this is pretty loud Okay Okay It's not that bad I'm sure everyone I'm sure everyone will remain calm and lower their voices tonight We'll be okay Good evening My name is Vice President
Education I'm calling at CBC to order I will now [Music] That's right [Music] Go away Thank you [Music]
are still saying they can't hear because I put it close to that I think I should [Music] Good evening everyone Can everyone hear me yes All right So my name is Rebecca Rossado and I am the senior director of
governance the office of family and community empowerment Before we begin tonight's council meeting I would like to address a couple of important points to ensure a respectful and productive session I'd like to thank the council for this opportunity Firstly I kindly
ask all members of the audience and council to maintain decorum throughout the meeting This includes refraining from interrupting speakers and fellow council members by shouting cursing or yelling as they are trying to speak
These actions interrupt and prolong the meeting and does not give each speaker the opportunity to be heard Additionally the safety of everyone in attendance is paramount and as such safety agents are on hand to support Secondly while the
council's meetings are subject to open meetings law which promotes transparency and public participation we must also respect and safeguard the privacy of our youth participants Therefore while legally you are allowed to we humbly request that no one records no for no
photographs students during the meeting This measure is in place to protect the their privacy while allowing them to freely engage in the public comment section and other proceedings Thank you for your cooperation and understanding And now I turn it over to the meeting
chair to begin Thank you [Music] which is on Zoom Can you hear it on your Okay Um we're now going to call them local Danielle will be kind enough to do
that I will say the names Is excused She has a family emergency Daniela here break uh SKIN our president is excused who has personal matter Allison
Bowen here Gavin Healey Charles Love not here Marin so Mattel Sarah Shack Arinber Sabina Ses here Jessica Savage group walkers excused for tonight
and while adjust Yes Okay We've already had our announcement of calendar council's calendar meetings norms and expectations It'll be a meeting tonight with everyone
Now next is the presentation of resolutions Um we received a uh request to withdraw resolution number 268 which is resolution clawing of the New York City Department of Education to standardize rating rubrics across
schools So that was one Um the next resolution transition number 216 resolution to affirm CC2's support of unre style to support trans gender and
gender expansive students under resolution Is there anyone that would like to speak in favor of that resolution chair recognizes council member Um good evening everyone Uh thank you for coming tonight Uh also please let me
know if on if on Zoom you're having any difficulty hearing me I'll try to try to adjust as best I can Um actually my mic sounds better than than yours But um so so first of all um I just want to say that um in any
event no matter what happens tonight resolution 248 is going to be It's only a matter of time I'll keep introducing a resolution to rescend it and I'll keep speaking out against it until it's resended for as long as I'm
on this council every month because resolution 248 was wrong in March 2024 and it's wrong now 13 months later There's nothing neutral about it There's nothing neutral about convening a review committee to decide whether
some kids can hold on to the rights they already have or not When this council voted to pass resolution 248 it voted to open up a conversation about excluding and discriminating
against a group of students There's no way to have a polite conversation about discriminating against and excluding students As long as resolution 248 stands it's a stain on this council and
it violates a promise we made to serve this community of students and families It must be rescended and it will be resend Thank you Want to try a different mic i'm I'm told this microphone is terrible Try this one
too Uh okay Hopefully this one's a little better Sounds a little better Thank you Um the next resolution we have on the agenda is resolution number 270 which is entitled resolution in opposition to Donald Trump's executive order ending so-called radical
indoctrination and in support of culturally responsive and sustainable education Is there anyone that would like to speak in favor of it or about resolution number 270 chair recognizes Council Member Healing Um thank you for recognizing me again Um
so um again this is I think the third month we've talked about this resolution Um but the executive order issued by the Trump administration on January 29th titled ending radical indoctrination in
K to2 public schooling seeks to eliminate all federal funding streams that directly or indirectly support discriminatory equity ideology in schools The executive order defines
discriminatory equity ideology to include among other things any ideology that the United States is fundamentally racist sexist or otherwise discriminatory And the executive order's
sweeping claims of radical indoctrination are almost entirely unborn from reality of education in our classrooms and the cudel that the Trump administration is using against schools that continue to teach about racism and
bias and true and accurate history and refuse to implement a program of so-called patriotic education is the elimination of federal funding And so some people might say this is kind of an empty promise because
you know that uh most of the DOE funding comes from the state and the city and not from the federal government But actually this is a very this is a very real threat that could strike at our most marginalized kids because while only about 5% of New
York City's education funding comes from the federal government um that those funds are targeted at some very specific initiatives that are designed to help our most marginalized students They're things like free uh
school meals breakfast and and lunch in our schools They're funding for the individuals with disabilities and education act It's title one funding for our schools uh with with many students uh falling below the poverty line So
these are things that impact our most vulnerable students As a city and as a school system we can certainly have debates about curriculum but we should not be forced under an outside threat to our most vulnerable students to impose a curriculum on our
schools So I think we can talk about social studies curriculum we can talk about history curriculum but the attempt by the federal government to mandate a very narrow flattened view of history teaching in local schools is or is authoritarian over It should offend all
of us as as Americans It offends me as a historian and I think this resolution is important to express our opposition to that So that's why we put this Thank you Thank you Um the next resolution is
entitled resolution number 271 entitled resolution urging NYCPS to protect against harassment of DOE staff and students under moral control Is there anyone that would like to uh introduce and speak about this particular resolution chair again recognizes
council member Hillary Thank you for recognizing me again Um so let me say about this resolution Um as as I think most of us know New York City actually New York City and Yonos I believe are the only two
municipalities in New York State that that are under a system of mayoral control So we do not have a democratically elected school board with the authority to to um essentially to hire and fire the chancellor Um all of
that authority is lies with the mayor We have a panel for educational policy that um approves certain contracts approves school utilization mergers closures Um but the majority of the members of that panel are appointed by the mayor in his
sole discretion So the role of the mayor over our school system is very important Um in January 2024 we did also discuss this issue of mayoral control um we um this council did not adopt a
resolution seeking a review at that time but I think the time is right now And in fact there's there's even more urgency around it now in um at this time in April 2025 to uh take another look at control
And that's what this resolution is asking for It's not asking for an immediate repeal of narrow control It's asking for a chance to take another look at it and perhaps reform it There's many forms that could take It could take the form of you know having a majority of
the members of the panel for educational policy be you know elected It could take the form of uh requiring city council or state legislature approval to hire or dismiss a school's chancellor So there's
a lot of different forms it could take Um but I think it's really apparent particularly uh we have had a mayor who has been under federal indictment um and who essentially made a bargain with the Trump administration to try to
weasle his way out of that indictment And the bargaining ship he used was basically access for for ICE to have access to a number of city institutions um the ethic bargaining ship plus
cooperation with a federal government that has shown itself uh time and again to not be interested in the rule of law to not be interested in any kind of procedural nicity um to not be interested in due process and we
literally had the border zone a man who has repeatedly you know kidnapped and disappeared I am the resolution thank you um say that you know he will be up the mayor's butt Um so we don't want um come home and up the mayor's butt when
the mayor is in charge of our schools And the urgency is even more sort of um intense now with the potential that our next mayor could possibly be a serial sex crime someone who has who has
harassed multiple state employees and then used his office to cover up that harassment and retaliate against his victims Would you want that man Andrew Cuomo a serious sex predator in a classroom with your children then we
should not allow someone like that to be in sole charge of our school system And so I think we really need to take another look at narrow control We really need to reiterate the protections that both students and teachers should have against
um harassment particularly when we have uh a possibility that our next may or could be someone who is very much um not respectful of of people is not respectful of women and girls is not respectful really of of anyone's rights
So I think that's important that we revisit control at this time Thank you Thank you The next item on our agenda is the proposed bylaws change proposed by revision relating to member attendance at meetings Before we do that I do want to just throw it out there It's my
understanding um President Sledkin has reached out to um to DO legal for a opinion as to the legality of this proposed by laws change uh and has not yet received a response Um that being
said does anyone wish to briefly speak um the purpose is not to debate the um resolutions or to debate the merits of the bylaw change It's really to introduce it at this point So does anyone want to speak briefly about the proposed bal
revision okay recognized [Music] Push it off Yep Okay Excellent Uh we are introducing this amendment to the bylaws in order to establish clear expectations and
guidelines for attendance by council members at our CEC meetings One of the main roles of council members is voting on resolutions You can't vote without quorum We have had multiple CEC2 meetings during the 2023 to 25 term
during which quorum was not reached and so voting couldn't occur Just since last July we lack forum for voting during five meetings That's five out of 10 meetings which is pretty sad Um we've also had multiple meetings during which council members were
considered present during the meeting despite leaving the meeting and breaking form and thus preventing voting from occurring The rules and the regulations that govern CEC2 council member duties clearly recognize the value of attendance to the extent that a council
member who has three unexcused absences is deemed to have vacated their office Right now under the rules that govern attendance a council member may be marked present during a meeting for attendance purposes as long as that member is present during roll call or
arrives at any time during the calendar meeting And because of that a council member doesn't need to provide any reason for leaving or receive an excusal for leaving prior to voting even when that breaks form and prevents the rest of us from being able to vote So the way the rules and regulations are written it
allows council members to do an end run around the mechanism by which a council member can be deemed to have vacated their office due to unexcused absence The bylaw amendment seeks to remedy that I wouldn't think we need to make it explicit that a council member not abuse
the loophole in our regulations but it seems that we do The abuse of this loophole has been found so profound that a letter was sent to our chancellor about it signed by two members of Congress the burough president uh most of our state assembly members senators
and city council members Uh we got a letter today addressed to all of us uh as council members from faith stating quote we understand certain council members have left meetings prematurely without excuse because they wish to avoid voting on a particular resolution
These premature departures are improper They prevent CEC from conducting required business They have raised safety concerns So the proposed bylaw amendment we're presenting would simply qualify what it means to attend the meeting in a manner that encourages our ability to vote on resolutions and hold our council
members all of us accountable It is disrespectful to council members who spend the time and effort to be here to abuse this loophole to prevent the entire board from being able to fulfill its obligations to the public More importantly it is disrespectful to our community who depend on us to fill fulfill our obligations as council
members who have been voted on to be here and do a job instead of somebody else getting to sit up here and have that pleasure instead And most importantly it is disrespectful and it is harmful to the kids and families who are up here to serve when we repeatedly fail to do the simple act of showing up
and staying put Certainly things happen to prevent us from being here whether it's for the entirety of the meeting or just during voting But we do owe it to our community to the very least provider of legitimate reason or and proof of that reason who can't fill our role That's it
[Music] Do any council members wish to be heard on proposed bylaw change just for members of the public just so you know in order to bylaws change the change has to be introduced at one meeting and then voted on during a subsequent meeting Um
so there will also be an additional opportunity to have a debate or discussion on this prior to a vote which will take place presumably at the next um calendar meeting of our council So um but right now are there any other members who would like to be heard on
this particular um proposed bylaws change okay moving on Next item on our agenda is program presentations We have the office of language access Um who do we have here from the office of language access okay Uh could you just also just
tell everyone about your introduction what exactly your office does thank you Yes Let the mic As we're waiting for this presentation to get started there is a uh signup sheet Uh there's there is an
official signup sheet That's the way that we will go in terms of recognizing people who wish to speak Uh so if you are not on the signup sheet we will not recognize your ability to speak here tonight You need to be um you need to let us know that you do intend to speak We need to have your name on the sheet
otherwise we're not going to call you So this is your opportunity if you haven't done so wish to be heard during either our first or second public speaking session There are two please uh sign up right now Thank you And for council members I do copies of
this presentation that you should have gotten that you should have in front of you so you don't have to contort your head or turn any uncomfortable [Music] position Try to see if My name is Robert Williams and I am the
external outreach specialist for the office of language access This person this PowerPoint that I'm going to show you is going to is going to let you know how to navigate the schools Hello
website on how to request do translations or request an interpreter for your parent engagements So here we are talk about the new city's public school background our commitment to North City public schools families the
schools raising awareness in our communities And if there are any questions there are over 1 million students in over 1600 plus schools that speak over 180 languages Approximately 40% of North
public school households speak a language other than English at home And also public school's top 10 public languages besides English are Arabic Bangalore Cantonese French Haitian Creole Korean
Can we focus that a little more is it just me or is it out of focus it is It seems Yeah Could we see if we could Thank you French Korean Mandarin Russian Spanish
and written translations are also available in both traditional and simplified Chinese The Office of Language Access is dedicated to supporting both New Publish School staff and families by providing resources necessary for effective
communication in languages other than English So here's a little brief snapshot of District 2's preferred languages Besides our covered languages we also have a portion of families that speak Japanese
and a good portion of families that um need American Sign Language So we want keep those families in mind when we are translating documents or requested interpretation for our parent engagements We have three large teams Our largest
team is our translation team and they provide written translation services in the 10 non-English languages and works in close collaboration with our contracted vendor to extend services for languages beyond the capacity of our
internal resources Then we have our interpretation team and they work with our contracted interpretation vendor to ensure schools receive services for inperson virtual and over the phone parent engagement And we have our outreach and
