okay the meeting is recording so good evening everyone let me share my screen can someone give me a thumbs up if you see my screen thank you so much um welcome to our March DACA meeting um
it is now 6:03 p.m and I officially call this meeting to order here is the agenda for tonight's meeting um Miss Sang Pier do you want to go
through the agenda sure so tonight we are welcomed by the family support coordinate oh sorry Jenny that's you Jenny you're welcoming all of us um we do not have um Dr danton
tonight but we do have Deputy Superintendent Umit Sarin um we will uh introduce the DPAC members and review the BL the bylaws um we will have a summarizing update and a the discuss the
CEC election updates and school surveys yep and then let me stop sharing because now I'm going to pull up the minutes from January and February i'm going to scroll down slowly oh hold on let's start from the top all
right Katherine when you're ready Katherine do you see my No I don't see your screen you don't see my screen no no okay let me give me one second let me go back to share this screen okay you see my screen yes now I see it
okay I'm going to scroll okay so we're reviewing the minutes we need to approve the minutes from January um when we went over the meeting norms and we had Deputy Superintendent Sarin um do the
superintendence report we had a vendor presentation from Childmind Institute discussed the upcoming CEC elections the um upcoming events so if we could have um a motion to approve on the J should
we approve them both together or approve them individually let's go through both together next month we're going to do one by one okay so and then for the February minutes we um had Dr zantona do the superintendence report and we also
had the office of language access Ola come and give a presentation we also had a presentation from TurboBo the very impressive Turbo and um we discussed the CEC election updates uh the importance
of the NYC school surveys and also upcoming events so can I have a motion to approve January and February minutes can someone make a motion to approve our
minutes from DPAC meeting i approve thank you Stacy you're welcome can someone second the motion leah is that approve okay I second thank you so much um so before we move on to
the superintendenc's report I'm going to announce something um so our DPAC chairperson um Christopher Mitchell has stepped down as a chairperson for the DPAC for personal for some personal reasons so according to our bylaws the
secession is um is the alternate will if you are u want to step up Katherine is our alternate so Katherine um according to our bylaws um we will share the bylaws with everyone in the sharing folder and
we're going to share the minutes as well so Katherine do you want to take the um the position as the chairperson for the remaining of the school year which is March April May and June
yes I I I accept for March April May and June i'll I'll I'll move up thank you so much Katherine and um I don't know if Mr mitchell is here hold on wend did someone just answer thank you so much um Katherine again for moving up and I'm
very very excite excited to be working with you i'm gonna change you know um your name so it will be on our um website lewis I know Lewis is my partner to update the website so Lewis if you
can do that and then u Mr mitchell we would like to thank Mr mitchell for his time his dedication his to Deepack and his support for our families and students again uh we thank you for your service and leadership i hope he's here if he's not here I'm going to make sure
he listens to our recordings um so uh uh Deputy Superintendent Mr sarin sure thank you proceed with your superintendent's report thank you sure me can you please allow me to share yep
i'll just make you a co-host um I cannot hear you Mr sarin just a second please okay oh boy um all right let me see because this is the first time I'm using the laptop it's
asking me for a passcode hold on one second are you able to see my screen yep okay perfect come on all right um let's put this one
all right so um hi everybody um I'm so happy to be here with you um the agenda for tonight is going to be you know some updates and reminders i'll I will be talking to you about our ELA
sprint uh uh we'll go over some data we'll talk about the structure of the program then we will talk about uh district 25 CC wellness collaboration um and we will go over how
we can uh establish and define a wellness vision um we'll talk about uh the wellness day and we will uh briefly talk about the planning for 2025 2026 school year
um students and families joined us at uh junior high school 194 to explore important topics like democracy civics engagement and social justice through comic books um it was it was on on March
12th um and and the participation was great we had a lot of parents come in uh along with their children and they were able to explore some comic books engage in interactive activities they created their own mini comic books uh I want to
thank uh uh our team members especially Miss Melinda Willins for organizing and principal Miller and AP Brian and AP Delo uh and volunteers for making this a a great event for our students and and
our uh families today I am at 189 uh with our team members including Lewis and and Beth uh we are hosting a uh uh I'm so sorry the district fam math
family night um we've invited a lot of parents i'm so happy to report that we had uh uh many parents show up to tonight's uh activity uh this tonight's activity is between 5:45 and 7:45 p.m if
