Okay, today is Thursday, October 30th, 6 30 p.m.

Uh, this is Vice Chair Eric Morrison.

I'm gonna call the final meeting of the public safety and health committee of the 31st board to order.

Uh present committee members are myself, Representative Burns, Representative Campbell, Representative Camparelli, Representative Pavia, and Representative Pollack.

Also with us this evening, Representatives Goldberg, Dela Cruz, and Somerville.

All right.

Do I have a motion to take up item number one, PS31.002?

A review.

Administration's plans to pursue air quality monitoring as proposed in resolution 408.1 previously PS30.092.

If a motion for Representative Burns is there a second.

Second.

We have a second.

Thank you.

Are any we don't see any of our invited guests this evening, Director Jarubis or Director Bishop Pullen?

Representative Della Cruz, do you want to address this item this evening?

Thank you, uh Vice Chair Morrison.

Yes, I would like to make a few comments.

As you know, we've been trying to get this air quality monitoring program going since the 29th board.

Uh Director De Rubais and Bishop Poulin were not able to attend our September meeting.

And we learned uh lately that they were not able to, they are not able to attend tonight's meeting.

Uh they asked that we provided them with questions uh that they could respond uh for tonight's meeting.

Uh Chair Stella and I compiled a list of questions, which they responded to late this afternoon.

I have not had a chance to really study uh the responses.

I forwarded them to the committee and to the word, and I will ask that they be added to the legislative recording.

But a preliminary review of the answers provided uh I find them wanting.

For example, with respect to the numerous complaints about the order in the area, the response that was uh sent was that a health inspector went by in April of this year and smelled no orders.

We have had since April, we have had numerous complaints.

In fact, our own chair uh Jeff Stella went to the area to do some business at the Verizon store there and had to leave because the order was so pungent that his lungs wouldn't take it.

We have received numerous emails.

More recently, residents have resorted to hosting flyers on utility polls to call attention to a problem that has not been paid attention to.

And yet the response was that back in April, an inspector went and smelled nothing.

Another response relating to the idling of trucks of excessive idling of not one truck, but ten trucks in a line for extended period of periods of time.

The response was that several months ago, a DEP inspector went, noticed the situation, and asked that a sign be posted, alerting drivers, not that they cannot uh you know, uh idle their trucks for more than three minutes as required by our ordinance.

Well, we have been receiving the same complaints since then, so apparently the sign had no has had no effect.

And there are other aspects of the response that were wanting, but having had the time to really delve into it.

My intentions are to take the time to study the responses.

Uh respond to the email with listing the reasons why the responses we find wanting.

And then this being our uh last meeting.

I would request that the committee re the committee recommit the item to steering so that perhaps we can continue it on the 31st board.

I'll be happy to answer any questions my fellow uh colleagues have.

Thank you, Representative Del Cruz.

Are there any questions from the committee members or other members of the board in attendance?

Okay, um, seeing none, uh first order of business.

Let's uh make sure that uh the um items that Representative Della Cruz referred to are added to the legislative record attached to this item.

Um and there won't be any recommitting to steering because it is the end of the term.

This would have to be brought up as a a new PS 32 item, uh and we can link it to the um prior board's record, just as this one is currently linked to a PS 30 item for the legislative history.

I have a hand up from Representative Camparelli.

Go ahead.

I just have a point of information on the on some of the previous meetings that we had, it was stated by I believe the parliamentarian and President Sherwood that we could actually uh commit to steering or refer to the new board items, um, you know, recommended items for the new board.

So I I don't know if if Representative De La Cruz wants to do that, but I I just wanted to make you aware that in previous meetings uh that was stated.

Okay, thank you.

Uh Representative Della Cruz, did you have a follow-up?

Uh yes, I I representative Camporelli uh made me to the punch.

Uh it has been uh consulted with uh parliamentarian and with President uh Sherwood, and the answer was that the items can be recommitted so that they are there for the uh next board to uh consider them.

So if that is indeed the case, then I will be grateful for a committee member to make a motion to recommit.

Is there such a motion from any of the committee members?

So moved.

We have a motion from Representative Burns.

Is there a second?

