MY NAME IS HENRY SANTANA AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR AND I'M THE CHAIR OF BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION . TODAY IS FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2020 FOR THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED IS ALSO BEING LIVE LIVESTREAM AT BOSTON GOV SLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCAST ON XFINITY CHANNEL A RCN CHANNEL 82 FILES CHANNEL 964. WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL KEEP EDUCATION AT BOSTON DOT GOV AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS . PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKING AT THE END OF THIS HEARING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGNED UP AND WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING IN PERSON PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN IN SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHAMBER. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON SHANE PAC SHANE DOOR PAC BOSTON DOT GOV FOR THE LINK AND YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET NUMBER 0381. MESSAGING ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE OPEN DATA CURRICULUM AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CURRICULUM THAT CAN BE USED BY TEACHERS IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS WELL AS OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROVIDERS TO LEVERAGE EXISTING AND OPEN DATA FROM THE CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.  THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 28TH 2020 FOR WE RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE AND SUPPORT FROM COUNCILOR BREELAND WHICH I WILL READ INTO THE RECORD. DEAR CHAIRMAN SANTANA I REGRET THAT I AM ABLE TO ATTEND THIS MORNING'S HEARING IN THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION DUE TO A PRIOR SCHEDULE COMMITMENT. PLEASE CONVEY MY SUPPORT FOR THE OPEN DATA CURRICULUM DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY DISTRICT NINE CITY COUNCILOR LIZ BREEDEN I WILL ALSO READ INTO THE RECORD AN ABSOLUTE LETTER FROM DISTRICT COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN TONYA FERNANDEZ ANDERSON.  DEAR CHAIRMAN SANTANA AND COUNCIL COLLEAGUES I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL. I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT I WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S HEARING OF YOUR RECORD AND TO REMAIN ENGAGED IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC THINKING IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING TO SINCERELY. DISTRICT SEVEN COUNCILOR TANYA ANDERSON.  I WILL BEGIN WITH MY OPENING STATEMENT. WE WANT TO THANK OUR PANELISTS FOR BEING HERE TODAY AS WELL. AND BEFORE WE BEGIN I WANT TO MENTION FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC THAT ACR INFORMED US OF THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD BE FUNDED BY THIS GRANT WOULD BE AVAILABLE NOT ONLY FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUT ALSO OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROVIDERS.  AS YOU ALSO NOTED THAT THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT WILL BE WE'LL GO THROUGH TO IT THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY, NOT BEPS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S ARRANGEMENT IS MEANT TO ADDRESS TO IT HAVING THE CAPACITY AND EXPERTISE TO DEVELOP AND MANAGE THIS CURRICULUM. WHILE P.S. VP'S WERE NOT SO WE'LL BE HEARING TODAY FROM THE PANEL FROM THE WAY THE ACR RECOMMENDED WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT WILL BE FUNDED BY THIS GRANT.  I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. IN CASE ANYONE WAS WONDERING WHY THE PANEL IS JOINING US TODAY FROM DO IT AND NOT BEPS.  MY OFFICE AND I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS GROUND BEFORE TODAY'S HEARING. SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT AS CHAIR OF EDUCATION I'M EXCITED TO DISCUSS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON TO DEVELOP A HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL DATA SCIENCE CURRICULUM MAKE USE OF REAL WORLD DATA FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON OPEN DATA PORTAL.  HAVING ACCESS TO ACTUAL DATA ABOUT THE CITY COULD PROVIDE SOME INTERESTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT BOSTON AND INVESTIGATE COMMUNITY ISSUES.  