2026-10-05 - School Committee

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39:20>> Good evening and welcome to the Everett

39:22School Committee regular meeting for

39:23Monday, October 5th, 2026. The time is

39:266:39 p.m. Clerk, could you call the role

39:29to determine a quorum? Student

39:31Representative Samir Kobsy

39:34>> here.

39:35>> Mr. Almeida Barrows

39:36>> present.

39:37>> Miss Babcock

39:38>> present.

39:38>> Miss Cardelloo

39:39>> present.

39:40>> Miss Cornelio

39:40>> present.

39:41>> Miss Cristiano

39:42>> here.

39:43>> Mr. Denafhrio. Miss Garren

39:46>> present.

39:47>> Mr. Lam Monica. Mayor Vancampen

39:49>> here.

39:51>> Chairperson Hurley

39:52>> present.

39:52>> Eight members present.

39:53>> Eight members present. We have a quorum.

39:55Could everyone join me in saluting the

39:56flag?

40:01To the flag of the United States of

40:03America and to the republic for which it

40:06stands. One nation under God,

40:09indivisible, with liberty and justice

40:11for all.

40:17>> Thank you all. From the chair, before we

40:19um start with our agenda, I just want to

40:22express the regrets of uh committee

40:24member Joseph Tenafhrio was unable to

40:26attend this evening.

40:28Superintendent, the next order of

40:29business,

40:30>> Roman numeral 3, reading of the records

40:32for Monday, September 21st, 2026.

40:35>> Make a motion to wave the reading of the

40:36records and place them on file.

40:38>> Second the motion.

40:39>> Motion has been made by Miss Babcock,

40:41seconded by Miss Cornelio to wave the

40:42reading for Monday, September 21st,

40:442026, and place it on file. All those in

40:47favor?

40:48>> All those opposed? The eyes have it.

40:51Motion passed. Superintendent, the next

40:52order of business,

40:53>> Roman numeral four, public comment.

40:55>> Make a motion to open public comment.

40:57>> Second. Motion has been made by Miss

40:58Babcock, seconded by Miss Cardillo to

41:00open public comment. All those in favor?

41:03>> I.

41:03>> All those opposed. The eyes have it.

41:05Public comment is now open. Um, from the

41:08signup sheet, I would like to invite

41:10Pria Patel before us. Miss Patel.

41:17Thank you. And if you don't mind just

41:20stating your name for the the record.

41:22And you have three minutes.

41:24>> Hi, good evening. My name is Priya. I'm

41:26here for my child Webster extension

41:28school related concern who has

41:30disability and current 504 plan. My

41:33transportation request was denied

41:35verbally last year as well as this last

41:38week the second 504 meeting. Despite

41:40follow-up request, I have not received

41:43the return decision explaining the

41:45reason on denial of the transportation

41:47request. I continue to be redirected

41:49between staff members. Um unable to find

41:54the next step. I have left couple

41:56voicemail for the central office. Um,

42:01parking remains a barrier at the Webster

42:04Extension School. Last year, I advocated

42:06alone on my own as a parent at city

42:08hall, which temporarily allowed parking

42:10in the morning bus only lane for two to

42:13three months while roof repair were

42:15pending. After a year of advocacy, three

42:17spaces were recently made available last

42:20week for families dropping off and

42:22picking up children under six at the

42:24building. I appreciate this improvement,

42:26but morning demands exceed those spaces

42:29that's given currently, and I still

42:31cannot reliably access them to safely

42:33assist my disabled child.

42:36The city official recently on a city

42:38official page on a social media

42:40acknowledged school overcrowding. I

42:42asked whether this capacity pressure

42:44also affects staffing, educational

42:46support related services and disability

42:49accommodation including my child um

42:51transportation denial and how the

42:54district can is ensuring children's need

42:56are met.

42:58There are 20 spots next to the Webster

43:00extension which previously was um used

43:03by previous old Molden High School. Um

43:08three spot is given to the parent last

43:10week. One is handicap uh wellness center

43:13has been closed for over one and a half

43:15year. Nobody's enforcing that 21 sport

43:18over the last one and a half year who's

43:20parking there and it becoming becoming

43:23very unsafe situation for parent to

43:25double park on a Broadway walking two

43:29blocks away from the city um the school

43:31building with the disabled child is

43:34becoming very unsafe condition.

43:37ongoing my advocacy at the city level,

43:41city hall level, at the school level and

43:44the police department at the school um

43:46resource officer has been led me to

43:48nowhere besides coming to this my first

43:51ever school meeting in my life. I'm a

43:55first generation immigrant parent

43:57raising a kids in this nice city, bought

44:00a home couple years ago and I did not

44:02expect this to go through as a parent

44:04for the young kids. The child age is all

44:07under six that I have in my care and it

44:10is not the care that I expected from the

44:13at least this city. So I would expect

44:15the city and the school to work together

44:18find out the long-term solution on the

44:20safe environment for picking up in um

44:22dropping up the kids at the Webster

44:24extension.

44:25>> Thank you Patel. That's three minutes.

44:27>> Thank you.

44:31>> Thank you. I appreciate it. Uh, is there

44:33anyone else that would like to speak at

44:34public comment?

44:37Seeing none,

44:39>> motion to close public comment.

44:41>> Motion made by Mr. Barrow, seconded by

44:43Miss Babcock to close public comment.

44:45All those in favor?

44:47>> All those opposed.

44:49The eyes have it. Public comment is now

44:50closed. Superintendent, the next order

44:52of business.

44:54>> Roman numeral 5, report of the student

44:56representative.

44:58>> Good afternoon, everyone. Um,

45:02for my official student report, progress

45:04reports were distributed today and

45:06students have gotten all of their

45:08respective lanyards. For seniors, it

45:10included a green lanyard which

45:12specifically uh included the uh special

45:14privileges. Those privileges get taken

45:16away if seniors just obtained privileges

45:18such as co the coffee shop and eating

45:21outside for lunch, which many of the

45:23students have enjoyed so far. Starting

45:26off the month in September, um s a

45:29senior dinner was organized by the

45:30parents of the student council and the

45:32council themselves. Although it wasn't

45:34sponsored by EHS, it still represented

45:36the class of 27 and involved the lovely

45:39efforts of parents and staff of Everett.

45:42As for October, the student council had

45:44encouraged all grades to participate in

45:47spirit week for Monday, which is today.

45:50um culture day um which many students

45:53wore their jerseys of their respective

45:55countries or wore flags um for Tuesday

46:00um duos day which students would be

46:02dressing up as iconic duos fictional or

46:05non-fictional for Wednesday baby day um

46:09students would dress up as their uh

46:11childhood photos slashmemories and for

46:14Thursday versus Jersey Shore which is um

46:18my personal favorite students Students

46:20can dress in their jerseys or they could

46:22um dress in Jersey Shore outfits, which

46:25is a popular reality TV uh show in the

46:282000s. And for Friday, it's spirit day.

46:32Um students dress in their um school

46:35pride, go crimson tide. Um there was a

46:39senior assembly in the beginning of

46:41during in the middle of September where

46:44um it helped where every high introduced

46:47an app to help with fundraising which

46:50would lower the cost of prom and caps

46:53and gowns for seniors. The fundraiser

46:55app is called SNAP in which students can

46:57send um texts to their loved ones or

46:59friends or other students asking if they

47:02can donate. there there is a bonus for

47:04these top donors which is a a Chipotle

47:07uh gift card and as well as other gift

47:10cards such as Amazon etc. Um students

47:14have uh students can download the app

47:16and participate in it and only and they

47:19encourage small donations by the end of

47:22the year. Um next clubs have been

47:25starting off and have been making a

47:26great impression on students at Ever

47:28High. Students are attracted to clubs

47:30such as CFK which helps with

47:32volunteering hours and making cards for

47:34kids and p and pediatrics. uh history

47:37club which has gone uh attracted many uh

47:40students due to um a field trip that

47:44they uh go to New York and they visit

47:46the 911 museum for Red Cross club which

47:49is also a way to get volunteering hours

47:51and to learn about um caring for others

47:55um and and wave club which is a club

47:57that is uh based on empowering women as

48:00well as two new uh recent clubs such as

48:03Nepal club and social justice club and

48:06so many more and also that EHS theater

48:09um is preparing their fall play. In many

48:12fall sports I like to point out um had

48:15some pretty right nice recent victories.

48:18Um our boy our boys football team had

48:20just won against 35 35-6 against Malden

48:24and boys soccer team won against Lynn

48:26English 4 to zero as well as girls

48:29soccer won against River 3 to one. Um,

48:34homecoming is also coming up with it

48:36being a big busy week. Um, October 9th

48:39is the official game where the

48:41homecoming with concession stands, food,

48:44and many and many and many memories to

48:47share with Everett. Uh the day after

48:49that on Saturday there will be a home

48:51homecoming hustle breakfast hustle that

48:54goes from 8 am to 10 a.m. and all

48:56proceeds go to the athletic department

48:58in which student ambassadors will also

49:00be helping out and volunteering.

49:02Students at EverHigh have been

49:04volunteering lately at their respective

49:06programs such as key club and student

49:08ambassador. Key Club had recently just

49:10started to pe to pack uh meals for local

49:12families and participated at the Ursila

49:14Walk as well as for student ambassadors

49:18after their successful freshman

49:19orientation. Ever had um Everett's

49:22homecoming hustles coming up as well as

49:23their Halloween parade at the Adams fall

49:25festival on October 7th to 2:45 to 4:45.

49:30On October 14, the Woodier school has a

49:33fall festival and both on October 15th,

49:36there are both the Cavarian fall uh the

49:38Cavarian school conference to 3:30 to 6

49:42and as well as the October 15th Manaline

49:44English school conference from 3:30

49:48to 6. Thank you.

49:51>> Thank you, Samira, for your very first

49:52report. Great job, Miss Babcock.

49:56>> That was a great report. I have a

49:58question. Do you have to register for

50:00the hustle?

50:02For the homecoming hustle? I think it's

50:04a 5K walk. No,

50:05>> the walk.

50:07>> Definitely walk. [laughter]

50:09>> Do we?

50:10>> Yeah. Day off.

50:11>> Yes, you should register, but there is

50:13registration the day of, but they'd like

50:14to know how many people I know there's a

50:16lot of people who have already

50:17registered.

50:18>> Is there any how how do people register?

50:21>> There's an online uh platform and they

50:24can register at a booth uh uh on on

50:27Saturday morning here. Okay. And for the

50:29SNAP for the senior fundraising,

50:32>> um, it should be, so it sounds like it

50:34it should go through the students to

50:36people that they would like to share

50:38that information with.

50:39>> A lot of school districts use that

50:41particular app. We reviewed it for its

50:43efficacy and found that many school

50:45departments use it and it's it's

50:47studentto student or student to

50:49potential donor.

50:50>> Okay. Thank you. Make a motion to accept

50:52the report of the student

50:53representative.

50:55>> Second the motion. Thank you, Miss

50:56Papock. Motion made and seconded to

50:58accept the report of the student

51:00representative. All those in favor? I.

51:02All those opposed. The eyes have it.

51:04Motion passed. Uh Samira, feel free to

51:07send us your SNAP fundraiser link. Okay.

51:10All right.

51:12>> Yes, Miss Cristiano.

51:26I'm sorry. I'd like to make a motion to

51:28suspend our rules

51:30>> and take Roman numeral 7, item one, uh,

51:34out of order and, uh, take it now. Uh we

51:38>> second motion.

51:43>> Motion has been made and seconded uh

51:47made by Miss Cruciano, seconded by Mayor

51:49Vancampen to suspend our rules and take

51:52item number seven items submitted by

51:53school committee members. Um

51:57item number one out of order. All those

51:59in favor?

52:00>> I.

52:01>> All those opposed? The eyes have it. The

52:03item is before us. Superintendent, could

52:05you read that item? Roman numeral 7 item

52:08number one is uh items submitted by

52:10school committee members. Item number

52:12one is recognition of Everett High

52:14School students Jaden Raul Emanuel

52:17Emanuel Nate Herado um and Kevin uh to

52:22come forward and this was offered by

52:24chairperson Hurley and vice chairperson

52:26Elmea Barrows.