Second, second many seconds.

Undo it by voice vote.

All those in favor of recommitting item one to steering.

Say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Any abstentions?

Okay, item is recommitted to steering vote of 600.

Thank you, Representative Delacruz, for all of your past and continued work on this item.

Moving on to sure.

Moving on to item two, PS31.070 resolution congratulating Angela Corella on her retirement from her journalism career of over 41 years.

Do I have a motion to take up item two?

Almost.

We have a motion.

Is there a second?

Second and second.

Any discussion from any board members present.

We have a hand from Representative Pavia.

Go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, I just want to say that I um recognizing anybody from the press in the year 2025, um, in the times that we live in right now, um, is a good thing as the the free press comes under attack from the administration nationally and statewide.

Um I welcome this motion, whether anybody has any particular feelings on how person writes or how they report the news.

I think that um the press, which is in the first amendment of the constitution, um, and these people that do the brave work of investigating and basically calling everybody out, you know, um, or at least researching it uh is to be commended.

And I want to thank Ms.

Corella for her.

However, many years of service.

That's all.

Thank you.

Thank you, Representative.

Uh Representative Campbell, go ahead.

Thank you.

I just wanted to say that um all of the years that I've read journalists Corella's work out of that Stanford Advocate, and most recently the Connecticut examiner, her work has been impeccable.

Well, more so than her work, her integrity as a human being has been impeccable.

Uh her fairness, her willingness to question, her willingness to listen to the human factor.

And I think this is perhaps one of the most proudest moments I've had as a rep to be a part of a resolution such as this.

And I really think she should take a deep bow.

Thank you.

I yield the floor.

Thank you, Representative Campbell.

I have a hand from Representative Delacruz.

Go ahead, sir.

Thank you.

I was unmuting myself.

I couldn't have said it better than Representative Bonnie Kim and Representative Bobby Pavia have stated it.

The defense of a free press is so central to our democracy.

That any opportunity we can take to recognize that contribution we should take.

So I fully support this resolution.

Thank you.

Thank you, Representative.

Are there any other comments on item two?

Got my hand up, sir.

Uh Representative Burns, go ahead.

Thank you.

Yes, I just want to add uh to the chorus.

Um Ms.

Corelli Carillo's Carly's um integrity and intelligence.

Um, I've dealt with a lot of press or I've seen press report on things that I had personal knowledge of, and she has been more accurate uh and more able to understand what was really going on and transmit it in her articles than Metty.

Thank you.

Thank you, Representative Burns.

Anyone else care to speak on item two?

Okay, seeing no hands, take this to a voice vote.

All those in favor of the resolution in item two, please say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Are there any abstentions?

I will abstain.

That passes 501.

Moving on to item three.

PS31.071 review item update regarding outcome and investigation related to false arrest of student after incident with school administrator.

Do I have a motion to take up item three, please?

So moved.

So moved.

We have a motion and a second, please.

Second.

Very good.

Okay.

Do we have any of our invited guests?

I don't see any of our invited guests.

Uh representatives Pavia and Dela Cruz, this is your item.

How would you like to proceed?

Either of you go ahead.

Uh thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, Virgil, do you mind if I go first?

Uh not at all.

Go ahead, please.

Thank you very much.

Um I I I want to go on the record here by saying I think that it's very sad that nobody's here to answer this.

Our report has been made over a year.

Um after this invest after this incident has started.

Um and this is not this has to do with children, folks.

Um, I can I really hope we put our any partisan thoughts we have or loyalties to people aside on this, and as a board condemn this behavior, condemn that we don't have this report, that we're just told that it's been solved.

I really hope that um I I don't know if this is in my purview, Mr.

Acting Chair, to um ask um through you to everyone does everybody on this on this um committee of public safety agree with me on this.

It's been proven, right?

Do we all agree that that um this could have been handled the better way?

I'll take uh individuals who want to speak after following you, Representative Pavia, unless you have a question to ask any direct uh directly ask any member of the uh the committee or the board who's here Mr.

Chair, do you think this is wrong?

Not here to opine unless I'm speaking myself.

Uh okay.

