Good evening. Welcome to July CC20 calendar meeting. We are here tonight at PS264 which is overseen by principal Marissa. Thank you so much for hosting us. Kevin, can you please take roll call attendance? >> Uh yeah. John Ratone
>> here. >> Can you hear me your mic? Uh Isaac, >> sorry. >> Okay. Uh, Elizabeth Chen is not here. >> No. Yes, >> she's running late. >> Okay. >> Wing Chan. Nalin
>> here. >> May Chen, >> excuse Mahoney. >> He's here. He just went to the bathroom. >> Fabiola is online. >> Online. Samar Stern. >> Yes. >> Kelly Clancy is
>> online. Online. >> Kenley, I see online. >> Online. Yeah. Uh online and Kevin Zo >> um he's coming I believe. >> All right.
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 evening. My name is Adel and the following announcement is in the Arabic language. Also, I'm joined with another contrter named Arabic announcement has just concluded. Thank you. Thank you so much. Could a man interpreter please introduce yourself?
Thank you so much. Could our Spanish interpreter please introduce yourself? >> Yes. Good afternoon. Thank you. >> Thank you so much to the Spanish interpreter. As a reminder to speakers, please try to speak slower than usual to
allow our 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? We're going to start with our elected officials that are here today. Senator Steve Chan, >> you you can speak wherever you like, but
they can pick you up. >> Uh, good afternoon everyone. I'm very happy to see everybody here today. The fact that they're here on this beautiful, gorgeous summer day shows me that you really care about the education of our children. And as as well as those sitting at home, how many do we have
online? >> We have 36. >> Okay. I want to thank everybody for being here, taking the time to to you know, today we're here for uh a very special event. Um, we're of course building new new schools is always a
good thing for our children, whether it be a zone school or a small selective school. So, uh, I'm just going to keep quiet here and I want to hear what everybody has to say about this new school being directed uh, in Benson over there nearby IS-187.
uh you know we have a lot of studious children in our district and I'm very very proud of the fact that district 20 is always among the top districts in the city and that's because of the parents that care the nurturing of our children the encouragement the time spent with
them in the school and outside of the school and uh the volunteers in the school as well uh I I know that because I spent elapsed 13 years volunteering in two schools include PS12 for 10 years and IS-187 for three. So, uh I would
love to hear from every parent to see uh you know what direction CC20 and district 20 should take in regards to these new schools that's that's coming up. So, thank you very much. I'll be here. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Do we have anybody for public speaking
that's here that signed up? Steve. >> Steve style. Did you sign up? >> Yes, we can. We can holler up. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Yeah. If you want to come closer. Yeah, sure. >> It's this one. But yeah, you can look where you want
>> speaking to this. I'd rather speak into that. >> I'll be on the screen, right? >> Yeah. >> Um, hello everyone. Um, my name is Steve Stowe. I am a parent in Tiffen 20. Kids are formerly in the system here. Um I'm a supporter of the approach to accelerated learning that superintendent PTO has taken in district 20 and I would
like to see it implemented at this new middle school. What the research says the most seinal metaanalysis of ability grouping was from 2016 by Steamber and Hu Macau and Ojuski Kubulus of the different types of ability grouping. The
study finds the strongest gains exist for accelerated learning. Accelerated learning means differentiated instruction for students of above average learning ability. Not just grouping kids together by ability and hoping for a better outcome. Accelerated learning means adjusting curriculum, materials, instruction in line with
these students unique needs. This is what we do for any group of students in the city with distinct needs, including students with disabilities and English language learners. Why shouldn't our accelerated learners be given the same educational attention? We know we have thousands of students in this district
who qualify for accelerated learning, but we don't have enough seats. This is a golden opportunity to address this imbalance. Under Superintendent Pa, there has been a renewed focus on implementing quality accelerated education in the district. He's instituted a thoughtful accelerated learning program at almost every middle
school, meaningfully expanding access. He has offered subjectspecific differentiation with the algebra honors program, another grouping technique that also shows positive results in the research. I know he believes that you shouldn't just say you are doing something but you should strive to have
it work as intended. I would envision this new school modeling the existing framework as practiced across the district. If we employ a model similar to that used at IS-187 Christrista McAuliff or one IS-239 Mark Twain in district 21 nearby, it would practically
guarantee strong demand when the school opens its doors in the fall of 2027. Which transitions to my next point? We know enrollment in the system is declining. New York City DOE enrollment is down 5% the last five years. Even our mighty District 20 is not immune, also
declining 5%. Generally speaking, enrollment is stronger at middle schools that are perceived to offer better accelerated education. Offering more of these opportunities is an excellent defense against parents considering whether to leave the system or not. Which brings me to my final point and a
new topic. We are also discussing the class size law tonight. While the law itself is very poorly designed policy and should be repealed, I am pleased at least that it was delayed. In deciding how to implement this through the new 2030 deadline, one option should be off the table, capping enrollment at schools
that are considered overenrolled. As the data shows, the most popular schools are often overenrolled and are often some of the highest performing schools. Capping enrollment at these most popular schools would only drive more parents from the system. So, in conclusion, expand
opportunity, address the shortage of seats for accelerated learners in the district, and expand access. Don't cap it or risk losing more. >> Thank you so much. >> You can come up. >> Hi, my name's Corey Green. Um, I am a
parent at PS503. Um, I'm also the new PTA president at PS503. >> Um, nice to see you. >> Um, so I am here because um, it has come up a lot recently about the drug usage around the school building at 503, 506,
and then we have um, 939 and 936 right there in the vicinity. Also, um I recently did, um so why this really came up is because the local politicians I know school leaders um as well as the 72nd precinct did a walkth through
basically the last week of school and they posted that they had many concerns from the community. So I know obviously it's not just the school and parents complaining but the community is complaining too and obviously it's be being looked into but there were no next steps that were given. Um, so I did post
some information the other night online that got tons of responses and of course encourage people to reach out to politicians, their school leaders, the precinct government officials. Um, but people also did not know that this really does extend even down further by telecom and the Bay Rich Avenue train
station and just talking about walking their kids on Toington in the morning and feeling very uncomfortable also because they're seeing needles on the ground. They're seeing people that my children call zombies. Um, we have a friend that lives across from the school who their sister told me like that that
she's scared to go out after school again because she doesn't want to see the scary people. Um, I have had to call the school because I've seen tons of needles behind the building around drop off time to ask them to please have somebody come clean it up because I don't want a child to step on them. Um, and I really obviously this is nothing
against the school. We absolutely love the school and I do know that the leaders are aware and are working on things, but I just feel like it made me really disheartened when I saw so many people reply online saying like, "Oh, it's been like this for years. You don't know what it used to be like." And it's
like, well, we need to then keep speaking up because we need to do something. Parents should not feel unsafe. Children should not feel unsafe. Somebody posted that their kids stepped on a needle at the 59th Street station a few weeks ago. Um, and other people obviously said that they had tons of stories. So, I just want to make us
aware. I mean, we never see police presence around school. I don't necessarily think that's always the answer, but I do think if there are more people around and presents and obviously people are going to be hanging out there. Um, and obviously, as you know, the new PTA president and being on SLT
and other things, safety was a concern that came up that we wanted to talk about more next year. And so, hope to get people organized. Couldn't get people organized tonight for July. Um, but we will be back and talking about this and we'll be pressing people. So, we hope you guys will consider, you
know, helping us to organize them. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> So, I just want to put on record that we did contact the 72 precinct commandment officer and um we're making strides to get the situation under control. Also, transit district 33 will be notified. As
for uh Stephen Mahoney and myself, we spoke today as well. So, we're gonna be on top of it. Thank you so much. And also, um there was derelct vehicles over there a couple maybe eight months ago and they were doing drugs inside. So, we actually got them removed the derelch vehicles. So, we're going to be on top
of it. Thank you so much. >> Good afternoon. This is Deputy Director Woods from school safety division, Brooklyn Stallen Zone Commander. Um, if you want us to speak about that on a school safety part, we're more than welcome if you allow us time.
>> Yeah, it doesn't have to be now. >> It doesn't have to be now. Whenever you guys are ready, I just want to let you guys know. >> Thank you so much. >> Is there anybody else that signed up to speak in the audience? >> You could come up
and speak. um zero in this we graduate so I can speak. >> Yeah, you can fast one or two minutes speaking of a new school and I would like to know is it going to be screen school based on admission test or just based on grades?
>> We don't have that information as of yet. Then I was suggested based on test emission test something similar to uh OET which was used years ago and abolished by the former mayor Delasio and I think
the mission test took it too he got into the program. If this new school wants to copycat of IS1 187 to promote to keep the gifted talented students, how do you know they're gifted
and talented with a testing? You never know it. So you need o um admission test similar to oat osat landing school mission test. Yes o
test you cannot say you have talented gifted students into the school. I'm not discriminating on students but you but this new school is going to be
screen school which is different than other schools. What's the difference? The screen school wants to keep the target of the students who are on the same level to learn to advance themselves in accelerated
setting. So this is why So my recommendation is a miss test similar to OAT plus the grade level
uh the school scores school attendance um other people saying uh uh integration does the new middle school has classes for integration.
>> It's not even developed yet. So >> okay because integration uh they meet some students with disability. >> So when this new student is going to get 2027 2028 >> no idea. We don't know
>> as of when >> it we don't know it. The the school is slated to open in September 2027. I don't know. It's like a back >> September 2027. >> I don't even know what curriculum they want to have. >> Is there anything further?
>> We're not going to go back and forth. So, are you going to say anything else in regards to gifted and talented or whatever way you want to? Well, I just mentioning uh emergency test such as OAT uh intervention and also uh for this
except students from other neighborhoods, other communities on testing schools from different communities. >> We're going to take it back to district planning. >> So you don't even know it's a school.
Where where can I have? >> All right, that was the new school on a presentation on the progress of the new school later. So that might give some more information.
