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with hot chocolate cookies and wonderful treats so I'll come for Thanks very very much let's give it up for Thank you family for coming out this evening and bringing your children
during this holiday season thank you so much thank you for your sacrifices thank you for the community you are welcome to stay you are welcome to stay with us and retain any information that the district
has to give to you for the upcoming year of 2025 my name is Berita Parsons i am the CP president of CP District 10 and I just want to welcome you all this is our council here full counseling
for this last meeting in 2024 so exciting to meet you at now 5 minutes to 7 i'm going to quickly go over roll call with our council members thank you um principal thank you
staff thank you everyone i'mma quickly do the roll call emma Alada Angie Busa arena dea Erica Gonzalez Michelle Hay Bernita Parsons
present Amy Sai Ko Vasquez Maria Bella Lobos and Katherine Wheeler wonderful excellent excellent excuse me for my tardiness today i went up instead
of going down i got so confused today i went up three times unbelievable knowing the bronze all my life and I was on the wrong side of the street that is crazy that's all right um we are now going to quickly go over
and review the approval of the minutes each council member receive a copy of our November 26 minutes and if you want to quickly look at those minutes and put down a
motion for the approval and any edits that are necessary motion thank you Captain Wheeler she motions and Emma Alada seconds that motion thank you council members for November 26
minutes we are now into a very crucial and important information it is the SCA presentation for our capital planning for the five-year fiscal year and it is very
important that all the infrastructures any improvements in any schools be directed especially during this time there are certain elements and certain things that needs to be done inside each and every of the 54
schools that are in district 10 correct me if I'm wrong if it's 54 and if we don't set those in at an appointed time we will miss the import and necessary improvements in our schools and we all
heard all the have a presentation right now online that's going to direct and show us how to fiscal year good evening nicole Holloway here from uh New York City School Construction
Authority can you all hear me yes and no yes okay perfect do I have permission to share my screen can't hear her from this because the owl is not
connected this is the laptop that's up there is there volume on the we go who are you co-hosting for your presentation i am sharing my screen now
can everyone hear me and see my screen yes all right good evening everyone my name is Nicole Holloway and I am the external affairs manager for uh the New York City School Construction Authority and I
service all schools in the Bronx i'm excited to be here tonight to share with you the amendments to the 2025 2029 5-year capital plan so um right now um along with this presentation we sent
over a couple of brochures those brochures explain to you about our environmental services as well as about our PAPS program which is the public arts for public schools brochure and about our mentor program so who is the
SCA we are a city agency dedicated to building and modernizing public schools that are safe attractive and environmentally sound for children throughout the many communities of New York City at tonight's meeting we're going to
go over some plan highlights i'm going to cover capacity programs i'm going to talk through the 2020 to 2024 projects as well as uh the 25 to 29 projects we're going to go through sound i'm
sorry i'm going to go through the capital improvement um uh highlights for your district as well as resawway then we're going to talk a little bit about the new comment form and then I'll take your questions and comments all right so the five-year plan
so right now our five-year plan has a total amount of $20.5 billion that's broken down into four categories your first category is your capacity projects these are projects that bring new school seats to the district and that total is
6.98 billion then there is a new uh category called healthy schools and that's coming in at $2.28 28 billion and healthy schools focuses on the well-being of students by improving
athletic fields cafeteria enhancements and new efforts to create more sustainable uh city by reducing greenhouse emissions and creating a more environmental uh educational opportunities for our students in New York City then our next
category is capital improvement capital improvement projects are those projects that keep your buildings airtight and water sealed and that is has a total of 7.54 billion and then last is our mandated program coming in at 3.72
billion our mandated projects is anything that is uh dictated by code and or city state or federal regulations in our New York City public schools all right so some of the citywide
highlights of this new plan again new capacity coming in at 6.13 billion that's bringing new school seats to your uh school districts then we're highlighting electrification projects this is an initiative that was started
in October of 2022 under Mayor Adams and he wanted to start transitioning all public schools to operate on electric power the goal is to electrify the existing school buildings and this sustainable investment that the city
aims to significantly reduce the carbon footprint and take steps towards a more environmentally friendly energyefficient educational infrastructure technology coming in at 1.25 billion accessibility and again
accessibility are those projects that make a public school fully or at least partially accessible coming in at 800 million physical education space upgrades coming in at $40 million and then another new highlighted section is
the cafeteria enhancement program where we're trying to make the uh lunchtime and the cafeterias more updated for the students in New York City public schools so next we'll talk a little bit more
about the capacity and how that's broken down so again your new capacity which is a new school building annex and or an addition comes in at 6.13 billion for this uh plant your replacement program
which renews any uh leases that's expiring and or seeks to uh sort out new lease spaces comes in at 400 million then there's the capacity to support TCU removal coming in at 200 million that is
where we do minor repairs and or conversions inside of a school so that in order for us to remove those TCUs or temporary buildings um those students could migrate back into the main building uh this new field as well as
playground redevelopment that is for when we remove a TCU or TCB some of you might know them as annex buildings and or t um temporary classroom buildings we want to now take that space and turn it into a wonderful new playground for the
students to have and then early education coming in at 200 million so some of the district 10 capacity highlights um for this new from the old plan was the opening of the brand new
primary school at 2347 Morris Avenue with a total of 451 seats which is now an extension of the um middle school 363 we just opened that new school in September of this year then we are
actively working on a brand new primary school located at 3850 review place if you might know that as the old visitation Catholic school site when that site opens up in September of 2027
it will have 696 seats 600 of them will be uh uh gen ed and then 96 seats will be allocated to D75 and then there will be another new site coming to district 10 and that'll
be located at PS um at 63896393 Broadway and that is the old Vanc Courtland Motel that will have 547 seats with 96 of those seats serving D75 and we anticipate that that new
building will open in September of 2029 so here's some capacity photos of some projects that's been completed in district 10 this is the brand new um MS uh or public school uh middle school 363
located at 2347 Morris Avenue and that's just the front of the building here's what the classrooms look like next up capital improvement uh projects so for any of you who do not know we the SCA work alongside the
Division of School Facilities dsf is the agency that is responsible for maintaining your buildings while we're separate entities we do work alongside one another so I'm going to talk to you a little bit now about how something becomes a project in the capital plan so
there's a couple of different ways one is there's a Bcash report this is a building condition assessment survey each and every year uh a team of people from DSF along with our architects and engineers go out and they service they
uh survey every New York City public school when they do that they rate such things as the architectural the electrical and the plumbing with a rating of one through five anything that's rated a one or a two is in great excellent condition three is starting to
show some signs of wear and tear but the projects that we focus on are those that are rated at a four or five next is DSF or division of school facilities reported issues these are issues that's escalated by the custodian trying to
handle an issue they can't they would report that to their deputy director of facilities who would then try to address the issue if for some reason DSF cannot handle a situation and or it presents a life or safety issue they would then
escalate that to us we would immediately go out survey it and determine if it's something that we could fix in a a quick manner or if it's something that we need to put a little more um survey in and uh complete a design and then roll out a
project for it next are your mandated repairs this is any kind of repair that comes out under a city or state uh code compliance issue that we have to go into a school and do next are your resaya
projects these are the projects that are funded by your local um city council members as well as the borrow president and then next is your yearly CEC requests what are the projects that come out of these various ways that something
could become a project these are your exterior masonry projects your window replacements parapits flood elimination roof replacements accessibility anything that uh will last over 5 years and has a
dollar value of $50,000 or more so here are some District 10 uh capital improvement highlights right now I'm not going to go through each of these these are all planned projects coming to uh District 10 and you'll see you have some
cafeteria multi-purpose room upgrades low voltage electrical systems parapits oftent times just so you know exterioration blood elimination and parapits they'll all be combined into one project so although in the plan you
may see them listed separately they can be bundled together next up here are some CIP photos from some active and some recently completed work so you'll see here at the John F kennedy uh campus we
actually just uh wrapped up the tennis courts earlier this year and then PS 306 we're actively working on the roof and that project is um almost at substantial completion so next I'd like to talk to
you a little bit about your res projects these are projects that are specific to the school where you have uh um basically all of the control over what details and scope of work goes into these projects this money it comes from
your city council members and again your burough presidents and even some individual grants that schools receive so some of the highlights of uh resawway projects in district 10 again 37
auditorium upgrades electrical upgrades library renovations playground upgrades and science labs so this year there is a new CEC comment form that we ask you to fill out so I just want to point out some things
while it may look the same as it has in previous years there's some things you should know when you're filling out this form now it offers some drop- down menus for you to be able to make your selections so once you put in the burrow
