"CHRIS REPETTO: TRULY.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: I'VE BEEN IN A BLACK.
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"JENNIFER BOYLE: THE TRUCKS ARE PULLING UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE I'M LIKE NO. [1. Roll Call]
"JENNIFER BOYLE: REALLY. "SARA GODDARD: THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO MY HORRENDOUS DOGS THAT.
"SARA GODDARD: DECIDE TO BARK UNCONTROLLABLY WHENEVER I'M TRYING TO TALK.
"CHRIS REPETTO: SO I.
"SARA GODDARD: THINK I'LL BE ON MUTE THE ENTIRE TIME I MIGHT SIGN LANGUAGE, BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST OFF.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: OH, MY GOODNESS.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: SO I WENT WITH THE HEADPHONES BECAUSE MY DOG HAS BEEN DOING THAT.
"SARA GODDARD: I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
"JULIE SOUZA: I'M COACHING SOFTBALL.
"JULIE SOUZA: SOFTBALL.
FIELD.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: I THINK WE TOM TOM STEIN IS ALSO ON A FIELD SOMEWHERE.
"JULIE SOUZA: HE'S ALSO WANT TO FEEL I HAVE HERE PODS I'M LISTENING, I WILL MEET MYSELF BEFORE I SCREAM FOR SOMEBODY TO STEAL.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: REALLY, WHICH FIELD, ARE YOU IN.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: THE FIELD AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OR.
"JULIE SOUZA: NO, SO I JUST ROLLED.
"JULIE SOUZA: THE GIRLS SOFTBALL FIELD.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW OVER THERE, THE THE ONE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LOOKS TERRIFIC.
"JULIE SOUZA: YEAH YA KNOW EVERYTHING GOT A NICE IT LOOKS GOOD THAT'S GREAT SO GO LIGHTNING GO GARNETS LATER I'M GONNA MUTE AND.
"JULIE SOUZA: VIDEO OFF.
"JULIE SOUZA: SOMETHING SPECTACULAR HAPPENS TO ME WHEN.
"CHRIS REPETTO: WE WANT PLAY BY PLAY.
"JULIE SOUZA: I COULD DO THAT THAT'D BE FUN.
"JOSH COHN: LET'S SEE I THINK WE'RE STILL MISSING PAM ON.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: THE CITY SO KELLY.
"JOSH COHN: WHY DON'T WE GIVE IT ANOTHER.
"CHRIS REPETTO: JENNA'S REBECCA JOINING.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: I DID NOT HEAR, OTHERWISE I WILL.
[2. State of the City of Rye Report]
"JENNIFER BOYLE: CHECK. "JENNIFER BOYLE: BUT I ALSO DON'T SEE TOM JUST OH THERE'S THE BACK.
"CHRIS REPETTO: THERE WE GO.
"CHRIS REPETTO: GOOD MORNING.
"VIVEK KAMATH: HEY GOOD MORNING GUYS CERTAINLY.
MORNING.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: I DON'T SEE TOM TO SO I'LL CHECK IN WITH HIM.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: HEY TOM.
"CHRIS REPETTO: YOU'RE ON MUTE.
TOM YOU'RE MUTED.
"TOM STEIN: I WAS JUST SAYING SEVEN YEAR OLD NOT COOPERATING SCHEDULES.
"CHRIS REPETTO: THEY'RE COOPERATING WITH THEIR OWN SCHEDULE THAT'S.
"CHRIS REPETTO: RIGHT YOU JUST HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO GET IN LINE.
"TOM STEIN: I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS COSMIC BASEBALL FIELD BUT.
"CHRIS REPETTO: YOUR EXECUTIVE.
"TOM STEIN: POSITIONING AT SOME POINT.
"CHRIS REPETTO: THERE ARE GANG'S ALL HERE YEP.
"JOSH COHN: OKAY, AND SO IT'S IT'S IT'S NOT IT'S 903 LET'S GET STARTED, WE ALWAYS START WITH A ROLL CALL AND I'M GOING TO ASK GREG TO DO OURS.
"JOSH COHN: HE DOESN'T HAVE YOUR LIST OF NAMES, SO IF IF YOU WOULD LIKE, IF IF THE SCHOOL SIDE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT FOR MELODY FOR ITSELF AND.
"JOSH COHN: WE WE'D BE GRATEFUL GREG IF YOU'D START.
"GREG USRY: SURE, SO COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD.
"GREG USRY: HERE COUNCILMAN STOCK YOUR COUNCILMAN MECCA.
"GREG USRY: HERE COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA.
"JULIE SOUZA: YEAH.
"GREG USRY: THERE, SHE IS COUNCILMAN TARLOW, I BELIEVE, IS STILL ABSENT COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON YEAH AND MAYOR CODE.
HERE.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: AND I CAN CERTAINLY DO THE ROLL CALL FOR THE TRUSTEES.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: P VERY FORMAL TRUSTEE REPETITIVE.
"CHRIS REPETTO: RESIDENT.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: TRUSTEE ANDERSON.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: YOUR TRUSTY COME ON.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: YOUR TRUSTY SMITH POWERS.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: YEAH TRUSTEES STEIN.
"TOM STEIN: HERE.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: AND TRUSTEE BOIL HERE.
"CALLIE ERICKSON: YOU FORGOT ME.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: OH SORRY TRUSTEE ERICKSON.
"CALLIE ERICKSON: THAT'S OKAY.
"CHRIS REPETTO: SEE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS AROUND IN THE BOXES I MISSED ONE SO SORRY.
"JOSH COHN: OKAY WELL WELCOME EVERYONE WE WE START WITH.
"JOSH COHN: SOMETHING CALLED A STATE OF THE CITY REPORT AND I'LL JUST OFFER A FEW NOTABLES IT'S, OF COURSE, BEEN A HARD RUN FOR ALL OF US, SINCE, SINCE WE LAST MET.
"JOSH COHN: THE CITY DID FINISH IN THE BLACK BUT NOT WITHOUT CAREFUL MANAGEMENT AND BELT TIGHTENING INCLUDING SOME HIRES THAT WE HAD TO DEFER AND I THINK MOST OBVIOUSLY TO PEOPLE IN THE CITY, WE HAD TO DEFER HALF HOUR ROAD RESURFACING FOR THE YEAR.
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"JOSH COHN: WE REMAIN IN POSITION TO FULFILL THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN THAT I'VE I'VE MENTIONED IN THIS SETTING PREVIOUSLY AND THAT WE'VE BEEN PURSUING NOW FOR THREE YEARS. "JOSH COHN: AND AS AS I WAS EXPLAINING TO SOME WHO APPEARED EARLY ON SCREEN MY VIRTUAL BACKGROUND IS THE BACK OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS AT DP W THAT IS BADLY IN NEED OF RENOVATION AND WE'LL BE SENDING THE THE PLANS FOR THAT RENOVATION, TO THE CITY'S BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW IN THE NEXT WEEK.
"JOSH COHN: SO THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF PROJECTS THAT INCLUDES INVESTMENT IN BUILDINGS.
"JOSH COHN: REPLACEMENTS AND RENOVATIONS AND SEWER PROJECTS, PRIMARILY IN THE SEWER PROJECTS, SOME ARE INDEPENDENT, BUT MANY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR SETTLEMENT OF THE LONG STANDING SAVE THE SOUND SUIT WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE CITY, FOR I WOULD GUESS FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.
"JOSH COHN: WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING ROUGHLY A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF RENOVATIONS AT RYE RACK.
"JOSH COHN: AND THOSE RENOVATIONS WERE ACTUALLY TRIGGERED BY YOUR OWN RENOVATIONS AND SO WE WE LEARNED THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE ERA DE KAMP PRESENT IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS DURING THE SUMMERS THAT YOU ARE BUILDINGS WILL BE IN RENOVATION.
"JOSH COHN: WE LOOKED AROUND FOR OTHER SPACES AND FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OUR NEEDS OTHERWISE AND SO WE'VE UNDERTAKEN RENOVATIONS IT RY REC.
"JOSH COHN: PRINCIPALLY OF THE PAVILIONS AND PROVIDING MORE OUTDOOR BATHROOMS AND THAT RENOVATION, WHICH, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD WAS COVEN DELAYED IS NOW VERY, VERY CLOSE TO COMPLETION.
"JOSH COHN: WE DID COMPLETE RECENTLY AIR STATE MANDATED POLICE REVIEW AND WE'RE DELIGHTED AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD JENNIFER BOYLE AS AN ARTICULATE PARTICIPANT.
"JOSH COHN: NOW ONE TAKEAWAY FROM OUR PD REVIEW WAS AN UNDERSCORED MESSAGE THAT OUR POLICE SHOULD BE ACTIVE WITH OUR YOUTH.
"JOSH COHN: AND AND IN IN TERMS NOT NOT OF POLICING, BUT CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR YOUTH, AND THAT WOULD BE THROUGH ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS LIKE ADOPT A SCHOOL AND OTHER OTHER OUTREACH EFFORTS AND SO.
"JOSH COHN: OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CITY MANAGER HAVE, IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, THE MANDATE OF FIGURING OUT WHAT ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS MIGHT BE CONSTRUCTIVE AND HELPFUL.
"JOSH COHN: THERE WERE SUGGESTIONS FROM THE PD REVIEW COMMITTEE THEY'LL BE ASSESSED FOR THEIR PRACTICALITY AND EFFICACY.
"JOSH COHN: BUT WE MAY BE SEEKING COOPERATIVELY WITH THE SCHOOLS SOME GREATER ABILITY TO HAVE OUR POLICE REALLY AS AS INDIVIDUALS AS PERSONALITIES IN ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS THROUGH THE COURSE OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN THE RISE SCHOOLS.
[3. State of the School’s Report]
"JOSH COHN: AS MANY KNOW WE'VE BEEN CONSIDERING AS ZONING AMENDMENT FOR THE OSBORNE AND THE OSBORNE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND ON ITS EXISTING CAMPUS. "JOSH COHN: RIGHT NOW, THE OSBORNE IS SEEMS TO BE TAKING A HIATUS FROM PUBLIC HEARINGS AND IS WORKING INDEPENDENTLY IN RESPONSE TO RESIDENT CONCERNS ARTICULATED IN PRIOR PUBLIC HEARINGS ONE CONCERN THAT'S BEEN PROMINENT AND TRIGGERED BY THE OSBOURNES REQUEST IS.
"JOSH COHN: CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC AROUND OSBORNE SCHOOL AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE THAT THE OSBORNE'S PLANS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON TRAFFIC AROUND THE OSBORNE SCHOOL.
"JOSH COHN: THAT IS IS A QUESTION THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED IN THE COURSE OF THE HEARING, BUT IT'S ALSO CLEAR THAT THERE IS AN ABIDING TRAFFIC ISSUE.
"JOSH COHN: AROUND THE OSBORN SCHOOL PARTICULARLY AROUND PICKUP AND DROP OFF TIMES AND WE'LL HAVE A FULLER DISCUSSION OF THAT LATER IN THE IN IN THE IN THE COURSE OF OUR MEETING.
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"JOSH COHN: THE OSBORNE, HOWEVER, WITHOUT COMMITMENT YET AT THIS STAGE HAS CONSIDERED ITSELF HAS HAS OFFERED ITSELF AS WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THE POSSIBILITY. "JOSH COHN: OF MAKING ADDITIONAL LAND AROUND THE SCHOOL, AND I SAY ADDITIONAL BECAUSE OF COURSE THE LAND AT THE SCHOOL IS ON WAS DONATED BY THE OSBORNE NOW, MANY YEARS AGO, BUT THE OSBORNE WOULD BE.
"JOSH COHN: IS AT LEAST WILLING TO CONSIDER MAKING ADDITIONAL LAND AROUND THE SCHOOL AVAILABLE FOR POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THEM.
"JOSH COHN: THAT OUR TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY COMMITTEE HAS CONSIDERED OVER THE YEARS, WE CAN TOUCH ON THOSE IN IN IN OUR DISCUSSION OF THE OSBORN SCHOOL.
"JOSH COHN: THERE IS NOT AS YET ANY FIRM COMMITMENT FROM THE OSBORNE AND THERE IS CERTAINLY NO CHOICE OF OF OF OF A REMEDY THE OSBORNE HAS SAID THAT IT WOULD ALSO CONSIDER.
"JOSH COHN: COMMITTING TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A FURTHER TRAFFIC STUDY TO HELP US ALL MAKE DECISIONS WITH RESPECT TO OSBORNE SCHOOL TRAFFIC IN THE FUTURE.
