Good evening everyone and happy teacher appreciation week. I'm calling this meeting to order at 7:00 and I um ask everyone to rise for the pledge of allegiance. Please United States of America and to the
republic for it stands one nation with liberty and justice for all. Um, before I begin, Much gracia. Um to start, uh can we have roll call, please? >> Mr. Small is absent tonight. Miss
Kovaya, >> present. Miss Enriquez, >> Mr. Orian, >> present. >> Miss Balderas, >> present. >> Dr. Neville, >> present. >> Miss Caral, >> present. >> Miss Hernandez is absent tonight. And
Mr. Gomez Pereira is absent. That's five present and three absent. >> Thank you so much. Um now turn it over to Dr. Beta for our special recognitions of this evening. >> This good evening. This is always my favorite part of our meetings. Um the
first recognition that we have is the name strength and story awards. And I'm actually going to turn this over first to Mr. Dey to do our student. We have a a special award tonight. We don't normally give awards to students, but we
have a student that is a mentor and we want to honor our students who has um I'm going to wait for her mother to walk in. We want to honor a student who has been mentoring young students and has really
been a teacher to our some of our younger students and built relationships with them. And I'm gonna actually have Mr. Dely give this award out. >> Thank you, Dr. Aida. So, tonight I have the honor of recognizing Sarah Kintania
Umana, a senior at Chelsea High School. I recently met Sarah while I was observing her AP statistics class with Miss Jane Abramovich. Sarah was collaborating with her peers on some pretty challenging work that I can say I didn't quite understand. Um,
she not only had an in-depth mastery of the content, but a kind of empathetic way of a kind and empathetic way of supporting her peers while moving the work forward. In striking up a conversation with her, I learned that she um may be considering a career in
education, and I'm secretly hoping that this recognition might contribute to steering her in that direction. At the end of class, her teacher, Miss Abramovich, joined our conversation and shared with me that Sarah has been staying after school to support and
tutor some of the underclassmen who are struggling with math. She does this on a regular basis, not for service hours or credit, but because, in her exact words, I don't like seeing others fail, especially when I think I can help them.
So, that got me. It is this sense of community and selflessness that we want to foster in all of our students and adults. I'd also like to share some words from her teacher who couldn't be here tonight. Uh Sarah is pretty awesome academically. She's a true scholar who cares about the learning process,
ensures her deliverables and assignments are submitted and on time, complete and as strong as they can be. She challenges herself with AP courses, etc. She's ex respected by and cares deeply for her peers. Her friends and teammates respect
her voice, appreciate her inclusivity, and enjoy her perspective, as well as her clever personality and sense of humor. While a truly collaborative teammate, she is also a leader in and out of the classroom. She's curious about other
people's perspectives and wants to learn and experience the opportunities available to her. She's a member of the National Honor Society, Levita Scholars, Art Club, and Impact Club, and has participated in countless hours of volunteer work. But what really is so
special about Sarah is she's just a genuinely kind, hard-working, and compassionate person. I see her mom smiling because she knows these things. Throughout the year, she has taken it upon herself to support several freshmen who have been struggling with algebra 1.
More recently, she has committed to consistently helping one particular student after school, dedicating her own time despite an already demanding schedule. What makes this especially noteworthy is that Sarah is not doing this for recognition. She's simply
choosing to help because she cares. That level of selflessness and empathy speaks volumes about who she is, a true exemplary member of our community. Please give a round of applause for Sarah. If we can get one with school committee.
And then our next name, strength and story awards and recognition is actually a a different group. It's extended learning and we wanted to recognize our partners
and and one thing that we're very proud of is the work that we do with our partners after school and that really is ex about extending our learning. And when we when I came here gosh seven
years ago and I did a learning and listening sessions and I heard from families the one thing we heard was that we had some gaps in our afterchool programming and that was something that we needed to shore up. So part of our strategic plan, there's an area that
says increasing access and opportunity and then we hired an amazing extended learning coordinator who then became a officer of innovation and that is Mala Kan who's done such a great job of
coordinating all of our extended learning. uh thousands of kids are getting extended learning opportunities after school, before school on Saturdays and the evenings and who knows in between because of the work that's
coming out of this office. And so I actually am going to turn this over to our officer of innovation to share these awards because he's the one that um is closest to them and um just wanted to
make sure you got to do this. >> Yeah, thank you Dr. Ba. This is super exciting um because the work has been 5 years in the making. Um and we obviously could not do any of this without um the team of supervisors and our partners who actually really do the work. I just