52:28>> Thank you superintendent. Uh tonight we

52:30have the opportunity to recognize a

52:32group of our ever high school student

52:33athletes who recently demonstrated what

52:35it truly means to be a good neighbor and

52:37a caring member of our community. While

52:40traveling along Rev Beach Parkway, these

52:42students came across a woman whose car

52:44had stalled in a dangerous area. Without

52:47hesitation, they stopped to help. They

52:49worked together to push her car to a

52:51safer location, help direct traffic, and

52:53stayed with her to make sure she was

52:55safe. What makes this story especially

52:58meaningful is that the students didn't

53:00view what they did as anything

53:01extraordinary. They said they were

53:04simply doing what they would hope anyone

53:06would do for someone in need. Their

53:08actions reflect the values we hope to

53:10instill in every one of our students.

53:12Compassion, responsibility, teamwork,

53:15and a willingness to serve others. We

53:17are incredibly proud of these students

53:20and I'd like to turn it over to Vice

53:21Chair Barrows to recognize and thank

53:23them for representing Everett High

53:25School and our community with such

53:26kindness, maturity, and character.

53:29>> Thank you, Madame Chair, and we just

53:31want to thank each one of you. Uh we

53:34were not impressed or shocked when we

53:37watched that on TV. Uh we were just

53:40thankful and proud. uh and the way that

53:44you did um showing no this is something

53:49casual that you that you would do to

53:51anyone. Uh we share that I particularly

53:54share that with uh the Massachusetts

53:56Governor Mora Hilly. she was very

53:59touched by and tonight we bring

54:01citations from the governor uh on her

54:04behalf and on behalf of the lieutenant

54:06to governor she uh asked me to bring

54:09unfortunately she can't be here um but

54:12she asked me to bring to present the

54:14citations to each one of you uh I read

54:17one of them and it's the same language

54:20for uh for all of you so why don't you

54:23guys come forward

54:26>> stand behind us

54:50All right. as as I mentioned uh the

54:53governor was governor Hill was very

54:55touched by uh when she watched that

54:57video the same way that we all were. Um

55:00so on behalf of the residents of the

55:02Commonwealth of Massachusetts I'm

55:04pleased to confer upon you this governor

55:06citation in recognition of your

55:09exceptional kindness character and

55:12community spirit while walking with

55:15fellow members of the public schools.

55:18You came to aid a mo a motorist who

55:22whose vehicle had stalled on Rivia Beach

55:24Parkway. And without hesitation, you and

55:28your teammates stopped to help,

55:31demonstrating compassion,

55:33responsibility, and a willingness to

55:36assist someone in need.

55:39Your actions exemplify the values of

55:42good citizenship, teamwork, and services

55:45to others and reflect great credit upon

55:49yourself, your family, Everett public

55:53schools, and the city of Everett. The

55:56Commonwealth of Massachusetts thanks you

55:58for your selfless act of kindness and

56:02extend sincere appreciate appreciation

56:04for setting an outstanding example for

56:07others. signed today by Governor Mara

56:10Hilly and Lieutenant Governor Kendris.

56:12Congratulations and thank you all for

56:14what you did and what you continue to

56:16do. [applause]

56:24So, Madam Chair, we like to present and

56:27perhaps take uh bring the whole body,

56:30invite the whole body to take a picture

56:32with with each one.

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1:02:24>> Welcome back to the Ever School

1:02:26Committee regular meeting for Monday,

1:02:27October 5th, 2026. The time is 7:02 p.m.

1:02:31>> to revert to the regular order business.

1:02:34>> So moved.

1:02:35>> Motion has been made and seconded by

1:02:36Mayor Vancampen, seconded by Mi uh Miss

1:02:39Cristiano to return to the regular order

1:02:41of business. All those in favor? I.

1:02:43>> All those opposed? The eyes have it.

1:02:45Motion passed. Superintendent. The next

1:02:47order of business.

1:02:48>> Roman numeral six report of the

1:02:50superintendent. Item number one is

1:02:52superintendent update. Um, as you may

1:02:55remember, I teased up at our last

1:02:57meeting that the MCAT scores were

1:02:59officially re would be officially

1:03:00released at the end of September. And as

1:03:03promised, I uh had asked Dr. Adams,

1:03:06who's our assistant superintendent of

1:03:07teaching, learning, and student success

1:03:09to come tonight to present the findings

1:03:11to all of you and answer any questions.

1:03:13Um, as you'll see in her presentation,

1:03:16there'll be slides for folks at home to

1:03:17follow along. Um, Dr. Adams will give us

1:03:20current scores, what we've done

1:03:21historically in in grade level, and then

1:03:24gives us an opportunity to ask questions

1:03:27to clarify any items that she presents.

1:03:29So, with that, I'd ask you to call Dr.

1:03:31Adams forward.

1:03:32>> So moved.

1:03:38before us. All those in favor? All those

1:03:40opposed? The eyes have it. Welcome Dr.

1:03:43Adams.

1:03:49everyone.

1:03:52So, um this evening, um I'll provide um

1:03:55a brief overview of some key elements of

1:03:57the district accountability. Um review

1:04:00um a general overview of MCCAST

1:04:02achievement, student growth, and

1:04:04attendance, and also outline for you

1:04:06some of our plans, some overall

1:04:08strengths, some opportunities for

1:04:10growth, and some next steps for us as a

1:04:12district um and for each of the schools.

1:04:16um some successes and opportunities for

1:04:18growth that you're going to see in the

1:04:19data and I'll point them out as we go

1:04:21along. You'll see an increase in student

1:04:23growth percentiles across K through 12.

1:04:27You'll see an increase especially at the

1:04:29K through8 in our ELLL proficiency, the

1:04:31number of students meeting targets for

1:04:33um ELLL's proficiency. You'll see that

1:04:36we have no schools uh any longer

1:04:38requiring intervention or assistance by

1:04:41DESIE, the Massachusetts Department of

1:04:43Elementary Secondary Education. You'll

1:04:46see an increase in the school

1:04:47accountability percentiles for all of

1:04:49the schools. Um and you'll see the

1:04:52continued increase in student attendance

1:04:54and reduction in chronic absenteeism

1:04:56that we're also proud of. Opportunities

1:04:59for growth. While we saw increases in

1:05:01our student growth percentiles, we still

1:05:04have work around increasing the number

1:05:06of students who are meeting exceeding

1:05:07expectations on MCCAST across grades K

1:05:11through 12. Particularly also at the

1:05:13high school, the number of we want to

1:05:15work on the number of students meeting

1:05:17um English language proficiency targets,

1:05:19our ELLs who are meeting those targets.

1:05:21And we want to continue to do the work

1:05:23around increasing our school

1:05:25accountability percentiles. And I'll

1:05:26point that out as we go along.

1:05:29So there's two ways the Massachusetts um

1:05:32accountability system works. We get a

1:05:35percentile, a normative component where

1:05:37we are compared with other schools um

1:05:40that have similar grades. And so each of

1:05:42the school gets a percentile rank.

1:05:45Schools are ranked K through eight

1:05:46schools and the high school are ranked

1:05:48um across 1 to 99 and that tells us how

1:05:51we fall in comparison to other schools.

1:05:54And there is also a criterion reference

1:05:56component where we are compared um to

1:06:00our own ourselves and targets that are

1:06:02set by the state and our progress

1:06:04towards that state that towards those

1:06:06targets. There are five buckets. Um

1:06:09you'll see those as number two.

1:06:11Achievement, student growth, high school

1:06:14completion, English language

1:06:15proficiency, and there there some

1:06:17additional indicators. Those are the

1:06:19buckets for which um we're assessed by

1:06:21the state. And three, based upon our

1:06:25criterion reference component of our

1:06:28data, um we are u put on a um continuum

1:06:32of whether we need additional support.

1:06:35um we fell in this category that says

1:06:38substantially making progress towards

1:06:40targets. So we fell in that um over 50%.

1:06:44Um so we're excited about that that

1:06:46we're moving and towards our targets and

1:06:48making progress.

1:06:52So this is the accountability for 2026,

1:06:56the percentile rank. So this is us

1:06:58compared to other similar schools um and

1:07:01where we fell. And in the next slide

1:07:06you'll see from 2024, 2025 and 2026. And

1:07:11in the last columns you'll see the

1:07:13difference. Just want to point out um

1:07:16again we have no schools in who are in

1:07:18the bottom 10% which then requires

1:07:21intervention. We had two schools English

1:07:24and Parllin that had been in that

1:07:26needing intervention category and

1:07:28they've moved out of that category. I

1:07:30want to point out the wittier and this

1:07:32is the trajectory when we want to see

1:07:34for all of our schools. You'll see in

1:07:362024 they were at 11 2025 17 and now

1:07:40they're up to 26. Also want to point out

1:07:43the English school went from 10 which

1:07:46put them in the bottom 10% up to 18.

1:07:49Moving percentile ranks is is

1:07:51significant and not easy to do. Um so we

1:07:54are proud um particularly the parl in

1:07:56English um and again the wittier and

1:07:59that's the progress we want to see next

1:08:00year. Next year we hope to have a column

1:08:02there with numbers approaching 20 um or

1:08:05in the 20s um for next year. That's our

1:08:07goal if not even higher.

1:08:12Again there's these five buckets um of

1:08:14which you get um um an accountability

1:08:17rating in total. They give you this um

1:08:20criterion reference rating um for the

1:08:22schools, student growth, high school

1:08:24completion, progress towards English

1:08:26proficiency and chronic absenteeism, and

1:08:28advanced coursework completion. And I'm

1:08:31going to go through a couple of these

1:08:32and show how we kind of um ranked

1:08:34overall.

1:08:35So each of these buckets also have has a

1:08:38waiting. So you'll see achievement for

1:08:41the non- high schools, our K to8s is

1:08:43weighted 60%. Um and remember I said we

1:08:47have some work around moving our

1:08:49students towards um proficiency. Um so

1:08:52this is an area but it's weighted at a

1:08:54higher rate. Student growth was a

1:08:56positive for us. We saw a significant

1:08:58growth in that area but it's only

1:09:00weighted 20%. English language

1:09:02proficiency at the nine at our K to8s we

1:09:05saw significant growth with our ELLL

1:09:07population. That's weighted 10%. And

1:09:10then chronic absenteeism rate where

1:09:12we've made continual progress is only

1:09:14weighted 10%.

1:09:16And at the high school you'll see the r

1:09:18ratings achievement 40 student growth 20

1:09:21high school completion 20 um English

1:09:23language proficiency and additional

1:09:25indicators um which for the high school

1:09:27includes advanced complete coursework

1:09:29completion.

1:09:32So in 2025

1:09:35get my slide here because I definitely

1:09:36cannot read that from here. In 2025 we

1:09:40had um 55%

1:09:42um as as a total. So we got So this is

1:09:45again a weighted system. They take your

1:09:47percentage you got in 24 and the

1:09:50percentage you got in 25. The percentage

1:09:52for 24 is weighted at 40% and your 25 is

1:09:56weighted at 60%. Um so we had a

1:09:59cumulative criterion reference

1:10:01percentage of 55 and 25 and at 2026 we

1:10:05are at 56. Um you'll see that although

1:10:09um in 26 we had 53% I'll show you um why

1:10:13we had that dip and that's particularly

1:10:15um because we didn't meet an achievement

1:10:18the number of students making progress

1:10:20towards um proficiency and I'll show you

1:10:23where that is which is an area we want

1:10:25to continue to work. So this is the data

1:10:28overall from the state um and I'll go

1:10:30into the high school and non- high

1:10:32school in a second. You'll see that it

1:10:34has we get points for each of the

1:10:37buckets. The buckets are along the side.

1:10:39Achievement, growth, high school

1:10:41completion, progress towards English

1:10:42language proficiency in additional

1:10:44indicators. And there's a number of

1:10:47possible points you can get. And then

1:10:49there's the number of points earned. Um

1:10:52you'll see for like student growth, um

1:10:54you'll see numbers three, four, three

1:10:57out of four. And we're excited about

1:10:58that. But again, that first row is an

1:11:00area of achievement which is weighted

1:11:03more. We didn't gain as many points on.

1:11:05And that's something we want to work on

1:11:06for this year. English language

1:11:08proficiency, you'll see we got four out

1:11:10of four for the non- high school. Um and

1:11:13then zero out of four. That's an area we

1:11:15want to target is raising um our

1:11:17proficiency targets for ELLs at the high

1:11:19school. And you'll see that for chronic

1:11:21absenteeism, we got four out of four.