"JOSH COHN: SO THAT'S MY MINI STATE OF THE CITY AND NOW I'LL I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE SCHOOL SIDE AND INVITE THE STATE OF THE SCHOOL THANKS.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY I'LL BE PROVIDING A SHORT UPDATE ON THE SCHOOLS WITH TWO MAIN AREAS.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: ONE BEING COVERED 19 AND WHERE WE ARE IN OUR RESPONSE IN OUR WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND THE OTHER ON THE CAPITAL PROJECT, AS I KNOW MANY.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE INTEREST IN HEARING, WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR CAPITAL PROJECT SO FIRST I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE ARE FULLY REOPEN K TO 12 IN OUR SCHOOLS.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: WE HAVE 20 715 STUDENTS ATTENDING FULLY IN PERSON 305 STUDENTS ATTENDING FULLY REMOTE AND ACTUALLY THAT TREND THAT WILL TRANSITION AGAIN AS WE JUST STARTED THE FOURTH QUARTER, THERE ARE STUDENTS.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT INTEND TO BE COMING BACK WILL BE RETURNING TO FULL TIME IN PERSON SCHOOL.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: WE HAVE A ROBUST SURVEILLANCE TESTING PROGRAM IN PLACE WE TEST FOUR DAYS A WEEK, WE HIT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND HAVE VOLUNTARY SURVEILLANCE TESTING.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE'VE HAD ZERO POSITIVES IN OUR SURVEILLANCE TESTING WORK AND THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, BUT THREE MONTHS.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT SOME SPRING EVENTS AND VERY TRADITIONAL SPRING EVENTS AND SOME NEWER SPRING EVENTS THAT THAT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: YESTERDAY WE WERE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE WILL BE HAVING OUR GRADUATION IN JUNE AT NUGENT'S STADIUM, IT WILL OBVIOUSLY BE SOCIALLY DISTANCE THAT WILL HAVE LIMITED CAPACITY.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AND THERE IS A REQUIREMENT BY THE STATE THAT WE EITHER HAVE PROOF OF VACCINATION PROOF OF COVERT 19 WITHIN 90 DAYS OR.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: POSITIVE NEGATIVE RESULTS TO TESTING FROM A PCR TESTS WITHIN 72 HOURS OF THE EVENT, OR WE CONDUCT RAPID TESTING WITHIN SIX HOURS OF THE EVENT SO.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: THAT WILL BE A BIT OF AN INTERESTING CHALLENGE ON THE RAPID TESTING BECAUSE GRADUATION IS A 10 O'CLOCK, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BEGINNING TESTING AT 6AM SO THAT FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED, WILL BE ABLE TO.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: GET THAT TESTING COMPLETED LAST YEAR, AS WE ALL KNOW THAT THE VERY FIRST PARADE OF THE YEAR, SINCE COVERED TOOK ALL THE PRAISE AWAY IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH ARE LOVED.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: WAS THE GRADUATION CARAVAN THANKS TO THE CITY NOW GREG AND HIS SUPPORT AND OUR COLLABORATION, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY SERVICES.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AND THE COUNTY WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF WHAT WHAT I THINK EVERYONE HAS SAID, WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY SALVATORE EVENT THAT THE TRAVEL THROUGH THE CITY.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AND GREG AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING, AS I HAVE WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE GRADUATION CARAVAN PENDING APPROVAL, THE CITY COUNCIL.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AND THE COUNTY SO WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE PIECES NOW AND THAT LOOKS TO BE IN JUNE IN BETWEEN SENIOR PROM AND GRADUATION.
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"DR. ERIC BYRNE: WE'VE BEEN SHARING A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT OUR COVEN RECOVERY PLAN, AND WHAT THAT IS IS THE DISTRICT'S EFFORT TO. "DR. ERIC BYRNE: PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMMING TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMMING.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: WILL BE A SUMMER PROGRAM AND MUCH LIKE THE MAYOR MENTIONED THE DAY CAMP NOT BEING ABLE TO USE THE SCHOOL FACILITIES DUE TO CONSTRUCTION, WE WILL ALSO BE RENTING SPACE OVER THE SUMMER, TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THE SUMMER PROGRAM WE ARE WORKING WITH RIDE PRESBYTERIAN AND WAY RIGHT HOUSE.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AND A FEW OTHER LOCATIONS, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE APPROPRIATE SPACE FOR OUR STUDENTS, WE HAVE THE SCIENCE WING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE USED FOR SUMMER PROGRAMMING.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: BUT IT CAN'T FIT ALL OF OUR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING, THAT WILL BE OFFERING FOR OUR STUDENTS K TO 12 AS PART OF OUR CODE RECOVERY PLAN, WE WILL ALSO BE OFFERING ACADEMIC PROGRAMMING AFTER SCHOOL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NEXT YEAR, BEGINNING IN THE FALL.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: PROBABLY LATE OCTOBER ONCE WE'VE ASSESSED KIDS AND KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AT THE START OF THE YEAR AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE COMING TO FAMILIES, WHEN WE RETURN TO SCHOOL.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: STARTING THIS WEEK, WE WILL BE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR FAMILIES IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AN ORGANIZATION A MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION CALLED EFFECTIVE SCHOOL SOLUTIONS AND WE WILL HAVE THREE.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: CLINICIANS WHO WILL BE ON SITE FULL TIME FOR THE NEXT YEAR, PROVIDING PROGRAMMING IN THE SCHOOLS FOR THE KIDS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR CLINICAL STAFF.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AND OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING PARENT PROGRAMS THROUGH OUR PARENT UNIVERSITIES AND I KNOW WE SENT OUT INFORMATION TO OUR PARENTS YESTERDAY FROM DR GREENBERG IN OUR PPS OFFICE WITH DETAILS ABOUT THE UPCOMING PARENTAL APPARENT UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS THIS WEEK.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: SHIFTING TO THE CAPITAL PROJECT I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT PHASE ONE IN ONE A ARE COMPLETE.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: BIG TICKET ITEMS IN IN THOSE TWO PHASES, WHERE THE NUGENT STADIUM FIELD, WHICH WILL BE USED AT THREE O'CLOCK TODAY FOR THE.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: BIG GAME, THE GAME, SHALL I SAY BETWEEN RYAN HARRISON FOOTBALL THE MIDLAND FIELD.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: WAS RENOVATED AS PART OF THAT PHASE MANY BATHROOMS LOTS OF ELECTRICAL WORK AND ELECTRICAL SERVICE IN THAT FIRST PHASE WE'VE ACTUALLY WE ARE IN PROGRESS AND PHASE TWO.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: WE'RE DOING LOTS OF WORK IN WHAT WE CALL SECOND SHIFT, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS BUT I'LL JUST GIVE A RUN THROUGH OF THE WORK THAT WILL BE HAPPENING SECOND SHIFT IN THE SPRING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND SECOND SHIFT IN THE FALL.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AT MIDDLING THERE'LL BE A NEW SECURE VESTIBULE ENTRANCE THAT AS PART OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT THAT WILL BE INSTALLED FOR THE START OF SCHOOL.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: WE ARE RENOVATING THE AUDITORIUM WE'RE RENOVATING THE LIBRARY, WE HAVE FOCUS ON THE EXTERIOR ENVELOPE WITH WINDOWS DOORS IN THE BUILDING FACADE REAPPOINTING OF BRICK.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: BATHROOM INNOVATIONS THAT'S A BIG ONE, I KNOW JULIE, YOU AND I HAVE CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT BATHROOMS IS A BIT LIKE PARENT AND CHRIS AND ALL THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: LOTS OF LOTS OF HBA SEE WORK AND CEILING IN LIGHTING, ONE OF THE THINGS IF YOU KNOW WE WHILE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE VISITORS IN THE SCHOOLS, AT THIS POINT.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: THE CARTERS HAVE NO CEILINGS ANYMORE ACTUALLY THE KIDS HAVE SHARED WITH ME THAT THEY LOVE IT THEY FEEL IT'S A VERY SORT OF CHIC.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: SOHO KIND OF LOOK, BECAUSE THE CEILINGS, YOU SEE THE WIRES AND THE PIPING AND AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF THE WORK SO THAT WORK HAPPENED.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: OVER THE SPRING BREAK THEY STARTED THAT AND AT NIGHT, THEY COME IN AND THEY DO WORK IN THE BUILDING.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AT OSBORNE WE'RE ALSO INSTALLING THE NEW SECURE VESTIBULE ENTRANCE, WE ARE ALSO RENOVATING THE AUDITORIUM BOTH MIDLAND AND OSBORNE HAVE ALMOST IDENTICAL AUDITORIUMS AND.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: JUST A FEW YEARS APART IN AGE, WE ARE ALSO RENOVATING THE LIBRARY DOING LOTS OF WORK ON THE EXTERIOR ENVELOPE WITH WINDOWS DOORS IN THE BUILDING FACADE.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: WE ARE WHERE THE CURRENT LIBRARY IS SO THE LIBRARY IS ACTUALLY MOVING TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING SO WHEN YOU PULL UP AT OSBORNE AND YOU GO ON THE HALF CIRCLE IN FRONT.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: THE LIBRARY WILL BE WHERE CURRENTLY THE SECOND GRADE CLASSES ARE SO THERE ARE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS RIGHT AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, AS YOU.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: MOVE TOWARD THE PORTABLE CLASSROOMS AT THAT CORNER OF THE BUILDING AND THAT'S WHERE THE NEW LIBRARY WILL BE.
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"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AND THE EXISTING LIBRARY WILL BE SPECIAL SERVICES SWEET SO SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL HAVE NEW SPACES FOR SUPPORTING OUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY'RE RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND ACADEMIC INTERVENTION SERVICES. "DR. ERIC BYRNE: WE WILL ALSO BE DOING LOTS OF HTC WORK AND ELECTRICAL WORK IN OSBORNE AS WELL, IN FACT, I WAS WARNS BEEN HAVING.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: LOTS OF ELECTRICAL WORK THIS WEEK YESTERDAY AND THURSDAY THE BUILDINGS ELECTRIC WAS SHUT DOWN AT FOUR O'CLOCK SO THAT THEY COULD BEGIN THE UPGRADE OF THAT ELECTRICAL SERVICE.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AT MILTON WE WILL BE RENOVATING THE ENTRANCE AND AGAIN A NEW SECURE VESTIBULE ENTRANCE LIBRARY RENOVATION PARTIAL ROOF REPLACEMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF THE BOILERS AND THAT THESE ARE ALL THE PROJECTS JUST FOR THIS SUMMER AND FOR THE.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: SECOND SHIFT WHERE.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AT OSBORNE AS WELL, I FORGOT IT ON MY LIST, BUT THEIR CONTINUED BATHROOM RENOVATIONS AND I KNOW THOSE FOLKS WHO.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: HAVE BEEN TO OSBORNE BEFORE, THERE ARE SOME BEAUTIFUL BATHROOMS THAT OSBORNE THEY ARE QUITE EXTRAORDINARY AND SOME GREAT COLORS THOSE BATHROOMS WILL BE RENOVATED THE SUMMER, AS WELL.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL THERE'LL BE TWO SECURE ENTRANCES ONE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ONE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN THE VESTIBULE ENTRANCES.
[4. Traffic issues related to Osborn School]
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE HIGH SCHOOL IS BEING RENOVATED, PARTICULARLY FOR ADA COMPLIANCE AND THE NEW ELEVATOR THAT TAKES INDIVIDUALS TO THE THIRD FLOOR WILL BE COMPLETED. "DR. ERIC BYRNE: BATHROOM RENOVATIONS WE DID MANY BATHROOM RENOVATIONS LAST SUMMER WILL CONTINUE THAT THIS SUMMER.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: FLOORING REPLACEMENT THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS ELECTRICAL UPGRADES THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS LOTS OF EXTERIOR MASONRY RESTORATION, PARTICULARLY ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SIDE IF YOU.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: PULL UP IN FRONT OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WEAR AND TEAR AND THE CHALLENGES TO THE MASONRY THERE AND THAT WILL BE REPAIRED.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AND THERE'LL BE PARTIAL ROOF REPLACEMENT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL, SO WE HAVE MORE PHASES DOWN THE ROAD.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: BUT ONE THING I'LL SAY IS, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT AND AND SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT EXPANSION.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: WHERE THERE IS THERE ISN'T ANY EXPANSION IN THE PROJECT, IT IS MAINLY RENOVATION, THE BIG SHIFT THAT OSBORNE AND MENDELIAN.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: WILL BE THE REMOVAL OF THE PORTABLE CLASSROOMS AND THE REPLACEMENT WITH NEW WINGS WITH FOR CLASSROOM CAPACITY IN THOSE NEW WINGS SO IT'S A ESSENTIALLY THE SAME SIZE, I ACTUALLY BELIEVE FROM THE DESIGN PHASE THAT IT WILL BE A SMALLER FOOTPRINT THAN THE CURRENT PORTABLE CLASSROOMS HALF.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: BUT, MORE EFFICIENT AND CONNECTED SPACE SO THERE'S NO EXPANSION HAPPENING AT ANY OF THE BUILDINGS IT'S JUST COMPLETE RENOVATION AND AS WE GO FURTHER INTO THE SUMMER AND NEXT YEAR WE'LL CONTINUE THE PROCESS IN DESIGN AND PREPARATION FOR PHASE THREE.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: PHASE TWO AND THERE'S A FACE TO A THAT WILL ROLL INTO NEXT YEAR DURING SECOND SHIFT AND ROLL INTO THE SUMMER OF 2022 SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: WE'RE ALSO VERY PLEASED WITH WHERE WE ENDED UP WITH THE BIDS, WE HAD A VERY CLEAR BID STRATEGY THAT ENABLED US TO GET.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: EXCELLENT CONTRACTORS AND EXCELLENT PRICING, BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE TIMED OUT WHEN WE PUT THE BIDS OUT ON THE STREET, SO WE WERE ONE OF THE.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: FIRST, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO AWARD OUR BIDS, WHICH GAVE US INCREDIBLY COMPETITIVE PRICING WHICH WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE SPRING WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE WORK ON OUR CAMPUS AND OUR BUILDINGS AND WE'RE PARTICULARLY EXCITED FOR THE FOOTBALL GAME AGAINST ARISON.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AT THREE O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON AND I KNOW THE MAYOR WILL BE JOINING US FOR THAT LATER TODAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
"JOSH COHN: THANK THANK.