Cool. >> Mr. Ken Sen, can you please unmute yourself? Everybody that speaks has two minutes. Thank you. You guys hear me? >> Yes. >> I'm so sorry. Uh uh thank you Mr. uh
Rick. Uh thank CC20 for bringing up the subject. Uh my name is Ken. Um for I am speaking as a parent today. Uh for this past five years I have had the privilege of serving families uh as PTA president
uh two years at Stan Echo High School and three years at McKinley uh is 259. During the time I have spoken to hundreds of parents about their children's education. The number one concern that I um
consistently hear uh is that parents want more highquality educational choices for their children. District 20 has sufficient general education middle school seats. Um the issue is not a
shortage of seats. It is a shortage of educational options. District 20 currently has only one screen school which is ISD 187. Families deserve choices. A strong public school system should
provide both neighborhood schools and academically rigorous screen schools. Many students work hard, earn excellent grades, and meet the qualifications for honors level coursework. It is unfortunate, very unfortunate, that
there are not enough academically rigorous seats to meet those demands. I have families coming up to me telling me that the kids are crying. They're crying every day. They work so hard they couldn't make it. And and somebody else
uh with this same very similar their friends and families with very similar grades. They got it through lottery. Many qualified students are unable to attend because they are simply more eligible applicants than available seats. Opening another zone middle
school would largely duplicate options that already exist. Opening a second screened middle school would fill a significant gap in district 20. Education remains one of the most effective pathways out of poverty. Uh
almost every middle school in district 20 is a title one school. Name one middle school is not a title one school in district 20. Our students deserve more opportunities to excel academically regardless of their family's income.
Expanding screen programs gives motivated students a greater chance to achieve their full potential and break the cycle of poverty through education. The success of IS-187 demonstrate that demonstrates that academic excellence
and econ economic uh disadvantage are not mutually exclusive. uh IS-18 187 as far as I know is a title one school students from lowincome families can thrive when given access to rigorous academic academic uh environment a
second screen middle school would expand opportunities for hardworking students throughout district 20 while preserving neighborhood school options for families who prefer them. This is not about asking uh not taking opportunities away
from anyone. It is about creating more opportunities for everyone. So the m the new middle school is once a generation opportunity. Let let us use it to expand academic excellence, increase educational choice and invest in the
future uh success of district 20 students. Thank you so much. >> Thank you so much, Mr. Sen. Next up, I'm going to call Elizabeth Adams, the senior advisor for Fast and Free Buses for Mayor Madani's office. Can you please unmute yourself?
Hi, thank you so much for for having me. Uh, great to see you all this evening. Um, I have a little one with me, so sorry for any interruptions. Um, but, uh, so I just wanted to to introduce
myself. Um um really kind of open lines of communication. Uh just so so folks know um as was said uh I am the senior adviser for fast and free buses for the mayor. Um and really come to this work
from a long history of working on street safety and transportation. Um, you know, I I know that that street safety has been a a big issue in this district and um in the CEC. Uh the you know, the mayor is prioritizing
improving our bus system. Um just today we announced a plan to speed up buses with more bus lanes around the city. Um and really recognizing that uh there's a lot that we can do around street safety when it
comes to our transit system and when it comes to our streets. Um Bay Parkway you know is a vision zero priority corridor. Um it has seen I think in the last uh 5 years four years 30 people killed or
seriously injured. Um, last year alone, two people were killed. Um, which was incredibly tragic and and um, and DOT has been working on a plan for uh, how to improve street safety in the area. Um, uh, and right, I I am a parent. I
recognize, you know, to to me this is very much a family issue, a parent issue, a school's issue. Um, and the um, the buses as as really key to that. um the bus use in the area um on Bay
Parkway and and surrounding streets. Um are really high Bay Parkway has um some of the highest bus ridership in Brooklyn. Uh the B6 and the B82 um are some of the busiest routes. Um but they also are some of our slowest buses. So,
there's a lot more we could be doing um to make the buses work for people, to have them be a reliable form of transit for for folks um you know, especially when you're taking your kid to school or uh you know, the their teenager taking
the the bus to school um right being late, getting home in time for dinner. All of this is is is just really critical in terms of having um reliable transit and and a system that that works for people. Um so, uh DOT has has a
proposal for a uh a new bus lane on Bay Parkway down to Cropsy, um along with a number of pedestrian safety improvements, um street redesigns, looking at the uh the the the the turn
lanes um as a way to really in response to um a number of the street safety issues that have come up and saying, "Where can we put, you know, safer pedestrian meetings medians. Um, where can we improve visibility for um for for
cars and pedestrians on the road? Um, and how do we speed up our buses and and and make them work better for um for so many of people in in the in the district and and neighborhood that rely on them. Um, so I say that uh I don't know if if
folks have any questions. I don't I think there's not a a back and forth Q&A. Is is that right for the public speaking? Um, but I just wanted to to introduce myself. Would would love to to talk with folks further. Um, and sorry, um, and really think about, you know, as
and any questions that people have. Um, if people are are interested or are or looking at um the the the the um the DOT proposal for street safety and and buses and pedestrian space in the neighborhood. Um, would would love to talk further and we can keep the
conversation going. Um, I will put my email in the chat. Um, and thank you so much for for having me. Uh, and have a great evening. Thanks for all you do. Elizabeth, are you available to attend our August meeting by any chance to
answer any questions or like to go more in detail about the the whole process? >> Yeah, I'm I'm I'm happy to do that. Very available. Um, yeah, and please let me know if if you would like uh DOT or or anyone else to to to join as well. Um,
but yes, please. I'm I would be more than happy to. Thank you. >> That would be great. And tomorrow, if you email her, this is Kelly. If you email her and could copy me, too. I think it would be great if she if you could join the August meeting. And I know that a number of people on this council and in the neighborhood are just
extremely worried and excited for changes like this to come to our area, especially after the little girl was killed this year um in the area that you're talking about and the area. It just there's lots that needs to happen in our neighborhoods in order to improve
street safety. And so we'd love to be part of this conversation with you and thanks for coming. >> Thank you. Thank you so much. Appreciate that. I see Sabiola has a hand. Yeah. >> Yes. Thank you, Elizabeth, for showing up tonight and we welcome you uh for our
next meeting. Uh you're welcome to pres, you know, just have a presentation for for parents and the school community. Thank you for all you do. Big announcement today. I'm sorry that I missed this morning. Um but thank you
really for for all you do and for listen to make sure that you go out there and listen to everyone's concern and thank you for also taking feedback for from parents and community and thank you Kelly and Samira for for support and
everyone because I know this is an issue that is important for many parents and this CEC. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. I would like to call Assemblyman Lester Chang.
>> Sorry. >> Just uh face the camera this way. >> Yes. >> Okay. Uh thank you uh all uh for this holiday and thank you uh uh John Ricatone uh superintendent. Thank you very much and
thank you for all being here. And very simple, my position is with this new school, I prefer is testing, higher standards. That's what I believe the parent wants. That's what I'm hearing from the outside. And and overall, the
city enrollment is down for the past 10 years into in terms of school. But we keep this thing uh um this standard high then then uh then overall I believe that the that we can maintain a high academic standards because it's been proven like
mallet uh middle school has been proven that way. So that's my position itself. Um nothing more to add but that's my position. If there's anything uh I can do um my office is available on that. Very much. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Next up is Anna
Fzovva. Can you please unmute yourself? >> Yes. Good evening everybody. Um my name is Anna Fzovva. I'm here representing Council Member Susan Jwang. She couldn't be here today, but I would like to read a statement on her behalf. Um as a public school mom, Council Member Susan
Jwang knows what every parent wants. A school where the children feel supported, inspired, and challenged to reach their full potential. That is why Council Member Jang proudly supports bringing a new middle school to our district. model after the Christa Mauliff School IS-187.
Since taking office 2 and a half years ago, she has secured approximately 20 million in funding for local schools because she believes investing in education is investing in our community's future. The Christa Maliff School, IS-187, has shown that when we set high expectations and provide the
right support, our students rise to the challenge. Council member Wang strongly supports expanding gifted and talented opportunities in our public schools so students who are ready for accelerated learning have the chance to grow, excel, and reach their fullest potential. Every child deserves to be challenged, not
just accommodated. We should never lower expectations. Instead, we should provide every student with the support they need while also creating strong academic pathways for students who are ready to do more. A new middle school modeled after IS-187 would help meet the needs
of our growing community while expanding access to excellent academic programs including gifted and talented opportunities for families right here in our district. Council members Wang remains remains committed to working with parents, educators, community leaders, and the New York City public
schools to advocate for a new middle school that gives every child the opportunity to succeed. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Lesley Q, can you please unmute yourself? >> Hi. Uh, can everybody hear me? >> Yes.
>> Okay. Uh, good evening member of CEC20. My name is Leslie Quo, a parents who have kids in IS-2 2011 and I is 187. and I'm here today to express my support to making the new middle school near 14th
Avenue and 63rd Street as extension campus of IS-187 Chris Moliff. So IS- 187 has earned the trust of 100 family and because it strong academic program
and proven educational success. So uh however small class size requirement will reduce the number of av available seat for limited opportunity for many students. So rather than creating an
entire new program, we encourage that uh DOE can expand a model that has already demonstrate success as is 187 extension school. We're increasing uh comp uh sorry uh capacity, maintain educational
quality and provide more student access to excellent opportunity. So I wish our community does not need simply need another school but we need another uh school like a is 187. So thank you for
your time and consideration. Thank you. >> Thank thank you so much. Venus can you please unmute yourself. >> Hi everyone. Can you hear me? >> Yes. Um, hi I'm Venus Zizang, former panel
for educational policy member, one of the class size minority report authors. I want to ease DO's request not to cap enrollment at schools that are proven successful such as McAll of 187, Mark Twain 239. These schools already accept way less than the amount of applicants.
Also, as a graduating out parent association president of Mark 2239 middle school, we have a large influx of district 15 families. So more families won't be accepted to schools like McAuliffe or Mark Twain due to its high demand in sister districts 15, 20, and
21. Open more screen schools like Mclliff and Mark Twain and keep more District 20 students within district 20. These applicant numbers don't lie. Give families what they want. Keep public school students in the public school system. Stop building them to charter schools, private schools, Long Island,
Westchester, New Jersey. It's too late once our families walk out of New York City. Ideally build the Mclliff 187 annex but if not make it a screen school. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Where is it?
>> Camille Kazaretti. Can you please unmute yourself? >> Hi good evening everybody. Uh Camille Caseretti. I'm the Brooklyn Burough President appointee to the panel for education policy. Uh just wanted to say that I am available to you all anytime
you need me. Um I am also an alum of D20 schools. I attended PS 102 McKinley and Fort Hamilton and uh my family still lives in D20 and so I'm very connected
to your district. Um, I will leave my information in the chat and hoping that many of you will reach out. Very interested in working together. So, have a lovely evening. Thank you. >> Thank you so much.