MY HOPE IS THAT THIS COULD BE A WAY TO ENCOURAGE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT BY OUR STUDENTS. MY OWN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT JOURNEY HAS SPARKED WHILE I WAS IN SCHOOL AND LED ME TO WHERE I AM TODAY SO I'M EXCITED TO DISCUSS HOW THIS PROGRAM MIGHT BE ABLE TO INSPIRE OUR NEXT GENERATION. WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S PANELISTS TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION. I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE PANELISTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THIS GRANT AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP TO DISCUSSION. FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HERE TODAY, WE HAVE SANTIAGO GARCES ,CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THEN ALSO KERRY JORDAN, CHIEF OF STAFF, DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CHIEF GARCES AND CHIEF JOURDAN. PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR OPENING STATEMENT AND I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU AS TO WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FIRST. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. CHAIR WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY. WE KNOW THAT IN OUR FIELD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND DATA ANALYTICS AND DATA SCIENCE THERE IS AN UNDERREPRESENTATION OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR OF WOMEN AND OF OTHERS IN GETTING ACCESS TO SOME REALLY HIGH PAYING JOBS AND TWO REALLY EXCITING CAREERS AND AT THE SAME TIME WE KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO GET ACCESS TO THOSE CAREERS A LOT OF TIMES ARE HAVING TO LEARN STATISTICS AND DATA VISUALIZATION AND THINGS WITH INFORMATION THAT'S NOT VERY RELEVANT TO THEM. SO OUR HOPE WAS TO LEVERAGE THE VAST RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF THE OPEN DATA THAT WE COLLECT AS PART OF OUR OPERATIONS TO BE COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE DO FOR CONSTITUENT SERVICES THROUGH 311 WE COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT THE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTIES THROUGH THE ASSESSING DEPARTMENT WE COLLECT SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT IS RELEVANT TO THE LIVES OF THESE STUDENTS THAT WE THINK THAT IF WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD CURRICULUM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PEERS AND WITH TEACHERS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE ACCESS TO THESE STUDENTS TO LEARN THOSE REALLY VALUABLE SKILLS BUT WITH INFORMATION THAT IS RELEVANT TO THEM. SO IN SOME WAYS THE SAME WAY THAT WE LOVE FINDING PATTERNS AND EXAMINING AND UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR CITY WORKS THAT WE CAN EXTEND THAT TO THE THE STUDENTS HAD BEPS AND BEYOND TO BE ABLE TO LEARN HOW DATA SCIENCE CAN HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE THE WORKINGS AND THE REALITIES OF THE CITY THAT WE LIVE IN. CAROLYN SUE YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY THAT. KERRY JORDAN CHIEF OF STAFF, DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY I WOULD JUST ADD THAT IF WE WERE AWARDED THIS GRANT WOULD JUST BE APPRECIATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.  AWESOME. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR FOR THAT OVERVIEW.  I'D LIKE NOW TO GO INTO QUESTIONS AND SO I'LL START OFF AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL WILL JOIN JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY HAVE GOT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT OVERVIEW. ARE THERE ANY PARTICULAR GRADE LEVELS OR CLASSROOMS THAT THIS CURRICULUM WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON?  YEAH, WE HAVE WE HAVE TWO THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED.  SO MASSACHUSETTS HAS A REQUIRED CIVICS COMPONENT NOW THAT IS PART OF A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH THE CIVICS CURRICULUM OF ALTERNATIVE.  WE'VE ALSO BEEN CONSIDERING YOU DEVELOPING CURRICULUM FOR THE MATH AND DATA SCIENCE TYPE OF WORK.  SO THAT'S PARTIALLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH AS IS TRYING TO SELECT WHAT GRADES AND WHAT AREAS THE CURRICULUM WOULD BE THE BEST FIT.  SEEMS THAT INITIALLY FOCUSING ON THE HIGHER GRADES IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER BUT IF THIS IS SUCCESSFUL WE CAN FIGURE OUT WAYS TO ADD THE COMPONENTS OF IT TO LOWER GRADES. GREAT. THANK YOU. SO OKAY SO THE FOCUS WILL BE PRIMARILY ON MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IF HOW WILL YOU MEASURE THE IMPACT OF THIS NEW CURRICULUM? IF I MEAN YES. SO WE PLAN TO GET SOME INFORMATION FROM BOTH THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS AROUND. INTERESTING DATA SCIENCE PRIOR AND AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THE CURRICULUM AND AGAIN THE ABILITY OF STUDENTS TO COMPLETE SOME OF THE ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE THINK THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE LESSON PLANS.  