"JOSH COHN: THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE TICKET TO THE GAME HARD TO COME BY.
"JOSH COHN: SO.
"JOSH COHN: OUR NEXT TOPIC IS TRAFFIC ISSUES RELATED TO OSBORNE SCHOOL.
"JOSH COHN: WE OF COURSE HAVE.
"JOSH COHN: HEARD OF THE ISSUES OF CONGESTION ON BOSTON POST ROAD, THE ISSUES OF CONGESTION ON OSBORNE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE TRAFFIC MOVES THROUGH THOSE AREAS WHEN.
"JOSH COHN: CONGESTED CONCERNS FOR THE ABILITY OF STUDENTS TO AND PARENTS TO MOVE TO AND FROM THE SCHOOL ON FOOT, PARTICULARLY DURING THOSE THOSE PERIODS AND.
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"JOSH COHN: WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE WITH US AT LEAST I I HOPE WE CAN ELEVATE HIM FOR PURPOSES OF THIS DISCUSSION TO HAVE WITH US, BRIAN DEMPSEY, ONE OF THE CO CHAIRS OF OUR TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY COMMITTEE. "JOSH COHN: AND IF WE CAN BRING HIM INTO THE DISCUSSION I'D LIKE TO ASK HIM TO HI BRIAN GOOD MORNING.
"JOSH COHN: MINE, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, BRIAN IF YOU WOULD TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW FROM THE TPS PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AROUND THE OSBORN SCHOOL.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: OKAY, AND I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT FIRST I JUST WANNA THANK KELLY AND BEN ARE TWO LIAISONS FROM THE COUNCIL ON THE SCHOOL BOARD THEY'RE VERY HELPFUL RELAYING INFORMATION TO TO OUR COMMUNITY.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE SEEN BASICALLY IN THE SAME ISSUES SINCE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS, FOR 20 YEARS.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: AND WE HAVE REPORTS, GOING BACK TO THE LATE 90S, AND SUCH.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: THIS IS A LOT OF CARS AND ESPECIALLY AT AS BORN MORE PEOPLE TEND TO DRIVE THEM WALK BECAUSE OF THE THE DISTRICT THAT NOW GOES GUYS WEREN'T AND BACK TO MY DAY.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: WHERE WAS A LOT MORE WALKERS BUT NOW, WITH PEOPLE FROM INDIAN VILLAGE AND OTHER SECTIONS THERE'S A LOT MORE PEOPLE DRIVING AND WE JUST HAVE LIMITED SPACE FOR THEM TO GO AND SO PART OF THE ISSUE IS THEY START GETTING THERE EARLIER AND EARLIER IN LINING UP.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: AND SO IT STARTS, CAUSING CONGESTION.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: BUT A HALF HOUR BEFORE SCHOOL ACTUALLY ENDS AND WITH COVE IT IT'S BEEN.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: A MIXED BAG WITH THOSE PEOPLE THERE, CERTAIN THINGS THAT WORK BETTER, BUT NOW, WITH EVERYONE BACK AND WITH THE NEW RULES OF HAVING.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: TO WALK INTO GET YOUR CHILD AND SUCH AND THE SEPARATION ISSUES.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: IT'S IT'S ADDED TO THE STRESS.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: AND IT'S SOMETHING OR WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AND WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING OFFLINE WITH BOTH GROUP WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH GROUPS ABOUT YOU KNOW FULL DETAILS OF WHAT TO DO.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: A LOT OF IT IS JUST GETTING THE PARENTS OF FILES, SOME OF THE RULES.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: WE WATCH THE OTHER DAY, AND ONE NEIGHBOR HAS PUT OUT CONES AND TOP OF A DRIVE NEXT TO THE DRIVEWAY TO HELP WITH THE STATUS SINCE.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: WE HAVE A NO PARKING HERE TO CORNER SIGN WITH STRIPED IT THE CITY IS GOING TO RESTRICT THAT AGAIN PEOPLE STILL PARK THERE THEY ACTUALLY MOVED THE COLONS AND PARK THERE.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: THEN THE OTHER DAY AND I TOOK PICTURES OF THE PERSON ACTUALLY PARKED BEHIND THE CONES AND SAT THERE FOR 20 MINUTES BEFORE SCHOOL THAT OUT.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: BLACK THE DRIVEWAY SO PEOPLE HAD TO GO AROUND THE PERSON, AND YOU KNOW JUST THAT THEY COULD BE CLOSER TO THE SCHOOL UM THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: AND THE LAST THE NEXT THING KELLY, AND TO MOTHER SENT ME A BUNCH OF INFORMATION ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT KIND OF ARRIVED MOMS ABOUT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PEOPLE USING MR FIELD NOW AS PICKUP SPOTS.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: SO THERE'S ISSUES WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT TOO, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS USED TO DO, AND WE NEED TO START DOING AGAIN IS.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: DURING THE SUMMER LATE IN THE SPRING, TO WORK OUT WHAT THE ACTUAL PICKUP AND DROP OFF PROCEDURES ARE AND HAVE A MEETING WITH US AND THE POLICE, THE CITY IN THE SCHOOL.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: SO WE KNOW EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE, BECAUSE THE POLICE HAVE ASKED US ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: LIKE A MOUNTAIN SCHOOL WHO'S BEEN WHO'S PUTTING OUT THE CONES AND WHERE CERTAIN.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: FAIRWAY WAS BLOCKED OFF, THE OTHER DAY WITH THE SIGN THAT THAT'S NOT.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: WE DON'T HAVE CLARIFICATION ON WHO'S BEEN DOING THAT ALSO DURING CLOMID WE PUT IN A MOUNTAIN A NO ONE WAY PATTERN FROM.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: I THINK IT'S EIGHT O'CLOCK TO 330 AND WE'RE LOOKING TO WORKING WITH THE CITY ABOUT POSSIBLY KEEPING THAT ON OUR SCHOOL DAYS FOR NEXT YEAR.
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BRIAN DEMPSEY: KELLY HAS MENTIONED THAT THAT'S BEEN A COMMENT FROM THE PTA OVER THERE, BUT I'M HERE JUST ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. "JOSH COHN: BRIAN IT, IT SEEMS AS IF ONE IMPORTANT SUGGESTION IS THAT WE FORMALIZE THE COMMUNICATION THAT AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN.
"JOSH COHN: REALLY GOOD COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ERIC AND AND GREG AND IN THE COURSE OF THE TIME THAT THAT BOTH HAVE BEEN IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES.
"JOSH COHN: BUT THAT WE FORMALIZE THAT PERHAPS WITH A COUPLE OF MEETINGS A PRE SCHOOL YEAR MEETING, MAYBE A MID SCHOOL YEAR MEETING THAT IS.
"JOSH COHN: TRACK TRAFFIC FOCUSED AND THAT BRINGS TPS AND THE POLICE IN ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SCHOOL IN THE CITY, SO THAT WE CAN ALL FIGURE OUT TOGETHER WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE AND WHAT WE MIGHT MUTUALLY DO TO EASE THOSE PROBLEMS, SO THAT SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS RIGHT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO PREVIOUSLY, WE USED TO HAVE THEM AND WITH THE WE WOULD GET AN ADVANCE WHAT THE PROPOSAL PICKUP DROPOFF PROCEDURES WERE GOING TO BE SO THEY COULD BE DISCUSSED.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: WELL, YOU TERRIFIC IDEA.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: UM SO I JUST I HAVE ONE QUESTION, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: TRAFFIC PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CENTER SOME OF THE DATA THAT THEY'VE COLLECTED AROUND THE INCIDENTS, AND I THINK IT GOES BACK AND KELLY, MAYBE YOU REMEMBER, IS IT A 10 YEAR LOOK AT THE.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: NUMBERS IT'S A 10 YEAR.
"KELLY SMITH-POWERS: OKAY, YES.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: AND AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW THIS HAS BEEN I FEEL LIKE WHEN I HAD MY FIRST MEETING JOINT CITY COUNCIL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT THIS SAME.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: SAME CONUNDRUM IT'S A IT'S A CHALLENGE, GIVEN THE THE JUST THE LAYOUT OF THE AREA, THE FACT THAT BOSTON POST ROAD IS SUCH A MAJOR ARTERY ROAD FOR BETWEEN COMMUNITIES.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: AND, AND I LOOKING AT SOME OF THE THE DATA THAT.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: TRAFFIC AND DISTRICT SAFETY HAVE PULLED TOGETHER A COUPLE THINGS COME TO MIND, ONE OF THE POINTS THAT I THINK WAS MADE WAS LOOKING AT.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: WHERE SIDEWALKS MAKING IT MORE ACCESSIBLE, WITH SIDEWALKS FOR SOME WALKERS TO USE THOSE MORE SO MAYBE THIS IS MORE OF A MORE DETAIL ORIENTED BUT.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: I'M WONDERING, GIVEN SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON AROUND THAT THAT AREA, SEE THE ST REGIS AND THEN I THINK THERE'S SOME PROJECTS AND HARRISON ALSO THAT PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: YOU KNOW THAT'S GOING TO THAT POTENTIALLY COULD IMPACT THAT ENTIRE AREA, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW OUR TOP.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: TIMES OF TRAFFIC WHICH ARE PICKUP AND DROP OFF GENERALLY, SO I GUESS, MY QUESTION IS LOOKING AT LIKE.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: KIM CAN WE TALK ABOUT LOOKING AT SORT OF THE THE GREATER SCOPE OF TRAFFIC AROUND THEY'RE NOT JUST SCHOOL FOCUS, BUT YOU KNOW.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: THE THE THE AREA ITSELF, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR EVEN MORE TRAFFIC.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: WITH SOME OF THOSE OTHER PROJECTS BEING COMPLETED AND MORE PEOPLE AROUND, AND I KNOW, NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE JUST YET, BUT IT MIGHT BE WORTH TRYING TO LOOK AT THE BROADER SCOPE.
"BEN STACKS: WELL JEN IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN THERE, I THINK THAT WAS PART OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING WITH THE OSBORNE HOME ABOUT IS HAVING THEM HELP FUND A NEW TRAFFIC STUDY, I THINK THE LAST ONE, BRIAN IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WAS DONE IN THE LATE 90S OR 2000.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: IT WAS UPDATED 2007 BUT 1998 WAS WHEN IT WAS.
"BEN STACKS: YEAH SO ANYWAY THEY'VE THEY'VE COMMITTED, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT TO HELP FUND THAT AND I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE A CORNERSTONE DOCUMENT THAT WE.
"BEN STACKS: USE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW HOW BEST TO APPROACH THIS FROM A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO GET DONE HOPEFULLY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: AND I'M.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: SORRY GO AHEAD.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: AND WE DID.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: WHAT BEN SAID IT'S NOT WE'RE TRYING WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE CITY ABOUT GETTING DONE.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: BUT THAT WILL TAKE A WHILE AND.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: AND TRYING TO DO COUNTS RIGHT NOW IS IS KIND OF WITH COVEN DOESN'T COMPLETELY WORK SO BUT WE HAD TO HAVE DONE A SIDEWALK SURVEY.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: KELSEY JOHNSON TELL HE WAS INVOLVED WITH AROUND EACH OF THE SCHOOLS.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHERE ADDITIONAL SIDEWALKS WOULD POSSIBLY GO.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: BUT UPS THERE'S A LOT OF NEIGHBORS WHO DON'T WANT SIDEWALKS AND FURTHER HOUSES, SO WE DO HERE COMMENTS ABOUT THAT TOO.
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BRIAN DEMPSEY: AND ONE OF THE SPOTS WE'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS ACROSS FROM IS PORN SCHOOL IS. BRIAN DEMPSEY: A SIDEWALK OR THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR SPORT ROAD AND THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THAT BETWEEN ROCK OUTCROPPINGS UTILITY POLES LIMITED RIGHT AWAY WALLS AND SOME TYPOGRAPHY ISSUES.