you have uh time and would like to come and join us please do so um I also want to thank specifically thank u Beth uh for putting together this wonderful event math night event for our children
and our families i want to thank Dr bradley for allowing us to use his building and I want to also thank any all of the teachers and staff members that are here to support our children and our our our families um I want to talk to you about the district 25
wellness day uh we had uh it was held on March 15 on a Saturday it was a success uh it was a day filled with engaging activities moment sessions and valuable resources provided by local partners and
vendors to uh for our children and our parents uh a big shout out to uh our wonderful Diana Stein and Wing Chong for organizing the event and securing 30 plus vendors to support our community i want to also thank the uh our CEC for
their collaboration and support um as well as thank uh common point for opening their facility and supporting the organization of the event um I want to also thank our wonderful district team and volunteers for helping make the
day a success story so uh briefly I want to uh you know uh talk about our soapbox New York City semi finalists ishita Aurora is an eighth grader from
IS-237 her topic is around gender inequality matthew Chase is a second grader from PS 165 his topic is uh around less homework and Sophia Flev
eighth graders from PSIS-1 164 the topic is helping homeless um I would like to invite uh Lewis to talk uh a little about summarizing lewis thank you i wasn't expecting to uh come
on so quickly but this is good so um hi everyone i just want to quickly talk about a little bit about summer writing um uh today's a great day to be talking about this because tomorrow Friday March 28th is the deadline to submit an application
uh to participate to have your child participate in uh the Sun Rising program now the good news is is that applications are not first come first served which means that people that apply on the first day the applications open and that apply on the last day
tomorrow are all treated the same way and all have equal opportunity to get a seat in the summer program so it's not too late uh even if you think you might not want to participate in the program I will encourage everyone to apply because
once uh seats are filled um getting a seat in the program is very difficult so you really want to go ahead and apply get your applications in and that's all done through the my school's application um school staff is available to help you if you do not have access to my schools
um but you should have gotten a letter with a um a code that you'll use to link your account to your child and to make those applications uh it's very easy takes no time at all to apply so please um everyone uh that's interested in
summer writing definitely apply by the end of tomorrow um and uh if you do not get a seat or you do not get a seat in the program that you wanted the most you will automatically be added to that that program's weight list and you will then
be contacted uh if you if they get to your permission on the wait list to go ahead and um accept the seat offer um summer rising begins for all students on July 2nd for our youngest learners in grades K through five their summer
program ends uh on August 15th summerris rising is Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m and for our middle school uh children uh their summer rising program ends on August 8th uh and it's also Monday through Friday from
8:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m breakfast and lunch is served to all and snack is served to all students uh every day of summer rising um are there any questions about Summer Rising and is there any more slides a minute i don't know
okay we'll do this we'll do this next so uh I I invite you to go to the Department of Education uh website i'm going to put it in the chat right after I stop speaking it has all the details about someone rising um that I spoke about and more including a link to the
application so that's it thank you very much Louis for this valuable information um um I want to now continue with uh enrollment timelines um you know uh Thursday March 6 20125 uh was the high
school offer offers were released um the middle school offer offers will be released on April 9th 2025 uh kindergarten and kindergarten G&T offer release will happen on April
2nd uh prek offer will be uh released on May 13 and 3K offer release will happen on Tuesday May 20th 2025 um for gifted and talented G& grade
1 to four admissions it'll be uh the G&T upper grade applications open on Monday April 21st 2025 uh G&T upper grade application will close on Friday May 9th
2025 and G&T upper grade offer release will take place on Wednesday June 11 20 2025 so um you know as you may remember uh as part of the uh central and
district initiative we've started an ELA sprint um the the ELA sprint uh is about um you know supporting our children uh that are at the on the cusp to uh
support them so that we prepare them for for the New York State ELA test uh we started uh the ELA sprint it started running from March 10th and it's going to continue until April 22nd uh this sprint is designed to generate
improvements in ELA performance specifically for grades 3 to five by targeting students whose performance is just below uh just above proficiency and just below proficiency um as a district we've decided to extend this sprint to
our students in grades six to eight as well uh we have a total of 3922 students in grades 3 to five uh that fit the criteria for this print and 2768 students uh in six to eight uh uh
