[Fred Dello Russo]: ستعقد اجتماعات منتظمة في ميدفورد -في 9 فبراير 2016. ودعا السيد كاتب هذا مشروع القانون.
[Clerk]: مدير كارلو. معرض. المخرج فالكو. معرض. مدير Caballero. معرض. نائب الرئيس لوكليرك. معرض. نصيحة العلامة التجارية. معرض. مدير سكامبيلي. معرض. الرئيس الروسي.
[Fred Dello Russo]: معرض. سبعة أعضاء ، تسعة. رفع العلم.
[Clerk]: وافق مع الفارس لتعليق القانون.
[Adam Knight]: الوثائق 1602 ، ، 02 ، 1602 ، 1602 ، معتمدة. جميع المستندات لها الحق في القراءة الثالثة فيما يتعلق بالإدارة.
[Fred Dello Russo]: فيما يتعلق بإيقاف مؤقت للحركة عن طريق حذف الملفات من مجلس الإدارة لجميع بياناتك المفضلة؟ آسف 16-09 تعديلات على 4 مسؤولين ، وقدم موظفو Cuatro (محامي المدينة) تعليمات المدينة في 19 يناير في المفاعلات السابقة. سجل في المرة الثانية ، عندما كان لديه الحق في القراءة الثالثة والأخير في 28 يناير. هذا هو استعادة أفضل وقت ، تعيين محامي تمرين في المدينة.
[Adam Knight]: حسنًا ، الرئيس ، أعتقد أنه يمكن قطعه وجفافه. المشكلة هي أن محامي المدينة يمنح الحكومة حكومتين للقاء. ذهب رئيس الصحيفة من خلال أول قراءتين. إذا كانوا يريدون التحدث عن شخص ما في الجمهور ، أعتقد أننا يجب أن نمنحهم فرصة. إذا كان أي مستشار يريد التحدث عن ذلك ، فهذا كل شيء. لكني سأمر.
[Fred Dello Russo]: حركة موافقة الاستشاري. указаفاف э аелия؟ мистер кер керк нззвал этот закоمس.
[Clerk]: و. و. و.
[Fred Dello Russo]: يمين. يمين. يمين. التصويت مع سبعة بطاقات الاقتراع للتأكد. لا شئ. تم طلب الحملات السلبية على 16 رقمًا لإصلاح الموظفين والموظفين. حدث هذا أمامنا ، وهذا بسبب موقف الرئيس. 12 يناير. تم اقتراحه في 19 يناير. بعد التفسير ، مرت قراءة القراءة الأولى. في 28 يناير ، تم الإعلان عن ذلك كقراءة ثانية. الآن لك الليلة الثالثة والليلة الماضية الحق. الكرسي ينتظر الحركة.
[Adam Knight]: مرة أخرى ، سيقوم القانون بإعداد الموقف الشخصي لمكتب البريد ويعيد تنظيم مكتب الضباط. ذهب إلى القراءة الأولى. لدينا بعض المشاكل. إذا أجبت على السؤال ، فسوف أقوم بتغيير الموافقة.
[Fred Dello Russo]: في الحركة التي اعتمدها الرئيس نايت ، الرئيس هانكو كيرن.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: شكرا لرئيس روسيا. بهذا المعنى ، أعتقد أننا نحتاج فقط إلى تحديثات ، وأعتقد أن البعض منا أجرى مقابلة مع عدد من الرؤساء في المجتمعات المجاورة. 106،000 نقطة مهيمنة. إنه قريب تقريبًا من العمدة. لذلك ، نقترح على العمدة التواصل معك ، أنت تعرف السبب التمويل لهذا الموقف مرتفع للغاية. بعد ذلك ، كان لديه مدير ميزانية للموظفين التجاريين ، وتم الانتهاء من هاتين المهمتين ، على الرغم من أنه لا يقل عن المكتب. لذلك أريد الحصول على إجابة.
[Fred Dello Russo]: أعتقد أن لدينا شرح للمستشار الملكي.
