##VIDEO ID:YfdMYp5GedA##  I COULD. MY NAME IS BRIAN. WE'RE OUT COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT FOUR. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BASEL CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. TODAY IS NOVEMBER 13, 2024. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED. IT IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAMED AT BOSTON.COM CITY DAS COUNCILOR DESK TV AND BROADCAST ON XFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 AND BIOS CHANNEL 964 WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT SIX C DOT W M AT BOSTON DOT GOV AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECKONING AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS.  PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THIS HEARING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON IN THE ORDER WHICH THEY SIGNED UP TO HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN INTENSIVE FILING IN PERSON PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN UP SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHAMBER. IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON CHRIS KARISHMA CHAUHAN AG CHARISMA K.R. I ASK H ACH0UH AND I BOSTON.COM FOR THE LINK AND THEY WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET NUMBER 1393 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FY 26 BUDGET. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS PRIMERO COUNCIL JULIE MEJIA AND COUNCILOR BEN WEBER AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2024. I JUST WANT TO WELCOME BACK SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER AND THE ENTIRE BOS PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. WE LAID OUT A NEW PROCESS LAST YEAR BY ENGAGING BPC BEFORE THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE PASSED THE HALFWAY 25 BUDGET AND WE ARE BACK EARLIER THIS YEAR IN THE EFFORT TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE AS THE COUNCIL IS NEEDED IN THE BP'S FY 26 BUDGET . THAT FY 26 BUDGET IS A CRITICAL ONE. IT WILL BE THE FIRST SCHOOL BUDGET WITHOUT ANY ASSET FUNDING SINCE THE PANDEMIC. IT WILL BE ONE YEAR INTO THE INCLUSION AND INCLUSION MODEL FOR MANY OF OUR GRADES.  IT WILL BE THE YEAR AFTER OUR DC AGREEMENT AND IS OUR FIRST YEAR WITH THE MASK CORE REQUIREMENT AND IT WILL BE A YEAR THAT LIKELY HOPEFULLY INCLUDES NEW CONTRACTS FOR EDUCATORS, BUS DRIVERS, BUS MONITORS AND LUNCH MONITORS EVERY YEAR FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A CRUCIAL ONE BUT THIS ONE WILL INCORPORATE MANY CHANGES.  I GUESS I HAVE JUST A LIST OF THAT. I'M A PASS IT ON TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES BUT JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT WE ARE ON TRACK FOR THE FY 26 BUDGET BOOK NUMBER TWO. THE MOTTO WE HEAR FROM TEACHERS AND FAMILIES IS INCLUSION DONE RIGHT AND I KNOW ALLOWING SOME FLEXIBILITY ON INCLUDING TEACHER MOTTO HOW WE ARE MEASURING SUCCESS FOR SAY 20 STUDENT CLASSROOM WITH ONE DUAL CERTIFIED TEACHER AND A PARA AND A LOT OF PUSH IN SPECIALIST SERVICES VERSUS A 15 STUDENT CLASSROOM WITH TWO DUAL CERTIFIED TEACHERS.  ARE WE ABLE TO TRACK WHICH MOTTO IS BEST FOR OUR GYM AND STUDENTS AND WHICH IS BEST FOR OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS? AND A NUMBER THREE GOING BACK TO THE INCLUSION DONE RIGHT, WHAT IS IT COST AND WHAT THE TEACHERS ARE ASKING FOR? HOW MANY DO TALK CLASSROOMS WOULD WE HAVE? WILL WE THEN MOVE THE DUAL TAUGHT INCLUDING CLASSROOMS TO BE AVAILABLE IN EVERY GRADE AT EVERY SCHOOL BUT MAYBE NOT IF EVERY CLASS TRAINED AT EVERY GRADE.  AND THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS I'M PUTTING OUT THERE NOW.  BUT THEN I WANT TO PASS IT ON TO MY CATHOLIC COLLEAGUES COUNSELOR JULIE MEJIA AND THEN COUNSELOR BEN WEBER THEN WILL GO AND ORDER ARRIVAL.  DON'T OPEN IT. I.  HI. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL AND I'M GLAD AND GRATEFUL THAT MY COLLEAGUE HERE HAS THOUGHT OF CREATING SPACE FOR US TO HAVE AN OPEN DIALOG THAT IS TRANSPARENT AND DONE PUBLICLY. SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL MAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS WORK COLLABORATIVELY. I KNOW THAT OFTENTIMES THE BUDGET PROCESS LOOKS DIFFERENT AND SO OUR HOPE IS TO BE ABLE TO GET AHEAD OF SOME OF THE FRUSTRATIONS THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN. AND SO THIS IS FOR ME AN INTERVENTION AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO UNPACKING THE FEW THINGS I THINK THAT I AM WHAT'S TOP OF MIND AND I ALWAYS SAY THIS AND MY CALL HIS NAME NOT BLUE THE OTHER GUY THAT WAS HERE BEFORE YOU AND NAY ALL MY GOD NATE I AM CHALLENGING THE ENERGY OF NATE BECAUSE HE ALWAYS SAT THERE AND I ALWAYS ASKED WHAT IS THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT BECAUSE WHAT I HEAR OFTEN IS WE ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST DISTRICTS IN THE STATE . WE HAVE A HUGE BUDGET YOU KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO PER PUPIL SPENDING AND YET WE STILL FIND OURSELVES MEETING A LOT OF THESE DEFICITS AND SO FOR US IT REALLY IS HARD TO GO BACK OUT TO THESE STREETS AND JUSTIFY THE INVESTMENTS BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T REALLY FEELING THEM OR SEEING THEM. SO I AM LOOKING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE INVESTMENTS COULD LOOK LIKE AND IT SINCE MY COLLEAGUE HAS PUT SOME QUESTIONS ON THE RECORD BEFOREHAND, I THINK I SHOULD DO THE SAME SO THAT WAY YOU CAN START MARINATING ON THOSE QUESTIONS SO THAT WHEN IT GETS TO ME WE'RE READY TO GO.  I'M CURIOUS ABOUT SOME OF THE UNRESOLVED ISSUES REGARDING THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. I KNOW WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.  I KNOW THAT I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE WEEDS BUT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT ARE STILL OUTSTANDING AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO GRAPPLE. WHAT'S YOUR PATHWAY TOWARDS VICTORY? I'M CURIOUS WHY WHY BP HAS REJECTED PROPOSALS AROUND THE SOCIAL WORKER CASELOAD LIMITS AND SALARY INCREASES.  I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE COULD PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT TO THAT.  I'M ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT BP SUGGESTING SOME OF THE LACK OF CRITICAL FACILITY ISSUES SUCH AS LIBRARY SPORTS, YOU KNOW, SPACES, COUNSELING OFFICES IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS. WHAT PLANS ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE ALL SCHOOLS HAVE SPACES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT? I'LL SPEAK JUST FOR MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH IN PARTICULAR THE BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL EXCUSE ME BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY. THEY HAVE A WHOLE BASEMENT THAT IS UNUSED AND YET WE HAVE SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE DOING COUNSELING DOWN THERE. I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BE.  I'D LIKE TO HEAR HOW WE'RE GOING TO UPGRADE OUR SPACES. WHAT STEPS? HAS IT JUST THAT THE DISTRICT TAKEN TO BUILD GREATER TRUST WITH FAMILIES, STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS AND PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE PARENTS AS MENTOR PROGRAM? I KNOW THAT WE FILED ONE OF OUR AMENDMENTS DURING THE UPPER PROCESS. ESSER EXCUSE ME IT WAS MORE FUNDING FOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AS WE ARE YOU KNOW, ENDING THOSE DOLLARS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE PATHWAY IS FOR MEANINGFUL FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.  I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW PARENTS AND FAMILIES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET HERE.  I'M CURIOUS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON YOUR END ASIDE FROM THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE HEARINGS.  I'M FIGURING I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR KIND OF OTHER PATHWAYS.  I'M ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THE CONCEPT OF INCLUSION CURRENTLY BEING IMPLEMENTED IN VEEPS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE HOW DOES THIS ALIGN WITH THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNIONS VISION FOR INCLUSION DONE RIGHT? I'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT AS MY COLLEAGUE HAS ALREADY STATED. AND HOW ARE WE MEETING THE NEEDS OF MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY RECENT ARRIVALS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING HERE WITH INTERRUPTED EDUCATION AND ALSO A BACKPACK FULL OF TRAUMA.  BECAUSE MAKING THE TRIP HERE IS NO EASY FLIGHT FOR ANYONE. SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE THEN KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT BENCHMARKING DATA DOES HAVE TO USE TO MEASURE SOME OF YOUR SUCCESSES IN REGARDS TO INCLUSION AND EQUITY INITIATIVES AND HOW ARE THESE TRACKED OVER TIME? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KEEP SAYING IS WHO OVERSEES THE OVERSEERS AND WHILE WE HAVE THE ELECTED WELL WE HAVE AN APPOINTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE THERE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES AND THE AUDITING PIECE OF THE WORK STILL FEELS A LITTLE BIT FRACTURED.  SO I'M REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY LOOKS LIKE ON YOUR END AND HOW YOU ARE THEN SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC AS TRANSPARENTLY AS POSSIBLE. HOW IS ADDRESSING DISPARITIES IN ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AMONG DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS INCLUDING BIPOC AND LOW INCOME STUDENTS? ARE THERE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS OR INTERVENTIONS AIMED AT CLOSING THESE GAPS? AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE CORY MCCARTHY HERE BECAUSE I KNOW HE AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THAT SPACE AND I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S LINED UP TO SPEAK BUT I WANT TO HEAR SOME OF THAT WORK. WHAT IS THE DISTRICT DOING TO RETAIN AND ATTRACT QUALIFIED EDUCATORS ESPECIALLY HIGH NEEDS LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION, STEM AND MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION?  WHILE THERE IS A LOT TO DISCUSS, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME AND WE DO HAVE OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT ARE WAITING TO SPEAK BUT I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THIS WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CASIMIR COUNCIL MEMBERS APPLAUD US FOR OPENING REMARKS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE ON THE PANEL.  YOU KNOW, THIS BEING MY FIRST YEAR AS A CITY COUNCILOR , I'VE SEEN HOW THE BUDGET LOOKS AT THE END OF THE PROCESS. SO I'M VERY INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW THE BUDGET GETS CREATED AND YOU KNOW WHAT ROLE WE CAN PLAY IN THAT CONVERSATION. YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK I THINK ALL OF US WANT TO SEE A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT'S PROVIDING SERVICES, YOU KNOW, TO EVERYONE ACROSS THE CITY ON AN EQUITABLE BASIS.  AND I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SCHOOL BUDGET I MEAN IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE MY FOCUS. YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT THAT ALL I HAVE ARE YOU KNOW, WHAT IMPACT THE ESSER FUNDS OR THE LOSS OF THEM ARE GOING TO HAVE. WHAT WHAT SORT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS WE THINK ARE GOING TO BE COMING FROM YOU KNOW, FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN THIS BUDGET?  I KNOW THAT NUMBER COMES UP EVERY YEAR. I YOU KNOW, BASIC THINGS LIKE READING SPECIALISTS DO WE HAVE ONE IN EVERY SCHOOL?  WHAT IMPACT THE INCLUSION MODEL'S GOING TO HAVE ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, INSTRUCTION TO EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH.  AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON FOR THE FACILITIES FOR THE FUTURE I KNOW THAT'S THAT'S LOOMING OVER OR OVER EVERYTHING.  SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR AND AND MY FELLOW SPONSOR FOR BRINGING THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING PART OF THE PROCESS AND GETTING THE CONVERSATION STARTED. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS. THANK YOU TO SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER FOR BEING HERE AND YOUR TEAM AS WELL.  I'M HERE TO LISTEN AND LEARN ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE UPCOMING DPS BUDGET. I WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT THE BUDGET WILL HAVE ON STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ESPECIALLY MY ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK PEOPLES FOR COMMITTING TO THE BUDGET BOOK LIKE WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE MANY CHALLENGES WITH FUNDING AND PROGRAMING ACROSS THE CITY ACROSS THE DISTRICT. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH IMMIGRANT PARENTS IN CHINATOWN TO FIGHT FOR LANGUAGE ACCESS PROGRAMS TO REMAIN SUCH AS THE SHELTER ENGLISH IMMERSION LANGUAGE SPECIFIC PROGRAM SPECIFIC CHINESE TO REMAIN. THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MY CONSTITUENTS.  IF IT'S IMPORTANT TO MY CONSTITUENTS IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME . WE ALSO CONTINUE TO HAVE CHALLENGES WITH THE BP AS TRANSPORTATION. I RECEIVED A CALL AGAIN ON TUESDAY FROM A PARENT WITH A CHILD WITH DISABILITIES ABOUT HIS BUS NOT SHOWING UP TO TAKE HIM TO HIS SCHOOL TO TAKE HIM FROM SCHOOL TO HIS TO HIS HOUSE. WE SPENT $171 MILLION I BELIEVE ON TRANSPORTATION.  BUT TALKING TO THIS WOMAN IT'S YEAH THAT'S THAT'S WHY I THINK I'M THAT'S WHY I'M A CITY COUNCILOR . THIS WOMAN HER SON GOES TO THE CARTER SCHOOL. I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S THE BEST SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN MY IN MY OPINION.  BUT IF HE'S LATE FOR SCHOOL OR IF HE'S DELAYED FOR TO GET HOME FROM SCHOOL, IT HAS A BIG IMPACT ON THE MOTHER. IT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE CHILD.  HE HAS A NURSE WITH HIM AS WELL. THIS STUDENT I BELIEVE A ONE ON ONE NURSE AH AND WHEN THE STUDENT IS IS LATE FROM BEING PICKED UP AT SCHOOL TO HIS HOUSE THE NURSE HAS TO STAY WITH THEM AND THE NURSE HAS TO THE NURSES IS LATE FOR HER TO GETTING HOME TO HER FAMILY AS WELL TO HER CHILD BUT BUT I GUESS MY POINT IS THAT THIS MOTHER IS SENDING HER CHILD TO THE CARTER SCHOOL AND I KNOW WHAT WOULD PUT A LOT OF RESOURCES IN THERE AND AND AND I'M PROUD OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY FOR BEING SO INCLUSIVE. BUT IF THIS CHILD MISSES HIS FIRST PERIOD, MAYBE IT'S SPEECH THERAPY, MAYBE IT'S PHYSICAL THERAPY THAT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON THAT CHILD'S IT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON HIS QUALITY OF LIFE ON ON HIS DEVELOPMENT. IT ALSO HAS AN IMPACT ON ON HIS MOTHER IF THE CHILD IS NOT GETTING THE THE CRITICAL CLASSES AND SERVICES THAT HE NEEDS TO DEVELOP SO HE CAN BE AS HEALTHY AND HAPPY AS HE POSSIBLY CAN BE. CARTER SCHOOL PROVIDES THAT VENUE TO GET THESE CRITICAL SERVICES BUT IF THIS STUDENT IS A FREQUENTLY BECAUSE OF THE BUS WE'RE DOING A WE'RE DOING A TERRIBLE DISSERVICE TO THAT STUDENT. I'M NOT BLAMING ANYBODY BUT WHAT I WANT TO ENSURE IS THAT THAT STUDENT GETS THE SERVICES HE NEEDS AND I JUST USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER CASES ACROSS THE CITY. BUT OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY REALLY SHOULD BE HELPING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES GETTING TO THEIR SCHOOL, GETTING HOME, MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET THEIR SPEECH THERAPY, THEY GET THEIR PHYSICAL THERAPY, THEY GET THEIR I KNOW I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A A NOT A SWIMMING POOL BUT A THERAPEUTIC POOL EVENTUALLY. BUT THOSE ARE CRITICAL SKILLS AS YOU KNOW, FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY.  I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IF WE'RE SPENDING $170 MILLION AND NEXT YEAR MAYBE IT'S 175 I DON'T KNOW. BUT CAN WE GUARANTEE THIS MOTHER THAT HER SON IS ABLE TO GET THE CRITICAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS AND CLASSES HE NEEDS EVERY DAY SO HE CAN BE AS HEALTHY AS HE POSSIBLY CAN? THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS AND TO THE SPONSORS. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ME HERE.  SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE ON THE COUNCIL YOU HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS GET WHAT THEY NEED AND WHEN I JOINED YOU TWO YEARS LATER I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN DOING THE SAME AND ALONG WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES. BUT YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM AND WE CAN ALWAYS JUST BE SHOWING UP TO, YOU KNOW, RIBBON CUTTINGS AND CELEBRATIONS EVEN THOUGH IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING, YOU KNOW, CITY DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE, MAKING SURE AND THIS CASE WHERE CHILDREN'S LIVES, FUTURES, FAMILIES FUTURES ARE IN OUR HANDS. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT WORK AND WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. AND MY BIGGEST QUESTION WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN EVERY YEAR AND WHY I HAVE VOTED THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR IS YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE PLAN ON SPENDING OUR MONEY DIFFERENTLY BASED ON WHAT ISN'T WORKING LIKE WHAT DIDN'T WORK THIS YEAR AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE SEEM TO KEEP DOING THE SAME THING OR WE SHIFTED A LITTLE BUT WE DON'T GET OUTCOMES THAT CHANGE. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHIFT THAT CULTURE AND THAT WHEN WE HAVE MEETINGS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE'RE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S NOT WORKING BECAUSE OFTENTIMES I FEEL THAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE GASLIGHTED OR YOU'RE LIKE WELL THAT'S NOT WORKING BUT OR WHY DO YOU ONLY WANT TO COMPLAIN BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN YOU'RE IN THE POSITION OF POWER MAKING SURE THAT THE STUDENTS GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED.  I WAS LISTENING TO SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBER WHO RECENTLY AT ONE OF THE MOST RECENT HEARINGS AND HE SAID HE'S HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE WILL TIE STRATEGY AROUND POLICY WITH THE BUDGET. WE HAVE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE . RIGHT. AND WE KNOW WHEN IN AN APPOINTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE SYSTEM AND THE WAY IT'S SET UP HERE WE DON'T HAVE A SAY IN WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET. WE JUST PUT A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN AND THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE DOES HAVE MORE THE POWER AROUND WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOL COMMITTEE IS ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS TOO AND THEY ARE GETTING THOSE ANSWERS BECAUSE IF THEY'VE NEVER TIED BUDGET TO POLICY AND WE KNOW THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR WE KEEP SPENDING MORE RIGHT?  THE BUSSES WERE AT 173 MILLION WITH 30% DECREASE IN RIDERSHIP . WE KNOW THAT ENROLLMENTS DOWN WE'RE AT $1.7 BILLION BUDGET. IT'S THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR CITY BUDGET SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING CHANGES AND THAT WE'RE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THEM AND WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE PEOPLE DO WHEN THEIR OWN HOMES WERE YOU KNOW, AT ANY LEVEL WHEN YOU TRY SOMETHING IF IT DOESN'T WORK WE JUST HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER, SHAKE IT OFF AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD. BUT KIDS DON'T HAVE A YEAR TWO YEARS. RIGHT. AND A LOT OF THE DATA THAT HAS COME BACK AND A LOT OF WHAT THE STATE WAS CONTEMPLATING TAKING OVER YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU FOUND OUT FOR 18 YEARS THE SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN FAILING STUDENTS. THAT MEANS A WHOLE GENERATION OF SPECIAL ED STUDENTS IN BOSTON WERE ROBBED OF AN EDUCATION. RIGHT. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THESE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS AND THAT WE USE WHATEVER POWER WE DO HAVE ON THE COUNCIL TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY DESERVE WHAT EVERY FAMILY AND SOME SOME STUDENTS SOME FAMILIES GET A WONDERFUL EDUCATION. BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE FOR ALL. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HONEST ABOUT THAT AND WE DO A BETTER JOB AT THAT.  SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING AND I HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS TO ASK. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COLETTE IS ABOUT TO THANK YOU CHAIR THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN HOLDING THIS HEARING NICE AND EARLY.  THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH YOU EARLY AND AT THE START OF YOUR BUDGET CYCLE TO HELP FORMULATE WHAT YOU ULTIMATELY INVEST IN. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A SPACE LIKE THIS TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK THAT I HOPE AND ENCOURAGE BE ACTUALLY REFLECTED IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.  THE SYSTEM THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN AS A COUNCIL IS LARGELY REACTIONARY WHERE WE RECEIVE THE BUDGET AND IT'S FULLY BAKED AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN OUR OWN INGREDIENTS AND TO HELP FORMULATE THAT WITH YOU IS IS IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I APPRECIATE IT. AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS LEADERSHIP AND CREATING THE SPACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME ON SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL VERY INVESTED IN WHETHER IT'S PERSONALLY IF OUR KIDS GO TO BPC OR JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE SYSTEM BETTER WORKING IN THE WORKING IN THE SYSTEM AS WELL. I KNOW WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET TO THE SAME GOAL AND IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE TABLE TO TRY AND FIGURE WHAT THAT RIGHT WAY IS. SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TIME AND THE QUESTIONS. I'LL HAVE A LOT OF THEM. COUNCILOR WEBER HAD SOME GREAT QUESTIONS THAT WERE SORT ALONG THE SAME PAGE AS I AM SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE ANSWERS TO THAT AND YEP, LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU COUNSELOR FINANCE ANDERSON THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S HERE TODAY REALLY GRATEFUL TO SEE ALL OF THE PRIMARY PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE SUPER IMPORTANT SUPER SUPER TENNIS SKIPPER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING YOURSELF AVAILABLE AS WELL. MY QUESTION IS WILL PROBABLY AIM TO ENSURE DECISIONS FOR FY 26 TO BASICALLY LOOK AT EFFICIENCY, TRANSPARENCY, HIGH IMPACT AREAS AND SUPPORT OR AT LEAST SUPPORTED BY MEASURABLE OUTCOMES AND A REGULAR OVERSIGHT. AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THIS BODY DISCUSSED THAT WE SHOULD DO MAYBE ASK FOR QUARTERLY REPORTS OR MAYBE GO TO, YOU KNOW, RULE 130 AT SOME POINT OR POSSIBLY DO REPORTS WHERE WE HAVE METRICS WE MEASURE THESE BENCHMARKS BASED ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS QUARTERLY ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. BUT MY CONCERN WITH THAT IS OBVIOUSLY OBVIOUSLY THAT ONE SUPERINTENDENT'S OR YOUR TO US SCHOOL DISTRICT YOU ARE NEW TO THAT THEY ARE THERE'S A HUGE CHANGE RIGHT MANY CHANGES NOT JUST THAT DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS OR ANY OTHER TYPES OF SPECIAL GRANTS BUT ALSO THAT YOU ARE IMPLEMENTING, YOU KNOW FULL INCLUSION. SO NOW THERE'S A LOT OF SHIFT RIGHT?  AND SO FOR US AS A BODY TO BE ABLE TO DO METRICS AND OVERSIGHT AND BE ABLE TO MEASURE AND THEN COME BACK AND REASSESS AND DO ALL OF THAT IT WOULD TAKE IN MY OPINION SOME SORT OF LIKE THIRD PARTY BIG CONTRACTOR, YOU KNOW, A LARGE GROUP TO BE ABLE TO TO DO THAT ASSESSMENT COMPREHENSIVELY WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO OR THE MEANS TO. SO I AM VERY INTERESTED AGAIN IN DELVING INTO THE POINTS THAT I'VE MADE SO FAR AND THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TALKED SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TALKED ABOUT BUT I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS AND I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE HERE DOES AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARD TO TRY TO MAKE THIS THING WORK. AND THEN THERE'S I DON'T AGREE THAT WE SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY IN OUR SCHOOLS. I THINK THAT IT'S HISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHIZED HISTORICALLY DISINVESTED AND NOW WE ARE REDRESSING HARMS IN A WAY THAT THAT WE ADDRESS OTHER SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT NEEDS TO BE OR STRUCTURES THAT WE NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE.  SO I'LL I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE PRODUCTIVE AND WE CAN FIND SOLUTIONS TOGETHER. THANK YOU MS. CHAIR THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR FOR FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE PANELISTS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.  THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL . WE'RE ALL FOR LEADING THIS CONVERSATION. WE'RE ALSO JUST BEING VERY PROACTIVE WITH MAKING SURE THAT THIS BUDGET CONVERSATION STARTS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. I AM YOU KNOW, THE FIRST YEAR HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND IT WAS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING THAT I JUST DON'T I WASN'T ABLE TO SEE HOW THIS BUDGET IS USED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING CONSIDERING IT'S THE LARGEST PORTION OF MONEY IN OUR BUDGET AND ALSO HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO OUR FAMILIES.  SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY THIS CONVERSATION IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME . ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO KNOW HOW IS IT THAT WE CAN BE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH THAT WITH BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND BHP'S ADMINISTRATION KNOWING THAT I HAVE A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLES FAMILIES IN MY DISTRICT THAT CONSISTENTLY REACH OUT TO ME IT'S LIKE HOW IS PROGRAMING WORKING?  WHAT'S THE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS BUILDING? HOW CAN WE SURE THERE'S NEW BATHROOMS AT THE CONNOLLY SCHOOL ETC. AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE ANSWERS AND I CAN'T.  AND LIKE JUST RECENTLY I JUST FOUND OUT THAT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT THEY LOST THEIR ART TEACHER AND THEY LOST THEIR THEIR LIBRARIAN AND I THINK IT WAS IN THE FIRST MONTH OF SCHOOL I'M NOT SURE I DON'T KNOW WHY IT HAPPENED BUT I KNOW THAT IT IMPACTED STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS IN THAT SCHOOL AND I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE THERE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY NOT ONLY BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL AND PBS MINISTRATION BUT EVEN BETWEEN THE FAMILIES AND THE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. THIS CONVERSATION IS SO IMPORTANT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS LATER ON. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR CHAIR FOR THE FORESIGHT REALLY FOR HAVING THIS HEARING.  AND I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR BEING HERE AND ALSO FOR MUCH AND HOW DEEPLY YOU CARE ABOUT OUR KIDS. I AM GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE THE COMMITMENT OF HAVING A BUDGET BOOK WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REALLY SEE THE EXPENDITURES. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING. I AM SOMEONE WHO BELIEVE I JUST BELIEVE DEEPLY IN OUR SCHOOLS AS A KID MYSELF, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS SEEN THE BEST OF WHAT WE OFFER OUR STUDENTS AND THEN WHAT'S BEEN NOT BEEN SO GREAT I CARE YOU KNOW, COUNTERPART PENN WAS TALKING ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OUR BUILDINGS AND REMAINS A CONSTANT THAT OUR KIDS AND OUR AND OUR BUILDINGS NEED TO REFLECT THE DIGNITY THAT WE BELIEVE EVERY KID WALKS INTO THE BUILDING WITH.  RIGHT. SO WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS THAT EACH SCHOOL HAS THE PROPER VENTILATION, EACH FACT THAT EACH SCHOOL HAS A LIBRARY, A GYM?  ARE WE MEETING THOSE STANDARDS AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THOSE STANDARDS? RIGHT. WE'VE HAD A WE'VE HAD COMMITMENTS AND WHERE WE LOSE TRUST IS WHERE WE MAKE COMMITMENTS AND WE DON'T FOLLOW UP.  SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH ON OUR COMMITMENTS, OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE, OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME AND BY THE METRICS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HAVING A HARD TIME IN OUR SYSTEM.  SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO ADDRESS A SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT OUR KIDS FACE EVERY DAY? I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR MORE SCHOOL COUNSELORS, MORE SOCIAL SUPPORTS FOR OUR YOUNG KIDS SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND AGAIN I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL DEEPLY CARE ABOUT THIS AND I LEARN FROM THEM OFTEN WHEN THEY'RE ASKING QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON IN THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU MR CHAIR FOR AND AS WE HAVE STARTED THIS CONVERSATION EARLIER YOU DID THIS LAST YEAR AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SORT OF DIVE INTO THE DETAILS AND AND FOR US AS REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR CONSTITUENTS TO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE WHAT CONCERNS WE ARE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN MOVE THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD. WE SPEND A THIRD OF THE CITY BUDGET ON BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THERE'S REALLY REAL CONCERN ABOUT HOW HOW WHAT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS. I THINK FOR ME PERSONALLY I THINK THE WHOLE ISSUE OF HOW SUPERINTEND SHOULDN'T SKIPPER AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS OFTEN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY LITERACY AND GETTING GETTING REALLY WORKING WITH OUR UPTAKE AND PRE-K AND UP TO THIRD GRADE REALLY WORKING OF A COURT PRESS ON ADDRESSING EARLY LITERACY AND THAT'S COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A HUGE WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER STUDENTS WHO ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS SO BUT THAT SHOULD NOT GET IN THE WAY OF HAVING THE HIGHEST EXPECTATIONS. WE HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF HUMAN POTENTIAL IN OUR STUDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND AS WE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS I THINK THEY WILL RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGE BUT WE SHOULDN'T SELL THEM SHORT AND AND HAVE THEM PREPARED AND READY FOR A NEW ECONOMY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT WE ARE NOT IMPORTING WORKERS FROM THE WESTERN SUBURBS OR FURTHER AWAY THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR OWN HOMEGROWN TALENT HERE IN THE CITY.  SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU FOR THE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH YOU ALL THIS MORNING.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO NOW INTRODUCE TODAY'S PANELIST ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION SUPERINTENDENT OF US PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATION OF US PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT PINA SENIOR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF ACADEMICS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS SENIOR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT CHAIN CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS CFO BLOOM US CHIEF OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CHIEF ORTIZ AND CHIEF OF FAMILY ADVANCEMENT OFFICER CHIEF SANCHEZ THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US IN THE POST NOW YOURS GREAT AND SO I JUST WANT TO START BY EXCUSE ME I JUST WANT TO START BY THANKING YOU CONSUL GENERAL AND TO ALSO THE SPONSORS FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO DO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHICH IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND FOR QUESTIONS AND COLLABORATE. WE'RE ALSO EAGER TO HEAR THE THINGS THAT ARE OF INTEREST TO THE COUNSELORS AND HOW WE MIGHT BETTER ADDRESS THE ISSUES RELATIVE TO THE BUDGET. I JUST WANT TO THANK US OVERALL FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHOOL. OUR SCHOOL COMMITTEE MAKING PUBLIC TESTIMONY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR SCHOOL COMMITTEE IS THE GOVERNING BODY FOR US HERE THAT I'M SURE THAT THAT DEPTH OF COLLABORATION I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE SAME GOALS PROVIDING ALL STUDENTS WITH A STRONG ACADEMIC FOUNDATION THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEM WHICH THIS COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS DONE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUR STUDENTS REACH THEIR POTENTIAL AND EXPLORE THEIR PASSIONS. AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT AS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR THAT BY WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT.  IN TERMS OF THE UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS. I JUST WANTED TO DO A LITTLE NORM SETTING OF OUR INFORMATION SO WE WILL PRESENT A BUDGET UPDATE TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18TH AND THEN IN FEBRUARY FEBRUARY WILL RETURN TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE PRELIMINARY FY 26 BUDGET PRESENTATION AND THEN THAT'S FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE ULTIMATELY THE BUDGET IS VOTED ON AND SENT TO YOU FOR.  WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE TIME TODAY TO TALK ABOUT OUR INITIAL THOUGHTS ON THE BUDGET. THIS IS AGAIN EARLY FOR US BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT BE A FORMATIVE PROCESS. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING INTRODUCED THE PANEL. ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S ALSO MANY MEMBERS OF MY TEAM IN THE AUDIENCE AND WE MAY ACTUALLY CALLING THEM FOR THEIR EXPERTISE AND TO ALSO REALLY SHOWCASE SOME OF WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND FOR THEM TO HEAR DIRECTLY COUNCIL SUGGESTIONS.  JUST IS LIKE A REFRAMING IN MY FIRST TWO YEARS IS SOUP REALLY FOCUSED ON ASSEMBLING THIS TEAM AND HAVING IT BE A TALENTED, DIVERSE AND STABLE TEAM WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT PREVIOUSLY HAD HAD. IT'S ALSO BEEN ABOUT ASSESSING TO YOUR POINT OR MANY OF YOUR POINTS WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT WORKING BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A CRITICAL QUESTION AS WE DECIDE WHAT TO SPEND MONEY ON AND WHAT TO STOP SPENDING MONEY ON AND THEN CERTAINLY STARTING TO BUILD THE FOUNDATION THAT ULTIMATELY WILL IMPACT OUR STUDENTS IN A POSITIVE WAY AND THAT'S THE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE THAT WE ARE BEGINNING TO UNDERTAKE.  THIS COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE BUDGET AND I REALLY DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. EVEN WHEN YOU'VE DISAGREED IN PORTIONS OF IT, YOU'VE BEEN VERY CONSTRUCTIVE AND INFORMATIVE AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT TOGETHER WE WILL GET TO THE RIGHT WAY OF SPENDING OUR RESOURCES IN THIS THIRD YEAR. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND CONTINUE TO BE. CERTAINLY THIS IS AROUND SETTING A STRONG ACADEMIC FOUNDATION FOR OUR STUDENTS SO THAT THEY HAVE THAT PLATFORM IN LIFE AND CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES BOTH THAT WE PRESENT AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THEM. ALSO ABOUT IMPLEMENTING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION WHICH MANY OF YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO AND TO DO THAT DISTRICT WIDE IN A PLAN IN A FORM IN A WAY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CAPTURE THE IMPACT. IT'S ALL ABOUT ADDING NEW PROGRAMS FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS IN THE FORM OF DUAL LANGUAGE THE FORM OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN THE FORM OF EXPANSION OF NATIVE LANGUAGE . WE'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY WE HOLD THIS VALUE OURSELVES AND SO THIS TOO WILL BE A PRIORITY. THE HUB MODELS THE HUB SCHOOLS MODEL IS SOMETHING THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT LAST YEAR. WE'RE INTENDING TO EXPAND THAT. WE'VE GOTTEN GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THE FIELD ON THAT AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE FACILITY UPGRADES AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT I KNOW ALL OF YOU I'VE SPOKEN TO IS CLOSE TO OUR HEART AS WELL AND THAT IS CREATING BUILDINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE AND THAT THEY CAN GO IN AND SAFELY AND APPROPRIATELY LEARN IN EVERY DAY AND CERTAINLY AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL CREATING MORE ACCESS TO EARLY COLLEGE TO CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS BOTH IN SCHOOL AND THEN IN WHAT IS TO COME AFTER LAYING THE GROUNDWORK LAST YEAR WE BEGAN THE INCLUSIVE ROLLOUT OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR SO THERE WAS A FULL YEAR YEAR AND A HALF OF PLANNING TAKING IN INFORMATION FROM THE WAY OTHER LARGE URBAN DISTRICTS DO IT LOOKING AT HOW WE WERE DOING IT AND THEN THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PLAN.  WE'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD THE STRONG ACADEMIC FOUNDATION BUT THIS YEAR IN THE BUDGET WE WILL BE PROPOSING MORE TIER TWO AND TIER THREE INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS.  THIS COMES IN THE FORM OF ACADEMIC INTERVENTIONS. IT COMES IN THE FORM OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WITH EQUITABLE LITERACY, WITH READING READING SPECIALIST INTERVENTIONISTS IN THE CONTINUED USE AND PURCHASE OF HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. ALL THOSE LEVELS SET THE PLAYING FIELD FOR OUR STUDENTS WHETHER THEY ARE SPECIAL STUDENT, A MULTILINGUAL LEARNER OR GENERAL EDUCATION.  IT'S STILL EARLY OBVIOUSLY WE STARTED THIS IN SEPTEMBER AS THE IMPLEMENTATION AFTER THE YEAR OF PLANNING WITH OUR SCHOOLS BUT WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO TAKE FEEDBACK FROM THE FIELD THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF, THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES. THEY ARE STILL ADJUSTING THE INCLUSIVE ED PLAN BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT FEEDBACK TO LEARN FROM THIS FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION AND TO HAVE THAT GUIDE US IN THE YEARS TO COME. LAST WEEK THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION OR DSC ANNOUNCED APPROVAL OF SEVEN OF OUR PROPOSALS FOR EXPANDED BILINGUAL IN DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMING FOR THE 2526 YEAR. THIS WAS A REAL ACCOMPLISHMENT. I THINK IT WAS AFTER A GREAT DEAL OF FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM COMMUNITIES.  TO GIVE YOU A SENSE THIS MARKS THESE SEVEN PROGRAMS WILL MARK THE DISTRICT'S LARGEST EXPANSION OF MULTILINGUAL LEARNER PROGRAMING WITHIN 40 YEARS. SO THIS IS REALLY PROGRESSIVE. IT'S IN RESPONSE WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS TELLING US THEY WANT AND WE BELIEVE IS GOOD EDUCATION.  THE APPROVAL OF THE NEW PROGRAM IN AREAS I THINK DOES MARK THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION STILL LONG WAY TO GO BUT A BIG STEP. THE NEW PROGRAMS REFLECT ALSO OUR COMMITMENT TO REALLY PUTTING STUDENTS IDENTITIES,  LEVERAGING THEIR HOME LANGUAGES AND REALLY USING THESE AS WAYS TO ACCELERATE THEIR LEARNING IN SCHOOL. THE HOME OFFICE OR WHAT WE CALL THE OFFICE OF MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN THE PARTNERS IN OUR SCHOOLS WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO START THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMS NEXT YEAR SO THIS WILL BE A BIG PLANNING CONTINUE PLANNING AND HIRING HERE IN THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS WILL ENSURE EACH SCHOOL HAS THE SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO SUSTAIN AND GROW THESE PROGRAMS. TO GIVE YOU THIS SAMPLE THERE'S A SPANISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT THE BLACKSTONE THAT'S BEEN APPROVED AND THE PHILBROOK SUMNER THE MANDARIN BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AT THE QUINCY LOWER SCHOOLS THE SPANISH TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAM WHAT WE CALL TB AT THE MACKAY AND NEWCOMER PROGRAMS AT BOSTON ACADEMY, THE HORNBERGER K-8 IN THE ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL. WE WERE ALSO JUST TO GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE FOR NEXT YEAR AS THESE PROGRAMS BEGIN TO ROLL OUT THAT'S AN IMPACT OF MORE THAN 200 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO THE PROGRAMS. AND EACH YEAR THAT WE CONTINUE EXPANSION AND IMPLEMENTATION WE WILL BE EXPANDING BY 30% IN EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR.  SO IN TOTAL BP HAS SUBMITTED NINE APPLICATIONS. WE WERE APPROVED FOR SEVEN AND THERE ARE STILL TWO THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH DSC ON THAT WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL FOR APPROVAL. THEY'RE BOTH SLAVE PROGRAMS AND THEY ARE AT THE GREENWOOD AND AT THE HORNBERGER.  WE ALSO PLAN IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET TO CONTINUE BUILDING ON OUR HUB MODEL. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 20 COMMUNITY HUB SCHOOLS IN BOSTON AND THIS IS WHERE EDUCATORS LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARTNERS, FAMILIES, STUDENTS THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER TO REALLY STRENGTHEN THE CONDITIONS FOR STUDENT LEARNING HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OUT OF SCHOOL TIME LEARNING REALLY WHAT COMES UP AS THE PRIORITIES FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE HUB SCHOOL STRATEGY INCLUDES COMMUNITY CONNECTED CLASSROOMS, COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP DECISION MAKING, EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ,AUTHENTIC STUDENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, INTEGRATED SUPPORTS SYSTEMS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER KINDS OF SUPPORTS IN A CULTURE OF BELONGING, SAFETY AND CARE. EACH SCHOOL HAS A HUB SCHOOL COORDINATOR TO SUPPORT AND GROW ALL THESE EFFORTS AND THE HUB MODEL COMES OFF OF A DEEP COLLABORATION WITH THE PTA.  SO YOU'LL SEE SOME EXPANSION RELATIVE TO THAT THAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE PROPOSED FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET SEASON.  AS A POINT YOU PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT UMASS BOSTON IN HOW IS THE FIRST UNIVERSITY ASSISTED HUB AT THE RUTH BATSON ACADEMY. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SORT OF SEE WHAT THAT PARTICULAR MODEL HOLDS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WE THINK ABOUT LEVERAGING COLLEGE COURSEWORK, THE PROFESSORS WORKING ACROSS THE UMASS LINE AND WITHIN THE RUTH BATCH AND ACADEMY AND THE ADDITIONAL ACCESS OF OUR STUDENTS TO UMASS BOSTON. ALSO IN THE BUDGET PRIORITIES WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS AND TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO RETHINK THE DISTRICT'S FOOTPRINT. I KNOW EVERYONE IS AWARE OF SO MUCH DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IN OUR SCHOOLS OVER DECADES AND DECADES. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO WORK AS FAST AS WE CAN TO RESOLVE MUCH OF THAT IN SEPTEMBER WE CERTAINLY WITH SOME OF YOU CUT THE RIBBON ON THE DESIRE QUINCY UPPER BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL THAT WAS ON THE HEELS OF DEARBORN AND BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY. AND NEXT YEAR WE WILL DO THE SAME WITH THE CARTER SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH END. THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF BUILDINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN OR THE THE NEW WING OVER AT THE PJC. THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. ANOTHER PARTNER WITH US IN THAT IS MBA AND I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THAT WE CAN'T DO THIS ALL ON OUR OWN AND SO WE CONTINUE TO TO PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS TO MEMBER WHICH IS IN PART HOW OUR BUILDINGS STARTING TO GET BUILT BUT ALSO THEY HAVE AN ACCELERATED REPAIR PROGRAM WHICH WE HAVE BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EVERY YEAR.  THIS REALLY ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO DO BIG PROJECTS LIKE BOILER SYSTEMS, ROOFS, WINDOWS ,DOORS THAT WOULD BE COST PROHIBITIVE OTHERWISE IN AN ACCELERATED RATE. I ALSO JUST WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT IN DECEMBER OF 2023 WITH THE MERGE FOR TAYLOR IS IN Q RIGHT NOW WITH SBA AND ADDITIONALLY THE RUTH BATTS IN SCHOOL WE JUST RECEIVED NOTICE THAT THEY'VE BEEN INVITED INTO THE SENIOR STUDY SO THESE ARE JUST ALL VERY POSITIVE THINGS AS WE THINK OF HOW TO LEVERAGE FUNDING FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE WE SEE WE ALSO JUST GOT A BOARD APPROVAL OF EIGHT SCHOOLS IN THE ACCELERATED REPAIR PROGRAM THAT MEANS DOORS, WINDOWS, BOILER UNITS CAN EVEN MEET IN EACH BACK SO EVERYBODY ALL CRITIC MURPHY, LINDEN ADAMS, GARDNER AND KENNY WERE ALL AWARDED THOSE. SO THAT MEANS WE CAN DO THAT DEEP WORK OF FACILITIES WORK IN THOSE SCHOOLS.  THE DISTRICT IS ALSO VERY MUCH LOCKED IN ON THE SECOND LEVEL I ALWAYS SAY OUR KIDS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL THE VERY SHORT PATH RUNWAY TO LAUNCH AND SO WE CONTINUE AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUT FORTH IS A PRIORITY EXPANSION OF EARLY COLLEGE, EXPANSION OF OUR CAREER PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS AS A WAY TO GIVE THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE UP FRONT SO THAT AS THEY GO OUT AND MAKE THEIR LIFE CHOICES THEY'RE READY FOR THAT. I'M ALSO EXCITED TO SHARE THAT IN JANUARY OF 2025 BOSTON ADULT TECHNICAL ACADEMY EAST WILL OPEN WHAT WE CALL BODY EAST.  THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT WAS CLOSE TO MY HEART. I KNOW COUNCIL THAT IS A PART OF ALSO AS WELL WE SPOKE ABOUT IT WHEN I FIRST CAME IN BUT THIS REALLY WILL HELP OUR EAST BOSTON STUDENTS LIVING ON THAT SIDE OF THE BRIDGE WHO ARE OVER AGE MULTI-LINGUAL LEARNERS AND NEED A DIFFERENT WAY TO BE ABLE TO SEEK GRADUATION IN CAREER TO BE ABLE TO GET IT WITHOUT HAVING TO COME ACROSS THE BRIDGE TODAY BORDER ITSELF WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH IN SERVES 228 STUDENTS WE BELIEVE THAT THE EAST WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF ABOUT 200 SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT THAT GAP PROGRAMING IS BEING LAUNCHED.  WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT WITH ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION WHICH I KNOW IS COME UP AT THIS COUNCIL AS WELL THAT IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS EXIST FOR ALL LEARNERS NOT JUST GENERAL EDUCATION. SO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION, OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS WE'RE REALLY REDESIGNING OUR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION WHICH WE CALL ADD OPTIONS AS A WAY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE CONTINUUM OF STUDENTS. WE HAVE TO NOT HAVE A SUBSTANDARD BUS SYSTEM BUT TO HAVE ONE THAT OFFERS STUDENTS A DIFFERENT PATHWAY TO GRADUATION AND GIVES THEM THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARLY COLLEGE AND CAREER.  I THINK JUST IN IN KIND OF WRAPPING I KNOW A COUPLE OF THINGS CAME UP AROUND ESSER I KNOW THAT CHIEF CFO WILL ADDRESS THIS BUT WE ARE CLOSING THE CHAPTER ON ESSER IN FY 26 WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL EFFICIENCIES FROM CENTRAL OFFICE.  WE HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED DOWN A COURSE OF A ZERO SUM BUDGET WHICH REALLY REQUIRES CENTRAL OFFICE TO MANY OF YOUR POINTS TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ACTUALLY ASK WHAT IS THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND THEN TO PUT FORWARD THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE WE SHOULD STOP DOING IN ORDER TO BEGIN THINGS THAT CAN HELP STUDENTS IN A BETTER WAY. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR THOSE EFFICIENCIES RELATIVE TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE, THE FINANCIAL TEAM IS ALSO LOOKING AT EVERYTHING FROM PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY. CREON TO OPPORTUNITIES AS WE SAID TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR SYSTEM PARTICULARLY AS ESSER DOES COME TO THAT CLOSE I JUST CLOSE BY SAYING AGAIN, I, I AM REALLY THANKFUL TO BE HERE. I SAID TO OUR TEAM EARLIER TODAY I'M PROUD OF THEM.  I'M PROUD OF THE WORK AND MOST IMPORTANTLY I'M PROUD THAT WE'RE ALL VERY OPEN AND COMMITTED TO HEARING OPINION AND TO THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO THINGS BETTER DIFFERENTLY IN SERVICE OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND AT THIS POINT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CFO BLUE GOOD MORNING COUNSELORS.  THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.  THANKS. LAST WINTER AS WE ENGAGE IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET PROCESS, WE WORKED WITH COUNSELOR WORRELL AND HIS TEAM TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.  RIGHT. AS YOU RECALL WE ADDED THE WORKING SESSIONS LAST MARCH TO DEEPEN THE CONVERSATION BEFORE THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE TOOK A VOTE.  SO VERY EXCITED THAT WE'RE NOW ADDING THIS MEETING TO THE CALENDAR AS WELL SO THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL TOUCH POINTS SO WE CAN HAVE A REAL AND DEEPER ENGAGEMENT IN THE BUDGET. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE SHOUT OUTS TO THE BUDGET BOOK WE'RE GETTING IN ADVANCE. DON'T WORRY I DIDN'T NEED THE REMINDER. IT'S IT'S ON THE LIST WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.  A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR BUDGET TEAM IN THE FINANCE OFFICE WHO'S BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO PULL ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO PULL TOGETHER TO WRITE UP ALL THE DETAILS FOR THAT BOOK AS WE GO INTO OUR FY 26 PLANNING. IN ADDITION TO THIS MEETING WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS TO THE SCHEDULE AS WE DID LAST YEAR AND WE'RE TRYING TO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS AS IS HELPFUL ESPECIALLY BECAUSE MANY OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO YOUR DISTRICT OR OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO SORT OF INDIVIDUALLY TO HELP CLARIFY INDIVIDUAL ISSUES FOR YOU SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL APRIL TO HAVE A BIG LONG LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE GETTING ANSWERS FOR.  I WANT TO TOUCH ON QUICKLY TOUCHED ON TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON OUR BUDGET AND JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF SORT OF THE PROCESS OR CONTEXT OF THOSE FIRST, AS YOU KNOW WE ARE STILL BARGAINING OVER CONTRACTS WITH MULTIPLE UNIONS.  THESE WILL HAVE IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOL YEAR 26 BUDGET.  THE WAY OUR PROCESS WORKS IS WE PLAN A BASELINE BUDGET AS IF THOSE CONTRACTS DON'T EXIST AND THEN AS SOON AS THEY'RE SIGNED WE WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT BUDGET THAT CORRESPOND TO ANYTHING THAT'S NEEDED TO REFLECT WHAT'S IN THOSE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. YOU WILL BE SEEING THAT SOON IN THAT CONTRACT WE HAVE RECENTLY SIGNED FOR SCHOOL YEAR 25 WITH SOME OF OUR UNIONS. FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE A CONTRACT SIGNED WITH OUR FOOD SERVICE WORKERS WILL BE COMING BACK TO THIS BODY FOR SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS LATER IN THE FALL AND WINTER. MAYBE ALREADY ON THE SCHEDULE BUT SORT OF THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT MAY COME UP THROUGH THE FY 26 PROCESS AS WE GET THESE AGREEMENTS SIGNED.  FINALLY IN OUR FY 25 BUDGET WE NEEDED TO PLAN FOR THE END OF ESSER IS NOT QUITE OVER YET. IT SORT OF THE OBLIGATION DEADLINE WAS THIS PAST SEPTEMBER BUT WE STILL ARE ABLE TO SPEND UP THROUGH DECEMBER AND THEN WE HAVE SOME EXTENSIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL THINGS.  WE HAD TO MAKE A LOT OF REALLY TOUGH TRADE OFFS IN THE DEPARTMENT AND SCHOOLS WHEN WE BALANCED OUR FIRST BUDGET IN THREE YEARS WITHOUT THE SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL FUNDING. AS A RESULT THOUGH, OUR FY 25 BUDGET HAS VERY LIMITED ESSER SPENDING AS WE CLOSE OUT THE GRANT THIS MEANS FOR FY 26 OUR SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS ARE LARGELY NOT GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE TRADE OFFS IN REGARDS TO ESSER BECAUSE THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS HAVE MOSTLY BEEN MADE THROUGH THE 25 PROCESS AND WE CAN FOCUS ON AS THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID, BUILDING UP OUR NEW INVESTMENT AND OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE.  AND WITH THAT WE'RE TURN TIME BACK OVER TO YOU TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THANK YOU AGAIN AND I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO CHAIR ROBINSON AND THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR ALSO COLLABORATING WITH THE COUNCIL AND ALL OF US ON THE BUDGET. I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES STARTING WITH MY CO-SPONSOR ASKED MEJIA AND THEN CASTLE WEBER AND THEN THE ORDER ARRIVAL COUNCIL ME HERE THE FLOOR IS NOW YOURS. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU.  I APPRECIATE WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A POWERPOINT NOW GOT THE MEMO. KNOW HOW MUCH I FEEL IT'S POWERPOINTS I WOULD LOVE TO JUST DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER. I'M GOING TO START OFF IN AN AREA THAT I FEEL NEEDS AT LEAST MY PERSONAL HUMBLE OPINION.  THE MOST ATTENTION IS REALLY THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PIECE IN TERMS OF KIND OF STRUCTURALLY HOW WE THINKING ABOUT PARENT VOICE PARENT ENGAGEMENT. I HEAR FROM A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT THE THREE MINUTE MARK DURING SCHOOL COMMITTEE SESSIONS THEIR DESIRES AND WANTS AND NEEDS JUST DIE THERE. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE BUILDING FOR REAL MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MEASURE THAT IMPACT?  SO I'LL START THERE.  SO I'LL START AND THEN ACTUALLY THIS IS ONE THAT I THINK BOTH MARY MACAULAY WILL BE ABLE TO ADD FROM DIFFERENT POINTS HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH FAMILIES.  I THINK ONE OF THE THE DEEPEST INVESTMENTS WE MADE DURING OUR TIME IS AROUND FAMILY LIAISONS AND THAT WAS WHEN WE PROTECTED WE MOVED TO THE TO THE HEART AND MADE SURE THAT THAT STAYED. AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A LOT IN THE LAST YEAR BUT A LOT MORE TO DO OF BEING ABLE TO DO TRAINING AND WORKING WITH THE FAMILY LIAISONS AROUND BEING THAT KIND OF FRONT PIECE WITH OUR FAMILIES, MAKING IT A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT AND HAVING A POINT PERSON THAT THEY CAN GO TO WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE OR SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED INFORMATION ON. WE'VE ALSO BUILT OUT A HELPLINE IN WHICH KIDS USE TREMENDOUSLY ON A DAILY BASIS AND WE CAN SHARE THE STATS BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE COME TO RELY ON AND WE'VE BUILT UP MULTILINGUAL CAPACITY ON IT SO THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE LANGUAGE PARENTS HAVE A PLACE TO GO. ADDITIONALLY, I THINK WE'VE DONE A BUNCH OF GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO HEAR FROM VARIOUS COMMUNITY COMMUNITY LEADERS WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT ARE ON THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS AND THEN TAKE THAT BACK INTO THAT WHETHER IT'S IN CURRICULUM OR WHETHER IT'S JUST BECAUSE I KNOW MY TIME IS SO SHORT. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD GIVE SOME NUMBERS LIKE IN TERMS OF IT JUST BECAUSE WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US IN THIS EXERCISE HERE IS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE RETURN ON THOSE INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN LIKE. SURE. WHAT WHAT HOW ARE WE MEASURING THAT? WHAT'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY FACTOR?  YEAH, WE HAVE ALL OF THAT WITH THE SURVEY DATA SO TALK AND I WILL TAKE A TURN ON.  THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR FOR YOUR QUESTION. I WOULD SAY SPECIFIC TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SIDE OF OUR INVESTMENTS. AS SUPERINTENDENT SAID THE HELP LINE WAS ONE OF THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT WE CREATED THROUGH ESSER FUNDS AND LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE SOME OF THAT INTO THE GENERAL FUND BUT WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE EXPANDING ON THAT THAT INITIATIVE RECEIVED 20 MANAGE 25,000 CALLS AND INTAKES FROM FAMILIES LAST YEAR ALONE. AND SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT ANSWERING THE CALL BUT WE KNOW THE MODEL IS THE RESOLUTION CENTER CORRECT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW EVERY ONE OF THOSE TIMES AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE MAKING INVESTMENTS ON THAT.  IN ADDITION, I WOULD SAY IN THE AREAS WHERE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ADVISORY COUNCILS A BODY WHERE WE CONTINUE TO BRING THE VOICES OF COMMUNITY LEADERS LAST YEAR I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER SUPERINTENDENT DID HER ENGAGEMENT TOUR WHERE WE INTENTION REALLY CREATED SPACES THAT REPRESENTED THE LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF OUR DISTRICT AND OUR STUDENTS AND WE MET WITH THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HEAR THEIR VOICES BUT ALSO TO CONNECT THE DOTS.  SO OUR OFFICE IS VERY INTENTIONAL AND INVESTED IN DOING THE CONNECTING THE DOTS RIGHT?  LIKE WHEN WE HEAR FROM COMMUNITY THE QUESTIONS AND THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE WE SEE VERY MUCH INTERNALLY WE FEEL THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CONNECT WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ANSWERS FROM OUR COLLEAGUES WHEN WE ARE INTERACTING WITH FAMILIES OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO PIVOT WE'RE GOING TO GO STRAIGHT TO JUST SOME VERY SPECIFICS HERE. WHAT INVESTMENTS INTO INCLUSION DEL REY MORROW WILL BE INVEST IN SPECIFICALLY? WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUR EDUCATORS WORKING ON SEVERAL LICENSES WITHOUT WITHOUT A LOT OF SUPPORTS. THEY FILL OVERWHELMED. I'D LIKE TO KNOW POWERPLAY IS LESS THAN 30,000 THAT'S UNSUSTAINABLE IN BOSTON. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REMEDY THAT? AND WHAT NEW SCHOOLS AND MAJOR RENOVATIONS IS THERE IN AND PLAN IN THE PIPELINE FOR NEW BUILDINGS RENOVATIONS BEYOND THE CARTER AND AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE OH WOW I HAVE LESS TIME AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SERIES OF ROUNDS SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS WITHIN THE 2 MINUTES THAT I HAVE LEFT.  SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, COUNCILOR , ON THE QUESTION ABOUT THE INCLUSIVE ED, DO YOU WANT IT INTO AN ON THE PROGRAMMATIC SIDE OR DO YOU WANT IT ON THE DOLLAR SIDE? RIGHT? SO CFO BLUE WHY DON'T YOU START? YEAH, I THINK SO.  OUR HISTORIC MODEL IN OUR BUDGET WAS TEACHER PARA A CLASS SIZE OF 20. THAT WAS THE WAY WE DID INCLUSION, THAT WAS THE WAY WE ROLLED IT OUT THAT WAS IN OUR GUIDANCE THAT WAS BUILT INTO OUR MODEL. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS NEW INCLUSIVE ED PLAN. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE BUILDING INTO OUR NEW BUDGET MODEL. THE IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE BUILDING NOW IS MORE OF A TEAM BASED APPROACH TO THE BUDGET. SO WHAT SCHOOLS ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN THE CURRENT YEAR IT'S IN GRADES K0K1K TO SEVEN AND NINE IS THEY'RE SEEING OBVIOUSLY OUR BUDGET FOR THE MAIN HOMEROOM OR CLASSROOM TEACHER AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL AND THEN THE BUDGET FOR ADDITIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATORS WHO ARE COMING IN TO PROVIDE PUSH IN SERVICES OR PULL STUDENTS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM SO THAT NO ONE TEACHER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT VARIED SERVICES THAT ARE IN IN THE CLASSROOM. SO IN THOSE GRADES EVERY SCHOOL HAS ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT ARE PROVIDING THAT WORK BUILT INTO THE BUDGET AND WILL CONTINUE TO. CAN YOU JUST GIVE THE COUNCILOR THE AROUND THE AMOUNT THAT WAS INJECTED INTO THE BUDGET THAT'S BEING SPENT IN A SIMILAR PLAN? YES. SO IT WAS IT WAS AROUND $10 MILLION AND NEW STAFF FOR STUDENTS DISABILITIES LAST YEAR. SO JUST AS A BASELINE I WAS PULLING UP A NUMBERS FOR AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT STARTED WE HAD ABOUT 4500 TEACHERS ON OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IN OUR MOST RECENT SNAPSHOT WE WERE AT 4800 SO IT'S ABOUT 300 MORE TEACHERS CLOSE TO 10% INCREASE WHILE ROUNDING THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY SEVEN SOMEONE SOME OF THE CALL ME ON THAT MATH THERE SO IT'S A REALLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TEACHING STAFF THAT WE'RE SEEING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY IMPLEMENTING THIS NEW INCLUSION MODEL CORRECTLY AS WELL AS NEW BILINGUAL PROGRAMS . OKAY. AND THEN LINDA, DO YOU JUST WANT TO ADDRESS IPT?  SURE. PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS IS WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL TEAMS SO IT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT IS JUST COMING FROM CENTRAL THE WAY WE USED TO DO THINGS WHERE WE WOULD ASSIGN KIDS AND THEN LEAVE THE SCHOOLS TO FIGURE THINGS OUT BUT REALLY WORKING ALONGSIDE SCHOOLS TO LOOK AT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO IMPLEMENT THE TEAM BASED APPROACH MODEL THAT MR BLUME JUST EXPLAINED SO THAT A TEACHER IS NOT ALONE BUT HAS THE BENEFIT OF THE SPECIALISTS WHETHER IT'S AN ESL TEACHER OR A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER OR EVEN A READING INTERVENTION TEACHER TO REALLY PARTNER TOGETHER TO SERVICE THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM PARAPROFESSIONAL B.M. OH YES, YES. SO I WILL DOUBLE CHECK I BELIEVE THE AVERAGE PARENT PROFESSIONAL IN OUR SYSTEM EARNS SOMEWHERE IN SORT OF MID THE MID-FORTIES. THAT'S NOT THE STARTING SALARY ,RIGHT? THAT'S THE AVERAGE AND I THINK YOU KNOW PARENTS PAIR PAY REMAINS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE BTU AND SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE YOU KNOW ACROSS THE BOARD. I THINK THE AREA WE FULLY AGREE ON IS THAT THE LOWEST WAGE PAYS THOSE THAT ARE PAID THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN INCREASED THE WITH THE PAIRS THERE'S FOUR CATEGORIES OF PARAS SO THEY ACTUALLY EACH HAVE DIFFERENT AVERAGES BUT I THINK DAVID'S RIGHT THAT IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND LOW FORTIES IF YOU WERE TO SORT OF PUT THEM TOGETHER AND HOW MANY PARENTS WE HAVE TOTAL TO GO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AVERAGES IT'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR THOSE WHO ARE TUNING IN TO UNDERSTAND THIS DYNAMIC ABOUT 1700 PAIRS AND OUT OF THOSE HOW MANY ARE WITHIN THE AVERAGE I WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE INFORMATION AWAY FROM THE NEXT ROUND. THANK YOU SO THANK YOU CUSTOMER HERE COUNCIL MEMBER THE FLOOR IS YOURS AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCILOR DURKAN AND COUNCILOR SANTANA HAS JOINED US COUNCIL THANK YOU CHAIR I JUST BEFORE GETTING INTO SORT OF THE NITTY GRITTY I JUST HAD SOME BASIC QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE BUDGET IS CONSTRUCTED SO I THINK SUPERINTENDENT YOU TALKED ABOUT DECEMBER 18TH YOU'LL PRESENT THE BUDGET TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE BUT SO WHAT'S HAPPENING BEFORE THEN YOU KNOW WHAT INFORMATION OR ARE YOU LOOKING AT MAYBE YOU KNOW, WHEN DOES IT START?  YEAH SO WE'RE WE'RE WELL UNDERWAY SO OUR BUDGET PROCESS STARTED IN SEPTEMBER WELL AUGUST PARTS OF IT STARTED IN AUGUST BUT THE REAL PART OF IT STARTED IN SEPTEMBER AND WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR UNDER THE SUPERINTEND IS DIRECTION IS WHAT SHE REFERRED TO EARLIER AS THIS SORT OF ZERO BASED APPROACH. SO WHAT WE ASKED ALL OF OUR CENTRAL DEPARTMENTS TO DO WAS LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE RUNNING A PROGRAM AND START THEIR BUDGET FROM ZERO AND SAY FOUR GO THROUGH PROGRAM BY PROGRAM AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR FY 26. SPEND MONEY ON THOSE THINGS AS WE FINALIZE THOSE WILL BECOME THE ELEMENTS OF WHAT GO INTO THE BUDGET BOOK SO YOU CAN SORT OF SEE IT BY PROGRAM.  SO WHAT HAPPENS THEN IS WE HAVE A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS AND DETERMINE SORT OF OUR OVERALL FUNDING AMOUNT ALLOCATION AND STRATEGY.  THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO SCHOOL COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER.  SO IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A BUDGET PROPOSAL YET WITH ANY NUMBERS BECAUSE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY IS THE WORK WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE THEIR BUDGET FOR THE SCHOOL. SO BY SORT OF BY THANKSGIVING ISH WE'LL HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE FOR ALL OF OUR CENTRAL OFFICE BUDGETS AND HOW MUCH WE CAN RELEASE TO SCHOOLS. RIGHT. AND SO THEN AROUND THE SECOND MONDAY IN DECEMBER SORT OF BETWEEN DECEMBER 9TH AND 11TH WE'LL RELEASE BUDGETS TO SCHOOLS AND THEY'LL THEN BE ABLE TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES ABOUT WHAT THE SCHOOL ALLOCATION WILL BE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. THEY THEN OVER THE COURSE OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY PLAN BOTH AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL AND COLLABORATIVELY WITH CENTRAL OFFICE TO BUILD A BUDGET PROPOSAL. SO THEN SORT OF THE LAST WEEK OF JANUARY WE SORT OF PULL ALL THAT INFORMATION BACK TOGETHER SO THAT THE FIRST WEEK IN FEBRUARY WE CAN PRESENT IT ALL TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.  OKAY. AND SO WHAT GETS PRESENTED TO THE SCHOOLS THAT HAS A HAS NUMBERS IN IT? YEAH. SO THEY GET THEY GET A DOCUMENT THAT SORT OF GOES THROUGH ALL THE CATEGORIES OF FUNDING THEY'VE RECEIVED AND THE EXPLANATION OF SORT OF HOW MUCH IS IN EACH ONE OF THOSE THOSE ARE ALL PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. SO THOSE WE SAY THE SCHOOLS YOU CAN BRING THOSE TO YOUR SCHOOL SAY COUNCIL AND SHARE THEM WITH YOUR FAMILIES.  WE POST THEM ON OUR WEBSITE ONCE THEY'RE FINALIZED AND THAT'S WHAT EXPLAINS THE CATEGORIES. THEY ALSO GET A SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 50 AND 60 PAGE DOCUMENT . THAT'S ALL OF THE GUIDANCE HERE ALL THE RULES YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW RIGHT?  SO YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOUR BUILDING GROUP SO THAT ALL OF YOUR ENGLISH LEARNERS AT LEVEL ONE CAN GET OH GOD WHY THEY PICK THAT 190 90 MINUTES I WISH I HAD DONE THAT BY MYSELF 90 MINUTES A DAY OF INSTRUCTION AND SO ON. RIGHT? SO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER TO GIVE SCHOOLS THAT GUIDANCE AND THEY COME BACK AND BE COLLABORATIVE.  BUT IN TERMS OF THE DOCUMENTS THEY GET YEAH SORT OF WE CALL IT THE ONE PAGER AND IT'S A BIG TABLE ON THE DOCUMENT THAT SORT OF EXPLAINS HOW THEIR BUDGET COMES TOGETHER AND IT'LL COMPARE WHAT THEY HAD LAST YEAR EXACTLY WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS NECESSARY. SO HOW DOES HOW DOES A SCHOOL LEADER WHAT'S THE IF THEY LOOK AT THIS AND SAY WELL YOU KNOW I DON'T NEED THIS MUCH HERE, I WANT MORE HERE, HOW DOES THAT PROCESS WORK? SO WE HAVE A A BUDGET SYSTEM LIKE A ONLINE TOOL THAT THEY USE.  AND SO WHAT THAT ONE PAGER DOES IS THAT TELLS THEM HOW MUCH MONEY THAT TELLS THEM THEIR REVENUE. ESSENTIALLY IT'S SOMETIMES HELPFUL TO THINK OF OUR SCHOOLS AS LIKE LITTLE MINI FRANCHISES IN A FRANCHISE MODEL, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THEIR FRANCHISE REVENUE, RIGHT AS A SCHOOL THAT'S HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE TO SPEND AND EACH OF THOSE POOLS OF MONEY MIGHT HAVE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON IT. SO FOR EXAMPLE RIGHT, IF YOU GOT MONEY FOR SOCIAL WORKERS YOU DON'T ACTUALLY GET CHOICE THERE, RIGHT? YOU HAVE THAT BUDGET FOR THOSE SOCIAL WORKERS. BUT IF YOU GOT MONEY FOR PARTNERSHIP YOU HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF CHOICE THERE. THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS YOU CAN USE.  AND SO WHAT THEY THEN DO IS THEY WORK WITH OUR BUDGET TEAM IN THIS PROGRAM CALLED FUTURE FORCE AND THEY BUILD OUT THE DETAILED SPENDING PROPOSAL BASED ON THE REVENUE THAT'S IN THERE ON THEIR ONE PAGER AND THEY SHOULD BE DOING THAT IN COLLABORATION WITH THEIR SCHOOLS COUNCIL AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THEIR SCHOOL TEAM.  YEAH. THE OTHER THE OTHER PIECE IS THAT PROJECTIONS COME OUT THEY ACTUALLY CAME OUT LAST WEEK BUT THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR PRINCIPALS BECAUSE THEY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND THAT TELLS THEM WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING BASED ON ENROLLMENT FOR THE STUDENTS THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO SERVE THAT HELPS THEM TO GET THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY MIGHT NEED TO SHIFT OR USE RESOURCES DIFFERENTLY SO WHEN THEY THEN GET THEIR BUDGET DOLLARS WE THEN GO THROUGH SOMETHING CALLED PROBABLE ORG WHICH IS BASICALLY WE'RE HELPING IN A TEAM. SO ALL OF THE LIAISONS IN THE FOLKS THAT ARE AFFILIATED WITH THAT SCHOOL AND SCHOOL LEADER COME TOGETHER AND PROBABLE ORG AND ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT HOW TO SET THEIR ORGANIZATION UP TO SERVE THE STUDENTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE. SO THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF PROCESS BETWEEN A SCHOOL LEADER AS HAVING BEEN A SCHOOL LEADER FOR A DECADE BETWEEN BEING A SCHOOL LEADER, ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPORTING YOU WHETHER IT'S SPECIAL EDUCATION, MULTILINGUAL LEARNER OR MIMI TO BE ABLE TO GET FROM THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS TO THE BUDGET TO ACTUALLY HAVE A BUDGET THAT WITH SCHOOL THAT REFLECTS SCHOOL SO COUNCIL THAT THEY CAN THEN TURN INTO MAIN OFFICE AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE DECEMBER AND JANUARY THEY DO YEAH. OKAY AND THEN AND AND I GUESS SO WHAT IS THE DOES EVERY SCHOOL HAVE A READING SPECIALIST WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE PLAN THERE AND I GUESS WHAT'S YOUR WHAT WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR APPROACH IS GOING TO BE.  SURE SO EVERY EVERY SCHOOL DOES IT DOESN'T HAVE A READING SPECIALIST THERE'S A GROUP GROUPS THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THEM BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE SEE IN THE DATA IN I KNOW DOCTOR CHANNEL WEIGH IN ON THIS A BIT BUT THIS IS AN AREA YOU KNOW WE'VE WE'VE CONCENTRATED ON THAT K TO THREE KIND OF BAND FOR THE READING WE NEED TO AND TIER TWO AND TIER THREE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR STUDENTS THAT HAVE WEAK LITERACY SKILLS OR WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO READ COME THE END OF THIRD GRADE AND WHO ARE NOT IN AN IEP AND SO THERE'S ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE INTEND TO BUILD IN THROUGH TIER TWO AND TIER THREE FOR THE COMING YEAR THAT WOULD ADDRESS THAT IN THE FORM OF READING INTERVENTIONIST SPECIALIST BUT ALSO RECOVERY PROGRAMS AS WELL. DR. JOHN SO LAST YEAR WE FUNDED CENTRALLY 24 READING SPECIALISTS AND THAT IS THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THOSE ARE THE ONLY READING SPECIALISTS THAT EXISTS ACROSS THE SYSTEM BECAUSE WITHIN SCHOOLS THEY ALSO CHOOSE TO USE SOME OF THEIR FUNDING AS WELL TO FUND THEIR OWN READING SPECIALIST. SO THERE'S THERE'S BOTH SOURCES . OKAY. JUST JUST BRIEFLY SO AS WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET, THERE'S FEES FOR READING SPECIALISTS WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THAT NUMBER GO UP. YES.  THAT THAT WILL COME IN THE FORM OF WHAT WE PROPOSED FOR TIER TWO, TIER THREE. OKAY. SAID DAVID, CAN YOU GIVE A TOTAL NUMBER OF THE READING SPECIALISTS AND I GUESS JUST TO CLARIFY 450 IS AN ACTUAL PERSON YOU KNOW INTERPRET THAT? YEAH I THINK THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THERE ARE THE REASON WE USE FTE IS THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO LIKE THEY SPEND PART OF THEIR DAYS ARE READING SPECIALIST AND PART OF THEIR DAY DOING SOMETHING ELSE SO WHEN WE USE FTE WE MEAN SORT OF THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF FULL TIME BUT ACTUALLY THERE'S PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT IF YOU WENT COUNTED ACTUAL PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT IN BUILDINGS SORT OF DOING THAT WORK. YEAH BUT WAS THERE A NUMBER I'LL JUST READ ONE ON THE ONE SECOND THE ENERGY VALUE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE PANEL FOR CFO, CFO BOOM!  THE BUDGET LAST YEAR FOR THE TRANSPORTATION WAS WAS IT 171 MILLION OR 173 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 24? YEAH, I'LL PUT THAT FOR YOU.  OUR BUDGET AS OF JULY 1ST FOR THIS YEAR WAS 173 MILLION OF THAT WHOLE TRANSPORTATION OFFICE IN RIDERSHIP WENT DOWN 30% I BELIEVE. IS THAT ACCURATE?  YEAH 13 TO 13%. OKAY.  OKAY 13% WHAT WILL THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET BE FOR THE NEXT YEAR?  IT'S 173 NOW WHAT WILL IT BE FOR NEXT YEAR?  I THINK WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FINALIZING OUR PROJECTIONS FOR THAT. I IMAGINE THERE ARE PARTS OF IT THEY'RE GOING TO GO UP. WE HAVE A NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH DRIVERS AND MECHANICS AND SORT OF ALL OF THAT SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME COST INCREASES FOR THOSE. WE'RE ALSO SEEING SOME COST INCREASES FOR OUR OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENT.  ARE WE EXPECTING IT TO GO UP A COUPLE MILLION BUCKS?  I THINK SO. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S SORT OF LIKELY TO BE WHERE WE END THOUGH I WOULD I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS MOMENT, COUNCILOR , IF YOU DON'T MIND TO JUST SAY WE ALSO WOULD HOPE THAT THE STATE WILL FULLY FUND THE TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUT OF DISTRICT SPECIAL EDUCATION WHICH THEY HAVE NOT FULLY FUNDED TO THE TUNE OF SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS TO BE TO BOSTON FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.  RIGHT. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR EXTERNAL SOURCES OF REVENUE AS WELL TO HELP WITH ELECTRIFYING OUR FLEET AS WELL. OKAY, HERE'S MY POINT.  SO WE'RE GOING TO BE AT ONE AT LEAST 175 MILLION NEXT YEAR ON THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET WILL THE STUDENT THAT GOES TO THE CAR SCHOOL WILL THEY GET THERE ON TIME? WILL THEY BE ABLE TO LEAVE ON TIME? WILL THEY GET ALL THEIR SERVICES, CRITICAL SERVICES THAT THEY NEED AND DESERVE STARTING AT FIRST PERIOD, STARTING AT BREAKFAST? I WANT TO HAVE THAT COMMITMENT THAT THAT STUDENT AND ALL STUDENTS REALLY WILL GET THOSE SERVICES ON TIME EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. THERE'LL BE NO EXCEPTIONS AND THERE WILL BE NO FAILURES. CAN I GET THAT COMMITMENT FROM EVERYBODY? OUR OUR COMMITMENT IS FOR EVERY YEAR FOR EVERY STUDENT TO GET TO SCHOOL ON TIME COUNCILOR FLYNN WE IN OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM I THINK I WANT TO KIND OF BREAK THIS DOWN ON THE COST PIECE FOR ONE SECOND BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT. THE RIDERSHIP IS DECLINE SINCE 2018 A TOTAL OF 13% TO DATE. SO IT'S BEEN SLOW AND OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AS A DISTRICT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSPORTING CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS AND IN SOME CASES PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS AS WELL AS AROUND A DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION JUST AS A KIND OF POINT 23% OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WE TRANSPORT ARE NOT PART OF EPS. SO IT MEANS THAT THERE'S 200 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN THAT WE'RE IN OUR CONTRACT HAVING TO COVER AND WE ENTERED THE CHANGES TO THE CURRENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET ABOVE 90% RELIABILITY WHICH TO YOUR POINT MEANS WE COULD THEN NOT MAKE THOSE GUARANTEES.  OKAY SO WE KNEW WE HAD TO MAKE DEEP CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM BOTH FOR SAFETY, TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICIENCY.  SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE RUNNING ABOVE WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR FOR OTP SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY ON THAT ON THE AM AND WE'RE WORKING HARD.  WE'RE CLOSING THAT GAP ON THE PM BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY TO YOU AND LOOK AT YOU THAT EVERY STUDENT IN DPS GETS TO SCHOOL ON TIME SAFELY AND THAT THE PARENT SEES IT. THANK YOU I WE HAD A MEETING LAST LAST WEEK ON THIS ISSUE AND I WAS FOCUSED ON SPECIAL EDUCATION. I KNOW SOMEONE FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION WASN'T HERE BUT IS ANYONE HERE ABLE TO SPEAK ON SPECIAL EDUCATION? OTHER IS SO SENIOR ADVISOR CHRISTINE TRAVIS MONIQUE CAN I WILL SAY ON THE OUT OF DISTRICTS THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE ARE DOING A GREAT DEAL OF WORK AROUND BEING ABLE TO ONE ASSURE THAT STUDENTS THAT ATTEND ALL OF DISTRICT PLACEMENT ARE ACTUALLY GETTING THE QUALITY AND THE SERVICES THAT PARENTS AND STUDENTS DESERVE. SECONDLY, THAT WE CAN BUILD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN DISTRICT FOR THOSE STUDENTS BECAUSE WE HEAR TIME TO AND FROM PARENTS THEY DON'T WANT THEIR STUDENT TO HAVE TO GO OUT OF DISTRICT SOMETIMES STUDENTS ARE SITTING AN HOUR OR 45 MINUTES ON THE BUS SO WE'RE WORKING HARD IN THIS AREA WHICH I KNOW IS CLOSE TO YOUR HEART. COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME JUST EVEN IN CIRCUIT BREAKER ON A LOT OF GOOD DATA THAT SAYS THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THIS. THANK YOU THE CAN YEAH I WANT TO I KNOW WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK IN SPECIAL EDUCATION DIDN'T DIDN'T ATTEND FOR SOME REASON BUT I DO WANT TO GO OVER WHAT SERVICES A STUDENT WOULD NOT RECEIVE IF THEY SHOW UP LATE BECAUSE OF A BUS FAILURE.  THEY HAVE TO STAY LATE. IT'S IMPACTING THE FAMILY.  HOW HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT THAT STUDENT GETS ALL THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED PHYSICAL THERAPY SPEECH THERAPY ? I'M WORKING WITH FAMILIES AT THE CARTER SCHOOL BUT IT'S TERRIBLY UNFAIR TO THE STUDENTS AND TO THE PARENTS.  HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THAT STUDENT GETS TO THE CARTER SCHOOL EVERY DAY ON TIME AS AS WE SAID, ONE THING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS ENSURE YOU'RE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS GET TO SCHOOL ON TIME AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT STUDENT SCHEDULES TO ASSUME THAT IF THERE IS A PATTERN OR A STUDENT MAY BE LATE OR THERE MAY BE AN INTERRUPTION THAT WE ARE ADJUSTING THOSE SERVICES SO THAT THE SERVICES MAY BE AT ANOTHER TIME OF DAY OR THERE MAY BE A WAY OF DOING AT A DIFFERENT TIME.  OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE FULL DAY BUT WE DO CONSTANTLY PROGRESS MONITOR TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT MISSING BUT AT THIS STUDENT THAT I'M WORKING WITH, I'M SPEAKING WITH THE MOTHER OF THE STUDENT IS MISSING CLASSES IN THE MORNING IN THE MOTHER RIGHTFULLY SO IS ADVOCATING FOR HER SON TO GET SPEECH THERAPY, PHYSICAL THERAPY SO WHAT'S OUR MESSAGE TO THE MOTHER? I KNOW WE'RE ALL TRYING BUT THE MOTHER THE MOTHER WANTS RESULTS. THE MOTHER WANTS THE CHILD TO BE THERE SO THAT HER CHILD CAN GET PHYSICAL THERAPY AND SPEECH THERAPY. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE AT THIS MEETING TODAY. I MEAN IF I CAN AS WELL CONFIRM, I'D LOVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN TOUCH WITH THE FAMILY AS WELL. WE'RE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH HER AND MEET WITH HER PRIVATELY AND REALLY LOOK AT THE ISSUE MORE CLOSELY AND WE'LL WORK WITH HER WITH ACTUAL POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TROUBLESHOOT THE ISSUES THAT ARE CAUSING THE DELAYS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WHEN THEY DO RIGHT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES I MEAN WE HAVE A REAL RESPONSIBILITY, A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE THEY GO TO SCHOOL ON TIME TO GET THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.  THANK YOU. THANK MR JOE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR JOYCE CHAIR I'M GOING TO ASK ALL MY QUESTIONS. WE ALWAYS RUN OUT OF TIME AND THEN WE NEED TO WAIT FOR THE SECOND ROUND TO ANSWER THEM. BUT BASED ON MY OPENING STATEMENTS ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO DIFFERENTLY ON WHAT WE KNOW HAS NOT BEEN WORKING, WHAT INVESTMENTS ARE WE MAKING TO INCREASE LITERACY RATES? HOW MANY SCHOOLS ARE USING RESEARCHED BASED CURRICULUM? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING ON HOW TO TEACH CHILDREN TO READ USING RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE BASED CURRICULUM? WHAT TARGETED INTERVENTIONS ARE WE EMPLOYING TO HELP OLDER STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH LITERACY AND WE SPEND CLOSE TO 32,000 PER STUDENT THE MOST OF ANY URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY AND THIS IS MY FOURTH BUDGET ADVOCATING FOR ATHLETICS AND INVESTING MORE IN THE FIRST YEAR YOU KNOW DID THAT RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT DESPITE THE HIGH AMOUNT SPEND PER STUDENT WE WERE ONLY INVESTING $72 PER STUDENT FOR OUR ATHLETICS AND LAST YEAR YOU CAME AND YOU SAID WE'RE SPENDING 93 I THINK AND BUT THAT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE USING THE TEMPORARY ESSER FUNDING WHICH WILL BE GONE SO WHAT WILL THE TOTAL PER STUDENT INVESTMENT FOR OUR ATHLETICS BE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR COMING UP WE CONTINUE TO FUND CHRONICALLY UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOLS WITHOUT A MASTER FACILITIES PLAN WHICH I WOULD ARGUE WAS MAYBE ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS WITH OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT.  I BELIEVE THERE'S STILL ABOUT 33 TRANSFORMATIONAL SCHOOLS IN THE SYSTEM AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED RIGHTFULLY SO TO HELP TRANSFORM THEM. HOW MUCH IS THAT AMOUNT WE SPEND AND IS IT TRUE THAT THERE WAS NO SCHOOL THAT ACHIEVED HIGH GROWTH OR WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER HIGHER THAN 60% BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECTED TO GET AT LEAST 60% GROWTH AND NONE OF THE SCHOOLS REACH THAT IN OUR L.A. SCORES FOR 328 WENT DOWN ACTUALLY DESPITE ALL THAT INTERVENTION AND ON THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IN BUSSES, THE WE HAVE IMPROVED WE WERE 38% ON AVERAGE ACROSS THE SYSTEM THIS PAST YEAR AND NOW WE'RE AT 31% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT.  BUT THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A RANGE THE ELLIOT SCHOOL IS THE LOWEST THEY'RE 9% AND WE HAVE BOSTON DAY AND THE EVENING ACADEMY AT 98%. YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE MEL KING PREP AT 94% AND HOW MUCH LOSS OF INSTRUCTION DOES THAT TURN INTO DOLLARS LIKE HOW MUCH MONEY DOES IT COST US TO THEN MAKE UP FOR STUDENTS WHO AREN'T IN SCHOOL OR LATE FOR SCHOOL AND TO CARRYOVER FROM COUNCIL ? FLYNN BROUGHT UP BUS QUESTIONS . WE HAD THAT HEARING LAST WEEK AND I DID SUBMIT BECAUSE THERE WHAT AS THE LEAD SPONSOR I DID INVITE SOMEONE FROM BECAUSE MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH LATE BUSSES IS THAT STUDENTS ARE MISSING INSTRUCTION AND SO I DID PUT ON THE RECORD YOU PROBABLY ALREADY GOT THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD ANSWER. BUT MY KEY QUESTION FOR THAT WHICH WOULD TIE IN TO BUDGET HERE IS HOW MANY HOURS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME ARE LOST EACH DAY TO LATE BUSSES?  HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE BEING TRANSPORTED OVER A MILE FROM THEIR HOME AND HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THEIR ARRIVAL TIME AND THEIR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE?  IS THERE A CORRELATION BETWEEN LATE ARRIVALS AND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM?  IS THERE A CORRELATION BETWEEN LATE ARRIVAL ROUTES AND OUR TRANSFORMATIONAL SCHOOLS AND HEARING FROM MANY PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS THAT THEY'RE FORCED TO IMPLEMENT WHAT THEY WOULD CALL A WATERFALL SCHEDULE BECAUSE BUSSES ARE BEING LATE EVERY DAY AND IF MATH'S THE FIRST PERIOD EVERY DAY THEY HAVE TO SWITCH IT UP SO THAT STUDENTS AREN'T MISSING THE SAME CLASS EVERY DAY. AND ALTHOUGH YOU KNOW WE GET MOST OF OUR STUDENTS TO SCHOOL ON TIME WHEN WE'RE AT 90 THAT'S STILL OVER 2000 KIDS EVERY DAY ARE LATE. MANY OF OUR KIDS WE KNOW THE INCREASE OF 1 TO 1 BUS MONITORS AND STUDENTS WHO GET DOOR TO DOOR ARE OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS. SO THEY'RE I MEAN LIKE I SAID AT THE MEETING LAST WEEK, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS DESERVE A FULL DAY OF SCHOOL ON TIME.  SO WHAT COST YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL COST IS THAT IN DISRUPTION IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IS THERE A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THESE LATER BUS ROUTES AND OUR UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOLS ? SO WE'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH SOME OF THESE.  I THINK THE OTHER IS YOU'VE ALREADY HAVE A REQUEST FOR THE OTHER TWO SO WE'LL GET SOME OF THAT BACK IN WRITING. I'M GOING TO START JUST VERY QUICKLY ON TWO EXAMPLES OF WHERE WE'RE DOING WHAT YOU'RE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING WHICH IS THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND THEN I'M A Q DR. CHEN TO TAKE ON SOME OF THE ACADEMIC AND I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY ASK CHIEF MCCARTHY TO COME DOWN TO TALK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. SO JUST TWO QUICK EXAMPLES. THIS SUMMER WAS ALMOST ENTIRELY ON OUR BUDGET. WE HAVE METHODICALLY MOVED THAT OVER AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND RECOGNIZING IT'S SUCH A KEY IMPACT AREA FOR THE STUDENTS. BUT WE HAVE ALSO PUT IN VERY STRICT MEASUREMENT AROUND A COMBINATION OF ATTENDANCE,  ENGAGEMENT AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT ACADEMICALLY FOR STUDENTS PRE AND POST MEANING WE'RE IDENTIFYING PARTNERS THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE FOR AND THEN WE ARE NOT HIRING THOSE SAME PARTNERS TO DELIVER THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO IN DOING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BOTH BRING DOWN SOME OF THE COST OF SUMMER BUT STILL FROM A CAPACITY STANDPOINT SERVE THE SAME NUMBER MORE STUDENTS.  THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. I THINK THE ZERO BASED BUDGET THERE'S NOT MANY DISTRICTS THAT DO THAT. IT'S SOMETHING WE DID BEFORE. I'M VERY PROUD OF IT. I THINK CHIEF AND THE CHIEFS HAVE TAKEN THIS ON SERIOUSLY AND I THINK IT GETS TO THE HEART OF WHAT THE COUNCIL IS ASKING FOR WHICH IS THAT WE METHODICALLY EVERY YEAR GO THROUGH WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THE KIDS FROM THAT RESOURCE AND THEN MAKING THOSE DECISIONS.  WITH THAT DR. JOHN SURE. I'LL START ON THE LITERACY QUESTIONS AND CHIEF RYAN MILLER WHO IS BEHIND ME WILL WILL ANSWER MORE SPECIFICALLY SO YOU HAVE THOSE DETAILS BUT WE WE DEFINITELY AGREE AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE EARLY LITERACY CONCERNS.  THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS OF BYPASS REALLY DOUBLED DOWN ON IN THE PAST WE HAD A WIDER VARIETY OF KINDS OF LITERACY LEARNING THAT'S HAPPENING AND NOW WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY GRADES ON FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH BASED LITERACY PRACTICES.  PART OF THAT IS REQUIRED TRAINING THAT ALL TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS RECEIVE SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND ALL THE ASPECTS OF THAT.  WE'VE ALSO PUT IN COMMITMENTS AROUND CURRICULUM THAT REALLY TARGET SPECIFIC READING SKILLS AND THOSE ARE RESEARCH BASED CURRICULUM.  AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LESLIE RYAN MILLER WHO HAS SOME NUMBERS IN TERMS OF HOW MANY SCHOOLS AND SO ON THAT YOU ASKED.  THANK YOU. SURE. GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL . GOOD TO BE HERE. SO IN TERMS OF OUR HQ I AM HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTOR MATERIAL ADOPTION.  WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE IN TERMS OF ELA ACROSS SCHOOLS WE ARE AT 94% IMPLEMENTATION IN MATH. WE ARE AT 87% IMPLEMENTATION IN SCIENCE WE ARE AT 89% IMPLEMENTATION AND ACROSS ALL THREE SUBJECTS AT 84% IMPLEMENTATION AND SOME OF THAT IS STILL WE'RE STILL COLLECTING DATA AS SOME SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO OPT IN IN TERMS OF TRAININGS, PART OF OUR EQUITABLE LITERACY INITIATIVE IS REALLY AROUND SHARING WITH EDUCATORS HOW DO CHILDREN BECOME LITERATE? SO WE'RE REALLY ON TWO TRACKS FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING BOTH UNDERSTANDING HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND HOW TO USE THEM PROPERLY.  THAT IS A BIG FOCUS OF OUR WORK. WE ARE USING 12 HOURS OF OUR CONTRACTUAL BTU PD TO DELVE INTO THAT WORK AND WE ARE DOING THAT BY CONTENT AREA.  SO LET'S SAY A SCHOOL HAS ADOPTED ILLUSTRATIVE MATH THEN THAT WORK IS THE THE FOCUS OF THAT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IS AROUND ILLUSTRATIVE MATH AND THINKING ABOUT CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ARE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS. HOW DO THEY FIND ACCESS POINTS WITHIN THAT CURRICULUM TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING EXPOSED TO GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS ALIGNED LEARNING?  THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS HOW DO CHILDREN BECOME AND A BIG PART OF THAT FOR OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD WE'RE USING LETTERS TRAINING AND WE ARE AT 90% 97% IMPLEMENTATION WITH THAT AND REALLY THAT DISCREPANCY AT 100% REALLY HAS TO DO WITH NEW TEACHERS COMING INTO THE SYSTEM AND FINDING THE TIME TO HAVE THEM TRAINED PROPERLY. WE REALLY WORK TO ADJUST OUR PRACTICE BASED ON THE DATA CERTAINLY THE DATA WAS NOT WHAT WE WANTED IT TO BE. WE SEE A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE. ONE RATIONALE IS THAT AS TEACHERS ARE REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE DATA THERE'S AN IMPLEMENTATION CURVE. SO I HOPE WHEN I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU NEXT YEAR THAT DATA LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG FOCUS FOR US. WE'RE ALSO WORKING NOT JUST WITH OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD BUT BEYOND THAT SPECIFIC SUPPORTS WHICH IS GOING INTO TIER TWO TRAINING TEACHERS AROUND AND GILLINGHAM FOUNDATIONS. WILSON BECAUSE THOSE ARE WHILE COULD BE TIER TWO AND TIER TWO TIER THREE THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY AS THEY CAN BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CLASSROOM TEACHER WHEN APPROPRIATE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THING I WAS GOING TO SAY I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.  I'M SURE IT WILL COME BACK TO ME . YOU HAD ANOTHER QUESTION? I'M NOT SURE I ANSWERED EVERYTHING.  IT'S YOU DID MENTION HOW PRINCIPALS ARE ABLE TO OPT IN.  ARE YOU STILL ALLOWING UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOLS TO OPT IN TO THIS RESEARCH BASED OR THEIR SCHOOLS THAT YOU'RE.  GREAT QUESTION. SO ALL OF OUR TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS THEY DO NOT HAVE THE OPTION THEY MUST USE SKIM AND THE SCHOOLS THAT QUITE FRANKLY ARE NOT USING IT AT THIS POINT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A RACIAL EQUITY PLANNING TOOL PROCESS AND THEY ARE SUGGESTING OTHER CURRICULUM AND WE ARE VETTING THOSE CURRENTLY I I KNOW I'M OUT OF TIME. THERE'LL BE A STICK AROUND. I DO JUST WANT TO END WITH ONE STATEMENT. I KNOW THAT THE MURPHY SCHOOL, THE COMMUNITY CENTER IT WAS CLOSED THE LAST TWO SUMMERS HAD NO MAJOR FACTOR IN MAINTENANCE WORK AND LAST NIGHT WE WERE CONCERNED FOR SURE WE WERE AT THE THANKSGIVING SENIOR SUPPER AND THE HEAT WASN'T WORKING.  YOU KNOW, THE CAFETERIA AND THE SENIORS WERE WITH YOU KNOW,  JACKETS AND COMPLAINING THEY WERE COLD BUT THEY WERE WE WERE GIVING THEM NICE HOT TURKEY AND COFFEE BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE DO SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS AND WE DO DO INVESTMENTS I KNOW WE HAVE A HEARING COMING UP ABOUT THE CONDON SCHOOL MAKING SURE LIKE THAT LAST THING THAT NEEDS TO BE TO GET A POOL OPEN OR TO MAKE SURE THE HEAT IS WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITY CENTER IS THAT THAT THAT HAPPENS AND THAT IT'S NOT A WHOLE LONG PROCESS TO GET THOSE THINGS FIXED I THINK YOU CAN'T ALL CAN CHIEF MCCARTHY JUST DO A QUICK MINUTE ON ABSOLUTE WE HAVE TO CHIEF MCCARTHY WE'RE GOING TO COUNT COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. CHIEF MCCARTHY THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I'M SORRY . I'M THE WORST DRESSED PERSON IN THE ROOM, BUT YOU GUYS ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.  THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IN OUR SCHOOLS. I THINK THIS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE QUESTION I'M I MEAN, THE PAST YEAR WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.  EACH REGION HAS A SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE WHO SERVES AS A STRATEGIC IC FACILITATORS WHO WORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS TO CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURES,  GUIDANCE AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT.  CURRENTLY WE'RE GETTING SET TO WOW WE HAVE IMPROVED NUMBERS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. WE WE KNOW IT'S AN ONGOING IT'S AN ONGOING CHALLENGE TO GET OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO SCHOOL SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH A A NEW AND IMPROVED STRATEGY BUILT ON A PILOT THAT WE DID LAST YEAR THAT WE FOUND TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I THINK WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM WE REALLY HAVE TO ADDRESS THE THE REALITY OF THE ROOT CAUSES AND THEN RESPOND TO THEM.  AND I THINK WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO WITH THIS WITH THIS SORT OF STRATEGY IS TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE ROOT CAUSES AND I COULD GIVE YOU A LIST AND BY HAVING THOSE SORT OF ROOT CAUSES THEN UNEARTH DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS WHETHER IT'S MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS, WHETHER IT'S STUDENTS WHO ARE AT HOME IN HOSPITAL WE HAVE A TIER THREE SPECIALIST WHO IS A SOCIAL WORKER WHO WORKS SPECIFICALLY WITH STUDENTS WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANT HEALTH PROBLEMS AND SHE HAS BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB WORKING WITH WITH HEALTH SERVICES AS WELL TO GET THOSE STUDENTS TO RETURN TO SCHOOL WHETHER DURING THEY HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED OR THEY THEY HAVE SOME MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER APPROACHES THAT WE FEEL WILL ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE AN INCREASED SENSE OF BELONGING.  YOU KNOW, IF KIDS AREN'T TO YOUR POINT, IF KIDS ARE MISSING SCHOOL THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE INSTRUCTION WE ARE WE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO SORT OF FILL THOSE GAPS.  ONE EXAMPLE IS HAVING ATTENDED BY BACK ANOTHER PIECE IS GRADE RECOVERY NOW CREDIT RECOVERY GRADE RECOVERY WE WANT TO FILL THE GAPS WHERE KIDS WHERE WHEN MARCH COMES AROUND KIDS COULD SAY HEY, I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I COULD GET THIS DAY BACK AND YOU KNOW, WHATEVER HOURS IT IS, WHETHER IT'S 11 P.M. OR 11 A.M., WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO TRY TO GET OUR KIDS ENGAGED AND IN THE BUILDING AND THEN TO FURTHER ANSWER YOUR OTHER QUESTION ABOUT ATHLETICS, WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN ATHLETICS. SOME OF THEM ARE STRUCTURAL.  WE ARE WE ARE CHANGING OUR APPROACH ATHLETICS.  WE ARE HIRING A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SPORTS ADMINISTRATION ATHLETICS HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS IS IT INVOLVES MORE WELLNESS, A LOT OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT WE NEED ARE WE NEED OUR KIDS TO BE JUST MORE THAN BE PHYSICALLY GIFTED. WE NEED THEM TO BE MENTALLY PREPARED AND THAT THAT IS A HUGE STEP BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO WORK WITH YOU ALL MORE FLUIDLY TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ACCORDINGLY AND MAKE THE INVESTMENTS THAT'S BEST THAT THE KIDS WANT AND THE FAMILIES WANT THE BEST INVESTMENT WOULD BE INTERNAL.  THANK YOU COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU CHAIR. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S QUESTIONS AND MY COLLEAGUES EXCUSE ME EVERYONE DANCERS AND MY COLLEAGUES THERE ARE QUESTIONS I'LL FOCUS IT IN ON MY DISTRICT WITH THE TIME THAT I HAVE JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MOVING ALONG IN MY DISTRICT THAT I EXPRESSED TO YOU IN OUR FIRST COFFEE MEETING WHEN YOU GOT THE JOB WERE PRIORITIES OF MINE AND WERE NECESSARY CHANGES IN MY DISTRICT FIRST OF WHICH BEING THE O'DONNELL SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS. THANK YOU MUCH AFTER TALKING ABOUT IT MANY MANY TIMES OVER I WALK PAST IT EVERY DAY AND IT'S IT'S LOOKING BEAUTIFUL SO I'M EXCITED FOR THE COMPLETION OF THAT PROJECT AND THE RIBBON CUTTING THOSE KIDS DESERVE A WONDERFUL OUTDOOR SPACE. MANY OF THEM DON'T HAVE BACKYARDS SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO ME . SO THANK YOU FOR THAT BY THE EAST I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE THERE WAS CHALLENGES WITH EAST BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL BEING ABLE TO TAKE IN ALL OF THESE MULTI-LINGUAL LEARNERS AND SO HAVING THEM HAVE A SPACE TO GET THIS EDUCATION, TO GET THIS CAREER READINESS IS SO IMPORTANT TO ENSURING THAT THEY ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF THIS COMMUNITY. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WALKING WELCOMING THAT SCHOOL COMMUNITY MORE BROADLY.  THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE SCIENCE CURRICULUM THAT I MET WITH THE STEAM AND HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE UP AND RUNNING TO THE CIVIC ACTION PROJECT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE CLIMATE CONSCIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAVE OURSELVES SOMEDAY FROM THIS CLIMATE CRISIS AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT STILL REMAIN AND SO I'LL LIST THEM AND THEN WE CAN TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE SPECIFICS. SO I'M VERY LUCKY IN MY DISTRICT WE HAVE INCREDIBLE SCHOOLS AND THEY ARE IN EXTREMELY POPULAR. WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF SPACE AND IN ADDITION TO THAT THERE IS A BABY BOOM IN MY DISTRICT. IF YOU WALK AROUND CHARLESTOWN THERE ARE STROLLERS EVERYWHERE AND SO WE LOVE THE FACT THAT FAMILIES ARE MOVING INTO MY DISTRICT. SO CURIOUS TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THE LONGER TERM FACILITY STRATEGIES ARE WITH SPACE IN MY DISTRICT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT 189 PARISH STREET AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE I KNOW WE I'VE ASKED THIS MANY TIMES I'LL ASK AGAIN THE OTHER THING IS SAFETY AND SO SOME SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT HAVE CAMERAS OUTSIDE OF THEIR DOORS . ONE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR THAT I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT AND THE TIMELINE FOR THAT IS HARVARD KENT UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS AN INCIDENT ON PARK STREET AND THEY DO HAVE AN EMOTIONAL OR IS IT AN INDEPENDENT STRAIN I FORGET WHAT YOU CALL IT THE AUDIENCE STUDENTS WITH AN IEP FOR EMOTIONAL IMPAIRMENT AND SO EMOTIONAL IMPAIRMENT AND SO SOME OF THEM ARE IN CRISIS. THEY RUN OUT THE DOOR.  THERE'S 16 DIFFERENT DOORS THAT THEY COULD GO THROUGH. AND SO WITHOUT THAT CAMERA SYSTEM THE TEACHERS DON'T REALLY KNOW WHICH DIRECTION THEY RUN IN OR CONVERSELY IN SOME IN AN UNSPEAKABLE INSTANCE WHERE THERE IS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER THERE'S A BANGING ON THE DOOR AND YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE WHO'S THERE. AND SO THE ELIOT SCHOOL HAS A I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HARVARD KENT HAS IT. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T WE START WITH THAT AND IF WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME ASK MY THIRD QUESTION. THANK YOU AND FOR THOSE QUESTIONS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IN YOUR DISTRICT. SO WITH REGARD TO 29 PARISH STREET, WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AND IN COLLABORATION WITH YOUR OFFICE WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR I BELIEVE 20TH OF THIS MONTH TO BRING THE PROPOSAL TO THE COMMUNITY TO ALLOW FOR PARKING AND ELECTRIFYING BUS STATION CHARGING STATION IN THAT LOT. SO THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE EVENING TIME AND THEN AVAILABLE FOR STAFF PARKING IN THE DAYTIME. SO WE DO HAVE A MEETING SET UP THROUGH YOUR OFFICE I BELIEVE BEFORE THE 20TH SO THAT WILL BE ONGOING AND THEN WE HOPE TO HOPEFULLY AFTER THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK WE'LL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE NEXT STEPS WITH OUR CITY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE CURB CUT AND HOW WE IMPLEMENT ON THAT STRATEGY IF THE COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED IN STILL DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S ONGOING AND THE THE NEXT STEPS IF YOU NEED ANYTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT BUILDING THOUGH I KNOW THAT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO POTENTIALLY BE AN EXTANT EXPANSION OF POTENTIALLY THE OLDER SCHOOL. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT OR YEAH MAYBE A PROCESS YEAH RIGHT NOW WE'RE WE'RE NOT IN POSITION TO BUILD A BUILDING THERE JUST YET. WE ARE DOING SOME ANALYSIS WITH CAPITAL PLANNING TEAM AND OUR CITY COLLEAGUES AROUND THE BROADER LONG TERM FACILITIES PLANNING. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST UTILIZING A LOT OF THAT I WOULD SAY. BUT OF COURSE RIGHT NOW PARISHES SHE'S NOT WHERE THOSE PRIORITIES SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF IT NOW AND THE BEST USE WE'VE HEARD SO FAR IS THE IS THE PARKING IN THAT AREA AND PARKING FOR STAFF IN THAT AREA. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO OUR STATION DEPARTMENT TO HAVE ACCESS TO CHARGING STATIONS IN THAT AREA SO THE BUSSES THAT ARE COMING BACK TO THE TUNNEL TO RECHARGE UP. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE ALL THOSE NEEDS AS WELL. IT'S HARD TO HEAR THAT THE EXPANSION OF SEATS IS NOT A PRIORITY IN MY DISTRICT AS A AS A DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR I HEAR YOU AND I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM WHERE THERE ARE SOME GREATER NEEDS AND GREATER PRIORITIES BUT SEEING THAT WE DO HAVE MORE KIDS COMING THROUGH MY DISTRICT, I THINK IT SHOULD BE ELEVATED ON THE LIST AND I WILL ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR MY DISTRICT IN THAT SENSE. I APPRECIATE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE DATA AND WE'LL LOOK AT WITHIN THE PLAN. YEAH, I ALSO THINK THE POINT ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF THE YOUNGER STUDENTS ARE VERY MUCH IN THE CHARLESTOWN AREA. IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE TRACKING WE ADDED WITH WARREN PRESCOTT ADDITIONAL SIX CLASSROOMS TO CREATE SOME OF THAT RELIEF.  I ALSO THINK THIS IS DEEPLY AROUND AS WE LOOK AT SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE WE ACTUALLY SEE SOMETIMES THE OPPOSITE ISSUE WHICH IS WE SEE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES ARE SHRINKING AND SOMETIMES SHRINKING LIKE TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S A SINGLE STRAND, A SINGLE CLASSROOM OR YOU HAVE DISPROPORTIONATE SPECIAL EDUCATION MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT AS WE DO ACROSS THE DISTRICT YOU KNOW, WITHIN EAST BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN TO SEE WHAT CHANGES GREAT CONFIGURATION CHANGES COULD POSSIBLY SUPPORT OR HELP THAT OFTEN GIVES US ADDITIONAL SPACE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THE YOUNGER STANDING.  I THINK THE OTHER THE OTHER PIECE WITH THESE BOSTON IN BY THE EAST WHICH IS EXCITING IS THAT IT CREATES MORE SPACE AT EAST BOSTON HIGH FOR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN SORT OF CAPPED WHEREAS I THINK THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME FLOW TO HAPPEN THERE BETWEEN THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE AND IS BOSTON TO GET THE STUDENTS KIND OF STARTED EARLIER. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE UNDERTAKING IN STUDYING AS WELL. OKAY. I'M SORRY , CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THE THE SECURITY?  SURE. WHAT GOES INTO THE DECISION TO PUT CAMERAS IN ONE SCHOOL, NOT THE OTHER I GUESS DO YOU DO AN ASSESSMENT LIKE WHAT IS THE QUALITY SEE AND TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL KIND OF HOW WE'VE APPROACHED IT OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.  THIS WAS ACTUALLY A PRIORITY AREA FOR ME SIMPLY FOR SOME OF THE REASONS YOU'RE OUTLINING WHICH IS THAT POPULATIONS OF STUDENTS WHERE THEY MIGHT LEAVE THE SCHOOL AND FOR A SAFETY REASON WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT BUT ALSO FOR AN INTRUDER PURPOSE WE WANT TO KNOW THAT WHICH WAS THE CASE WITH THE HARVARD KENT SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN SORT OF PUT ON HOLD. WE UNSTUCK IT WHEN I CAME IN IT'S TYPICALLY TIED INTO THE CAPITAL FOR US AND HOW MUCH WE CAN STRETCH CAPITAL DOLLARS ACROSS ALL OF THE PHYSICAL NEEDS OF THE BUILDINGS BUT TERMS OF THE HARVARD COUNT WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT ONE RIGHT NOW. WE ALWAYS DOORS TO HAVE CAMERAS. THAT'S ALWAYS A GOAL. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CAMERAS ON THE OUTSIDE VERSUS THE CAMERAS ON THE INSIDE. SO SAM, DO YOU WANT TO JUST REVIEW LIKE HOW THE SCHOOLS GET ONTO THE LIST? SURE. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE LIEUTENANT SKIPPER WAS ABLE TO ALLOCATE 30 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS FOR US TO INVEST IN CAMERAS AND UPDATE CAMERAS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.  WE'VE REPRIORITIZE OUR SCHOOLS WITH OUR FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND ALSO CONSIDER NEIGHBORHOOD DYNAMICS OF THE CITY AND THE POPULATION OF STUDENTS WITHIN THE BUILDING AS WELL. SO TO DATE WE'RE UP TO ABOUT 30 SCHOOLS THAT WE'VE UPGRADED AND IN AND OPERATE CAMERA SYSTEMS RIGHT NOW HARVARD KENT IS NUMBER ONE OR FOUR ON THE LIST. THERE'S ABOUT 60 SCHOOLS AHEAD BASED ON SOME OF THOSE CRITERIA. SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE LIST AND WORKING THROUGH OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, MAKE SURE WE PLAN FOR THOSE INVESTMENT AS WELL. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL AT THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS WITH ALL THE SCHOOLS BUT FOR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE SPECIFIC KIND OF INCIDENCES WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE INTERIM WHILE THEY WAIT FOR THE CAMERAS PARTICULARLY WITH THE OUTSIDE CAMERAS. RIGHT. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. KASPER'S CHAIR OF THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.  LET'S CURIOUS ABOUT THIS JUST THE RESULTS OF QUESTION TWO HAVE ANY EFFECT ON OUR BUDGET OR DO WE KNOW LIKE DO WE KNOW WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. I WISH I KNEW THE ANSWER SO I THINK WE'RE WAITING FRANKLY TO SEE SOME GUIDANCE. I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING SEE MUCH UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE RESUMES.  THERE'S STILL YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF NARRATIVES THAT ARE OUT THERE ABOUT POTENTIAL CHANGES OR PROPOSALS OR SO I THINK WE HAVE TO SORT OF WAIT ON THAT I THINK FOR FOR OUR PURPOSES THERE'S A COUPLE THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS IT DOES NOT STRIKE DOWN IN CASO IN CASH WILL CONTINUE TO BE A TEST IN ADDITION TO ALL THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WE DO WITH STUDENTS. RIGHT. MANY ORGANIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT STUDENTS NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WITH AND WHERE THERE'S GAPS I THINK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WE WE PASSED BACK IN 2021 IN SCHOOL COMMITTEE A MASS CORE GRADUATION THAT IS DONE THERE THAT'S SORT OF THE MINORITY OF THE STATE THAT HAS DONE THAT. IT'S YOU KNOW OF COURSE HE WANTS A 22 KINDS OF COURSES THAT REACH A PARTICULAR COLLEGE PREPARATORY STANDARD THAT AS HE PUT OUT AS A FRAMEWORK WHEN WE MADE IT A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT WE HAVE BEEN INVESTING TOWARD THAT THAT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON BUDGET BECAUSE FOR INSTANCE STUDENTS HAVE TO TAKE FOUR YEARS ENGLISH FOUR YEARS MATH THREE YEARS SCIENCE AT THREE YEARS SOCIAL STUDIES WE HAD TO ADD INTO THE BUDGET TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. ADDITIONALLY, ON THE ELECTIVE SIDE OF THE HOUSE WE WERE NOT MEASURING UP ARTS AND MUSIC FOR INSTANCE OR IN OUR CASE LIKE EARLY COLLEGE. SO THERE'S BEEN BIG INFUSIONS OF DOLLARS TO ADD FEES TOWARD THE MASS CORE COMPLETION.  WE'RE OVER 50% NOW OF STUDENTS AT THAT MASS CORE LEVEL MOST OF THE STUFF THAT STILL EXISTS WE JUST DID AN UPDATED SCHOOL COMMITTEE WILL EITHER REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL FTE IS RELATIVE TO OUR MUSIC COLLECTIVE OR SCHEDULE SUPPORT BUT WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD THAT THAT'S ALREADY IN PROCESS FOR US AND THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN LIEU OF MARCUS AS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT THAT THEY MIGHT SUPPLEMENT AND PUT IN MASS CORE. SO IT'S EARLY TO TELL BUT JUST FOR US TO DO MASS CORE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME REFLECTION OF THAT IN THE BUDGET.  THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. AND I'LL ALWAYS SAY THE SCHOOL HAS A DIFFERENT TRIPLE-A BOND RATING OF ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS AND ARTS AND SO I LIKE TO SEE THE MONEY GOING INTO THE ARTS. I THINK IF YOU HAVE ALL THREE OF THOSE YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD GET IN TERMS OF THE INCLUSION MODEL FOLKS I'VE TALKED TO THE SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT THEY TALK ABOUT THE SPACE REQUIRED RIGHT AND YOU KNOW EVEN IF TRYING TO GIVE A SCHOOL DONE BY HAND THEY KNOW THAT THE MURPHY SCHOOL IT'S BUILT FOR 600 BUT THEY HAVE 900, RIGHT. SO THEY AN IMPORTANT THING THERE AT THE KENNEDY SCHOOL, RIGHT? THERE'S NO GYM. THERE'S NO ANY OF THAT RIGHT.  THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER PLACES. BUT THE SPACE PIECE IS SOMETHING THAT HAS CONSISTENTLY COME UP AND I KNOW IN TERMS OF THE LONG TERM CAPITAL PLAN AND HOW MANY NEW SCHOOLS WE CAN BUILD OR I MEAN THE THINGS WE'RE DOING A GREAT WE'RE DOING WINDOWS AND HEATERS AND MAKE UPDATING THAT STUFF BUT THAT DOESN'T ADD THE SPACE TO MAKE THE INCLUSION DONE RIGHT TO SORT OF WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF CONCERN AND I KNOW WE'LL LOOK AT THE GET TO SEE THE CAPITAL PLAN AT SOME POINT BUT THE FOLKS I'VE TALKED TO SEEM THAT'S SO VITAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS INCLUSION WORKS THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A SPACE TO TAKE KIDS WHEN THEY DO NEED TO BE SEPARATED IN THE TOUCH. RIGHT SO I DO THINK THAT THERE IS PARTICULARLY AS WE'VE SEEN IN A VERY HEALTHY AND GOOD WAY INCORPORATED MORE ELECTED PIECES BUT ALSO MORE ITINERANT PIECES IN MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS. IT'S CREATED TENSION OF NEEDING SPACES TO DO THOSE THINGS. I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO IEP TO YOUR INCLUSIVE ED I'LL JUST ASK DR. JENN TO TALK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT HOW THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS TO DELIVER THAT THAT DON'T NECESSARILY NEED MORE SPACE BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY UNDERPINNING IN THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN AS WE TALK ABOUT CREATING THE HIGH QUALITY STUDENT EXPERIENCE THAT IS THAT THE STUDENT HAS ACCESS TO THE TYPES OF SPACES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE STRATEGY AS WE PROPOSE THINGS LIKE MERGES OR NEW BUILDINGS. IT'S TO ADDRESS AND TAKE OFF LINE EITHER BUILDINGS OR SEATS THAT DID NOT HAVE THAT HIGH QUALITY OPPORTUNITY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER. AND THEN DR. JEN JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT LIKE TERMS OF THE TEAMING. THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS SCHOOLS CAN APPROACH IT. SURE. VERY QUICKLY THERE IS A WAY FOR SPECIALIST TEACHERS TO COME INTO THE CLASSROOM AND ACTUALLY BE WITH THE STUDENTS RATHER THAN HAVING TO HAVE AN ISOLATED OUT OF THE CLASSROOM SPACE AND WITHIN THAT CLASSROOM THERE'S DIFFERENT TIMES OF EXCUSE ME TYPES OF CONFIGURING ATIONS WHERE THEY COULD BE DOING SIDE BY SIDE TEACHING. THEY CAN BE DOING STATION TEACHING SO THAT WAY YOU HAVE THE BENEFITS OF BOTH TEACHERS BEING IN THE CLASSROOM AS WELL AS THE STUDENTS BEING ALONGSIDE THEIR PEERS.  THAT'S GREAT AND I THINK I SHOULD SAY THAT WHEN I HEAR THAT I HEAR SPACE AND SUPPORT RIGHT? HAVING THE RIGHT YEAH. NOT JUST ONE TEACHER EVEN IF IT'S DUAL CERTIFIED BUT TO HAVE THE RIGHT POWER IS THE AMOUNT OF POWERS AND THE SPACE TO DO THIS IS WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED SO I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE THINK ON THE SAME LEVEL MONTHLY THAT SHOULD WHERE WE CAN AND HAVE MODIFIED SPACE NEEDS BASED ON A PROGRAM WE HAVE DONE THAT IN SOME AREAS AS WELL SO WE HAVE DONE SOME MODIFICATIONS OF SPACE. GREAT.  THANK YOU. AND LASTLY THIS ONE I KNOW IT'S SORT OF AS I'M SEEING IT NOW GOING THROUGH MY OWN WITH MY OWN CHILDREN IS HOW IMPORTANT PARENT INVOLVEMENT IS. RIGHT. AND THAT WE KNOW THAT MOST OF THIS STUFF IS STARTS AT HOME AND MY WIFE WHO'S A READING SPECIALIST AND NOT BEEPS BUT WE'RE GOING TO READ THE KIDS THREE BOOKS A NIGHT. RIGHT. AND SHE'S LIKE I WANT THE GAMES ON TO LIKE THREE BOOKS IS A LOT OF BOOKS EVERY NIGHT TO READ RIGHT. AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO LIKE I GET THE HUMAN MOTION OF BEING LIKE MAYBE WE'LL SKIP TONIGHT OR WHATEVER BUT SHE'S DEAD SET ON IT. ALL MY KIDS WERE READING BEFORE KINDERGARTEN WAS EVEN OVER AND SO WHEN YOU SEE IT LIKE I'M A BELIEVER NOW, RIGHT? AND I'M LIKE AND I WAS. DON'T GET ME WRONG I LOVE READING TO MY KIDS. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUT LET ME LIKE THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN A CELTS GAME IN A WHILE BUT WHAT IS THE SORT OF LIKE OUT OF THE BOX THINKING A RADICAL THING WE CAN DO OR THAT YOU GUYS MAY BE THINKING ABOUT THAT THE BUDGET IS EITHER GOING TO OR SHOULD BE GOING TOWARDS TO GET PARENTS TO NOT JUST READ THE THREE BOOKS A NIGHT TO THEIR KID BUT TO JUST GET THEM MORE INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATIONAL WELL-BEING. RIGHT. AND BECAUSE THERE'S GOT TO BE I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT MONETARY BUT THE WAY THE WORLD IS TODAY IT'S LIKE YOU GOT TO GIVE SOMEBODY A CARROT TO GET THEM INVOLVED. THAT'S UNFORTUNATE AS IT IS BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY IDEAS YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT. YEAH, I MEAN I THINK I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE IS WE'RE DOING A LOT AROUND PARENT MENTORING AS A WAY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE AND ENCOURAGE KIND OF INFORMATION SHARING BEST PRACTICE. BUT I THINK THE OTHER THING IS EQUITABLE LITERACY REALLY IS INTENDED TO BRING THE FAMILIES INTO IT SO MAYBE EITHER MAGALI OR MIRIAM YOU COULD JUST SPEAK TO HOW YOU WITH HER UNIVERSITY PULL THAT IN. YEAH MAYBE SOME YEAH. OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YEAH. SO WE HAVE OUR PARENT UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS AND THROUGH OUR PRIVATE UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS WE ACTUALLY TAKE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP OUR FAMILIES UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN ACTUALLY ENGAGE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AT HOME AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EQUITABLE LITERACY PROGRAMS. AND SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITY FOR DIFFERENT COURSES THAT OUR TEAM PROVIDES OUR PARENTS IN DIVERSE LANGUAGES IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR FAMILIES, TO HELP THEM, TO TEACH THEM, TO SHOW THEM AND TO REMIND THEM OF THE CRITICAL ILLNESS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF READING TO THEIR FAMILIES. SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO.  THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS WITH OUR FAMILY LIAISON THROUGH A READING ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM THERE AND LATIN HERITAGE MONTH AND WE HAVE ALL OF OUR FAMILIES THERE AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THE CRITICAL MASS OF READING AND INVOLVED OUR PARENTS AND OUR KINDERGARTENS STUDENTS AT THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO ENGAGE OUR FAMILIES IN ENSURING THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. NO. GREAT. WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE INVESTMENT IN THAT AS WELL.  THANK YOU, JACK. THANK YOU. COUNT OPINION JANE IT'S IN THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  I KNOW THERE ARE ALREADY QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT SOME IN TERMS OF COST SAVINGS I HEARD SOME OF THAT AND I HEARD SOME OF YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT PROPOSAL ALIGNING OR HOW IT ALIGNS WITH PEPSI'S GOALS AND SO I'M GOOD WITH THAT BUT I DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC METRICS AND I AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF ME I WAS ASKING ABOUT RETURN ON INVESTMENT BUT ARE THERE BENCHMARKS THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY PUBLICIZE ON THE DASHBOARD SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY LIKE MONITOR IT?  AND AND I THINK THIS IS VERY SPECIFIC TO LIKE WHAT IS A TOOL WHERE CAN I FIND IT AND HOW DOES IT VISUALLY GIVE PEOPLE DIGESTIBLE INFORMATION? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK OBS COMES TO MIND TO START IS WE'VE BEEN USING A DASHBOARD SO SAM WE'VE BEEN MAKING SURE WE TRACK INFORMATION AND DATA ACROSS THE SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MOVING PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR GOALS AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THAT ALL MAPPED OUT SO I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU, SHARE WITH YOU ANY INFORMATION WE CAN TO GO FROM THAT INFORMATION DASHBOARDS ON A 1 TO 1 TIME WITH YOU IF THAT HELPS. SO I'VE BEEN WORKING I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE FRAMEWORK OR THE BLUEPRINT OF FOR THIS THING BUT IT'S NOT PUBLICIZED YET. YES, WE'VE BEEN WORKING BEHIND A SEED ROUND. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AND SINCE OUR LAST CONVERSATION AROUND IT YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE BEEN ENTERTAINING AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO. I'M THANK YOU FOR REMEMBERING I DID I DO REMEMBER THAT YOU PROMISED THAT YOU WERE GOING TO I DIDN'T PROMISE BUT I THINK I CAN SO YOUR BASELINE OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW THAT I HEARD YOU SUPERINTENDENT TALK ABOUT THAT BUDGET TO COMPARE IMPACT SPENDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR THESE PRIORITIES.  WE KNOW WHAT THE BASELINE WAS BEFORE US ARE. WE KNOW WHAT THE BASELINE IS OVER THE YEARS AND WE WE KNOW WHERE WE WANT TO BE. WILL ALL OF THAT BE COMMUNICATED SO WE CAN LOOK AT THE TRAJECTORY THE TRAJECTORY OF REACHING OUR GOALS.  SO YEAH, SO EACH DEPARTMENT AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT SAM WAS ALLUDING TO EACH DEPARTMENT IS COMING UP WITH ITS GOALS AND BENCHMARKS RELATIVE TO EVERYTHING FROM STUDENT OUTCOME TO PARTICULAR EFFICIENCIES AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS LEVEL SETTING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IN THE PAST THAT WE ARE NOW WORKING TOWARD I THINK OPERATIONS IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO DO THAT THAN IT IS ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE BUT EVEN ON THE ACADEMICS SIDE WE HAVE TO HAVE LIKE YOU HEARD LESLIE TALK ABOUT THE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION ARTERIALS IT'S ONE THING TO BUY THEM BUT ARE PEOPLE USING THEM? ARE THEY ADOPTING THEM?  SO WE'VE NOW DEVELOPED OBSERVATIONAL TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THOSE METRICS THAT CAN BE THAT ON THE IPT AND THE INCLUSION PLANNING IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME THING. WHAT ARE WE SEEING IN THE CLASSROOMS?  HOW MANY OF THE STUDENTS IN TERMS OF IEPS ARE NOW INCLUDED? PART A FULL DAY WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF THEIR LEARNING GOALS? ARE THEY REACHING THEM NOT REACHING THEM? THESE ARE THE KINDS OF QUARTERLY QUANTIFIED WAYS THAT WE HAVE TO DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT BE THINKING ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.  I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT KAZIMIR WAS ASKING ABOUT HOW MANY TEACHERS, HOW MANY HOURS, HOW MANY WE'VE INCREASED, HOW MANY MORE DO WE NEED? AND THEN I HEARD I'M SORRY I FORGOT THE LOVELY WOMAN WHO WAS SPEAKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY DEPENDING ON PROGRAMMATIC NEEDS NOT EVERY INCLUSION CLASSROOM NEEDS SPECIFICS BECAUSE IF YOU COULD ADDRESS BY TEACHERS RIGHT SO I GET THAT BUT I DO I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO LOOK AT THAT BREAKDOWN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR FULL INCLUSION OR PARTIAL OR TEACHER ADDRESSING IT AND WITH THE TOOLS AS YOU'RE SAYING ACADEMICALLY LIKE IF WE ARE MEASURING IT THEN HOW CAN WE DO SOME COST SAVINGS AND ALL OF THAT? THANK YOU. AND SO I GUESS YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT YOU OR THERE'S BEEN TALKS ABOUT LIKE A THIRD PARTY DOING ANALYSIS BUDGET ANALYSIS PATTERNS AND FROM 2020 I THINK IT WAS LIKE 2020 2021 AND 22 BUT HAVE WE DONE ANOTHER ONE IN THE RECENT YEARS IN THE MORE RECENT YEARS UP TO TODAY?  YEAH. SO WE DID BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WE DID A LONG TERM WE HAVE LIKE A LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLAN ANALYSIS I BELIEVE IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. YEAH, SO WE HAVEN'T REFRESHED THAT IN A FEW YEARS SO BREADON BROUGHT IT UP THE LAST O THE AUDIT THE AUDIT FINDINGS IS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM CALIBRATING ALL SAME DIFFERENT SO WE ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK AROUND HOW LONG AGO DID YOU DO THE FIRST ONE THOUGH THE ANALYSIS, THE LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING ANALYSIS WAS DONE IN 20 1617 I BELIEVE. OKAY. AND THEN YOU PLAN ON GETTING BACK TO THAT WITH ALL OF THIS TOOLS AND STUFF YOU PUT IN PLACE?  YEAH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON A LOT OF THE AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE PARTS FOR LIKE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS TAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THOSE IDEAS AND GETTING THEM RIGHT. AND THEN ON THE FLIP SIDE I THINK THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING INTO THE BUDGET BOOK ITSELF RIGHT AND DEVELOPING THAT SO MAKING SURE WE'RE BUILDING UP THOSE PROGRAMS STRATEGY BASED BUDGETS SO THAT YOU KNOW, SORT OF I'M INTERESTED IN YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT 1.6 BILLION RIGHT GOES YEAH BECAUSE IF WE GO INTO LIKE I MEAN AGAIN I HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT US HAVING VERY LITTLE RESOURCES TO BE THE OVERSIGHT OF THIS I MEAN THROUGH THE BUDGET YES WE LOOK THROUGH BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF KARISHMA US OR OTHERS. YEAH IT'S A BIG IT'S A BIG JOB AND IT'S JUST NOT JUST A BUDGET ANALYSIS, RIGHT? LIKE WE NEED RESEARCHERS IT'S IT'S A BIG JOB. SO I'M INTERESTED THOUGH IN YOUR FINDINGS BECAUSE THEN YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF LIKE QUARTERLY REPORT OF SOME SORT HALFWAY THROUGH THE BUT THE BUDGET WELL NOT HALFWAY QUARTERLY EVERY THREE MONTHS THAT YOU WOULD COME BACK TO US AND SAY A BASED ON THE AUDIT WE WE'RE FIXING THINGS WHERE IMPROVE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS WE HAVE THESE TOOLS BUT ALSO BASED ON THE LONG TERM ANALYSIS WE KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO GET TO THE GOAL.  I THINK WITH THAT THERE'LL BE LIKE A LIMITED SORT OF QUARTERLY REPORT THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE TO US BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START WHERE WE CAN SAY LIKE TANGIBLY HERE ARE THE DEBT, HERE'S THE DATA. YEAH AND THIS IS WHERE WE CAN BUILD FROM IT. YEAH WE WE CAN ABSOLUTELY GO BACK AND WORK ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN I THINK THE LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY YOU'RE SEEKING IN ALIGNMENT TO THE OUTCOME IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE SEEKING AS WELL. WE'RE TAKING FROM WHAT HASN'T BEEN THERE AND TRYING TO PUT THAT IN THERE. BUT YES, I THINK THESE ARE GOOD IDEAS AND WE CAN GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. YEAH, I SEE IT. I DO THINK THAT I MEAN YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION AND WE HAVE THE PURVIEW TO BE ABLE TO REQUEST IT. RIGHT. ASKING FOR IT ON RECORD IS JUST ANOTHER STEP.  I DON'T SEE A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. WHAT I SEE IS US AGAIN HERE HOPEFULLY PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE FOR SURE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE. YEAH. PATRICIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU THANK YOU GOT SOME THANK YOU CAN STEP IN THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU MR CHAIR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ANSWERING SO MANY AMAZING QUESTIONS ALREADY.  I AM VERY LUCKY THAT IN MY DISTRICT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BRAND NEW SCHOOL. THINK SEPTEMBER 2026 MAYBE IT'S THE OLD IRVING SCHOOL BUILDING . IT'S WHERE THE PHILBRICK AND THE SUMNER ARE GOING TO BE MERGED.  THAT MAKES ME CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT'S BP'S TIMELINE ON THE FUTURE PROJECTS OTHER THAN THE EIGHT THAT ARE ALREADY DOWN THE PIPELINE LIKE WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE AFTER THAT? HOW MANY NEW SCHOOLS ARE WE PLANNING ON OPENING? WHAT'S THE GOAL FOR BP'S?  SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON AN ANALYSIS OF KIND OF THE FIVE YEAR ENROLLMENT AND HOW MANY HIGH QUALITY SEATS WE NEED OR WE BELIEVE WE NEED.  AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE A SEAT IS NOT JUST A SEAT,  RIGHT? IT'S A CHILD AND THAT MEANS MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS SPECIAL EDUCATION IN GEN ED, DIFFERENT SETS OF NEEDS AND HOW WE BUILD BUILDINGS OR WHICH BUILDINGS WE BUILD GOES IN TO THAT SO WE'VE COMMITTED TO AN 18 MONTH PROCESS WHERE EVERY YEAR WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD KIND OF THE NEXT SET OF THINGS THAT CAN INCLUDE CLOSURES, MERGERS, NEWBUILDS, RENOS YOU KNOW, ADDING A WING ON SEVENTH GRADE GREEN CONFIGURATIONS VALIDATIONS OR CLASS CLOSURES. OKAY.  IT'S REALLY A DIVERSE MENU TO GET TO THAT BOTTOM LINE OF COST CUTTING BUT MAKING HIGH QUALITY SEATS THAT'S THE GOAL NOT JUST CUTTING COST. SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE PUTTING FORWARD DECEMBER-JANUARY WHICH IS OUR TIME COMMITMENT FOR THAT I THINK YOU KNOW WE DIDN'T TALK WE WE MENTIONED CHAR TAYLOR YOU KNOW WE MENTIONED RUTH BATON AS TO IN THE PIPELINE FROM SBA BUT YOU KNOW THERE'S ALSO TO YOUR POINT THE IRVING THAT WILL BE OPENING THE CARD THAT WILL BE OPENING THERE'S ALSO THE WING OVER THE PJC THERE WITH THE THE HORSE MAN RELOCATION TO THE EDWARDS BUILDING AND THE ENTIRE RENTAL THAT WAS DONE FOR THAT. SO THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY WHICH IS YOU KNOW, EACH OF THEM INCREASING HIGH QUALITY SEATS JUST DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET TO IT. OKAY.  AND IN REGARDS TO YOU KNOW, DO WE THINK ABOUT MERGING SCHOOLS, CLOSING SCHOOLS, ETC. DO WE HAVE A PROJECTION OF WHAT NEXT YEAR'S ENROLLMENT MIGHT BE? DO WE HOW DOES BPC KNOW LIKE WHAT ENROLLMENT WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT YEAR TO BE PROJECTION?  YEAH SO WE'RE EXPECTING ENROLLMENT TO STAY RELATIVELY FLAT DISTRICT WIDE. I THINK THAT BEING SAID THERE'S IT'S OBVIOUSLY PRETTY VARIED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY AND DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS AND PROGRAMS. THE BIG THING THAT STABILIZED OUR ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN INCREASE IN FOR MIGRANT YOUTH, ENGLISH LEARNERS AND OTHER THINGS AND WE DON'T KNOW WE SAW SOME IMPACTS OF THAT EIGHT YEARS AGO AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT FEW YEARS WILL HOLD FOR THAT ENROLLMENT. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE BUILDING BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE AND THE INFORMATION WE HAVE ON THE STUDENTS WE WE'RE HERE TO SERVE AND WE ARE PLANNING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THEM AND EVERY OTHER STUDENT WHO COMES THROUGH OUR DOORS GOING FORWARD.  BUT WE JUST THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS AND BP THE BUDGET THERE IS AN EQUATION RIGHT, THAT IT ALL DEPENDS ON ENROLLMENT OR HOW MUCH MONEY WE GOT FROM THE STATE. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THAT THAT ARE BOTH GOOD NEWS . THE FIRST IS THE STATE PROVIDES A VERY MINIMAL PART OF OUR FUNDING. THAT'S NOT GOOD NEWS BUT THE OUR FUNDING IS NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO ENROLLMENT IN THE WAY IT IS FOR MANY OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY MUCH TO THE ENVY OF MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES IN OTHER DISTRICTS. WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR CITY AND OUR MAYOR RIGHT.  THE KIND OF FUNDING DECLINE THAT MANY SCHOOLS WITH ENROLLMENT DECLINE ARE EXPERIENCING.  AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S A PART OF IT IS WE USED TO FUND SCHOOLS DIRECTLY BASED ON THEIR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT. AND SO IF YOU SAW YOU KNOW, IF YOU SAW YOUR ENROLLMENT DECLINE FIVE STUDENTS YOU MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE A $50,000 CUT IN YOUR SCHOOL BUDGET BUT MORE OR LESS YOU WERE PROVIDING THE EXACT SAME SERVICES YOU WERE PROVIDING THE YEAR BEFORE. IT'S A FIVE STUDENT DIFFERENCE DOESN'T REALLY MEAN MUCH PROGRAMMATICALLY, RIGHT? AND SO WE'VE REALLY MOVED AWAY FROM THAT AND ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT FOR FY 26. I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT HERE TODAY.  SO WHAT WE OUR MESSAGE TO SCHOOLS IS WE GAVE THEM THE FIRST ROUND OF THEIR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS TWO DAYS AGO WAS YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THESE ARE RIGHT. MAKE SURE YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK PLEASE GIVE THEM TO US BUT ALSO BE REASSURED THAT WHEN YOU GET YOUR BUDGET IN A MONTH JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE SEEING A SMALL WIGGLE IN YOUR ENROLLMENT DOES NOT MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN YOUR BUDGET THAT ENROLLMENT THAT BUDGETS ARE GOING TO CHANGE MORE BASED ON SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN ENROLLMENT. SO ONCE AGAIN IF A SCHOOL IS LOSING 100 STUDENTS RIGHT, WE THEY MIGHT SEE A BUDGET DECREASE.  RIGHT. AND FEWER CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.  BUT IF THEY'RE SEEING A FIVE YOU KNOW, NOT NOT AS MUCH AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH EACH SCHOOL INDIVIDUALLY TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT IF ANYTHING THEY MIGHT EXPECT TO SEE. OKAY. RIGHT. INCOME SUPPLEMENT. I THINK THE OTHER PIECE TO THIS IS WE USED TO SAY BUILDINGS HAD A CAPACITY LIMIT.  IT HAS BECOME LESS RELEVANT BECAUSE WE SERVE A A LARGE POPULATION ESPECIALLY EDUCATION STUDENTS AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND THE SPACE USES DIFFERENT ADDITIONALLY BECAUSE OF THE DEEP INVESTMENT OF SOCIAL WORKERS SCHOOL SIX CLINICAL PARTNERSHIPS WE NEED SPACES TO DO THINGS IN SCHOOLS THAT PREVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T SO WE CAN'T EVEN RELY ON THE OLD DATA OF CAPACITY OF THE BUILDINGS IT DOESN'T MATCH WITH ENROLLMENT. OKAY THANK YOU FOR THAT AND SEE I HAVE 5 SECONDS LEFT TO MAKE ONE LAST QUESTION AND IT'S A REQUEST IS CAN I GET A BREAKDOWN AT ANY POINT OF YOUR DISTRIBUTION THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BUDGETED FOR ARTS AND PROGRAMING IN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT ACTUALLY.  FOR YOUR DISTRICT. FOR MY DISTRICT, YEAH.  I THINK YOU MIGHT AS WELL DO THEM FOR ALL THE OTHER COUNSELORS THAT DO IT FOR YOUR THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. ABOUT THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE THE FLOOR IS YOURS.  THANK YOU MR CHAIR AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO AD ADMIN FOR BEING HERE. I WAS ENCOURAGED TO HEAR SUPERINTENDENT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT DC APPROVING THE NEW MULTILINGUAL PLAN ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT DUCEY'S ASSESSMENT AND THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN THERE I THINK IT WAS 2020 REPORT IMPROVING EDUCATION OUTCOMES FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IS PART OF IT AND THEN ALSO A SHOUT OUT JOHN BUT WHO'S ALWAYS ENCOURAGING US NATIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING IS REALLY IMPORTANT WOULD WANT TO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MORE OF THE SUCCESSES IN TERMS OF ENGLISH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ARE YOU KNOW I BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES BUT TALKING ABOUT THE SUCCESSES I THINK IS HELPFUL.  I'M GOING TO SHOUT OUT THE MAT ON THAT ONE THE SCHOOL ON THE MOVE RISE THEIR DUAL LANGUAGE I HAVE A YES IN THE BACK. OKAY ALL RIGHT I GOT SOME SOME FANS IN HERE THEY THEY THEY WANT THAT PRIDE BECAUSE OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO REALLY MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE DOING WELL.  THE STUDENTS IN THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM ARE REALLY OUTPERFORMING STUDENTS I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST IN EITHER THE SCHOOL OR THE DISTRICT OR WHATEVER THE ASSESSMENT WAS BUT ON METRICS BECAUSE LEARNING INTO LANGUAGES HELPS OUR STUDENTS, RIGHT? IT'S AN ASSET AND IT'S ONE THAT WE SHOULD BE REALLY UPLIFTING AND SO ONE TO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS NATIVE LIKE NATIVE LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION, WHAT SUCCESSES ARE WE SEEING? I'M ALSO GLAD TO HEAR BEEN ADVOCATING DEEPLY FOR MORE INVESTMENTS IN OUR SLAVE CLASSROOMS, OUR STUDENT FOR OUR STUDENTS LIMITED OR OR INTERRUPTED FORMAL EDUCATION. SO IF YOU WANT TO JUST TALK A BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT ARE THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE I KNOW SOME OF THOSE INVESTMENTS CAME THROUGH. ESSER HOW OUR DOLLARS GOING TO SUPPORT THOSE LEARNERS. SO I JUST WANT TO SHINE SOME LIGHT ON CHIEF COMMISSIONER AND JUST HAVE HER BE ABLE TO SHE'S OVER AT THE PODIUM. YEAH OH THERE YOU GO. JUST BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU LEISHA THAT IS YOU HEAR? I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE HERE AND THAT WAS NOT A PLAN BECAUSE I DID NOT SEE HER. SHE WAS THERE.  YES. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSELOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR THE QUESTION.  YES, I STAY UP AT NIGHT AND MANY OF US STAY UP AT NIGHT THINKING OF THE NEEDS OF OUR MULTI-LINGUAL LEARNERS. BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALLY BE REALLY LEAN ON THE SUCCESSES AS WELL AND USE THOSE AND SEE WHERE IN THE DISTRICT WE CAN REPLICATE THOSE AND IMPLEMENT THEM. SO YES, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE HUNT FOR A SCHOOL ON THE MOVE BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST YEARS IN THE MAKING. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY COOL CONSTRUCTED WITH THE COMMUNITY WHICH GIVES ME A LOT OF ENCOURAGEMENT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE PUT FORTH BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE WERE CONSTRUCTED WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND REALLY THOUGHTFUL AND OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO REFLECT TO LOOK AT THE MATTER. BUT AS AS A SUCCESS BUT LOOK AT THE AREAS OF WHERE WE CAN LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES THAT WE DON'T WANT TO REPEAT AND WHEN WE'RE BEING THOUGHTFUL IN STRATEGY DESIGN ABOUT HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THESE NEW PROGRAMS WITHIN BEPS, WHERE ARE THE GUARDRAILS AND HOW DO WE WANT TO AVOID SOME OF THOSE MISTAKES? BUT THEN ALSO LOOKING AT BEING REFLECTIVE IN THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO REALLY STRENGTHEN THOSE PROGRAMS BECAUSE YES, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE ARE DOING AND THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE COMING BUT HOW DO WE REALLY STRENGTHEN THE FOUNDATION OF OUR BILINGUAL EDUCATION WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT? I WANT TO GIVE OUT A SHOUT OUT TO THE CLASS OF 2024 BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS HAD RECEIVED THE SEAL OF BI LITERACY AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SEAL VIA LITERACY THE STUDENTS THAT WERE GRADUATING THE MAJORITY OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS SO THEY WERE REALLY LIKE LOOKING AT OUR STUDENTS AS ASSETS CAPITALIZING ON THE ASSETS THAT THEY BRING TO THE CLASSROOM THAT THEY BRING TO THE DISTRICT AND MANY OF THEM WHILE SOME OF THEM WERE ALSO NOT ONLY DID THEY RECEIVE THE SYLLABI LITERACY IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE BUT THEY ALSO RECEIVED IT IN AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT THEY LEARNED WHILE THEY WERE AT BEPS. SO SHOUT OUT TO THOSE STUDENTS AND SO THOSE SUCCESSES ARE THE ONES THAT WE WANT TO BUILD UPON AND REPLICATE. ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING LITERACY IN NATIVE LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. THERE ARE A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN COLLABORATION WITH PARENT UNIVERSITY WITH SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE CREATING WITH FAMILY LIAISONS OF REALLY ENCOURAGING FAMILIES TO REACH THEIR CHILDREN. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING ENGLISH DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY DEVELOP THAT LITERACY WITH YOUR FAMILY. SO HAVING FAMILIES READ TO THEIR CHILDREN IN SPANISH IN MANDARIN AND HAITIAN CREOLE REALLY HELPS SUPPORT THAT LITERACY AND WE SEE THE GAINS FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL. AND THEN I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE TEACHERS THAT ARE REALLY DOING THEIR THING TOO RIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME TEACHERS WHO ARE TAKING THAT INCLUSIVE MODEL AND THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING IT IN THEIR CLASSROOM. THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE PARAPROFESSIONALS USING THAT INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE. THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE ESL TEACHERS DURING CPT DURING ILP MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS AS PRACTICALLY THE MULTILINGUAL LEARNER STUDENTS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE PLANNING.