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we have one of our new members diana

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read the mission statement

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public schools aspires to empower all

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students to be global citizens who are

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effective communicators analytical

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problem solvers and savvy consumers and

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information

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we propose to do this through an

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emphasis on communication critical

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thinking creativity self-management

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perseverance and collaboration

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students will be active partners in

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authentic learning offering voice and

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choice in demonstrating competency

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thanks

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so for announcements tonight the school

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committee retreat will be held on august

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10th

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location and time are still to be

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determined

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all school and district offices will be

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closed on monday june 20th the last day

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of school for students is tuesday june

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21st

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this will be an early release for all

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students the middle and high schools

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will dismiss at 11 20 a.m

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and the elementary schools will dim

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dismiss at 11 55 a.m

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grab and go lunches and transportation

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will be available the extended day

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program will also be running and the

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first round of community listening

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sessions on the future of the elementary

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school project will take place on july

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26th and august 1st

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more information on the time and

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location of these meetings will be

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shared in the upcoming week

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um any special acknowledgements

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i'll start i'd just like to

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acknowledge and congratulate our middle

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school girls track team who won the

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state championship last weekend

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which is a great accomplishment

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obviously but it follows on our girls

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middle school basketball team winning

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the state championship over the winter

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so i think it's pretty exciting to have

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this great group of athletes coming up

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into the high school the next couple of

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years so we look forward to seeing them

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perform

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i'd like to just mention the pops

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concert last week which was spectacular

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and so much fun and hacked

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full auditorium for a great show

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it was great as well as streaming there

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were a lot of people that streamed as

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well

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middle school concert was pretty

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impressive too yeah with some pretty

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impressive eighth grade

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singers and that wrote their own song

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if you close your eyes you would never

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know that those were middle school

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students

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on in any of the ensembles no they were

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amazing

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all right i will have one

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the eighth grade civics project

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um was amazing to go to the display and

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have them

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present their issues

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um and a lot of them as

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uh i think brian and i acknowledged were

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emotional learning and stress

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and depression and teens

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and a lot on the the river and the

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environment in ipswich so yeah we're

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talking about that

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so i've got a couple um one the entire

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staff who persevered through another

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difficult year

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um 138 graduates that we had walk across

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the stage last saturday onto a new adventure um all of our

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sports teams who made it into the into

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the preseason play we've had a number of

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them this spring

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um and then our retirees we wish them

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well-deserved retirement

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and finally i have to give another shout

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out to our incredible nursing staff who

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uh you know who are like the linchpins

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and getting us through yet another year

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in all of our schools

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as far as keeping everybody safe and healthy and you know keeping track

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of all the covet cases and stuff so

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shout out to them

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um anybody else or

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any citizens comments

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irene josephson 46 washington street um

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sorry

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i was in contact with the open meeting

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office

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of the

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state of massachusetts and i asked about

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having a group having their meeting in a

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restaurant

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oh that was kosher

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and so i'd like to be there applied

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that's okay

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sure the open meeting law applies when a

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forum of public body members meet and

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deliberate that is communicate about

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public body business regardless of where

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painting takes place

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when such communications occur they must

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be done improperly close to meetings

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even if such communications occur during

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a retreat meeting however if a public

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body it probably members

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are not deliberating about public body

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business and technically the meeting as

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defined under the opening law has not

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occurred

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it's not a violation of the opening you

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want for public body members to be in

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the same place at the same time provided

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that no deliberation occurs

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if members simply want to socialize and

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not deliberate about board business and

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such communications would not be

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considered deliberation as it is defined

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in the open media

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if there's no deliberation then there's

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no meeting and the public body do not

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need to post or keep the nets

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please be advised that discussions

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regarding procedural or administrative

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matters may relate to public business

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with antibodies jurisdiction

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including whether the body should

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consider or take action on specific

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topics during meeting

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the open meeting law does not carve out

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an exception to the definition of

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deliberation

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for procedural decisions

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among the public members

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about how its meanings should be run and

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the discussion concerning the leadership

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of the public body

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is considered a matter of public

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business that should be reserved for an

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open meeting discussion of a public

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body's operation is public business

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within the body's jurisdiction

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and so i said well if they have their

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meeting in a restaurant and the room's

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too small not a problem

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and they said

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all meetings of public bodies must be

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open and accessible to the public unless

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an executive session is convened

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although the open meeting law does not

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specifically prohibit public bodies from

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building meetings in private buildings

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meeting in a room that is too small to

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accommodate the public would likely

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violate the open meeting laws public

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bodies must make reasoning efforts

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to accommodate antispin crowds

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for in-person meetings access to a

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meeting must include the opportunity to

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be physically present as well as see and

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hear what's being discussed by the

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members of the public body

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in addition for an in-person meeting to

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be truly open to the public it must be

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held at a location that is accessible to

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persons with disabilities

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thank you thanks very much

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so if if everybody is okay with us

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reversing order we're just going to

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quickly go to the second item on the

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agenda the reason i've been sharing so

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far is because i'm the senior school

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committee member and tonight's our

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reorganization meeting so we're going to

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voting for

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uh new chair vice chair and secretary

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so are you guys all okay with just

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moving and we'll just do that and then

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we'll move on to the

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ell presentation

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so uh nominations for

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chair this year

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i nominate greg stevens for chair

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second second okay

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anyone

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have any comment anyone else want to

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nominate anyone

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shall we just vote

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does anyone is everyone sure

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i appreciate that greg has picked up

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this job and has

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taken it and has been

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proactive in engaging comments and

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feedback from other school committee

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members i think he has a great

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relationship with the superintendent and

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other committee members and i i support

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appointment as chair

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all right all those in favor

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i'll nominate kate elliott for vice

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i think craig kate has done a good job

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stepping in the role of vice chair um

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equally i think that she's got good

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really working relationships with

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members of the committee um she she

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works very hard and um i think that she

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will um do a good job if reappointed to

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the role of vice chair

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okay all in favor

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the superintendent tonight so i'll

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nominate dr blake for secretary

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all in favor

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and you can designate i designate laura

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no no i think laura has done a great job

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all right good all right

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so we will move on to our presentation

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of the english learner program it looks

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like we have our el program staff here

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we do tonight so one of the

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this came about because over the course

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of the year i've been

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seeing the praises of our

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dl staff um as you know we've seen a

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population increase

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in ipswich um so this evening we have

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three of our four el teachers with us

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member of the el team

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and sarah trotsky uh

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gabby is at the middle high school lisa

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is at the winthrop school along with

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dutcher who was not able to be with us

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changes that we're making to the program

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and what the work looks like this year

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and moving forward so i will turn it

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over to them

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is there somewhere i should stand right

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in front of that mic right there

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and that microphone's not for us it's

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more for the people at home but i feel

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sorry it's like it's not doing anything

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you are very important so just just

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before you start the anybody that's

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going to be speaking you need to speak

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right into that microphone so that the

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booth can pick it up um the rest of us

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we can hear you fine but

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out in tv land they won't be able to

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thousands watching at home

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um hi everyone um thank you for having

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us we're really excited to be here today

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um and give you a brief overview of the

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english learner education program here

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in ipswich

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in today's presentation first we will

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give a brief overview of who we are and

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some important definitions related to

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the work that we do

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then we will share with you our work and

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accomplishments from this past year

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finally we'll share with you our next

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steps and our goals as we plan for the

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upcoming year and at the end we'd love

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to take questions

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so starting with a brief overview

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welcome to our world

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um

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we already did introductions but just a

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review of who we are and um

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what schools that we're at

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um all right so before we really get

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into this we want to define what is a

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multilingual learner

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so

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massachusetts state law defines the term

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english learner as a student who does

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not speak english or whose native

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language is not english and who is

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currently

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not able to perform ordinary class work

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in english

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however although the state law still

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uses the term english learner the

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educational community is shifting to

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using the term multilingual learner to

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describe the same population of students

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because multilingual learner is asset

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based language and it also recognizes

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that many of our students come here

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already speaking more than one language

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in this presentation we'll use both

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terms interchangeably because when we

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talk about state laws and

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coding it just it's easier to go with

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what the state uses for terms

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but it's important to note that there

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are various

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profiles of a multilingual learner

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some are newcomers who have just arrived

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actually most multilingual learners were

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born in the united states

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and others come with limited

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schooling and might need

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unique extra supports

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and there's a bunch of different types

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of multilingual learners but overall on

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average it takes about five to seven

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years for a student to reach full

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language proficiency in english

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we also thought it might be helpful to

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identify how we

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identify a multilingual learner

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so as most of you know when a family

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registers their student

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in ipswich they go to central office and

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part of the registration process is a

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home language survey when a family

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indicates that a language other than

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english is spoken at home

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the esl teacher then analyzes the

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information from the home language

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survey and the enrollment packet and

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then may administer an english language

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assessment to determine the student's

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english language development level

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and then we use those screen results to

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determine whether or not the student

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should be coded as an english learner

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and receive services

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so we wanted to give you after that

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overlay we just wanted to give you a

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little bit more information about

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multi-label learners in ipswich um there

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are about 50 students across the

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district which makes up two percent of

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the population about half of those

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students speak brazilian portuguese as

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their first language um spanish is also

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fairly common as a native language for

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our students and then we put pashto on

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there as well too that's a language

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about afghanistan that has become more

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prevalent in the past couple of months

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along with numerous other languages as

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well

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so this graph just shows the progression

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of numbers of students

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from 2019 to today you can see across

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all grade levels a number of

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multilingual learners has increased in

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the district on the left-hand side those

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are our current numbers so doing there

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are 10 students 22 at once they're up

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and then 15 across the middle of the

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high school

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and we continue to get new students even

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lisa as a couple weeks ago yeah yeah

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so i don't want to go too much into the

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reads but i thought might be helpful

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just to get a sense of the landscape of

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english learner education programs in

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massachusetts

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there are many different programs

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bilingual programs dual language

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programs most districts

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employ the sheltered english immersion

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program which is what kid switch has

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which is when instruction is in english

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with supports for students

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and then you'll see there's basically

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kind of two components to sei

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which is the acronym for sheltered

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english immersion

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one of which is sheltered content

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instructions so our students spend the

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majority of their day with their

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teachers their content teachers right

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whether they're a second grade student

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they're in the second grade class or

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most of the day

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if they're in middle school they're with

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their content subject area teachers most

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of the day and those teachers are sei

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endorsed they employ different

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strategies to make sure that the content

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is accessible to those learners

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and then the esl instruction is where we

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come in as esl

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teachers and we

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work with students from one to three

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periods a day depending their

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proficiency level

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to really dedicate that time to sort of

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systematic explicit sustained

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instruction in the english language

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okay so what have we done this year

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um curriculum and instruction

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we've done a fair amount of this this

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past year um

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one of which has really been kind of

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purchasing and developing curriculum

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aligned to weda standards which is

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through our english language development

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standards so we purchased some newcomer

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curriculum

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we've developed our own curriculum both

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at the elementary middle and high school

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level

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that's differentiated to student levels

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we've done a lot of alignment at the

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elementary level around sort of how we

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deliver those services what the

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curriculum looks like and what our

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assessment looks like and then we've

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spent many many sessions um kind of

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unpacking this gigantic book of

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standards for our

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for esl which

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were released in 2020 in terms of the

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most updated version so trying to dive

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into those creating a user-friendly kind

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of dissected template

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and then an informational video that we

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plan to use with

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other teachers as well because it's

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really meant to be a collaborative

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me process

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um

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in the student engagement and leadership

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realm there have been some exciting new

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developments this past year including

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the formation of the multilingual

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leaders club

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which i'm super proud of um so this club

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was created by students with the mission

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to utilize the assets of being

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multilingual to better the community and

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bring together

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our diverse people and families in

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ipswich

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um and here you can see a picture of

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um the second showcase that we held june

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3rd at high street studios where we had

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about a hundred ipswich students

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families and teachers that spoke all

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different languages

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come together to celebrate

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multilingualism by listening to these

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students

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um

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perform their work to their original poetry

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informative presentations um personal

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narratives we even had a student who

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arrived from brazil uh six weeks ago who

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spoke in english to the entire audience

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and that was really really powerful

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and we got to eat really good brazilian

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food

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which was

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made by two of our students families so

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good um and so this is one of the really

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great developments that we've seen through our students

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this year

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so one of the things that's very special

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about ipswich and their esl

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um teachers and program is that we

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provide a lot of wrap around services

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don't know what that is it means that

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we're more than teachers

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um

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we try to ensure that families who don't

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speak english get information from the

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schools in their native language

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um

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we have the

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s'more can be translated which is the

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weekly newsletter

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however some of us translate it and then

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send it through talking points

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just to be sure that the parents can

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read it

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we use talking points which is a free

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platform

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for teachers for educators

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that goes directly to their cell phones

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and they don't need to know ourselves we

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don't need a phone number we don't need

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a phone number to do that

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so it's been very handy

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i know our school nurse uses it as well

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many of the classroom teachers use it to

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communicate with families um

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so

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the other thing is is that we've upped

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um

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we have interpretation services for um

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conferences we use bay state right now

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and we have some other private

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interpreters that we've used

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and also we've connected families to

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open door

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which is

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the food pantry i'm sure

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you all know about that

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at winthrop we have the mobile mark come

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on thursday afternoons

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and i know that sarah trotsky is trying

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to get it to come to doyon one afternoon

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jane dutcher and myself

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actually take the kids who take buses

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to the mobile mart before they get on

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the bus so that they can bring the food

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home

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so what's next

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because we're tired

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um so

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we've developed actually sarah started

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but we've developed a

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website that's going to be printed

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predominantly for teachers to access

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it'll be a one-stop shop for resources

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we've already started uploading things

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like the standards dissection that we

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did this year

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informational videos about it

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and a lot of the

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accommodation

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things that we suggest that teachers use

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for different students

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um

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and

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gabby is going to highlight pilot sorry

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pilot

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a professional development program all

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teachers who are renewing their licenses

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have to have 15 pdps in ell

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in order to renew

579
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,400
they have to have some instead too but

580
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,159
15 for ell

581
00:22:48,159 --> 00:22:51,679
so gabby is going to pilot a

582
00:22:51,679 --> 00:22:54,640
15 out two at two sessions this summer

583
00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,600
of 15 hour professional development of

584
00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,120
plc

585
00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:01,039
around supporting multilingual learners

586
00:23:01,039 --> 00:23:03,840
which will provide them with those

587
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,960
pdps the outcome it's going to be some

588
00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,159
reading pre-reading it's going to be

589
00:23:10,159 --> 00:23:12,000
sessions in person

590
00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,400
it's going to be projects and at the end

591
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,159
they're going to come up with

592
00:23:16,159 --> 00:23:18,400
a tool of some sort that they plan to

593
00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,559
use in the following year which will

594
00:23:20,559 --> 00:23:23,600
also be posted to uh we have a padlet on

595
00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,039
our website

596
00:23:25,039 --> 00:23:26,960
so it will also be

597
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:31,029
available to all teachers

598
00:23:31,039 --> 00:23:36,390
okay so is anybody having questions

599
00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:38,320
could you i'm interested in what a

600
00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,559
typical i'm sure there is no typical day

601
00:23:40,559 --> 00:23:42,400
but can you just describe when a student

602
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:43,600
comes in

603
00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,120
to the district

604
00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:46,880
has no english

605
00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:48,080
knowledge at all

606
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,159
how do you integrate with the teachers

607
00:23:50,159 --> 00:23:52,559
like how does that all work

608
00:23:52,559 --> 00:23:54,720
so we have the whole language survey we

609
00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,200
get we know ahead of time student is

610
00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,080
coming

611
00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,200
we uh placement is well i can speak to

612
00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,039
the elementary level so maybe gabby can

613
00:24:03,039 --> 00:24:04,400
speak to the middle high

614
00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,320
so we know

615
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,880
we have a meeting with the principal

616
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,760
we do and talk about placement for that

617
00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,640
child meet once that's determined we

618
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,320
meet with that teacher

619
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,520
and then this year we've been bringing

620
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,600
the family in before the child actually

621
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:22,720
starts

622
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:24,559
um i have a

623
00:24:24,559 --> 00:24:26,080
lovely community

624
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,799
member who has helped me enormously this

625
00:24:28,799 --> 00:24:32,960
year with a trans translation um she's

626
00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:36,880
very connected to the community and she usually comes

627
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,640
in and sits with us with the family um

628
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:41,919
she's a mother

629
00:24:41,919 --> 00:24:44,880
of a winthrop student who's in fifth

630
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,320
grade and i had both of her children so

631
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:49,919
i know her um

632
00:24:49,919 --> 00:24:51,679
so she comes in and we talk to the

633
00:24:51,679 --> 00:24:53,760
family and we talk about what the

634
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,320
schooling experiences were the teacher

635
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,279
is there the classroom teacher is there

636
00:24:59,279 --> 00:25:02,080
then what i do is i provide this is if a

637
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,480
newcomer comes if it's not a newcomer

638
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,440
it's less of a

639
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:08,720
challenge right

640
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:09,600
so

641
00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,960
then i provide the teacher with

642
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,880
materials in ipad

643
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,919
that has an ipad that has apps loaded on

644
00:25:19,919 --> 00:25:24,000
it that the student can access

645
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,039
and we have duolingo on that ipad we

646
00:25:27,039 --> 00:25:30,400
have beginning abcs on that ipad so that

647
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,640
the child because i can't be with the

648
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:34,640
child all day

649
00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:35,520
has

650
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,720
things that they can be practicing

651
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:40,400
when the teacher is teaching the other

652
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,640
children or

653
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,799
use it to translate we use google

654
00:25:44,799 --> 00:25:45,919
translate

655
00:25:45,919 --> 00:25:48,159
to help translate for them what's going

656
00:25:48,159 --> 00:25:50,240
on in the classroom

657
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:54,080
yeah exactly and we integrate them and

658
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,880
quite frankly if they're a newcomer and

659
00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,120
uh they're immersed in in english it

660
00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:00,640
comes pretty quickly

661
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,400
they're verbal they're receptive and

662
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,480
they're expressive the reading and the

663
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,159
writing comes later

664
00:26:06,159 --> 00:26:07,440
um

665
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,080
you think about how your own children

666
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,960
develop language as toddlers and young

667
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:14,559
they understood what you were saying to

668
00:26:14,559 --> 00:26:17,039
them before they could speak it's to say

669
00:26:17,039 --> 00:26:19,600
it's all the same and they learned to

670
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,000
read before they learned to write right

671
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,840
so it's it's exactly the same trajectory

672
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,799
exactly great thanks

673
00:26:28,799 --> 00:26:29,919
yes

674
00:26:29,919 --> 00:26:32,799
um you guys do amazing work and just

675
00:26:32,799 --> 00:26:34,880
i've been looking at the traversal

676
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,799
weatherall grants for a couple years now

677
00:26:36,799 --> 00:26:38,640
and oh my god you know that's really

678
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,799
hard i keep asking them

679
00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:43,600
every single year no they're incredible

680
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,919
and it's just like the creativity and

681
00:26:45,919 --> 00:26:46,799
the

682
00:26:46,799 --> 00:26:48,400
beauty of these programs is amazing but

683
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,640
anyway my question is

684
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,279
how do you balance in placing a child if

685
00:26:53,279 --> 00:26:55,039
you have a child with

686
00:26:55,039 --> 00:26:56,880
um

687
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,760
no english and then they're

688
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,679
i'm assuming they're doing more of the

689
00:27:01,679 --> 00:27:03,840
age appropriate placement

690
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,159
not necessarily the curriculum because

691
00:27:06,159 --> 00:27:08,559
we're not yes because um

692
00:27:08,559 --> 00:27:12,320
it's frowned upon to keep them back because it's looked at

693
00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,960
as um

694
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,279
tradition right how do you

695
00:27:17,279 --> 00:27:19,200
support i guess the

696
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,000
social emotional piece of that but the

697
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,039
frustration and the you know

698
00:27:25,039 --> 00:27:26,799
well gabby can probably speak to that

699
00:27:26,799 --> 00:27:29,760
more i don't see a lot of frustration

700
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,679
they're happy to be in school

701
00:27:31,679 --> 00:27:33,679
they love being with their friends

702
00:27:33,679 --> 00:27:35,679
the social piece is very

703
00:27:35,679 --> 00:27:37,200
that's like the

704
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:38,720
fun part of the day

705
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,279
you know um i haven't seen any

706
00:27:41,279 --> 00:27:44,080
frustration in that way but gabby i

707
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:50,230
don't know if you can speak yeah

708
00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,159
um i think that's a great question and i

709
00:27:52,159 --> 00:27:54,320
think that's something that like

710
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,320
we're constantly trying to figure out um

711
00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:57,760
because it can be really hard for

712
00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,799
students when they first come here

713
00:28:00,799 --> 00:28:01,760
but

714
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,120
we sort of do

715
00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:04,320
in the middle in high school at the

716
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:05,600
middle and high school level like all of

717
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:06,880
the things that you would normally do

718
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,120
for any other student um it's just that

719
00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:10,480
i happen to be the person who's sort of

720
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:11,919
the check-in person

721
00:28:11,919 --> 00:28:13,840
um i'm actually like located right in

722
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,279
between my room is right in between the

723
00:28:15,279 --> 00:28:16,799
middle and high school which is perfect

724
00:28:16,799 --> 00:28:18,000
so

725
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,279
they know that they can come to me

726
00:28:19,279 --> 00:28:21,360
whenever they're feeling frustrated

727
00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:23,120
i've also been working a lot with the

728
00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:25,360
counseling team to figure out how do we

729
00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:26,960
support

730
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:28,799
our students

731
00:28:28,799 --> 00:28:30,399
with their mental health um in a

732
00:28:30,399 --> 00:28:32,799
different language i speak spanish so

733
00:28:32,799 --> 00:28:33,760
i'm able to help with the

734
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,279
spanish-speaking students but i don't

735
00:28:35,279 --> 00:28:37,360
speak portuguese so that's something

736
00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:39,760
that we might write a grant for

737
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,640
but it is like a constant you know

738
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,960
a constant dilemma um i think what we're

739
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,200
really lucky for is that we have um our

740
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:48,960
club and we have other students who have

741
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:50,880
been there and done that and our

742
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,279
students are so empathetic and whenever

743
00:28:53,279 --> 00:28:54,640
we get a new kid they're like oh my gosh

744
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,320
i got it i got it like i'll i'm gonna

745
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,640
help him i'm gonna help her and um feel

746
00:28:58,640 --> 00:28:59,919
like i've been there before like you'll

747
00:28:59,919 --> 00:29:03,200
be okay and so they kind of like

748
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,520
create this whole big family um but it

749
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,120
is hard and it's something that we're

750
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,279
trying to figure out

751
00:29:09,279 --> 00:29:12,000
i guess my only other question is um

752
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,480
probably for elementary space issues i

753
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,120
know they've been at such a premium

754
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:18,880
um i'm a little more familiar with

755
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,440
winthrop than joyam but i'm sure

756
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,440
are do you guys feel like you have what

757
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,360
you need

758
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:29,679
so um i began the year in a similar

759
00:29:29,679 --> 00:29:31,760
situation as sarah where i had like a

760
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:33,760
full out space

761
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,720
within a room with title one

762
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,120
and it became apparent

763
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:41,679
right before we hired jane that

764
00:29:41,679 --> 00:29:43,840
we needed a classroom yeah

765
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,919
so we got half half a room i don't know

766
00:29:45,919 --> 00:29:47,279
if you

767
00:29:47,279 --> 00:29:48,880
have been over there to see it but we

768
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:50,559
got that's when i saw it we got third of

769
00:29:50,559 --> 00:29:51,679
her room

770
00:29:51,679 --> 00:29:54,240
well maybe it's a little

771
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,640
yeah and next year we'll get like a half

772
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,720
room because we're moving into the music

773
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:00,880
room because music is moving to the

774
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:03,120
white house back to the playhouse

775
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,399
so um you know space is a challenge

776
00:30:06,399 --> 00:30:09,919
it's just the challenge um i'm i feel

777
00:30:09,919 --> 00:30:12,000
honored to be able to actually have a

778
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,240
classroom now because

779
00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:15,919
i have so much stuff and the kids love

780
00:30:15,919 --> 00:30:18,480
coming and they own the space and they

781
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,279
you know it's a big part of what helps

782
00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:22,799
them succeed

783
00:30:22,799 --> 00:30:23,520
so

784
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:24,480
i don't

785
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:26,640
feel that i don't know sarah

786
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,399
yeah i share um with the reading room so

787
00:30:28,399 --> 00:30:30,000
i have like a third of the space i think

788
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,320
to just

789
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,960
the nature of like luck of the draw

790
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:36,320
right i have kids who are spread out

791
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:37,919
throughout grade levels so in terms of

792
00:30:37,919 --> 00:30:39,840
pulling students it's not like i have a

793
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:43,440
big group you know if i were to have

794
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,120
eight students on one grade level

795
00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:46,320
pulling them at the same time that's

796
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:47,279
when i think there'd be a little bit

797
00:30:47,279 --> 00:30:48,880
more of a challenge but also teachers

798
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,679
you know are really flexible too with

799
00:30:51,679 --> 00:30:53,600
figuring out space needs if i need to do

800
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:54,799
something bigger i'll sometimes use

801
00:30:54,799 --> 00:30:59,669
someone else's room too

802
00:30:59,679 --> 00:31:02,720
so kind of on that vein

803
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,240
you know we're supporting them socially

804
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,960
and within it um how have we or how do

805
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,440
you think we can

806
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:10,559
um

807
00:31:10,559 --> 00:31:12,320
you know create a welcoming environment

808
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:13,840
like how can we

809
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:15,679
so for our

810
00:31:15,679 --> 00:31:19,200
english speaking students are are they

811
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:20,880
attuned to

812
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:22,320
okay we're having

813
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:23,840
new students and we're going to

814
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,159
appreciate their language and

815
00:31:26,159 --> 00:31:27,919
you know um i

816
00:31:27,919 --> 00:31:30,480
they're always excited i mean this

817
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,360
district has been welcoming including

818
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:36,240
all kinds of kids forever even when my

819
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,200
kids went to the school and so

820
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,240
they're excited to have someone from

821
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,679
brazil or afghanistan or russia or

822
00:31:45,679 --> 00:31:48,480
belarus or you know they're excited it

823
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,000
excites them

824
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,159
that's been my

825
00:31:52,159 --> 00:31:54,240
you know experience

826
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:57,120
it's the way our culture is i think

827
00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:58,399
you know

828
00:31:58,399 --> 00:31:59,120
yeah

829
00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:00,399
so um

830
00:32:00,399 --> 00:32:02,320
ryan i love she does really nice stuff

831
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:03,279
every single morning in the morning

832
00:32:03,279 --> 00:32:05,200
evening is in a different language um as

833
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:06,880
part of it and i think that like starts

834
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,760
to foster an awareness of that we're all

835
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,480
coming from different places um and then

836
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,000
um

837
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,360
students if they have a new student

838
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,120
coming in like i'll talk to the teacher

839
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:18,399
ahead of time we'll learn some key

840
00:32:18,399 --> 00:32:19,679
phrases in that student's native

841
00:32:19,679 --> 00:32:21,519
language we'll put you know labels in

842
00:32:21,519 --> 00:32:23,760
the classroom in their language um

843
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,200
there's signs all over going on in

844
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:26,559
multiple languages i'm sure it's the

845
00:32:26,559 --> 00:32:28,559
same in with two

846
00:32:28,559 --> 00:32:30,000
and just like any new student it's

847
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,679
nerve-wracking coming in for the first

848
00:32:31,679 --> 00:32:32,480
time

849
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,360
so just making sure that you feel alone

850
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,480
yeah the sometimes we have our students

851
00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:40,080
trying to teach

852
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,640
the native speaking students and some

853
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,120
words and and that's fun they like to do

854
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:46,640
that um

855
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:47,519
you know

856
00:32:47,519 --> 00:32:50,559
they they love having new kids come in

857
00:32:50,559 --> 00:32:53,200
so it's never been really

858
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:54,960
an issue at

859
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:55,760
just didn't know if there all

860
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:57,200
like something specific that they

861
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,559
guessed like you're saying

862
00:32:58,559 --> 00:33:00,640
well we prepared the classroom that the

863
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,960
students gonna come you know and they

864
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:07,430
get excited

865
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,679
i don't want you to undersell all the

866
00:33:09,679 --> 00:33:12,000
work that that you've been doing in the

867
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:13,840
community though because it's not just

868
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:15,600
what happens in the classroom with the

869
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:17,120
child

870
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,679
and their classmates or the teachers the

871
00:33:19,679 --> 00:33:23,200
outreach that that you're you're doing

872
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,519
to the community in terms of

873
00:33:25,519 --> 00:33:27,679
you know providing the parents with

874
00:33:27,679 --> 00:33:31,279
resources um you know gabby with your

875
00:33:31,279 --> 00:33:33,200
the the uh the evenings that you're

876
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,480
doing to to get families in and really

877
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,360
focusing on making sure that not only

878
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,279
are the kids connected but the families

879
00:33:41,279 --> 00:33:42,799
are connected as well i think that's a

880
00:33:42,799 --> 00:33:44,880
critical piece that's that hasn't always

881
00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:47,110
been

882
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:50,640
right yeah we um actually we have a

883
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:52,880
volunteer who actually talked to me at

884
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,200
the beach today who's very excited to

885
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:56,159
offer

886
00:33:56,159 --> 00:33:57,279
english

887
00:33:57,279 --> 00:33:59,200
lessons to

888
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:00,720
parents

889
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,039
and so

890
00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:03,919
that's

891
00:34:03,919 --> 00:34:05,600
going to be offered i just don't know

892
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,600
what the timing is some of my family

893
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,159
they work a lot

894
00:34:10,159 --> 00:34:11,200
also

895
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:12,000
with

896
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,919
our afghan family

897
00:34:13,919 --> 00:34:16,960
families family

898
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:18,800
we have

899
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,639
i have a volunteer from the middle

900
00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:23,040
school a special education teacher who's

901
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,440
going to work with us children

902
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:28,079
over the summer to try to help

903
00:34:28,079 --> 00:34:31,440
boost their english when i'm gonna

904
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:34,560
give her materials and things like that

905
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,800
we've also connected families with the

906
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,119
library

907
00:34:39,119 --> 00:34:42,079
we've connected families

908
00:34:42,079 --> 00:34:44,399
with scholarships for summer camp for

909
00:34:44,399 --> 00:34:47,679
the kids so they can work

910
00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:50,639
we use mass child we've got clothing for

911
00:34:50,639 --> 00:34:52,159
the children

912
00:34:52,159 --> 00:34:56,399
um we got snow outfits for our newcomers

913
00:34:56,399 --> 00:34:58,400
who come from brazil and never seen snow

914
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,560
before

915
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,599
through ipswich caring i mean we're

916
00:35:03,599 --> 00:35:05,119
we take care of the families it's not

917
00:35:05,119 --> 00:35:10,390
just the kids

918
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:11,680
i'm just going to say thank you very

919
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:13,760
much for all of your hard work it's it's

920
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,839
such important work and i know it's it's

921
00:35:15,839 --> 00:35:18,640
been a hard year um enrollment has gone

922
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,520
up quite a bit i know my question is

923
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,520
two questions one's very simple um so

924
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:25,200
you said there's 50 about 50

925
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,280
multilingual learners and that's up from

926
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:31,910
what historically lisa like

927
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,480
35 or just a ballpark well i prepared

928
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,480
for this question

929
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:38,560
because that's my year

930
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:39,520
um

931
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:43,359
so i originally started with uh i was

932
00:35:43,359 --> 00:35:44,720
planning

933
00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:45,680
the

934
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:47,839
largest amount of growth is at one point

935
00:35:47,839 --> 00:35:50,400
yeah i started with planning on having

936
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:53,200
five students totally

937
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,079
when you started in september

938
00:35:56,079 --> 00:35:57,599
so i got a call

939
00:35:57,599 --> 00:35:59,119
over the summer that there were going to

940
00:35:59,119 --> 00:36:02,400
be two new kids coming from belarus

941
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:03,359
great

942
00:36:03,359 --> 00:36:05,520
and that they were going to be

943
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:07,440
and then

944
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:10,079
in september i got a call that there

945
00:36:10,079 --> 00:36:11,200
would be

946
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,280
three more

947
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,280
but the belarus kids had already been in

948
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:19,280
danvers so they weren't newcomers okay

949
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:20,880
so

950
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:22,400
sorry those are the numbers oh those are

951
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,680
the numbers so it just it just kept

952
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:30,870
it went up a lot like

953
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:35,040
so pre-k to five there were there are 32

954
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:38,960
this year last year there were 23.

