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good evening everyone it was playing games with me Welcome to our me meeting
let's all stand for um Pledge of Allegiance Pledge flates can we get a roll call for attendance Veronica Miss Hernandez
present Mr Oran present Miss Enriquez is absent Miss cabal will be um late today Mr Gomez Pera present Miss Valderas present Dr Neville present Miss kovas carabo Miss Al Faro is absent so we have five members present
thank you we'll move on to motion to approve the minutes of the organizational meeting and regular meeting on January 2nd and the special um meeting on January 22nd motion second thank you we'll move on to public comment is there anyone
hi everybody my name is Katherine Anderson I'm a I live at 15 poh house Terrace number three in Somerville I'm a special education teacher at the brown middle school and the president of the Chelsea teachers union I'm just here tonight speaking again in favor of the resolution that's on tonight's agenda um I'm really proud to be working for a district that I know is taking care of all of our students and is still welcoming and educating them I've been
really impressed by all the different resources that we've turned out in favor of our students and their families how quickly we've worked with Community organizations in order to connect family to resources um and that I can confidently direct my members to talk to administrators about any holes or concerns that they see because I know that they'll be addressed quickly um and I again am really excited to see the resolution pass with explicit notice of our lgbtq plus students um and our immigrant students both of these populations are very vulnerable right
now and deserve really explicit public support um and just enthusiastically speaking in favor again so thank you thank you anyone else for public comment sorry I do have four that were submitted with the um WEA we are going to read them tonight they could not make it so I have one from Allison Gorman Hill who is a fifth grade teacher at the
Clark um Ela teacher at the Clark a middle school and she says I'm writing to you today to implore you with to reaffirm our district as a sanctuary District proudly reaffirming ourselves as a sanctuary District would help all of our students feel safe in our schools and would allow and to families to feel safe sending their children to school I have seen a significant drop in attendance in my class since president Trump announced that Federal immigration agencies would be allowed to make AR rest in schools regardless of immigration status the thought that ice
would be allowed into our schools and could arrest our students is not only distressing but traumatizing to all of our students regardless of immigration status by reaffirming our district as a sanctuary District they will be giving our students and and their families a small amount of solace in these uncertain times if nothing else they will know that our schools are safe places for all students there is not much we can control in this situation but that is within our but what that is within the locus of our control students
cannot learn when they are fearful for their safety students cannot learn when they are not coming to school because they are fearful fearful of ice will come to their class and interrogate them or their friends or their teachers by reaffirming CPS as a sanctuary District we are telling students in clear terms that they are safe at school by doing this we are allowing better opportunities for our students we all know that education is the bridge to success with students can only access but students can only access it when they feel safe and their needs are being
met if CPS reaffirms itself as a sanctuary District we are clearing the way for students to take that bridge to success reaffirming ourselves as sanctuary district is prioritizing the attendance of all students the more families here about potential for ice raids in schools the more likely parents are to keep their children home out of fear we must do something to remedy that reaffirming ourselves as a sanctuary district is the only way I will not mince words it is my firm belief that we do not that if we do not reaffirm CPS as
a sanctuary District now we will find ourselves on the wrong side of History choosing to reaffirm CPS as a sanctuary district is a choice to support our students and protect our students then I have another from Katie Lee who's a speech and language pathologist at Chelsea High School I am unable to be at school committee this evening but I am excited to hear that we'll be voting on The Sanctuary School resolution as a fourth year educator SS I am strongly supportive passing the
resolution to show our students and families that we are on their side immigrants students and lgbtq plus students need to need and deserve our unequivocal support even more so under the dangerous policies being passed by the Trump Administration our students deserve to feel safe in our district and passing this resolution is one immediate step that we can take to increase their safety I strongly urge the school committee to pass the sanctuary schools res resolution
uh SEC uh third from Christian Kelly I urge you to adopt the resolution declaring Chelsea Public Schools as sanctuary dist district and to demonstrate our commitment to providing all students who walk through our doors with an education the resolu this resolution would serve as a Beacon of Hope and and Security in uncertain times Chelsea has long been a place of refuge and opportunity for those seeking a better life our schools proudly reflect this Heritage serving students from diverse backgrounds from countries
around the world it is our duty and privilege to continue this tradition by ensuring that our educational environments are spaces where all students feel safe respected and valued regardless of their immigration status the dec Declaration of our schools as a sanctuary district is more than a symbolic gesture it is a necessary act it is necessary action that will provide concrete reassurance to our students and their families this resolution will send a clear message that our commitment to protecting the rights and safety of our