a drop-own menu will pop up and you could just select the Bronx and it'll automatically populate that information as well as your building addresses now the actual name of the school organization you would still need to put in here description of the request this
is a big one so one of the things I just want to talk through really fast with you is the difference between something that should be recommended to DSF by means of your custodian or the deputy director of facility versus projects you
want to submit here in the uh CEC annual request form so anything that is considered cosmetics let's just take for example um bathroom upgrades that's something that I hear quite often and I've heard it over the last uh 10 years
bathroom upgrades that will come to the SCA would be anything requiring plumbing work that means that the toilets are not flushing they're backing up it's a larger issue anything that's needing new
stall doors maybe some new vanities um mirrors new soap dispensers that's cosmetics those are things that should be shared with the custodian and then for that person to see if they can handle it at their level or if it needs
to be escalated to their deputy director of facilities okay so when you think of the projects you want to include on this form think of anything that has a longevity of at least the minimum of five years a dollar value of over
$50,000 okay um again you could submit more than your top five projects but we are only going to be looking at the top five projects from each school district in order to be considered for the February uh amendments okay you can list
additional projects if you want but again it's the top five that we really uh focus on and here's our contact information so once again my name is Nicole Holloway and I'm the external affairs manager for
the Bronx uh I bet Knight is my external affairs director and then where this comment form should be submitted is to council@nyca.org but if you have questions pertaining to the comment form you could reach out via
the number that's on this uh presentation tonight so once again my name is Nicole Holloway and I will take any questions or comments you all have i know I got a question thank you Miss Holay
question in district 10 I I've been in this district for many many years we have a lot of old schools and we are building brand new schools what are we doing in terms of our old school that
may be falling apart a couple of in this particular area we're at 246 now but in this particular area we have steps that are falling apart we have others that may or may not work we have libraries if
I remember at 246 needed work um the school back here I believe it's 86 86 um granted can't climb those steps anymore we need we need to improve not
only building new schools but improve on the schools that's been here for 40 50 60 70 years or 110 years and um 246 is my pet peeve because my son went here as
well as my granddaughter and I always try to come back and visit and I do thank you for the um gymnasium that was built but there's a lot of improvement that needs to be done definitely the lighting
was a plus but we need more work done in district thank you for sharing that so I just want to say to you actively I have about 30 active projects going on in district 10 um we're working out of 86 right now
i've uh we did exterior masonry as well as the elevator in 246 science lab upgrades so there is a lot of work going on and a lot of work coming we actively work on our um existing buildings we
don't just focus on building new schools we're doing exterior masonry flood elimination jobs um parapits new windows Walton um high schools another big project so we are actively working it's
unfortunate that we can't do work in all schools at the same time but the work is there good afternoon thank you so um I have a little question about um schools that had um approved for
let's say a playground and it's been two years and it's still pending um the next one is the bill that is to be paid for plus and the principles of federal eos
and no one um attempt it i'm I'm sorry I really could not hear you the sound quality on online is not that great could you please repeat that
okay so the first one is PS3 they've been waiting PS3 yes about two years for the uh school playground and it haven't start yet and also a 244 has been waiting to pay bills from
blocks that were um done while back ago and he has sent several emails as well you said PS244 plaster work the middle school MS244 waiting for the
bills to pay to be paid for plugs plugs so he has sent already emails and the 360 PS 360 is for the uh two years been waiting for the playground which it was approved and everything but no work has been done yet
do you know if that was a resawway playground project or if it was a capital improvement playground project because that makes a that makes a big difference
i think she mentioned the capital so I'm going to have to look into PS3's uh playground project i am joined here by my senior project officer for school district 10 Brendan Mallehey brendan do
you know anything about 360 okay maybe he's not uh on still but let me get back to you i could definitely get back to you about PS3's playground i want to say more than likely it's a Resaway funded project and
just so everyone's aware with a resay funded project until that money is released from city hall to the SCA from the elected official we wouldn't do anything so although the council member may have committed the money it might
not be in our possession as of yet i just would need to see or it's a chance it could be in design i just don't know where the project's at right now but I could definitely get back to you about that and then as far as MS244 could you repeat what your concern
was the plugs that needs to be paid is ready for uh to pay the bills he had been several years for plugs the plugs i'm not understanding what plugs electrical
plugs the outlets yes oh okay the outlets and you're waiting for them to be done what are you waiting for the bills to be paid yes the work was done the bill was not paid the bill was not paid to who the
contractor i mean we would we would only be responsible for paying the contractor who would have come in and updated your electrical plugs so I'm assuming you're referencing you had 110 plugs in the
classrooms and you needed 220 to support air conditioners and or your technology okay can I have them email you directly yes absolutely i will put my email address in the chat room as well as it's
at the end of the presentation thank you thank you appreciate it no problem sorry miss Haye I have a question um is this presentation shared where every
district where all principal all staff all schools are informed of the tiers because I see that you have five tiers and of course CDC requests are at the bottom and I just want to know is this
information global yes it is the capital plan is online you could access the capital plan by visiting our website and going through any part of it so yes it is global okay so to I guess avoid any hindrances or
obstacles in the future um I just like everybody to be transparent and aware where they could get this information because I know that districts and schools I I I understand i know that districts and schools you know we need all this work being done and it seems
like there's like a miscommunication i put this in why is it not getting done and if we just have like this chain of command okay boom I gave it to CC CC emailed it or this the principal send a certain request and did
a followup then we won't get lost coming forward in 2025 okay so one is I just want to tell you the online version of the capital plan is searchable by burrow then next by
school district so you could actually go in and click just to see what projects are coming to school district 10 right um next is uh what was the other part so you talked about the capital plan and where you could get your information as
well as the link that we sent over um with tonight's presentation it takes you straight to your portion of the capital plan right that was the first part and then the next was the CEC comment forms
that you submit every year after I come and I uh present to you they give you our capital plan department should have sent you results you should have gotten an email from a gentleman named Eric Martyr i'm actually included on all of
those emails so if you submitted projects from last year your top five or however many you submitted you should have gotten a preliminary response i want to say back in March or April of this year and then in October you should
have gotten your final responses to anything you submitted for um the last time I came so I I can't remember if I came in December of 2023 or if I came in January of 2024 but you should have gotten responses for every request you
submitted i guess not it It's all right it was just moving forward we not going to worry about the past but moving forward we just know a little bit better on how to submit the request we all on board with you Miss Holloway we have a couple of schools that we're going to
discuss during this meeting that gave in some requests to us already and I encourage that any other schools that's ready to get on the bandwagon before January 17th I actually gave a deadline of January 15 to give us time to
allocate and sort out all the proposals and then we will send it to you timely and then we could get a response in a timely manner as well Miss Holloway yes Madame President thank you any more questions okay Amy you have a microphone
down there um I have two questions that are kind of um very similar to each other uh first okay a couple years ago uh the mayor former mayor Delasio had dedicated um to
ensure that New York City public schools will get air conditionings in all classrooms and um I wanted to emphasize that when the students are in some of the buildings for summer rising and the
rooms that either had a air conditioner that was you know a couple years old they're not functioning at a um either they get sometimes very low and then it gets really hot in a room or it gets really cold and so the um I'm just
curious as to like the uh update upgrade around air conditionings in classrooms um other than the shared Great so that's a great question so yes the mayor uh the mayor's initiative was to ensure that all classrooms had
functioning uh um air condition window air conditioning units so for the SCA our obligation was to go into buildings who did not have the power to support 220 outlets and classrooms so there was
a cluster of buildings that needed power to come in from the street into the building then to run from your basement up through the floors to feed these uh uh outlets in each classroom right then there was uh projects where the building
had enough power already and we just needed to bring the power up to the classrooms install dedicated 220 watt outlets then there was a cluster of schools that already had uh 220 outlets in their classrooms and they only needed
the window air conditioning units window air conditioning units are not purchased out of the uh capital plan because they do not last for 5 years and have a cost of over $50,000 so the SCA's uh goal with the AC
um initiative was to ensure that all classroom spaces had working 220 watt outlets to support window air conditioning units then what happened was DSF the division of school facilities along with the deputy
directors and your custodians did assessments and DSF brought in the actual window air conditioning units as far as the maintenance the upkeep and everything that is stuff that would fall
on your custodian and DSF not on the SCA we would have done the construction part and we did all schools that had that needed 220 watt outlets and classrooms in district 10 have them as far as the