data integration team who focus on promoting equitable language access services to schools and empowering city public schools parents to understand and advocate for their access rights We also collaborate with advocates to
identify needs and address language barriers in our achievement community We engage parent leaders to enhance the message of language access to our community We pursue innovative ways to engage with and receive feedback from
such as online emails local text direct calls technology to continuously enhance the interpretation experience for families such as virtual
meetings We ensure translation quality such as professional translation tools and we keep a post of citywide parent language data and translation interpretation service outputs The New York
City language services include interpretation for all types of meetings and interactions with the New York City public school staff translation of general documents into the New York City public school's top public languages And some examples that those documents will include like a
parent newsletter or event flyers translation of individualized documents into a parent confer upon request and some example of those documents were through an IEP which is a
individualized educational program section 504 plan which is a medical accommodation Let's say if your child's having test anxiety after school you would go to the school after school for the 504 plan
Take that 504 plan to your primary doctor with the doctor think that your child does have anxiety and you bring that back to the school and now your child can receive extra time on their test and foreign translate foreign
trans So when you visit the schools.gov hello web page you download at the top right corner there's a Google dropown you just click on your preferred language and then the entire website will translate into that language
But please note automatic translations are not intended to replace human translators and are provided as a service to users of the website Some content such as images videos animation etc may not be translated due to the
limitation of the translation software So we visit the schoolsc website It's going to be a little short video just explain where you request um translated documents or
um to have interpretation for your meetings You'll notice also at the top right corner there's the Google drop down your preferred language and the entire website will translate into that language Right underneath that video the first tab is going to be helpful
resources You may print and print out the I speak card and 10 languages to request language services when communicating with the New York City public school staff Language access for New York City public schools families both advises families of availability of language
assistant services You may also request one at your school And also underneath this tab you'll find health forms and notices special education and early childhood communications and also enrollment forms Let's say you want to
learn more about the language access for New York City public schools families brochure You just click on that link This is how the brochure look You're going to notice at the at the bottom whichever language you speak you just cut out that portion We're not
pushing to your school and the school must provide communication in that language But I say you notice on the brochure that your language is not listed There's a blank um portion as well Just write in what your language is
Same um concept Cut that portion out That portion to your school and the school still must provide communication in that language The next tab will read request language services Families may complete the translation and interpretation service request form to request language
services The New York City public school office of language access will forward your request to to the appropriate school office or committee on special education But please note language assistant services may vary depending on the type of school that your student
attends Families can also call 311 to make a request for language assistance services over the phone Interpretation is available in over 200 languages Let's say you want to click on the translation and interpretation service translation
interpretation service request form On the left is a little snapshot of how the form looks But before you come and fill out this form please go to your school first for support They are your direct support for any language services In the
event that there's a staff member who may have just started and they're not aware of the services then you can come here fill out the form and the process will be once you fill out the form I'll receive a notification in my inbox I
will forward that to the principal the parent coordinator and whoever is the language access coordinator of that school Um the language access coordinator can be a parent coordinator guidance counselor it's whoever the principal designates to be the language access
coordinator This form is available in 10 covered languages We also provided a QR code for those who want like to just scan with their phone The very next tab will be connect with Ola If you or someone you know
needs help receiving information or communicating with a school staff member in the language other than English please tell your school's principal parent coordinator call 311 or you can visit the contact Ola form Let's say you wanted to click on
the contact ola form On the left it's a snapshot of how the form looks And it's the same process If you fill it out I forward it to the principal parent coordinator and whoever is the language access coordinator of that school This form is also available in
the 10 public languages and also provided a QR code The next tab underneath that will read share your experience with the New York City public school language assistant services You may also provide feedback on the New York City public
schools language services by completing our translation and interpretation survey feedback or you can do so by calling 311 Let's say you wanted to leave a feedback through our form On the left is a snapshot how the form looks and it's
the same process Now you leave a feedback We don't want to just hear what the school is not doing to doing to provide support for you We want to hear some of the good things as well So we can ask that school to model for other schools because as you all know it takes
a village Again this is available in our top cover languages We also provided QR code Now for sign language interpretation services we ask that you please contact your school's parent
coordinator or if you email them at oslchools.nyc.gov This is a separate office They are not with our office It's a total separate office And the last tab will read are you having difficulties obtaining language assistance services if you are
you can click on the get help or click on the file a complaint If you click on this file complaint it does not come to our office This goes directly to the district This is a formal complaint We have done some advertisement in schools grocery stores laundromats near
hair salons,armacies and what's not on here We have done advertising in the NTA train stations and on the MTA buses We have done direct parent outreach through roboc emails text messages and postcards
like the one you see on the right If you are saying you have not received one or any of these direct outreach please go to your school make sure that all your information is updated because we pull from the same system that schools enter your information in As you know we tend to change phone number or move or just
make sure all your information is updated With that being said are there any questions from the panel do any council members have any questions regarding this presentation go ahead Um in terms of terms of outreach are you doing
outreach to um public services those offices have you got to talk about how Oh I'm sorry No you normally are doing is there outreach and advertisements sent to public service um social services agencies and things like that Um I can tell you no I work for one
So please send them out to H and H contract agencies I'm happy to contact you directly and send you some addresses Thank you I'll go anywhere that I'm invited Um well to make sure that they have access to their uh yes H has not been on our
radar but as a if um I'll leave my email you can send me an email and then we can start that process Thank you You have a question So question Did that mic get disconnected or
I hear it now i just I just heard it I'm just curious how the language access coordinators for each school are designated Who holds those positions is it one person per school who sits at that school or are there multiple schools assigned to people
so language access coordinator is is designated by the principal We suggest that it's a team effort because whoever you designate whether it's the parent coordinator or ENL teacher they have their own
other duties to do is extra work and it's kind of hard for just for that to be done just by one person We suggest that it's a team effort
and and I've seen mostly up to 10 language that's um and also I've seen there's one actually one language that's important It depends on the principal It depends on the princip So we suggested we suggested a team
Yeah I had a question Yeah I had a question Um before you post before you posted that list of preferred languages and obviously it starts with starts with English and it goes various other languages Do you know what do you know of those other languages or other preferred languages the parents might be bilingual also speak English for and
also speak English for example Yes we have that break that break down is too much to put on one um on one um one um form that we have So data teams have created that tried to put
every platform but it was too jump and it didn't look right So they top 10 other languages that but in terms of like people that have a preference for example for Spanish we know what percentage of parents who put
down a preference for Spanish might also speak yeah I can provide that as well but just too much to put you have any idea I'm not I'm not in the curious Come on Come on I won't ask you any math
question I won't ask you any math questions Okay Thank you Any other council members have questions thank you very much Thank you very much Questions for No it doesn't work that way But thank you Thanks
The next item on our The next item on our agenda is our first public speaking session Um Victor can I please just let us know how Just let us know how many people have signed up We're going to take a minute out because we have to determine
limits Time limits While we're doing that while we're doing that I just want to be absolutely clear Someone is speaking Someone is speaking Please kindly that speaker give that speaker courtesy of refraining from any comments
Not only includes disruption not only includes making noises doing things while the speaker doing things while the speaker is talking It also includes standing near the speaker coming up getting between the speaker and the audience Let's try to be adults tonight
We may not agree with what everyone but let's try to at least what they want to say and hopefully we get out of here without any any major disruptions tonight So uh again again I I understand your point and if
council members again it's not about one of our council members has requested that we make an announcement that council members pay attention to the speakers Again I can't the chair can't control my mind Council members just council members are just
are just obligated by their own conscience whatever they choose to follow There's no rules There's no rules It is what it is So I hope I hope we'll all be adults How's that does that work i hope the council members I hope council members and
audience and people in the in in the audience can be adults With that being said please refrain from any comments 28 short All right we've got around we have around 40 speakers signed up So what
we're going to do is we're gonna go for a minute and a half We're going to try a minute and a half now And um we'll see disruptions and that also is going to be dependent on you guys and whether or not there's going to be disruptions If a speaker is disrupted I want to be
absolutely clear that speaker will be permitted additional time equal to the amount of time that the speaker is disrupted So that message is going to come out one way or the other So with that being said I'm going to call the names here and I would just ask Daniela to do
the time Your time will commence from the moment you start speaking First speaker is and I if I mispronounce your names let me know It looks like Annabelle Roiierro followed by Joe Vitali and then Jay Epstein or Epstein
And after that we're gonna have Erin Carr and then Tara Lewis So if if you've heard your name called in the first couple people I've mentioned just kind of get ready to um to follow up So first speaker um [Music]
Annabelle Hello everyone Um so back at February's meeting my first CC meeting I had hoped that I could share my tertias and highlight the importance of resolutions 269 and 270 However before voting Brett Boari and Danella Edgar got
up in the middle of the meeting and left The board was reduced down to six members and lost Last month I still had some hope That meeting started off with correcting several prior absences to to excused absences Funny how there's a willingness to prior
absences but not a resolution 248 This rewriting history was followed by reintroducing last month's resolutions During this Danielle Edgarov left the meeting after the first round of speakers as right as discussion of 269 started Ma Marin and Allison Bowen
left the meeting Charles Love left shortly after earlier today sent the CCD2 board an email about the sudden losses of corn There's a particular section of interest I'll highlight All CC members took an oath to faithfully discourage the duties of the office
community education council member according to the best of their abilities The duty of CC members include attending monthly meetings the superintendent will tell so that parents in the community have a voice informed to their concerns Furthermore in your CC2's bylaws is the
responsibility of each council member to attend all regular scheduled calendar and working business meetings of the council Voting for the next CBC term starts in two days for those who can vote to action We encourage you to develop your fellow parents and
guardians to vote As you're cast your votes remind them of the failures and successes of the current board members Please give us hope for a better future years Thank you Next speaker is Joe [Applause]
Itali Hello Today I'm dedicating my speech to athlete Stephanie Turner who took a knee verse instead of having to compete a ma male athlete in her sport So I'm dedicating my speech here today
to Stephanie Turner and I am again supporting Ma Marin's resolution 248 and I am again opposing resolution 269 and opposing resolution 270 And since Gavin has threatened to keep on the
Frankenstein way reiterating opposition 2248 which has passed I will continue to oppose whatever permutation his resolutions take that oppose resolution 248 My sign for people
who cannot see on Zoom And there's a lot going on that people cannot see on Zoom And I expect the trans mafia behind me conducting their usual funeral My sign says CIS equals can't
imitate sex The transmia are not the victims here although they pretend to be The hypocrisy of the trans mafia is astounding They claim to be for body but aggressively blocked Ma Maris Allison's
exit last meeting They are always demanding that panelists look them in the eye but the trans mafia do not control people's eye movements People can look wherever they want to look Can we wrap it up please
yes Really the only thing that the trans mafia are about when it comes to the body is body mutilation in terms of puberty blockers and the surgical removal of body parts This is not just coming out of anywhere It's a result of the medical pharma push and the medical
pharma agenda to apologize to everybody Everyone with comments on the panel please say thank you Next speaker is J Epstein And I I apologize if I'm not pronouncing that correctly You hold off a minute Can you hold off a
minute please um can the members of the audience Can the members of the audience please just um keep it down thank you I am supporting Marin's resolution 48 in the name of Stanley My child was a rolling
um high school student who had some issues and she was groomed by the gentleman She missed out on a typical week of Franklin enough already with a million genders
and wrong sex hormones and mutilating surgeries Please instead join with young people and accept them for who they are as individuals Let them grow up Let them develop
All the animosity against parents just trying to raise our children is having a huge effect Our group just received a violent rapid death threat last week We are frightening parents from taking an active role in their children's
schools How is that fair gender theory should not be taught in school Children have parents for a reason Until the age of 25 children and young people are still developing mentally physically and
emotionally Let's leave the kids alone and give them the gift of time to be children Thank you Thank you Our next speaker is Erin Carr And then after Erin we're gonna have Tara Lewis and it looks like Jess
and I can't make out the row Followed by Elizabeth Murray Um Erin please go ahead Hi my name is Aaron Carr I'm a resident of Council District 2 and a parent of a student at NYU and a second grader at
PS41 I'm going to keep this brief Um with the CC2 making headlines in the past year I decided to watch the recordings of nearly every CEC2 meeting from this current term I have been deeply
disturbed by the behavior of some council members Watching these recordings has been illuminating The camera is captured when you roll your eyes When you refuse to look at parents and
students who have come to speak when you abruptly leave mid meeting to prevent a forum when you display blatant disrespect for other council members and the community you were elected to serve Frankly it is unacceptable And I'm not alone And we
see you We see you Regarding tonight's resolutions I would like to voice strong support for resolution 269 which every single district 2 parent I have spoken to in the last two months which has been a lot