students is unwavering and that our schools are places where educational and emotional needs are met without fear by passing this resolution the Chelsey school committee will be standing on the right side of History continuing our City's Legacy as a Haven for new arrivals and demonstrating our commitment to all students and families in our community let us show them that they are not alone and that we are here to support them in their Pursuit Of Education and happiness thank you for considering this crucial matter I trust in your commitment to our students and
look forward to your support in reaffirming what we all know that Chelsea public school stands by the community it serves and the last is from Vanessa Mendoza Mercado and it says my name is Vanessa Mado and I'm writing in support of tonight's resolution to reaffirm our commitment to our immigrant and lgbtq plus students and Families Our Community deserves the respect and care from our district and it is important that we demonstrate our commitment during these turbulent times two of our District's
core values are safety and in equity if we are to live in these values we need policies that reflect them tonight's proposal is a message to our community that our schools are safe and that we will work to disrupt institutional biases in a time where policies are meant to create fear in a Comm communities like Chelsea we must stand together and let our students know that we see you and we are here for you that's all
thank you um we'll move on to presentations and I'll hand it over to Dr ala great and so tonight we're going to go ahead and postpone the name strength and story Awards presentations to next school committee to enable all the awardees to be here um some of them did not um Express concern about coming out tonight earlier and um yesterday so so we will
do it next week um the next presentation is actually our County Road Project update and I'm going to have Mr um Ron SMI come up and share about what our exciting um new project is on County Road um Ron is the uh former principal of Chelsea opportunity Academy and he is now the project
manager for this project and um I couldn't think of someone anyone better to spearhead this work so I'm going to let him share a little bit about what he's doing in his new role this is just one piece of it but um thank you Ron for taking this on you're welcome first of all thank you uh for this for the opportunity because uh um every day I come to work I feel like I'm probably one of the most privileged employees of Chelsea Public Schools I'm working working in two areas that uh my passion
just flows and uh I want to thank you for that so as I travel through the middle of my 22nd year now um uh I have the honor of uh leading this uh project and supporting it for uh the community of Chelsea um there you have a little bit of a view for those of you who aren't sure where this building is this beautiful church that is now that we now own as part of the city of Chelsea and
Chelsea Public Schools you can see the high school football field right behind there so it's up on the hill it uh it is majestic both inside and out and we are uh incredibly excited that this will be the future home of Chelsea opportunity Academy of the CH of uh ILP the intergenerational literacy project program and um the Chelsea uh virtual learning academy uh to we know we talk about the needs of
our community and wow to have it housed in one place where we can communicate with each other where where this can be an iconic building for Chelsea Public Schools um uh we're on our way to something pretty special here um so you we talk about purpose and needs um I know a little bit about what it means to try and schedule at Chelsea High School and when you take six rooms offline it makes it nearly impossible possible I think Andy Moore told me the
other day our registar that during any given period there's not a free room in that building um and in Chelsea uh Chelsea opportunity Academy now with as of yesterday had 150 students enrolled uh is growing and needs to space the um uh ILP at the uh at the ELC right now is also in a
place where it's not ideal for what they're trying to do and talk about serving a group in the community there are literally what I believe Fallon told me today between three and 400 people on a waiting list uh to get on a waiting list that I don't I'm sure some people see that as no uh that what does that mean does that mean am I ever going to get a chance uh this will provide space dedicated space where they can installed
have their own classrooms and deliver uh everything they they have uh and having CV offices there and having the students come in and now that I'm at Webster I get to see the interactions of CV they are virtual but those kids come in to be able to walk into this place I told uh I told the principal today that you know what uh uh we're going to be you're going to be losing enrollment when kids start showing up to this building because they're going to want to come here this is a place where they're going to feel safe uh and uh
maybe uh and maybe say that hey maybe uh maybe CA might be a better fit for us but either way we are one Community we are one school system this is a view of the inside um our distinguished uh school committee and superintendent had an opportunity to visit uh the other day uh you can see the inside of the uh the church as it is
now it will drastically change although these iconic arches which of there are four with stained glass windows those will remain The Architects have done a beautiful job of combining of preserving the I iconic architecture that was designed and built over a hundred years ago with the modernization of glass and Pathways and making it into a school with classrooms and all the different
needs that it'll have from from B bathrooms to a small kitchen to uh uh space for students to uh uh enjoy time with each other uh a teacher's uh workspace that actually sits right below one of these windows so it is going to be a special place and not only for those three organizations within Chelsea Public Schools but Aly has talked about