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BRIAN DEMPSEY: SO IT STARTED SIMPLE AS JUST PUTTING TWO LINES ON HER AND THEY. "JENNIFER BOYLE: WERE SIMPLE BRIAN YOU WOULD HAVE SOLVED IT ALREADY RIGHT.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: THEY'VE ASKED ABOUT CROSSWALKS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CROSSWALKS WERE LEERY ABOUT JUST PUTTING IN CROSSWALKS ANYWHERE BECAUSE.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: IT GIVES KIDS A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY, IF YOU WATCH THE KIDS WALKING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES THEY'RE NOT LOOKING.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: AT TRAFFIC THERE YOU KNOW IT'S TWO WHITE LINES AREN'T GOING TO STOP EVERYBODY, SO YOU KNOW IT'S.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: WE GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW IT'S A SAFE LOCATION FOR THE CROSSWALK PLUS A CROSSWALK HAS TO GO TO A LOCATION, SO IN THAT CASE YOU CAN'T JUST PUT A CROSSWALK OVER TO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE, WE NEEDED TO LAND AT A SIDEWALK OR SOMETHING THERE HAS TO BE A DESTINATION POINT THERE RIGHT RIGHT.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: NO, I LOOK I.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: BELIEVE ME, I THIS THERE'S NOTHING EASY ABOUT THIS, THIS WHOLE LOOKING AT THIS WHOLE SCOPE OF STUFF AND I, AND I THINK YOU KNOW TYPICALLY AND AGAIN, THIS IS AN UNUSUAL YEAR.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: TYPICALLY THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION AND AND THERE WAS EVEN BEFORE THE FULL OPENINGS OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, IN PARTICULAR, AS WELL AS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL REMINDERS.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: FOR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT YOU KNOW PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TRAFFIC CROSSING AT THE CROSSWALKS I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS ONGOING EDUCATION AROUND THAT THAT HAS TO OCCUR OCCUR BECAUSE.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: YOU KNOW, CHANGING THOSE CHANGING SOME OF THOSE PATTERNS, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO JUST KEEP REINFORCING IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: RIGHT AND THE OTHER THING WE TOOK PICTURES OF THE OTHER DAY IS PEOPLE AS THEY'RE STILL CROSSING IT'S ON DRIVE WITH STROLLERS AND LITTLE INTO THEIR HANDS AND.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: I'M REALLY PREFER THAT THEY WALKED TO THE SIGNAL AND YOU AND MOST PEOPLE DO THAT THERE WAS A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE CROSSING THERE, BUT YOU KNOW WALKING ACROSS THE POST ROLLS THE STROLLER CUT ACROSS THERE IS NOT SOMETHING WE RECOMMEND.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: I WOULD AGREE.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
"JOSH COHN: I DON'T THINK SO, BRIAN THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANKS.
"BEN STACKS: THANKS BRIAN.
"KELLY SMITH-POWERS: THANKS BRIAN.
"JOSH COHN: I THINK THAT WRAPS US UP ON ON OSBORNE AND AND OTHER TRAFFIC ISSUES, I THINK, HAVING THOSE MEETINGS IN ADDITION TO LESS FORMAL CONTACTS WILL BE VERY HELPFUL GOING FORWARD.
"JOSH COHN: SO OUR NEXT TOPIC IS INTER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT AND.
"JOSH COHN: I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO GREG AND ERIC RIGHT.
"GREG USRY: THANK YOU MAYOR ERIC PLEASE WEIGH IN.
"GREG USRY: ON THE WAY YOU KNOW I THINK YOU KNOW AS AS WE LOOK AT THE THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS RELATIONSHIP.
"GREG USRY: I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE SURPRISED AT HOW INTERACTIVE THE TWO GROUPS ARE ON A REGULAR BASIS, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC STUDIES AND EVERYONE SEES THE CROSSING GUARDS.
"GREG USRY: YOU KNOW THAT THE DEPTH OF THAT RELATIONSHIP IS IS IS ACTUALLY PRETTY SIGNIFICANT I'M SHORTLY AFTER I ARRIVED AT THE CITY, I ASKED SENIOR STAFF TO PUT TOGETHER FOR ME AN INVENTORY.
"GREG USRY: OF THAT RELATIONSHIP, AND THE REASON BEING THAT, FROM A DOCUMENT STANDPOINT, THE EARLIEST, YOU KNOW I AM A THAT I COULD FIND ACTUALLY GOES BACK TO 1998 I KNOW THAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS LONGER THAN THAT, BUT THAT FIRST DOCUMENT.
"GREG USRY: BETWEEN FRANK COLLAROS AND DR SCHEIN ON BEHALF OF THE TWO GROUPS.
"GREG USRY: YOU KNOW LAID OUT, YOU KNOW PRETTY PRETTY WELL THE RELATIONSHIP, BUT I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, HAVING AN APPRECIATION OF HOW ACTIVE, IT IS WHAT WOULD BE GOOD, IN THIS CONTEXT, AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT.
"GREG USRY: WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD THERE REALLY ARE ABOUT EIGHT PLACES THAT WE INTERACT VERY CLOSELY.
"GREG USRY: FIRST AND FOREMOST, IS ON THE SHARED FACILITIES, MEANING THE FIELDS IN A GIVEN YEAR OR IN A REGULAR YEAR I SHOULD SAY.
"GREG USRY: WE USE EACH OTHER'S FIELDS, TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT 2000 HOURS A YEAR AND THAT'S WHAT SCHEDULED BETWEEN THE TWO WITH BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE SUMMER CAMP THAT'S JUST REGULAR DAY IN, DAY OUT SCHEDULING.
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"GREG USRY: FOR ALL OF THE VARIOUS USER GROUPS. "DR. ERIC BYRNE: GREG I BELIEVE THAT'S ALSO THE GEMS FOR THE DIFFERENT INDOOR PROGRAMS AS WELL.
"GREG USRY: CORRECT THAT AND THAT AND THAT DOES INCLUDE OBVIOUSLY THE USE OF THE SCHOOL JUMPS.
"GREG USRY: THAT THAT THAT ARE SCHEDULED.
"GREG USRY: THE SCHOOL USES THE DISTRICT USES THE CITY'S FUEL DEPOT FOR ALL OF ITS DIESEL NEEDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE FACILITIES.
"GREG USRY: THE.
"GREG USRY: THE CITY DOES PROVIDE SNOW REMOVAL AND SALTING FOR THE FOR THE SCHOOL PARKING LOTS THE SCHOOL PROVIDES SPACE FOR ITV AND HAS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR FOR ITS STUDIO THERE.
"GREG USRY: WE, WE DO HAVE THIS WE DO PROVIDE THE SNOWFIELD FOR US FOR ON A PERMANENT BASIS FOR FOR STUDENTS DURING AGAIN DURING A REGULAR YEAR.
"GREG USRY: THE CITY DOES PROVIDE FOR FACILITIES FOR VARSITY GOLF AND SWIMMING AT THE RIGHT GOLF CLUB AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE ARE THE CROSSING GUARDS.
"GREG USRY: THE POINT OF ALL THIS IS THAT YOU KNOW WHETHER PEOPLE SEE IT OR NOT, WE ARE WE DO WORK TOGETHER ON A DAILY BASIS AND IT'S BEEN DONE HISTORICALLY SOMEWHAT INFORMALLY.
"GREG USRY: PRIMARILY BETWEEN OUR REC STAFF, THE ATHLETIC STAFF AT THE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC WORKS, AND THEN THE FACILITIES.
"GREG USRY: AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ERIC AND I TALKED ABOUT GOING BACK A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WAS TAKING A REAL FRESH LOOK AT ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH WE INTERACT, BECAUSE EVEN PRE COATED.
"GREG USRY: THEIR BEST SPENT SO MANY CHANGES AND A LOT OF THE WAY IN WHICH WE INTERACTED IN THE WAY THAT WE TOOK CARE OF OUR FIELDS AND.
"GREG USRY: AND THE LIKE WE'RE REALLY JUST DONE, BASED ON THE WAY THINGS WERE 20 YEARS AGO AND NOT NECESSARILY BASED ON CURRENT MAINTENANCE IN THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE.
"GREG USRY: TOGETHER, SO I ACTUALLY IN PREPARATION FOR THIS MORNING PULLED OUT MY FILE AND FOUND THAT THE LAST CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN US ON THIS MATTER WAS THE THIRD WEEK OF FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR.
"GREG USRY: AND THE NEXT STEP WAS ACTUALLY WE HAD SHARED THIS INVENTORY AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TOGETHER AND START KIND OF LOOKING AT THINGS.
"GREG USRY: THE LAST YEAR, GIVEN THE CHANGES IN EACH OF OUR OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS THE ENHANCEMENTS OF THE FACILITIES, YOU KNOW THE YOU KNOW THE MIDDLE INFIELD WILL ADD SIGNIFICANCE TO THIS.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: THAT'LL BE A GAME CHANGER.
"GREG USRY: RED PAVILIONS HAVE BEEN A GAME WILL BE A GAME CHANGER FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE SCHOOLS, SO WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
"GREG USRY: EVEN BEFORE COVEN AND NOW THE WAY WHICH WE'VE ALL ADAPTED OPERATIONALLY I THINK THAT.
"GREG USRY: YOU KNOW, IN THE IN THE COMING MONTHS AND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, YOU KNOW I'D LIKE TO RESTART, WE WOULD LIKE TO RESTART THESE JUST TO SEE.
"GREG USRY: WHAT'S THE BEST WAY IN WHICH TO DO THIS BECAUSE, CERTAINLY THE WAY THAT WE OPERATED FROM 20 YEARS AGO IS IS NOT NECESSARILY REFLECTIVE OF HOW THINGS ARE TODAY.
"GREG USRY: BUT YOU KNOW IT IS A, IT IS A VERY FULL SERVICE RELATIONSHIP, AND I THINK THAT I THINK THE WAY THAT WE CAN WE IMAGINE SOME OF THIS WILL BE WILL BE HELPFUL TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: I'LL JUST BUILD ON THAT YOU KNOW AS GREG SAID WE WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON THIS PRETTY INTENSELY WHEN COVEN HIT AND IT CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR HOW WE WERE OPERATING.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AT THE SCHOOLS AND WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS BUT WE'RE ABSOLUTELY LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING THIS BACKUP AND AND MOVING FORWARD.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: WITH LOTS OF IMPROVEMENTS I KNOW THE OTHER FIELD THAT HAD BEEN PROBLEMATIC IN USE WITH LOSS OF USE WAS THE COMPETITION FIELD AT NUGENT STADIUM.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: SO, HAVING THE COMPETITION FIELD OF STATE OF THE ART WITH THE UPGRADED DRAINAGE, AND THE NEW TURF WILL INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT FIELD, THE MIDDLE INFIELD THE UPGRADES TO THE SOFTBALL FIELD THAT WE'RE.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: OVER AT RIGHT HIGH SCHOOL THAT WERE SUPPORTED WITH A GENEROUS DONATION FROM THE REFUND FOR EDUCATION, IN ADDITION TO SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDING BUT.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OVER TO THAT FIELD THERE ARE BLEACHERS FOR SPECTATORS THERE'S AN ACCESSIBLE PATHWAY TO THE FIELD AND IT'S A REAL NICE IMPROVEMENT, SO I CERTAINLY YOU KNOW GREG AND I TALK EVERY COUPLE DAYS, SO YOU KNOW THIS WILL BE A GOOD AGENDA ITEM FOR US TO RESTART AND MOVE FORWARD.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT, I KNOW, MOST OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT RIGHT HERE WAS THE WAS FIELD USAGE AND SOME OF THAT CONCRETE STUFF BUT AS MAYOR CONE MENTIONED EARLIER ON.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: THE DISCUSSIONS WITH WITHIN THE POLICE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND CONNECTIONS WITH THE YOUTH, THE DOCTOR SCHOOL PROGRAM YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS YEAR WASN'T AT FULL CAPACITY, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T FULLY IN THE SCHOOLS, ALL THE TIME, UNTIL RECENTLY, BUT.
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"JENNIFER BOYLE: THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS THAT THAT DR BURNS HAD EXPERIENCE WITH AND SOME OTHER PLACES WHERE HE'S WORKED WE'RE ENHANCEMENTS TO THAT CAN REALLY PROVIDE LOTS OF. "JENNIFER BOYLE: INTERACTION WITH THE POLICE IN THE YOUTH, AND YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY LOOKING TO TO CREATE OR HAVE MORE CREATIVE WAYS OF LETTING KIDS HAVE THAT EXPOSURE FROM VERY YOUNG AGES, ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THEIR TEEN YEARS.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AND JEN I JUST LIKE TO ADD WE'RE WE'RE DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE FOR THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DETECTIVE CAPUTO HAS EVER PRESENT.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: IN THE BUILDINGS KNOWS KIDS GREETS KIDS COMES AROUND DAILY OFFICERS WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ASSIGNED TO PARTICULAR SCHOOLS, THROUGH THE ADOPTIVE SCHOOL PROGRAM.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: ARE STILL COMING AROUND TO VISIT THE SCHOOLS, THE COLLABORATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DURING ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY DRILLS AT ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: IS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL FOR THEIR EXPERTISE SO AS AS JEN SAID WE'RE WE'RE VERY EXCITED AS EVERYONE'S BACK TO RELAUNCH THE THE RELATIONSHIP AND THE ADOPT SCHOOL PROGRAM AND VERY APPRECIATIVE.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: I MET WITH GAVE YESTERDAY DETECTIVE COMPUTER IN TALKING AND PREPARING FOR TODAY OVER AT NUGENT AND THE GAME IT'S JUST A GREAT SUPPORT AND WE'RE DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE.
