##VIDEO ID:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UMXFfLkMUynY4bfhccHkzBBei25Jyav6/view## This is being recorded. Oh. Alright. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for being here. I am now gonna call the meeting to order at 6:38 AM. Thank you for your patience. We have Spanish interpreters here, working on a separate line, Spanish and bilingual interpreters working on a separate line. Thank you to them for being here with us and providing this vital service to our families. I would ask that all participants please speak slowly to allow the interpreters to keep up. We are first going to announce the Spanish instructions for our attendees who may wish to dial into the Spanish line at this time. Alright. Hello. I'm here for the Spanish announcement. Spanish announcement is finished. Thank you so much. We are now going to hear from our bovine interpreter. Please give the information for those who may wish to dial to the bovine at this time. Sure. Thank you. ID number hashtag ID number hashtag. Zoom phone line muted Thank you. Thank you. We also have captioning available for those who would like to use it. Just click on the live transcript button at the bottom of your screen. Victoria, would you mind following the role this evening? Sure. Good evening, everyone. Linda Chung Leong? Present. Kelly Craig, absent. Excused. Yes. Is Paloma Hunter there? Yeah. That's fine. I think he dropped, but he'll rejoin. Jonathan Greenberg. He's excused. Juliette Normaldi? Present. Victoria Mottelli is present. Danny Rojas? Present. Marlene Rossi? Present. Marcella Santos should be in momentarily. Wendy Toussaint, present. Gina Narajo? Seager and Maisha Raman. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. This is a public meeting and is being recorded. We will have several public comment sessions. The first 15 minutes of the meeting have been scheduled for the 1st public comment session after our school spotlight. You may also comment on the school spotlight presentation. We will also allow public comment following the school construction authority presentation and also following our high school spotlight presentation. And the public is allowed to comment on the superintendent's report during the final public agenda and speaking time. During the final public agenda and speaking time, you can also speak on any education related topic. Comments will be limited to 2 minutes. However, if you need interpretation, you will have up to 4 minutes. You'll be given a 32nd warning before your time is up. We'll have the timer in the corner of the window here. We apologize for the abruptness, but we'd like to hear from as many speakers as possible that end the meeting at a reasonable hours. Please do not raise your hand right now because we're just giving instructions on how to participate. 1st, we will take comments from those attending in person. Please walk up to the front laptop so that participants who have joined via computer in the Zoom room can see you. After that, we'll take comments from participants who have joined, via computer in the Zoom room. Please press the raise hand button to raise your hand. This can be found on reactions at the bottom of the screen. As a reminder, don't raise your hand right now. We are just giving instructions on how to participate. When you raise your hand to speak, you will be promoted to panelists. You have to accept the invitation to be a panelist. You will then be able to unmute yourself. And if you want, turn on your camera. We will call on the speakers in the order in which they raise their hands and manually unmute their microphones. When your name is called, remember to say your name and your connection to the district. Then we will take comments from participants who have called in for interpretation. We will ask the interpreter if anyone on the Spanish line has any comments, then we will ask if anyone on the blank The Fongal line has any comments. If you'd like to speak, please state your name and connection to the district. Next, we'll take comments from anyone who has called in by phone. Victoria or I will call out the last four digits of your phone number and will manually unmute your phone line to allow you to say yes or no if you'd like to say something. If you want to speak, please state your name in connection to the dish nerd. The chat feature has been turned off. However, we do use the q and a for training purposes. 1st, if you have questions about the meeting technology or any of the meeting protocols, please use the q and a and we'll respond as soon as possible. 2nd, during public speaking sessions, you cannot speak but will prefer to leave a written comment. You can do so in the q and a during those agenda sessions. Again, please include your connection to the district in the q and a. Comments at the q and a can also be read at the end of the public speaking time. Additional comments or questions can also be addressed to the CEC via email at cec30@schools.nyc.gov. Also, before opening up our meeting for public comment and speaking, I'd like to remind everyone in attendance, our public and our members, that during these meetings, we are to address points made and not directly address or attack people. So please address your comments directly to the topic at hand rather than targeting individuals. This ensures that our discussion remains productive and centered on the matters we're here to address. Additionally, please do not utilize any profanity or derogatory language during your comments. In the event that any participant or member fails to adhere to these guidelines by engaging in verbal attacks, off topic commentary, or otherwise disruptive behavior, the chair reserves the right to intervene. This may include requesting the individual cease speaking or directing the discussion back to the relevant points. Such measures are necessary to uphold the integrity of our discussion and ensure that all participants can contribute in a respectful and productive manner. Now, we'd like to open up tonight's meeting with our school spotlight for our school that came tonight. So I'd love to welcome principal Michael Pasquarelli to tell us all about PSIS 122, the Mainely Bay School. Okay. Well, thank you very, very much. Thank you for the opportunity, to talk about our school here a little bit tonight. Do a little bit overview of the school and some of the great stuff that we have happening already this year. So I'll start here. I have a presentation. I'll share the screen. Here we go. Okay. You guys able to see everything? Okay. Alright. Fantastic. So, again, thank you very much. Our school is PS IS 122, the Miami Faith School. Our school serves grades pre k to 8. At the moment, as of today, our school is 1,137 students. It's located at 2121 Dimarres Boulevard. It's in Astoria, Queens. Our school at our school, we have, you know, basically offer many, many services across and classes. We have gen ed. We have ICT on every grade, ELL classes, gifted and talented sections on all grades, and also we have 12 one to 1 classroom settings as well for the different classes that we offer at PS 122. Our school is currently in, it's 100 year of existence this year, and we have plans. I've been working with the school community, to celebrate this event in a couple of different ways. Well, 1, we're going up with a 100 year logo design, looking to make a new logo for the school to to recognize its 100 year of existence. In addition, we are looking to schedule a event for next year. Excuse me, for this year, May 2025, we're gonna have a twofold event, a basically a celebratory carnival type event for the kids in the community. In addition to a school, showcase, the showcase and its preliminary stages of planning, you're gonna have visitors be able to come into the building. We're already collecting various artifacts from a 100 year of existence, old class, photos, other type of materials. We have a lot of, already alumni lined up. Some been, went to school almost almost when it opened. Actually, we found some. We're gonna be able to be in there and just get see some of the old classrooms and go down memory lane with that regarding the school and celebrating it. Although some performances, are gonna be planned from our our arts programs, like the student chorus and the band. These events are being developed in collaboration with our great PTO and SLT, and those planning stages are already, happening as we get ready for these awesome events. The next slide here, I have examples. So we're looking to get some new, like I said, a new local for the letterhead and also for banners and to celebrate, this 100th year. Essentially, we sent out to the whole school community and all the classes, to take some time to basically come up with some different ideas even on all the grade levels of different logos, etcetera. I just did a couple of examples here, for everybody to see, but we have many, that could be submitted through to December 20th. And then we're gonna take a look at all of them, either take 1 or pieces of some and come up with that new logo, you know, and build a consensus around that. There's 3 examples of, student created logos that have already been submitted for consideration for that project. Thought I'd share a couple of those here today as part of our celebration for the for the 100th year. Just read it our schools of phase 2 regarding curriculum and instructional program. We're implementing the HMA curriculum grades k to 5 as a phase 2 school. Envision math is a curriculum for math grades k to 8. Our 8th grade students are enrolled. They take high school regents classes in living environment and algebra 1, and they take the Spanish language proficiency to go into high school, with the year of Spanish language already completed. For science and social studies, we do use the amplify and passport curriculums, across grades k to 8. I will talk a little bit. I wanted to see, about our arts, physical ed, and physical education programs that we have, trying to build an all around excellent experience for all students at the school. In addition to the academics of arts, they have visual art class, choral music. We have instrumental music and a band. We have a dedicated space for dance instruction, 2 gyms. We utilize our big fuel outdoor school yard. And, well, we did have a half inner yard, but we have some construction in the building and lost a little bit of that space. But these spaces here, use for physical movement, And, also, these are the different type of arts programs and things offered at the school as well. Also, in addition to bolster all those other extracurricular activities, we do constant, consistent work, again, with the PTO, to create and being resident residency partners in every single grade level, basically, to bolster the academic arts and enrichment programs that the school can offer. As a list here of some of the things that we have for all our students, we have little orchestra, to collaborate with our music program where students grades k 1, 2, basically able to learn various musical instruments. We also had to write music. They culminate that with actually composing their own songs, which they've been able to perform for the school community. We have the Tada dance and singing project again, for grades k 1 and grades k and 1, where they come into the auditorium and are championing on various dance and choreographed dance performances. We are working with Kidspire as an architectural project program for grade 4, where students essentially design buildings. I'll show a picture of of that in a moment of some of the buildings created. But to create, like, out of the different materials, like a skyline and get into architecture and design and actually create either existing buildings from skylines and cities around the country or even design new ones of their own, and the whole room becomes like a little skyline that could be viewed by everybody. In addition, they have dance matters doing hip hop dance. We work with the Story of Film Festival in the 7th grade. Our students are able to basically create their own film, all aspects of the film behind the scenes, the script, the acting. Then that is also created viewed by the school community. The entire film at the as a collaborative end to that project. Readers and writers collaborative, we have grades 5, 6 where they essentially work and do publish decide on a type of book to publish and then do so through working throughout the year and actually publish that book at the end of the year. And also Lincoln Shakespeare, Center Shakespeare program for the 8th grade. Students are working with that Lincoln Center program in the 8th grade and select a a Shakespeare play to focus on for months. And then eventually, everybody, they do put on a show as well, and all students are involved in some capacity. We're putting on that show. Every single 8th grader gets on the stage and is able to participate, in that culminating event too. As a little list and overview there of the arts that we have, one within the school and the instructional program and also working to always bring in other partners, try to make as robust a program as possible, for all grades. Here's some pictures here for the dance matters, the students, dancing and for the culminating event also for. I mentioned the kids' spire as an example of some of the buildings made last year. You can see they set it up in the classroom, and you can really walk through like a little mini skyline. It's an excellent project focused on the architecture, the math also of the design in addition to the creativity. Able to come and see it's an excellent, excellent program there. As an example here of the skyline that was created last year or one of them, to be viewed. Talk a little bit of phys ed movement. Very, very important. P s 122 is a move to improve as all star school. Basically, this allows our trained physical education teachers. They can talk professional learning. The staff try to get more movement exercise into the school day. We also have field days that are done at the end of the year. 3 field days, one for each of each grade band takes place. Basketball. Very proud, excited. A member of the d 30 basketball league. This is year 3 of participation. Our first game is actually tomorrow. We have a game at our school at about 10 AM. It's been a fantastic program, really, that the district has brought in. I think this is year 3 as well. We were there from the beginning, and it has grown, provide an excellent opportunity. The students really to participate in sports on the elementary school level, also allows for cheerleading and cheer program to get as many students as possible involved, and it's been fantastic. Again, our first game is tomorrow. We're participating in that, as well in our school. School spirit. Speak a little bit about some of the school spirit events and things that we've already had taken place this year. We do have a a student council in our middle school grades and in collaboration and working with the student council coming up with various respect for all or spirit school spirit events for the year. For the year thus far, we have completed a couple. On 11/27, we had in the school spirit event. Students have asked to wear clothing or present all their favorite sports teams as a culture building event and a unifying event that took place on 11 27. On November 13th, we recognize world kindness day. Students and staff asked to wear pink as a representation of kindness and respect for all. Also on that world kindness day, in addition to the wearing of pink, there were kindness things read aloud across certain classrooms on the elementary level. Also, random or planned acts of kindness or noted or kind words we placed in a box, a message box as well. Those are some of the upper grade activities in terms of, again, really trying to foster build a culture of respect for all and focus, on that throughout the year and then take a day that World Kindness Day and recognize it at our school. And here I have a pictures of the lot of participation on the top and the students wearing pink and some staff members on that day. On the bottom also was for the spirit day for the sports teams, students wearing various jerseys, the team that they support here on these particular images. 2 of the school spirit events, that are taking place already so far during the year. Kindergarten, monster bookmark making event. Another spirit or introductory event that we have had at our school for the past 2 years. In October, our librarian and kindergarten, they collaborate, work together, and come up with something that's called the monster bookmaking event. The goal is event has two goals, basically. 