the all the different community events we could hold there and again not to walk into nothing against our other uh 10 school buildings but not to walk into a rectangle with uh glass and Bricks but to walk into the a place that was a place of worship to walk into this beautiful old more than 100 year old building is going to be a game Cher for our community and uh particularly some of our most needy students
uh all right Malik let's see if we can make this work buddy so I see it on my screen here but I'm not seeing it there need the tech guy here for just a second perfect thank you thank you so um what I have for you here is really just a chance to see one where the building
is located um you can see 26 County Road sits right above orang Street in there's potential for aay and theel high school parking lot is right below that so it is it is located very close to Chelsea High School staff would be able to use the uh Chelsea High parking lot still now we have three different floors the way
this is colorcoded right now and we'll just we'll just stay on this just for a couple of minutes you have COA in blue you have um shared space in green you have uh Pink space for ILP and also some pink space here that is for cvla so we have three different floors there will be an elevator to each floor and so that entire building gets converted into something for students and staff uh know
we're already jostling around to see what kind of uh how we're going to use the different square feet Early Childhood wow think about the fact that right now 80% of our parenting students are enrolled in COA um and what a beautiful place for them to be able to come in drop off their child and be participate in school
one of the things that we fought for when we built COA was when a student gave us a reason that they couldn't be in school we wanted to have an answer for it and we will have a shower for students we will have a laundry space for students we will have a place for their children to be during the day and uh that with food you know what we've kind of covered the four big reasons that kids will say that they can't be in school
there's a drawing of the front uh someday in the not too distant future some kind of uh logo up there that will identify that incredible uh building as being part of this incredible community of Chelsea Public Schools there's a backside view of a future project that would take a a student and staff up to the building
from Orange Street uh that is down the road and actually not included in some of the numbers I'm about to show you again just some pictures of the uh some of the open space uh some ideas of um again that's the uh what is the sanctuary right now and uh then above the sanctuary these walkways with offices with glass windows
where uh where we'll be able to observe uh the sanctuary below which is an open space for the children again that that same space again the architect's drawings as of now uh what classrooms potentially could look like again artist Renditions where there's a for the Early Childhood uh section they have their own bathroom they have their own security secure doors
uh and uh they will be right at the entrance so when parents do come drop off children uh they won't have to wander into far so uh we have uh again classrooms for ILP uh classrooms for CA uh more of the different corridors and offices that we'll have to serve that uh just to give you a little bit of the feeling and again uh we had the school committee there uh this week and now I need get back to my presentation
uh we had the school committee uh got a chance to walk in that space and it doesn't take but being in there just walking up to the door to think what it's going to mean for students who have been through um challenging situations uh and for example to be in COA uh you really need to be on the path to dropping out things are not going well for you you have a job you have competing priorities on the outside and
to be able to walk into a space uh like we're uh preparing is going to be super special so I want to talk a little bit about the uh where we are financially um the building is paid for we own it it is part of the inventory of buildings of Chelsea Public Schools uh we got this building under asking and they were incredibly happy to see that a school and uh the schools that will be represented there and what
they do the uh the renovation costs uh we originally had projected around 10 million because this is a 100y old church that needs to be converted to a school so you're talking not one wire uh that carries electricity right now will be the same not one uh tube that carries water will be the same it has two bathrooms it will have probably about 12 bathrooms uh the floors will have to
change walls will have to go up uh so there is extensive uh work that needs to be done um the we have a current commitment right now of uh 5 million towards the renovation between the school department and uh the city of Chelsea uh I'm happy to announce uh today that uh Bob hildr uh gave us $1 million a couple weeks ago uh towards the renovation and we are on the path of
uh meeting with some other people who were also capable of giving large donations and that is something that I am dedicating uh a great deal of my time to uh with the help of a uh development coach uh that is providing that service free of charge and a uh a lot of great people and I know that the people right here uh several people uh told me that they are also willing to to help uh
connections with the Boston Foundation uh Dr Neville uh with some of the support uh and some learning from what your husband is doing as well so uh we are uh we are well on our way and uh we have a backup plan as well so it's not like we're hanging on to this um the uh Robert Cashman of Metro Credit Union the president CEO has offered to uh fill in the Gap with Al loone uh below 3% around
2.5% which is uh unheard of in today's market uh should we need something but uh we're gon to we're going to make a dent in that uh that 5.8 million that we need uh I have a lot of confidence in that so that uh uh I believe that concludes uh my presentation just that we are still working with individuals we are exploring different foundations uh and grants uh and one of the things that we want to do before the school uh