WE HOPE THAT IN THE LONG RUN THE PARTICIPATION IN THIS. THE OTHER THING FOR US AS A DEPARTMENT WE HOPE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN USE FROM THE OPEN DATA PORTAL FROM STUDENTS AND FROM PEOPLE IN BP AS WE INVEST A LOT OF MONEY IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THAT THE OPEN DATA PORTAL WORKS SO THAT THEY CAN ANALYZE BOSTON IS A THE NAME OF OUR DATA PORTAL SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO GET TO THIS BUT IDEALLY WE WOULD SEE MORE BP STUDENTS GOING INTO DATA SCIENCE CAREERS ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE THIS BIG TRANSFORMATION IN TERMS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND REALLY EXCITING CAREERS THAT WE'RE SETTING UP A LOT OF STUDENTS TO GO SET UP, BECOME BILLIONAIRES AND SET UP SHOP IN BOSTON. SO IT'S AN ASPIRATIONAL GOAL. I LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT HOPEFULLY WE COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR OUR STUDENTS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND MY OPENING STATEMENT YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS CURRICULUM IS NOT JUST FOR STUDENTS.  SO YOU KNOW WHAT SPECIFIC SCHOOLS ARE ELIGIBLE AND KIND OF HOW HOW ARE THESE SCHOOLS CHOSEN TO BE PART OF THIS CURRICULUM? SO WE INTEND TO THEN MAKING THE CURRICULUM AVAILABLE THROUGH THE OPEN DATA PORTAL SO ANY TEACHER ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD COULD USE THE DATA THAT'S IN THE DATA PORTAL AND THE CURRICULUM AND OUR INTENT IS TO PUT IT OUT IN A WAY THAT IT'S OPEN SOURCE. SO IF SOMEONE WANTED TO MAKE MODIFICATION PARTS OF THE CURRICULUM TO ADAPT IT TO THEIR CITY OR THEIR TOWN OR THEIR COUNTRY THEY COULD WE BASED ON THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE PART OF HOW WE WERE GOING TO USE THE FUNDING IS TO HELP GET ACCESS TO AND COMPENSATION TO BP AS TEACHERS THAT CAN HELP US DESIGN THE CURRICULUM.  SO BUT ONCE AS A SIGN OUR INTENT IS TO SHARE IT BROADLY. THANK YOU CHIEF.  YOU KNOW YOU JUST MENTIONED SINCE THE CURRICULUM IS WILL BE AN OPEN SOURCE AND YOU KNOW YOU JUST MENTIONED KIND OF YOUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH BP'S ARE YOU CONSULTING WITH ANY OTHER OTHER SCHOOLS OTHER THAN BP ON THE CURRICULUM DESIGN OR WILL THERE BE SOME WAY FOR OTHER SCHOOLS TO GET FEEDBACK BACK TO THE CURRICULUM?  NOT DIRECTLY. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A GROUP CALLED DATA SCIENCE FOR EVERYONE WHICH IS A NATIONAL.  I THINK THAT THEY HAVE SOME INTERNATIONAL COMPONENT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON INTRODUCING DATA SCIENCE EDUCATION IN K TO 12. SO THROUGH THEM WE HAVE ACCESS TO KIND OF EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND INCLUDING PEOPLE IN KHAN ACADEMY AND OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS TYPE OF INSTRUCTION. SO OUR HOPE IS ONCE WE DEVELOP THE CURRICULUM WITH THE FEEDBACK OF BP'S BUT INFORMED WITH THIS KIND OF GROUP OF EXPERTS THAT WILL MAKE IT AVAILABLE. AND AGAIN OUR HOPE IS THAT BY THE END OF THIS THE CURRICULUM IS THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION AND IF PEOPLE WANT TO ENHANCE IT, TAKE IT,  REPURPOSE IT, CHANGE IT THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO SO.  ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, I WAS PARTICULARLY EXCITED EARLIER YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU REALLY HOW WE REALLY WANT OUR STUDENTS AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR STUDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO GO INTO DATA SCIENCE AND COMPUTER SCIENCE CAREERS. RIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU BUT WE CURRENTLY TRACK CAREER TRAJECTORIES FOR OUR STUDENTS HERE IN THE U.S. AND IF SO, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT ? A WHAT I AM FAMILIAR WITH IS I KNOW THAT THE SEED LEVEL THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT WORK THAT HAS DONE TO START TRACKING LONG TERM OUTCOMES OF STUDENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS THAT THEY HAVE INFORMATION.  I MEAN I'M FAMILIAR WITH WHAT BP HAS IS ABLE TO DO BEYOND BUT TO SAY THEY HAVE A LOT OF DATA ABOUT POST-SECONDARY POST-GRADUATION OUTCOMES,  INCOME UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS ALL SORTS OF STUFF AND THEY I KNOW THAT THEY PUBLISH SOME OF THIS STUFF BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS DOING IN TERMS OF IT. OH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.  