[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sorry, I'm a little confused. I thought that dwelling two family would include that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I don't know if we have that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Your name and address for the record. Yes, Barbara Burke 37 Hicks Avenue Medford. Good evening, Superintendent, Chair and Mayor, thank you for giving us this opportunity to speak this evening. I'm speaking on behalf of the teachers, the families, and the students of Medford, I actually grew up in Medford. I'm a former graduate of Medford High School, and currently I'm a first grade teacher with over 24 years of service to our city. And they'll always be a budget to balance. Above all, it takes knowledge and good judgment, the original proposed budget, if it's passed. that proposes these cuts to our school department, especially the Miss Tech school will affect us in the following ways. We'll have bigger class sizes that will affect our social and emotional needs of our most needy children. Since the pandemic method made it a priority to support all students with enough educators and programs in the schools to address their needs. These cuts will not allow for these programs and teachers to continue to provide this support, the message tech school will be impacted the most by these cuts which also includes the therapeutic learning program as well as the newcomers. We can all agree that the early elementary years are very important years that as we are building these necessary foundational skills for learning in life. Research shows that having large class sizes impacts the students in many ways, including less individualized support for students overpopulated classrooms can cause more anxiety and children, and is a challenge to provide consistent communication with families. Please put yourself in these little shoes of our youngest population and make a decision to put them first when making important decisions with our school budget. Thank you so much. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Quick break. I know, boots fly, yeah. Becky's a good friend of mine.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I need my glasses, I'll be right back.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Anyway.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wow, wow.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wow.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's right. That's right. Absolutely. Absolutely.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm not mad at you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's right, that's right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There it is.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's right. That's right. That's right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I love it. I love it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Love makes me light as air. I jump up and down, but I don't come down.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Together, we must learn to accept all and provide safety to all. Transitioning to share some information about what is happening within the district.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: month, also called current use in some places or cases.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Member Graham, can I just ask a quick question? Can you flip back to the middle school page?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: and to pull resources into this community around that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much, Penny.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you, Maryann as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think she just stepped out.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, thank you. Thank you, Dr. Cushing, for the presentation. We appreciate it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: because it would be the 29th, the 5th, the 12th.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: AM.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Dr. Marice Edouard-Vincent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Not present. Julie Desotel. Rakshita Shankar Ganesh. Hopefully we can hear about a project or two.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Dena Lee. Ding Khoi Nguyen. Oprah McKellar. Morgan Reynolds. Congratulations. Mary Schmidt. Charlotte Yanamoto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hey, there we go. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hello.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You must not be able to.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: When it's turned in. Dr. Cushing and then Member Graham.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We also have our student rep Melanie Chavez.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Fidler-Carey. Hello. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's a great point.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Dr. Kushner.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a company called Black Earth Composting. So we have them pick it up.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think that sounds great.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sorry, may I pass?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, please. That would be helpful. 52, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Be friendly to one another. We're all in this together. I hope you all have a great time here at the Andrews.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Make sure you're always going to class prepared with a pencil, necessary books, and materials.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I joined CCSR because you can do really fun projects in a great environment and help out your community at the same time.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I joined CCSR because you can do really fun projects in a great environment and help out your community at the same time.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'd like to thank Mr. Zigney and the string ensemble for giving us joy tonight. We're so happy to have you here. You're fabulous, and you just light up our lives. So thank you very much. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Thank you, everyone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Present, seven present, none absent. Please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Thank you. Approval of the minutes of December 9, 2019. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval as amended mr. Russo seconded by miss van to include all those in favor motion passes approval of bills transfer of funds No question second by mr. Russo roll call vote, please Yes Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative, motion passes. Report of secretary? None. Reports of committee, special education subcommittee, Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Erin, I just would like to thank you for your work on that committee and for the great job you did.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And on behalf of the Special Ed Committee, we'd like to present these flowers to Erin DiBenedetto. Is there a motion to accept this report? Motion to accept. Is there a second on the floor by Mr. Ernst? So all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Community participation. Is there anyone wishing to speak on their community participation? Hearing and seeing none. All those in favor, please stand and vote.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The first one is Representative Paul Donato, Champion of Education, Medford, thanks you, 2019.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Medford Public Schools recognizes Senator Patricia Jalen for her support and work on the successful adoption of the Student Opportunity Act signed by the Medford School Committee.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Representative Christine.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'd also like to acknowledge the work of our state delegation and those beyond. I mean, we had meetings with Senator Lewis of Winchester, who chaired the committee. And Christine Patson, our associate superintendent, was getting us so much data so that we could argue our case and our points about the Medford system. And not only did this act pass, but they also had special monies put aside for this current year, because Medford was really getting hit hard. So we advocated, they listened, and they fought for us. for all that you have done for the city of Medford. So thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I can text it too. You know how it goes, tall people in the back.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Vote on Veterans Day.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Krutz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're welcome. And Madam Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion to place this report on file? Mr. Russo? Second by Ms. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Report on universal breakfast. Ms. Patterson?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the record. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to accept the recommendation to continue with Provision 2 free breakfast program for the school year 2019-20 with the understanding that a year-end report may require a transfer to cover any deficit in the food service fund. Motion was made by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Thank you for your support. Negative. The motion passes. I also want to recognize that we have Isabella D'Souza with us. She's the Medford high school rep. Welcome. Okay, new business. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of retired Sergeant Cesar Della Torre. Sergeant Della Torre was the Medford police officer who directed the Medford Police Honor Guard unit at many city and veterans events. Also under suspension, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Lina DiGiantomaso. Mr. John Tomasa was a member of the Medford School Committee for many years and greatly contributed to the betterment of Medford Public Schools. She will be greatly missed. She also received the Lifetime Achievement Award by MASC, Mass Association of School Committees. If we could all rise for a moment. Ms. Van der Kloot would like to say a few words.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. All please rise for a moment of silence. Thank you. And lastly, the superintendent's updates and comments. Madam Superintendent, let me turn you on here. Okay, you should be good. One sheet. One sheet. A slow week in Medford.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Vandekoof. OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you everyone. It's been four long years, four great years, and I have been exposed to a lot of things during the course of my city council years and working for Mayor McGlynn as well, but never so much with the schools. to the level of, obviously, that this has been. And it's just been an honor. It's been a privilege. And to get to know all the people in the school department, you're just fabulous. The kids, I absolutely adore every one of them. And they've really filled my heart. And I'm forever grateful for this opportunity. And I thank you all.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It was a very good year. It was.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Paul. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Mia.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So Mia and I have gotten to go in the van. You know that van? Everybody knows her van. We've trekked into the Greater Boston Food Bank. We've loaded truckloads of stuff into her van to bring back to Medford. And really, food security is at the utmost. It's very important to myself and especially to you. You've been a spirit in that area. So I want to thank you. Thank everybody. It's been a joy to work with you all. You've been fabulous people. put everything to the side to just move forward and to do what's best for the children, which is all that matters at the end of any day. So you guys are amazing and keep on keeping on. It's been an honor. Thank you. I believe we still have a little executive session to go into for negotiation in legal matters. Is there a motion on the floor to enter executive session by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Benedetto? Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. We will enter executive session and we will open up our meeting in room 207 and leave from there. Thank you very much. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Happy Kwanzaa. Some winter solstice. Happy Hanukkah. Enjoy your holiday season. Stay safe.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: President, seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Approval of the minutes of October 21st, 2019. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm trying to remember. It was here. It was here, okay. Would you like to make a motion?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Approved with the amendment.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval as amended. Is there a second on the floor? Second by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. It's a motion to approve by Ms. Mustone. I don't see the assistant superintendent here, so I'll waive them and email her directly. Very good. There's a motion for approval by Miss Mustone. Is there a second by Mr. Russo? Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Report of secretary. None. Report of committee. There is an agenda for the rules subcommittee meeting. Ms. Kreatz, chairperson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Chairperson Kreatz, was there a vote in your subcommittee meeting?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for acceptance of the policy as amended. Is there a second? Second by Ms. Vandekloot. Roll call vote, please. Unless there's a discussion. Does anybody? No one's blinking up here. All good. Roll call vote, please. Yes seven in the affirmative zero in the negative motion passes rule is adopted Thank You chairperson and members of the committee did an outstanding job Okay, thank you Okay, at this time we'd like to announce we have two school committee persons elect in the audience. We have Jenny Graham and we have Melanie McLaughlin. If you'd like to come into behind the rail and sit with us, please feel free to. And we just want to congratulate you and wish you the luck in the next two years.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: At this time, it is community participation. I believe we have the principal of Medford High School, Mr. DeLiva in the audience, who would like to address this body. Oh, let me put you on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Also, if I could, the mayor of Cambridge was involved in this, the mayor of Somerville took an active interest in this. We reached out to a lot of different entities over the course of Thursday afternoon when we got the original ruling, and Friday evening when they did their second re-look at the rules. And, you know, rules are great, but sometimes they don't fit. Everybody doesn't fit into that box. And that's when you expect a board of their caliber to make those kinds of decisions. that everyone can live with and not an unfair, unjust decision. And what they did is they just corroborated, collaborated together. And we heard it on the phone when we were on the phone with them. And I must say, I felt so terrible listening to the conversations that were on the other end of that line. And I'm appalled at the MIAA once again. It's not the first time. It probably won't be the last time. But I'm appalled once again at their actions and their ability to not look past black and white on a piece of paper. But we fought. We fought for you kids. I want you to know that. We weren't giving up. We fought the whole time and we said they deserve their day to win or lose on the field because that's the right thing. We put everything behind and we said we're just pushing ahead and we're going to the courts because if MIA can't make the right decision, we're going to go to an unbiased individual to do it. That's what we did. Thank goodness there was a judge that stayed around past closing time on Friday. I want to thank the clerk of courts. for keeping the courtroom open because MIA got us off the phone at 4.35 when the courts closed at 4.30, didn't make a decision, didn't inform us, made a decision, leaked it to the Herald, won. And the clerks that stayed there as well as the judge that stayed there. And so thank them all for doing their job on Friday evening. As you can tell, I'm still heated about it. I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They did what was right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And regardless of the outcome, they're winners.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, everyone. Thank you. Item one, superintendent's update and comments.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We can get an estimate of the timeline and email everyone and get it out to your groups.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the Catholic schools that we service. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay. Thank you. Item number two, report on CCSR. Michael Skorka and Mr. Richard Trotta.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think just, well, another shout out to the Cummings Foundation, the Crystal Campbell Betterment.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Community Betterment Project. Community Benefit Project.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. School committee elect McLaughlin.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. That was a wonderful presentation. I'm in honor of all of you. You do an amazing job. So professional, so articulate, and just a great job. Keep it up. Carry it outside of Medford and come home with it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're welcome. Congratulations. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file, Mr. Russo? Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Item three, recommendation to approve student representatives to the school committee. Mr. DeLava. Ah. We got a surprise.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, if I could, from the chair, always feel free to interject. As you've probably watched over the years, we've had some outstanding school students that have represented you, and they have jumped in often with strong voices. So feel free to do that. You're always welcome to have a few words and say whatever's on your mind.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK, both of you. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Ms. Vandekloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You see things through a different lens than us, so we welcome it. Very good. Thank you. We'll see you coming January?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Awesome. You'll see one of us soon. Well, I look forward to it. All right. Thank you, guys. Congratulations. Have a great Thanksgiving. Good evening. Is there a recommendation to approve the two student representatives by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Congratulations formally. Item number four, recognition of Dr. Jeanne Hollenbeck, AOTA roster of fellows. Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You know, you always say kiddos.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We also have a proclamation for you. I'll read it and then if you want to come up and get it. Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Dr. Jeanne Hollenbeck for being honored by the American Occupational Therapy Association to receive the AOTA Roster of Fellows signed by myself, Dr. Maurice-Edouard Vinson, and all the school committee members. So congratulations. Thank you. You get to go up and get your award now. Congratulations. Thank you. Wonderful accomplishment. Would you like to say a few words?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Item five, recommendation to approve donation for library makerspace. Ms. Layden is present with us this evening. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. Congratulations. Thank you. This requires a vote. I'll recommend that this gift be accepted by school committee for a formal vote required under Mass General Law, Chapter 44, Section 53A. $10,000 grant donation from Verizon Foundation. Motion for approval? Do you wish to speak on this? Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you, Ms. Kreatz. Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Layden. Very good. Is there a motion by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Rousseau to accept this gift?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Congratulations, Molly. There's a recommendation to approve the donation from the Hoff family for the cosmetology space. Mr. Fallon is with us this evening and we previously heard from the superintendent who mentioned this project.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Kreatz, I think I heard over there. Okay, and this is a $100,000 grant.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Gift from Mr. Hoff.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: In memory of his mom.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: For all of these accepted gifts.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. There's a motion on the floor. Roll call vote, please. Ms. Mustone. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative, motion passes. Thank you very much. Next, recommendation to approve Safer Schools and Communities Local Equipment and Technology Grant Award. Mr. Cushing.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, Mr. Cushing. Mr. Aguero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Correct. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much. Is there a motion for approval of this grant? By Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote, please. Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative, and the motion passes. Thank you. Spend wisely. Item 8, report on after-school program. Ms. Fidler-Curry? Hello. How are you?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can I ask just a quick question? Do families notify you if they find an alternate location?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Ms. Kurtz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Minimum wage is going to 13 in January. So if they are not there, you have to comply by January.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Giro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right. Thank you. Miss Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, that's all right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Mr. Benedetto. I just wanted to go back and make sure that all employees are at least making their own way.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have to by law. It's required.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right. Ms. Van Kloot. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Russo. We're still talking about the paper before us. We can call the vote at the end of the paper discussion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Ruggiero, did you wish?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is that a motion?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second? There's a second on the floor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, Ms. McLaughlin, did you, oh, sorry, Mr. Russo. She's not, she wasn't, it's okay, they hadn't hit the button yet.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I just didn't thought they would.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Ms. McLaughlin.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. All set? Thank you. There are two motions on the floor. The first, motion A, complete financial analysis of the program offered by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Ms. DiVenedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? This is just to get to the financial analysis. This doesn't impact wages or anything else. You're just asking for a report back. Yeah. All those in favor? Asking what the wages are, not changing them. Correct. Yep. No. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Item B, a cost-benefit analysis of universal after-school care. By Mr. Giro, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion granted. Thank you very much. Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving. Motion to accept the report and place it on file. Seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on math learning walks. Oh, I'm sorry. A very
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Russo. Very good. Is there anything else on?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Motion to accept this report and place it on file by Ms. Kurtz, second by Mr. Ruggiero. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on superintendent's goals, Dr. Maurice-Edouard-Vincent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are you requesting a motion to accept your goals?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo, did you have a question on this or no? I did. I didn't know if you did.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion on the floor to accept these goals that the superintendent has laid out for the remainder of this year? Motion by Mr. Benedetto. Is there a second? Second. Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote please. Yes. Seven in the affirmative. Zero in the negative. Motion passes. New business. School committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Richard Aliberdi. Mr. Aliberdi was the husband of former school committee member Mary McQueenie Aliberdi. Also be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Bishop Francis Irwin. Bishop Irwin was the brother of former Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent, Ann Irwin. We also have one, express its sincere condolences to the family of Gene Richard Citrano, Sr. Mr. Citrano was the father of Andrew's math teacher, Gene Richard Citrano, Jr. Could we all please rise for a moment of silence on the passing of these individuals? Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Make motions now.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Normally, new business would be on the agenda. And then the motion would be sent somewhere so that everyone has an opportunity to know what the topic is.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. Can we suspend the rules so that we can hear our colleagues' motions? Open meeting law to me, it's open meeting law. If you want to object to my ruling, feel free.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's an open meeting law. Generally, you have things on the agenda written clearly so the public knows what you're going to talk about. So if they want to be here to talk about it, they have ample opportunity to. That's the purpose of open meeting law.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's all. You just have to put it on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, you could write it that way.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You could make your motion in that form that I'd like to offer this topic be sent to the subcommittee on rules or whatever it is. So you could put it in there so it's clear that that's your purpose.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Or it could go to subcommittee right out. Subcommittee can have a meeting on any topic and they post the meeting, the topic, and then people can come to that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right. It can go there, start there, and the work could be done there, and then it comes to the floor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Either way.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. There's a motion to adjourn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I can state that there was no change.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're talking about soccer.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What are we talking about? I don't believe we Okay their motion to go into executive session to discuss legal matters there is second second roll call vote, please Yes Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. We will enter executive session to discuss legal matters. We will adjourn. We can do it in here. Just a few of you have to leave. We'll just shut the cameras off.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Approval of minutes of October 7th, 2019 is a motion to approve by Mr. Russo. Is there a second? Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds, and approval of payrolls. Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor by Mr. Russo for approval, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Report of secretary? None. Report of committees? School committee? None? I know there is an individual that would like to speak, but I believe they are out in the hall. Can we table community participation at this time? So moved. So moved to table it. Is there a second by Mr. Russo? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion is tabled. Community participation. Report of the superintendent. The superintendent's updates and comments. Madam Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Madam Superintendent. Could I have a motion on the floor to resume community participation? Moved by Ms. Krebs, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Community participation. Your name and address, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Item number two, recommendation to approve grant for head starting turtle project. Jody Driscoll and Ivy Carnival Chiefs. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. It's a motion to approve by Ms. Mostone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Item three, report on first annual Medford Vocational Technical High School fundraiser. Mr. Fallon and company.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So May 2020, correct? Yes. A motion to approve by Ms. Mastone. Is there a second by Mr. Ruggiero? Second. Ms. DiBenedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. On the motion for approval of the fundraising effort, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Thank you, Mr. Fallon. Thank you. Great. Thank you. Recommendation to approve creation of new revolving account, MVTHS Fundraising. Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion on the floor from Ms. DiBenedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz? Roll call vote, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you. Report on new hires, retirements, and personnel. Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you for the report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But that's lunch time, right? That's lunch.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report and place it on file? So moved by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Mr. Aguirre. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion granted. Item six, report on dyslexia screening tools update. Associate Superintendent, Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sure, Mr. Benedetto. Hold on, I have to.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Stone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. We have a bunch in the queue right now. OK. Are you asking to hold questions until you complete? I would like to finish the presentation. If we could all be patient and let them finish. OK. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Before? OK. Mr. Aguero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. All set. Thank you. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a second by Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. There's a motion on the floor for a standardized letter be sent home advising all the parents, family members that this testing is being conducted. Seconded by Ms. Ruggiero. On the motion, all those in favor? All those opposed? Motion's granted. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file by Mr. Russo? Seconded by Ms. VanDekloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. New business, vote on cleaning company contract, RFP summary and recommendation, Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So if I could ask just a quick question from the chair, if you'd all. Empire was not deemed highly advantageous before you opened the bids.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Based upon the information that they furnished.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And if we had any issues with Compass over the course of the last year or two having to do with wages, wage theft, anything like that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They have a clean record with that. Correct. Thank you. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Mostone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There are outside unions, though, that do watch this very closely. And they had looked at it three years ago when we awarded the contract to them.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, yes. Oh, definitely. We received a three-page letter from, I believe it was SEIU, on this, on the bid and on the RFP.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's not a prevailing wage.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: She's talking about a living wage as opposed to a contracted. So we all support living wage.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Perfectly said. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor at a table, which is undebatable. Is there a second? There's a second on the floor by Mr. Benedetto. On the motion to table, roll call vote, please. Yes No to in the affirmative five in the negative the motion feels So we're going to be voting on a motion with a contract that we don't have in hand I
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of information?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If we don't accept the three-year contract, then this will, if we just take one year, then it won't. It nullifies the process. We requested a three-year contract.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion for approval of the three-year contract?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval by Ms. Vanderkloot, seconded by Mr. Russo. Ms. Vanderkloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can we do it as a B paper, because the contract should stand on its own, and then we can move your motion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If you have a second, which Ms. Vandekloot did. OK, on the main motion, roll call vote, please, Madam Secretary. Yes. Yes. Six in the affirmative, one in the negative. Motion passes and on the B paper by Ms DiBenedetto, seconded by Miss Van der Kloot. All those in favor. All those opposed. Motion passes. Thank you. There are a motion to go into executive session by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot to discuss negotiations and legal matters, in particular, the top and first union ratification of the collective bargaining agreement and the food service negotiation update. Roll call vote, please, Ms. Secretary. Yes. We will be leaving from executive session opening up in 207 and then leaving from there. We will not return here. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The Secretary will call the roll. Present. Six present, one absent. Could we please wait a second for John to turn everything on? Oh, you are there. Thank you, John. Very good. You snuck. We didn't see you. Okay, all please rise and salute our flag, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Approval of minutes of September 23, 2019. Motion for approval by Mr. Rousseau, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds, and approval of payrolls. Ms. DiBenedetto, present please. Approval of bills. Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a revolving account.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So rink fees pay for it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right. Thank you. Is there a motion for approval? Is there a second on the floor by Mr. Ruggiero and Ms. Van der Kloot? Roll call vote, please. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Report of secretary? None? None. Report of committees. Rules subcommittee. Attendance policy October 1st. Ms. Kreatz, chairperson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So as a procedure, you're recommending to the superintendent to change the procedure. That's not our policy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mustone. Oh.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion? Oh, Ms. Vanderquist? You just hit your button, and then I can pop you right in.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. VandeKloop.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Mr. Benedetto? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Ms. Mustone, you're looking for suspension of the rules? She'd like to take paper item number three first, a motion for suspension of the rules, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion granted. Recommended, I'm sorry, item three, report on PALS, Partnership for Advanced Leadership Skills. Stacey Shulman and Chief Jack Buckley, please rise. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So it's gonna include training of officers in the Michigan model, correct?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruther.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Is there a motion to receive this report and place it on file? Motion seconded by Mr. Giro all those in favor all those opposed motion passes Thank you very much both of you and team Medford and all the administrators that played a role in Creating this so we look forward to it. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you Sir motion to revert to the regular order of business by mr. Russo seconded by mrs. Van der Kloot all those in favor all those opposed motion passes report of the superintendent the superintendent's update and comments and Madam Superintendent, let me get you on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Vandekloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's two more at the Andrews.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I'm not mistaken, for seventh and then sixth grade, and then the McGlynn is next.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Next up, recommendation to approve field trip to Argentina. Mrs. Lepore. And Ms. Boller. Oh, there's already a motion on the floor. Is there a motion on the floor for approval? And Ms. DiVanadotto, is there a second? Ms. Prats.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sounds amazing.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think there's a motion on the floor for approval. Roll call vote please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Keep us posted.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Bye bye.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK, report on building and grounds. Security update. Mr. McLaughlin. Kramer.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Does it have a blog attached to it? Just a warning. Thank you, Mr. Russo. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: To add it as a budget request?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's the goal?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second by Ms. Kritz? Yes. On the motion to add this item as a budget request as part of this paper, it can be debated during the budget process. It's not automatic. OK. All right, thank you. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Russo, one more?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: For the fields, it's usually you go up to 50 minutes, 10 of the hour, and then something new starts at the hour.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: In high school, sports aren't limited to an hour. They go until they're done, which is different than someone renting the field is the 50-minute hour.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They go through.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And that skating park has helped a little bit. Because they've used that now for parking. So that's alleviated a little bit.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All set? On the motion that we accept this report with an amendment to consider a head of security position for the Medford public school budget. On the motion, all those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on ongoing math learning walks, Dr. Edouard-Vincent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to receive this report, place it on file by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. School committee resolutions be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Charles Ferranti. Mr. Ferranti was the father of Robert Ferranti, a physical ed teacher at the Roberts Elementary School. And also be it resolved the Merritt School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Angela Keddie. Ms. Keddie was mother-in-law of Columbus Elementary School special education paraprofessional Patricia Keddie. All please rise for a moment of silence. Oh, I'm sorry. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Anthony Ardanga. Mr. Ardanga was the husband of Rosemary Ardanga, who has donated countless hours of her time to the city of Medford and Medford Public Schools. And be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Leo Skip Diversion, Jr. Mr. Diversion was married to former Roberts Elementary School Administrator Assistant Kim Diversion. All please rise for a moment of silence, please. Motion to adjourn. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Approval of the minutes of September 9th, 2019. Motion for approval by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds, and approval of payrolls. Motion to approve by Miss Kress seconded by Mr.. Russo roll call vote, please Yes, six in the affirmative one absent motion passes report of the secretary none Is there a motion for suspension miss must own? motion for suspension to take papers to the Three and 10, out of order. Please mark Mr. Benedetto as present. Item two, recognition of Joseph Farafa contributions to the event Horizon Telescope Project. Mr. Cieri is in the audience. Let's see my card.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could formally read the report into the record. Medford High School alumnus of the class of 2017, Joseph Arai, is being recognized with the Science Breakthrough Prize, along with the 346 collaborators of the Event Horizon Telescope's incredible first picture of a black hole. The team is equally splitting the award among all collaborators. He is named on all six of the publications for the discovery. Joseph is the only undergraduate student named as an author. Unbelievable. Amazing. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Joseph, could you step forward? Mr. Cieri, please feel free to join. Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Joseph Hurrah for scientific contributions to the Event Horizon Telescope project. On behalf of all the members of the Medford School Committee, congratulations. Would you like to say something? You can stand tall. It'll catch you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Next up, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of Medford, Ron Morin, Executive Director of Friends of the Middlesex Fells Reservation. The City of Medford is grateful to Mr. Ron Morin for his unfailing commitment to the preservation of the Middlesex Fells Reservation and for his immense contribution to the effort to protect against the development of the 90-millimeter meadow, a 13-acre section of Lawrence Woods for future generations. The Medford School Committee recognizes Mr. Moran's outstanding leadership as the executive director of the Friends of the Fells Reservation. By his own example, Ron demonstrates how to enjoy and protect our natural resources and in turn our quality of life. Through his generosity of time and spirit given to the citizens of Medford and the visitors of the Middlesex Fells Reservation, Ron teaches us to value and protect those resources which sustain and inspire us. Mr. Moran, He's the outgoing chair. And so we didn't want this moment to go by without paying a tribute to you, because you were so instrumental in protecting the 90 millimeter site, which for those of us in Medford realize it could have been a hockey rink had others had their way. So I wanted to personally thank you, and I know that it's so important. We have all of the Fells walks that our science classes go to, and I'm sure Mr. Farrar had gone down a couple of those paths as well. So it is a living laboratory that we appreciate and respect, and we know you do as well. So in recognition of your outstanding service to the City of Medford, as Executive Director of the Friends of the Middlesex Fells Reservation, Ron Morin presented this day.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Jeff, would you like to say a few words? It's up to you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Name and address, please, for our record.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you for everything you do as well, Jack. Thank you. Also, while we're under suspension, report on climate strike communication, Dr. Cushing.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Dr. Cushing. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So moved. Is there a second on the motion? Seconded by Mr. Russo. Thank you, Ms. van de Kloot. Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Policy subcommittee. Can you accept the amendment? Sure. Member? Thank you. Can we go along that motion? We will as soon as Mr. Russo has one more.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Thank you. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Vandekloot. Mr. Rochero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There is a motion on the floor to send this policy on absenteeism, send it to the policy subcommittee and seconded by Mr. Russo. I'm sorry, Mr. Russo seconded that already. And we can, we can work through it there. Because the policy is the policy. It's the administrator.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Why don't we do Ms. Van der Kloot's motion first, and then if you want to make a motion and there's a second for it, we can take a vote. On the motion by Ms. Van der Kloot to send this policy review to subcommittee on rules, roll call vote, please. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The policy. This is the policy paper.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Regiro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm going to say, maybe that's- They were worried that they couldn't participate in- They couldn't participate, but they could have. I think if it was just an unexpected thing involving in Boston. Maybe that's an important lesson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the paper, is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? So moved. So moved by Ms. DiBenedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, doctor. Is there a motion to revert to the regular order of business? By Ms. DiBenedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on committees. Building and ground subcommittee. September 11, 2019. Ms. Mustone. Thank you, ma'am.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are you all set, Mr. Stone, with your report? You just have to press that little. Ms. Koretz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So in the past, there's been the Building the Future committee and then Building the Future. step two committee, and it was comprised of teachers, parents, a list of faculty, you know, it had administrators on it, so it was a comprehensive group of people that actually looked at things and then made recommendations. Similar. Similar to that. So maybe something that should be broader than just a few committee members. So there's a motion on the floor to establish a school master vision plan for Medford High School. And there's a second on the floor by Ms. Kreatz. Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion that we develop a master vision plan, seconded by Ms. Kreatz, roll call vote, please. Mr. Ruggiero, sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And when a feasibility study comes along, that's when they make recommendations on different ways that we can look at what we want to do, whether it's repair, demolish, build somewhere else. So that is far down the road. And at that point, that's when the options start to surface. And that's when decisions have to be made. But for right now, that won't happen. You're not going to get one option served to you from this committee. They're a working group of people. part of the whole process the entire time. Does that make sense to you?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mustone, you had your light on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That will be coming. That's not going to be tonight. We'll send out a whole press release. We'll reach out through all the PTOs, PTAs, whatever, PTOs, and we will get the word out for people that are interested, just like we did for the superintendent search. And I think we had a really strong search committee because we got people from all different pockets across the city and from all the schools were represented. So I think we had a really broad committee that searched for you. So I think that that worked very strongly. So we'll put together. And if there are anything in particular that somebody wants to see, maybe in the next meeting, if you want to make some recommendations. Are you all set, Ms. Mostone? Yes. Ms. Mostone, cheer.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay. On the motion. All those in favor. All those opposed. The motion passes. Motion to accept this report and place it on file. All those in favor. All those opposed. Motion passes. Thank you. Community participation. Report of the superintendent updates and comments. Madam Superintendent, uh,
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Madam Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Recommendation to approve $1,500 grant from PFLAG to CCSR to further support our LGBTQ plus population. Dr. Cushing.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion for approval by Ms. Mustone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz? Roll call vote, please. Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Next, recommendation to approve liquor permit for Taste of Italy on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 in the Medford High School foyer from 6.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. Motion for approval by Ms. Mostone, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Report on middle school mathematics program overview and implementation update. Faza Khan, Ms. Khan.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I need one of my colleagues to get an update on any backlogged items. Is there a second on the floor by Ms. Van de Kloof? All those in favor? All those opposed? That motion passes. Ms. DeRusso.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And at this time, I'd like to thank you for all the work you put in, because getting the GVL back off the ground was not an easy task. And with you and the other communities, we've sat at the table many, many times over the course of the summer to make sure this was in place and working. and that we're representative, and really to make those other communities that voted us out feel a little bad about this. So hopefully someday we'll go back and play them and show them what we're all about. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But a lot of hard work, so thank you. Thank you. So motion to approve this report? Place it on file. On the motion by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. VanDekloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on Dyslexia Screening Tools, Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to proceed with this report? Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you, Ms. Caldwell. And lastly, report on English Learner Department's updates. Mr. Texera.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: A meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands,
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Approval of the minutes of June 24, 2019. Is there a motion on the floor for approval? Motion to approve. There's a motion to approve by Mr. Benedetto. Is there a second? Second. Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion granted. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion to approve.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion for approval. Ms. Vandekloot, you have to hit your button. Ms. Vandekloot. We have a new system up here. We're trying to get into place. Ms. Van Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion by Mr. Benedetto, is there a second?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second by Mr. Russo. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Report of secretary. None. Report of committees. None. Community participation. None. Report of the superintendent. The superintendent's updating comments on the opening of school. Madam Superintendent, let me get these Sorry, superintendent. Here you go, ma'am.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On behalf of the school committee, we want to thank Team Medford for all of your work and really being there year in and year out. It means so much, not only to us, but the children of our community. So thank you all very, very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Go Patriots. Thank you so much, Madam Superintendent. Could you also prepare thank yous for all of the various partners from the school committee? Yes, definitely. Thank you. It's a motion to receive this report and place it on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have a couple of others in the queue. Ms. Kreatz, did you wish to speak on this?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. And Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay. Item two. Are we all set? Madam Superintendent? Recommendation to approve donation from Impact Church. Mr. Tucci.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Kristol. As always, you came through last year as well with a sizable donation for us to do some work there. So we really appreciate the partnership. And thank you so much for this. I'm sure the kids will appreciate it as well, and maybe some thank yous from them.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Thank you. Is there a recommendation to approve the donation from Impact Church? Moved by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes, gift accepted. Thank you very, very much. Next up recommendation to approve liquor permit for m3 outdoor adventures october fells Trail race and festival mr.. Towers present good evening Good evening madam superintendent committee members.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. And for all of those that do not know Mr. Tower, he also organized the canoe, the Cabo Canoe Race at Wrights Pond at the beginning of the season, which is just a fabulous event. Tons of students are involved and teachers, and it really is a great experience for everyone that participates in that. And I believe, Ms. Stone, did you want to add a couple of comments? No?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: My motion on the floor offered by his credit seconded by Mister Benedetto is being to
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. And on the motion, with the amendments that were offered, Ms. Mustone, please call the roll. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. We wish you the best of luck. If you need any help publicizing, let us know.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Much appreciated. Thank you. Miss, hit your button, please. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Madam Superintendent would like to respond.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, yeah. We're at the beginning of the year, so I would just also like to ask for a report about the breakfast program. Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Van der Kloot. And Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file by Ms. Vander Kloof, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? It's granted. I'll report on teacher induction week, Dr. Riccadeli.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Dr. Riccadeli. You're welcome. Is there a motion to receive this report and place it on file by Mr. Rousseau, seconded by Ms. DiBenedetto? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Next up, report on buildings and grounds, summer updates, Mr. McLaughlin. Ms. Kreatz, did you want to speak on something? Yes. Oh, for John, okay. Is it for John? Okay. Mr. McLaughlin.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I also just want to add a couple of comments. Three applications are made to the CPC, the CPA commission. It's the playground at the Brooks, the Columbus, and at the McGlynn Complex. So three applications went in from the school department. And I believe, Ms. Patterson, the final application is due in a week or so. So we need to make sure that that gets in on time. But those already went through the preliminary process.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And as soon as we hear back. we will determine next steps for those three projects as well. Hi, John.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So Aleesha Nunley is in the process of closing the books for the municipality. And once they're closed, they get submitted to DOR. and then they certify the free cash from the prior year. So we're in like a hold pattern right now. Hopefully October we'll get notification of our free cash allotment and that's when we can submit papers to the council from free cash.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Probably not. Once free cash is certified, we'll probably accumulate a few projects and put them forth. Like the playgrounds, we're waiting for the CPC committee to make its motions of approval. And that goes to city council as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Free cash?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I believe, is it October? They're waiting for the final applications next week?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: To the extent we're able to get it through CPC, it's less bonding for the community. So it's coming out of the pockets of monies that we've already collected. It's an allocation. It really is. When you look at a whole spreadsheet, it's coming from different pockets.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Of course there will be a plan B if we don't get the money. But we are not going to jump to plan B before we hear on plan A. And if they move sooner than later, we can get this in the pipeline. And I believe the Roberts took them about a week to do. So it could be over a school vacation week as well. Once we get approval, we can move.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The machine would not work because the road was not level. So if you have a brand new road that's perfectly level, the machine is beautiful. But when you have a road that's not, it doesn't work. I just want to say thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Probably not even then.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. All right, Mr. Russo. You ready? Sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I don't believe so.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is he working on an estimate for you?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Perhaps in the, if I put the building and grounds committee, that could be a topic that you discuss.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Kreatz, did you have a final comment on this?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. On the motion, is there a motion to receive and place this report on file? Mr. Ruggiero, is there a second? Mr. Benedetto, all those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on attendance, Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We don't ask immigration on applications for new students.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. VanCleef. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. Ms. Kreatz?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hold on Mia, I'm sorry. Point of information miss must own.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So I was just curious because I heard about the increase.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're all set? Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of information, Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a reporting that's done to the school system of Catholic and
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, no, like MC, Malden Catholics, things like that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Any of them.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right, is there a motion to receive this report and place it on file by Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Ms. Kreatz? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on personnel, Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Is there a motion to receive and place this report on file? Mr. Ruggiero, Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. And report on summer programs, Dr. Peter Cushing. Welcome, Dr. Cushing.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report? Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on middle school lottery implementation. Dr. Edouard Vincent. Oh, sorry. I'll put you on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Dr. Maurice. Very good. Ms. Kritz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Name and address for the record from the public. Can we get that light shut off, please? Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Your motion to receive this report and place it on file by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? All those opposed? Also included in your packet, box 25, it did a story on CO2 detectives across the Commonwealth at various schools. I had John McLaughlin check out all of ours. We're all up to date with everything. All our detectors that are required by law are in place and the fire department does do inspections on a regular basis. Okay, new business, selection of delegates to MASC Fall Conference. Ms. Van der Kloot. Where are you, girl?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are you willing to accept that nomination, Mr. Rousseau? Yes. Is there a second to nominate Mr. Rousseau? Seconded by Ms. Fretz. Roll call vote on who you would like to nominate. Is there anyone else that would like to be put into nomination to attend? Okay. Okay. Nominations are closed. Roll call vote, please. Just say his name. Paul Russo, by unanimous vote. Congratulations, Mr. Russo, yay. All right, there's a motion on the floor to cancel the November 4th Margiela School. Oh, Mr. Russo, would you like to make a statement?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, I would like to nominate a backup. Okay. I would like to nominate Paulette van der kloof nomination for Paula van der kloof to be the backup for the fall conference seconded by miss Kreatz. Is there any other names in contention? those nominations roll call vote, please I
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Call it Van der Kloot. Unanimous vote. Congratulations, Ms. Van der Kloot. Okay. Item two, cancel November 4th regular school committee meeting. As everyone realizes there is an election in the city on November 5th. Therefore this room will be occupied with all sorts of equipment. So is there a motion on the floor to cancel that meeting and reschedule it by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion's granted. Okay. Now bear with me. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Robert Joyce. Mr. Joyce was the father of Brooks School custodian, John Joyce. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Rita Casaletto. Ms. Casaletto was the mother-in-law of Central Administration Assistant, Jeanne Gliona. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Aperba Dekota. Mr. Dekota graduated from Medford High School this June and was headed to UMass Amherst. He was a special, talented, and intelligent young man, and the Medford community mourns his loss deeply. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Christine Stone. Ms. Stone was the mother of Columbus School's special education teacher, Patty Donnelly. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Olga Tudin. Ms. Tudin was the grandmother of Medford Public Schools District Registrar Curtis Tudin and also mother-in-law to our tree warden, Ms. Aggie Tudin. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Mary Buckley. Ms. Buckley was the mother of Medford Chief of Police John D. Buckley. Jack, as he prefers to be called. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Armand V. Caraviello. Coach Caraviello was a Medford Public School teacher. former director of the Curtis Tufts High School, and serves as the Mustang football coach who won the Super Bowl in 1978. He was also the uncle of City Councilor Rick Caraviello. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee of Assessments and Condolences to the family of Margaret Peggy Martell. Ms. Martell was a Medford Public Schools teacher for over 30 years. The School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Rose Mary Laporta. Ms. Laporta was the wife of the late Joe Laporta, who had served as the longtime head of security at Medford High School. Be resolved, the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Alan McGilvery. Mr. McGilvery was the brother of David McGilvery, a great benefactor of Medford Public Schools, and this past June's commencement speaker. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Maureen McHugh. Ms. McHugh was the mother of Heather Fuller, an employee of the Medford Family Network. That the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Norma Marino. Ms. Marino was a substitute teacher with Medford Public Schools for over 10 years. That the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Vincent Pirro. Mr. Pirro was the father of Medford High School Administrative Assistant Lisa Bowler. That we express our sincere condolences to the family of John Fury. Mr. Fury was the father of McGlynn Elementary School second grade teacher, Jana Ewing. That we express our sincere condolences to the family of Laura Yadzio. Ms. Yadzio was the mother of Curtis Tufts School Councilor, Lance Yadzio, and the sister of Representative Paul Donato. We resolve that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Thelma Anthony. Ms. Anthony was the mother of Karen DeAngelis, Medford High School's administrative assistant to the senior class. That we express our sincere condolences to the family of Rita Rizzo. Ms. Rizzo was a former longtime director of the Medford Employees Credit Union. That we express our sincere condolences to the family of Andrew Smith. Mr. Smith was the father of Cameron Coe Smith, a fifth grade teacher at the Roberts Elementary School. That we express our sincere condolences to the family of Jerry Lorenzo. Mr. Lorenzo was the father of students at the Columbus Elementary School and the nephew of school committee member Aaron DiBenedetto. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Felice Glennon. Ms. Glennon was the mother of Columbus School occupational therapist Celeste Krause. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of James F. Davideo. Mr. Davideo taught for 33 years in the Medford Public Schools, first at the Lincoln Junior High, and then at the McGlynn Middle School. Also under suspension as the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Joseph Grandy. Mr. Grandy was a teacher at Medford Vocational Technical High School for many years and a great supporter of Medford Athletics. He was also the dad of Ms. Camille Fargo, a teacher at the Brooks Elementary School. And on this Friday night at our opening football game, Mr. Grandy and Mr. Caraviello will be noticed and moments of silence will be taken at that game as well. If we could all rise for a moment of silence, please. Thank you. And I believe that is the conclusion of our meeting. Is there a motion to adjourn this meeting? All those in favor? All those opposed? Meeting is adjourned.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much madam superintendent member Mr.. Gero motion to take papers number three out of order, please on the motion for suspension of the rules to take a paper out of order Is there a second seconded by mr. Russo all those in favor? All those opposed motion passes item 3 recognition of Kiwanis Club literacy project miss Caldwell
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Privilege at being at some of your book giveaways and the kids faces are just like they're so excited and so elated and all that you do for our community from your road races to Everything that you do is just outstanding and we so adore having you in our community and everything you bring to it So thank you all the Kwanians that again tonight I know councillor Caraviello would have been here if he could have he's in a budget hearing at City Hall But I know he would not have missed this for the world. So congratulations
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's awesome. And we want to acknowledge Representative Paul Donato, member of the Kiwanis, who's also here tonight. So thanks for joining. Thank you, Paul.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: recommendation to approve mass general cannabis study to miss Ray
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I make a motion to accept. I second. I have a question. There's a motion on the floor for acceptance of this and a second by Ms. Kreatz. Mr. Russo has a question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second. Motion to amend as seconded by Ms. DiBenedetto. On the main motion as amended, Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ray could work on them.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There is a motion on the floor to approve Dr. Randy Schuster's marijuana abstinence study at Medford High School and Medford Middle Schools for the 19-20 year. Roll call vote, please. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Recommendation to approve no school choice district. Dr. Edouard-Vincent. Is it something traditionally we have chosen not to? Midford is. Do we need a report? No. Is there a motion? Motion by Mr. Russo. Seconded by Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you very much. Recommendation to approve school committee meeting dates the school year 1920. Motion to approve. There's a motion on the floor to approve by Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please. Member DiBenedetto. Yes. Member Kreatz. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Could we also just put a note to advertise the budget hearing somewhere in our calendar so it's on our front and center in our minds. Thank you very much. OK, we have.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Committee of the whole superintendents evaluation earlier this evening Wait a minute. We have one more item before we go back report on feasibility of universal free breakfast using provision to miss Patterson Thank you
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: $10,000 would be the start-up cost. Could I make a motion? Mr. Russo's next.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Aguero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, there's a motion for approval. I guess it comes to a question of what we are capable as a community.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for approval. I believe that there's someone in the community that would like to speak on this issue.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you several years ago, it doesn't happen. Um,
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Very good. There is a motion on the floor. Ms. Mostow, did you want to speak?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There is a motion on the floor for approval of free breakfast by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Mustone. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. The motion passes. Thank you, Christine, for all your work.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We do have two more resolutions. School committee resolution be resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Rosemary Nicholson. Ms. Nicholson was a longtime educator and elementary school principal in Medford. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Joseph Grandy. Mr. Grandy was a former vocational teacher at Medford Vocational Technical High School and a former director and coach of North Metro Little League. He was also the grandfather of Brooke's school teacher at Camille Fargo. You could all rise for a moment of silence on the passing of these two Medford alum. motion to take committee of the whole superintendent's evaluation paper that was tabled earlier this evening from the table. Is there a motion by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Russo? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Earlier this evening we met in the conference room to an open meeting to discuss the superintendent's progress this year and to evaluate her in compliance with DESE. Overall she had a unanimous vote of proficient in all of the four standards. Some, there were different pieces to this thing, some were over-proficient, some were at-proficient, there was nothing less than proficient. And I think that the school committee just wants to state for the record how extremely pleased we are with you at the helm, how the public and the students have responded to you at the helm. It's been very, very positive. And we look forward to it even getting better and better. And I know some items popped up that we feel the first year really, you can't even evaluate someone on this, but what you do with the data you obtain, how you make changes, and how you get buy-in, because we know you're such a positive voice and force. And it takes time, it takes time for everything to settle out. So we're just really thrilled we will be filing with Desi I believe tomorrow morning after our vote once it's solidified to file our proficient status in all four disciplines.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, this is just for her evaluation. This isn't to dismiss.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, no, I realize that. Is there a motion on the floor to file with DESE the proficiency status and all four standards for the superintendent of schools? So motion to approve, Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please, for our records.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, and vote of 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. The motion passes. Thank you very much. Earlier this evening we also had a committee of the whole in regards to the school department budget for the school year 19-20. It was motioned out for approval of the budget as stated. We've had many meetings over the course of the last several months. Tonight was the culmination to discuss some of the items that have been presented versus what actually ended up in the final budget. We had three motions, if I can find my paperwork, three motions that were taken earlier in the Committee of the Whole, that a meeting be taken place with the Vocational Director Fallon, Mr. DeLiva, and the Superintendent before school starts regarding physical education for vocational students in regards to the scheduling. Also that an adaptive SPED training program, PD, be initiated for physical ed teachers for the start of the school year. And lastly, that a checklist be developed for renters. So for anyone that is supervising a building while renters are in it, to do a walkthrough before the renter comes in and after the renter leaves to make sure everything is in the same condition. And that a checklist be developed by Mr. McLaughlin of Building and Grounds. Those were the three items that we motioned out. take to the floor. On the motion to adopt the committee report by Ms. Mustone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz, all those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. On the budget.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excuse me?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to approve the budget. Yes. As stated in our budget book. There's a motion to approve by Ms. Kreatz and seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. Roll call vote please. Do you have to sever? you need to go on the record for yes I mean go on the record that I will not be voting on the paraprofessionals as my daughter-in-law is in that unit there's a motion on the end occlude will not be voting on the paraprofessional portion of this budget due to a potential conflict of interest and mr. Benedetto likewise substitute on the substitute because of a potential conflict of interest Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. The motion passes. Thank you very much. Thank you, Ms. Patterson, for all of your hard work, your diligence.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations, Madam Superintendent, on your first budget. Okay, and now we do have one other item on our agenda. This is not enough room to move these papers around. Negotiations and legal matters. We do have Mr. Greenspan who would like to discuss a negotiation item with us. In executive session, is there a motion? Motion by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot to go into executive session to discuss negotiation and legal matters.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. We will now enter executive session. We will open up executive session and leave from there. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present, seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Approval of the minutes of the May 20, 2019 meeting. It's a motion for approval by Ms. DeRusso, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds, and approval of perils. Ms. DiBenedetto. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion for approval on the floor? Offered by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please. Yes. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative, motion passes. Report of secretary? None. Suspension of the rules. Ms. Mustone would like to move for suspension of the rules to take papers out of order on the motion. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion is granted and you'd like to take papers 2, 3, and 4 out of order. Item 2. Recognition of Medford High School Ethics Bowl Team. Dr. Nicole Chiesa.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Tonight is the senior barbecue, so we are missing some members through all these three papers. So we would like to invite whoever is here up to the side. They can all come up to the side and we'll call your names.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. It's great to see you. Congratulations. You did a great job. Thank you very much. Wonderful job. Congratulations, job outstanding. Well done. Next up, we have the report on 2019 high school science and engineering fairs. Mr. Seery.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Come on up, Albert.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Yes, primarily.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Congratulations. Congratulations, Albert. Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yay. Thank you. Recognition of Seal of Biliteracy, Velma Bebeau.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: In some cases, tri-literacy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Amazing. Very amazing. Congratulations to them.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And again, you're at the senior barbecue tonight.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Thank you. I just wanted to mention one thing about Joseph. Not only is he obviously quite talented in that arena, but also he received sports accolades the other evening last week at the M Club banquet. And he is working on our enslaved project this Saturday that will be dedicated in our old burial grounds at 10 o'clock. So he's a wonderful, outstanding student from Medford. So congratulations. Job well done.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Thank you. Motion to approve. Item 5, recommendation to approve field trip, Dr. Bernadette Rigdelli and Marine Island. Hello.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any questions from the body?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion seconded by Mr. Gero. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Have a great trip. And one final item while we're under suspension, item 7, recommendation to appoint Dr. Peter Cushing to position of assistant superintendent. Dr. Edouard Vincent, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Cushing, would you like to say a few words?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for approval of the recommendation, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. You had an outstanding interview last week. We were very impressed with you, not only your credentials, but how you conducted yourself before us. And we are thrilled that Dr. Marisa Edward-Vincent has recommended you. So we wish you the very best. Thank you. And on the vote. Ms. Mustone, please call the roll, Madam Secretary. Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Congratulations. Motion to revert to the regular order of business by Ms. Mostone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of committees. Support Service Subcommittee. Mr. Russo. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second. Motion to accept the report by Ms. Mustone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Russo. Rules Subcommittee, Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to adopt the changes in the policy. Ms. Mustone? Yes. Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion to adopt the changes to the policy as offered by the chair of the Rules Committee, roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. The motion passes. Community participation. Hearing, seeing none. Report of the superintendent. The superintendent's updates and comments. Dr. Maurice.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you so much. Thank you. Wonderful. Next up, item six, report on CPAC annual update. Melanie McLaughlin and Tonya Sullivan.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Christmas stone, she yields to you. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Kathy. Big heart. Next up, recommendation to approve teacher unit MTA pay frequency changes. Ms. Patterson. Motion to accept. Motion to accept by Ms. Mustone, is a second by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion passes. Report on K to 12 assessments. Dr. Edouard-Vincent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. DeRusso.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm sorry, Mr. Rizzo, continue.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion? Oh, Ms. Mastone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Doctor. Thank you. And Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion on the floor to receive this report and place it on file by Mr. Russo, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on professional development. I do not see Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Dr. Riccidelli.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: By Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Giroir. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. New business. School committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Margaret Peggy Kane. Ms. Kane was an English teacher at Medford High School for 35 years. She actually was my teacher when I was in high school. Ms. VanCleef?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And also if we could hold a moment of silence for those in Virginia Beach, 12 people killed Friday evening in a government building, four injured, police officer injured. If we could all please rise for a moment of silence. Non-negotiation and legal matters. Union negotiations, non-unit contracts. Is there a motion to go into executive session by Mr. Ruggiero? Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. We will enter executive session. And at the conclusion of executive session, we will open it up in room 207 and then exit from there. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: President, seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Approval of the minutes of May 6, 2019. Motion for approval, Mr. Russo. Is there a second by Ms. Kreatz? Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds, and approval of payrolls. Motion. Motion for approval, Ms. Van der Kloot, Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. This motion for approval on the floor by Ms. Handifuld is there a second? Second. Seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Report of Secretary. None. Report of Committees. None. Community Participation. Jennifer Swain, Styrofoam Trays. Good evening. Can you name and address, please, for the record? Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot is blinking.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to send this paper to committee for study. Second. Ms. DiBenedetto, second on the floor as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great job. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're also looking at the breakfast bags. So that's another item that's being looked at right now, removing them. Very good. On the motion that a report be done, a study be performed, advising us of the options available, And hopefully we can have that back in the next three weeks or so so that we can make some budget decisions.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. The motion passes. Thank you, Zane, for that information. It was very helpful. Thank you. Thank you, Zane. Ms. Millstone, a motion for suspension of the rules to take a paper out of order. Is there a second by Ms. Van der Kloot? All those in favor of suspension of the rules? Aye. Anyone against? Hearing that, we'll take item number two, recognition of Medford Middle School String Ensemble. Ms. Dizigny.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That is so impressive. Unbelievable. Awesome job. Awesome job. It's hard to believe you're middle schoolers. Fabulous. I'm awestruck. Ms. Van der Kloot?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have certificates of achievement. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Melissa Antoine for receiving the 2019 Micah Silva Medal. Melissa... Maram Bensabar. Ashtim Kapionkalofi. Thank you for that music. Andre Duratee. Andre Duratee. Ariella Nectar Eforo. Penelope Green. Sophia Hernandez Jessica Holmes Samuel Keith. That's an elevator. That's a good idea though. Vina Lay. Owen Lau Gabriella Marks Moran
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Cindy. Emily Pio. Tenzin Rinchen. Greta Rubenstein Rankin Benjamin Sears Darren Truong....(Applause from crowd...) Kaitlyn Truong....(Applause from crowd...) Adrienne Wu...
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you all so much for sharing that music with us tonight. Thank you. Ms. Chang, would you like to say a few words?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a motion on the floor to revert to the regular order of business by Ms. Mustone, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? All those opposed? We are now back on the agenda. Next up we have Ms. Sharon Hayes, ELA MCAS. I saw her come in.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Dr. Edward-Vincent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The next item under community participation, Ms. Charlene Douglas, president of the Medford Teachers Association, is with us, along with other teachers, in regards to a school committee meeting from, I believe, two weeks ago. May 6th. And as we spoke, Mr. Russo would like to say some words first. Absolutely.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for a report on people that have applied.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Superintendent will do an analysis.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could you please come to the podium just so people can hear you?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There is a motion on the floor by Mr. Ruggiero that a study come back on that topic. Seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you all for being here this evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. You've got to keep moving.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: motion for suspension you want you want to say that Mia?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for suspension of the rules to take paper number seven out of order. This is seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Item seven, report on Medford PTO PTG's annual update. We have to fix the thing. Good evening. Your name and address for our record please. Whoever is speaking.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Do we need it again? No? We do have one other. The next one.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Does one PTO collect city-wide money and then distribute?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, more or less tax filing, payments to the state, the IRS.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: How do you see the volunteers?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you like to step up and address?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Thank you. Very informative. Thank you. We have item number eight, report on Massachusetts General Hospital Research Initiative to Understand and Reduce Cannabis Use in Adolescents. Is Dr. Randy Schuster still in the room? Thank you so much. And we have Penny Fanioli from Team Medford here as well. Give me a kiss. Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It said three minutes. I'm really happy. Yeah. Do you have any idea how to do it? We've gone back to this. Is that okay? There's a motion on the floor for acceptance. Dr. Maurice, would you like to say a few words? Yeah, great. That's it. Great.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There is a motion on the floor by Ms. Mustone. Is there a seconded by Ms. Kreatz? Roll call vote, please. Ms. Bowen. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. The motion passes. Congratulations. We look forward to working with you even more in the near future. And such positive words came out about you. So wonderful, wonderful job. And we're very proud and thrilled. Ms. Van der Kloot, did you want to say a few words on this?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Welcome to July.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Also, while we await There is a recommendation to approve a donation for the J.S. Limb Science and Mathematics Prize.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to accept the donation by Ms. Mostone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. We want to send a thank you letter out to the foundation. And roll call vote, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative, the motion passes. Okay. Math, what about, the math curriculum, we did go, Ms. Fazekhan? Ms. Kahn, we reviewed the math curriculum. Do you have an estimate on how much time it would take you to present? How much? Okay. Okay, report on Project Bread. Sarah Klugisch, Rosemary Coward, and Holly Grace. You might want to put the lights back on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can I ask you just one question?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do you keep the data for one year while you're implementing this, and then that applies to the next three? Or do you use your current data for free and reduced lunch? How does the reimbursement work? How do they know how many students are actually getting free breakfast or free lunch?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 20% would be reimbursed under the reduced rate, and 50%... So we get reimbursed for the children that do not even apply for free and reduced, is that correct?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there more research? Christine, is there more research? No?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What are the next steps for your department?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Are you all set, Ms. Vandekloot?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Rousseau.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think there's research that has to be done.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second on the floor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just because you don't have to doesn't mean you can't. Because their program is once every four years doesn't mean you can't continue to... No, no.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just the question was, how much time would it take you to do your research to implement for September?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I just wanted to just make one comment. We're well aware of the food insecurity issues that the city of Medford faces. Quite alarming, actually. In speaking with the Greater Boston Food Bank, statistics are much higher than I think any one of us would think. in our city, so it's really important that we do something. And I'm not gonna repeat everybody, but nourishment for the soul and the mind goes a very long way, so we need to do something. But I think that due respect be given to the office that they can do their proper research. That's all. Mr. Giroux's next in.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there others who want to speak? Ms. Vander Ploot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo, you're the maker of the motion. Would you accept Ms. Vander Kloof's motion? It's a little long, so I'm not sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: June 17th, get a report back that the school committee goes on record in support of provision two. That's basically it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second. We have a motion now on the floor. A different amendment. Hold on, we have Kathy that's in the queue.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It will be an agenda item June 17th on the specific topic.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It seems like it's not gonna be the- I think that on the 17th, we will get information back from the financial office that will make a recommendation on a plan. Okay. Okay. On the motion by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call or? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Doctor. Doctor, doctor. This is a report on Massachusetts General Hospital Research Initiative to Understand and Reduce Cannabis Use in Adolescents by Dr. Randy Schuster. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, and we have Penny's in the room there. Penny, yes, we know.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. We have Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, we will await a recommendation and a vote. See you in June.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to accept this report and place it on file, and Ms. Kress, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you very much, Doctor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: recommendation to approve the new math curriculum, Illustrated Math, by Ms. Faiza Khan. Good evening. Thank you for your endurance.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Doctor, did you wish to speak?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Kahn, would you like to reply?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could you reply based on whatever research you've done just so we can get a point-to-point here?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm so upset. Mr. Benedetto, your turn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Regiro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of information, or is it a new item?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Mustone, I believe. Roll call vote, please. Yes. This is to approve the curriculum and then they'll purchase what needs to be purchased. It's right there. Yes, six in the affirmative, one in the negative, motion passes. Thank you both.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: She's going to have to print for you forever. Excuse me? She's going to have to print for you forever. She will. Anything for you, though. Thank you. We do have two items that were under suspension. One is from Ms. McLaughlin, who asked if she could speak for three minutes or less. You're good?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And you're still here, okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, the other, we have two resolutions. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Salvatore Caraviello. Mr. Caraviello was the uncle of Medford City Councilor Richard Caraviello. Also be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Elizabeth Irving. Ms. Irving was the mother of McGlynn Middle School math teacher Robin Irving. She passed away June 22 at the age of 93 years old. A lifelong resident of West Medford, she was the mother of six girls who all graduated from Medford High School. Robin Irving, the father of Robin, passed away January 4, 2016 at the age of 88 years old. Could we please all rise for a moment of silence on the passing of... Thank you. Also, we have a long resolution. To hold harmless 2019 10th grade MCAS due to racist question. Whereas, the graduation requirement makes the 10th grade MCAS exam one of the highest stakes exams most Massachusetts students take. Whereas, teachers, families, schools, and tax payers all invest time and resources to give students the best possible chance at success on the exam. Whereas, the recent 10th grade MCAS English exam contained an essay that required students to write a journal entry from the perspective of an openly racist character. And whereas, the Mass Deci was unable to defend the question, quickly moving to not have it count. And whereas we only discovered this because students had the courage to violate the rules about discussing specific MCAS questions. And whereas research shows that exposure to negative stereotypes can have a negative impact on student performance. And whereas the impact of the racist question on performance cannot be quantified. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee calls on DESE to exempt students who took the test with the rejected question from the graduation exam requirement, and further that the Medford School Committee calls for DESE to immediately implement a policy of releasing old MCAS questions so that there can be transparency to prevent such egregious errors in the future, and further resolved that a copy of this resolution be delivered to DESE, the governor, and the Medford state and local legislative delegations, and otherwise widely distributed. Mr. Russo, on the motion?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to approve. Is there a second on the floor? Seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. Roll call vote, please. Senator Stone?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. And a vote of 5 in the affirmative, 2 absent, and the motion passes. Thank you. The only thing we have is your updates. Do you want to? Oh, we have one more report. I'm sorry. There is a short report on K-12 assessments. Yes. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, there's a motion on the floor to table it by Ms. DeRusso, seconded by Ms. Mastone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes, tabled. I think that and the superintendents updates and comments moving table them we can table table them as well motion to table I'm just gonna conclude second by mr. Russo all those in favor all those opposed tabled for next meeting no it's no negotiations Oh, Paulette, have fun.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Have a great time. What time is your flight out? Oh.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Where'd everybody go? I'll call it. Medford, a few years ago, we all sponsored a Little League banner from the school committee members, so they're asking.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can every, yeah, only five of us did it the last time, not everybody. It was three years ago, that one. It's 500 for everyone divided by,
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Approval of the minutes, April 8, 2019. Motion to approve by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Approval of bills, transfer of funds, and approval of payrolls. Motion to approve by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote, please. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Report of the secretary. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you. There's a motion on the floor for suspension of the rules to move papers out of order. Is there a second? Seconded by Ms. Mostone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. We have item four, recognition of student achievements, Humanities Awards, Dr. Chiesa.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: For the Model UN for Medford High School, Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Anna Claudia Alves, Exemplary Participation Innovative Model UN Conference. Anna? Adriana Barbosa? Leah Bendaniel Charles DePalma Aidan Donovan. . Brenna Forbes. . Kaylee Jefferson. Sophie Lu Megan McGilvery Haley McLean Sophia Morganti. . Samantha Pascal. . Joseph Schmidt. Nicholas Scafiddi Anna Claudia Alves is here. Okay, and from the middle school, the Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Grant Elaine, exemplary participation, innovative model. Anna Casey. Nate Hopper Tegan Mustone Congratulations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ketan Pythony Thank you. Austin Price Charlotte Yamamoto The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Grant Alleyne, best position paper, innovative model, United Nations conference. Grant, come on back up. Charlotte, come on back up. Charlotte Yamamoto, best position paper. Anna Casey, Best Negotiator. Tegan Mustone, Best Negotiator. Ketempethani, Best Negotiator. Ms. Chiesa.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much, Dr. Chiesa. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Quan Buran, Honorable Mention NPR Student Podcast. Jacqueline Bramley. Victoria D'Souza. Janisha Edward. . . Mark Febby. . . Trey Flaherty. . . Lena Harrison. Sierra Isbell. Brian Luoro. Giovanna Martins. John Rivero. . Rayquan Rigaud. . Becky Wang. . And Brandon Zelch. Thank you to all the families that are out there supporting these young minds. I mean, our kids are amazing, and we're proud of them every single day. But this is just really a special night for us. So thank you for being a part of it. Thank you. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. While we're under suspension, Ms. Van der Kloot, you'd like to take paper number five? Recognition of Christine Hingston, recipient of Matsell's Teacher of the Year Award. Ms. Hingston. Mr. Downs, he's here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. Quite an accomplishment. Okay, is there a motion on the floor to revert to the regular order of business by Ms. Van der Kloot? Is there a second by Mr. Rousseau? All in favor? All opposed? Okay, report of committees. Community participation. We do have a paper. Maureen Ronain. Hi.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to take papers 2 and 3 out of order, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Those papers will be before us now. I also want to state that one of my children had it and it was a brand new teacher to the system that said, your child has a glitch. There's a glitch. There's something wrong. You need to check it out. And it's one of those bright stars, one of those bright teachers that just sees something different, and it changes the whole course of the child's life. So thank you to the teachers that are still in the audience here. Item two, report on the science of dyslexia. Dr. Nadine Gabb. Gabb, I'm sorry. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: While that's being set up, I would like to read a biography on Dr. Gabb. Dr. Gabb is an associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital and the Harvard Medical School. She received her PhD in psychology from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and did post-doctoral training at Stanford University and MIT. Her research with the laboratories of cognitive neuroscience focuses on the development of typical and atypical language and literary skills, as well as pre-markers of learning disabilities. More specifically, she works on the identification of possible pre-markers of reading disabilities, including developmental dyslexia. In the pre-reading and infant brain, the identification of the underlying neural mechanism of comorbidity of developmental dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. and the development of tablet-based technology for early screening approaches for learning disabilities. Her lab works closely with over 50 private and public schools nationwide, and she's a frequent speaker in the community. She's the 2019 recipient of the LDA Award, Learning Disabilities Association of America Award, and in 2018, Dr. Gabb was presented with the Alan C. Crocker Award for her advocacy on behalf of children with dyslexia and reading disabilities and efforts around the recent passage of the Massachusetts Screening Legislation. She has also been recognized by the International Dyslexia Association in receipt of the Alice H. Garside Award for Outstanding Leadership in Advancing the Science and Advocacy of Dyslexia. She is further a recipient of the T. Barry Brazelton Award for Innovation at Boston's Children's Hospital. She's a scientific advisory board member of the Dyslexia Foundation and Landmark School and a founder of the New England Research on Dyslexia Society. Welcome, Dr. Gobb.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor, seconded by Ms. Anne DeClune and Mr. Sciarro. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Ms. Kreatz is in the queue next. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much for your presentation. I hope you'll stay while the next speakers address the system. Thank you. Next up, report on Medford's response to dyslexia screening law. Dr. Nicole Chiesa, Katie Champoli, and Susanna Campbell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can I just ask a question? I know when the doctor had up the chart, she said most focus on the bottom three and not the top six or seven. I think the screen that you had up earlier, and it seems like what this second to the last paragraph is looking at is the bottom three.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Are we asking about hereditary?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mustone, did you have a question?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion? Is there a second? Second on the floor. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Mr. Ruggiero, unless it's a point of information. No. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All righty. Thank you very much for all of this information. Thank you, too. Thank you, Dr. Goddard. Thank you. Thank you. OK, it's a motion to receive this report and place it on file by Ms. Vanderhood, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. OK. Motion to revert to the regular order of business by Ms. Stone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Superintendent's update and comments. Madam Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Ms. Vandekloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much for being here. Despite the weather, this is a wonderful day for the city of Medford and its Medford Police Department. So thank you all for joining us. Father Casey, elected officials, all of the officers here today, as well as the citizens. This is a historic day, a day that has been long in the coming. Welcome to the groundbreaking of the Medford Police Headquarters. This headquarters represents a new era in policing in Medford. This station is critical to 21st century policing model that our offices embody. It took perseverance by many to make this happen. Many with us today, so thank you all. This new facility will improve readiness and morale and will compliment the dedication the members of the Medford Police Department demonstrate daily. It will permit these committed men and women to come to work in a building that they are proud of each and every day. This groundbreaking ceremony is an exciting first step in the legacy of the Medford Police Department and our service to the residents of Medford. The state-of-the-art facility will be a beacon of safety for our community for years to come. So thank you, thank you, thank you, all of you. At this time, I'd like to recognize some of our elected officials that are here today. From the City Council, we have President John Falco. Vice President Breanna Lungo-Koehn, Councilor Rick Caraviello, and Councilor Adam Knight. Without the assistance of the City Council, this would not have been possible. So thank you all for the courageous votes you took to make sure that the bonding went through and that this is happening here today. Thank you. We also have with us from our state delegation, State Senator Pat Jalen walked in. Our senior representative, Paul Donato. Representative Sean Gobley. And representative Christine Bobber. Thank you for joining us today. They're also working on trying to get us a little bit of money too that can go towards this process. So thank you for all your diligence in this regard. Also from our school committee, we have Mia Mustone Quinn. Quinn Mustone. And Mr. Paul Russo. Thank you very much for being here today. At this time, I would like to recognize Father Robert Casey, the chaplain for the Medford Police Department to do an invocation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Father Casey, for those remarks. At this time, I would like to introduce the President of the Medford Police Superior's Union, Mr. Bono. Please step forward.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. And now the President of the Medford Patrolmen's Association, Harold McGivley, would like to say a few words. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So Chief Sacco also left behind something else. A beautiful orange shag carpet for Chief Buckley to enjoy for the next year and a half. So kudos, right? He's a really good man. The next woman I'd like to introduce really needs no introduction, especially in the law enforcement community. Our district attorney, Marion Ryan, is one of those people that are always there by your side, 24-7. She's always on scene, always willing to talk to anyone and help anyone. And she's just a magnificent district attorney. I know that the police department and DA Ryan work very closely together. Chief Buckley, as a lieutenant, I know worked immensely with the district attorney. So she's always been a partner in crime in the city of Medford and alleviating crime more so. So I'd like to introduce our district attorney, Marion Ryan.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So we all know that it takes many to get the job done. And I want to recognize some of the team within City Hall that has been working on this project for the last two and a half years. And there are more than I'm going to name, but these are the key people. Of course, Chief Sacco. Chief Sacco fought every day to make this happen, knowing he would not be chief when the building is completed. He knew how important it was for the members of the Medford Police Department. Thank you to Chief Sacco. I think he's enjoying a little bit of sun right now and maybe he can send some our way too but we thank Chief Sacco for all the work that he did on behalf of the Medford Police Department. And of course Chief Buckley who stepped up, carried the reins. I don't think we skipped a beat. We just continued to have our weekly meetings and instead of Chief Sacco we had Chief Buckley present. So thank you Chief Buckley also for jumping right in and keeping the process moving. We have our city solicitor Mark Rumley who I believe is here today. Mark has been through every step of this process and he has been our confidant and he has kept us moving and always how to do everything the right way. So thank you, Mark. Jen Deverwood, Chief of Staff. She's in on all the weekly meetings and she has definitely kept us moving. She keeps everybody informed and makes sure that the process is on target and on date. Annmarie Irwin, our treasurer. Where would we be without the money, right? So Annmarie's been watching the dollars, watching the cash flow, and she makes sure that everything happens right. So she's been an integral part of this process. Paul Mokia, Building Commissioner and his team. You've looked at every plan. You gave guidance. You gave advice. So you have made this a better project. So thank you, Paul and the team in the building department. Alicia Hunt, as we all know, she's actually in Boston today. Her office has been at the meetings regularly and has made sure that this building is built to our 21st century standards from an energy perspective, environmental perspective. And I think you can see the pile behind us. We had to let that wait for about six, seven months because we're building up the site. Because in 50 years, we don't know where the Mystic River is going to end up. And we wanted to protect our investment. So we spent the time in order to make this site be about four feet, four feet, am I correct? Four feet taller, higher. four feet higher. So thank you Alicia Hunt for all the work you've done and also Shab Khan from our procurement office. Shab has made sure everything has been ticked and tied and done correctly so according to the law. So thank you Shab from our team. We of course have the members of the Medford Police Department that went and visited many sites They saw some new stations, some not so new stations. They tried to pick the best of what they saw. And I think that when we open up this building, you're going to see that this is a beautiful building. It's an efficient building, and it will work for the benefit of the men and women of our Medford Police Department. And a man that I'm going to introduce up next, Jeff Shaw. Jeff Shaw has been with us for the last seven years. I know he's going to elaborate in his words, but he's been with us since we started doing the space needs assessment. And Jeff has been a partner. And if I told you he's looked at 10 sites for us, that's probably an understatement. Whenever I had an idea, or if I drove by a vacant lot, or I drove by a building, I'd say, hey, Jeff, what do you think? Can you go, can you fit a police station on that, number one? And what would it look like? in the surroundings. And Jeff has done more than one big sketch for us to see if we could find a perfect location. And it wasn't until an officer that I won't name came by and visited my office and he said, have you looked at the training center? And I'm like, you guys use the training center. And he was like, that'd be a perfect location, because we like being right here. We like this location. We like the proximity. We like being in the square. So to that officer, thank you for opening up our eyes, because we really, we were not looking at this at that time. So thank you. And today would not have been possible without our DPW crew that put together everything that you see here in the last minute, as well as the Murphy brothers that provided the tenting for us. So, you know, thank you. It takes a village, and you guys are part of our village, and we really appreciate all the work you do. And sometimes you're in the background, but we know you're there, and you're always trying to look out for our best interest. So thank you to our whole DPW department for everything you do every day. You know, Marion mentioned, D.A. Ryan mentioned, that you call 911 and people come. So we have our police that come, we have our fire that come, and a lot of times we have our DPW that come. So they're an integral role in public safety in our community. And before I turn it over to Jeff, I want to acknowledge our fire chief, Gil Birdy's in the building here. Thank you, chief, for joining us today. So without further ado, I'd like to introduce Jeff Shaw, our architect of record, to say a few words.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Jeff. And you do feel like a member of the family to all of us, so thank you. I also want to acknowledge a few more department heads that are present with us today. We have Aleesha Nunley-Benjamin, head of our finance department at City Hall. Thank you, Alicia. We have Michael Durham, our veterans agent who's here today. Our superintendent of schools, Dr. Maurice-Edouard Vincent. I think, have I missed any other department heads? Our city engineer, Tim McGivern. Tim, thank you. And at this time, I would like to introduce the chief of police, John Jack Buckley.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations, you really are amazing and you are the heart and soul of this police department. So thank you for everything you've done and being a part of this today. At this time I'd like to invite Father Robert Casey to conclude the ceremony with a convocation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you everybody for joining us. We're now going to kick it over there.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 7 present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Approval of the minutes of April 1st, 2019. Motion to approve by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion granted. Approval of bills, transfer of funds, and approval of payrolls. April 8th, 2019 and April 1st, 2019, previously tabled. Motion for approval of the minutes. Ms. DiBenedetto. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And then there is on bottom of page four of seven, the very last item.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. Thank you. Is there a motion for approval? All there already is. Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Vanden Heuvel. Roll call vote, please. Yes. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Report of secretary. None? Report of committee. There was two committee of the whole meetings, actually. March 6th and March 18th and April 3rd, speaking about capital projects. We did vote for the items on the capital list. Almost all were unanimous, with the exclusion of one, which is the roof at the Andrews School. That was a six to one vote with Mr. Ruggiero voting against. At this time, we do have a summary that was approved. I believe Christine had sent it all to us. We're running with that. If anybody wishes to vote for the entire package in its totality, we certainly could do that tonight if there's a change of heart. Otherwise, we'll go with what was voted on during the committee reports. We're good? Mayberg. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I mean, generally, in the past, I don't recall the minutes being as detailed as they are right now. So they're very extremely detailed. Thank you, Ms. Lazzaro, for that. And we will take that to note. Thank you. Ms. Vandekloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion is there a second. Seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. You're all set. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor. Is there a second? Seconded by Mr. Russo that the Building and Grounds Committee entertain the Medford High School campus. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. And on the committee report, is there a motion to accept this committee report and place it on file?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: By Ms. Van der Kloot, is there a second? Second. Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Community participation. OK. Report of the superintendent. Superintendent's update and comments. Do you want to do that first, or do you want to do the next two items? Is there a motion on the floor for suspension by Ms. Mustone to take papers number 2, number 3, number 4, number 5, and number 6? Yes, out of order. On the motion for suspension of the rules, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion is granted. Item number two, recognition of John Skerry, recipient of the Robert S. Pierce Sportsmanship Coaching Award by Mr. Maloney.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's great to see him and others in the GBL. Not GBL. I'm jumping ahead. That's all right. The NEC All-Star list this past Sunday in the Globe. Appreciate it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Alright, John. John, come on up. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize John Skerry for receiving the Robert S. Pierce Sportsmanship Coaching Award, signed by all of us. Congratulations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All been changed.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Motion to receive this report and place it on file by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. DiBenedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Recommendation to approve donation of an iPad to an 8th grade math student at the McGlynn Middle School. Ms. DiTucci.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much, Mr. Tucci. Nice job. And we want to thank the Fitzpatrick family for their kind donation to our school system. Motion for approval by Ms. Vanderkloot, seconded by Mr. Aguirre. Roll call vote, please. Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you. I think you probably have to stay up there, Nick. Recommendation to approve donation of $150 to support, oh, McGlynn, this is a second vote. Middle School Drama Club. Roll call vote, please. On the floor by Ms. Villanueva, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Also, recommendation to approve a donation of a chair to the Columbus Elementary School. Ms. Caldwell is absent tonight. Dr. Maurice, would you like to?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. For the record, no relation to Ms. Burke. There's a motion on the floor for approval by Ms. DiBenedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Recommendation to approve grant funding for composting project at Medford High School. Mr. Curtis Tooden is with us this evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would anyone like to present right now? Come on, you did a great job when you came to visit.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: How excited are you that your project's coming to fruition? This is fabulous.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Feature you, give your name, and your grade.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent job. Want us all to jump? We'll come to you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report? Placed it on file by Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Ms. VanDekloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations, ladies.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Off to the races. Very good, thank you, Curtis. Item seven, report on, oh, I'm sorry, we're back to motion to resort to the regular order of business. Motion by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Giro, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's been a very long day. Item one, superintendent's update and comments. Madam Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If we could also add, last Monday evening we had a couple of the representatives from the CCSR. We had Joseph Schmidt and Jenny Lu that spoke about their projects and at the time we We knew. The city knew that they had received a grant for $2,000 to work on their enslaved project. There are over 50 individuals that are buried in our old Salem Street burial ground that have no markers on them. So no one knows they're there. And these students, Joe and Jenny, along with Liam and Jasmine, third graders at the Brooks School, worked together to put in a grant. And they raised $2,000 from the grant, $2,000 from GoFundMe. And I hear that there's another $2,000 out there that's about to come. But the students should be really, really proud of themselves. They did an amazing job. And to get this grant, it was one of the first ones that had been awarded. And they were so thrilled with the topic and what these youngsters are doing and how much they care about our community. So kudos to all of them and public acknowledgment for all their hard work. Thank you, Madam Superintendent. Motion to accept her report and place it on file by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Vanden Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Academic placement. MCAS and MCAS.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Russo. Next up, item 7, report on credit for life fare. Dr. Bernadette Riccardelli.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I can speak first-hand from the students. They were very excited about it. They certainly learned a lot. Eye-opening, I guess would be the word. And they really got a lot out of it. When they were finished, they were like, wow. They couldn't believe how much things cost and how little money goes. So it was very educational. So I know that they really enjoyed them. Kathy jumped in behind a table. did great, Mr. Russo I saw, and Ms. Van der Kloot. And so it was a really good showing, along with all the business communities that participated and had doodads, trinkets, and just offered assistance. So thank you to everybody who was involved in this. Amazing job, year two down, and great job. Thank you. Look forward to it next year.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great job. Great job. Motion to receive this report and place it on file by Ms. DiBenedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much, Doctor. Recommendation to approve name change from Foreign Language Department to World Language Department. Dr. Riccadeli.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. There's a motion on the floor by Ms. Vander Kloof, seconded by Mr. Russo. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you very much. Great idea. Thank you. Item 9, report on the status of the gymnastics facilities at Medford High School. Mr. Maloney.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is it a point of information or a question? Question? None. Okay. You can hold it for a second. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Why don't you make it a solid motion to include it?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Summertime of year two. Yeah, so that the. Seconded by Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Mr. Russo's next?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're all good? Yeah. OK. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor? Seconded. Then we can't have conflicting motions, unfortunately, unless one wants to withdraw.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I know. You just want it done. It happens. I just want it done.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That actually makes a great deal of sense. And we may be able to get it accelerated.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You withdrew? I withdrew and I'll second. OK. On the motion that $21,000 be added to the athletic budget, Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Vandekloot-Splinken? Are you good?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And even in the waiting area up front, there are some ceiling tiles in the entranceway from the side hall that need to be replaced.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Maloney. Report on superintendent's entry plan findings. Dr. Maurice-Edouard Vincent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, we have to do it anyway. Mr. Giro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you, Ms. VanDekloot. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to accept this report and place it on file. Seconded by Ms. Mostone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor. What did you say? We're in competition.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So moved. Motion for approval. All those in favor. Aye. All those opposed. Say it. Aye. So moved. So moved.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All righty. New business. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Helen Mulligan. Ms. Mulligan was the grandmother of Medford High School Assistant Principal Stacey Mulligan. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Violet McCurry. Ms. McCurry was the great-aunt of Associate Superintendent of Schools Diane Caldwell. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Madeline Sloan. Ms. Sloan was the aunt of associate superintendent of schools Diane Caldwell. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Irving Greenblatt. Mr. Greenblatt was the stepfather of associate superintendent of schools Diane Caldwell. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Marshall Sloan. Mr. Sloan was the founder and chairman of Century Bank. He was a leader in the business community for over 50 years and supported the Medford Public Schools in many ways. His compassion and generosity will be remembered always. And if we could hold Diane in our thoughts as well. She's had a really difficult couple of weeks. So all please rise for a moment of silence. Thank you. And there's a note. Motion to adjourn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Presidents of the President, none absent, all please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Approval of the minutes of March 18, 2019. Motion to approve by Ms. DeRusso, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds, and approval of payroll. Motion to approve by Ms. Kreatz. Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They've already been on the wall.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to table by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Giro. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Report of secretary. None? None. Report of committee. None? Community participation, Mayor Burke.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If there are issues that the school committee needs to deliberate on and it's not of emergency nature, it needs to be on the agenda.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a Hormel committee. It's with the Hormel Commission, the permitting of that field. Right, but they said that it was- And it's girls softball. It's not a middle school softball program. It's actually girls youth soccer 12-year-old program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I was advised last week it was the girls youth soccer program, I'm sorry, softball program that petitioned. So one field is girls youth, one field is the little league, and there's also time allotted for t-ball and what's the little t-ball, farm league.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So if we could have the- We can't take action right now, You have to write your items to get on the agenda. We can't take any action right now. So this is, yeah. We have an item, someone wanted to move on to suspension? Yes. Motion for suspension? Yes. By Ms. Mastone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion is granted. And you wanted to take paper. We have a paper on the suspension. It just came up, I believe, in the past day. It's for, where is it? An anonymous donation has been offered to Medford High School's ethics team in the amount of $300. I'm requesting that the school committee accept this anonymous donation of $300 on behalf of the team. The donor's intent is for the money to be used to transport students on the team to and from the airport. Ms. Caza.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second. Okay, there's a motion to approval by Ms. Maniclude, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you very much. Good luck. Good luck, everyone. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay. Motion to revert to the regular order of business by Ms. Mustone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Superintendent's update and comment. First off, I would just like to tell everyone here and in TV world that Ms. Dr. Maryse Edouard-Vincent's aunt passed away. Therefore, she is not at this meeting tonight and she's handling the items for her family. Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you very much. Item 2, report, Center for Citizenship and Social Responsibility Update. Mr. Richard Trotter and Mr. Michael Skorka. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. What a wonderful thing that you're doing. The four came before me to talk about their project, and I was just stunned, first off, to hear that there were no markers for these individuals, enslaved individuals that were buried there, and that you were taking that on. So you, amazing, amazing project. I'm so proud of both of you. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Nice. Nice job, John. John, can you provide the locations of your little libraries up in North Medford for us?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Great job. Thank you. Congrats.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And it was above your estimate, correct? Yes, much above what you projected.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, thank you. This is thank you. An amazing program and reaching out to the youngsters in the elementaries is fabulous. I believe there's a meeting. Are you guys heading to the Brooks tomorrow? Yeah? Okay. I might see you there.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The McGlynn Elementary has 67 students.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's easier doing Medford CCSR than Medford K-12.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: A lot easier. Very good, thank you so much. Wonderful job both of you and all of the students, fabulous.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Excellent. Motion on the floor to accept this report and place it on file by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Item three, recognition of SkillsUSA winners. Ms. DeFallin.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's OK. But since they were up here. So a little tidbit. I'm the parent of a SkillsUSA gold medal winner in the nationals.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So I know how exciting this is because I witnessed it with him. So good job. Keep it up. All the way. Keep it up. We do have awards. Can we give out a couple of awards? Oh, absolutely. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Adriana Fulks for winning the SkillsUSA Silver Medal in Graphic Imaging Sublimation. Would you like to step up? Can you tell the world what sublimation is? Tell us, right here, right here. What's sublimation?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You didn't wear one tonight.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Thank you. Keep it up. Daniel?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Daniel Gross for winning the SkillsUSA Gold Medal in Advertising Design. Congratulations, Daniel. We also have two, Edward Butler for winning the SkillsUSA Bronze Medal in Graphic Imaging Sublimation, and Jared Westcott, SkillsUSA Gold Medal in Graphic Imaging Sublimation. Awesome job for all of you. And next up, we have recognition of DECA winners by Mr. Fallon as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hi.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's great.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful job. And you continue from the last school committee meeting to now.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great job. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. You get to carry the torch into the future. Yeah?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, great. We have little awards for you as well. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Hunter Tognarelli for winning the DECA, Distributive Education Clubs of America, Gold Certificate in qualifying for the DECA Internationals. Come on up Hunter. He's going, come on, say a few words.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Richard, would you like to have a moment too? Richard Horn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: David, come on up.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Thank you guys.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And tell your parents to watch those hashtags up there, because all the parents are online talking to you guys while you're there.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have to approve some things. Next up, recommendation to approve field trip, DECA national competition. Motion to approve by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, six in the affirmative, one absent. Motion passes. Paulette, yes. Recommendation to approve Field Trip Skills USA State Conference.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to approve by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote. Yes. Yes, six in the affirmative, one absent. Motion passes. Great job, people. Nice. Next up, report, Metro Vocational Technical High School update. Mr. Fallon.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh. How do I do that, John? I've never done it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. You want to step up? Yeah. We have to get a mic for that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Mr. Fallon. Good luck everybody. Next up, report on professional development day, Dr. Riccadeli.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're welcome. Very good. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report, place it on file by Ms. Mustone, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much, Dr. Fideli. Report on Superintendent's Entry Plan Findings.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to table, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Table. New business. School committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Louise Bianchi. Ms. Bianchi was the mother of Nancy Zero, Special Ed Secretary for Medford Public Schools. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Donna Duranian. Ms. Duranian was the sister of Angela Donahue, Evaluation Team Leader for Medford Public Schools. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express sincere condolences to the family of Richard Elliott. Mr. Elliott was the father of Kelly Chiquinto, occupational therapist for Medford Public Schools. Mr. Elliott was a teacher in Winchester for over 40 years. Also under suspension, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express sincere condolences to the family of Marie Cheride Pavelis. Ms. Pavelis was the aunt of Superintendent Dr. Marice Edouard-Vincent. and also be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Robert Connelly. Mr. Connelly was a custodian at the Roberts Elementary School since 2003. Could we all please rise for a moment of silence on the passing of these individuals? Thank you. Ms. VandeKloop, did you wish? No. I'm sorry. Okay. Okay, we are down to Executive Session, I believe. The Negotiation of Legal Matters for Collective Bargaining, Custodians and Security, a Grievance. Is there a motion on the floor to enter into Executive Session by Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot? Roll call vote, please. Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. We will now be entering executive session, and we will open it up in 207 at the end of executive session to adjourn the meeting. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: present, seven present, none absent, all please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Approval of the minutes of the March 6, 2019 meeting. Motion to approve by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We tabled it. So we added 12 listings, we see that. Is the motion that that be put on reports due? the health policy. On the motion to approve the minutes as amended, all those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion to approve by Mr. Benedetto. Is there a second on the floor? Mr. Russo has a question. There's an echo happening in here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed, suspension is granted. Item number two, report on upcoming MBTA road closures. We have Mr. Terry McCarthy with us of the team, who has been the main point person for the GLX project in the city of Medford. You notice he's wearing green. He's a reason. And I'm not the president of the team.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could, the chief has been extremely involved in this process. I think pretty much weekly at this point they've been meeting with Todd Blake and Tim McGibbon, our engineer. A lot of the streets that might be cut through now will have postings on them, and there will be officers at the other end enforcing it. So a lot of the streets to the right of Main Street, I guess, if you were going to Somerville, a lot of them will be limited to just neighborhood traffic, so not cut-through traffic. And then the schools, I know we moved a bus stop up a little farther up, a new crosswalk we put in. So we can get a message out to the schools, but certainly the police are well informed.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Are there any other questions? Thank you so much for coming, Mr. McAuliffe, and we will see you soon. Thank you. Is he just here for the one thing? Okay, while we're under suspension, Ms. Mustone has asked us to take item 3, recommendation to approve donation to McGlynn Middle School by Medford Engineering and Survey, Mr. Tucci.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice, Mr. Tucci. And is it Mr. Veneziano?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. Is there a motion for approval of the donation by Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Ms. Mustone? Roll call vote, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative, motion passes. Thank you very much. Thank you. How about number four too? There's a recommendation to approve a scholarship. Mr. Toomey, Curtis Top School.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. And Ernice Sauer graduated last year. Yes. Very nice. Is there a motion for approval by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Oh, absolutely. Thank you, letter. To both of those. Item five, recommendation to approve commencement exercises at Tufts University. Mr. DeLava.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote. Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Should be. Should be.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Fingers crossed. It's only March. No. Yeah, no. Thank you. Thank you. The school year calendar, would you like to take that as well? Recommendation to approve 19-20 school year calendar. Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All righty. Ms. Vander Ploot. Oh, I'm sorry. Mr. Ruggiero, I think. Mr. Ruggiero. Thank you, Mayor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is broad, as opposed to high school. Yeah, I understand. I just want to put that. OK, there's a motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Motion to revert to the regular order of business by Mr. Benedetto. Is there a second on the floor? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of committee, special ed subcommittee, February 5, 2019. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Community participation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Rousseau, you'd like to request a confidential document? Yes, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I don't think there was any issues between police and school.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Item seven, on 2018, analysis and curriculum initiatives.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excuse me.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Let a report be provided to the committee by April 8, detailing all tests, including practice tests given to students K-8, grades broken out by grade level and school, exempting unit test teachers to assess grades. This report shall include frequency and planned duration of tests, and practice tests shall be clearly demarcated. There's a second on the floor by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can you be more flexible with the date that the superintendent?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, May 6th. Amended to May 6th. Okay, all those in favor? All those opposed, motion carries. And on Mr. Ruggiero's, that this be broken out by school by topic. Yeah. Second by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you, Ms. Kahn. Thank you. Good job. Thank you. OK. Report on 2018 Science MCAS Strategic Analysis and Curriculum Initiatives. Mr. Cieri.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, all set. Mr. Russo, point of information?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion to accept this report, place it in the file, and follow up from some of the data points? I'm sure that the superintendent will be in touch with you on what's been requested. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Seery.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Item 9, report on 2018 English Language Arts MCAS strategic analysis and curriculum. Dr. Chiesa.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's okay. Thank you. I don't mind. Someone move suspension and we can take some of the other. Come on. Suspension by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor of suspension? All those opposed? Suspension is granted. New business school committee resolution be resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Dorothy Palladino. Ms. Palladino was the mother-in-law of City Council President and former school committee member John Falco, Jr. Ms. Palladino was an active member of the Friends of the Medford Public Library, and we also have two under suspension. We have resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Anthony Staffier. Mr. Staffier was a security officer for Medford Public Schools for over 30 years. and also be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Phyllis Louise McCormick. Ms. McCormick was a first and second grade teacher at the Osgoode School in Medford for many years and received a key to the city when she retired. Osgoode was my home school, so I had the privilege of knowing Mrs. McCormick and her sister, Mrs. Carroll, and just amazing teachers. I ran into her often around the community, so she will be missed. If we could all please rise for a moment of silence. Thank you. Is there a motion to revert to the regular order of business by Ms. Van De Kloet, seconded by Ms. Di Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Ms. Chiesa. Hi.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to receive this report and place it on file by Ms. Villanueva? Second. By Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Thank you very much. Thank you. At this time, we have negotiations in legal matters. Motion to adjourn. Motion to go into executive session. Now executive session. Into executive session. By Ms. Villanueva, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote, please. Yes. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. We will be entering executive session and we will open up executive session in the other room to adjourn the meeting. We will not be back here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: A regular meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Approval of the minutes of the February 11th 2019 meeting. Motion to approve by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills. Transfer of funds. Mr. Benedetto. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to approve by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Rousseau. Roll call vote please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. I'd like to recognize Mr. Rousseau for suspension of the rules.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: motion for suspension is there a second second for the second on the floor by mr. Benedetto all those in favor aye all those opposed suspension is granted to take papers two and three is there additional and nine two three and nine out of order on the motion all those in favor and ten and ten nine and ten okay Item two, recognition of Tristan Howard for accomplishments in track and field. Ms. DeLinch, are you present? Ms. DeLinch, step up to the podium.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, so Tristan, we have a certificate of appreciation that we'd like to bestow upon you. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Tristan Howard for accomplishments in track and field on behalf of the entire school committee. We wish you great success and certainly you're doing it the Mustang way, right Mr. Tucci? Keep up the great work.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice, thank you so much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wear it proudly.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you all. Great job. Item three, report on ethics bowl competition. Dr. Nicole Chiesa and Eric, I'm sorry, Eric Asner. Is Eric here?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful job. Great job. Also under suspension could someone move item three so we could also make the recommendation to approve the field trip for the Ethics Bowl competition. Motion to approve the field trip. Motion to approve by Mr. Benedetto. Is there a second? Ms. Vandekloot?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second by Ms. Vandekloot. All the roll call vote please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Congratulations. That's such an accomplishment. We're just so, so proud of you and the team. Great job.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So moved.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We wish you great success. Thank you. Thank you. Also, while under suspension, item nine, report on Scholastic Writing Awards. Dr. Chiesa?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Certificate of Achievement, Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Isabelle Anglici for receiving the Scholastic Writing Award, Silver Key.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Laurel Baxter for receiving the Scholastic Writing Award, Silver Key. Danara Torres for receiving the Silver Key, Elastic Writing Award. Congratulations. Great job. Congratulations. Also, while we're under suspension, the Scholastic Art Awards. Mr. Szczynski.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Yay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Would you like to take these, Mr. Zigney? For these other two? Thank you very much. Is there another recommendation? Yes. Motion for item 8?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to take item 8 while we're in suspension.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Recommendation to approve field trip, DECA vocational student trip to Boston.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So what are your plans next year? Next year?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, I can imagine that the growth of DECA has something to do with you, too. Oh, thank you. Great job. You really present well. A very comfortable neighbor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, good luck Friday. I wish you the very best, as well as the other members that are accompanying you. And we need to approve this field trip. Motion for approval. Motion for approval. Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative. Zero in the negative. Motion passes. Good luck. Keep us posted. I remember that Good night. Congratulations. Motion to take item 13 recommendation to approve donation for speech and language therapists to attend stuttering conference.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion on the floor to approve. Is there a second? Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Ms. Vidaglio.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. There's already a motion on the floor, and it was seconded. Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion roll call vote please. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the vote of 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative, the motion passes along with sending out a thank you to Ms. Gomez.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Vidaglio. Also, community participation, Ms. Mia Mastone? Yes. Okay, a motion to take community participation, Ms. Rodriguez, Medford Citywide Elementary PTO event, the Harlem Wizards game.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll try we'll try Thank you
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Go to a great cause. Thank you. Is there a motion on the floor by Ms. Mustone to revert to the regular order of business? Is there a second? Second, Mr. Russo. All those in favor? All those opposed? We're on. Report of secretary. None?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Report of Committees. Committee of the Whole. Monday, February 11th. The function of the Medford School Committee document. Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you very much, Ms. Kress, who led this, I believe, in subcommittee originally and then to committee of the whole. So thank you all for your hard work on setting the goals of the It's a motion to adopt the functions of the Medford School Committee. By Ms. Mustone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Roll call, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. The motion passes. Thank you very much. Rules of Subcommittee. Monday, February 25th. Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Very good. This is a motion to accept this report and add the current date to the responsible use policy to show that it has been updated with no changes. Motion on the floor by Mr. Benedetto. Is there a second? Second. By Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. Item 1 under the report of superintendent is the superintendent's updates and comments. Madam Superintendent. You might be more comfortable.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So she likes changing brakes. And I thought it was wonderful. I thought it was wonderful. Very good. Excellent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mayor Burke. Mr. Oshiro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Thank you. There's no real reports out yet. Okay, item five. Ratification of Kids' Corner Memorandum of Agreement. We had an executive session two weeks ago. We had a motion for approval of the Kids' Corner Agreement and this is taking it to the floor to formally adopt it. Motion for approval by Ms. Van De Kloet, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Ratification has occurred. Also item 6, ratification of Secretary's Memorandum of Agreement. This was the same thing. This was in our executive session of the last meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval, Ms. Van De Kloet, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative. 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Item 7, review of MSBA statement of interest for April filing deadline. Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Patterson, if I could just ask one question from the Chair. On page two, you mentioned the Everett Agreement. Yes. And you project an increase in enrollment of 100. Do you believe that that is still accurate?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think we should just reevaluate how that's looking and what you think the true numbers would be. Yes. And also based upon our lunch today that we had with the Japanese consulate as well as members of the Japanese learning school that use our facility on Saturday, we spoke about this process and they were very excited about it as well and they thought if there's anything we can add to incorporate what their school does here as well, that could really beef up our application, that we should consider that as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that miss Patterson amend this filing to incorporate actual projections for the Everett partnership and motion for approval I Don't think we needed to come back to us. I think we agreed that if she meant the number we're good to go So motion for approval has been offered roll call vote, please Yes Yes Yes, on a vote of seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative, motion passes. And also, a B paper to this is to request a report that shows all of the outside enrollment at each of our schools. So that would include Curtis Tufts Vocational School. I believe those would be the only two, but if there are any others, please incorporate that as well. Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Recommendation for budget discussions to take place in personnel subcommittee. Dr. Maurice-Edouard Vincent. I think while you're walking to the microphone, because the budget of the school department is so heavily focused on personnel, we're going to rename that committee personnel budget for future moving forward.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So I think if there's a vote for it to happen this way, then I think that the committee should be working on dates that are reasonable for them. So that everyone can, I know Paula is the chair of that committee.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You know, she will be in contact if it is voted on to go this route. She can certainly meet with the committee members to schedule.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: from Mr. Greenspan. Mr. Giro, next.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Azzaro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Patterson, could you just elaborate, because I think this idea stemmed from the finance department on the purpose of these meetings, and what would they be taking the place of? Yes, thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Stone first and then Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm just wondering if I could well, I don't think we should even don't even worry about the dates right now I think it's the principle well for me, and I'm the pragmatist For me the question is saying hey the first date is March 14th who can make it do we have a subcommittee?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Rousseau.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But we can't, in order to accomplish things we need to at least start that early or earlier.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, we have to review the schedules to see. March 14th may be good for you, but it may not be good for me. And as the chair, I'd probably want to schedule something that I could attend. When it comes to scheduling.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the administrators to prepare the document, I would imagine. It's going to take some time. So I think right now, we should probably just take a vote whether or not we want a subcommittee or a committee of the whole. And then we can just move on and try to schedule things. Motion to create a committee of the whole to have these proposed- There's a motion on the floor that a committee of the whole be held to conduct these pre-budget hearings.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It may be earlier than 6, though. It may have to be earlier than 6. That's fine. Of course. There's a motion. Seconded. We can't do it in an hour. Seconded by Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Yes. Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Item 12, report new standards for social studies. Dr. Chiesa.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Any questions? Mr. Giro?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to receive this report and place it on file by Ms. Mastone? Seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you Mayor Burke. We do have a couple more items. I have an undersuspension. Under new business, under suspension, school committee resolution, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Rosemary Texera. Rosemary was the mother of Paul Texera, director of English Learners and Title III for the Medford Public Schools. Also, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of firefighter Steven Pena. He was a 43-year veteran of the Medford Fire Department. And he passed away last week, and he leaves behind his wife, Sydney Lynn Pena, and two daughters, Jasmine and Chloe, students in the Medford Public Schools. So if we could all please rise for a moment of silence. Thank you. Mr. Benedetto. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Certainly.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And seeing and hearing none, there's no executive session. Mr. Greenspan could not be in attendance, so that will be on the next agenda for our next meeting. Motion to adjourn. Yes. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Item 2, approval of the minutes of the February 4, 2019 meeting. Motion to approve the minutes by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. There's a motion on the floor to approve by Member DiBenedetto, seconded by Ms. Vandeclute.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion to approve by Ms. Kreatz, Ms. DiBenedetto. Seconded by Ms. DiBenedetto. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: None.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: very good there's a motion on the floor for suspension of the rules all those in favor all those opposed motion passes community participation miss judy lonigan of the jingle bell road race to do her annual fund distribution Hello. How are you? Good to see you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hello, Mr. Murphy. How are you?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: How exciting. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Our next one is the Andrews Middle School, Susan Powers, Liam Antwine, Jen
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So we want to thank Ms. Lonegan and all the Jingle Bell team that puts us together. We know it takes a village to pull off this event. And also DPW police that are out there making sure everyone stays safe and all the volunteers because there's a whole host of you that help out. So thank you all for what you do. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot. Incredible work.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Next we have under Roman numeral 8, item 2, recognition of Columbus Elementary student writers. Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: How good? Wonderful, congratulations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to receive this report and place it on file? Mr. Russo? Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Item 3, recognition of Arden Ingersoll and Catherine Schmidt for accomplishments in music.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations, Mr. Digny. There he is. Come on up, Artie. I know, for sure. Congratulations. You don't see her. OK. Congratulations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? So moved. Mr. Nishihara? Yes. Seconded by Ms. Krutz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Paper number four. Could someone move to table? He could not be in attendance. Tristan could not be here tonight. Motion to table. Motion to table item four. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Item 5, Recognition of the Contributions of the Class of 1965. Dr. Maurice Edouard Vincent will be presenting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. We'd like to invite Sharon up and her compadres.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Nice. Congrats. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? There is. By Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Ms. Van der Kloot, did you wish to speak on this? Mayor, I did.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think this should be tabled. This isn't on our agenda this evening. Someone should table this for the next meeting so it's formally written on our agenda and the public has an opportunity to speak on this topic. Motion to table? By Ms. Mustone, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. It'll be on the next agenda. Okay, motion to revert to the regular order of business by Ms. Van der Kloot. Is there a second? Mr. Russo? All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. We are back on the calendar. Report of committee. Support services subcommittee. Mr. Russo? Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All righty. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file by Mr. Russo, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of the superintendent. Item 1, superintendent's updates and comments.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is the motion that the technology policy?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Be sent to the rules subcommittee. Is there a second on the motion? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Also, I just wanted to make one announcement. At 3 o'clock this Saturday at La Conte Rink, we will be paying tribute to Mr. John Welsh, who worked at the rink. He was also a Somerville school teacher who passed away about two months ago. So it's Saturday at 3. Please come down. Everything he did was for the kids, and we'd like to have a great showing as we unveil a plaque in his name. Next, item six, report on fifth to sixth grade transition. Dr. Edouard-Vincent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Now the school committee vote from about three or four years ago, correct?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So that was a vote taken by... Because there was an issue.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mayor Burke.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Opara, our school committee representative from Medford High School.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Thank you. Your honest comments. Mr. Benedetto, next.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: His would come first.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No. Would you be amenable? Mr. Agiro, point of information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But that wouldn't be for September. That would take so long to get that into place.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot, you're all set? You blinking again? OK. So just in terms of- There's a motion on the floor to send this to Committee of the Whole to discuss the rollout and possibly other options. There's a second, I believe, by Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's Mr. Ruggiero's resolution. It's up to him to amend it or change it. You'll withdraw for now. Community member, please announce your name and address, please, for our record.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo's up next. Mr. Russo. Thank you very much. Thank you for that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I know.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But I think the superintendent responded to Erin from a space needs analysis, that the extra grade, the whole fifth grade being in one, he added another. Right, but what about putting all of the 337 fifth graders? Added into the middle schools.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: How many students are in elementary school? Under 100, I would say. What about 70? Is it that small? 70, maybe?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is a fifth and sixth together, and seventh and eighth in another school?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Because the decision's already been made for you, assuming this policy is adopted.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If you'd like to make are you standing by your motion to send it to committee of the whole is there a second by miss Kreatz to send to committee of the whole I Think a week two weeks.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Dileva.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, there's a motion on the floor to send this to Committee of the Whole. The motion is to send this paper to Committee of the Whole to then bring a resolution back out to the floor. His motion is to not approve it, to send it to Committee of the Whole.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If it gets voted on, we will figure out a night to have a committee of the whole. But right now, it's to send it to committee of the whole. Or if that fails, then someone could make a motion to approve the said policy changes. So the motion on the floor right now, send to committee of the whole. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No. No. Two in the affirmative, five in the negative. The motion fails. Is there a motion on the floor to approve this policy change? Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to approve the policy change, follow up by a committee of the whole to determine the rollout procedures, seconded by Mr. Russo, and also in conjunction with the superintendent's recommendation to withdraw that prior school committee resolution deeming a rising freshman not to be a sibling preference item, however that was worded originally. Is that?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I mean separate okay to change on the motion for approval Followed up by a committee of the whole roll call vote, please Yes Yes seven in the affirmative zero in the negative the motion passes on the resolution item B for the preferences it is for the the superintendent's recommending that the preference be for children that would be in the same school at the same time. So no rising freshmen would be deemed a preference. That's your recommendation. Ms. Vandekloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to accept the superintendent's recommendation, is there a second? Second by Mr. Russo. Roll call vote, please. Yes. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Yes. Vote is 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you very much. OK. Item 7, report on UDL Emergency Preparedness Committee Kathleen Madaglio and Melanie McLaughlin. This is a girls hockey game. I'm going to put you on. I shut them all off.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much. Great work. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Once you get the PowerPoint as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo, you are next, actually.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: More broader. Right. Oh, I understand.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Great, great presentation. Thank you very much. All of you, thank you. Michael has a motion that the superintendent entertain the district-wide emergency preparedness committee and start thinking about formulating one from all of the individual schools. Second. The second on the floor by Mr. Russo. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Next up is negotiations and legal matters. Is there a motion to move this to the end of the calendar?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: By Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. New business. We have resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Robert Stenberg. Mr. Stenberg taught graphic arts in Medford. Also, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Thomas Kreatz. Tommy was the brother-in-law of school committee member Kathy Kreatz. Nothing makes a family stronger than love. Tommy brought love to our family and we are all blessed to have been a part of his life. Could all rise for a moment of silence. Okay, and that leaves us with negotiations and legal matters. Motion to go into executive session by Ms. Dervisiero, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote, Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: present, six present, one absent. All please rise and salute our flag please. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Approval of the minutes of January 14, 2019. Motion to approve the minutes by Mr. Russo. Is there a second by comment Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second on the floor? Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion on the floor by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote, please. Mayor Burke. Mr. Benedetto. Thank you. I had some questions regarding the bills. Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Six in the affirmative, one absent. That's in favor. Approval of payrolls. Motion to approve by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Mr. Russo. Roll call vote. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion is approved. Report of Secretary. Revised. Former Secretary report. Kathy Kreatz. Is there a revised report?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to place this report on file by Mr. Kreatz, seconded by Ms. DiBenedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of committee. Support Services Subcommittee. It's the Medication Administration Policy. Mr. Russo, chair of that committee.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What section are you amending?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's the first page of the school. It starts on the first page.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And then which one are you? Item two says a school nurse shall ensure that there is written authorization by the parent or guardian.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is that customary?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Maybe we can bring it back next week so that it's not... Are you making a motion to send this back to the subcommittee for further deliberation?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Where do you want that?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to amend it under section E. We're in section E. We need to be specific. This is a policy, so it has to be specific.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So you're asking to send this back to subcommittee?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a motion on the floor to send this to subcommittee.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The chair of the subcommittee would call the meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, there's a motion on the floor to move this paper to subcommittee, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Okay. A motion for suspension of the rules, Ms. Van der Kloot?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion for suspension of the rules. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Before us right now is item 2, report on project 351. Ms. Caldwell, Margaret Hines, and Vishal Romero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Tucci? Welcome.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So impressed, are we not? Very, very impressed with both of you. Amazing delivery. And I'm sure you learned a lot that day. Take it home and continue to be an ambassador in our community. We look forward to it. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report and place it on file? Ms. Mustone, seconded by Ms. Vandeclude. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. The next item up is the report on Judge Klein's visit to our schools by Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Thank you all for sharing in that. I know Ms. Vandekloot has something to say.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great things from some of the students. Fabulous.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you everyone. Thank you. Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place this on file by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. And item four, recognition of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Boston, volunteers from Tufts University and volunteers from Mystic Valley Elder Services. Superintendent, Dr. Edouard-Vincent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The Medford Public Schools. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Samuel Kreatzer with appreciation for your dedication and commitment to the students of Medford, from all of us.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sure, would you like to say to the side there? Christopher Duos. Melbourne Sings.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Aiden? Oh, there's Aiden. It's a pleasure to meet you. So these big brothers and big sisters have committed to a year and a half with their littles, correct? A year and a half. Wonderful. Thank you. We're also delighted to acknowledge the following people for volunteering at our schools through Mystic Valley Elder Services. Ms. Charlene Powell. Charlene Carl? No, okay. Rosalynn Weiss? Yes, we can come, yep. Elizabeth Minnesian. Elizabeth Minnesian. Len Levin. Teresa Invernone. Invernone, meet. Joyce Holt.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Project 351 in action. Yeah. Right? There it is. Ms. DiPenedo, can we take a picture with the volunteers? Certainly.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And Angela. And anyone who wants to come up. elementary principals that are in the audience and they're here to say thank you to you as well for all your efforts. Mrs. Kaye, Ms. Garino, Ms. Galussi, and Mr. Johnson. Thank you for being here supporting all of them. Ms. Thank you. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report and place it on file by Ms. Kreatz? Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes, thank you. Item one, superintendent's update and comments. Here you go.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And we want to thank the YMCA for being the major moving party in this, as well as Mr. Hoff. Priscilla's Pantry is named after his late wife. So thank you for that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Nice job.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you so much. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Kreatz? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Item 5, recommendation to approve field trip. McGlynn and Andrews Middle School's trip to New York. Mr. Tucci, Mr. Downs, and Michael DiClemente are here. Is there a motion to approve your field trips? Come on, you've waited all evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: How many students from the Andrews are taking up the spot?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wow. That's fabulous. Three buses or?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a separate policy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK, great. Thank you. There's a motion on the floor for approval by Ms. DiVenitato. Is there a second? Yes. By Ms. Kreatz. Roll call. Oh, Mr. Russo, question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Hsu, our school committee representative from Medford High School.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Four years ago?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Roll call vote, please. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Six in the affirmative, one absent. Motion passes. Thank you. Have fun. Thank you very much. Thank you. We have another one, I think. Mr. Tucci? No? Recommendation to approve field trips. Seventh grade environmental trip to the University of Rhode Island. Mr. Tucci, Ms. Haas. Hi. And Angela, Ms. Bellini. I don't believe she's here. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Are there any questions? Mr. Benedetto. A motion to approve.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to accept, adopt, approve this field trip. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Vendetto. Is there a second?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ham. Sorry. It's been a long day. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Yes. Six in the affirmative, one absent. Motion's approved.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Thank you, Ms. Haas. Item 7, recommendation to approve donation to Roberts Elementary School, Mr. Johnson. Would you like me to read it? The Roberts Elementary School received a donation from Ms. Christina Damari, parent of a kindergartner and third grader. She donated 51 pairs of headphones, purchased at a cost of $5 each. The total donation was $255 to the school. We truly appreciate this generous donation, and this contribution has benefited a number of students at the Roberts. Mr. Johnson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. Very nice. Is there a motion for approval? Ms. Kreatz, did you have a question? I'd like the school committee to send a letter of thanks to the DeMari family. It's customary now. Second. Second. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Gentlemen, thank you in person. Item 8, recommendation to approve donation from Impact Church. Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And they recently made a donation of $10,000 earlier this year. Yes, wonderful. It is recommended to accept the identified donation for use and purposes of enrichment at the McGlynn School. Correct. Is there a motion for approval? by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: McGlynn. McGlynn. Auditorium. Did you say Andrews? Auditorium, said McGlynn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 6 in the affirmative, 1 absent. The approval is on. Thank you. Item 9, report on fundraising organizations. Ms. Lazzaro and Ms. Patron. Good night.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: perhaps offline if there are names and possibly addresses of contact people that we should provide.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: She would only know if someone tells her.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll put that in our reports too, please. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But how do we know that? Well, that was why they were supposed to also, if they are collecting in our- Yeah, but we have to find, they've searched, like Emily's searched 501C3s for Medford organizations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Danikluk, did you still wish to speak?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Perhaps you could print the 990 for that entity. Sure. And see if there's any activity. I have a feeling it's defunct and probably for many years. Similar, one of the ones I asked you about was Medford After School Program. That has had no activity and it's been idle. It's a process to close out a non-profit. It's a really complicated process. The courts actually have to bless it. It's bizarre.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you very, very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We don't know unless someone tells them. That's what I... Earlier, if you know of an entity that needs to be further pursued, furnish it to an assembly.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I don't think she's talking... You're not talking about them? They wouldn't be.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is the ones that are following... They're neither. Okay. They're not student activities, not a 501c3, but they're out there collecting and doing things. That's...