before the actual uh Demolition and begins we want to hold a community event where uh anyone can show up where you can bring in a coin you can bring in a dollar bill and you can leave with an artifact of uh some of the things that will be leaving that church uh perhaps one of the hundreds of spindles and walkways that will uh have to be removed but we want everyone to feel that they were part participants in this that they
had the opportunity to give whether it's 50 cents or a dollar we'll have some kind of event that will celebrate this building and really bring it to life for the community so that they too can participate thank you Ron I just want to say thank you so much for your uh work and dedication um you really do get to bring this to life um and I know you brought
um COA to life as well so I'm confident that you'll do the same and uh with the community um we we will be able to have an amazing place for children even for our adult students who are up to the age of 88 taking ESL classes at ILP um we see this as a a real opportunity to bring so many pie so many people together and I'm just very excited about about this building we don't have a name for it yet
um we call it County Road um but it's just it's it's exciting when you walk into the building you see it and um it's it'll be so nice because we'll have more space at Chelsea High School we'll have more space at ELC so we can have more prek seats and and then CVA will will also be a part of that plan so um thank you and and um we're
halfway there yeah yeah more than halfway yep all right great thank you thank you can we ask a few questions or comments Dr Neville run you can go run go back to M you didn't think you were done did [Laughter] you thank you so much for this presentation um I just want to like say that I it was great to be able to walk
through it this week and it's so beautiful and I loved seeing it and I love so much these two programs COA and ILP the Chelsea opportunity Academy and the intergenerational literacy program they're both programs that really pay off in dividends to our whole Community it's not just about Chelsea Public Schools it's about the city of Chelsea because it it helps you know uh adults in the community learn English and and get their geds it helps um kids who are at risk of dropping out
to finish their their education and that really pays off in the the fabric of our community and our community's economic health um just like tenfold you know and so they're just such important programs and I'm really happy that you guys are getting this new home um I also want to shout out to the um the First Congregational Church of Chelsea which is the was the church that owned the building um because I know know a few of the members there and uh one of the
members is a former Chelsea Public School's um uh par professional and they're so engaged in the community and I know that they're so happy to see this building stay in the community and I heard that they're still holding Church there and so if people want to attend a service they still can um and my final comment was just I was wondering if you can share do you have any plans or have you already um involved students and
teachers in the design of the building a great question yes we have um uh teachers participated in a workshop The Architects visited COA so they could get a sense of what it was all about they visited ILP so they could get a sense what it was about and uh both have have participated in design activities uh so that their voices could be heard uh and today we uh uh we went a little more more deeper into the design and we're
bringing back some science teachers because there's some questions about that science lab and uh Fallon will be bringing in her staff again as well so students and staff have been an integral part of the design process great thank you so much I just want to put in a plug for for Youth and student engagement it's so important thank you so much anyone else you know Ron thank you um oh I
think you saw firsthand how curious I could be was I had to um be pulled away from some of those little spaces but thank you so much for um your patience which was um I think a testament as to why you're spear Hing this I mean I've seen you I seen you in action um we can't even say what we're looking for or finish a thought which for me is like you know pinball and your already have three possible outcomes of
what our data could look like what the you know projections could look like so you're very quick with it um detail oriented and you know that's that's amazing because that's clearly what we need um so thank you for all of that um for taking care of everything and for the 22 plus years of experience both in the private sector that information that
you're bringing but more importantly the passion and um the love that you're bringing to the district and to the more vulnerable Community because you know this is a program that has been very much advocated for both from this body and the bodies that served here before so I'm very very proud to continue to advocate for it to continue to work towards it and to um hopefully
help you know see it through however it can be um you know what I what I want and what I look forward to so um we'll see what we can you know what we could do we can accomplish so thank you um but I will say as far as um data input and everything um I think we have to have a deeper conversation about it because as much as I do like to have input I think um maybe unpopular opinion but as much as I I'm starting to feel like there's
it's becoming to in my opinion um The More We Get additional feedback potentially from the public um I am noticing that we're starting to almost become at a standstill because it's get to a perception
of seeking public engagement it's almost we're at a at a point where because it didn't happen before perhaps it's almost to a level of well now we really have a voice right and we have to find a balance between our voices are being heard and perhaps our voices are Absol abolute right
