Public meetings this week look at reparations through cannabis revenue, name changes to the Agassiz neighborhood and Central Square branch library, police surveillance technology that worries civil libertarians, aging elementary schools, tree tear-downs and much more.

The Evergreen day care and preschool, a nonprofit serving area families since 1989, needs donations for relocating between buildings on the Sancta Maria Nursing Facility after setbacks caused by the coronavirus.

Lines in the sand are being drawn in the district’s decision to suspend two teachers without pay for a day for declining to participate in administering the MCAS tests to students. A letter supporting the two educators signed by 189 educators was delivered to superintendent Kenneth Salim’s office.

Parents and other caregivers worried about being unable to find kids a spot in fall after-school programs can take comfort: city councillors are working toward a hearing on the issue before the end of June.

Two Cambridge Public Schools educators out of 52 have been suspended without pay for a day for declining to administer the MCAS tests to elementary school students this spring.

Public meetings this week look at, well, what public meetings will look like after the pandemic, a proposal for a new kind of public safety and enacting an acoustic music law; cutting small-business permitting and licensing fees; “missing middle” zoning; and the return of the Cantab Lounge.

Public meetings this week look at how Covid affected high school graduation rates, reforming the city’s Plan E charter, planning for a cohesive Alewife neighborhood, two potential Neighborhood Conservation Districts and a remake of The Garage in Harvard Square.

Paul Toner announced Tuesday that he is seeking a City Council seat, following up a run in 2017 when he was the final challenger eliminated in 19 rounds of ranked ballot counts.

As educators, we have never supported the MCAS testing system. Now 18 urban school superintendents agree that as we emerge from a pandemic, the test will be disruptive, and there is “no valid purpose” for administering it this spring to students.

Public meetings this week look at the future of public safety, a vision for Harvard Square, how Neighborhood Conservation Districts are created and run, and climate change-friendly buildings; check in with the DPW, city water utility and Eversource; and wade back into Middle East politics.