--------- Good evening. Welcome to August CCT20's business meeting. Now, Lynn, can you please take roll call attendance? I can do it, too. Kevin, you can Yeah. Ming Chen. Yes.
Nin. May. Yes. Um, Stephen Mahoney here. Fabiola. Excuse me. Stern. Kelly Clansancy
here. Ken Lee. Yes. Excuse Lewis. Kevin Zo. Yes. Nine members present. Okay. Tonight we have interpretation in Arabic, Mandarin and Spanish.
You should see these interpreters names in the participant list and they will post their information in the chat. They will now share directions for anyone who will need interpretation for the meeting. Could our Arabic interpreter please introduce yourself? Thank you. Arabic announcement is a
join. Thank you to the Arabic interpreter. Can our Mandarin interpreter please introduce himself? The mandator announcement is completed. Thank you. Thank you to the mand interpreter. Good Spanish interpreter. Please
introduce yourself. Gracias. Thank you so much, the Spanish interpreter. Thank you. As a reminder to speakers, please try to speak slower than usual to allow interpreters to keep up. Now, we will share the agenda for tonight's business meeting. Kevin, can you please share the agenda on the
screen? We already did attendance. Yeah. So, it's going to be the old business approval of July business meeting minutes. Kevin, can you please share? They were
also sent out in an email for everybody. There's no changes. Any changes? No changes. We're going to move forward. Is there a motion to approve the minutes as amended? Is there a motion to approve the minutes? Second.
Second. Thank you. Good night, Mark. All in favor. Okay. The minutes are approved. Okay. The next item on the agenda would be adjusting the budget. Uh just one change. Member was absent
last month. So, we're going to move take away the 125. So, we're actively taking away money that's not going to be used. So, but the council needs to vote on that. The money can't be used anymore by them because they were completely absent. So, it should be a motion to vote on that. Motion to vote. So, Kelly Clancy didn't
attend the meeting because she had something to do. So, we're going to take that money and use that money for a different into the business. Oh, okay. And any member have the excuse. So that's why they can move the No, they're
but they didn't utilize the the the Wi-Fi or anything like that and they didn't attend the meeting. So we are able to move it. All right. Yeah, that's correct. So we're going to vote to move it to uh what do you want to move it to? What do you guys want to move it to?
To those events and events. Event. All right. So we're going to move it to events. So someone make a motion to move 125 to events. You have question like any because like I know for me I didn't use all of my money. So whatever money what
I want to do is whatever money I don't use for my 125 I want I want to move it to the events because I'm not using the whole 125 because like I'm here. You know what I mean? Is she back here? Is she online? She left.
No, she left. Um, for that I would say depending when you give me your form, if you give them like every month, you could also every business meeting you just say, "Hey, last month I didn't use $50, so I want to move $50 this month to that line." All right. Yeah. All right. So, I'll do that. Yeah.
Um, so can someone make a motion to move 125 to events? Yes. No, I I can't make it. Someone has to Can somebody make a motion to move the 125 to the events? Second. Is there a second? Second.
Okay. So, we're going to vote on it, right? Yes. So, I have another question. Two people didn't make it today, but they're excused. Can we do that now or we have to wait until next month? Until next month. Because maybe they attend a a CC related meeting.
Okay. And that would count. It doesn't have to be a CC meeting exactly, but it could be like a Yeah, that then they would be entitled to online. Um, so now we're voting for the budget change or budget move, moving 125 to events. Um, John, yes.
Elizabeth Chan, one Ming Chan, yes. Nin, yes. Nathan Chan, yes. Stephen Mahoney, yes. Fabiola, she Tamara Stern, yes. Kelly Clancy, yes.
Ken Lee. Yes. Kevin Zho. Yes. Okay. Passes with nine yeses, three excused. Thank you. Uh so the next we're going to be up for
meeting site approval. This is going to be in regards to the book bag give back. So we did discuss this at our last meeting and we had to cut it short. Um it's getting late already. So, um, Kevin, did you reach out to any schools that were willing to hold this is regarding the the CC meetings?
Oh, sorry. Yeah, I thought it was for the There's a Everyone should have a printed um version. It's all right. So, the meeting site approval, I can share it right now, too, but everyone should have a copy of it,
which is this. Some of these schools we've been to multiple times for the last two years. Yeah, but there's a reason because the accessibility on the Excel sheet, if you click on it, the email also says it's um we have to go to access the schools. So,
there's only a limited amount of schools. Um but there is a big list. Uh it's been updated recently. So, if you ever want to look at it and suggest next month, this future month, you can always look at I'll resend it tonight. Guess it doesn't have to be a lot of school. Yeah.
If you I can share the I can show you right now the school list accessible on you want me to do that I know I can't help you go down as possible Mhm. Oh,
go ahead. If you want, you can just look at it more than ask us to change it. So for now, if someone wants to if everyone's okay with this meeting sites, did everybody overlook the meeting sites?
Did you uh over overlook the meeting sites? So I noticed PS30 is not here and they are excessive. They have an elevator also. It just it's just random. I I didn't I just told you it based on how many times we've been there, but I didn't look to because we're repeating one school
971 it looks like twice in a in the term. If you want to switch it, someone can just ask. So, will we be able to do that right now? Yeah. Can I switch it? Go. All right. Let's just switch the one on the PS91 schools to one that's uh reasonable. Which one did you say?
Oh, no. PS30 PSI is 30 accessible. Yeah, they do have them. We have been on and a new building. Yeah, that's a new building. They're going to build another building. I don't
know. Next to the 187. We're switching 971 in February to IS-30. We have IS-30 is because too Oh, 971 when that's our February meeting.
Is 30, right? February 11th. It's PSI. Yes. Me, too. That one? 971. 971 will be when? February 11th. March 11. Oh, you're right. You're right. Sorry.
So, we're going to move that. We're going to take PSIS30 for March 11th cuz PS971 was twice. Yes. Okay. So, PSIS30. So, we can Can we change the March 11
PSI to night 36? We've been there before, right? Mhm. Yes. Can we change? What do you want to change? PS30. No, we already have that for March. So, can we change it? March 30.
Okay. We also been to the old school. Yeah, it's it's not a big list. There's maybe like 10 schools that are like fully accessible. Well, we've been there before, right? Yes. All the schools we've been so cold. So, I'm 187. What do you think?
Which one? 187. 187. What school? What? It's good. We changed. So, we haven't been there before. Somebody's maybe they want to go. How about tonight?
We can get to Is this festival? and change your status. All right. I never watch PS29. Okay. For which one? Which one? PS2. No. Which month you want to change? Which month will change the the this one? May 36. May
May 13. May 13, 2026. I will say the reason I chose this one is because 936 has really good air conditioning on May and Derer when I went there it was really hot. Okay. So good. What is that? 936 has a really good air conditioning. Y auditorium and Der was
in the gym and did not have a good air condition. Yeah. No, it's very warm inside the gym. Yeah, it is. No, it's hot. So some I did think like I chose January. I chose 264 because it's very
close and it's very cold January. So can you can you move the app and then almost winter time? It doesn't matter. Uh which one do you want? to the to the November. March. March.
How How is that? March. We just November. No, I said March. Sorry. March in March 11. We just did March 11th. We did We put that one to is PSIS30. So, actually, I'm sorry. Before that I
think we haven't been on is 2011 is 227 2014. Yeah, we went to almost everyone 2011. Okay. What about 227? 227. Yeah, we do there. I I think so. We didn't win the 229.
Okay. Go to 229. 289. We didn't go for 829, right? Yeah, we did. 187. I don't I'm pretty sure we haven't. I think it was like a first 187. That's when I met 187. 187. Have we been on 187?
Yeah. 187. I don't recall. Okay. 187. Yeah. Yeah. 187. 87. Okay. Was it on the um accessibility? That's the thing. I don't see on the fishy list. So that's why
No, it's not no accessibility. Oh, so we can't use it. It's not accessible. Yeah. That's why it's not in the list. Okay. Tonight the the the May you saying is a real
it's change already. Did you get the phone for the 229? I will contact the code. You want to change it? No no no. I say you say the air condition is doesn't work. It works, I think. But I just know it's not that strong. When we win it, it was very hot in August. In
August, I believe that July. It's hot. It's picked. It was only It was only like three people in the audience at that time. Yeah, it was summer. Really? I have to contact first.
Maybe you maybe you move down the like uh January, February and then December we could change the list. Yeah, we could approve the list now. Waiting list and then we can just change it. Yeah, just in case. Yeah, it's not very comp. Like if you want to change it, you can come next
meeting and say, "Hey, I want to." So, we're just going to approve it cuz it's already 8:30. Kevin, the book bag thing is not in the business. But you can bring it up if you want. two more things. That's why that 369 is two schools in
there. So we could we could say PS 939 and it's still the same, you know, because it's shared building. Yeah, it is. You know, no, I'm just saying instead of putting like, you know, we could just say it's not instead because we haven't we haven't. So, we're going to move past this. And
if anything, we're going to change it at the next meeting. So, we're going to vote on it. Yeah. All right. Make a motion. Just one second. I think the point should we go to the 76 first
because that situation resolve it. We don't know. That's all in June. Please say we could change that when the time comes. We could change it when the time comes for PS176. That's all the way in June next year. Next year maybe to meet up
with PS176. No, they have a lot of stuff going on over there. There's still work being done. I'm not going there as going on over there. They're still doing they're still doing it. Y there's a couple classrooms that was listed on the um on the outside of the school.
Yeah. So if we we put the it cannot be because the one year cannot done I think. couple months it cannot always finish yet. If they didn't do that right now, when is right now? How about a couple months they left
the report? I'm not I'm not going to. So, how about change? Which one? Because we should just move forward. Yeah, you can just vote. You can do it next time. Next time a motion come to this one.
Motion to to approve the school list. Motion to approve the school list. Motion. Yep. Motion. Okay. Second. Is there a second? Yeah. Okay. John. Yes.
Chen. Yes. Sorry. Yes. Uh Malin. Yes. I was just hand. Yes. Yes. Stephen Maloney. Yes. Samar.
Yes. Kelly Clansancy. Yes. Ken Lee. Yes. Kevin Z. Yes. Okay. Nine yeses. Three excused. Next thing you want to introduce it or
if you want me to come the next thing is I sent out an email to everybody. You also have a copy of it in front of you. It's the leison on list that Stephen Mahoney as a co-lay on D75 site. That's a draft. That's all up to you if you want to approve that.
Because currently Sam Mahoney would have only a select number of schools as um everyone else does. But this way he can coales on for D75 sites within the district 20 schools because uh according to face there's no
clear answer on what Steve Mahoney would do to represent schools. He could always reach out by himself but this way we could kind of make it official. The co I mean we got the answer in the meeting. That's a lot of sites. How many sites is there? Uh I believe it's 11.
11. Let me see. I have I have it right here. These are the schools where there's a district 75 presence. Yep. So I brought the question up and I sent it to face as far as with that and what they the way it was explained
back to me was to co-a. So let's just say I think I'm one of the schools to marage there, right? because there's also a CEC presence and a district 75 presence and just as far as interacting because they'll also have two different principles, two different school leading
leadership teams um and parent coordinators. So in the 75 and I'll deal and of course whether it could be Tamara Kelly whoever it is like if there's something going on we communicate with each other concerning that. It's 13 sites, by the way.
13. 13 sites. You're able to actually do that? Well, I don't have a problem making the rounds. The problem I have is getting the the information. I I still don't have it. Each of these schools, each principal has their own
email address. I don't have it. Each um parent coordinator like I do not have this. Okay. I'm working on getting that before. And so like I need to, you know, send a hi, how you doing? I just want to make myself available because as a district
75 parent there's a lot of different things and nuances um particular to our community and our children as far as with it not only busing and that's the whole purpose even with
our CEC reps you reach out to to your respective people and let them know that we're a resource to try to help them and that's just something how it kind of looks. I think like Kevin said when it shows two names
uh what do you mean? I suppose I mean his son he wouldn't be able to do his school like my son specifically that one be it John or someone who pick up that thing but I'll still be a parent school.