See if anybody else wants to speak first.

Would you like to yield the floor and see what the comments are?

We're talking, we're talking about children.

Talking about a 13-year-old girl.

Goodness sake.

Yeah, I'll hold for now.

I'll come back.

Okay, I'll come back to you, Representative.

Uh, hands in order.

I see Representative Campbell, Camporelli, and Dela Cruz.

Representative Campbell.

Thank you, Chair.

Um in response to uh Representative Pavia's question.

Of course, I feel that this is poor behavior based upon the seriousness of what happened with the young lady, especially since I personally knew her because she was a student at a middle school I worked at.

Um being that I'm I'm an employee, I am a former employee of the board of education.

I know that there are protocols when you're housing children in a room or auditorium and there's been some sort of violence or or assault as an administrator.

I know administrators are trained.

I know myself we were trained in de-escalation.

I know that there are protocols.

I know that the HR department has no problem with sending any employee home with pay until a situation is resolved.

And I know that statements are usually made that person of interest is at home uh with pay until the situation is resolved.

But I would like you all to go back and look at the article that was in the advocate, the year that we had the young special ed man uh the young man who was assaulted by a female teacher, and uh prosecutor uh Cohen in his summation informed us that our school district had a problem, a character flaw, that they would rather preserve the reputation of the district rather than protect children, and we have not healed from that problem yet.

So whoever's coming behind me, I hope that they continue to bring this up until we receive the information, and the information should be four forthwith.

I yield the floor.

Thank you, Representative Campbell.

Representative Campirelli.

Thank you, Chair.

I I have sort of a statement and then a question to Representative Pavia.

Um, first of all, I admonish anyone that puts their hands on a child anytime, anywhere.

It's just a horrible thing that this happened, and thank God that somebody was filming it in order to capture what really happened, or this child's life would be in worse shape than it's already gonna be in because of the trauma that she's had to go through and her family's had to go to for this.

So I I thank you for bringing this up and to discuss it.

Um my question to you, and and please don't take this as a disrespect, but I and maybe I missed something, but I just don't understand what it is, what is the action that you're looking for from the board?

Is it just a statement, a resolution?

Like what are you looking for us to do?

Actually, uh thank Karen, thank you very much for asking that question.

Um this uh if you'll indulge me for a second, the this happened last September.

Um, and we didn't find out about it until last March.

Uh we wrote this item in May.

And we had a meeting in August where our our director of public safety, um Darubish showed up.

He was the only one that showed up, and um uh to answer questions, and frankly, I'm very grateful that to him for doing that.

And I'm asking common sense question here, Representative Camp Rilly, is do you guys does anybody see that there is wrong done here?

We're not being told the results of this investigation.

Right?

We haven't been told that.

And Representative Camporelli, no nobody is showing up to this meeting.

And they haven't since May, except for Director Drew.

So I guess what I'm asking is that if we could publicly, as a committee that is called public health and safety, like hey, we all think that this is wrong.

This isn't in this isn't a formal vote.

I'm just asking personal personally.

He said he won't answer.

So I'm just asking anybody else if they think that we collectively can say to really have the strike to do something when something is hard to do, and say this was wrong.

That girl never assaulted anybody.

That's not up for question, right?

The tapes have been released, right?

They were released before this all came out, and she got suspended.

Sure, the protocol wasn't fouled.

Protocol and procedure is a big thing, Representative Caparelli, when you're suspending somebody, and um the parent didn't receive a letter that her child was suspended until May 29th, right?

Um so I guess I'm asking if you guys think that this is the golden standard of how we should be running the Stanford Public School system.

So I'm gonna tell you that I do not think that this is the golden stand for standard, and I I just want you to know that I totally respect your passion for children.

Um anytime there's anything with children, I see you really becoming ferocious, and I I love that about you, and so thank you for that.

Um, and I don't use ferocious in a negative way.

I I think it's it's I love that.

No, I love that word.

No, I think it's beautiful that you you want to passionately defend children.

I there's nothing more honorable than that.

Um I I want to ask uh through the chair to you if there is um or if the chair knows is there a current lawsuit?

Because I have not stayed up on the news.