supports resolution 248 has been and continues to be a blight on this district and does not accurately reflect our values Further that resolution has derailed this council where you are not focusing on education and student
centered decisions Additionally I am in full support of resolution 270 and 271 which fall back of federal vital [Applause] You speak closer to the mic Oh
push the push push the microphone up It should Hello Yes Okay So my last meeting and I left the meeting feeling sick and I was trying to of times in my childhood when I stood at
the sidelines while beat children in front of me and that's how I felt Those feelings came up and I've had a month to reflect on those feelings I don't really care whether you like or dislike trans people but if you separate people into
categories you are creating an environment that is conducive to bullying and I do not want bullying in my community or in my school The next ones in the line of fire are IEP students The rhetoric that is happening
is going after our neurode divergent autistic children and Einstein is a neurode divergent autistic children child and I would like for my child to be in the same classroom with Einstein I
do not want any child bullied in school And when you separate children you create an environment where it's much more likely And I can't any any policy that's being
decided for children by adults That needs to be the thing at the forefront of our thinking Is this policy conducive or not to bullying because bullying is the worst possible thing that can happen to any child And it is particularly bad
for the bully Don't Next we have Jess Row And then we have Elizabeth Murray followed by looks like Tamara Reed Good evening CC2 Long time listener first time [Music]
caller My name is Jess I'm a a father of a trans uh high school student and a queer high school student in the New York City public schools I'm a professor I'm an English professor I study language and literature And let me tell you something
about trans phobia Transphobia which is the ideological purpose to which this council has been bent by a certain member who is seeking higher office Transphobia is fantasy It invents a
problem that doesn't exist It invents a past that never existed Transphobia is fascism Fascism is the politics of fantasy and fear Transphobia is violence The
deployment of violence against a minority for the purpose of obtaining political power That's what transphobia is Thank you very much Next we have Elizabeth Murray and Elizabeth is going to be followed by tomorrow Reed
Hello my name is Elizabeth Murray I am a parent in district 2 I have also been watching online Uh I'm here in such strong support of resolution 269 and 270 and and the general idea of
inclusivity which is what makes our country strong and it's what makes our city strong I was born on the bicesentennial of our country I was grown up in Lexington Massachusetts where the first shot of the revolution was fired I believe in America and
America believes that everyone has the same rights no matter what their sexual orientation how they identify If you are here you are one of us If you can walk fast and keep moving on the streets you are a New
Yorker I want to remind you council members that you are elected officials Elected officials serve a community I do not feel that you are listening to the community you serve with the way this year has gone and it
gives me great shame that this is happening in my city I hope things will improve Thank you Next we have Reed All right Then we have Shannon P Oh jeez Give me a
second And then we'll after Shannon we'll have Carrie [Music] Keenan So I'd like to talk about the so-called radical gender guidelines
denounced in resolution 248 And so I'm going to talk about family My family specifically my aunt an 89year-old transwoman founder of transgender studies national women's hall of fame inductee and cherished well-known
advocate Her work has helped thousands across the global trans community to stay united inspired alive But her advocacy almost didn't happen because not only did a group of turfs try to assassinate her during a lecture
in the 80s but high school almost killed her too In 1952 she asked the New York City public school principal to be in PE with the girls She was denied She asked for a course waiver She was denied The abuse and harassment that she was
subjected to as a result was horrific No child should have to endure that She dropped out of ninth grade Suicidal ideations began The attempts began The the family watching her around the clock began And if it hadn't been for her
family support I wouldn't be here tonight talking about her But not all trans kids are lucky enough to have a support system at home So school is where they find it So when members of this council have called gender guidelines radical I have to laugh My
aunt asked for these same protections in 1952 The guidelines were introduced in 2019 There's nothing radical about a weight crime of nearly 70 years for our schools to realize what the trans community has always known that
inclusion saves lives Resend 248 please Y'all my name is Shannon Y'all know me Um I'm here to end my face heel turn and come out in support of 248 Can I get some from the friends mafia yes Perfect Perfect We're under attack in this
country We may have lost the president the Supreme Court and Congress but we don't have full control yet And that makes me feel attacked as a conservative American Targeting a vulnerable population is a safe and easy way to build our base To quote the Wizard of Oz
or the wicked the best way to bring folks together is to give them a real good enemy And trans people are a real good enemy This current menace must be stopped If we allow the madness to continue trans people might want to go out and have clubs make art and have families or start businesses I don't
want my local pharmacy to be run by career people or see them holding hands on a street It's bad enough to see them during June I don't want to miss them year round Not in my backyard I think it's important that we target trans youth in particular So again a quote from Wicked One of the benefits of
caging an animal this young is that they likely never learn to speak And of course we know that trans kids become trans adults If we train vulnerable people not to speak early and often then we can go on to win elections and create an America that's good for us conservatives Just us conservatives
We've been at this a year now If we repeal now people might think that we're empathetic understanding that we we're responsive to a public that shows up month after month to speak out about this And that would pay play badly with our conservative base and we wouldn't want that to affect any future political
plans CC2 is after all well known as a political statu for some You wrap it up please Thanks In short keep 248 on the books so we real Americans can win elections and make sure we don't have to deal with queer people They're empty and I a conservative American feel attacked
about it Thank you Thank you My name is Carrie I'm a mom of two girls who have been D2 students at four different schools over the last 15 years I'm here to say one one of whom by
the way is my EP and one of them is trans I'm going to take a little extra time because this is hard for me Uh I just want you to know that despite your best efforts my transdaughter is thriving And she's thriving because she
has a loving and affirming family friends and teachers She facetimed me today and I told her she looked beautiful and she said "I know Please vote no on resolution
268 It's particularly appalling that you would call on the teaching superintendent to override whatever the decision of the DOE is so that your kids can somehow get into the screens that they seem to need to get
into Yes On resolution 269 stop using our kids as wedge issues to get attention for yourselves Start listening to the people who are here and who are you supposed to represent and resend resolution 248
Yes On resolution 270 diversity equity and inclusion make our kids better people and there is evidence that it improves educational outcomes which is what you are supposed to be working on Could you wrap it up please unless it's
just trans kids I guess you know you're supposed to protect the vulnerable kids Yes Resolution 271 If you want to protect all women like you saying you do this should be a nobrainer And I also support the
proposed bylaw provisions Your behavior on this council is shameful Last month's votes to amendments was ridiculous and probably illegal Chris should be removed Let's wrap it up Vote them out
So next we have Michael I can't really make out that name if it's Tarla Tarella Okay Jules C And that's going to be followed by
Adele M and Shannon P That's what I thought Okay So I know can't follow that Um hi everyone Um April was ask for poetry month So I wrote a little poem for y'all There once was a council in strict June who said they want help with what to do on fields
and courts We just care about sports Though you made it clear that that's not real truth You've seen ignore facts and more facts not listen when we say your group lacks the love and the care for the students who dare to say they need you all to have their backs and trans
kids deserve what kids all do that's access to learning and sports too ignoring the wrecks about gender versus sex and endangering all kids just why would you so that I just hope you all vote correctly and again coming here too thank you we have
uh we have Adele M and then we're gonna have Henry G followed by Mina R Adele M Yes Adele M Thank you Hi I'm Adele M They she and I'm a non-binary
parent of a so far sis kid who's in second grade And I wouldn't say that he's gender questioning at this moment but he's always questioning gender ever since he found out about it And I hope that's a conversation we keep having forever because the forces of cis
heteronormativity are strong out there and and in here Um and I'm sure any parent or person who knows kids in this room which you all do can agree that one of the most amazing things about kids is how they always question the status quo and therefore force us to question
things like the gender binary that we have been socialized into thinking are normal I don't know anything about your kids and I don't need to Um I care about them because they're kids I don't know if they're sis or not and you may not know
either Given your actions and inactions here I want you to take a moment to think about how it will feel if one day you have the privilege of of any of your kids coming out to you as trans or gender queer on the side if they are and
never feel safe to come out to you Are the consequences of your actions here worth it when you consider how they will affect your own children and your relationship with them and I'm sorry that Craig's not here because for those of you who like to weaponize anti-governmentism somehow in favor of
other discriminatory practices Jew to Jew don't forget that Nazis ushered in the Holocaust by trying to erase trans people including burning trans books That is now your legacy wrap it up
please Thanks It's wrapped So we have Henry G Mina R and then we have [Music] Auggie Okay So we have Henry G So if you if you do hear your name
please if you can just and then we have Mina R And then we're gonna have Auggie and then looks like Beex That's the order All right Hello My name is Henry Grace I'm a gender career student that starts from high school I doubt most of you do
but you should be aware of the Lin Institute of Genocide Prevention Security Raphael Lin coined the genocide amidst the Holocaust Recently on March 13th the Lumpin Institute issued a red flag alert to the anti-trans agenda of the Trump administration The same agenda that some of this some members of this board serve In this warning they write
"Trump's executive orders begin the process removing a trans presence from collective lives and preventing trans people from existing as themselves forcing them back into invisibility and isolation This attack from trans identity is reminiscent in the US context of the Native American board where the goal was to kill the union and save the man Not only would this effort
deprive trans Americans of gender foring care constitute for medical malpractice detail what was repercussion but also measures such measures are common phase and genocidal processes and generally lead to ever greater prosecution I'm not sure if go back to resolution 48 and
stand up trumpations with tax education Furthermore they also write research does not support the idea that trans athletes have an unfair advantage over other athletes of the same gender nor support the allegation that trans will pose a threat when they gender background This will not anti forces in and around the US government Trans will
always exist and are completely ordinary Americans no fundamental way to American system Thank you So here um we have Nita Hi guys Um I'm the affforementioned trans child
Um I am almost 18 I'm a high schooler here at Lab High School right [Applause] upstairs Um I'm gonna pull out my notebook Um but um you know the moral of the story and I just want to remind all
of you and all of you that I came out probably like three years ago question mark um I'm an organizer for a group called NYC for trans right and I'm also here today with support from aunties and friends for
liberation medicine um but as a trans kid who has district 2 PS elementary school now Um I would just like to say that having a quote school
that accepts me having a school that makes space for me is vital And I just committed to getting a holio Woohoo And I would like you all to know that as a trans child who has been supported unconditionally throughout my entire high school career I did not get a
single rejection Not even one I am thriving I am doing so amazing I'm surrounded by loving and fantastic people I am making fantastic connections I work in restorative justice in the doc program It's great Highly recommend
y'all look it up I am doing so much for my community I'm doing so much for myself I am so so happy and I would not be happy without the support of other adults in my community because when you don't support trans kids they're not going to grow up They're not going to become adults They're not going to
become cis adults or trans adults They won't be adults at all Right Okay you need to support trans kids because then they will become amazing people like me and it's fabulous The end Then we have Beex And then we're gonna have Mitch S and Carrie K I never know
where to look We all stand on opposite sides Um warning This I'll This actually might help my um anxiety Uh warning This story may be upsetting So if you don't like uh transphobia I imagine hopefully that would be most of us You should
might want to track yourself A community education council board is meant to serve the community And the community has come out Teachers parents families friends and New Yorkers from every district have shown up And now the board wants to complain that they have to
listen to their constituents because trans kids playing sports isn't a big deal right language isn't a big deal right this isn't a big deal right yesterday my friend Chloe was attacked You might know her as a beautiful tall wellspoken musician and educator Her
partner and her were physically assaulted not once but twice yesterday because of their identities When you use dehumanizing language for people you start to view those people as less than human That's what dehumanizing means It means reducing a person to a body part an amount of hormones to a number And
when you reduce someone to less than a person you make it okay to treat them like less than a person If you want to hurt a kid in my town you have to go through me and you have to go through the aunties and friends And if you're so upset about people calling you a bigot then do something about it Because if I had a
nickel for every transphobic thing I saw or read or heard I could run for office Why don't you care when we tell you you're subjecting us to violence but we're supposed to feel bad for hurting your feelings okay so we have Beex then Mitch Mitch S
and then Carrie K Hi my name is Beex I'm a New York City resident I'm a community organizer a former educator a trans person and I was a gender non-conforming teen Um I'm also the proud grandchild of educators All four of my grandparents were public school
[Applause] teachers My grandfather who is now 87 and I'm a caregiver for was a high school guidance counselor for over 40 years He was also a qualified candidate for superintendent of Orange County New York Uh when I told him about the
transphobic racist and classist resolutions that were being passed by New York City's largest school district he had this to say In my years working with students I have found the top predictor of a young person's success in school and beyond is the support they
receive from parents teachers and their community You are part of this community." He went on to express concern that a mismanaged council of elected officials that aims to exclude students for any reason is not a group of people that care about the futures of students My
grandfather now lives in rural New York community bordering Pennsylvania and New Jersey He has met less than five trans people in his life but it is his experience educ advocating for the educational inclusion and success of minority students specifically poor and immigrant students that compels him to
say this resend resolution 248 for the success and safety of New York students Thank you Mitch S So uh I am a first time dad of district 2
middle schooler seventh grade Um his growing up his interests included like construction dinosaurs space and uh after a bit locked in on sports mostly baseball um also like football and ping pong some
sense Now I grew up as a bookworn fantasy mostly sci-fi um which I still read and raising a son who's a sportsman has been a challenging adjustment
I mean I was not emotionally prepared for the anxiety of watching him at bath or physically prepared for the broken glasses or the um the just physical exhaustion of
caring around places Um but I got familiar with what was necessary and I learned and I adjusted Often I learned from him directly and so I grew I can kind of
throw a spiral pretty decently I can almost pitch a little It's wobbly Uh and I can score a baseball game start to finish without missing a pitch accurately