because if that's where we are then nothing would get done so there has to be a balance between yes we're listening to your your input but ultimately you we see you we hear you but we are going to take your we're going to take the road that best serves the district respectfully speaking so just saying thank you you're
welcome thank you anyone else okay thank you Ron you're very welcome thank you thank you okay so now we'll move on to um indicators of success and in light of Dr Blake cany not being able to be here tonight we have Malik hon who will do
our indicators of success good evening everyone I will try to fill Dr Blake ky's big shoes um Ron that was an excellent presentation that was great so we have our indicators for Success our first one that we will take a look at is the districtwide daily attendance rate uh we have a goal of it being 95% um I will note that we are moving from December to Jan January and it's very normal to have a slight dip in
attendance and you'll actually see that there's a small dip in attendance from between December to January in the grades of 1 through 8th in our younger grades I will also attract your attention to the high school strangely enough the high school had a jumping attendance at all four grades uh which is commendable um and should be um applauded especially as we move through the winter months next indicator the high school dropout rate will increase will decrease by
2% per year uh total so far we have had 67 uh dropouts that is at a rate of 3.67 3.67% uh year to date for our subgroups Stu uh gened students 19 19 at 1.98 El students 39 at 7% students with disabilities at six at 2.8 and dual idel students and students with disabilities at 3.6 we have a breakdown by grades 22
students have withdrawn uh 20 we do not know where they have gone uh two have actually transferred into the adult ed program and then by grade we have nine at grade nine six at grade 10 four at grade 11 and three at grade 12 we have our Mobility rates so I'll go line by line at the ELC this month uh we've had 10 in 11 out for total of 68 in 40 out at the Elementary grades of
the complex we've had 29 in 16 out total uh 175 in 125 out Middle School we've had 22 in and 16 out for a total of 125 and 90 uh high school we have 20 in 42 out uh still for a total uh for the high school adding 194 and 166 and the total for the district uh it was 8185 with 562 total in for this year and
421 and then finally we have grades uh so I'll make a note of this we still only have the quarter one grades Quarter Two just finished uh so the next round we will uh we'll take a look at the quarter two grades at the semester grades at the high school are there any questions I think I've asked this before go for
but I don't I always forget what retention means in this context um so the the retention the student retention over the year is based off of the amount of credits earned to pass to a second to the next year so if you're if you're a freshman you would normally need to be considered a sophomore by passing three three to four class depending on the district so what that is saying is 21% of those students have not achieved that amount of credit that is required to move on to that next grade got you thank you any other
questions yeah just clarifying so last year it was a little bit over a fifth at 21.8% of nth graders being retained I'm reading that correctly yes any further questions thank Al it thank you
great so our next report is our um Personnel report um and I normally go with the demographic data so we've hired 71.43% ccasian 14.29% Hispanic 14.29% black and then 0% Asian Pacific Islander and then for our enrollment report we are reporting for um as of
February 3rd 6,129 students in District so I would like to commend these reports to the district to the um record sorry and that concludes my report thank you my apologies it's like our students are so ready and well prepared and I skipped my deepest apologies um we do have our
student um reports um good evening Dr ala Madame chairwoman Hernandez and the rest of the school committee um I'm here to talk about the sports first off um the girls basketball versus the Pioneer charter school was held their game was on February 3rd um the girls basketball game was a really success a lot of people um showed up and a big thanks to everyone who came out and supported the
girls um basketball team um today the boys basketball team will be going against link classical um it started at 400 p.m. so they're ending roughly about now so we want to wish them a good luck um and track and field will have their R Reggie Lewis competition this upcoming Saturday um February 8th 2025 good evening um Dr beta and Madame chairwoman Hernandez and to the rest of
the student committee um regarding clubs at Chelsea High School the Chelsea green thumbs will have a Valentine's bake sale theme on February 13th and the National Honor Society will have their induction on February 25th so anybody all the student Comm um members are uh invited to go and uh we encourage that you guys come um um on behalf of the winter Forum
winter winter formal That was supposed to be happened this um last month um due to low ticket sales we had to cancel the event um but all the money all the profits that we use the decorations will be going towards pom and I think it would be a more um eventful experience considering that prom is just a couple months away and everyone seems to be more worried about what they're going to wear for prom what tuxedo they're going to rent out what luxurious car so I see that we're going to start selling tickets for prom um the end of this
month so anyone listening that is a high school senior make sure to grab yours for the unforgettable night um and during February break we'll have the acceleration Academy where um everyday students will be able to do games there's prizes and experiments and at the end of the week they take a field trip to the MFA where they're able to see all the different arts and um at the end they actually earn a school credit