1:11:27This is just a snapshot again of the

1:11:29non- high school um achievement. Again,

1:11:32we got two out of four for ELA

1:11:34achievement. Math three out of four,

1:11:36science zero out of four. Um there have

1:11:39been changes to the science MCCAST. Um

1:11:41so we believe that that may be a result

1:11:43of some of the changes in the

1:11:45assessment. Um and we have more work um

1:11:47and have a new curriculum that we hope

1:11:49as it moves up in the grade levels will

1:11:51have a greater impact especially at our

1:11:53eighth grade. And then um you'll also

1:11:56see that we get points for all students

1:11:59and our lowest performing students. The

1:12:02lowest performing students are

1:12:03identified by the state. They're our

1:12:05bottom 25% of students on MCCAST. Um and

1:12:08you'll see um we were able to um gather

1:12:11points um there. And then student

1:12:14growth, you'll see three out of four for

1:12:16ELA growth, three out of four for math

1:12:18um as well, and then four out of four

1:12:20for English language proficiency and

1:12:21chronic absenteeism. On the next slide,

1:12:24we have the high school.

1:12:27Again, um you'll see achievement growth,

1:12:31um English language proficiency, an area

1:12:33of need for us, and chronic absenteeism,

1:12:35four out of four.

1:12:39Um to look at some specific areas, we'll

1:12:41take a look at achievement. I'll give

1:12:42you a little snapshot of achievement, um

1:12:45which is our MCCAST scores um in English

1:12:47language arts and math specifically.

1:12:49I'll show you you a little bit of that

1:12:50tonight.

1:12:52And so these are our um composite scaled

1:12:55scores for non- high school. Um you'll

1:12:58see 2024 and 2025 2026 um achievement

1:13:02data and you'll see the difference

1:13:04between 25 and 26. Um you see for our

1:13:08lowest performing group we had a big

1:13:10jump there of 4.2 but we want to work on

1:13:13moving more kids towards proficiency is

1:13:16one of our goals.

1:13:18And for the high school and ELA

1:13:20achievement, you'll see some negatives

1:13:22where we really really didn't move as

1:13:24much. Um, but you're going to see in

1:13:26student growth, there is a great growth.

1:13:29We students grew, but they didn't

1:13:31necessarily grow grow in the composite

1:13:34scores on MCCAST. And I'll show you

1:13:36where that um data is. And for math,

1:13:39you'll see um some positive numbers

1:13:41there. Um some more growth, especially

1:13:43around our lowest performing students.

1:13:46So our work around wind blocks and

1:13:48meeting the needs of our most struggling

1:13:50students, we can see the impact both in

1:13:52ELA and math.

1:13:55And at the high school, you'll see um

1:13:57also um a little bit of growth in um

1:13:59ELLL and former ELLLs and students with

1:14:02disabilities, but some negative numbers

1:14:04that we also want to work on um here at

1:14:07the high school.

1:14:09Here you'll see the number of students

1:14:12um proficient meeting proficiency

1:14:16um who are on MCCAST u getting a rating

1:14:18of proficient or exceeding expectations.

1:14:21Um here at um for ELA you'll see at the

1:14:24younger grades we have some positive

1:14:26numbers. Middle school went down a

1:14:28little bit um and then we have work to

1:14:30do again at the high school. And then in

1:14:32math

1:14:35again you'll see some positive numbers.

1:14:36fifth grade is pretty stable and against

1:14:39um eighth grade um a little a a bigger

1:14:41jump there. Um and um again a negative

1:14:44at the high school that we want to

1:14:46continue to work on.

1:14:48So we're going to look at student

1:14:49growth, give you a snapshot of that.

1:14:51That is the the student growth

1:14:53percentile in English language arts and

1:14:55math.

1:14:59And so remember I said that this was a

1:15:00highlight for us. So you can see um

1:15:03there's some real um strong positives

1:15:05there of.3

1:15:06um growth um.3.9

1:15:10um ELLL in formal ELLL also um growth of

1:15:132.7. So, our students grew. Um, this is

1:15:17for our non- high school. You'll see

1:15:18some other areas.

1:15:21For high school, you'll also see while

1:15:23our achievement wasn't as strong, you

1:15:25can see that moving eight, that

1:15:28difference between 24 and 25, our

1:15:30students grew, but they didn't make it

1:15:32to proficiency um yet. Um and so when

1:15:36you also get to 60 um over that um so 50

1:15:40is average and when you get to 60 you

1:15:42start to kind of c the state categorizes

1:15:44that as high growth. So we had a number

1:15:47of um a group subgroups that had over 60

1:15:50and even um those um ELLL and former

1:15:53ELLL are approaching 60

1:15:57for math

1:15:59um for um our K to8s. You'll also see um

1:16:02some positive numbers there around

1:16:04growth um for um several subgroups

1:16:08and as well as for the high school. Um

1:16:10so you'll see um so there were several

1:16:13groups who grew significantly um

1:16:15including our lowest performing students

1:16:17um and our lowincome students and our

1:16:19high need students.

1:16:23A a brief look at chronic absenteeism um

1:16:26as the superintendent has highlighted in

1:16:28the past our attendance and our uh

1:16:31reduction in chronic absenteeism.

1:16:36Um you'll see here a negative number is

1:16:38um good for chronic absenteeism as a

1:16:40reduction. So those negatives are a

1:16:43positive um overall

1:16:46and also as well for um the high school.

1:16:52As a superintendent has said we need

1:16:53students to be in school in order to

1:16:55continue um and be available um to to

1:16:59learning. some things that we sort of um

1:17:01worked on last year that we continue to

1:17:04work on this year to expand. Um we want

1:17:07to use the opportunity of out of school

1:17:09tutoring in grades K through 12. Um we

1:17:12leveraged our title one funds um and

1:17:14other grant funds especially at the high

1:17:16school to help provide um support and

1:17:19tutoring and we really attribute some of

1:17:22the growth around our lowest performing

1:17:24or high need students around that extra

1:17:26tutoring that students were able to get.

1:17:29Um, we redesigned our professional

1:17:31learning communities to focus on

1:17:33datadriven instruction. We even

1:17:35rebranded their names. It previously was

1:17:37called common planning time. We

1:17:39rebranded it to call it professional

1:17:41learning community and really focused on

1:17:43teachers using the data um talking with

1:17:46each other about next steps um for

1:17:48instruction for their own work as well

1:17:50as um their work with individual

1:17:52students to move them forward. Um we had

1:17:54a very strong focus on writing across

1:17:57the grade levels and we were able to

1:17:59actually get the um writing samples from

1:18:02um MCCAST and look at those as a

1:18:04district and we saw that kids were

1:18:05writing more. Um and part of it is to

1:18:08get kids to be fluent writers is getting

1:18:11them to write more. Um their scores

1:18:13improved as they wrote more even in the

1:18:16grammar and conventions. We want to

1:18:18deepen that by supporting students even

1:18:21to move forward and making even more

1:18:23textbased kind of um um writing um and

1:18:27being using evidence from text is our

1:18:29next step and deepening that um

1:18:31especially for our English um language

1:18:33learners. Um we created a system of um

1:18:37walkthroughs so that we were giving um

1:18:40leaders consistent feedback about what

1:18:42we saw in the classroom as well as

1:18:44giving teachers feedback about what we

1:18:46saw and monitoring um our own district

1:18:50supports to ensure um that what were the

1:18:53resources that we needed to give schools

1:18:55in order to move forward and in a

1:18:57supportive way. It wasn't a gotcha. It

1:18:59was to see what was working, what was

1:19:01not working and to pivot. We're not

1:19:03waiting for these MCCAST results. We're

1:19:05we're making decisions around the needs

1:19:08of schools and the needs of students and

1:19:09teachers and leaders um based upon

1:19:12ongoing walkthroughs and analysis of

1:19:15data um so that we can meet the needs of

1:19:17the kids. Um we emphasize literacy and

1:19:21you'll see that in a minute. We're in

1:19:23emphasizing continuing to emphasize in

1:19:25our instructional priority um the

1:19:27importance of literacy. This year we

1:19:29kind of rebranded it even to say we're

1:19:31going to do it across content areas um

1:19:34so that every teacher um in Everett um

1:19:37feels that they're working towards um

1:19:39the literacy of all students um

1:19:41depending on the on the discipline that

1:19:43they're working on.

1:19:46So like I our instructional priority we

1:19:48did some revisions of it slight

1:19:50revisions but again it's focused again

1:19:52on hiring literacy so that students can

1:19:55access through reading writing listening

1:19:57and speaking um the curriculum that's

1:20:00available to them. We also um made a

1:20:02revision to say we want really wanted to

1:20:04foster student ownership. Um we wanted

1:20:07our students to take ownership of their

1:20:09own learning. It was an area through our

1:20:11walkthroughs that we found um was

1:20:14missing. teachers were trying things,

1:20:16they were doing things in their

1:20:17classrooms to make um the learning more

1:20:20accessible. And we want now to engage

1:20:22students and say this is your work. Um

1:20:25and we want you to be engaged with us um

1:20:28and take ownership of that, having them

1:20:30do more of the the reading, the heavy

1:20:32lifting. Um the high school's working on

1:20:34cognitive lift. We want the kids to do

1:20:37the cognitive lift, not the teachers to

1:20:39do it for them. And that's something

1:20:41that the high school in K through 12 is

1:20:43working on as well is distributing

1:20:45ownership to our students. How are we

1:20:48going to get to the to this

1:20:49instructional priority? Um these are the

1:20:52the how um and the why of our work. We

1:20:55have we are striving towards high

1:20:57academic and behavioral expectations for

1:20:59all students. We're deepening the work

1:21:02from last year around supporting

1:21:04teachers around datadriven instruction.

1:21:06And so they're using um district

1:21:08assessments, summitative assessments,

1:21:10and their own assessments to drive what

1:21:12they're doing for students. Um

1:21:14continuing to work on tiered um academic

1:21:17and behavioral supports um for students

1:21:20we need in attendance supports. We want

1:21:21our students in school and we know we

1:21:24need to differentiate for our students

1:21:25who are struggling and you saw in our

1:21:28lowest performing and our high need

1:21:29students that we are bolstering um

1:21:32through our work um the needs of those

1:21:34students. Um, professional development

1:21:36and coaching is a we want to help

1:21:38teachers transfer what they're learning

1:21:40into the classroom. Um, and we want to

1:21:43engage our families. Um, we've been

1:21:45doing some work K through 12 about we

1:21:48want students to access books. We know

1:21:50that we have them for six hours a day,

1:21:52but in order to gauge the literacy needs

1:21:55of our students, um we need to raise

1:21:57expectations that they do reading at

1:21:59home as well as support our families um

1:22:02with resources that they are also

1:22:04reading at home um with in providing

1:22:06spaces for our students to do so.

1:22:11Um, and finally, um, sort of led into

1:22:14some of this, we want to increase

1:22:15opportunities, um, for our students to

1:22:17read at home and and make it that a

1:22:19district-wide pre prek K through 12, um,

1:22:22effort. Um, through the efforts of the

1:22:25state legislation um, and the governor

1:22:28Healey, we were able to take part in

1:22:30implementing high dosage literacy in

1:22:33grades one through two. Um this is

1:22:35individual tutoring for students in

1:22:38first and second grade 15 minutes a day

1:22:41um for over 400 students this year um

1:22:45which is um amazing opportunity. There's

1:22:47no way that we would be able to provide

1:22:50that onetoone support for students um

1:22:53without that funding. Um we want to

1:22:55support common assessments, a system of

1:22:57common assessments in grades 6 through

1:22:5912 across the discipline. Um so that we

1:23:02aren't waiting for those MCCAST results.

1:23:05Um teachers are getting from their

1:23:06instruction immediate um assessment

1:23:09information that they can apply in the

1:23:10classroom. We've identified that we want

1:23:13to in strengthen our co-eing models in

1:23:16grades um K through eight to support our

1:23:18multilingual learners and our students

1:23:19with disabilities um by providing more

1:23:22access to teachers to small group

1:23:24instruction so that students are getting

1:23:27their needs met. Um we've developed a

1:23:30partnership with the bar foundation um

1:23:32in um for the high school um that is

1:23:35working that is deepening um and I hope

1:23:37soon you'll have a very large grant that

1:23:39you'll be approving um to continue this

1:23:41work for the next three years at the

1:23:43high school where they're working on an

1:23:45instructional vision and developing a

1:23:47cohesive vision at the high school for

1:23:50what um instruction looks like for

1:23:52students in continuing to strengthen our

1:23:55PLC structures especially at the high

1:23:57school to support um teachers at the

1:24:00high school in thinking about um using

1:24:02data to inform um what they're doing um

1:24:05to immediately meet the needs of the of

1:24:08the students. And that's a a

1:24:09strengthening of what was started last

1:24:11year and deepening that um here at the

1:24:13high school. So again, um as you saw

1:24:16successes are we were proud of our

1:24:19student growth. We continue to work on

1:24:20our chronic absenteeism. Um we saw that

1:24:23our K through8s were able to move ELLL

1:24:26students um in some areas up for

1:24:29opportunity that um we're working with

1:24:31staff and leaders um to move the needle

1:24:34even further um and um deepen the

1:24:38practices we start started last year um

1:24:41and um supporting the school leaders to

1:24:43move the buildings forward.