grades in our middle schools students will be expected to engage in I ready for 30 minutes per week at minimum uh that could happen during win periods focus periods before or after school program or sent during center activities
uh please note that this is a supplemental work and will not take the place of core instruction um the focus uh will be around priority standards such as R2 R3 and R4 just to give you an
example what those are for example 5R2 that's fourth fifth grade R2 standard uh talks about determining a theme or central idea and explaining how it is supported by key details it's summarizing a text uh R3 is about in
literary text compare and contrast two or more characters settings and events drawing on specific details in the text the language aspect of this is informational text explain the relationships or interactions between
two or more individuals events ideas or concepts based on specific evidence from the text and finally R4 talks about determining the import uh determining the meaning of words phrases figurative language academic and content specific
words and analyze their effect on meaning tone or mood um so as I indicated this uh work is going to continue through April 22nd and our hope that our students are going to
make substantial gains i want to talk a little bit about uh wellness uh vision for our district we would like to engage in this activity um as a community our roots strengthen when we build strong foundations for our students as readers
and mathematical mathematician this is our our district vision now I'm going to ask uh after I read the vision uh for you to kind of think about how we can integrate the wellness vision into our
our our district-wide vision so um our roots strengthen when we build strong foundations for our students as readers and mathematicians through individual and collective learning of all constituents with the school and district community
utilization of a routine and transparent data systems to support decisions engagement in cycles of inquiry to support our professional growth strategic planning and deliver of high quality professional learning
opportunities designed to the learning needs of school leaders and staff collaborate with families and foster meaningful partnerships through from early childhood through middle school years that support student achievement and build successful pathways towards
college and careers fostering excellence by creating opportunities that school empowerment uh that support empowerment critical thinking problem solving creativity and student ownership of their learning integrating and embedding social
emotional learning and equity based practices as part of academic learning and finally supporting assetbased pedagogies uh that are responsive to cultural differences inclusive of race
ethnicities language gender identity and ability within learning so this is our district vision reflecting on our vision statement um I I would like for you to please just take a few seconds to think what does it
currently say about wellness and what else can it say feel free to uh unmute and share did you hear anything about wellness in our vision
statement um and what do you think we could add to our vision statement around wellness hi good evening um I know we've also we've discussed this a bit on the CEC as well
um so I think that uh some of it right now it currently says that we've got um a good foundation and that our schools are are strong um moving the kids forward and
and I know that on the CEC we've also discussed um the mindfulness aspect of creating more uh strength of strength of spirit strength of character
um and trying to to support to provide more support for that in the in the district message um wonderful thank you thank you very much for sharing um we are going to engage in this work uh you know uh down the road
at some you know this year uh because uh wellness is so important for us uh that we you know it's imperative that we uh in incorporate this into our district-wide vision statement um so
in we will work together as a community at school level at the school level uh at the district level um to uh come up with a slogan around uh the wellness and and and implementation so first we will
define the core message we'll focus on values like wellness community and belonging then we will brainstorm together as a community involving students staff families and community members through surveys or meetings to
gather ideas we will try to create a short memorable slogan reflecting unity and wellness we will test the slogan get feedback from the community to ensure that it resonates with them and then finally we will choose the slogan that
best represents district 25's mission and values so this these are the steps that we will follow um in in creating a slogan for our wellness vision
so so some of the examples that were brought up we you know I will share with you we could create a unifying slogan that fosters a sense of belonging and pride within District 25 emphasizing community and wellness here are some
refined ideas stronger families stronger schools healthier communities another one is healthy minds stronger stronger communities brighter futures another one is wellness begins
at home thrives in our schools another one is rooted in strength guided by kindness committed to doing right the other one is strong roots kind hearts right actions and finally
empowering minds embracing wellness and fostering kindness so we we will be talking about this is there anything in particular here that you find um could be um used as a slogan
for our district i personally like number two number two healthy minds stronger communities brighter futures I like that all right if nobody wants to um share we will definitely share some of those