helped to kind of put it all together. But um the the the it's effortless effort. I mean it's it's endless effort from our supervisors and then to see all of our partners that are here and our supervisor. They all know each other. So it's like this extended learning family and they're all smiling. So you can see the smile on my face. Um, and so I'm
really proud to be able to be here with you all, uh, and to say thank you. Um, so let's start. Uh, obviously Dr. Beta started this out a couple years ago with her vision about really being able to support, uh, all of our students in our staff in Chelsea public schools through extended learning. We're in year five of
this growth. Um, I think you've heard me say it several times with this vacation school, summer school programming where we offer 20 different programs, support, 1200 kids after school. um we have become the model uh for the Commonwealth for extended learning and Jesse likes to come down and see what we're doing and ask to come if we can kind of spread
that that knowledge and that wealth across the the Commonwealth again summer school um we have we support about 1,200 kids in in 20 different programs uh we run our wonderful vacation schools our acceler accelerationmies have have been outstanding and even without the grants
we're we're finding um other monies to make sure we provide those opportunities we still have 300 400 kids 500 kids come in during vacation to do school. Uh and then obviously our after school uh as well is super extensive. Um we also partner on writing grants. So over the
past couple years, we've written $3.6 million in grants over the last four years. And I and I do want to talk about what we've had over the past year. We've had 2,980 students that have participated in extended learning. Uh that is about 55% of our district, which is phenomenal numbers. Um and we have
hired 455 teachers over the past year. and we summer school is rolling around and I get uh the talent Ed posts every day about all the teachers, paras staff that are applying for jobs. We're excited about what we have coming this summer. So, I want to start off with celebrating our supervisors. Um first
one that I want to talk about is is Pam Casaris. Uh Pam um as everybody uh knows her for her red hair and always moving around the buildings. Pam is wonderful. She's always excited. She loves kids. Um but I'm going to stick to what she does uh for extended learning. She is our
after school supervisor. Uh she oversees heat at the high school. Um she does a great job overseeing that program. She's been doing it for I think three years maybe four years. Pam. Um so she does a wonderful job there. Pam really shines
in summer. Um Sam Pam um she does a remarkable job at at organizing our summer school, our credit recovery. Uh I think last year we had 200 students that actually passed classes in summer school. um you know that's how we really support our graduation rates and get get kids across the line. Pam oversees
egenuity for the high school. And so that's kind of our summer school platform. So whether she's working on the computer or working with the kids, um I can I feel confident that uh we we support as many kids as possible uh in summer to help our kids make sure that they're moving on on time to graduation.
And nobody does that better than Pam. Um and so the first person I want to recognize is Pam. So Pam, you want to come up? I have a certificate here for you. And then just take those individually and then we'll do a group picture with all all the awardies. Uh next one is Cla Flores. Um Claire's
here with her wonderful family who obviously uh love her to death and love us because they allow her to hang out with us in summer during vacation and after school to 5:00 every day. So we want to thank them as well as Cla. Claire uh is an instructional coach at the middle schools. Um she is supervisor for our summer school programming. She
is actually the district kind of manager at this point because I'm you know we don't we we run we run we run our programming through our supervisors. Um so she oversees secondary schools in summer. She's done a remarkable job being the uh supervisor for programming for accelerationmies where I think we
had over 200 middle school students about 220 middle school students that showed up during vacations which is outstanding. Um and Pam uh Claire oversees all of our after school programmings across the middle schools. So she's our nexus point. She's our leader. Um I don't know if we could do
what we do without her. Um and so the next person I do want to recognize is Claire. If Claire, if you want to come up and grab and the last gentleman, Dan Camino, he is not here tonight. He is with his family. His family flew in from Puerto Rico. His aunt's here. I do hope Dan, wherever you are, I don't know where the
camera is watching on Facebook Live and you're showing your family. Dan was the second person that I met uh when I got to Chelsea. Um we hit it off. He was he was the the the summer school coordinator. He was summer school supervisor at uh down at the complex. Um
it was right after CO and ever since then, Dan has been my go-to guy. Um he is behind the scenes. Uh I think Veronica was trying to figure out what he actually looks like. Uh even though she's she's heard his name for the last 5 years. Uh, we talked about that today. Um,
I don't have I don't have the words to talk to describe how wonderful Dan is. His dedication to the students and to the staff is by far second to none. He drives every day from Salem, New Hampshire. And he goes home every day at
5:30. He oversees summer school. He oversees after school. He is the guru at the high school. He at at the complex, sorry. He is the one person that all the principles go to there. Um, uh, FKO relies on Dan. I mean, we all, we all
love Dan. Um, Adam's shaking his head. We all love Dan. Um, but we love Dan because he's so good at his job. He is just so hardworking and engrossing and caring.