1:24:47>> Thank you, Dr. Adams. I also wanted to

1:24:49add that um recognizing there's work to

1:24:52be done here at Everett High School, uh

1:24:54we have been exploring some additional

1:24:56support here for our students and moving

1:24:59the needle for them and looking at some

1:25:01resources to do that. [clears throat]

1:25:03Excuse me. So, we will have some strong

1:25:05partnerships with um some folks to help

1:25:08do that work because it is an area that

1:25:10we know needs some attention. And I also

1:25:12want to call um attention to the fact

1:25:14that this district um is considered an

1:25:17urban district and that we rank really

1:25:19the one of the highest in the urban

1:25:21network of of districts. Not to say that

1:25:24there isn't work to be done. Not to say

1:25:26that we have um areas that we can do

1:25:29much better on. But the news is good. It

1:25:31is generally the trajectory is what

1:25:33we're looking at over time. And for the

1:25:35last three years there has been

1:25:37successive growth. Yes. Do you have some

1:25:39dips from time to time? and and

1:25:41Margaret, please correct me if I'm

1:25:42wrong, but I think this group of high

1:25:44school students is kind of the last of

1:25:46the COVID family of students. And so,

1:25:49uh, there were changes, of course,

1:25:50during that time period with, as

1:25:52Margaret said, Dr. Adams said, with the,

1:25:54um, science test. So, we recognize

1:25:57those, but, those aren't excuses for not

1:25:59trying to do the very best we can for

1:26:01our students. So, we'll look at

1:26:03different ways beyond what Margaret, Dr.

1:26:05Adams, has put up here for us to

1:26:07consider tonight. But, I know that uh,

1:26:09Dr. Adams is happy to take any questions

1:26:11specific to this and myself included.

1:26:13So, thank you.

1:26:14>> Thank you, Superintendent uh Mayor Vanc.

1:26:16>> Thank you. I just um and and

1:26:18Superintendent Hart and Dr. Adams, I I

1:26:20do uh I I do appreciate the progress um

1:26:24that some of the data is showing us is

1:26:25being made and and it's commendable. I I

1:26:28did want to focus [clears throat] on the

1:26:30achievement at the high school and the

1:26:33the question I have is I think it's

1:26:36great. We're going to look at resources

1:26:37and some some other partnerships and

1:26:39some other funding opportunities through

1:26:40grants and and you know other

1:26:42mechanisms. But just so that the the

1:26:46school committee and the public

1:26:47understand what is that what does it

1:26:50look like to tackle this issue? I guess

1:26:52I'm trying to figure out what does that

1:26:53like in practice?

1:26:56How do we see these achievement numbers

1:26:59progress in the or trend in a positive

1:27:01direction? What does that actually look

1:27:02like?

1:27:03>> I know Dr. a progress here. Um he's

1:27:06working um with his team um to increase

1:27:10um all staff taking ownership of the

1:27:13data and the literacy needs of the of

1:27:15the students. Last year the high school

1:27:17worked on literacy strategies um that

1:27:20would that could be used across content.

1:27:22Um, and so they spent all year long

1:27:25learning about those and I I know he

1:27:26shared with with us um that he's they're

1:27:29seeing them in classrooms um and

1:27:31teachers are using them in classrooms.

1:27:34Um, as the superintendent said, it's

1:27:36easier in the younger grades to move the

1:27:38needle because there's a smaller

1:27:40achievement gap, harder at the high

1:27:42school um to move those gaps. Um and the

1:27:45high school did a tremendous job

1:27:47reducing um significant chronic

1:27:49absenteeism so that the kids were here

1:27:52um in in the building. Um and that's was

1:27:54one of the challenges. We've got to get

1:27:56them in the building. Um the high

1:27:58school's working with the bar foundation

1:27:59to have this common instructional vision

1:28:02so that um they're all working towards

1:28:04um similar goals. And so this spring

1:28:07they've worked on raising the cognitive

1:28:09lift for te for students so that again

1:28:11the teachers aren't doing the work. um

1:28:14that that we're having the students do

1:28:16the work. Um part of that is modeling

1:28:19ourselves. We I just talked to this um

1:28:21about um with a group of teachers, our

1:28:22PD committee. If we want um we want we

1:28:25want to we we want to design

1:28:27professional development where we're

1:28:29having teachers do the cognitive lift,

1:28:31our PD needs to model what we want to

1:28:34see in classrooms. Um and so that's

1:28:36something we're working on with um

1:28:38leaders, right? Let's model what we want

1:28:40to see in classrooms in our own PD,

1:28:43right? So that um we we're supporting

1:28:45teachers in thinking about the changes

1:28:47that we need to make in our instruction

1:28:50um to in order to support students

1:28:52taking more ownership of their learning

1:28:54um and the hope of the high schools to

1:28:56move to feedback later on in the year in

1:28:58the second half of the year. So we're

1:29:00talking about how are we giving students

1:29:02feedback on their learning to help

1:29:04support them in their growth. Um and so

1:29:06there's elements we're going to keep

1:29:08building of that instructional vision.

1:29:10Um it takes time. It's a very large

1:29:12comprehensive high school. Um so we're

1:29:14working with a smaller group of teachers

1:29:16and building their them as teacher

1:29:18leaders in their own departments and as

1:29:21well as helping the whole school take

1:29:23pieces of that vision. Um and we hope

1:29:26with um this grant with um bar

1:29:28foundation we continue the work for the

1:29:30next three years is that we're building

1:29:32an urban high school that is coh that

1:29:34has cohesion around what we expect for

1:29:37instruction. Teachers are working really

1:29:39hard um in their classrooms every day

1:29:42and we're grateful for all of their work

1:29:44but we also have to work together um and

1:29:46so Dr. Bragg and his team are doing

1:29:48that. It just takes t it's a large

1:29:51comprehensive time to move that piece

1:29:53forward. And as the superintendent said,

1:29:55these this is a group of students most

1:29:57impacted by COVID. Um and they're

1:30:00trickling now ending through the high

1:30:02school. And so we see a bit of those

1:30:04gaps that are still there. Um we see

1:30:07them less in the K to five age, but you

1:30:11know there this is the group that was

1:30:13most impacted by that, right? They were

1:30:15in those younger grades. Does that

1:30:16answer your question?

1:30:17>> No, it doesn't. And I appreciate one of

1:30:19the reasons I asked you the question is

1:30:20because I I do want the public to know

1:30:22that while while the numbers may tell a

1:30:26story today, we're already working and

1:30:29looking at the sort of mechanisms to

1:30:32implement to make sure that these

1:30:34numbers start to trend in the you're

1:30:36already doing the work I guess is the

1:30:37reason I asked you the question that is

1:30:39necessary so that two or three years

1:30:40from now as a community we're going to

1:30:43see these number and I know it's never

1:30:45fast enough for you superintendent Hart

1:30:47but as a community that we're going to

1:30:48see these numbers obviously trending in

1:30:50the right direction. So, I I did want to

1:30:52commend you for um the presentation and

1:30:56for your work and I know that um because

1:30:58I've known you for a long time, I know

1:30:59you've already started thinking about

1:31:01how do we go in the in a in a right

1:31:03direction. So, thank you for that.

1:31:04>> Yeah, we already started in one meeting

1:31:06talking about planning for next year.

1:31:08So, we're we're constantly thinking

1:31:10about how are we going to move forward.

1:31:12>> Yeah. Thank you.

1:31:14>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Miss Pepcock.

1:31:17Thank you. I just wanted to make a

1:31:18comment because we were just talking

1:31:20about how um the the cognitive lift

1:31:24concept at UMass. A lot of students go

1:31:27to high school and they don't have

1:31:28confidence in their own ability to think

1:31:30and learn. They don't they're still

1:31:32waiting for someone to tell them what to

1:31:34do. So moving away from just task

1:31:36oriented like just get this done and

1:31:39this is how you should do it and moving

1:31:41into student ownership will build their

1:31:44cognitive uh um abilities, their

1:31:48critical thinking and honestly their um

1:31:51confidence in themselves and their

1:31:53ability to learn.

1:31:55Um and what we what one of the studies

1:31:57that we recently read basically said

1:31:59that if students are underchallenged

1:32:03they will do even less than expected. Um

1:32:07we were looking at how students will

1:32:09plagiarize or use AI and one of the

1:32:11elements is if it is under challenging

1:32:14they think it's so easy that I don't

1:32:16have to really work to to do anything

1:32:18for it. So this is a huge impact for the

1:32:22students, especially for those who are

1:32:23thinking about going to university

1:32:25afterwards, so that when they arrive,

1:32:27they're not just looking on Canva

1:32:28wondering what the first thing is that

1:32:30they just need to do and they can figure

1:32:33out instructions and rubrics and steps

1:32:35of a process. So I think that this is

1:32:37key because then the connections are

1:32:40better and the interest is stronger and

1:32:42the belief in themselves. So thank you.

1:32:43I I think this really stood out for me

1:32:45and it was ironic because we were

1:32:46literally talking about this today in

1:32:49our own learning community. So I think

1:32:51that's great.

1:32:54>> Thank you, Miss Babcock. If this Mr.

1:32:56Baris,

1:32:57>> thank you. Um just excuse me.

1:33:00[clears throat] Uh thank you Dr. Adams

1:33:01and and everyone for for these uh

1:33:04improvements. Um it shows the progress

1:33:08and shows that a lot of work has been uh

1:33:10puted behind it and we continue to do.

1:33:13Quick question regarding the

1:33:14participation on MCCAST since the voter

1:33:17approved and the mandatory MCAST

1:33:20participation. Have we seen a dropped

1:33:23perhaps parents say no my kids not going

1:33:26to take it or even though it's not a

1:33:28mandatory test everyone continues to

1:33:30take at the same like level. our

1:33:33participation rates were close to 100 um

1:33:35and any that we had were sort of medical

1:33:38reasons. But it is a good point. It

1:33:39reminds me that um statewide there's

1:33:42been a drop at the high school level um

1:33:44in the scores and there's a question is

1:33:47if are students taking it as seriously

1:33:49as they used to because it's it's felt

1:33:52it's not mandatory

1:33:54>> um although it is part of your

1:33:55competency determination. Um so h

1:33:58helping students and I know um Dr. Brag

1:34:00and his team are working um to help

1:34:03students understand that it's still

1:34:05important um and that you should take

1:34:08this seriously for multiple reasons. So

1:34:10I think that is pro may be an indicator

1:34:13is that students say oh this isn't as

1:34:15important as it used to be. So we need

1:34:18to keep that message that so we didn't

1:34:20see any drop in in the attendance.

1:34:22>> Great participation. Sorry.

1:34:24>> Great. Thank you.

1:34:25>> Thank you Mr. Dearos. There's no other

1:34:27questions from the committee members. I

1:34:29have a quick question if that's okay.

1:34:31Dr. Adams, um I'm in the thick of it. I

1:34:33have older kids. Um one of them is a uh

1:34:36STEM kid. So when it comes to MCCAST up

1:34:39at the high school K through 8, there's

1:34:41time to prepare. Um you know, my little

1:34:44one is like, I get to bring hard candy.

1:34:46I get to bring quiet fidget things to

1:34:47school. We're preparing for MCCAST. Do

1:34:50the high school students get that same

1:34:51prep time or are they expected to do

1:34:53their regular workload of homework,

1:34:57school work and then also still attempt

1:34:59to prep for MCCAST? I think it's um in

1:35:02the grade levels that the students are

1:35:04taking um the MCCAST um there's a lot of

1:35:08work that happens in the classroom to

1:35:10support the the kids the students in

1:35:13taking the assessments. It's one also

1:35:14thing that we wanted to focus is on

1:35:16common assessments so that students are

1:35:19getting feedback all year long about

1:35:21their performance um so it's not a

1:35:24surprise right when they get there. So

1:35:26um and also looking at the department as

1:35:29a whole looking at that data to help

1:35:31inform what are the areas that students

1:35:33still are struggling with and making in

1:35:35just in time decisions um to support

1:35:38students. So um and we have a platform

1:35:41we're going to use to sort of collect

1:35:42that data and help do that analysis um

1:35:45so that we're giving ongoing feedback.

1:35:48The teachers getting ongoing feedback

1:35:49and then students are able to get

1:35:51ongoing feedback um so they feel

1:35:53prepared. Okay. Um for um the MCCAST and

1:35:56it's not something like that that that's

1:35:58that's huge and um over you know and

1:36:01most for most students they've been

1:36:02taking it all year all all along except

1:36:05maybe for our English language learners.

1:36:07Um, so they're accustomed to it. They

1:36:09know the demands of it. Um, and it's

1:36:11taken seriously in the in the in the

1:36:13grades that um that students uh remember

1:36:16it's the grade 10 and grade nine um for

1:36:18our SC science students.

1:36:21>> Perfect. Thank you very much.

1:36:23>> Any further questions for Dr. Adams?

1:36:24>> Move to excuse with a customary thanks,

1:36:26Madam Chair.

1:36:26>> Second.

1:36:27>> Motion has been made by Mayor Vancamp

1:36:29and seconded by Mr. Barrows to excuse

1:36:31Dr. Adams with a customary thanks. All

1:36:33those Oh, Miss Cristiano,

1:36:35>> I'm sorry. I just wanted to make a

1:36:37comment. Um, do you want to excuse Dr.

1:36:40Adams first? I just wanted to make a

1:36:43comment that, you know,

1:36:47again, we see the scores going up, we

1:36:50see the concentration, we see the focus.

1:36:53Um, and that's that's uh that starts

1:36:56from the top. And that's our

1:36:58superintendent along with his uh

1:37:00leadership team and and every single one

1:37:02of our teachers. So I applaud everybody

1:37:04but especially uh the leadership is uh

1:37:08you know delivering on results.

1:37:11>> Thank you.

1:37:13>> Thank you Miss Cristiano. Motion has

1:37:14been made and seconded to excuse Dr.

1:37:16Adams with the customary thanks. All

1:37:18those in favor.

1:37:19>> All those opposed? The eyes have it.

1:37:21Thank you very much Dr. Adams.

1:37:23Superintendent.

1:37:24>> Let me continue on. Thank you Dr. Adams

1:37:26and the whole team that's here. As um

1:37:30um Miss Cristiano mentioned, we have a

1:37:32great leadership team that supports our

1:37:34students in every way to make sure that

1:37:36they can do the very best, whether it's

1:37:37standardized testing or every Friday

1:37:39test or whatever it may be. So, thank

1:37:41you to all of our teachers and staff who

1:37:43may be watching and certainly um are in

1:37:46our schools every day. But today is um

1:37:50World Teachers Day. So it's my pleasure

1:37:52to highlight um an EPS teacher and a par

1:37:55profofessional this evening for being

1:37:56recognized at the state level for their

1:37:58excellence. Ever high school art teacher

1:38:01Josephine Dugan has been named a

1:38:02secondary art educator award winner by

1:38:05the Massachusetts Art Education

1:38:07Association. She had been nominated by

1:38:10somebody here at the high school

1:38:11possibly but anonymously anyway. Miss

1:38:14Dugan developed the fibers program here

1:38:16at Ever High School as well as an

1:38:17after-school textiles club. In addition,

1:38:20for the past four years, she has served

1:38:22as the costume director for Ever High

1:38:24School's theater company, teaching

1:38:26students garment design, construction,

1:38:28tailoring, and surface techniques. Uh,

1:38:30Miss Dugan will receive her honor at the

1:38:33awards ceremony on Friday, October 16th

1:38:36at the Sturbridge Hotel. I'd like to

1:38:39acknowledge her publicly and thank her

1:38:40for all that she does for our students.

1:38:42Miss Dugan, I I I don't know if Miss

1:38:44Dugan's made it um here in the audience,

1:38:46but we did invite her to come. If she

1:38:48comes in a bit later, I'll certainly

1:38:50give her a shout out in person. Also,

1:38:53I'd like to congratulate um the

1:38:55Lafayette School Kid Garden um specialed

1:38:57par profofessional Jeffrey Gomez for

1:38:59receiving the 2026 Latino Excellence on

1:39:03the Hill Award. He was honored during a

1:39:05state house ceremony on September the 24

1:39:0824th uh where he celebrated with his

1:39:10colleagues from around the state as well

1:39:12as principal Janet Taylor, his sister

1:39:14Ruth, and state representative Joseph

1:39:16McGonagal. To quote Miss Taylor, "What

1:39:19truly makes Mr. Gomez stand out is his

1:39:21eagerness to support the school, his

1:39:23positivity, his patience and compassion

1:39:25for his students, and true dedication to

1:39:27his work. He is eager to jump right in

1:39:30and support teachers, pair

1:39:31professionals, and our custodial team.

1:39:33He consistently goes above and beyond to

1:39:35support families of Lafayette school.

1:39:37From assisting with translations to

1:39:39modeling how to provide academic support

1:39:41for their child at home, he has helped

1:39:43create a school environment where

1:39:45students and their families feel

1:39:46welcomed, understood, and respected. Mr.

1:39:49um Gomez is in the audience. I'd like to

1:39:51acknowledge him for all the work. He's

1:39:52our first year par professional.

1:39:55[applause]

1:39:58We've we've been fortunate in Everett to

1:40:01have a distinction quite frankly every

1:40:03year in this particular category. And

1:40:05I'd also like to thank our state

1:40:07representative uh Joe McGonagal for

1:40:09always supporting these nominations at

1:40:11the state house level. So thank you to

1:40:13all of our folks whether you won an

1:40:14award or not. I know you're in the

1:40:16classroom every day doing the things we

1:40:18need you to do. So thank you Mr. Gomez.

1:40:21Moving right along. The city of Everett

1:40:22and the ever public schools held a

1:40:24public meeting uh this past week on

1:40:26September the 30th at the Parland School

1:40:28to openly discuss plans to convert the

1:40:31old Everett high school on Broadway into

1:40:33a school for grades seven and eight.

1:40:35Several EPS teachers, principles,

1:40:37administrators, employees attended the

1:40:39meeting when we heard from our mayor,

1:40:41Robert Vancampen, and the architectural

1:40:43and project management consultants from

1:40:45PE Perkins Eastman as well as Left

1:40:47Field. My thanks obviously to Mayor

1:40:50Vancampen and his team for giving me the

1:40:52chance to address this audience and to

1:40:55re reiterate my foundational view that a

1:40:57junior high school is the ideal way to

1:41:00solve overcrowding while expanding

1:41:01academic, social, emotional and

1:41:03enrichment opportunities for all

1:41:05students in grades K through 8.

1:41:08attendees. I thought mayor asked some

1:41:10very thoughtful questions and I think

1:41:12there is a deep and sincere appreciation

1:41:14from members of this committee as well

1:41:16as the general public for the steps that

1:41:18you're taking to help us get to that

1:41:20right place. So, thank you again

1:41:22publicly as superintendent. I do

1:41:24appreciate your work. Homecoming, I know

1:41:27that our student representative

1:41:29mentioned it. It is set for Friday and

1:41:32Saturday this coming Friday and

1:41:33Saturday. We're always looking uh for

1:41:36exciting things to happen during these

1:41:38couple of days of events. So, we would

1:41:41hope that our general public would come

1:41:43and cheer on our football team on Friday

1:41:45evening. And as part of that evening of

1:41:49football, we're also going to be

1:41:50announcing the first of its kind

1:41:53inductees into Everett High School um

1:41:56athletic hall of fame. This has been

1:41:58something that our athletic director and

1:42:00assistant director have been working

1:42:02with me on since I took uh this position

1:42:04and we u finally got to the place where

1:42:07we can now announce um you know quite

1:42:10frankly some really uh great figures in

1:42:14our history here in Everett. So um they

1:42:16will have a Hall of Fame banquet to

1:42:19follow up in the spring. We'll keep you

1:42:21all a breast of that. So again, Friday

1:42:23night football game um at the Ever

1:42:26Veterans Memorial Stadium, but during

1:42:28the day we hold a rolling rally. So if

1:42:31anybody has ever witnessed that, you

1:42:33know the excitement that happens across

1:42:35the district, across all our schools

1:42:37when the football team cheerleaders uh

1:42:39visit every school in the course of that

1:42:42day, so Friday and the kids uh weather

1:42:45providing are outside from that

1:42:47particular school cheering on uh the

1:42:49football players, the cheerleaders do a

1:42:51wonderful job, the band plays and talk

1:42:53about excitement and energy. It surely

1:42:55happens as u we roll around the city uh

1:42:59in a rolling pep rally. Then we'll have

1:43:02a pro procession from uh from 3:00 to

1:43:053:45 from the high school to the Ever uh

1:43:09stadium. So again, if people have some

1:43:11time on Friday afternoon, even before

1:43:13the game, come be part of that um

1:43:16procession down to the stadium and we'll

1:43:19go down from here at Everett High School

1:43:20down Elm Street to Ferry Street, then to

1:43:22Chelsea and down into Spring Street

1:43:24where we'll enter the stadium there.

1:43:27We'll have some food trucks, face

1:43:29painting, and other instadium activities

1:43:31for all of our students who attend. Um

1:43:34we will be playing Rivas for those of

1:43:36you who didn't know that. Although we

1:43:38will be announcing, as I said, our

1:43:40inductees to the Hall of Fame uh during

1:43:42the during the halftime of the game. Um

1:43:45Saturday, as again our student uh

1:43:47trustee mentioned, uh homecoming hustle

1:43:50starts at 7:30ish where we will uh walk

1:43:53or run or bike around the city um and

1:43:57back to um the park here. And that um

1:44:02fundraising effort helps support various

1:44:05charities over the years. Um it started

1:44:07with uh friends fighting breast cancer

1:44:09in honor of Janet O'Neal who was a

1:44:12longtime teacher and administrator here

1:44:14in Everett. Um and this year the

1:44:16proceeds will benefit the Massachusetts

1:44:18Women's Breast and Cervical Care Program

1:44:20at the Cambridge Health Alliance here in

1:44:22Everett. We'll also be hosting a pancake

1:44:25breakfast um here at Ever High School

1:44:28during that time and up until 11:00 a.m.

1:44:30Uh they request a $10 donation uh for uh

1:44:34support of our athletic program. So

1:44:36again, um if running or biking or

1:44:39walking isn't your thing, you may want

1:44:41to come into the uh cafeteria here and

1:44:44and have some food and served by

1:44:46students uh in in across our our grade

1:44:50levels here. um hosted quite frankly by

1:44:53our ambassadors who do such a wonderful

1:44:55job. Um the next thing I think is

1:44:57important and timely uh because as we

1:45:00all know the city's had its challenge

1:45:02recently with um the kind of uh thing

1:45:05that none of us want to have. In fact,

1:45:07today uh as a side note, mayor, I heard

1:45:10from another school district who um was

1:45:13under attack, so to speak with

1:45:15ransomware and quite frankly were

1:45:17crippled. Um, we have been working in

1:45:20this district for quite some time to be

1:45:22sure that that does not happen to us.

1:45:24And while I don't want to get into the

1:45:25specifics all of it all and I think at

1:45:28your at your place you have a chart that

1:45:30shows that we are um really more than

1:45:34halfway actually approaching halfway

1:45:36through our network modernization. So

1:45:39beyond the security, beyond all the

1:45:42things that we've been helping our folks

1:45:44um work with and and institute

1:45:47themselves to protect their own

1:45:49computers, um we've been doing kind of a

1:45:51network infrastructure change. Uh again

1:45:53with the help of the city, um we were

1:45:55able to secure some additional funds to

1:45:57take it to this next level of um network

1:46:00modernization. So it's a pretty big

1:46:02project. It it will be it's been

1:46:04occurring. It'll take a couple more

1:46:06months to be complete throughout our

1:46:08entire 10 school buildings. So, this

1:46:10provides a stronger um protection and

1:46:13better separation of systems and

1:46:14devices. So, if something does get quote

1:46:17infected or attacked, it will not

1:46:19necessarily jump from computer to

1:46:21computer, device to device. It reduces

1:46:23the risk that one of those kind of

1:46:26failures, we'll call them, um could

1:46:28cause an entire district. And certainly

1:46:30those steps are being taken. We're also

1:46:33building the capacity of our network um

1:46:35in the in over the next six to 10 years.

1:46:38We will have really the Cadillac version

1:46:41of uh of a network that I'm sure that

1:46:43many other school districts will want to

1:46:46in fact have asked us how we're doing it

1:46:49and uh the time and the steps taken. So

1:46:52nearly everything that we do today

1:46:54depends on the network in some way in

1:46:56some fashion. Teachers of course depend

1:46:58upon it for classroom technology,

1:47:00digital curriculum, instructional

1:47:01resources. Students depend on it for

1:47:04reliable access to learning tools and

1:47:06online assessments. Families of course

1:47:08depend on our system um supported by

1:47:10this network for communication and

1:47:12student services. And the district not

1:47:14only depends on it for all those things

1:47:16I just mentioned, but for phones and

1:47:17cameras and printing and student

1:47:19administrative um administrative

1:47:22processes and student information. Just

1:47:25so much. And so the investment is

1:47:28absolutely was essential and the

1:47:30expertise that we were able to provide

1:47:33the district with um attracting really

1:47:36the best uh of a field. I know that

1:47:38you've met both Joe Pato and David

1:47:40Wright, our chief technology officer and

1:47:42our chief um security officer

1:47:45respectively have done an enormous job

1:47:48um bringing this district to a place of

1:47:49safety and security in all of our

1:47:52devices. So, um, I say all this quickly.

1:47:56Um, I know I have a lot to announce, but

1:47:58there's so much going on in in our

1:48:00technology department. We have weekly

1:48:03updates from the team, so the executive

1:48:06team is aware of any changes, all these

1:48:08enhancements. Um, we've we're kind of

1:48:11turning over our school buildings on the

1:48:14off hours. So we have a whole team that

1:48:15works works from uh after school gets

1:48:18out on a certain day through the night

1:48:20to make sure that everything is is um

1:48:22systemwide is changed and working the

1:48:25next day or at least if they do it on a

1:48:26Friday and a Saturday, Monday morning,

1:48:28they can open for business. So we just

1:48:30brought a school on uh this weekend. Um

1:48:33we brought the Whittier school. Um we

1:48:35add more um they call them switches, but

1:48:37it's really access devices. So it's it

1:48:40helps with speed. It helps with um all

1:48:42kinds of things that you rely on a a

1:48:45strong network to provide you. You know,

1:48:47when you're thinking about downloading a

1:48:48document, it doesn't take forever and

1:48:50you're able to access that document in

1:48:52any part of the building. Of course,

1:48:53these buildings um were built many years

1:48:55ago without kind of the top technology.

1:48:58And quite frankly, the assessment of

1:49:01what we had here was really we need

1:49:04commercial grade and we had residential

1:49:06grade that was built for, you know, 500

1:49:09kids in a building. we have a thousand

1:49:10kids, you know, so all these things

1:49:13really were had outlived their

1:49:15usefulness and certainly the kind of

1:49:18steps that have been taken and will

1:49:20continue to happen over the next two

1:49:21months will really put us in a great

1:49:22posture. So, I bring that to your

1:49:24attention because there's so much

1:49:25attention out there about districts from

1:49:28Springfield and as recently as uh today

1:49:31uh East Hampton uh and I want to thank

1:49:34the state government because they

1:49:36certainly step in for districts and we

1:49:38were able to provide some information

1:49:40today as I said to that district who was

1:49:42under attack. Um you all know that we

1:49:46had the first of its kind a a program

1:49:48with Worester State University in which

1:49:50our students have um guaranteed

1:49:53admissions to the uh school wait in this

1:49:57case Worester State. So Worcester

1:49:59State's president was here on on at our

1:50:01building last week to talk to students

1:50:04um who received their official

1:50:06notification from the school from the

1:50:09university that said they were accepted

1:50:10based on their um academic credentials

1:50:13and their attainment here. The president

1:50:16fielded tons of questions from our

1:50:18students again completely engaged young

1:50:20men and women asking good questions

1:50:22about their future. Um, so this, as I

1:50:25mentioned in the past when I outlined

1:50:26this new program, um, the agreement now

1:50:29streamlines the admissions process,

1:50:31waving application fees, certain certain

1:50:35testing requirements, uh, letters of

1:50:37recommendation, all those things that

1:50:38sometimes bog down a student from

1:50:40applying to an any institution quite

1:50:43frankly. this um guaranteed admission

1:50:46process kind of waves all that and they

1:50:48take the student on the value that we've

1:50:51given them good students and we provide

1:50:53their um academic credentials for that

1:50:55acceptance. I'd like to acknowledge uh

1:50:58once again our assistant superintendent

1:50:59of student services Dennis Lynch who's

1:51:01worked on this throughout its process.

1:51:04We will be unveiling the same kind of

1:51:05relationship with Salem State University

1:51:08uh next uh next week. Mr. Lynch, I think

1:51:11they're coming here. Um, and we'll do

1:51:13the same kind of official signing so

1:51:15that everything is on the up and up, uh,

1:51:17in terms of what they will give our

1:51:19students. And, um, you know, that I have

1:51:21a career in higher ed prior to this. So,

1:51:24I want them to have access to things

1:51:26like housing, um, internal scholarships,

1:51:29you know, things that maybe our our

1:51:32students don't necessarily consider when

1:51:33they're thinking or they do consider it

1:51:35and think they're never going to get

1:51:36housing. So these um agreements

1:51:38certainly benefit our students to make a

1:51:41safe um and quick journey to whatever

1:51:44institution we we um we come up with uh

1:51:48over the next year. I'm going to

1:51:49continue to look at other institutions

1:51:51including private ones to do the very

1:51:53same thing. We had a very successful um

1:51:56suffic job fair construction and the

1:51:59building trades hosted here at Ever High

1:52:01School under the um support and

1:52:04direction of our mayor and his team. Uh

1:52:06they had a wonderful career fair on last

1:52:08Thursday. Many many um folks not only

1:52:12from Ever High School but from across

1:52:13the city uh came in to talk to the folks

1:52:16that were here in the building trades,

1:52:18Suffach Construction as I mentioned. Um

1:52:21anybody who was interested in a career

1:52:23path in the trades, got to talk to

1:52:25somebody and quite frankly many people

1:52:27were interviewed on the spot. So um

1:52:30thank you to the mayor and his team for

1:52:32um giving us the opportunity to host

1:52:34this event. As I said, our students took

1:52:36advantage of it, but certainly the

1:52:38general public really came in in great

1:52:40number to uh to see what was out there

1:52:43in the building trades. And once again,

1:52:45thank you to our student ambassadors. Of

1:52:47all the feedback, Mayor, I think you

1:52:48were on the emails from Suffach

1:52:50Construction and the people who run

1:52:51these events uh for the for the building

1:52:53trades across Massachusetts said that

1:52:56they have not come across a more finer

1:52:58group of young people um assisting in

1:53:00more ways than one, genuinely caring

1:53:02about what they were doing. So, thank

1:53:03you to all the student ambassadors who

1:53:06um put a lot of time and effort into not

1:53:08just that event, but so many that we

1:53:10host here in the district. We will have

1:53:13a family university on October the 7th

1:53:15from 5 to 7:30. Um that is going to be

1:53:18at the Cavarian School. So, all um EPS

1:53:21parents, guardians are encouraged to

1:53:23attend. Um they can attend two of of

1:53:26many sessions. There's five sessions,

1:53:28but one of the sessions is understanding

1:53:30your child's I Ready reading and math

1:53:32results. I think Dr. Adams mentioned all

1:53:34the testing that we do in in the school

1:53:36district and we look at that data to see

1:53:37how kids are doing. Um that helps our

1:53:40teachers know what they need to focus

1:53:42on. But now we want parents to

1:53:44understand the value of those tests and

1:53:46what those grades mean. Prioritizing

1:53:48yourself self-care, mindfulness, and

1:53:50emotional competence. Of course, you've

1:53:52heard me say in the past, and that's why

1:53:54I made a commitment to have social

1:53:56workers in all the schools, our

1:53:58children's social well-being is just as

1:54:00important. So I continue to look at ways

1:54:02to support our students and parent

1:54:05university is a way in which now the

1:54:06parents can hear the kind of support

1:54:08services that we offer um in the event

1:54:11that a child may need additional

1:54:13services. Um Everett High School basics

1:54:16which is our our guidance counselor

1:54:18Fernandez Andrade who does an enormous

1:54:20amount of of work here at the high

1:54:23school. Um she will provide um some

1:54:25additional information to parents about

1:54:28what to expect here at Everett High

1:54:30School as their child enters or even if

1:54:32they're just you know quite frankly a

1:54:34freshman and they want more information

1:54:35they can come to this understanding

1:54:37substance abuse and we know that there's

1:54:39so much out there about kids um getting

1:54:43involved in vaping and so many other

1:54:45things that um alter their behavior and

1:54:47their mindset. Uh we talked to parents

1:54:50about that as well. We have a local man

1:54:53who works actually for the city, Eric

1:54:55Mazio, who helps um parents and others

1:54:58talk about substance abuse and the

1:54:59effects it could have. And finally, the

1:55:01struggle of sto school school

1:55:02attendance. As you know, we have strong

1:55:04attendance here, but um that's because

1:55:06it's intentional and it's regular. This

1:55:09will help parents understand the

1:55:10importance of encouraging their children

1:55:12to get to school.

1:55:15Um excuse me, if you remember, um we

1:55:18just started this back up. It was on

1:55:20hiatus for a little bit and then under

1:55:21our direction of our family and

1:55:24community services director Janette Fez,

1:55:26it has returned and I know that it is

1:55:28very well attended last year and I

1:55:30anticipate that it will be doing uh very

1:55:32much the same this year. So again that

1:55:35is on Wednesday, two more days, October

1:55:387th from 5:00 to 7:30 at the Cavarian

1:55:40School. I just want to give a quick

1:55:42shout out to the Webster School. Um, I

1:55:45want to recognize a group of Webster and

1:55:46Cavarian students for quick thinking and

1:55:49decision-making they exhibited this past

1:55:51week on October the 1st. One of our

1:55:53Webster school fourth graders um hit the

1:55:55curb with his scooter. We've all heard

1:55:57about those here in Everett and beyond

1:55:59and suffered a broken leg. Um Abby

1:56:02Cabalo, who was a former Webster school

1:56:04student and current Cavarian school

1:56:06student, saw the accident and quickly

1:56:08called 911. Meanwhile, the Cavarian

1:56:10students, um, Andrew and Edison and

1:56:13Bailey, Webster School students, Abel,

1:56:16Samara, also found out where the student

1:56:18lived and contacted the mother. The

1:56:21group stayed with the student until the

1:56:23ambulance arrived. I want to thank those

1:56:25young people. And again, we saw it on

1:56:28display earlier with our basketball

1:56:29team. This happens a lot here in

1:56:31Everett. Our kids come forward and help.

1:56:34We have a good good group of young

1:56:36people in our district and I'm very

1:56:38proud of all of them. But every so often

1:56:40um some of these bubble right up to the

1:56:42top and I wanted to be sure I shared

1:56:43them with all of you and to the public

1:56:45to let them know we have good kids here

1:56:47in Everett. Financial aid night. Ever

1:56:49high school guidance department host a

1:56:51financial aid night for parents of grade

1:56:5312 students on October the 15th at 5:30

1:56:57in the Crimson Cafe right here at Ever

1:56:59High School. Again, all this information

1:57:01is on our website and um for parents,

1:57:03they'll probably receive additional

1:57:05information through either class dojo or

1:57:07in the case here, Everett High School, a

1:57:10separate messaging. So, they'll have a a

1:57:13representative from the Massachusetts

1:57:14Educational Financing Authority to come

1:57:17and share with parents how to um think

1:57:20about applying for scholarship across

1:57:22many opportunities that are out there

1:57:24that exist for students um to consider

1:57:26applying to. Our attendance committee uh

1:57:30is, as you know, chaired by our

1:57:31principal from the Whitty School, Mike

1:57:34McLucas, and they had their first

1:57:36meeting in September. And as you heard

1:57:39from Dr. Adams, and we continue to tout

1:57:41our attendance record, it continues to

1:57:44climb. Um, again, I also think beyond

1:57:47the initiatives and the interest and the

1:57:48care that are given by so many people

1:57:51involved, our kids do want to be in Ever

1:57:53Public Schools. They enjoy being here

1:57:56for lots of different reasons. Of

1:57:57course, we want them to come for

1:57:59learning, but the activities, the

1:58:01environment, the commitment by teachers,

1:58:04the food that we serve, the buildings

1:58:05are clean, the atmosphere is pleasant,

1:58:08and it's a great way to learn. And

1:58:11that's why I'm going to say it out loud

1:58:12again. That's why we need buildings that

1:58:14are built for the purposes of educating.