[Adam Knight]: نعم ، فيما يتعلق بالمستشار الرئاسي ، إذا كان يعتقد أن المنصب قد انتهى ، فهو قانون. هذا لا يمكن أن يغير القواعد على الأرض. نعم ، نحن نناقشها. أعتقد ذلك الرئيس سمعة طيبة ، وهذا موقف مهم ، وقد دعمت عمومًا أسئلتي.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: لا ، أنا سعيد للقيام بذلك. هذا لا يعني أنه لا يدعم هذا المكان أو يعيد تنظيمه ، أعتقد أنه ، مثل العديد من الأشخاص ، يمكن أن يكون 106000 شخص قليلًا. نحن نبحث عن بعض التفسيرات. هل سيعمل هذا الشخص لأكثر من 40 ساعة؟ لدينا وصف لهذا العمل. أعتقد أن الوصف Is this man before the city council? لا يزال يتعين علينا أن ننظر إلى شخص في مجلس المديرين وحتى في اللجنة في الاجتماع. ដូច្នេះអ្នកដឹងទេតើហេតុផលសម្រាប់មួយរយយ៉ាងដូចម្តេច؟ هذا مبلغ كبير من المال. مرة أخرى ، عندما يكون لدينا أشخاص يتولىون وظيفة مرتين ، وهذا أقل ، لا أراها ، أريد فقط أن أوضحها.
[George Scarpelli]: نعم ، يمكن أن تكون صحيفة ، مستشار Scadelli. أضاءت سؤالاً ، لكنني أعتقد أن هذه مجموعة. غير صحيح. بعد ذلك هناك مسؤوليتان. غير صحيح. حسنًا ، هذا كل شيء.
[Fred Dello Russo]: شكرًا لك شكرا للمستشار. يمكن أن يكون مديرو الميزانية والموظفين مع مدير مقترحات Tempore Pro ، والتي يمكن أن تؤكد المشكلة. وجود. ميلر ، بون شاول. مشكلة الاستشاري هي التحقيق. لا أعرف ما إذا كان لديه إجابة أو حتى طلب قرار رسمي ، ولكن في بداية مجلس الوزراء э в вючает в с сравила ответвеمس и и Or ، а т тжность личногого кнтрبعض. المشكلة مع المستشار هي أنه يفكر في راتب مرتفع.
[X_nYXZZ4ChY_SPEAKER_04]: نعم ، الموقف هو مدير الموظفين ومدير السياسة. ولم أتلق قرارًا بمقارنة الراتب. لا أعرف أن مكتب ماري ليس كذلك احصل عليه. نجيب على الأسئلة التي تلقيناها ، ولا أعرف ما يحدث مع هذه المقارنة.
[Fred Dello Russo]: شكرًا لك نعم ، لدينا حركة معتمدة تدعم مستشار Caravardo. Do you expect the Falco residence will talk about it?
[John Falco]: في الواقع ، أشار سكابلي إلى أن هاتان موقعان. أعتقد أن هذا يمكن أن يظهر قبل الأجور ، مثل الأجر الجديد والبيانات. كلاهما هو موقفهم. لهذا السبب أعتقد أن هذا هو سبب الخلايا المذكورة أعلاه. شكرًا لك
[Fred Dello Russo]: في اقتراح الموافقة على البائع يسمى الكمية.
[Clerk]: وي وي конечно ، нет. وي
[Fred Dello Russo]: نعم ، مع وجود ستة أصوات من خلال توفير بعض الأصوات ، وطلب مشكلة. 16-022 ، تعديل المادة 5 إلى المادة 5 من مدير المشتريات. الكائنات التي ظهرت معنا في 12 يناير وتظهر. 19 ннвар إيهبر. قرأ القراءة الثانية من 28. تم إجراء القراءات الثالثة والأخيرة أمامنا الليلة. الكرسي ينتظر الحركة.
[Adam Knight]: مرة أخرى ، الرئيس هو منظمة في المكتب التنفيذي. وسيقوم أيضًا بتثبيت المخرج ويسمح للمخرج بشراء مدير الميزانية. الرئيس وافقت. دعم الملف.