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right, and it costs money. Very good. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report, place it on file?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That we get a follow-up of all of the student activity accounts. Second by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Okay, new business. School committee resolutions. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of William Bill Brady. Mr. Brady was a member of the Medford School Committee for 25 years. He was a tireless advocate for all aspects of education, and he will be missed in Medford. Mr. Brady was the uncle of Medford math coach Ellie O'Leary. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Elaine Torres. Ms. Torres was the wife of the late Angel Torres, who was a teacher and coach at Medford High School. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Patrick Carr. Mr. Carr was a Medford police detective for many years, and he was the husband of the late Shirley Carr, an administrative assistant at the Medford Vocational Technical High School. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Guadalupe Maturana. Mrs. Maturana was the wife of the late Guy Maturana, who established the Spartans Youth Football League, which eventually became the Pop Warner Football, as well served as president of the North Medford Little League. both of which he guided voluntarily for years. Two of her sons, Craig and James, are in the Mustang Hall of Fame, and her son Alan is a member of the Medford Rotary Club. Also, Adam is a member of our licensing commission. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of James Hayden Downs, father of Andrew's middle school principal, Michael Downs. Mr. Downs was a retired Vietnam veteran residing in Nashville, Tennessee. If we could all please rise for a moment of silence. School Committee Resolution. Whereas, free public schools available to all students without exception are foundational to our democracy and are required by the state constitution. And whereas, all of our students, no matter where they live, deserve high-quality public schools that teach the whole child and provide them with a rich school experience that addresses their academic, social, and emotional needs. Whereas, the state's foundation budget formula, which determines state aid to each district, has been woefully out of date for years, thereby underfunding our districts by more than $1 billion a year for essential educational services. And whereas, an updated foundation budget formula would bring Medford up to $4,134,000 $775 in additional state aid each year, allowing us to move closer to providing all students with the education to which they are entitled as residents of the Commonwealth. And whereas the legislature failed to pass any foundation budget legislation in the last session, leaving districts, educators, and students without the funds necessary to support the schools our students deserve in every district in the state. Therefore, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee urges the legislature to approve and fully fund a new foundation budget formula and support the Education Promise Act as submitted by Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz on May 1, 2019. And if I could add, the Senate docket number is 101. It had not received a number, a bill number, but that is certainly a way to track it until it receives such. I also want to just make note a couple of weeks ago I announced here that we were going to be fighting the fight and even at the Martin Luther King breakfast for the NAACP we stressed that really it's something we all have to be advocating for because certainly the districts across the commonwealth are being underfunded in general and then when you look at Medford in particular it hurts. When I look at the cherry sheets I've got the governor's new cherry sheets for the upcoming year. And while a little bit of Chapter 70, which is our unrestricted numbers, are going up by measly dollars, we're getting hit with another million dollars net for charter school spending for 424 students. It's an average of about 16 grand a kid that's going out the door for the charter school students, and the average coming in the door with our 70 for our over 4,000 students are about a little over $1,000 that we're getting from the Commonwealth. So there's a huge disparity. It's a huge issue. Senator Chang-Diaz's bill actually lifts everyone up. It's not really creating animosity between the true publics and the true charters, but it's trying to raise everyone up. And just as late as Friday, A House representative offered a bill as well, similar to Senator Chang-Diaz's, with some nuances in it. So there are three bills right now that are tracking in the legislature. So we're going to keep abreast of them all. I'll notify you as things change to let you know the impacts from each of them. Senator Diaz's did not have a time number of years for implementation. The governor had a five-year time that he was going to implement in small doses. And likewise, the House version has a five-year commitment to it. So there are a lot of differences between the three bills, and we're hoping that our Metro Mayors Coalition can put together some really good comparisons. I've tried to sit down and determine what the differences mean, but it's very technical because they're amendments to the current bill, the current law. So you have to read the current law alongside all the amendments to figure them all out. So it's very complicated. Foundation budget, Christine got blessed, is extremely complicated to understand. Mr. Russo, did you want to comment?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's a lot of money.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Versus seeing a negative $1 million monetary sheet, which is like, it's shocking. Shocking. It's shocking to continue to see that downward spiral every year.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So if we could send this to the governor, our state delegation. and continue every couple of weeks. I think we have to re-look at this and then send out blasts and get parents and all of our teachers. This impacts teachers, parents, administrators across the board. So we need everybody to be in on this fight collaboratively.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion on the floor, Mr. Russo, to accept this resolution, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot, maybe collectively, seconded by all? Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. On a vote of six in the affirmative, one absent, motion passes. Motion to adjourn? See you Saturday? Come get an ice cream. Come meet your school committee representatives.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The Secretary will call the roll. Mr. Benjamin?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Before we move to the approval of the minutes, we are at the start of our school year, of our calendar year, and we need to nominate a new secretary and vice chair of the school committee. At this point in time, I'd like to open up nominations for the vice chair of the Medford School Committee for the calendar year 19. There's a nomination for Kathy Kreatz. Is there any other nominations that you'd like to put in? No? There's a second on the floor by Ms. Van der Kloot. I'll close that portion of the nominations. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Kathy Kreatz. Unanimous vote. Kathy Kreatz, our new Vice Chair of the Medford School Committee. Yay, Kathy! And now at this time we would like to open up nominations for the Secretary of the Medford School Committee for 2019. Is there a name you'd like to put in nomination? Ms. Kreatz nominates Miyama Stone. This is second on the floor by Ms. VanDekloot. Any other names for nomination? Hearing and seeing none, I'll close that portion of the nominations. Roll call vote please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mia Mustone, unanimous vote. Mia Mustone, our new secretary. Congratulations, Ms. Mustone. Ms. Kritz, if you will give the sheets over to your colleague for the rest of the meeting. Trial by fire. Next up, approval of the minutes of the January 7, 2019 meeting. Is the motion for approval by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of Bills Transfer of Funds. Motion to approve by Mr. Russo, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative, the motion passes. Next up is the approval of payrolls and actually if you can, if someone could move suspension to take the item that's under eight negotiations and legal matters, it's payroll update, if we can move that up to this section. Motion to suspend the rules by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. That paper is now before us. The approval of the payrolls were provided by Ms. Patterson. Is there a motion on the floor for approval? Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I don't think that was requested and I don't think our system can pull that information into it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, there's no type.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I did refer to the last one. I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You can make a motion to table. Is there a second to table? Mr. Ruggiero, before the tabling.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Patterson, could you describe how the payroll gets to you? I think this is the end result, so it goes through phases to get to you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It changes the net wages, not the gross. Yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a pay period. He's talking about the named list. That's from payroll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is the report from admins that is processed by... I can't see names in our ledgers on the city side.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think it's the payroll system.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And in all due respect, there's no simplistic. Even if, let's say, code 010 meant the superintendent's office. Right. Sure. You might get a report. You could get this report, and then divvied out by the people in the superintendent's office, sort of a different way. I'm sure you can get something like that. But then you have people that work in different departments.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's not going to assist. Does that help you to know that they're at the superintendent's office?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can you look into, by our next meeting, whether or not you can add a column that shows the location?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's not from the payroll system.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of information, Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Statistics. Point of information heard. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is it a point of information? Is it a point of information? Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Russo, are you all set? I'm all set.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to table the paper. Is there a second? There's a second by Mr. Russo. Thank you. Undebatable on the motion to table this paper to our next meeting. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion granted. Thank you. The paper's tabled. Thank you for the work. Thank you. report of the outgoing secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion to receive this report? Place it on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of committees. The Rules Subcommittee, December 17, 2018.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file by Mr. Russo, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Committee of the Whole. Also last Monday, January 7, in room 207, we had a Committee of the Whole meeting to discuss the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention. that conducted a trauma assessment, a health assessment on the McGlynn Middle and the McGlynn Elementary School. We have about three or so pages of notes that were taken at the meeting, but it really went through the detailed information of the various surveys that were furnished to the children, their parents, teachers and staff, and also next step suggestions on how to potentially improve climate, not only at those two schools, but throughout the district. So we will be working steadfast on moving forward. We know that the school has had a tremendous turnaround over the last several months, so we're really thrilled with the perception. And just for all those at home, parents are really, really happy with the McGlynn, how their kids felt that they were, how the kids felt supported. And the teachers were all invested in their children. So overall, it was a very good, positive report. But of course, there are areas that need to be addressed. And we will do so moving forward. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? Yes. Motion by Ms. Kreatz. Is there a second? Mr. Ruggiero. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Community participation. Report of the superintendent. Superintendent's update and comments. Madam Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great. I just wanted to elaborate a little bit more on the foundation budget and the education bill, the Promise Act that's been put forth. And if you looked at the city of Medford over the last several years, when you net out what we get in Chapter 70, which is school funding against our charter school expenses, we're negative. Every year we've been going down lower and lower. So the state is contributing less and less to the school system. And therefore, the property tax burden really is covering I think 87% of our school costs are covered through the tax bills. So it's a huge burden on us. And then it's very disparate when you compare the urban-suburban. And it's frustrating, because we really are educating the most vulnerable in the Commonwealth, similar to Boston. So we need that extra help. So I urge you, as this bill progresses, to really push hard and call your legislators to tell them you're on board. At that point in time, we'll do a shout out to parents and educators as well. MTA was on board with this. The Mass Association of School Committees was there as well to support it. Cross channels and charter schools do not get hindered by this. They don't get hurt. So it really lifts everyone up. So please stay apprised and tune in for further discussions because we're going to need everybody to push for this bill to pass.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a Senate number, and I can look it up. I can send it to you tomorrow.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the distracted driving session, Emily Stein is actually a mom at the Brooks School, so she has a direct connection with medical kids.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK, great.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And it's not just texting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's coffee.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Anything.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you Ms. Croston. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is that what you were saying?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Priscilla's Pantry is in coordination with the YMCA.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They partnered with us on that project.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Next up, report on kindergarten registration. Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is the report to us, the cover sheet.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I motion that this report be accepted and that the revised versions be posted to the website. Seconded by Mr. Matadetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you, Ms. Caldwell. Next up, recommendation to approve field trip, Medford High School science and leadership enrichment trip. Oh, there's a motion on the floor to approve. Would you like to talk to us?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And I don't know if the sweat is subtle, but it does look like Mickey Mouse. It is. OK. I'm like, I didn't want to embarrass you if it wasn't.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much. Yes. Mr. Benedetto, you got a motion on for approval? A motion to approval and to volunteer as a...
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a second by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please, Ms. Mustone. Ms. Van der Kloot, do you have a dad on the line?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. McCracken? Mustone, yes. O'Neill, zero. Yes. Ms. Moore, seven. I have a state.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, I do.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, six in the affirmative, one abstain, motion passes. Thank you. Thank you. Have fun. Report on English language learners from Mr. Teixeira.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is that with Lesley?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mestone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can you speak to Ms. Caldwell if you feel there's a need?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So three newcomers, two pull-outs. Pull-outs, right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion? Oh, you still have a presentation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report? Placed it on file. So moved by Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Follow-up report on obesity numbers.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The date, we can all triangulate the date together.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Here's the motion on the floor that this paper be sent to Committee of the Whole to explore options and policies, which is school committee purview policies, in this arena. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Informational report on Attorney General's PTO webinar. Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But this is different. This is a training session.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. All set? Okay, is there a motion to accept this report? Moved by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Report on high school heating. Mr. McLaughlin or... Yes, he's here. Here he comes. Hello, Mr. McLaughlin.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The theater, you've done all that work, so now the theater has heat.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you, John.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. McLaughlin. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file by Ms. Mustone? Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Someone could make a motion to move negotiation and legal matters to the end of the docket. So moved by Ms. Villanueva, seconded by Ms. DeRusso. All those in favor? Aye. That is now moved to the very end. School committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Florence DeMartino, the grandmother of City Councilor Adam Knight, and a longtime employee of the City of Somerville's Hot Lunch Program. could all please rise for a moment of silence on the passing of Ms. DiMartino. Thank you. Ms. I would just like to make a note that there were several letters in the background that were at a request of us to send letters on behalf of the committee.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you Now into negotiations and legal matters. Is there a motion to go into executive session? So moved by Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote please, Madam Secretary. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. The motion carries. We will now enter executive session and we will open up session from room 207 and depart from there.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present, seven present, none absent, all please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. First item, approval of the minutes of December 17, 2018. Motion to approve on the floor by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Ms. DiPenedeto. This is a pattern.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to approve, is there a second? Mr. Ruggiero. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of payrolls.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to approve by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of the secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to approve on the floor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. There's a motion on the floor for approval of the secretary's report. Is there a second? Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Also just want to take note that Jasper Suh is present, our school committee representative. If we could enter him into the records, please. Report of committees.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just the next couple. That would be great. Report of committees. Hearing and seeing none. Community participation. Hearing and seeing none. Ms. Kreatz, motion?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to take the paper out of order. Is there a second on the floor to take it out of order? I'm going to include all those in favor. Aye. All those opposed? The paper is Right before us, school committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee hereby approve a letter of support for pedestrian improvements near the Roberts Elementary School, Walk Medford, through the MassDOT Safe Routes to School grant. There's a motion on the floor to approve. As we know, parents, I believe, is there a parent?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sara McGiven.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Walk Boston did a safety audit as well just a few weeks ago to look at that area as well. So it's getting intense scrutiny for sure. And we've been very successful. As you know, the Brooks received this grant. It's in the planning processes. MassDOT pretty much takes over the whole process once it's approved. And they've become the leader of it. So they are working towards the Brooks School completion as well. But this would be a wonderful thing if we were able to get this grant. So the motion is to go on record officially. There is a paper in your packet that is a copy of the letter. We're going to circulate it after we take the vote and get signatures on it. All right. There's a motion on the floor for approval by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes and I will sign and circulate. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Sarah. Is a motion on the floor to refer to the regular order of business by Mr. Russo. Is there a second? Yes. On the second, all in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carries. We are now back on the agenda, which is the superintendent's update and comments. Madam Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much, Madam Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you, Madam Superintendent. Is there a motion to receive this report? Motion on file by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Mostone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Item 2, informational report on vaping and cannabis. Dr. Randy Schuster.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: While things are being set up, we all know that vaping has become a hidden talent of some youngsters and adults, and it's really important that we catch hold of this and make sure that the students realize that it's not acceptable to be doing this in schools or anywhere else inside our buildings, and similar to smoking. It's very similar to smoking, and it's not acceptable behavior. And so we've been working quite adamantly, along with Dr. Schuster, with our Board of Health, Team Medford, on trying to really educate those about what's in the vaping materials that they're consuming. So I know this will be a very informative presentation. While they're setting up, would someone like to make a motion to take a paper out of order, items five and six? On the motion to take papers five and six out of order. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Item five, recommendation to approve leaders environmental donation of $125. There's a motion for approval of this gift of $125. I'm looking for the paper in my pocket. Mr. Benedetto. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Absolutely. I think that was a wonderful thing. Possibly in the back of the paper. There's a motion to accept this Leaders Environmental, $125 for education. In appreciation, this is from the president of the company, Luders. In appreciation of all the clients we are privileged to service in Medford, we would like to make this donation to the Medford School Department. Leaders Environmental is a lawn, tree, and shrub care company specializing in science-based, environmentally sound approaches and attentive customer service. There is a motion on the floor for approval. Is there a second? seconded by Mr. Giro. Roll call vote please. Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. The motion passes. Item 6, recommendation to approve statute for joint city school director of security position. If I could from the chair, as you realize in the budget, we placed a placeholder basically for this position. And it's shared jointly between the schools and the city. And they will oversee security for all of our public buildings. And there is a general law, Mr. Howard Greenspan brought to our attention that we need to actually adopt this. We have posted the job. Interviews are scheduled to begin next week. So we're hopeful to get someone on board very quickly so that they can implement a lot of the changes from the Safe Haven report, et cetera. So are there any questions? Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right now, we're anticipating them being at City Hall. We'll set them up in an office, and then we will figure out if it's a better location. But we want to have them right at City Hall for the time being. OK. Thank you. I think Mr. Russo had a question. Yeah? Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Not right now, no. They will be relying on our office, basically, to support them.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And more or less working with the police department, building and grounds, Mr. McLaughlin, and all of our principals, et cetera, to really get the lay of the land. look at some of the study the work that's already been done we've received that grant for after shooter grant which the police department is administering and they did an assessment of city hall library as well as the council on aging and we're going to implement some changes based upon what they found and then this person would ultimately be the one that could coordinate all the activities stay on top of cameras and make sure that they're all being checked on a more frequent basis and things of that nature. So we anticipate that this person will be on the road quite a bit, and we look forward to having an extra set of hands in this regard. It's a very important topic.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's joint funded. It would be an appointment of myself. But we do have, I think Christine is sitting in.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll be sitting in on the interviews. So the way that I handle most interviews, the team does the interviewing and then they put forth a few recommendations and then determine based on that we do And so, we're going to have to look at the quarries and whatnot, depending upon the job specs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We haven't worked out that logistic yet. OK. But we believe that they will have a dotted line to them right now.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Musto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's more comprehensive than that. And we looked at all different avenues. And it made sense to have it a standalone independent of all the other bodies that are working out there.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So they can really see things through a fresh set of eyes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Van de Kloop.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is really administrative. the appointment process. It's not a school committee appointment. So it would be closed until we get to the final. They'll make recommendations, and then that's usually closed in two weeks. So it's administrative. It's not a, it's different than appointments. Mr. Russo, I should just keep all your mics on. Sorry, I was trying to just get things done while we were waiting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But you will have a person that will be educated to come in and talk to you about it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Or other options.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, no.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the police department has been a huge support system for us in all security measures. So they will continue to be.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Gero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They will work very closely. So there'd be a dotted line to the superintendent also, because we're basically direct reports, municipal versus school. So they would be working just as closely with the school department as the city, probably more so, I would imagine, at the beginning. OK, thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But then it's ongoing when you look at our buildings. And there's a lot that goes into it that isn't really being looked at right now. And I obviously can't get into specific measures here. But there are a lot of things that need to be tightened up. And it's ongoing in the maintenance of the equipment that you install and whatnot. OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to accept statute at Mass General Law, Chapter 71, Section 37M, which basically is to? provide for joint services for the purpose of shared security direct to position.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to approve by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote, please. Mr. Benedetto? Yes. Ms. Kreatz? Yes. Ms. Estrella?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: May I vote? Yes. A vote of six in the affirmative, one in the negative. The motion passes. Thank you. Is there a motion to revert to the regular order of business by Ms. Vandeclude, seconded by Mr. Russo? All those in favor? All those opposed? We are now back with item number two, informational report on vaping and cannabis. Dr. Randy Schuster.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All of the above. All of the above.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We had a moratorium. Had? And I believe it expired.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's by state statute because the city voted in the affirmative for that question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's snakes or worms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Oshiro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Jasper, do you want to step forward to one of the microphones?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you for that input, Jasper. That's scary. All right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Well, thank you so very much for presenting to us this evening. And I know we're going to have some follow-up from members. Coming up next is the Medford Board of Health report on vaping response in Medford. Mary Ann O'Connor, our Director of Public Health, will be leading the discussion. And with her is Penny Funioli from our Board of Health, as well as Lisa Van Doyen.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are you putting a projector? Oh, they are too, okay. We have to turn it on again. Yeah, they want the projector on, sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there anything to add, Liv, before the presentation or no? Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So a year or so ago, we did in plain sight in the room right next door to here, and it was eye-opening to me to see where some of these little gadgets can be hidden in an ordinary bedroom. I was curious, I know we spoke about it about a month or so ago, is it possible to bring it back to Medford, maybe possibly in two locations even?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Will it just be at that one? Well, I'm hoping that this office becomes the elevator you're going to have right there.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can you go back to the prior slide for me for just one second? Yeah. Do you have the breakdown 9th to 12th grade? Yeah, I do. Does it go up by 12?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there like an all of the above if they did it multiple ways?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh yeah, it's check all that applies.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They're in homes. Yeah, they're in homes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And this is the point of this program, that this is a civic-based
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It keeps them off of the court.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is the school resource officer up to date on everything that Officer Lockowitz is doing with diversion?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That might be the answer to the bathroom issue that Jasper mentioned and other.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's what I was asking if the school resource officer knew about the program and how to implement it so that it could happen there. Right, and do we need to set a policy? That's a, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is the program all set up and ready to run? It's public building based, the ticket program. So an officer could give a ticket in any public building. This would almost be outside of the normal school catching, like a principal catching someone and sending them to after school. Or worse.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So maybe Team Medford could look into it in greater detail with Ms. Vento and who else? I can't see who else.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do you have a question on this? Is there a second? Yes. No question on that. On the motion that this be investigated further. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So in the case that Ms. Busby just cracked, was it just selling to a minor or was it selling to someone and then giving it to a minor? Welcome. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo has a question. You're good?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you so much. Very informative.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening. Good evening. How are you? Good. How are we doing? Happy New Year. Happy New Year.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It was probably about four or five years ago we met.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Mr. Russo?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Are there any other questions? Thank you both so much. Thank all of you for what an informative evening. I hope parents at home are watching or will re-watch. Maybe get the buzz out that it'll be replayed a couple times because it was very informational. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, is there a motion? We have three items, three reports. Is there a motion to take all three and receive and place them on file? So moved by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes, thank you very much. We have our item seven, fiscal year 2019 budget update. Ms. Patterson. Hello.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report and place it on file? Seconded by Ms. Vander Kloop. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Okay, under new business, school committee resolution. We at Resolve at the Medford School Committee express our sincere condolences to the family of John Welch. Mr. Welch helped manage facilities at the La Conte Brink and was a teacher for 37 years in Somerville. He will be missed. If I could tell you the amount of people that attended his wake was amazing and the hockey players, the hockey team showed up and they all in their jerseys and It was quite a tribute to him. He was a wonderful man, and he had an impact on so many. And he worked at Fenway for many, many years. So if we could all rise and have a moment of silence on his passing. Thank you. And motion to adjourn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If you'd all like to sit down. Good evening clergy, elected officials, chiefs of police, friends and family of police chief-elect Jack Buckley, members of the Metro Police Department, and residents. This evening we come together to witness the oath that will be taken shortly by our new police chief, Jack Buckley. I am proud to be your mayor for this occasion. First, I would like to share some historic facts The official formation of the police department was on March 21, 1870. Prior to that, dating back to the 1600s, they were known as peace officers. According to Medford on the Mystic, the first full-time police chief was Jophannes H. Whitney, who was appointed on May 1, 1884 in the town of Medford. The first chief to be named after becoming a city in 1892 was Emery D. Holmes. He was paid an annual salary of $1,101.93. Oddly, in a report presented on February 1, 1892 by Chief Holmes, he said, I would call your attention to the quarters of the police. I will simply say that the present quarters are entirely inadequate. The more things change, the more they stay the same. There have been 10 police chiefs who have led the women and men of the Medford Police Department since beginning as a city. These chiefs strived to make our city safer, build partnerships in the community, and to protect and serve the people of Medford. Most recently, under the leadership of retired Chief Leo Sacco, we have made great strides in cultivating Medford as a welcoming community. Thank you, Chief Sacco, for your collaboration, your selflessness, and your leadership. So tonight, Lieutenant Buckley will join this illustrious group as our 11th permanent police chief. I'd like to take a moment to speak about Jack's professional career within our department. He joined the force in November 1998. He was elevated to sergeant in May 2008 and later to permanent lieutenant in September of 2015. His employment record is exemplary. Over the course of my various roles within the city of Medford, I've had the opportunity to work with Jack. He is articulate, polite, and well-versed in the subject matter at hand. Throughout this appointment process, from the first time use of an assessment center to the group interview, Jack demonstrated composure under pressure, presented unique ideas, and a command of 21st century policing. I was struck by what he thought was an accomplishment of his, that he was proud to be happily married after 20 years and an invested dad to Allison and Sarah. Kudos, Jack. All while serving 20 years on the force. This example portrayed his human side and his humble side. He also referenced that he is a man he is today due to his upbringing. The moral compass his parents instilled in him, hard work and being ethical. As President John F. Kennedy said, no responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standards of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business. And so, with pillar one of the 21st century policing being to build trust and legitimacy, who better to build upon Chief Sacco's legacy than a person who embraces ethics, respect, and trustworthiness? As Jack said, law enforcement culture should embrace a guardian rather than a warrior mentality. He also acknowledged that the police department does not reflect the proportionality of the makeup of the city of Medford. He offered suggestions for augmenting participation in the civil service process for members of our minority community, and tonight I affirm that the mayor's office and chief will commit to offering minority candidates training sessions that will guide individuals through the exam process in order to ensure positive outcomes. I concur with Chief Holmes stated back in 1892, the current police station is totally inadequate. As chief, Jack will be tasked with overseeing the construction of the new police headquarters along with the team that we have assembled. I am confident that he and all those who have and will work in this new headquarter will be extremely proud of the completed facility. So in closing, I trust that our new chief will engage in our community through listening sessions. I trust that our new chief will be a role model for the women and men of the Medford Police Department. I trust that our new chief will implement the pillars of 21st century policing. And I trust that our new chief will work hard every day to protect the rights of all. And I trust that our chief will be a peace officer to the residents of Medford. I am proud to serve with you, Jack Buckley, in this next chapter of your professional career as Chief of the Medford Police Department. So at this time, I would like to invite Police Chief-Elect John D. Buckley, his wife Dawn and daughters Allison and Sarah up to the front rail, along with Chief Michael Golding of Weston, formerly of Medford, Massachusetts, who will administer the oath of office.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The Secretary will call the roll. Mrs. DiBenedetto? Present.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Mrs. Van De Koop? Present. Mayor Burke? Present. Seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you everyone. What a beautiful night to come to this illustrious chamber to hear the beautiful music being played, and at this time we would like to welcome the String Orchestra of Medford High School, led by Mr. Tony Zigny, to play a few more songs for us.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much. And Happy New Year to all of you as well. Happy holidays. I know, my son just bought one of those, full suit. For Christmas, yeah. Thank you. Next up, we have the approval of the minutes of the December 3rd, 2018 meeting. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So you're requesting a report by the end of February on the status of the friends of all the groups that are filled with extra high school.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to second the minutes as amended by Mr. Benedetto, by Mr. Russo. Second. Second. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Thank you. Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot, is there a second?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. OK. Thank you. Ms. Patterson, I sent you a note today. I don't know if you had a chance to look at it. I apologize. Just on the next page, 15. about halfway down WB Mason there's two for this identical yes that is correct that is two separate orders the exact same item is for the Roberts and the Brooks those were for chairs student chairs all righty motion to approve is a motion on the floor to approve I'm as being include second by mr. Benedetto roll call vote please yes Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Russo, second by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote, please. Mr. Benedetto? Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Madam Clerk? Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Report of Secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. Motion to receive and place on file, the report of the Secretary, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of Committees. First item, Buildings and Grounds Subcommittee, November 29, 2018. Ms. Mustone. Good evening, everyone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mayor. Thank you very much, Madam Chairwoman. Are there any other comments on this report? Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm happy to answer any questions. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think she's going to check with the nursing department to see what's legal in masks. I'll do that. I'll follow up. Maybe we're different than New York. I don't know.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mustone?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to accept this report as amended with a request for a follow-up on the status of t-cons in these machines. Is there a second, Mr. Russo? Second. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. The Rules Subcommittee, December 3rd, 2018. Ms. Kreatz, chairwoman.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to send this to Committee of the Whole, or do you want to send it to the floor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And I think in the sessions that we had over the last several months with our association of school committees, they spoke about setting up guidelines for behavior, not behavior, but in what our role really is. And what are we trying to deliver to the school students of our community? And I didn't see it more as how we were acting, but if we were going astray to bring us back into what our role is. So censure to me is a very harsh word, but I do recall her saying that. And I guess I'd be interested in seeing some examples from other communities that she had given to you all. Ms. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can I make a recommendation that someone send it to Committee of the Whole so that we can deliberate it and there's other things that have to get done this night? Okay, motion to send to Committee of the Whole, offered by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, it's going to be in Committee of the Whole now, so we can all look at it collectively. Oh, it's going to go to Committee of the Whole? Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If it gets voted on to go there. I'll second. Okay. Roll call vote, please. Send this paper to Committee of the Whole.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mrs. Vanderbilt, yes. I believe Mrs. Stone was a yes or no. No, I was a yes. You were a yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Community Relations Subcommittee, December 11, 2018. Mr. Jarrell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can I interrupt you for a second? Absolutely. Is that in your committee report? Because I don't see that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So you're going to go back to committee?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But we didn't vote on those minutes. So we didn't get that committee report yet.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So is there a motion to have the school committee hold a meet and greet the day of the social? Yes. That was the recommendation of the committee?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You vote at the end of your meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We don't have a report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Let's move that motion. That's separate from the committee report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion offered by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor to host a meet and greet an hour before the Valentine social. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We didn't have this in our packet on Friday either, this one, the November meeting. Okay, so that can hold over until you can bring it to the floor at the next meeting. Okay, and the motion that the November 2018 report be accepted and placed on file by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Mr. Russo. I was gonna call it Ruggiero. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much. Community participation. I believe we have members of the Citywide PTO in attendance this evening. They've been hard at work over the last several months. If you'd like to go into detail on your efforts, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We needed a bigger drum.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We can get you one of the recycling bins. Composting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Nice job.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I know you all worked very, very hard. I saw you at so many events, including election day, pre-election day. You guys were everywhere. So kudos to all of you for what you've done in investing in your schools and our schools. So thank you. Thanks. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think the superintendent had it in her comments.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Pass that on. On the motion for items, did you like to speak on this? Oh, I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So moved by member Van der Kloot. Also, just regarding the theater, a coil is on order, and it will be installed over the holidays. the holiday break. So that's the worst case it will be installed. And two out of the four heaters are working in the gym. Does it say enough heat?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's two out of four. Two out of four. So you're going to hear a little later from the superintendent on an item that we applied for MSBA school funding. She's going to be making not a great announcement, unfortunately. Member Van der Kloot, just move your motion. Is there a second to the item? Seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Did I miss you? I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I was just there, like, what, a week ago? We were both there, and we had coats off, and comfortable, but we'll have an audit done.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. On the motion. Thank you, Ms. Mantello. On the motion. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion is granted. Report of the superintendent. Madam?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much. Thank you. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Superintendent's updates and comments. Thank you so much for all that information. Report on planting of orchard at Medford High School. Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Look at that. Well you can see the enthusiasm and such a great idea and we're so happy that this has come to fruition. I know you worked hard on it and you had a couple of setbacks but you kept going and that's the big learning lesson. You kept pushing through so congratulations. Can't wait to see the fruits of your labor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: More convenient, too, for the classroom aspect of it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. Thank you. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report? So moved. So moved by Mr. Bennis, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Congratulations. Report on BotBall, New England Regional Robotics Tournament.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Of course, the heating system goes on when you start to talk.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Well, once again, we want to thank Midday. They've been a fabulous partner with us. They came through again on this most important item. And we know that they work with our McGlynn students all the time. They have a program there. And they're invested in our community. They're up on Boston Ave. And they've been fabulous, fabulous corporate partners. So thank you, Midday. Can we send out a thank you letter to them as well? Motion to, it is recommended to accept the donation for the use and purpose of the schools for the spot bowl. Motion by Ms. Vanden Heuvel, seconded by Ms. DiBenedetto. Roll call vote please. Yes. Yes. And that is a $2,000 donation that we are gladly accepting. Thank you so much. Great job. Ms. DiBenedetto has a question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, both of you. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Very nice. Item 4, report on advanced placement curriculum honor for Medford High School. Ms. Caldwell, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. There's a motion to accept this report and place it on file by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Rousseau. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Item five, recommendation to approve FOSS science curriculum. Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So moved by Mr. Benedetto. Is there a second by Ms. Kreatz? Roll call vote. Mr. Russo has a question. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much. There's a motion on the floor. Roll call vote, Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you very much. Under New Business, School Committee Resolution. Mayor Burke. Mr. Rousseau.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That wasn't a separate application just for the windows. Correct. So we have to look.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We do have new boilers that we put in three, four years ago.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Not the boilers. Yeah, right. The handlers and all those other gadgets. Ms. Bustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Under new business, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Julie Green. Ms. Green was the sister of State Representative Christine Barber, representing Medford and Somerville. If we could all please rise for a moment of silence, please. motion to adjourn this meeting I want to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season happy new year we'll see you back though I think the second week of January we're back I think so second week because it's New Year's Eve is the first yeah yeah so enjoy everyone stay safe and look forward to seeing you next year
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The secretary will call the roll. Present, seven present, none absent. We also have in attendance Jasper Sue from Medford High School. All please rise and salute our flag. This just doesn't seem right. Sounds like everything is on. John, we're having a problem.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you for that update. And up next is the report on the superintendent's goals.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, blogspot and the website so that... And maybe the patch or the local paper, if we put it out there, we can generate... They were here last month evening during our holiday club service, so they were in the front lobby and stuff.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Report on MASC conference. Ms. Vanden Heuvel.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'd like to invite Mr. Walsh and Mr. Ingersoll up to receive commendations. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Arden Ingersoll for being accepted to the Festival Orchestra. And the Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Christopher Walsh for being accepted to the Festival Percussion Ensemble. Great work. For anyone that's seen the band play at Hormel Stadium predominantly, they're just fabulous. And they did an amazing job, as the superintendent just mentioned, at the pep rally just a couple of weeks ago. So wonderful. It's such a great part of our community. Congratulations, you two. And with that being said, we have a grand announcement for the Medford High School band. I don't know if Ms. Rello would like to come up and be the proud reporter of this information. Ms. Rello.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thanks so much for representing not only Medford, but Massachusetts on that day. What a phenomenal opportunity.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Oshiro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can I just add something? Please. Along with the revolving account that collects the student user fees, the budget also has an expense line for athletics. Above and beyond what's covered through that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: User fees?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Even within athletics, football may be more per student than gymnastics, for example. Correct. Or soccer. So even within a certain category, there's disparate information per student.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Giro?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Apples to apples, and I understand... Also, I think the numbers are higher at the Andrews, so there could be an extra classroom that was needed.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I don't think the formulas are in there to add up by category. If you were to download it, because I've done it, the numbers you can see doesn't have a total button that's like formula. So you'd have to re-put in a formula.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's not going to be the function of... Right, I can figure it out.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file by Ms. Kreatz, second by Ms. Vandekloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Report on PTO registration informational.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that all PTOs and friends of, go online, Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot, that registration occur no later than February 1st of 2019. On the motion. Roll call vote. Please. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative, motion passes. Is there a motion on the floor for suspension of the rules to move negotiation and legal matters to the end of our agenda? So moved. So moved by Ms. Vanden Heuvel, seconded by Ms. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion is granted. Under new business, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Mary Ann Cremins. Ms. Kermans was a teacher at the Swan School in Medford for over 37 years. And also, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences regarding the passing of George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States of America. All please rise on the passing of these two individuals. Thank you. Motion for suspension of the rules to take negotiations and legal matters in executive session. Is there a motion by Ms. Mustone that this come back before us? And a motion to go into executive session by Ms. Mustone, seconded by Mr. Giro. Roll call vote for executive session.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. We will enter executive session and we will open up our executive session meeting in 207 to adjourn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. I know a few of the colleagues were at the run yesterday. I'd say about 600 people. I know they pre-registered like 560, and people were still coming in well after the official start. So it was a very successful program. I know all the money goes back to the individual schools that raised it. So I'm sure we'll be seeing the Jingle Bell people at an upcoming meeting, where they'll be distributing nice checks back to the PTOs and the school department. So great day overall.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Thank you. First item under the reports of the superintendent, report on Project HAIR grant.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hello, Ms. Perry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: How many members will be participating in this training? Awesome. And how many are already trained?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Are there any questions? Motion to accept this report, placed it on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Same to you. Thank you. Report on Childhood Obesity Prevention Program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Russo. Mr. Russo. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion? Mr. Ruggiero?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good. Well, thank you for getting this going so quickly. Thank you, Mr. Russo, for the recommendation. So before he's out, I'd like to request a report from the superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion before us, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Next, report on social emotional learning.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Can I just follow up with one question in your second paragraph? You mentioned the committees, the school emotional learning committees, and you said there are individual committees at each of the schools?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That is the goal, so that's not in place right now?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So we have our administration that has a committee, and then we have community partners. Who are the community partners?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think it's really important that the teachers be involved as well, not just at the top level. Yes, I agree. Dig deep and get their input because they're dealing with the issues on the ground every day. So I think that's really important. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. O'Powell, would you like to comment, if you'd like to use Ms. Pretz's microphone? Yep. Come on up. We have to get her a water bottle.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's all. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We can compile those statistics. That would help get very much involved in that as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That was at public health. That was Penny that presented to the school committee. We had the meeting at the high schools.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Very good. Is there a motion for approval as amended by the questions that have been asked this evening? So moved by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Report on Professional Development Day, November 6, 2018.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Riccadeli, did you ask for any suggestions at the end of it, if people, teachers, professionals, would like to see a certain topic covered? I know this is very expansive, what you did offer.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report placed on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Next, report on ABCD award to Marie Cassidy. Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Please come up here and address the audience.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Marie Cassidy for receiving the Community Hero Award signed by all of us. Thank you. It really is. We're so proud to know you. And she always puts the families and the children first, always. I can speak of a Rights Pond story, too. I don't want to embarrass her, but we were doing a night with the performances up at Rights Pond this past summer, and Marie, got rear-ended. Her car got rear-ended as she was approaching the pond. Does she stop, panic, go home? No. She pulls her car up, the trunk's all pushed in and everything else. All the toys were in there. And she's like, don't worry about me. I'm fine. I have to get these for the kids. And I'm like, oh my god, I wouldn't be panicking. But always, everything you do, the 1,000 million lights that you put up here for your event, We just took them down, I think. But you do an amazing job. Thank you very much. And you're such a spirit in our community. Thank you very, very much. Thank you. Can I say a few words? Yes, it's all yours.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Marie, other side. That machine's in the way. Congratulations. Is there a motion to receive this report? Placed it on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on Grade 8 Open House.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do you plan another one later in the year?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Very good. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll thank Carolyn for that. Yeah, no, it was awesome.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Is there a motion to receive this report and place on file by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Kreatz? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. And our report on Veterans Day. Ms. Chiesa?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. It was also an opportunity for Lieutenant Durham, who's our new veterans service director, to meet a lot of our veterans in our city, as well as the students and teachers at Medford High School. I know it was a great day. And many of our police officers are veterans, and they participated as well. So it was a great showing, I think, from the community at large.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: To really hit home how important it is, and what they had to endure, and their families as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have a question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Nice job. Is there a motion to receive this report and place it on file? Yes. Moved by Mr. Rousseau, seconded by Ms. Vanden Heuvel. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. The next item is negotiations and legal matters, which is there a motion to move this paper out of order to put to the end of the docket? There's a motion by Ms. VanCleef, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion has it. New business. Whereas community participation is critical to a well-functioning school system, and whereas many parents find evenings difficult to arrange child care so that they can attend scheduled meetings, therefore be it resolved that the school committee schedule community participation meetings on two Saturday afternoons every year Through participation with parent-teacher groups, child care and entertainment will be made available to parents. In addition to school committee activities, other school volunteer groups will post opportunities for further parent engagement. The dates of these events will be determined at the convenience of the superintendent of schools, Mr. Ruggiero, the author of this item.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. On the motion, Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We would have, if I could interject, if it's a school committee meeting held on another day, it would be just like this. It would have to be like this. It wouldn't be like an open house, which a private school that doesn't have a school committee would offer where they want to show off their school, which is what they just did a few nights ago. That's very different than a committee meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are you all set, Mr. Rizzo? Ms. Stone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto, and then Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: there's child care in the environment, maybe ice cream, that could also provide incentives. That happens at other events that we're all, that we're at. Ms. Van der Kloot, I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are you making a motion to send it?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second on the floor to send it to the subcommittee to work out some of the details? There's a second by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion carries. Also, we have We'd like to send our sincere condolences to the family of Ernest Ernie Lorenz, who was of Pinnacle, New Hampshire. Prior to his retirement in 1991, he worked as a custodian for the city of Medford for 18 years, and he also had worked for the Hudson bus lines. Likewise, to the family of Mary Bullen, mother of Janet Ricardo, former Medford Public Schools secretary, and her husband Matthew Ricardo, former Medford Public Schools custodian. the grandmother of Michelle Bissell, who we all know works for Diane, executive assistant to the associate superintendent and her husband John, M.H.S. maintenance, and great-grandmother to Janelle DeSanto, kindergarten teacher at the Brooks Elementary School. If we could rise for a moment of silence on the passing of these two individuals. Ms. DiBenedetto. We're not ready to adjourn. We still have negotiations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The first item is the status of PTO registration form, 10118.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The status of the safety report has come to our attention that they have individual reports for each of the schools. We have not received those yet. As soon as they are received, we will schedule a committee meeting to discuss them in a high level fashion because they are deemed emergency management documents. So the documents will not be distributed to members of the committee or the public, obviously. But it will be highlighted narrative that will be delivered to us.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You'll get one executive summary. And you will not get detailed information because of emergency management issues.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're waiting to get the individual reports.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, we're going to update later on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Disability awareness report, special ed subcommittee.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the next one is a January item. Very good. We had put negotiations and legal matters off to the end of the docket. Is there a motion from the committee to go into executive session by Ms. Mustone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz? Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, the vote is seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative, the motion passes. We will enter executive session and we will most likely adjourn, we will adjourn from opening up our executive session later on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: As you can clearly see, Meckerd has gone through a year of change. Many people have moved from one school to another, like Mr. Tucci and Mr. DeLeva. and a new superintendent, so we're really thrilled to have such new faces and just the spirit, the Mustang spirit live on. Congratulations to all those being inducted today. You join a very elite group of people. And I know that your blue and white runs through. It runs in me. It runs in most of us in this room. And I'm forever proud to be a Mustang, always. And thank you to the Hall of Fame committee for all the work you do. Oh, we've had so much change. The one thing that is constant has been the work that you have all done year in and year out to put this together and to memorialize the wonderful athletes and citizens that they all are. So enjoy your lunch.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mayor Burke, present. Seven present, none absent. Also in attendance is Jasper Sue, our school committee representative. All please rise and salute our flag.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Approval of the minutes of October 15, 2018. There's a motion on the floor for approval of Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Mr. Benedetto. I just had a couple questions.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor for approval? Offered by Ms. Mustone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz, roll call vote please. Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. The motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Mustone. Roll call vote, please. Mr. Van der Kloot. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Report of secretary. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Amen. Thank you. Report of committees. None. Community participation? None. Report of the Superintendent. Item 1, report on Andrews Middle School and Brooks Elementary School students. Miss, Madam Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you, Madam Superintendent. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It was a 9mm just, not to say just, but it was one single empty bullet.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That was a cartridge.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any other questions? The motion to accept the superintendent's report and place it on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion granted. Item 1, report on Andrews Middle School and Brooks Elementary School students. Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening. I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, we have a few citations for Orlando and his sister, Isabella. Wonderful. Would you like to come up? I'm going to read this, OK? It's a certificate of appreciation the Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Orlando Putnam Bagley for his dedication to the students of Medford. By myself, Mayor Stephanie Muccini-Burke, Chairman Mia Mastone, Vice Chair Erin DiBenedetto, Kathy Kreatz, Secretary Maryse Edward-Vincent, our Superintendent Michael Ruggiero, Paul Russo, and Paulette Van de Kloop. And likewise, we have one for Isabella and her sister Delilah for your dedication to this wonderful effort. You guys did an amazing job and we're so proud of you. Okay, so make sure you give this to your sister.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So I don't know if Orlando has got to meet some of the CCSR students that are in the audience. And that's the whole mission, is being kind, being global citizens. So Orlando certainly replicates that at the middle school level.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to accept that report and place it on file? So moved by Ms. Vandeclude, seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on the Mass Jazz Symposium. Medford High School senior, Chewbacca Durali. I hope I said that right. Chewbacca. Chewbacca. By Dr. Sue Betcha.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'll betcha we want to congratulate you. What an amazing accomplishment. And I believe I saw you last year at the science fair. I think a few of us may have witnessed your project and we were floored by some of the work you did. And I just wanted you to know, I did reach out to a corporation just this morning and I'm waiting to hear back from the president by Wednesday. So possibly we might have something in the works to cover it. And I'm sure if not, we will figure out a way to get you there. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And before I call the roll, I'd like to invite Subbatcha up so that she could accept this commendation from the Medford School Committee. Certificate of Achievement, the Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Subbacha Durali for her second place finish at the Mass JS Symposium. And it's offered by all of us here at the school committee, including our superintendent, on an amazing accomplishment. So we're very, very proud of you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. And on the motion, authored by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot, that if funding is not secured privately, that the school committee, school department, will put up the necessary monies to advance her. On that motion, roll call vote. Madam Secretary. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion passes. Congratulations again. Wonderful job. Report on the Center for Citizenship and Social Responsibility, school year 17-18. Mr. Trotter? Mr. Trotter is the director
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you Mr. Trotter for all of your efforts, hard work, getting this off the ground. You've done an amazing job.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skorka!