um that we we would not be where we are as a district, never mind at at the complex and at the elementary schools without Dan. Um so I I I sadly enough Dan's not here. I will bring his award for him. Um it's too bad his family flew in tonight because I've been waiting five years to give this to Dan. He's
like, "Oh my god, I can't believe my aunts flying from Puerto Rico." Um so we'll leave it at that. I I will I will thank Dan. Um that's what he looks like for those of you who don't know. Um that's Veronica. That's what he is. That's who he is. Uh if you see Dan in any in any place, please say hi and
thank him for his service to uh Chelsea public schools, our kids, our community, and to our partners. Um so then there's this other part, right? One of the things that's allowed us to grow extended learning so much is through our partners and we've always had this kind of concept of building
reciprocal relationships and also you know making sure throughout extended learning particularly after school summer school obviously in vacation school um you know how can we pilot out and so one of the things that that we've done in extended learning is we're the we're the incubators right we take the
ideas I take I take my job serious as being the you know the officer of innovation and these are places to innovate And so if things work then we try to bring it into different spaces. We try to bring it into our school days and that's something that you will see um through these partners. So we're
going to celebrate three partners uh in particular. I'm obviously good off the cuff, but I did want to just point out a couple of things uh about our partners. So we're going to start with with FKO, Four Kids Only. I know you all know them. Uh we have with us tonight Briana Flannry, executive director of FKO, Patrick Sheay. He is the new uh district
director for Chelsea. Um, it was another program that I met when I first got here down at the complex and I was with Dan and I realized there were two summer school programs. I said there was like the CPS program and then there was the FKO program and they had 40 kids and they had 40 kids and my first thought was like why don't we put all this
together. Um, and so we talked and we did and you know we've gone from 40 kids to serving 200 200 kids. Um we've gone from FKO has gone from just supporting the Sakalovski to supporting all of our schools first through sixth grade. Um
they as you all know they're a vital support for our families through extended day support. So it's Monday through Friday till 5:30. It's vacation schools. It is summer school 8 to 5. It is 8 weeks. And these are the supports that we know that our our families need.
We collaborate immensely. Um, we do that in spaces such as summer school where FKO staff and CPS staff support our our students. Uh, we have co-written uh grants. I believe we have about $2 million in 21st century grants that we've co-written which actually cover the cost for all of our families. So,
this remains free for our families. Um, and I'm proud to say I I feel a bit of an FKO family and I know they feel uh that that feeling is reciprocal. So, let me let me invite Briana and Pat to come up and we have a award for you. Um the next group we're going to
celebrate is is soccer without borders. Um again this is another program that we met my first year by happen stance. Um Bruno I don't know how we met. I forget but we just kind of hit it off. U we have Bruno Contreras here who's the director of soccer without borders of Massachusetts and Kala Gutierrez. She is
the program corner from Massachusetts. Um we obviously started with no program. And we had a middle we had a middle school elementary school gap uh around soccer and obviously knowing our community um and my personal love for football and soccer and Bruno's as well. Go Arsenal. Um you know I I I said this
is we got to figure this out. We got to support the kids. So I'm not going to go through the history of that. I'm going to go to where we are right now. We support for 41 girls in middle school uh year- round program. um they participate
in Liga de Paz across East Boston, Everett, Spring, other other districts. We have grown a middle school girls program so much that three years ago, we were able to put together a JV girls team. And Carla, how many eighth graders
did we actually have playing on that girls team a couple years ago? 15. And so we have built out a full p a full pathway for girls sports from middle school to high school through their work and through their partnership. That to me is amazing. Uh the kids the girls
play um in at the high school level. Um they play in a a girls five five aside league. Uh we we hire high school students to support the work. We also developed a a boys program at the high school. So there's 80 kids that that play. Um elementary school we have 85 students that play uh in a soccer
program. We run a a a weekl long program twice a twice a day in the fall and they are our partners for celebrating the World Cup. Um we have a we are currently working on a uh an interview or a little article maybe with WBUR kind of kind of celebrate. Um you know we we have
monthsl long celebrations taking place down at the complex. Uh we have a student named Loose who's a a Clark Avenue student who will be part of the soccer without borders mass delegation in the festival 26 alongside delegation that is participating in all the activities in Boston during the World
Cup. Arya Green is a Clark Avenue school student. She will be featured in the docu series called United States of Soccer and possibly displayed during the World Cup games. Bruno, what channel do you know what what channel that's going to be on? >> Okay. Um
seven we have been celebrating every single month celebratory down at the complex. Uh we did a World Cup draw without borders did um PE classes for every single kid down at the complex. We had a chanting contest door decorating letters to the players that they're
going to deliver to the actual teams. And I will say this is the first time I've actually been able to say it. Chelsea will have 30 students between the ages of eight and 11 alongside Soccer Without Borders that will be, for those of you who don't
know, they're called mascots. You know, when when the teams enter this enter the field at the World Cup, we have 30 Chelsea students that the world will be seeing. Um, and just so people know, we have
been holding on to that information for a while until tonight and we've been like, "Oh, we can't say anything." So, >> I'm the worst at keeping secrets. >> I know you are. >> So, when we're watching the World Cup and we're watching France with in Norway and you see children walking onto the