>> Lieutenant Shaq from the 72 precinct, special operations lieutenant, if you could unmute yourself. >> Yes. Yes. Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Are you muted? Can you hear me? >> Hello? >> Yes.
>> Yeah, we can hear you. >> I I can't hear anything. I I'm having audio difficulty on my phone and then when on my computer I was getting feedback. So, uh, >> would you like
>> anybody I could give you my email. I'll put it in the chat right now. Anybody has any questions, but I'm having technical difficulties on I could talk on my phone, but I can't talk through the computer. So, it's and I can
only hear through the computer. So, I'm going to get feedback if I try to uh I can hear you now, but like I said, we're deal with feedback. >> Why does it say Victoria? >> Okay, I'd like to call
yourself. What was the name you said, sir? >> Deputy Director Woods. >> Good afternoon. Deputy Director Woods from the Brooklyn uh Staten Island Zone Commander. Uh on this call with me is uh Commanding Officer Jackson and Executive
Officer uh Charles. We cover the school safety part of the NYPD for the 72 precinct. Uh, I would just we we heard some concerns about the traffic with the homeless males and females around the school and
uh drugs uh being used around there and being left at the location. Uh, Commanding Officer Jackson has a plan for the night patrol that she's going to speak about if you allow us. uh shouldn't take more than a minute for her to explain what we can do and work
with uh Lieutenant Shaq in the 72 precinct to try to assist the concerns they have. Miss Jackson, would you be able to unmute yourself so you can tell them what you have planned? >> Hi. Yes. Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for allowing us to speak on this
call on behalf of Chief Perry. Uh the plan really quickly is simply to have the task force ride by the schools in the evening. They'll do some direct patrols. If there's any ordering um any untored p u persons lingering around the
schools, they will um generally move them from the area. In addition to that um at the morning uh at the beginning of the morning entry if there's any unawar person persons in the school area uh the school safety
agent that's assigned to the school will give us a call >> you've been muted to unmute yourself >> you are no longer muted >> the more presented area will help to avoid these um persons from Ling.
Thank you for allowing us to speak today. We look forward to working with you throughout the school year. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. That concludes our first public speaking session. I would like to call Assistant Chief Victoria Perry from the NYPD Community
Affairs Bureau. Can you please unmute yourself, Chief? >> Good evening. Thank you, John, for giving me this opportunity. It's a pleasure to be a part of uh you all tonight. Thank you to Deputy Director Woods and Command Officer Jackson for
joining as well. They came on in a timely fashion considering um the concerns that your area that you cover has had and they're here for the duration to be able to assist you going forward. Just to give you a little brief synopsis of who I am, I'm the assistant
chief commanding officer of Community Affairs Bureau. We cover a few different divisions which is youth strategies division, community outreach division and community affairs section. Within those entities, we have different subunits such as options. We have our
NCSI which is our neighborhood coordinating safety initiative. We also have our clergy unit and we also have our LG LGBTQIA+ unit as well. all different entities to serve every community who sees fit that
needs to be served and to make sure that we have somebody that can address any concerns that you all have. Our community affairs section is the community affairs in each patrol burrow. We have a supervisor and four officers and detectives to assess your needs as
well from the command level standpoint. and those in the precinct they can delegate to them if need be if you have questions or concerns considering like you said the 70 72nd precinct I myself work under the leadership of commissioner Alden Foster and along with
alongside me is also my executive officer Kentish if there is anything that you may need I like to come on these calls earlier I'm sorry I couldn't be here in June but we have already started our youth police academy which is hosted throughout all five burrows.
It's a free academy for kids ages 11 to 15. The it did start this week already. Um because I know the great work that you and your team do, John, if there's any kids in particular that was interested that possibly did not make
the cut considering time, um I would like for you to reach out to me and maybe I can make some amendments for the sake of the the children because we all know we want to protect and serve our youth and make sure that they have something to do throughout the summers.
and pretty much um we also have a cricket league that will be coming up this next week. It's for um the the older ages, the high school kids, but um it it is it's usually hosted in South
Jamaica, Queens at uh Basley Pond Park, which is pretty far from your area you cover. But I just wanted to give the people that's on this call the opportunity to hear what we have to offer. and I'm here at Chebeck and Call. If there's anything you need, you can contact me. I will put my information in
the thread so that those who may want to reach out can and I'm available to take questions if you have. >> Any council members have any questions for the chief? >> Thank you so much, Chief. Thank you for joining us.
>> Thank you. Next up would be the report for the superintendent, the contract for excellence presentation as well. Okay. Can you hear me? Evening. Good evening. Uh, community education council. Uh, good evening, community.
Uh, my name is Superintendent David Pto. I want to thank you for allowing me time on your schedule to engage with you on these important items. This evening, I am joined by our budget matter expert, District 20 budget director Jennifer Joseph, who supports our schools with budget and grant related matters. I'm
also joined by family support coordinator Sylvia Jasinski, who will be the moni uh monitor for any dialogue placed in the chat. Today, uh I'll share our plan for state contracts for excellence funding, also known as C4E, and our proposed class size reduction plan, a newer part of the
contracts for excellence process. I'll review each topic and then provide the process for public comment for each. Again, thank you for allowing us the time on your agenda today. I'll dive into the presentation. Today, uh I will discuss two topics for
the upcoming 2026 2027 school year. I'll provide an overview of the funding, shared dollar amounts allocated to the DOE and how the funding will be allocated to schools and imposed restrictions of how some funds are
spent. At the end of each topic, I'll share how you can provide comments on what I have presented. The two topics I'll discuss today are state contracts for excellence or C4E and class size.
The state CFE portion of the presentation is being recorded and any feedback or public comments related to C4E will be submitted on your behalf. You may also share feedback or public comment on information shared in this presentation by using the designated
email address noted after each topic I will cover. I'll point out the designated email address at the conclusion of each topic. Our New York City public schools team will be taking public comments received into consideration in the coming weeks in
alignment with the public process. So the first topic being presented today contracts for excellence is also commonly known as C forE. First I'll provide some background on contracts for excellence. C4E legislation was established as part
of the 2007208 enacted state budget under foundation aid and requires that a portion of foundation aid be used for specific restricted purposes. C4E requires that funding be allocated
towards specific programs that raise the achievement of the students with the greatest educational need, including but not limited to students with limited English proficiency, students in poverty, and students with disabilities. We are required by state law to annually
develop through a public process a citywide contract for excellence and community school district contract for excellence. The public process is how parents, teachers, and other school community members and interested parties provide
input about the citywide and community school district Cerees and about the allocation of C4E funding in their schools. Our public process includes this meeting as well as the other meetings that superintendent will be conducting across the city with their
respective CEC's and five burrow hearings that will be also happening during this period of time. Although the CFE process is not new, we have submitted a C for plan since school year 2007208.
Under recent changes to state law, the timeline for the public process, including the district C4E presentations, has changed. First, we are now required to start the process no later than 30 days after the enactment of a state budget, and we are
also required to provide notice of the public process 15 days prior to the first public hearing. State law requires that community school district contracts for excellence be presented by superintendent at CEC meetings to enable public comment on
those C4E plans. To that end, we will be recording all comments made at this meeting. This important process allows families and community members an opportunity to provide input about how their schools are funded. It is an essential element in the CFE plan that the New York City
public schools submits to the state which the state must approve in order for the New York City public school system to receive C4E funding. Funding must be spent only within the following initiatives. For illustration, examples of programs by initiative
subject to state education department approval are included on this slide. They include additional instructional time or called time on task which an example of this is extended school day or year initiatives model programs for multilingual
learners. For example, the expansion of bilingual resource materials and libraries. Full day pre kindergarten and kindergarten. An example is adding classes and additional staff and/or costs related to implementing full day prek.
Class size reduction. Example, hiring and placing additional teachers in a classroom to reduce the student teacher ratio. Teacher and principal quality initiatives. For example, the creation of a non-cash incentive program to encourage highquality teachers to teach
in high needs areas. middle or high school restructuring, for example, expanding the participation in advanced placement programs. And additionally, the state ed commissioner may authorize districts to implement experimental programs. Such
authorization must be granted in advance of the implementation. For more information about eligible uses and requirements may be found at NICED's website at the link that's provided in the uh slide below, and we'll also pop that that link into the chat.
Each year, New York State Education Department sets New York City public schools CF free amount based on the annual increase in foundation aid in excess of 3%. So in fiscal year 2027, the amount of funding we must designate towards C4E is
increasing by $269 million, bringing the overall total to $1.358 billion. It is important to note that $45 million of the $2669 million increase is not new funding.
It's already allocated to schools as foundation aid for class size reduction. It will be phased in as C4E in fiscal year 2027 and will continue to be used towards class size reduction.
The new C4E funding, $224 million, will be used to support schools that required additional resources to meet the state's class size reduction mandate. There is also additional tax levy funding being allocated for this
purpose. So now for the breakdown of C4E funding, we categorize C4E funding as either discretionary or targeted. Discretionary means that schools may use their C4E funding in any eligible way
that best meets the needs of their students. Targeted means that C4E is being used to support a specific program and schools must use their C4E funding in support of that program. Of the 1.358 billion dollars, 487
million of it will be allocated as discretionary C4E and $871 million will be allocated as targeted. The $871 million of targeted programs now include
$464 million towards the state's class size reduction mandate, $183 million of fair student funding to be used toward teacher salaries, $91 million restricted to teacher salaries,
$87 million for integrated co-eing classrooms, $30 million for academic summer programming, $9 million for full day pre kindergarten, and $7 million for autism spectrum
disorder or ASD classrooms. This table shows a closer look at the citywide proposed allocations. Combined discretionary funding makes up 35.84% 84% of the proposed allocation.
Targeted allocations make up 64.16% with the greatest share of that being attributable to the class size reduction mandate at 34.26%. Fair student funding, integrated co-eing classrooms, summer programming, fullday
pre kindergarten, and autism spectrum disorder classrooms make up the 29.95% combined. Now this slide displays the district 20 specific proposed allocations. So you'll see at the top of the bar for discretionary funding is a total of
31,700,000 which accounts for 42.46%. C for E for class size reduction mandate and this is targeted funding that schools must use for class size reduction. Total of 20,53,751 or 28.86%.