[Fred Dello Russo]: الموافقة على الحركات المرتبطة بمستشار فارس بدعم من مستشار Falco. ودعا السيد كاتب هذا مشروع القانون.
[Clerk]: و. و.
[Fred Dello Russo]: نعم ، هناك سبع أوراق ، حركات سلبية ، مبسطة. 16-022 الفصل 66 تعديلات على الأفراد والتعويض عن Unión للمادة 28 في 28 يناير. القراءة الأولى للعمل. هذا في تنظيم تقييماتنا الشخصية ، وأؤمن بالوقوف. هذا تصنيف.
[Adam Knight]: تمت الموافقة على عطلة أخرى مقابلة. بعد هذا ، ينتظر المكان الإجراء. الرئيس هو وثيقة دفع الموظف لمشاركاتنا. تمت الموافقة على الحركة الرئاسية.
[Fred Dello Russo]: يتم إصدار حركة الموافقة من المعلم جيدًا من قبل المستشار بناءً على نصيحة Kararaviello. ودعا السيد كاتب هذا مشروع القانون.
[Clerk]: يحاول.
[Fred Dello Russo]: يحاول.
[Clerk]: و. و.
[Fred Dello Russo]: يمين. لم تكن هناك انتخابات سلبية مع 70 ولاية. حسنًا ، تم تعيين الرياضة. مبروك على والدي.
[Mark Rumley]: نعم ، رئيس المجلس. أنا فقط أريد أن أشكرك. أنا سعيد للغاية لدرجة أنه قرأ ثلاث مرات. أعتقد أن هذه حكومة جيدة وجيدة أريد فقط أن أشكرك على الاقتراحات.
[Fred Dello Russo]: شكرًا لك شكرًا لك
[X_nYXZZ4ChY_SPEAKER_04]: شكراً جزيلاً.
[Adam Knight]: دعنا نعود إلى أوامر التداول العادية.
[Fred Dello Russo]: عاد الرئيس إلى أوامر العمل العادية وفقًا لحركة المجلس في الليل. سأل نائب الرئيس Longo-Kn جميع معجبيه مثل المعارضين. تم إجراء كل اجتماع عام. نائب الرئيس.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: شكرا لرئيس روسيا. أريد أن أعرف ما إذا كان بإمكاننا قضاء بعض الوقت في زيارة جميع الاجتماعات العامة. أعلم أن هناك مبدأ الترفيه. علمت عن اجتماع في ميدان هينس ، الذي تم وضع علامة عليه الأسبوع الماضي في مدرسة روبرت الابتدائية. يعلم الرئيس أيضًا أنه يقوده الاجتماع. يتذكر سيعقد الاجتماع من 3 إلى 4 مرات في الأسبوع ، وأريد أن أهنئ العمدة. أعتقد أن هذا جيد للحصول على معلومات في المجتمع. أعتقد أن المجلس يتطلب دائمًا مساهمات مختلفة من المجتمع أو الأعمال. في الماضي ، أعلم أننا طلبنا التضحية بالجمهور علنًا قبل وقوف السيارات وقبل توقيع عقد إدارة العقود. لذلك أعتقد أن هذه خطوة إيجابية. بالطبع ، هذا ليس ما يمكن للجميع فعله ، ولا يمكن لسبعة استشاريين الاجتماع في الاجتماعات. أعلم أنني أعرف ما يحدث على ناخبي مخاوفنا ، وكل تفضيلاتنا في هذه الاجتماعات لمعرفة عدد الدقائق. هذه الغاية مفيدة دائمًا للانتخابات المستقبلية ، كما تعلمون وستتعلمون الليلة فتحنا الهدف للهدف في غضون 18 ساعة. وبالتالي ، فإن هذا سيساعدنا على تخفيف المناقشات حول الأهداف. وأنت تعرف ، من المفيد دائمًا الحصول على معلومات عامة. لذلك ، أنت تعرف بريدًا إلكترونيًا ، والمكالمة التي نتلقاها مفيدة للغاية. ولكن إذا كنت تعلم ، فقد انضم البعض إلى العديد من التعليقات على الاجتماعات ، وأريد أن أحل كل شيء في الحقيبة السادسة ، ونحن نعلم أنك تعرف ، أنت تعرف ، احتفظ بها معًا واكتشف كيف نشأنا. لذلك ، أتساءل عما إذا كان بإمكاننا إرسالنا كل أسبوع أو أسبوعين ، إذا كان لدينا عدة دقائق حتى نتمكن من جمع هذه المعلومات ونقل ما هو مناسب.