field and you recognize them, they will be from Chelsea and that is amazing. Um, so we couldn't do that obviously without soccer without border. So, Bruno and Carla, come on up. All right. I'm I'm I'm running and I know I'm running out of time, so I'm running
too. Uh the last one is the Museum of Science. Uh we are here with Dr. Christine Cunningham. She's a k chief curriculum and learning officer the Museum of Science. Dr. Dr. Cunningham and I again met 5 years ago by happen stance. Um she had just moved to Penn State and was designing um curriculum,
engineering curriculum for students because she wanted it to be free and she also had just left her job at the museum to go on her own and we had a little bit of title three money left over and Christine was designing engineering curriculum for English learners and we had plenty of them and we had a little
bit of money and I said at the time let's try it out and we did. We got four teachers. Dan Dan set it up, by the way. So, shout out to Dan. Uh, we supported I think 26 third and fourth grade English learners. Um, and that was four years
ago. And we are at a spot, I'm not going to go through the the litany of phases, but we at a spot where every single student, K through 8th grade, utilizes Museum of Science Engineering kits. They do it on a regular basis. They provide professional development to our
teachers. They provide busing. They provide free field trips for our kids. They provide free field trips for our families and visit. The Museum of Science comes to us and do family night. The last time we had um um we had a
family day at the museum and they had all these wonderful um Spanish employee, you know, Spanish speaking uh staff members come out and give our give our families. We had 387 family members from Chelsea go to the
museum. And so when you think about what a partnership is, it's bigger than the school. It's about the community. And I will say I do believe the coolest thing that we've ever done at least at least in this realm was the eclipse
party. So if you guys remember the eclipse and I see some people smiling, so you know exactly what I'm talking about. If I remember the eclipse, if you remember the eclipse, it was 2024 and I got a phone call. By that time, we had done a lot and I got a phone call and we I think Christine called me and then connected me with their community
engagement department and said, "We have all these goggles and we got to figure out something to do with them and we were thinking of you and we were thinking of Chelsea more importantly." And they said, "We'd like to we'd like to come to Chelsea." And I'm like, "You
want to throw a an eclipse party?" I'm like, "Yeah, we'll throw an eclipse party." So, we had two weeks uh two weeks to put it together and we did it and we had five locations here. Were you there? So, you guys Yes. So, this is great. Everybody's nodding their heads.
Um, and the museum moved to Chelsea and five locations and I mean the museum did what the museum did and we gave out over 4,000 goggles which means we had 4,000 people that showed up. Um, and I shout out to Chelsea because you didn't see
any left in the streets, right? Everybody took care of it, made sure that it was nice and clean and all this stuff. And I I think this a this is a perfect example of what partnership is and what the museum is and what Chelsea is that we're able to do that. And this this little anecdote and then I'll
finish with this. I was walking back from the complex cuz I was always running, you guys know me, I'm always running around. So I was running around. So I was leaving the complex and I was walking to Chelsea High School and I believe it was Dr. Beta. It might she might you might have been with um the city manager uh Fidel. And I remember
just talking about the event and saying, you know, who you get the goggles from and and what's going on. And I asked, did you meet the the president of the of the Museum of Science and I think it was a no. And I kept it might have been somebody said no. And I I can't remember who it was. Somebody
said no. Who is it? And I said that's him. And the president of the Museum of Science was actually the person standing at the table giving out the goggles to everybody. So that tells you all about the museum and tells you all
about the Museum of Science that the president of the Museum of Science is humble enough to come out and give goggles to to kids and family members of Chelsea without looking for any credit. And that goes for Christine, that goes for the her her staff, that goes for um the
whole team at the museum. And we are a better district, we are a better and we are a better city and we are a better community because of our partnership with the museum. Um so Christine, please come up and um receive an award in honor of the museum. >> And then one more thing, if you see the
commercials for the Museum of Science, you will see our students on those commercials. If we could get all of the wordies and we're going to take one big group photo for extended learning with school committee. You're right.
Thank you. All righty. Thank you so much, Malik. And um uh again, congratulations to all those that were recognized this evening. Um I'll now uh shift us to uh approving the minutes for uh the past regular
meeting. Do I have a motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting on April 8th from 2026? >> Motion to approve the minutes. >> Do I have a second? >> I take them. >> Thank you so much. Now we'll um transition over to public comment. Um,
if you didn't get a chance to write in your name, we have a sheet for anybody who wants to um, speak this evening. And again, if you can state your name, address, and you'll have three minutes to speak today. Um, so if you wouldn't mind um, sharing any folks that um,
signed up in advance, and then we'll we'll read off this list if there's any names written down. >> Yep. So, Mr. Zach Ryan Uh, good evening. Zach Ryan, uh, resident of Chelsea, parent of two children in the school system. Um, I
said, you know, at the previous meetings this year, I'm going to keep showing up. I'm here for accountability. I'm going to continue coming. I was a little disappointed last meeting that we had to we didn't know we had to sign up before. I'm glad that you're going to the sign
up at the meeting. Um I speak for other people and other families that I talked to today. I said, "Did you sign up? We had to sign up before we could go and talk." I know people that were like, "I didn't sign up. They're not going to come." So, I think that's an important thing to keep the community involved.
