Education on October 20, 2026

UM SO ON JUNE THE 16TH, 2022 I HELD A HEARING ON BULLYING AND SEXUAL ABUSE AND HARASSMENT IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SINCE THEN ADVOCATES, PARENTS AND STUDENTS HAVE CONTINUED TO RAISE CONCERNS AND HAVE SHARED THEIR LIV

CAMERAS COULD HELP PROVIDE FLAHERTY WHEN AN INCIDENT OCCURS HELP ENSURE THAT CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED PROPERLY APPROPRIATELY.

RESTORATIVE PRACTICES MEDIATION ,CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND TRAUMA SENSITIVE LEARNING MODELS ARE ALREADY REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW.

THERE ARE SOME WITHIN BP'S WHO BELIEVE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BECAUSE THAT REQUIREMENT IS WITHIN THE SRO STATUTE.

I PERSONALLY DISAGREE, BUT IF THAT'S A LOOPHOLE THAT'S BEING EXPLOITED TO NOT HAVE TRANSPARENCY, THIS BODY SHOULD FILE AN ORDINANCE TO CLOSE THAT LOOPHOLE SO WE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND JUST.

CORE NOW USED TO BULLYING FROM DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES RACE TO BE RESILIENT AND A VERY CURIOUS ADVOCATE FOR THE LITTLE CHILD I LEFT BEHIND IN EVERY NEW SCHOOL IN EVERY NEW TABLE WHERE SNACKS WERE DENIED WHAT EVERY PETTY

YEAH, I'M ADOPTING MY, UM, 14 YEAR OLD LITTLE COUSIN WHO'S.

IN 2016 WHEN I WAS STARTING MY STINT ON THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE, A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT BOSTON LAND SCHOOL MISHANDLED BLACK STUDENTS COMPLAINTS INVOLVING RACIAL SLURS AND UM, THREATS OF LYNCH

I'LL JUST END WITH THE STATEMENT THAT THIS PAST BUDGET CYCLE THOUGH THE BUDGET PASSED I DIDN'T SUPPORT IT.

UM, IT WAS DENIED THAT.

WE'RE NOT HELPING THE COMMUNITY .

THERE IS NOTHING PREVENTING AT THE CITY LEVEL USING THAT TO CRAFT AN ORDINANCE OR A POLICY THAT WOULD THEN GUIDE WHAT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM DOES.

MY QUESTION WILL BE A VERY PROCEDURAL ONE BECAUSE I KNOW WE WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE WITH SOME SOLUTIONS, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT MY BEST AGAIN AS A PARENT OF THREE KIDS WHO ARE JUST REACHING THAT AGE WHERE I'M G

AND THEN THE ADULTS ARE NOT SAYING NOTHING OR NOT SPEAKING UP BUT THEY CAN GO AND CALL AND FILE THE 51 A ON THE CONCERNED PARENT THAT'S COMING IN AND AND IS VERY MAYBE UPSET MAYBE CUSSING AT THEM MAYBE HAVING A PARENT MO

SO IF THIS MONEY IS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AT THE CPS THEN THEN THE QUESTION SHOULD BE WHY IS MY CHILD AT HOME RIGHT NOW GETTING DENIED EDUCATION BECAUSE LIKE A LOT OF THE PARENTS THAT YOU KNOW AND SAID IF WE WERE TO DO THA

BUT THE TRUTH IS, IS THAT YOU CAN'T DENY THE TRUTH OF SOMEBODY'S EXPERIENCE.

CHAPTER 71 SECTION 37 H AND ORDERS AND IT'S MEDIATION CONFLICT RESOLUTION RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING AND TRAUMA SENSITIVE LEARNING MODELS ALL OF WHICH ARE REQUIRED AS A PART OF THAT STATUTE AND THE

UM I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, WE SHARE UM THE COUNCIL'S DEDICATION TO STUDENTS TO SAFETY, FAMILY AND SUPPORT AND ENSURING THAT THERE'S PROMPT RESOLUTION.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD THEN I ALSO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE 51 A'S THAT GET UM, REPORTED ON PARENTS WHO FEEL RETALIATED AGAINST JUST BECAUSE