Fair student funding which is targeted as well uh 13,744,417 for or 18.41%. The phase in for class size which is targeted schools must spend for this purpose. It's 4,598,446 or 6.16%.
Integrated co-eing classrooms. This is targeted funding for students uh with disabilities to be included in with their general education peers. 2,955,826 or 3.96%. Summer programming 1,468,940
or 1.97% and full day prek $131,684 or.18%. for a grand total allocation in C4E of 74,653,770 ju and just be mindful this is the
allocation overall proposed for district 20 schools this amount is spread across the 43 schools in the district and the uh prek programs in the district we will take public FE. We will take public feedback into account in the
coming weeks as we continue to work toward complying with this mandate. The deadline for submitting public comment will be July 29th, 2026. Please share your comments and feedback by using the CFE email address that you
see on the screen. And if we can place the email in the chat as well. The email is contractsforex excellencechools.nyc.gov. I'm now going to move to the second major topic. I've just dis uh discussed the contracts for excellence funding stream. Now I'll wrap up by discussing the
fiscical year 27 class size reduction plan. In September 2022, Governor Hokll enacted chapter 556 of the laws of 2022, which requires the New York City School District to create a class-siz reduction plan for all New
York City K to2 community districts and high schools. Chapter 556 sets forth requirements that apply only to the New York City School District, including new class- size caps for all district
K12 schools, a class size reduction plan, which must be approved by the United Federation of Teachers or the UFT, and the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators or CSA. These are the unions representing New York City school district teachers
and principles respectively and submitted as part of the contract for excellence. Third, a prescribed timeline for the public process for the development, posting, and submission of the contract for excellence.
Annual implementation reports submitted to New York State Ed department on the status of the class size reduction plan. penalties in the form of withheld or reduced state funding if adequate progress to reduce class sizes is not
made. The law imposes specific class size caps within the New York City School District for the first time. Prior legislation required a plan to reduce average class sizes and did not set forth specific average class size caps.
Class-ize caps had previously been set subject to collective bargaining agreements between New York City public schools and the uft and could be exceeded in certain circumstances. As a reminder, the law prescribes
specific class size caps of 20 students in grades K to three, 23 students in grades 4 to 8, and 25 students in grades 9 to 12, and 40 students in physical education classes and performing and
performing groups across all graduates. On June 4th, 2026, both houses of the New York State Legislature passed amendments to the class-size law that changed the annual citywide compliance targets for New York City public schools
to 70% in school year 2026 2027, 80% in school year 2027 2022, 90% in school year 2028 2029, and 100% in school year 2029 2030. 30. New York
City Public Schools is fully in support of this change in timeline to ensure that our intensive focus on capital strategies for class size reduction can take root and be implemented with fidelity. On June 10th, New York City Public Schools released a draft version of the
class size reduction plan for the 2627 school year. As a reminder, this plan must be signed off on by the United Federation of Teachers or the UFT, the Council for Schools Supervisors and Administrators or CSA in addition to New
York City public schools. This draft plan has not been signed off on by the chancellor and the respective labor partner presidents and may be revised based on feedback obtained during the public comment process.
The draft plan includes specific actions for schools along with a detailed plan of implementation that is being undertaken across the New York City public school central offices alongside the school construction authority which I will discuss in more detail on the
next slide. The public is able to provide feedback on the draft plan via this process. The email to share feedback is in the final slide of this section. In the draft plan, we highlight critical
data points regarding current compliance across the city, which are also outlined on this slide and show compliance rates across the city for school year 2526. Our compliance rate for school year 2526 is 64% including exemptions. Without
exemptions, the compliance rate was 59.5%. The required benchmark for this school year is 60%. The changes proposed in the plan will support us in making progress to meet the benchmark for school year 26 27
which is 70%. Data shows that the districts with the greatest percentage of classes at or below the class size caps are in districts 32 in Bushwick, which has reached 81% compliance. District 23, Ocean Hill, Brownsville, and district
16, Stson Heights, Crown Heights, Districts 26, which encompasses Bayside and Glenn Oaks. District 31, also known as Staten Island, and District 20, which encompasses Bay Ridge for Hamilton, have the lowest percentage of classes at or
below the class size caps. While this data demonstrates district level averages, there are schools within the comparatively higher compliance districts that do have classes that exceed the new class size caps. Class-ize compliance varies across grade
bands with the highest compliance rates in elementary schools. The Bronx has the highest share of classes in compliance with the class size caps at 71% followed by Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island in that order.
This slide demonstrates the growth in compliance from school year 2425 to school year 2526. Progress that is also outlined within the fiscical year 27 class size reduction plan. This is a result of funding allocated
for teachers to schools through the school-driven process in last year's plan. Through these efforts, the impact on compliance across the city was as follows. Elementary grades made the most significant progress. Grades K to three
saw a 28.7% increase in compliance. Grades four to five increased compliance by 23.1 points. Middle and high schools made meaningful progress. Middle school grew 20.4% more compliant and high school grew 16% more
compliant. Schools that were that were awarded additional teaching positions increased compliance by 27 points as contrasted by with seven points for schools that were not awarded additional teaching positions through the fiscical year 26
funding process. Next, I'll provide an overview of key components of the draft plan. In addition to the summary of impact outlined on the previous slides, the draft plan covers the major components of the approach to class size
implementation and more, including first the fiscical year 27 class size planning and funding survey, which served as a critical data collection point to support planning for fiscal year 27 and the out years of implementation.
two details on the more intensive approach to capital planning utilizing survey results and other data including an increase in 1.5 billion in the current capital plan to align with this approach. The approach to teacher recruitment to
support teacher hiring for class size and the allocation of $244 million to support teacher hiring for class size reduction. The draft class size plan is accessible at the link that we're about to place
into the chat. Again, this is a draft version that has not yet been signed off on by the UFT or CSA who are required to sign off on the final plan. Class size reduction is a complex process that requires increasing
investments in not only teachers but also in classroom space. Under Chancellor Samuels and Mayor Mdani, New York City public schools has made a shift in the approach to planning and considering space in relation to class size reduction efforts, marking a substantial commitment to
implementation. To that end, in March 2026, New York City public schools and the SCA or the School Construction Authority engaged in a new collaborative approach to evaluating and planning for space needs to support class size reduction. Through
this joint effort, teams from both agencies reviewed over 600 schools that had centrally identified space deficits and developed a comprehensive plan to identify pathways to provide each school with the necessary space to comply with
the law. For the first time, the plan includes a strategic blend of capital as well as non- capital strategies that aim to more efficiently utilize existing space to support compliance and is described in greater detail in section
4.3.1 of the draft plan. The city of New York under Mayor Mandani's leadership also added an additional $1.5 billion into the capital plan to support the construction of new seats in alignment
with this new approach. Broadly, the following categories represent the range of approaches we will take to support each school with space needs. First, non- capital uh high school policy and programming. So for many of
our high schools, space needs can be addressed through efficient programming and policy adjustments rather than changes to physical space. These schools will receive centralized support to explore such opportunities and may inform system level policy proposals.
Second is non- capital tier one enrollment and/or space in the building. These are schools where minor adjustments to incoming enrollment or reallocations of space within colllocated campuses may resolve space needs.
Next is non- capital tier 2. These schools are in districts or areas where there are existing nearby buildings that may have excess capacity that can be utilized to support compliance. These will be explored for comprehensive
solutions within the context of district-wide needs and through community engagement could lead to recitings, mergers, or other changes in school utilization to public review and PEP approval or resonings subject to CC
approval. And finally, capital. These are schools where some level of capital investment may be needed, ranging from smaller smaller capital task force projects to increase capacity within schools with smaller space needs to the construction
of new school buildings or addition to address larger needs. In the next phase of this work, superintendent are working with the office of district planning and other central teams to consider the preliminary pathways identified for
schools and work with school communities through the planning process as well as in partnership with SCA on the next steps for each identified school. We will consider all feedback received on our proposed plan during the public process. The deadline for submitting
public comment will be July 29th, 2026. Those who wish to provide feedback may submit their comments by email to class sizechools.nyc.gov. This concludes the presentation. Please be mindful of all the email addresses provided for public comment in each
section. Since this section is still recording, uh any comments or feedback provided during this section will be provided in our submission to the state. Sorry. >> No. >> No.
>> Any questions for members? >> Question for the summer. >> Oh, yes. >> Question for summer. It might be connect. It might be connected to this. I'm sorry. Go ahead. >> Oh, yeah. The summer rising program is limited but if the students withdraw
after the program begin so those five by students on the reading parents are hoping that can maybe make it available to other >> I can answer that question but it's not going to be part of this presentation so
if I can I we can stop there okay I can I can definitely answer the question but if there's any questions specifically about this uh C for E or class size. If they're shared right now, then it'll go as part of the recording that I sent to the state. >> Alina said there's no questions. Fabiola
and Kelly, is there any questions? >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, you're >> all good. Okay. I'm I'm happy to answer the question about summarizing. I so my office uh can be contacted with uh by families who have questions about uh uh
summarizing acceptances if they've been placed on a wait list uh and offers. My office can support uh any family who has questions about that. Um I'm going to have Sylvia and Bill put their emails in the chat and and they and they can support any family that has questions about the weight lists or any uh
opportunities for getting into summarizing if they haven't been able to. So that means that that's if they they know they have the willingness for them if you have to just email to the the specific person. >> So there are there there's there is an
email address that is provided centrally. It's summarizing schools.nyc.gov. That's typically where we uh direct families, but my office also works with families, you know, in the district to support some of these, especially after uh the first week or two of summer
rising. So, I'm going to put all three emails into the chat and families can reach out uh and ask questions definitely to the summer rising email, but can also contact my office. >> All right, next up is in the office of district planning conversation for K82.