I'm going to continue coming because my question at the end of our, you know, the budget meetings were what's next? We were talking about transparency. Families were asking about transparency. I've had, you know, teachers ask us, "What do you mean by that?" We want to know what's coming next. You have an
idea of what next year looks like. Yes, it's not clear, but we know the cuts are likely to be as bad as they were this year. They could be worse. We don't want to be stuck in January and February going, "Oh, no, here we are. We want to hear about this in October, November,
December. We want to know what's coming this summer." That's what we're asking for. And furthermore, when we ask for information, um, simple things like a an organizational chart, you know, somebody said tonight, is that something you really want to focus on? I know there's
an organizational chart on the district site. It's a very high level chart. When we're trying to get an idea of what what the employee load is at that district level, just having that top level doesn't give us a good idea. I don't
know how many people work below those numbers. I'd love to know what a complete organizational chart of the district looks like. Um, we want to know how many teachers are, what contract groups they're in, what the raises are going to look like. The parents came,
the community came, we asked for that transparency to the school committee. I'm going to ask you help us get that information. When we ask for it here, ask those questions of the school district. Say they're looking for this. Maybe we could get it to them. That's what we're asking for. Um, so that
that's that's what I'm here. I'm here. I'm going to observe. I'm going to listen. I have my kids. I might have to leave, but I'm also going to be listening. So, if I come and I talk and I leave, I'm still going to be watching. I'm going to pay attention. I'm here. I'm an active member. We heard additionally that you were surprised
that people were showing up. Yeah, there's not a lot of people here. I'm going to be here. I'm going to be talking to people in the school site committee. I'm going to get more people to come if I can. Uh, but we're paying attention. We're coming to the table. We want you to come and meet with us.
That's what I have to say. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> All right. Um, any other public comments for this evening? All right. I'll go ahead and close public comment for tonight and I'll turn it back over to Dr. Beta for presentations and your
report. >> So, without with that, I will actually turn it over to um Dr. Dr. Tamar Blake Hansy to go over our indicators of success. >> Good evening. Um, our indicators of success offers a
transparent way to measure our progress, to celebrate our growth, and to identify additional support or make adjustments as needed. It reinforces our dedication to deliver
on our promise to our school communities. Tonight, I will be lifting up four data sets. I will be lifting up daily attendance, high school dropout rate, mobility rate,
and high school failure rate. All of these data points are connected to our strategic plan. All of them also falls under our rigorous and culturally culturally relevant instruction for all students.
Our first data point tonight is our daily attendance rate. PreK through 8th grade daily attendance rate is holding strong at an average of 93%
for the month of April along with the year to date. Our high school is holding steady at about 85% average also for the month of April and year to date.
Our next data set is our high school dropout. As of October 1st, our enrollment was 1,683 students. The number of students that have dropped
out has been 55. We are still 0.5. There is a 0.51 decrease when compared to last year. What our dropout rate is indicating is that progress is being made and that we're able to retain most of our
students. Our mobility rate for our early learning center month of April, we had two students in, zero
students out. At the elementary level, we had nine students in, seven students out. At the middle school level, we had four students in, six students out. At the high school
level, seven students in, seven students out. And at the district total for the month of April, we had 22 students in, 20 students out. From the month of September to current
date, we've had 450 students in, 311 students out. That is a difference of 139 students that we've been able to retain. The last data point for tonight is our
high school dropout rate. At grade nine, we have 462 students. For the third marking quarter, we have um a total of 41% student failing.
At the 10th grade level, we have 44 students and we have a total of 40 students who are failing. That is our data share out for indicators of success. Any questions?
Any questions from the committee? >> All right. Thank you so much. Appreciate. >> You're welcome. >> Thanks. >> And next we'll move on. Thank you, Dr. Blake Kanty. Um, next we'll move on to our student rep updates. >> Good evening, Dr. beta and school
committee members. I'll be giving an update about senior commitments to colleges and the progress of quarter 4 as the year comes to an end. As May 1st has already passed, most of our seniors have officially committed to a college or made their post-graduation plans. No matter how easy or challenging the
process was, this is an important milestone for the senior class and marks the beginning of a new chapter in their lives. Many seniors are feeling mix a mix of emotions right now. There's a lot of excitement as students prepare for new opportunities, new environments, and greater independence. At the same time,
there's also nostalgia as seniors reflect on their time at Chelsea and realize how quickly these past four years have gone by. Leaving behind familiar teachers, classmates, and routines can feel bittersweet. But it also reminds students of how much they have grown. From a student perspective,
being from Chelsea means learning and growing a little more each year. Every school year has helped students take another step toward becoming more prepared for the real world. Whether through academics, extra extracurricular activities, leadership roles, friendships, or personal challenges, students have built important skills and
experiences that will help them succeed in whatever path they choose after graduation. With quarter 4 flying by, students across all grade levels are focused on finishing the school year strong. Many classes are working on projects, presentations, essays, and exams that show everything they have
learned throughout the school year. Students are staying busy while also preparing for the end of the year activities, events, and important deadlines. The end of the school year is a reminder that hard work and determination can lead to success. It is a time for students to look back on everything they have accomplished and
recognize how much they have grown throughout the year. Thank you. >> Okay. Good afternoon. I'll be reading Daniel's report first and then I'll read mine. Good evening, Dr. Alboa and school committee members as a quick update from
the students. Prom is coming up soon and there's a lot of excitement around it. So far, we have sold about 300 tickets and we still have some left to sell. I also want to remind all students to start getting ready everything they need ready now since prom is only about two weeks away. Another thing that has
really brought the senior class together recently is our our senior assassination game. It has been a really fun senior activity and tradition that many seniors across the country participate in every year. It helped create a lot of excitement and connection within the
class. As seniors are running around with their goggles or not on not only trying to get their target but also trying not to get caught themselves. So as seniors we are trying to end the year on a fun and positive note. In academics, AP testing has officially
started, which are the hardest two weeks of all AP students. However, luckily enough, however, luckily enough for us, we just finished the first week of exams and we still have another week to go. So, please wish us all of wish all of our students luck as they continue testing. Thank you.