actual unit itself not working that's something that you needed to speak with the custodian and the deputy director of the facility about okay um because summer rising I visited at 90 uh PS94 and PSMS 95 the community
board organization that was hosting the uh summer rising in the afternoon they had informed me that the kids um got really hot and the AC's just didn't meet the temperature outside and then uh with
PS54 on Webster Avenue they have a air and principal Vanura said uh she also informed a custodial and a custodial you know they often monitor it but it does not regulate the temperature in the
winter it gets really cold and in the summer um it like it fluctuates so I just wanted to inform you that and I want I also have a question on the Hback system i was told that custodial are to
um to replace every few years on the the filters um I just wanted to I was just curious as there's if there would be new replacements on HVAC systems um there has been some parents concerned with um
children's being sick right now with the flu and they're curious as to if it has some part to the HVAC system or the filters um and how that goes about so again all of that is DSF facilities
maintenance issues again if the building has an existing existing HVAC system it's up to the custodian to maintain that system which is regularly changing the filters on it if it goes down they would have had to reach out to someone
to come in and service it if the system is completely out at and and it's not working at all and DSF's budget couldn't fix it then they would escalate it to us again it you know it's we don't check
HVAC systems only in schools that have it already but I think maybe in some of the older schools you may be referencing air returns in 54 I'm going to look into that school and see what's going on because that's something that the
custodian should have investigated reported to their DDF and had a service provider come out to fix it you know am I am does everyone understand the difference between what's a facilities maintenance issue versus
what's construction and who to go to for what i think maybe that's something we could have a deeper conversation about um Madame President feel free to reach out to me and call me and we could talk through some of these things because a lot of what you're talking about with
the window AC units HVAC systems having issues that all falls on facilities and then if facilities can't handle it it would come to us but there are exceptions because again a window AC unit is not going to last 5 years they
start to depreciate within the first year of use so again that's something that's not capitalally elig it's not capital eligible we are going around and we do have a select few co ventilation projects but that's more of uh replacing
the returns in the buildings if they're not working the air exchange and again we wouldn't know that the air exchange is not working in the building if it didn't first get reported to the custodian the custodian tried to fix it and or had a service provider come in
technician that would try to fix it they can't fix it then they would escalate it to their boss who is the deputy director of facility if the deputy director of facility at DSF within their budget couldn't afford to pay to fix that uh uh
return system that HVAC system then that individual would need to um forward that concern to us okay okay yes you wanted to continue no no no i was want to pass the mic i I just don't want to um I know there's a
lot of questions about the the schools and um and the the need information and I know Miss Hay can answer all those questions and give us a direct response tonight because then they would need to
be followup so if any um council member has any questions you know you could email her directly you can CC me and Maria Kodera in regards to it and um we'll make sure Yes she did share her
email she could do it again um we also have the deck um for this presentation and any other information and I will share it with the council um tomorrow when necessary if they need that information to contact SCA and I know
there's a lot of outstanding projects that needs to be done um but we can't do it in 2024 and they would need to be spaced out and hopefully we'll have an answer for for everyone
so I did share my contact information my email address is in the chat room feel free to reach out to me about any projects in school district 10 and I will try to give you the most up-to-date information that I could provide yes and President Parsons if I may just
to remind the council members that as you visit your schools that you are liaison to to please take the form fill it out when you meet with school leadership uh to document anything that they're lifting up when you meet with parent leadership and just the community
at large it's really important so that you can have those conversations here at the council especially as you begin to narrow down your top five thank you did Erica have something to say yeah
hi everyone so I just want to echo what I was going to say um so hi Paul I know that we could make a portal for having questions about that i just wanted to point out the fact that um for the vanity I know um you know the not the repairs but the constructions they could be for example we could put this as an
example PS85 that has um the bathrooms are being fixed now right so that's a part that's an example um as for a beayer as for that and sometimes with the resa um you know like what you said um they wait for the money to contribute it and sometimes it take time even
though it's um you wrote it down they wrote it down and everything it went through the process it's kind of a long process but you have to remember that um and I was in the CC back um when the project started for the 246 so I am actually it's my first time coming in
here so it it turned out nice and I'm glad you know for the community because I do live around the school um and I know parents that are really happy about it so um I really like that you're actually making good use of it because I know that you do holiday changes etc um and I would just encourage parents um
online here also um if you're not 40 246 you don't have to be 246 your student can be in middle school in a high school district um if you see that something's going on whether it's a resa whether it's a repair or anything that you may like that you may um that you may think
that okay my school doesn't have a gym um speak about it ask you know to um go to the SLT speak to your principal all of that because it does make a difference um because we get to do it like um what the presentation is saying um in January and you know you have to pick and choose and you know that way
you can um if we don't because some schools don't have a leazison right and that um that backs up a lot of things right and you know we cannot wait until next year for that so I just wanted to do that to encourage them and to encourage the council members to always you know ask school you know what do you
need um for example it could be the auditorium um also the gitorium um all of that that you know those are big things that um it doesn't have to be like what um they're saying not has to be construction has to be an auditorium the library all of that doesn't have to
be repairs or any of that just I just want to hear thank you thank you council member Gonzalez um I also want to reiterate before you go miss that a letter was sent out districtwide to all
the schools in regards this important capital planning so I will just send another follow-up email in regards to that and hopefully I don't get bombarded that's great so again can I just jump in there and just say you know talk to the
principles talk to the custodians and if you have the access talk to the DDF because sometimes there's things that'll be handled by them that you'll put on that CEC common form and that's that's that's really you know a bad thing
because now you've kind of taken up one of your top five and it's something that should have been a maintenance or facilities issue and you're requesting it to be done so like those things about air conditioning um uh the filters and HVAC systems those are things you need
to talk to the custodians about and especially to know if a project is upcoming when we're doing when we're preparing for CIP or capital improvement project in a building there is about a year's worth of contact where we are
surveying we're going into the building we're doing probes the principal generally knows about that but the custodian and the fireman will be the ones that's meeting with our engineers coming out to do surveys meeting with the consultant who's designing so there
may be already a project coming that's underway so talk to the DDFs talk to the custodians and just see where the building's at and ask them what needs to be done and what do you think is a good project we should submit also look at
those Bcash um surveys each school throughout New York City on the DOE's website you go into the find a school selection you put in your or code X um 103x246 when you go when you get on your
building's profile page on the right hand side there's a tab that says reports under that there's another tab that says facilities when you click in facilities you're going to see your Bcash report this is a comprehensive report i mean everything architectural
electrical plumbing everything inside and out of the building is rated a one through a five again we focus on those uh things that are rated four and five but just kind of look through there to get a sense of what's the priority
because if you're asking for like a playground upgrade or auditorium upgrade but in your BCAST survey your roof is leaking you are um the building's taking on water or flooding we're not going to invest doing a playground upgrade we're
gonna invest to keep your building airtight and water sealed so that would be the focus so that's why I'm saying it's a combination of that Bcash report talking to the custodian looking at the plan projects in the plan and I know
it's a lot to do but it's very important that you kind of go through all of the stages so you could get more information on on getting the project and or the reason why the project can't be done okay okay I hope that was helpful yes
Miss Holloway um we have two um public comments in person they want to ask quickly okay daisy and then we're going to need you guys to circle okay
okay i have three kids in the school i was asking if we could create ortorium for our children like today they were singing and this is not adequate place to have kids singing we will I would like to have an auditorium um they have a
show this Friday i'm not able to attend but it's going to be through Zoom there's no at what school yes 246 they have [Music]
I I want to read it that we should have a auditorium my daughter has special needs and she has asthma so if they're outside in the upper level um it's full so I just want an auditorium to be more adequate for my child
so thank you for bringing that forward so I sorry hold on one moment Nicole thank you sorry okay Maria i know there will be a long wait but important is the kids so um it's worth
waiting and starting the project okay so um thank you for sharing that with us and I do agree all schools do need an auditorium unfortunately PS 246 doesn't have the space within the main building
to create an auditorium so that's why we built that standalone gymnasium that standalone gymnasium is not only intended for use for physical education classes and exercise but it's also accommodated with seats and chairs and
can be used as a auditorium and that's one of the reasons why the building got it because they didn't have space within the main building to have a large meeting space for shows and uh things like that so I mean aside from what the