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I LOVE SOMETHING THAT YOU STATED THAT THE COACH CONSTRUCTED WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND THAT'S THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY THEY KNOW REALLY WELL BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR HUB SCHOOLS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THESE IDEAS COACH CONTRACTOR WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT IT'S A MODEL THAT I SAW GROWING UP RIGHT WHEN MY FATHER WAS LEARNING ENGLISH AND READING TO US IN HAITIAN CREOLE. RIGHT AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED AND COMMUNITY WE HAVE THEM. IT'S ABOUT BRINGING THEM OUT. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I JUST I KNOW THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME I WANTED TO ASK ONE LAST THING ABOUT SCHOOL BUILDINGS 14% OF BHP'S FACILITIES ONLY 40% OF THE BPC FACILITIES FULLY SUPPORT HOLISTIC HIGH QUALITY STUDENT EXPERIENCE. THAT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM. THAT'S WHY WE REALLY NEED TO GET THE BALL ROLLING. I WANT TO KNOW IF WE HAVE A PLAN THIS YEAR FOR SCHOOL MERGERS CONSOLIDATIONS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT . 50% OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS DON'T HAVE AN AUDITORIUM OR CAFETERIA. 44% OF THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS DON'T HAVE FULL SCIENCE LABS. SEVEN OF THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS DO NOT HAVE ART SPACES. WE'RE NOT YET AT OUR COMMITMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY LIBRARY EVERY SCHOOL HAS A LIBRARY WITH A STAFF LIBRARIAN FACILITIES.  IT'S POLICY AND I KNOW THAT WE CARE ABOUT THAT. SO LIKE WHEN WE HAVE THE CONDITIONS REPORT BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE I WANT A PLAN.  YEAH. SO WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD IN THE DECEMBER-JANUARY TIMEFRAME THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT LONG TERM FACILITIES PLANNING TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON WITH SCHOOL LEADERS AND ALSO WITH COMMUNITIES THAT IS WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD A SLATE OF LIKE I SAID KIND OF A COMBINATION OF EMERGING SUGGESTIONS LIKE WITH THE FREDERICK FOR INSTANCE WHICH YOU KNOW IS A PERFECTLY GOOD BUILDING CAN OFFER THAT HIGH QUALITY EXPERIENCE IN WHAT ARE GOING TO BE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR PROPOSALS FOR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT COULD LEAVE A BUILDING THAT ISN'T AND BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE TOGETHER. SO THERE WILL BE A CLOSURES CLASS CONSOLIDATIONS CAN RECONFIGURATIONS, MERGERS THAT WILL COME TO SCHOOL COMMITTEE DECEMBER-JANUARY.  THANK YOU. I KNOW THE CHIEFS WANT TO ADD ONE THING. I FIRST WANT TO SAY THAT MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK IN THE CELEBRATION AT THE MATTERHORN WAS THE EPITOME OF THE WORK AROUND HUB SCHOOLS.  THE IDEA THAT PARENTS YOU KNOW ,SUPER PARENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES, IN THEIR PARTNERING IN DECISION MAKING OPPORTUNITIES AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL WITH TEACHERS WHO ARE SPOT ON IN THEIR WORK AND A COMMUNITY THAT WRAPS THEIR ARMS AROUND THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES. I REMEMBER CELEBRATIONS WHEN YOU WERE THERE AND I WAS THERE . THAT IS THE RECIPE FOR URBAN EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  CONCENTRATE IN THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A GREAT CONVERSATION SO FAR AND CONTINUE WITH QUESTIONS. THE THE JACKSON NO, THE THE HORACE MANN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF HAS GONE TO THE EDWARDS BUILDING IN CHARLESTON.  WE MISS IT. AND IN BRIGHTON I ASKED DAVID THE LAST TIME I THINK WE ASKED ABOUT THE REVENUE GENERATED AS PROBABLY THE ONLY SCHOOL IN BOSTON THAT GENERATES REVENUE FROM OUT OF DISTRICT. WE HAVE OUR TUITION AND HE GOT THE WE'RE GETTING THE BEST BARGAIN IN MASSACHUSETTS. YES. SO WE'RE WORKING ON A PLAN TO SORT OF PHASE IN THE TUITION INCREASE.  AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WITH THE SCHOOL IS ASSESSMENTS.  IT'S LIKE THE ONLY SCHOOL I GET TO WORK WITH ON THE MIKE MARKET RESEARCH AND BUILDING OUR REVENUE GENERATING MODELS VERY UNUSUAL FOR ME . SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE IN HIGH DEMAND IS ACTUALLY PEOPLE APPROACHING THEM TO SAY COULD YOU DO ASSESSMENTS FOR US EITHER AS A SECOND OPINION FOR US FOR OUR FAMILY OR FOR JUST FROM DISTRICTS THAT MAYBE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO IT THEMSELVES? SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE TEAM AT THE HORACE MANN AND SOME OTHER PARTNERS TO BUILD OUT A PLAN TO SORT OF BUILD A TEAM AT THE SCHOOL THAT CAN DO THAT. YEAH, NO, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.  I WORKED WITH PERKINS, WE DID WE DID ASSESSMENTS AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE DEAFBLIND WE ARE AUDIOLOGIST DID ASSESSMENTS WHEN KIDS CAME IN AND WE GOT THE WHOLE THE WHOLE MENU OF ASSESSMENTS A ONE OR TWO DAY VISIT TO THE SCHOOL AND THAT'S GREAT. SO AND AGAIN A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THEM THEY HAVE A DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AND YOU KNOW I THINK ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS ACROSS THE DISTRICT ARE WE ARE WE IDENTIFYING STUDENTS WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT TYPE OF AN EDUCATION SETTING AND DO NOT MISSING OUT ESPECIALLY WITH A LOT OF NEWCOMERS AND ARE WE IDENTIFYING KIDS WITH LEARNING IMPAIRMENT DUE TO HEARING LOSS OR YOU KNOW A LOT OF CHILDHOOD DISEASES CAN CAUSE HEARING LOSS AND YOU KNOW I WOULD JUST ON TOP OF THAT THAT'S JUST A QUESTION AND LEAVE THAT FOR NOW. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE CONVERSATION ABOUT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EARLY LEARNING AND LITERACY AND HOW CHILDREN BECOME LITERATE. I REALLY DO FEEL IT TAKES A VILLAGE LIKE EVERYBODY HAS TO BE IN THEIR GRANDPARENTS NEIGHBORS, EVERYBODY ARE WE WORKING WITH OUR YOU KNOW, OUR NEW NEW NEW TEACHERS COMING INTO THE PROFESSION? ARE THEY COMING IN WITH THAT BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT EARLY HOW CHILDREN BECOME LITERATE LIKE I REALLY DO FEEL IT'S IT'S A SET A FULL COURT PRESS EVERYBODY IN AN EARLY EDUCATION UP K THROUGH THIRD GRADE EVERY TEACHER EVERY PERSON WHO HAS INTERACTION WITH THAT STUDENT SHOULD BE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND SKILLED IN HOW TO CULTIVATE LITERACY AND ALSO EARLY NUMERACY AND MATH SKILLS. ARE WE WORKING ON THAT BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST EXPECTED OUR LITERACY READING SPECIALISTS ARE GOING TO COME IN AND DO MAGIC WITH OUR STUDENTS WITHOUT SORT OF SORT OF ACROSS THE BOARD APPROACH TO IT. YES, COUNSELOR COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE ON THAT IN TERMS OF NEW TEACHERS COMING IN, WE TRY TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR HIGHER ED INSTITUTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE COMING OUT WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD OR ELEMENTARY DEGREES IN PARTICULAR THAT THEY HAVE THE FOUNDATIONAL LITERACY, THE RESEARCH BASED PRACTICES.  THERE WERE DAYS IN THE PAST WHERE THAT DIDN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN AND WE'RE SEEING SOME UPTICK ON THAT. BUT WE DO AND I AGREE IT SHOULDN'T BE ALL OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S RESPONSIBILITY BUT WE DO TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY AND THAT'S WHY WHEN CHIEF RYAN MILLER SPOKE ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WE DO OFFER IT, TRACK IT AND MAKE SURE WE MAKE THAT AVAILABLE AROUND TEACHERS SCHEDULES BECAUSE THEY REALLY NEED TO HAVE FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABLE TO THEN INCORPORATE IT INTO THEIR TEACHING AND SOMETHING THAT SHE ALSO MENTIONED I WANT TO MAKE SURE ISN'T LOST HERE IS IN THE PAST WE MIGHT HAVE OFFERED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT DIDN'T HAVE AN EXPLICIT CONNECTION TO THE CURRICULUM THAT'S ACTUALLY TAUGHT AND THAT'S WHAT CHIEF RYAN MILLER HAS PUT TOGETHER. SO NOW TEACHERS NOT ONLY HAVE THIS KNOWLEDGE BUT THEY CAN APPLY IT DIRECTLY INTO THE MATERIALS IN FRONT OF THEM. I ALSO PARTNERSHIPS WITH PEOPLE LIKE WE HAVE WE SPEND WE HAVE A FANTASTIC PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM. WE DID FIGHT TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES WAY BACK WHEN WE WE THAT'S ANOTHER RESOURCE THAT WE SHOULD BE TAPPING INTO AND QUESTIONED AT ABSENTEEISM HOW MANY ATTENDANCE OFFICERS DO WE HAVE AND IF THAT'S EVEN WHAT THEY'RE CALLED THESE DAYS AND HOW OFTEN DO THEY VISIT SCHOOLS AND WHAT EXACTLY IS THEIR ROLE? AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS LIKE IF STUDENTS ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT OR DROP OUT OF SCHOOL AND WE FOLLOWING THEM UP TO DO LIKE A QUALITATIVE INTERVIEW TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WERE THE ISSUES IDENTIFIABLE AS ANY TRENDS, WHY THEY DROP OUT OF SCHOOL, WHY THEY'RE ABSENT CHRONICALLY ABSENT FOR SCHOOL APART FROM THE BUSSES AND THEN AND FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN FIX THE PROBLEM. SO I'LL TAKE THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM PART SO WE HAVE TEND TO RISE OF ATTENDANCE. WE BREAK THEM UP BY THE REGION SO THAT THEY'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE PRINCIPALS BUT THERE'S ALSO OTHER TEAMS THAT ARE WORKING ON OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY'RE LIKE OUR SOCIAL WORKERS ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED, OUR FAMILY THESE ONES ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED AND SO THE GOAL THE SEEING IS ALWAYS HOME VISITS AND REALLY STARTING TO BUILD PROGRAMING FOR THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN CHRONICALLY ABSENT. CHIEF MCCARTHY HE'S BEEN DOING A TON WITH THIS. I'M SURE HE'LL BE TALKING LATER IN THE HEARING ABOUT WHAT HE'S DOING ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS. BUT THE IDEA THERE IS REENGAGEMENT I THINK WHEN A STUDENT HAS DISENGAGED AND WHETHER WE CALL A TIMEOUT IS COUNCIL ME HE CALLS IT OR DROPOUT BUT WHEN THE STUDENT IS ESTRANGED FROM THE SCHOOL FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS WE HAVE AN ENTIRE TEAM THAT IS MONITORING YOU KNOW THAT THAT ACTIVITY AND THEN LITERALLY GOING AND MAKING A CONNECTION WITH THE KID THE FAMILY BECAUSE YOU HAVE REALLY LIKE A COUPLE MONTH PERIOD TO GET THAT STUDENT BACK. THAT'S WHAT OUR DATA TELLS US AFTER THAT THEY GET A JOB. THEY KIND OF BUILD A LIFE IN SCHOOL IS NOT PART OF IT.  SO OUR RE-ENGAGEMENT CENTER IS DIRECTLY NOW GOING TO OUR SCHOOLS HOLDING SESSIONS FOR STUDENTS THINKING OF DROPPING OUT. LOOK AT THE LIST OF THE KIDS THAT HAVE AS A WAY TO DRIVE DOWN THE NUMBERS AND THEN WE'RE CONSTANTLY REENGAGING HERE AS THE STUDENTS GO ON A YEAR WE'RE STILL MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO SEE IF LIFE HAS CHANGED FOR THAT STUDENT AND THEY'RE WILLING TO GO BACK. I THINK A BIG PIECE OF THIS IS THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS SO IF THEY CAN'T FIT INTO THE MODEL OF SCHOOL WE HAVE THEY LEAVE. THIS IS WHY I FEEL REALLY COMMITTED TO ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AND OPTIONS ACKNOWLEDGING OUR STUDENTS COME AND GO IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND THEY NEED DIFFERENT TRAJECTORIES FOR HOW TO BE ABLE TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE AND THEN HAVE OPTIONS BEYOND THAT. SO WHETHER IT'S FAR EAST,  WHETHER IT'S OUR TRANSITION PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING UP FOR OUR OVERSEAS SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS 18 TO 22 IN LIFE SKILLS WHETHER IT'S OUR TIER TWO AND ALL OUR BIG BIGGER HIGH SCHOOLS LIKE BRIGHTON HIGH HAS AN INCREDIBLE TIER TWO PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO SCHOOL ON THE REGULAR SCHEDULE BUT A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE.  THESE ARE EXACTLY THE TYPES OF SOLUTIONS THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN.  THANK YOU. TIME'S UP. THANK YOU. BECAUSE THE WORLD CAN I JUST MENTION ONE THING I JUST WANT TO GIVE A STUDENT A SHOUT OUT. SO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT HEARING IMPAIRED COMMUNITY IN STUDENTS ACROSS PBS TO THESE YOUNG YOUNG MEN EDWARD THAT WAS AT THE TOWN HALL THE YOUTH TOWN HALL AND HE'S AT THE HORSE MAN AND HE ASKED CAN YOU HELP US CONNECT WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT AT THE HORACE MANN BUT WHO HAVE HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN THEIR ACROSS THE DISTRICT SO WE CAN BRING THEM TOGETHER AND CREATE A COMMUNITY. SO CHIEF MCCARTHY AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. I THANK YOU. COUNT CELEBRATING AND SHOUT OUT TO CHIEF MCCARTHY.  I'M DOING AN AMAZING WORK HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, AFTERSCHOOL SUMMER PROGRAMS. I KNOW THAT HIM AND I ARE WORKING ON THE DISCOVERY HUB OVER AT THE HENDERSON AND IN THAT COMMUNITY JUST TRYING TO YOU KNOW EXPAND THE COMMUNITY HUB MODEL SO I SHOUT OUT TO THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO TO CHIEF MCCARTHY ON HIS WORK WHEN IT COMES TO AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND EVEN SUMMER PROGRAMS DOES THE DISTRICT HAVE LIKE A DIRECTORY FOR FAMILIES ON YOU KNOW WHAT IS OUT THERE, WHAT EXISTS, WHAT PARTNERS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AND ALSO LIKE HOW ARE WE GETTING COMMUNICATION OUT OUTREACH ARE WE DOING MAILERS SENDING IT HOME WITH THE PARENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMS. SOME OF THAT ARE FREE, SOME THAT ARE LOW COST.  JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THESE PROGRAMS. YEAH, SO WE APPRECIATE THIS QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY ACTIVE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW BOTH TO MAKE PARENTS OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH BEEPS BUT THEN WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE CITY IN COMMUNICATION IS OFTEN THE BARRIER FOR THE PARENT ACCESSING.  CHIEF SANCHEZ DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PLANNING SHORT EXACTLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. COUNCILMAN MAURO SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING A VERY THOROUGH ASSESSMENT OF ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE ACROSS ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARTNERSHIPS, THE PROGRAMING THAT THEY HAVE, HOW CAN PARENTS ACCESS THESE PROGRAMS AND BE ABLE TO ALSO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE EXPENDITURES? SOME OF THEM MAY BE FREE, SOME OF THEM MAY BE COST AND SO WE WANT TO REALLY LOOK AT THESE THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS TO BE ABLE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW DO WE INCREASE CONSISTENCY AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE COMMS. WE ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE PARTNERSHIPS THAT I'M SURE CHIEF ORTIZ CAN TALK ABOUT THAT SUPPORT A LOT OF THE PROGRAMING WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS CURRENTLY A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS OFFER THESE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN AN AUTONOMOUS WAY SOME OFF OF THEM AND SOME SOME DON'T. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT UNDERSTANDING WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE, HOW CAN WE INCREASE THE COMMUNICATION TO ENSURE ALL OF OUR FAMILIES ARE ACCESSING THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE FREE SUCH AS THE ONES THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING WITH CHIEF MCCARTHY AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT FAMILIES THAT NEED THEM MOST ARE REALLY ACCESSING THEM IN A WAY THAT IS EQUITABLE AND AFFORDABLE TO THEM? YEAH, AND I THINK CHIEF SANCHEZ STARTED THE WORK WITH THE SUMMER PROGRAMING AS A MODEL OF HOW TO DO THAT RETROFITTING AND THEN ALSO HOW TO BUILD THE COMMUNICATIONS TO THE FAMILIES WITH ONE PORTAL. BUT WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT THAT AND I THINK MIRIAM CAN KIND OF PICK UP ON THAT AS TO HOW WE WHERE WE'VE TRADITIONALLY HAD THE GAP IS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND ACTUALLY NEED IT EVEN MORE, RIGHT? SO EVERY SCHOOL AND THE PARTNERSHIPS OFFICE REALLY SERVES AS ALMOST LIKE A LIAISON WITH THE SCHOOL LEADERS AND THE AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF EACH SCHOOL TO DO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT RIGHT EVERY YEAR AROUND DANBURY AND AROUND THE BUDGET PROCESS TO LOOK AT NEXT YEAR YOU KNOW AND LIKE WHAT ARE THE PATTERNS WHAT ARE THE NEEDS THAT YOU ARE IDENTIFYING THAT YOU WANT POTENTIALLY A PARTNER TO HELP YOU ADDRESS.  AND EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS MANAGE THEIR OWN PARTNERSHIPS DOLLARS SO WE SUPPORT THEM AS A PARTNERSHIPS OFFICE TO LOOK AT YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL OPTIONS THAT MAY ALREADY EXIST IN OUR PARTNERSHIPS NETWORK WE HAVE OVER 700 ORGANIZATIONS WITH PROFILES AND DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT SERVE A PARTICULAR SCHOOL. BUT THE THE PLATFORM IS INTENDED FOR LEADERS, PARENTS, ANYONE TO ACTUALLY SEARCH KEY WORDS AND THEN A LIST OF PROVIDERS MAY BE AVAILABLE AND WE SUPPORT THEM IN SORT OF NAVIGATING THAT PROCESS THEN CONNECTING THEM WITH THE BUSINESS OFFICE TO, SEE IF THERE'S ALREADY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BRING THEM TO THE SCHOOL THE FOLLOWING YEAR ETC. AWESOME AND SHOUT OUT TO 8 TO 6 BOSTON I KNOW A LOT OF OUR COLLEAGUES YOU KNOW CAME OUT AND VISITED THEM AND THEY DO THAT GREAT WORK UP IN DURING DURING SCHOOL TIME AND ALSO AFTERSCHOOL AND JUST SEEING THE EXCITEMENT OF KIDS BEING IN THAT IN THAT SPACE AND BEING SO ENGAGED JUST SHOUT OUT TO THEM AND ALL THE OTHER PARTNERS BUT HAS HAD A TIME VISIT IN 86 I KNOW THERE WAS A MENTION ON THE REIMBURSEMENT OF STATE AID FOR TRANSPORTATION. WHAT IS THE ACTUAL COST THAT WE'RE LOOKING FROM THE STATE TO BE REIMBURSED?  YEAH. SO LET'S SEE HERE PUT MY LITTLE SPREADSHEET ON THIS BUT I BELIEVE WE SUBMITTED HAVE TO PULL IT UP EXACTLY BUT WE SMOOTH SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS TO THE STATE THEY DID THE THE LEGISLATION ALLOWS FOR UP TO 75% REIMBURSEMENT FOR SOME EXPENSES AND UP TO 100% REIMBURSEMENT FOR OTHERS AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE REIMBURSE 57% THIS LAST YEAR ESSENTIALLY THE WAY IT WORKS IS THERE'S A POOL OF MONEY THEY HAVE TO THEY HAVE TO FUND ALL THE TUITION REIMBURSEMENTS FIRST. SO WE GOT OUR FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR THAT AND THEN THEY USE SORT OF ANY MONEY THEY HAVE LEFT OVER OR APPLIED ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH TO DO THESE TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSED MONTHS FOR THE OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION. AND SO THAT WAS WHAT WE GOT SORT OF 57% OFF INSTEAD OF THE FULL AMOUNT INSTEAD OF THE 75%. YES. HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK WHETHER IT WAS 75 OR 100 BUT IT COSTS US SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TWO AND $3 MILLION AND THEN JUST KIND OF EXPANDING OR STAYING ON TRANSPORTATION.  I KNOW THAT CHIEF ROSENGARD WAS HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO OR MORE RECENTLY THAN THAT AND HE SPOKE ABOUT $40,000 TO TRANSPORT THIS EVERY STUDENT. IS THAT A CORRECT NUMBER $40,000 PER STUDENT TO TRANSPORT THEM?  I WOULD HAVE TO CONFIRM THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S TALKING ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION INCLUDED WOULD HAVE TO CONFIRM THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REFERENCE WAS. OKAY YEAH AND I KNOW WE BROKE IT DOWN BUT IF YOU GUYS CAN PROVIDE THAT BREAKDOWN AND YOU KNOW HAVE SPECIAL ED OUT OF DISTRICT HOW MUCH THE CONTINENT EACH STUDENT AND JUST LIKE THE TOTAL SO COST FOR OUT OF DISTRICT HOW MANY STUDENTS AND THEN THE TOTAL I MEAN I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE IN CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH OUR OUT OF DISTRICT POPULATION TO BUILD UP I THINK WE WERE UP TO PROBABLY ABOUT SIX OR $7 MILLION ADDITIONAL REIMBURSEMENT JUST BY US BEING ABLE TO APPROPRIATELY BILL FOR THE SERVICES WE'RE PROVIDING SO THAT'S MONEY WE CAN REINJECT INTO THE SYSTEM.  BUT THAT SAID, I THINK TO MY EARLIER POINT OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO OFFER AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN DISTRICT SO STUDENTS DON'T HAVE TO GET ONTO A BUS, LEAVE THEIR COMMUNITY, GO SOMEPLACE ELSE. YEAH. AND I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS LIKE PART OF THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION WAS TO SEE IF THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE PLAN GOING FORWARD BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I DID THE SIMPLE MATH THIS TIME IT FELT LIKE IT WAS AROUND 15 TO 20 MILLION OUT THE OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION COSTS. OH, IT'S SUBSTANTIAL. AND ON TOP OF THAT IS THE TUITIONS RIGHT?  RIGHT. THAT'S NOT EVEN INCLUDING THE TUITION TUITIONS RIGHT.  WE HAVE 48 MILLION FEDERAL FUNDS FOR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS. IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S A LITTLE BIT IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT IF IT'S JUST TITLE ONE, IF YOU INCLUDE SOME OF OUR OTHER TITLE GRANTS, IT'S PROBABLY CLOSE TO THAT. OKAY. AND WOULD THOSE BE ADDRESSED IF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS ELIMINATED OR DOWNSIZED I MEAN AT RISK? CERTAINLY I THINK WE HAVE SOME REASON FOR HOPE THAT THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN THE THOSE FUNDS GONE SOMEWHAT CYNICALLY THAT THOSE FUNDS ALSO GO TO PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS AND THOSE FUNDS DISPROPORTIONATELY HELP SCHOOLS, RURAL COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS THAT DON'T FUND STATES THAT DON'T FUND AS HIGH. WE STILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF FEDERAL FUNDING. SO IN MASSACHUSETTS WHAT'S A LOT OF MONEY?  THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR US DON'T GET ME WRONG. BUT WHEN YOU SPEND $1.6 BILLION RIGHT THE $40 MILLION WHEN IT'S NOT GOOD TO LOSE IT BUT RIGHT RELATIVE TO THE IMPACT IS HIGHER. SO OUR HOPE IS THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS THAT WOULD CONTINUE. THE OTHER THING I'VE WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR NATIONAL COLLEAGUES IS THESE PROGRAMS TEND TO BE FUNDED A YEAR IN ADVANCE SO WE WOULD HAVE SOME TIME SOME SORT OF WARNING TO MAKE WHAT WAS COMING RIGHT. RIGHT. SO WE WOULD HOPE THAT EVEN IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN NATIONALLY WHICH WE'RE NOT HOPING FOR RIGHT. THAT THE EITHER IS A BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE STATE OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE FUNDING WOULD STILL COME TO MASSACHUSETTS IT AND THEN WE KNOW THAT INSIDE MASSACHUSETTS WE HAVE THERE'S A LOT OF TO THE EQUITY OF THE SYSTEM THAT EXISTS YEAH YOU KNOW I ALSO WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT THERE'S LOTS OF POTENTIAL DANGER IN THE FEDERAL NARRATIVE ON THIS AND THE IDEA OF IT GOING TO BLOCK GRANTS BECAUSE THEN IT COULD BE DISSEMINATED IN LOTS DIFFERENT WAYS TO FUEL THINGS LIKE VOUCHERS AND SO WE 100% NEED OUR TITLE ONE DOLLARS IN WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TITLE ONE CONTINUES TO FLOW TO OUR DISTRICT CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FORD JUST AS A QUICK UPDATE ON THE QUESTION YOU HAD SOME GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILOR . THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME . SO JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAD FOR TRANSPORTATION.  SO IT IS $40,000 PER STUDENT PER YEAR FOR THE OUT OF DISTRICT AND PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION. WE HAVE 3000 FOR THE IN DISTRICT STUDENTS THAT ARE TRAVELING TO THE CORNER STOPS AND THEN WE HAVE 8000 FOR THE IN DISTRICT STUDENTS THAT ARE TRAVELING AS WELL THANKS AND THE 8000 IN DISTRICT THAT'S 4000 PER STUDENT RIGHT IS THAT NUMBER RIGHT 3000 FOR THE CORNER STOP. SO THAT WOULD BE THE GENERAL EDUCATION POPULATION THAT'S GOING TO THE STOPS NEAR THE CORNER AND THEN EIGHT K IS FOR THE DOOR TO DOOR TRANSPORTATION FOR THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE IEPS OR OTHER DISABILITIES NEEDS. SO IF YOU COULD JUST PROVIDE THAT IN WRITING FOR ME CHARTER GRADE IT ALSO DOESN'T INCLUDE BUT SHOULD LIKELY I BELIEVE THE MONITORS WE'LL HAVE TO CLARIFY WITH THE END BUT I THINK THERE'S ALSO A COST OF MONITORS . YEAH AND I'M SORRY I'M JUST GOING TO START MY TIME NOW AND I KNOW THIS IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR YOU CFO. YOU DON'T NEED A REMINDER BECAUSE ON THE TOP OF YOUR LIST IS THE BUDGET BOOK. YES, BUT FOR SURE A TIMELINE JUST LIKE A BROAD GENERAL WE THINK IN FEBRUARY FOR JULY FOR SURE BEFORE YOU KNOW SO I THINK IF WE'RE IF WE'RE ASSUMING WE KEEP TO THE SAME SORT OF SCHEDULE WHERE WE HAVE THOSE BRIEFINGS AND WORKING SESSIONS IN MARCH, THE HOPE WOULD BE THAT YOU HAVE IT WELL BEFORE THOSE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIGEST AND ASK QUESTIONS ESSENTIALLY AS I WAS SORT OF EXPLAINED BEFORE WITH COUNCILOR WEBBER'S QUESTIONS. SO WE HAVE THIS SORT OF FRANTIC SPRINT AT THE END OF JANUARY WHEN WE GET ALL THE INFORMATION FROM SCHOOLS TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.  SO WHAT CAN WE BE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN ADVANCE OF THAT AND OUR GOAL IS AS EARLY IN FEBRUARY AS POSSIBLE TO GET IT DONE BE DONE. SO I'M SAYING SORT OF WELL IN ADVANCE OF OUR MARCH HEARINGS TO BUY MYSELF A LITTLE TIME BUT THE GOAL REALLY IS EARLY FEBRUARY BEFORE SCHOOL VACATION TO HAVE IT OUT THE DOOR. AWESOME. THANK YOU. AND I NOW TURN IT BACK OVER TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, OUR TAXPAYER.  ALL RIGHT.  SO COUNCIL . YEAH. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO ASK I KNOW I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CHAIR'S FORWARD THINKING AND THE AND THE THE FOLKS WHO HAVE PUT THIS FORWARD FORWARD THINKING HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WE'RE OBVIOUSLY HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IN A VERY DIFFERENT TIME THAN WHEN THIS HEARING WAS SCHEDULED.  SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHAT ARE ARE SOME OF THE IMPACTS OF SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND DO YOU THINK ANY OF THAT WILL TRICKLE DOWN?  YOU KNOW, HOW IS BP'S PROTECTED AND HOW IS OUR DISTRICT PROTECTED AGAINST SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AROUND EDUCATION ? YOU WANT TO TALK FROM THE BUDGET IN THE CLASSROOM? YEAH, I I THINK ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING SAYING TO OUR SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW IS WE ARE 100% PROTECTED FOR NEXT YEAR RIGHT.  AND WE HAVE THAT FOR OUR FY 26 RIGHT? WE HAVE THAT SORT OF COMMITMENT WE'RE MAKING TO PEOPLE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF JUST THE BUDGET STUFF. WE DON'T OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF NON BUDGET IMPLICATIONS.  I THINK YOU KNOW THE THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS RANGE FROM THE FACT THAT THE USDA PROVIDES OUR, YOU KNOW, $30 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR MEALS RIGHT TO TITLE ONE.  RIGHT. WHICH IS A BIG FUNDING FUNDING FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS AND OUR IDA FUNDING FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND YOU KNOW I AM HOPEFUL THAT WHEN THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD ON THESE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WILL SEE THE VALUE THAT THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE AND HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. BUT IN THE SHORT TERM WE THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE VERY MINIMAL IMPACT ON THAT POINT 26 THE LONGER TERM MIGHT BE MORE MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT AND THINK EVEN BROADER THAN THE BUDGET. I JUST WANTED TO ASK SORT OF ABOUT OUR PREPAREDNESS FOR LEGAL DISPUTES THAT MAY TAKE PLACE ABOUT SORT OF WHAT LOBBYING WE HAVE IN PLACE TO LOBBY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND IS THAT THROUGH OR IS THAT THROUGH THE CITY? I DO THINK THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO SAFEGUARD AND SPEND MONEY ON THE THINGS THAT WILL HELP PROTECT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HELP PROTECT OUR STUDENTS. YEAH. SO IT IS A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK WE'LL WORK IN CONCERT WITH THE CITY ON THIS PIECE FOR SURE. THAT'S IT. I THINK WE ARE GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT 2016 AND THE IMPACTS THAT WE SAW THEN TO SEE WHAT IS PREDICTABLE FOR NOW SOME OF THOSE ARE POLICY, SOME OF THOSE MIGHT BE POLICIES WE NEED TO EITHER REFRESH OR REDESIGN AND SO I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE QUITE A BIT OF MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME OF THE THE NEW ADMINISTRATION COMING IN TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AS PROTECTED AS POSSIBLE.  