"JOSH COHN: FIT, THANK YOU FOR THAT IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN AN EMPHASIS ON OUR SIDE TO SEE THAT.
"JOSH COHN: OUR POLICE ENGAGE WELL WITH THE SCHOOLS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING ON THAT.
"JOSH COHN: TO DOING MORE, BETTER.
"JOSH COHN: ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC.
"JANE ANDERSON: IT, TOO, AND IT'S NOT AS MUCH A QUESTION, AS IT IS SOMETHING THAT I HOPE, PERHAPS THROUGH THE DISCUSSIONS OF THE.
"JANE ANDERSON: INNER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT THAT WE CAN RE ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION WHEN I KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE BOARD OF ED BEGAN A FEW YEARS AGO, RELATED TO MORE INCLUSIVE PROGRAMMING THROUGH THE REC DEPARTMENT IN ITS SPORTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TO REALLY WORK TOWARDS.
"JANE ANDERSON: BEING ABLE TO FIND PROGRAMMING AND WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR.
"JANE ANDERSON: OUR KIDS AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WITH THE EXPANSION NOW HAVE MORE FACILITIES WITH THE DISTRICT'S CONVERSATIONS REGARDING RACE AND INCLUSIVE CITY.
"JANE ANDERSON: AND CERTAINLY WITH THE BOARD OF REGENTS NOW RELATED TO THEIR LOOK AND THEIR OUTWARD COMMITMENT TOWARDS MORE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.
"JANE ANDERSON: AND THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN RE ENGAGE IN AND REALLY LOOK TO PERHAPS REALLY DEVELOP A MORE HEARTY AND ROBUST PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR ACTIVITIES.
"JOSH COHN: I THINK WE, WE WOULD WELCOME THAT WE HAVE CERTAINLY HAD DISCUSSIONS ON OUR SIDE.
"JOSH COHN: RECENTLY, WITH RESPECT TO.
"JOSH COHN: KIDS WITH DISABILITIES, A REEXAMINATION OF WHAT OUR REC DEPARTMENT CAN DO YOU MAY KNOW, WE PARTICIPATE IN AND GREG THING CAN PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS.
"JOSH COHN: THE SE PROGRAM AND THAT'S FOR KIDS WITH WITH WITH ONE LEVEL OF DISABILITY, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT SALLY REGAL AND GREG HELPED ME WITH THIS RECENTLY WAS ASKED TO CONSIDER.
"JOSH COHN: HOW WE WERE WORKING WITH KIDS THAT ARE NOT THAT ARE NOT SE ELIGIBLE.
"JOSH COHN: THAT DON'T FIT OUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING GREG IF YOU.
"GREG USRY: IF YOU WOULD OF COURSE I'M NOT TO EXCUSE I'VE GOT THE BACKYARD DOG.
"GREG USRY: WELL, SO YEAH I MEAN AS AS MAYOR CODE SEDIMENT WE THE CITY'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN A CORE MEMBER OR A CORNER SO NUMBER OF THE SOUTHEAST CONSORTIUM, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
"GREG USRY: AND YOU KNOW WITHIN THE LAST YEAR WE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING TO MOVE ALL SAY BEYOND THAT, BUT YOU KNOW ADD TO THAT WITH SOME MORE DIRECT.
"GREG USRY: PROGRAM YOU KNOW SALLY HAS MET WITH A COUPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT SPECIALIZE IN.
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"GREG USRY: PROGRAMMING TRYING TO IDENTIFY NEEDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THAT ARE NOT MET THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL CHANNELS AND YOU KNOW TO TO AUGMENT WHAT WE'RE WHAT SHE'S ALREADY DOING WITH SOME SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING. "GREG USRY: TO DO THAT, SO I MEAN, I THINK THAT.
"GREG USRY: YOU KNOW A LOT OF WHAT IN THE IN THE, I THINK, RECREATION, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN SO HIGHLY IMPACTED.
"GREG USRY: BUT IT'S ALSO GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT THE WAY IN WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL OF OUR REC PROGRAMMING AND THAT DOES INCLUDE DOING SOME JAMES YOU SAY SOME SOME MORE INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SEGMENT OF THE OF THE COMMUNITY IS BEING.
"CHRIS REPETTO: HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT INTEGRATING SOME OF THAT WORK WITH WHAT THE WORK WE'RE DOING IN THE SCHOOL AND IT'S A VERY BROAD AND OPEN ENDED QUESTION.
"CHRIS REPETTO: BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE PARALLEL PATHS HAPPENING AND HOW DO WE FIND A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THAT WE, THAT WE DO THIS IN AN INTEGRATED WAY THAT TO JUST GET THE BEST OUTCOMES FOR EVERYBODY AND IT'S KIND OF AN OPEN ENDED QUESTION I DON'T I'M NOT SURE WHERE TO GET THAT.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: I WOULD SAY, I THINK THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REC DEPARTMENT AND OUR ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT IS A GOOD FIRST STEP SUSAN.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: READ DELAY AND SALLY HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP, AND THIS IS SUSAN'S FIRST DEAL WITH US, BUT SHE ALSO BRINGS A FRESH EYE.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AND SOME IDEAS ABOUT MORE INCLUSIVE PROGRAMMING AND I KNOW THAT'S A TOPIC THAT THEY'VE BEEN DISCUSSING AND AND SOMETHING THAT.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: CAN BECOME A HIGHER PRIORITY IN THEIR WORK, MUCH HAS BEEN JUST GETTING OUR ATHLETICS PROGRAMS LAUNCHED AND AND GETTING EVERYONE BACK, I CERTAINLY KNOW ON ON OUR END SUSAN I WILL TALK ON MONDAY ABOUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND BRINGING THAT WORK FORWARD.
"CHRIS REPETTO: IT'S TERRIFIC.
"JANE ANDERSON: I THINK WHAT'S SO GREAT IS THAT YOU KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO I KNOW MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ARE TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT IT BUT.
"JANE ANDERSON: TRYING TO FIND THE SILVER LININGS THATS RELATED TO THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND I THINK FOR ADULTS, CERTAINLY, FOR ME, I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
"JANE ANDERSON: THE NEED FOR KIDS TO CONNECT OUTSIDE OF THE FOUR WALLS THAT THEY LIVE IS SO VITAL TO THEIR MENTAL AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WITH THE PANDEMIC SO MANY OF THOSE AVENUES WERE SHUT DOWN, AND I THINK IT IS SUCH A VITAL.
"JANE ANDERSON: PLACE OF SUPPORT FOR KIDS THAT I THINK IT DOES NEED TO BE A PRIORITY ACROSS BOTH OF OUR SPECTRUMS TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT AS.
"JANE ANDERSON: ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN FIND THOSE WAYS TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE, AND YOU KNOW IT'S CERTAINLY WONDERFUL TO HEAR ABOUT THE CONSORTIUM WORK THAT'S HAPPENING AND IT'S GREAT TO.
"JANE ANDERSON: HEAR THE RECOGNITION THAT NOT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WHO MAY FALL INTO A DISABILITY CATEGORY.
"JANE ANDERSON: NECESSARILY MEET THOSE CONSORTIUM GOALS OR OR NEEDS AND SO THAT THERE'S TIERED SUPPORTS AND TIERED ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN DO ACROSS THE SPECTRUM AND AND TO HAVE SUSAN TO WORK WITH SALLY.
"JANE ANDERSON: I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
"JANE ANDERSON: THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS NEED AND IT'S NOT JUST THE KIDS THE PARENTS NEED IT RIGHT, HOW MANY PARENTS DO WE SEE STANDING ON THE SIDELINES IT.
"JANE ANDERSON: KINDERGARTEN SOCCER AND THEY'RE NOT THERE TO PLAY SOCCER THEY'RE THERE TO CONNECT WITH THEIR NEW WITH THEIR CHILD'S FRIENDS PARENTS, BECAUSE THEY'RE NEW TO TOWN THEIR NEW THEY NEED CONNECTION AS WELL.
"JANE ANDERSON: AND SO I THINK IT'S GREAT IF WE CAN REALLY MAKE SURE THAT COMING OUT OF THIS YEAR THAT THAT IS A PRIORITY AND A FOCUS.
"JANE ANDERSON: IN AN EXPEDITED WAY NOT TO RUSH THROUGH THE WORK BUT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT A SHARED PRIORITY, IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORK IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN A PACE THAT REALLY MEETS OUR NEEDS, WHERE WE ARE NOW.
"SARA GODDARD: JANE I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE I THINK IT'S A THE MENTAL HEALTH ASPECT IS SO CRITICAL AND I THINK THE THE SCHOOLS AND.
"SARA GODDARD: YOU KNOW THE COMMUNITY HAS GATHERED ROUND AND TRY TO TO TO KEEP BACK ACADEMICS GOING TO KEEP ATHLETICS GOING THE TRADITIONAL ATHLETICS, BUT THERE'S.
"SARA GODDARD: THERE'S A GAP FOR THOSE IN BETWEEN, AND I JUST WANT TO ADD I'M NOT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS APPROPRIATE, BUT I WAS THINKING WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT.
"SARA GODDARD: YOU KNOW, ENGAGING MAYBE THE REC HEADS IN THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION IS PERHAPS TO ALSO INCLUDE SOME OF THE STUDENT GROUPS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, PARTICULARLY OVER THE YEARS I HAVE MET MEMBERS AND HEADS OF.
"SARA GODDARD: A NUMBER OF YOUR YOUR SCHOOL GROUPS, AND I AM SO IMPRESSED BY THEM, WHETHER IT'S THE GSA OR THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS I'M SURE THERE ARE SO MANY MORE AND I BET THEY WOULD HAVE SOME PERHAPS SOME CREATIVE IDEAS SO THAT WOULD JUST BE MY MY SUGGESTION FROM THE SIDELINE SO.
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"DR. ERIC BYRNE: THAT'S A GREAT POINT SARAH WE'VE. "DR. ERIC BYRNE: TWO YEARS AGO, RELAUNCH THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, WHICH HAS BECOME MUCH MORE ROBUST AND VERY ACTIVE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND AND I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE KIDS THAT WAS HOW OUR.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: OUR VACCINE HUNTER GROUP CAME ABOUT WAS WORKING WITH THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL KIDS GETTING OVER 70 SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY, ACCESS TO VACCINES, WHEN IT WAS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO SO.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: AND WE HAVE ALSO WITHIN THE ATHLETICS WORLD SUSAN OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HAS ALSO STARTED A LEADERSHIP GROUP THROUGH OUR SPORTS PROGRAMMING, SO I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR KID VOICES AND GREAT KID IDEAS TO BE INVOLVED IN AND I'M SURE THAT WILL BE THE CASE.
"CAROLINA JOHNSON: IF I MAY ADD TO THE CONVERSATION I THINK YOU SHOULD ALSO REACH OUT TO CHRIS SHOEMAKER THE RIGHT FREE READING ROOM, THEY HAVE A TERRIFIC TEEN LIBRARIAN AND I THINK YOU KNOW WE SUPPORT THEM, AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT VOICE TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION.
"DR. ERIC BYRNE: ABSOLUTELY ANOTHER GREAT PARTNER THAT WE WORK WITH AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT.
"JANE ANDERSON: I WOULD JUST.
"JANE ANDERSON: ADD THAT I WOULDN'T WANT IT TO STOP AND I, BECAUSE I CAN, I CAN SAY THIS, I HAVE A VERY ARTISTIC CHILD.
"JANE ANDERSON: SHE YOU I ASKED HER TO GO TO SOFTBALL AND YOU KNOW I MAY AS WELL ASK HER TO GO TO THE MOON.
"JANE ANDERSON: I TELL HER SHE'S GOING TO GO TO A PAINTING CLASS SHE'S DRESSED IN THE CAR READY TO GO SHE'S GOT ALL THEIR SUPPLY SHE'S LIKE WHERE ARE YOU MOVING SO SLOW.
"JANE ANDERSON: AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND THE REC HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT ABOUT PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THOSE WHAT WE CONSIDER TRADITIONAL.
"JANE ANDERSON: SPORTING ACTIVITIES RIGHT THEY HAVE MAD SCIENCE, THEY HAVE ART CLASSES AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE INCLUSION AIRY PROGRAMS, I THINK.