Please step up. Yes. >> So this laptop has the speaker. >> Sorry. You just press >> Thank you so much. >> Hey, we'll put a beautiful blanket that's hanging on the wall so we can
take it down. You guys get ice. Yeah, go ahead. Um, that would be helpful >> for th for those um CC members who are not on the working group. I'm just going to introduce uh two members of the office of district planning. This is Jody Fol B uh Burman uh director of
Brooklyn South District Planning and Lucia O'Brien is the associate director of district planning for Brooklyn South. And then we also have >> Oh, Chief. Yes, that's >> this is Chief Suzanne Sanchez from the Special Education Office or Dial. Uh and
they're they're they've been working with us to develop this uh update on the status of the new school at KO82. >> Thank you. Great. >> All right. Well, it sounds like we can dive into it then. >> Um so tonight we are planning to like
Superintendent PTO said, we're planning to provide an update about the planning for the new middle school in building KO82. We'll talk a little bit about engagement and planning so far, a little bit about some of the goals that we are setting for this new middle school, and we'll have some time for discussion and
feedback. And we're really looking forward to hearing from folks that are here tonight or online about how they uh are feeling about planning for this school. Um so, a little bit of background here. This is kind of a rendering of the new building. Um building KO82 is expected
to open in the 2728 school year. Um, the building has a projected capacity of 461 and it's designed to serve middle school students. So, we are planning for a middle school in this building. This is a map of the area and you can see that the green stars all show new
buildings that are coming to District 20 in future years. The one that we're talking about tonight, KO82, is kind of on the right hand side there. It has a circle drawn around it. Um the other two buildings K 382 that is anticipated to
come online in the 2829 school year and building 337 a little further south from there is anticipated to come online the following year. So 2930. Um as you can see in actually I think you can see better in the following map. Oh no. Um as you can see in this map the
KO82 building is opening in the 227 zone. So you can see some of the nearby schools there. Shallow 227. Um, you can also see K1 187. Uh, Christine McAuliffe is nearby as well as 180 seal academy.
So in terms of engagement and planning so far, uh our team joined a CC20 meeting in November of last year to just provide some basic information about the building, how many students it will be able to hold, when we're expecting it to open, um to kind of open the line of
communication to start collaborating with the community on the planning for this building. Um, since then we've been meeting with Superintendent PTO and with a handful of members of CC20 in a working group to discuss community needs and priorities. And as a part of that work, we developed a survey that went
out in March 2026 to SLTS around district 20 to collect feedback on how we can best use this building to create a middle school that serves community needs. Um, and we joined the CEC20 meeting in June to share some of the results from that survey. um to share
some additional data about nearby schools and how we're thinking about this planning um and to kind of hear more from folks that evening. Um so some of the topics that we discussed that night were the need to use new buildings to address overcrowding in District 20.
Um the significant space challenges that we see at McAuliffe which is 109% utilized and McKinley which is 117% utilized. And finally, that given the geography and location of this building, as well as the existing zone lines, that
KO82 is best positioned to achieve these goals with an unzoneed school that is targeted at addressing overcrowding at the very nearby makullith. So, we're here to kind of, you know, I think the last meeting that we were at, we talked about the zone lines and so
we're all in support that um this middle school will remain unzoned. Um so, looking forward, we're uh looking at admissions um for this new middle school and the proposed goals that we have. And so we want to create an academically
rigorous and inclusive new middle school option. You know, reducing overcrowding in Mcculla if it's very nearby. As we said, I think it's 0.4 miles away while including specialized program for students with disabilities, institute
admissions measures to broad promote broad access and offer innovative programming such as STEM, arts, and CTE. Oh, sorry. Um, just want to run through
the new school timeline. I know it could be very confusing. There's a new building coming online and so just this offers sort of an idea of like when when we're planning for a new building and a new school, how it's sort of divvied up.
So again, we talked about zone lines initially and I think you know zone lines are governed by chancellor's regulation A185 and that could be a very lengthy process if we decided to reszone now that we've decided to leave this
middle school unzoned and leave it choice. Then we move into figuring out what the admissions method will be and that does need to be determined by early fall. Um, in the fall, student recruitment will begin. The superintendent convenes multiple
stakeholders design team meetings. Um, there's and and in that time, I think we're searching for a leader for that school. Um, so in January, new new school leader fellowship takes place. The new school leader starts full-time
January 1 or earlier um to begin planning for the new school. And then we intend to open the new middle school in September 2027 2028. Sorry. Um and then this is your part.
>> Thank you so much. Uh I'm really uh pleased to be here with you all tonight. So, District 20 has has really been uh one of the districts at the forefront of inclusion for students with disabilities, and this new school gives uh an opportunity to continue that that
progress and that leadership uh alongside Superintendent PTO, his team, and uh this incredible community. So one program specialized program uh that has that will uh be housed in this new school is the NEST program um which
supports student autistic students uh in an ICT model with students with and without IEPs uh in their classes. And the district already has several uh very high performing NEST Nest classes. Uh
students in NES graduate high school in four years typically at a graduation rate of 97%. Uh the program also includes training for all school staff, classroom staff uh and related service providers, speech
therapists, occupational therapists. And these students follow grade level curriculum. Uh bring a lot of they bring a lot of uh benefits. They bring a lot of their own skills and personality and uniqueness to and make school communities richer. So, we're excited to
be able to partner and have a nest class uh and nest program in this new school in the district. And um equally, if not maybe more exciting is um while district 20 has programs for inclusive programs for
students with autism, this new school allows us to bring uh the I read program which is specifically designed for students with language-based learning disabilities, including but not limited to dyslexia. And I read is also an
inclusive classroom model where students with and without IEPs, everybody in the class receives intensive support in foundational reading skills, accelerated literacy growth toward grade level proficiency
for those students. Uh the work really focuses on decoding, language, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency and ease of reading. These classes utilize t uh core instruction and grade level content and curriculum. Um and
also there is pretty extensive training for teachers uh related service providers who work in iid. So, this will be a wonderful addition to the district 20 community for those students who are brilliant and at the same time have a language-based learning disability and
these supports are going to just help them thrive uh and be their best and also train strengthen literacy practices in any school that the program is in. So, we're really excited to bring Ivy to the district. So for some of the guiding questions,
you know, what what feedback do you have on stated goals for the new middle school? How can NYCPS create an academically accelerated and truly inclusive school model? And what are the most important priorities when thinking about academic and overall school design
as we plan for KO82? Um, so just, you know, we're interested in hearing feedback on some of those questions. Um, and then I think there's one more. Okay. And then, and then just for for
next steps, um, ODP in collaboration with Superintendent PTO and Office of New School and other community stakeholders will continue to assess planning needs. Um we will be on the agenda for CEC20 um meeting to continue the discussion
and respond to feedback that we hear tonight. So we will be coming in person again um in August just to hear more from folks as they kind of like digest this presentation and think about maybe some things that they want to see in the
new school. And the goal is to make a decision on admissions and initial programming in September, as I said, in advance of the launch of the middle school application process. >> Okay. Do this or >> Yeah. No, that's okay. You can leave
that up. Um, yeah, the last slide is just our contact information and then the appendix just includes like school map. Um, but yeah, we're happy to open it up to any questions or or feedback. I
don't know what the CEC protocol is, but >> yeah. >> Yes. Um, you mentioned um the nest program for autism will be in there. >> So that's all in the same school K2. So these children will be afforded the same
resources and educational opportunities as the other children. Um that's a great question. >> Specifically um in certain district 75 schools which are colllocated >> the children in the district 75 school um do not have say music general
education students do. So in this setting will the nest students like whatever class or >> yes >> activities are involved that these children will be providing opportunity >> 100% be part of the school community in in every way in every way. Thank you for
asking that. >> Any other members any members online that want to unmute yourself? Yeah, I have a couple things that I would be interested in saying about this. Um, first of all, I I just So,
first of all, in terms of the school being a NEST school, I just want to say that my kiddos who are not um diagnosed as autistic are at Touts, which is PS682, which is a NEST program. And I absolutely love it. I think that it's a
fantastic place that focuses on excellent instruction for all kids and really models what inclusive education can look like. And so I'm really excited to hear that pending budgetary approval, this school will be a nest program. I think that it's I think it's a great model and I think that district 20
really um really does a fantastic job of modeling what that can can look like. I'm also really excited because I know that one of the things that we hear from a lot of parents is needing more support, more structured support for kiddos with dyslexia. I'm very excited to see that that's part of this planning
as well. And so those type those updates I am grateful for and I I know that they came from the feedback from the community and so I really appreciate that they're going into the planning and um and I think that that's really exciting for the members of our community. One of the things that I um
want to just say generally is that I was I'm really dismayed about all of our elected officials that have come here tonight to talk about representing only some kids in our school system. And I
don't quite understand as people who are elected, so we have elected officials on this call and members of the CEC who are on this call. One of the things that I think is most important about holding an elected position is that you are elected to represent every single kid in this community. And the idea that the way
that you do that is by allocating resources towards pe towards kids who happen to get all fours and the idea that not only this middle school but the two middle schools we're building after this. So this is not a once in a generation opportunity. We have we know
that we're building three more middle schools in three years. And we know that the reason that the other two middle schools are being built the way they are is specifically to alleviate overcrowding at McAuliffe and overcrowding at McKinley. And so the idea that what we're going to do until
all of my kids are out of middle school is continue to simply provide all of the resources to kids who happen to get fours and pretend that we don't have any sort of democratic obligation to educate every kid in this district. And it is a
failure of imagination to think that the only way that we can do this in district 20 is to do it through screen admissions. It's simply not true. When you look at other schools that are overenrolled that are at 120% capacity that have you know a thousand
applications for 200 seats a lot of those are done through lottery and through creating excellent programs that are highly sought after and then allowing it to be up to li to lottery. And so we have the opportunity to
imagine a different world with this middle school. And the idea that the way that we're going to do this is to continue to stratify resources in direct contradiction to what the chancellor says when the chancellor calls for truly integrated middle schools. Uh makes me
feel really sad about what it means to represent every single kid in our district. And I don't think and I think we're missing the mark if we're like the only way to do that is through screen admissions. And then the last thing I'll say is that screened admissions and accelerated learning are not the same thing. They're not sim they're not
synonymous. And so all of the studies that we've heard cited tonight are not about screened opportunities. And you can create within every single school in this city. you can create opportunities for accelerated learning but provide that to all kids not just kids who
happen because for various reasons to get all fours and so even kids who get twos deserve excellent opportunities and I think that that is part of our democratic mission as people who are elected um and that's all that I wanted
to say >> something well first of all I know you I mean you all I'm going to say I'm supporting admissions here, the screening one. But before that, let me make sure um my son who is qu behind based on the common
core center and there's no way to get to the screen the program. But however, I still believe I should support this program because I don't think we should drag other kids ready for a more challenging academic
environment. Okay. Second, I mean I cannot I mean I'm just an ordinary parent starting to learn English alphabet at age 30. So I cannot see like so sophisticated about
education theory, democracy or education policy. But I know one thing. I saw that McCarti 2011 with the screening programs they equip their students much better for their high school for their future.