for just doing this one week of going and Chelsea High School is also partnering with Bunker Hill Community College to offer a free three-day workshop for Chelsea High School students to explore the careers on the Water Utility industry I think this is a very important um collaboration because not everyone knows what they want to do for high school so it's important to experience other different network works and different careers that you would like to do and I think someone who
personally someone who's very involved with st this is an amazing opportunity to um see the importance of our water systems in our community especially that's me again and for the fundraisers for Valentine's Day um because you all know Valentine's Day is very important for high schools and for all high school students the day of love but freshman's are hosting a Valentine's
Day movie night next Thursday where they'll be selling tickets for $3 and concessions will be also s sold during that night um sophomores are doing carnations and they will be selling throughout all three lunches during Valentine's Day and juniors will be collaborating with seniors for photo booth um we'll be S selling a digital photo for a dollar and a Polaroid for $3 or two for $5 and then lastly the class of 2025 will be also hosting a big sale after schools where you can get many
Delights um so because to due to the end of January we actually ended our second quarter and many CHS students are very relieved um many of them seniors their grades their midyear report grades are being sent into the colleges that they apply to so that's a really big relief to us and we're feeling a lot more stress free and just a quick reminder to um a lot of
students that have felt at ease at school or felt like they can't come into school because of all the things that is happening regarding ice um we want to ensure them that there is counselors there's people to talk to there there's other students that can feel the same amount of stress as you so don't feel like you have to neglect your education due to the circumstances around you um we want to list a few resources we have pair project which hosts their know your rights presentations laa Anda collation
that will also provide these resources to know your rights as a citizen and that concludes our presentation thank you very much thank you for that very informative information for the students especially um and that's very exciting and yes Valentine's Day is a very popular very very popular holiday for high school students although I went to an all girls high school so for
me but anyway it was very popular um thank you so much and we'll move on to committee reports which I'd like to commend to record um and then move on to Anna did we skip the enrollment report she did the enrollment report oh okay me she did it would you like it to repeat it no um and then we'll move on to um new
business Madam chair can I have a motion to um accept the committee reports this is true motion to AC to accept the reports motion second thank you and thank you Veronica we'll move on to new business and the first item is consideration and action to accept the gift of 290 copies of from an idea to logo books from PL
PLS Financial Services Incorporated with the estimate value of $2,370 for the Sakowski school can I get a roll call Mr Hernandez yes Mr orrian yes Mr Gomez Pera yes Miss bz yes Dr Neville yes Miss K Caro yes that's six in the affirmative and three absent
thank you six in the affirmative and three absent motion passes next item is consideration and action to accept the following increase from the acceleration academ Academy's grant for the 2024 to 2025 school year in the amount of 53 for a gr gr for the difference of
11,000 11,000 that's I wanted to make sure I said the right amount for the difference of $1,000 can I get a roll call Miss Hernandez yes Mr Oran yes Mr Gus Pera yes Miss Valderas yes Dr Neville yes Miss kovas carabo yes and six in the affirmative and three absent thank you six in the affirmative and three absent motion passes next item is consideration and action to
accept an award of $2,000 in private Grant funds for the intergenerational literacy program for fiscal year 2024 to 2025 can I get a roll call M Hernandez yes Mr Oran yes Miss uh Mr Gomez Pera yes Miss Valderas yes Miss Dr nille yes Miss kovas carabo yes that's six in the affirmative and three absent six in the
affirmative and three absent motion passes the next item I am tabling um so we'll move on to um the last item which [Applause] is first reading of the revised operational operating Protocols are we taking are we moving out of order hold on one second
um I'm sorry it's it's I'm sorry the next item is consideration action to approve the resolution for Sanctuary district for Chelsea Public Schools I'm sorry Dr Nev problem it sort of rolled into what the last item was um and I'll ask Dr Neville to read the resolution sure I'd be happy to Chelsea Public Schools resolution for
Sanctuary District whereas president Donald Trump has issued policies and made promises to deport millions of immigrants currently living in the United States and undermine the rights of LG lgbtq plus students whereas Chelsea Public Schools CPS is a Gateway School District that welcomes and educates all students whereas the city of Chelsea declared itself a sanctuary City on June 4th 2007 resolving not to initiate or welcome
raids unrelated to Public Safety and heinous crimes and to reject the use of the word illegal and alien to describe human beings whereas the Chelsea school committee and Greater Community are committed to the success of all students irrespective of their immigration status ethnicity race religion sexual orientation disability sex gender identity and expression socioeconomic status or beliefs whereas the the Chelsea school committee has heard
students and families fears about the potential for Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ice to Target students and families at school whereas by law schools must provide equal access to education to all students regardless of race color sex gender identity and expression religion national origin sexual orientation disability or immigration status and must meet this fundamental obligation and avoid policies that discourage or deny access to school on the basis of immigration or