building already has there's really no place to build an auditorium in the building and I don't think the principal is going to give up classrooms or other spaces for us to convert it into an auditorium miss Miss Holloway we have the principal
here Principal Johnson of PS246 hi Principal Johnson hello how are you Marla i've seen a long time how you doing i know it's been quite a while i'm great how are you so we were promised to have benches and chairs that never
happened just a box we also were promised up a level we were promised as well it didn't happen it's just a square box to stand alone we bring chairs in if I purchase for our usage in the building we have no way to have any kind of
assembly here i'll make it happen i do what I have to do to make things happen smoothly but we were promised the world we were promised the world that we got a city but it's okay though we're making it work for us so we do it appreciate having it will give us benches or chair
that pulls out of the wall that'd be great it will give us a situation where we can have a top level it's not stopping above build up what we're doing is space that we can have and host events for our children right now we have a show on Friday and only host five
people in here so I can't inviting my parents we're having kids sing and do performance but they're watching via zoom and here's me say to this person unfortunately so that's the concern we have okay referencing this Squarespace
thank you Principal Johnson i will reach out to you tomorrow and we will let me see what happened you should have received uh chairs and everything to set up the space let's talk a little bit more tomorrow and let me see what I could do okay
okay okay wonderful um we have another comment Miss Followway hold on sure [Music]
um the kids are not able to stand and speak to you guys but I feel that the kids are need to be seen by their parents and that's why there should be no excuses to have a military input our kids thank you thank you thank you
thank you for sharing that i will take that back with me yes we have one more comment oh it's the same comment okay any more public comments okay yes okay we will wait for public comment
when we reach that moment construction construction and the school and improvements inside the schools if it's has nothing to do with capital Planet there is a public comment section i'm a microphone guy
hello my name is Mo i'm the uh leader of the 365 dads here at 246 we're a bunch of guys here who take care of our kids and other kids in the community we're here 365 days of the year it's just not about our kids it's about all the kids in the community i um
I was born and raised in the Cambridge Norwood area so I basically know like the things we need here in the school like Miss J said we need space to host events uh be able to let the parents see the kids grow and what they're doing in the school a lot of the things they do here
we're not allowed to come in because of safety reasons there is no space so Miss Johnson does her best again she's the awesome principal the best principal we know other than that it's not really nothing we could use couple of more crossing
guards oh yes uh through 19 did you say that again we have one mate that stands up here on the top of the hill she's awesome too but she can't get all four corners and maybe two more crossing guards to do and uh
Preston we might use a speed bump yes the kid got dismissed on Preston and the cars come through there like crazy i live across the street in the White House so I see it i feel they're like in danger from the speeding cars through
Yes speed bump crossing guards and call Miss Johnson do that so thank you for your comment um crossing guard school safety that's not
construction that's not the SCA um I will reach out to David English the burough safety director and let him know that there's an issue you need additional school safety andor crossing guards am I correct about that correct
correct that that's okay so that's something that would go through DOE through um like I said David English and his team which is with school safety um and then as far as the street we don't own the street so that's
a concern that should be forwarded to the Department of Transportation what I can do is I can send the email over to their community affairs letting them know that around the school needs a speed bump for safety for the students
but again that's not construction that would come from the sea okay thank you so much Miss Holloway i don't know if this was long it last year wasn't this long that's fine it's fine
because the information is getting out and now parents when they become more involved which is great that's what the more voices that is being heard then more noise and more things get done especially in the Bronx thank you so
much you are correct thank you um all the members all the public comments and all the members thank you so much thank you for having me tonight i wish you all a great evening happy holidays once again my name is Nicole Holloway my
information my email is in the chat room you have my contact information reach out to me no matter how small how how big the question is I will do my best to work with you to get you results okay
thank you so much thank you all have a great holiday have a great holiday thank you take care everybody take care take care we gonna move forward now it is now
we got like 10 minutes to eight and we going to now have our superintendent Hernandez presentation are we ready yes it was it was good i I like how it's moving forward thank you parents for being involved and sending
in your comments they need to hear you thank you so much now we will hear from our superintendent thank you good evening everyone happy December yes this December last week of school for our kids staff faculty and
then they're home with their family really excited for the holiday season i'm sure they're excited i know we don't have school on the 23rd so that's uh that's exciting for the kids to be able to have that full week um of vacation um
to be able to spend with their families and of course um having our teachers and staff members having uh their winter break as well so uh welcome everyone uh great to have you all here uh I'm going to begin uh presentation is
set excellent all right so we're going to begin uh as our meeting focus is anchored in our four C's compliance celebration coherence collaboration so we're going to just some key uh parts of this but
we're going to begin first with our mood meter uh it's part of the district 10 um tradition to um recheck in before our meetings and so if you know folks online
and and and also our my fellow uh CC members here at the table and also anyone in the audience that's present here this evening if uh if you want to check in and share what uh mood you're in um we can do that now if you're in
the uh Zoom and you can use the chat feature uh and uh President Farson will share with us you'll be able to do that um yes so you know just take about 10 seconds or so or so and identify uh a mood that you're in and anyone wants to
share blessed blessed oh blessed blessed okay blessed i am thrilled that parents get to they get
to use their words i am greeted in yellow blessed joy and proud thrilled blissful all right um I have principal O'Neal she is green blessed and grateful i see humbled i see
blessed that's that's all I see right now excellent and I want to share that I am fulfilled uh we had a principal meeting today uh with all our principles it was
a great event um really just supporting our principles and building capacity around New York City region the work that they're doing with our school communities and our students and families but also just being able to come together and hearing really good practices um today we had two principles
present from PS9 and PS85 around the practices that uh they're which they're supporting our school community so really great opportunity to be here to be able to hear from um from our school leaders and the work that they're doing so um just again really feeling um in
just my whole entire green space here so we're going to continue on with just some information for our community um here we have our Battle of the Burrows uh participation for the 2025 Battle of the Burrows Minecraft Challenge is up u
it was launched on December 2nd this is a citywide esports uh challenge which is offered to all students gives them a chance to redesign their communities in ways that promote progress food equity
uh collective action um this is uh part of the building of the United Nations sustainable development goals uh the city's one NYC 2050 strategic plan and the mayoral digital games initiative um
schools are able to participate by March 7th the deadline for the initial round one challenge submission is due from April to May this is the time where Battle of the Burrows in-person events actually happen and on May 30th the
Battle of the Burrows may cup finals actually begins um so if you are interested you can take a picture um share with your school communities our schools have all been shared with this information as well
so beginning December 10th um families were uh have been the uh portal for kindergarten application open uh families with children born in 2020 uh can apply to attend kindergarten for the upcoming 2526 school year the
application deadline is January 24th uh for questions uh you can email esromanschools.ny nyc.gov for those online if you're um willing if you can take a picture you can share this with your community members but we'll continue to share this with our parent coordinators our schools
are sharing this with with our community um and we will continue to share this until the uh the uh portal is closed so additional celebrations our amazing kids here um this is at uh middle school is 206 the bilingual
debate team um congratulations to 206 bilingual debate team who engage in the debate on Saturday November 23rd at the New York City's uh urban debate league tournament uh as a team the school finished in the top two in the city for
the Spanish division and they finish as top speakers in the Spanish uh novice division as well so congratulations uh to our amazing kids uh and teachers and staff who supported them at uh is 206 additional celebrations and
collaborations here you have pictures of our um our staff members we have the district team commun Julian and these are schools this is a PS32 51 141 207 310 368 447 staff members from all the
various schools where we're building um our ruler training our ruler training anchored in the mood meter which we started out with um really just looking at strategies that we're building within our school so these are some of our new
members u in our school communities who attend with our partnership at Yale uh so really excited to have our teachers participate in this so just want to celebrate them and their effort to their continuous success around the the
district's initiative around ruler so we want to also shout out for middle school 244 uh the new school for leadership of the arts uh principal Mora assistant principal Miller and of course our recipient math teacher Mr fasa Big Apple
recipient so congratulations to Mr fasa uh he was even featured in the video at uh our New York City Department of Education and Tweed offices the voices of New York City meet the big five Apple fellows driving change across the five
burrows uh this was an opportunity in which uh there was a video featured there and uh Mr fa was featured in that video so that's an honor not only for for 244 but for our math teacher Mr class and of course our district our district 10 being featured having great
teachers being elevated at the city at the city level so a a continued celebration here this is uh a great opportunity to make sure that kids are coming to school every single day so this was a celebration at uh middle school 331 on