"JANE ANDERSON: IT'S IT'S EASY FOR US TO JUST THINK ABOUT SPORTS, BUT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS, AND SO THE LIBRARY, THE ART CENTER.
"JANE ANDERSON: THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB, ALL OF THESE GROUPS THAT PROVIDE THESE WONDERFUL ENGAGING CONNECTIVE ACTIVITIES WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE IN THEIR TOTALITY TO REALLY BE ABLE TO WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND OUR COMMUNITY AND GIVE THEM SUPPORTS.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: AND I'M SO GLAD SARAH THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE STUDENT GROUPS, BECAUSE I THINK THE STUDENT VOICE AND ALL OF THIS AT MULTIPLE LAYERS NOT JUST AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, BUT EVEN YOUNGER IS SUCH A KEY PIECE TO HOW YOU HOW YOU KNOW YOU'RE ENGAGING AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF THOSE KIDS.
"CHRIS REPETTO: I LIKE I REALLY LIKE WHAT GREG SAID EARLIER AND ERIC ABOUT USING THE THE INTERESTING TIME THE INTERESTING YEAR WE'RE GOING THROUGH AS A CHANCE TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF WITH FRESH EYES.
"CHRIS REPETTO: I THINK GETTING INTO THE END OF THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB ON OUR END OF MAKING THIS MORE PUBLIC.
"CHRIS REPETTO: THIS CONVERSATION HERE IS TERRIFIC BUT LET'S WE CAN ON THE BOARD SIDE I THINK WE'VE GOT A.
"CHRIS REPETTO: WE'VE GOT SOME CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE SHOULD START OPENING THIS UP AND AND AND TALK ABOUT IT, MORE BROADLY, AND OBVIOUSLY ALL EVERYTHING HAS BEEN COMMENTED ON IS IS TERRIFIC.
"CHRIS REPETTO: I THINK IT'S UP TO US TO KIND OF KEEP PUSHING THAT FROM A LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT.
"JOSH COHN: FURTHER.
"JOSH COHN: INTO MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BUT INTER MUNICIPAL DISCUSSION AND JULIE, PLEASE.
"JULIE SOUZA: YOU KNOW, LET ME JUST GET FAR AWAY HERE, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, ONE THING THAT I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE SCHOOLS DO MIDLAND, IN PARTICULAR, AND OBVIOUSLY CHILDREN THERE SO MORE AWARE OF THAT, BUT.
"JULIE SOUZA: EVEN GETTING THE STUDENTS I YOU KNOW AGREE WITH SARAH'S POINT ABOUT INVOLVING STUDENT VOICE AND ALL OF THIS STUFF TOO, BUT EVEN ON THE MUNICIPAL SIDE, THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENT COUNCIL AT MIDLAND.
"JULIE SOUZA: ANNUALLY COMES AND MEETS WITH THE MAYOR AND IN A NON COVEN TIMES THEY WOULD COME AND SIT ON THE DAY YES AND AND AND THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT MUNICIPAL ISSUES WITH WITH THE MAYOR AND A COUPLE MEMBERS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND SO.
"JULIE SOUZA: YOU KNOW I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S AN INVITATION THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT NOW THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, WE SHOULD EXTEND AND I WILL EXTEND.
"JULIE SOUZA: FORMALLY TO MY FELLOW PTO PRESIDENTS OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT I THINK THAT'S NICE TO FOR THEM TO SEE HOW.
"JULIE SOUZA: HOW, YOU KNOW GOVERNMENT WORKS AND HOW IT RELATES, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE SO TIED TO THE SCHOOL ISSUES, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S A NICE LEARNING EXPERIENCES WITH A NICE WAY OF GETTING A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE AND I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU HOW IMPRESSED I'VE BEEN WITH MRS PARTINGTON.
"JULIE SOUZA: FIFTH GRADERS IN MIDLAND WHO COME IN AND ASK ABOUT ROAD RESURFACING AND COYOTE STUFF LIKE THAT SO IT'S IT'S REALLY GREAT I MEAN THEY GET EDUCATED ON THE ISSUES AND AND I LOVE IT SO.
"JULIE SOUZA: YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE THAT DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING AT LEAST AT ONE SCHOOL LEVEL IT'S IT'S LOVELY IT'S REALLY IT'S IMPRESSIVE, SO I, I SEE A FELLOW PTO PRESIDENT OVER HERE I'M GONNA GO TELL HER GET US GOING TO COME ON OVER MILTON COME ON OVER SO.
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"DR. ERIC BYRNE: JULIE, WE COULD PUT IT ON FOR NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA AS WELL. "JULIE SOUZA: PERFECT YEAH.
"JOSH COHN: WHO'S.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: TO GO ONE BY ONE.
"JULIE SOUZA: THE LIGHTNING IS WINNING THANK YOU MY DAUGHTER JUST KIND OF POPS LIGHT FIRST SO I'M VERY PROUD.
"JOSH COHN: OKAY ANYTHING MORE ANY OTHER BUSINESS.
"GREG USRY: MAY OR I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ANY IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS, BUT THERE ARE SOME ATTENDING THE MEETING AS WELL.
"JOSH COHN: IF THERE ARE RAISED.
HANDS.
"JOSH COHN: AND IF WE HAVE THE TECHNICAL THE TECHNICAL ABILITY TO DO IT, THEN YES.
"GREG USRY: WE WOULD DO NICHOLAS IS IN CHARGE SO MR MCCLAREN HAS BEEN RAISED HIS HAND IS.
CHARLES MILLARD: CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY.
"CHRIS REPETTO: YES.
CHARLES MILLARD: OKAY, THANK YOU, THANKS FOR THE CHANCE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
CHARLES MILLARD: I APPRECIATE THE.
CHARLES MILLARD: COOPERATION BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF ED.
CHARLES MILLARD: BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF ED NEED TO TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY, AND THAT IS THE INFLUENCE OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN OUR SCHOOLS AND I'M GOING TO READ BRIEFLY.
CHARLES MILLARD: FROM AN ARTICLE BY A TEACHER AT GRACE CHURCH HIGH SCHOOL IN MANHATTAN.
CHARLES MILLARD: 10 YEARS AGO I CHANGED CAREERS, WHEN I DISCOVERED HOW REWARDING IT IS TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE EXPLORE THE TRUTH AND BEAUTY OF MATHEMATICS.
CHARLES MILLARD: I LOVE MY WORK AS A TEACHER MY FIRST OBLIGATION IS TO MY STUDENTS BUT RIGHT NOW MY SCHOOL IS ASKING ME TO EMBRACE ANTI RACISM, TRAINING AND PEDAGOGY.
CHARLES MILLARD: BUT I BELIEVE, IS DEEPLY HARMFUL TO THEM AND TO ANY PERSON WHO SEEKS TO NURTURE THE VIRTUES OF CURIOSITY EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING.
CHARLES MILLARD: ANTI RACIST TRAINING SOUNDS RIGHTEOUS, BUT IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF TRUTH IN ADVERTISING, IT REQUIRES TEACHERS LIKE MYSELF TO TREAT STUDENTS DIFFERENTLY ON THE BASIS OF RACE.
CHARLES MILLARD: FURTHERMORE, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A UNITED FRONT FOR OUR TEACHERS FOR OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS OF GRACE ARE DIRECTED TO CONFINE OUR DOUBTS ABOUT THIS PEDAGOGICAL FRAMEWORK.
CHARLES MILLARD: TO CONVERSATIONS WITH AN IN HOUSE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, FOR WHOM EVERY SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS NEEDS TO A FOREGONE CONCLUSION.
CHARLES MILLARD: ANY DOUBTING STUDENTS ARE LIKEWISE CHALLENGED TO REFRAME THEIR VIEWS TO CONFORM TO THIS ORTHODOXY MY SCHOOL, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS INDUCES STUDENTS VIA SHAME AND SOPHISTRY.
CHARLES MILLARD: TO IDENTIFY PRIMARILY WITH THEIR RACE, BEFORE THEIR INDIVIDUAL IDENTITIES ARE FULLY FORMED STUDENTS ARE PRESSURE.
CHARLES MILLARD: TO CONFORM THEIR OPINIONS TO THOSE BROADLY ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR RACE AND GENDER AND TO MINIMIZE OR DISMISS INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES, BUT DO NOT MATCH THOSE ASSUMPTIONS.
CHARLES MILLARD: THE MORALLY COMPROMISED STATUS OF OPPRESSOR IS ASSIGNED TO ONE GROUP OF STUDENTS, BASED ON THEIR IMMUTABLE CHARACTERISTICS.
CHARLES MILLARD: IN THE MEANTIME DEPENDENCY RESENTMENT AND MORAL SUPERIORITY ARE CULTIVATED IN STUDENTS CONSIDERED OPPRESSED, ALL OF THIS IS DONE, THE NAME OF EQUITY.
CHARLES MILLARD: BUT IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF FAIR, IN REALITY, ALL OF THIS REINFORCES THE WORST IMPULSES WE HAVE AS HUMAN BEINGS, OUR TENDENCY TOWARD TRIBALISM AND SECTARIANISM.
CHARLES MILLARD: BUT IT TRULY LIBERAL EDUCATION IS MEANT TO TRANSCEND RECENTLY I RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS IDEOLOGY AT A MANDATORY WHITES ONLY STUDENT IN FACULTIES WHO NEEDING.
CHARLES MILLARD: SUCH RANKING RACIALLY SEGREGATED SESSIONS ARE NOW COMMONPLACE AND MY SCHOOL, IT WAS A BAIT AND SWITCH SELF CARE SEMINAR THAT LABELED OBJECTIVITY.
CHARLES MILLARD: INDIVIDUALISM FEAR OF OPEN CONFLICT AND EVEN A RIGHT TO COMFORT AS CHARACTERISTICS OF WHITE SUPREMACY.
CHARLES MILLARD: I DOUBTED THAT THESE HUMAN ATTRIBUTES, MANY OF THEM VIRTUES REFRAMED IS VICES SHOULD BE RACIALIZED IN THIS WAY.
CHARLES MILLARD: IN THE ZOOM CHAT I ALSO QUESTIONED WHETHER ONE MUST DEFINE FOR ONESELF IN TERMS OF A RACIAL IDENTITY AT ALL.
CHARLES MILLARD: MY GOAL WAS TO MODEL FOR STUDENTS, THAT THEY SHOULD FEEL SAFE TO QUESTION IDEOLOGICAL ASSERTIONS IT FELT MOVED TO DO SO SORRY ABOUT IT, TWO MORE MINUTES.
CHARLES MILLARD: HOWEVER, WHEN MY QUESTIONS WERE SHARED OUTSIDE THIS FORUM, I WAS INFORMED BY THE HEAD OF THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT MY PHILOSOPHICAL CHALLENGES AND CAUSE HARM TO STUDENTS.
CHARLES MILLARD: EVEN THOUGH THESE TOPICS WERE LIFE AND DEATH MATTERS ABOUT PEOPLE'S FLESH AND BLOOD AND BONE I WAS REPRIMANDED FOR ACTING LIKE AN INDEPENDENT AGENT HAVE A SET OF PRINCIPLES OR IDEAS OR BELIEFS, AND I WAS TOLD THAT BY DOING SO, I FAILED TO SERVE THE GREATER GOOD IN THE HIGHER TRUTH.
CHARLES MILLARD: THE SCHOOLS DIRECTOR OF STUDIES ADDED THAT MY REMARKS COULD EVEN CONSTITUTE HARASSMENT.
CHARLES MILLARD: STUDENTS FROM LOW INCOME FAMILIES EXPERIENCE CULTURE SHOCK AT OUR SCHOOL RACIST INCIDENTS HAPPEN AND BIAS CAN INFLUENCE RELATIONSHIPS ALL TRUE.
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CHARLES MILLARD: BUT ADDRESSING SUCH PROBLEMS WITH A CALL TO UNDO HISTORY LACKS ANY KIND OF LIMITING PRINCIPLE AND PEARS ANY ALLEGATION OF BIGOTRY WITH OUR PRIORI GUILT. CHARLES MILLARD: I ASKED MY UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS IN THE SELF CARE MEETING BECAUSE I FELT A DUTY TO MY STUDENTS, I WANTED TO BE A VOICE FOR THE MANY STUDENTS HAVE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
CHARLES MILLARD: WHO HAVE APPROACHED ME OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO EXPRESS THEIR FRUSTRATION WITH INDOCTRINATION AT OUR SCHOOL, BUT ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP.
CHARLES MILLARD: THEY REPORT THAT IN THEIR CLASSES AND DISCUSSIONS, THEY MUST NEVER CHALLENGE ANY OF THE PREMISES OF OUR ANTI RACIST TEACHINGS WHICH ARE DEEPLY INFORMED BY CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
CHARLES MILLARD: THESE CONCERNS ARE CONFIRMED FOR ME WHEN I ATTEND GRADE LEVEL AND SCHOOL LEVEL MEETINGS ABOUT RACE OR GENDER ISSUES THERE I WITNESS STUDENT AFTER STUDENT STICKING TO A NARROW SCRIPT OF ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE.