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. And for anyone watching, the Veterans Walk is 10 o'clock Sunday morning on Veterans Day. Right here, City Hall, come on over. Also, you wanted some children, children, I'm so sorry, children, some young adults to come up and speak about the program?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm really proud of all of you and last year I got to meet many of you with some of the projects and what I found astounding was how two people would come in one week and then the next week one of those people would be with a new group so everybody was working on multiple projects at the same time so really accomplishing a lot and with over a hundred students I know that you can really make things happen and we've noticed and we're very very proud of your efforts and how you've built community and you are our next leaders, so congratulations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Absolutely. Very good. Thank you. Thank you all. Would you like to close, Mr.?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Well, thank you all. What a great, this is a great night. Very nice. Thank you so much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to accept this report and place it on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Rousseau. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on 2018 Medford High School, Medford Volk Technical High School College Fair.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Does anyone have any questions for Ms. Jensen? Ms. Mostona?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Perfect. This already happened?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report and place it on file by Mr. Agiro, seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Report on elementary highlights.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Any questions? Good. Are there any questions? Is there a motion on the floor to accept the report and place it on file? Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Vanden Heuvel. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Negotiation on legal matters, are there any? None. Okay. New business. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Jack Forcier. Mr. Forcier was a 2011 graduate of Medford High School. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Michael Caudry. Mr. Caudry was the father of Andrew's middle school teacher, Sarah Caudry. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Joseph Luongo. Mr. Luongo was the uncle of Andrew's middle school teacher, Lisa Luongo. Also be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Harvey Howell. Mr. Howell was the father of former EL Director Leslie Trotta and father-in-law of former Director of Technology and Fine Arts and current CCSR Director Richard Trotta. Also at this time if we could send out our condolences to the families of those that were murdered at the Temple of Worship Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Our thoughts and prayers are with them and the whole community, including our own Jewish community, that we feel the pain with them. And also the first responders that ran into the synagogue to help those and also got injured in the line of duty. So our thoughts and prayers are with them. If we could all just rise for a moment of silence, please. Thank you. That looks like it's it. Is there a motion to adjourn? So moved. This meeting is now adjourned.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. And Mrs. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 7 present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Item two, item one, approval of minutes of September 17, 2018. Mr. Russo. I was present. Oh. Amend the records to show that Mr. Russo was present. OK. Is there a motion on the floor for approval as amended? On the motion of Ms. Van Kloof, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo, have you tried it? Motion to approve. There's a motion for approval by Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Ruggiero? Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion for approval? Mr. Giro. I have a question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just on occasion one.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion for approval? Motion for approval by Ms. Mustone, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Mayor Burke.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The audit is in process right now. OK. So I can attest to that. Patterson?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: At end of year or... Only through December and through June.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion for approval of the payrolls by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Kreatz? Roll call vote, please. Mr. Russo? Yes. Ms. Kreatz? Yes. Mr. Russo? Yes. Ms. Kreatz? Yes. Mr. Russo? Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Report of Secretary, Ms. Kritz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Kreatz. Is there a motion to receive and place this report on file by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Vandeclude? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion granted. Report of committees? None? Mr. Ruggiero?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'd like to invite Ken Krause up to the podium to speak on an important event that's transpiring next week.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Ken. And also, I think you would be proud at the CCSR meeting this afternoon, they were handing out flyers for Mr. Cummings' event. And he has been a very giving man to this community. So hopefully people will go out and go to the event and listen to his story, which is quite fascinating. Thank you. Item 1, report on new MCAS accountability system.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do you repeat?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Which was a different test. Well, it had different components.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So this is just an example? Yes, this is an example just so you put together. To try and help us understand it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, I'm just curious about that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: To me I always thought it was a certain number of apples inside Yeah, it's it's weighted as 50% of
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's tiny.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So for students that come from another community, do we ever see their data at the old community?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right, but if we're getting a student that was in the lower category from another district, comes to Medford, we want them to succeed, we should know that they... That they were... Yeah, and I think that's stuff that our guidance Councilors tend to try to reach out to and find out.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So the state's not sending the information back down to us? Not that I know of.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And just a second follow-up. Our fifth grade is entering the middle school. Their data is being looked at at the middle school system for support.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of information, Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? So moved by Mr. Aguirre, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. Report on before and after school programs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hello, welcome. Hello, how are you?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can I ask you just one quick question? Yes. I can see the enrollment numbers for specifically the after-school program, and there's quite a disparity with the numbers that are at different schools. Is that based on interest from the school population?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Proportionately, though, it isn't.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's the same number at the Brooks and the Columbus.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We let them know, actually. We did forward the job descriptions and the links, so we tried to recruit them to come over to your program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If we had a group, we could certainly arrange with Armstrong, but we would need a group of people to train together.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a second on the motion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you amend it to CPF, to investigate if we could offer CPF funding? Absolutely. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So it's just strictly CPR, and that's if you have enough, we could arrange for training and licensing. Mayor Burke. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are you all set, Ms. Vanderkleu?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Stone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Oshiro. Are we making a profit on this program right now?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And we also offer- And CDBG money, Community Development Block Grant, $10,000 grant that goes towards assisting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It was 15 students.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Counted by the 10 originally.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Five day a week student, if it's 400 a month, roughly, ten months, $1,000. So you could only be hitting two kids, two and a half, if you had five days a week.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, staff should be the priority at this point. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. There's a motion on the floor that we look into funding the CPR component for new hires. Second by Mr. Giro. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. And good luck. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? Motion to accept. By Mr. Russo. Second by Ms. Vanden Heuvel. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion passes. Report on new superintendent induction program. Hello, how are you?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great. Dr. Beer, thank you so much for coaching our wonderful superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But can I just ask you just one quick question?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I know every community is unique. Every superintendent is unique in what they bring to the table. But do you end up finding similarities with the issues that they may come to you on?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Mr. Oshiro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much for being here tonight. We look forward to seeing you again.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Thank you. Is there a motion on the floor to receive this report and place it on file? So moved by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Russo. All in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All opposed? Motion passes. Report on rollout of the FOSS next generation program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo, question?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mastone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mrs. Sear?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Vandekloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We can do that. Absolutely. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's what we just said that they would speak to the department and administration to figure it out. They have to do a lot more due diligence on this.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, are there any other questions? We're all set? Is there a motion to receive this paper and place it on file? So moved. Seconded by Mr. Russo. All in favor? I'll oppose. Motion carries. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. There's a report in that folder on updated enrollment numbers. I don't know if there were any questions.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mayor Burke.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion to receive?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Which is what Ms. Cobble said at the beginning, that you've cleaned up the records. Yes, at this point, yes. Very good. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report and place it on file? So moved, Mr. Aguero. Seconded by Ms. Vanden Heuvel. All in favor? All opposed? Motion passes. Recommendation to approve and accept the Campbell gift agreement.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: First off, I just want to thank you for all the work you've done on this agreement. We're indebted to the family and friends of Crystal that have been raising funds for the last five years. They are so thrilled with the CCSR program and the projects that the students are doing that they're really taken by it and they wanted to be a partner in this program. So we're forever grateful for them investing back in Crystal's memory so that we see her legacy go on and on indefinitely. Our Commissioner of Trust Funds will receive the net proceeds after the disbursement for this year and next. And we have a Commissioner of Trust Funds at the city level, and they will be overseeing the investments. They have professional guidance. And then they do an annual report as well. We do this similarly with the cemetery funds. So in January of each year, we get a report that shows the interest that was earned on the perpetual care account. And then that, in turn, goes back into the cemetery for work to be done there and that's similar how this will be set up.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Absolutely. There's a motion to accept seconded by Ms. Mostone. Roll call vote please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. And the vote is 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. The motion passes. And thank you, Ms. Patterson. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Patterson. New business, school committee resolution. Be it resolved, Mayor Stephanie Eugenie Burke and members of the Medford School Committee, along with the superintendent of schools, Dr. Maurice-Edouard Vincent, expresses their deepest sympathies to the family of former school committee member and United States Navy veteran, George D. White, Jr., who passed away on September 17, 2018. If I could just, from the board, from the rostrum here. I was lucky enough to see George just a few weeks before this, and right up until the end. He was spirited, in great conversation, and just, he was a joy to be around, and I always look forward to meeting up with him. So, he will be lost, and he had an impact on me, and I'm sure many as well, so we will miss him dearly. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And I'd also recommend that in the future we consider naming something in his name because he was such a stalwart at the public school. Also, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Josephine Bellato. Ms. Bellato was a Medford Public Schools graduate and a former Lincoln Junior High School French teacher and guidance Councilor. Also under suspension, we have condolences to the family of Betsy Carmen. Betsy was a professional in Medford Public Schools and Special Education Department until her retirement this past June. Also, her son is the chair of our Board of Appeals in the city of Medford. and also in the passing of Paul Jodeci. Paul enjoyed a long career in the medical public schools, in the classroom administration and coaching tennis and freshman hockey. If you could all please rise and take a moment of silence in the passing of these wonderful individuals.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's right on the back page.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What is the report that you're asking for?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They show up on the back of our schedule here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We also want to thank Jasper Sue for being in attendance tonight from Medford High School. And thank you, Jasper, for sitting through the meeting. And there's a motion to adjourn this meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to amend the minutes to be $15,000 per compressor on page 3 of the notes. It's in a couple of places. Is there a motion for approval as amended? So moved by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Mr. Benedetto, Mr. Russo. Second? Second by Mr. Russo. Roll call vote please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. The motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Benedetto. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Report of secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And thank you, Mr. Hutz, for staying connected on that yearbook issue. You really fought hard for those children. So thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to accept the secretary's report and place it on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. And I also want to acknowledge that we have a new senior with us tonight. Chuma Opara will be the school committee representative as well. So welcome. And feel free, if you want to pipe in on any topic that arises tonight, just step forward and we'll give you a microphone, okay? Thank you. All right, report on committees. We met earlier tonight in Committee of the Whole to discuss a naming right that Erin DiVenedo, school committee member, had put forth to name the band room after prior school committee member, Lena DeJohn Tomaso. She served the City of Medford School Committee for 28 years, and she also volunteered her services at many organizations across the city, including the Friends of the GMAC Jim and Chevalier Auditorium, as well as a host of other non-profits that she served on and was always a very active and vibrant voice on those committees. So there was a motion for approval in our committee of the whole, but we'd like to adopt the committee report. Is there a motion to accept the committee report as filed? So moved. So moved by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote on naming the band room after a former school committee member, Lina de Jon Tommaso. Mr. Aguirre.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: A plaque would go with it with the story of her.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Of course.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. On the motion, as first by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. DiVenedetto, roll call vote, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. The motion passes. The committee report is adopted. Also, could someone make a motion for suspension of the rules, please? So motioned. Motion for suspension of the rules by Mr. Benedetto to take papers out of order. We have an item number seven, a recommendation to approve a liquor license for Bistro 489. in the Medford High School foyer. These are for two separate events that are scheduled there. The first is a retirement party for our city clerk, Ed Finn, who retired this past September 11th. His event is on September 27th at Bistro 49 from 6 to 8, and I believe it was an open invitation from people who just had an RSVP. And the second event is the Taste of Italy, scheduled for October 14th, 2018 in the Medford High School foyer from It says 2 to 8 p.m. I don't believe that's the time. Is it 6 to 8 p.m.? 4 to 8 p.m. And that is a Kiwana event.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for approval. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Certainly. The petitioner still has to go through our licensing commission, and they have to apply for a license to have the one-day alcohol permit. So that will still take place with our licensing commission. They wanted to have it on file that the school committee accepted and acknowledged that these two events are happening on school property.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second on the floor? I'll second it. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Van der Kloot, yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Is there a motion to revert to the regular order of business? So moved. Mr. Benedetto. While we're into suspension, Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Name and address, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Jerome?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I don't know if that's a good way to put it. to our third graders, everyone gets a dictionary or whatnot. So it's not really, their fundraiser isn't, like the PTO, everything they do is for this process.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Similar to Friends of Softball, that's strictly for Medford school, it's not for outside entities that can accept the gifts.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is not on our calendar, so we really shouldn't be delving into this depth or this. You requested an update and for you to be aware of this policy, so I think that we need to leave this now because we're venturing into bad land. Is it on a different item?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: While we're under suspension. Thank you, Jen.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to revert to the regular order of business by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on Roberts Playground Construction Project. Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But he did indicate... He's aware of the shape of the playground.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And there is a 10-year warranty on the product.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Blue.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good choice.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I just again repeat the thank yous.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. On the motion to accept this report and place it on file. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on Dr. Maurice Edouard Vincent's entry plan. Doctor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent, very nice. Are there any questions from the body? Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file by Mr. Agiro, seconded by Ms. Kreatz? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Next item, report on Agiro and Kiwanis donations to Medford Public Schools. Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much, Ms. Caldwell. Can we please send thank yous on behalf of the school committee to these entities? Yes. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report placed in a file by Ms. Kritz, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on sixth grade numbers.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report and place it on file by Ms. Mustone, seconded by Ms. Krutz? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on opening of Bistro 489. Mr. Fallon?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening. How are you?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good, thanks.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So is it Wednesday it's the opening?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So it'll be just breakfast, or is Wednesday a hybrid day? Wednesday will be just breakfast. Just breakfast on Wednesday.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: How many students are participating in the culinary arts program?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And one instructor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We still have two. One left.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And lunch is served from what time to what?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just open the whole. Correct. Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Mr. Russo. Motion to accept this report and place it in a file. Seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. On this item. Some of these are just reports that were furnished to us and they weren't going to be discussed this evening. Yeah, so if you just wanted to put something on later for another meeting, you have those reports handy. Report on Lesley University Partnership.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Jim Floor, Parquet Floor. Leslie Jim Floor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to accept the Leslie partnership report, seconded by Ms. Stone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. And on a B paper, that a paper be sent to the curriculum subcommittee to discuss the various ratings that will be coming out, whether it be MCAS and or some of the other testing that the school department does on an ongoing basis. On that motion, all those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Negotiations and legal matters. Approval of paraprofessional MOA for collective bargaining agreement 19 to 21. As you realize, last meeting we met in an executive session to discuss this contract. It has been ratified by the PARA's group and there's a motion hopefully on the floor, so we'll move a motion that we accept this contract. So moved by Mr. Russo, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote, Ms. Secretary. Yes. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. The motion passes and the contract is ratified. Under new business, school committee resolution, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Richard Chaney. Mr. Chaney was a former Medford public school student and a former Medford high school swim coach. I can't remember back in many years going into the pool area and not seeing Mr. Chaney there, sometimes with his little puppy. He will be missed. He also helped us out at Tufts Park pool when we were trying to open it. He was a certified pool operator. So he always came to our rescue whenever we needed him. And he was very active, I believe, in the Somerville pool system over there. So if we could all rise for a moment of silence on the passing of Mr. Chaney. Also, if you just indulge me, if I can make an announcement, the city is taking up a collection for those that were impacted by the gas explosions in the Merrimack Valley. So all of our firehouses have boxes that are accepting any types of donations. There is a detailed list, if you need examples of what we're collecting, that's up on the website. But certainly it's toiletries, non-perishables, hand sanitizers, a big item, waters they would accept as well, and clothing, socks, things like that. I also know that CCSR is having a collection as well this week, and I'm not sure where is their collection happening. Mr. DeLiva?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I believe on Friday they'll be driving the trucks up with the schools, the supplies from the schools.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And likewise, we will be probably taking some DPW trucks up there. Exactly. Thank you. And everyone that has reached out thus far, we do have some employees that live in that area that were impacted by this, so keep them in mind. I'm sure that you can reach out if you want to name someone that you can send some particular items to because they're desperately in need of goods. Ms. Mostone. The business, is it on the agenda? It should be coming out. We received a draft just today. So the superintendent and I are going to review that and then we will go back and forth with them. And Lieutenant Covino was instrumental in working through that with us. So then we will be furnishing it to the school committee. A lot of that is confidential because it has to do with school security. So we'll determine it at that time.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the security issue from the budget had to do with Safe Haven. So we have it in hand, but it's draft. So it should be coming to you probably by the next meeting. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think many of the items were already corrected and or adopted. I think it's the sign-in sheets that need to be upgraded.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that this
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's correct.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: and there was a motion on the floor in executive session to ratify, accept the ratification of the Medford Teachers Association contract. The teachers did vote on this last week, I believe, and Madam Superintendent, would you like to say a few words on this topic?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seconded the motion, and it was a seven to zero vote. Now we're out on the floor. Is there a motion on the floor, Ms. DeBenedetto, to approve the teacher's contract? Motion to approve. Motion on the floor to approve by Ms. DeBenedetto, is there? Motion to second. Second by Ms. VanderKloot, and a roll call vote is necessary to ratify this contract. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Also, while we're under suspension, the first item is the report on opening of schools, school year 18-19. Madam Superintendent, first off, we want to welcome this woman to the City of Medford. We're so lucky to have Dr. Vincent in the room, and she's been working very hard over the summer to try and get as much done as possible, and we know that there was a lot of work to get done. And we applaud you for all your hard work, and we're eager to start, obviously start of the new year, but we're eager to delve into it. So, Madam Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent, thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, clearly, as you can see, she rolled out the red carpet for our teachers and administrators, and it was just an awesome feeling to be part of that. And it was just a wonderful start to show appreciation for the fundamental people that really make our school system as great as it is. So, thank you, Dr. Maurice, for that wonderful start of the school year.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you so much. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? By Mr. Benedetto, is there a second? Mr. Russo? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. And our next item under suspension, report on building and grounds. Who will be presenting? Good evening, Mr. McLaughlin.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have an estimate for the Columbus as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, that came through the linkage account.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a city account that's put in from development. And can people hear me? So it gets deposited into four different linkage accounts, four different linkage accounts. So we have a water and sewer, roads, we have public safety, and we have a parks linkage account. And that particular school is not adjacent to or within walking distance of a park. And it was a dirt pit, basically. So kids every day were going home. So we thought it was urgent. We saw the reports last spring, and we addressed it. So it was under $50,000 from the city to get that done. And I know Christine has a report as well that she wants to continue along in regards to buildings and grounds. Thank you. Certainly. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Ms. Patterson. Oh, Ms. Kreatz, I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thanks. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And if I could add just one thing from the floor, the timeline that was provided was from Danielle, who is the administrative assistant to the CPC. However, once, I believe in the last round, when all of the projects were presented to the city council, they had a committee of the whole, so they looked at all of them. That was the CPC's plan again. This could be expedited by a couple of weeks if the council took this one separately and maybe deliberated on the other items that are being submitted in a committee of the whole where this project is, they are familiar with this project. I think we all realize that the bid came in over three times higher originally and now over two times higher. So we are working diligently to try to get this project done in the fashion that it was intended. and not a quick fix with rubber mulch, or going back to the old-fashioned full pour, which we know is really hard to fix when you have issues with it. So this product is a beautiful product, so I applaud Ms. Rodriguez for bringing this product to our attention, because just look at it. I mean, it is a beautiful product, and hopefully this will be the first school that has this product used. And more of them will be transferred into this in the near future. But this certainly will be a milestone, I think, for the new schools. So thank you very much, Christine, for laying out that timeline. And thank you, Laughlin, as well, for all of your hard work over the summer. We appreciate it. Thank you. Ms. Vandekloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, the box. We have other options.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Certainly, if you two could just stay to the left.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Name and address, please, for our record.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Patterson?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I did want to just mention one thing. Chief Procurement Officer Shabkan, she actually consulted with, I think, five of the vendors that are on the state list, and she's waiting to get some quotes back to see what the actual product cost is. Of course, that doesn't include everything that goes under that because it's far more than just those blocks. There's a lot of work that goes under it from a drainage perspective, other materials such as crushed peat and whatnot. A lot of different things go under that. So we're getting a cost on just the blocks, and then we have to determine all the rest of the pieces that go into it. And certainly if it was something our guys could do, we could buy the blocks and put them in, but we'd have no warranty on the work product. We need a professional to really do it and do it right. But we have started that process to try and actually get dollar amounts for what the product is.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could just interject, Christine, the second round of the bids, you did take out some of the work. What work did you remove from the second bid?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So we did take that piece out in an attempt to get to a better price that was more affordable.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're allowed to purchase the product off the state bid list.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They didn't make a bid on either round.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But we do have two playground companies that did bid on the second round.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We don't need to do that. You re-advertise. You go through that whole process again to re-advertise. We have to re-advertise it. Which, I mean, it's a process. But if we could save $100,000, of course we would do it. Right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We've done it before. They do know how to do it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto, point of information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, that wouldn't include wages. the list would just be the product. And it's just that product, not all the underlayment that goes with it. So there's more than that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I would imagine it's similar, but I couldn't tell you the exact shipping and the specs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are you all set, Mr. Azure?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We've done two bidding processes since middle July, I believe. So it's taken almost two months.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You have to advertise, post the bid, leave it open for a couple weeks, and then do the bid opening. So it's at least a month, I think, if you would speak to our chief procurement officer.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: To do another round. Ms. Van der Kloot's up next.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think there's labor charges, which have to be prevailing wage. There's all the under pieces that go with the system that aren't on the state list. The list is for the product, nothing else.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Kahn is getting quotes for the product so that we can at least evaluate the piece that is, the largest component is those blocks.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So we're going to have pricing for those blocks. Right. So, you know, this would be no markup. That would be the cost.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'd have to bid the labor and everything else that goes under it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're assuming it's $25,000. The bids are coming in at $230,000. So if the product alone is like $80,000, there's other costs that are in that $230,000.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion on the floor. Name and address, please. I'm yielding to the speaker.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I don't want to speak for our procurement officer, but she uses it all the time. I understand that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Rodriguez, as well. Christine, any closing?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to convene a meeting. Mr. Ruggiero, a question before the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Smith-Stone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No. No. She's suggesting go through the state contract list, which is already a list established. And you don't need an RFP.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They were going to do the removal.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They were going to do the removal of the current product.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, it was excluding Groundmaster, the removal part.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So if the removal of the first RFP was $100,000, that got removed. And now we're at $225,000, but the actual product only costs $90,000. They were charging $130,000 for installation on these two most recent estimates.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's just a sheet.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: playing in those things, because I would hate for children to get... But we have to rely on our solicitor and chief procurement officer on what we need to do. So I appreciate all the information that's been given. We need to rely on their opinions, and that's what will answer this.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is already moving forward either way, so this isn't really a school committee matter at this point. It's whether or not it can be done that way, or if we have to go back to the CPC. is the other question. So that can all be resolved in the next couple of days. Ms. Vander Gloop.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you like to speak on the matter?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, I think we wanted a meeting of the solicitor, procurement officer, Ms. Rodriguez, the school department. So it's not like, it's not?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The professional school, sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Will you yield to the city councillor to speak, please? Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a citizen that would like to speak on this?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mm-hmm, we'll do.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yep, we'll do. Thank you. On the motion, roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes, and we will get the parties to be together early next week to discuss this, and also John to do some research, further research. Thank you. Name and address, please. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And it's beyond the school community. It's a neighborhood. I happen to have my first home next to the former Davenport School, and that schoolyard, which obviously our old schools didn't have cushion and rubber or anything like that. That was our playground. That's where my kids grew up playing. So we understand how important that is, as are these other schools being used as playgrounds in the after hours. So thank you for that comment.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah. Do you want to speak to that?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And a scoreboard, we're gonna have a scoreboard that will be used for both entities. There's also a great partnership that's been established. I know Dr. Maurice is really thrilled with some of the continuing ed programs as well as teacher development that's gonna be part of our Lesley partnership. So we're really excited about that. And to have learning labs for their students that also help our kids and our teachers out, win-win.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a three-year contract that has two one-year extension clauses in it. So it's a three-year contract.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're welcome. Name and address, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So I would just... If I could just interject for one second.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Maloney has also looked at some of the summer programs and he's evaluating whether or not they should go out to some of our outlying schools. Like, it started at the Columbus, some of the programming. Yeah. Perhaps get everyone under one roof that has full air conditioning.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I believe November. December.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think Arlington has been, for the high school?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I thought they'd been in the queue for a while. Yeah, for Arlington High.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Last year we applied and we were 13th out of the top 10, I believe. Correct. So they suggested we reapply with some tweaking, which is what we did for this application.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll revise the full list.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Before and after school.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And on the original paper, which was the building and grounds paper, we're asking for a full report, as well as a follow-up report on the air conditioning systems throughout the system. On that motion, authored by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Van Der Poot, I believe you asked the question. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion is granted. Okay, while we're in the suspension, Mr. Benedetto, what would you like to discuss?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If we could add, I was informed that in prior years when we did namings, that we'd have a committee of the whole. Maybe Ms. Vanden Heuvel could add to this, because we weren't part of any of this, or I wasn't.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah. We can have that policy given out to us. And then you can send it to committee of the whole so we can evaluate it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I don't recall it being the band room.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And have it on the next agenda.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll comply with the policy, and if it allows for that, that will be our next meeting. We can schedule it 15 or a half hour before the meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If the policy calls for it being on the floor first, we'll follow that. OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have to refresh ourselves on that policy. Thank you. OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Paulette. Is there a motion to revert to the regular order of business by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Kreatz? All those in favor? May avert. All those opposed? Can I ask one quick poll question? We're back on regulation here. Okay. Item two, report on administrative meetings.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Ms. Caldwell. Mr. Russo?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You missed the red carpet, though.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Definitely. Thank you. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: At Hormel. At Hormel, home over there. And also, just to mention, the band participated with our Dave McGilvery Day, honoring the 40th anniversary of Dave's famous run from Medford, Oregon to Medford, Mass. And they were spectacular, and I think they really appreciated being able to practice in front of, or play in front of, It was a great day. And it was an awesome day. So a lot of good things happened this summer. The zip trip came to Medford. It was just, it was a really fun, lighthearted, a lot of great things, great, I think accolades for the city. So I think everyone's really proud of that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion that this report be accepted and placed on file by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes, thank you. Okay, next up, report on enrollment numbers.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion on the floor, or any questions? Trustee Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So I guess the follow-up question is, are the elementaries doing it the same way? It sounds like they're not.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I just wanted to jump into, there's a lot of fresh eyes, I think, looking at processes throughout the district, so I think we're gonna have a very healthy dialogue about some changes just because of the freshness of the eyes. That's true. Mr. DeLeva.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Jasper, step up to the mic. Let's hear. Come over here, Jasper. You can use Michael's.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you, Jasper. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It was in the original report with the cover letter, but the report we got tonight, the numbers are different.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm showing 141 and 134.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But now tonight's report is different. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So six kids have disappeared, I guess. Okay, if we could get a report on that. You requesting a report, Mr. Russo? No. On whether or not we lost any students to the lottery?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Enrollment not attendance.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That are enrolled.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Enrollment, not attendance, enrollment.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, okay. How was that?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Nine, nine from Everett, Everett Vocational School. Oh, okay, okay, great. All right, there's a motion on the floor to accept this report, place it on file. There's a second by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The motion carries. Report on summer programs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Summarize, please. Summarize, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You said it was offered, but we can get a detailed report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're welcome. Ms. Van der Kloot, you're set. Thank you. Motion to accept this report and place it on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on new teacher induction.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Ms. Riccadeli. You're welcome. And thank you for all your hard work this summer as well. You're welcome. On the motion to place this report on file by Mr. Giro, seconded by Ms. Kurtz, I believe. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Report on transportation. Good evening. I have the last four remaining items.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I particularly want to thank you for providing those buses for the pre-labor-day drive. That was such an issue.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much, Ms. Patterson. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? Is there a parent that would like to speak? Certainly.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Absolutely.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could I ask Kirsten just one question? Are the buses equipped with cameras now? If someone, right, but if a car goes by and they at least drop signs, can they see that? They don't have to read it for the plates?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, it's one of those. Or if you could talk to Tatiana to see if any of the bus drivers are on different routes even, are having issues like that, to keep us informed. Very good. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file by Mr. Rosario, seconded by Ms. Mustone? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on personnel updates.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. A motion by Ms. Mustone to receive and place on file, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to receive in places, oh, I'm sorry, Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Definitely, thank the Plumville family. And there's a motion on the floor to accept this scholarship fund. Is there a second by Ms. Van der Kloot? Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. The motion passes and the scholarship is accepted. Thank you. And the next is to accept a donation from Impact Church.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. And again, thank you to the pastor and his church.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a motion to approve by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Vanderkle. Roll call vote, please, on the acceptance of this donation. Yes. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative, the motion passes. Thank you very much, Ms. Patterson. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They sell like sweatshirts, that kind of stuff?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Lower level, knowing exactly what the lists are. So PTO seemed like that would be the right avenue.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ojiro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thanks. Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We reached out to the unions as well to see if they could cultivate someone to become an instructor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I would imagine other districts are suffering the same. Are you all set, Ms. Krutz? Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo, did you wish to speak on this? No. Thank you. New business. We have several condolences. We have resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Richard McGlynn. Mr. McGlynn was the father of Special Education Secretary Susan Callahan and uncle of former Mayor Michael McGlynn. We had resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Claire Lynette Frida. Ms. Frida was the mother of Medford High School teacher, Lisa Dunphy. We had resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of John Bailey, Sr. Mr. Bailey was the founder of the North Medford Youth Hockey Program. which became Medford Recreational Hockey. Mr. Bailey was a senior custodian at Medford High School for many years. Actually, his grandson works for the city of Medford and is running our recreation program as well. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of John Lynch, Sr. Mr. Lynch was the father of Andrew's middle school guidance Councilor, Thomas Lynch. If we could all rise for a moment of silence on the passing of these residents. Also, if I could just make mention, this week we had a beautiful ceremony for two youngsters at the Andrews Middle School, Jacob Wright and Zach Bertucci. Am I pronouncing it correctly? Bertucci. They performed a heroic act at Hampton Beach this summer in late August, and they basically saved a woman's life there. So we had a wonderful presentation for these two young lads who were very humble. And they just did an amazing thing. And I think that they're just a very proud example of our students and how they stand tall and leadership skills that they are learning in the Medford school system. And it goes to the teachers, administrators, and their families as well that have really instilled such great ethic in them. So I just wanted everyone to be aware of that. And it's just a wonderful thing that these two young men did on August 20. So thank you. And with that being said, we are at the conclusion of our meeting. Motion to adjourn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll. Present, seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. First item, approval of the minutes of May 21st, 2018. There's a motion on the floor for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Rousseau. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of minutes of special meeting of June 4, 2018. Motion for approval by the underclude. Is there a second? Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Again, this is 890, that's your student activity account.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's just reimbursing it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval by Ms. DiVenedetta, was there a second by Ms. Leanderclude? Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative. None in the negative. Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion to approve by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Vanden Heuvel. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative. 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Is there a report of the secretary?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We see you walk in. Yes. Wednesday or Thursday afternoon. Yeah, Tuesday or Thursday afternoon. So thank you. report of committees a little later on. You'll be hearing on the budget committee report. And now, Ms. Vanden Heuvel, if you would like to make a motion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for suspension of the rules. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion is granted. I'm looking for the paper. Sorry. I don't have the paper either. I think there was one on our list. Thank you. There's a motion for suspension to take a paper in the hands of the, I was going to say the president, the mayor. Presentation of $50,000 grant by Giancarlo Mata, President Amaretis, and President Cassett.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But they did. We have the actual check. You notice how quickly I get dismissed around here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Really? Maybe you'll get the test right. Oh, I think they're coming up. We'll all come up here, it's easier. Come on, Aaron. She does it a lot. Yeah, she makes sure it develops.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're very proud.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Have you heard of some of the children? Have you heard of some of the children? Have you heard of some of the children? Have you heard of some of the children? Have you heard of some of the children? Have you heard of some of the children? Have you heard of some of the children? Have you heard of some of the children? Have you heard of some of the children? Have you heard of some of the children?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that a letter of thanks be sent to Cassett and... Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: While we're into suspension, we had a posted budget hearing meeting that was continuing on to tonight. It was posted last, actually early last week. It was Medford Public Schools, Medford School Committee, Public Hearing, Fiscal Year 19 Budget. It was Monday, June 18th, 2018 at 7 PM, Medford City Hall, Council Chambers 85, George B. Hassett Drive, Medford Mass. And then there's a note to us. And as everyone realizes, Thursday evening, we had a budget hearing that started, I believe, at 5.30 and went till maybe 6.30, till 11.30. And we went through the budget book and had many presenters and people answer questions. And there were some items that were asked to be reviewed. And we do have a sheet of proposed changes. Mr. Superintendent, do you want me to read them, or do you want to?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mm-hmm, yeah. Point of information, Ms. Vanderbilt? Point of information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can you just give me a rough ballpark estimate? As I mentioned the other night, once we have free cash certified, then we'll be able to look at it deeper. But until we have that number, we can't really look.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Make it in the form of a motion. I'm sure someone will second it. And we can send it to Solicitor Romney, Howard Greenspan, and also to our Attorney General. All right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think Mr. Russo, point of information on this? Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can I leave that to the lawyers to decide if there's a way to proceed?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion as seconded by Mr. Russo, roll call vote, please. Mrs. DeBette. Yes. Mrs. Ratchett. Yes. Mr. Hughes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Ms. Vandeclute. Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative, motion passes. On the budget, Ms. Vandeclute.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second? I'm Mr. Russo. Roll call vote, please, Ms. Kreatz. Just the vocational salary. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, six in the affirmative, zero in the negative, one abstain, motion passes on that. On the total appropriated fiscal 19, Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot, did you? make a motion for approval of the total appropriated fiscal 19 you did make that yes I know mr. zero I just wanted there are a couple of issues that I found
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You cannot abstain. You can vote no. It's a yes or no. You need a conflict of interest reason to abstain. I see.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just keep that in mind. I can't. This is the operating budget. Just for information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I can't give that to you tonight. On the capital budget?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, we haven't closed our books yet. Mr. Superintendent, would you?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the other night, we did ask that they look very closely, the new superintendent over the summer, and Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If they need to free up, that's the priority.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, we would prioritize.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And then the city council has to approve it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll have to have a meeting over the summer once we get the reporting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I guarantee you that will not happen.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor by Ms. Van der Kloot for approval of the appropriated fiscal 19 budget of 58,608,631. Is there a second? Before I call the roll, sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second on the floor? Seconded by Mr. Russo. Ms. Kreatz, roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Yes. Six in the affirmative one in the negative motion passes the total appropriate fiscal 19 budget 58 6 0 8 6 3 1. Also there's a total superintendents fiscal 19 budget of 60 million 6 29 0 11 which includes revenue offsets which are grants and various other revenue sources. that of $2,020,381. Need a vote for that too? Let's have a motion for approval, Ms. Van der Kloot, on the total superintendent's budget. So moved, Mr. Russo seconded. Roll call, please, Ms. Cripps.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. I know that there are lots of things that we all would love to have and see. We really have to put it all together and do what's best for the whole community and there are a lot of resources being spread across it. And we only have so much of a pie. So people have to understand that. It's not a tree that produces cash. We have a limitation on how much revenues we can take in through taxes. And unfortunately, the cherry sheets, the money we get from the state, it's pretty much been level every year while costs continue to go up. So we're absorbing all the increases, and the state's certainly not helping us with any of that. So thank you very much. Ms. Vindekloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you, finance department, and superintendent's office, and our new superintendent for all participating. Mr. Ruggiero?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. The next item on the agenda, recommendation to approve the school committee meeting schedule for school year 18-19. Motion to approve by Ms. Mastone, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call on this too? Yeah? Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative, motion passes. Item two, Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The pre-budget meetings that preceded start in February.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If you want to see certain things, I would make a request to that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Generally it's on the city side, so it'd be in the municipal budget.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So you probably want to make a motion as we get into December time frame. OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That was Thursday evening. I don't believe it happened Friday morning. I don't know. Ms. Patterson, the Roberts PRFB?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It was what they said Thursday night. You knew the answer to that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They sent it today.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: City Hall was closed today. Oh, that's fine. Item two, report on university partnership. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present, seven present, none absent. All rise and please salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Approval of the minutes of the May 7, 2018 meeting. Motion for approval by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of the tabled minutes of April 9th, 2018. Motion for approval by Ms. DeRusso, seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Ms. Kress. Question, Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Which page are you on?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Milestones. Is that correct? Milestones?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Out of district. Mr. Belson, did you want to say? Minuteman?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion for approval. Roll call vote, please. Madam Secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mrs. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please. Mrs. Benedetto. Yes. Mrs. Crutchfield. Yes. Mr. Jones. Yes. Mr. Rousseau. Yes. Mrs. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Report of secretary? None? None? None.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for suspension of the rules offered by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Suspension is granted. Community participation. First item, Anthony Petrellis, community buzz off event. Mr. Petrellis and Mr. Murphy? Frank, you need not come forward. Hello, name and address please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much for taking this on and moving it back home. We'll call it home. More or less home. And thanks for bringing it here. Of course. We really appreciate it. It is a great community event, and you guys are wonderful for doing this and continuing to do it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Go team BMO.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you for taking the time. Thank you. We'll see you there. Also, while we're into suspension, community participation, we were supposed to have Sean Driscoll Gomez from CCSR, but I believe he is receiving an award tonight up at the high school, so we have three individuals that will be presenting. It's the Orkton Project. Your name and address, please, for our record. My name is Kaylee Boulay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion on the floor for approval, seconded by Ms. Vander Kloof. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Mr. Ruggiero, you have the floor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What work is involved in doing that?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. Excellent. I just have a question also. Oh, yeah. If we're curious to see.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This would be up to the school committee, how we handle this problem.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Liability, we're not going to.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good question, Kat. Ms. Kreatz. Are you all set, Ms. Kreatz? Yes. Well, thank you, Carly, Robert E., and Emily. Thank you so much. And your adjectives that you use, boost and recharge, great words, and they mean a lot. And I know that many of the students will feel the same way as you. So it's a great project. Thanks, Sean, for us as well. I know he won't be able to do any of the hard work, though, right? He's graduating. So it's up to you three.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you, ladies. There's a motion on the floor. There's a motion on the floor for approval. Roll call vote, please, Ms. Fritz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Supporting the tilling. Just coordinate with John. Yes. Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Congratulations. Great job. Nice job tonight. Thank you. Yay. Also while we're in the suspension, we have a report on the student award for foreign languages. Would you like to come up here and say a few words so you can speak out to everyone? Hello, Mr. Carlin.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So the Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Chen Chang, gold medal recipient, National Italian Exam 2018, signed by all members of the school committee. Congratulations, Chen. Wonderful, great job. You must be so proud. We are very proud, thank you. Very nice, thank you. Oh, would you like to do a picture with the parents and all the school committee members?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right, we haven't approved him yet. Yep, we have them.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All set? Motion to revert to the regular order of business. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. The committee of the whole minutes are not complete from May 17th. They will be provided to us at our next meeting, correct, Mr. Superintendent? So the packet that you have is actually for the old business item. So if you could just move that to the back. Okay, report of superintendent. Report on building bridges to kindergarten. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. Are there any questions? Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And it only gets worse.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report? So moved. Seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The motion passes. You're welcome. Report on Columbus Afterschool Math Tutoring Program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Current sixth grade.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Next fall.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Next fall, we'll get an update.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That we track.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Track progress.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Vance, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It would be great, thank you. Thank you. There's a motion to accept this report as amended with the answers to follow on the cost of the program and for next fall to track the progress of the students from last year, MCAS. On the motion, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes, thank you. Report on seal of biliteracy. Mr. Carlo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Biliteracy first. Biliteracy?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Fabulous. Ms. van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do you have to be a senior to take it? Could you take it as a junior?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The budget won't be for another few weeks. This is just the pre-budget report, so it could be amended based upon the information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think it's exciting, yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? So moved. On the motion, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you on that. Now we will be moving on to your pre-budget report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Carlo. Thank you. Mr. Ruggiero?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Postone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You will be missed. Thank you. A motion for approval of the pre-budget report offered by Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Ms. Kreatz, and the request is to get the enrollment by language for this year and projected for next year by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. We also have an item in our agenda that was not listed, so I'd ask the body to take this under suspension. Ms. Van de Vliet? Seconded by Mr. Russo, motion for suspension of the rules to take an Italy student trip. Mr. DeCarlo, or Mr. Belson actually, would like to request the approval of a trip to Italy, which will coincide with April vacation week 2019. Serving as trip leader for this trip will be Ms. Nicole Chalafo, who served as a chaperone on our 2015 French Italy voyage. and lead teacher for this 2017 Italy trip. For this trip, we will use Travel Design Italy, an educational travel agency which we have used in the past and have been very satisfied with their service. This organization uses major airlines and provides professional liability and medical insurance. Is there a motion on the floor for approval? Oh, this is approval to go.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No? Okay, we can do two.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Kreatz. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. The superintendent would like to make an announcement.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: dependent upon her schedule.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Next item, English Learner Department. Mr. Taxera.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There are other teachers, correct?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Vanden Heuvel.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're set. And now Mia, Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion to accept this report? Oh, Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. O'Gara.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to accept the report, seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion for suspension of the rules to move negotiations and legal matters to the end of the agenda? So moved by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Old Business, Lesley University and Metro Public Schools Partnership Agreement. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We put a prevailing wage. Is that,
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We could specify. 20 miles.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They submit reports, weekly payroll reports.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could, you establish criteria and then they're graded. So you might see, contains educational, it's a teaching college, and then you'd say, meets it as a five. has a couple of four. So you put everything into pockets. And so you're consistently applying your same ratings to each, whoever replies to the RFP. Because you can't just say, I give you a five, we want you. You know, you need to document why you're giving them a five versus a four.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Correct.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor. It would probably be circulated to you, but it wouldn't come back for an approval. So motion for approval, is there a second? Mr. Russo? Roll call vote, please, Ms. Krebs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you very much. Thank you. The second item under old business is the middle school selection decisions. Ms. Nelson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can I just follow up on the report you gave us two weeks ago from the Brooks? You said six no requests, two ELLs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto is next.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is it a point of information? It's a clarification.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It has to be in the school.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: In the school, OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And I think the ELLs have to be called out because they're forced to go to one or another. So I think you should pull out the ELLs, then look at the proportion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm not following your math.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are you pulling out the ELLs? Are you including them?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But are they in your numbers of factors of who's being sent? Because ELLs have to go one way.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Only two.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's under 10%. Right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But- Okay, Mr. Russo has the floor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Giro, please, we have to follow order. There's others that are in the queue here. Does anyone else want to comment on Mr. Russo's recommendation? Ms. Kreatz?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's Mr. Russo's recommendation. It was mine.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's others in the queue first. I'm going to shut you guys off.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Two are ELL. Six didn't request anything, and they're going.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: For next year, yep. Thank you. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Friendly amendment, Mr. Regera?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Has Mr. Tucci gone to any of the elementary schools? And I know Beverly and I spoke about that as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Nelson, could you comment on having Nick go to the fifth graders. We discussed this.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Now that you would schedule a meeting for Mr. Tucci to meet with the fifth grade parents, schedule it by next Monday, so maybe Thursday night or next Monday night, possibly the PTO could host, that's their last opportunity to get to know him, otherwise there will be a lottery on X date and we are taking 16, potential kids from the Brooks.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK, Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: For parity, to get into the 20 percentile.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Participation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Vergero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion. On the motion that those steps be followed. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion is granted. I just wanted to comment also that when we announced Mr. Tucci at the McGlynn School, It was, it might have been one of the most fabulous days that I have had in a school setting. Both the students, teachers made signs for him. The students were elated, cheering. It was like a pep rally for Thanksgiving game back in the day when Medford High was like, you know, first in the JBL. It was phenomenal, and it just showed how the community has come together. So I hope that people have seen some of the video from that day, because it was really, really amazing. And I'm just really proud of that school for standing tall, so. All righty, next order of business. Under new, show a collaborative quarterly report. Is there a motion to receive and place this on file by Mr. Russo? So moved. Is there a second by Ms. Mostone? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Discussion of application of open meeting law to electronic devices. Member Ruseau. I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Make it a school committee rule that phones should be turned off.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Make it in a motion for school committee rule to be adopted.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, well, make the motion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's not our business.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Our docket. Yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second on the motion?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero. Yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And our agenda is very thorough. We don't do much under suspension like other bodies may do. Ours are written out and pretty clear on what we're talking about. It's not vague. So I think someone could submit comments if they see it on Friday for the meeting on Monday. We have Mr. Brussaux. No, you already spoke. Mr. Benedetto, sorry. You can go up next.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I third Paul's motion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion offered by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot and Mustone, that the use of personal devices be restricted to only items that are personal in nature, not from the public regarding school committee business.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Six in the affirmative, one in the negative, motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the next item, discussion of pending legislation on recess. Member Ruseau. Oh, sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Waive the reading of the entire proclamation here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Motion for approval. Moved by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's just one item that we wanted to speak about. Is there a motion to go into executive session to discuss contract negotiations? So moved by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. Roll call vote, Ms. Kreatz. Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. We will leave directly from our, when we come out of executive session.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present, seven present, none absent. All rise and please salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Approval of the minutes of the May 7, 2018 meeting. Motion for approval by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of the tabled minutes of April 9th, 2018. Motion for approval by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Ms. Kress. Question, Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Which page are you on?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Milestones. Is that correct? Milestones?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Belson, did you want to say? Minuteman?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion for approval. Roll call vote, please. Madam Secretary. Mr. Jones.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative, motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please. Ms. Benedetto. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Report of secretary? None? None? None.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for suspension of the rules offered by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Suspension is granted. Community participation. First item, Anthony Petrellis, community buzz off event. Mr. Petrellis and Mr. Murphy? Frank, you need not come forward. Hello, name and address please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Ms. Van der Kloot?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much for taking this on and moving it back home. We'll call it home. More or less home. And thanks for bringing it here. Of course. We really appreciate it. It is a great community event, and you guys are wonderful for doing this and continuing to do it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Kreatz?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Go team BMO.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. We'll see you there. Also, while we're into suspension, community participation, we were supposed to have Sean Driscoll Gomez from CCSR, but I believe he is receiving an award tonight up at the high school, so we have three individuals that we'll be presenting. It's the Orchid Project. Your name and address, please, for our record. My name is Kaylee Boulay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion on the floor for approval, seconded by Ms. Van de Kloop. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Mr. Ruggiero, you have the floor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What work is involved in doing that?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. Excellent. I just have a question also. Oh, yeah. Ms. Mercurio, can you see me now?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll hold off.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Liability. We're not going to.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good question, Kat. Ms. Kreatz. Are you all set, Ms. Kreatz? Yes. Well, thank you, Carly, Prabhati, and Emily. Thank you so much. And your adjectives that you used were boost and recharge. Great words, and they mean a lot. And I know that many of the students will feel the same way as you. So it's a great project. Thanks, Sean, for us as well. I know he won't be able to do any of the hard work, though, right? He's graduating. So it's up to you three.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you ladies. for approval. Roll call vote, please, Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yep, just coordinate with John.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Congratulations, great job. Nice job tonight. Also, while we're under suspension, we have a report on the student award for foreign languages. Would you like to come up here and say a few words so you can speak out to everyone? Hello, Mr. Carlin.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The floor is yours.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So the Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Chen Chang, gold medal recipient, National Italian Exam 2018, signed by all members of the school committee. Congratulations, Chang. Wonderful, great job. You must be so proud. We are here, very proud, thank you. Very nice, thank you. Would Chang's parents like to come forward?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There he is. Right, we haven't approved him yet. Yep.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yep. We have him.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh. So there is none?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right. So we don't have a full minute. No. OK. All set? Motion to revert to the regular order of business. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. The committee of the whole minutes are not complete from May 17th. They will be provided to us at our next meeting. Correct, Mr. Superintendent? So the packet that you have is actually for the old business item. So if you could just move that to the back. Okay, report of superintendent. Report on building bridges to kindergarten. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. Are there any questions? Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It is a scary time.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report? So moved. Seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. You're welcome. Report on Columbus Afterschool Math Tutoring Program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Current sixth grade.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Next fall, we'll get an update.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Vance, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great, thank you. Thank you. There's a motion to accept this report as amended with the answers to follow on the cost of the program and for next fall to track the progress of the students from last year, MCAS. On the motion, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes, thank you. Report on seal of biliteracy. Mr. Carlo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Biliteracy first. Biliteracy?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: For next year or for this year?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Fabulous. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do you have to be a senior to take it? Could you take it as a junior?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The budget won't be for another few weeks. This is just the pre-budget report, so it could be amended based upon the information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? So moved. On the motion. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you on that. And now we will be moving on to your pre-budget report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Carlo. Thank you. Mr. Ruggiero?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot on this?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You will be missed. Thank you. Motion for approval of the pre-budget report offered by Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Ms. Kreatz, and the request is to get the enrollment by language for this year and projected for next year by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. We also have an item in our agenda that was not listed, so I'd ask the body to take this under suspension. Ms. Vanderhoof? Seconded by Mr. Russo, motion for suspension of the rules to take an Italy student trip. Mr. DeCarlo, or Mr. Belson actually, would like to request the approval of a trip to Italy, which will coincide with April vacation week 2019. Serving as trip leader for this trip will be Ms. Nicole Chalafo, who served as a chaperone on our 2015 French Italy voyage. and lead teacher for this 2017 Italy trip. For this trip we will use Travel Design Italy, an educational travel agency which we have used in the past and have been very satisfied with their service. This organization uses major airlines and provides professional liability and medical insurance. Is there a motion on the floor for approval? Oh, this is approval to go.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No? We didn't get four.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's okay. We can do two. Okay. Sorry. Is there a motion on the floor to approve the trip? Second. So seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. The superintendent would like to make an announcement.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Dependent upon her schedule.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Next item, English Learner Department. Mr. Taxara.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot. No, I, yes, I'm fine. You're set. And now Mia Desmostone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion to accept this report? Oh, Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. O'Gara.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to accept the report, seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion for suspension of the rules to move negotiations and legal matters to the end of the agenda? So moved by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Rousseau. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Old Business, Lesley University and Metro Public Schools Partnership Agreement. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We could specify. 20 miles?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Publicly post it and see what comes back. Publicly post it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They submit reports, weekly payroll reports.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So... If I could, you establish criteria and then they're graded. So you might see, contains educational, it's a teaching college, and then you'd say, meets it as a five. So you put everything into pockets. And so you're consistently applying your same ratings to each, whoever replies to the RFP. Because you can't just say, I give you a five, we want you. You know, you need to document why you're giving them a five versus a four.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Correct.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor. It would probably be circulated to you, but it wouldn't come back for an approval. It's a motion for approval. Is there a second? Mr. Russo? Roll call vote, please, Ms. Krebs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you very much. Thank you. The second item under old business is the middle school selection decision. Ms. Nelson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can I just follow up on the report you gave us two weeks ago from the Brooks? You said six no requests, two ELLs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto is next.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is it a point of information? It's a clarification.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No. No.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It has to be in the school.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right now, currently in the school. Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And I think the ELLs have to be called out because they're forced to go to one over another. So I think you should pull out the ELLs, then look at the proportion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm not following your math.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are you pulling out the ELLs? Are you including them?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But are they in your numbers of factors of who's being sent? Because the ELLs have to go one way.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Only two.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's under 10%. Right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, Mr. Russo has the floor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Azzurro, please, we have to follow order. There's others that are in the queue here. Does anyone else want to comment on Mr. Russo's recommendation? Ms. Kreatz? On Mr. Russo's?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's others in the queue first. I'm going to shut you guys off.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Where are you getting the six from? I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Two are ELL.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: For next year, yep. Thank you. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So your recommendation is?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Friendly amendment, Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Has Mr. Tucci gone to any of the elementary schools? And I know Beverly and I spoke about that as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Nelson, could you comment on Having Nick go to the fifth graders, we discussed this.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Now that you would schedule a meeting for Mr. Tucci to meet with the fifth grade parents, schedule it by next Monday, so maybe Thursday night or next Monday night, possibly the PTO could host. That's their last opportunity to get to know him. Otherwise, there will be a lottery on X date, and we are taking 16, potential kids from the Brooks.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, I think you need a night meeting when parents can... To be honest with you, I would do both.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. OK, Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: For parity, to get into the 20 percentile of participation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Regiro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: on the motion that those steps be followed. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion is granted. I just wanted to comment also that when we announced Mr. Tucci at the McGlynn School, it might have been one of the most fabulous days that I have had in a school setting. both the students, teachers made signs for him. The students were elated, cheering. It was like a pep rally for Thanksgiving game back in the day when Medford High was like, you know, first in the JBL. It was phenomenal. And it just showed how the community has come together. So I hope that people have seen some of the video from that day because it was really, really amazing. And I'm just really proud of that school for standing tall, so. All righty. Next order of business, under new, sure collaborative quarterly report. Is there a motion to receive and place this on file by Mr. Russo? So moved. Is there a second by Ms. Mostone? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Discussion of application of open meeting law to electronic devices. Member Ruseau. I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Make it a school committee rule that phones should be turned off.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Make it in a motion for school committee rule to be adopted.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, well, make the motion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: School committee business.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's not our business.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Our docket. Yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second on the motion?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero. Yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And our agenda is very thorough. We don't do much under suspension like other bodies may do. Ours are written out and pretty clear on what we're talking about. It's not vague. So I think someone could submit comments if they see it on Friday for the meeting on Monday. We have Mr. Russo. No, you already spoke. Mr. Benedetto, sorry. You can go up next.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion offered by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot and Mustone, that the use of personal devices be restricted to only items that are personal in nature, not from the public regarding school committee business.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Six in the affirmative, one in the negative, motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the next item, discussion of pending legislation on recess. Member Ruseau. Oh, sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Waive the reading of the entire proclamation here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Motion for approval. Moved by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Mr. Russo. Seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. There's just one item that we wanted to speak about. Is there a motion to go into executive session to discuss contract negotiations? So moved. So moved by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. Roll call vote, Ms. Kreatz. Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. We will leave directly from our, when we come out of executive session.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you everyone for being here today. It's a great sight out there seeing this rainbow of colors in our field. And as Tyler said, always do your best. That's all that matters. Always just do the best you can and be a great teammate because it's so important. You learn these lessons now and they carry through your entire life. So to all the parents that are helping out and the parents that are at home throwing balls and tape balls and everything else, thank you so much for being a part of this great community. Have fun, play ball!
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. Thanks for helping Christina do her amazing project. Nice job. did you guys make that okay I also want to comment on
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They are under community participation. There's a member from the Medford Teachers Association that would like to address Ms. Charlene Douglas. Good evening. Your name and address, please, for our record?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Nelson?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Name and address, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Please step forward, please. Your name and address, please. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could just make a comment from the chair, I've had the privilege of getting to know quite a few of you over the past few months. And the job you do is amazing. How much you care about your school is outstanding. And we're just really, really proud to have you there. I hope that parents, fifth grade parents out there, see these wonderful people and change their mind about where they want to send their child. And no disrespect, Mr. DeLiva, but you guys are amazing. You do work every single day. A lot of it goes unnoticed. Mr. Kremen will be laying all the flags for Memorial Day in just a few short weeks. all on his own because he thinks it's important, and it is important. So there are things that you do on a daily basis that go unnoticed, but you touch so many hearts along the way. So just know that we respect your work, all of the administrators as well, of the work that you do on a daily basis. It's not just education anymore. I mean, it's way different than how when we were little. So things have drastically changed, and your patience level and your commitment is outstanding. We support you and we applaud your work. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right, thank you very much for coming tonight. Thank you. Also, while we're under suspension, we have Ms. Melanie McLaughlin and Angela Munsell-Moore regarding family and community engagement, a status update on the investigation, and a successful plan for superintendent and deputy superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could just add on the survey, it was used for the search committee purposes to get the search committee off the ground. Everything that happened in the search committee was executive session, basically, the equivalent of it. So now that we're out, you should turn them over and we can redact if there's something offensive. But otherwise, it's benign. Ms. Van der Kloot?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And as far as that meeting, it was a special meeting of the school committee, it was not a committee of the whole, which is, it's a nomenclature, right, same thing. But that was posted the way all of the meetings were posted, and I know there were some parents that did show up at that meeting, and we held it before the honor society meeting, because three of us went over to that right from the end of that meeting. So it was public, it was as public as any other meeting that we hold, just like tonight. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Actually, if I could, the meeting posting said the purpose of the meeting is to determine administrative leadership of the school system from May 1st to June 30th, 2018, and to take appropriate actions to implement the same. Further, the school committee may discuss relevant transition plans consistent with the completion of the superintendent's search and selection process.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excuse me.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The committee could vote anything that night. It wasn't dictated what was going to happen.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Russo's next.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Mustone. Thank you, Maribel.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Tseng. Do you have a microphone there? I don't. Okay, step up. There you go.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Justin.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Kreatz. Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: None of those other restrictions have been removed.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have positions like director of foreign language. Interviews are scheduled to begin. It's already been posted. We have applications in. Neil from City Hall on diversity is going to be sitting in on the interviews. And then when they make a recommendation, it will come to us. We need to move forward. We cannot just go into freeze.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I asked her the other night if I could. I asked her the other evening if she would have some, an opportunity to assist us, and she said she would try to the best of her ability, this is before we offered her the position, that she has a commitment to Boston through the end of the year, but she would make every effort to rearrange her schedule so that she could help us get through things and possibly even be part of the budget process.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Van der Kloot, are you all set? No, yep.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But there is an individual at the school that is responsible and at the city that's responsible on our side as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And that is exactly what this committee is about. So it really does belong with the committee. And we follow Robert's Rules of Order. And that's how we conduct our meetings here, these public meetings. It's all through Robert's Rules of Order. So that's the structure. And most formal committees adopt those standards.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Stone, we have a full agenda as well that we need to get on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Next item up, recommendation to reject school choice for school year 2018-19. We have a paper. Traditionally, we have rejected school choice in this community. Is there a motion on the floor to reject school choice? Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Vandekloot. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Roll call vote, Ms. Kreatz, to reject school choice. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Report on middle school, school year 18-19 enrollment and selection. Ms. Nelson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Rousseau, sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Nelson, do we know if any PTO meetings are coming up?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto, are you finished? Yeah, yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And that is there.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That is at the McGlynn, Mighty, I call it Mighty, Medea.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo, wanted a follow-up on that?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That was one of our options. But I think at the time we thought we would at least try this one last time so that we could see if voluntarily people would make a commitment and go over to the McGlynn. Based on everything you heard tonight, there's enough reason to try it. But I do understand they want to know that the school is in solid hands. Yes. There's trust right now, and I think people need to continue that, but hopefully they get that commitment in the very near future, and I think that could sway things. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Motion to table this paper? No, one more. Ms. Mostone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Regiro, you all set? Yeah. All set? Is there a motion on the floor to table this paper for two weeks from tonight? Offered by Mr. Regiro. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Tabling the paper. It'll come back two weeks. Of course. OK. Report on trainer issue and MIAA policy related to soccer game at Beverly High School. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I mean, you get concussions.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a motion to place this report on file by Ms. Mostone, seconded by Ms. Vandeclude. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on partnership with Lesley University. Over the past several months, the City of Medford School Department primarily and Lesley University, high-ranking officials in Lesley University, In addition, Bob Maloney, Mark Grumley, it's been kind of a full court press of meetings with this university. What brought them to Medford was a desperate need for some athletic space, predominantly the wood floor. They would like a wood floor at the high school. and also tennis courts. That's what brought them to Medford, but once they were in Medford, we realized how much more they can offer to this community. I've been meeting with several organizations that try to train coaches and school systems in how to deal with trauma. Leslie's training people to do that type of work. So they have students that will be looking for internships and co-ops to learn in the field how to be great teachers, how to be great... It's getting late. How to be social workers, et cetera. So we think it's a great idea to move forward with Lesley University. The one contractual item would be for the use of the courts in the cages at Medford High School. NCAA requires they be wood floors. We do not obviously have wood floors right now. So they would be making an investment in our cages to put in state-of-the-art wood floors, also the scoring mechanism. What other things in the cages?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Painting, cleaning it, lighting, plus paying us a fee every year to basically rent the space through this partnership. Duggar would go through the city side of things. Right now they have a permit to use Duggar Park. for their tennis courts, but they also would like to have a commitment going forward. So we will be working with them on an agreement, and likewise, they will be making improvements to the tennis courts, which our high school team plays on. That's their home courts. So we look at it as a win-win opportunity. We think We wanted to speak to the school committee about it to get your thoughts, but we think it's really something very positive for the school system and to have that partnership with Lesley University for our students as well. Hopefully it'll be a matriculation opportunity and we're just very excited about it. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Will you withdraw your tabling just so Ms. Vianna Klug could make a comment?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Tabling is undebatable. On the motion to table the paper. All those in favor? The chair is in doubt. The chair is in doubt. Roll call, please, Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is a motion to table the paper. It's undebatable. We can't talk about it right now. Well, if she withdrew it or if it fails, we can talk about it and we can still retable it at the end. Yes. Yes. No, no. No, two in the affirmative, five in the negative, motion fails.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Division three, yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Division three.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: do have all the sports, but that's predominantly what we're talking about. Really, we're talking basketball and cages.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The cow wall?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that the paper be referred to Committee of the Whole, authored by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Report on ALICE program feedback. Good evening. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Thank you. Motion to receive this report and place it on file by Mr. Giro, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Pre-budget report mathematics. Thank you so much for your patience.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo's first, then Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I realize that. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Okay. Motion to accept this report and place it on file. Seconded by Mr. Azzurro. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. We also have the pre-budget report on physical education. Okay. Recommendation to accept gift from the, I'm sorry, J.S. Limb Foundation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the first awarding of prizes will be held on May 17th at the annual academic award evening at Medford High School. There's a motion on the floor for approval of this gift, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please, Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes, and we'll also send out a thank you letter. Thank you, Ms. Joy, for your years of service. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, report on pre-budget presentation, health and physical education. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Are there any questions? Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good. Mr. Russo, follow-up?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Are there any other questions? All those in favor all those opposed. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you Financial report
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Mr. Benedetto. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have not received the report from Foley-Hoag, Martha Coakley's report. It obviously, the police report came in much later than we anticipated, so she wanted to make sure she had that information. So we are hopeful that we will have it in the next week.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: He can't, yeah, he's having trouble understanding. You want something, can you write down the reports that you believe are missing?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Instead, and then submit it, just email him tomorrow and he can look them over?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. There's a motion on the floor to accept this report and place it on file. Is there a second by Mr. Russo? Ms. Van der Kloot, did you have a question?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We also have up next is the financial report on community schools programs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The purpose of the committee as a whole is to have our two finalists for superintendent of schools meet with us and to present, do a presentation so that we can better gauge their style and how they interact with us. So this meeting will come to order at 3 p.m. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: By a present to absence, we'll please rise and salute our flag.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. And our first finalist with us today is Dr. Maurice Edouard Vincent. Welcome to Medford. I know you've spent the better part of today visiting our schools and meeting with central administration as well. So thank you for the time commitment you've put into this. And last week we visited Boston. So we spent a lot of time with Dr. Maurice as well as her cohorts. and colleagues and we got to know her a little bit better as well. So thank you for joining us today. The plan is to do three different scenarios. The first one has been provided to each of the finalists and they have prepared PowerPoints to present to us today and your discussion points. And then following that we'll have two short on the fly kind of questions and answers just to finish this off. Thank you. Welcome.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you like me to read scenario one?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Parents have a choice as to which school they will select. One school, the Andrews, attracts more selections than that of the other schools in the blend. The difference is significant, and the entry grade 6 level, 50 students, is the estimate of disparity. Please find attached a report that was provided to the school committee on this topic. What ideas would you suggest to address this situation?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So if we're currently in the month of May, and we, parents have selected which school they'd like their children to go to next year, This process, I would imagine, would take some time. So what would be your next steps for the September school year?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you. Okay, question number two. It is 9.30 a.m. and your elementary school is in session when it is reported to you by the principal that a water main break has caused a shutdown of all sinks, toilets, water fountains, and kitchen operations. There is no clear estimate of how long it will take to clear the water main. Most parents of your students are at work or at other activities. How should you proceed? What are your options?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any follow-up questions for Sandy?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can you follow up on that? Okay. Okay, final question. You begin the school year 2018-19 with a good budget plan in place. In October, you find out that state revenues are falling below projections and the governor plans to make nine seat cuts that will affect your expected funding sources. The cuts to the special education circuit breaker and homeless transportation will leave you $250,000 short. Also, there are two unexpected emergency building repairs that will require at least an additional $150,000. What will you do to address these issues and maintain a balanced budget? By the way, it is only October and you know other financial issues can arise throughout the year. What options would you recommend? We've seen 9C cuts, correct?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any follow-up questions? Thank you so much. Those were great responses for impromptu questions. We really appreciate the time and especially digging deeper into the statistics. We know staffs don't tell the whole story of the child, so certainly in our trip to Boston, I think we gained a comfort level with how you do look after children in your district and how everything you do really is focused on them. And, you know, we were really lucky to be able to spend that time with your your partners here. I guess just one last question. If you were selected superintendent, obviously we'll be working on a budget over the next, you know, through the end of the year, and you'd be inheriting that to a degree, so what is your availability to be in our community while you were finishing off Boston?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: As you can tell, we're missing two members. One planned, I'm not quite sure on the system. In respect of them, we will have a committee of the whole meeting Monday evening. What is it, 5? 6.15, we scheduled before. And then we will discuss the two candidates and hopefully we will be reaching a decision that evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much for joining us. It's not coming through.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Welcome back to Medford. I know you got to spend the day with Central Office and our various principals and teachers the other day, so I hope that that went well. And we're pretty much at the same format. I can re-read the question if you'd like. There are two middle schools in our city. Both schools have essentially the same curriculum and staffing levels. Parents have choice as to which school they will select. One school, King Andrews, attracts more selections than the other, the McGlynn. The difference is significant at the entry grade sixth level. 50 students is the estimate. Please find the task force report that was provided to the school committee on this topic. What ideas would you suggest to address the situation? Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. We're going to now move on to two additional questions. I'll read the first one. The building emergency. It's 9.30 a.m. and your elementary school is in session, but it's reported to you by the principal that a water main break has caused a shutdown of all sinks, toilets, water fountains, and kitchen operations. There's no clear estimate how long it will take to repeat a water main. Most parents of your students are at work or other activities. How should you proceed? What are your options?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Vendetta?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You begin the school year of 2018-19 with a good budget plan in place. In October, you find out that the state revenues are falling with the low projections and the governor plans to make 90 cuts that will affect your expensive funding sources. The cost of the special ed circuit breaker and homeless transportation will leave you $250,000 short. Also, there are two unexpected emergency building repairs that will require at least an additional $150,000. What will you do to address these issues and maintain a balanced budget? And by the way, it is only October and you know other financial issues can arise throughout the year. What options would you recommend?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: My follow-up question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, I think we're in a bit of a transition right now. Clearly, the next few months we need to get through budget negotiations with our teachers union and other unions. So there's a lot of work that has to take place to just solidify the base. But I think one of the largest obstacles, which someone could also look at as Something welcoming is the open positions that we will be filling. So it certainly is an opportunity to create a new way of looking at things and a new energy level, I think, in the community. So that could be an opportunity, but it is going to be a struggle to get qualified candidates to fill these positions that have been held by people with long tenure here. I'd say that's one of our obstacles we're facing.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Well, thank you so much. It was a pleasure visiting your community of Lexington and really getting to know the people that you work with. They all spoke very highly of you, certainly have high aspirations for you. So you have a lot of support in your current environment. So we thank you for investing in us and we'll be in touch shortly.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order for the second round of public interviews in our superintendent search. I've been asked by the committee just to explain a few procedures. I believe it's the collectively we will finish our interviews tonight. We will be meeting on Monday, and we will determine whether or not we want to proceed with site visits of the candidates that are selected. Could be all four. It could be limited. We will make that determination on Monday night. With that, we are now going to introduce Dr. Maurice Edouard Vincent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please call the roll, Ms. Kreatz. I wrote down the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: present, seven present, none absent, if we could all rise and take a moment of silence on the 50th anniversary of the passing of Dr. Martin Luther King. Thank you. Thank you so much. Welcome. Thank you so much for coming tonight. We'd like to give you an opportunity to make an opening statement.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, we welcome you back home. I think tonight I'm going to start out on this side. Are you ready, Ms. Van der Kloot?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. Thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could you describe your management style and how you feel you collaborate with key stakeholders?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So if we were to consider the superintendent the number one of the school system, what type of person would be your number two?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So would you be part of the follow-up on the punch list?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Ms. Mostong.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot. Dr. Vincent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could you describe your direct follow-up, Paul? A follow-up?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You can throw it in. We have a question from our, we have two student reps. You met Justin. Yes, I did meet Justin. They're both visiting with Chief Justice Breyer this evening at Tufts. That seems kind of boring. They will be here later. I'm like, wait, really?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Put her on FaceTime, send her.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could just follow up a little bit. Obviously, Boston was at the center of the walkout. Medford joined in. We missed the national day like every other community around here with the snow and the kids still went into town. Could you describe what role you played in figuring out the safety nets for the students that were going to walk out on any given Wednesday and or that particular one?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Did you have some students that chose not to participate? And what did you have in place for them instructionally? if they remained at school?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, that obviously was a result of a threat assessment that was performed pretty much in all of our school systems. What direct role have you played in threat assessments and crisis management in the Boston schools?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Mastone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just as a follow-up, in your application you listed a $2.3 million grant from the O'Shaughnessy Foundation. Is that similar to the New Market or is that another one?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Ms. Koretz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Dr. Edouard-Vincent, Sebastian Tringali, one of our seniors, has joined us just now, as well as Justin you met during interviews, Justin Tseng.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Tufts and Harvard.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Congratulations. Underachievers. I know, overachievers. Fantastic. I don't know if either of you have a question if you wanted to pop in, or do you want to wait a little bit? It's up to you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. We have our final question from Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'd ask you more, but I know I'll get in trouble. Well, thank you so much for being here this evening. We'd like to just, if you'd like to make some closing statements at this time, you're more than willing to.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have with us Mr. Thomas Martelone. At this time I'd like if you'd like to make some opening statements.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mastron. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Justin, did you have a question? I'm sorry. Would you like me to ask one, and then we'll come back?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So if you were to look up the statistics for the city of Medford school system, you'll find that 34% are minorities, and the first language at home being non-English language is 23.6%. Could you compare that to your current school system that you're in, and in particular the school that you're in, and describe Does it match up, or is it extremely different?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So what is the composition of the school that you're in right now?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is Lexington a METCO school?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So of your 70, are any of those METCO students, or are they Lexington residents?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Justin?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Vianicludz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sebastian?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Follow up on that?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Ms. Kreatz?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If you could go before the Board of Education tomorrow and advocate for a change, what would you be talking about?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. The final question of the night, if Sebastian has one. Or are you all set? You're all set. Justin, final question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Well, thank you so much for being here this evening. If you'd like to offer closing statements, we'd certainly like to listen to those.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent, thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mayor Burke, present. Seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands,
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you everyone for being here tonight. I see many administrators, teachers, parents, so it's really nice to have you here this evening. As you know, we will be conducting public interviews for the four candidates that were submitted from the search committee. The recommendations came from that body that met confidentially in executive session over the last month, and we have their recommendations at hand. So this evening we will be meeting with Dr. Donna Strait and Dr. John Ferrella, and then we have the remaining two on Wednesday night starting at 6.15 also. This was a very intense process. I think we're pretty much on schedule. We might be like a few days behind at this point. But the committee put in a lot of work and a lot of effort. And I'd like to just personally thank you. And we'll have all the members up at a later date. But really, thank you for the efforts that went into this. As you know, a couple of the meetings were led by the group without school committee members present. And they did a phenomenal job really working hard on questions and processes, so I thank all of you for the work that you did. And at this point, we would like to welcome in our very first person, Dr. Donna Strait. But before I start, just that this is really an opportunity for the school committee to interview the candidate. As you know, it is school committee purview to hire the superintendent of schools. So this really is an opportunity for the seven of us to ask questions and we will not be deliberating this evening obviously, but we will ask questions and then continue on Wednesday evening. So I am going to welcome in Dr. Strait.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right to the middle.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, thank you so much, Dr. Strait, for joining us this evening. I know that the search committee thoroughly enjoyed and learned quite a bit about you during that. But we are starting fresh with the seven members of the school committee. So we would like to open it up at this point just for opening comments. Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you so much. I'm going to open it up to Miss Mustone. Welcome. Nice to officially meet you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're welcome. Do you have any follow-up? No. No? Thank you. Thank you. Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you, Paul. Could you describe your direct involvement with crisis management and threat assessment?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So, I don't know much about
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll start with you next time.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So thank you for your comments so far.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you like to follow up on that?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No? You're good. OK. OK. Justin?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could you describe your management style and if you had a team to put together around you, what skills would they have to complement yours?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Would you like to take a question?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Rousseau? Are you all set? I'm all set. OK. Are there any other questions on this side?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes Mr. Shiro
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's great. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. So you mentioned a little earlier popping out of the car because you saw a group of, I'll use the moms, you said moms, and children playing by the library or whatnot. So Medford's first language spoken at home, for those not being English, is 23.6%. We have about 34% minority in the high school from a student base. So what would be your framework for community engagement knowing that that's the audience that you have to serve and you have to communicate with them?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Follow up?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Justin, last question of the night. Paulette has one more. Justin.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, thank you very much for the time you spent with us. We greatly appreciate it, and we'd like to just allow you to have some closing remarks.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you so much, Dr. Straton.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo. I'm now going to welcome Dr. John Perrella to our interview process. Good evening, Dr. Perrella.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: At this time, we'd like to open it up for just opening statements, if you'd like to get started.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Thank you. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mestone. Hello, Dr. Cabrera.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could just a quick follow-up, how would you go about looking at the current programs we have at the vocational school to determine whether or not they should continue?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Bilson just went to check.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Stone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. You're welcome. If I could just jump in, clearly you see the change that's happening in the school system with the deputy superintendent retiring, three directors retiring as well. How do you see putting together the team, if you were the superintendent, to make this system keep moving forward? And like you say, being innovative, how would you see that moving forward?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What would be your weakness as a superintendent that you would want to compensate for with a deputy superintendent, for example?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero, did you have a follow-up? No question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Justin?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot, your mic.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Any follow-ups? You're all set? Justin? Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Justin. At this point, we'd like to open it up for a closing statement from you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Approval of the minutes of the March 5, 2018 meeting. Motion to approve. There's a motion to approve on the floor. Is there a second? Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's the third item down on page five, Christy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: In the financial statements, not in this. Right. This is like a voucher. It'll be in the actual financial statements, a journal entry moving it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It goes through the auditor's office and city hall.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to approve on the motion for approval as seconded by Mr. Russo roll call vote, please. Yes. Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Mayor Burke. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You've run through the steps in your years of service. So in some cases, you may get a bump for your step increase. If you've already gone through the steps, then you no longer get that bump.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Why don't we give Christine an opportunity to take this back to the office, look at your highlighted ones, and she can provide explanations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's not fair to put her, she just got this document tonight. It's not fair to put her. under the microscope this evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, it's just that. The chair would call the committee in the fall.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If it's voted on. I'll second.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They negotiate it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You could be a January 1st increase, in which case you're looking at a payroll dated March. Right. You're projecting it for 52 weeks when the raise may have taken place January 1st. So it's only a six month increase. So without having all the backup, you can't say that something is wrong.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to send this paper to the Committee of the Whole, seconded by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. So keep these documents. We will not ask them to spurnish them to us again, so keep your papers. And the payrolls are tabled. Roll call vote, Ms. Krebs. Mrs. DeVetta. Yes. Mrs. Krebs. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative 0 in the negative motion passes report of secretary, miss Chris to share with everybody.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Kreatz. On the motion, this report be placed on file. Is there a motion by Ms. Benedetto? Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of committees. Rules committee. Yes. Report. Yes. And it's February 26th, 2018.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thanks.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Maver. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Nelson, I think the question is to someone in the office that could monitor and maintain this list.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Or by budget time because it may be a stipend or something.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Part time. Yep.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Nice job to the committee. Great job. Thank you so much. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative motion passes. And also Mr. Benedetto's, uh, report to find out who would be doing, keeping up with this inventory of organizations. Is there a second on the floor for Mr. Russo? All those in favor. All those opposed. Motion passes. Thank you very much. Community participation. There is nothing on the agenda for this evening. Mr. Ruggiero. So motion on the floor for suspension of the rules to take paper on the library out of order. Is there a second? On the motion to take this paper out of order. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion granted. Recommendations submitted by member Michael Ruggiero that the Medford School Committee go on record in support of the following project and any loan order associated with said project. Whereas a functioning library is an essential institution to the education of an entire community, and whereas the $12.3 million grant from the Mass Board of Library Commissioners, which has been acquired to finance the construction of a new library, will expire on April 10th, and an additional green library incentive of $430,000, Now the FOB has resolved that the School Committee of Medford go on record in support of this project and any law and order associated with said project.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Brousseau, do you yield? Would you like to speak? You don't want to speak, okay. Thank you. Your name and address for the record, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Jessica. You can stand up. It should catch you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor for approval of this resolution? Mr. Ruggiero, Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second on the floor, Ms. Vandekloot? Second. Seconded by Ms. Vandekloot. Roll call vote, please. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. And please, Ms. Nelson, if you could forward this along to the City Council. Also while we're into suspension, we have a new business. Be it resolved that the Medgar School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Jennifer Tucci. Ms. Tucci was the mother of Harmony Tucci, a seventh grade student at the Andrews Middle School. If we could all please rise for a moment of silence. Motion to revert to the regular order of business by Mr. Azzurro, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on DECA competition award. Recommendation to approve expenses for national competition. Ms. Nelson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Thank you. Now, Rosalie, can I ask you one question? Yeah. Did they use a 3D printer on that? No, they used a laser cutter. A laser cutter. Awesome. Yes. OK, cool. Wow. Motion to accept.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Roll call vote. Chad, your work is done. You've done it. That's easy. Roll call vote, please, Ms. Kress. Did you get a yes?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. We wish you the best of luck during April vacation, is it? The week after. The week after April. Very nice. Mr. D, would you like to say a few words?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is it already trademarked? Not yet. We'll get you a lawyer. You're going to need one.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Nice job. Excellent. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Why don't we wait until after April, and we'll bring her back. Very good. Next report on McGlynn Middle School Principalship. Oh, I'm sorry. It was making a hum.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What was your feedback after the open house? Did you get to talk to many parents?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And thank you to the McGlynn teachers that are here this evening. Thank you for your support and working through to make this school as great as it can be. So there's a lot of buzz out there. So we're very proud of all your work and yours as well. So thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If we invite you back for graduation Mr. Tucci, would you like to sit up on the dais? I'm sorry? Would you like to be at graduation this year?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That would be... We can rename acting superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It was good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report and place it on file by Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Mr. Russo? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Recommendation to approve grade 8 New York City field trip.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It has not always been New York though. No. You've gone to other locations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Well, keep us posted if some come through that are in need.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So will you balance out the buses with both schools?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. We always take chaperones. We always take chaperones.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Not to put you on the spot. There's a motion before us, recommendation that the Medford School Committee approve the middle school New York City field trip to take place June 8th through 10th. Is there a motion for approval? Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote, please. Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Report on early release professional development, March 21st. Ms. Nelson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mastone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And all the principals have been invited to this meeting on security, and also the president of the Teachers Association was notified as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Along with people in administration. Thank you, Ms. Mustone, for calling that so quickly. Actually, Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could be separately, not on this day.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion as seconded that a meeting be held with parents to give them a higher ratio Alice Training from my medical police department all those in favor. I was opposed that motion passes On the on the early professional professional day Mr. Russo so if we would have to do one and a half days annually to keep everybody fully trained how many