their brand new fe we just talked about construction uh so this is an example of our MS 331 school community using the new fuel that was just built outside for their school community and they engaged in their annual turkey feast uh and
families and this was a staff student football game uh which the students uh engaged in with the staff and this is an annual game this is great way of building school spirit uh and the staff is still undefeated
so I'm going to have to coach the the kids next year give them some plagues so additional celebrations at 10x340 uh our our our school community really came out strong for our families so this is just an example of the
turkeys in the sky the PS340 a great day for community celebration and gratitude uh and just again activities that really bring culture community uh really just being inclusive for every single person within the school so you know kudos to
to 340 additional opportunities here where are at PS32 is a coat drive turkey giveaway and balloon parade so shout out to our PA our parent coordinator our principles and staff at PS32 this is
just another example of the great commitment that we have within our community um and coming together for our community so I was at actually at middle school 20 yesterday got to speak to some of the students they were really excited
uh they receive uh Jordan 4 S's for students I know who received a four on their New York State for on the New York State ELA math exams yes so congratulations students who identify as
proficient and well above readers and and also on that so congratulations to them you got them all posed there with their with their sneakers um so this is a partnership with Ebony Sun Entertainment so earlier it was a really cold day and I was here with uh this is
that intech the college and career this was an annual march that they do around the their community the Riverdale community they march and they submit their applications they pass by their elementary middle school so they were getting cheered on by their local
elementary and middle schools and that was really great then they came to the auditorium uh they had student speakers teacher speakers i was given the opportunity to address the students as well um they had their their um their band perform their cheerleaders perform
it was just a really great event it culminated with them going to the library having some hot chocolate and getting something to eat they also had a local food truck come by uh to serve the students uh and family members in attendance food so this was just a really great day sponsored by the int
community this is my first time uh witnessing um such type of an event so it was really nice to be able to see that uh actually this actually culminated with them first doing a walk in the school so it's this is a 6 to 12 school so the the middle school kids
were able to cheer on the students as well and then they went outside and walked around the community and ended up back at the school so for those of you who were in attendance and I know many of many of us were especially the CC as you can see us we were in full effect there there's a
picture of all of us um and members with the chancellor there as well um but um the the chancellor's listening to um in each burrow was hosted at PS 306 MS 331 um the chancellor personally reached out
to me after this event thanking um myself and all of us and everything that we did to to make this event probably the what she would say is the most special event it was also the um the one event that had the most people in
attendance so kudos to the Bronx right you know um and I and I have to say in planning for this uh Maria Carrera of course our amazing Maria you know she uh she she was saying you know we we need to plan for an overfill room just in
case there's too many people and everyone was telling "No that's not going to happen." And sure enough we needed that room uh so but of course you know in D10 fashion and and Maria and the team and Camille and Sharon and and
all the other staff members uh that were there to help us that evening and in our school as well were able to really just uh pivot and adapt to the to the request and be able to support them so that we uh made sure that our families were able to sit and engage in asking questions
and then be able to bring those questions back to the chancellor but I but I actually let me go back i just want to thank all CDC members for being there that evening uh it speaks a lot to our leadership so thank you all um just just having everybody there it
was like we represent and it was great so celebrations um so just additional this is uh this is pictures from our um prek centers all the all the Rose Hill prek centers as you are aware we have six uh prek centers um in district 10 so
these are just some images from some of them and the great work and the good work that they're doing within our school meeting as well so going back to um the intech PA they do a lot of different types of events so this is just another example
of the staff and the PA coming together uh to engage in their annual flea market uh event here so just kudos to them to support uh families and students and actually uh staff getting a head start on holiday shopping
so this this was another great event that I was able to attend and some of our members here also were in attendance but this was sponsored by our councilwoman uh Sanchez the um tree lighting and caroling event uh right by
Bronx Community College i'm not familiar with that what that area is called University Heights uh it was cold that night uh it was really cold uh but our PS91 students came in full effect and they were singing Christmas carols and
they were out there and they just they did a wonderful wonderful job so thank you to to our principal for PS91 and our team there and everyone that that really came to support them it was a really nice event we have so many community
members and also CBO supporting i believe they were giving codes away as well so uh thank you for councilwoman Sanchez i also want to shout out uh Assemblywoman Tapia who also was in the event I mean and present with me as well um and for for elected officials support
in doing this event yes Maria yes Maria yes Maria was there with me making sure and trying to help me so I can get a hat i as I said I was it was really cold so there's a lot of first for me of
course because this is my first year so I I was able to attend the Bronx the annual winter concert for the Bronx the uh Bronx Dance Academy Principal Sanchez this was I have to say this is a middle school performance that
felt like a high school performance and I was so impressed i I I mean I have to say good we have to like I gotta make sure next year everybody comes to this event you guys gota like I was so impressed to the point where I
really reflected I said wow I just want to make sure when the kids go to high school that they're not disappointed with you know because we got to make sure that they can keep up with the what is being done there when it comes to the the music the arts at at BDA so kudos to
the teacher staff and the parents too because the parents help organize a lot of this i met the PA and I met all of the work that they were doing um there was so many so many people in attendance um and it was also a nice homecoming because it was actually done at my old
high school that was a principal uh so I was able to see a lot of staff members who came to you know for see the show but also came to say hello to me and PS9 holiday events this was another event that I was able to to um go and
visit our PA our PC and as you can see here this was a this was a another event where we had so many family members i believe there were over like 60 families and or 60 participants and kids running all around um it was just it was a it
felt like a house party in a spoon right and it was so beautiful um the PA for PS9 they actually designed and made these pinñatas that you see here on the right and it was so many giveaways uh
for the families they had boxes of uh food as well um you can see the dads um here helping out serving uh food and the administration as well in the middle there that's the our PA president our vice president our parent coordinator our principal and staff so um it was a
great event i was really um happy to be there to be able to share in this event with um the families as well so continuing our holiday uh support and and of our of our kids is at PS7 and PS9 you have parent the PC and
the parents delivering toys for our students so this is just another example we have some more events actually happening tomorrow and the rest of the weeks especially we have some partnership with some of our district 10 high school that are not part of uh under my supervision but they are in D10
and they're partnering with some of our middle school and elementary schools and bringing toys this week as well they they've been fun um they've been collecting toys at their school so I'm looking forward to present uh those events um next month as well
so you know just again putting attendance um up and making sure that we are we we're tracking that every month so uh our district attendance is 92% our chronic absenteeism is 27% as you can see across when you look at compar
compared to to all other Bronx schools comp data and compare it to New York City public schools uh we do we are continuing to stay above the Bronx we're continuing to stay above the city average of 90.8%
in addition to that our attendance is um the fat the chronic absenteeism as a reminder the lower the number the better so we're at 27% the Bronx is at 31.3% so that's that's us being again ahead of
the Bronx and the city average is 27.2 and that's um you know looking at of course us above the city um you know I know as Emma um supports my questions about us continuing to follow and looking at progress but also more
importantly Emma brings up a really good point when she asks is about like looking at trends in December and and this is really staying above that number and you know just you know as a community we have to continue to emphasize every day counts right every
day counts so um kudos to our schools we still have a lot of work to do because we've got to be at 100% but I you know so I know I'm asking but you know it's really important that we you know kids come to school every single day and that they enjoy their experiences at school as
well so you know we we break down the data by subgroups so these are students with IEPs uh they're at 90.9% uh for attendance on multilingual with learners at 92.3 and our students in temporary housing and that's you know
90.7 that's a really high number as well so again it it's also reflective of the fact that we have hired in the Bronx and hired in the city that those numbers would also be high right um and of course breaking down by gender as well
so just some um some updates and announcements uh so our arts festival Saturday February 1st 2025 the math tournament for district 10 it's going to be on March on Saturday March 15 2025
our science fair will be Saturday April 5th 2025 uh our literacy fair we're waiting for some partners to confirm ser some some dates in their attendance because we we're going to have different partners to participate so we're hoping that we'll secure that date and we'll
update everyone in January uh with not only the literacy fair but also the various lit literacy supports that we're going to bring to to both the CC and different workshops that uh we're going to be doing on a monthly basis until the end of the year for our families within
um within our district and I just want to culminate by u thanking everyone those of you who are at home um you know to have a great holiday season i want to again you know thank you wish you all uh a beautiful