ARE THERE ANY YOU KNOW, I WAS SAYING IN THE OPENING STATEMENT I MENTIONED HOW YOU KNOW YOUR OVERALL YOU KNOW, AS A DO IT DEPARTMENT AND THIS AND WHY BP IS NOT HERE.  ARE THERE ANY OTHER PARTS OF OUR SCHOOL CURRICULUM THAT DO IT HAS A ROLE ROLE IN CURRENTLY OR WOULD THIS BE A NEW KIND OF ROLE FOR DO IT AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ROLES THAT YOU PLAYED IN CURRICULUM, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THOSE AS WELL? YEAH, WELL NOW WE'RE WE ARE PARTNERS TO BP'S IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND OUR DEPARTMENT HAS THE HONOR OF PROVIDING INTERNET CONNECTIVITY TO ALL SCHOOLS. WE WORK CLOSELY AS WE SUPPORT THE PURCHASING SYSTEMS, THE SYSTEMS THAT RUN PAYROLL FOR BP'S. BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE DOING WORK IN THE CURRICULUM SIDE. ONE THING THAT WE HAVE STARTED TO DISCUSS IS THE POTENTIAL OF HAVING DO IT ALSO BE A PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE TEACHERS BE ABLE TO ACCESS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.  SO BEING ABLE TO EMBED THEMSELVES IN TEAMS THAT ARE DOING DATA SCIENCE AND DATA ANALYTICS THAT WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY ARE AMAZING ANALYTICS TEAM BEING HOSTS TO TEACHERS DURING THE SUMMERTIME OR WHATNOT WHEN THEY'RE HAVE TIME TO DEVELOP AND LEARN HOW THESE TOOLS AND SKILLS ARE USED SO THIS IS A FIRST AND AGAIN I WOULD BE REMISS TO SAY THAT THIS IS IN THE SPIRIT OF MAYOR WU CALLING US TO EMBRACE THE POSSIBILITIES AND TAKING CITY HALL OUT OF CITY HALL. WE FIGURED HOW COULD DO IT BE MORE HELPFUL AND AGAIN JUST KNOWING THE DATA SCIENCE IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO AND DATA ANALYTICS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY DAY FOR THE CITY. WHY NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO TRY TO GET A BETTER VALUE FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE PART OF OUR CITY? THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND YOU KNOW, AS CHAIR OF EDUCATION I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU GUYS ARE ROLLING AND REALLY LOVE YOU KNOW, YOUR EXPANSION.  BUT TO THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE ANY NEW STAFF THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, THAT THIS GROUND WILL BE SUPPORTING AS YOU'RE KIND OF EXPANDING ON THIS NEW ROLE OR WILL YOU BE USING YOU KNOW, YOUR PREVIOUS STAFF TO KIND OF TAKE ON THIS OTHER ROLE? YEAH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE THIS STAFF TO COVER PROJECT MANAGER WHO'S AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED PERSON WHO UNFORTUNATELY IS UNABLE TO JOIN US TODAY. BUT SURE, LET ME AIR AS MAN WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN A SUMMER FELLOW WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF NEW URBAN MECHANICS IS HELPING US GET THIS PROJECT THROUGH THE FINISH LINE. AND AGAIN THERE IS A LOT OF WORK WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AND I BELIEVE THAT LET ME ALSO HAS A BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION AS WELL SO IT'LL PLACE OUT NICELY BUT DOES REALLY MEAN IS HELPING US.  AND AGAIN THERE'S I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME INTENT WE HAD SET ASIDE IN THE BUDGET FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT STIPENDS FOR TEACHERS AND WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH BP AROUND WHAT MIGHT BE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR END TO TRY TO SUPPORT THE WORK. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE BUDGET TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING THOSE NEEDS. YEAH, NO THANK YOU. YOU KNOW AGAIN I'M THIS GETS ME REALLY EXCITED AND YOU KNOW, I GET AS CHAIR OF EDUCATION YOU KNOW OUR YOUTH AND OUR AND OUR BP STUDENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME . SO YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE COUNCIL CAN DO TO SUPPORT MORE INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS?  