955
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,359
that's at the elementary level

956
00:36:41,359 --> 00:36:42,720
so it went out

957
00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:44,079
and then it also includes preschool

958
00:36:44,079 --> 00:36:45,440
which is just something to keep in mind

959
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,599
too so sometimes the numbers are like

960
00:36:47,599 --> 00:36:49,920
deflated or inflated right

961
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:51,760
students also have english learners even

962
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:52,800
though they're not required to have

963
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,990
services

964
00:36:56,000 --> 00:37:00,790
um what can we do for you

965
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,280
i'm good i love my job we all love our

966
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:07,680
jobs that's why we do it was a challenging year for me this

967
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,720
year personally um just if you can you

968
00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:14,400
show the slides the kids kept coming

969
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,040
it was just can you put in a present

970
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:17,839
thanks

971
00:37:17,839 --> 00:37:20,710
um

972
00:37:20,720 --> 00:37:23,280
what happens is it's not the fact that

973
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:28,000
they're all newcomers it's that if they come so they're there and then i

974
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:29,359
start teaching

975
00:37:29,359 --> 00:37:31,200
and then someone comes and then i gotta

976
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:32,720
start over again with that person but

977
00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:35,440
keep those kids going yes it's like this

978
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,079
whole like tag team kind of thing so

979
00:37:38,079 --> 00:37:40,240
that's kind of that was the experience

980
00:37:40,240 --> 00:37:43,200
at winthrop i ended up with five i

981
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,400
started with five plus three pre-k

982
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:48,960
no with no newcomers and newcomers

983
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:50,400
require three

984
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,640
two to three 45-minute sessions of

985
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:54,720
direct eocel instruction a day so it's

986
00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:56,320
like half a day

987
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:57,119
um

988
00:37:57,119 --> 00:38:00,160
september i got four non-speakers

989
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,800
october i got three more

990
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:06,000
november i one left the district and

991
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:07,520
then in december

992
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,320
um i got another one and one another one

993
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,880
left and then january we got three

994
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:14,480
in march i got

995
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,000
one in preschool

996
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:22,710
april i got one and then may i got two

997
00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:24,640
so so you're ready for summer vacation

998
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:28,310
time yes

999
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:32,640
well this was helpful for us i know so it's just and there's no control over

1000
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:35,440
it right right right so and and that's

1001
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:38,640
the thing and part of why we got jane

1002
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,400
was

1003
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:41,920
i couldn't

1004
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:46,720
it was i couldn't do it i was like

1005
00:38:46,720 --> 00:38:49,040
because i couldn't teach the kids you

1006
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:51,520
know so it's great jane and i have a

1007
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:53,200
great rapport we work really well

1008
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:55,520
together we have the same mindset you

1009
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:58,839
know she wishes she were here today

1010
00:38:58,839 --> 00:39:02,160
um but we have a plan for next year you

1011
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:03,920
know i mean she came in the end of

1012
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:06,320
january so it was just kind of like okay

1013
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,320
here you pick up this you pick up that

1014
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,880
we didn't have a lot of time to like

1015
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,200
congeal but we're going to over the

1016
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,160
summer and just have a much more

1017
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:17,760
a better plan but

1018
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,000
um and we'll probably get some more

1019
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,000
there'll be movement there always

1020
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,359
yeah

1021
00:39:23,359 --> 00:39:25,200
well thank you for coming i know today's

1022
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,200
a long day after the beach

1023
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,839
on top of a long year so thank you

1024
00:39:29,839 --> 00:39:32,000
i would love if if you could afford us

1025
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:33,920
the presentation i think it's helpful

1026
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,800
for me to yeah

1027
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,560
that's okay

1028
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:39,680
is it okay

1029
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:52,470
yes well thank you

1030
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,480
we're fortunate to have heather leonard

1031
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:55,760
with us tonight

1032
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:58,079
chair of our pain grant committee to

1033
00:39:58,079 --> 00:40:01,119
talk to us about the approved pay grants

1034
00:40:01,119 --> 00:40:02,720
and um

1035
00:40:02,720 --> 00:40:04,240
we will then take a vote do we vote to

1036
00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:06,000
approve each one as a committee or just

1037
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:14,470
all of them in total

1038
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:34,550
voted on each one

1039
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:38,079
all right so while heather is setting up

1040
00:40:38,079 --> 00:40:40,160
jeff did you have any comments as our

1041
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,800
rep for the pain grant committee on the

1042
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:44,960
grants kind of how the process went yeah

1043
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:48,640
um so we had a kickoff call actually the

1044
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:50,400
committee first is comprised of of

1045
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:53,040
heather who's the chair representatives

1046
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:54,000
from

1047
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,280
um

1048
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:56,560
at least two i think two of the school

1049
00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:58,960
buildings um or teachers from two of the

1050
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,000
school buildings as well as dr blake

1051
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:05,359
jonathan mitchell kathy was involved

1052
00:41:05,359 --> 00:41:09,520
and then parents and um

1053
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:11,440
i think there's maybe one i guess there

1054
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:13,440
was a vacancy in the business community

1055
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,079
member at large position um so we met

1056
00:41:16,079 --> 00:41:19,200
over uh four nights so we had an initial

1057
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,040
introduction we were able to review a

1058
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:22,960
synopsis and the written application for

1059
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:24,640
each of the grants

1060
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:26,000
and then over

1061
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,000
a second meeting we had

1062
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:29,680
presentations which were

1063
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:32,160
very tightly timed by heather to keep us

1064
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,240
on track and we did that via zoom and

1065
00:41:34,240 --> 00:41:35,920
she was able to move people in and out

1066
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:37,280
and give like a seven or eight present

1067
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,520
minute presentation um it was great to

1068
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:42,640
see how the live presentation really

1069
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,119
kind of gave color and kind of developed

1070
00:41:45,119 --> 00:41:46,800
what we had previously seen as far as

1071
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:48,400
the written application

1072
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:50,400
there were so many great you know ideas

1073
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,400
that were you know people got so jazzed

1074
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,480
and excited about and were inspiring

1075
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,079
then all the hard work came where we

1076
00:41:56,079 --> 00:41:57,200
needed to

1077
00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,599
kind of look and make you know decisions

1078
00:41:59,599 --> 00:42:01,680
about does it really true to

1079
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:04,480
you know the wording of the trust

1080
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:06,079
i think the committee worked really

1081
00:42:06,079 --> 00:42:08,240
diligently to be very thoughtful in in

1082
00:42:08,240 --> 00:42:11,280
that and made very solid recommendations

1083
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,200
and

1084
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,599
hopefully that sets heather up without

1085
00:42:15,599 --> 00:42:21,430
stealing too much thunder

1086
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:23,200
perfect um

1087
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:25,599
well thank you for the time to be here

1088
00:42:25,599 --> 00:42:27,920
um and i think

1089
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:29,599
jeff did a great job giving an outline

1090
00:42:29,599 --> 00:42:31,119
but i think understood the amount of

1091
00:42:31,119 --> 00:42:34,240
time so while our committee

1092
00:42:34,240 --> 00:42:36,160
meets in a relatively concentrated block

1093
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,560
there's a lot of work that goes in um

1094
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:40,480
and so i just want to pause and just

1095
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:42,079
shout out all of the different folks

1096
00:42:42,079 --> 00:42:44,000
that have been involved in the

1097
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:45,839
especially this time of year it's a

1098
00:42:45,839 --> 00:42:48,240
pretty significant commitment um and i

1099
00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:50,000
see some not some from folks who've done

1100
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:51,280
it before so

1101
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:53,359
um i'm just so appreciative of

1102
00:42:53,359 --> 00:42:55,599
all of the educators

1103
00:42:55,599 --> 00:42:57,280
we actually have ted spinelli here with

1104
00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:58,880
uh

1105
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:03,190
snuck in the back

1106
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:05,119
so chad was ted was new this year and

1107
00:43:05,119 --> 00:43:07,200
hopefully he's willing to uh continue on

1108
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:09,920
in the next year but it's really

1109
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:13,599
um it is a commitment and of time um to

1110
00:43:13,599 --> 00:43:15,200
do to do the work so it was a really

1111
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:17,520
great it's it's a beautiful thing right

1112
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:18,720
it's a great committee to be able to be

1113
00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:20,480
allowed to be like yes we give money and

1114
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:21,920
it's wonderful um but it is a

1115
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:23,680
significant commitment so shout out to

1116
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:25,680
ted and to jeff and to dr lake and all

1117
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:28,800
those folks who um who were here

1118
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:30,960
during those different meeting times

1119
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:32,880
and laura who does a really wonderful

1120
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:35,680
job making sure everything is ready and

1121
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:37,520
accessible because

1122
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:38,960
you know there's a lot to work through

1123
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:41,359
with all of that

1124
00:43:41,359 --> 00:43:42,640
you're going to see me

1125
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:44,800
remind at the end we are still looking

1126
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:45,440
for

1127
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:47,839
business community reps was we stole her

1128
00:43:47,839 --> 00:43:50,240
and she's now a school committee member

1129
00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:51,599
so

1130
00:43:51,599 --> 00:43:53,839
we are looking to fill her seat

1131
00:43:53,839 --> 00:43:55,520
and also another

1132
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:56,960
position for a community business rep as

1133
00:43:56,960 --> 00:44:00,950
well as a select board member

1134
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,040
okay i do this as a reminder just for

1135
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:04,880
folks who might not know where the pain

1136
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:06,640
grant money comes from and this

1137
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:09,040
information is just helpful to remind us

1138
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:11,040
that it's not a random bucket of money

1139
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:13,440
and it's not a school it's not a part of

1140
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:15,280
the school operating budget

1141
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:17,119
but it was something that was

1142
00:44:17,119 --> 00:44:19,200
that came from william payne and his

1143
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,240
family and the trust that maintains this

1144
00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:24,960
money and invests this money um

1145
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:26,880
then does all of this work to make sure

1146
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:29,200
that those funds from this

1147
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:31,440
land that was donated

1148
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:33,200
and the funds from when that land was

1149
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:34,400
sold

1150
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:36,880
back in 2012

1151
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:38,960
now is continually

1152
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:41,839
provided to support enrichment and

1153
00:44:41,839 --> 00:44:44,000
enhancement of the ipswich public

1154
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:45,599
schools which is very exciting so

1155
00:44:45,599 --> 00:44:46,960
there's a lot of great information out

1156
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:48,160
there for anyone who's curious about

1157
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:49,920
where this money is even coming from and

1158
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:51,040
why

1159
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:52,960
um and i'll just

1160
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:55,680
put the mission statement up there um

1161
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:57,040
ted and jeff have had to sit through

1162
00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:59,440
this about what 200 times in the last

1163
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:01,520
two months but it's important just to

1164
00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:03,359
ground ourselves in the what is this for

1165
00:45:03,359 --> 00:45:04,720
what is the purpose and the why we're

1166
00:45:04,720 --> 00:45:07,109
here

1167
00:45:07,119 --> 00:45:08,480
and this information is just shared

1168
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:10,160
again to remind us that it's not

1169
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:11,920
intended to replace

1170
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:13,280
the public financial support of

1171
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:15,200
education but the intent is to improve

1172
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:17,119
the quality and value of educational

1173
00:45:17,119 --> 00:45:18,880
experiences and increase the scope of

1174
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,200
learning opportunities by the initiation

1175
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:22,720
and customization of creative

1176
00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:25,280
educational practices so we keep that

1177
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:26,880
frame as the purpose and intent of the

1178
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:29,280
funds that's the work that drives the

1179
00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:32,480
decisions so there's often amazing

1180
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:33,839
wonderful thoughtful things that are

1181
00:45:33,839 --> 00:45:36,240
submitted um and we'd all love to say

1182
00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:38,560
yes to everything but this is really our

1183
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:40,240
charge so when we go back to if we have

1184
00:45:40,240 --> 00:45:41,599
to make challenging decisions and

1185
00:45:41,599 --> 00:45:43,520
recommendations this is what we lead

1186
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:45,200
into that work with

1187
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:47,520
so here's where where we are for this

1188
00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:50,240
year um we were provided with an

1189
00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:52,880
incredible amount of almost 700 000

1190
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:54,800
which is phenomenal so thank you to the

1191
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:56,960
festes for their incredible work um and

1192
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,520
we had applications for

1193
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:02,960
828 000 or so so we do have some

1194
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:05,200
critical decisions that have to go in uh

1195
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:07,040
i will let you know that the way the

1196
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:08,720
process went and jeff did a great job so

1197
00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:11,599
i won't repeat um but what we don't do

1198
00:46:11,599 --> 00:46:14,160
is we don't go dollar by dollar so what

1199
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:15,839
we really do when we're going into these

1200
00:46:15,839 --> 00:46:18,480
is we decide do these different

1201
00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:20,319
applications align with that mission

1202
00:46:20,319 --> 00:46:21,839
statement and the purpose of the grant

1203
00:46:21,839 --> 00:46:24,560
and should we recommend it because what

1204
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:26,319
we find is that if you start to do

1205
00:46:26,319 --> 00:46:28,240
dollar by dollars that you'll get pieces

1206
00:46:28,240 --> 00:46:30,480
of grants and think which thing do we

1207
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:32,480
want or not want or why and that's sort

1208
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:34,319
of beyond really what our purpose is so

1209
00:46:34,319 --> 00:46:36,240
we've really shifted the process so

1210
00:46:36,240 --> 00:46:38,079
we're not thinking about adding the

1211
00:46:38,079 --> 00:46:39,599
money up all along but instead we're

1212
00:46:39,599 --> 00:46:41,200
looking at each grant individually

1213
00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:42,720
making our recommendations and then

1214
00:46:42,720 --> 00:46:44,079
we'll give you our recommendations and

1215
00:46:44,079 --> 00:46:45,440
you get to figure out the dollar by

1216
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:46,480
dollar

1217
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:48,160
so we're aware of it but we're really

1218
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:49,520
moving off of based on the

1219
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:50,720
recommendation the alignment to the

1220
00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:52,319
purpose of the grant

1221
00:46:52,319 --> 00:46:54,400
and i will let you know it isn't random

1222
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:56,800
a piece of the work that our committee

1223
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:58,560
members have done that's a significant

1224
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:01,520
dedication of time is that in between

1225
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:03,119
the understanding the meeting where we

1226
00:47:03,119 --> 00:47:04,800
get trained and when we start to hear

1227
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:06,560
the presentations we read through every

1228
00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:08,640
grant which are pages and pages of

1229
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:11,680
information to advocate for the

1230
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:13,280
grant that they're applying for um that

1231
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:14,960
is a significant amount of time and then

1232
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,040
for every grant we complete a rubric

1233
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:19,200
which rates the different components

1234
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:20,400
and you'll see there's a teeny tiny

1235
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,240
graphic in there because i want to

1236
00:47:22,240 --> 00:47:23,760
maintain the confidentiality of the

1237
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:25,280
scores but i do want to share that we

1238
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:26,960
then rank order the grants and we look

1239
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:28,800
at what those mean scores are so we can

1240
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:31,280
see both in the presentations and that

1241
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:33,760
information but also quantitatively how

1242
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:35,520
did we score the different

1243
00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:36,960
considerations while we're making those

1244
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:39,839
decisions

1245
00:47:39,839 --> 00:47:42,720
okay so i'm i'm gonna go through the

1246
00:47:42,720 --> 00:47:45,119
process and go each group um at a time

1247
00:47:45,119 --> 00:47:47,200
but um stevens did you decide if you're

1248
00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:49,040
gonna vote after each one or at the end

1249
00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:50,720
i think we'll vote after each one okay

1250
00:47:50,720 --> 00:47:52,720
all right perfect um so there was one

1251
00:47:52,720 --> 00:47:54,559
application that was in that initial

1252
00:47:54,559 --> 00:47:56,079
request that was actually able to be

1253
00:47:56,079 --> 00:47:57,920
funded through an alternative source so

1254
00:47:57,920 --> 00:47:59,440
that was a wonderful thing that will be

1255
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:01,280
new track record boards that will be

1256
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:02,880
replaced but not funded through this

1257
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:04,720
source

1258
00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:06,160
so the first grant i'm going to share

1259
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:08,160
about is the 21st century music

1260
00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:09,200
classroom

1261
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:11,599
um so this grant was really focused on

1262
00:48:11,599 --> 00:48:13,200
diversifying the opportunities in the

1263
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:14,880
music education

1264
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:16,880
and i think the the thing that miss

1265
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:19,040
hallmeyer shared when she was presenting

1266
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:20,960
was the idea that

1267
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:23,760
well ipswich has the incredible

1268
00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:25,920
numbers of 25 of our students as

1269
00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:27,359
compared to most other districts having

1270
00:48:27,359 --> 00:48:29,359
10 percent participate that also means

1271
00:48:29,359 --> 00:48:31,839
75 might not be actively involved in the

1272
00:48:31,839 --> 00:48:33,920
music department so there are

1273
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:35,680
alternative ways and methods for

1274
00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:36,960
students to engage in the music

1275
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:39,200
classroom so this is looking to

1276
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:41,280
diversify options for in allowing

1277
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:43,920
students to opt in to music through both

1278
00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:46,000
a current sorry a modern band

1279
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:48,240
opportunity which includes some

1280
00:48:48,240 --> 00:48:50,079
different specific skills within

1281
00:48:50,079 --> 00:48:51,920
waterband and connects also with

1282
00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:53,839
production and technology integration

1283
00:48:53,839 --> 00:48:55,680
within the music classroom

1284
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:57,359
so the exciting piece here is that it

1285
00:48:57,359 --> 00:48:59,760
would include both ways that you shift

1286
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:02,400
to that that modern bandwidth includes

1287
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:03,760
some of the work that's really happening

1288
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:05,920
in that technology lens with that

1289
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:07,920
production and it includes learning

1290
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:10,160
about how do you use that skill set

1291
00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:12,079
so it's a pretty exciting

1292
00:49:12,079 --> 00:49:14,400
framing it is something that will be up

1293
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:16,160
is being framed as an option for

1294
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:17,760
students to take during a related arts

1295
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:19,280
time so it would be something that could

1296
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:21,520
be during the general education

1297
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:23,760
school day um it would be open to middle

1298
00:49:23,760 --> 00:49:25,359
school students that's her goal is to

1299
00:49:25,359 --> 00:49:27,839
start with the minister

1300
00:49:27,839 --> 00:49:29,839
and that was that was voted for

1301
00:49:29,839 --> 00:49:31,359
recommendation by the paying grant with

1302
00:49:31,359 --> 00:49:33,920
unanimous support

1303
00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:35,359
there's no questions got to get a motion

1304
00:49:35,359 --> 00:49:37,359
to accept

1305
00:49:37,359 --> 00:49:38,319
second

1306
00:49:38,319 --> 00:49:39,760
any discussion

1307
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:41,520
is this for equipment

1308
00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:43,119
it's a combination so this will actually

1309
00:49:43,119 --> 00:49:44,880
include specific instruments to support

1310
00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:46,640
this but it will also include technology

1311
00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:48,240
equipment that allows you to run some of

1312
00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:50,079
these like hefty programs and

1313
00:49:50,079 --> 00:49:51,680
additionally actually acquire the

1314
00:49:51,680 --> 00:49:52,800
programs that allow you to do some of

1315
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:55,990
the music production

1316
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:58,240
is it a club or class or it would be a

1317
00:49:58,240 --> 00:50:00,640
class so it would be um like like my

1318
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:02,319
daughter's in orchestra somebody might

1319
00:50:02,319 --> 00:50:07,680
have modern band okay all in favor

1320
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:09,119
opposed

1321
00:50:09,119 --> 00:50:10,880
great mediums

1322
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:12,960
sort a logistics question so if we

1323
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:14,079
approve

1324
00:50:14,079 --> 00:50:15,200
all these

1325
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:16,559
we'll go over

1326
00:50:16,559 --> 00:50:18,240
the allotted amount i'll just worry

1327
00:50:18,240 --> 00:50:19,440
about that later i won't let you get

1328
00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:21,440
there don't worry i'll take care of you

1329
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:27,750
make sure

1330
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:28,960
um so the next grade that i want to

1331
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:30,400
share about is the elementary library

1332
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:32,079
technology enhancement grant this grant

1333
00:50:32,079 --> 00:50:34,960
was submitted by both of the uh library

1334
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:36,800
media specialists i'm not sure if that's

1335
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:38,960
the term we use here um from doyon and

1336
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:40,800
winthrop elementary schools

1337
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:42,720
and they're seeking funding to support

1338
00:50:42,720 --> 00:50:43,839
the

1339
00:50:43,839 --> 00:50:45,520
continued integration of the digital

1340
00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:47,680
literacy and computer science standards

1341
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:49,520
within their instruction

1342
00:50:49,520 --> 00:50:51,440
primarily they're seeking these funds to

1343
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:53,599
access digital tools to help students

1344
00:50:53,599 --> 00:50:54,880
integrate

1345
00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:56,880
and move from that idea and i've heard

1346
00:50:56,880 --> 00:50:59,280
it that term use a lot moving towards

1347
00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:01,920
that idea of digital creators instead of

1348
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:03,520
just using technology that they're

1349
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:05,200
actually creating using it so

1350
00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:06,400
specifically they're looking for

1351
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:09,200
resources that include ipads

1352
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:10,640
and the benefit of an ipad that has a

1353
00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:12,880
two-sided camera so they can they can

1354
00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:14,559
watch and film while filming something

1355
00:51:14,559 --> 00:51:15,599
else

1356
00:51:15,599 --> 00:51:17,920
and also those work to support the

1357
00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:19,839
coding with specific robots that they

1358
00:51:19,839 --> 00:51:21,359
have access to already so will allow

1359
00:51:21,359 --> 00:51:23,280
students to engage in that coding

1360
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:26,160
activity they're also looking to support

1361
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:27,920
a particular coding program with grades

1362
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:29,839
three four and five and also thinking

1363
00:51:29,839 --> 00:51:31,359
about some video creation that'll

1364
00:51:31,359 --> 00:51:32,400
support

1365
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:34,319
me integrated in so it allows students

1366
00:51:34,319 --> 00:51:36,319
to actually integrate and collaborate

1367
00:51:36,319 --> 00:51:38,319
the technology with peers

1368
00:51:38,319 --> 00:51:40,160
and create artifacts through the use of

1369
00:51:40,160 --> 00:51:42,480
technology with having these tools the

1370
00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:43,760
other piece they mentioned is that

1371
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:45,280
acquiring these tools that allows

1372
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:47,200
teachers in the building to then sort of

1373
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:48,640
borrow them from that library as well so

1374
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:50,480
that teachers can integrate that use of

1375
00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:51,920
the technology resource into their

1376
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:54,160
classroom

1377
00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:56,000
and that was uh recommended from the

1378
00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:59,520
painter committee with unanimous support

1379
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:01,119
you get a motion

1380
00:52:01,119 --> 00:52:02,160
so moved

1381
00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:04,559
second second what's the motion

1382
00:52:04,559 --> 00:52:08,870
to accept you know sleep

1383
00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:11,040
any discussion

1384
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:15,910
all right all in favor

1385
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:17,359
this is good stuff look at all the good

1386
00:52:17,359 --> 00:52:19,839
stuff we're already doing all right

1387
00:52:19,839 --> 00:52:21,520
these are big things i can't wait to see

1388
00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:23,280
them in process this is a i mean it's

1389
00:52:23,280 --> 00:52:25,280
fun to imagine what this will look like

1390
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:26,720
next year

1391
00:52:26,720 --> 00:52:28,079
okay so the next grand i'm going to

1392
00:52:28,079 --> 00:52:30,319
share is the place based learning grant

1393
00:52:30,319 --> 00:52:32,800
this was a grant that was applied for by

1394
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:34,960
all of the building uh principals in the

1395
00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:37,040
district um and this sprint is a

1396
00:52:37,040 --> 00:52:38,800
reoccurring grant it has come up before

1397
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:40,960
the paying grant committee i believe as

1398
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:43,040
long as i've been on it yeah i mean so

1399
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:44,319
it's been it's been a repeating grant

1400
00:52:44,319 --> 00:52:46,800
that is reoccurring the idea here with

1401
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:48,800
place grant place based learning is sort

1402
00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:50,880
of what we used to term field trips that

1403
00:52:50,880 --> 00:52:53,040
idea that that learning is happening in

1404
00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:54,720
those places where you can see it you

1405
00:52:54,720 --> 00:52:56,400
can experience it you can have hands-on

1406
00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:58,400
learning experiences

1407
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:00,240
specifically this grant really does a

1408
00:53:00,240 --> 00:53:02,400
lot of work to support that equity and

1409
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:03,920
access to make sure we're doing some

1410
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:05,920
cost control so that all of our students

1411
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:07,040
and families have a chance to

1412
00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:08,800
participate and engage

1413
00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:11,680
so this depending on the school's plans

1414
00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:13,520
for the use it is

1415
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:15,440
broken up across the different schools

1416
00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:17,280
and also there's some dedicated to the

1417
00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:19,440
arts department and to special education

1418
00:53:19,440 --> 00:53:22,480
summer but the goal is that it allows

1419
00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:24,880
either a subsidized access or full

1420
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:26,960
access and full funded to different

1421
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:28,640
opportunities to learn outside of

1422
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:30,160
classroom setting or apply their

1423
00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:31,200
learning

1424
00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:33,359
out in local or even some further

1425
00:53:33,359 --> 00:53:36,079
distance learning spaces and this was

1426
00:53:36,079 --> 00:53:37,680
approved with unanimous support from the

1427
00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:39,920
committee

1428
00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:42,640
moved to accept second

1429
00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:44,160
any discussion

1430
00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:47,510
all in favor

1431
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:50,800
so far so good all right

1432
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:52,960
dual enrollment so this grant is again

1433
00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:54,240
it's another repeating this is the

1434
00:53:54,240 --> 00:53:56,400
second year that this grant has been

1435
00:53:56,400 --> 00:53:58,640
applied for from the high school with

1436
00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:00,079
claire powers

1437
00:54:00,079 --> 00:54:01,920
and this grant is offering high

1438
00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:04,079
education and career pathways during the

1439
00:54:04,079 --> 00:54:06,319
school day that allows students to be

1440
00:54:06,319 --> 00:54:08,319
duly enrolled in both

1441
00:54:08,319 --> 00:54:10,400
ipswich high school class and a local

1442
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:12,480
college class so by doing that they're

1443
00:54:12,480 --> 00:54:14,160
really targeting students who need the

1444
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:16,160
opportunity to open up some doors to

1445
00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:17,839
consider some post-secondary

1446
00:54:17,839 --> 00:54:19,839
opportunities that may be out there

1447
00:54:19,839 --> 00:54:21,680
specifically for first-generation

1448
00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:23,359
college students or students or families

1449
00:54:23,359 --> 00:54:26,079
that may receive free reduced lunch

1450
00:54:26,079 --> 00:54:28,240
and that the goal of this is that by

1451
00:54:28,240 --> 00:54:29,839
starting that process of what does a

1452
00:54:29,839 --> 00:54:31,680
college class look like feel like sound

1453
00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:33,839
like and that additional benefit of

1454
00:54:33,839 --> 00:54:36,000
going in to thinking about beyond high

1455
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:38,079
school having some credits already in

1456
00:54:38,079 --> 00:54:40,480
the bank per se really sets students up

1457
00:54:40,480 --> 00:54:41,920
for that bridge and that opportunity for

1458
00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:44,319
success um there was significant success

1459
00:54:44,319 --> 00:54:46,160
this year actually all students got to

1460
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:48,400
see or above and so had passed

1461
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:50,720
with success this year

1462
00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:52,079
their goal is that this is going to be

1463
00:54:52,079 --> 00:54:54,160
the last year that this grant is sought

1464
00:54:54,160 --> 00:54:55,440
because they're hoping to integrate it

1465
00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:57,839
into the school budget

1466
00:54:57,839 --> 00:54:59,200
additionally one of the committee

1467
00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:01,359
members asked about expansion

1468
00:55:01,359 --> 00:55:03,599
and in which claire did share that north

1469
00:55:03,599 --> 00:55:05,680
shore would love to expand to offer that

1470
00:55:05,680 --> 00:55:08,079
idea of dual enrollment across content

1471
00:55:08,079 --> 00:55:09,280
areas

1472
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:10,000
but

1473
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:11,680
they would need an on-site teacher so

1474
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:14,480
maybe some potential groundwork to be

1475
00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:15,760
laid for some opportunities for all of

1476
00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:17,599
our students in the future

1477
00:55:17,599 --> 00:55:19,280
so how did they come up with that number

1478
00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:21,119
is that just an estimate based on

1479
00:55:21,119 --> 00:55:22,480
previous year

1480
00:55:22,480 --> 00:55:24,400
that's a specific number that that

1481
00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:26,559
covers the enrollment cost for the

1482
00:55:26,559 --> 00:55:29,040
credit it covers the payment for those

1483
00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:30,960
students to like be enrolled at north

1484
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:34,480
shore and it also covers the cost of the staff member here who does that

1485
00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:36,319
bridge and that teaching of the course

1486
00:55:36,319 --> 00:55:38,000
because the course is a shared top

1487
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:41,280
between north shore faculty and then so

1488
00:55:41,280 --> 00:55:42,799
it's not a per student cost it's

1489
00:55:42,799 --> 00:55:45,040
actually paying for the this is included

1490
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:46,799
the student's enrollment is included in

1491
00:55:46,799 --> 00:55:48,720
that yes so it's for the for the staff

1492
00:55:48,720 --> 00:55:50,400
member for the credit and for the high

1493
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:54,400
school okay yeah great question

1494
00:55:54,400 --> 00:55:57,359
just as an aside some some of the

1495
00:55:57,359 --> 00:56:00,240
well-developed programs where

1496
00:56:00,240 --> 00:56:02,640
high schools have done this a lot

1497
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:04,400
you can actually earn an associate's

1498
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:06,079
degree by the time you graduate high

1499
00:56:06,079 --> 00:56:08,950
school

1500
00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:10,799
and thinking about the rising costs

1501
00:56:10,799 --> 00:56:11,920
especially for families who might not

1502
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:13,359
have done this before

1503
00:56:13,359 --> 00:56:14,799
this is a really powerful thing so this

1504
00:56:14,799 --> 00:56:16,960
was uh voted to be recommended by the

1505
00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:19,359
committee with unanimous yeah

1506
00:56:19,359 --> 00:56:21,119
you get a motion to support

1507
00:56:21,119 --> 00:56:23,280
move to support second

1508
00:56:23,280 --> 00:56:25,440
any discussion

1509
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:28,549
all in favor

1510
00:56:28,559 --> 00:56:37,190
great

1511
00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:39,520
uh the next project and grant that was

1512
00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:41,760
uh considered was the doyon playground

1513
00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:44,880
project so this grant was applied for by

1514
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:46,799
principal goodell o'brien from doing

1515
00:56:46,799 --> 00:56:48,240
representing it on behalf of the

1516
00:56:48,240 --> 00:56:50,079
playground committee actor

1517
00:56:50,079 --> 00:56:54,960
um so this is targeting the uh playground project that's that

1518
00:56:54,960 --> 00:56:56,880
work you may have heard is underway it's

1519
00:56:56,880 --> 00:56:58,400
work worked they're doing a lot of work

1520
00:56:58,400 --> 00:57:00,319
to get outside vendors and bids they're

1521
00:57:00,319 --> 00:57:02,079
doing fundraising within the dwyane

1522
00:57:02,079 --> 00:57:03,760
school community

1523
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:05,680
the the grant that's being sought would

1524
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:07,680
help to fund what it is being called

1525
00:57:07,680 --> 00:57:10,000
phase one so there are multiple phases

1526
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:11,520
to this project

1527
00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:13,280
specifically this grid that they're

1528
00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:15,599
seeking funding for would cover

1529
00:57:15,599 --> 00:57:17,280
replace the ground cover so when you

1530
00:57:17,280 --> 00:57:18,880
think about sort of the old-school wood

1531
00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:19,839
chips

1532
00:57:19,839 --> 00:57:22,000
it's going to be a replacement for that

1533
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:23,599
it would provide a walking path that

1534
00:57:23,599 --> 00:57:24,720
connects the different areas of the

1535
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:26,240
playground and also acts as an

1536
00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:28,799
integration with that local ecosystem to

1537
00:57:28,799 --> 00:57:31,200
allow students to walk and engage

1538
00:57:31,200 --> 00:57:33,280
and is ada compliant so it would allow

1539
00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:34,480
anyone who might have mobility

1540
00:57:34,480 --> 00:57:36,880
challenges to also engage in that path

1541
00:57:36,880 --> 00:57:38,720
it also includes the phase one of figure

1542
00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:40,160
and equipment which includes some

1543
00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:42,319
specific climbing structures um and

1544
00:57:42,319 --> 00:57:44,559
other other aspects of it

1545
00:57:44,559 --> 00:57:47,680
um specifically this

1546
00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:49,440
the reason for this request is that the

1547
00:57:49,440 --> 00:57:50,400
current

1548
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:51,920
playground that is out there has far

1549
00:57:51,920 --> 00:57:54,880
outlived its its projected life and

1550
00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:56,240
they're actually having parts of it that

1551
00:57:56,240 --> 00:57:58,000
have they've had to take them or close

1552
00:57:58,000 --> 00:57:59,520
due to safety or aging of those

1553
00:57:59,520 --> 00:58:01,359
different pieces and components

1554
00:58:01,359 --> 00:58:02,640
one thing i did want to make the

1555
00:58:02,640 --> 00:58:04,960
committee aware is that knowing that

1556
00:58:04,960 --> 00:58:07,599
there's potential changes happening or

1557
00:58:07,599 --> 00:58:09,359
being even considered one of the big

1558
00:58:09,359 --> 00:58:11,520
pieces that this group did consider was

1559
00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:13,280
an option of mobility so the playground

1560
00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:15,680
could be moved or relocated at any time

1561
00:58:15,680 --> 00:58:17,280
that was a key component that they did

1562
00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:18,640
look for when they were getting their

1563
00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:19,520
different

1564
00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:22,480
vendor bids as well

1565
00:58:22,480 --> 00:58:24,640
and that was voted uh for support with

1566
00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:27,359
unanimous support for the community

1567
00:58:27,359 --> 00:58:29,280
any sense of what how much this is in

1568
00:58:29,280 --> 00:58:31,760
terms of the entire project like i

1569
00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:33,520
believe that uh principal o'brien

1570
00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:35,040
mentioned that they were they would then

1571
00:58:35,040 --> 00:58:37,200
have to aim for an additional 100 to 150

1572
00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:39,440
thousand dollars and they are doing work

1573
00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:40,559
you know i know my daughter brought in a

1574
00:58:40,559 --> 00:58:42,000
big bag of change of doing different

1575
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:44,160
like coins and different grade levels so

1576
00:58:44,160 --> 00:58:45,520
um they're doing some not that the

1577
00:58:45,520 --> 00:58:46,880
pennies will pay but you know they're

1578
00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:48,400
getting involved but they are doing some

1579
00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:49,680
other active

1580
00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:51,520
fundraising and sourcing that's

1581
00:58:51,520 --> 00:58:53,119
happening concurrently within the school

1582
00:58:53,119 --> 00:58:54,240
community

1583
00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:56,880
has there been any talk about

1584
00:58:56,880 --> 00:58:58,319
sort of doing

1585
00:58:58,319 --> 00:59:00,799
a community type build that yes a bunch

1586
00:59:00,799 --> 00:59:02,079
of us did

1587
00:59:02,079 --> 00:59:03,599
yes that is the one that they're

1588
00:59:03,599 --> 00:59:05,040
planning for though that is part of the

1589
00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:07,829
plan okay

1590
00:59:07,839 --> 00:59:09,760
good

1591
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:10,960
i'm glad you're excited you're signing

1592
00:59:10,960 --> 00:59:12,000
up

1593
00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:13,839
i'm happy to all right

1594
00:59:13,839 --> 00:59:14,960
i'll be there

1595
00:59:14,960 --> 00:59:16,799
i'll drag helped with the last one so he

1596
00:59:16,799 --> 00:59:18,720
can go too i killed the last one 20

1597
00:59:18,720 --> 00:59:21,990
years ago

1598
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:24,319
that playground is long overdue for a

1599
00:59:24,319 --> 00:59:25,599
replacement

1600
00:59:25,599 --> 00:59:26,720
and it

1601
00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:28,000
i think the winthrop fun has really

1602
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:29,920
turned into a community playground and

1603
00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:32,160
so to have one you know in a different

1604
00:59:32,160 --> 00:59:33,920
area of town would be

1605
00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:35,280
great

1606
00:59:35,280 --> 00:59:36,860
a good a good one

1607
00:59:36,860 --> 00:59:38,319
[Music]

1608
00:59:38,319 --> 00:59:40,000
i have a question about the community

1609
00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:41,280
build

1610
00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:42,400
so this

1611
00:59:42,400 --> 00:59:45,040
the photo that's included

1612
00:59:45,040 --> 00:59:47,440
it's not a like that that needs to be

1613
00:59:47,440 --> 00:59:49,680
installed so there's aspects of it that

1614
00:59:49,680 --> 00:59:52,559
would be but there's components that are part of a computer community

1615
00:59:52,559 --> 00:59:54,559
built as well so there's these um the

1616
00:59:54,559 --> 00:59:55,760
group that they

1617
00:59:55,760 --> 00:59:57,280
it's uniplay

1618
00:59:57,280 --> 00:59:58,799
is that right

1619
00:59:58,799 --> 01:00:01,040
um so they actually so they sort of

1620
01:00:01,040 --> 01:00:03,359
oversee and do it so when you get to the

1621
01:00:03,359 --> 01:00:05,599
point of like they the ground cover the

1622
01:00:05,599 --> 01:00:06,799
replacement of the ground cover and the

1623
01:00:06,799 --> 01:00:08,400
walking path are those are going to be

1624
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:09,599
something that are actually going to be

1625
01:00:09,599 --> 01:00:10,640
um

1626
01:00:10,640 --> 01:00:11,680
they have

1627
01:00:11,680 --> 01:00:13,040
people that are doing that but the

1628
01:00:13,040 --> 01:00:14,160
actual building of the pieces of

1629
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:15,359
equipment is something that the folks

1630
01:00:15,359 --> 01:00:16,720
from that organization come and they

1631
01:00:16,720 --> 01:00:18,079
oversee but then community members

1632
01:00:18,079 --> 01:00:19,760
actually help to hold and do the install

1633
01:00:19,760 --> 01:00:22,000
but it's all supervised by

1634
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:25,990
folks from the company

1635
01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:28,559
okay can i get a motion to support

1636
01:00:28,559 --> 01:00:30,640
move to support second

1637
01:00:30,640 --> 01:00:32,640
any further discussion

1638
01:00:32,640 --> 01:00:36,309
all in favor

1639
01:00:36,319 --> 01:00:39,510
okay

1640
01:00:39,520 --> 01:00:41,280
so the next grant for uh that was

1641
01:00:41,280 --> 01:00:42,640
proposed is a visualizing and

1642
01:00:42,640 --> 01:00:44,720
verbalizing grant and i just have to

1643
01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:47,359
shout out colleen harrington who um our

1644
01:00:47,359 --> 01:00:48,720
committee had a question i emailed her

1645
01:00:48,720 --> 01:00:49,839
and she's like oh i'm so sorry i didn't

1646
01:00:49,839 --> 01:00:50,960
get back to you sooner it was like two

1647
01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:52,480
days later she's like i happened to i

1648
01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:53,680
think she had a baby like the week

1649
01:00:53,680 --> 01:00:58,799
before i was like oh i'm so her communication skills are amazing

1650
01:00:58,799 --> 01:01:00,160
i just want to show her

1651
01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:01,839
um but this this grant was being

1652
01:01:01,839 --> 01:01:04,559
proposed to provide um the primary

1653
01:01:04,559 --> 01:01:05,920
funding is going to professional

1654
01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:07,440
development so it's targeting in

1655
01:01:07,440 --> 01:01:10,319
training

1656
01:01:10,319 --> 01:01:12,079
special education and speech language

1657
01:01:12,079 --> 01:01:14,400
pathologists to teach

1658
01:01:14,400 --> 01:01:16,160
explicit and targeted comprehension

1659
01:01:16,160 --> 01:01:18,400
skills and strategies using the

1660
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:20,960
visualizing and verbalizing techniques

1661
01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:23,760
the idea is that this would both support

1662
01:01:23,760 --> 01:01:26,160
direct support for students that require

1663
01:01:26,160 --> 01:01:28,000
it but also that the integration of

1664
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:30,079
those strategies would help

1665
01:01:30,079 --> 01:01:32,400
those staff that have been trained to

1666
01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:33,920
collaborate and connect with their

1667
01:01:33,920 --> 01:01:35,839
colleagues to support the integration of

1668
01:01:35,839 --> 01:01:37,440
those comprehension strategies into

1669
01:01:37,440 --> 01:01:39,520
general education classrooms

1670
01:01:39,520 --> 01:01:41,599
she estimated that would support

1671
01:01:41,599 --> 01:01:43,280
approximately 60 students and those

1672
01:01:43,280 --> 01:01:44,799
might be students who will be receiving

1673
01:01:44,799 --> 01:01:46,480
that direct support

1674
01:01:46,480 --> 01:01:48,480
through those trained staff members

1675
01:01:48,480 --> 01:01:50,319
with the potential for those graphic

1676
01:01:50,319 --> 01:01:52,160
organizers and other strategies to be

1677
01:01:52,160 --> 01:01:55,039
integrated within other classroom areas

1678
01:01:55,039 --> 01:01:57,200
and this grant was also recommended for

1679
01:01:57,200 --> 01:01:58,720
support with unanimous support from the

1680
01:01:58,720 --> 01:02:01,589
committee

1681
01:02:01,599 --> 01:02:06,470
you get emotional support

1682
01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:09,039
any discussion

1683
01:02:09,039 --> 01:02:12,630
all in favor

1684
01:02:12,640 --> 01:02:14,559
unanimous

1685
01:02:14,559 --> 01:02:16,400
good applications this year that is what

1686
01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:18,480
i do want to just take a i promise i'll

1687
01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:20,400
take too long but just a shout out for

1688
01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:22,400
every one of these applications i i've

1689
01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:25,520
shouted out the committee members who gave a great deal of their time but

1690
01:02:25,520 --> 01:02:27,359
to even complete an application is a

1691
01:02:27,359 --> 01:02:28,960
significant lift and for our educators

1692
01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:30,240
to take time out of their schedules that

1693
01:02:30,240 --> 01:02:32,880
are already so overly burdened to submit

1694
01:02:32,880 --> 01:02:35,200
for this is a real commitment to their

1695
01:02:35,200 --> 01:02:36,400
work and their dedication to their

1696
01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:37,760
students so i just want to show all of

1697
01:02:37,760 --> 01:02:39,280
them out um not only with the

1698
01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:41,039
presentation but just the completion of

1699
01:02:41,039 --> 01:02:42,880
the paperwork to submit can you see a

1700
01:02:42,880 --> 01:02:45,039
question just about this last one yes

1701
01:02:45,039 --> 01:02:46,960
real quick um

1702
01:02:46,960 --> 01:02:48,880
i don't know colleen she's a special

1703
01:02:48,880 --> 01:02:50,720
education teacher

1704
01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:52,720
yes yes

1705
01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:54,319
and so

1706
01:02:54,319 --> 01:02:57,760
i'm just i'm just curious in reading through the

1707
01:02:57,760 --> 01:03:00,880
seems this is for all students

1708
01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:01,680
so

1709
01:03:01,680 --> 01:03:04,160
if the actual explicit program the video

1710
01:03:04,160 --> 01:03:06,079
program that could potentially support

1711
01:03:06,079 --> 01:03:08,480
students who require that level of

1712
01:03:08,480 --> 01:03:10,799
targeted targeted training which might

1713
01:03:10,799 --> 01:03:14,160
be through an iep through a 504 or

1714
01:03:14,160 --> 01:03:16,400
through support but the shift she talked

1715
01:03:16,400 --> 01:03:18,480
about a bit or she she proposed in the

1716
01:03:18,480 --> 01:03:21,039
grant was that those explicit strategies

1717
01:03:21,039 --> 01:03:22,960
some really specific graphic organizers

1718
01:03:22,960 --> 01:03:24,480
or other comprehension strategies can

1719
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:25,839
then be integrated so that it can

1720
01:03:25,839 --> 01:03:28,079
support and benefit you know general

1721
01:03:28,079 --> 01:03:29,280
education teachers doing it in their

1722
01:03:29,280 --> 01:03:30,960
classroom with all students and then

1723
01:03:30,960 --> 01:03:35,270
strategies that can be integrated across

1724
01:03:35,280 --> 01:03:36,319
i don't know if that answered your

1725
01:03:36,319 --> 01:03:38,559
question it does

1726
01:03:38,559 --> 01:03:41,750
i like it all right

1727
01:03:41,760 --> 01:03:43,280
oh and that would be supporting for both

1728
01:03:43,280 --> 01:03:45,359
uh doyon and winthrop

1729
01:03:45,359 --> 01:03:46,720
as well

1730
01:03:46,720 --> 01:03:48,400
okay so the next grant that was

1731
01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:51,280
submitted is to target joy on third

1732
01:03:51,280 --> 01:03:53,760
grade learning experience in plymouth

1733
01:03:53,760 --> 01:03:55,039
and patoxin

1734
01:03:55,039 --> 01:03:56,799
so this grant was seeking the

1735
01:03:56,799 --> 01:03:59,359
opportunity to have an extended date not

1736
01:03:59,359 --> 01:04:02,079
an extended day the program um but have

1737
01:04:02,079 --> 01:04:04,640
an extended school day

1738
01:04:04,640 --> 01:04:06,720
field trip to plymouth and patuxent

1739
01:04:06,720 --> 01:04:08,960
museums and then mayflower

1740
01:04:08,960 --> 01:04:14,160
so specifically they're looking to take students down to that area to

1741
01:04:14,160 --> 01:04:15,680
experience those different museums in

1742
01:04:15,680 --> 01:04:18,000
return the extended part is that if you

1743
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:20,000
think about traveling to that area we

1744
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:22,160
know and anything traveling near around

1745
01:04:22,160 --> 01:04:23,680
boston is just going to increase your

1746
01:04:23,680 --> 01:04:25,359
day or you're only there for like half

1747
01:04:25,359 --> 01:04:27,280
an hour um so they're really looking to

1748
01:04:27,280 --> 01:04:29,200
allow students to go there to experience

1749
01:04:29,200 --> 01:04:30,960
those different components

1750
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:32,559
and this is really

1751
01:04:32,559 --> 01:04:34,480
deeply connected to the standards at

1752
01:04:34,480 --> 01:04:35,760
grade three

1753
01:04:35,760 --> 01:04:37,520
it is an experience that some students

1754
01:04:37,520 --> 01:04:39,839
may have had in the past winthrop used

1755
01:04:39,839 --> 01:04:42,000
to do the when it was the plymouth

1756
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:44,240
plantation students from winthrop did

1757
01:04:44,240 --> 01:04:46,079
have that experience to go

1758
01:04:46,079 --> 01:04:47,839
my our understanding is that that was

1759
01:04:47,839 --> 01:04:49,520
actually a trip that was sponsored by a

1760
01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:51,680
private sponsor and was funded from a

1761
01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:54,960
private person in the past

1762
01:04:54,960 --> 01:04:56,319
winthrop was offered to see if they

1763
01:04:56,319 --> 01:04:57,520
wanted to join in on this and they

1764
01:04:57,520 --> 01:04:59,280
wanted to wait and see how

1765
01:04:59,280 --> 01:05:02,079
it went for doyon i think both potential

1766
01:05:02,079 --> 01:05:04,640
grand approval and also to see were they

1767
01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:06,640
able to get down travel experience and

1768
01:05:06,640 --> 01:05:08,960
come back successfully

1769
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:10,640
and they're potentially considering

1770
01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:14,240
joining to participate in that in the following

1771
01:05:14,240 --> 01:05:15,200
year

1772
01:05:15,200 --> 01:05:16,400
the reason they're applying for this

1773
01:05:16,400 --> 01:05:18,319
grant is because the cost for both for

1774
01:05:18,319 --> 01:05:20,160
the buses to travel for the extended

1775
01:05:20,160 --> 01:05:22,559
time for staffing and for any sort of

1776
01:05:22,559 --> 01:05:24,319
subsidizing of that trip for any

1777
01:05:24,319 --> 01:05:25,440
students who need it would be cost

1778
01:05:25,440 --> 01:05:27,280
prohibitive it would be almost 100 a

1779
01:05:27,280 --> 01:05:28,160
student

1780
01:05:28,160 --> 01:05:29,920
which is far beyond what they would feel

1781
01:05:29,920 --> 01:05:31,839
reasonable asking so they would not do

1782
01:05:31,839 --> 01:05:33,200
the experience otherwise if they weren't

1783
01:05:33,200 --> 01:05:35,200
able to find external funding

1784
01:05:35,200 --> 01:05:36,720
and this grant was recommended with

1785
01:05:36,720 --> 01:05:39,520
unanimous support from the committee

1786
01:05:39,520 --> 01:05:41,839
any questions i have a question

1787
01:05:41,839 --> 01:05:44,000
why wouldn't this be under the play

1788
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:45,839
space grant that was a question that we

1789
01:05:45,839 --> 01:05:47,839
had as well it might be because it is a

1790
01:05:47,839 --> 01:05:50,240
brand new grant but also additionally

1791
01:05:50,240 --> 01:05:52,799
because the place-based grant from most

1792
01:05:52,799 --> 01:05:54,559
of what's in there it's a subsidy for

1793
01:05:54,559 --> 01:05:56,480
students or families that might not

1794
01:05:56,480 --> 01:05:58,799
otherwise be able to participate whereas

1795
01:05:58,799 --> 01:06:00,240
this funding is including the bus

1796
01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:03,280
transportation the extended time for the

1797
01:06:03,280 --> 01:06:04,799
any staff that's going beyond that

1798
01:06:04,799 --> 01:06:07,599
working day um and supporting that so i

1799
01:06:07,599 --> 01:06:09,520
think it was above and beyond um that

1800
01:06:09,520 --> 01:06:12,240
was a question that we did have

1801
01:06:12,240 --> 01:06:14,880
in first with general practices but um i

1802
01:06:14,880 --> 01:06:17,359
don't know if that had been entertained

1803
01:06:17,359 --> 01:06:21,829
or not

1804
01:06:21,839 --> 01:06:23,599
um

1805
01:06:23,599 --> 01:06:27,200
why didn't winter join in this grant

1806
01:06:27,200 --> 01:06:29,839
um i think they what was shared with us

1807
01:06:29,839 --> 01:06:31,200
is that they want to wait to see how it

1808
01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:33,280
goes

1809
01:06:33,280 --> 01:06:35,119
traditionally i think that was a field

1810
01:06:35,119 --> 01:06:38,720
trip but it was a fifth grade if only

1811
01:06:38,720 --> 01:06:41,750
oh really yeah right

1812
01:06:41,760 --> 01:06:43,760
that's too bad that they're not

1813
01:06:43,760 --> 01:06:46,799
all getting the experience but maybe

1814
01:06:46,799 --> 01:06:49,039
they will eventually not all the

1815
01:06:49,039 --> 01:06:50,480
students are going to miss it right and

1816
01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:51,920
so i think that's the piece i think the

1817
01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:53,359
interesting piece is that winthrop did

1818
01:06:53,359 --> 01:06:54,640
have that opportunity before where

1819
01:06:54,640 --> 01:06:56,240
dwyane did it because of that private

1820
01:06:56,240 --> 01:06:58,799
sponsor so leaning towards equity is

1821
01:06:58,799 --> 01:07:00,160
this something that we can explore what

1822
01:07:00,160 --> 01:07:02,240
it what would that cost be and what what

1823
01:07:02,240 --> 01:07:04,400
would that require to do on a more

1824
01:07:04,400 --> 01:07:06,160
equitable level of price as well so i

1825
01:07:06,160 --> 01:07:07,599
think it's something that you know

1826
01:07:07,599 --> 01:07:09,599
they're estimating that cost for for

1827
01:07:09,599 --> 01:07:11,200
buses for the additional hours of

1828
01:07:11,200 --> 01:07:12,960
staffing and for subsidizing any

1829
01:07:12,960 --> 01:07:14,799
students who need to attend um but they

1830
01:07:14,799 --> 01:07:16,240
haven't done it and it hasn't been done

1831
01:07:16,240 --> 01:07:18,319
since pre-covered so

1832
01:07:18,319 --> 01:07:19,920
i think a piece that will be trying to

1833
01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:22,240
understand like you know what is that

1834
01:07:22,240 --> 01:07:23,839
cost is this how much it would cost for

1835
01:07:23,839 --> 01:07:25,680
each school

1836
01:07:25,680 --> 01:07:27,280
but that i can't speak on on why

1837
01:07:27,280 --> 01:07:29,520
somebody chose not to

1838
01:07:29,520 --> 01:07:32,470
it's too good

1839
01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:35,359
uh do we get a motion and support

1840
01:07:35,359 --> 01:07:36,799
the support

1841
01:07:36,799 --> 01:07:38,319
second

1842
01:07:38,319 --> 01:07:39,760
give me a second

1843
01:07:39,760 --> 01:07:40,839
any further

1844
01:07:40,839 --> 01:07:44,950
discussion all in favor

1845
01:07:44,960 --> 01:07:45,839
great

1846
01:07:45,839 --> 01:07:47,680
i love that we're hoping to expand

1847
01:07:47,680 --> 01:07:49,200
opportunity that's a that's a wonderful

1848
01:07:49,200 --> 01:07:51,280
thing too so if any of these grants can

1849
01:07:51,280 --> 01:07:52,559
launch

1850
01:07:52,559 --> 01:07:54,880
expanded opportunities i think anyone on

1851
01:07:54,880 --> 01:07:57,750
our

1852
01:07:57,760 --> 01:07:59,599
your question janet if this grant were

1853
01:07:59,599 --> 01:08:02,160
to come back next year it would likely

1854
01:08:02,160 --> 01:08:05,200
be put in with the place based learning

1855
01:08:05,200 --> 01:08:09,109
okay

1856
01:08:09,119 --> 01:08:10,559
so the next grant i'm going to share

1857
01:08:10,559 --> 01:08:12,640
that was um requested is uh the

1858
01:08:12,640 --> 01:08:14,319
grandchild for cardio room this grant

1859
01:08:14,319 --> 01:08:16,239
was submitted by principal mitchell for

1860
01:08:16,239 --> 01:08:18,400
the high school middle school um so this

1861
01:08:18,400 --> 01:08:21,040
grant is looking to seek funds to shift

1862
01:08:21,040 --> 01:08:22,880
the what is currently known as the

1863
01:08:22,880 --> 01:08:24,480
aerobics room in the middle school high

1864
01:08:24,480 --> 01:08:26,719
school area to shift it to a space

1865
01:08:26,719 --> 01:08:28,719
called the cardio room

1866
01:08:28,719 --> 01:08:30,640
specifically funding was sought for

1867
01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:33,120
equipment including treadmills rowers

1868
01:08:33,120 --> 01:08:36,239
exercise bikes and ellipticals

1869
01:08:36,239 --> 01:08:40,239
chairs with flip up desk things and

1870
01:08:40,239 --> 01:08:43,199
a technology uh promethean board that

1871
01:08:43,199 --> 01:08:46,080
was sought um specifically this this

1872
01:08:46,080 --> 01:08:48,159
grant was looking for

1873
01:08:48,159 --> 01:08:49,239
to

1874
01:08:49,239 --> 01:08:51,759
re-re-energize and renovate a space that

1875
01:08:51,759 --> 01:08:53,359
currently exists

1876
01:08:53,359 --> 01:08:54,640
another piece of the funding also

1877
01:08:54,640 --> 01:08:56,400
included refinishing the floors and

1878
01:08:56,400 --> 01:08:58,880
electrical work and finally written in

1879
01:08:58,880 --> 01:09:00,480
the grant but i don't know that it was

1880
01:09:00,480 --> 01:09:02,480
captured in the money was a stipend that

1881
01:09:02,480 --> 01:09:03,679
would provide

1882
01:09:03,679 --> 01:09:07,040
an hour after school three days a week

1883
01:09:07,040 --> 01:09:10,159
to seek opportunity for some supervision

1884
01:09:10,159 --> 01:09:11,679
for the space

1885
01:09:11,679 --> 01:09:13,679
the grant noted having students have a

1886
01:09:13,679 --> 01:09:16,000
place to go after school to provide sort

1887
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:18,400
of a place to engage with cardio

1888
01:09:18,400 --> 01:09:21,279
equipment and hang out um also it was

1889
01:09:21,279 --> 01:09:23,199
mentioned to support um a place for

1890
01:09:23,199 --> 01:09:24,960
teams that could the team's sporting

1891
01:09:24,960 --> 01:09:26,560
teams could use to integrate and also

1892
01:09:26,560 --> 01:09:27,759
was mentioned

1893
01:09:27,759 --> 01:09:29,199
the high school health teacher who i

1894
01:09:29,199 --> 01:09:30,319
guess at this point actually doesn't

1895
01:09:30,319 --> 01:09:31,920
have a classroom so it tends to move

1896
01:09:31,920 --> 01:09:33,520
around that this could also be a space

1897
01:09:33,520 --> 01:09:35,199
that could be used for that

1898
01:09:35,199 --> 01:09:37,199
the committee did not vote to recommend

1899
01:09:37,199 --> 01:09:39,600
this grant um it

1900
01:09:39,600 --> 01:09:41,759
the grant sorry the vote was one in

1901
01:09:41,759 --> 01:09:43,839
favor with five opposed

1902
01:09:43,839 --> 01:09:46,880
the areas of concern included it seemed

1903
01:09:46,880 --> 01:09:49,199
unclear of like how many students would

1904
01:09:49,199 --> 01:09:50,960
actually be impacted how who would

1905
01:09:50,960 --> 01:09:52,159
actually get to use it middle school or

1906
01:09:52,159 --> 01:09:53,759
high school students and how the

1907
01:09:53,759 --> 01:09:55,920
logistics of the timing were um there

1908
01:09:55,920 --> 01:09:57,520
were questions about is this goal to

1909
01:09:57,520 --> 01:10:00,080
like outfit a health classroom is it

1910
01:10:00,080 --> 01:10:01,679
equipment for sports teams so there was

1911
01:10:01,679 --> 01:10:02,400
a

1912
01:10:02,400 --> 01:10:04,400
some confusion about the goals of the of

1913
01:10:04,400 --> 01:10:07,440
the grant um but there was a scene of

1914
01:10:07,440 --> 01:10:08,800
the opportunity for a benefit for

1915
01:10:08,800 --> 01:10:10,159
students that have having a space so

1916
01:10:10,159 --> 01:10:11,440
there's definitely some positive scene

1917
01:10:11,440 --> 01:10:13,679
to it but the uh the areas of concern

1918
01:10:13,679 --> 01:10:15,280
sort of lay in the confusion about sort

1919
01:10:15,280 --> 01:10:17,199
of that that vision and goal of the

1920
01:10:17,199 --> 01:10:20,950
space and the usage for students

1921
01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:22,400
could you describe what the current

1922
01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:23,840
space is like

1923
01:10:23,840 --> 01:10:25,520
dr blake

1924
01:10:25,520 --> 01:10:28,000
i'm not familiar

1925
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:29,199
you know

1926
01:10:29,199 --> 01:10:31,120
i i can't you don't okay

1927
01:10:31,120 --> 01:10:32,560
can you

1928
01:10:32,560 --> 01:10:34,719
i can't okay it's not it's not the

1929
01:10:34,719 --> 01:10:35,760
weight room

1930
01:10:35,760 --> 01:10:37,600
it's a separate space than the than the

1931
01:10:37,600 --> 01:10:40,000
weight room with all the oh we have away

1932
01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:44,080
from yes it's different yeah

1933
01:10:44,080 --> 01:10:46,560
apparently is more of a catch-all for

1934
01:10:46,560 --> 01:10:48,080
all the outdated equipment that have

1935
01:10:48,080 --> 01:10:49,920
been replaced over the years

1936
01:10:49,920 --> 01:10:52,640
okay it's kind of become a

1937
01:10:52,640 --> 01:10:54,560
junk room

1938
01:10:54,560 --> 01:10:56,320
like you'd like to juggle

1939
01:10:56,320 --> 01:10:58,880
right now okay

1940
01:10:58,880 --> 01:11:00,560
yeah i guess i'm a little disappointed

1941
01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:03,520
it wasn't recommended i mean i think we

1942
01:11:03,520 --> 01:11:06,480
from from what i hear

1943
01:11:06,480 --> 01:11:09,040
a lot of kids would like to stick around

1944
01:11:09,040 --> 01:11:11,120
and use the weight room and have a room

1945
01:11:11,120 --> 01:11:13,840
like this to use

1946
01:11:13,840 --> 01:11:15,440
but we don't have a cardio room we don't

1947
01:11:15,440 --> 01:11:17,760
have staffing for the weight room

1948
01:11:17,760 --> 01:11:20,000
so they all end up going to the y and

1949
01:11:20,000 --> 01:11:21,440
you go to the y in the afternoon and

1950
01:11:21,440 --> 01:11:22,880
it's packed with

1951
01:11:22,880 --> 01:11:24,880
our kids it seems to me like it would be

1952
01:11:24,880 --> 01:11:27,040
better to have them here

1953
01:11:27,040 --> 01:11:28,320
at school

1954
01:11:28,320 --> 01:11:30,320
for an hour or two hours or whatever the

1955
01:11:30,320 --> 01:11:33,199
time frame is so

1956
01:11:33,199 --> 01:11:34,480
yeah i guess i'm a little disappointed

1957
01:11:34,480 --> 01:11:36,400
that we didn't the committee didn't see

1958
01:11:36,400 --> 01:11:38,960
that i think part of the concern was

1959
01:11:38,960 --> 01:11:40,800
that the staffing request was like one

1960
01:11:40,800 --> 01:11:42,800
additional hour three days a week

1961
01:11:42,800 --> 01:11:45,120
and so it's not a big room so it didn't

1962
01:11:45,120 --> 01:11:46,080
seem like there was really an

1963
01:11:46,080 --> 01:11:49,040
opportunity for many users given that

1964
01:11:49,040 --> 01:11:51,120
it would only be so open for that

1965
01:11:51,120 --> 01:11:52,800
additional time

1966
01:11:52,800 --> 01:11:54,000
so i think it there was part of a

1967
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:55,679
concern there i think there was also a

1968
01:11:55,679 --> 01:11:57,280
concern with capital you know

1969
01:11:57,280 --> 01:11:59,120
expenditures versus you know enrichment

1970
01:11:59,120 --> 01:12:00,159
and whether this should be something

1971
01:12:00,159 --> 01:12:01,920
that should be absorbed eventually in

1972
01:12:01,920 --> 01:12:04,800
the budget as far as making improvements

1973
01:12:04,800 --> 01:12:07,920
i think i've got to agree with greg i am

1974
01:12:07,920 --> 01:12:09,440
just listening

1975
01:12:09,440 --> 01:12:11,040
to john mitchell talking this year and

1976
01:12:11,040 --> 01:12:12,480
listening to

1977
01:12:12,480 --> 01:12:14,400
the presentation by

1978
01:12:14,400 --> 01:12:16,640
the

1979
01:12:16,640 --> 01:12:18,800
school mental health team that came i

1980
01:12:18,800 --> 01:12:21,840
think anything we can give our kids that

1981
01:12:21,840 --> 01:12:24,239
support something healthy for them to be

1982
01:12:24,239 --> 01:12:28,000
doing is enrichment is needed enrichment

1983
01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:32,310
it's not video games it's not

1984
01:12:32,320 --> 01:12:33,679
you know

1985
01:12:33,679 --> 01:12:35,040
needing to get

1986
01:12:35,040 --> 01:12:37,440
to be able to commute over to the y it's

1987
01:12:37,440 --> 01:12:38,560
it is

1988
01:12:38,560 --> 01:12:39,440
um

1989
01:12:39,440 --> 01:12:41,600
and i feel like the logistics questions

1990
01:12:41,600 --> 01:12:42,400
are

1991
01:12:42,400 --> 01:12:44,400
could be easily answered and easily

1992
01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:48,310
fleshed out

1993
01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:50,560
and so i guess i'd like to see this go

1994
01:12:50,560 --> 01:12:52,640
back to the committee for fleshing out

1995
01:12:52,640 --> 01:12:54,960
the questions that the committee had

1996
01:12:54,960 --> 01:12:58,239
um if possible

1997
01:12:58,239 --> 01:13:00,159
to answer those questions

1998
01:13:00,159 --> 01:13:01,440
i think we've done that before and i'd

1999
01:13:01,440 --> 01:13:03,600
like to see that happen with this would

2000
01:13:03,600 --> 01:13:05,520
bringing like a tom gallagher to that

2001
01:13:05,520 --> 01:13:07,840
meeting to help

2002
01:13:07,840 --> 01:13:09,120
answer any questions i mean who would

2003
01:13:09,120 --> 01:13:15,040
make those decisions on staffing and and accessibility and

2004
01:13:15,040 --> 01:13:16,719
ironing out that programming with the

2005
01:13:16,719 --> 01:13:19,990
grant

2006
01:13:20,000 --> 01:13:21,679
that's just an idea yeah i agree with

2007
01:13:21,679 --> 01:13:23,600
emily i'd like to see i'd like to see

2008
01:13:23,600 --> 01:13:25,679
the logistics fleshed out and then maybe

2009
01:13:25,679 --> 01:13:27,120
be able to make a

2010
01:13:27,120 --> 01:13:29,280
more educated decision on that

2011
01:13:29,280 --> 01:13:30,960
it seemed like small questions that can

2012
01:13:30,960 --> 01:13:33,760
be answered versus like big overarching

2013
01:13:33,760 --> 01:13:35,360
concerns yeah i think the overarching

2014
01:13:35,360 --> 01:13:37,520
concern is that the if the ask was an

2015
01:13:37,520 --> 01:13:38,960
enrichment program for after school to

2016
01:13:38,960 --> 01:13:40,320
allow students not to go to the y here's

2017
01:13:40,320 --> 01:13:42,159
how we would do it i think that was what

2018
01:13:42,159 --> 01:13:44,400
the committee was hoping for but it was

2019
01:13:44,400 --> 01:13:49,280
a lot more about here's the cost of the technology board refinishing floors

2020
01:13:49,280 --> 01:13:51,840
electricity and the equipment

2021
01:13:51,840 --> 01:13:53,199
and then there was the mention of the

2022
01:13:53,199 --> 01:13:55,280
hour after school piece but that wasn't

2023
01:13:55,280 --> 01:13:56,960
clear and then it got confusing when it

2024
01:13:56,960 --> 01:13:58,800
was like mentioning the health class

2025
01:13:58,800 --> 01:14:00,640
being housed there sports teams having

2026
01:14:00,640 --> 01:14:03,280
access to it and maybe students after

2027
01:14:03,280 --> 01:14:05,120
school we didn't see that it was an

2028
01:14:05,120 --> 01:14:07,840
enrichment per se it sounded like a

2029
01:14:07,840 --> 01:14:09,679
redesign of a room that was in place

2030
01:14:09,679 --> 01:14:12,320
that had lots of potential uses but a

2031
01:14:12,320 --> 01:14:14,080
lack of a clear plan for this is being

2032
01:14:14,080 --> 01:14:16,000
done for this group with this plan with

2033
01:14:16,000 --> 01:14:18,080
this staffing so that was the hesitation

2034
01:14:18,080 --> 01:14:20,800
was that the ask in the presentation and

2035
01:14:20,800 --> 01:14:23,199
when we do the grants please know

2036
01:14:23,199 --> 01:14:25,120
the committee reads the grants we submit

2037
01:14:25,120 --> 01:14:26,640
all of our questions to the presenters

2038
01:14:26,640 --> 01:14:28,719
before the presentations so it's also

2039
01:14:28,719 --> 01:14:29,920
not something that we haven't had a

2040
01:14:29,920 --> 01:14:31,199
chance to ask some questions and get

2041
01:14:31,199 --> 01:14:33,440
clarity and i don't know that the plan

2042
01:14:33,440 --> 01:14:35,120
was fully fleshed out to the point the

2043
01:14:35,120 --> 01:14:37,199
committee felt supporting it rather than

2044
01:14:37,199 --> 01:14:40,239
not having had a chance to ask questions

2045
01:14:40,239 --> 01:14:43,360
the other the other possibility

2046
01:14:43,360 --> 01:14:45,760
is that the

2047
01:14:45,760 --> 01:14:47,440
school committee can take it under

2048
01:14:47,440 --> 01:14:48,880
advisement

2049
01:14:48,880 --> 01:14:51,280
and based when we finish

2050
01:14:51,280 --> 01:14:53,360
at the end of the evening here this

2051
01:14:53,360 --> 01:14:55,440
discussion

2052
01:14:55,440 --> 01:14:57,280
we have a discussion about

2053
01:14:57,280 --> 01:15:00,080
what's been funded versus what's

2054
01:15:00,080 --> 01:15:02,080
not been funded if it's something that

2055
01:15:02,080 --> 01:15:03,520
the school committee still wants to

2056
01:15:03,520 --> 01:15:04,640
pursue

2057
01:15:04,640 --> 01:15:06,400
we can

2058
01:15:06,400 --> 01:15:07,360
have that

2059
01:15:07,360 --> 01:15:13,110
discussion

2060
01:15:13,120 --> 01:15:14,960
i support that i mean

2061
01:15:14,960 --> 01:15:19,199
i agree if we can get it

2062
01:15:19,199 --> 01:15:21,520
i like the idea of what emily said and

2063
01:15:21,520 --> 01:15:23,280
having an enrichment opportunity and

2064
01:15:23,280 --> 01:15:25,199
places for kids to go i feel similarly

2065
01:15:25,199 --> 01:15:27,360
about the library my daughter's

2066
01:15:27,360 --> 01:15:28,960
forever frustrated that the library

2067
01:15:28,960 --> 01:15:30,640
closes the second school ends and she's

2068
01:15:30,640 --> 01:15:32,400
like why can't i stay and study she just

2069
01:15:32,400 --> 01:15:35,280
wants to stay and have a place to go and

2070
01:15:35,280 --> 01:15:37,280
this room could be seems like it could

2071
01:15:37,280 --> 01:15:39,199
be a similar place for kids that want to

2072
01:15:39,199 --> 01:15:40,880
stay and do something

2073
01:15:40,880 --> 01:15:42,880
active and healthy and you know with

2074
01:15:42,880 --> 01:15:45,199
their peers at school and to give them

2075
01:15:45,199 --> 01:15:48,320
the opportunity if we have a space

2076
01:15:48,320 --> 01:15:50,080
i mean i think we should investigate it

2077
01:15:50,080 --> 01:15:51,920
but i agree it seems like the focus

2078
01:15:51,920 --> 01:15:53,679
should be more on

2079
01:15:53,679 --> 01:15:56,560
giving the kids an opportunity to

2080
01:15:56,560 --> 01:15:58,400
stay and have that experience not so

2081
01:15:58,400 --> 01:15:59,360
much

2082
01:15:59,360 --> 01:16:00,640
the equipment

2083
01:16:00,640 --> 01:16:02,159
and that's that piece so our job as a

2084
01:16:02,159 --> 01:16:04,239
committee is to take the lens of what

2085
01:16:04,239 --> 01:16:06,640
the purpose of the grant is

2086
01:16:06,640 --> 01:16:08,480
given the thoughtful reading and the

2087
01:16:08,480 --> 01:16:09,679
questions in the presentation make a

2088
01:16:09,679 --> 01:16:10,800
decision based on the information that

2089
01:16:10,800 --> 01:16:12,719
we have it's not our job to go back and

2090
01:16:12,719 --> 01:16:14,880
say well you asked for money we wish you

2091
01:16:14,880 --> 01:16:16,719
had asked for this instead right can you

2092
01:16:16,719 --> 01:16:18,800
remember that's not our role right i do

2093
01:16:18,800 --> 01:16:20,640
want to just emphasize there's a lot of

2094
01:16:20,640 --> 01:16:21,920
um

2095
01:16:21,920 --> 01:16:23,440
there's a lot of thought that goes into

2096
01:16:23,440 --> 01:16:25,199
that vote so i don't want to diminish

2097
01:16:25,199 --> 01:16:27,360
like there was every member of the

2098
01:16:27,360 --> 01:16:28,960
committee loved the idea of students

2099
01:16:28,960 --> 01:16:30,320
having a place to go after school and a

2100
01:16:30,320 --> 01:16:31,760
healthy safe place that they could

2101
01:16:31,760 --> 01:16:33,199
connect with each other and do something

2102
01:16:33,199 --> 01:16:35,360
that was an alternative to maybe some

2103
01:16:35,360 --> 01:16:36,880
students just going home so please know

2104
01:16:36,880 --> 01:16:38,880
that that that was not a lack of support

2105
01:16:38,880 --> 01:16:41,040
from the committee yeah we've our job is

2106
01:16:41,040 --> 01:16:42,719
to make sure we're being good stewards

2107
01:16:42,719 --> 01:16:44,320
of that grant and following what that

2108
01:16:44,320 --> 01:16:46,080
said and the piece we were missing was

2109
01:16:46,080 --> 01:16:48,320
that clarity of the purpose yeah and i

2110
01:16:48,320 --> 01:16:49,920
fully respect your vote so maybe my

2111
01:16:49,920 --> 01:16:51,679
feedback's more for mr mitchell than for

2112
01:16:51,679 --> 01:16:53,920
you but i think that is the challenge of

2113
01:16:53,920 --> 01:16:56,000
the application is it's it's it's no

2114
01:16:56,000 --> 01:16:57,920
joke and it's it's challenging to

2115
01:16:57,920 --> 01:17:01,120
complete as well um so i hope that as a

2116
01:17:01,120 --> 01:17:02,719
as committee chair i can help to make

2117
01:17:02,719 --> 01:17:03,840
some recommendations that might help

2118
01:17:03,840 --> 01:17:05,679
make it so that we're not in a weird

2119
01:17:05,679 --> 01:17:07,280
spot that it's sort of a lack of clarity

2120
01:17:07,280 --> 01:17:08,880
about what things are aligned with

2121
01:17:08,880 --> 01:17:11,280
funding purposes as well so let's hold

2122
01:17:11,280 --> 01:17:13,760
on this one and go on

2123
01:17:13,760 --> 01:17:14,880
exactly

2124
01:17:14,880 --> 01:17:17,840
sure okay

2125
01:17:17,840 --> 01:17:19,840
the next grant that was proposed is the

2126
01:17:19,840 --> 01:17:21,120
improving student achievement through

2127
01:17:21,120 --> 01:17:23,840
adult learning this grant was

2128
01:17:23,840 --> 01:17:26,080
the application was submitted by

2129
01:17:26,080 --> 01:17:28,560
principal mitchell on behalf of all of

2130
01:17:28,560 --> 01:17:30,719
the principals across district so this

2131
01:17:30,719 --> 01:17:32,320
was an ask for

2132
01:17:32,320 --> 01:17:34,080
all the building leaders

2133
01:17:34,080 --> 01:17:36,239
this grant is a repeating grant has been

2134
01:17:36,239 --> 01:17:38,560
asked for in previous years um and the

2135
01:17:38,560 --> 01:17:40,800
goal is that it's funding some

2136
01:17:40,800 --> 01:17:42,239
specific professional development

2137
01:17:42,239 --> 01:17:44,080
learning areas

2138
01:17:44,080 --> 01:17:46,239
each each school or each building leader

2139
01:17:46,239 --> 01:17:47,840
has a different plan for what they would

2140
01:17:47,840 --> 01:17:50,560
use that funding for the idea being if

2141
01:17:50,560 --> 01:17:52,320
high school is recommending

2142
01:17:52,320 --> 01:17:53,679
sending a student support team to the

2143
01:17:53,679 --> 01:17:55,199
american school counselor association

2144
01:17:55,199 --> 01:17:57,040
conference the middle school would like

2145
01:17:57,040 --> 01:17:59,199
to send ela teachers to the ncte

2146
01:17:59,199 --> 01:18:02,159
convention uh winthrop has a few lists

2147
01:18:02,159 --> 01:18:03,679
of a variety of professional development

2148
01:18:03,679 --> 01:18:04,880
areas that they want

2149
01:18:04,880 --> 01:18:06,480
to engage in to support vulnerable

2150
01:18:06,480 --> 01:18:08,480
students um and deuteron was looking

2151
01:18:08,480 --> 01:18:09,920
specifically at a few different

2152
01:18:09,920 --> 01:18:11,440
methodologies of the responsive

2153
01:18:11,440 --> 01:18:13,760
classroom training

2154
01:18:13,760 --> 01:18:16,239
the committee as a whole was

2155
01:18:16,239 --> 01:18:18,080
in support of the work and supporting

2156
01:18:18,080 --> 01:18:19,760
our educators to be effectively trained

2157
01:18:19,760 --> 01:18:22,239
the one area of question or concern is

2158
01:18:22,239 --> 01:18:24,159
are there more localized options that

2159
01:18:24,159 --> 01:18:25,760
would allow us to be more efficient with

2160
01:18:25,760 --> 01:18:27,760
spending the money on professional

2161
01:18:27,760 --> 01:18:29,840
learning and training and less on things

2162
01:18:29,840 --> 01:18:31,920
like travel to texas or other locations

2163
01:18:31,920 --> 01:18:34,480
so are there equally powerfully and

2164
01:18:34,480 --> 01:18:37,440
engaging opportunities to participate in

2165
01:18:37,440 --> 01:18:38,640
professional learning that are more

2166
01:18:38,640 --> 01:18:40,719
local so that was the one

2167
01:18:40,719 --> 01:18:45,520
area of feedback from the committee did vote to support this

2168
01:18:45,520 --> 01:18:47,920
grant with unanimous support

2169
01:18:47,920 --> 01:18:51,030
any questions

2170
01:18:51,040 --> 01:18:54,480
what was the end result of that question

2171
01:18:54,480 --> 01:18:56,320
yeah uh so there was a question for

2172
01:18:56,320 --> 01:18:57,760
example like is there is something more

2173
01:18:57,760 --> 01:18:59,199
local than texas for the council

2174
01:18:59,199 --> 01:19:01,040
association and uh principal mitchell's

2175
01:19:01,040 --> 01:19:02,320
like that's a good question there might

2176
01:19:02,320 --> 01:19:04,000
be a more local one that is the national

2177
01:19:04,000 --> 01:19:06,000
conference um i don't but i don't want

2178
01:19:06,000 --> 01:19:07,199
to speak on behalf of all of the

2179
01:19:07,199 --> 01:19:08,800
principals he happened to be the

2180
01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:11,199
presenter on behalf of them

2181
01:19:11,199 --> 01:19:12,719
some of the feedback that was shared is

2182
01:19:12,719 --> 01:19:15,199
how valuable it can be to get out of

2183
01:19:15,199 --> 01:19:16,880
your normal day-to-day and to go and

2184
01:19:16,880 --> 01:19:18,320
engage in conferences to be in that

2185
01:19:18,320 --> 01:19:19,520
professional learning space the

2186
01:19:19,520 --> 01:19:21,600
opportunity to network the learning that

2187
01:19:21,600 --> 01:19:23,280
happens when you leave a presentation

2188
01:19:23,280 --> 01:19:24,800
and you're engaging with each other in a

2189
01:19:24,800 --> 01:19:26,560
shared common area

2190
01:19:26,560 --> 01:19:27,920
and seeing some presenters that you

2191
01:19:27,920 --> 01:19:29,760
might not have on a local scale so that

2192
01:19:29,760 --> 01:19:31,840
there's some positives to it but

2193
01:19:31,840 --> 01:19:34,239
there was also sort of the not knowing

2194
01:19:34,239 --> 01:19:35,920
if there are the same things available

2195
01:19:35,920 --> 01:19:37,920
in local spaces with the possibility

2196
01:19:37,920 --> 01:19:39,440
that they may be

2197
01:19:39,440 --> 01:19:42,000
pre coveted this was not it was not

2198
01:19:42,000 --> 01:19:44,000
unusual to send

2199
01:19:44,000 --> 01:19:46,080
folks to conferences

2200
01:19:46,080 --> 01:19:49,040
you know wherever the national was that

2201
01:19:49,040 --> 01:19:51,440
tried to keep it close but

2202
01:19:51,440 --> 01:19:55,830
it wasn't always possible

2203
01:19:55,840 --> 01:19:59,520
to get a motion to support

2204
01:19:59,520 --> 01:20:01,679
the support second

2205
01:20:01,679 --> 01:20:03,760
further discussion

2206
01:20:03,760 --> 01:20:09,669
in favor

2207
01:20:09,679 --> 01:20:12,320
the next grant application is uh it is

2208
01:20:12,320 --> 01:20:15,120
also a repeat grant application it is

2209
01:20:15,120 --> 01:20:17,920
the college application bootcamp

2210
01:20:17,920 --> 01:20:20,480
this grant is seeking to provide a free

2211
01:20:20,480 --> 01:20:22,560
opportunity for rising seniors so

2212
01:20:22,560 --> 01:20:24,560
students in the summer before their

2213
01:20:24,560 --> 01:20:26,159
senior year

2214
01:20:26,159 --> 01:20:28,480
and specifically provides

2215
01:20:28,480 --> 01:20:30,320
support for students who are considering

2216
01:20:30,320 --> 01:20:33,760
applying for post-secondary education

2217
01:20:33,760 --> 01:20:36,239
and provides a targeted training in

2218
01:20:36,239 --> 01:20:38,000
areas that can be incredibly challenging

2219
01:20:38,000 --> 01:20:39,440
including supporting students through

2220
01:20:39,440 --> 01:20:42,080
the financial aid application process

2221
01:20:42,080 --> 01:20:43,840
interviewing skills and thinking about

2222
01:20:43,840 --> 01:20:44,960
what does that look like sound like how

2223
01:20:44,960 --> 01:20:47,040
does it feel in practicing that

2224
01:20:47,040 --> 01:20:47,840
and

2225
01:20:47,840 --> 01:20:50,960
completion of an essay so as sats are

2226
01:20:50,960 --> 01:20:53,040
becoming more optional for many schools

2227
01:20:53,040 --> 01:20:55,120
the increased value of the essays

2228
01:20:55,120 --> 01:20:56,880
component of the application is is

2229
01:20:56,880 --> 01:20:59,120
becoming more and more critical so that

2230
01:20:59,120 --> 01:21:00,719
is something that the plans for this

2231
01:21:00,719 --> 01:21:03,199
year is actually to increase their

2232
01:21:03,199 --> 01:21:04,880
support and targeting that essay

2233
01:21:04,880 --> 01:21:06,560
development in our essay writing over

2234
01:21:06,560 --> 01:21:07,840
the summer

2235
01:21:07,840 --> 01:21:10,480
it is something that has been asked if

2236
01:21:10,480 --> 01:21:11,920
is it something that we can charge a fee

2237
01:21:11,920 --> 01:21:13,600
for for students to participate and the

2238
01:21:13,600 --> 01:21:15,600
feedback they've received is that

2239
01:21:15,600 --> 01:21:17,360
of the students that participate only 25

2240
01:21:17,360 --> 01:21:19,199
percent would would participate if it

2241
01:21:19,199 --> 01:21:20,159
was a

2242
01:21:20,159 --> 01:21:22,000
fee based versus if it was grant funded

2243
01:21:22,000 --> 01:21:23,360
and free that many students that were

2244
01:21:23,360 --> 01:21:26,629
able to engage

2245
01:21:26,639 --> 01:21:28,480
it was recommended to be funded with

2246
01:21:28,480 --> 01:21:30,400
unanimous support

2247
01:21:30,400 --> 01:21:32,000
so it's my question on this is similar

2248
01:21:32,000 --> 01:21:33,840
to the question i had on the

2249
01:21:33,840 --> 01:21:35,840
one previously in terms of how they come

2250
01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:38,080
up with that number and if demand

2251
01:21:38,080 --> 01:21:40,400
exceeds what we've had in the past

2252
01:21:40,400 --> 01:21:42,719
how do we account for that um

2253
01:21:42,719 --> 01:21:44,960
that number is coming from um the

2254
01:21:44,960 --> 01:21:50,960
stipends that for the uh staff that host okay so regardless of the

2255
01:21:50,960 --> 01:21:52,639
number of kids it doesn't matter it's

2256
01:21:52,639 --> 01:21:55,840
just yeah okay got it okay good

2257
01:21:55,840 --> 01:21:57,040
and their numbers of engagement have

2258
01:21:57,040 --> 01:21:58,560
increased over the years um they

2259
01:21:58,560 --> 01:22:00,639
actually even added a day i believe um

2260
01:22:00,639 --> 01:22:02,400
the students still came in that summer

2261
01:22:02,400 --> 01:22:03,920
to have that support in that option yeah

2262
01:22:03,920 --> 01:22:05,360
that's great

2263
01:22:05,360 --> 01:22:07,520
well as a parent whose younger son went

2264
01:22:07,520 --> 01:22:10,400
through this program it was awesome and

2265
01:22:10,400 --> 01:22:12,560
i am delighted to see that they've added

2266
01:22:12,560 --> 01:22:14,639
the interview skills because i as you

2267
01:22:14,639 --> 01:22:16,400
say especially with

2268
01:22:16,400 --> 01:22:17,679
what the kids have been through and the

2269
01:22:17,679 --> 01:22:19,360
increasing anxiety i think it's great to

2270
01:22:19,360 --> 01:22:20,960
get that chance to practice those

2271
01:22:20,960 --> 01:22:22,159
interview skills i think it's going to

2272
01:22:22,159 --> 01:22:25,430
be a really good experience man

2273
01:22:25,440 --> 01:22:28,000
okay can i get a motion to support

2274
01:22:28,000 --> 01:22:29,120
disappoint

2275
01:22:29,120 --> 01:22:31,679
second second

2276
01:22:31,679 --> 01:22:33,120
further discussion

2277
01:22:33,120 --> 01:22:38,070
all in favor

2278
01:22:38,080 --> 01:22:39,840
a few more from me the next grant

2279
01:22:39,840 --> 01:22:41,440
application is the high school music

2280
01:22:41,440 --> 01:22:44,080
department england trip um this grant is

2281
01:22:44,080 --> 01:22:46,480
a grant that is seeking to provide

2282
01:22:46,480 --> 01:22:49,120
support for students to engage in the

2283
01:22:49,120 --> 01:22:51,840
high school england music trip this trip

2284
01:22:51,840 --> 01:22:54,239
has apparently been in place since 1998

2285
01:22:54,239 --> 01:22:56,000
and occurs every four years from the

2286
01:22:56,000 --> 01:22:57,280
high school

2287
01:22:57,280 --> 01:23:00,159
and it allows students in the

2288
01:23:00,159 --> 01:23:01,920
music department to

2289
01:23:01,920 --> 01:23:03,440
travel over to england and actually

2290
01:23:03,440 --> 01:23:05,679
perform and travel around and perform at

2291
01:23:05,679 --> 01:23:07,360
different sites and actually engage with

2292
01:23:07,360 --> 01:23:08,960
folks in

2293
01:23:08,960 --> 01:23:10,639
abroad as they get to chance to learn

2294
01:23:10,639 --> 01:23:12,080
and

2295
01:23:12,080 --> 01:23:13,280
connect with different folks in

2296
01:23:13,280 --> 01:23:14,880
different cultures so they might be

2297
01:23:14,880 --> 01:23:16,239
performing at a

2298
01:23:16,239 --> 01:23:18,159
local church one day maybe performing at

2299
01:23:18,159 --> 01:23:19,440
the street side another day and actually

2300
01:23:19,440 --> 01:23:21,840
getting a chance to engage in local

2301
01:23:21,840 --> 01:23:23,199
communities

2302
01:23:23,199 --> 01:23:27,840
the ask specifically the money that is being asked for um is focusing on

2303
01:23:27,840 --> 01:23:29,679
three particular areas one would be to

2304
01:23:29,679 --> 01:23:31,840
seek a 50 production in the cost of the

2305
01:23:31,840 --> 01:23:34,400
trip for students or families who

2306
01:23:34,400 --> 01:23:36,639
receive a free and reduced lunch

2307
01:23:36,639 --> 01:23:38,880
one would be seeking a 50 reduction for

2308
01:23:38,880 --> 01:23:40,719
families that have multiple children

2309
01:23:40,719 --> 01:23:42,400
because the trip is offered once every

2310
01:23:42,400 --> 01:23:44,159
four years it is students essentially

2311
01:23:44,159 --> 01:23:46,159
through their freshman through senior

2312
01:23:46,159 --> 01:23:48,400
year that have the opportunity to go so

2313
01:23:48,400 --> 01:23:50,480
if there are families that have multiple

2314
01:23:50,480 --> 01:23:52,080
children within that band they'd like to

2315
01:23:52,080 --> 01:23:53,520
provide support

2316
01:23:53,520 --> 01:23:55,199
for a reduction of that

2317
01:23:55,199 --> 01:23:57,280
and finally there's a cost to actually

2318
01:23:57,280 --> 01:23:59,920
send over rental of certain equipment so

2319
01:23:59,920 --> 01:24:01,920
if you can imagine the cost of sending

2320
01:24:01,920 --> 01:24:04,480
over a timpani drum or a tuba are

2321
01:24:04,480 --> 01:24:06,719
incredibly expensive so some of those

2322
01:24:06,719 --> 01:24:08,960
costs would include shipping of certain

2323
01:24:08,960 --> 01:24:11,280
things but also the rental of larger

2324
01:24:11,280 --> 01:24:12,880
instruments that might otherwise not

2325
01:24:12,880 --> 01:24:14,639
travel so well

2326
01:24:14,639 --> 01:24:16,719
this was recommended from the committee

2327
01:24:16,719 --> 01:24:18,480
um with one abstention

2328
01:24:18,480 --> 01:24:20,080
yeah so the cost per student for those

2329
01:24:20,080 --> 01:24:21,520
that don't have kids going is thirty

2330
01:24:21,520 --> 01:24:23,199
four hundred dollars

2331
01:24:23,199 --> 01:24:25,760
so it's pretty substantial cost

2332
01:24:25,760 --> 01:24:27,520
and as a result i'll be selling raffle

2333
01:24:27,520 --> 01:24:36,870
tickets

2334
01:24:36,880 --> 01:24:38,560
any questions

2335
01:24:38,560 --> 01:24:41,120
uh i had a question about um

2336
01:24:41,120 --> 01:24:44,639
the free and reduced lunch criteria

2337
01:24:44,639 --> 01:24:48,000
it's my understanding that that's a hard

2338
01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:49,280
group to

2339
01:24:49,280 --> 01:24:51,040
target net right now because we've been

2340
01:24:51,040 --> 01:24:52,719
giving free lunch for

2341
01:24:52,719 --> 01:24:54,239
several years and so maybe people

2342
01:24:54,239 --> 01:24:56,080
haven't applied that might be eligible

2343
01:24:56,080 --> 01:24:59,510
and so i want to

2344
01:24:59,520 --> 01:25:01,440
that program

2345
01:25:01,440 --> 01:25:03,520
federal program is ending coming july

2346
01:25:03,520 --> 01:25:07,520
one so as of july 1 new applications

2347
01:25:07,520 --> 01:25:09,520
a new application process will be going

2348
01:25:09,520 --> 01:25:11,199
out to families

2349
01:25:11,199 --> 01:25:12,960
there's also some different ways that we

2350
01:25:12,960 --> 01:25:15,760
can pick up those those families if they

2351
01:25:15,760 --> 01:25:19,600
don't necessarily apply in district we have

2352
01:25:19,600 --> 01:25:22,159
opportunities to identify them in other

2353
01:25:22,159 --> 01:25:23,920
ways okay so

2354
01:25:23,920 --> 01:25:24,800
and the

2355
01:25:24,800 --> 01:25:27,679
program is first spring of 2023. so

2356
01:25:27,679 --> 01:25:29,679
there is a bit of a window from when the

2357
01:25:29,679 --> 01:25:32,639
access to free lunch ends and

2358
01:25:32,639 --> 01:25:34,719
when the trip will be taking place

2359
01:25:34,719 --> 01:25:36,719
i suppose we already have to have made a

2360
01:25:36,719 --> 01:25:38,159
commitment by

2361
01:25:38,159 --> 01:25:39,920
now though i'm trying to remember for

2362
01:25:39,920 --> 01:25:42,080
the trip not yet okay

2363
01:25:42,080 --> 01:25:43,600
if you want the discount the deadline

2364
01:25:43,600 --> 01:25:47,270
was last night

2365
01:25:47,280 --> 01:25:48,960
okay we're about to get another discount

2366
01:25:48,960 --> 01:25:50,239
in

2367
01:25:50,239 --> 01:25:52,320
can we get a motion to support

2368
01:25:52,320 --> 01:25:55,040
move to support

2369
01:25:55,040 --> 01:25:57,440
second

2370
01:25:57,440 --> 01:25:58,800
further discussion

2371
01:25:58,800 --> 01:26:00,880
all in favor

2372
01:26:00,880 --> 01:26:04,320
i think i need to abstain from this

2373
01:26:04,320 --> 01:26:17,270
do you guys need to i only have one kid

2374
01:26:17,280 --> 01:26:19,760
the next grant that i'll review is the

2375
01:26:19,760 --> 01:26:21,760
creating innovators part two as the

2376
01:26:21,760 --> 01:26:23,920
title implies this is a repeat uh

2377
01:26:23,920 --> 01:26:26,239
request or a connected request it's not

2378
01:26:26,239 --> 01:26:27,679
a repeat for the same thing but it is a

2379
01:26:27,679 --> 01:26:29,920
grant that was requested last year that

2380
01:26:29,920 --> 01:26:32,159
part leading into this request

2381
01:26:32,159 --> 01:26:34,719
this grant is seeking to

2382
01:26:34,719 --> 01:26:36,320
continue to bring in the work of

2383
01:26:36,320 --> 01:26:38,159
computer science standards and content

2384
01:26:38,159 --> 01:26:39,920
across the secondary schools but

2385
01:26:39,920 --> 01:26:41,920
particularly at the middle school the

2386
01:26:41,920 --> 01:26:44,480
grant itself would be targeted to fund

2387
01:26:44,480 --> 01:26:46,400
the bulk of the funding would actually

2388
01:26:46,400 --> 01:26:48,159
fund the computer science teacher for

2389
01:26:48,159 --> 01:26:50,480
grades six through eight um to integrate

2390
01:26:50,480 --> 01:26:53,199
computer science curriculum

2391
01:26:53,199 --> 01:26:54,800
access for all students in the middle

2392
01:26:54,800 --> 01:26:55,760
school

2393
01:26:55,760 --> 01:26:57,600
which um the plan was that actually

2394
01:26:57,600 --> 01:26:58,800
students would start to take a course so

2395
01:26:58,800 --> 01:27:00,239
that by the end of eighth grade they

2396
01:27:00,239 --> 01:27:01,920
will have completed that full trajectory

2397
01:27:01,920 --> 01:27:04,639
of that computer science course

2398
01:27:04,639 --> 01:27:05,679
the

2399
01:27:05,679 --> 01:27:08,320
final steps of equipping a zoom room or

2400
01:27:08,320 --> 01:27:10,320
a technology enhanced room that could

2401
01:27:10,320 --> 01:27:11,520
the middle school high school can both

2402
01:27:11,520 --> 01:27:12,639
use

2403
01:27:12,639 --> 01:27:13,840
and additional

2404
01:27:13,840 --> 01:27:15,679
licenses that includes

2405
01:27:15,679 --> 01:27:17,280
subscriptions to support virtual field

2406
01:27:17,280 --> 01:27:19,199
trips zoom subscriptions and other

2407
01:27:19,199 --> 01:27:20,880
access to streaming services for this

2408
01:27:20,880 --> 01:27:21,840
point

2409
01:27:21,840 --> 01:27:24,239
the committee um in general had some

2410
01:27:24,239 --> 01:27:28,080
questions about this grant being that um

2411
01:27:28,080 --> 01:27:30,159
the the grant itself last year actually

2412
01:27:30,159 --> 01:27:33,120
had us was framed uh differently and

2413
01:27:33,120 --> 01:27:35,600
that the ask itself was looking for a

2414
01:27:35,600 --> 01:27:37,920
coach and then the the components of the

2415
01:27:37,920 --> 01:27:39,120
grant that were asked for included like

2416
01:27:39,120 --> 01:27:41,120
an esports component and some other

2417
01:27:41,120 --> 01:27:42,480
components that

2418
01:27:42,480 --> 01:27:44,480
when the grant was actually spent it was

2419
01:27:44,480 --> 01:27:46,639
shifted significantly and ended up not

2420
01:27:46,639 --> 01:27:48,239
including excuse me not including the

2421
01:27:48,239 --> 01:27:50,000
esports or some of that coaching lens of

2422
01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:51,760
it and was went more towards the teacher

2423
01:27:51,760 --> 01:27:52,800
piece of it

2424
01:27:52,800 --> 01:27:54,880
um and some of the components for the

2425
01:27:54,880 --> 01:27:57,360
room weren't purchased last year and we

2426
01:27:57,360 --> 01:27:58,560
know that there's a lot of insulated

2427
01:27:58,560 --> 01:28:00,639
costs that have occurred so there were

2428
01:28:00,639 --> 01:28:03,040
questions about um

2429
01:28:03,040 --> 01:28:05,199
the change from the that part one

2430
01:28:05,199 --> 01:28:07,040
towards this piece if you if you look at

2431
01:28:07,040 --> 01:28:08,320
the two applications there's a

2432
01:28:08,320 --> 01:28:10,639
significant shift in that funding

2433
01:28:10,639 --> 01:28:12,960
from from that coaching and the esports

2434
01:28:12,960 --> 01:28:14,719
pieces and everything to primarily being

2435
01:28:14,719 --> 01:28:16,960
supporting the teacher's salary um

2436
01:28:16,960 --> 01:28:18,400
leading that work at the middle school

2437
01:28:18,400 --> 01:28:20,000
rather than sort of that high school

2438
01:28:20,000 --> 01:28:22,950
middle school bridge

2439
01:28:22,960 --> 01:28:24,480
and

2440
01:28:24,480 --> 01:28:26,639
another question that was raised is that

2441
01:28:26,639 --> 01:28:28,560
by dedicating this room is that a

2442
01:28:28,560 --> 01:28:30,880
instructional space that is then lost to

2443
01:28:30,880 --> 01:28:32,159
other things that is critically needed

2444
01:28:32,159 --> 01:28:33,840
for so it was just a question that that

2445
01:28:33,840 --> 01:28:35,440
came up from the committee

2446
01:28:35,440 --> 01:28:36,960
um the

2447
01:28:36,960 --> 01:28:38,960
and finally when students would take it

2448
01:28:38,960 --> 01:28:41,040
so is it something that when students

2449
01:28:41,040 --> 01:28:42,960
would be taking this course as compared

2450
01:28:42,960 --> 01:28:44,880
to others and it was mentioned that this

2451
01:28:44,880 --> 01:28:47,120
might be taking the place of

2452
01:28:47,120 --> 01:28:49,760
some music spaces within eighth grade

2453
01:28:49,760 --> 01:28:51,199
having a computer science course that

2454
01:28:51,199 --> 01:28:53,360
all students will be taking as well

2455
01:28:53,360 --> 01:28:54,800
this was

2456
01:28:54,800 --> 01:28:56,239
recommended to be approved with one

2457
01:28:56,239 --> 01:28:58,239
opposed and one obsession from the

2458
01:28:58,239 --> 01:29:00,000
committee

2459
01:29:00,000 --> 01:29:02,400
can i say general question

2460
01:29:02,400 --> 01:29:03,120
so

2461
01:29:03,120 --> 01:29:04,480
i guess what i'm thinking of these i'm

2462
01:29:04,480 --> 01:29:06,400
thinking about enrichment if this is

2463
01:29:06,400 --> 01:29:10,800
integrating computer science standards

2464
01:29:10,800 --> 01:29:15,270
how's that enrichment that is good

2465
01:29:15,280 --> 01:29:18,080
it is something that isn't currently

2466
01:29:18,080 --> 01:29:20,239
wouldn't otherwise be there but that it

2467
01:29:20,239 --> 01:29:21,760
is there's teachers and courses that

2468
01:29:21,760 --> 01:29:23,600
have taken the code.org course but there

2469
01:29:23,600 --> 01:29:25,280
is not a dedicated space within the

2470
01:29:25,280 --> 01:29:26,960
schedule or dedicated aspect of a

2471
01:29:26,960 --> 01:29:28,960
different curriculum that is teaching it

2472
01:29:28,960 --> 01:29:31,120
was the piece um the piece that the

2473
01:29:31,120 --> 01:29:32,400
committee did also talk about that this

2474
01:29:32,400 --> 01:29:34,080
gives more of a continuation of that

2475
01:29:34,080 --> 01:29:35,600
computer science access from the

2476
01:29:35,600 --> 01:29:36,960
elementary which is primarily done

2477
01:29:36,960 --> 01:29:39,120
within by the library media specialists

2478
01:29:39,120 --> 01:29:40,239
um and up through their other

2479
01:29:40,239 --> 01:29:42,080
opportunities and selections within high

2480
01:29:42,080 --> 01:29:43,760
school that they're it's not otherwise

2481
01:29:43,760 --> 01:29:46,800
pulled out in the middle school

2482
01:29:46,800 --> 01:29:49,840
and so they didn't get the enrichment

2483
01:29:49,840 --> 01:29:51,520
piece the

2484
01:29:51,520 --> 01:29:54,000
esports piece

2485
01:29:54,000 --> 01:29:56,639
that was done but it was funded from

2486
01:29:56,639 --> 01:29:59,990
the high school budget

2487
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:02,560
but it was not fun to fund the grant

2488
01:30:02,560 --> 01:30:04,800
so we wouldn't be hitting our computer

2489
01:30:04,800 --> 01:30:06,560
science standards if we didn't do this

2490
01:30:06,560 --> 01:30:09,440
grant i'm sorry we wouldn't be hitting

2491
01:30:09,440 --> 01:30:11,280
our comp we wouldn't be integrating our

2492
01:30:11,280 --> 01:30:13,679
computers not to this degree science

2493
01:30:13,679 --> 01:30:15,679
standards

2494
01:30:15,679 --> 01:30:19,199
to any kathy wrote this grant last year

2495
01:30:19,199 --> 01:30:21,360
i remember bringing in the computer

2496
01:30:21,360 --> 01:30:24,880
science standards but we didn't have

2497
01:30:24,880 --> 01:30:29,840
no this would continue that

2498
01:30:29,840 --> 01:30:32,480
so i have a question we've always talked

2499
01:30:32,480 --> 01:30:38,080
about using the paint grants for a new position for a trial run for a

2500
01:30:38,080 --> 01:30:39,760
year maybe two years

2501
01:30:39,760 --> 01:30:41,600
so

2502
01:30:41,600 --> 01:30:44,320
has the position from last year which

2503
01:30:44,320 --> 01:30:45,760
ended up being funded as opposed to

2504
01:30:45,760 --> 01:30:48,719
coach been integrated into the budget

2505
01:30:48,719 --> 01:30:51,360
for the computer science position i

2506
01:30:51,360 --> 01:30:52,800
don't believe is in the budget that's

2507
01:30:52,800 --> 01:30:55,520
why that's in here so in the proposal it

2508
01:30:55,520 --> 01:30:59,199
was said that um so this is asking for a repeat of the

2509
01:30:59,199 --> 01:31:00,320
position that

2510
01:31:00,320 --> 01:31:01,600
wasn't asked for the grand last year but

2511
01:31:01,600 --> 01:31:03,040
didn't come from the grant last year so

2512
01:31:03,040 --> 01:31:04,080
last year they were thinking it was

2513
01:31:04,080 --> 01:31:05,199
going to be more of a cultural and

2514
01:31:05,199 --> 01:31:07,040
non-certified teacher they ended up

2515
01:31:07,040 --> 01:31:10,159
hiring a certified teacher so that but

2516
01:31:10,159 --> 01:31:12,239
yet that position itself

2517
01:31:12,239 --> 01:31:13,760
because it was a different shift than

2518
01:31:13,760 --> 01:31:15,360
maybe what they had originally applied

2519
01:31:15,360 --> 01:31:17,600
for their plan is now that this person

2520
01:31:17,600 --> 01:31:19,760
would be teaching sort of a full deck of

2521
01:31:19,760 --> 01:31:21,760
courses which wasn't the case this year

2522
01:31:21,760 --> 01:31:22,800
that

2523
01:31:22,800 --> 01:31:24,560
proposed is that actually teaching those

2524
01:31:24,560 --> 01:31:26,560
full digital literacy courses and that

2525
01:31:26,560 --> 01:31:28,320
it would be like when that world

2526
01:31:28,320 --> 01:31:29,679
language program was originally

2527
01:31:29,679 --> 01:31:31,199
implemented and the those world

2528
01:31:31,199 --> 01:31:33,120
languages were integrated that then that

2529
01:31:33,120 --> 01:31:34,719
goal would be that following year that

2530
01:31:34,719 --> 01:31:36,639
would be a part built within the budget

2531
01:31:36,639 --> 01:31:41,189
all right

2532
01:31:41,199 --> 01:31:43,440
so the level of programming that we're

2533
01:31:43,440 --> 01:31:45,440
looking to do with this

2534
01:31:45,440 --> 01:31:46,239
is

2535
01:31:46,239 --> 01:31:48,159
above and beyond so there's where the

2536
01:31:48,159 --> 01:31:50,239
enrichment piece comes in it's not just

2537
01:31:50,239 --> 01:31:51,920
meeting the computer science standards

2538
01:31:51,920 --> 01:31:55,430
it's teaching the code.org

2539
01:31:55,440 --> 01:31:58,400
piece that then allows kids

2540
01:31:58,400 --> 01:32:01,199
to get into the computer

2541
01:32:01,199 --> 01:32:03,199
science classes at the high school at a

2542
01:32:03,199 --> 01:32:07,830
higher level

2543
01:32:07,840 --> 01:32:11,510
any other questions

2544
01:32:11,520 --> 01:32:14,159
i'm going to get a motion to support

2545
01:32:14,159 --> 01:32:16,560
move to support

2546
01:32:16,560 --> 01:32:21,199
second second

2547
01:32:21,199 --> 01:32:24,830
further discussion all in

2548
01:32:24,840 --> 01:32:27,760
favor great um one piece i would

2549
01:32:27,760 --> 01:32:29,679
recommend from this and i i was trying

2550
01:32:29,679 --> 01:32:30,800
to think of all the things we could do

2551
01:32:30,800 --> 01:32:32,159
to make this process smooth and better

2552
01:32:32,159 --> 01:32:34,800
for the future um i do think it would be

2553
01:32:34,800 --> 01:32:36,239
worthwhile for you as a committee to

2554
01:32:36,239 --> 01:32:38,880
consider that if a grant is approved by

2555
01:32:38,880 --> 01:32:40,800
the school committee and then if like 20

2556
01:32:40,800 --> 01:32:42,320
or more of a line has changed from the

2557
01:32:42,320 --> 01:32:44,000
original intent to what it is i do think

2558
01:32:44,000 --> 01:32:46,560
there should be a public

2559
01:32:46,560 --> 01:32:48,719
some sort of public step um this this

2560
01:32:48,719 --> 01:32:49,920
work is really intended to be really

2561
01:32:49,920 --> 01:32:51,440
transparent with what the money is what

2562
01:32:51,440 --> 01:32:52,639
is intended to do and what it is

2563
01:32:52,639 --> 01:32:53,920
approved to do in a really public

2564
01:32:53,920 --> 01:32:55,280
setting so it would just be a

2565
01:32:55,280 --> 01:32:56,719
recommendation for you to consider what

2566
01:32:56,719 --> 01:32:58,719
does that look like if substantially

2567
01:32:58,719 --> 01:33:00,800
different lines are spent than what was

2568
01:33:00,800 --> 01:33:03,360
approved in that kind of form yeah

2569
01:33:03,360 --> 01:33:06,320
something for the workshop yeah

2570
01:33:06,320 --> 01:33:08,880
okay uh the final um grant that i will

2571
01:33:08,880 --> 01:33:10,480
share tonight is the middle school high

2572
01:33:10,480 --> 01:33:12,560
school steam innovation learning spaces

2573
01:33:12,560 --> 01:33:14,080
and kate your question about what

2574
01:33:14,080 --> 01:33:16,400
happens if we meet that fiscal cliff

2575
01:33:16,400 --> 01:33:21,350
we're a little bit here

2576
01:33:21,360 --> 01:33:25,120
um so this grant is a a continuation of

2577
01:33:25,120 --> 01:33:26,480
a grant that was asked for last year

2578
01:33:26,480 --> 01:33:27,760
there was a small event that was asked

2579
01:33:27,760 --> 01:33:30,239
for last year to have somebody come in

2580
01:33:30,239 --> 01:33:33,199
and evaluate the steam learning spaces

2581
01:33:33,199 --> 01:33:34,639
in the middle school high school so it

2582
01:33:34,639 --> 01:33:36,480
was somebody an external person who's an

2583
01:33:36,480 --> 01:33:39,120
expert in the um common course and

2584
01:33:39,120 --> 01:33:40,639
excuse me the massachusetts science

2585
01:33:40,639 --> 01:33:42,480
technology engineering standards came

2586
01:33:42,480 --> 01:33:44,080
and evaluated the spaces and wrote a

2587
01:33:44,080 --> 01:33:45,840
report making recommendations they made

2588
01:33:45,840 --> 01:33:48,719
three levels of recommendations a basic

2589
01:33:48,719 --> 01:33:51,120
an interim and then sort of the high

2590
01:33:51,120 --> 01:33:53,440
level or level three

2591
01:33:53,440 --> 01:33:55,520
recommendations for the space

2592
01:33:55,520 --> 01:33:57,440
the objective of this grant would be to

2593
01:33:57,440 --> 01:33:59,040
bring learning spaces up to health and

2594
01:33:59,040 --> 01:34:00,719
safety compliance

2595
01:34:00,719 --> 01:34:02,719
and also integrate recommendations from

2596
01:34:02,719 --> 01:34:04,560
the steam report so that students and

2597
01:34:04,560 --> 01:34:06,560
teachers have some flexibility within

2598
01:34:06,560 --> 01:34:08,320
their learning spaces

2599
01:34:08,320 --> 01:34:10,320
the grant funding that's being asked for

2600
01:34:10,320 --> 01:34:12,719
would fund renovations to two seventh

2601
01:34:12,719 --> 01:34:15,760
grade math courses

2602
01:34:15,760 --> 01:34:17,440
electricity plumbing water access

2603
01:34:17,440 --> 01:34:19,040
flooring two seventh grade science

2604
01:34:19,040 --> 01:34:21,760
classrooms for electricity and so on

2605
01:34:21,760 --> 01:34:23,120
in the current high school marine

2606
01:34:23,120 --> 01:34:25,199
biology room as well as an investment in

2607
01:34:25,199 --> 01:34:27,120
flexible furniture to remove the fixed

2608
01:34:27,120 --> 01:34:28,880
lab stations

2609
01:34:28,880 --> 01:34:31,280
so within this grant really specifically

2610
01:34:31,280 --> 01:34:33,360
they were looking to take the current

2611
01:34:33,360 --> 01:34:35,440
spaces that are relatively set that have

2612
01:34:35,440 --> 01:34:37,520
sort of permanently installed spaces and

2613
01:34:37,520 --> 01:34:39,760
allow for more flexibility the funding

2614
01:34:39,760 --> 01:34:41,520
from the grant does include things like

2615
01:34:41,520 --> 01:34:43,920
plumbing and electricity it includes

2616
01:34:43,920 --> 01:34:45,520
furnishment

2617
01:34:45,520 --> 01:34:47,280
some of the questions and concerns that

2618
01:34:47,280 --> 01:34:49,600
came up for the committee are

2619
01:34:49,600 --> 01:34:50,880
this is a little bit where some of our

2620
01:34:50,880 --> 01:34:53,440
confusions lay in like how is this not

2621
01:34:53,440 --> 01:34:55,360
capital request or why wouldn't it have

2622
01:34:55,360 --> 01:34:57,280
maybe be considered one of those

2623
01:34:57,280 --> 01:34:58,159
um

2624
01:34:58,159 --> 01:35:00,080
why the decision was made to request

2625
01:35:00,080 --> 01:35:02,800
that middle so if really a big bulk of

2626
01:35:02,800 --> 01:35:04,719
this is safety health and safety that

2627
01:35:04,719 --> 01:35:06,159
doesn't feel like enrichment and

2628
01:35:06,159 --> 01:35:07,760
supports we were wondering if that's

2629
01:35:07,760 --> 01:35:09,840
level one how much of it really was

2630
01:35:09,840 --> 01:35:12,800
innovative or enrichment um versus

2631
01:35:12,800 --> 01:35:15,199
and then why not if that if that level

2632
01:35:15,199 --> 01:35:16,480
three is really going to take you to

2633
01:35:16,480 --> 01:35:18,719
beyond why wouldn't we go for that and

2634
01:35:18,719 --> 01:35:19,920
was the reason we didn't go for it was

2635
01:35:19,920 --> 01:35:21,840
paying right couldn't fund it or because

2636
01:35:21,840 --> 01:35:23,679
we didn't know if we could

2637
01:35:23,679 --> 01:35:24,639
um

2638
01:35:24,639 --> 01:35:25,840
there was a little bit of questions of

2639
01:35:25,840 --> 01:35:27,360
who went through the process of maybe

2640
01:35:27,360 --> 01:35:28,719
you know taking that report in and

2641
01:35:28,719 --> 01:35:30,159
thinking about what does that support

2642
01:35:30,159 --> 01:35:31,440
need and why

2643
01:35:31,440 --> 01:35:33,440
um and we were a little bit again sort

2644
01:35:33,440 --> 01:35:35,040
of that alignment with purpose of the

2645
01:35:35,040 --> 01:35:36,239
paint grant

2646
01:35:36,239 --> 01:35:38,400
so we were at a point with our approvals

2647
01:35:38,400 --> 01:35:39,920
that we were really torn on this and

2648
01:35:39,920 --> 01:35:42,000
there was definitely a lot of confidence

2649
01:35:42,000 --> 01:35:43,600
confusion and questions about whether or

2650
01:35:43,600 --> 01:35:44,960
not this fell

2651
01:35:44,960 --> 01:35:46,880
penguin appropriate um and there was a

2652
01:35:46,880 --> 01:35:50,000
perspective that um fingcon

2653
01:35:50,000 --> 01:35:51,600
vidcon perspective was really thinking

2654
01:35:51,600 --> 01:35:52,800
that like this would feel very

2655
01:35:52,800 --> 01:35:54,719
appropriate for a capital

2656
01:35:54,719 --> 01:35:56,400
request and also that they have been

2657
01:35:56,400 --> 01:35:57,840
wondering if there would be some for the

2658
01:35:57,840 --> 01:35:59,600
middle school high school and if we

2659
01:35:59,600 --> 01:36:01,040
partially do this

2660
01:36:01,040 --> 01:36:02,080
um

2661
01:36:02,080 --> 01:36:04,000
would that actually be duplicating or

2662
01:36:04,000 --> 01:36:05,600
wasting money that could otherwise go to

2663
01:36:05,600 --> 01:36:07,280
sort of that tier three for some of the

2664
01:36:07,280 --> 01:36:09,520
conversations and questions so we did

2665
01:36:09,520 --> 01:36:12,159
end up taking two two votes based on how

2666
01:36:12,159 --> 01:36:14,000
much money we had approved this was our

2667
01:36:14,000 --> 01:36:16,239
final grant that we were sort of still

2668
01:36:16,239 --> 01:36:19,360
torn over um so we took a vote to

2669
01:36:19,360 --> 01:36:20,960
partially fund the grant and that

2670
01:36:20,960 --> 01:36:23,040
partial number is purely how much money

2671
01:36:23,040 --> 01:36:24,560
would have been left based on what we

2672
01:36:24,560 --> 01:36:26,320
had approved otherwise we did not go

2673
01:36:26,320 --> 01:36:27,760
through and say we want to fund the

2674
01:36:27,760 --> 01:36:28,880
furniture we don't want to fund the

2675
01:36:28,880 --> 01:36:31,199
plumbing um so that number is the number

2676
01:36:31,199 --> 01:36:33,040
that was based on how much was the

2677
01:36:33,040 --> 01:36:34,639
disbursement for

2678
01:36:34,639 --> 01:36:37,199
the grant um so that was approved by the

2679
01:36:37,199 --> 01:36:39,119
committee with five in favor and one

2680
01:36:39,119 --> 01:36:41,360
extension um and then we took a second

2681
01:36:41,360 --> 01:36:43,679
vote and that vote is to recommend fully

2682
01:36:43,679 --> 01:36:47,040
funding the grant with an additional 165

2683
01:36:47,040 --> 01:36:49,679
plus thousand dollars from this year's

2684
01:36:49,679 --> 01:36:52,239
current allocation and the leftover fund

2685
01:36:52,239 --> 01:36:53,840
bucket

2686
01:36:53,840 --> 01:36:56,159
for those who are new the paying grant i

2687
01:36:56,159 --> 01:36:57,679
think it was two years ago or maybe

2688
01:36:57,679 --> 01:36:59,840
three made that recommendation that any

2689
01:36:59,840 --> 01:37:02,480
unspent funds from previous years can be

2690
01:37:02,480 --> 01:37:04,000
considered and you can go through a

2691
01:37:04,000 --> 01:37:07,119
process to approve and recommend funding

2692
01:37:07,119 --> 01:37:08,880
other pieces in addition

2693
01:37:08,880 --> 01:37:11,360
that vote fell with three in favor two

2694
01:37:11,360 --> 01:37:16,870
opposed and one abstention

2695
01:37:16,880 --> 01:37:18,880
thoughts

2696
01:37:18,880 --> 01:37:20,239
i

2697
01:37:20,239 --> 01:37:22,639
agree with the idea of as if this is

2698
01:37:22,639 --> 01:37:24,560
supposed to be enrichment why aren't we

2699
01:37:24,560 --> 01:37:26,800
going for

2700
01:37:26,800 --> 01:37:30,480
number three yeah so level three was um

2701
01:37:30,480 --> 01:37:32,239
the second floor on

2702
01:37:32,239 --> 01:37:33,360
that wing

2703
01:37:33,360 --> 01:37:35,040
oh okay

2704
01:37:35,040 --> 01:37:39,520
that was that was it literally was it was the it was the pie the pie in

2705
01:37:39,520 --> 01:37:42,159
the sky level three would be a second

2706
01:37:42,159 --> 01:37:44,800
story on that wing over there

2707
01:37:44,800 --> 01:37:49,520
um that would have brand new um

2708
01:37:49,520 --> 01:37:53,119
marine biology type spaces and more

2709
01:37:53,119 --> 01:37:55,040
uh you know

2710
01:37:55,040 --> 01:37:57,199
more lab space for for different things

2711
01:37:57,199 --> 01:37:58,719
that we're looking to do

2712
01:37:58,719 --> 01:38:03,360
as a result of that report i believe i gave the report to the

2713
01:38:03,360 --> 01:38:05,840
school committee

2714
01:38:05,840 --> 01:38:08,239
from jake i don't think we received it

2715
01:38:08,239 --> 01:38:09,119
no

2716
01:38:09,119 --> 01:38:11,199
okay i got that

2717
01:38:11,199 --> 01:38:12,960
as the steam representative the

2718
01:38:12,960 --> 01:38:14,480
gentleman who was doing the study came

2719
01:38:14,480 --> 01:38:16,639
and spoke to steve yeah yeah but i don't

2720
01:38:16,639 --> 01:38:19,119
think we've had that okay here

2721
01:38:19,119 --> 01:38:21,119
all right

2722
01:38:21,119 --> 01:38:24,709
i have why are we

2723
01:38:24,719 --> 01:38:26,480
funding health and safety through a pain

2724
01:38:26,480 --> 01:38:28,880
grant yeah that's

2725
01:38:28,880 --> 01:38:30,960
so so so that

2726
01:38:30,960 --> 01:38:36,790
um

2727
01:38:36,800 --> 01:38:39,040
i think the

2728
01:38:39,040 --> 01:38:41,360
most concise answer without getting into

2729
01:38:41,360 --> 01:38:44,159
the weeds is that

2730
01:38:44,159 --> 01:38:46,880
we funded the pain grant last year

2731
01:38:46,880 --> 01:38:47,920
for

2732
01:38:47,920 --> 01:38:48,800
the

2733
01:38:48,800 --> 01:38:50,800
subject area expert to come in and look

2734
01:38:50,800 --> 01:38:53,440
at our our science programs

2735
01:38:53,440 --> 01:38:55,920
the building's 20 plus years old the

2736
01:38:55,920 --> 01:38:57,600
equipment is

2737
01:38:57,600 --> 01:39:00,639
20 plus years old and you know either

2738
01:39:00,639 --> 01:39:04,550
not working or in disrepair

2739
01:39:04,560 --> 01:39:05,920
and and

2740
01:39:05,920 --> 01:39:07,360
you know the

2741
01:39:07,360 --> 01:39:09,760
teaching methods have changed equipment

2742
01:39:09,760 --> 01:39:12,080
has changed you know the technology has

2743
01:39:12,080 --> 01:39:13,040
changed

2744
01:39:13,040 --> 01:39:15,360
and so we we wrote the grant last year

2745
01:39:15,360 --> 01:39:17,440
to have jake come in

2746
01:39:17,440 --> 01:39:19,840
and and do that study he met with

2747
01:39:19,840 --> 01:39:21,760
all the science teachers middle and high

2748
01:39:21,760 --> 01:39:23,280
school met with the math departments

2749
01:39:23,280 --> 01:39:25,119
middle and high school met with the

2750
01:39:25,119 --> 01:39:27,920
steam team met with the administrators

2751
01:39:27,920 --> 01:39:29,199
um

2752
01:39:29,199 --> 01:39:31,440
looked at all of the spaces in in the

2753
01:39:31,440 --> 01:39:33,119
middle in high school

2754
01:39:33,119 --> 01:39:35,520
and then you know

2755
01:39:35,520 --> 01:39:37,199
took that and and

2756
01:39:37,199 --> 01:39:39,199
you know based on our conversations came

2757
01:39:39,199 --> 01:39:41,280
up with the three levels the you know

2758
01:39:41,280 --> 01:39:46,239
level one is just the the bare bones to bring us into

2759
01:39:46,239 --> 01:39:48,560
safety and health compliance

2760
01:39:48,560 --> 01:39:51,119
why aren't we there because we weren't

2761
01:39:51,119 --> 01:39:52,159
um

2762
01:39:52,159 --> 01:39:54,560
i don't think that we realized that that

2763
01:39:54,560 --> 01:39:56,960
we weren't there you know when i say

2764
01:39:56,960 --> 01:39:59,199
safety and health compliance you know

2765
01:39:59,199 --> 01:40:00,800
it's it's

2766
01:40:00,800 --> 01:40:04,080
new new equipment um new lab equipment

2767
01:40:04,080 --> 01:40:08,800
in the spaces we have um we have

2768
01:40:08,800 --> 01:40:11,520
um so like so for example like this so

2769
01:40:11,520 --> 01:40:13,040
when they're doing labs that require

2770
01:40:13,040 --> 01:40:14,960
electricity they're running power strips

2771
01:40:14,960 --> 01:40:16,480
and there's cords on the floor so one of

2772
01:40:16,480 --> 01:40:18,159
the sort of safety pieces with that you

2773
01:40:18,159 --> 01:40:19,520
have that electrical piece be able to

2774
01:40:19,520 --> 01:40:20,639
come from the ceiling so you're not

2775
01:40:20,639 --> 01:40:22,400
doing the ports along the floor that was

2776
01:40:22,400 --> 01:40:24,239
one of the sort of safety examples that

2777
01:40:24,239 --> 01:40:25,040
was

2778
01:40:25,040 --> 01:40:27,119
included in us

2779
01:40:27,119 --> 01:40:29,520
it's not like we're currently out of

2780
01:40:29,520 --> 01:40:30,960
health and safety

2781
01:40:30,960 --> 01:40:34,320
compliance we're not up to current

2782
01:40:34,320 --> 01:40:36,400
standards right right and so we're

2783
01:40:36,400 --> 01:40:38,239
trying to we're trying to correct that

2784
01:40:38,239 --> 01:40:42,159
you know in in terms of answering the capital request you know we have a

2785
01:40:42,159 --> 01:40:44,639
five-year capital plan

2786
01:40:44,639 --> 01:40:46,880
we'd rather not wait five years to put

2787
01:40:46,880 --> 01:40:48,239
this and you know

2788
01:40:48,239 --> 01:40:50,000
get this into the plan and have it

2789
01:40:50,000 --> 01:40:53,040
happen five years down the line and so

2790
01:40:53,040 --> 01:40:55,990
you know there's

2791
01:40:56,000 --> 01:40:57,920
that was the thinking was we can do a

2792
01:40:57,920 --> 01:41:00,239
lot with with a pain grant to get this

2793
01:41:00,239 --> 01:41:02,560
process started and get us

2794
01:41:02,560 --> 01:41:07,280
down the road so understanding that the um

2795
01:41:07,280 --> 01:41:11,679
second story on the technology wing um

2796
01:41:11,679 --> 01:41:13,440
is

2797
01:41:13,440 --> 01:41:15,280
out of reach right now

2798
01:41:15,280 --> 01:41:18,320
i guess it was my other more practical

2799
01:41:18,320 --> 01:41:19,920
question

2800
01:41:19,920 --> 01:41:21,520
i mean if there's health and safety

2801
01:41:21,520 --> 01:41:22,800
concerns i feel like the school needs to

2802
01:41:22,800 --> 01:41:24,239
be budgeting for that that shouldn't be

2803
01:41:24,239 --> 01:41:25,760
something that we're relying on a pain

2804
01:41:25,760 --> 01:41:28,320
grant to bring something up to code if

2805
01:41:28,320 --> 01:41:30,159
that's what we're talking about

2806
01:41:30,159 --> 01:41:31,280
but then

2807
01:41:31,280 --> 01:41:33,520
also keeping in mind

2808
01:41:33,520 --> 01:41:35,040
the general

2809
01:41:35,040 --> 01:41:37,119
atmosphere we're living in right now and

2810
01:41:37,119 --> 01:41:39,760
inflation and how much supplies are

2811
01:41:39,760 --> 01:41:42,239
costing and supply chain issues is this

2812
01:41:42,239 --> 01:41:43,600
the time

2813
01:41:43,600 --> 01:41:48,400
to be doing a heavy plumbing electricity

2814
01:41:48,400 --> 01:41:50,960
remodel of

2815
01:41:50,960 --> 01:41:52,560
because this is financially the most

2816
01:41:52,560 --> 01:41:56,159
responsible i i mean obviously this is

2817
01:41:56,159 --> 01:41:58,080
i'd love to see all this happen but is

2818
01:41:58,080 --> 01:42:00,400
this the financially responsible time in

2819
01:42:00,400 --> 01:42:02,719
our economy in our current situation to

2820
01:42:02,719 --> 01:42:06,709
be doing this

2821
01:42:06,719 --> 01:42:08,159
do we have a sense of how the money

2822
01:42:08,159 --> 01:42:10,800
breaks down like if the 264 thousand

2823
01:42:10,800 --> 01:42:12,400
dollars

2824
01:42:12,400 --> 01:42:14,560
how much is

2825
01:42:14,560 --> 01:42:15,920
bringing things up to health and safety

2826
01:42:15,920 --> 01:42:18,159
compliance versus

2827
01:42:18,159 --> 01:42:20,320
the good stuff we actually there was a

2828
01:42:20,320 --> 01:42:22,000
combination right so there's sort of the

2829
01:42:22,000 --> 01:42:24,239
plumbing um and the electrical

2830
01:42:24,239 --> 01:42:26,480
that was part of the grant um then there

2831
01:42:26,480 --> 01:42:28,320
was sort of like the remote removal and

2832
01:42:28,320 --> 01:42:30,400
disposal is another big piece so sort of

2833
01:42:30,400 --> 01:42:32,320
the the lab tables that are like built

2834
01:42:32,320 --> 01:42:34,239
into the wall or any other furniture

2835
01:42:34,239 --> 01:42:35,760
that would be so that's a big piece of

2836
01:42:35,760 --> 01:42:37,440
it and then that third big bucket is

2837
01:42:37,440 --> 01:42:38,960
sort of that flexible furniture so

2838
01:42:38,960 --> 01:42:40,400
investing in that flexible furniture

2839
01:42:40,400 --> 01:42:42,320
that they could then move and relocate

2840
01:42:42,320 --> 01:42:43,520
so whether they're doing sort of a

2841
01:42:43,520 --> 01:42:45,280
hands-on lab or more of a lecture style

2842
01:42:45,280 --> 01:42:46,480
that can be flexed so those are the

2843
01:42:46,480 --> 01:42:49,280
three big buckets um

2844
01:42:49,280 --> 01:42:52,639
i didn't pull up each of the specific

2845
01:42:52,639 --> 01:42:53,840
money reports so i can't tell you off

2846
01:42:53,840 --> 01:42:55,440
the top of my head

2847
01:42:55,440 --> 01:42:57,040
you know so my thought is i'm a capital

2848
01:42:57,040 --> 01:42:59,520
piece um in a perfect world i think that

2849
01:42:59,520 --> 01:43:00,960
this this would certainly be a capital

2850
01:43:00,960 --> 01:43:03,199
project but we're also facing some

2851
01:43:03,199 --> 01:43:05,040
pretty significant capital projects

2852
01:43:05,040 --> 01:43:06,320
coming

2853
01:43:06,320 --> 01:43:08,080
down the road that we've already sort of

2854
01:43:08,080 --> 01:43:10,080
put on our five-year capital plan but

2855
01:43:10,080 --> 01:43:11,679
also other capital things that will be

2856
01:43:11,679 --> 01:43:13,360
popping up with our elementary schools

2857
01:43:13,360 --> 01:43:14,800
that we'll need to address sooner rather

2858
01:43:14,800 --> 01:43:18,310
than later

2859
01:43:18,320 --> 01:43:20,880
i think that this is a good way to

2860
01:43:20,880 --> 01:43:22,639
improve and enhance the existing

2861
01:43:22,639 --> 01:43:25,679
facilities we have to bring our science

2862
01:43:25,679 --> 01:43:28,400
rooms up to a level that is

2863
01:43:28,400 --> 01:43:30,000
needed for our programs to be

2864
01:43:30,000 --> 01:43:31,760
competitive and give the kids the

2865
01:43:31,760 --> 01:43:34,000
education they need

2866
01:43:34,000 --> 01:43:36,320
so i mean i would support fully funding

2867
01:43:36,320 --> 01:43:38,719
it and i think to your point emily i

2868
01:43:38,719 --> 01:43:40,000
agree with you

2869
01:43:40,000 --> 01:43:41,840
on one hand but this is also something

2870
01:43:41,840 --> 01:43:46,719
if approved really have a year to do it has to go out for a bid it has to

2871
01:43:46,719 --> 01:43:49,440
you know so it's not i think from a cost

2872
01:43:49,440 --> 01:43:51,119
standpoint

2873
01:43:51,119 --> 01:43:52,880
i think you know inflation's obviously

2874
01:43:52,880 --> 01:43:54,719
an issue but i think we're at a point in

2875
01:43:54,719 --> 01:43:55,840
time where

2876
01:43:55,840 --> 01:43:57,920
our economy is starting to

2877
01:43:57,920 --> 01:44:00,159
hit that tipping point and go down we're

2878
01:44:00,159 --> 01:44:01,920
seeing material costs come down we're

2879
01:44:01,920 --> 01:44:04,000
seeing demand for projects like this

2880
01:44:04,000 --> 01:44:05,600
come down

2881
01:44:05,600 --> 01:44:07,520
but i think it'll continue to so i don't

2882
01:44:07,520 --> 01:44:08,800
necessarily

2883
01:44:08,800 --> 01:44:12,480
think that the cost issue will be a huge

2884
01:44:12,480 --> 01:44:13,679
problem

2885
01:44:13,679 --> 01:44:15,760
i see like a remodel that's like any

2886
01:44:15,760 --> 01:44:18,080
other remodel that once you start you're

2887
01:44:18,080 --> 01:44:19,520
in and then

2888
01:44:19,520 --> 01:44:20,360
what's

2889
01:44:20,360 --> 01:44:23,440
263 thousand dollars

2890
01:44:23,440 --> 01:44:26,080
quickly becomes well it's actually 300

2891
01:44:26,080 --> 01:44:28,800
and then oh once we start it and i just

2892
01:44:28,800 --> 01:44:31,760
i mean i agree with you i think this is

2893
01:44:31,760 --> 01:44:34,000
awesome and i think it's needed and it's

2894
01:44:34,000 --> 01:44:35,600
um

2895
01:44:35,600 --> 01:44:36,480
but

2896
01:44:36,480 --> 01:44:37,920
that piece of it

2897
01:44:37,920 --> 01:44:40,400
in this economy worries me because then

2898
01:44:40,400 --> 01:44:42,080
once you're started

2899
01:44:42,080 --> 01:44:44,000
what happens if

2900
01:44:44,000 --> 01:44:45,600
it goes over

2901
01:44:45,600 --> 01:44:47,360
significant i mean even if it goes 50

2902
01:44:47,360 --> 01:44:49,990
000 over

2903
01:44:50,000 --> 01:44:53,750
what does that look like

2904
01:44:53,760 --> 01:44:55,280
yeah how i think they're going to have

2905
01:44:55,280 --> 01:45:00,480
to be cognizant of the work and how they orchestrate it so that we don't

2906
01:45:00,480 --> 01:45:01,520
have

2907
01:45:01,520 --> 01:45:03,119
so you can't control that right now

2908
01:45:03,119 --> 01:45:04,800
there's supply chain issues there's

2909
01:45:04,800 --> 01:45:07,040
labor shortage there's but that's what

2910
01:45:07,040 --> 01:45:09,119
i'm saying like you know organize it in

2911
01:45:09,119 --> 01:45:11,119
such a way that you know they're doing a

2912
01:45:11,119 --> 01:45:13,119
number of different spaces so not

2913
01:45:13,119 --> 01:45:15,280
ripping apart all

2914
01:45:15,280 --> 01:45:19,360
six spaces say at once but rather

2915
01:45:19,360 --> 01:45:20,080
we

2916
01:45:20,080 --> 01:45:22,400
can do these two classrooms right now

2917
01:45:22,400 --> 01:45:23,760
get them done

2918
01:45:23,760 --> 01:45:26,159
move on to the next two

2919
01:45:26,159 --> 01:45:27,600
things like that

2920
01:45:27,600 --> 01:45:29,280
is that maybe the way to break it down

2921
01:45:29,280 --> 01:45:32,790
then is to

2922
01:45:32,800 --> 01:45:36,400
do it piece by piece as opposed to

2923
01:45:36,400 --> 01:45:38,480
do the funding all at once i mean i i

2924
01:45:38,480 --> 01:45:40,719
don't i guess i'm just trying to

2925
01:45:40,719 --> 01:45:42,960
think practically about something

2926
01:45:42,960 --> 01:45:44,639
but if this is the budget they can't

2927
01:45:44,639 --> 01:45:46,159
exceed it

2928
01:45:46,159 --> 01:45:47,520
so

2929
01:45:47,520 --> 01:45:49,040
to brian's point if they're kind of

2930
01:45:49,040 --> 01:45:50,000
doing it

2931
01:45:50,000 --> 01:45:51,679
room by room rather than gutting the

2932
01:45:51,679 --> 01:45:53,040
whole thing and doing it all at once and

2933
01:45:53,040 --> 01:45:54,239
running the risk that it's going to go

2934
01:45:54,239 --> 01:45:56,560
over by 50 grand that's

2935
01:45:56,560 --> 01:45:58,239
you know right and then you hit the last

2936
01:45:58,239 --> 01:45:59,920
room and you're like oh sorry we ran out

2937
01:45:59,920 --> 01:46:02,000
of money

2938
01:46:02,000 --> 01:46:03,600
yeah i don't i don't know how these

2939
01:46:03,600 --> 01:46:05,840
things work when it comes to a grant for

2940
01:46:05,840 --> 01:46:08,080
something like this like i sort of get

2941
01:46:08,080 --> 01:46:10,880
it for the equipment and i get it for

2942
01:46:10,880 --> 01:46:12,320
and maybe i'm overthinking the whole

2943
01:46:12,320 --> 01:46:14,239
thing which well it's a very specific

2944
01:46:14,239 --> 01:46:15,679
number too where how did they come up

2945
01:46:15,679 --> 01:46:17,040
with that

2946
01:46:17,040 --> 01:46:18,480
uh they did have

2947
01:46:18,480 --> 01:46:21,840
uh quotes or generalizations for some

2948
01:46:21,840 --> 01:46:23,440
parts of it so some parts it looks like

2949
01:46:23,440 --> 01:46:24,960
they had costed out like the furniture

2950
01:46:24,960 --> 01:46:25,920
whereas otherwise it looked like they

2951
01:46:25,920 --> 01:46:27,520
had more generalization of numbers of

2952
01:46:27,520 --> 01:46:29,119
estimated costs for

2953
01:46:29,119 --> 01:46:32,950
plumbing or electrical or disabled

2954
01:46:32,960 --> 01:46:35,600
this i have a i have a issue with the

2955
01:46:35,600 --> 01:46:37,040
slippery slope

2956
01:46:37,040 --> 01:46:38,639
of the pain grants

2957
01:46:38,639 --> 01:46:39,679
and

2958
01:46:39,679 --> 01:46:41,360
in the parentheses

2959
01:46:41,360 --> 01:46:43,840
in the paragraph electricity plumbing

2960
01:46:43,840 --> 01:46:46,960
water access and flexible furniture and

2961
01:46:46,960 --> 01:46:48,639
flooring repair are all in the same

2962
01:46:48,639 --> 01:46:50,239
parenthesis

2963
01:46:50,239 --> 01:46:52,480
and flexible furniture i know that we've

2964
01:46:52,480 --> 01:46:55,119
supported through pain grants

2965
01:46:55,119 --> 01:46:58,000
in elementary schools and

2966
01:46:58,000 --> 01:47:00,080
but to couple that in with flooring

2967
01:47:00,080 --> 01:47:04,390
repair and water access

2968
01:47:04,400 --> 01:47:06,840
we've had elementary school

2969
01:47:06,840 --> 01:47:09,199
issues in the past that haven't been

2970
01:47:09,199 --> 01:47:11,280
fixed like this just doesn't feel like a

2971
01:47:11,280 --> 01:47:13,280
pain grant and if we're gonna do this

2972
01:47:13,280 --> 01:47:15,840
like how are we historically

2973
01:47:15,840 --> 01:47:17,520
are we gonna go back and say well you

2974
01:47:17,520 --> 01:47:22,400
know what there's a terrible plumbing issue in

2975
01:47:22,400 --> 01:47:25,199
elementary schools and they need more

2976
01:47:25,199 --> 01:47:27,360
you know better sinks okay well then

2977
01:47:27,360 --> 01:47:29,280
let's apply for pain grant like i just

2978
01:47:29,280 --> 01:47:31,199
think there's a slippery slope we're

2979
01:47:31,199 --> 01:47:33,119
creating

2980
01:47:33,119 --> 01:47:35,119
something that i don't think has been

2981
01:47:35,119 --> 01:47:37,360
done before but plumbing and water

2982
01:47:37,360 --> 01:47:42,000
access and flooring as enrichment

2983
01:47:42,000 --> 01:47:43,600
yeah i would think of at least the way i

2984
01:47:43,600 --> 01:47:45,840
would think of it as your example of

2985
01:47:45,840 --> 01:47:47,440
plumbing issues at the elementaries

2986
01:47:47,440 --> 01:47:49,199
would be a capital project because it's

2987
01:47:49,199 --> 01:47:51,360
in this it's upgrading the stuff that's

2988
01:47:51,360 --> 01:47:52,639
already there

2989
01:47:52,639 --> 01:47:55,920
versus this project it's it's basically

2990
01:47:55,920 --> 01:47:57,600
redesigning the rooms to bring them up

2991
01:47:57,600 --> 01:47:59,520
to standards that are in place now that

2992
01:47:59,520 --> 01:48:01,760
weren't 20 years ago and in order to do

2993
01:48:01,760 --> 01:48:03,280
that the infrastructure needs to be

2994
01:48:03,280 --> 01:48:04,800
redesigned

2995
01:48:04,800 --> 01:48:06,159
you know so it's not necessarily saying

2996
01:48:06,159 --> 01:48:07,760
let's take a

2997
01:48:07,760 --> 01:48:08,639
you know

2998
01:48:08,639 --> 01:48:11,440
take a locker room and redesign it and

2999
01:48:11,440 --> 01:48:13,119
get a pain grant to cover that we just

3000
01:48:13,119 --> 01:48:15,280
redid the boys locker room two years ago

3001
01:48:15,280 --> 01:48:16,840
and that was a capital

3002
01:48:16,840 --> 01:48:19,600
project that's in my mind that's the way

3003
01:48:19,600 --> 01:48:21,600
i look at the difference between those

3004
01:48:21,600 --> 01:48:22,340
others have thoughts

3005
01:48:22,340 --> 01:48:25,280
[Music]

3006
01:48:25,280 --> 01:48:28,800
sure so i struggled with that as well

3007
01:48:28,800 --> 01:48:30,320
in the beginning

3008
01:48:30,320 --> 01:48:32,800
what i longed up wrapping my head around

3009
01:48:32,800 --> 01:48:34,560
was that

3010
01:48:34,560 --> 01:48:37,199
we're taking it kind of beyond ted you

3011
01:48:37,199 --> 01:48:39,199
want to come up to the microphone

3012
01:48:39,199 --> 01:48:40,960
just people state your name and watch

3013
01:48:40,960 --> 01:48:42,480
who you are

3014
01:48:42,480 --> 01:48:44,639
for the record

3015
01:48:44,639 --> 01:48:46,320
thank you

3016
01:48:46,320 --> 01:48:48,800
ted spinelli um so i struggled with that

3017
01:48:48,800 --> 01:48:50,080
as well in the beginning whether this

3018
01:48:50,080 --> 01:48:52,560
was even appropriate to be spoken about

3019
01:48:52,560 --> 01:48:54,880
um but after digging into it

3020
01:48:54,880 --> 01:48:56,960
what i felt was that

3021
01:48:56,960 --> 01:48:58,840
again i'm only speaking for myself

3022
01:48:58,840 --> 01:49:02,400
um that this was taking us beyond

3023
01:49:02,400 --> 01:49:04,320
bare bones minimum

3024
01:49:04,320 --> 01:49:06,080
and up to the next level granted it's

3025
01:49:06,080 --> 01:49:08,320
not the third way

3026
01:49:08,320 --> 01:49:10,080
pie in the sky that we would all love to

3027
01:49:10,080 --> 01:49:11,440
be able to do

3028
01:49:11,440 --> 01:49:14,560
but we were able to get stem of steam

3029
01:49:14,560 --> 01:49:16,000
which is clearly

3030
01:49:16,000 --> 01:49:18,800
a growing side of this and make sure

3031
01:49:18,800 --> 01:49:20,320
that our kids

3032
01:49:20,320 --> 01:49:22,960
are in the at least in the upper echelon

3033
01:49:22,960 --> 01:49:25,040
if not the best

3034
01:49:25,040 --> 01:49:27,199
just to bring it beyond if we look like

3035
01:49:27,199 --> 01:49:29,440
you could do plumbing electricity and

3036
01:49:29,440 --> 01:49:30,880
that's bringing you up to bare bones

3037
01:49:30,880 --> 01:49:32,960
minimal that's how i wrapped my head

3038
01:49:32,960 --> 01:49:34,960
around how this became enrichment versus

3039
01:49:34,960 --> 01:49:36,960
just a capital improvement is there a

3040
01:49:36,960 --> 01:49:38,639
capital improvement aspect to it to make

3041
01:49:38,639 --> 01:49:39,760
that happen

3042
01:49:39,760 --> 01:49:41,360
yes there is

3043
01:49:41,360 --> 01:49:43,360
but i think it's wrapped up in

3044
01:49:43,360 --> 01:49:44,800
part of the flooring is going to be when

3045
01:49:44,800 --> 01:49:46,320
you remove

3046
01:49:46,320 --> 01:49:47,280
the old

3047
01:49:47,280 --> 01:49:49,199
stationary tables something's going to

3048
01:49:49,199 --> 01:49:51,360
have to get put back in there so part of

3049
01:49:51,360 --> 01:49:53,199
it is just when you're removing out that

3050
01:49:53,199 --> 01:49:55,280
to put in the flexible furniture

3051
01:49:55,280 --> 01:49:56,800
so that the kids can gather around the

3052
01:49:56,800 --> 01:50:00,800
teacher as they do their displays that flow that you've now just removed

3053
01:50:00,800 --> 01:50:02,080
is just going to be a hole so that has

3054
01:50:02,080 --> 01:50:05,440
to get replaced one way or the other

3055
01:50:05,440 --> 01:50:11,119
i guess i i get that and i wish there was a way to fund the

3056
01:50:11,119 --> 01:50:13,040
capital piece of it

3057
01:50:13,040 --> 01:50:15,920
differently because all i'm thinking is

3058
01:50:15,920 --> 01:50:18,080
this is fantastic

3059
01:50:18,080 --> 01:50:19,599
our kids are getting rained down in the

3060
01:50:19,599 --> 01:50:21,599
elementary schools every time it rains

3061
01:50:21,599 --> 01:50:24,800
and how are we ripping up a perfectly

3062
01:50:24,800 --> 01:50:26,960
good floor right there

3063
01:50:26,960 --> 01:50:29,119
yeah right

3064
01:50:29,119 --> 01:50:30,880
i don't i guess

3065
01:50:30,880 --> 01:50:32,320
that's the piece i'm having a really

3066
01:50:32,320 --> 01:50:34,239
hard time i totally understand i love

3067
01:50:34,239 --> 01:50:35,280
this i

3068
01:50:35,280 --> 01:50:36,960
put the third

3069
01:50:36,960 --> 01:50:38,719
floor on the site whatever i think

3070
01:50:38,719 --> 01:50:39,920
that's

3071
01:50:39,920 --> 01:50:42,320
amazing i'm just the it's the capital

3072
01:50:42,320 --> 01:50:44,480
piece if there was some way to well that

3073
01:50:44,480 --> 01:50:46,080
kind of gets behind my question of you

3074
01:50:46,080 --> 01:50:47,760
know the capital piece twenty thousand

3075
01:50:47,760 --> 01:50:49,199
or is it the hundreds

3076
01:50:49,199 --> 01:50:51,280
yeah twenty thousand or two hundred

3077
01:50:51,280 --> 01:50:53,280
twenty thousand like what portion of it

3078
01:50:53,280 --> 01:50:58,400
is and i know you don't know i i can't quote that no i know and i'm not

3079
01:50:58,400 --> 01:51:00,000
asking too i'm just yeah and i think it

3080
01:51:00,000 --> 01:51:00,960
turns out

3081
01:51:00,960 --> 01:51:02,639
i think it's sort of this one is like

3082
01:51:02,639 --> 01:51:04,080
all of the above where it feels like

3083
01:51:04,080 --> 01:51:05,440
it's enrichment enhancement it feels

3084
01:51:05,440 --> 01:51:07,760
like it's basic you know operational

3085
01:51:07,760 --> 01:51:09,440
facilities and it feels like it could be

3086
01:51:09,440 --> 01:51:11,040
capital because depending on the lens

3087
01:51:11,040 --> 01:51:12,800
you look at it so we really struggled

3088
01:51:12,800 --> 01:51:14,639
that's why you see such a distribution

3089
01:51:14,639 --> 01:51:16,480
of where we fell because it was this was

3090
01:51:16,480 --> 01:51:17,920
really hard for us to process it it was

3091
01:51:17,920 --> 01:51:20,960
really big um yeah yeah we struggle with

3092
01:51:20,960 --> 01:51:22,719
this

3093
01:51:22,719 --> 01:51:24,800
so if we you know option one or vote

3094
01:51:24,800 --> 01:51:25,920
number one

3095
01:51:25,920 --> 01:51:29,589
to partially fund the grant

3096
01:51:29,599 --> 01:51:31,280
what does that really get us i think

3097
01:51:31,280 --> 01:51:33,280
that doesn't help us if that's less than

3098
01:51:33,280 --> 01:51:35,280
the amount of the capital improvement i

3099
01:51:35,280 --> 01:51:37,280
wonder would we benefit from seeing what

3100
01:51:37,280 --> 01:51:38,480
tier one

3101
01:51:38,480 --> 01:51:40,880
of the consultant's report entailed if

3102
01:51:40,880 --> 01:51:43,440
that was bringing us up just to

3103
01:51:43,440 --> 01:51:44,880
life safety

3104
01:51:44,880 --> 01:51:46,400
you know those issues and seeing what

3105
01:51:46,400 --> 01:51:48,719
that cost was and then maybe revisiting

3106
01:51:48,719 --> 01:51:50,880
this once we have the benefit of seeing

3107
01:51:50,880 --> 01:51:52,320
what the difference between tier one and

3108
01:51:52,320 --> 01:51:55,040
your two words that's a good point

3109
01:51:55,040 --> 01:51:57,199
why don't we just defer this we'll table

3110
01:51:57,199 --> 01:51:58,639
this till our next

3111
01:51:58,639 --> 01:52:00,159
meeting we can get some more information

3112
01:52:00,159 --> 01:52:01,760
on what each of these options looks like

3113
01:52:01,760 --> 01:52:04,719
broken out and then we can vote at them

3114
01:52:04,719 --> 01:52:06,639
i don't have access to any event other

3115
01:52:06,639 --> 01:52:08,320
than this share but i'm happy to share

3116
01:52:08,320 --> 01:52:09,679
what this budget breakdown was for the

3117
01:52:09,679 --> 01:52:11,440
proposal we weren't provided with the

3118
01:52:11,440 --> 01:52:13,599
tier one over there yeah i can get that

3119
01:52:13,599 --> 01:52:18,070
okay yeah okay great good thank you

3120
01:52:18,080 --> 01:52:19,520
so um

3121
01:52:19,520 --> 01:52:21,599
i know you all still have cardio room

3122
01:52:21,599 --> 01:52:24,239
conversation to still have um so i don't

3123
01:52:24,239 --> 01:52:25,280
know if you want to do that now or if

3124
01:52:25,280 --> 01:52:26,719
you want me to wrap

3125
01:52:26,719 --> 01:52:28,000
yeah why don't we circle back on the

3126
01:52:28,000 --> 01:52:30,800
cardio room discussion

3127
01:52:30,800 --> 01:52:31,840
um

3128
01:52:31,840 --> 01:52:33,520
so i guess kind of thinking this through

3129
01:52:33,520 --> 01:52:36,960
since we just we talked about it

3130
01:52:36,960 --> 01:52:39,599
i would tend to defer to the committee i

3131
01:52:39,599 --> 01:52:41,360
know what i would like there and i know

3132
01:52:41,360 --> 01:52:44,880
what we need um

3133
01:52:44,880 --> 01:52:46,320
but i would defer to the pain grant

3134
01:52:46,320 --> 01:52:48,800
committee and how they voted because

3135
01:52:48,800 --> 01:52:51,520
they did dig into the questions and they

3136
01:52:51,520 --> 01:52:53,840
i think it is on the applicant in the

3137
01:52:53,840 --> 01:52:55,760
future to maybe make things a little

3138
01:52:55,760 --> 01:52:58,320
more clear

3139
01:52:58,320 --> 01:53:01,199
and you know since it was

3140
01:53:01,199 --> 01:53:03,599
you know voted five to one to oppose it

3141
01:53:03,599 --> 01:53:05,679
um i feel like

3142
01:53:05,679 --> 01:53:08,080
i don't have enough information here to

3143
01:53:08,080 --> 01:53:10,560
determine or to sort of go against that

3144
01:53:10,560 --> 01:53:12,719
vote

3145
01:53:12,719 --> 01:53:14,239
but again i would encourage the

3146
01:53:14,239 --> 01:53:16,239
applicant in the future to maybe come

3147
01:53:16,239 --> 01:53:17,920
back with a little more detailed plan as

3148
01:53:17,920 --> 01:53:20,560
to how this could work next year

3149
01:53:20,560 --> 01:53:21,920
i don't know what anyone else's thoughts

3150
01:53:21,920 --> 01:53:22,880
are

3151
01:53:22,880 --> 01:53:24,320
feels the same way man i think in the

3152
01:53:24,320 --> 01:53:26,480
past i think more with traversal weather

3153
01:53:26,480 --> 01:53:27,840
all grants but

3154
01:53:27,840 --> 01:53:29,760
we have basically said

3155
01:53:29,760 --> 01:53:30,800
can you

3156
01:53:30,800 --> 01:53:32,560
rewrite this and

3157
01:53:32,560 --> 01:53:34,159
this isn't you know this isn't clear

3158
01:53:34,159 --> 01:53:36,480
enough we aren't fully understanding

3159
01:53:36,480 --> 01:53:37,840
this and maybe it just needs to come

3160
01:53:37,840 --> 01:53:39,360
back next year

3161
01:53:39,360 --> 01:53:41,040
rewritten more clear

3162
01:53:41,040 --> 01:53:44,320
with a clearer intention and plan

3163
01:53:44,320 --> 01:53:46,719
i thought we had sent grants back and

3164
01:53:46,719 --> 01:53:48,960
said we have questions before we can

3165
01:53:48,960 --> 01:53:51,199
vote one way or the other i just think

3166
01:53:51,199 --> 01:53:53,520
emily the only one that i've experienced

3167
01:53:53,520 --> 01:53:57,760
has been the only one that was sent back um in

3168
01:53:57,760 --> 01:54:00,159
i'm in year four i think um was the

3169
01:54:00,159 --> 01:54:02,000
website which

3170
01:54:02,000 --> 01:54:04,639
did not actually get met on the website

3171
01:54:04,639 --> 01:54:06,960
and there was a couple

3172
01:54:06,960 --> 01:54:09,910
there was um

3173
01:54:09,920 --> 01:54:12,159
one with like

3174
01:54:12,159 --> 01:54:14,639
it's like a gym thing with watches and

3175
01:54:14,639 --> 01:54:17,119
tracking kids and yeah that was that

3176
01:54:17,119 --> 01:54:18,800
were my time so i can't no you were

3177
01:54:18,800 --> 01:54:39,750
there

3178
01:54:39,760 --> 01:54:42,320
the only issue i have with that is that

3179
01:54:42,320 --> 01:54:43,599
correcting me from wrong heather i think

3180
01:54:43,599 --> 01:54:45,440
your committee already asked you already

3181
01:54:45,440 --> 01:54:47,360
sent it back for further clarification

3182
01:54:47,360 --> 01:54:49,440
and didn't the response didn't get you

3183
01:54:49,440 --> 01:54:51,119
to a point where you felt then that it

3184
01:54:51,119 --> 01:54:52,800
was yes so the process that we go

3185
01:54:52,800 --> 01:54:54,880
through we read the grant we we build

3186
01:54:54,880 --> 01:54:56,719
our questions those questions are shared

3187
01:54:56,719 --> 01:54:58,080
with the applicant before their

3188
01:54:58,080 --> 01:55:01,440
presentation they present we meet and

3189
01:55:01,440 --> 01:55:02,800
talk based on all the information that

3190
01:55:02,800 --> 01:55:04,400
we have yes

3191
01:55:04,400 --> 01:55:06,080
so the questions that we had were

3192
01:55:06,080 --> 01:55:08,320
answered i think there's um

3193
01:55:08,320 --> 01:55:10,880
i think there's maybe questions about

3194
01:55:10,880 --> 01:55:13,360
the framing of it

3195
01:55:13,360 --> 01:55:14,480
that

3196
01:55:14,480 --> 01:55:16,000
it might be that it hadn't it wasn't

3197
01:55:16,000 --> 01:55:18,000
there yet at that point yeah yeah again

3198
01:55:18,000 --> 01:55:19,920
i you know i respect all the work and

3199
01:55:19,920 --> 01:55:22,000
time your group puts in

3200
01:55:22,000 --> 01:55:23,360
and you know

3201
01:55:23,360 --> 01:55:25,840
i i'd rather see a maybe a better

3202
01:55:25,840 --> 01:55:27,679
application next year for a project like

3203
01:55:27,679 --> 01:55:31,109
this that's intense

3204
01:55:31,119 --> 01:55:33,920
the i i think part of i'm sorry

3205
01:55:33,920 --> 01:55:36,000
well i just realized that i have the

3206
01:55:36,000 --> 01:55:38,560
budget request for the steam

3207
01:55:38,560 --> 01:55:40,320
room as part of the grant like i have

3208
01:55:40,320 --> 01:55:41,760
the breakdown of what's capital and

3209
01:55:41,760 --> 01:55:42,880
what's

3210
01:55:42,880 --> 01:55:44,639
furniture

3211
01:55:44,639 --> 01:55:47,189
what is

3212
01:55:47,199 --> 01:55:49,520
let me provide that the report the

3213
01:55:49,520 --> 01:55:51,599
report though so you so you have it in

3214
01:55:51,599 --> 01:55:53,280
context

3215
01:55:53,280 --> 01:55:55,920
as well yeah that'd be good okay um in

3216
01:55:55,920 --> 01:56:02,310
terms of um

3217
01:56:02,320 --> 01:56:04,960
in terms of the

3218
01:56:04,960 --> 01:56:07,679
this grant and we saw the other grant

3219
01:56:07,679 --> 01:56:09,599
earlier that didn't get funded because

3220
01:56:09,599 --> 01:56:11,520
as an alternative funding source there

3221
01:56:11,520 --> 01:56:14,320
may be you know an opportunity to fund

3222
01:56:14,320 --> 01:56:16,719
this in some other way i think part of

3223
01:56:16,719 --> 01:56:18,400
the

3224
01:56:18,400 --> 01:56:21,199
one of the nice things about the grants

3225
01:56:21,199 --> 01:56:22,560
in general

3226
01:56:22,560 --> 01:56:25,599
is that it gives folks the opportunity

3227
01:56:25,599 --> 01:56:27,040
to write about things that they're

3228
01:56:27,040 --> 01:56:30,560
interested in or or identify

3229
01:56:30,560 --> 01:56:34,480
things they feel could be enhanced or

3230
01:56:34,480 --> 01:56:37,760
enriching or just you know novel ideas

3231
01:56:37,760 --> 01:56:38,719
and so

3232
01:56:38,719 --> 01:56:40,320
um

3233
01:56:40,320 --> 01:56:42,960
you know the the one grant was was

3234
01:56:42,960 --> 01:56:43,840
written

3235
01:56:43,840 --> 01:56:46,719
nobody's looked at those record boards

3236
01:56:46,719 --> 01:56:48,000
in the

3237
01:56:48,000 --> 01:56:49,440
in

3238
01:56:49,440 --> 01:56:51,040
the lower gym

3239
01:56:51,040 --> 01:56:52,800
for years but

3240
01:56:52,800 --> 01:56:54,400
one of the coaches said you know what

3241
01:56:54,400 --> 01:57:01,360
these are really outdated they're almost impossible to change out the the records when when

3242
01:57:01,360 --> 01:57:03,679
kids break records half of the events

3243
01:57:03,679 --> 01:57:04,960
that are up there we don't even

3244
01:57:04,960 --> 01:57:08,159
participate anymore let's fix it and so

3245
01:57:08,159 --> 01:57:10,480
he wrote a grant

3246
01:57:10,480 --> 01:57:12,960
submitted it but then we when we saw it

3247
01:57:12,960 --> 01:57:15,280
we said well that we have other funding

3248
01:57:15,280 --> 01:57:18,639
sources so so ief is stepping up to

3249
01:57:18,639 --> 01:57:20,719
replace that so i think one of the nice

3250
01:57:20,719 --> 01:57:24,560
things about this grant process is

3251
01:57:24,560 --> 01:57:26,320
first of all folks are taking a lot of

3252
01:57:26,320 --> 01:57:28,560
time to write the grants so

3253
01:57:28,560 --> 01:57:30,080
to just

3254
01:57:30,080 --> 01:57:32,560
say no is isn't

3255
01:57:32,560 --> 01:57:34,080
doesn't feel good

3256
01:57:34,080 --> 01:57:35,280
but

3257
01:57:35,280 --> 01:57:37,360
it also raises

3258
01:57:37,360 --> 01:57:39,520
the awareness that there's an issue or a

3259
01:57:39,520 --> 01:57:41,199
concern or

3260
01:57:41,199 --> 01:57:43,280
a desire to do something different so

3261
01:57:43,280 --> 01:57:46,719
this this grant is a perfect example you

3262
01:57:46,719 --> 01:57:48,960
know maybe we can't do it through

3263
01:57:48,960 --> 01:57:51,119
the pain grant process for one reason or

3264
01:57:51,119 --> 01:57:52,639
another but

3265
01:57:52,639 --> 01:57:55,199
oh okay so it's thirty thousand dollars

3266
01:57:55,199 --> 01:57:56,800
is there is there

3267
01:57:56,800 --> 01:57:59,760
another opportunity somewhere to do that

3268
01:57:59,760 --> 01:58:03,920
i don't know what protocol is or has

3269
01:58:03,920 --> 01:58:06,000
been but i'm more than happy to meet

3270
01:58:06,000 --> 01:58:08,239
with any other so when the after the

3271
01:58:08,239 --> 01:58:11,040
committee does me i do let the

3272
01:58:11,040 --> 01:58:12,080
applicants know this is what the

3273
01:58:12,080 --> 01:58:13,520
committee decided here were some of our

3274
01:58:13,520 --> 01:58:14,800
questions or concerns this is the

3275
01:58:14,800 --> 01:58:15,920
recommendation we'll make to school

3276
01:58:15,920 --> 01:58:17,119
committee i'm always happy to follow

3277
01:58:17,119 --> 01:58:18,719
back up as well if there are any that

3278
01:58:18,719 --> 01:58:20,400
aren't to give feedback about this is

3279
01:58:20,400 --> 01:58:21,679
what we thought was missing if you were

3280
01:58:21,679 --> 01:58:22,880
considering reapplying here's the

3281
01:58:22,880 --> 01:58:24,639
components that

3282
01:58:24,639 --> 01:58:26,560
maybe didn't score as well on rubrics

3283
01:58:26,560 --> 01:58:27,920
that the committee was seeking so i'm

3284
01:58:27,920 --> 01:58:29,679
also happy if that feels appropriate for

3285
01:58:29,679 --> 01:58:30,960
the school committee to provide that

3286
01:58:30,960 --> 01:58:32,719
bridge as well for folks who might be

3287
01:58:32,719 --> 01:58:37,109
interested

3288
01:58:37,119 --> 01:58:39,599
any other comments

3289
01:58:39,599 --> 01:58:42,000
all right could i get a motion

3290
01:58:42,000 --> 01:58:43,440
what are we putting in how do we have

3291
01:58:43,440 --> 01:58:46,320
the cardio or cardio running

3292
01:58:46,320 --> 01:58:57,750
no oh

3293
01:58:57,760 --> 01:59:00,229
anyone

3294
01:59:00,239 --> 01:59:08,800
motion to support the vote of the pain

3295
01:59:08,800 --> 01:59:11,440
grant committee

3296
01:59:11,440 --> 01:59:12,880
salute

3297
01:59:12,880 --> 01:59:14,080
second

3298
01:59:14,080 --> 01:59:15,280
discussion

3299
01:59:15,280 --> 01:59:17,840
all in favor

3300
01:59:17,840 --> 01:59:20,239
a post

3301
01:59:20,239 --> 01:59:22,159
okay

3302
01:59:22,159 --> 01:59:24,000
great

3303
01:59:24,000 --> 01:59:26,719
so that sort of leads into um and i'm

3304
01:59:26,719 --> 01:59:27,679
just gonna

3305
01:59:27,679 --> 01:59:30,000
wait i do have a question sorry i know

3306
01:59:30,000 --> 01:59:31,760
we just voted

3307
01:59:31,760 --> 01:59:34,480
can we i know andisley how much money is

3308
01:59:34,480 --> 01:59:37,040
in the the residual account that we can

3309
01:59:37,040 --> 01:59:40,239
draw from which might be 40

3310
01:59:40,239 --> 01:59:42,800
370 000

3311
01:59:42,800 --> 01:59:44,400
is in the residual account it's in the

3312
01:59:44,400 --> 01:59:46,639
bucket it's in the bucket

3313
01:59:46,639 --> 01:59:48,560
90 something that we can draw on right

3314
01:59:48,560 --> 01:59:49,360
now

3315
01:59:49,360 --> 01:59:50,320
what about

3316
01:59:50,320 --> 01:59:52,000
it's next on the agenda if you need it

3317
01:59:52,000 --> 01:59:53,679
because we haven't eric

3318
01:59:53,679 --> 01:59:54,800
well

3319
01:59:54,800 --> 01:59:56,960
so we have 90 000 left

3320
01:59:56,960 --> 01:59:58,239
hundred thousand dollars sitting there

3321
01:59:58,239 --> 02:00:00,159
and we have we're not funding it so we

3322
02:00:00,159 --> 02:00:02,560
have ninety thousand dollars left from

3323
02:00:02,560 --> 02:00:04,880
last year's grants that on the website

3324
02:00:04,880 --> 02:00:07,920
that's been spent and then we used

3325
02:00:07,920 --> 02:00:24,310
3000

3326
02:00:24,320 --> 02:00:26,000
don't have that much in the

3327
02:00:26,000 --> 02:00:29,830
residual

3328
02:00:29,840 --> 02:00:31,040
so we have i'm trying to think of we

3329
02:00:31,040 --> 02:00:33,599
have about 90 thousand okay that's what

3330
02:00:33,599 --> 02:00:36,480
that's an hour in our account

3331
02:00:36,480 --> 02:00:46,629
okay okay thanks

3332
02:00:46,639 --> 02:00:48,400
i'll be really brief on this but um

3333
02:00:48,400 --> 02:00:49,840
since there was a chance i want to share

3334
02:00:49,840 --> 02:00:52,239
some recommendations there's a lot of

3335
02:00:52,239 --> 02:00:53,840
pieces that i think

3336
02:00:53,840 --> 02:00:56,000
as a commissioner i want to do better

3337
02:00:56,000 --> 02:00:57,599
and supporting folks in the future and

3338
02:00:57,599 --> 02:00:59,040
so i just wanted to propose some of

3339
02:00:59,040 --> 02:01:01,040
these thoughts for you all um one being

3340
02:01:01,040 --> 02:01:02,159
that applications and community

3341
02:01:02,159 --> 02:01:03,599
recommendations occur earlier in the

3342
02:01:03,599 --> 02:01:05,360
year you've all just experienced if

3343
02:01:05,360 --> 02:01:06,960
there is a question if there is a need

3344
02:01:06,960 --> 02:01:09,040
to go back if there is a wandering about

3345
02:01:09,040 --> 02:01:10,719
um we don't really have a whole lot of

3346
02:01:10,719 --> 02:01:13,040
time left um so

3347
02:01:13,040 --> 02:01:14,880
knowing that we are really triggered by

3348
02:01:14,880 --> 02:01:16,239
when the thefties provide their

3349
02:01:16,239 --> 02:01:18,480
dispersant of the money um we were

3350
02:01:18,480 --> 02:01:20,159
hoping to be considered if there's an

3351
02:01:20,159 --> 02:01:22,560
earlier space that we can begin this

3352
02:01:22,560 --> 02:01:24,639
process begin the applications um

3353
02:01:24,639 --> 02:01:26,639
because as i mentioned we do evaluate

3354
02:01:26,639 --> 02:01:28,400
them based on the rubric that was

3355
02:01:28,400 --> 02:01:30,560
provided to us and the vision and goals

3356
02:01:30,560 --> 02:01:32,080
not necessarily

3357
02:01:32,080 --> 02:01:33,520
the the money that is left because

3358
02:01:33,520 --> 02:01:34,719
that's our our job is to make the

3359
02:01:34,719 --> 02:01:36,719
recommendations you all have to make the

3360
02:01:36,719 --> 02:01:39,280
tricky decision about that um so that's

3361
02:01:39,280 --> 02:01:41,199
a piece is starting the process earlier

3362
02:01:41,199 --> 02:01:42,400
in the year so that you get the

3363
02:01:42,400 --> 02:01:43,920
information earlier and it's also not up

3364
02:01:43,920 --> 02:01:46,000
against crunch time um i have to shout

3365
02:01:46,000 --> 02:01:47,280
out principal mitchell who literally

3366
02:01:47,280 --> 02:01:50,400
attended a two-hour meeting um

3367
02:01:50,400 --> 02:01:51,920
from a boat on the cruise in boston

3368
02:01:51,920 --> 02:01:54,480
harbor and he was in this meeting

3369
02:01:54,480 --> 02:01:56,960
so i mean you just and i'm sure it was

3370
02:01:56,960 --> 02:01:59,119
not nearly as fun as some of the music

3371
02:01:59,119 --> 02:02:01,840
we heard in the background so um

3372
02:02:01,840 --> 02:02:03,199
kudos for him to really be such a

3373
02:02:03,199 --> 02:02:04,880
dedicated member of the committee but he

3374
02:02:04,880 --> 02:02:06,159
shouldn't have to be that time of year

3375
02:02:06,159 --> 02:02:08,639
so that that's one recommendation um

3376
02:02:08,639 --> 02:02:10,159
another recommendation is that some

3377
02:02:10,159 --> 02:02:12,159
clarity on the grants and dr blake you

3378
02:02:12,159 --> 02:02:13,599
just sort of provided a great pun for

3379
02:02:13,599 --> 02:02:15,920
this to to leave off of what grades are

3380
02:02:15,920 --> 02:02:18,000
there in ipswich um what is the purpose

3381
02:02:18,000 --> 02:02:20,080
of each of the grants and if we had more

3382
02:02:20,080 --> 02:02:21,840
transparency or clarity for applicants

3383
02:02:21,840 --> 02:02:23,360
who knew which grant might be the right

3384
02:02:23,360 --> 02:02:25,679
place to apply it wouldn't feel this

3385
02:02:25,679 --> 02:02:27,920
like challenging piece of

3386
02:02:27,920 --> 02:02:29,440
we did spend a lot of time like is this

3387
02:02:29,440 --> 02:02:31,199
the right place for this we actually had

3388
02:02:31,199 --> 02:02:33,440
that conversation during our ief meeting

3389
02:02:33,440 --> 02:02:34,800
earlier in the week and that's something

3390
02:02:34,800 --> 02:02:36,080
that the leadership team is going to

3391
02:02:36,080 --> 02:02:37,520
take up

3392
02:02:37,520 --> 02:02:40,239
over the summer is identifying each

3393
02:02:40,239 --> 02:02:41,199
grant

3394
02:02:41,199 --> 02:02:42,800
opportunity

3395
02:02:42,800 --> 02:02:44,159
as well as

3396
02:02:44,159 --> 02:02:46,320
additional funding sources that we have

3397
02:02:46,320 --> 02:02:49,440
in town for different that would be

3398
02:02:49,440 --> 02:02:52,000
incredible they're not always

3399
02:02:52,000 --> 02:02:53,760
formal brands but

3400
02:02:53,760 --> 02:02:55,199
folks that we can call but i think that

3401
02:02:55,199 --> 02:02:56,960
would support a lot of making sure that

3402
02:02:56,960 --> 02:02:58,560
when when folks have applied they

3403
02:02:58,560 --> 02:02:59,920
already know this is the right place to

3404
02:02:59,920 --> 02:03:01,360
apply

3405
02:03:01,360 --> 02:03:03,679
and that's maybe a piece as well within

3406
02:03:03,679 --> 02:03:05,679
the application so we would recommend

3407
02:03:05,679 --> 02:03:07,119
that you consider adding in a piece of

3408
02:03:07,119 --> 02:03:08,400
the applications of knowing is it a

3409
02:03:08,400 --> 02:03:10,159
repeat grant or do you expect it to be a

3410
02:03:10,159 --> 02:03:11,440
repeat grant because there's a lot of

3411
02:03:11,440 --> 02:03:13,119
conversation about that

3412
02:03:13,119 --> 02:03:14,639
if we get to the point that we have all

3413
02:03:14,639 --> 02:03:16,239
repeat grants then essentially we're not

3414
02:03:16,239 --> 02:03:18,560
ever evaluating them um and then you

3415
02:03:18,560 --> 02:03:20,239
essentially block off money that can't

3416
02:03:20,239 --> 02:03:21,679
be spent otherwise

3417
02:03:21,679 --> 02:03:23,760
and including that that approval ensures

3418
02:03:23,760 --> 02:03:27,760
alignment to the grant purposes that we really are being tight so that

3419
02:03:27,760 --> 02:03:29,599
the committee knows if it's there it

3420
02:03:29,599 --> 02:03:30,880
really is not

3421
02:03:30,880 --> 02:03:32,560
is it capital or is it

3422
02:03:32,560 --> 02:03:33,520
pieces

3423
02:03:33,520 --> 02:03:36,480
um and then my final advocacy is is i

3424
02:03:36,480 --> 02:03:38,239
want to work hard to encourage more

3425
02:03:38,239 --> 02:03:40,719
abroad applications this year 71 of the

3426
02:03:40,719 --> 02:03:42,000
grant money was requested from

3427
02:03:42,000 --> 02:03:45,119
administration 29 from teachers um and i

3428
02:03:45,119 --> 02:03:46,480
did the breakdown of the last three

3429
02:03:46,480 --> 02:03:47,520
years

3430
02:03:47,520 --> 02:03:48,880
and there's been a vast majority of the

3431
02:03:48,880 --> 02:03:50,560
grants that are applied for my

3432
02:03:50,560 --> 02:03:52,320
administration part of that is because

3433
02:03:52,320 --> 02:03:54,400
they're serving larger numbers in

3434
02:03:54,400 --> 02:03:55,760
serving wider school so i want to

3435
02:03:55,760 --> 02:03:57,040
recognize that their numbers are

3436
02:03:57,040 --> 02:03:58,960
naturally going to be larger

3437
02:03:58,960 --> 02:04:00,800
however administration does have access

3438
02:04:00,800 --> 02:04:02,639
to district budget and building budget

3439
02:04:02,639 --> 02:04:04,800
where teachers don't necessarily and so

3440
02:04:04,800 --> 02:04:06,239
one of the pieces that i'm hoping that

3441
02:04:06,239 --> 02:04:07,440
we can do

3442
02:04:07,440 --> 02:04:09,199
i'd like to do like a how do you apply

3443
02:04:09,199 --> 02:04:10,960
for a grant tutorial in the fall so

3444
02:04:10,960 --> 02:04:12,719
that's supporting folks out so that when

3445
02:04:12,719 --> 02:04:14,880
they apply it's not a matter of it might

3446
02:04:14,880 --> 02:04:16,719
be a good idea but this brand doesn't

3447
02:04:16,719 --> 02:04:18,079
show us but really it's sort of helping

3448
02:04:18,079 --> 02:04:19,679
people understand what does that grant

3449
02:04:19,679 --> 02:04:21,199
application process look like what do

3450
02:04:21,199 --> 02:04:22,320
you have to do

3451
02:04:22,320 --> 02:04:23,520
what are those components that are

3452
02:04:23,520 --> 02:04:25,280
evaluated on the rubric is public so you

3453
02:04:25,280 --> 02:04:27,280
should know what those pieces are um to

3454
02:04:27,280 --> 02:04:29,520
help both hopefully encourage some folks

3455
02:04:29,520 --> 02:04:31,440
who might not otherwise apply and and

3456
02:04:31,440 --> 02:04:34,000
we'd love to see a 50 50. i i won't say

3457
02:04:34,000 --> 02:04:35,679
i'd love to see a 50 50 of teacher and

3458
02:04:35,679 --> 02:04:38,639
administrator um requests but also to

3459
02:04:38,639 --> 02:04:40,560
make sure that again that the approval

3460
02:04:40,560 --> 02:04:43,520
of the grant is is more a matter of

3461
02:04:43,520 --> 02:04:44,880
making sure that we're doing that sort

3462
02:04:44,880 --> 02:04:47,119
of uh work rather than is this the right

3463
02:04:47,119 --> 02:04:48,079
place or

3464
02:04:48,079 --> 02:04:49,440
it might be good we can't tell from the

3465
02:04:49,440 --> 02:04:51,040
applications

3466
02:04:51,040 --> 02:04:52,239
those were just recommendations that

3467
02:04:52,239 --> 02:04:53,920
will be considered so as we move forward

3468
02:04:53,920 --> 02:04:54,800
we

3469
02:04:54,800 --> 02:04:56,000
can continue to support the amazing

3470
02:04:56,000 --> 02:04:59,270
things that are happening

3471
02:04:59,280 --> 02:05:00,560
thank you heather

3472
02:05:00,560 --> 02:05:02,880
yeah great job thank you thank you thank

3473
02:05:02,880 --> 02:05:07,430
you very much

3474
02:05:07,440 --> 02:05:09,119
okay

3475
02:05:09,119 --> 02:05:10,960
celtics started six minutes ago let's

3476
02:05:10,960 --> 02:05:15,830
move on to the finance update

3477
02:05:15,840 --> 02:05:19,360
keep this incredibly short and sweet um

3478
02:05:19,360 --> 02:05:21,360
so we're looking to close out the fiscal

3479
02:05:21,360 --> 02:05:23,040
year um

3480
02:05:23,040 --> 02:05:25,840
just a couple weeks left now

3481
02:05:25,840 --> 02:05:27,679
i've typed up a little quick memo just

3482
02:05:27,679 --> 02:05:29,119
to give you guys a brief summary i'll

3483
02:05:29,119 --> 02:05:30,480
just highlight some of those really

3484
02:05:30,480 --> 02:05:32,239
quickly

3485
02:05:32,239 --> 02:05:34,560
when i ran this initially we were about

3486
02:05:34,560 --> 02:05:38,320
97 or almost 98 expended since then when

3487
02:05:38,320 --> 02:05:40,400
i'm running it today we're actually at

3488
02:05:40,400 --> 02:05:43,199
99 expended so that's how kind of

3489
02:05:43,199 --> 02:05:44,560
quickly you can see

3490
02:05:44,560 --> 02:05:47,840
as we do the remaining payrolls and

3491
02:05:47,840 --> 02:05:49,920
some of the last bills come in that the

3492
02:05:49,920 --> 02:05:52,880
budget will get fully expended um s are

3493
02:05:52,880 --> 02:05:56,880
funding sr-1 is fully expended sr2 75

3494
02:05:56,880 --> 02:05:58,000
expended

3495
02:05:58,000 --> 02:06:00,639
and then we have about 10 expended of

3496
02:06:00,639 --> 02:06:02,560
sr3 which

3497
02:06:02,560 --> 02:06:04,719
we expect because that's really mainly

3498
02:06:04,719 --> 02:06:07,360
used to support 23

3499
02:06:07,360 --> 02:06:09,119
and beyond

3500
02:06:09,119 --> 02:06:11,760
we have 4.2 million in our gift and

3501
02:06:11,760 --> 02:06:13,440
revolving funds

3502
02:06:13,440 --> 02:06:14,960
with a large chunk of that being our

3503
02:06:14,960 --> 02:06:16,560
choice

3504
02:06:16,560 --> 02:06:19,679
and then our stabilization funds have

3505
02:06:19,679 --> 02:06:21,920
4.6 million in them

3506
02:06:21,920 --> 02:06:25,440
that includes the 1.3 that we

3507
02:06:25,440 --> 02:06:28,960
transfer back from the 22 unexpended and

3508
02:06:28,960 --> 02:06:31,119
does not account for the drawdown yet

3509
02:06:31,119 --> 02:06:33,119
for 23.

3510
02:06:33,119 --> 02:06:35,040
so once that drawdown occurs we'll have

3511
02:06:35,040 --> 02:06:36,960
2.7 million

3512
02:06:36,960 --> 02:06:39,679
um and that's about it but any questions

3513
02:06:39,679 --> 02:06:42,239
that i can answer for anyone as we close

3514
02:06:42,239 --> 02:06:43,679
out the year i just wanted to mention

3515
02:06:43,679 --> 02:06:46,239
the school lunch issues so i know that

3516
02:06:46,239 --> 02:06:48,159
there is a pending bill that was in the

3517
02:06:48,159 --> 02:06:49,760
house budget you know that would have

3518
02:06:49,760 --> 02:06:51,679
universal free lunch for all uh k

3519
02:06:51,679 --> 02:06:54,000
through 12 students in massachusetts um

3520
02:06:54,000 --> 02:06:55,119
i know

3521
02:06:55,119 --> 02:06:57,119
representative belcedo was a co-sponsor

3522
02:06:57,119 --> 02:06:58,560
of that

3523
02:06:58,560 --> 02:07:00,000
it does not seem that there's support of

3524
02:07:00,000 --> 02:07:01,520
that right now in the senate so i don't

3525
02:07:01,520 --> 02:07:02,480
think it's going to be part of the

3526
02:07:02,480 --> 02:07:04,800
budget um then here there's just an

3527
02:07:04,800 --> 02:07:07,679
indication of potential increases and i

3528
02:07:07,679 --> 02:07:10,639
wonder what does that elevated

3529
02:07:10,639 --> 02:07:12,239
surplus account that was about 400 and

3530
02:07:12,239 --> 02:07:14,000
something thousand like is that enough

3531
02:07:14,000 --> 02:07:15,280
to be able to

3532
02:07:15,280 --> 02:07:17,520
kind of weigh through

3533
02:07:17,520 --> 02:07:21,040
transitory inflation area costs and and

3534
02:07:21,040 --> 02:07:22,400
what do we think about being able to

3535
02:07:22,400 --> 02:07:24,239
absorb some of that money to reduce cost

3536
02:07:24,239 --> 02:07:26,719
or keep cost level sure yeah so um the

3537
02:07:26,719 --> 02:07:28,719
food service director and i've had a

3538
02:07:28,719 --> 02:07:30,560
handful of conversations about this

3539
02:07:30,560 --> 02:07:32,000
already

3540
02:07:32,000 --> 02:07:35,599
and while that balance can help soften

3541
02:07:35,599 --> 02:07:37,360
those increases

3542
02:07:37,360 --> 02:07:39,119
and make them we're trying to make them

3543
02:07:39,119 --> 02:07:40,400
as nominal

3544
02:07:40,400 --> 02:07:43,199
as possible but even with that that we

3545
02:07:43,199 --> 02:07:45,440
would the food service revolving fund

3546
02:07:45,440 --> 02:07:47,199
would still lose money

3547
02:07:47,199 --> 02:07:49,360
next year because things have just

3548
02:07:49,360 --> 02:07:52,320
skyrocketed so much for them

3549
02:07:52,320 --> 02:07:54,320
if we don't do at least some nominal

3550
02:07:54,320 --> 02:07:56,400
increases so you know we're trying to

3551
02:07:56,400 --> 02:07:58,480
hold out as long as we possibly could

3552
02:07:58,480 --> 02:07:59,920
because obviously we don't want to come

3553
02:07:59,920 --> 02:08:01,360
out with increases if we're going to

3554
02:08:01,360 --> 02:08:02,639
have

3555
02:08:02,639 --> 02:08:05,199
free lunch for everyone so once we get

3556
02:08:05,199 --> 02:08:07,760
the final final word on that

3557
02:08:07,760 --> 02:08:10,159
then we'll come forward to you with what

3558
02:08:10,159 --> 02:08:11,840
those would look like and some some

3559
02:08:11,840 --> 02:08:13,599
recommendations

3560
02:08:13,599 --> 02:08:15,679
because you don't have to

3561
02:08:15,679 --> 02:08:16,719
do

3562
02:08:16,719 --> 02:08:18,639
sweeping price increases you can do it

3563
02:08:18,639 --> 02:08:21,280
just on a la carte items if you want so

3564
02:08:21,280 --> 02:08:23,679
you know whatever the committee has an

3565
02:08:23,679 --> 02:08:25,280
appetite to do

3566
02:08:25,280 --> 02:08:29,109
no pun intended

3567
02:08:29,119 --> 02:08:31,280
my kids seem to buy a lot of ice creams

3568
02:08:31,280 --> 02:08:33,370
so yeah

3569
02:08:33,370 --> 02:08:36,239
[Laughter]

3570
02:08:36,239 --> 02:08:39,679
i am i think subsidizing it myself

3571
02:08:39,679 --> 02:08:43,109
any questions for cheryl

3572
02:08:43,119 --> 02:08:44,719
okay

3573
02:08:44,719 --> 02:08:47,520
um so we circulated and our email was

3574
02:08:47,520 --> 02:08:50,239
circulated and i think kate and i did a

3575
02:08:50,239 --> 02:08:52,000
follow-up email

3576
02:08:52,000 --> 02:08:53,760
mentioning that there's two liaison

3577
02:08:53,760 --> 02:08:55,760
positions open

3578
02:08:55,760 --> 02:08:57,920
i'll mention the town manager interview

3579
02:08:57,920 --> 02:09:00,960
committee liaison first

3580
02:09:00,960 --> 02:09:02,880
jen responded and said she'd be

3581
02:09:02,880 --> 02:09:05,360
interested would be

3582
02:09:05,360 --> 02:09:07,119
didn't know if anyone else

3583
02:09:07,119 --> 02:09:08,719
would be considered for that or if we're

3584
02:09:08,719 --> 02:09:10,960
comfortable having jen do it i certainly

3585
02:09:10,960 --> 02:09:12,880
am

3586
02:09:12,880 --> 02:09:14,800
i'll just say that i am i saw that

3587
02:09:14,800 --> 02:09:19,040
there's also a business owner or leader

3588
02:09:19,040 --> 02:09:20,239
that they're looking for and i thought

3589
02:09:20,239 --> 02:09:22,239
well i could try that one but it would

3590
02:09:22,239 --> 02:09:23,840
be hard to take off the school committee

3591
02:09:23,840 --> 02:09:25,360
hat but if i was

3592
02:09:25,360 --> 02:09:27,679
the school committee member i could also

3593
02:09:27,679 --> 02:09:28,960
just have the

3594
02:09:28,960 --> 02:09:30,400
business owner

3595
02:09:30,400 --> 02:09:34,159
in me for that purpose

3596
02:09:34,159 --> 02:09:35,360
all right

3597
02:09:35,360 --> 02:09:38,560
i get a motion to appoint jen is the

3598
02:09:38,560 --> 02:09:40,400
town manager interview committee liaison

3599
02:09:40,400 --> 02:09:42,800
for the school committee

3600
02:09:42,800 --> 02:09:47,189
second all in favor

3601
02:09:47,199 --> 02:09:49,440
um anyone interested in the climate's

3602
02:09:49,440 --> 02:09:51,440
climate resiliency committee position

3603
02:09:51,440 --> 02:09:55,199
chubb held this position previously

3604
02:09:55,199 --> 02:09:57,119
um i know that they have i believe they

3605
02:09:57,119 --> 02:09:59,840
have a meeting coming

3606
02:09:59,840 --> 02:10:01,760
soon maybe next week i'll have to double

3607
02:10:01,760 --> 02:10:03,599
check but

3608
02:10:03,599 --> 02:10:05,199
any takers

3609
02:10:05,199 --> 02:10:06,320
okay

3610
02:10:06,320 --> 02:10:07,679
do they meet

3611
02:10:07,679 --> 02:10:09,119
monthly

3612
02:10:09,119 --> 02:10:14,310
weekly i believe it's monthly

3613
02:10:14,320 --> 02:10:17,440
and it's not on thursdays

3614
02:10:17,440 --> 02:10:18,400
no

3615
02:10:18,400 --> 02:10:22,390
it's not on thursdays

3616
02:10:22,400 --> 02:10:24,800
it's carl before chad i think

3617
02:10:24,800 --> 02:10:26,880
yep hold on a second i'm just looking

3618
02:10:26,880 --> 02:10:30,470
for mike johnson's email

3619
02:10:30,480 --> 02:10:34,149
um

3620
02:10:34,159 --> 02:10:35,920
how soon do we they want us to decide

3621
02:10:35,920 --> 02:10:37,280
soon

3622
02:10:37,280 --> 02:10:40,560
yeah we have to decide ideally tonight

3623
02:10:40,560 --> 02:10:42,800
meetings every third tuesday of the

3624
02:10:42,800 --> 02:10:45,270
month

3625
02:10:45,280 --> 02:10:46,960
i mean i think the next meeting is june

3626
02:10:46,960 --> 02:10:49,750
21st

3627
02:10:49,760 --> 02:10:50,880
you want to do that

3628
02:10:50,880 --> 02:10:52,560
okay

3629
02:10:52,560 --> 02:10:54,079
let's do a point

3630
02:10:54,079 --> 02:11:01,910
second all in favor thank you thank you thanks bob

3631
02:11:01,920 --> 02:11:04,480
okay listening session outreach planning

3632
02:11:04,480 --> 02:11:07,040
um you want to talk a little bit about

3633
02:11:07,040 --> 02:11:08,079
that

3634
02:11:08,079 --> 02:11:10,800
um sure so

3635
02:11:10,800 --> 02:11:12,960
um

3636
02:11:12,960 --> 02:11:14,800
listening sessions are

3637
02:11:14,800 --> 02:11:16,320
um

3638
02:11:16,320 --> 02:11:20,719
scheduled for um july 26th and august

3639
02:11:20,719 --> 02:11:22,239
1st i believe

3640
02:11:22,239 --> 02:11:23,520
um

3641
02:11:23,520 --> 02:11:25,599
so we need to kind of discuss

3642
02:11:25,599 --> 02:11:28,639
outreach planning um there's a flyer

3643
02:11:28,639 --> 02:11:31,040
that was developed thank you

3644
02:11:31,040 --> 02:11:32,079
laura

3645
02:11:32,079 --> 02:11:34,159
for that um with some information pulled

3646
02:11:34,159 --> 02:11:36,719
from our newsletter um so that is in

3647
02:11:36,719 --> 02:11:38,880
your meeting packet

3648
02:11:38,880 --> 02:11:41,679
um so we just wanted some

3649
02:11:41,679 --> 02:11:43,520
i can't find it right now we wanted some

3650
02:11:43,520 --> 02:11:45,840
feedback on that um

3651
02:11:45,840 --> 02:11:48,950
and

3652
02:11:48,960 --> 02:11:52,079
then some sort of discussion around you

3653
02:11:52,079 --> 02:11:54,880
know outreach and getting the word out

3654
02:11:54,880 --> 02:11:58,159
are these dates for the second round

3655
02:11:58,159 --> 02:12:01,199
firm and locked in yes they are okay

3656
02:12:01,199 --> 02:12:02,560
yeah

3657
02:12:02,560 --> 02:12:04,239
oh and there are edits since i last

3658
02:12:04,239 --> 02:12:08,550
looked at it so there's been a fifth um

3659
02:12:08,560 --> 02:12:11,520
session for each round for a remote

3660
02:12:11,520 --> 02:12:13,599
option

3661
02:12:13,599 --> 02:12:17,430
which is exciting okay

3662
02:12:17,440 --> 02:12:19,840
so round one so there's two two sessions

3663
02:12:19,840 --> 02:12:22,159
on july 26th

3664
02:12:22,159 --> 02:12:23,679
no that's it

3665
02:12:23,679 --> 02:12:24,480
yeah

3666
02:12:24,480 --> 02:12:26,480
sorry update since i last looked at it

3667
02:12:26,480 --> 02:12:28,639
so two on the 26th two on the first and

3668
02:12:28,639 --> 02:12:30,960
one on august 2nd that will be a remote

3669
02:12:30,960 --> 02:12:32,840
um

3670
02:12:32,840 --> 02:12:36,470
option so

3671
02:12:36,480 --> 02:12:40,159
can i yeah feedback quick yeah um

3672
02:12:40,159 --> 02:12:42,320
one is i'd like to see this

3673
02:12:42,320 --> 02:12:43,599
highlighting

3674
02:12:43,599 --> 02:12:46,639
bill is he's moderating and doing the

3675
02:12:46,639 --> 02:12:51,840
listening sessions right this says the school committee is committed to

3676
02:12:51,840 --> 02:12:55,199
facilitating and i don't think i

3677
02:12:55,199 --> 02:12:57,040
think the importance of having a

3678
02:12:57,040 --> 02:12:59,440
facilitator and using him is that he is

3679
02:12:59,440 --> 02:13:02,400
facilitating we are listening

3680
02:13:02,400 --> 02:13:05,199
um so maybe an eye towards or think

3681
02:13:05,199 --> 02:13:06,400
about

3682
02:13:06,400 --> 02:13:09,520
an eye towards that and then

3683
02:13:09,520 --> 02:13:11,280
the other

3684
02:13:11,280 --> 02:13:13,679
potential red flag that i see in this i

3685
02:13:13,679 --> 02:13:14,960
mean i think it's phenomenal i think

3686
02:13:14,960 --> 02:13:17,440
it's really well done um

3687
02:13:17,440 --> 02:13:18,159
i

3688
02:13:18,159 --> 02:13:20,320
would recommend avoiding the quick recap

3689
02:13:20,320 --> 02:13:22,719
of some key facts from the last project

3690
02:13:22,719 --> 02:13:25,040
because there are no key facts and i

3691
02:13:25,040 --> 02:13:27,199
think that was one of the major problems

3692
02:13:27,199 --> 02:13:29,119
is that everybody has a different

3693
02:13:29,119 --> 02:13:31,360
version of what is the fact and what

3694
02:13:31,360 --> 02:13:33,440
actually happened and what that fact

3695
02:13:33,440 --> 02:13:34,639
really meant

3696
02:13:34,639 --> 02:13:39,599
i think that begs for debate

3697
02:13:39,599 --> 02:13:41,920
and that begs for

3698
02:13:41,920 --> 02:13:42,719
um

3699
02:13:42,719 --> 02:13:44,639
well they presented it this way and it

3700
02:13:44,639 --> 02:13:47,440
really was that way and i would

3701
02:13:47,440 --> 02:13:48,960
really

3702
02:13:48,960 --> 02:13:52,400
strongly prefer to see bill

3703
02:13:52,400 --> 02:13:54,560
take the lead on this

3704
02:13:54,560 --> 02:13:58,880
um not include a quick recap unless he

3705
02:13:58,880 --> 02:14:02,400
does a very sanitized recap but no key

3706
02:14:02,400 --> 02:14:03,760
facts

3707
02:14:03,760 --> 02:14:06,079
we're starting from scratch i think we

3708
02:14:06,079 --> 02:14:08,639
want to avoid

3709
02:14:08,639 --> 02:14:09,840
even

3710
02:14:09,840 --> 02:14:12,079
debating

3711
02:14:12,079 --> 02:14:14,400
history at this point like this is we're

3712
02:14:14,400 --> 02:14:16,320
here to listen to the community we are

3713
02:14:16,320 --> 02:14:18,079
here to have an independent person

3714
02:14:18,079 --> 02:14:20,320
facilitate these sessions

3715
02:14:20,320 --> 02:14:22,079
um so those would be those are the two

3716
02:14:22,079 --> 02:14:24,239
things that really jump out to me is i

3717
02:14:24,239 --> 02:14:28,870
thought that's why we were using bill

3718
02:14:28,880 --> 02:14:30,560
so to answer your first

3719
02:14:30,560 --> 02:14:32,960
question that paragraph in blue that

3720
02:14:32,960 --> 02:14:34,880
says the school committee is committed

3721
02:14:34,880 --> 02:14:36,239
to facilitating a transparent and

3722
02:14:36,239 --> 02:14:38,840
inclusive process that was meant to

3723
02:14:38,840 --> 02:14:42,079
be the whole process

3724
02:14:42,079 --> 02:14:44,880
not i see your point i mean maybe

3725
02:14:44,880 --> 02:14:48,320
language right so yep not these evenings

3726
02:14:48,320 --> 02:14:51,280
particularly right so i agree that could

3727
02:14:51,280 --> 02:14:53,199
be confusing so we can work on rewording

3728
02:14:53,199 --> 02:14:56,239
that sentence um but i think the spirit

3729
02:14:56,239 --> 02:14:57,679
of the sentence

3730
02:14:57,679 --> 02:14:59,360
yep is

3731
02:14:59,360 --> 02:15:01,440
dead on that great feedback so well i

3732
02:15:01,440 --> 02:15:03,199
wonder is it just the school committee

3733
02:15:03,199 --> 02:15:04,639
is committed to a transparent and

3734
02:15:04,639 --> 02:15:05,840
inclusive process and take out

3735
02:15:05,840 --> 02:15:08,159
facilitating and yeah that might be the

3736
02:15:08,159 --> 02:15:12,079
easiest yeah yes good yeah okay see

3737
02:15:12,079 --> 02:15:13,599
that's good okay so that was the easy

3738
02:15:13,599 --> 02:15:14,560
one

3739
02:15:14,560 --> 02:15:17,280
second comment um

3740
02:15:17,280 --> 02:15:19,440
i mean i think the again the spirit of

3741
02:15:19,440 --> 02:15:20,800
that

3742
02:15:20,800 --> 02:15:22,960
recap was

3743
02:15:22,960 --> 02:15:25,360
i think and correct me if if you have a

3744
02:15:25,360 --> 02:15:28,079
different impression ryan but

3745
02:15:28,079 --> 02:15:29,440
was that

3746
02:15:29,440 --> 02:15:32,000
bill had bildo the facilitator had

3747
02:15:32,000 --> 02:15:34,840
suggested having a

3748
02:15:34,840 --> 02:15:38,390
recorded um

3749
02:15:38,400 --> 02:15:40,400
kind of an intro

3750
02:15:40,400 --> 02:15:41,599
of

3751
02:15:41,599 --> 02:15:43,199
where we are now

3752
02:15:43,199 --> 02:15:44,639
um

3753
02:15:44,639 --> 02:15:45,920
including

3754
02:15:45,920 --> 02:15:48,840
what works this is all up for discussion

3755
02:15:48,840 --> 02:15:53,119
okay um essentially looking at um

3756
02:15:53,119 --> 02:15:54,239
you know the state of the current

3757
02:15:54,239 --> 02:15:55,840
buildings

3758
02:15:55,840 --> 02:15:57,760
where they where they are now the

3759
02:15:57,760 --> 02:16:00,639
conditions needed repairs etc

3760
02:16:00,639 --> 02:16:01,760
um

3761
02:16:01,760 --> 02:16:04,400
potential costs of repairs to simply

3762
02:16:04,400 --> 02:16:06,719
maintain them which are increasing over

3763
02:16:06,719 --> 02:16:07,599
time

3764
02:16:07,599 --> 02:16:09,679
um and then just referencing the history

3765
02:16:09,679 --> 02:16:12,480
of the unsuccessful vote

3766
02:16:12,480 --> 02:16:15,360
yeah i would not do that

3767
02:16:15,360 --> 02:16:17,199
well i don't think we can ignore the

3768
02:16:17,199 --> 02:16:19,679
fact that we that a project came forward

3769
02:16:19,679 --> 02:16:20,800
and it failed

3770
02:16:20,800 --> 02:16:23,040
everybody knows nobody needs to have a

3771
02:16:23,040 --> 02:16:24,560
recount i don't know if everybody does

3772
02:16:24,560 --> 02:16:26,000
now there's a lot of new families in

3773
02:16:26,000 --> 02:16:26,960
town

3774
02:16:26,960 --> 02:16:29,520
there might be but i mean i mean we're

3775
02:16:29,520 --> 02:16:32,559
talking about a whole new if you had a

3776
02:16:32,559 --> 02:16:35,679
kid in first grade back then

3777
02:16:35,679 --> 02:16:37,679
your child is now in the middle school

3778
02:16:37,679 --> 02:16:39,439
and it's a whole different population

3779
02:16:39,439 --> 02:16:43,830
for a large population of new parents

3780
02:16:43,840 --> 02:16:45,599
delaware

3781
02:16:45,599 --> 02:16:47,439
i don't know i would just see i feel

3782
02:16:47,439 --> 02:16:49,120
like the opposite almost i feel like

3783
02:16:49,120 --> 02:16:51,120
everybody's heard stuff that may or may

3784
02:16:51,120 --> 02:16:55,669
not be true

3785
02:16:55,679 --> 02:16:57,599
but there are some things that happened

3786
02:16:57,599 --> 02:17:00,880
that are that so then keep it very

3787
02:17:00,880 --> 02:17:03,439
straight like yeah there was a vote it

3788
02:17:03,439 --> 02:17:05,519
failed to pass and moving forward i

3789
02:17:05,519 --> 02:17:07,760
would not i would not spend a lot of

3790
02:17:07,760 --> 02:17:09,840
time and energy in that space

3791
02:17:09,840 --> 02:17:13,280
so so so continuing with that um you

3792
02:17:13,280 --> 02:17:16,000
know identifying the issue

3793
02:17:16,000 --> 02:17:17,200
why we need to

3794
02:17:17,200 --> 02:17:19,200
have this conversation about

3795
02:17:19,200 --> 02:17:21,679
you know new building buildings

3796
02:17:21,679 --> 02:17:25,040
um what the challenge is and that msb a

3797
02:17:25,040 --> 02:17:26,160
process

3798
02:17:26,160 --> 02:17:29,599
what that looks like um and and the the

3799
02:17:29,599 --> 02:17:31,439
fact that in order to bring anything

3800
02:17:31,439 --> 02:17:35,519
forward we're going to have to have some high level of consensus before we

3801
02:17:35,519 --> 02:17:36,559
do that

3802
02:17:36,559 --> 02:17:38,880
um you know in order to enhance the

3803
02:17:38,880 --> 02:17:40,000
likelihood that we're going to be

3804
02:17:40,000 --> 02:17:42,800
accepted back into into the process

3805
02:17:42,800 --> 02:17:44,080
and then give

3806
02:17:44,080 --> 02:17:45,679
just a high level overview of the

3807
02:17:45,679 --> 02:17:48,240
timelines for msba in terms of what that

3808
02:17:48,240 --> 02:17:50,960
looks like for submitting an soi and if

3809
02:17:50,960 --> 02:17:53,200
we were to get in what the what the

3810
02:17:53,200 --> 02:17:55,920
process is so people so people are aware

3811
02:17:55,920 --> 02:17:57,599
of you know where we're headed because

3812
02:17:57,599 --> 02:18:00,559
this isn't a one-year

3813
02:18:00,559 --> 02:18:02,240
process we're looking at all that's

3814
02:18:02,240 --> 02:18:04,160
helpful it's the history piece that i

3815
02:18:04,160 --> 02:18:06,559
would really like

3816
02:18:06,559 --> 02:18:08,080
yeah it's enough to know that it

3817
02:18:08,080 --> 02:18:10,800
happened that it failed and well and

3818
02:18:10,800 --> 02:18:12,639
bill has experience with this he did

3819
02:18:12,639 --> 02:18:14,000
this this

3820
02:18:14,000 --> 02:18:16,319
similar thing in in amherst and that's

3821
02:18:16,319 --> 02:18:18,319
why we brought him on so i'm confident

3822
02:18:18,319 --> 02:18:21,840
that he'll be able to gauge what we

3823
02:18:21,840 --> 02:18:23,840
yeah i would just in the wording of this

3824
02:18:23,840 --> 02:18:26,559
when i'm reading it and seeing

3825
02:18:26,559 --> 02:18:27,439
like

3826
02:18:27,439 --> 02:18:29,519
which key facts who's picking the key

3827
02:18:29,519 --> 02:18:31,760
facts where do those key feel like

3828
02:18:31,760 --> 02:18:33,679
that that sentence is

3829
02:18:33,679 --> 02:18:36,880
it hits a it strikes

3830
02:18:36,880 --> 02:18:38,479
it's again it's just like

3831
02:18:38,479 --> 02:18:40,800
so that it says the first round will

3832
02:18:40,800 --> 02:18:43,359
include a quick recap of some key facts

3833
02:18:43,359 --> 02:18:46,880
from the last project comma

3834
02:18:46,880 --> 02:18:48,479
what about

3835
02:18:48,479 --> 02:18:51,519
leaving that out yeah

3836
02:18:51,519 --> 02:18:54,240
um because i think he

3837
02:18:54,240 --> 02:18:55,840
yeah

3838
02:18:55,840 --> 02:18:57,920
we do need consensus

3839
02:18:57,920 --> 02:19:00,549
we do

3840
02:19:00,559 --> 02:19:04,639
this is going to get people stirred up

3841
02:19:04,639 --> 02:19:06,800
and i think

3842
02:19:06,800 --> 02:19:09,359
there was a vote

3843
02:19:09,359 --> 02:19:12,719
but everybody's key facts are different

3844
02:19:12,719 --> 02:19:14,880
and their perception of

3845
02:19:14,880 --> 02:19:15,920
facts

3846
02:19:15,920 --> 02:19:18,549
are different

3847
02:19:18,559 --> 02:19:20,319
an update on the current state of the

3848
02:19:20,319 --> 02:19:22,000
elementary schools that's what you just

3849
02:19:22,000 --> 02:19:23,200
read like that

3850
02:19:23,200 --> 02:19:24,719
that's

3851
02:19:24,719 --> 02:19:29,030
appropriate and yeah and relevant

3852
02:19:29,040 --> 02:19:30,000
questions

3853
02:19:30,000 --> 02:19:31,920
and then i i like what you said about

3854
02:19:31,920 --> 02:19:34,399
the msba in the process like

3855
02:19:34,399 --> 02:19:36,800
the goal of the listening session and

3856
02:19:36,800 --> 02:19:39,359
this timeline i know last meeting you

3857
02:19:39,359 --> 02:19:42,240
mentioned well town meeting is october

3858
02:19:42,240 --> 02:19:44,479
so what what is the goal of coming out

3859
02:19:44,479 --> 02:19:47,519
of the listening session

3860
02:19:47,519 --> 02:19:50,479
to know what we wanted

3861
02:19:50,479 --> 02:19:52,000
well is there something

3862
02:19:52,000 --> 02:19:54,399
to know where the community stands on

3863
02:19:54,399 --> 02:19:55,760
anything

3864
02:19:55,760 --> 02:19:57,439
but

3865
02:19:57,439 --> 02:20:00,160
what's first submitting an soi a town

3866
02:20:00,160 --> 02:20:03,840
meeting vote like what is the sos no

3867
02:20:03,840 --> 02:20:05,600
the soi would come out of these

3868
02:20:05,600 --> 02:20:07,120
listening sessions as this is sort of

3869
02:20:07,120 --> 02:20:08,880
the beginning to then help us frame an

3870
02:20:08,880 --> 02:20:15,200
soi to submit next spring yeah so what was the

3871
02:20:15,200 --> 02:20:17,520
at our last school committee meeting you

3872
02:20:17,520 --> 02:20:19,760
mentioned an october town meeting and

3873
02:20:19,760 --> 02:20:20,800
having

3874
02:20:20,800 --> 02:20:24,080
september listening sessions

3875
02:20:24,080 --> 02:20:26,240
prior to an october town meeting so i

3876
02:20:26,240 --> 02:20:27,439
just wonder

3877
02:20:27,439 --> 02:20:29,439
if there were anything that we needed to

3878
02:20:29,439 --> 02:20:32,399
bring to town meaning we would have to

3879
02:20:32,399 --> 02:20:34,640
have it prepared by that

3880
02:20:34,640 --> 02:20:36,640
i'm not sure that we have to have a

3881
02:20:36,640 --> 02:20:39,120
there was some discussion about

3882
02:20:39,120 --> 02:20:40,880
throughout this process of potentially

3883
02:20:40,880 --> 02:20:41,920
having

3884
02:20:41,920 --> 02:20:46,319
some sort of a you know a non-binding

3885
02:20:46,319 --> 02:20:48,160
vote a town meeting to give you know to

3886
02:20:48,160 --> 02:20:50,880
get even more of a sense of

3887
02:20:50,880 --> 02:20:52,800
something related to the project

3888
02:20:52,800 --> 02:20:54,960
locations would have configuration

3889
02:20:54,960 --> 02:20:56,240
whatever it may be

3890
02:20:56,240 --> 02:20:58,000
we're not

3891
02:20:58,000 --> 02:20:59,600
sure that that's a requirement to submit

3892
02:20:59,600 --> 02:21:01,280
an soi

3893
02:21:01,280 --> 02:21:02,880
okay um so

3894
02:21:02,880 --> 02:21:04,640
again hopefully these listening sessions

3895
02:21:04,640 --> 02:21:06,479
give us what we need as a committee to

3896
02:21:06,479 --> 02:21:07,600
determine

3897
02:21:07,600 --> 02:21:09,920
the proper path forward to get that soi

3898
02:21:09,920 --> 02:21:11,520
submitted in the spring

3899
02:21:11,520 --> 02:21:12,800
okay

3900
02:21:12,800 --> 02:21:17,990
so i think that's a big data point

3901
02:21:18,000 --> 02:21:21,120
for me if we're trying to

3902
02:21:21,120 --> 02:21:23,760
have something voted on at october town

3903
02:21:23,760 --> 02:21:25,439
meeting or not

3904
02:21:25,439 --> 02:21:28,880
as a result of these listening sessions

3905
02:21:28,880 --> 02:21:32,160
so i don't know if it needs to be put in

3906
02:21:32,160 --> 02:21:34,880
this fire for communication

3907
02:21:34,880 --> 02:21:35,920
about

3908
02:21:35,920 --> 02:21:39,520
an soi timeline like maybe people need

3909
02:21:39,520 --> 02:21:42,240
to be drawn right well and and if we go

3910
02:21:42,240 --> 02:21:45,040
with this we we may

3911
02:21:45,040 --> 02:21:49,439
the the fall town meeting may be a non

3912
02:21:49,439 --> 02:21:50,800
issue because

3913
02:21:50,800 --> 02:21:52,080
half of these meetings are going to

3914
02:21:52,080 --> 02:21:53,439
occur

3915
02:21:53,439 --> 02:21:55,600
right these are more dates yeah last

3916
02:21:55,600 --> 02:21:59,590
time so

3917
02:21:59,600 --> 02:22:01,280
i mean the process is the important

3918
02:22:01,280 --> 02:22:03,120
piece

3919
02:22:03,120 --> 02:22:06,640
yeah i think that's important

3920
02:22:06,640 --> 02:22:08,800
yeah i would just a

3921
02:22:08,800 --> 02:22:13,270
quick recap of keith baxter

3922
02:22:13,280 --> 02:22:15,920
i think we need to show you know what's

3923
02:22:15,920 --> 02:22:17,520
at stake like you have to kind of it's

3924
02:22:17,520 --> 02:22:20,000
just like the 14 override didn't pass

3925
02:22:20,000 --> 02:22:21,680
you know what was learned and then they

3926
02:22:21,680 --> 02:22:23,000
said okay that was

3927
02:22:23,000 --> 02:22:25,840
foreign it's kind of like the same

3928
02:22:25,840 --> 02:22:28,000
idea i know the school building

3929
02:22:28,000 --> 02:22:29,520
and i have to go there a little bit and

3930
02:22:29,520 --> 02:22:31,280
say okay this time we really need to

3931
02:22:31,280 --> 02:22:33,280
make it work because it's yeah

3932
02:22:33,280 --> 02:22:34,960
and part of that's the condition of this

3933
02:22:34,960 --> 02:22:37,359
yeah school making dude

3934
02:22:37,359 --> 02:22:41,200
yeah the needs even bigger and

3935
02:22:41,200 --> 02:22:44,080
but i think there is a big element of um

3936
02:22:44,080 --> 02:22:46,080
we don't

3937
02:22:46,080 --> 02:22:48,319
i don't think anyone wants to repeat

3938
02:22:48,319 --> 02:22:51,200
the process we had right right

3939
02:22:51,200 --> 02:22:53,439
um and we're not no nothing we've done

3940
02:22:53,439 --> 02:22:55,920
with the outcome yeah so i like that i

3941
02:22:55,920 --> 02:22:58,240
think even just to go there to say that

3942
02:22:58,240 --> 02:23:01,830
you know

3943
02:23:01,840 --> 02:23:04,319
we're learning from we're learning from

3944
02:23:04,319 --> 02:23:06,080
past processes and

3945
02:23:06,080 --> 02:23:08,870
trying to

3946
02:23:08,880 --> 02:23:11,439
you know move forward with a

3947
02:23:11,439 --> 02:23:14,319
in a different manner to not

3948
02:23:14,319 --> 02:23:16,640
have a failed vote happen again i mean

3949
02:23:16,640 --> 02:23:18,080
the issue i see obviously is we've got

3950
02:23:18,080 --> 02:23:19,920
the first round of listening sessions

3951
02:23:19,920 --> 02:23:22,000
july 26th it's coming up quick so we

3952
02:23:22,000 --> 02:23:23,439
need to get the word out we need to talk

3953
02:23:23,439 --> 02:23:25,359
about how we do that who's in charge of

3954
02:23:25,359 --> 02:23:26,560
doing that

3955
02:23:26,560 --> 02:23:28,160
and um

3956
02:23:28,160 --> 02:23:30,319
you know ideally get it planned together

3957
02:23:30,319 --> 02:23:33,760
or some volunteers to get a plan

3958
02:23:33,760 --> 02:23:35,359
together tonight so that we can get this

3959
02:23:35,359 --> 02:23:36,880
going

3960
02:23:36,880 --> 02:23:38,080
because

3961
02:23:38,080 --> 02:23:39,680
so if we make this few edits to the web

3962
02:23:39,680 --> 02:23:41,520
to the flyer

3963
02:23:41,520 --> 02:23:43,760
um

3964
02:23:43,760 --> 02:23:48,790
can we send them out and backpacks

3965
02:23:48,800 --> 02:23:51,200
yeah like printed not in this electronic

3966
02:23:51,200 --> 02:23:53,120
s'mores that nobody knows how to print

3967
02:23:53,120 --> 02:23:55,200
and you know we should stick them in the

3968
02:23:55,200 --> 02:23:57,439
windows of all the stores downtown right

3969
02:23:57,439 --> 02:24:03,910
yeah but if we can i mean it's the

3970
02:24:03,920 --> 02:24:06,319
we've already lost the high school

3971
02:24:06,319 --> 02:24:08,479
kids because tuesday is only a makeup

3972
02:24:08,479 --> 02:24:10,720
day for exam so

3973
02:24:10,720 --> 02:24:11,680
there's not

3974
02:24:11,680 --> 02:24:13,040
you're not going to have many in the

3975
02:24:13,040 --> 02:24:14,880
high school

3976
02:24:14,880 --> 02:24:16,479
i don't know that

3977
02:24:16,479 --> 02:24:17,439
we

3978
02:24:17,439 --> 02:24:20,479
can get that flyer

3979
02:24:20,479 --> 02:24:22,160
done

3980
02:24:22,160 --> 02:24:23,200
and out

3981
02:24:23,200 --> 02:24:25,439
by tuesday morning to all the schools to

3982
02:24:25,439 --> 02:24:31,750
go in backpack to the elementaries yeah

3983
02:24:31,760 --> 02:24:33,040
because you're you're you're off

3984
02:24:33,040 --> 02:24:35,520
tomorrow yeah

3985
02:24:35,520 --> 02:24:37,680
monday so it will be unless we have

3986
02:24:37,680 --> 02:24:39,359
edits now

3987
02:24:39,359 --> 02:24:40,240
it's

3988
02:24:40,240 --> 02:24:45,429
tough

3989
02:24:45,439 --> 02:24:46,560
well then we're going to have to email

3990
02:24:46,560 --> 02:24:47,680
them

3991
02:24:47,680 --> 02:24:49,200
will people be watching the mail for

3992
02:24:49,200 --> 02:24:51,200
those little letters saying your child's

3993
02:24:51,200 --> 02:24:52,880
library book is overdue

3994
02:24:52,880 --> 02:24:54,240
yes i did

3995
02:24:54,240 --> 02:24:55,040
yeah

3996
02:24:55,040 --> 02:24:56,640
is it's already going out in my

3997
02:24:56,640 --> 02:24:59,040
messaging tomorrow i already have my

3998
02:24:59,040 --> 02:25:00,960
message queued up so

3999
02:25:00,960 --> 02:25:02,479
there's a paragraph in there about the

4000
02:25:02,479 --> 02:25:07,200
first sessions and um the dates for

4001
02:25:07,200 --> 02:25:08,640
you know and to be on the lookout for

4002
02:25:08,640 --> 02:25:09,680
this

4003
02:25:09,680 --> 02:25:12,880
pamphlet okay more information

4004
02:25:12,880 --> 02:25:16,070
so what else do we do

4005
02:25:16,080 --> 02:25:17,760
that's all right no okay i got from that

4006
02:25:17,760 --> 02:25:20,240
shot here um i love the content on this

4007
02:25:20,240 --> 02:25:21,600
but if we're thinking we're gonna like

4008
02:25:21,600 --> 02:25:23,600
paste it somewhere i would not stop to

4009
02:25:23,600 --> 02:25:25,200
look at this um

4010
02:25:25,200 --> 02:25:27,200
i think we need like if you put a

4011
02:25:27,200 --> 02:25:30,399
picture of each elementary school or

4012
02:25:30,399 --> 02:25:31,520
something

4013
02:25:31,520 --> 02:25:33,680
then it's people like

4014
02:25:33,680 --> 02:25:36,479
what's going on here you know

4015
02:25:36,479 --> 02:25:39,840
yeah that's a good idea

4016
02:25:39,840 --> 02:25:40,730
i like that

4017
02:25:40,730 --> 02:25:42,000
[Music]

4018
02:25:42,000 --> 02:25:44,000
we could do a second graphic i mean this

4019
02:25:44,000 --> 02:25:45,520
is the flyer that goes around to

4020
02:25:45,520 --> 02:25:47,280
everybody and then something right for

4021
02:25:47,280 --> 02:25:48,160
like

4022
02:25:48,160 --> 02:25:50,000
dates and it's the

4023
02:25:50,000 --> 02:25:52,720
bare bones that's easier to yeah so we

4024
02:25:52,720 --> 02:25:55,040
just need people to

4025
02:25:55,040 --> 02:25:57,200
start talking to do it to do that

4026
02:25:57,200 --> 02:25:59,840
because i know i don't want to

4027
02:25:59,840 --> 02:26:01,200
and i assume we're pushing it out on

4028
02:26:01,200 --> 02:26:02,640
social media

4029
02:26:02,640 --> 02:26:04,720
various tips facebook pages things like

4030
02:26:04,720 --> 02:26:07,920
that so um if someone can volunteer to

4031
02:26:07,920 --> 02:26:10,240
kind of manage that be great

4032
02:26:10,240 --> 02:26:11,840
i'm happy to do the social media part of

4033
02:26:11,840 --> 02:26:16,469
it or day in order to do it either

4034
02:26:16,479 --> 02:26:17,760
or even if you know if we could get

4035
02:26:17,760 --> 02:26:19,120
lauren opposed to

4036
02:26:19,120 --> 02:26:20,479
if switch

4037
02:26:20,479 --> 02:26:21,920
whatever

4038
02:26:21,920 --> 02:26:24,399
pages forget if it's public schools or

4039
02:26:24,399 --> 02:26:30,160
something we can cross share and that's easy would it be helpful

4040
02:26:30,160 --> 02:26:32,720
if one of us went with you to rotary to

4041
02:26:32,720 --> 02:26:34,479
talk with them about it in the next

4042
02:26:34,479 --> 02:26:36,160
meeting or

4043
02:26:36,160 --> 02:26:37,200
can you

4044
02:26:37,200 --> 02:26:39,359
do it or i mean i'm happy to go yeah

4045
02:26:39,359 --> 02:26:41,120
with you

4046
02:26:41,120 --> 02:26:42,640
yeah two weeks

4047
02:26:42,640 --> 02:26:49,190
okay

4048
02:26:49,200 --> 02:26:51,040
do we have other ideas for getting this

4049
02:26:51,040 --> 02:26:53,200
out

4050
02:26:53,200 --> 02:26:54,479
um

4051
02:26:54,479 --> 02:26:57,200
so the mailing of i know for elementary

4052
02:26:57,200 --> 02:26:59,200
schools

4053
02:26:59,200 --> 02:27:01,439
it comes in the mail your class list

4054
02:27:01,439 --> 02:27:04,479
yeah i know that i asked amy sullivan

4055
02:27:04,479 --> 02:27:05,680
last night

4056
02:27:05,680 --> 02:27:07,120
um

4057
02:27:07,120 --> 02:27:09,120
at a fries meeting when she said

4058
02:27:09,120 --> 02:27:11,439
kindergartners probably won't get their

4059
02:27:11,439 --> 02:27:12,399
list

4060
02:27:12,399 --> 02:27:14,960
until august 1st

4061
02:27:14,960 --> 02:27:18,240
but i think the every grade other than

4062
02:27:18,240 --> 02:27:20,399
that elementary school gets something in

4063
02:27:20,399 --> 02:27:22,560
the mail in july

4064
02:27:22,560 --> 02:27:23,840
and if you can reach out to the

4065
02:27:23,840 --> 02:27:26,080
principals and ask them if we could get

4066
02:27:26,080 --> 02:27:28,479
them buyers if they could

4067
02:27:28,479 --> 02:27:32,870
i can do that okay okay

4068
02:27:32,880 --> 02:27:35,920
so you're doing that brian yeah okay

4069
02:27:35,920 --> 02:27:38,319
that's a good idea

4070
02:27:38,319 --> 02:27:40,560
uh get something in the paper

4071
02:27:40,560 --> 02:27:48,230
yeah yeah

4072
02:27:48,240 --> 02:27:50,560
something to any reporter who's

4073
02:27:50,560 --> 02:27:54,090
reporting in this meeting

4074
02:27:54,100 --> 02:27:57,680
[Laughter]

4075
02:27:57,680 --> 02:27:59,600
we should we should see if we can get it

4076
02:27:59,600 --> 02:28:04,790
into the ipswich paper too yeah yeah

4077
02:28:04,800 --> 02:28:05,600
so

4078
02:28:05,600 --> 02:28:08,720
i had birth to three and

4079
02:28:08,720 --> 02:28:16,070
preschool directors

4080
02:28:16,080 --> 02:28:19,040
yeah i'll do birth to three and

4081
02:28:19,040 --> 02:28:21,920
three schools i can do counsel on aging

4082
02:28:21,920 --> 02:28:23,439
okay and maybe say

4083
02:28:23,439 --> 02:28:25,760
do birth to three i mean like reach out

4084
02:28:25,760 --> 02:28:27,359
email them the flyer and they can email

4085
02:28:27,359 --> 02:28:28,720
it to their

4086
02:28:28,720 --> 02:28:31,200
or reach out

4087
02:28:31,200 --> 02:28:32,880
yeah

4088
02:28:32,880 --> 02:28:35,040
i can email it and then if they want it

4089
02:28:35,040 --> 02:28:37,040
copied or something we can provide them

4090
02:28:37,040 --> 02:28:38,880
with okay i have all the preschool

4091
02:28:38,880 --> 02:28:42,479
directors emailed free addresses

4092
02:28:42,479 --> 02:28:44,720
thank you too okay

4093
02:28:44,720 --> 02:28:47,439
first class is tricky

4094
02:28:47,439 --> 02:28:48,560
so

4095
02:28:48,560 --> 02:28:49,920
can you send out that list if he was

4096
02:28:49,920 --> 02:28:51,280
doing what just so we don't remember

4097
02:28:51,280 --> 02:28:52,240
yeah

4098
02:28:52,240 --> 02:28:54,800
um what about other towns

4099
02:28:54,800 --> 02:28:59,040
i wrote down how can other town boards

4100
02:28:59,040 --> 02:29:00,080
help us

4101
02:29:00,080 --> 02:29:01,920
our other town

4102
02:29:01,920 --> 02:29:03,120
how else because blackboard should

4103
02:29:03,120 --> 02:29:05,200
announce it at their meeting

4104
02:29:05,200 --> 02:29:05,920
or

4105
02:29:05,920 --> 02:29:07,520
when's their next meeting i'm happy to

4106
02:29:07,520 --> 02:29:09,120
go in

4107
02:29:09,120 --> 02:29:11,520
at citizens comments yeah

4108
02:29:11,520 --> 02:29:15,120
they are mondays every other monday

4109
02:29:15,120 --> 02:29:17,359
yep you want to do that yeah when is the

4110
02:29:17,359 --> 02:29:18,720
next one

4111
02:29:18,720 --> 02:29:20,160
you'd have to look it up should we do

4112
02:29:20,160 --> 02:29:22,479
the same with finco probably with fincom

4113
02:29:22,479 --> 02:29:23,280
yeah

4114
02:29:23,280 --> 02:29:34,870
i can't give you finn

4115
02:29:34,880 --> 02:29:37,920
and then the only other thing i have is

4116
02:29:37,920 --> 02:29:41,520
um again if we get a second

4117
02:29:41,520 --> 02:29:43,359
um

4118
02:29:43,359 --> 02:29:46,000
uh flyer that's more

4119
02:29:46,000 --> 02:29:50,240
less words more graphic facts graphic um

4120
02:29:50,240 --> 02:29:52,000
so someone to

4121
02:29:52,000 --> 02:29:54,880
design that and then

4122
02:29:54,880 --> 02:29:56,640
putting them up around town you know the

4123
02:29:56,640 --> 02:29:57,760
y the

4124
02:29:57,760 --> 02:30:00,720
post office the library the

4125
02:30:00,720 --> 02:30:02,240
whatever we could make a lot of stuff

4126
02:30:02,240 --> 02:30:03,040
yeah

4127
02:30:03,040 --> 02:30:05,280
i'm happy to talk to the chamber as well

4128
02:30:05,280 --> 02:30:08,000
um and then if such business roundtable

4129
02:30:08,000 --> 02:30:10,399
meets um every couple of weeks and so i

4130
02:30:10,399 --> 02:30:11,920
can speak to them just to spread the

4131
02:30:11,920 --> 02:30:13,359
word and also try to see who's willing

4132
02:30:13,359 --> 02:30:19,510
to put a sign up okay no windows

4133
02:30:19,520 --> 02:30:21,120
you can maybe design a fire and

4134
02:30:21,120 --> 02:30:23,280
circulate it to us and we can

4135
02:30:23,280 --> 02:30:24,160
um

4136
02:30:24,160 --> 02:30:25,840
yeah i agree i like this

4137
02:30:25,840 --> 02:30:30,160
but i think another version that's just like

4138
02:30:30,160 --> 02:30:39,590
boom boom

4139
02:30:39,600 --> 02:30:40,880
okay so then we can all just kind of

4140
02:30:40,880 --> 02:30:42,319
pitch in for

4141
02:30:42,319 --> 02:30:44,479
distribution i think around town

4142
02:30:44,479 --> 02:30:55,349
i'm happy to do that

4143
02:30:55,359 --> 02:31:02,790
and then i was social media too

4144
02:31:02,800 --> 02:31:03,840
um

4145
02:31:03,840 --> 02:31:05,280
so the only other thing that i have

4146
02:31:05,280 --> 02:31:08,399
about listening sessions is um

4147
02:31:08,399 --> 02:31:10,160
a survey

4148
02:31:10,160 --> 02:31:11,760
was that something that

4149
02:31:11,760 --> 02:31:15,439
phil was going to help us i i think so

4150
02:31:15,439 --> 02:31:17,359
i have not talked to him about that but

4151
02:31:17,359 --> 02:31:18,319
that was something that we had

4152
02:31:18,319 --> 02:31:20,399
considered earlier on

4153
02:31:20,399 --> 02:31:22,479
that's another tricky one that

4154
02:31:22,479 --> 02:31:24,319
how it's crafted

4155
02:31:24,319 --> 02:31:27,200
what wording yeah so the survey is going

4156
02:31:27,200 --> 02:31:29,760
to just it's going to be an opportunity

4157
02:31:29,760 --> 02:31:32,319
for folks to

4158
02:31:32,319 --> 02:31:33,680
um

4159
02:31:33,680 --> 02:31:36,160
participate

4160
02:31:36,160 --> 02:31:37,840
in the in a different way in the

4161
02:31:37,840 --> 02:31:39,520
listening session so it'll be the same

4162
02:31:39,520 --> 02:31:48,469
guiding questions

4163
02:31:48,479 --> 02:31:51,680
so less survey and more of submissions

4164
02:31:51,680 --> 02:31:56,550
yeah surveys maybe not a great word

4165
02:31:56,560 --> 02:31:58,319
is there another word

4166
02:31:58,319 --> 02:32:00,319
stay tuned for a survey in the next

4167
02:32:00,319 --> 02:32:01,840
words

4168
02:32:01,840 --> 02:32:04,630
um

4169
02:32:04,640 --> 02:32:07,750
feedback

4170
02:32:07,760 --> 02:32:09,040
i don't know

4171
02:32:09,040 --> 02:32:10,399
i didn't hear what you said

4172
02:32:10,399 --> 02:32:12,560
that was the word that bill used was to

4173
02:32:12,560 --> 02:32:19,429
do a survey

4174
02:32:19,439 --> 02:32:21,680
stay tuned for a request of your

4175
02:32:21,680 --> 02:32:25,750
feedback

4176
02:32:25,760 --> 02:32:28,319
please participate in coming or

4177
02:32:28,319 --> 02:32:31,510
through written submissions

4178
02:32:31,520 --> 02:32:33,840
and then if that's electronic how is

4179
02:32:33,840 --> 02:32:35,680
that going to be

4180
02:32:35,680 --> 02:32:37,200
dispersed

4181
02:32:37,200 --> 02:32:38,399
all before

4182
02:32:38,399 --> 02:32:39,920
the first one we would just have to

4183
02:32:39,920 --> 02:32:43,190
provide links to it

4184
02:32:43,200 --> 02:32:45,359
again on social media on i think the

4185
02:32:45,359 --> 02:32:46,800
other place we need to put it that i

4186
02:32:46,800 --> 02:32:49,280
didn't write down was our um

4187
02:32:49,280 --> 02:32:52,000
school website like on the splash page

4188
02:32:52,000 --> 02:32:53,600
you know the listening sessions and then

4189
02:32:53,600 --> 02:32:56,399
the link to the survey too

4190
02:32:56,399 --> 02:32:58,000
yeah

4191
02:32:58,000 --> 02:33:00,000
um one other thing too could also reach

4192
02:33:00,000 --> 02:33:02,160
out to the youth sports

4193
02:33:02,160 --> 02:33:03,520
get access to

4194
02:33:03,520 --> 02:33:05,120
their

4195
02:33:05,120 --> 02:33:06,880
league directors potentially send this

4196
02:33:06,880 --> 02:33:09,120
out to their database too that would be

4197
02:33:09,120 --> 02:33:10,800
helpful if we can

4198
02:33:10,800 --> 02:33:13,520
get a good group of parents there

4199
02:33:13,520 --> 02:33:17,270
volunteering for that sure

4200
02:33:17,280 --> 02:33:18,319
okay

4201
02:33:18,319 --> 02:33:20,640
so i'll send out a summary who agreed to

4202
02:33:20,640 --> 02:33:21,520
what

4203
02:33:21,520 --> 02:33:23,920
okay okay great

4204
02:33:23,920 --> 02:33:25,280
all right

4205
02:33:25,280 --> 02:33:26,800
let's move on to overnight field trip

4206
02:33:26,800 --> 02:33:28,080
requests

4207
02:33:28,080 --> 02:33:29,520
yes

4208
02:33:29,520 --> 02:33:32,240
in your packet this evening is the

4209
02:33:32,240 --> 02:33:35,840
overnight field trip request for

4210
02:33:35,840 --> 02:33:38,479
the close-up program that mr krieger

4211
02:33:38,479 --> 02:33:40,640
runs

4212
02:33:40,640 --> 02:33:44,950
this is a program that runs every year

4213
02:33:44,960 --> 02:33:46,960
i told him he didn't need to come back

4214
02:33:46,960 --> 02:33:48,880
yet again to the school committee for

4215
02:33:48,880 --> 02:33:50,399
the same field trip

4216
02:33:50,399 --> 02:33:51,200
um

4217
02:33:51,200 --> 02:33:56,080
so you have all the information in your packets to review

4218
02:33:56,080 --> 02:33:58,640
awesome trip my son went on in this time

4219
02:33:58,640 --> 02:34:00,800
loved it great experience

4220
02:34:00,800 --> 02:34:04,469
your daughter went off too right

4221
02:34:04,479 --> 02:34:05,920
i think it's it's great every year they

4222
02:34:05,920 --> 02:34:07,040
run it and this was the first year

4223
02:34:07,040 --> 02:34:08,319
they've had in a couple of years due to

4224
02:34:08,319 --> 02:34:11,280
covet it's not just a vacation to walk

4225
02:34:11,280 --> 02:34:13,520
around dc it's very educationally

4226
02:34:13,520 --> 02:34:15,920
focused and their days are jam-packed

4227
02:34:15,920 --> 02:34:18,319
with things to do so it's definitely

4228
02:34:18,319 --> 02:34:22,469
worthwhile

4229
02:34:22,479 --> 02:34:24,399
we get a motion to support

4230
02:34:24,399 --> 02:34:27,520
someone second all in favor

4231
02:34:27,520 --> 02:34:35,190
unanimous

4232
02:34:35,200 --> 02:34:36,800
okay superintendent administrative

4233
02:34:36,800 --> 02:34:41,990
report

4234
02:34:42,000 --> 02:34:50,870
here

4235
02:34:50,880 --> 02:34:53,280
um it's been a whirlwind of events since

4236
02:34:53,280 --> 02:34:54,800
our last meeting beginning with the

4237
02:34:54,800 --> 02:34:57,600
graduation on saturday the 5th

4238
02:34:57,600 --> 02:35:00,160
we had 138 students walk across the

4239
02:35:00,160 --> 02:35:03,280
stage it was a great day beautiful day a

4240
02:35:03,280 --> 02:35:05,680
little a little windy it was yeah it's

4241
02:35:05,680 --> 02:35:08,080
hard to keep the plants on the stage

4242
02:35:08,080 --> 02:35:09,760
it was a great day having it outside

4243
02:35:09,760 --> 02:35:11,680
though it was perfect

4244
02:35:11,680 --> 02:35:13,520
we also had the high school symphony

4245
02:35:13,520 --> 02:35:15,920
orchestra performance underclassmen

4246
02:35:15,920 --> 02:35:18,080
awards night and the middle school

4247
02:35:18,080 --> 02:35:22,070
spring choral concert

4248
02:35:22,080 --> 02:35:25,040
speaking of our music department

4249
02:35:25,040 --> 02:35:27,200
i want to let folks know that uh jerry

4250
02:35:27,200 --> 02:35:28,240
dolan

4251
02:35:28,240 --> 02:35:30,160
has decided to

4252
02:35:30,160 --> 02:35:32,479
actually retire this year

4253
02:35:32,479 --> 02:35:35,600
um and focus his work at gordon focus

4254
02:35:35,600 --> 02:35:37,439
more on his work at gordon college and

4255
02:35:37,439 --> 02:35:40,000
his teaching there

4256
02:35:40,000 --> 02:35:43,120
i posted and

4257
02:35:43,120 --> 02:35:45,200
offered the position of the fine arts

4258
02:35:45,200 --> 02:35:46,319
director

4259
02:35:46,319 --> 02:35:48,960
to our very own michael coelho

4260
02:35:48,960 --> 02:35:53,590
who has graciously accepted the position

4261
02:35:53,600 --> 02:35:55,840
i think that given his experience and

4262
02:35:55,840 --> 02:35:57,920
high level of respect in both the school

4263
02:35:57,920 --> 02:36:00,720
and the community he'll do very well

4264
02:36:00,720 --> 02:36:01,520
um

4265
02:36:01,520 --> 02:36:04,560
you know there's this uh underlying

4266
02:36:04,560 --> 02:36:06,640
fear or concern that we're going to lose

4267
02:36:06,640 --> 02:36:08,240
michael at some point and i think that's

4268
02:36:08,240 --> 02:36:10,319
a very real concern and i think

4269
02:36:10,319 --> 02:36:12,560
you know my conversations with him

4270
02:36:12,560 --> 02:36:15,359
um he's he's a teacher he's a teacher

4271
02:36:15,359 --> 02:36:16,640
first

4272
02:36:16,640 --> 02:36:18,000
above anything

4273
02:36:18,000 --> 02:36:19,920
and so um

4274
02:36:19,920 --> 02:36:21,760
when we talked it through

4275
02:36:21,760 --> 02:36:24,160
he you know he said i i want to continue

4276
02:36:24,160 --> 02:36:26,640
doing what i'm doing and you know expand

4277
02:36:26,640 --> 02:36:28,000
on that so

4278
02:36:28,000 --> 02:36:29,600
he uh

4279
02:36:29,600 --> 02:36:32,000
he's looking forward to the position he

4280
02:36:32,000 --> 02:36:34,160
has a flexible schedule as it is now

4281
02:36:34,160 --> 02:36:36,720
because he teaches the the orchestra in

4282
02:36:36,720 --> 02:36:39,040
the evening so his schedule during the

4283
02:36:39,040 --> 02:36:41,200
day is more flexed

4284
02:36:41,200 --> 02:36:43,520
so we're adding a 0.2 to michael's

4285
02:36:43,520 --> 02:36:45,680
position it's the same situation that

4286
02:36:45,680 --> 02:36:47,200
jerry was in

4287
02:36:47,200 --> 02:36:50,880
making him a 1.2 employee similar to

4288
02:36:50,880 --> 02:36:52,640
some other teachers that we have in the

4289
02:36:52,640 --> 02:36:53,920
system so

4290
02:36:53,920 --> 02:36:55,439
um

4291
02:36:55,439 --> 02:36:57,520
looking forward to to working with him

4292
02:36:57,520 --> 02:37:00,720
on a number of

4293
02:37:00,720 --> 02:37:02,000
things

4294
02:37:02,000 --> 02:37:04,960
i would say issues but the sound booth

4295
02:37:04,960 --> 02:37:05,760
and

4296
02:37:05,760 --> 02:37:07,120
some of the technology that we're

4297
02:37:07,120 --> 02:37:09,280
working with i'm gonna

4298
02:37:09,280 --> 02:37:11,680
look to move uh do some different things

4299
02:37:11,680 --> 02:37:13,520
so i'm excited about that

4300
02:37:13,520 --> 02:37:15,200
um over the

4301
02:37:15,200 --> 02:37:17,040
past two weeks i've had the pleasure of

4302
02:37:17,040 --> 02:37:19,120
attending two culminating events at the

4303
02:37:19,120 --> 02:37:20,240
middle school

4304
02:37:20,240 --> 02:37:21,680
uh you would

4305
02:37:21,680 --> 02:37:24,640
alluded to them earlier jen and your

4306
02:37:24,640 --> 02:37:25,600
some of your

4307
02:37:25,600 --> 02:37:27,680
comments uh the civics fair last week

4308
02:37:27,680 --> 02:37:29,920
and the miniature golf project

4309
02:37:29,920 --> 02:37:33,040
put on by the seventh graders um simply

4310
02:37:33,040 --> 02:37:34,640
amazed by the quality of the work of the

4311
02:37:34,640 --> 02:37:36,800
middle school students um and

4312
02:37:36,800 --> 02:37:38,160
that's across the board you know i

4313
02:37:38,160 --> 02:37:39,920
mentioned earlier tonight the the middle

4314
02:37:39,920 --> 02:37:40,960
school

4315
02:37:40,960 --> 02:37:41,920
uh

4316
02:37:41,920 --> 02:37:43,120
band and

4317
02:37:43,120 --> 02:37:45,040
chorus if you closed your eyes you would

4318
02:37:45,040 --> 02:37:46,479
never know that they were they were

4319
02:37:46,479 --> 02:37:49,439
middle school kids they're just amazing

4320
02:37:49,439 --> 02:37:54,160
the issues that they're tackling at the middle school

4321
02:37:54,160 --> 02:37:57,359
uh the civics fair you know they tackled

4322
02:37:57,359 --> 02:37:59,280
issues of sexuality

4323
02:37:59,280 --> 02:38:02,399
suicide in student athletes hate crimes

4324
02:38:02,399 --> 02:38:03,840
pollution

4325
02:38:03,840 --> 02:38:07,680
the dredging of the ipswich river

4326
02:38:07,680 --> 02:38:10,720
the the ipswich river project

4327
02:38:10,720 --> 02:38:12,479
the young man who's pursuing that is

4328
02:38:12,479 --> 02:38:14,640
actually taking it to the town and wants

4329
02:38:14,640 --> 02:38:16,160
to pursue that

4330
02:38:16,160 --> 02:38:18,720
project and see it to its fruition and

4331
02:38:18,720 --> 02:38:20,319
the opportunity to talk with his mom and

4332
02:38:20,319 --> 02:38:22,240
dad and he's pretty passionate about it

4333
02:38:22,240 --> 02:38:24,240
so we'll see where that goes

4334
02:38:24,240 --> 02:38:25,680
um

4335
02:38:25,680 --> 02:38:28,640
the mini golf project that the

4336
02:38:28,640 --> 02:38:30,479
seventh graders do

4337
02:38:30,479 --> 02:38:32,960
focuses on pollution in our and our

4338
02:38:32,960 --> 02:38:35,840
natural resources and the impact on the

4339
02:38:35,840 --> 02:38:37,359
community

4340
02:38:37,359 --> 02:38:39,040
students research different types of

4341
02:38:39,040 --> 02:38:40,200
pollution

4342
02:38:40,200 --> 02:38:42,960
in particular in our area

4343
02:38:42,960 --> 02:38:45,840
they wrote letters to the editor of some

4344
02:38:45,840 --> 02:38:47,840
of the big newspapers

4345
02:38:47,840 --> 02:38:50,240
um offering potential solutions to the

4346
02:38:50,240 --> 02:38:51,760
problems

4347
02:38:51,760 --> 02:38:52,880
they're

4348
02:38:52,880 --> 02:38:54,800
tackling real world problems and

4349
02:38:54,800 --> 02:38:59,520
changing the world for the better even at the middle school level

4350
02:38:59,520 --> 02:39:01,120
administratively we're trying to wind

4351
02:39:01,120 --> 02:39:03,760
down the year close up shop so to speak

4352
02:39:03,760 --> 02:39:06,880
and begin planning for next year

4353
02:39:06,880 --> 02:39:08,240
principals and teachers have been

4354
02:39:08,240 --> 02:39:10,720
actively interviewing candidates for our

4355
02:39:10,720 --> 02:39:12,319
open positions

4356
02:39:12,319 --> 02:39:14,479
in order to secure the best possible

4357
02:39:14,479 --> 02:39:16,080
candidates

4358
02:39:16,080 --> 02:39:18,960
for our elementary openings we had over

4359
02:39:18,960 --> 02:39:20,960
a hundred applicants

4360
02:39:20,960 --> 02:39:23,200
so there's no shortage of elementary

4361
02:39:23,200 --> 02:39:24,720
school

4362
02:39:24,720 --> 02:39:25,760
teachers

4363
02:39:25,760 --> 02:39:27,680
out there

4364
02:39:27,680 --> 02:39:29,200
so i'm confident that we'll have you

4365
02:39:29,200 --> 02:39:32,000
know fantastic additions to our staff in

4366
02:39:32,000 --> 02:39:34,080
particular at the elementary level

4367
02:39:34,080 --> 02:39:34,960
not

4368
02:39:34,960 --> 02:39:36,399
i'm confident that we're going to have

4369
02:39:36,399 --> 02:39:38,000
great candidates at the middle and high

4370
02:39:38,000 --> 02:39:42,790
school but there's not quite as many

4371
02:39:42,800 --> 02:39:45,760
in terms of numbers we have six

4372
02:39:45,760 --> 02:39:47,439
retirements this year

4373
02:39:47,439 --> 02:39:50,840
we've had eight resignations and one

4374
02:39:50,840 --> 02:39:55,429
non-renewal thus far

4375
02:39:55,439 --> 02:39:57,439
and that's not that's not out of the

4376
02:39:57,439 --> 02:40:04,720
ordinary for a school year and those are all positions they're not all teaching positions

4377
02:40:04,720 --> 02:40:07,760
um happy to report that this week we

4378
02:40:07,760 --> 02:40:10,880
were able to reach tentative agreements

4379
02:40:10,880 --> 02:40:13,439
with both the custodial unit and the

4380
02:40:13,439 --> 02:40:16,640
education assistants

4381
02:40:16,640 --> 02:40:18,640
the para educators

4382
02:40:18,640 --> 02:40:21,520
once ratified by their respective unions

4383
02:40:21,520 --> 02:40:22,880
we're going to have to call a special

4384
02:40:22,880 --> 02:40:24,479
meeting from the school committee so

4385
02:40:24,479 --> 02:40:26,319
we're not quite off the hook after

4386
02:40:26,319 --> 02:40:27,520
tonight

4387
02:40:27,520 --> 02:40:29,439
um to ratify them with the school

4388
02:40:29,439 --> 02:40:36,150
committee can we do that remotely

4389
02:40:36,160 --> 02:40:37,880
yesterday yes

4390
02:40:37,880 --> 02:40:40,479
[Laughter]

4391
02:40:40,479 --> 02:40:42,160
okay

4392
02:40:42,160 --> 02:40:43,920
i would love to do them remotely i'm

4393
02:40:43,920 --> 02:40:45,359
just not sure what else is going to end

4394
02:40:45,359 --> 02:40:48,560
up on the agenda that's what that's

4395
02:40:48,560 --> 02:40:49,600
so

4396
02:40:49,600 --> 02:40:51,600
i met with both keith our technology

4397
02:40:51,600 --> 02:40:53,760
director and chris race this week

4398
02:40:53,760 --> 02:40:57,920
um just to review the summer projects that

4399
02:40:57,920 --> 02:40:59,760
they've got on on

4400
02:40:59,760 --> 02:41:01,840
tap

4401
02:41:01,840 --> 02:41:04,000
both of them both of those departments

4402
02:41:04,000 --> 02:41:06,399
tend to be very busy over the summer and

4403
02:41:06,399 --> 02:41:08,640
preparing for next year so we just went

4404
02:41:08,640 --> 02:41:10,399
over the list of projects that they're

4405
02:41:10,399 --> 02:41:12,560
working on

4406
02:41:12,560 --> 02:41:13,840
this week

4407
02:41:13,840 --> 02:41:16,800
this past week tracy once again sent out

4408
02:41:16,800 --> 02:41:19,680
all the resources for juneteenth

4409
02:41:19,680 --> 02:41:21,760
tomorrow morning each of the schools

4410
02:41:21,760 --> 02:41:24,000
will be having uh we'll participate

4411
02:41:24,000 --> 02:41:26,240
participating in recognition

4412
02:41:26,240 --> 02:41:28,479
of juneteenth as well as the

4413
02:41:28,479 --> 02:41:30,960
raising of the juneteen flags of each

4414
02:41:30,960 --> 02:41:33,510
building

4415
02:41:33,520 --> 02:41:35,520
tuesday is the last day of school it's a

4416
02:41:35,520 --> 02:41:37,920
half day for students a full day for the

4417
02:41:37,920 --> 02:41:40,790
staff

4418
02:41:40,800 --> 02:41:42,560
and

4419
02:41:42,560 --> 02:41:44,479
we're looking forward to just

4420
02:41:44,479 --> 02:41:47,510
stepping away

4421
02:41:47,520 --> 02:41:49,680
that's it

4422
02:41:49,680 --> 02:41:50,560
good

4423
02:41:50,560 --> 02:41:52,880
any questions for brian

4424
02:41:52,880 --> 02:41:54,240
all right

4425
02:41:54,240 --> 02:41:56,319
covered numbers we had 14 cases this

4426
02:41:56,319 --> 02:42:03,349
week that i recorded

4427
02:42:03,359 --> 02:42:06,560
um you know and 14 i guess is in

4428
02:42:06,560 --> 02:42:08,479
somewhat misleading since we don't have

4429
02:42:08,479 --> 02:42:10,160
most of the high schoolers aren't in

4430
02:42:10,160 --> 02:42:11,920
school this week and we graduated a

4431
02:42:11,920 --> 02:42:13,840
bunch and

4432
02:42:13,840 --> 02:42:15,200
we've had different activities so

4433
02:42:15,200 --> 02:42:16,800
there's like i don't think any cases

4434
02:42:16,800 --> 02:42:17,520
were

4435
02:42:17,520 --> 02:42:19,200
reported today

4436
02:42:19,200 --> 02:42:20,720
because of

4437
02:42:20,720 --> 02:42:22,160
[Music]

4438
02:42:22,160 --> 02:42:24,880
spring beach day yeah so

4439
02:42:24,880 --> 02:42:26,560
good

4440
02:42:26,560 --> 02:42:28,479
okay so we're on to subcommittee working

4441
02:42:28,479 --> 02:42:30,240
groups and liaison reports have we had

4442
02:42:30,240 --> 02:42:30,960
any

4443
02:42:30,960 --> 02:42:33,439
anyone meet since our last puff we met

4444
02:42:33,439 --> 02:42:35,680
and we just we have one policy in here

4445
02:42:35,680 --> 02:42:38,160
it's got tiny tiny adjustments

4446
02:42:38,160 --> 02:42:41,200
basically it's uh it's policy ijr

4447
02:42:41,200 --> 02:42:42,640
reconsideration of instructional

4448
02:42:42,640 --> 02:42:45,680
resources and we literally changed

4449
02:42:45,680 --> 02:42:47,920
in the in the first paragraph

4450
02:42:47,920 --> 02:42:50,000
it used to say board policies and now it

4451
02:42:50,000 --> 02:42:51,920
says district policies

4452
02:42:51,920 --> 02:42:53,840
and in the last paragraph it used to say

4453
02:42:53,840 --> 02:42:55,600
after the school committee has adopted

4454
02:42:55,600 --> 02:42:57,600
new materials and now it says after the

4455
02:42:57,600 --> 02:42:59,359
district has adopted new materials

4456
02:42:59,359 --> 02:43:01,120
because we don't choose the materials

4457
02:43:01,120 --> 02:43:03,120
okay so that's it all right

4458
02:43:03,120 --> 02:43:04,319
can i get a motion to support the

4459
02:43:04,319 --> 02:43:12,630
changes to policy ijr so moved

4460
02:43:12,640 --> 02:43:14,800
no other meetings

4461
02:43:14,800 --> 02:43:17,120
to report on

4462
02:43:17,120 --> 02:43:18,080
okay

4463
02:43:18,080 --> 02:43:21,439
let's see how about uh new business

4464
02:43:21,439 --> 02:43:23,359
i have a question yes and i don't know

4465
02:43:23,359 --> 02:43:26,399
if it's new business but when heather um

4466
02:43:26,399 --> 02:43:28,160
leonard

4467
02:43:28,160 --> 02:43:30,080
gave us that summary at the end about

4468
02:43:30,080 --> 02:43:32,720
possibly changing timeline for pain when

4469
02:43:32,720 --> 02:43:35,120
do we when can we

4470
02:43:35,120 --> 02:43:36,640
talk about something like that we'll do

4471
02:43:36,640 --> 02:43:39,120
that in our um our retreat in august and

4472
02:43:39,120 --> 02:43:40,720
we set our goals for the next year we

4473
02:43:40,720 --> 02:43:43,840
can we'll talk about that then okay

4474
02:43:43,840 --> 02:43:44,960
so that

4475
02:43:44,960 --> 02:43:47,040
the changing of the timeline is actually

4476
02:43:47,040 --> 02:43:48,479
a policy

4477
02:43:48,479 --> 02:43:50,640
function okay um there's school

4478
02:43:50,640 --> 02:43:52,479
committee policy around

4479
02:43:52,479 --> 02:43:55,760
the the faffi grant process

4480
02:43:55,760 --> 02:43:58,319
um actually barry wrote that policy i

4481
02:43:58,319 --> 02:44:00,800
think and we just revised it what two

4482
02:44:00,800 --> 02:44:03,680
years ago right so that would we can

4483
02:44:03,680 --> 02:44:05,200
certainly discuss it there but then to

4484
02:44:05,200 --> 02:44:08,000
go to a policy for any

4485
02:44:08,000 --> 02:44:09,279
changes

4486
02:44:09,279 --> 02:44:14,479
okay we can certainly do that and

4487
02:44:14,479 --> 02:44:16,160
move the dates

4488
02:44:16,160 --> 02:44:18,640
i i certainly support moving the dates

4489
02:44:18,640 --> 02:44:20,399
around a little bit because

4490
02:44:20,399 --> 02:44:23,680
to try to do the meetings

4491
02:44:23,680 --> 02:44:25,600
they just met the last three weeks and

4492
02:44:25,600 --> 02:44:28,160
how busy have we all been yeah you know

4493
02:44:28,160 --> 02:44:29,600
john's trying to do

4494
02:44:29,600 --> 02:44:31,920
one of the meetings literally from the

4495
02:44:31,920 --> 02:44:34,080
senior week crews

4496
02:44:34,080 --> 02:44:35,840
in boston harbor

4497
02:44:35,840 --> 02:44:37,840
so you know if we could do that earlier

4498
02:44:37,840 --> 02:44:40,160
that would certainly be beneficial

4499
02:44:40,160 --> 02:44:42,240
okay

4500
02:44:42,240 --> 02:44:43,279
all right

4501
02:44:43,279 --> 02:44:46,319
vouchers and bills are all set

4502
02:44:46,319 --> 02:44:48,880
consent agenda moved the ipswich school

4503
02:44:48,880 --> 02:44:51,040
committee to approve the following

4504
02:44:51,040 --> 02:44:54,240
meeting minutes from march 17 2022

4505
02:44:54,240 --> 02:44:56,160
and meeting minutes from june second

4506
02:44:56,160 --> 02:44:58,840
2022

4507
02:44:58,840 --> 02:45:02,000
second all in favor

4508
02:45:02,000 --> 02:45:04,080
approved

4509
02:45:04,080 --> 02:45:07,359
okay did a motion to adjourn

4510
02:45:07,359 --> 02:45:09,359
second all in favor

4511
02:45:09,359 --> 02:45:25,670
okay good night switch

4512
02:45:25,680 --> 02:45:28,160
it has been insane like they need you to

4513
02:45:28,160 --> 02:45:29,520
come in yeah

4514
02:45:29,520 --> 02:45:33,680
first they send you the love text yeah