citizenship status whereas CPS Embraces the diversity of our students and families and the rich Language and Cultural assets they bring to our district and strongly encourages the participation of all parents and families in our schools now therefore be it resolved that Chelsea school committee declares that CPS is a sanctuary district and a welcoming place for all students and their families further resolve that Chelsea school committee declares that
CPS will continue to welcome a Firm support and educate students with diverse gender identities expressions and sexual orientations including transgender and non-binary students be it further resolve that as a sanctuary District CPS and its Personnel will not voluntarily cooperate in any immigration enforcement action be it further resolved that CPS will not allow ice to enter schools without a judicial IAL warrant or subpoena and all ice requests
shall be immediately forwarded to the superintendent's office for legal review to Ure the validity of the warrant or subpoena be it further resolved that CPS will not release students personal information including their immigration status or family members immigration status to any agency including ice without the permission of the student's parent or guardian or a Judicial warrant subpoena court order or as otherwise required by law be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be
forwarded to Chelsea state legislators legislators the governor's office and the Massachusetts Association of school committees on behalf of the Chelsea school committee thank you Dr Neville um can I have a roll call Miss Hernandez yes Mr Oran would anyone like to speak on it at all yes I can speak on it afterwards
after Mr rean yes Mr Gomez Pera yes Miss Valderas yes Dr Neville yes Miss koves carabo yes that's six in the affirmative and three absent six in the affirmative three absent motion passes anyone like to speak on this sure um I just want to say thank you um to Dr Neville and everyone who worked on the resolution
afterwards and I um I'm so I'm grateful and I do want our families to know that we care deeply about our families and our students and that we will ensure the privacy of student information as we as stated by the Attorney General's office we will also ensure that if I should come to our school that we will follow the proper protocols as outlined by our
attorney general and that we encourage our families to continue to send students to school our schools are safe we want our children in school and we believe that school is a safe haven as as a sanctuary for our students many of our students need the services that our schools provide whether it's special education services from food to just the social aspect of school we
learned from the pandemic that school was important and we need our children in school so we are wanting to make sure that we are taking every measure to protect our students while they are in schools and so thank you so much to the school committee for um passing this resolution thank you Dr Alam anyone else yeah I just thank you so much Dr AA um I
also want to underscore how important it is during these times to be careful about the information that you're sharing and spreading throughout the community especially on social media um I've seen a lot on social media um I've seen even um some of the media Outlets being irresponsible on the way that they're spreading information um it's just so important to verify the information that you're spreading before before you share it and um you know try
and rely on factual things because then it it it's important to be careful it's important to be cautious but if you C if we're causing panic in the way we spread information then that does more harm than good because people need to get to work they need to get to school and um we can't be making people afraid to go out so I've been seeing over these past few weeks how hard this school district and the City of Chelsea is is is um working to to keep our our
community both at safe and also to keep the the panic down and to make sure that only factual information is being shared um we there was a a webinar that um desie the State Department of Education had they had people from the Massachusetts office for refugees and immigrants and they said for example if there's going to be a raid it's probably not going to be communicated ahead of time so if you see something on social media saying there's going to be a raid
tomorrow you probably maybe want to consider that to be an unverified rumor and it's not worth spreading and she also said and this is Susan Church from this office she's a very high ranking official in the in the state she doesn't think that it's likely that ice will even show up at a school because it's not worth their time to go through and like try and find students it doesn't make sense um it makes more sense for them to Target individuals who they already know have criminal records so
these are some some you know factual things that we heard from the the desie webinar that I hope will help people feel a little more at ease and um you know even though they rescinded that that Trump rescinded that guidance that says that ice shouldn't be trying to visit schools that's only what ice will try to do we still have our protocols that say that we won't let them in unless unless we have to and those times that we have to are so rare so um I just kind of ask
the the people here and the the community to do to kind of join our effort and trying to keep not only our community safe but also to to keep information that's being spread to be be factual and keep everyone's anxiety low thank you um I just want to share something that I'm very happy with u Mr Ron um one of the things that when I start in school school committee I was required I mean I was one of the things that my
goal was is to kind of like make more space for students and I'm so happy because now we have a new building and that shows that we're going to have extra more space in high school especially where um classes are 30 kids or more and uh we working and uh we trying and I want to say thank you to Dr albera and the city that they made this possible and everybody who has been you know um part of this um this event I
