIKE WHEN LOOKING AT THE BUILDING EXPERIENCE SCORES. I UNDERSTAND I REALLY DO I THINK IN TERMS OF IT'S A VERY VERY COMPLEX PLANNING PROCESS AND I DON'T EVEN PRETEND TO BE AN EXPERT OR EVEN HALFWAY THERE. BUT IN CONSIDERING YOUR PLANS BASED ON NEED, BASED ON FACILITY ASSESSMENT, BASED ON OPPORTUNITY INDEX, BASED ON WHAT CAN BE MERGED, WHERE CAN WE SAVE MONEY? WHAT CAN BE CLOSED, WHAT CAN BE REDONE, IMPROVED FACILITIES LIKE ALL OF THESE TYPES OF LIKE THINGS YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER. IT'S A LOT IT'S VERY COMPLEX AND I THINK THAT YOUR THE WAY YOU'RE DELIVERING INFORMATION TO US IF IT WAS SOME SORT OF PREZI INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE CONSUMABLE. BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO GO FROM DOCUMENT TO DOCUMENT AND DOCUMENT IT DOES TAKE MORE TIME . SO MY NEXT QUESTION JUST I'M JUST GOING TO I'M JUST GOING TO GET RIGHT TO THE CRUX OF WHAT EVERYBODY IS THINKING TALKING OR BOOMERANG THAT BEEPS SHOULD NOT BE APPROVED THAT THE BEEPS BUDGET SHOULD GO TO 130 AND THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE TWO SHOULD SHOULD BE FORCED TO COME HERE EVERY MONTH OR SO TO PROVE THAT THERE'S THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS OR THAT YOU'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU SHOULD LAY OUT BENCHMARKS AND METRICS AND THEY SHOULD COMMUNICATE THAT TRANSPARENTLY THROUGH A DASHBOARD AND WE SHOULD SEE RETURN ON INVESTMENT. YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE BUT I'M LAYING IT OUT HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.  WHY DO YOU THINK THAT MAKES SENSE IF IF IT DOESN'T, WHY DOESN'T IT MAKE SENSE IN MY THOUGHTS I'LL JUST TELL YOU REALLY QUICK IS THAT IF THIS WAS A BODY A PROCESS WHERE WE ARE CONSISTENTLY DEDICATING A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO REVIEWING AND ASSESSING AND ANALYTICS, THEN I WOULD SAY YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY THE WAY BUT I AM CONCERNED RIGHT? I SHARE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES SENTIMENTS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY FOR US TO COMMUNICATE OR FOR US TO MONITOR BASED ON METRICS AND FOR US TO COMMUNICATE PROGRESS . THERE HAS TO BE A WAY THAT IT'S SUPER IT'S COMPREHEND BUT IT'S IS USER FRIENDLY AND WE'LL GET IT RIGHT IF IT'S THE COUNCIL THAT DOESN'T GET IF IT'S THE PUBLIC THAT DOESN'T GET IT LIKE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE SAYING THIS IS NOT WORKING. BEEP BEEP BEEP. YES BUT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK AND I SEE A LOT OF IT MAKING SENSE.  BUT THEN THERE'S THIS CONCERN ABOUT HOW DO WE MEASURE PROGRESS AND IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO COME BACK HERE. I DON'T THINK THIS BODY IS A REVIEW PLACE FOR THAT HONESTLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES OR WE'RE NOT EQUIPPED WITH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT CAN DO ANALYSIS AND AGGREGATE THIS DATA AND BRING IT TOGETHER IF WE HAD MONEYS TO BE ABLE TO CONTRACT THIRD PARTY AGENCIES THAT COME IN THROUGH OUR HEARINGS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS YOU, I WOULD SAY YES. BUT I DO HAVE TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND I AM CONCERNED AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THAT CHOICE I'M GOING TO HAVE CFO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE THE 3130 BUT I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE THE HONESTY WITH TRANSPARENCY ON IT. I THINK THAT BEEPS IN THE LAST AT LEAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS THREE YEARS HAS BEEN AUDITED MORE THAN ANY DISTRICT POSSIBLE. WE ARE UNDER A SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENT PLAN FROM THE STATE WHICH HAS VERY CONCRETE METRICS ,BENCHMARKS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE AND WE REGULARLY REPORT OUT ON THAT BOTH TO DC IN TO SCHOOL COMMITTEE HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH THE COUNCIL ADDITIONALLY THE PROACTIVE PIECE OF WHAT WE DID WHEN I CAME IN WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE USING THE COUNCIL GRADE CITY SCHOOLS WHICH DOES REPRESENT THE LARGEST 78 DISTRICTS TO DO DEEP AUDITS IN KEY AREAS OF THE VP'S . BUT THAT'S WHAT'S KIND OF LED TO THE INCLUSIVE ED THEY DID SPECIAL ED, THEY DID TRANSPORTATION, THEY DID SCHOOL SAFETY.  THEY ARE MOST RECENTLY COMPLETING OHC AND SO AND THEN THERE'S A FEW OTHERS THAT THEY'LL WORK ON. ADDITIONALLY WE HAD ERNST YOUNG DO A VERY EXTENSIVE DATA ANALYSIS ON ALL OUR DATA SYSTEMS AND I JUST YOU KNOW, THEY JUST PRESENTED A THREE YEAR PLAN FOR US ON DATA GOVERNANCE IN A PLAN FOR BPF.  SO I THINK THAT THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT'S ALREADY ON BEPS. THERE'S ALSO AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF PLANS THAT ARE THERE ALONG WITH THE MARKINGS OF THE PROGRESS IN THOSE PLANS. THE DIFFICULTY IS THAT MOST OF THE ISSUES IN THE PIECE EXISTED BEFORE ANY PERSON ON THIS COUNCIL DID BEFORE ANY OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL COMMITTEE WERE SEATED OR ME THEY EXISTED EVEN BACK TO WHEN I WAS HERE BEFORE AND MUCH, MUCH EARLIER. SO WHAT DID THE ISSUES THAT WE LIKE THE BROAD SYSTEMS ISSUES IN SO I SEE I SEE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW PS YOU KNOW AND IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE PEOPLE'S PATIENCE RIGHT WANT THE SOLUTION NOW BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE SOLUTIONS WE WOULD PUT FORWARD IF THEY ARE NOT REALLY GOING TO GET AT THE SYSTEMS ISSUES ARE JUST GOING TO BE IN DATED FOR ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS INSTEAD OF REALLY GETTING AT THE ISSUE. INCLUSIVITY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT.  THAT IS SOMETHING THAT UNWINDS FIVE, SIX, SEVEN DECADE'S WORTH OF YOU KNOW, INTENTIONAL SEGREGATION OF BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS, SPECIAL EDUCATION, MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS TO NOW OPEN UP CHOICE IN QUALITY FOR PARENTS IN A WAY THAT HASN'T EXISTED.  THOSE ARE GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT AND TO DO WELL RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO START TO SEE THESE THINGS COMING TOGETHER. SO WE ARE HAPPY IN ANY WAY TO LIKE SHARE WHATEVER WOULD WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE BECAUSE I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S MORE THAN WHAT'S HAPPENED IN ANY DISTRICT IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. WE ARE WORKING AS FAST AS WE CAN BUT THE DANGER IN WORKING TOO FAST IS TO ACTUALLY NOT DO THE RIGHT WORK AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE'RE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO TO COMMUNICATE OUT.  I SHOWED ONE OF THE SLIDES WHICH WAS SLIDE 15 COUNCILOR ANDERSON ON THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE PRESENTATION AND I THINK I SHOWED IT AS YOU WERE COMING IN BUT THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IT SHOWS THE HIGH SCHOOLS, RIGHT? IT SHOWS THE SECONDARIES AND IT'S GOT IT'S IT'S LIKE IT'S TITLED RETHINKING STUDENT ASSIGNMENT IN SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IT BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL COUNSELORS THAT WEREN'T HERE WHEN WE SHOWED IT AND I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IT'S UP ON THE SCREEN TO THEY ACTUALLY WERE JUST ABLE TO GET IT UP THERE.  THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT UNDERSCORES THE SYSTEMIC ISSUE WE HAVE IN THE PIECE.  THIS REPRESENTS 9 TO 12 HIGH SCHOOL POPULATION AND IT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF HIGH SCHOOLS WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM ALTERNATIVE ED TO THE EXAMS TO WHAT WE WOULD CALL LAKE MADISON PARK WHICH HAS AN APPLICATION YOU KNOW NOW IS A REVOKED TECH ALL THE WAY TO WHAT WE CALL OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OPEN ENROLLMENT WE THINK OF , YOU KNOW, BRIGHT LIKE BRIGHTON, CHARLESTOWN, ENGLISH TECH, BOSTON THOSE ARE OPEN ENROLLMENT.  THE OTHERS AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT SLIDE, 55% ARE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS.  THAT'S WHERE YOUR DEEP SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMING IS AND THAT'S WHERE YOUR YOUR A LOT OF YOUR SELF-CONTAINED AND THAT'S WHERE YOUR A LOT OF YOUR NEWCOMER PROGRAMING IS IS IN THOSE SCHOOLS AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LONG TERM FACILITY A SEAT IS NOT JUST A SEAT IT REPRESENTS A CHILD AND IT REPRESENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT PARTICULAR KID'S NEEDS SO IF WE WERE TO AT THIS POINT WITHOUT DEVELOPING SOME ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING FOR MULTILINGUAL AND SPECIAL ED IN STARTING TO REALLY REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS AND WE WOULD ADJUST OUR TO CLOSE AND MERGE SCHOOLS BASED STRICTLY ON THE THE LONG TERM FACILITY PLAN GUIDANCE WE WOULD BE DISPLACING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS IN SPECIAL ED AT HUGE RATES INTO SEATS THAT ARE NOT ANY BETTER QUALITY THAN WHAT THEY'RE IN RIGHT NOW.  AND SO IT'S IT'S BOTH HOLDING THE COMPLEXITY OF URGENCY BUT AT THE SAME TIME RECOGNIZING THESE ARE CHILDREN SO I SEE THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS THERE'S A VERY LIKE SURFACE UNDER STANDING IN GENERAL IN THE PUBLIC A BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD JOB REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE COMPLEXITY OF PEOPLES IN WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO MAKE IT THE DISTRICT THAT PARENTS EVERY PARENT WANTS TO CHOOSE AND EVERY STUDENT FEELS REALLY GOOD AT LIKE THAT IS COMPLEX BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN IN THE INCLUSIVE ED PLAN IN OUR EARLY COLLEGE AND CAREER PLAN IN OUR ACADEMIC PLAN IN GENERAL WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE NOW ARE BUILDING THE FOUNDATION FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT?  SO A 30TH BUDGET WOULD NEVER WORK FOR LOTS OF REASONS FOR US AND DAVID CAN GO INTO THE SPECIFICS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY I NEED THE COUNCIL TO BE ON A JOURNEY WITH ME IN UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEXITIES OF PEACE AND BEING WILLING TO HOLD THE COMPLEXITY AS WE'RE REALLY BUILDING THE FOUNDATION THAT ONCE AND FOR ALL IS GOING TO MAKE PEACE. THE DISTRICT THAT EVERY STUDENT ACTUALLY DOES GET SERVED IN THE CFO ROOM. YEAH, I'LL I'LL JUST SAY GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS COUNSELOR THAT YOU OUTLINED AND RAISING CONCERNS OVER CREATES SOME REAL RISK FOR US AND SOME REAL CHALLENGES IN OPERATING OUR DISTRICT. SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR EXPENSES ARE ENCUMBERED FOR THE FULL YEAR. SO THINK EMPLOYEE SALARIES RIGHT OR A LICENSE FOR A LEARNING PLATFORM OR PURCHASE OF TEXTBOOKS. SO IF WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR APPROPRIATION FOR THE FULL YEAR, WE HAVE TO IMMEDIATELY START TO RESTRICT SPENDING BECAUSE WE IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN JUST CHANGE MONTH TO MONTH RIGHT.  SO THE RISK OF GOING TO A MONTHLY BUDGET IS WE SORT OF HAVE TO START RISK ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING FOR A WORLD WHERE WE HAVE WELL WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE MONEY AND START TO BUILD A CASCADING SET OF PLANS FOR BUDGET REDUCTIONS IN CASE IN ONE OF THOSE MONTHS WE MISS OUT ON A COUPLE OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.  THOSE FUNDS ARE IT'S NOT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO BE DOING MID-YEAR LAY LAYOFFS OF EMPLOYEES WHEN WE RAN OUT OF MONEY SO WE WOULD BE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE RESTRICTING HIRING FOR VACANT POSITIONS, RESTRICTING NON PERSONNEL, FREEZING SPENDING DEPENDING UPON HOW LONG THE MONTH TO MONTH SPENDING SITUATION WERE TO GO ON WITHOUT GUARANTEES OF IT. I'M NOT SAYING THIS WOULD BE A CRISIS NECESSARILY BY ANY MEANS. IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY MANAGE BUT IT WOULD LEAD TO REAL CONSEQUENCES ACROSS ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS IF IF WE WEREN'T TO KNOW THIS IS OUR APPROPRIATION FOR THE YEAR IF WE WERE TAKING IT MONTH BY MONTH.  CAN I JUST RESPOND SORRY . THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THE I CAN APPRECIATE I CAN APPRECIATE YOUR EXPLANATION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SINCERITY IN TERMS OF WE NEED TO DO BETTER IN TERM INTO COMMUNICATING COMPLEXITIES BUT ALSO EXTENDING GRACE TO YOU THAT WE'RE ALL NEW HERE, RIGHT. SO TECHNICALLY AND SO IT MAY TAKE TIME BEFORE WE ALL LEARN HOW TO UNDERSTAND OR COMMUNICATE COMPLEXITIES AND SO THAT THAT'S THE HOPEFULLY THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'RE BUILDING IN SAYING IT LET'S ALLOW THIS GRACE SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHERE IT GOES. BUT THEN SOME PEOPLE FEEL THAT PERHAPS IT'S NOT TIME FOR SO MANY COMPLEXITIES AND CHANGES AT A TIME WHERE WE HAVEN'T DEALT WITH THE PREVIOUS COMPLEXITIES. I KNOW, I KNOW. THEN WHEN IS IT WHEN IT'S TIME SO I AN IN TERMS OF THE BUDGETARY AREA YOU KNOW THEN PEOPLE WOULD SAY WELL EITHER WAY IF WE'RE ON IF WE'RE ON A CHECK CHECKING BALANCES BASIS WE COULD HAVE OUR EYES ON THINGS IN REAL TIME AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT ADVERSELY IMPACT YOUR MONEYS BUT THAT WE AT LEAST CHECK IN SO THAT WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN UNDERSTANDING COMPLEXITIES OVER TIME BECAUSE IT'S SO COMPLEX IT MAY NEED A MONTHLY CHECK AND I'M JUST LAYING THAT OUT BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO START FROM THERE. AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS WHEN YOU WHEN WE ARE ANALYZING SOMETHING IF WE CAME WITH RUBRICS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY FILLING IN THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GIVE US BASED ON WHAT THE RESOLUTION SHOULD BE, THEN WE COULD ACTUALLY MAKE A FAIR ASSESSMENT OF WHERE YOU ARE OR HOW FAR YOU'RE GETTING. BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT AND SO WE HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT THAT TOO. SO HOW DO YOU HOW DO WE BEGIN TO SAY YOU'RE NOT WHERE YOU ARE IF WE DON'T IF WE IF WE'RE NOT COMING IN WITH THE ALREADY COMPREHENSIVE RUBRIC TO SAY THIS IS WHERE THIS IS THE SOLUTION TO THE ANSWER IF WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER WE SHOULD SAY WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S SO COMPLEX FOR BOTH. YES, BUT YOU I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU ARE THE EXPERT AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO GOING THROUGH THESE HARD CONVERSATIONS BUT I DON'T THINK WE ARE HALFWAY NOT EVEN HALFWAY INTO THE CONVERSATION TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THESE CHANGES THAT AND HOW IT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT.  SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE AND HOPEFULLY MORE WORKING SESSIONS AND I KNOW THAT THE CHAIR'S TIME IS VALUABLE AND BUSY AND HECTIC SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM HERE BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNSELOR MURPHY, COUNSELOR FLYNN AND COUNSELOR FITZGERALD HAS JOINED US AND NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ASKING SOME GREAT QUESTIONS. I WANT TO THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE ADMIN. I KNOW WE ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS AS OUR JOB IS BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I DON'T DOUBT THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THE KIDS AND WHAT MATTERS MOST IS OUR YOUNG KIDS AND THAT EVERYONE THINKS THAT THEY CAN DO IT EVERY EDUCATION AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE. I THINK THAT THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES THAT YOU FACE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL WITH LEVELS OF POVERTY, THE LEVELS OF INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA. SO WE JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. MY FIRST QUESTION IS WITH RESPECT TO THE DECISION NOT TO PROPOSE THE NUMBER OF MERGERS AND CLOSINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SEE IN ORDER TO GET THE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE WANT TO SEE TO BE ABLE TO SCALE RIGHT. THE SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE A BASKETBALL TEAM OR DON'T HAVE A PART OF IT IS A NUMBERS GAME AND SO THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME WHERE THERE'S A DECISION THAT FORTHCOMING THAT WE WOULD GET SOME WAS GOING TO COME OUT OF SCHOOL CLOSINGS AND MERGERS SEEM LIKE THAT HAS REALLY BEEN PULLED BACK.  I WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DECISION. I KNOW YOU SPOKE TO SCHOOL COMMITTEE YESTERDAY AND I ACTUALLY TIP MY HAT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DECISION IS MADE BECAUSE OF THE REALIZATION THAT BP'S DOESN'T DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WELL AND THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRAUMA THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE AS A RESULT OF SCHOOL MERGERS AND AND ALL OF THAT AND SO DO I WANT TO. BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE THERE'S MORE THERE WHETHER IT'S THE DIFFICULTY OF THE CONVERSATIONS AND LIKE AS A KID TWO OF MY SCHOOLS ARE ON THE LIST LIKE THE TAYLOR SHIRE AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE VERY DIFFICULT LAST YEAR BUT WE PARTICIPATED IN THEM AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TAYLOR SHAW AND THE CLAY MCCORMACK WHICH I ACTUALLY THINK IS AN EXAMPLE OF BP HAS FINALLY LISTENING TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED AND GETTING THE TRUTH. THAT'S AN ACADEMY GOING BECAUSE OUR OUR STUDENTS DESERVE EVERYTHING BUT I WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS TO MERGE SCHOOLS AND CLOSE SCHOOLS THAT WE ALL THOUGHT WERE FORTHCOMING TO NOW SAYING OKAY, WELL WE HAVE THESE THREE SCHOOLS THAT YOU KNOW, I YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNEW ABOUT BUT WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOLS RIGHT. THE DECISION TO TO SORT OF STOP IT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? SURE.  SO IN ACTUALLY I'LL HAVE DELL IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO JUST THE PRE-K TO SIX EIGHT AND KIND OF THE REGIONAL WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING BUT I'LL START SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD SAID IS THAT WE HAVE 11 MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. IT'S MORE THAN WE'VE HAD IN DECADES IN EACH ONE OF THOSE HAS TO BE DONE WELL THEY TAKE CAPITAL DOLLARS, THEY TAKE OUR BANDWIDTH TO ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THEY GET DONE RIGHT WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE SOMETIMES HAVE A TENDENCY TO WANT SOMETHING'S BEEN COMMITTED TO WE PUT IT TO THE SIDE AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING AND AS A RESULT THAT THING DOES NOT GET DONE WELL OR DOESN'T GET DONE AND I THINK BEASLEY'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT RIGHT? THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND THEN DECADE YOU KNOW LIKE FIVE YEARS LATER IT STILL WASN'T DEALT WITH. WE'RE TRYING TO HONOR WHAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO AND THAT IS GOING TO TAKE MONEY CAPITAL DOLLARS BUT ALSO THE STAFF BANDWIDTH TO GET THAT RIGHT.  ADDITIONALLY I THINK AS WE LOOK DEEPER INTO THE SYSTEM THERE ARE THINGS WE'VE STARTED LIKE INCLUSIVE ED LIKE THE EARLY COLLEGE WORK AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS REDESIGNING THE ALT EDGE AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS WE'VE DISCOVERED WE NEED GAP PROGRAMING FOR OVERAGE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. THOSE NEED TO BE DONE AND THEY NEED THEY'RE NOT EVEN AT THEY HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN RIGHT LIKE INCLUSIVE IT STARTS NEXT YEAR OR WE'RE TOUCHING A SEVENTH IN NINTH GRADE AND SAY AT THE SECONDARY OR THE B THE LITTLE KIDS AT THE THE PRE-K TO SIX. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN MOTION BUT THEY'RE NOT YIELDING HIGH QUALITY STUDENTS YET M K WILL BUT IT'S 2526 DESIRE QUINCY WILL THIS STARTING THIS YEAR YOU KNOW COMING INTO THE FALL BUT THAT'S GOING TO GROW MOGHERINI REALLY STARTS NEXT YEAR SO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY START GENERATING THE HIGH QUALITY SEATS SO THAT AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ACCELERATING MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS AND CLOSURES WE HAVE QUALITY SEATS TO PUT THE STUDENTS INTO. SO THAT HAS TO HAPPEN BOTH PHYSICALLY FROM THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WE HAVE COMMITTED TO SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL MERGER CLOSURE CONFIGURATIONS THAT WE'VE PUT FORWARD.  BUT THEN ALSO ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE WE HAVE TO REALLY BE BUILDING THE ACADEMIC MENU UP HERE WHEN IT COMES TO INCLUSIVE ED BILINGUAL EDUCATION, DUAL LANGUAGE THE NEWCOMER PROGRAMING SO THAT THE STUDENTS WHO ARE IMPACTED IN THOSE SCHOOLS THAT WILL CLOSE MERGE AND BE RECONFIGURED THE THEIR FAMILIES KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BETTER OPTIONS THAN FROM WHAT THEY'RE COMING FROM THAT TAKES LIKE LIKE THE SEEDS THE SEEDS HAVE BEEN PLANTED BUT THE GRASS HAS TO GROW A LITTLE BIT IN ITS JUST A YEAR OR TWO OFF LIKE FROM THAT HAPPENING TO RUSH THAT IS GOING TO REALLY COMPROMISE ONLY THE STUDENTS RIGHT AND SO I THINK THAT WAS WHY I UNDERSCORED THAT SLIDE BECAUSE TO THIS MANTLE IN ANY WAY RIGHT THE DEEP OVER PROGRAMING OR SPECIAL AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS IN OPEN ENROLLMENT THAT IS THE WORK FOR NEXT YEAR AND THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE SO THAT AS INCLUSIVE ED KICKS IN AS THAT KICKS IN IS EARLY ED IS EARLY COLLEGE HAPPENS ACROSS AND AS OUR ACADEMIC WORK TAKES ROOT IN THE PRE-K TO 12 NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE QUALITY SEATS THAT WE CAN OFFER FAMILIES AND THAT TRAUMA THAT GOT INVOKED WHEN WE WOULD CLOSE SCHOOLS AND REALLY JUST SHUFFLED THEM TO ANOTHER SITUATION THAT WASN'T ANY BETTER.  IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO THE COMMUNITY. IT WASN'T DEFENSIBLE ON OUR SIDE BUT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK PART OF MY QUESTION IS IS AND I TAKE IT AS LIKE A BAND WITH WANTING TO DO LIKE WANTING TO DO WHAT IS ON YOUR PLATE REALLY WELL. RIGHT. LIKE IN A IN A SORT OF UNDER-PROMISE AND OVERDELIVER AND I HOPE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING. I'M A LITTLE SENSITIVE TO MAYBE POLITICAL INERTIA LIKE IS IT YOU KNOW, OUR SCHOOLS OFTEN ARE THE VICTIMS OF POLITICALLY HARD DECISIONS. RIGHT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD THIS BECAUSE THESE ARE POLITICALLY HARD CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY HARD TO HAVE AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL.  YOU KNOW, SAW THIS WHEN I WAS DOING RE ASSIGNMENT PROCESS WITH UNDER MAYOR MENINO PROMISES THAT WE MAKE TO SCHOOLS THAT WE MAKE TO SCHOOLS AND TO SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND WE JUST DON'T SEE THEM THROUGH. SO IN ONE WAY I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE IT SAYS IT'S A STATEMENT THAT LIKE LOOK, THESE ARE OUR PROMISES. OUR PROMISES ARE THESE 11 SCHOOLS THAT ARE HERE IN THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THE PROBLEMS THAT WE SEE WITH, YOU KNOW, OPEN ENROLLMENT OVERSATURATION OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE DEEP, DEEP NEEDS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS TRULY THAT AND WE'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO PUT BY THE WAYSIDE THIS REALLY BIG ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH WHICH IS LIKE THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT IS PREVENTING OUR ABILITY TO SCALE RESOURCES TO OUR KIDS. YEAH, NO, TOTALLY FAIR QUESTION . I GUESS I WOULD ANSWER IN TWO WAYS. ONE IS WE WILL NEED AND WE WILL CLOSE PURGE AND RECONFIGURE SCHOOLS THAT IS GOING TO BE PART OF OUR DNA OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS AT LEAST THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THE READY FITNESS FOR THAT ALSO NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND IN SOME WAYS JUST BY THE GENESIS OF THIS CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING WITH EVERYONE AND THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, THE POLITICALLY HARD DECISION WAS TO NOT PUT FORWARD A LOT OF SCHOOLS.  THAT'S ACTUALLY THE POLITICALLY HARDER DECISION FOR ALL THE REASONS WHY COUNCIL IS ASKING ABOUT IT AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE ASKED ABOUT IT.  WHEN I MAKE A DECISION WITH MY TEAM THE REAL CONSIDERATION FOR ME ARE THE STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE STUDENTS THAT THE DECISION WE'RE MAKING IS GOING TO FULFILL A PROMISE TO THE STUDENTS TO GET THEM INTO THE QUALITY EDUCATION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND IN GOOD CONSCIENCE WE COULD HAVE USED THE TOOL IN A VERY SIMPLISTIC WAY JUST LOOKING AT EMPTY SEATS.  BUT THOSE EMPTY SEATS ARE GOING TO BE FILLED WITH STUDENTS WHO HAVE REAL NEEDS AND WE DON'T YET HAVE THOSE HIGH QUALITY SEATS FOR THOSE STUDENTS FILLED OUT.  SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY TAKING THE TIME THAT WE'VE TAKEN THIS YEAR AND THEN NEXT YEAR AND ACTUALLY GETTING MORE MOMENTUM IN THOSE HIGH QUALITY SEAT DEVELOPMENT ALL THROUGH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND IN THE PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES BECAUSE WE ALSO COMMITTED AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE DOCUMENT TO A SERIES OF THINGS ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE SOME IT'S SECONDARY AND SOME OF IT PRE-K TO 86. IT'S ALSO FULFILLING THOSE PROMISES AS WELL. SO THERE'S THERE IS A GOING FORWARD THERE'S NO QUESTION FOR THE NEXT DECADE WE WILL BE CLOSING MERGING AND RECONFIGURING SCHOOLS AS WE DEAL WITH ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT SHIFTS I WILL ALSO SAY THIS ABOUT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT IS NOT AS SIMPLE FROM A NUMBER PERSPECTIVE. YES, YOU CAN SAY OKAY, WE DROPPED 1000 STUDENTS BUT WHEN YOU DROP A THOUSAND STUDENTS NET AND YOU'VE ADDED 3000 MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS OR YOU'VE ADDED IN 500 SPECIAL EDUCATION EARLY ED STUDENTS, THOSE STUDENTS REQUIRE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SEATS AND SERVICES AND SO A SEAT IS NOT JUST A SEAT AND I THINK THAT'S THE COMPLEX THAT WE HAVE TO KIND OF TALK MORE ABOUT. IT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, GIVING THE PUBLIC INFORMATION LIKE THAT SLIDE IS IMPORTANT SO THAT PEOPLE START TO SEE THIS ISN'T JUST AS SIMPLE AS TAKING THIS THESE 50 EMPTY SEATS AND PUTTING 50 KIDS INTO IT. SO SO WE'RE GOING TO WITH THAT IS YOUR CYCLE AND EVALUATION OF VIEW THAT WE'RE PUTTING US ON. YEAH. SO I MEAN THE OTHER THING CONCERNS THAT THE PRESIDENT IS THAT IT'S ALSO YOU KNOW WE'VE COMMITTED TO AN 18 MONTH CAPITAL CYCLE WHERE STUFF COMES OFF OUR CAPITAL BUDGET AND OTHER THINGS GO ON A PAR A D PARTNERSHIP RATE WITH MBA WHICH WHERE WE WILL BE PUTTING THOSE PROPOSALS FORWARD EVERY CYCLE AS SCHOOLS COME ON AND OFF AND THEN EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE WILL BE COMING FORWARD WITH SOME AMOUNT OF PROPOSALS SOME YEARS, A LOT, SOME YEARS FEWER BUT THAT WILL BE AGAIN FOR AT LEAST A DECADE HOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO SORT OF GET TO THE SIZING OPTIMIZATION THAT WE NEED TO BE.  