I mean in this we are not talking about rocket science and they learn the high technology they learn AI. We are talking about they learn the basic math foundational math foundational reading foundational writing. Okay.
We are talking about fraction subtraction converting units reading sixth grade English and about that we have over 50% of students failed the parts proficiency so
we are not talking about accelerative program we are talking about catching up for that reason I think it is important to support we are not talking about we are democracy here. We are having a
democracy. We are not talking about those elected officials. They don't care about democracy. They care about everything. And over here we are caring about we are failing our children. We are not caring the we are not saying
we are going to get a group of elite. We are talking about the children in our house in your home. Doesn't matter which families. They are the one in our planning. Ordinary one. Okay. I think I should stop here. So to
other words, we support. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Any other members? >> Yeah. I can I just say one I just want to add one thing just because Kelly brought up the integration and I know that that wasn't part of the presentation. And as part of the admissions process,
we are exploring the um the diversity and admissions initiative that could be part of this middle school process which gives priority to students who are low income English language learners or emerging multilingual learners um uh in
the child welfare system or who live in temporary housing. It just wasn't part of the presentation. So, I just want to wanted to say it out loud that DIA is something that we're also considering and exploring here as part of the admissions process. And I also just want
to note we are in no way saying that all of the seats will be screened. That is still being assessed and in process and just wanting to clarify all that. Sorry. >> Um I'm an member so I always listen some
of the parents awards. So um a lot of parent they give me the feedback about maybe one they still using the uh testing score or the grade to has the admission for the this new school. So that's what I just passed their message to the this meeting. So just
>> what kind what kind of admission like meaning sorry >> for the new student in admission. So >> yeah, so any any student who enrolls for a an academically screened seat in middle school in the district uses the
we use the New York City public schools admissions policy for middle school which is grades only. We only check the the uh the the grades in fourth grade of ELA social studies science and math. There's no other screening criteria included when when students apply to
middle school for a screen program. No test scores, no attendance, no nothing else but than but than grades and that will continue. >> Oh my my um can you guys hear me? Okay. I I do have to agree with some of what Kim said um
you know as a parent that have had kids in this district long time um and who's had kids in in G&T in zone in ICT. Um, I get kind of annoyed
that we constantly have this conversation. I understand it, but I get annoyed because we continue to not service our students with disabilities and our English language learners. And they're the ones that get left out of conversation a lot. And that's why I'm
very passionate about when it comes to making sure that they get in the seats and education deserve because it's all great when we talk about accelerated learning. But when I our students with disabilities and our English language
learning kids are not even graduating at the same rate that the accelerated kids and and it's not even that they're not smart enough, it's that they're not getting the services they need. Right? So, like I'm tired of having this conversation and I do agree it we need
to all means all. Like what it says on the district 20 page, all means all students. No students should be left out just because a parent feels a certain way. It should be everybody. Everybody should be getting the same like the
education that they need so they could become the functioning adults in society. Period. We can't leave out anybody because you feel that your kid deserve a better education than somebody else. Everybody deserves an education. Everybody's running their own way. We
just need to figure out what they need, what resources they need to to to tap into that, you know. So that's that's I'm really glad about that you guys are are thinking about different ways to have different screen programs because it it doesn't benefit just one set of
students. It benefit multiple students. And that's what we really need because we we need to focus on the overall student >> and and I think we we need to >> be mindful of that because it's it's great for as a parent for me to say what
my kid needs, but I should also be asking my kid what they need as well. You know what I mean? Because they're the ones going to school. I'm not going to school. They're the ones taking the class. They're the be they're the ones being educated. >> Yeah. And I think that for the reasons
that you're stating is the reasons why we're looking at the different models that could kind of like you said all means all simultaneously serve like kind of the different needs that we see emerging in the district. There's been a lot of talk about like screened admissions. We haven't discussed whether or not you know how many seats whatever are going to be screened at the school.
What we have discussed is there's definitely a need for you know additional um ASD programming in this district at the middle school level. you know, another NEST program is something that we know that is is needed. We opened a Nest program at the middle
school level at uh MS47 with the last new school we opened that's more on the uh kind of the western end of the Bay Ridge side of the district. So, a NEST program kind of like in this area of the district would support students uh being able to attend a Nest program in middle school maybe a little bit closer to
where they live. So, we felt like this would be a great opportunity for some inclusive programming in that way. And then with the iid program, I'm personally excited about it. Uh, you know, there's been a lot of talk about addressing dyslexia uh in uh in the city for the last couple years. Mayor Adams
brought it up uh in the last administration and that topic has come up at this council a lot you know many times. Uh and it also this also presents an opportunity to be able to uh like a few council members have said like look at innovative models to be able to meet the needs of you know district 20. Uh
and the Ivy program is something that we feel like we would be able to uh integrate into a school like this that is geared towards accelerated students and and in some cases you know meet the needs of some of these accelerated students with you know different learning needs uh uh including students
uh with autism. I think the other thing just to be reminded of in this discussion is and the the lengthy uh enjoyable presentation on class size and C3 uh is that you know that we do have a
responsibility to look at new capacity to see how we can uh alleviate uh you know class size and overcrowding and the the physical location of this school. it makes sense to explore how a school model could attract students who may be attracted to Christine Mclliff be
perhaps attracted to the school as well. Yeah. >> Uh so we're also really being mindful to think about that uh in the design of the school because uh you know that is definitely one of the goals of the school is to have folks be excited uh about the opportunity to be able to attend a school that would uh meet the
needs of students who also would be excited about uh the needs that they find being met at Crystal Mclliff. Notably, I'd like to share with you something I observed about Christ McCall of school that's currently there. So,
our say higher performing school has something I I don't really witness in a lot of other schools. It's that in-person parent teacher conferences where a lot of parents are relegated to Zoom
and a lot of parents are working 9 to5 so they can make it and getting parental involvement. I don't know if the data is kept on how many do show up in person because when you go into a classroom speak with a teacher,
it's a lot, I think, more informative than over a Zoom whether you're looking at a phone because you see the environment that the child is in. You see the work that's on the walls. You're touring through the building. As a parent representative for district 75,
it was an eyeopen experience as I see the disparity on what our district 75 children receive. DS77 their gym is a a classroom the size of my son's bedroom. They don't share it
with general education students. So Christ McCall if our high achieving children the parents are involved from there and that might be something to consider if you want to bring it up in some of our just regular schools maybe
get back to that and I understand the uft is anecdotally >> but how interesting that the high performing schools bring the parents in and that's just something we're not only at Christ perhaps that's something that
should be brought back with all our schools because after all the teachers are being paid and if the parent can't make it in they could do a zoom from the classroom but for those parents that want to make their way to the school and see that environment and what their
children experience you know that's something that's I don't know if you can capture that data but that's my informal observation >> so we so you are right the decision for a school to have inerson parent teacher conferences is obviously very popular with many parents
uh and that is a school-based option that involves uh the uft at that each individual school including McAuliff. That being said, we do have several schools in the district who have opted uh you know with the support of the staff uh at the school level to have
inerson parent teacher conferences uh and uh we expect to see that uh continue. I will I do want to note however uh on the on the topic of integration and inclusion that Christrista McAuliffe is also a very uh inclusive school. Chris McAuliffe uh in
the midst of accelerated students also houses an ASES program uh which supports students with uh intellectual deficiencies uh and and they and this program is something that the uh the principal and the school are very proud of and that
this program uh you know incorporates to your point about a lot of the um opportunities to include students with disabilities along with their general education peers. They take a lot of pride in the way in which they ensure that students in the ASUS program are integrated into the the Crystal McAuliff
community. So similarly with this new school, we do see how these specialized programs could in a similar way provide that inclusive model to support students with disabilities learning alongside their general education peers uh albeit in an accelerated environment. uh with
these but specific specialized programs that are tailored to unique needs that we are seeing only growing in the city and in the district. You know the the rates of autism we only see growing uh as well as the like the temperature lowering we lowering we see the the
autism rates growing uh and because of that we see that this is a great opportunity to bring that type of inclusive programming into this model and and and hopefully be able to capture some of that same inclusive spirit that Chris Mclliff has. >> Yep. And I would just add to that, you know, several folks tonight have brought
up uh concerns around enrollment and um these kinds of specialized we are from students with disabilities. The highest uh percentage of of students that we're seeing coming into New York City public schools are students uh autistic
students. And so keeping those students uh in in lo in their home district, in this case district 20, can only seek to support uh enrollment and keep those students here uh in their home district rather than a a central citywide
district of district 75. So it's an opportunity uh to keep kids keep kids here. >> What we for? Oh, well you were saying about the compliance rate for the class size, right? You were saying in those district
the highest ones that have that compliance was 32, 23, 16. Is it because there are schools that the parents don't want to send their kids to? Are they failing? >> I can't speak to like the specific reasons why those districts uh have higher compliance rates. Um, and is uh
227 um is more people are not enrolling in that school? I'm just asking. >> We don't see a >> 227 because you see maliff and you're telling us McKinley's number. So 227 is it is it fully full or is it always
under enrolled? >> We we wouldn't refer to it as underenrolled. However, we don't see uh the need to incorporate like a like a new building or new space in order to support uh 227 getting to class size law in future years.
>> Yeah. So, I'm just saying so maybe like what is saying like we should be still maintaining the standards of of schools around that aren't gifted in town school like >> Yeah. So, I mean, let me I can talk about this a little bit for a second
because I think that there's uh I think there's a little bit of dialogue around accelerated learning and screens programming only happening at McAuliffe. So, every single middle school in district 20, including 227, uh we have a citywide screen program at
BSI uh and every other middle school at at uh in district 20 with the exception of uh PSIS 163 Bath Beach. That's the only middle school in the district that doesn't have a screen program by school choice. >> Um they're also incredibly high performing school.