Now this was all different and scary and a big adjustment for me But learning about it expanded my world It got me to understand things I wasn't familiar with I exort for you to not cave to fear to
also let your world expand Approve 269 pretend to 48 Let all the kids play And with all due respect let's go We have Terry K followed by it looks like Michael J Michael J and
[Music] Bass If I just mention your name if you could kind of kind of get in Could you repeat the name sure We have Perry K Then we have Michael Okay Right Michael J Okay And then we have
Baz Sorry And then the next one And then after that we have Noah Williamson And if you could lower the mic Um so my partner is a graduate of fiveent into the night Great Thank you They're a graduate of five They are
working tonight They are working in a hospital department for gender affair surgery Um and they support the following message Um so in February lent he said let's cut the BS and abstaining Um and I was like what's more BS than
abstaining um he also asked the superintendent if resolution number eight holds weight but I was like okay so it doesn't hold weight then why are we abstaining for months and months over a year Um so wait why are we abstaining
on something that has no weight right Then that's where I want these things Um so uh people who have spoken in favor of resending 248 since I started coming here many many months ago just to give you an idea everyone an idea you know
all the parents at home too So people who have spoken parents both of trans kids and who don't have trans kids um a hate crime survivor um doctors teachers a terminally ill uh student quote
scientists athletes um did I say students already many students all representing 248 So I'm just like what more what else what else do you need and these are all people refer to as the trans mafia So that's students and
parents that are the trans mafia for whatever reason Um and yeah so I think I don't know what information you need to at this point but let's say you don't know your bigotry or align yourself but you don't have my sorry
Noah Williamson And then after Noah it looks like Achilles G and then Joe N Hi everyone Can you all hear me okay Uh I'm actually really mostly speaking to the audience but seems like I have to face this way Like many of you
I've seen some pretty wild things at these CEC meetings I've seen some members using their position on this council to bully trans kids and I've seen some members defending them I've seen some members working to desegregate our schools And I've seen a member throw
a literal temper tantrum in response And I've seen the community come together to share their feedback only to be ignored by the majority of council members who have repeatedly refused to resent resolution 248 Something I'll never forget seeing is watching a mother speak to this board
through tears only to have Ma ignore her and look at her phone And I've seen way less voting than I was expecting to see when I first started coming to these meetings a year ago because of antic council members have been preventing the CEC from
maintaining quorum Any place I've worked that would get you fired That's just so unprofessional I think the parents of district 2 many of whom are too busy to come to these meetings every month or have heard about how ridiculous they are deserve to know
all these things that we've seen And I for one am extremely excited to go out there and tell them If you would like to join me all of the other volunteers with Angie's and Friends for Liberations about canvasing then come see me or someone else with a rainbow ribbon We're
here to answer any questions you might have Thank you Z and then Joe N And then we're going to have Danielle B Looks like Michael L or Michael L Michael L And then Elijah Elijah
Everyone can hear me Okay Um I just wanted to say that you that the that the city that you are representing as as people on this council is New York City and New York City was a city founded on diversity on
the beauty of humanity on people of all different types of people including trans people and especially trans kids If you don't respect those values that are fundamental to what makes the city the prosperous city that it is then you do not represent New York City New York City is wonderful and weird and we mind
our business and we keep it moving and we respect people for who they are and we and New York City is one of the best educational environments out of the country We have some of the strictest educational environments for both schools and home schools and part of what makes New York City's educational system amazing Besides our wonderful
teacher Hey [Applause] system so wonderful is the fact that we also value the safety and well-being of the students as well as the academic aspects That's why you have such strict reguling and we have such regulations on
how you treat the students and section 248 violates basic student rights and violates everything that New York City stands for and I don't believe that anyone who supports such a resolution should be allowed to work at New York City Education Council If you want to move to to Iowa or Texas or Florida that
sounds like where you belong then you should respect the values of New York City You can because if you don't like it you can leave Please section 2348 Now Joe Hi my name is Joe Um I just want to say
I don't remember who said this but for the trans mafia thing as a Sicilian trans person thank you Um so I am a transgender non-binary District 75 teacher and I apologize I know there's at least one person here
who has heard this story before I'm not trying to change anyone's minds I know a few months ago I said the same thing Whatever Um I just want to share this story Uh so I was teaching kindergarten first grade a few years ago Um we had some class pets which were earthworms
and one of the things the kids learned about the worms is that they are neither male nor female Um I'm sorry that the woke agenda got to the earthworms 500 million years ago Can't help it But anyway so sometime
later one of my students asked me "Are you a boy or a girl?" looking like this I get that question from kids a lot and I'm used to it And I started to well actually I'm kind of not either And the kids said "Oh just like a worm." And then walked away and kept playing And I
shared this story to say this trans panic has nothing to do with children Children are not bothered by trans people Whether they're fans or girls other people it doesn't matter This is something that y'all made up So enjoy it I guess
Danielle B and Michael L are in the library So I just want to point out that what is on the stage is a picture of two worlds right you got everybody who can't see their eyes right they're looking
down and you have people who are actually giving respect to people that I believe them in the eyes Okay so just as a heads up that's what we're dealing with here And Joe I just want to point out I'm Sicilian the words right out of my
mouth Okay so my name is Danielle Bulock I'm a high school art teacher I'm an outer parent and I am a very very proud parent of a trans son who was a district
2 student uh we graduated about two and a half years ago Um it's really hard to believe that we're still here Um and actually I'm gonna talk to you all because you're looking at me So let's do that because I don't talk to people who don't respect me Um it's hard to believe
that we're still here and maybe it's really not that hard to believe Um we've witnessed the shenanigans that have happened in this place Um and I was actually I've been at many many of these meetings but I missed I missed a couple of meetings where there was a lot of stuff going on and I was watching on Zoom and couldn't quite figure out
exactly what kind of shenanigans were happening but they were not the kind of procedure that should happen in a Democratic body that has any responsibility over New York City school children Okay I'm going to just say this very quickly I am a teacher who has
counseledled and spoke to many male trans kids Many of them just want to be loved that's all and cared for Um it does not make logical sense to know that this dem democratic body continues to attempt to push discriminatory and
inequitable policies on our kids New York City is a relative safe haven for trans and queer people And we're going to fight like hell to keep it like that In this world this country that we're living in right now state and city law has dedicated
itself to equitable and inclusive policies so that learning which is a human rights Yeah And is an opportunity afforded to all our kids 248 is inequitable It should be rescended And people who have no respect for humanity should not have any government over the
children of this city Maybe you can close your eyes [Music] [Music] Trans No papa [Music] Subarcoas [Music]
[Music] The audio I can print as the audio No elementary Elena Sorry I'm Elena Sorry Hi everybody Um so this is my 15th CC2 meeting in a
row which is a bunch more than mostly this side of the [Applause] table Um I started coming because Daniela thank you was trying to ban my friend Dr Megan Madison's books
And when we first came there were only like three of us in the audience And we said that was also the month where they first passed 248 and we said we're going to keep showing up every month and keep coming back you know until they rescend it or until we voted them off Over that last 15 months we've seen them work to
segregate schools with gifted calendar programs Um disenfranchise some of these schoolboard members for students by We've seen them work to limit publication meetings by not allowing us talk We've seen them manipulate quorum
and change um they'll have to avoid votes We've seen them change old records from minutes from year and a half two years ago so that they didn't so they could show that they were supposedly here Um we've seen them vote against life jackets Like what the heck like I'm
sorry but how are you against life i'd really love to know Um my personal favorite might actually be resolution 268 on the books today about standardizing grading rubrics Um I gave this speech last month and the
month before but again bunch of y'all weren't here Um but but I would note that it's impossible to standardize rubrics Like in science class alone the grading rubric for a lab is different than the
grading rubric for a test which is different than Spanish And so please what we would really like is to not have board members who don't know the difference between a grading rubric and grades who don't show up and who instead trust your superintendent to hire
principles who hire teachers who do a great job teaching And so I will say this um I spent a bunch of my evenings that I weren't here We're we're I'm almost done Thanks Um in organizing class to make certain that no matter how many billionaires find you whether that's Harland Crow or the Waltons or
whoever else we all turn out we get out the vote and we vote you out in this next election Sorry Okay I realized the last one We won this 15 months ago The election start on Friday and you will not be sitting on
the seat next to you Okay You know can you show I'm asking you now Could you please include your remarks and for those in the audience over your time around for get out the vote please sign up canvas please we go and again I would remind speaker please
stick to your time Thank you The next item on the agenda is the report of the president which I wait until you guys Thank you The next item on our agenda is the president's report Thank you Uh thank you and good evening
everyone I'd like to thank Lower Lab Middle for hosting us Thank you Lab Middle I'm sorry That's right See I agree Thank you I'm so used to saying lower lab Okay I don't have you on the on the There's a
second session There's a second We've already started You know please it's not about silencing anyone There's a There's a second session There is a second session The second session you know please if you
go ahead You want to speak go ahead I'm not sure if I'll be applauded at the end of my comments My name is Jeremiah Jose Landis I'm a New York native lived here my entire life I'm a father of two young
children both school here in Manhattan I will not resolve any number of complicated issues here However on the subject of women's sports I would like to protect the right of women who were born biologically as women to have
a fair environment in which to compete Now we all know that the fastest man in the world is faster than the fastest woman We also know the fastest uh swimmer is a man We know that the person who can lift the most weight is a man
That does not denigrate the right of women to compete and have a fair environment for competition I have a son I have a daughter I would like both of them to have a fair opportunity for competition And in sports such as boxing for example mixed martial arts fighting
two of the most dangerous sports you can participate in we have designated weight classes to ensure fair competition We do not allow a 135 pound man to fight a 145 pound man two separate weight classes We do not allow a 145 pound man to fight a
155 pound man and so on and so forth This is for fairness This is for a good competition and this is for the safety of the athletes We have a excuse me I didn't interrupt anybody because I sat and listen to everybody's feet The fact
of the matter is that we have historical precedent with a man a biological man who identifies himself as a woman having fractured the skull of of his opponents in separate mixed martial arts competitions We have Leah Thompson
who couldn't even finish the top 400 amongst men deciding arbitrarily that she was a woman and this dangling penis in the women's locker room and declaring himself national champion which is far Thank you
Thank you Thank you I will now once again start the president's report Thank you and good evening everyone I'd like to thank Lab Middle for hosting us Thank you to Principal Megan Adams and her staff Mayor Adams and Chancellor Aos
Rome announced last week investment of almost $170 million annually to support vital programs such as prek special education and 3K Many of our schools received approval for additional funding
to support the expansion We just figure out I think I'm sorry What was that you be in All right we're going to wait We have someone that can address the alarm that's going off of the
science This is the force Yeah that's all I need one of them leave Okay Can we please can we please have some order thank you Okay Thank you Many of our schools received approval for additional funding to support the expansion of the class
size reduction initiative I will ask Superintendent Magguire to discuss the specifics Thank you This was done with the goal of an additional 20% compliance per state law for the state law passed a few years back Some important dates 3K
and preK application offers will be released on or about May 13th G&T applications for grades 1 through 4 have opened and will remain open until May 9th CC elections are coming up Voting opens up on April 25th and closes on May
13th Candidate profiles are available on the DOE website You can find the link on our cecd.org homepage There were district candidate forums on April 8th 9th and 10th Links are on the DOE website but again you can find the
link to register sorry on our uh sorry links are on the DOE website but again you can find the link to register on our ccd2.org homepage We wish everyone running good luck and encourage everyone
to vote To vote you will have to be the parent or guardian of a child currently enrolled in a New York public school and you vote in your child's district And if your child is in such a program you can vote in the CE CC for
CC CCE LL or CCD75 as well We have representatives here from FACE if you have any questions or you can contact your parent coordinator Um thank you And I also want to uh thank Greg uh
for who uh that's mostly his report as well Uh next item on our agenda is the report of the community district superintendent Haley Maguire Hey Uh good morning Good morning Good evening Council Thanks so much for
having Let's hope that doesn't happen Sorry Let's hope that doesn't happen I appreciate that Um thanks very much for having me this evening I'm going to report on a few things uh in regard to the ongoings here in District 2 Like to start off with a couple of celebrations to begin with Uh just last year at this
time we were celebrating the um literary magazine award uh that was given out to the Sulk Middle School They have now uh achieved uh that same award the second year in a row and so they are going to be receiving uh an award uh at the National Council of Teachers of English
Um congratulations to the Sulk Middle School students staff who put together a great publication uh highlighting both news of the day sections and also some great art We also want to honor one of our principles last evening Um uh
principal Darine Espazito was honored by Assemblywoman Rebecca Cight um up at Memorial Ketering uh uh Darren Espazito was nominated and received an award for women of distinction and council uh
assembly member uh uh citright Uh it was a great event um and it was a great opportunity to celebrate principal Espazito her family and many of the staff with whom she works Earlier this month uh we had a spotlight visit at
PS124 Uh PS124 started their spotlight visit by giving us a brief history in regard to uh the work of Young Wing who for whom the school is named Uh Young Wing came to America uh stayed and uh
eventually earned a law degree from the Harvard Um Young Wing returned to China and then came back uh to the United States and continued to make his impact um in law here in the US The primary focus of the spotlight visit was on
social and emotional learning and the real focus on SEAL uh was paired with the work that they're doing in regard to um the arts uh over the past couple of years under uh principal Yilawa Chan The school has expanded their arts offerings
in both music drama dance Um and uh principal Chan did a great job with her team of really pairing the importance of the arts and the impact on students social emotional learning and gave great data on how it is uh that these uh
programs have really impacted and supported students and the ways in which she's seen students especially those who have been quiet and more reserved uh come out and really share uh some of their talents with the community So I did want to provide a little update
