October 2015 Meeting Notes

October 2015 Meeting Minutes

MAAEA Meeting
1 Parish St.
Dorchester, MA 02122
October 5, 2015
5:00PM - 7:00PM

Members Attending: Richard Chang, Tuyet Dinh, Daniel Nguyen, Go Sasaki, Andrea So, Jessica Tang

Agenda:
Check-Ins
Member Support Time
Superintendent Event Discussion

Superintendent Event Discussion:

Perhaps include History piece - History of Chinatown tells us about discrimination, and tell us how poorly the Chinese have been treated
Chinatown was the red light district
Bisected by the Mass Pike
Cut by the central artery
Gentrification

District Contacts:
Makeeba McCreary - Tommy Chang’s chief of staff

Representation and Staffing:
Garrity #’s do not reflect the current demographics of Boston
AA students - 9%
Black students - 33.6%
Latino Students - 40.9%
White - 13.8%
MA DoE 14-15 statistics

AA educators - 6%
Black educators - 21%
Latino educators - 10%
White educators - 61%
BPS 2013-2014 statistics

Mather SEI - preserve strand - waiting list, really is a need.
ESL and SEI issues - Go through Francis Esparza - new director of OELL -
Just hired Nima Lessen Joseph - director of instruction for ESL/SEI

How will you inform and engage Asian American and immigrant parents
Rights?
Charter Schools - do parents know the options that are available?
Charter schools - many do not have resources to serve ELLs or SpEd
Boston Compact - Unified Enrollment System - (but only a few charters are currently part of this system) - at least a year out - How will this serve Asian and immigrant parents


UMass Asian American Studies - Go will reach out
Food - Ask Whole Foods (need 6-8 weeks lead time) - we might be able to do this through Quincy Upper
Other groups - Quincy Upper, Quincy Elementary, Andrea’s contacts?

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Announcements:
New APA chapter of AFL-CIO
- Hotel Workers, carpenters, painters, building trades, etc.

Anyone know any teachers or parents who would be willing at a charter school hearing - to keep the charter school cap?

Other To Do’s:
Go e-mail Tuyet an invite to the Mather teachers

Next Meeting:
11/9/15@ the Mather 5pm-7pm

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