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We are in negotiations as well. So there's moving pieces that are happening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It was requested that we look into it and this is the first opportunity to display it back to the teachers so they get an understanding of it and then determine whether or not between the police station, which the police department's fully supportive of this. So to balance it out.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report and place it on file by Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on pre-budget guidance department.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Are there any questions from the body? Mr. Benedetto. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yep, there's many questions. I'm rushing it. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Thank you. Mr. Rousseau.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you like to amend your report?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to amend that report to be 2,000 increases? So moved by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Mr. Russo. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. All set, Ms. Koretz? Yes. Ms. Vandekloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report as amended? by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. Is there a motion on the floor to enter executive session to discuss negotiations and legal matters and MTA grievance, update on pending legal matters, and discussion of collective bargaining? Motion on the floor by Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Ms. Mostow and Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. We will now enter executive session.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The meeting of the Medford School Committee will come to order. The secretary will call the roll. Sorry. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: present, six present, one absent, all please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Approval of the minutes of February 12, 2018. There's a motion on the floor to approve the minutes. Is there a second? Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills. Transfer of funds. Motion to approve. Motion to approve by Mr. Benedetto. Is there a second? By Mr. Ruggiero. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Six in the affirmative, one absent. Motion passes. Please mark Ms. Kreatz in attendance. Approval of payrolls. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So you'd like it emailed to me?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The next payrolls that are prepared would be Wednesday, Thursday, Christine, when do you hit the send button? Wednesday or? Okay. So it could be available for probably by Friday.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So it would be for the prior weeks? What are you looking for? Yes. Approved payroll that's been submitted.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Patterson, could you please step forward? Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second on the floor to request, in Excel fashion, the payroll after it is submitted, so be emailed, correct?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It could be voluminous. And that's really an administrative task, not a school committee task. There's a second on the floor. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Not right now.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Giroux has the floor right now.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to table, which takes priority. Is there a second on the motion?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those in favor of tabling the paper? Aye. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Roll call. The chair is in doubt. Roll call vote on tabling the paper. OK. Mrs. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. In a vote of three in the affirmative, four in the negative, I'm sorry, four in the affirmative, three in the negative, the motion is tabled. Report of secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to accept the report and place it on file? So moved by Ms. Van der Kloot. Is there a second? Second. By Ms. Mustone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Community participation. Ms. Melanie McLaughlin, CPAC presentation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All righty. Thank you very much, Ms. McLaughlin. She has requested that a paper be sent to the Curriculum Subcommittee, which Ms. DiBenedetto is chairing this year. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. On the motion that this paper be sent to subcommittee, I'll... Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any members that would like to serve on this? Mr. Russo. Oh, goodness. Okay. That's the problem. Now let's pull out the people that are on the search committee. Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: One, two, three. Okay. Aaron. No.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right, we will pick three and let you know.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. On the motion this be sent to the subcommittee on special education. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Miss Kreatz, would you like to make a motion to suspend the rules so that we could have an individual come forward that you recommended for? Yes. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Oh, OK. Sure. There's a motion on the floor for suspension of the rules. Is there a second? Second. Motion to include. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Suspension is granted. New business, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere gratitude to elementary teacher Anthony Petrellis on his handling of the children at the February vacation camp last week. Mr. Petralos, could you come forward, please? Ms. Kreatz, would you like to speak on his behalf? Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that this item be received and placed on file.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's great. Is this your first February?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll work collaboratively over programming because we don't want to take away from Anthony and the community schools program. We're trying to augment programming, so certainly this will stay intact.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. There's a motion on the floor to request the finances for the summer February camp program. There's a motion. Is there a second? Mr. Russo, question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Christine can whip it out pretty quickly.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion as seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you, Anthony. Is there a motion to revert to the regular order of business by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero? Report on elementary response to intervention. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo, you're all set. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All set?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. I'm sorry, Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion to receive this report? Place it on file by Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Recommendation for approval of overnight field trip by McGlynn middle school, grade seven. Ms. Nelson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Motion to approve. There's a motion on the floor for approval. Did you want to speak on this?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second? Second. OK. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Have fun. Thank you. Thank you. Also, could someone make a motion for suspension? We have another field trip for the Medford Vocational Technical High School. There's a motion for suspension on the floor, seconded by Ms. Vanden Heuvel. All those in favor? All those opposed? Addendum. This was added to our agenda. This request was received after the meeting was posted. However, it was within the 48 hours of the field trip for the Medford Vocational Technical High School. to attend the DACA state competition.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion on the floor for approval. Seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. Roll call vote, please. Mrs. Benedetto. Yes. Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Good luck. Oh, Sebastian, Mr. Tringali.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right now, we're all set.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good luck. Let us know.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay. And one of the members will keep the minutes because you're doing it off-site and you need two for a quorum. Ms. Mustone is unable to attend.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to revert to the regular order of business by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Ms. Stone. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Recommendation to approve incident report policy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is a motion for approval by Ms. Mostone, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please. Policy. Ms. DiBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It is the report. I read it at our meeting last week, but I will read it again. Thank you. Policy definitions. Discovery. Finding any object or observing any situation that applies to the safety and security of the school and or school district which would negatively impact the well-being of students, faculty and staff. Notification. Verbal and or written communication to the appropriate authority including but not limited to the police department. Disposition, reporting of actions taken and conclusions reached that describe and explain the nature of the threat and or behavior identified, as well as any recommendations that emerge from the investigation. The policy is any individual who discovers an item, including but not limited to weapons, ammunition, explosives, drugs, any contraband items, shall notify the Medford Police Department immediately and inform the principal. If the principal cannot be reached, the individual who discovers the item should notify the superintendent of schools. This process will be in effect on a 24 hours a day, seven day a week basis. As soon as possible, the principal shall prepare a written report surrounding the incident and submit to the superintendent of schools. The school administration will promptly notify parents of situations that may affect the well-being of students, faculty, and staff. These notifications will be done consistent with applicable law, regulations, and policies of the Medford schools. Additionally, principals are required to immediately notify the office of the superintendent of schools about other incidents, including, but not limited to, accidents, fires, and suspension expulsion of students. Written reports concerning the incidents must be submitted to the superintendent no later than the next day following the incident. The principal or his or her designee must also notify the mayor and members of the school committee as soon as possible. Upon disposition of the investigation, the superintendent, in conjunction with the police department, will provide an appropriate written report to the mayor, school committee, and principal. This report shall include the facts surrounding the situation, conclusions reached, as well as any recommendations to be considered. This policy will be integrated into all annual reviews, contracts for rentals of our facilities, and school handbooks. There's a motion on the floor for approval as seconded. Ms. Kreatz, is there a question?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: As always, Ms. Van, very thoughtful comments. And actually today we had a meeting. Ms. Nelson was present. Dr. Perrella, as well as our middle school principals, Mr. DeLever and assistant principal, Ms. Liu, was present. And we discussed that exact item, because it seems that people are getting information that really isn't necessary. The overhearing of a child saying something, and it being investigated, and it turns out to be simple just talk between two youngsters. Certainly, a call out to the community isn't necessary. School committee will continue to be informed of things that go on, but it certainly, there has to be some decision making that happens. I think Ms. Nelson, were you going to?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. So there's a threat assessment matrix that has been incorporated into prior incidents. What we're going to add on is another column that talks about notification. So once they get through the boxes and they reach this set, yes, we need to inform the public and the teachers and the whole school system.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. There's a roll call vote on the floor for this policy of incident report policy. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. The motion passes. Report on Medford High School graduation and dropout rates.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So it's 95% adjusted four-year rate?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So that's just carrying you through the summer, or does it go beyond the summer?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right, yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Great job. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any other questions for Dr. Perrella? Motion to receive this paper? So motion. Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Pre-budget report finance. Mr. Signi.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's PDF downloadable, correct?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: PDF downloadable.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And you could keep it in a file on your computer. That would work.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is it dinging? Something's dinging. Can you hear it?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. We can certainly download it to a data CSV file.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We did talk about that. I believe we moved it into your committee to discuss a means for us to go paper free and that's being thought about.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. The paper copy is here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So we're getting the paper copy that she's requested, and then the big document is online as well for last year.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Zigny. Hi. Welcome. He's patient. Welcome. Sorry for digressing.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And outside events. And outside events that you come to.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great. Thank you. Mr. Signey, Mr. Russo, you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Ruggiero?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to accept this report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Mia.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just a funny little story. I was at the Roberts before school, and there were a couple of kids that were out in the schoolyard playing their recorders, walking around, and it's like, and everybody's fooling them. It was really adorable. So he's doing a fabulous job.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. There's a motion on the floor to place this report on file as seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in pro all those in approval, all those opposed. Motion passes. Thank you. Recommendation to approve the school calendar for 2018-19 school year. Ms. Nelson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do you want to just highlight some of the dates, Beverly? Right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, I believe... It's the Tuesday after Labor Day.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Traditionally, we've canceled school except, I believe, the last primary, the numbers were expected to be so very low that we did hold a session. We had school in session. This is a state election. I'm sorry. This is a state election. And the numbers are expected to be very low. Higher than what we expected.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's the Friday of the long weekend.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I recall, the issue that caused schools to close was an accident outside of school in a town that's next door to us. And that caused a lot of concern throughout all the school systems that use schools for voting locations. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a much higher voting poll location. Just is. It's fact. Why don't we give it some more thought and at least the first day is set in stone in any event.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm sure everyone is.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Still within the snow days. So we have the date that's online. What date is it, Michael?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, the last day of school for this year. June. The 18th.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Who can get it the quickest?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But right now, we're within the days. So the end date is, it could only be a little earlier, but it probably won't be. Two, I believe. I don't know. I think it's two. Two, only two? Two. There were cold days, no snow days. Right. Yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, there's a motion on the floor to accept the calendar for the 18-19 school year subject to the Professional Development Day being withdrawn from March and to be determined at a later date. There's a motion on the floor by Ms. Stone, seconded by Ms. Kretsch. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Recommendation to approve grant from Exxon Mobil to the Brooks School. I'm sorry, Ms. Kreatz? Is it on the agenda? Open meeting law requires something to be on the agenda that we can't deliberate outside of open meeting law. We can certainly listen, but we can't deliberate.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can we, is there anyone here from the Brooks school for this grant? Diane. This is the last main item then. Recommendation to approve the grant.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, that's nice. Thank you, Sir. Motion for approval by Miss Mustone, seconded by Miss Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to revert to community participation. Just for those in the audience, open meeting law requires that any types of items be on a calendar so that those that are interested in coming to a meeting know what we're going to talk about. The items should be clear enough that people can figure out what is going to be the topic. So at this point in time, Ms. Kreatz has asked that we entertain some people from the public that would like to speak on a topic. We will not be deliberating, but we certainly will listen for They're required.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. D'Oliva.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. DeLeva. No deliberations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They would just send in an email through the superintendent's office, and just like Melanie's item got on for CPAC, we put an item right on that says what you're going to be talking about. It's that simple.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Perhaps there could be a form developed that's on the website that someone can just fill in and hit send and give the deadlines and whatnot. If we could move negotiations and legal matters to the end of the calendar on the motion, Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Yes. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? New business, school committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Irene Anestis. Mrs. Anestis was the former secretary for the School Buildings and Grounds Department. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Tilly Fodey. Mrs. Fodey was a long-time Medford resident and Medford High School secretary. And be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Joe Small. Mr. Small was a retired Medford firefighter and father of Robert Small, former teacher at the vocational school. If we could all rise for a moment of silence. Thank you. Also under new business, Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee review its current policies and practices on school rentals and take actions as deemed necessary to enhance the safety and security of our schools. As we realize, I think this is something that's going to need a broader conversation, perhaps in a subcommittee, to determine how we want to move forward. Over the past two weekends, we have canceled, for the most part, events at our outlying schools, not the high school, but our McGlynn, Andrews, and Brooks school for rentals that have been occurring in the interest of safety. And also, we have been putting so many resources into the high school that There was just no way we could cover all four. So we need to make decisions on whether or not we want to reopen these schools, if we want to add on a detail rate to the form, so that anyone that would like to rent the The facilities, there is a cost above and beyond the rental fee that covers coverage, whether it be a detail or security presence. So we need to figure out those things that we can move forward with our rental program or cease rentals altogether. So that certainly is a call that the school committee needs to make and assumption that can, from a security standpoint, it could be discussed in executive session as well if we wanted to discuss security measures.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So I don't know if that's... So applications, the deadline was February 28th, so applications are closed from anyone wishing to apply. Questions have been developed and tomorrow night are actually going to be finalized by the search committee, so certainly the survey should be cut off. Okay. If you could just make a note that... I know, we were talking about this and we shifted gears. We need to give guidance to community schools on the rental situation. So, Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This was actually on the agenda. It just didn't reprint it. No, no.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Vandermeer. Mr. Rousseau. I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I would say one case, it's a soccer program at the Brooks School. It's a basketball program at the Andrews School. It's a church group at the McGlynn School. Mr. Maloney, is that about the size of the outside rentals at the non-high school locations?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're not talking about the high school facility. Not high school, I see, I see, okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Roberts?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Roberts, not Andrews. Roberts does have some. Yep. Andrews?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And they're willing to pay police details.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Multiple. Yep.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to send paper, but Mr. Maloney needs guidance for this upcoming weekend because I pretty much, we've been arbitrarily, not arbitrarily, we've been deciding that until we have a handle on the outside schools that we won't have outside vendors that are coming in. Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, the motion is just, I'm sure they're lovely paper to committee of the whole, which is one motion. The other item that we're talking about is the issue for this weekend because we can't just cut off one renter. Uh, they have a right. We can't just, we open it up to whoever has rented. We can't just stop one renter from coming forward.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mayor Burke. Mr. Panadetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a US Supreme Court case on allowing rentals to churches.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to send this paper to committee of the whole and also require that a police detail be present for these groups. Until further notice. Mayor Burke. Seconded by Mr. Russo. Roll call vote. Mrs. DeBenedetta.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Six in the affirmative, one in the negative. Motion passes. This paper will go to committee of the whole and we will schedule one as soon as we humanly can. Oh, definitely. Yes, definitely.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo, are you blinking? Are you all set? Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, it would be more of an overtime issue. It's NMLAC, so our police department works in combination with other police communities that we're a member of. And they all come in, and they bring their various dogs and whatnot. So we incur overtime if it's above and beyond our office's time. But we don't pay for the other communities. So it depends on what time, when you're doing it, and who's on staff that day. Mayor Burke. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, highlight the survey, because you had some decent results.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I know, you're just not coming across loud, but you are on. We'll close it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Okay. We're down to our last item, negotiations and legal matters. And this is the discussion of upcoming employee negotiation strategies, discussion of security strategies and discussion of employee complaint under mass general law chapter 38 section 21 a one. Is there a motion to go into executive session by Mr. Ruggiero seconded by Mr. Russo roll call vote. Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. We will now enter executive session and we will convene. We'll come out of executive session to complete the meeting. We will not reconvene in this room.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We will move forward on ALICE training. We will establish a school safety advisory committee.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much for remaining here for this very important matter that we just took under consideration for multiple hours. And at this point in time, I'd like to announce what the committee has adopted in executive session. Effective April 30th, mutually, the superintendent will retire from the city of Medford public schools. He shall coordinate any and all security issues with the chief of police or his designee going forward. No administrative, principal, personnel appointments or non-contractual salary adjustments without the approval of the school committee. And after April 30th, this committee will contract with the current superintendent for budget and transition up to 25 hours a week at its current hourly rate. Also, while we were in committee, we discussed many other items that are germane to this conversation. First and foremost, we believe that there should be a director of security for public buildings, and we will do everything we can to work with the city council in order to do so. That will take consideration of the school department buildings as well as the city buildings that we maintain. We will work on enhanced communication protocols with our community relations subcommittee that Mr. Ruggiero is the chair of. We will move forward on ALICE training. We will establish a school safety advisory committee. We will publicize the tip line that we currently have in place for our police department that can be utilized for other matters. And we really want the students at Medford High to be aware of that tip line so that they can use it if they see fit. We will pursue a security audit of the schools in conjunction with the city council. I believe that takes care of all the matters that we discussed in executive session.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for approval of this. Seconded. Seconded by Mrs. Kreatz. Roll call vote please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 5 in the affirmative, 2 in the negative. The motion passes. Also, as people are aware, we had an incident report policy that was in place. We have worked over the last few days with both our deputy superintendent and our assistant superintendent and the superintendent. to really beef this policy up. And the school committee was just given this tonight. So there hasn't been a lot of time to look at it. But we really feel strongly that something needs to be put in place. So this may be a starting point. And over the course of the next few meetings, should we need amendments to this policy, certainly we will entertain them. But at this point, we want to get a very strong policy in place that captures some of the some of the items that may have transpired. And I know that Mr. Russo will have an amendment, but basically we've set up this incident report policy with the following definitions. Discovery. It has three pillars, discovery, notification, and disposition. Discovery, finding any object or observing any situation that applies to the safety and security of the school and or school district, which would negatively impact the well-being of students, faculty, and staff. Notification, verbal and or written communication to the appropriate authority, including but not limited to the police department. Disposition, reporting of actions taken and conclusions reached that describe and explain the nature of the threat and or behavior identified, as well as any recommendations that emerge from the investigation. So the policy, the draft policy that's before us tonight reads, any individual discovers an item including but not limited to weapons, ammunition, explosives, drugs, any contraband items shall notify the Medford Police Department immediately and inform the principal. If the principal cannot be reached, the individual who discovers the item should notify the superintendent of schools. This process will be in effect on a 24 hours a day, seven days a week basis. As soon as possible, the principal shall prepare written reports surrounding the incident and submit to the superintendent of schools. The school administration will promptly notify parents of situations that may affect the well-being of students, faculty, and staff. These notifications will be done consistent with applicable law, regulations, and policies of the Medford Public Schools. Additionally, principals are required to immediately notify the office of the superintendent of schools about other incidents, including but not limited to accidents, fires, and suspension expulsion of students. Written reports concerning the incidents must be submitted to the superintendent no later than the next day following the incident. The principal or his or her designee must also notify the mayor and members of the school committee as soon as possible. Finally, upon disposition of the investigation, Superintendent, in conjunction with the Police Department, will provide an appropriate written report to the Mayor, School Committee, and Principal. This report shall include the facts surrounding the situation, conclusions reached, as well as any recommendations to be considered. Mr. Russo, I believe you had an amendment to that?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion of approval. There's a motion on the floor as amended. Is there a second? Yes. Second by Ms. Mustone. Roll call vote please on this policy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. The motion passes, policy adopted. And finally, I just want to say that We did not take this decision lightly. We considered all different perspectives on this matter. We also considered the multiple years of service that this superintendent has provided to this community. He has been a leader in our educational community. He has built new schools for this community. He has enhanced so many opportunities in our school system. We do not take those things lightly. And he has always been a stalwart in everything that has been good about our system and will continue to be. We have a lot. We have a lot of important matters that are before us. We have a transition that we've already announced for our new superintendent. The search committee has been meeting in the other room all evening, starting the process without the three members of the school committee. So we are moving forward in that process. We have contract negotiations. We have the closeout of the school year, as well as the budget for the subsequent year. We have a lot of things that we have to move forward in this community. And above and beyond all of that is the safety of our students as well as the teachers and everyone that works in our school system. That is our top priority to move forward. And we have to do this as a community. And I know that there are other members of this body that would like to say a few words because this has probably been one of the most difficult week and a half that I think most of us have had. Is there anyone that would like to? Ms. Vandekloot?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Benedetto. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, yes. I just wanted to make a very quick comment. I had the privilege to stand next to some amazing teachers today at the McGlynn School, and administrators, and staff. And everyone stood so tall today for the benefit of our children. And if you just spent a few minutes there, you would have seen it in action. And they're some amazing people. And they're not just at our McGlynn School. They're in all of our schools. We have a wonderful school community. They're caring, they're nurturing, and they put their children first, all of our children first. And so to them and to all of you who are here tonight that represent them, I thank you personally for all of your hard work. We know this has been difficult for you as well. And we are here to support you and to move this community forward. And just thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Thank you all. Thank you. Motion to adjourn. Motion to adjourn. Thank you. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 7 present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Approval of minutes of February 5, 2018. Is there a motion for approval of the minutes?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion by Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills transfer of funds. Is there a motion on the floor for approval? Question or approval? Motion for approval by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Russo, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion has it. Report of secretary. None? None. report of committees minutes of the search committee February 7 2018 these These this report is actually just for our information and should be received and placed on file It doesn't require a school committee vote except for placing it on files their motion Motion to receive in place on file by mr. Zero seconded by miss V and occlude all those in favor all those opposed motion passes Mr. Superintendent So
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay on the motion to receive and place this report on file all those in favor motion for suspension of the rules Out of order. On the motion to take three papers, 3, 4, 5, and 6 out of order. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Item 3, recommendation to approve submission of revised statement of interest to the MSBA. Ms. Patterson. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, I think it's mentioned in the report. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to adopt the SOI, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Russo. Mr. Russo, I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If you'd like, I could read the resolution or would someone like to waive the reading of the resolution itself? On the motion to waive the reading of the resolution and adopt the motion that we submit this SOI. to the state on the motion of Ms. DiVenedetto and seconded by Ms. VandenKloof. Roll call vote, please, Ms. Kritz. Ms. DiVenedetto? Yes. Ms. Kreatz? Yes. Ms. Jones?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. Motion passes. Also, the superintendent is recommending we take a vote, that we move this paper along to the city council for their vote and their thoughts on this. Motion by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo. Roll call vote, Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. On his paper? Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a deadline of 12.30 Thursday because of the holiday next Monday, if you're shooting for Tuesday.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think that's a good point. I think it was roughly the same amount. $675,000 is the total value and we would have to look for city funds of $291,150. I will have to submit a paper to the City Council to cover that match on behalf of the community. So the vote tonight is that we adopt this Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to adopt and move forward to City Council ah there's a motion is there a second by Mr.. Russo on the motion that we adopt you write funding recommendation and forward alone to the City Council and likewise I'll put a paper together for free cash for the offset of two hundred ninety one thousand one hundred fifty dollars roll call vote, please Yes Yes. 7 in the affirmative, none in the negative. Motion passes. Item 5, report on security system upgrades and funding approval. Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo? Motion for approval? Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Doors and locks or cameras? Doors. Doors and locks.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So there's a motion. I'm the motion to adopt this paper requesting $203,000 that a paper be forwarded to the city council to approve the purchase of security cameras throughout the system and a B paper that all the doors and locks be checked and a report be sent back to this committee. Motion. There's a motion by Mr. Russo, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative, motion passes. Item 6, financial report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We are in the process of putting on solar panels on the Andrews School. That's already been worked out. The Andrews has a DPW facility. are getting solar panels. That'll be the first phase. And then we'll continue to look into the other schools as well. It has to do with the life of the roof. In some cases, they mandate that you have to go out and do a new roof in order to put them on, or they won't guarantee things. So there's a lot of little pieces that go with the solar panel installation. But the Andrews has fit the bill, and it's in really good shape. And that will be our first school to go solar.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion also to request a report on an update on the solar panels once they go in. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This has to be adjusted is what you're saying. There's a bridge that goes from the payroll system into the financial accounting system. And some people, the codes are carrying to the wrong line in this financial budget. So they're being corrected as we speak. So they're going person by person. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The detailed use of the facilities by school, by item. The community schools. Anything that falls on the community schools.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a lot of activities that fall under that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It is a second by Mr. Russo. Did you have a question?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's something else.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place on file by Ms. Mostone, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. OK, thank you. Is there a motion to revert to the regular order of business by Ms. Stone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion granted. Report on Columbus School after-school tutoring program. Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We had requested that during our committee meeting as well, so certainly. Seconded by Ms. Vander Kloof.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. You're welcome. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second on Mr. Rousseau's motion? Seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Is there a motion to receive and place this report on file? All those in favor? All those opposed? And on the motions by Mr. Benedetto and Mr. Rousseau, all those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. The end of vote?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That motion has passed, so. All righty, report on correlation between free reduced lunch participants and access to the SAT. Good evening. If you move your notebook, it's just pressing on that. There you go.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Mr. Benedict-Ngo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And I would also say that to receive and place this report on file by Mr. Benedetto. Is there a second? Second. Can I have a question? Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much. There's a motion on the floor to receive and place this report on file. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Item seven, report on vaping information program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion to receive this report and place it on file by Ms. Mostone, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Thank you very much, Dr. Farrello.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Next up is the report on focus groups scheduled for our superintendent search. The preliminary focus groups will be held during the week of February 12, 2018. The schedule is as follows. On February 13, school administration from 12 to 2 p.m. in CCSR, which is at Medford High School in the library. February 13, teachers, 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. in that same room at Medford High School. And February 15th, the general public, which the superintendent announced would be held in the, in the council chambers. Additional focus groups will be arranged during the week of February 26 as well. So keep, stay tuned to everybody's motion to receive this report and place it on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. If we could move suspension to move negotiations and legal matters to the end of the agenda. Moved by Mr. Ruggiero, seconded by Ms. Leanderclude. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. New business. School committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Kathleen McAdam. Ms. McAdam was the sister of retired high school teacher John McAdam. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Yehud Bouali. Yehud was an international student in the ELL class at the Brooks Elementary School. If we could all please rise for a moment of silence, please. Thank you. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If it's approved, it's subject to them incorporating the changes into the document. OK. Just Ms. Vandervloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yep. And have training, two hour training on this form. We've personally spent how many hours? All right. Negotiation and legal matters. There's a matter that we need to discuss in executive session. Is there a motion on the floor to go into executive session by Mr. Giro? Seconded by Mr. Stone. Roll call vote, please. Yes. Yes, 70 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. We will not be coming out to the floor after the following executive session. We'll adjourn from the meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Approval of the minutes of January 22nd, 2018. Motion to approve. There's a motion for approval by Ms. DiVenedetto, seconded by Ms. Vendiclute. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills transfer of funds. Motion to approve. Motion for approval by Ms. DiVenedetto, seconded by Mr. Rousseau. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Ms. DiBenedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. The motion passes. Report of secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, handy little cheat sheet to have on the board. Are there any questions from the members? No? Okay. Is there a motion to receive and place this on file by Mr. Giro, seconded by Ms. The underclude. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, good idea.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yep, that's a good idea. Thank you very much, Mr. Benedetto, for the tip. Report of committees, building and ground subcommittee minutes, January 29, 2018.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? Yes. So moved by Ms. Vanden Heuvel, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The report is adopted. Other report of committee rules, subcommittee minutes, January 31, 2018. Ms. Kreatz, chairperson. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much. Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Follow up, Mr. Benedetto, on that question?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. Mr. Belson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All righty. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're OK? All righty.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's an accessibility requirement.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So that's fundamental.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: First rule of thumb, make sure the place you're going to is accessible. It's accessible, that the student can access the trip. from anyone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file with the recommendations that are included in it? Motion for Mr. Rusciro, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The motion passes. Thank you. Community participation. With us tonight we have Miss Judy Lonigan, who's representing the Jingle Bell Road Race Funds Committee. And they have some really good news tonight. As you know, every year they hold a road race in the month of, I think it was November? It was actually November, I think. And the schools participate and they raise funds for their given school. So all the dollars they raise for walkers and runners end up coming back to the school system via all the hard work of the committee. And we have with us tonight, Ms. Lonigan, who'd like to come up to the podium.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Justin, could you bring up the first place trophies?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hi, how are you? Thank you, senior. Thank you so much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I just received
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And we also want to thank a lot of city employees also donated their time, DPW, the police department, so they're a partner in this whole great race and we look forward to its future. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We do have certificates. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Justin Tseng, 2018 MMEA Northeast District Orchestra, 2018 MMEA All-State Orchestra on behalf of the entire school committee.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Leonidas Panchik. Arden Ingesol, congrats. Christopher Walsh. Thank you, Mr. Zinkman. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're so very lucky in Medford to have such a rich music program, a great fine arts department, and we're very, very lucky. And these kids show the hard work that goes into it and the years, the years of effort and practice and dedication. So congratulations. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? Moved. Seconded by Ms. DiBenedetto. Next up, report on DECA participation. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Come on team.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The Met for Public Schools is proud to recognize Rosalie Howard, first place, Entrepreneurship Innovation Competition. Congratulations, Rosalie.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. We're proud to recognize Hunta Tognarelli, first place, Sports and Entertainment Marketing Competition.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Marcio Neto, second place, quick serve restaurant management. Congratulations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Richard Holland, Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling. Nice job, Richard. Thank you, Mr. D. Well, clearly you can see the confidence level in these young people, and it goes to a fabulous team at the Metro Vocational Technical High School.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to receive this report and place it on file? Moved by Mr. Agiro, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. OK, report on kindergarten registration. Mr. Superintendent?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is this March 5th?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: March 5th.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And also, I just wanted to ask on behalf of Ms. Melanie McLaughlin, is CPAC information given during these open houses? Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's part of our racial balance plan.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: let's see, at the Parent Information Center from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. There's also extended hours on Wednesday, March 7th, and Tuesday, April 10th, and they will go from 3 to 6.30 p.m. And over April vacation, the Tuesday through, and Wednesday, April 17th and 18th, 8 a.m. to noon. This is all at the Parent Information Center at Medford High School, which is, if you go in the front lobby, you can't help but see the sign for Parent Info, it's right there. So your motion to receive this and place it on file. Moved by Ms. Mostone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Update report on enrollments with information on 100 unit school-age students. So this is basically a report that details the enrollment numbers we have in some of our larger housing developments, whether they be rental or owned. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So this included 48 Forest Street, which has been on our books for decades, 3920 Mystic Valley Parkway, 100 Station Landing, 39th Street, which has zero students, and 12 to 28 9th Street, both condominium developments that have been in the city of Medford for, I Maybe more. So those new ones were 27, 28 students from those developments.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion to receive and place this report on file? By Mrs. Kreatz and seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? The motion passes. Report on vocational school student enrollment by shop area. So another- Mrs. Kreatz requested this, I think? Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And would students have choice at one of the regional?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to receive this report and place it on file? So moved by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on free reduced lunch applications, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Are there any questions? Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Perella?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are they informed of the benefits that go along with this?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that we receive a report that compares those receiving free or reduced pricing for college applications, SATs, versus free and reduced lunch. All those in favor? Oh, is there a second, actually? Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you, Mayor Burke. Is there a motion to receive and place this report on file? By Mr. Russo, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion has it. Report on state budget fiscal year 2019.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So the net hit from charter schools to us is an increased $439,000 in the first round of the governor's budget. above what we're paying already. So we paid 5.1 was our assessment for the current year, 5.1 million. I've scheduled to go up to almost 5.5 million next year. With the offset, as Roy just mentioned, we got reimbursed 566,000 in fiscal 18 for the cherry sheets, and it's projected to go down to 504,000. So hit on both sides of that one.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Azuro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, no, they'll be starting sooner than that. March. They'll start their hearings.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Russo first.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion to receive this report? Oh, Ms. Mostone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to receive this report and place it on file?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You could make that motion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion that this report be sent down to the subcommittee. On the motion. All those in favor? Aye. Motion has it. I think you've got me in the lost of words. Do it without laughing. OK. Negotiation of legal matters? None? None? old business, which really isn't that old, but recommendation to approve Roberts Elementary community preservation grant submission. As you heard earlier, there was a report by the subcommittee, and within that report, the subcommittee made a recommendation that the full body adopt and accept and sign on to the application for the Roberts School for a new rubber surfacing in their playground. I know the superintendent mentioned there's other schools that have this issue, but certainly We can get ourselves into that queue. There's a recommendation on the floor from the subcommittee. There's a motion for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Rodriguez.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So between Mr. McLaughlin and our parks department, they both have had some experience with rubberized Courts and turf etc. So we can work together on that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll take a vote tonight.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What date is your final application due? I think it's March 2. March 2.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So a letter from the school committee saying that we were so they want to sign off on all the applications that are that have to do with our land our property. So some participants have sent in submissions. for parks and for schools, and they haven't come to the proper body to get approval to submit the idea. So that's what Ms. Rodriguez is doing tonight. She wants our approval in order to move forward with the process. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yep.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So you want to make a motion for approval?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Next item, recommendation to approve revised field trip forms. We obviously spoke about this in quite detail earlier with our committee paper. I think you got the idea on some of the questions in addition to maybe what came out during the subcommittee meeting. And you'll submit the final form, well, the almost final form back to us just as an informational item. And if there's any questions, we'll speak to you directly. Do you need a formal vote? You'd like a formal vote for approval subject to the changes that were recommended in the subcommittee meeting. Motion for approval by Mr. Russo, seconded by Mr. Agiro. Roll call vote. She's going to incorporate them and submit us. This is the field trip form, just the form, not the policy. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. The forum is approved subject to the changes that have been discussed. Okay, new business. School committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Grace Perella. Mrs. Perella was a stepmother of Medford High School headmaster John Perella. John, I'm very sorry for your loss. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of David Train. Mr. Train was the husband of retired teacher Mary Ellen Train. And be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Phyllis Bagnola. Mrs. Bagnola was the mother of graphic arts teacher Louis Bagnola. All please rise for a moment of silence. We have lights blinking. No, no, you're good. Mr. Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But I believe the survey was submitted to Mr. Kuchar and it's completed. He was attempting to translate it into different languages. That's what we were waiting on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, no, we don't.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We had approved the survey. Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, so the members of the search committee from the school committee, in addition to myself, is Mr. Paul Russo and Ms. Paulette Van de Gloot. We have as an alternate Ms. Kathy Kreatz, should the need arise. Parents, we have Joanne Bell, Jenny Graham, Melanie McLaughlin, who's representing CPAC as well, Alexis Rodriguez, Alex, Jane Wright, Doug Bowen Flynn, oh, I'm sorry, to teachers now, Douglas Bowen Flynn, Sarah Grant, Joseph Platti, and we have Jodi Lu as our administrator. For students, Justin Zhang. and our diversity director, Neil Osborne. So it's a very broad group. I tried to look at not only the schools, but the interests that were behind the candidates. It was really hard. We got almost 70 applications. And I tried to make sure that every school was represented in one or two capacities, if possible, as well as just diversity, if possible. I mean, obviously, I'm looking at names. So I don't know who some of these parents are. But I tried to incorporate that element as well, male, female, et cetera. So I think it's going to be a very broad committee and it will be doing a lot of work. There's a first meeting is Wednesday night, which is just a training seminar put on by Mr. Kuchar. Am I pronouncing that right? Kuchar? Kuchar. And that's more just to go over that it is the meetings start out in public session and then they go into executive session. And just a reinforcement that everyone that serves on this committee, executive session has to be followed. If word gets out on who candidates are or the discussions that are taking place, that person will be removed from this committee if people find out that's sanctity of the executive session until it is determined the candidates that are going to be recommended to the full body. I also put in an email to all of you today that should you have any questions that you would like the three of us to incorporate into our preliminary process here, certainly submit them to me and we will incorporate them as well. So we want to make sure that your thoughts are being incorporated, although it can't be more than three based on public law to keep it into executive session. And also Massachusetts Association of School Committees, Mr. Kuchar will be holding focus groups the following week. I believe that is the 15th of March, of February. And I can go through some of the key dates that we've established for our timetable. So February 7th is the search committee orientation. February 15th, focus groups for parents, guardians, and to anyone else really. And he'll also be going to the various schools to talk to teachers, administrators, to determine what do they think about this whole process and how would they like to see it played out. At the orientation, Mr. Kuchar is going to tell the committee basically certain questions that they can ask and certain questions that they're not allowed to ask, such as discriminatory questions. And also ask the members to try and figure out what questions they would like to ask. And those questions should be submitted to me by February 25th. I can give you all a copy of the timeline. February 28th is the actual application due date for those interested in applying to be a superintendent in the city of Medford. And then on March 1st, Mr. Kuchar and his team will be reviewing all of the applications and actually submitting to the search committee His recommendations, a rating system of the applicants, and that's just a recommendation. The search committee itself will determine if we want to follow with his recommendations and or include anyone else in the interview process. Interviews are scheduled the week of March 10th to the 20th with hopefully recommendations to the school committee of the finalists by March 21st. So it's a very aggressive timeline. Everyone that filled out a form made note if they were available or not. In some cases, some people weren't considered because they weren't going to be available during key pieces of this whole puzzle. So unfortunately, it had to be limited. To be controllable, really, to have 20 members of a search committee would have been an extraordinary amount of time with questions. And we just probably would not have gotten anything done. Keep it as lean as possible. I added an additional parent just so that all the schools are reflected. And that's it. Ms. VanderKloop.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Kuchar's working with the superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So tomorrow the dates will be finalized. We know it's the 15th.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And we'll have a blog entry. We'll have a press release. We can do reverse calls to all the schools. We can get the word out like that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Um, but Roy wants to work with Mr. Kucha just to make sure the time we had 7 p.m. It could be earlier, which would allow for maybe a dual session to happen.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Any public hearing prior to our interviews? We'll get the results from the survey. We'll get the results from the focus group.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The survey you worked on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But then you have, when you go to- And people can submit written comments, of course.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. And one item of importance that he did mention last week before he went away was that it's all confidential. The candidates, people that apply, it's a confidential process. But if a candidate tells someone in the public venue that they are applying, then all bets are off for that candidate. becomes a public candidate, so it's tricky. So I'm sure he's going to go over all the rules Wednesday night for the committee itself.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm not sure what he's... He wants to know if childcare could be provided. Maybe the kids, the family... Project a movie, have some popcorn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What time is that?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Committee of the whole will be here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I would suggest not.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to adjourn? Moved by Ms. Millstone, seconded by Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll. Mrs. Medvedev.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Ms. Van der Kloot, you're blinking. Is that an error? You're blinking. Thank you. Approval of minutes of December 18, 2017 meeting. Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent, how is the tutoring at the Columbus School going?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Ms. Mustone? You're blinking. No. Ms. Van der Kloot? Motion of approval. Motion for approval. Is there a second on the floor? Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Or perhaps the secretary may know.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Page 11 of 19.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think it's the grant. I think it's the grant.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's up above a third down.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Ruggiero? Question by Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Student activities.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the next two that follow.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's what's with the bill.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The vocational program, yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're welcome. There's a motion on the floor, seconded for approval. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seconded. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Roll call.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you. Report of secretary. None? Okay. The organizational, do I need this? That's the report of committees. There are none. None? I'm sorry. None noted. Report of committees. Report of organizational meeting January 3rd, 2018. Ms. Van der Kloot ran this meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Is there a motion for approval of the committee meeting? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, the Committee of the Whole from January 3rd will be coming to us at our next meeting. Motion to table that report. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Papers tabled. Report of Committee of the Whole, January 16th, 2018. This is the size of that meeting. So this was quite a detailed meeting that we held. We called to order. All members of the school committee were present. We discussed several items, one being the school meals charge policy. Do you expect to vote on that this evening?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So we discussed that. That'll be discussed in greater detail later on. We also talked about the superintendent search. If I could try to go through this. Member Van der Kloot expressed the following. She made a motion during our meeting that due to the number of unexpected internal local candidates, potentially there's only two persons. Since we all want the best options, we should consider opening the search to external candidates as well. Rather than a two-tiered search, the school committee should conduct one full search, which would include both internal and external candidates. We voted during the committee meeting to adopt that, and that is the way we are moving forward. We also had the McGlynn PTG Issue that came into our committee of the whole and we heard from the committee treasurer Jane Wright In regards to the various topics that were discussed both in the press as well as in social media And we moved that the school committee adopt some policies and procedures which will be discussed later on in our meeting as well But found that there were no No issues with the actual financials of the PTG during the period that was in question. During our subcommittee meeting on the superintendent search, we also looked over the application form, which we approved. We approved a survey that the committee had been charged with putting together that will go out to survey a monkey at some point. We also voted to utilize the Mass. Association of School Committees to be our administrative arm for the search. I actually met with them this afternoon, and they are aware of everything that we did. We'll be sending them PDFs and Word docs of the documents thus far that the committee has worked on so that they can work with those and then input some of the dates. I have a litany of dates that I could list to you, although I'd rather type them up and get them typed tomorrow and I'll circulate them. But the search committee orientation, we're looking to start on February 7th. As you know, we did a press release today including a copy of the application for those that are interested from the public to apply to be on the search committee. And that has a closing date. I believe the 29th is when we should get all applications back in. So please check out the website. If you need a hard copy, call the superintendent's office or certainly my office and we can mail one out to you. And I will get a list of the dates and we'll get that posted up to the website as well. Is there a motion for approval of the committee report? Yes. Thank you, Ms. Mustone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much. OK, community participation. Cheryl Rodriguez, Roberts PTO Community Preservation Project. Ms. Rodriguez?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Pretty much why I'm here. Superintendent, are there estimates for the new school year?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to request an estimate from various entities? Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Generally, a paper goes to one committee, not to two. So if you send it to Building and Grounds, they could do their homework there with Mr. McLaughlin.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that the paper be seconded by Ms. Mostone, sent to the Building and Grounds subcommittee. Mr. Benedetto, did you wish to speak on this?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor, seconded by Ms. Mustone to move this paper into subcommittee building and grounds. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Speak on this? Yes. Ms. Van der Kloot?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. On the motion, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Thank you, Ms. Rodriguez.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: In a clarification is my stone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Public meeting, it will be posted for 48 hours.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: In compliance with open meeting law. All right, thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Report of superintendent. Report on MASC participation in superintendent search. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: At this time, I really would like to thank the committee that got together to put together this survey, led by Ms. Vandekloot, Mr. Russo, Ms. Kreatz, formerly Ms. Cuno, also served prior to January, along with Jenny Graham, a parent who stepped up and actually put the brochure together, a really nice-looking brochure demonstrating the strengths of our community. So I just want to thank all of you for your hard work in such a tight little time frame. And if you do have any of the documents, including the survey, if you could get it to us so that we can get it to Glenn. So he can start to get them formalized and out the door.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: He's going to actually put together focus groups for not only the citizenry at large, but also internally for teachers and administrators. We will not be at the administrative meeting, because they like to kind of do things with just him. But we certainly, he will be putting something on for the public, as well as the school committee, and the ultimate search committee as well, to say like the do's and the don'ts. If certain questions are legal, you cannot ask. So everyone needs to be apprised of that and stick to that, because it's a discriminatory practice. So he will give us all guidance as we move along. And tomorrow, I'll have a group of dates that shows when we think we're going to hit these milestones.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? So moved. So moved, Ms. Argyro, Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion carries, thank you. Recommendation to begin search for foreign language director, school year 18-19.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And I've actually spoke with the superintendent and asked that our diversity and inclusion director, Neil Osborne, be a part of the preliminary interviews. There are a motion to receive and place this on file. So moved by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carried. Mayor Burke. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Item three, report on DESE, Leading the Nation initiative. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seconded. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on statewide accommodations for culturally responsive religious observances.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Motion to receive and place on file. Ms. Mostone, question? Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion, this report be placed on file. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion has it. Thank you. Report on protocols for school closing due to inclement weather.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: High school students, in particular.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Or check the rooms before students are sent to them.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto, then Ms. Van de Kleef.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's seconded by Mr. Giro. Mr. Tringali, would you like to speak on the matter? You can step forward if you'd like to a mic.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Fairness.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good to hear. Thanks.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: and drags.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I know. Mr. Ruggiero? Are you blinking? No? My motion is second. Second the motion by Ms. Van der Kloot that this paper be sent to the curriculum subcommittee to investigate the DESE findings on alternative ways of conducting school business on snow days or emergency days off. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Item six, recommendation to adopt oversight guidelines for PTO slash PTG and other 501c3 organizations that support our public schools.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay. Would you like me to read them?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That doesn't change. That doesn't change. This would be an internal registration.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm just curious what the registration form you have.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just let me continue. Some of it will flush out, and then there could be questions at the end.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could just interject, I just asked you guys not to, but you don't know who you're going to go to at the beginning of your year. You have an idea. That happens over the course of the year. No, you generally don't know. You hit everybody, sometimes you focus on one, but it's dependent upon what you're trying to accomplish.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's like Friends of Baseball, Friends of Rowing, Friends of that do a lot of things.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They're using the city of Medford's public schools name.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You can make a motion that this be tabled, pending, or send to a subcommittee if you... I'd like to make a motion that this be sent to the... Is it the rules subcommittee? It could be rules.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's your motion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion, as seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot, did you also wish to comment prior to calling? I did.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Ruggiero?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could just, from the chair, item two. I think it goes back to your question, Ms. VanderBloom. All registered organizations must submit bylaws, names of officers and board members, and then it says annual fundraising and expenditure plans, if that could just be an annual budget. And at the end, in a year-end financial statement, including the Form 990 and state filings. You have to do it to be a 990. To be a 501c3, you have to file with the state, and you also have to file with the IRS. So why not make it part of the package? At the end of the year, they submit it to us. And then we have everything's copacetic as far as filings. So if we could send this document as amended to the Rules Committee, which Ms. Kreatz will chair this year. There's a second on the floor by Ms. Van der Kloot. Motion by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion has it. Do you want me to list the amendments that were discussed just now? You're all good with it? OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Certainly, if you'd like to step forward. Your name and address, please, for our record.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there anyone else that would like to speak?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Wright?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Shiro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're having trouble hearing you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion, this has been, is there another individual that would like to speak?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're going to move this. We have a lot on our agenda tonight. Thank you so much for being here and giving your side. And we certainly will move forward with the committee on rules. The subcommittee will be looking at the policy and procedures going forward. Next item up is item 7, negotiations and legal matters. I asked someone to move suspension of the rules to move to the end of the agenda. Mr. Russo, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Negotiations will be at the end. Old business. Recommendation to adopt USDA revised required school lunch charge policy. As you know, in our committee of the whole last week, we asked Ms. Patterson to make a few more adjustments to the policy. Tonight, we have with us the final version. Mr. Superintendent? Just briefly?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor for approval? Offered by Ms. Mustone, seconded by Ms. Kritz. Roll call vote on the policy change. We announced them in the Committee of the Whole, and we'll publish the policy online as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Also, during our Committee of the Whole, we voted in Executive Session to adopt a wage increase for our sub-cafeteria workers, who are currently being paid $11 per hour. It will go up to $13 per hour. That paper has been moved out of Executive Committee and is before the body to adopt. Motion for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Mustone. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Communication. Recommendation to approve overnight field trip. We have an overnight ski trip with Tufts Mountain Club. The trip has been approved by the headmaster, this is from Medford High School, and the required forms have been submitted and approved. Is there a motion for approval? Motion for approval by Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, aren't we supposed to approve the trip before they can go to their students, too?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor for approval of the trip by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Ms. Mustone? Roll call vote. Mrs. DeSantis, yes. Yes, of course they can vote. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to send to Rules Committee, seconded by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. All right, new business. School committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Karen Pirro. Mrs. Pirro was the mother of Medford High School Administrative Assistant Lisa Bowler. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Peggy Dunford. Ms. Dunford was the wife of vocational teacher Robert Drobnik. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Colleen Hallisey. Ms. Hallisey was the owner of Colleen's Ice Cream Shop and an active community participant. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Joseph McAdam. Mr. McAdam was the father of retired high school teacher John McAdam. If we could all, we have an addition.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Also, condolences on the passing of Joseph Neveda, who is the husband of Angela Neveda, who is a retired school department employee. All please rise for a moment of silence on the passing of these citizens. That actually is the end of our meeting. We did have negotiations and legal matters, which were the cafeteria workers, that we took a vote on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll amend requested reports, the fourth bullet down to be due February 28th, or end of month.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: As I mentioned to Mr. Ruggiero earlier, I spoke to the superintendent earlier today about that, the possibility of us going paperless with an iPad to do our work, and at the same time, when they're uploading the files for us, they can upload it to a separate the school website for all to see what the backup is to the agenda item. So the superintendent and I are going to work on that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that this be moved to the Community Relations Subcommittee. On the motion. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Motion to adjourn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I, I, Stephanie Mutini Burke, do solemnly swear, do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully and impartially, that I will faithfully and impartially, discharge and perform, discharge and perform,
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much. Happy New Year, everyone. Welcome to the Honorable Governor Baker, Senator Markey, all elected officials, clergy, family, and friends here today. Congratulations to the elected officials taking their oath of office this morning, especially to those newly elected. May our oaths be indicative of a common commitment to present our varied viewpoints with civility and willingness to listen. That is the hallmark of democratic discourse. Two years ago in this same theater, I began my administration with a call to service by saying, it starts today. Certainly within this call was a recognition of past accomplishments, but it was also a reminder to our residents that we are embarking on a fresh start, a new vision, and an invitation to creativity as we work together for the good of our precious Medford. Much has been done. The building blocks of a better tomorrow have been put in place. We stand on a firm foundation of open government and a willingness to work cooperatively so that change is made where change is needed, and we can foster a future that is both fluid and deliberate. It is a firm foundation centered on planning, such as the master plan for Medford Square. This plan was crafted with the input of many. It will showcase and embrace our historic Mystic River and is aimed at enhancing and refreshing our downtown area in many ways. including taking steps to address traffic flow so that High Street, Riverside Ave, and Salem Street no longer become a slingshot to get to the other side, but the center of our city to be repurposed to serve the businesses and the residents of the square. The plan is challenging, but my administration is up to execute this plan and will work in full collaboration with the city council, stakeholders, and developers to create a dynamic mixed-use area. It is a firm foundation characterized by prioritized investment. We continue to progress through the City's five-year capital plan. Working with the City Council, my administration has systematically invested in the City's infrastructure and equipment needs. At the center of this investment is a new police headquarters. The team has been meeting weekly to develop the layout, space needs, and features for this state-of-the-art facility. Their hard work continues and we are growing closer to having a schematic design and then the demolition. This resilient project will be solar ready and meet the high demands of attempting to be carbon neutral. It is a firm foundation enhanced by collaboration. Governor Baker initiated an office called Open for Business. With the assistance of this office, a parcel of state land along Mystic Avenue has been made available for development. Assistance of this type will greatly aid the City of Medford to create a Mystic Ave corridor that we can rightly call the gateway to Medford. Consistent with this effort, the city has received a grant from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council and Mass Housing to assist in drafting a zoning amendment that will take into consideration the current businesses along the corridor and make recommendations to reshape zoning to allow for development that fosters responsible growth and at the same time acknowledges and preserves the residential character of our city. Of course, the city council will play a pivotal role in this action, and I look forward to this collaboration. In the same way, I have committed, along with the metropolitan mayors and our governor, to embrace housing initiatives and significantly increase the residential housing stock in our city and the metro region. Medford is the place to live. It is a firm foundation that is based on results. But change requires more than words. It requires work that bears results. This very day, the Chevalier Theater will host its first performance under the stewardship of Bill Blumenreich Presents. This is the result of months of collaboration between the administration, the city council, the Chevalier Auditorium Commission, the licensing commission, and our state delegation, and so many others, all working toward the goal of utilizing our beautiful theater to raise the profile of the arts and benefit the life of our downtown businesses. It is a firm foundation that is comprehensive. I am very proud of our Complete Streets program, with the assistance of the Governor's Office once again. They have been fabulous to the City of Medford, I might say. We've put an emphasis on multimodal transportation and it is being implemented as we speak. To date, we have completed four projects from the priority list. The most visible are on High Street in West Medford and the Winthrop Circle. Through this program, pedestrians and bicycle access has been and will continue to be addressed in every municipal road project in the community and also private projects that come into our city. For this, we say thank you, Governor Baker. He claims to be a Republican, but I don't really know for sure. It is a firm foundation whose key ingredient is the dedication of its public servants. Bricks, mortar, infrastructure and the needs of public safety will always be central municipal concerns. But these concerns are addressed by real people. They are people who serve day in and day out. Many are with us today and I thank you for your dedication, the department heads of the City of Medford and those employees that are here today. Thank you. In this new year, we will experience the retirement of two key figures in our city government. Our esteemed Superintendent of Schools, Roy Belson. And our respected Chief of Police, Leo Badisacco. Both of these individuals have devoted their entire professional careers to serving the citizens of Medford, and they have both set and met extraordinary high standards. They are leaders of vision and mentors to their department. To them, we say with all our heart, thank you so very much. I also want to say a word about our women and men who participate in our senior tax abatement program, led by the Vivian Wright, who's in attendance today. The benefit that they derive from this program is much less than the benefit that the various departments receive from their years of experience, their pleasant demeanor, and obvious love of our city. We are blessed with their contributions of time and talent. Thank you. It is a foundation so firm that it will not suffer hate or judgment, but will embrace understanding and justice. At the start of my comments today, I said that civility and listening are the cornerstones of democratic discourse. This is true for many reasons, but the primary reason is that civility and listening have the effect of erasing fear. They erase the fears which feed bigotry and racism. They level all playing fields to ensure that inequality and entitlement will not prevail. Medford embraces the ideals of equality in so many ways through the big table led by Reverend Wendy, community coalition, the Medford Health Matters conversations. We endeavor by action to continually make Medford a better and welcoming community. And as I look out, I see advisors, directors, and students from our CCSR program, which stands for Center for Citizenship and Social Responsibility. They have committed their time and talents to form themselves as global citizens and thus make Medford a place of responsibility, invitation, and inclusivity. The students are our future leaders and I could not be prouder of you today. Thank you. So this day, I say again, happy new year. Let us begin anew, filled with optimism, hope, and a sense of pride in our community, our city, our Medford, to plan its future and to bring the plan into reality. It starts today. May God bless you, your families, and God bless this precious city of Medford. Thank you very much. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The regular meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll. Present, seven present, none absent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We're very proud to have with us tonight members of the Met Republic Schools Fine Arts Department, the holiday music presentation. Take it away, maestro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much, Mr. Zigney and all members. You're fabulous. We love listening to you and we're very, very proud of the rich musical tradition we have in our great city. So thank you and happy holidays.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. I'd also like to make a quick announcement. There's a Black Ford Explorer 7MP588 with your lights on. Lights on? I hope you hear. It's all set. All set?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: At this time, I would like to invite Ms. Ann Marie Cuno, vice chairperson of the Medford School Committee, to step forward and conduct the rest of this evening's meeting. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Madam Chair? Also, during this meeting, we turned out some job applications and job descriptions that I asked the members of the committee to look at and review to see if they had any suggested changes. We did receive some from Kathy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And I likewise have some changes. We can circulate them around so that everyone can take a look at them and see if they concur. And then we can send our suggestions to the superintendent to make the amendments.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Madam Secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We will all be on the committee for the internal candidate portion of it. OK. So it will be an open session, and it will be all seven of us.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And then we have, I handed out a draft application for those that are interested in applying to be on the search committee if we need to go that far. OK, great. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there anyone else? Madam Chair, if I could just make a quick comment. I've gotten to meet several of the groups. And the passion that you've all shown when you're talking about what you've selected to bring to the rest of the school year has been amazing. And also the cross. grades. So it's not just all seniors working together. I've seen seniors and freshmen and just a whole mix that's really been refreshing. So I want to thank you all. I know your advisors are fabulous. Mr. Skorka, Mr. Torati, you're great people and you're really invested in our students and it shows because you're so polished and so mature. So I'm just really, really proud of all of you. So thank you for sharing your stories with us.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to receive and place this report on file.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: will you withdraw?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Christine, could you just explain where in the policy the three meals for middle and high school and five for elementary are? Because I'm having trouble.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So the draft should include.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I was struggling to find that. Yeah. Right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So right now, what the policy states is that if you reach zero, you're not allowed to get a la carte items such as a second entree or an additional beverage or snack. Correct. So again, in that non a la carte is a cheese sandwich.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That you can't get extra stuff. Right. If you can't pay for the core lunch.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I guess that makes sense. Correct. But you're defining the core lunch as, is it just a cheese sandwich? Are there options?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If we could also get the actual language that you want inserted into the document, so in policy language terms. of a few different options.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Last year we held in plain sight in City Hall, actually this corner office that's just behind us, and I was amazed at what was in this room and how deceiving these gadgets are. I might have mentioned last month when Team Medford came forward, it could look like a can of hairspray, but really it's not. completely empty and it's just a spot for something else to go in and here brushes that have pieces that come out every object that you may normally see in a bedroom now has another purpose and I really urge all parents to come and if you could announce the night when you have it scheduled. It's so important to be on top of it and have an awareness that this is happening right underneath your nose. And to just stay on top of it could make the difference between that road or staying on track. So it's a great program. And if you need any assistance from us, please let us know. Kathy, did you have your hand up?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The seal is banned to minors, just like cigarettes, in the city of Medford, for a vote of health.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Vice Chair. At this point, it is our last meeting of the calendar year, and we have two of our members that will be leaving us, and we'd like to pay tribute to them. Mr. Superintendent?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Vander Kloop.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Pray for peace. Yeah. I just want to add to both of you. I've served with you in many capacities over all of our terms and it's always been an honor and privilege to work with both of you. You're professionals. You always put the interest of the kids first and that's what most, that's what is most important. Um, being a school committee member. So I relish everything that you've done and I respect the both of you, and I wish you the best of luck in the years ahead.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If we could call Ann Marie up. Congratulations, the Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Ann Marie Cuno on your many years of service to the children and families of Medford as a member of the Medford School Committee, signed by all of the members. We wish you the very best of luck. Thank you. Thank you. And we'll miss you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Thanks, it's great to be back. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Robert Emmett Skerry, Jr. on your many years of service to the children and families of Medford as a member of the Medford School Committee. We wish you the best of luck. This man made a buddy bench for the Brooks School. Absolutely beautiful piece of furniture, and I know you always have the kids. Nobody's supposed to know about that. Always have the kids at heart, but you know what? It's important. You do really nice things behind the scenes, and we appreciate it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just one last announcement to the general public. We will be having our inaugural festivities New Year's Eve morning, so it's Sunday the 31st at 10 in the morning at Medford High School in the Little Theater, followed by a light brunch, light collation at Bistro 49 to showcase Medford High School, its students, its musicians, and just the wonderful things that are happening up there. So please feel free to join us. This is your official invitation, so come on down on December 31st. Otherwise, have a wonderful holiday. We will resume back in the new year, so everyone stay safe, stay healthy, and enjoy the short break that's coming upon you. Motion to adjourn, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The regular meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present, seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Welcome, Justin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We're very proud to have with us tonight members of the Met Republic Schools Fine Arts Department, the holiday music presentation. Take it away, maestro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much Mr. Zigney and all members. You're fabulous. We love listening to you and we're very very proud of the rich musical tradition we have in our great city. So thank you and happy holidays.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. I'd also like to make a quick announcement. There's a Black Ford Explorer 7MP588 with your lights on. I hope you hear. It's all set.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: At this time, I would like to invite Ms. Ann Marie Cuno, vice chairperson of the Medford School Committee, to step forward and conduct the rest of this evening's meeting. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right. Madam Chair? Also, during this meeting, we turned out some job applications and job descriptions that I asked the members of the committee to look at and review to see if they had any suggested changes. We did receive some from Kathy Brett, and I likewise have some changes. We can circulate them around so that everyone can take a look at them and see if they concur. And then we can send our suggestions to the superintendent to make the amendments.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We will all be on the committee for the internal candidate portion of it. So it will be an open session, and it will be all seven of us. And then moving forward from that, only two members will be allowed to be on? And then I handed out a draft application for those that are interested in applying to be on the search committee if we need to go that far. OK, great. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right, is there anyone else? Madam Chair, if I could just make just a quick comment. I've gotten to meet several of the groups. And the passion that you've all shown when you're talking about what you've selected to bring to the rest of the school year has been amazing. And also the cross. grades. So it's not just all seniors working together. I've seen seniors and freshmen and just a whole mix that's really been refreshing. So I want to thank you all. I know your advisors are fabulous. Mr. Skorka, Mr. Torati, you're great people and you're really invested in our students and it shows because you're so polished and so mature. So I'm just really, really proud of all of you. So thank you for sharing your stories with us.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Burke, will you withdraw?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Christine, could you just explain where in the policy the three meals for middle and high school and five for elementary are? Because I'm having trouble.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I was struggling to find that. Yeah. Right. It's not.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The policy states is that if you reach zero, you're not allowed to get a la carte items such as a second entree or an additional beverage or snack. Correct.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That you can't get extra stuff. Right. If you can't pay for the core lunch. I guess that makes sense. Correct. You're defining the core lunch as, is it just a Tuesday lunch? Are there options? No, I was giving that as an example of an alternate.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All in favor? If we could also get the actual language that you want inserted into the document, so in policy language terms. of a few different options.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Madam Vice Chair, if I could. Last year we held in plain sight in City Hall, actually this corner office that's just behind us. And I was amazed at what was in this room and how deceiving these gadgets are. I might have mentioned last month when Team Medford came forward, it could look like a can of hairspray, but really it's not. It's completely empty, and it's just a spot for something else to go in. And he had brushes that have pieces that come out. Every object that you may normally see in a bedroom now has another purpose. And I really urge all parents to come if you could announce the night when you have it scheduled. It's so important to be on top of it and have an awareness that this is happening right underneath your nose. And to just stay on top of it could make the difference between that road or, mm-hmm, Staying on track. So it's a great program. And yeah, if you need any assistance, thank you from us. Please let us know
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The sale is banned to minors.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just like cigarettes. Yeah. In the city of Medford, for a vote of health.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Vice Chair. At this point, it is our last meeting of the calendar year, and we have two of our members that will be leaving us. And we'd like to pay tribute to them, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll pray for peace. I just want to add to both of you, I've served with you in many capacities over all of our terms. And it's always been an honor and privilege to work with both of you. You're professionals. You always put the interest of the kids first. And that's what is most important, being a school committee member. So I relish everything that you've done. And I respect the both of you, and I wish you the best. of luck in the years ahead.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If we could call Ann Marie up. Congratulations, the Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Ann Marie Cuno on your many years of service to the children and families of Medford as a member of the Medford School Committee, signed by all of the members. We wish you the very best of luck. Thank you. Thank you. And we'll miss you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Thanks, it's great to be back. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Robert Emmett Skerry, Jr. on your many years of service to the children and families of Medford as a member of the Medford School Committee. We wish you the best of luck. This man made a buddy bench for the Brooks School. Absolutely beautiful piece of furniture. And I know you always have the kids.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Always have the kids at heart. But you know what? It's important. You do really nice things behind the scenes, and we appreciate it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah. Just one last announcement to the general public. We will be having our inaugural festivities New Year's Eve morning. So it's Sunday the 31st at 10 in the morning at Medford High School in the Little Theater, followed by a light brunch, light collation at Bistro 49 to showcase Medford High School, its students, its musicians, and just the wonderful things that are happening up there. So please feel free to join us. This is your official invitation. come on down on December 31st. Otherwise, have a wonderful holiday. We will resume back in the new year. So everyone stay safe, stay healthy, and enjoy the short break that's coming upon you. Motion to adjourn, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: First item, approval of the minutes from November 20th to November 17th. Motion for approval, Ms. Disceri. Second. Second by Ms. Vanden Heuvel. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Next item, approval of bills, transfer of funds.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second by Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Four in the affirmative, three absent. Motion passes. Please mark Ms. Cugno as present. I will. Approval of payroll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Roll call, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. By the affirmative, two absent. Motion passes. Report of secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Also, have you spoke to the coach?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Cugno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: While you're getting that up, Mr. Tringali, our student representative, would like to ask a question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll mark it for a report, follow-up report on our agenda.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And is there a motion to accept this committee of the whole report from November 13th? Oh, actually amended, because I was not present at this meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Vice Chair Cugno. Add you to it?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion for acceptance of the report as amended? So moved. Seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. The Committee of the Whole from November 15th. We do not have that report yet. I'd ask that one of my colleagues table this Committee of the Whole report. So moved by Mr. Benedetto. Seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? That paper is tabled. Committee of the Whole minutes from November 27th, 2017. This was a meeting that we held last week in order to discuss the succession plan for our superintendent of schools. We had the Mass Association of School Committees present. He presented quite a brochure to us on strategies that we should use in our deliberations. Ultimately, the Medford School Committee voted on the following matters in Committee of the Whole. that the MASC, Mass Associated School Committee, will provide a sample brochure to us. The school committee will also explore other search consultants before making a selection. The school committee voted to review internal candidates first. That was a seven to zero vote. And the school committee voted to meet again on December 11th, 2017 to continue its work. We also had quite a bit of discussion around a search committee if we ultimately do go outside. What was explained to us is if we do internal candidates, It would be school committee interviewing in a public session. If from there we go to a full search, a nationwide search, let's say, we would form a committee. And the complement of that committee would be set up of three teachers from the different levels of schooling. one administrator, one student, school committee members, suggested was three, and also community members being parents. And we also wanted to make sure that we included all subgroups such as special ed and ELL in those check boxes. So we're working on an actual application. For those out there, we're working on a formal application that people can fill out and submit back to us if they have an interest. Also, I ask that our diversity director be a member of this committee. It was voted on in a seven to zero, so thank you all for that. And we will be meeting next week to discuss this further on December 11th. Mr. Superintendent, is that up here?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That is in the high school.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? Motion to accept the report and place it on file. Motion to accept by Mr. Gugno, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Community participation, Ms. Retta Smith regarding the school breakfast program. Mia, did you want to say a few words or no? Go Retta. Go Retta.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So on our desk is a report on the 2017 breakfast participation rates as well as some literature.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could you explain why the Columbus offers it after the bell versus the others before?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So, Mr. Superintendent, are the principals deciding whether it's before or after the bell?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Pretty much? Yeah. Can we ask them to all reevaluate?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would that be a recommendation you'd make?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So on the motion by Mr. Benedetto, and also I ask that the superintendent reach out to the various principals to determine if they could do after the bell breakfast. On that motion, all those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much, Ms. Smith.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion for suspension of the rules. Seconded by Ms. Cugno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you like to school committee elect? Would you like to step up to the mic, please? Sure. I just had a question about.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Through the chair.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Okay, item four, based on suspension of the rules, report on student survey on substance abuse. We have with us Ms. Penny Funny-Elite from Medford City Hall Team Medford to do a presentation. Do you need us to move at all, Penny?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They know what to look for in the middle schools, the teachers and?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can you yield to Miss O'Brien? Yes. Miss O'Brien.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great recommendation, Hannah. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, it's online. I don't know if it's taxed. Conceals tax. Conceals tax. So our community, the Board of Health passed that you cannot sell to minors. Right. Bless you. God bless you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion on the floor, I second. On the motions that have been offered thus far, all those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes, including a motivational speaker. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: School committee man elect.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion this report being received and placed on file, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Thank you so much. Thank you. Okay, motion to revert to the regular order of business. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Report one, recommendation to approve Medford High School, Medford-Volk Tech High School graduation date and location. Move approval. Motion to approve. Superintendent, you want me just to announce the date?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's exciting. Excellent. So it's June 6th, all those parents out there, at 6 p.m. at the Gancher Center at Tufts University. Motion to approve by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Financial report, Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Still moved. Is there a motion for approval? I had a few questions.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Item number three, report on bilingual education legislation. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to receive in place? Is there a paper in place on file, ma'am? By Mr. Skerry, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Texerra. Item 5, recommendation to approve revised field trip policy. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, I had a, because the wording is already in here, it seems like, under E. I wouldn't distinguish between out of country or in, just private payment means, before they book it, they have to get approval from us. And then if there's an extreme emergency, or it comes up really short notice, like the bulls came up very short notice, then that's different.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So I'm asking to table this until we have the completed. Well, we've asked for an amendment as well. So when you bring back the amendment.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, so you want a motion to approve subject to the amendment that we just drafted?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can we have those forms by the 18th to satisfy the needs of this board?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's two separate ones. One's a motion to accept the policy with the one amendment that was made a little earlier. And then Erin asked that the whole policy not be accepted until we have the forms. She's now specified it's the start form. But to me the policy dictates and the forms can come and they can be changed as things change in life. So I would ask that we approve the policy so that we can get it out to the principals, especially at your meeting tomorrow, and then we can get the forms at our next meeting or the meeting after.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They need to figure out if people are even interested in going. They have to poll their students. If no one wants to go, they're not going to come to us and ask for approval.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right, that's good. So as amended now. Motion for approval of the policy as amended on the floor, seconded by Mr. Skerry. Roll call vote, please. Mrs. Cugno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Six in the affirmative, one absent. The policy is approved as amended. Thank you very much. Thank you. Negotiation of legal matters, there are none. On new business, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee extend condolences to the family of Sandra Toomey who passed away Tuesday. Mrs. Toomey was a dedicated community activist and active in Medford public education. She is survived by husband Bill and son Thomas and daughter-in-law Kathleen. Also be it further resolved that the Medford School Committee send condolences to the family of Margaret Regan, a longtime teacher at the Swan School. If we could all rise for a moment of silence, please, on the passing of these two citizens. Thank you. There's a motion that this meeting be adjourned.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to adjourn. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Four present, two absent, three absent. All please rise and salute the flag.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: First item, approval of the minutes from November 20th. Move approval. Motion for approval, Mr. Skerry. Second. Second by Ms. Vander Kloof. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Approval of payrolls.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Approval, Mr. Terry. Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Aye to the affirmative, two absent, motion passes. Report of secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: report of committee, November 13th Committee of the Whole meeting. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Also, have you spoke to the coach?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Maloney.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Coño?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: While you're getting that up, Mr. Tringali, our student representative.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll mark it for a report, follow-up report on our agenda?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And is there a motion to accept this committee of the whole report from November 13th? Oh, actually amended. I was not present at this meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Vice Chair Cugno. Add you to it?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion for acceptance of the report as amended? So moved. Seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. The Committee of the Whole from November 15th. We do not have that report yet. I'd ask that one of my colleagues table this Committee of the Whole report. So moved by Mr. Benedetto. Seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? That paper is tabled. Committee of the Whole, Minutes from November 27th, 2017. This was a meeting that we held last week in order to discuss the succession plan for our superintendent of schools. We had the Mass. Association of School Committees present. He presented quite a brochure to us on strategies that we should use in our deliberations. Ultimately, the Medford School Committee voted on the following matters in Committee of the Whole. that the MASC, Mass Associated School Committee, will provide a sample brochure to us. The school committee will also explore other search consultants before making a selection. The school committee voted to review internal candidates first. That was a seven to zero vote. And the school committee voted to meet again on December 11, 2017 to continue its work. We also had quite a bit of discussion around a search committee if we ultimately do go outside. What was explained to us is if we do internal candidates, It would be school committee interviewing in a public session. If from there we go to a full search, a nationwide search, let's say, we would form a committee. And the complement of that committee would be set up of three teachers from the different levels of schooling, one administrator, one student, school committee members, suggested was three, and also community members being parents. And we also wanted to make sure that we included all subgroups such as special ed and ELL in those check boxes. So we're working on an actual application. For those out there, we're working on a formal application that people can fill out and submit back to us if they have an interest. Also, I ask that our diversity director be a member of this committee. It was voted on in seven to zero, so thank you all for that. And we will be meeting next week to discuss this further on December 11th. Mr. Superintendent, is that up here?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That is in the high school.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? Motion to accept the report and place it on file. Motion to accept by Mr. Cuno, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Community participation. Ms. Retta Smith regarding the school breakfast program. Mia, did you want to say a few words or no? Go Retta. Go Retta. Appreciate it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So on our desk is a report on the 2017 breakfast participation rates as well as some literature.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So Mr. Superintendent, are the principals deciding whether it's before or after the bell?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Pretty much? Yeah. Can we ask them to all re-evaluate?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So on the motion by Mr. Benedetto, and also I ask that the superintendent reach out to the various principals to determine if they could do after the bell breakfast. On that motion, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much, Ms. Smith.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion for suspension of the rules. Second. Seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Mayor Burke, we'll report on student survey before our nutritionist leaves.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you like to? School committee elect, would you like to step up to the mic, please? Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Through the chair.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Okay, item four, based on suspension of the rules, report on student survey on substance abuse. We have with us Ms. Penny Funny-Elite from Medford City Hall Team Medford to do a presentation. Do you need us to move at all?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's going on. Yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, it's kicking in.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Betty can give you more stats.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No taxes, or is it a tax on that? No, it's online. I don't know if it's taxed. It's a sales tax. So our community, the Board of Health passed that you cannot sell to minors. Right. Bless you. God bless you. Bless you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion on the floor, I second. On the motions that have been offered thus far, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes, including a motivational speaker. Mr. Ruggiero.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: School committee man-elect.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion, this report being received and placed on file, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Thank you so much. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, motion to revert to the regular order of business. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report one, recommendation to approve Medford High School, Medford Vogue Tech High School graduation date and location.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to approve. Superintendent, well, you want me just to announce the date?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's exciting. Excellent. So June 6th, all those parents out there, at 6 p.m. at the Gantcher Center at Tufts University. Motion to approve by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Financial report. Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot along with a thank you vote to Mr. O'Keefe. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion granted.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, thank you, Kirsten. Item number three, report on bilingual education legislation. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Item five, recommendation to approve Rick revised field trip policy, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: About prior payment for the trip. So they have to.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right, but you'd come before you do the deposit.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Because the wording is already in here, it seems like, under E. I wouldn't distinguish between out of country or in. Just pride of payment means, well, they book it, they have to get approval from us. And then if there's an extreme emergency, or it comes up really short notice, like the bulls came up very short notice, then that's different.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any other suggestions at this point, Paulette?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I just had one note too.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So I'm asking to table this until we have the complete amendment. Well, we've asked for an amendment as well. So when you bring back the amendment.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay. So you want a motion to approve subject to the amendment that we just drafted?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Over time as well. Which is scary, point of information. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's two separate ones. One's a motion to accept the policy with the one amendment that was made a little earlier. And then Erin asked that the whole policy not be accepted until we have the forms. She's now specified it's the start form. But to me, the policy... dictates and the forms can come and they can be changed as things change in life. So I would ask that we approve the policy so that we can get it out to the principals, especially at your meeting tomorrow, and then we can get the forms at our next meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They need to figure out if people are even interested in going. They have to pull their students. If no one wants to go, they're not going to come to us and ask for approval.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's fine.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval of the policy as amended on the floor. Seconded by Mr. Skerry. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Six in the affirmative, one absent. The policy is approved as amended. Thank you very much. Thank you. Negotiation of legal matters, there are none. New business? Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee extend condolences to the family of Sandra Toomey, who passed away Tuesday. Mrs. Toomey was a dedicated community activist and active in Medford public education. She is survived by husband, Bill, and son, Thomas, and daughter-in-law, Kathleen. Also be it further resolved that the Medford School Committee send condolences to the family of Margaret Regan, a long-time teacher at the Swan School. If we could all rise for a moment of silence, please, on the passing of these two. Citizens. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Approval of the minutes of the October 16, 2017 meeting. Motion for approval by Mrs. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of secretary. None. Report of committees. None. I just wanted to share a note.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mustone, motion for suspension?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This motion on the floor for suspension of rules, all seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Suspension is granted. Report on project 351. Mr. Superintendent?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you like to step up here so you can go? Yes, OK. Come on up. Ms. Heineck.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Either one.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I also want to mention she's joined by her mom, Wendy, and her sister, Stella, who are here. And Wendy's a teacher as well. Any questions?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: For some reason, I thought everyone went by. Congratulations. Thank you. We also want to announce that Sumaya Omi, I don't know if she's present this evening, she's not here from the McGlynn Middle School. We send her our regards as well and we hope to see her after Martin Luther King Day as well. Motion on the floor to revert to the regular business by Miss Quinn must own all those in favor. All those opposed. Motion to accept the report in place on file. All those in favor. All those opposed. Motion passes. Community participation. Melanie McLaughlin CPAC update. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to table her request for participation? Second. On the motion. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Miss Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there someone from the McGlynn that wanted to come up and speak? Yes. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Report of Superintendent. Recommendation to appoint Dr. Patrick Sabia as School Physician. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Welcome. Ms. Van der Kloot. Approval? There's a motion on the floor for approval, seconded by Ms. Disceri. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: A roll call? Opposed? Motion passes. Excuse me, I believe Ms. Van der Kloot. Oh, sorry. Roll call?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Good. It's a pleasure to meet you. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Item 3, report on tier 2 E-rate funding award. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Did you say work will begin in 2017 or 18? I'm sorry, 18.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I would anticipate a free cash vote.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We need to vote tonight so that we can. Right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: For the matching amount of $291,150. Thank you. Is there a second on this motion? Second.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. There's a motion on the floor, seconded by Mr. Skerry and Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote, please. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you very much for that. Report on Veterans Day program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the paper, as amended, that thank yous be sent out to the respective parties. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Kreatz. Recommendation to accept major gift from stop and shop to vocational school and food service program, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We need a roll call. Is there a motion to accept this gift? Motion to accept by Mr. Skerry. Seconded by Ms. Cunha. You have a question?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: December 4th and it's cast in stone?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 11 o'clock, December 4th. Grand opening. Ribbon cutting. Yes. Is there a motion on the floor for roll call vote for approval of the gift?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Thank you. Motion is accepted, and we'll send a letter of thanks to Jim Allen, the store manager of Stop and Shop Medford. Recommendation to approve foreign language NYC trip.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. There's a motion not for approval, but offered by Ms. Cunha, seconded by Ms. Mustone. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Have fun. Thanks. At this point, we would like to invite someone up to the podium, including you, Sandra Figueroa. Sandra Figueroa. Figueroa. Figueroa. Come on up, Sandra. Come on up.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is a report on a foreign language scholarship. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Sandra Figueroa, Outstanding Achievement in the Study of Italian at FAA USA 2017 scholarship recipient. Congratulations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You should have translated it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Medford High School student representative, Justin Tseng, would like to say a few words.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. Nice job, Justin. This, I believe one of those scholarships came from the Joe Pachi and Son of Boston and Saugus Companies. Am I correct, Mr. Carlo? Joe Pachi put up the funds for the scholarship. Very good. There's a motion to receive this report and place it on file. Moved by Ms. VanDekloot, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. recommendation to improve skills us a conference participation so each year members of the student body vocational school attend the
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to approve. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion for approval by Ms. Cunha, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote, please. Excuse me? We're still approving it. On the motion for approval as amended, roll call vote.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative, motion passes. Next up, report on professional development day, November 7, 2017.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Vandekloot. No, I didn't have a question. Are there any questions from the body?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to receive this paper and place it on file? Seconded by Ms. Van De Kloet. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on MSBA school maintenance study. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any other questions? Motion to receive and place on file? Moved by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Recommendation to implement a succession plan for superintendent of schools. And before I pass this over to Roy, he's been with the school system for over 40 years? 50 years now?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 23 as our superintendent. He has served this community with pride and respect, and I know throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts how he is looked upon. He really is a mentor to new superintendents, and just about any question you ask him, he pretty much knows the answer. It's somewhere in there, and he pulls it out. So it's been an amazing experience to work with you, Mr. Superintendent. And I know that this process will be difficult, but of course it will be positive at the end. We know that we will find someone that will do things differently and maybe ignite the school system in a different way. So we will miss you, but we look forward to this process. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Actually, we have arranged for the school committee.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mass Association of School Committees to come and visit with us Monday evening so that we can start this process. And they'll go over generalities of how they've conducted it in other communities. and determined what steps we want to take next as far as our search for the next superintendent. So that will be Monday at 6 30 at 6 30 at the high school, at the high school. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I just personally want to thank the superintendent. Obviously, I'm a new mayor. I'm just almost wrapping up the first two years. And I don't know what it would have been had I not had him by my side in charge of the school department. So I thank you personally for staying on so that we've had a smoother transition into my leadership. So thank you very much for doing that on behalf of the city of Medford in total. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the paper, is there a motion to receive in place? You're not blinking up here. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right Is there a motion to receive and place this paper on file?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Opposed by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Vandekloot. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, I have a motion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion that item 12 negotiations and legal matters be moved to the end of the agenda? So moved by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? It's now the end of the meeting. New business, school committee resolution, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Florence Riley. Mrs. Riley was the mother of Director of Pupil Services, Kathleen Medaglio. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Marie Wilgrove Gomez. Mrs. Gomez was the mother of Brooks teacher, Lauren Gomez. And be it resolved that the Methodist School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Eileen Downing. Mrs. Downing was a teacher at the Franklin School for many years. Could all please rise and have a moment of silence. school committee resolution be it resolved that the medical school committee express its congratulations to member Paulette Vandekloot on the arrival of her new grandson, Ezra Meir Prokop. Can I say it correctly? What's it like having a little boy? Another little boy. Another little boy. What's it like? Oh, sorry. Congratulations. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that Mr. Costas be invited to the next school committee meeting. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. OK, item 12, negotiations and legal matters. A motion to go into executive session. So moved. So moved by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote, please. Mrs. Van der Kloot? Yes. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. We will now enter executive session.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening. My name is Stephanie Muccini-Burke and I'm running for re-election to be your mayor, the chief executive officer of the city. Thank you for being here tonight. Like you, I chose to reside and raise my family here. Having graduated from Medford High, I earned a bachelor's degree in business from Suffolk University and a master's in taxation from Bentley University. My husband Brian and I have three beautiful children who have all attended public schools. I am and always have been invested in this community and will continue to be its champion. I believe that 15 years as your city councilor, five years as the city's director of budget and personnel, 25 years as a licensed certified public accountant opening my own small business here in Medford, and just under two years as your mayor makes me the most qualified person to be the chief executive officer of the city. My administration has and will continue to be a responsible steward of all taxpayers' hard-earned dollars. We will continue to aggressively pursue grant funding to leverage our dollars. Medford's high quality bond rating is no accident. It is the result of careful planning and the prudent expenditure of municipal funds for projects that better our city. In under two years, we've accomplished much. We've contracted for professional management of the Chevalier Theater to Bill Blumenreich Presents of the Wilbur. This will be a catalyst in the Medford Square Master Plan that we worked on collaboratively with residents and business owners, many of you here tonight. We have implemented the complete streets methodology with projects being done in every section of the city. I am very proud of tackling the issue of the need for a new police station head on. Our fine law enforcement personnel deserve nothing less as they go about serving the safety needs of our residents every hour of every day of every night. In the world in which we live, safety can never be taken for granted. The needs of our public safety employees are many, and they must continually be addressed. We have done just that in year one alone of the five-year capital plan. The city has purchased 12 new cruisers, breathing apparatus and turnout gear for our firefighters, new trucks and equipment for our DPW. I want to continue to move Medford into a brighter future. To do it, one will need to be inclusive, respectful, and equipped to do the job. One must listen, be organized, and ready to lead. I am that candidate that has the critical attributes necessary to move all of Medford forward. You deserve a mayor that can effectuate change. I believe that my experience, leadership, style, and ability to collaborate will help deliver on core local services and help ensure economic opportunity for everyone in Medford. So I ask you, do you want to continue to bring meaningful change to the city, our city with a person that has a proven track record of accomplishment? I hope so. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think it's our infrastructure that is probably the most demanding and complex thing that we have for the city of Medford. We have aging infrastructure for our water and sewer pipes. We have streets that we're working on that are in pretty poor shape and we need to address those. Systematically, so we've been spending a lot of time over the course of the last two years looking at the Complete Streets Program so that we can address our main drags and get them up to tip-top shape and also make them safe in the way that we do it. So it's a whole new approach. We feel strongly that you need to look at our streets not only for cars but for people and pedestrians and for people on bicycles and wheelchairs and handicapped accessibility issues. We think that that is the most important issue that we need to face right now. And definitely we are on our way to doing that. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. With miles of roadway in the city of Medford, we are attacking streets. We're making it a priority, and we're looking at it from the ground up. So we have put funding in place. From the state, we were able to get a $400,000 grant after signing the community compact with the lieutenant governor just two months in my first term. That enabled us to put together a complete streets policy. And from there, we now are out in the roads. We are doing the work. And I hope that you'll spend some time, look at High Street, because that's where we're taking it. And that will be going all over the city. We have the Haines Square project. Everyone knows Spring Street and Salem Street and how that intersection is tremendously difficult to navigate, not only for people, but for vehicles. So that is being worked on right now. And we think that that will be a fine addition to the Salem Street area as well. But it's happening all throughout the community. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I definitely support charter review. I actually offered a home rule petition to the city council in order to get it through the state legislature so the people that have been trying to get signatures for I think three years now, some of them are in this room, we could cut out that process so we could go right to the ballot. Unfortunately, with a four to three city council vote, the state legislature doesn't give much merit to a home rule for that. They really like to see community support in order to move a home rule through. So unfortunately, that did not pass. I do believe in charter review. I personally like WAD representation. I know some people don't. I tend to like WAD representation. I think it would make sense. Ideally, I wouldn't like to see a huge council. I wouldn't like to see it greater than seven. So if we could maybe look at two wards at a time, so we'd have four at large and three ward representatives, I'm sorry, four ward representatives and three at large. I think that would be a fabulous mix. I think we would get a lot of business done in the city. And that is one of the critical things. And what I hear on the streets, and I'm sure David hears it too, is four-year mirror, because you're in such a short period of time. and now you're spending time in an election and that goes for the city council as well, a new city councilor. So I think that that's something that should be looked at as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Certainly. We've offered many home rule petitions in the city of Medford, and most of them are, you know, six to one votes, seven unanimous. The legislature does not look at four to three while it is a simple majority. They do not put weight in that. They do not think that you're really crying out for change. So that's what happens up at the state legislature, and we did fight, we did try to get it passed, more so for the people that are collecting the signatures, because they deserve to have that ballot question put on. So I think that is a very important thing. I think everything should be reviewed when you review a ballot on the charter. You should look at all facets of it. And certainly, I support that wholeheartedly.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Kennedy. The parking program, while not perfect, and I'll agree, it's not perfect, we have tweaked it tremendously in probably the first six months when I took office. There is an app on your phone that you can pay for your parking. We've dropped the app fee. It was 35 cents when we entered the contract. We have it down to a nickel for Medford residents in order to use the app fee. We did a business add-on program so that if you were at the doctor's office or you were getting your hair done or anything, any service you were having done in the squares, the business owner can add time to your vehicle so that you don't have to go out because it was a bone of contention at the beginning that some things take more than two hours and if you parked on the street, that's the limit. So we made that change as well. We made the lots, turned them into three-hour lots. We did a senior sticker for $25 per year. A senior not only gets the sticker and doesn't have to visit a kiosk or a meter anywhere in the city, but they also have an extra hour on street that they're able to park, a great benefit to our senior citizens as well. We are waiting right now for the Charlie car. That's the piece that I've been pushing for and it comes from the actually developer of the parking kiosk itself, not the, not Republic Parking. So we are waiting on a trolley car that would work similar to your T-pass and just stick it in and it just has your plate on it so you don't have to do anything else. But I do want to mention that there's an amortization schedule that's attached to the contract. And if you were to try to buy out of that contract right now today, it would be $522,000 that the city would have to pay to buy out of the contract. Plus we lose about a little under $500,000 in miscellaneous receipts that we're receiving right now from our parking program. So those two things would go away, then we'd have to buy all new equipment in order to get a program back up in the street. And I've talked to a lot of business owners, and they know that now there is turnover on the street. Prior cars were parking there and taking the bus into town. Now there's turnover. Your customers have a place to park now. So that is a very positive thing. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. I also just wanted to throw out there that we put forth a package to the council for $250,000 to be spent in the various business districts. And that money, $50,000 per district, certainly could purchase single head meters if that was what the calling was for, or it could be used for beautification. We're working with the chamber. They put together a committee so that we can work on this directly and come up with a plan for that $250,000, which is what the council wants to see. They want to see details of how it will be spent. So that's one thing. You know, this parking program kind of noosed me two years ago, and I know that it's an issue. And we've tried so hard to make changes that make sense and that make it easier. So I really urge people, when you go to Somerville and you go to Boston and you're using your phone to pay for your parking, you can do that in Medford too. And we've gotten the word out there. So just use your phone. It's so easy. It's how I travel. It's what I do when I stop during the day. So make sure that you load up that app and you use it, because it is a huge benefit.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. I think it's really important as part of our Medford Square master plan that we've just finished the work on. The report is online at the City of Medford website. It's mixed use. Mixed use is what we have in Station Landing. It works in other communities. We really need to build up the mixed use features in Medford Square. You do see it to a small degree, but it's not very dense when you look at two stories maybe above the storefronts. So I think it's really important that we add that element to Medford Square. We have a zoning amendment that is going to be offered to the city council very shortly so that we can work collaboratively with them as well. Secondly, on Mystic Avenue, we just received another grant in order to look at the Mystic Avenue corridor for zoning, specifically for zoning purpose. So we want to walk away at the end of this process with an actual amendment that can then go to the city council and they know that everyone has worked on this process. So those are two key elements that I think will add businesses to the square and also the mixed use so you bring people that will now go into the businesses. But it's really important, I think, for us to be recruiting businesses, a diversified business base. So that's where the city and the chamber work together in order to look at businesses that we think are lacking in the square and try to reach out and recruit them. We've tried that in a couple of occasions. I have a business liaison in my office We have attempted to reach out and try to get certain types of business into the city. So I think that you were saying all these grand openings that we're having, there's a lot going on in Medford. And I think if you look at the types of restaurants in Medford Square in particular, you can eat pretty much anything from any country and we have it there. So there is a great diversity of restaurants right now.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I differ from his opinion. I think the master plan has been a very concerted effort on the part of businesses, residents who came out to all the meetings in order to get it to be what we want it to be. That plan will use shared parking. It's not going to create more parking. It's going to use shared parking. So the people that live in the units during the day and go to work, Their spaces will open up and the businesses will use them. So that's how we're going to network the parking issue. So I think that's really an important element as well. And we're not going to lose 40% of the parking spaces in Medford Square. I guarantee you that. That will not happen. The other thing about the master plan is to bring businesses and mixed use to the river. Right now we're not embracing the river. It's a huge asset for us. And we need to do better work at that. And that's what this master plan is leading us to. The development. closer to the river along the City Hall line where there's so much open space there that we can really capitalize on to create this mixed-use vibrant downtown so people can enjoy the multitude of restaurants that are already there. I just shut off.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Well, first off, I think in part of all of the development that we're going to see, which Medford is a very popular place to be, and if we do some of these mixed-use projects, we will have additional housing opportunities. So the key to that is including the affordability component into every new building that goes on. Currently, we're acquiring 10%. That number will probably be increased in the very near future. The other thing is an inclusionary zoning ordinance that will up that percentage. And what it does is it gives developers an opportunity that if you do more affordable housing, we'll let you maybe get away with a few less parking spaces. So you're actually working with developers so that you get a mix that works for the city of Medford. So I think inclusionary zoning is, it can be a voluntary basis where if they do more, they may not have to reach some of the setbacks and things of that nature that go along with zoning. As many people know, we did a mixed-use zone down in Station Landing, and I think that that is really, it was one of the first mixed-use, first transit-oriented development zoning opportunities that we had. And we see how it has worked and how it has benefited the city. So we need some of that, and we need some more commercial entities so that we can continue to spread the tax burden across all the different elements. So I think that those two things combined will be very productive for the city.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. I don't know if many of you in the audience know, but pretty much every year, certainly in the last 25, the tax burden has been shifted to the greatest degree to commercial entities as opposed to the residential. So we have done that over and over again. City Council has voted for that tax relief for the residents. I know it's still hard on the pocket, but with rising costs, Things don't stay stable. There's rising costs out there. There's salaries that are increasing, and there's infrastructure needs that we need to pay for. So we need to do what's within prop two and a half, which is we have totally complied with, and we need to figure out how to best spend that money. So I think that's, those are some things that we have to do. But getting back to the river, that's the point. That was the point I was making is we need to move everything to the river, but we need to have the footpaths that go in front of the houses so that we continue on with all the connectivity that we're doing right now. So I also want to see housing and mixed use closer to the river so that we can benefit from it. It's a huge asset. It has been ignored for too long. And it is a priority. And that is part of the master plan.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, we put together, with the great help of our council president, in seven months a grant application that normally takes communities two to three years to do. Of course, when we put in that application, we thought that we would be maybe in phase two of the allotment of the grant if we were even successful. When we got the word that we were in the first round, which is this year, we all kind of went into a little bit of a panic because we wanted to put a foundation in place a year and a half prior to being able to utilize the grant. With that being said, we have put together a form to foundation. They will be seeking out contributions in order to hopefully match what the state has put up, which is about $12.6 million. It's a huge grant. So we're very optimistic from those that have already been interviewed and people that we have reached out to that we will be able to parlay the state grant, double it with the foundation money, and then be left for the city to put up a piece, which is about $5 million, which is the goal. So we're very optimistic. We are embracing the new library. I wholeheartedly support it, or I would not have asked for the committee to be put together to get the grant even off the ground. And I think everybody knows, and I've said it at every meeting, every public meeting that I've been at, if I ask someone to do something, it's not just to put it on the shelf. It's really to enact it. So thank you for all the hard work, the people that worked on that building committee, Mr. Caraviello.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: As everyone knows, we have appropriated $2 million for new police headquarters. This talk about it not happening or that it's fictitious is so inaccurate. We've put the money up, $2 million. The architect meets every single week. We have an onus project manager, an OPM on board that meets with us as well. and the engineer from the city hall and we also have the chief who's put together a team of police officers of all ranks and all sexes to go around and visit various police stations around us so that we can get the best with our plan. So to say that the police department is not a priority of mine is very disingenuous because that was the priority and that is why we're working so hard to get it done. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, yes, please. So I've talked to Congresswoman Clark, all of our US senators. There is no grant money for police stations for infrastructure. They're not there. We had the director of public safety for the state of Massachusetts walk through our police station, agree with us that it is in deplorable condition, and then said, walk up to Lawrence and go look at theirs. And then you're going to say Medford is not as bad as Lawrence. That's what they told us. There is no funding, unlike the schools, that you can go to the MSBA and get 54, 55 percent match. There's no funding out there for public safety. I've raised that with our state delegation as well. I've raised it with the governor and the lieutenant governor. Everyone's saying it's a great idea, but they need to figure out how they can get the money in order to match the city of Medford and all these other communities that are dealing with crumbling stations. It's a priority.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: A little bit more. You people want to see this?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: For those of you that understand, government and how it works. It's not fast. Procurement takes time. We had to go out and procure for the architect. We had to go out and procure for the owner's project manager. You have to follow all these steps in government in order to get things done. We had to know how big we were building the station and we had to find a location for it. We talked to every owner of property in the city of Medford, from up in the hillside area to Wellington to the courthouse, the Cambridge courthouse that sits in the city of Medford and doesn't service us as a district court. We've talked to every person to see if there was a place that we could get into little quicker. When all was said and done, a lot of the officers that I spoke to said, we like being right here in the heart of Medford that we can get to any location in minutes. We like this location. And that's what drove us back to the training facility, which is where we're building it. So in the next probably six months, you're going to see that building come down, and then you're going to see a new structure go up. And I know many of the offices in this room tonight have been part of this process. They've looked at the plans. They've chosen an option because there were two that were just delivered to them in the last two weeks. They've selected the option that they like best, and that's where we're going with this. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. It's a crisis and we need to just face the fact it is a crisis and it is a priority for cities, towns, states across this country and we have been fortunate in obtaining grant money so that we can attempt to fight this horrible disease that it has turned into. So we have received grants for the school department so that they're doing educational programs, because it all starts with education. At the end of the day, that's where it all starts. You need to teach the kids to stay on the track. But we've also expanded that in the city of Medford with our opioid team, our team Medford. that meets with not only people suffering from opioid addiction in the schools and in the city, but the trades. It is so commonplace in the trades. When we've done our analyses, they've shown 40% of all the opioid issues that come through the public safety arena are people from the trades because of the hard work that they do. Because when they get injured, they have to get some medicine to get through the day because they need to put food on the table for their family. So we have found that there is a huge issue there as well. So we've been devoting a lot of time and energy to meeting with the unions and the tradesmen as a whole. so that we can get to them and try to provide them help. Also, for the first time, we've offered a budget item that started July 1st for a full-time recovery coach. This young man is out in the neighborhoods. He's talking to people. He's educating people. And he's working hand-in-hand with the school nurses, the teachers, all the extracurricular programs that are there. to work with them, the coaches, who sometimes may be the first line of defense to see things that are going on. And if they know what to look for, they can catch things earlier. So we have been doing that in a concerted effort, and we're meeting with the district attorney, Ryan. She holds monthly meetings at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. We have a team of police chiefs and doctors and nurses from all across the region that touch Medford. We meet there monthly in order to do best practices so that we can figure out how can we move forward to curb this epidemic.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. We meet regularly in the city of Medford on this topic. We have plans. We've had in plain sight exposés in City Hall. We've set up a room so the parents know what to look for. You would be amazed at things that are right in front of your face. that have bottoms that pop out of them, and things are in them. So we did in plain sight, and I don't think I saw anyone here at that event, but there were a lot of people from the general public that came out to it. Thank you for coming. It was an informative night. We hold these all the time. There's so much going on in the city because we want to get to the parents so that they can see what's transpiring, so they can see that little, that something about their child, something has gone wrong that they can correct and catch it early. So we're doing that through education in our school system and the city of Medford playing a very active role in outreach as well as providing an educational support system. And believe me, that office has a little army. There's about seven people in that office and we meet regularly on it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Well, we are actually in the process of expanding. If you looked at this year's budget, we put in monies for January to start a civilian staffing of our 9-1-1 program. So what that will do is the money that will be spent on the civilian staffing will free up officers that are in there now, generally three at the time, will be back in force. So that's three on a given shift. So we will have about seven extra offices that are basically being added to patrol and or traffic, whatever the case may be. So what we did with this year's budget was a reallocation by putting in the civilian. We're able to garner additional people that can be out in the streets. So I think that's very important. Also, I think if you look at the budget, you have a limited amount of money that you can spend. And so we have to allocate that source of funding across all different spectrums. And there's a lot of important things going on in the city of Medford. So from that regard, we did increase the police budget, which I thought was warranted, and we will be seeing increases probably going forward as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So I did want to just add one thing on foot patrols. We did implement a change in the way that our sector cars are dispersed. So right now, they're regularly out of the vehicles, walking the squares, meeting the business owners and the constituents that are there every single day. So we did put that in place, and Chief Sacco has been very on top of making sure that that happens. So a lot of the calls in when we've discovered people that were living under our footbridge in Medford Square that no one knew was living there because of the foot patrol. So they were able to discover a lot of those types of things. They've also been able to move people along if they're loitering. And they've also just gotten to know people a little bit better. So we're big supporters of that, obviously. So thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Likewise, I'm a huge advocate for that. I think arts and culture really are an economic catalyst for downtowns. We see that. That's why we've spent so much time on the Chevalier Theatre. We think that that is an immense opportunity to bring thousands of people, the theatre holds 2,000 people, to shows on an ongoing basis. Once that is up and running and we have people in there, it's New Year's Eve, his first act. And then we have some other things coming up there too. Frankie Valli showing up in April. So once they're in there and having their shows regularly, it is a catalyst for economic growth. But to talk to arts and culture, when I talk to people, they talk about the single artist. They want to expose their work. They want to show their work. We created a forum in City Hall where every month we're flipping out different artists and their work so that it's on display. If you come up, come up our two hallways and you can see all the beautiful artwork that citizens are producing on a regular basis. We've paid attention to that. Part of the Riverside Plaza project that we're putting up will have another location to be the mecca for all opportunities for the city to invest in events. And we have some of the great people here this evening that put them on, and they put them on in a parking lot. They just want to put them on. They're that eager. So we look forward to working with you for a beautiful space, City Hall now being one of the key locations that will be able to house a lot of different events going on in the city in a very safe environment. But, you know, Bill Blumenrecht, I can't say enough about him, what he has done with the Wilbur. And he has already gotten into the city. He's meeting with the chamber in another month, but he's met with the friends of the Chevalier in order to really figure out what are they all about and how can we best use that asset in order to move the city forward. So we're really proud of that, and we think that art belongs in every neighborhood. We're also working on some sides of buildings and we're trying to get some of the landlords to approve that we can do murals on the sides of buildings. So we're in it in a host of ways and I have a cultural liaison that deals with this stuff every single day. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That should be an issue for most of us. But one of the things that will happen, the Board of Health plays an active role in giving out the victualist license. It actually, through a home rule petition, it's actually the licensing commission of the city of Medford that will be handling both the liquor license as well as the common victualist. But of course, the Board of Health plays a major role in supporting that effort. And you can't open up until you've qualified through all the different serve safes and all those other programs that are mandated by the state to do business. So we will obviously be complying with that facet. I also just wanted to add one thing. When I was a Councilor, I made a promise to the art community that when we get Medford Square off the ground, there would be a space for them to have their home. Because as we all know, they had a little spot in the mall for a while that really worked out well, but they lost that when the mall turned into the plaza, the Wegmans that it will be on Sunday. But I promised them that when I was a Councilor, and I hold my promises seriously, and that will be taking place when we do the revitalization and we do the mixed use in Medford Square. They will have a home, and I guarantee them today on this. Also, I just wanted to add a little bit about the economic engine. We were just listed as one of the top 10 cities in the country. And that wasn't by accident. They actually wrote up the Mystic River Celebration, which Cachet is responsible for. That played a huge role in us getting that ranking because we have so many great events that are going on. I know if you visited the farmer's market over the summer, you got to see some of those events with musicians playing, artwork displaying. Our restaurants partner with the artists. They display artwork as well. We have a very rich community here, and I don't want anyone to walk out of here tonight and think that we don't, because it is a great community, we have fabulous businesses, they embrace the artists and we're collaboratively with them, so I just want everyone to realize that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. We put forth a resolution that the city council signed on to, the school committee signed on to, and our human rights commission signed on to, making us a welcoming city. We're very proud of that moment. It also goes into the discussions that are being held throughout the community. And the second piece of that was the Safe Community Act, which is a state the state legislature, I think over 50 state legislatures, Senate and House, have signed on to the Safe Communities Act that they're trying to push for the state. Because it's important for it to be an umbrella. People can't go from one community where they're safe to another community where they're in harm's way. So I think that that's a really important act and that's what would end up making sense. But if you read it, Sanctuary City really isn't defined anywhere. It's a philosophy. It's how you treat people that you come across. So when we've had issues, I met with the chief and his echelon of officers to speak to him about what happens now so that we could understand. If you pull someone over, what happens? If you arrest someone for shoplifting, what happens? So basically, if someone is arrested and brought to the station, they're fingerprinted. And when a fingerprint happens, it's sent up to the federal government. And if it's someone that has a warrant, is known, something comes back and they ask the city to either hold the person or then they would go to the courts. Because generally, a bill has already happened and these people have already moved through our system by the time the federal government gets back to you. So what I wanted to make sure with the chief was that if someone is volunteering information about a crime, then we're not asking them, are you a U.S. citizen? It really doesn't matter. We want them to be volunteering information to us. We can't put up that wall where suddenly they feel like they're going to be scooted away, an ice truck and a black limo is going to come and take them away. but that they're safe enough to report crimes. And to me, that's the balance is having safety of individuals and also information coming forward so that we can solve crimes and know when something's happening. So it's a tough issue. I know there's a lot of emotion surrounding it, but we need to understand how the city operates now in order to know that we're doing what we care to do and what's important to do.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm fine, thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. First off, I think I might have mentioned a little earlier, it was one of the first initiatives that we signed on to as a city was the community compact for complete streets. We think it's a best practice. Some communities had already started doing it, and we thought it was important for us to embrace this. When you hear people talk about complete streets, it has to be part of your DNA. It has to be how you live and breathe, creating your road structures. So I think it's really important. The question, piece of the question was how far along are we? We finished, Boston Ave has a complete bike lane. So hopefully, I've heard great things from the people that reside in this neighborhood at some of the improvements that we've done in the Hillside neighborhood. So from Boston Ave, from High Street all the way to the Somerville line, you either have a bike route dedicated to you or sharrows where it becomes too narrow. And I agree, when it becomes too narrow, it's a, It's a state level issue, bikes and cars sharing roads, but it's at the state level. And we're doing the sharrows there, so at least there is an eye alert that bikes have as much privilege to the roads as cars do. We've also are looking at Winthrop Circle. We're doing extensions of the curbing at Winthrop Circle so that we can make that crosswalk much safer. High Street in front of the Brooks School, we had a couple of incidents there, so we are implementing best practices there as well. And I think if anyone drives there right now, you'll see the work that's being, is underway as we speak. And following up, once that work is done, that whole road will be repaved because we held off on the paving contract, obviously, so that we could finish the complete streets first. But to me, one of the most vital areas is the Haines Square area. The Spring Street to Salem is just very dangerous. We have pictures at some of our presentations of people with their carriages trying to get to the plaza there. And they're basically walking through parking lots that cars are going back and forth in. So we think that's a critical piece and we're going to be using Chapter 90 funds in order to pay for that because it is that important. So just to capture some of it, we have Chapter 90 from the state. They give us a bucket of money, about a little under a million dollars each year. It comes out in April. From that, we determine the road projects that we're going to do. And I've been on, I'm on record as saying we're addressing the main thoroughfares in the community before we spend that money on side streets. We think it's really important to get our main roads up to snuff. They've been let go too long. So we are focusing our attention on the main roads, and then we will trickle into the neighborhoods. When water and sewer projects are happening, roads will be fixed. But roads will be fixed with a complete street perspective, which is very important. Thank you for giving me a little extra time.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: When you can have a bike path off the roads, that's the best thing you can do. So that's the clipper ship connector that we've been working on so that bikes don't have to travel along with cars. We obviously all agree, I think everyone agrees, that that's the best thing you can do. But of course, you can't do that everywhere. So when you do share a road, you share the road. And the bikes have as much privilege to the road as the car does. So we think it's very important that if they're going to be sharing, that we try to make it as safe as possible for them. All of the roads, like Boston Ave, for example, all meet federal guidelines for transportation. We don't just willy-nilly go out there and say, we're going to make this lane 10 feet and that lane 11. It's all structured by what the minimum lane width is by federal standards. So we meet them. Second, I just wanted to mention in regards to the high street area for the Brooks School, they started a walk to school program several years ago and they were parents mainly started this. And they were lucky enough, we have secured a million dollar grant from the State Department of Transportation. And what it's going to do, it's going to take you from Alston Street down to Woburn Street. So now, we're going to have complete streets from all the way from Woburn to the train tracks in West Medford. And what that did, now that has prompted all of our other elementary schools to get on board with this Safe Routes to School Program. So now the Roberts, they have Walking Wednesdays. So they're trying to build up their inventory of events that they do so then we can apply for the grants and we can do that for the Roberts School and continue it along to the Columbus. So that's what our goal is. And I'm just really proud to announce that it was really parent-driven, this million-dollar grant that we've received. And the Department of Transportation is leading it up. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, I think if anyone even watches this campaign cycle, we haven't, we've been above board the entire way. Everyone that has worked on this campaign has acted that way. So I'm really proud that we're both here today and that we have run a really clean, respectful campaign, so thank you for that, and thank you to everyone who has participated thus far, because that's really important. I hear all too often people that are so frustrated with the federal level, so frustrated with what's going on, but they know at home we can make change. We can participate. We can come to you. Do you know how many community events we have and people just show up because they want to feel part of something positive? So we're really, really thrilled with all of the outreach that we've done and the people that have committed to assisting us. We've had so many committees and so many efforts because people know that we're listening. And again, the vow is if you participate, I'm not dictating. At the end of it all, we will implement what you are suggesting, and we saw that clearly with the Medford Square program. So I think from a civility standpoint, people need to know that your elected officials here at home respect you, and hopefully you will respect us. Everyone knows there's the midnight warriors that are behind keyboards. They say nasty, nasty things, not only about candidates, but about their families. It's disgusting, and it's vile. So I hope that people out there, when they go home tonight, that they're respectful behind their computer and just know that we're respectful back to you. So I think that's really, really important. And if I could drill that in, I would say that every single day to people. Just think before you type because it's there, it's there forever, and you can't take it back. And it just really brings down democracy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Again, we have so many fabulous people in the city of Medford that stand tall, at a phone call, we need your help to get this off the ground or to get that off the ground or to come down to the happy birthday party and cut how many slices of cake. We need people that are always, that step up and we are so very blessed to have those people in the city of Medford. I go to work every single day and I love my job. because it's really not a job. I get to meet fabulous people every single day that give their hearts and souls to make this city great. And I respect you all so very much, and I appreciate the hard work that you do, oftentimes without a pat on the back, except, you know, hopefully I'm saying thank you, because I tend to. But a lot of people just do it to do it, because they want to feel involved. They want to feel connected. And we are very, very blessed to have those people in our community. So I'm proud to be a lifelong Medford resident. I'm proud that I opened my business up in Medford Square when I had my CPA firm for 10 years in Medford Square. I'm proud of choosing to stay in Medford like you may have chosen to reside in Medford. I am very proud of that, and I love this city dearly. And there's not a thing that I could do that would ever put harm to this community. I so love it. And it's part of us. It's part of me. It's part of my family. And we do everything for this city.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. I just wanted to commend the members of the CPA, CPC, Community Preservation Committee, for all of their hard work and outreach. That's a perfect example of how you do it right. They've had so many public forums, they've had so many public meetings, and they really are inclusive of everyone from sending information, not just, normally we use the database of property owners. Clearly, we don't want just property owners being at the table. So we actually reached out to get tenants so that we could figure out a way to have their voices heard. From an inclusion perspective, I think my office and City Hall in particular, we have made such advancement in including people and also in diversity. So we're really proud of the positions we've taken and the appointments that we've made. to really look outside of traditional and try to do things in the best interest of this community. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you to the Chamber of Commerce and Tufts University for hosting this evening and all those in attendance or watching from home. This is certainly an exciting time in our city. From the positive write-ups in Boston.com to number four zip code in the U.S., Medford is a great place to live. The level of civic engagement is amazing. I thank each and every one of you that has volunteered on committees, attended the hundreds of public forums we have held, come to Council on Aging for our monthly updates, I hope that the parents in the audience have heard of the many visits I have made to the classroom and events in our public schools. I have met so many residents who have shared their life stories with me, from the Vietnamese man who was so proud to provide a safe life for his family and to be a U.S. citizen, to the Haitian mom who came here for a better life. Simply astounding individuals, and I am humbled that you trust your stories to me, and I appreciate your support. You will elect a CEO who will lead the city forward. To do so, we need to continue to focus on being a welcoming community for all. affecting revitalization of our squares, implementing the five-year capital plan, continue the complete streets program, review zoning ordinance throughout our city, including Mystic Avenue, invest in our public schools, and get the positive word out that we are a great place to live, work, and play in. These will continue to be at the forefront of my administration. Our next mayor has the opportunity to lead Medford into a brighter future, not only for us, but for our children and grandchildren. To do it, one will need to be inclusive, respectful, and equipped for the job. One must listen, be organized, and ready to lead. I am the candidate that has the attributes to move all of Medford forward. I have and will hit the ground running. If you want someone who provides solutions and builds Medford up, you have a clear choice. If you want an honest CEO who is champion for this city, you have a clear choice. If you want someone that has the experience necessary to run a city, you have a clear choice. Together, we will write another chapter. make change happen, and be partners in progress. So I ask you, are you ready to continue to bring about change to our city? With a person that has a proven track record, I am prepared, I am ready, and I ask you for one of your votes on Tuesday, November 7th. Please reelect myself, Stephanie Mugini-Burke, for mayor. Thank you and God bless.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This really is an honor for me to be here today. I know that Mr. Camargo and Mr. Orlando have been working diligently for years to try to get a plaque to memorialize the Citizens of the Year of the city of Medford. We've had some amazing people that have come from our city and they've done so many things on behalf of our citizens. So really today is a day to honor their service, their commitment to our community, and also just so that when people pass through this beautiful building, they can come up, take a look, and they can see some of the spectacular names. And I know that you're going to recognize many of them, and you'll remember the story of what they did when they did travel through these halls and through the City of Bedford Street. So everybody, at this point, I want to introduce Mr. Fred Dello Russo. He is one of our city councilors, and he would like to, this plaque has a special place in his heart that he'd like to express to you. Mr. Dello Russo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: As you can see, this wall is a living wall. So we look forward in the future to add new names to it each and every year. And the list that Dawn just read off, some amazing, amazing people. And we're just really privileged to have known as many of them. And I know some of you have traveled so far. From Maine, the Zamperales are down from Maine. and New Hampshire. People are here from all the greater New England states, and I believe one from maybe Florida, too. So thank you all for making this trip up. We're really celebrating life here today. This building, we restored it. Between myself and the city council, we put a little over $2 million into restoration for this lovely building. And I think when you walk through it, you're probably not going to notice any changes because we're really trying to stay true to its integrity. But this foyer really is a welcoming point for our city government. So I hope that people will come in and spend some time here and really look at these names and think of some of the stories. And we're talking about in the future maybe having an electronic storytelling machine in here. So you could actually look at a name and then listen about what your family says about them. So we plan on doing that in the very near future. And I think if you turn around and you look directly across from me, we have Mayor Irwin. We have his portrait as well. Mayor Irwin was instrumental in obtaining the funding for this building and seeing the construction start. And his granddaughter, Anne Marie, actually is our treasurer today. So talk about life is a big circle, and it's just really a privilege and honor to be able to recognize Mayor Irwin as well for his deeds in building this gorgeous building.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Happy 80th birthday, Medford City Hall! Hi, everybody. Thanks again for walking out here so that we can pay tribute to more home and veteran citizens that gave so much to this community and made it the great community that it is today. First, I would like to recognize some of our elected officials that are in the audience. From the City Council, we have President Rick Caraviello. Michael Marks, George Scarpelli, Adam Knight, John Falco, and Fred Dello Russo. And bring them on over here, everyone. From our school committee, we have Kathy Kreatz, Amory Cuno, Aaron DiBenedetto, and Bob Skerry. Welcome. We have our representative, Paul Donato, here. And we have former Mayor Michael J. McGlynn is present. There are some people that touch your lives and they really have an impact, an impact on you. And you know that everything they did was for the betterment of others. And Steve Honeycutt was that man. He never put himself first. He always wanted to be there to speak for those that couldn't. And he led this city so strongly in the Human Rights Commission and the Persons with Disability Commission to make sure that all those had a voice. And we're very blessed today to have many members of his family here. And if I could just acknowledge the Honeycutt family. We have Steve's wife Diane, his daughters Stacey and Perry Royce, granddaughter Erin, His mom, Elaine Honeycutt. Brother, Billy Honeycutt. Sister, Barbara Sherratt. Nephew, Matthew Sherratt. His nephew, David Honeycutt. And his sister-in-law, Heath Honeycutt. Hopefully, I recognize the Honeycutt family. And so, I'm sorry. very important to us. And we have someone with us, our former diversity director, Diane McLeod, who had the honor and privilege of working with Stephen on so many causes over the course of her tenure with the city of Medford. So we're really thrilled that Diane came back today. You know, we're trying to get her back a little bit more, but we're happy to have her back today because she would not miss this for the world, and she wants to pay her tribute to Stephen. Diane. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This time we'd like to invite members of the family to unveil. Stephen C. Honeycutt, Chairperson, Medford Commission for Persons with Disabilities, appointed 1993 to 2015. He lit the way for disability issues for an entire community and stood for those individuals facing challenges, dedicated this day, October 19, 2017, by myself. It's a little darker by now, and we have this great plan to light up City Hall on the roof. And unfortunately we moved along a little too quick, but hopefully you'll come back because part of this, he did look like the way for Medford and for people, and he always taught me to have a strong voice. And so come back, please look at it, and then see the lights that are around because they reflect him. So thank you all very, very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Happy 80th birthday, Medford City Hall.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much for being here this evening. This really is an honor for me to be able to spend some time with the Lee family. I mean, I got to know Richard a little differently than most of you. I see all of his girls that he has in the office, and it's appropriate to say so, and his family members. But I got to know Richard Lee through baseball. Our two old boys play ball together. And I quickly learned that he had a dry sense of humor and a really clever wit. And you never quite knew if he was kidding or not. And it was always a fun day when we went to the park. So much so that, like I said, my older boy played with his son Andrew, my son Ryan and Andrew. But I had a middle guy named Connor. And for some reason, Richard decided to rename him Harry. Why? I have no idea, but it stuck. And Harry, when he walked in the park and he saw Richard, eyes lit up and he just was like a magnet going over to him. So I was really blessed to have Richard in my life before I took public service on. And then of course, being a Councilor and being a CPA at budget time, Richard and I returned into We butted our heads together. And it was always professional. We always walked away at the end of budget hearings and could have a laugh together, could shake hands. And that's the way it's supposed to be. You're supposed to be able to leave everything in the room and then go out and be cordial, be friends. And that's one thing that Richard always taught me is that life is bigger than the job and make sure you always do your best. work hard, and you know at the end of the day that you did something good. So I'm really blessed to be here, and I'm with his wife. His wife Cheryl is here in attendance as well. Sherry, we all call her. His lovely daughter Megan is here. His eldest son Andrew. And Mikey would love to be here, but unfortunately he couldn't attend today. But it's just a beautiful family, caring people, and they always gave back to their community. So to me, when I walk down this hall, I think it's just the right place for Richard to be. And we get to share with him every day and I can feel his eyes on me right now. And I think Harry's at the back of the room and he's feeling his eyes on him right now too. But without further ado, I would like to introduce one of his best friends, Mark Brumley, who got to work. He got to play, he got to go to proms, he got to work with Richard, and I know that every day Mark misses Richard. So Mark, please step forward and speak about your friend. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Harry is unique.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So at this time, the Lee family would like to officially take the chair. Here you go. Let's see that beautiful name. It's a modern hug.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much for being a part of this beautiful celebration of life tonight. As you all have heard, possibly during the course of the evening, this lovely building turned 80 years old under temporal weather. So, of course, we had the work underway. You notice that we did the beautiful plaster job and restored all of the woodwork that had been damaged through leaking and ruining. And we did a new roof on the top and a new dome. And the front, of course, fully handicapped accessible. So we're really proud of the building. New doors are coming. We're just waiting a couple of weeks for them to be installed. There will be new front doors that will open automatically and whatnot. So fully accessible, which is our goal in Bedford. So thank you all for being here tonight. I want to thank the alumni again for participating. They're going to be doing a happy birthday tomorrow in a few minutes. And we also have students from Bedford High School that were up in the lobby that have been playing all evening. So make sure you talk to them about thank you and what a nice job they do. We're really blessed in Bedford to have a rich music program and we're thankful that the kids are always willing to step up and participate and come out and add colors to our band. So thank you alumni, thank you Bedford High School.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: As you know that every year they hold an event right here in the communal chamber where they auction off trees and all sorts of different things. And most of the money goes towards the community family for our hearts. So we want to thank the Jingle Bell ladies for helping us all.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hello and welcome to our beautiful, state-of-the-art Community Media Center located within the Medford Vocational Technical High School campus. This studio encompasses all areas of access television, while incorporating courses for students in the new media technology program. We're thrilled to make this an inspiring, inclusive space for all to learn and have their voices heard. To see this project come to fruition is a remarkable step forward for our students and a great opportunity for our community to get involved. Thank you to all those who helped this project come to completion. We're very excited to have the studio integrated once again with the high school where it all began. The voice of Medford will be heard again on the airways and it is so important to tell the story through the eyes of the people, not necessarily the professionals. I look forward to the success of our new community media center.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, yes. Yes. Yeah, sure. Be my guest. The Medford School Committee regular meeting of October 16 will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: present, six present, one absent, all please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Also, if the minutes could reflect that Sebastian Tringali, our Meckler High School representative, is present this evening. Welcome. The first item of business, approval of the minutes of October 2, 2017 on the motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, Mr. Benedetto. I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, the minutes stand on their own.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right, there isn't a question. Are you all set with your? Ms. Kurtz, did you have an amendment to the list? Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So motion for the amendment to be added to the minutes from last week prior to their approval.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion for approval of the minutes as amended, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The minutes are passed. Thank you. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Ms. Discari. Is there a second on the floor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The Attorney General grant? That's correct.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. There's a motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Scarey, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Scarey, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of Secretary. Amen.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much, Mr. Skerry, for working on this. Community participation. Joseph Viglione, Open Meeting Law.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I am staying within the area.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So you're shutting me off.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Again, you can leave this meeting if you cannot be a responsible adult.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There is no recommendation. We've already taken care of it. It was a chapter 74 advisory board. They don't deliberate. They don't make decisions for the school system. All the meetings will be posted. It's been taken care of. Thank you very much. Next item. Next item, report of superintendent. Report on Nellie Mae Education Foundation Grant. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Tringale.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Maybe you could add a little bit from that breakfast last year when you had the Chamber of Commerce in and vocational. Ms. Sawyer, I believe, was the one leading the charge over in the vocational side. Maybe just elaborate a little bit more about your outreach.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Jensen, for your hard work in bringing this home. We appreciate it. Great program. Keep up the good work. And certainly, if you want to set up any meetings with the chamber, we certainly could facilitate for you as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And thank you very much for all of your support.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion on the floor to receive in place on file offered by Ms. Cuno, seconded by Ms. Mastoon? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much. Report on online Be Good Academy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Nice job.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motions that this information be shared with the McGlynn Middle School as well and that the McGlynn participate at the next forum. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The motion passes. Thank you very much for contributing this evening. Wonderful job. Great. Report on Global Scholars Program. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second on the floor? Second. Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Use your time wisely.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Mr. Tringali.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion to approve for Bloomberg Philanthropies to pay for Mr. Superintendent's expenses, there's already a motion for approval by Ms. Cunio, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 6 in the affirmative, none in the negative, 1 absent. Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Next up, recommendation to accept the Buddy Bench donation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor for approval? Ms. Cugno? Motion. Seconded by Mr. Skerry. Roll call vote, please. Ms. Cugno?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, six in the affirmative, none in the negative, one absent. Motion passes. Thank you very much, Ms. Caldwell. Are you up next as well? I am. That's why I'm standing here. Going on the Kiwanis book donation. Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wow, wonderful.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What a nice story. I got to witness firsthand the event at the Roberts, and it is an event, I got to tell you. I was quite surprised, but the kids were so elated to see you all come in and just to hear the stories and Kelly's enthusiasm, and it was a fabulous afternoon. So thank you for letting me share with you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion that this report be placed on file, second by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Can we send a thank you letter to the Quantians as well? Report on Professional Development Day, November 7, 2017. Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that reports do be listed for RTI next steps.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Added to our agenda. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So male-female concussion reports by sport.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to this report be placed on file. All those in favor? All those opposed? Thank you. Report is on file. report on elementary science programs, school year 17-18. Mr. Cieri.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion to receive and place this on the aisle? Motion. Ms. Mustone seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you for all your work.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Report on vocational technical advisory committee schedule.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to receive and place this report on file? Moved by Ms. Cugno, seconded by Ms. Mostone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Is there a motion from the floor to move negotiations and other legal matters to the end of the agenda? Offered by Ms. Mostone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Old business, selection of delegates alternate for MASC, MASS conference. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think we tabled this so that people could have an opportunity to look it over to determine whether or not they could attend this conference. Are there any members that would like to be nominated as a delegate or an alternate? No?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So is there a motion just to receive this paper and place it on file? By Ms. Kritz, and seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. This is received and placed on file. OK, new business. School committee resolution be resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Al Canava. Mr. Canava was the father of former school committee member Richard Canava and former art teacher Christine Canava. He also served on our licensing commission for several years, which is our liquor commission. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Rosemary Sweeney. Ms. Sweeney was a paraprofessional for the Medford Public Schools. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Officer Louis Romigio. Officer Romigio was the brother of Brooks School Librarian Natalie Pereira and uncle of Ms. Pereira's two children that attend Medford High School. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Ian Volpe. Ms. Volpe was a former elementary teacher at the Kennedy School and the wife of the late Larry Volpe, former director of Vocational School. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Eleanor Deimos. Ms. Deimos was the wife of James Deimos, former Director of Pupil Services, and the mother-in-law of Shannon Demos, Assistant Principal of the Brooks School. If you could all please rise and have a moment of silence on behalf of these citizens. We also have one other amendment to the requested reports. Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We can add it to the reports list, and Christine can put it together.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Do you still like a written report?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. There's a motion for suspension of the rules. All those in favor? All those opposed? Ms. Stone would like to discuss something.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great. Yep. Very good. Thank you. Thank you. And we have one item. Ms. Nelson would like to explain something about our upcoming Committee of the Whole meeting regarding the new MCAS.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any questions? Motion to receive this paper and place it on file. You have a request?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You have a pretty good idea right now of participation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Is there a follow-up? One more.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. There's a motion on the floor to accept this report and place it on file by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. I just want to make a general announcement. At 5 o'clock on Thursday, we're having a birthday party for this building, as well as dedicating Several unique spaces within it. So come on down should be a fun night birthday cake and Food so come on down and there's a motion to adjourn this meeting. Oh, no. No, we're going into executive session Motion to go into executive session seconded by mr. Benedetto roll call vote, please. Mr. Scurry. Yes, I Yes, six in the affirmative, none in the negative, one absent. Motion passes. We'll now enter executive session. Thank you very much for participating tonight.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, sure, be my guest. The Medford School Committee regular meeting of October 16 will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll. present, six present, one absent, all please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Also, if the minutes could reflect that Sebastian Trindale, our Meckler High School representative, is present this evening. Welcome. The first item of business, approval of the minutes of October 2nd, 2017 on the motion for approval by Mr. Skerry and Mr. Benedetto. I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, the minutes stand on their own.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there, there isn't a question. Are you all set with your?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Kurtz, did you have an amendment to the list?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This- The motion for the amendment to be added to the minutes from last week prior to their approval.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion for approval of minutes as amended, All those opposed, the minutes have passed. Thank you. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry. Is there a second on the floor? Yes, second. Second by Ms. Krutz. All those in favor? Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: on our bills before, and I was just wondering what that was.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. There's a motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Scarey, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? The motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Scarey, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of secretary. Thank you very much, Mr. Scarrion, for working on this. Community participation, Joseph Viglione, Open Meeting Law.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I am staying within the area.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Again, you can leave this meeting if you cannot be a responsible adult.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The mayor will rule you out of the water. Please leave the building. Thank you. Ask a question through the chair. There is no recommendation. We've already taken care of it. It was a chapter 74 advisory board. They don't deliberate. They don't make decisions for the school system. All the meetings will be posted. It's been taken care of. Thank you very much. Next item. Next item. Report of superintendent. Report on Nellie Mae Education Foundation grant. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening, Mr. Klein.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Turingale. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Maybe you could add a little bit from that breakfast last year when you had the Chamber of Commerce in and vocational. Ms. Sawyer, I believe, was the one leading the charge over on the vocational side. Maybe just elaborate a little bit more about your outreach.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Mr. Klein and Mrs. Jensen for your hard work. Yeah, I'll put that out there.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So thank you very much for all of your support. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Motion on the floor to receive in place on file offered by Miss Cugno, seconded by Miss Stone. All those in favor. All those opposed. Motion passes. Report. Thank you very much. Report on online. Be good. Academy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motions, that this information be shared with the McGlynn Middle School as well, and that the McGlynn participate at the next forum. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The motion passes. Thank you very much for contributing this evening. Wonderful job. Great. Report on Global Scholars Program, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So motion to approve that the superintendent is there a second floor seconded by Ms. Crutz, Mr. Benedetto. Um, so I, I was just wondering, um,
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Mr. Tringali.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to approve the Bloomberg Philanthropies to pay for Mr. Superintendent's expenses, there's already a motion for approval by Ms. Gugge. Yes, six in the affirmative, none in the negative, one absent. Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you. Next up, recommendation to accept the Buddy Bench donation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor for approval? Ms. Cugno? Motion. Seconded by Mr. Skerry. Roll call vote, please. Yes. I am. That's why I'm standing here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What a nice story. I got to witness firsthand the event at the Roberts and it is an event. I got to tell you, I was quite surprised, but the kids were so elated to see you all come in and just to hear the stories and Kelly's enthusiasm. And it was a fabulous afternoon. So thank you for letting me share with you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion that this report be placed on file, second by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Can we send a thank you letter to the Quantians as well? Report on Professional Development Day, November 7, 2017. Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that reports do be listed for RTI next steps, we add it to our agenda. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Male, female concussion reports by sport.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion, this report be placed on file. All those in favor? All those opposed? Thank you. Report is on file. Report on elementary science program school year 17-18. Mr. Seary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion to receive and place this on file? Seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on vocational technical advisory committee schedule.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to receive and place this report on file? Moved by Ms. Cuno, seconded by Ms. Mostone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Is there a motion from the floor to move negotiations and other legal matters to the end of the agenda? Moved by Ms. Mostone, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Old business, selection of delegates alternate for MASC, MASS conference. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think we tabled this so that people could have an opportunity to look it over to determine whether or not they could attend this conference. Are there any members that would like to be nominated as a delegate or an alternate?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So is there a motion just to receive this paper and place it on file? Seconded by Ms. Stone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. This is received and placed on file. Okay, new business. School committee resolution be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Al Canava. Mr. Canava was the father of former school committee member Richard Canava and former art teacher Christine Canava. He also served on our licensing commission for several years, which is our liquor commission. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Rosemary Sweeney. Ms. Sweeney was a paraprofessional for the Medford Public Schools. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Officer Luis Remigio. Officer Remigio was the brother of Brooks School Librarian Natalie Pereira and uncle of Miss Pereira's two children that attend Medford High School. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Ian Volpe. Miss Volpe was a former elementary teacher at the Kennedy School and the wife of the late Larry Volpe, former director of Vocational School. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Eleanor DeMos. Mrs. DeMos was the wife of James DeMos, former Director of Pupil Services, and the mother-in-law of Shannon DeMos, Assistant Principal of the Brooks School. If you could all please rise and have a moment of silence on behalf of these citizens. We also have one other amendment to the requested reports. Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's okay, we can add it to the reports list and Christine can put it together.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you. Do you still, do you still like a written report?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. This motion for suspension of the rules. All those in favor? All those opposed? Ms. Stone would like to discuss
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Very good. Thank you. Thank you. And we have one item. Ms. Nelson would like to explain something about our upcoming committee of the whole meeting regarding the new MCAS.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any questions? Motion to receive this paper and place it on file. You have a request?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Krutz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You have a pretty good idea right now of participation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Is there a follow up? One more.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. I just want to make a general announcement. At 5 o'clock on Thursday, we're having a birthday party for this building, as well as dedicating several unique spaces within it. So come on down. It should be a fun night. Birthday cake and food. So come on down. And there's a motion to adjourn this meeting. Oh, no, no, no. We're going into executive session. Motion to go into executive session, seconded by Ms. DiBenedetto. Roll call vote, please, Ms. Scurry. Yes. Yes. Six in the affirmative. None in the negative. One absent. Motion passes. We'll now enter executive session. Thank you very much for participating tonight.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can you hear me? Much better. Thank you, Ward 6 and the Democratic Ward and City Committee, Griffin, for being here tonight. Thank you so much for offering us this forum in order to speak to you and the general public. My name is Stephanie Muccini-Burke, and I'm a candidate for re-election for the Office of Mayor for the City of Medford. I'm the proud daughter of Lee, who's in our audience, and my dad, George, and we grew up on First Street in Wellington. My husband, Brian, and I have three beautiful children. We've been married 31 years, and all of our kids attended public schools and went on to college. Medford has been a wonderful place to raise our family, and it's why we choose to stay here each and every day. It is our home. After graduating from Medford High School, I attended Suffolk University. I commuted there every day and worked two jobs in order to put myself through. Those years were filled with learning, and the greatest lesson was that there is no substitution for hard work. At Suffolk, I received a Bachelor of Science in Business with a major in Accounting. After graduating, I was hired at a Big 8 accounting firm. It was then that I earned my CPA license. I then went on to Bentley University evenings while working and obtained my master's in taxation. When Brian and I began our family, I changed career paths and I started my own business right in Medford Square on Forest Street. It was called Rycon Financial, named after my two boys at the time, and did I know I was going to have a little girl, I probably would have changed the name, but I didn't at that point. And I learned especially what goes on in Medford Square at that time after spending 10 years on Forest Street. It was while self-employed that I felt I had a need that I had to get involved with the City Council. I participated in local government. I thought it was very important. And the people of Medford honored me by electing me to serve 15 long years. And we worked really, really hard during those 15 years. This was followed by five years as the Director of Personnel and Budget for the City of Medford under Mayor McGlynn. And then in 2015, I was elected by the people to be Medford's mayor, one of the proudest days of my life. Anyone visiting our city these days would quickly know that it is an election year. You know what that means. Candidates using buzzwords and slogans, asking for support of you, the voter. We hear it from this one, vote for me and I'll do this, or vote for me and I'll do that. So I am sure that you will not mind if I spare you the slogans and buzzwords because you deserve more than that. You deserve a clear description of my accomplishments as mayor and my hopes for the next two years. After all, each of you wants the same thing that I want. We want a Medford that can be the greatest it can be. So when I say to you that I will be accountable, it's not a slogan. It is my acknowledgment that the work of government is never done alone. It is never the work of one person. We live in a democracy and we work in collaboration with each other, and that is why I call each of you a partner in progress. As I stated, I'm a certified public accountant. My professional experience has brought me a deep understanding of the value of managing assets. It is second nature to me. And simply put, a well-managed city is one where the resources and assets of the city are identified, needs are assessed, and needs are fulfilled. As we all know, this requires funding. My administration has and will continue to be a responsible steward of our taxpayers' hard-earned dollars. We will continue to aggressively pursue grant funding to leverage our dollars. Medford's high quality bond rating is no accident. It's the result of careful planning and a prudent expenditure of municipal funds to projects that better our city. Just today, we were listed as a top 10 list of most successful cities by Zipia. We're quite proud of that. My administration has also been accountable where the rubber meets the road, literally through the Complete Streets Initiative, which we brought into the city of Medford within three months of me being sworn into office. We have moved forward to repave and fix major roads throughout every section of the city, which will make it safer for pedestrians, bicyclists, and vehicles. Our infrastructure needs are continually being addressed through the efforts of our Department of Public Works. I am proud of tackling the issues of the need of a new police station head-on. For years, the rundown condition of the police department headquarters has been known. For years, this one condition was not adequately addressed. But I did not choose to look in the rearview mirror and ask why. Rather, I have chosen to look forward. Because the starting point of all success is action, not blame. So my administration initiated the process to build a new state-of-the-art police station. We've been meeting weekly now for over three months. It's a team that's comprised of our police chief, our city engineer, our environmentalist, as well as members of the police squad from all levels. men, female, that have been visiting police stations around our state and around our area to find out what's the best and what's the worst. What do we like? What do we want our station to have so that we do it right once, not have to go back and make changes two years down the road because it's the police headquarters that simply doesn't work. Our fine law enforcement personnel deserve nothing less, as they serve the safety needs of our residents every hour of every day of every night. In the world in which we live, safety can never be taken for granted. The needs of our public safety employees are many, and they must continually be addressed. We have done just that. In year one of our five-year capital plan, the city has purchased 12 new police cruisers, breathing apparatus and turnout gear for our firefighters, new trucks and equipment for our DPW employees. However, public safety and public health is more than new equipment. It is the converging of all departments and levels of government to come together to fight an epidemic. Of course, I'm speaking of the opioid crisis. Every Medford family stands shoulder to shoulder with each other in the fight against this reality. When one of our families suffers, we all suffer. So to assist in this fight and augment the public services already in place, I did hire a full-time recovery coach. For the first time, there's someone who has a specific purpose to work within our community, along with various agencies. Marion Ryan, our district attorney, has monthly forums up at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where she brings together public health officials, City of Medford employees, police, fire from a multitude of communities to talk about this issue and to determine best practices. This is already being done today. This is a disease that is so decimating to so many, especially our young people. Sometimes the quality of life in our city can oftentimes be measured by the spaces that we gather as a community. This truth has not been lost on me. It started with the rehabilitation of this beautiful building that we gather in today. Celebrating its 80th birthday, I might tell you, WPA project, and we're very proud, and there's a birthday party next Thursday evening, so come on down. Also, we've been partnering with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council and with the input of residents and business owners. We've engaged in a collaborative effort to plan for the revitalization of Medford Square. This plan will not be put on a shelf. This plan will be implemented. I guarantee it. And this has resulted in a goal of a mixed-use zone to live, work, and play, a plan for bicycle accessibility, safer streetscapes, connectivity of our pathways, and refocusing on our jewel, the mighty Mystic River. In addition, work has begun on the Riverside Plaza project. This is an effort to transform a portion of Medford Square into a multi-use space to allow residents to engage in passive recreation or simply enjoy a community event. Sense of community and quality of life go hand in hand. We need these community spaces in order to do that. Investment in a city also means to put its resources to their optimal use. We have done just that with the hidden gem, the Chevalier Theater. By hiring a professional management company, Bill Blumenreich presents of the Wilbur Theater, to promote the Chevalier and to serve not only as a catalyst for arts and culture, but also as well as economic development in our Medford Square. This long overdue effort will create jobs, opportunities for our current and future small businesses, and provide an exciting new venue for first class entertainment in Medford. It is my hope that these efforts will not simply transform brick and mortar, but have an impact on the enjoyment of life for all of the residents of this city. I am equally proud to shape the creation of a new full-time recreation department. This need has gone unaddressed in our community, and now we will have a department that will serve the recreational needs of Medford residents of all ages, young to old. And when I hear the people say that our students are our future, I say that is an understatement. I say that they are our potential and that we need to serve that potential now. I am most proud of the work undertaken in support, supporting our expanded educational opportunities in our public schools. Example of these new programs at Medford High include environmental studies, engineering, robotics, and a host of AP classes, a new media center that we're having a get together on this coming Sunday, as well as a brand new culinary arts restaurant, Bistro 489, that will be opening in November. With these uplifting programs, our talented teachers, and most importantly, supportive parents, Medford's future has never looked brighter. Each of these efforts is aimed at one goal, to make our city a vibrant community where everyone, young to senior, in the richness of our diversity, can fulfill their definition of neighborhood, their hopes for their children and family, in a safe, fully inclusive, participatory, and democratic fashion. We are a welcoming city. Being mayor is more than offering a slogan or a buzzword. It's living up to the promise to serve every single day. Whether it be arts and culture, constituent service, or spending time with your children at school, I more than enjoy serving Medford as its mayor. It's a hard job, but one that I love, because every day brings new opportunity to work in collaboration with the fine people of our city, young to senior again, to implement the Medford of tomorrow. My education, experience, knowledge of government, and deep commitment to this city is demonstrated daily. I am very proud of our first term accomplishments, but there is more work to be done. Please allow me the opportunity and the honor of serving you as your mayor. I humbly request that you vote for me. Cast your vote on November 7th for Stephanie Muccini-Burke. Please, let's continue to be partners in progress. Thank you and God bless.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's called the Cotton Swab Challenge, and I hereby challenge Mayor Curtatone of Somerville, Mayor Dolan of Melrose, and Mayor Christensen of Malden. Take the challenge, make the pledge, come on, make it happen. Together we can save a life, together we can be a match.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Six present, one absent. All please rise and salute our flag. And while you're all standing if you could just remain standing so we can take a moment of silence For all the victims of the horrific event that happened in Las Vegas as well as those that were injured Thank you Approval of the minutes of the September 18th approval Is there a second by Ms. Van der Kloot? All those in favor? Mayor Burke? Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion for adoption of the minutes as amended by Ms. DiVenedetto, all those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. I also want to take note that we have Justin Tang with us tonight. He's the student representative from Medford High School. Welcome, Justin. And Justin feel free when we're discussing any matters if you want to interject just raise your hand and we'll acknowledge it. Thank you Okay approval of bills transfer of funds motion for approval by mr. Scary mr. Benedetto certainly Kirsten's here
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that the bills and transfer of funds be approved. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. approval of payrolls. Motion to approve.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: By Mr. Vanderdolf, seconded by Mr. Scari. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of secretary. There is none. Report of committees. Committee of the whole. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the minutes of the meeting of the committee of the whole the motion says that
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: She asked for a motion to have them appear if they're not able to rectify it in the next week internally.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mustone. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Ms. Kreatz, did you have another question?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that a report of all the co-ops and internships that are being held by our vocational and high school students be delivered by SHOP, if need be, seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Otherwise?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion, let that be revisited. Seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Very good. Is there a motion for approval of the committee of the whole with those additions being looked into? On the motion for approval. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. OK. Community participation. McGlynn Middle School teachers on Medford Public Schools action plan. You name and address, please, for our record.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, teachers of the McGlynn. We appreciate your comments and your spirit. Certainly, that means a lot to the children of this community that have chosen to go to that school. Several of them, many of them, are delighted to hear you tonight, I'm sure. Thank you. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot and then Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Justin would like to add to this conversation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Justin certainly should be a recruit for your PFA. And he certainly should be sharing those stories. And I'm sure there's many graduates. One of mine went to the, two went to the McGlynn, one went to the Andrews. So, you know, it happens. Every year they kind of pick different schools, even though they all came from the Brooks. But Justin and other graduates certainly could be great spokespeople for the school, as well as you, because you did a fabulous job tonight. And we're really, really proud to have you here. You said it all. Any other school committee members?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah on the motion that a meeting be held in the next month for an action plan to be developed inclusive of the teachers comments seconded by miss must own all those in favor aye all those opposed motion carries It's a step. Thank you. Thank you very much for coming out today. We appreciate it. Oh, sorry. Wait, hold on. Sorry, that's okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We do have that information, that wasn't implied that we didn't know about that information. It was clarified. They put that in there.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. We had a motion and we voted on that we will have a meeting within the next month and we'll reach out to you to come to the table. We'll put an agenda together so it'll be a productive meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good night. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right, report of the superintendent. First report on credit for life grant. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Dr. Riccadeli. First off, because it's interactive, it seems like it'll be very innovative. And the kids will really, I think, get into this whole process. And secondly, if you'd like to add our names, any one of us, I'm sure, would sign on to any letters of request that you make to the banks and various entities in our city, certainly to try and get as many as possible participating. I know with our community banks, that's what they do. That's what they're all about. So certainly, I'm sure. All the ones that are in Medford will participate as well. And just if we as a school committee could send our thank you out to the Division of Banks as well as the Treasurer's Office for providing this great opportunity on behalf of the students at Medford High. We really appreciate it. Thank you for all your hard work, too. You're welcome.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any other questions? Mr. Superintendent, do we formally have to accept the grant?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to receive and place on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much. Report on game change, anti-violence partnership grant from New England Patriots Foundation. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Moving it forward, excellent. Thank you. Justin, have you had a chance to participate yet?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to place and file seconded by miss van de Kloot all those in favor All those opposed motion passes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Report on Community Preservation Act We have members of the committee, the CPC committee. As you may realize, a year and a half ago, the citizens of Medford voted to adopt the CPA Act, which allows for monies to be put in a trust fund and spent for certain purposes, affordable housing, open space, and historic preservation. And we have with us two members tonight that would like to explain it so that the public can become more aware of this program. Good evening, everybody.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, sorry. That's okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Benedetto. That's my first request. I'll come around again.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I would love to see that here. Are there any other recommendations? They have been meeting with a lot of boards and commissions. They've met with myself, a lot of the department heads at City Hall. I just want to say thank you to all of you. So that's what's unique about this. It's really coming from people. And you have a meeting tomorrow night. Thank you. Yes, thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And then they make recommendations to the city council.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much for the presentation, and hopefully we'll participate in the upcoming forums. Is there a motion to receive and place this report on file? Yes. So on the motion, seconded by Ms. Vandeclude. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much, ladies. Report on second annual health, wellness, and fitness fair. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: How appropriate at this time that I'm going to take an Advil. No. But yeah, I got to go to this event, actually. And it was a great turnout. Thank you. Great turnout. Thank you to Lisa Evangelista for coordinating quite a bit of this forum.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Blood pressures were being taken, acupuncture was being served. Is that a proper way of saying it? And flu shots were given out. So it was really a great event. We had a lot of Medford's doctors. There was a dental school there. So there was just a lot of information and a lot of healthy habits to pick up. So thanks everybody who put it on and who attended as well. Thank you. Mr. DeClew and Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, I know.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: very good motion that this report be placed on file mr. Benedetto seconded by miss must own all those in favor all those opposed motion passes report on school brains training so this is just an update on additional training that we're doing
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Curriculum subcommittee.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that Committee of the Whole be held in the next 30 days as well. We also, sorry. Before I do the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: on the motion that a committee of the whole be held in the next 30 days on both school brains as well as inclusionary field trips. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: At this point. And I also think that we should look at what can we do as a whole city so that we're not duplicating services on the city side and the school side, and when it comes to IT, for example, Human resources another one some of those things we could parlay and maybe create one department that can manage both sides of the balance sheet Basically, so maybe we could take a look at that. Mr. Superintendent as well Thank you Okay All righty, report on concussion law and Medford experience.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could interject, sometimes the game is played with less protection. Like lacrosse, for example, because they're not supposed to hit, they get hit. And they have no protection on their head.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Bento.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could we get the breakdown between female and male students?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is scary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to receive and place this report on file. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. for negotiations and legal matters.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And it was for other programs as well. It was for other programs as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: May I ask a question? Okay, Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: PTOs. Pardon me? PTOs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: PTOs. Did they make a determination on PTOs?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They're actually using some of the community coalition to facilitate their meetings. So they have a group that is working together. So it's kind of ironic that they both scheduled meetings on it. So a few nights. Yeah, collaborating. But very good. We do have one item of new business. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of D.L. Velie. Mr. Velie was the father-in-law of former Director of Finance and Administration Patricia Vail. If you could all please rise for a moment of silence. Thank you. Is there a motion that we, do you have anything else? Is there a motion that we adjourn? Suspension of the rules. Motion for suspension of the rules. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Suspension is granted.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll send a surrogate.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Everybody review their schedules for the next meeting, and we'll decide who can go to who can go.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And thank you very much, Justin, for being part of our conversation and to adding to the conversation. We appreciate it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you everybody for coming here today. We are so elated and excited to be welcoming Bill Blumenreich to this beautiful theater. This really is a proud day for the city of Medford and just a little history of this building. It was built in 1939. It's named for the remarkable World War I veteran. Godfrey Chevalier, so we know that that name stands proudly and represents all of us as Americans. This theater has hosted John F. Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, and Leroy, so we have some high expectations for this. We're so very excited to be partnering with you to allow this theater to live up to its expectations, to have a grand flagship of Medford Square, and a critical component and a catalyst for the Medford Square Revitalization. So we are very, very thrilled to have them on the board. I need to acknowledge some of the members of the committee that worked on this process. As we all know, we did the second RFP back last spring. And we put together a team, a highly qualified team, to make sure that this was a positive experience and a positive result in the end. Leading it off is Mark Rumley, our city solicitor. commission members that worked very hard each and every step of the way to make sure that this RFP was what we needed and what we wanted for the city of Medford. With us today is John Costas, the chair of the Chivalry Commission. Mike Oliver is not present today, but he also worked very hard on this. He would have been the third commission member on this committee that we put together. We're also lucky to have in attendance today City Council President Rick Caraviello, spent on this RFP. And Paul Solano, I'm a commission member as well, so thank you Paul. Countless hours were spent on this RFP and I know by the faces in this room that many of you haven't heard those countless hours right down to pretty much this morning. So we're just really thrilled that we were able to pull it all together. And my deepest thanks go out for a job well done by all involved. I further want to thank the endless devotion of past members of the Chevalier Commission that began in 1981, and friends of the Chevalier, especially Geraldine Brandy, who put her heart and soul into this building, and she made it a beautiful gem for this city. And I know she's looking down on us, too, so very, very proudly today. So a thank you to our friend Geraldine upstairs. We have a few of the friends here today. We have Nate Mockerbrack, we have Cindy Watson, and we also have Russ that also worked very hard to make sure that this place stayed up. I think it was blood, sweat, and tears for a lot of you, and we've seen it each and every day, and you've never let down. So thank you all for the hard work that you've done over the course of the tenure of this beautiful building. So now, the highlights of the agreement. The contract is comprised of four five-year terms. Bill Bloomberg will furnish to the City of Medford $1 for each ticket sold that will go into a restoration fund for the Chevalier Theatre. So the money that we've taken as a city is going to be reused again and again and again to make enhancements to this building. Hiring Medford residents is a priority, and up to 15 performances per year will be free for the City of Medford to have. So those are really great kudos, and thank you for allowing us to work back into the agreement that's at hand today, and we'll be signing shortly. And also, we all know that we have the Boys and Girls Clubs just below us. They will continue to have a home. So we are very proud that we were able to work through this agreement, continue to be able to allow the services that the Boys and Girls Club offer to our community, and for children in need. So we're just really thrilled that we were able to make this whole thing happen and blend it and work in harmony. So we're really thrilled. Now, I would like to just welcome Joan Costa up to say a few words on behalf of the commission.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: has been out in the community over the past several months. So he's taken, he met with our friends group, so they could get to know them and their philosophy for the theater. He's met with business owners, he met with Square. So he's hit the ground running already. And without further ado, we want the man of the hour, the man of the Wilbur, the
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: great relationship. We look forward to partnering with you, and you know that this city is behind you, and you're behind us. So we are a whole team, and we will make this happen. And I think at this point, we really need to find these contracts, and we can make
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Six present, one absent. All please rise and salute our flag. And while you're all standing, if you could just remain standing so we can take a moment of silence for all the victims of the horrific event that happened in Las Vegas, as well as those that were injured. Thank you. Approval of the minutes of the September 18th. Is there a second by Miss Van der Kloot? All those in favor? Mayor Burke? Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion for adoption of the minutes as amended by Mr. Benedetto, all those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. I also want to take note that we have Justin Tang with us tonight. He's the student representative from Medford High School, so welcome Justin. Thank you. And Justin, feel free when we're discussing any matters, if you want to interject, just raise your hand and we'll acknowledge it. Thank you. Approval of bills transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that the bills and transfer of funds be approved. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. approval of payrolls. Motion to approve. Second. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of secretary. There is none. Report of committees. Committee of the whole. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the minutes of the meeting of the committee of the whole the motion says that
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: She asked for a motion to have them appear if they're not able to rectify it in the next week internally.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a second by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Ms. Kreatz, did you have another question?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All in the motion that a report of all the co-ops and internships that are being held by our vocational and high school students be delivered by staff, if need be. Seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Otherwise?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion, let that be revisited. Seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Very good. Is there a motion for approval of the Committee of the Whole with those additions being looked into? On the motion for approval. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Okay, community participation. McGlynn Middle School teachers on Medford Public Schools Action Plan. You name and address, please, for our record.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, teachers of the McGlynn. We appreciate your comments and your spirit. Certainly, that means a lot to the children of this community that have chosen to go to that school. Several of them, many of them, are delighted to hear you tonight, I'm sure. Thank you. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Justin would like to add to this conversation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Justin certainly should be a recruit for your PFA. And he certainly should be sharing those stories. And I'm sure there's many graduates. One of mine went to the, two went to the McGlynn, one went to the Andrews. You know what happens every year they kind of pick different schools even though they all came from the Brooks But Justin and other graduates certainly could be great spokespeople for for the school as well as you because you did a fabulous job tonight We're really really proud to have you here. You said said it all
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Sperry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that a meeting be held in the next month for an action plan to be developed inclusive of the teacher's comments. Seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much for coming out today. We appreciate it. Oh, sorry. Wait, hold on. Sorry, sorry, that's okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We do have that information. That wasn't implied that we didn't know about that information. It was clarified. They put that in there.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. We had a motion and we voted on that we will have a meeting within the next month and we'll reach out to you to come to the table. We'll put an agenda together so it'll be a productive meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Superintendent. First report on credit for life grant. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Dr. Riccadeli. First off, because it's interactive, it seems like it'll be very innovative, and the kids will really, I think, get into this whole process. And secondly, if you'd like to add our names, any one of us, I'm sure, would sign on to any letters of request that you make to the banks and various entities in our city, certainly to try and get as many as possible participating. I know with our community banks, that's what they do, that's what they're all about, so certainly I'm sure. All the ones that are in Medford will participate as well. And just if we as a school committee could send our thank you out to the Division of Banks as well as the Treasurer's Office for providing this great opportunity on behalf of the students at Medford High. We really appreciate it. Thank you for all your hard work, too. You're welcome.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any other questions? Mr. Superintendent, do we formally have to accept the grant?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to receive and place on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot, all in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passes, thank you very much. Report on game change, anti-violence partnership grant from New England Patriots Foundation. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Moving it forward, excellent. Thank you. Justin, have you had a chance to participate yet?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. There's a motion on the floor to place and file. Second. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Report on Community Preservation Act. We have members. of the committee, the CPC committee. As you may realize, a year and a half ago, the citizens of Medford voted to adopt the CPA Act, which allows for monies to be put in a trust fund and spent for certain purposes, affordable housing, open space, and historic preservation. And we have with us two members tonight that would like to explain it so that the public can become more aware of this program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have Joan Cyr, a member, and Roberta Cameron is the chairperson of the committee.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I just really wanted to congratulate you on working so hard.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, I would love to see that here. So it wouldn't be as hard, but dollars can make a big difference, right?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good idea, Kathy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any other recommendations? They have been meeting with a lot of boards and commissions. They have met with myself, a lot of the department heads at City Hall, Lauren DiLorenzo with OCD about the open space plan. This committee has worked so diligently and put in so many hours. So that they really listen to the community It's almost like a participatory budgeting to a degree where this is driven by the citizens as opposed to us up here driving it down So that's what's unique about this. It's really coming from Thank you
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And then they make recommendations to the city council.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much for the presentation and hopefully we'll participate in the upcoming forums. Is there a motion to receive and place this report on file? Yes. On the motion, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much ladies. Report on second annual health, wellness, and fitness fair. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: How appropriate at this time that I'm going to take an Advil. No. But yeah, I got to go to this event, actually. And it was a great turnout. Thank you. Great turnout. Thank you to Lisa Evangelista for coordinating quite a bit of this forum.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Blood pressures were being taken. Acupuncture was being served. Is that a proper way to say it? And flu shots were given out. So it was really a great event. We had a lot of Medford's doctors, nurses, dental school there. So there was just a lot of information and a lot of healthy habits to pick up. So thanks everybody who put it on and who attended as well. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, I know.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good motion that this report be placed on file All those opposed motion passes report on school brains training so this is just an update on additional training that we're doing on
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that Committee of the Whole be held in the next 30 days as well. Second. Yeah. We also, sorry. Before I do the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: on the motion that a committee of the whole be held in the next 30 days on both school brains as well as inclusionary field trips. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: At this point. And I also think that we should look at what can we do as a whole city so that we're not duplicating services on the city side and the school side, and when it comes to like IT, for example, human resources, another one. Some of those things we could parlay and maybe create one department that can manage both sides of the balance sheet, basically. So maybe we could take a look at that, Mr. Superintendent, as well. Thank you. I think we already passed it. All righty, report on concussion law and Medford experience.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could interject, sometimes the game is played with less protection. Like lacrosse, for example, because they're not supposed to hit, they get hit. And they have no protection on their head.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Bento.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could we get the breakdown between female and male students?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is scary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Motion to receive and place this report on file. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. negotiations and legal matters.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And it was for other programs as well. It was for other programs as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Multiple.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: PTOs?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: PTOs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: PTOs, did they make a determination on PTOs?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They're actually using some of the community coalition to facilitate their meetings, so they have a group that is working together, so it's kind of ironic that they both scheduled meetings. Right, so two nights. Yeah, collaborating. But very good. We do have one item. of new business, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of D.L. Velie. Mr. Velie was the father-in-law of former Director of Finance and Administration, Patricia Vail. If you could all please rise for a moment of silence. Thank you. Is there a motion that we, do you have anything else that you, is there a motion that we adjourn?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval of suspension of the rules. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Suspension is granted.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll send a surrogate.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Everybody review their schedules for the next meeting, and we'll decide who can go to who can go.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And thank you very much, Justin, for being part of our conversation and to add to the conversation. We appreciate it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to adjourn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hello, my name is Stephanie Muccini-Burke. I'm the mayor of Medford, Mass., home of the mighty Medford Mustangs. They say up here in Medford country that our veins bleed blue and white, and we know you're the same. We're here to support you in rebuilding your community. I'm here with our athletic director, Bobby Maloney, and our head baseball coach, Mike Nestor. Bobby, would you like to say a few words?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Michael.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mustang Strong!
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We support you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Go Mustangs!
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The regular meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mrs. Van der Kloot. Yes. Mayor Burke. Yes. Seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Welcome, Sebastian. Thank you so much for being here with us this evening. Let the records officially reflect Sebastian's presence, please. The first item, approval of minutes of September 11, 2017. Motion approval, chair. Motion approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Stone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds? None. Approval. None. Approval of payrolls? None. Report of secretary? There is none. None. Report of committees? None. Community participation? Your name and address, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Belkin has the floor right now and then you'll have an opportunity.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: How can it be Medford when you said no? Ms. Wells. Doctor. Dr. Wells. Thank you. If you'd like to speak.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have our attorney present, Mr. Greenspan. Could you please step forward?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Denied without prejudice the determination of the merits.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can I ask one question? At any point during the probate and future court hearings throughout the course of separation, I don't know what transpired previously, was there ever a ruling or an order that they had to go to North Andover?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mia, I'm calling you because you're not taking our calls. I'm not calling. You're saying sue us.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're saying if she sued us.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're saying DESE tends to lean on the way of the child.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think she's asking for something legal from the court system that talks about custody, not an email chain. That's going to be here until December.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The one you have in place right now.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If you got an agreement, you'd get yes to Medford.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That it failed. It worked. The parties went to mediation and could not reach an agreement.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're trying to understand it with a few pieces of paper when you have a whole file at home. So just please bear with us. I'm sorry. And also, this isn't something that really should be discussed in front of every person in the city of Medford. It really is a private matter. And I highly advise that if we need to continue this, that we go into executive session for the respect of your family.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seconded. On the motion, roll call vote please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Report of superintendent. Report on Team Medford supply drive.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On behalf of all of the children of the city of Medford, we want to thank you for all the hard work you do, how you coordinate this and get so many backpacks in the hands of needy children. We're astounded and we're just so thankful to have you a part of our community, so thank you all. Thanks for coming tonight. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report? Motion to accept. Motion to accept by Ms. Cunha, seconded by Ms. Kritz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on a Giro backpack donation program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion. Offered by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Mr. Superintendent, we'll get a letter out tomorrow. Very good. Thank you, Ms. Caldwell. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? So moved. So moved. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on meeting with Wegmans. Ms. Nelson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great. Thank you so much. Thank you. On the motion of this report be placed on file. Moved by Mr. Brennan, seconded by Ms. VandeVleut. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on stop-and-shop donation to the metropolitan schools so report Stop-and-shop is still working out the details so tonight. We'll put it aside and wait on the table, but I can assure you that There's gonna be a lot of competition between supermarkets in the table this paper until next next meeting Seconded by mr.. Scary all those in favor aye all those opposed papers tabled I Update report on public release of MCAS 2.0 information and accountability ratings.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's a motion to accept and place on file. Seconded by Ms. Cunha. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passed. We put on summer programs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mayor Burke. If I could just jump in on the food portion of it, and really, we have to thank Mia in a large way. Not mean Mia, Mia. She really, we've had several meetings on food insecurity at City Hall, and Mia has been a part of all of those conversations. And she was, with her van, we went in and picked up the whole truckload of stuff in her van one Friday. And it continued for four weeks. So we want to really thank you, Mia, for all of your hard work. And thanks to Sarah and Anthony for coordinating it once everything came back to you. Because that was, I know, a lot of effort on your part as well. So thank you all for doing what you can for our kids.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Tringali, our student representative, would like to comment on that. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just to comment on this science camp, I know the kids absolutely love it. It's a real hit, and kids get a lot out of it, and a big jump for the next year.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you for all the summer programming. Are there any questions? No? Motion that this report be placed on file, authored by Ms. Cunha, seconded by Ms. Vander Kloof. Thank you. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. All those opposed? Papers? Passes. Report on McGlynn Middle School Action Plan.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. O'Jarrett.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is it elementary or middle?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Elementary school.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But I think your question is someone that lives in that school district, neighborhood, whatever we want to refer to it as, didn't get to go to that school.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: When we opened the schools probably.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's been a while.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thanks, Mike. Thank you They're a motion to receive this paper in place.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And it was part of a racial balance plan back then as well. So that's a new challenge for us.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? Second. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on enrollment impact of new real estate development in Medford.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's the third one, the 3780 Mystic Valley Parkway. Is Lumiere? So there's nine students from Lumiere.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Rivers Edge is along the Malden River. It runs from Wellington Station to Malden Station. It's a new development. It's commercial and residential.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Those are the condos that are, those are directly behind, if you're on 16 looking at them all to the right. I'm pretty sure. They're the condos. Okay. Cabot Road? That's down Wellington Circle as well. That's brand new, so this is just, it's just beginning, it has its occupancy starting up. Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's the towers at Riverside Ave.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They are, yes. In 1979, they've been there since.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's the one that, the five cabin is the brand new one that's having like a ribbon cutting in a week or so, but they have started their occupancy. The one before the train tracks, they're under 150 units. He looked at 150 as a threshold.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So could I continue? Really, for a true comparison, you should be looking at the Rivers Edge Drive. That's brand new. It's apartments that are built, you know, they haven't been existing for a very long time. And the station landing would be next up. And they were put in in 2004. But they were part of like transit development, smaller units. So those are probably the ones I would be looking at, but comparable about going forward.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This capital will be coming online. Okay, so even, yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion, this report be updated for the first meeting in January. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. And that the report be placed on file. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Financial report close out of fiscal year 17. Ms. Patterson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you so much, Christine. Mayor Burkus. Ms. Stone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Christine. Thank you. So at this point, if we could just entertain a quick little diversion. I don't know how many of you realize, but over the course of the last week, we've been collecting sporting goods equipment to send down to the Houston area. We realized how they were devastated, and a lot of people were giving blood, donating money, and doing all sorts of things to help them out. Our head baseball coach, Mike Nestor, came up with an idea, and he said, why don't we do a drive? These kids want to get back. They have no equipment. Everything's been just ruined. So he wanted to start a drive for it. Jack Dempsey has put together this awesome video that is on a truck right now rolling into Texas. And it's just really spectacular how the community came together. A lot of the sporting teams and the sporting equipment stores that supply our players with their equipment came through and put so many things on this truck. It's just simply amazing. So without further ado, I hope you all enjoy this video that Jack and the team put together with all the kids at the high school.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hello, my name is Stephanie Muccini-Burke. I'm the mayor of Medford, Mass., home of the mighty Medford Mustangs. They say up here in Medford country that our veins bleed blue and white, and we know you're the same. We're here to support you in rebuilding your community. I'm here with our athletic director, Bobby Maloney, and our head baseball coach, Mike Nestor. Bobby, would you like to say a few words?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Michael.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So we want to thank the Teamsters 25 for trucking down all of the items that we collected over the course of the last week. I know that they probably will still take more down if we are able to give them some more stuff. And just all the athletes that participated. They all were there. All the teams came. All the teams helped. And we're doing such a nice thing for the kids in the Houston area. So thanks to everybody who donated. And keep up the good work. Thank you. All righty, we will now be entering executive session. Is there a vote, Madam Secretary?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: New business. School Committee Resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Rocco Antonio Cangemi. Rocco was the cousin of Andrew's principal, Paul D'Oliva, who died suddenly in a tragic accident. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Jean Cain. Mrs. Cain was a former elementary school teacher. She was also the wife of Robert Cain, a former guidance Councilor in the Medford Public Schools. Be it resolved that the Metro School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Robert Prince. Mr. Prince was a former supervisor of music in the Metro Public Schools. And be it resolved that the school committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Joseph DiNucci. Mr. DiNucci was the state auditor for the Commonwealth of Mass for 24 years, a former state representative, and championship boxer. And we also have an item under suspension that the Methodist School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Luigi Guarino. Mr. Guarino was the brother-in-law of McGlynn principal, Diane Guarino. We could all rise for a moment of silence on the passing. Thank you. Motion to go into executive session. Motion to go into executive session, seconded by Ms. Cunha. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. The motion passes. We will now be entering executive session. Can we stay in here? I think that's fine.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The regular meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mrs. Van der Kloot? Yes. Mayor Burke? Yes. Seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Welcome Sebastian. Thank you so much for being here with us this evening. Let the records officially reflect Sebastian's presence please. The first item, approval of minutes of September 11th, 2017. Motion approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Stone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds? None.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: None. Approval of payrolls? None. Report of secretary? There is none. None. Report of committees? None. Community participation? Your name and address, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Belton has the floor right now and then you'll have an opportunity.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: How can it be Medford when you said no? Ms. Wells. Doctor. Doctor Wells. Thank you. If you'd like to speak.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have our attorney present, Mr. Greenspan. Could you please step forward?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Denied without prejudice the determination of the merits.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can I ask one question? At any point during the probate and plea court hearings throughout the course of separation, I don't know what transpired previously, was there ever a ruling or an order that they had to go to North Andover?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mia, I'm calling you because you're not taking our calls. Not call. You're saying sue us.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're saying if she sued us.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think she's asking for something legal from the court system that talks about custody, not an email chain.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The one you have in place right now.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If you got an agreement, you'd get yes to Medford.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That it failed. The parties went to mediation and could not reach an agreement.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're trying to understand it with a few pieces of paper when you have a whole file at home, so just please bear with us And also this isn't something that really should be discussed in front of every person in the city of Medford it really is a private matter and I Highly advise that if we need to continue this that we go into executive session for the respect of your family I would be happy to turn my phone calls I
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seconded on the motion roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Report of superintendent. Report on Team Medford's supply drive.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, on behalf of all of the children of the city of Medford, we want to thank you for all the hard work you do, how you coordinate this and get so many backpacks in the hands of needy children. We're astounded, and we're just so thankful to have you a part of our community. So thank you all. Thanks for coming tonight. Is there a motion on the floor to accept this report? Motion to accept by Ms. Cunha, seconded by Ms. Kritz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on a Giro backpack donation program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion, offered by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Mr. Superintendent, we'll get a letter out tomorrow? Thank you, Ms. Caldwell. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So moved. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on meeting with Wegmans. Ms. Nelson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great, thank you so much. Thank you. On the motion of this report be placed on file. Moved by Mr. Bannon, seconded by Ms. Vander Ploet. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on stop and shop donation to the member public schools.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I was opposed papers tabled. I Update report on public release of MCAS 2.0 information and accountability ratings.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's a motion to accept and place on file. Seconded by Ms. Cunha. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passed. Report on summer programs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mayor Burke. If I could just jump in on the food portion of it, and really, we have to thank Mia in a large way. Not mean Mia, Mia. She really, we've had several meetings on food insecurity at City Hall, and Mia has been a part of all of those conversations. And she was with her van, we went in and picked up the whole truckload of stuff in her van one Friday. And it continued for four weeks, so we want to really thank you, Mia, for all of your hard work.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And Anthony for coordinating it once everything came back to you, because that was, I know, a lot of effort on your part as well. So thank you all for doing what you can for our kids.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Tringali, our student representative would like to comment on that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just a comment on the science camp. I know the kids absolutely love it. It's a real hit and kids get a lot out of it and a big jump for the next year.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you for all the summer programming. Are there any questions? No? Motion that this report be placed on file, authored by Ms. Cunha, seconded by Ms. Vander Kloof. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Papers? Passes. Report on McGlynn Middle School action plan.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Elementary or middle?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Elementary school.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But I think your question is someone that lives in that school district neighborhood, whatever we want to refer to it as, didn't get to go to that school.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: When we opened the schools probably.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's been a while.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thanks Mike. Thank you. Is there a motion to receive this paper and place it on file?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And it was part of a racial balance plan back then as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? Second. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on enrollment impact of new real estate development in Medford.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's the third one, the 3780 Mystic Valley Parkway. Is Lumiere? So there's nine students from Lumiere.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Rivers Edge is along the Malden River. It runs from Wellington Station to Malden Station. It's a new development. They're commercial and residential.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Those are the condos that are, those are directly behind, if you're on 16 looking at the mall to the right. I'm pretty sure. They're the condos. Okay. Cabot Road. That's down Wellington Circle as well. That's brand new, so this is just, it's probably, it's just beginning, it has its occupancy starting up. Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's the towers at Riverside Ave.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Near La Conte Rink, is that? They are, yes. In 1979 they've been there since.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's the one that, the five cabin is the brand new one that's having like a ribbon cutting in a week or so, but they have started their occupancy. The one before the train tracks, they're under 150 units. He looked at 150 as a threshold.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So could I? Really, for a true comparison, you should be looking at the Rivers Edge Drive. That's brand new. It's apartments that are built, you know, they haven't been existing for a very long time. And the station landing would be next up. And they were put in in 2004. But they were part of like transit development, smaller units. So those are probably the ones I would be looking at, but comparable about going forward.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This cabinet will be coming online. Okay, so even, yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion, this report be updated for the first meeting in January. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. And that the report be placed on file. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Financial report close out of fiscal year 17. Ms. Patterson. Here comes Kirsten.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you so much, Christine. Mayor Berk. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Christine. Thank you. So at this point, if we could just entertain a quick little diversion. I don't know how many of you realize, but over the course of the last week, we've been collecting sporting goods equipment to send down to the Houston area. We realized how they were devastated and a lot of people were giving blood, donating money, and doing all sorts of things to help them out. Our head baseball coach, Mike Nestor, came up with an idea and he said, why don't we do a drive? These kids want to get back. They have no equipment. Everything's been just ruined. So he wanted to start a drive for it. Jack Dempsey has put together this awesome video that is on a truck right now rolling into Texas. And it's just really spectacular how the community came together. A lot of the sporting teams and the sporting equipment stores that supply our players with their equipment came through and put so many things on this truck. It's just simply amazing. So without further ado, I hope you all enjoy this video that Jack and the team put together with all the kids at the high school.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hello, my name is Stephanie Muccini-Burke. I'm the mayor of Medford, Mass., home of the mighty Medford Mustangs. They say up here in Medford country that our veins bleed blue and white, and we know you're the same. We're here to support you in rebuilding your community. I'm here with our athletic director, Bobby Maloney, and our head baseball coach, Mike Nestor. Bobby, would you like to say a few words?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Michael.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We want to thank the Teamsters 25 for trucking down all of the items that we collected over the course of the last week. I know that they probably will still take more down if we are able to give them some more stuff. And just all the athletes that participated. They all were there. All the teams came. All the teams helped. And we're doing such a nice thing for the kids in the Houston area. So thanks to everybody who donated. And keep up the good work. Thank you. All righty, we will now be entering executive session. Is there a vote, Madam Secretary?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: School committee resolution, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Rocco Antonio Cangemi. Rocco was the cousin of Andrew's principal, Paul Deliva, who died suddenly in a tragic accident. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Jean Cain. Mrs. Cain was a former elementary school teacher. She was also the wife of Robert Cain, a former guidance Councilor in the Medford Public Schools. Be it resolved that the Metro School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Robert Prince. Mr. Prince was a former supervisor of music in the Metro Public Schools. And be it resolved that the school committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Joseph DiNucci. Mr. DiNucci was the state auditor for the Commonwealth of Mass for 24 years, a former state representative and championship boxer. And we also have an item under suspension that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Luigi Guarino. Mr. Guarino was the brother-in-law of McGlynn principal, Diane Guarino. We could all rise for a moment of silence on the passing. Thank you. Motion to go into executive session. Motion to go into executive session, seconded by Ms. Cunha. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. We will now be entering executive session.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The meeting of the Mefford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands,
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If everyone could just remain standing, please. It's the 16th anniversary of 9-11, and if we could take a moment of silence for all those that gave their lives that day and everything that transpired after. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of information, Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Amen. Also at this time, if you could remain standing, the Medford School Committee observe a moment of silence on behalf of the victims of Hurricane Harvey and Irma. The Medford School Committee sends its heartfelt thanks to all those who provided shelter and rescue services to people displaced by these extraordinary storms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The first order of business, approval of the minutes of June 19th, 2017. Is there a motion for approval?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of inquiry, Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's actually an item on the agenda tonight. Dr. Perrella will be presenting information on smart brains. And subsequent to that, we can hold a committee meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We certainly can have a committee of the whole after this.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Kreatz. Mr. Superintendent, could you address some of those concerns, please?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Class rank.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Superintendent. Ms. Cugno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion for committee of the whole, offered by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Ms. Cuno and Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The motion passes. The minutes approval of the minutes Motion for approval. Is there a second seconded by miss Punio? All those in favor. Aye all those opposed motion passes Approval of payroll approval. There's an approval by mr. Scary seconded by miss Punio mayor Burke Mr. Benedetto, sorry, I'm
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of Secretary. None?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: None.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Approval of bills transferred is a roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. I mean, the affirmative zero on the negative motion passes. Mr. Benedetto, you had a question?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Page 17, to James R. Collins, Esquire, $600. It says the account school committee legal expense. Oh, OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You'll confirm that? Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Approval of payrolls. Roll call vote.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. Motion passes. Report of secretary? None. Report of committees? None. Community participation? None. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I believe we're waiting for our attorney to attend so that we can provide more information. Would you mind if we just table this item and we'll come back as soon as he enters? Thank you. Report of superintendent. Report on the opening of schools. School year 17-18. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Superintendent. Are there any questions? Ms. Cuno?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The 16th verse. We have the report on enrollment, item three.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Item three is our report on enrollment. Should we hold that in abeyance until we get to that paper?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion to receive and place this paper on file? Motion by Ms. Gary, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on Administrative Meetings and New Teacher Induction Week, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Welcome, Ms. Nelson. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Your motion to receive and place this report on file. So moved by Ms. Puno, seconded by Ms. Vandafood. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The motion passes. Report on enrollment and class dies. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So he'll be looking at all of those so you'll have factual information I think and we're gonna be very surprised at how little they have actually impacted our school system But we'll wait to get the numbers to confirm that and that should be for As well as new development that hasn't yet been approved is like where that's gonna happen throughout the city and how that future
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They will help us predict for sure. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second. On the motion that a report be submitted with the numbers that some of our larger developers have submitted. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mayor Burke? Mr. Skerry had a point of information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, they didn't say 700. It was 400 and something, but it's in the land court. Appeals have been filed in the land court. No decisions have been made by any judge on any of the issues pending there.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there approximately 40 on the wait list, or is it higher?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But that means that this is a paper that we received tonight that we have not been able to review yet. OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, actually, I think it's quite important.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's been a lot of discussion about it. I think the public needs to know, the parents need to know, what are we doing to make changes at the McGlynn, to beef it up so that there's more of a demand for that middle school. So I think it's very important that we talk about it. I just have one follow up question. I didn't get to ask. I'm sorry. I just wanted to ask on the report regarding the high school numbers and the vocational numbers.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. Thank you. All motions to receive in place on file, the report on enrollment numbers. Motion for approval. Second. Seconded by Ms. Vanderclute. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on building and grounds projects.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could you just highlight some of the projects you did this summer? Sure. Because you got quite a bit completed.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, John. Could you just get the power washing out for the signs to each of the schools?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So all the rest of the areas were tested?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, thank you. Mr. Scarron, you're all set. Ms. DiBenedetto. Thank you. And then Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thanks. Thank you. Is there a motion? Are you all set?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It'll definitely have a grand opening at that time. Great.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much. Your motion to receive this paper and place it on file. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you, John. Report on transportation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: My favorite part of her job.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The legal views for arbitration. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Are there any questions on Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: She asked how many are at Minute Man. Eight. Oh, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Benedetto. Ms. Kritz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, that was it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Cugno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Someone contacted her that did not get paid.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: St. Clement's closed its school. I heard that part. What was the rest?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're not busing there anymore. Okay. Thank you. Is there a motion to receive this paper and place it on file? Yes. Seconded by Ms. Quinn Lestone. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Is there a motion for suspension of the rules to take community participation? Yes. On the motion for suspension, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Suspension is granted. Are there residents in the audience that would like to speak under community participation?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Did I understand you correctly that you said that there's a court order in place that says they can't come to Medford or Medford?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I can't argue with you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So the order that's standing right now is not to enroll. That's for March.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Greenspan, are you under the impression that their attorney and you are in agreement on this order, or does she contradict what you're saying?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: One at a time, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Greenspan, your opinion, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can we be an intervening party?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Please, please, one at a time.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think we can try.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could you look into whether there are any actions we can take?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: that can go to the court system, Adelante or whatever they call it. Can they assign an advocate for your child to get enrolled here? Petition the judge, the advocate. The general, they can be.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So perhaps you can speak to the courts tomorrow about that too.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll leave it to you, Mr. Greenspan, tomorrow, and you'll give us an update as well as Ms. Knowles' attorney.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Motion to revert to the regular order of business. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? We report on before and after school programs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Motion to accept the report and place it on file.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'll provide Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. VanDekloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Recommendation to approve amendments to electronic device utilization.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Cuno, on the motion, there's a primary and a secondary support for it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto has one last.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Scurry. Roll call vote, please. Mrs. Cugno?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, nine in the negative. The motion is adopted for the change in the electronics policy with the inclusion of that. With the inclusion of the student handbook on not taking phone calls. Next item before us, recommendation to approve revised school dress code policy. There's a motion for approval on the floor by Mr. Carey. Is there a second? Sorry, Mr. Carey.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion for approval by Mrs. Scurry, seconded by Ms. Vandekloot, roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. That confirms there is a negative approved revised school dress code policy. Item nine, recommendation to approve revised student activity account policy and practice.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion for approval by Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay. Thank you. On the motion for approval by Mr. Scaria, Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, is there a second by Ms. Kreatz? Do you have a question or a second? Second. Roll call vote, please, on the approved revised student activity account policy in practice.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. The policy is approved. Thank you, Christine. Report on school brain software and implementation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I could ask just one question from the Chair. I believe in June it was a parent that came forward that had an issue with the ranking and the GPA for their daughter. Have we analyzed that individual's case to make sure that all the information that went into school brains is included, everything from the prior system, to make sure it's fully accurate as a test case?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So does the burden lie on the student and or family to discover an error or are there checks and balances that can make sure that we do as much as we possibly can? Nothing's foolproof.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great. Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Cuno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So, and when we do have- Ms. Vandekloot suggested that we send this paper to the subcommittee on curriculum.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor that this paper be sent to Committee of the Whole by Mr. Skerry. Is there a second? Second. Seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor of sending this to Committee of the Whole? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Motion that negotiation and legal matters be tabled until the meeting, our next meeting, which is next week. Madam Mayor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the executive session papers to the next school committee meeting, basically tabling it. Is there a second on the floor by Mr. Skerry?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. If I might. Stand included.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good for them.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could just piggyback, we held city council meetings here during some renovations several years ago. And we did set up a horseshoe up on the stage, and it worked out very nicely. So maybe we can consider that for next week.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: School committee resolutions. Be it resolved that the Medgar School Committee expresses some safe condolences to the family of Joan Gorman. Mrs. Gorman was the mother of school committee member, Erin DiBenedetto. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Carl Galusi. Mr. Galusi was the father of Medford teacher Matt Galusi and father-in-law of principal Suzanne Galusi. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Mitchell Chester. Mr. Chester was a commissioner of the Mass Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Rosemary Alfie. Mrs. Alfie was a former Medford High School secretary and the aunt of Public Information Officer Lisa Evangelista. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Anina Scaramuzzo. Mrs. Scaramuzzo was the mother of Director of Foreign Language Rita DeCarlo. And also be it resolved that the member of the school committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Robert Murray. Mr. Murray was the godfather of city employee Lisa Caticcio and uncle of school committee member Erin DiBenedetto. If we could all rise for a moment of silence on the passing of these residents and relatives.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to adjourn? Ms. Cugno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Congratulations. Very good. Thank you very much for coming tonight. Did you say motion to adjourn?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for this press conference. We wanted to give some updates about our community so that everybody's aware of what's going on in the city of Medford. I am lucky enough to be here this morning. We have President Caraviello, we have Councilor Knight, Councilor Scarpelli, and Councilor Dello Russo. So thank you all for joining us today. We have with us as well many department heads and members of the press. First off, we're in budget season right now. As people may realize, it's night four of budget hearings. And this year we were really proud to deliver a budget that was full of additional services being offered to the community. First being a recreation, full-time recreation department. So we're really thrilled. We've had a study group that has been working on this since well before January. And they came through with many recommendations and a survey to determine what do the people of Medford want from us. So we came up with a plan. We have a lot of people that have supported it and they're really eager to see this budget go through so that we can start the hiring process to have a full-time rec director, an assistant director, as well as people working to staff the rec department. Councilor Scarpelli was integral to the whole process. He spearheaded the group that had the meeting weekly. George, if you'd like to say a few words about it, we'd be more than happy to have you come up.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We do have a summer break program here, our guide for city recreation so please pick up a copy at the library, city hall, throughout the city and get online and sign up for some of these amazing classes that are being offered. Thank you so much. Secondly, I just actually left Tufts University for an opioid conference and we're proud to be supportive of the efforts in trying to fight this addiction that's out there. With that being said, we are appointing in the budget, we've asked for a recovery coach to be put into our budget. We think it's really important for someone to be on the ground, really meeting with the people on a regular basis, and coming up with solutions to this problem, this epidemic. So with that, I also have initiated a position in the budget for that, so we're really eager to see this budget take off on July 1st, so that we can augment services to our community. the library. It's probably the most beloved asset in our community. And not only have we met the state guidelines for funding, but we've augmented those funding recommendations to the City Council. So we're about $100,000 over what is required of us, but with that we are increasing one more position so that we can have a media technology specialist at the library to help all of the people in Medford, from youth to senior citizens, so that they can have access to some of the latest and greatest opportunities online, with media, as well as on tape, and the various opportunities to have books on your phone and whatnot. So we're really thrilled about that, and we've also increased the library's part-time budget so that we can have additional staff on hand to help the citizens of Medford. Lastly, we have increased, we've offered a traffic engineer position. If you watched any of the city council meetings over the last six months to a year, You'll see that there's been a cry out for a traffic engineer on staff that can address some of the development that's going on as well as development in other communities, specifically the Malden Hospital site. So we're really proud, based upon this collaboration that we've formed, very strong collaboration, that we have put a traffic engineer in the engineering department for the upcoming budget cycle. So we're really thrilled about that. And our police department. Chief Sacco, I've been involved in this budget, barring the year when I took a little hiatus, for the last seven years and each and every year Chief Sacco has asked for crime scene technologists, and an information technologist. So we're really thrilled that we have put those positions into his police budget for this upcoming year. And that just augments the services that are offered. It allows our police officers to be out in the streets and doing the job that they're tasked to do while someone else can pick up the load and perform all of those technical jobs that are mandated in police departments of today. So we're really eager about that as well. Lastly, our school department in the budget is about $2.1 million over last year. Some of it is in negotiated salaries, but also we know there's a need in our schools. We still call them the new schools. But they were in 2001, they were dedicated, and there's a need for increased maintenance. And we've met with parents, we've met with school boards, you know, PTOs, and all of them have come out and said, we need more maintenance money, we need to be able to keep the school's spick and span. and address some of the smaller things that are so very important for the children of our community as well as the parents that peruse our schools. So we're increasing the budget line for maintenance in our schools by $200,000 strictly for supplies and repairs and also we're hoping to get a position on that as well. So we're really thrilled with this budget. We think it's very comprehensive. We feel that we've listened to the needs, the issues that have been raised at city council meetings. and from our department heads, so we really feel like we're addressing the needs of our community through these various outlets. So thank you very much for your support, thank you for the budget hearings, and for bringing good ideas. Like I've said before, good ideas come from anyone, anywhere, and we're open to them. So keep on keeping on, bring them up to us and we certainly will evaluate them and move forward to the best we can within budgetary constraints. Secondly, it's come up in the council as well, Mr. Gabb and our zoning. As many may realize, our zoning really hasn't been updated since we did the station landing project. That was our mixed-use zoning that we developed for that particular Wellington area. We think it's a good zoning, write-up of zoning. However, it doesn't always fit into other areas of the city. So I'm really proud to announce that we are receiving $40,000 to conduct a zoning review of Mystic Avenue. $10,000 of that is through MAPC with the DLTA grant, as well as $30,000 from the Mass Housing Trust. So we're really thrilled with that, and I think Ms. Councilor Knight would like to come up and say a few words about zoning. He's a member of the Zoning Committee, along with Councilor Dello Russo and Councilor Fatlow-Chiazat.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's no bigger supporter of job creation than the councillors that sit on the Zoning Subcommittee. So I thank you for all of your service. And we want to see commercial development as well. It's not just about housing. It's about commercial. bringing jobs to our city, which we feel strongly about. So that's one step in that direction, and we look forward to many more occurring that way. And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the Medford Square process that we've been undergoing. We're getting draft reports back now from MNPC. As you know, we did a $90,000 grant study that paid for all the services. They did a lot of outreach. We've had community meetings. We've had vision boards. and they're now ready to come back in with their recommendations for zoning for Medford Square. Actually, our zoning is okay for Medford Square, but what we have written into it is setbacks and lot lines, and that's what's deterring from development in Medford Square. So we're really eager to fine-tune and finesse the zoning of Medford Square, and we'll be working with the council on that as well. City Hall, we all know City Hall is under construction right now and we have a schedule of renovations. So basically the roof and the parapet will be done in the first week of July. They'll begin the council chamber work at the end of July, which we're really eager about. We want to get that room, it's the people's room, we want to get it up looking really fine and nice and we want it to be used by the people on an ongoing basis. It's a beautiful building, it will be turning 80 years old in September, and it was a fine time for us to do some improvements to this gorgeous building. Phase 3 is up front, which began in earnest at the beginning of May, and they're very much underway. We have some sketches, we have one sketch there and one behind. that show what it will look like, but it will be a much more friendlier, handicapped accessible facility. It certainly will be an open area where we can have summer concerts and community events like Circle the Square that's kicking off this Thursday, so make sure you come down to Medford Square. But we're really eager to get this project finished so that we can give her an 80th birthday party, hopefully beginning of October sometime. So stay tuned. There's another item that we kicked off last January. It was a senior work-off abatement process. We feel that our seniors should be brought into City Hall. We really want to collaborate with them. They bring so much to the table. And we have opened up a new round that will be beginning in July as well for the senior work-off abatement. Last year we had 35 seniors that came to work here. And they're able to work, earn about $1,500 that go against their tax bill. So it's a win-win for us. They pleasure us with their smiles each and every day, and they in turn get an abatement on their taxes. So we're really thrilled with the outcome from last year, and we're eager to get it off the ground again for this upcoming fiscal year. And we're getting applications, so please come into room 204. Fill out an application and we will find something that works for both sides so that we get the benefit of your history, your education, and your strengths in the city of Medford. And we in turn, we get greeters that welcome people. I think people feel really good when they walk into this building now because they're greeted with a smile and they're not walking around randomly trying to find an office. So we're really thrilled with the program and we look forward to its expansion in the upcoming fiscal year, 18. Summer Rec, we touched upon it a little bit. We do have the guide out, so please make sure you check it out. There's lots of opportunities for enrichment as well as just summer fun. We have our park program kicking off in the second week, third week of July. It'll be a six week program and it'll be moving throughout the city. So everyone will be coming to the park. So the kids will get to meet each other. So that when they do go to middle school, they have friends that they've already met through our summer youth program. We're really excited about that and it was part and parcel of Constance Scarpelli's as well as people on the rec committee that worked hard as well as activists from our office. Veterans Wall, moving right along. We are going to be dedicating it on June 25th on Emerald Park at 10am. We are collaborating with the Elks Club that does an annual Flag Day event. We thought it'd be a nice day to join forces and do something for our community. There's about 40 names that will be entered upon the wall at Honor Roll Park and we urge you to come on out and support those people that have fought for our freedoms, fought for our flag, and allow us to be here today to do what we do. And finally, something that I'm really saddened by, our illustrious Diane McLeod, our diversity director, is retiring. Actually, today is her final day of service in the city of Medford. She has been with us for 24 years. She, tears coming, don't make me cry. She has done so much for this community. She has worked so very hard with outreach and collaboration and conversations. Diane has really done it all. It's been a really tough, I know, a tough month for her to get to this point. She's been trying to tick and time, go over lists and make sure nothing falls through the cracks because this really has been her baby. She was our first diversity director and she's done a fantastic job. We're really proud to call her friend. We were proud to have her in the city of Medford and she brought her wealth and her knowledge to the city and she will be missed for sure. But in her last days, Diane was able to pull off a grant in the amount of $130,000. So Diane, take it away. The first time the Mass.