want to say thank you so much because um it takes times to get things together but at the end is worth it um we keep working uh for our students for um our members here in Chelsea to have safe and to have um people doing um what we can to make all the support that we can
sometimes it's hard because um MoneyWise we don't have it we just we wanted to be you know a lot of teachers a lot of activities in schools but we have to be working hard so to make it happen changes are not going to happen for day to night but if we everybody work together and we keep working hard things going to change much better thank you
thank you does anyone else have anything they'd like to communicate well Communications in general no no as far as with the resolution well other than the fact that you know I'm happy that we were able to come to a resolution that we all um agreed on as far as the language and everything and that yes you know we do want to re you know reinforce the fact that it was important to ensure that our
families felt safe that attendance is of the utmost importance um if our students are not in person with the exceptions of of our you know virtual Learning Academy students um then an absentee is you know if they if they miss a day then obviously it takes away from class time and and then they have to make it up so um we need to be responsible with the
information that we're sharing obviously um across the board and and we have the cross reference so I always I am a firm believer of I rather be delayed in information that we're presenting but have it be accurate than instantaneous um information um so I I am very happy that it passed I'm very happy that we feel um comfortable I think that after being able to like understand our wise
understand the protocols that were in place um and reaffirming our values and seeing where everybody was coming from I think that it was very very clear that as far as our district leadership was concerned our city leaderships our our goals and our intentions and you know they're definitely aligned so this makes me very proud thank you thank you and yes I'm also very
happy that this passed and it took a lot of work to get it just right but it's all right because at the end the best product came out and most importantly I want parents to know at home that they can go to work and send their kids to school and at least have that little piece of safe feeling that their kids are not going to be taken away while they're at work um um and that's a huge relief for
any parent I can't even imagine being in that situation and so if we can if we can offer them this peace of mind it gives me a lot of relief to know that we're offering this to them and to the students um so with that I thank you thank you Sarah for all of your research and all of your hard work on this um and with that we'll move on to the next item which is um the first reading of the revised operating
protocols um and if if no one has any any concerns or questions um and doesn't mind I'd like to move to move this item to the next school committee meeting um I just would prefer there to be more more attendees and more more of our our full School Comm comme here so if that no one Minds
if that's okay I'd like to make a motion to do that motion a second thank you and with that we'll move on to Communications um does anybody have any Communications they'd like to that we missed right well for communications the only thing I have to say is that um from as the Delegate for the city council I did attend their um first meeting and
other than than reporting that um Miss norel De Jesus was um reappointed as the city council president um and then that the uh city council is just again uh reaffirming their intentions to continue with um the collaboration and the work um to ensure that you know City Safety and um operating protocols um and basically just they're affirming
their positions as far as the city initiatives um redirecting the residents uh towards the city website and all of the engagements um just to make sure that the parking enforcement and everything else um so just the city websites and um and whatnot so other than that that's all okay thank you and did they they already assign a a school committee
delegate our school committee delegate is again um Miss Kelly Garcia okay thank you um chair did we approve the field trip we um did not we did not do the field trip because the field trip was cancelled oh thank you sorry thank you um any announcements that anyone would like to make good evening everyone I just wanted to give another reminder I know this communication was sent out in
the superintendent's update but just wanted to give you a reminder that the Chelsea black community in collaboration with Clark app production is holding a spoken word poetry night um next Saturday February 15th at 7 pm I'll be performing there and I would love to see our community members out there a really amazing space a lot of black Joy um and a representation of our community so so wanted to give a reminder to our Chelsea Community to join us what day was that
on that was February 15th uh 7 PM in kusala sip in Chelsea okay great thank you no problem um and I also want to share to um that um sure collaborative is a school for special kids I don't know if um everybody knows that but I know that I mean I didn't know that it s until I get to the city school so is there important to know that they um have kids who really need u a lot of support and they
have a program there for um for preer to to high school and then they have also after 21 until old age so anybody who is interested um they can contact me on my cell cell phone number 857 222 a244 if you need more information about it um it's a great progam program and they really support the kids who really need a special needs thank
you thank you thank you so much and thank you everyone for sharing um the information anyone if anyone else have any announcements does anyone else have any announcements Katherine caught on that I did not speak English there for a moment does anyone else have any announcements well thank you and with that I ask for a
motion to adjourn I'll make a motion to adjourn second meeting adjourned I couldn't speak e