[Fred Dello Russo]: من وجهة نظر المعلومات حول نائب نقص العجز ، يتم نشر Smart على موقع المدينة.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: الخامس؟
[Fred Dello Russo]: تطور
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: كم من الوقت يستغرق للتبشير؟ لا أعرف. أوه ، لم أرهم. هناك. يولا. القانون القانوني.
[George Scarpelli]: محامي سكوت. شكرًا لك الرئيس هو مشكلتي.
[Fred Dello Russo]: شكرًا لك لذلك ، في حركة نائب الرئيس ، لنقل للجميع الطريق. أنا على العكس. اريد القهوة. مبروك. قدمه نائب رئيس Lungo-Khn. بالرغم من من وجهة نظر حديثة ، قرر التهديد الأخير لمدرسة ميدفورد الثانوية والشكاوى بشأن الآباء والأمهات ، أن يبحث على الفور عن قانونه والإجراء الذي يحذر من أنه يشارك اليوم اليوم. الرئيس يعترف نائب رئيس مونغو كيرن.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: شكرا لك ، الرئيس.
[Fred Dello Russo]: المخرج فالكو.
[John Falco]: أعلم أن هذا سؤال مثير للاهتمام لوالدي ، لكن في اليوم التالي ، التقى ميدفورد بمجلس مدرسة ميدفورد ، المسؤولة عن جميع القواعد وإجراءات السلامة. أعتقد نعم ، أريد إنشاء حركة على الطاولة ، لأنني أعتقد أنه من المهم أن يحصلوا أولاً على اجتماع كيف سيحدث هذا قبل تقييم ومناقشة ما حدث. هناك اتفاق. وأعتقد أننا يجب أن نعرف إدارة المدرسة قبل النظر في المناقشة. أريد أن أستمع إليهم مقدمًا والاستماع بوضوح إلى ما حدث.
[Fred Dello Russo]: Mwen siyal tab la. Mouvman tab la pa kapab ranpli.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: I would ask him to withdraw so that I could speak on the resolution. There's a lot of people that have been complaining to me. And I think it does need to be discussed publicly. It's being thrown out that, you know, no discussion hasn't made. I'm very happy that there's a meeting tomorrow, but there are people here to speak on it tonight. And people have asked me. I think it's a disservice to the city to not publicly broadcast.
[Fred Dello Russo]: All those in favor, say aye. Mr. President. Councilor Falco.
[John Falco]: If we could reverse the tape. I'll reverse the table to hear from the resident, but I firmly believe that this here should be addressed by the school system before we address, this is not our jurisdiction, really. I mean, the way I look at it.
[Fred Dello Russo]: You're withdrawing your motion, Councilor. I'm withdrawing my motion. Point of information, Vice President-Elect O'Connor.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: I think, as one Councilor, I was getting the complaints two weeks ago, the day after this happened, and I went a whole week without saying a word because I agree. should have been brought up by the school committee. It was not, and people were on me to bring it up, and I don't disagree with them. I think people need to be able to hear what we have to say about it, what the school committee has to say about it. We're the ones that decide on the budget in June and decide whether or not the safety budget is enough. There's a reason why we should be able to talk about it. People are here tonight, and I just feel like it's definitely needed.
[Fred Dello Russo]: To take point of clarification, Councilor Knight.
[Adam Knight]: Has there been any communication between the administration of the school department and the council to date, prior to the filing of the resolution? I'm not in possession of anything.