1:58:16It's not just a seat in a room. It's the

1:58:19whole thing, the extra space. We

1:58:21continue to do well with all the

1:58:23constrictions that we have. And I look

1:58:25to the mayor, he shares my frustration.

1:58:28Um, we want this, we want this

1:58:30environment to be right for learning

1:58:32because it always produces results. So,

1:58:35thank you to all of the work that's

1:58:36being done um there. We also had awards

1:58:40given to our preschool programs. There's

1:58:42a um a $500 healthy start award that's

1:58:46given to schools that have what they

1:58:49call uh breakfast participation rates.

1:58:52and they look at data reported to DESIE

1:58:54and two of our schools, the Adam School

1:58:56and the Webster Extension, both

1:58:57preschools have a very [clears throat]

1:59:00strong participation rate and this also

1:59:02helps healthy eating habits starting at

1:59:05an early age. It shows that our kids are

1:59:07eating what we provide them and very

1:59:11specific um amounts and kinds of food

1:59:15that we serve. So, uh, it's a healthy

1:59:17start award that, uh, we were, uh, happy

1:59:19to receive, as I said, a $500 grant to

1:59:22each of those schools, um, to be used at

1:59:24the school to help support the work of

1:59:26that particular school. And then

1:59:28finally, um, Sparkle like Maggie,

1:59:31there's a bench dedication at the

1:59:33Cavarian School on tomorrow, Tuesday,

1:59:35October the 6th, at 2:45. The del the

1:59:38dedication will celebrate the life and

1:59:40the legacy of Margaret Maggie Shabanir,

1:59:43a former cavarian student whose

1:59:44kindness, energy, and compassion left a

1:59:46lasting impression on the people who

1:59:48knew her. Maggie passed away from

1:59:50Addison's disease in April of 2022 at

1:59:53the age of 24. The October 6th

1:59:55dedication will be an opportunity to

1:59:57remember Maggie, celebrate the

1:59:58tremendous impact one person can have on

2:00:01so many others, and officially welcome a

2:00:03new space at the Cavarian School

2:00:04dedicated to friendship and belonging.

2:00:06So, anybody who's uh free to come by um

2:00:09the Cavarian tomorrow afternoon at 2:45,

2:00:12I'm sure that the folks would love to

2:00:13see you. And madam chair, that is uh my

2:00:16report for this evening.

2:00:17>> Thank you, superintendent. Any questions

2:00:18or comments for the superintendent

2:00:21report on file superintendent report?

2:00:24>> Motion has been made by Miss Cristiano,

2:00:25seconded by Mayor Vancampen to accept

2:00:27the superintendent's report and place on

2:00:29file. All those in favor?

2:00:30>> I.

2:00:31>> All those opposed? The eyes have it.

2:00:33Motion passed. Superintendent the next

2:00:35order of business. Okay. The next order

2:00:38of business is item number two,

2:00:40presentation of the Massachusetts

2:00:41Association of School Superintendent

2:00:432026 Certificates of Excellence uh

2:00:47awarded to Mia Allen and Alexandra and

2:00:51Jula. Both of them I believe are here

2:00:53this evening and I would invite them to

2:00:55come forward to receive uh their

2:00:58certificate that from the uh Mass

2:01:00Association of School Superintendent. Um

2:01:02the award uh recipients were selected

2:01:05based on their grade point average over

2:01:07their first three years at Ever High

2:01:08School, their class rank and to quote

2:01:10the uh Association of School

2:01:12Superintendents, their personal

2:01:13contributions and character within the

2:01:15school community. That means we had a

2:01:17large group of worthy students um to and

2:01:20candidates that were reviewed, but two

2:01:23were selected from Everett. And both of

2:01:25these outstanding students standing

2:01:27right behind me now. Mia is the senior

2:01:29class president is ranked number five in

2:01:31the class of 2027 with a 4.77 GPA. She

2:01:36is a member of the Spanish honor society

2:01:38and treasurer of the national honor

2:01:40society as well as the AP honors scholar

2:01:43with distinction. She is a four-year

2:01:45member of the varsity softball team and

2:01:47a student ambassador. Mia has completed

2:01:50more than 100 hours of community service

2:01:52with organizations including Everett

2:01:54High School PTO and the city of

2:01:55Everett's department of diversity,

2:01:57equity, and inclusion and department of

2:02:00elections. Mia, take a little bow. She's

2:02:02always [laughter]

2:02:08I'm going to hand this to Mia.

2:02:12>> So, I know that her mother wants to take

2:02:14a picture.

2:02:28You got it, mom.

2:02:30>> Any day now.

2:02:34And Alexandering Jeweler right behind me

2:02:36is top ranked student in the class of 20

2:02:392027 with a current GPA of 4.95,

2:02:43a national honor society member and an

2:02:45AP scholar with distinction honore.

2:02:47Alexander is a student ambassador and as

2:02:49a as president of the STEM club, he's

2:02:52the two-time tide rises award winner in

2:02:55innovation in the innovation category.

2:02:57As a junior, he was a member of the

2:02:59College Board National Recogn

2:03:00Recognition Program, which awards

2:03:03academic honors to high-erforming 10th

2:03:05and 11th grade students to strengthen

2:03:07their college and scholarship

2:03:08applications. He was also a state

2:03:10finalist in the 2026 letters about

2:03:13literature contest, which is a statewide

2:03:15writing initiative sponsored by the

2:03:17Massachusetts Center for for Books. He

2:03:20holds a mass Massachusetts seal of

2:03:22biitery with distinction in Spanish. He

2:03:25was a civil civil engineering intern for

2:03:27the city of Everett as well as a seed

2:03:30architectural intern and group leader

2:03:31for the Bostonbased firm of Hideo Sasaki

2:03:35and their foundation. We're thrilled to

2:03:37have obviously both of them here. Let's

2:03:39um congratulate our friend behind me

2:03:43[applause]

2:03:52and your parents.

2:04:03and his cousin, right? That's your

2:04:04cousin, isn't it?

2:04:10>> Kevin is our artist and residence right

2:04:13here. This is his cousin. He's teaching

2:04:15here at Ever High School.

2:04:20>> Yeah. Let's do a recess.

2:04:22Congratulations. Thank you. Take a brief

2:04:25recess for photos.

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2:06:12Hey, down.

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2:11:04And we're back to the regular meeting

2:11:06for the Ever School Committee, Monday,

2:11:08October 5th, 2026. The time is 8:11 p.m.

2:11:13Superintendent, the next order of

2:11:14business.

2:11:16>> We're under Roman numeral 6, item number

2:11:19three, acceptance of Ever High School's

2:11:212026 2027 career technical education

2:11:25recruitment, admission, and retention

2:11:27policy. I'm requesting your favorable

2:11:29action. There are two CTE policies on

2:11:31tonight's agenda, both of which require

2:11:33annual school committee approval. They

2:11:35were included in your packet and the

2:11:37only changes that are dates and

2:11:38deadlines quite frankly, as well as the

2:11:40addition of the two new chapter 774

2:11:43programs, which is multimedia and

2:11:45broadcast production as well as public

2:11:46safety. These policies were updated last

2:11:49year to align with the standards and

2:11:50procedures set forth by Desi. I want to

2:11:53thank uh Siobhan Aria, the director of

2:11:55our CTE program for keeping everything

2:11:57up to date in our schedule with these

2:11:59policies. She really is um on top of all

2:12:02this. The um CTE recruitment admission

2:12:05and retention policy is required under

2:12:07Massachusetts general law to ensure that

2:12:09CTE programs admissions policies that

2:12:12comply with all federal and state

2:12:14regulations and laws and we are in

2:12:16compliance. So I'm asking for your

2:12:18favorable action.

2:12:19>> Second move favorable action. Second.

2:12:22>> Motion was made by Miss Babcock,

2:12:24seconded by Mr. Baros for favorable

2:12:26action in the acceptance of the Everett

2:12:29High School's 2026 2027 career and

2:12:31technical education CTE recruitment

2:12:33admission and retention policy. Roll

2:12:35call.

2:12:37>> Mr. Almeida Barrows.

2:12:38>> Yes.

2:12:38>> Miss Babcock.

2:12:39>> Yes.

2:12:40>> Miss Cardell?

2:12:40>> Yes.

2:12:41>> Miss Cornelio?

2:12:42>> Yes.

2:12:43>> Miss Garren?

2:12:44>> Yes.

2:12:45>> Mayor Vancampen?

2:12:46>> Yes.

2:12:47>> Madame Chair?

2:12:48>> Yes.

2:12:49>> So move 70. So move 70. Motion passed.

2:12:52Superintendent. The next order of

2:12:53business.

2:12:54>> Item number four, acceptance of the Ever

2:12:56Public Schools 2026 2027 middle school

2:12:59pathway exploration policy. I'm

2:13:01requesting your favorable action. Again,

2:13:03we only made housekeeping changes to

2:13:05this year's policy. The middle school

2:13:07pathway exploration policy was

2:13:09introduced last year by the state to

2:13:11ensure transparency and equity by

2:13:13guaranteeing that all middle school

2:13:15students and their families have

2:13:17consistent access to information um

2:13:19tours and planning related to CTE

2:13:21programming before they enter the high

2:13:23school. So I'm asking for your favorable

2:13:24action.

2:13:25>> Favorable action.

2:13:26>> Second the motion. Motion has been made

2:13:28by Miss Cardillo, seconded by Miss

2:13:29Cornelio for favorable action to accept

2:13:32the Ever Public Schools EPS 2026 2027

2:13:35middle school pathway exploration

2:13:36policy. Roll call.

2:13:41>> Mr. Almeida Baros?

2:13:42>> Yes.

2:13:42>> Miss Babcock?

2:13:43>> Yes.

2:13:44>> Miss Carelloo?

2:13:44>> Yes.

2:13:45>> Miss Cornelio?

2:13:46>> Yes.

2:13:48>> Miss Garren?

2:13:48>> Yes.

2:13:49>> Mayor Vancamp?

2:13:50>> Yes.

2:13:50>> Madame Chair?

2:13:51>> Yes.

2:13:52>> So move 70.

2:13:53>> So move 70. Motion pass. Superintendent,

2:13:55the next order of business.

2:13:56>> Item number five, request approval for

2:13:58members of the Ever High School History

2:14:00Club to travel to the National 911

2:14:02Memorial and Museum on Saturday,

2:14:04November the 14th, 2020 26. I'm asking

2:14:08for your favorable action. As you know,

2:14:09this is an out ofstate trip which

2:14:11requires school committee approval. And

2:14:13I know that our teacher and Maine

2:14:16chaperon, I don't know if he's still

2:14:18here, Wayne Bailey, has organized this

2:14:20annual trip for members of the history

2:14:22club for several years. And

2:14:24approximately, I think 40 students are

2:14:26eligible uh to attend. There'll be seven

2:14:28chaper chaperones and it'll be a bus

2:14:30trip to uh make the all day visit.

2:14:33Students will leave Everett by bus about

2:14:345:00 a.m. on the um on the 14th and

2:14:39return home by almost 11:30 that

2:14:42evening. food is provided um and it

2:14:45covers admission to the museum. So, I'm

2:14:46asking for your favorable action.

2:14:49>> Second motion.

2:14:50>> Motion has been made and seconded pretty

2:14:52much by everybody for favorable action

2:14:55for the approval for members of the

2:14:57Everford High School History Club to

2:14:58travel to the National 911 Memorial uh

2:15:02and Museum on Saturday, November 14th,

2:15:042026. Roll call.

2:15:06>> Mr. Almaros?

2:15:07>> Yes.

2:15:08>> Miss Babcock?

2:15:08>> Yes.

2:15:09>> Miss Cardell?