1, the first, invite the new parents into our school to kindergarten grade to come into the building and be able to be part of this event, see the school, be with their student and their their their kids in there as they work together. Basically creating a bookmark for reading. Being that was around Halloween, they called the monster bookmark. Let's take a look into the the the bookmarks have some type of monster Halloween type theme, but they basically divide, create their own bookmarks to be used. Again, 2 fold. This event, very high participation is very good. It's 1. Basically, introducing, bringing parents in, letting them see the school new to the building some. And, also, Foster began very early that love of reading or in terms of reading by the kids creating their own bookmark to be used. I wanted to share, and we have a we have just, as of a couple weeks ago, we have already have start up again our hydroponic lab. Our school does have 2 hydroponic labs, the main lab on the 5th floor and another secondary little bit smaller lab that we have in the 4th floor. We're partnering with Sunworks as the 8th year of collaboration, with getting these hydroponic labs up and running. They utilize the curriculum for middle school and science also in the 5th grade. In addition, the students can see it actually does grow the the plants within the school. It's even possible to harvest, you know, some of the vegetables like cucumbers and make basil. Also, I think, and other vegetables and things actually can be taken, you know, and harvested when they are fully grown. And it happens a couple of times, throughout the year as well. But these are some images here that we have got the back up and running, for the 8th year, the hydroponic lab, very excellent part of the school. I wanted to speak a little about that. Civics for all and project soapbox. Our school has been a participant with the civics for all project soapbox and the junior participatory budget projects that are going on in the in the New York City public school system. Last year, I participated, there's a 30 with soapbox. And last year also started with the participatory budget project, which we're also doing again this year. Essentially, for that project, we'll do we do with the 6th grade. They basically work, you know, with the student council. They send a message out to to the whole school, see what some needs are for the school. They have a budget. I think it's $25100 or something for this year. Get a series of projects to spend that that money on. And then with that input, you know, select a project and then move forward with it as a way to simulate the real participatory budget project, build civic awareness, also help the school, with some new stuff. And last year was was decided, you know, to have, we got some equipment for gym and for recess was the selected project, which went through. And again, we're doing that again this year, and we're on our 3rd year of participation. In addition, another important special event we had at the school this year with example of civic engagement, which actually began last school year, was an effort led by a previous member of our school community as a vice president of the student council and other members where they're gonna rename the corner where the school is located, the corner of Dittmar's Boulevard and 21st Street. It's gonna be renamed, the Mamie Fay Way. Mamie Fay is the first principal of p s 122, you know, the namesake of the school, the first female principal in in Queens, And, also, the one of the the founding members of the city started a child protective services in the city. And through but in terms of trying to the the point I was making before about civics and working, to bring change, you know, I was able it took a while, but through the working seats of the student here in the bottom left from our school previously and others and push, through that civic action to actually get that street name changed. Then we had a ceremony this past September where we had the unveiling of the new sign and then the renaming of the street. It's a very excellent event, for the school and an example there of that civic participation and, you know, having that action lead to lead lead to change. Let's see some images here of that, event that took place in September. We have, after school programs of the New York Edge. Operate 2 actually after school programs at our school, one for the k to 5, one for the 6 to 8. The students did complete this year in terms of, a charity project selected by the student council and working with the after school was a clothing drive if it comes to hurricane Helene, shipping out dozens of boxes down, to help, with support those, you know, impacted by that by that tragedy down there, by that natural disaster. It was our first, charity project for the year. And we do a lot of those in collaboration with New York Edge. A lot of really good work with New York Edge, more athletics, athletic opportunities and teams for the students to play on. They just completed flag football. We have volleyball coming in every Saturday with schools all around the city and also participants from our school through New York Edge. I also do basketball and, soccer. That's what they do after school programs. Oops. Sorry. I'm in the way. And, one other important addition that we would I would share regarding our school this year is development that we have of a sensory room, which we had opened up last month. Since we're seeing a need for the school, who would benefit from such a room or sensory room. There's some students that have sensory needs from a related service provider, students with autism, ADHD, or other type of sensory processing, issues or social emotional needs, students in distress, and with that need for the school, and working with with the again with the PTO and getting the resources necessary to develop this room as a research based way, to help with de escalation and to support these students. A couple images here of this room, which was in addition to what we could offer the students at our school, keep the community safe and productive as as possible. And we did open that up last month, and it is active. We're doing some professional learning too with the teachers coming up in January, but how to set up and utilize the room, as best as possible. Okay. And that, was a little spotlight and presentation there of our school, PSIS 122. So thank you very much. That's really what we're gonna do now is open it up for our members that ask any questions, and then go to our, public agenda speaking time where public can ask you questions as well. So thank you, for giving us a wonderful presentation. So I'd like to open it up to my fellow council members. So does anybody have any questions? Okey doke. That's for Ellen. Questions? Yeah, one, Victoria. I want to congratulate you first, Mr. Castrone, on your appointment to 122 as principal. I think that's excellent. And for a thoughtful and in-depth presentation, to show us the wonderful things that you and the PTO and the community are doing there. So just keep up the great work. This was a really great presentation. So thank you. Oh, well, well, thank you. Thank you very much. Oh, it really was. It was a great presentation. I don't wanna step up if anybody else wants to say anything, miss Good Professor. Really? Okay. Yep. Well, thanks. Yeah. We do have a question from the public. If you want to come to the Sure. My name is Anne Knowlting. I'm a local parent. I'm also, oh, I'm sorry. I'm a local parent. I've also, been a public school teacher at, Lab Middle School. I've been teaching for 14 years, but at Lab Middle School in in Manhattan in district 2 for since for about a decade, a little more than a decade. And I was so impressed with your presentation, and this is kind of a broader broader question, but, like, ours, for instance, has a lot of rigor, but and, obviously, 122 does and has that reputation. But I just noticed in all the different initiatives, obviously, the civics for all initiatives are kind of a newer from the from the city. There just seemed to be a lot of cohesion with the culture of the school. And I was just wondering as, as more schools are built in the district, how and again, I'm kind of reflecting from my own experience, where we where I in my opinion, my school is not as cohesive, despite being a very rigorous school. How did you go about bringing together the different initiatives in such, in such a smooth and cohesive way? Okay. So it's a very good question. Well, one, it can be yeah. It can be, well, the first I think is 1, anytime you're trying to bring new, initiatives and things to the school is a, you know, you wanna explain you wanna get buy in for all of these things, you know, from all the different constituencies in the school community. And that can be a challenging thing to do. But I think, 1, it starts with explaining the rationale behind why you're trying to do something, the reasoning that that basically things are happening, why you're trying to go forward with some type of program. I think it begins starts with 1 there. 2, then comes, I mean, in my opinion anyway, and working in the school system now, 20 years or really with everything. It comes from, collaboration, basically. So, like, once, step 1, you know, explaining why we're trying to do something, the goal that we're that we're trying to reach or, like, say the the the vision for it so everybody understands at least why. You know, if they have some type of other opinion on how it could be done or what is going or or what you're trying to do, but they see where, you know, you're you're trying to go. So I think that begins there. Then comes with having everybody have a voice as much as is is efficient and possible into what is happening. So everybody can have an opinion. Obviously, these sometimes the answer, like, where all of these challenges are bringing things, to, fruition is, like, the answer is, like, in the room with with somebody else. Like, there's no, like, just, oh, I have the idea it's gonna be one way or even somebody else is gonna be one way. You know, you're trying to pull, like, from everybody. You Really need, like, everybody's help in order in order to do something. So I think, 1, the target, what you're trying to do, why the rationale, 2, bring in the strengths of everyone that that you're that you have a team and you're drawing from the best of everybody in order to try to do that once they know what that what that target say, I guess, for lack of a or goal is is is a second part. And then 3, celebrating when things are going well or even, you know, having transparency if things have to be changed or altered in some way. Like, there's no you know, you have full transparency there in terms of taking action if you have to change something or, you know, celebrating if it's going well and then pushing forward, you know, say to the to the next step. And then also, I guess, just for a sense of my mind is, like, maintaining, like, a challenging thing I think in well, at least in schools in general is is maintaining something too because there's a lot of things that happen in school every single day. That that's for sure. You know, all kinds so being, like, on the message, having the the team, and then being, like, continually on on top of it and checking in and, like, moving forward like that despite everything else that's happening, I think is also very, very critical. So if that makes sense if that makes sense, I think it's, like, those those the four things. That's really helpful. Thank you so much. Uh-oh. Thank you. No problem. Thank you. And, Chad, I think we have opened up the public comment. Yes. Tara Peso. And I'm gonna promote you to panelists. Please accept, thinking you can, unmute yourself and turn on your camera if you'd like. Oh, yes. Here I am. My name is Anna. Thank you for that presentation. I like very much how you celebrate World Kindness Day. And in that regard, I was wondering if district 30 would consider, like, having that in in the district as recognizing some kind of world kindness day or a kindness challenge just to promote that value and, remember the importance of it. That was basically my question, but I like how p s 122 acknowledges it and celebrates to to have people get along better and treat each other better. Mhmm. Yes. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. And, I you know what? I think that there's we can ask that question of our, superintendent, miss Hidalgo, when she presents later this evening about World Time to say. So thank you for bringing that up. Do we have any other raised hands? Not seeing anything. Do we have anything for the q and a for, public comment or a question for mister Pasquarelli? Not for mister Pastorelli. No. This probably gonna see not presentation, but next presentation. Mhmm. Okay. Anyone else in the room? Yeah. Just this is, yeah. What hello. Hello. I just wanted to confirm. So next so 2025 will be the 100 year anniversary. Is that is that right? Okay. That's right. What is any again, that that's an incredible, incredible milestone for the community. I'm curious if there's any way that the CEC could also help amplify or if there's anything that we could do from, from the council, just to commemorate a really important moment for for your school community, please don't hesitate to reach out. Oh, okay. Alright. Well, thank you. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. Because they're planning their stuff now. So, I appreciate that very much. Thank you. No problem. Thank you, mister Pasquale. We really appreciate you getting a wonderful presentation about, the baby face school. We really appreciate you coming down and speaking to us about that of all the great things y'all are doing there. And I am so excited to see what's coming in 2025 for your 100 year. Alright. Alright. Well, thank you, and thank you, everybody. Alright. It's my pleasure. Alright. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Okay. If you have any other comments where someone would like to say something during, public speaking, like to give you a few minutes before we get started on the next item on our agenda, which is the presentation from the school construction authority. Do we see any any more raised hands? Is everyone okay with going to the next item on the agenda? Okay. Hi, Ben. So the next item Hi, Whitney. Is our presentation for the School Construction Authority, and we have mister Ben Goodman speaking for us. So, Ben, take it away. Thank you so much. Sure. Thank you so much, for having me, Whitney and Victoria, and, good evening to the rest of the CEC 30 members as well. My name is Ben Goodman. I'm the external affairs manager for Queens North, here at the School Construction Authority. I'm gonna get started, with the, site selection hearing for the proposed new school on Haldett's Point. Just one second. I'm going to share my screen. So this is the notice of filing. I I do apologize. I do need to read it into the record. So, pursuant to section 1731 of the School Construction Authority Act, a notice has been filed for the proposed site selection of all or portions of block 490, lot 102, and any other nearby sites located in Queens, for the construction of a new approximately 547 to 754 c primary intermediate school, here in District 30. So the proposed site is located on the housing authority campus, known as Astoria houses, and it is adjacent to the East River. Currently, the site consists of an asphalt paved parking lot in addition to walkways and a playground and all associated with the adjoining NYCHA Astoria House's campus. This particular site was contemplated as part of the Howlett's Point rezoning final environmental impact statement, and it is subject to a restrictive declaration. So, the proposed site to be acquired by the SCA on behalf of the DOE is approximately 71,000 square feet. So the site plan and supplemental materials summarizing the proposed action are available at our headquarters. We're on Jackson Avenue in Long Island City. Kelly Murphy is the senior director of real estate services. The information is also available on our website under community and then under new school sites. So we'll discuss the comment period in a couple minutes, but, the kind of comments can be submitted to us either by postal mail or by email to sites@nycsca.org and will be accepted until Monday 13th January. So to get into the details of our public process for site selection, Under the public authorities law, we're required to present new sites, to the local community board and the community education council. A 45 day public comment period on the site commenced on the 21st of November and will end on the 13th January. And again, formal comments can be shared through postal mail or email to sites at nycsca.org. So this evening, we'll focus on the site itself rather than actual specifics about the new proposed new school facility. At this at this juncture, we do not have design details to share since SCA does not has not yet acquired the site. So the proposed site is located in this area shaded yellow, just off the East River by the Astoria houses campus. This is an approximate aerial view of the proposed new primary intermediate school site and an approximate street view. So again to the details as to why, the SCA believes that district 30 needs a new school, this particular site will enable New York City public schools to meet its requirements under the class size reduction law, and we're proposing a new approximately 547 to approximately 7754 seat primary intermediate school, located in Hallett's Point. The school will have a district 75 component. It's approximately 71,000 square feet in lot size. And, lastly, on the way our process works is that the project analysis under the State Environmental Quality Review Act takes place, before going to the city council for ultimate final approval. This is the formal end of this presentation. I will put my information in the chat as well as the information to where to send public comments by email and postal mail and the contact information for our colleague, Raya Cumberbatch at the Department of Education. So the 45 day comment period will continue through the 13th January. Thank you so much. Alright. Thank you, Ben. That that is for the, Hallett's coin civil sighting. Would would you like to take comments on that, or would you like to take comments on both presentations after you've finished the other presentation? Sure. I'd be happy to take comments on Hallett's Point now, if that's okay? That's perfectly fine. Do we have anyone that has comments or questions on the, Hallett's Point, school? Any comments from the members? Do we have any pricings? Yes. We have, Deb. I'm sorry. Okay. Let me promote you to panelists. Please accept, the promotion to Tamulus, and you can unmute yourself and turn on your camera if you'd like. Hello. Okay. Am I coming in okay? Mhmm. Hi, I was, this is sort of really exciting development. Has I wanted to ask about the house point site. Has has there been, has there been any discussion of, developing this as a multi multi campus site? Like, sort of, I think, was in that like like, as Hunter's Point has had one similarly where it has multiple different different schools. It's not the phrasing of components. Sure. Yeah. There might be some new ones. But yeah. Sure. So that's not a decision that the school construction authority would make. Our colleagues at, New York City Public Schools working with the CEC, and the superintendent, will make that decision as for the construction folks. So we would manage on the the construction and ultimately and hope and before that, the design. And then it's up to our colleagues at New York City Public Schools working with the CEC if they'd like to do, multi sided schools there. Okay. Are there anything, is there is there anything, though, that I guess we should that'd be part part of the comment period. Is there anything about the design that would be need to know an advanced support, like, keep the avenue open to a multi sided decision? No. Not at this time. As as of this time, there is no formal design. We have not begun, the design as of yet, since we don't own the site. Right. This is the the public process, ultimately asking folks if they believe that this particular, location is appropriate for a new public school. Okay. Thank you. Thinking that's good. Useful information. I know that yeah. There are many schools that are looking for a site possible multi multi sided things just, yeah, such as mine. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you, dear. Do we have any other questions in relation to the Hi. My name is Theresa Catone. I was wondering, has there's no design, but has there been, like, a preliminary schedule put together for when you guys anticipate this being completed? Or Mhmm. Yes. That's a very good question. At this time, we anticipate completion in September of 2030. And, okay. September 20 30. Okay. Thank you. Do we have any other raised hands or anything in the Q and A? Just the Q and A. Okay. The Q and A, I have, instructions for this particular institution, but I have Nick Masan. He's asking where is the sites of the new middle school going in Astoria? The new middle school in Astoria? Mhmm. So did this one if it's referring to the question is referring to this particular, site, This would be located, on what's now the Astoria houses campus, by the East River off Astoria Boulevard. Thank you. The next question I have is for the next presentation. Alright. Do we have any questions, in the Spanish interpretation room? No. There are no questions on the Spanish interpretation line. Thank you. Do we have any questions in the, Bangla interpretation room? No. There is no question from the line. Thank you so much. I don't see anyone that's joined by phone. Ben, I do have a question, and it just came from your answer. So, in relation to, I guess, working with New York City Public Schools, the CEC, and the district about, I guess, the comment or if this could be a multi campus school, would that be something we would discuss during the comment period? No. That that wouldn't be something discussed during the comment period. That would be just something to discuss, with with New York City Public Schools and their superintendent office and district planning kind of once, once we get into design. So so once the council has given us the final approval, and we we start our design process over the course of that year, you know, that would be the time to to mention, you know, to working with the superintendent, you know, if the CEC would like to see, you know, 2 schools or or multiple schools organizations located in the new facility. Okay. And then, like you said, it'll be completed if there are comments that agree with SEA acquiring this site and then so once the the public comments that they would support, the SEA acquiring this plot of land? Yes. Okay. Okay. So did the comment period is just to either support or not support SEA acquiring the Department of Land to view over how the proposed Alex Point, elementary and intermediate school. Exactly. Okay. Thank you, Ben. If we don't have any other questions for this portion of your presentation, I don't see any other hands raised. I think we're good to go on the second part. So thank you again for Okay. Providing the other presentation from the school construction authority this evening. Sure. I'm just going to share my screen. Alright. One second. So good evening again. My name is Ben Goodman, external affairs manager for Queens North at the School Construction Authority. This is the formal presentation on, the November 2024 amendment to the SCA's capital plan. The picture here is the new gym at the recently opened annex for PS 85 in Astoria. At tonight's meeting, I will discuss some highlights from the plan, discuss capacity projects in district 30, from both the 2020 to 2024 plan, and the new 25 through 29 plan. I will also discuss our capital improvement projects, resolution a, the MWLB program. I'll go over the comment form and, of course, take any questions or comments from the CEC 30 members and community members, parents and students who are with us this evening. So the 5 year capital plan for fiscal 25 through 29, this picture is of the new high school that's in construction on Northern Boulevard in Woodside, that is opening this September. So the new, capital plan proposed amendment totals approximately, 20 and a half $1,000,000,000. The first category is capacity at approximately $7,000,000,000. These are new school seats the SEA brings online. Capital improvement was approximately $7,540,000,000. These are capital investment dollars that the SEA uses to keep our building safe and watertight, 2,280,000,000 for the Healthy Schools Initiative. I will discuss what that is in a couple minutes. And lastly, mandated. Mandated is anything the SEA is required to do pursuant to state, local, or federal law. An example of that is the boiler conversion projects across the city to bring cleaner fuel into our buildings. So to discuss a couple of quick highlights, we're continuing with the new capacity program, which again, any new school seats the SCA brings online. This picture here is actually the exterior of the new annex for PS 85 and Astoria. Electrification, to create green school buildings that are completely electrified or retrofitting existing buildings. Technology, continuing the work on accessibility as well as a PE up physical education space upgrades and cafeteria, enhancement experience. The cafeteria enhancement experience is to bring our cafeterias into a welcoming state and a state of good repair. Lastly, capacity program has other aspects as well. Addition to new capacity, which are our standalone schools and new additions, a replacement program, these are that is a specific program for instances where the school is in a lease facility, cannot renew a lease, and we need to build a new school from the ground up, for those students and staff. Capacity to remove a TCU removal. This is an applicable to district 30 or if there are not a TCU's remaining. In other districts, this does allow us to remove the existing TCU's or trailers, and to provide, new school seats either in an annex or an addition. Playground redevelopment at 50,000,000 as well as continuing the early education program or a standalone 3 ks and pre k centers. So a couple of quick highlights for the capacity across district 30, With the PS and Parcel C in Long Island City, it's opening September 2027. The asterisk by the total seats indicates that the project will have District 75 seats as well. The PS 85 Annex in Astoria that we recently opened a couple months ago, the new primary school in Court Square on 43rd Avenue, in addition to the elementary school on 45th Avenue. And then lastly, the high school that's currently being built in Woodside on Northern Boulevard with approximately 3,066 high school seats that is going to open next September. So for capacity, these are examples of projects within district 30. This is an early childhood room on the far left at PS 80 5, new annex in Astoria. The next picture is the new lobby for the annex. The last two pictures on the right are both of the new high school on Northern Boulevard. This picture here, is the new auditorium and then next to it is the exterior. So we're often asked how something becomes a project, for the school construction authority. It's important to note that the SEA does do a yearly survey that's available on the DOE's website for each school. We use the results of that survey to determine which building systems are in need of replacement. Each actual system at all of our buildings across the city is ranked on a scale of 1 to 5. We receive issues also reported from our colleagues at school facilities, our custodial engineers, our plant managers, deputy director of facilities. These are issues that are sent to us directly, from our colleagues at the Division of School Facilities. Lastly, mandated. Mandated, is anything the SAA is required to undertake pursuant to state, local, or federal law. The last two items are are more unique. Resolution A or ResoA. ResoA is, any capital grants that the SCA is given by your local council member or borough president or also the state elected officials. And lastly, requests are given to us as well from our colleagues on the Community Education Councils across the cities. It's important to note too that work the SCA does, has to be capitally eligible and is on the lines along the lines of, more extensive projects such as window replacement, a boiler replacement, roof replacement, auditorium upgrade, a playground upgrade, in addition to accessibility work, to name a few. So a couple of quick highlights across district 30. There's quite a number of exterior masonry projects, and school safety projects, and a few window replacement projects. We're also happy to provide anybody with details on ongoing projects or upcoming projects at schools across the district. I will put my contact information in the chat, for anyone to reach out to us with any questions. So, Resolution A, again, this is a school specific capital improvement or enhancement. It's funded by members of the city council or the borough president's office or grants from state elected officials. There is quite a lot that the SBA can do with this program. We do, however, always encourage our principals and our parents, parent leaders, to please ask us for any estimates for a cost of a capital project through the resolution a program, before speaking, with the elected official. So we've done quite a few auditorium upgrades across the District, as well as science labs and playgrounds, libraries, and electrical upgrades. Lastly, this is the CEC request form. They should the top five requests, should be sent back to us ideally by Friday, 17th January, for inclusion in the February amendment. And this is the contact information for myself, and I'll put this in the chat, our external affairs director of that night, as well as Form information, that can be directed to this phone number, or, this particular email address. I'm also happy to take any questions too if folks wanna reach out regarding the comment form or any other questions. So although this brings us to the formal end of the, presentation, I I'd be happy to take any questions. Thanks, Ben. Okay. So we're gonna start with my fellow council member, then go to the people in the room, and then we will go to our Zoom room and the the interpretation rooms and also the QA. So I'd like to, look forward to my fellow members to to see if they have any questions for you about doing our 2nd presentation. Hi, Ben. The mandated repairs portion of your presentation Mhmm. What does that classify us? Does that classify us, like, dangerous conditions of a playground or or something to that effect? No. The mandated program, that is any project the SAA is required to undertake, either because of local law, state law, or federal law, or a court decision. If there is an item such as a dangerous playground, the first person to speak to would be the custodial engineer. The custodial engineer, would need to submit what's called a work order to the school construction authority, a rather a work order through DSO, the division of school facilities. If the division of school facilities is unable, to handle the request, or if it's considered an emergency, we will receive it, and we will look into it and and make sure at least that the area in question, is safe. Got it. Thank you. Thanks, Dan. I have a question for you. I noticed that, you know and I appreciate it because I do have your contact information, but I think a lot of parents might not know exactly who to contact or how to contact someone, like, if, a current, SCA project is going behind or might be behind schedule. For instance, like, I I service Victoria and I service liaisons for, Louis Armstrong Middle School, and they right now, you know, we publicized the project for their auditorium, and it seemed like it's behind schedule. If are there any updates you can provide right now, or would you just, recommend that we reach out to you and give that to the school community? Sure. So that project, we were hoping to wrap up. I I believe, we we should be at substantial completion by the 20th of this month. We know it's very important to the Louis Armstrong community, so we've been working, you know, as as hard as we can. But we are on track, to wrap up by 20th with the major construction. We we then will see moving on because we have to do its final inspections after that. You know, when that when that bill when that auditorium okay. We can reopen to the school. Okay. Thank you. And I do have one more question. Sure. The cafeteria enhancement experience Mhmm. And right now, I think one of the ones that we kinda got escalated to participate in the program was again Louis Armstrong because the cafeteria really needed a lot of improvement. We have some capital requests that, include cafeteria improvements, that we've received. Mhmm. How do we know if the school is slotted to get the improvements through the cafeteria enhancement experience program or not? How do we know what what's the Sure. So there's 2 ways. There's 1st is that the if they just put on the CEC request form, they respond, the response will be sent back, you know, to the CEC with whether or not it's included. The the other the other way is just, you know, just keep in touch with me, and then I will I will see if it's able to be accepted. And then I I can give you, you know, response and then provide, if it is accepted and it does become a project to provide, you know, the project details, you know, the scope design timelines, and the the construction timeline. Would you recommend that we push them for the cafeteria enhancement experience program, or would that just be through the capital projects and the resume planning? Like, how how would we be able to make sure we can at least get those to our students at the new the newer cafeteria? Yeah. I mean, I would say both. I I would say because we have had a lot of projects where elected officials have funded cafeteria upgrades. So so I would I would say to try to do both because even if if one particular grant comes in from elected official, it might be possible that the project is already included as part of the initiative, so they might receive more of an upgrade, in that way. It certainly wouldn't help I wouldn't hurt rather to speak to the elected officials as well. I agree. And then I do have a question, and I this is my last one. But Victoria asked a great question about the mandated programs, you know, local, state, and federal laws. I know that we have some schools that have elevators that had been in the state of disrepair for many years, and we keep putting on the capital request, plan, and we keep getting we are unable to prioritize the project at this time. How is that not in violation of ADA? Mhmm. It it honestly the the build the building might have other accessibility routes, a path to travel as as it's called in technical terms for someone either in a wheelchair or someone that is mobility impaired, to get around the building. But for those particular questions, so the elevator might still be under warranty. So it's best always also to to speak to the custodial engineer, for the building, to see kind of what's going on. Okay. But, I have one question about my liaison school, PS 212. They have a pretty, dangerous, unlighted, unlit, schoolyard where they the kids are dismissed. And with the wintertime, obviously, with the lighting up there, it's dangerous. The the ground is uneven. The mats aren't all there. Mhmm. They go a few months back. They did measurements, and that was the last that we heard of it. Can you just give, that community or me some kind of insight as to who we can follow-up on to make sure that Yes. So, I will follow-up with you. I'm actually I can't tell on Zoom who who is who is currently asking the question. But if if you wanna send me an email, I just put my information in the chat, and then we can take it from there. Or you could always feel free also just to give me a call, and then I I could look into the project. You said this was at 212? 212. Yes, Victoria. That Oh, but hi, Victoria. Okay. So I will I will take a look tomorrow, and I'll get back to you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Do we have any other comments or questions for me? Sorry. This question is, hi, Ben. How are you? It's Linda. Hi. I'm just asking for my liaison school, PS 2. So they, I think, Kavan's office, they said that they were gonna contact you regarding for an estimate for the retract retractable bleachers and stage caries. Mhmm. How should they contact your office? I haven't heard from them, but it's possible that my colleague has on the resume team. I will ask him tomorrow, and then I I will I will follow-up, with with Whitney and Victoria to let them know. Okay. Thank you. So it's it's for the retractable bleachers. Yeah. I'm just I'm just taking notes. Retractable bleachers. And what was the other item? Stage curtains. Stage curtains? Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Thanks, Dan. Okay. We don't have stuff, Molly. Hi, Ben. Also speaking or asking for one of my liaison schools. This is Marlene. P s ninety two, has a a wing in their school that is waiting for air conditioning repairs. And it it's all 5 floors, and they've been waiting for about a year and a half. Mhmm. They have that, looked into. So I just kinda wanna see if there's any timeline or if you know anything and that I can Sure. Sure. So, the SCA does not handle the individual air conditioning units. That's handled by the division of school facilities. The city has deemed the units to the individual units that are in the classrooms to not be capitally eligible. So so the maintenance contract, and the repair and the installation is handled by our colleagues at the division of school facilities. Okay. Alright. Thank you. And I have one more question. And Sure. In in general, if there's a school that that feels like they could have the space or or possibly, have an annex to to their to their school, for capacity? Like, what's the process to get Mhmm. In line for something like that or to to have somebody look into the space? Sure. So the best way is to send it, the request to the superintendent, or doctor Fahey, and, you know, we we can then get that information from them, if there's something that folks would like to see, new capacity built on. Thank you. Thank you, Ben. Thank you, Marlene. Hunter? Yeah. Ben, I didn't really your response to Marlene didn't quite make sense to me. You said the individual units in the classrooms are not capital items. Mhmm. But Marlene said an entire wing of the school is out. So that doesn't sound like individual units in classrooms. That sounds like a centralized air conditioner. Okay. If if it's if it's if it's a central unit, that probably would be something that the SCA would handle. It depends who who installed the unit, and what the what the warranty is. Because if it's already if it was, you're working at some point and it stopped, that that probably would be under warranty, but that still would be something that would be handled by the division of school facilities. You know, if if it did need an entire new system, then likely the SCA, will get involved. Okay. Thank you. Thanks, Hunter. Thanks, Jin. Okay. If we don't have any other questions from, the council members, I'd like to go to people in the room. So if you have questions or comments, please come up to the laptop. Hi, Ben. Nice to meet you. I have some specific questions. Would you like me to ask them 1 at a time, or do you want me to ask all of them and then kinda circle back on them? Sure. 1 at a time is easier. Okay. Is it like okay. Just stop it when I okay. So does SCA typically act as general contractor? And, if it does, to what extent does that include, just supervisory staff, or does it go down to, like, site labor? No. The SCA does not act as a general contractor. We bid and award, our projects to general contractors as a lump sum low bid process for general contractors across the city to bid on our jobs. Okay. Lumpsum. You guys don't do construction management? No. They're 2 they're 2 separate fields. We are the construction manager for all of the SCA's capital projects. Construction management is in house, but the general contractor themselves, they bid on our projects. And they also, you know, as part of that bid package, let us know which subcontractors will also be working on the job. Okay. Then I guess my follow-up question is, does, I guess, SCA have any internal programs that they use to track project documents like our adviser submittals or project drawings? Yes. We we do have we do have internal programs that we do use. Is it Procore? I I don't know, off the top of my head, because that's an entirely separate unit. We we do I know how we have some programs that were actually, developed in house by our own colleagues. Okay. Okay. Going through my questions. Can you clarify how a project goes from basically approvals to site mobilization? Like, is there a certain order to which SCA follows Yes. Like manpower or Yes. Or something? Yes. Sure. So we issue what's called a notice to proceed. That is the next step following, bid and award. Once we've identified the most appropriate, lowest bidder for the project, then we go then a a notice to proceed is issued to the general contractor. Basically, in sum, it states that at this time you've been awarded project, you must begin, obtaining any necessary permits and approvals, to move forward. Our construction management team takes over from that point to make sure that they are sticking to the timeline, and, you know, making sure that they're they're moving forward with what they need to do to mobilize, which most of the time in addition to, of course, having the appropriate personnel is filing for any department of building permits and any other, applicable construction permits. Does DOB have a SCA division? No. I don't believe they have a specific SCA division, but so the contractor is responsible for submitting any appropriate permit request directly to DOB. Okay. And then my last question or comment was just, before you mentioned substantial completion, I don't know if everyone is aware of the difference between what, like, substantive completion is versus sign offs versus punch list. And then I guess my question would be, how informed do schools, get on punch list items? Like, is that part of, like, what they they they know about? Yes. We do have monthly meetings with the schools, our principals, our u our auxiliary engineer, and our chapter leader, with the United Federation of Teachers. We do go over the items at that meeting and also, you know, advise folks on to what, might be on on the punch list and then what, might not actually be in the scope of the project. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Okay. Do we have any other raised hands or any other oh, oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Hi. My name is Anne. I'm so sorry I didn't get this earlier, but would it be, I don't know if my head is here or not. But, would it be okay it doesn't matter for this question. I don't know if I'm in It's okay. I'm not sure if I'm in. It's not oh, perfect. Okay. Would you mind just, just two things. If showing the slide again with the 25 to 29, the new schools that are being constructed, and then my other question is just the slide with your contact information. Sure. Sure. One second. Thank you. Is that okay? Yeah. Thank you. So the this is the capacity highlights, for district 30. Thank you. And the contact information is here. Thank you. And it's also in the chat. Great. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thanks, Kim. Okay. I think we have, some more hand queries. Okay? Come on. 1st one is, Grace the patio. Grace, I'm sending you to promote you to panelists right now. Just please accept the fact and you can unate yourself. Hello. Hi. Good evening, everyone. Grace, I have a few questions, and I have a few things to say about our school. P s 2212q. I'm the title 1 person, and I'm a parent there. Our community our our school serves low community, no lower income families. And right now, the safety and functionality of our school year is an ex special urgent concern concern to us because we were granted a resurfacing project over a year ago, and there's been little to no movement on that. And the situation has grown pressing now that the building next door is having construction of their own, and our kids, are having problems during their dismissal because the flooring is uneven, and it's creating a dangerous environment for them. We have a few projects that we have actually already gotten, approved, but they've been kinda more or less, just put on a back burner for now. So I just wanna, understand really where where is this gonna, when when is this gonna move, when it's gonna start moving for us. Mhmm. Or do we have to wait for 2 schools or 3 schools to be built for us to be put into that list? So I'm gonna check. I will follow-up back, with with Whitney and Victoria. I'll look into all the projects at PS 212. Okay. Because we have, right now, we have 4 projects. School Mhmm. Schoolyard, electric upgrade in the library, library media center upgrade, and science lab upgrade. And, you know, it's very interesting that the schools that are coming up and are in a much richly, demographic right now. These are new projects being done, and, you know, instead of instead of, the further improvement of the schools that are already existing in your district, That's a that's a big concern for me as a parent. Do we need to associate each other and maybe put a stop to these new high schools and intermediate schools until the smaller schools and the schools that need improvements go through. So we do have the capital improvement projects. Like, what what you're describing, not new buildings, but actual, capital improvement projects at all at many schools across district 30. So I I will look into, the 4 projects you mentioned, the lighting, the resurfacing of the school yard, electrical upgrade, and the science lab upgrade. I will now provide status, updates, back to Whitney and Victoria. Okay. Or you can also feel free, if you want my my email information and my contact I got it from the slides. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. You're welcome. So you always feel feel free just to, email or call me directly. Yeah. Because I was looking at your slide, and, the new capacity, I see that there's 1,000,000,000 of dollars put into those projects. But the, the other projects that are pretty much to upgrade current schools in district 30 are are pretty much not getting the potentially needed funds that, that they should be. I mean, our school was quoted at $1,000,000 for security camps, which after shootings and and things that are happening to kids in schools, I mean, those are things that that have to I don't know. Like, have some type of, precedence over building a new school that, doesn't have any Thank you. Go to our next speaker, but thank you so much. We really appreciate your comments and questions, Misty. Thank you. Uh-huh. Okay. Do we have any other, yes? Lisa, please accept the, promotion to panelist. Hey. What's up, everybody? How's it going? Thank you. Sorry. I just stepped outside. We are at dinner. But I was listening to the presentation and also watching Mr. Pasquale talk about 122, which is great. So thanks for having him on tonight. Ben, I got a question for you. And I've asked this question when I sat on the council last year and even previously when I was, before being on the council. And I'll ask it again now in a new way, understanding a little bit more about stuff. And you talked about resume, capital projects, and a lot of the stuff that elected officials fund for schools that then come in as a grant into the SCA. So to my understanding, and correct me if I'm wrong, it goes through participatory budgeting, resume, whatever it is, and everything gets awarded. The money gets allocated at the beginning of the next fiscal year. So technically, anything that would have been awarded at the end of last fiscal year, would have now been honored and money funded and sent into you now for this current year. Why does it then take upwards of 3 to 5 years to get something funded if the money has already been sent from that elected official into the SCA for whatever project has been voted on and awarded? So, the the project timeline depends on the individual project. I I it it really depends what it is. Sometimes though the issue is that we might not have an a large enough grant or the scope that the principal, or the elected official is looking for. Because usually we try to get started as quickly as possible, but in in in some instances, the scope of work might might be out of budget. Oh, like, I'll say for for instance, I know and and when I sat on the council last year for CEC 30, my school 122 was waiting on a half $1,000,000 bathroom upgrade. 84 was waiting on money and 234. And I know that Whitney is doing a great job of trying to hunt down along with Danny the missing money for 234 as well as 84. 122, we were funded. Granted that was a project that was awarded and funded back in 2019 for half $1,000,000. And in 2024, it funded 4 bathrooms instead of what could have stretched into a lot more. So when we're talking about things that may or may not have the ability to be fully funded, if it takes 5 years to allocate with inflation and everything else that goes on in the world, then, of course, you're not gonna be able to fully fund something as opposed to actually just dealing with it when it officially gets awarded and the money gets put into the SCA's bank. Well, it shouldn't take 5 years for something to get awarded. That that's that's abnormal. There there might be other things going on because that that doesn't sound right. It I know it took a while, and and you can ask both Whitney and and Danny who are sitting there tonight. I know you're not there probably, but, I mean, both of them are are working diligently to find the money for both p s 234 as well as p s 84. And like I said, we we were able to, at 122, get the half $1,000,000 that was given to us by a a former assembly member back in 2019. But in in $2,024, that didn't stretch as the same amount of money that could have gotten all 10 of our bathrooms done. It ended up only being 4. That that issue is is more unique to the state, the state grant process. Because with the state grant state grant process, it goes through the dormitory authority of New York's of the state of New York. It doesn't come directly to the SCA the way that it does when it's a city council member or a president, of a president Grant. Understood. And, listen, I'll I'll reach out to you about a couple of things because I know I've gone over time. The one last thing I'd like to ask really fast, and thank you for granting me the extra time, is why is there a limited amount of people that can actually fix and do things within a school? Why are there 3 carpenters in the entire borough of Queens? Why is there one person who can fix a piece of glass? Why is it I mean, we're in a borough with 2,400,000 people, a ton of children that attend these schools, not just district 30, but the other districts that are within Queens borough, why do we have, like, less people that you can do, this little piggy with to figure out who can actually get them to work on anything? Well, the the the, the trades you're describing actually work for school facilities. They they don't work for for the SCA because those are kind of more maintenance folks that can do the day to day repairs, more more of those smaller jobs. So those those are actually, DOE employees cause we we hire, large scale general contractors for the most part. Okay. Understood. No. No. Perfect. Ben, I appreciate the time. Whitney, Victoria, everybody, thank you and, have a good night. Next is Jacqueline Exaros. Can Jacqueline please accept the promotion to panelist? Hi. Good evening. My name is Jacqueline Exarjos. I'm an assistant principal at Louis Armstrong Middle School. I am here on behalf of principal Panella. She was unable to join us this evening due to a family event. Good evening, CEC, members of the community, superintendent Hidalgo, doctor Fahey. I appreciate the opportunity to hear from the invited guests of the school construction authority because it is vital that all agencies responsible for the safe and efficient operation of schools work together for the betterment of our children. As a school leader, I am charged with providing my students a world class education in a safe and supporting learning environment. One of the ways in which I accomplish this is by fiercely advocating for my students, and that is why I felt compelled to speak this evening. As with many schools, Louis Armstrong Middle School in East Elmhurst is currently undergoing a number of long term construction projects under the supervision and monitoring of the SCA. The projects in the building currently involve crucial updating of the public address system, modernization of science labs, and renovation of our school's auditorium. These projects are massive in scope and require the collaboration and communication of many people as well as resources. For my part, I reached out to local elected officials. And through the generosity of New York City council member Francisco Moya, I was able to secure funding in order to execute my vision of a top notch auditorium for my students as my school is known for the arts. You would be surprised how expensive some of these projects can be and how quickly a budget is spent on just the basics. The students deserve more than the basics, so as a principal, I found that. I have made myself available for progress monitoring meetings, check ins, anticipated how much multiple projects would take in this building. Time carved out for these projects took me away from other tasks, but I understood the importance of being present to make quick decisions on the part of my students. This has ultimately brought me to why we are here because, as before, I am a fierce advocate for students. As mentioned, I recognize that these projects require communication, collaboration, progress monitoring, and follow through, and I'm greatly concerned at how the SBA is managing these aspects of projects given the experiences in my building. Every single project mentioned has experienced major delays and major errors, which are now posing safety issues and budgetary burdens to the school community. I know I've run out of time. I apologize. Thank you, mister Barros. But, yeah, thank you for providing principal Panella's comments. You can also email them to the counselors, to Ben as well. We would really appreciate reading them in their entirety. I will. Thank you so much. K. And, Ben, if you'd wanna, address some of of miss Exaros' questions about the the lab. Because I did ask about the auditorium, so if you wanna tell us that date again and then about the science labs. Sure. So the auditorium, we anticipate hitting substantial completion, around 20th. The science labs, one second. I'm just gonna review my notes. So I spoke to miss Panella this morning. Sorry. One second. Yes. The science labs, are in good shape. We anticipate the furniture and equipment, being delivered tomorrow, afternoon. And then at this at this time regarding the science labs, there's just a few, final inspections, that are needed. All the electrical and plumbing work is completed. And the communication system? I think that was another The PA. Right. So the the the the PA system, that work is is mostly, completed. The clock and PA boxes have been installed in all the labs. The only work remaining for the PA system, involves some