CHARLES MILLARD: FEATURES PRAISE INSIGHTS WHEN THEY ARTICULATE THE EXISTING FRAMEWORK OR EXPANDED TO APPLY TO NOW WITH DOMAINS MEANTIME IT IS COMMON FOR TEACHERS TO EXHORT STUDENTS WHO REMAIN SILENT THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU.
CHARLES MILLARD: EVERY STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL BUS ALSO ASSIGN A STUDENT LIFE AGREEMENT, WHICH REQUIRES THEM.
CHARLES MILLARD: TO COVER THAT THE WORLD, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT CAN BE HARD AND EXTREMELY BIASED, BUT THEY COMMIT TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR BIASES WHEN THEY COME TO SCHOOL AND INTERRUPT THOSE BIASES.
CHARLES MILLARD: AND ACCEPT THAT THEY WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, SHOULD THEY FALL SHORT OF THE AGREEMENT, A RECENT FACULTY EMAIL CHAIN RECEIVED ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR RECOMMENDING THAT WE OFFICIALLY FLAG.
CHARLES MILLARD: STUDENTS WHO APPEAR RESISTANT TO THE CULTURE AS WE'RE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH IMAGINE BEING A YOUNG PERSON IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, WOULD YOU RISK VOICING YOUR DOUBTS.
CHARLES MILLARD: ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAD NEVER HEARD A SINGLE TEACHER QUESTION IT ALMOST FINISHED LAST FALL, I THOUGHT OF ASSIGNING GLENN LOWRY.
CHARLES MILLARD: BROWN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND BLACK PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL WHOSE WRITINGS EXPRESS A NUANCED CENTER RIGHT POSITION ON RACIAL ISSUES IN AMERICA.
CHARLES MILLARD: UNFORTUNATELY, MY ADMINISTRATION PUT THE KIBOSH ON MY PROPOSAL, THE HEAD OF SCHOOL RESPONDED TO ME.
CHARLES MILLARD: PEOPLE LIKE LOWRY LIVED EXPERIENCE AND THEREFORE HIS DERIVED SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY MADE HIM AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE THAT BLACK THINKERS ACKNOWLEDGE STRUCTURAL RACISM, AS THE PARAMOUNT.
CHARLES MILLARD: IMPEDIMENT IN SOCIETY, HE ADDED THAT THE MOMENT WE ARE IN INSTITUTIONALLY AND CULTURALLY DOES NOT LEND ITSELF TO DISPASSIONATE DISCUSSION AND DEBATE.
CHARLES MILLARD: HE PREFERRED I ASSIGN MAINSTREAM WHITE CONSERVATIVES EFFECTIVELY BENIGN BLACK STUDENTS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM A BLACK PROFESSOR WHO HOLDS VIEWS THAT DIVERGED.
CHARLES MILLARD: FROM THE ORTHODOXY PUSHED ON THEM NOW WHY DID I READ ALL THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY MAKING ITS WAY INTO RISE SCHOOLS.
CHARLES MILLARD: THE TASK FORCE ON RACIAL EQUITY THAT CAN BURN PUT TOGETHER HAS HIRED THE NYU METRO CENTER WHICH IS DEDICATED TO CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
CHARLES MILLARD: AND IF YOU THINK IT'S NOT COMING TO RIDE DON'T KID YOURSELVES AND I RAISED THIS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I WANT THE CITY COUNCIL.
CHARLES MILLARD: TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS AND THAT BECOMES SCHOOL, LIKE THE ONE THAT WAS JUST DESCRIBED BY THAT TEACHER, THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK.
"JOSH COHN: THANK YOU WERE THERE WERE OTHER SPEAKERS WHO HAVE RAISED THEIR HANDS.
"GREG USRY: YES, WE HAVE DANIELA.
"JOSH COHN: DANIELA COULD YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF WITH YOUR YOUR FULL NAME, PLEASE, AND ARE YOU ARRIVE RESIDENT.
"GREG USRY: LIKE WE MAY HAVE LOST HER.
SO.
"JOSH COHN: OKAY.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: HI I'M SORRY, NO.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR ME DENNIS DID IT COME THROUGH AS DANIELA.
"GREG USRY: YES, A BIT.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: OKAY SORRY.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: WELL, FIRST OF ALL I'LL BE BRIEF, THE PREVIOUS.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: PERSON WHO WHO ARE YOU PLEASE.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: OH SORRY DENNIS MCCORMICK 720 MILTON ROAD.
"JOSH COHN: THANK YOU DENNIS.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: HAD THREE KIDS THERE THROUGH THE SCHOOLS HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE AT THE SCHOOLS THEY'VE BEEN OUT FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: I JUST WANT TO FIRST START BY THANKING BOTH BOARDS, FOR THEIR HARD WORK, I KNOW YOU PUT IN LONG HOURS AND IT'S YOU KNOW, OFTEN THANKLESS WORK.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: BUT YOU DO YOU DO GOOD WORK, AND I THINK EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON BOTH BOARDS IS REALLY DOING THE BEST THEY CAN, AND HAS RICE BEST INTEREST AT HEART, SO THANK YOU FOR FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: SO MY COMMENTS ARE NOT REALLY DIRECTED SO MUCH TO YOU AS TO OUR COLLECTIVE SOCIETY HERE AND RIGHT I'VE LIVED ARRIVED FOR 35 YEARS AND I SEE RIGHT IN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS CHANGING AND NOT FOR THE BETTER.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: THERE SEEMS TO BE AN INCREASING SEEPAGE OF FAR LEFT WING WOKE ISM.
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DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: KINDS OF IDEAS AND AGENDAS PERMEATING NOT JUST THE SCHOOL WITH CRITICAL RACE THEORY BUT IN OTHER AREAS, LAST YEAR WE HAD THE FAMOUS DRAG QUEENS STORY OUR HAVING DRAG QUEENS READ STORIES TO 678 910 YEAR OLD KIDS. DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE OF MINE, MY VIEW, AND NOW WE HAVE, AS PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, WE HAVE CRITICAL RACE THEORY THREATENING TO ENTER OUR SCHOOLS.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: AND WRAPPED AROUND ALL OF THIS IS A CANCEL CULTURE WHICH, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS RAMPANT IN THE COUNTRY IS FULL BUT IT'S STARTING TO COME TO RYE.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: IF YOU OPPOSE THE DRAG QUEENS STORY AREA YOU'RE LABELED AS HOMOPHOBIC IF YOU OPPOSE CRITICAL RACE THEORY YOU'RE RACIST.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: AND THE FEW PEOPLE AND THEY ARE FEW BUT THEY'RE VERY VOCAL ON THE LEFT OR THE NASTY PEOPLE THAT ARE BRINGING THIS CANCER CULTURE TO TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT IS TOTALLY WRONG AND INAPPROPRIATE.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD OF ED ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING HARD TO NAVIGATE THE SENSITIVE AND DIVERSE A POLITICAL TIMES.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: THEY'RE TRYING TO BALANCE THE DIRECTIVES COMING DOWN FROM THE STATE REGARDING CULTURAL RESPONSIVE TEACHING.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: WITH WHAT I'M SURE, IS THERE A CORE BELIEF THAT THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN A MERITOCRACY AT THE RIGHT HIGH SCHOOL AND AND MAINTAIN THE HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: AND THE RANKING OF THE SCHOOL, IT IS A GREAT SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN MADE BUILT OVER MANY YEARS AND I KNOW THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT DESTROYED.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: WE ARE ALL FOR CLUES LIBERTY AND EQUALITY TO SPITE WITH THE LEFT, THE LEFT LEANING PEOPLE IN IN TOWN MIGHT SAY OH, AND I MIGHT SAY THAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO REMEMBER THAT RIGHT.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: IT IS A CENTRE LEFT CENTER CENTER RIGHT TOWN, MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE IN THE MIDDLE, I COUNT MYSELF IN THERE.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: THERE ARE A FEW ON VERY VOCAL ON THE LEFT AND I'M SURE THERE'S SOME ON THE RIGHT, BUT LOST IN ALL OF THIS IS THE GREAT MIDDLE.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: AND ALL OF US IN THE GREAT MIDDLE OR FOR INCLUSIVE CITY AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND THERE ARE VERY MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF ACHIEVING THIS.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: MY PROBLEM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE PREVIOUS READER SAID, IS THE WAY THAT SUPERINTENDENT BURN HAS GONE ABOUT THIS LAST SUMMER, HE FORMED A TOP SECRET TASK FORCE.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: WITH MEMBERS HAND SELECTED EITHER BY HIM OR BY A SMALL GROUP OF HIS ACOLYTES IT DOES NOT REFLECT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: THE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN SECRET, THE MEMBERS ARE SWORN TO SECRECY IF THEY DIVULGE MATERIAL EVEN TO THEIR PARENTS OVER A CASUAL DINNER, THEY CAN BE BOUNCED OFF THE TASK FORCE.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: THIS HAPPENED TO ONE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE HE APPARENTLY TALKED OUTSIDE THE GROUP.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: AND OTHER STUDENTS AND HE REALLY HIS SIN WAS HE WAS NOT A TRUE BELIEVER ANOTHER STUDENT SHORTLY THEREAFTER WROTE A LETTER TO THE RIGHT RECORD THAT STUDENT REMAINS ON THE TASK FORCE BECAUSE HE IS A TRUE LEADER, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF CANCEL CULTURE IN A SMALL WAY IN OUR TOWN TODAY.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: CRT CRITICAL OH, AND ONE LAST THING BEFORE WE DID CIRCULAR THERE WAS A PETITION CIRCULATING AROUND RIGHT WHICH GARDEN, AND A LARGE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES AND LARGE NUMBER OF RICE SIGNATURES.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: I WOULD SAY THERE'S PROBABLY 150 PEOPLE FROM RYAN, FOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE THERE WAS SEVEN OR EIGHT PEOPLE WHO SAID I'M WITH YOU, I DON'T WANT THIS IN OUR SCHOOLS.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: I'M AFRAID TO SIGN THE PETITION BECAUSE OF MY NAME IS MAY PUBLIC IP OR RETRIBUTION FROM DR BYRNE AND THE END SOME AT LEAST SOME OF THE TEACHERS AT THE SCHOOL AND THAT'S IN THEY WOULD DO THIS I'M SAYING, THIS WAS THE CONCERN THAT PEOPLE HAD.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: AGAIN, CANCEL CULTURE AT WORK IN OUR LITTLE TOWN TERRIBLE, THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER TALKED ABOUT CRT IT'S DEVICES NEAR RACES AND.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: IN ADDITION, WHAT HE READ, WHO IS GOING ON ELSEWHERE, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO PUSH BACK THE TIDE IS TURNING TO OUR LAWSUITS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY BEING FILED AGAINST THIS KIND OF STUFF.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WILL BE VERY SKEPTICAL OF WHAT STEINHARDT IS TRYING TO DO HERE AND PUSH BACK HARD, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO ACHIEVE INCLUSIVE OF IT.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: AND I WOULD ALSO URGE TO THE EXTENT YOU CAN TO SET THE TONE AND YOU DO SET THE TONE FOR DISCOURSE WHEN PEOPLE START CALLING OTHER PEOPLE'S NAMES AND PUBLIC FORUMS, OR YOU KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO BE REINED IN AND.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO USE YOUR POWERS OF PERSUASION KNOW LEGALLY YOU ONLY CAN DO CERTAIN THINGS YOU CAN'T DO CERTAIN THINGS.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: BUT YOU ARE THE LEADERS OF OUR TOWN, AND I THINK I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT, I THINK THE CULTURE.