in regard to the New York State class size law Um this law is to be fully implemented across New York City by the 2829 school year But earlier this month um our city leadership made an announcement in regard to several
schools across uh the city um and uh both here in district 2 uh that would be receiving uh funding for additional teachers and staff uh to help comply with the class size law Currently in district 2 we have about 25% of our
classrooms that meet the class size mandates but with the additional funding uh we should be able to get close to 50% if not over of our classrooms across District 2 in compliance with new class- size law uh 26 of our schools across
district 2 um received this funding and we expect to hire about 127 new teachers uh to help us come into compliance with that class size those new class size limits We expect that there will be additional programs and supports that will be provided and offered for schools
and new opportunities help to bring uh all of our classrooms into compliance with the state class size uh law by the 2829 school year And it's just a reminder uh the class size limits as per the new law are 20 students in grades
kindergarten through three 23 in grades 4 through 8 and 25 students in grades 9 through 12 Uh so individual schools and their communities the 26 that are going to be receiving funding uh to help them come closer into compliance with the
class size law um they're going to be talking more and more with their school communities to let them know how it is that they um how it is that this will impact their school and what will be going on Can I just interrupt for one second the limits do they apply to ICT classes as well or the same limits apply
to ICT classes um we also want to encourage families to participate in the New York City Kids Rise program Uh this is something that has been a program that's been in uh New York City public schools a partnership with the public schools and the nonprofit organization New York City
Kids Rise um as a part of New York City RI kids rise Kids who are currently in kindergarten first second and third grades uh can have their u uh their account activated Parents can activate their child's account uh to get them
started on a donation to a New York City Kids Rise fund that can then be converted into a 529 fund Uh earlier this month I had the opportunity to join uh a bunch of different community members who went out and helped to raise
funds for individual schools Um in district 2 uh we had a family that raised funds in their communities and amongst their friends uh and families and different foundations uh to raise additional funds that would go in that went into the accounts of students at
PS40 um was over it was several thousands of dollars that would be added directly to the accounts of students at PS40 This is an opportunity that's open uh to um all school communities if there are uh uh
this happened to be a family that had was the the mother was an alumnest of um PS40 uh and so she wanted to help to give back to the school that she loved and so help to raise these funds that would go into uh the accounts of the students who are currently attending
PS40 in grades first second third uh and kindergarten So we're going to hear more and more about that but we just really want to encourage families to um kick this off uh with their child if they have not signed their child up for a New York City Kids Rise account Um the
information can be accessed via that QR code or just by searching New York City Kids Rise Um we know that this program uh and having funds uh in a child's college account really increases uh the rate at which children attend postsecary
options Uh we also know that um along with the New York City kids rise account um that there is additional financial literacy programs that go along with that Um and so uh that's going to be more they're going to we're going to continue to build the financial literacy
education uh in our schools um to help to support students access and participation in uh college and career options after high school Um as uh Len mentioned Silverman mentioned uh
we do have CDC elections that are coming up They are going to be beginning this uh Friday for the first vote We want to encourage all families to vote Uh all parents of current district 2 students they can sign up for the for option to do that and make their vote through
their child's my schools account Um I want to make sure to draw attention to uh both the QR code and uh the special information that is on the New York City public schools website in regard to uh the way that we want to conduct
elections here uh in campaigns here in uh New York City Uh we want to make sure that candidates are in candidates and their supporters are engaging in posit positive campaigns Uh being engaging what your campaign's views which are uh
being positive reaching out to different constituencies Uh attending meetings that are attended uh by uh parents of uh children who uh go to school in district 2 Uh and also refrain from uh negative campaigning But if you want more
information uh please take a look at that QR code or uh you can search uh CDC elections on the public schools website I've updated uh information in the past in regard to school culture and climate issues over the past few years
Uh specifically I've highlighted the number of class removals and/or suspensions uh that have been experienced in our uh 49 here at public schools in district 2 over the past few years Uh I provided a breakdown here in
regard to um the continued decline in the number of classroom removals and suspensions uh that we've experienced here in district 2 uh we have really sought to build uh relationships with students but most importantly we really are seeking to improve the quality of
learning and teaching that go on in our classrooms We think that that's probably the place where we can give the biggest bang for our buck to make sure that every single child has a positive experience classrooms With that strong decline over the past few years that we see in class removals
and suspensions we do continue to have a disproportionate rate of suspension among students with disabilities and black students in our district Uh and so we know that there's continued work to do uh in regard to help to improve the school climate and culture uh and reduce
suspensions and removals in our classrooms um across district 2 Uh as many parents know uh we are in the midst of state exam season Um and so we are in the window in which the New York
state exam for students who are participating in computer-based testing uh is well underway Uh so families should know when it is that their child is participating in that exam if they are participating in a computer-based exam Uh some schools have opted to do
computer-based testing across all grades as per the state regulation in regard to how it is that we are rolling out computer-based testing Grades three and seven continue to be grades in which the paper test is as a de facto decision uh
administered but again schools can continue to or schools can opt into computer-based testing for all grades Uh that's both for ELA and for math Uh we have our ELA window right now Our math
uh window follows soon after And then right after that for grades five and eight uh we have computer-based testing um in science Um and so and all of those exams just to reiterate are administered uh via computer-based testing for
science summer rising Uh we have an update coming very soon Uh this Thursday uh tomorrow um families that have applied for a summer rising seat for their child uh will be notified um of that seat We
have several different sites across district 2 that will be hosting summerrising this summer u for grades uh for both elementary and middle school grades Those sites are PS6 PS130 PS2 MS131 Pexlip 75 Morton Roosevelt Island
School PS111 and East Side Middle Um again the morning is an academic program that is led by New York City public school teachers And in the afternoon we have a community-based organization that is partnered or hired through the Department of Youth and Community
Development uh to provide enrichment in the afternoon as well as all day on Friday Getting close to the end here Just want to remind parents all parents who are members of school leadership teams school-based SLTs uh as well as our district leadership
team uh this Saturday we are hosting a citywide conference um up in East Harlem uh at uh 280 Pleasant Avenue Uh all families that are part of a school SLT or DT uh can join this conference We've done this the past couple of years to
help uh learn about new initiatives that are happening in New York City public schools as well as help to participate in and offering uh plans and ideas for uh the continued growth of our city schools And with that I thank you for
your time Thank you Superintendent Bar I'm going to start us off with um some questions So um one of the concerns that people have had with the class size uh law is the quality of the teachers that are going to be hired because I know you mentioned I think it was 127 teachers in
district 2 and I'm presuming that spread out over the course of the city we're talking potentially thousands of new teachers Is that correct 3,000 I think 3,000 Okay So um my first question is in terms of the teachers that are hired for district 2 the 127 teachers are those
hires done directly by your staff or is that come from a pool of hirings that and distributed from on a citywide level to the districts that's my first question Yeah Um hiring is done directly by schools Uh schools create a hiring
team that's led by the principal or administration Um and so they are uh in charge of of their hiring Um they can hire from people who are new to New York City They can hire during this uh uh uh open enrollment or excuse me um open
open market season Teachers from one school can choose to transfer to another school Um we have a lot of uh teachers from outside of district 2 that have already been sending resumes and information to um uh different schools
around our district um in the whole thing getting a position in our district Okay And have you tended to see that the people applying for positions within district 2 have been um more experienced teachers coming from other districts or other jurisdictions or have they been
newer teachers that let's say recent graduates or people who just starting their careers that's the first question We are very fortunate in district 2 um the vast majority of teachers that we hire are teachers who come with experience whether they are coming from a different district um or they are
coming from charter schools or private schools uh we are very fortunate to uh when we have vacancies to have multiple applicants applying for those positions And are some of those hires are some of those potential hires or people interviewing for teacher positions
coming from other districts in the city that would prefer to work in district 2 as opposed to let's say in somewhere in another burrow for example historically that essential So are you finding that that's creating some competition between let's say your hiring goals in district
two and let's say some other district in another area of the city I don't know exactly I haven't experienced any of that I always say there's a little bit of competition uh when we are trying to get the best uh educators for our schools And the reason I'm asking is I'm
just wondering if there's an inference here that because we have let's say district two here and we have a resource district and it the schools are pretty absolutely certainly wellrun that you might see some sort of dispar disparity
between districts who let's say are underperforming districts where you have experienced teachers coming from those districts coming into our district because they would prefer to work here and then making things worse in another district That's why I'm just trying to see if that's something that might potentially be happening Not not not
because I'm trying to insinuate anything about district two but are you seeing the the possibility of you know we're kind of getting more resources taking away from other districts We know how lucky we are uh in district two uh to have um incredibly uh strong
school leaders Um to have great classrooms and families that support our schools Uh over the years that I've worked the twi 20 plus years that I've worked in New York City we have been fortunate that whenever we have a vacancy we often
have many applicants for that vacancy And I know that that is not necessarily the case in other districts And and I agree with you 100% This is a great district I would want to work here if I was a teacher You got a wonderful staff Um I I feel bad for some other districts because again you know they're coming
from there and and um we're welcoming them here But uh just out of curiosity 127 of those 127 positions been filled already or is that the number of vacancies that we currently have it's not the number of vacancies that we currently have It is the number of new
positions for which we are receiving funding Uh the hiring position the hiring period really hasn't occurred yet So those positions are vacant but they're actually not really even in the system yet Schools have not received
their budget for the 25th of the school year Once they do then we'll be able to expect higher for them And a last question um from me I'm sorry I'm there's a lot of questions today Um is there any discussion about the loss of potential federal funding affecting any
of these um goals or budget allocations that we have not that I've been Okay Uh do any other council members have any questions i have comments Well she raised Can you hear me i can hear you Um
you da with respect to climate culture and And you mentioned that there is students who are being any of that data Do you have any of that to show what the accesses are yeah Um I can be a little bit more
specific and just say that um of the students who are currently um removed and or suspended or have been removed and or suspended about half of them are um students with disabilities Um and so
um you know we are that's an area of work that I think that our um schools have worked to do to make sure that we are providing the kind of classroom environment that is supportive of kids um with different learning needs
Um and um again happy that the number has dropped but very clear on where it is that we need to provide additional supports from the way the data looks dropped as well They have Yes Yes
The numbers of suspensions have dropped for all subgroups across the district over the year in comparison to last year and also over the past three years Um but um there continues to be a disproportionate number of students with
disabilities who are suspended Students with disabilities in our district reflect about 20% of our students districtwide Black students uh represent about 8% of our students districtwide Uh but they make up about 25% of suspensions um that
we have had So again work to do Yeah I'm sorry Sure Yeah Could you repeat the question what does the work look like what are we actually planning on doing so um you know we have these opportunities now
with new core curricula that are coming into our district We've been very fortunate to do that offered us an opportunity to really think about not just how it is that we're rolling that out um as it's printed in the curriculum but also how it is that we're using that
curricula adapting that curricula creating scaffolds in integrated co-eing classrooms How are we creating really rich learning experiences for all students so that they're all engaged um so that they're all learning uh and participating in the classroom A lot of
the work that we are thinking about is um centered on the classroom uh and create and making sure that we we know that if we put our energy and time uh into the classroom that that's the place where we are going to be able to make the biggest impact We're going to be able to help students make sure that
they feel tied and connected to the classroom and schools Uh so we have to make sure that our teachers are using instructional practices um that are reaching all students Victor is the mic professional development
around like microaggressions or theory or anything in the classroom that is outside of the curriculum that actually could help teachers address particular situations whether it's with color disabilities in students whatever the case is there any thought not only on
the instructional level well the instructional the instruction I mean it's the curriculum and it's the instruction like we need to make sure that when kids ask questions or kids are in need of support that we're responding to them with instruction that helps them
to feel as though they are engaged and that they're participating It's not just the stuff that we're teaching them but it's the way that we're going about doing it Uh and so doing that in an inclusive way is the way that we're approaching that And lots of professional development
around Could you tell us also how is u how is DOE central uh sort of partnering with that in terms of in terms of with students with disabilities because I'm assuming that this proportionality to I I don't know what
information about citywide but to what extent does this reflect is this a district two problem or to what extent is this a citywide Um I can assure you that is not certainly a district two problem Um in fact our numbers as I know
that anecdotally uh are stronger than our numbers are citywide I will say that um in the runup to uh the school year as we've been implementing these new curricula we've been partnering and talking a lot with our central uh office
of special education Um we're very happy to announce that we are going to be a part of work directly with um the office our office in the instructional uh side of the office of special education uh to provide our provide our teachers with a
series of learning around how is it that we are uh creating scaffolds and supports using our written wisdom curriculum using our illustrative math curriculum We have a team of folks coming from our office this Friday who are going to be uh trained in some of
that work that they're going to be able to turn directly with schools Um so we've we are we've got a good partner in the central office Uh we are also generating work um directly with our uh
district team Over the past couple of months I've talked a lot about um the multi-tered systems of support um that we have put in place And not to get too wonky uh education wonky around that but really what we are looking at with doing