Yeah. What's your school? Pardon me. What's your school? He's at 36. Okay. And I've been sent an offer though which we accepted which may be across the street on 89th Street. Okay. So then we'll just wait this way instead of waiting for the bus that doesn't come.
No. No. Of course. Definitely. So what school is it? You He's at 36 currently up on 18th Avenue. 36. Um but we reached out to placement. They sent an offer. I emailed the uh administrator at his school. I'm still waiting for a response from placement.
like they sent a thing with the office saying you're going to be assigned across the street um 2 231 and 264 264. Okay. Okay. So 26 then that's the only school you get. Yeah, that's why I'm saying across the street. Okay.
But I'm so kid wherever your kid is at now and where kids Yeah. like I can't represent like as far as the civilized portion but I'm still so as far as like so we're going to vote on it then
everybody's okay with that where Steve is going to be Stephen is going to be the co-leazison of the D75 schools so like Tamara has a school he's going to be the co-leazison with district 75 I have a school with him it's PS164 me and him going to work together but he's also going to do his own thing for D75 but
he'll report back to all of us to let us know what's going on so if there's any emergency that we need to know out that you find out before we do, just let us know and let know. Yeah. So, we're good to go. Motion.
Motion. Yeah. Second take the vote. John Ratone. Yes. Wington. Yes. Nin. Yes. May.
Yes. Stephen Mahoney. Yes. Fabiola. Samar Stern. Kelly Clancy. Kelly.
Yes. And Kevin Zho. Yes. That's nine yeses, three excuses. Okay. The last thing I have here is choose date for district planning. Is that you have I don't what is it? Choose day for district planning presentation.
No, we don't have that. They said they're getting it back to us. Okay. So, that's not No. So, the last All right. So, the last thing that we're going to discuss is the book bag give back. You want to ask our Facebook? Um, if you could just come over here for one second. It's about the book bag give
back. about it. So, last meeting we had with our CDC reps, we spoke about giving a book bag impact. I think you were here. All right. So, um we're looking for a school to do it.
And then a lot of people like numerous people wanted to donate like book bags or like school supplies. So, are we allowed to accept those donations? You can. Okay. You can accept those donations. Um, it shouldn't be an issue we accepted long
as you're not accepting like cash funds. Okay, great. You can accept those donations. And now, are we able to do it at a a school like we would do like a a lunchon or whatever? Will we be able to do like a book bag give back inside the school? Um, if you're working with the principal, um, you should be speaking
with your superintendent as well, like what are the high need schools within your within your area that might, um, be willing to, you know, accept these these donations, right? Or which is the highest need school that would really,
um, support, well, not support, but receive these, how it would impact those schools. Um it would that's what I would personally do. Um but speak with your superintendent and then they can figure out what the principal what schools will
really benefit from the book bag giveaway. Okay, great. Thank you. Well, we got to also India. We can't just accept it. Why not? Just another question. Um you know what I'm saying? Now does that the plan was to Yeah, sorry. The plan was that they wanted to
do an event like at a school like almost like buy food like host uh I'm not sure who the guest would be if it would be parents but I'm not sure if that's like because before I was told that needs a clear educational purpose to have an event and I'm not sure if like a charity
event is the same thing. Can you do Can you repeat what you just said because you went a little fast and you just went over my head. Okay. So the so what they wanted to do was an event at a school like have a guest list, have food. I'm just not sure about that because before I was told for events it needs to have a clear
educational purpose and this is kind of like a charity event. I'm not sure if you can actually so let me find out um if I don't get back to you um tomorrow then you know we'll get back to you in regards to that. So I'll let her know um we can check and
find out exactly if that is correct and then let you guys know. Is that okay? Yeah. The easier option would be to just give it to the a school that's in need in the district I imagine. You can you can but I know some um CEC's also hold their event before
school start and um open it up because right now schools are closed but then like I said you can work with your superintendent but let me find out if I don't get back to you then your rep email will um follow up with you around regarding this
tomorrow. Okay. Thank you. But then that means that we would have to call a special meeting and we would have to come and and sit down and only only Oh yeah. If they get you special meeting. Yeah.
Do you have before school? Unless you just want to do it like the second week or or on the weekend. I'm not sure what school going on. face to face meeting. Well, normally a lot of schools are open on weekend, but the thing is because school just started,
it's not going to Yeah, because we want to do it before school starts. So, before September 4th. So, I mean, there still Yeah, we're kind of really close. Yeah. So, we have a site. Oh, supplies. Yeah, that's what we need to do now. Like, that's what we needed to do to
order supplies and stuff like that. I mean, we could wait until tomorrow, but then who's going to come back here to do seven people at least to do a special meeting? That's why we supposed to have it squared away today. But so can we do the Zoom though? No. Seven people would have to be in person.
So maybe we can do it right now and then if they change a different Can we do it right now or we can't because they can't vote on a potential use of the budget depending on your answer tomorrow. Maybe we'll do that.
We can do the two plan one plan A one plan B. If not, I will do the second plan. If not, answer yes and we do that. Right. So, you can vote on allocating the money to whatever line item that you want on. And then you can then follow up
with deciding if you get to speak with the superintendent on what schools are open for you to use, then you can move forward from there. But you can alate the money to whatever line item you want to use that
funds for. So we can what? Would we be able to vote for a date or uh date? We'd have to all go through schedule. Okay. So we can All right. One option for a school that I know is open is my school and Alina Lewis's
school share a building. my kids are in 164 and her kids are at BSI and the lobby of that school is open year round and there's uh because it is a it has three campuses and so that could be a potential place where um it's right across from Slo Park. There's a lot of
foot traffic in the area and so that could be a place that one principal wouldn't need to open the building specifically to do that. We could utilize a park. So, I'm not sure about that because you need it's a I'm a safety issue. You would need a permit.
You just need a permit. Yeah. New York City parks permit. Yeah. Just a permit. I'm not sure. We can ask a face. I never done anything with that. I'm not sure what the if there's like a difference because, you know, it's a bunch of almost strangers coming in. That's why we have a safety agent at this point. If it's at a park, we're just letting any
anybody come in. Yeah. Do you have the community event something like that? We can we wanted to do it this year. So, of course. So, let's see. I mean, if not if you I guess. Can we do can we change put the money in
for a book? The money in events. How can it be used? We have the money. You have it in the events, right? Maybe just it doesn't matter because we have the money in the use for first and then we next month and then maybe two month and change the budget move a
little bit to the event. I mean, if you think about it, there's going to be a lot of kids still coming to school in September. Like, they're going to be transferring. There's going to be So, there's still everybody's still going to be I mean, kids are still getting supplies until October.
No, sure. You know, I guess we can just leave it. We already have the money in the events. If we get the answer tomorrow and we speak to the superintendent, We just have a special meeting. We'll just have a special meeting and seven of us come in here. We're not staying here for 4 hours. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
So, that's fine. So, it's some like electrofit association they hold the giveaway event. So, they the kids supposed to receive you know from the different way already. So why we need to spend this
money for the school some because other children don't have but it's not that many there's there's certain nonprofits here but they don't supply and help all the kids that need it. That's the thing too like you want to be with the not kids that are not
here getting because a lot of people started and then on top of that we left $8,000 last year. of our money instead of, you know, we need to give back to our communities. Instead of them taking our money back
and putting in the board of ed, we we rather have them have book bags, supplies, whatever we can with our money because each time we always give our money back to New York City DO. Yeah, I know. New York City public school. So, even coming on, right?
We have breakfast event or something event. Welcome back breakfast. Right now, the most votes is October 17th. October. October 17. The most you said October 17, right? But that's not confirmed. That's just I'm letting you guys know that the pe the poll six people said October
October 17. I don't have the time. Yeah, that was I think you said no. There was six other people said you don't need to show if you think about it. There's a lot of like holiday things that we could also do, you know,
and you can go out like December. We could do a cold drive. There's other things we can do as well. Okay. If we don't have I mean if you think about it but the we could do whatever you want. So we have how many? I just have to cancel all the other people I contacted.
How much we have to spend a date and then set it up space. Yeah. Time. Oh no. Yeah. Definitely. We definitely can do that. They could actually help out. Of course they can.
Yep. We could definitely do that. It's It's not a business thing, but in regards to the cell phone initiative, SLT, they don't meet during the summer. So, that's another issue that we have to bring up. can
think about it like so they're not going to do it. So we have the how many how how many we have to buy how many money we put the this one to buy the super price
we would have to find out at the next meeting if we're even allowed to do anything no no how so depend on how how many we have to let me tell you we're going to spend all the money we have yeah I know that's how many you have to do
so we'll find out tomorrow I when we speak to face and then we'll go along whatever we have to do. So after we have to do the special meeting again, we might have to do a special meeting. So before the before school starts. Yeah, of course. Cuz we still have to get the supplies and everything. Load it up, please.
So we have to come back again, right? Yep. So we're going to end it here that long. It's just Yeah, I know. I know. But yeah, please. But this concludes our August CC20 business
meeting. Is there a motion to adjourn? Just before you go, I just want to ask everybody here. Has everybody attended to training for CEC? Yes. Okay. Because they sent the email on
June 16th and I responded. I was working that Saturday, that Tuesday, and that Thursday. So I was unable to attend any of these live sessions. and I've been going back and forth. July, um BB Madan sent me an email. Initially, she was
saying if I watched a video of the uh one of those sessions, that sufficed. Yes. Now I'm being told it's not. My concern is I'm supposed to attend this within the first 90 days, which is September 30th. And um I my last email from Ena
basically said, "Oh, there's going to be plenty of opportunities." Yeah. Well, we're halfway through though. So what live session is going to be provided to so I can fulfill my obligation by the before September 30th because if I'm working I have to make
arrangements or something because I responded back in June. I says none of these are viable for me. I'm working. I can't get off. They never responded with an alternative date. I asked for alternative dates and I've been going back and forth with this all through
July and I'm waiting for Ena to get back to me. I'm on vacation now. Three weeks. I'm coming back the beginning of September. Um to me too. But but Face has to provide this because I'm being told it has to be I guess like
a live Zoom meeting. They'll do a Zoom meeting for anybody that missed it and just send you the link. But they haven't dates. or or you know that I need to know because if I am working and if I get advanced notice see what I can do for myself
tomorrow and they said oh yeah we're going to have to send everything I don't want them to tell me September 15th and then there's like if I can't change work because they don't get here. No, I'm sorry.
Have one within 90 days. This concludes the August CC20 business meeting. Is there a motion to adjourn? Motion. Is there a second? Second. All in favor? The meeting is adjourned. Our next business meeting is uh September 10th.
Thank you for everyone for attending. Thank you interpreters and listeners. Thank you so much. Enjoy your vacation. Yes. Does anyone have anyone at all the original Part: 2
Welcome to August CC 20 calendar meeting. We are here tonight at CC district location. Um Kevin, can you please take roll call attendance? John here. Elizabeth Chen.
When Mingchan Nalin is late, right? Yeah, she's late. May function. Yeah. Stephen Mahoney. Yeah. Fabiola, I'm here.
Thank you. Samra Stern, here. Kelly Clancy, I'm here. Ken Lee. Yeah. Here. Alina Lewis is excused. And can Kevin Zho here?
Good. Tonight we have interpretation in Arabic, Mandarin, and Spanish. You should see these interpreters names in the participant list, and they will post their information in the chat. They will now share directions for anyone who needs interpretation for the meeting.
Could our Arabic interpreter please introduce yourself? Good afternoon everyone. Arabic announcement is done. Thank you so much. Could our Spanish interpreter please introduce yourself? USA
numero ID says quattro uno uno quattro Thank you. Thank you so much. Can our Mandarin interpreter please introduce yourself? Could a Mandarin interpreter Denny Tong please
introduce yourself? Sure. The mandatory announcement is completed. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. As a reminder to speakers, please try to speak slower than usual to allow interpreters to keep up. Now, we will share the agenda for
tonight's calendar meeting. Kevin, can you please share the agenda on the screen? I will now share instructions for our public speaking sessions. If you would like to speak, you can sign up to Google form on our website and the link has been shared in the chat. If you are in
person, you can sign up using the sign-in sheet. There's no in-person speakers as of right now. I would now like to recognize several guests here with us tonight, executive director Laura Kaiser,
President's Council President Josephine Kangalesi, Family Leadership Coordinator Bill Chin. It is now time for our first public speaking session. We will start with speakers who have signed up in person. If we have time, we will have take some
more speakers who have signed up online. But if you have signed up online and we do not get to you in this first session, you can speak in our second session later this evening. Speakers are limited to three minutes. Kevin, who is our first speaker in person?