DENMCCK@GMAIL.COM: AND THE LEVEL OF DISCOURSE IN THIS TOWN HAS REALLY GONE DOWN IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, SO ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO LISTEN TO ALL THE PEOPLE HERE ALL THE PEOPLE AND WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
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"JOSH COHN: THANK YOU. "JENNIFER BOYLE: JOSH JUST FOR A MOMENT, CAN I JUST I JUST WANT TO RESPOND BRIEFLY.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: TO MR MCCORMICK WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE EMAIL EXCHANGES AND AND WE ARE, AS A BOARD.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: LISTENING TO ALL DIFFERENT OPINIONS AROUND THE WORK THAT IS TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AROUND.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: RACE INCLUSIVE CITY.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: AND OUR COMMUNITY, I MEAN, I THINK THE, THE KEY WORD IN THAT TITLE IS COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: YOU KNOW, PART OF LOOKING AT HOW OUR COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER AROUND THIS I JUST ONE THING I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT DR BYRNE DID INDIVIDUALLY, IT WAS DONE WITH THE SUPPORT FULL SUPPORT OF THE BOARD.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: AND NOT IN SECRETS AND THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS WERE NOT HANDPICKED.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: IT WAS VOLUNTEERS FROM BOTH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY MEETING FACULTY AND STAFF, AS WELL AS THE BROADER COMMUNITY MEANING PARENTS STUDENTS ALUMNI.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT YOU KNOW WE'VE WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THERE'S BEEN NO ADOPTION OF ANY KIND OF.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: THEORY OR IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY KIND OF ANYTHING AROUND THIS WERE AN EXCLUSIVE WE'RE IN AN EXPLORATORY PHASE GATHERING INFORMATION FROM OUR STUDENT BODY.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: AND ON MAY 4 I WOULD ASK ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ANYONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO JOIN WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING AN UPDATE ON WHERE THIS HAS THE TASK FORCE THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET TO SO FAR, WHICH IS NOT BEEN FAR.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: BECAUSE, AS MR MCCORMICK SAYS THIS IS CHALLENGING WORK AND AND A LOT OF THAT TIME HAS BEEN SPENT KIND OF.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: HELPING THOSE INDIVIDUALS COME TOGETHER AND FIND SOME COMMON GROUND AROUND HOW TO START TALKING AROUND ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PUT THAT OUT THERE, I CERTAINLY WOULD WOULD INVITE ANYONE TO COME AND LISTEN TO THAT PRESENTATION AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TERM.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: PROCESS FOR FOR MANY YEARS, BECAUSE IT IS A IT IS CHALLENGING AND AND YOU KNOW I CERTAINLY JUST IT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS A.
"JENNIFER BOYLE: THAT THAT WAS STATED.
"CHRIS REPETTO: AND I THINK THOSE I THINK THOSE COMMENTS OR RESPOND ON AND I'LL TAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, AND I MENTIONED THIS AT ONE OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS.
"CHRIS REPETTO: THIS WORK IS SO EARLY STAGE, IT IS GATHERING INFORMATION IT'S GATHERING DATA AND IT'S AND IT WILL SUPPORT WORK OVER YEARS OF THINKING ABOUT THINGS.
"CHRIS REPETTO: AND, JUST LIKE ANY CHANGES SPECIFICALLY CURRICULUM WHEN WE DO CONSIDER CHANGING ANYTHING THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN IN PUBLIC.
"CHRIS REPETTO: YOU CAN JUST LOOK BACK TO WHERE WE JUST WENT TO ADDING THE SINGAPORE MATH PROGRAM AND THE YEARS OF WORK THAT WENT INTO PICKING CURRICULUM AND TALKING ABOUT IT AT BOARD MEETINGS IN PUBLIC AND PRESENTATIONS.
"CHRIS REPETTO: THAT WILL CONTINUE THE WORK WE DO HAPPENS IN PUBLIC WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT.
"CHRIS REPETTO: ANY CHANGES ANY EVOLUTION, SO PLEASE HAVE FAITH THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN THAT THIS IS SLOW AND THAT IT DOES THAT THERE'S NOTHING HAPPENING AND SECRET, BEHIND THE SCENES THAT IT'S IT WILL ALL ANYTHING WE DO GOING FORWARD WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGES WILL HAPPEN IN PUBLIC.
"KELLY SMITH-POWERS: THANK YOU JEN AND CHRIS FOR CLARIFYING BOTH OF THOSE POINTS I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO CONCERNS RAISED BY BOTH CURRENT AND FORMER STUDENTS, THIS WAS NOT AN INITIATIVE YOU KNOW DIRECTOR DERIVED BY DR BYRNE.
"GREG USRY: TO MORE.
SORRY.
"JOSH COHN: JOHN LEONARD WELCOME.
JOHN LEONARD: OH, THANK THANKS TO EVERYBODY, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR YOUR PROGRESS AND THINKING I'LL BE VERY BRIEF.
JOHN LEONARD: FIRST OF ALL, I'D ADD TO THE COORDINATION AGENDA IF THERE COULD BE A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE BOARD ON THE DEGREE OF PUBLIC ACCESS OF THE TIMING.
JOHN LEONARD: BETWEEN THE LEAF STUDY THAT WE'VE RECENTLY COMPLETED WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PUBLIC INPUT AND I THINK GENERALLY VERY BROADLY WELCOME TO IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE.
JOHN LEONARD: THUS FAR, THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE.
JOHN LEONARD: RI RACIAL AND INCLUSIVENESS SEMINAR, WHICH WAS FORMED IN SECRET.
JOHN LEONARD: WAS HAS NOT BEEN OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC INPUT, I WAS CERTAINLY NOT AWARE THAT THERE WAS ANY OPPORTUNITY TO A VOLUNTEER TO BE AND BE WHETHER THERE WAS.
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JOHN LEONARD: A SELECTION PROCESS THAT HAD MULTIPLE SOURCES AS OPPOSED TO BEING GUIDED QUOTE UNQUOTE BY THE. JOHN LEONARD: FOUNDERS OF THE GROUP, I WILL WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE IN PREPARATION FOR THE FOURTH OF MAY, WHICH I WOULD WELCOME HEARING IS THAT THE AGREEMENT WITH.
JOHN LEONARD: NYU STEINHARDT BE DISSEMINATED TO ALL CITIZENS OF RYE, WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, IT IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT IT'S HARD TO FIND, BUT IT IS ON YOUR WEBSITE.
JOHN LEONARD: LET'S DISTRIBUTE THIS TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO HEAR A DISCUSSION AS TO WHY THE PUBLIC WAS NOT CONSULTED BEFORE HIRING THEM, BUT OTHER POTENTIAL COORDINATORS OF AN UNBIASED STUDY OF ALL THE ISSUES RELATED TO DISCRIMINATION.
JOHN LEONARD: WERE.
JOHN LEONARD: MADE AND.
JOHN LEONARD: BASICALLY, THIS PROCESS NEEDS TO BE OPENED UP.
JOHN LEONARD: I WOULD ENCOURAGE DOING SO, BUT BEFORE ANY FURTHER PROCEEDINGS IN THE STAR CHAMBER THAT YOU'VE SET UP LET'S GET THE PUBLIC FULLY INVOLVED IN THIS, THE SAME WAY, THEY WERE IN THE POLICE STUDY.
JOHN LEONARD: THAT THAT'S THE BIG THOUGHT THE OTHER VERY SHORT WIN FOR THE TRAFFIC ISSUE IS MY SENSE IS THAT A LOT MORE STUDENTS ARE BEING TRANSPORTED BY CAR TO SCHOOL, RATHER THAN WALKING THAN WAS THE CASE 20 OR 30 YEARS AGO TYPICALLY CONSIDER THAT IF WE'RE CHARGING THE PARENTS.
JOHN LEONARD: $1,000 A YEAR TO PARK THE STATION THAT MAY BE A STUDENT BARKING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TO FACE SIMILAR CHARGE.
JOHN LEONARD: OR A CONGESTION CHARGE ALL OUR NEW YORK, THAT IF YOU LIVE WITHIN THREE QUARTERS MILE AND YOUR CAR IS DROPPING OFF IT'S DOING YOU GET CHARGED FIVE OR $10 HOPEFULLY THE LEASES.
JOHN LEONARD: VICE LIKE RAIDER COULDN'T FORCE THAT, BUT THE SERIOUS POINT IS PLEASE OPEN UP THE RACIAL STUDY, WHICH IS A PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FULL PUBLIC INPUT.
JOHN LEONARD: WITH THE FULL ACADEMIC FREEDOM TO EXPRESS DIFFERING IDEAS, WITHOUT RETRIBUTION, WITHOUT BEING GIVEN A ONE WAY TICKET FIRST SIBERIA OR FAILURE, DUE TO THE PARTY LONG THANK YOU.
"GREG USRY: ONE LAST SPEAKER.
"JOSH COHN: NAME ALEXANDER.
NIAMH ALEXANDER: HI GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY.
"CHRIS REPETTO: YES, WE CAN.
NIAMH ALEXANDER: THANK YOU, AND YES, THIS IS NEITHER ALEXANDER I LIVE 10 ROBERT CRISFIELD PLACE I'M.
NIAMH ALEXANDER: CURRENTLY, THE MILTON SCHOOL PTO PRESIDENT SO JUST WHAT I HAVE ALL OF YOUR ATTENTION THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR TIME AND ENERGY THIS MORNING.
NIAMH ALEXANDER: AND, BUT JUST ON THAT SMALL ISSUE WITH REGARDS TO MILTON AND.
NIAMH ALEXANDER: I DON'T BELIEVE THE PTO IS ASKING IT ALL THAT YOU EXTEND THAT ONE WAY SYSTEM THROUGH THE FULL DAY IT MADE TOTAL SENSE AND SO THANKFUL FOR IT.
NIAMH ALEXANDER: DURING THE HYBRID BUT AS A RESIDENT WHO HAS THE PRIVILEGE TO WALK MY KIDS TO SCHOOL, EVERY DAY, I ALSO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LEAVE MY BLOCK TWICE A DAY.
NIAMH ALEXANDER: AND, AND OUR NEIGHBORS YOU KNOW I JUST BE LIKE IT WOULDN'T BE GREAT FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALL THE RESIDENTS NEARBY AND THE SCHOOL TO JUST.
NIAMH ALEXANDER: BLOCK IT OFF FOR THE ENTIRE STATE SO SORRY FOR TAKING YOUR TIME, BUT JUST WHILE I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION.
NIAMH ALEXANDER: THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT PTO IS REQUESTING THAT WE EXTENDED FOR THE FULL DAY IT MAKES ABSOLUTE SENSE AROUND DROP OFF AND PICK UP.
NIAMH ALEXANDER: BUT I DON'T SEE A NEED FOR A DURING THE FALL DAY BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO PING THE RESIDENTS AND COME BACK TO YOU IF YOU WANT AND.
NIAMH ALEXANDER: BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF CLEAR UP ANY CONFUSION THERE AND JUST ON ON THAT RACIST YOU JUST TO GET THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
NIAMH ALEXANDER: THANK YOU BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING, WE DO NEED TO DO BETTER EVERYBODY NEEDS TO DO BETTER, AND WHAT YOU'RE ALL DOING RIGHT NOW IS JUST FIGURING OUT.
NIAMH ALEXANDER: HOW DO WE GO ABOUT DOING BETTER AND THAT'S ALL MOST OF US ALL UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, NOTHING HAS BEEN DECIDED, OR EVEN PROPOSED AT THIS POINT SO THANKS FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
"KELLY SMITH-POWERS: ME, AND I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU TO BRING YOUR THOUGHTS I THINK BEN YOU WOULD AGREE TO TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, BECAUSE THESE ARE DEFINITELY.
"KELLY SMITH-POWERS: ONGOING CONVERSATIONS THAT ALSO INVOLVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL, AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT OF ONE WAY YOU KNOW SORT OF RULES AND STUFF LIKE THAT THEY'VE THEY'VE PUT INPUT THERE, SO PLEASE JOIN US WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION.
"BEN STACKS: ABSOLUTELY THANKS.
"JOSH COHN: GREG IN IN ANY MORE IN QUEUE.
"GREG USRY: THAT IS IT FOR TODAY.
"JOSH COHN: OKAY.
"JOSH COHN: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING.
"CAROLINA JOHNSON: JOSH JOSH BEFORE WE CLOSE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN TO SOME OF THE PUBLIC, THE DIFFERENCE.
"CAROLINA JOHNSON: HOW THERE'S ONLY FIVE CITIES IN NEW YORK STATE AND HOW WE ARE LIMITED BY NEW YORK STATE LAWS IN WE'RE NOT INTERVENING ON THE IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DECISIONS DELIBERATIONS AND IF YOU CAN YOU KNOW ADD TO THAT.
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"JOSH COHN: WILL YES, I, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THE THE SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTS RISE INDEPENDENTLY ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH FULL AUTHORITY OVER THE SCHOOLS. "JOSH COHN: AND THAT THE RICE CITY COUNCIL HAS NO AUTHORITY OVER THE SCHOOLS WHATSOEVER AND WE'RE DELIGHTED TO MEET WITH THE SCHOOLS CULTURALLY ON TOPICS WHERE WE CAN WORK PRODUCTIVELY TOGETHER, BUT IN TERMS OF.
"JOSH COHN: ISSUES OF SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND SCHOOL POLICY, THE RICE CITY COUNCIL AS A MATTER OF LAW DOES NOT HAVE A ROLE.
"JOSH COHN: OKAY.
"JOSH COHN: WITH WITH WITH THAT AS AS A FOOTNOTE.
"JOSH COHN: AGAIN THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING EVERYONE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD EVERYONE ON THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU, RESIDENTS WHO HAVE OFFERED YOUR YOUR COMMENTS.
"JOSH COHN: I FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY PRODUCTIVE AND INTERESTING SESSION I HOPE ALL DID AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE, SO THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE.
"VIVEK KAMATH: THANK YOU.
"JULIE SOUZA: BYE EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