I THINK I HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BUT I'VE HAD MY TIME AND SO I WILL RESERVE AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION COME REGARDING SLIDE 15 THE OPEN ENROLLMENT UPPER SCHOOLS CURRENTLY HAVE 55% OF MEALS AND SABLUDOWSKY WHAT WHAT WHAT IS THE EVENTUAL TARGET PERCENTAGE THAT YOU WANT ACROSS ALL SCHOOL TYPES AND THEN ALSO WHAT'S LIKE WHAT'S THE TIMELINE TO GET TO THAT. YEAH SO I THINK I WOULD I'D SAY THERE'S KIND OF TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT I THINK ONE IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL SORT OF CONCENTRATED PROGRAMS LIKE WHERE WE HAVE NEWCOMER PROGRAMING LIKE THAT'S DIFFERENT KIND OF PROGRAMING FOR EMILY THEN STUDENTS WHO HAVE REACHED AN IN LIKE AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEVEL OF SAY A FOUR OR FIVE WHERE THEY'RE IN GENERAL EDUCATION THE SPECIAL EDUCATION IT'S REALLY TARGETING ON THE SELF-CONTAINED OR THE SUBSTANTIALLY SEPARATE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE WORKING WITH DESEAN AS WELL LIKE WE KNOW WE HAVE OVERREPRESENTATION IN THAT COMMUNITY AND IT'S PARTICULARLY FOR OUR BLACK MALES SO AND THEN CERTAIN DISABILITY AREAS EVEN MORE SO. SO THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT INCLUSIVE ED IS INCLUSIVE. IT STARTS TO TAKE ROOT STUDENTS WHO PREVIOUSLY ONLY HAD THE OPTION TO BE IN A SELF-CONTAINED SETTING NOW HAVE THE OPTION TO BE IN ANY OF THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY HAVE INCLUSIVE EDUCATION.  SO WE WILL SEE WHAT WE'RE PREDICTING IS SORT OF SEEING SUBSTANTIALLY SEPARATE DROP AS INCLUSIVE ED COMES UP IT WILL EVEN OFF AT SOME POINT THAT AND THAT'S WHY I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT AVERAGE BUT ON THE SUBSTANTIALLY SEPARATE THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE FOR STUDENTS ON A CONTINUUM THE NEED FOR SOME STUDENTS TO BE IN A MORE RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR PARTIAL DAY OR FOR FULL DAY WHAT THAT NUMBER ULTIMATELY IS HERE REMAINS TO BE SEEN BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON HOW TEAMS AND PARENTS CHOOSE INCLUSIVE ED BUT THE GOAL IS TO WELL THE DISTRICT AVERAGES YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, RUN IN THE LOW THIRTIES FOR EMILY AND IN THE MID TWENTIES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SO WE WOULD WANT TO RIGHT IT WE SEE ACROSS SCHOOLS THAT THEY'RE APPROACHING OR NEAR THOSE AVERAGES. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. SURE. COUNSELOR.  SURE.  SO I JUST LOST SHE HERE IS I MEAN HERE WE TRYING TO STOP ME IT IS IT IS COUNSELING ME COME ON WITH MEJIA I WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO MY WORDS. YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW THE WATER BUT AT THAT TIME I'M JUST JOKING.  THAT'S OKAY, RIGHT? EXACTLY.  ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. SO I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DR. MCINTYRE. I LOVE SEEING YOU IN THIS SPACE AS SOMEONE WHO HAS GROWN UP WATCHING YOU IN ACTION.  I JUST WANT TO JUST DEEPLY JUST APPRECIATE AND AMPLIFY A LOT OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE DISTRICT, PARTICULARLY ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AT THE BURKE IS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT OUR OFFICE HAS MANY DEEP PARTNERSHIPS WITH AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS JUST BEEN SO INCREDIBLY OPEN AND READY TO ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AND EXPERIMENT ALONGSIDE OUR OFFICE. AND SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR FOR SEEING US AND FOR CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT TRUE COLLABORATION LOOKS LIKE. AND SO THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU ALL.  SO THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE. I HAVE TWO FOR RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOU ALL AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO OR THREE ROUNDS SO I'M GOING TO TAKE MY TIME IN THIS PROCESS WITH YOU ALL. SO FIRST OF ALL AND THEN JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER YOU AND I SAT ON A APPOINTED COMMITTEE FOR DFC AROUND ACCOUNTABLE CITY AND IMPROVEMENT AND SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE YOU IN THIS SEAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO REALLY TAKE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THAT SPACE AND TURN THOSE INTO REAL ACTIONABLE PLANS AND SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU TO DO JUST THAT AND TO MY COLLEAGUES. QUESTION IN REGARDS TO UNDERSTANDING THE TENSION AND THE COMPLEXITIES AS A BIPS GRADUATE WHO DID NOT GO TO AN EXAM SCHOOL AND AS SOMEONE WHO FOUGHT FIERCELY IN THE EDUCATION SPACE I WANT TO JUST NAME THAT THIS CONVERSATION AROUND RECONFIGURATION AND QUALITY THAT I'M REALLY TO HEAR YOU UPLIFTING OTHER SCHOOLS LIKE CHARLESTOWN MADISON, PA THE BURKE YOU KNOW BOSTON THE EVENING ACADEMY TO ALL THE SCHOOLS RIGHT THAT HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY OVERLOOKED BY THE DISTRICT I AM HAPPY TO SEE IN MANY WAYS I SEE THIS AS A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE MOMENT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE ATTENTION AND A LOT OF THE OXYGEN GOES INTO THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE BIGGEST ENDOWMENTS OR THE BIGGEST MOUTHS AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO EAT THIS TIME AROUND.  AND SO I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO JUST GO ON THE RECORD OF UNDERSTANDING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THOSE INVESTMENTS TO HAPPEN IN THESE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER-RESOURCED FOR SO LONG. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR NAMING THAT AND POINTING IT OUT AND YOU COULD TELL BY THE TONE OF MY VOICE THAT I DO HAVE A CHIP ON MY SHOULDER BECAUSE I WENT TO DORCHESTER HIGH AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT EXAM SCHOOLS UNTIL I STARTED WORKING IN THE EDUCATION SPACE AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPAIR A LOT OF THAT HARM AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE SOME OF THESE INVESTMENTS IN AND YOUR INTENTIONALITY AROUND THAT. SO I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS NOW THAT I GIVEN YOU MY DRAMATIC OPENING.  SOME OF MY QUESTIONS ARE REALLY AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD JUST TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT THE ATTENDANCE HAS AROUND, YOU KNOW, THE EDUCATION CONVERSATION AND CONFIGURATION AT THE GARDNER HERNANDEZ HOW MANY FOLKS WERE IN ATTENDANCE, HOW MANY WERE FAMILY, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES, HOW MUCH NOTICE WAS GIVEN SO IF YOU COULD JUST TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, I WOULD I WOULD APPRECIATE IT SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE WEST ZONE TO THE HAND AND AGAIN, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU IF YOU HAVE THAT DATA TELL A THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, COUNSELOR ON THAT SPECIFICALLY THE WEST ZONE AND THE HANNIGAN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY LIKE OUR TEAM, THE SCHOOLS TEAM AND CAPITAL PLANNING WAS IN PERSON AND SPOKE DIRECTLY TO ALL OF THE STAFF IN PERSON AT OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO INFORMED FAMILIES I I THINK IT WAS 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE SO WE SENT OUT A COMMUNICATION WE EMAIL ROBO CALLS EMAILS WHEN YOU SAY COMMUNICATION A MESSENGER ACROSS THE FAMILIES WITH A LETTER INFORMING THEM OF A COMMUNITY MEETING WHICH WE HELD VIRTUALLY AND WE HAVE AN IN-PERSON ONE SCHEDULED HOW MANY PARENTS WE HAD ABOUT 35 PARENTS AND HOW MANY STAFF AT THE AT THE LESSON ON HAND? HANNIGAN WE PROBABLY HAD CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF. WE HAD OUR DEPUTIES SHOWED UP CAPITAL PLANNING LIKE MYSELF AND MYSELF SO WE PROBABLY HAD ABOUT WE PROBABLY HAD ABOUT EIGHT CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF THAT SHOWED UP LIKE ON THE CALL EVERYONE ELSE ON THE CALL BESIDES TRANSLATORS WAS MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 35 FAMILIES ARE NOT CALL AND ARE YOU USING THE 48 HOUR NOTICE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE DO HERE ON THE COUNCIL IS LIKE OH I CAN EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. SO WHEN THE FINAL DECISION WAS MADE THAT THESE SCHOOLS WERE GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED TO SCHOOL COMMITTEE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARENTS AND FAMILIES WERE MADE AWARE BEFORE WE PUBLICLY INFORMED SCHOOL COMMITTEE WE PRESENTED IT TO SCHOOL COMMITTEE OR SHARED THE INFORMATION PUBLICLY AND SO HOW MANY MORE MEETINGS AFTER THAT? SO WE HAVE BECAUSE 35 PARENTS IS NOT A LOT SO WE HAVE ONE IN-PERSON MEETING THAT'S SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW BUT THE PLAN IS SO WE HAVE AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE LIKE ONE FULL YEAR FOUR ENGAGING THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. DO YOU HAVE A BENCHMARK IN TERMS OF HOW MANY TO TWO REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE DONE DUE DILIGENCE AROUND PARENT AND COMMUNITY VOICE?  DO YOU HAVE A BENCHMARK OF HOW MANY PARENTS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU'VE DONE YOUR JOB TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE? SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOUCH EVERY SINGLE PARENT THAT'S PART OF THIS PROCESS AND HOW THIS AND HOW THIS WORKS RIGHT?  THERE'S LIKE MULTIPLE TEAMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL OFFICE THAT'S SUPPORTING IN THIS WORK. SO WE HAVE A SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER THAT'S SUPPORTING FROM CAPITAL PLANNING THAT'S ASSIGNED TO EACH SCHOOL IN THIS PROCESS WE HAVE OUR OFFICE OF HUMAN CAPITAL THAT WILL BE STATIONED AT THE SCHOOL AND HAVE OFFICE HOURS WITH STAFF FOR FOR OUR FAMILIES WRITE SUPPORT WITH ASSIGNMENT ENROLLMENT.  THEY'RE GETTING ONE ON ONE SUPPORT FROM OUR ASSIGNMENT TEAM AND FROM OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM AND ALSO THE CAPITAL PLANNING TEAM WILL HOLD LIKE BROUGHT OUT SORT OF LIKE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONVERSATIONS FOR TRANSITION AND CURRENT CURRENTLY HOW THOSE THINGS ARE WORKING SO EVERY LIKE BIWEEKLY A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THAT FELT LIKE SOME SORT OF LIKE MERGER RIGHT SO WE HAVE LIKE BI WEEKLY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING WITH THOSE SO LET'S STOP THERE REAL QUICK BECAUSE THE THUNDER HAD REACHED OUT TO OUR OFFICE ASKING US FOR SUPPORT ON THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PIECE FOR THE SPANISH SPEAKING PARENTS. SO WE HAD TO SET UP WHICH WASN'T OUR JOB BUT WE DID A SERIES OF MONTHLY MEETINGS THAT WE DID OFF HOURS TO HELP SUPPORT AND GET THOSE PARENTS UP TO SPEED. SO I'M CURIOUS WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE. YEP, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO SINCE THOSE MEETINGS SO OUR TEAM HAS BIWEEKLY MEETINGS WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES TO BRING THEM TOGETHER WE HAVE TRANSLATORS AND OUR AND WE HAVE ONE OF OUR PROJECT MANAGERS WHO SPEAKS SPANISH ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY LIAISONS WHO HAS BEEN LENDED SUPPORT TO THOSE FAMILIES. ANOTHER THING THAT THAT COMMUNITY HAD ASKED FOR IS TO IF WE CAN LIKE CHANGE THE TIMES OF SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS THAT'S WHERE WE MORNING TO SUPPORT THAT'S WHAT WE DO IN FAMILIES. SO OUR TEAM HAS RESPONDED TO THAT AND HAS SHOWED UP AND HAD SOME EARLIER MEETINGS AT THE SCHOOLS AND THOSE ARE LIKE ONGOING. THE COMMUNITY IS LIKE FULLY INVOLVED LIKE FOR EXAMPLE WE'RE LAUNCHING THE RENAMING, WE'VE LAUNCHED A RENAMING PROCESS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S GIVING FAMILIES MULTIPLE WAYS OF ENGAGING AND RESPONDING TO THAT PROCESS KNOWING THAT LIKE ALL OF OUR FAMILIES UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT SHOW UP IN PERSON TO MEETINGS.  BUT AND THEN IN THE PAST WE'VE ONLY DONE IN-PERSON BUT NOW WE HAVE LIKE SERVICE THAT WE'RE SENDING OUT TO FAMILIES AND WE HAVE LIKE THE FAMILY LIAISONS AT SCHOOLS THAT ARE ALSO REACHING OUT TO FAMILIES. SO YEAH, I KNOW BECAUSE MY TIME WAS UP AND I HEAR THAT AND I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT. I HAVE OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT WANT TO GO AND THEN I'LL JUST WAIT. SO MY SECOND ONE BUT I JUST WANT TO END THIS PUT A BUTTON ON THIS ONE IS THAT WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE ENERGY TO REALLY DIG INTO THE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FAMILIES FROM PARTICIPATING RIGHT, THAT WE CAN REALLY GET THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR OR LOOKING FOR. SO THE FACT THAT WE RAN THIS PILOT AT THE SUMMER THAT WE WE STRUCTURED THE TIMES THAT WE MEET WITH FAMILIES THAT WE'VE CREATED THIS I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE BUILT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND BP'S IS NOW CONTINUING TO RESPOND IN THAT WAY.  SO I WANT TO NAME AND THANK YOU ALL BECAUSE WE WERE DOING THIS ONCE A MONTH. NOW YOU ALL ARE TAKING THAT CONCEPT AND DOING IT BI WEEKLY BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE IS ALSO CATCHING OTHER FOLKS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MEET AT THE TIME THAT WAS ASSIGNED SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT ADDITIONAL LAYER THAT YOU ALL ARE BRINGING AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THIS BUDGET SITUATION IS THAT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS HARD WORK AND THAT IS THE MOST WORK OF ANY CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE HERE AND THOSE INVESTMENTS IN TERMS OF THE RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT HAS TO BE THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOUR NUMBERS INCREASE AND I DO APPRECIATE THIS WHOLE IDEA OF LIKE WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF WE GO TO A ONE THIRD. BUT THE PROBLEM IS AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE IS THAT WE KEEP HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION AND I DO APPRECIATE THE COMPLEXITIES BUT AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO EXERCISE SOME AUTHORITY OVER THIS BODY IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD YOU ALL ACCOUNTABLE. AND WHILE I APPRECIATE THE REPORTS THAT DC HAS HAD AND OTHER THINGS WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO BE RUBBER STAMPING SITUATIONS HERE JUST BECAUSE THAT'S THE POLITICALLY CORRECT THING TO DO AND AFRAID OF THE RAMIFICATIONS. WE HAVE TO HAVE POLITICAL COURAGE AND IF IT TAKES US SAYING YOUR BUDGET IS NOT GOING TO GET APPROVED AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU DEAL WITH THAT BUDGET, THEN THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO. RIGHT. BUT THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL OR COURAGE TO DO THAT AND THEN THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT SUFFER ARE OUR KIDS. SO AT SOME POINT SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS BUT I AM GOING TO LOOK TO YOU ALL TO TELL US, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE RECONCILE WITH THAT TENSION BECAUSE I CAN'T KEEP GOING BACK TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND SAYING OH, IT IS WHAT IT IS MAYBE NEXT YEAR.  NO, BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER DECADE YOU KNOW OF , YOU KNOW, EDUCATIONAL MALPRACTICE THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR. AND EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION, I'M STILL YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE DONE TODAY. I STARTED A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. I WENT TO BP.  I'M A BP'S PARENT. I'M STILL VERY MUCH ENGAGED IN THIS CONGRESS NATION AND I STILL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING SURE THAT I WHEN I GO BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I SERVE THAT I CAN GO BACK WITH SAYING HERE'S WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET BP US ON THE RECORD TO DELIVER AND THAT'S THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT THAT I'M LOOKING FOR. I'M LOOKING FOR A LONG RELATIONSHIP HERE. I WANT SOME COMMITMENTS AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE STREETS AND FEEL LIKE I'VE DONE MY JOB.  BUT UNTIL WE CAN GET TO THAT PLACE I JUST DON'T REALLY THINK THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION TO SAY YES, THE BUDGET IS APPROVED. I DON'T THINK SO AND I'LL WAIT TILL MY NEXT TWO OR THREE ROUNDS. CALCIUM. CALCIUM. MURPHY THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU. I LOVE GOING AFTER YOU. COME WITH ME . IT'S GREAT.  THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE A A FEW WELL, SEVERAL THINGS. I'LL START WITH YOU KNOW, HOW MANY YEARS DO WE NEED GRACE?  CAN WE SAY WE'RE NEW ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU KNOW YOU HIRE A FIRST YEAR TEACHER. THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE THE EXACT SAME AS A 30 YEAR VETERAN TEACHER. RIGHT? SO AND YOU WERE HIRED WITH WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND THE ABILITY AND THE BUDGET IS THERE TO SUPPORT. SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO STOP ASKING FOR GRACE OR KEEP SAYING WE'RE NEW BECAUSE OUR KIDS DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY.  IF YOUR KINDERGARTEN YEAR OR YOUR THIRD GRADE YEAR DOESN'T GO WELL, THAT COULD COMPLETELY CHANGE YOUR TRAJECTORY FOR LIFE, RIGHT? SO OUR KIDS DESERVE THAT IN THE DC REPORT HIGHLIGHTED HOW SPECIAL ED WAS WHAT OVER 18 YEARS OF NOT PROVIDING EFFECTIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION THAT WOULD BE A STUDENT ON AN IEP ENTIRE TIME IN DPS DID NOT PROVIDE EFFECTIVE EDUCATION YOUR ENTIRE TIME IN SCHOOL SO AS A PARENT IF YOU KNEW YOU HAD YOUR STUDENT IN A SYSTEM THAT THE DATA SHOWED THEY WERE NOT TEACHING THEM EFFECTIVELY YOU CAN'T GO BACK YOU DON'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO SAY OH LET'S START AT THE BEGINNING. SO I DO THINK IT TIES ALSO INTO THE NARRATIVE THAT OUR JOB AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THE LAST TIME WE MET IN MANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS YOU HAVE AN OVERWHELMING JOB RIGHT LIKE THE POLICE, LIKE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, EVEN THE PARKS THAT AND YOU'RE CONNECTING WITH ALL THE OTHER NEEDS OF OUR FAMILIES. BUT YOUR JOB AT THE END OF THE DAY IS TO TEACH KIDS AND IF WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE COMMUNICATION I DO BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT IF WE'RE FOCUSING SOLELY ON ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AND PROGRESS, THE COMMUNICATION IS GOING TO FIX ITSELF THAT THE COMMUNICATION IF IT'S NEGATIVE IS COMING FROM DISCOURAGED, HEARTBROKEN FAMILIES, STUDENTS FAILING. I MEAN YESTERDAY WE HAD A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WERE VERY, VERY CANDID ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS AROUND SAFETY AND, THEIR EXPERIENCE AT HIGH SCHOOL. SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO STOP USING THAT EXCUSE. SO IF WE JUST DID A BETTER JOB COMMUNICATING AND AS A FORMER BPC TEACHER, A MOM OF STUDENT WHO SPEAKS A STUDENT MYSELF MANY YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS OFTENTIMES IT'S LIKE WELL YOU'RE NOT HIGHLIGHTING THE GOOD THINGS. OF COURSE THERE'S AMAZING WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. I'M HOPING TO GET OVER TO CHARLESTOWN HIGH AND SEE THE, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND AMAZING THINGS ARE HAPPENING. BUT THESE CONVERSATIONS HERE WITH US HAVE TO BE ABOUT HOW CAN WE FIX THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT WORKING? SO I DO THINK FORWARD WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS AND ALL OF THAT WILL END UP FIXING ITSELF. I DO BELIEVE THAT.  DO YOU PICK A SPECIAL ED CAPACITY IF WE COULD TOUCH ON THAT BECAUSE I'M HEARING FROM MANY FAMILIES AND WHEN THEY DID SPEAK AT ONE OF THE HEARINGS WE HAD I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE EXPAND THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES THAT WE'RE NOT SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR FAILURE AND THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO AREN'T RECEIVING SPECIAL ED SERVICES OR THEN GET IN A POSITION WHERE THEY'RE THEN NOT ABLE TO ENROLL IN THE SCHOOL THEY WANT BECAUSE MANY AREN'T IN A BPC BUILDING. SO IF WE COULD TOUCH ON THAT SURE. SO I CAN TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMMATIC PIECE. DAVID DO YOU WANT TO OR JANEY TALK ABOUT THE ENROLLMENT SIDE OF THE HOUSE? THIS IS AN AREA WHERE I THINK YOU KNOW COUNSELOR THERE'S BEEN A BUBBLE POST-PANDEMIC.  WE'RE JUST SEEING A LOT OF STUDENT LOANS COMING IN AT THE THREE YEAR OLD AGE AND NEEDING TO FIND SEATS WOMEN WORKING ACROSS THE UK TO DEVELOP CAPACITY IN THE UK SYSTEM AS WELL AS FOR US AS WE CONSOLIDATE CLASSROOMS, FIND ADDITIONAL SPACE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN K0 CLASSROOMS OR TO OPEN CASUAL ONES AND THAT COMES WITH THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS YOU KNOW MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE CURRICULUM, THE MATERIALS AND THE CLASSROOM, THE FACILITY ITSELF SO.  WE'VE IT ALL SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL. IT'S WHEN A CHILD IS IDENTIFIED WHICH WE ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO THEN PROVIDE SPECIALIST SERVICES THAT MANY ARE BEING TOLD WELL THERE ISN'T A SEAT OR WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT. RIGHT. THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE WE'RE SORT OF TRYING TO RAPIDLY CREATE THAT CAPACITY BECAUSE IT IS IT IS A BUBBLE AND IT IS NEW AND WE'VE SEEN IT NOW LAST YEAR THE YEAR BEFORE SLIGHTLY LAST YEAR FOR SURE THIS YEAR A LITTLE BIT LESS BUT STILL MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT WE NORMALLY DO . SO I THINK YES. SO WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE IN YEAR OLDS CONTINUING TO GROW AND SO I WOULD SAY THERE ARE TWO PARTS OF THAT FIRST WHERE WE'VE BUILT A LOT OF NEW CAPACITY FOR NEXT FALL FOUR SEATS FOR THREE YEAR OLDS INSIDE SCHOOLS AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT WE'RE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR COMMUNITY PROVIDERS IN THE UK PROGRAM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SERVICES WE CAN EMBED INSIDE COMMUNITY SO THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE PROGRAM WHO ARE NEWLY IDENTIFIED CAN STAY IN SCHOOL AND CAN GET THEIR SERVICES AS WELL. SO WE'RE DOING BOTH THINGS AT THE SAME TIME AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW RESOURCES COMING ONLINE IN THIS IN THIS BUDGET FOR FY 25. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M JUST LOOKING AT MY TIME A COUPLE MORE THINGS SO I KNOW YOU'RE SHIFTING TO MORE INCLUSIVE PRACTICES BUT IT'S NOT NEW. I MEAN MANY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN DOING IT WELL FOR DECADES IN THE SYSTEM. SO WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOUR BIGGEST PUSHBACKS ARE? IS IT COMING FROM THE UNION TEACHERS, PARENTS NOT UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFITS OF IT?  I THINK IT'S FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT'S OUR OBLIGATION TO EXPLAIN TO PARENTS WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS AND WHAT THEIR CHOICES ARE IN IT. THERE'S A NEW IP FORMAT FROM DC SO I THINK IT'S KIND OF DOING THAT CONVERSION AS YOU KNOW FROM THE COAST LEVEL AND OTHER LEVELS. IT'S ALSO THE MINDSET IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THE CULTURE FOR INCLUSION TO WORK WELL AND BE HEALTHY FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES SO THERE'S A LOT OF THAT CULTURE BUILDING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.  I THINK IT'S LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES FROM SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING IT AND DOING IT WELL TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS FOR SCHOOLS THAT MIGHT BE STARTING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING IT AT DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS CERTAINLY FOR US IT'S ON THE HIRING SIDE ENSURING THAT WE'RE HIRING ENOUGH SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, GIVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GENERAL TEACHERS WHO WANT TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND GET CERTIFICATES AND MOVE INTO SPECIAL EDUCATION OR JUST DEEP IN PRACTICE.  SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF ALL OF THAT. I KNOW YOU KNOW AS A FORMER TEACHER RIGHT, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ALL OF THOSE THINGS.  OKAY THANK YOU TO FACILITIES ONE WELL ONE I JUST WANT TO GET ON THE RECORD THAT I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR 589 DAYS NOW FOR THAT RAMP AND I MEAN NOTHING STOPPING. IT'S 589 DAYS I WOULD REALLY HOPE BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDS IT'S FIXED. WE DON'T NEED TO WAIT FOR COMMUNITY BENEFIT FROM A CONDO THAT WAS BUILT A FEW YEARS AGO. WE HAVE I MEAN THE CAPITAL AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAVE BEPS BUT THE 1.7 BILLION WE HAVE AND WE CAN GET THAT FIXED SO IF WE CAN JUST TALK OFFLINE ON THAT I'M REALLY HOPING THAT THAT HAPPENS. BUT IS THERE WAS THERE AN EMAIL MAYBE RECENTLY SENT IS THERE A SHIFT IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BPC AND OUR CYF BUILDINGS AND POOLS AND THEM HAVING TO REAPPLY FOR THEIR OWN USE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WE USE SHARE AND HOW IS THAT RELATIONSHIP? THAT RELATIONSHIP WAS GREAT. I THINK SO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS A GREAT SERVICE AND I AM MEETING REGULARLY MORE SO NOW THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR SUMMER. OUR TEAM MET THE LAST TWO WEEKS I WOULD SAY ABOUT TEN TIMES WE'VE SORTED OUT ALL OF OUR SUMMERS SITE PLACEMENTS AND EVERYONE HAS A PLACE TO GO IN THOSE COMMUNICATIONS HAPPENING. I'LL JUST SAY THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE WORKING IN THESE BUILDINGS AND THEY WERE VERY CONCERNED SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK OFFLINE MORE ABOUT THAT. HOW DO YOU TALK OFFLINE? WE INVITE COMMISSIONER REVERE JOIN US. THAT'LL BE GREAT. AWESOME. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. YOU CAN'T COMPLAIN BECAUSE IT THANK YOU MR CHAIRMAN AND GOOD MORNING SUPERINTENDENT . IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE.  I WAS IN THE SOUTH AND I'D FILL IN VICTORIA SO I DO APOLOGIZE.  I ALSO ADVOCATED THAT AND RAMP WITH COUNCIL MURPHY I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE DONE AND THIS WAS THIS WAS SIX MONTHS AGO. I DON'T NEED AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. THE ONLY THING I'M GOING TO ASK IS WHEN IS IT GOING TO GET DONE IN?  LET'S GET IT DONE. I DON'T WANT TO REALLY ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT BUT I DO WANT IT DONE. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO ALL SPACES.  IT'S A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE.  GOOD AFTERNOON CONSTITUTION. I HAVE AN ANSWER SO WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO AWARD THE BID FOR THAT CONTRACT TO BE PUT OUT FOR REPLACING THE ACCESSIBILITY ON THAT RAMP FOR ENGLISH SHOT THIS MONTH SO THE WORK WILL BE DONE THIS SUMMER AND I WOULD JUST ADD THE TIME IT TAKES TO DESIGN AND GET THOSE DOCUMENTS TOGETHER AND SPECIFICATIONS TOGETHER DO THAT TAKE A LITTLE TIME AS WELL.  YEP. WE HAVE TO BUILD. THANK YOU. YEAH THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IS AN ISSUE THAT HAVE FOCUSED ON AND WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON BUT.  THEY DESERVE THE SAME LEVEL OF RESPECT AND DIGNITY AS ANY OTHER STUDENT AND WHEN I DO MAKE A REQUEST AND I AM TOLD BY A TEAM THAT THE REQUEST IS BEING DONE, I DO EXPECT THAT IT WILL BE DONE.  SO I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED THAT IT WASN'T DONE. NOW IT'S IN THE FILING WE WE SHARE YOUR CONCERN. WE AGREE WITH YOU ALL HOURLY AND WE PLAN ON TAKING CARE OF IT. THANK YOU FOR THE ADVOCACY. THANK YOU.  I WAS AT A MEETING YESTERDAY AT THE OPPORTUNITY WITH WITH COUNCILOR SANTANA WITH THE COUNCILOR MURPHY TO LISTEN TO SOME DPS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND AND I HAVE TO BE HONEST I WAS I WAS SURPRISED WE ASKED THEM WHAT THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE BIGGEST ISSUE WAS IN THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL AND ALMOST ALL OF THEM SAID PUBLIC SAFETY . THEY DON'T FEEL SECURE.  THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT AND I WAS I WAS I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE I DIDN'T I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THAT THAT MAJOR OF A CONCERN FOR ALMOST EVERY STUDENT, ALMOST EVERY STUDENT SAID IT WAS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE SCHOOL.  SO MY MY QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES IN AND AROUND HIGH SCHOOLS?  ACCESS THEY WERE SAYING THAT THERE'S AVAILABILITY OF KNIVES AND EVEN GUNS IN SCHOOL ON A ON A ROUTINE.  IS THIS SOMETHING YOU ARE AWARE OF ? YEAH, SURE. SO WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY IN THE HEARING COUNSELOR THAT OUR STUDENTS SAFETY IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR US AND WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WE THINK TO MAKE SURE WE ENGAGE STUDENTS IN A LOT OF WAYS TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY. SO WE TAKE IT FROM A HOLISTIC APPROACH NOT ONLY FROM PHYSICAL ASSETS BUT SEE I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT KIDS WALKING INTO A SCHOOL WITH KNIVES AND GUNS.  WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PREVENT KIDS HIGH SCHOOL KIDS TO WALK WALKING INTO SCHOOL WITH KNIVES AND GUNS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? SURE.  A HOLISTIC APPROACH. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF GUNS AND KNIVES IN SCHOOLS. SURE. I'LL TO GET TO THAT COUNSELOR. SO WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THE WAY WE APPROACH THAT IS TWO DIFFERENT KIND OF WAYS. ONE BY MAKING SURE WE HAVE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR KIDS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DISCUSSING AND HAVE A SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT THEY NEED BY US MAKING SURE WE HAVE STAFF IN SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE WE DO THOSE TYPE OF CONVERSATIONS AND BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES SO THAT WE CAN GET OF SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. WE ALSO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PROGRAMING AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES IN OUR HONESTY KNOWING THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING INVOLVED IN VIOLENCE. WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO DO THAT AS WELL. AS FAR AS THE PHYSICAL SAFETY ASSETS, WE DO HAVE SECURITY CAMERAS.  WE DO HAVE WEAPONS DETECTORS IN OUR BUILDINGS AS WELL.  BUT THOSE ARE JUST ONE SMALL COMPONENT OF WHAT WE DO. BUT THE MAJORITY OF WAYS WE PREVENT THAT IS FROM OUR RELATIONSHIPS OR OUR STUDENTS IN THEM HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH TRUSTED ADULTS, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILIES AND WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT THAT OVER THE YEARS. WE HAVE HAD INCIDENTS WHERE WE DO FIND WEAPONS AND GUNS IN SCHOOLS AND THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAS HAPPENED. BUT WE DO RELY ON OUR STUDENTS TO COME FORWARD WITH INFORMATION AND WE WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS ONCE THEY ARE ENGAGED IN THOSE BEHAVIORS AND ACTIVITIES. WE ALSO TRY TO MAKE SURE OUR PROGRAM WILL BE ABLE TO TRY TO REDIRECT SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE JOBS, HAVE A LOT OF JOB PROGRAMS THAT WE TRY TO OFFER JUST TO GET THEM ENGAGED IN OTHER ASPECTS MEDIATION PROGRAMS OUR SOCIAL WORKERS ARE REALLY WHAT HELP OUR STUDENTS SO WE TAKE A MULTIFACETED APPROACH TO IT, SAID SAM. YOU DOWNPLAY MY CONCERNS THOUGH AND I'LL LET ME REPEAT AGAIN THE STUDENTS ARE SAYING TALK TO ME TO COUNSELOR MURPHY TO THE TIER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT THEY'RE WALKING INTO THE SCHOOL WITH KNIVES AND GUNS AND YOU'RE DOWNPLAYING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT STATEMENT? I'M NOT MAKING IT UP. THEY WERE TALKING TO US YESTERDAY ABOUT IT AND I'M ASKING YOU WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PREVENT STUDENTS FROM COMING INTO HIGH SCHOOLS WITH KNIVES AND GUNS AND YOUR YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING MY QUESTION, SAM. AND IT'S FRUSTRATING.  YOU'RE GIVING ME BEEPS, TALKING POINTS. I'M TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR TEACHERS. SO I'M GOING TO I'M JUST GOING TO JUMP IN. IT'LL BE HELPFUL AFTERWARDS I DON'T KNOW PUBLICLY BUT TO KNOW WHICH SCHOOL YOU ATTENDED BUT WHAT I WILL SAY, COUNCILWOMAN, IS THAT WE DO HAVE METAL DETECTORS RIGHT AS A PREVENTATIVE IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. THOSE ARE ACCOMPANIED WITH WHEN NECESSARY BAG SEARCH. WE HAVE ALSO QUITE A BIT AROUND CAMERA INSTALLATIONS AND WE'VE DONE WORK ON THE DOOR LOCKING THE DIFFICULTY WITH A KNIFE LESS SO AGAIN BUT THE DIFFICULTY WITH KNIVES IS THAT THEY'RE EASIER TO GET INTO ANY BUILDING AND SO THIS IS WHERE IT CAN'T JUST BE THE PHYSICAL COMPONENT OF IT.  IT HAS TO BE THE WORKING COMPONENT A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY YOU KNOW, FROM STUDENTS ARE THEY HEARING THINGS?  DO THEY SEE SOMETHING? DO THEY HAVE A CONCERN? TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, MOST OF THE TIME WE DO OR AS A WEAPON IT'S A STUDENT THAT TELLS WALK THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR OF A METAL DETECTOR. SO IT IS A COMMON ISSUE OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU USE THE WORD PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE I THINK IT IS PUBLIC SAFETY.  YOU KNOW OUR STUDENTS AFTER THEY LEAVE US THEY'RE GOING TO T STOPS, THEY'RE GOING TO MALLS, THEY'RE GOING TO OTHER PLACES AND OFTEN TIMES THE ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING AFTER SCHOOLS SPILL BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS WHICH IS WHY WE'VE WORKED SO TIGHTLY WITH THE CITY WE WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT.  WE'VE WORKED WITH BPD TO MAKE SURE THAT T STOPS THE MALLS ALL THOSE PLACES WE'RE ALL WORKING TO MAKE SURE IF STUDENTS NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OR MAKING POOR DECISIONS WE CAN WORK WITH THEM ON THE SCHOOL SIDE SO IT IS IT IS DEFINITELY MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER MITIGATIONS WE HAVE PHYSICALLY ARE WORKING THERE, THEY'RE THEY'RE BEING UTILIZED. IT'S I THINK WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET WORK TO INCREASE THE CAMERA PIECES AT THE REQUEST OF SCHOOL LEADERS SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE SURE AND WE USE THOSE CAMERAS WHEN KIDS GO MISSING FOR AN INTRUDER. THERE'S LOTS OF REASONS THAT YOU WOULD USE THEM. BUT THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND RELATIONSHIP IS INTACT WITH OUR KIDS AND THE CULTURE IS THERE FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO COME FORWARD. BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY AND ACTUALLY WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE THREE OF YOU. I DIDN'T YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHICH SCHOOL IT IS BUT I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AFTERWARDS SAYING THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT . YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD ,THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE PANEL FOR COME AND NICE TO SEE YOU ALL.  LET'S SEE. FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT . WE DID A TOUR OF THE MARTHA SCHOOL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WAS A GREAT TOUR. I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE SCHOOL, WHAT THE HUB COORDINATORS DO IN THE IN THE RESOURCES THAT THEY BRING TO THE SCHOOL. AND IT'S GREAT THAT IF EVERY SCHOOL COULD HAVE THAT IN THE FUTURE BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A THAT'S A PROCESS.  ONE THING I WILL ASK COMING OUT OF THAT TOUR WITH YOU IS IN THE IN THE IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT AROUND THE SCHOOL AS WELL THERE IS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING AND WE'VE SORT OF TALKED ABOUT THE THE DROP OFF PICKUP SITUATION IN THE BACK OF THE MAP THERE ON HIGH STREET AND CHURCH STREET AND IT IS MY SON WENT THERE FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE HE WAS ON THE WAITING LIST AT THE SCHOOL IS THAT NOW BUT SO I ALSO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THAT DROP OFF SO I CAN SPEAK TO IT AND WITH ADDED DEVELOPMENT AND ADDED PEOPLE COMING THERE I'M HOPING BHP'S COULD PARTNER WITH ME IN ADVOCATING BTD TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY OF THE SURROUNDING AREA. I THINK YOUR SUPPORT WOULD LEND A LOT OF WEIGHT INTO GETTING IT DONE AND I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE IT WOULD BENEFIT BOTH THE SCHOOL AND THE RESIDENTS AROUND IT ESPECIALLY WITH THE THE AMOUNT OF UNITS INCOMING THAT WILL ONLY ADD TO WHAT IS ALREADY A STRESSFUL SO HAPPY TO DO THAT YOU KNOW I THINK AS WE TALKED I MEAN BTD DOES A GREAT JOB WITH US WHEN WE CALL OUT AREAS THAT ARE HOTSPOTS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT TO SEE WHAT OUR MITIGATIONS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT IN AND YOU KNOW WITH PEOPLE DRIVING AND ESPECIALLY DRIVING DISTRACTED IT'S ALL THE MORE REASON TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT ALL THE PROPER MITIGATIONS IN PLACE. YEAH AND TO THAT AND THIS IS THIS HAS HAPPENED AROUND SOME NON SCHOOLS AS WELL BUT I THINK IT APPLIES TO REALLY ALL SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY IS SOME SORT OF HIGH LEVEL STANDARD OF WHAT THE SIGNAGE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ARE AROUND EACH SCHOOL. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EXIST NOW AND MAYBE BP'S HAS THEIR OWN BUT EVEN FOR EVERY SCHOOL BECAUSE IT NEEDS EVERY BELL AND WHISTLE THAT WE CAN PUT AROUND EACH SCHOOL ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY RIGHT TO MAKE SURE AND IF THERE WAS SOME SORT OF , YOU KNOW, STATUTE TO THAT OF WHAT EVERYONE FOLLOWS, THEN PEOPLE WOULD START TO RECOGNIZE WHEN THEY ARE IN THOSE SCHOOLS THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK MY COLLEAGUES AT BTB. THEY DO WORK WITH US OVER THE YEARS TO HELP IMPROVE OUR SIGNAGE IN OUR AREAS AND ACTUALLY WORK CLOSELY WITH US. BUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO TO AT LEAST PUT THE SIGNS THAT THEY'RE UP THERE NOW OVER AT MATHER AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO COME BACK AND WORK WITH US AND SUPPORT US AS WE GO FORWARD. SO HAPPY TO RECONNECT WITH YOU ON THAT AS WELL. THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO EVERY YEAR MAKING SURE OUR CROSSWALKS AND FLASHERS AND SIGNAGE THAT I CALL UP TODAY IN IN NEW AS WE OPENED THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO IF THERE'S THOSE PARTICULAR SPACES AND SCHOOLS YOU HAVE A MINE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON KIND OF WHERE WE TARGET THEIR MORE PRESSING NEEDS BUT OVERALL THE BTD IS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH US ON ALL OF OUR SIGNAGE IS IN CROSSWALKS IN AND OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS. THAT'S GREAT GREAT. AND IF I CAN HELP IN ANY WAY IN ADVOCATING FOR THE STANDARD OF WHAT THAT IS TO LOOK LIKE JOB AND UNIFORM ACROSS THE CITY TO MAKE SURE I THINK IT WOULD BE HELP I'M HAPPY UP AND THAT'S GREAT SO THANK YOU THE IS IT NOW I HAVE SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS RIGHT WHERE THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU GUYS TO EDUCATE ME AS YOU KNOW MY OLDEST IS ONLY IN FIRST GRADE APS AND SO I'VE STILL GOT A LONG WAY TO GO AND TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS,  THE NEW FACILITIES THAT WE PLAN ON IN BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS I KNOW IT HAS TAKEN A LONG TIME TO EVEN GET THAT FIRST SCHOOL BOARD WAS A PASS. THE NINTH GAME WAS THE FIRST ONE OUT OF THE GATE IN A LONG TIME. RIGHT. AND I KNOW I SAW IN THE CHART THAT THERE ARE SOME OTHERS THAT ARE IN THE BUILD SO WHAT IS THE TYPICAL HOLD UP OF RIGHT.  BECAUSE I KNOW WE'D LOVE TO SEE EITHER NEW SCHOOLS OR REFURBISH SCHOOLS OR EXPAND SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE WORKING BETTER AND SAY HOW CAN WE HAVE MORE KIDS IN THIS SCHOOL RIGHT AND AT THOSE FACILITIES WHAT IS LIKE THE TYPICAL TIMELINE OF SAYING WHY COULD WE BE ADVOCATING FOR FOUR MORE NEW SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW AND I UNDERSTAND MONEY'S AN ISSUE MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD JUST EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS AND WHY IT'S TAKE SO LONG TO EVEN BUILD A NEW SCHOOL OR REDO A CURRENT SCHOOL DAY. I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE YOU WANT TO SPEAK THAT NOW. HOW ARE YOU? HI, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.  I THINK THERE'S DIFFERENT BUCKETS HERE. I DO THINK THAT ONE THE CAPITAL BUDGET RIGHT. AND HOW MUCH OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS ALLOCATED TO SCHOOLS? I THINK THAT WE'VE SEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET THAT THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO SCHOOLS THE PAST COUPLE OF CAPITAL LIKE THE PAST COUPLE OF CYCLES.  SO THERE WAS A LOT MORE SCHOOLS THAT LIKE THE LESS SHORT LIKE FILL UP IN CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WERE ANNOUNCED AND SOME OF THEM ARE IN THE BUILDING STAGES. SOME OF THEM WERE GOING TO BE ONLINE THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WHICH IS LIKE REALLY EXCITING AND SOME OF THEM ARE SORT OF LIKE THE PROGRAMING AND DESIGN PHASES. I DO THINK ANOTHER BUCKET OF THAT JUST LIKE AS A DISTRICT I THINK THAT SORT OF LIKE THE TOOLS AND IN SELECTING LIKE WHICH SCHOOLS LIKE EQUITABLY SELECTING LIKE WHAT SCHOOLS SHOULD LIKE GET LIKE RENOVATED OR BUILT ETC. AND IN THE PAST WE'VE WENT THROUGH THE MSP LIKE PROCESS TO BUILD OUR SCHOOLS.  NOW IT'S LIKE THE BOTH THE MSB PROCESS AND THE COMMITMENT TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET. I DO THINK THAT WE ALSO HAVE LIKE THE TOOLS RIGHT THROUGH THE FCA WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM AND ALSO THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN TO LIKE APPROVE LIKE LOOK AT OUR ECOSYSTEM OF SCHOOLS AND AND HAVE WAYS NOW ON LIKE PRIORITIZING AND NOT JUST LIKE THE LARGEST VOICES IN THE ROOM OR OR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT CAN REALLY ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO LIKE WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS SPEAKING ABOUT EARLIER IT'S LIKE IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FASTER. RIGHT. LIKE WE HAD TO BUILD LIKE SUBSYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES AND SPIT IN PLACES AND THIS IS WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT SORT OF LIKE ON THE ACADEMIC AND THE ACADEMIC SPACE RIGHT BEFORE WE NAME LIKE SCHOOL CLOSURES.  LIKE WE NEED HIGH QUALITY SEATS IN BUILDINGS THAT CAN SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.  THANK YOU AND SORRY ONLY IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. YEAH I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IN ADDITION TO THAT I THINK THERE'S BASICALLY KIND OF FOUR NEWBUILDS RIGHT OR MAJOR ARROWS. YEAH, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY IF WE SUPPORT IT FINANCIALLY BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO MIGHT BE WHICH I THINK YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A NUMBER THAT ARE IN Q THEM SBA OR COMING OUT OF MSP COVERS THE STATE.  SO YOU KNOW FOR US TO HAVE THREE OR FOUR PROJECTS IN THERE THAT'S GREAT RIGHT AT SOME THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE'VE ALWAYS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AND I THINK NOW SINCE ARCH ACADEMY WE'RE REALLY FEEDING THEM KIND OF LIKE A STEADY STREAM AND WILL CONTINUE TO THE MSP IS AROUND A SEVEN YEAR FROM INITIAL TO FIND DEPENDING ON LIKE HOW BIG AND IF THE LOW KEY FUNDING THE LOCATION ARE ALL NEW BUILDS CAN BE MORE RAPID THAN THAT BUT THEY WE'RE NOT GETTING THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE SO THEY COST A WHOLE LOT MORE MONEY. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT SEVEN YEAR TIME FRAME IS A GOOD UNDERSTANDING. I APPRECIATE THAT.  I'M ALSO THINK ABOUT WHEN IF WE'RE TRYING TO INVEST AND EXPAND THE SCHOOLS THAT WE FEEL BETTER WILL ALSO TRYING TO CLOSE SOME WE OF COURSE DON'T WANT LIKE A NET ZERO RIGHT LIKE THE ENROLLMENT IS STILL AN ISSUE SO IT'S NOT LIKE HEY LET'S ADD CTR CLOSE THIS SCHOOL AND WE'VE STILL GOT THE SAME PROBLEM.  SO JUST WONDERING HOW LIKE HOW DOES THAT WORK IN TRYING TO BID FOR DOING A NEW BUILD AND GET THE GET THE RIGHT CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT OR EXPAND ON THE GOOD ONES BUT CLOSE SOME SCHOOLS AT THE SAME TIME? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE IT'S NOT NET ZERO BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY HITTING THE MARK OF WHAT WE NEED TO HIT FOR ENROLLMENT?  I MEAN I THINK SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE MY TEAM PARTNERS CLOSELY WITH DELL'S TEAM ON IS LOOKING AT CAPACITY NEEDS THROUGHOUT A GIVEN NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO AS AN EXAMPLE COMMENTS MADE LAST NIGHT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE USE OF THE FREDERICK BUILDING RIGHT AND HOW THEY'RE MADE ONE OF THE OPTIONS POTENTIALLY COULD BE THAT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS MERGED TOGETHER INTO ONE LARGER BUILDING. SO THAT IS SORT OF ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT YOU COULD SEE THERE. ANOTHER OPTION IS IS WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WENT THROUGH AT BOSTON WHERE YOU YOU SORT OF ALLOW A PROGRAM THAT'S THAT'S BEING MORE SUCCESSFUL TO SORT OF ABSORB ANOTHER SCHOOL IS IT'S ACTUALLY A BIT OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT ROUTE THAT'S IN ACADEMY IN ITS ORIGIN RIGHT AND SO YOU CAN END UP CONSOLIDATING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES INTO THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT CAN HAPPEN RIGHT IS WHEN YOU DO A MORE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL CLOSURE, RIGHT, THEY CAN THEN SORT OF IF ONE SCHOOL CLOSED THEY CAN THEN FILL IN THAT CAPACITY.  SO YOU'RE NOT ENDING UP NET ZERO BUT I THINK A LOT OF THE WORK IS GOING TO BE MORE IN THOSE MERGING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TOGETHER INTO THE SITES AND THAT'S WHAT OUR TEAMS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH DELL'S TEAM ON IS TO UNDERSTAND SORT OF WHAT IS THE CAPACITY WE NEED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN AND THEN WHAT ARE THE FACILITIES WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OR CREATE AND I APPRECIATE I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND THE BALANCE BY CREATING THE SEATS FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE CLOSING EMERGING THAT YOU CAN THEN TRANSFER THE KIDS TO RIGHT FRONT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE SOMEPLACE TO GO WHILE THE SCHOOL IS EITHER CLOSED OR BEING WORKED ON SWING SPACE. YEAH BUT ALSO YEAH YEAH DOING THE SWING SPACE WHILE ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ENROLLMENT CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING AT ALL LEVELS OUT LAST NIGHT IN ACTUALLY IN YOUR PRESENTATION THERE'S A LIST OF BUILDINGS THAT RIGHT NOW ARE UNDERUTILIZED AND THAT COULD BE THEIR SPACE AND SPACE IS BEING DESIGN TO ADD THINGS IN SOME ARE SWING SPACE, SOME ARE COMING OFFLINE BECAUSE LIKE BOSTON LIKE FOR INSTANCE QUINCY UP OR IS MOVING INTO THE NEW BUILDING. WE NEED TO GET INTO THOSE BUILDINGS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR CAPACITY IS, WHAT DO THEY NEED IN ORDER TO HAVE ADDITIONAL HIGH QUALITY SEATS. GREAT. I THINK MY TIME IS UP BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH BILL. THANK YOU, JEFF. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO BPC AND SUPERINTENDENT AND THE WHOLE TEAM FOR BEING RESPONSIVE AND BEING COLLABORATIVE THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET PROCESS AND SHOWING UP TO THE COUNCIL EARLIER THAN USUAL. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THEN ALSO SUBMITTING THE QUESTIONS BACK IN A VERY ROBUST WAY WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS SHARED WITH US. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON RECORD FOR ALL YOUR WORK THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS DURING THIS CYCLE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTINUE COLLABORATION WITH BEPS THIS YEAR AND ALSO IN YEARS TO COME. ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS JUST ONE OF THE CLARIFYING CLARIFYING QUESTIONS YOU GAVE PERCENTAGES LIKE 25 AND 32% I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THOSE NUMBERS WERE FOR SO THAT 25 AND WILL GET YOU THE EXACT BUT I'M PRETTY SURE I'M IN THE BALLPARK 25% IT VARIES A LITTLE BIT BUT ABOUT 25% OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE AN IP. OKAY WELL FIVE OR FOUR AND THEN THE 32% WAS IN THE 32% ARE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND THAT'S OUR TARGET FOR EVERY WELL THAT'S THE DISTRICT AVERAGE. SO IF YOU IF YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF SCHOOLS SERVING UNDER THE DISTRICT AVERAGE THAT MEANS THE OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE TO SERVE ABOVE IT. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REALLY THROUGH CHOICE AND QUALITY BE ABLE TO GIVE KIDS STUDENTS WHO ARE HAVE AN IEP OR A MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS THE ABILITY TO ACCESS ALL SCHOOLS RIGHT THAT ARE HIGH QUALITY. AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I KNOW SOME SCHOOLS WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE OF STATUS THAT DESIGNATION HAVE MORE AUTONOMY THAN OTHERS BUT GOING FORWARD AND YOU KNOW YOUR NEW VISION FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS HOW WE VIEWING AUTONOMY FOR THE FUTURE.  SURE. SO I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN AUTONOMY AND I NEVER SAY AUTONOMY WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY GOT TO GO HAND IN HAND.  I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE ROUGHLY ABOUT 30 OF THEM I WOULD SAY 30 TO 29 AND THEY ARE PRE-K TO 12. WE WORK YOU KNOW, THERE'S PARTICULARLY AREAS THE AUTONOMOUS SCHOOLS HAVE AUTONOMY OVER. BUT IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND EQUITABLE LITERACY, AROUND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, THE BIG DISTRICT INITIATIVES TO BRING QUALITY UP THEY'RE PARTICIPATING FULLY IN ALL OF THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD WANT, RIGHT? I THINK WHERE WE HAVE GROWTH IN THE BUMPS IS TO ACTUALLY TAKE SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICE THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE AUTONOMOUS SCHOOLS AND MAKE SURE ALL SCHOOLS CAN ACCESS THAT.  THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING WE JUST HAVE NEVER DONE AND IT'S HAUNTED ME OVER HERE WITHOUT ACTUALLY BEING FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING THINGS BETTER AND IN EASIER ACROSS THE DISTRICT JUST KIND OF KEEPS IT OVER HERE SO THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE WORK. WE NOW HAVE AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WHO IS WORKING VERY HARD ON THIS WITH THE GOVERNING BOARDS IN THESE SCHOOLS THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF AUTONOMOUS SCHOOLS. THERE'S HORSEMAN'S THAT ARE WITH THE STATE ALL THE WAY TO THE ORIGINAL PILOT SCHOOLS THAT EXISTED YOU KNOW BACK FROM THE 1970S AND EIGHTIES AND IS EVERY NEW SCHOOL GOING TO BE A HUB SCHOOL OR WEST VISION FOR A HUB SCHOOL? YEAH. SO I'D ACTUALLY LOVE FOR DR. MCINTYRE TO JUST HAVE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT HUB FOR A SECOND BECAUSE I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE'S INTERESTED IN AND IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE SEE AS A REAL PRIORITY IN THE DISTRICT TO EXPAND THEM BUT ALSO IN THE CASE OF MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, CLOSURES THEY CAN BE A REALLY POWERFUL TOOL TO HELP A NEW COMMUNITY KIND OF COME TOGETHER. AND DR. MCINTYRE, ALWAYS A PLEASURE. YOU ARE A LEGEND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I AM PLEASED TO BE IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU AND CONTINUE TO WORK COLLAB ACTIVELY FOR THE DISTRICT, FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR FAMILIES.  SO HUB SCHOOLS ARE REALLY NEW, THEIR NEW TO US BECAUSE WE'RE SYSTEMATIZING THEM AS AN EQUITY BASED STRATEGY TO HELP CLOSE THE GAP AND SUPPORT STUDENTS THAT HAVE LOW WEALTH STUDENTS THAT ARE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY AND BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS. WE ARE ENGAGING THIS MODEL AS AN EFFORT TO HELP GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGH QUALITY LEARNING IN EVERY SCHOOL. SO IS EVERY SCHOOL A HUB SCHOOL ? NOT YET. IS THE GOAL TO CREATE A DISTRICT COMPRISED OF HUB SCHOOLS?  