There's no inerson speakers or online. So, we'll move forward. This concludes our first public speaking session. Our first presenting speaker of the night. Kent Bman will be Kent Bowman. He's the vice
president of educational leadership and development. Kent Bowman, whenever you're ready. I don't see him in the He's not on. Okay. So, we'll skip Kevin. We'll skip Kent Belt Bowman.
Is Noran Hamilton in? I don't see. I'm here. All right. Question and answers with District 20 senior grant officer Norman Hamilton. Whenever you're ready, Norman. Is this questions for last meeting?
Everyone wants to ask some questions. Okay. Tamara, do we have any questions for the um senior's grant officer? We had a couple of questions last time, I think. Oh, yes. You want to speak there? Let's see. Yeah. Yeah, you're good. You can speak.
I can hear myself from there. Oh, okay. Okay. I just want Okay. One of the questions that I had was um not all of us use the money that we get for the month. Like the excess money that we don't use, can we just use
that money for like a line item in a budget? So yes, but it will require a vote, right? So, if um you guys know, I'm not sure who's new or who's not, but from previous experiences, anyone that's not new, you know, approximately whether or
not they use their reimbursements, and if they do, how much. Um if it's decided with a a vote um that that money will go towards something else, then um yes, uh
you can give it to Kevin and Kevin will send me that information. But I must receive the vote and I must receive um how much money is going the modification basically how much money is going from one line and to what expenditures it
should go to. Do we have any more questions in regards question about like what exactly the money could be used for? Yeah. I'm sorry I didn't hear the question. Was there another question? Am I asking? Yeah, you could.
Okay. I know some of the members like you said they are new. They wanted to like to understand how the reimbursement money was supposed to be like um used, you know, cuz I know there's like um the reimbursement form and then there's the
other expense report. Yeah. So me monthly members receive um child care if they if they have that child care expense and also if they have any
um data or internet expense. The data or internet expense is up to $75 um a month. And then you have your child care expense if you have any. Um and that will be um what is it? uh the the
total expense for the members is $125 and for the president is $200. So, however the math works out with your child care expense and your internet expense, but on a monthly basis, the if you're claiming reimbursement, it's strongly advised to submit it every
month. Um wherein shortly after your monthly meetings preferably sure that the expense request form as well as the reimbursement request form is completed in its entirety. If you are claiming a reimbursement for child's for
child's care, the babysitter information must also be listed and you'll see there's a field at the top of the form. You can input the babysitting information there. um and make sure that the documents are signed.
Okay. Also, Nolan, um when is the last day of the that we could change the um funding? The last day we can move it around for FY26 the budget modification dates
have not yet been published. Usually, it takes place, we start budget modifications usually in March. Um, so, um, be mindful of that month. Um, but I don't have the exact dates yet. When they are published, I will send them
over to Kevin and he can distribute it to you and inform you guys. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Anybody else have any questions and answers for the senior grants officer? I'm just going to stress that please
don't wait um until the last minute, last day, last hour. Our systems are slower when we get towards our deadline dates. Um and when a member submits
reimbursement from July to June all within the last day of the um fiscal deadline um and if there are any issues it's hard to correct it because once the deadline date and time is passed that's
it. There's nothing that can be done. So the earlier the reimbursements are submitted the better it is. So that way we can capture any errors, whether or not it's an apartment number that's missing or whether or not there's a form that's not signed. Um we can catch the
errors early so that way the reimbursements can go out in a timely fashion or you guys don't miss the reimbursements. Yes, I have a question. So you said the uh I'm because I'm sorry I'm late for the uh comes and my name is W and I
would like to ask you say the uh uh when is the due deadline like is that like a July like a July is end of the the month or is the middle of the month like a July 21st or July 30 deadline. So do you mind just explanation?
Our DOE fiscal deadline are you referring to? Mhm. Our year ends June 30th. We start July 1 and we end June 30th. With that said, that is not usually that's not the last day to submit reimbursements. We usually
have a date earlier than that. Our fiscal deadlines have not yet been published for this upcoming fiscal year. Um, but they usually start in March for budget modifications. Um and then sometime in June, May, early
June, that's when we have the deadline to submit um our last reimbursements or purchasing I should say purchase order deadlines because there are different deadlines. There are deadlines to modify the budget. There is deadlines
to purchase items. Usually equipment um has an earlier deadline. Um, so there's deadline to purchase items and then there's a deadline to submit your reimbursements. Can we bring it up? So is you have the deadline
the deadline? She she says that um it'll be announced closer to the end of the fiscal year in June, but it it won't be the last day is June 30th, but it'll be the deadline to submit like forms like reimbursement is earlier, but that'll be announced. But
but she say she have the um the dead night for the equipment is earlier before that. So I just want to know is you have the day night for every single car. Yeah. But that comes like the Mar it's
going to be announced in March and then I'm not sure when the June one will be announced but one will be announced in March as we get closer to the date. Okay. I you I usually send them to all of the AAS the calendar and the deadlines and the AAS will disseminate
that information to the council. Yeah, I can I'll you know because this June pass we have everything by the 20th. Yeah. So yeah. Um regarding that uh the space
here. Okay. So, that's like cuz um Nolan, we're going to ask about the backpack drive. Um but I know you explained the email regarding the fund usage. Um but we're waiting on our face coordinate, but they're not here.
Okay. Um yes. Um I I think face would be best to um explain it because there's a lot of nuances, right? Um, if you're doing it through a school,
um, there is space involved. There might be permits involved and, you know, there are different avenues that you guys may have to, um, thread through in order to get this done. Um, or if you're just giving it out to each individual school
where you're not creating a a giveaway day. So, it all depends on what works best for you. And then you have to navigate that with your face leaison. So it'll be good the questions and answers like it's up to you. You don't have to
ask me and then you can ask the members. All right. So I think we're good right now. Thank you for joining us and answering and thank you guys. Have a great night. Thank you. Byebye. So Tika I can bring on now or later for business if she
we'll do business. Okay. She made do it. So now we're going to bring up a presentation from Kent Bowman. He's a vice president of educational leadership and development and he's presently here in front of us. Hello everyone.
Thank you for having me. And for some reason I thought the meeting started at 6:20 and not 6 o' So apologize. Can you take one and pass around please? Okay, sure. Um, so my name is Kent Bowman. I am the
former vice president for CCT10 in the Bronx. I'm a former PA president. Uh, I'm a former public school teacher of 15 years. um and uh also a devoted uh uh father and now I work as a vendor for New York City public schools helping
families to become true partners in their children's education. Uh so tonight I'm going to talk to you about something very important. But before I talk about uh the main uh the the most the important topic, I want to share a story with you. Uh I when I was PA
president uh my daughter was in the in the third grade and I was very involved and had inspired other uh parents to be involved as well and uh while I'm involved and my daughter was falling behind and so and she was behind in reading and everything
else and meanwhile I'm involved. I'm showing up at the school. I'm doing everything that I'm being told to do to read with my daughter. And so she eventually she was given an an IEP. So, you know, that still didn't work a couple years later. So, by the by the
time she reached the fifth grade, she was put into a self-contained classroom. And so, that was very, very disappointing. And so, meanwhile, so I remember her first day of school, she came home and she her eyes were full of tears and she didn't understand why she
couldn't be in the same classroom with her friends. She couldn't eat lunch with her friends. She couldn't do any of the activities that she would normally do with her friends. And so she was while she's crying. So I pull out my iPad and uh I go to YouTube. I pull up the the story of of the tortoise and the hair.
And uh so you know, we all know the story this tortoise and the hair. Well, most of us know it. Uh the tortoise and the hair, they have a race. And you know that the hair is is full of he's more agile. He's more talented, right, than the tortoise. So he darts off in the
race, leaves a the tortoise so far behind he's he's out of sight. Meanwhile, he comes across some some uh lady bunnies and he starts to talk to them and hang out and showing uh his tricks and showing uh everything that he can do. They're impressed by him. Finally, the tortoise catches up. So,
the lady bunnies, they say to the tortoise, they say, "Hey, hey, do you want to come party with us?" And to says, "No, no, I would like to, but I but I have a race to run." So, I told my daughter, I said, "To run your race." So meanwhile, as a former teacher, I knew
she didn't belong in that classroom. I knew something was wrong. And again, you know, again, a lot of times we hear about kids not performing well academically because they lack a parent in involvement. So then I had a light bulb. So and and one thing and
eventually the the special ed team told me that she had a learning disability, you know, LD. So as a former teacher, I never accepted that term. you I always knew that to me it it's a learning difference and as a teacher it was my job to figure out how my students learn
and so and me because different kids need different things different type of nurturing so anyhow so I had a light bulb came on and I realized that I had to switch from I had to I had to a shift from involvement to engagement now what's the difference and you know think
about it like this have you ever been involved with someone uh as opposed to being engaged with someone, right? Involvement, that's like occasional dating. Engagement, that's a commitment. Involvement is when the school calls for
uh parents to come and volunteer and you pass out uh uh uh programs at a at a school function or you're chaperoning or something. But engagement is when you when parents come to school and their activities make a direct uh uh impact on
their child's academic development. So, as I made this sh that shift from involvement to engagement, um I started to to notice a a difference in my daughter's uh uh academic growth. And as I began to study her and understand her
her learning style and and then and within one year, she was removed from that self-contained classroom. Uh and then by the time she made it to the eighth grade, she started to pass regs with 70s and 80s. uh she and and she had
now she she's going to the 12th grade, 3.7 GPA, number 14 in her class, took a made three on the AP US exam. Okay. Uh also passed a college ready class. I don't know if you guys have that in Brooklyn, but I know we have that in the Bronx, college ready where Okay, so you
know, made 86 average. And so now I recently got a call from the school saying that she no she no longer is eligible for IEP services. So how did that happen? So as again as as I as I and I start I shifted from involvement
to engagement and I call it from participation to power. So the truth is um many parent associations don't realize their the power that they have to have a
a direct impact on their children's education and and many of that power lies in their title one funds. Now, every year across New York City, PAS are award allocated title one funds, money
set aside for us for families to become true partners in our children's education. Unfortunately, millions of those dollars go unspent. It's not because we're not showing up. It's not because we don't care, but but because we're not giving meaningful options.