that is making sure that uh we are not just teaching the core curriculum There's like several different levels of that but we're not just teaching the core curriculum as is and ignoring any who uh might struggle to meet that work uh but that we're building our teachers capacity to provide scaffolds for
teachers for for students but they're also adding another layer of support to provide uh direct instruction for students who are not reading on grade level who are working to approach uh grade level standards as well So we're doing some of that work Excuse me I'm
sorry Um there's a couple people having a conversation You guys standing for example could you take it outside i'm sorry because there's a lot of background chatter and we're trying to hear the superintendent's report Thank you Superintendent McGuire I'm sorry I apologize
Do do we have do we have data on the so removals or suspensions by grade level because I have seen at the not at the city level but I've seen the data at the state level And one of the things that I think is probably kind of surprising for a lot of people at the
state level is that I mean there's a a relatively small but not insignificant number and kindergarten student at the at the state New York state So I'm just wondering do you have some information about that
i I don't um the uh there I mean when you look on the New York State website u and they're they usually run about a year behind before those data come out uh you can get more granular into uh who's being removed or
suspended in terms of that granular data Would you also be able to know the kids yeah I don't know Um I um I mean just in terms of what's reported on the state website directly um I think it is just generally reported as students with IEPs
and students without um but um those may be data that we could pull uh more in our district um at the end of the year in partnership with our central team so that we can present classroom How many students in the
classroom think you know different kinds of things that Yeah that's a class size You mentioned 25% of classes in D2 that are currently compliant What's the breakdown of that just elementary
Um I don't know that hand Um I will say that um yeah I don't know that right off Do you know what the average class size for middle and high school currently in district 2 for middle and high school is
that what you Yeah Um well we only have one high school Um so that is high It's probably around 30 I mean the classes are full um in our high school Um in middle school I think it varies quite a
bit Uh we have some schools that are at the contractual maximum 32 kids in a classroom Uh we have some schools where we're smaller Um and [Music] um so it really varies I'm not sure that
the average would be like the right data point to use just given that we have like a certain number of schools that are within this cap 23 and we have a certain number that are um well over do you do you have a sense of what the max
enrollment is in some of the higher demand what the max enrollment is of there was a 32 for middle school you know of any middle schools [Music]
No one other question about about actually about summarizing um in terms of do you know um how um you know how what's the sort of the ratio of of applicants to seats this year i know in the past there were some some some issues with people
not getting a not getting summer So what's what does it look like like this year how are how are we meeting the demand for summer yeah it's a good question Um I'm not entirely sure of the number of applicants right now Uh what we will find out after uh April 24th is
the number of um students that were not offered a seat Uh and so I mean the positive news is that um over the past couple of years and I know it's not always as timely as we would all like for it to be Um but we have been able to offer a seat in summer rising uh for any
family that needed it Um it's just that sometimes families have had to wait longer and we understand that trying to like get these data out there and also I'm sorry get these uh uh increase the number of seats and also really encourage families that do have a seat
to accept that seat so that um we have good information about the number of uh folks we can take off the waiting list if there is one Allison Daniela would probably normally ask this question but she's probably tired of
asking it about school safety data So I will ask it on uh probably a number of people's behalf and certainly parents that um come and talk to me If you could put that slide back up for a second One of the things that uh would be more helpful than just seeing the number of removals and suspensions is
actually seeing the number of infractions by level that actually could merit a removal or suspension by year So that we understand if the infraction level is staying high and simply more kids are being
uh are not being removed or suspended relative to the infraction So are the infractions going up are they staying steady are they going down we don't have any basis to compare the number of
removal and suspensions over this time and that would be very helpful to see Yeah I mean I I can tell you that the number of infractions has gone down significantly uh in our district Um but I as you point out I don't have those data up there and that doesn't doesn't
really show doesn't help us Well I'm happy to report that it's my fourth year at CC and this is the first year that I have not helped any family get a safety transfer and yeah last year
I helped kindergarten family So because kindergarten like severe bullying was happen evening at kindergarten So um I do think that this you know it's anecdote but usually only the worst cases come to me and like I have I have
not heard anything this year So just getting back to class size um class size law Uh one another concern that parents have had is that the class size law is potentially going to lead to a reduction in the amount of um available seats at certain schools Uh so
my first question is have you seen that has that been reflected for example because just a space issue that you've got fewer you know you just don't have the space at certain schools So have you noticed any difference in the amount of available spots at schools in our district because of that do you
anticipate seeing a difference in the coming year and if so um is there any way to quantify it does the department of education or does district 2 put out some sort of a comparison between year year on year how many seats there were
available for example 2024 versus 2025 2026 that's expected So an important part of this uh planning for the 2526 school year is that these 26 schools
when they applied for the additional funding and therefore will meet these new class size limits uh it was required that they maintain the number of seats and capacity that they currently have in their schools there could not be an
application that would result in a loss of seats or capacity in the school I don't know what will happen uh in the future Um we are looking at this uh from a citywide standpoint or the central team that is
working on this is looking at it from a citywide standpoint Uh they are applying you know sets of strategies each year in order to meet the new threshold Next year the threshold is 60% Um but
I think that plans are being always being considered for the coming years Um knowing that the higher the percentages that we need to make the more and more challenging it's going to be And I guess what and I understand more challenging it's just common sense There's only a certain number of seats and if we're
going up to 60% You know you're going to run out of room in certain schools Is there a way to get an estimate in terms of what schools might be nearing the space capacity in our district so for example I mean look it it seems to me just from my experience having had kids
at different schools some schools are obviously at greater capacities I know the um I I forgot we had one presentation where they actually put there's a report out but is there any way to figure that out or correlate that yeah I think there's a district planning
report that um the office comes in I think they did it earlier this year Um and uh the number that we look for is what percentage of capacity is the building at uh and we say building
because we have the PS1 198 building but we know that there are two schools within that Uh and the capacity at that building is over 100% um we have schools in our district that are over 100% capacity Um so those are
the schools where it's going to be most challenging um to meet that uh the new class sizing And I remember going back from my own personal experience where I remember seeing uh kids at one of the schools that one of my sons attended where a child was being taught in a
closet Yeah I mean so I mean I hope we don't get to that point Less than ideal for sure I I hope that doesn't repeat itself I know the enrollment in district has gone down and I know we've had migrant children come in and temp students um temporary housing So um I get it I just I'm just wondering if
there's a potential crisis on the horizon that's going to be need to be addressed in terms of reduction in uh available seats in our district I think that we're going to have to come up with some new strategies Thank you I have I actually like I mean maybe this
is something this is probably the data we have today regular but I'm hoping that maybe going forward we can get this kind of data is is to look at the relationship between things like the rules and suspension classes because I I strongly suspect
that as we get lower class sizes we'll see fewer we'll see an improvement in in school climate And so I hope that in the future we can try to get some some data about about you know the difference between sort of schools that are at the maximum capacity of 32 versus schools
that are you know where classrooms are lower Maybe that's a that's a data point that we should be looking at when we evaluate the the success of the class Yeah No I appreciate that And Gavin's question made me think of this question which is when will we start to know I
mean based if you know with ELA scores and when do you anticipate knowing whether or not the class size reduction has actually increased ELA scores or math scores if there's a correlation just in standardized testing yeah I mean it's a good question I'm not exactly
sure when we might see the achievement levels of students change uh in a statistically significant way Um but we're thinking about that We recognize that um you know we can't just have
smaller class sizes for smaller class size state Uh we need to um really use that resource um to serve and support all kids Do any other council members have any questions for Superintendent Magguire uh Superintendent McGuire I want to thank
you and your staff Um yeah let's get some snaps We can get some snaps And and you know I I do want to say this and I know we've had some you know the CC has had issues with in the past but I I I can tell you from my experience
having served on um citywide educational bodies District 2 is really wellrun and we have a really great administration in this in in District 2 So and I want to thank your you know the deputy superintendents You know you guys do a
great job too So thank you Next item on our agenda is committee reports Do we have any anyone want to make a committee report no Okay Yes Oh yes we do I might want to also note for the record that Yes Yeah Let me note that first Oh
let me make And yes I do want to note for the the chair recognizes that council member Love is now in attendance Um I would like to give a report on the academic affairs committee We have um are looking to move forward with the
establishment of a pilot program for the math path uh resolution that was passed uh during this term We have a a rather robust list of math liaison at the various schools in our district that want to have um participation in this
math path program Uh we are also grateful to Superintendent Maguire who has been um talking with us uh about this program since the beginning of the school term and we're looking forward to that uh future collaboration so that we
can prepare for with schools that are interested or approved or able to move forward for the 2526 school year Um and we have many many parent leaison from different schools but not yet all of the schools So if there are parents who are visiting
at home or who have heard about the program from other parents and want to um pursue having an accelerated math option in their schools or have part of a pilot program in the 2526 school year um you can reach out to either me on the
CEC email or to Allison Bowen the co-chair of the academic affairs committee um and we'd be happy to uh share with you what we're doing in that committee work Um and that's it I don't know Is there anything else nope Gavin go ahead
Um so so I'm chair of the uh students with disabilities committee and I just want to make a announcement This is something to put on your calendar Um we are planning to have a a committee meeting Zoom uh which will be will be on
Zoom So um you know anyone can attend We don't have to to come in person Um I'd like for the community the the subject matter of the of the community to be the disproportionality on on suspensions and rules for students with disabilities um
both you know I mean just citywide I'm hoping to invite someone from from from central to uh so I'll ask our our face and others to uh assist us with that and our superintendent um and some of our colleagues from the citywide uh council
on special education I'd love to um to invite you know all of um I will try to send out an announcement very soon and hopefully in the next next month or so we can we can thank you any other committee
reports chairs okay the next item on our agenda is discussion of resolutions resolution number Um I'd like to talk about the resolution that was struck from the agenda
No because so I did a review Listen I It doesn't It's Yeah it's it's not Okay Can I You can mention it as a new Can I say something please sure Go ahead appreciate that I really do Thank you Listen I I time is precious and and you know we want to get out of here on time
Um uh our bylaws state that um resolutions cannot be presented and then they're on the agenda 72 hours before um and they're on the agenda They cannot be removed There's nothing in our bylaws that say how things are removed when our bylaws do not reflect the um the
decision or sorry when the when our bylaws don't have the guidance for us Robert's rule says that you cannot remove a resolution okay confirm Sorry Okay Can we please have
Okay Can members of the audience please refrain from making any comments please excuse me So officer I believe we have some interactions going on in that direction that you may want to check out
[Applause] She does not belong on your board Period I'm not running for nothing but I'm saying any um again we have to be out of here at a certain time So my suggestion is you'll have the
second public speaking session The amount of time that we have is going to keep on getting reduced Sarah can you guys please let me have a member of our council would like to say so please I'd like to point out hypocrisy if you like
Sarah fairly um cover a change that you want to make we go to Robert states that you cannot just remove a resolution you have to vote on removal of a resolution has to be removed by twoth3 majority um I I don't understand Robert's rules I
did ask for thank you very much for base for getting some some support for us as well on this Um so I I it's on the agenda It's on the website It's it's there Um as far as I knew it was there and I think that we can just vote on it
We don't have to discuss it but it's there So all we have to keep us running in some sort of function is to stick to these rules can barely do that for not following bylaws You file one thing and try to do that We don't discuss it Put
up the resolution to remove it Put up the motion to remove it and we'll vote on that But you can't just strike it We we've already had that and I think the time to have discussed that would have been before on the agenda We are
now moving on to the presentation of resolutions Len you can then please Robert's rules isn't on the agenda I kind of just like stuck it in there Okay Then then then your your
your points are noted Uh I don't have Robert's rules in front of me Um when I Googled it again All right Again we've discussed the presentation of resolutions There was no there was no objection that was
made at that point in time You didn't make a motion You stated it was struck from the record and the time Now I would like to make a motion that we have an outside parliamentarian added to our meetings because clearly we cannot Okay So make All right So we have a
motion on the floor to have an outside parliamentarian added to our meetings Okay Let's take a vote on that Let's take a vote on that Okay Do All right Do we have discussion on this motion discussion Okay I'm going to ask Council
Member Edgarov to um to make a a roll vote [Music] Okay Does anyone second that motion okay So could you describe say the name just just so the record just express what
this motion is for i it is a motion to h have an outside parliamentarian come and observe and support our meeting by ensuring that you adhere to both our bylaws and when our bylaws are not reflective of where questions are to
Robert's rules of order This is done in many many places the tiny little town in Connecticut my dad lives in for town hall meetings the first thing they do is elect parliamentarian meetings and if you have somebody you can follow rules it will never be me Roberts is really
confusing you to read up on it but we need somebody I'm sure face can help us you know um so I would really like it if uh that so that's the motion to have an outside parliamentarian to support us because as we have difficulty making
decisions And there's like 17 lawyers on this um on this group and you all have Are you okay taking the vote now i think we have council member to turn Okay I have no
idea Do you want to wait for council member Barrett to return i'm happy to wait till she returns but I don't think we're going to get anything else accomplished tonight So so um not here So I'm going to not here
Do you want to okay So the motion So you can either vote yes no or you can abstain This is a motion to have an outside parliamentarian for our community education council Uh Popo Pri