And then this one's mine. Good afternoon, Dr. Alvea and school committee members. Tonight I want to talk about Twilight, the Twilight School program that CHS has implemented. And just hopping on to what Allison said about quarter 4. First, I wanted to talk about the Twilight program. The Twilight
program is a program that allows a selective amount of students to go to core classes later in the day from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. From what I believe, I'm pretty sure. Um, I have two really close friends of mines that are in this program are in this program and I've
seen so much improvement. They are now able to attend their classes on time and complete all their school work more efficiently. I personally love the hope the Twilight program brings for seniors, being able to accommodate them and give them an opportunity to reach their end goals. My friends who were once super
worried about not being able to graduate are now way happier knowing that they only have a few weeks less until they receive their cap and gown and diplomas. Let us in CHS continue to push kids to the end goal. Now that we have entered quarter 4, I think the realization has
hit a lot more seniors that our time has finally come. As we finish up our last few exams, quizzes, or final projects for their classes, we are all getting hit. We are all getting hit with a wave of relief. Those months of work, dedication, passion, and drive are
finally coming to an end and a very good end. I've seen all my peers be accepted to colleges, get awarded for their hard work, and more. There's there's so much to be thankful and grateful for and so much to still look forward to. Our end of year celebrations are coming up with prom award night and lastly our 2026
graduation ceremony and seniors couldn't be even like seniors couldn't be more excited. Thank you. >> Thank you. So next I will go over our personnel report. So for this month we had our our
dem we do track our demographic data as we are our goal is to increase our educator diversity. Um we've hired 14% Caucasian, 72% Hispanic,
14% black and 0% island Asian Pacific Islander. And then the next report is our enrollment report. and we are holding steady at 5,787
students. I would like to commend these two reports to the record. And that completes my report for the evening. >> Um, yes. Um, great. Can I have a motion to commend these reports to the record?
Motion to command these reports. >> I second. >> Thank you so much. >> All righty. Now to moving on to uh new business. We'll go through each item and do um votes for each uh item on new business um just to celebrate some of
the grants that we're getting and also celebrating the field student field trips that we have listed here. So I'll go ahead and get started. So consideration and action to accept $15,14 from the department of elementary and secondary education for the building early childhood partnerships a preschool
inant team initiative grant. Can I have roll call please? >> Miss Kovz Caravayo. >> Yes. Miss Enriquez. >> Yes. >> Mr. Organ. >> Yes. >> Miss Valdas. >> Yes. >> Dr. Neville. >> Yes. >> Miss Cabal. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Gomez Pereira. >> Yes. That's seven in the affirmative and two absent. >> Consideration and action to accept the awarded allocations for the below listed private grants for the SY 2025 2026
school year in the amount of $18,000. Can I have the roll call, please? >> Miss Kavayo. >> Yes. >> Miss Enriquez. >> Yes. >> Mr. Organ. >> Yes. >> Miss Balderas. >> Yes. >> Dr. Neville. >> Yes. >> Miss Caral. >> Yes. >> Mr. Gold. Miss Pereira.
>> Yes. >> That's seven in the affirmative and two absent. >> Seven in the affirmative, two um two absent. The motion passes. Next up, we got considering consideration and action to accept $834.74
from the UN University of Massachusetts for the SNAP outreach plan for FY 2026. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kovayo, >> yes. >> Miss Enriquez, >> Mr. Mr. Orian, >> yes. >> Miss Balderas, >> yes.
>> Dr. Neville, >> yes. >> Miss Kat, >> yes. >> Mr. Gomez Pereira, >> yes. >> With seven in the affirmative and two absent. >> Seven in the affirmative, two absent. The motion passes. Consideration action to accept $500 from the Chelsea SA Club
for the girls on the run program. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kovas Caravo. >> Yes. >> Miss Enriquez. >> Mr. Organ. >> Yes. >> Miss Baldas. Yes, >> Dr. Neville. >> Yes, >> Miss Carell. >> Yes, >> Mr. Gomez Pereira.
>> Yes. >> Seven in the affirmative and two absent. >> Seven affirmative to absent. The motion carries. Consideration and action to accept $300 from the Chelsea Santa Club in gift cards for Chelsea public school students. Roll call, please.
>> Miss Kovas Carabayo. >> Yes. >> Miss Enriquez. >> Yes. >> Mr. Orian? >> Yes. >> Miss Balderas? >> Yes. >> Dr. Neville? Yes, >> Miss Caral. >> Yes, >> Mr. Gomez Pereo. >> Yes, >> seven in the affirmative and two absent.
>> Great. Seven in the affirmative, two absent. The motion carries. Consideration action to accept $2,000 from the Bethlehem School in Lynfield for the Early Learning Center. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kovas Carabayo, >> yes. >> Miss Enriquez, >> yes.