Now, I don't know how many of you scrambled to to spend your Title One funds in things like CPR training or Zumba or yoga or sip and paint, you know, and and you think about it and think about how did those activities make a direct contribution to your
child's academic growth. How did that improve parent engagement? So after going through with my experience as a teacher uh for 15 years, my research and ongoing reflection on you know what that what do parents need, I felt the urge to
to share the things that I did with my daughter with other parent associations. And so I I came up with uh a workshop from from participation to power. And this and at the center of this workshop, it's a two session workshop. uh at the
center center of it's the learning style growth profile and what it does it identifies it helps parents to identify their child's dominant learning styles and because once you can it pinpoints you once you once a kid figures out how
they learn then learning they they are more equipped to succeed academically and grow. I tell parents, I said, "The brain is a learning machine." And like a car, you need the right key to unlock the doors and to make it go. And so this
workshop provides that key. And it's it's amazing because when I do the workshop, the parents, they find out things about themselves that, hey, this is I didn't know that I ticked this way. I didn't know that my brain worked this way. Now I'm able to go home, do the homework with my with my child and help them to have uh a better understanding
of of of of how they learn their unique ways of of of of taking in new information, their unique ways of developing new skills. You know, I call it uh uh uh know yourself, grow yourself. And when when parents
arm their children to be self-taught, that that's power. When when when when students can can lead, they have the ability because they know exactly how they learn and they can lead the the the charge. They can be the engine, the driving driving force behind their their
their learning. Learning has a deeper is more meaningful. So, and it's this is what real academic self-awareness looks like. This is what uh parent engagement feels like. This is what title one was
designed for. So my message to you and call to action and I would like to if you have I'll now answer any questions about the workshop that you have. But my but I need for parent leaders to be messengers to be bridges to share this information with title one uh chairs and
parent associations and let them know that there are options out there because the districts are not required to collect information or or vendors or services that will help parents to uh uh become truly engaged. And so a lot of
times you don't know since you don't know how to use the money, you either you use it on something that make that won't make an impact or the money will go back to the DOE and they'll spend the the fund how how they want to. So it's important again to to share this information because we're not just
chaperones anymore. We're we're collaborators. This this workshop allows it turns parent associations from from volunteer committees to academic communities where they become experts on how their children learn. So we're not just raising money, we're raising
expectations. Uh we're not just participating, we're using our power. We're we're so let's guide this this workshop will guide our students to run their race. And uh if you guys have any questions, I'll be glad to answer it. Then I I
thank you for your time. Thank you, speaker. Are there any questions from our council members and I can send this a digital copy if you guys would like to share again and it's about having meaning those meaningful options and and I remember we
as PA president we were always looking for uh uh services that would strengthen our role as learning partners in our with our in our children's academic journey. But those services were hard to find and no one told us where to look. And I think it is very important again
to to share as you go out and uh make your school visits and do your uh liaison with your uh parent associations. It's very important to share again what what are your options? Any questions? you know, and and I don't want to talk
too long because I that you have me for 15 minutes because I I can use it all the time if you want me to. But, you know, think think about, you know, every kid needs to be nurtured in a different type of way. You know, why why is it that we we can't grow or orange trees in New York City in Central Park? Well, you
can plant an orange tree in Central Park and a cherry tree in Central Park, but what's going to happen to that orange tree? It's it's not it may grow but it's not going to fully blossom and develop because it's not being nurtured right because it's not it's not the right
environment. And so again this what this pinpoints parents to so they can pinpoint how in the how in the way that their child needs to be nurtured. And once they have their information with this workshop they can accurately uh they they can
support learning at home in a in a meaningful way. they can uh uh actively advocate for their children's uh during parent teacher conferences and IEP meetings. So, and that's very important because a lot of times, you know, parents, we, you know, we we we trust
the experts, right? You're the expert, you know, you've been to college for this, you've been doing this all these years. Meanwhile, some people they're, you know, they have a cookie cut strategy, you know, but that's uh in in regards to education. But every child needs something different. And again this really again it helps parents to
trace their cognit their child's cognitive fingerprint to know exactly who they are and how they learn and you'll be amazed and and and the academic growth that they'll have and and this this this is very personal because as I earlier I shared the story about my daughter and how I was able to
help her uh to grow academically and achieve some things that we never thought was possible. Mr. Bon, did you reach out to Title One yet in regards? So, in district 20? So, it's it's I I'll say this that I've
reached out to a lot of people and it's it's uh rare that you hear something back. So, I start on it now. So, we're definitely Okay. Um also the AP meetings, he's the
district 75 and now district 20. So, um you could also have him involved. Okay. So, okay. And Tamar is thinking about doing something else. Yeah, I have a child education as well. Okay. So, I everything that you talked about I actually did myself.
Right. So, um and it's it's a learning experience and you're right, a lot of the information really isn't out there and it's not easily accessible if you don't know where to look, right? Or if you don't have friends that can
help you, right, share the information. It's good that you you're doing what you're doing and you have all the information at one space. Um, and I think it's something that a lot of parents should know, you know, and because when you're when
when a parent sits down at a parent teacher conference and the parent says that your child is behind, you know, the parent, they're looking for support. They need to know what to do. I mean and and know this tool this workshop can't help them because and at the end of the day parent parent leaders then you
didn't sign up to become parent leaders to do Zumba that's not what you're here for you you sign up to be a partner and and and play a vital role in your child's academic journey and this provides you with that tool. This workshop, this two two session workshop
provides you with that too. So you can again support learning at home in a meaningful way. How long is the workshop? So I I'll need two hours. So I so basically I would need an hour. So it it's it's pretty robust. Okay.
I would So they would have to sacrifice quickly and I would need the rest. So if their meeting time is around two hours, I'm going to need most of that because it's it's a very it's very interactive and you know it's pair share because I I do the workshop just like I taught school. I don't sit there and lecture
and you know just I don't expect you like you get tired like that's that can be it's very very interactive and parents they they pair share then they share out and we we uh they respond we reflect and then again they have to go home do their homework I come back uh
the following meeting and then we start to draw the image of their their child and they they end up with this like uh um what's it called? This slipped my mind because I just added it. Uh, but
they there there's there's a um there's it's a visual of their child and it's a little map. So there they have to get a picture of their child and put it in the paper. Then all these things are coming from it. of that child. Again, academic self-awareness is so important and and
it's beyond just, you know, uh during your your years in elementary school or high school, but it it goes into college and also even also into your career. How do you learn? How does your brain function? Yeah. So again, if there's no more questions, I don't want to waste any
more take up take up any more of your time. You are a good daddy and a good experience. That's what I can tell. Oh, well, thank you. I I I'm very passionate. So, yeah. Very very passionate. Um, so so I should I need to email Steve.
Steve. Okay. I I'll get your and I'll just hang out in the back until you guys finish and I'll get All right. So, we should also get the CC20 email and then we could just have everybody's email together. Okay. All right. Okay. Great. All right. Thank you. I'm sorry.
Oh, my information. Oh, okay. Awesome. How to contact you. Okay. I'll put my email address in the chat. So, once Mr. Bowman is done, we're going to have Lucia Faggeras. Yes. Which is a student and temporary housing
regional manager for district 20. And she's going to present And also we would like to thank face rep Tama nurse Carter for being here in person. Thank you so much. So, Mr. Bowman put his information in the chat. If anybody wants to reach out
to him with title one or any other questions or answers, you could do so by contacting him through email and we'll be in contact with him as well. C District 20. Thank you so much. Thank you. So right now the presentation for Luchia
Ferris, student and temporary housing regional manager. Thank you so much for joining us in person as well. Thank you. I'm just Okay. Okay. Uh we can get started. Um so hi everyone. Thank you for having me. Um my
name is Lucia Faggeras. I am um students in temporary housing regional manager for district 20. I also say that I used to I live here in district 20 and I used to teach in district 20. So district 20 has a very special place in my heart. Um, so what I'm going to do today is I'm
just going to go over some uh different ways that schools can support their students in temporary housing. And I'm hoping that um I can come back um some other times the remainder of the school year, this coming school year. So that way um uh we can give some more information
because you're going to see in a few minutes uh district 20 is very unique when it comes to our students in temporary housing. Do I click? You're going to click. Okay. Okay. So, um, District 20 does not have, um, any DH. It doesn't have any shelters, which
makes it, um, I think one of the only districts in New York City that does not have a family shelter in it. Uh, so we currently have 2,441 students living in temporary housing
that attend school in district 20. um out of that 191 reside in shelter. So that means 191 students attend a school in district 20 but they're living outside of the district which causes can
cause some you know attendance issues, academic issues, behavior. So it it is some of them are traveling. Um thinking of our border districts 15 21 22 uh that's where some of them do reside. Um for the DHS shelters uh students are
placed um where availability is. So they can go as far as 19. Um I know there's some in Queens, the Bronx, Stan Islands. uh but um being living in a shelter they do have some rights and one of them is for them to remain in their school in
district 20 and everybody loves district 20 so I don't you know we want to stay here um we do have about 28 students residing in a non DHS shelter so that means it would either be a domestic
violence shelter or um at this time um that this data was pulled is when we had our herks migrant shelters as well. Um the last number, our biggest number which is makes district 20 very unique
is that we currently have 2,143 students who are living doubled up. Um, doubled up means that for economic reasons, they are either renting a room, uh, living on someone's couch, they're
pairing up with a family, and, um, they they don't have a whole apartment to themselves or a whole house to themselves. So, we do have it's it's a really large um population in district 20 that are living uh, doubled up. Okay.
Should I press them? Okay, you got it. Okay. All right. So, how do we identify these children? Um, every year, um, we do recommend that schools give out the housing questionnaire at least three times a year. Uh, so that way they can capture the students because many of
this is self-reported. Um, students uh, schools have the housing question, they have them in in all the DOE languages. Uh, we do recommend that schools give out the housing questionnaire around September and October. um especially um around the
fall because that is um where that's the count that's used for the McKini Vento funds that schools do get funding uh title one ST title one funding for their students in temporary housing and the number that is reported in the fall is what's used for the following school
year. So we just want to make sure especially in the school year beginning of the school year that we're getting that information. Um, we also recommend that we do it around December, January, right when they come back from break and around May and June right before the end before the summer. That way schools can
understand what do I have coming up in September. Um, so it's all self-reported. Um, parents can also do it on their Nixa account as well if they don't want to do it by paper. Um, so they don't have to depend on those three
times a year. anytime their housing status changes. Uh we do recommend that families um ask can I fill out the housing question? My housing status change. It doesn't happen. Um but we do recommend that family it does you know
and and there is a misconception especially among some parents that they don't want to change their address because they feel that once they have moved out because they're doubled up or in a shelter or in a domestic violence center that they must leave the school and that's not the case. So once we reassure the families that they are
allowed to remain a federal law they're allowed they have they can remain in their school then they're more open to giving out that information. Next slide. Okay. So like I mentioned so um the students in temporary housing uh the
students and the families have rights. Uh the Mckin Vento Act is the federal law that governs that and it's translated in for our local purpose for chancellor's regulation A780 and uh that's the regulation that we use and my
job is to making sure that those rights of the families are not violated. Um so there are five main points. One being a free public education. They have the right to go to school. They have the right to remain in their current school or choose to attend a zone school.
Sometimes it is too far to travel from the Bronx all the way down to district 20, but they have the right to change if they want to, but if they want to remain, we do whatever we can to make sure that the transportation is set for them to uh go to school. Um, transportation services to and from
school, which means yellow bus service or a metro card uh omniard. Now, you know, students got the Omni card. Um, but parents also have the right to get a Metro card if they're taking their children to and from school, and it is
supplied by the school. Um, they also, um, are entitled to continue to receive their special education services regardless of school transfer, making sure that it's comparable and offered. Whatever the permanent housing student gets, our students in temporary housing
gets. Um so enrollment and transfers um when choosing a school for their child um they can choose based on seed availability because we know things can you know be a little when it comes to enrollment. Uh they can stay in their
last school that their child was enrolled in or any school available in the area that in which they live. Uh students in temporary housing are not required to submit documentation right away. So, if they come in and say that they're living in a shelter, um it is
the practice of our shelter to provide a residency letter. So, that way the pupil accounting secretary knows that the that this family is living in a DHS shelter or a domestic violence shelter. We have the PO box, not the physical address. Um, but that we provide as a courtesy
just to confirm that they are living. If they're if they say that they're living doubled up, they do not have to provide any type of proof. They don't have to provide a lease. Um, I know some schools do the affidav there's like an affidavit form. They don't have to do that either.
Um, they do have to eventually provide immunization records, but they it's not required at the time of registration. So, they have some time um to gather and you know, we do help and work with the schools to help get that documentation
ahead of time. But just because they don't have it doesn't mean they should not be enrolled. they they're they should be immediately enrolled and attending school. Um transportation uh students in temporary housing are entitled to transportation. Like I said, it could be a metro card or the yellow bus service.