YOU KNOW, I THINK HERE ON THE COUNCIL WE AGAIN REALLY PRIORITIZE OUR YOUTH AND WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO SUPPORT YOU KNOW YOU YOU AND DO IT DEPARTMENT AND KIND OF HOW CAN WE EXPAND IT SO WHAT LIKE WHAT WHAT WOULD SUPPORT LOOK LIKE FROM FROM THE COUNCIL TO REALLY INVEST IN MORE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS. YEAH WELL HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE BEGINNING AND NOT THE END OF OF OF A WAY IN WHICH DO IT CAN BE HELPFUL CARRIES AMAZING IN THINKING ABOUT THIS CONSTANTLY PUSHING ALL OF US IN THE DEPARTMENT OUR CHIEFS AND OTHERS ABOUT HOW IS IT THAT WE GET CONNECTED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE YOUTH SO I THINK FOR THE TIME BEING APPROVING THE GRANT WOULD BE A GOOD FIRST START BUT I THINK THE AGAIN WE KEEP WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AND THE WORKER EMPOWERMENT CABINET AND PEOPLE ACROSS THE BOARD AROUND HOW WE CAN WE RUN A WORLD CLASS INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND I THINK THAT AND WE ARE OF THE PEOPLE WE'RE HERE WE BELONG TO THESE STUDENTS AND THESE FAMILIES AND AND ALSO WE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE OF USE AND GET THE BEST THE BEST EXPERIENCE BUT NOT ENOUGH CARE IF YOU HAVE OTHER KNOW THAT SUMS IT UP AS A AS A LIFELONG BOSTONIAN AND A STUDENT A STUDENT OF BP'S, I'D BE PROUD TO SEE THE CURRICULUM MOVED IN THE CLASSROOM WHETHER IT BE HUMANITIES, WHETHER IT BE MATH. SO WE'RE JUST HOPING FOR THE SUPPORT AND THE OTHER IDEAS THAT MAY COME WE'RE HOPING TO CONSIDER RIGHT NOW.  THANK YOU. I THINK I'VE DEFINITELY COVERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE AND YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION BUT ALSO LIKE A STATEMENT.  YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THIS SCHOOL IT'S JUST KIND OF PILOT WILL KIND OF BE FOCUSED MORE ON OUR OLDER STUDENTS OR MIDDLE OR NOT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.  AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CAREER PATHS AND REALLY SETTING UP OUR OUR STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS. AND I KNOW THIS IS NEW AND YOU'RE STILL EXPANDING BUT ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO YOU KNOW,  PARTNER WITH OUR WITH OUR UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES ACROSS THE CITY AND YOU KNOW, REALLY CREATE THOSE PATHWAYS AS WE'RE TRAINING OUR STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, PATHWAYS TO TWO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES SOME YOU KNOW, AGAIN I KNOW IT'S EARLY AND BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING ON OR CAN IT BE A POSSIBILITY?  YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE THE BOSTON AREA RESEARCH INITIATIVE AND THEN O'BRIEN IS AN INCREDIBLE ACADEMIC WHO'S BUILT A LOT OF THE PIONEERED A LOT OF WORK IN URBAN INFORMATICS AND AGAIN LIKE HOW IS IT THAT WE USE DATA ADVANCED ANALYTICS TO UNDERSTAND SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK WITH PEOPLE AT NORTHEASTERN AT B.U. HOPEFULLY THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH PEOPLE AT UMASS BOSTON, SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES THAT WE HAVE AND AGAIN WE KNOW BASED ON WHAT WE HEAR AND THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH THIS UNIVERSITY COLLABORATORS THAT THERE'S AN INCREASE IN PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO HAVE FOR CAREERS IN DATA SCIENCE LIKE B YOU JUST BUILT THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW BUILDING FOR DATA SCIENCE. SO YEAH WE THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL IS THAT THAT EVERY STUDENT THINKS THEY COULD GO TO THE HIGHEST OF THE HIGHEST TO THE BEST OF THESE UNIVERSITIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND THEN AFTERWARDS DO MAYBE THEY WANT TO THEY CAN CHOOSE A VERY PROSPEROUS CAREER THEY CAN COME BACK WORK WITH DO IT IN THE FUTURE.  IT'S JUST A SATISFYING I LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT I THANK YOU AND YOU KNOW THANK YOU THANK YOU BOTH FOR FOR INDULGING ME IN MY QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, CENTRAL STAFF HAS INFORMED ME THAT THERE'S NO THERE NO CURRENT THAT NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY.  SO YOU KNOW, I I THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD.  BUT ONE IS GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO YOU BOTH FOR ME , YOU KNOW, FINAL REMARKS OR ANY QUESTIONS FOR FOR THE CHAIR AS WELL. I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND APPRECIATE APPROVAL AND PASSAGE PAPERS.  THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF GREAT THANK YOU.  I JUST WANT TO THANK AGAIN THE PANELISTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S HEARING AND REALLY IN APPRECIATE THE INSIGHT THAT YOU BOTH PROVIDED INTO THIS GRANT AND THE HEARING. YOU KNOW WITH THAT THAT HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 0381 IS ADJOURNED.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO