>> TURN MY MICROPHONE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
.
>> UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO
THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY.
JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
ROLL CALL MR. HAWI HERE MERELY
HERE. 
MISS MARTIN HERE.
MS. 
CLARK HERE. 
MR. DAKOTA. 
YEAH.
MR. DILLON HERE. 
MR. ALREADY CLEAR SEVEN PRESENT
BEFORE YOU GET STARTED.
>> I HAVE TWO MOMENTS OF
SILENCE LIKE YOU A MOMENT OF
SILENCE AND DARKENED CHAMBERS
FOR LARGE MALAY MOTHER OF
THE COUNSEL OF THE NOON AND A
MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR WILLIAM
WILSON LAW RESIDENT FATHER OF
LYRIC WEI SCHOOL NURSE ANYBODY
ELSE?
>> NOW THANK YOU
.
THE GENTLEMAN FIVE MINUTES YOU
TO ME IS A GREAT TEAM AND
THE RIGHT FOR ME IS AWFUL.
BE QUIET ESPECIALLY IS TWENTY
SIX POINT FIVE BOYS ONE BY
SOMETIMES JUST BLOCKS NINTH
DISTRICT BY THE STANDARDS
SUPERINTENDENT I SHOULD TRY AND
REPEAT THAT SORRY I HAVE MY
MICROPHONE ON SO I NEED
PERMISSION TO MOTION APPROVED
THE SPECIAL BE IN A MEETING
MINUTES OF LAW SCHOOL COMMITTEE
MEETING AUGUST 18TH REGULAR
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING AUGUST
19TH SPECIAL TWO SPECIAL
MEETINGS THE TWENTY SIX AUGUST
AND PLACE THEM UP FILED BY MISS
CLARK AND SECONDED BY MR.
DILLON. 
PERMISSION ENTER MR.
SUPERINTENDENT. 
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS TRANSPORTATION FOR OUT
OF DISTRICT STUDENTS. 
ANY QUESTIONS? 
MISS DESMOND IS AVAILABLE
THE RECOMMENDATIONS APPROVAL AS
WRITTEN. 
ANY QUESTIONS ON
THE PERMISSION?
ENTER MOVE TO APPROVED BY MR.
HOLLWAY SECONDED BY MR. DAKOTA
.
ROLL CALL MR. HOEY. 
YES MERELY YES. 
MISS MARTIN. 
MISS CLARK?
YES, MR. DAKOTA.
YES, MR. DILLON.
YES, MR..
YES. 
SEVEN YEARS APPROVED. 
>> THANK YOU.
MOTIONS FIRST MOTION THE NIGHT
BY JACKIE ALREADY REQUEST
SUPERINTEND PREPARE A REPORT
FOR THE COMMITTEE THAT SHARES
WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE
DONE TO ENABLE IN-PERSON
LEARNING THIS FALL SECONDED BY
MR. DAKOTA. 
>> MISS DANI, I THANK YOU. 
>> I THINK THE MOTION IS PRETTY
SELF-EXPLANATORY.
I'M JUST LOOKING FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION TO GATHER
SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT
OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE DONE THAT
ARE HAVING IN-PERSON LEARNING
TO ENCOURAGE THEIR TEACHERS AND
STAFF TO COME INTO
THE BUILDINGS SUCH AS I KNOW
SOME OF THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE
IN TERMS OF OPTING IN GIVING
TEACHERS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO
VOLUNTEER TO BE IN
THE CLASSROOM.
BUT ALSO OTHER INCENTIVES AND
JUST THINGS THAT MAY HAVE
HELPED TO ENCOURAGE
THE IN-PERSON TEACHERS THAT WE
NEED.
>> THANK YOU. 
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
THE MOTION SAY I SECOND MOTION
THE NIGHT 6 2 BY JACKIE GARRITY
REQUEST SUPERINTENDENT PREPARE
A REPORT FOR THE COMMITTEE THAT
PROVIDES INFORMATION ON
THE TIMELINE, STRUCTURE AND
ACTIVITIES REED FAMILY
ORIENTATION FOR THE UPCOMING
SCHOOL YEAR. 
>> THE REPORT SHOULD INCLUDES
SPECIFICS REMOTE LEARNING, 
REMOTE LEARNING FLEXIBILITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES TO
SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING.
SECOND IT BY MR. HAWLEY
STARTING. 
>> I THINK SO.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY
COLLEAGUES BUT I'VE HEARD FROM
MANY PARENTS WHO ARE STILL
CONCERNED AND NOT SURE WHAT
THEY CAN BE EXPECTING FOR THEIR
CHILD GOING FORWARD. 
NOT ONLY THE IN-PERSON LEARNING
PIECE WE KNOW THAT I BELIEVE
FROM OUR LAST MEETING PARENTS
WOULD BE NOTIFIED BY SEPTEMBER
4TH IF THEY MEET THE LOTTERY
BECAUSE WE HAD A NUMBER OF
PARENTS THAT OPTED IN MAY NOT
GET SEATS. 
SO THERE'S THAT TIMELINE CRUNCH
BUT ALSO FOR OUR PARENTS, MANY
OF WHOM WILL BE EXPERIENCING
REMOTE LEARNING WITH THEIR
STUDENTS TO JUST TRY TO FLESH
OUT WHAT IS THE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT GOING TO LOOK LIKE
FOR FAMILIES, THE ORIENTATION, 
THE TIMELINE. 
>> AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN
THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON THAT
AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OTHER
THINGS. 
BUT I WAS JUST HOPING TO GET AS
MUCH OF THAT OUT AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE FOR OUR FAMILIES. 
AND I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN
CONCERNS AS WE HAD A SPEAKER
LAST WEEK MENTIONED WITH
THE REMOTE LEARNING FLEXIBILITY
FOR STUDENTS TO DO SOME OF THAT
THE WORK THEY'LL BE DOING ON
THEIR OWN AND MAYBE TO FIT THAT
IN AROUND A FAMILY'S SCHEDULE.
SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR
INFORMATION FOR OUR FAMILIES.
THANK YOU.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
THE MOTION SAY I SEVEN REPORTS
OF THE SUPERINTENDENT SEVEN ONE
SCHOOL REOPENING UPDATE. 
MR. SUPERINTENDENT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
THERE IS I BELIEVE I HAVE SOME
.
WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS LISTED ON
7 1.
DID YOU WANT TO TAKE THOSE, MR.
MAYOR NOW OR YOU WANT TO TAKE
THEM AFTER THE REPORT? 
THIS THING IS FOR US. 
OK.
THREE SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU, MISS DESMOND. 
ARE WE DONE? 
SORRY. 
ROBERT YEAH.
WE HAD A SPEAKER ON
THE MOTION'S. 
>> I DIDN'T SEE THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA CALL THE SPEAKER
ON THE MOTIONS FIRST BEFORE WE
GET INTO A SCHOOL REPORT. 
OKAY. 
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
MY NAME NICOLE BROWN. 
YOU'RE OUT OF THE HIGHLANDS IN
THAT HERE IN YOUR AND I WANT TO
SAY GOOD EVENING TO BOTH OF
YOUR SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBER
SUPERINTENDENT BOYD AND MEMBERS
OF THE ADMINISTRATION. 
THANK YOU FOR GRANTING ME
THE TIME THIS EVENING AT
THE WORLD PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT
I HEAR TO COMMENT.
I'M VOTING 6 2 TO SHARE SOME
CONFIRM AROUND REMOTE LEARNING
AND PUT FORTH THE REQUEST. 
MY HUSBAND AND I MADE
THE DECISION THAT THE REMOTE
LEARNING OPTION WOULD BE
THE BEST FIT FOR OUR MORE
PUBLIC SCHOOL KINDERGARTNER IN
RISING THIRD GRADER. 
WE ARE ENGAGED IN OUR
CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND PAY
CLOSE ATTENTION TO ALL
THE E-MAILS.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS BACK
TO SCHOOL INFORMATION SESSIONS
AND PLANS FROM THE DISTRICT. 
WE ALSO READ ARTICLES LOCALLY
AND NATIONALLY ABOUT
THE CHALLENGES AND MAJOR ISSUES
THAT ARE IMPACTING THE PUBLIC
EDUCATION DURING THIS DIFFICULT
TIME. 
WE ARE INTERESTED IN ORANGE
BECAUSE OUR FAMILY FEELS
THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC. 
OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION IS
BEING DRAMATICALLY AFFECTED BY
LIKE SO MANY OTHERS.
THANK YOU JACKIE DOUGHERTY FOR
REQUESTING A REPORT THAT WILL
GIVE FAMILIES MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR
.
APPROXIMATELY 75 PERCENT OF
STUDENTS IN LAW WILL START AS
REMOTE AREAS WITH A HIGH
LIKELIHOOD THAT THE ENTIRE
DISTRICT WILL BE REMOTE AT SOME
POINT IN RIGHT.
PARENTS HAVE BEEN WAITING
PATIENTLY TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
WHAT TO EXPECT IN MOTION SIX TO
THERE ARE TWO KEY POINTS
REGARDING THE REMOTE LEARNING
THAT I PERSONALLY FEEL IS TRULY
IMPORTANT FOR THE DISTRICT TO
EXPLAIN AND TO COMMUNICATE
FLEXIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
MEASURES AND HOW THESE FACTORS
WILL SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING. 
I AM EAGER TO LEARN MORE AND
KNOW THAT OTHER FAMILIES NEED
THE SAME INFORMATION AS WELL AS
CLEAR OUTLINES THE NEXT
LOCATION FROM THE DISTRICT SO
THAT WE CAN PLAN AND ORIENT
WHAT WILL BE NO DOUBT A VERY
CHALLENGING YEAR. 
REMOTE LEARNING WILL POSE MANY
CHALLENGES FOR MY FAMILY AND
LIKE OTHERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT
.
WE ARE FULLY AWARE OF
THE MOVEMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY
INHERENT WITH OUR CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION PLAN. 
HOWEVER, MANY FAMILIES NEED TWO
INCOMES TO MAKE IT ALL WORK
INCLUDING OURS NOT TO MENTION
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS OR
PARENTS THAT WORK TWO TO THREE
JOBS.
TO MAKE ENDS MEET I AM VERY
CONCERNED THAT FROM
THE DISTANCE DISTRICT'S
PERSPECTIVE TO REMOTE LEARNING
AUCTION IMPLY THAT THE STUDENT
BY DEFAULT PARENT OR GUARDIAN
WILL BE FULLY AVAILABLE DURING
THE SCHEDULED SCHOOL DAY.
CONNECTED VIA A CHROMEBOOK FROM
THE TRADITIONAL IN SCHOOL
SCHEDULE AT HOME INCLUDING
THE EXPECTATIONS OF ATTENDANCE
AS WELL AS PARTICIPATION IN
APPS AND SOME CLARITY ON THIS
BECAUSE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL
EXPECTATIONS AND SCHEDULES WILL
NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE FOR A
VARIETY REASONS.
DURING THIS TIME AND
POTENTIALLY CAUSE A VARIETY OF
HARDSHIPS FOR MANY STUDENTS AND
FAMILIES THIS IS A
NONTRADITIONAL YEAR THAT WILL
REQUIRE A NONTRADITIONAL SCHOOL
SCHEDULE. 
FOR MANY FAMILIES I ALSO WANT
TO EXPRESS CONCERNS REGARDING
THE NEW PARAGRAPH IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL HANDBOOK THAT ADDRESSES
ATTENDANCE IN REMOTE LEARNING.
WE ALL CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THE CULPRIT 19 PANDEMIC IS
CREATING A MYRIAD PROBLEMS FOR
MANY ACROSS OUR CITY AND
HARDWORKING FAMILIES. 
WE NEED TO MAKE IMPOSSIBLE
DECISIONS DAILY THAT WILL
POTENTIALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON
OUR EDUCATION, HEALTH, MENTAL
HEALTH AND ECONOMIC
TRAJECTORIES.
CONSIDERATION OF
THE UNPRECEDENTED CIRCUMSTANCES
RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC ISSUES
THAT MANY FAMILIES AND STUDENTS
WILL FACE DO NOT APPEAR TO BE
REFLECTED IN THIS UPDATE
UPDATED POLICY. 
MY REQUEST TONIGHT IS FOR
THE DISTRICT TO GET OUT IN
FRONT OF THIS ISSUE TO FORMALLY
RECOGNIZE THAT MANY FAMILIES
AND STUDENTS WILL FACE HURDLES
AND HAVE UNIQUE NEEDS THAT
REQUIRE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN
THE REMOTE MINING PLAN.
PLEASE CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE
SCHEDULES OPTIONS OR ALLOWING
FAMILIES TO ENTER INTO A
COMPACT WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS WHERE
STUDENTS COMMIT TO MEET
THE TIME AND CURRICULUM
REQUIREMENTS WITH A MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING. 
IT MIGHT NOT OCCUR DURING
SCHEDULED MINIMAL INSTRUCTION
TIME. 
IN ADDITION, CONSIDER CREATING
A FORMAL CHANNEL FOR FAMILIES
TO EASILY COMMUNICATE
THE BARRIERS THAT THEY FACE.
MOST LEARNING ISSUES BY
STUDENTS ABILITY TO FORM
FULFILL THE ATTENDANCE AND
PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SO
THAT SOLUTIONS CAN BE PUT INTO
PLACE AHEAD OF TIME AND
PUNITIVE MEASURES AVOIDED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
YOUR SERVICE IN YOUR INCREDIBLE
HARD WORK. 
PARENTS ARE YOUR PARTNERS MORE
THAN EVER. 
THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU. 
>> JOHN, I'M JUST CURIOUS
BECAUSE I MEAN I CERTAINLY
UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF
PARENTS NEEDING NEED TO HAVE
FLEXIBILITY AND I MEAN AGAIN
WITH WE'RE TRYING TO BE ALL
THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE. 
>> SO YOU KNOW, I ABSOLUTELY
APPRECIATE THE CHALLENGES THAT
THAT POSES FROM IOT FROM
THE KIND OF SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATION SIDE AS WELL AS
FROM OUR FAMILIES. 
WHAT I'M ENVISIONING IS
THE KIND OF KEY COMPONENT FOR
FAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO
KIND OF MEET THAT, YOU KNOW, A
30 4 O'CLOCK SCHEDULE WOULD BE
THAT THE LIVE TEACHING
EXPERIENCE IS WHAT'S
THE CHALLENGE? 
WOULD WE HAVE THE CAPACITY AND
I'M NOT I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE
HEARING MORE ABOUT THE FLORIDA
SYSTEM AND I'M CERTAINLY
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 
I KNOW FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE
USING ZOOM AND SOME OF
THE OTHER GOOGLE PRODUCTS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT THAT IT IS
FAIRLY EASY TO FILM A LIVE
EVENT, A LIVE TEACHER.
SO IF A TEACHER FOR WHATEVER
CLASS THEY'RE DOING, IF THEY'RE
RECORDING WHAT THEY'RE DOING
LIVE, THEN A STUDENT AND THEIR
FAMILY 8:00 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT IS
BETTER.
THEY COULD TUNE IN THEN TO
WATCH THAT EXACT THING. 
IS THAT PART OF OUR PLANNING? 
IS IT SOMETHING THAT
THE ELEMENTS WILL WILL
ACCOMMODATE?
SO IT'S. 
THANK YOU, MISS MARTIN.
THERE'S A LOT OF TEACHING
CHARMS.
THERE ARE OUR TEACHERS WILL BE
WORKING ACCORDING TO
THE STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE IS
ANY NUMBER OF EXCEPTIONS AND
FLEXIBILITY THAT'S TEACHERS AND
SCHOOLS CAN WORK THROUGH WITH
FAMILIES FROM A CENTRALIZED
LEVEL.
IT'S POSSIBLE TO SAY THAT WE
CAN MEET EVERY REQUEST WITHOUT
KNOWING WHAT EVERY REQUEST IS.
HOWEVER OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR
TEACHERS ARE HIGHLY FLEXIBLE
WITH WHAT THEY CAN DO.
UNDERSTANDING CERTAINLY
THE TIME I THINK FOR FAMILIES
WHAT THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND IS
THAT IF LIVE TEACHING IS
THE PRIMARY NEED THEY HAVE THAT
WOULD BE DONE DURING A NORMAL
SCHOOL DAY.
OUR TEACHERS HAVE TO WORK A
SCHEDULE LIKE ANY OTHER
EMPLOYEE TO HAVE AN EXPECTATION
OF THEM.
THAT'S THE NORMAL SCHOOL DAY. 
HOWEVER, EVEN IN TYPICAL TIMES
WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT WORK
THROUGH INDIVIDUAL SCENARIOS TO
PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO FAMILIES
WE WOULD EXPECT THAT THERE'S
MORE OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL
SCENARIOS NOW.
BUT I KNOW OUR SCHOOLS ARE
PREPARED TO WORK WITH FAMILIES.
OUR TEACHERS ARE PREPARED TO
WORK WITH FAMILIES TO
ACCOMMODATE THE BEST WE CAN.
SO I WOULD FALL SHORT OF SAYING
WE CAN MEET EVERY SINGLE
REQUEST BUT I CAN TELL YOU
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM
LIKELY OUR SCHOOLS WILL BE ABLE
TO ADAPT. 
SO JUST QUICKLY, WILL WE BE
ABLE TO RECORD THE I'M GOING TO
HOLD THAT QUESTION FOR
THE CONTINUATION NO
NEGOTIATIONS WITH UGL BUT
NONETHELESS I THINK OUR
TEACHERS AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE
HIGHLY ADAPTIVE TO THE NEEDS OF
FAMILIES. 
MR. MAYOR, WE WANT TO FINISH
CONNIE AND THEN BACK TO JUST
FOLLOW UP JUST IN TERMS OF
THE ELEMENTS SYSTEM, DOES THAT
HAVE THE CAPACITY UNDERSTANDING
YOUR POINT BUT DO WE HAVE
THE TECHNICAL CAPACITY TO BE
ABLE TO FILM A LESSON AND BE
ABLE TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE LATER
THAT SAME DAY OR AS SO I THINK.
SO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO LINK
IN VIDEO INTO THE LESSONS. 
SO AGAIN THE PIECE AROUND
SOMEONE RECORDING THEMSELVES I
THINK IS THAT IS YOU KNOW.
OK. 
SO IF IF THAT PART TAKES CARE
OF ITSELF AND I UNDERSTAND
THE CONCERN. 
SO I'M NOT GLOSSING OVER IT.
KNOW YOU COULD RECORD.
YEAH. 
I'M WONDERING ABOUT
THE TECHNOLOGY AT LEAST
THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE WE COULD
ACCOMMODATE. 
YEAH.
SO I THINK WE CERTAINLY COULD
ACCOMMODATE IT.
OK. 
YEAH.
AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME EXISTING
LIBRARIES OF SOME VIDEO LESSONS
ESPECIALLY IN L.A. THAT COULD
BE UTILIZED AS WELL. 
SO I THINK ONCE WE HAVE
THE ELEMENTS AND WE HAVE
TRAINING ON IT AND PEOPLE
BECOME FAMILIAR WITH IT, I
THINK SYNCHRONOUS AND A SPACE
SYNCHRONOUS IS SOMETHING THAT
IS POSSIBLE FOR OUR FAMILIES.
I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I MEAN TO DO ALL OF YOUR POINTS
I UNDERSTAND WE ARE NOT GONNA
BE ABLE TO CRAFT AND YOU KNOW,
A PERFECT SOLUTION FOR
EVERYBODY.
SO THAT YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW
THAT THE CHALLENGES THAT FACE
ALL OF US ARE YOU KNOW, WE'RE
NEVER GOING TO GET.
WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET IT
PERFECT. 
BUT THE IDEA THAT WE DO HAVE
SOME FLEXIBILITY AND THAT WE
CAN OFFER THAT TO FAMILIES, I
THINK WE'LL WE'LL GIVE PEOPLE
SOME SOME CONFIDENCE THAT, YOU
KNOW, REMOTE LEARNING CAN HAVE
THE FLEXIBILITY THAT'S
NECESSARY FOR THIS FOR SO MANY
OF OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE GOING
TO FIND THEMSELVES UNABLE TO
STICK TO A PRESCRIBED SCHEDULE
IN A CRAZY ADMITTEDLY CRAZY
TIME. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
THANK YOU, MR. HOEY AND MR.
CARTER. 
THANK. 
MR. SUPERINTENDENT.
APPROXIMATELY OUT OF OUR
FOURTEEN FOURTEEN THOUSAND
STUDENTS AND MAYBE 500 MORE I
DON'T KNOW ROUGHLY WHAT
THE NUMBER IS BUT HOW MANY
IN-PERSON RESPONSES DID YOU
GET?
ROUGHLY JUST APPROXIMATE.
MISS PHILLIPS IS PREPARED TO
SHARE THAT AS PART OF THE NEXT
PRESENTATION.
>> BUT MISS PHILLIPS, DO YOU
WANT TO SHARE WHERE YOU ARE
CURRENTLY WITH THE IN-PERSON
NOT INFORMED SUPPORT?
I THINK IT'S OVER 10000 IS
CORRECT TO SAY IF YOU GIVE HER
A CHANCE TO PULL UP THE DATA
AND SHE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT
PRECISELY WHEN WE'RE GONNA FIND
OUT. 
>> I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE AT 337
163 AND PERSONAL SEATS AND
ELEVEN THOUSAND ONE FORTY THREE
.
>> MR. MAYOR, I THINK YOU'RE
JUST ASKING HOW MANY PEOPLE
REQUESTED IN-PERSON SO. 
>> YEAH. 
ALL RIGHT. 
>> SO IT WAS 111 THOUSAND. 
YOU SAW THAT'S IN THE IN
THE OKAY PRESENTATION. 
>> WELL I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE
A HIGH NUMBER.
AND I JUST THINK IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT TO SAY THIS. 
YOU HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT
ONE IN PERSON AND WE'RE JUST
FINDING OUT NOW THE SEVEN
THE OF US ALL VOTED FOR
IN-PERSON SCHOOLS AND THIS TEAM
HAS BROUGHT US TO THE POINT
THAT I BELIEVE EVERY EVERY CITY
AROUND US IS WATCHING.
WELL, THAT'S HOW GOOD I THINK
YOU'VE DONE SO FAR. 
YOU KNOW, I TOLD YOU THIS ON
THE OTHER DAY.
I KNOW WE HAD A TOUGH TIME IN
CITY LIFE BUT I'M SORRY TAPPED.
I KNOW YOU BOUGHT ME A COFFEE
AND I'M SHOCKED. 
ALL RIGHT. 
BUT THE POINT I'M TRYING TO SAY
IS WE'VE GOT TO START.
HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE POINTING AT
THIS SCHOOL COMMITTEE LIKE IT'S
OUR FAULT OF ALL THIS AIR
QUALITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE ON THIS
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
IT'S CRAZY.
SO I'LL END IT THERE BECAUSE
THIS MEETING COULD GET LONG. 
BUT I MISS PHILLIPS I'M ALL SET
WITH THAT NUMBER RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS CLOSE
TO 11000.
WE DID THIS BEFORE WE EVEN KNEW
.
YOU KNOW, THEY COULD HAVE COME
BACK THE OPPOSITE ELEVEN
THOUSAND WANTED A STAY AT HOME
BUT OPTIONS WERE GIVEN. 
EVERYBODY EVERYTHING.
THAT'S HOW I FEEL AND I HOPE
THE REST OF THE REST IS FEEL
GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF.
THANK YOU FOR THE DAY. 
>> MRS. DAKOTA AND MISS CLARK. 
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
A QUICK QUESTION.
DO WE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU'D KNOW
DID THE LITTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL
I.T. DEPARTMENT AND OR THE CITY
I.T. INCREASE ITS BANDWIDTH IN
ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF
THIS? 
THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING
MUCH MORE SO THAN IN THE PAST. 
AND SO BECAUSE I KNOW BANDWIDTH
IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE I CAN'T
.
>> I CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY WITH THAT QUESTION
RIGHT NOW. 
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE
ACQUIRED A NUMBER OF HOTSPOTS, 
MOBILE HOTSPOTS THAT WE CAN
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT
OUT FAMILIES.
MISS DESMOND, WHAT WAS THAT
NUMBER AGAIN? 
CAN YOU PROVIDE MR. DAKOTA WITH
THAT INFORMATION FOUR THOUSAND
.
>> THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU, MISS CLARK. 
THANK YOU. 
SO GOING BACK TO MS.
MARTIN'S QUESTION OR RELATED
AND RELATED TO THE SPEAKER WHO
CALLED. 
I'M JUST WONDERING SO WHAT
HAPPENS IF A FAMILY OR YOU KNOW
IS IN THAT SITUATION WHERE THEY
ARE NOT FEELING THAT THEY CAN
THAT THE SCHOOL HOURS ARE NOT
GOING TO WORK FOR THEM IN THAT
REMOTE SETTING? 
WHAT WHAT ARE WHAT DO THEY DO? 
SO THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO
CALL THEIR PRINCIPAL TALK WITH
THEIR PRINCIPAL.
IT MAY THEN BE A CONVERSATION
WITH THE TEACHER IF IT'S THAT
TYPE OF WORK IT COULD JUST
CONTINUE WITH A CONVERSATION
THE PRINCIPAL IF THE PARENTS
NOT PLEASED WITH
THE CONVERSATION WITH
THE PRINCIPAL THEY WOULD THEN
NEXT CALL DR. GUILLORY AND THEN
ULTIMATELY MYSELF. 
AND AGAIN I THINK SOMETIMES
IT'S HELPFUL TO SAY THAT THIS
IS AN CERTAINLY AN
EXTRAORDINARY HARDSHIP BUT
DURING TYPICAL TIMES WE HAVE
FAMILIES THAT EXPERIENCE
HARDSHIPS AND HERE WE FOLLOW
THAT SAME PROTOCOL.
OUR SCHOOLS DO YOU KNOW THEY'LL
HAVE MORE FAMILIES THAT ARE
FOLLOWING THAT PROTOCOL? 
THEY'RE WELL AWARE OF THAT BUT
THEY'RE PREPARED TO HANDLE AND
SUPPORT ANY FAMILY THAT HAS A
REQUEST IF IT CAN BE MET.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE REALLY ADAPTIVE
AT MEETING THOSE AND
ACCOMMODATING THEM CANNOT BE
DOCUMENTED SOMEWHERE WHETHER
IT'S A PART OF THE RESPONSE TO
THE MOTION OR. 
>> AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION
IS SO WHAT HAPPENS IF A STUDENT
HAS NOT MADE A REQUEST OR A
FAMILY IS NOT MADE A REQUEST
BUT A STUDENT IS NOT SHOWING
FOR THE ATTENDANCE TIME OR NOT
DOING THE WORK? 
WHAT WHAT ARE HOW ARE THE WAYS
THAT YOU KNOW, THE TEACHER, 
THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO KIND OF
APPROACH THAT SITUATION?
DO WE HAVE SOME PLAN FOR THAT
AND IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT AS PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT? 
DR. GUILLORY CAN SHARE A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT TRUANCY PREVENTION
AND RE-ENGAGEMENT OF STUDENTS. 
>> SO YES. 
SO AS WE WOULD DURING OUR
NORMAL COURSE OF THE SCHOOL
YEAR, IF A STUDENT ISN'T
ENGAGING OR NOT ATTENDING
SCHOOL, THESE SCHOOLS HAVE
ATTENDANCE TEAMS THAT WILL
ENGAGE AT THAT POINT IF THEY'RE
IF IT'S AN EXTENDED PERIOD THEN
A GOOD KICK IT GETS KICKED UP
TO CENTRAL OFFICE FOR MORE
IN-DEPTH SERVICES AND SUPPORTS
HOME VISITS, ALL OF THOSE TYPES
OF THINGS. 
BUT I THINK AS DR. BOYD IS
ARTICULATING EACH OF THESE
SCENARIOS WILL BE ON A CASE BY
CASE BASIS. 
AND I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT WE
ARE INTENSE WITH OUR
COMMUNICATION AND FRONT SHARING
WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE AND DOING
OUR BEST TO MEET THOSE NEEDS
UPFRONT.
SO I THINK THE ORIENTATIONS
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE
ASPECTS WILL BE CRITICAL AND
SAYING THESE ARE WHAT
THE REQUIREMENTS ARE. 
THESE ARE WHAT THE GUIDELINES
ARE. 
BUT ALL OF THE STANDARD
PROCESSES, PROTOCOLS AND
PROCEDURES THAT WE HAVE IN
PLACE FOR ATTENDANCE STILL ARE
MET HERE.
WE JUST DO IT IN A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT FASHION, ARE LOOKING
AT IT FROM THE FACET OF REMOTE
LEARNING VERSUS BEING IN FRONT
OF THE TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM
.
I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
>> SO AS SINCE THE SPRING SINCE
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF OUR
COMMUNICATION IN NOW YOU KNOW,
DIFFERENT METHODS, A LOT OF
E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS. 
ARE WE AT DOES EACH STUDENT
REALLY HAVE A PRETTY SOLID
PROFILE AT THIS POINT OF ALL OF
THE WAYS TO COMMUNICATE WITH
THAT STUDENT AND ALSO
THE FAMILY MEMBERS? 
YOU KNOW, BOTH PARENTS OR EVEN
EXTENDED FAMILY. 
WHAT DOES THAT STUDENT'S
PROFILE LOOK LIKE? 
YOU KNOW, EMAIL PHONE NUMBERS, 
CURRENT ADDRESS. 
WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY UPDATING
THOSE FOR EVERY FAMILY THAT'S
WITHIN A STABLE SITUATION ONE
YEAR TO THE NEXT.
>> WE CERTAINLY HAVE THAT BUILT
OUT. 
MANY OF OUR FAMILIES, AS YOU
KNOW, ARE NOT IN STABLE
ENVIRONMENTS. 
AND THEN WE WORK CONTINUOUSLY
TO UPDATE THOSE WHICH IS A
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HOME AND
SCHOOL. 
AND ONCE WE IDENTIFY THAT A
PHONE NUMBER IS NO LONGER
ACTIVE OR AN ADDRESS IS NO
LONGER ACTIVE, WE WORK THEN TO
CONNECT DIRECTLY PROACTIVELY
WITH THE STUDENT WHETHER IT BE
IN THEIR CLASSROOM WHICH IS NOW
WOULD BE A VIRTUAL CLASSROOM OR
ANY MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. 
TO SAY THIS FILE IS NO LONGER
ACTIVE FOR YOU. 
PLEASE HELP US UPDATE. 
IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS FOR
MANY OF OUR FAMILIES BUT WE
ABSOLUTELY HAVE THEM BUILT OUT
FROM LAST YEAR FOR THOSE THAT
ARE STABLE.
WE HAVE THEM BUILT OUT AS WELL
FOR THOSE THAT ARE NEW
ENROLLEES.
AND THEN WE WORK TO UPDATE
THOSE CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR FOR EVERY FAMILY. 
OKAY. 
SO NOW WE'RE BACK TO
THE SPEAKER'S STATEMENT. 
THESE ARE THE THREE SPEAKERS
MACHINE. 
THREE SPEAKERS ON SCHOOL
REOPENED ONCE THAT I WAS STILL
ON MY GET DOWN TO A ACTUALLY A
SHE ALL SAT OUT WRONG MAYBE
SANTOSH GOT GO THE NEXT ONE. 
JOE RIGHT. 
WE CAN'T GET IN TOUCH WITH THIS
.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO 7 1. 
WE CAN'T GET RIGHT. 
>> YES, MR. GIVE YOU. 
I GOT IT. 
THANK YOU. 
HELLO. 
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL ROBERTS
MAHARISHI AND I LIVE IN
DOWNTOWN LAW AT RUBBER PLACE
AND I HAVE TWO SCHOOL AGE
CHILDREN. 
ONE IS RETURNING PUBLIC SCHOOLS
THIS YEAR. 
I AM AN EDUCATOR WITH A MASTERS
IN E-LEARNING ADULT EDUCATION
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT. 
DR. BOYD, YOU AND I HAVEN'T MET
YET AND I HAVEN'T HAD
THE CHANCE TO WELCOME YOU
BECAUSE WE LOVE THE DISTRICT. 
SO WELCOME. 
MY SON IS RETURNING TO
THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THE TEAM
AT ALL HIGH SCHOOL HAS
EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATED WITH
ME ABOUT HIS NEEDS. 
WITH THE CALLED IT SITUATION
ALL STAKEHOLDER IS TO BE EXTRA
CAREFUL ABOUT COMMUNICATING AND
LISTENING TO EACH OTHER WHICH
IS A HUGE PART OF COMMUNICATING
.
I THINK SOMETIMES WE FORGET WE
ALSO NEED TO NOT REACT OR JUDGE
PEOPLE UNGRATEFUL THAT MY SON'S
NEEDS WILL BE MET OVER AT
THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS AND VERY
NERVOUS AND UPSET. 
IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING BATTLE TO
GET MY KIDS NEEDS MOUTH BECAUSE
THEY BOTH ARE ON THE SPECTRUM. 
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ALL
SCHOOLS IS TRYING TO BE
TRANSPARENT AS THEY CAN AND
COMMUNICATE WITH FAMILIES AND
THAT THIS HAS TO BE AN ONGOING
EFFORT AND I APPRECIATE THAT
THE COMMUNITY WAS SURVEYED OR
THAT SOME OTHERS. 
BUT I THINK THAT THE DISTRICT
STILL CAN IMPROVE ON EFFORTS TO
TRY ON THE EXPERTISE OF
THE COMMUNITY AS WE'RE
STRUGGLING WITH RESPONDING TO
THE CALL THAT CRISIS. 
LAST YEAR EVERYBODY RESPONDED
TO CALL THAT YOU EARNING ON
THE FLY. 
WE ALL WERE REACTIVE MODE. 
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL NOT BE
THE CASE THIS YEAR AND WE CAN
STEP BACK AND DO SOME STRATEGIC
PLANNING AND THE COMMUNITY AND
TRY TO TRY THE RESOURCES THAT
WE HAVE HERE. 
LAST YEAR I DIDN'T SEE
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT MODELS
THAT WORK. 
MY DAUGHTER IS OVER AT
CONNECTIONS ACADEMY ACADEMIES
STEALTH AND THIS WEEK THEY ARE
DOING ASSESSMENTS WHICH IS
THE FIRST STEP AS YOU'RE
DEVELOPING THE CURRICULUM. 
AND ALSO AS YOU'RE TEACHING
OBVIOUSLY AND THE CURRICULUM
SHOULD BE AN ASSESSMENT OF
THE STUDENTS NEEDS DESIGNING IT
DEVELOPING AT THE AUDI MODEL. 
SO WE'VE ALL DONE OUR BEST HERE
BUT NONE WERE PREPARED FOR THIS
.
AND JESSE IS PLAYING A GAME OF
WHO'S FIRST AND TO SOME EXTENT
AS A DISTRICT. 
I THINK WE NEED TO START
PLAYING THAT GAME. 
I KNOW WE HAVE LAWS THAT WE
HAVE TO FOLLOW ALONE TO BE ABLE
TO GET FUNDING BUT I THINK THAT
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
NOT JUST RELYING ON NUMBERS TO
PROVIDE WHAT WE NEED FROM MY
OWN EXPERIENCE. 
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE LEARNING
BOTH AS A STUDENT MYSELF AND AS
A TEACHER WATCHING MY DAUGHTER
IS A LOT HARDER. 
IT TAKES A LOT MORE WORK. 
PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY
UNDERSTAND THAT. 
AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE ALSO
JUST VERY SCARED AT THIS POINT
IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
TEACHER LECTURERS SHOULD BE
VERY SHORT. 
I HAD A TEACHER IN ANOTHER
SCHOOL TOLD YOU THAT I MIGHT
LEARN THINGS LIKE TV THAT
SHOULD NEVER BE THE CASE. 
LUXURY TIME SHOULD ONLY BE TWO
OR THREE MINUTES. 
WE STILL HAVE TO USE ALL
THE OTHER MODES WE NEED TO
INCORPORATE PRACTICE WORK WHICH
I HAVE HEARD IS GOING TO BE
DONE AND WE'RE UTILIZING SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT WERE
PURCHASED LAST YEAR FOR SCIENCE
SO THAT KIDS CAN DO
COLLABORATIVE WORK WHICH IS
ESSENTIAL. 
SO THE OTHER PIECE I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT MIGHT NOT
BE HAPPENING AND IT GENERALLY
WORRIES ME IS THAT I KNOW
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS
EITHER IT'S THE TEACHERS BUT IN
THIS CASE WHOEVER IS COACHING
OUR CHILDREN ALSO NEEDS TO HAVE
TRAINING AND WE HAVE I ALSO
TEACH HERE. 
SO WHILE WE LARGE POPULATION OF
I DON'T EVEN SAY PROBABLY WE
ALL KNOW THIS AS ELI LERNER IS
PARENTS THAT ARE IN THEIR OWN
COUNTRY DO NOT HAVE AN
EDUCATION. 
THEY WANT BETTER FOR THEIR
CHILDREN. 
HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE
THAT BOTH PARENTS ARE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN, KNOW
THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS
A CULTURE PUT INTO PLACE TO
HELP THOSE KIDS? 
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO RYAN
MATH WAR? 
I KNOW THAT THERE OVER AT
THE SATS COLLEGE AT PROBABLY
MISPRONOUNCING THAT THE KIDS
WERE THERE VERY BRIEFLY. 
YOU KNOW, THIS LAW HAS A
PRESENCE OVER THERE. 
WE SEE IT. 
THEY CAN HELP US HERE TO TUTOR
SOME OF OUR KIDS COACH THERE'S
ALSO PROGRAMS WITH M.I.T. AND
HARVARD AND THEN THERE'S OTHER
SCHOOLS THE PHILLIPS ACADEMY
AND OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE
OFFERING PEER TUTORING. 
SO AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD, WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
SOMETHING IN PLACE SO THAT OUR
KIDS HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED
AS MUCH AS THEY DON'T LIKE
THE IDEA OF HAVING STUDENTS
HELP OTHER STUDENTS IN OUR OWN
SCHOOLS. 
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
KIDS AREN'T BEING GIVEN THE JOB
OF WORKING TO. 
BUT WE SOMEHOW FIND A WAY TO
MAKE THIS WORK. 
YES. 
SO IN CLOSING, THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING. 
I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO THIS UPCOMING
YEAR. 
THE OTHER THING IS OVER AT
CONNECTIONS ACADEMY MY DAUGHTER
I THINK ONE THING THAT WORRIES
A LOT OF PARENTS IS WHETHER OR
NOT THERE NEEDS IF THEY HAVE
IEP OR AMOUNT. 
MY DAUGHTER NEEDS OVER THERE. 
SHE FINALLY GOT AN IEP. 
SO THEY'RE GIVING HER SPEECH. 
AND ONE ON ONE ASSISTANCE SO IT
CAN BE DONE. 
THEY ALSO HAVE SOCIAL CLUBS AND
CLUBS AFTER SCHOOL. 
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL. 
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. 
GOOD NIGHT
.
HELLO. 
>> MY NAME IS MONICA LUNDBERG
OF TROUBLE TO SURVIVE. 
I AM A PARENT OF A RISING
SECOND GRADER AT THE STEM
ACADEMY, A MEMBER OF THE STEM
SCHOOLS COUNCIL AND A MEMBER OF
THE CITYWIDE FAMILY COUNCIL. 
FIRST I WANT TO THANK DOUGHERTY
FOR HER EMOTIONS THIS EVENING
THAT ECHOES THE REPEATED
UNANSWERED REQUESTS OF PARENTS
AND TEACHERS ACROSS
THE DISTRICT. 
I LOOKED AT THE SCHOOL
REOPENING PLAN PRESENTATION AND
I HAD TO LAUGH WHEN I SAW
THE TITLE PREPARING FOR A
FLAWLESS OPENING ON DAY ONE. 
AS YOU HOPEFULLY NOTICED AS YOU
CAME IN THE BUILDING TODAY, 
MANY TEACHERS AND PARENTS HAVE
SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT
THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. 
EVEN IN A TYPICAL YEAR THERE
ARE ALWAYS BUMPS IN THE ROAD. 
THIS YEAR IT WILL NOT LOIS WHAT
YOU'RE WORKING TOWARDS RIGHT
NOW IS ADEQUATE BECAUSE RIGHT
NOW IT'S NOT ADEQUATE DUE TO MY
FAMILY'S RISK FACTORS. 
I'VE ASSUMED SINCE
THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER
THAT MY CHILD WOULD BE DOING
WELL, NOT LEARNING THIS YEAR. 
I THAT MORE HOURS THAN I CAN
COUNT IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS
TRYING TO FIND ANSWERS ON WHAT
THAT WILL MEAN FOR MY FAMILY AT
THE JULY 27 INFO SESSION I
ATTENDED AND ITS SUBSEQUENT
INFO SESSIONS IN EARLY AUGUST. 
WE WERE PROMISED THAT ALL
QUESTIONS THAT WERE NOT
ANSWERED IN THE BOOM SESSION
WOULD BE ANSWERED IN AN EPIC
DOCUMENT. 
AS OF TODAY THE FAA. 
ROLE ON THE SCHOOL REOPENING
PAGE OF THE LAW PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WEBSITE INCLUDES ANSWERS TO A
MERE 14 QUESTIONS. 
ONLY ONE OF WHICH IS SPECIFIC
TO REMOTE LEARNING AND THEY
THINK THAT AT THIS POINT
EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM KNOWS
THAT EVEN IF YOU'RE ONLY IN
YOUR OFFICE, ONLY ANSWERED
THE QUESTIONS THAT I PERSONALLY
MONICA HAVE ASKED. 
THAT WOULD BE A LOT MORE THAN
ONE DR. BOYD BUT AUGUST 5TH
MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE. 
TWELVE MINUTES AND FIVE SECONDS
THE RECORDING BEGINS. 
IF YOU WANT TO CHECK YOU STATED
QUOTE WE ARE COMMITTED TO
REACHING EACH OF OUR 9000
FAMILIES TO ENSURE THAT
EVERYONE IS FULLY AWARE OF WHAT
IN-PERSON AND REMOTE BURNING
WILL ACTUALLY MEAN FOR THEIR
CHILD AND FAMILY, END QUOTE. 
YOU STATEDHIS AS PART OF YOUR
DESCRIPTION OF PHASE 2 OF
THE REOPENING PLAN WHICH
ACCORDING TO YOUR DOCUMENTS
ENDED ON AUGUST 27. 
WELL, IT IS NOW SEPTEMBER 2ND. 
SCHOOL STARTS TWO WEEKS FROM
TOMORROW AND I STILL ARE
NOWHERE NEAR FULLY AWARE OF
WHAT REMOTE LEARNING ACTUALLY
MEANS FROM MY CHILD AND FAMILY
.
MY DAUGHTER STRUGGLES WITH
TRANSITIONS. 
THE MOST IMPORTANT WAY WE HELP
HER WITH THAT IS THEY'RE
PREPARING HER IN ADVANCE. 
I'VE HAD TO PUT OFF SCHEDULING
APPOINTMENTS WITH THERAPISTS, 
DOCTORS, DENTISTS FOR MY
DAUGHTER AND MYSELF BECAUSE
THEY NEED TO BE SCHEDULED MORE
THAN TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE. 
MY FAMILY CAN'T START
PRACTICING MORNING ROUTINES OR
REVIEWING SCHOOL BEHAVIOR OR A
I STILL CANNOT TELL MY DAUGHTER
WHO HER TEACHER WILL BE WHAT
TIME SHE'LL NEED TO LOG IN OR
HOW LONG SHE WILL HAVE TO SIT
AT HER COMPUTER ALL DAY. 
I KEEP TELLING HER IT WILL BE
DIFFERENT THAN IN THE SPRING. 
IT WAS A NIGHTMARE FOR OUR
FAMILY BUT I CAN'T TELL HER HOW
.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE
PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
HELPING HER TRANSITION THROUGH
HER DAY AND MANAGING HER TIME. 
I DON'T I'LL BE ABLE TO BEGIN
SETTING UP THE FIBER FOR PLANT
SEEDS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ASK FOR
ACCOMMODATIONS WHEN YOU DON'T
KNOW WHAT THE BASELINE YEAR. 
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER SHE'LL
HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME SOCIAL
SUPPORT THAT HAVE BEEN SO
CRITICAL TO HER SUCCESS. 
GOOD LUCK TO YOU. 
AND I KNOW THAT MY FAMILY'S
STRUGGLES ARE MERELY THE TIP OF
THE ICEBERG BECAUSE SO MANY
FAMILIES HAVE REAL CONCERNS
ABOUT WHETHER THEY WILL BE
FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEIR
CHILD'S EDUCATION AND THEIR OWN
LIVELIHOOD. 
NO FAMILY SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE
THAT CHOICE. 
GIVEN HOW LITTLE WE KNOW AND
HOW MANY PROMISES OF TRANSPO
RNC HAVE BEEN BROKEN THIS
SUMMER, I SIMPLY CANNOT TAKE
YOUR WORD FOR IT THAT IT WILL
BE BETTER THAN THE SPRING. 
TRUST ONCE BROKEN MUST BE THREE
EARNED. 
WHAT ANGERS ME THE MOST? 
THIS DISTRICT'S REPEATED CLAIMS
OF WANTING MORE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND THEN WHEN WE
STEP UP WORK MORE, WATCH THESE
MEETINGS AND HEARD CALLERS
QUESTIONS GO COMPLETELY
UNANSWERED. 
BOTH PARENTS AND TEACHERS. 
OR WORSE IN SOME CASES MET WITH
DIRECT HOSTILITY. 
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SIMPLY
LISTEN TO OUR WORDS. 
YOU MUST RESPOND TO THEM. 
YOU MUST ACT. 
I'M TIRED OF HEARING EXCUSES. 
I'M TIRED OF HEARING BLAME LAID
ON THE TEACHERS UNION WHICH
FIGHTING FOR OUR CHILDREN'S
SAFETY AND FOR OUR TEACHERS TO
BE TREATED WITH THE BASIC
RESPECT THEY DESERVE. 
THERE MAY LEGITIMATELY BE SOME
QUESTIONS WHICH CANNOT BE YES
FORGET BUT THE LACK OF
TRANSPARENCY, THE BROKEN
PROMISES OF WHEN WE WILL GET
THOSE ANSWERS AND THE COMPLETE
AND UTTER MISMANAGEMENT
IN-PERSON SEAT APPLICATION
PROCESS HAVE LEFT QUESTIONING
WHETHER THIS DISTRICT IS REALLY
TRYING IN GOOD FAITH TO PROVE
COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPARENCY
IT WILL CAUSE AT THIS OF
MOTIONS. 
>> OUR BABY STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION BUT PARENTS AND
TEACHERS NEED AND DESERVE MORE
.
>> WE NEED CLEAR COMMUNICATION
.
WE NEED CONSISTENT
COMMUNICATION. 
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE
FOR CREATING A SURVEY AND THEN
CHANGING THE QUESTIONS ON THAT
SURVEY HALFWAY THROUGH. 
>> I'VE BEEN SEEING REPORTS OF
PARENTS GETTING THREE DIFFERENT
E-MAILS LISTING THREE DIFFERENT
SCHOOLS FOR THEIR
KINDERGARTNERS BY THEMSELVES. 
>> THESE ERRORS MAY SEEM SMALL
BUT IN THE AGGREGATE IT KEEPS
THE PICTURE OF THE DISTRICT SO
THEY CAN'T TRUST TO LIVE UP TO
ITS PROMISES TO TELL ME WHAT'S
GOING ON WITH MY CHILD
EDUCATION. 
>> WE NEED BETTER COMMUNICATION
.
>> WE DESERVE BETTER
COMMUNICATION. 
WE DEMAND BETTER COMMUNICATION
FOR TEACHERS FOR STUDENTS, FOR
FAMILIES. 
THANK YOU. 
MONICA
ALL RIGHT. 
SANTA MONICA ONE BIRD FIGHT
WASN'T I WASN'T PREPARED THAT
WAS GONNA SPEAKING BUT I'M
HAPPY TO DO THAT NOW I WANT TO
THINK NEARLY THE SCHOOL
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
SUPERINTENDENT BOYD FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MY
NAME OF CHRIS AND ALREADY AND
WITH 16 SUMMIT STREET I AM A
PARENT OF AN INCOMING FRESHMAN
TO LAW HIGH SCHOOL AND A MEMBER
OF A WELL EDUCATION. 
THIS IS ALIGNED LEADER
REPRESENTING TEACHERS, STAFF
AND FAMILY AND A STATEMENT I AM
GOING TO MEET IS CRUMBLING. 
AND BEHALF OF TEACHERS, STAFF
AND FAMILIES. 
THOUGH I KNOW IT'S DEJA WE ALL
SORT OF AGREE ON ONE THING THAT
TEACHERS AND FAMILIES THAT WE
NEED PRIORITIZE THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY OF OUR TEACHERS. 
OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILY AND
MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE
GETTING A BIG EDUCATION DESERVE
.
THE BIG THING WITH THE STATE
AND HELP HEALTHY BUILDINGS IS A
BIG DEAL. 
I AM CONCERNED FROM WHAT I
HEARD IN TERMS OF THIRD PARTY
VENDOR THAT WAS TRUE WITHIN AND
DISMAYED THAT IT WAS NOT VETTED
BY THE VERY PEOPLE THAT WORK IN
A BUILDING. 
AND SO THAT WE JUST STAND ON
THAT. 
WE NEED RESOURCES. 
THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO WORK WITH
EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES AND
MAKING GIFS AND FILLING FLOATS
FOR A MANAGEABLE EDUCATION WAS
POSSIBLE. 
THERE ARE THOUSANDS WHO KNOWS
STUDENTS THAT CANNOT ACHIEVE
ACADEMIC SUCCESS WITHOUT WILL
BE ACCESSIBLE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE AND CRITICAL
GUIDANCE FOR FAMILY SUPPORT
DISTANCE LEARNING NEEDS. 
BUT I MUST ADDRESS THE CONCERNS
OF FAMILIES THAT SPEAK ENGLISH
AND HAVE MANY SOURCES AND
TEACHERS SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED
TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT
FAMILIES THAT IS NOT IS NOT HOW
THEY WERE EDUCATED. 
THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO SUPPORT
ALL LEARNERS 8 AND 5 OR 4 YEAR
OLD LEARNERS AND NEEDS TO
ENSURE THAT IF THEY ARE NOT
OVERWORKED TRYING TO MEET OUR
STUDENTS NEEDS LIKE PARENT
PARENT FOR BERNIER SAID EARLIER
IN HER STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO
THE PREVIOUS NOTION
ACCOUNTABILITY AND ASSESSMENT
SHOULD NOT BE RIGID. 
YES, ON A PANEL I'M LOOKING
STUDENTS SHOULDN'T BE PUNISHED
IF THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE
PARTICIPATE IN COMPLETE WORK. 
IF THE DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE
THE RESOURCES OR FLEXIBILITY
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS NEEDS IT
IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
THE DISTRICT CREDIT OF
STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED WITH
THE AREAS THAT ARE FACING
TREMENDOUS BURDENS ON OUR
STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF. 
WE STAND READY TO SUPPORT YOU. 
WE REALLY DO AND READY TO
SUPPORT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES
BUT THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN WITH
CLEAR, CONCISE AND EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION. 
WE NEED INFORMATION TEACHERS, 
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ALIKE. 
THE DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL
COMMITTEE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
TO KNOW LISTEN TO FAMILIES AND
TEACHERS QUESTIONS CONCERNS BUT
TO RESPOND TO THEM IN A TIMELY
FASHION AS MONICA WAS REFERRING
TO. 
WE PUT EDUCATORS ARE GOING
THROUGH INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT
TIME. 
THE DISTRICT MUST MAKE EVERY
EFFORT TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY
INTEREST, SAFETY AND EQUITABLY
SUPPORT ALL WORKERS AND
EDUCATORS. 
WE DON'T EVER WANT EMPTY WORDS
TELLING US WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR
.
YOU WANT REAL ACTION. 
BUT LET'S WORK TOGETHER. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME. 
THANK YOU. 
MR. SUPERINTENDENT, SEVERAL
MORE. 
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
I THINK ONE OF THE SPEAKERS DID
SPEAK TO THE SUBHEAD THERE. 
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT
OUT THAT YES, A FLAWLESS
OPENING WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF
19 18 IS VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN
OUR DEFINITION OF A FLAWLESS
OPENING AT ANY OTHER TIME. 
HERE WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE
ARE FLAWLESS WITHIN
THE ENVIRONMENT. 
THAT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO BE AT
THE STANDARD OF FLAWLESS DURING
ANY OTHER TIME. 
THE GROUND CONTINUES TO SHIFT
BELOW US AND AROUND. 
AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE STAFF
OF LAW PUBLIC SCHOOLS, EVERY
SINGLE MEMBER OF THEM WHO HAVE
BEEN ADJUSTING AND ADAPTING TO
THAT SHIFTING ENVIRONMENT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE READY ON
DAY ONE WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 17TH
.
NEXT SLIDE WILL YOU GIVE IT TO
ME ALREADY? 
THANK KILLER. 
ALL RIGHT. 
SO I THINK IT'S ALWAYS
IMPORTANT TO START HERE WITH
JUST HOW CONDENSED THIS
TIMELINE IS. 
IT WAS JUST BACK ON AUGUST 14TH
THAT WE WERE SUBMITTING OUR
PLAN TO DSE AUGUST 17TH OUR
ADMINISTRATORS RETURNED AND IT
WAS JUST ON MONDAY THAT OUR
TEACHERS RETURNED SEPTEMBER
17TH IS OUR FIRST DAY FOR
STUDENTS. 
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROGRESS
SEAMLESSLY THROUGH THIS
TIMELINE. 
BUT SEAMLESSLY HAS REQUIRED US
TO ADAPT TO SHIFTS AND CHANGES
TO TURN AROUND EVERY CURVE AND
BEND. 
WE'VE MADE SURE ALONG THE WAY
THAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM OTHER
DISTRICTS THAT HAVE REOPENED. 
YOU SEE HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A
TEACHER IN GEORGIA WHO SHOWED
UP TO HER CLASSROOM TO LEARN
THAT SHE WAS TEACHING BEHIND A
GLASS SHIELD AND EXPECTED TO
TEACH 19 STUDENTS IN FRONT OF
HER WHILE ANOTHER 12 ARE BEING
TAUGHT SIMULTANEOUSLY AT HOME. 
IF YOU RECALL THIS WAS ONE OF
THE MODELS THAT WE REJECTED
OUTRIGHT. 
ORIGINALLY WITHIN OUR PLAN NO
TEACHER IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED
TO TEACH AT THE SAME TIME KIDS
IN FRONT OF THEM AS WELL AS
KIDS AT HOME. 
WE'RE UNCLEAR HOW THAT WOULD
HAPPEN IF WE'RE UNCLEAR ON HOW
IT HAPPENED. 
IT'S UNREASONABLE FOR US TO
EXPECT OUR TEACHERS TO DO THAT
.
WE ALSO REJECTED WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN SOME PLACES IN
CALIFORNIA. 
THIS IS A PICTURE OF TWO YOUNG
STUDENTS WHO FOUND THAT
THE TACO BELL CURBSIDE WAS MORE
CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING THAN
THEIR REMOTE ENVIRONMENT AT
HOME. 
HERE IT'S BASED ON ACCESS TO
INTERNET. 
BUT ANY SCENARIO COULD PLAY OUT
HERE WHERE A CHILD'S HOME
ENVIRONMENT IN THEIR SPACE IS
JUST SIMPLY NOT CONDUCIVE TO
REMOTE LEARNING, WE SAID. 
IF THE HEALTH DATA ALLOWS US TO
THEN IN-PERSON LEARNING WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
SAFE FOR OUR TEACHERS, OUR
STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY. 
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT
WITHIN THAT SPACE THAT WE
PRIORITIZE OUR MOST VULNERABLE
LEARNERS. 
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO PREPARE
THROUGH THIS YOU'LL NOTICE THAT
THIS IS A SIMILAR STRUCTURE
THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING EACH
WEEK BRINGING TO YOU
THE QUESTIONS THE LARGE SCALE
QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING
RESOLVED RIGHT NOW. 
SO TRANSITIONING FROM THOSE
SEATS AND CAPACITY AT
THE BUILDING LEVEL TO GREATER
SPECIFICITY BY CLASSROOM
PROGRAM IN GRADE, HOW DO WE
SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF
TO FILL THOSE IN PERSON
POSITIONS? 
WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU TO
NIGHT WITH HARD DATA AROUND HOW
MANY OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE
ACTUALLY FILLED BASED ON
THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE
ESTABLISHED HERE WHICH WE
BELIEVE AT THIS POINT WE'RE
THE ONLY ONE IN MASSACHUSETTS
THAT'S GOING THROUGH A FULL
VOLUNTARY OPT IN NOT ONLY FOR
OUR STUDENTS BUT ALSO FOR OUR
TEACHERS. 
OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE CALLED US
ASKED US HOW WE'RE DOING THAT. 
SO WE CERTAINLY EXPECT THIS TO
BE PERHAPS A MODEL THAT OTHERS
START TO FOLLOW AND THEN
TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR
STUDENTS FAMILIES FOR THE START
OF THE SCHOOL YEAR? 
WE HAVE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSES
SCHEDULED FOR ALL OF OUR
SCHOOLS. 
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TO
ANNOUNCE THOSE THIS WEEK. 
MISS PHILLIPS WILL BE ABLE TO
SHARE WITH YOU INFORMATION
ABOUT THOSE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSES
AROUND REMOTE LEARNING WHERE
FAMILIES CAN PARTICIPATE WITH
THEIR SCHOOLS NEXT WEEK TO
LEARN ABOUT THE REMOTE LEARNING
MODEL AT THAT SCHOOL. 
SO FIRST I'M ON A TRANSITION TO
DR. GUILLORY WHO'S GOING TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE IN-PERSON
SEATS. 
BUT I WANT TO CLARIFY THESE
NUMBERS HERE ABOUT HOW MANY
IN-PERSON SEATS ARE AVAILABLE
AND HOW MANY REMOTE SEATS ARE
AVAILABLE. 
NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT HOW MANY
FAMILIES HAVE OPTED IN. 
MISS PHILLIPS, I'LL SHARE WITH
YOU THAT DATA TOWARDS THE END
OF THE PRESENTATION. 
DR. GUILLORY, LET ME GIVE YOU
THE SLIDE REMOTE. 
THANK YOU, DR. BOYD AND GOOD
EVENING AGAIN. 
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
SO THIS NUMBER I THINK YOU'VE
SEEN BEFORE WHAT WE'VE DONE IS
PUT A CALL OUT TO OUR SCHOOLS
TO LOOK AT THEIR BUILDING
CAPACITIES AS WELL AS START
DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF SEATS
THAT THEY CAN OFFER EACH OF
THOSE SCHOOLS. 
SO THESE ARE THE AGGREGATE
NUMBERS THAT ARE REPORTED. 
SO THEN WHEN WE GO TO OUR HOW
MANY SEATS ARE AVAILABLE BY
GRADE LEVEL OUR CONFIGURATION
THE NUMBERS ARE THEN FURTHER
BROKEN DOWN HERE SO THAT WE CAN
GET AN IDEA OF ACROSS
THE DISTRICT HOW MANY SEATS
THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TARGETING
OR PLANNING FOR. 
SO AGAIN THIS IS SORT OF AGAIN
THE MAXIMUM NUMBER THAT'S
AVAILABLE AT THIS ARE THAT'S
PROJECTED TO BE AVAILABLE. 
WANT TO BE CAREFUL WITH
THE LANGUAGE THAT I'M USING
HERE AND THEN WHEN WE START
LOOKING AT HOW DO WE BREAK THAT
DOWN BY SCHOOL PROGRAM? 
WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS
OF SAYING HOW MANY FOR EXAMPLE
OUT PUT BAILEY THAT'S THE FIRST
ONE THAT I CAN SEE THERE. 
THEY'RE OFFERING 20 SEATS AT
EACH OF THEIR LEVELS. 
IN ADDITION TO THEIR PRE-K CSA
SLOTS AS WELL AS THEIR UPPER
ELEMENTARY CSA SLOTS. 
SO GIVING THEM A TOTAL
PROJECTED ENROLLMENT OF 132 AS
DR. HALL WOULD TALK ABOUT A
LITTLE BIT LATER BEFORE WE
CONFIRM IS SEAT AVAILABLE
ABILITY WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE A TEACHER
CONFIRMED FOR THAT SPOT BEFORE
WE TURN THOSE SEATS ACTUALLY ON
.
SO THAT'S A NUMBERS THAT HE OR
SHE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT
THAT SORT OF GIVES YOU A
BREAKDOWN OF EACH OF
THE SCHOOLS WITH THEIR SUB
SEPARATE PROGRAMS AND THEN
THE CAPACITIES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE THERE AND AGAIN YOU
LOOK AT IT FOR THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL MODEL SYMBOL BREAK DOWN
AGAIN THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF
SEATS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE
IF THERE WAS PERFECT ALIGNMENT
BETWEEN THOSE STUDENTS
SELECTING AND AS WELL AS
TEACHERS AVAILABLE TO TEACH
THOSE THOSE CLASSES. 
AND THEN AGAIN FOR OUR KATE
SCHOOLS AS WELL AS OUR HIGH
SCHOOLS. 
SO THEN WE GET DOWN TO OUR
STAFFING NUMBERS. 
SO WE ASKED OUR PRINCIPALS TO
THEN SAY BUILDING LOOKING AT
YOUR SCHEDULES, HOW MANY
TEACHERS WOULD YOU NEED TO
INSTRUCT IN THAT IN-PERSON
MODEL? 
WHAT WHAT'S YOUR INSTRUCTION
STRUCTURE LOOK LIKE A TEACHER A
PARA THOSE PIECES AND AGAIN
WE'VE BROKEN NUMBERS OUT HERE
AS AN EXAMPLE FOR YOU TO SEE
WHAT THOSE TYPES ARE. 
AND THEN I'LL PASS THE MIKE
OVER TO DR. HOME DOCTOR. 
DR. HALL, I'LL TRY TO MANAGE
THIS FOR YOU HERE WITH YOUR
SLIDE PUPPETEER AS YOU TALK SO
I DON'T PASS OVER YOU HAVE THAT
IS THIS DOCTOR IS DR. GUILLORY
STATED WE HAVE A PROCESS WHERE
WE'RE POSTING POSITIONS AND
TEACHERS ARE VOLUNTARILY
APPLYING FOR THEM. 
WE LAUNCHED THAT ON SATURDAY
MORNING AND I CAN REPORT THAT
ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF THE SCHOOLS
WE'RE CONFIDENT WE'LL HAVE FULL
STAFFING AT THOSE SCHOOLS. 
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH
THE PROCESS ON THIS REPORT. 
YOU CAN SEE THAT AFTER
SEPTEMBER 2ND AT THE END OF
THE DAY TODAY IS DONE WELL THEN
ADVERTISE THE POSITIONS TO GET
LONG TERM SUBS OR VOLUNTEERS. 
AND AS THE SUPERINTENDENT
STATED, WE BELIEVE WE'RE
THE ONLY DISTRICT IN
THE COMMONWEALTH THAT'S DOING
THIS PURE VOLUNTARY PROCESS TO
ENSURE THAT THE TWENTY FIVE
PERCENT OF STUDENTS THAT WE
HAVE BACK WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT
ALSO WANT TO OPT IN AND BE
THERE AT THE START WHEN WE
BEGIN THIS PROCESS. 
SO WE DO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO OPEN
OVER 80 PERCENT OF SCHOOLS AND
I'M STILL HOPEFUL WE'LL BE UP
TO 100 PERCENT BY THE START OF
SCHOOL. 
AS DR. GUILLORY SAID, WE'RE
GOING TO MATCH THOSE VACANCIES
TO THE SLOTS AND IF WE'RE
UNABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO
VOLUNTEER TO COME IN FOR THOSE
POSITIONS, THOSE NUMBERS WILL
HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED. 
SO IN TERMS OF HARD NUMBERS, 
DR. HALL, WE'RE TALKING OVER
250 TEACHERS HAVE ALREADY OPTED
INTO OUR IN-PERSON POSITIONS. 
IS THAT ACCURATE THAT MORE THAN
THAT? 
YES. 
SO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
INTEREST AMONG OUR TEACHERS FOR
IN-PERSON SPOTS BUT ALSO
WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
CAN RESPECT PROFESSIONALISM OF
OUR TEACHERS, THE PROFESSIONAL
DECISION MAKING OF OUR TEACHERS
OPTING FOR THESE SPOTS OR
WHETHER REMOTE MAKES SENSE FOR
THEM AND THEM AND THEIR FAMILY
.
MISS PHILLIPS, IF YOU COULD
SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE
MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT OUR
FAMILIES SO WE THINK GOING
THROUGH OUR PROCESS AND GETTING
INFORMATION OUT TO FAMILIES UM
ARE WINDOW FOR OPTING IN FOR
IN-PERSON LEARNING AND THEN ON
THE TWENTY SEVENTH. 
WE'VE BEEN SPENDING THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS CLEANSING THIS
DATA AND MAKING SURE THAT WE
VERIFIED ALL OF OUR FORMS. 
RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT FOUR
THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY NINE OPTIONS WITH A
LITTLE UNDER 400 LEFT TO VERIFY
AND UM WE WILL BE NOTIFYING
FAMILIES MAKE SURE THAT YOU
CLARIFY THAT DATA. 
>> THAT WAS A DIRECT QUESTION
FROM MR. DAKOTA ON THE FLOOR
EARLIER. 
CAN YOU GIVE HIM THAT CITATION
?
THE DATA ON THE OPT IN FORM SO
YOU CAN GRAB THAT NOTE? 
RIGHT. 
SO TODAY YOU ASK HER OR I'M
SORRY, MR. HOLLEY THIS MR.. 
>> SO TODAY WE HAVE FOUR
THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY NINE OPT IN FORMS
CONFIRMED WE HAVE A LITTLE
UNDER 400 FILES LEFT TO TO
VERIFY. 
AND SO WE'LL BE INFORMING
FAMILIES. 
UM, OF THEIR ENROLLMENT IN
REMOTE LEARNING. 
UH, WE'LL BE HOLDING
THE LOTTERY AND THEN INFORMING
FAMILIES OF UM IN-PERSON SEATS
AND THEN STARTING NEXT WEEK
EACH OF THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS
WILL BE HOLDING THEIR OWN
STUDENT AND FAMILY ORIENTATION
AND UH WE'LL POST THAT
INFORMATION UM STARTING
TOMORROW. 
AND UM, WE ARE AWARE OF OUR
NEED TO SUPPORT OUR UM
LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE FAMILIES
.
SO WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO COME UP
WITH A GOOD PLAN TO MAKE SURE
THAT THAT EACH OF THE BUILDINGS
ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR
FAMILIES WHO UM SPEAK LANGUAGES
OTHER THAN ENGLISH. 
AND THEN THE NEXT PAGE YOU
SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSES YOU
WORK PRINCIPLES TO ORGANIZE
SHARE. 
SO UM WE'RE STARTING WITH OUR
REMOTE WITH OUR REMOTE OPEN
HOUSES AND IT WILL COVER TOPICS
SUCH AS UM SYSTEM UM
THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
UM HOW TO GET YOUR COMPUTER UM
HOW ATTENDANCE WILL BE TAKEN UM
COMMUNICATION WITH THE SCHOOL. 
UM GRADING YOU KNOW HOW THAT
WILL TAKE PLACE AND UM SCHOOLS
WILL BE PERSONALIZING IT AS
WELL FOR FOR THEIR DIFFERENT
SITES. 
THANK YOU. 
KNOW IF YOU COULD SEE COMMITTEE
IT'S CLEAR THAT WHILE PERHAPS
THE SURVEY EARLIER SUGGESTED 70
PERCENT OF FAMILIES WOULD WANT
IN-PERSON LEARNING THAT WAS
BACK IN JULY. 
WE SEE HOW THIS SHIFTS IN
AUGUST. 
NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT
APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 50 PERCENT
OF FAMILIES REQUESTING
IN-PERSON LEARNING. 
THE DEMAND STILL EXCEEDS WHERE
WE CAN BE ON QUARTER 1 BECAUSE
OUR COMMITMENT HAS TO BE TO
THE SAFETY OF OUR ENTIRE
COMMUNITY. 
BUT ALSO OUR GOAL IS TO
INCREASE CAPACITY AS WE MOVE
THROUGH THE YEAR. 
THE GOAL IS NOT TO MOVE IN
THE DIRECTION OF REMOTE
LEARNING. 
HOWEVER, AS THIS COMMITTEE HAS
RECOGNIZED THE PANDEMIC DATA
CAN CHANGE IN AN INSTANT WHICH
WOULD PLACE THIS BACK IN REMOTE
LEARNING. 
THESE ARE JUST QUARTERLY
SCENARIOS. 
THE WAY WE WORK AS WE MENTIONED
BACK IN WAY BACK IN JULY IT
FEELS LIKE WE NEED TO ANNOUNCE
AND IDENTIFY WHY OR LOCK IN OUR
CAPACITY NUMBERS ONE MONTH
AHEAD OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO
GIVE OURSELVES TIME. 
AND I DO APPRECIATE THE MANY
PARENTS WHO HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW
,INFORMATION IS JUST NOT
FLOWING QUICKLY ENOUGH. 
WELL, YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW
DIFFICULT IT WOULD BE IF WE
JUST CHANGED OUR CAPACITY
NUMBERS THE DAY BEFORE. 
SO WE'RE MOVING AS QUICKLY AS
WE CAN BASED ON CAPACITY
NUMBERS THAT WERE LOCKED IN
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO FOR A
SEPTEMBER 17TH OPENING AUGUST
17TH TO SEPTEMBER 17TH. 
IF YOU RECALL BACK A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO. 
THAT LOCKS IN THAT NUMBER. 
BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK
TOWARDS BEING ABLE TO GET TO A
HIGHER NUMBER IN OCTOBER FOR
NOVEMBER'S QUARTERLY
REASSESSMENT OF IN-PERSON
VERSUS REMOTE LEARNING. 
WE PLAN TO DO THAT EACH QUARTER
WITH THE MARKING PERIOD. 
SO AGAIN, IF YOU TAKE YOUR
MARKING PERIODS NOVEMBER
THE NEXT MARKING PERIOD ONE
MONTH BEFORE THAT WE WOULD HAVE
TO LOCK IN A CAPACITY NUMBER. 
SO IN OCTOBER, WHATEVER NUMBER
WE CAN REACH IN TERMS CAPACITY
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE THEN OPEN
UP FOR TRANSITIONS FOR FAMILIES
AT THE QUARTERLY DATE THAT THEY
HAVE TO DETERMINE. 
IT GIVES ONE MONTH TO BE ABLE
TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION AND
ALSO WOULD GO BACK TO
THE PICTURES HERE WHICH ARE
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
THESE ARE DISTRICTS WHICH
PERHAPS IF YOU REMEMBER TOOK A
ROUTE OF PLANS THAT LOOKED GOOD
ON PAPER. 
WE COULD HAVE DONE THE EASIER
WORK UPFRONT WITH PLANNING A
HYBRID SCENARIO WHERE EVERYBODY
GETS THE SAME PERSON AT HOME. 
BUT THAT JUST DELAYS THAT HARD
WORK. 
WE COULD CERTAINLY HAVE
COMMUNICATED QUICKER EASIER. 
WE WOULDN'T HAD TO GO THROUGH
THIS LOTTERY PROCESS. 
EVERYBODY GETS THE SAME. 
WE FIT YOU ALL BUT YOU COME ON
MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND THEN
ANOTHER GROUP COMES ON THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY. 
THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN
THIS SCHOOL IN GEORGIA WHERE
THIS TEACHER ARRIVED AND SHE
SAYS OH NO, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED
TO DO? 
WE'VE AVOIDED THAT PARTICULAR
PITFALL BUT WE HAVE OUR OWN
CHALLENGES. 
THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFT
TO ESSENTIALLY REDESIGN OR
DESIGN TWO NEW SYSTEMS AT EACH
SCHOOL. 
THE IN-PERSON DESIGN IS VASTLY
DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR'S
DESIGN. 
OUR SCHOOLS ARE WORKING AND
WE'RE WORKING TO SUPPORT OUR
SCHOOLS AND BUILDING THAT OUT
IN A WAY THAT WE CAN DELIVER
FOR OUR FAMILIES ON DAY ONE
WITH THAT IN-PERSON ARE REMOTE
.
ALSO WE'LL LOOK VASTLY
DIFFERENT THAN LAST SPRING. 
WE'VE BEEN DESIGNING THAT OUT, 
BUILDING THAT OUT AND MAKING
SURE WE'RE READY TO DELIVER
AGAIN WITH OUR SCHOOLS SO THAT
WE'RE PROVIDING AN EXPERIENCE
THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR
SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS. 
THE CALIFORNIA WOULD HAVE BEEN
A LOT EASIER FOR A FULL REMOTE
DECISION. 
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED NONE OF
OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
HERE. 
THE CLOSEST ONE IS LAWRENCE
THAT'S GOING FULL REMOTE
BECAUSE THE HEALTH DATA RIGHT
NOW SUGGESTS THAT IN-PERSON IS
POSSIBLE FOR US CALIFORNIA THAT
WASN'T THE CASE WITH THIS
COMMUNITY I WOULD ASSUME. 
OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE ALSO
CHOSEN TO GO FOR REMOTE BECAUSE
AGAIN THAT PLANNING PROCESS
BECOMES A BIT EASIER. 
WE DON'T DO THE LOTTERY
THE STAFFING AT ALL CHANGES BUT
THEN WE END UP IN THIS SCENARIO
HERE WHICH I DON'T THINK IS A
SCENARIO THAT WE WANT TO
IMPLEMENT ON SEPTEMBER 17TH. 
WITH YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE CURVE
AT A TACO BELL, I DON'T THINK
THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE ENVISIONED
AT THESE DISTRICTS WE'VE TAKEN
THE FRONT END CHALLENGES WHICH
CREATE OTHER CHALLENGES FOR
OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW THOSE THAT
HAVE WORKED IN SCHOOLS TO GET
YOUR CLASS LIST ON SEPTEMBER
4TH WHEN YOU TEACH ON SEPTEMBER
17. 
MR DAKOTA, YOU'VE WORKED IN
SCHOOLS FOR A LONG TIME. 
THAT'S THAT'S TOUGH. 
MR DILLON WORKED IN SCHOOLS BUT
THAT'S WHERE WE CAN GO IN ORDER
TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THIS TYPE
OF ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR KIDS. 
THAT'S THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE
GOT TO WORK THROUGH RIGHT NOW. 
AND I WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF
CREDIT TO OUR SCHOOL BASED
PERSONNEL. 
I JUST SPENT AN HOUR TALKING
WITH THE PRINCIPALS WE CONNECT
DALY NOW TO TALK THROUGH WHAT
ARE THE QUESTIONS OF THE DAY, 
HOW DO WE WORK THROUGH THIS SO
THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
FOR TOMORROW? 
IT'S A HEAVY LIFT BUT WE'VE GOT
AN EXTRAORDINARILY COMMITTED
STAFF HERE AND LITTLE TEACHERS
,PRINCIPALS, PORT STAFF ACROSS
THE BOARD WORKING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS HAPPENS AND WE AVOID
THESE TYPES OF PITFALLS HERE
LOCALLY. 
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION
STARTING FIRST AND THEN MR.
MARTIN, I THINK YOU'RE ON
THROUGH YOU TO
THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
>> I CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THERE
HAS NOT BEEN ONE EASY ANSWER
THAT'S GOING TO SOLVE
EVERYTHING AND WE'VE BEEN UNDER
A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE. 
I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT WE
ARE GETTING TO THE FINAL
STRETCH HERE AND WE STILL NEED
AS MANY OF THE CALLERS
EXPRESSED TONIGHT. 
IN MY MOTION ASKED FOR CLEAR, 
CONSISTENT, CONCISE
COMMUNICATION. 
SO ONE THING THAT JUMPED OUT AT
ME TONIGHT WAS I'D BEEN HOLDING
ON TO THAT SEPTEMBER FOR DAYS
BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'VE GOT ALL
THESE PARENTS WHO WANTED
IN-PERSON WE'VE BEEN SAYING
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THEM. 
BUT I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A
LOTTERY AND A SYSTEM. 
SO I I WANT BELIEVE THAT WE'RE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL THOSE
PARENTS THESE ARE THE ONES THAT
MADE IT THROUGH THE LOTTERY. 
YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN PERSON. 
BUT ONE THING THAT DR. HALL
SAID THAT CONCERN ME WAS THIS
CAVEAT. 
WELL, WE'VE GOT 80 PERCENT OF
OUR STAFFING LINED UP SO WE MAY
NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE IN
PERSON IF WE DON'T HAVE
THE STAFFING. 
ALTHOUGH THERE WAS ANOTHER LINE
IN HIS PRESENTATION AND I
THOUGHT I SAW IT SOMEWHERE. 
IF WE DON'T GET THE STAFFING WE
CAN BEGIN TO LOOK AT HIRING
LONG TERM SUB. 
SO I WANT TO JUST CLARIFY RIGHT
HERE AND NOW OUR FAMILY'S GOING
TO BE TOLD ON SEPTEMBER 4TH
THAT YOU GOT AN IN-PERSON SEAT
OR NOT. 
YEAH. 
SO MS. 
PHILLIPS, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE
LOOK LIKE IN ORDER FOR IT TO
COMMUNICATE FOR 3000 FAMILIES
ACROSS THE LOTTERY TIMELINE
UNTIL SEPTEMBER 4TH THEN WE'VE
GOT TO GET THE COMMUNICATION
OUT TO FAMILIES SO IT TAKES
TIME. 
WE CAN'T COMMUNICATE AND
COMPLETE THE LOTTERY AND
COMMUNICATE AT THE SAME TIME
WITH THAT NUMBER OF FAMILIES. 
WHAT IS THE COMMUNICATION
ROLLOUT? 
LOOK LIKE THEN ONCE WE CLOSE
OUT THE LOTTERY SEPTEMBER 4TH
THAT WAS THE DATE WE WERE TOLD
SEPTEMBER 4TH THAT PARENTS
WOULD KNOW NOT THAT THERE WAS
GONNA BE ANOTHER DELAY BECAUSE
THAT DATE TO ME WAS ALREADY
VERY LATE IN THE DAY. 
WE'VE GOT TO COMPLETE IN ORDER
TO GET THE CLASS LIST COMPLETED
.
I'VE GOT TO THEN COMMUNICATE
AND GET THE MESSAGES TO
FAMILIES. 
AN EMAIL IS ONE THING NOT ALL
FAMILIES HAVE EMAIL ACCESS. 
PUTTING OUT AN EMAIL IS PRETTY
QUICK BUT MISS PHILLIPS, HOW
LONG DOES IT TAKE TYPICALLY TO
GET THIS COMMUNICATION ROLLOUT
?
>> DONE NOW WE DID CONNECT WITH
70 PERCENT OF FAMILIES THAT
TOOK EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF
STAFF THAT WENT THROUGH THE OPT
IN FORM. 
WE DID GET CLOSE TO THE GOAL
WHICH WAS 70 PERCENT THROUGH
INDIVIDUAL CALLS AS PHILLIPS
HOW DOES IT HOW LONG DOES IT
TAKE? 
>> AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE
RUNNING SOME TESTS TOMORROW
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ACCURACY
IS CRITICAL AND EACH SCHOOL HAS
DIFFERENT CAPACITIES BASED ON
ON, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING.
AND SO WE ARE RUNNING
THE PROCESS TO SEE YOU KNOW,
WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
SO WE STILL ANTICIPATE GETTING
OUT, YOU KNOW ALL IF NOT MANY
ON FRIDAY. 
BUT WHEN WE TEST US TOMORROW
WE'LL SEE HOW CAN WE PLACE YOU
KNOW, X NUMBER AND K X NUMBER
AND 1 X NUMBER AND CSA AND THEN
GET THE COMMUNICATION OUT
BECAUSE TYPICALLY IT'S AN EASY
MAIL MERGE TYPE OF OF
COMMUNICATION.
BUT WE'RE IN A VERY DIFFERENT
SITUATION WHERE WE'RE NOTIFYING
BY GRADE LEVEL AND CLASSROOM. 
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET
IT RIGHT BECAUSE THE LAST THING
ANYBODY WANTS IS, YOU KNOW,
MISCOMMUNICATION AROUND
THE ASSIGNMENT OF SEATS. 
SO JUST GO FOR ONE THING.
WHAT? 
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WE'RE
EITHER GONNA SEND AN EMAIL
FRIDAY OR IT'S GONNA GO OUT IN
A LETTER FRIDAY RIGHT. 
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, NOBODY IS
REALLY BEING CLEAR. 
WE JUST NEED TO BE CLEAR WE'RE
E MAIL. 
WELL, WE SEND A LETTER OUT,
RIGHT.
I MEAN OR GO IN PERSON.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN
COMMUNICATE WITH THESE FAMILIES
.
RIGHT.
SO IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
SAY OR WE TYPICALLY TRY TO DO
MULTIPLE COMMUNICATIONS BECAUSE
NOT EVERYONE HAS WE HAVE TO BE
CLEAR WE'RE GONNA DO ONE OF
THOSE THREE THINGS FRIDAY THIS
FRIDAY. 
>> OKAY. 
ALL RIGHT. 
THANK YOU. 
>> USUALLY IT'S EMAIL OR PHONE
CALL.
OKAY. 
THANK YOU. 
BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WITH
THE SCHEDULE WAS THE DEADLINE
FOR IT FOR FAMILIES TO OPT TO
REPLY WHICH IF YOU DIDN'T REPLY
THAT YOU WANTED IN-HOUSE YOU
WERE AUTOMATIC MAGICALLY GONNA
BE REMOTE WAS AUGUST 27.
SO WE GAVE OURSELVES A WEEK TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET ALL THAT
DATA AND DISSEMINATE IT OUT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF
SEATS FOR SCHOOLS AND ALL THAT
?
RIGHT.
SO THAT I GET. 
SO MY OTHER CONCERN WITH
THE COMMUNICATION WAS THAT IS
THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU
MAKE IT THROUGH THE LOTTERY? 
YOU'RE TOLD YOU HAVE YOUR CHILD
HAS A SEAT BUT THEN WE GO BACK
AND SAY AT SOME OTHER LATER
POINT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET
STAFF FOR THAT CLASSROOM. 
IS THAT WHAT DR. HALL WAS
REFERRING TO? 
SO IT WOULD BE THE REVERSE OF
YOUR QUESTION IF WE DON'T HAVE
STAFF OR THE CLASSROOM, THEN
THIS CLASSROOM WOULDN'T BE
OPENED IN PERSON SO THEY
WOULDN'T BE TOLD THEY HAVE AN
IN-PERSON SEAT IF WE FILL THAT
CLASSROOM WITH A STAFF LATER
THAN YOU WOULD HAVE A LATER
CALL TO FAMILIES TO SAY NOW
THERE'S THERE IS A SEAT
AVAILABLE.
IS THERE SOMETHING YOU'RE STILL
INTERESTED IN? 
SO THAT'S SOME OF WHAT MISS
PHILLIPS WAS SAYING. 
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE NOTIFYING
FAMILIES OF SOMETHING THAT WE
CAN'T DELIVER ON. 
SO YOU'VE GOT WHERE DR. HALL
WAS SAYING I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT
82 PERCENT OF POSITIONS AT THIS
POINT ARE FILLED. 
HE'S STILL WORKING THROUGH
THAT.
IF WE DON'T HAVE A POSITION
FILLED IF WE DON'T HAVE A
TEACHER, WE DON'T HAVE A
CLASSROOM.
SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE
CONTACTING FAMILIES THAT THERE
HAVE A SEAT IN A CLASSROOM THAT
DOESN'T HAVE A TEACHER. 
SO HE'S GOING TO KEEP WORKING
THROUGH TO FILL. 
WE HAVE 82 PERCENT OF POSITIONS
FILLED WHICH IS AN
EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER.
IF YOU RECALL FROM WHAT PEOPLE
WERE PROJECTING MIGHT BE
FILLED.
SO 82 PERCENT ARE FILLED RIGHT
NOW. 
IF WE GET TO 100 PERCENT FILLED
WE CAN NOTIFY FAMILIES
IMMEDIATELY IF WE DON'T HAVE
THE POSITION FILLED. 
WE WON'T NOTIFY A FAMILY THAT
THEY HAVE AN IN-PERSON SEAT. 
WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE DO
GUESSWORK ABOUT WHETHER WE HAVE
A TEACHER OR NOT. 
WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE
IT STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP
TO FAMILIES.
>> SO JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU
JUST SAID, THAT NUMBER OF HOW
MANY SEATS WE HAVE AVAILABLE IS
NOW GOING TO BE ADJUSTED DOWN
BY 18 PERCENT BECAUSE THAT'S
THE 18 PERCENT STAFF POSITIONS
THAT WE DON'T HAVE LOCKED IN
YET BECAUSE IT'S WEDNESDAY. 
AND IF THE DEADLINE TO TELL
FAMILIES WAS FRIDAY WHICH IS
SEPTEMBER 4TH, WE'RE GOING TO
ONLY COMMUNIQUE TO THE SEATS
THAT WE HAVE. 
WE'RE ONLY GOING TO COMMUNICATE
TO THE SEATS THAT WE HAVE. 
BUT I ALSO DO BELIEVE THAT
FAMILIES MAYBE HAVE INTERESTS
IN THE SEATS THAT ARE AVAILABLE
LATER ONCE WE GET THESE THINGS
STAFFED. 
SO FOR TODAY'S DATE WE'LL GET A
CHECK ON BY TOMORROW MORNING. 
HOW MANY DO WE HAVE IF WE GOT
THE TEACHER THEN WE CAN STAFF
THIS CLASSROOM. 
WE CAN OPEN UP THE SEAT. 
WE HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE FOR
FAMILIES AS OF RIGHT NOW WE'VE
GOT 82 PERCENT OF POSITIONS
FILLED. 
82 IS ALSO SAYING DR. HALL
SAYING THAT A PROXIMITY THAT
MAKES IT APPROXIMATELY 80
PERCENT OF SCHOOLS FULLY
STAFFED.
WE HAVE TO HAVE CONFIRMATION OF
STAFFING IN ORDER TO OPEN UP A
SEAT. 
AND I'M SORRY, I JUST WANT ONE
MORE COMMENT AND THEN I REALLY
WILL BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO
ALSO LOOK AT THE COMMUNICATION
THAT HASN'T BEEN HAPPENING YET
AROUND THE REMOTE LEARNING
WHICH IS GOING TO BE 75 PERCENT
OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND I DID HEAR MS. 
PHILLIPS TALK ABOUT THERE'S
GOING TO BE A SCHEDULE TOMORROW
ABOUT FAMILY ORIENTATIONS AND
I'M NOT CLEAR IF IT'S CENTRAL
OFFICE DRIVEN OR EACH SCHOOL IS
GOING TO COME UP WITH YOUR OWN
ADAPTATION OF WHAT THESE
EXPECTATIONS ARE THAT I THINK
ARE STILL.
SO UNCLEAR NOT ONLY TO OUR
FAMILIES BUT OUR TEACHERS
THEMSELVES. 
I FIND THAT CONCERNING AT THAT
POINT I WOULD JUST SHUT UP.
BUT I MEAN THAT WAS MY MOTION
TONIGHT. 
WE NEED TO HAVE A FULL FLEDGED
COMMUNICATION PLAN THAT IS
SPECIFIC AND I KNOW WE'VE SPENT
A HUGE AMOUNT OF TIME BECAUSE I
PERSONALLY EVALUATE I KNOW MY
COLLEAGUES DO WE NEED TO BE IN
SCHOOL FOR THOSE KIDS WHO NEED
TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM.
BUT 75 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS
ARE GOING TO BE REMOTE AND WE
STILL HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK
LIKE.
WE ARE WORKING TO ANSWER AS
MANY QUESTIONS AS WE CAN AS
QUICKLY AS WE CAN. 
>> WE STILL DON'T HAVE A DIRECT
AGREEMENT WITH UTSA. 
BUT WE ARE WORKING IN THAT
DIRECTION.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL COME TO
A FULL AGREEMENT. 
THERE ARE CERTAIN WORKING
CONDITIONS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE
OUR SPECIFICITY. 
IT IS AN OBLIGATION ON OUR PART
TO MAKE SURE WE COLLABORATE
WITH THE USDA. 
I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERY
SCHOOL WILL BE FOLLOWING THEIR
BELL SCHEDULE WHETHER YOU'RE
REMOTE OR IN PERSON. 
WE WILL BE WORKING TO
APPROXIMATE THAT IN-PERSON
EXPERIENCE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE LIVE
TEACHING AS WELL AS INDEPENDENT
AND GROUP WORK FOR KIDS THAT
ARE WORKING REMOTELY AS WELL AS
IN PERSON.
EVERYBODY'S GOING TO PROVIDED
WITH A CHROMEBOOK EVERY STUDENT
WILL RECEIVE ONE. 
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF
OUR VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSES ARE
HANDLED BY THE SCHOOL SO YOU
CAN GET EVEN GREATER
SPECIFICITY. 
I KNOW THAT THERE IS A DESIRE
TO KNOW WHO YOUR TEACHER IS. 
REMEMBER TO GET TO THIS POINT
WHERE WE EVEN HAD IN-PERSON
STAFFING NOW TO BE 82 PERCENT. 
I BELIEVE WE'VE ACTUALLY
EXCEEDED MOST OUTSIDE OBSERVERS
EXPECTATIONS OF HOW FAR WE
WOULD GET RIGHT NOW.
EIGHTY TWO PERCENT IN-PERSON
STAFFING THAT CHANGES TO OUR
VIRTUAL TEACHERS ARE WE NEED TO
HAVE OUR TEACHERS ASSIGNED TO
WHAT THEIR ROLES ARE. 
THEN WE ASSIGN OUT OUR CLASS
LIST.
WE HAD TO MOVE THROUGH A
PROCESS OF OPTING IN VERSUS OUT
BOSTON JUST INCH ISSUED THEIR
OPT IN FORMS.
SO WE'RE NOT BEHIND OUR
SCHEDULE HERE.
IT JUST IS AN INORDINATE AMOUNT
OF STEPS TO TAKE TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CAN SUPPORT EVERY
FAMILY.
SO REMEMBER WE JUST A MONTH AGO
DETERMINED THAT WE'RE DOING
IN-PERSON AND REMOTE.
WE JUST CONCLUDED CALLS TO 7000
FAMILIES TO WALK THEM THROUGH
THE FACT THAT THERE'S WAY TO
WALK THEM THROUGH THE FACT THAT
THERE IS BOTH IN-PERSON AND
REMOTE LEARNING.
WE'VE GOT TO WORK THROUGH WITH
UGL AROUND A NEGOTIATED
SCHEDULE HERE SO WE CAN WORK
THROUGH A WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR
OUR TEACHERS THAT IS NEGOTIATED
WITH THEIR COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING UNIT.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT
DAILY. 
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT
THE COMMUNICATION IS NOT MOVING
QUICKLY ENOUGH. 
WE ARE WORKING AT THIS POINT
NEAR TWENTY FOUR HOUR DAYS TO
MAKE SURE WE CAN DESIGN TO
BRAND NEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS
SIMULTANEOUSLY SO WE CAN
DELIVER ON THE FIRST DAY OF
SCHOOL.
WE KNOW THE TIMELINES CONDENSED
BUT WE BELIEVE WE CAN DELIVER.
WE ARE HITTING EACH BENCHMARK
IN FRONT OF US EACH DAY. 
UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T GET
CLASS LISTS OUT UNTIL WE HAVE
STUDENTS THAT OPT IN.
WE CAN'T ALLOW STUDENTS OPT IN
UNTIL WE CLEAN UP THE DATA.
WE DO HAVE SOME FAMILIES THAT
HAVE PUT IN MULTIPLE REQUESTS. 
WE HAVE SOME FAMILIES THAT HAVE
SUBMITTED REQUESTS WITH
INACCURATE NAMES. 
WE HAVE SOME FAMILIES THAT HAVE
SUBMITTED REQUESTS WITH ONLY A
FIRST NAME AND NO OTHER DATA
THAT TAKES TIME TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU CAN WORK THROUGH THAT
SO THAT WE HAVE AN ADEQUATE
LOTTERY SYSTEM.
IT WAS JUST A MONTH AGO THAT WE
ESTABLISHED THE PROCESS POLICY
FOR THAT LOTTERY SYSTEM WHICH
IS A PRETTY COMPLEX WEIGHTED
SYSTEM. 
SO IT IS A DESIRE OF EVERYONE
TO MAKE SURE WE GET INFORMATION
OUT. 
BUT WHAT WOULD BE WORSE IS TO
GIVE OUT IN ACCURATE
INFORMATION. 
SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE
CAN MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE
ACCURATE INFORMATION AND ONE OF
THOSE THINGS WE DO NOT WANT TO
SAY IS FAMILY. 
YOU HAVE AN IN-PERSON SEAT.
IF I DON'T EVEN HAVE A TEACHER
FOR THAT CLASSROOM THAT WOULD
REALLY I THINK ESTABLISH A
FALSE NARRATIVE FOR A FAMILY
THAT COULD PUT A FAMILY IN A
PLACE WHERE THEY'RE
ESTABLISHING A ROUTINE FOR
THEMSELVES THAT WE JUST WON'T
BE DELIVERING ON. 
SO YEAH, WE WILL BE MAKING SURE
WE HAVE THESE STAFFED TODAY
ENDED THE STAFFING. 
THIS IS JUST BASED ON
UNDERSTANDINGS WITH THE UNION
THAT WE WERE JUST ABLE TO
DEVELOP LAST WEEK. 
THIS WAS POSTED THEN ON
SATURDAY.
ALL OF THIS WORK TAKES A
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE
UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S BETTER TO
HAVE THE INFORMATION EARLY BUT
WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE
WE CAN PROVIDE ACCURATE
INFORMATION.
AND YOU'VE GOT A SYSTEM OF
THREE THOUSAND EMPLOYEES THAT
ARE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT TO
MAKE SURE WE CAN DELIVER FOR
FAMILIES. 
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
RECOGNIZE ALL OF THEM SUPPORT
STAFF, TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, 
EVERYBODY THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM
DOING YEOMAN'S WORK RIGHT NOW
TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DELIVER FOR
FAMILIES SO WE DON'T END UP IN
THIS TYPE OF SITUATION HERE
THAT INFORMATION, THAT
COMMUNICATION. 
I COULDN'T PROVIDE IT OUT
QUICKLY HYBRID PLAN FOR EVERY
FAMILY I COULD HAVE TOLD EVERY
FAMILY EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS WE
WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO THIS WE
END UP ON THE LEFT. 
WE COULD ALSO DESIGNED A REMOTE
SYSTEM FOR EVERY SINGLE FAMILY
NOT TRIED TO GO IN
THE DIRECTION OF IN-PERSON. 
BUT I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT A
DOUBT WE WOULD'VE HAD SOME
FAMILIES LOOKING LIKE THAT ON
THE RIGHT NOW. 
I'LL ALSO SHARE THAT THAT
COVERT DATA MAY MAKE THIS
PLANNING FOR NOT. 
BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WITH
THE FACT THAT WE ARE TYPICALLY
AT A 95 PERCENT ATTENDANCE AND
IN THE SPRING WE ENDED UP AT
APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT
ATTENDANCE THAT IF WE DIDN'T GO
IN THE DIRECTION OF PLANNING
FOR AN IN-PERSON LEARNING WE
WOULD HAVE SIMPLY BEEN
ACCEPTING THAT WE'RE LOSING 15
PERCENT OF OUR POPULATION AND
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M
WILLING TO ACCEPT. 
SO PLANNING OUR TWO SYSTEMS
UNFORTUNATELY DOES START TO
DRIVE OUR TIMELINES. 
BUT WE'RE HITTING THEM EACH DAY
.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THESE
CHECKMARKS ARE CORRECT. 
AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THAT
ARROW SAYS THAT WE ARE ON TRACK
AND I BELIEVE WE ARE ON TRACK
FOR SEPTEMBER 17TH RIGHT NOW.
BUT EACH DAY WE'LL DO THE BEST
WE CAN AND WE'LL TRY TO DO A
LITTLE BIT BETTER THE NEXT. 
THANK YOU, MR. MR. DAKOTA ON
THIS ONE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
ON ON SLIDE 14 ON NEXT STEPS I
THINK THOSE ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC
NUMBERS TO SAY THE LEAST.
I THINK IF YOU GET TO WHERE
WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, IF YOU
LOOK AT QUARTER 4.
REMEMBER THAT'S THE MAXIMUM. 
IF EVERY ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS
ARE ONLY LIMITED BY SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
SO IF WE GET TO A PLACE WITHIN
DATA AS WELL AS OUR ROUTINES
WITHIN BUILDINGS THAT IF YOU
GET HIGHER THAN THAT YOU HAVE
TO ELIMINATE SOCIAL DISTANCING
MEMORY.
WE HAVE TO REDUCE SIX FEET DOWN
TO THREE. 
THAT WAS JUST THE CONVERSATION
OF THE TOWARDS THE END OF JULY
WHERE WE MADE THAT
DETERMINATION THAT THAT WAS
JUST A BOGUS PARAMETER.
THAT'S NOT THAT LONG AGO. 
SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE NUMBERS
ARE. 
COULD CERTAINLY BE OVERLY
OPTIMISTIC WHICH IS WHY WE SAID
WE'RE GOING TO WAIT TILL
THE LAST POSSIBLE TIME TO
CERTIFY SPACE. 
THE LAST POSSIBLE TIME IS ONE
MONTH BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP.
YOU SEE HOW CONDENSE THESE
TIMELINES ARE.
IT'S REALLY A CHALLENGE.
AND YET THIS WAS A ONE MONTH
CERTIFYING SPACE ON AUGUST I
BELIEVE THAT WAS OUR AUGUST
19TH SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING
IF I RECALL FOR THE 7TH
SEPTEMBER 17TH.
I REMEMBER AT THAT TIME MR.
DYLAN HAD SOME SERIOUS
QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT 70 PERCENT AND
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 25 AND WE
HAD THAT CONVERSATION AT THAT
TIME THAT WE HAD TO CERTIFY
SPACE FOR SCHOOL OPENING.
YOU SEE HOW TOUGH THE TIMELINE
IS HERE WITH ONE MONTH. 
SO IN ORDER TO GET TO 50
PERCENT FOR QUARTER TWO YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT CONFIDENCE IN
OCTOBER THAT WE CAN OPEN THAT
AMOUNT OF SPACE SAFELY I WOULD
SAY YES.
MR. DAKOTA OPTIMISM FOR SURE. 
BUT I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE A
TIME PERIOD WHERE WE REMAIN
OPTIMISTIC TO THE BEST OF OUR
ABILITY. 
>> OK, SO THE OTHER THING IS
THAT YOU REFERENCING TO YOUR
STAFF THAT'S BEEN WORKING
OVERTIME. 
I'LL SAY IT AND WE KNOW THAT. 
AND WE DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
IT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK. 
PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA. 
IN FACT, I I GIVE KUDOS TO
THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SCHEDULER
WHO HAS A HERCULEAN KIND OF JOB
TO DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR IN
NORMAL CONDITIONS IN THESE
ABNORMAL CONDITIONS SETTING UP
TWO SEPARATE SCHEDULES FOR
THE SAME SCHOOL BOGGLES
THE MIND. 
IT REALLY DOES.
I CAN RECALL SEVERAL YEARS AGO
A RETIRED MATH TEACHER WHO WAS
WHO WAS FILLING IN IN THE B
HOUSE OFFICE WHICH WAS MY HOUSE
THAT AT THE TIME SHE WAS KIND
OF IN A SNIT OVER SCHEDULING
CLASSES AND SHE WAS SAYING HOW
BACK IN THE DAY BEFORE
COMPUTERS AND BEFORE ALL THIS
STUFF THAT THEY HAD AT THEIR
DISPOSAL, THE MATH DEPARTMENT
WOULD BE SITTING AROUND THIS
LONG TABLE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, 
WELL, I HAD SO-AND-SO AND YOU
HAD I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE
THIS ONE. 
AND THAT'S HOW THIS GETS TO
KIDS. 
I CAN'T DO THAT TODAY.
BUT I THINK THAT LIKE I SAID, 
THE THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN VERY
OPTIMISTIC AND I LIKE YOU. 
YOU HAVEN'T PUT A DISCLAIMER
THAT YOU KNOW THE HEALTH ISSUES
ON THAT COVERED 19 ALL OF THAT.
BUT WE CAN STAY OPTIMISTIC IN
TERMS OF HOPEFULLY A VACCINE
COMES ALONG WHEN THAT COME WHEN
IT HAPPENS. 
LORD KNOWS THANK YOU. 
SO THE OPTIMISM.
COMMITTEE MEMBER DAKOTA WAS
ALSO IN REFERENCE TO SOME
QUESTIONS OF SAYING WELL IF WE
SAID 70 PERCENT IS BASED ON
SOCIAL DISTANCING, HOW DO WE
GET THERE? 
WELL, THIS YOU WOULD HAVE TO
FOLLOW THIS TYPE OF TRAJECTORY
.
SO WHILE IT IS CERTAINLY
OPTIMISTIC WE CAN START TO SEE
IF WE CAN'T GET THERE ON
THE QUARTER TO THEN IT'S GOING
TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO EVER
GET TO 70 PERCENT BY QUARTER 4
.
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET BEYOND
70 PERCENT IS IF SOCIAL
DISTANCING IS ELIMINATED. 
EVERY OTHER MEMBER ALL THOSE
OTHER SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT WE
HAVE IN PLACE, THE PRECAUTIONS
AROUND OPEN WINDOWS AND ONLY
USING EXTERIOR ROOMS WE WOULD
HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'D HAVE TO
START USING INTERIOR ROOMS SO
WE HAVE TO GET TO A HIGHER
LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THERE.
YOU DO NEED TO START GETTING
INTO AND RE RETHINKING OUR
HYBRID MODELS WHICH WE HAVE ALL
OF THOSE SCENARIOS IS JUST
THE END OF JULY WHERE OUR TASK
FORCE HAS COMPLETED THEIR WORK.
WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE MODELS.
WE DIDN'T LOOK AT HYBRID FOR
REOPENING BUT YOU'D HAVE TO
RETHINK HYBRID BECAUSE OF
THE STAFFING CONSTRAINTS AND
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT HERE.
SO A LOT OF WORK EACH QUARTER
BUT I DID THINK THERE WAS AN
NEED TO SHOW HOW YOU WOULD GET
TO 70 PERCENT BENCHMARKS ALONG
THE WAY TO DO THIS WELL TO DO
IT THROUGH A PHASED IN PROCESS
.
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
A FEW KIND OF SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW AND I WILL
SHARE YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY FROM
AS MY COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING AND
AS THE ADMINISTRATION IS SAYING
,YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING
THE IMPOSSIBLE TASK AND I YOU
KNOW, I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE
THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY EVERY
SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN SET
WITHIN A PRETTY IMPOSSIBLE
CHALLENGE. 
AGAIN, TRYING TO MAKE EVERYBODY
HAPPY AND TRYING TO BUILD
ALMOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS BY
THE STUDENT.
SO YOU KNOW, IT CERTAINLY IS A
HUGE CHALLENGE. 
AND I RECOGNIZE HOW MUCH TIME, 
EFFORT AND TALENT HAS GONE INTO
GETTING US EVEN TO THIS POINT. 
SO THAT'S VERY APPRECIATED AND
RECOGNIZED WHICH I THINK IS
IMPORTANT. 
I ALSO UNDERSTAND PARENT
FRUSTRATION, TEACHER
FRUSTRATION CERTAINLY.
>> SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT
WE'RE BALANCING THIS EVERY
EFFORT WE'RE MAKING TO MOVE
FORWARD.
BUT RECOGNIZING THAT NO IT'S
NOT FAST. 
NO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT STRONG
ENOUGH.
NO IT'S NOT CLEAR ENOUGH AND
THAT'S TRUE FOR ALL OF US
SITTING IN THIS ROOM, LET ALONE
FOR THE PARENTS AND
THE TEACHERS AND THE FAMILIES
THAT AND STUDENTS THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH. 
SO I MEAN I THINK WE'VE
RECOGNIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, 
THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF WORK
AND EFFORT GOING INTO ALL OF
THESE EFFORTS.
BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO WAY
FOR ANY OF US TO ACHIEVE
PERFECTION IN ALL THIS.
SO UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S
YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT WE'RE UP
AGAINST.
MY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON ON
THE REPORT TONIGHT ONE WOULD BE
I KNOW THAT WHERE I BELIEVE
FIRMLY SAYING THAT ON SEPTEMBER
4TH OF ARE IN STUDENT STUDENTS
FAMILIES WILL GET THEIR NOTICE
OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND WHO
THEIR TEACHER IS.
WILL WE HAVE THAT SAME
INFORMATION FOR ALL OF OUR
REMOTE STUDENTS?
WILL ALL OF THE REMOTE STUDENTS
BE A SCIENTIST? 
CLASSES BE ASSIGNED TO TEACHERS
SO THAT FAMILIES CAN AT LEAST
START GETTING SOME CONCRETE
INFORMATION ABOUT WHO THEY'RE
THE HONESTLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
PERSON IN THEIR COVERED REMOTE
LEARNING EXPERIENCE. 
FIND OUT WHO THAT IS FOR THEIR
STUDENTS.
AND I'M GONNA HAND THE MIKE
OVER TO MISS PHILLIPS BUT I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN
CLARIFY. 
>> WE'VE GOT TO GIVE KIDS
WHETHER THEY'RE IN PERSON, 
WHETHER THEY'RE IN-PERSON THEN
WE CAN ASSIGN THEM TO A
SPECIFIC TEACHER.
THAT'S THE CLASS ROSTERING THAT
HAPPENS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ASSIGN
THEM TO THEIR CLASS LISTS SO
THEY WON'T GET US AN ASSIGNMENT
THAT SAYS YOU'RE IN-PERSON WITH
MR. HOEY AT THAT YOU'LL GET AN
IN-PERSON FOR THIS GRADE LEVEL
AT THE SCHOOL. 
MISS PHILLIPS, DO WE SEND. 
CAN YOU ANSWER THIS?
MS. 
MARTIN'S QUESTION ABOUT
THE IN-PERSON VERSUS REMOTE. 
WHEN DO EVERYBODY LEARN THEIR
ASSIGNMENTS? 
SO WE OUR SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN
ASKING ABOUT THE STUDENTS SO
THEY CAN REGISTER AND WE DID
SHARE WITH THEM THAT UM YOU
KNOW, EVEN TO THIS POINT RIGHT
NOW WE'RE STILL FINALIZING
THE OPTIONS AND SO UM BY
TOMORROW WE SHOULD HAVE A
PRETTY CLEAN LIST WHICH IS SOME
FINAL CLEANUPS FOR OUR SCHOOLS
TO START BEING ABLE TO DO
THE ROSTERING.
UM, BUT UNTIL WE RUN
THE LOTTERY WE WON'T BE ABLE TO
HAVE THE FINAL UM YOU KNOW
THE FINAL CLASS SCHEDULES SUCH
TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH
FAMILIES. 
SO EVERYTHING REALLY IS WAITING
FOR FOR THE FRIDAY
NOTIFICATIONS, THE FRIDAY
NOTIFICATIONS OR THE FRIDAY
LOTTERY.
WELL BY FRIDAY WE'LL HAVE
THE NUMBER OF REMOTE WE'LL HAVE
THE NAMES OF EVERYONE WHO
DIDN'T SUBMIT A FORM. 
>> RIGHT. 
THEY AUTOMATICALLY ENROLL IN
REMOTE.
MM HMM.
AND THEN IF YOU DID SUBMIT A
FORM AND OPTED FOR REMOTE WE'LL
BE ABLE TO PUT YOU IN
THE REMOTE CATEGORY AND THEN
IT'S JUST THE REMAINING YOU
KNOW AROUND WHAT NUMBER DID I
SAY 4000 NINE HUNDRED MAYBE
FIVE THOUSAND STUDENTS WHO. 
THAT'S THE GROUP THAT WE'RE NOT
SURE OF. 
OF WHO WILL BE IN PERSON AND
WHO WILL BE REMOTE.
SO THERE'S YOU KNOW, A SCHOOL
WON'T BE ABLE TO FINALIZE THEIR
ROSTER UNTIL WE PROVIDE THEM
WITH THESE NAMES. 
MS.
PHILLIPS WAS OUR BOTH GROUPS
IMPERSONAL, REMOTE, GOING TO BE
TOLD THEIR INPUT YOUR IN-PERSON
MR. ANDY'S IN-PERSON JACKIE'S
REMOTE DOES BOTH OF THOSE
CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN ON FRIDAY
?
>> SO PLANNING TO TELL FAMILIES
TOMORROW THAT YOU'VE BEEN
ENROLLED IN REMOTE YOU'VE BEEN
ENROLLED IN REMOTE.
UM. 
AGAIN IF YOU DIDN'T SUBMIT A
FORM AND IF YOU SUBMITTED A
FORM THAT SAID I WANT REMOTE. 
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO GROUPS
WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT TO BE
ABLE TO SAY YOU'VE BEEN
ENROLLED IN REMOTE UM BUT IT'S
THE FINAL 5000 THAT WON'T BE
ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT
INFORMATION UNTIL A LATER DATE.
SO ON FRIDAY, UM OF OUR
FOURTEEN THOUSAND PROSPECTIVE
STUDENTS UM THERE SHOULD BE
ABOUT ELEVEN THOUSAND WHO WILL
FIND OUT THAT THEY ARE IN
THE REMOTE LEARNING AND THAT'S
HOW THEY'RE GONNA BE LEARNING
IN ON SEPTEMBER 17 AROUND THAT
YEAH ABOUT 10000 PEOPLE ON. 
>> I JUST WENT RIGHT. 
RIGHT.
RIGHT. 
RIGHT.
I'M CONFUSED BY THIS.
SO ON FRIDAY TEN THOUSAND
FAMILIES WILL GET THEIR
NOTIFICATION THAT THEY'VE GOT
THEY'RE GOING GONNA BE IN
REMOTE.
>> RIGHT.
WE'RE CONFIDENT WE'LL BE
CONFIDENT OF THAT NUMBER. 
IT'S AROUND 10000. 
SO THE ONES THAT ARE IN FLUX
ARE THE ONES WHO WORK ARE HAVE
REQUESTED IN PERSON BUT WE
DON'T KNOW IF THEY GET IT OR
NOT.
>> SO LET'S SAY 5000. 
RIGHT.
I'M MAKING NUMBERS OBVIOUSLY.
>> SO BUT FOR THOSE 5000
STUDENTS WE'RE ANTICIPATING
THAT THREE THOUSAND THIRTY
THIRTY SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY
THREE WILL ULTIMATELY BE ABLE
TO DO THE IN-PERSON LIKE I AM
GETTING. 
>> SO THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING
THAT PERFECT WORLD SCENARIO, 
YOU KNOW THAT THAT WE HIT THAT
THAT NUMBER THOSE PEOPLE ON
FRIDAY ARE GONNA GET WHAT AN
EMAIL SAYING DEAR FAMILY. 
RIGHT.
SO I'M ASKING WHAT IT WILL SAY
.
RIGHT.
SO TOMORROW WHAT WE'RE
ANTICIPATING IS LETTING
EVERYONE KNOW ON OUR CLEAN OPT
IN LESS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED
YOUR FORM AND YOU WILL BE
INCLUDED IN THE LOTTERY ON
FRIDAY AND THEN WE WILL SEND A
COMMUNICATION TO EVERYONE ELSE
SAYING IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE
AN EMAIL AROUND THE OPT IN LIST
THAT MEANS YOU HAVE BEEN
ENROLLED IN REMOTE LEARNING.
AND SO THEN YOU RUN THE LOTTERY
ON FRIDAY.
RIGHT. 
LET'S HOPE EARLY MORNING.
THEN WHAT GOES OUT ON FRIDAY?
AND IT PROBABLY WILL BE LATER
IN I DON'T WANT TO OVER PROMISE
IT'S PROBABLY NOT IN
THE MORNING BECAUSE EVERY DAY
WE'RE GETTING YOU KNOW, WEEK
WEEK WE HAD THE DEADLINE TODAY
FOR INCOMPLETE FORMS AND NOW
WE'RE STILL CLEANING THAT UP
OVERNIGHT. 
UM, SO TOMORROW WHEN WE WON
THE LOTTERY AGAIN THE FAMILY
RESOURCE CENTER, OUR ROLE IS TO
LOOK AT THE CAPACITY THAT WE'VE
BEEN GIVEN AND PLACE
THE STUDENTS FROM THE WAIT LIST
YOU KNOW FROM THE LIST IN
THE CAPACITY THAT WE'VE BEEN
GIVEN BUT WE CAN'T COMMUNICATE
THAT UNTIL IT'S BEEN VERIFIED
THAT YOU KNOW THAT THE CLASS IS
HAPPENING. 
YOU KNOW, IT'S STAFFED AND AND
THEN WE WILL COMMUNICATE CLASS
BY CLASS, BUILDING BY BUILDING,
GRADE BY GRADE AND YOU'LL GET
THAT FAMILY WILL GET AN EMAIL
THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, DEAR
PARENT GUARDIAN OF X STUDENT
YOU KNOW, YOUR CHILD HAS BEEN
YOU KNOW, RECEIVED AN IN-PERSON
SEAT FOR KINDERGARTEN AT X
SCHOOL. 
THAT'S THAT'S THE COMMUNICATION
WE'RE INTENDING TO SEND AS
SEATS ARE VERIFIED.
BUT THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA
GET ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ON FRIDAY. 
I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT ALL
THOSE THOSE FAMILIES THAT FIVE
THOUSAND WHO ARE IN FLUX. 
>> EXCUSE ME? 
THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET AN E-MAIL
ON FRIDAY SAYING YOU'RE IN YOUR
ROW.
SOME OF THEM WELL, OK. 
SO THE ONES WHO ARE SO YOU'RE
GONNA BE ABLE TO GET RID OF
THE ONES WHO AREN'T GOING TO
GET IN SCHOOL LEARNING THE ONES
WHO MAY OR MAY NOT GET IN
SCHOOL LEARNING WHEN WILL THEY
ACTUALLY HEAR THAT?
WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE AND WHO
THEY'RE GOING TO BE WITH AND
THAT THEY ACTUALLY DID GET IN
THAT NEXT WEEK IS THAT THE WEEK
AFTER? 
SO OUR INTENTION IS TO LET
EVERYONE KNOW BY NEXT WEEK LIKE
EVERYONE KNOW.
BUT AGAIN, SOME PEOPLE MAY OPT
OUT. 
RIGHT.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU OPTED IN
INITIALLY AND YOU TELL US I'M
SORRY, I WANT REMOTE WE'LL PULL
YOU OUT AND THEN WE'LL GO TO
THE NEXT PERSON ON THE LIST.
I JUST THINK WE SHOULD BE CLEAR
THAT NOT EVERYONE'S GONNA KNOW
ON FRIDAY. 
I MEAN OUR ARE OUR
COMMUNICATIONS HAVE SAID
EVERYONE WILL KNOW WHAT THEIR
SITUATION IS ON FRIDAY.
IF IT AND I'M UNDERSTANDING WHY
IT CAN'T HAPPEN THAT YOU NEED
YOU KNOW. 
BUT WE JUST NEED TO BE CLEAR
ABOUT THAT. 
BUT REALLY A PORTION YOU KNOW, 
THE REMOTE PEOPLE WILL KNOW ON
FRIDAY BUT THE REMAINING PEOPLE
WHO ARE LOOKING AT IT IN PERSON
,IT COULD BE ANOTHER WEEK
BEFORE THEY KNOW WHAT THE STORY
IS.
THE OTHER BUT MY NEXT QUESTION
WOULD BE I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS
82 PERCENT THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE
AT 82. 
WE'RE HOPING REASONABLY
CONFIDENT WE'LL GET TO 100
RATHER THAN KIND OF YOU KNOW,
POPULATING 82 PERCENT AND THEN
GOING TO YOU KNOW, THE HUNDRED
AS EACH TEACHER COMES IN LINE.
I MEAN I WOULD RECOMMEND
POPULATING THE 82 PERCENT AND
THEN HAVING A SPECIFIC LIST OF
WAITLISTED STUDENTS FAMILIES
SHOULD GET THAT INFORMATION.
YOU'VE BEEN PUT ON THE WAITLIST
AND AS CLASSROOMS BECOME
AVAILABLE AS WE GET TO YOU
KNOW, THE 100 PERCENT YOU'LL BE
CONTACTED. 
BUT I JUST THINK BEING CLEAR
ABOUT AGAIN WHERE YOU ARE AND
KIND OF WHAT THE PROCESS IS IS
IS JUST GOING TO BE VITALLY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, 
AGAIN, WE'RE ALL HEARING
THE FRUSTRATION. 
WE UNDERSTAND IT. 
BUT I THINK RATHER THAN KIND OF
RATHER THAN THE PERSON BEING
TOLD NO, YOU'RE REMOTE BUT THEN
WE'LL CALL IT THEN YOU CALL
THEM AND WE CAN SAY OH WAIT, NO
,YOU CAN BE IN PERSON I THINK
BETTER LETTING KNOW THEY'RE
STILL ON A WAITLIST.
YOU KNOW AND THEY MAY HAVE A
CHANCE AS WE GO THROUGH THAT TO
THAT PROCESS. 
THE .
SO ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS
SEPTEMBER 4TH AND WE GET
THE YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE IN
THE TIMEFRAME FOR THAT IN IN
LEARN IN SCHOOL LEARNING.
WE THINK TWO WEEKS BEFORE
REMOTE LEARNERS WILL MAYBE KNOW
WHO THEIR TEACHERS ARE. 
I MEAN THAT'S PUTTING US ON
THE 17TH. 
I MEAN IT'S KIND OF ROUGH AND I
CAN I JUST MAKE A SUGGESTION. 
I KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK
RIGHT.
YOU WHAT I'M GETTING FROM THIS
CONVERSATION IS AND I KNOW I'M
NOT SUPPOSED TO SPEAK TO LINING
UP HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE
NOTIFIED.
WE'RE ALL DOING THE BEST WE
CAN.
WOULD YOU WANT A LOTTERY ON
FRIDAY? 
IT'S GOING TO TAKE TILL MIDWEEK
TO NOTIFY PEOPLE THEN THEY'RE
GOING TO DECLINE OR ACCEPT THEN
WE'RE GOING TO BE INTO THE WEEK
OF SCHOOL.
WHY DON'T WE JUST STOP REMOTE
AND DO IN LEARNING IN OCTOBER?
BECAUSE AND I KNOW PEOPLE DON'T
WANT TO HEAR THIS BUT I MEAN
THIS IS THE WAY WE'LL GO WHEN
IT'S GOING TO TAKE TWO WEEKS TO
FIND OUT IF JIMMY WANTS TO BE
IN CLASS AND NOT BE IN CLASS.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE AN AGREEMENT
WITH THE UGL YET. 
AND THE OTHER THING I NOTICED
IS WE'VE GOT ONE TEACHER
RUNNING BACK BETWEEN TWO
CLASSES FOR TWENTY FOUR KIDS. 
I WOULDN'T LET MY KID IN A
CLASSROOM LIKE THAT.
SO I MEAN THAT'S WHAT I SEE. 
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT
POWER AS I SEE FROM THE CHARTS
I SAW IT LOOKS LIKE ONE TEACHER
PER 12 KIDS.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
BECAUSE IT SAYS ONE TEACHER, 24
KIDS, 12 KIDS IN A ROOM. 
THEY'RE RUNNING BACK AND FORTH
WITH A THAT'S NOT UNDERSTAND
THAT THAT'S A PARENT TEACHER
TEAM IS THE WAY IT IS.
THAT'S A PARENT TEACHER TEAM IS
HOW WELL DONE IS THAT POWER ON
THAT?
TELL US.
THAT'S HOW THAT ONE WORKS. 
THERE IS.
I DO THINK WE'RE ON TRACK TO
DELIVER ON THE PLAN HERE.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IS
NOT THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR
TIMELINE.
IT'S THE PROCESS OF ROLLING OUT
COMMUNICATION. 
WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A RISK.
I THINK THE RISK IS TOO HIGH
STAKES WITH COMMUNICATION. 
THE IDEA AND WHAT MS.
PHILLIPS WAS TRYING TO NAVIGATE
IN HER ANSWER I THINK SHE DID
QUITE WELL. 
WELL SO I APPRECIATE THAT MS.
PHILLIPS WAS TRYING TO BE
CAUTIOUS IN MAKING SURE THAT
SHE CAN DELIVER ON WHAT SHE'S
SAYING.
IT DOES TAKE TIME TO ROLL THESE
CONVERSATIONS OUT IF IN FACT IF
A PARENT WANTS TO SAY WHEN MY
DESIRE IS TO KNOW I CAN TELL
100 PERCENT OF OUR FAMILIES
THAT I CAN GIVE YOU A REMOTE
SEAT. 
OUR FAMILIES HAVE SAID THEY
DON'T WANT THAT. 
OUR FAMILIES HAVE SAID QUITE
CLEARLY THAT YOU DO WHATEVER IT
TAKES. 
SUPERINTENDENT TO GET MY CHILD
IN PERSON.
WE ARE DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO GET THE CHILD IN PERSON. 
THAT REQUIRES US TO WORK
THROUGH THIS TIMELINE.
WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM OUR
FAMILIES THAT HAVE REQUESTED
IN-PERSON SEATS THEY WILL
FOLLOW AND BE AS FLEXIBLE AS
POSSIBLE IF THAT MEANS AN
IN-PERSON SEAT FOR THEM FOR 40
PERCENT OF OUR OUR FAMILIES
SURVEYED SAID THEY DON'T HAVE
ANY CHILD CARE SERVICE FOR
THEIR CHILD. 
SO EVEN WITH THE SERVICES WE'RE
PROVIDING IF THERE'S COMPLETE
OVERLAP WITH THE NUMBER OF
FAMILIES THAT GET IN PERSON,
THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE 15
PERCENT OF FAMILIES THAT DON'T
HAVE CHILD CARE.
I'VE GOT TO WORK THROUGH AND
SOLVE THAT IF WE ARE IN FULL
REMOTE.
THAT'S 40 PERCENT OF OUR
FAMILIES.
NOW I'VE WORKED ACROSS WITH AND
TALKED TO MANY OF OUR CHILD
CARE PROVIDERS MEETING
THE NUMBER 15 PERCENT WHICH
WE'RE TALKING IN THE THOUSANDS
IS LIKELY A NUMBER THAT WE
CAN'T REACH AS A COMMUNITY TO
SUPPORT JUST SIMPLY SUPERVISION
OF CHILDREN.
SO WE HAVE SOME EXTRAORDINARY
NEEDS HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
ALL OF THIS RELATES TO THE HARD
WORK OF WORKING TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT BOTH IF
WE CHOSE TO BE FULL REMOTE.
WE CAN DO THAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CHOICE
WE WANT TO GO INTO.
SO ALL OF THIS DOES RELATE, MR.
MAYOR, TO MAKING SURE THE SAME
STAFF, THE SAME NUMBER OF
PEOPLE, THE SAME NUMBER OF
HOURS ARE CREATING TWO
DIFFERENT DESIGNS. 
SO YES, THAT DOES TAKE MORE
TIME.
BUT WE HAVE HEARD CLEARLY FROM
NOT ONLY OUR FAMILIES BUT ALSO
THE MANY PROVIDERS THAT SERVE
OUR HARD TO REACH AT RISK
CHILDREN THAT IT IS NECESSARY
FOR US TO BE IN PERSON AND GET
THERE. 
NOW I ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE THIS
CAUTION THROUGH ALL OF THIS
INCLUDES CHANGING GUIDANCE, 
SHIFTING LANDSCAPE. 
ONE OF THAT CHANGING GUIDANCE
JUST HAPPENED TO US AT THE 11TH
HOUR WHEN WE DESIGNED OUR PLAN
WHICH IS AROUND THIS COLOR
CODED GOVERNORS CHART. 
WE MAY BE IN A PREDICAMENT
WHERE THE DAY BEFORE WE HAVE TO
SAY THAT IN-PERSON LEARNING IS
NOT A POSSIBILITY.
NOW THAT CODING CHANGES DAILY I
JUST GOT A MESSAGE JUST NOW AS
I'M SITTING HERE.
WE CHANGE FROM GREEN TO YELLOW
FOR TODAY'S NOTIFICATION.
WE'VE BEEN GREEN THROUGHOUT. 
THEN WE CHANGED THE YELLOW.
IT MIGHT GO BACK TO GREEN.
IT MAY CHANGE AGAIN.
THAT'S AS WE TALK. 
ALL RIGHT. 
THIS STUFF HAPPENS SO. 
MR. MAYOR, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY
SAY YES, WE COULD CERTAINLY
CLARIFICATION COMMUNICATION
THAT'S EASIER FOR ONE MODEL.
BUT THAT PICTURE THERE OF THESE
YOUNG PEOPLE THAT'S NOT A
COMMUNITY TOO DIFFERENT FROM
OURS. 
A PERCENT OF OUR CHILDREN ARE
HOMELESS AND I DON'T KNOW THAT
WE CAN ACCEPT WHAT WE ACCEPTED
LAST SPRING OF 15 PERCENT OF
OUR POPULATION JUST NOT BEING
ATTENDING IN ATTENDANCE AT ALL
COMPARED TO WHAT THEY USUALLY
DO. 
SO ALL RIGHT.
>> SO LET'S BE HONEST.
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO NOTIFY
KIDS UNTIL THE WEEK OF SCHOOL
THAT THEY'RE IN CLASS. 
I MEAN THAT'S THE WAY IT'S
LOOKING.
SO IT JUST IT JUST LOOKS LIKE
WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.
BY THE TIME WE PICK A LOTTERY,
GET IN TOUCH WITH SOMEBODY.
WAIT FOR THEIR RESPONSE, PICK A
NEW PERSON. 
WE'RE INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF
SCHOOL WHERE WE'RE MONDAY
WHATEVER THE DATE IS MONDAY
THE 14TH EXCEPT FOR RARE
EXCEPTIONS. 
>> I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO
I DON'T THINK WE'RE TO BE THAT
FAR OFF. 
BUT YES, MISS HOLT, MR. HOEY, 
THE MR. DOLAN. 
THANK YOU. 
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW
COMMENTS TONIGHT. 
I WANT TO STICK WITH THAT 82
PERCENT OF THE STAFF THAT'S
ALREADY VOLUNTEERED TO COME
BACK TO WORK.
I THINK IF YOU COULD TOUCH A
FEW THINGS, MR. SUPERINTENDENT
,TONIGHT FOR THOSE PEOPLE
BECAUSE THE ONES THAT I
INTERVIEW LIVE IN LAW,
THE TEACHERS AND OTHER YEAR 11
HUNDRED AND APPROXIMATELY 11
HUNDRED AND FIFTY TEACHERS ONLY
ABOUT 390 OR 400 LIVE IN LAW
AND THE ONES THAT I'M SPEAKING
TO WANT TO COME BACK.
BUT THERE ARE THREE LITTLE
QUESTIONS THEY HAVE IF YOU
CAN'T TOUCH ANY ONE OF THEM
FORM TONIGHT, IT WOULD HELP ME
TOO. 
I HOPE WE GET SOME ANSWERS
TONIGHT.
MR. HOEY ON HOW WE ARE TEACHING
.
THERE WAS NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, MOST TEACHERS ARE
TELLING ME AND YOU KNOW, I TRY
TO LOOK AT SPECIAL ED MORE THAN
ANYTHING BECAUSE THIS IS MY
FAREWELL PARTY FOR THE SCHOOL
COMMITTEE IN ANOTHER YEAR AND
FOUR MONTHS. 
BUT SPECIAL IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO ME AND WHAT I'M HEARING FROM
THEM TEACHERS AND REGULAR
TEACHERS IS A LOT ABOUT
PLANNING TIME.
AND BY THE WAY, I HAD A FEW
COMPLIMENTS ON THIS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
THEY'RE TELLING ME IT'S PAINFUL
IN ONE COMMENT THAT I GET THAT
I WANT TO READ THAT PEOPLE HAD
SAID IT'S LIKE WE ARE TOLD TO
BUILD AN ENGINE WITHOUT
DIRECTION. 
SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
BRING THAT NUMBER 82 PERCENT TO
100 IF YOU COULD EVEN ANSWER
ONE OR TWO OF THOSE QUESTIONS. 
BUT THE TEACHERS THAT ARE OUT
THERE THAT ARE ALREADY
VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AGAINST
THE UNION THAT'S TELLING THEM
NOT TO COME IN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
MISS DESMOND, CAN YOU PROVIDE
SOME SOME KIND OF A FEW REMARKS
ABOUT WHAT P.D. LOOKS LIKE,
WHAT PD WILL LOOK LIKE AS WE GO
FORWARD TWO DAYS REMEMBER WE'VE
GOT WE'VE ONLY BEEN IN PD FOR
TWO DAYS THREE DAYS AT THIS
POINT IT'S 10 DAYS OF
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR
OUR TEACHERS.
SEE YOU JUST GO INTO KIND OF
REFLECTION ON THE YEAR AND
GOING INTO PPE AND THE SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS THEN INTO YOUR
TEACHING TOOLS THAT
THE SCHEDULES WILL MIMIC ONE
ANOTHER.
SO WHETHER YOU'RE TEACHING IN
PERSON OR YOU'RE TEACHING
REMOTELY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
WORKING ON THE SAME SCHEDULE
WITH YOUR YOUNG PEOPLE YOUR
CLASS LIST WHICH IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT FOR A TEACHER. 
I ALWAYS WANTED TO RECEIVE
THAT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE DELAYED BUT
ALSO DURING THE COURSE OF THESE
TWO WEEKS THOUGH YOU WILL BE
PROVIDED WITH CLEAR TRAINING ON
ALL OF THE SYSTEM USE ALL
THE CHROME BOOKS, ALL OF THAT, 
ALL OF THAT THAT YOU NEED TO BE
ABLE TO TEACH AND YOU'LL ALSO
RECEIVE YOUR TEACHING
ASSIGNMENT BASED ON WHETHER YOU
OPTED IN FOR IN-PERSON OR
REMOTE. 
SO YOU'LL KNOW IF YOU'RE AN
IN-PERSON TEACHER OR A REMOTE
TEACHER. 
MISS DESMOND, CAN YOU SHARE A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONTENT
THAT'LL BE SHARED WITH TEACHERS
ACROSS THE ACROSS THE WEEKS? 
BUT I I HAVE TOLD YOU I WILL
TELL YOU, MR. HOEY BEING REMOTE
FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IT
WAS A REQUEST OF OUR TEACHERS
THAT WE OBLIGED.
WE THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT
DECISION. 
BUT BEING ON A COMPUTER FOR
THIS AMOUNT OF TIME I THINK
ALSO SHARES WITH THEM HOW
DIFFICULT IT'S GONNA BE FOR A
REMOTE LEARNER TO LEARN DURING
THIS TIME AND IT IS NOT AS
ENGAGING AS IN-PERSON.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT, MISS
DESMOND. 
SURE.
>> SO THE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEEN
HAPPENING AT THE BUILDING
LEVELS HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY
AROUND LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT
PRODUCTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE
AND ALSO LEARNING ABOUT THINGS
SUCH AS THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM
MODEL, WHAT VIRTUAL LEARNING
SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF VIRTUAL
LEARNING AND SO A LOT OF
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, EITHER
WATCHING SOME TRAINING VIDEOS
OR CONNECTING TO A ZOOM LINK
WITH A GROUP OF COLLEAGUES TO
DISCUSS THE LEARNING. 
SO THERE'S BEEN THERE'S BEEN A
LOT OF DIFFERENT MODELS THAT
HAVE BEEN USED UP UNTIL TODAY. 
NEXT WEEK WHAT WE WILL HAVE IS
SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE LEARNING
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WHICH ALL
TEACHERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO.
THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS
AROUND THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM ITSELF AND THEN THEY'LL
ALSO BE A COUPLE OF HOURS
AROUND WHAT A GOOD VIRTUAL
LEARNING USING THE LEARNING
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WOULD LOOK
LIKE. 
>> SO.
SO CURRENTLY AS I SAID WITHIN
BUILDINGS THERE THERE'S
TRAINING ON PRODUCTS WE ALREADY
HAVE AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE
TO USE SUCH AS AS TEAM MATH
SUCH AS GOOGLE CLASSROOM AND
THEN ALSO THIS PEDAGOGY
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S
HAPPENING SUCH AS WHAT IS WHAT
IS A STRONG VIRTUAL LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT CONTAIN OR WHAT
DOES A FLIP CLASSROOM LOOK LIKE
.
AND SO TEACHERS HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT SOME
VIDEOS, LOOK AT SOME PD
TRAINING THAT WAS CREATED
IN-HOUSE BY SOME OF OUR STAFF
IN THE CURRICULUM OFFICE AND
THEN ALSO WORK IN GROUPS TO
HAVE SMALL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
THAT. 
AND THEN ALSO THERE'S
THE LARGER RESUMES THAT ARE
OCCURRING WITH THE WHOLE
BUILDING.
SO THAT'S JUST AN IDEA OF SORT
OF WHAT'S GOING ON THIS WEEK
AND THEN WHAT TO EXPECT FOR
NEXT WEEK. 
I JUST WANT SOMETHING ABOUT
PLANNING TIME BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT I HEARD THE MOST
COMPLAINTS ABOUT AND I KNOW HOW
HIGHLY RESPECTED BY TEACHERS
BECAUSE OF HOW GREAT OF A
PRINCIPAL YOU WERE. 
BUT IF YOU COULD TOUCH THAT
PART FOR ME PLANNING TIME SO I
COULD ANSWER TO THEM. 
THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE
WITH THEIR OWN GROUPS GETTING
CERTAIN PLANNING TIME.
I DON'T REALLY EVEN KNOW WHAT
IT IS.
MAYBE MR. DOLAN KNOWS WHAT
PLANET PAYMENTS I DON'T HAVE A
CLUE BUT IF YOU COULD TOUCH
THAT FOR ME I'D APPRECIATE. 
RIGHT.
SO I THINK THE PLANNING TIME
THAT THEY MIGHT BE REFERRING TO
THIS TIME WHERE THEY MEET WITH
THEIR GRADE LEVEL TEAM
SPECIFICALLY AND SO THAT HAS
BEEN BUILT IN TO MANY OF
THE SCHEDULES THAT I HAVE SEEN
SHARED. 
>> SO WE HAVE SEVERAL PRINCIPAL
FORUMS WHERE THEY'RE SHARING
WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THERE IS
TIME BUILT IN. 
SO I'M THINKING THAT'S WHAT
THEY'RE REFERRING TO. 
BUT I CAN I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK
INTO MORE SCHEDULE. 
>> I APPRECIATE IT. 
I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT
THERE BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY
VOLUNTEERED. 
IT WAS ABOUT 13 OF THEM.
SO TO ME THAT'S QUITE A BIT OF
TEACHERS THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING
AND I'M JUST SAYING EIGHTY TWO
PERCENT I THOUGHT IF THEY HEARD
FROM YOU FROM
THE SUPERINTENDENT ON HOW WE
ARE TEACHING, I THINK THAT
NUMBER WOULD GROW. 
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME, MAYOR.
APPRECIATE JOB, MR. DON'T.
>> YEAH. 
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
SO I'M ONE OF THESE PARENTS
THAT EVERYBODY'S IS TALKING
TONIGHT WHO IS IN A TOUGH SPOT,
HAS ZERO INFORMATION. 
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SCHOOL MY
KID'S GOING TO I DON'T KNOW IF
THEY'RE GOING TO BE SELECTED
FOR IN PERSON AND IT'S CAUSING
A LOT OF STRESS ON MY ME, MY
WIFE, MY WHOLE FAMILY.
SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IT.
IF I'M NOT GOING TO GET TOUGHER
,I DON'T KNOW. 
I THINK WE'VE JUST GOT TO GET A
LITTLE BIT TOUGHER.
LIKE DR. BOYD SAYS, HE BEGINS
EVERY PRESENTATION WITH HOW
SHORT A TIME FRAME THAT'S
ACTUALLY IS.
AND I THINK BEING STUCK IN OUR
HOMES AND HAVING THIS TO WORRY
ABOUT ALL THE TIME IS MAKING
EVERYBODY GO A LITTLE BIT CRAZY
OR WORRYING A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN THEY TYPICALLY WOULD. 
I AM FRUSTRATED BEYOND BELIEF
WITH THE DELAY IN ALL THIS
STUFF. 
I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION THAT
YOU'RE ALL LOOKING FOR.
I DON'T KNOW IT YET MYSELF.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU KNOW, 
WE'RE NOT JUST SITTING HERE
SITTING ON OUR OUR HANDS AND
NOT PUTTING OUT DETAILED
INFORMATION. 
DR. BOYD, CAN YOU SAY THAT IF
WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH
THE HOTEL WE CAN HAVE TWO WEEKS
AGO THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY BE
ON PACE TO WHERE WE ARE WHERE
WE WERE TWO WEEKS AGO? 
WE'VE BEEN AHEAD OF EVERY OTHER
DISTRICT ALL ALONG.
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANOTHER PLAN
THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS ONE THAT
OFFERS AS MUCH FOR TEACHERS AND
FOR KIDS.
IF WE HAD A PLAN IN PLACE TWO
WEEKS AGO, WOULD WE BE WOULD
ALL THESE QUESTIONS BE ANSWERED
AND WOULD WE BE ON TRACK WHEN
EVERYBODY BE HAPPY WITH US? 
YOU EVEN HAVE TO ANSWER.
I DON'T EVEN NEED AN ANSWER
BECAUSE I KNOW THE ANSWER IS
YES. 
THAT'S WHERE MY FRUSTRATION
COMES THESE DAYS. 
THESE QUESTIONS WE'VE BEEN
PREPARED TO ANSWER THESE
QUESTIONS FOR A MONTH.
BUT WE JUST HAVE OUR HANDS TIED
BECAUSE THEY'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS
.
>> THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT
IS.
I DON'T KNOW. 
I THINK WE NEED TO GET TOUGHER.
I THINK WE NEED TO STICK WITH
THIS PLAN BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT
ONE AND BEAR WITH US WHEN WE'RE
DOING OUR BEST. 
BUT IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT
TO BE TRANSPARENT. 
WE CAN'T GIVE YOU
THE INFORMATION.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF MYSELF. 
I THINK WE NEED TO STICK WITH
EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING AND
CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH IT AND
BE TOUGHER ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU, MISS CLARK.
THANK YOU.
SO I WENT BACK AND FOUND
THE SCHOOL REOPENING UPDATE
THAT ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT
THE KEY DATES AND SEPTEMBER 4TH
IS NOTED AS THE STARTING ON
THIS DATE. 
FAMILIES WILL BE NOTIFIED OF
THEIR SCHOOL PLACEMENT. 
AND IN THAT SAME. 
THIS IS AUGUST 12TH AND IT DOES
SAY THE OUTREACH PERIOD FOR
THE FIRST POINT WAS AUGUST 7 TO
THE TWENTY SEVENTH WAS ABOUT
GIVING THE FAMILIES THE OPTION
IN THE PROCESS FOR MAKING A
SELECTION AND THEN SEPTEMBER
4TH THROUGH THE 17TH IS
INFORMING FAMILIES OF PREPARING
FOR SCHOOL REOPENING WITHIN
THEIR CHILD'S ASSIGNMENT. 
>> SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
BEGINNING ON FRIDAY WHICH IS
WHAT I HEARD MISS PHILLIPS SAY
IS THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE
COMMUNICATION IF NOT EVEN
TOMORROW THERE'S GOING TO
PERHAPS BE COMMUNICATION THAT
SAYS YOUR YOU OR YOUR STUDENT
IS REMOTE BECAUSE YOU EITHER
SETUP COMPLETED A FORM THAT
SAID YOU WANTED A REMOTE OR YOU
DIDN'T COMPLETE A FORM AND
THEREFORE YOU HAVE A REMOTE
ASSIGNMENT IN THE SCHOOL THAT
YOUR CHILD GOES TO. 
SO THEN ON FRIDAY I'M JUST
REITERATING SOME OF THIS TO BE
SURE I'M GETTING IT CLEAR THERE
IS POTENTIAL THAT SOME FAMILIES
MAY START TO BE NOTIFIED THAT
THEY HAVE AN IN-PERSON SEAT AT
A PARTICULAR SCHOOL BUT IT'S
JUST THE BEGINNING. 
>> IT IS NOT EVERY PERSON WHO
PUT IN A FORM THAT SAYS IN
PERSON IS GOING TO GET THAT
NOTIFICATION BUT IT IS GOING TO
BEGIN ON THAT DATE. 
OK, AND SOME FAMILIES MIGHT
RECEIVE SOMETHING AS A
CONFIRMATION THAT AN IN-PERSON
REQUEST WAS MADE JUST
CONFIRMING THAT THAT WAS WHAT
WAS RECEIVED. 
>> OK, SO MY QUESTION IS HOW
ARE FAMILIES GOING TO KNOW
ABOUT THE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSES? 
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO FOCUS ON. 
IF YOU ARE GETTING THE NOTICE
THAT YOU HAVE A REMOTE SEAT OR
YOU ARE STILL YOU DON'T KNOW IF
YOU'VE GOT THAT IN-PERSON SEAT
THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU
SHOULD DEFINITELY LOOK TO
ATTEND A VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE. 
>> HOW ARE FAMILIES GOING TO
KNOW ABOUT THESE VIRTUAL OPEN
HOUSES WHEN THEY'RE BEING HELD
?
YOU KNOW, IS IT ON THE WEB SITE
SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION FROM
THE SCHOOL AS IT COME OR IS IT
COMING FROM THE DISTRICT? 
THAT'S ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. 
THANK YOU. 
>> IT'S GOING TO COME BOTH FROM
THE DISTRICT IN THE SCHOOL
THERE IS THE DISTRICT LEVEL
PUBLICATION WE PUT OUT THROUGH
SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS THE WEB
PAGE AS WELL AS WE WE SEND OUT
VIA THE SCHOOLS HAVE E-MAIL
ALERTS CONNECTED AND SO ON. 
MISS PHILLIPS, CAN YOU BE MORE
SPECIFIC THAN THAT FOR MISS
CLARK? 
YES. 
WELL, WE'LL USE OUR CENTRAL
MECHANISMS SOCIAL MEDIA, 
THE WEB SITE WITH OUR SCHOOLS, 
THE COMMUNICATION FROM
THE SCHOOL TO THE FAMILY IS
REALLY CRITICAL. 
SO WE'LL ALSO CONFIRM THAT EACH
SCHOOL POSTED ON THEIR WEB SITE
,THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA AND SENDS
OUT THE MESSAGES TO THEIR
FAMILIES AND WE DO A LOT OF
THE INTERPRETATION COORDINATION
FROM CENTRAL OFFICE. 
SO WE'LL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT UM
THAT FAMILIES IN OUR HIGH
INCIDENCE LANGUAGES ARE GETTING
GETTING THE MESSAGE. 
AND THEN IF YOU'RE A FAMILY WHO
SPEAKS A LOW INCIDENCE LANGUAGE
BECAUSE THEY'RE 16 OF OUR
LANGUAGES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU GET AT LEAST, YOU KNOW
,A BLURB THAT SAYS WE'RE DOING
ALL OF THIS. 
IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING YOU KNOW
IF YOU KNOW IF YOU SPEAK FRENCH
.
RIGHT. 
WE DON'T WE I THINK WE MAY WE
HAVE 30 40 FAMILIES WHO
INDICATE FRENCH. 
WE DON'T TRANSLATE ALL OF OUR
MATERIALS IN FRENCH FOR THAT
REASON. 
BUT YOU SHOULD AT LEAST GET A
MESSAGE IN FRENCH THAT SAYS
THERE'S A LOT SESSIONS
HAPPENING. 
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A
QUESTION REACH OUT TO US
BECAUSE SOME OF OUR FAMILIES
HAVE ADVOCATES, THEY HAVE
FRIENDS, THEY HAVE FAMILIES WHO
ARE KEEPING THEM INFORMED. 
BUT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW THIS
IS HAPPENING IF YOU'RE NOT
GETTING THE INFORMATION. 
LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN DO
THE ADDITIONAL OUTREACH. 
THANK YOU. 
>> AND AT THESE I'M SORRY. 
GO WHEN WE DO THAT. 
HOW HOW DO WE KNOW WHO DOESN'T
HAVE INTERNET SERVICE? 
WE USE PHONES. 
>> WE USE PHONES, SOCIAL MEDIA
,E-MAIL. 
WE ARE LIMITED AND WE DO WE ARE
LIMITED THAT IF OF IF A FAMILY
HAS NO MEANS FOR COMMUNICATION
AT ALL, WE DON'T HAVE
THE TYPICAL IN-PERSON RULES
THAT PEOPLE COME TO. 
I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE
THOUGH THAT I THINK COMES TO
MULTIPLE QUESTIONS. 
WHEN I WAS WALKING ACROSS FROM
WCCO TO THE OFFICE THIS MORNING
I ENCOUNTERED TWO TWO PARENTS
AND THEY STOPPED ME. 
THEY SAID SUPERINTENDENT, JUST
I KNOW YOU'RE DOING IN-PERSON
LEARNING. 
I HAVE NO WAY TO TELL YOU I
WANT IN-PERSON LEARNING. 
WHAT CAN I DO? 
THE TWO PARENTS WALKED WITH ME
OVER TO THE FAMILY RESOURCE
CENTER. 
REBECCA DUDA HAD TO WALK
OUTSIDE AND ENGAGE THEM IN
THE STREET. 
NOW TO THE PRIOR QUESTION ABOUT
WHETHER IN-PERSON LEARNING AND
WHAT THE THIS FAMILY'S. 
I TOOK THEM THROUGH
THE TIMELINE WHILE WE WERE
WALKING. 
I SAID NOW YOU'VE LIKELY MISSED
THIS TIMELINE. 
YOU COULD TALK TO MISS STUDENT
SO IT MIGHT MEAN NEXT QUARTER
THEY SAID I DON'T CARE WHEN I
GET IN PERSON, JUST GET ME IN
PERSON AND TELL ME HOW TO DO
MISS DUE TO. 
THEN WALK THEM THROUGH
EVERYTHING I CAN TELL YOU WITH
THE COMMUNITY WE'RE IN
COMMUNITIES I'VE WORKED IN
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, URBAN
COMMUNITIES. 
THERE ARE SOME FAMILIES THAT
HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO ANY TYPE
OF COMMUNICATION VEHICLE. 
AND IN THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T
BE IN PERSON WITH YOUR SCHOOL'S
I THINK THAT DOES THAT
CERTAINLY IS A CHALLENGE THAT
WE CONTINUE TO WORK AROUND IF
FAMILIES. 
IF WE CAN DO. 
PHONE, EMAIL, SOCIAL MEDIA, ANY
VEHICLE WE HAVE WE WILL UTILIZE
HERE AND THE PROCESS THAT I
THINK PEOPLE CAN BE YOU CAN USE
HERE TO KIND OF ALCHEMY
YOURSELF. 
WE FOLLOWED THE SAME PROCESS
WITH THE FACULTY FORUMS A WEEK
BEFORE WE NOTIFIED PEOPLE THIS
IS COMING SO YOU CAN PREPARE
YOUR SCHEDULE FOR THE OPEN
HOUSES WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT
WEEK. 
WE'LL DO THE COMMUNICATION. 
HERE STARTING TOMORROW GETTING
THESE DATES OUT AND SCHOOLS
WILL DO THE DATES AND THEY'LL
GET THAT THAT OUT. 
NOW ALSO TO THINK ABOUT
THE CONDENSED TIMELINE HERE
FACULTY FORUMS. 
JUST LAST WEEK TEACHERS ARRIVED
THIS WEEK WE'LL DO THE VIRTUAL
OPEN HOUSES NEXT WEEK. 
THEN TEACHERS WILL HAVE THEIR
CLASS LIST TO GO THROUGH SOME
SPECIFIC ORIENTATION GOING INTO
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
THE FOLLOWING WEEK. 
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS
AT ALL. 
BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS COMING FORWARD THAT
SEEMED TO RELATE TO
THE INTERACTION I HAD THIS
MORNING WITH FAMILY STOPPED ME
ON THE SIDE. 
MISS PHILLIPS THOUGH TO
THE MAYOR'S QUESTION IS THERE
ANYTHING I DIDN'T ANSWER THERE
WITH FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE
INTERNET ACCESS DURING THE TIME
OF COVERED PHONE INTERNET? 
IS THERE ANY OTHER MEANS THAT
WE FOUND OTHER THAN PHONE FOR
PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE INTERNET
?
I MEAN LIKE A TRADITIONAL
MAILING, MR. MAYOR, IT DOESN'T
WORK WITHIN THIS TIMEFRAME. 
BUT RIGHT AS ANYTHING ELSE WORK
THAT WE FOUND, THAT'S USUALLY
HOW WE HOW WE COMMUNICATE. 
OK. 
THANK YOU, MISS CLARK. 
>> AND JUST TO REITERATE WITHIN
THESE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSES WE'RE
GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
,THE CHROMEBOOK DISTRIBUTION
ATTENDANCE COMMUNICATION WITH
THE SCHOOL AND GRADING THOSE
ARE THE IN HEALTH SAFETY AND
HEALTH SAFETY. 
GREAT. 
SO WOULD YOU ACTUALLY RECOMMEND
THAT ANY PERSON WHO HAS A
STUDENT IN A SCHOOL FOR THIS
COMING YEAR SHOULD GO TO A TRY
TO ATTEND A VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE
AT THE SCHOOL THAT THEY ARE
FAMILIAR WITH? 
AND IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ONE OR
SOME OF THESE VIRTUAL OPEN
HOUSES TO BE RECORDED SO THAT
IT CAN BE UP ON A WEB SITE FOR
FAMILIES WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO
MAKE IT OR INTERESTED IN
WATCHING IT SOME OTHER TIME? 
YES, I THINK IT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU KNOW
,I SET WE'RE DOING DAILY CHECK
INS WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND WE
SHARED WITH PRINCIPALS. 
HERE'S WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. 
GET US THE DATES AND MANY OF
OUR PRINCIPAL SAID, 
SUPERINTENDENT, WE'RE IN FRONT
OF YOU. 
HERE'S THE DATA. 
WE'VE GOT LAW HIGH SCHOOL. 
I CAN TELL YOU THEY'VE ALREADY
PUT THEIR IS OUT THEIR NINTH
GRADE IS ON THE 9TH 10TH GRADE
ON THE 10TH 11TH GRADE ON
THE 11TH TO TRY TO MAKE IT EASY
FOR FAMILIES TO REMEMBER. 
I THINK IT WAS JUST A
COINCIDENCE BUT WE'LL GO WITH
IT. 
MR. 
MR FRATTO IS DOING GREAT JOB AS
WELL AS THE LAW HIGH SCHOOL
LEADERSHIP TEAM AND I THINK
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO POINT
OUT AS CLARK THAT AS THESE
SCHOOLS ARE WORKING THROUGH
THIS FOR EVERY PRINCIPAL OUT
THERE IT WOULD BE FAR EASIER
FOR THEM TO JUST IMPLEMENT
REMOTE BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
OUR PRINCIPALS AS THEY LOOK AT
THEIR STAFFING WITHOUT FAIL AS
RAISE THEIR HAND AND SAID I
THINK I CAN COME UP WITH A NEW
OPTION TO GET MORE MORE KIDS. 
THERE ALSO HAVE FAMILIES. 
AND I'LL TELL YOU HUSBANDS, 
WIVES, CHILDREN WOULD PREFER
FOR THEM TO SAY WE'RE JUST PUSH
YOUR SUPERINTENDENT JUST TO GO
FOR REMOTE. 
BUT WE KNOW THE NEEDS OF OUR
CHILDREN AND HENCE THE NEED TO
ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IN
PERSON AS WELL. 
BUT MISS CLARK. 
YES. 
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERY FAMILY
TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE AGAIN
THERE MAY COME A TIME WHETHER
JUST AS A CLASSROOM GOING INTO
QUARANTINE, A SCHOOL GOING INTO
QUARANTINE OR OUR ENTIRE
COMMUNITY HAVING TO GO FULL
REMOTE, THE FAMILIES NEED TO BE
AWARE OF HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS
AND IT NO BETTER TIME THAN A
VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE. 
THANK YOU. 
>> AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYONE WHO IS
WORKING SO HARD TO DO ALL OF
THIS WORK IN SUCH A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME. 
AND THANK YOU TO TEACHERS AND
THANK YOU TO FAMILIES WHO ARE
WE KNOW. 
YEAH. 
AS MR. DILLON SAID, I'M I'M
HERE TO AS A PARENT AND BUT I
ALSO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS VERY
HARD WORK GOING ON AND PEOPLE
ARE DOING. 
YEAH. 
I WANT TO. 
I'M APPROACHING THIS WITH
KINDNESS AND COMPASSION. 
AND I JUST WANT I HOPE THAT
OTHERS CAN DO THAT AS WELL
ALONG WITH RESPECT. 
SO EVEN WITH SOME FRUSTRATION
ROLLED IN THERE. 
SO THANK YOU, MR. DAKOTA. 
THANK YOU, MR.. 
A QUICK SIDELIGHT ON
THE COMMUNICATION WITH OUR
FAMILIES. 
MAYBE IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA
TO ACTUALLY DO A COMPLETE
MAILING. 
IT COULD HELP THE POST OFFICE. 
BUT THAT'S NOT GOOD. 
I HAVE QUESTION FOR MISS
DESMOND ARE WILLING TO SPENDING
SOME OF OUR STUDENTS OVER OUR
LARGER MAJORITY IF NOT A
MAJORITY BUT A LOT OF OUR KIDS
ARE GOING TO BE USING PERSONAL
COMPUTERS FOR THE REMOTE
LEARNING. 
ARE WE EXPECTING THEM TO BE
USING ENTIRELY OUR OWN CHROME
BOOKS AND SO ON SO IT WOULD BE
OUR EXPECTATION THAT OUR
STUDENTS WOULD BE USING
THE DEVICES THAT WE ARE ISSUING
THE INTERNET. 
>> WE IT WOULD BE
THE EXPECTATION THAT OUR
STUDENTS WOULD BE USING
THE DEVICES THAT WE ARE ISSUING
.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WHEN
THEY LOG IN USING THEIR STUDENT
ACCOUNT THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS
TO A DESKTOP THAT WOULD LAUNCH
THEM INTO THE VARIOUS PLATFORMS
THAT WE WOULD BE USING. 
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE'VE
RECEIVED OVER 10000 CHROME
BOOKS AS OF MONDAY. 
SO WE ARE ON TRACK TO BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS
DEVICES AND SO THAT'S
THE EXPECTATION MOVING FORWARD
WITH THAT. 
>> THAT ANSWERS MY FOLLOW UP
QUESTION TO YOU VOTING AGAIN TO
MR. DECODE POINT WHEN DID
THE CHROME BOOKS ONE OF
THE CHROME BOOKS GOING OUT
THERE MONDAY GUIDE MR. SMITH. 
>> SO THERE IS WORK THAT HAS TO
OCCUR TO HAVE THE CHROME BOOKS
READY FOR DISTRIBUTION. 
>> SO WE HAVE BEEN OVER
THE LAST THREE WEEKS WE'VE
RECEIVED OVER SEVEN THOUSAND
CHROME BOOKS AND SO WE HAVE
APPROXIMATELY 5000 PRETTY MUCH
READY TO BE DISTRIBUTED. 
WE ARE THE I.T. TEAM ALONG WITH
A CADRE OF VOLUNTEERS ARE
WORKING EXTRAORDINARILY HARD TO
HAVE THOSE ALL IMAGED AND READY
FOR DISTRIBUTION. 
WE HAVE A TECH TEAM THAT MEETS
EVERY TUESDAY AND IT'S A
COMBINATION OF ADMINISTRATORS
AND I.T. STAFF AND MYSELF AND
OUR POINT PERSON M.L. WHO'S
WORKED REALLY HARD TO
COMMUNICATE OUT TO ALL BUILDING
LEADERS SENDS A PRETTY ROBUST
FOLLOW UP AFTER THOSE MEETINGS
AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON PUTTING
TOGETHER A SCHEDULE FOR
DISTRIBUTION. 
OUR INTENTION IS TO HAVE ALL
DEVICES DISTRIBUTE BEFORE
SEPTEMBER 16TH AND I DON'T MEAN
TO BE RUDE. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
WE'RE RUNNING INTO THE 11TH. 
SO WHAT IF THE KIDS GET
THE BOOK? 
IF THE KIDS GET THEIR COMPUTER
THE 16TH, THEY'RE STARTING
SCHOOL THE 17TH, HOW ARE THEY
GOING TO WATCH THE PRESENT DAY
ORIENTATION TO THE SCHOOL
THEY'RE GOING TO MISS? 
>> SO THE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL
THE CHROME BOOKS WOULD BE
COMPLETED BY THE 16TH. 
BUT INFORMATION AROUND HOW TO
ACCESS AND UTILIZE CHROME BOOKS
,THE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT, ALL
OF THAT PD IS GOING TO BE. 
AND WE'VE WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF
THAT DONE ALREADY CREATED IN A
IN A IN A LIKE A YOUTUBE FORMAT
OR A PDA A VISUAL FORMAT THAT
YOU CAN WATCH AT ANY TIME. 
ALL RIGHT. 
AND SO WE HAVE WE HAVE ONLY
JUST ASKED THAT WE TOLD THEM
WE'RE GOING TO USE
THE CHROMEBOOK TO WATCH. 
>> DO WE KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING
ABOUT? 
IS HE SET UP USING OR IS AND
HIS QUESTION WAS. 
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
I APOLOGIZE. 
ANDY'S QUESTION WAS ABOUT I
BELIEVE IF A KID IS ENGAGED IN
REMOTE LEARNING ARE THEY
REQUIRE TO USE THE DISTRICT
ISSUED CHROMEBOOK OR CAN THEY
SUBSTITUTE THEIR OWN PERSONAL
DEVICE? 
KIND OF. 
CAN WE FOLLOW UP BYOB? 
BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE POLICY? 
THERE'S A MISS DESMOND, YOUR
ANSWER TO THAT WAS WE WOULD
PREFER THE STUDENTS USE
THE DEVICES THAT WE'RE
PROVIDING BECAUSE IT LAUNCHES
THEM DIRECTLY INTO ALL OF OUR
APPLICATIONS. 
>> RIGHT. 
THE DEVICE THAT DEVICE. 
MR. MAYOR, YOU CAN THINK OF AS
THE KIDS ENTIRETY OF THEIR
RESOURCES USUALLY IN THEIR DESK
.
THIS IS THE RESOURCE THAT THEY
NEED FOR LEARNING. 
THIS IS THEIR CHROMEBOOK. 
IT'S NOT. 
THEY CAN ACCESS THE VIRTUAL
OPEN HOUSE THROUGH THEIR OWN
DEVICE, WHATEVER THEY HAVE, 
WHETHER THAT BE THEIR PHONE, 
THEIR DEVICE AT HOME. 
LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE
DEVICES OUT TO PEOPLE. 
WE STARTED VIRTUAL LEARNING. 
WE THEN ISSUED 5000. 
THIS YEAR WE'RE ISSUING FOR
EVERY SINGLE CHILD. 
SO IT DOESN'T TAKE THE PLACE OF
WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE. 
IT'S SUPPLEMENTED IT SUPPORTS
IT. 
IT IMPROVES UPON BY ALLOWING IT
TO BE AN ON AUTOMATED OPEN AS
SOON AS YOU OPEN YOU GET RIGHT
INTO YOUR CLASSROOM. 
SO MR. MAYOR, THAT'S THAT'S
THE DIFFERENCE. 
THEY NEED TO HAVE IT FOR
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. 
THEY DON'T NEED IT FOR
THE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE. 
CERTAINLY ONCE THEY GET IT
THERE'S GONNA BE SOME TIME
PERIOD OF ORIENTATION FOR
TEACHERS LIKE THERE ALWAYS IS. 
WHEN I WAS A TEACHER PERSON MY
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS TAKING
MY STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR
ROUTINES. 
WHEN I GOT REALLY GOOD AT
TEACHING I WAS ABLE TO
INTEGRATE CONTENT THROUGH THOSE
ROUTINES. 
BUT NONETHELESS THOSE ROUTINES
HAVE TO BE TAUGHT. 
I WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER. 
IT TOOK TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT
I HAD A CLASSROOM ROUTINE
ESTABLISHED THAT I COULD AS
SOON AS THE BELL STARTED GET
RIGHT DOWN TO LEARNING THAT
DIDN'T HAPPEN ON DAY ONE. 
THAT ORIENTATION IS GOING TO
LOOK DIFFERENT. 
THAT'S WHAT OUR TEACHERS WILL
ENGAGE IN THROUGH REMOTE
LEARNING WITH THEIR STUDENTS ON
DAY ONE TO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO
INTEGRATE CONTENT BUT IT'S
GOING TO BE THE ROUTINE LARGELY
AND THROUGH ORIENTATION. 
ALL STUDENTS WILL HAVE CHROME
BOOKS BY DAY ONE WHERE TEACHERS
WILL HAVE THEIR CURRENT LIST. 
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH
THAT PROCESS. 
I THINK I WILL MAKE SURE I'M
CLEAR WITH THE COMMITTEE
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL NEVER
LOOKS LIKE SO I'LL FIRST AS
SOON AS THE BELL HITS WHERE
WE'RE OPEN IN PAGE 1 LET'S
LET'S GET TO. 
LET'S GET TO WORK. 
THERE'S ORIENTATION. 
THERE'S RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. 
ALL OF THAT IS STILL GOING TO
OCCUR HERE IN A REMOTE
ENVIRONMENT. 
>> MAJORITY CAN I JUST WANT TO
CLARIFY ONE THING THOUGH THAT
THE CHROME BOOKS ARE GONNA
START WE STARTED THE DELIVERY
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ALREADY. 
>> SO ACTUALLY JUST
DISTRIBUTION SHOULD START
BEFORE THE END OF THIS WEEK AT
CERTAIN GRADE LEVELS AND THEN
WE'RE GOING TO START AT
THE HIGHEST GRADE LEVEL AND
MOVE DOWN NEXT WEEK. 
THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED AT
THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
SO AGAIN IT'S A STAGGERED
DELIVERY BECAUSE WE HAVE 5000
READY RIGHT NOW WHILE WE'RE
DISTRIBUTING WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT THE OTHER
5000 SO THAT THEY'RE READY. 
SO THE 16TH IS THE LAST DATE
THAT ANYONE SHOULD BE RECEIVING
SOMETHING. 
BUT THIS IS GOING ON STARTING
AS SOON AS TOMORROW WITH
DISTRIBUTION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL
.
THANK YOU METADATA. 
THANK YOU. 
>> I FOLLOW UP ON THAT WITH
THAT COMMENT. 
I THINK IN GENERAL I'M SORRY. 
I THINK THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAY
NOT KNOW THAT IMAGING COMPUTERS
IS A TIME CONSUMING. 
THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO GO
AND IT IS BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE
HAS I MEAN NOT EVERYONE WHO HAS
TO THAT TERROR. 
>> SO THAT'S HARDY. 
I THINK YOU'RE ON IT. 
I WANT TO START BY SAYING I'M
FULLY COMMITTED TO TRYING TO
GET OUR STUDENTS IN OUR
CLASSROOMS, YOU KNOW, 
ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT OUR
HIGHLY VULNERABLE STUDENTS. 
I'M ALSO EQUALLY CONCERNED BY
HOW THE TIME CONSTRAINTS HAVE
IMPACTED US. 
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
THE SCHOOLS REALLY NEED
THE FULL STUDENT ROSTERS TO
ACTUALLY DO THE WORK AND THAT
FAMILY NEED TO KNOW I'M AT THIS
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS WHERE MY STUDENTS GOING
TO BE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE
IN THOSE ORIENTATIONS AND ALL
THAT. 
SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO MY
EARLIER QUESTIONING. 
I THINK I WOULD FEEL A LOT
BETTER IF WE COULD AT LEAST FOR
THOSE 82 PERCENT STAFF THAT WE
KNOW WE'VE GOT THAT HAVE OPTED
IN. 
SO I'M AND MATH IS NOT MY
STRONG SUIT BUT I'M LOOKING AT
WE WE DETERMINED BY FACILITY
OVERALL WE HAD THREE THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY THREE SEATS
.
SO I'M SAYING AROUND ABOUT 600
STUDENTS WE DON'T HAVE SECURED
STAFF FOR AT THIS MOMENT AND
THAT COULD CHANGE AS DR. HALL
SAID. 
YOU KNOW, HE JUST PUT THAT OUT
THERE ON SATURDAY. 
YOU KNOW, AS MORE TEACHERS FEEL
COMFORTABLE WITH THIS IN PERSON
AND THE SUPPORTS WE'RE GOING TO
PROVIDE FOR THAT, I WOULD FEEL
MUCH BETTER IF I COULD HAVE A
SENSE THAT THE SCHOOL WILL KNOW
.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS YOUR
ROSTER OF REMOTE STUDENTS. 
RIGHT. 
AND THE PARENTS WILL KNOW BY
FRIDAY, END OF DAY FRIDAY OVER
THE WEEKEND WHATEVER. 
RIGHT. 
MONDAY MORNING. 
AND THAT THE PARENTS STUDENTS
WILL YOU'LL EITHER GET ONE OF
TWO YOU'LL GET CONGRATULATIONS.
YOUR CHILD HAS A SEAT BECAUSE
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE STAFF
FOR THAT PERSON OR CONGRATS
NATIONS.
YOUR CHILD HAS A SEAT WHERE
WE'RE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF
SECURING STAFFING SO WE'LL LET
YOU KNOW. 
YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT
FAMILIES HAVE A SENSE BY EARLY
NEXT WEEK, NOT MIDWEEK, NOT
THE END OF WEEK BECAUSE TO
THE MAYOR'S POINT I MEAN I
WOULD BE READY TO SWITCH RIGHT
THIS MOMENT TONIGHT AND SAY
LET'S DELAY, LET'S DO REMOTE
AND GO WITH THIS IN-PERSON
THING IN OCTOBER.
YOU GIVE TO BECAUSE I DON'T
WANT TO DO IT BADLY AND I'M
GOING TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING
YOU SAID.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. 
WE NEED TO GET ACCURATE
INFORMATION.
WE DO NOT WANT TO BE TELLING
FAMILIES OR WE MADE A MISTAKE. 
IT'S THIS INSTEAD OF THAT BUT
WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF
THE FACT WE'RE PUTTING SO MUCH
ON THE SCHOOLS TO DO
ORIENTATION WHEN THEY DON'T
EVEN HAVE THEIR THEIR LIST OF
WHO THEIR STUDENTS ARE YET. 
SO IF YOU CAN GET CLOSER TO IT
BECAUSE IF WE LOOK AT THAT
NUMBER WE GOT WHATEVER THAT
11000 REMOTE THOSE FAMILIES
KNOW THOSE SCHOOLS KNOW. 
RIGHT.
THESE ARE YOUR KIDS.
THEY CAN START DOING THOSE
CLASS ASSIGNMENTS BECAUSE THAT
IS A SCHOOL BASED JOB. 
THEY KNOW HOW MANY KIDS ARE
GOING TO HAVE THEN.
OF THE THIRTY SEVEN HUNDRED
THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
SIXTY THREE IN-PERSON SEATS WE
CAN ATTEST TO 3000 SEATS PEOPLE
WHO GOT THE LADY WHO WE HAVE
THE STAFFING FOR THAT BRINGS
THAT NUMBER OF UNKNOWNS. 
AND YOU WILL HAVE PARENTS
CHANGED THEIR MIND.
AND THERE MAY BE SOME
FLEXIBILITY ADD MORE PEOPLE.
I JUST THINK I REALLY HAD MY
HEART SET ON THAT SEPTEMBER 4TH
DATE AS A RULE OUT TO LET PAT
FAMILIES KNOW BECAUSE TO ME
THAT'S SHORT TIME TO KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE IF YOU'RE
REMOTE YOUR CHILD CARE
OBLIGATIONS YOU'RE EVEN IF
YOU'RE IN SCHOOL YOUR
TRANSPORTATION OBLIGATION I
MEAN YOU THINK ABOUT MANY OF
OUR FAMILIES DON'T HAVE
THE OPTIONS OF OUR RICH
COMMUNITIES AROUND CHILDCARE, 
AROUND DRIVING THEIR KIDS TO
SCHOOL.
ALL RIGHT.
SO PARENTS NEED TIME TO FIGURE
IT OUT.
AND IF WE CAN AT LEAST HOW I
UNDERSTAND THIS STILL YOU KNOW
THAT 600 OR SO KIDS THAT WE
DON'T HAVE STAFFING FOR YET BUT
AT LEAST THE ONES WE DO KNOW IF
WE COULD JUST GET A SENSE THAT
THERE IS AN URGENCY TO GET
THOSE COMMUNICATIONS OUT TO OUR
FAMILIES AND OUR TEACHERS AND
OUR PRINCIPALS.
I'VE REALLY FEEL VERY STRONGLY
ABOUT THAT.
SOME THE URGENCY IS DEFINITELY
THERE. 
AND I WILL TELL YOU LIKE I SAID
,I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS EVEN
QUESTIONING WHEN THEY'RE BEING
WHEN THEY'RE WORKING BEYOND
WHAT IS REASONABLE REQUEST TO
WORK. 
BUT I CAN'T CREATE A 25TH HOUR
TO A 24 HOUR DAY NO MATTER HOW
HARD I TRY AND I AM RUNNING UP
AGAINST RIGHT NOW.
LABOR DAY WEEKEND AND I'VE GOT
POSITIONS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
CLERKS HERE THAT ARE WORKING
THROUGH THIS.
I CAN'T UNFORTUNATELY COMMIT TO
YOU THAT EVERYBODY WORKING ON
THIS THAT I CAN OBLIGATE THEM
TO WORK THROUGH THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND. 
I KNOW MISS PHILLIPS IS GOING
TO BE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
I KNOW I'M GOING TO BE WORKING
THROUGH THAT.
AND MISS PHILLIPS, WHAT IS WHAT
THEY ASK HERE FROM COMMITTEE
MEMBER DOHERTY IS THAT A
REASONABLE ASK? 
CAN HE DELIVER ON THAT ASK?
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN
COMMIT TO HER GETTING INTO
PRINCIPLES?
>> AS I SAID, I I I TRY TO LEAD
I HEARD A QUOTE SOMEPLACE
SOMEWHERE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, 
THE LEADING LEAD WITH A
TEACHER'S HEART AND A SKILLS
PERSPECTIVE AND I TRY TO FOLLOW
THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY AND
PRINCIPALS PERSPECTIVE. 
GIVE ME MY GIVE ME MY LIST. 
GET THESE THINGS TO ME.
I'VE GOT TO CREATE THIS STUFF.
I'VE GOT TO DELIVER ON THIS
STUFF. 
WHEN WHEN RUBBER HITS THE ROAD
THAT'S A SCHOOL THAT'S A
PRINCIPAL.
THAT'S NOT THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
SO AS PRINCIPAL GET IT TO ME. 
SO I'M WITH YOU THERE ON THAT.
MR. ALREADY MS. 
PHILLIPS, CAN YOU MAKE DO YOU
NEED HER?
DO YOU NEED TO STATE IT SO YOU
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE COMMITTING TO
AS A NOD OF THE HEAD WHAT WORKS
FOR YOU, MISS PHILLIPS? 
>> SARAH, WE COMMITTING TO
REACHING A KID 82 PERCENT
COMMUNICATION OF SEATS FOR
THE FALL. 
WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR? 
EVERY PARENT WHO GET WHO MAKES
THOUGH EVERY PARENT GETS SOME
INFORMATION. 
YOU'RE IN THE LOTTERY.
YOU GO OUT IN IN-PERSON SEE? 
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE BECAUSE DR. HALL IS
GOING TO NEED TO KNOW WHAT
POSITIONS HE HAS TO FILL.
SO HE'S GOING TO NEED TO KNOW
WHAT GAPS THERE ARE THAT 18
PERCENT OF TEACHERS THAT WE
DON'T HAVE YET THAT WE KNOW WE
NEED.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIGURE
OUT WHO THOSE ARE.
ANYWAY, SO THAT'S A CORRELATION
BETWEEN THE STUDENTS AND
THE REQUIRED STAFF.
I WOULD THINK I WANT THE AND
MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE
THE MAYOR'S POINT. 
WHAT IF WE START REMOTE FOR
THE FIRST TWO WEEKS AND GIVE
OURSELVES TIME TO FIGURE THIS
OUT?
>> JUST SAY. 
ALL RIGHT. 
WELL, IT'S JUST. 
>> WELL, I THINK WE COULD SAY
YOU'RE ON A WAIT LIST WHICH IS
THE TRUTH, RIGHT? 
IF WE DON'T HAVE STAFFING FOR
YOU, YOU'RE ON A WAIT LIST. 
SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU COULD YOU
COULD TELL THOSE THE PAY.
YOU COULD TELL THE PARENTS WHO
MADE THE LOTTERY THAT THEY'D GO
OUT AT AN IN-PERSON SEAT FOR
THIS STUDENT. 
I BELIEVE WE COULD HAVE IT AND
EVERYBODY WERE MORE RECENTLY
KNOWING THE ONLY REASON I'M
SAYING I BELIEVE IS BECAUSE
WE'RE TESTING THIS SYSTEM
TOMORROW.
IT'S A SYSTEM THAT OUR STAFF
BUILT SPECIAL FOR THIS. 
WE DON'T HAVE A DATABASE. 
THE DATABASE WOULD HAVE BEEN
SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND A YEAR. 
THEY BUILT THIS FROM SCRATCH.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW THE LOTTERY SYSTEM
MERGES WITH THE X X2 WHICH HAS
OUR COMMUNICATION PHONE NUMBERS
AND EMAILS. 
AND SO THAT'S THE PIECE THAT
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WITHOUT HAND MATCHING FIVE
THOUSAND NAMES AND PHONE
NUMBERS.
SO I DO BELIEVE WE CAN WE CAN
DO IT. 
I DO BELIEVE WE CAN DO IT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR GOAL TO
DO IT IS GOING TO BE OUR GOAL. 
A BUT THE TEAM IS I REALLY AM
SO PROUD OF THIS CROSS
DEPARTMENTAL TEAM BECAUSE IT
HAS BEEN THE DATA OFFICE
THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE AND
THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT OFFICE
ALL FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO
THE PIECES AND THEY'RE RIGHT
THERE.
YOU KNOW WE'RE TESTING THIS
TOMORROW BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
COMMUNICATE FROM THE LOTTERY
LIST BECAUSE WE'VE GOT E-MAILS,
WE'VE GOT PHONE NUMBERS, YOU
KNOW, IN DIFFERENT DATABASES. 
SO.
AND AGAIN, I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO REITERATE TWO
THINGS. 
WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT 80
PERCENT IT'S NOT 80 PERCENT OF
OUR OVERALL TEACHERS WHO ARE
SAYING THEY'RE GONNA TEACH IN
PERSON. 
THIS IS ABOUT THE 25 PERCENT
CAPACITY, THE ROSTERS THAT OUR
PRINCIPALS HAVE BUILT OUT 80
PERCENT OF THOSE HAVE BEEN
FILLED AT THIS POINT. 
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE SO
LIKE 25 PERCENT OF OUR TEACHERS
THAT HAVE OPTED FOR IN-PERSON
WHICH GIVES US 80 PERCENT OF
THE 25 PERCENT CAPACITY WHICH
IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE. 
SECOND WHICH IS ALSO IMPORTANT
TO POINT OUT OUR PRINCIPALS
HAVE TO BUILD OUT THEIR MASTER
SCHEDULES. 
THAT HAS TO BE DONE.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT CENTRALLY.
THEY DID THAT. 
THEY BUILT THAT OUT. 
THAT HAD TO BE DONE BEFORE YOU,
YOU KNOW. 
SO THE QUESTION, MR. MAYOR, 
ABOUT THE PARENT TEACHER TEAM
THAT'S AT SOME SCHOOLS WHERE
THAT'S THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF
THE SCHOOL BUILT OUT AT THAT
SCHOOL THAT THEY BELIEVE WOULD
BE MEETING THE NEEDS OF YOUNG
PEOPLE WITHIN THAT SCHOOL.
IT'S NOT ACROSS EVERY SCHOOL SO
EACH SCHOOL'S DIFFERENT.
YOU REMEMBER WE SHARED WITH YOU
THE LAW HIGH SCHOOL PLAN AND
HOW THAT LOOKS AT LAW HIGH
SCHOOL WHICH AGAIN YOU CAN'T
COMMIT TO EVERY KID IF YOU'RE
ON IN PERSON THAT YOU GET EVERY
CLASS.
SO IF YOU WANT EVERY CLASS AND
THAT'S THE FLEXIBLE YOU WANT
YOU WANT TO BE REMOTE. 
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH TO
GIVE FAMILIES INFORMATION. 
IT ALSO IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY WE
DON'T SHARE OUT INFORMATION
BEFORE WE HAVE THE INFORMATION
AND THAT GETS FRUSTRATING TO
PEOPLE. 
BUT WHAT IS EVEN MORE
FRUSTRATING IF YOU GET
INFORMATION THAT TURNS OUT TO
CHANGE DAILY THE CHANGES THAT
HAVE OCCURRED HAVE OCCURRED
BECAUSE OF CHANGING GUIDANCE.
IT HAS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF A
CHANGING LANDSCAPE AROUND US. 
THE DELAYS HAVE OCCURRED
BECAUSE THE INFORMATION IS NOT
THERE AND RATHER THAN SHARING
OUT SOMETHING INACCURATE OR
TRYING TO SHARE SOMETHING
THAT'S OVERLY HOPEFUL. 
WE WANT TO SHARE ALL
THE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN
DELIVER ON. 
I APPRECIATE YOUR CAUTION WITH
YOUR COMMITMENT AS PHILLIPS
FAMILIES WILL IF WE CAN DELIVER
IT, WE'LL DELIVER ON IT.
WHERE WE'RE WHERE? 
SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO PROVIDE
THAT BUT AT THE SAME TIME TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THIS NUMBER OF
FAMILIES IF YOU DON'T GET A
COMMUNICATION I DON'T WANT A
FAMILY TO BE SOMEHOW NERVOUS
THAT ARE NEVER GOING TO BE
COMMUNICATED WITH. 
WE DO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF
FAMILIES AND I THINK THE FAMILY
I INTERACTED WITH THIS MORNING
IS JUST A SMALL SAMPLING OF
FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE A
VOICE TYPICALLY IN THE PROCESS
AND THAT FAMILY WAS CLEAR.
HOWEVER YOU DO IT IN WHATEVER
WAY YOU DO IT, SUPERINTENDENT. 
GET ME SOME KIND OF SEAT IN
PERSON. 
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE
CAN DO THAT IN A WAY THAT'S
HIGH QUALITY WHILE MEETING ALL
THE SAFETY CONDITIONS FOR SOME
FAMILIES THEY MAY LEARN OK, I'M
IN A SEAT NOW THAT'S A PARA
TEACHER COMBO TEAM. 
WELL, THAT'S AT US MAYBE AT A
SCHOOL AND MAYBE NOT ANOTHER
SCHOOL. 
THAT'LL BE A CONVERSATION THAT
THE PRINCIPAL HAS THAT MAY BE A
PARENT THAT SAYS OK, THAT'S NOT
WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT AS IN
PERSON IN PERSON IS GOING TO
LOOK SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT. 
SO LET'S NOT MAKE ANY MISTAKES
ABOUT THAT. 
LET'S BE REALLY CLEAR ON
IN-PERSON SEAT DOES NOT LOOK
LIKE WHAT YOU HAD LAST FALL. 
OUR TEACHERS CANNOT COME CLOSER
THAN SIX FEET TO A KID THE HAND
OVER HAND TEACHING EDUCATION
OVER YOUR SHOULDER GUIDING YOU
THROUGH SMALL GUIDED READING
LESSONS THAT KIND OF STUFF IS
GOING TO LOOK VERY, VERY
DIFFERENT AS WELL. 
OUR CLASSROOM ARRANGEMENTS, OUR
CLASSROOM LAYOUTS AS FAMILIES
LEARN THIS STUFF THEY LIKELY
WILL MAKE DIFFERENT DECISIONS
IN SOME CASES AS THEY GO
THROUGH THOSE CASES THEN I JUST
CENTER UP OUR ASSIGNMENT WENT
HOW ARE WE GOING TO SHOW THEM
IN? 
HOW ARE WE GOING TO SHOW THEM
WHAT THE CLASS ROOM LOOKS LIKE
?
I'VE BEEN TO THE SCHOOLS THE 12
DEATHS PER ROOM PUSHING SNOW
AND SOME SCARY EVERY CAFETERIA
IS GONNA BE OPEN THEN IN EVERY
SCHOOL. 
>> NO, ACTUALLY MOST IN MOST
HOW WE'RE GOING TO FEED
THE KIDS. 
THEY'RE GOING TO EAT IN
THE LEAD IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. 
BUT YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT, 
MR. MAYOR. 
SO OUR SCHOOLS ARE BUILDING OUT
THESE SCHOOL LEVEL AS WELL AS
THEN DOWN TO THE TEACHER LEVEL
ORIENTATION SESSIONS. 
THEY'RE STARTING WITH REMOTE
WHICH THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD
OUT THAT 75 PERCENT OF YOUNG
PEOPLE. 
SCHOOLS ARE ALSO SCHEDULING HOW
THEY'RE GONNA DO THEIR
IN-PERSON ORIENTATION SESSIONS
ONCE THEY GET THEIR CLASS
ROSTERS BUILT OUT. 
THAT'LL LIKELY BE THE FOLLOWING
WEEK. 
I'M NOT I. 
LET ME COMMIT TO THESE DATES
HERE FOR VIRTUAL FOR NEXT WEEK
.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE ALSO BUILDING
OUT THOSE SESSIONS SO THAT THEY
CAN SHARE WITH FAMILIES. 
HERE'S WHAT. 
NOW YOU HAVE AN IN-PERSON SEAT
.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 
THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT
ON DAY ONE. 
WE EXPECT THAT SOME FAMILIES
WHO LOOKED FOR IN PERSON WHO
THOUGHT IT WOULD LOOK MORE
SIMILAR TO WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE
LAST FALL, LEARN ABOUT WHAT
IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE NOW
THEY MAY MAKE A DIFFERENT
DECISION WHICH THEN PUTS THIS
ALL BACK INTO PLACE AGAIN. 
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT. 
FAMILIES, IF YOU ULTIMATELY
MAKE A DIFFERENT CHOICE TO GO
BACK TO REMOTE PRIOR TO
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. 
WE'LL CERTAINLY MEET THAT
OBLIGATION AS WELL. 
WE'LL WORK ACROSS THEN WE'LL
BRING ANOTHER FAMILY IN. 
THIS IS GONNA BE AN ONGOING
PROCESS. 
THE COMMITTEE YOU'RE GONNA BE
IN THESE CONVERSATIONS EACH
MONTH EVERY MONTH WE'RE GOING
TO BE IN THESE CONVERSATIONS. 
WHAT'S OUR CAPACITY NUMBER? 
ARE WE READY TO TRANSITION UP
OR DOWN BASED ON THIS PANDEMIC
?
THIS IS WHAT THIS YEAR LOOKS
LIKE. 
I'M SORRY THAT IT'S THIS YEAR
BUT I CAN'T APOLOGIZE FOR
THE WORK WE'RE DOING. 
THIS IS INCREDIBLE WORK BY
THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE EMPLOYEES
THROUGH THIS ORGANIZATION
TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS THAT HAVE
NEVER GONE OFF CONTRACT. 
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGHOUT
THE SUMMER MONTHS MEMBER THEY
DELIVERED JUST AT THE END OF
JULY DELIVERED THESE SCENARIOS
WHERE YOU HEARD FROM THE TASK
FORCES. 
THAT'S ONE MONTH AGO AND NOW
HERE'S WHERE WE ARE. 
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF
WORK AND PARENTS. 
I REALLY DO UNDERSTAND. 
AND I THINK I'VE SHARED
COUNSELING IF I WAS IN YOUR
POSITIONS AS PARENTS I
CERTAINLY WOULD BE ASKING THESE
QUESTIONS QUITE FORCEFULLY BUT
I REALLY HAVE TRIED TO
ENCOURAGE OUR TEAM NOT TO GET
OUT IN FRONT OF OURSELVES, NOT
TO PROMISE MORE INFORMATION TOO
SOON. 
WE'RE GONNA COME UP TO AN
ACTION ITEM WHERE I'VE SHARED
WITH YOU. 
THAT WAS WAY EARLY INFORMATION
THAT WENT WAY TOO FAR OUT
BEFORE DECISIONS WERE EVEN
BEING MADE WHEN WE START TO
TALK ABOUT A LOCATION. 
YOU'RE GONNA HEAR MY
RECOMMENDATION LATER ON THAT
ONE IS VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE. 
THAT WAS AN ATTEMPT BY SOME
PEOPLE TO GET INFORMATION OUT
WAY SOON. 
WE END UP IN PROBLEMS ONE WAY
OR THE OTHER. 
SO HERE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
WE'RE MAKING SURE WE UNDER
PROMISE AND OVER DELIVER
BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH STRESS
IN OUR ENVIRONMENT FOR US TO
ADD STRESS TO SOME TO ANOTHER
FAMILY BY SAYING WE COMMITTED
TO YOU THIS TYPE OF IN-PERSON
ENVIRONMENT SO YOU CAN START
YOUR WORK SCHEDULE AND THEN
SOMEHOW CALL THEM LATER ON AND
SAY I'M SORRY YOUR KIDS NOW ARE
GONNA BE REMOTE. 
WE'RE TRYING TO RESIST THAT
HAPPENING AT ALL COSTS AND OUR
I GOT AGAIN GIVE A LOT OF
CREDIT TO OUR PRINCIPALS. 
YOU'RE RIGHT MR. ALREADY THIS
IS A CONDENSED TIMELINE FOR
THEM. 
BUT I WILL TELL YOU EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF THEM KNOW IT'S A
LOT EASIER TO BE VIRTUAL. 
THEY ALL KNOW THAT AND EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF THEM AND WHEN
THEY LOOK AT THEIR STAFFING
LISTS HAVE COME BACK. 
MR. SUPERINTENDENT, CAN I CAN I
COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATE
STAFFING? 
CAN I TRY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? 
I WAS JUST AT A SCHOOL
YESTERDAY WORKING WITH
THE PRINCIPAL. 
WE SAYING I DON'T HAVE MY
STAFFING. 
CAN I COME UP WITH ANOTHER LIST
,TRY TO FIGURE SOMETHING, I'LL
GET MY KIDS IN PERSON. 
SO JUST A LOT OF CREDIT TO
THE TEAM. 
WE CAN'T ADD A TWENTY FIFTH
HOUR BUT ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN
DO? 
WE ARE DOING. 
CAN I JUST SAY ONE OTHER THING
?
>> WHEN WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT
INCREASING HOW ARE WE GOING TO
INCREASE CLASSROOMS UNLESS WE
HAVE A VACCINE PANDEMIC? 
SO WHAT WE GET 12 KIDS IN A
CLASSROOM. 
THAT'S IT. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
RIGHT. 
SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M
SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO BE UP ON
THE ROADS WITH NO WINDOWS. 
YES. 
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GONNA BE INTO
THIS CONVERSATION. 
>> THAT'S THE SAME THING AGAIN
.
SO WHAT YOU'LL BE IN EACH TIME
IS TO SAY HERE'S HOW WE COULD
OPEN THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK
LIKE. 
YOU MAY HAVE TO REVISIT
THE HYBRID MODEL TO GET UP TO
SOME OF THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE
OF STAFFING CONSTRAINTS AND
SPACE CONSTRAINTS. 
YOU MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT
CLASSROOMS WITHOUT WINDOWS TO
GET TO THE 70 PERCENT. 
IT MEANS ALL YOUR FOLLOWING ALL
WE'RE FOLLOWING IS SOCIAL
DISTANCING ALONE. 
REMEMBER THAT WAS THE 70
PERCENT NUMBER. 
NOW YOU'VE GOT STAFFING
CONSTRAINTS. 
SO THE .
SO TO GET TO THAT THAT WOULD
HAVE TO ALLEVIATE ALL OF THESE
OTHER VARIABLES. 
NOW I THINK I AGREE WITH MR.
DAKOTA. 
THAT'S RATHER OPTIMISTIC. 
BUT IF WE TAKE A FULLY
OPTIMISTIC YOU'RE STILL TALKING
ABOUT THAT BEING QUARTER FOUR. 
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SHARE
IT EVEN THE MOST OPTIMISTIC
SCENARIO. 
NOW I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO HIGHLIGHT SHARE. 
WE'RE GONNA BE IN THESE
CONVERSATIONS CONSTANTLY. 
SO FAMILY IF YOU DON'T GET
THE IN-PERSON SEAT THAT DOESN'T
MEAN YOU'RE LOCKED REMOTELY ALL
YEAR LONG. 
IT MEANS NOW WE'RE GOING TO
WAIT TILL IN OCTOBER. 
WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE
CONVERSATIONS AGAIN. 
WE MAY BE STILL AT TWENTY FIVE
PERCENT. 
THAT'S A REAL POSSIBILITY. 
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A WAY
WE GET TO 20 TO 70 PERCENT. 
THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A
POSSIBILITY. 
IT MAY ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY
THAT WE SAY HERE'S WHERE THIS
PANDEMIC IS LEADING AND WE NEED
TO GO DOWN TO ZERO. 
YOU KNOW, WE SAW A LOT TO LEARN
STARTING AT 25 PERCENT. 
I CAN'T GO TO 50 PERCENT, MR.
MAYOR, WITH THE SAME NURSING
RATIOS NECESSARILY THAT I'M AT
WITH 25. 
SO NOW WE ALSO MAY HAVE TO
BRING UP THAT CONVERSATION. 
HOW DO WE ADD NURSING TO
THE RATIOS? 
WHAT ARE THE QUARANTINE ROOMS
LOOK LIKE THAT WE'RE BUILDING
OUT FOR 25 PERCENT? 
WHAT ARE THOSE RATIOS LOOK LIKE
FOR 50? 
DOES THAT TAKE UP OUR SPACE? 
HOW DID THE MEAL DELIVERY GO? 
SO ALL OF THIS IS PHASING. 
I JUST THOUGHT IT'S IMPORTANT
TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT THE GOAL
IS NOT REMOTE LEARNING WHERE AN
IN-PERSON INSTITUTION AND WE'RE
GOING TO WORK TOWARDS THAT IN A
WAY THAT WE CAN DO IT SAFELY
AND RESPONSIBLY FOR
THE COMMUNITY. 
AND I ALSO THINK THESE
CONVERSATIONS ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEN IT ALSO
IS A VARIABLE HERE THAT WE'RE
LEARNING. 
YOU MAY SAY WELL ONE MONTH IS
TOO SHORT A TIME FRAME THAT'S
TOO CONDENSED. 
DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE IN
OCTOBER MAYBE THEN THAT NEEDS
TO LEAD OUT TO THE MIDYEAR
OPENING. 
WE'RE OPEN TO ALL OF THAT. 
IT'S A LEARNING PROCESS. 
WE'RE A LEARNING ORGANIZATION
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
MAKE SURE WE PUT THE NEEDS OF
OUR KIDS FIRST AND MAKE SURE
THAT WE INCLUDE OUR FAMILIES IN
THE PROCESS AS BEST WE CAN. 
AND I DO AGAIN UNDERSTAND
THE CHALLENGES THE CHALLENGES
IN FRONT OF US. 
I DON'T. 
>> WHEN WE GET TO THE FACILITY
REPORTED DO WE HAVE A
QUARANTINE ROOM FOR EACH SCHOOL
?
YES OR NO? 
>> YES, WE DO. 
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON
THE OPENING OF SCHOOL? 
SURE. 
I MISS OUR GUY. 
>> I'M NOT GOING TO PUSH DELAY
.
I DON'T FEEL THE SENSE IN
THE ROOM THAT I HAD THE VOTES
FOR IT ANYWAY. 
BUT I JUST WANT TO END WITH
SAYING WE NEED TO GET THOSE
ROSTERS OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE IF WE'RE
WAITING ON 600 STUDENTS THAT WE
HAVE NOT SECURED STAFF FOR AT
LEAST GET ALL THE COMMUNICATION
OUT TO THE PEOPLE WE DO KNOW
AND THOSE PEOPLE BE TOLD YOU
HAVE AN IN-PERSON SEAT. 
WE'RE WORKING ON THE STAFFING
OR SOMETHING AND IT'S CRITICAL
.
IT'S CRITICAL THAT OUR
PRINCIPALS HAVE THAT
INFORMATION AS I KNOW YOU KNOW
IT. 
SO I'M GOING TO BACK OFF FROM
THE DELAY BUT I HAVE REAL
CONCERNS AND I APPRECIATE
EVERYBODY'S WORK ON IT. 
I KNOW IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE
TIMEFRAME. 
THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU. 
FACILITIES UPDATE. 
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
>> OH, DR. HALL, WE'LL SHARE
WITH YOU AGAIN. 
THIS IS YOUR STANDARD UPDATE
THAT YOU'LL BE RECEIVING AT
EACH COMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT
THE STATUS OF OUR FACILITIES. 
>> GO RIGHT TO IT. 
NOW YOU'VE GOT TO CHANGE OUT
THE PRESENTATION, MR. LIKE AND
JUST START COMING AROUND. 
HE'S COMING AROUND FOR YOU. 
THIS IS ONE OF OUR TECH STAFF
MEMBERS THAT'S ALSO REEMERGING
10000 COMPUTERS DURING
THE COURSE OF THE DAY. 
>> HE'S HERE TO SUPPORT US IN
THE EVENING. 
SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
I GUESS WHEN SO SO I GUESS I
DID WANT TO SAY UP FRONT ON
BEHALF OF THE FACILITIES
DEPARTMENT I KNOW PEOPLE ARE
STRESSED ABOUT TRYING TO OPEN
UP THIS COMPLICATED AND
DIFFICULT. 
MORE INFORMATION IS DESERVED. 
BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT
WE DID HEAR FROM THE COMMITTEE
IN THE COMMUNITY UP FRONT DO
WHATEVER IS POSSIBLE, OPEN UP
AS MANY CAMPUS SEATS AS YOU CAN
DO TO THE IMPORTANCE OF IT TO
THE COMMUNITY AND OUR STUDENTS
.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THE SENIOR
STAFF IS VERY HIGHLY MOTIVATED
STILL TO DO THAT. 
WE DO THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
.
SO WHEN THE FACILITIES
DEPARTMENT WE CERTAINLY
APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND
TRYING TO DO THAT. 
I DIDN'T WANT TO. 
AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO DO A
RESPECTFUL OPENING, SO TO SPEAK
AS YOU GUYS HAVE POINTED. 
IT'S NOT EASY TO DO THAT WITH
STAFFING AND FACILITIES. 
BUT I THINK WE'RE DOING
THE BEST WE CAN ON THAT AND
TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE OUR
EMPLOYEES CONCERNS AND
BALANCING THAT AGAINST WHAT
THE FAMILIES WANT. 
FIRST OF ALL TO I WOULD LIKE TO
PART OF THE FACILITIES REPORT
AND THE STAFFING MODEL FACTORS
IN OUR STAFFING WHICH WE'VE
GONE OVER. 
>> I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT
THAT WE'VE HAD SOME VERY
PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE UGL LSA LATELY AND THEY
HAVE BEEN HELPFUL IN POINTING
OUT FACILITY CONCERNS WHICH WE
CAN THEN FUNNEL OVER FROM
FACILITIES TO THE CITY. 
>> AS YOU CAN SEE IN SOME OF
THESE SLIDES AND I'LL BRIEF
THEM BY EXCEPTION THE CITY IS
GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION ON
WHAT ROOMS WE DO PLAN ON USING
AND THEY'RE PRIORITIZING
CHANGES IN THOSE ROOMS WHICH
WILL INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVITY
OF THOSE ROOMS AND
THE AVAILABILITY OF THEM FOR
EDUCATION ADDITIONALLY. 
AS I'VE SAID ANOTHER MEETINGS
THIS COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ON HAND
SANITIZER TEN THOUSAND ACRYLIC
SHEETS, 56 SPRAYER MACHINES
OVER TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
AND GOWNS AND OVER TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND MOUTHS. 
THOSE ARE BEING DELIVERED ON A
DAILY BASIS AND THE FACILITIES
DEPARTMENT IS GETTING THEM OUT
TO SCHOOLS THERE. 
THEY'RE NOT ALL IN THE SCHOOLS
NOW BUT WE HAVE A DELIVERY
SCHEDULE AND THEY'RE GETTING
OUT THERE EVERY DAY. 
SO THEY WILL BE READY ON AN
OTHER POSITIVE NOTE CIRCA
ESTONIANS WORKING HARD AS WELL
TO HELP US OPEN THE SCHOOLS AND
THE PRINCIPALS. 
ALL SUMMER LONG, YOU KNOW, ON
ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY I'VE
BEEN POINTING OUT ISSUES
HELPING US WITH INFORMATION
THAT WE CAN GET TO THE CITY TO
ASSIST US. 
AND LASTLY TO THE TEACHERS OVER
THE LAST WEEK HAVE THEM
PROVIDING SOME SOLID FEEDBACK
AND REPORTING ISSUES WHICH WE
HAVE IMMEDIATELY SENT TO
THE CITY AS WELL. 
SO LIKE I'VE SAID IN A FEW
MEETINGS BEFORE, IF YOU SEE
SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE
CORRECTED, PLEASE LET US KNOW. 
MR. UNDERWOOD IS HERE TO
ADDRESS YOU VERY BRIEFLY SOON. 
IT'S BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT
GETTING PEOPLE OUT TO FIX THOSE
ISSUES IN OUR REPORTING THEM TO
THE CITY. 
BUT BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO
HIM, I I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER
A FEW SLIDES. 
FIRST WE DO HAVE SOME UPDATED
INFORMATION AND SLIDES. 
FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING
AT GYMS. 
A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE
WINDOWS BUT THEY DO HAVE
EXTERIOR OUTSIDE DOORS. 
SO WE'RE CONSIDERING ALLOWING
THEM TO BE USED FOR PHYSICAL
EDUCATION AND OR ON RAINY DAYS
TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THE CHILDREN. 
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE PINE BUTLER
AND STOCK LOWES IN THE ROBINSON
HAVE SUCH GYMS COULD BE USED? 
ADDITIONALLY WE'VE BEEN LOOKING
AT THE DAY SCHOOL AS WELL. 
WE INITIALLY REPORTED
ERRONEOUSLY THAT ONLY THAT NO
STUDENTS COULD FIT IN
THE SCHOOL. 
I THINK WHEN WE FIRST DEVELOP
THAT INFORMATION WE WILL
LOOKING AT THE WHOLE STUDENT
BODY THERE. 
BUT THERE IS A NUMBER THAT
COULD ACTUALLY FIT IN THAT
SCHOOL AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
UPFRONT THAT THE LANDLORD HAS
BEEN PARTICULARLY HELPFUL OVER
THE LAST WEEK. 
I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THEIR
AGENTS AND THEY'VE REPORTED
THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO MAKE
SOME ACCOMMODATIONS TO
THE STRUCTURE THAT MAY ALLOW US
TO FIT IN MORE CHILDREN SHOULD
DEMAND INCREASE. 
IN REGARDS TO BUILDING CAPACITY
IN REGARDS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH
INFORMATION IN I THANK
THE UNION FOR THEIR FEEDBACK. 
>> WE HEARD WHEN WE CAME IN
THAT TRANSPARENT C IS THE WORD
OF THE DAY. 
AND RESPECTFULLY I'M BEING
TRANSPARENT HERE AND THAT OUR
POSITIVITY RATE THAT WAS
REPORTED JUST BEFORE
THE MEETING WENT UP TO ONE
POINT FIVE FROM ONE POINT ONE
EIGHT LAST WEEK. 
AND WE ACTUALLY WENT TO YELLOW
WHEREAS WE HAD BEEN A GREEN
UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH'S RATING
SYSTEM WE WENT UP TO A FOUR
POINT TWO AVERAGE DAILY
INCIDENT RATE PER 100000
WHEREAS WE WERE AT TWO POINT
FOUR LAST WEEK. 
SO THOSE NUMBERS CAME OUT RIGHT
AT AROUND 5:00 P.M. TODAY. 
DR. BOYD STATED THAT WE'RE
CONTINUING TO MONITOR THAT. 
SO ALL THIS WORK COULD GO FOR A
NOT SO TO SPEAK. 
IF THOSE NUMBERS GO UP. 
BUT I DO THINK THAT WHAT WE'VE
BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST FEW
MONTHS IS HELPFUL BECAUSE
WHETHER OR NOT IT'S THE 17TH OR
IT'S SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE WE
DO HAVE A PLAN TO GET ALL
THE STUDENTS BACK. 
SO THIS HAS A LOT OF VALUE EVEN
IF THE CODE OF A DATA GETS
WORSE AND WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING
AS I SAID ALL THE PPE THAT
THE COMMITTEE HAS ORDERED IT'S
COMING IN ON A DAILY BASIS AND
WE'RE GETTING IT OUT TO
THE SCHOOLS. 
>> WE HAVE BEEN UPDATING
THE CHARTS AS WELL TO REFLECT
THE CAPACITY OF EACH SCHOOL. 
AND THEY MIRRORS WHAT DR.
GUILLORY EARLIER PRESENTED
ABOUT THE PROJECTED CAPACITY, 
YOUR ENROLLMENT AT EACH
FACILITY. 
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL
OF THESE, BUT IF YOU'RE AT HOME
AND YOU WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT
SCHOOL YOUR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN
GOING TO OR MAY GO TO, WE HAVE
WHAT'S BEEN REPORTED BY
THE PRINCIPALS IN REGARDS TO
ONGOING ISSUES IN THE ROOMS
THAT ARE PROJECTED TO BE USED
AND THIS IS AGAIN PARTICULARLY
HELPFUL FOR THE CITY BECAUSE
THEY'RE PRIORITIZING FIXES IN
THOSE ROOMS THAT WE PLAN ON
USING. 
SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING
UP OUR FACILITIES DIRECTOR WHO
CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT HE'S DOING
TO MAKE SURE THESE PARTICULAR
ROOMS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
BE USED. 
MR. UNDERWOOD. 
THANK YOU, DR.. 
MR. MAYOR. 
MRS. CLARK ADMINISTRATORS
ADMINISTRATOR'S COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. 
GOOD EVENING. 
SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS A LOT
OF NOT A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION
THAT WE DIDN'T THAT DR. HOLT
DIDN'T TOUCH BASES OTHER THAN
EVERYDAY BUILDINGS GETTING
SAFER. 
DPW IS GETTING PARTS IN LIKE WE
TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK. 
BUT EVEN AS LITTLE AS 2 O'CLOCK
TODAY IN RAINY DAY WE HAD THEM
ON THE ROBINSON ROOF BECAUSE WE
GOT A CALL AT 2 O'CLOCK THAT
SOME PARTS CAME IN. 
SO EVERY DAY WE'RE WORKING HARD
.
EVERY DAY DPW IS OUT THERE. 
PARTS COMING IN. 
FILTERS HAVE BEEN CHANGED. 
SEALANT ROOFTOP FILTERS HAVE
BEEN ORDERED. 
CEILING FILTERS ARE BEING PUT
IN PLACE SO EVERYDAY WE'RE
DOING MORE TO GET THE SCHOOLS
SAFE AND READY FOR THE OPENING
DAY. 
I THINK DR. HALL REALLY TOUCHED
BASE ON EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN
GOING ON. 
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
THAT MR. DOLAN FIRST AND THEN
MR. GARNER. 
IF I COULD BEFORE BEFORE YOU
ASK QUESTIONS, I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE'VE SAID
SEVERAL THINGS HERE ALL THE WAY
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS THAT AT
ANY POINT IF WE DON'T HAVE
CONFIDENCE WE WILL PULL
THE PLUG ON OPENING IN PERSON. 
GO BACK TO THE KOBE SLIDE. 
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DATA POINT
MOVING FROM GREEN TO YELLOW. 
ALL RIGHT. 
THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTION WE
WANT TO HEAD AS A COMMUNITY. 
IT'S ONE MORE STEP BEFORE WE
SAY THAT'S THE COMMITMENT WE
MADE TO SAFETY THE SECOND WE'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT STAFFING. 
WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO RESPECT
THE PROFESSIONALISM OF OUR
TEACHERS TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT
ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
THEM PROFESSIONALLY AND THEIR
FAMILIES PERSONALLY ASKED
WHETHER TEACHING IN PERSON IF
WE DON'T HAVE A TEACHER, WE
DON'T HAVE A CLASSROOM, IF WE
DIDN'T HAVE ANY TEACHERS WE
WOULD BE ABLE TO CLEARLY TELL
YOU THAT. 
NOW THAT'S NOT THE CASE. 
THEN THE LAST IS MR. UNDERWOOD
.
WE'VE SAID WE'RE GOING TO MR.
UNDERWOOD'S GOING TO PERSONALLY
ATTEST TO THESE CLASSROOMS. 
HE'S GOING TO GIVE OUR
PRINCIPAL SOME TOOLS BY WHICH
THEY CAN VIEW EACH CLASSROOM. 
AND IF IT DOESN'T HAVE DR. HALL
MYSELF AND THE PRINCIPAL
SIGNING OFF ON IT, THEN WE'RE
NOT OPENING A CLASSROOM THERE. 
THERE'S WE'RE GETTING TO A
PLACE WHERE WE'LL BE SAFE FOR
SEPTEMBER 17TH. 
DOUG, MR. UNDERWOOD FEELS LIKE
WE'RE STILL ON THAT TRAJECTORY
.
WE'RE GOING IN THE WRONG PLACE
PANDEMIC. 
WE KNOW THAT THAT DATA IS NOT
GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, 
THAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN GOING. 
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THAT. 
THE STAFFING IS NOT TO 100
PERCENT BUT TO 80 PERCENT OF
WHAT WE NEED IN PERSON AND I
WANT TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFY
THAT. 
THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT
80 PERCENT OF WHAT WE NEED FOR
INCAPACITY IN PERSON LEARNING
IF ANY OF THOSE DATA POINTS
DON'T HIT WHAT WE NEED FOR
IN-PERSON LEARNING AT THAT
POINT. 
WE WILL DEFINITELY AND YOU HAVE
MY COMMITMENT AS YOU'VE HAD
THROUGHOUT WHERE WE'LL PULL
THE PLUG ON IN-PERSON LEARNING
.
IT FEELS LIKE TO DAY AS OF
TODAY WE'RE STILL ON TRACK IF
WE HIT A POINT. 
WE'LL TELL YOU THAT WE'RE NOT
ON TRACK. 
AND AT THAT POINT THEN WE WILL
IT. 
I THINK MISS MARTIN SHARED WAY
BACK ON THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST
.
IF THIS FEELS GOOD RIGHT NOW, 
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR EACH
WEEK. 
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO
DO. 
MR. UNDERWOOD WORK IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT THERE BECAUSE
THE FACILITY STUFF IS AN
EVERYDAY EVOLUTION. 
AND I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE I'VE
HAD PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS
REACH OUT TO SAY WELL THIS
CLASSROOM IS NOT READY YET. 
AND MY COMMITMENT BACK TO THEM
IS YES, A KEY WORD IF IT'S NOT
READY AND WON'T BE READY. 
IT'S NOT GOING TO OPEN. 
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR THAT
.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S BEST SUITED
TO ANSWER THIS, BUT IF WE
WANTED TO BRING IN A THIRD
PARTY COMPANY TO DO AN
ASSESSMENT THIS WEEK, DO WE
HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT? 
NO, WE DO NOT. 
NOT THIS WEEK. 
THAT DECISION POINT WAS
AVAILABLE TO YOU LAST MEETING
ANYTIME. 
NO. 
WE HAVE WE EVER HAVE NOT AS AN
INSTRUCTIONAL SIT IN AND WE
CAN'T WE CAN'T AUTHORIZE
THE PAY FOR ANY TYPE OF STUDY
IN THE BILL. 
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FROM
THE MANAGER WHO CAN THE CITY
MANAGER CAN. 
CITY MANAGER CAN'T SATISFY THAT
SHE BROUGHT IN A THIRD PARTY TO
DO THIS. 
WHO'S BEEN IN OUR SCHOOLS? 
SO THE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
CAN NOT EVEN ACCOMPLISH AS A
BODY, CORRECT? 
>> I CAN CLARIFY IT TOMORROW
BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN ENTER
INTO AN AGREEMENT TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
WELL, AS FAR AS I HAVE BEEN
TOLD WE CANNOT. 
THAT'S ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
SO WE CANNOT GET THAT DONE
RIGHT.
IT JUST CAN'T HAPPEN.
SO HOW ARE WE IN THIS?
HOW ARE WE IN THIS CIRCLE RIGHT
HERE? 
I'M SPEAKING TO THE TEACHERS
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I AM A
TEACHER. 
I FEEL FOR YOU. 
AND I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BACKUP
TEACHERS.
BUT I THINK YOU'RE BEING LED IN
THE WRONG DIRECTION.
AND YES, THESE NEGOTIATIONS
HAVE GONE ON TOO LONG. 
AND WHEN I SAY TEACHERS
TYPICALLY I'M TALKING ABOUT
WHO'S AT THE TOP OF THE UNION.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
THE TEACHER BODY TYPICALLY. 
BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT AS A
FORMER TEACHER AND SOMEBODY WHO
HAS A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS
TEACHING IN THIS DISTRICT, I
ALWAYS HAVE BEST INTERESTS OF
THE TEACHER IN MIND. 
AND SO DOES THIS COMMITTEE.
YOU'RE BEING LED IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION. 
I'M SORRY, BUT THAT IS
THE TRUTH. 
YOU'RE BEING LED IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU, MR. DAKOTA.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? 
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
I HAVE TWO THINGS A QUICK
QUESTION ABOUT THE BAILEY
SCHOOL ON ON WHAT'S AVAILABLE
IN HERE. 
IT SAYS THE GYM IS NOT
AVAILABLE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A DOOR TO GO
OUTSIDE FROM IN THE GYM BUT I
BELIEVE THERE IS NOT NOW. 
OK.
OPENS THE HIGHWAY IN
THE BASEMENT. 
I KNOW THE MUSIC ROOM DOESN'T
HAVE A WINDOW AT ALL.
>> I MEAN THEY'VE GOT A
SKYLIGHT THAT DOESN'T OPEN.
BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE MUSIC ROOM
NOT BEING. 
I'D HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU
ON THAT. 
>> I MEAN I'VE BEEN IN SO MANY
SCHOOLS I DON'T HEAR I COMMENT
THAT IS UNTRUE BUT I CERTAINLY
GET BACK WHAT I WAS JUST
WONDERING ABOUT THAT ONE.
>> AND THEN MY OTHER QUICK
QUESTION IS WHEN EXACTLY DOES
REVIEW VENTILATION MEAN? 
SAY THAT AGAIN I'M SORRY REVIEW
VENTILATION A LOT OF THESE
DIFFERENT THINGS IT SAYS REVIEW
VENTILATION REVIEW VENTILATION
REVIEW VENTILATION.
THEY'RE STILL IN THERE LOOKING
AT THE FILTERS, LOOKING AT
THE UNITS HIMSELF FOR CLEANING
AND THAT THINGS WE HAVEN'T DPW
CHRISTINE CLANCY MYSELF ALEX
MCGEE WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT
EVERY SINGLE UNIT IN THE BUILT
WE'RE GOING TO SCHOOL TO
SCHOOL.
I'D SAY 80 PERCENT OF SCHOOLS
HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT BUT NOT. 
I'M SORRY. 
90 PERCENT OF THE WHO'S BEEN
LOOKED AT BUT NOT 100 PERCENT
OF THE ACTUAL UNITS HAVE BEEN
LOOKED AT.
CEILING UNITS FOR FOR INSTANCE
I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT CEILING
UNITS.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT ALL
THE ROOFTOP UNITS.
I'VE BEEN IN ALL THE UNIVERSE. 
YOU'D USE AN EVENT LATER AS ONE
THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT ALL THOSE
BUT WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT 100
PERCENT OF ALL THE UNITS.
>> AND THAT'S ONGOING.
>> THANK YOU, BROTHER.
MR. HOEY.
THANK SUNDAY I WENT OUT AND
DROVE AROUND TO MAKE SURE HOW
MANY SCHOOLS WE HAVE ARE HERE. 
OUR CITY MANAGERS SAY YOU GET
30 I HEAR THIS ONE SAY TWENTY
NINE YOU GOT TWENTY EIGHT LAW
PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT'S HOW MANY
YOU HAVE TWENTY EIGHT THAT'S
NOT COUNTING JANUS 80 SCHOOL OR
YOU TWO CHARTER SCHOOLS AND
WHAT I'VE SEEN I'VE SEEN A LOT
OF CONSTRUCTION STILL GOING ON
TO SCHOOLS LIKE THE DAILY
THE BAILEY ROBINSON BUT FOR
YEARS I'VE ALWAYS LIKED TO RIDE
AROUND THE SCHOOLS AT THE END
OF MAY CHECK THEM OUT, SEE HOW
THE LANDSCAPE LOOKS. 
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN IT AS GOOD
AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.
THE ONLY THING IS IT MIGHT LOOK
LIKE WE'RE STILL NOT UP THERE
YET.
UP TO IS THE CITIES DOING SUCH
A GREAT JOB WITH THE PARKS. 
THEY'RE SO CLEAN.
EVERY PARK I'VE SEEN I CAN'T
BELIEVE HOW GOOD THE CITY IS
LOOKING ON THE OUTSIDE OF
THE SCHOOLS ALL WE'RE DOING IS
TALKING ABOUT THE INSIDE OF
THE SCHOOLS.
SO I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU,
MR. UNDERWOOD AGAIN. 
YOU'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF ME
IN FRONT THE 28 SCHOOLS THAT
I'VE SEEN, THE ONLY ONE THAT I
WOULD SIT HERE TONIGHT AND SAY
SOMETHING A LITTLE NEGATIVE
ABOUT BECAUSE EVERY TIME I LOOK
AT THE CHART OF ACADEMY SCHOOL
AND SMITH STREET, IT LOOKS LIKE
THE ADDAMS FAMILY WAS JUST
THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOES AND I'M
NOT TALKING NEW SCHOOL ITSELF. 
I'M TALKING AROUND THE SCHOOL.
IF WE EVER COULD GET THAT PLACE
LOOK REAL GOOD, WE'RE UP THERE.
WE'VE NEVER LOOKED THIS GOOD IN
MY IN MY YEARS AROUND THIS
SCHOOL. 
AND I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON
BECAUSE I'VE HAD STAFF MEMBERS
CALLING ME TELLING ME SLOW
UNDERWOOD DOWN. 
HE'S DRIVING CRAZY. 
BUT I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING
AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE
SINCE YOU AND JIM HALL HAVE
TEAMED UP AND I JUST WANT TO
COMPLIMENT BOTH HE HAS TONIGHT
BECAUSE RIGHT AROUND YOURSELF
LOOK AT YOUR PARKS. 
I MEAN SHARED PARK RECENTLY HAD
LIGHTNING BLOW THE BIG TREE
DOWN BEHIND THE BACKSTOP WIPED
OUT THAT WHOLE FENCE THAT'S ALL
BACK TOGETHER.
I'VE NEVER SEEN THE PARKS MOVE
AND I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS
THE STREET FROM STRATTON FIELD
.
I CAN'T EVEN FIND TRASH ON THEM
ANYMORE.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE COMPETITION
WITH THE PARKS AND THE SCHOOLS
BECAUSE ALL OUR SCHOOLS ARE
BUILT ON THESE PARKS AND
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS
BROUGHT THEIR LEVEL OF WORK
AWAY UP AND KEEP
THE COMPLIMENTS TO MR.
UNDERWOOD.
OH NO.
BUT I'M SAYING HOW YOU CAN KEEP
GOING. 
>> WHEN THE PARKS ARE DOING
SUCH A GOOD JOB THAT THE BEST
I'VE EVER SEEN OUR SCHOOLS LOOK
THAT LANDSCAPING IN THE OUTSIDE
OF IT DON'T COUNT
THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S STILL
GOING ON THERE PUT IN ROOFS. 
I MEAN I WENT BEHIND THE BAILEY
SCHOOL GO LOOK AT THOSE BALL
FIELDS THAT ARE BEHIND
THE DAILY BAILEY AND THEN YOU
LOOK AT OUR LANDSCAPE AND IT'S
GOT SO MUCH BETTER THAT I THINK
IT JUST SHOWS HOW HARD THAT
DEPARTMENT WORKS AND UNDER HIS
GUIDANCE I JUST THINK IT'S
THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN IT AND
I HOPE IT CONTINUES TO BE THAT
WE THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
>> THANK YOU, MISS CLARK, I
JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
WHETHER TEACHERS WHO ARE
TEACHING IN PERSON IN A
CLASSROOM ARE THEY ABLE TO USE
BANDS OR AIR CONDITIONING?
THAT'S CONDITION IS FROWNED ON
BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO CLOSE
THE WINDOWS TO MAKE IT
EFFECTIVE. 
>> SO WE'RE KIND OF FROWNING ON
THAT THE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS, THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
IF IT'S A BUILDING AIR
CONDITION THAT'S WORKING WITH
THE VENTILATION SYSTEM AS
DESIGNED. 
THAT'S DIFFERENT. 
BUT IF YOU'RE TAKING IN AT ONE
WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER AND
PUTTING IT INTO A IN AN OLDER
SCHOOL THAT HASN'T HAVE A A UP
TO DATE VENTILATION SYSTEM,
THEN THAT'S NOT RECOMMENDED. 
I WON'T IF I JUST STEP ON ONE
THING IS A THE FOCUS HAS BEEN
UNCOVERED 19 AND WHAT WE'VE
BEEN DOING. 
>> BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A
LOT OF GOOD WORK DONE BY
THE CITY ON TOP OF THAT WE'VE
DONE CEMENT WORK AND STARES AT
THE SHAUGHNESSY SCHOOL.
THE STEM SCHOOL, THE BUTLER
SCHOOL.
WE'VE DONE A BIG CONSTRUCTION
JOB AT THE ROGERS SCHOOL DONE
BY DPW.
SO ELSE HAS BEEN ARE ALSO A LOT
OF OTHER GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE
BEEN GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS AS
FAR AS THE GROUNDS GO.
WE HAD AN EXTRA THREE MONTHS SO
THAT CERTAINLY HELPED IT. 
I'M NOT GOING TO DIMINISH
THE HARD WORK THAT CUSTODIAN
HAS DONE.
I THINK I'VE TOUCHED BASE ON A
COUPLE OF WEEKS WE WENT AND
PURCHASED THREE POWER WASHES
AND BEEN SENDING THEM OUT TO
THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
I THINK IN THE NEXT WEEK YOU'LL
SEE THE SCHOOLS EVEN LOOK A
LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
WE PUT SOME MONEY ASIDE EARLY
ON FOR PLANTS IN PLANTS FOR
THE START OF SCHOOL.
YOU'LL START SEEING THOSE IN
PLACE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS GETTING READY FOR THE 16TH
AND YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED MANY
OF THE SCHOOLS PILES OF BARK
MULCH THAT HAVE BEEN DROPPED
OFF AND PUT IN PLACES TOO.
SO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
THEY'LL LOOK EVEN BETTER. 
SO I'M HAPPY WITH THE WORK
THE GUYS HAVE DONE AND PROUD OF
ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH EVERYTHING
ELSE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
SO THANK YOU.
THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR.
UNDERWOOD? 
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
REITERATE FOR ANYBODY THAT'S
WHAT CLASSROOM MIGHT NOT BE
DONE YET.
IT'S ON SCHEDULE IF MR. UNDER
WHATEVER COMES AND SAYS WE'RE
NOT GOING TO HIT THAT SCHEDULE
FOR REOPENING, THAT'S AT
THE POINT THAT WE PULL THE PLUG
ON THE SCHOOL. 
SAME FOR ALL OF THESE OTHER
DECISIONS. 
SO I APPRECIATE IT, MR.
UNDERWOOD FOR ANYBODY WATCHING
.
I GET CALLS EVERY DAY THAT SAYS
WELL, THIS IS NOT HERE IN MY
CLASSROOM. 
IT MAY NOT BE YET.
IT'LL BE THERE BY SCHOOL
OPENING OR MR. UNDERWOOD CLOSED
DOWN THAT SCHOOL BACK CLASSROOM
FOR USE ON DAY ONE. 
I ROLLED ALL THE AIR PURIFIERS
IN NOW. 
NOW WE WE'VE GOT 158
DISCREPANCY IN WHAT CAME IN.
>> I THINK I MADE A MISSED ONE
SHIPMENT. 
SO I THINK WE HAVE 200 250 IN
DISTRICT RIGHT NOW. 
EVERYTHING'S BEEN PUT IN PLACE
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
TOMORROW WE'LL BE TAKING A
TRUCK AND STARTING TO DELIVER
THEM THE LAYOUT.
THE NEXT 50 THAT WE HAVE IN
PLACE AND BRINGING THOSE TO
THE NURSE'S OFFICES OFFICES IN
THE MAIN OFFICES SCHOOLS AND
THEN WE'LL START FOCUSING ON
THE CLASSROOMS AND THE REST.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY
STUDENTS IN ALL BUT WE HAVE
THE NURSES. 
WE HAVE ADMINISTRATION. 
SO WE WANT TO FOCUS THE ONES
THE MACHINES THAT WE DO HAVE IN
THOSE SPACES AND THEN AS WE
MOVE FORWARD WE'LL START TAKING
THE NEXT ONES IN SIGHT AND PUT
THEM IN THE CLASSROOMS. 
SO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
THEY'RE NOT AT THE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS YET. 
>> NO, NO. 
AND WE ALL DID 500 1000 DID. 
THERE'S THERE'S A AIR PURIFIER
FOR EVERY CLASSROOM. 
>> THE ONES THAT WILL WON'T
HAVE CHILDREN THEM. 
WE'LL BE TAKING THOSE AND
PUTTING THEM IN THE SPACES. 
LIKE I SAID, THE NURSE'S OFFICE
MAY NOT ALL YOUR LIFE THOUSANDS
.
>> WE GOT 500 SO FAR.
NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 200 RIGHT NOW
.
SO CHECK ON THAT TOMORROW.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, MR. KING. 
>> ALSO GIVE THE COMMITTEE AN
UPDATE ON THE MAURY SCHOOL HOT
WATER, MORE SCHOOL, HOT WATER
ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS HAVE
BEEN DROPPED OFF. 
I BELIEVE THEY'RE IN PLACE
ALREADY AND INACTIVE. 
I KNOW THEY WERE DROPPED IN
WORK WAS GOING ON AS AS
YESTERDAY.
NOT SURE IF THEY'RE COMPLETELY
UP AND RUNNING.
I BELIEVE THEY ARE THE OK. 
THANK YOU, MR.. 
>> JUST WANT TO TWO THINGS. 
ONE IS I'VE NEVER SEEN
THE REILLY SCHOOL BEHIND IT SO
CLEAN ELECTION DAY.
IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. 
I'D NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THAT AND
THE MORE SCHOOL I THINK IT'S AN
IMPORTANT THING TO TELL PEOPLE
IT'S ONE OF OUR NEWER BUILT
SCHOOLS. 
AND I'VE BEEN IN THE SULLIVAN
THAT SCHOOL ABOUT A YEAR AGO
AND I REMEMBER HAVING NOTHING
BUT OIL ALL OVER THE FLOOR.
SO I MEAN PEOPLE GET TO KNOW
WHAT HE'S UP AGAINST. 
EVEN A SCHOOL THAT IS KNOWN AS
THE MAURY SCHOOL. 
I DON'T HAVE IT YET.
MAYBE YOU KNOW HOW OLD IT IS. 
THOSE PROBLEMS ARE 20 YEARS OLD
AND IT'S BAD ALREADY LEAKY
ROOFS, 12 YEARS OLD.
>> YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE UP AGAINST. 
OK.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANKS, DON OR ANYBODY ELSE.
HAVE A NICE NIGHT, EVERYBODY.
ALL RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY QUESTIONS
ON REPORT PROMOTIONS IN A
MOTION TO ACCEPT THEIR REPORTS
1 7 1 2 7 3 AS REPORTER
PROGRESS BY MISS DARI SECOND BY
MR. HOEY NEW BUSINESS
SUPERINTENDENT. 
THANK YOU. 
THE FIRST IS THE CONSIDERATION
OF THE DR. JANICE 80 DAY SCHOOL
FACILITY.
IF WE CAN PUT TO THAT
PRESENTATION PLEASE COMING
AROUND TO THIS. 
I'LL TAKE IT BACK. 
DR. AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT WE
HAVE ABOUT SIX SPEAKERS ON
THIS.
BUT I THINK ONCE THEY HEAR
THE REPORT IF WE ALL AGREE THEY
THERE'LL BE NO NEED TO TALK SO
.
DR. HALL, IT'S ALL RIGHT. 
>> SO JUST.
JUST AS A REMINDER OF PROCESS
WHICH WE TRY TO SHARE OUT AS
PROCESS. 
I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF
HOW WHEN WE START TO MAKE AN
ATTEMPT TO GET INFORMATION OUT
EARLY AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY
ALL OF THE ACCURATE INFORMATION
THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING.
THE AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL TIME
THAT'S REQUIRED AND THE AMOUNT
OF ADDITIONAL STRESS AND
ANXIETY THAT'S CREATED.
WE WERE WORKING ON THIS. 
THE COMMITTEE DID ASK US LAST
WEEK TO ACCELERATE OUR TIME
FRAME ALL THE WAY TO THE POINT
WHERE I WAS DOING WALK THE ROWS
OF BUILDINGS UP TO TODAY. 
MISS DESMOND WAS AND YOU HEARD
DR. HALL'S EVEN UPDATE
CONVERSATIONS.
I WANT TO APPRECIATE MR.
DAKOTA.
WE'VE ENJOYED THE WALKTHROUGH A
BUILDING YESTERDAY TO
SUPPLEMENT OUR STAFFING GIVEN
THE ACCELERATED TIMELINE. 
SO THANK YOU VISE CHAIR FOR
DOING THAT. 
YOU KNOW THE PROCESS HERE I
SHARED WITH YOU LAST WEEK THAT
I WOULD UPLOAD IN ORDER TO MEET
THE LMA THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS
THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED ABSENT
A FORMAL WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION
.
WE DID THAT.
THESE ARE THE OPTIONS IN FRONT
OF YOU.
THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE
GOING TO PROVIDE TONIGHT THAT
I'M GOING TO PROVIDE TONIGHT IS
BASED ON TWO THINGS ONE
UNDERSTANDING THAT
THE POPULATION AT THE 80 DAY
SCHOOL REQUIRES STABILITY IN
CONTINUITY, THAT THE FAMILIES
REQUIRE ROUTINE BASED ON
THE NEEDS OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE
THERE AND THAT IF THERE'S ANY
WAY FOR US TO ESTABLISH
STABILITY AND CONTINUITY FOR
THE YOUNG PEOPLE THERE, THAT'S
A CENTRAL TO THAT THE YOUNG
PEOPLE'S IS NEEDS ARE SUCH THAT
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN
ACCOMMODATE 100 PERCENT OF
LEARNERS THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF
OF IN-PERSON SEATS LIKE WE'RE
LOOKING AT OR OTHER FACILITIES
IS JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WE
SHOULD CONSIDER RIGHT NOW.
NOW BUT AT THE SAME TIME
FAMILIES HAVE MADE DECISIONS. 
SO NOW WE HAVE BECAUSE OF
THE OPT IN DECISION MAKING
TIMELINE, THE AMOUNT OF
COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILIES WE
KNOW THAT THERE'S 36 STUDENTS
RIGHT NOW AT THE 80 DAY THAT
ARE PLANNING TO START THEIR
YEAR IN. 
IT COULD VERY WELL GO UP EACH
DAY.
IT'S NOT ON A QUARTERLY
TIMEFRAME THERE WHICH IS WHY WE
HAVE TO HAVE THIS CONSIDERATION
BASED ON THEIR NEEDS.
BUT WE BELIEVE WE CAN ACTUALLY
OPEN FOR THE SCHOOL UTILIZING
THEIR CURRENT LOCATION WITH TWO
IMPORTANT CAVEATS. 
ONE, THE LANDLORDS OF THAT
FACILITY HAVE WITHIN
CONVERSATIONS WITH DR. HALL
THROUGH THEIR AGENTS NOTIFIED
US THAT THEY'RE AMENDABLE TO
DOING WHATEVER IS NEEDED TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN IF
POSSIBLE INCREASE THE CAPACITY
OF THAT SCHOOL SAFELY SO THAT
IF AT ALL POSSIBLE ALL STUDENTS
CAN BE SERVED AT THAT LOCATION
BY LOOKING AT ANY NUMBER OF
CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES.
THE LANDLORDS HAVE SAID THEY'RE
AMENABLE TO THAT.
THEY WANT TO WORK THROUGH THAT
WITH US. 
THEY WANT TO SUPPORT US WITH
THAT DOCTOR WHO HAS BEEN IN
THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
IS THAT SAFE DESCRIPTION OF
THOSE CONVERSATIONS, DR. HALL? 
YES, DR. BAILEY. 
ALL RIGHT. 
THE SECOND IS THAT MISS DESMOND
HAS DONE SOME WORK WITH BOTH
THE SPECIAL EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS WITH
THE PRINCIPAL THERE TO LOOK AT
ANY POSSIBLE RECONFIGURATION OF
THAT SCHOOL IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE
TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO
BE ABLE TO DO IT SAFELY.
REMEMBER, THIS IS NOT JUST A
QUESTION OF STUDENTS.
IT'S ALSO A QUESTION OF
THE NUMBER OF ADULTS THAT
SUPPORT THEM. 
IT'S ABOUT HOW OUR STAFFING
CONFIGURATIONS LOOK.
SO AS WE REDUCE STUDENTS DOWN
WE ALSO REDUCE STAFF DOWN THAT
STARTS TO CHANGE OUT OUR
CONFIGURATIONS OF STUDENTS
SERVED.
SO WE DO HAVE CONFIDENCE RIGHT
NOW THAT WE CAN OPEN A SCHOOL
YEAR WITH THE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS THAT ARE IN PERSON AT
THE 80 DAY. 
OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO WORK WITH
THE LANDLORD AT THE 80 DAY TO
MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS TO
THE FACILITY QUICKLY AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE CAN EVEN SUPPORT MORE
STUDENTS RIGHT NOW CANNOT
SUPPORT 100 PERCENT OF
STUDENTS.
THAT'S BEEN THE CHALLENGE IN
FRONT OF US. 
BUT WE HAVE 36 STUDENTS WHO
HAVE RAISED THEIR HAND AND SAID
WE PLAN TO START THE YEAR IN
PERSON.
THAT NUMBER CAN CHANGE TOMORROW
.
IT CAN CHANGE THE SECOND DAY OF
SCHOOL.
WE CAN'T.
I DON'T BELIEVE RESPONSIBLY OR
MORALLY TELL FAMILIES WITH
THE YOUNGSTERS WITH THESE NEEDS
THAT THEY HAVE TO WAIT TILL
ANOTHER QUARTER FOR
THE TRADITIONAL RE ENROLLMENT
PROCESS. 
SO WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO
CONTINUE. 
WHICH THEN MEANS IF WE CAN'T
ACCELERATE WITH THE LANDLORD
THE CAPACITY OF THE BUILDING
QUICKLY ENOUGH FOR HOW FAMILIES
ARE MAKING DECISIONS, THEN WE
NEED AN ALTERNATE LOCATION. 
THE ALTERNATE LOCATION THAT WE
ARE GOING TO SUGGEST AND
RECOMMEND TO YOU IS THE LAW
HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN ACADEMY.
IT'S NOT IDEAL BECAUSE IF WE
MOVE INTO A PLACE WHERE WE END
UP IN A VACCINE WE MOVE BACK
ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
THEN WE HAVE A NEED FOR THAT
FACILITY. 
BUT RIGHT NOW THE HIGH SCHOOL
IS PLANNING WITH ITS LIMITED
SPACE TO UTILIZE THE MAIN
CAMPUS FOR ITS 500 STUDENTS
WHICH THEN HAS THAT FACILITY
AVAILABLE.
IT WILL REQUIRE MODIFICATIONS
IF NEEDED. 
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS
IDEAL AS THE 80 DAY IF WE CAN
MAKE THE MODIFICATIONS THERE. 
SO WE ARE OPTIMISTS
CONVERSATIONS.
AND REMEMBER WE HAVE PAST WORK
WITH THE LANDLORD THERE. 
SO EVEN THOUGH THOSE ARE NEAR
TERM CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT
COULD BE DONE THE LANDLORD
THERE HAS BEEN A I WOULD SAY A
REALLY EFFECTIVE PARTNER FOR
OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND OUR
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO WE HAVE TRUST IN THAT
PARTNERSHIP AND WORK THERE.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION I WANT TO
PROVIDE TO YOU TONIGHT IS THAT
WE START THE SCHOOL YEAR AT
THE 80 DAY NOT DISRUPT ANOTHER
COMMUNITY THAT WE WORK TOWARDS
EXPANDING THE AVAILABLE SPACE
AT THE DAY SO THAT WE CAN
STABILIZE THAT COMMUNITY, THAT
WE CAN ENSURE CONTINUITY FOR
THOSE FAMILIES WHICH THEN IF WE
HAVE TO DO A TRANSITION IT'S A
TRANSITION TO A MORE PERMANENT
LOCATION INSTEAD OF MULTIPLE
TRANSITIONS ACROSS.
I WANT TO ALSO RECOMMEND TO YOU
THAT WE HOLD AS A CONTINGENCY
PLAN THE LOW HIGH SCHOOL
FRESHMAN ACADEMY MEANING WE
DON'T UTILIZE THAT SPACE FOR
ANY OTHER PURPOSE UNTIL WE HAVE
CONFIDENCE.
WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE 80
DAY FACILITY ITSELF. 
IF WE NEED TO MAKE
MODIFICATIONS SHORT TERM THAT
DOES COME WITH A PRICE TAG.
WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.
BUT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AGAIN
SUCH INCREDIBLE YOUNG PEOPLE, 
SUCH INCREDIBLE FAMILIES, 
INCREDIBLE STAFF.
WE REALLY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO
SUPPORT 100 PERCENT OF THEM IF
CHOOSING IN PERSON THEY'RE NOT
ALL CHOOSING IN PERSON RIGHT
NOW. 
BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT THE SAME
WINDOW OF CHOICE FOR FAMILIES
THAT ARE WORKING WITH THIS
LEVEL OF NEED. 
IT'S ON A ROLLING BASIS DAILY
BASIS. 
SO MR. MAYOR, THAT'S MY
RECOMMENDATION THAT WE UTILIZE
THE 80 DAY CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH THE LANDLORD THERE TO
EXPAND OUT USE OF THE 80 DAY.
AND AS A CONTINGENCY WE LOOK AT
THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN
ACADEMY I DON'T THINK THERE'S
ANY RECOMMENDED THERE'S NO
MOTION TO MAKE BECAUSE WE JUST
MR. 
>> OH YEAH.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW
COMMENTS ABOUT THE 80 DAY
SCHOOL WHEN WE WHEN WE FORMED
THAT SCHOOL AND WE WENT UNDER
LEASE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER YEAR WITH THAT
LEASE. 
I ALSO ALWAYS REMEMBERED MR.
TOBIN TELLING ME ABOUT VENDERS
VENDORS COME COMMON VENDORS
GOLD MR. HALL WE NEVER FORGET
HE DROVE ME CRAZY TALKING ABOUT
VENDORS THAT DO THE RIGHT THING
.
AGAIN I THINK WE SAVED SOME
MONEY BRINGING THESE SPECIAL
KIDS BACK TO THE 80 DAYS SCHOOL
INSTEAD OF BEING SHIPPED ALL
OVER THE STATE.
I KNOW A LOT OF PARENTS ARE
HAPPY WITH THAT SCHOOL AND I
THINK ALREADY THE DALEY GROUP
THAT'S WHO OWNS IT. 
THEY'VE DONE SOME FABULOUS
THINGS FOR US AND WE'VE BEEN
GOOD TO THE DAILY GROUP. 
SO WHAT I THINK IS YOU DID
SOMETHING GREAT AGAIN. 
I THINK RIGHT NOW YOU WANT TO
GO TALK WITH THE DAILY GROUP
THERE. 
THEY'RE A GROUP THAT IF YOU
NEEDED FOUR NEW WINDOWS IN
THEIR BUILDING PUT THEM UP IN
TWO DAYS.
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING DONE, 
THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT FOR YOU
.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO
STAY WITH THEM BECAUSE WE'RE
STILL ON THE LEASE ANYWAYS AND
TRY TO GET THE NUMBERS 36. 
I THINK WITH IF MISS DESMOND IS
OUT THERE AND TALKS WITH THEM
AND THEY'LL DO ANYTHING I
BELIEVE THAT KEEP THAT PLACE
GOING.
OBVIOUSLY THEY MAKE MONEY
THEMSELVES BUT WE'RE SAVING
MONEY AND I FORGET HOW MUCH IT
WAS BUT I THINK IT WAS OVER A
MILLION DOLLARS THAT THAT
SCHOOL ACTUALLY SAVED US.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP A
FEW THINGS BECAUSE I THINK
VENDORS ESPECIALLY VENDORS THAT
DO THE RIGHT THING FOR A SYSTEM
THIS BIG. 
I KNOW WE CAN'T TIP THEM LIKE I
DO A WAITRESS BUT CHICKEN
ALWAYS SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT
YOU DO. 
AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DO
SOMETHING GREAT WITH THIS BY
NOT AFFECTING THE BLANK THIS
YEAR.
AND THANK YOU. 
AND I LOVE THE JOB YOU'RE DOING
SO KEEP IT UP. 
THANK YOU, MR. DILLON.
THANKS, MR. MADS. 
WANTED TO COMMENT. 
I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO
GO RIGHT NOW.
DEFINITELY. 
IF I CERTAINLY IF I CAN PULL IT
OFF AND IF THEY'RE WILLING TO
YOU KNOW, MAKE SOME CHANGES
INTO THAT BUILDING THAT EVEN
BETTER. 
I THINK WHAT IT DOES BRING UP
IS THE IMPORTANCE THAT WE'VE
KIND OF BEEN PUTTING OFF TOO
LONG. 
NOT FINDING A PERMANENT PLACE
FOR THESE POPULATIONS BECAUSE I
MEAN THEY NEED A BUILDING SET
TO THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS MORE
THAN ANY OTHER BUILDING THAT WE
KNOW THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
AND I THINK WE'VE LET IT GET
AWAY FROM US FOR A LITTLE WHILE
AND BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON
RIGHT NOW HOPEFULLY MAYBE MAYBE
THAT KICKS US IN THE PANTS TO
TO REALLY LIKE LOOK INTO THIS
IN THE FUTURE. 
BUT SO I I LIKE THE SUGGESTION
THAT, YOU KNOW, TOO MUCH CHANGE
CAN'T CAN'T HAPPEN RIGHT NOW. 
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. 
MR.. 
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'M
REALLY HAPPY THAT WE HAVE A
SUGGESTION BEFORE US THAT
DOESN'T EFFECT TO OTHER
PROGRAMS THAT I THINK ARE
WORKING VERY WELL WITH ALSO
HIGHLY VULNERABLE STUDENTS.
AND I APPRECIATE FINDING A
THIRD OPTION. 
I GUESS I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT IN TERMS
OF MODIFICATIONS TO
THE BUILDING BECAUSE AS WE ALL
KNOW WE'RE DOWN TO THE 11TH
HOUR SO WE WOULD NEED TO GET
THAT STUFF DONE VERY QUICKLY
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
ANY SPECIFICS ON THAT YOU CAN
SHARE WITH US TONIGHT. 
ONE OF THEM IS FAIRLY
STRAIGHTFORWARD ARE BUILT SOME
OF THE CHALLENGE WITH OUR
CURRENT BUILDINGS ARE FEEBLE
AGE OF THE BUILDINGS. 
THIS IS A COMPLETELY REMODELED
BUILDING. 
SO THERE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT
OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE H VAC
SYSTEM WITHIN THIS BUILDING
THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN OUR
SCHOOLS WHICH ALLOW US TO USE
ROOMS THAT MAY NOT HAVE WINDOWS
LIKE MY OFFICE DOESN'T HAVE
OPEN WINDOWS. 
MISS MARTIN'S OFFICE I KNOW
DOESN'T HAVE OPEN WINDOWS BUT
WE'RE IN THEM EVERY DAY BECAUSE
IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
FACILITY THAN OUR SCHOOLS. 
WE DON'T HAVE OPEN WINDOWS HERE
AROUND US. 
SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, A
POSSIBILITY THAT MR. DR. HALL
HAS BEEN WORKING WITH
THE LANDLORD ON IT'S A
COMPLETELY REMODELED BUILDING. 
SO THERE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT
OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR SPACES
THAT WE CAN'T UTILIZE ELSEWHERE
.
MS. 
DESMOND'S BEEN WORKING TO
ANALYZE THE CURRENT SPACE THAT
WE USE FOR ONE ON ONE
INTERACTIONS WITH STUDENTS AND
WHETHER WE CAN RECONFIGURE
THE SPACE TO UTILIZE THOSE
SPACES FOR CLASSROOMS AND MOVE
OUT ONE ON ONE IN OUR PREVIOUS
ONE ON ONE INTERACTIONS TO
OTHER SPACES IN THE BUILDING
THAT MIGHT NOT BE CONDUCIVE TO
GROUP. 
SO SOME OF IT'S ABOUT INTERNAL
SCHEDULING RECONFIGURATION ALSO
MAKING SURE THAT WE MOVE STAFF
IN PERSON AT THE SAME PACE AS
STUDENTS SO THAT WAY WE ARE NOT
STARTING WITH 100 PERCENT OF
STAFF IN PERSON WITH ONLY 36
STUDENTS SO THAT WE DON'T USE
UP SPACE WITH ADULTS THAT COULD
POSSIBLY WORK REMOTELY WITH
THE REMOTE STUDENTS. 
THAT TYPE OF RECONFIGURATION
SCHEDULING MISS DESMOND'S
WORKING TO SUPPORT AND THEN DR.
HALL HAS ALSO REACHED OUT ON
OTHER QUESTIONS THAT PERHAPS
MIGHT BE UNIQUE TO THE BUILDING
THAT AREN'T AS STRAIGHTFORWARD
AND THE LANDLORDS ALSO SAID
ANYTHING THAT THAT'S WITHIN
REASON. 
RIGHT. 
MR. DR. HALL, IS THAT KIND OF
THE BLANKET YOU KNOW WHAT'S
WITHIN REASON AND THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO BUILD A WHOLE NEW
BUILDING THAT'S NOT WITHIN
REASON BUT I DON'T KNOW. 
THERE WAS I THINK THE PRINCIPAL
SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME
CERTAIN WALLS THAT WERE JUST
PUT UP THAT ARE NOW WITHIN
CODED. 
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE PUT UP FOR
USE TO MAKE SPACES SMALLER. 
SO THEY HAD SEPARATE DEFINED
SPACES THAT MAYBE WE MIGHT
DELETE A LOOK AT THOSE WALLS
THAT WERE JUST PUT UP THAT
AREN'T LOAD BEARING. 
THEY WERE JUST PUT UP. 
THAT MAY BE A POSSIBILITY
WHETHER THAT'S WITHIN REASON OR
NOT WOULD DEPEND ON THE COST
ESTIMATE. 
BUT WE HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE
THAT THERE CAN BE PERHAPS A
SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF EACH FACT
GIVEN THE AGE OF THE REMODEL
THERE WHICH I BELIEVE WAS JUST
REMODELED FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
BUILDING, THIS USE WHICH IS
DIFFERENT THAN OUR OTHER SPACES
THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT
THE DISTRICT. 
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION HAS
TO DO WITH THE FRESHMEN ACADEMY
.
I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT
IS PLAN B. 
SO IF WE HAVE SPACE AT
THE FRESHMEN ACADEMY THAT WOULD
BE SUITABLE GIVEN THE CULVERT
RESTRICTIONS ON OUR FACILITIES
.
WHY ARE WE NOT OFFERING MORE
FRESHMEN WHO ARE? 
I WOULD SAY A VULNERABLE GROUP
ARE FOR YOU KNOW, TO GET THEM
ENGAGED. 
WHY ARE WE NOT OFFERING MORE
FRESHMEN SEATS AT THE FRESHMEN
ACADEMY? 
SO REMEMBER A MONTH AGO WE HAD
TO LOCK IN OUR NUMBERS FOR
CAPACITY. 
>> THIS COULD COME BACK TO YOU
NEXT MONTH FOR LOOKING AT
INCREASING CAPACITY AT OUR HIGH
SCHOOL. 
SO SOME OF IT WAS LOOKING A
MONTH AGO VERSUS LOOKING NOW. 
THAT'S WHY I SAID. 
THE TIMELINE STRETCHED OUT
GETTING EARLY INFORMATION IS
NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST. 
WE MADE A COMMITMENT SO THAT WE
CAN GET SCHEDULING DONE THAT WE
HAD TO MAKE A DECISION WITH
HIGH SCHOOL SPACE A MONTH IN
NOW HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP IS
ABLE TO GO THROUGH THEIR SPACE
PARTICULARLY USE OF THEIR SPACE
HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT
WITH SCHEDULING AND THEY'RE
ABLE TO MAKE DIFFERENT
DECISIONS NOW. 
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE OUR
CAPACITY NUMBERS BECAUSE WE'VE
GOT TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS
PLANNING. 
BUT IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT
I'M ON THE WRONG SLIDE HOW YOU
MIGHT COME BACK FOR NEXT
QUARTER FOR OCTOBER. 
>> THANK YOU. 
MR.. 
YEAH. 
>> JUST I FORGOT TO SAY
SOMETHING ABOUT MY COLLEAGUE
MR. DAKOTA. 
I WANT IN ST. LOUIS SCHOOL I
WENT OVER AND LOOKED AT MYSELF
A GREAT, GREAT PIECE OF
PROPERTY AND I RESPECT RANDI
FOR DOING THAT. 
BUT YOUR NEPHEW THAT RUNS OUR
TRANSPORTATION ALREADY TOLD ME
WHAT WE NEED IS A BEAUTIFUL BIG
NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL IN
CENTERVILLE. 
IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO
IMPROVE OUR CITY AND MAYBE GO
BACK TO MAYBE GO BACK TO
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL SOMEDAY, 
THAT'S WHAT JOHN DAKOTA SAYS. 
BUT LOOKING AT THE ARCHDIOCESE
AND I'VE DONE WORK FOR THEM IN
MY LIFETIME, THEY DON'T HAVE TO
FOLLOW A LOT OF RULES THAT WE
HAVE TO FOLLOW. 
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED
AN ELEVATED PROBABLY 100 GRAND
.
THE WINDOWS MIGHT NOT BE GOOD. 
THERE'S ANOTHER 50 GRAND. 
THEN YOU MIGHT NEED AN AC UNIT
ON THE ROOF AND PROBABLY END UP
BEING THREE OR FOUR HUNDRED
THOUSAND. 
ALISA A BUILDING LIKE THAT AT
THIS TIME. 
BUT I THINK THAT'S THE CITY
THAT SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT
BECAUSE THAT PROPERTY IS A GOOD
PROPERTY FAR FAR AS IN
THE FUTURE FOR SURE. 
SO GOOD JOB THERE. 
JIM IN ANDY FOR GOING OVER IT
AND CHECKING IT OUT. 
THANK YOU. 
ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT AND
MR. AMERICAN I JUST REALLY
RECOGNIZE THE VISE CHAIR. 
THIS WAS 20 MINUTES OF
NOTIFICATION. 
I CALLED ANDY ON MR. DAKOTA ON
THE PHONE TO DR. HALL HAS GONE
OVER THERE. 
YOU'RE AN ALUMNUS OF THE SCHOOL
.
WHAT DOES YOUR DAY LOOK LIKE? 
HE SAID I CAN HEAD OVER THERE
RIGHT NOW. 
I THINK IF THERE'S AN EXAMPLE
OF A SCHOOL COMMITTEE
ADMINISTRATION TEAM WORK THAT'S
A PRIME EXAMP. 
WE APPRECIATE IT, MR. DAKOTA. 
THESE ARE TIGHT TIME FRAMES AND
SUPPLEMENTING THE STAFF THAT
WAY WAS REALLY APPRECIATED. 
THANK YOU. 
I DID PUT A MOTION ON NEXT WEEK
FOR THE MANAGER AND ALL
DEPARTMENTS PROBABLY INCLUDING
YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, TO
START A PLAN TO RELOCATE THE 80
SCHOOL TO A SUITABLE BUILDING
IN LAW IF WE CAN DO IT. 
SO WE SHOULD HAVE A BIGGER
FACILITY THAT CAN SUSTAIN
THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS. 
THAT BUILDING IN CHELMSFORD WAS
NOT UNDER YOUR ADMINISTRATION. 
IT WAS A QUICK FIX BUT IT'S NOT
A PERFECT IDEAL SITUATE MISSION
THAT WE ALL KNOW. 
SO WE SHOULD REALLY SERIOUSLY
START LOOKING TO HELP THAT
PROGRAM. 
SO I JUST WANTED TO FORM
EVERYBODY. 
SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
POINT IF THERE'S FAMILIES THAT
ARE VIEWING ONE OF
THE CONSIDERATIONS HERE IS
THE MORE CONTINUITY IN
STABILITY DURING THE PANDEMIC
THEN WE CAN START TO LOOK AT
PERHAPS A TRANSITION FOR A
PERMANENT LOCATION BUT FOR
THESE FAMILIES MULTIPLE
TRANSITIONS AS I'M
UNDERSTANDING IT THAT CREATES A
REALLY BIG CHALLENGE FOR THESE
YOUNGSTERS WITH THE WITH
THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THEY'RE
UNDER. 
>> SO. 
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
THAT'S I THINK THAT'LL BE WELL
HEARD BY THE FAMILIES OF THE 80
DAY SCHOOL AND I THINK THAT ST.
LOUIS SCHOOL AS YOU LOOKED AT
IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS PROMISING
FOR X AS A LONG TERM SOLUTION, 
NOT SHORT TERM. 
>> RIGHT. 
OKAY. 
8 TO MOTION TO APPROVE THE 20
21 ELEMENTARY MIDDLE. 
>> I'M SORRY I THOUGHT PEOPLE
SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THAT. 
>> NOW THEY'RE ALL DONE. 
THEY JUST THEY WANT TO MAKE
SURE THEY WEREN'T MOVING AND
THAT'S IT. 
OH OK. 
THERE WERE MOSTLY SPEAKERS FROM
THE LOCAL BLACK SCHOOL. 
>> OK, THANK YOU. 
CONCERNED PARENTS. 
SO WE HAVE THE LOW PUBLIC
SCHOOL HYMN HYMN BOOK UPDATE. 
SO WE NEED APPROVAL. 
THE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL
HANDBOOK REVISIONS. 
ANYBODY ANY QUESTIONS ON
THE REVISIONS? 
>> CAN I JUST PROVIDE IT? 
REALLY QUICK. 
THIS IS COMING TO YOU LATE
BECAUSE OF THE EVOLVING
INFORMATION. 
USUALLY YOU DO THIS IN JUNE. 
HERE WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE YOU
THE MOST UPDATED INFORMATION ON
THE FACE MASS. 
MISS PHILLIPS AND THE TEAM HAVE
BEEN LOOKING AT THIS WILL MAKE
ADDITIONAL UPDATES AS WE LEARN
MORE ABOUT COPING REQUIREMENTS
BUT WE THOUGHT IT IMPORTANT TO
GO OUT WITH AN APPROVAL OF A
HANDBOOK AND THEN UPDATED
CONTINUOUSLY AS WE LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE COCKPIT ENVIRONMENT. 
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
INFORMATION THE COMMITTEE WANTS
BUT THIS LIKELY MAY COME BACK
TO YOU AGAIN FOR SOME
ADDITIONAL REVISIONS UNLIKE
OTHER YEARS. 
>> I'M TO MAKE A MOTION THAT
BUNDLE BOTH OF THESE MOTIONS
DISASTER AND QUESTIONS, UPDATES
,REVISIONS ON ANY OF
THE HANDBOOKS, OK. 
OK. 
MR. DEVLIN, CAN YOU JUST
CLARIFY IN ALL THESE UPDATES
ARE CODE RELATED DUE TO
THE CIRCUMSTANCES RIGHT NOW? 
>> CORRECT. 
I READ THROUGH IT. 
I JUST. 
FOR EVERYBODY FOR EVERYBODY
MAYBE LISTENING THERE ARE
CULVERT RELATED UPDATES RELATED
TO OUR POLICIES US RIGHT NOW. 
RIGHT. 
>> YEAH. 
EXAMPLE TITLE MAJOR TYPES OF
FACE MASKS THAT ARE ALLOWABLE
THAT WILL BE ENFORCED. 
I LEARNED THAT THE FACE MASK I
GOT WASN'T ALLOWABLE SO I HAD
TO CHANGE MY FACE MASK STEP IT
OUT OF THIS PROCESS. 
THANK YOU SIR. 
IT'S GETTING LATE. 
MS. MARTIN SO INDEED I JUST
WANT TO BE CLEAR SO
THE HIGHLIGHTED PORTIONS ARE
THE ONLY REAL CHANGES WITHIN
BULK OF IT. 
>> IS THAT CORRECT?
THAT IS CORRECT. 
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FALSE
MASK PROTOCOL AND GUIDELINES
THAT DIDN'T GET HIGHLIGHTED.
BUT THAT'S BRAND NEW AS RELATES
TO COVE IT. 
I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, 
AGAIN WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS
MOTIONS TO RED LINE ANY CHANGES
ANYTIME WE GET UPDATED
DOCUMENTS SO LONG AS IT'S
HIGHLIGHTED IT SERVES THE SAME
PURPOSE. 
THANK YOU.
AND EMOTION BY MR. DOLAN
SECONDED BY MR. DECATUR TO ROLL
CALL PLEASE. 
MR. HURLEY. 
YES.
MAYOR LEAHY?
YES. 
MISS MARTIN. 
YES.
MISS CLARK?
YES. 
KONO.
YES. 
MR. DILLON? 
YES.
MR. HARVEY.
YES. 
APPROVED.
THERE IS, UH THIS IS SO
EFFICIENT.
MISS PHILLIPS IS SAYING SHE
WANTED TO DO AN APPROVAL WITH
SO THERE SHE HAD TO GIVE YOU A
HANDOUT. 
THE MOTION SHOULD BE AN
APPROVAL WITH HANDOUT ADDED IS
FILLED.
CAN YOU TAKE THE HANDOUT IF
YOU'RE WILLING? 
THIS AGAIN IS PART OF
THE EVOLUTION. 
MAYBE THIS IS LEARNING
THE LATEST FACEBOOK OR FACEBOOK
FACE MASK GUIDANCE.
GO AHEAD, MISS PHILLIPS. 
>> I'M SORRY YOU'VE JUST GIVEN
US AN UPDATE ON WHAT NOW? 
WE'RE TRYING WHAT I WAS SHARING
BEFORE IS WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY
UPDATING THE HANDBOOK BASED ON
THE LATEST GUIDANCE.
>> WHAT MS. 
PHILLIPS SHARED WITH YOU SINCE
THE POSTING SHE'S GOTTEN
ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FACE MASS
REQUIREMENTS. 
THAT'S THE EXAMPLE I WAS GIVING
YOU ABOUT MY FACE MASK THE GATE
YOU'RE NOT BEING ALLOWED.
SHE GAVE THAT TO YOU. 
SO THE MOTION SHOULD BE IF
YOU'RE AMENABLE TO IT
THE APPROVAL OF THE HANDBOOKS
WITH THE UPDATES THAT ARE
PROVIDED TONIGHT WHICH SHE CAN
WALK YOU THROUGH OR IT IS HAND
DELIVERED HERE TODAY.
AND AGAIN, THIS WON'T BE
THE LAST UPDATE. 
WE'LL BRING THEM TO YOU AS WE
LEARN. 
SO MOVED SECOND IN BY.
YEAH. 
MISS ARNIE. 
SURE.
MISS CLARK, ALSO WOULD THIS
THESE CHANGES BE INCORPORATED
INTO THE HANDBOOK VERSION AND
BE AVAILABLE UP ON THE WEBSITE
WITH THE AGENDA? 
RIGHT.
THEY'LL BE CHANGED OUT FOR
THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THERE
FOR THE FOR THE FACEMASK. 
GREAT.
THANK YOU. 
MR..
BEFORE YOU DRINK UP. 
TWO THINGS. 
WHEN THE PEOPLE CALL WHEN I DO
HAVE A HARD TIME HEARING A LOT
OF WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IT'S NOT
BECAUSE I'M GOING DEAF.
I JUST IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS
.
I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD EVER
GET BACK THAT A MIKE AND KEEP
THEM SEPARATED. 
YOU KNOW, IF THEY CAME UP
THE HALL ONE AT A TIME, IT'S
JUST SOMETHING THAT BOTHERS ME
A LITTLE BIT AND I'M JUST LET
YOU KNOW HONESTLY WE'RE TRYING
AND INTO A BETTER SYSTEM WITH
THAT.
I MEAN WHERE BASICALLY I LIKE
THE SYSTEM WE HAVE HERE WHERE
IT'S NOT EASY TO GET THIS DONE
SO. 
OK, OK SO MOTION OR ADJOURN BY
MR. DOLAN SECOND WE'VE GOT A
WE'VE GOT A VOTE. 
YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE TO VOTE
WE HAVE TO FINISH THAT VOTE.
>> MR. MAYOR. 
ALL RIGHT. 
NOW THERE WAS THERE WAS AN
AMENDMENT TO IT WHICH I DIDN'T
KNOW IT WASN'T ON. 
YEAH, RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
SO HE SHE JUST ADD THAT TO
THE MOTION THAT WE AGREED TO
SLOW MOTION. 
SURE. 
ROLL CALL, MR. MALLEY. 
>> YES. 
MAYOR LADY. 
MISS MARTIN. 
MISS CLARK. 
YES.
MR. DAKOTA?
YES. 
MR. DILLON. 
YES, IT'S TONY. 
YES.
SEVEN YEARS APPROVED A GERM BY
MR. DOLAN. 
>> SECOND BY MR. COCO.
THANK YOU. 
GOOD WOR