It depends on grade. There is some guidelines from OPT regarding that. Uh children who are residing in our DHS shelters. uh we work with very closely with DHS to make sure that uh all the data is accurate so that OPT can route
them and we try to do that as quickly as possible. Um I think August 8th was the deadline for our shelters to make sure everything was ready for the first day of school. Um, we do ask though if they living in a domestic violence shelter or
they're living doubled up, they can ask for a transportation exceptions form which anyone can fill out. Any DOE faculty member, parents can fill it out. Um, and they can um ask for that exception form. The the thing with the
exception form is is that the address and ATS must match the address that they're putting in the exception form. And like I said, students, children who are residing in domestic violence shelter, um everything that they provide is confidential. So, making sure that um
the PO box information is correct and I h I have worked with several pupil accounting secretaries to make sure that the PO box information is correct and remains secure in order for them to get transportation. And
um so how can families or schools for that matter get help? every school um every year the principal um names their school-based liaison liaison and I have worked with them I work with them throughout the year and they are the
experts in the building regarding enrollment transportation resources um we do a training um federally mandated training every year so they're up to date on all the policies both local and federal uh regarding uh students in
temporary housing every district in the DOE has a regional manager. I am yours and I am here to support any school principal family who lives works in the district um to answer any questions. I am good with connecting the with the
child's school, enrolling your child, working with pupil accounting secretaries who may not fully understand uh the policies with enrollment, working with OPT, making sure that the exception forms are put in, making sure that the PO box is put in correctly. There's very
particular in ATS on how it's supposed to be placed. So, I work with I work with pupil accounting secretaries on that and then looking for resources uh to support their child's education. Um, and then that's my information. Um, I
do, like I said, I manage District 20. I also have our neighbors across the bridge on Staten Island. Um, and now I just took over uh District 29 in Queens. And there's my number and my email. I'm here um looking forward to this coming school year. And I don't know if I went
over, but any questions anyone has? Um, questions? Uh, I do have a question. I I got a order information maybe a little bit different than you. You got because you talking about the student got no
Celtic or or whatever. But what I hear because in district 20 we have a multiple pony cell going to build but uh it's closed in New York City. But
you you're talking about we don't have enough uh shelter. Yeah. So in district 20 of course that shelter we do not have family shelters. No we we have it the the shelter I think you need to get more results. Uh search
more C530 and 4 Avenue is a family shelter and 86 street 25 is shelter family shelter and they're going to build a sel uh coin avenue or by the sha bay they
that's district 20 that's outside of our district um but let's let's connect because um so we get our information about the shelters directly from department of homeless services. So, they're they're the ones that tell us here are the family shelters we have
and um it could be that it could be that it is an adult adult shelter with some teenagers in it, but it's not labeled as a family shelter in District 20 or it could be a domestic violence shelter. I know there may be one or two domestic violence shelters in District 20, but I
physically I don't know physically where they reside in District 20. I just know them as a PO box. Okay. So that could also be something too. But let's connect. So that way if there are some families here that we need to connect with, then I make sure that um I go because we do as part of my
job is I go into the shelters and I work with the directors and I work with the families making sure that they're attending school. So if that's something that we're missing then I will make sure that um we can definitely connect on that. Okay. So you you second of all you talking about migrant student. uh we are
not against migrant student but I think is uh some of the is a lot of bad student to our property school and what I hear from student because they been bullying our child. Mhm. So you're talking about
uh the student right. So what about our children right? Because you are talking about migrant student migrant student right and then they being come to the school they don't need to showing the order ident uh personal identity and no
document. So how you protect our children going to be safety. So let me so let me so let me clarify. It's not a migrant student right. It is a student in temporary housing student right. So that is anyone who comes in or anyone it
could be Americanborn student right. Okay. If they're living in temporary housing that is that is their right. And it's not that it is um that they don't provide the documentation right away. um depending
on for example um we have families who go into a family shelter because and we've had several in this district there are fires so then they move into a family shelter so they do not have the documentation to provide for enrollment so it's not that they don't have it is
that it burns so but we don't as a department of education ask for migrant status so we cannot discern who is is a migrant and who is not. So we specifically talk about students in
temporary housing as an umbrella of whether they are native born in this country or not. Okay. So we don't discern the diff the difference between the two. Okay. So like say because we have a short funding for the school right now.
We don't even have a money for the other school for housing the pattern origin to come from here and we and we got not enough resource for our
student for our kid right now and what I hear from the children they say um the school is overtake the student right now because they our our resource is being
used overused for the migrant student. So we things like uh um things like uh pandemic. Okay. Um the new year is taking order
migrants to come. Can I can I say something? I just this is I think that we should be careful about the language we use like saying that schools are being taken over by groups of students. What our guest
here is describing is the federal rights that are guaranteed any students that are in our school district. And these are the rights that we by law have to afford to all of these students. And so saying that there are rumors about groups of students in schools doesn't seem germanine to what this presentation
is about. Um, and so I would just like to say that this presentation is about the rights that these students have by law and and trying to disparrage one group of students over the other seems to me like it's not our role as a as a
as a CEC. We're here to pres to protect all students in our school district. Okay. Who's next? raising your hand. Can we go? No, I think he's Steven's raising.
I thought that the only reason. Well, I just have three things. Doubled up. So, is doubled up the is that meat kind of mean if um a parent of a child stays with a relative or someone else's house? Like like what exactly does
doubled up mean? So, it could mean it could mean several things. And I was actually talking about I would love to do a presentation um at the beginning of the school year to talk about what it really means to be doubled up because I know um there are a lot of cultures that the fan there's generational housing that's not doubled
up and I love and I know this is public and this is going to go out there. I love telling the story when I first started um in this office and my husband is an assistant principal. So we talk a lot about what it means to work for the DOE and we recently at that time moved
into our home here in Bay Ridge and we bought a two family. My mother lives above us and we were talking about it. So my son, he was seven at the time. He goes, "Does that mean we're doubled up because grandma lives with us?" I said, "No." I said, "Grandma lives with us because we're taking care of, you know, she's we can afford this house on our
own." So it is doubled up means there's an economic issue that either they got evicted out of their home, they were thrown out into the street, something happens to them that they cannot afford housing on their
own. So they're either going to move in with a family member or they're going to move in and rent a room from someone. So you're just talking about the student. This is the family. This is the family. So, if I'm a mother and I got evicted from my home and my cousin said, "You
know what? You can't afford the rent right now. You lost your job. You lost your home. Come live with me. I'm going to give you this room. I don't have the apartment." I know families with the rent so high. We have where I work, we have two families have to share an apartment in
order to afford to live. Yes. So, is that kind of like I would consider that I would definitely consider that doubled up. I would also and I I grew up in Brooklyn my whole life. So, I understand sometimes people rent apartments and they're not on the leases.
If you're not if you don't have the lease, you're you're you're in danger of being kicked out. So, I definitely that is a that should be a temporary situation. That should not be a that's not a permanent situation. Two more things. um with um attendance.
Mhm. The cause of problems with attendance is it the transportation the primary one and is it busing specifically the issues with attendance or or other factors involved there? Um from my experience uh attendance is
one of our biggest issues. Um OP we work very closely with OPT uh to route the students. that is that is their number one job is to route the students and you know we work very closely with DHS to make sure that the data is updated on
their end and that we work with OPT but as you know routing students from even within our bur Brooklyn is huge so you know you have a child on the bus for sometimes two to three hours I had a family
one way so this is where we when we talk to families we do encourage under McKini Vento, you have the right to remain in your school. That is your right. But it's a threehour bus ride for a 5-year-old. The best for you mentioned um domestic violence
shelters and fires. Is there some support services? Because whe you're burned out of an apartment or a child in that So are there support services? And I've worked very closely with Lauren and Russell uh these last this last year. I think we had like three fires um
where we involved we work very closely with the Red Cross. Um the Red Cross does provide um some support to the family and we'll put them up in a hotel for a certain amount of time, but then we will work very closely with the school and the family to figure out what
the next options are. So whether it's to to find housing elsewhere or to go to PATH, which is our main center up in the Bronx to be placed in a in a DHS shelter. Um, so that way they have something a little bit more secure. Now, I don't know how true this is, but I've heard if someone is in the shelter
system, but then say they move in with their grandmother, it's kind of like they where they're looking for permanent housing, they lose a slot. So, they would um every and I can't fully speak to what happens from the
social worker caseworker side of DHS. We solely focus on our educational like making sure these kids go to school that they're attending that they're getting food they have everything that they need for the educational side but I know they work very closely with case workers and you know families do eventually leave
you know the the shelter system and they decide oh I'm going to go certain shelters or um the um CBOS that are running the shelters they have their own policies sometimes you if you don't sign in and out in 48 hours then you're we're
closing your case. So, there are some rules um that families do need to abide by and these children would be subject to the same rules concerning discipline. If there's an issue, someone's going to try to give them some support within the school system. Yes.
They're going to talk to them like if they're acting out or anything to that nature. Yes. And it's very important. Um I do encourage all my schools um you know this the the the housing status of a
child is a pri is private. However um within the school system principles, guidance counselors, social workers, teachers should be aware of the situation because not only um is the kid the child going through some changes. I used to live near my school building.
Now I'm not. Now I got to travel some but they're also going through their own trauma. you know, families are going through their own trauma. Whatever the situation that that brought them here, kids are kids, it's going to come out, but having um making sure that the staff
who is supposed to be supporting that child is aware of their housing situation. Same thing with a permanently housed child. If you and I taught elementary school, so I know parents would come to me, you know what, we're going through a divorce right now. He may be acting out a little bit. just
keep an eye on him. That's what a that's any child. I'm not going to ask housing status about that. But housing status may affect a child's behavior and um schools should be aware of that. So that way that's also part of whatever
trauma um trauma-informed care that they're going to provide to the child or the family. You're welcome. Yes, has a question online. Okay. Thank you, Tamara. It's not a question. I just want to apologize and I just want
to make sure that um I'll address this with John and with the rest of the members. And I want to say thank you, Kelly, for um reaffirming that the work we do is in behalf of district 20, in behalf of
families and kids, regardless where are they coming from and what language they speak. I just want to be clear on that. I'm not going to use a lot of the time that we have right now, but John, I will follow up with you because I think that we need to know our
place. Uh and we entitled to have our own opinions outside of this um CEC council. Thank you Fabula. Yes. I have two questions. Yes.
Follow on Ste's question on double. So is subleasasing considered double? Excuse me. Subleasing. Subleasasing. Um, if they're leasing the full apartment,
um, I would probably say no. Um, doubled up is more of a great like shelter. We know, right? They're in a DHS shelter, domestic violence shelter, they're in a like we know what doubled up is self-reported by the family and there's actually no federal guidelines regarding
what does it mean to be doubled up. We go by um the doubled up information and it is on the housing questionnaire where it explains it to families. It could be are they subleasasing it? I if they're subleasasing it with a
whole bunch of other people, I would say that would be doubled up. If and and this is where the relationship between the family and the school is also very important. So if they have um someone that the family trusts that they can discuss more in depth. Let me make it
more straight. In a community there are almost I would say at least oneird of families share their apartment with some other not their relative some strangers. They basically need one bathroom two bedroom or the apartment into two and
the others. So are those family consider? So it would depends on the situation. So, if I'm renting an apartment from someone, so let's say I have my own apartment and a family comes to me and just says, "I I can't afford a whole
apartment by myself. I need to I need to rent this room from you." And they have Yes, that's considered doubled up. On my end, probably not. It again depends on the situation. It's not doubled up is not very cut and dry.
Every situation is unique and again like it would require us just to talk a little bit more in depth and sometimes families may not want to um tell everything right and let me ask. Yeah.
What does a family need to provide to school to verify that they are in a double assistation? They self-report that they are living doubled up. And will your school inspect that? Uh they do not inspect that. I think um
what happens is I know some schools do ask um families to fill out an affidavit form. There's an affidavit form as part of registration. It does say on there very clearly that if the family is reporting themselves as leveled up, they do not need to fill out that affidavit
form. That is for um someone for example um if you are renting an apartment and you don't have a lease but that is your full apartment. I need to speak to the landlord and say I I don't have a lease but I need you to fill out this affidavit that I'm living here. I'm
living permanently and this is what you need to fill out. But if I'm reporting it as doubled up then there is at that point we have to take their word that they're living doubled up. Will you not know did need to feel like
they do not need to fill out any forms? No. Okay. Um another situation is basement. You know that in our neighborhood almost all the exact housing more than half if not all of them business. Are those considered double?
No because they are not um so I would say I said but it depends on the basement. Does the basement have a kitchen, a bathroom access? If if I'm renting out the basement, but I have to go upstairs to use the kitchen or the bathroom.
That's me like renting a room. So, that would be case by case of what that basement looks like. So should they have should they have children or to be considered or they should
if if they are living in a if they're living in a basement um it is you know see these are these are the gray areas. So if I'm renting out my basement and I'm not supposed to be renting out my I mean that happens and I know it happens.