>> Mr. Orian, >> yes. >> Miss Valdas, >> yes. >> Dr. Neville. >> Yes. >> Miss Cababal, sorry. >> Yes. >> Mr. Gomez Pereira. >> Yes. >> That's seven in the affirmative and two absent. >> Affirmative. Two absent. The motion
carries. Consideration action to accept and close budget transfers for the extended learning general fund lines for after school stipens and summer school stipens. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kovayo. >> Yes. Miss Enriquez. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Orian. >> Yes. Miss Balderas, >> yes. >> Dr. Neville, >> yes. >> Miss Cabral, >> yes. >> And Mr. Gomez Pereira, >> yes. >> Seven in the affirmative and two absent. >> Seven in the affirmative, two absent. Motion carries. Consideration action to
approve the recommendation of the superintendent and out of state school field trip to Kennedy Lake Park in Salem, New Hampshire on June 15, 2026 for 40 Chelsea virtual learning academy students and chaperrons for an end of year celebration. Roll call, please.
Miss Kovayo, >> yes. >> Miss Enriquez, >> Mr. Organ, >> yes. >> Miss Balderas, >> yes. >> Dr. Neville, >> yes. >> Miss Gabrell, >> yes. >> Mr. Gomez Pereira, >> yes. >> That's seven in the affirmative and two absent. >> Seven in the affirmative to action. The
motion carries. consideration action to accept the recommendation of the superintendent um of the superintendent for an out of school uh out of state field trip to Canoby Lake Park in Salem, New Hampshire on June June 2022nd
uh of 20 excuse me June 20 uh June 22nd, 2026 for 122 Wright Middle School students and 13 chaperons at the end of the um end of year celebration. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kzaya, >> yes. Miss Enriquez,
>> Mr. Orian, >> yes. >> Miss Valdas, >> yes. >> Dr. Neville, >> yes. >> Miss Cabral, >> yes. >> And Mr. Gomez Pereira, >> yes. >> With seven in the affirmative and two absent. >> Seven affirmative, two absent. Consideration action to approve the recommendation of the superintendent for
an outofstate field trip to Kennoby Lake Park in Salem, New Hampshire on June 16th, 2026 for 122 Clark AB Middle School students and 17 chaperones for an endofear celebration. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kovayo,
>> yes. >> Miss Enriquez, >> yes. >> Mr. Orian, >> yes. >> Miss Balderas, >> yes. >> Dr. Neville, >> yes. >> Miss Cabal, >> yes. >> Mr. Gome, Miss Pereira, >> yes. That's seven in the affirmative and two absent. >> Seven in the affirmative, two absent. Consideration action to approve the
recommendation of superintendent uh outofstate field trip to the United Nations headquarters in New York, New York on May 29th, 2026 for 12 Chelsea High School students and three chaperoons to participate in the model
UN UN experience. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kovas Karavayo, >> yes. >> Miss Enriquez, >> yes. >> Mr. Organ, >> yes. Miss Balderas, >> yes. >> Dr. Neville, >> yes. >> Miss Cabran, >> yes. >> And Mr. Gomez Pereira, >> yes. >> That's seven in the affirmative and two
absent. >> Affirmative, two absent. The motion carries. Consideration action to approve on the recommendation of the superintendent's outofstate field trip to Sea Coast Center in Ry, New Hampshire on June 5th, 2026 for 145 Clark Middle School
students and 25 chaprons to expose students to uh marine ecosystems and human impact to tie in with unit one curriculum on food webs and ecosystems. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kovas Caravo. Yes,
>> Miss Enriquez. >> Yes, >> Mr. Orian. >> Yes, >> Miss Balderas. >> Yes, >> Dr. Neville. >> Yes, >> Miss Carval. >> Yes, >> Mr. Gomez Pereira. >> Yes. >> With seven in the affirmative and two absent. >> Seven in affirmative, two absent. The motion carries. I hope all of our
students have a wonderful time on these field trips uh to end the school year. Now, transition over to announcements for this evening. Do I have any members who would like to make announcements? Dr. Neville. Thank you. Um, it's that time of year
again. I want to plug the Chelsea Research Festival which is coming up on Monday, May 18th this year. Um, for those of you who don't know, well, I I'm a I'm a professor. I'm a researcher and we do these things at conferences called poster sessions where we share our
research with each other. We we stand in front of these research posters that we make and that's how we share our work with one another. Um, it's kind of like an adult science fair. So the Chelsea Research Festival is a poster session for academics from universities and hospitals and everyone coming to share
their Chelsea related research back to the community. Um but also a lot of our students are going to be presenting with them as well in this adult poster fair. Um so I really hope that people will will come and and support our students.