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Everyone in this building loves dining in as well. So of course when Diane announced that she would be leaving the great city of Medford for retirement and to spend time with her family and she has two weddings coming up with her two boys and I know she's a proud mama and she's really excited about those opportunities for her to continue and to have a golfer by the way. There's been a lot of calls I've received in my office, a lot from the Human Rights Commission, people have just been calling and saying What are you going to do? How are we going to do this? We need someone from Medford. We need someone that knows Medford. We need someone that shows diversity in every aspect of their life. So, and with those calls have come many recommendations, mainly for this one individual. And we're really thrilled to have him here with us today. His name is Mr. Neil Osborne. Neil, you can stand up. Neil has served on various commissions throughout the city from planning board to the human rights commission. He's chair of the NAACP, president of the NAACP. He is just a person that is out in the city. He knows the issues we're facing. I know that he will embrace all that we have to offer and to make our city, we have a great city here. We have a welcoming city here. And we know that Neil is going to add to that and really bring in everyone so that there's a comfort level. Everyone feels safe, especially in these times that we're dealing with right now on the federal level. So we're really thrilled. He's an attorney by trade. He's done a lot with personnel issues. And I'm sure Neil can elaborate a little bit more about his experience. And I'd like to welcome him to the City of Medford's department. To the department head.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I have complete faith in Neil's abilities. And like he said, we'll probably be calling Diane. We're going to give her the wedding time off. But probably come August, we're going to be tapping in. We know it's a big transition. We understand what transitions are all about. Come on now. We just took office a year and a half ago. So we know what it's like. And we know that Diane will be there, as she has been, there to support our administration. And you're going to be missed, my dear. Thank you. Definitely going to be missed. So with that, I will end this press conference. And stay tuned. In a couple of weeks, we'll have another one on some more updates. We have some more grants that we're waiting to get solidified and to make some big announcements. So stay tuned. And now we over and out. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening everyone, and thank you for joining us. I'm here live from the Medford Community Cable Station, the new facility that was just built, and it's an honor to be here. I'm Mayor Stephanie McShaney-Burke, and I'd just like to give you a community update on some important events that have happened over the past several weeks. And please excuse me, I have a little bit of a hoarse voice. But this really is an honor to open up the studio. As you may realize, we've been working on it for several months now. And it has just about completed. We're waiting for some additional cameras to be delivered. And we'll also be performing interviews for the station manager starting tomorrow. So we're very excited to get this underway and also to eventually open it up to the public, which is the main important goal of this studio. And as you know, during the day it will be used by our Medford High School students. So we're getting a double whammy for our money here. So we're really, really thrilled about that. Secondly, I want to bring up someone from Armstrong Ambulance. We have Daniel Roba here representing the company. You may realize that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts mandated that affected in September, we have We have devices on the fields for all of our sports teams. With that called out, we knew we wanted to jump on it a little earlier. We wanted to get them onto the fields as soon as we possibly could. So we reached out to our partner, Armstrong Ambulance, to see if they'd be willing to donate some of the defibrillators for us for the fields. And of course, as Armstrong has always done, they've always stood tall and they've always come to our aid. So we're really, really thrilled to have them with us today. And Daniel, maybe you can give a little summary on the number.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you so much, Danielle. Please send our sincere thanks to the Armstrong family. As I said, they've been fabulous partners with us just last Thursday. They were up at City Hall training parents on how to use different devices and how to perform CPR. So they're always there and they always come through. So thank you again on behalf of the city of Medford. We appreciate it. Second up, we would like to announce that the Cummings Foundation has awarded the Medford Public Schools a $100,000 grant over three years to support the work of our Center for Citizenship and Social Responsibility. We have with us tonight Richard Trotter who would like to highlight some of the accomplishments of this program and then we would like to bring up Cummings Foundation. Mr. Trotter.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: As you may realize, the Cummings Foundation gives out 100 for 100. It's 100 grants of $100,000. It's just an amazing feat, and hopefully you all caught the globe this morning. It was a wonderful story on the family, of the Cummings family. And we're really proud to have with us David Blumberg here today. Not to be confused with Mr. Bloomberg, who is instrumental. He's a Medford resident. He's been instrumental in helping us garner this grant. So we welcome you, Mr.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: With that, thank you very much and congratulations. Thank you very much. And Dave and his lovely wife, Gwen, don't live too far from here. So I hope that they'll come up and visit the center on one of your next events so that you can experience where the funding and what the funding does for us. So thank you very much. Thank you. Next up, I would like to introduce Mary Ann O'Connor. She's the director of our public health department for the city of Medford. And she works hand in hand with the school department on a host of different issues. And we're just really thrilled to have her here tonight so she can tell you a little bit about some of the work that's going on, especially regarding opiate addiction. And we'd like her to say a few words and show a product that's going to be coming out in the very near future. Mary Ann. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mary Ann. Also under Mary Ann's leadership, we've been very active in hosting a series of events at City Hall and the school department. One of which just transpired over this past weekend and it was called In Plain Sight. I hope many of the parents got to experience that. It's really amazing the lengths that companies are going to, to give children and young adults a means of hiding some of their uses. It was eye-opening for me to walk through there and see some of the gadgets that look like generic items. You can't hear a spray, but it has something that you twist off and then it's a hollow inside for storage of things and different types of regular everyday tools that can be used for other purposes. So it was really eye-opening to me. I thank you for putting that on and I know you had a stream of parents that came through the building last week in addition to the CPR training that Armstrong conducted. So it was a nice segue and a nice cooperation that occurred over the last several days at City Hall. So thank you, Mary Ann. And I just want to make one quick announcement. We think it's really important that we take a stand on opiate addiction and that we put everything we can into it. As you may realize, a few years ago, we dedicated funds for a full-time coordinator, outreach prevention coordinator, and that has worked famously. However, we think more is needed, and we have put in the budget for a position for a coach, so a recovery coach that can actually get in the community, And deal one on one with the individuals that are afflicted to try and help them through that. So we're hopeful that the city council will see that that's an important item as well. And we look forward to that passage. So I make that announcement tonight that the administration is completely committed to fighting this horrible epidemic. Thank you, Marianne. We also have Tony Vento with us tonight from the school department. She likewise received a grant having to do with opioids. And I'd like Tony to just describe it a little bit. As you can tell, the schools in the city have been really, really busy over the last several months. We try to get as many grants as we can. We certainly are writing them on a daily basis. And Tony has been very successful. So tell us a little bit about your grant, Tony.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. As you can see, we're not just starting in on this. We've been active in this topic for several years now, and we're just really pushing the envelope and trying to do as much as we can to curb some of the issues and to cease the stigma that surrounds opioid addiction. So thank you very much, Ms. Bento. Another grant that we just received has to do with vocational services. It's a regional grant. It's a regionalization of service grants from the Lieutenant Governor's office in the amount of $45,000. People may be aware that we have a wonderful vocational program and certainly Heidi Ruccio, who has been the director of it for several years now, has been instrumental in changing the look and the feel of our vocational studies. She certainly has expanded programming and brought in a wealth of fabulous instructors that work day to day with the students and we now have crossover between the high school and the vocational program so that the kids can go back and forth. Our vocational students are able to take college prep classes and likewise our college bound students and business students are able to cross over and take culinary arts for example. So it's a really wonderful marriage, and we really tried hard to create this synergy between the two schools to make it one, which we have applied to the state to be known as one cohesive school district. So we are very thankful to the Lieutenant Governor's office, and Ms. Buccio would like to come up and say a few words about that grant.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Sergio. Thank you. And this $45,000 grant piggybacks a half a million dollar grant that we received just a shot two months ago from the Lieutenant Governor and Governor's Office. Lieutenant Governor Polito came to our school. She did a walking tour. She got to see what we wanted the funds for. And they have been partners with us each and every step of the way. So we're really thrilled with the Lieutenant Governor and Governor's commitment to vocational studies. And part of the $500,000 is going towards our new culinary arts program, which we're very proud of and we hope to have finished over the summer. And I think a piece of that has to do with Wynn coming to Everett. We know Wynn Casinos is coming to Everett, and we're trying to look at the positives that will be coming from that. And part of that, our job creation. So we're really trying to get our students that they can be ready and able when the job market demands it, which we know will be in a short few years. And what we hear out in the marketplace is that Wynn is going to gobble up a lot of the employees that may be working elsewhere as well. So we need to have a stream of students and accomplished people that are ready to fill the job market. There is going to be several voids across the Commonwealth, especially in the Boston area. So we're really thrilled about that. And again, we want to send our thanks out to the governor's office for their support and commitment. And also Ms. Ruccio, we will be missing her in a very short while as she goes up to Essex. And she surely will be missed. She has turned the school around and put it on a road. And that's certainly a road that we continue to follow. be reaching those strides. So we are thankful for all of her years of service to the city of Medford and we wish her the best of luck out there. Thank you. The last item is that we have a recreation guide that just went live last week. And we want parents to know that we have a really robust program for the summer months coming up. So we urge you to either come by, pick up a copy. They're at the library. They're at the schools. There's a little backpack slip that's gone home for you to know that it's around. And certainly up on the website, you can see the entire PDF. So I urge parents and family members to reach out and look at the programming that we have over the summer. And then to augment that, we have had a recreation committee that's been working diligently for the last several months, greater than six months now. And they have come up with a survey that has reached out to the entire metro population to see what would you like to see in your recreation department with the goal of going full-time in the very near future. So I'm really proud to say that we have incorporated a budget account for a full-time recreation department. It will be delivered to the city council tomorrow. But we're really thrilled to be able to say that we are committed to a full-time recreation program. And likewise, we understand that if we keep our kids safe and we keep our kids busy, we want to keep them on that healthy road, whether it be physical health, mental health, and the whole nine yards. So we're really committed to that. And recreation goes well beyond our children. It certainly goes all the way up to our seniors. So we look forward to having a rec coordinator and program director on board, hopefully by September. And they'll be looking at programming across the spectrum so that we can really attack physical issues and mental health issues on an ongoing basis on behalf of the City of Medford. And just one lighter touch, the Farmer's Market is coming back. It's opening up this Thursday. So hopefully, weather permitting, they'll be in operation and they have a new location down at the Condon Shell on Route 16. So I urge all of you to come out, come to the Farmer's Market. It's a great, not only a great event just to socialize at with live music, but also get your fresh produce and really come down and help the local businesses that need your help, the local farmers. So with that being said, I thank you for coming to this press conference and I do appreciate the ongoing efforts of all of the department heads and the school department and the private partners that we have built partnerships with. Certainly we couldn't do half of what we do without the volunteers that really step forward and help us get things done in the City of Medford. So I'm thankful and grateful and I look forward to a future press conference where we can announce more information on the City of Medford activities. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll. Mrs. Cuno?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Ms. Mastone, there's a motion on the floor for suspension of the rules to give out awards tonight. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Suspension is granted. Report on Humanities Program Awards. Ms. Queza?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Okay. Scholastic Writing Awards, if you could line up please on this side. Right over there. Could you just give a brief intro on these? Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Kylie Roy, Honorable Mention, 2016-17, Scholastic. These are the articles. I'm sorry. Sorry, false alarm. Okay, Roy, where are they?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Georgia Voter Newton, National Scholastic Writing Award, Silver Medal. Anticipation is killing, honey. Congratulations. Yeah, there's only one way in and one way out here. Isabel Bazera, Gold Key Scholastic Writing Award.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great job. Georgia, Gold Key Scholastic Writing Award. We have another one. Isadora Martin, Gold Key, Scholastic Writing Award. Margaret Tseng, Gold Key, Scholastic Writing Award. Andrea Arruno, Silver Key Scholastic Writing Award. Maria Carmona, Silver Key, Scholastic Writing Award. Excellent. Jessica Dos Santos, Silver Key, Scholastic Writing Award. Jessica. Michael Finn, Silver Key, Scholastic Writing Award. Carla Flores, Silver Key, Scholastic Writing. Emily Gaddy, Silver Key, from Medford Public Schools. I assume this is a middle school? Phaedra Motton, Silver Key, Medford High School. Prabhidhi Rana, Silver Key, Medford Public School. Did I say it right? Takaley? No, not here. Georgia, come on back up. Attending Harvard in the fall. Elizabeth Carey, Honorable Mention, Medford High School. Elizabeth? Ching Chen, Honorable Mention, Medford High School. That's two? Oh, you have two. And another one. Congratulations. Antonia Collins, Honorable Mention, Medford High School. Stella Eliopoulos, Honorable Mention, Medford High School. Excuse me? Antonia, sorry. Is Stella present this evening? No, I don't see her. Nicholas Hollings, honorable mention, Medford High School. C. Keenan, honorable mention, Medford High School.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Elena Kornblit, Honorable Mention, Medford High School. Elena. Evan Lau, Honorable Mention, Medford High. Congratulations. Manuel Magayunis. Honorable Mention, Medford Public Schools. Kyle Neese, Honorable Mention, Medford High School. Ethan Ngo, Medford High School, Scholastic Writing Award, Honorable Mention. Zachary Pailillo, Scholastic Writing Award, Honorable Mention. Zachary. Lauren Parziale, Honorable Mention, Medford High School. Michaela Rothemell, honorable mention, scholastic writing, medical high. These are the R recipients. Would you like to do a little intro? You can stay there. We'll do you next. Would you like to do a little intro?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. We have Carly Roy, Honorable Mention, Scholastic Art Award.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do you hear that? Great last name. Laura Pladowitz, Honorable Mention, 2016-17. Dari Ogbra, Honorable Mention. Georgia Boder-Newton, Honorable Mention. She also played Hillary in the presidential debate at Medford High School that I was lucky enough to attend.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Kylie Truong, Honorable Mention. Wendy Vong, Honorable Mention. Elyse Turner, Silver Key and Honor Convention. Okay. Buck ball, science fair. All right. We're going to move to the Model United Nations. Is that okay, or would you prefer something? That's fine. That's good? Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If we could have everyone line up along this window. Preferably alphabetical, but. First up, Young Ahn, Exemplary Participation, Model UN. Emeline Antunes, Exemplary Participation. Rhiannon Arnold, Exemplary Participation. Rhiannon. You have another one. Best Position Paper. Rhiannon. Kayla Beardsley, Exemplary Participation. Georgia Bowden-Newton, Exemplary Participation. Maria Camona, Exemplary Participation. And Best Negotiator as well. Nice job.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Abigail Klein, Exemplary Participation. And Model United Nations Rising Leaders Award, Best Negotiator, and Yale, Yale bound? Are you going to Yale? Yeah. Where are you going to? Quinnipiac. Oh, Quinnipiac bound. Congratulations. Alish Fallon, Exemplary Participation. Christian Gotti, Exemplary Participation. Christian? No? Did I say it wrong?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Anne Best, position paper. Sean Green, exemplary participation. Lucy Hines, exemplary participation. Best Negotiator. Congratulations. UMass Boston Bound. Camilla Hollingsworth, Exemplary Participation. Jordan Iyankiev. Exempt from participation. And best public speaker. Najma Jama, Exemplary Participation. Joshua Jen Renee, Exemplary Participation. Isaiah Jones, Exemplary Participation. Best Public Speaker as well. Carson Kurtz-Rossi, Exemplary Participation. Sophia Leggio, Exemplary Participation. Evan Marks, Exemplary Participation. Abigail McCarthy, Exemplary Participation. Scott McGoldrick, Exemplary Participation. Teagan Mustone, Exemplary Participation. You get to hug her. Iragi Nakira, Exemplary Participation. Yield bone, finally I found the one. Yield bone, congratulations. Tyler and Yang, exemplary participation. Lidia Ryan, Exemplary Participation and Assessment. Best Negotiator. Model UN Rising Leaders. Andrew Sorrow, Exemplary Participation. Simran Singh, Exemplary Participation. And Best Position Paper. Dominic Terranova, exemplary participation. Ryan Thorn, exemplary participation. Best position paper also. Satya Vaut, Exemplary Participation. Satya? Lina Zeyan, Exemplary Participation. Very good. Those are the extras. The next set, what would you like to do? Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. We have the State Geography B finals. Great. Medford Public Schools. We have Amin Nazi. Amin? No? OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Shout out to Amin. All-State High School Journalist, would you like to do that? Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Kylie Roy, Allstate High School Journalist. She's also quite the photographer, if anyone's noticing. Yes. Congratulations, Carly. Nice accomplishments. Very proud of you. Kudos. National History Day? Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice, great job. Antonia Collins, exemplary participation and honorable mention. Jack Egan, Exemplary Participation. Jack? Only one honorable mention. That's very difficult to do. Congratulations. Maya Gomez-Pultas, Exemplary Participation. John N. Tapa, Exemplary Participation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Winnie Standeven, Exemplary Participation. Awesome job getting it done early. And an honorable mention. Jessica Tatio, exemplary participation. Christopher Walsh, exemplary participation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the winner is... Phaedra Martin, second place. Great job. Excellent. Thank you very much for all the students that came up and all the teachers that mentored them throughout this whole process. We are so very lucky to have you in our school system. So thank you all for that segment. And now we're going to move to science. Oh, Ms. Van der Kloot. Congratulations, Phaedra. Hold on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you, Ms. Vanderpoot. Okay. I believe Mr. Cieri is in the audience. There he is. We're going to do the Medford High School Science Fair Awards next.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Excellent. Would the science fair recipients like to line up, just to make it a little easier for you? Albert Farrar, Freshman-Sophomore Panel, 2017, first place. Darwin Do, Freshman-Sophomore Panel, second place. Ethan Medeiros, freshman, sophomore panel, second place. Lauren Brown, freshman, sophomore, third place. Tiago Andre, freshman, sophomore, honorable mention. Tiago? Winnie Standovin, freshman, sophomore panel, honorable mention. Congratulations. Jessica Taddeo, freshman, sophomore panel, honorable mention. Joseph Farah, junior senior panel, first place. Valentina Luma, second place, junior senior panel. Congratulations. Good job. Thank you. Bernifka St. Jean, junior senior panel, second place. Congratulations. Senior. Senior. Carson Kurtz-Rossi, junior senior panel, third place. Laura Schmidt, Junior Senior Panel, third place, Laura. Scott Ren Jonathan, Junior Senior Panel, Honorable Mention. Leora Ferrari, Junior Senior, Honorable Mention. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Next up we have the butt ball tournament winners. You'll see a theme happen here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Our first recipient is Ms. Barbara Chen, advisor. Nice job. Would you like to say a few words? Would you like to speak? Either one.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Matthew Avella, Outstanding Performance at the 2017 Quad Fall Tournament. Benjamin Candy, Outstanding Performance. Joseph Ara, Outstanding Performance.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: He looks a little different. Maria Gailback, outstanding performance. Scott McGoldrick, outstanding performance. Congratulations. I don't know where he is. Scott Ranjanathan, outstanding performance. Thank you. Charles DePalma, outstanding performance.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Darwin Doe, Outstanding Performance. Ethan Medeiros, Outstanding Performance. Emily Tan, Outstanding Performance. Gabriel Crowell, Outstanding Performance. Albert Farah, Outstanding Performance. Congrats. Margaret Tseng, outstanding performance. Marcinus Van Schor, Ph.D., in recognition of support of the 2016-2017 MHS robotics team. Is Mr. Van Schor here? Ms. Joy? Ms. Vivian Shore? No? She's not here? Very good. Congratulations. Absolutely. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And we have to send a thank you to the parents, of course. Without their support, some of these things would not come to fruition. So thank you parents out there and everyone who has raised a child. Now we'll revert to the regular order of business. Is there a motion by Ms. Mustone? I believe that's it. Is someone seconded? All those in favor? All those opposed? Yeah. Approval of the minutes of May 1st, 2017. Approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Congrats. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. DiBenedetto. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Woodwind and brass wind, Method High miscellaneous charges.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The last two items, last page. Xenia? Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a weird number, 112. It's like a grand capital account.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the second, motion for approval. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of payroll. Motion for approval, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Report of committees. Committee of the whole, May 10, 2017. Mr. Superintendent. Oh, it's right here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion as amended for the Committee of the Whole report. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much. Community participation. Is there anyone wishing to speak this evening? Anyone? Did we make a motion to accept these?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Reports of the superintendent. Pre-budget report, English Language Arts. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening again.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And a few of the students that came up this evening were whispering in the superintendent in my ear that they had placed in the top 10. So they're very, very proud of that accomplishment. That's wonderful.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to receive and place on file this report. Is there any? Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: One question, Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're welcome. We've already received and placed that on file. Now the Social Studies Pre-Budget Report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place on file by Ms. Cuno? Second. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much tonight. Thank you so much for this evening. Great job, by the way. Great job leading this department. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Departments. All right. OK, report on summer programs 2017, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Nelson. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, that's our summer recreation has a litany of programming You know sports camps some of the programs that you have we have similar camps that are gonna be had and music camps There's quite a bit that's gonna be in the catalog and it went to print today So we're hoping to have it next week. And where will they be available be distributing through the schools will be doing backpacks and it'll also be online and
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. And they have a continuing after school program?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place on file? Ms. Van der Kloot has a question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just in the report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Eagle eyes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Backwards. Back to the future. There's a motion for approval offered by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Papers received and placed on file. And our final report on English language learners newcomers program redistribution. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do you have any questions, miss? No? You're good?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could you address what happens in third grade when they've finished, let's say, a second grade newcomer?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Correct.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And they'll have a preference in that transfer?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK? Very good. All set? Mm-hmm. Ms. Cugno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You good? All righty. Is there a motion to receive and place on file? Mr. Skerry made the motion. Is there a second by Ms. Van der Kloot? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm taking those no negotiating legal matters. No. We have one item of new business. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Reverend Edward Doughty. Father Ed was the pastor of the Collaboration of St. Francis and St. Joseph Churches in Medford. If you could all please rise for a moment of silence on the passing of Reverend Father Doughty. and a couple of announcements.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, graduation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This says 11.30.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay. 11 o'clock, okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Cugno, did you have a comment?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to adjourn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The regular meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The Secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Ms. Mastone, there's a motion on the floor for suspension of the rules to give out awards tonight. All those in favor? All those opposed? Suspension is granted. Report on Humanities Program Awards. Ms. Queza?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Okay. Scholastic Writing Awards, if you could line up please on this side, right over there. Could you just give a brief intro on these? Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Kylie Roy, Honorable Mention, 2016-17, Scholastic. These are the Art Awards. I'm sorry. Sorry, false alarm. Okay, Roy, where are they? Hey, look at you. Georgia Voter Newton, National Scholastic Writing Award, Silver Medal. It's only a one-way, only one-way out here. Isabel Bezerra, Gold Key Scholastic Writing Award.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Georgia, Gold Key Scholastic Writing Award. We have another one. Isadora Martin, Gold Key, Scholastic Writing Award. Isadora? Margaret Tseng, Gold Key, Scholastic Writing Award. Andrea Arruno, Silver Key Scholastic Writing Award. Maria Carmona, Silver Key, Scholastic Writing Award. Hi, good to see you again. How are you doing? Congratulations. We've got 10 place nationals too. Excellent. Jessica Dos Santos, Silver Key, Scholastic Writing Award. Jessica. Michael Finn, Silver Key, Scholastic Writing Award. Carla Flores, Silver Key, Scholastic Writing. Emily Gaddy, Silver Key, from Medford Public Schools. I assume this is a middle school? Phaedra Motton, Silver Key, Medford High School. Prabhidhi Rana, Silver Key, Medford Public School.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Georgia, come on back up. Attending Harvard in the fall. Honorable mention, Alaska Primary School. Elizabeth Carey, Honorable Mention, Medford High School. Elizabeth? Washington, honorable mention, Medford High School. And another one. Congratulations. Antonia Collins, honorable mention, Medford High School. Stella Eliopoulos, Honorable Mention, Medford High School.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Antonia, sorry. Is Stella present this evening? No, I don't see her. Nicholas Hollings, Honorable Mention, Medford High School. C. Keenan, Honorable Mention, Medford High School. Hello. Congratulations. Elena Kornblit, Honorable Mention, Medford High School. Elena? Evan Lau, Honorable Mention, Medford High. Manuel Magayunis. Honorable mention, Medford Public Schools. Kyle Neese. Honorable mention, Medford High School. Ethan Ngo, Medford High School Scholastic Writing Award, Honorable Mention. Zachary Pailillo, Scholastic Writing Award, Honorable Mention. Zachary. Lauren Carziali, Honorable Mention, Medford High School. Mikayla Rothemel, honorable mention. Galactic Writing, Mecca High. These are the art recipients. Okay. Would you like to do a little intro? You can stay there, we'll do you next. Would you like to do a little intro?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you very much. We have Carly Roy, Honorable Mention, Scholastic Honor Award.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Did you hear that? Great last name. Laura Pladowitz, Honorable Mention, 2016-17. Dari Agbra, Honorable Mention. Georgia Voter-Newton, Honorable Mention. She also played Hillary in the presidential debate at Medford High School that I was lucky enough to attend. Kylie Truong, Honorable Mention. Wendy Vong, Honorable Mention. Elyse Turner, Silver Key, in honor of Invention.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay. Buttball, science fair. All right, we're gonna move to the Model United Nations. Is that okay, or would you prefer something? That's fine. That's good? Okay. I can do that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If we could have everyone line up along this window. Preferably alphabetical, but. First up, Young Ahn, Exemplary Participation, Model UM. Emmeline Antunes, Exemplary Participation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Rhiannon Arnold, Exemplary Participation. Rhiannon. Great job, congratulations. Oh, you have another one. Best position paper, Rhiannon. Rhiannon. Kayla Beardsley, exemplary participation. Georgia Bowden-Newton, exemplary participation. Congratulations. Maria Kamona, Exemplary Participation. And Best Negotiator as well. Nice job.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thanks. Congrats. Abigail Klein, Exemplary Participation. and Model United Nations Rising Leaders Award, Best Negotiator and Yield Bound. Are you going to Yale? Yeah. Where are you going to? Quinnipiac. Oh, Quinnipiac Bound. Congratulations. Ailish Fallon, Exemplary Participation. Nope. Christian Gotti, Exemplary Participation. Christian? No. Did I say it wrong? Samuel Graves, Exemplary Participation. Anne Best, Position Paper. Sean Green, Exemplary Participation. Lucy Hines, Exemplary Participation. Best Negotiator. UMass Boston Bound. Camilla Hollingsworth, Exemplary Participation. Jordan Iankiev, Exemplary Participation. Congratulations, Jordan. Thank you. And best public speaker. Najma Jama, exemplary participation. Joshua Jen Renee, exemplary participation. Isaiah Jones, exemplary participation. Best public speaker as well. Carson Kurtz-Rossi, Exemplary Participation. Sophia Leggio, Exemplary Participation. Evan Marks, Exemplary Participation. Abigail McCarthy, Exemplary Participation. Scott McGoldrick, Exemplary Participation. Tegan Mustone, Exemplary Participation. Iragi Nakira, Exemplary Participation. And Best Negotiator. Yield Bound. Finally I found the one. Yield Bound. Congratulations. Tyler Myang, Exemplary Participation. Northeastern. Lydia Ryan, Exemplary Participation and Assessment. Best Negotiator. Model UN Rising Leaders. Andrew Sorrow, Exemplary Participation. Simran Singh, Exemplary Participation. And Best Position Paper. Dominic Terranova, exemplary participation. Ryan Thorn, exemplary participation. Best position paper also. Satya Vaut, Exemplary Participation. Satya? Lina Ziyan, Exemplary Participation. Very good. Other side. Those are the extras.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. We have the State Geography B-Finals. Great. Medford Public Schools. We have Amin Nazi. Amin? No?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Shout out to Amin. All-State High School Journalist, would you like to do that? Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Kylie Roy, Allstate High School journalist. She's also quite the photographer, if anyone's wondering. Yes. Congratulations, Carly. What an accomplishment. Very proud of you. Kudos. National History Day? Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice, great job. Antonia Collins, exemplary participation and honorable mention. Jack Egan, exemplary participation. Jack? Only one honorable mention. That's very difficult to do. Congratulations. Maya Gomez-Pultas, exemplary participation. Hi, Maya. John N. Tapa, Exemplary Participation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Stand a bit, stand a bit, sorry. Congratulations. And an honorable mention. Jessica Taddeo, exemplary participation. Christopher Walsh, exemplary participation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the winner is, Phaedra Martin, second place. Ms. Excellent. Thank you very much for all the students that came up and all the teachers that mentored them throughout this whole process. We are so very lucky to have you in our school system. So thank you all for that segment. And now we're going to move to science. Oh, Ms. Van der Kloot. Congratulations, Phaedra.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you, Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay. I believe Mr. Cieri is in the audience. There he is. We're gonna do the Medford High School Science Fair Awards next.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, excellent. Would the science fair recipients like to line up, just to make it a little easier for you? Albert Farrar, Freshman-Sophomore Panel, 2017. First place. Darwin Do, Freshman-Sophomore Panel, second place. Ethan Medeiros, freshman, sophomore panel, second place. Lauren Brown, freshman, sophomore, third place. Tiago Andre, freshman, sophomore. Honorable mention, Tiago. Winnie Standovin, freshman, sophomore panel. Honorable mention. Jessica Taddeo, freshman, sophomore panel. Honorable mention. Joseph Farah, Junior Senior Panel, first place. Valentina Luma, second place, Junior Senior Panel. Bernifka St. Jean, junior senior panel, second place. Hi, how are you? Senior. Carson Kurtz-Rossi, junior senior panel, third place. Laura Schmidt, junior senior panel, third place, Laura. Scott Ranjanathan, junior senior panel, honorable mention. Leora Ferrari, Junior Senior, Honorable Mention.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Next up, we have the Bot Ball Tournament winners. You'll see a theme happen here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Our first recipient is Ms. Barbara Chin, advisor. How'd you do? Nice job. Would you like to say a few words? Would you like to speak?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Matthew Avella, Outstanding Performance at the 2017 Spotball Tournament. Benjamin Candy, Outstanding Performance. Joseph Ara, Outstanding Performance. That's a little different. Maria Gailback, outstanding performance. Scott McGoldrick, outstanding performance. Congratulations. I don't know where my hands are. Scott Ranjanathan, Outstanding Performance. Thank you. Charles DePalma, Outstanding Performance.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Darwin Doe, Outstanding Performance. Ethan Medeiros, Outstanding Performance. Emily Tan, Outstanding Performance. Gabriel Crowell, Outstanding Performance. Albert Farah, Outstanding Performance. Congrats. Margaret Tseng, outstanding performance. Marcinus Van Schor, Ph.D. in recognition of support of the 2016-2017 M.H.S. Robotics Team. Is Mr. Van Schor here? Ms. Joy? Ms. Devanshore? No, she's not here. Very good, congratulations. Absolutely, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And we have to send a thank you to the parents, of course. Without their support, some of these things would not come to fruition. So thank you parents out there and everyone who has raised a child. Now we'll revert to the regular order of business. Is there a motion by Ms. Mustone? I believe that's it. Is someone seconded? All those in favor? All those opposed? Approval of the minutes of May 1st, 2017. Approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Congrats. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. DiBenedetto. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Woodwind and brasswing, measure high, miscellaneous charges.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The last two items, last page. Zenia? Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a weird number, 112. It's like a grand capital account.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the second, motion for approval. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. approval of payroll motion for approval seconded by miss kunio all those in favor aye all those opposed motion passes report of secretary there is none report of committees committee of the whole may 10th 2017 mr. superintendent mayor and members of the committee this is the committee of the whole we held last uh... wednesday on the school council's it's here rather than read it in totality
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion as amended for the committee of the whole report. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much. Community participation. Is there anyone wishing to speak this evening? Anyone?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Reports of the Superintendent, Pre-Budget Report, English Language Arts. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Dr. Chiesa. Good evening again.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And a few of the students that came up this evening were whispering in the superintendent my ear that they had placed in the top 10. So they're very, very proud of that accomplishment.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any? There's a motion to receive and place on file this report. Is there any? Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: One question, Mr. Benedetto. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're welcome. We've already received and placed that on file. Now the Social Studies Pre-Budget Report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place on file by Ms. Cuno? Second. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much tonight. Thank you so much for this evening. Great job. Great job leading this department.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK, report on summer programs 2017. Mr. Superintendent?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Nelson?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're welcome. Ms. Vander Kloof.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, that's our summer recreation has a litany of programming You know sports camps some of the programs that you have we have similar camps that are going to be had and music camps There's quite a bit that's going to be in the catalog and it went to print today So we're hoping to have it next week.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll be doing backpacks and it'll also be online. I
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just one last thing.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you. And they have a continuing college program? Yes. very good is there a motion on the floor to receive and place on file miss vandekloot has a question no i just noticed that in our uh... the form it says that the uh... summer fund program runs seven thirty p m to four thirty p m it just needs to be corrected just in the report thanks eagle eyes very good backwards back to the future there's a motion for approval offered by miss vandekloot seconded by miss kunio all those in favor aye all those opposed Papers received and placed on file. And our final report on English language learners newcomers program redistribution. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do you have any questions, miss? No? You're good?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could you address what happens in third grade when they've finished, let's say, a second grade newcomer?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Correct.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And they'll have a preference in that transfer.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK? Very good. That was my question. All righty. Is there a motion to receive in place on file? Mr. Skerry made the motion. Is there a second by Ms. Van der Kloot? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. We have one item of new business. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Reverend Edward Dowdy, Father Ed was the pastor of the Collaboration of St. Francis and St. Joseph Churches in Medford. If you could all please rise for a moment of silence on the passing of Reverend Father Dowding. Mr. Superintendent, a couple of announcements.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, graduation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This says 1130.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 11 o'clock, okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Cugno, did you have a comment?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All righty. Motion to adjourn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present, seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Item one, approval of amended minutes of April 3rd, 2017. Motion for approval by Ms. Cugno, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? All those opposed? April 3rd meeting?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They have ordered them. We just don't have a date of delivery yet. Oh, great. Thank you. Approval of the minutes of April 24, 2017. Motion for approval. Motion for approval by Ms. Discari, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills. Transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of the secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Report of committees. None. Community participation. Hearing and seeing none. Report of the superintendent, report on Connors Scholarship Program. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Disceri?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It is wonderful. Very good. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to receive in place on file? Motion to receive in place on file. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on class of 2017 college university acceptances.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 7 to 9? 7 or 9?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think there was 7 accepted, and there were multiple wait lists.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. There's a motion to receive and place on file by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Cunha. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Jensen. Report on opiate prevention grant. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Ms. Vento?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Excellent work. Thank you. Thank you so much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They do work very closely now.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I just, just want to add a couple of comments that I just heard at the start. It's, it's way beyond a start. We've been spending a lot of money, a lot of commitment to this topic from the city perspective. And I know that Penny and her team, there's quite a few that are part of her team now, and they do outreach, they do coaching, they connect people with beds if need be to get them in for treatment, and the post. So there's a lot going on, and I know you've been working closely with them as it is, so keep up the good work. Thank you. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can she just finish? Yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The police chief has been having community meetings the first Wednesday of every month, ongoing for forever. He's done differently now. He's actually going into the neighborhoods to host them. So people, a little more localized, but I believe it's Wednesday night at 6 at the senior center.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right, a motion to receive this report and place on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Recommendation to approve school committee meeting schedule for the school year 17-18. Superintendent. It's in front of you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a motion on the floor for approval, seconded by Ms. Mustone. Roll call. Ms. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Recommendation to reject school choice for year 17-18. Motion for approval by Ms. Vanden Heuvel, seconded by Ms. Cuno. Roll call. Roll call vote, please. So this report we commissioned earlier this year to get us a robust look at our network and all the infrastructure that's necessary to support
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We would still have to come back for a formal vote in any case. And then send it for an appropriation paper to the city council. Is there a motion? Mr. Benedetto. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: When is the application due?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Not funding approval. Correct.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We could go in with an estimate to the council to get the bulk. We could do that if we wanted to just secure it a little earlier than later. Correct.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It looks really low for the most part, besides the McGlynn. Something's missing. Point of information, Ms. Pugno. But even the high school 7% is tremendously something could we talk to the tech edge people?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That might be easier. Bring them to a school committee meeting versus a committee in the hall.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to table the report until Tech Edge can come in.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Christine, do you want a formal vote? Maybe it's a good idea.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to submit a formal request to the federal government? So moved by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you, Kirsten. Pre-budget report, building and grounds.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Miss Mustone. Thanks, Mayor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would it be going over the asbestos?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You have to video that, John.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: From the outside.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have pretty much nailed down the city side of things. We're waiting to have another committee of the whole to finalize the school side of everything. But as far as Freedom Way goes, I'm having the engineering department looking at seeing if we can create it as a public way, because then it's applicable for Chapter 90 funding. So I have Cassandra Koudelidis working on that as we speak. Because if we can get that, then we could get that whole. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can I just finish it up, please?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Fine tuning it. Pretty soon. OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yep.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. We have a citizen. Name and address for the record, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, capital is bondable money.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Free cash could be used for some maintenance items or budget, but you can't take a loan order out for a maintenance item.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, the superintendent's fine-tuning the plan for the school side, and once we get that, then we'll develop the dollars that are needed, and then we'll try to put together the puzzle of money to pay for it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion to accept the pre-budget report as reported? So moved by Mr. Benner, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Report on state proposed budget for the fiscal year 18, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Limited.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It impacts the pie. It impacts the pie.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? So moved. Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Negotiations and legal matters, none. Right. On the back, we have school committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Irene Hagee. Mrs. Hagee was the mother of Carolyn Hagee, former administrative assistant to the superintendent and secretary to the school committee. And we have another item in the addendum. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Ahmed Azizi. Mr. Azizi was a former Medford Public Schools custodian. Could all please rise for a moment of silence. Is there a motion to adjourn? Ms. Vandekloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present, seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Item one, approval of amended minutes of April 3rd, 2017. Motion for approval by Ms. Cugno, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? All those opposed? April 3rd meeting?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They have ordered them. We just don't have a date of delivery yet.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Approval of the minutes of April 24, 2017. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills. Transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of the secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Report of committees. None. Community participation. Hearing and seeing none. Report of the superintendent, report on Connors Scholarship Program. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Disceri? No.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It is wonderful. Very good. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to receive in place on file? Motion to receive in place on file. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on class of 2017 college university acceptances.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think there were seven accepted and there were multiple wait lists. Okay, so we're still waiting to hear on this.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, I think it's been a while since that's happened. Very good. There's a motion to receive and place on file by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Cunha. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Jensen. Report on opiate prevention grant. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Ms. Bento?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Excellent work. Thank you. Thank you so much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They do work very closely now.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I just want to add a couple of comments that I just heard at the start. It's way beyond a start. We've been spending a lot of money, a lot of commitment to this topic from a city perspective. And I know that Penny and her team, there's quite a few that are part of her team now, and they do outreach, they do coaching, they connect people with beds if need be to get them in for treatment, and the post. So there's a lot going on. I know you've been working closely with them as it is, so keep up the good work. Thank you. Thank you. Good grant.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The police chief has been having community meetings the first Wednesday of every month, ongoing for years and years and years. What he's done differently now is he's actually going into the neighborhoods to host them. So people, a little more localized, but I believe it's Wednesday night at 6 at the senior center.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right, a motion to receive this report and place on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Recommendation to approve school committee meeting schedule for the school year 17-18. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a motion on the floor for approval, seconded by Ms. Mustone. Roll call. Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Recommendation to reject school choice for year 17-18. Motion for approval by Ms. Vanden Heuvel, seconded by Ms. Cuno. Roll call. Roll call vote, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Report on TechEdge technology study. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If my colleagues are, we would still have to come back for a formal vote in any case and then send it for an appropriation paper to the city council.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion? Mr. Benedetto. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: When is the application due?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Not funding approval.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We could go in with an estimate to the council to get the bulk. We could do that if we wanted to just secure it. Correct.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It looks really low for the most part, besides the McGlynn. Something's missing. Point of information, Ms. Pugno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But even the high school 7% looks tremendously low.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That might be easier. Bring them to a school committee meeting versus a committee in the hall.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to table the report until Tech Edge can come in. Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Christine, do you want a formal vote to submit? Maybe it's a good idea.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to submit a formal request to the federal government? So moved. So moved by Ms. Vanden Heuvel, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you, Kirsten. Pre-budget report, building and grounds.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Galston, the $200,000 that you're adding to the budget this year, is that going to be annually from this point on?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would it be going over the asbestos?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You have to video that, John.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, no, no, from the outside.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have pretty much nailed down the city side of things. We're waiting to have another committee of the whole to finalize the school side of everything. But as far as freedom way goes, I'm having the engineering department looking at seeing if we can create it as a public way because then it's applicable for check to 90 funding. So I have a Cassandra could lead us working on that as we speak because if we can get that, then we could get that whole. road done. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So finishing up fine tuning pretty soon.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yep.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. We have a citizen. Name and address for the record, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, the superintendent's fine-tuning the plan for the school side. And once we get that, then we'll develop the dollars that are needed. And then we'll try to put together the puzzle of money to pay for it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion to accept the pre-budget report as reported? So moved by Mr. Benner, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Report on state proposed budget for the fiscal year 18, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Limited.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It impacts the pie.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? So moved. Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Negotiations and legal matters, none? On the back, we have school committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Irene Hagee. Mrs. Hagee was the mother of Carolyn Hagee, former administrative assistant to the superintendent and secretary to the school committee. And we have another item in the addendum. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Ahmed Azizi. Mr. Azizi was a former Medford Public Schools custodian. If you could all please rise for a moment of silence. Motion to adjourn. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good afternoon. Medford is proud to support Team HEMO at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, June 4th. Our community has come together to raise awareness and join in the fight against pediatric cancer. I'm buzzing my hair for kids with cancer.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm buzzing my head for kids with cancer.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Alright guys, I'm gonna pray tonight. Let's give one more round for the audience before we leave. Alright, I'm just gonna take out my competition now. The only competition I have, David Pagliaro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good afternoon. Medford is proud to support Team HEMO at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, June 4th. Our community has come together to raise awareness and join in the fight against pediatric cancer. I'm buzzing my hair for kids with cancer.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Seven present. None absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Prior to the commencement of the meeting, under the open meeting law, the chair must announce to all attendees in the audience that this meeting is being filmed, and I just want to make you aware of that. Thank you. Approval of minutes of March 20, 2017. There's a motion on the floor for approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval. Motion for approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Report of secretary. Report of committees.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We do not have a set date when we will be doing our ribbon cutting. However, we do anticipate the contract to be completed at the end of April. However, as people are aware, there's generally a punch list that goes with those. So once we finish off the punch list, then we will determine a date.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That is not school committee purview.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Report of superintendent. Report on SBIRT program. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Very good. Ms. Van der Kloot, did you have a question on this?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Vento. There's a motion on the floor to receive and place this paper on file by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Ms. Mustone has made a motion for suspension of the rules to take a paper out of order. Motion for approval on suspension of the rules. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Suspension is granted. It's old business. It's the report on safe routes to school program. We are really, really proud to announce that the Brooks School has received a $920,000 grant for Safe Routes to School. They have been working on this project for the last, I think, four years, if I'm correct. And they've worked very, very hard to demonstrate the activity in the school, the need to get kids walking, the safety routes to get to school as well. So they've been really, really busy working on this and we were so very proud to receive the letter from the Commonwealth of Mass, Department of Transportation, that we have been awarded this. I know we have some parents in the audience that worked very, very hard that we would like to come up and say a few words about this and then we can say thank you for all of your efforts. So Liz, would you like to come up? Liz and your daughter?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could, Sarar is the Director of Mass in Motion for the City of Medford, so she gets involved with a lot of walking issues, healthy eating issues. She does a lot of different things in the community, so we're very, very happy for all of her efforts as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So, Sarah will be reaching out to all of the schools to get them on board, to get them really motivated to take on this task. And you did apply in 14, and we were just notified now. And when the state came out, they did a full assessment of the area of the Brooks School, and literally from Placeton Road, down Placeton, all the way up to the Winthrop Street Rotary. So they looked at a wide expanse of where all the kids are coming from. And the report is amazing, the detailed work that they put together. But they will be expanding. We're doing the Complete Streets project right at Alston and High, right at the corner of the Brooks. And they're going to be expanding it up to Woburn Street and further down into the square. So they're taking on some of the things that we're not able to do right now. But $920,000 is a fabulous grant. So thank you so much, Liz and your team. Great job. Maybe you can steal Liz and take her to some of your schools and she can show what she did.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So he was great in getting it started and now Principal Galussi will take it over and get it to completion. Great job. Thank you for coming in. Thank you very much. Do you have any questions? Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: DCR is not expanding their traffic guards. It's definitive.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll be reviewing that for the upcoming budget to see if there is room in any of the city-side budget or school-side budget.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's on the school side. That is on the city budget. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And Sarah's going to be going out to the other schools too, to try and motivate them a little bit more.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. On the motion to Ms. Cuno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. There's a motion on the floor to receive and place on file. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Motion to revert to the regular order of business. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? We are now back in business. Item two, report on automated external defibrillators. I'm sorry, Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion for suspension of the rules offered by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Suspension is granted. We are on item one. We have an addenda to the school committee. Recommendation to approve middle school New York trips. Please see attached report. There's a motion for approval by Ms. Discari. Is there a second by Ms. Van der Kloot? All those, motion?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You have a question? Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Miss Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please. Mrs. Cunha?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Senator Burke? Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. The motion passes. Have fun. Now, motion to revert to the regular order of business. All those in favor? All those opposed? Item two, report on automated external defibrillators. Ms. Vento, I think you already did your intro.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hello, Mr. Mangan. Thank you so much for being here tonight.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So do you want to do your song that you taught us at City Hall?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We were all trained by Armstrong on how to use this, but there's a time lapse between getting the defibrillator and actually the person that's in the room with them.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I want to thank Armstrong Ambulance for also assisting us on any call that we make to them. They're there to help us out. So thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It would require training.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They're trained in this mission, the AED.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second? Did you wish to speak on this?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And they all go to different fields.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor that funding take a place immediately if the superintendent can find the funds seconded by Ms. Mustone. Roll call vote, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. The motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Preferably more than that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to accept the report and place on file, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot, Ms. Cugno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you very much. Ms. Vento, on the motion. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion is granted. Pre-budget health services. Ms. Vento.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much. Are there any questions for Ms. Vento? Motion to receive and place this report on file by Ms. Cugno and by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Pre-budget foreign language.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And before you speak, we do have an addenda that was added in our packet on our desk tonight. If you could add it to this one.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But that changes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do they just teach one language, or do some teachers teach both?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. Very good. Ms. Van de Kloop.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Ms. DiCarlo, is there a motion on the floor to receive and place on file? Second. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion is granted. Thank you. Thank you. Pre-budget mathematics. Ms. Joy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion on the floor for motion to receive in place on file by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Cugno. All those in favor. All those opposed, motion passes. Thank you very much, Ms. Joy. Next up, report on personnel hiring September 1st, 2016 to March 29th, 2017. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Mr. Superintendent. There's a motion on the floor to accept by Mr. Benedetto. Is there a seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And actually, if I could just make an announcement from the floor. It's not related to schools. It's the big sweep is starting on Monday. So everybody, check your website. Sign up for the website to get alerts. Please sign up through the website. And just watch for your area when it's going to be covered, because there is ticketing and towing involved. And we know that's very expensive, but it's the only way we can get it done. So a shout out. It's starting next Wednesday. Thank you. Yep.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Superintendent. Ms. Vander Kloop.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: New business. School committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Stephen Honeycutt. Mr. Honeycutt was an active member of the community who served on the city's disabilities commission. He was a strong supporter of the Medford Public Schools. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Stephen DeVoe. Mr. DeVoe was the brother of former superintendent Phillip DeVoe. Mr. DeVoe was a 1964 graduate of Medford High School. Also be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Frank Loschuto. Loschuto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Loschuto was a former Medford Public Schools custodian for many years. And lastly, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Senator Kenneth Donnelly. Senator Donnelly lost his courageous battle with brain cancer this past Sunday. If we could all please rise and take a moment of silence on the passing of these individuals. Also, there's one other item. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses congratulations to Director of Pupil Services, Kathy Madaglio, on the birth of her first grandchild, Reese James McMahon. Reese is the son of social studies teacher, Dana McMahon. Congratulations, Ms. Madaglio. We all got to see beautiful pictures earlier, so congratulations. Enjoy every minute of that. I believe that is the final item on our agenda. There are no negotiations in legal matters. Motion to adjourn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Six present, one absent. All please rise and salute our flag.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Approval of the minutes of February 6, 2017. Motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? I'm sorry. Roll call vote.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Six in the affirmative, one absent. Motion passes. Approval of payrolls.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. DiBenedetto. Roll call vote.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes six in the affirmative one absent the motion passes report of secretary none report of committees committee of the whole meeting sure
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any questions from the floor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And I had done that. The playground equipment? The intercom in the playground?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Inside the school. OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you, miss. Correct. Their emotion to receive this report and place it on file. Motion for approval, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion is granted. Would a school committee member move suspension to take item nine out of order? Motion for suspension by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Disceri. All those in favor? All those opposed? Suspension is granted. Report on Medford High Ethics Bowl team achievements and recommendation to approve participation at National High School Ethics Bowl in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you like to say a few words first? Certainly. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you, Mr. Esner. Yeah, my pleasure. If we could have the students line up on the side here. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Tamar Brandeskrug, Exemplary Participation, Medford High School Ethics Bowl Team. Tamar? You can come up here, of course. Thank you. Are you going to call them by name? Yeah, by name. Hi, Tamar. How are you? Congratulations. Thank you. Congratulations. Tamar, congratulations. Come on. Maria Camona. We don't have an exit over here. I wish we did. That would be natural. Sean Driscoll Gomez.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Kudos to Sean. Yes. Raquel Fiorotti. Mary Nagos. Congratulations. Great job. Congratulations. Tenzin Riggson. Augusta Standeven.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If you guys could come up. On the motion, as seconded by Mrs. Curry. Roll call vote.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. You're going to North Carolina? One absent, motion passes. Mr. Eisen would like to say a few words on behalf of these wonderful students.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're very appreciative to all the work that you've put into this as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good luck and come back. Good luck. We're proud of you in any way, any way, shape, or form.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next up, community participation. I don't believe we have anything on the agenda for that. Okay. Report number one, recommendation to accept gift from Thomas Sutherland in memory of Jean Barry Sutherland. Mr. Superintendent, there's a motion on the floor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. I had the privilege of meeting with Mrs. Sutherland, and he's just so thrilled to be able to recognize her years of service to the city of Medbridge and Medford Public Schools, and especially the Columbus School, which was her home school. And she was there when the new schools were opened, and she was a staple in that community. So she's dearly missed, but this will provide a reflective area for the students, the parents, and teachers, I would imagine, and administrators to pay homage to her deeds. So we're very proud to be able to do this for them. And as soon as we have a date, we believe it's early April, but we'll let you know. Sure. Call the roll. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero on the negative. The motion passes. Item two, recommendation to approve school calendar, a school year 2017-18.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have built in this year, five?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Benedetto. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. Motion of approval. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Skerry. Roll call vote, please. Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Report on March 13th, 2017 professional development day. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to accept the report and place it on file by Mr. Benedetto. Is there a second? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Pre-budget report guidance department. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The question is whether or not it could be moved to the Andrews. To the Andrews.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'll set me up.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place this report on file? So moved by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're welcome.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Ms. Cuno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Jensen. We appreciate your being here. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You voted on that, correct? Yes. Ms. Vanderbilt, yes. Report on transgender student rights, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Superintendent. Motion to receive the report place it on file seconded by mr.. Kreatz all those in favor All those opposed both reports are placed on file Report on compliance with state defibrillation law so effective July 1 2018 all schools must have automated External defibrillators on-site the good news is we have them in every one of our schools and
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right, well then we need a list.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Benedetto. Ms. Van der Kloot, still speaking on this topic?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: miss, miss, you all set this fan clue, miss must own the nurses.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of information, Mr. Benedetto. Each floor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm strong is more than willing. I know in this building as well to train whoever wants to learn more than willing to train people Thank you, there's a motion on the floor offered by mr. Benedetto seconded by mr. Scary Roll call vote has been requested as well as Mia miss my stones question I actually forget what your question was I'm sorry The list by school and to also have a list posted next to the defibrillator. If it's checked every day and if it's signed off on. Maintenance. On the motion, roll call vote. Ms. VanDekloot. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Update report on elementary class size, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to accept this report and place on file by Ms. Disceri. Is there a second on the floor? Ms. Vandekloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Oh, I'm sorry. Mister Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And I appreciate that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that this report be received and placed on file. All those in favor. All those opposed. Motion passes. Recommendation to approve reasonable use policy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And on that motion as amended to accept this report that Mr. Skerry, is there a second? Yes. Second by Ms. Cuno. Roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero on the negative. The policy is approved. Negotiation in legal matters? None. Mr. Superintendent? Certainly. Mr. Scari, point of information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right, new business. School committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Roger Wint. Mr. Wint was the former Medford Public Schools Director of Building and Grounds. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Margaret Yerati. Ms. Yerati was the mother of Medford Public School's math teacher, Janet Forty. Be it resolved that the Medford Public School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of James Coughlin. Mr. Coughlin was a retired Medford Public School physical ed teacher. He was the husband of Paula Coughlin, a Kids' Corner preschool teacher. Also the mother of Chris Coughlin, who's one of our Medford police officers. And their other son, Mark, and Carrie, daughter. Ron Corbett, a Medford High School graduate, star athlete, pitcher, baseball player in Oakland as system. Is that what that is? Oakland A's system, I'm sorry. He's in the Suffolk Hall of Fame and the Medford High School Hall of Fame. Please all rise for a moment of silence in passing of these Medford residents and or teachers. A couple of announcements by the superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We received the other $100,000 grant from the other $100,000 grant, uh, bioscience and that the vocational and the high school bio.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you so much for your hard work on this. Oh, thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot. Oh, you're welcome. Very good. On the motion that we adjourn, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Six present, one absent. All please rise and salute our flag.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Approval of the minutes of February 6, 2017. Motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in, I'm sorry, roll call vote.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, six in the affirmative, one absent. Motion passes. Approval of payrolls.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval by Ms. Van De Kloet, seconded by Mr. DiVenedetto. Roll call vote. Yes, six in the affirmative, one absent. The motion passes. Report of secretary. None. Report of committees. Committee of the whole meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry. Mr. Skerry. Mr. Skerry. Mr. Skerry. Mr. Skerry. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry. Mr. Skerry. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The playground equipment? The intercom and the playground equipment?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Inside the school, okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, miss. Correct. Their emotion to receive this report and place it on file. Motion for approval, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion is granted. Would a school committee member move suspension to take item nine out of order? Motion for suspension by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Disceri. All those in favor? All those opposed? Suspension is granted. Report on Medford High Ethics Bowl team achievements and recommendation to approve participation at National High School Ethics Bowl in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Gaze, would you like to step up here so you can announce and then help give them out? Would you like to say a few words first? Certainly. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If we could have the students line up on the side here. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Tamar Brandeskrug, Exemplary Participation, Medford High School Ethics Bowl Team. Tamar? How are you? Congratulations. Thank you. Congratulations. Tamar. Maria Camona. Sean Driscoll Gomez Raquel Fiorotti Mary Nagos. Congratulations. Great job. Congratulations. Tenzin Rigzin. Augusta Standeven. Sebastian Tringali.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If you guys could come up. On the motion, as seconded by Mrs. Currie, roll call vote.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. You're going to North Carolina? One absent, motion passes. Mr. Eisen would like to say a few words on behalf of these wonderful students.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're very appreciative to all the work that you've put into this as well. And kudos to wonderful jobs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very nice. Very nice.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good luck, and come back. Good luck. We're proud of you in any way, any way, shape, or form. Thank you so much. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Next up, community participation. I don't believe we have anything on the agenda for that. Okay. Report number one, recommendation to accept gift from Thomas Sutherland in memory of Jean Barry Sutherland. Mr. Superintendent, there's a motion on the floor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Pritz. Roll call vote, please. Certainly.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. I had the privilege of meeting with Mrs. Sutherland, and he's just so thrilled to be able to recognize her years of service to the city of Medford and Medford Public Schools, and especially the Columbus School, which was her home school. And she was there when the new schools were opened, and she was a staple in that community. So she's dearly missed, but this will provide a reflective area for the students, the parents, and teachers, I would imagine, and administrators to pay homage to her deeds. So we're very proud to be able to do this for them. And as soon as we have a date, we believe it's early April, but we'll let you know. Sure. Call the roll. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero on the negative. The motion passes. Item two, recommendation to approve school calendar, a school year 2017-18.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have built in this year, five?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion of approval. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for approval by Ms. Van de Kloop, seconded by Mr. Skerry. Roll call vote, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Report on March 13th, 2017 professional development day. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to accept the report and place it on file by Mr. Benedetto. Is there a second? Second. By Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Pre-budget report guidance department. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The question is whether or not it could be moved to the Andrews. To the Andrews.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'll set me up. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place this report on file? So moved by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Ms. Cuno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Jensen. We appreciate your being here. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You voted on that, correct? Yes. Ms. Vanderbilt, yes. Report on transgender student rights. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Superintendent. Motion to receive the report, place it on file. Seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Both reports are placed on file. Report on compliance with state defibrillation law.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Benedetto. Ms. Vandekloot, still speaking on this topic?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thanks. Very good. Point of information, Mr. Benedetto. Each floor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We hope. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But Armstrong is more than willing, I know, in this building as well, to train whoever wants to learn. They were more than willing to train people that want to become certified. Okay, thank you. There's a motion on the floor of it by Mr. Benedetto seconded by Mr. Skerry. Roll call vote has been requested. As well as Ms. Stone's question. I actually forget what your question was, I'm sorry. The list by school and to also have a list posted next to the defibrillator if it's checked every day and if it's signed off on. Maintenance.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero negative. Motion passes. Update report on elementary class size, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to accept this report in place on file by Mr. Skerry. Is there a second on the floor? Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Oh, I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Almost across the board.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And I appreciate that. Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that this report be received and placed on file. All those in favor. All those opposed. Motion passes. Recommendation to approve reasonable use policy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And on that motion as amended to accept this report that Mr. Skerry, is there a second? Yes. Second by Ms. Cuno. Roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero on the negative. The policy is approved. Negotiation in legal matters? None, Mr. Superintendent? Certainly, Mr. Scari. Point of information?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They're tracking through a couple of years of revenue deposits to make sure they're in the proper program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right. A new business school committee resolution be resolved at the metric school committees expressed sincere condolences to the family of Roger Wint. Mr. Wint was the former Metro public schools director of building and grounds. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Margaret Yarrati. Ms. Yarrati was the mother of Medford Public School's math teacher, Janet Forty. Be it resolved that the Medford Public School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of James Coughlin. Mr. Coughlin was a retired Medford Public School physical ed teacher. He was the husband of Paula Coughlin, a Kids' Corner preschool teacher. Also the mother of Chris Coughlin, who's one of our Medford police officers. And their other son, Mark, and Carrie, daughter. Ron Corbett, a Medford High School graduate, star athlete, pitcher, baseball player in Oakland as system. Is that what the? Oakland A's system, I'm sorry. He's in the Suffolk Hall of Fame and the Medford High School Hall of Fame. Please all rise for a moment of silence in passing of these Medford residents and or teachers. A couple of announcements by the superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We received the other $100,000 grant from the Life Sciences for Robotic Gums and that the vocational and the high school
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you so much for your hard work on this. Oh, thank you. Miss Day.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Miss Van de Kloop. Very good on the motion that we adjourn all those in favor
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, again, mandatory in some cases, we've already made it. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor by Mr. Benedetto that the superintendent draft a policy in and out of state and it was seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot and also a line item by Mr. Skerry. On the motion for approval, all those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Motion to revert to the regular order of business we have before us community participation Miss Judy Lonigan of the Jingle Bell road race would like to discuss the funds raised and the funds to be distributed miss Lonigan And members of the Jingle Bell
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: National Honor Society.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We need the trophy. Keep pushing. We need the trophy. Okay, everybody, this way.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, at this time, we just want to thank the Jingle Bell Run committee. I know there's many of you. It takes a village to put this race on. So I thank you all for participating, sponsoring, walking, running. It was a great day. A lot of Medford people and beyond turned out. So I was really proud that day. And thanks to our DPWI police who kept everybody safe. And I look forward to next year.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're now going to take a two minute recess.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm actually not on the right way tonight.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We stand in a line. We stand in a line. We stand in a line.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We stand in a line. We stand in a line. We stand in a line. We stand in a line. We stand in a line. We stand in a line. We stand in a line. We stand in a line. We stand in a line. We stand in a line.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good night, everyone. Thanks for coming down.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to take the financial report out of order. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Item number five, the financial report for the Medford Public School System.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry, point of information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any other questions?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You want to see it roll over the account, correct? Were you waiting for her to roll it over?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can you call me tomorrow and let me know? Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's internal for the community schools, not through the user.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You encumber when you know what the amount is for the contract.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So if you look next month, that number should go down maybe $3,000 or something. You encumber it through the end of the year because you have a contract in place for that bus.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So why does this one, they set up a purchase?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to accept the report, place on file, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The motion passes. Thank you so much. Also, just a quick note, it does look like it's getting very, um, really bad outside. So I know there's some people in the audience that may travel some lengths to get home. So if we could just try to exercise. Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to take item number four report on school food service program out of order. Ms. Patterson. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval of the paper. Is there a second? A motion for approval of the right structure. Is there a second on the floor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Ms. Van der Kloot, did you wish to speak?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor. Seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. The grade structure is adopted for fiscal 18. Thank you. Thank you. OK. Also, while we're in suspension, item six, recommendation to approve science department enrichment trip. Mr. Seery. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to approve. The health policy that will be drafted, obviously, fiscally. This is for 18, February of 18.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to approve by Ms. Vanden Heuvel, seconded by Mr. Skerry. Roll call.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Abiding in the affirmative, zero in the negative, motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You too. Be safe on item one report on building bridges to kindergarten.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion to receive and place on file by Ms. Mustone, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Okay. We have a report of committees which correlate to our item for old business, which was on our last school committee agenda. We had a recommendation to formally approve the Medford High School, Medford Vocational Technical High School merger into one local education state code, LEA code, as you said during our meetings. And if we could also take the committee of the whole report from last week. We had Dr. Perrella and Dr. Riccio did a presentation last week describing the fundamental reasons for merging this LEA number and it has a host of benefits to us including some efficiencies, the ability to have one database for all students so that grading and scheduling can be done in one spot as opposed to people having to shift from one program into another. So there was a motion at our committee, the whole, that we adopt the merger of the two into the one LE number. And is there a motion to accept the committee report as presented?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good point. Mr. Skerry. Well, how did they agree with you? There's a motion to receive the committee report during that committee, the whole second seconded by all those in favor. All those opposed.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Roll call.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. I'm in the affirmative, zero in the negative. The motion to accept the committee report as filed is so adopted. I'm now on the recommendation to formally approve the merger into one local education state code by Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It should be efficiencies gained from it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good roll call vote on the formal acceptance of the combined LEA number for both schools.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. The motion passes. And thank you to Dr. Riccio and Perella for that informative session last week. Lastly, on reports, is the report on state fiscal year 2018 budget challenges. Mr. Superintendent?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is the motion to accept the report and place it on file?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The numbers should start to circulate out. We're expecting the cherry shoots, possibly midweek, and that kind of spells out the governor's idea of what we'll be getting. And then we wait for the house ways and means, really, is what we use for the budget to set our budget numbers. So they'll all be coming in stride.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is the motion to receive in place on file by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? The motion carries. We do have... We have some new business. New business, school committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee send its best wishes to former Medford High School headmaster, Salvatore Todaro, on the occasion of its 80th birthday. Happy birthday, Mr. Todaro. School committee resolution. Oh, I'm sorry. Motion for approval of that resolution.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion carries. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Charles Driscoll. Mr. Driscoll was a Medford High School boys hockey coach for many years. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Camille Lucci. Mrs. Lucci was the wife of the late Tony Lucci, owner of Medford Sporting Goods. The Luccis were generous supporters of the students in Medford for many years. Mrs. Lucci was the mother of former elementary teacher Debbie Ryan. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Katina Tina Houlihan. Mrs. Houlihan was the former secretary to Fire Chief McCabe and also the secretary of the Davenport Elementary School for many years. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Mary Gabrelas. Mrs. Gabrelas was the mother of Medford Public School teacher Wendy Anderson. Mary was also an active supporter of the Medford Public Schools for many years. And lastly, offered by Mr. Skerry, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Dominic Vincenzo. Mr. Vincenzo was active in civic affairs in Medford Youth Soccer, as well as the owner of Domenico's Cafe at Wellington Circle for many years. All please rise and take a moment of silence on the passing of these Medford residents. We have one announcement. I just want to make sure that we get this clear.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Tuesday the 25th, but we have the proper date.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The committee of the whole to discuss inclusion with Medford's special education path will be 6.30 in the superintendent's conference room at Medford High School on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, 6.30. And lastly, as you may be aware, this is public school week. So we have a proclamation we'd like to circulate to the members of the school committee. I could read it really quickly if you so choose. Whereas all children in the City of Medford should have access to the highest quality education possible. And whereas the City of Medford recognizes the important role that an effective education plays in preparing all students in Medford to be successful adults. And whereas quality education is critically important to the economic vitality of the City of Medford. And whereas the City of Medford is home to quality public schools for our children. Whereas public education not only helps to diversify our economy but also enhances the vibrancy of our community. Whereas the City of Medford has many high-quality teaching professionals who are committed to educating our children, and whereas public schools are celebrated across the country by millions of students, parents, educators, schools, and organizations to raise awareness of the need for effective public schools. Now, therefore, we, the Medford School Committee, Medford, Massachusetts, do hereby recognize January 22nd to the 28th, 2017, as the City of Medford Public Schools Week and call this observance to the attention of all our citizens. Is there a motion for approval? Motion for approval. By the whole school committee, motion for approval. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? The motion passes and we'll pass this around.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: One more announcement, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And also tomorrow night, we are starting forums to meet your city hall. It'll be at the library tomorrow night at 6 o'clock. And the finance group will be leading the discussion. And that includes the assessor, the auditor, the treasurer, as well as procurement officer. So if you have some time tomorrow night, Wednesday night, I'm sorry. We're really confusing tomorrow and Wednesday. It's Wednesday night at 6 at the library. We'll be at 6. So it's the same? We're 6.30 at the high school. And I just want to look up Sunday's location Motion to adjourn all those
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Superintendent and other estimates for the new school year.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion on the floor to request an estimate from various entities.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Generally, a paper goes to one committee, not to two. So if you send it to Building and Grounds, they could do their homework there with Mr. McLaughlin.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that the paper be seconded by Ms. Mostow, I'm sent to the Building and Grounds Subcommittee. Mr. Benedetto, did you wish to speak on this?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor, seconded by Ms. Mustone to move this paper into subcommittee building and grounds. All those in favor? Aye. Speak on this? Yes. Ms. Van der Kloot?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. On the motion, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Thank you, Ms. Rodriguez.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Public meeting it will be posted for 48 hours in compliance with open meeting. All right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good report of superintendent report on me see participation in superintendent search Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This time I really would like to thank the committee that got together to put together the survey led by Ms. Van der Kloot, Mr. Russo, Ms. Kreatz, formerly Ms. Cuno, also served prior to January, along with Jenny Graham, a parent who stepped up and actually put the brochure together and really nice looking brochure demonstrating the strengths of our community. So I just want to thank all of you for your hard work in such a tight little time frame. And if you do have any of the documents, including the survey, if you could get it to us so that we can get it to Glenn, so he can start to get them formalized and out the door.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: He is. He's going to actually put together focus groups for not only the citizenry at large but also internally for teachers and administrators. We will not be at the administrative meeting because they like to kind of do things with just him. But we certainly, he will be putting something on for the public as well as the school committee and the ultimate search committee as well to say like the do's and the don'ts. If certain questions are legal you cannot ask. So everyone needs to be apprised of that and stick to that because it's a discriminatory practice. So he will give us all guidance as we move along. And tomorrow I'll have a group of dates that shows when we think we're going to hit these milestones. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion to accept this report and place it on file? So moved. So moved. Sergiero? Ms. Kreatz? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. Recommendation to begin search for foreign language director, school year 18-19.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I spoke with the superintendent and asked that our diversity and inclusion director, Neil Osborne, be a part of the preliminary interviews.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There are motion to receive in places on file so moved by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Miss Van der Kloot. All those in favor. All those opposed?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Item three, report on DESE, Leading the Nation initiative. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to accept?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seconded. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on statewide accommodations for culturally responsive religious observances.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are you good? Motion to receive and place on file. Ms. Mustone, question?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that's report be placed on file. All those in favor. All those opposed. Motion has it. Thank you. Report on protocols for school closing due to inclement weather.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Or check the rooms before students are sent to them.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Ruggiero. Blinken. No. Second the motion by Miss Van der Kloot that this paper be sent to the curriculum subcommittee to investigate the desi findings on alternative ways of conducting school business on snow days or emergency days off. All those in favor. All those opposed. Motion passes. Item six, recommendation to adopt oversight guidelines for PTO slash PTG and other 501c3 organizations that support our public schools.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you like me to read them?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you like me to read them?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That doesn't change. That's not, that doesn't change. This would be an internal, this would be our internal registration.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm just curious what the registration form you imagined.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just let me continue, some of it will flush out. No, it'll come out. And then there could be questions at the end.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could just interject, I just asked you guys not to, but you don't know who you're going to go to at the beginning of your year. That happens over the course of the year. No, you generally. I don't know. You hit everybody, sometimes you focus on one, but it's dependent upon what you're trying to accomplish.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: making it available?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's like Friends of Baseball, Friends of Rowing, Friends of that do a lot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: make a motion this be tabled pending or send to a subcommittee if you I'd like to make a motion this be sent to the is it the rules subcommittee I'm on support services so I would certainly be happy to send it there that's okay
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Did you also wish to comment prior to calling? I did miss Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're at nines If I could just from the chair item two, I think it goes back to your question All registered organizations must submit bylaws names of officers and board members and then it says the annual fundraising Expenditure plans if that could just be an annual budget And at the end in a year-end financial statement, including the Form 990 in state filings. You have to do it to be a 990, to be a 501c3, you have to file with the state, and you also have to file with the IRS. So why not make it part of the package at the end of the year, they submit it to us. And then we have, everything's copacetic as far as filings. So if we could send this document as amended to the Rules Committee, which Ms. Kreatz will chair this year. There's a second on the floor by Ms. Van der Kloot. Motion by Mr. Russo. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion has it. Do you want me to list the amendments that were just now? You're all good? OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Your name and address, please, for our record.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there anyone else that would like to speak?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion, this has been, is there another individual that would like to speak?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're going to move this. We have a lot on our agenda tonight. Thank you so much for being here and giving your side. And we certainly will move forward with the committee on rules. The subcommittee will be looking at the policy and procedures going forward. next item up is item seven negotiations and legal matters. I asked someone to move suspension of the rules to move to the end of the agenda. Mr. Russo, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Negotiations will be at the end. Old business recommendation to adopt USDA revised required school lunch charge policy. As you know, in our committee of the whole last week, we asked Miss Patterson to make a few more adjustments to the policy. Tonight we have with us the final version, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor for approval offered by Miss Mustone, seconded by Miss Kreatz? Roll call vote on the policy change. We announced them in the Committee of the Whole and we'll publish the policy online as well. Also, during our Committee of the Whole, we voted in Executive Session to adopt a wage increase for our sub-cafeteria workers who are currently being paid $11 per hour. It will go up to $13 per hour. That paper has been moved out of Executive Committee and is before the body to adopt. Motion for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Mustone. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Communication recommendation to approve overnight field trip. We have an overnight. Let me see. I'm sorry. Ski trip with Tufts Mountain Club. The trip has been approved by the headmaster. This is from Medford High School and the required forms have been submitted and approved. Is there a motion for approval? have a motion. Motion for approval by Miss Crutz, Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, aren't we supposed to approve the trip before they can go to their students too?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor for approval of the trip by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Ms. Mastone? Roll call vote.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Have fun.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. All right, new business, school committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Karen Pirro. Mrs. Pirro was the mother of Medford High School Administrative Assistant Lisa Bowler. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Peggy Dunford. Ms. Dunford was the wife of vocational teacher Robert Drobnik. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Colleen Hallisey. Ms. Hallisey was the owner of Colleen's Ice Cream Shop and an active community participant. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Joseph McAdam. Mr. McAdam was the father of retired high school teacher John McAdam. If we could all, we have an addition.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Also condolences to on the passing of Joseph Nevada who is the husband of Angela. Was a retired school department employee all please rise for a moment of silence on the passing of these. Citizens. Thank you. That actually is the end of our meeting. We did have negotiations and legal matters, which were the cafeteria workers that we took a vote on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll amend requested reports. The fourth bullet down to be due February 28th or end of month.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I mentioned to mr. Shira earlier. I spoke to the superintendent earlier today about that the possibility of us going paperless with an iPad To do our work and in the same time when they're uploading the files for us They can upload it to a separate the school website for all to see what what the backup is to the agenda item So the superintendent I even work on that. Okay. I made a motion. Do we want to just officialize it? I
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll include that in the motion that this be moved to the community relations subcommittee on the motion. All those in favor. Aye. Opposed. Motion carries. Motion to adjourn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening, elected officials, clergy, Ms. Clayton, you who sung so beautifully, city and school employees, and fellow Medford residents. Thank you so very much for being here, and thank you to all of those watching from home. To the youth of our community who just recited the proclamation, you inspire us. You have been raised in a time of tolerance and compassion. You embrace the diversity of our city and our country. Remain vigilant. These are trying times for our nation, no matter our personal views. But as Tip O'Neill always said, all politics is local. We're together this evening as one city because we are strong and believe in writing this chapter together. The current state of the city of Medford is summed up in three words, sound, stable, and sturdy. And as- As your mayor, I stand ready to work with you to chart a new course into an even greater tomorrow. It seems like the inauguration was just yesterday when we, as a community, collectively said, it all starts today. Well, since that day, much time has been spent among our residents, business owners, and staff working in collaboration with one another and elected officials on all levels of government to have a high-level dialogue to renew and improve our city. And I am very proud of the work done thus far, because it continues today. And I'd like to start with a focus on our finances, because a sound financial foundation is the catalyst for continuing our progress. The city's unemployment rate on 12-31 was 2.3 percent, compared to Boston's 2.5. Medford dropped from 3.7 percent this past June. Our bond rating is AA from Standard & Poor's and AA3 from Moody's, high-quality ratings. Average single families' homes are assessed at 476,000, and Medford has a stable housing market. We closed out fiscal 16 with free cash of $9.7 million. This is our city's rainy day fund. And since last February, Treasurer Irwin has aggressively pursued tax title cases, having collected $1.9 million, thus far compared with— Compared with 900,000 the previous year, the treasurer and assessor are implementing the Community Preservation Act, CPA, which was passed by the Medford voters this past November of 15 and went into effect on July 1st of 16. We project fiscal 17 collections to estimate $1.2 million, which will be available for use beginning in July. Its purpose is for affordable housing, open space, and historic preservation initiatives. We are accepting applications until February 12th for the four at-large appointments to the Community Preservation Commission. We have reinvented the senior work-off abatement program, allowing 35 seniors to earn up to $1,500 in abatements during this current fiscal year. This successful program This successful program was a win for us seniors, it was a win for City Hall, and it was a win for the residents as a whole. Thank you so, so much for your dedication to the city. Thank you, Ruth and Vivian. The roles included assisting in early voting, which we got 20,000 people to early vote this year, greeting people at city hall, handling the mail and other tasks. We're looking to open up the program again to new seniors starting April 1st. In addition to this abatement, the city offers many statutory exemptions for seniors and veterans. I will also be forwarding a request to the city council to raise the exemption levels by 50% for veterans and seniors in the coming months. We are also working with the State Division of Local Services to review the owner-occupied exemption calculation. We know there's a fundamental flaw in it, and we're going to work with our partners at the state to try and correct it, at least for Medford, if not for the whole Commonwealth. So the focus on finances continues today. In March, our community signed on to the Governor's Community Compact, which is a commitment to best practices. Through this compact, we are pursuing two major initiatives that directly impact the quality of life in our city. The first is Complete Streets. Complete Streets changes the thought process when performing road projects. It provides equal weight to all modes of transportation, whether it be walking, biking, wheelchairs, transit, as well as motor vehicles. We were awarded a $400,000 grant from the state to implement this strategy. This funding will allow us to focus on six projects that will provide the reconfiguration of intersections, pedestrian signals, bike lanes, signage, and crosswalk enhancements. The Complete Streets team, led by our engineer, Cassandra Koudelidis, We'll be holding forums the next two Wednesday nights to review the plan so the construction can begin in the spring. One such project is a major reconfiguration of Tufts Square. The second compact item is the Medford Square revitalization plan. We have received $90,000 from the State Technical Assistance Grant and the Barr Foundation Grant to facilitate the planning process. Director Lauren DiLorenzo has spearheaded public meetings, which provided great input and feedback. In March, we will be ready to move forward and ensure that this planning comes to fruition. In coordination with this process, I am very, very proud to make an announcement tonight that the Rudra Hospitality Group has closed on the property at 101 George B. Hassett Drive, just next door to us. They will be applying to construct a 124-room Premier Brand hotel with a sky bar and a 350-seat rooftop function room. This $25 to $30 million investment will create 200 construction jobs, an estimate 50 permanent jobs, and projected tax revenues just at construction cost, not value, Mr. Assessor, is $600,000 per year to start. I want to thank the team that includes John Veneziano of ERA Andrew, Realtors, and the Rudra Group for working with us to be the first domino to fall in the revitalization of Medford Square and trusting in this city's vision and process. Thank you very much to the group, John and the Rudra. I know you're here. The end. Thank you. The city was also awarded a land and water grant of $250,000 that will match city money to reimagine the Riverside Plaza adjacent to the burial grounds in Medford Square. We envision this multi-purpose space to act as a common of sorts for our community events. As Vince Lombardi said, individual commitment to a group effort, that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. It is this commitment by my transition teams, citizens, city employees, and elected officials on all levels of government that has fostered this cooperative effort. Economic development and development in general is necessary to maintain a financially strong municipality. Prop two and a half without new growth barely covers contractual obligations, let alone health and pension costs. We rely on new growth to be able to augment services, such as offering a year-round recreation program that is being recommended by our focus group, which Councilor Scott Peli is spearheading with a group of committed residents. Thank you, George. With the housing shortage forecast from the state, we must continue to invite varied housing opportunities in our community. And I applaud Councilman Knight, Chair of the Zoning Subcommittee, for work toward revising some outdated zoning ordinances on our books. To assist in this process, we have applied for a technical assistant grant with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, specifically for the Mystic Avenue Corridor. Thank you, Adam. So economic development continues today. And while we stress economic development, we cannot forget the richness that the creative economy brings to our city. The Chevalier Theater is the gem of our community and adds tremendous value from cultural events, musical performances, and much, much more. And while the first request for proposal, or RFP in our world, for management of the theater was deemed non-responsive, we have formed a new evaluation team. It is comprised of three members of the commission and three members from City Hall to craft a new RFP, which is nearly complete. We learned a great deal from the first round, and we will use this to select a partner that will invest in the infrastructure of this historic gem while managing it with a focus on partnerships with local businesses and organizations. Speaking of organizations, as a community, we are so very blessed to have entities such as Medford Arts Council, Cachet, Mystic Makerspace, Mackey, the Farmer's Market, Chamber of Commerce, Brooks Estate Land Trust, and the Human Rights Commission. You enrich our being every day. And I... I thank you for the selfless work you do each and every day to embrace and promote our creative, historic, and cultural perspectives. We also want to thank those that served on the library building committee led by Barbara Kerr, our library director, and our president, Rick Caraviello. Proud to say we have submitted the grant to the state for library funding, quite an accomplishment in such a short amount of time. And also, I ask you, how do we make you aware of all the things we're doing? First, we have created linguistic capability to have ConnectCTY, better known as hashtag Barry called, to reach out to the community via phone, text, and email in 11 different languages. Thank you, Diane McLeod, for spearheading that. Thank you. We are on Facebook. Twitter, and of course, the web. Second, public access will be back on the airwaves by late spring. The studio is being constructed at the front of Medford High School, where we will get a double bang for our buck. The students will learn media tech during the day, while the public will have access during the evenings. Who better to tell the stories of Medford than you, the citizens of Medford? Thank you, Mayor Mike McGlynn, for leading this. Bringing arts and culture to the forefront continues today. This winter, I signed on to the Metro Mayors Mitigation Compact to become carbon neutral region-wide by 2050. This raises This raises environmental consciousness with every decision the City makes going forward. To this end, we initiated the process last fall to purchase the streetlights that are owned and managed by National Grid, with the goal to convert to LED over the summer. We anticipate savings in electricity usage, thus reducing environmental emittances. And based on direct maintenance by us of the lights, there will be a less than 5-year payback from converting to LED. In addition, In collaboration with the City Council, we are experimenting with increased lighting in Medford Square for our decorative lights. Once finalized, we will fully install for a safer streetscape in our square. Our Office of Environment has been hard at work to receive the following grants for additional projects. $250,000 grant from the Stanton Foundation to build a dog park at Riverbend Park, which will be built this spring. And thank you, PAWS4. A grant from the Mass Coastal Zone Management for $125,000 to build the city's first green infrastructure to naturally clean stormwater before it flows into the Mystic. This is a partnership with the Mystic River Watershed Association, or MIRA as we refer to it. a partnership grant for the Clippership Connector from DCR to design and engineer the half-mile multi-use path between Medford Square and Riverbend Park. This is in partnership with Block Medford and Myra and a generous donation from Wegmans for $23,000. Thank you, Wegmans. They're not even in our city and they're already contributing to these wonderful things. So we're very lucky to have them coming and they expect construction to end by next October, November timeframe. We received a green community grant, another green community grant for 250,000. That's for LED lighting in our schools, which will be installed over the next few weeks. These grants would not be possible without the hard work of the team in the energy and environment under the leadership of Alicia Hunt. Alicia recently received the Mystic Municipal Leadership Award from the Mystic River Watershed Association. Thank you very much, Alicia, for all your hard work. And I also want to thank Eagle Scout candidate Calvin Lambert. I believe he's in the audience. Calvin. He's working with our environmental office and our Department of Public Works to build bridges around Wright's Pond for sensitive areas. So thank you very much, Calvin, for your efforts. Lastly, we have created the Go Green Medford Coalition, which will be an umbrella entity for all sustainability-minded groups in Medford to coordinate activities and track outcomes. Environmental focus continues today. As chairperson of the Medford School Committee, working with committee members, administration, and faculty, our public schools continue to make great achievements. Examples include. increased access to career and technical education for Medford students. The integration of Medford High and Medford Voc Tech has enabled our students to simultaneously participate in both rigorous academics and occupational exploration skill development. Nine new Chapter 74 technical programs are now available. Thank you, Heidi, Riccio, and the superintendent. Enrollment of ninth grade students in career tech education has doubled under her leadership. We've also secured over $1 million in new grants to revitalize our vocational technical learning environment, and we've also captured out-of-district tuitions and generated new sources of regionalized revenue to support expansion of educational opportunities for our youth. We have maintained a comprehensive curriculum that provides a full range of core academic subjects and specialized electives. Medford offers 16 advanced placement courses, among the most in the area, as well as a full complement of art, music, technology, foreign language, and health education programs. Thank you, Mr. Superintendent. and members of the school committee. We have two standout Medford students with us tonight, Joseph Farah and Ketty Toussaint. Joseph, a Medford High School senior, took first place at the Massachusetts State Science and Engineering Fair in developing scientific models, while Ketty graduated last spring from Medford Tech and is currently enrolled at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Services. As an immigrant from Haiti, she left her homeland at the age of 11 with her dad. She worked hard to learn the English language and excelled in her technical program. Ketty also earned college credit through a dual enrollment program at Bunker Hill Community College. Both of these young adults demonstrate the Medford Public Schools advantage, MPS advantage, in our commitment to you. We have introduced before school programs at our elementary schools, while after school programs are growing exponentially. They provide substantial coverage and constructive activities for students after regular hours. We are enhancing our programs and activities to provide inclusive opportunities for all students. In order to accomplish this, substantial professional development with an emphasis on social and emotional learning in our schools has been made. We have added counseling and behavior support staff to our teams. Lastly, we're recognized by the National School Board's Journal for School Security Practices. We have tightened security at all schools by adding staff and the Raptor ID system. Investments in our school children continue today. Augmented security measures at our schools would not be possible without collaboration with our public safety professionals. Safety is a core component to an individual's comfort in and desire to be in a community. We have invested in state-of-the-art self-contained breathing apparatus for our firefighters and a second set of turnout gear. Thank you, Medford City Council for voting that last night, for supporting this initiative. These are to provide the most current apparatus for firefighters' safety and ultimately for your safety. Nine new firefighters graduated the academy last month and one entered this past Monday. We are working hard to keep up with retirements by accelerating the civil service process. Kudos to our Board of Health for receipt of a seven-year, $100,000 per year grant from the Mass. Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse to provide opiate abuse prevention services for six cities and towns in our area. We all understand the impact this drug has on our society, and we are making every effort to raise awareness, erase the stigma, and provide assistance for those suffering from addiction, as well as support for their families. We have formed a team approach under Mary Ann O'Connor, who recently came to us in the last several months, for our prevention and outreach. We have an outreach manager, a recovery coach. We work with Lawrence Memorial Hospital and the Police Department. Every life matters, and we thank our police and firefighters for volunteering to administer Narcan in this cause. And while we are not declared a trust act city, be assured that our police department protocols do not allow for profiling. Witnesses and victims are not asked about their immigration status. So be sure, and that's the way it is. If you would ask me what the question posed to me most often, I would have to say it's when are we getting a new police station? I hear it day in and day out. And today, just this morning, I announced that we will be submitting a loan order to the city council next week on February 14th, requesting funds to commission an architect to begin the plans for a new station. We have turned this city upside down looking for a new location. We've toured commercial spaces. We've contacted property owners. Property owners have contacted us. And in the end, the right location, with no land costs and no relocation during construction, is the current site of the training facility on Main Street. The current facility will be demolished, and the proposed 35,000-square-foot, three-story new construction will house all amenities of the state-of-the-art resilient headquarters, including deserved equal space for our female and male officers, technology upgrades, and, most importantly, safe interior space for our offices' well-being. Public safety investments continue today. In conclusion, this city of ours, this great city of ours, continues to move forward on a foundation built on dialogue. A dialogue that echoes in this building, allowing the voices of all residents to be heard with an attitude of inclusion and fairness. A dialogue of renewal, where creative and imaginative ideas are brought forward to better the quality of life in our city. A dialogue that resonates with the message that Medford is on the move, embracing a future of possibilities, embracing a future of hope. On this night, in our beautiful city hall, and I say that the state of our city is sound, it is stable, and it is sturdy. And as your mayor, I stand as committed as ever to foster this dialogue with you as we continue to cultivate a city on which we can be partners in progress. God bless Medford, the Commonwealth, and the United States of America. Thank you all very much for being here this evening, and good night, and be safe tomorrow with the upcoming blizzard. Thank you all very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And whereas the White Ribbon Day pledge states, from this day forward, I promise to be a part of the solution in ending violence against women and all gender-based violence.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Bydd y cyfarfod arbennig ar gyfer yr Ysgolwyr y Medfyrdd yn dod i'r cyfeiriad. Hwylwch y rôl, Ysgolwyr y Medfyrdd. Ysgolwyr Cynia.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ysgolwyr Devendetta. Ysgolwyr. Ysgolwyr. Ysgolwyr. Ysgolwyr. Ysgolwyr.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yr eitem cyntaf y busnes, y cyhoeddiad o'r munudau, 19.12.2016. A oes modd ar y fflwr? Mr. Skerry. Roeddwn i'n gobeithio ymdrechu'r wythnos diwethaf yn golygu Gene Barry, ac nid oedd yn y munudau, ac roeddwn i'n gobeithio ei fod yn
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Iawn, i'r blynyddoedd. Yn ymwneud â'r blynyddoedd? Iawn, i'r blynyddoedd. Yn ymwneud â'r blynyddoedd? Iawn, i'r blynyddoedd. Yn ymwneud â'r blynyddoedd? I'r blynyddoedd. Yn ymwneud â'r blynyddoedd? I'r blynyddoedd. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Benedetto. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second for the approval of bills transfer funds? Seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of payrolls? Motion for approval by Ms. Tisceri. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion passes. Report of secretary? None. Report of committees? None. Community participation? A oes unrhyw un sy'n gofyn i siarad? Nid oes unrhyw un. Yn ddiweddaraf i'r Cyfarwyddwr, ymrwymiad unrhyw un, ar gyfer cyfrifoldeb i'r cymdeithas MhS Robotics, Mr. Cyfarwyddwr.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Diolch yn fawr iawn. A oes cymorth i ddathlu'r ddadl? Cymorth i ddathlu gan Mrs. Van der Kloot a Mrs. Cuno. Cymorth i ddathlu gan Mrs. Van der Kloot a Mrs. Cuno. Cymorth i ddathlu gan Mrs. Van der Kloot a Mrs. Cuno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Cymorth i Item two, recommendation to approve MHS band trip to Orlando, Florida.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, there she is.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening. Good evening. Hi. Could you tell us a little bit about the trip?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mae'r ymarfer yn mynd hefyd?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mae'n i'r dyfodol iawn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry, rwy'n credu y byddwch chi'n ychydig. Mr. Benedetto, roeddech chi'n cael cysylltiad? Rydw i. Rwy'n meddwl, oherwydd rydych chi yma, ac rydw i ddim
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Rhaid i mi gael hynny o Ailey. Dydw i ddim yn siŵr am hynny. Felly, mae'r holl beth yn ymwneud â hyn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ac y peth arall yw bod,
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Diolch.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yn y cyfrifiad i'r cyfrifiad, gan Miss Van der Kloot a Miss Cunha. Gwneud y cyfrifiad, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes. Keep us posted. Okay, I will do. Thank you so much. Bye-bye. Good to see you. Congratulations, by the way. Thank you. Yn ystod y tri, arweinyddiaeth i ddefnyddio grant ar gyfer y gwasanaeth ar-leinwyr Tufts. Yn ystod y tri, arweinyddiaeth i ddefnyddio grant ar gyfer y gwasanaeth ar-leinwyr Tufts.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yn ystod
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 7 yn y cyfrifiad o 0 yn y neges. Mae'r cyfrifiad yn mynd i mewn. Mae'r cyfrifiad yn mynd i mewn. Ymrwymiad 4. Ymrwymiad i gysylltu'r Prifysgol Meffred a'r Prifysgol Technogol Meffred ymlaen i un ysgol ymdrechion lleol. Mr. Ysgrifennydd. Mae gan y Llywodraeth a'r aelodau o'r ymrwymiad ganddynt adroddiad yma.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: A ydych chi'n gwneud y cyfrifiad i'r ymgeisydd?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yn y cyfrifiad. Yn y cyfrifiad. Yn y cyfrifiad. Yn y cyfrifiad. Yn y cyfrifiad. Yn y cyfrifiad. Yn y cyfrifiad.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yn ddiweddaraf, mae gennym y dyfyrwyr a'r dyfyrwyr yma i ddweud rhai o'r dyfyrwyr ffantastig rydyn ni'n cael.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Byddwn i'n ymgynghoriadwyr, ond os oes gennych unrhyw gwestiynau technogol o'r wahanol i'r wyddoniaeth, byddai hynny'n bwysig.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Iawn. Mae'n dda iawn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Unrhyw gwestiynau i agor y cyfrifiad? Unrhyw gwestiynau i agor y cyfrifiad. Mae'n dda iawn, ar hyn o bryd. Unrhyw beth i ddweud, ie, dwi'n meddwl, mae hwn anhygoel. Mae hwn wirioneddol anhygoel. Mr. Benedetto. Rydw i'n cael cwestiynau am y myfyrwyr sy'n bod ar y ffwrdd. Yw hynny'r ffwrdd rydyn ni'n ei newid?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Diolch, Ms. Cretsi. Ymgeisydd number six, report on elementary science curriculums 2017 to 2020.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Item seven, report on WIDA access testing for ELL students. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Y cyfrifiad i'w cyfrifiadu'n sefydlu ar y ffyrdd. Y cyfrifiad i'w cyfrifiadu'n sefydlu ar y ffyrdd. Y cyfrifiad i'w cyfrifiadu'n sefydlu ar y ffyrdd. Y cyfrifiad i'w cyfrifiadu'n sefydlu ar y ffyrdd. Y cyfrifiad i'w cyfrifiadu'n sefydlu ar y ffyrdd. Y cyfrifiad i'w cyfrifiadu'n sefydlu ar y ffyrdd. Y cyfrifiad i'w cyfrifiadu'n sefydlu ar y ffyrdd.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ac rydyn ni wedi gweithio gyda'r sefydliad hwn. Dyma'r cymdeithas rydyn ni'n gweithio gyda. Mae ganddyn nhw llawer i'w wneud gyda'n ddiweddarau cymdeithasol o'r cyfrifiadau sy'n cael eu gwneud ar gyfer y computerau yn y system ysgol. Mae gen i ddau gwestiynau. Rwy'n credu bod angen i ni bob amser ymwneud â hyn, ac rydyn ni'n debyg
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Os ydw i'n gallu, o'r sefydliad, rydyn ni'n ymwneud â'r llwybrau sydd wedi'u dod i ni'n gyntaf, sydd wedi'u rhoi i'r Llywodraeth, felly maen nhw'n ymwybodol o'r llwybrau cyfathrebu sy'r Llywodraeth wedi'u rhoi i'w gilydd. Rwy'n eisiau gwneud yn siŵr bod hynny'n mynd ymlaen. Rwy'n eisiau i'r cymuned gyfan gwybod pa mor rydyn ni'n treulio a'r hyn rydyn ni'n ymwneud â heddiw.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Rwy'n cael adroddiad ar y newidiadau cyhoeddus cyhoeddus a gweithredu MPS, Cyhoeddus Gweithredu Cyhoeddus. Os oeddwn i'n gallu, yn ogystal â'r Prif Weithredwr, roedd yna newidiad ym mhrifysgol y flwyddyn ddiwethaf. Roedd e'n cael ei ddefnyddio yn 2017, felly dyma pam mae hyn yn eich cynnwys heddiw. Rydw i eisiau mynd ymlaen i'r cyhoeddus y byddwn ni'n cael cyhoeddus gweithredu cyhoeddus. ar gyfer y ddinas, ac oherwydd y ffyrdd o'n cymuned, roedden ni'n teimlo ei fod yn ddefnyddiol i gael unrhyw ddinas, yn ogystal ag unrhyw ddinas ysgol, sy'n ymwneud â'r holl adnoddau gysylltiadol a gwybodaeth sy'n dod drwy ein drwyrydau ar y diwrnod diwydiannol. Felly rydyn ni wedi ennill Kim Scanlan, sy'n argyfwngwr y ddinas, fel R.A.O. ar gyfer y ddinas Medford, ac mae'r Cyfarwyddwr eisiau cyflwyno ei dewis.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Byddent yn ymwneud â'r argyfwng, er enghraifft, i sicrhau y bydd un o'r cyhoeddiadau sy'n dod ymlaen yn cael eu cyhoeddi. Felly, byddai'r proses yn sefydliad. Ar hyn o bryd, gallwch i'w
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yn ystod yr adroddiad ar y flwydd i'r cyfrifiad, mae Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yn sefydlu gan Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Iawn. Seven yn y cyfrifiad, zero yn y neges. Mae'r adroddiad yn mynd i mewn. yn ymwneud â'r effaith ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud â'r ymwneud
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yn y cyfrifiad i'w cyfrifiadu a'r ysgrifennu ar y cyfrifiad hwn, Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yn y flwydd, mae cyfrifiadau ar y fflwydd i'w cael eu cyflawni ar y ffail. Yn ailgylch, Ms. Cuno. Yr holl bobl sy'n ymwneud â hyn. Yr holl bobl sy'n ymwneud â hyn. Mae'r cyfrifiadau yn ymwneud â hyn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mae cyfrifiad ar y fflwr i gyfrifiadu'r adroddiad hwn ar gyfer ein cyfrifiad nesaf. Yr unig rydyn ni'n eu cymryd. Yr unig rydyn ni'n eu cymryd. Mae cyfrifiad ar y flwr. Yn amlwg o'r rhwyliau, i ddewis yr item 12, y negosiadau a'r materi leol, i'r ddiwedd o'r cyfrifiad, ar y cyfrifiad. Cymorth ymlaen gan Ysgrifennydd Anna Clwyd, a'r cymorth ymlaen gan Ysgrifennydd Cuno. Yr hollbwyswyr? Iawn. Yr hollbwyswyr? Cymorth ymlaen. New Business. Resolwyddau'r Ysgrifennydd Ysgrifennydd Ysgrifennydd. Gadewch i'r Ysgrifennyddau'r Ysgrifennyddau'r Ysgrifennyddau Medfyrdd ddatganiadu'r ysgrifennyddau'r ysgrifennyddau i'r Byddwch chi'n ymddangos bod y Llyfrgell Medford wedi cyfrifo'r ymddygiadau sylweddol i'r teulu o Aloysius Cumsack. Roedd Mr. Cusmack y fath o'r mathwyr ysgol Maglynn, David. Byddwch chi'n ymddangos bod y Llyfrgell Medford wedi cyfrifo'r ymddygiadau sylweddol i'r teulu o Betsi Zechman. Roedd Betsi'n dau o ddau o Christian Zechman, ymgynghoriadwyr ysgol y Maglynn. Roedd Betsi'n ymddangos gyda'r deffect sylweddol iawn ac roedd wedi byw ychydig mwy i'r amser. Mae'n rhaid i ni ddysgu bod y Llywodraethau'r Ysgolion Medfyrdd wedi ymddygiadu'r sylweddoliadau sylweddol i'r teulu o William Lyons. Mr. Lyons oedd y brif ymddygiadwyr Charles Lyons, ymddygiadwyr ymddygiadwyr ymddygiadwyr ar gyfer y Tyedd, arweinydd ymddygiadwyr Shawsheen Valley Regional Technical High School. Os oes unrhyw un yn ymddygiadwyr ymddygiadwyr ymddygiadwyr ymddygiadwyr ymddygiadwyr ymddygiadwyr ymddygiadwyr ymddygiadwyr ymddygiadwyr ymd Yn amlwg i fynd i'r sesiynau gweithredu ar gyfer item 12, ymdrechion mewn materi leol. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ie, problemau allan o'r ysgol. Fel problemau cymdeithasol. Ie. A hefyd rydych chi wedi addasu un yn gyntaf y dydd.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, I'm talking about school lunch costs. We can ask for a report for the next meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Diolch yn fawr i'r teulu Llywodraeth Llywodraeth. Yn ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwneud ag ymwne