[Fred Dello Russo]: The motion for tabling has been withdrawn. The chair recognizes the presenter of the motion, Vice President Lungo-Koehn.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Thank you and I appreciate Councilor, I understand where Councilor Falco is coming from and I appreciate the withdrawal of the motion. I learned about this bomb threat through Patch. I read it online and as a parent, I didn't even think of it as a parent, I actually called my mother who works for the school system and said, did you know there was a bomb threat three days ago? Yeah, I found out after the end of the day. So I had my mother in the building with a potential bomb threat, whether or not it was low or no threat, you know, I was concerned. And then I thought, after I started getting the complaints, I thought, you know, I have one child in the school system, soon going to have two, and then eventually have three. And whether or not it was a threat or no threat, I truly believe, and I think it's where a lot of people are coming from, I think that as a parent, I think I should be given the choice And I think a lot of parents do believe the same thing. They should be given the choice because it's not something that happens every day. This is actually the first threat of something like this that I've heard of happening ever in the Medford Public Schools. So I think parents are looking for me to come out and say they should have been notified whether that was through a phone call or some type of communication rather than after the children left school. And I think that's important to say. I think it's important. I have the right to voice my opinion. And that is my opinion. Parents should have been notified in a non-emergency fashion, but a phone call should have went out and said, this is the situation, this is what we're dealing with, and we just want to let you know, there's nothing to be concerned about. But, and parents, I have a number of parents that have called me upset, saying they would have, even though it was low threat or no threat, parents would have went and picked up their children. I know it's happening all over the state. It's unfortunate. It's something that was completely out of control, out of Medford's control. I don't think Medford did any, you know, there's nothing Medford, City of Medford could have done except probably better communication. So I'm very glad it's being addressed tomorrow night. And maybe one of the reasons it is being addressed tomorrow night and not last week is because we did put the resolution on. You know, we are going to talk about it tonight. So I think that it needed to be put on and I think people need and avenues to be able to speak and give their opinions on it. And obviously, that's going to be in a lengthy meeting tomorrow night. But if people want to voice their opinions now, or people looking to other politicians, not just the school committee, to speak out on it, then that's our prerogative. And I think it was wrong the way it was handled. And I hope that new policies are put in place after tomorrow night.
[Fred Dello Russo]: Thank you, Madam Vice President. On the motion, you wish to present yourself, welcome. Please state your name and address for the record.
[2pAQFYhyG5g_SPEAKER_24]: Robert Candy, 128 Grant Avenue, Medford.
[SPEAKER_04]: Monique DeVos, 128 Grant Avenue, Medford.
[2pAQFYhyG5g_SPEAKER_24]: Thank you. You may speak one at a time. Thank you. Well, Councilor, thank you for the motion. And Councilor Falco, thank you for withdrawing it for the time being. I don't think either of us is in any way opposed to the meeting itself or to working things out. There's been zero information other than what was in the transcript. To our knowledge, the bomb threat occurred somewhere around 9 a.m. when kids were in school. Neither the kids nor the teachers knew about it, to our knowledge as well. We don't know if any sweep was done or conducted, and in that regard, we trust the police and we trust that the school has our children's best interests in mind. That said, how dare they not call us? How dare they not give us the option of deciding what to do? And loco parentis, from a legal perspective, does not mean they get to make that decision. And they could be challenged on that, and we're thinking about that. It's very distressing to know we've had three children in the school system, currently one in high school. to know that he's sitting there hoping they got it right. If we wanted to take him home, that should be our option. Let us tell you a little story. We came in to have a meeting with one of the personnel on the third floor. There's an elderly gentleman who sits at the front desk of the high school. Very nice gentleman. He gives you a pass, and you walk up. Doesn't ask for ID. You could be anybody. Off you go. We've seen him before, so he knows us. On our way out, this gentleman was traversing down toward Mr. Belson's area, I guess to go to the men's room. There was nobody there. Anyone could have walked in that high school, and anyone could have done damage. That needs to change. So when they tell us they looked at the videos, really? That's the extent of determining whether or not somebody was doing some harm in a school that size? It's unconscionable. And I think it is your jurisdiction, because one, you approved the budget. Two, as Ms. Cain pointed out, the school committee did nothing. They didn't even raise the issue, and it is something they should be talking about. So I'm just going to say I think it's unconscionable we weren't called. I think we should be given that opportunity. And I think it would be a sad day if you folks did not act on this, if you determine after that meeting. that proper steps have not been taken. Remember, the resolution itself says parents may decide. That's what we're here about. We're not here to question the police or to question Mr. Belson or Dr. Perrella, whom we have trust in. We're here to say we wrote a call. Do you have anything else to add?