I I lived in Brooklyn my whole life. I I know. Um technically they're not supposed to be renting out that basement, but they but they are. And you know that's that's that's another that's a whole separate other issue.
We all know that that is a need and there is a I mean the landlord has to get need some money and some tenants they need a cheaper place. We all know that. Just put that aside. So in that situation will the tenant be considered as a double loan? I would say
I would say no if if they had full access to the amenities that afford themelves to have. Okay. Now the next question I mean we all know that even though we subase our uh we have to rent a sub lease apartment
on the basement it's all because the families has a financial situation right they simply cannot otherwise nobody want the situation. Um in this 2,400 I would assume it's family. I mean what
situation could be there? It could be it could be any situation. Do we have do we have any idea or number to say what caused that? Um I don't have that data because again this is not um
when we collect when families report themselves as doubled up we don't ask why are you doubled up but anecdotally from families that I've spoken to um about their situations job loss eviction
um arguments with family divorce um fires any anything can anything can cause that situation. Anything can cause homelessness at any point. One minute you have your permanent house, next thing you know there's a fire in your house and you have nowhere to live. So,
I'm going to go live with my cousin cuz my house just burned down. So, it could be anything, but we don't have um concrete data because it's not something that we collect. So, I'm so sorry I have so many followup
questions, but I'll try to make sure. Yep. Um Yep. I understand we don't have the um based on what you describe are this temporary I mean are this temporary I see that it's temporary housing already so this housing is when we say temporary
usually how long do I need to stay there there is no time limit there is there is no time limit um for the whole time whole life I mean you I mean we I mean homelessness is it can be a generational issue Um and
we do have some families living in our shelters that as kids they lived in shelters. So there there is no um there is no time limit and we don't tell them oh it'll become permanent because you've
been there for 5 years. That's not that's not the case. Okay. anything. And it seems to me like this is a these are really great questions also to address to other New York City agencies that might be part of providing supportive housing and things like that. Like all we need to know is that these
children have a right to the same education as any child in in permanent housing and that as a school board our job is to make sure that they are given their federal rights. And so from our perspective, how long they stay in housing, whether they're seeking housing, what their income is, like none
of that seems to me to be gerine to what our duties are as as a body. Like our job is to make sure that these children are guaranteed a right to education and all of these other questions about like what should New York City housing policy be? Like those are those are questions
that other bodies exist to debate. Um I think I'm not that's not a point I'm having. So I'm more concerned for the benefit of those children even in the shot is definitely I wouldn't say totally negative but definitely not positive right I assume we all agree on that
so would it be making sense for us to figure out or working with the related departments I do not know exactly who to approach to find out what's the cause and what's the best way to support these children rather than say just oh we need to provide housing for them
I mean if we are talking about domestic violence at home because parents divorced. Would we be able to for social work to step in early intervention make sure it doesn't impact the children or doesn't develop the situation that children have
to leave their permanent housing and go to the shelters. Yeah. And you know I will say one one thing I am just one person of a very large office. We do have um several people in our office. We do have a director of inter agency support who is
our guru when it comes to working with all New York City agencies. Um we do have um uh project open arms which has been very supportive during um this these last few years with the influx of um of influx of families that we had
coming in and we worked with them. We do have um again like I said we we don't have specific contacts like physical contacts with shelters but many of my colleagues have really good relationships with um
domestic violence shelter providers and work closely and secret you know we work with them to to try to provide programs and stuff like that. So it is a larger city issue and um we do work as an office with other city agencies to try
to go and talk about problems like we also you know you know the the presenter before me was talking about resources for families and that's where our resources come in within the school for title one funds which I can always come back and talk about later of how schools
can utilize their title one funds. Is it having workshops about domestic violence? Is it having workshops about um careers and jobs and things like that? It's like using that money effectively. Um so then that way we can
help support these families in other ways because I'm going to say book bags, uniforms, food. Yes, important. We should provide it, but there should be other resources that we're providing to these families in order for us to help them get that leg up because that's what the money is there for. Well, I think I
I think I have a little different opinion than that. To my understanding, what we are doing right now is almost never treating the symptoms, but we are not digging between the cause of the problem. Why the family have to go to shelter? Why student?
I mean, can we I know it's a largest problem for the whole city. Let's can we take a smaller step in our district and resolve it in front of smaller steps to see let's say this 2,400 families is it
possible for us to figure out either with by yourself I assume it's not nothing yourself when I say you I don't even mean your department but with the city agency whoever doing those family domestic violence economies can we find can we get these
families figure out what is the issue and see what a better way to treat in the root class rather than say oh I gave you a shelter in a state of now I mean of course that might be not avoidable for temporary yeah but for longterm
no definitely and and and that is you know something that I do talk to schools about when it comes to their title one funds like I have a number of families that are living in a domestic violence shelter it may be providing some type of mental health support for that family
and that's all within the regulations of our ST1 funds. Um because that's what that's what it's there for to help get to that the problem that I don't say problem but that that issue in the school for those specific families
targeted um services and resources that a school can provide that's what those funds are there for. Um, but for the large the larger philosophical conversations like what can we do with that? I feel like that that's a that's a larger question I don't think 720 720
that we're not going to be able to solve today. But I would love to like work with schools work to figure to get people's ideas on what what it is as a regional manager. What can I talk to schools about and what what can we do as as a as a department of education to
help with this situation? My take on it is in essence I think it's kind of good to provide some stability for a child so he's not bounced around so he's not in a school in Queens in a school in Brooklyn to have some
consistency I think that's kind of what you're saying that's the child's right even if he does get permanent housing somewhere he gets to stay in school here that is the one you know the other social problems it's like yeah like and I think I kind of understand that yeah, you you can gain
the system if you want to say you doubled up, but that can be done in any way, but at the end of the day, the child's ability to say be in a school and have some stability irregardless of the situation, what caused them to be homeless, doubled up,
you know, and I think that's I think I agree with you and I think there's some misconceptions like, you know, is everyone doubled up? Because I hear this from everyone's double up. It's not pulling money away from the school. Um, what it is, it's giving
money, it's it's pulling federal money and putting it into the school. So, it's not that, oh, you have 15 doubled up and now next month you have 20 doubled up, so I'm going to pull money from this program and put it in here. That's not how it works. So, um, if someone does
say that they're doubled up, whether or not they're doubled up or not, you know, we do take it at face value because again, everybody's situation is unique and we cannot be and it's the child that we're focusing on the child to me that's a separate issue, but the child
is the one like that's really the goal to like making sure that the kids can't help the situation that they live in. Exactly. and making sure that the kids are attending school, they're getting a proper education and making sure that they're safe in a loving environment, food, clothing. that that is and that's
why I got into education and I think that's why a lot of us got into education is to protect and work with kids and whether or not that family has identified correctly or not is you know we we can't catch everybody and from the
people I you know from the people I talked to they need the support and that's what that's what I'm here for is to support those people and support the families. I have a question. Yes. So, in regards to um the homeless children and stuff like that, when you guys send out the surveys three
times during the year, is it translated into other languages? So, they have them in every DOE language. So, schools should be giving it out in the languages that are predominantly in their building because sometimes people even though there's a translation, they're afraid to come forward and say they live with
somebody else because they're afraid that they might lose that space. So, maybe that's where he was trying to re Yes. No, I agree. But um yeah, that's what I that's what I and I've had many conversations with families in district 20. We do see a lot of families who do not want to report the correct address. But I you know once
I talk to them and say no your right is to remain in your school they're ready you know and this is where the training comes in for the schoolbased leaison making sure that they're aware and then they're taking that that those policies that we have and it's outlined in the chancellor's regulations and that they're turnkeying
it to all the people and I say this and I tell this to I tell this when I do my trainings you're I'm giving you the training but I need you to turn key it not just to your people accounting secretary to your security guard your crossing guard. I always say the crossing guard knows everything that's going on in that neighborhood. So, you
need to make sure that they're aware of what's going on because they can come in, go to the schoolbased leaison. I said, "I think you need to contact this family cuz I think I saw X Y and Z." Making sure that the whole community is involved and aware of those policies. That's true. Cuz my friend lives in Co Island. She had a fire and then um they
sent her all the way to the Bronx, but she still took her child to Cooney Island. So, I know what you're talking about and I thank you for coming. No, thank you. And I would love to come back again. And no, you're you're more than welcome to come anytime. I invited you for this meeting. So, we need to get on board. So, definitely and with the children. It's all about
the children. That's exactly what it is. Anybody else have questions for me? I have the last question. Sorry about that. Okay. First one you say uh you say the M is provide the program for the everybody you may they have the the
common issue they can or they issue they can apply this this program right so what do you like you talking about programs within the school or okay so are you talking about doubling up yes so like say one family is living with
another family but they they're renting a room Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. The da is means like some people say I have the lost my job, right? I don't have the uh I don't have the enough money to pay for my rent
because I need I need the uh the kids go to school. So that's why you provide this bon right. Yeah. Yes. So it's before how do they say they have need to because what is the issue they need to dub dub this program and
then the first one you say the debt and then they say what is the income they didn't go to work or they they offer the they don't they personal the debt is can go through the the debt requirement and
so what is the requirement you is every Here you put the the double check they have the issue or they don't have the issue. So did you do the every year renewal or did not do that? So they so schools should give out the
housing questionnaire. No you guys do or not. It's not hers. It's the schools. The schools between the schools should give So the schools give out the re the schools are the ones giving out the forms because they have to they're the ones that updated an ATS. They I don't give them out. the schools do.
Okay, so the schools, you know, it like I things can happen in an instant. So this is why we recommend three times a year because we have looked at the data where a family is living doubled up or living in a shelter, but since housing questionnaires were not given out, it's
not captured because families are not forthcoming with that information. So when you're giving it out three times a year, you're capture, you're not going to capture everybody, but you're going to capture it. Oh, wait. I moved from I moved out of my shelter this year. Now I'm permanent. So now I'm gonna tell
everybody that I'm permanent. And if they move to permanent housing during the school year, they're still entitled to their um rights as under Mckin Vento for the remainder of the school year until they start school again the following September. So just because they change in the middle school year
doesn't mean their rights are taken away either. Um can I say one thing? Sure. I'm going to say so. So you after me please. Okay. First. Okay. Okay. She just want to confirmed on the
in order to appate apply for the shelters for students. Is that like just check the chairman say double up or one of the scenario on the form that's all that's all they need to do or is there anything else? So so they so for doubled up yes they need to do that. Um, shelters, uh, DHS
shelters are a little bit different. Families will tell you that they're living in a shelter. Um, I do work with schools because I have the data of who's living in a shelter. And I work very closely with the schools and we clean up our data. So, I tell them, "Oh, no,
wait. These families moved out. You can talk to them and find out where their current address is. Um, they moved into permanent housing because they're no longer living in a shelter." Or I can just say, "Oh, wait. you have some number of kids who are labeled as permanent, but they actually moved into a shelter. So, I've done both ways when
it comes to the conversation. With the shelters, it's a little bit more easier to have those conversations because we do work very closely with DHS about our children and which ones are living in shelters, but doubled up, it's all self-reported from the families.
Okay. So, in other words, if they're already in a shelter, you can easily get information from Yes. And I can especially um if schools want to find out which shelter so that way they can connect with the with the with the um with the shelter and every
shelter has a DOE personnel on staff so they can work very closely with the families in schools to make sure that the kids are attending school or if there's any academic or behavior issues. We do have DOE staff in those shelters across the city.
We're going to have to move past this. I know. I'm so sorry. It's a very interesting conversation. Going to be until 9:30 that we're going to be here. Okay. I I real quick I have Okay. This is what I got. Okay. Okay. I got the I got a tenant.
Uh it's a migrant family since they came um 2020. So Ken, we have to move past this. I know. I know. No. After you can speak to her. So hold on aside afterwards. We need to go forward. I'm not staying here until 9:30. over nothing. So, we're going to
start. Okay. Okay. Thank you everyone. Thank you so much. Can you please put the information? Yes, I can put my information. Um, just pull on the slide, please. And if anybody needs an interpreter, please use the Mandarin interpreter
online. Uh, I don't know my cell phone number off the top of my head, but I'm going to give you my email. Thank you so much. Now we're moving into um the report of the superintendent. I just need Kevin to give me access to share.