We have um 40 research uh projects that are being shared, which is the most ever that we've had. And 14 of those projects are by Chelsea students. Um I'm going to brag and list out who they are. So we have one group from the uh Greenroots
Eco youth employment program. Two research posters from LA Caliberativa's youth program. We have three from um the right middle school ideas in medicine group from uh uh John Ruggerio who won one of the awards last year. We have two
posters from the Brown Middle School students and six posters from the Clark who are studying um thermal energy. So uh we have all three um middle schools represented this year for the first time. And oh wait I didn't even mention
um four or was it six? I forgot to write it down from Chelsea High School um from the data visualization math class. So we have all three middle schools and the high school represented this year and I hope that everyone will come and support our students. It is at um 1:30 to 3
o'clock which is last period of the high school so that students from the high school can come through and then we have a short break and we have another session of the same presentation the same posters from 4:30 to 6 so that everyone's parents can come by and see them as well. So I hope to see you
there. Thank you. >> Thank you so much Dr. Neville and for organizing that. That's a huge feat >> and it's in um the Chelsea High School gymnasium. I forgot to say that too. And also a huge shout out to everyone from the district who has made it possible. This has been a wonderful partnership
and I'm so um thankful that so many people from Chelsea public schools have been willing to host this. >> Yes, member Kasawo. >> Thank you. Um and I did attend uh last
year's research festival. I have mentioned this before. The student displays are so comprehensive. They are very very detailed. Um they do phenomenal work. So it's something that is it's really interesting how they go
about the work. The amount of um collaboration that goes into it and thought that the teachers also help the students um just display and it's it's really remarkable. Um, I want to pivot
over to um just shout out the um our mental health um uh social emotional um youth um so we're going to have our month. I put my phone behind me. So I believe it's
going to be on the 28th. Um and it's going to be after school. As always, we do um uh send out parent square information uh and the weekly newsletter. Um it's I
want to say between 3 to 8 or 3 to 3 to 5, sorry. Um we will get additional information. I just did not want that to go um disregarded because it is so important. We're going to have lots of community advocates. It's at the Williams School if I'm not mistaken. Um
and again it is mental health awareness month. There's so much happening. Um but as you mentioned there's a lot of community advocacy. There's a lot of community um engagement that goes on that goes unnoticed sometimes but you know it's it's there. So we have a lot
of partnerships that throughout the city. Um it's quiet work but it's powerful work and we do it together. Um so that's happening. Um as far as collaboration is
concerned, I also want to acknowledge the fact that yes um there's lots of um input that we have been receiving and it's always welcomed. I cannot stress this enough. Each member here represents a district and we do have an atlarge
member within our website. we have our independent email addresses and you know again we welcome collaboration we welcome the questions um and if that means that we have to have independent conversations as members and maybe we
just have to you know suggest maybe office hours I know that in the past there's been office hour suggestions at the library and so forth then that could be an issue or that could be a suggestion question. I know that when my constituents reach out to me, they
cannot say that we have not had um very instrumental solutions or very quick and um resolved solutions. So um you know, if we reach out when members reach out, that's what we're there for. We're here for our constituents. So um by all
means, we are here. Um, but overall I want to wish everyone a productive and um a thoughtful rest of the month. There's a lot going on for
those that are um new mothers, working on becoming mothers, grieving mothers because they have either recently lost a child, um recently lost a parent in the process of trying to become a parent. As
a you know, as a reminder, the weekend is not always, you know, the easiest for everyone. So, just as a reminder to hold space for those um if we're lucky enough to have our parents then um celebrate
and um that's all for me. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Any other announcements for this evening? >> Well, I just want to say thank you so much. >> Sorry. I just want to say thank you so much to everyone who was there with us in the state house and the people who is
working behind this new bill that is called enough and I think it's a great bill because it's not going to anybody behind especially poor kids or poor families. Um for me it was a great learning today where I really learned so
much and especially that to meet with people that has the same mind and thinking the same way of you know improving a society, improving the city, improving the state to having this generation that is coming that a
generation that they can do well and they have the same opportunity to go to school to graduate that's amazing and especially to fill the needs of these kids and families so they can be somebody in life and they can be
proactive too. Um I really thank you to Dr. Ada that she has been working amazing to um really ask for all the support that she can send in the state house with many different people and this is a dream uh for her and I think
for everybody to have this project or this bill pass out because if this bill pass out we know that I mean we're going to have more support for housing, more support for food, more support for families that they are living in the streets that they not having a stable
um home. So, I think we should pray and we should kind of like support this bill because I think this is going to be a change and it's going to be for better. And thank you so much. Thank you so much. Any other
announcements for this evening? >> Yes. I guess I'll transition over to my announcements now. Um so first off uh again just want to celebrate all of our teachers across the district for um all the work that they do to show up and
show out for our students. Um and yeah it's I don't have the the thanks or enough words to say to express thanks and for those who are here and with us today. Um, I also want to give a reminder um and and thank all my school
committee members for your contributions for the Chelsea School Committee changing award scholarship that is going to a student who has positively impacted the community and hopes to return to our community uh hopefully to teach here and
um yeah and just a showcase of many of the voices that we heard over the process of this budget meeting um over the past couple of months and weeks. Um, and so I just want to thank you all so much for being in attendance. For those online that are tuning in, I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week. Um,
and do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> I will make a motion to adjurnn. >> I'll second. >> Thank you so much. Good evening, everyone.