I have been busy with other things, so I I'm wondering if the reason why people are not showing up to our meeting is that there's a current lawsuit that people don't want to make public statements about this right now.

Does anybody know?

I I would just answer I actually don't know the answer to that, but I would say that um I don't feel that us as a committee um for public safety saying that this is wrong would impact any possible um lawsuit that uh could happen.

No, I I don't think so either.

I was just wondering why no one's showing up to answer your questions.

That's the only thing I was wondering about.

Me too.

Would you like to create some kind of resolution or something, making a board statement about this?

Because I'd be happy to partner with you on the new board with that.

Let's talk about that.

Yeah, okay.

As Representative Kim Um Campbell said, you know, she I'm paraphrasing um Bonnie, forgive me.

Um that this not go away doesn't go on away.

It never does.

And this isn't just about being a kid, this is a fake arrest.

That somebody did not say, hey, I did the wrong thing.

I I totally agree with you on that.

14 months later.

We're here.

Okay, thank you about I yield I yield my time.

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you, both representatives.

Sure.

Representative Delacruz and Representative Burns.

Uh thank you, Vice Chair.

But Chair Eric.

Uh you know, I um raking my memory, but back on the 29th board, I was a member of the education committee.

And I noticed a police statement back then that implied that SPS staff had some kind of immunity for these kinds of actions.

And I questioned that, and I'm trying to remember the name of the the lady that was uh was the superintendent.

And I'm trying to remember the name of the lady that was the superintendent.

And they were amazed that social policy existed.

I actually had to read it to them from the policy book.

Anyhow, that goes back to the 29th board.

I know if it's indicative of some of the concerns, like Representative Bonnie Kim Campbell said that this kind of thing doesn't go away.

Here we are today on the 31st board dealing with a similar situation, a related situation.

And I was looking for more transparency, better understanding of what had happened.

Or is there still no report issued?

Does anyone know the answer to that question?

The newspaper of Virgil said that the investigation was over.

Hence why Director DeRuzis couldn't answer our questions in August because he said the investigation was still ongoing.

That's what the newspaper said.

I see.

So but no report has been issued.

Can't speak to that because we don't have it in front of us.

Oh, I see.

We don't know.

Okay, that's why I raised the question.

I don't know.

So I was looking for transparency to better understand what the results of this are, and if any provisions have been made for moral or psychological support to the 13-year-old girl that is traumatized by this, uh, but having no one from the administration to talk to uh will have to pursue that.

Uh I would request for the committee to when after the discussion is over to consider recommitting this item so that hopefully it can be pursued on the 32nd board uh and I yield.

Thank you, Representative.

Uh Representative Burns, did you still want to speak, sir?

I lowered my hand, Mr.

Chair.

Okay, thank you.

Going back to Representative Campbell.

Yes, Chair.

Um I I just wanted to make clear that um that uh I think it was when um Representative Campirelli was speaking, she mentioned something about um, I just wanted to make clear that that young lady didn't hit anybody, and the the principal didn't hit anybody either.

So make that clear, and the second thing is the savior in this situation was a video camera that no one was aware of in a room that was across from the location where this incident happened.

If that had not been there, this young lady would be in the criminal justice system, and her life would be completely ruined, and the seriousness of that really makes me sick to my stomach because this is a school district that had to be under the care of the Justice Department with the reading as a second language program when we um weren't fulfilling our responsibilities with all the teachers in the district being trained in the program.

Second, I still have in my wallet a card for mandated reporting about abuse to children, and we had to go through training and brow beating, and and every year we had to be trained that if you see something, if you feel something, you don't have to know all the details, but you must fill call that number and tell the DCF people, and then let your principal know you're filling out a form because principals would want to try and tell you what to say.

In our school district for telling the truth.

I would highly recommend that you FOIA every piece of paper that you can about this situation and have somebody come forward and just tell the truth.

We all need to get religion on this because it's gonna happen to somebody else, and that child's going to be devastated for the rest of their life.

I yield the floor.

Thank you.

Thank you, Representative.

Are there any other speakers on item three?

Representative Pavia.

And and uh to Representative Umbell's point.