[SPEAKER_04]: Just the fact that I support everything you said and that absolutely People need to be informed. You can't make any decision without being informed, period.
[2pAQFYhyG5g_SPEAKER_24]: Thank you for hearing us. Thank you for being here tonight.
[Fred Dello Russo]: Chair recognizes Councilor Falco.
[John Falco]: I can wait. I can wait.
[Fred Dello Russo]: The chair recognizes the citizen at the podium. Please state your name and address for the record. Welcome.
[acqgxK4yhEM_SPEAKER_28]: Thank you, good evening. Jay Spaulding, 3610 Mystic Valley Parkway. As a former teacher in a public school district where we had bomb threats and active weapon reuse and a student was shot on property, I know that this issue is terrifying to both teachers, staff, students, parents, administration. And I understand the desire to have this resolution. However, School policy regarding safety and security is something that we cannot address here at City Council because the people who have the, in my opinion, the expertise, the knowledge on creating safety plans and security plans are not in this room tonight. In this room are parents who are scared. in this room are citizens who work in various areas of both city involvement and private industry. But the chief of police, the superintendent of the school, the principal of the high school, they're not here. Tomorrow night, as Councilor Falco said, a serious conversation where things can be addressed will happen. I will state as a former teacher that the worst thing, in my opinion, one can do during an active, whether it be an active weaponry incident, an injured student, or a bomb threat, is to have Parents show up on site and try to remove their child. That is a great way to cause chaos, to increase injury, and to cause further damage. Whether the bomb, whether the threat is real or not, the rush of parents to remove students from a building because they're making a decision based on emotion, and I understand that emotion. I've worked in those buildings. at those times, and I would like to leave myself. That's chaos. That further endangers everyone in the building. And in my opinion, again, having lived through this, the reason that staff, students, teachers are not informed right away or even that day is, again, chaos theory. We don't want people running through the hallways. We don't want teachers saying, screw this, you guys, I'm out. Good luck, kids. I don't wanna die. That's the reality of the situation. So I am disappointed that this has to come before city council tonight when the issue is coming tomorrow. I think it honestly is a waste of time when we can address this tomorrow with the actual stakeholders. Thank you.
[Robert Cappucci]: Good evening. Welcome. Please state your name and address for the record. Thank you, Mr. President. I'm Bob Capucci, 71 Evans street. Uh, I too am a former educator in, in, in Massachusetts and, uh, there are definite ways and orderly in, in, constructive way for parents to come in and retrieve their kids can happen without it breaking down into chaos. Uh, you know, school could be put on lockdown. Everybody stays in their room. And as parents showed up, you know, they're notified where their kids, uh, they communicate and they get them out in an orderly fashion. Now I went to, uh, chief Sacco of the method. Police holds a informational town hall meeting every first Wednesday of the month. And this was the main topic. The police got this threat and the threat was an automated robotic threat to the school. So that was one of the things that they used to determine the legitimacy of the threat. It came at a very inopportune time around 10 in the morning. The police did go through the school and make a search. But some of the things that they brought up that I think makes it pertinent for this council to talk about was that something like half of the cameras in the school don't work, not every single door is locked and being looked at. Another thing to consider is that it wasn't the police department's decision to put out the information about this bomb threat at six 30 at night, uh, hours after it happened. Uh, uh, I believe that was on, uh, the superintendent of schools, his decision, uh, and, uh, going forward. I, as you do consider the budget budget in, in June in, in the police department that we have, I mean, there's Metro police officer, that was up there on duty that day also has two kids in the school. So they did sweep the school. They did do a search. I don't know the full extent of that. And they did pass on the information of the call to the state police to try to track where this robotic call came from. But in considering the budget in June with our police department, I think it would be pertinent to do what you can to get uh, uh, enough police officers on, on the method police force. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. Capucci.