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: At this time, we'd like to introduce the Metropolitan City Fine Arts Department holiday music presentation under Mr. Signey. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Mr. Cigney. As usual, we are always pleased this time of year to have our orchestra come play for us. It's an honor for us to be here to listen to you tonight.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Happy holidays to all of you. Approval of the minutes of the December 5th. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry. Madam Mayor. There's a question by Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So it's like a policy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to add that to our report list, do. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. And is there a second on the minutes? Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call, Mr. Secretary. Yes Yes, I'm in the affirmative zero on the negative motion passes approval of bills transfer of funds Madam Mayor Mr. Benedetto, I had a question when reviewing the bills.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you like to review them, or do you have an answer for tonight?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that those three items be investigated by Christine. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. And is there a second on approval of bills transfer funds? Seconded by Ms. DiBenedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Report of secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's I can, I can forward you the email. Okay. Yeah. No problem. Okay. Very good. On the motion that report be accepted. All those in favor. All those opposed. What is accepted? Report of committees, community participation. None. Report of Superintendent. A recommendation to accept gift from Edward Clark to honor the memory of former Director of English, Leah R. Kaleri-Clark. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We welcome you, Mr. Clark and Mr. Kelly.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Mr. Clark. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There is a motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. We proudly accept this gift. And awards night is a night that we all look forward to attending as well. It's a joyous night in our city and for our school department and school children. So we're very proud to be able to add this on. So thank you, Professor Clark.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. A recommendation to accept donation to Columbus Elementary School to honor the memory of Margaret Weigel. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I had the privilege of knowing Margaret. I'd call her my friend, as I'm sure several of you as well would call her a friend. She was a friend to many. She took good care of the people in the city, and we miss her dearly. So on behalf, I know there's a motion for approval by Ms. Cuno. Is there a second on the floor by Ms. Van der Kloot? Roll call vote, Ms. Disceri. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative, the motion passes. Thank you very, very much to the family of the Wiggles. Report on Columbus School Celebration of Cultures Night. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Is there a motion to accept the report and place it on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on Columbus School Little Free Library.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, thank you, Ms. Rossi. You're welcome.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great job tonight.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great job.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Ms. Rossi. Thank you. Is there a motion to receive and place Columbus School Little Free Library report on file, please? On the motion, Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Vandeclute. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Ms. Vandekloot, did you wish to speak on that?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Report on Global Scholars Program at Museum of Science. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Is there a motion on the floor for acceptance of the report by Ms. Kreatz? Yes. Seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The report is accepted. Thank you very much. Negotiations in legal matters? None? None. OK. New business. We have a few. New business. School committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Marvin Brown. Mr. Brown was the husband of former science teacher Althea Brown. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Cleveland Red Honeycutt. Mr. Honeycutt was the father of Bill Honeycutt, a generous supporter of the Medford Public Schools. And further, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Mary Alice Leach. Ms. Leach was the sister of retired Medford police officer William Fargo. Also, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Jean Barry Sutherland. Jean was a longtime Medford resident. She was a teacher and administrator for the Medford Public Schools for over 40 years. And lastly, That the Medford School Committee has expressed its sincere condolences to the family of Joseph C. Bettinelli. He was a Lincoln School of Science teacher who passed away last week. Could we all please rise for a moment of silence on the passing of these fine Medford individuals?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Through all of her struggles, she's always had a smile on her face every time I saw her. What a wonderful woman. She will be missed by Medford and beyond, and we were blessed to know her. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Skerry. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to dedicate this meeting, in her memory, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. And finally, we have one last item on the agenda. A recommendation to accept CASET grant of $50,000 for Italian language program. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion for approval by Ms. Cugno, seconded by Ms. Kreatz, roll call vote, Ms. Disceri. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative, the motion passes. And is there a motion to adjourn? Motion to adjourn. We wish everyone a wonderful holiday season. Stay safe out there. We have some bad weather coming, some ice cold weather coming, so stay warm, stay bundled.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to adjourn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you everybody for being here. Roy has pretty much introduced everyone in the entire city of Medford. But I wanted just a heartfelt thanks to everyone who has committed so much time and energy to this project. We know it wasn't easy so it took a lot of effort on behalf of the city and the school to pull this together. I know that in some communities they do have the public access and mixed in integrated with their school system. And we think that that's a great idea. It's very beneficial for not only our students, but our entire population of the city of Bedford. So we're really thrilled to be embarking on this. It's a full circle. We started out this way, if I'm not mistaken, Mr. Superintendent. And then we took it and we had our public access separate from our school programming. And so much of it is overlapped and integrated. So we're very excited to be bringing it back to the high school in a fully handicapped accessible area that you will see shortly. And also just to have the voice of Medford to be heard again on the airwaves. I think we're just very, very excited about that. We've been silent for several years now when our public access channel closed down. And we're just really eager to get it up and running again because it's so important to tell the stories through the eyes of the people. not the professionals. So we're very, very excited about that. And I look forward to this groundbreaking and ribbon cutting all in one. But we do just want to mention that Integrated Construction Corp of Medford actually received the award for this contract. It was $756,000 for the work to be done. A whole host of equipment we're purchasing separately that we'll be pulling into this programming. So we're probably going to be up over a million dollars when all is said and done. And it's a lot of money, but it's a community, school, city benefit. So we think it's money well spent and we hope that these students have the opportunity to explore the station in the spring. and that they bring their voice to the airwaves. So we're very excited about the opportunities that you will gain from this and the public in general. So thank you very much for being here today. I really appreciate you all taking the time out.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: the state legislation that would have to be adopted by the city, the school committee, in order to move this into place. And if I could read the state chapter, general law chapter 71, section 55D, small a, upon the issuance of a musical wind instrument to a student who is permitted to use or borrow the instrument while attending any public or commonwealth charter school or pre-kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, The school issuing the instrument shall inform the student's parent or guardian that the musical wind instrument has been sanitized and may also be sterilized at the expense of the parent or guardian requesting sterilization to ensure that all microbial life has been eradicated from the instrument. The parent or guardian may request that the school sterilize the instrument prior to issuance in compliance with regulations promulgated by the Department of Public Health. The parent or guardian who makes the request shall be responsible for the entire cost of the sterilization. Small b, this section shall take effect in any city, town, or regional school district upon acceptance by the school committee, or in the case of a Commonwealth charter school, upon acceptance by the Board of Trustees, respectfully submitted by myself, Mayor Stephanie M. Burke. Thank you. We also have Solicitor Rumley here. I don't know if he wanted to say a few words on this topic.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. There's a motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Wierndekloot. Roll call vote, please. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Notification.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Stone, would you like to comment now or do you want to wait for an answer?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Name and address for the record, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Madam Mayor. Thank you Mr. Garrow. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's exactly correct interpretation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mustone? Ms. Mustone? Oh, I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. There's a motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot, Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is informational to the parents. Notification to the parents. That's what this general law is. Providing notification to the parents and then it's up to them to take action. If they so please, they may look up research and disagree with the findings. It's totally at the parents' wishes. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I agree, Mr. Bilson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to move the question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Six in the affirmative. None of the negative one absent motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to revert to the regular order of business. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of the minutes of November 21, 2016. There's a motion for approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. DiBenedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of the secretary. Are there any? There is none. Report of committees. None. Community participation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're actually waiting for one individual to come, and as soon as he arrives, I would love you to make that motion. Oh, he's actually in the back of the room. There's a motion for suspension of the rules to take the resolution under new business. Resolution submitted by Mayor Stephanie M. Burke. The Medford School Committee support the Medford Conversations Project to promote dialogue and collaboration about race and ethnicity in Medford and beyond. And there's actually a full resolution that's in your packet. It was presented to the city council last Tuesday evening, and it passed 7 to 0. And if I could read the resolution. Whereas the strength of our nation is derived from its history of diversity that has enriched our communities with a variety of cultures, faiths, traditions, and viewpoints. And whereas the City of Medford is a community that welcomes and values the varied racial and ethnic makeup of our residents. And whereas the City of Medford stands in support of all immigrant groups and newcomers as they pursue the American dream. And whereas the City of Medford will work to model our city as a safe and welcoming place that equally encourages all to seek personal advancement and to reside in peaceful contentment in Medford. Whereas the city of Medford rejects all words and acts of hate, indifference, and intolerance that undermine our neighborhoods, communities of faith, and our schools, and thwart the promise of equal justice. And whereas our nation was founded on the fundamental principle that all persons are entitled to equal protection of law, equal opportunity, and to the enjoyment of civil and human rights. Now, therefore, the city of Medford proudly supports the Medford Conversations Project to promote dialogue and collaboration about race and ethnicity in Medford and beyond. And I believe we have Mr. D. O'Brien in the audience, and Reverend Wendy, would you like to speak on this resolution? Reverend Wendy, your name and address for the record, please?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Reverend Wendy. Is there anyone else that would like to speak on this resolution before us this evening? Good evening. Your name and address, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Mestone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much for being here tonight.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for acceptance of the resolution by Ms. Van der Kloot. Is there a second? Seconded by Mr. Skerry. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's to provide a unified voice that we will not accept acts of hatred and inequality. That's not who we are. That's not who we want to be. And that we all speak united on that topic.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You see that a lot, but there are a lot that don't. And to those out there, we're making a statement that it's important that we acknowledge that. Mr. Superintendent? Mr. Superintendent?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Vandekloot. And also, the superintendent and I are working on a PSA, trying to get the community involved. So we'll probably be reaching out to Steve. I think I sat at your table several months ago, and he did a great job facilitating that meeting. And we'll be working probably with some in your group to try and put a PSA out that addresses some of these issues in a conversational forum of four people, maybe. So we will be in touch with you in the very near future for that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. On the motion for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Skerry. Roll call vote, please. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right. AJ as he's known. Yes, absolutely. Come forward, please. How are you?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good. Thanks.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You can stand tall.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So thank you very much for coming tonight. I'm sure mom's proud.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're passing along a signature sheet. If you could sign it, it will be posted in city hall and we'll send a copy up to the school department as well. Thank you very much. On the motion to revert to the regular order of business, all those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Community participation? I see none. Report of superintendent. Number one, update report on science program initiatives. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No time for illness. Mr. Scari.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right? We could write a request as well tonight if you'd like to get a response from Mr. Seary. Oh, that'd be great.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to get a report from Mr. Seary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second the motion by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor. All those opposed. The motion is granted. Is there a motion to receive and place on file the science program initiative? Did you want to speak on it?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. On the motion to receive and place this report on file, offered by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion is granted. Item 2, report on credit recovery.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is it a pass, fail grade, or?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But you could get an A in the class.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to accept the report as amended, offered by Ms. Van der Kloot. Is there a second on the floor? Second. Seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Comment, Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Item 3, report on Michigan model health education program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Are there any questions? Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: but it would affect inside the schools if it's happening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that the superintendent prepare a draft policy pertaining to things that may happen outside of the school in the classroom that he or she catches wind of and report back to the school committee, seconded by Ms. Mostone. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Mr. Perry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to receive and place on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor? All those opposed? I'm sorry. Motion accepted. Item number four, a report on professional development schedule.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do you want the date announced at least?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Monday, March 13th, 2017. This is currently not on the school calendar, correct?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. OK. Thank you. Motion to receive and place on file, offered by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Vandekloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on proposed change to educator evaluation regulations, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. There's a motion for approval by Mr. Benedetto. Is there a second on the floor by Ms. Van der Kloot? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The motion passes. Report on school nutrition equipment grant. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Thank you very much. Congratulations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to, if we can amend the paper, to make it a motion to accept the grant.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: to accept the grant by Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion, roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Six in the affirmative, zero in the negative, one absent. The motion passes. Negotiations and legal matters, are there any? Nope, there are none. Old business recommendation to send letter to state delegation on enhanced regulation for implementation of new recreational marijuana law. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They are allowing it now, but with multiple levels of reporting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. And, um, actually it's to adopt the letter last week we asked for a draft. So is there a motion to accept this letter and submit it on our behalf? Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Six in the affirmative, zero in the negative one absent the motion passes. So if you could send that letter in on our behalf, we appreciate it. Mr. Superintendent, just a couple of items.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion to adjourn? Motion to adjourn. All those in favor? All those opposed? Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I am going to spend it with my sister and my whole family. We're going to eat lots of turkey and stuff it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you all for being here today and thanks to Billy Honeycutt, our favorite alumni for hosting us today. I graduated with this guy and his wife Sue. So even though we're not on the Malden line, we're really in Medford, the heart of Medford here. But I want to wish you all a great Thanksgiving Day. Good luck out on the field. we'd want to bring the trophy home, but you know, it's more to be good sportsmen on that day. So it's all about that and camaraderie. You look around the room, you see what Malden and Metro have made of, and we're a great two cities. We've got a great history, second oldest rivalry, contiguous rivalry going on here. So keep it going, represent your cities well, and I look forward to seeing y'all more in the very near future, probably tomorrow at the Metropolitan. We'll be out there at the big event, the big event tomorrow. So go get them, have fun, and enjoy your Thanksgiving holidays. We also have our superintendent, Roy Bilson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening, Mr. President and Councilors. Thank you so much for taking me out of order. I really appreciate it. As many of you are aware, last Friday the FAA had a meeting on the noise, the noise issues that we've been having in the city from the low flying planes. Councilor Lungo-Koehn was in attendance as well as Councilor Capiello and Mark Rumley, the city solicitor. We all kind of went up, hoping that we would get in, and at the last minute we found out that we did not have clearance to enter the FAA building. We stayed for quite a while, and finally, when Congresswoman Clark appeared, she was able to overrule their rules, which required a 48-hour notice to have someone on the list. So I was able to attend and sit in on the meeting, which we know impacts several of the neighborhoods throughout Medford. This meeting was put together at the bequest of a state senator that represented the Belmont Watertown area. So the FAA was just listening to the request, and that's why they held the meeting, and it was scheduled with those parties involved, and the city of Medford really wasn't invited formally. But I did want to just come back to let you know what transpired during the meeting. Obviously, a lot of the CAC members, Logan has a community board as well as Massport, so the two separate community boards that meet regularly. And several of those members were in attendance during this meeting. They had been previously cleared. So they brought the issues of what they're dealing with as well as we are. We all know firsthand that there's certain sections of the city that have been impacted by the change and basically what the FAA has tried to do is simplify the air travel routes. So back a year or so ago, a year and a half, the planes were dispersed over multiple cities throughout the Commonwealth. So when they took off, they were dispersed, so we all dealt with an occasional sound here and there, but nobody was impacted directly all day long with a certain sound. They try to simplify the skies, make travel lanes, and therefore it has brought about the volume that is going over one particular route in the city. There's actually quite an area over the Malden Hospital. It's where the planes that come off of runway 33L, they actually split, and they go in different directions. So that particular area gets hit very hard. And in a lot of the studies that the community groups have done, They're actually looking at the Stearns Ave area as being hit very, very hard in our community. So what we talked to the FAA about was, what are you going to do about it? We're all dealing with this issue. It's a quality of life issue in our neighborhood and the surrounding communities, and what are you going to do? And they basically told us that they have MIT, Massport has commissioned MIT to do a formal study, but it will not be ready until next fall. So a year from now, they'll get the results of the sound testing that they have commissioned through Massport. And of course, we all said that's not good enough. Go back to the way it was. Do something different. And the FAA's position is that it's all about safety. Their main concern above and beyond sound is safety for the flights, the people on the planes, the pilots, and the workers, and the FAA in general. So they heard our cry for help, and not only is it that there are the numbers that are traveling down these roads in the sky, but the elevation, the volume, which are two of the main concerns that are also causing havoc in our area. So they listened intently. They said that they were going to reach out through Massport and try to get some more information quicker. We actually do have a sound study that's part of Massport that's set up in Magoon Thatcher area and that they do not have the results from that yet. So once they get those results, they will be forthcoming to us. They use a 65 decibel as their magic number, and that's what they've been using as their level that is tolerable. And so I know what I mentioned to them is that they need to stop looking at things from the sky, and they need to come down to the neighborhoods and see the real impact that it's causing on our citizens. So they did seem to listen, they're heavily on, they want to do constituent service, community involvement, so they vowed to us that they will be having many more community meetings and we're actually going to be working with Senator Markey's office to get a straight Medford meeting, which all of you certainly will be able to attend. So we are working on putting that together in the next couple of weeks so that we can deal with the Medford issues in particular. And just lastly, I just wanted to mention that today I've named Peter Hook to the Massport CAC community group, and Luke Priessner as the Logan CAC representative, and the backup to Logan will be Peter. who's on our mass board. So these two individuals have been very much involved in this process the entire time. They've been outspoken and data-driven and looked at a lot of the facts and circumstances around the area. So I know that they will hit the ground running. They will be invested and involved. It directly impacts their quality of life. So I'm looking forward to them serving on behalf of the city of Medford, and I'm sure that they will do a great job. So thank you all. I just wanted to give you a verbal update on the Friday meeting, um, so that you're all aware of it as well as the general public. So we can move forward and try to rectify the issues that are at hand. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It didn't sound like from the FAA that they were taking any actions immediate, because they're waiting on this MIT study to determine everything. They said, basically, they can't just look at our runway in particular, because our runway impacts every other runway. So if they ought to alter the routes in our area, It's like a domino effect, it impacts every other route that affects Milton, the North Shore, the South Shore. So it didn't sound like they will be taking action, but I believe that that's a Massport meeting, so these gentlemen will be in attendance.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: FAA controls the sky lanes. Massport controls the time that the planes can run, how many can go up, how frequent that they can be dispersed out of Logan. So it's funny when you bring up certain issues to FAA, they say, well, that's not really it. We just tell them where they can go. We don't tell them when they can go and how many can go, the frequency. But certainly, if they're all going and they're all going down a certain route, we're impacted. So they heard us loud and clear. So I would doubt very much that they're going to do anything that's going to impact a particular area, especially until the study's done.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Enjoy your family and enjoy your meal. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We did have a Massport representative that attended some of the meetings. Unfortunately, they've canceled several of the last few months based upon not having enough information. So we did have a representative that was at those meetings. The original Logan CAC was established many, many years ago, and it was for sound, really, looking at the sound lanes. And then the Massport CAC kicked in that looks at everything, all the operations of Massport. So we do have a Massport CAC. As you're aware, I just named some new bodies to that so that we will have full activity on that commission.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It has an appointment and it has a... an alternate as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I can't go back prior to the year, the 10 months. I can only look at the 10 months and I wasn't aware that Logan, I don't even know if Logan has had a meeting, but Massport has had meetings over the last several months. Massport has had several meetings as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, I've actually read the Mass Support and the Logan, their enabling legislation. And they're supposed to be in attendance, and if they miss a few, I think it's three meetings in one case, they're different between the two. They're supposed to notify the appointing authority that someone is not going to these meetings. So if they're not, if they were not notifying, obviously they didn't notify me, or I would have taken action. before tonight. So going forward, we're going to check. We'll get a monthly report from the meetings themselves. These individuals are very active in the community. They're very active with this particular issue. So I know that they will make us very proud and we'll be reflecting our interests there as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Councilor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Peter Hoek from Massport CAC. And Luke Prisner for Logan CAC. And Peter will be the alternate on the Logan.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Happy Thanksgiving. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The Medford School Committee will now come to order. Mr. Secretary, please call the roll. Present. Six present, one absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Approval of the minutes of the November 7, 2016, meeting. Motion for approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Minutes pass. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval. Motion for approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 6 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of Secretary. MASC Delegate Assembly Report. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Mr. Skerry. Ms. Cuno. I wasn't blinking. Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place on file this report? So moved by Mrs. Van der Klooth, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Report of committees. None. Community participation. Is there anyone that wishes to speak? None. Report of superintendent. Report on project 351. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. DeLaver.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to table, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Recommendation to approve service learning trip to Dominican Republic. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Thank you very much. There's a motion on the floor for approval. Roll call vote, please, Mrs. Skerry. Yes, 6 in the affirmative, 1 absent. To approve the service learning trip to Dominican Republic. Wonderful. Thank you very much. Motion for suspension of the rules to report back on item 1, report on, I'm sorry, report on project 351.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations, Marvin. Wonderful job. And we also want to congratulate Josephine Rizzo, who was selected from the McGlynn Middle School as well. But would you guys like a picture? Can I take a picture of you two? Absolutely. Is that OK, Marvin? Absolutely. Get close. All right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So Marvin, you make sure you come back and tell us all about it. Of course. Okay, give us a report on your experience and we'll see you on MLK Day. You'll be speaking on that day as well? Yep. Wonderful.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to receive and place on file this report. Motion by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on Veterans Day program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I got to sit in on acting Sergeant Charlie Hutnett of the Medford Police Department's presentation. He did a fabulous job. The kids were engaged and he had a slideshow, a PowerPoint going on. It was very interesting and a lot of good questions from the students. Great.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They've already gone out. I believe last.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Thank you. Motion by Miss Van der Kloot to receive in place on file this paper. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Recommendation to approve reasonable use policy. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion by Ms. Kreatz to lay this paper on the table until our next school committee meeting, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? All those opposed? The motion passes. Thank you both for coming. report on joint M.A.S.C. M.A.S.S. conference, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Nelson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Muchas gracias.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to accept this report and place it on file by Ms. Cuno, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on legalization of marijuana with recommendation for legislative modifications. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval of the recommendations made by the superintendent by Ms. Cuno, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that the letter be drafted. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on Metro Public Schools' disciplinary statistics.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion to get a further report broken down by elementary, middle school, and high school. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Motion to receive and place this report on file. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Report on school system guidance on national election results. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Superintendent. And even Thursday when we attended the veteran's ceremony that was spoken about earlier this evening, it was made clear that to stay away from this topic, the students and the teachers have all been kind of addressed through this email, and that let's just deal with the Veterans Day topic at hand and not delve into the high emotions that have been running. But I think one of your lines in here really sums it up. There is no room for hate messaging. And I think that message is loud and clear from not only the superintendent, but the city, school committee members, etc. So we just really need to strive to raise it up, raise the level of conversation up, and treat all people equally. So, thank you. On the motion to receive and place on file this report. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Recommendation to approve graduation date for MHS and MVTHS class of 2017. So it's our standard. It's our standard.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: June 7th at the Gancher. 6 p.m. at the Wednesday evening. Mark your calendars, people.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to accept this date for graduation? Ms. Cugno. Seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Oh, I'm sorry, you moved it first. Mr. Skerry moved it first. Ms. Cugno. Seconded by Ms. Cugno. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Hi, we have one. Yep.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, we do have old business. OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to place negotiations and legal matters to the end of the agenda, authored by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? All those opposed? That will be placed at the end of the agenda. Old Business is an update on the crossing guard issue that was raised last meeting. It had to do with the Fellsway location in particular. Two locations on the Fellsway actually, one at the base of Fels Ave and one at the base of Fulton Street. I know that the superintendent has been in touch with Mr. Representative Donato. And also I spoke with Commissioner Roy of the DCR and he said that he had the engineers go out and they do not see any issues with extending the time limit on the push button. They said that that was too, people complained that it was too short to get across the entire Fellsway, which is quite a wide road. Så han sagde att det kommer att uppstå. Han ville kalla mig tillbaka för att ge mig en exakt datum. Jag fråade honom om crossingsgården, och han sa att de verkligen försöker att slås av crossingsgården. Och jag menade att det kan finnas några ställen som har mindre visibilitet. Så om det är möjligt, om han kan placerar en crossingsgård som är i Medford, kanske på den här platsen, och då kan vi kanske förändra vägen till busen för att uppstå de mindre barn som är affektade på olika ställen. He was going to go back to the drawing boards and talk to his people to see if that's a possibility. I don't know, Ms. Kreatz, do you have an update as well?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But I think the added time will be sufficient to get across the entire cycle, because right now it's what, 12?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, we are in the crossing guard business, and we would have to do an MOU, memorandum of understanding, in order to take over their location. or their street in particular, so we will have to review that. Obviously, we didn't build that into this year's budget, but we certainly will take a look at it for next year.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You want to address that here? Mr. Greenspan, we also have a report that was asked for in regards to the American International College. Mr. Superintendent, would you like to address it?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There was a question about a potential conflict of interest in regards to American International College, AIC. Mr. Greenspan wrote a lengthy report to this committee, dated November 14, 2016, in which he... Would you like to... Thank you, Mayor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to receive this report? Motion to receive. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Mr. Superintendent, wanted to make an announcement?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, we can't say she did the mural.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The families all put the mural together.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Altman, we also have a display on the second floor staircase towards the Harvard Health side of the building. There's a display that Ms. Altman put together that's on our wall there, as well as a couple of others throughout the building, and they rotate monthly, so all you artists out there, students alike, if you'd like to petition to have a display, feel free, just contact the office and we're moving them monthly.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: At Malden.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We do have a couple of other papers that are on the agenda.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: New business. School committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Manfredo Scaramuzzo. Mr. Scaramuzzo was the father of Rita DeCarlo, director of foreign languages. And also under suspension, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Denise Riley Bates. Ms. Bates was the mother of Medford High School hockey coach, Sean Bates. If we could all please rise for a moment of silence. Thank you. I also just wanted to note a couple of dates. This Saturday, the Jingle Bell Run. You can see that the trees are being set up as we speak, but Saturday is the Jingle Bell Run. And the proceeds go to the schools, the different various schools in the city of Medford. And so that takes place at the American Legion. November 30th City Hall, we're having our holiday glow where we'll be lighting up the building as well as turning on our trees and everything else. So please come on down, Wednesday evening, November 30th. And then the Jingle Bell Festival runs from November 30th on to December 4th. So please come down, support the local charities that this great initiative goes toward, in particular the Buddy Cohalan Center for Alzheimer's. So please make sure you come on down. And also we want to wish everyone a very happy, peaceful Thanksgiving this Thursday.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And then Thursday night there will be a vigil from the Grace Church to City Hall for overcoming addiction. Friday night, the scouts, girls and boys, will be down having an event here as well. So we're trying to increase participation each of the nights during the Jingle Bell Festival. And so hopefully you'll have a chance to come on down. And I'm sure it will look much different next time you see it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the last item on the agenda, negotiations and legal matters. Is there a motion to go into executive session? Motion. Seconded by Mr. Skerry. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, six in the affirmative, one absent, motion is approved and we will adjourn after executive session.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The Medford School Committee will now come to order. Mr. Secretary, please call the roll. Present. Six present, one absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Approval of the minutes of the November 7, 2016 meeting. Motion for approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Minutes pass. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 6 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Cugno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of Secretary. MASC Delegate Assembly Report. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Mr. Skerry. Ms. Cuno. Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place on file this report? So moved by Mrs. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Report of committees. None. Community participation. Is there anyone that wishes to speak? None. Report of superintendent. Report on project 351. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. DeLaver.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If that's okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Motion to table seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor. All those opposed. Motion carries. Recommendation to approve service learning trip to Dominican Republic. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It was covered as a part of the fund.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Thank you very much. There's a motion on the floor for approval. Roll call vote, please, Ms. Scurry. Yes, six in the affirmative, one absent. To approve the service learning trip to Dominican Republic. Wonderful. Thank you very much. Motion for suspension of the rules to report back on item one, report on, I'm sorry, report on project 351.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations, Marvin. Wonderful job. And we also want to congratulate Josephine Rizzo, who was selected from the McGlynn Middle School as well. But would you guys like a picture? Can I take a picture of you two? Absolutely. Is that OK, Marvin? Absolutely. Get close. All right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We got it. So Marvin, you make sure you come back and tell us all about it. Of course. OK. Give us a report on your experience, and we'll see you on MLK Day. You'll be speaking on that day as well? Yep. Wonderful.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to receive and place on file this report. Motion by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on Veterans Day program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I got to sit in on acting Sergeant Charlie Huntnett of the Medford Police Department's presentation, and he did a fabulous job. The kids were engaged, and he had a slideshow, a PowerPoint going on. It was very interesting and a lot of good questions from the students.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They've already gone out. I believe last.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Thank you. Promotion by Ms. Van der Kloot to receive and place on file this paper. All those in favor. All those opposed. Motion carries. Recommendation to approve reasonable use policy. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion by Ms. Kreatz to lay this paper on the table until our next school committee meeting, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? All those opposed? The motion passes. Thank you both for coming. report on joint M a S C M a S S conference.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for, to accept this report and place it on file by Ms. Cugno, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on legalization of marijuana with recommendation for legislative modifications. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval of the recommendations made by the superintendent by Ms. Cuno, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. Roll call vote.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that the letter be drafted. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on Medford Public Schools disciplinary statistics.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion to get a further report broken down by elementary, middle school, and high school. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Motion to receive and place this report on file. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Report on school system guidance on national election results. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Superintendent. And even Thursday when we attended the veteran ceremony that was spoken about earlier this evening, it was made clear that to stay away from this topic, the students and the teachers have all been kind of addressed through this email, and that let's just deal with the Veterans Day topic at hand and not delve into the high emotions that have been running. But I think one of your lines in here really sums it up. There is no room for hate messaging. And I think that message is loud and clear from not only the superintendent, but the city, school committee members, et cetera. So we just really need to strive to raise it up, raise the level of conversation up, and treat all people equally. So thank you. On the motion to receive and place on file this report, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Recommendation to approve graduation date for MHS and MVTHS class of 2017. So it's our standard. It's our standard. It's going to be June 7th.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 6 p.m. with the Wednesday evening. Mark your calendars, people.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to accept this date for graduation? Ms. Cugno, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Oh, I'm sorry. You moved it for us. Mr. Skerry moved it for us. Ms. Cugno. Seconded by Ms. Cugno. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. We have one.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, we do have old business. OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to place negotiations and legal matters to the end of the agenda, authored by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? All those opposed? That will be placed at the end of the agenda. Old Business is an update on the crossing guard issue that was raised at the last meeting. It had to do with the Fellsway location, in particular, Two locations on the Fellsway actually, one at the base of Fels Ave and one at the base of Fulton Street. I know that the superintendent has been in touch with Mr. Representative Donato. And also I spoke with Commissioner Roy of the DCR and he said that he had the engineers go out and they do not see any issues with extending the time limit on the push button. They said that that was too, people complained that it was too short to get across the entire Fellsway, which is quite a wide road. So he said that that will be addressed. He was going to call me back to give me an exact date. I asked him about the crossing guards, and he said that they're really trying to get out of the crossing guard business. And I did mention that there could be a couple of locations that may be lower visibility, that if possible, if he could relocate a crossing guard that's currently in Medford. maybe to this location, and then we could potentially change the bus route to address the fewer children that are affected in a different location. He was going to go back to the drawing boards and talk to his people to see if that's a possibility. And I know Ms. Kreatz, you have an update as well?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But I think the added time will be sufficient to get across the entire cycle because right now it's what, 12?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, we are in the crossing guard business and we would have to do an MOU, memorandum of understanding, in order to take over their location. or their street in particular. So we will have to review that. Obviously, we didn't build that into this year's budget, but we certainly will take a look at it for next year.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You want to address that here? Mr. Greenspan, we also have a report that was asked for in regards to the American International College. Mr. Superintendent would like you to address it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And Mr. Greenspan wrote a lengthy report to this committee dated November 14th, 2016, in which he Would you like to thank you, Mayor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to receive this report?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Mr. Superintendent, wanted to make an announcement?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, we can't say she did the mural.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The families all put the mural together.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We also have a display in on the second floor staircase, um, towards the Harvard health side of the building. There's a display that Ms. Altman put together that's on our wall there, as well as a couple of others throughout the building, and they rotate monthly. So all you artists out there, students alike, if you'd like to petition to have a display, feel free. Just contact the office, and we're moving them monthly.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: At Malden.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We do have a couple of other papers that are on the agenda.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: New business, school committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Manfredo Scaramuzzo. Mr. Scaramuzzo was the father of Rita DeCarlo, director of foreign languages. And also under suspension, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Denise Riley Bates. Ms. Bates was the mother of Medford High School hockey coach, Sean Bates. If we could all please rise for a moment of silence. Thank you. I also just wanted to note a couple of dates. This Saturday, the Jingle Bell Run. You can see that the trees are being set up as we speak, but Saturday is the Jingle Bell Run. And the proceeds go to the schools, the different various schools in the city of Medford. And so that takes place at the American Legion. On November 30th, City Hall, we're having our holiday glow where we'll be lighting up the building as well as turning on our trees and everything else. So please come on down, Wednesday evening, November 30th. And then the Jingle Bell Festival runs from November 30th on to December 4th. So please come down, support the local charities that this great initiative goes toward, in particular the Buddy Cohalan Center for Alzheimer's. So please make sure you come on down. And also we want to wish everyone a very happy, peaceful Thanksgiving this Thursday.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And then Thursday night, there will be a vigil from the Grace Church to City Hall for overcoming addiction. Friday night, the scouts, girls and boys, will be down having an event here as well. So we're trying to increase participation each of the nights during the Jingle Bell Festival. And so hopefully you'll have a chance to come on down. And I'm sure it will look much different next time you see it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the last item on the agenda, negotiations and legal matters. Is there a motion to go into executive session? Motion. Seconded by Mr. Skerry. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Six in the affirmative, one absent. Motion is approved and we will adjourn after executive session.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yn ystod y cyfarfod yng Nghymru, byddwch chi'n cael cyfeiriad. Byddwch chi'n cael cyfeiriad.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymdeithas yng Nghaerdydd, Cymde Yn ddiweddaraf, byddwn i'n ymwneud â'r cyfrifiadau a'r cyfrifiadau a'r cyfrifiadau a'r cyfrifiadau a'r cyfrifiadau
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yn ystod yr adroddiad, nid ydyn ni'n edrych ar yr ysgolion eraill. Yn ystod yr adroddiad, ar gyfer y cyhoeddiad. Yr aelodau sy'n ymwneud â'r cyhoeddiad. Yn ystod y cyfrifiad, rydw i'n gobeithio cyfrifiad o'r rheoliadau gan Ysgrifennydd Crets, gan Mr. Skerry. Yr aelodau sy'n ymdrech. Yr aelodau sy'n ymdrech. Yr aelodau sy'n ymdrech. Yr aelodau sy'n ymdrech. Yr aelodau sy'n ymdrech. Yr aelodau sy'n ymdrech.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Diolch. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Diolch. Rwyf hefyd eisiau ddweud y byddwn wedi bod ym mhobl sy'n ymddangos gyda'r Comisiynydd Roy o'r DCR hefyd yn y mater hon. Rydyn ni wedi clywed'r adroddiadau o'r cymuned, yn ogystal â'r Ymgeiswyr Ysgol y Dyrfodwyr y Dyrfodwyr y Dyrfodwyr y Dyrfodwyr y Dyrfodwyr y Dyrfodwyr y Dyrfodwyr y Dyrfodwyr y Dyrfodwyr y Dyrfodwyr y Dyrfodwyr y Dyrfodwyr y Dyrfodwyr y Dyrfodwyr y Dyrfodwyr y Dyr Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Iawn, roedden nhw'n ymwneud â'r ffordd ymhreisio.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Gallwn ni gobeithio Mr. Benedetto yn ymwneud ag ymwneud. Mr. Secretary. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Os ydych chi'n hoffi, rwy'n gobeithio y byddwch chi'n gweithio ymlaen. Rwy'n gobeithio, rwy'n gobeithio, rwy'n gobeithio, rwy'n gobeithio,
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Os y bydd y dysgwyr a'r myfyrwyr a'r myfyrwyr sy'n ymwneud â nhw yma yma hefyd yn gallu symud ymlaen, byddwn ni'n hoffi cynhyrchu'r awyrau hyn. Mae Medford Public Schools ar fawr i gyd yn cydnabod Lena Zeehan ar gyfer ei gweithredu mewn ysbytai italiennol a'r cyfrifiadur FAA USA Scholarship 2016. Mae'n dda i gydnabod Joshua Crespo am y datblygiad yn y studio o'r italian hefyd. Joshua, congratulazio. Os ydych chi'n hoffi ddweud ychydig o ffyrdd, efallai yn italian? Lena, fyddwch chi'n hoffi ddweud ychydig o ffyrdd, efallai yn italian a'n enghraifft?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Thank you very much. Diolch yn fawr iawn i bawb. Mae rhywun yn siarad. Pwy yw'r llwybrau, Erin? Annemarie. Annemarie. Hello? Yn ddiweddaraf, mae'r adroddiad hwnnw wedi'i gyflwyno i'r adroddiad hwnnw.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mae'n dda iawn. A oes unrhyw gwestiynau o'r Cymru, Mr. Skerry?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Iawn, dim ond i ni ddim yn gwybod. Ac o'r brifysgol, mae'r newydd CEO hefyd yn tyfu'r llyfrau. Felly, ar y 30 oes, pan fydd-i'n tyfu'r llyfrau i'w tyfu, mae'n anodd i'w tyfu. Mae'r Ysgol Gymdeithas yn sylwadau tyfu. Mae'n ymgyrchu. Iawn. Iawn. Felly, unwaith i hynny ddigwydd.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Iawn, diolch yn fawr iawn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Na, ar hyn o bryd. Cymorth i'r cyfrifiad. Cymorth i'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfrifiad a'r cyfr
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion, seconded by Ms. Jaskieri and Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Diolch yn fawr iawn, a chroeso i gyd ymlaen, ac rwy'n gobeithio ei fod yn gweithio'n dda, ac mae'n diwrnod hafodd i chi. Diolch.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: report on TV forum and testing session.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Pan fyddwn ni'n cael y canlyniadau o'r testau?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Rwy hefyd eisiau ddiolch i'r ymarferwyr y ddinas hefyd. Mae 33 o'r testau wedi'u perthynu gan yr ymarferwyr y ddinas.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mae'n gweithredu mewn gwirionedd y ddinas, y ysgol a'r ddinas. Diolch am y gwaith rydych chi'n ei wneud. Mae'n beth pwysig. Rwy'n credu, Ms. Van der Kloot, oes gennych chi cwestiwn ar y papur hwn? Diolch. Gwasanaeth i'w cyflwyno a'i leih
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. There's a motion on the floor to receive and place on file by Mr. Carey, seconded by Ms. Cugno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Report on MBTHS Advisory Council meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yn y cyfrifiad y mae Llywodraeth Ysgol wedi'i gynhyrchu i'r myfyrwyr i'r cyfrifiad yma yng Nghaerfyrdd, pan yw'n ei wneud? Mae'n 20 November, 21 a 22.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seven in the affirmative, nine in the negative. The motion passes. Good luck out there. Thank you. Thank you. Yn ystod ein bod ni'n mynd ymlaen i'r sesiynau gweithredu ar gyfer negosiadau a thrafodaethau leol, roeddwn i eisiau gwneud adroddiad y bydd y diwrnod yma yn y diwrnod o wythnosau. Felly, os nad oes gennych gyfleoedd i ystyried cyntaf, mae'r ddinas wedi cymryd 20% yn ein cyflwyno cyntaf, felly rydyn ni'n fawr iawn o'r nifer hwnnw. Roedd y swyddogoedd y ddinas a'r swyddogwyr yn gweithio'n fawr iawn dros y ddau wythnosau diwethaf, ac mae llawer o bobl wedi cymryd rhan. Ond os nad oes gennych, gallw Mae'r ymdrechion presidenol y byddai'r myfyrwyr yng Nghymru wedi'u cyflawni, ond mae'n ddiddorol ar y cwestiynau. Dw i ddim yn edrych ar yr ymdrechion presidenol, ond roedd y cwestiynau un yn dweud nid. 137 y cyhoeddiad i 66. Cwestiynau ddau, roedd y nod wedi'i wneud, 169-37. Cwestiynau ddau, roedd y nod wedi'i wneud, 78-24. Cwestiynau ddau, roedd y nod wedi'i wneud, 150-70. Felly, ganlyniadau ddiddorol iawn, ac rydyn ni'n gweld sut maen nhw'n chwarae ymlaen y diwrnod hwnnw.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Nid unig'r broblemau, ond y persona o'r candidatau.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: ac mae'n ddweud eich bod ni'n ymgyrchu'n genedlaethol y byddaf i'w gysylltu ar y cyfrifiad cyntaf hefyd, felly hwyl i'r myfyrwyr ar hyn o bryd. Gwych fideo, ac, Ms. Kreatz, rydych chi'n blincio. Roeddwn i am ddweud y byddai'n gwaith gwych ym mhrifysgolion, ac roedd hi'n ddiddorol iawn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Dwi'n teimlo y byddai rhywun yno yn dod allan a dweud, dyma gwahanol penderfynas.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yn ymwneud ag ymdrechion ym mhrifysgrif, a oes unrhyw ddewis i fynd i'r sesiynau gweithredu? Yn ymwneud ag Ysgrifennydd Van der Klooth, yn ymwneud ag Mr
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Byddwn ni'n mynd i mewn i'r sesiynau gweithredu. Byddwn ni'n dod allan o'r sesiynau gweithredu'n ddiweddarach a'n cyhoeddi.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Here. Six present, one absent. All please rise and salute our flag.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Approval of the minutes of October 17, 2016. Motion for approval on the floor, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carries. Approval of bills, transfer of funds.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval on the floor, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carries. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All in favor? All opposed? Motion carries. Report of the secretary. Report of committees. Committee of the whole, capital plan minutes. Ms. Van der Kloot, would you like to present?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Cugno, are you blinking?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a motion to receive this report and place on file and keep it with the rest of the capital plans that we've looked at at other schools. On the motion for approval, all those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Community participation? None, Mr. Superintendent. Suspension of rules? There's a motion to request the suspension of the rules by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Suspension is granted. Ms. Kreatz, you'd like to provide an update on a report item.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. I also just want to comment that we've been in touch with commissioner Roy of the DCR as well. In this matter, we heard the calls from the community meeting as well as the city council, the city school committee actually mentioned it, I think a few weeks ago, Mr. Superintendent, and it's on a report request due as well. So we have already voted to send a letter to the DCR and to pursue it through our state delegation. So that is taking place and we will keep continue to monitor it. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Or hired.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, they were in a freeze pattern.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could we mock Mr. Benedetto in attendance, please? Mr. Secretary? Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion just to follow up on the letter. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Motion to revert to the regular order of business. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Reports of superintendent. Report on Italian scholarship winners. This evening we have Ms. DiCarlo, the Director of Foreign Language with us. She would like to provide details on two scholarships that were recently awarded to Medford High School students. Ms. DiCarlo.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Mr. Carlo. If the teachers that are present this evening as well as the students could step forward, we'd like to present these awards. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Lena Zian for her achievement in the study of Italian and recipient of FAA USA scholarship 2016. Congratulations. Thank you. And the Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Joshua Crespo for the achievement in the study of Italian as well. Joshua, congratulations. Thank you. Robert, do you want to say a few words, maybe in Italian? Lina, would you like to say a few words, possibly in Italian and English? Either one. OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great job. Wonderful job all of you. Thank you. Anne-Marie, Anne-Marie, chow? Motion to receive the report in place on file, Mr. Skerry, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Financial report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Are there any questions from the committee? Mr. Skerry?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, just so we don't forget. And from the city side, the new CEO is also closing the books on June 30th. So until she physically hits the button to close, it's hard to get the carryover. The community schools is a carryover account.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's revolving.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This month it should happen.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, trustee. Pollack, did you have a question on this?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to accept the report and place on file. Seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Report is placed on file. Report on professional development day. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion. Offered by Ms. Villanueva, seconded by Ms. Disceri, and Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much and good luck tomorrow. I hope it works out and it's a beautiful day for you guys. Thank you. Motion to receive this report and place on file. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Report on college fair, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor. All those opposed. Motion passes and motion to plate receive in place on file. This report offered by Ms. Cuno seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor. All those opposed. Motion carries. Thank you. Report on TV forum and testing session.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seven didn't.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Three were absent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: When will we get the results from the tests?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And I also just want to thank the city nurses as well. Yes. 33 absolutely performed by the city hall nurse.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's truly a collaborative between school and state. So thank you for all your work. Thank you. Important matter. I believe Ms. Vandekloot, do you have a question on this paper? Thank you. Motion to receive and place on file.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to receive and place on file by Mr. Scurry, seconded by Ms. Cugno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Report on MBTHS Advisory Council meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that the school committee approves sending the students to the conference in Marvel, when is it? I know. When is it?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion that we approve the student's attendance in the next few weeks. A roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 7 in the affirmative, none in the negative. The motion passes. Good luck out there. Thank you. Thank you. Before we go into potentially an executive session for negotiations and legal matters, I just wanted to make an announcement that obviously tomorrow is election day. So please, if you didn't have an opportunity to early vote, the city hit 20% in our early voting cycle. So we're really proud of that number. The city clerk's office and the registrar's office worked really, really hard over the past couple of weeks. And a lot of people participated. But if you didn't, please get out there tomorrow. We have a report in here on the mock mock presidential debate that the students at Medford High School had. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend this year. I did go for their primary mock debate, but it's interesting on the questions. I won't read who they voted for in the presidential race, but the question one was a no, 137 votes to 66. Question two was a no, 169 to 37 votes. Question three, a no, 78 to 24. And question four was a yes, 150 to 70 in the affirmative. So very interesting results, and we'll see how they play out tomorrow.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Not only the issues, but the persona of the candidates.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And it sounds like our Attorney General is going to link it up with her site as well. So kudos to the kids on that accomplishment. Great video. And Ms. Kreatz, you're blinking.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're close to a line here on speaking about a question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Item seven, negotiations and legal matters. Is there a motion to go into executive session? Opposed by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Skerry. Roll call vote, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. We will now enter executive session. We will adjourn from that. We'll come out of executive session briefly and adjourn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The Medford School Committee will now come to order. The Secretary will call the roll. Mr. Estudio?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I would now like to invite Ms. Caldwell up to give a brief synopsis of the Columbus School Student Office's inauguration ceremony. Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The colors will now be presented by Joelle Ritchie. Please present the colors, Mr. Ritchie. Mr. Ritchie is accompanied by President-Elect Mariah Mattel and Vice President-Elect Alexandra Lombardo. Mr. Superintendent, could you hold the officials? Could you please place your right hand on the Bible and repeat after me? I, say your name. I, Mariah R. Mitchell, having been duly elected as President of our 4th grade class at the Columbus Elementary School, solemnly swear that I shall faithfully represent the interest of the students in our class, uphold the rules of my school, my classroom, And those of my teacher.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I will uphold the laws of the United States.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The state of Massachusetts.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The city of Medford. The city of Medford. And especially. And especially. My teacher's classroom rules.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And homework policies.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So help me God. Congratulations. Madam Vice President, it's your turn. Raise your right hand, repeat after me. I, say your name.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And at this time, we'd like to invite our president to say a few words, if you'd like to.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: She's already made quite a few accomplishments in such a short time. And on behalf of the school committee, we'd like to present you with pennies for your penny drive. Mr. Flagg here, please retire the colors. Thank you ladies, great job.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you all so much for being here tonight. This is a very special event for us, as well as for all of you parents, students, teachers, and administrators. So thank you all for being a part of this tonight.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you, Mr. Pratt. Did you want to say a few words?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Clady. Van der Kloot?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm sure there's a few that will be here someday, so great job students. Have a great evening, get home and finish your homework so that Mr. Platt is happy with you tomorrow. Could someone make a motion for suspension of the rules so that we can present the math students? Motion for suspension of the rules by Ms. Van der Kloot, is there a second? By Ms. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Suspension is granted. It's item 7-1. Presentation of Mass Student Achievement Awards. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations, Zach. Good job. Would you like to say a few words? If you'd like.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Zach. I was lucky enough last spring to do a hike with Zach and some of his fellow members of the Mustang Trail. And it was quite a unique experience and they know all about the trail. They started it up themselves and it's quite a, something to be very proud of. So he'll do great with environmental studies.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Not here? Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Is there a motion to revert to the regular order of business by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. DiBenedetto? All those in favor? All those opposed? We're now on the regular agenda. Approval of minutes of September 26, 2016. Is there a motion for approval by Ms. Discari, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Ms. Discari, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Approval of payrolls. It's a motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of the secretary. None. Report of committees, curriculum subcommittee meeting. Ms. VanderKloof is the chairperson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you Mr. Benedetto. Is there a motion on the floor to accept the report? Motion to accept. Motion to accept offered by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes with the report being added to our list.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Community participation. Melanie McLaughlin, President of the CPAC. Ms. McLaughlin. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. McLaughlin.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Kreatz, you're blinking. No? I was. No, did you?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that a committee of the whole be held in the next two months, which we promise you it will not be two months. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Report of the superintendent. Report on Roberts Elementary School grants. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And I'm happy to take any questions.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And if I could, from the chair, just thank the co-chair, Ms. Van der Kloot, for all of her hard work on behalf of the Medford Educational Foundation in bringing it back to life in a productive way. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great job. Congratulations. Thank you. Motion to receive and place on file this report. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on TB response and follow-up action steps. And before the superintendent gives his report, I just really want to thank him and his staff for the outstanding job that was done during this issue. Also, the City of Medford Health Department, which played a major role, as well as the Department of Public Health. A lot of people came to the table in order to provide information to the families so that People would not be fearful and scared. So thank you all for the amazing work that you did, in particular, Ms. Vento. Thank you. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Maybe Ms. Vento, if you could just speak to the symptoms, just so the people watching at home understand what to look for.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I would suggest that Thursday evening be filmed so that it can go on our school channel as well for those that are unable to come out to the meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. There's a motion to receive and place on file this report. So moved. All those in favor? All those opposed? The motion passes. Thank you very much, Ms. Antone. Great job on this. Report on DESE planning for ESSA accountability system.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can we make a motion for our next meeting? Could you write up a motion that we can vote on? Sure. And then you can deliver it down? Yep. On behalf of Ms. Van der Kloot. Thank you. Is there a motion to receive and place on file this report? Motion by Ms. Cuno, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on snow day, school cancellation protocols.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They have something in place that we met over the end of last winter, so hopefully we'll be ready to go. On the motion by Mr. Skerry to receive in place on file by Ms. VanDekloot, all those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Motion to move negotiations in legal manners to the end of the agenda. So moved on that motion, Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to take new business.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There are four resolutions in our packet. They are quite lengthy. Is there a motion to read the entire resolution? Ms. Vandekloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The first one has to do with the foundation budget which is used to calculate all of the local aid that we get for the school department from the state. It's be it resolved that MASC calls upon the legislature to enact the recommendations of the foundation budget into law and further that the legislature order the commission to reconvene in order to conduct further deliberations and make such recommendations as the FBRC may propose and further that the FBRC shall address and make recommendations toward the overall accuracy of the adequacy of the overall foundation budget. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have not had any 9C cuts inflicted upon us yet.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It did. I think back in 2009 we had 9C cuts, which are really hard to do when you get notice in December and January, because you're basically cutting a year's worth of a cut in the 6th month.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're following quite closely.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion for approval of this first resolution?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion as amended on resolution one. Motion seconded roll call vote.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative on the motion as amended. Resolution 2, tax reform ballot question. talks about greater tax equity that will not raise taxes on any but the wealthiest residents of Massachusetts. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Massachusetts Association of School Committees explore ways to promote social and economic equity through a valid initiative whose purpose may include a state constitutional amendment, tax reform, protection of the state's neediest residents of all ages, and seeks additional revenue only from tax reform affecting the state's wealthiest residents. FURTHER, THAT THE GOAL OF SUCH A BALLOT REFERENDUM WILL BE TO SECURE A STRONGER FINANCIAL BASE TO UNDERWRITE NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE COMMONWEALTH, AS WELL AS THE EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF ITS RESIDENTS. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2? MOTION FOR APPROVAL, MR. SCARI, SECONDED BY THE INTERCLUDE. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. Yes, 7 to 0, 7 in favor, motion passes. Resolution 3, charter school reform. Oh, this is a long one. I'm going to go right down to the be it resolved. Therefore, be it resolved that the Massachusetts Association of School Committees urge the citizens of the Commonwealth to reject such a ballot initiative and further, that MASC seeks legislative approval of a comprehensive set of reforms that include, one, establishment of strict guidelines or regulations to require the charter schools enrolled represent cross-sections of students residing within the school service areas. Two, reporting of accurate number of students who leave charter schools to return to the sending district or district of residence. Three, requiring, well, I'm sorry, requiring the Mass. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to retain and report accurate data on enrollment of students with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, economic disadvantage, emotional disability, and status as racial and linguistic minorities. 4. State requirements that any charter school authorized in a community without its consent be funded in full by the Commonwealth, rather than by expropriation of Chapter 70 education aid from the sending cities, towns, and regions. State funding in full of any mitigation funds created to offset the loss of state funding for students who become students in charter schools.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So noted that Mr. Benedetto will abstain based upon her working for a charter school. Motion for approval. Is the motion for approval by Ms. Vanderhoof, seconded by Ms. Cugno. Roll call, Ms. Toscari. Ms. Cugno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 6 in the affirmative, 1 abstain, motion passes. Resolution 4, social and emotional well-being of students. Som be it resolved that the Mass. Association of School Committees shall be directed to deploy such resources of the Association independently and in collaboration with other organizations to gather resources, identify strategies, and improve public awareness of the importance of addressing students' social and emotional well-being, and further, that MASC shall give consideration to such public policy initiatives that prioritize action by stakeholders and stakeholders in collaboration with expert behavioral and health care providers as the most effective entities for addressing strategies that are in the best interest of children. Motion for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Cugno. Roll call vote, please, Mr. Skerry. Ms. Van der Kloot would like to speak on this first. Ms. Van der Kloot? Mr. Skerry, roll call, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. Motion passes. Thank you very much. Okay, resolution submitted by member Van der Kloot. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee urges the citizens of Medford to vote no on charter school expansion question two this November. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for approval of Ms. Van der Kloot's recommendation, seconded by Ms. Cuno. Would you like a roll call on this?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Roll call, Mr. Skerry. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, six in the affirmative, one abstained, motion passes. Over four million dollars. That's on our cherry sheets. Anyone can go up to the state website and they can look up Medford's cherry sheet, which was named after the color it used to be printed on back in the dark ages. And you can look up the state aid, and you can see the revenue that comes from the state, expenses they charge us, such as tea. They hit us for being a T community, which is quite a couple million dollars. Charter schools is another big hit that we have. And then you see the monies that come to the city from the state as well. So please, go up and look. It's enlightening. Yeah, I think the thing about the charter schools is we're not, like you said, we're not saying they're not great educational facilities, but when you pluck one first grader out of the school, maybe one first out of another school, we don't lose a whole classroom, so we don't gain any efficiencies. We just, we lose one here and there, and the next thing you know, we're up to what number, Mr. Billeson?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: you know, all the different grades and schools and classrooms. So, we're not able to just cut classrooms, you know, without putting our numbers up to 25, 26 average, so.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Resolution proposed by Mayor Burke, proclamation by Mayor Burke, supporting and celebrating keeping lights on, keeping lights on after school of proclamation. Can I read this whole motion? Whereas the citizens of Medford stand firmly committed to quality after school programs and opportunities because they provide challenging and engaging learning experiences that help Children develop social, emotional, physical, and academic skills while supporting working families, ensuring their children are safe and productive after the traditional school day ends. We, as the City of Medford, have provided significant leadership in the area of community involvement in the education and well-being of our youth, grounded in the principle that quality after-school programs are key to helping our children become successful adults. Where as Lights On After School, the national celebration of after-school programs held this year on October 22, 2016, promotes the importance of quality after-school programs in the lives of children, families, and communities. Where as more than 28 million children in the U.S. have parents who work outside the home, and 15.1 million children have no place to go after school. Where as many after-school programs across the country are facing funding shortfalls so severe that they are being forced to close their doors and turn off their lights. Medford City is committed to investing in the health and safety of all young people by providing after-school and out-of-school time programs that will help close the achievement gap and prepare young people to compete in the global economy. It is important to engage families, schools, and communities in advancing the welfare of our children and ensure the lights stay on and the doors stay open for all children after school. Now, the F.R.I. Stephanie Burke, Mayor of the City of Medford, do hereby proclaim October 22, 2016 to be Lights On After School Day, and urge all the citizens of Medford to take cognizance of this event and participate fittingly in its observance, given this seventeenth day of October in the year 2016, and of the independence of the United States of America, the two hundred and forty. Motion for approval. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm sorry. Okay. Yep, sorry. School Committee Resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Thomas English. Mr. English was a Medford High School physical education health teacher and coach for many years. He was the husband of Marlene English, a former Medford public school secretary. Further, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Beth Wood. Ms. Wood was the sister of former Director of Administration and Finance, Pat Bailey. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of John DeVeros. Mr. DeVeros was a long-time custodian for the Medford Public Schools. And if I could just add one, that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Hannah Young, former Medford High School student. All please rise for a moment of silence, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the MBTA bus pass, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mustone, a Roberts announcement?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What was the time?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. And also this Sunday is Medford Day, 1 to 4 behind the Andrews School. There will be musical entertainment, kids activities, adult entertainment, charitable organizations will be there with various informational and or activities for everyone. So please come on down to the Andrews School. Medford Day.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great food, great entertainment.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great charity.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great. Motion to revert to the regular order of business, which is item six, negotiations in legal matters. We, there were a motion to go into executive session, offered by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Cuno, Ms. Disceri. Ms. Cuno. Yes. Yes, seven in the affirmative, nine in the negative. We will now go into executive session.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Bydd y cyfarfod yng Nghymru ysgol y Medfyrdd yn dod i lawr. Bydd y Secretary yn gofyn y rôl. Ysgolion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ysgolion. Ysgolion. Ysgolion. Ysgolion. Ysgolion. Ysgolion. Ysgolion. Ysgolion. Ysgolion. Ysgolion. Ysgolion. Ysgolion. Ysgolion. Ysgolion. Ysgolion. Ysgolion. Ysgolion Ymgyrchu ar y munudau o 12.09.2016. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ymgyrchu ar y munudau o 12.09.2016. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ymgyrchu ar y munudau o 12.09.2016. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ymgyrchu ar y munudau o 12.09.2016. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ymgyrchu ar y munudau o 12.09.2016. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van Yn ymwneud ag adnoddwyr gan Mr. Skerry. Yn ymwneud ag Ms. Cunio. Yn ymwneud ag un. Yn ymwneud ag adnoddwyr. Yn ymwneud ag adnoddwyr. Yn ymwneud ag adnoddwyr. Yn ymwneud ag adnoddwyr. Yn ymwneud ag adnoddwyr. Yn ymwneud ag adnoddwyr. Yn ymwneud ag adnoddwyr. Yn ymwneud ag adnoddwyr. Yn ymwneud ag adnoddwyr. Yn ymwneud ag adnoddwyr. Yn ymwneud ag adnoddwyr. Yn ymwneud ag adnoddwyr
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Byddwn ni'n ymweld â rhai datau ym mis nesaf. Byddwn i'n ymuno gyda'ch unrhyw un i gysylltu'n ddiweddarach. Iawn, diolch. Diolch yn fawr. Ymdrechion cymunedol, Cheryl Rodriguez, Robert's School.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mae gen i tri cysylltiadau ar hyn o bryd. Efallai y gallaf ysgrifennu nhw ar hyn o bryd. Iawn. Mr. Benedetto, cysylltiadau cysylltiedig, y cyfrifiad o'r holl myfyrwyr yng nhw'r ys Ms. Cugno, Mr. Johnson should appear at the next school committee meeting to address us on this topic. And Mr. Skerry, that Mr. Johnson and the team meet with parents ASAP.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: — And there's a second. Would you like me to reread them, or are we all on the same page with them? Motion for approval on all of the motions made, including a report update, be added to our school committee agenda. All those in favor? — Aye. — All those opposed?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wel, os gallaf o'r sefydliad, rwy'n mynd i roi rhai anhygoelion i Cachet, sydd wedi gweithio mewn cyfnod ffabulus y diwrnod diwethaf. Roedd y cyhoeddiad Mistic River. Roedd y cyfnod yn ddefnyddol i'r teulu. Roedd llawer o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rh a'r adnodd arbenigol, Brookline Bank, i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd anhygoel. Rwy'n gobeithio bod pob un wedi'i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd, ac os nad, rwy'n siŵr ei roi ar eich calendr ar gyfer y flwyddyn nesaf. Mae'n diwrnod ffantastig. Felly, hwylion i Cachet i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd hwnnw.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Rwy'n credu os oedden ni i gyd wedi clywed un thema cyffredinol, roedd hynny'n ymddiriedol, ac roedd hynny'n ymddiriedol, ac roedd hynny'n yr hyn sy'n ymwneud â chi drwy'r diwrnod, mewn gwirionedd, ac mae'r pethau y mae'r bobl ymweld â'r dyfodol. Felly, roedd y diwrnod yn ddiddorol iawn ar gyfer y ddinas Medfyrd. Fe wnaeth fy ngwyrwyr gwaith anhygoel, fel y gwnaeth rhai eraill yn yr ystafell y ddinas, DPW, y Llywodraeth. Rwy'n gobeithio bod pob un o'r dechrau ar gael ar gyfer y digwyddiad hwn. Felly, roedd y diwrnod yn ddiddorol iawn. Diolch. Ac rydyn ni'n cael adroddiad arbennig ar gyfer ddewis ddewis sy'n mynd o'n ysgol, felly byddwn i'n gobeithio y byddwn i'n gobeithio y byddwn i'n gobeithio y byddwn i'n gobeithio y byddwn i'n gobeithio y byddwn i'n gobeithio Rwy'n gobeithio dweud y byddwn wedi cael y dyn yma yn ein system ysgolion am y 35 mlynedd diwethaf, ond mae'n digwyddiad ddau blynedd, tri mlynedd, chwe ddau, ac mae hi wedi cyflawni mor iawn yn ychydig o amser. Rydych chi'n dyn anhygoel, rydych chi wedi cyflwyno syniadau ddiddorol i'n system ysgolion, ac rydych chi wedi gwneud hynny'n automatig a gwneud ni'n system yn fwy cydweithredol. Nid yw hyn yn ymddangos sut rydyn ni i gyd yn teimlo amdanyn nhw. Rydyn ni'n gwybod ein bod ni'n ymdrech amdanyn nhw. Fodd bynnag, mae'n gratiaeth i'r ysgolau cyhoeddus i gydnabod Patricia Bailey ar gyfer gwasanaeth arbennig fel Director of Administration and Finance, sy'n cydweithredu gyda phob un ohonyn nhw. Rydyn ni'n gobeithio'r fwyaf i chi yng Nghymru. Ie, yng Nghymru! Yng Nghymru. Ac rydyn ni'n gwybod eich bod chi'n gwneud
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Rwy'n gwybod, rydyn ni wedi ceisio. Rydyn ni wedi ceisio.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Rydw i'n mynd i ddod allan. Byddai unrhyw un yn gwneud cymdeithas y byddwn ni'n cymryd eidem. Diolch yn fawr, Mr. Skerry. Cynhyrchu'r ystyriedau i ddefnyddio papur nr 8 o'r adroddiadau. Mae'n adroddiad ar y strydau cyflawn. Rwy'n gobeithio y bydd y cymuned yn ymwybodol y bydd y Llywodraeth Medfyrdd wedi cael argyfwng $400,000 ar gyfer prosiectau y strydau cyflawn sy'n byw yn ein cymuned. Roedd hwn yn rhan o'r cymuned sydd wedi'i ysgrifennu gyda'r swyddfa'r Gweinidog a'r Gweinidog Llywodraeth, sy'n ein galluogi i ddod i $90,000 o arian grant i wneud astudiaethau ar ein Gyda'r arian hwnnw, roedd MAPC yn cydweithredu cymdeithaswyr trafegol a chynghorwyr trafegol i ddod allan i edrych ar llawer o'r problemau rydyn ni'n gwybod ac yna i rannu'r problemau, yn seiliedig ar angen. Unwaith y gwnaethom hynny'n digwydd, ro'n ni'n rhaid i ni gysylltu'n ymgyrch i'r Llywodraeth. Unwaith i'r Llywodraeth, ro'n ni'n cymryd rhan arall ar ein cyfrifiad. Ro'n ni'n cyfrifiad o'r mwyaf y gallwch chi i'r broses hwn, sy'n $400,000. Byddai'r eitem cyntaf ar ein llwybrau yn ymdrech i'r ysgol Broke. Rydyn ni'n sylweddoli bod y ffordd o'r ystafell hwnnw'n ymwneud â chyflawni'r amgylchedd, ac mae'n amgylchedd ddiogelwch. Yn ystod yr wythnos, Roedd y myfyrwyr yn cael ychwanegu, ond gallai fod yn llawer mwy. Nid oedd oherwydd y ffyrdd, roedd yna broblem glir, ond mewn unrhyw ddigwyddiad, mae'n croeswg fawr iawn. Felly, roedd y bobl yn dylunio'r ffyrdd, a oedd ein cymdeithaswyr trafeg, a oedden nhw'n edrych arno, ac roedden nhw'n edrych arno, ac roedden nhw'n gwneud ychydig argyfwngiadau ar gyfer y prosiect hon, gan gynnwys beacons rapid flash, sef os byddwch chi'n mynd i croeswg, byddwch chi'n gysylltu'r botwm, a byddwch chi'n gwneud gwirioneddau ar y ddwyrau. Mae cyrbwysau'n dod allan fel y byddwch chi'n ysgrifennu'r strwyd, ac llawer o aelodau arall. Yn ystod y cyfnod, byddwn ni hefyd yn dylunio'r strwyd fawr oherwydd mae'n strwyd fawr i ffwrdd, gyda'r cariau sy'n cael eu gallu parcio mewn segmentau arall. Byddwn ni'n gwneud newidiadau cyfnodol i'r strwyd er mwyn ysgrifennu'n fawr iawn ac ysgrifennu'r cariau. Rydyn ni'n gwybod bod cariau'n broblem. mae'r brif wedi'i argyfwng i fod yn cael mwy o gynllunio ar y stryd. Bydd yn ymddangos hwnnw. Roedden ni'n cael ychydig eitemau sy'n cael eu cyhoeddi, un o hynny yw'r stryd Salem. Rydyn ni'n gwneud astudio trafeg ar y stryd Salem, yn yr ardal Hain Sgwrs. Rydyn ni'n gysylltu'r ardal Medford Sgwrs. Rydyn ni'n gysylltu'r ardal ar gyfer stryd Rhyfel. byddwn yn gwneud hynny'n ymwneud â'r ffordd y byddwn ni'n ei wneud hefyd, ac mae yna llawer o'r rhai eraill sy'n ymddangos eu hunain yn ystod y pwll Tufts. Rydyn ni'n gwybod ein bod ni'n cael sefydliad croesawu'n fawr iawn yno hefyd, felly os edrychwch ar y wefan, gallwch weld y llis o'r eitemau rydyn ni'n ei wneud ynghylch rywfaint o analysiaeth, ond rydyn ni'n ddiolchgar iawn i'r cyhoeddi hwn, ac rydyn ni hefyd yn mynd i edrych ar y cynyddiadau cynyddu'r cynyd ar y ffyrdd yn y stryd, cyn i ni ddim yn gallu cyrraedd y ffyrdd gwreiddiol fel 60, 16, 38, ac nawr maen nhw wedi drosodd hynny. Rydyn ni'n gallu hynny, felly rydyn ni'n hoff iawn am hynny, rydyn ni wedi profi erbyn hyn yn y byd, ac maen nhw wedi dod i mewn i ddod allan ein sylwadau, felly byddwn ni'n cynyddu'r broses hwn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mae hwn yn ymwneud â'r strwythoedd gyhoeddus hwn. Mae'r ffynediad hwn yn ddangos... Yn ymwneud â'r strwythoedd gyhoeddus hwn. Mae'r ffynediad hwn yn ymwneud â'r strwythoedd gyhoeddus hwn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mae'r ffynediad hwn yn ymwneud â'r strwythoedd gyhoeddus hwn. Mae'r ffynediad hwn yn ymwneud â'r strwythoedd gyhoeddus hwn. Mae'r ffynediad hwn yn ymwneud â'r strwythoedd gyhoeddus hwn. Mae'r ff Ac yna byddwn yn rhoi'r cynnyrch allan i ddechrau ymlaen, ymlaen i'r winter, ymlaen i ni'n gallu mynd i'r ffwrdd, ac yna bydd yn cael ei wneud, efallai, ym mis Mawrth. Mae hynny'n wych.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Y cyfartal byddwn yn mynd i'w gael ar hynny'n ddiweddarach.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: A oes gennym ni unrhyw beth, rydych chi'n gwybod, wedi'i ddarganfod hynny gyda... Rydyn ni'n cael cyfarfodydd ddiwethaf gyda llawer o'r tîm o City Hall, yn ogystal â rhai o'r parents sy'n ymwneud â'r Ysgol Brifysgol. Ac roedd y math hwn yn cael ei ddod i'n sylweddol ar y cyfarfodydd hwnnw. Ac roedd gennym hefyd sefydliadwr Jalen ac arweinwyr Garboly, sy'n mynd i siarad â'r arweinwyr Donato, mae'n ac roedden nhw'n mynd i edrych ar y broblemau ym Mhrifysgol Deyrnas Unedig, oherwydd dyna'r ffyrdd ym Mhrifysgol Deyrnas Unedig i weld a allan nhw, yn gyntaf, ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd i dd
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Dw i'n credu bod hynny'n gywir.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mae'r cyfrifiad ar y pwyll. Byddwn ni'n mynd i wneud hynny ar y cyfrifiad i'n Llywodraeth y Deyrnas Unedig. Ar y cyfrifiad. Yr hollbwyswyr? I. Yr hollbwyswyr? Mae'r cyfrifiad wedi'i wneud. Ms. Kreatz, roeddech chi'n byw?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Bydd y cyfarfod yng Nghymru ysgol y Medfyrdd yn dod i lawr. Bydd y Secretary yn gofyn y rôl.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. President, seven present, none absent, all please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Gwneud y blynyddoedd o 12.09.2016. Ms. Van der Kloot. Gwneud y blynyddoedd o 12.09.2016. Ms. Van der Kloot. Gwneud y blynyddoedd o 12.09.2016. Ms. Van der Kloot. Gwneud y blynyddoedd o 12.09.2016. Ms. Van der Kloot. Gwneud y blynyddoedd o 12.09.2016. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Van de K Cymorth ar gyfer y cyhoeddiad gan Mr. Skerry, a'r ailgylchedd gan Ms. Cuno. Yn fawr i gyd. Cymorth ar gyfer y cyhoeddiad. Cymorth ar gyfer y secretariad. Cymorth ar gyfer y comitiaid. Comitiaid y Llywodraeth, 10.12.2016. Cymorth ar gyfer y cyhoeddiad gan Comitiaid y Llywodraeth, 10.12. Is there a second? A'r ailgylchedd gan Ms. Krets. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Byddwn ni'n ymweld â rhai dateau nesaf. Byddwn i'n ymddangos gyda'ch unrhyw un i ceisio cydweithredu'n ddiweddarach. Iawn, diolch. Ydych chi'n bwysig. Gweithredu cymunedol, Cheryl Rodriguez, Robert's School.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mae Ms. Mustone yn ystod nesaf.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto, cyfrifiadau cyfrifiadau, y cyfrifiadau o'r holl myfyrwyr ym mhysgwyr tredeg. Ms. Cugno, Mr. Johnson should appear at the next school committee meeting to address us on this topic. And Mr. Skerry, that Mr. Johnson and the team meet with parents ASAP.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: A dyna'r cyfnod, y byddwch chi'n hoffi i mi ysgrifennu arnyn nhw, neu y byddwn i gyd? Rydyn ni'n unig, rydyn ni'n ymwneud â nhw. Ymdrechion ar gyfer y cyhoeddiad ar yr holl ymdrechion sy'n cael eu cynnwys, gan gynnwys adnodd ar gyfer adnodd adnodd adnodd adnodd adnodd adnodd adnodd adnodd adnodd
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, if I could from the chair, I want to give some accolades out to Cachet, who ran a fabulous event this past Saturday. It was the Mystic River Celebration. It was a family-friendly event. Many of the parents and children I saw were there all afternoon with great music, great dance, great activities for the kids. So it was just a really beautiful event, and I want to congratulate Laurel Siegel, Laura Barreton, the Medford Arts Council, Ali Fisk, a'r adnodd arbenigol, Brookline Bank, i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd anhygoel. Rwy'n gobeithio bod pawb wedi'i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd, ac os nad, rwy'n siŵr ei fod ar eich calendr ar gyfer y flwyddyn nesaf. Mae'n diwrnod ffabulus. Felly, gobeithio Cachet i ddod o'r ffordd i ddod o'r ffordd hwnnw. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Rwy'n credu os oedden ni i gyd wedi clywed un thema cymdeithasol, roedd hynny'n ddiddorol iawn. Roedd hynny'n ddiddorol iawn. Roedd hynny'n ddiddorol iawn. Roedd hynny'n ddiddorol iawn. Roedd hynny'n ddiddorol iawn. Ro ymgeisio, siarad ac edrych ar y dyfodol. Felly, roedd y diwrnod yn ddiddorol iawn ar gyfer y ddinas Medford. Roedd fy ngwaithwyr yn gwneud swydd anhygoel, fel y gafodd eraill yn y ddinas Cynulliad, y DPW, y Llywodraeth. Rwy'n gobeithio, roedd pob un o'r ddechrau ar gael ar gyfer y digwyddiad hon. Felly, roedd y digwyddiad yn eithaf da. Diolch. Mae ganddyn ni adroddiad arbennig ar gyfer ddewis ddewis sy'n mynd o'n ddysgwyr ysgol, felly byddwn i'n gobeithio y byddwn i'n gobeithio y byddwn i'n gobeithio y byddwn i'n gobeithio y byddwn i'n gobeithio Byddwn i'n hoffi ddweud y byddwn wedi cael y dyn yma mewn ein hysgol dros y 35 mlynedd diwethaf, ond mae wedi bod mewn ddau blynedd, tri mlynedd, chwe ddau, ac mae wedi gweithio'n fawr iawn yn ychydig o amser. Rydych chi'n dyn anhygoel, rydych chi wedi dod â rhai syniadau ddiddorol i'n hysgol, ac rydych chi wedi gwneud hynny'n automatig ac wedi gwneud ein hysgol yn fwy cydweithredol. Nid yw hyn yn ymdrech ar sut rydym ni i gyd yn teimlo amdanyn nhw. Rydyn ni'n gwybod ein bod ni'n ymdrech amdanyn nhw. Fodd bynnag, mae'n gratiaeth i'r ysgolau cymdeithasol sy'n ymdrechu i gydnabod Patricia Bailey ar gyfer gwasanaeth gwych fel Dyrwyddiadurwyr y Dyrwyddiadurwyr a'r Finans sy'n ymgyrchu gyda phob un ohonyn nhw. Rydyn ni'n gobeithio'n fwyaf i chi yng Nghymru. Ie, yng Nghymru! Michigan, and we know that you will make another school system very proud.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Rwy'n gwybod, rydyn ni wedi ceisio. Rydyn ni wedi ceisio.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Rydyn ni wedi ceisio. Rydyn ni wedi ceisio. Byddai unrhyw un yn gwneud cymdeithas y byddwn ni'n cymryd eitemau. Diolch, Mr. Skerry. Cymorth i'r ystyriedau i ddod â'r papur nesaf o'r adroddiadau. I lawr. Mae'n adroddiad ar y strydau cyflawn. Rwy'n gobeithio y bydd y cymuned yn gwybod bod y ddinas Metrid wedi'i gyflwyno i $400,000 ar gyfer prosiectau stryd cyflawn sy'n byw yn ein cymuned. Roedd hyn yn rhan o'r cymuned cyflawn sydd wedi'i ysgrifennu gyda'r swyddfa'r Gweinidog a'r Gweinidog Llywodraeth, sy'n gallu i ni ddod i $90,000 o arian grant i wneud ymchwilau ar ein strydau. Gyda'r arian hwnnw, mae MAPC wedi gweithredu tîm o weithredwyr trafeg a gweithredwyr trafeg i ddod allan a edrych ar llawer o'r problemau rydyn ni'n gwybod ac yna i rannu nhw, yn seiliedig ar angen. Unwaith y gwnaethon ni hyrwyddo hynny, roedden ni'n rhaid i ni gysylltu â pholisi i ymgysylltu i'r wlad. Unwaith y gwnaethon ni hyrwyddo hynny, roedden ni'n ymwneud ag ychydig o bwyntiau ar ein gweithredu. Roedden ni'n cael yr ychydig mwyaf y gallwch chi i'r broses hon, sy'n Byddai'r eitem cyntaf ar ein llwybr yn ymdrech i'r ysgol Broke. Rydyn ni'n sylweddoli bod y ffordd o'r ardal hwnnw'n ymwneud â chymaint o le, ac mae'n ymdrech i'r amgylchedd. Yn ystod yr wythnos diwethaf, Roedd y myfyrwyr yn cael ychydig o'r ffordd y bydden nhw'n ei wneud, ond byddai'n bwysig iawn. Nid oedd oherwydd y ffyrdd, ond roedd yn broblem glir. Yn unrhyw ddiwedd, mae'n ymgyrch fawr iawn. Felly, roedd y bobl yn dylunio'r ffyrdd, a oedd ein cymdeithaswyr trafeg, wedi mynd ymlaen ac edrychu arno. Roedden nhw'n gwneud ychydig o'r cyhoeddiadau ar gyfer y prosiect hon, gan gynnwys y beicynau rapid flash, sef os byddwch chi'n mynd ymlaen, byddwch chi'n presio'r a byddwch chi'n gwneud gwirioneddol o'r strwythoedd. Ond yn ystod y cyfnod, byddwn ni hefyd yn gwneud peiriannau ar y strwythoedd, oherwydd mae'n strwythoedd fawr iawn sy'n mynd ymlaen i'r ffwrdd, gyda'r carau'n cael eu gallu parcio mewn segmentau arall. Felly byddwn ni'n gwneud cymaint o newidiadau i'r strwythoedd er mwyn teimlo'r strwythoedd ychydig i'r carau. Rydyn ni'n gwybod bod carau'n broblem. mae'r brif wedi'i argyfwng i fod yn cael mwy o ddefnyddio ar y stryd. Bydd yn ymddangos y pethau. Roedden ni'n cael ychydig o'r eitemau sy'n cael eu cyhoeddi, un o'n, gan gynnwys y stryd Salem. Rydyn ni'n gwneud astudio trafeg ar y stryd Salem, mewn ardal Haines Square. Rydyn ni'n gysylltu'r ardal yng nghanol y stryd Rhyfel. byddwn yn gwneud hynny'n ymwneud â'r ffordd y byddwn yn ymwneud â'r ffordd y byddwn yn gwneud hynny'n ymwneud â'r ffordd y byddwn yn gwneud hynny'n ymwneud â'r ffordd y byddwn yn gwneud hynny'n ymwneud â'r ffordd y byddwn yn gwneud hynny'n ymwneud â'r ffordd y byddwn yn gwneud hynny'n ymwneud â'r ffordd y byddwn yn gwneud hynny'n ymwneud â'r ffordd y byddwn yn gwneud hynny'n ymwneud â'r ffordd y byddwn yn gwneud hynny'n ymwne ar y ffyrdd, cyn i ni allu cyrraedd y ffyrdd gwreiddiol, fel y 60, 16, 38, ac nawr maen nhw wedi drwyddo hynny. Rydyn ni'n ddiolchgar iawn am hynny, rydyn ni wedi gwneud hynny yn y byd, ac maen nhw wedi dod i mewn i ddweud ein sylwadau, felly byddwn ni'n intensifio'r broses hon.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mae hwn yn cynyddu ar y stryd cyflawni, mae'r ffynediad hwn yn unig sy'n cydnabod... A oes yna dylunio'r amser? Mae'n rhaid iddyn nhw'n cael eu penderfynu ym mis Mawrth 30, felly rydyn ni'n cael un enghraifft sy'n edrych ar... Pan fyddwch chi'n gwneud cyrbidebau, mae'n rhaid iddynt gael y raddau cyffredinol a'r holl hynny. Felly mae rhaid i unrhyw un dynnu'r planau sy'n rhaid iddyn nhw fynd ar y stryd. Felly byddwn ni'n dynnu hynny dros y blynyddoedd nesaf. Mae' ac yna byddwn yn rhoi'r gwaith allan i'r dechrau ymlaen ymlaen i'r winter ac yna byddwn yn gallu mynd i mewn i'r dda. Ac yna byddai'n cael ei wneud, efallai, ym mis Mawrth. Dyna'n wych.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mae'n mynd i ddod ymlaen i'r dyfodol, a byddwn yn mynd i'r dyfodol ar hyn o bryd.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Rydyn ni'n cael cyfarfodydd ddiwethaf gyda llawer o'r tîm o'r ystafell y ddinas, yn ogystal â rhai o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhain o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai o'r rhai Ac roedden nhw'n mynd i edrych mewn i'r broblemau DCR, oherwydd dyna'r ffyrdd DCR i weld a oedden nhw'n gallu, yn gyntaf, cael gartref ymlaen ar ddwy leoedd ar y Felswg. Felly roedden nhw'n mynd i ddweud hynny yn eu Beiliwick, ac roedden nhw'n mynd i'w gysylltu â hynny.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Rydw i'n gwneud y cyfrifiad i'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a'r sefydliadwyr a
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Cress, roeddech chi am ddweud?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Complete Streets isn't strictly a school zone area.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They went in and they evaluated the level of severity, and they came up with the list. It's professional, not the city. The professional engineers did. So they've ranked them all, and the state basically took our first six plus a study, seven items, and that's what they funded. So we'll be applying again for another grant, and we'll be going down that list and hitting more and more, and then whatever we can accomplish on our own will certainly be
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Dw i ddim yn gwybod, mae gennym nifer yma yn y cymdeithas rydyn ni'n gobeithio ei ystyried, ond dwi ddim wedi gweld y broblem hwnnw pan fydd y croesawd ar-lein. Y broblem rydw i wedi clywed yw pan nad ydyn nhw yno, yw pan maen nhw'n cael broblemau. Felly roedd y brif wedi dweud ei fod yn gwneud ymdrechion trafegol addas. Rydyn ni'n mynd i drimio rhai ddwyrau hefyd, er mwyn i bobl gweld y sylwad sy'n golygu beth yw eu cynyddiadau cyflym. Rydyn ni'n meddwl mai'r broblem yw pan nad ydyn ni'n cael gwartref trafegol.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yn y cyfrifiad i'w cael mewn lle ar ddarlun, mae'r adroddiad hwn. Yr holl bobl sy'n ymdrech. Yr holl bobl sy'n ymdrech. Mae'r cyfrifiad yn mynd dros. Mae'r cyfrifiad i ddod yn ôl i'r rhesymau arbennig. Oh, nid ydw i. Dechreuwch. Dechreuwch, Mr. Skerry. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Y Llywodraeth. Y Llywodraeth.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good afternoon dignitaries, clergy, friends, survivors, first responders, and especially the families of Crystal, Martin, Lindsey, and John. Your strength and courage since September, April 15, 2013 has given us the ability to come together to heal from that traumatic time in the Commonwealth's history. As a community, we share in your sorrow. As a community, we share in your healing. And as a community, we are hopeful. We are hopeful that this special place in our city, a living memorial that countless individuals, entities contributed to, to bring to fruition, is a testament to the longing we all have for a peaceful, reflective space. I thank former Mayor Michael McGlynn for his vision and fortitude to plan this garden, which sits just a few blocks from the Campbell's residence. I thank Secretary Pollack, Highway Administrator Tom Tinlin, and their team for their expertise and funding to assist in this project. And I thank the Dagles, Pam Shadley, and all city departments for their work and oversight. We, the city and state, are a shepherd for this beautiful Peace Garden on behalf of all of those who gave us so much. As versed by the Dalai Lama, when we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways, either by losing hope and following self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. In the days, weeks, and years following the horrific events, these families, first responders, and survivors have demonstrated pure strength by their actions and words seen and heard around the world. Who can forget the words by Rob Rogers during his eulogy of his brother Sean Collier? Live long like he would. Big hearts, big smiles, big service, all love. Who can forget Mr. Bill Richard's remarks during a recent dedication of a statue to his son Marvin at his and his wife Denise's alma mater, Bridgewater State University? Reminder to all, unlike the past, the story of the future is not yet written. Martin's message of peace will live on. Our hope is for Martin's legacy to live on through today's children and to show that no matter the age, you can always choose kindness. Who can forget Zheng Lu's expression at a memorial mass for his daughter, Lingzi? An ancient Chinese saying says, every child is actually a little Buddha that helps their parents mature and grow up. Even though we brought up Lingzi, and yet today, while reflecting on her short, 24-year life, we as parents admire and appreciate her kindness, courage, and her yearning for a beautiful life. and who can forget Mr. Campbell's humble comments following the groundbreaking of this Garden of Peace. But the weight is lifted. It's like a rejoicing now. No more sorrow. You couldn't ask for any better. Crystal would have loved it. We're so lucky to have a community of people hearing so much. It's overwhelming, just beautiful. To the Colliers, Lews, Richards, and Campbells, we are so proud to honor the memories of Sean, Lindsey, Martin, and Crystal, and remember the positive impact that they had on all of us. To the survivors, the courage, strength, and bond you built is an inspiration to all of us. To the first responders and ordinary people that ran to instead of from, you are our heroes. We all must remember that this Peace Garden not only signifies their memory, but also our commitment to observing peace every day. With this unveiling in the shadow of the International Day of Peace this past Wednesday, we must always remember Martin's message conveyed through a simple drawing of red full hearts and the words, no more hurting people. Peace. God bless you all.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I am stoked. I got to kick it off last year when I was a candidate and now being there it's official. So I'm really excited to kick it off and get them started and start it safe and start it tight.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: actually next Sunday we're unveiling the Crystal Campbell Peace Garden and it'll be a very special and very serious offer in some ways and yet looking towards the future of faith healing and camaraderie and peace. So we're really looking forward to next Sunday coming out at 2 o'clock at the Brighton-Medford Queer at the CrossFit Hotel. Crystal Campbell Peace Garden unveiling. Thank you so much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On behalf of the entire city, we thank you and the whole team. If I could just list the names of the other people. Natella Taylor, Courtyard Nursing Home, Derek Marshine, Courtyard Nursing Home, Kelsey Flynn of Armstrong Ambulance, and Meredith Lambrook, also of Armstrong, Jesse Calvo of Hallmark, Mark Nicholas, Cataldo Ambulance, and Paul DeLiva, the principal of the Andrews, Janet Peralt, Hallmark Health, Lou Bracco, who's here tonight from the hospital, Sam is here as well. So, Janet. Wonderful. Thank you all so, so much on behalf of the students and our entire community. We really appreciate the hard work you put in on the kids' behalf.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I just want to share, Mr. Superintendent, the class size, the average class size scheduled up as of today? Yes. Or as of Friday?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And I had received a couple of calls from Robert's school district, and they were talking about class sizes in the 25 numbers, so I just wanted to just spell this out. Kindergarten is the average 21.5, grade 1 16.75, grade 2 22, grade 3 19.8, grade 4 18, and grade 5 18. So that is the average class size as of today. Right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: DiVenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Kurtz?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to proceed with the press on file? Second. Seconded by Ms. Vanden Heuvel. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Papers placed on file. Report on Administrative Meetings and Teacher Induction Week. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Now, motion on the floor to receive and place on file, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on new state curriculum frameworks for science education.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Are there any questions? Ms. Mestone? Ms. Mestone?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, there's a motion to receive in place on file by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Miss Van der Kloot. All those in favor. All those opposed motion passes a question on that paper.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, great. Thank you. Report on the before school program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a second on that?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. There's a motion to receive and place on file, seconded by Ms. Vandekloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on the after-school program, Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Ms. Calva. Is there a motion to receive and place on file? Offered by Mr. Benedetto. I'm sorry, by Ms. Vandesluis, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Paper is placed on file. Report on summer program, Ms. Nelson?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Summer's over. Motion to, is there a second? This is second by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? It's a motion to place on file and seconded. Papers placed on file. Report on new cleaning service contract. Ms. Bailey or Ms. Superintendent? All those in favor? All those against? There's a motion on the floor for reconsideration of the vote. All those in favor for reconsideration? The paper's back before us. Please present your summary on the summer programming.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can I just ask you a quick question? Did those 12 get to WAC graduation last June? I'd have to check. If not, can we invite them up?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Nelson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's why I asked that question. Specifically for that purpose, because they deserve that honor of crossing. Even if it's here, this is quite nice as well. Yeah, I'd offer that in the form of a motion. It's a special moment in a youngster's life, so. Motion on the floor, Executive. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? The motion passes. Thank you. I'll report on the new cleaning service contract. Ms. Bailey.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Is there any other questions from Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I appreciate it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place on file? So moved. Seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. If I could ask that someone make a motion that we move negotiations and legal matters to the end of the calendar. So moved by Mrs. Scarry, seconded by Ms. Vanden Heude. All those in favor? All those opposed? Item 9 is now at the end of the calendar. Old Business. Appointment of Director of Administration and Finance. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to receive, to accept, to offer the contract by Mr. Skerry? Is there a second by Mr. Benedetto? Roll call vote, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. The motion passes. We'd like to congratulate you, welcome you. Welcome you to our city. We're very proud to have you. You're very hardworking. You have a great background, and we know that you're going to do some wonderful things in this community.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. New business. Selection of delegates to MASC Fall Conference. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there anyone that would like to be nominated as the delegate? Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there anybody, anyone that would like to be the delegate? I'd like to be the alternate.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there anyone that would like to be the delegate?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I definitely know I'm going to the conference.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 26 motion to table this paper pending. I just want to say you have an interest in being the delegate. Please submit your name.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do we have it here?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Provided in our next packet?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, motion on the floor that the superintendent provide the cost, and all those in favor? All those opposed? The cost will be provided. Motion to table the nomination and selection of delegate and alternate. All those in favor? To table. Aye. All those opposed? Take this table. Okay, school committee resolutions. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of the Honorable John J. McGlynn. His honor was the former Medford Mayor, City Councilor, State Representative, and World War II Ghost Army Veteran. He was the devoted father of Attorney Jack McGlynn, Jr., Attorney Dickie McGlynn, Karen McGlynn-Devine, former Mayor Michael J. McGlynn, Bernadette Davis, and Kevin McGlynn. If I could just say from the chair, we all know what a champion this man was for our city, as is his family. He will be sorely missed. He gave a lot of advice to a lot of different people, and we're going to miss his face around our city. We also have others. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Willard Bill Sampson. Mr. Sampson was a retired school department custodian. He was the head custodian at Medford High School for many years. Mr. Sampson is the father of vocational teacher James Sampson. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Camille Mazzoni. Mrs. Mazzoni was a teacher in Medford for 35 years. And be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Robert L. Ryan Sr. Mr. Ryan was the father of District Attorney Marion Ryan. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Margaret Weigel. Ms. Weigel was a long-time Medford resident, educational technology consultant, co-founder of the Farmer's Market, and member of the Chevalier Theatre Commission. She also served on the Medford Public Schools Technology Committee. And lastly, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Margaret Haynes. Mrs. Haynes was a long-time teacher at the Gleason Elementary School. Also, we know yesterday was the observance of the 15th anniversary of September 11th, so if we could all please rise for a moment of silence on the loss of these Medford residents, former teachers and educators, and also commemorants of 9-11. Mr. Skerry would like to say a few words.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Skerry. Ms. Vandeglut?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Gandicloup. Mr. Benedetto, did you wish to speak on? No, thank you. Mr. Superintendent, you wanted to make an announcement in regards to some programming for the school system?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's not 8 o'clock.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Thank you. Is there, the item that we put to the end of this calendar is Negotiation and Legal Matters. Is there a motion to go into executive session? Offered by Ms. Mustone, seconded by Mr. Sperry. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, and in the affirmative, none in the negative, we will now enter executive session.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The special meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Seven present, none absent. We will now rise to salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Before we start this meeting, we're all aware that we lost a very special Medford citizen this past weekend, John Jack McGlynn, and it was a heartache for this community. He was our former mayor and he certainly drove this city forward during the time that he spent leading this city. So if we could all just take a moment of silence and dedicate this meeting in his memory, please rise.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is a special meeting of the Medford School Committee Monday, August 29, 2016 in the Library Resource Center at Medford High School. The purpose of the meeting are to discuss the following. Update report on the opening of the school year. Item number one, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We did a site visit of a few different locations that were of serious concern, so we wanted to address those outside of the capital plan so that we felt that the children and parents and teachers were safe going in and out of the school. What's in the capital plan is above and beyond that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just to refer to the Columbus, they went and they matched the paint because that concrete was treated with a stain. They went and matched it so that it would fit in with what's there already. So they did spend a lot of time trying to work on things not to make it look like it's just going to get it done.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the crosswalk up here, I hope people notice the artistic crosswalk that was put in for them from the Arts Council. Yeah, it looks good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could, we got the contract today and I think last spring I sent everyone a copy of what was in the application. We received $250,000 from the state. And we're doing lighting projects throughout all of the schools as part of that money. In addition, some of the library is getting some lighting repaired as well. And we just got a signed copy today. So work will be going out to bid very shortly.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, John. Are there any other questions? Thank you. Thank you, John. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's an internal issue that we can determine on a committee by committee basis.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. The second item before you is the presentation and discussion of the capital plan proposals. And I guess before we get going on, the real details that are in this report is to keep in mind that this really is 100% wish list at this point. Once we get the list compiled from all the different departments of the city, then we'll be better able to decide which projects can go forward in which years. So this is a cumulative list of things that we know, we're aware of, that we need to address. But we will be fine tuning them as we proceed in this process.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, if I could, I didn't put this package together, the school department did, but obviously we've been looking at it. But we have to realize that under Prop 2.5, there's only so much that we can raise through property taxes. So to the extent that we're not able to get MSBA funding on any of these projects, then obviously the burden falls to the city. And we have to afford this along with other needs throughout the entire community. So until we have everything put together, the years really aren't relevant at this point. The funding, what we can support is what's gonna drive how much we can do. This isn't going to drive what we can support. What we can support will drive what we can do. That's the only way it can work. There's only a pie of money that we can spend, so.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could, I think your suggestion of visiting each school and going through the list that's here and then all of us deliberating at these public meetings at schools, then we can determine a priority list amongst what's here and what isn't here. And that might be more beneficial than us just throwing why this, why that. It may be much more helpful to handle it that way.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to move this to a committee of the whole and have site meetings at each of the locations. Seconded by Mr. Scari. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Superintendent just before we start the interviews I think at this point we really need to recognize the work of Pat Bailey. She's been just a fabulous addition to the school department. The things that she has introduced to us and streamlined processes. You're just an amazing woman Pat and we're very lucky to have had you. We're going to miss you desperately but we wish you the best when you relocate with your family. and we fond memories go, fond thoughts are always being thrown your way so we wish you the best of luck and we will miss you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have a grant right now that we're looking at. We signed the compact with the governor's office to review all of our financial products. Excellent. So it's being reviewed as we speak. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you Mr. Superintendent. Could you describe in a little greater detail your procurement experience? I don't know if in earlier interviews they explained that we're centralized procurement officers at City Hall, but it is always helpful to have the school department that can take the ball and kind of take it almost to the end zone. So I was wondering if you could describe your procurement experience and maybe some of the projects that you've worked on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Were you part of the project team for the major construction projects that you were? Yes. Yes, you were. We spoke a little bit about bus scheduling, I think, earlier. Do you take care of that at your current district, or is it left to someone else?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: How many unions are you currently involved with?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are your teachers paid on a 10 month basis or every union 12 months, 52 weeks?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, so similar to what we have, and you're familiar with different pay cycles and all of that. And you've also sat at the bargaining table as well?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Have you ever used admins?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right now we have a lot of bridges from hoppers payroll into admins which is the financial software and we have another software for our Treasury Department which is where all the cash deposits go. So it's three systems all trying to work together. So I'm really hopeful that we'll be able to streamline but it will be a difficult process. Sounds like something you've already undertaken. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll take a five minute recess.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do you have any direct procurement experience? in Fitchburg?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Have you been involved with any MSBA projects in the city?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Take a short break.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Superintendent. Do you have a decentralized procurement process in Arlington, or do you answer to the town manager's office or the SCPPO?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So almost all procurement, budgetary procurement, goes on through the school system with no approval levels? on the municipal side?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So you put together RFPs, RFIs, all sorts of different.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is that the last project that you worked on?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: How many unions do you work with in the school department?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are you a member of the bargaining team?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just one, just to spoof up some of the earlier questions, have you ever seen the admins financial package? I haven't. I have not.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Have you been part of any conversions?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good afternoon, this is Stephanie Muccini-Burke, and I'm here from the mayor's office at Medford City Hall. Thank you so much for tuning in today. I'm pleased to introduce you to one of the transition teams that we had in place. It's the economic development transition team. They spent quite a bit of time over the course of the last several months meeting with the businesses and residents throughout our community in the various squares in order to bring forth a plan called Shaping Medford, which we're really proud to highlight today. We'll give you a brief report on the comprehensive committee work called Shaping Medford and some of the initiatives that we already have in place today. The Business and Economic Development Committee is one of four teams that I put in place shortly after being elected. We had the City Hall Audit Team, the Cultural Affairs and Recreation Team, as well as the Constituent Service Team. Behind me are committee members for the Business and Economic Development Committee, which was led by Co-Chair Rick Orlando, Co-Chair Fred Dello Russo, President of the City Council, Members Muhammad Chowdhury, Christine Cousineau, Paul Matarazzo, Kelly Herstack, Tim McGibbon, and Linda Garriott. I'd like to thank these committee members for taking part in this experiment and for their expertise and the commitment of time that they put forth. They met countless hours with some of the residents in the community to try and bring forth the best plan possible. So they gave up quite a bit of their personal time. And for that, I'm very appreciative to all of you. Further, this report would not have been possible without the community members that took part in all of these meetings. We try to value your input and hopefully when we come back out and meet with you, you'll see what has come from all of the discussions that were taking place along small tables and large conference rooms. It's an important time in Medford with an influx of new residents, businesses, and nationwide focus on walkability and placemaking. My administration is dedicated to making strides to enhance Medford's appeal as a place to live, play, and work. Economic and business development are at the heart of this effort. And this committee was key to providing detailed and geographically specific feedback that will guide the many important conversations and initiatives currently taking place and future initiatives that will take place. At this point, I'd like to introduce Rick Orlando, the co-chair of the committee, who will provide a little bit of information on the process and some of the basic findings of the report. Mr. Orlando.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much, Rick. I think when people take the time and read the report, they're going to be astounded by some of the ideas that came from these various community business district meetings. And there really are some fabulous ideas, really out-of-the-box ideas. So I thank you all for bringing it all together for us. To follow up on this report over the next two months, we plan on bringing it to the streets. So we plan on revisiting the sections of the city to bring people back to the table so that they can hear the outcomes from all of their comments and to see the next steps that the city plans on taking in order to initiate some of these grand ideas. Also, I'm pleased to say that we're moving forward with some very important initiatives. You heard Rick speak about safety and crosswalks and bike accessibility issues. So we do have several initiatives that are on the front right now. One is the complete streets process, which our city engineer will be speaking about shortly. Medford Square revitalization plan. Releasing a business guide to help new businesses navigate the different requirements and permits that are required to open up their shop. Strengthening our relationship with the chamber, which we think is at the forefront that we need to do. And other business coalitions that are throughout the community. and exploring ways to actively invite businesses to Medford. And one of the key aspects of that is we were able, with the City Council's vote for appropriation this past June, to add two new positions to the Office of Community Development. We think that is vital to initiating and bringing some of these ideas forward. So we look forward to bringing on these new staff positions and seeing the work that they will do to help the Office of Community Development flourish. With that being said, I'd like to introduce Lauren DiLorenzo. She is the Director of our Office of Community Development. She's gonna speak a little bit about the Method Square process that really is the jumping off from all the work that these fine people behind me did. And Lauren, if you could step forward.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Lauren. Also, one of the first initiatives we undertook upon being sworn in was signing on to the community compact with the Governor's office. Lieutenant Governor Perlito did come out and meet with us and we signed the compact together in this office a few months ago. And the item that Lauren just spoke about, the Medford Square Master Plan, was part of agreement that we made with the Commonwealth of Mass. So we thank them for being a party in all the work that we're doing. And the next initiative that we undertook was a complete streets policy initiative. And Cassandra is going to update us on that right now. Thank you, Cassandra Kudlitas, City Engineer.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Cassandra. I'm just really proud to say that the projects that Cassandra just spoke about, they amount to about $400,000, and they've been funded through the Complete Streets grant program. So we're really, really pleased that the governor's office and DOT, they've all approved our plans, and the hard work that Cassandra and her office have done, as well as the bike commission and the pedestrian committee. A lot of people have put their thoughts into some of the ideas that now will be done in the near future. So we're really happy with the citizen engagement, and the way that people are willing to give up their time to make Medford a better community. So we're really proud of those two aspects. Next, I have Allie Fisk from our office. She is our business liaison. She's been working very closely with the Chamber of Commerce, some of the people behind me here, and a host of other cultural and arts people in our community. She wants to bring you up to date on a business guide that was one of our priority items back in January. And Allie, take it away.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you very much, Allie. A lot of work has gone into that, and we do have a good draft that we have circulated to a few business owners from the chamber, and also some of the newer businesses that just opened up. We wanted to get their feedback. They've just gone through the entire process. We wanted to see what made sense and the sequencing of doing things, so we're very eager to get their input over the course of the next week, and then it will go to publication. So thank you very much, Ally, for spearheading that and we're just really, really proud of the work that the department heads are doing on behalf of the citizens of Medford and the business owners in this city. Just before I leave you, I just wanted to bring you up to date on a couple of events that will be taking place over the next two months. September 25th at 2 p.m., we will be unveiling the Crystal Campbell Peace Garden that Lauren DiLorenzo spoke of earlier. We're very excited to show that location, the peacefulness, the tranquility. and to pay our respects for those that lost their lives or that are suffering to this day from the bombing accident. Also, on October 23rd at 1 o'clock, we will be having Medford Day. This is a community day. We envision it highlighting the diversity of our community, the many multi-cultures that traverse our streets and take part in our school systems and dance and music. So we're very excited to have that. And we'll be behind the Andrews Middle School once again. But we're very eager, so if you have any interest in playing a role in that day, reach out to the mayor's office and we'll certainly get back to you and organize your event. help to allow you to participate in that day. So thank you very much. On behalf of the whole mayor's staff, I thank the committee members for all of their hard work. They're a fabulous group, very articulate, very educated, very invested. And without them, we could not have done the work that we did. So thank you very much for participating, and we look forward to working with you into the future. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: A regular meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. The secretary will call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present, seven present, none absent. Please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Item 1, approval of the minutes of June 6, 2016. Motion for approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Minutes are approved. Item 2, approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Approvals, seven in the affirmative, nine in the negative. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of the secretary. Report of committees. Committee of the whole. Superintendent's evaluation, school year 2015-16. We held a committee of the whole back on June 2nd to evaluate our superintendent. Several of us had, well, all of us had comments and gave our ratings by the classification items 1, 2, 3, and 4. Overall, the total average was a 3.87 for the superintendent. I'm trying to see if there's anything to highlight. Is there a motion that's highly, high proficient? So motion to approve, accept the report and place on file, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Community participation has been withdrawn. Report of the superintendent, report on administrative work week.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any questions?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion? Motion to receive in place on file by offered by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on merger of the GBL with Northeast Athletic Conference.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do we know if we're in the North or the South?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm very happy with the kids.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to receive and place on file by Mr. Skerry. Is there a second? Second. Motion for roll call vote. Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Recommendation to approve community schools fee structure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of contact.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seconded by Ms. Vanke. Ms. Desgheri, please call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Vanden Heuvel.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's for the budget.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Report on proposed succession plan for the superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So I make a motion to have that. We can do it over the summer.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Papers sent and submitted. Will someone make a motion for substantial rules? Ms. Cuno? So that we can recognize the Medford Kiwanis for the annual book donation we have with us City Councilor Rick Garviello representing the Kiwanis. The Medford Public Schools would once again like to thank the Kiwanis Club of Medford for their generous donation of books to our first and third grade students. The Kiwanis Club has always gone above and beyond for the benefit of Medford. In the spring of each year, I look forward to the phone call from Kiwanis Club asking for the numbers of children in Grades 1 and 3. For the past few years, President Ricarbello called in May and said, it's that time of year again. The students are overjoyed when they receive their books. They quickly open up their bags and begin to read. This is such a great way to kick off the summer. Many members of the Kiwanis come to all our schools to help distribute the books. Chuck Veneziano tells the students the story of the Kiwanis Club in Dr. Seuss language. The children love the rhymes students sometimes read and then trade the books with other students. Once again, on behalf of the public schools and Mr. Superintendent and Ms. Caldwell, thank you so much for making the children's summer a happy and productive time. Mr. Caraviello.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On a motion to receive and place on file the recognition of the mythic wand, is all those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion is granted. Also, this is summer schedule. There's a recommendation to approve summer rules by the superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If one is necessary, we will certainly reach out and call if there's something that needs to be addressed.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So motion on the floor for a summer meeting, seconded by Mr. Stone, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Did you want to talk on it?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. There's a motion on the floor for approval of the rules as amended by Mr. Benedetto to get a report by August 1st. Roll call vote. Can somebody direct my microphone? First week of August. First week of August for the report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Meeting. Rules. Rules.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That we accepted. Give authority to the superintendent. Mr. Skerry. Yes. All right, we have a school committee resolution be resolved with members of the school committee expressing sincere condolences to the victims' families of the tragic Orlando Terror Impact. Also, be it resolved that the Veterans School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Robert Sorabian. Mr. Sorabian was a prominent local businessman whose family operated a private coffee parlor. Mr. Sorabian was also President of Everett Boppert Bank and a strong supporter of public education. And in regards to the Orlando tragedy, we have held a vigil last Wednesday evening. It was quite moving. The interfaith community was involved in it. And it was really quite heavy on the hearts of those that attended. Could you all rise for a moment of silence, please?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Superintendent. Also, while we're in suspension, if we could jump back to item five, appointment of the principal for Brooks Elementary School. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We wish you the best.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion on the floor to? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion is granted. Public hearing, school year 2016-2017, which is the fiscal year 2017 school budget. You have in your packet tonight some changes that I'm sure the superintendent would like to highlight before we open up for comments from the general public and your staff.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Before moving on to the budget piece, is there a motion on the floor to vote the equipment surplus? Can you speak on this? Yeah. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So there's one vote that we need to vote surplus back. One vote for surplus, and the second would be that we request the city council to put this into a gift account. So two separate votes. Is there a question on the vote?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'll bring it back to you in any case. Second.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 70 in the affirmative, none in the negative. Motion passes. On the second resolution that we recommend that the city council consider the surplus funds to be put into the gift account to be used for the music department. So the language as amended. Is there a motion for approval? Motion for approval. Second. Seconded by Ms. Cugno. Ho, ho, ho. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mia, did you have a comment on this as well, on this topic in general?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, Ms. Cuno is in line on other questions as well. Do you really wish to forward?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Mastone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Benedetto. And then we do have a public hearing coming up, so wait for it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'll second. Could you repeat the motion? That all the extemporaneous accounts that go to schools, such as the Revolving and the Community Schools accounts, she wants to see the summary with this budget. But does that mean? So there would have to be a projection cut.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of clarification?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: you know, we can use more funds for next year.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have a public hearing. I'll now open it up to the general public. This is a public hearing. If you have any comments on the budget that was presented Wednesday as adjusted this evening through the reports of the superintendent, please come forward. Name and address, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is fun. Thanks very much. Thank you. There was a motion. Is there anyone else that would like to speak in support or in opposition to the budget this evening? Hearing saying none, we'll move that motion to the hearing. There was a motion on the floor earlier by Ms. Vanden Heuvel for approval of the budget, seconded by Ms. Cuno. Roll call vote, Mr. Skerry. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the budget. The budget.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Martin.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Exactly. Exactly. Right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We may come up. Yes. We may come back up if you take votes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mayor Burke, present. Seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. This evening, we're blessed to have the Roberts School Chimes with us. They're led by Mr. James Connor, who's the fine arts teacher in the school system. We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Thank you so much. That was absolutely beautiful.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Next up, the approval of the minutes of May 16, 2016. There's a motion for approval by Mr. Skerry. Is there a second by Ms. Van der Kloot? All those in favor? All those opposed? Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion for approval of the minutes, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The minutes pass. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of the secretary. None. Report of committees. None. Community. Okay. Is there a motion for suspension of the rules so that we can take item one? Motion for suspension by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor of suspension? All those opposed? Suspension granted. Report on robotics team. Botwell tournament results. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If the students could all line up along the side for their awards.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's actually several members of the robotics team. I know a few are here this evening, but seniors Serena Doe and Christopher Ellis, juniors Matthew Avella, Ronaldson Belland, Joseph Farah, Scott McGaldrick, sophomore Scott Ramjahan, I'm sorry, my bad, freshmen Darwin Doe and Ethan Medeiros. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Serena Doe for outstanding performance at the 2016 New England Regional Ball Robotics Tournament. Christopher Ellis. Christopher Ellis? No. Matthew Avella? Ronaldson Beland? No. Joseph Farah? All right, Joseph. Scott McGoldrick. Scott Renjanathan. Darwin Do. Ethan Madero. And Barbara Cheyne-Advisor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion to revert back to the regular order of business? Motion by Ms. Vandercliff, seconded by Ms. Discari. All those in favor? All those opposed? Community participation. Melanie Perkins McLaughlin, CPAC report. Do we need to turn this on?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Not coming on?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, here it comes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Skerry. on the motion that a committee of the whole be held in the very near future, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Ms. Cuno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. On the motion that a committee of the whole, Ms. Vandekloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On motion, as offered by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. Roll call, you requested. Roll call.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. The motion passes. Thank you very much, Melanie. That was an outstanding presentation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Rate structure. Right. We're supposed to have a community schools rates. It's up to the chair to call the meeting. There's an additional item under community participation. Ellery Klein, elementary recess. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Ellen.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: In the meantime, could you send out notifications to all the principals to get it to the teachers? But that's not a punishment time? Absolutely.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you like to make that in the form of a motion?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Ms. Quint, Ms. Mustone, sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: A separate motion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So on a separate motion offered by Ms. Mostone, that a policy be developed prior to the start of school year that applies to all elementary schools. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have two motions on the floor. One to submit a resolution to the Mass. Association of School Committees that we go on record supporting recess being part of time and learning. And we have a motion, Part B, that a policy be developed prior to the start of the school year that's consistent across the board and applies to all schools. Good? OK. On Part A, roll call vote. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. On Ms. Mustone's resolution for a policy that be developed. Roll call, please. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Good job. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. report of the superintendent item number two report on department of public health and evaded care coordination grant.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you for your motion on the floor to receive and place on file. Seconded by Ms. Vanden Heuvel. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion is passed. Thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. Superintendent, report on state budget fiscal 17.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Is there a motion to receive and place on file by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Ms. Cuno? All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on the public records bill. A synopsis, Mr. Oh, I'm sorry, the financial report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Ms. Beale. You're still hoarse.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All budgets that are under the school.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So we have rights to move.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The chairperson will call the meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Krautz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion to receive in place on file by Ms. Van de Kloof, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Mr. Superintendent, report on public records bill.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for suspension. OK. On the motion that we receive in place on file, this report by Ms. Van der Kloot and seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Motion for suspension of the rules. Opposed? No. Yes. Well, I'm not sure if the person wants this.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for suspension of the rules offered by Ms. Mostone so that a citizen parent could speak. On. OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If you could just hold that actually is the next item. That is the next item. All right. There's a report on the Brooks Principalship. If the superintendent could offer his report, and then you could add to it. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: She also did a fabulous job at our meeting for the pre-budget meeting. She did an excellent job presenting. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Maren.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Interim or permanent? Interim or permanent?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion by Ms. Vigendickel, seconded by Ms. DiBenedetto, that the school committee allow the superintendent to make a direct appointment of the current Brooks assistant principal to the principalship. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Linder.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, nine in the negative. Motion passes. Congratulations. We do have one item under suspension. Motion for suspension of the rules by Ms. Cugno, seconded by Mr. Skerry. New business. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express sincere condolences to the family of Wes Foote, Sr. Mr. Foote was the Medford Public Schools foreman carpenter for many years. His wife Connie was an account clerk in the payroll office. If we could all rise to take a moment of silence.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Mr. Superintendent. We're at the bottom of our agenda with negotiations and legal matters. Is there a motion to go into executive session to discuss these items? Motion by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Cuno. Roll call vote, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, nine in the negative. Just Ms. Cunha wants to make a public statement.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to go into executive session in room 207,