Kevin It's been given. Devin, if I send you the presentation, can you um put it on the screen? Um yes, you can send to the CC email. Okay, working.
I'll be right back. When take over for me. Okay, I'll be right back. Okay. Okay. Yep. making sure I'm waiting. Yeah, I'm just uh sorry about that.
No worries. Sending it now. ccc20.org. Yeah. Wait, say that again. CC20.org. No, C20 had schools. the NYC. Okay.
Okay. Just sent to Kevin. Okay. water. I'm waiting for the email. She sends it, but not sure. Oh, the presentation. She can share. I'm not sure. Maybe she's having
difficulties technically. You sent the call. She can We can We can hear you. What are you saying? You can speak up normal. Can you make make her? No, she is co-host. Yeah, she is co-host. She she she can share on this side.
No, it's not working. Not working. No. Oh, okay. You have to change computer. You might be able to share now. I just made it so multiple participants can share simultaneously. She can share.
I think I got it. Thank you. Yep. We see it. Yep. Okay. So, good evening CC20 and District 20 families. Uh, my name is Laura Kaiser. I'm the executive director at District
20. I will be presenting on behalf of Dr. PTO tonight. Dr. PTO um will not be joining us. So, in the superintendent report tonight, we're going to be talking about the updated chancellor's regulations A413,
personal internet enabled devices. Starting this fall, New York will be the largest state in the nation to require statewide belltobell restrictions on cell phones in K to2 schools. Governor
Hokll pursued this initiative of ensuring distraction-free learning in schools following her convening of a statewide listening tour with parents, teachers, and students. The insights gathered from these
conversations helped shape the policy and underscored the need for greater cell phone restrictions to support student well-being and learning. The findings from Governor Hokll's statewide listening tour report are
phones distract from learning and creativity. Phone-free environments improve engagement and extracurricular participation. Student safety is not compromised and may improve in emergencies.
Mental health benefits include reduced anxiety, depression, and cyber bullying. The recommendations from Governor Hokll's statewide listening tour are the following. Open communication.
Engage stakeholders early. Use form forums and clear messaging. Parent engagement address emergency contact concerns directly. Whole day focus policies should in cover
the entire school day, not just classrooms. In-person engagement promote clubs, sports, and outdoor learning. Tailored policies. Schools should adapt policies to local
needs and equity concerns. Chancellor's regulations A413 was updated to reflect these changes on July 24th, 2025. Cell phone and other electronic devices in schools. The policy overview.
It prohibits the use of personal internet enabled devices, for example, smartphones, smart watches during the school day. Allows the use of schoolprovided and non-inabled
devices under certain conditions. Key definitions in chancellor's regulations A413. School day includes all instructional and non-instructional time.
School grounds include all school property. Devices include communication, computing, and entertainment systems. exceptions required for educational purposes,
medical needs, caregiving responsibilities, or legal requirements. Optional for emergencies or translation needs if no alternatives exist.
mandated if specific in an IEP or a 504 plan and no DOE device is available. Storage requirements. Schools must provide at least one method for safe storage of devices. For
example, lockers, pouches, school responsibilities, develop written policies aligned with A413, provide emergency contact methods for parents, notify families and staff of policies
and updates, certify compliance annually by October 31st. Discipline and confiscation. Progressive discipline applies. Suspension solely for device use is not allowed.
Confiscation must involve parent notification and follow school policy. school policies which are being currently approved and written by um principles as we currently speak
and will be released before the opening of first of school day. What parents can expect. Cell phone policies will be in effect on the first day of school. Updated school policies will be
published on schools websites and schools will send plans to students and parents prior to the opening of school. Policies will include a phone number and name of a contact that parents or
guardians can use to reach the school in case of an emergency or exigent circumstances. Policies will explain the procedure for students to access school phones to reach parents or guardians in case of
emergency or exigent circumstances. Policies will identify which automated communication system such as gamma will be used to communicate information to parents or guardians in case of emergency.
Policies will direct families to how they can access the automated communication system, such as directions for setting up Nixa accounts to access gamma. Cell phone policies on collection and
storage. Policies will explain how and where students devices will be stored or collected before the start of the school day. Policies will identify the specific
method of device storage that will be used. If the school will collect and store devices, the school's policy will explain how student devices will be returned
after the end of the school day. How students with an approved early dismissal are to collect their devices prior to their departure. If applicable, the policies will explain
the process for replacing a lost or damaged storage device, including nominal replacement fees. Cell phone policies, exceptions, discipline, and death, damage or theft.
Policies will list possible exceptions and explain a clear process for obtaining one. Policies will include which staff member, principal, or designate family should contact to request an
exception. policies will include a timeline for how long it takes to process and approve an exception request. In case of violations of the policy, policies will outline specific
disciplinary measures focusing on progressive discipline in alignment with the New York City public school discipline code. policies will explain the procedure for when a student reports that an electronic device is stolen or damaged
at the school. That concludes uh the presentation on cell phones and I'm sure there are many questions. I'm going to ask that any questions, um, concerns, comments be also put into the chat
so that we can pass this along not only to Dr. Pto, also to our administrators in helping us create an FAQ for parents. Thank you, Mr. Kaiso. Are there any questions from our council members?
Go ahead, Tamara. Okay. One of the concerns that I have with this new policy, um, I have a lot. I'm I'm I'll be honest. I'm against this whole cell phone policy
100%. Because as a parent that has had children where there had been emergency situations in the school, I was not contacted by the school. I was contacted by my child. Mhm. And thank goodness my child had my
their phone because they had no idea what to do with the staff that was with them because they were not supporting them in the way that they needed. Okay, so I just want to say that my concern is in an emergency situation,
okay, with will we see the increase in school shootings across the nation? Do the kids get to take their phones with them? Because honestly, in some of these situations, is the kids having their phones
where they contacted the police to tell them what was going on because they couldn't get a hold of anybody? So, what is going to be the policy implementing taking the phones with them? Because I'm going to be honest with you, I don't feel safe
unless my kid has their phone. That's one of the reasons I get my kid has a phone. So in case something happens, they can contact you because let's be completely honest, some of these schools do not pick up when you call them. You can email them, they don't respond. You can leave me voicemails, they don't call
you back. So what is the superintendent, what the district going to do to make sure that the schools be more communive to the parents because it doesn't have to be. So if students
have pouches, pouches remain with the students in their book bags. Once the phone is off and the pouches are locked, students don't have access to open that pouch. Teachers do. Teachers will have the magnet and they will also be put in certain spots throughout the school
building, especially at dismissal so that students can unlock them. Another thing that we're ensuring under this policy, which again is New York state law, is that parents are contacted through
gamma. In in the face that there is an emergency, the principal will be contacting all parents through one messaging system. Any other questions? John, go ahead. So, with this uh new
cell phone policy, I'm assuming it's on the honor system as the children go to school. In essence, they're gonna have to request this uh bag device to put it with them. Thank
you. Um if they have a non- internet phone, they can keep that with them. So the policies will be um based when they come out very strictly for every school will be slightly different. If
it's an internet, a non- internet phone, um, as long as the cell phone is away and off during the school day, that would be permitted, right? So, if a parent wanted that communication in the case of an emergency, that's an option.
We would also expect that phone to be off. That phone would need to be off because a child, wherever they may be, they can put it on if there's an emergency. Correct. Yeah, that's that's Yeah. Okay, thank you.
Instead of pouches, is it ever considered to install like a single band in the school area which could be centralized easily to be enabled and disabled? I'm sorry, Kevin, can you repeat that? Oh, instead of doing the pouches and is
there possibility that to put some like a single banning thing in the school district, I mean school area, a single banning signal signal distract oh signal distractions are not allowed
because um of 911. So we would never want to put that in schools. Okay, I'm not we can talk about and we also use devices for educational purposes. So that would kind of not be the best thing.
Yeah, I have a question for the um I know that's a uh for the last last year and the the my child in the middle school they have the pouch and I um so for the one school how many how many uh unlock machine because I know I asked
her and the one in the in the entrance so that's for unlock because you know what when the trial have a dismissal that will be like pover the kids out of the school. So they just wait for the another not the
machine. So do you is a how is a have a requirement for how many uh unnumbering for the each school or like is like a require how how much amount for the school like one of school have a 1,000
and maybe let's put more another system or like some of like 500 like I just have question for how like how much how many how many device for yeah So policies are being written as we
speak. When those policies come out, there will be detailed on your child's school policy on how they will be locked in the morning and opened in the afternoon. There are many different ways that schools will be doing it. There
could be a central location where where students unlock their pouches or it could be the home room teacher. Um there's several different ways, but your school's policy, your child's policy will outline that specifically so that
you're aware. But that's according to the school. It's not that it's according to the each school, right? Yes. Okay. I see. So, you good to go. Okay. the the number the contact information
where um the parents could call for an emergency because it's supposed to be a number, right? Yeah. Are there going to be translators available for that number for parents that call that don't speak English?
Like the whole talk about like from beginning of the day to the end of the day. Yes, that's something that we're we're looking at and speaking with principles about making sure that those emergency contact those phone numbers that a parent would call has translates
translations available as well. Okay. And I'm I'm a little bit confused. Now I know they talk about like you know in school and so anything after the instructional school they could have said in instructional and
non-instructional non-instructional they mean the passing of students in the hallways they mean during lunch periods as well that's noninstructional okay so bellto bell anything bellto bell
all right so after school if they do something after school, would they be able to use their phone say they got a call? That's a principal decision and in the policy it will outline that as well. If
the after school the the principal decides that they also want to have a cellfree phone distractionfree area um and it's you're in after school then that will be in the policy as well.
Okay, I'm going to ask another question now. What if it's not what if it's like part of the CBOS's? Will the CBO still part of the school will be doing a cell phone policy as well? If it's in the school building, yes.
So, when is the last day that all principles are to put up um instructions and information for the parents to be guided by about the cell phones? So, we're currently approving all plans, um, reviewing them, and before the first
day of school, there's not a specific date as of yet, but before the first day of school, every parent will receive their policy. So, is there they'll be posted on the school website as well. So, is there a leadway where the child
might use a phone and get caught? Is there a leadway where the person the child won't be suspended? So, we're giving the information to parents and hoping parents share that information with their students, with their children as well. We need everybody's help in this um can't just
fall on schools. We need the support of parents as well. Knowing that what we know now that this is a new state law and cell phones are not permitted in school from bell to bell. If we all know that, we're hoping that parents will also have that discussion with their
children. Now, this I know like when we talk about this stuff, a lot of decisions should be discussed at meetings, right? See, but that's the thing. I know as a parent leader that these are discussions that should be having be
happening. What is not happening is like these are the policies you guys are deciding and the you guys are making all the the the policies and what's in the policies according to the state law and everything like that and then parents are finding out about it secondhand
right so the policies are already going to be implemented nobody policies are being written with the SLTs but that's not that's not what's happening though I'm going be honest with you that's not what's happening because some SLTs are not even talking about The principal is making a unilaterally
decision on the policy and that's it. We could talk offline. If you know of any specific schools, let me know. Okay. Kelly and CL Kelly Clansancy and Fabiola, do you have anything to say? Any questions?
I don't have any questions. I do think that it's difficult for the SLT to be writing these policies because it's happening over the summer and SLTs don't meet again until the fall and so I don't know that it is the case that these policies are being written in conjunction with any sort of meaningful
parent uh input because SLTs aren't meeting right now but other than that I don't have any questions right thank you Kelly thank you fabric go ahead this This is the last one. I'm This is the last one. How much is this one?
But I'm going to get it out because I know because I had I've talked to a lot of parents. I'm telling you, we've had multiple discussions with when this came out and it was this wasn't going to work. Like we spoke last month with the superintendent about like the fact that
when the kids like lose the phone or like they lose the pouches, they're being charged for these pouches. I understand that, you know, these touches cost money, but like now now with this ban, there's money being put towards
each school to pay for this stuff, okay? And we know that the many schools are title one schools with a number of our families are below the poverty level. Okay? So, how are they being charged for something that many of them might not be
able to afford? Is it like like how would it like why? Like I understand like if you're constantly losing it and your kid is like being irresponsible, but sometimes things happen. You know what I mean? And like like that's my concern because like
parents a lot of parents are are losing their their jobs. They're not making as much money as they used to because of what's happening in this country. But I'm just saying like how would they be able to pay for these
pouches if if some of them are like $75. Some of them would like is it like a is each school going to come with just a set? Yes. For each pouch depending on what pouch system it sounds like. What pouch system
they need? Yes. So the the cost of a loss pouch will be a nominal fee meaning that it would be approximately $10 to $15. that would be on the policy itself. In the event the child loses a pouch, the the
amount will be on the policy so that parents will know ahead of time, but it will not be the full cost of the pouch, which is about $30. Sometimes could be more depending on the company. Yep. But also each school's different, right? Because they'll have a wardrobe
different. A wardrobe would be a principal could just say we're going to have a wardrobe in each classroom and then we'll a cabinet. It'll be a lock cabinet. Shut the phones off and put it in that cabinet. Right. As long as that cabinet can be locked. Yes. Okay.
All right. So, we're going to move forward. Thank you so much. Now, it's time Thank you. Now, it's time for the CC President's Report. So we want to inform the comm the community about a serious issue affecting our children and
families. Two of our community based organizations which are CBOS's FIAO and NIA were approved to provide after school programs for PSIS 104, PS12, PS1
185 and PS192 but were not funded. This means these CBOs will not have the financial resources to offer free afterchool programs at these schools this year. We would like to thank every CDC20 member for reaching out to the families,
Josephine from President's Council, all the PTAs involved, the journalist that's taking the story and will be publishing it. Every city council member, assembly member, and state senator who wrote letters for advocating for the funding. Your support has been critical, but the
fight isn't over. We need action from every school in CC20. We are calling on every school, every parent, every community member to write to the governor and urge funding for these essential afterchool programs. This is the second year that CC20 lost funding
for our afterchools. After school is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Many working families already struggle to afford food. How can they expect to pay for a babysitter or $3,000 per year for each for after school? Or some parents just let their children
play in the park unattended? We are all in this together. Let's raise our voices and fight for the resources of our children and what they deserve. Save our after schools for CC20. Thank you everybody. Now it's time for our second public
speaking session. As said before, I would like if you want to speak, you can sign up for Google forms on the website and the link has been shared in the chat. If you are in person, you can sign up. There's nobody in person. Speakers are limited
to three minutes. Kevin, do we have any um online speakers? Andrew Goodman. Andrew Goodman. Okay. Andrew Goodman. Yes. Good evening everybody. My name is Andrew Goodman. I just want to introduce myself. I am the food service
supervisor, one of them in district 20. So I just wanted to introduce myself, say hello. Um we are here to support all the schools in district 20. Um myself and my team, we are also available to do some outreach to any schools that like us to to come and speak at a PTA meeting
or if any of the schools are having any back to school events like for one of us to come and speak, we are more than welcome to come. We're very excited. We uh will be sharing in the next uh two weeks some career opportunities that are available for um people to work in in
the schools. So, we're very excited about that and also very excited to share that we have some very very exciting uh new menu options for upcoming year. Also, we will be featuring our plastic free day again.
And also, we will be be uh shifting our vegan fries. So, instead of having a plant-based options only on Fridays, that will be changing and it'll be uh randomly during the week. So, we're just very excited like to share the information with the with the district
20 community. So, again, I'll put my information in the chat and myself and my team, we are available to come out and speak to any of the community groups and also attend any back to school events. Thank you. Thank you so much, Mr. Gman, for the email, too. All right. So, in this
second public speaking session, I would like Kevin to share two resolutions that are up to vote. So, can you please share that? And if there's anybody that would want to speak about that before we vote on it, you can just sign up to speak.
The first resolution would be expand non- voting students representation on community education councils. As of right now, a senior in high school can be on the election on the education council. And most seniors are doing a
lot of stuff because it's the last year. They're graduating. They're working. So, it's hard enough to get a senior to actually join us on the CEC. So, we want to present a junior. The second resolution is urging New York City public schools to clearly communicate
with families regarding the upcoming smartphone ban policies in advance of school. Kevin posted both resolutions in the chat if you would like to overlook it and then we can start going with Um, public speaking, Kevin, anybody signed up?
Uh, no. I'm going to wait another minute to see if anybody signed up. If anybody looks like to sign up, sign up in the chat. Nobody signed up.
All right. Nobody signed up. So, we're going to start with the resolution. is going to be for expand resolution one year 2025 to 2026 expand non- voting student representation on community education council CEC like I said this is in regards to all
five burrows were out of compliance with state law which requires the inclusion of non- voting high school seniors on their boards we recognize that high school seniors face significant demands as they prepare for graduation and therefore propose a change that would allow a junior which is an 11th grade a high school student to apply for a
nonvote seat on CDC. So Kevin, can we start with um taking a vote? Sure. I'm sorry. Which one? Resolution number one. Expand the non- voting students. Okay.
Ready? Yeah. We have um myself as a sponsor and 10 co-sponsors. Okay. So I voted for resolution one John. Yes. Elizabeth, she's
excused, right? Uh when Ming Chan, yes. Nin. Yes. May Chen, yes. Stephen Mahoney, I vote yes. And I'd just like to add that it appears previously it was only
being it was restricted to seniors living in our CEC and that's not what the rules say. As long as they live in our district and attend school outside the district they are eligible to serve. Thank you. Uh Fabola Quapio
Kevin I just want to make one. Um Fabiola would like to be a co-sponsor in regards. Can we just add that before we do the resolution? Okay, it's a resolution one, right? Yes, please. Fabiola, how do you vote?
Thank you, John. Thank you, Kevin. I vote yes. Tamara Stern, yes. Kelly Clancy, yes. Ken Lee, yes. excused. And Kevin Zho,
yes. So that's 10 yeses and two excused. Resolution number one passed. This resolution is to be resolution two year 2025 to 2026. The resolution is urging New York City public schools to
clearly communicate with families regarding the upcoming smartphone ban policies in advance of a school start. The resolution urges New York City public schools to clearly communicate with the families regarding their upcoming smartphone ban policies in advance of a school start where in May
2025, New York State Governor Kathy Hokll signed into law an amendment to the state laws education law restricting the use of smartphones during the school day. The school day is every instructional day even limited to home room periods, lunch, recess, study halls, and passing
time. School grounds is also defied to include any building or land within the real property boundary line of the school. The new statute leaves a matter of implementation of each school district, charter school, and board of cooperative educational services. The
policy is required to post on the website of each implementing city, school district, charter school, and board of cooperative educational services by August 1st, 2025. As of right now, we need to find out if they actually did that because right now it's August 13th.
So there's other whereas on this resolution if you guys want to look it over. What we're going to do is therefore be it resolved. The CDC District 20 urges principles and parent coordinators to communicate with families as soon as possible. whether it's email, phone
call, or letter sent to the students homes to outline their school implicitation policy of the smartphone band at least two full weeks before the start of school on September 4th. This policy should include not only the method of storage but any changes to
arrival, dismissal, lunch procedures, replacement of lost or damaged phones or individual storage devices such as pouches or locked wardrobes and the consequence for violation of this policy. Be it further resolved that the school administration should consider
allowing a grace period of adjustment for students and families as they learn about and become accustomed to the new policies. Be it further resolved that the procedures for securing necessary and legitimate ex exceptions to small phone restrictions be classified for families so that such exemptions are in
place for the first day of school to avoid any disruption or loss of instructional time. Everybody looked it over. We have Fabola and Kelly online. Did you guys look it over? Yep, I did. Thank you so much, Kelly.
Now, what like I like this resolution like I said to Laura um and the regulations said that they should be discussing this SLT, but the fact of the matter is a lot of parents don't know this the regulations about
the self policy, right? and they don't know that it's translated in multiple languages. So, I'm really hoping that schools add the cell phone policy regulations to the information that they're sharing with the families so
they can read. Would you would you want to put another whereas in regards to make sure that it's in a different language? Yeah, because yeah, they translated it's all the same. So, Kevin, can we add that on the resolution? Whereas? Yeah. Whereas because it's one thing giving them a
self policy, but the fact of the matter is a lot of parents are not going to understand where this policy is coming from. You know what I mean? Because there's a lot of transfer regulations for parents, staff, and students that are on the website that a lot of people do not know about. Okay. So, and I think
they really need to read the policy and everything associated with this process so they could understand it. And the fact that it's in multiple languages will be very helpful for the family. So they don't so that they don't have to reinvent the wheel and give it the information. So we would hold them accountable to make sure that's in all different languages because they should be sharing.
So we could just put that in resolution. How do you want to word that? Go ahead. Yeah, it's a little I was going to add in the end. Okay. Maybe like where it says where at in on the second page how like
underneath where it says the score the law require these entities to consult local stakeholders included but limited to you know what I'm saying and then put um as well as providing access to the chances regulations
to family staff and so forth. You know what I mean? in the law to be written in in different, you know, all different languages, every language. Yeah. Because the regulations are in multiple languages on the side. I could
I could find the Let me find the link where it is and send it to you. Actually, it's in here. It's the cell phone policy one that's at the bottom of the last page. Like, you just click on that one. Hold
on. It should be the second from the bottom, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Where it says the schools.gov and it's about us policy, cell phone electronic device policy. So once you click on that, it has it in multiple languages.
Yeah. Yes. What language? Okay. So what was your exact wording that you want from the sentence. If you want to write, you can also open it. So, it's adoption
which um what I said um which which Which states sharing the um regulations in multiple languages to
the parties to all parties to all parties on their website as well? Yeah. on the website. The regulation should be on the website as well. Click on it.
And you wanted that after the the law requires these entitled entities to consult local stakeholders after that. Yeah, that's fine. Yeah. He had no air. That's not good. No, cuz you're going to blow you're going to blow um
you're going to blow all the dust everywhere. Do you see it? Um yeah, I can highlight it for you. Yes. Is that okay now? That's good. No. Yeah, it does. Yep.
I have it on page three, but it didn't like really clarify it. the top on page three, but it's not really. It says IP for academic purposes or for other legitimate purposes such as translation, family, caregiving, and emergencies. But it's better off that
you limited it to every every language. We can't vote on it because they both left. They just all sign the door. They're not Call.
All right. So, we're going to move forward and we're going to vote in regards to resolution number two. Kevin, can you please? Yes. Voting for resolution two. John, how do you vote? Yes. Mingchan, yes. Nalin,
yes. Mayan, yes. Steven Mahoney, yes. Fabulio. Fabiola, Mr. Marin. Yes. Kelly Clancy. Yes. Ken Lee. Yes.
Excuse Kevin Zo. Yes. Uh Fabola, just again, are you there? We're going for resolution two. Okay. Uh nine yeses, two excused, one not present. Resolution passed.
Now we're going to approve the July calendar and the annual meeting minutes. Kevin, can you please share calendar and the annual meeting minutes? This is the annual minutes. But I sent them out earlier. So, okay. If you want to just ask of any changes.
Is there any changes? Kevin sent them out early in the email to every member. Hearing none. Hearing no changes. Minutes are approved. Now, the calendar. Calendar.
The last item on the calendar meeting agenda is approval of the calendar meeting. Hold on. Okay. Fabio was excused. Excuse. Okay. Um as well meeting sent it out earlier.
Everybody received the email. All the members um Is there any changes? No changes at this time. Calendar's approved. Next meeting is September 10th. Next meeting is September 10th on Wednesday. It's the second Wednesday of
the month. I would like everybody to join especially with school in uh session. Okay. Was that the calendar?
That concludes our August CC20 calendar meeting. Is there a motion to adjurnn? Motion. Is there a second? All in favor? I. The meeting is adjourned. Our next calendar meeting is on September 10th, 2025.
Thank you for everyone for attending. Thank you to interpreters. You are dismissed. No, we're doing the business now. Oh, we're going to do the business meeting. Sorry.