[Fred Dello Russo]: Good evening. Welcome. Please state your name and address for the record.
[Cheryl Rodriguez]: Hi, my name is Cheryl Rodriguez. I live at 281 Park street. Um, I heard about this bomb threat online as well. I have a student in the Roberts Elementary, but I pretty much get all of my information about the school online because my school doesn't notify. I know other schools call for snow days. So this call coming in at 630 for a bomb threat is no surprise. There's no clear policy in how schools are supposed to notify parents. I thought this was possibly the PR person's job to kind of unify us because at my school, we've had power outages, we've had heat being out, we've had issues where they can't clean things because there's no hot water, there's no parent notification. Somebody needs to unify this because everyone should know. We had the lockdown drill at my school and nobody notified. We had children having anxiety attacks because their parents couldn't prep them for this. This is just a larger issue that we need as parents. When I drop my child off at the school, I don't give up my parental rights. I found out about the power outage last year because I was volunteering in the school building and had to cancel a program for 100 children with less than two hours, walked in the school and found out they had no power. So something needs to be done on a systematic level of notifying parents. We're still the parent, and I need to know what's going on for my child. I don't want her to come home and give me this wild story of we had no heat and had to wear our winter coats, because I don't know to believe that. School didn't tell me that, so it's probably not true. So I think it's bigger than just bomb threat, and we really need to think about that. It's a bigger issue. Thank you.
[Fred Dello Russo]: Thank you. Chair recognizes Vice President Scarpelli. Vice President.
[George Scarpelli]: I'm sorry, I took over. Thank you. Again, I understand why this is put forth, but again, like my fellow colleague, as a former school committee member, these are issues we've vetted. And this is why it's important that we let the due diligence of our elected officials present what needs to be presented tomorrow evening, because it is important. These, as a school committee member, we can list out a litany of answers to all these questions, but it's the job of the school committee to inform everybody tomorrow at their meeting that then would be processed through us, and then we could have that next discussion. But I think right now, putting the cart ahead of the horse, I understand the questions that you have, the parents have. I got the same calls and one of the biggest questions was the notification issue. Well, there's a lot of security issues when and why notifications have to be given. So that's not for me to tell you that right now, that's for the chief of police and the superintendent to talk tomorrow because I have questions too. I have questions about the presentation of the PR. and PR person, and when that was done. But again, we want to make sure that we're not, you know, putting our school base in a frenzy right now until we really know what has transpired. So I think that's very important. So thank you.
[John Falco]: Thank you, Mr. President. I want to thank my consular colleague, Mr. Scarpelli, as well. The point that I was trying to make earlier was basically that we should hear from the school administration. They can give everyone the rundown as to what happened, what time it happened, why they made the decisions they made. If we're gonna comment on things tonight, it's purely speculation, and that is not safe for anything or anyone. So therefore, the important thing is, if you have questions, I think, please, I urge everyone, go to Medford High School tomorrow night, at the library, seven o'clock PM, the superintendent's going to be there. The chief of police is going to be there. All of the decision makers are going to be in the room and they will be able to go right through the timeline as to what happened and when and why they made the decisions they made. And that's what I was trying to put point, uh, put across. I mean, I am a parent of three children in the method public schools. I mean, I completely understand, um, you know, the notification issue. I mean, I have the same concerns, but I think that the administration should at least give us the information so we can, make decisions and ask good questions. So that's the point I was trying to get across. Uh, thank you.
[Fred Dello Russo]: Chair recognizes the citizen Councilor Marks.