of the work in the auditorium, and the final programming and the removal of the older clocks in the building. Thank you so much. I hope that answered your question, missus Arce. But we'd still be able to, you know, talk to the email. The the miss Fidel's comments would greatly appreciate it. I will. Thank you. Thank you. Do we have any other raised hands? Okay. Do we have any questions in the Spanish room? No questions in the Spanish line. Okay. Do we have questions on the, Bangla line? There are no questions on the Bangla one. Thank you so much. And do we have anything in the q and a? Yes. In the q and a, this might have been answered already, with Victoria's question before it's been. But I'll go ahead. Peter Kwan's question is for the SCA rep. When will the SCA begin backyard resurfacing project at PS 2 12? Thank you. Yes. So, for PS 2 12, I'll I'll get back to, Whitney and Victoria, with the date. Okay. Thank you. And the next question is from Randy Din. Is there any update on the opening of Court Square School and any updates on an incubation? Mom of aq972 3 k student. Sure. So, with Court Square, we anticipate awarding, the contract, for the demolition of the existing building on 23rd Street, shortly. Following following that, or rather we anticipate that the the bid and award process will begin shortly. Following that, sometime in the New Year, the towards the beginning of the New Year, the contractor will be awarded for the demolition of the existing building. That's likely that award will likely take place around the Q2 of the year. So probably at some time in the spring, we'll have the general contractor on board for the demolition, of the existing building. And then following that, work will be will begin, on the new building for the 2027 opening. No more questions in the q and a. Okay. Alright. You have any more regulatory q a. Last name can I think, there was a level of normal please accept, promotions to panelists? Hi. So I'm just wondering why there has been such a delay for the Court Square School. I've heard people say certain things, but I would love to hear it from you, Ben. What why is there a delay and why I mean, there's, like, now a construction delay too. I would love to know from you why that is. Sure. Sure. So it was difficult reaching a needed legal agreement, unfortunately, with the adjoining developer. That that's what led to the delay. So at this time, we're on track for 2027, including, and that 2027 date takes into account a demolition of the existing building. Okay. So is there, like, I work on multimillion dollar construction projects myself, and there's always at the beginning of these projects, we have a a timeline set and a schedule set. Is there gonna be one of those for this that the public can see? Yes. Because I'll I'll be in touch with what's called the dear neighbor construction notice. Once that we get we get going with the demolition on the contractors on board, the notice is provided to the CEC and the superintendent's office and the community board. So the notice does explain the construction timeline, and it gives my information for the contact for any construction related concerns or questions. Then following that, when we do have the general contractor on board to construct, the new primary school, the same notice, relevant to the new construction, will be issued as well. And is it the responsibility of the SCA to ensure that the general contractor is sticking to the schedule? Yes. Yes. I mean, there are financial penalties in place, that the general contractor agrees to as part of our bid and award process, as part of working and then a New York City School Construction Authority job, that if there are delays, the contractor has monetary damages and is responsible, for making up the work. K. Thank you. Thank you, Carrie. And we have someone to do a Q and A? Yes. From Melly L, we have, Hi, Ben. When will the electrical upgrade for the library meeting begin meeting center begin? How long does it take to move SSCA projects forward? Our custodial engineer has already put in that work order and took proper steps. Oh, which school is this? 212. Okay. So I'm I'm going to check, to see what's what's going on there because there are quite a few projects that were, mentioned by a few folks. And then I'll I'll get back to, Whitney and Victoria. And, Randy had asked beef the the first question or the the second question that I I and she also wanted to hear an update on the incubation that she didn't hear from her hand. I'm sorry. The the incubation actually that that's not handled by the school construction authority. Any any possible potential incubation, that would be a matter that, the superintendent's office and the office of district planning, you know, and working with the CEC, would would have to put forth. Because because we're the we're the construction folks, we don't decide, you know, which school organization, goes in which building. Thank you. Mhmm. And now Yeah. I think this is the last one, so we could go to the next item on the agenda. Okay. So I have the last question. Joanna Carney. Good evening, mister Goodman. I am a PTA co president at PS 11 in Woodside. We were awarded fundings through the city council for the installation of a seat in our gym and auditorium. We were last told that a project is in scope. Is there any update to the timeline for this project? Also, we were awarded funding for an upgrade to our auditorium projector and sound system. The last update was that the funds were stuck with OMV. Do you have any additional information on the progress for that project? Thank you. So I don't, with me tonight. I'll check with, my colleague on the resume team, and then I'll get back to Whitney and Victoria. So, that's because I'm I'm taking notes. It was the, sound system at the auditorium, in addition to the water fountains. And And and the split cooling system for the gym and cafeteria. Mhmm. Okay. Orium. Yeah. Gym and auditorium. Gym and auditorium. Okay. Mhmm. And that's at, PS 11 in Woodside. Mhmm. Thank you so much, Ben. We appreciate you. As for me Thank you. For me. And, thank you for providing the updates. Victoria and I will share them, out with the council and the, appropriate school community. So thank you so much, Ben. We appreciate it. And we'll have a copy of your presentation on our website with your contact information and the information you share tonight. Great. Thanks thanks so much, and happy holidays to everyone. Thanks so much for having me. Take care. And Alright. So the next item on our agenda, we have 2 high school spotlight presentations. I'm excited. Tonight, I think the application is closed, so we're gonna hear for 2 new high schools. We are gonna hear from the principal, HBCU, Shirley College Prep, doctor Johnson, and then the principal from, Gautam Tech this evening, miss Elkhavy. Am I pronouncing it the right way? Okay. My jaw all gets weak sometimes, so thank you so much. I think we are gonna go ahead and start, with doctor Johnson, where she's gonna tell us about her brand new school, the HBCU Early College Prep. I'm really excited about your school. I am an alum of the HBCUs. I went to Clark Atlanta University in Johannesburg, Georgia. So I am a fan in. So thank you so much, doctor Joffe, for coming to, present on your school this evening. Thank you. I'm trying to just share, a little bit, make sure that I find the right tab because there's so many open from looking at applications all day. So the application's actually, closed tonight. They extended the deadline. So if you have a child who was thinking about it, then tonight's the night. Okay. So let me put this. It'll be fairly quick. So I'm doctor Asia Johnson. I am the creator and founding principal of HBCU Early College Prep, which is a new high school accelerated high school that will open, in September in Southeast Queens. I'm just gonna show this little video. Let me know if you can hear it. Zach, can you hear it? I'm doctor. John, I'm developing a new Okay. Yeah. I was gonna say I can also put it in the chat. Don't worry about it. It's a whole technical thing just to get it changed over. Anyway, couple of things about our school that you should know is, we offer, success coaches to our students. Every student in our school will receive a success coach that will follow them from 9th grade all the way until their college graduation. Those are Delaware State University faculty members. Our college partner is Delaware State University. Students receive a free associate's degree from an HBCU Delaware State University, And they are guaranteed admission to Delaware State University once they, achieve their associate's degree as well. Another feature of the school is summer ed camps that allow students to spend their summers on various HBCU campuses to ensure that they're making the best decision, for themselves as well. For those of you that are not familiar with an HBCU, it does stand for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. I will emphasize that you do not have to be black in order to attend an HBCU. We accept all students. But it is an accelerated program that will open its doors to all students, for and next September. There's also travel abroad opportunities as well. We want students to get them get outside of New York City and outside of the US as well, which means that students will have the opportunity to visit with some of our partner colleges, through Delaware States and China, Jamaica, Barbados, Belize, and Italy. Students won't be able to earn credits there like they may be in the summer programs, but they will give the opportunity to engage in some, cultural immersion programs and learning a lot about the school itself, the the cultures that of the countries that they're traveling to. There's also residency weeks where Delaware State faculty members actually come to New York City and teach in person. The purpose of that is to build a sense of camaraderie with the students while they're in high school and also to help them when they transition into college so they always have that familiar face, not just with their success coaches, but also with their college professors as well. Students graduating our school will actually enter into Delaware State with 64 college credits with their associate's degree, and they will actually be juniors as opposed to freshmen because they've already been, achieved at 2 years worth of college while they're already in high school through what's called dual enrollment. The program is completely free. Any student who continues their education beyond the associate's degree and goes to Delaware State full time will receive in state tuition because New York State does not have any, HBCUs. So they will pay in state, tuition as well. We are working with a number of partners, including the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, to incentivize students to continue their education at Delaware State by offering them a variety of scholarships as well. There will also be day and overnight tours to HBCU. Some HBCUs we can get to in the day. Others will have to stay overnight, and and either through, opportunities to stay on campus if they allow us to. And also in hotels, we'll have chaperones and students will be traveling to make sure that they have an informed decision about which HBCU is the best college or university for them. So tonight is tonight. We are closing all of our applications tonight. So, if you have a if you haven't heard of our school and you're like, oh my god. I have to put my child in this school. My schools are still open. So you have the opportunity to list, your child's, list our school in my schools right away, like you can be doing and can multi multitask right now. Go open up that application and put us at the top to increase your chances of getting in. And then if you're having trouble, which, like, most families have been having trouble with the system, feel free to send me the email. I have been accepting, videos and essays, to my email because the system has been messing up, and I don't want any students to miss this opportunity. So if you can't upload because of the system, you can email me your child's opportunity. So if you can't upload because of the system, you can email me your child's resume I'm sorry, your your child's, 2 essays, and also their, video as well, and we'll accept that. But you have to have an application in my school. So we are still accepting applications until midnight tonight. I will drop the assessment best required. Students have to write 2 short essays, that they choose from. They only have 2 short essays that they need to write and a video about themselves. I can send you I'll drop in the chat the prompts along with we look at, their course grades from 7th grade, as well. And that's it for me. If you like, you can scan the QR code that's on your screen. It'll take you directly to our website so you can learn more information. I'll also just drop my email in the chat as well in case you have any questions between now and midnight. But that's it. Thank you, guys. Thank you so much, doctor Johnson. You're welcome. Okay. Does anybody have any questions for doctor Johnson right now? Okay. So we can go to our next presenter, miss Ocavi from Gotham Tech, and then we'll ask questions for both of our principals that came here to present this evening. Thank you so much. Alright, miss Ocavi. Thank you for having me. Oh, my video started playing. I'm gonna just share give me a second to share. That was a tough act to follow. I wanna go to doctor Johnson's school. Take me. One second. Let me share. Are you able to see my screen? Yes. We can see it now. Okay. Amazing. Hang on. Let me just get out of that. Okay. So I'm the principal at Gotham Tech High School where we forge our path to greatness. It is a small school in, in L I C. We're moving into a new building soon. I just want to show you a quick video of our students from a robotics competition. Teams. I don't see 96. At team 694. But like, 15th, team 22 or 65? So those are some of our kids. Although we are a really new school, we have grades 9, 10, and 11. We partner with New York City First, and our team is actually extremely competitive. You can see the assignment. They live, breathe, and these are our students. They live, breathe, and eat robotics all day every day. We have 4 competitive teams that are just, placed first in the in their qualifiers. But one of my teams placed 1st, and the other one placed 3rd, so we're very competitive. At Gotham Tech, our mission is to inspire and equip students to become critical thinkers, problem solvers, and leaders in a rapidly evolving world. We prioritize inclusivity, creativity, and academic excellence, ensuring that every student has the opportunity to thrive. So while we are a small, robotics school, robotics is not the only thing that the students learn. Our vision is to at at Gaffin Tech is for every student to thrive in an inclusive, supportive, and challenging environment. We aspire to develop individuals who are resilient, empowered, and prepared to excel in a dynamic world, making a positive impact through developing scholars with integrity, values, academic excellence in their post secondary life and, and pathways. So we have 3 pathways that we offer at Gotham Tech, robotics, both building out computer software development and data science, which are future ready pathways. Our students come in with a very, typically, with a strong interest in STEM, and they continue on these pathways. They just diversify in the 10th grade. We're moving into a new building next year, and that's a 100%. We're gonna be sharing the building with motion picture tech, as well as the health care high school. Each high school in this building gets 2 specialty rooms. Our first room is the robotics room. You'll see here that or if your student or child is interested in robotics, we have 3 fields in one of our rooms, which is pretty large, and 2 centers so that we can accommodate multiple teams. The currently, we partner with New York City First. Our students go to Cornell Tech, and they work on their robots. So those robots that you saw on the video, our students build those. They from scratch, they code, they build, and they prototype the robots, and they engage in these challenges. So when we move to the new building, they don't have to commute to Cornell Tech. This will be in the building for them, open, past school hours. We also have another specialty room, which is a computer design room, and this is where we're going to have most of our computer software design, classes as well as the data science classes. We're also building out a sub major within the computer software design under digital arts. Most of our students have expressed an interest in graphic design. So these two rooms were designed by our students. We incorporate students into every aspect of the decision making. They help us with hiring teachers. They help us in designing curriculum, and they also help us with picking up these materials and designing the room. So our students are learning to become, really independent and autonomous, and we we value their voice. During the every Wednesday, the truncated schedule where the students go to the robotics STEM center. Here, they get mentorships from experts. They have hands on learning. They start their projects from start to finish, with adults serving as facilitators and mentors. We have 4 teams with and the students really work together to design robots and to compete. We also have networking opportunities. And, really, this this, environment fosters creativity, but what I've noticed is that the students become very close, and they form lifelong friendships. So we also have, Gotham Tech is on its way to becoming a CTE designated school. To get CTE designation, it takes 5 years, but we're building in all of the elements to be future ready and then CTE ready. All of our 9th graders take a college and career advisory. And in 10th grade, they take career college and career readiness and financial literacy. And then they begin in 11th 12th grade with internships and and job opportunities that we have embedded within the curriculum. In addition to the stem and the robotics, we offer really robust, AP course offering. And while we are a small school, we've been able to offer AP courses starting freshman year. So this year, we have AP precalculus. We have 7 AP courses, AP history, computer science, world history, seminar. The kids that we accept are already accelerated. So we've we have been fortunate enough to offer these courses earlier on in high school, and then we they move on to college now courses at Hunter, LaGuardia, and Navarroque. So this is what a typical 9th grade course offering would look like. A freshman would would take Physics 1st. They take Algebra 2. I only have 13 freshmen that have not taken Algebra yet, so they move to Algebra 2. They take a robotics and engineering class. And this is Separate and apart from the intensive on Wednesday, that's just an additional this additional exposure. They take the advisory, the robotics intensive. They have English honors, and they're ready prepared and ready to take the ELA region's freshman year. And we offer 2 world languages, Mandarin and Spanish, and they self select into those. So at Gautam Tech, we're a really small community. Our teachers are involved in every aspect of our students' lives. We while we are small, we offer multiple clubs and sports. Sports are on a campus, so they have access to all the sports within our region. They're not limited by the size of the school. We have a junior right now who's in the Junior Olympics swim team. We have an indoor track indoor outdoor track. We have the design team, and this is where we design curriculum. We design all components of the school moving forward, and we continuously iterate, like, the design of the school. The viable team soccer team. Our biggest club is PSATSAT club, and it's really math prep, but the students love it and enjoy it. What I say about a small school is and at this point, it's their opportunity to create a legacy and leave a lasting impact. All of our teachers know students, and they also know families. And there are benefits of going to a larger school. You have multiple opportunities and a plethora of courses and clubs. But that opportunity to make a connection with an adult and have someone in a school that knows you and knows when you're having a bad day is irreplaceable. So I know that see these clubs are nothing compared to maybe, like, a larger school, but the relationships that your children form at a small school, whether it's mine or doctor Johnson's school, really, you can't put a price on it. It's also, like, the sense of safety that you can reach a principal at any time. And so our students are extremely dedicated. They join FTC Robotics. Our partner is New York City first, and our students compete regularly. This is our one of our teams. I just wanted to say that part of the competing involves, again, building, coding, and design, and they learn all this in our school and outside of the school. And so they also learn CAD ing and prototyping. And with that, I just wanted to say that this is a wonderful opportunity to send your child here, and I think that everything happens for a reason, and we're presenting here for a reason. So if you are interested, please, email email me or put us down, and we're looking forward to having you guys. Thank you so much, miss Okabe. Okay. So now if I have any, council members who have any questions for our principals that came this evening, feel free to ask the question, and then we'll go to our members of the public here in the room and then, questions from raised hands and then the q and a in our, interpretation rooms. Well, I just wanna say thank you both for coming this evening. I think it was very serendipitous that the application period got extended so at least our district attorney community can hear more about both of your schools. I think we have some questions in the q and a. But if you both wouldn't mind, maybe dropping your contact information in the chat and, potentially share it on the screen. And we'd love, if we could, maybe just have a copy of your presentation. That way, we can include them on our minutes and then leave them on our website. I think that would be great. I do have a question, for, doctor Johnson. If you just have a moment, I'm really excited about the opportunity for the students to at least get associates from, Delaware State University and the opportunity to get scholarships from the Thurgood Marshall Foundation. How exactly would that work? Is there a counselor that they would talk to, or who would guide them, through the process? Of the scholarships or which which one? Sorry. That was a long question. So for their course load with the associates, is that just more general and then they would potentially focus on their major at Delaware State later? And, like, what are those majors? And then also for scholarships with the Thurgood Marshall Foundation, which scholarships would they be encouraged to apply for? Would it be the major based scholarships? Yeah. So in terms of the associate's program, all students, a 100% of the students are covered for associate's degree. So our expectation is that in 2029, we will graduate a 100% of scholars, not just with their high school diploma, but also with their associate's degree. That program is a liberal arts degree that will be issued by Del State, which means that Del State will determine the courses required for the liberal arts degree. So in terms of like a guidance counselor doing the pathway, it's already been predetermined. Just like if a regular student went to Del State and they wanted to get their associates. It's already predetermined coursework. There is, 3 3 different pathways, and that is really 4. But college students can take college courses in both social work and psychology. Those courses are very similar. So that's why I really say it's 3 because it can go either way. They can also take college courses in business and also liberal arts as well, but their degree will be liberal arts. That means that when they get to Del State, they would all if they want to jump right into their major, they can. They can also double major as well, but their basic courses that you would take during your freshman and sophomore year, English, social studies, science, math, Those are already be, taken care of. And in terms of the agreement, we actually have to work with, the Thurgood Marshall Foundation to create an MOU. So that hasn't started yet. That won't start until junior year, so I can't really answer questions about the scholarship as of yet. Thank you so much, doctor Dodson. What's the capacity for the freshman class for each of your schools? How many students, can you guys take on? In my building, I can take this year, we're taking in 215 students. Thank you. And we're a small school, so we're only gonna take in a 109th graders every year. We're starting with a 100, and we'll only have a total of 400 period. Okay. Great. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Do we have any questions from anyone in the room? I don't. I just wanted to follow-up on, Marlene's question about the air conditioner that you had for Ben. What kind of air conditioner is it? Is it a window unit? I believe it's a central, I think. Oh, okay. Yeah. If you wanna talk to me about the difference between capital and facilities, I can Definitely will do that. Explain that. Yes. I appreciate it. Thank you. Alright. Well, do we have any questions for doctor Johnson and miss O'Cobb? That's why I should I am so sorry. I am so sorry. I'm telling miss my brain is swirling. It's okay. My brain is I'm so sorry. I thought both of those presentations were so beautiful. Thank you. Okay. Is there any raise hands? Okay. Anything in the q and a? Nothing in the journey. Sorry. Okay. I think those were answered in the q and a. Mhmm. Alright. Well, thank you so much, doctor Johnson. Thank you so much, miss Okabe. I'm so excited. I hope we get some district clerk applicants this evening, and we appreciate you coming tonight and sharing the wonderful information about your schools. And I think I fixed it so you all can drop your information in the chat to everyone now. So thank you so much. Have a great evening. Nice. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. Okay. So now we can go oh, sorry. I didn't see if we had anything in the interpretation room. Do we have any questions in the interpretation room? In the Spanish room or in the, Bongo room? There is no question from the Bengali line. Thank you. No questions in the Spanish line at this moment. Okay. Thank you. Thank you so much. And I appreciate it. And now we can go to the next item on our agenda, which is our presentation from our old Ms. Hidalgo, our District 30 Superintendent. Ms. Hidalgo, are you ready? Yes. Last but not least, superintendent Hidalgo here. Good evening, everyone. I first wanna start by, just letting everyone know that last month's meeting, we did have, some questions with regard to early childhood, and we, are planning to have an early childhood person, in present in January. She was unable to present now in in December, but, we had a full full full full agenda anyway. So we'll be expecting her, and, hopefully, we can revisit those questions again in January. And I also wanted to say to the world kindness day or challenge for district 30, definitely, we can do something like that. We'll we'll we'll we'll revisit this, and we'll definitely consider to to have a some sort of district wide world kindness day. So that's that definitely isn't a problem. I wanna start with sharing some good news and some good things that have been happening at district 30. So, we're gonna show you a little clip, and it has to do with, our our listening tour to the chancellor, our very own, district 30 basketball in, in, in IS intermediate school, best, soccer teams that we had here in district 30. So we're very excited about that, because we do believe that, sports has positive impact on our students both emotionally, academically, and physically. So we're excited about that. Our very own Jesse Sanchez, our physical education instructional lead is leading that for the district, so we're excited about that. Let's show them the slide so that they can see. And we also had a winter wonderland. Melinda Katz did sponsor a winter wonderland for p s 92, and we were there as well, celebrating all that our district 30 children deserve. IS, 78 were the champions for our little short, soccer games. So we're very proud of them, and kudos to them. We also have some respect for all contest winners, which we are very proud of. So I will post a submission for respect for all, p s 111, Mia Betancis, 7th grade, p s 2, Mia Shabana, Dean Grasevic, and Hannah Mujevic. And if I'm not pronouncing the names correctly, please forgive me. Essay submissions at p a I s 227 was Hannah Margona, a 6th grader, and p s 149, Victoria Tassik, our 5th grader. Our multimedia submission was p s 122. Michael Pasaretti School, he was just pronouncing and p s 384, Melanie Alvarez, class 402. So we congratulate all our respect for all, contest winners. They will be presenting at the CEC, hopefully, next month. So we will see them in person sharing, their submissions. We're very proud of them. Congratulations to all the winners, the schools, and the families. I also the listening too, I just wanted to comment on, the chancellor's, commitments are very similar to our chancellor banks. The first thing that we're keeping at the forefront of the mind is ensuring safety and promoting wellness for our children, strengthening comprehensive teacher supports, and fostering genuine and impactful family and community partnerships. So some very good news that we that most schools are excited about. All schools that would have had to pay back funds for register loss in their midyear budget adjustments will be held harmless for funds owned owed As schools continue to support new students and deal with fluctuating registers, the mayor and chancellor have decided to invest in the fiscal stability of schools. Schools with midyear adjustment increases received funding for audited registers as of October 31st and increases in students with IEPs through December 34, 31st in accordance with prior practice. So I've gotta say that in district 30, we had a lot of register loss. So, all our principals are very excited that they are being held harmless. As also, we're also getting ready to prepare for our student perception survey. As in pretty as in previous years, students in grades 6 through 12 will participate in the student perception survey for the 2024 2025 year. The survey will be online only and administered from December 9th through January 17th. The survey is anonymous and administered for formative purposes. I do encourage, all students to participate because their voice matters, and we do use this survey to see how the climate is, what are some areas that as a school, they need to focus on. So it is important. So I encourage all leaders, families to in to, promote and encourage their children to do so. Kindergarten applications. Beginning today, families with with children born in 2020 can apply to attend kindergarten. For 2025, 2026 school year, the application deadline is January 24th 2025. Principals, are asking to, are encouraged, are asked to encourage all families with children born in 2020 to participate in kindergarten admissions, including families with children currently attending pre k, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students with accessibility needs. All families who apply by the deadline will receive a kindergarten offer in April. As a reminder, families can now use the kindergarten application to apply to all kindergarten programs, including kindergarten gifted and talented. Families can apply to kindergarten in 2 ways, online at m's at my schools dot n y c or over the phone by calling 718-935 2009. Myschools.nycincludes an online directory that allows families to explore program choices, save programs of interest, and submit their application all on the same site. Weekend academy and compensatory related services. So during the week of December 9th, which is this week, parents of students eligible for weekend academy and or after school Academy will receive the weekend and After School Academy family letter via email from related services. They will also receive an email containing a list of eligible students who should receive this letter and attach copies of the letter in all DOE languages. Principals should backpack the weekend and after school academy family letter home with eligible students. Beginning December 14, eligible students will be able to participate in weekend academy and or after school academy to receive mandated and or compensated related services. Mandatory services, all eligible all eligible students with mandate mandated occupational OT, PT, and or speech therapy service that have not been initiated. Compensatory services. Students with whom compensatory, services, OT, PT, and or speech, have been recommended and have not been arranged or for families who prefer recommended compensatory services provided on weekends and are interested in bringing their child to a weekend academy site. Weekend academy or after school academy will be held at New York City public school sites. They are not full day programs, and students attend on a prescheduled appointment basis only. Students who have been issued an OmniCard should utilize that card to travel to and from weekend sites. If a student does not have an OmniCard, a MetroCard will be provided for travel to and from the weekend and or after school academy sites. Security clearance for all DOE employees, vendor employees, and volunteers. In accordance with chancellor's regulation c 105, all teachers, staff, volunteers, and other workers at schools or in any other DOE worksite must complete the security clearance process conducted by the DOE office of personal investigations before they can work in any capacity at at at your school or DOE site. This is excluding parents and legal guardians of current students. District updates. Please save the date. One of our commitments this year has been to do, more, PLs for parents. So this is something that we're looking forward to doing in the month of December January. So December 7th, this is what already happened. Right? Because this was on Saturday. This is the videos that I showed you, was the middle school soccer game. Participating schools were at IS 145. January 14th, we're having a PL for parents. New York City solves empowering families as partners in math. From 5:30 to 6:30, the link will be, forthcoming. On January 25th, save the date. District 30 Winter Wonderland. The location is at p s 151, in Woodside, January 28. That is a tentative legislative brunch. Please save the date. February 4th, building bridges, strengthening attendance through effective communications from 5:30 to 6:30. That's also virtual. Link will be forthcoming as well. That's it from me, guys. Enjoy the holidays. It's always a pleasure to be amongst and with all with all of you. Thank you so much. Thanks, miss Hidalgo. So just to remind everyone, what we're gonna do now is if any of our my fellow council members have questions for miss Hidalgo about her presentation or any other items, we will ask them there. The members of the public will get to ask her questions during the second public agenda and speaking time. So right now, do we have any council members that have any questions for miss Hidalgo? Hi, miss Hidalgo. Hi. Hello. I'm sorry. Yeah. So I it's it's not part of your presentation, but I know that we talked about it a couple of months back. I just wanna try if you had a sense of, like, the, students and devices. Any updates on that? Are we still, like, in a good place? How are we looking if you know anything? So we're we're still more or less, the only issue that even came up in the learning, the the listening tour is when parents don't have, Internet. Right? So that's still become that's still at hand, and that's still something that is bigger than district level. Right? But that is still a concern because we have been doing the pivot to remote practices, and they have been some students that still have not been able to log on and is as a result of them not having Internet at home. So central is working with that. I know that that was something that came out. They still haven't gotten back to us since the listening tour, which was a good thing that it came out of there. Right? And it's so that they see that it's bigger than just a district asking for this. And we'll wait we'll wait and see. And as soon as I hear something, you will. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Missed it all out. Do we have any other questions from them? Okay. Thank you very much, miss Hidalgo. If you just hang back for one moment. Sure. This will go to the next item on the agenda, which is to review the district 30 capital project request. I'm gonna share my screen to just go over the list of the requests that we received, and I'm going to, share this with the council right now. So we have received about 10 requests. Let me share my screen. I'm gonna briefly go over these with you all. We do have, the the emails from the principals, and I'll forward that to you in an attachment. So these, as of December 9th, these are the capital requests that we have received. So p s 234, they asked for auditorium upgrades. Some of that including, you know, paint, shelving units, closets, etcetera. P s 112, they asked for windows and climate control updates, you know, the AC, heat, all of that for their school. I s 110 asked for an auditorium, cafeteria upgrades, and, library upgrades. P s 122, Benitez. They asked for, you know, the elevator that they need repairs, upgrades to their gym, playground upgrades, and also the repair of their first floor water fountains. I'm sorry. One second. Mhmm. Miami fee doesn't even have an elevator. They're just requesting for an elevator to jump on. Yeah. Sorry. Mhmm. An elevator to be built. They don't have one. P s 280, they've asked for a playground upgrades, reading garden, and, media update for their auditorium. P s 152 as for AC in their gym because it's hot in there. And then also water fillers for the school so people can fill water bottles. P s 76 asks for first floor repairs to the men's and the women's restroom. P s 78 Ask for auditorium upgrades, p s 398. Ask for, rooftop playground fence repair. There are some areas on their rooftop playground where the fences come apart, and they need to secure those. And then finally, p s 361, ask for auditorium upgrades, and then also a gate, for their outdoor recess area because where the kids have recess outdoors, it's open. And so they wanted a gate to kinda enclose that, for the school. I've sent an email to you all with, a PDF of the request that came from the principal, but it has their email addresses on it. And that's why I'm not sharing on the screen. It has some PII on there, but, I just wanted to discuss things, briefly. And then we also have the list of the final responses that we got from SCA last year, when we sent our 5 priorities up and their final responses. But for time's sake, I know we're getting later in the agenda, and I don't want to discourage anybody that has questions for miss Hidalgo. Would it be okay? It's put a motion on the floor for us to discuss the their entirety at the business meeting now that we've shared the list that we received with the public. So I'd like to move that we share, since we've shared the list with the public that we discuss this, at our business meeting later this evening. Do I have a second second? Okay. Victoria, can we do a yay or a nay go to move on to the business meeting? So thank you. Linda Torreon? Yes. Juliet Norvande? Yes. Vintara McDonough? Yes. Danny Rojas? Yes. Marlene Rossi? Yes. Marlene Osterholm? Yes. And Wendy Tussaud? Yes. Thank you. All right. Thank you. So the motion passes. We will discuss these, in their entirety at the business meeting and then discuss our rights to use there, respond to the SEA before the January deadline. So thank you very much. Everyone, I'm gonna stop, sharing my screen on them. Don't wanna see that. Stop sharing. There we go. Alright. So thank you everyone for that. And now we're gonna move to the second I mean, to the second public agenda and speaking time. If you have any questions or comments for miss Hidalgo and you're participating virtually, please raise your hand, and we will call on you. And if you are here in person, please feel free to walk up, to the iPad and ask, miss Sadako any questions or speak on any, public education related topic at hand. Am I allowed to stage for the business meeting? You can, but you can't comment. I can listen. What time is it? Okay. Alright. Thank you. Okay. Do we have any, raise your hands? Yes. Anna Anna Pesa. Okay, Anna. Please get the the promotion to mail it. Hi, Anne. We can see you, but we can't hear you. Have you unmuted yet? Oh, oh, sorry about that. I I just wanted to say hello and, thank you, superintendent Hidalgo, for your service and for all your service to try to help our students and our community, and thank you for considering, promoting kindness in our community in district 30. Of course. Absolutely. That's right up my alley. Thank you. Happy holidays. Take care. You too. Thank you, Armand. Okay. Do we have any other raised hands or anything in the Q and A? Nothing in the Q and A. Okay. And I was just made aware that we do not we no longer have any participants in the interpretation room, the Spanish or or the Bengali interpretation room. So what I want to do is thank our interpreters for providing this wonderful service, for our district 30 families. And, you have a good night if you wanna sign off, and we really appreciate you all. Thank you so much. Okay. And Thank you. Have a good night. Thank you, Gnaive. And if we don't have any other questions or comment in the Q and A or the chat or any more hands raised. Thank you so much, miss Hidalgo, for presenting. We appreciate you then hanging back if we had any questions. Yes, Linda. Hi, everyone. For anyone that hasn't yet, it's called it's a family income inquiry form. It's also known as a lunch form. If you can please take 3 minutes out of your day to fill it out. I filled it out this morning. It took 3 minutes. Funding for your school can be affected. I was told that the deadline is this Friday, December 13th, Friday 13th. So, maybe I can put a reminder something on my Okay. Have a good night. Okay. Well, please, I encourage you to fill out. It's it's it's really quick, and and again, it can affect your school funding. So, please tell a friend, and and I encourage you to fill it out. Thank you. Very important. And we also have some other announcements. The next CEC 30 calendar meeting is January 13, 2024 here at the district office, or you can join us on Zoom. Also, the chancellor's town hall for district 30 is gonna be held on February 3, 2025, and the chancellor let us know that their team has selected PS 11 in Woodside to be the location of our chancellor's town hall. It is gonna be a hybrid event, so if you can't make it to PS 11, you can still participate virtually. However, the in person portion will be at PS 11 at 5425 Stillman Avenue in Woodside on Monday, February 3, 2025. Also, please be on the lookout for our question solicitation form. CEC 30 loves to get questions that we will ask on behalf of our community. So if you are a parent in district 30, a teacher in district 30, a principal in district 30, a student in district 30, please be on the lookout for that form and submit your questions that the council can ask the chancellor at our town hall, again, on Monday, February 3, 2025. And we really wanna thank principal Elizabeth Kenya from PS 11 for assisting, the chancellor and their team and answering their questions. And PS 11 will be the site of the town hall, But one last time, February 3, 2025. Also have, 2 more announcements. Wait. I'm sorry. Is there a time by any chance? It's around 6. We could You can take the time. Yeah. It'll be but it will be an opening. Great. Council member Kavan has also extended a sign up for her civic assembly. This is a group that helps get things on the ballot for participatory budgeting that is extended until, 13th of this month. So until what's Friday? The 19th. Oh, lord. Friday 13th. Do you wanna see when Friday? A lot of things on Friday 13th. And then also, council member 1 has sent out information for the one LIC plan. This is also these are, mentioning these tonight because this is how you can engage with our electives to get more schools or more funding for our schools. So please, please, please be on the lookout for those. And if we don't have any other announcements, I'd like to move that we adjourn at, 9:0:1 PM for our calendar meeting. Alright? Just a second. Thank you all. Just a second. Alright. So we are going to temporarily pause and then resume in about 15 minutes for our business meeting. Thank you, everyone, and have a wonderful night. Yeah. Hi. Good evening, everyone. Thank you. Thank you for rejoining for our 5th training. Apologies for the delay. But I would like to call our business meeting in order at 9:21, t m. K. And the first item that we have on the agenda is the acceptance of minutes. And I would like to apologize to all council members, but right now, we do not have the, copy of the November minutes. So I would like to get consensus on approving, the November and December, minutes at our January business meeting, which is gonna be okay for reviewing those minutes there. Thank you. And then now we're going to go ahead and do our road call. Victoria, would you mind calling road? Yes. I live in Tong Leon. How's it? Julia Normandie? Present. Margaret Chana Dolly is present. Danny Romans? Present. Roni Rossi? Present. Cara Salzangos? Present. 22 songs? Present. And alright. Thank you for everyone that is in attendance. Again, we can ask them about our minutes really briefly. I also would like to remind those in attendance that this is a business meeting, and we are not hearing from the public at this time. However, if there's something that you see at this meeting that you would like, to make a comment on, you can email any questions, concerns, or comments to cec30@students.nyc.gov. Okay. So the next item on our agenda is member reports. So if anyone has any reports, I'd like them to raise their hand and discuss anything that they've been working on, any liaison business they have, or anything of interest that is pertinent for this evening. Go ahead and get that done. Okay. I'll I'll start. Thanks, Marlene. I went to the CFO meeting this past week, And they had a presenter there from adult learning. And I wanted to share with everyone that now adult learning has a program that is helping with childcare. So if you're an adult and you're looking to, continue your education, you could, benefit from that child program. They do also have Metro cards now. That's all, like, additional funding we have gotten recently. And it's not just, going to school for your GED or your high school diploma or your GED or equivalent. It's so it it's also, providing courses, like, technical courses, whether it's their soon to come, the CDL is still not in the program, but it's soon to come with CDL. They have their, OSHA. They have all these, I I for I didn't take the notes down, but there's different, techno tech programs that they have available, and you could see them all on their website. It's district 70 79 adult learning, and they are available for enrollment all year round. Right? So they go at your pace. They're not necessarily September to June. Like, our kids go to school. They they are all year round you go and you're set, a schedule where, you know, it's at your pace and that you're able to complete, within whatever time frame. They're not limited to any specific time line. And that's everything in my report for this month. That's free. Right? Yes. It is free. It's it's free. It's, it's part of New York's maybe the nope. And what is it? Oh, gosh. New York City Public Schools. There we go. Thanks, Molly. You're welcome. Anyone else? You can go next. I'm muted now. Thanks, David. You can go next. Just 2 two brief updates. I joined, the PTA meeting for, for ISPS PSIS 127. It right before right before Thanksgiving holiday, it was, fantastic to see how many folks turned out. They do a swap that they believe every month, 1 in the AM and 1 in the PM. It was a good reminder that parents are their availability fluctuates and, you know, we wanna make sure that, I think it was great example of of meeting community where where they are. A really interesting conversation with, I believe, the partner was called Elevate, that talked about, scheduling study blocks for students and how parents also can, better manage their time. It I thought it was just really excellent, something that I definitely did with my son soon after just to, like, schedule all of the different times for for the non study pieces along with the study the study time. So just kind of being, I think, having predictability, was really helpful just to be in that space. So I thought it was it was great and communities. They also got some turkeys and some some pies right before the holidays, so it was it was really nice to be in. Be with them, and then the second update, well, I also participated in the chancellor's listening tour and got a chance to, to really hear from so many different perspectives, from parents, obviously, from, educators, administrators, folks just really throughout the the district. I thought it was really well attended. It was great to hear, both sort of on the ground feedback and and really emotional stories of of folks that are, that are going through it. And it was it was great to be in that space to hear also from the chancellor new chancellor, and I'm I'm excited to to see how we can continue to build in district 30. So that was, time was fun. It was good to see Whitney, Victoria, and, and Jonathan, at, yeah, at the event. Thanks, Danny. Where did you Marcela, Juliet? Number? Okay. Number. Juliet, do you have anything to report? Alright. Well, thank you, Juliet, for helping to organize, mister Pasquale to come in tonight to do the school spotlight. And, Linda, thank you for organizing PS 2 coming next month in January for our school spotlight. I do have a report. Hold on. Let me get mine together. I was selected for the elections working group for the CEC election, so I'm excited. Whatever I hear there, I'll report back to the council, let them know what's going on, because this is an election year. So for, CEC, for those who are not familiar, our terms are for 2 years. We were all elected in 2023, so we did 2023 to 2024 school year. And our 2nd year of term was the 2024 to 2025 school year. So I, volunteered to be on the elections working groups, and I was selected. So I'm really excited about that. Like Danny said, I was at the chancellor's listening tour, and it was really great seeing people, not just from district 30, but from all over Queens. Like, the note taker at my table was the deputy superintendent for, one of our neighboring districts. And then, also, the deputy superintendent from District 79 was there, and that's for our adult education. He was at my table. So it was just really good to hear from everybody, even some new parents up there. A pre k parent and then a high school parent. Like, we had everybody, parents of kids, all ages. And it was just really good to hear from them. And we even had teachers speak up. And, yeah, a really really nice event. I was pleasantly surprised. And they had food there from the school's cafeteria, and I ate that because I love free food. Victoria and I also had a discussion, with the co presidents of the president's council. We talked about, their, presentation schedule when they come and do the quarterly sorry. When they come and do their presentation and check ins at our meetings. We also discussed, you know, what we and council discussed earlier this year to have our quarterly meetings look more like collaborative co working meetings. So the president's council co presidents agreed with us on that and we're really excited. So I think we're gonna have a lot better collaboration with the president's council moving forward. But they are going to take the lead on determining when we do those quarterly co working meetings and selecting the frequency of those meetings. But their presentation at our calendar meeting will occur in January. So I'm really excited to have them come in January and then for us to decide on when we will do, these coworking meetings so we can all work together and get to know the PTA presidents of the schools that we represent and make sure we elevate their concerns and represent them well. So I was really excited about that. Also, from the prior report that I gave at our committee of the whole meeting, Victoria and I have gotten a meeting with state senator Kristen Gonzalez to talk with her about how the change in after school funding from the state, now the LEAPS program, which has taken the place of the Empire Advantage Programs, how that has affected district 30. So that meeting is happening on Friday. We will report back to you what we've discussed with her, and hopefully, they can, at least in January, work to get us some more funds in district 30. So we are excited about that. Don't think I have anything else to present. Wendy and I attended the monthly meeting with the chancellor, with the AC president, and we discussed which question we wanna ask from here 30, and we talked about the threat of mass deportations specifically to our community and the concerns that parents and families have. And first, deputy chancellor Weisberg said that, it isn't a matter of of federal agents coming to our schools and taking our kids. Any documents are presented at the time, so the school needs to be reviewed by the legal team, at the DOE, and nothing will happen, right then and there. This was also at my table. I I voiced this concern as well as not when it talks we asked the chancellor, but something that they should take back to the chancellor. And it was a hot topic for about 3 or 4 tables there too, and they seem to be committed to protecting our children, which, was really reassuring. And, again, I also attended the listening tour. I thought it was really great. There was a lot of talk around teacher support. There was some talk around curriculum. There was talk around social emotional wellness for our children. And, I think she hopefully heard us and we wanna do this a little bit more frequently, because we wanna encourage parents that may not know. Like, we had a new parent that came in today, for example, that wants to just get involved. It's important to kind of keep have these conversations and heard more people sit down to these meetings, make sure their voices are heard, because we're not always gonna sit here at least, you know, or if we're gonna each out eventually, we want other people to be here too. And just, be fighting a good fight. So it was a a really great event, and and I enjoy being with the company of so many people, advocating for circuits. Thanks, Victoria. Can I just ask a quick follow-up question to something Victoria mentioned with regard to, like, the fear of what's going to happen with the next administration and immigration? I know you mentioned like not, you know, ICE agents essentially not being given access to come inside the schools. Was there any discussion about potentially, like, outside the schools, the perimeter of the schools? Was there any conversation about that? And I don't I don't even know what, if any, power there is to do anything about that. But That did come up. We were told that they are gonna share what the procedures are with us. Now we haven't gotten it yet, so we'll reach out to, deputy chancellor Wiesberg because he did commit to get those out for us to be able to share that with our communities. The different procedures that they had to we should it should be out there. People are concerned, you know, this this was a big rollout of 2016. I don't know why it wouldn't be as rolled out. But, again, since we're dealing with the same elected official, but they're not being shared as widely now. So, we are we will reach out again to get those procedures to people, and so that they know what to do in the school, around the school, and what New York City Public Schools is doing to defend our most, vulnerable populations. Did we already have an immigration lawyer present? What was that after the election? Like, I I don't think I was present for that meeting. What was it like there was nothing on the website. She talked about the different benefits that she does for the community, but we could definitely, you know, have her come back or at least go kind on the documentation that we'll get from the DOE. It's from the Bright Futures Initiative. And she does a lot for our immigrant community. Okay. Because I we I also work with immigration lawyers at the Legal Aid Society who also may be prepared to do, like, know your rights kind of Right. Presentation. Yep. We would love that speaker series, and that's on the agenda. So Okay. Yeah. I just I just think it takes like a special twist now. You know, we're gearing up for it in at legal aid, and, you know, whatever the context is with our with our our clients or community. I think it's helpful. Thank you, Juliet. We would love that. So, yeah, as soon as we get that information to share, we wanna reach out to legal aid and have them look at it and help our community understand what they can and can't, we would love that. Because we need a lot of parents did ask that at the, chancellor's listening session. I think it was only elevated at a few tables, but I know it came up at my table. It's just that that wasn't the question we decided to to ask, but it did come up at a few tables. I don't know if it's gonna say so thank you for that. She's presenting at my school on Friday. How fast of a turnaround time do you think your organization would need to kind of, like, if you wanna just kinda spread this out within our schools and districts? How much time would they need? You're talking about my my colleagues? Yeah. Like, if they would be able to work. Can you find out for us? Yeah. Yeah. I have to there are 2 that, work specifically in my office to immigration lawyers. The thing is they're, like, more cram and specialist, but, like, criminal immigration. But I know that they I mean, there's an entire unit, so I'll I'll be happy to reach out to the unit. When when when would you want them? Like We can ask for the procedures again. Hopefully, you'll get it. So, at any time they're available, we'd love to post them. I mean, and can report the webinar and hand it up on our website. That's a little bit too Okay. Yeah. I'll I'll reach out to them and and see how quick they can have some. Yeah. Thank you. Okay. So the next item on the agenda are is our committee reports. Is everyone okay with going to the the item? Okay. I think the only committee that met was our, district a committee. If y'all wanna give any reports. I think we gave it to last year, you mean, or past year? Oh, yeah. We do have we do have an update. Oh, we do have a little bit of update. So, thank you, Winnie. IS 145 is going to host us for districting. And, again, we're looking at May 3rd. Yeah. So it doesn't coincide with any other holidays or anything. So we're looking at May 3rd. Is there a Mother's Day this year? Yes. So I guess we just have to go live. Yeah. And then Yeah. Yeah. It's the community but so we're good to go at ISO 45 to May 3rd. Yay. And then, side request. I will need people to please submit your reimbursements. Have to know what we're working with for the budget. And the only way we could do that is should people submit their reimbursement. So please submit your reimbursements. We need them for any month that you incurred expenses where you were working on behalf of the council, and you can also only request reimbursements that are associated with council activities. So if you did not participate in any council business that month, you cannot request expenses for that month. You You also have to supply provide supporting documentation. So please do that, and then we can figure out what our budgets are looking like for the rest of the year and how much we can reallocate for district day. So we will have to have the final, budget reallocations done by March of June 2. Yep. Members only get expenses up to 125. So if it's over 125, I'm sorry. I was like, okay. So the next item on the unit is a speaker series. I think we heard from Juliet about reaching out to legal aid and then Maria from the Bright Futures Foundation to help our community understand what their rights are if ICE comes to your school. I think that is a great speaker series, timely, pertinent. Does everybody agree with us providing that and getting that done sometime in the next couple months? Alright. Thank you, Juliet, for helping with that. We appreciate it. Do we have any other bigger series updates, proposals? Okay. So let's go to the next item on the agenda, which are school spotlights. Linda has already organized for PS 2 to present at our January meeting for the school spotlight. So thank you PS 2 for coming for the January meeting. Now we will need to discuss, the February presenter for our school spotlight. So if there's a school you wanna recommend or a school you wanna reach out to for February, please feel free to email them, or any ideas. And then also for March, we need to be talking about what school we would like to have our in person meeting at because that will be our school spotlight for the March meeting because that is what we decided as counsel for our next in person meeting in the school to take place in March. So we have to discuss those. So February March, that's what we need to work on. Any discussion right now? Everybody's kinda tired. We did have an addition, to our agenda from the calendar meeting. We, unfortunately well, not unfortunately. Fortunately, we got 2 additional requests during when I put it on the screen. I'm sorry. One additional request when I put it on the screen, from q three hundred. They're a collocated school. The reason I counted it as 2 is because they're co located with 2 separate schools in the district, but that only brings it up to about 11 schools. And I think with each item, still has us under 20 Capital Project QUEST. So I would like to know if I can get, consensus from everyone to maybe extend the solicitation to Friday. And then if we have to, hold maybe a special meeting to discuss that publicly and then vote on our top five to get the items to the SCA by the January deadline. Is everyone okay with that? Okay. So I will send the document of what we have as of December 9th. I will ask doctor Fahey to let the principals know that we've extended the deadline till Friday 13th. Remember that. To get an additional capital request that we did not get by tonight's meeting. Everyone okay with that? What Yes. Go ahead, Danny. I was just gonna ask if we, if we need to schedule the special session that's public for for the public so that we could discuss that. Is it would that happen Friday or the following week? We would have to discuss when we do it. Probably the following week. Okay. Maybe Monday. I mean, we have the standing committee of the whole meeting, and we could do it there if everyone's okay with that. Okay. So we will have it, committee of the whole meeting next Monday and publicly discuss the Project request that we have. We also need to discuss, at that meeting the, results from these final responses from the 2023, 2024 requests. So we can discuss those as well, at that meeting. So that gives everybody some time to look at those 2 items. And Dan Ponfeld maybe should have some additional questions we have for SCA. So we will finalize this discussion at the committee of the whole meeting, next Monday, at 6:30 p. M. So be there or be square. Let's go to the next item on Whitney, I'm sorry. I just had one more question about the capital project funding project. I feel like no matter what, how much I hear about it, I still don't really have a sense of, like, what constitutes it. And I know when I went to PS 85, I was talking to the principal there, and she mentioned a couple things to me. But I don't know I mean, she she would know if they because I wanted to reach out to her, but she'll know whether it's okay. Yes. Yes. Is it appropriate for me to reach out to her personally as the liaison for her school? Okay. Yeah. I'll I'll send the document that we have so far with all the schools. And Okay. If she's yes. Please reach out to your liaison schools and remind them. The school's email also describes what is or isn't applicable. Great. Thanks. I'll let doctor Fay to send that out one more time for us first thing in the morning, and they'll have it till Friday. Thank you for that. Alright. So the next item we had on the agenda was the chancellor town hall planning. Check. Just gotta make some announcements. We already said it. So the UPS 11th, February 3, 2025. We will have to schedule planning meetings. So I will be sending out a poll. Please reply to the poll and let me know what times, dates work for you. The planning meetings will have to be held, in discussion, full view of the public. We also need to work on the solicitation form to get questions from our community. I know some of y'all this is y'all's first time planning. The chancellor's town hall, so I'm fine. We also had help from the DOE learning times. They will produce the event for us. But we will have to work on the flyer. We will have to get our own questions. We'll also have to decide who is asking what question and when. So if you wanna watch the recording from the one that we did what? 2022? Mhmm. Yes. No. Was it? Not in month of 2013. Last year, was it? Yeah. It was in 2023. Okay. I'm tripping. But okay. So that was the last one we had. 2020 oh, January 2023. Yeah. Because it was the 2nd year of our term. Because that's when I'll credit that. Yes. It was the 2nd year of our term. And so now, again, it would be the 2nd year of this term. So we have to decide who's gonna ask what questions, when. Please, please, some of the best questions that we had came from liaisons and getting tangibles for them. That is how we got the new cafeteria at Louis Armstrong. Because I talked to miss Panella, when I was talking to all of the principals in the district, and she told me about the cafeteria, how their shape it was in. And so we formulated a question to Chancellor Banks based on the cafeteria enhancement experience and said, hey. You better pick William Armstrong Because this school, we gave the school's history, and that's how they got their new criteria. So we need to make sure we incorporate whatever needs our school community have so we can ask and answer those questions, because that's how we got that. Also, they like to do the questions in advance. So we wanna make sure that we have all of our questions selected, completed, edited, chosen, and emailed to the chancellor and their team prior to the event. Because we really wanna get some tangibles for our district. I would like to be 2 for 2. And I know Victoria would be like, to be 2 for 2 on getting something for our district at our town halls. And, yeah, it's gonna be a p s 11. The form will need to be built to collect questions from the community. I can volunteer to do that in Microsoft forms, but I will have to show it to you all before I send it to everybody. But it's just gonna be a solicitation form saying, a question would you ask the town hall? And we will have to pick a deadline to have that by. So we we probably discuss that at the committee of the whole meeting, but we're willing to backdate to at least have our questions solicited, reviewed, edited, and completed at least a week before the town hall. So that last weekend. It's holiday time. So that's what I'm saying. We need to start thinking about that now. We will also need some volunteers to go with either myself or Victoria to do the walk through at PS 11. We cannot go alone. We need other people from the council there. We need to do a physical walk through of the school, see the space. We will be with learning times. They're gonna let us know when they're gonna go. We just have to pick somebody that can go with them. So please be on the lookout for that email. We will have to do the walk through at this point. Is there anything else I'm forgetting on playing the town hall? It's 1 hour. Like, to a minute. They it's not longer. It's an hour and 1 minute. It's 1 hour, and they bounce. Yep. So that's why we need to get the questions in advance. And we need to make sure we put our strongest questions first because they will say, oh, you've asked up to 10 questions. You might not get 10. So we need to make sure our our top ones are the the heavy hitting ones. And who's gonna ask them and what we're gonna prioritize. And who's gonna ask what? I don't have to ask questions. I'll top it up. I'm just gonna greet everybody. So that's what I'm saying. So please, we wanna give everybody an opportunity to at least talk. Please, they like like Victoria said, they do not it's 60 minutes and they we might be lucky if we get 2 extra minutes. So they will be like, alright. Thank you, Bosch. And then that's it. But learning time is a good job for the interview. I don't think I have anything else for that, Chloe. That is something that we can finalize the discussion of that. And then the is it okay if we have consensus to go to the next item or if I have questions about the 10 1st time off? Okay. How long is the duration? It's about 2 hours? It's a it's a 1 it's a 1 hour time off. Yeah. Like people, we they we literally had to say, we had to beg to get them to not start the clock until after all of the interpretation announcements were made. Because sometimes they they can't put them there in your acclimat. And and they we have we will have more languages there. We'll have Spanish, Tango, Arabic, and Chinese. So we need to make sure like, those are the things that we have to ask them for and to keep them on top of. Because if we don't push that, please we don't start to talk until we make our interpretation announcements. They put down the questions we get. We don't want that. Yeah. That's that's it, for that. Do we have any, new business? I don't know. I don't know if it's movement. I'm just I'm just saying we're old business and new business. Just curious if there's any update on, like, filling the world presidency on the council. I don't know. I haven't heard anything from from their office. We have not, but I I I think there are more applications that are coming in. I heard from a parent that filled it out, so hopefully, we'll get somebody soon for the VP appointee. Oh, yes. There is a business, and thank you for bringing that up, Danny. Our d 75 member, Kathy, when you saw her email, she resigned. So we really wanna thank Kathy for her service. I should've said it at the calendar meeting. I apologize. But with the g 75 process, we do not vote on that parent either. They are appointed by either being elected during the open election or they are appointed by the district 75 president's council. So, we did board Kathy's resignation keynote to face. They're gonna work with the d75 president's council, hoping to get us another appointee. If you do know someone who has a d75 program collocated in their school, please encourage them to have a parent apply because right now we are a council of 10. I do have a question. How about if I'm a parent of my son's school and we have a district 75 that parent is able to apply as well because I know that It's a parent program? Okay. That does not the same school rule does not apply because that the district 75 is a different school. They just are co located in your school. Okay. Yeah. They're the same school. They're not applied. Thank you. That's a great question. So, yes, they can apply. I don't think I have any other new business. So any other announcements new business? Alright. Then I would like to move that leave adjourned at 9:52 PM. Do I have a second? Second. Second. Alright. I have a business. Okay. Thank you. And we'll see you all next week at the committee of the whole meeting, our virtual committee of the whole meeting. Alright. Cheers. Thank you. Good holidays. Good name. And holidays.