Um, when that all comes out, shame on everybody here in this room right now who did not take a stand tonight.

That's my opinion.

I'm frankly disgusted that we can't all agree.

Thank you.

I yield.

Representative Pollack.

Thank you.

Um I was gonna do a point of clarification.

I uh I share the same sentiment as everybody who's spoken so far.

I'm trying to figure out if there's an action item, just like Representative Campirelli mentioned.

If there's a resolution, um I'm hearing wonderful suggestions.

Uh Representative Campbell said FOIA.

Is there something that we should do or can do as this committee?

Uh this is uh I guess a point of clarification.

Representative Pollock, you're you're you're right.

Uh this is a review item, so it's not actionable.

Uh, but putting together a resolution requesting whatever uh the report, anything we want, that is absolutely the the actionable item that I would recommend.

Um, and um we should put it together uh so we could go on steering for the January board meeting of the 32nd board.

December is simply the organizational meeting.

Okay, and then can we also?

I know people have written letters and we all sign it as a board separately since we don't have language in front of us because I heard Representative Pavia asking, like, for each of us to say um, I don't know if we're each going one by one, but I'd be happy to sign a letter.

I would be happy to vote for a resolution.

I think we do need to hear if they were telling us that it's been resolved.

I think the public deserves the right to know how it's been resolved.

So whatever's needed.

Um, I think I guess representative Pavia and Dela Cruz, you you brought this resolution, uh not resolution, sorry.

Um you brought this forward.

So if there's anything we can do afterwards in the next week, I would say uh letter or putting forward a resolution for next term.

Um happy to be involved.

Thank you.

I I thank you for that, uh, Representative Pollack.

Um I appreciate your sentiment.

Um I just to clarify, I was asking for just a simple hey guys, we're all on a committee together.

Uh, can we agree on this that this was wrong?

This isn't the golden standard, and uh yet nobody's answered that directly.

So uh okay, I still have the floor and uh I respond you you do have the floor, Representative Pollack.

Okay, uh Representative Pavia, I agree.

This is not the standard, and it bothers me as well.

And I would like to see how we could make this better for everyone in the future.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, Representative Burns, please.

Yeah, I think somehow inadvertently um sentiments have been imputed to me that are not valid.

But because I did not say wait, wait, wait, I'm on board too, I'm on board too.

I I find what happened actually horrid.

I mean, it's disgusting that anyone in our system, not to mention a someone in a position of leadership, would just plain outright lie about what a student did in a way that could have had and has possibly had catastrophic effect effects on this kid.

I just don't didn't see uh any vehicle for the representative suggesting that everybody should pop up and say me to me to meet you.

I mean, each of us has to put our hand up.

We have to wait for the chair to call on us.

I put my hand up.

It seemed to me that the moment had passed to say meet to me to me too.

And and then to be accused of perhaps uh uh carrying sentiments that I absolutely do not have, I think are unfair.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

We have a point of order from Representative Pavia.

Uh thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, I'm sorry you felt that way, Representative Burns.

That's not at all.

Um not at all.

Sorry, Representative Pavy, that's not a point of order.

It's you're responding to what Representative Burns had said.

I'm happy to come back to you.

If I can uh continue my I'm I'm saying that it was just a simple asking of us as the committee.

It's not a meet to think like isn't this like a common sense thing where it could be like, hey, from all that we've saw and heard.

We know that this is wrong.

Representative Burns.

Yeah, it's just you know, because I didn't jump up and interrupt everybody and say, wait a minute, I'm included, to have it imputed to me that I'm agreement with this, that future generations will curse my name because I I was not on board with jumping up and saying I hate it, I hate it.

I do hate it.

Uh and I shouldn't have to, you know, just because somebody says everybody has to say yes because I want you to say yes.

I think that's incorrect.

It's and it's improper.

And Mr.

Chair, I want to I want to fault you on this a little bit.

I think perhaps you should have interceded and said this is not the appropriate way to seek the opinions of our your fellow chair of your fellow uh committee members.

Thank you both.

Thank you, Representative Burns.