holiday a happy new year u and really I want to just thank you as I go to all these events to the families i just want to thank you for just embracing me giving me the opportunity and opening your arms and just really embracing me as if I I felt like I've always been here uh and that's a really good feeling
and it just helps me continue to drive the work that I'm doing for our families for our students for our teachers for our staff for our principles and for our community leaders and and to know that just so much um care and love and and making our district a really strong
district and I really really want to like emphasize that that is my goal and I think together we can do that and we're going to be so proud that we're going to be able to say "Hey this is where we were this is where we are and if you want to know how to get there come see DM because we're going to show
you how to do it." Right wonderful wonderful that's an excellent presentation and culmination to 2024 and looking forward to 2025 are there any comments for the superintendent
emma first and foremost thank you um anybody know me i'm a data person so I always ask for the data and the proof is in the pudding um as I said to Minnie I've been in district 10 since
1973 when I went away to uh college and then my three children was raised in district 10 my middle son went to this school and my granddaughter went to this education i always say on all platforms
we need to track and see what our students are doing and have done miss Johnson your girl is graduating a half a semester from city and I regularly say I talk about my
granddaughter because I tell folks my daughter will probably kill me we should not be hard on our teenage mothers that's how I got involved my daughter had her daughter my granddaughter young
and I've been running for a long time and I tell everybody to support your family is so important depending on what the food is going to bring but we have to support our family so I am family
orientated i am an advocate and I've served on I think just about any level TA PTA district citywide high school CEC so I am wellrounded on many levels um I
also advocate for the school i'm part of the school cafeteria enhancement i'm also acting with our elected officials and thank you Miss Johnson for hosting the first
legislative dinner banquet in this box that you call it he has transformed this gym into a banquet hall and thank you for serving us until the community and stay until my dying days
we have to engage parents our parents as I said at the SLT at 2:40 um 2:54 this afternoon we have to keep parents engaged we're in a community that have a lot of immigrants yes that
don't speak the language and we send these children home with parents that may or may not be educated so we have to our trust with uh current superintendent how we do work with our parent
coordinators and with our principles it's now time for the v the village to come together we have to get our parents up to speed and my shining star in district 10 and I've known her many
years is Maria who was a student who was a a a parent who was a parent coordinator and look at her so there is there is progress and I tell everybody we need
to have a folk friend here from face and everybody knows I I will say it to my dying breath you don't know the next duel that we have but what we had in district 10 nobody can hear us
look what we post last Tuesday yes I believe there were more than 400 people doing the shining star oh thank you Miss i graduated from home
[Music] that's so cool roads lead to pizza all the way around i I just like that there's so much um experience that this is going into um if there's any
more comments for the superintendent please say no yes and just a segway into my president's report oh we have one i mean
I know you was waiting sorry well let me appreciate it well thank you everybody here uh for having me my name is Deante i'm from Union Community Health Center right time you know I have the pleasure
of working here in the school from what I what I shared before um they have told me you know we have collaborate together i actually I am kind of new here at the community health center however I want to share with all of you uh the services that we provide obviously this is for
everybody that has insurance they can come in they can walk in nobody's infected because they don't have insurance on the contrary right we take everybody even if they don't have insurance so to start with we take pediatric to geriatric everybody's welcome here so we have a vaccination we
have care is open even on Saturday so anybody's welcome to come in and vaccine for kids for children to come back to school we have them right um obviously it takes more the logistics for us to come and do vaccination from the site but we do have two mobiles right it's
like the size of three parking sparks already so we can definitely work on something we can collaborate together um you know in a different level obviously so we can coordinate all the logistics but everybody is welcome to come so is open for more than 100 years it needs to
be a private hospital right so a lot of people say I want my kids in there and this is great because to our community right and during the holiday season we just distribute 200 uh baskets of food you know for Thanksgiving today actually
I was able to distribute um only 27 today yesterday 42 of those baskets for Christmas and we have 200 of those baskets full of you know obviously um you know rice beans and all those things for the community here so Union is just
is more than just a community health center we go all beyond that uh obviously we closed the street on national welcome center week on the summer to provide all this screening we have 47 um community uh centers here in the county sharing all these awesome
experience and services with all of them and I look forward to connect with all of you obviously to work that way you know to work in a cohesive way with the community as you said the community need to and I just want to let you know that we are here thank you so much to the principal for having it here obviously
um you know I'm just standing here but I'm sure people can connect and go out here obviously so I can share my um my contact information do you let me know how we can collaborate moving forward so thank you so much thank you so do not need to make an
appointment actually that's recent our CEO Dr regardless he just initiated this awesome program where you say you know what I just walk in and that's it you know this is just you and thank you for asking that question this is a brand new program you do not need an appointment to guess no matter what it is you can
you can just walk in and you will see one of the primary care doctors um that's a different thing from you coming in and say you know what my finger is like that's you know what I'm saying but other than that you need to see a general doctor you can definitely see that and yeah and this is the thing
every day we secure slots right okay we have um let's say a family practice we have 20 slots available today all right just get them in so we don't have to be like "No we don't have appointments." It's a little different for dental we do care dental we have five different locations maybe I forgot to mention five
different locations in the Bronx uh 26 188 is the main location 2021 in Grand Rail we have another one we work we used to be affiliated with more support like the hospital has but now you know we are you know um practically you know working
in different identities we do have some intern you know on relationship but once again um yeah we have a lot of the services open to so thank you thank you so much yeah actually you know what let me let me
[Music] Thank you Mr thank you thank you i can say that they also have um which is very important um as I represent I can say that they do have therapy um for students like me
which is very important sometimes travel is great but this one is like saying that but it's great um so it's very important for the time to
thank you Thank you so much Miss [Music] um something I want to propose for the upcoming um next few months of the new
year 2025 so I've had a lot of families that commented about workshops engagement at schools and I know that you know you want to kind of engage families with the virtual platform you
have to work and engage they can't go to virtual schools but also in person like to ensure that there's a lot of onetoone engagements with the community um and also not just social emotional or you
know outside of the learning aspect but the academics I mentioned during 15 about the aging age uh program for the students here in district 10 and um our
deputy Dr superintendent was very passionate about how we can do more on engaging um the information of how to use those that class more for our students with their parents not just in school at home
and to do maybe um well workshops we're going to culture especially the students that are going to be test spring on their literacy um and math as well I know that it's a challenge when it comes to having Saturday open at some
schools because they don't have the capacity for staff to come in but if there's a way where pods of schools who are already opening Saturday for activities and if there teachers or coaches that can come in you know once a
month or quarterly to host inerson workshops with different parents it doesn't matter that school or not but they can still be able to learn the materials the tools that they can help their children with homework or lessons
during the day because they want to help their children learn what's already happening in school but it's they're not still with the resources and especially virtually is not always as engaging in person if it's like on a Saturday um
schools are open and they have you know teachers available but those who are so kind of accommodate them in some way where I know parents who do work every week they can come on a Saturday or who can't come out on a Saturday and I know
this is something that our former chancellor banks talked a lot about their engagement having it on a Saturday and I know that you have conducted I was looking for you know when you came as superintendent on Saturday And so want to kind of encourage you know the
district leadership to kind of see what we where can we meet for parents who don't have an opportunity every school day while they're working or other you know high so I just want to share that because I think it's important that we just educate our children better educate
our parents so that they can advocate support their children on higher thank you um and can guarantee that in January we will have a schedule with uh these events that you know have been requested and we've been working just on
logistics but also working with H&M um the actual partner the vendor partner to um support a combination of both virtual where you know we're looking to identify which is in person and our team members in that along with uh Steve partner as
well so we will have a comprehensive schedule that's been in support from January all the way until even beyond the test so even though the test is in April we want to continue to um offer different professional learning
especially going into the summer um this Thursday we have our parent coordinator meeting and we're unpacking um different literacy uh tool kits that they can use with their community as well so we're building their capacity in areas and our
team members are actually supporting parents and contacting [Music] their court in general [Music] um their
language they're [Music] not [Music] talking for and they can be able to [Music]
um for the data Is it possible we could bring [Music] um that as well where um they show the
um in the map and so they have like a [Music] bar so they have the right number in um December so then they they compare the
end of the year they want to where they were from where they chair for [Music]