slogans via again in our subsequent meetings via surveys we're going to try to gather feedback from our community this way um I want to talk a little bit about setting the stage for our for next year
um just to go over the priorities uh for for next year we will have uh you know uh priority one will be around all students learn to read well and within this priority different from this year we will include uh we'll combine
priority one and priority three in inside priority one um as you remember priority one is is around you know uh the use of foundations and acadens assessments to support the strategic use
of decodable text and build foundational reading skills right uh priority three right here um is about um you know utilizing HMH um uh and the curriculum and supporting
our students uh uh around you know the implementation of HMH uh curriculum so uh and using I ready to as as a means to measure progress and success so I based on this I want to share with you where
we are now um in terms of uh our middle middle of the year we call you know midyear uh data based on ietting so as you can see here on this slide this slide is about
our ENL learners and it talks about the 2023 24 middle ofear performance versus 202425 middle ofear performance and as you can see
here when we compare our ENL students performance from last year to this year unfortunately um our students did not make uh progress we there is a regression 19 uh%
regression when we look at our special education students IEP students IEP learners you will see that they made 7.5% progress from last year to this year middle of year based on the middle
of the year data from I Ready so although they made a lot of progress I want you to look at the percentages here only 16.7% of our L's scored above
benchmark and 17% of them scored at benchmark that's 33% when we look at the our special educ uh close to n 20% scored uh above
benchmark and 16% scored at benchmark so compared to our nonL's non nonie students those two subgroups um need to improve in terms of
performance so as a district we will uh you know plan ahead so that those subgroups are supported strategically uh to make the progress they should be making so that they're able to uh keep
up with the uh rest of the with the remainder of other students so um our when we look at our uh you know progress in terms of the 3 to8 ENL
students now you will see that there is only 1% progress but in here when you look at the percentage early on mid or above
grade level only 7% of our L students ENL students scored on or above grade level only 8% and when we look at the grades 3 to eight special educ IEP
students only 18% of our students IEP students scored uh early on mid or above grade level so this data is glaring it's important that we pay attention to this
to to to the numbers and we work together as a community to plan to put into action a plan where those two subgroups um receive uh strategic supports so that
they're able to make uh enough progress and to perform at the same level as other subgroups do we have any questions regarding the data that I shared all right so um as I indicated um the you know looking at this data it is
clear that our priorities for next year should be around our ENL students as well as our students with IEPs if you have any questions uh please feel free to ask i'm more than happy to answer your questions we will be going over
this with you um and and we will you know um work together to uh create priorities in alignment with the numbers that we're seeing here thank you very much Jenny i'm done here
okay before you leave my daughter wanted to ask you a question okay sure yes can you come to STEM night please yes do you do you remember her at math night do you remember she was at math night
doing the math on your shirt yes at 15 so she wanted to know if you could come to STEM night April 10th i will definitely be there okay thank you thank you thank you Deputy Superintendent Mr sarin
Stacy yes send the invite to our team or to be and I'll forward it to our team yes um so I I actually did have one question about the I Ready sorry Mr sarin um so
it said that everyone was required um you said that everyone's gonna for the ELA sprint everyone's doing the 30 minutes of I Ready right um not every student not Oh not every No the criteria
is students that are one one grade below and then let me rephrase it the I Ready uses um we have the at B benchmark uh slightly above benchmark and then we
have mid or above benchmark right so the ones that are on the cusp will be the students that are on grade on grade level and then one grade below so that the the gap is too not too wide and you
know within the six to eight weeks you know it wouldn't be realistic to uh you know um support all students in ter you know obviously as you know schools already have in place systems and structures where they have their ch
their students go on I ready right it's also part of their homework assignment so on and so forth that's different they have their own thing it's going on and it's perfectly fine they are supporting all of the students the focus group for us is the ones that are on the cusp
where we will be with through strategic support a little push they have there is a possibility that those students are going to be able to master grade level standards and do well when they take the state test so so students on the cusp
are getting an additional 30 minutes of I already No no no we're just monitoring it okay getting it in the school and we're not asking we're not asking them to kind of do it as part of their homework assign it's in the school and