Uh and to address uh your your thought, uh, one of the reasons I did not respond directly to Representative Pavia is my I wanted each member of the committee and the board who wanted to speak on the item to have a chance to do so uh without uh possibly being influenced by the chair's personal feelings as a representative before I weigh in myself.

Uh next on the list, I have representative camparelli, if you still wish to speak or no.

I made point of order, sir.

Yes, sir.

Representative Burns.

Well, just in a meeting like this, where we have you ably in every other respect, ably chairing our meeting.

You know, for someone to say, I want to hear every single person speak out in uh against this, and if you don't affirmative speak out against it, you are imputed to carry sentiments in favor of what happened, uh was a out of order.

Um I mean, it was out of order.

I probably should have said something when it happened.

It just didn't it just didn't occur to me, Representative KB, hold on, please.

It didn't occur to me that you know, five or ten minutes later, someone would say, Well, anybody who didn't speak, you know, you're in favor of what happened.

And and I'm I'm just flabbergasted at that.

I have nothing more to say on the subject.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Representative Burns.

Uh Representative Camparelli, you had your hand up earlier.

Do you still want to speak?

No.

Thank you.

Sure.

Representative Graham, please, go ahead.

Uh I have to agree with Representative Burns.

Um, I I feel like this is such a sensitive matter, and because it is involving a minor, I did not want to speak on it.

Um, not knowing if there was a pending litigation or not.

I felt like uh we as a board maybe should send a letter to um uh the board of education president and um the superintendent as well as corporate counsel or whoever's representing the board of education to have a report um given.

Um again, um I I do have it's a sensitive matter for me as well.

Something similar happened to uh my child while she was going to school, and I at that time when the incident happened, I was a city employee, so I did not seek um any type of um type of clarification, but I I did not hold the superintendent in the board of education accountable.

I I feel like um I don't know if the principal is um uh still working for the school.

I don't know what the situation is with the principal, but I would like to hear directly from her and not anybody else.

The person who is accused of the incident should really be held accountable and speak, and I don't know if that's possible.

And I yield.

Thank you, Representative.

Before I move on, uh there's an item attached to the legislative record, an email that was received just a little over an hour ago.

If you want to click in on our agenda uh a letter from the president of the Board of Education.

Uh it reads, as President of the Stanford Board of Education, I'm writing on behalf of Dr.

Tamilcero, Mr.

Lou DeRubis, Mr.

Joseph Kennedy, and Mr.

Michael Rinaldi regarding the invitation for them to appear before the public safety and health committee meeting of the Board of Representatives on Thursday, October 30th, 2025.

Dr.

Licero, Mr.

DeRubis, Mr.

Kennedy, and Mr.

Rinaldi will not be appearing before the committee on Thursday night.

The incident for which they have been called before the committee has been addressed by the Board of Education in its role as the agent of the state and the duly constituted authority of the city of Stanford in all matters relating to the organization and administration of schools.

The city's charter delineates the powers of the Board of Representatives and Corporation Council advises it does not believe that this matter falls within the scope of those enumerated powers.

Further, student privacy laws prohibit the disclosure of information that is linked or linkable to identifiable students.

Therefore, any meaningful discussion about the incident of interest to the committee would be severely curtailed.

Lastly, this matter is now with corporation counsel as a matter of potential state and federal litigation, and it would be unwise to discuss in a public forum.

In response to your request for a report, quote, to include findings, outcomes, and any corrective policies or procedures to prevent recurrence, unquote.

Please find the attached, please find attached the recommendations from West Hill High School investigation submitted to the Board of Ed by Dr.

Laurie Rhodes, associate superintendent for high schools.

So I encourage everyone to take a look at this particular email and link through to the recommendations contained therein.

Next on the list was Representative Delacruz.

Go ahead, sir.

Thank you, uh Vice Chair Morrison.

I've heard a number of uh questions like a resolution, a letter, uh report, and so on.

I believe that as a minimum to keep this matter alive is that at the end of our discussion, someone makes a motion to recommit.

And we can pursue this other suggestive actions.

Uh with respect to the letter that you just read.

Of course, I will take the time to study it in greater detail.