example and that way you know oh okay and I say that like it will be great because right now school um is right so maybe when a
[Music] parent like they kind of help out at the end of the day that's another problem um in the middle of the year though that'll happen in January so that is in
February probably February but we can definitely bring that as [Music] you [Music]
comments thank you so much for your presentation the district 10 and [Music] 2024 quickly it is now 8:33 and I'm just going to quickly um go
over presidential report um few couple of things i had some announcements superintendent has already covered some stuff but as for the districts on the policy obviously some information in regards
to transitioning students so if you have any students that are transitioning and they are in district 75 and that means transitioning ages are from like
15 or 16 and above i received so much information this afternoon and I just want to quickly say that because I know district 75 it's an entity of itself um I think sometimes it get overlooked
at times and um these are our most vulnerable students in district 10 especially um my son who is now entering inside high school in district 75 and I noticed I even reached out and asked
that if there were any sports opportunities for him children with um disabilities autism and um burgers to that degree so um January 22nd which is due
applications are due for any transition students visits ages between 15 to 19 who is interested in museum theater or cultural arts there is a program and all these flyers will be posted on our
website and our social media page that is [Music] CCD10 um there also is a program for um St hrocket this is 16 to 27
it's called step two and and it's it means socializing and rich participation in um sexuality and these opportunities in
district 75 and they have classes for that and this is something I picture in is music lessons for everyone so children with disabilities there's music lessons that are I believe they are free
and you could learn piano percussion violin you can learn sax you can learn DJing with your fire i would love to do DJing Instagram YouTubing audio engineer all those who are into ProTools which I
was once many moons back into ProTools they're into um composing music composing music for video games composing music for scores all those type of
things um it is called Spin DJ Academy music for everyone yes you can feel that i think that's fine i think he um I think he's funny i would
love to be on my [Music] side and if we if district 10 could do that on the side too um not only um shade not in intact but come on down a
little bit lower we could um have programs for our own kids who are interested some kids aren't into social media heavily but I think they're into it in in the wrong direction if we have a little bit of a discipline I think we can make they can
make a little side money on the side but do it legitimately and kind of clean so to speak um there's also um if you need to know more about children with disabilities
when they get to a certain age with regards to a healthc care proxy letter of intent our attorney um guardianship support decision making um the company is um New York lawyers
for public interest this is future planning for your students for your children with disabilities i have all these flyers all these flyers will be available to you i also would
um send it to um the district as well if they're interested um include NYC Fair these are programs for children with disabilities starting Saturday February 31st 2025 these are summer programs with
young people with disabilities and it's going to be over by the Plex yards and these are face-to-face recreational programs for the summer camp and educational
organizations and I can share that with you i have that here i think I have a couple yes um one more it's called Adapt Community Network turning words into pictures this is this Thursday coming up
December 19th from 10:00 a.m to 11:30 p.m it's a webinar to create visual strategies inclusive in variety of ways to support children with learning disabilities how the visual arts strategies can be used to make your home
or classroom environment more predictable predictable support language development and decrease challenging behaviors and it's a webinar and I'll make sure I will send that to you ASAP um to everyone so that it can be shared
with everyone and then look at this spring 2025 there's food handling certificates so if your child is into the food or chef career path there is programs for
them to get their certificate in food handling which is awesome um and there's um a 10e course and some classes they have to join in person and some are virtual and it starts January 7
so in the new year you don't know where to put your child um if they're into cooking there is a certificate certificate class just for them and these are just a few of the flyers that I received um also um in your ear on
January 6 2025 there's a USC meeting with the USC president if council members if you're interested I have shared that with you please register ASAP because it
does myself Emma Amy and Erica is there yes I'm going there again a little bit more experience i was like a need I know what I was doing and I think but now I can I can get
around and and that's my announcements um for the end thank you everyone now we have um the members report is now 8:40 and we want to make it
sweet and you all sitting Emma did a lot in December i I I did a lot I cut lines down a lot i just wanted to get the district 75 piece out of the way that we just did and I'm going to start on my left and then you're going to move
on down to the right so for my report it was PS9 so I was able to share a share information but I do appreciate everything for
academy [Music] goes to happen okay I follow [Music]
Louisiana 3:15 on December 5th and they were talking about their goals and the CP [Music]
talking about their emotions about also um so I [Music] [Music] [Music]
about the system they have problems that they won't they'll [Music] [Music] [Music] um [Music]
25 and two students um they have the first in person on the [Music] 14th i have been working on the people to make sure they align with the
district and keep track they have the first tournament on [Music] 45 so they working on three areas and they will also be working with small group integration
November 8th um November 265 data and they work on having complete board for it okay so speech on December
15th started to times and computer [Music] time and um today we had an event from Avenue Community
[Music] um and beside that every meeting that I do with the kids I report every single meeting that we have in the district every webinar every single meeting and I already met school from December 10
through December [Music] 134 and Thank you so much okay [Music] other than other than um November Norwood
paper I'm on the public that's that's like a [Music] [Music] place Monday i can sing too yes yes
a learning I went to SF it was understanding the importance of SBA and What do you do in FDA um how do they do that for example the progress
monitoring at the school level and also at the health of the box federation they gave resources for learners um and students um they also gave um information about the ALC
process which is ALC um I asked for attendance um they also they just dropped the district spotlight um I asked there um for so the next time they could do um attendance like data for the school year to year
and end of the year and I also asked um if they can next month how students are welcome into the school after being [Music] um as well um I think they Um the light
the light lighting lighting ceremonies um were present there as well about this um page um even um um there was a
interview for a few days for that um there is an opening on that also session um the community celebration of the
partnership party and the family there as well [Music] yesterday was there was
president invitation and my parenting um and Um for the 85 everyone um 85 two points um the side of the box is
[Music] okay to promote the community thank you thank you [Music] sorry i did send the community i wanted to express
that a lot of families are [Music] partnership season so all the holiday events that are doing [Music]
children this Friday um hopefully lecture will no more travel but there is also an event on the um office
[Music] yes yes um any questions and I will [Music] share if I can get to you as well so we got a whole
bunch of stuff to whole bunch of information to share for Thursday that's coming and then into the new year [Music] okay president's council meeting the
next date is January 15th at 6:30 p.m yes have one tomorrow you have one tomorrow night okay december 18 yes december 18th council president said I Yes
[Music] as [Music] well okay everybody was on there too you were all very well attended at BLP so thank you for that
[Music] and good do we have anything else to say to the calendar the time is now [Music] and because she
started today yes yes [Music] and um I agree with my I knew it was fine but I like to perform and I get so nervous as
well and they have to make she was so nervous so I said we have to we have to go It was very intimidating and um I thought the same way you felt doing this especially when you don't know what it
is to be on a person yes yes and then when it's welcoming and you get the information it's not then it doesn't feel intimidating and when you're partnering up with someone that really mentor it it feels good now you
[Music] Oh it is that's excellent and this is what Yes that's what it is a [Music] collab here and and Y said sometimes she goes to my meetings when I can't think
it as well and I just love that we all pass the buck with each other that nothing oh it's me and I'm like so no I have my council behind me and we all doing it as one we're doing it all together and we already and that's why
we're getting the answers that we need now because we are doing it together i just want if if there's any more public comments online before we close okay there's something said
something wrong someone said "Thank you for allowing me to join today's meeting my name is Asel Va and I'm thrilled to be here to talk about we're doing a link Literacy Inc and the importance of early literacy at link we are passionate about
building a culture of literacy by working alongside families communities and schools to support children's early literacy development we believe that small everyday moments like reading talking and singing play a powerful role
in shaping strong leaders and lifelong learners i'm looking forward to share more about our programs and significant strategies that help create communities for opportunities for families with children birth to 5 years old to engage
in literacy together i'm also here to learn from all of you and explore how we can collaborate to make a meaningful impact if you would like to connect further have any questions feel free to email me at a as an apple via that is b
i l a link l i n cm nyc thank you so [Music] much email the flyers i'm sorry I couldn't
chat yeah it's a lot it's a lot but I I want to be bombarded i want to have your answers i also like to say quickly we have a face representative here our ladies Nicole Jo
[Music] and I'm so happy that she came all the way to the Bronx uptown to be with us she didn't have to which is great it's been a long
time i was going to say but everything and how I remember stuff with song yeah so I'm so happy that you came out and being with us is there any comments you may like to say with that council
quickly so we have to get back it's the holiday um again reach out to me you have any concerns or you need just clarity you know on everything all right um I know your business meeting is about
to be open up and hear how the council feels about certain things you know I know we spoke already about it this should be able to share with them to take it back you know as far [Music]