is not here Um Allison abain Uh Daniela say uh Gavin Yes Charles Yes Ma not here Sonel
I heard Oh yeah Sonel This is this I have again we have no idea exactly but we're voting on okay inside outside independent Yeah
Okay Um Sabina I'm sorry Jessica Jessica Okay Uh Sabina Sarah I'm sorry I'm sorry Sarah I'm sorry It's hard to say It's okay Uh Sabina is not here I'll say yes too Follow me Greg is not
here Uh and and we'll do uh Alexandra and Laya Okay I know the people Okay Okay One two three four five six Yes Okay The vote The motion does not
pass There are six yeses and how many nos well Okay Okay Uh the motion does not pass Just for members of the public you need seven votes to pass a motion Uh yeah but but just just to be clear we are voting on this resolution because if
it's not properly stricted uh we won't even have time We're we're going to have Well well we're running out of time even to vote at this point but uh I I we still have an hour to
Okay that was not exactly true We have to leave early We cannot stay here till 10 o'clock It's a nice day We can stay sit outside Okay Well all right Moving on Let's let's discuss uh resolution number 269 Can we discuss
that one does anyone want to speak on resolution number 269 okay Well I'll 268 Anyway um you know like I said before I think the idea of a of a of a grading rubric is just is absurd Um
it's it's it's sort of this you know it's it's a fantasy You can't implement this kind of grading rubric I mean we had 80,000 teachers in the New York City public school system Just imagine the the professional development that would go into um training them in a rubric and
then and then following up on that and and we don't want our you know sort of every bit of the classroom instruction to be dictated by a group That would not be good for our kids It would not be good for So that's all I'll say about that because I I made some comments
about that last time Uh regarding the motion to regarding the resolution to resend um 248 Um again I think that's we're going to keep bringing it as long until it passes because it's important that we resend this resolution It's a stain on
our council to have this on the books It's it's an insult to our families and and when and if there's something we know and we teach our children about bullying about harm it's that wrong you you fess up to it and you
apologize for it and you make amends for it And so this resin resolution 48 is is part of the process of making amends for the harm this council has done So that's that's why I put this forward and that's
why I think we should vote for it Anyone else on 269 okay Resolution number 270 Anyone want to be heard on resolution number 270 okay Resolution number 271 Does anyone want to be heard on resolution
271 okay On resolution 271 I'd like to say something Uh I've never seen a resolution in my entire life Um as I've seen resolution number 271 I don't know if this was put together by someone who is connected with one of um
the people running against uh one of the candidate who is prominently mentioned in resolution number 271 Sounds like it's a it's literally a campaign uh piece that was put together in opposition to um Andrew Cuomo's mayoral
race Uh I I don't even know what to make of it quite frankly Uh looking at this I think this is not really about uh concerns about mayoral control What it really is is it's a concern that maybe Andrew Cuomo has a real chance of becoming the next mayor of the city of
New York And if you have opposition to mayor uh Andrew Cuomo becoming a mayor to the city of New York I suggest you don't vote for him or vote for another candidate Uh but putting a resolution together uh like this and uh as part of
uh and then trying to tie it into protect harassment of DOE staff and students under control is just I I just it's just so over the top And not to mention it's also literally like I don't know seven eight pages of just
complaints relating to different allegations and different cases that may have been pending So uh I think this is one of the worst resolutions I've ever seen um by district 2 And you guys may think 248 is bad but I'm telling you this one is just
horrific So I will be voting against this Anyone else have any discussions on resolution number 271 okay Well so um yeah I I want to
say one Um so it's just a fact that in we have this system um which very which is unique to New York City and Yoners and all municipalities in your state where we have a mayor who has sole control over the New York um over the
public school system and you know we know that the New York City public school system is the largest public school system in the the country by far um with a million students Um and we have one person who has the sole discretion basically to to hire and fire
the chancellor and set policies for these you know one million students 80,000 teachers and so I think it's only natural that we should expect um some greater oversight over this person regardless of who the person is but I
think it's more over it's some recent you know issues surrounding our current mayor surrounding the person who might be our next mayor um who have shown themselves to be unfit for that office and they have shown themselves to be unfit to to be the leader of the public
school system or even to be in a classroom I mean you want um someone who has like multiple multiple um cases of unwanted sexual conduct in a classroom with your with your child I mean that's
Ed Cuomo I mean it's document everything in this resolution comes straight from the New York State Attorney General's report and also from the um the report of the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New
York I mean this is not stuff This is a documented history of sexual abuse uh by this this person who may be the next person to be our publicist So I think it's natural that we as a council
as people who are supposed to be here speaking up for students speaking up for our families call that out Call that And I I mean I just think that uh this is not something we can be silent about Um we know that the current
mayor has has a number of moral ethical legal failures but I mean I think that we need a system there where there is greater um citizen family oversight over over the public school system and that's not what we have So that's that this resolution
So I think it's pretty clear just from the from your comments in introducing this resolution and in the comments that you just made uh that this your putting forward this resolution to me again seems
more it seems more as if you're campaigning against Andrew Cuomo being mayor of New York and I think that that's pretty clear You've said he's unfit I mean you've made that clear Uh and you've kind of diverged again away
from mayoral control except to the extent that it's possible that Andrew Kova will be the next mayor and that's why you want this resolution because you think he's unfit I think what your comments are really more of a political nature I I think you know this the voters of the city of New York should be
the ones making the decision who the next mayor is Uh I appreciate your comments I'm sure many people agree with you I do not I I I have my own opinions That's fine Um but I don't think it should be part of a resolution that the District 2 community educational council
is voting on Uh and it's it's just inappropriate to try to you know make a political case against the candidate because and and and I suspect it it it has other things to do with rather than just the allegations that have been
raised here that it may have other things to do with positions on you know accelerated learning or GMTs or or you know different approach to schools as opposed to some of the other candidates that So I I I think the comments that you made have really kind of opened the
door and just shown that this is really more personal and has nothing really to do with the spectre of mayoral control or or against mayoral control in general It's more about who our mayor is and what you believe the qualifications are
morally ethically uh intellectually about who that mayor should be So uh that's why again I think it's I think this is a terrible resolution I think it's political I think it's really just something that's so over the top and it shouldn't shouldn't even be voted on by this council
Thank you for your very extensive comments on that I don't think this is political in your general or has anything to do with the race or does not You are more than welcome to vote momo come the time The clear of this resolution is specifically
with respect to the DOE reiterating reinforcing and supporting its sexual harassment policies in light of the current state of the world we live in So you can read this all you want as some kind of political manifesto promo If you look at the fair clauses and you look at
what the CC is being asked to do I really hope you'll vote for comments Any other comments on this resolution and that is the last resolution that we will be discussing right now Uh next thing item on our
agenda is our second public speaking session Can I have the list and see how many people we have i have four more names I just need to put them on that list Okay that's also if there's another names down So now we got a
minute Oh no That'll bring us Based on the number of speakers around 20 speakers I think we're going to limit the second public speaking session to a minute per speaker Now as you've seen from the first time uh we did let people
go slightly over Um and people were okay with that except when somebody was speaking that you didn't agree with and then then it got a little noisy in here But we'll try a minute and we'll see how that works Um there's also a request that somebody needs to leave to allow to go first I I I it has to go in the order
of the sheet unless anybody unless everyone agrees So okay So our first speaker here Okay Just Annabelle Yeah Is Annabelle Rogerio And then after Annabelle we have
Joe Patel And then we're gonna have Shannon P Hey John good to see you That's very cool Um did Sabina and Mod really just leave after the idiots of this board got
a bunch of elected officials and face disease like you guys got Dan Goldman to sign that letter that guy chills his thumb while he send bombs to Janice out the other world On the on the Dan Goldman scale your behavior is worse
than bombing children Popar um Daniela Edgarov Alison Bowen Charles love Sabina Sarin Ma Marin each of you these means early each of you are a disgrace you
have failed your students your children our future your only path to redemption is to resign now and withdraw from all elections seize the boards or otherwise and I'm sorry they cut you [Music]
Next we have Joe and then we're going to have Shannon P and then JH Landis Hi the previous session in the name of Stephanie Turner I am a female athlete and I again support 348 and oppose 269
and 270 For a parent who is fighting for her child against the trans mafia please read Lisa Schultz book the trans train and at a previous meeting Sarah on this panel who's sitting on the right Gavin insult to people who are not from New
York City I'm raised in New York but who is it superintendent McGuire sitting over there was spent the majority of the meeting biting his nails and sucking his hand He's wearing his nails for
those and his wife or possible beard Judith who school look you do not have a right probably where your morals are You do not have money probably where your
morals are There's an executive order that says biological males competing in girls school sport You will lose million billions You'll lose billions if you do not comply with the executive order And
my final comment is it is the failure to recognize biological reality that is a huge reason why a New York City public education is quickly getting a reputation as Yes
[Music] Okay I'm Please let's refrain from attacks All right Thank you Next we have Shannon P I have the dubious distinction of identifying as a patriot while being on
the left I believe in the values that I see this country should have The right to engage in the democratic process the right to have a chance at success and the right to self-governance What the hell just
happened what just happened this is a disgrace to American values This is a disgrace to democracy We have people leaving in terrorists to avoid a quorum Those of you who are still here should
be proud of yourself And those of you who should who are still here why the hell are these people still on the council i'm a patriot That's not easy to say in front of my leftist colleagues believe me But when it comes to the
values of this country and engaging in the democratic process what the are our elected officials doing that is my question And I don't normally swear up here so you got to understand how upset I am to see this happening I might not agree with everything the opposition like Joe says but you heard me cheering
in the back for the man who came on last and spoke against my side because I believe people should be heard by elected officials Why the hell are they still on the council j Landis and then that'll be followed by it looks like Michael
Jordan You have JH Landis Uh Michael Jordella I know it sounds like they are yelling but it's because it's too loud Yeah You got I don't have any control over the mic Okay This mic very loud so I'm trying to Oh
could you hold on one second Is there we just lower that just a tad Thank you Thank you All right Can you can hear me good Okay So um I'm a D2 parent Uh got two kids One's trans one's not Just want to say thank you to everybody here because you're trying to
keep all kids safe That's cool And I want to say say a special thank you to the people who don't even have kids or even want kids Um thank you for fighting for them because they're doing even more Len I want to absolutely thank you because I've only been to four of these
and you are the only person who has been here all the way to the end of each of those four meetings on at that table So thank you Now I'd love it if you could explain something to me because I was just looking up Robert's rules in my I have a pocket
computer and what I want it seems to me that you can actually make a lot of the rules that you want to make and a lot of the bylaws that you want to make So you just said you couldn't pass resolution because you didn't have seven votes but if you want to change that to a simple
majority you can put those in the bylaws So what I'm trying to figure out you keep referencing Robert tools I know nothing about them but you can change them as needed So can you explain a little bit that it's not a question answer session but
thank you for your comment and time's up but thank you Thank you Was that Michael or was that okay michael Jordan Oh that was you Okay It was her fault Um Oliver Warfield
Warfield And then we're gonna have Katie Cox I'm Oliver I'm a trans man and I've led inclusive design work at companies such as Google and Pelaton And I want to start off by asking you to think about a
time that you were excluded about how deeply you felt that hurt That pain and the fear lingers You can probably feel it in your body right now if you really wanted to I grew up playing sports and I
was absolutely in love with men lacrosse When I was 14 after a scrimmage I was pulled aside by the head coach and the athletic director They told me I could no longer play on the boys team I was devastated I was forced to watch from
the sidelines as the same boys that called teammates played for the state championship I never got to play that sport again If you think exclusion in sports doesn't matter you're wrong Sports are much more than games They're joy
identity camaraderie belonging I didn't agency to speak up about the impact it had on me back then but I'm here now calling on you to do the right thing and resend resolution 248 Please feel these trans kids joy
like they took mine Thank you Hi good evening Um I'm Dr Katie Cox I'm an educator an anthropologist a voter person blessed to love and be loved by my trans family and friends I could speak to you as a person
and feel for you to empathize with the families directly and indirectly harmed by your actions I could speak to you as a voter in a rapidly deteriorating democracy um and appeal for you to follow procedure and show up for the constituents who elected you and took
whom you're accountable I could point out as a PhD in anthropology how breathtakingly unscientific and ahistorical the arguments underpinning resolution 48 are But you heard all of those arguments over and over and over and over and over
So I'm choosing to speak to you tonight as a teacher Whatever the curriculum whatever the context the most important thing I could hope to teach and the most important thing any of us here could hope to learn is the courage and curiosity to change
our minds Every person in this room wants to change things later not to be true We've all made choices we regretted in hindsight If you previously supported resolution 248 you don't have to keep
supporting it Charles Daniela Leonard thank you for making eye contact with me I'm asking you today only to do what we ask of every single student in this district Listen learn do
better next time So next we have we have Achilles Jordan Then we're gonna have Michael Low And then it looks like well you said Omar Vera has left out Okay So do we have Achilles
[Music] i won't be facing the people up front because this next speech is for the people in the audience especially the trans children As a trans adult who was once a trans kid I have to say that I love being a native New Yorker and I always will I love this city I just don't always love the people in charge
of it if you picking up what I'm putting down So for the trans kids in the audience in the spirit of keeping New York City Weird I will quote an Olivia Rodrigo song known as Hope You're Okay And if you know the lyrics you can sing along This is for the trans kids in the audience Address the letter to the hoes
in my butterfly wings Sing along Nothing's forever Nothing's as good as it seems And when the clouds will iron out and the monsters creep into your house and every door is hard to close Sing along
this song And I hope you know how proud I am Created with the courage to unlearn all their hatred But I hope that you're happier today cuz I love you and I hope that