I THINK ONE AREA OF VULNERABILITY FOR US IS AROUND OUR OVERALL ENROLLMENT AND POPULATION.  WE'VE BEEN THRILLED AT HOW MANY MIGRANT STUDENTS HAVE COME TO US IN BEEN PART BECOME PART OF THE BEPS. IT REALLY IS THE FABRIC IN OUR ENTIRE VALUE SET AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW WITH THE NARRATIVE THAT'S OUT THERE HOW FAMILIES WILL RESPOND TO THAT. BUT WE IN AT EVERY TURN ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY VERY AND STRONG THAT OUR DISTRICT IS ONE INCLUSIVE OF ALL STUDENTS. SAME WITH LGBTQ WE'RE TRANSGENDER STUDENTS AND THIS IS A PLACE WHERE OUR STUDENTS NEED TO BE ABLE TO FEEL SAFE. WELCOME. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWERS TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT. THANK SO MUCH.  AND I MEAN I THINK IT'S CLEAR FROM THIS HEARING AND IT'S CLEAR FROM THE OVERALL CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD I REALIZE YOUR SUPERINTENDENT REALLY APPRECIATED IN MEETING YOU IN MISSION HILL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND GETTING MY NITTY GRITTY QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND THAT'S PARTLY WHY I'M TALKING MORE BROADLY NOW. BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT OUR ISSUES IN BOSTON ARE THE COST OF TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS THE LACK OF RESOURCES TO FIX OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN SCHOOLS AND LESS STUDENTS AND AND UNDER FILLED SCHOOLS. SO I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A PLAN. I TRUST YOUR PLAN. I THINK WE DO NEED TO SEE THAT PLAN AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING HARD TO PREPARE AND I THINK WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN WE WERE MAYBE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE DIFFICULT. THEY'RE THEY FEEL INTRACTABLE BUT I DO TRUST OUR CITIES TEAM. I DO TRUST YOUR LEADERSHIP SUPERINTENDENT AND I THINK AS I LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT THAT NEED SUPPORT AND I LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS THAT MAY BE SHOULD EXIST THAT DON'T EXIST OR THE COLLABORATIONS THAT SHOULD EXIST AND DON'T EXIST AND I REALLY WANT TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH YOU ESPECIALLY ON THE UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE SIDE. I THINK WE REALLY COULD BE HAVING DEEPER CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR OUR YOU KNOW I HAVE 14 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THAT TOUCH DISTRICT EIGHT AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALL EAGER TO ENGAGE WITH YOU IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. SO IN THAT I KNOW WE HAVE A SHARED INTEREST IN YOUTH SPORTS AND GETTING TUTORING AND AND OTHER RESOURCES OFF THE GROUND SIMILAR TO THE FORMER SCHOLAR ATHLETES MODEL SO EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS.  I STILL THINK THAT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WORK TO DO BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM IN PLACE TO DO THAT AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.  THANK YOU.  THE I MEJIA THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU KNOW I I'M REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESET AND I REALIZE THAT SINCE MY DAUGHTER BECAME SCHOOL AGE WE'VE HAD SEVEN DIFFERENT SUPERINTENDENTS AND THAT IS VERY DISRUPTIVE TO THE DELIVERABLE OF SERVICE BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE NOTICED AND I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR ALL SEVEN OF THEM IS THAT EVERY TIME WE HAVE A NEW ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND THEN WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW TEAM AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IS ALSO IMPACTING OUR OUTCOMES AND THE RETURN ON THOSE INVESTMENTS BECAUSE WE KEEP GOING BACK TO AND ONBOARDING NEW PEOPLE. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS FROM AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ALL ABOUT THAT THESE DAYS WE'VE AUDITED OUR OWN PIECES OF LEGISLATION BECAUSE WE DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE WANT TO MEET THE MOMENT WE HAVE TO ALSO BE CRITICAL OF OURSELVES AND SO CAN YOU JUST KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH MR BLOOM AND MR DE PINA SINCE YOU GO YOU BOTH HAVE BEEN THE MOST CONSISTENT IN MY TENURE HERE IN TERMS OF JUST TRANSITIONS. I THINK YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH YOU WERE HERE WITH TOM. HE WAS HERE YOU WERE HERE WHEN CASILLAS WAS HERE. I MEAN LIKE I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A MORE OF A HISTORICAL FROM MORE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIPS AND NOT TO SAY THAT YOU DON'T BUT BECAUSE YOU ALSO HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE STREETS. MYRIAM YOU'VE BEEN DOING THE WORK FROM THE OTHER SIDE SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT MY QUESTION IS.  BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS FROM A DOLLAR AND CENTS STANDPOINT HOW HAVE THESE TRANSITIONS RIGHT IMPACTED OUR RETURN ON THOSE INVESTMENTS AND DELIVERABLES? BECAUSE YOU'RE ONBOARDING NEW PEOPLE, THEY'RE LEARNING THEIR JOBS. THEY DON'T STAY THE REVOLVING DOOR I THINK HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN THIS. NOW MY DAUGHTER NOW IS IN THE NINTH GRADE AND SO I'VE ALREADY I'M GOING TO END WITH MY BEGINNING IN THAT TIME THERE'S BEEN SEVEN SO IF WE AVERAGE IT OUT IT'S ONE PER YEAR. SO JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW WE ARE WITH THAT I WOULD JUST SAY ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN SAYING AS WE GO INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS AND I DIDN'T SAY EARLIER AND SUPERINTENDENT I SHOULD OF BECAUSE I MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO UP IS WE'RE GOING INTO A BUDGET SEASON WHERE I DON'T NEED NEW HIGH LEVEL TALKING POINTS I'M NOT MY MY THE MAIN MESSAGES OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR BUDGET AND THE MAIN INITIATIVES WE'RE FOCUSING ON ARE THE SAME RIGHT? THEY'RE INCLUSIVE EDUCATION,  THEY'RE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLANNING. THEY'RE THESE BIG PROJECTS, THEY'RE THE SAME PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT LAST YEAR AND I THINK THEY'VE EVOLVED. RIGHT. AND WE'RE WE'RE SORT OF STARTING DIFFERENT THINGS AND STOPPING OTHER THINGS AND TWEAKING AND CHANGING THOSE PLANS.  BUT IT IS IT'S BEEN GREAT FOR ME FROM THE BUDGET AND FINANCE SIDE TO BE ABLE TO JUST CONTINUE WORKING AND DEEPENING AND GROWING ON THOSE SAME INITIATIVES FOR MULTIPLE YEARS IN A ROW. AND SO IT MEANS WE CAN LEARN THE LESSONS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND JUST CONTINUE TO GROW THOSE AND I'VE REALLY NOTICED THAT IN THIS YEAR'S PROCESS WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE MOMENTS THUS FAR WHERE I'VE BEEN LIKE WHY IS THIS GOING SO SMOOTHLY? RIGHT? AND SOME OF IT IS JUST OH RIGHT BECAUSE REALLY TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING BETTER THIS YEAR VERSUS THERE'S A NEW PLAN. SO I'VE JUST APPRECIATED THAT.  YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS I'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS MORE CONSISTENT INVESTMENT ON WE KNOW THAT ARE WORKING AND ARE WELL RESEARCHED AND WELL DOCUMENTED THAT CAN MOVE THE WORK FORWARD AND GIVE US THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS. I'VE SEEN MORE TARGETED INVESTMENTS IN THOSE VERSUS IN THE PAST. WE'VE TRIED TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS NOT WELL BUT I FEEL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE REALLY NARROWED OUR FOCUS AND REALLY INVESTED. WE'RE REAL TALKING. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU.  AND I'M CURIOUS WE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL CLOSURES AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS I'D LIKE TO HEAR AND I KNOW I ONLY HAVE 4 MINUTES BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT PART OF THE BUDGETING PROCESS LIKE TO SEE WHAT YOUR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE FOR ACTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ROLL OUT BECAUSE TAKING THAT BAND-AID OFF IS GOING TO HURT.  AND THEN I'D LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT I'M A I LOVE THE WHOLE ISSUE AROUND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DEEPLY CARE ABOUT WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS.  I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, BRIGHT IN HIGH MADISON BURKE, CHARLESTOWN JUST TO NAME A FEW THOSE ARE THE SCHOOLS THAT I THINK USUALLY HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE. HIGH SCHOOLS ARE THE ONES THAT USUALLY HAVE THE LEAST RESOURCES AND THE HIGHEST NEED STUDENTS AND I'M CURIOUS WHAT HOW YOUR BUDGET THIS TIME IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE RETURN ON THOSE INVESTMENTS AND I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A DASHBOARD I THINK IN EVERY SINGLE HEARING THAT I'VE COME TO HERE AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE TAPE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR RETURN ON INVESTMENT. I'M A VISUAL LEARNER AND I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE LIKE THIS IS $20,000 FOR THIS $20,000 WE'RE GETTING X, Y AND Z AND THIS IS THE OUTCOME. THIS IS HOW THIS YOUNG PERSON WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE X GOAL. THAT'S THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AT SOME POINT.  BUT FOR NOW JUST ANSWER THOSE TWO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.  SO I'LL START AND I DO WANT CHIEF MCCARTHY TO JUST TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE WORKING ACROSS SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS. BUT I THINK TO YOUR POINT THAT THESE ARE ALL OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS AND OFTEN OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS SERVE THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION SPECIAL EDUCATION MULTILINGUAL LEARNER IN STUDENTS AT RISK IN THEY GET KIND OF SIMILAR FUNDING I THINK FOR US WE'RE REALLY TARGETING PROGRAMING AT THOSE SCHOOLS. SO A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE FOR OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS BRIGHT IN CHARLESTOWN IN MADISON I'LL ACTUALLY HAVE AN EARLY COLLEGE FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS THAT DIDN'T EXIST PREVIOUS TO THAT.  ADDITIONALLY FOR THE HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND WE'LL SEE CLUSTERS IN SCHOOLS LIKE OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN DOING IT BY SCHOOL. SO I THINK WE NEED TO SORT OF DO AT THIS POINT AND HAVE BEEN IS GOING THROUGH TO THE STUDENTS IN FINDING THE STUDENTS WHO ARE MOST AT RISK AND THEN ATTACHING PROGRAMS TO THEM AS OPPOSED TO THE PARTICULAR SCHOOL WHERE THERE'S CLUSTERS THAT'S YOU KNOW LIKE A BRIGHTON HIRE OR A CHARLESTOWN. YOU SHOULD SEE MORE OF THESE KINDS OF INITIATIVES OUTREACHING AND IMPACTING THE KIDS THAT ARE THERE.  I THINK THE CAREER NETWORKING IN THE CAREER AND THE CAREER PATHWAYS ARE ANOTHER EXAMPLE. DEEP WORK AT ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS. HOLLAND TECH WHICH WAS THE FORMER BRCK ABOUT TO GO THROUGH THAT AS WELL. SO THOSE THOSE ARE THE SCHOOLS THAT MOST NEED IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE CONCENTRATION OF LEARNERS NOT REALLY BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL ITSELF. AND I KNOW THAT CHIEF MCCARTHY HAS ALSO BEEN GOING STRAIGHT TO KIDS WHICH IS WHERE WE SEE THE DIFFERENCE. SO I JUST WANT TO SHINE LIGHT A LITTLE BIT ON HIS WORK ON THE WEEKENDS.  GOOD AFTERNOON. THE GREAT QUESTION YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT US TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE BARRIERS ARE FOR KIDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN KIDS. THINK ABOUT YOU COST OVER HERE . I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR APPROACH TO CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, WE THINK ABOUT THOSE WE START FROM TIER THREE AND THEN GO BACK YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ONE REMARKET. WHAT THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL TO CHILDREN IS JUST WHEN YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, YOU'RE BATTLING A CELL PHONE AND YOU'RE BATTLING INFORMATION OFTENTIMES MISINFORMATION. RIGHT. WELL, THE ONE THING THAT YOU GET YOU ALWAYS FIND WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IS THAT THEY COULD ALL BUT THE INTERNET ALLOWS THEM TO GO SOMEWHERE TO FIND AN ANSWER THAT THEY WANT TO BELIEVE NOT NECESSARILY THE RIGHT ANSWER. RIGHT.  AND I THINK WHEN WE ARE BATTLING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, WE IDENTIFY SPECIFIC STRATEGIES THAT WILL HELP THEM RETURN.  THINK ABOUT THE STUDENTS ONE STRATEGY WE USE IS WE DID A SURVEY AND THE RETURN IN THE SURVEY WE SIMPLY ASKED FAMILIES WHAT DO YOU NEED? WHAT IS GOING TO HELP YOU? WE ASKED WE ASK PARENTS FIRST WHAT AND THEN THE THE DATA CAME BACK FORWARD JOBS MEANT TO HELP SUPPORT YOU KNOW,  TRANSPORTATION. I CAN'T GO TO ASHMONT. I CAN'T GO TO FOREST HILLS.  AND IT WAS OUR IT WAS THEN OUR CHARGE TO THEN COME BACK TO THOSE STUDENTS AND COME BACK TO THOSE FAMILIES AND SAY HEY, ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? HERE'S THIS RESOURCE BUT HERE IS THIS RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT, YOU KNOW YOU WERE ABLE TO GET WHERE YOU HAD TO GO IF YOU WERE A STUDENT WHO WAS STRUGGLING ACADEMICALLY.  YOU KNOW, I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE SORT OF LIKE IS ARE BUILDING THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS TEAM YOUR TEAM BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE HELPFUL. WE BUILT A SORT OF LIKE A UNIVERSAL RECOVERY PROGRAM SO KIDS COULD COME IN NO MATTER WHAT SCHOOL YOU'RE FROM AND RECOVER A DAY YOU BRING YOUR WORK WITH YOU AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE INTERRELATED TO THE THE. 830 TO 3 P.M. SO THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED HAVE REALLY REALLY GIVEN STUDENTS MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU. JUST BECAUSE I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE SORRY TABLE AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SHARED BUT I'M REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS AROUND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT REGARDING THE SCHOOL CLOSURES AND ALL THAT SPECIFICALLY.  I'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT PARENTS AS MENTORS THAT PROGRAM THAT WE FUNDED FOR ALMOST 500,000 OR 100,000 AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE UP THAT GAP AND HOW THOSE THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS CAN HELP SUPPORT YOU ALL IN IN THAT ADVOCACY WORK? SO SPECIFIC TO THE ENGAGEMENT FOR IT RELATED TO THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN.  OUR DIVISION IS VERY INTENTIONAL IN COLLABORATING WITH THE CAPITAL PLANNING TEAM AND THEIR PROJECT MANAGERS AS SOON AS YOU KNOW A PLAN IS IDENTIFIED YOU'VE BEEN AROUND ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT BEFORE WITH A LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN. IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE RIGHT? BUT OVER THE YEARS OUR ENGAGEMENT REVEALED THAT WE NEEDED TO EXPAND OUR TIMELINE SINCE RIGHT OF WHEN THE PROPOSAL GOES IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND WHEN IT ACTUALLY GETS IMPLEMENTED.  SO WE HAVE ADDRESSED THAT. THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE HAVE INCREASE OUR ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CANNOT PUT A PROPOSAL FOR LIKE SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD HAVE IMPLEMENTATION. SO WE DO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CAPITAL PLANNING TEAM TO IDENTIFY AND TO ADVISE ON LIKE THE BEST WAYS TO ENGAGE INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES.  BUT I WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THAT ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE I BELIEVE THIS ADMINISTRATION IS MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS IS THAT OUR ENGAGEMENT BEFORE IT GOES OUTSIDE OF OUR DOORS HAS TO ALSO BE IN WITHIN. AND TO YOUR POINT OF THE CONSISTENCY OF YOU KNOW, HAVING THE LEADER NOW FOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS IT HAS HELPED US CROSS THAT WORD MENTALLY TO CONNECT DOTS BETTER SO THAT OUR ENGAGE MAN HAPPENS FOR US WITHIN AND THEN WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE PARENTS AS MENTORS FOR THEM. YEAH. YEAH. SO YOU KNOW WE'RE WE'RE PLANNING ON CONTINUING TO INVEST IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THOUGH THERE'S DEDICATED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MONEY BUDGETED FOR EACH OF THE LONG TERM FACILITIES PROJECTS AND I THINK YOU KNOW, EACH INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM WILL BE REVIEWED AS PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS. SO I'M SPECIFICALLY ASKING ABOUT AN INITIATIVE I KNOW WE I CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES ABOUT INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU. JUST AS A COUNCILOR MEJIA JUST AS A FURTHER POINT, THESE ARE CONTRACTS AND SO CONTRACTS HAVE TO GO THROUGH PROCUREMENT SO THAT MONEY ASIDE FOR THOSE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS. YES, ABSOLUTELY.  100%. YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU.  YEAH, I MEAN JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP ON ONE LINE THERE. I MEAN I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, ALL THE DATA SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT STUDENT PERFORMANCE THAT THE SCHOOL IS JUST SORT OF KIND OF THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG THAT ALL THESE OTHER THINGS FEED INTO IT AND YOU KNOW, HOUSING, FOOD, CLOTHING, FAMILY, EVERYTHING ELSE. AND SO I JUST ONE THOUGHT IS WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH OBVIOUSLY YOU SUPPORT A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HELP THE STUDENTS. BUT IF THERE'S ANY PROGRAMS THAT YOU THINK WOULD PARTICULARLY HELP YOUR STUDENTS JUST STEP UP AND HELP US GET THOSE OVER THE FINISH LINE, YOU KNOW, JUST IN THE FUTURE JUST NO QUESTION THERE.  SO THIS IS THERE ARE TRAINING PROGRAMS TO GROW YOUR OWN IN THE BUDGET FOR FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS. THERE'S SOME TRAINING FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS TO GET THEIR CERTIFICATIONS AND YES, WE HAVE THERE'S A PARA PARAPROFESSIONAL TO TEACHER PIPELINE PROGRAM.  OKAY. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, IS THERE FUNDING FOR THAT IN THE BUDGET AND WHERE DO WE LOOK? IT'S A GRANT. YEAH. SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND YOU KNOW THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR WITH THE BUDGET BOOK REESTABLISHED SO YOU KNOW WE MIGHT HAVE SOME GROWING PAINS WITH IT BUT THE IDEA WOULD BE I FORGET WHO OWNS WHICH DEPARTMENT OF QUALITY THAT WE SHE HAS. IT IS SO YOU WOULD HAVE LIKE A PAGE FOR H.R AND IT WOULD SORT OF DESCRIBE THEIR MAJOR INITIATIVES AND WHAT WHAT YOU WOULD SEE THAT IN THEIR SCHOOL YEAR 26 BUDGET AND SO YOU WOULD SEE SORT OF THAT INITIATIVE THAT IN THE BUDGET AND ANYBODY APPLICATION THAT WOULD COME FROM A GRANT IS A IS A FEDERAL GRANT THAT WE DID WITH THE UNIVERSITY AND SO IT'S ACTUALLY A MULTIYEAR GRANT. OKAY.  AND THEN YOU KNOW, I I KNOW THERE'S BEEN TALK PRIOR ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAYBE IN THIS ONE YOU'D EDUCATE ME ABOUT WHAT KIND OF LIKE A BASELINE FOR SCHOOLS YOU KNOW, A SORT OF NUMBER OF TEACHERS, NURSES, THIS KIND OF THING. SO DO YOU HAVE A BASELINE AND UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING FOR? YEAH, IT'S YOU KNOW SO EVERY SCHOOL WE HAVE SORT OF A DEFINED MINIMUM BASELINE BUDGET SO YOU KNOW, EVERY SCHOOL NEEDS TO HAVE A FAMILY LIAISON, A SOCIAL WORKER, A NURSE ETC. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I'M SORRY COULD JUST SAY WHAT'S IN THE ETC. IT'S IT'S A FAIR NUMBER OF THINGS BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'LL DO AND I CAN GET YOU THE INFORMATION SO WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP IN WRITING IS ONE OF THINGS WE'RE SORT OF THINKING ABOUT IS THERE IS A THERE'S A COST EFFICIENCY CHALLENGE WITH A BASELINE BUDGET, RIGHT IS WHEN WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE AS SMALL AS 100 STUDENTS IF YOU START TO SAY WELL EVERY SCHOOL IS GUARANTEED A SPECIFIC TYPE OF POSITION, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU RUN INTO BOTH FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY CONCERNS AND ALSO IT'S SORT OF COUNSELOR FITZGERALD WAS MENTIONING EARLIER LIKE PHYSICAL SPACE LIKE LITERALLY LIKE WHERE DO THE ADULTS GO ALL DAY RIGHT IF THEY DON'T HAVE OR IF A SCHOOL IS SMALL AND DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE OFFICE SPACES AND OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED. SO WERE IN FINANCE AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT BASELINE BUDGET, WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR CHIEF STANDARDS OFFICE AND OTHER OTHER FOLKS IN CAPITAL PLANNING AND FACILITIES TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE SORT OF BUILD WE'RE BUILDING TOWARDS SCHOOLS THAT SORT OF FIT THAT MODEL AND WE KNOW SORT OF AT A BASELINE YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT 4 TO 600 KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND AT LEAST SORT OF I THINK I'VE BEEN IN A ROUGH TIME. I HAD THE FIGURES AROUND 750 YOU SAID A 712 WHERE YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE THE REAL SORT OF SWEET SPOT OF ECONOMIES OF SCALE TO BUILD OUT THE KIND OF PROGRAMING AND SERVICES THAT WE WANT EVERY SCHOOL TO HAVE. YEAH AND WE USE LIKE CASE LOADS SO LIKE WHEN WE LOOK AT A PARTICULAR POPULATION IN THE SCHOOL WE SOMETIMES APPLY FORMULA IN A CASELOAD. IT'S NOT PERFECT BECAUSE NO KIDS TO KIDS ARE THE SAME BUT WE DO USE KIND OF RULES BASED WHETHER IT'S WHEN DETERMINING LIKE SCHOOL PSYCH TIME OR SOCIAL WORK OR TIME OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS WE OFTEN USE LIKE NATIONAL STANDARDS OF PRACTICE AND HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION AND ONE QUICK COMMENT. SO IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET AND I GUESS FEES I DO DO WE EXPECT TO SEE THE NUMBER OF DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNING INSTRUCTORS INCREASE?  YEAH, IN THE NEXT BUDGET? YES, DEFINITELY.  YEAH, DEFINITELY. THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE AREAS OF OUR INVESTMENT. OKAY.  AND THEN JUST LASTLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR DISTRICTS.  I KNOW BPA IS GETTING CUT INTO THE POOL BUSINESS APPARENTLY IN THE HANIGAN IN IN DISTRICT SIX THERE IS A FILTRATION SYSTEM AND I JUST THAT IT'S IT'S A RESOURCE NOT JUST FOR THE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL BUT FOR THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S IT'S I JUST WOULD ASK THAT SOMEHOW THAT GET FIGURED OUT AND THAT GET THE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT LOTS OF FOLKS LIVE AROUND THERE COULD USE THE POOL INCLUDING THE KIDS WHO GO TO THE HANGING YEAH SO CHIEF WARD IS ON THE POOL DUTY FOR SURE.  I THINK WHAT WE WILL SEE IS THOUGH ON A SERIOUS NOTE, THIS IS ALL TIED INTO THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR US AND WITH SO MUCH DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND THEN TAKING THE POOLS WHICH IN AND OF THEIR OWN RIGHT HAD DEFERRED MAINTENANCE WE'RE TRYING TO STRETCH EVERY DOLLAR AND FIGURE THAT OUT SO THAT'S PROBABLY LOW FOR A LONGER CONVERSATION BUT CHIEF, DO YOU WANT TO JUST ON THE HEADING IN SPECIFICALLY.  GOOD AFTERNOON THANKS FOR HAVING ME YET AGAIN HERE THANKS FOR MEETING ME AT HAND AGAIN AS WELL AND I WAS HAPPY TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE POOL AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE WERE FACING A LOT OF IT DUE TO THE COORDINATOR AND THE CHEMICAL FEEDER SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY AT THAT ONE LOCATION. WE ARE HAPPY TO PUT THE WORK OUT TO BID. WE DID ACTUALLY PUT IT OUT TO BID AND OUR FUNDING SOURCE WAS REJECTED. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ALTERNATIVE FORMS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK IN THE IMMEDIATE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT BACK ONLINE. WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THERE TO BE DONE. IT'S JUST THE AVENUE IN THE VEHICLE TO GET THE WORK DONE THAT'S PRESENTING THE LARGEST CHALLENGE FOR US RIGHT NOW. WE'RE CONTINUING TO PUT OUT THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS AND TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION FOR US TO CARE FOR THE POOLS AND MAKE SURE WE CAN GET STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY OUT. AND OF COURSE IN 20. OKAY. YEAH, THANKS. I JUST DO I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. THERE'S WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR WHOLE LIFE SERVICES AND THERE'S LOTS OF KIDS MISSION HILLS MILDRED HALEY COULD REALLY USE THAT AS A RESOURCE AND I KNOW ABSOLUTELY AND WE FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT EVERY POOL AND STUDENTS NEEDING TO LEARN TO SWIM. I THINK WE'RE SO THRILLED THAT THAT'S A CITY INITIATIVE. SO THIS IS A COLLECTIVE GOAL THAT WE WANT TO GET THE POOLS UP. THANK THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANKS CHAIR FOR INDULGING THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MURPHY THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU AND COUNCILOR WEBER ON THE 21ST WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP THAT POOL LIKE I PROMISED THAT WE WON'T JUST TALK ABOUT THE KIND AND WE HAVE THAT HEARING COMING UP ON THE 21ST BECAUSE THE LETTER THAT DID GO OUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE HANNIGAN LETTER SAID BUT THE LETTER I SAW TO THE CONDO COMMUNITY WAS THAT THE FUNDING WAS DRIED UP SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO CAN ANSWER DIRECTLY ABOUT THE FUNDING GOING FORWARD. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT COMMITMENT.  SO A FEW MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP BY A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES.  YOU KNOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS THE THREE MEALS A DAY WE PROMISE WE HAVE SCHOOL VACATION IN SUMMER SITES TO GET FOOD BUT WHEN OVER 2000 STUDENTS A DAY ARE EITHER LATE OR MANY OF THEM THEN MISS THE ENTIRE DAY THEY'RE MISSING FOOD. SO WHAT IS THE PLAN? KNOWING THAT THIS HAS BEEN I WOULD CONSIDER A CRISIS OF OVER 2000 STUDENTS EVERY DAY ARE GETTING TO SCHOOL MORE THAN 15 MINUTES LATE WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE THEIR BREAKFAST AND A CALM DAY BEFORE THEIR DAY STARTS. YEAH, MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE DIFFERENT FORMS OF ACCESS AND BREAKFAST AND WE DO COME FOR BREAKFAST AFTER THE BELL AND THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO.  SO WE MAKE SURE THAT FOOD BREAKFAST IS AVAILABLE BETWEEN THE MORNING TIME AND THEN EVEN RIGHT JUST RIGHT BEFORE LUNCH. WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS NEED THE BREAKFAST SO WE DON'T STOP BREAKFAST THE PARTICULAR TIME WE WORK WITH SCHOOLS AND STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS THAT DO ARRIVE EARLY DO ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO BREAKFAST WHERE THEY CAN EAT IN THE CLASSROOM THEY WILL SOMETIMES SCHOOLS ARE REALLY GREAT AT PROVIDING PRIVATE SPACES IF THEY IF A STUDENT NEEDS IT SO WE DO NOT STOP WE DON'T EVER STOP SERVING BREAKFAST. ANY CHILD THAT WANTS A BREAKFAST WILL HAVE A BREAKFAST . YEAH. THANK YOU. I ALSO THINK YOU'VE MADE A POINT IN THE PAST WHICH I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT ONE WHICH IS IN THE AFTER SCHOOL HOURS SNACKS AND FOR OUR ATHLETES BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EMILY'S TANNER, OUR FOOD AND SERVICE DIRECTOR IS MAKING HAPPEN AS WELL AS SALAD BARS AND OTHER KINDS OF THINGS.  OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. THE POSSIBLE SHIFT TO JUST MASS CORE BEING WHAT WE BASE GRADUATION ON. IS IT TRUE THAT LAST YEAR ONLY 50% OF OUR STUDENTS TOOK IT AND ONLY 51% OF THEM PASSED? SO MARS CORE IS ACTUALLY I SHOULD HAVE EXPLAINED THIS AS CORE IS ACTUALLY A SEQUENCE OF COURSES. IT'S 22 CREDITS 29 THROUGH 12, CORRECT 22 CREDITS WE WERE PRETTY MUCH STATE AVERAGE LAST YEAR FROM OUR SCORE WITH THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS THERE ARE THIS CERTAIN THINGS LIKE FOR INSTANCE WE NOTICE OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS WHO COME IN NINTH OR 10TH GRADE HAVE TO TAKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ESL THE WAY COURSES ARE CURRENTLY COUNTED THEY ACTUALLY CAN'T FULFILL MATH SCORE BECAUSE OF THE ESL. SO THOSE ARE SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. IT CAN BE THAT AS WELL. THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BRING BEFORE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AS A WAY TO MAKE SOME EXCEPTION SO THAT STUDENTS AREN'T PENALIZED IZED FOR GETTING THEIR SPECIALIZED SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, I THINK WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT FOR THE STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T WHAT IS YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE CAUSE? WAS IT YOU KNOW THEY DIDN'T PASS THE CLASS WAS IT A COURSE LIKE AN ART OR MUSIC THAT WASN'T OFFERED? PHYS ED CONTINUES TO OFTEN BE A STRUGGLE BECAUSE OF THE TIGHTNESS OF THE SCHEDULE FRANKLY. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE HAVING WORKING GROUPS ON THIS YEAR TO PLAN OUT THAT WE HAVE THOSE SOLUTION SETS IN PLACE. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ON PAR WITH THE STATE WHICH WOULD BE ALL DISTRICTS WHICH IS HITTING THAT 50 51% MARK OKAY. THANK YOU.  TONS OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT OUR ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOLS AND IT LOOKS FROM THE LIST ALL MAYBE ALL OF THEM ARE STRUGGLING WITH CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM BUT MANY OF THEM HAVE, YOU KNOW, HIGH PERCENTAGES LIKE 85 TO 98% CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, THE MILKING IS AT 94%. SO ON ANY GIVEN DAY THAT'S LIKE 4 TO 5 TEACHERS TO ONE STUDENT. YEAH.  AND THE DATA I DID RECEIVE WAS A LIST BUT YOU KNOW 18 DAYS GET YOU ON THE LIST BUT MANY ARE WAY MORE THAN 10% AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT I HAVE THE ACTUAL BREAKDOWN OF HOW MANY DAYS BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS ARE MISSING 50 DAYS 100 DAYS. SURE WE CAN DEFINITELY WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT. I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS HERE. I THINK THERE'S A REASON WHY WE'RE REDESIGNING ALL DAY. RIGHT. WE HAVE TO MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S ENGAGING IN GIVING THE SUPPORTS AND RESOURCE CORRECTLY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.  AND SO AND THAT PARTICULAR ALL DAY I FITS THE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO IT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT MATCH RIGHT NOW THOSE ARE ALL DISINCENTIVES TO COME TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY I THINK TO CHIEF MCCARTHY'S POINT WHEN YOU PEEL BACK THE ONION CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM GOING TO AN ALL DEAD SCHOOL TO START NEEDING THAT DIFFERENT KIND OF PATHWAY IS OFTEN UNDERLYING IN THAT FOR THAT STUDENT THEY HAVE REAL LIFE TRAUMA HAPPENING THAT COULD BE IN THE FORM OF HOMELESSNESS CARETAKING DUTIES.  IT COULD BE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CHILDREN. THEY HAVE TO WORK FULL TIME.  SO THERE'S LOTS OF TENSION POINTS FOR THE PARTICULAR STUDENT THAT'S NEEDING THAT AND OPTIONS THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE GREATER THAN A STUDENT IN A DIFFERENT SCHOOL. WE NEED TO HAVE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES, LOTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF SUPPORTS WAYS TO MAKE UP TIME THAT ISN'T THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL DAY OLD ED IS ABOUT THAT AND THERE IS IN RIGHT NOW I THINK A GOOD MATCH OF WHAT WE OFFER KIDS FOR A MENU. DO YOU FEEL IT'S THE UNION THAT'S TYING YOUR HANDS ON THE OLD NAME BECAUSE IT WOULD SEEM YOU DEAF AND NO, I THINK THAT FLEXIBILITY YEAH NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. NO I DON'T. I THINK THAT THIS IS I THINK ARE ALL DADS HAVE BEEN STIGMATIZED OVER YEARS AS SOMETHING LESS THAN THE REST OF THE SYSTEM OR NOT NEEDED AND IS QUITE TO THE CONTRARY ALL DEAD PLAYS A VITAL ROLE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AS IT DOES THE STATE AND I THINK IT HAS TO BE RESOURCED PROPERLY AND I THINK THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE STUDENTS, THE DATA AND HEAR WHAT THE KIDS NEED AND THEN MAKE THAT MATCH. SO WE'RE ABOUT TO GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY WE'VE GOTTEN SOME PRIVATE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO FROM AND FROM FROM A GRANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT WORKS. WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. OKAY, MY OUT OF TIME. YES, IT GOES REAL. IT DOES. I'LL JUST END ON WHAT I HEARD I THINK AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK WITH DAN ABOUT THE BUSSES WHEN WE HAVE THE PERCENTAGES OF STUDENTS AND WE HIGHLIGHT HOW MANY ARE NON BEEPS AND I DID PUSH BACK BECAUSE WE WERE SAYING OUR DISTRICT SPECIAL ED STUDENTS WERE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF NON BEEPS AND I WOULD ARGUE I MEAN WE HAVE BEEN FOUND TO VIOLATE OUR STUDENTS RIGHTS AND NOT PROVIDE THEM WITH SPECIAL ED SERVICES AND THAT'S WHY THE STUDENTS HAVE TO GO OUT OF DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROVEN THAT THERE IS NOT ONE SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE THEM THE SERVICES THEY NEED. SO WE WE HAVE TO PROVIDE IT FOR THEM. SO WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY BUT IT SEEMED THAT I HEARD THAT THERE'S A NEW PLAN TO GET MORE IN OR IS IT BECAUSE I MEAN I WOULD WE'RE ALWAYS BUDGETING FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS AND AFTER ANY IEP MEETING THAT I WOULD CONSIDER WE LOST, RIGHT IF THAT'S THE CORRECT WORD, YOU KNOW THAT A STUDENT IS NOT GOING TO BE PLACED IN A SCHOOL IN BOSTON BECAUSE WE CAN'T PROVIDE THEM WHAT THEY NEED AND THAT'S DEFINITELY A FINANCIAL LOSS FOR US ALSO. SO IS THERE LIKE A NEW PLAN OR IS IT JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER AND IT'S COSTING US A LOT OF MONEY? SO I THINK THERE ARE DEFINITELY SITUATIONS WHERE A STUDENT TEAM IN THE FAMILY MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT THE DISTRICT CANNOT PROVIDE. THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE PROGRAMING FOR THAT SET OF SERVICES AND IN THAT CASE IT IS OUR FINANCIAL, ETHICAL, MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT THROUGH AN OUT OF DISTRICT. THERE'S ALSO I THINK SITUATIONS WHERE ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT GIVEN SERVICES IN THE WAY WE NEED TO THAT THE OR WE DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM DEVELOPED THAT A STUDENT GOES OUT OF DISTRICT. OUR GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO LOOK AT THE DISABILITY AREAS THAT TEND TO GO OUT THE MOST AND WORK BACKWARD TO SAY WHERE AND HOW CAN WE BUILD THOSE PROGRAMS. GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE I KNOW YOU HAVE BACKGROUND IN THIS GOOD EXAMPLE DYSLEXIA RIGHT? THEY LIKE VERY SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY RIGHT SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY WITH A READING UNDERTONE THAT'S AN AREA WHERE WE CAN BUILD OUR PROGRAMING AND MUSCLE UP SO THAT STUDENTS DON'T NEED TO LEAVE TO GO OUT OF DISTRICT.  SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I ACTUALLY AM WORKING CLOSELY WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION. CASTEEL CHRISTINE TRAVIS ONLY AROUND THIS PARTICULAR AREA BECAUSE WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO GET EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO STAY IN DISTRICT TO GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED AND YES THERE IS A COST SAVINGS TO IT BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT'S JUST ABOUT OUR KIDS BEING ABLE TO STAY DAY AND THEY'RE STILL OUR KIDS IF THEY DO GO YEAH THEY'RE ALWAYS EARLY. YEAH THEY'RE STILL IN. EVEN IF THEY GO TO PAROCHIAL OR CHARTER THEY'RE STILL OUR KIDS. SEE THE KIDS? YEAH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.  THANK YOU, CHAIR. WE SPOKE OF THE PARODIED TEACHER MOTTO WHICH WHICH BY THE WAY I THINK TO GET THAT GRANT YOU HAVE TO LOBBY THE STATE HARD. I THINK IT'S NOT LIKE SOME SOME OF THE POWERS HAVE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING A RESPONSE IF YOU COULD TALK TO YOUR FOLKS THAT YOUR COUNTERPARTS AT THE STATE LEVEL ABOUT BEING MORE RESPONSIVE AROUND THAT BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T GET IT OBVIOUSLY THEN YOU'RE ON A PARIS SALARY. YEAH, YOU'RE LIKE WELL THEN I'M NOT I'M NOT TAKING THOSE COURSES RIGHT? BUT I KNOW IT'S HARD TO GET IN TOUCH WITH SOME OF THE POWERS I'VE SPOKEN TO BUT IS THERE IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING PARIS THAT COULD BECOME TEACHERS JUST AS EQUALLY AS IN THE FIRST ROUND? WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE PARENTS BEING INVOLVED, THE PRINCIPAL IS A KEY COG AS WELL EQUALLY IF NOT LESS LIKELY TO IF NOT EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AS THE PARENTS INVOLVEMENT. HOW DO WE IDENTIFY, ATTRACT AND RETAIN GOOD PRINCIPALS AND WHAT DO WE LOOK FOR IN THEM BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE LOOK AT THEM AS THE LEADERS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL.  YEAH, I ACTUALLY THINK THIS WAS ACTUALLY MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WHEN I CAME IN JUST TO START WITH STABILIZING THE PRINCIPAL CORE BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A STABLE STRONG CORE YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL SYSTEM. FORTUNATELY THIS HAS BEEN AN AREA WE REDID THE PRINCIPAL CONTRACT. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH SCHOOL LEADERS TO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES AND WE REALLY WE HAVE A SCHOOL LEADER CABINET NOW THAT REALLY KIND OF BRINGS TO BEAR AND ACTS AS A WAY WHERE WE CAN SURFACE ISSUES AND SOLVE THOSE ISSUES THAT IMPACT WHETHER OR NOT THE WORKING CONDITIONS ARE A PRINCIPAL THEY WANT TO STAY OR NOT. ADDITIONALLY, I THINK THE REGIONAL NETWORK MODEL IS STARTING TO REALLY KICK IN IN A SUPPORTIVE WAY FOR THE PRINCIPALS SO THAT THEY'RE NOT BY THEMSELVES BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY WITH A TEAM AND THAT THEY HAVE A TEAM OF COLLEAGUES TO LEARN FROM.  THESE ARE JUST ALL THINGS THAT CAUSE PRINCIPALS TO STAY ARE TURNOVERS BEEN THE LOWEST IT'S EVER BEEN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT BECAUSE I'M PROUD OF THE PRINCIPALS WE HAVE AND I TELL THEM ALL THE TIME THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING TO SHARE YOUR TALENT AND PASSION AND TIME WITH US BECAUSE IT IS END THE SCHOOL LEADER IS A REALLY HARD POSITION AND THE FACT THAT THEY CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND AND TO SHARE AND TO DEVELOP AND BE COMMITTED IN THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THEM AS INDIVIDUALS AND I THINK IT'S STARTING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT OUR DISTRICT AND MOST OF THEM TEACHERS PRIOR DO COME FROM I WOULD SAY MOST OF THEM I MEAN I WILL SEE THIS KEY LOVE WHO'S ONE OF THE GREATEST PRINCIPALS EVER WHO IS MY GROUP AND SUPPORT FOR YEARS HE WAS NOT A TEACHER BUT HE CAME UP WHERE HE WAS ACTUALLY IN CAREER NETWORKING AND HE WAS ON THE CAREER SIDE OF THE HOUSE. HE WAS A FABULOUS PRINCIPAL I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS OBVIOUSLY IF THEY HAVE A TEACHER BACKGROUND THEN WHEN THEY'RE TAUGHT WHEN THEY'RE WITH TEACHERS THEY CAN HAVE THAT CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL PIECE. BUT THAT SAID, A LOT OF THIS IS AROUND HAVING PRINCIPALS WHO ARE GOOD LEADERS COMMITTED TO LEARNING AND GROWING LOVE KIDS LOVE FAMILIES WANT TO BE IN THAT SPACE LIKE THESE ARE THE THINGS WE REALLY LOOK FOR WITH OUR SCHOOL LEADERS AND THEN ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE WE WORK HARD TO DEVELOP THAT MUSCLE IN ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE BECAUSE FOR A PRINCIPAL TO ACTUALLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN BE THAT INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER THEIR OPS HAVE TO BE RUNNING REALLY WELL. YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  THE QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE AFTER SCHOOL DISMISSAL TIMES RIGHT AT THE YOU KNOW THE 4:00 TIMES A LOT OF THE TIMES THAT CAUSES SOME NEIGHBORHOODS TO MISS OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO YOU KNOW I KNOW THIS GETS ME THINKING ABOUT BUT BUSING AND I BROUGHT SOMETHING UP THERE LAST WEEK ABOUT RIGHT LIKE SORT OF THE HOW TO COUNTERACT ALL THIS STUFF BUT I KNOW THAT FOR MY OWN KIDS IS YOU KNOW THINGS THAT GO ON AD DELAY ALL AROUND THE MURPHY SCHOOL BUT THEY START AT 3:00 AS WELL. MY KIDS ONLY GET NOW FOR ANOTHER HOUR SO WE MISS OUR CLASS RIGHT?  THAT IS PROVIDED THERE. I GUESS IT'S MORE JUST A COMMENT. I KNOW THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO AND IT'S MORE REVOLVES AROUND BUSSES AND TRYING TO GET A MORE UNIFORM. I MEAN I THINK I THINK IT IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE DO NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT, RIGHT. I THINK THE REASON WE HAVE THREE TIERS IS BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET 23,000 KIDS ACROSS THE CITY IN THE WAY THAT OUR STREETS ARE AND OUR TRAFFIC IS. THAT SAID, I THINK THE IDEA OF LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN BRINGING HIGH QUALITY SEATS CLOSER TO WHERE STUDENTS LIVE, ALL OF THAT IN THE INCLUSION PLAN GIVING THOSE OPTIONS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE IN FOR OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS EXPANSION OF BILINGUAL AND NATIVE LANGUAGE ALL OF THAT CLOSER TO HOME MEANS STUDENTS HAVE SHORTER BUS RIDES IN SOME TIMES THEY DON'T EVEN NEED A BUS RIDE IN. THE MORE WE CAN DO THAT THE MORE WE CAN HAVE A SYSTEM THAT THAT IS LESS DEPENDENT ON THE BUSSES AND IN THAT WAY YOU CAN EVENTUALLY CUT DOWN ON THE TIERS.  YEAH THAT'S I THINK THAT WOULD BE BE GREAT. ONE FINAL QUESTION BECAUSE AS THE BUS BUDGET IT BEING TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER PARTS OF BEEPS WHETHER IT'S OPERATIONS FACILITIES, WHAT HAVE YOU IS THERE ANY STRINGS ATTACHED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR IT'S SIMPLY JUST LIKE SAY THE MAGIC WAND AND YOU COULD DO THE YOU COULD DO THE DOE BUSSES AND HAVE ALL THE HIGH QUALITY SCHOOLS EVERYWHERE. THERE'S NO STRINGS ATTACHED SAYING OKAY, WELL YOU CAN TAKE 50 MILLION OUT OF THE BUS BUDGET AND LET'S JUST PUT IT RIGHT INTO X RIGHT PUT THE CONTRACT THERE. YEAH YEAH RIGHT.  I MEAN I THINK IF IT WAS 50 MILLION THEN ONE YEAR MIGHT BE THERE MIGHT BE SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES BUT IN GENERAL NO THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET IS PART OF OUR SINGLE APPROPRIATION FROM THE CITY BUT IT'S NOT A SEPARATE LINE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU AS WE AS WE SORT OF MOVE FORWARD TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. I APPRECIATE THAT.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CASSIE BREADON HERE.  I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS MORE ABOUT THE CAPITAL BUDGET. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MADISON PARK PROJECT IS OVER BUDGET AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY IT'S LIKE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER BUDGET . I'M JUST WONDERING WHY THAT HAS HAPPENED AND IS IT THERE MUST BE A PROJECT AND THEN ALSO WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE WHITE STADIUM NEGOTIATIONS? ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THAT THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS AND HOW DO WE PROTECT BPC STUDENT ACCESS TO THE STADIUM AT THE TIMES THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE ACCESS? YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO SHARE IT WITH A PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM BUT OUR STUDENTS SHOULD GET FIRST DIBS LIKE THAT'S DREAM TIME. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE AND REALLY KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL EXCUSE THE PUN AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THE STADIUM AT THE TIME SO THEY NEED IT.  AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS REALLY ABOUT THE JACKSON BROWN COMMUNITY CENTER AND THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT TIPENE AND CHIEF FORD FOR COMING OUT TO A HEARING THE OTHER NIGHT. I THINK WE HAD I THINK WE HAD CLOSE TO 300 PEOPLE TURNED OUT IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. SO THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS REALLY CRITICAL PART OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALLSTON BRIGHTON AND IT'S IT IS A IT'S A PIECE CONTROLLED BUILDING SO I'M REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER HAS ACCESS TO THE SPACE SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP PROGRAMS GOING UNTIL SUCH TIMES AS WE BUILD A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER WHICH IS SORT OF THE ULTIMATE GOAL HOW WE GET THERE IS STILL UP FOR DISCUSSION BUT YOU KNOW WE WHAT WE WANT TO SEE FRIDAY NIGHT SOCCER WE WANT TO SEE SATURDAY VOLLEYBALL CLUB WE WANT TO SEE ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD BEFORE SO TO COME BACK SO ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. GREAT. I THINK THIS WILL BE ACROSS PROBABLY THREE PEOPLE. SO I'LL JUST START ON MADISON. I THINK IS WE MOVED INTO THE SCHEMATIC FOR MADISON OF WHAT THE BUILD WOULD ENTAIL AND WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE AROUND THINGS LIKE SWINGS, BAYS, NEW BUILD RENNO THE PRICE CHANGES. I ALSO THINK CONSTRUCTION IN GENERAL IS GOING UP SO I THINK AS A RESULT FOR US TO GET THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS WHICH WHEN YOU WHEN YOU BUILD THE BUILDING THE FIRST PLACE WE START IS WHAT DO WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH ACADEMICALLY AND PROGRAMMATICALLY IT BEING THE ONLY VOGUE TECH SCHOOL IN THE CITY, IT IS CRITICAL THAT THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY FLUSHING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY HAPPENS SO THAT WE GET THE SENSE FROM THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMS INDUSTRY BASE THAT WE NEED TO BUILD? WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW THAT KIDS HAVE INTEREST IN THAT THE CURRENT MADISON DOES NOT OFFER. SO BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT THEN COSTS OUT THE SPACE THAT'S NEEDED TO SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS AND THAT'S WHERE THE PRICE HAS NOW GONE UP FROM A COMBINATION OF , YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTED CONSTRUCTION COST WHAT THE DESIGN THE SWING SPACE WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THEN THE SUPPORT OF THOSE PROGRAMS.  BRIAN ON THE CAPITAL IN GENERAL, DO YOU WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT LIKE IN GENERAL HOW COST IS GOING UP ON CAPITAL LIKE ON THE BROADER BUDGET?  SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET IN THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A LOT OF THE MAINTENANCE AND A LOT OF THE REPAIRS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT, WE'VE DETERMINED THAT THAT AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE MONEY TO US HAS NOT BEEN THAT TO SUSTAIN THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT OF EPS IN TERMS OF THE INVESTMENT WE WENT FROM HAVING I WOULD SAY ROUGHLY ABOUT 200 MILLION AVAILABLE TO US FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS TO HAVING ROUGHLY 20% OF THAT AVAILABLE TO US OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS AS IT COMES TO MAINTAINING THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT THAT WOULD BE DUE TO THE SOME PARTS TO THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING TO OTHER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT LIKE NEWBUILDS SUCH AS MADISON.  BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL MAINTENANCE WE START TO SEE THAT THAT AMOUNT IS ALSO DECLINING BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING THREE TIMES THE COST AS IT RELATES TO NEW BUILDS AND CONSTRUCTION AFTER THE PANDEMIC WE'RE SEEING THAT THE LABOR AND SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGES STILL HAVE HAVING A LONG TERM EFFECT ON OUR ABILITY TO MAKE THE ONGOING REPAIRS THE SERVICES THAT WE NEED FOR THE DISTRICT.  SO YOU'RE GENERALLY YOUR REGULAR BUDGET WOULD BE 200 MILLION FOR A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM EXCEPT THAT HERE YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH AND THAT THAT WOULD BE ONLY AS IT RELATES TO THE MAINTENANCE LIKE I I'M NOT A CONSTRUCTION PERSON BUT I THINK THAT THAT SEEMS LOW BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF US ALONE WE SHOULD HAVE ABOUT 150 MILLION OVER OUR OPERATING PER YEAR IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR OUR DISTRICT. OKAY AND IT DOES IS MADISON PARK IS IT BEEN FUNDED BY MSP? IT IS NOT CURRENTLY IN MSP A PROJECT IT HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED AS ONE. IT IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN ONLY TALKED ABOUT AS BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE CAPITAL BUDGET.  OKAY. AND I THINK SAM, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WHY STATED SURE AND I'LL TAKE THE LAST TWO SO WITH WHITE STADIUM BASED ON THE RFP AND BASED ON OUR WORK AND OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH LEASE WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT OUR STUDENTS NOT HAVING ACCESS TO THE STADIUM. SO I'VE SEEN MORE STUDENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE STADIUM ONCE IT IS COMPLETE AND FOR THE SPORTS THAT WON'T BE THERE WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY RELOCATED ALL THE SPORTS TO OUR PLACE THE PRACTICE PLACE TO PLAY SO OUR STUDENTS ARE STUDENT ATHLETES ARE GOING TO HAVE A FINE QUALITY EXPERIENCE BOTH AT THE STADIUM AND THE DIFFERENT SPACES WHERE THEY'RE PRACTICING PLAYING NOW WITH REGARD TO THE JACKSON MAINE COMMUNITY CENTER AND OUR SCHOOL, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE CITY.  IT IS STILL PART OF THE CONVERSATION. THE PLAN THAT HAS NOT CHANGED.  SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS OF THAT PROCESS. RIGHT. GOOD.  THANK YOU. YEAH. TIME'S UP. THANK YOU. OH, THANK YOU. UM, FEW QUESTIONS FOR ME . I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER HEARING AT 2 P.M. AND THAT COUNCIL IS LOOKING TO GET TO AND SO ESSENTIAL STAFF CAN WE FIND OUR POOLS, DO MBA NOW? OKAY, FORTUNATELY I WISH BUT NOT GOT IT. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS UM YOU KNOW I'VE I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE OUT HERE AND TALKED TO D.C. AND DO IT AROUND A CRADLE TO CAREER INITIATIVE WHERE WE MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK AND MEANING THE MILESTONES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A YOU KNOW,  SUSTAINABLE CAREER AT THE END OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY.  IT WOULD NEED TO BE MULTIAGENCY EFFORT.  YOU KNOW, BP'S DOESN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR YOU KNOW, STUDENTS UNDER THREE OR KIDS UNDER THREE BUT DC HAS SOME OF THOSE DATA POINTS BUT IT'S NOT PLUGGED INTO BP'S IN TERMS OF LIKE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.  SOME ARE LEARNING OTHER EXTRACURRICULARS AS WELL AS LIKE SOCIO ECONOMIC FACTORS. YOU KNOW YOU GUYS BROUGHT UP WHAT MCCARTHY BROUGHT UP THE SURVEY ON YOU KNOW THE STUDENT NEEDS AND THE FAMILY NEEDS AS BP HAS SOMETHING ON THEIR END RIGHT LIKE THAT SURVEY ON LIKE THE PROFILE OF THE FAMILY OF THE STUDENT ON THEIR END THAT THEY'RE KEEPING TRACK OF OR ALSO THE PROGRAMS YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S SUMMER AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE GOING INTO. YEAH. SO THIS IS IT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA I THINK AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES. RIGHT. I THINK THE ISSUE IS THERE'S A COUPLE ONE IS WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CONNECT ALL THE DATA WE DO HAVE INTO ONE PLACE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT CUMULATIVE IMPACT. IT'S ALMOST LIKE A PORTFOLIO FOR A STUDENT FROM BIRTH I WOULD ACTUALLY SAY UNTIL GRADUATION OF COLLEGE OR TECHNICAL OR WHATEVER IT IS JOB SO ONE IS KIND OF THE MECHANISM THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH. I THINK WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO IS THAT IN PARTS OF THE STUDENT AND THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IT TOGETHER IT'S JUST NOT THERE YET BUT LIKE FOR INSTANCE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THROUGH MY CAP A STUDENT'S PLANNING FROM THE TIME IN SIXTH OR SEVENTH GRADE IN ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY DOING BUILDING MUSCLE TOWARD CAREER NETWORKING CAREER EXPERIENCES AND COLLEGE EXPERIENCE AND AT THE YOUNGER GRADES WE ALSO KNOW THROUGH EXTENDED TIME THROUGH THE SUMMER WORK WHAT ARE THE OUTSIDE INFLUENCES FOR THE STUDENT IN A POSITIVE WAY THAT ARE HAPPENING THOSE ARE WITHIN OUR CONTROL TO SORT OF START TO MERGE OR THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.  I THINK WORD FALLS APART A LITTLE BIT IS WHEN WE HAVE TO CROSS AGENCIES TO GET DATA BECAUSE IT TAKES SO LONG TO GET DATA AGREEMENTS IN SO FOR INSTANCE STUDENTS THREE OR BELOW YOU KNOW YOUNGER OR EVEN FOR INSTANCE WHEN A STUDENT'S COMING FROM ANOTHER PLACE INTO THE DISTRICT IT'S THAT FLOW OF INFORMATION IS ALWAYS TOUGH IN OUR CHURN IN OUR DISTRICT OF STUDENTS FROM START TO FINISH IS VERY HIGH SO WE WOULD NEED SOMETHING THAT ALSO INCORPORATES SOME KIND OF DATA SHARING FROM A PARENT PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY THE PARENTS TO RELEASE SOME OF THAT. I DEFINITELY THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE AS WE GET OUR SYSTEMS MORE SITUATED WE CAN BUILD TOWARD BECAUSE IT'S VALUABLE AND IT'S ALSO FRANKLY HOW YOU MEASURE NOT JUST GROWTH BUT IMPACT YEAR TO YEAR ON A STUDENT. IT REALLY WOULD BE WONDERFUL FOR THE STATE TO PICK THAT UP IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM OR AT LEAST PILOT IT, YOU KNOW BECAUSE WHEN STUDENTS ARE MOVING DISTRICT TO DISTRICT SOMETIMES WE JUST GET THESE RECORDS WE DON'T REALLY GET THE FULL STUDENT EXPERIENCE SO I'D LOVE TO SEE IT COME INTO FRUITION FOR THOSE REASONS AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT I REALLY DO THINK IT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA. IT'S JUST HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT DOING SOME OF THAT.  I DO THINK WE'VE GOT PARTS THAT ARE STARTING TO FORM WHERE I COULD SEE IT. WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE VEHICLE IS TO HOLD IT.  AWESOME. THANK YOU AND AND NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO YOUR DEAR TEAM INCREDIBLE TEAM OVER AT VP'S THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GUYS HARD WORK AND ALWAYS BEING RESPONSIVE I MEAN WILLINGNESS TO BE FLEXIBLE WHERE YOU KNOW COME IN IN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND ALWAYS WILLING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL SHOUT OUT TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE CHAIR ROBINSON ALSO SHOUT OUT TO MY TEAM IN A WHITE ALWAYS YOU KNOW BEING A GREAT LIAISON AND COMMUNICATED TO THE COUNCIL CHANNEL AND ESSENTIAL STAFF IN THIS HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 1393 IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE AND