ABSOLUTELY. TO DATE WE HAVE 14 HUB SCHOOLS IN THE HUB SCHOOLS THAT EXIST TODAY EXISTS BECAUSE OF THE NEED AND THAT NEED IS RELATIVE TO ZIP CODE . THAT NEED IS RELATIVE TO SOCIOECONOMIC UNDERSTANDING SOCIO CULTURAL ALL AND SO THE GROVE HALL WORK THAT I STARTED SOME TIME AGO I BEGAN TO BUILD THIS ALLIANCE OUT OF PEER NEED AND I WAS DOING IT INDEPENDENTLY AND THE DISTRICTS NOTICED THAT IT MADE A DIFFERENCE AND DECIDED OH LET'S DO THE GROVE HALL AREA AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HUB SCHOOL MOVEMENT AS WE WERE TRYING TO BUILD THIS STRATEGY.  SO THEY WERE ALREADY ON THE WAY AND THEN WE LOOKED AT OUR DUAL LANGUAGE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT WAS A NEW COMMUNITY THAT WE WERE FOSTERING AND KNEW THAT THEY NEEDED MORE THAN WE WERE OFFERING IN OTHER SITUATIONS.  SO BEING HUB MAKES SCHOOLS THE CENTER OF A DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRACIES DO NOT RUN WITHOUT THE CONSTITUENTS THAT SURROUND THEM AND THOSE CONSTITUENTS CONSIST OF UNIVERSITIES, NONPROFITS, CBOS PARTNERS.  AND SO WE BEGAN TO THINK HOW SCHOOLS CAN PERFORM SO MUCH BETTER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHEN THEY'RE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S REALLY THE FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF HUB SCHOOLS. THEY ARE DESIGNED NOT ONLY TO MEET THE PHYSICAL OR SOCIO EMOTIONAL NEEDS BUT THE ACADEMIC NEEDS AS WELL. AND SO WITH TYPICAL HUB SCHOOL WILL HAVE A HUB COORDINATOR THAT IS FUNDED CENTRALLY AND THAT COORDINATOR WILL WORK IN TANDEM WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE LANDSCAPE TO DEVELOP WHAT THEY NEED TO SERVE THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES OPTIMALLY.  THERE ARE SEVERAL STRATEGIES THAT WE FOCUS ON THAT PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS WORK AND THOSE STRATEGIES, ALTHOUGH SOUNDING VERY BASIC,  ARE SOMETIMES LOST IN DEEP COGNITION AND ONE STRATEGY IS CONNECTING COMMUNITIES TO CLASSROOM. SO YOU TAKE PROGRAMS THAT A NONPROFIT LIKE BUILD OR 8 TO 6 BOSTON OR ANY OTHER ONE YOU CAN THINK OF AND YOU SAY HOW DO OUR STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM LEARNING THAT AND WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO THEM PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE FINANCIAL LITERACY THAT WE OFTEN LEAVE OUT OF THE CONTEXT. AND SO THAT'S ONE OPPORTUNITY. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IS TO NOT MISS OUT ON ENGAGEMENT BUT TO FOCUS OUR WORK PARTICULARLY ON THOSE STUDENTS AND THOSE FAMILIES THAT WE ARE SERVING AND SERVE THEM IN A WAY THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS AND MAKES THEM FEEL AS IF THEY BELONG WHICH IS ANOTHER STRATEGY SAFETY AND A SENSE OF BELONGING . AND HOW WE DO THAT IS BY MAKING SURE EACH INDIVIDUAL CHILD OR FAMILY IS RECOGNIZED AS AS WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY NEED IN THAT RECOGNITION IS ENTRENCHED IN CULTURAL RELEVANCE AND LINGUISTIC RELEVANCE SO THAT EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE THEY BELONG. SO WE DO WONDERFUL THINGS WITH OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WE MEET IN THE EVENINGS AND WE HAVE LITERACY NIGHT AND WE TEACH PARA IT'S ABOUT EQUITABLE LITERACY SO IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING MORE HANDING TO THE CHILDREN BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE BRINGING INTO THE HALL AND THEN WE GO PARTNER WITH A BOOKSTORE THAT IS ENTRENCHED IN CULTURE AND SEND BOOKS HOME TO THOSE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THAT LITERATURE THAT READING AT HOME. AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT MOST PEOPLE CAN TAKE FOR GRANTED. OTHER SCHOOLS DO THEM AS PROCESS AND PROTOCOL BUT WE RECOGNIZE THEM AS FUNDAMENTAL MENTAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MUST NOT MISS IF WE ARE TO CLOSE THE GAP AND RAISE OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE THE UNFETTERED ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE PROMISED THEM IN THIS PUBLIC EDUCATION. SO I CAN ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU IF YOU LIKE. I'LL COME BACK IT TIME IS UP. I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL FOR THE CLOCK BUT THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION AND I KNOW YOU'VE SHOUTED OUT BUILD AND I WAS ABLE TO VISIT ONE OF THE THE CLASSES I BUILT AT THE BURKE THEY DO GREAT WORK AND THEN I'VE BEEN STUDYING ALL YOUR WORK THROUGH THE GROVE HALL ALLIANCE SO YES AMAZING AMAZING WORK FROM THERE AND YOU CONTINUE TO DO AMAZING THINGS BUT THIS IS THE LAST THING WE ARE DOING IS OFFERING OUR MERGER'S THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME HUB AND I'LL SAY THIS VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT HAVING BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING SCHOOLS MOVING IN AND OUT OF A BUILDING THAT I WAS SERVING AS LEADER FOR TRANSFORMATION, I KNOW THAT THAT WORK IS HARD, IT'S DAUNTING AND SO PLACING A HUB COORDINATOR AS THE MEDIATOR TO BUILD THE BRIDGE AND THE CONSENSUS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TOGETHER AS ONE THAT WERE ONCE UNITED OR DIVIDED AS TWO IS ESSENTIAL SO THAT WORK DOESN'T FALL ON THE SCHOOL LEADER ALONE OR DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED BY THE COMMUNITY. SO EVERY MERGER THAT WE PUSH FORWARD IT WILL HAVE THE BENEFIT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE A HUB COORDINATOR THAT'S CENTRALLY FUNDED BUT WORKS FOR THE SCHOOL, THE FAMILIES, THE STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITIES.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED PLEASE COME DOWN TO ONE OF THE TWO PODIUM TO STATE YOUR NAME NEIGHBORHOOD IN OR ORGANIZATION AFFILIATION. PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE AND PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO 3 MINUTES. SARA SORRY I HAVE TO GO BUT I SAID I OWE YOU HAVE TO LEAVE. OKAY.  OKAY. WE'LL GO TO VIRTUAL TESTIMONY. CHERYL THAT AFTERNOON MY NAME IS CHERYL BACHMAN.  I'M A PARENT TO A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT THE DEBORA IN DORCHESTER. I'M ALSO MEMBER OF FAM CLOSER WHICH IS PEEPS FAMILIES FOR COVID SAFETY. I'M ALONG LIKE RESIDENT OF SOUTH BOSTON. I'M HERE BECAUSE I AM DEEPLY INVESTED IN OUR WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS IN THEIR RIGHT TO A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION. AS YOU KNOW THE SCHOOL MY SON ATTENDS THE DEBORAH WENT TO RECEIVERSHIP IN 2014 AS THE COMMUNITY RALLIED FOR IT TO NOT TO GO INTO ENDEAVOR THEN LOST 15% OF ITS LATINA TEACHERS IN A STATE OF THE ART DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM. AND NOW WITH THE BUDGET EXPECTED TO BE CUT THE DEBORAH IS EXPECTED TO LOSE EVEN MORE 10% OF ITS FULL TIME TEACHERS AND STAFF IN AN FCI PROGRAM DUE TO PARENTS AT THE DEBORAH EVEN HAVE A SAY IN WHAT HAPPENS AT THEIR SCHOOL ACCORDING TO JESSE'S OWN RECORD YELLS AT THE DEBORAH IN GRADES THREE THROUGH SIX OUTPERFORM COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOLS AND STATEWIDE ABOUT THE DELAY WE HAVE IN OUR CHILDREN IN EDUCATORS SUFFERED ENOUGH IN THIS PROCESS WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO PLAY TUG OF WAR? WHY CAN'T PEOPLE STAND UP AND SHOW A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKBONE? SHOULDN'T WE BE INVESTING IN OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE BY ADDING TEACHERS PROGRAM LIKE AN INCLUSION PROGRAM DONE CORRECTLY? MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, FULLY STAFFED LIBRARIES AND BETTER PAYING FOR OUR TEACHERS OUR CHILDREN ARE TOMORROW'S FUTURE AND BEYOND WITHOUT PROPER MATERIALS, TEACHERS OR PLACES TO EARN PART OF THEY SPREAD THEIR WINGS AND THRIVE CUTTING THE BUDGET AND CLOSING BUILDINGS IS A MAJOR INSULT AND BLOW TO OUR EDUCATORS WHO HAVE BEEN OUR SUPERHEROES FOR OUR CHILDREN DURING AND AFTER THIS HISTORIC PANDEMIC. THIS IS HOW WE REPAY THEM BY TELLING THEM THEY CAN LOSE THEIR JOBS.  THIS IS HOW WE REPAY OUR CHILDREN BY TELLING THEM THEY CAN LOSE THE PROGRAMS THEY HAVE THIS YEAR. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN NEXT AS IN A SCHOOL LIKE THE DENVER SUFFERED OR NOT I ASK YOU AS A PARENT TO PLEASE RECONSIDER THE CHOICES YOU ARE MAKING BECAUSE THE WRONG ONE WILL IMPACT OUR CHILDREN FOR MANY YEARS TO COME . I CLOSE WITH WORDS FROM MY 11 YEAR OLD I LOVE GOING TO SCHOOL AND SEEING ALL MY FRIENDS AND TEACHERS.  I DON'T WANT TO SEE A DAY WHERE MY SCHOOL CLOSES AND WE ARE ALL SEPARATED. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU JOHN, CAN YOU HEAR ME ? CHAIR YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO VERY BRIEFLY I'M PROVOCATIVE COMMENTS ON THREE DIFFERENT AREAS IF THAT'S POSSIBLE AND I'LL TRY TO BE SHORT FIRST ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.  THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ESSENTIAL FOR BP IN BUILDING TRUST BUT MY SENSE OF HOW BUILT BP AS IS PROCEEDING IS IS VERY LIMITED CONCEPT AND PERHAPS THE WRONG APPROACH TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THEY SEEM TO BE FOCUSING JUST ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DECIDED AND NOT ON THE PARTICIPATION OF THE PARENTS AND COMMUNITIES IN THE PLANNING OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT THEY BE APPROACHING THEM IN THE MEETINGS THAT I SAW LAST WEEK IS TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY OF DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE SCHOOLS.  THEY ARE NOT ASKING FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPING THE PLANS ONLY IN THEIR IMPLEMENTATION. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. I THINK IT WILL FRANKLY INCREASE CYNICISM AND MISTRUST IN THE COMMUNITY AND I WOULD URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE CLEAR THAT IT WILL NOT APPROVE BUDGETARY CAPITAL PROPOSALS UNLESS THEY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT GENUINE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE.  SECOND POINT WE ARE TOLD AND I THINK IT'S CORRECT THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR HIGH QUALITY SEATS FOR ALL CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS BUT AT THE LAST MINUTE IN THEIR INCLUSION PLAN BP HAS ADDED MULTI-LINGUAL LEARNERS AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW I ALONG WITH EIGHT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE YELLOW TASK FORCE FELT THAT THE WAY THAT BOSTON WAS APPROACHING THE INCLUSION OF ENGLISH LEARNERS BY ASSIGNING THEM ESSENTIALLY INTO GENERAL EDUCATION WITH ESL SUPPORT WAS NOT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.  FRANKLY, IT IS AN APPROACH THAT HAS FAILED IN BPC OVER THE PAST YEAR.  THERE IS SOME TALK WHICH I FIND GOOD AND HEARTENING ABOUT BILINGUAL EDUCATION BUT THAT IS A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF CHILDREN COMPARED TO THE NUMBER THAT HAVE BEEN AND ARE PLANNED TO BE ASSIGNED INTO GENERAL EDUCATION AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT EITHER THIS COMMITTEE OR OTHER COMMITTEES THE CITY COUNCIL WILL LIKE EDUCATION OR ACCOUNTABILITY HOLD HEARINGS IN THE FALL TO SEE ONCE THE RESULTS ARE IN AND WANT TO ASK ACCESS SCORES OR ON LEARNING ENGLISH OR IN TO HOLD A HEARING AND SEE WHETHER THE APPROACHES THAT ARE ARE BEING USED AS A MODEL FOR MULTILINGUAL STUDENT INCLUSION ARE SUCCESSFUL AND AND THEN BASE DECISIONS ON GOING AHEAD WITH THOSE PROGRAMS ON THE BASIS OF THE EVIDENCE. FINALLY, I WAS VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE EMPHASIS ON THE BILINGUAL EDUCATION STAFF AND THE NEED TO EXPAND BILINGUAL TEACHERS IN.  SADLY OVER THE PAST THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE PROGRESS IN DIVERSITY. NOW THE TEACHING OF THE TEACHING STAFF IT IS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON RACIAL ETHNIC DIVERSITY. I HAVE SUGGESTED FOR YEARS AND I THINK SOME PEOPLE SHARE IT THAT THERE SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT AND A GOAL AROUND LANGUAGE DIVERSITY AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ASK THAT BEEPERS PROVIDE REPORTS NOT ONLY ON THE RACIAL ETHNIC DIVERSITY OF TEACHERS BUT ON THE LANGUAGE DIVERSITY OF THOSE TEACHERS SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO SEE THAT THERE IS A MATCH BETWEEN THE LANGUAGE OF THE TEACHERS AND THE LANGUAGE OF THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING ME . I'D BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY WITH ANY OF YOU AS APPROPRIATE AND AS YOU WOULD LIKE.  THANK YOU AGAIN, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, SULEIKA.  I THINK THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING ME TODAY. MY NAME IS WALAKER SO I'M A VEEPS PARENT IN A GRADUATE OF I ALWAYS SAY DORCHESTER HIGH BUT WE DID FACE THE SCHOOL SMALL SCHOOLS INITIATIVE WHEN SCHOOLS WERE SPLIT UP SO I ENDED UP GRADUATING FROM NOONAN BUSINESS ACADEMY.  I AM HERE TO ADDRESS THE PRESSING ISSUES SURROUNDING THE FACILITIES MEANT TO BE USED FOR OUR STUDENTS FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE SOUTH AND WHERE I LIVE AND CROSSES MANY DISTRICT BUT I THINK I LIVE ON FITZGERALD'S DISTRICT. THE SCHOOLS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE IN PLAINS DISTRICT AND FOCUS MY CROSS. TANYA FERNANDEZ DISTRICT SO THE SOUTH END WHERE I LIVE HOME TO THE MELVIN H. KING SOUTHLAND ACADEMY FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE MCKINLEY SCHOOLS AND BLACKSTONE ELEMENTARY IS FACING SIGNIFICANT ACCESS CHALLENGES THAT ARE HIGH QUALITY STUDENT EXPERIENCE THAT BP HAS TALKED ABOUT AND IT NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. OUR SOUTHLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE APRIL OF 2022.  THIS CLOSURE HAS LEFT A VOID IN OUR COMMUNITY DEPRIVING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF VITAL SPACE FOR LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT.  THIS ESPECIALLY PROBLEMATIC GIVEN THAT THE IMAGE K MAUPIN H KING ACADEMY DOES NOT HAVE A LIBRARY AND THE LIBRARY OF THE BLACKSTONE ELEMENTARY WHICH IS FLOATING IN A HALLWAY IS SITUATED WITH NO WALLS OR DOORS MAKING IT ANYTHING BUT QUIET AND CONDUCIVE TO LEARN AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY IS CLOSE AND THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES ARE INADEQUATE LEAVING OUR CHILDREN ESSENTIAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE THE BLACK VOTE ON B C I F IS OPEN THE POOL REMAINS CLOSED AT FLYNN. I KNOW THIS IS CLOSED TO YOU. THIS BOARD IS A CRUCIAL RESOURCE FOR RECREATION AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN THE SOUTH NW SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOOD.  THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF POOR HOUSING PROJECT CATHEDRAL VILLA VICTORIA WHICH YOU TALKED ABOUT ON MR FLYNN.  CASTLE SQUARE AND LENNOX WHICH MIGHT BE PART OF FERNANDEZ'S DISTRICT.  ITS CLOSURE HAS LEFT A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN SERVICES FOR OUR LOW INCOME BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO RELY ON IT FOR SWIMMING LESSONS EVERY ASIAN ACTIVITIES THERE ARE MANY BLACK AND LATINO FAMILIES LIVING IN THE SOUTH AND THE HORTONS OF WHOLE ACCESS CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. MAYOR WU HAS BEFORE STATED AND SHE KNOWS THAT A QUARTER OF BLACK ERIN'S AND A THIRD OF LATINO PARENTS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE NEVER LEARNED TO SWIM COMPARED TO JUST ONE IN 25 PARENTS. WHITE PARENTS WHO DID NOT LEARN TO SWIM. THIS IS PASSED THROUGH GENERATIONS AND TODAY LESS THAN HALF OF BLACK AND LATINO CHILDREN RECEIVE RECEIVE SWIMMING LESSONS COMPARED TO 75 WHITE CHILDREN. I WOULD JUST SAY MY OLDEST DAUGHTER LEARNED HOW TO SWIM AND SHE'S A GREAT SWIMMER AT THE BLACKSTONE AND VICHY WYETH COMMUNITY CENTER AND POOL WHEN SHE WAS AT THE BLACKSTONE. MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WHO ALSO GRADUATED FROM THE BLACK FUND WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCESS IT BECAUSE OF BUDGET AND THINGS THE LACK OF ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER POOL CREATES MORE DISPARITY. THE NINE CHILDREN ABOUT A LIFE SKILL, A RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY BP AND THE CITY NEED TO FAST TRACK THE REPAIRS TO REOPEN IN THE SOUTH BEND LIBRARY AND THE BLACKSTONE BEACHES POOL AS WELL AS START PLANNING AND PROGRAMING DESIGNED FOR RENOVATIONS AT THE BLACKSTONE ELEMENTARY AND THE MELVIN H. KING SOUTHEND ACADEMY.  THEY WERE BOTH GIVEN RIGHT THE BLACKSTONE WAS GIVEN 20 MILLION IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WHICH IS ALMOST OVER THIS SCHOOL YEAR 24 CAPITAL BUDGET AND THE MHRA WAS GIVEN 20 $20.3 MILLION. WHAT HAS HAPPENED? NOTHING HAS BEEN SPENT.  WHAT IS THE UPDATE TO THAT COMMUNITY? BP IT IS PARTICULARLY FRUSTRATING TO CONSIDER THAT THIS MONEY HAS BEEN GIVEN AND THE CHILDREN WHO ATTEND THESE SCHOOLS LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MOSTLY LOW INCOME SPECIAL ED AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS.  THEY'RE ALL SEGREGATED WITHIN THE BLACKSTONE AND MH K WITHIN THE SOUTH END CANNOT TO KEEP BEING PUSHED BACK TO THE BACKBURNER.  YOU WE WILL HEAR TODAY WHILE YOU PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT MH FABIAN AND THE 11 PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY. HOWEVER, WHAT HAPPENS AT THE BLACKSTONE WHY IS THERE NO UPDATE ON THAT? BP CLAIMS TO WANT EVERY STUDENT TO HAVE A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION OR EXPERIENCE. BUT WHEN WILL WE SEE THIS BECOME A REALITY FOR BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS THAT LIVE IN THE SOUTH END INSTEAD OF EMPTY PROMISES? WHAT IS THE BIG PICTURE THE PIECEMEAL APPROACH? LIKE HOW DOES MH K BLACKSTONE ON THE BC ONE POOL, THE LIBRARY AND ALL OF THIS PLAY INTO THE BIGGER PUZZLE? MEL H KING ONCE SAID IT SEEMS TO ME THERE IS A GAP IN OUR CULTURE. IT HAS TO DO WITH ACCESS TO TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT ALLOW YOU TO MOVE BUT EDUCATIONALLY AND ECONOMICALLY THE BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN THAT ATTEND AND SCHOOL AND LIVE IN THE SOUTH AND DESERVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO FUNCTIONING SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES INCLUDING POOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS. THEY DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT TONY PRIORITIZED. WHERE WILL THESE FACILITIES BE AVAILABLE AND FUNCTIONAL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS? BLACK AND BROWN LOW INCOME NOT YOU KNOW USUAL SOUTH BEND RESIDENT THAT YOU MAY LIVE INTO. THERE'S MANY BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES IN THE SOUTH IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS DESERVE INVOLVEMENT TRANSPARENCY,  COMMITMENT AND REAL ACTION. WHERE IS THE LONG TERM FACILITY PLAN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I WOULD LOVE FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ASK ABOUT THE BLACKSTONE.  WHY IS THAT NOT PART OF THE 11 PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING WORKED ON? BLACKSTONE COMMUNITY MEMBERS INCLUDING PARENTS HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE. I MYSELF SINCE WE ADVOCATED FOR $5 MILLION FOR WALLS AND DOORS THAT WAS PROMISED BACK IN 2019. WHAT IS GOING ON? A PRINCIPAL JUST GOT APPOINTED NOT EVEN PICKED BY THE COMMUNITY FROM THE YOU KNOW, FROM THE MURPHY SCHOOL I BELIEVE IT IS.  HOW AND WHY WAS THIS HAPPENING? WHERE IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT?  I. MY CHILDREN DO NOT ATTEND THE BLACKSTONE BUT THEY DID FOR TEN YEARS AND AGAIN I'M A CERTAIN RESIDENT THEY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY AND THANK YOU APPRECIATE YOUR HEARING ME . CITY COUNCIL BFC WHAT A CUT ME OFF YOU KNOW THANK YOU RUBY . RUBY THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  RUBY, ARE YOU THERE?  YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME ? I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.  GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS RUBY REYES. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON EDUCATION JUSTICE ALLIANCE AND A DORCHESTER.  ACCORDING TO DATA COLLECTED BY THE GREEN NEW DEAL BELL STAKEHOLDERS GROUP. IT SHOWED THAT THERE ARE 46 SCHOOLS THAT DON'T FIT THE FEASIBLE MODEL AS DEFINED BY BEPS AND THEY SERVE OVERNIGHT THOUSAND STUDENTS THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE BLACK AND LATINO.  OF THE 46 SCHOOLS THAT DON'T FIT A FEASIBLE MODEL TO BEPS 11 HAVE UTILIZATION PERCENTAGES OF BETWEEN 36 AND 85 OF THESE 46 SCHOOLS ALL HAVE OVERALL FACILITY SCORES UNDER 50 OUT OF 119 HAVE NO CAPITAL PROJECT PLAN FOR 4 TO 28 OF THE 46 SCHOOLS.  A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER ARE IN ROXBURY, EAST BOSTON, DORCHESTER AND HYDE PARK AREAS WITH HIGHER NUMBERS OF FAMILIES AND SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN.  SINCE 2018 THE BILL DEEPS GREEN NEW DEAL STAKEHOLDERS COALITION HAS DEMANDED THAT BEPS RELEASE A FULL LONG TERM PLAN FOR FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT COMPLETE WITH SPECIFIC BUILDING PLANS. WE'VE ASKED THAT YOU IMPLEMENT THE RACIAL EQUITY PLANNING TOOL WITH FIDELITY TO DETERMINE IF PLANS ARE EQUITABLE BY RACE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, NEIGHBORHOOD DISABILITY AND LINGUISTIC GROUP AND SHARE THAT ANALYSIS PUBLICLY. THE GROUP REITERATES THESE DEMANDS AND ADDS THAT PRIOR TO THE MERGING OR CLOSING OF A SCHOOL BHP'S MUST HAVE A NEW MODERN FACILITY READY FOR STUDENTS IN THE AFFECTED AREA. THIS PROCESS DOES NOT AND HAS NOT ADHERED TO THE STEPS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OUTLINED IN THE RACIAL EQUITY PLANNING TOOL. THE TOOL ASKS QUESTIONS SUCH AS HOW WILL THE PROPOSAL ADDRESS RACISM AND CLOSE OPPORTUNITY GAPS? HOW HAVE BLACK LATINXS SPECIAL AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF AND OTHER KEY INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS BEEN ENGAGED IN CONSIDERING AND SHAPING THE PROPOSAL?  IN THE PLAN REALISTIC IS THE PLAN REALISTIC AND ADEQUATELY RESOURCED? HOW WILL WE ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY INCLUDING EVALUATING AND COMMUNICATING RESULTS? MAYOR WU AND SUPERINTENDENTS JEFFERS STAFF HAVE BEEN CLEAR THAT THEIR VISION, THEIR VERSION OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE EQUITY TOOL IS TO INFORM SCHOOL COMMUNITIES HOW THEIR FLAWED LEADERSHIP WILL MANAGE A CLOSURE MERGER OR RECONFIGURATION.  THEY DO NOT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO CARRY OUT THESE BUILDING DECISIONS WITHOUT PERPETUATING RACISM. THEY HAVE SHOWN THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.  THE STAFF HERE HAVE TALKED ABOUT RENOVATED AND SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS THAT PARENTS, STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS HAVE FOUGHT TO SAVE AND ARE NOW BEING TOUTED AS ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE DISTRICT. THE HORACE MANN PARENT COUNCIL HAD TO FIGHT TO STAY OPEN.  THE MCCORMICK AND BCA UCLA SCHOOL COMMUNITIES HAD TO SHOW SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT THE BUILDING RENOVATIONS PROMISED FOR THEIR MERGER DID NOT HAPPEN AFTER THE MCCORMICK SCHOOL COMMUNITY HAD AGREED A MERGER PLAN FOR THEMSELVES. THE MADISON PARK RENOVATION WAS DESIGNED THROUGH EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THE COMMUNITY NOT BHP'S. THE O'BRYANT SCHOOL BEING LEFT OUT AS PUNISHMENT FOR ADVOCATING FOR THEIR SCHOOL. THE SHAW TAYLOR MERGER STILL DOESN'T HAVE DESIGNATED LOCATIONS AND THE MCKINLEY AND BLACKSTONE PROMISES ARE IN PROJECT PROPOSAL DESIGN RATHER THAN WITH SHOVELS IN THE GROUND FOR THE BUILDING WORK. THE WESTON EARLY LEARNING CENTER IS SLATED TO BE CLOSED. MAYOR WU HAS TOUTED EARLY LEARNING AS A PRIORITY BUT THIS IS BEING CLOSED. SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBER BRANDON CORNETT HERNANDEZ SAID AT THE MAY 9TH MEETING THERE ARE CERTAIN FAMILIES IN THE SYSTEM WHO WILL NOT BE IMPACTED IN ANY AND ALL OF THIS MINE INCLUDED. MY KID GOES TO A TIER ONE SCHOOL. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE CLOSED. THERE IS A LOT OF DAMAGE THAT WE CAN DO WITHOUT A CLEAR PLAN. THIS IS WHAT THIS PLAN CONTINUES TO DO PERPETUATE RACISM AND SUPPORT SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE AT ALL. WE'RE ASKING THAT THE RACIAL EQUITY PLANNING TOOL BE SHARED WITH HOW THESE DECISIONS WERE MADE NOT JUST WITH THE COUNCIL BUT WITH SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD DAY.  THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP TO GIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY.  I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. NOW I'LL GO BACK TO MY COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES FOR A SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS.  STARTING WITH COUNCILOR BRAEDEN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU.  I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS JUST THINKING ABOUT FEDERAL GRANTS.  TITLE ONE WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE UNIFORM GUIDANCE.  THERE'S UNIFORM GUIDANCE FOR REPORTING ON AND THIS GOES BACK TO MY QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISING ABOUT THE NEED FOR A CHIEF AUDIT EXECUTIVE IN THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND THERE'S ALL SORTS OF BACK AND FORWARD ABOUT WHETHER THAT'S NECESSARY OR NOT. BUT THE THE FEDERAL GRANTS TITLE ONE REPORTING ON THE UNIFORM UNIFORM GUIDANCE STANDARD THE LAST THE MOST RECENT REPORT WE HAVE OUT FROM 2022 AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE FINDING THAT INTERNAL CONTROL AND COMPLIANCE OVER PAYROLL MATERIAL WEAKNESS, INTERNAL CONTROL OVER REPORTING A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY INTERNAL CONTROL AND COMPLIANCE OVER ANNUAL REPORT CARD, HIGH SCHOOL GUARD GRADUATION RATES, MATERIAL WEAKNESS AND THAT'S A REPEATED THEME OVER SEVERAL YEARS GOING BACK, YOU KNOW, 2019, 2020 2021, 22. AND I'M JUST YOU KNOW, REALLY I DO THIS WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOOKING AT THE IN STRONG THESE FEDERAL GRANTS YOU KNOW, THE THE THE THE STANDARD OF OF UNIFORM GUIDANCE ARE JUST YOU KNOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE KEEPING UP A HIGH STANDARD OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN THOSE SPACES THEN I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE FACT THAT YOU MANAGED TO GET $17 MILLION OF SAVINGS IN CENTRAL OFFICE.  AND I'M ALSO CURIOUS AS TO HOW YOU MANAGED TO DO THAT WHEN YOU'RE FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS FOR 21 TO 24 WENT UP BY 127 FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS LIKE HOW CAN YOU SAVE SO MUCH MONEY WHEN YOU'RE HAVE SUCH A DRAMATIC INCREASES IN YOUR IN YOUR STAFF FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS?  AND I DO HOPE THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THOSE SAVINGS OUT OF CUTTING CONTRACTS WITH AND WITH PROGRAMS AND OUTSIDE PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTS THAT ARE DIRECTED AT SUPPORTING THE CLASSROOM AND IN THE FIELD THE AND AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS JUST TO THINK ABOUT IT REALLY THIS IS ONE FOR FOR MR FORWARD YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE A FACILITY STATUS FOR ALL SCHOOLS AND REALLY LIKE TO GET A REPORT ON THE FACILITY STATUS OF ALL THE SCHOOLS AND ALSO THE BRIGHTON AND DISTRICT NAME AND AND YOU KNOW INCLUDING THE THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SCORE AND JUST TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH ALL OF THAT AND THEN I KNOW I LOOKED AT YOU KNOW JUST CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THE DISTRICT SCHOOL NINE DISTRICT NINE SCHOOLS IT LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR THE ONLY THING THAT'S REALLY GOING TO GET DONE IS IMPROVEMENTS LIKE WATER FOUNTAINS AND WATER AND REALLY YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I WANT TO FLAG UP IS AT THE WINSHIP SCHOOL WE GOT CPA MONEY BACK IN FOUR YEARS AGO 100 AND $550,000 FROM CPA FOR A NEW PLAYGROUND AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE LAST YEAR AND NOW IT'S ON THE CAPITAL LINE. IT'S A LINE ON THE LIST FOR THIS YEAR BUT THE COST IS INCREASED BY TWO OVER $1,000,000. SO IT'S SORT OF TRIPLED IN COST IN THE TIME THAT IT HASN'T BEEN DONE. SO I HOPE IT GETS DONE THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT IS A IT IS A SCHOOL THAT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY OUTSIDE PLAY SPACE APART FROM THE PLAYGROUND AND IT'S NICE TO DO IT DURING THE SUMMER WHEN STUDENTS AREN'T THERE.  UM I WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME YOU MENTIONED AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS IN IN SCHOOLS.  I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS WE HAVE IN THE SCHOOLS FRANCE AND BRIGHTON . UM AND THEN ONE THING THAT WE HAD IN A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION WAS A BREAKDOWN ON SPENDING ON OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS, LAWYERS AND ACCOUNTANTS AND THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TODAY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT DAVID YEAH, SO I'M WORKING ON GETTING YOU THE FULL BREAKDOWN OF THAT.  ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THOSE CATEGORIES AREN'T AUTOMATICALLY CODED SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND CODING EVERY EXPENSE.  OUT OUR COUNCILOR I BELIEVE THE NUMBER WAS ABOUT $2 MILLION BUT THE CONSULTANTS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO AGGREGATE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO SEPARATE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSULTANTS IN THE IN THE SENSE YOU MEAN FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION CONSULTANTS WORKING DIRECTLY ON KIDS AND FAMILIES.  SO YEAH, IT'S JUST TAKING A LITTLE LONGER THAN EXPECTED TO SEPARATE THOSE OUT AND THE ACCOUNTANTS IS VERY MINIMAL.  YOU KNOW WE DON'T YOU HAVE A ROBUST CUT. YEAH I WILL SAY I AM VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CLEARING A MAJORITY OF THOSE FINDINGS IN OUR FY 23 TITLE ONE AUDIT WHICH IS UNDERWAY. MM HMM.  AND IS IT GOING TO BE PERFECT? I'M NOT 100% SURE ON THAT BUT I DO KNOW AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE ISSUES WE'VE COMPLETELY RESOLVED. AND THE SECOND ONE I'M HOPEFUL WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE FROM THE AUDIT AS WELL.  I APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED FOCUS ON THIS AND KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT YEAH AND AND YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY DEPARTMENT I'M GOING AFTER ON THIS SO AND I APPRECIATE IT AND IT'S THERE AREN'T VERY MANY PEOPLE WHO SPEND AS MUCH TIME THINKING ABOUT IT AS ME SO I'M ALWAYS GLAD TO MEET ANOTHER ONE AND THEN ALSO BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL I'M REALLY LIKE I'M A BIG FROM BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL I THINK IT'S IT'S MAKING REALLY INCREDIBLE STRIDES AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THERE'S SOME REALLY EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING OVER THERE.  ONE THING ON MY OUTSTANDING LIST IS THE ROOF GARDEN.  I KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE ALSO ACCESSIBILITY IS AN ISSUE IT'S A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT PIECE AS YOU KNOW AS YOU MENTIONED WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ESPECIALLY ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. YOU KNOW IT'S THE MAJORITY A GOOD LOT OF YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN HELP SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS WITH BECAUSE THEY HAVE HORTICULTURAL PROGRAMS AND LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT, FOR LEARNING AND THINGS. SO I WOULD SAY THE ROOF GETTING THAT ROOF GARDEN JUST KEEPS GETTING KICKED DOWN THE ROAD AND IT'S BEEN YEARS AT THIS STAGE I THINK WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR FOUR YEARS. I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT MOVE AHEAD IN A TIMELY FASHION SO THAT ALL OF THESE STUDENTS WHO HAVE THESE SPECIAL NEEDS THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE HELPFUL. AND THEN THE OTHER ISSUE WAS THE AUDITORIUM.  YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF GATHERING A STUDENT BODY AND BEING ABLE TO AND I KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL IS ALSO GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY CENTER WE'D REALLY LIKE TO PRIORITIZE. WE GOT $1,000,000 TO HELP UPGRADE THE HIGH SCHOOL IN ARPA FUNDS TO MAKE IT READY FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE B CYF COMMUNITY CENTER SO THE THEATER SPACE IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT DOUBLES UP AS A COMMUNITY SPACE AND IT'S YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW BRAND NEW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORLD CLASS THEATER DOWN THE STREET AT THE A.R.T. DOWN IN ALLSTON. IT'S A MILE AWAY. YOU KNOW, I COULD SEE A LOT OF POTENTIAL THERE FOR DEVELOPING PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET INTO LIGHTING AND SOUND AND THEATER ARTS AND WHATEVER NOT ELSE. SO I'M DELIGHTED THAT THE LOCKER ROOMS GOT FINISHED EVENTUALLY LIKE IT'S BEEN WHAT FIVE, SIX, FIVE YEARS IN THE PLAN. I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE YOU KNOW, THE REPOINTING OF THE BUILDING ENVELOPE OVER AT THE BALDWIN AND THEN WE GOT A NEW HEATING SYSTEM IN THE MARY LION HIGH SCHOOL OF FILM SEVERAL YEARS AGO THROUGH TO MSP. SO YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO KEEP ONE OF MY ISSUES WITH THE CAPITAL PLAN GENERALLY FOR THE CITY IS IT ALSO BRIGHTENS LEFT IN THE DARK LIKE WE WERE WAY WAY BEHIND OTHER DISTRICTS AND I WOULD BE REMISS IN MY RESPONSIBILITIES AS AN ADVOCATE FOR MY DISTRICT IF IT WASN'T PUSHING THESE CONCERNS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE GETTING YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST KEEPING UP WITH WITH KEEPING OUR BUILDINGS ESPECIALLY IN THE SENSITIVE BLUE IF THE GREEN ACADEMY IS IS GOING TO BE MOVING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL AND THE OTHER SCHOOLS ARE UP TO SPEED. I ALSO WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO MAKING THE THE EDISON A HUB SCHOOL AND AGAIN IT NEEDS A LITTLE LOVE IN TERMS OF FACILITIES I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME WE SPENT ANY MONEY ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PLANT AND FACILITIES AT THE EDISON THE EDISON.  OKAY I'M OVERCOME WITH EMOTION. I'LL HAVE TO STOP TALKING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL ABOUT YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY WE NOTED ALL OF THOSE IN DELL IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BRIGHTON HIGH NEXT WEEK TO DO A WALKTHROUGH AROUND SOME POTENTIAL OF SOME CAPITAL THINGS. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU.  JUST A SHORT ASSURED COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING.  I MEAN IN TERMS OF LIKE TRANSPARENT AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT STUFF I MEAN I DO FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY SORT OF A PATTERN. YOU KNOW IT JUST IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS YOU KNOW, WE WERE PEOPLE IN IN TWO TIER EIGHT GOING TO EXAM SCHOOLS WERE TOLD THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TEN POINTS FOR THE EXAM AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY HAD TO WE WERE TOLD FOR MONTHS THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE THIS WILL LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN AND LEADING UP TO YESTERDAY AND THEN YOU KNOW NOW WE'RE AND YOU KNOW WE'RE TOLD WELL IT'S YOU KNOW THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN IS STILL KIND OF COMING AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR TIME.  SO I DO FEEL LIKE FOLLOWING FOLLOWING THROUGH STAYING CONSISTENT IS SOMETHING THAT KEEPS NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF IT AND SO YOU KNOW, I DO A LITTLE BIT FEEL LIKE I'M DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE SORT OF A A HYPOTHETICAL BAD DEVELOPER WHO DRAWS UP PLANS AND THEN DOES SOMETHING DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, AND BUILDS A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE AND EVERYONE'S UPSET.  SO YOU KNOW, I DO FEEL LIKE THAT YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT HE'S NOT HEARING WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT YESTERDAY IS IS CONCERNING BECAUSE WE WE DON'T YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM BP AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE I THINK I THINK HE CAN DO A BETTER JOB AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE NOT IN THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THE MOST I THINK THE AVERAGE RESIDENT IS NOT ENGAGED IN THAT. THEY'RE LOOKING AT JUST WHAT BP IS DOING AND WHAT THEY SEE IS SOMETIMES SAYING THING AND DOING ANOTHER. AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.  OKAY. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, IF WE VOTED DOWN THE BUDGET AND WOULD THIS 130 YOU KNOW, YOU'D GO INTO THIS MONTHLY YOUR PERIODIC RENEWAL HOW IF IF AT ALL HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT THE STATE RECEIVER NOT NOT IF WE IF WE VOTED ON THAT DID THAT IMPACT I HAVE NO IDEA I'LL JUST BE HONEST. I YOU KNOW I THINK CFO BLOOM WAS BEING GENEROUS IN SAYING LIKE WE WOULD FIGURE SOMETHING OUT I IT'S NOT HAPPENED SO I THINK GIVEN EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW TO HAVE THAT EXTRA COMPLICATION I CAN SEE IT BEING EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE TO THE WORK WE'RE DOING.  I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW THE STATE WOULD INTERPRET IT.  NO IDEA. OKAY. YEAH. NO, I JUST I MEAN I, I I'M I'M ON RECORD AS BEING AGAINST STATE RECEIVERS SHIP AND SO YOU KNOW I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR OUR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES SO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER OKAY AND THEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SORT OF EVALUATING HOW BP IS DOING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS WE'RE LOOKING AT MAP TESTS. WE'RE LOOKING AT NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED AND IT'S IT'S IT'S NOT EASY AND I, I DO LOT OF DEFENDING OF BP'S IN TERMS OF WELL YOU KNOW OUR MATH SCORES AREN'T LIKE THEY ARE IN WELLESLEY OR SOMETHING BUT YOU KNOW THEY DON'T DEAL WITH THE SAME ISSUES THEY DON'T HAVE AS HIGH PERCENTAGE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND YOU KNOW, RECENT ARRIVALS AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS WE'VE GOT ACCORDING TO THE DATA, FIVE MORE THAN 5000 BP'S KIDS EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS IN THE LAST YEAR. SO WHAT DATA SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT TO SEE IF WE'RE IMPROVING?  YES, I THINK I THINK FIRST OF ALL IT'S OUR OWN DATA, RIGHT? LIKE OUR COMPETITION IS US TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AT EVERYTHING WE DO.  I THINK RELATIVE IT'S LOOKING AT THE COUNTERPARTS IN THE OF BIG DISTRICTS IN THE COUNCIL GREAT CITY SCHOOLS I THINK AT A LOCAL LEVEL AT THE STATE LEVEL IT'S LOOKING AT YOU KNOW MANY OF OUR YOU KNOW IT'S THE URBAN NETWORK WHICH IS THE GATEWAY CITIES YOU KNOW THE WORCESTER'S, THE SPRINGFIELDS THOSE AND BY THOSE MARGINS WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING PRETTY WELL.  SO I JUST MEAN LIKE YOU KNOW, HELP ME WHEN I LOOK AT ALL THESE ALL THE CHARTS AND YOU KNOW WHAT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW WHAT SOMETHING WHAT IS WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THE THE METRICS. WELL I THINK I THINK WE HAVE WE HAVE LOTS OF BENCHMARKING AND METRICS RIGHT THAT WE FOLLOW I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IT'S A COMBINATION OF LIKE HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE BEING INCLUDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE DAY. HOW THAT IS ALLOWING THEM TO MEET THEIR IEP GOALS AND MAKING PROGRESS, RIGHT? THAT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE SET OF MEASURES THERE.  I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO BILINGUAL EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, END ACCESS TO NATIVE LANGUAGE IT'S GOING TO BE EVERYTHING FROM THE STUDENT OUTCOME PIECES TO THAT TO WHAT PROGRAMS WE YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP OUT IN THE QUALITY OF THOSE PROGRAMS TO THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE WHO ARE DIVERSE IN RACE CULTURE, LANGUAGE TO SUPPORT THEM. I THINK EACH AREA OF THE TRANSPORTATION WE HAVE A WHOLE SET OF MARKERS THAT WE REPORT TO THE STATE ANY OF THE EIGHT SHIP AREAS WE WE HAVE PARTICULAR METRICS WE FOLLOW. SO YOU KNOW IT REALLY IT WE ARE ACTUALLY WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS IN ALL OF THOSE BIG AREAS INCLUDING THE ACADEMICS. WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE LOWEST FIVE PERCENTILE OF THE STATE. WE'RE NOW ALMOST AT THE 28TH PERCENTILE LIKE OUR ACHIEVEMENT PIECES ARE MOVING THAT THAT'S NOT LIKE A SOURCE OF PRIDE NOW FOR AT LEAST FOR ME WHEN I HEAR THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE COMPETE AGAINST HERSELF TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE PLACE WE'RE MAKING THAT CONTINUUM PROVEN IF WE HAVE THAT ATTITUDE IN OUR SCHOOLS, HAVE THAT ATTITUDE ALL TOGETHER AS ONE DISTRICT WE'RE GOING TO BECOME A BETTER OR BETTER DISTRICT TO BE THE DISTRICT THAT PARENTS WANT. YEAH, THANK YOU. AND ONE THING I MEAN I THINK COUNCILOR MCGEE ASKED ABOUT THIS AND THE DATA PROVIDED WAS FOR HOW MANY STUDENTS COMPLETED COLLEGE AND I THINK IT WAS AT 50 52% IN THE DATA. I MEAN THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON. ABSOLUTELY. WE'VE BEEN IN PART OF THE SUCCESS BOSTON BACK WHEN I WAS HERE INITIALLY WE WERE AT 35 PERCENTILE FOR COMPLETION OF COLLEGE THAT NUMBER HAS GONE UP NATIONALLY. IT'S GONE DOWN BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.  SO WE SAW WE ACTUALLY SAW LESS OF A DROP THAN MOST OTHER PLACES. BUT YOU KNOW, FOR US WE HAVE A TARGET IN THAT AREA OF 65%. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE ALSO KNOW THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS GO ON TO CAREER ONLY. SO YEAH.  OKAY. I THINK I JUST MAKE TIME'S LIMITED. WHAT IS BP'S DOING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE AIR IN THE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GREEN NEW DEAL? ARE WE DOING TWO TO VENTILATION SPECIFIC? CAN YOU TAKE THAT ONE? GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSELOR. SO IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE AIR QUALITY IN BUILDINGS WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY. WE'VE GOT AN EYE VIEW GRANT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS TO IMPROVE ON TEN SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY VERSION OF VENTILATION IN THEM. IN ADDITION TO THAT WE'VE MADE SURE THAT WE HAVE OPERABLE WINDOWS IN ALL THE BUILDINGS AS WELL AS HEAT AND AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE AIR PURIFIERS IN THE BUILDINGS. SIX AIR CHANGES OR MORE PER HOUR TO MAKE SURE THE VENTILATION RATES IN EACH ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS IS ACCEPTABLE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE USING A LOT OF OUR CAPITAL FUNDING IN ORDER TO IMPROVE UPON THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HASN'T BEEN CHANGED IN ABOUT 40 YEARS TO MAKE SURE THE REMAINING USEFUL LIFE OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT EXISTS IS ABLE TO BE CONSTANTLY REFRESHED ON A HOPEFULLY AN ANNUAL BASIS IF WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO GET THAT FUNDING ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. AND I WOULD JUST ALSO ADD THAT WE'VE BEEN ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED FOR OUR WORK AROUND GREEN MOVEMENT INCLUDING THE QUALITY . OKAY. JUST FOLLOW UP. SORRY CHAIR, I JUST HAVE YOU WE GOT WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM OTHERS OUT FRONT ON CLASSROOM BUILT AIR FILTRATION SYSTEMS THAT YOU KNOW SEEMED LIKE A GOOD HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THAT AND WHAT'S THE HAVE YOU HAD ANY PLANS TO TO USE THEIR MODEL?  YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO I ACTUALLY MET WITH MOTHERS OUT FRONT. I WOULD SAY IT WAS LAST MONTH WE LOOKED AT THEIR PLAN. WE LOOKED AT EXACTLY WHAT THEIR REFRESH RATES ARE ABLE TO GET. WE LOOKED AT HOW EFFICIENT THEY WERE. WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WHETHER WE ARE OR ARE NOT GOING TO USE THEM BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT BEATS OUR METRIC ON THE AIR QUALITY STANDARDS IN CERTAIN ROOMS JUST YET. OKAY, THANKS. I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER AND I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP. AS YOU KNOW, I'M A BIG ADVOCATE FOR A CRADLE TO CAREER PIPELINE AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TRACKING THAT DATA. I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILOR WEBER. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE ABLE OR PREPARED FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. AND I KNOW YOU SAID YOU HAD A TARGET COLLEGE GRADUATION RATE AT 65% BUT YOU JACKSON ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS GO RIGHT TO THE CAREER . WHAT IS THE TARGET? YOU KNOW, CAREER SALARY THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ACHIEVING IF THEY'RE GOING DIRECTLY INTO A CAREER AND KNOWING THAT THROUGH COLLEGE? RIGHT. SO THE WAY I WOULD ANSWER THAT BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A PRETTY INTERESTING QUESTION TO ANSWER THAT IS DEPENDENT ON THE INDUSTRY THEY'RE GOING INTO. WHAT WE WANT IS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE INDUSTRY THAT THEY WANT TO GET TO HAVE THE SKILLS AND BE ABLE TO ENTER IT TO THE TO CAN RAPIDLY GET TO THE MIDDLE KINDS OF JOBS IN THAT INDUSTRY FROM AN AFFORDABILITY STANDPOINT TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THE CITY OR TO LIVE IN THE YOU KNOW, WHEREVER THEY WANT MOST OF THE TIME IN THE CAREER WORK WE'VE KIND OF GEARED KIDS TOWARD ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS. AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THEY HAVE CEILINGS. THEY DON'T ALWAYS INCLUDE ADDITIONAL EDUCATION FOR THE KIDS. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY IN OUR REWORKING OF THE INDUSTRY ANCHORS A BIG PIECE OF THE CAREER CONNECTIONS IS FOR THEM TO BE DOING INTERNSHIPS EARLIER, FOR THEM TO BE DOING SKILLS THAT THE INDUSTRY THEMSELVES ARE IDENTIFYING FOR THOSE MID TYPES OF JOBS. ALL RIGHT. AND I KNOW THAT D.C. OR THE STATE TRACKS THE SALARY.  IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU TRACK AS A DISTRICT? WE DO. WE WE TRACK THAT. BUT WE ALSO I THINK EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY WE'RE IN CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW WITH THE CHAMBER AND SO WE KIND OF HAVE AN ADVISORY GROUP IN THIS AREA THAT COMPRISE IS OF PARTICULAR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN OUR PARTNERS AND WE'RE COMING UP WITH SORT OF A ROADMAP FOR HOW THE BUSINESSES CAN BE MORE ENGAGED WITH THE SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR ON THE CAREER CONNECTIONS FRONT, HOW CAN THEY COMPLETE DEEPER ROLE FOR OUR STUDENTS? SO WE'RE GETTING DATA FROM THEM IN TERMS OF THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES WHAT THEY PROJECT 5 TO 10 YEARS ARE GOING TO BE THE SKILLS NEEDED, THE TYPES OF JOBS SOME OF WHICH DON'T EVEN EXIST TODAY. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE SALARIES. THANK YOU. AND I'M GOING TO BE TURNING OVER THE CHAIRMANSHIP TO THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION COUNSELOR SANTANA. SO THANK YOU. AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, I'LL SAY THAT SOUNDS GREAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE THAT I HAVE A 130 HEART STOP. CORRECT. YES.  OKAY. I JUST WE DIDN'T SAY THAT ALOUD AND YEAH, WE DIDN'T SAY THAT ALOUD AT ANY POINT AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN PRETTY CLEAR ON THAT FOR A WHILE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.  ALL RIGHT. GREAT, GREAT.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  I SEE THE LIST OF COMMENTS.  OKAY. I GUESS OUR NEXT LOOK ABOUT HOW SO JUST TO START AND LET ME JUST STEP.  OKAY.  JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON MY LIKE MY LAST ROUND AND ALSO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BROUGHT IT UP TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY. YEAH. AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER BUT I THINK WHEN WE'RE HEARING DIRECTLY FROM KIDS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING THAT THEY'RE NOT FEELING SAFE RIGHT THEN I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HOLISTIC APPROACH THAT BP HAS TAKEN.  BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A DISCONNECT THERE, RIGHT OF WHAT OUR APPROACH AND WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU NOW IS LIKE WHAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MAY YOU ALL NEED FOR US TO ACTUALLY DECREASE THAT GAP THAT WE'RE SEEING? YES, IT'S VERY LIKE I UNDERSTAND LIKE EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALSO HEARD ABOUT IT IS EXTREMELY CONCERNING TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THIS IS NOT I KNOW ON THIS AND IT'S HERE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE SCHOOL BUT I'VE VISITED MULTIPLE SCHOOLS AND IT'S THE SAME STORY LIKE IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY IS MY NUMBER ONE ISSUE AND CONCERN WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND WHAT I'M HEARING ABOUT, YOU KNOW ACROSS ALL RIGHT, THAT'S VERY CONCERNING. SO IF WHAT IF THERE'S NOT RESOURCES MADE YOU ALL NEED IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY REALLY ADDRESS THIS. YEAH SO I MEAN I THINK AGAIN IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME AFTER I HAVE A CONVERSATION TO UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW IN IN SCHOOL IN A PARTICULAR SCHOOL IS IT A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE NEED RETRAINING WHETHER THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS IN PLACE WHEN KIDS ARE COMING THROUGH? I'D WANT TO ACTUALLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND KIND OF TALK TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECAUSE THEY BETTER THAN ANYBODY WOULD PROBABLY UNDERSTAND IF SOMETHING IS COMING INTO A BUILDING HOW IT'S COMING IN ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A BUILDING WHICH MOST OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE SET UP TO DO HAVE METAL DETECTORS AND EXTERIOR DOORS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROJECT OF LOCKING SO I'D WANT TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE FROM OUR STUDENTS THEMSELVES WHAT THEY'RE HEARING AND KIND OF SEEING THEIR TO TO REALLY THEN THINK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENT IN THAT PARTICULAR SITE.  I THINK MORE HOLISTICALLY WE YOU KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME EXPLORATION YOU KNOW AROUND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE THE METAL DETECTORS RIGHT NOW THE METAL DETECTORS HAVE TO BE PAIRED WITH SEARCH. IT'S NOT EFFICIENT, IT'S INVASIVE. IT'S JUST THERE'S A LOT NEWER TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE MORE WEAPONS DETECTOR THAT JUST ALLOW KIDS TO WALK FREELY THROUGH. THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CELL PHONE AND KEYS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IT SPECIFICALLY LOOKS FOR A WEAPON WE HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH IN THAT IN DEMOS AND WE HAVE SOME KIND OF NEXT STEPS ON THAT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TOWARD. SO THOSE THOSE I THAT IS THE ONE AREA THAT I THINK IF WE WERE TO SAY THERE'S SOMETHING MORE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT WOULD BE THAT PIECE. BUT AGAIN I THINK IT GOES BACK TO AND I SEE THIS HAVING BEEN A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FOR 11 YEARS A TECH BOSTON THE NUMBER ONE THING IS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STUDENTS BECAUSE IT DAYS AND THE STUDENTS WANT TO BE SAFE AND THEY WILL COME FORWARD TO ADULTS IF THEY FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S NOT ADHERING TO THAT AND THEN THE ADULTS CAN DO A VERY GOOD JOB AT MAKING SURE THAT THAT STAYS PROTECTED. IF I COULD JUST ADD BRIEFLY TO THAT JUST AN EXAMPLE. WE KNOW THERE WAS A HORRIFIC INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN CASTLE FOODS DISTRICT AND I WOULD SAY BETWEEN THE AFTERNOON TIME BASED ON RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE AND INFRASTRUCTURE WE PUT IN PLACE OUR TEAMS WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT OCCURRED, DEBRIEF WITH STUDENTS AND PUT A PLAN IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THEY GO TO ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA TO MAKE SURE AT 730 IN THE MORNING AND PRIOR TO THAT WE HAD SUPPORT IN STAFF READY TO TALK TO STUDENTS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THAT. SO THAT'S THE KIND OF LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY RELATIONSHIPS. SO WE'RE CONFIDENT ABOUT SUPER TENNIS POINT PROBABLY THAT MORE CONVERSATION WITH STUDENTS TO REALLY SEE WHAT ELSE IS NEEDED AND I WOULD URGE MEMBERS TO DO JUST THAT AND I THINK EXCUSE ME I THINK I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE SUPERINTENDENT , ABOUT LOVING ADULTS CREATING THAT SPACE AND I THINK AS A TESTIMONY I THINK THE SPACE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE YESTERDAY FOR THOSE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS I THINK WAS THE REASON WHY THEY OPENED UP ABOUT THIS. RIGHT. SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE MORE PROACTIVE AND DOING THAT IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, IN OUR CLASSROOMS. I USED I HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ALL WE ASK ONE MORE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A HARD ONE SOMETHING I WANT TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUES THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO ASK YOU TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED AND WHEN WE KNOW THAT ABOUT 10% OF STUDENTS I KNOW MY COUNSELOR WEBER MENTIONED YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT PRACTICAL APPROACHES ARE WE DOING ON BEEPERS TO ADDRESS THAT. I KNOW WITH THE POTENTIAL OF SCHOOL CLOSURES I MEAN IS THERE ANY TALKS ABOUT LIKE TRANSFORMING PREVIOUS SCHOOLS TO LIKE HOW CAN YOU TALK LIKE I MEAN YEAH IT'S AN INTERESTING IT'S A DEFINITELY AN INTERESTING CONCEPT AND I THINK YOU KNOW LIKE WE LISTED TEN OR 11 BUILDINGS YESTERDAY THAT ARE BUILDINGS THAT ARE EITHER UNDERUTILIZED AND OR WILL BECOME VACANT FOR SOME SPACE.  THERE'S BEEN SOME A FEW SUCCESSFUL MODELS NATIONALLY WITH THIS RIGHT THAT WE WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO POKE AT TO SORT OF SEE WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.  WE'VE SEEN AN INCREDIBLE UPTICK RIGHT POST-PANDEMIC MAKE OF THE HOMELESSNESS. WHAT REALLY CONCERNS ME AND I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS TO MULTIPLE OF YOU BUT IT'S THE UNACCOMPANIED MINORS WHO ARE LIKE 15, 16, 17 COUCHSURFING OR DON'T HAVE A STABLE FAMILY.  THEY REALLY CONCERN ME BECAUSE IT'S IT'S LIKE THAT'S A CHALLENGE FOR THEM TO EVEN COME TO SCHOOL AND IF THEY'RE COMING TO SCHOOL THEY NEED TO GET EVERY PARTICULAR THING THEY NEED RIGHT? LIKE WE BECOME THAT SUPPORT NETWORK.  THIS IS WHERE KATY'S CLOSET YOU KNOW THIS IS WHERE HER YOU KNOW ,THERE'S JUST SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS WE WORK WITH TO IDENTIFY WHO THE STUDENTS ARE AND THEN SUPPORT.  BUT THAT NUMBER SEEMS TO CONTINUE TO GROW.  SO IT IS IT IS OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION FOR SURE. IT WILL DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO THINK ABOUT ENTERTAINING, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET AHEAD WITH THE BUILDINGS BEING ABLE TO ENTERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS, PUTTING FORWARD PROPOSALS FOR THIS TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF EITHER CO-SPONSOR OR TO WORK WITH US ON THIS AS AS A PLACE YOU ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF LIKE SCHOOLS THAT STAY OPEN AT NIGHT AND THEN JUST OFFER LIKE KIDS THAT ARE IN SHELTER CAN STAY, DO HOMEWORK, YOU KNOW, GET FED AND AND THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN SOME NIGHTS GOING BACK TO THE SHELTER WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE OTHER KIDS THAT ARE THEIR AGE OR THEY DON'T HAVE LIKE THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT. SO I THINK THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE CAN DO GOING FORWARD AS WE START TO EVOLVE THE PROGRAMING. GREAT. NO, THANK YOU. UM, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE BECAUSE APPARENTLY WE HAVE THE FLOOR.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSELORS SANTANA AND THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS AMONG OUR STUDENT POPULATION AND COUNCILOR WEBER FILED IT HERE IN ORDER TO LOOK AT HOW WE ARE USING OUR MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS. BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT ABOUT A MONTH AGO I MET I WAS ON A ZOOM WITH ALL OF OUR SOCIAL WORKERS WHO ARE INCREDIBLE AND ARE DOING AMAZING WORK AND WE NEED MORE SOCIAL WORKERS, MORE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, MORE OF THAT SUPPORT.  I THINK I HEARD SAY LOVING ADULTS FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT HOW I FELT THE WEIGHT ON THEIR SHOULDERS IN THAT CALL AND I'M ADVOCATING FOR MORE AND WE'RE STILL SURPRISED AT THE LEVEL OF HOW MUCH THEY'RE RECOGNIZING THE HOUSING CRISIS AMONG OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEY FEEL IT. AND I ASKED ABOUT HER AND THEY SAID HER FRIENDS ARE GREAT BUT LIMITED AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN I MEAN IT'S PROBABLY WITH THE WORK OF THIS COUNCIL AS WELL MAKING SURE THAT OUR SOCIAL WORKERS IN OUR SCHOOLS HAVE THE RESOURCES AT THEIR DISPOSAL TO HELP OUR KIDS RESPOND TO THE MANY, MANY PRESSING ISSUES RELATED TO HOUSING INSTABILITY THAT THEY FACE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE LIKE WHAT MORE ARE WE DOING? LIKE WHAT MORE CAN WE DO? HOW CAN THIS BODY BE MORE HELPFUL AND HOW CAN WE BETTER HELP OUR SOCIAL WORKERS BECAUSE IT DO WE NEED AND I AND I ASKED THE OFFICE OF HOUSING STABILITY ON THIS THE OTHER DAY DOES THERE NEED TO BE A FAIR OR NET OR FAIR THAT BRINGS TOGETHER THEIR SOCIAL WORRIES WITH THE HOUSING RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO IF IT'S THIS SITUATION, WHAT TO DO IF IT'S THAT WHAT TO DO WITH IT, WHO TO CALL BECAUSE I SPENT SOME OF MY TIME DOING THAT BUT REALIZING THEY NEED THAT THEY NEED TO END LIKE WHY DON'T THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO? YEAH I THINK HIGHER GROUND IS ANOTHER ONE BUT I THINK WHAT IT IS IS SCHOOLS HAVE DEVELOPED PARTNERSHIPS OVER TIME AND THEY'RE USED TO DEALING WITH LIKE THAT ONE OR TWO. I THINK IT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION TO FOR US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN BRING TOGETHER ALL THE PARTNERS TO SEE WHO ELSE IS IN EVEN IN THE SPACE RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN INVITE IN TO BE PART OF YOU KNOW, PART AND PART OF THAT PARTNERSHIP. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY EXPLORE. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU OUR SOCIAL WORKERS TOO. UNBELIEVABLE WORK AND IT'S BECOME HEAVY, HEAVY WORK POST-PANDEMIC AND THE HOMELESSNESS PIECES ADDED INTO IT. THANK YOU. I JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE I MEAN WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE CAN DO HERE, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE THEM WITH GUIDANCE THAT I KNOW OF . BUT YEAH, I WANT TO GET I WANT US TO GET MORE STRATEGIC AND IF IT'S MORE MONEY, MORE SUPPORT AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LOT OF ADVOCACY ON THIS COUNCIL FOR MORE OF THE CITY BASED VOUCHERS BECAUSE THOSE ALLOW THE FLEXIBILITY TO REALLY PLACE OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS SO THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY THAT ADVOCACY FROM THIS COUNCIL . AND SUPERINTENDENT , YOU MENTIONED KATY'S CLOSET KATY'S CLOSET IS SO IMPORTANT TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE FACING A BUDGET CRUNCH, RIGHT? THEY DIDN'T GET THE MONEY THAT THEY NEED AT THE STATE HOUSE AND THEY'RE A PARTNER HERE.  SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THERE'S AN AVENUE AND A DOOR FOR THEM.  WE CAN'T CALL ON THEM TO ASSIST WITH THAT, NOT FINANCIALLY GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO DO THE WORK. YEAH, YEAH. WE'RE TRYING WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO WORK THROUGH ON THE ON KATY'S CLOSET. WE ADVOCATED AT THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL. IT JUST REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE BUILT OUT.  IT'S ALSO AN AREA WHERE AS WE START TO THINK ABOUT THE HUB MODEL AND GETTING PARTNERS IN YOU KNOW THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT'S IDENTIFIED WHERE BUSINESSES CAN SUPPORT AS WELL.  BUSINESSES ARE OFTEN LOOKING FOR THINGS TO SUPPORT WITHIN THE DISTRICT. WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING FOR FUNDS FOR THEM. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO UPLIFT OUR DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOLS.  THEY'RE INCREDIBLE FROM THE HERNANDEZ THE MADIHA AND TO THE OTHERS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN GET THAT IN ORDER SO THAT THEY HAVE THE ASSURANCES THAT WE ARE BUYING INTO THE PROGRAM AND AND OUR GIVING THEM THE RESOURCES THEY NEED FOR THEIR SCHOOLS TO THRIVE. SO I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THAT REQUEST AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO HERE. NO, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH MIMI AS THE SOLE SECONDARY DUAL LANGUAGE. BUT YES, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AREA OF A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND GROWTH GOING FORWARD FOR US. SO ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.  THANK YOU. I ASKED MY FIRST QUESTION ABOUT THIS AND THIS IS THE CONTINUATION. I SAID YOU KNOW NOT TO THAT I DIDN'T MEAN TO DOWNPLAY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE CONVERSATION WITH THE MERGERS, CLOSURES AND RECONFIGURATIONS, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO DIFFERENTLY DIFFERENTLY TO GET TO BUILD THAT TRUST AND THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? AND I THINK I HEARD WAS IT JOHN MUDD WHEN HE WAS GIVING HIS PUBLIC TESTIMONY TALKING ABOUT WE BRING IN PARENTS WHEN THE DECISION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE AND SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO LIKE WHAT WILL WE HAVE FORUMS, WE HAVE TOWN HALLS, NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM GREAT AND I TALKED ABOUT LIKE DOING THAT WORK BECAUSE I THINK PARENTS I AM OUR SCHOOLS NEED TO CHANGE RIGHT WE NEED CHANGE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WE NEED TO GET THAT SORT OF BUY IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  AND SO I'M WONDERING HOW IS THEIR APPROACH GOING TO BE DIFFERENT SO THAT THE PARENTS ARE BROUGHT IN ON PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL MEMBERS ARE BROUGHT IN AT THE IDEATION STAGE SO THAT THEY CAN FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN ALONG FOR THE RIDE POTENTIAL LIKE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THESE 11 CAPITAL PROJECTS RIGHT, THAT WE GET AN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION RIGHT AT OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING HIGH QUALITY SEATS TO OUR TO OUR YOUNG KIDS. HOW ARE WE IN THERE AT THE SAME TIME GOING TO GET THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS RIGHT? YEAH.  OKAY. ONE I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT HOW WE ENGAGE LIKE WE JUST LIKE AS A DISTRICT THAT HAS A LARGE SYSTEM THAT'S A SPACE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. BUT ONE THING I SOME A COUPLE OF POINTS I WANT TO MAKE ONE AND IN ORDER FOR US TO GET HERE TO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WAS MADE BROUGHT FORTH TO SCHOOL COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT, THIS WAS 18 MONTHS OF ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF LIKE BUILDING THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN AND EVEN AFTER BUILDING THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN AND SHARING ALL OF THE DATA PUBLICLY ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY VIA LIKE WEBINAR AND LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD WORKSHOPS SORT OF LIKE WALKING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH HOW WE'RE USING THAT THE PUBLIC THE DATA THAT'S PUBLIC TO MAKE DECISIONS . ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO DIFFERENTLY IS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THESE SESSIONS IS THAT WHEN WE BRING RECOMMENDATIONS TO A BODY LIKE SCHOOL COMMITTEE IT FEELS FINAL AND THE COMMUNITY'S ASKED THE LIKE THE COMMUNITIES THROUGH ENGAGEMENT ASK THAT BEFORE THESE DECISIONS ARE BROUGHT TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE THEY ASK THAT WE BRING THE DECISION AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND AS PART OF THIS PROCESS BEFORE BRINGING THE INFORMATION TO SCHOOL COMMITTEE WE BROUGHT IT TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY ONCE LIKE ONCE TO THIS DECISION WAS MADE TO BRING RECOMMENDATIONS TO SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF LIKE THE IMPLEMENTATION WILL ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND THIS IS WHERE LIKE THE CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM AND BEPS COMES INTO PLAY WHERE ARE HRT TEAM ARE ASSIGNMENT TEAM THE CAPITAL PLANNING TEAM ASSIGNING A CAPITAL PLANNING PROJECT MANAGER THAT'S IN PERSON AT THE SCHOOL THAT'S SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL AND FAMILIES LIKE TRUE THE TRANSITION IS REALLY IMPORTANT SO THAT'S LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE DIFFERENTLY AND ALSO NOT JUST IN-PERSON MEETINGS BUT VIRTUAL MEETINGS SETTING OUT SURVEYS TO FAMILIES LIKE THE HIGH QUALITY STUDENT EXPERIENCE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENTLY TALKING ABOUT CAME FROM LIKE THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? LIKE WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE IN A HIGH QUALITY STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND JUST NOTING THAT THIS IS LIKE THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE DISTRICT IN THE AREA OF ENGAGEMENT, RIGHT? LIKE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE BUT I JUST THINK THAT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE DIFFERENTLY AND NEED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO WHAT THE NEXT PHASE OF SOME OF THIS WORK THE TRANSITION PHASES WITH OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.  OKAY WELL THANK YOU AND I HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO GET THERE. I SEE THAT IT'S MY TIME JUST WHEN I SAW A DENVER SCHOOLTEACHER THE OTHER DAY AND I WENT WITH USER WE THAT ONCE THE DENVER SCHOOL GO THERE QUITE OFTEN THEY'RE STILL WAITING ON THEIR RENOVATED PLAYGROUND THAT KIDS CANNOT PLAY OUTSIDE WHEN IT'S RAINING BUT DENVER BECAUSE IT IS NOT LEVELED AND I'VE EMAILED AND YOU KNOW YOU WILL ENCOUNTER BECAUSE YOU WORKED ON THIS SO JUST WANT TO GET THE KIDS YEAH THE DENVER SCHOOL A BETTER PLAYGROUND THAT THEY'VE BEEN ADVOCATING ON THIS SO JUST PUTTING THAT ON THE FLOOR AGAIN DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK THAT I HAVEN'T FORGOT ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED I THINK THAT'S THE IT'S IN D.C. IT'S DIFFERENT LAND RIGHT THAT'S THE ISSUE NO NO WE CAN GO WE CAN LOOK AT IT. OKAY. WE'LL TALK ABOUT SO GO BACK. YES. THANK YOU.  GREAT. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A FIVE MINUTE RECESS JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A SMALL LITTLE BREAK.  WE DO KNOW THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT DID HAVE A HEART STOP AT 130. SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. YEAH, IF WE HAVE LIKE I CAN I NEED 15 MINUTES TO TRAVEL. I CAN LEAVE AT 145 IF WE CAN DO 2 MINUTES RAPID LIKE A QUICK FOR QUESTIONS. I DO WANT TO TRY TO LIKE LET THE OTHER COUNSELORS IF POSSIBLE LET'S DO THAT AND THEN WE WILL. OKAY SO FOR US KEEP ANSWERS REAL BRIEF. OKAY. SO NEXT UP COUNSELOR FOR THEN IS ASKING YOU SO I THINK YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO SORT OF LIST OF THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF REQUESTS FOR THIS YEAR THAT SCHOOLS ARE CLEAN AND RENOVATED BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE FULLY FUNDED SCHOOLS, MENTAL HEALTH AND CAREER COUNSELING, SPECIAL ED SERVICES THAT ARE THOROUGH AND THAT I HEARD DR. MCINTYRE TALK ABOUT THE HUB COORDINATOR AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT MODEL BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE A LOT OF SENSE AND BUT THEY'RE ALSO ASKING FOR A MORATORIUM ON SCHOOL CLOSURES AS WELL AS END DECISIONS PROTECTION OF SCHOOL PROPERTIES AND COMMUNITIES, AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT . AND THEN AND JUST TO TALK ABOUT AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND I THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT , SO MUCH FOR YOUR TEAM FOR SENDING ME OVER FORMATION I'M COUNSELOR ANDERSON IN DISTRICT SEVEN IS ACTUALLY DOING THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD TOWNHALLS WHERE WE ENGAGE OUR CONSTITUENTS AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO COOPERATIVE IN TERMS OF LIKE ACTUALLY GIVING ME INFORMATION ON EVERYTHING ROXBURY WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR THAT FOR FENWAY FOR SOUTH END AND FOR DORCHESTER FOR OVERALL AREA AS I COVER IT . AND IN TERMS OF INTENTIONAL AS WE'RE DOING THAT AS FAR AS I AM FACILITATING THESE NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD WORKSHOPS OR RATHER TOWN HALLS I DID ATTEND ONE OF YOUR WORKSHOPS AND THE BIG CONCERN THERE AND I'M GOING TO BE VERY CANDID AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING WHEN I'M ADVOCATING AND I, I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO EXPLAIN MYSELF BUT ADVOCATING FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE OR THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE SORT OF LIKE THE POINT OF THE FENCE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AS LIKE WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BLACK AND WHITE ISSUES? AND IT IS IT'S A RACIAL THING AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO YOU KNOW, IN INCLUSION, THESE WORKSHOPS WHO ARE HIGHLY WHITE, HIGHLY OR SOME ASIAN NOT A LOT OF LATINOS AND NOT A LOT OF BLACK SO YOU WERE IN ROXBURY AT THE SHELBOURNE I TOOK NOTE I TOOK OUT OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON DEMOGRAPHIC AND EVERYTHING AND I KNOW THAT FOLKS THAT WAS FLEXIBILITY WOULD BE ABLE TO CHANGE YOUR SCHEDULE YOU KNOW IN A WEEK'S TIME TO SHOW UP BUT FOLKS THAT CANNOT ARE OBVIOUSLY INUNDATED WITH DAILY STRESSORS AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES RIGHT THAT THEY HAVE TO PRIORITIZE DO I FEED MY FAMILY? DO I GO TO THIS MEETING? AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT AS YOU'VE BEEN COOPERATIVE IN COLLABORATING WITH MY OFFICE AND PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION THIS SATURDAY AT AT PROJECT HOPE WILL BE DOING YOU KNOW,  THE STATE OF ROXBURY SO WE COULD WE COULD PARTNER, WE COULD COLLABORATE I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IS IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET MORE INCLUSION AND THEN IN TERMS OF , YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOLS IN ROXBURY NEW PROMISE NOT TO CLOSE THEM BUT YOU KNOW JUST ABOUT HALF OF NOT ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE IN ROXBURY ARE CONSIDERED LIKE MEETING IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR MAJORITY IN ROXBURY. AND SO I GUESS I'M WONDERING LIKE MOVING FORWARD AND CAPITAL YOU KNOW PROJECTION OR RECOMMENDATIONS WHAT DO YOU WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE SCHOOLS IN ROXBURY?  I MEAN ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE SO THERE'S JUST LIKE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT BUCKETS SO THERE IS AS BRIAN SHARED AS PART OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR ROXBURY SCHOOLS I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THEM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT THERE'S SOME THAT'S LIKE PRIORITIZE FOR LIKE SMALLER CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THAT THE FACILITIES TEAM OVERSEE BUT IN TERMS OF LIKE THE LARGER CAPITAL BUDGET THERE'S ONE PRIORITY THAT'S THERE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE MAYOR AND THAT'S LIKE AN AND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ROXBURY AND JUST BEING COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT TO THIS BODY HERE THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE MAYOR.  THERE IS 11 LIKE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE Q RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE COMING OFF LINE THAT IS A PROJECT THAT OUR TEAM IS GOING TO HAVE TO LIKE PRIORITIZE ALONG WITH LIKE THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE BUT THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE MAYOR. I REALLY DO OF COURSE. THANK YOU.  I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT THE CONNOR'S ON THE WAY AND MADISON IS ON HIS WAY AND THEN YOU KNOW, AGAIN LIKE KNOWING THAT ROXBURY IS HISTORICALLY THE MOST DISENFRANCHIZED AND THEN NOW DISCOVERING YEAH THE LINES TOTALLY WITH CAPITAL INVESTMENTS OR DIVESTMENT THEN OBVIOUSLY SUPER IMPORTANT TO PRIORITIZE ROXBURY NEXT IN YOUR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE THAT OBVIOUSLY WITH THE SITUATION AND THEN YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF THIS CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD I WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT YOU KNOW, HOW WE GET TO UNDERSTANDING YOU KNOW, ANALYTICALLY LIKE THIS THIS WHOLE THING IN TERMS OF FROM INCLUSION TO YOUR PLAN TO SAVE MONEY NOW THAT YOU HAVE LESS MONEY BUT ALSO SAVE MONEY BUT ALSO APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN IN PRIORITIES PRIORITIES RIGHT IN MIND AND THEN ALSO UNDERSTANDING LIKE IF WE CAN CONSOLIDATE SERVICES IN CERTAIN AREAS HANDS, INCLUSION OR OTHER TYPES OF SERVICES THEN THAT'S A BETTER INVESTMENT IT RATHER THAN HAVING ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS OPEN AND SO I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW YOU AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I WANT TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL IN HOW WE MOVE THIS CONVERSATION FORWARD AND I THINK MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE CHAIR I'M GOING TO CLOSE NOW BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE TO GO SO PLEASE WANT TO YOU KNOW, TO ALLOW MY COLLEAGUES OF COURSE I'M GOING TO CLOSE HERE. I AM GOING TO RECOMMEND TO THE CHAIR THAT WE BRING YOU BACK TO ONE OR TWO WORKING SESSIONS THAT WE TEAR THIS THING DOWN TOP TO BOTTOM BOTTOM UP AND WE GIVE IT ONE MORE TRY IN TERMS OF REALLY BREAKING IT DOWN SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH SAYING WHAT WHAT WHAT OR YOU YOU YOU UNLESS WE HAVE THE FULL PICTURE AND I'M GOING TO BE VERY HONEST ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND I'M GOING TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS OBVIOUSLY AND I'VE ALREADY SAID IT YOU GUYS OBVIOUSLY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY IN THAT AS WELL IN MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE DELIVERING IT IN A WAY THAT'S MORE COMPREHENSIBLE AND USER FRIENDLY. I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT. I HOPE YOU ARE OPEN TO THAT TO COMING BACK TO A WORKING SESSION WHERE WE'RE LIKE NOT ALL WITH THE PRESSURES AND ALL THE PEOPLE TESTIFYING AND STUFF LIKE THAT JUST US AND WE'RE BREAKING THIS DOWN SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT MAKES SENSE TO OUR COUNTRY.  THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE FOR FIVE MORE MINUTES SO YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME SO I DON'T WANT TO WASTE YOUR YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE HERE ENOUGH. YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES. SO I DON'T THINK IT IS FAIR FOR ME TO HOLD YOU HOSTAGE FOR 3 MINUTES BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY THAN 3 MINUTES. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR YOU KNOW,  ADVOCACY AND YOUR EFFORT AND I AM INCREDIBLY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL LEARN HOW TO STEP INTO OUR POWER HERE.  I HAVE COUNTED SINCE BECOMING A BP'S PARENT GRADUATE 1 TO 3, FOUR OR FIVE SIX SUPERINTENDENTS SIX AND SEVEN YOU'VE BEEN THERE THROUGH IT EVERY SINGLE TRANSITION AND SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER, I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL ENCOURAGE TO HELP YOU HELP OUR STUDENTS THAT WE ALL SAY WE REALLY WANT TO HELP RIGHT.  BUT IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT WHEN IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE KEEP GIVING PASSES AND I WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE MY TIME TO JUST AT LEAST KNOW THAT FOR THE RECORD AND HOW DISAPPOINTED I AM IN WHAT I BELIEVE IS A POLITICAL JUST PATRICK'S HERE MYSELF INCLUDED AND.  I THINK THAT OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS DESERVE MORE THAN AN ACT OF ART, YOU KNOW, COMING HERE ASKING QUESTIONS, GOING BACK AND FORTH AND YOU KNOW,  YESTERDAY MICHAEL CURRY SAID THAT I WAS UNBOUGHT AND UNBOSSED AND I AM NOW GOING TO ADD ANOTHER I'M UNBOTHERED AND I CAN SPEAK THE WAY THAT I DO BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO LOSE AT ALL AND I WANT TO THANK DR. MCINTYRE STILL WHILE YOU'RE HERE PUBLICLY BECAUSE WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED OFF WITH THE GROVE HALL GROVE HALL ALLIANCE I WAS A PARENT ORGANIZING IN THAT SPACE AND THAT WAS DECADES AGO THAT DECADES BUT THAT WAS A WHILE AGO AND COUNCILOR CAMPBELL THEN WAS A BIG CHAMPION AND I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TONE AND THE TENOR AND THE LACK OF JUST HUNGER THAT WE WE HAVE. AND I HOPE THAT YOU KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS OUT ON THE STREETS I WAS FIGHTING FOR MORE COMMUNITY HUB SCHOOLS AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR MORE COMMUNITY HUB SCHOOLS AND I THINK THAT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING NEEDS TO BE AMPLIFIED AND IT NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTED AND IT NEEDS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND I WANT TO DO SO PUBLICLY BECAUSE I KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT AGREES WITH ME THAT YOUR WORK IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO MORE OF AND THEN I'LL WAIT FOR THE REST OF MY QUESTIONS ONCE YOU GIVE US A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. SIR, I AM ALSO HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY COUNCILOR OVER THE NEXT WEEK TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TO HAVE CONVERSATION IS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO DO THAT AS IS OUR ENTIRE TEAM. SO IF THERE'S PARTICULAR QUESTIONS GREAT.  THANK YOU.  THAT IS TRUE. WELL, SHE'S LEAVING. CAN WE TAKE THEM? YEAH, WE'LL TAKE THE FINAL BACK TO OUR 8 MINUTES. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT.  THANKS. I ABSOLUTELY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RESOURCE. THANK YOU .  SO WE ARE BACK AND WE'LL START OFF WITH RIGHT TO YOU COUNCILWOMAN HERE YOU HAVE 8 MINUTES. WHERE IS EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REST OF THE SQUAD? THEY'LL HAVE TO KNOW DOES LET'S HELP DELL GET BACK TO HIM? I DON'T WANT EVERYBODY EVERYBODY BACK IN HERE.  DELL HEY, WHATEVER. SO I'M SAM.  I'VE HAD A FEW YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE WHO I KNOW THAT SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED ABOUT SOME OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE UNHOUSED AND SOME OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY'RE OVER 18. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOME OF THE FAMILIES AND SOME OF THE CHILDREN WHO ARE ACCOMPANYING THOSE JUST YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE AGED OUT OF THEIR PARENTAL REQUIREMENTS. THOSE PARENTS ARE LIKE I'M DONE WITH YOU, YOU'RE 18. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW IS AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT BRIDGE THE YOU KNOW, WHICHEVER WATERS I LOOK DOWN GIVE ME SOMETHING ELSE TO WORK WITH BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR CONSTITUENT CASE IS JUST GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER AND NO ONE IS ABLE TO POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO TALK OFFLINE ABOUT FIVE OF THESE JUST TO HELP OUT MORE BUT I THINK IN GENERAL THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THAT CATCHMENT AGE AND RANGE THROUGH OUR HOME PROGRAM WE HAVE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VOUCHERS AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PLUG IN AS MANY STUDENTS. AND HOW MANY VOUCHERS DO YOU HAVE?  I DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE NUMBERS BUT I KNOW OVER THE LAST MAYBE FIVE YEARS WE PLAYED SOME WELL OVER A THOUSAND FAMILIES AND HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE LEFT? I DON'T THINK AT THE NUMBER THAT OVER TIME. SO BECAUSE THIS IS A CRISIS. YEAH THE MORE ADVOCACY WE GIVE THESE TWO YOUNG THESE TWO YOUNG WOMEN IN PARTICULAR HAVE A DEADLINE OF JUNE 1ST AND I ACTUALLY MENTIONED THIS PARTICULAR CASE WITH ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLES HEARINGS THAT WE HAD AND THERE'S BEEN NO RESOLUTION. YEAH, THESE CASES CAN BE COMPLICATED AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THE SPECIFICS OF THEM BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO A PLAN ABOUT IT. BUT I KNOW IN GENERAL WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE UTILIZE OUR VOUCHER PROGRAMS TO THE EXTENT WE CAN AND TRY TO PLUG FAMILIES INTO HOW TO GO ABOUT IT, ASSIST WITH APPLICATIONS AND DO THOSE PIECES WITH SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABILITY. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. I AM CURIOUS I'M GOING TO SWITCH GEARS TO EELS AND YOU KNOW, I WAS PART OF THAT YELLOW TASK FORCE THIS IS THE PROBLEM OR THE OPPORTUNITY DEPENDING ON HOW YOU ALL WANT TO EXPERIENCE ME IS THAT I'VE BEEN IN EVERY SINGLE DIFFERENT LEVEL OF BP'S YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON THE INSIDE A TASK FORCE MEMBER, I'M A PARENT, I'M A GRADUATE, YOU KNOW, I'M AN AGITATOR SO I UNDERSTAND IT FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. BUT CAN YOU JUST TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HOW ARE WE NOW GRAPPLING WITH THE FACT THAT HALF OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE PART OF THE YELLOW TASK FORCE HAVE BRANCHED OFF AND NOW CREATING THEIR OWN COHORT ? HOW ARE YOU INTERFACING WITH THIS LITTLE COHORT ? I CAN'T SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT LIKE MY SPECIFIC AREA OF RESPONSIBILITIES. I KNOW WHAT MY COLLEAGUE DEPUTY CHEN INTERFACES MORE WITH THAT GROUP FROM THE ACADEMIC DIVISION SO I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION BUT WHAT AS IT RELATES TO THE EELS YOU CAN'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING EELS LIKE EELS I CAN TO THE EXTENT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROGRAMING AND WHAT WE DO. BUT AS FAR AS LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROGRAMING SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DO YOU WANT TO JUMP IN RIGHT HERE SO I'M SPECIFICALLY CURIOUS ABOUT THE BILINGUAL PROGRAMS BY THE YEAR LIKE WHAT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?  AND I KNOW THAT ORCHARD GARDENS EVEN WHEN I WAS A YELLOW TASK FORCE MEMBER POWELL YOU KNOW, WE WERE TRYING TO GET ORCHARD GARDENS TO BE A DUAL LANGUAGE FOR CAPE VERDEANS AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHERE IS THAT?  THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION COUNCILOR SO I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON ORCHARD GARDENS BUT I KNOW FALL OF 2025 OUR TEAM IS WORKING ON ROLLING OUT EIGHT BILINGUAL PROGRAMS ACROSS EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN SPANISH CREOLE, CAPE VERDEAN CREOLE AND CHINESE. THE TEAM IS ENGAGING WITH THOSE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND IT'S SORT OF LIKE THAT 2025 THE REASON WHY THE TIMELINE IS 2025 THEY'RE WORKING THIS ALL NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY DRC BEFORE IT CAN BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED SO THEY'RE IN THIS STAGE OF LIKE ALSO WORKING WITH THE STATE AS WELL. SO THERE'S EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND OFFICE OF MOSAIC NOW OFFERED THE HOME AND THE OFFICE IS IN THE PROCESS OF CIRCLING BACK WITH THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES TO GIVE THEM UPDATES AND ANSWER QUESTIONS THEY HAVE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. OKAY, THANK YOU. NOW CAN YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BLACKSTONE? GOING BACK TO MY HISTORY, I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP LETTING YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME SO I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE ORGANIZING ALONGSIDE THE BLACKSTONE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY WERE TEARING DOWN THE WALLS OR AT LEAST TRYING TO BUILD THE WALLS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PROMISED THEM FOR YEARS. SO WHAT GIVES? WHEN CAN WE FINALLY SEE THE BLACKSTONE GET THEIR FACILITY NEEDS MET? GOOD AFTERNOON, CASTLE HERE.  SO YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILOR . LET ME HEAR. SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE BLACKSTONE I ACTUALLY KNOW THERE WAS A STUDY THAT WAS GOING BACK TO 2016 WHERE THEY RECOMMENDED A LARGE CHANGE IN THE BUILDING.  THERE'S A LARGE PLAN THAT WENT THERE WHEN I STARTED IN 2021 WE WERE ABLE TO SUBMIT THAT INTO AN MSB, A PROJECT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET IT AS A COMPLETE REBUILD FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE BUILDING.  IT WAS THEN REJECTED SO WE WENT TO GO SUBMIT IT AGAIN. IT GOT REJECTED AGAIN. WHO REJECTED IT? THE MSB WAS REJECTED IT FOR HAVING IT BE A CORE PROGRAM AND SO WHAT WE DID IN ORDER TO TRY TO KEEP THIS MOVING FORWARD IS MY TEAM CONTINUED TO MAKE MAINTENANCE AND RELATIVE REPAIRS TO THE BUILDING AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN KNOWING THAT THE BUILDING IS IN FULL NEED OF CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR WE'RE SEEING THAT THE FBI 25 BUDGET HAS I THINK IT'S AROUND 20 MILLION FOR US TO START DOING A STUDY ON THE BLACKSTONE BUILDING AND SO THAT PROBABLY PUTS US AT, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS FOR US TO GET INTO A DESIGN PROCESS AND THEN LOOKING AT WHERE WE ARE FROM THERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD ON THE BLACKSTONE PIECE BECAUSE WE WE'VE COMMUNICATED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THE FAMILIES AS WELL JUST TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT AND ADDED ON TO WHAT MY COLLEAGUE BRIAN JUST SHARED THE BLACKSTONE IS PART OF THIS ROUND OF SORT OF LIKE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS FOR THE DISTRICT. THE COMMUNITY WAS INFORMED THAT WITH BETWEEN SCHOOL YEAR 20 2025 AND 2029 WITHIN THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD IS ONE ART LIKE WHEN OUR COLLECTIVE SORT OF LIKE TEAMS AND WHEN OUR COLLECTIVE SORT OF LIKE TEAMS AND ALSO WITHIN THE CAPITAL BUDGET WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY START THE BLACKSTONE PROJECT.  BUT YEAH SEE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE BLACKSTONE EVEN BEFORE I CAME IN AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SORRY I'M SORRY BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT STUDIES. WE ALREADY DID DESIGNS AT SOME POINT WHEN CAN WE DELIVER? YEP. AND I THINK THAT THANK THANK YOU FOR THAT PUSH. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS AND ACTUALLY COMING INTO THIS SPACE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF THAT I REALIZED THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. SO ALL OF THE COMMUTE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES LIKE THE 11 PROJECTS THAT THAT IS IN CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITIES IS THAT WE'VE BEEN PROMISING THINGS FOR DECADES LIKE MADISON PARK, THE CARTER SCHOOL. ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN PROMISE THINGS FOR DECADES. I THINK THAT JUST LIKE REPRESENTED IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET WE'VE SEEN THAT THE MAYOR AND THE SUPERINTENDENT LIKE IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET LIKE MORE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO SCHOOLS AND A PART OF THAT PROCESS IS LIKE SHOWING THAT WE'RE MOVING THE STUDIES IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS US WORK WITH THOSE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT WE'RE DESIGNING FOR. AND SO THOSE STUDIES ACTUALLY TRANSLATE INTO THE DESIGN PART OF THE WORK UNDERSTANDING LIKE WHAT WE'RE DESIGNING FOR, WHO WE'RE DESIGNING FOR IN THE SCHOOL. COULD I JUST MAKE A NOTE BECAUSE MY TIME HAS COME UP AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER ROUND BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY IS THAT EVERY SINGLE STUDY, EVERY SINGLE DESIGN, EVERY SINGLE YOU KNOW, FITS AND START. IT'S MONEY THAT WE ARE SPENDING ON THAT AND THAT IS WHEN I TALK ABOUT WASTE AND YOU KNOW, CONTRARY TO WHAT ANYONE WANTS TO BELIEVE HERE YOU KNOW, WE ARE PUSHING FOR MORE ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY HERE IN GOVERNMENT AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH COUNCILOR REID AND IN TERMS OF HAVING A CHIEF AUDITOR WHO I AND I APPRECIATE THE NEED TO SAY WE HAVE THIS AND WE HAVE THAT BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I FEEL LIKE WE JUST KEEP THROWING MONEY INTO SPACES AND PLACES AND WE'RE NOT SEEING THE RETURN ON THOSE INVESTMENTS AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE FRUSTRATION THE GREATEST FRUSTRATION IS FOR PARENTS WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING AND I'LL WAIT FOR THE REST OF MY TIME SO THAT I CAN ASK 500 MORE QUESTIONS.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU NOW HAVE A ONE. THANK YOU. I HAVE.  CURRICULUM QUESTION. CAN SOMEONE ANSWER THAT FROM CAN YOU? DR. CHAIR, I'M NOT HERE SO I SHOULD BE COMING BACK.  SHE WAS NEVER HERE. NEVER WILL SHE BE COMING BACK THOUGH FOR ANOTHER HEARING BEFORE? YEAH, I'M HAPPY. I'M SURE SHE'D BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH YOU ONE ON ONE WITH QUESTIONS. SO I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT AND I WILL PUT IT ON THE RECORD. HOW MANY COURSES CAN A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FAIL IN WHAT I WAS TOLD DIRECTLY FROM DISCOURAGED STUDENTS IS AND I'LL JUST USE ONE HYPOTHETICAL YOU CAN BE A SOPHOMORE AND FAIL ALL YOUR COURSES SO LET'S JUST SAY YOU FAILED FOUR COURSES AND THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT YOU COME DURING WINTER BREAK OR FEBRUARY BREAK. I THINK IT'S WINTER BREAK BECAUSE THEY WANT IT BEFORE THE NEXT SEMESTER STARTS BUT YOU ONLY NEED TO ATTEND FOR FOUR DAYS. THERE'S NO TEST YOU HAVE TO TAKE AND IT CAN BE FOR MORE THAN ONE COURSE NOT JUST ONE AND THAT YOU GET AND IT USED TO BE A GRADE YOU WERE GIVEN BUT NOW IT'S JUST A PASS FAIL AND THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT YOU PHYSICALLY SHOW UP FOR FOUR DAYS AND THAT ALL OF YOUR FAILED COURSES WILL BECOME PASS AND THAT IF YOU'RE A SENIOR IN IT'S LAST TERM THAT THEY JUST SIGN OFF ON IT AND DON'T EXPECT YOU TO DO ANYTHING AND YOU STILL GRADUATE.  SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE PROCEDURE IS.  SO I REMEMBER THERE ARE DEFINITELY THERE ARE DEFINITELY GRADUATION STANDARDS THAT SCORES BUT ARE WE RIGHT AND WE CAN'T BE USING COVID BECAUSE I KNOW WE WERE PATTING OURSELVES ON THE BACK FOR GRADUATION INCREASE BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE WIPING OUT LOTS OF STANDARDS. BUT IF WE IF I COULD GET A FORMAL OH PERFECT FORGOT ABOUT THAT.  GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILWOMAN. I'LL TAKE A SHOT AT ANSWERING THAT. WHAT I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE ACCELERATION ACADEMIES AND WE OFFER THE ACADEMIES DURING THE SCHOOL BREAKS AND THE ACADEMIES ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO ENHANCE THEIR LEARNING AND DEEPEN THEIR ENGAGEMENT IN PREPARATION FOR ASSESSMENTS OR WHATEVER IT IS TO COME OR STRENGTHEN IN THEIR COURSE GRADE DURING THAT TIME, HOWEVER, SOME SCHOOLS MIGHT OFFER ONLINE COURSES SO A STUDENT MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO IN AND MAKE UP A COURSE OR BEGIN TO MAKE UP A COURSE ONLINE AT THAT TIME. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE STUDENT SAID THOUGH WITH ALL RESPECT. SO THEY'RE SAYING THAT IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT WILL OFFER EXTRA CURRICULAR FOR EXTRA TUTORING.  THIS IS YOU FAILED PRE-CALCULUS, YOU FAILED ENGLISH, YOU FAILED HISTORY BUT YOU CAN COME FOR FOUR DAYS AND AS LONG AS YOU JUST SHOW UP AND YOU CAN'T YOU CAN EVEN THEY SAID YOU CAN EVEN WALK THE HALLWAYS.  SO I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING AS LONG AS YOU SHOW UP AND UNFORTUNATE ITALY THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS WHO DON'T EVEN SHOW UP. SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S SUCH A MINIMAL EXPECTATION THERE ARE STILL STUDENTS THAT END UP FAILING BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND ALL FOUR DAYS. SO IF I CAN OFFER A CUSTOMER FEE I'M HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU. I'LL FIND A SPECIFIC CASE OF CIRCUMSTANCE BUT I DO KNOW IS THAT WE DO HAVE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS THAT OUR STUDENTS STAFF I SHOULD BE AWARE OF AND WE WORK WITH STUDENTS OF FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE WHERE THEY STAND WITH THOSE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS AND THEY THEY WATCH AND MONITOR THAT THAT'S SENIORS. RIGHT? SO SO I THINK WHAT I LOVE TO DO UP BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHICH CASE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TEAM WOULD LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU LOOK MORE INTO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE REQUIREMENTS THAT MAKE SENSE FOR ME BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S ANYTHING THAT WE HONOR AND SUPPORT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT MIGHT NOT HAVE HAPPENED BUT IT'S NOT WHAT WE AND I KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT DID SAY SHE WANTED TO TALK WITH MYSELF AND COUNCILOR OF FLYNN AND SANTINO AFTER THAT MEETING YESTERDAY AND THESE WERE STUDENTS WHO ARE ONE OF THEM'S A VALEDICTORIAN AND GOING OFF TO NORTHEASTERN AND NOT EVER NEEDING IT BUT STUDENTS FEELING DISCOURAGED THAT THEIR WORKING HARD BUT SEEING THAT KIDS CAN FAIL THEY SAID YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEIR COURSES AND MAKE IT ALL UP IN ONE SHORT SWEEP WHICH THEN OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT PREPARE THEM TO SUCCEED IN LIFE OR THEIR NEXT YEAR. SO I MEAN I WOULDN'T EVER ADVOCATE FOR THAT. I DO THINK THOUGH EVEN ONLINE THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST PASSING STUDENTS ON BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN UNFORTUNATE HISTORY OF WANTING IN MANY CASES TO JUST CHECK THE BOX THAT WE GOT TO GRADUATION RATE. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE VALEDICTORIAN LIST. IT'S NOT EVEN COMPLETE YET. WE'RE NOT IN THE CEREMONY IS ON TUESDAY. I MEAN YOU WOULD HOPE THAT MOST SCHOOLS WHO ARE IN A POSITION AND I KNOW AS A MOM MYSELF AS A STUDENT WAY MANY YEARS AGO I WOULD WANT MY CHILD IN A SCHOOL THAT THAT WASN'T ACCEPTABLE RIGHT THAT THE UM AND IF YOU COULD BRIAN MIND IF YOU COULD EMAIL ME THE THE INFORMATION ON THE WORK THAT WILL HAPPEN FOR THE ENGLISH HIGH ROOM YEAH AND THE CONTRACTOR I LIKE THE WHOLE BID PROCESS THAT WENT THROUGH AND THE TIMELINE OF WHEN THIS IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN I'D APPRECIATE THAT.  ABSOLUTELY COUNSELOR THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL YOU OR STEPPING IN CHAIR THANK YOU.  AND THEN THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  AND I WOULD ECHO WHAT COUNCILOR MEJIA ADVOCATED FOR IN SUPPORT OF THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL. AND AS YOU KNOW, I HAD A RECENT VISIT AND TOURS OF THE SCHOOL AND SPECIFICALLY LOOKED AT THE FACILITIES WITH YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.  I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SOME OF THE THE STUDENTS AND THERE'S WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL STUDENTS THERE BUT I'M DOING THE BEST THEY CAN WONDERFUL TEACHERS. THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN BUT AS YOU KNOW IT'S JUST A BUILDING THAT'S JUST COMPLETELY NOT FUNCTIONING AS A FACILITIES TYPE BUILDING. SO I SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.  WELL, LET ME GO BACK TO PUBLIC SAFETY.  SAM, WHAT'S THE STATUS AND WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG WITH THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE BOSTON POLICE?  THAT'S PRETTY MUCH FINALIZED AND I KNOW THIS IS CONVERSATIONS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT STILL HAVING WITH THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE ABOUT THAT AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.  BUT WE'VE WORKED OUT ALL THE DAY TO DAY ARRANGEMENT WITH BOSTON POLICE. WE'RE OPERATING WITH THEM. WE PRETTY MUCH JUST CODIFIES THE WAY WE OPERATE IS WHAT I WOULD SAY IN I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IS IS IT GOING TO BE SIGNED IN THE NEXT WEEK? I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT ON THAT. THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME FOR BOSTON POLICE AND PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR AND A HALF WORKING ON THAT MEMORANDUM RIGHT.  IT'S BEEN ABOUT THAT LONG AND I KNOW WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND WE'VE BEEN OPERATIONALIZING AND WORKING TO THE TENANT AND THE M.O. YOU PRETTY MUCH DESCRIBES THE WAY WE'RE WORKING. SO WE'RE CONFIDENT DAY TO DAY THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH EACH OTHER AND WHO WHAT ROLES EVERYONE PLAYS.  WHAT WAS THE OUTSTANDING ISSUE THAT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT TO RESOLVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN A GOOD PLACE NOW WHAT WAS THAT ISSUE THAT WAS HOLDING UP AN MEMO YOU TO GET SIGNED SOONER? THERE WAS NEVER REALLY ISSUES. IT WAS MORE ABOUT HOW WE STRUCTURED THEM OR YOU AND HOW WE CODIFY OUR CURRENT WORKING RELATIONSHIP. THERE WERE REALLY ANY TENSIONS. IT WAS JUST MORE AROUND HOW WE HOW WE STRUCTURED THE MEMO. YOU GIVEN THE MODEL AND WERE YOU THAT THE STATE REQUIRED US TO DO AND WHAT THAT REQUIRED AND US MAKING A DECISION NOT TO FOLLOW THE STATE LAW AROUND THE POLICE REFORM SO WE ADOPTED THE STATE TO JUST CODIFY WHAT OUR CURRENT WORKING RELATIONSHIP IS AND WE JUST HAD DISCUSSIONS MORE AROUND THAT THAN ANY REAL DISPUTES ABOUT ANY WAY WE CAN WE COLLABORATE OR WORK TOGETHER WITH THE ISSUES WITH DC. ARE THEY CONCERNED ABOUT ANY ASPECT OF BHP'S OPERATIONS?  I THINK THE THE WITH THE CIP AGREEMENT, THE OPERATIONAL AREAS THAT WE WORKED ON WITH THEM WERE AROUND TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES WITH THE BATHROOM PROJECTS AS WELL AS OUR SAFETY SERVICES DIVISION AND UNIT IN HAPPY TO SAY WE'VE COMPLETED ALL OF OUR BATHROOM PROJECTS.  I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'VE WORKED A LOT TO IMPROVE OUR ON TIME PERFORMANCE. WE'RE NOT AT THE 95% ON TIME PERFORMANCE THAT DOES HE WOULD LIKE US TO BE BUT WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN THE SCHOOLS AGAIN STUDENTS ARE GETTING TO SCHOOL CLOSE TO ON TIME IN THE MORNING AND THEN WITHIN THE FIRST 15 MINUTES AND ALL THE BUSSES ARE TYPICALLY THERE WE HAVE ABOUT I CAN'T QUOTE THE EXACT NUMBER BUT THEY'RE IN THE HIGHER THAN 95%. THEY'RE WITHIN 15 MINUTES I THINK I THINK DUCEY WANTS US AT 95 AND I THINK BEEPS IS PROBABLY AROUND 87. IS THAT ACCURATE? I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK BUT I THINK THE LARGER POINT IS WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS THOUGH.  I UNDERSTAND THAT. I UNDERSTAND BUT I KNOW DUCEY THEY ARE THEIR PERCENTAGE THAT THEY WANTED US AT WAS 95% AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS US IS 87%. YEAH THAT'S BEFORE THE BELL BUT WITHIN FOR UP 15 MINUTES WE'RE DEFINITELY LIKE WELL ABOVE 95% WITHIN 15 MINUTES. SO WE HAVE IMPROVED IN THAT AREA AS WELL.  WHAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY? WE HIGHLIGHTED THAT EARLIER BUT WHAT IS DUCEY CONCERNED ABOUT IN TERMS OF BP'S PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATIONS?  THE ISSUE CENTERED AROUND JUST MORE HOW WE SET UP A HOTLINE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY ISSUES PARENTS HAD THEY WERE ABLE TO CALL IN.  THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR BULLYING REPORTING AND TRAINING AND HOW WE RESPONDED TO BULLYING. SINCE THEN WE'VE ADDED A LOT OF CAPACITY BUT I WOULD OUR STAFF AND TEAM AS YOU SEE BOSTON WE'VE INCREASED OUR TRAINING TO BOTH STAFF AND STUDENTS IN THE AREA WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE BEEFED UP OUR SYSTEMS AND STAFF THROUGH OUR SOCIAL WORKERS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE ARE ANY CONFLICTS AROUND BULLYING WE WOULD HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ALSO WORKED WITH THEM ON EXPANDING OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A MORE ROBUST TEAM TO HANDLE THAT KIND OF WORK. SO WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS BASED ON SOME OF THE REVIEWS THAT THEY THAT THEY'VE CONDUCTED.  SEE, I READ THE MAJOR ARTICLE IN THE BOSTON GLOBE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO ABOUT THAT STUDENT THE THE THE WOMAN THAT CAME IN AS A STUDENT AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS AND WAS ABLE TO ACCESS BEING A STUDENT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT SITUATION?  MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S A CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. THAT'S A CRIMINAL MATTER AT THIS POINT AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE IN COURT WITH THAT OR SHE'S IN COURT WITH THAT AND I DON'T KNOW THE DISPOSITION OF ANY CASE TO US YET BUT THAT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS AT THIS POINT.  WAS THAT WAS THAT CONCERNING TO BP AS THAT ENTIRE INCIDENT? OF COURSE IT WAS. WE WERE DEVASTATED AND SHOCKED AND WE WERE REALLY JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT KIND OF , YOU KNOW, HOW TO UNPACK THAT. AND LUCKILY OUR PROCEDURES THAT WE HAD IN PLACE WORKED AND FLAGGED IT AND LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO REASSESS SOME OF OUR WORK AND PROCEDURES AND WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HAD IN PLACE WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH IT EVENTUALLY SO YOU KNOW, WE WERE MORE COGNIZANT OF WHAT OCCURRED NOW AND WE'RE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE AND REALLY SCRUTINIZING OUR DOCUMENTS MORE SO THAN THAN WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. BUT OUR PROCEDURES THE SYSTEMS WORKED TO FLAG IT. WE DO WE NOW ENSURE THAT WHEN STUDENTS DO COME TO ENROLL THAT WE DO HAVE THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK. YEAH, WE TYPICALLY DO AND A LOT OF LIKELY STAFF TO SCHOOLS DO A LOT OF ONBOARDING WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND GIVEN WHAT OCCURRED PEOPLE IS MORE ATTENTIVE TO ATTENTIVE TO THAT NOW.  BUT TYPICALLY THERE'S AN ONBOARDING PROCESS WITH STUDENTS THAT ENROLL IN SCHOOLS OR WHETHER THEY TRANSFER INTO THE NEW SCHOOL OR ANOTHER ONE. MOST SCHOOLS ARE REALLY GOOD AT REALLY TRYING TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND THEIR STUDENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A SUCCESSFUL TIME WITH THE SCHOOL . WERE THERE ANY STUDENTS THAT WERE IMPACTED NEGATIVELY BY THAT STUDENT BY THAT WOMAN PRETENDING TO BE A STUDENT?  WERE THERE ANY SERIOUS RELATED CONCERNS FROM ANY STUDENTS OR ABOUT ABOUT HER INVOLVEMENT, HER ENROLLMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE FOR STUDENTS THAT SHE INTERACTED WITH? WE WE MADE SURE THAT THERE WERE COUNSELORS AVAILABLE TO TALK TO ANY STUDENT OR STAFF THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THAT THAT NEEDED SOME OF THAT COUNSELING . ARE THOSE STUDENTS STILL IN ARE THOSE THEY STILL BP ARE STUDENTS? I DON'T KNOW THAT INFORMATION BUT I'M AND WHAT TYPE OF SERVICES WERE THEY WERE THOSE STUDENTS RECEIVING? WE OFFERED COUNSELING SERVICES TO THE STUDENTS THAT MAY HAVE NEEDED IT AND THERE'S NO NO ISSUES AT ALL WITH THOSE STUDENTS. WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY KNOW KNOW I TALKED TO SUPERINTENDENTS SKIPPER IN THE PAST TESTIMONY ABOUT THE MASSACHUSETTS INCLUSIVE CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT INITIATIVE.  IT'S A STATE PROGRAM I'M JUST GOING OVER MY NOTES THAT GRANTS ELIGIBLE BOSTON PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENROLL IN COLLEGE WHILE RECEIVING THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THERE WAS AN ISSUE RELATING TO HOW MANY SEATS OR HOW MUCH FUNDING BUT I WAS ADVOCATING FOR MORE FUNDING FOR MORE SEATS. THE SUPERINTENDENT SEEMED WILLING TO SUPPORT THAT. SHE DID TELL ME SHE WOULD SUPPORT THAT BUT DO WE KNOW WHERE THAT IS? I, I WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT PROGRAM. IT DOES HELP SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER THEIR ACADEMICS. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? OH, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE AND I WOULD JUST HAVE TO JUST TALK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND MY COLLEAGUE DR. CHEN TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULD FALL UNDER OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DIVISION. AND AGAIN, THAT'S NOT MY SPECIFIC AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY OR EXPERTISE.  ALL RIGHT. I THINK MR BAUM OVER THERE WANTED A WEIGH IN AND I WOULD JUST SAY I THINK THERE ARE SOME OPERATIONAL THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON WITH IT. BUT I DON'T I DON'T THINK THE FINANCIAL PART IS GOING TO BE AN OBSTACLE. OKAY. SO WE PROBABLY COULDN'T EXPAND THAT PROGRAM AND GIVE MORE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENROLL IF THAT'S WHAT THEY IF THAT'S WHAT THEY CHOOSE. I GUESS.  YES, WE'RE JUST I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL STEPS WE NEED TO GO THROUGH. OKAY. DO YOU THINK THAT MIGHT TAKE PLACE FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY JUNIORS ARE SENIORS SO THAT THEN THAT THEY COULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO COLLEGE?  I'LL NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND SPECIAL SERVICES TO KNOW MORE ABOUT TIMELINE. OKAY. WOULD YOU MIND FOLLOWING UP WITH ME ON THAT NOW?  ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I'M SORRY JUST FOR A QUICK ANSWER BUT I JUST GOT THE EXACT NUMBERS FOR OUR ON TIME PERFORMANCE. OUR STAFF INDICATES THAT WE'RE 90% ON TIME AND 90% AS OF ONE 90 90% ON AVERAGE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. OKAY. SO WENT UP FROM 87 TO 90. YEAH, CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN WE WILL NOW GO TO A THIRD ROUND OF QUESTIONS STARTING WITH HEALTH FLORIDA. THANK YOU.  QUESTIONS WITH THE QUESTIONS GO BACK TO THE QUESTION I HAD AREA REMOTE CENTRAL OFFICE FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS THE NUMBER OF FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS IN 2021 WHICH IS FOUR YEARS AGO WAS 468.5 AND THEN LAST YEAR 2524 IT WAS 587.7 WHICH IS A 27.6% INCREASE IN CENTRAL STAFF AND I'M REALLY SORRY I UNDERSTAND WE'VE ADDED YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE SORT OF RELATED SERVICE PROVIDERS JOBS BUT IT'S SORT OF BAFFLING THAT THAT'S A REALLY SIGNIFICANT AND HUGE INCREASE IN STAFF.  CAN YOU LIKE ME AS TO WHAT SORT OF GRADES OF STAFF THEY WEAR AND HOW HOW HOW MUCH THAT COST ? YEP. I CAN I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THAT SO WE TRY OUR BEST TO BE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT I BELIEVE THE INTENTION OF YOUR QUESTION WAS. SO FOR EXAMPLE WE HAD 240 MORE BUS MONITORS AS THE DISTRICT IN THAT TIME BUT WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR NUMBER. SO I JUST WANTED TO I WANTED TO SAY LIKE THAT WE JUST BECAUSE IT WAS ON A CENTRAL OFFICE BUDGET WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY INCLUDE EVERYTHING ON THAT BUDGET IN THE NUMBER WE GAVE YOU. OKAY. SO I THINK YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT I THINK IN OUR ABILITY TO CODE CENTRAL OFFICE THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON SO FOR EXAMPLE I KNOW THAT NUMBER INCLUDES THE 17 COMMUNITY CONNECTION FACILITATOR POSITIONS. WE ADDED I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD COUNT THOSE AS CENTRAL OFFICE TYPICALLY BUT I THINK THEY WERE INCLUDED IN OUR ANALYSIS.  WE HAD ABOUT ABOUT 14 OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE RELATED TO THE EXPANSION OF EARLY CHILD OF YUP'IK DOING WORK WITH THE U.P. SITES ENSURING EXPANSION OF SEATS AND SORT OF THE ASSOCIATED SUPPORTS THERE.  THERE HAVE BEEN TEN POSITIONS ADDED TO FINANCE MOSTLY CLERICAL POSITIONS FOCUSED ON IMPROVED CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES.  THERE WERE FOUR POSITIONS THAT SAM MENTIONED ADDED TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS PART OF THE COUNCIL GREAT CITY SCHOOLS REVIEW THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR ROUTE. HAVE TIME TO THEM ALL. NO BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S 127 POSITIONS? YEAH THAT'S THAT'S A HUGE THAT'S A HUGE INCREASE INCREASE AT A TIME AND IT'S VERY COSTLY BECAUSE THE PERSONNEL ARE BIGGEST COST IN THE WHOLE SYSTEM. YEP. AND THEN I ALSO WONDER YOU KNOW HOW BACK TO MY EARLIER QUESTION HOW CAN YOU MAKE A $17 MILLION SAVINGS IF YOU'RE INCREASING YOUR STAFF BY 127%? IT'S JUST JUST BAFFLING TO ME HOW THAT CAN WORK THEN REALLY INTERESTED IN PARTNERSHIPS IN TERMS OF HOW MANY STAFF WE'VE GOT WORKING ON PARTNERSHIPS IN CENTRAL OFFICE LIKE I KNOW I KNOW FROM PEOPLE IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR WHO ARE IN THE BUSINESS SECTOR WHO TRY AND DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS OR OFFER PARTNERSHIPS WITH UPS AND IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. YEAH, AND I THINK WE'RE LEAVING A LOT ON THE TABLE, A LOT OF RESOURCES ON THE TABLE AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW BUT YOU KNOW THE GRANT WRITING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS BECAUSE I KNOW IN THIS SITUATION OF THE GARDNER PILOT THEY HAD A PERSON WHO WAS WORKED ON WRITING GRANTS AND BROUGHT IN LIKE 500 TO $700000 IN GRANTS TO SUPPORT EXTENDED DAY ENRICHMENT ALL SORTS OF THINGS AND YOU KNOW,  EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE HAVE SUPPORT TO DO THAT TOO BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE LEAVING A LOT OF WE'RE LEAVING A LOT OF RESOURCES ON THE TABLE. YEAH. SO WE HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM OF I BELIEVE IT'S THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE THEY DO THIS PARTNERSHIP RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SO THEY'RE NOT DOING ALL THE PROCUREMENT ON THEIR OWN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT THEY'RE COORDINATING THE WORK OF PARTNERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THE SUPERINTENDENT ALSO JUST RECENTLY AUTHORIZED US TO CREATE A TEAM THAT PART OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS MORE FOCUSED ON THAT GRANT WRITING SUPPORT AND BASICALLY THAT THE IDEA SHE HAD WAS THAT WE COULD SORT OF PAY FOR IT WITH THE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO CHARGE A VERY SMALL OVERHEAD WHEN YOU BRING IN A NEW GRANT WE CHARGE THAT LIKE 3% OVERHEAD AND SO IN THEORY IF WE BRING IN ENOUGH MONEY THE THE SORT OF GRANT WRITING SUPPORT SHOULD PAY FOR ITSELF. YEAH. SO WE'RE HOPING TO EXPAND TO SAY I HAVE TO SAY THE THREE PEOPLE IN CHARGE ARE TO HELP WITH PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH POTENTIAL LIKE THAT'S PITIFUL AND I'VE HAD I BROUGHT THIS UP THIS LAST I'D PROBABLY FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT YOU KNOW, FOR THREE PEOPLE TO DO THAT WORK. WE'RE LEAVING AGAIN A LOT OF WE'RE LEAVING A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES ON THE TABLE.  I WAS ALSO YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR HAS OFFERED, YOU KNOW, AN INCREASE IN THE FINANCIAL THE BILLS THEREFORE MY 25 BUDGET OF $881 MILLION AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AND THAT IS WHAT WHAT IS THAT THAT IS 5.6% INCREASE OF THE ENTIRE BUDGET THAT PIECE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DIDN'T GIVE YOU 5.6% AND ONLY GIVE YOU 4% OR WHAT WOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH OTHER SCHOOL OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS? YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT SO THE SORT OF THE 81 MILLION IS BROKEN DOWN TO TWO MAIN CATEGORIES THING YOU MIGHT THINK OF AS SORT OF REQUIRED OBLIGATIONS.  SO OUR MOST RECENT ROUND OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING INCREASES WITH OUR TEACHER UNION FOR EXAMPLE FALL INTO THAT.  SO WOULD THAT NOT YOU KNOW BE THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF THAT MORE LIKE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE GETTING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS RIGHT WE JUST OURS ISN'T SEPARATE FROM THE 81 MILLION SO IT'S OUR THE COST OF OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IS A PART OF THE 81 MILLION. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS SO THE TRICKY THING FOR US IS THE SORT OF MARGINAL THINGS TO CUT BETWEEN 5.6% AND 4% ARE A LOT OF THE NEW INVESTMENTS AND THINGS LIKE INCLUSIVE PRACTICES AND OTHER SUPPORTS OR WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO CUT IN OTHER SERVICES. WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY OTHER SERVICES TO CUT FOR ANOTHER THAT'S MAYBE ABOUT $15 MILLION WHICH IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CUT ON TOP OF THE ONES WE'VE ALREADY MADE THROUGH THE CYCLE. YEAH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LEVEL OF REDUNDANCY HERE IN TERMS OF THE THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE PLANNING BEYOND ESSER DO WE NOT DO THAT ANYWAY LIKE DO IS THAT NOT PART OF YOUR HUGE ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET IN CENTRAL OFFICE ANYWAY IN ANY CASE WHY DO YOU NEED MORE MONEY TO DO SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DOING ANYWAY SO THE THE THE MONEY FOR PLANNING BEYOND US OR THAT IS FOR PROGRAMS THAT WERE PAID FOR ON THAT THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO CONTINUE.  OKAY SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A PLANNING IT'S NOT A PLANNING EXPENSE. YEAH IT'S IT'S IT'S AN EXECUTION IT'S A IT'S A YEAH WE COULD HAVE NAMED THAT MORE CLEARLY.  YEAH. IT'S FUN TO GET INTO THE WEEDS ON THIS YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S FOR IT'S A GOOD POINT THOUGH IT'S FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ASR PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE. YEAH AND I HAVE TO YOU KNOW YOU'RE DOING SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS WITH THOSE THAT ASR FUNDED FUNDING LIKE WE DID SOME GREAT THINGS WITH ARPA. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR FORD ABOUT THE WHERE ARE WE AT WITH BATHROOMS YOU KNOW BATHROOMS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BATHROOMS FOR TEN YEARS AT THIS POINT. OH LONGER HOW FAR ALONG ARE WE IN RENOVATING OUR BATHROOMS AND GET THEM UP TO A REASONABLE STANDARD? SO OVER THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR I WOULD ACTUALLY JUST RELATED TO THE LAST 11 MONTHS WE'VE DONE RENOVATIONS IN 16 SCHOOLS TO WHERE NEARLY EVERY BATHROOM IN EACH ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS WAS COMPLETELY RENOVATED.  THAT WAS A VERY, VERY HEAVY PUSH AND YEAR OVER YEAR NOW WE'VE DECIDED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE BEST TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK IN THE SUMMER WHERE IT'S MINIMALLY INTERRUPTED FOR THE STUDENTS AIMING TO DO TWO 3 TO 5 BUILDINGS EVERY SUMMER JUST INEVITABLY UNTIL WE GET BACK TO THE BEGINNING AND NEED TO START AGAIN. HOW MANY SCHOOLS HAVE WE LEFT? I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES I CAN PULL IT UP. YEAH, SURE. YEAH. JUST THINK OF THE IDEA WE HAVE 119 SCHOOLS TOTAL BUT WE HAVE TO CHECK THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS WE HAVE. YEAH. WE ALSO THINK YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND TAKING SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS OFF LINE.  THAT'S RIGHT. SO ARE WE GOING TO BE INVESTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SCHOOLS OR ARE NOT GOING TO BE USING IN A FEW YEARS TIME? NO. THAT THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS WE'VE WE WE MAKE SURE WE'RE COGNIZANT OF THAT DYNAMIC. I'M APPRECIATE MY TIME IS PROBABLY UP VERY GOOD THANK YOU THANK YOU COUNCILOR AND COUNCILMEMBER YOU KNOW OFF THE FLOOR THANK YOU. I KNOW COUNCILOR BREEDEN AND I ARE REALLY EXCITED TO KEEP YOU HERE UNTIL WE NEED TO BECAUSE WE DON'T GET TO SEE YOU MUCH. SO ALSO READ IT WE'VE GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS TIME THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY DO THIS WORK BECAUSE IT'S IT IS WHAT IT IS.  SO UNLESS YOU GUYS WANT TO SHUT ME DOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO END SOON SO I DO I HAVE 8 MINUTES. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO ASK. ALL RIGHT. SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO YOUR WHEN I ASKED YOU ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN REGARDS TO HOW MANY PARENTS SHOWED UP, YOU SAID 35. WAS THAT TOTAL FOR THE FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOLS OR WAS THAT JUST A HERNANDEZ LIKE CAN YOU OR THE HENNIGAN CAN YOU JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT WAS 35 FAMILIES FOR OUR DAWSON COMMUNITY SO HOPEFULLY FOR THE WEST ZONE FOR THE HERNANDEZ THERE WAS ABOUT 30 FAMILIES THAT SHOWED UP AND AND HOW DO WE KNOW THAT BASED ON THE SCREENSHOTS OF THE LIKE HOW DO WE I JUST WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR QUALITY CONTROL LOOKS LIKE WHERE WE BECAUSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IS LIKE THE BIGGEST THING RIGHT NOW FOR US AND SO I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM PARENTS ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE REALLY THERE, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE REALLY PARENTS. YOU KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN ACT LIKE THEY ARE LIKE I'M GOING TO ASK THE QUESTIONS JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SOME PARENTS KNOW HOW DO WE KNOW WHO WAS THERE SO ONE THE BOTH OF US ACTUALLY ALL OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS AND I WAS JUST AT THE WEST ZONE AND THE HERNANDEZ SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I HAD A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT OUT OF THE COUNTRY BUT FOR FOR ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS THE INFORMATION WAS COMMUNICATED TO FAMILIES.  STAFF WAS AWARE OF THE FAMILY MEETINGS AND IT WAS NOT OPEN TO THE BROADER PUBLIC AND ALSO TO THE MEDIA FOR THE STAFF MEETINGS, THE SORRY THE FAMILY MEETINGS IN PARTICULAR THOSE TWO MEETINGS THAT I JOINED SORT OF JUST LIKE ELIMINATED ALL OF THE BEEPS STAFF AND ALL OF THE THE TRANSLATORS THAT WERE ON THE CALL.  I KIND OF LIKE KNEW IT THE STAFF THAT WAS LIKE HAD THAT HAD JOINED THE MEETING SO THE REMAINDER OF LIKE THE SORT OF LIKE THE MEMBERS ON THAT CALL I ASSUME THOSE WERE FAMILIES AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT JOINED THE CALL BECAUSE THE COMMUNICATION WENT DIRECTLY THROUGH MESSENGER TO THOSE COMMUNITIES. SO I'M NOT SURE IF IN SAN MAYBE YOU MIGHT KNOW THIS BUT DO YOU HAVE A DASHBOARD OF ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO AFTER A MEETING SAY THIS IS HOW MANY PARENTS SHOWED UP HERE IS WHAT WE HEARD MOST OF IS THERE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN POINT PEOPLE TO SO THAT WE CAN MEASURE OUR ABILITY TO LISTEN AND LEARN AND EXECUTE BASED ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING THE SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M LIKE CLEAR THAT THE THE HEAD NOT THE HERNANDEZ THE HENNIGAN AND THE WESTLAND ARE THE TWO MEETINGS WHERE LIKE THE HENNIGAN WHAT ABOUT THE HERNANDEZ I WAS I DIDN'T ATTEND THE DAY BUT I CAN FIND I LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY YEAH I CAN FIND OUT FROM MY DEPUTY I'M ASSUMING THAT THE NUMBER FOR THE HERNANDEZ WAS A LOT SMALLER BECAUSE THE FAMILIES THAT WERE AND THAT IS ENTERING THE SEVENTH GRADE FOR THE HERNANDEZ NEXT YEAR WE HAVE LIKE LESS THAN TEN STUDENTS IN THAT COHORT SO I'M PRETTY SURE THAT NUMBER I THOUGHT WAS REALLY REALLY SMALL YEAH SO WHAT ABOUT THE DASHBOARD AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY? DO WE HAVE HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE REACHING PEOPLE? YEAH, I MEAN AGAIN I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUES ON MY FAMILY COMMUNICATION CYBER I KNOW EVERY MEETING THEY DO TAKE NOTES, THEY DO TRACK ATTENDANCE, THEY DO CHECK WHO THEY INVITE AND THEY DO HAVE MECHANISM TO HAVE FAMILY CIRCLE IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I'M TALKING SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND SOME OF THE FACILITIES CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD. SO I DON'T WANT TO JUST DEFER TO LIKE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE THIS IS VERY MUCH PART OF WHAT THIS HEARING IS ABOUT.  YEAH, YEAH. SO OKAY SO JUST A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.  THE ENGAGEMENTS WITH PARENTS LIKE WITH PARENTS AND FAMILIES AND LIKE WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM PARENTS AND FAMILIES SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IS IN AN ENGAGEMENT REPORT THAT'S ONLINE AND IT'S PUBLIC FACING SO FOLKS CAN SEE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK DR. ALKINS SHARED ON THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT AND COUNSELOR FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU THAT I THINK THAT JUST LIKE ASSETS LIKE A COLLECTIVE LIKE CAPITAL PLANNING TEAM AS WE'RE ENGAGING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGH THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLANNING PROCESS AND ALSO LIKE THE WORKSHOP PIECES LIKE WHAT WE HEARD WE MADE THAT INFORMATION LIKE PUBLIC SO THE ENGAGEMENT REPORT IS ONLINE BUT I DO THINK THAT LIKE AS WE'RE DOING THESE SMALLER SORT OF LIKE ENGAGEMENTS SESSION WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO LIKE ATTACH LIKE WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN THOSE SESSIONS ONLINE UNDER LIKE THE THE PROJECT UPDATES FOR COMMUNITIES SO WE CAN WE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADD THAT THAT PIECE AS WE DID WE DONE THAT THROUGH THE WORKSHOPS AND THE LISTENING SESSIONS AND MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO IT LIKE WITH OUR CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.  YEAH NO I APPRECIATE THAT THOUGH ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I FEEL A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND I HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE LIKE I DON'T JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT DO Y'ALL DO AND I, I HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF YOU KNOW, STANDARD BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE AND NOT FEEL LIKE I'M BEING HEARD RIGHT AND SO I THINK AND HAVING GONE TO SOME OF THE MEETINGS AND YOU'VE SEEN ME WHERE I DON'T JUST SHOW UP TO TAKE A PHOTO AND THEN BOUNCE I ACTUALLY SIT THERE AND LISTEN AND LEARN RIGHT ALONGSIDE YOU ALL AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD BACK FROM SOME FOLKS IS THAT THEY WOULD TO HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF LIKE THE THE POST PLATE, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE SO IF THERE'S SOME INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE CAN BUILD TO SUPPORT YOU ALL WITH THAT I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TO ADVOCATE AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO THIS WHOLE NOTION OF I'M JUST TRYING TO REALLY THINK THROUGH BECAUSE I HAVE TO COVER EVERYTHING FEELS LIKE A BLUR.  I KNOW THAT COUNSELOR IT WAS A SABI GEORGE I THINK THE CHAIR DURING COVID SHE WAS THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION DURING COVID THINK AND I REMEMBER DURING THOSE HEARINGS SHE WOULD SHE WOULD HOST LIKE A SERIES OF HEARINGS BEFORE WE DELVE DEEPER INTO THE BUDGET AND I'M CURIOUS IF YOU ALL FEEL LIKE WE AS A COUNCIL READY TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET.  UM CAN I CAN I JUST ANSWER ONE QUESTION? THE UNDER HERNANDEZ SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT MEETING I JUST GOT THAT THERE WAS LIKE LESS THAN TEN THAT'S RIGHT AND I KNOW I KNOW WHAT I KNOW RIGHT? THAT'S WHY I KNOW THAT WE GOT TO DO BETTER. YEAH, BUT JUST NAMING FOR THE HERNANDEZ COMMUNITY THAT THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE COHORT LIKE WE HAVE LIKE LESS THAN TEN STUDENTS IN THAT COHORT THAT'S AFFECTED BY THE DEGREE CONFIGURATION SO I JUST WANTED TO NAME THAT YEAH I APPRECIATE THAT BUT GOING ON TO MY LIKE DO YOU FEEL THAT WE'VE HAD ENOUGH TIME AS A COUNCIL WITH YOU ALL TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE NUMBER SO I WOULD SAY THIS THE REFLECTING ON THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR I THINK WAS VERY DIFFERENT IS THAT WE APPROACHED IT REALLY DIFFERENT WITH YOU GUYS THAN WE DID LAST YEAR I THINK WITH THE COUNSELOR AS WELL PUSHING US TO MEET WITH YOU GUYS BEFORE THE RECESS WORKING SESSION YEAH WELL I'M GOING TO GET THAT BUT I MEAN COME ON. LISTEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE LESSONS AND MY POINT AND I AM I'M NOT A NEW KID ON THE BLOCK HERE, OKAY? I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE. NOW I'M IN THIS CHAMBER. SO YOUR QUESTION IS TRYING TO RUN A GAME ON ME . I SEE. WELL, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION AND ANSWER THE QUESTION. MY QUESTION BY SAYING IS THAT WE HAD SOME TIME TO WORK WITH YOU IN OUR WORKING SESSION AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT OUR TEAM ALSO MET WITH YOU GUYS INDIVIDUALLY TO GO OVER INFORMATION AND WHO DID THEY MEET? THEY DID MEET WITH ME I'M NOT SURE THEY MET WITH THE THEY MET WITH SELECTED INDIVIDUALS.  I WAS NOT PART OF THAT SO I'M NOT MET WITH ME . I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THEY'RE LISTENING. I JUST WANT TO KNOW LISTEN,  SAM, NOBODY MET WITH ME . LISTEN, WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS IS MY TEAM OFFERED TO MEET WITH ALL THE CITY COUNCILORS AND SOME DID HAVE A MEETING, SO I'M NOT SAYING YOU DID OR DID NOT KNOW THAT. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE ALSO OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH EVERYONE INDIVIDUALLY TO GO OVER OUR BUDGETS. WHAT I'M SAYING NOW IN REFLECTING THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME REALLY ENGAGING WITH YOU ALL IN COMING TO YOUR SESSIONS, MEETING WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND COMING THE OPEN HEARING. SO I'M NOT SURE WHETHER YOU GUYS ARE PREPARED OR NOT BUT WHAT I SEE IS DIFFERENT IS THAT WE'VE EXTENDED OURSELVES A GREAT DEAL AND MADE OURSELVES AVAILABLE SO WE CAN HELP EDUCATE YOU TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE BEST INFORMED DECISION YOU CAN. NOW I APPRECIATE THAT INTERPRETATION BUT AS SOMEONE WHO IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONVERSATION I DON'T FEEL THAT I THINK I TO BE HONEST WITH YOU I THINK THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED OTHER I'VE I'VE EXPERIENCED IT DIFFERENTLY. I FEEL LIKE THIS A WHOLE NEW A WHOLE NEW WORLD THAT I'M OPERATING IN AND I THINK THAT MY BIGGEST THE WHERE I'M GETTING MY INFORMATION FROM IS OUTSIDE OF THIS CHAMBER WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE. RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING TRUST BUT EVERY YOU TURN AROUND YOU HAVE TO QUESTION LIKE WHO CAN YOU TRUST IN HERE? RIGHT? AND THEN WE'RE ASKED TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE HAVE TO DO SO.  I KNOW I ALREADY KNOW ALL THESE VOTES THE ALL THESE VOTES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SECURED. RIGHT. SO ALL OF THIS IS JUST REALLY THEATRICS AND I KEEP SAYING IT BECAUSE I BEEN IN THIS CHAMBER LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW WHEN THE DEAL HAS BEEN SEALED AND THE FACT THAT YOU COME HERE AND AND THE REASON WHY I'VE KEPT YOU HERE AS LONG AS I HAVE IS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD THE PRIVILEGE RIGHT OF THAT AND AND ALSO THOSE SIDEBAR CONVERSATIONS SHOULD BEEN AT PUBLICLY NOT WITH INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT THE CITY AS A WHOLE, THOSE CONVERSATIONS NEED TO BE HAD PUBLICLY NOT WITH INDIVIDUAL COUNCILORS. I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS A GOOD PRACTICE.  THAT IS NOT HOW WE SHOULD BE DOING BUSINESS HERE.  EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS SHOULD BE DONE SO IN A PUBLIC SETTING BECAUSE OTHERWISE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MISTRUTH THIS SYSTEM BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO A STANDARD. SO WHILE I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MY COLLEAGUES, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO DECIDE WHAT WE SHOULD BE FIGHTING FOR IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE THAT UNDERMINES DEMOCRACY AND IT DOESN'T GIVE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR HOW WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON THESE CONVERSATIONS.  SO I AM NOT IN AGREEMENT OF ANY SIDEBAR CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAD AND I WANT TO NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD I APPRECIATE THAT. JUST TO CLARIFY THE CONVERSATION WERE PURELY JUST TO EDUCATE ABOUT THE BUDGET. NO DECISIONS WERE MADE JUST AROUND FOR A FORUM TO HELP EDUCATE ME . IT'S A QUESTION PEOPLE MAY HAVE HAD BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR POSITION. I APPRECIATE THAT AND YOU CERTAINLY HAVE OPTIONS.  THE ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THE INNER WORKINGS OF BIPS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE. WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE A BETTER FRONT. WE SHOULD HAVE THE BEST URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY AND WE WOULD WE NEED TO DO THE WORK TO GET THERE SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FRESHMAN LET ME UP GIRL.  LISTEN, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL I KNOW I KNOW THESE HEARINGS ARE NOT EASY AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE EASY.  I'M SORRY , I. I RESPECT YOU HIGHLY. I UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO COME INTO THIS CHAMBER AND DEFEND YOUR WORK, BUT WE HAVE TO BUILD A BETTER STRUCTURE SO WE'RE NOT JUST HAVING THESE TRANSACTIONAL ONCE IN A YEAR TIME CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL LIKE THIS WHOLE SYSTEM HAS TO CHANGE IN ORDER FOR US TO REALLY HAVE BETTER WAYS OF COMMUNICATING RIGHT LIKE SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.  DELL I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT EASY TO DO THIS WORK AS A BLACK WOMAN TRYING TO CHANGE BIPS AND ALL THE HISTORICAL SYSTEMIC,  DEEP ROOTED THINGS THAT YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY.  SO WHEN I GET AT YOU KNOW THAT I'M JUST PUSHING YOU BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT I'M PUSHING YOU BECAUSE I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU WHAT WE NEED TO DO SO THAT WE CAN FIGHT NEXT BUDGET FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO BE SET UP FOR SUCCESS BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE FAILING YOU TOO. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I REALLY DO AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.  DR. MCINTYRE, I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU STAYED HERE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME BECAUSE I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR YOU. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY FOR YOU, OKAY? WE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO TALK ABOUT HALF THE SCHOOLS THAT I DEEPLY CARE ABOUT.  YOU KNOW THAT AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IS THAT I ALWAYS HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR TO HAVE SOME REAL CONVERSATIONS AND I CREATED A COMMITTEE CALLED GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY SO I CAN TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE RELATED TO EDUCATION THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO COME TO MY COMMITTEE. SO THEN WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY? NOWHERE BUT A PUBLIC HEARING AROUND WAYS AND MEANS WHERE I CAN GET MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED. THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS RIGGED SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO HOPE AND PRAY THAT NEXT WE'LL DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL THANK YOU, COUNSELOR.  AND I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR PANELISTS FOR TODAY. I KNOW IT WAS A LONG HEARING. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU STICKING HERE AND ANSWERING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS AND AS YOU ALL HAVE ANY CLOSING REMARKS.  SO YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING.  APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. IT'S A QUESTION I SAW SO I JUST WANT TO JOIN SAM IN SAYING LIKE THINK THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ADVOCACY AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THAT CENTER AND STUDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. OKAY, GREAT.  THANK YOU WITH THAT DOUGLAS NUMBER 0670206785 25 OPERATING BUDGET CAPITAL FUNDS TRANSFERS AND CAPITAL BUDGET WITH DOCKET NUMBER 2067930680 AND NUMBER 2068330694 COMPANION FUNDS AND IT'S NOW BEEN ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU