attention to the needs of these students knows that the doe has struggled Department of Education has struggled to support this population we have years of lawsuit and court orders and failures to comply with court orders illustrating the multitude of ways in which this
population of students has not always received all the services that they require and Reserve because of this it is particularly critical for parents to feel clear on what what services their children are actually receiving but it's
shocking how little access parents or caregivers actually have to this kind of real information um to be give a brief example caregivers don't have access to the online portal that service providers
use to log service hours and our New York City Schools accounts don't update their records about last received services in a remotely Timely fash F in terms of the data that we receive um another example the doe related
Services team recently shared which sounds like a fabulous number it shared that 94.8% of students have received services this year which sounds great but you can qualify as having received Services simply by receiving one service for the
entire year so it's not actually a helpful or meaningful number to let us understand what students are actually receiving in school so the resolution is a start on helping with this issue um we've listed a series of
requests addressed to superintendent Maguire and the office for special special education and the deputy chief of special education John Hammer some of the requests essentially include data on compliance with IEPs for the past two years information about how
parents can request specific information about services rendered to their students transparency for how D2 currently ensures schools provide makeup sessions for students providing caregivers with the ability to see what services their
students receive we've also asked that D2 principles and assistant principles be required to work with school-based support teams and psychologists and relevant staff members to ensure that each student with a disability is matched to a caseworker prior to the start of the school year and that the
contact information for that case worker is provided to families before the start of the year as well as to ensure that families are told and informed about their rights to compensatory services and that
compliance with this notification be provided to the appropriate individuals of the district office and finally we've asked that um the doe added question to the Citywide School survey beginning next year to capture whether caregivers feel that their school principal
supports and ensures services for students with disabilities in their school families shouldn't have to wonder if their kids are actually going to school and getting the services they need so this is an effort to make it a little bit easier for families to advocate for their students more effectively by
getting the information that they deserve thank you thank you very much before I ask the um the council to introduce the resolution I just wanted to mention your procedural points um the the district 2
Community Education Council follows a set of bylaws and the bylaws are basically controlling and when the bylaws are not controlling we refer to robbert's Rules of Order uh now uh Robert's Rules of Order states that by means of motions to resend and to amend
something previously adopted which are two forms of one incidental main motion governed by identical rules the assembly can change an action previously taken or order uh and motions to ascend and to amend something previously adopted are
not in order under the following circumstances B when something has been done as a result of a vote on the main motion that is impossible to undo the unexecuted part of an order however can be resed or amended with regard to resolution
248 uh that resolution specifically contained an operative Clause that stated as follows therefore be it resolved that ccd2 respectfully request that nycps immediately convenes AG gender guidelines Review Committee this request
has been made and responded to so uh it is in fact too late for the motion to descend however that being said uh I am willing to I place the motion on the agenda and if the four council members
are willing to uh agree that we can be a little with Robert's Rules tonight I have no objection to hearing resolution number 254 is there any objection from the four of you okay so I now just asked and I
apologize to the other members of the council but I this is the way we're going to handle it tonight I know many members of you are here many members of the public are here so uh you should be entitled to uh to have a u discussion on this resolution so is there anyone that
would like to introduce resolution to 54 entitled resolution to resend resolution number 248 yes first of all just speaking to the procedural matter I I do understand that under Robert's Rules of Order um it is
in you know it's not in order to motion to Res something that has already taken place however all of the cases that involve um that part of Robert schs for order Envision something like you know the the Town Council motions to you know
you know to paint the school the school's been painted you can't unpaint the school now this is this is uh this is rhetoric we we have we have put this motion forward and we can we can take it back so I so I beg you differ with your interpretation
[Applause] so um I mean I think this resolution really speaks for itself I think that since the council this Council passed resolution 48 in March this year we've seen so many members of our community
and such an incredible outpouring of um of sentiment of of people coming to testify and saying how they felt that resolution 248 was harmful and the chancellor uh Chancellor Banks has said this on multiple
occasions as well the chair of the panel for educational policy uh appointed by mayor Adams who said the same as of our Manhattan Representatives on that panel uh that panel the panel for educational policy has its own resolution I think at its meeting um
next week which will be held in the Bronx to um to also cond at this this resolution 248 nearly every single one of our elected officials at the city state and federal level including some of our
community boards representing families and dist to has spoken out about resolution 248 being an attempt to marginalize and other transgender [Applause]
and I understand that some members of this Council who voted for resolution 248 in March and maybe even some of the council members who sponsored resolution 248 still think uh even after all this time that it's just about establishing a
committee to to review an abstract set of guidelines but asking for a Review Committee about whether a group of students who are included now under the current guidelines can continue to be included or not is not a neutral thing
for the people whose fate might be in the hands of that [Applause] [Music] community so I think for maybe some of
my fellow council members maybe there was no intent to do harm but we also have to think of impact when we know that an action of this Council has her members of our community and they have made it very clear to us that it has I think we have an obligation to walk it
back to apologize for that harm and to try to learn from that and be better finally I know that some of you on this Council may feel that you're representing people in the district 2 Community who may have fears or concerns about transgender girls participating on
girl sports teams my only response to that is that we are not here to validate people's fears of other [Applause]
people so we should not be validating those fears we should be trying to protect our students from them not institutionalizing them and I just think we need to own up to this as a council and we need to receive resolution to thank
[Applause] you 255 resolution to create a district 2 class-size task force all right for itself sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry about that it
is um so I'll be try to be quick sorry uh as you all know uh the city needs to implement the class siiz law over the next few years our Council recently passed resolution 251 which called for the state legislature to make certain amendments to ensure that this imitation
is Equitable educationally sound and would not wreak havoc on the entire doe system they didn't but we'll see what happens but I'd like to be a realist whether they make changes or not there will be continued implementation we have schools for example that are way over
capacity as it is decisions are going to have to be made and my guess is that there may be some level of resoning needed alternatively there will be potentially repurposing of class rooms the doe did have a working group that has been making recommendations but that's pretty high level that group
isn't saying PS whatever is at 140% capacity where are the kids going to go to school so we can Implement they're not bu we have they're not going to be they weren't talking about the nitty-gritty work on a district by District school by school level the district surely has started this planning process I know superintendent
Maguire has been been working hard with his team and his principles but it's time to get a group together of all stakeholders principles teachers parents or CC the district coun and District Leadership Council if tough tough decisions need to be made Let's Get stakeholder input sooner rather than
later and have transparency throughout the process this resolu resolution asks that a D2 class siiz task force be convened with each of these stakeholders to ensure that we come up with solutions that work for the district and for our kids thank you and the next resolution which I'm
sure is probably the most controversial one on agend today resolution number 256 inti resolution to enhance nycps life remediation policies to provide need resources to families any would like to speak about this
resolution yes my apologies in advance for any itching this conversation it's going to cause you because it will little louder is that louder can you hear me now sorry good all right it's going to make everyone feel itchy and I'm really sorry um so this resolution is to address the inequities of lice
checks and Remediation in schools um School uh School Li checks are funded by parent associations parent teacher associations so well-funded schools um are with active PT have great checks um um I was lucky enough to go to a school
or my kids got like a professional company to come in thank God so this just um asks for three times a year checks uh typically uh kids come back from vacation with lice just they
go out there and they see the world um which is great uh ask for remediation kits because um can be expensive it's also sometimes it comes home and then you find out at the end of the day or you get a letter and you're like what back and there's certain Combs that work at certain comes that don't I have very
strong place sorry um and also to disseminate um easy to understand information about lice remediation and also lice prevention and treatment um to help people understand like what kind of laundry to do and like what works think of like more Ikea directions like super
simple so that everyone can figure that out and do it quickly and as easily as possible so that's about it I want to thank you for that I to light surviv yes it's very um the next item on our agenda is
the program presentation so we have two programs for tonight the first one on the agenda and if we don't have anyone here from OA yet we can do the other one first but is there anyone who is prepared to present from the office of language access
OA and when you do Pres just explaining to everyone what all is and thank you would you like the that one or and council member council member should got handouts on this presentation
[Applause] I'm BL me for I hope to get set up just um there is a sign sheo anyone like to speak at any of our two public speaking sessions please make sure you've signed on the signning sheet and again if you are a student please put an T next to your name so you might be able
to thank you hello hello everyone my name is robt Williams and I'm for allent engagement at off of language access this presentation will to show you how to navigate the schools.
nc. hello web page to um access resources as translation materials or interpretation so on the agenda we have five talk about n school background our
commitment to NC school. web page raising awareness and questions and ANW so about public school background there's over 1 million students in over 1600
plus schools that speak over 180 languages approximately 40% of n Public School household speak the language other than English at home and off language access is dedicated to supporting both staff and
by providing the resources necessary for eff communication and other and the NYC school top n langes are Arabic bang Chinese French paent Russian
Spanish and here we um L about District 2 as you can see we have le about 10 langages you have family
Arabic we have a good number of American Lang as well so I know there but let's not forget about low distance Lang so our office supports the nycps offices and public schools with
translation and interpretation Services for Families who prer language English our translation team which is our largest group that specialized in providing Management Services our interpretation team works with our contract interpretation vendors to
ensure schools receive services for inperson virtual and open phone pral engagements our outre team on we focus on promoting equable language access services to schools and empowering Public School parents to
understand and advocate for their language access rights our off scho Contin to pursue Innovation and partn to be the nation of language access to school we collaborate with Advocates to identify needs and address language barriers in our eff
changing communities we engage parent leaders to enhance the message of Lang access to our communities we pursu innovating ways to engage with and receive feedback from fam such as our online
portals emails mile calls for M Lage technology to continuously enhance the interpretation experence for family such as virtual meetings we ensure transation quality such as professional translation tools
and we keep post of Citywide langage data and translation interpretation service out n Public School fre language Services include Public School language Services include interpretation for all meetings
and interaction with n Public School staff translation of General doents top languages some some examples of those materials include parent newsletter event F translation of individualized
documents into parent language of request and some of those documents include I with the individualized education program section4 plan is medical
accomodation so let's say the child has test so you go to the school ask the4 plan take that plan to your primary doctor if your primary doctor means that the child does have anxiety you bring
that back to the school and then then now your once the school submited the child may receive extra time on your test for transcripts oration records this is in any language
you translate for Trans any language not just top so NAA the n school website be mindful at the top of the top right of each um page there's a drop down you can
translate the web page into your language but please know 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 animations
Etc may not be transl to the limitation of the transation software so once you go to the school. web page this is the first thing that you want to see that's a a little short video this
resources New York City Public Schools speak your language did you know that New York City speak over 100es all new provide transation services for and interpreters
fors for example if already provided you can request services from your child's School translation of report cards and SCH letters translation of individualized Education evaluation and other special education
documents and interation services for teachers and other school staff members for more information and resources go provide feedback on the services offered by your school visit schools. or call 311 you see
[Music] to language this video is also translated into Arabic B canes French anci crean Mand russan Spanish and
U so the very next half that video this is exactly how the we so the very next tab will be he resour here you can see you have heal health and moment forms but we're going to focus on the botom
the language access NYC he has family grure this grure is good for I say you can't speak if you go to the school and the the school can't speak your language you just tear out whatever language you
prefer hand it to the school and the SCH support in that very next time that be request language Services for Families May complete the translation interpretation service request form to request language Services Public School offic of language
access will forward your request for the open school office or committee on special education this form is also translated these languages so please not Services may very dependent on the type of school the student attends parents
can also call 311 or make a request for langage service interation over the phone is available over 200 plus Lang let's say you want to click on this phone this is how the form will
look but before you put on the form please go to your school for now if the schol unable to support you then you come out this form this form fed to
my or P form or fed to my person email so it's not like sitting in a office inbox for somebody to look at it I answer emails right so what happens I
see out the name or anous up to you so if it's Anonymous I'll send the email to the principal the language access coordinators of that school and the par coordinator know um came in you have a parent saying that they were un happy
with the school not supporting them in Chinese and please make sure that you reach out to all of your Chinese family and all of your other little inter make sure that you support them in their language if you need training I training
staff as well please got to me and I'll be happy to survive training and they must let me know when reach the parents that I can close on mind [Music] this form is transl top languages and
for those who do not have computer take out their phone code and come so the very next half that will be connect with the office of if you are someone you know needs help receive the
information for engl pleas call1 you can visit our contact form transl into the langues below let's say you want to contact our office click on that
this per form I think we will be addressed accordingly I said this form is transl top languages also provide code phone the very next have under that
would be Shar your Lang service and experience you may you may also provide feedback on the NYC Public School Lang Services by completing our translation interation feedback survey we don't want want to just hear
comp you want to hear you know some schools that are doing well so maybe they can model for other schools you want to know what are they doing right follow once you click on this this
[Music] page [Music] address now [Music] Sil our office not sign Serv this is separate or a lot
of people asking inter office Office contact em. Charge the very next we Havey langage assistant Services
here you can on help complain so we've done some Outreach in communi we have advertised schoal stores laundry M Pharmacy and what's out here is we have advertising in the MTA train system
and on on the MTA buses we have direct out mile call email text messages postard on right if for any reason you're saying I didn't see anything your office
and please go to the school check or whoever and make sure that all information is updated because you know phone numers change sometimes move the same system that scho information so there any questions
actually I have a question um are there any translation services provided for parent teacher conferences I because it's such an important part of the feedback process how does that work I'm glad you said that so for the CC
Council some of you guys like the president wears they wear multiple hats if you're wearing a hat underneath the PTA president you go directly to your support would be the parent coordinator of that school if some schools do not have a parent
coordinator so we would go to the admin AP or um the principal for the CC council member your support will be Victor um at the district and if some some District do not have a AA so it
would be the family leadership coordinator or the family support coordinator and yes parent teacher conferences um we can have interpreters there you have interpreters at graduations um a lot of parents are not aware of that
and I see a lot of schools not having interpretation at graduations which that's a big event that you should have interpretation and and and what do you recommend I mean do you recommend that um like the superintendent reach out to the principles I me there's got to be some
sort of official process that whereby because a lot of parents just don't know like you were saying they just don't know about the availability of the translation service and this is why I go around about the whole city to CC meetings to inform parents of their rights that that
they can have at graduation or parent teach conferences so that they can inform the school the school doesn't know I mean staff do have like a revival end sometimes sometimes people retire they to different school so you know I can understand that but we try to make
our best to go around training staff members at every school so that they are aware of these resources um and that's why try to empower parents is resources that well so that they can go to the school and say hey um I was at a meeting I'm a store that you can provide and um
interpretation at at graduation and please do so the other thing I want to just ask you about is um not only like report cards I heard you say transcripts but like a report cards translated and then what about like just basic feedback so if somebody submits a report or a book
report for example and there some comments uh you know it's it's quite possible parent doesn't know what those comments are so I will ultim translate to the nine top languages for free for parent um anything parent related for
students so our school gives our office gives each school um translation and interpretation funds for those um particular situations they can actually use those funds to either request interpreters or Translate those report
cards stupid report cards we have a vendor that they can just um submit that document to the vendor it's out of cost but and return is fast maybe two days um it's much faster than trying to do it on your own now the problem with schools I
know some schools do it will translate certain things on their own the only problem with that is unless that person actually speaks that language cuz I know some schools may use like who you translate those machines those machine transl translation tools are not
accurate um and you wouldn't know if there's an offensive word there or not so we try to tell schools only use that for like emails or text messages something short and and do not use any student information there because we don't know where those um machine
translation tools are storing the information just one suggestion I would make is I don't think parents really know about the availability of services might make sense just even in the lobby of a school just when you first come in just to have those notices posted in a lot of different languages so schools do
receive posters and and and brochures to put up around the schools to let parents be aware of these services and also on the other end and I say I'm here trying to put the word out to all the parents to let them know and inform them um I'm
a one man show right now but I'm trying to I'm trying to move around the city thank you any other questions so I'll make this very quick so you mentioned sometimes schools don't know what languages are spoken in their schools I think that's wrong like because every family that enrolls buils
out a language survey langage F survey so I'm curious whether your office keeps data from clients and how many for example her school how many requests for translations during her interpretation during I meetings during parent teacher conferences during some of these very Milestone important moments life do you
you guys know for example if there's a school where 30% are Russian speaking and 60% are H real speaking how often that school actually request translation or interpretation for those students yes we have dat that
actually I handed to bre the um same data data I show on the screen we collect data from I mean the schools use the translation or translation um services and interpretation for as well especially for so if you um
my email is R Williams 32 at schools.gov you shoot me an email I can give you that um [Applause] those do any other council members have
any questions for Mr L thank you well thank you very much apprciate thank you [Applause] so the next item on our agenda is the annual contracts for excellence also
known as the c4e presentation um this presentation is required to be completed I Believe by June 21st that's why we're doing it tonight and we have members of superintendent McGuire staff here and I'd like you to just introduce yourselves and just tell everybody what
what uh C4 you stand you should turn on would you like two microphones or you guys you can share there's a tiny [Music] button welcome to the annual Comm engagement session on Deputy
superintendent shanon I want to thank you for all and superintendent Dr hiin time on schedule to you on these important matters this evening we are joined by our budget matter expert sunny
as good evening um who supports our schools with budget and Grant matters today we will share our plan for State contracts for Excell State contracts for excellence funding also known as C for and for our proposed class SI ruction
plan a new part the contracts the Excellence process I will review each topic and provide the process for public comments for each again thank you for ring our time on the agenda today we start into the presentation today we will discuss the
topic for the upcoming 2425 school year I will provide an overview of the funding share dollar amounts allocated to doe and how the funding will be allocated school and impose restrictions on how some of the funds are spent at
the end of each topic we will share how you can provide comments on what have been presented the two topics we be discussed this evening are State C forb and class the state C for portion of the presentation is being recorded and any
feedback public comments related to C for will be submitted on your behalf you may also share feedback public comments on information Shar in this presentation by using the designated email address effort each I will point out the designated
email address at the conclusion of each topic our New York City Public Schools team will be taking public comments received into consideration in the coming weeks in alignment with the public process the first topic being presented
today contracts for excellence also commonly referred to to as C first provide some background on c for c for legislation was established as part the 207 and eight state budget under Foundation 8 and requires that a portion
of foundation 8 be used for specific restricted purposes CPE requires that funding be allocated to a specific program that raise the achievement of our students with the greatest educational need including but not limited to those
students with limited proficiency students in poverty and students with disabilities we are required LA to develop through a public process a Citywide contract for excellence and Community School District contract for
excellence the public process is how parents families teachers and other school community members and interested parties provide input about the Citywide and Community School District secr and about the allocation of secy funding for their schools our public process
includes this meeting as well as other meetings that superintendent will be conducting across the city with their respective ccs and five Bor heing that will also be happening during this period of time although the C for
process is not new we have submitted a c c4e plan since 2728 under recent changes to state law the timeline for this process including District C for presentations has Chang we are
now no later than 30 days after budget we also are require to provide notice of public process 15 days prior to the first public he state will requires that Community School District contracts for excellence be presented by
superintendent or Deputy Superintendent at CDC meetings to enable public comments on those for plan to that end we will be recording all comments dated this meeting this important process allows families and community members an
opportunity to provide input about how their schools are it is an essential element in C plan that the New York City public school submits to the state which the state must improve in order for the New York City public schools to receive C
funding F must spent only within the following initiatives to illustration examples of programs by initiative subject to State education department approval are included below additional instructional time time on task an
example would be extended school day or school year initiatives model programs for multilingual Learners example of being expansion of bilingual resource materials and libraries F day we can toart and kindergarten the example would
be adding classes additional staff and their course related to full day kindergarten for class size reduction example be hiring and placing additional teachers in the classroom to reduce the student teacher ratio teacher and
principal quality initiatives an example would be the creation of non-cash incentive program to encourage high quality teachers to teach in high need areas Middle High School restructure example would be expanding participation
and advanc placement programs Additionally the State education department commissioner May authorize districts to implement experimental programs such authorization must be granted inance of implementation more information about
eligible uses and requirements may be found at the New York State education Department's website which is justed here each year New York State education department says New York City Public Schools C for amount based on annual
increase in Foundation Aid in excess of 3% in fiscal year 25 2025 the amount of funding we must resignate for c for e is increasing by $45 million to 83
million it is also important to note that there has been 183 million of C embedded in Fair student fund since 2007 2008 in the upcoming school year this funding will be continued to be part of fair student funding however it will be
identified as C for B and allocated separately from fairis SCH fund additionally it will be restricted to be used for teacher salaries only to Ure full utilization this is not a new use of this allocation it has always been
assumed that c for embeded in FSS by student funding supportting teacher salaries this just demonstrates this just demonstrates that more were this funding to be used for another purpose the Department of Education would not be able to continue
funding all schools that is 100% Fair student funding now for the breakdown of the C for E public he categorize C for allocations as discretionary and targeted discretionary means that school
may use c e funding in any eligible way that best meets the needs of their students students targeted means that c for is being used to support a specific program and schools must use C for funding in support of that program of
the $83 million 487 million will be allocated as discretionary C for and 316 million will be allocated as targeted 36 million of targeting programs now include 183 million of fair
student funding to be used for teacher salaries 87 million for integrated co- teing classrooms 30 million for academic summer programming 9 million for prev whole day 3K and 7 million for autism
spectrum D let's take a close a look at Citywide proposed allocations combin discretionary funding existing which is over 55% and new 5.6%
makes up 60% the proposed allocation targeted allocations make up 39% with greater with a greater share of that being attributable to Fair student funding of 22.78% integrated co- teing classrooms
summer program prek and aing Spectrum classrooms make up 16.5% combined now for our proposed dist District allocations we will take public feedback into account in the coming weeks as we
continue to work for complying with this mandate the deadline for submitting public comments will be June 24th 2024 please share your comments and feedback by using the C fore C fore email address to see on
the I'm now going to turn it over to my part now we are moving to the second major toic we are discussed the secret e funding stream now we will wrap up by discussing the class size reduction plan in September
2022 Governor H enacting chapter 556 of the laws of 2022 which requires the New York City school districts to Fe a 5year class siiz reduction plan for all New York City K to 12 Community districts and
high schools chapter 556 sets forth requirements that apply only to newor City School District including new class siiz t for all public P 12 Community district and high
schools a class siiz reduction plan which must be approved by the United Federation of teachers UF and the Council of school supervisors and administrators CSA the unions representing New York City school
district teachers and principles respectively and submitted as part of a contract for excellence a prescribed timeline for the public process for the development posting and submission of a contract for
excellence annual implementation reports on the status of a class production plan penalties in the form of reduc St funding it's adequate progress to reduce size is not made the law imposes
specific class size caps within the New York City school district for the first time prior legislation required a plan to reduce average class sizes and did not set forth specific average class siiz caps class siiz caps have
previously been set subject to Collective argain agreements between D City Public Schools and the UF and could be exceeded in certain circumstances as a reminder the law prescribes specific class siiz packs of
20 students in K to 3 23 students in 4 to8 and 25 students in 9 to 12 and 40 students in PE and Performing groups all
grades on May 7th New York City public schools released a draft version of the class siiz reduction plan for the 2425 school year as a reminder this plan must be signed off on by the United
Federation of teachers U the council for school supervisors and administrators CSA in addition to New York City Public Schools the posted version has not yet been signed off on by the UF for
CSA as noted the plan itself new public school is currently in compliance with the law for the 2324 school year year City Public Schools anticipates continuing to be in compliance for the
2425 school year and as named policy changes in the plan that will ensure we will meet a compliance Target of 40% for the 2425 school year the draft plan includes specific
action for schools along with a breath of commitments to implementation that we are undertaking across the new YK City public school Central offices alongside the school construction Authority which I will discuss in more detail on the
next Slide the public is able to provide feedback on the draft plan via this process the email to share feedback is in the final slide of this
SE now I will highlight some components of the draft plan at the start of the draft plan we highlight critical data points regarding current compliance across the city our compliance rate for school year
2324 is 40% the required Benchmark for this school year is 20% the changes proposed in the plan we believe will ensure we continue to me benchmarks for school year 2425 of
40% data shows that the districts with the greatest percentage of classes at or below the class siiz caps are in District 23 Ocean Hill Brownsville seven M Haven Melrose and 16
sters Heights Crown Heights District 26 Bayside lenos 28 Forest H Jamaica Hills and 31 St IA and have the lowest percentage of classes at or below the
class size pass the Bronx is the most compliant burrow with 54% compliance while stat island is the least compliant at 24% our highest the quti schools are 62%
complying our our lowest cour of schools are 25% client we continue to expect to me 10 to 12,000 teachers of which 3 to 4,000 would be special education next I would provide an
overview of key components of plans the draft plan includes the development of District level targets for all districts across the city all superintendents of schools covered by the law will be asked to improve
compliance across their District by 3% this includes an accompanying menu of possible options that superintendents and teams can work with schools to implement and include strategies like repurposing space maximizing teacher
programming fully programming existing instructional space reallocating funding to support class size reduction utilizing multisession programming and considering virtual learning as a strategy this approach allows New York
City public schools to drive compliance at a Citywide scale with the flexibility for superintendents and schools to determine the best path forward for their school and Community context the draft plan also outlines the
addition of funding for class size including an additional 45 million in C4 e funds which can be used for class size or any other eligible purposes and an additional 137 million that schools may
only be used for class size but may also be subject to C for the draft plan also outlines a significant effort around teacher Recruitment and hiring these action items include providing a robust p
package of hiring resources to schools including an earlier application window for hiring teachers and high school peer recruiters School tours for prospective candidates in the Bronx and increasing
the number of early recruitment s Cy New City Public Schools also commits to expanding path rades for current New City public school students to become teachers with work within the office of student Pathways and in supporting Care
Professionals and teachers needs in becoming teachers New York City Public Schools also outlines its commitments around Capital planning with the school's construction authority to ensure that we are working collectively to increase the
number of available seats where there are needs included in the report is a table that illustrates the timing and School District impact for 27,000 seats coming online from the previous Capital plan as well as a
detailed list of which schools will be positively impacted by the new construction the class siiz working group me through most of 20123 to deeply understand the law and make recommendations to the chancellor to
consider as New York City public school Works to implement the law the draft plan does act on many of a class-size working group's recommendations including the following recommendations for each
committee from the enrollment and space and capital planning committees relevant New York City public school divisions should work together with SCA on a unified class siiz plan develop and Implement an
information gathering survey New York City Public Schools should develop a plan that includes rury and maximize an existing School space recognize the need for more school space and Capital
Construction improve strategies to identify sites for schools and expand classroom space hiring and stacking subcommittee beginning in the 2023 24 school year the working group recommends
prioritizing hiring teachers with an earlier application window for high needs schools that have class sizes above the mandated limits located in the heart of to staff districts create a formalized process for human resources
in the New York City public schools to perform exit AG views collaborate with Sunni huni and Regional universities to help connect New York City public schools with undergraduates work with current New
York City public school students and graduates to develop Pathways to become teachers build and strengthen pipelines for PA professional and teacher aids to become teachers budget and finance committee
nity Public Schools should engage in a modeling that does not just consider overall expense of the ability for a wide range of types of schools to meet cost aggressively pursue new opportunities for potential funding from
New York state and federal resources including nerd City Public Schools increasing their advocacy for these funds as a reminder this is a draft version that has not yet been signed off
on by the United Federation of teachers or Council for school supervisors and administrators who are required to sign off on our final plan we will now share the process for providing feedback on
the draft class siiz reduction plan on the following slide we will consider all feedback received on our proposed plan during the public process the deadline for submitting public comment will be June
24th 2024 those who wish to provide May submit their comments by email to class siiz schools.nyc.gov this concludes the
presentation please remindful of all the email addresses provided a public comment for each section thank you for your time I will let you return to your very important end of year Mee agenda but before I do I want to thank this
community for all our work and collaboration this school year I wish you all a good summer and look forward to a successful 2023 24 school year thank you sorry
guys do any council members have any questions oh sorry it's a good evening Council I just wanted to add one more statement I apologize with regards to C
for E there is an additional increase of foundation name of 137 million that is plan to be allocated to support schools in States class instuction Mand and may also be subject to sorry I have to get do any council members have any
questions regarding the [Music] c4d sorry um couple of questions uh superintendent Maguire um first question is the Deputy superintendent
mentioned and on all the all these three questions you may not have an answer and if you don't have an answer it's okay to say that so I fully understand it um virtual learning as a strategy can you talk about what that means cuz a lot when when people hear virtual learning
they have very very different reactions some people are perfectly fine they welcome it for a lot of reasons others have a violent reaction very violent reaction to those terms so could you talk about what that would mean um if uh Sun wants to add to it certainly can uh this is virtual
learning is not a strategy that we are seeking in our mostly 3K to H District um the only situation like uh pursue virtual learning would need to expand opportunities for kids but not as a strategy foring cl siid to meet um
this okay thank you uh the second thing which is also what does this mean reallocating space does that mean students will lose music rooms or students may lose a gym I mean I remember when I was in high school and even Junior High School I think I had
math in the gym they they didn't have enough rooms and classrooms is that a possibility where we may be losing these wonderful Extra Spaces to accommodate this rule what what exactly does that mean reality space uh right now our eyes
are on the 3% reduction that we need to achieve for the call um we won't need to do uh any kind of reallocation of spes for the 24 25 school year uh we think that we can uh handle that with the resources that are currently in the
building um teaching staff uh and programs um but when we get to the 25 26 school year and we need to think about how it is that we're going to meet the 60% threshold as a city um then I think a new set of strategies are going to be
on the table um and um it could be something that is uh done in District 2 I know that several districts were listed as the districts that were um least compant with this uh Bill were
pretty uh after in terms of uh not having very many our classs currently in so there are going to be Crea things done in our district if we are to meet the bill um as it currently stands and then my my what I think will be my final
question which is looking towards the longer much longer term one of the strategies would be to build new schools and I think school construction Authority got a lot of M billions of dollars to build new schools and that'll be across the city not it's not a district 2 specific thing but it's across the
city what is in your experience the timeline for building a new school in other words let's say we have to be 60% compliant in I don't know two years and then 80% that we you can't build build a school overnight right I mean I remember when they were building this school it was over several years and that's the
construction and there were several years of planning before that so in your experience what is a timeline or times of completion Soup To Nuts for building a new school because is that achievable is is that a realistic strategy in the short term over the next four years to
achieve that 100% or what whatever number of years I I don't think we'll be able to rely on new schools in district 2 to meet The Bu we currently have two schools that are in the pipeline one of which was actually supposed to um ins
started already one uh in Hudson Square and another one that is for um uh Hudson yards area um the one in Hudson Square is um I similar to Spruce Street in that it is part of a commercial uh and
residential building as well um but the uh developer has not yet that project um so it is really hard to predict how long these projects take do do you know and and maybe somebody on on the CC who's been here longer than I have how long it took to build this school I'm asking I
don't know I don't know if the principles I don't know I meanon actually for a long time I'm thinking it's like a 10 year process and and it was also uh temporarily hous in a couple of
otheres right but borrowing borrowing unfor circumstances listen we can get an influx of people moving into this neighborhood that that's that would be great but borrowing something unseen you don't you don't expect that we will need new new buildings in this District to
comply certainly not for 25 okay thank you thank you Mr President any other council members have any questions of superintendent mire uh superintendent two quick questions the projections for the class
size um are they based on a level of enrollment in District 2 for example based on a certain figure that you have and you're anticipating for the coming years um are you talking about the connection between the C for e and how many how much money it would take in
order to meet the class size Bill correct or for for for I I presume you have an estimate where somebody's looked at it certain districts might need more certain districts might need more space based on enrollment and how many seats we have right now or how many you know what the
projections are are your projections to the 3% or whatever is for the coming years are they based on a certain number like of students enrolled in the district I mean there certainly would be a number that would be far greater than that which is allocated currently to the
district but I don't have that specific and you don't know what the specific numbers right now for like the current enrollment and what you're projecting are you projecting a larger enrollment in the coming years or a contraction um for next year we are
expect to grow um slightly um currently with 3K uh preek uh we are somewhere around 24,000 students um we are expective to grow uh a bit I have some more information about our Middle School
uh enrollment when I do and you talked about I think you were talking about systemwide 10,000 teachers or something I can't imagine that's for district to do you know what the percentage or the number of teachers you're estima need in this District would
be I don't uh because I don't I don't because there would be different strategies that we would take um there would be dos that would be allocated to different things um and there would be different rules that would be set up uh to define the policy that we would have to
and do you have an expectation that those new teachers are going to be experienced teachers or are they going to be more on the less experience I I think that's very hard and currently what's the current rate of teacher attrition in the
district people who tend to retire each year do you have a figure on that or a percentage I don't have a r but I can I can get it you um it changes um from year to year obviously um our rate of attention is very high in this District
um but you know as people uh over and take advantage of the retirement plans that are available to them um it varies from year to um we are proud to say we have a high and then finally it sounds like for next year we're okay but after that
things could get a little crazy is that what I'm perceiving from you I I think that I think that it would get very difficult to in this District to be f with the 60% or even make our contribution to that 60% um even though
that's a Citywide figure that's 60% Citywide it would be difficult for us to U contribute to that okay because I I go back and I remember visiting at my son's school my oldest boy was now in college and I remember seeing U people literally
teaching in class I'm sorry quasit so I hope we don't have that repeat in that situation that coming up okay okay any other council members have any questions okay thank you superintendent Maguire um I guess you the the next item
on our agenda is the first public speaker [Applause] session everybody out there um I'm asking Craig to tell me how many people we have
signed up we've got to come up with some sort of an system to balance the amount of time that to speak so we can finish the meeting tonight so about 40 roughly 40 so we have about 40 if it's a minute and a half which I think is a little too optimistic I believe that would be about
60 Minutes um let's try to allocate 1 minute and 15 seconds right now um but please I just implore anyone that's speaking tonight just try to keep to the time limit that we're imposed because you're just taking time making everybody else so with that being said and and we
can adjust this and we can May if you go quickly we might be able to have more time for the second public session 130 seconds let's do 15 okay so why don't I do it here for that you do it for us
yeah um yeah so again we're gonna please don't go off we'll cut you off after certain period of time so um Craig can you call the first um and if you can come up here that's fine and we're going to have the students go first just remind everybody yeah so if
if you put an S next to your name um and you've identified your as a student we're willing to take you first okay uh Evelyn Blake Evelyn [Music] Blake no I think the first page actually has a
number one on that and that would be mil s oh okay I thought it was mil s sorry I thought it was mil s s is yeah okay so mil ask thank you okay mil is brother so he's going to go up too and Maria's her mom she just going
to go [Applause] with so guys um you might already know my name is Lia I am 12 years old I'm in
ch I speak for languages and um I'm my school student representative and of course I'm a [Applause] transgender now in my opinion sport is
one of the most crucial things for a child and for you to just take that away after you I'm pardon let me rephrase that for you to force people like like me to play with boys I don't know in what world you could be doing that and
be respecting my gender identity at the same time those two things don't go [Applause] together if you don't know I'm in middle
school and in middle school there's a bunch of boxes that you have to fit into I'm a girl so of course I have to fit into the girl now I like playing sports some with my friends but if you have if you force me to play with the boys that's
Str taking me out of the girl box and Shing me into the boy box which is too small for [Applause] me I don't understand why adults especially adults who are
transgender tell me and the entire trans Community what what to do who they are what their gender identity [Applause] means say that and look at me in the eye
in My Flesh and tell me that I'm a boy I'm not and you can't do that [Applause] hello what your sorry what I just want to check make sure I'm following the
list what's your name Maria okay my name is Maria I am 4 years old I am a dedicated humanitarian worker and I'm working interational humanitarian organization here in New York and I am
also the very child father of H and one day when Mia was 2 and a half years old she asked me if boys could have bir without hesitating I said yes of
course from that moment's gender identity JY the GU we have been forunate because our story is one of love and acceptance we I cherish so by our home
family friends and at her school that her gender identity is not even I I discussion Point anymore she has filled our lives with unimaginable happiness and
love She's the daughter I always Dre [Music] [Applause] have to ask you please look at my
daughter and do you really think you can tell me her mom that my daughter should have to compete in boys sports with boys sorry in sports because she's seen as a
threat to other girls look at her mil is a girl and nobody should be attacked to my daughter just because she's a transgender
[Applause] girl I know you just want to be happy and en youro sports with your friends I promise I will do whatever I can so that
nobody forces you to stop being the girl you are [Applause] you are the best to have and pass a
solution to 54 thank [Applause] [Music] you hi my name is I am little brother I am a fth grer I am years old I am a soccer player at a very competitive
level and I got selected for the A Team in my club I have a question why can't trans people play for teams which they identify with why what's the big deal my second point is that at schol I about kids breaking barriers fulfill
their dreams and I really hope that in the near future all kids will learn to break all barers including gender not just the uncontroversial um forcing my sister to play with boys like sports that you
don't feel comfortable out that something that's out of your skin why would you ask her to do that I makes me feel very pretty angry and disappointed in [Music] Civilization don't let should to thank you
[Applause] the next speakers are Ellen and Lena my name is Lena I'm a third grade
student the gender guidelines made sense saying that kids no matter their gender could play a sport and choose what gender they feel like I hope we can help others get treated fairly and show their clearness to the world if there no if
there were no gender violence trans kids was [Music] [Applause] [Music] not if there were no no gender guidelines it would be very hard for
Trans kids to be successful thank [Applause] you my name is Ellen B I'm the parent of
that third grade student I'm also a curriculum writer and a professional developer for New York City Public Schools all over New York City children as we have heard are not interested in the gender policing of their classmates
and [Applause] teammates children understand that their classmates genders are various they want their teammates to feel safe they do not want their teammates athletic
performance to be negatively impacted by worries about their gender they want their teammates to be able to focus on the game not be occupied by fighting for their existence let children self-determine their gender
let student athletes focus on the game what's under their uniform is of no concern to you or any other adult thank [Applause] you is this working can you hear me
no okay I don't know uh the next speaker is Lexi S I think that was her that was oh it was a different okay sign up okay um let's see uh Ava Lexi oh that is is that
Lexi ohx oh [Applause] [Music] okay a local Babys I to this SP as a [Music] trans and the reason I BR up that
confirmation excuse me can you pleas talking [Applause]
I really hope that you're listening and for I will say [Applause] again rules you about respect guys I
want to listen to the speaker please I understand your point but I want hear what are the roles for the committee and their attention we deserve lening to the speaker and they're just focusing on their phon I
respecting kindergart I don't see any of those [Applause] record us we're proud to be
here I'm a former athlete a trans and a survivor of sexual abuse and the reason I bring up that comination is because sobody these conversations are about
protection a very specific idea among so many people what does it me to protect a child friend or not surv or not and I have to say that my sport the one that I did is the only reason I do that I
body only reason I do BL it the only reason I do breath my for is the reason I'm here today because it gave me a place to go after
school it's a little less time somewh else touch me and it's very to [Music] see and I do not want to cut myself because I don't want my to see and I do
not want to right because I wanted to get it's the reason I got to the school that I got into it was my application and it's about get into
school also about KN that and so this is ear [Music] prot so
protect thank you thank you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] next speaker is Eva
AA what is that wi time only supposed to have a middle otherwise not everybody will be able to speak yeah that's fine it's fine um the microphone's there the microphone is I think over there sorry
sorry hello my name is I want to give giv an award to all the people who are perfecting transfit I call your name raise your hand and we will bring an award to you gather [Applause]
[Music] [Applause] this [Applause]
is Sarah [Applause] [Music] give oh yeah we would like to give you
all we believe in right [Applause] thank [Music]
[Applause] you Evelyn I think your mom okay [Music] [Applause] [Music] my
name hello hello my name is her brothers are she I'm in fourth grade I'm 10 years old and here's a shot letter trans girls are girls trans boys are boys trans kids are kids and they
should be able to play sports to me a p gender for girl resolution 248 is a direct violation of our rights as students as kids as humans pass resolution to fightful not too far
[Applause] it's fine it's not working anyway it's fine it's fine we just do
this hi my name is AA and I am a senior a in high school I'm on the girls basketball team and girls five football team I'm editor of the sports section of the school newspaper manager of the boy football team and founder of the cyon Athletics Association and I plan to pursue a career in the business of
sports I'm both our athletic director and many of her coaches and school administrations as I worked to bring more Sports culture to sty something I've learned through both Sports and school is the value of being curious open-minded and listening to every voice that's why I'm surprised that there's been resistance to resolution 248 which
as far as I can tell is about listening as a female athlete I have no input on the changes made to the 2019 guidelines on gender and sports and education with is a disagree I don't know any female athlete or coach who was consulted but I know that every athlete and coach is affected I hope the chancellor and
others know that each student athlete deserves to be heard where it concerns our safety I was shocked with those backing this resolution being silenced because my New York City education has always taught me that Balan conversation is crucial and decision making Sports have truly changed my life and made me
into the person I am today my hope remains that every student has the opportunity to participate in sports safely and fairly with focus on the game and I trust that we all have that in common I thank cc2 for passing resolution 248 to the chech girl Sports and I urge you to vote no on resolution
254 thank you thank [Applause] [Applause] you Rosa Rosa M I'm trying not two last names of students is there a Rosa
M okay uh are there any students who I've not called because it's may be confusing on this list so is are there any students that wanted to speak that I have not called because I want to give you an opportunity okay great thank you um so
the first speaker is going to be Karen Reiner go back to if you go back to page one oh sorry Matthew sorry I'm look the pages got mixed up Matt [Applause] Driscoll could I just ask a question could you could you would you just put that up just stand that up you don't
mind it's it's not working it's not working don't worry hi my name is Matt I'm a middle school teacher here uh I here today to stand a support of all of our students right our excels
to stand in support of today's resolution to resend resolution 248 our moral and legal obligation is is to protect transgender students from discrimination 248 is full of misinformation and lies pretending to
prot to protect students from tempation taunting harassment bully in reality this resolution serves only to further marginalize a group of students who have long been victim inating violence it is shameful that this resolution was ever introduced let alone PA by elected
[Applause] body is to advocate for our students a quick story from today I was walking with a couple of my uh colleagues during lunch uh and on our
way back we ran to some of my seventh grade students who are in the Clinton GSA they saw that I was wearing this t-shirt they got excited gave me high thoughts they were going to Stonewall to commemorate the 75th annivers that what
all all of our deserve that support that celebration not what this [Applause] resolution Chase Chase
[Applause] [Music] um I want to speak to Mila theal Felina um my name is jio I am a diser parent at ad District preschools for seven years I'm also a civil rights lawyer I spend
my time fighting against and policies around the country and as I said time and time again it is p me that this is happening in my own School District but I'm also glad that I happen to be a district 2
parent so that I can come back again and again and talk to you about thew what the law actually says and what it does [Applause] about sports then there would not be a rhetoric that in the w ass CLA that
diminishes the gender guidance more broadly that uses anti R and we hear time and time again that this is just about asking questions but that is not how civil rights laws work and we know that you don't have the power to change
what is mandated by federal state and city law so at the end of the day you're doing this to make a statement about how you feel about trans the word you're going to make for [Applause] over and over again
[Applause] z z I'm Zan Zan I think they were students okay Justin hello hello my name is Justin I'm with the New
York chapter of G against rumors we are Coalition of LGBT individuals fighting against the sexualization medicalization and indoctrination of children the very fact that this topic is even up for a debate is absurd ifies common sense a common sense solu for Trans students
athletes would need to have a trans division available why create a conflict with those girls those girl athletes who may feel uncomfortable and don't want any part of this but of course solution is not good enough nothing ever is I'm
here to advise those who stand boldly in common sense not to let the pressure and attacks get to you let them call you every name in the book who cares trans girls are not girls and in the first
place and in the first place [Music] [Applause] there we need to take the feelings out of this and that biology SCI defies
[Applause] everything that I ask you common sense and be in common sense thank you please please please please please we'd like to let other people
[Applause] Fe I'm going to make a motion I'm going to make a motion [Applause] can you hand the microphone can you the microphone can you hand the microphone to us we can't get it
[Applause] [Applause] [Music] sorry all right everyone listen please first of all can I have want attention speakers done speaking you have a lot of speakers I
know everyone a lot of people sign us I really do want to give them the opportunity to speak whether they speak please let's just give people the opportunity to speak you want to agree with them but let's let's let everyone have an opportunity because otherwise we're not going to have enough time
we're not going to be able to finish this meeting and I want to make sure that everyone who came here has that fair opportunity so what is that happen what's Len I'm going to make a motion that anyone who's silenced because of a heckler's veto um will be allowed to
regain their time and speak [Applause] again that motion has been by [Applause]
okay there's a motion that's been made it's been seconded so now we have a discussion on the motion does anyone want to speak on this motion okay the motion anyone have anything to say all
right I'm going to call this for the motion as called I understand is to extend the time period for anyone who not was either silenced or not an opportunity to be heard because of [Applause]
he also L following that motion I'd like to make a motion that anybody who does not have the full undivided attention of this Council gets their time back [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]
[Applause] [Music] that I I'm ask please listen you've all listened I understand the passion I'm listening and we're all listening but could you please it's it's it's disruptive we we're not listening they
are giving us respect he the man the respect to be heard with policies that directly affect you okay going to just ask security to remove anyone that's order my point of order is that there
are four people standing to block speakers based on Viewpoint discrimination and they're using their physical body [Applause] attendees with the first motion that we have I I will deal with this in a minute
[Music] okay I'm going to call for the vote we need to we need to do this prey okay this is the sorry this is Mod's motion the motion on the floor is to extend the
time disrup that's basically the motion okay pre pre poai yes pre poai yes Alison Bowen yes Alison Bowen yes yes Daniela egov yes Daniela egov yes Gavin Healey no Gavin Healey no Charles
love I don't know what you're voting on Charles [Applause] love okay Charles love what was it it's a motion to a motion to extend the time of people who have been
disrupted so they can speak yes M Maron yes sonal Patel abstain Jessica Savage no Sarah Shaka arenburg
abstain Sabina sarin yes Sabina SAR sorry for the for the people at the audience I'm going to repeat the votes because they can't hear when it's just talking so pre poai was a yes Allison bone is a yes Daniela egov is a yes Gavin Hy is a no Charles love is a yes
ma Marin is a yes sonal patella is an abstain Jessica Savage is a no Sarah she arberg is an abstain Sabina sarin is a yes Leonard Silverman yes Leonard Silverman is a yes bre sl's going to abstain the motion passes
[Applause] 733 we didn't get up to that yet we're doing one at a time did you make a motion I did you want to make your motion second could you repeat sorry I make a motion to return to the speaker
any time in which the speaker does not have undivided attention of this counil I I second the [Applause] [Music] motion I don't I don't even think that's
possible but whatever whatever let's just just call possible okay sorry pre no prai yes Allison Bowen abion Allison Bowen abstained Daniela egaro no Daniela
egov no Gavin Healey yes Gavin Healey yes Charles love no Charles love no M Marin no mod Marin no son Patel yes son Patel yes Jessica Savage yes Jessica Savage yes Sarah Shor aronburg yes Sarah
Shor aronburg yes Sabina sarin no Thea serines no Leonard Silverman I'll abstain Leonard Silverman abstain and I will Craig slutkin will abstain as well because I don't know how he would force this but so it LO it motion does not pass 5 to 4 to
three okay okay guys I know I know I can feel the passion trust me I feel it and I think we feel it up here but it's 834 and there's a lot of people that are signed up to speak so if we can get
through we can we can have this discussion as long as we let people speak so let's call the next speaker Amaya [Music] perz we'll deal with we'll deal going forward base you stop I can't stop we can we
have to stop we can the whole that's not fair we might just cancel the whole thing that's not fair no that's not fair okay guys please speak we're going to wait as long it takes you going then nobody's going to
[Music] speak I think can be I'm I'm not going to go for you can all thisr this ridiculous disrespectful [Music]
what I think we're going to do is if we can continue due to the disruption I'm going to ask that the security clear the hall and we can bring people in either individually to speak or we can or we can just have our meeting without members of the public
proceeding at cour proceeding this information know what I'm going to say so you should be quiet other people's opinions us do [Applause] [Music] that sir please please please sir
please that's not helpful that's not helpful that's how many a so what's happening right now is taking away from everyone else who wants to speak tonight so either you can either you want to be heard or you don't want to be heard oh
godar the I think wear the okay guys I'm going to I'm going to I'm sorry but I'm afraid we're going to have to just either clear the room sir sir sir please please no no slide no no but they're taking over I no I don't
want him screaming that's I that's not [Music] help L listen [Music] yeah public speaking session I agree they
[Music] don't Anthony Anthony could you come here for a second please [Music]
I don't care if it's over the H I'm okay speaking over the H yeah it's not it's not nice for you I understand but we can't have the where did he yeah one side cannot speak the other
canot so no one gets the chance to speak and the ends that's what they want they want nobody to Stage the stage go back there the lights so relax no I was
relaxed because her trigger over over I'm triggered because for the folks at home uh um just bear with us we're just we're just uh figuring out what we're going to do so bear with us for a couple of minutes thank you sorry for the delay being nothing to do with
your let what you say to my face you're still transing that's what i' say okay let's let's let's let's let's let's let Len and uh superintendent deal with this
Point [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] bling you
know it's out [Music] I make you're upset why I'm upset I'm telling you I'm upset upet care I don't care then why are you okay okay let's let's let's why are you here then you want people upset if you don't care why
are you here okay okay can we not have t on Cross talk superintendent is working on it thank you let [Music] just ma'am in front of me we're trying to do our best I don't want any to
anything I just I'm not TR to be I'm just trying to [Music] so um in consultation with our district superintendent and our um face representative right now we're going to suspend the U public speaking session
and I'm going to make a motion to change the order right now of the agenda to have the report of the community uh Su district superintendent and we'll see if we can resume the public speaking session at a weer point in time during this meeting um I would just point of
order make a motion at this point to suspend the public speaking session um anyone second that motion yes second second than call for a vote so
oh okay so the motion just for my clarification is to suspend public session first public session first public session we have to have discussion on right was AB right so let's have
discussion on this motion would anyone like to be heard yes while I understand the Practical purpose of um this motion it gives into the Heckler veto into bullying to say
that only the voices that um support the re motion will be heard the voices that supported the re motion here were able to speak and the majority of people in this room are issu are are activating
a Heckler veto by making it impossible to here people who want to share a different Choice view I am not going to support this motion because it essentially tells people that if you come to a cc2 meeting and shout and make
noise and speak over people you don't that you'll be able to it's undemocratic and it's not how we should conduct our [Music] meetings not us the security personel excuse me
um can I ask the officer who's here do we have security Personnel I see you standing there can we just have these people take and put back please because there are people who are literally leaning against the stage they're not bothering anyone they're bothering me all right they're bothering Len and they're bothering and they're
disrupting the meeting and you can't see it from done they just ask if people just hey I don't think Len has the authority to remove people give orders reming we're asking people stay away they can sit yeah they can sit no
one's asking anyone to leave the anyone else like to be heard on this particular motion all right then I would call for a vote okay yesai yes Alison bone no Allison Bowen no uh Daniela
egaro no Daniela egov no Gavin hey yes gav to suspend the public session the first public session yes wa it's to suspend the public session L okay I vote to suspend yes if
one person I cannot speak I should speak this Danielle OV is yes gav heing he so so just to clarify we're voting to go to the superintendent's presentation first and then after that go back to public speaking as long as we can ensure the safety and security of everyone in this
room well I think people are safe no it's not you're not speaking so um well I vote I vote Yes Charles la Charles love no mod Maron no mod
Maron no son Patel I'm still confused that we're voting on so Kelly goes first again what's the other option no we canel the public doesn't pass you going to make a
motion to cancel the entire public spe exactly cancel public yeah okay some sorry I'm voting to let Kelly go first I don't know that's a yes I believe that's a yes Jessica Savage
Jessica Savage yes Sarah Shaka arberg yes Sarah Shaka arberg yes Saina sarin no no can I please have the security officer um please keep people away from okay so sorry
sorry I Ro killing is aive we do not see that we do have a history of plugging into the system so it's really bad thank you um leard so Leonard Silverman yes Leonard Silverman is yes Craig s is yes motion passes
824 so the effective we'll also make the motion to thank her for for killing the world I think we all agree on that um so what we're going to do now is we're not we're not canceling the public speaking session at this point but now we're going to continue on the agenda and
we're do the report of the community district superintendent Kelly the follow want the water k i dance [Music]
[Laughter] yeah we want to hear you [Laughter] okay um thanks so much for having me tonight cc2 I appreciate you appreciate the opportunity to take a moment um in the meeting to new report on our work
here in District 2 um [Music] [Applause] okay um so we have a uh just want to celebrate we have a few principles who are retiring this year uh collectively
this group of principles has um over a 100 years of service as a New York City principal um we are very thankful that we have a strong pipeline of leadership in our district uh to be able to uh Ure that there's a continuity of the work
that are going on in these schools PS1 p PS4 Felder K car ATO Middle School n SI ps343 M Lee at ps42 and James Shu at ps116 uh we're very thankful that we
have again folks into this Christine Long ats1 Jackie light at ps40 Casey Cory at Pep slip and Maggie Moon who's currently a assistant principal at p59 will stepping in at
ps16 uh we're also thankful again for some of the work that has been happening in our district uh we have several principles who are named National cono this is a distinguished program uh for principles across the country uh they recently had the opportunity to uh
travel to Los Angeles uh participate uh in uh a scholarship uh program where they had the chance to listen to different leaders from education and various businesses across across the U the Spectrum uh and to home their leadership skills we're also thankful
for the leadership of the Middle School Leadership Council a group of middle school students from all schools in our district uh who came together to work on a commun service project uh we're very happy with the work that they've done they presented to Lander as well as member men uh as a
part of the work that they were doing um in the Middle School leadership conference and we're also for our students of course especially those students who have really been developing their skills uh we have many people been hearing a lot about our literature program uh in elementary
school but we're also doing work in mathematics with the new program Square uh this summer we are hosting summer Rising again here in District 2 uh we are going to be seeing close to 3,000 students and our summer Rising program we're very excited uh for that
program here we've got a returning group of school leaders who will help make sure that Monday through Friday there are strong academic social and emotional Pro uh uh activities as well as opportunities that are in arts and sports uh for students across the
district um the elementary school program runs one week longer than our middle school program elementary school program is July 2nd August 16th and middle school program July 2nd to August 9th this is an 8:00 a.m. to 600 p.m. program breakfast and lunch included uh
and we are again around 3,000 uh we are doing a short update on our goals um we are still waiting for all of our academic sceners to come in so that we can evaluate the progress that our students have been making in
mathematics and in Reading we are very happy to report that we have witnessed a reduction of suspension by 14% across the district and after some earlier concerns around uh arising students who had reported incidents of self har and
suicidal ideation that that percentage has also dropped by 12% this year um again our we beginning to see a steadying of our attendance we know that um different students and different families face different challenges as
they're coming into um School prior to the pandemic our attendance rate in the district was around 94% uh we have stabilized over the past couple of years at [Music] 93 I did have a quick update on Middle
School enrollment um to date we have about 2600 kids who have accepted position or accepted seats uh across our middle schools for the fall 2024 uh 2100 of them are going to be enrolled in general programs this
includes both students with both programs actually both our general programs and our scen programs include students with disabilities multilanguage Learners um we're going to see about 2100 students in our non stream programs about 450 students in our screen
programs and just to give a little bit of context as to where 260 students fits in the context of uh hisorical data for incoming sixth graders um in 20189 we had 2800 coming in to 6th grade that
number certainly dipped uh during the pandemic years um but for the last couple of years we've seen a slow rise and if these numbers pull at 2600 we will be getting very close again to the number of students entering sixth grade prior to the
pandemic I did just throw in a slide about Li uh this wasn't just for the council and there uh but just to let people know um life does not happen uh it's not a a directr of hygiene um but I wanted
to just update folks on what the New York City Life policy is uh there is a life policy that says that we do not have students who are in our schools that have uh when a student is identified as having Li and their families are performed um and the students are sent home and they can
return when they are Li free I know that the resolution that the has proposed today uh would involve a greater degree of screening um for Life across the district again that's not something that is standard although we do train people
in every school uh to be able to um evaluate students for Life uh and um also evaluate when students are ready to return um School uh and just a couple of key dat to add
September 5th is the first day of school um we have fall conferences again in September when we return um a few dates in which we school is closed at the start of the year for Rana indigenous people's day and SCH will be closed on
November 1st for and with that I thank you very much for your time and I'd be happy to have [Music] council members have questions from superintendent McGuire
Alison um could you this doesn't work unfortunately everything's going back thanks for providing some additional Middle School admission numbers um do you have sense from the office of admissions what the cut off was in terms of the academic grade for
the screen fores here and then um second question you follow on to that is other who met that base requirement admitted to a scen program and then the third question is I know you're just going to get the mic one if you can remember all this is um can you tell us uh what the
screen program enrollment is by the four middle schools uh that have streen program um so the academic I can say that the academic cut off has varied a little bit from the four screen schools the four School in which we have screen programs anywhere from about 3.4 to 3 uh
6 was at the bottom uh level of the scale um and that went all the way up again to um 4.0 admission to screening programs was there were really two factors that figured in student um average course grades and parent
interest um and so the level of parent interest um and students who met that criteria um we weren't able to accomodate all students who met that criteria and um whose parents expressed interest there were certainly more kids
and more families who had expressed interest but we did uh work to maintain a grade point average um that was uh above gr strongly above grade level um at I can't say specifically about
which numbers at which schools I can say that at ms131 uh and and Ms 297 will have one class that is accelerated one out of three in each of those two schools um at um Ms 104 Baro middle school and Ms 167
Wagner Middle School the number of screen classes will be six or seven six or seven classes maxing and Ma those classes will be somewhere between 28 and 33 kids okay and do you know out
of how many incoming classes that um I don't know the map right up my guess is half of them half of the classes you did thank you should be pretty easy so uh first of
all I think can say on behalf of the council uh congratulations and thank you to all the rear and principles uh we do appreciate they service and dedication it is being a principal is not easy uh and I I applaud them I think the members of this council do as well um the new
principles or the new people that that you put on the list have two questions the first one is are those all uh intern acting and are you do you have to go through the C30 over the summer or in the fall or are they the permanent principles that have gone through the C30 I'll ask you my second question first and then the second question is on
summer Rising could you compare that to the number of students of spots that we had last year like did it go up did it go down and and why um the number of seats for sum Rising is almost exactly the same okay um in regard to the new principles who
are coming in all of them are coming in as inter acting um because the principles who are currently seated in those schools there's a different amount of time in which each of them is going to continue staying in the role it's kind of a more of like a mechanical thing uh we have to make sure that when
we bring a new I'm sorry when a new principal comes in they must initially come in as interm acting so long as the other principal uh is still un for the school okay going to follow up yep and they are all um current assistant principles uh in our district whether
they're at school itself go from a different school I I don't on the summer Rising do you know what the demand was I think you said it was about 3,000 or 2700 what was the demand in other words was it 3,000 but there was a demand for 20,000 I'm exaggerating the numbers but
what is what is the ratio of acceptances yeah uh we definitely were not able to accept all the students who um wanted to participate I went through that slide very carefully and I don't even know if you all could see it but um in some of those programs there were over there are over going to be over 400 kids who are
participating over the summer we were not able to meet all of the demands um but um we did uh feel good about being able to fill up the programs that we have um we feel good about the existing partnership we have in the schools um
and we're very thankful that many of the school leaders that have led summarizing in the past are returning to those program thank you have a question yes good question um are there any schools in our district who are not currently doing
professionalized check do you have this information because well it was mentioned that yes let's check because it has to be funded by the PTA right are there any school in our district who don't have the P capacity to support
that um yes most of them are not uh doing that and um but the policy and practice towards this has changed a little bit um than when I was a kid when I was a kid every child who was in the school lined up and they checked us all yeah um it is now more of a response
when there is concern or suspicion uh that uh liks may exist then the um School may choose to uh enact the check that is Broad or narrow or focused um but yes most schools are not doing that kind of comprehensive
J any other questions for student T McGuire I'm happy to hear about the Dali being finally introduced so thank you yes oh one other question on the on the calendar sorry is there any talk of changing next year's winter the the
December break cuz it's like one it's like Monday we're in I think Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and you know most a lot of families will not be there that Monday but all teachers will have to be there that Monday or they get doct they get that doc ification day which is sort of not really fair to them is there any talk about stting trying to change that
because it just seems very awkward yeah I heard in the news like a lot of people sub who's rallying to schols but I I haven't been part of any of those conversations get sorry so I told you to do a song and dance and
get a song and dance that that's what you get for you know in a superintendent and I also just want to compliment superintendent that might be the shortest report we've ever had so but thank you it's it doesn't mean it's not important so uh so the next item on our agenda is the report of the president uh
let me just say this so This marks our June meeting Marks One year uh as a cc and during that period of time we passed a number of resolutions we didn't we motion to go back to the public speaking session after superint Gavin I have the
chair and I'm speaking right now could you yeah but we had we had motion can you not not recognizing the G right now please yeah you never recognize me but that's okay but anyway we had a motion okay as I was saying so this
marks the one year anniversary of uh of our C Toc uh this term and I will say that this term we have passed a number of resolutions uh one of the resolutions that we passed we dealt with um we dealt with mayal control we've uh passed
resolution supporting mayoral control we've also um passed resolution um dealing with u asking them to reexamine uh the guidelines for um class size uh so we've asked that as well uh We've
also passed resolutions dealing with school safety and we've also passed resolution 248 which really has gotten the most attention I am pleased to report that to the parents of District 2 that we have made some gains uh to restore uh some of
the um things that we had including District 2 priority we've not gotten District 2 priority back but as many of you may recall when we had the chance to here during our uh last meeting which was also the Chancellor's Town Hall the chancellor did say he will be coming uh
forward with some announcements concerning that particular issue whether or not as Manhattan priority or something else I just want the parents of this District to know we will continue to fight on your behalf to restore District to priority which I
know is something that is very important to many of the families in this District uh the other Victory and I'll call the victory was um superintendent Maguire announcing at the beginning of the uh term then we will have screen programs in certain schools uh this includes
Wagner um all the other schools um 75 so um while this is not the same level of screening that we had before it is a good start and superintendent MCU as a council I can assure you that as a council and the Paris District we'll continue to hold your feet to the fire
to see if we can get more screen programs in District 2 and we also want to see more accelerated programs uh as well and especially accelerated math programs we do uh thank you for listening to the parents um and yes we did have to twist your arm a little and
we'll continue to twist your arm again but um we're going to hold you to the restoration of more programs I did just want to speak briefly to resolution 248 which was passed um and I know that many members here of the public have uh have
spoken i' like hopefully you an opportunity to speak again tonight that's what we're hoping but what I will say is this I'm rather disturbed by the resolution that has been put forward by pep uh this is a resolution that is equating resolution
number 24 to hate speech and it is also a resolution that is asking for the removal of members who voted for resolution 248 I think that parents should really be concerned about that kind of a resolution passing the
interesting thing is number one that pep has decided out of all the CC resolutions that have been passed this term this is the one that they tended to focus on and the other thing that's interesting is the chilling effect that this resolution has because you may
disagree with us and I have listened to you and I am making myself available again as I have always said I will and have to speak to any member out there in the audience that wants to talk to me about resolution 248 or the resolution that pertains to 248 tonight I'm happy
to listen and hear what you have to say and I made myself available and I appreciate people who have taken the opportunity to speak with me but par should be very concerned about the chilling effect when we're passing resolutions punishing people for uh for
voting um on certain issues you may not agree with it but I think it's really important that we have the right to say what we have to say and to have discussion about it and the discussion should be open the discussion should be it should be transparent and it may not
be what everyone wants to hear you may disagree with it but again um it's important to have that discussion and to allow people to speak and I think what happened earlier tonight was a little disappointing coming from a community that I know happens to be welcoming
inclusive and I would hope that I would hope that we can move forward on this I will hope that we can move forward on this and really get through this meeting tonight and uh deal with these resolutions so um I think you know and I would ask on the on the proper
resolution I would just ask where is the mayor where is our Chancellor and where's the ACLU and where's all the other organizations that stand for the right that stand that stand for the right that stand for the right of parents to speak
up and be heard on different issues we expect the same right to be heard that's all I want say thank the next item on the agenda is now let me ask you guys do you think it's
possible we can continue the public speaking session because I will tell you that security will has informed us that they will remove people who are being disrupted so I'm willing I want people to have the opportunity to speak so please let's try I'm going to make a
motion to continue the public speaking session um we can have discussion on that motion will a second that motion I thought we had a motion to resume it after we have a motion to resume it all we don't take questions from the audience um so let's try to resume the
public speaking session I'm going to ask Craig to call the next speaker that's listed thank you the next speaker is Amaya Perez and how long are we going to us a minute and 15 seconds thank
thank you for your patience and please can I just also ask that you don't say anything thank you you can knock it over it's fine good evening council members my name is Amaya and I'm here today representing the easy Den rers New York
Chapter I stand before you to urge you to vote no on resolution 254 which 637 resolution 248 as many as you know resolution 248 C Mark called for in a committee to review the gender guidelines with the inclusion of female athletes this was a step towards
ensuring that our policies reflect the balance of fairness safety and inclusivity for all students resending resolution 248 would be a great mistake the resolution was enacted with the intent to involve that person persectives especially those of female
athletes who are directly impacted by the by dismissing this resolution we undermine a crucial opportunity for inclusive dialogue and thoughtful consideration it is essential that we approach these sensitive issues with the
input of experts the community and most importantly the th whose lives and experiences are at the heart of this matter one of the most significant concerns is that the poster resolution 248 seems to have been done without adequate consultation with those who
most be affected girls have a right to Single Sex spaces these spes are not just about physical safety but also about that ensuring that girls feels secure and comfortable the fight for a woman's rights have long included the battle for
the right to single SE faces and we must honor that history thank you thank you Amaya we need need over you wait your sorry but thank you thank you for your patience also be
everybody okay the next speaker is Juan Pagan we have thank you Mr one minute 15 my name is born and raised low East Side govern hospital I have two adult children who were born and raised here in the low E side we attended all the
public schools in this district and now we have a granddaughter who was born and ra and here attending a school within our district I'm a former CC member a former representative the Manhattan a citywi council of high schools a council former counselor with the New York state
division you a former director of the of of of the Children's after school program of the city of New York enough about me you're going to know why I am here okay first of all to view the gender guidelines of 2019 and to have
girls who attend public schools in this District to have their voices heard is not a hateful request nor a transphobic one but one aligned with our first amendment rights to have civilized rational discussion let me give you some medical
scientific facts biology facts that cannot be denied males have 40% more upper body males have 30% more leg strength and males have higher greater B
density than females we areer we [Music] [Applause] [Music] are Mr Mr
need St Mr Mr for time up time they're going to kick us out we have to let other people speak I'm not speaking speaking without
a over send thank thank you thank you okay thank you thank you thank you we're we're just trying to keep everybody to the time we want everybody to speak the next person is
Victoria Hall Victoria Victoria Hall is that is she still here go ahead I'm thank you hello good evening my name is I am a New York state board certified
nurse practitioner in family medicine and a registered Nur and I am a mom of two teenagers I love my kids as much as anybody loves their kids um so what I came here to
say um has kind of escaped has escaped my mind because I am just simply struck as a clinician by the level of of oppositional Defiance that I'm seeing in this room tonight oppositional
def personality disorder non rtistic personality disorder specifically that it's hard to even keep track of what's going on um it's embarrassing frankly I came to this country from England in
1999 I thought that I was moving to a progressive town and maybe then it was but I don't think that it is anymore I think that bringing boys into girl Sports is very
regressive and this mental issue masquerading as a civil rights movement has done a lot more thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you forec goodby thank
you thank you the next speaker is Lexi I don't know who is Lexi B still here okay uh or maybe Lexi s is Alexi B and Alexi okay Elizabeth the okay I apologize if I pronounce your
name sorry that's fine okay um hi I'm Dr Elizabeth fat speaking behalf of Ro women NYC I'm a New York public school graduate in Alum sent who went on to get a doctorate in m after witnessing the extreme systemic
content from women and girls at persist in Academia I left a career in pediatric oncology research to defend women's sex-based rights the conflict this resolution addresses is a symptom of that AC we absolutely right to pass
resolution 248 we are feeling the impact of a fake civil rights wom to engineer to destroy women's rights and human this is misy that's all I [Applause] [Music] you have more time
more you know I would just ask members of the audience if if one of the students was speaking or if you were speaking would you would you do this so please just I know you don't like what's being said but please just let the speaker speak it's the right thing to do
please okay someone named Christopher I just a Christopher okay Kyle [Music] D thank you my name is Kyle I'm just a
dad um I would urge everyone here to look hard at the basketball Club the height matters if you're playing basketball now we might wish that ethical questions were all
simple evidently they are not there's a very real set of questions here to which the answers are not always clear and this takes place within a particular historical context you can look around you can see the banners princial School girls soccer boy soccer
B and so forth there are challenges here which we can't wish away as a community I believe we need to talk about them for the record is I understand that there has been a good
deal of thoughtful medical and ethical debate on this topic a lot of it has lingered on the question of fairness for which there are very real challenges on all sides I think the US is a little bit behind the curve on this but I think we
can say with some confidence that this is far from a slam dck good wrap it up now it's not clear to me that shutting down a conversation on what is really in the interest of our children is a good look wor to end up
[Music] antagonizing thank you Kyle Kyle D that was you sorry sorry Megan medisa [Applause] thank
you good evening good evening even evening my name is is Dr Megan Pamela Bruce Madison and I am a black queer critical race theist who co-authored a bunch of books
to help activist teachers support young children's social emotional development and critical sing skill [Applause] don't worry so far at least mod doesn't Bully Me online although it does look
like she's [Music] recording but when I did attend my first meeting in February Daniela made it very clear that she wants to ban our skin our
first book about race and racism from schools and libraries here in New York City I also care the board of transformative [Applause]
schools Dr madis wrapping it [Applause] up Res 248 thank you [Music]
[Applause] y it takes a village to raise a child in an African Proverbs that reminds all of us that we grow and learn from our intertwined experience and that
hopefully our lives are enriched by one another it takes a village I'm R I'm a nonary African Dominican I'm a and I love my vage my vation of folks of different races
gender sexual orientation age ability folks who speak different languages and have different interests folks in my Village are the same thing but different and we love that we are unique and experiences of
the individual and the collective but mostly my my Village is joy and body my being and that of the other trans and non F folks in this room including our incredible transs trans and Beyond are
synonymous with love and right for 248 listen to our plan listen to our Liv experience use us being here today is perfect that we are and have always been an immovable if you can conclude your
remarks please and to our sah thank you next sorry the next speaker and I apologize I can't barely make it s s s
I apologize I couldn't make it out could you pronounce the name so at least you suji okay thank you thank you hello my name is suji I am a non-binary person and concerned Citizen and so that some of
you want to take me seriously I'm also a disabled Army veteran I grew c i grew up in New York City I went to public schools and you guys I know firsthand that there are real problems out there that need to be addressed and this is not a real problem
this is a problem you're making up in your head you sing up here on this page because you ran for a campaign people voted for you so that you can represent the students so you can protect the students do you really
think that what you're doing is doing that yes because it's not it is not you you know what you're doing you're actually making sure that people know and your own kids know that you can't be trusted you cannot be relied
on your own Community is here showing up and telling you to protect trans kids kids are coming up here crying telling you to protect trans kids and what are you doing your Center your own selves you're putting your own WP up
your remarks you can wrap up your remarks please kids don't care about gender all they want to do is play so let them play over thank you thank you thank you thany we sorry I I
appreciate everybody applauding I I really do but we we don't have a lot of time left and we still have a bunch of speakers I want to let everybody have their say uh Cara [Applause]
dansy yeah we've been we've been we've been yeah it's you got a minute 15 all people in a [Music] row do like good evening ready my name is Cara dansy and I'm pleased to be here as a member of the General Public
I'm the president of the US chapter of women's declaration International which works to advance the Declaration on women's sex F sex based rights which calls for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls that result from the replacement of the category of sex with that of
gender identity including Single Sex courts and including the rights of lesbians for what's wdi USA is a nonpartisan organization speaking solely for myself on the long registered Democrat my organization's position on this
underlying issue is clear but I'm not here tonight to talk about the underlying issue I'm not here to persuade anyone in the room that we're right I'm here to talk about democracy forget the underlying issue for a moment imagine the following in 2019 a government entity issues a policy on a
particular topic 5 years later in 2024 a community council whose members are impacted by the policy democratically adopts a resolution PA for the reevaluation of the policy and then another member introduces a motion to resend the democratically enacted
resolution viewed with respect to any other topic such a move would rightly be considered utterly authoritarian and dangerous democracy [Applause] canot you if you could wrap up your remarks please please wrap up your
remarks everyone who supports policy should resolution 248 to go forward I call on this Council to v no thank you okay so the next speaker I'm going to
call the next two so you so you're ready Linda Carls and then Michael rosan and then after that is Grace McKenzie [Music] go ahead hello hello um I am not a
resolution for anything calling for the committee of a calling for the conveni a committee which has no power to propose amendments which will probably go nowhere which is about the lamest thing the C could ever request put much opposition what if this is a resolution
about a community to view I don't know school lunches or busing or even something more controversial like zoning with this be called hateful just for asking for a committee including the effective groups like I heard I personally know of
many girls who wanted to come out tonight to speak to defend themselves but they were bullied and intimidated by adults to stay silent they are begging for help and support and protection and fairness and they are voiceless I would really encourage anyone listening including this of you
online why are people so angry that some have asked for a conversation why are people afraid of an inclusive evidence-based process and why are they determined to sign medical experts coaches and girls actually the biggest the biggest out outour I heard when is
when a speaker come and said let me tell you some facts and everyone just like freaked out I'm like that is [Applause] [Music] [Applause]
it's nice to meet you by the way thank you thank you very much um so I actually don't wish to weigh in on the NIT of the resolution 248 I actually just want to say thank you to the members of this Council for
trying to engage in Dialogue on a difficult but important topic thank you for having the courage to stand up for what you believe in for what you is right even in the face of the onslaught of opposition that has come your way that is democracy there's certainly a
lot of talk about democracy in the news these days what you're doing here is at the very core of our democracy As Americans we need to be able to disagree with each other in a civil and respectful way there is also a lot of
talk about protecting vulnerable populations in my view that's exactly what you're trying to do here and I thank you for for trying to protect the children of this city the way in the way that you see fit thank you and thank you so the next speaker is
Grace McKenzie and then the speaker after that will be Alana Daniel Elena Elena sorry I apologize thanks everybody um I spoke to ago Club um I wanted to share a little story
that came from some connections I made here uh at the first meeting from some allies of transs um so I got connected to a teacher who works with a very small school that has some trans children in it and they put me in touch with an age grer named Kai who wanted to do an article for their school paper on trans
Cas and sports because they didn't have a lot of people to talk to they got connected with me as a transas through their teacher the conversation was really wonderful I did everything I could about SC of this child bed on state trans people right now 600 bills that been filed across the country in 42
States targeting the rights and the freedoms of trans people especially trans youth but at the end of the conversation after we were off the Record Kai looked at me and asked this isn't a question for my paper but do you think I'll be safe as I grow up and I
looked at this kid and I crap I broke down and I said honestly Kai I can't promise you that that all I can say is our community finds way and we're going to right I think we've heard from everybody know where people stand on this [Applause]
[Music] issueing to come out to [Music] Saturday all against each other any of you want to BU
[Music] thank you thank you we need to do that thank you okay the next speaker please please please we don't have a lot of time next speaker is Elena Daniels I apologize and the next speaker after that is Joe melov
mov sorry it's One mic no um hi everybody my name Isa danels and a white teacher I been a teacher at New York City middle and high school for 12 years
and these days I'm the co-founder for schools the resolution 248 was passed I listen to three hours of six gender people um calling for expert testimony and discussion yeah when I got to speak explain why I was an expert and then here to speak for longer than the brief
two minutes a lot of me that this so This soal welcoming and inclusive community G be down called the names and have my microphone shut off then you all all walk out of the room raise your hand if you were if you were present at that meeting in March
with Meg Chase row and me thank you all for being there raise your hand if you joined one of the cc2 meetings since 248 thank you all for showing up for Trans kids raise your hand if you're here T night dou council to
248 please give yourself a round of applause M for champ and with bullies who just want to up false controversy and start up every single person who vot no [Music]
[Applause] onon you wrap it up pleas [Applause] please please please we don't have a lot I keep saying we don't have a lot of I appreciate it you E Joe will be Alex
Hogan and then Eric eron Markman my is I amender District 75 public school teacher I'm holding a sign that says gendering schools save lives and this is not an exaggeration the tror project found last
year 2023 that 86% of trans and non-binary and gender nonconforming youth consider suicide and approximately [Music] 50% having a gender affirming supported School environment doesn't only fically
lower that by a little bit it lowers it by 40% yeah if you are actively trying to make our schools unsafe or unwelcoming for our transgender students you have blood on your [Music]
hands with our children dying so you can have your little discourse I'm sorry that's not democracy it's not without opions if there was a resolution passed to ban any other marginalized group from Sports to
ban a certain race there only disability you can wrap it will you be responding [Music] like pleas please keep saying please the next speakers the next speakers will be Alex Hogan Aaron Markman and then and
Dia small get off your phone okay Alex kogan okay Ain Markman okay and then after that is Andia small and then Karen [Applause]
weiner thank you um I have a couple things I want to say and then a lot happened so I just wanted to use a little bit of my time to speak to the notion that you were disappointed in us and advancing the rhetoric that all voices should be heard when some of
those voices were hate speech and I couldn't help but notice that as those children were being led out of the room in tears you did not voice your disappointment with the people who [Applause]
made just briefly in case for some in the room go without saying how absurd and heartbreaking the notion is that those children somehow pose the threat these treasured trans children who are
trying just to chart their path and an all to hostile World they are somehow the threat I think if you all crack your hearts open just a tiny bit and let a shred of love and huminity in there it
would be very very easy to let go of that [Applause] idea include your please I'm a parent of a nonbinder
kindergartener in a district in Brooklyn and and when he told them what was happening here my child turned to me and said Mama are those people come here and my part said we need do everything we could to stop
that okay we're we're way over at this point I'm sorry we're way we're way [Music] [Applause] over here she might have
Andia okay Karen weiner she might have left closer um Kim Jones okay and after Kim is Emma Johnson and then Rosa [Music] [Music]
MCN first of all I'm here in support of 248 when you are on the right side of an issue you are open to seeking the best possible solutions you do not fear information discourse investigations and learning you
invited my name is kid Jones I'm a former professional tennis player and All-American from Stanford I'm also the co-founder of icons and I am here tonight to represent the voice of the vast majority of girls in sports because the burden being placed on no wom right
now is too large and frightening when adults in the room bully them and scream names girls in sports are facing an erosion of their rights and this has become all too clear in recent years I now spend my days working with the young
girls facing those boys in sports on a daily basis women and girls are being silenced told to ignore their instinctive fear and discomfort they are being emotionally blackmailed and told that the feelings and well-beings of boys are
more important than their own that life and happiness that the life and happiness of a boy depends upon their concession this emotional blackmail is no different from the age old threat that women have always faced in abusive
situations if you leave [Music] [Applause] [Music] IIM thank you you okay thank you thank you
Emma Emma Johnson here after after Emma is [Applause] Rosa hello I'm here from the office of assembly member Tony Simone I'm here to read a statement a joint statement from
Tony Senator Community Education councils play a vital role in policy making and local engagement and should spend our time energy and resources ensuring that our school system meets the need with every single student on March 20th this C failed students in District 2 by
passing resolution 248 some here today I'm to think that this resolution was simply asking for a conversation in reality that conversation was based in trans that called for the reconsideration of guidelines designed to ensure that no student regardless of
the gend Identity or expression discriminated against trans rights are human rights and that is not up for discussion the rights parents New Yorkers are not up to debate we would like to stress that the members of this Council were elected or appointed to
represent the students and parents of District 2 the overwhelming response from the community including students parents elected officials and Chancellor Banks to resolution 248 is proof that this Council failed in its responsibility by passing
resolution the C has an opportunity now to the relationship to the community by passing the resolution to wrap up your remarks please resolution 24 has our complete support and is a necessary step to allow C to return the
hard protecting supporting and encouraging every single student every single school every family thank we need [Applause] next is Rosa
MCN here Rosa MCN okay uh the next person is Amy Nago [Music] balim andar next here
see hi my name is Amy and I'm the parent of a transf AER um and first of all trans girls or girls [Applause] I think say that trans girls are boys
the continual drum beat that were letting boys play girls sports that to me feels so hateful to have my child erased like that over and over again is just it I sat there shaking and I I don't know how I am supposed to be calm
and respectful when there people coming for my child I know I know this is an ideological battle and we can't act like we're all entering it on the same playing field yes cisgender girls face enormous struggles and so do
trans girls and so do all trans children I'm sorry I'm really shaking um um I would hope that people would look at the Washington Post article from March 12th it was an investigation of FBI statistics about what happens in
public schools in states that have passed anti-trans legislation and restriction thank you violence and harassment in public schools goes up [Applause] 400% and I would hope for those of you who are still deciding about this that
you would take those which are not opinions in consideration [Applause] haly TR haly the next will [Applause]
be next hi I my name is h t a parent of two transgender kids I'm a nurse practitioner I Tak care many patients and kids and adults were transgender um I did not plan on speaking I not I
actually hate public speaking um but I really want to speak to those of you on this Council that think that this is just about sports and I want to reiterate the fact that this is about the line up you know battle against
trans people and trans kids and we see right through that and I hope that other members of this Council see who's behind the original resolution of 248 and don't get caught up in people claiming that this is about democracy or you not that
Democratic process this is about up for a battle and so that sorry now I didn't know here you want to
speak oh sorry the sorry miror sorry sorry sorry I skipped you I didn't see we're still here we you know I love you right I'm try to keep yeah okay um so yeah I keep kind of
WRA my mind around the fact that such a disgusting and unlawful in Humane resolutions such as 248 could tax on a council that is supposed to represent students fair in their dignity what are you
thinking maybe you bought into the manufactured fear that trans kids very existence with a couple of you refuse to even recognize by the way we're here tonight trans [Applause]
real little sister over everywhere but let's be clear 248 has nothing to do with sports and everything to do with demonizing and dehumanizing human students this is what happen when narcissistic trans who are capitalizing
on your [Music] ignorance the doctors of I to review the civil rights law that gave students access thank you can wrap it up [Music] please thank you
Tam Sam thank you finish come on come [Applause] on that to
everybody what you did not Sam your way over for kids you saw it tonight Sam you are long you you have 2 minutes [Applause] [Music]
[Applause] now thank you uh I I want to get back to education over here class size 255 uh it's very important to hear the voices to consider all the things that
need to be done make sure that it's going to work because if you have small classes and not enough teachers it doesn't work you're going to have to have the bigger sizes and let's do it let's have that discussion we've got to hear everybody and while you're doing
that make sure that you have a lot of work on the math education because we're liing far far behind on that and it's very important to listen to the people who have thoughtful meaningful things to
say about this because it's about the education of all our kids all our kids and anybody who's going to say that it's one kid versus another kid hitting one against another that's absolutely absurd and I think that the adults in this room have a
responsibility to make sure that they're not authoritarian and not listening to people if they are going to put together a task force a group to consider what it means to have different kids K it and
for 264 that's what it's all about it's about author and we must not have that we must not8 thank you okay we're going to have to go really quickly because we're going to be thrown out of this build very short so
the next item on how many there are we won't get to resolutions because the security told us we're leaving at 10 well we're going to have to do this quick um next is um we actually skip with committee reports I assume there's no committee reports with u next item uh
second public speaking session we don't have time for a second public session we have the list next do we have a list in the second public even the list list in the back1 sorry it's not going to work unfortunately um the next item is the
vote on resolutions actually discuss discusss do we have anyone who would like to discuss resolution number 253 that's the one on lack of data anyone would like to discuss resolution
254 yeah just got try to make itle [Applause] so so I've heard a lot about democracy tonight I've heard about I don't know Viewpoint discrimination or some thing
like that but um what I want to say is you know we don't decide other people's other people's kids gender by Democratic processing like we're not the body that is like the gender you like that's not what we should be doing and we don't you
know this is not a neutral thing as I said before we you know we wouldn't establish a resolution with cchs the c Council high schools establish a resolution to decide if you know kids with um IEP is going to be in generalized costumes it's yeah like like um speaker just said let's bring in you
know the um the other parties know there were people a few Generations ago who are you know just trying to decide by Democratic process to exclude people from our public schools because of their race and religion and that was wrong and we moved on from it and so I think this
is a really harmful thing I think we have a chance to walk it back and we should and you know it just makes so much sense to have gender guidelines and that allow for students to participate in sports based on their own gender identity because we don't have to be I'm
I'm kind of sickened to think that this council is up here like interested in what is like underneath the pants of kids it's SI and I think you know the the chancellor has told us the you know our officials
have told us our community has told us above all our students have told us and we need to move on and we need to resend this resolution and restore some family somebody signed up [Applause]
after any other any other members uh yeah I guess I'll I'll say call yeah I'll do it I'll try to be very quick because I know we only have 6 minutes lap so you know it's very clear that that people Mis I think misinterpreted the intent of the
resolution and it's not to blame anybody because perhaps Clauses should have been phrased in different ways you know I wasn't a sponsor of the resolution but you know I we we write our resolutions we try to fairly State what we're trying to impart but we're not always completely successful my myself included so where do we stand the vote was to ask
for a conversation about a policy enacted 5 years ago and my understanding it's the first convers would be the first conversation the chancellor in writing at our town hall and on several occasions after has acted upon the resolution stating that he's not going to take further action that's his right as the chancellor as far as the doe is
concerned that's it the resolution to resend is to me is mooded because no CC action would be appropriate at this point this is backed by parliamentarians that I spoke with including what uh Len had spoken about as well if we rescinded resolutions after actions are decided
then we'd be down a road where the new CC could simply resend all resolutions from the previous CCS ever it becomes partical if council members don't accept that when the doe reviews and responds to a resolution that is the consequential action taken whether in affirmative or negative as such I don't
see a need to vote to further vote here I don't even think it's appropriate to vote individuals on the CC and members of the committee are free to continue to Advocate on their own behalf and and like everything if people feel strongly about an issue they absolutely should I I encourage that but to me the issue for cc2 is over there's not going to be a
doe review and I acknowledge that so I'd like to end by saying that many of the parents that I've spoken to would like the council to move forward and focus on other District education issues like reso 255 where we need to deal with the impact of potentially fewer seats in in
individual D2 schools or reso 253 which we did not really get a chance to speak about tonight where so many s swd issues are addressed and so important these are these are our most vulnerable kids I hope we really can do so thank you [Applause]
[Music] respons I was not at the meeting where on I didn't watch it B from my screen I think it's really interesting that this Council that pass this resolution with such resolution philosoph philosophical
moral put value judgments now all of a sudden doesn't want want to vote to resend it on procedural grounds you know an abstain vote on this which it will go to vote is the same as enough and the fact that we have heard over and over and over I'm sorry human rights are not
out for debate discussion conversation no council has the right to convene a committee to review whether my kid my black and brown kid gets to send the front of the bus that not okay let's go cuz we running out of
time and I'm going to say this with the people that showed up you want to have hateful thoughts and hateful positions on ants and trans children do it in your dining rooms do it at home teach your children if you want to teach them so you are sitting up here as an El body
representing those children that cried and left this room that is not okay this is a publicly representative body that is not representing the families of the students that have shown up month after month since month and lastly you talk about intent well yeah the intent
fine maybe you had a different intent the impact is what [Music] matters to be take responsibility for the har of be false and fixtion this is your opportunity to fix it
[Applause] El have any comment on resolution 2 resolution resolution number 255 would anyone like to comment on this
resolution or discussion on resolution 255 okay moving on resolution number 256 resolution to enhance nycps life remediation anyone like to comment on this okay um then i' call for on the
resolutions um I would make a motion right now to approve resolution number 253 resolution on lack of data on non-compliance for services to swds anyone second the motion call vote
okay pre buai yes PR buai yes Alison Bowen yes Alison Bowen yes Daniel aerov yes Danielle egov yes Gavin Healey yes Gavin Hy yes Charles love yes Charles love yes M Maron yes M Maron yes Don Patel yes Patel yes Jessica Savage yes
Jessica Savage yes Sarah Shaker Arenberg yes Sarah sh to arberg yes sa sarin yes sa saren yes leard Silverman yes leard Silverman yes chin yes 12000 zero passes next motion right like a motion
to approve resolution number 254 it's held resolution to resend resolution number 248 anyone second that motion I second Craig call vote fre buai abstain buai abstain
Alison B no Allison Bowen no Danielle egov no Danielle egov no Gavin Hy yes Gavin Hy yes Charles love no Charles love no M Maron no M Marin no son Patel yes sonal Patel yes Jessica Savage yes
Jessica Savage yes Sarah Shak Arenberg yes Sarah to arberg yes Saina saren no Sabina saren no Leonard silverain abstain SL slin abstain so four to 5 to
three the motion does [Applause] not resolution number 256 motion I'm sorry 255 I to make a motion to approve resolution 255 resolution to create in District Two
class siiz task force second that moai yes Alison Bowen yes Alison Bowen yes Daniel OV yes Daniel OV yes Gavin heing no Gavin heing no Charles love yes Charles love yes M Mar m Marin yes Patel
no I'm sorry I can no Noel no Jessica Savage abstained Jessica Savage abstained Sarah sh to aronberg abstained Sarah sh to aronberg AB Sab seren yes Sab Ser yes Leonard Silverman yes Leonard Silverman yes Craig yes pass 8
to2 two like to make a motion to approve resolution 256 is held resolution to enance nycps Li remediation policies to provide Le resources to families second that resolution second motion prey
Noe no Alison Bowen yes Alison Bowen yes Daniel yes Danielle OV yes Gavin Healey yes Gavin Hy yes Charles love no Charles love no M Mar no W Marin no son Patel yes Patel yes Jessica Savage Jessica
Savage yes Sarah sh to aronberg Sarah to Aron B yes Sabina s yes Sabina s yes Leonard Silverman yes Leonard Silverman yes slman yes 9 to 3 to zero M pass next is the approval of the minute
make a motion to approve the minutes does anyone have any does anyone have any edits or rision minutes from our last Lee make a motion to approve the minutes yes
second Frey yes yes Alison Bowen Alison Bowen yes Daniel OV yes Daniel OV yes gav heing Gavin H Charles love Charles love yes M Mar yes Mar yeah son Patel I
didn't read themain son Patel abstain Jessica Savage sorry abstain Jess Jess sa Sarah to arberg yeah yes Sarah sh to arberg yes sa SAR yes sa
yes Silverman yes yes motion passes 903 any new business anyone like to discuss okay I move for Ajman all favor okay we right into our working business meeting no no we got to do we still have a few
minutes do we though if we don't we're going to have to meet again yes okay then so um I'd like to call our June 2024 working business meeting to order take a please pre prai here Alison Bowen Alison
Bowen here Danel ovov here Gavin Hy gav H here Charles L char love here M Marin M Maron here son Patel here sonal Patel here Jessica Savage here Jessica
Savage here Sarah sh to arber here Sarah to arber here sa s here sa SAR here lard Silverman Silverman here here we have a pre the next item on our agenda is our treasur support go ahead yes there are no changes at this
time people have to get their we got oh just just for everyone out all reimbursements have to be submitted by I think June June 21th or the end of the month the end of the month okay I will um continuation of discussion of CC
social media today um I will just say that um I think we' pretty much solved the Facebook issue correct the Facebook post look good I mean so we shouldn't have any more issues of any no we
poliy is just we're good now we're good okay next next item any new business for the town for the um working business do we need to do anything on the superintendent evaluation so there's a superintendent
evaluation that sorry okay any other new business remind everybody that next meeting is on the second Wednesday we have to yes all right so Craig so the next the next meeting is the second Wednesday of July it has to be that for our bylaws because that's our annual
meeting where we will uh elect our officers for the next year I want to thank these security officers for your assistance good idea apprciate thank you all council members a motion toour our working this meeting all favor
motion you said you would talk to anybody yes I