2:15:09>> Yes.

2:15:10>> Miss Cornelio?

2:15:10>> Yes.

2:15:11>> Miss Garren? Yes,

2:15:12>> Mayor Van Campen.

2:15:13>> Yes,

2:15:14>> Madame Chair.

2:15:15>> Yes.

2:15:15>> So move 70.

2:15:16>> So move 70. Motion passed.

2:15:18Superintendent, the next order of

2:15:20business.

2:15:20>> Item number six, requesting approval for

2:15:22the city of Everett to hold a flu clinic

2:15:24on Saturday, October 24th, 2026 from 9

2:15:28to 12 at the Lafayette School. This is

2:15:30an annual request that comes from the uh

2:15:33health director, Sabrina Farano. and we

2:15:36um asking your approval to allow them to

2:15:39use the building and wave any fees that

2:15:41would be normally charged to an

2:15:43organization for the use of that

2:15:44building.

2:15:45>> Second

2:15:47>> motion made by Mayor Vancampen, seconded

2:15:49by Miss Papar to uh approve the city of

2:15:52Everett um holding a flu clinic on

2:15:54Saturday, October 24th, 2026 from 9:00

2:15:56a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Lafayette

2:15:58School. Roll call.

2:16:02>> Mr. Alita Baros.

2:16:03>> Yes.

2:16:03>> Miss Babcock.

2:16:04>> Yes. Yes. Miss Cardelloo,

2:16:05>> yes.

2:16:06>> Miss Cornelio,

2:16:06>> yes.

2:16:07>> Miss Karen,

2:16:08>> yes.

2:16:09>> Mayor Vancamp,

2:16:09>> yes.

2:16:10>> Madame Chair,

2:16:11>> yes.

2:16:11>> So move 70.

2:16:12>> So move 70. Motion pass. Superintendent

2:16:15the next order of business.

2:16:16>> Item number seven. I'm requesting your

2:16:18approval for the Everett Adult Learning

2:16:19Center to host ESL classes at Ever High

2:16:22School from October now through May of

2:16:252027. Um, this is a request that we've

2:16:28had in the past and I'm asking for your

2:16:30approval to open Everett High School for

2:16:33Tuesdays and Thursdays. Um, and no

2:16:36classes held during vacation weeks and

2:16:38also waving any fees associated with the

2:16:40use of those rooms.

2:16:41>> Favorable action. Second. Motion made by

2:16:44Miss Cornelio, seconded by Miss Babcock

2:16:47to approve um the adult learning center

2:16:50to host ESL classes at Ever High School

2:16:53from October 2026 to May 2027.

2:16:57>> On the motion, Miss Babcock and then Mr.

2:16:59Paris.

2:16:59>> Uh do we have a date when that we start?

2:17:04>> Well, I think it was depending on this

2:17:06approval, but it would start ASAP. I

2:17:08think they already have a list of folks

2:17:10that are interested and then once we

2:17:12give approval it could be as early as

2:17:14this Thursday.

2:17:15>> Terrific. Okay. Cuz that's something

2:17:17that lots of parents ask me about it.

2:17:19>> We there's I believe I believe there's a

2:17:21waiting list. This is organized by um

2:17:24the acting director of youth

2:17:25development, Roberto Velasquez.

2:17:28>> Thank you,

2:17:29>> Miss Babal on the motion.

2:17:30>> My question was who was running the

2:17:32program and you just answered it. Thank

2:17:34you.

2:17:34>> Welcome. I should have said that at the

2:17:36beginning. Sorry.

2:17:36>> No, it's good. It's fine.

2:17:38>> Motion was made and seconded. Uh, we

2:17:40roll call this. Roll call.

2:17:43>> Mr. Almearos?

2:17:44>> Yes.

2:17:45>> Miss Babcock?

2:17:46>> Uh, yes.

2:17:47>> Miss Cardelloo,

2:17:48>> yes.

2:17:48>> Miss Cornelio,

2:17:49>> yes.

2:17:49>> Miss Garren,

2:17:50>> yes.

2:17:50>> Mayor Vancampen,

2:17:51>> yes.

2:17:52>> Madame Chair,

2:17:52>> yes.

2:17:53>> So move 70.

2:17:54>> So move 70. Motion pass. Superintendent

2:17:56of the next order of business.

2:17:57>> Item number eight is the approval of the

2:17:59federal title one grant in the amount of

2:18:01$2,647,596.

2:18:05This, as you know, um has provided

2:18:08resources to all of our schools in the

2:18:09district with the exception of Ever High

2:18:11School for um because they have higher

2:18:13concentrations of, you know, lower

2:18:14income families, fund strengthen

2:18:16academic achievement, provide targeted

2:18:19and schoolwide support, address learning

2:18:20needs, and help ensure all students meet

2:18:23challenging state academic standards.

2:18:25>> Favorable action.

2:18:27>> Second. Motion made by Miss Cornelio,

2:18:30seconded by Mayor Vancampen to approve

2:18:32the Title One grant in the amount of

2:18:342,647,596.

2:18:38Roll call.

2:18:40>> Mr. Alaros,

2:18:41>> yes.

2:18:42>> Miss Babcock,

2:18:42>> yes.

2:18:43>> Miss Cardell,

2:18:43>> yes.

2:18:44>> Miss Cornell,

2:18:44>> yes.

2:18:45>> Miss Garren,

2:18:46>> yes.

2:18:47>> Mayor Vancampen,

2:18:48>> yes.

2:18:48>> Madame Chair,

2:18:49>> yes.

2:18:49>> So moved. 70.

2:18:51>> So moved. 70. Motion passed.

2:18:52Superintendent the next order. Item

2:18:54number nine is another federal grant

2:18:56title two in the amount of $273,899.

2:19:01This is supporting effective instruction

2:19:03across um and recruitment preparation

2:19:06and development for teachers, principles

2:19:08and other school leaders. Funds support

2:19:09highquality professional learning,

2:19:11instructional leadership, educator

2:19:13development and initiatives designed to

2:19:15improve teaching and learning. And that

2:19:17is 273,899.

2:19:20>> Second the motion. Motion made by Miss

2:19:21Babcock, seconded by Miss Cornelio for

2:19:23favorable action to approve the title 2

2:19:25grant in the amount of $273,899.

2:19:30Roll call.

2:19:31>> Mr. Almearos?

2:19:32>> Yes.

2:19:32>> Miss Babcar?

2:19:33>> Yes.

2:19:33>> Miss Cardell?

2:19:34>> Yes.

2:19:34>> Miss Cornelio?

2:19:35>> Yes.

2:19:35>> Miss Garren?

2:19:36>> Yes.

2:19:37>> Mayor Vancampen?

2:19:38>> Yes.

2:19:38>> Madam Chair?

2:19:39>> Yes.

2:19:39>> So move 70.

2:19:40>> So move 70. Motion pass. Superintendent

2:19:42the next order of business. Item 10,

2:19:44request approval of title three grant

2:19:46monies in the amount of $424,496.

2:19:50As you heard Dr. Adams mention, we are

2:19:52working with English language learners,

2:19:54and this money supports the work for for

2:19:57our English language learners and

2:19:59immigrant students, supplementing uh our

2:20:02own funding to help English language

2:20:04proficiency and achieve academic um uh

2:20:08success.

2:20:09>> Favorable action.

2:20:10>> Second. Motion made by Miss Cornelio,

2:20:12seconded by Miss Babcock to approve the

2:20:14Title 3 grant in the amount of $424,496.

2:20:19Roll call.

2:20:20>> Miss Devaros.

2:20:21>> Yes.

2:20:21>> Miss Babcock,

2:20:22>> yes.

2:20:22>> Miss Cardell, yes.

2:20:23>> M. Cornellio,

2:20:24>> yes.

2:20:24>> Miss Garren,

2:20:25>> yes.

2:20:25>> Mayor Vancampen,

2:20:26>> yes.

2:20:26>> Madam Chair,

2:20:27>> yes.

2:20:27>> So moved. 70.

2:20:28>> So moved. 70. Motion pass.

2:20:30Superintendent the next order of

2:20:31business.

2:20:31>> I want to just point out that that

2:20:33particular grant helps support our

2:20:34February and April accelerationmies that

2:20:37we do. It certainly has showed um huge

2:20:39amounts of gains for our students. I'm

2:20:41sorry I ran through that quickly. Item

2:20:4311 is a request approval of Title 4

2:20:46grants in the amount of $189,547.

2:20:50This is for student support and academic

2:20:52enrichment, provides flexible funding to

2:20:54improve student access to a well-rounded

2:20:56education, promotes a safe and healthy

2:20:58school, and supports the effective use

2:21:00of technology to improve academic

2:21:02achievement and digital literacy.

2:21:04>> Favorable action.

2:21:05>> Second. Motion made by Miss Cornelio,

2:21:07seconded by Miss Cardillo for favorable

2:21:09action to approve the title 4 grant in

2:21:11the amount of $189,547.

2:21:15Roll call.

2:21:16>> Mr. Alita Barrows.

2:21:17>> Yes.

2:21:17>> Miss Babcar,

2:21:18>> yes.

2:21:18>> Miss Cardelloo,

2:21:19>> yes.

2:21:20>> Miss Cornell,

2:21:20>> yes.

2:21:21>> Miss Garren,

2:21:21>> yes.

2:21:22>> Mayor Vancampen,

2:21:23>> yes.

2:21:23>> Madam Chair,

2:21:24>> yes.

2:21:24>> So move 70.

2:21:25>> 70. Motion pass. Superintendent the next

2:21:27order of business.

2:21:28>> As you know, you took Roman numeral 7

2:21:30out of order. So we'll go to Roman

2:21:31numeral 8, which is subcommittee

2:21:33reports. There are none before you this

2:21:34evening. Roman numeral nine is bills and

2:21:37payroll.

2:21:39>> I need a motion to submit.

2:21:41>> Yes.

2:21:42>> I move to approve bills in payroll in

2:21:44the amount of $4,340,580.16.

2:21:49>> Second the motion.

2:21:50>> Motion made by Mayor Vancamp and

2:21:52seconded by Miss Cornelio to approve

2:21:54bills and payroll in the amount of

2:21:564,340,58016.

2:22:01Roll call.

2:22:01>> Mr. Almea Barrels.

2:22:02>> Yes.

2:22:03>> Miss Babcock.

2:22:04>> Yes. Miss Cardelloo,

2:22:05>> yes.

2:22:05>> Miss Cornell,

2:22:06>> yes.

2:22:06>> Miss Garren,

2:22:07>> yes.

2:22:07>> Mayor Vancampen,

2:22:08>> yes.

2:22:09>> Madame Chair,

2:22:10>> yes.

2:22:10>> So moved. 70.

2:22:12>> So moved. 7.

2:22:13>> Madam Chair, I move to pay bills in

2:22:15payroll in the amount of 4,340,58016.

2:22:21>> Second the motion.

2:22:22>> Motion made by Mayor Rancamp and

2:22:23seconded by Miss Babcock to pay bills

2:22:25and payroll. Thank you very much, Mr.

2:22:26Mayor. In the amount of $4,340,580.16.

2:22:33Roll call.

2:22:34>> Mr. Almea Barrows.

2:22:35>> Yes.

2:22:35>> Miss Babcar,

2:22:36>> yes.

2:22:36>> Miss Cardelloo,

2:22:37>> yes.

2:22:38>> Miss Cornelio,

2:22:38>> yes.

2:22:39>> Miss Garren,

2:22:39>> yes.

2:22:40>> Mayor Vancamp,

2:22:41>> yes.

2:22:41>> Madam Chair,

2:22:42>> yes.

2:22:42>> So move 70.

2:22:44>> 70. Motion passed. Superintendent, the

2:22:46next order of business.

2:22:47>> Roman numeral 10, unfinished business.

2:22:48There's none before you. Roman numeral

2:22:5011. New business. There is none. Roman

2:22:53numeral 12, hearings, there are none

2:22:55this evening. Roman numeral 13, matters

2:22:56for executive session, there's none for

2:22:58the schedule for this evening.

2:22:59>> Make a motion to adjurnn. Second.

2:23:02>> Motion has been made by Miss Babcock,

2:23:03seconded by Miss Cardell to adjurnn. All

2:23:05those in favor?

2:23:07>> All those opposed. The eyes have it. We

2:23:09have adjourned at 8:23 p.m. We will see

2:23:12you Monday, October 19th, everyone.

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