But it seems up to me that the Board of Representatives has an education committee whose role is to interlace with the uh board of education and this on the SPS.

So imply that the Board of Education the Board of Reps and its education committee.

Uh seems contradictory.

Uh so uh I think through that education committee, there may be avenues that can be pursued.

Uh thank you, and I yield.

Thank you, Representative.

Uh Representative, I have hands from Representatives Camparelli and Pavia.

Do we either of you wish to go first or defer to the other?

No, my hand was up my accent.

Okay.

Representative Camparelli, go ahead.

I I just had a question for you, Chair, because I think you are basically saying uh what I started out questioning, which is that there is litigation, and they're advising they don't want to, I guess, be part of this or answer questions publicly because of that.

Is that right?

That is my interpretation uh of the matter, particularly where it says the issue is with corporation counsel as a matter of potential state and federal litigation.

Uh, I wouldn't want us to potentially put anything at risk uh as we're looking to uh have justice done and the right thing be done by this student and all others.

Okay.

And then I just I just wanted to clarify because some statements were made um after I made my statements admonishing, you know, this person from being falsely accused and everything like that.

I thought I made it really clear where I stood.

Um, but then I think Representative Pavio was saying that no one was denouncing these acts.

So I just wanted to make it clear that I did denounce somebody being falsely accused of something.

So that's it.

I yield.

Thank you.

Okay.

Thank you, Representative.

Okay, seeing no other hands, uh look uh representative Pavia.

I I agree with your your positions on this.

I also celebrate the passion that you have for students and for young people throughout the city and the passion that you bring that you demonstrate.

Uh so I I agree with you and I want the answers as well.

Uh but what I'm going to, I'm going to speak with uh Chair Stella uh and uh suggest that uh we have a conversation with uh corporate counsel and find out exactly what we should and should not uh do with public conversations that may uh put any pending litigation in jeopardy because again I wouldn't want us to um hurt the chances of uh uh um this this student and others getting justice by whatever precedent the results um set.

Uh thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um thank you for saying that.

Um forgive me, this is a uh a very hot button issue for me.

Um I do want to fundamentally um say that the way that Representative Burns categorized me is not true.

Um here this is not like a you better be with me here.

I I think if if we replay the minutes here, that's not what I said.

Um and I think all of you um spoke up on this uh unfortunate incident because no matter what, guys, it's an unfortunate incident.

Um Mr.

Chair, I don't have that email.

Could you just state um what or tell me uh what time that email came through?

Because it's an email talking about this it's an email attached if you go to if you go to the agenda online on the board website and click on the item in the legislative history, it's a document attached attached dated today.

Email with board of education slash SPS response.

Okay.

So we can all click into it.

It's not an email we received directly.

Okay, thank you.

And thank you again for your passion, and that's how I took it initially.

Thank you.

Uh I see one hand, Representative Delacruz.

Thank you, Vice Chair Morse.

I just wanted to mention that in looking at the portfolio of the education committee.

Uh assigned to the education committee, one item is Board of Education Policies and Procedures.

Which seems to conflict with uh the letter that says we have no role on the matter.

That is part of that portfolio of the education committee.

And I yield.

Thank you, Representative.

Okay, seeing no hands.

I'll move on to item number four.

PS31.072.

Request a review item request for report from administration on incident involving false arrest of student at direction of school administrator to include findings, outcomes, and corrective policies or procedures to prevent recurrence.

Uh entertain a motion to take up item four, please.

Point of information.

Let me get a motion first, please.

Do I have a motion to take up item four?

So moved.

Do I have a second?

Second.

We have a second.

Representative Delacruz, your point of information, please.

Perhaps that frame left the station, but with regards to the prior item.

Uh there was no consideration for recommitted.

I'm going to come back to that because these two items are integrally linked.

Okay, thank you so much.

Sure.

Uh as these two items are integrally linked and the uh letter that's part of the record addresses specifically the quote, uh quote specifically the con the text of this item.

Uh first I'll ask if there's any discussion on this element of the joint items effectively.

Seeing no hands, uh, I'll entertain a motion to recommit both items three and four to steering.

So point of information.

We have a motion.

Thank you.