you're okay This is my message to all trans youth in the audience and all trans elders and educators and everyone who stands to keep New York City Say it with me Keep New York Keep New
York New York Um Michael Lo Um I I left district 2 for district 19 in Brooklyn Um was before your times 2002
to 2004 I taught at PS11 And the reason I left was not because of my colleagues not because of um the students They're all wonderful but the parents were often unwelcoming and um not collaborative
So I hope that that's not you guys but um that was my experience Um you all are trusted servants You have a privilege and a sacred responsibility that you've been elected to
do Uh how dare you treat it as anything less than that sacred responsibility how dare you play games with our children stop messing around Uh looks like uh Kristen Clifford and
then after Kristen we're gonna have Angelo Kusamano Hi my name's Christine and I am the proud mom of two trans kids and I really do not want to be here right
now I am so sick and tired of these people I am And then my friend just said CD don't try to convince anybody but Len I really want you to reconsider your
vote I really want you to not abstain I want you to understand that the fixation on trans folks this so-called questioning from 248 it starts with transphobic language and it ends with
people looking inside the underwear of kids That is what happens with transphobia I am not kidding Okay please recognize the ugliness of this resolution and how it is being
cynically used by some people to gain power and to try to eradicate trans people I want to say thank you to all the people that keep showing up for our kids every month Thank you so much
I literally like I don't know what to say Thank you guys It's shameful that this resolution is on the books anywhere in New York City anywhere And thank you again to the Superintendent Maguire I really
appreciate you being here all the time and your support And you know what Len we're not worried about the new teachers We trust Superintendent Maguire is going to hire good teachers in district two Thank
you Angelo We have Angelo Okay Shane Allen That's quite the act to follow I wrote this on a train over Another love song to
Ma Glad you say you want to have a serious conversation while you've been checked out for months More concerned about keeping your seat on this board than actually serving it or holding a shameful panel where zero
curriculum conversation occurred In fact no conversation was had Instead you exploited a tragic trans person's story who regretted their decision someone from Kansas who immediately launched into a play play-by-play narration of
their adult transition Totally inappropriate for a school public school conversation on curriculum Let kids be kids This is not about sports This has never been about sports It's about denying a person's very right to exist
Sports merely happens to be your cynical attempt in to make bigotry more palatable like a glass of wine Mod could you wrap it up please new York is better than this It has to continue to be better than
this How does the saying go [Music] you save one person you save the world We need to agree that a human life a child's whole existence outweighs individual bigotry
in any form That's [Music] it Okay So next we're going to have Tara and then we're gonna have Mark Hi sorry again So I'm a D2 parent I have
two kids in district 2 I don't know if I said that when I came up before Um I just this really feels like the whole red herring thing going on here and it feels like there's an alternate agenda and it's very insulting to me as a parent and these are schools that I care
about I grew up in the city Uh I grew up going to New York City public schools I'm very invested in them And it's just it's really insulting And the only way that I can see that this was able to happen was through fooling people and
through very low voter turnout because parents are uneducated about voting I don't even know what is So I really hope that we can get more parents involvement and I can't imagine that parents are going to be happy with what's happening here The fact that you're not making eye
contact with me I'm a very normal parent I'm not an activist I'm here as a parent Uh and you're not looking at me in my eyes in my face And I don't understand that What's that about what What am I
doing that's insulting here i I I really can't understand it I'm a straight white normal woman with a two kids I'm educated Like what do you want what What do you want from me i grew up here I'm a
native I'm a citizen I What do you How would you look at me in my face that's I I can't I can't comprehend that It's so insulting as a parent It is so so insulting
and there's some alternate agenda going on and it's so clear Okay But it's it's if if my children did that it would give them a time out
Mark Hi my name is Mark I've been pretty loud this whole time because I'm personally I'm disgusted by the behavior of these three now two people who are sitting at that table One of them ran away I don't know They were scared I
don't I would like to say that this entire meeting I have seen these two on their looking down at something on the probably on the phone or reading something I don't know I I have only ever seen them look up or pay attention
to something Hey you pay attention I I've only ever I have only ever seen them pay attention to people who are on their side I've seen them listen to you Don't put put your goofy ass son down
If you want to represent this if you want to represent the district get off your phone and pay attention to what people are saying to you If you are going to take this seriously then resign I don't know why you're here If you aren't going to listen to anybody look
at me Hey I know you can hear me both shout if you're going to grace me with a response but I doubt that you will You're going to scratch your nose Okay Well I see we're going to be very immature here Okay Play on your phone I don't know We're playing Candy or some
Looking on Instagram Do your job Next we're gonna have Hannah followed by Jules and Alyssa Your own district guys Please keep it down Okay I um I'm Hold on Hold on You're so right But
don't worry we're like a through line It's gonna be beautiful Um how do I breathe okay Um I'm Hannah My pronouns are they them I'm a born and raised New Yorker and a former D2 student I was watching the panel during the presentation on language access and the
ELLL candidate is literally on their phone Odd Now they're gone A chronic problem Decide You're on your phone so much So I'm wondering what could be so important If you were taking notes I'd love to see them but if you're not are you temping
Craig because he's not left out are you playing Candy Crush allison is right next to you but maybe you're doing live commentary with each other Are you catching up on the latest post
headlines are you keeping the parents who don't come because we're supposedly so scary up to date somehow are you coordinating who on the panel on this side leaves next i think it happened already
Um maybe you have moms who have new pen pals to catch up with on Facebook Or you might just be looking at a blank screen because you're so committed to this whole act You too Um of course you're gone Get your
priorities straight You are a member on a community education council and you are showing that commu community is not at all important to you Thank you to our champions Voting opens Friday Tell everyone Jules follow that um on the side doing
factecking school So we're going to do some schooling here Um everything uh in schools is political So when yall say blah blah blah that's political Keeping things business as usual is political Changing things is political Literally everything in schools is political Um
sorry no problem Um just kidding Um a lot of the issues that you talked about do also impact uh queer and trans students So for example you talked about absences Um more than a third of students routinely miss at least one day of school per month because they feel unsafe That's the national survey But again if you care about absences you
need to care about trans kids Discipline Superintendent Our superintendent um here mentioned about black and indigenous and Latin kids are disproportionately offended So are diabetes and so are queer trans youth who are trans are more than twice as likely to be um suspended for like
similar or again who have um less victimizations funding and good% sorry funding comes from uh the federal government and low income also against the IDA diver children are much more likely to be queer and trans when
we talk about kids with IEPs when we talk about autistic kids they are those are again all trans issued but we know that you don't have to worry about that Um and so I just I'll end as an educator of over 20 years who has again as we know an advanced certificate engagement from NYU Learning about gender does not
teach kids how to be trans Being around trans people doesn't I'm around trans all the time and I'm not a trans person and I don't normal but I'm also not a trans Um anti-etism is not a catch-all for things you don't agree with and we shouldn't care about kids because that
is creepy and gross and dangerous and there's really no other way otherwise to um do it And also we're talking about KDA schools where I thought all sports for co-ed they're not funded You don't see worried about trans boys and someone earlier introduced an idea of like going by weight Great then go by weight I mean that has the horrific
consequences and it's easier to measure someone's weight than to look at their genital tricky We have again that's hard to follow Um I wasn't feeling to speak because but then I got really mad so here I am Um I'm the mom of a trans boy He's a
junior in high school and um we've been looking for colleges for him And at first I was like okay he can go to college in like maybe 25 states And then it started to be like okay he can go to like the Northwest or the Northeast maybe California And then okay let's
just stay like around New York and Massachusetts And then it was like okay let's be let's maybe not try for all of New York State just the safe parts And now I thought New York City was really safe But now we're like "Okay what about Canada?"
And I was so happy that I was raising my kid here and the school system has been so good for him And now this is happening And I think something kids sound over there Do we have anyone else that's signed
up anyone else signed up we don't have the list here It's not on our list Okay Next we have the vote on the resolutions We have a dispute I'm not going to call resolution 268 I'm only going to call resolutions 269 270 and
271 Uh your objection is duly noted Um I'm not going to call resolution 268 for a vote We've already had a discussion on that Your your objection is duly noted and I await
Sure No go ahead Go ahead Hi everyone So the question is and I just want to clarify what the question is So at the beginning of the meeting then you removed an agenda item that was
already published and was the agenda voted on when that agenda it is my question Is the agenda no
So in reviewing your bylaws there is nothing that talks about removing an agenda But there is something in your bylaws that says that whatever isn't covered in your bylaws you will refer to
them in Robert's rules So I looked up Robert's rules Can the meeting chair remove an agenda item unilaterally and Robert's rules says no Twothirds Well we know that you cannot have a twothirds vote You need to
have at least seven votes on your council So that's just my my piece of advice to the council based on the question Okay I I I I will abide by that discussion That's fine If we can have a
vote on resolution number 268 that's fine But you it's it's fine that not taking it personally Um okay So I make a motion to
uh to approve resolution number 268 a resolution calling for the New York City Department of Education to standardize grading rubrics across schools Um and does anyone second that motion yes Okay that motion is seconded
Uh okay You want Why are you calling no No I don't want anybody to get Yeah because people are going to get upset People get upset with my accent Okay Pri is not here Allison yes Daniela yes
Gavin Charles Maud is not here Sonel Jessica Sarah Sabina is not here I vote yes Greg
is not here Uh Alexandra is not here And Laya not here Is not is not here So the It doesn't pass But what's the what's the five nos three yes five The motion
does not pass by a vote of five And um just so people do know so that you all know in the audience we do still have a quorum just so everyone knows Good good just making sure you know that before you go nuts Okay Um I'd
make a motion to approve resolution number 269 and tell resolution to affirm CC2's support of NYCPS guidelines to support transgender and gender expansive students and resin resolution number 248 Does anyone second that motion
[Music] okay preoperai is not here Allison Daniela no Gavin Get off your phone Charles um Lord is not here Sonel
Jessica Sarah Sabina is not here I will abstain Okay Is not here Alexander and Laya are not here What is the vote 43 doesn't pass Vote does not pass by a vote of the motion does not pass by a vote of four
to three One abstensive Thank you Resolution I make a motion in favor of resolution number 270 entitled resolution in opposition to Donald
Trump's executive order ending so-called radical indoctrination and in support of culturally responsive and sustainable education Does anyone second this resolution gavin seconds resolution Okay Pri not
here Allison No Daniela No Gavin Charles No Sonel Jessica So uh I'm sorry Sarah Sabina's not here I vote no Craig not here
Alexandra and Laya not here Portray No Vote again does not the motion does not pass by vote of four to three There are no abstensions Okay Resolution Next resolution is resolution number 271 entitled resolution urging NYCPS to
protect against harassment of DOE staff and students under mayoral control Does anyone second this motion gavin Sens Okay I think
a miscount So I'm just going by what she's telling me One two three I'm not counting I mean you want me to count do the boat and call the roll Four by four Okay It's four It's four to four Okay I There's
nobody upstairs I apologize It's not This I'm just going by what I'm told I'm counting All right So I will make sure to count this next one Okay And and this is not a conspiracy please All right Next the next vote So we have a motion
Gavin has seconded the motion resolution to approve resolution number 271 Brie is not here Allison no Daniela no Gavin yes Charles no Ma is
not here Sonel Jessica Sarah Sabina is not here I vote no Greg is not here And our student members are not here Wait I didn't go to district two You can't blame me I went to schools outside of
district two So by Okay The motion does not pass by a school Had I gone to district two I would have gotten that right Uh the motion does not pass by a vote of four to four No objection Next we have approval of
minutes These minutes are probably are they in our packets yes Uh all right I'm going to just make a general um Are we all in favor of Does anyone have any uh changes that they like to make yes
Okay Could you specify specifically could would you like to stay it's fine It's It's It's okay because I'm We're not going to pass it We don't have Well it's fine
Okay And also just please make sure you include Craig on that Okay Okay All right And and and Okay Okay And I presume that that includes you're
we're not gonna we can't we can't do a motion It doesn't matter because we don't have normally I would go we all in favor of the minutes being approved but we can't do it now because we don't because we don't have the vote So it doesn't matter We're not going to approve
But normally you don't have to have a motion We've only done that because of you But you want to have a motion to approve the minutes It's fine Let's make a motion to approve the minutes And can we do it all at least minute together instead of one because otherwise we're going to be here We're going to be here for too late
Okay So we have a So all in favor All right So we're going to go one by one Roll call to approve the minutes from January February and March Okay And you did want to make some proposed changes but we can wait Okay Bribo Paray
not here Allison yes Daniela yes Gavin Charles uh Ma is not here Son Jessica uh Sarah Sabina not here Not here Um I will
actually uh you know what i will actually vote uh no on this one Yeah only because I want to see what your proposed changes are It's fine All right It's okay It's not So we need
to be So all right New business Does anyone wish to bring any new business up go ahead So so right now we're at the uh we're going to like our fourth lunch over But anyway um I I just want to one thing I want to bring up as new business um is
that resolution 269 and resolution Oh sorry Resolution 269 is resolution resolution 248 Um I know that we need seven we needed seven votes per bylaws and state law to pass that But I do want
to add I just want to note that the vote today was four in favor of residing resolution three against one obstac So I think that's something and thank you We will you please step back
I'm sorry Do not touch the equipment Thank you Thank you Any other business okay Motion to adjourn our calendar meeting All in favor yes Any opposed to be honest Okay Now we have a
working business meeting Like to call the working business meeting to order Yes We're going fast Okay Okay Can we call roll call preoperide Not here Allison here Daniela is here
Gavin is here Charles is here Ma is absent Uh Son is here Jessica is here Uh Sarah is Sarah stepped out We'll say she's here And uh Sabina is
excused And I'm sorry Sabina is absent I'm here and Craig is excused And also Pri is noted as excused Okay Sorry We have we have a quorum present All right Treasures report
Treasurer is not here School leaison updates Anyone new business any new business okay Motion Motion to adjurnn [Music] I'll take [Music] present or absent for this reason
First of all no I just I just couldn't hear you They were the kids were yelling We noted that Chaz appeared present or not present He was present for the vote Yeah I I I And you know what honestly if you
Oh miss miss Oh Oh miss If you've missed the city seriously You were two hours late That's absurd [Music] But I know that your job is not to be
laid Your job is not to you If you can't represent the city effectively then just resign [Applause] [Music] Almost two more