then we're we're monitoring their progress so that you know that's going to be also uh very informative for us to see if through this kind of work we're able to move instruction for our children and and get them to you know
perform on grade level okay right but again as I said uh in almost uh every school that we have in our district uh they use I Ready and I is part of their program so they are utilizing with all
students thanks all right i'm gonna I'm gonna continue the meeting by um first of all um Katherine um thank you so much for accepting the role of the uh the pack chairperson of 2025 or
the remaining of the school year appreciate all you know you stepping up but before we proceed with the slide I also want to show you the bylaws because this is a public information and I want um did I
um do you see the bylaw on the screen yes okay so bylaws are suggested to be uh reviewed and updated annually and now I'm going to take the chance and review it with you we will post it on the share document so for the next meeting we can
uh we can suggest some changes and then we're going to get a consensus to you know the changes um I'm just going to scroll down to where it says responsibilities and role of the DPAC chairperson i know I mentioned it to
Katherine before you you know accepted the role um just going to go over a few so you your role will be overseeing all the DPAC meetings you're going to delegate responsibilities to other members and and and encourage the meaningful participation in all
activities you're going to serve as a representative of the district leadership team so I will remind you of those uh monthly leadership teams with Dr daytona and and um district team and you will also meet with elected board
members to prepare agenda items event speaker of the um guest speakers for the monthly meeting and hold monthly meetings like as we are doing and I don't you are not alone we are here to support you you have um Crystal as uh
our DP secretary and then we going to have to elect since the um since the alternate is now vacant we're going to do an election for next month and I will hear central to see if we are doing an
election or we are asking for a volunteer so I believe there's two options we can do but this is the bylaw I want you all to uh review it for the next month and make some suggestions and then you can email me the suggestion and then we I will review it with our DACK
chair Katherine and Crystal uh and then we will make some amendments but it everything needs to be um voted on for our next meeting so and then Katherine once it's uh voted and approved I will need you I
will print it out so we can have you you know sign it okay as you are our DPAC chair now okay let me move on or let me move on to the um Okay so thank you deputy superintendent uh Mr sarin for
presenting the superintendent's report um sorry my these are our title one schools so we do have many title one schools and they keep um and they keep expanding
um so a little bit about CEC uh update so we have been um having our CEC candidate forum our CEC candidate forum was held on March 17th this is where our candidate uh CEC candidate were present
to pro not promote themselves but to uh give them a introduce themsel and tell them a little bit about and answer a few questions that the president's council prepared for them and tell us why they want to um run for the CEC and then this
way it will make us the community easier to vote for the parent as we get to know them through those um through those candidate forum forums after the candidate forum right now is still running it will run until April 24th we
already have ours so we are good but after April 24th will be the um would be the voting CC voting so we are asking all parent community to help us with the uh with the voting you will vote via Nexa nexa is the only platform that will
be used for voting when it comes to CEC this is the most upto-date chart to show how many parents showed up to those CEC candidate forums our is listed somewhere in the middle d25 held on March 17 we
have 43 parent participating um during the CC candidate forum on the DOE.nyc NYC DOE school website on the CEC you will find the recordings for the entire
city um I have the link inserted on the deck as well if you scroll down from this page you will be able to find district 25 and it says watch recording so it's already you know generated since our meeting was already held and then
for those district who does did not have the candidate form yet it will tell you you know you still have time to register if you want to participate and watch them live and you know CEC2 has there coming up in 20 days but this slide is a
few days old now so their meeting will be on April 8th and after that the they will be um recording their recording will be uploaded to this website so you will be able to watch the recording
citywide nexa again Nexa is the only platform where parents can vote so please make sure you have access to Nexa account nexa account is not only for CC voting and run for candidates but it's also for you to um check your child's um
report cards state test exams attendance and etc school surveys so DOE school surveys have been sent home in around February school surveys are still open until
April 4th we are encouraging all parents to submit the school survey if you have not done that yet there's three ways to submit the school survey you can do that by using the prepaid envelope sorry or you can use the Nexa
account to submit the school surveys during in um during via the Nexa account you don't need your child's Osis number because it's you already sign it as your child but when you use the online uh website to submit the school uh school
survey you will have to input your child's Osis number by adding a lowercase F in front of the Osis ndigit Osis number may I ask a question please yes so I transferred into this district from district 24 and when I went to the
survey it still shows my old school so is there a cuto off time that you had to have been registered in a specific school so you could actually do the survey or should I mail a survey in how do I resolve it so I participate in this district so that's a good question i
will email schools uh at schools surveyschools.nyc for that questions that's a question I haven't encountered myself yet so but it's good for me to know as well so I will email them as as well to find out but you parents can also email surveys at
schools.nyc.gov for clarification but if you log in to Nexa account I'm not sure if you will see that okay thank you i mean school service is citywide so regardless if you are you know at PS district 24 district 25 there's still
one survey per family per student so thank you but it's a good question um let me share my screen one more time summarizing so Lewis already
updated summarizing um so I'm going to test um there was something I needed to update you guys so at the last CPAC meeting so we uh DPAC chair person
members and me myself are invited to monthly CPAC meetings with the central the latest city pack meetings update was that uh they had a um special guest which is chancellor Ramis she was invited to the CPAC meeting and during
the meeting there was a few uh parent leaders that asked a series of questions that she has she answered um and after that um the CPAC meetings was also announcing that uh title one
elections are coming up so this is the springtime where schools are encouraging PAPA to hold their elections and after that we encourage the title one to hold their elections right afterwards papa uh president who get elected for
September will have a mandated seat on SLT title one pack chairperson or alternate will also um strongly they will hold a seat for the title one chairperson is not mandated as of now but down uh down the pipeline they are
working to make that as a mandated seat as well as everyone as title one PAP and schools are working towards the same goal but right now schools are strongly encouraging all title one act chair and alternate to sit on the um SLT but down
the pipeline that they will make this seat mandated as like the PAP president that was um the update from city pad so then um we besides the DPAC
meetings president's council are also hopeo um um conducting meetings or having meetings monthly meetings with their PAPA members the next PAPA uh sorry the next president's council meeting is April
21st and it's a public meeting so anyone in the school can attend district meet this DPAC meetings the next EPAC meetings is April 30th we'll be alternating between Thursdays and
Wednesdays um the next DEAC meeting will be the same time and again we're going to have the superintendent join us for the uh monthly report and we're going to get some update from city pack um these are our title one uh
vendors school vendors so we've been uh inviting a few of them to attend our monthly DPACK meetings to get an idea to on how we how we can spend that one person set aside so these um they have been coming to us and we will try to invite more of
them in the near future to attend our DPAC meetings next meeting will be April 30th at 6:00 pm on a Wednesday i'm going to stop sharing does anyone have any questions
about today's meeting any Excuse me would you mind sharing your email in the chat of course thank you right here just just a reminder tomorrow we're going to upload today's minutes the deck
and the bylaws under you know DPAC sharing okay let me let me show you the website quickly so if you go on our D25 website this is our district 25's website under public meetings these are
our CEC meeting DT meetings president's council meetings so all these public meetings can be found on our website there's a little arrow because DPAC is an extension of DT so if you click on this arrow it will bring you to DPAC
meeting which is our meeting we're not able to see your screen though uh oh no did I not share my screen i'm sorry i'm too excited to share this you know website okay I'm gonna start from the
beginning yes can you see my screen now yes okay so our uh district website is d25.nyc very simple under public meetings you will find CEC meeting DLT meeting uh
president's council meeting all these monthly public meetings next to DT there's a little arrow if you click on this arrow is will bring you to Dpek as DP is an extension to the DT meeting so we are here right
now on the share document is where we're going to upload our you know the monthly deck um the bylaws that I presented tonight and the minute so everything will be on the share document okay so if you can please review the um
bylaws before the next meeting and then suggest any you know if there's any suggestions changes let us know and we can update them and then we will have we're going to review them for next month and make you know um um make the amendments and then make
approval for next meeting i just hope we're going to meet quum before we we do the approval so that's Uh does anyone have any questions no okay so thank you all for attending tonight's
DACK meeting uh and being a a part of the DPACK and I officially close this meeting and thank you all and we will see you next month i'm gonna stop thank you Jenny thank you every