>> Yeah. >> But uh every other uh school in district has a screened option for middle school whether it be the superintendent program which screens for uh uh grades in all four core subjects or for the algebra honors program which screens for uh math
only in terms of math grades. So, I just don't want the dialogue going around that because we don't have screen seats at the school that students aren't receiving an incredibly high quality education and we take their learning needs super seriously. And I was very intentional when drafting the district 20 accelerated learning plan around my
expectations for that to happen for all students, including students who are in accelerated uh classes or entered into a school through uh a screened admissions process. Just because you entered through uh a screened admissions process does not mean that you don't have the opportunity for accelerated learning in
the school. All right. So I want to be I want to be very clear about that. However, I cannot be tonedeaf to uh the you know the perceptions of parents around the district. I've been superintendent of this district for six years had the same discussion about the
concept of accelerated learning versus screened admissions. Uh and while they are different things, accelerated learning is something that we provide in a classroom and screen admissions is a process for a student to get into a school based off of uh prior performance
in a school based off of their grades. Right? They're two different things. Uh and we have the opportunity and the responsibility to provide accelerated learning to every single student in a classroom who needs it and deserves it. And we do that. Uh and I supervise that and I expect that. Uh however,
nonetheless, uh as you see, I we I I just cannot be um I cannot ignore or be tonedeaf to uh the beliefs that uh folks have. And while I continue to strive to help folks understand uh the the the
difference between the screened admissions process and accelerated learning as it happens in a school. Uh I also need to make sure that uh our responsibility ultimately is to make sure that accelerated learning is provided. So I want to make sure that we continue to have schools that have
students in them that we can continue to accelerate. >> Good job. >> I have a good in your presentation you stay overcrowded at 187. That means you two seats at the 187 school. That's not
okay. 9% utilization is only very vital over enrollment. You should just add new seats at the new middle school and keep enrollment unchanged at 187. >> We haven't t we haven't talked about reducing seats at McAuliff like that
hasn't that's not part of the of our assessment at this point. >> I don't think so. >> It just said the utilization. I just said we just said that it would it would alleviate overcrowding.
>> Thank you. >> What? >> Oh, >> um I do want to also put up mine and Jod's contact information. Um our emails are right there. Feel free to screenshot this. Um, but please feel free to reach
out to us if any, you know, questions or concerns come to you after this meeting, something that you want to share with us, please don't hesitate to reach out. Um, and we are also planning to join the August CC meeting so that we can provide an additional update about how planning has been going for this middle school. Um, and so between now and then, we'll
we'll continue thinking about the feedback that we've heard tonight. And like I said, please don't hesitate to reach out. >> Thank you. You >> thank you everyone. Thank you. freezing. >> I did. >> So, up next is going to be report of the
council president. So in regards I we keep saying this in regards to liaison visits it came up again each school has a liaison member each member has about five liaison schools that they have to visit whether it's
online if you have time go up in person or even if you have a zoom call with the principal also Steve has about maybe 10 district 75 schools that he attended and reached out to us and told us what was going on. So, we want to make improvements for
this coming year. Everybody has an email that's listed on the CDC website. You could contact your leaison. And um that's it. So, we're going to move forward to the report of the council um
second public speaking session. Anybody sign up? >> I can't do this anymore. I asked the custodian. >> I have shorts. I'm freezing. I should have just wore like jogger pants.
>> They all did that. Oh, okay. So, Ying Fang Chen, can you please unmute yourself? >> Yes, I'm unmuted. Can you hear me? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Um, good evening, council members. This is the second time I've spoken in support of the new middle school in
district 20 to be screened. I'm very pleased to hear the proposals that the new school will be on unzoneed academically rigorous. Again, my name is Ethan Chang. I previously served as a member of this council and I am the
parent of two children currently attending elementary school in district 20. Like many families in our community, I chose to raise my children here because of the district's strong reputation for academic excellence and its commitment to providing outstanding
educational opportunities. As my younger child prepares to apply for middle school, I have become increasingly concerned about the limited availability of highquality academic programs within our district. Over the years, many
families have faced the difficult decision of sending their children outside district because there simply were not enough seats in competitive middle schools such as ISS is-187. I had to make that decision for my older
child and I sincerely hope I will not have to do the same for my younger child when middle school application open this fall. No family should have to leave the district to find the education opportunities they believe are best for
their child. That is why I strongly believe admissions to this new middle school should be based on academic achievement. The most objective approach will be to use admissions testing and auditions where appropriate. If this is not a possible, admissions should at
least consider students grades and overall academic performance. Just as other screen programs within our district already do, academic stands standards have long been a cornerstone of the district 20 success and they
should continue to guide admissions decisions for programs designed to challenge and support high achieving students. Given this school's close pro proximity to IS- 187, I also believe it will be an excellent opportunity to
establish K082 as a annex of IS-187. Doing so will build upon an already successful academic model while expanding access to the rigorous educational opportunities that so many district 20 families are seeking.
uh maintaining strong academic program benefits not only individual students but our entire community. Families choose district 20 because they value school that recognize hard work, achievement and academic excellence. When rigorous education opportunities
remain available within this district, families are more likely to remain in the community, strengthening our neighborhoods, supporting our public schools, and preserving D20's reputation as one of New York City's premier school district.
I respectfully urge the council to establish an admissions process that rewards academic merit and to ensure that this new middle school continues district 20's non-tradition of education
excellence. Um, thank you is going to be Leah Stemwzel. Um, just keep it to 2 minutes. We only have a permit until 8:45 and we have a lot of stuff to cover. >> Thanks, John. Appreciate it. I just wanted to quickly talk about how the PS
205 schoolyard uh playground is in complete disarray and disrepair. Um it's actually been shut down by the principal so no one gets injured. There's some sharp poles sticking out. um pieces of the uh I don't know what it's called,
that foamy rubber stuff that makes it so you don't get hurt. Um missing and just really not a safe environment for the students or the community. Wanted to see if there was anything that can be done
to help our community. >> I also reached out to Gambino facilitator. She's going to do a visit tomorrow. Hi, thanks for the for that. Sorry. >> We are aware the state of the
schoolyard. Sorry, wait for the to go. >> Are we good now? >> Hi. Uh, we are aware of the state of the yard at PS 205. We are working with the school construction authority and the division of school facilities to address the schoolyard. Uh, we are we anticipate
having a plan soon. So, I appreciate the comment and I want you to know that we are aware of it and we're working with both facilities and SCA to uh to ultimately address this. >> Thank you. I appreciate it. >> Thank you so much, Leah.
>> Next one. >> Next up is going to be >> Vincent >> Vincent Lou. >> You could unmute yourself, Vincent. >> Oh, cool. Good evening everyone. Can you can you guys hear me? Okay. >> Yes.
>> Okay. Thanks. Um yeah, my name is Vincent. Um as a parent of two childrens and also a former CC member, I support a performant based submission for the new middle school. Um it's clear that we have four more students who want to
attend screen program than they are see available. So when it's when the demand exceed capacity I just don't see a reason why we still limiting those uh opportunity for our students. I mean student have a demonstrate strong
academic achievement through objective measure like state test result and a great GPA. I think they deserve opportunity to attend school that match the academic readiness and challenge them to to reach their full potential.
So, um I think that's all I'm going to keep it short. That's all I have to say. Um um the I mean the high demand tells us that there's a lot of kids who want to attend those screen programs. So, let's you
know, let's serve them better. That's what I have. Thank you all. >> Thank you so much. meeting. >> The last item on the calendar meeting agenda is the approval of the minutes from last month's meeting. Kevin, can you please share the minutes on the
screen? Are there any changes to the minutes? No changes. If there are no changes, the minutes are approved without a vote. This concludes our July CC20 calendar meeting. Is there a motion to adjourn?
>> Is there a second? All in favor? >> I. >> The meeting is adjourned. Our next calendar meeting is on August 12th, 2026. Is it going to be here or at the office? >> It's going to be at the district office.
Thank you everyone for attending. Thank you interpreters. Stand by. We're going to go through the business meeting. >> All right. So, right now it's going to be the business meeting. Actually, um Kelly has a question for superintendent.
Dr. W. I just had a really quick question that um that I could also email you about, but I could just ask you now. Uh, I know that an email went out from the chancellor earlier this week, um, asking for a pause on all software purchases while decisions are pending
about policies for 20 uh, 26 2027. I was just curious um, if there was any updates that would be useful for us to know and also what um, principles what what you've communicated to principles in the district about that as well.
Thank you. I don't understand the question what I've communicated about what the chancellor emailed. >> No, just like so what is what is our strategy I guess right now? Like I'm just curious like um I know that this email went out to principles and I'm curious about um if there's more
information about that email or if there's information about what schools should do while they're in this holding pattern waiting for their guidance. Um just if there was other information about it beyond the email. >> No, the DOE has not released uh the AI
playbook or the AI policy after the feedback. Uh comments have been made by the chancellor, you know, very publicly about that. Uh so we are waiting to see what that AIA policy is going to look like and in the meantime uh we are ensuring and you know upholding the
chancellor's uh you know direction around uh any software purchases uh what in the midst of waiting for that policy. So that's where we're at right now. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you, Kelly.
All right. All right. Good evening. Welcome to July CC20 business meeting. Kevin, can you please take roll call attendance? >> Thank John. >> Yeah. Was it Ken? >> Yeah. Chen
here. Excuse Stephen Mahoney. >> Fabiola. >> I'm here. >> Tamar Stern >> here. >> Kelly Clancy >> here.
>> Ken Lee >> here. Alina Lewis here. She was having Wi-Fi problems. >> Okay. >> He's here. >> All right. 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? Could our Arabic interpreter please introduce yourself?
All right. Could our Mandarin interpreter please introduce yourself? Yes. Thank you so much. Can our Arabic interpreter Waffa Hamay please unmute yourself? Could Mandarin
Spanish interpreter please unmute yourself? Okay, thank you. >> Thank you so much. For the third time, can our Arabic interpreter please unmute yourself? >> All right. Now, we're going to share the agenda for tonight's business meeting.
Kevin, can you please share the agenda? >> All right, you unmuted yourself. >> No, Lita. Lita, you muted you. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, thank you. Uhoh. They can hear this. That's the minutes. >> No, that's the that's the agenda you
said. >> I want to do the approval of doing business meeting minutes. >> All right. The minutes are online. Are there any changes to the minutes? If there's no changes, the minutes are approved. >> Next up is new business, the budget
discussion. Kevin, can you share the budget that we have for next year? >> Well, for July. >> Yeah, the recommended one. >> Yeah, please. The recommended So, everybody have the copy for the
members that are online. We're going to share it here. >> So, the local travel and meeting expenses would be $300 in regards to Kevin so that he could get home safe with everything going on. Um equipment would be $3,000. Um
>> it's a technology like laptops and some microphones. >> So we we receive new um laptops and microphones for the $3,000. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Budget. So we can instead of having to rely on that laptop, I'm going to buy like a microphone system.
>> So we don't have to worry too much about setup. >> The next one would be parent involvement refreshments and family engagement which would be $2,600 for the meeting. That includes the meeting, right? The CC >> meeting every month. >> Yeah. >> Since we didn't get fed today. >> That's right. >> Thank you.
>> Budget. >> Yeah. >> So, um, next up would be parent involvement, which would be events. We usually have three events. Um, that's how much? 6,350. >> Take 2,000 each event. That's >> 2,000 for each event. Or maybe we could
do another event. It all depends. We could talk about that. last year or this past year. I can share it right now if you want and it's also >> and then the members reimbursements would be $12,750 which give us a budget of $25,000.
>> That's not bad. >> What do we get? >> I'm showing the old one now so I can go online. >> Um we left over 3,000. >> Okay, that's good. >> Way less. >> Yes, it's like 13,000 the other one. Yeah. >> Yeah, we did good.
>> Yeah. I mean, we could do better though, but 3,279 doesn't go to CC. >> Yep. >> Because it's just it's literally just going back to the government. >> Any of our members that are online, do you have anything in regards to the budget?
>> I'm glad Kevin got his new laptop. >> Thank you. >> Are we going to vote on anything right now? >> Get approve of this all. >> All right. And then we can change everything later. >> What do you mean? >> If we want to change, you can you can always change it. >> All right. So, Kevin, can we vote on the
budget, please? >> John, >> yes. >> Chan, >> yes. >> One Ming Chan. >> Yes. >> Nalin may function. >> David Mahoney. >> Yes. If it go
Kelly Clancy. >> Yes. >> Stern Ken Le. >> Yes. >> Alina Lewis. >> Yes. >> Kevin Zo. >> Yes.
>> All right. The next up is going to be the leaison list approval. So, if everybody's okay with their liaison schools that they have, >> is the same as last. >> Yeah. I just want to keep it like that. If everybody's okay with it. >> Yeah. >> I got a request from >> Yeah.
>> I got one new school. It's 404. It's on 73rd Street. Got to add that. >> Okay. >> Is it possible to get a copy of the old one? >> Because I'm a person that knows numbers. This is all names. >> Is that possible? Last year's someone has copy of last year.
>> Is it not on the drive? Yeah. Drive in the website, >> but he just wants to save a copy. >> Yeah, I I'll give you a copy. >> But yeah, 404. We got to add >> What's the school name? The new one. What's the school's name?
>> You said on 73rd Street. >> Yeah, it's a 231 school. It's on 73rd between third and fourth. Like 327. It's like, well, it's the only one that's there. They got a sign on the
door. >> There isn't a school on 73rd between third. >> Yes. >> Are you talking about 69 >> 69th Street? >> Yes, senator. >> No, um 73rd. It's inside the the Catholic school. They write it.
>> Oh, there's one in the Olay. >> Okay. Yeah, that's I had my hand, but I knew it was that PS4 of course. Yeah. Are >> we good to vote? >> Any members have any issues with the
leazison schools that they have now or can we move forward to voting? >> All right. So Kevin, if we can vote on it. >> Uh John, >> yes. >> Oz Chen, yes. >> Wen Ming Chen, >> yes. Nin, >> yes. May David Money,
>> yes. She put a thumbs up. >> Oh, she might have put a thumbs up for the other >> Stern. >> Yes. >> Kelly Clansancy. >> Yes. >> Kenley. >> Yes.
>> Alina Lewis. >> Yes. I think it's a good idea to keep the list the same. and Kevin's out. Okay. Okay. Next up is going to be meeting dates approval. Kevin, you have the meeting dates. >> You don't have the schools yet, right?
>> No. >> Okay. So, it's just a vote on the meeting dates. Did you check and see if there's any holiday dates? >> Let's talk about that. So, just go to your list. It's July, that's today, July 8th and August 12th, September 9th, August 14th, and then November. You have to decide if you want to do it the first
Wednesday, the third Wednesday because if Yeah. on Veterans Day. >> I think it would be better for the 3rd um the 18th if everybody's okay with that. >> Okay. >> December 9th. >> Sorry.
>> The 24th, right? >> I don't want the Wednesday before. >> No. >> Oh, yeah. >> Wait, that might be the Wednesday. >> Oh, yeah. That might be >> Well, we don't have no choice. >> Yeah. That's when we got to have our meeting.
So you could just do Come on. >> That is the Wednesday. >> It's going. >> Yeah, that's a week before. So that's fine. 18th would be fine because it's the week before that. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Uh December 9th, January >> Wait, wait. Sorry you guys. That's not
Thanksgiving. The 18th one, right? >> Or it is. It's not. Okay. >> No. >> Okay. >> The 26th. >> Okay, cool. Okay, that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you. December 9th, January 13, February 10th,
March 10th, April 14th, and then May 5th. Uh, in May, our our um day falls on parent teacher conference for grades. >> And also, Secret Day is May 5th >> also. Maybe you want to switch it to the 19th. >> Yeah. Would the 19th be good for you
guys instead of May 5th? Good for you guys? Everybody online? >> Fine for me. >> You guys online, is that good for you? the 19th instead of the 15th. >> Check. I don't know if that's during um the high school. >> I checked the recount, but nothing came
up. Don't make >> the high school parent teacher conference. >> Oh, what? Which one? >> What date? >> May >> 19th, right? >> Yeah. >> May 17th is Eid.
>> Yeah, because look, May 12th is this is supposed to be our original date. Evening parent teacher conference for high schools K to 12 and 6 to 12 schools. >> Okay. Good. Good. >> Yes. So May 19th. >> So May 19th would be fine. Okay. >> Then yeah approval. >> All right. So we could approve that.
>> Yeah. John Matone. >> Yeah. >> Chen. >> Yes. >> Ming Chen. >> Yes. >> Nin. >> No. I'm going to bring up the subcommittee. And then we're going to start and we'll just >> Yes. >> Fabiola.
>> Yes. >> Thank you. Kelly Clancy. >> Yes. >> Ken Lee. >> Yes. >> Elena Lewis. >> Yes. >> And Kevin's out. My phone. >> Okay. So, that's approved. Next up is
going to be subcommittee plans. So, if anybody wants to do a subcommittee, let us know. in regards and also to Mara, can you please speak on the subcommittee for D75? >> Okay. So, what happened is um we were trying to um see if you could
schedule an August subcommittee meeting probably after our CEC meeting just for the simple fact because I wanted to be able to um reach out to um the CCD75 to see if we could add some to um to pop
into our subcommittee meeting to talk about like more in depth about D75 to see what like if we collaborate and do something when it comes to helping um our um students with disabilities especially when it comes to busing as we going into
September because I know that's been a big issue for a lot of the kids um for summering. So that's one of the things we were trying to work out. So, I'm going to reach out to um the president of CCD75 um about that and see if we could um
continue to collaborate with um Susan Sanchez that was here from the um special education team, the DA team for um New York City public schools to see like what we need to prepare for coming for the incoming year for our students with disabilities.
And that way if any parents have like any issues that they know that that they had over the something we could figure out like um how to resolve it because Susan will be here and so forth and then Christie will be here for D75 when it
comes. So that that's the plan because last year we we all the goals that we uh made for the committee we checked everything off so we able to complete all of that. So, we just want to make sure um we add some new goals and then
just keep um checking in with the original goals that we had, especially when it comes to resources to the families to the CEC um website. So, yeah. So, we're planning to do that in August.
>> Do we have a date yet? >> Hold on. Let me see. Um, a meeting is our meeting is the 12th, right? Maybe like >> the 18th, August 18th. >> Okay.
>> So, that's good. >> And this committee is virtual, so you don't have to be here in person. So, >> okay. Can we just cover your meeting or this a special meeting for us? >> No, it's it's it's a subcommittee. It's open for every for everybody. Yeah. Yeah. It's not it's not like a special meeting where we have to we need like
quum and everything. It's just a subcommittee meeting. >> Okay. >> So, it will be after the business the business. >> What happened? >> Oh, so we're going to have to change it. >> What happened? >> If we have it on uh what day we having it on, you said >> 18th. >> Oh, August 18th.
>> August. So, okay. So, August 18th. Yeah, that's >> Yeah, our our meeting's on the 12th. >> Yeah, that's fine. >> All right, so we're going to start back up on August. >> All right. Anybody else have anything for the
business meeting? Anyone? >> Done. I think that probably in the fall we'd like to start some sort of tech subcommittee meeting is given all of the concerns of parents all across the city. So maybe I can sidebar with you about what that would look like before we
bring it online. >> Okay, that's not a problem. >> Uh Steve, >> just a quick thing on like a public notice of our meetings and I noticed that we have a lot of the same um local
legislative leaders showing up. So like I just took like an informal thing. Um, looks like we also have a representative Carol Coin. Um, my own assembly person, Minton. Um, I don't know how to say the name.
He's in LS Brooklyn and Staten Island. Yeah. >> Kevin Parker and Sutton. So are we sending them notices because EMTT who's the midn's office might be like the chief of
staff put up a meeting or two meetings ago >> um >> so not only to them but also um I had asked this previously with our district 75 schools to send it to the administration so they can post
it up whether it's at the um there's an app parent square in district 75 or else >> that class dojo so they can inform the parents >> because a lot of the parents of our district 75 children >> um
anecdotally like haven't been aware so one time before I brought it up and I sent one but that's something I guess like if if Kevin has everything like you know it's just like repeat every month the same ones we make sure they get it um because I went to her office today
but they're on vacation Asia till July 10th. So I'm going to go back next week and I'm going to ask >> which office did you go to? >> Yes. Okay. >> My locally assembly person. Um I got a great response from Mr. Chan. You know I spoke with briefly outside. >> Um
>> and we need to hold them accountable if not in person via Zoom >> because they represent our children and the parents. >> Definitely true.
Anybody else have anything for business online or in person? >> Everybody's good. This concludes our July CC20 business meeting. Is there a motion to adjourn? >> Is there a second?
>> Is there a second? >> All in favor? >> All right. The meeting is adjourned. Our next business meeting is actually on August 12th at the district office. Thank you everyone for attending. Thank you interpreters. You are dismissed. >> Enjoy your July.