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good morning. I'm Mayor Stephanie Burke and I'm coming to you live from City Hall. With us today are members of the Cultural and Arts and Recreation Transition Team. And I'd like to introduce a few of them that are here today. We have Ken Cross, who was the chair of the committee. We have Sarah Bevely. Monique Daugherty. and Paul Solano, and with us also is Allie Fisk, who's the newest addition to my office, and she is the liaison to businesses and to the cultural community. As you may realize, we put together three transition teams early on in our administration. One was the constituent service transition team, a second one was the business and economic development, and of course the cultural and recreational transition team. They've worked very hard over the last several months, not only meeting with the citizens, but also conducting surveys so that we could have a roadmap for the future of Medford from a cultural and recreational perspective on how we can move this great city forward to benefit all of the citizens of the city of Medford. So I'd like to introduce Ken Krause to say a few words, and then I will add a few comments.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Ken.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. I just wanted to add that there were a couple of other members that are not here today, but I did want to announce because of their hard work. They were Kelly Allen, who's a recreational hockey specialist, Joan Sear, Susan Fairchild, Anthony Petrellis, Gary Roberts, and Donna Sullivan. They also served on this committee. I have to send my heartfelt thanks to all of the members for all of the meetings that they held and all of the time that they put into not only engaging the public but also putting the report together that will be online this afternoon. So we're really proud of the work they did and I made a vow to them the very first night when I met with everyone that this will not be scrapped or put on the shelf. that we will work hard to try and achieve some of the goals that were set, and there were several goals, I have to say, that we will be working on. I know one was full-time recreational opportunities, so over the summer we'll be putting together a group, not only of parents and teachers and students alike, to find out what the needs are and how can we do things better. You know, we're not the same as every other community, so we have to do it our way and we have to do what's best for our community, but we make a vow that we will be investing time and energy to try and figuring that out. Also, we can't, this day can't go by without announcing the library is on a fast track to try and obtain state grants for the library facility. And as we all know, the library is multifaceted these days. It's not only to go in and study and research and read. It's becoming a meeting place for the public and it's a great facility. So we need to augment the services there and also add that second floor that's accessible so that the public can use it more for maker space and other alternatives for the arts community. And at this point, I want to introduce Allie Fisk, who has served hard and many years with the arts community in the city of Medford. She is our liaison to the arts community and the business community, which we feel overlaps tremendously. And she comes to us with experience with Caché and various other art organizations in the city and the state. So we're really proud to have her on board. And I know that she's going to be a great spokesperson for this office. And I'd like her to say a few words.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Well, thank you very much for joining us today. We are very pleased to announce this report and post it online for people to access and comment. And like Ali said, feel free to reach out to this office for any other ideas you may have in the future. We look forward to working with you. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The Medford School Committee regular meeting May 16, 2016 will now come to order. Please call the roll. Present. Seven present, none absent. All please rise to salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. There's a motion on the floor for suspension of the rules by Ms. Viendicluz so that Mr. Superintendent could make an announcement.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Bravo, what a beautiful way to start our meeting off this evening. Thank you all so very much. That was absolutely glorious. Thank you. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And now if I could all invite you up to the front so that we can present some awards to you all.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations, the Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Isabel Bezerra for outstanding performance and dedication to Medford Middle School Strings Ensemble, 2016 MICCA Concert Festival Gold Medal. King Cheng. Carla Lemus. Margaret Tseng. Dorothea Bellotti. Evan Lau Amy Perilla Alexander Newt. Justin Truong. Michael Wu. Kieran Adams. Diego Hernandez. Henry Nyan. Theodore Tringali. Congratulations Theo. Arielle Bezzera Samuel Klugisch Catherine Schmidt. Augustine Tringali. Thank you all so much for being here. I think we may be getting another song. Yes? Thank you very much, Ms. Chang. We're going to take a five minute recess. Next agenda item is the approval of minutes of May 2nd, 2016. Motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Vandekloot. All in favor? All opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. Mr. Skerry. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Vandekloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of the secretary. None noted. Vandekloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for suspension of the rules. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Suspension is granted. Community participation. Ian Froning Kosuth, Medford Educational Foundation.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Thank you very much for all your hard work on behalf of the students of Medford. Thank you. Motion to receive in place on file the report by Miss Van der Klooth, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Also while we're into suspension from community participation, Anne-Sherla Monzel-Moore, follow-up. Ms. Moore.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could just make an announcement. If I could just make one announcement. We have scheduled a Committee of the Whole for June 2nd to go over the superintendent's self-review of himself. And at that point, we will be evaluating him, and then we will move forward in the process.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. Point of personal privilege, Ms. Cuno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent would like to clarify some.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a second. If we could take them separately. Motion for the self-evaluation to be provided to the school committee by Friday.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Certainly. You're right at the line.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor. There's a second by Ms. Mostone on the first motion that Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're going to move them separately.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That the self-evaluation be provided by Friday. It's seconded by Ms. Mostone. Motion has been moved. Roll call vote's been requested.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, six in the affirmative, one in the negative. The motion passes. The second item, which is, I've already called the Committee of the Whole June 2nd, 2016. Is there a motion on the floor that we have a Committee of the Whole meeting on June 2nd, 2016? Sure. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. DiBenedetto, who made the offering. Roll call.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm offering an amendment.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Original was that a succession plan be created by June 30th, 2016 point of information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So the motion has been changed by the author of the motion, Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Once a plan is established, you make changes over time.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The plan itself, if you have a deadline, it's a deadline.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Started by June 30th, okay. That's more reasonable.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Cugno. No, that was it. On the motion that a succession plan process be started prior to June 30, 2016. Excuse me?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Started by. We're picking on words now. Started by June 30, 2016. Is there a second by Ms. Van der Kloot? Mr. Skerry, call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. The motion passes. Thank you very much. There's others that would like to speak on this topic. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Every year? Every year he's reviewed.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, we are the higher authority. We hire him.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Vander Kloof? No. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hello, your name, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And Monique DeVos, Grand Ave.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hi, can you name and address, please?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. VanderKloof. We have another citizen that would like to speak.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I just want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who came out tonight. We know this is a very important topic. We're not taking it lightly. The process is starting and there are meetings scheduled and we promise you that we will do our due diligence, include the public in different fashions so that we're able to reach out to them. But thank you all for being here tonight on this topic. Thank you. Motion on the floor to revert to the regular order of business. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion is granted. Report of committees. Subcommittee meeting on building and grounds. Ms. Cugno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: In the IRP list?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for correction, Mr. Superintendent. If we could just sever this paper, the first item being the bubble, there's a motion of Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Ms. Kreatz in the subcommittee meeting, that you voted 3-0 to forward and recommend the amended RFP guidelines to the full school committee as amended by Ms. Vandekloot on the floor. On that motion to accept the RFP as amended
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just in general for insurance coverage, there's stipulations that go into all the contracts we write and that would be what will be in the RFP, not what we've written here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion to accept the bubble RFP guidelines to submit to procurement? As amended by Ms. Van der Kloot. Please call the roll, Mr. Skerry. Ms. Cunha. Yes. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative, that motion passes. The second item is to recommend the facility's rental agreement proposal. If I could, from the floor, that proposal also includes the fee schedule. And I've received a few calls over the past couple of days, actually, of people that are internal, that are very concerned about the increase in the fees. So I'd ask that the agreement go to legal and be processed, but that the fee schedule be, have a public hearing, public meeting, so that the public can come forth and tell us their concerns for our own Medford youth programs. Is there a motion on the second? Seconded by Ms. Vander Kloof. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? That document will be sent to legal. We will hold the fee schedule in obedience until we have a meeting with the youth organizations throughout the community so that we get a fee schedule that they can actually afford to participate in. The last thing we want to do is isolate this field, that we do not have our programs involved.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But that's what a security deposit was.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Which bullet is it?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's right here. Page 1, item 2. Page 1, item 2. That's not clear, though. Because if someone puts up a security deposit and the facility is left as it was when they came, they would be refunded. So it can't be. No, it's supposed to be clarified.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So what is the non-refundable security deposit?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It cancels within 48 hours.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We need the proper language in order to vote for it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What's the objective?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would date, how many hours beforehand can they cancel? Is there a cancellation policy?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Was it discussed in the subcommittee?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Cuno, chairperson of the subcommittee.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But I want to thank you for moving that forward.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the purpose of the fields beyond socially edgily for high school sports is for the youth in our community. So that's, I mean, that is the pecking order. So we appreciate that and we're not going to price them out. They're built for that purpose.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We just voted on it, that we pulled out the rate schedule from that approval process. I'm like, we've got it. Ms. Van der Kloot was first. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to approve file. Motion to approve the file, excluding the fee schedule. As amended. Yes, Ms. Kreatz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any other? No, I didn't see any others. Okay. It was a motion. We'll wait for him to get back. Take a two minute recess?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That would be fabulous. They were amazing. Oh, amazing. Wish I had the whole thing.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, I don't see her. No, Mia, and we're missing Scary. The meeting is called to session. We just lost another one. Another one. Done, done, done. That's what happens after three hours. I don't do the two changes on page two. On the motion that the facilities rental agreement as amended on the floor be accepted, excluding the fee structure, and a committee of the whole will be called in the very near future to discuss that with our youth groups in the community and the Hormel Commission as well. On the motion offered by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Ms. DiVenedetto, roll call vote please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative, the motion passes. Subcommittee? Subcommittee or committee at all? On the motion to send the fee schedule to subcommittee to hold a hearing and a meeting in the very near future. All those in favor? All those opposed? Subcommittee meeting has been called. Okay, report of superintendent. Update report on Medford Vocational Technical High School, including SkillsUSA, SkillsUSA request to attend national competition. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion on the floor, motion for approval offered by Ms. Cuno to attend SkillsUSA in Kentucky. Ms. Van der Kloot?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the achievement may not be over yet.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hopefully.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Likewise. On the motion for approval to send the students to the competition in Louisville, seconded by Mr. Benedetto, roll call vote. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, 6, 7 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative. Motion passes. Teen Dating Violence Prevention Grant. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations on receiving that grant and to the whole team that put the grant application in.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Who awarded the grant? I'm sorry? Who did you receive the grant from?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Van de Kloop.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Bunker Hill Community College Collaboration and Dual Enrollment.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: MTHS Connect and CareerSource of Cambridge.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: who will be conducting the training?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: recent grant applications? Do you want to just hit on them?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the last item is a New York Times article. Oh, I'm sorry, Ms. Kritz.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Did you consider Tufts University?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They just circulated them earlier.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Nice presentation, Heidi. Thank you very much. Is a motion to receive in place on file? Motion to receive. On the motion. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Pre-budget report guidance.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Are there any questions? Ms. Cugno, you're all set?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Krebs? Hi. Hi.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You're welcome. Thank you. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. There's a motion by Mr. Skerry to receive and place on file this report. Seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Thank you very much. Thank you. And our next report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Fine Arts Department. Mr. Schroeder.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That'll pay for everything.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that a report be furnished on the list of music equipment that's in storage at this point that could be available for auction. Seconded by Ms. Mustone. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Is everyone all set? Any other questions? Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place on file? So moved.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So moved. Seconded by Ms. Cugno. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. If I could also congratulate and thank you all for all the community service that you do on behalf of the community between Patriots Day, the inauguration. We have Memorial Day coming up, 10 a.m. Memorial Day. It's at the end, and I believe the chorus will be there, and then with a short march over to Veterans Monument. So telling everybody out there, mark it on your calendar. They're fabulous, and we look forward to seeing them. Thank you. Thank you. report on National Science Foundation Computer Applications Grant Program. Mr. Superintendent?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. There's a motion on the floor to receive in place on file offered by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Thank you, Molly. Motion passes. Thank you very much. Report on summer programs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay, thank you. Is there a motion to receive the report? Thank you very much, Ms. Nelson. Motion to receive the report and place on file. Offered by Ms. Cugno, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on community schools. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Should an application be filled out here regardless of whether they pay or not?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: These are the financial reports, I'm telling you. They're extremely difficult to read.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So I mean, I don't know if this is looking into a new program, but that would... We did a community compact, and we're going to be looking into trying to get one program that works through our treasury office, our payroll office, and the financial software as well. So that's being analyzed. And then hopefully we come up with one program that does it all.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And that's how, that's how we're audited. We look at the journal entry behind it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The regular meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. Clerk, please call the roll. present, six present, one absent, all please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please mark me, I must own Quinn present. Approval of the minutes of the April 11th, 2016 meetings. A motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Skerry. Is there a second by Ms. Van der Kloot? All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills transfer of funds. Motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of payrolls? Motion for approval, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of the secretary? None. None. Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for suspension of the rules. Is there a second? Second by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? We're now under suspension to take item one, recommendation to accept gift from Century Bank to purchase a teacher developed elementary school guide to the history of Medford. Mr. Superintendent. What number are you for?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And Mr. Coates, thank you so much for this labor of love. We really appreciate it, and I know the students will, especially tomorrow. I have a first grade class coming to visit, so I will definitely pull it out and share with them from the, I think it's from the Roberts School, actually, coming in tomorrow. And thank you so much, Mr. Sloan, for your commitment to this community. We really appreciate it, and for all your help as well. So thank you so much. I know the superintendent wants a picture. We need a picture.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Andrews. Thank you. Before we all leave, there's a motion on the floor to accept the gift by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excuse me?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Coates, quick question. Is there a PDF of the book available online or no? It will be online as well. Great. Thank you very much. While we're under suspension, report on National Scholastic Medal winner. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hello, Dr. Chiesa. How are you? Good, thanks. How are you? Good, thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations, Hannah. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Hannah Rogers National Silver Medal Scholastic Writing Award for myself and the school committee members. Congratulations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to receive the report in place on the file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on Social Studies Special Events. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the students, if they'd like to come and stand on the side here. Congratulations, the Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Winnie Standeven, Exemplary Participation, National History Day, Senior Division. Winnie. Isabella Southwick, Exemplary Participation, National History Day, Senior Division. Kylie Truong, Exemplary Participation, National History Day, Senior Division. Justin Fang, Exemplary Participation, National History Day, Senior Division. Maria Carmona, exemplary participation, National History Day Junior Division. And an honorable mention as well for National History Day Junior Division.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, we have a model.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And we know what a fabulous teacher Mr. Kane is. He was recognized by the National Honor Society last week as one of the teachers that they wanted to pay tribute to. So he's a special teacher, and we're lucky to have so many of them up at Medford High and throughout our system.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Dr. Chiesa, would you please come forward?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations, the Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Justin Brown, Exemplary Participation, Model United Nations. Connor Bryan, Exemplary Participation, Model United Nations. Christy Deng. Christy Deng, best public speaker. Montana Heiss, exemplary participation, model United Nations. Jeremy Hollings, Exemplary Participation, Model, United Nations. Taylor Kitchen, Exemplary Participation, Middle School, Model, United Nations. Jake Kostic, Exemplary Participation, Model, United Nations. Congratulations. Oh, Jake, Best Delegate, Model UN. McKenzie Madigan, Exemplary Participation, Model United Nations. Filippos Martin, Exemplary Participation, Model United Nations. Best Delegate, Model UN. Simon Ospinson, Exemplary Participation, Model UN. Best Delegate, Zoe Panchik, Exemplary Participation, Model United Nations. I get a duo for Zoe Panchik. Zoe Panchik, Best Public Speaker. Alexis Serino, Exemplary Participation, Model, United Nations. Tenzin Tlutseng, Exemplary Participation, Model, United Nations. Michael Walker, exemplary participation. Ian Agudelo, exemplary participation. Best Delegate, Middle School, Model UN. Maria Camona, Exemplary Participation, Middle School. And Best Delegate for Maria as well. Timothy Connelly. Exemplary Participation, Middle School.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Joshua John-Renee, Exemplary Participation, Middle School. Exemplary Participation, Middle School Model, United Nations. Brianna Lewis Best Position Paper as well. Victoria Macaluso, Exemplary Participation Brayden McCabe, Exemplary Participation, Middle School. Isadora Rocha, Exemplary Participation, Middle School. Satya Bhatt, Exemplary Participation, Middle School. and also best position paper.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much for coming tonight. We're very, very proud of you. And I have to say, from visiting the high school and so many different events, what fabulous young people you are. And we look forward to everything that you accomplish in your next few years. Congrats.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much, Mr. Skerry. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you, Mr. Superintendent. There's a motion on the floor by Ms. Kress to revert to the regular order of business. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Report of committees. Committee of the Whole, April 25, 2016. Mr. Superintendent?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion on the floor to waive the reading.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to waive the reading by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? A motion to receive and place on file this report. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Curriculum Subcommittee. April 27, 2016. Minutes. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Paulette Van der Kloot. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much, Chairwoman. Is there a motion on the floor to accept the report? Motion to accept the report, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? All those opposed? The report is accepted. Ms. Vanderpool?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the addition of coaches was mentioned in our budget meeting last week. So that is in our files to pay special attention to as the budget proceeds. Thank you very much. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you Mr. Superintendent. If I could just a quick comment. I think a lot of us have benefited from the Medford Family Network through the years. I know I certainly participated with my youngsters who are now teenagers and above and it's just a fabulous program and I urge all new parents and parents of young children to participate. It's a great advocacy program, learning opportunity, and just socialization with parents as well as the children themselves. So it's a fabulous program and we're very proud to have Marie Cassidy and the support of the school system throughout the years having supported this program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you, Ms. Van der Kloot. Ms. Puno, did you wish to speak on this topic? Mr. Benedetto?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you very much. Community participation. Is there anyone in the audience that would like to step forward for the community participation segment? Hearing and seeing none. Pre-budget report English. Ms. Nelson. Oh, is Ms. Nelson for five? No.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Nelson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Doctor. Motion to accept the English Language Arts Pre-Budget Report, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The report is accepted. Thank you. Social Studies Pre-Budget Report. I'm back. Does it all. Dr. Keetha. Oh, I know, you know, when it was squealing, I shut it off. I'm sorry. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Are there any questions?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: School Health Services Pre-Budget Report 1617. Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you very much. Is there a motion to receive this report? Motions? Motion to receive the report offered by Ms. Bamford, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. Next item is item seven, recommendation to reject participation in school choice school year 16-17. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to approve by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote for this. Yes, 7 in the affirmative, 9 in the negative, the motion passes. Next item is the report on the last day of school for the current year.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: One can't assume that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to receive in place by on file by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Recommendation to approve school committee meeting calendar for 16-17 school year.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. On the motion to accept the school committee meeting schedule for next year as amended, all those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Roll call.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Roll call, as amended.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. Do you want to speak on this before I call the final? Yes, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK, thank you. Seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. The motion passes as amended. Is there a motion for suspension of the rules to move negotiations and legal matters to the end of the agenda?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Also, is there a motion on the floor to offer condolences, Mr. Skerry?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: School committee resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Maria DeLiva. Mrs. DeLiva was the grandmother of Andrew's principal, Paul DeLiva. Also, while we're into suspension, we have, be it resolved, the Medford School Committee sends its condolences to the family of Whitfield, Jeff Jeffers. Mr. Jeffers was a longtime Medford resident who was active in civic affairs in the West Medford Community Center. If we could all please rise for a moment of silence on the passing of these two individuals. New business, discussion of the RFP development for winter season bubble structure on the field of dreams, which is the edgily field for proper naming. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, it should be in the RFP.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: late November to March. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That wouldn't be in the RFP. No, no, I just, I want it in our records.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Definitely.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: She means on school cancellation days.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh yeah, we'd like to get it started tonight and worked on. It's up to the body. Okay. The sooner the better, so there's time to be worked on. I remember.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could, from the chair, are you all set?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Also, we spoke about having netting for the different sports, so it's not strictly for one type of sport. So baseball, lacrosse, golf, and soccer netting established in the facility. And that we would own it at the end of the term. We spoke about that as well. Okay. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They'd have to meet the minimum standards and then anything above you can evaluate. Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So we can establish evaluation criteria, Ms. Chief Procurement Officer. We can establish criteria and during the interview process you're actually weighting them based upon their financial security, their past history, et cetera. So from that, number 12 seems to be the item that needs more specificity. So we want to have for varsity athletics, 230 to four. During the day, we'd like the ability for the gym class, if they'd like to, at least maybe use half of it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 8 AM?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If we wanted to set up a sinking fund per se, we may need the city council approval, but right now we're just dealing with the RFP to start.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And I want to see... Is there a dollar amount that you're thinking about?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could just make a suggestion that over the course of the next two weeks, people think about it. And when the RFP comes back, be ready with some language that we can vote on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah. They would have that on their own to keep it up.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Bless you. All those opposed? The motion passes. All right. OK. The letter. Motion to revert to the regular order of business. The letter.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have a letter that was requested at an earlier meeting to our state delegation in regards to charter schools. There was a vote taking at a committee of the whole last week and it's now on the floor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: To the first bullet.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for support of the letter to our state delegation in regards to the charter school programs. Is there a motion on the floor for approval by Ms. Cugno? Second. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Six in the affirmative, one abstaining, motion passes. Do you have an original for us to sign?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: He'd have to print it again. I'd have to print it again. This is when they drafted it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think it's fine.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to revert to the regular order of business. Negotiations and legals matters. Is there a motion to go into executive session?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion on the floor to go into executive session by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot, to discuss negotiations and other legal matters?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: yesterday we celebrated Boston one day and I urge all of our Metroville, Ricker AC and Swampscott neighbors to continue moving it forward. Do good deeds, go unnoticed and just take pride in our great state and how resilient we are. But today we really want to honor Crystal's memory. This is such a nice tribute to her and her family and We are Medford strong and we will fight today and I wish you all the best in this tournament. Go get them Medford
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What a wonderful story. Thank you. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That is an amazing story. And in such a time of trouble, for parents to be able to dig so deep to come through with this organ donation is just an amazing background story on behalf of families that received the transplants.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What an amazing story, Nico. Thank you very much for sharing.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mike.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you so much for the work you do every day.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Those that may be in need at some point. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Bo lives on?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. After hearing all of these stories from both sides, Certainly I send out a challenge to the citizens of Medford and beyond to sign up at the RMV. Sign up, get your heart, put on your license so that everyone's aware that you are willing to give life into the future. And with that being said, I have a proclamation on behalf of the city of Medford presented to the New England Organ Bank. Whereas there are more than 121,000 Americans with more than 5,000 in New England and more than 3,000 in Massachusetts who are currently waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. And whereas there are over 1 million life-enhancing tissue transplants each year that are made possible by the generous donations of cornea, bone, skin, or other tissues. And whereas, we can all help to save someone's life and benefit up to 50 recipients by signing up to become an organ and tissue donor, by enrolling in the Massachusetts donor registry when we apply for or renew our driver's license, or by registering online at www.donatelifenewengland.org, And whereas Massachusetts is home to pioneering the efforts of many of the world's first organ transplant surgeon, it is fitting that Massachusetts continue its unique leadership role and join in the national goal of signing up 50% of our driving population to become donors, and is dedicated to making it fast and easy to sign up to save a life through our registry of motor vehicles. And whereas this observance pays tribute to organ and tissue donors and their families, whose decision to donate life enables others to receive life-saving organs and tissues for transplant. Now, therefore, Stephanie M. Burke, Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts, do hereby proclaim April 2016 to be Donate Life Month and urge all citizens of Medford to take cognizance of this event and participate fittingly in its observance. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The regular meeting of the Medford School Committee will come to order. All please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Seven present, none absent. We are here to start the meeting. The approval of minutes of March 28, 2016. There's a motion on the floor for approval, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Minutes are approved. Approval of bills transfer of funds. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of payrolls. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of the secretary. Are there any? There are no reports. Report of committees. Mr. Scurry, are there any reports? There are none. Community participations. Cheryl Rodriguez, funding request for supplies for Robert's School Art Mural. Ms. Rodriguez? Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: seconded by Mr. Scurry and Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for approval of an up to $800 expenditure for art supplies for the mosaic, seconded by Mrs. Carey. Would you like to speak on this? Is there anyone else that wants to speak on this particular topic? No? Okay. Motion for approval. Roll call, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative, motion passes. Thank you. And I have invitations for the... Oh, great.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I believe there are others in the audience that would like to speak on public participation. Yes, please. Your name, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there anyone else that would like to speak during public participation? Hearing, seeing none, close that portion. for Zoom to reports. Mr. Superintendent would like to make an announcement in regards to an event that occurred today at Medford High School.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Vandeput.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry. You agree? Ms. Kurtz?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Dr. Perla.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place on file? Moved by Ms. Vanderbilt, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Presentation by Medford Public Library Youth Services Librarian. Ms. Fednik, please step forward. How are you?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you, Sam. Ms. Cugno was first. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Barbara Kerr has been named the director of the library effective today. Yeah. Congratulations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you on the motion that application be put in the new student packet, that it be also be put down in the Parent Information Center. And maybe school libraries as well have applications. And all of the great suggestions that were made around the rail on that motion. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sedney. Our next item, recommendation to approve donation of a records board to Medford High School pool. Ms. Judge.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. This is such a fabulous gesture on behalf of your family. We really appreciate it. And it's so needed. The swim team is dying to get this up, I'm sure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the whole family's out there? Yep. Thank you very much on behalf of the city and the school department. And I just want to say, none of this would be possible without Mary, because I just asked her.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded and third. I think everybody, we all would like to sign on to this. Thank you very much. We really appreciate it. Roll call vote, please. Roll call vote, Mr. Skerry. Yes, seven in the affirmative, none of the negative. Motion approved. Thank you very much. Point of information, Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. The next item, recommendation to approve student trip to Italy, April 2017. Mr. Carlos. Hello.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Can I ask just a quick question from the floor? From the chair, sorry. Is there cancellation insurance included in this, just in case?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good, thank you. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor for approval?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Motion on the floor by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those, a roll call? Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative, the motion passes. The next paper is a report on the regional science and engineering fair, and we have Mr. Chieri in the audience, coordinator of science.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If we could pronounce it, no.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And could you highlight your project for us? Yeah, sure. Congratulations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sorry? In layman's terms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do you know where you'll be going to college next year?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We'd like to present you with a citation if you could step forward. Congratulations, the Metro Public Schools is proud to congratulate Ann Lee for achievement to the State Science Fair and International Science Fair 2016.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Great. Thank you, Mr. Seary. On the motion that we send thank yous to, congratulations to all the students that succeeded in the science fair offered by Ms. Vandekloot, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you very much. Rock on. Rock on. Report of the superintendent. Update on gender identity non-discrimination policy. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion for approval by Ms. DiVenedetto. Is there a second? Seconded by Ms. Kreatz and Ms. Discari. Roll call vote please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: He has seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. The motion passes. Next paper, recommendation to reaffirm Medford Public Schools drug and alcohol policy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's actually a recommendation that the school approve the recommended changes, Mr. Thompson.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor by Mr. Skerry to approve. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that the Bedford I'm sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion, as opted by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Minnie. All those in favor? All those opposed? The motion carries. On the recommendation to accept the amendments to the report, the recommended change is an authorized posting consistent with the law, in addition adding Mr. Benedetto's amendment that all teachers, coaches, staff, et cetera, sign off on the updated policy. Seconded by Mr. Andrew Lute. Excuse me? Oh, he already seconded it. Sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. Motion passes. The financial report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Vanderbloom.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to receive. You just have to hit your button.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I'm not mistaken, it's part of our grant for the green community staff this year. I believe the Curtis Tufts is one of the schools that's included. I think the Robins as well. There are about three schools that are included. I can confirm that tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure. That's great.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion, Ms. Van der Kloots. On the motion to receive and place on file? All those in? All those against? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you like to highlight it?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion offered by Mr. Benedetto and Ms. Vandekloot, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report of legal counsel on school rentals. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Vander Kloof, point of information?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: In the interim, though, I know that we did have a resolution about the cages in particular. And I've been approached, the superintendent's been approached by Little Leagues and Babe Ruth that they'd like to have the ability to practice up there when and if the school is covered. So I'd ask that my colleagues consider allowing our member baseball and softball leagues to be able to practice up in cages until that policy is developed. Motion, do you have a motion? Motion for approval.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Without the fee structure, there are people on the premises. Without the fee structure at this point.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion of approval. There's a motion for approval. All those in favor? All those opposed?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to table the paper at this time. Roll call vote, all. Motion to table is undeniable. Would you like to withdraw your motion so that she can ask a question? Well, it's not up to you. It's up to the person that offered the motion.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to table. Roll call vote. It's undebatable. We had begun and then got interjected.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: allowing the Little League and the softball league to use the facility until the crisis developed.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Correct, if you table this paper. There's a motion to table.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to table. It's undebatable. We need to take the vote. That's how it works. Mr. Sperry, call the roll, please. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We take no action tonight. If it's tabled, we take no action. You have to vote to table it. You have to support the tabling or not to table it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry, continue.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No. One in the affirmative, six in the negative. The motion to table fails. Now it's back on the floor. There's a motion for approval offered by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The motion is, yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The motion's been called. We're in the middle of taking the roll. Before the roll is delivered, then you can ask a question.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yielded. It's been withdrawn. So my colleague is independent of herself.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They've cleared the fire alarm system that ran through that entire area.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And if I could suggest that the Building and Grounds Committee receive this packet and start to do its work on this topic and set the rates. I believe Mr. Woodhouse is here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to allow Medford Little League Softball and Baseball to utilize the cages for a nominal cost for the remainder of the term until policy and pricing is developed is one amendment. And also to send this paper to the subcommittee on building and grounds.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Scari, please call the roll. To allow the little league. And to send it to subcommittee. Yes. OK. Yes, six in the affirmative, one in the negative. The motion passes. OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to move item nine to the end of the agenda. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Old business. Authorization to submit letter to our legislative delegation recommending rejection of a chartered cab lift. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Carol Caroni Mastromaro. Carol was a graduate of Medford High School, class of 1967, and also a history teacher at Medford High School for many years. School committee resolution, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Marjorie Bennett. Mrs. Bennett was a lifelong Medford resident and secretary for Medford High School for many years. Would you all please rise and take a moment of silence?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Secretary. Negotiations and legal matters.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to go into executive session to discuss legal matters and negotiations. Mr. Skerry, please call the roll. Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. We will now go into executive session, and we will end the meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Report of the Secretary. There's none. None. Report of the Committee. Committee of the Whole report, March 9, 2016. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to waive the reading. Second. It's been moved, seconded. All those in favor? Aye.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion for approval, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Community participation. Hearing and seeing none. Reports of the superintendent. Report on EOS Healthy Start Award. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, I'm all set.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Mastone? No, you're good. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion to receive the report? Motion to receive the report and seconded by Ms. Vandekloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on Park MCAS 2016 schedule and related matter. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that the Andrews School be allowed to take the park exam this spring now on the computer as opposed to pen and paper. As planned. On the motion, All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The motion passes. Is there a motion on the floor to receive this report and place it on file?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Vandeply.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion as amended to receive a report subsequent to test taking of those, the numbers that opt out versus take. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to keep track of papers that are pending as well as papers that have been tabled, it would become part of the committee's meeting agenda. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. There's a recommendation to approve vocational school MSBA statement of interest. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Cuno. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good, thank you. There's a motion on the floor for approval. Roll call vote, please, Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. The motion passes. Good luck. Thank you. We await the answers. Report on the construction status of the multimedia community access channel. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's no equipment set up right now, so it will be upon the opening, which we're projecting October.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have quite a bit of funding in our community access account, and that's what we would be using to build out this, because that is the purpose. That's what I assumed. I just didn't.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The contract lies with the mayor's office. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any other questions from the members? Ms. Biandiclu? I'll hold mine. Excuse me? I'll hold it. You'll hold. Thank you, Ms. Riccio. Thank you. I believe there's a citizen that would like to speak. Name and address for the record, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Zantaclou.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. There's a motion on the floor for approval, receive and place on file. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on the construction status, I'm sorry, report on new opiate bill House 4056 and Medford implementation. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. On the motion to receive and place on file, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The motion passes. Report on Brooks Maintenance Issue. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Caldwell. Are there any questions?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Caldwell. Thank you. Is there a motion to receive in place on file? Seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. We also have a few announcements that the superintendent wants to comment on. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Pat.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I just wanted to know what happened from the Day on the Hill.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thursday, April 14th.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What? I said we can't get these on the city side. It's quite nice.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mayor Byrd, last item on the agenda is negotiation. Okay, so that's a subcommittee. Well, it's up to you. Let me know and we'll schedule it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. There's a motion to go into executive session. Moved by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. We are entering executive session. We may possibly come back out to the floor.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Good afternoon, this is Stephanie Muccini-Burke, and I'm coming to you live from the mayor's office. I wanted to have this opportunity to speak to you about some of the work of the various transition teams that I put together early in my, well, actually right after the election. With me today are members of the Constituent Service Committee, and they comprise Paul Camuso, who was our chairperson, Elisa Cantor, Beth Folks, Chris Murphy, and Joe Bruno. And there are several others that I'll list, John Greco, Neil Osborne, Laurel Bruma, David Klein, and Rachel Tienenhaus. This committee was tasked with meeting with various constituencies throughout the city in order to determine how best we can communicate with our citizens as well as our citizens with us. So I'll have Paul Camuso, the chair, say a few words about the meetings that were held.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Camuso. Well, I need to mention that they held several community meetings throughout the city. And I believe Paul just mentioned about 150 citizens attended those meetings. And they were held throughout the community. So they really did their best to reach out to the citizens to determine what the needs are and how would they like City Hall to be better for them. And we used Facebook. We used Twitter. We used our city website to try and get people to these meetings and the survey captured these citizens that were unable to attend. And from that survey and the work of this committee, we have several recommendations that have been made and that we will definitely attempt to implement in the very near future. One has to do with voicemail. We've heard it over the last few years, the need for voicemail in our community. People do not like the phone ringing ten times and then jumping to another person and maybe ringing additional times. So I have been working with our system, the phone company that deals with our system, and they are very close to coming into each department to determine how we can set up the voicemail system to best achieve what we need from the city. We want to be responsive, and we also want to make sure that the citizens' issues are being attended to in a timely manner. So along with having voicemail, we will also have a policy implemented so that every employee of the city knows what their requirements are for reaching back out to the citizens. And if I could just add, that would apply to email as well. So when we receive an email, it's our job to reach back out to you in order to accomplish the goal of transparency in our community. and correcting the problem that's at stake here. Also there's an issue that was overhauling our city's website. I think you've already seen some changes that we've made to our website and there will be more to come. One having to do with the citywide calendar and that was in place and we are getting reports from our various committees and our various boards and commissions So they are now submitting to the mayor's office their calendar items and we are posting them along with the minutes subsequent to their meetings. So we're definitely on board with that and we are working to fulfill that promise that we will include all the boards and commissions. Another item was to develop a comprehensive communication strategy and social media presence. And I hope that the citizens, I hope that you've noticed that we are trying to reach out to you and we are trying to provide information in a very timely, manner so that you know what's going on in our community. And please follow us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and you'll get even more information as well as the city's website. Another thing is adding a staff member to deal with constituent issues and we have named Lauren Felch to be our constituent liaison in this office. So if you're having trouble with a given department or you just feel like people aren't hearing your issue, call the mayor's office, ask for Lauren and she will assist you and she will make sure that the issue is taken seriously and answered as well. Implementing an online or telephone-based constituent reporting services and I'm very proud to announce that we have been working with CClickFix to bring the program in its full capacity to the city of Bedford. And we actually have a meeting scheduled for next Wednesday night in the council chambers from 5 to 6 p.m. And if you'd like to come on down, they're going to show you how to download the app to your phone. how to work it from the computer, and also see some interactive information on what we have been testing internally. So I'm really proud to announce that it will go live next Wednesday night, so please come on down. We're going to videotape that session as well, and that will be posted up to our website. The other thing is organizational charts for all of our departments and we are working on that. It's also going to be part and parcel of the budget that we present this year. So the work that's being done for that will play a role in two different avenues, one with our budget and one online so that you know who the staff are and who to reach out to for your given concerns. The last one is to do more to actively engage in the city's minority and non-English speaking population. As you may know, if you do not speak English as your primary language and you call City Hall, there is a line that we're able to connect to in order to provide a service to us so that we each can understand one another. That has been in place. It hasn't been used that greatly, but it definitely is in place. And we're also working on the website so that it translates into different languages. And we do have that going in a few. We're working on creating it for much more. As you know, our community is very diverse. and we need to reach out to all the citizens, not some of the citizens. So we will work on that and we vow that we will accomplish that goal. And there was another item that was a little off constituent service, but they mentioned it, they felt it important to put into their report, which was assessing and improving traffic patterns and pedestrian safety across the city. And as you may realize, the city signed a compact with the Commonwealth of Mass, and one of them is called the Complete Streets Program. And the idea behind Complete Streets is allowing people on pedestrians, bicycles, transit users, cars, trucks, buses, everyone to be able to coexist in a safe manner. So we signed a compact with them. We are now a priority for funding from the Commonwealth of Mass for our roads. And we will be utilizing that and submitting certain streets in order to be funded through that mechanism, as well as our Chapter 90 allotment. But whenever we do do repairs, we will be incorporating a complete streets methodology and including our bike head committee and our arts community and the citizens of Medford at large to make sure that we fulfill that promise. We will be posting this report online as soon as this press conference is completed. And so please feel free to check it out and also the results from the poll. It's quite an intense document. It shows you all the questions, who answered them, the percentage from each part of our city, as well as the age bracket and own, rent, all the differentiations throughout the whole. And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Curtis Tootin's name. He helped us put this survey together. He helped the committee. And he also accumulated the data. So a big shout out to Curtis, who works up at Medford High, for assisting us in getting this complete. Lastly, I just have a couple of announcements. If you are coming to visit City Hall, we have declared visitor spots right out front of this building. So all the spaces that face City Hall at the front entrance can be used by our visitors. And we want to make it easy for you to come in and out and not have to struggle with parking. So certainly come on down and please, we ask that you actually use the front. It is a better location for you to park. Lastly, I have a really new announcement. I met with the Comcast team today and we will be working on going live streaming for our meetings. So city council meetings and school committee meetings are being worked on so that we can come live to you and you can watch it on demand through some of our websites. So we've listened, we've heard, and we are acting. Be patient with us. We're trying to do it, and we're trying to implement changes in the way that we communicate with you. So if you have any great ideas, please feel free to call our office. This doesn't end today. Really, the implementation starts today. But I urge all of the committee members to stay involved and offer their suggestions, as well as you, the citizens. So please, feel free. Call our office with an idea. And we will listen and take it seriously. So once again, I'd like to thank the transition team members for all their hard work. They gave up many a night. to meet with you the public and amongst themselves so that they could come up with this report that will be posted tonight.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hello, welcome to the City of Medford. We're very pleased to have Lieutenant Governor Polito with us today to announce the community compact agreement that we've reached, as well as our representative, Christine Barber. We have City Councilor Rick Caraviello, and we have School Committee woman Kathy Kreatz here as well. So thank you all for coming. This certainly is a great day for the City of Medford. As you know, we apply in the month of January for three different compacts. One having to do with financial accountability in our city. We currently use multiple programs to do our treasury and our financial packages as well as over on the school side. We're looking to create efficiencies by looking at the compact to look into one software program that can do everything, and leading to transparency with the public in an open checkbook system. So it's a high goal. It's close to my heart. I have worked with all the programs as my prior career as budget director, so I know firsthand the efficiencies that can be garnered by this compact agreement. Secondly, we have our Complete Streets initiative that we have talked about a great deal over the last several months. We're very eager to get that off the ground. We want to include all of our bike-ped people in the process, and our art people as well, so that when we talk complete streets, we mean complete streets. But I'm going to introduce Cassandra Kudalidis, our city engineer, up to the podium to just say a few words on that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sandra has worked a great deal on this project along with Alicia Hunt and I believe Lauren DiLorenzo. So a lot of the staff has been involved in this process. So we're very happy for your hard work on this and reaching this initiative. The last item has to do with Medford Square. I think Over the course of the last eight months, if I heard Medford Square revitalization once, I've heard it a thousand times. It is a key component to our city's future, to our economic development, and it needs the attention. And this will enable us to have planning dollars put to the table so that we can reach our potential. I think that we all realize that Medford's a great community, a third of it open space. We're very lucky to live here, but we have so much potential that we can reach. And this initiative, in particular, is going to be a fabulous add-on to our community already. So I'd like to introduce Lauren DiLorenzo, who's our Community Development Director, to say a few words on this topic.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: One piece Lauren feels to mention is we want to create a hug to our river. We're a community that has a mystic river running through it. And we need to bring attention to that asset because it really is one of our greatest assets, the London Fells. So we really want to create an environment that is open to the river. And we just want to acknowledge Mohammed Chaudhry, who's also on the transition team for economic development, who's worked hard as well on the various open meetings that we've had over the course of the last several months. I'd also like Representative Barber to say a few words. She's our partner. She's part of our state delegation. She goes to bat for us on a number of issues, and we appreciate having her in our community. So please, ma'am.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: As you've just heard, both the complete streets and the revitalization of Medford Square go hand in hand. So we're looking to look at things from a global perspective to bring the best we can to Medford. And without further ado, I need to introduce our Lieutenant Governor, who's been instrumental in this entire process with communities. She's worked so hard over the last year plus to open up the dialogue between the cities and towns and the State House. So we really appreciate all her hard work, and we are very lucky to have her in our city today.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I'm a little remiss if I didn't mention the Municipal Modernization Bill that the Governor's Office and Lieutenant Governor Pulido spearheaded. I know personally the City of Medford submitted maybe seven pages of suggestions of things that we thought could modernize the way that we do business in our city and throughout the Commonwealth. And it was through her leadership that the bill was offered to the House and Senate. So we look forward to working on one package. Hopefully it goes through swiftly so that we're able to enact some of these key money-saving opportunities in public bidding and in reform for our alcohol licenses, et cetera. So thank you for all your hard work that you've done on behalf of the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Well, now we get to get it done, right?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And at this point, we'd like to sign the contract. Sign together? Sure. Thank you. Congratulations. Wonderful. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Regular meeting of the Medford School Committee will now come to order. Please call the roll, Mr. Secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Approval of the minutes of February 29th, 2016. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Approval of bills, transfer of funds? There are none. There are no approval of bills and transfers. Approval of payrolls? There are none. Report of the secretary? None. Report of committees, Committee of the Whole meeting February 10, 2016. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor for approval of the minutes? Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? All those against? Motion passes. Community participation? Hearing, seeing none. Ms. Van der Kloot, is there a motion?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for suspension of the rules. All those in favor? All those opposed, suspension is granted. We'll take communications. Brooke School, our teachers request permission for mural. Name and address, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion on the floor for particular permission? Motion for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion is granted. The left can't wait to see it. Thank you. Thank you. Motion to revert back to the regular order of business by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Reports of the superintendent. Report on Science Fair 2016. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Seary, could you comment on a couple of the senior projects, because they were simply amazing?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. If we could have the students line up and we can give out their awards. The Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Daowen Doe, 2016 Medford High School Science and Engineering, via first place, grade nine. Daowen. Oh, you're a team. Ethan Medeiros. Ethan? Congratulations, Ethan. I'm gonna have them both up right now. We have 2016 second place, grade nine, goes to Rubia Fernandez and Ganna Chan. Congratulations, great job. We have third place, grade nine, Julia Galbeck and Caden Higgins. We have honorable mention grade 9, Leah Van Daniel and Alida Brinton. In grade 10, we have an honorable mention to Scott Ranjanathan. Thank you. First place, grade 11, Joseph Farah. We have second place, grade 12, Michelle Nguyen. Let us know. Third place, grade 12, Serena Doe. And Simona Miller. Congratulations. We have an honorable mention, grade 12, to Ian Lee. Honorable mention to John Mucci-Riley and Vanessa Lu.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Thank you very much for coming tonight, Mr. Seary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Sure. Motion for suspension of the rules to take a paper out of order. All those in favor? All those opposed? Paper number four, report on SkillsUSA state qualifiers. Ms. Riccio.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Seconded by Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is it still Kansas City for the gold?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Kentucky. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Thank you. There's a motion on the floor for approval for the overnight stay for 12 students and three chaperones, I believe. All those in favor, roll call vote, please. Roll call vote, please. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, nine in the negative. The motion passes. There's also a second report offered by the Medford Vocational Technical High School regarding the Environmental Science Program approval. She did make a comment. Do you want to add a little more to this?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Great job. Thank you. There's a motion on the floor to revert to the regular visits by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Recommendation to approve school calendar 2016-17. Motion for approval.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, what about the primary? Is there a primary?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We don't have it on the calendar.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to accept this report and place it on file. All those in favor? All those opposed.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Thank you. There's a motion on the floor for approval by Ms. Disceri, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? The motion passes. Paper number three, update report on online payment system and TransFinder bus system.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Cugno, and then Ms. Mustone.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place on file? Motion to receive and place on file. Seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you, Pat. Update on charter schools, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could, that resolution by Ms. Cugno has not been offered yet. We're still on the superintendent's report. Is there a motion to take this from? Out of order. There's a motion to take Ms. Cuno's paper out of order. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Paper passes. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee adapt a letter approved by the Ludlow School Committee opposed to the raising of the charter school cap in Massachusetts. Further, this letter be sent to our legislative delegation. Mr. Benedetto has asked that we table this paper so that she can get a conflict of interest. Letter from the State Ethics Commission. There's a motion to table, which is undebatable. Mr. Benedetto, do you wish to withdraw?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Furthermore, it had also been my intent tonight to, I just didn't have time today, there is a round
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Point of information, Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to table opted by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor. All right. All those opposed. The paper's tabled.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to accept the superintendent's report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to accept the report, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on financial literacy. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion to accept the report and place on file by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Cuno? All those in favor? All those opposed? The report is accepted. Report on school security, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to accept the report as amended by Ms. Van der Kloot. Roll call vote, please. Yes, seven in the affirmative, none of the negative. The paper passes as amended and also an update on the report of the McGlynn incident offered by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor. All those opposed. Motion passes. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to move negotiation and legal matters to the end of the agenda. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Communications. New business resolution submitted by Erin DiBenedetto. Be it resolved that the administration identify all school employees that sit on or are signers for the Friends of Medford Baseball, Friends of Medford Softball, and the Friends of Medford Basketball. Further, that it go to executive session if any employees are named. Further, I am also requesting that the administration provide bank account records dating back four years for the groups named above, including account names, numbers, and signer information. A complete list of all income and expense with all details. A complete list of all donations made to all three of these groups, including money, in-kind donations, as well as equipment donations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Kress. There is a committee of the whole meeting scheduled for this Wednesday, I believe at 7 o'clock, Mr. Superintendent, up in the superintendent's office at Medford High School, at which time information will be furnished by the superintendent and possibly those involved. Is a motion on the floor to table this paper? It's undebatable. Roll call vote. It's undebatable. Ms. Cugno. Whether to table it or not.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, she said aye.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No. Sherry, no. Yes, four in the affirmative, three in the negative. The motion passes. This paper is tabled for Wednesday evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There'll be a motion, there'll be a paper posted. It's already been posted at the public meeting. It will be moved on to the door of the superintendent's conference room that it has been moved to the library.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Roll call vote. Mr. Skerry. That the meeting be moved to the library. And it'd be videotaped, and it'd be set up with podiums. It's already posted. Yeah. We'll have to repost on the door.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's tabled.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Let us first take the motion. Roll call vote offered by Mr. Benedetto. I'm moving the location. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, negative. The location of the meeting has been changed. There's a motion for suspension to revert to community participation, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Suspension is granted. Please come forward.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Dempsey, please. Mr. Dempsey, this isn't the place for this. This paper just got tabled.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But it's pertaining to this matter. So see you Wednesday night? Wednesday night. See you Wednesday night. We'll have another opportunity Wednesday night. Wednesday night.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There are people from the school committee that wanted to attend that evening. Ms. Danticlude?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's OK. We're good. There's a motion to postpone, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to postpone the 21st, March 21st meeting to the 28th of March. All those in favor? Roll call. Roll call. Mr. Skerry. Ms. Cuno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. Motion passes. negotiations, and legal matters. Mr. Superintendent?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to go into executive session. We will close the meeting out from executive session. Mr. Scari, roll call vote to go in. Yes. Seven in the affirmative. Negative will now enter executive session.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We will come to order. Please call the roll. Mr. Skerry, sorry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: President, all please rise and salute our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Item one, approval of the minutes of February 1st, 2016. There's a motion for approval, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All in favor? All opposed? Minutes are carried. Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Item two, approval of bills, transfer of funds. Mr. Skerry. Motion for approval. Seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All in favor. All opposed. Approval of funds is granted. Approval of payrolls. Mr. Skerry. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion approved. Report of the secretary. None. Report of committees. None. We have awards. Is there a motion on the floor for suspension of the rules to take item two?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for suspension of the rules. All those in favor? All those opposed? Suspension is granted. Item two, report on Boston Globe Scholastic Writing Awards.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations, the Medford Public Schools is proud to recognize Isadora Martin, Boston Globe 2016 Scholastic Writing Award Gold Key. If you could please come forward. Isadora? Sure, all the kids could line up, and we'll call you up one at a time.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Isadora has rehearsal. We have Hannah Rogers. She's the Boston Globe 2016 Scholastic Writing Award Gold Key. Hannah. Hannah Rogers? No? She's on her way. Carly Roy, Scholastic Writing Award Gold Key. Hello Carly. Congratulations. Robin Sharma, Scholastic Writing Award, Gold Key. Brianna Sampao, Gold Key. We now have the Scholastic Writing Award silver key. Shayma Azam. Kathleen Campbell. Quynh Chang Isadora Martin Valentina Luma Megan Malloy, Silver Key. Zoe Salvato Cutter. Maha Shafiq. Congratulations. Thank you. Congratulations. Victoria Rashi. Congratulations. Congratulations. Steven Spirus. We now have the honorable mention, Albert Farrar. Emily Brosnan. Brendon Chirlone. Brendon. Valerie DePina. Jasmine DeMaclean. Aidan Denevan. Michael Fenn. Analia Fidelak. Christian Gaddy. Daniel Gross.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Shannon Hardy. Congratulations. Mom wants a picture. Amal Hassan. Lucy Hines. Eric Liam. Malika Limone. Samantha Liu. Kyle McGinley. Steve Inspires. Brianna Saunders Correa. Charles Todd Hunter. Justin Thang. Julia Shanahan Hannah Rogers That was a gold key for Hannah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: on the floor to revert to the regular order of business by Ms. Van der Kloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? We're now under community participation. Ms. Van der Kloot, you wanted to make a commentary?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a Ms. Valdez? Your name and address for our record, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Welcome.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, miss Valdez.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Kreatz, your light. Would you like to speak? Oh, I think my light went off. Your light was on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor to reimburse, is it 100 or 115? Well, I don't know.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion on the floor to reimburse 115 per family. Mr. Skerry.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor by Ms. Van der Kloot to reimburse 50%, approximately $115, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. The money paper.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Roll call vote. Mr. Skerry, please call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. And if we could just enter into the record that this is a one time agreement on the motion that was approved. Good work. Is there any other community participation before us this evening? Ms. Villanduclut, did you want to make an announcement on an upcoming event?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Absolutely. Not only did they know the facts and where each candidate stood, but they took on their persona and it was amazing. I mean it could have been theater. It was really good. They did a great job. So kudos to the kids and Ms. Queza had a role in that. And I believe Mr. Milne. Mr. Milne as well. So congratulations to all that participated.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Who won? I don't know. There was a vote taken at the very end. Do we know? Bernie won.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there any other community participation before us this evening? Hearing and seeing none. Report of the superintendent. Recommendation to accept gifts to McGlynn Elementary School. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. There's a motion for approval on the floor by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. The donation is accepted. And if we could send a letter to this anonymous person thanking them. Look at Mr. Superintendent. Report on professional development day, March 1st, 2016. Tomorrow.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Is there a motion to accept the report in place on file? So moved by Ms. Van der Kloot, seconded by Ms. Kreatz. All in favor? All opposed? Paper is accepted. Report on Parent-Child Home Program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion on the floor to Ms. Kreatz?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place on file by Ms. Kreatz, seconded by Ms. Vandekloot. All those in favor? All those opposed? Paper is received. Report on proposed closing of St. Clements Elementary School. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. Is there a motion to receive and place on file? Offered by Ms. Cuno, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on Chamber of Commerce meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. President, if I could. Mr. President. Mr. President.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could, from the chair. I know, really. We're all doing these Freudian slips. What's up with that? I just wanted to say what a great afternoon it was. And we got to see Miss Kreatz, who was featured in the video for the vocational school, and her son Noah. But the school department did a fabulous job. That video is wonderful. And it was just very eye-opening. And hopefully the community feels all of the great programming that is offered up there. So I hope that, I know Ms. Riccio is doing a fabulous job, but we need to really get the word out. On that end, Mr. Klein's program for internships and co-ops, and also lots of other things that the school department is doing. Great stories are happening within those walls. So, thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Cugno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: both the food and the students served us as well. They were excellent. Very well-mannered and polite and did a good job. Is there a motion on the floor for approval to receive and place on file? All those in favor? All those opposed? The motion passes. Financial report. Oh, can I jump in first? Sure. We have a great announcement to make. Ms. Bailey, our finance director, has been awarded a certified administrator of school finance and operations. So congratulations, Pat.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We're very lucky to have you. Ms. Vanderclue, did you want to jump in?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, we are.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Gale. Are there any questions?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to receive in place on file, authored by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. We have two papers under suspension. On the motion of Mr. Skerry that the committee express its condolences to the family of Robert Drennan. Mr. Drennan was a member of the Mefford High School football and baseball teams. After Mefford High, Mr. Drennan continued his football career at Harvard and left to become a member of the Army's prestigious 10th Mountain Division. He was fluent in German and served as an interpreter when Patton's Army liberated Buchwald and Dachau, Concentra. I'm not sure what they said. Ten camps in World War II. He returned to Hobb and received a master's degree in engineering. He leaves his sister, Anne, a former teacher at the Hobbs Junior High School and former member of the Medford School Committee. Could all please rise for a moment of silence. On the motion by Ms. DiBenedetto, that all rental agreements and contracts for use of our high school batting cage gym fields be placed on hold until the school committee sets time, pricing, insurance, and other issues related to the use of these facilities can be determined. I would like to make a motion that the revenue received for all facilities be presented to the school committee on a quarterly basis in the same format the approval of bills, transfers of funds is presented.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We don't know if that's the case on the field.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion of Ms. DiBenedetto, that all rental agreements and contracts for use of our high school batting cage gym fields be placed on hold until the school committee sets time, pricing, insurance, and other issues related to the use of these facilities can be determined. Number two, I would like to make a motion that the revenue received for all facilities be presented to the school committee on a quarterly basis in the same format the approval of bills transfers of funds is presented. On the motion as offered by Mr. Benedetto, seconded by Ms. Van der Kloot, all those in favor? Roll call. Roll call vote has been requested. Ms. Cuno, did you want to speak prior to the roll call?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, this is for use of, not for additional use of.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Would you like to amend to pull out gym and fields?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So it's just the batting cage that we're suspending.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They're planning the field's usage now, so the pricing has been set, so they need to go forward to book the added time. But high school sports always comes first, no matter what, so.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So revenue and expenses. OK. Thank you. On the motion, as amended on both papers one and two, that the words Jim and Fields be deleted. In the first one, all those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries as amended. And in the second one, the report for the revenues and expenses be received, adding expenses to that document. Roll call vote, Ms. Disceri, on this one. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Yes, seven in the affirmative, nine in the negative. The motion passes. Also, while we're under suspension, we have an additional paper that the school committee resolution, is it for both of them? Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express sincere condolences to the family of Gladys Maseka. Mrs. Maseka was a retired custodian for the Medford Public Schools. Mrs. Maseka was the mother of Medford Security Guard Lieutenant William Maseka, custodian Steven Maseka, and the grandmother of elementary I teacher Michelle Maseka. Also, we'd like to offer our condolences on the passing of Nina Rexford.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Who's at the kid's corner. She was a teacher at this kid's corner. All please rise for a moment of silence, please. Thank you. We're at the end of our meeting. We have negotiation and legal matters that we would request that we go into Executive session. There's a motion on the floor to go into executive session. Roll call vote, please. Mr. Skerry. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, zero in the negative. We will now go into executive session and we will not be returning back. This is the final item on the agenda.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Perfoni been on?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Hello, residents of Medford. Welcome to the City of Medford's Mayor's Office. We're here today with the Medford Malden Elks, exalted ruler Mary Fitzgerald, who would like to present a check on behalf of the Elks. to the Crystal Campbell Medford Strong Spirit Award Scholarship. The Elks has been kind enough to donate $2,000 toward a scholarship that will be awarded this spring. And we want to thank Mary on behalf of all of the students here today for being a member of our community and doing such wonderful things. So Mary, please step up.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Thank you so very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And we're joined today by Mr. Campbell, Crystal's dad, superintendent of schools, Roy Belson. many of the members of the girls softball team at Medford High School, Allison Goldsberry, who is a, I believe she formed, co-former of this scholarship foundation. So thank you very much for all the work that you do on behalf of the citizens of Medford.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Second the President's announcement. All please rise and salute our flag.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Approval of the minutes of January 25, 2016. Motion for approval. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Approval is granted. Approval of bills to transfer funds.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Approval is granted. Approval of payroll. Motion for approval. Motion for approval on the floor, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Approval is granted. Report of secretaries.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Report of committees. None. There are none. Community participation. No papers, Mr. Superintendent. Report of the superintendent. Please rise, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. Update report on Bloomberg Center for Citizenship and Social Responsibility.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK. Thank you. Well, thank you both for being here this evening. Thank you, Ramon, Serena, and Felicity for all your hard work and beautiful work with that. And I'm assuming the billboard has something to do with it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent work. Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's right. It is a motion to receive and place on file the update report on Bloomberg Center for Citizenship and Social Responsibility. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The paper is placed on file. Report on district and schools accountability 2015. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Superintendent. Ms. Cunha, did you have a question?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Is there a motion on the floor? I have a question. Mr. Benedetto? OK.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. There is a motion on the floor for a subcommittee meeting on curriculum. All those in favor? Seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion to receive and place on file this report by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? All those opposed? Paper is placed on file. Report on distracted driving program. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Superintendent. If I could, from the chair, just I had the opportunity to attend with Ms. Kreatz, and it was such a moving Deliver it. actions that we saw that day, from plays to people speaking, people that had left, including Emily Stein of Medford and her little four-year-old daughter, Evie, who were part of a PSA that they put on. It was very, very moving, and it could have been shown to a group of any age bracket in our community. It's not just a children, a young adult issue. It certainly is a mature adult issue, as well as middle. So it really could have been put on in any forum, and people would have walked away looking at things a lot differently. Distracted isn't just your cell phone, it's your navigation, it's the radio, it's makeup, and coffee. It's a host of different things. So just a shout out to the community that, you know, our kids are getting it. They're in the lower bracket of distraction when you do rate them. But it goes out to everybody that we all need to be conscious. And as I told us that day, we shouldn't be selfish. We should be putting others first. On our time, pull over if we need to make a call, but don't be selfish and make the call while you're driving or texting while you're driving. So, Ms. Krebs, if you would.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And just a note on our students. how respectful they were. And everything that I have seen over the last several, several years, but especially of late, they're just very respectful young adults. I'm very proud of how they act in public forums.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to receive this report and place it on file. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Report passes. Report on state budget proposed by Governor H2.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion to receive and place on file this report. So moved. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Paper's placed on file. Report on Minuteman Regional Technical High School, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Could I ask just one question from the chair? Sure. Lincoln is willing to host a new Minuteman Regional High School and they want to withdraw from the region? Yes. That's accurate.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion to accept the paper, place on file. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Paper is placed on file. Negotiations? None. Old business? None. Communications? None. New business? School committee resolution? Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of John Donahue. Mr. Donahue was the brother of retired Supervisor of Health, Eileen DeBattista. School Committee resolution, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Catherine Silver. Mrs. Silver was the mother-in-law of Fire Chief Frank Gilberti. Also under suspension, offered by school committee member Mr. Skerry, he had resolved that the school committee express a sincere condolences to the McLaughlin family on the passing of Robert McLaughlin, Army veteran and former Medford police officer. He was the uncle of John McLaughlin, director of school maintenance for the Medford public schools. And also under suspension, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of William Hamkin. Mr. Hamkin, who died suddenly, was a graduate of Medford High School. Mr. Hamkin was the brother of Sheila McGlynn and brother-in-law of Mayor Michael J. McGlynn. Will everyone please rise for a moment of silence on the passing of these Medford residents.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion that an update be provided on the crossing guard position on the fells that are in the 2CR roadway. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? The motion passes. We also have a paper and a suspension for the van. Yes. Is there anyone that could... Actually, the superintendent was supposed to speak about it, but since he... They would like to go to Hershey Park, Township, Pennsylvania. It is Friday, May 20th, 2016, to Sunday, May 22nd, 2016. There's a lot of educational values, including Zoo America, music in the parks, etc. The cost for a student in a quad is $385. Triple 410, double 465. They also will be having adult chaperones. As on past trips, the BN Director will serve as the official chaperone. Additional chaperones will be added if needed. Typically, we like to have one chaperone for every eight to ten students. They were looking for our approval. Ms. Cuno.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Great, thank you. On the motion for approval, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. Roll call, Mr. Superintendent? No. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: You can, I don't think it's a problem. Marked Ms. Cuno as abstaining due to a conflict of interest. On the motion to adjourn, opted by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor? Aye. Meeting is adjourned.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: the meeting of the Metric School Committee will come to order. Please call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Here. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Here.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. Seven present, none absent. All please rise and salute our flag.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: At this time, I'd like to recognize Judy Lonegan, who I believe is in the audience. Judy. If she could come up, as we all know, Judy is instrumental in putting together the Jingle Bell Festival that we have right here in City Hall Chambers during the winter season, and also the Jingle Bell Fun Run, which raises money for many charities in our community, including the Buddy Copeland Center. So I'd ask Judy to come up and say a few words and present some trophies.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Belson just asked me if the check was written in Spanish, French, and Italian.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: In St. Joe's, okay.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Madam Mayor, while we're doing this, while people are gathering, I just want to give my thanks to Judy Lonergan and all the people who help her. She does a tremendous job. It's a fun event. It's been incredibly successful and we thank you very, very much, Judy.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Jen.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much, Jen. We'll refer to the regular order of business. Approval of the minutes of January 11, 2016. Motion to approve. Motion for approval on the floor. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Minutes are approved. Approval of bills, transfer of funds.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval. There's one question, Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Page 13. If you notice, it's a 114 account. That's not a school budget. The first numbers in the account, that's actually a revolving account.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: OK, thank you. You're welcome. There's a motion on the floor for approval by Ms. Vanden Heuvel, seconded by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Bill's transfers are approved. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Payrolls are approved. Report of the secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There is none. Report of committees.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: None. Item seven, report of superintendents. Report on project 351 program 2016. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations to all of you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, I was honored to be in attendance that day at St. Rayfield's Parish Hall, which is a beautiful facility. And the young students did an amazing job. They spoke so eloquently. I'm so very proud of what they had to say about community and giving back and recognizing that they may have been through some difficult times. But in order to move forward, you have to address the issues that are before you. And they did a fabulous job. So congratulations to you all. Make us proud. Report on Focus K-2 grant program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Madam Mayor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to receive and place on file. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Report on Environmental Science, Chapter 74, Program Approval.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I hope you didn't name them. I hope you didn't name them. Thank you, Mr. Chiu. Motion to receive and place on file the report on environmental science, chapter 74. And you'll shoot us out an email?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: When you get approval? Yes. Very good. Absolutely. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on dual enrollment at Bunker Hill Community College health assisting program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Congratulations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. There are a motion on the floor to receive and place on file. So moved by Ms. Cugno. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on Boston-Keyer's collaborative.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place on file? So moved. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? The motion passes. Report on $75,000 grant for adult building trades program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: When will the six weeks begin, their program?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Excellent. Motion to receive in place on file.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you so much for being here this evening and all these wonderful programs you've
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Next report on kindergarten registration process for the school year 2016-17.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Just a point of clarification. There's a motion on the floor for committee of the whole to invite our state delegation so they could hear our priorities. And there's a second on the floor as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: On the motion, authored by Ms. Vander Kloof. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Motion to receive and place on file this report. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on middle school selection process, school year 2016-17, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All right, so we're going to call upon our Deputy Superintendent to tell you about our academic support program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to accept the report and place it on file. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Report on secondary school class size.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to accept the report. Place it on file. All those in favor. All those opposed. Motion passes. Report on. Financial report.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Sperry, point of information.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Also, we have an addendum to the schedule. School committee resolutions be it resolved that the Metric School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Joseph Laporta. Mr. Laporta was a prominent member of the school administrative staff for many years, serving as the head of the driver's education program and school security. Mr. Laporta was active in local Kiwanis and many other local community service organizations. If you could all please rise for a moment of silence. Negotiation of legal matters, there are none. Hearing and seeing that, I'll take a motion to adjourn this meeting. Motion to adjourn. Motion to adjourn by Ms. Cunha. All in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Opposed? Meeting is adjourned.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you Lieutenant Durham and all for participating in this morning's remembrance. This could not have been possible without the many people that coordinated this event today. Officer Ernest Lindsay, the DPW, police, baseball, softball, everyone that's around us in the van. So thank you all so much for contributing to today's events. Also, including your local officials, we have State Senator Pat Jalen. Committee members Gally Kress and Roberts Gehry. We know how meaningful this day is in the pursuit and preservation of our liberties. As John F. Kennedy said, let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty. May this fine city of ours live and breathe in its humble but proud roots, its vast diversity, and its devotion to a compassionate future. This liberty we speak of forever rests here in the city of Medford, our home. And with that being said, I'd like to read Governor Baker's proclamation. Bear with me. to come off of Massachusetts, a proclamation. Whereas, throughout the evening of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere and William Dawes rode through the countryside from Boston to Concord, informing the local militia that the British had mobilized and were headed to seize and destroy militia weapons and ammunition in Concord. And, whereas, by the early morning of April 19, 1775, the local Minutemen and the British Army had gathered on the Lexington Green, where the shocker around the world was fired, and eight Minutemen were killed, thus resulting in a retreat that the British continued on to conquer. And whereas at Concord's North Bridge a skirmish broke out which caused the first British casualties and an attempted British retreat back to Boston that failed as a result of Minuteman resistance. And whereas the battles of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the long struggle for American independence from Britain. And whereas today we remember and pay tribute to the patriots who gave their lives in pursuit of liberty and independence. Now, therefore, I, Charles D. Baker, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby proclaim April 18, 2016 to be Patriots Day and urge all the citizens of the Commonwealth to take cognizance of this event and participate fittingly in its observance. given at the Executive Chamber in Boston the first day of April in the year 2016, and of the independence of the United States of America this 239th by His Excellency Charles Baker, Lieutenant Governor Solito, and William Francis Galvin, our Secretary of State. Thank you all.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. President, Stephanie Borick, 5, Hedlund Way, Medford. I'd be remiss if I didn't get up and say a few words on Aggie's behalf. I had the privilege of attending the luncheon in her name, and it was quite evident that she's well-respected in her industry, as well as in the city of Medford. She has forged such partnerships with different organizations, not only the National Grids and Electric Company, but also some of the outreach from UMass Amherst and Harvard. She's just formed an amazing amount of contacts and business cooperations that we've seen in the city. We are lucky, lucky people to have her in our community, and she cares so deeply for our trees and for our citizens and for all of us. So congratulations, Aggie, and we're very proud of her.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Present. All please rise and salute the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This portion of the school committee is our organizational meeting where we will elect a vice chair as well as a secretary. I open it up to nominations. Is there anyone who would like to nominate someone for secretary of the Medford School Committee?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: for Secretary of the School Committee.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do I hear any other nominations? I second. Hearing and seeing none, I close that portion of the meeting. Please call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We doing both at the same time? We're doing the Secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Robert Emmett Skerry, Jr. A vote of six in the affirmative, none in the negative. One abstained. Congratulations, Mr. Skerry. You are the secretary of the school committee for this upcoming year. I would now like to elect a vice chair of the school committee. I'll open it up to nominations.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any seconds? I second that. Is there anyone else that you'd like to place a nomination? Hearing none, I'll close the meeting and open it up to the roll call. Mr. Scari, please call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Aaron DeBenedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Approval of the minutes from December 21st, 2015. Move approval, Mr. Chairman, Madam Chairman. Motion for approval on the floor, seconded by Mr. Benedetto. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Minutes are approved. Approval of bills, transfer of funds.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion for approval by Mr. Skerry, seconded by Ms. Vandekloot. Roll call vote.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. Approval of the bills and transfer of funds. Approval of payrolls. Motion for approval by Ms. Van der Kloot and seconded by Mr. Skerry. Call the roll, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. Approval of payrolls. Report of the secretary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No report. Report of committee. There are none. Mr. Superintendent. Community participation. I'm seeing there is none. Report of the superintendent. The first order is the recommendations to accept anonymous gift to the Columbus School. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Ms. Caldwell.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's a motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Skerry. Is there a second? Second. Second. Second. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. And the vote is 7 in the affirmative, none in the negative. The motion passes. Recommendation to accept gifts from... Meadey. Meadey Corporation. Dr. Mathenos? Martinez. Martinez Van, I'm sorry, Van Schor to fund robotics team. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: What's the date of the event?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Wonderful. Is there a motion on the floor for approval?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Second. Seconded by Ms. Cuno. Roll call vote, please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative, none in the negative. The gift is accepted. Thank you very much, Ms. Joy. Thank you. Good luck. Report on Medford Public Schools Enrollment Demography and Class Size, January 2016.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: One's part-time, one's full-time.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any other questions for the superintendent on this report? Motion to approve. Motion to approve the motion as offered by Mr. Benedetto on the cost increase to go from part-time to full-time, the impact, as well as the class sizes for non-gen ed. On the motion, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Motion to receive and place on file the superintendent's report. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Report on Medford Public Schools enrollment. Oh, goodness, I'm sorry. Report on Spring 2016 Park State Testing and Parent Notification.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Very good. On the motion to receive and place on file, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Passes. Report on ELL school population and access testing. Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Benedetto.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Ms. Van der Kloot.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a motion on the floor to receive and place on file? Motion to receive. Motion to receive. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Motion's granted. Thank you very much. Recommendation to accept revised policy on student restrained protocols.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I could just ask one question. Sure. Who provides the general restraining training?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Who are they?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Is there a reason why you don't do training before they enter the classroom? You have 30 days to do training for new hires?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So it's... A new teacher just coming into the system, you have 30 days to train them? Within 30 days you train them?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: My question is, could the training take place before they're placed in the classroom for this general training, not the in-depth?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Okay. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion on the floor for approval by Mr. Benedetto. Is there a second? Seconded by Ms. Cuno. All those in favor of the policy. So roll call. Roll call vote please.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. 7 in the affirmative, 10 in the negative. The recommendation passes for the policy. Recommendation to approve the protocols and procedures for school nurse management of potential life-threatening opiate overdose.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Are there any other questions, Ms. Vento? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. um, strong ambulance training to your nurses.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you very much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you. report on March 1st, 2016, Professional Development Day, Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Motion to receive and place on file. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Papers received. Item 9, negotiations in legal matter, a motion to suspend the rules offered by Mr. Skerry to place this at the end of the agenda. All those in favor?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All those opposed? Suspension is granted. All business, none. Communications, none. School Committee Resolution. Be it resolved that the Medford School Committee express its sincere condolences to the family of Benjamin Nickerson, who then was a 1995 graduate of Medford High School, who was the son of Jane Pompeo and the grandson of the late Alfred Pompeo, Sr., who served on this board. Also, school committee resolution, be it resolved that the Medford School Committee expresses sincere condolences to the family of Judge Henry Tamponi. Judge Tamponi was a graduate of Medford High School, where he was an outstanding soccer player. He served for many years as Justice at the Somerville District Court, where he acquired a reputation of tough, but severe. All please rise for a moment of silence. Shannon has a few announcements for us.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you, Mr. Superintendent.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Item nine, negotiations and legal matters, update on personnel discipline action, and an update on negotiation with collective bargaining unions. We will adjourn it following the executive session as all items have been addressed on the calendar. And that will now go into, all those in favor of going into executive session, say aye. Mr. Scherry, please call the roll.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Ms.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. Seven in the affirmative.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It would be four payments over the course of three years.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They're in the 40s with the snowplow package and the lift in the back.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Because the mayor had requested of the linkage committee to lease these trucks, which has been a standard. We have done that in the past. We've leased vehicles. Instead of going out and purchasing them outright.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's just an option instead of outright buying them on day one. It's an alternative that many people do. Many people take loans out. Many people lease and purchase at the end. It's an option.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The interest rates right now are so insignificant that it doesn't make a big difference whether you purchase them outright or you lease them, just like some of the personal vehicles that are out there at 1.5%. I mean, it's very low interest rate.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's a similar situation. We're leasing the Bobcat.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's about $40,000, a little under $40,000.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It'll be the three-year payment, three. More payments over the course of three years.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Because this is the way that the Mayor requested the money be expended, and we put it before the linkage committee, and they voted earlier this evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And once the committee approves it. And they'll go to your next meeting.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Actually, with the way that we structure it, we'll own it at the end of the lease term. Oh, OK. That's what I thought. So they'll be ours, lock, stock, and barrel. You'll see some of the trucks that we have on the road are in excess of 10 years old. So we do, with the maintenance division, with Timmy McCarthy and the work that his team does, they really keep the lights on these trucks. And there's just some that are just, they've reached their end life. And as Council President Camuso mentioned, one of them during the blizzard last year actually overheated and caught on fire. So one of the trucks would be replacing that vehicle as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They're ours. We're responsible for them. It's really just the payment structure.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have the warranty that would come with a purchase. It would be the same.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's an equal. It ends up being the four payments. So on delivery, you make the first payment, and then 12 months later is the second. So it ends up being within a three-year period, but it's four payments. Just the final payment is the buyout.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's roughly a fourth, correct.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, we've done this with several, and we did it recently with some of the police cars, and then we've done it for a host of different vehicles. Since the 80s. Yeah, we've always, we've done it quite frequently.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah, just balances it, spreads the payments versus putting it all out at once.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: $300,000 is actually the paper was changed. The total was supposed to be $400,000, $300,000 for free cash, and the $100,000 from linkage, which is attributable to water issues. So if a main, when you pull out a main and you dig up the sidewalk to get to it, those sidewalks would be repaired through this account.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Which is changed in your, I believe, in your documents.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The total is correct. It should be just three in the bottom of it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Correct.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. President, councilors, thank you for entertaining these free cash appropriations this evening. As you know earlier, tonight at 5 o'clock we had a meeting to go over some of the papers, well, all of the line items that are included in the two papers that are before you this evening. The mayor went into detail on. I will try to do my best to explain any questions that you may have. But I know the first one is the City Hall parapet. If you look up at the roof of this building, to me it almost looks like a concrete fence that goes around the top of the facade. We've been having inspections done. There's a plan. We're trying to get some estimates to see whether we need partial roofing repairs because obviously we have a little leak in this building. An engineer came out and walked the roof with Mr. Moki, the building commissioner, and he said that in order to get through the winter for safety purposes, we should wrap it. It's similar if you took notice, you may not have even noticed it, but the firehouse on Salem Street, before they were able to actually do the brickwork on the clock tower, They covered it with a like a black mesh wrapping and it kind of blended in I think after a few days people probably didn't even take notice that it was up there. But it's a protective measure to hold everything in so that nothing comes over the side. So that's what we got an estimate from the engineering company on what it would cost to wrap the building for the winter and that's the $20,000.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It would, all of the parapet, which is the decorative feature at the top, it would go around the top.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's just a temporary measure to get us to the spring.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, we would take it off in order to fix it. We wouldn't take it off if we weren't fixing it. What are the estimates to fix it? Like they told us at the fire station, they said that some people, it's supposed to be a temporary measure, but some end up leaving it up for 10 years or so. That's not the intent here. It really is to get us through the winter. We have an engineering firm looking at the roof at present, along with a roofing company is going to do a They have the guns, the guns that see through to see where there are leaks present. They're conducting that as well. So it's in process and hopefully we'll have some estimates in the very near future.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If it's limited roofing, it's not going to be that tremendous of a cost. If it's major, then that's a whole other... And the parapet itself, there are pieces, sections of it that are weaker. A lot of it is very strong, but there are sections that are weaker. So what we've been talking to in order to compare, we want to have the original is a terracotta actually. So we want to look at what the cost is to do it that way, and we're getting others that are telling us to be wise and for, so there's no maintenance free, is to go with some of the acrylics that they're putting together now that look aged and look appropriate. But that hasn't, those are just people discussing different options that we'll have. So we're in the preliminary stages of that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We would leave the wrapping up. That is not the intent. Hopefully the council feels the same way once we get our estimates in.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's automatic.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There was another paper as well.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If you were looking at the part that we corrected years ago, it's farther up towards South Quarter.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Closer to the hospital.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Up in North Medford.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Estimates from outside engineers.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They're not from contractors. They were from an outside engineer.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, well, linkage is for certain purposes. Um, the bucket truck is for our forestry division that really doesn't fall under any of the specific linkage, um, areas that are like citywide linkage accounts. So that's why it is before you in this manner. I'm trying to give them so much.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: If I remember correctly, actually, if I could interject that city buildings, it's really not just city hall, it's city buildings. So we had a fire alarm company come through all of the city owned buildings and they said, this needs to be replaced. This needs to be replaced. You have to repair this part. So when they comprehensively put them all together to Mr. Hurley, the superintendent of wires, this was the estimate that they provided.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, no, no, no, no library.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: As the mayor explained, the council appropriated funds and wanted for us to use the solar battery communication system for our new fire alarm boxes throughout the city with the intent that our DPW department would actually be pouring the pads that you bolt the fire alarms into. their workload has just been so immense that they weren't able to get to it. So we do want to get these pads poured ASAP so that we can get these alarms hooked up and be done with all the city properties so we can get off that old system, the Christmas tree light system that we currently have.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We paid a few thousand dollars, was it a couple of years ago, last year to change all the lenses. We did, and that's already been done. Those were just like the glass. That's actually where the light emits from.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Historical Society has just received notice that they had applied for a grant for this year, which is the first one, the 15. That's the match that the city would have to put up, and that is to finish off Medford Square, all the historical sites. The one they are applying for at present is the $20,000, and that is for Magoon area. The Glenwood area.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Those are the actual computers that are at all the stations for all the employees in this building. And as you know, Windows just underwent, basically, they're not supporting some of the older computers any longer. So we want to switch them out, get us all on the same platform with the same software, et cetera. So that's what the goal is with that line item.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We have a member of the bicycle commission that's present here. The mayor spoke earlier this evening in the committee. They have proposed a few different locations that added bike riders and that use their bike as their mode of transportation. Placestead Road, I believe, is one of the major, the primary area that they want to attack. Parts of Winthrop Street, Placestead Road, and Boston Ave. Those are the three main ones that they want to get the markings on so that people that do use bicycles for transportation are safer.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Actually, it's Commercial Street, et cetera. What's that mean? Councilmember Kern actually suggested trying to get a portable camera that we could place in different locations, and we're certainly going to look into that. But the estimates that I received were about $2,500 each for a stationary one, and that would be four different locations. But it's all subject to The next item plans for the police department headquarters a renovation that's 17,000 and that's left over from there was it
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's 63,000 remaining and we estimate about 80,000 for an architect to come up with the plans that would actually go out to fit once the electrical division is moved into the DBW yard and the repair bays are being done at the DBW yard. So we're hoping April 1st would be when the DBW is scheduled to open and shortly thereafter we would be able to reuse the space that is being exited.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, the mayor spoke earlier, and the people want them. So he is looking into options. What is really neat about this product, I don't know if Councilor Marks subscribes to Traffic Logic. I don't know if you get their regular. It's a really neat publication that comes out probably monthly with all kinds of traffic calming ideas. And that's where I first saw this this item and it's they call them humps because they're They're wide enough that a vehicle can't cast to go over it But a fire apparatus or a large truck can actually go around it. So that's that's why there are traffic humps as opposed to bumps and speed bumps and things like that. But they have a litany of different options that we can utilize. And of course, the police chief will be involved. But these are bolted down. So your own DPW department can actually, once you purchase it, it comes with everything needed. You can bolt it down, do a test run, see if it really works in the area or that particular location on the street. Maybe it's in the wrong spot. And then you can better gauge whether or not a permanent structure is needed. And if and when that determination is made and you go with a permanent structure, these can be moved somewhere else to be, to do more test cases.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And that's the, if you see the dimensions, the 28 and the 32, those are the actual street widths of those two locations. And the estimates were based off of those, um, those dimensions for the temporary.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That, again, would be a four payment lease term for four vehicles.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: By the high school, correct. It's names that were inadvertently left off of the plaques that are up there now. There's currently about 23 names of individuals that should have been on one of the plaques and are not. So this would get a plaque done depending on the walks, because obviously in the middle where, you know, the center of the park, If it was a World War II veteran that was left off, it would go on that wall, that base of the wall. And if it was a different wall, like Rocky Freedom, it would be on a different base.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This is actual, the brass plaque itself is probably the most expensive part, and that is, it's getting it large enough that it can accommodate additional names, and then the mayor's plan at some point, when and if we know we have every name, would be to melt down a plaque one alphabetical one. But that's into the future.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There are members in the armed services in these particular laws that are still out there. And when they come back, they would be added.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes. It does stumps and sidewalks.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Stumps and sidewalks.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Potholes are still being, if I could?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The potholes are still being attacked from some of the pothole money that we had with the Chapter 90, that special funding that the state came up with. And also, our Chapter 90 funds, which the engineering office is working on streets that need to be done. It takes a lot of effort to get these things done. And as you know, there's a lot of projects going on in the city that need to close up before you can start new ones. And we are looking at, of course, we're looking.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That wouldn't fall under the CDBG program.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Those aren't parking signs. Pardon me? Those signs for linkage have nothing to do with parking. Those are actually street signs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: They're not parking signs. They could be stop signs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Stop signs.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That plan is not finished yet. I know on Friday, the Republic people and the chief of police did a walkthrough of their suggestions. And from that, they were going to actually get it onto a map and show us where everything would be laid out. So it was all subject to walking with the police chief to find out where it made sense. So, that has not been finalized. As soon as it does, we will get you a copy of that map.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. President, if I could, I don't have the agreement in front of me, but I think if you, even if you go up to the gaming commission site, you can download the city of Medford's agreement with Wynn. If I'm not mistaken, $200,000 is actually been earmarked for the Peace Garden from Wynn.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Oh, I didn't digress. No.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We can give you the detail to allocate. We'd like a report on that.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Mr. Clerk, did you?
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, no, no. Well, you got $50,000 left. $50,000 was their original. They've already paid us $50,000. They already cut a check for $50,000 for the Peace Garden.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: 90 days post their getting their license. Which is January. With another $200,000 is set to come in while the Peace Garden is in the surrounding community agreement, which is online for all to see. And has been provided. No, it's the whole $250,000.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It was in two pieces. 50 was on licensing. 200 was 90 days later. If I'm not mistaken, this is off the top of my head. So. So how are we going to, if it's already.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: All funding.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: And the linear cost for the bike lanes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: We actually got an estimate from contractors that do the paving. They do parks. So we got estimates on what it costs to do repair of cracks and sealants and all that and repainting versus if the pulverizing ones are basically taking it all out and putting on new asphalt.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It didn't come from them. It came from our parks department, came in and said these parks are really used heavily, especially like Placestead is our high school tennis team. So they came in and they did an analysis of all the different parks and what issues are we seeing. Like Harris was used a crazy amount of kids play at Harris Park. So that had to be addressed. So it was really looking at the usage and the need to get these parks safe, and the ones that are used for tennis, to get them so that they can play on them, as opposed to some tennis fields. I went by one today. It looks like a dog park to me, but it happens. And some aren't really used for the purpose that was intended, and they've gone circle with the residents how they want to use their facility. But this is a quality of life. I mean, our parks, as we all know, are very important to our quality of life.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think Barry was recently done. This is based upon the need, the assessment of the condition they were in and the use that they get for these particular purposes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yes, exactly.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The cemetery has been talking for several months now about trying to get a study going. Because right now, with the actual estimate is on the land that we look at that we think is the cemetery, there's about 10 years left. Then there is the pile, and there's also land within the Brooks Estates, what you would think is the Brooks Estates area, which expands the life expectancy of the cemetery. So they have been talking about doing a study to determine if it makes sense, how do you finance it, where would it be if it was in our cemetery. So the only way you can come up with that information is to have a study performed. So that's what the objective is and the cemetery commissioners had requested that we attempt to do this.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, this is, we'd have to go out to bid.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: That's not the- 10 in what we visualize that we look at.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, no, no, no. We were told 10, and if you incorporate the other areas that we really don't look at, that we don't, it doesn't look like it's per se the cemetery, it could go up to 20, but that's it.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's the estimate that we've been given.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: From the Cemetery Commission.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think that would be amenable if we can accommodate it with the estimate. One would be portable.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: This would have to go to them for direct locations. So they would have to approve the locations once they purchase. They've obviously been in the discussions on the two streets that you have raised in the past.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's more of the location. It's more than our meeting earlier this evening.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Well, I think they've seen the raised crosswalk. and what that has done. So obviously there's evidence now in the city.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: So if this purpose was not, it would come back. I couldn't go to something else. It's this perfect purpose.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: But my inclination is that it's more the location that would have to be voted on.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think it's a very quick process, actually. So I know Joe has been dying to get this going. I don't know if you've all heard, he is retiring in January. So I don't know if he'll get to see this to fruition, but it will probably be over the springtime.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Do we have to go out? I'm not sure if they would do this in-house or it would be bid out through an electrical-type company. So I'm not quite sure on that process yet.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I believe he said earlier tonight that he's finished changing the lenses.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah. The ones that they've ordered have all gone in. So there are a few and you want to send me an email. Right.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think he's used all the ones he's ordered.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Yeah.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: City of Medford.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Parks department.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I mean the mowings and things like that, the everyday stuff. We don't fix fountains.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It'll be done by cleaning. I meant the everyday maintenance.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: It's the size of a match book.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The hope is once everything is all said and done, there will be excess funds that can be put into one of the trust accounts that the commissioners of trust maintain right now. And that would be used to, um, similar to the cemetery special care for those, those things, but not for everyday. Thank you. Thank you.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: I think it's a year after they're in operation. Once they open their doors, then that's when you're going to see payments come through for a multitude of different purposes. But that's not until they open their doors.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: No, I don't think it's gonna come from Medford residents being tagged. It'll be from people paying for their parking. You'll lose some of the scofflaws that are out there now that have been abusing our city, coming from external areas. If they still wanna come in and be able to walk to the train, they're gonna have to pay to park. And it's just gonna be the way it is. They're gonna have to go along with the rules.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: There's two elements to the contract. There's the fixed piece, which is the guarantee, and then there's the above a break-even point. So anytime you reach that break-even point, then it splits off where the city gets the big chunk of the overage. So it's not a $2 million number. I think it was $900. $975,000. Anything above that, I think we're at 83 percent. So it's not a million dollars. That's not the number.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: Right now, it's all been through the federal grant that the... Yeah, but if this has to get into the millions of dollars... Right, but we're not there. They're doing all this work right now to determine the scope and how far it extends, and it's all been covered through the EPA grant thus far.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: The building commissioner has been out there. Yes.
[Stephanie Muccini Burke]: In what year did Medford High football team win their only Super Bowl?
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