as Johnson as well again you got applauded several times today says a lot about the parents in your Yes and you're still here with the friend and like that is great i know
the school is right here on the grand concourse so everybody has to step on in here so that's why and and I like the fact that you have the doors open to the swims which is which is great please um
if any of your I know Miss Emma is on the SOT but if there's any more parents that have any comments they like to share with us don't be afraid to send us even your requests for SCA please let us
know um CC us on those emails that's your [Music] knows so we stay all on the same page okay our next meeting is um January 28
2025 at PS81 that is 5550 Riverdale Avenue so we going all the way up all the way up we're going to be there about three times all the way up
yes exactly exactly i told you that I remember [Music] 81 is now [Music] 02 yes
[Music] slow motion slow motion for me okay it's 9:02 um do we need a quick break okay i'm really tired this time i'm
really good already yeah thank you so much everyone online happy holidays happy Quanza happy Hanukkah happy holidays all that jazz
thank you so much too much all right just everything [Music] i don't want to hear you
[Music] I want to welcome everyone and I'm going to follow and call [Music]
[Music] Erica President [Music] Maria okay um Miss Emma are you going to discuss
the budget the financial budget i don't know but I do I I will say that um it's the same correct correct correct um but someone need to move over and um in October
was excused and Kathleen was excused and then in November Emma was excused and is excuse so that is 125 * [Music] 4 yes that needs to move
into and November is Yes okay [Music] okay so stop you have more pressure
and so I guess the next [Music] meeting over and I'm just letting you know if you're out we're going to move
including month including yeah because um like I said before it's a large um yeah and take it 306 um we have a full council well we
have 11 members and so food is costly and if y'all want hot food like we have [Music] today we won't have the money according unless we want to do a [Music]
So we we will move money necessarily if we have to and um Lauren will make sure to um let us know if we sometimes we do go over sometimes but
we do have a good vendor that works with us right now and as long as we can get the food that if you're like today then you continuously just use that one vendor i'm sorry we didn't get Giovani Giovani is expensive so out of
the question and last month that Cambridge bill was expensive last month um about 200 $200 [Music]
sometimes we we were able I will also make this um disclaimer we were able to do way more before because we didn't have a full council so most of that money was moved over and the treasure was able to move that money over and
that's why we was able to have a smaller school and also um the schools at time and now we cannot absolutely not do that this go around unless they change our budget
i really appreciate the help and the work it was very very hard um the years before thank you so much yes um so we can't follow on those issues um I would like to move on to our
next item which is the event discussion and as we know we couldn't have Winterfest which was supposed to be December 7th so we are now changing it to a spring flame in um collaboration with district 10 and it will also be a
prep and I'm looking at dates in March so this We we have other we have other things coming other things other sorry we have we also have to discuss the chancellor's
town hall so the next thing where the next thing yes so which makes this I picked March 29th which is a Saturday because Monday is and so March 29th yes Michelle
don't you bl you could see more about it in um January when he moves the money around because I don't like to solidify anything unless Emma said it's okay so the 29th is the date that I'm
looking at that's after I think [Music] 329 it's still at 85 yes 85 cuz there is parent teachers conference the 13th the
20th and the 21st and then the 29th i figured okay we can kind of celebrate sort of at the end of March i know it's not really spring but
Yeah true true true true true um also um the chancellor's town hall meeting we have to schedule a date for that because I've been Yeah I was trying to say y'all do it in um November somewhere in
[Music] 2025 we're following um so I was looking April or May may okay it cannot be the end of May because that's Memorial Day
weekend let me look at the school calendar yes it's already been site i guess everyone Okay so that's will be
um before the budget meeting our fiscal budget and um so this [Music] that football [Music] season that feels like a Super Bowl for
us yes it's going to happen that's what's left but you know even with my when I came I was under the impression that it was still undecided you know so you know with me
having conversations I had to let the team know that it was still you know undecided so that's why I even you know came I don't know what it stated as far as the law right so I know the
chances I wanted to site where it was that's why I bought the book so you guys know you know I I am saying the the law and but the
it's in a two year and so the two year doesn't necessarily mean [Music] um it's two years but within the whole year from January into
December not not Yes the the the term yeah so the last time was done in 2023 22 and so this is we're going into [Music] 2025
right oh 2024 we was involved how was going to do that yes okay so [Music] um well let's see well if you say it's
February 10th check yeah let's check again and make [Music] sure it's We wanted you know push buties are
able spoke about the spoke about the Right even though that was not the platform for that discussion at least it was put on the table that now to send over that concern see just having
that you know announcement there on that platform things will be moving right and you know to the other mom point it may not happen tomorrow but it's out there you know not you guys on you know allow the family to speak about
it not only your children but everyone's Totally i also um some of the council members we discussed about the chancellor's listening tour and I just because if the date is February 10th a lot of parents
there's going to be this overflow and so now I just want us I don't want this to be like this complaint tour where we just Yeah i wanted to be a followup to what
happened in December with the chancellor and then it um some promises being kept as well and as well as well as a time frame because you know we had chancellor bank so we had that time hall meeting now he's not here what happened to those
issues that was dealt then in comparison now is that going to be followed up do we know what was discussed where is that video can we watch it can we see what happened then and so so when we um meet with Chancellor Ramos we can say well
from here to here this is what happened that's what I don't want us to start from scratch a lot of logistics you know gather so yeah other members here at referring to the
last visit actually was not last year the year before at the end of the year it was on the day before the last day of school at PS 306 so
um you know I don't know if minutes were taken we did have people in place so there should be some documentation um at the time Chancellor Banks attended their cabinet so they collected comment cards
they responded to public comment public questions uh from the audience um and they also collected some questions in advance because you could submit your questions in advance of the town hall and they responded to those as well so
many of those things were answered live and in person and anything that required followups um should have been followed up either by the council or whomever was asking the question so that's the only information I have i would suggest maybe
checking the CDC records maybe reaching out to the private face as well as to the AA you have multiple avenues that you can try to get some of that information from couple of quick things I wanted to say is that February 10th is
not a regular calendar meeting for the CDC in the past we have held the town hall either during the CDC meeting or as a portion of the CDC meeting um this sounds a little different which is fine
um but there is some planning that is involved around that so I would suggest that the council be present during their check-ins with the face leaison to unpack some of that so that you have all of the information you need in order to
make you know informed decisions and to plan accordingly um there isn't any expenditures per se that comes from the council's budget this is something that is spearheaded by central but the council is hosting the chancellor so it
is DC10 hosting welcoming Chancellor Ramos and um of course opening it up to the public so since it's off of your calendar meeting it is not going to be held at the first meeting for the February meeting keeping in mind I think
February is a short month because of the winter recess i don't remember if it falls in February i'm going to check so um you know I know if the CDC's calendar meeting is moved up that month
because February is short so these are some other things to consider this may be in lie of your meeting so those are just some pointers I wanted to mention just so that you guys can think about those and consider them February the 25th
okay so the break I'm gonna pull up also want to give you the testing dates as council member side asked about the New York state testing exam dates so I'm going to I'm going to look it up and I'll give it to you in a minute okay okay yeah that that help is a tricky
one very short yes so it's like I do think that this is a good opportunity to come out and express what they have to comments and questions to
be present so that you know our representation is meeting their meeting our constituents need this time I think Not
only from the meeting last Tuesday we had a lot of people that represent District 10 even though it was a Bronx District 10 came out and a lot of the issues that came out was from district
10 three three of those people in the yellow is from one of my a lot of that's true that's true either way you know you the walk through that has to
happen even if everyone can't come you know I'm sure some of you will be part of it because you know you're basically supporting so just making sure
that also community is going to be sending responses or getting responses because they're going to stay on top of it so even like you know it was said whatever was sent
in answer so now you stay on top of it to make sure that you know 9:33 yes thank you so much for clarification um any other
business don't forget SCA request we have two schools um MS391 contacted me principal Ortega he sent me a list of his school requests and also ES 310
Marggoville um Yenni said um sent me some um requests please if you are a laser just ask your principal do you have anything do you have to do it that
way yeah um Maria sent us a email blast to all the district schools for me um during the Thanksgiving recess we just have to send them okay yes
yes right [Music] right exactly so the top uh I'll say topics will be by um January 17th
please please do not study SCA requests at 45959 on Friday the 17th because it would not go through and those requests will be submitted in April that's the
next date you can send for the top five i said the 15th so it gave us time to allocate it correctly after the um any other business yes yeah it is
9:36 the motion thank you council member happy new year happy holiday of happy happy merry Christmas and all of the above enjoy be
safe [Music] stay and thank you so much we see you in January thank you [Music] no speech speech i don't think