Um if we bring it back to steering and we decide that we can't talk on it, or it go should go to the education committee.

to recommit both items three and four to steering point of information we have a motion we uh point of information we have a second thank you point of information representative pollock thank you um if we bring it back um to steering and we decide that we can't talk on it or it go should go to the education committee does that affect this motion no this motion this motion recommits it to steering this motion recommits it to steering for the the the next steering committee to consider whether or not to place it on the agenda and if so on what committee so if in the two months till the next uh well i if if before the steering committee in the month of December we determine we that that we can't or shouldn't put it on uh the agenda that steering committee will make that uh decision at that time thank you I was wondering if it also can be done on education committee at that time yes the steering committee can place it on a different committee or link the committees however it sees fit thank you sure any discussion on this item all those in favor of recommitting items three and four to steering please say aye aye aye aye any opposed and any abstentions okay that item passes unanimously with no abstentions okay we have uh two late submissions item five PS31.073 uh first actually let me uh take a motion uh entertain a motion to suspend the rules to take up these late submissions almost do I have a second sorry second thank you any discussion on the matter seeing none all those in favor of suspending the rules to take up late submitted items please say aye aye any opposed any abstentions okay that passes unanimously the rules are suspended taking up item five ps 31.073 resolution waiving the requirements of section 21 3b of the code of ordinances to rename West Park place as Annie M.

Somerville Way do I have a motion to take up this item so move thank you and a second please second we have a second very good floor is open for discussion any hands please okay seeing no hands all those in favor of PS31073 please say aye.

Aye any opposed any abstentions that passes unanimously and finally item six PS31.074 the resolution renaming West Park place as Annie M.

Somerville way in conformance with section 21 of the code of ordinances do I have a motion so moved so moved and second please thank you okay any any discussion on this item seeing none we'll take it to a voice vote all those in favor of PS31.074 please say aye.

Aye aye aye any opposed any abstentions and that passes unanimously as well that concludes our agenda for this evening um I want to take a moment to thank uh chair Stella who couldn't be here this evening for uh chairing this uh this committee for the last eight years um and I've had the pleasure of serving as vice chair with him and uh I've learned a tremendous amount from him uh I'm sorry he couldn't be here I know he wanted to be uh but um I want I hope we can all extend our thanks to to Jeff for doing such a great job with public safety uh are there any other comments before we adjourn yeah I guess representative Pavia go ahead yeah I I just wanted to do a uh say basically the same thing I did this on appointments last night um it's been an honor to serve with all of you on this committee this is a really important committee we've dealt with a lot of stuff over the years um real serious stuff this committee like life or death at certain times back in the beginning and um and I I really like you all you know I like working with you all throughout this whole thing and uh civil discourse is okay I said that last night um changes nothing how I feel about anybody personally I'm very grateful to be on this committee with everybody thank you thank you representative representative graham go ahead I wanted to reiterate with uh representative Pavia said it's been a pleasure working with everyone um and I've learned so much uh during this uh first term and it wasn't a full term but it felt like it was we did a lot of work so I want to say thank you to everybody for all your input and um just working cohesively and I yield thank you representative representative camparelli go ahead please I just wanted to thank uh Jeff Stella and yourself for uh chairing these meetings I this board is a lot of work when you're not chairing so to everyone that's chaired

We did a lot of work.

So I want to say thank you to everybody for all your input and um just working cohesively, and I yield.

Thank you, Representative.

Representative Campirelli, go ahead, please.

I just wanted to thank uh Jeff Stella and yourself for uh chairing these meetings.

I this board is a lot of work when you're not chairing.

So to everyone that's chaired on the 31st board, uh my heart goes out to you for all the work that you guys have done and and women have done, and uh I want to reiterate what uh representative Pavia said that it's been a pleasure to work with all of you.

So thank you for all the hard work that all of you do.

Thank you, Karen.

Anyone else?

I will also echo Representative Pavia's sentiments, and uh it has indeed been an honor to serve with all of you.

Uh and uh that's it.

If there are no more comments, we are adjourned at 726.

Thank you for your time and your work and your passion.

Good night, everybody.

Thank you all.