[Michael Marks]: Uh, thank, thank you, Mr. President. I want to thank a council longer current for putting this on the agenda for tonight. Um, you know, it was mentioned, I think that this is the first time this has happened in the city and by far that's, this is not the first time there's been, a threat of this nature in the Medford Public Schools. But needless to say, I think Councilor Falco just mentioned about speculation. The reason why there's speculation is because there's no communication. And I think that's the main concern. I have two children in the public schools, and when I received the call that night, the first thing that came to my mind was, geez, I would have liked to have a little more information, and maybe I would have liked to have it a little sooner. And I realize it's a delicate balance because you don't want to create pandemonium. How do you release, you know, if the high school wants to release 800 kids, how do you release them? And how do you go on to do it in a safe manner? I understand that. And I think these are the issues that need to be discussed. But if there's a policy in place, why does it take eight days or tomorrow's nine days? Why does it take nine days to say this is our policy? This is what we implemented. This is what we found out. It shouldn't take that long. And I think that's the concern that I'm hearing. And then as a parent, when they tell me part of the reasoning why they consider this a low threat was they went through 18 hours of videotape. You know, anyone that goes up to the high school and the gentleman that spoke is right. If you had to go up and bring your student a book, say they forgot a book, they used to have you just sign a sheet of paper and you'd go bring the book to the main office. So they'd let you into the school. Just recently I was up there and now they are asking for ID. They've changed their policy. So the policy before was just sign a sheet. You could sign a John Lennon and walk in because really there's no check and balance. The second point I'd like to make too is that high school is open constantly Saturday and Sunday. Hundreds of people going in there. I go out myself, Saturday night, and watch my son play basketball. Every door up in the gymnasium is open. It's a free for all. There's not one security person up there. There's not one security person going on. So the public schools really have to take, you know, I'm not sure who's looking at 18 hours of videotape. But first of all, the back of the school, it's pitch dark out there. So I'm not sure what you're going to see with those cameras in the back. And secondly, the whole school's open. We have the Japanese program that's been up there for a number of years. And the city of Medford makes a fair amount of money for renting out almost the entire high school. But there's thousands of people that literally have been up and watched the program. They take over all the classrooms in the high school. They have other classrooms that are under lock and key. They come in with wheelers. And we don't know what they're bringing into the building. And these are the things. And I'm not saying that this program's a bad program. I'm just saying, how do you keep a sense of security when the building is open to everyone? There's really no security up there, especially after hours and on weekends, which is a real concern of mine. And I hope it's addressed tomorrow. But I think the issue that I've been hearing from parents is not whether or not they wanted to pull their children out was the lack of communication. Be open and upfront with people. And it shouldn't take eight days to figure out what's going on. And if there was a breach in policy or the policy wasn't followed, let us know. That's how we improve. This is how you improve upon policy and regulations when something like this happens. And to just brush it under the rug and then come up with a meeting. You know, I've been calling for two years. for a public safety summit, Mr. President, in this community. And it's not just on the city side, it's in general. It's to bring the police department, the fire chief in, the mayor, the council, and anyone else that wants to be part of it, Mr. President. And for two years, I just called for another one recently, that this council voted unanimously. We have got no response at all regarding a public safety summit. It's almost like people in this community don't want to discuss what's happening in the community. They don't want to discuss the robberies that are happening in our local drug stores almost daily, the bank robberies, an incident like this at the high school. And the list goes on and on and on, drug activity on our streets. And we've been asking, Mr. President, to get together, like any good community would, and discuss some of our shortfalls and maybe why we're seeing an increase in this particular activity in our community, and what we can do better to provide security. You know, so I'm glad that this was discussed tonight. We're not talking out of school now. We're not letting any secrets out about safety at the high school, you know, ways someone could breach the high school. We're saying that we believe there's a concern, and the concern has to be addressed in a much quicker fashion, so speculation doesn't get out there, and people start thinking, oh, my God, what's happening? So we hired a $90,000 PR person. I didn't see one communication from that PR person. Not one communication. If you can't address an issue of this nature, what are they addressing? Honestly, I don't know what's going on, Mr. President. This is a concern that parents should be upset about. And maybe this is not the best forum, but guess what? We're an open forum. People can come up to the podium and speak. And the day we start censoring what can be said at that podium, you might as well close the light and lock the door here at City Hall, Mr. President. I just want to thank Councilor Longo for bringing this important issue up.