Hi, good evening everybody. Good evening everybody. I'm so delighted to be with you uh both in person and online. Thank you so much for having me today. I'm Christina Fod and the deputy chancellor of the division of inclusive and accessible learning which
encompasses district 75, the special education office, the committees on special education and also the office of multilingual learners. And so it's a great gift and honor to to be with each of you. Um, I know many of you, but just a a bit of background. Uh, this is my
23rd year with New York City public schools and I started as a teacher in district 75. Um, and uh, but really I got into special education via um, having an adult
brother who's now an adult brother with significant disabilities. and uh he has certainly been my inspiration for wanting to do this work. And my wish was always that he and I could be equal as siblings. And so the
way that I've try to manifest that for him and other other people like him is is doing this work every day. And um so I know that you all share equal passion and commitment and that's why you all do what you do. So it's such an honor to be
on this journey with each of you. Um and thank you for everything the council has done um this year and always to support your own children but c certainly students throughout the district. Um a few points of appreciation that I just want to begin with. Um first of all I
definitely want to say that CCD75 has such a unique position and opportunity to advocate with purpose and power of your students and all students in the district. Um we do not take this council
uh and your responsibility on it in any way lightly. You are uh our eyes and ears in terms of parent advocacy and we want to do all that we can to make sure that you are working hand inand with us as policy um to inform policy and
decision- making and practice. um that is a really uh noble position to be in and an important position for each of you to be in and one that um is of great significance really to um and so I want
you to to make sure that you know that each of you are so important to us and so important to our work um and and we really see you as at the forefront of partnership. So thank you. Thank you. Um I definitely want to also just recognize
so much other work coming out of the council. Uh the Cooney Par recruitment work, hundreds of nominations along with D75 um recruitment District 75 specific recruitment. That's phenomenal. Homegrown through the council. Really
remarkable. Congratulations on the recent legislative breakfast. I hope that that proved um to feel successful for you all as well. Um I know that you all have several active committees. Um committees subcommittees take a lot of work.
>> Yeah. Not easy to to get that all of that done in addition to what you're doing every month here. So thank you for that. Um and then the incredible work around busing advocacy is is really remarkable. Um Andy, do you want to say something about the volunteer board? And
um is there anything to add on that piece? I think I think one of the things that I just um want to recognize is that each of you are serving in a volunteer capacity and giving so much of your time um um on behalf of of the of the entire district and all students with
disabilities. >> Yes. >> Thank you. Um I'm very excited to have an opportunity for you all to be with and to meet the chancellor. Um that's exciting. Um and certainly to have a district 75 forum happening within his
first four months of being in his position is remarkable. Um so please utilize that opportunity to show the great work of the council um to showcase how involved you have been um and uh and
how you know you all have the ability to lift and support each other and certainly lift and support students and families of district 75. Um, you know, there's a a chancellor has really focused on integration. Um, and
that's a value that everybody in district 75 has inherently held close to to our hearts. Um, because it is our dream and wish for all students to be fully integrated and included. Um, so that's a perfect entry
point for district 75 to help the chancellor's mission and vision for true integration across the city. Um, and that comes through inclusive opportunities. And so from my perspective, what we are focused on this year, one of the primary things we're
focused on is getting high quality programming post. And you know, so many of the busing issues stem from students having to travel to receive the programming that they >> and so something that is at the
forefront of what I'm thinking about with Dr. McCoy and Chief Andy is really how do we organize for efforts centrally to make sure that we're supporting District 75 as much as possible in program placement and ensuring that those programs are high quality and that
every family wants to take advantage of what is in their neighborhood. Um so that is our big work ahead. um and very much in alignment with the chancellor's vision for true integration. And at the center of it all is is going to be relationships and trust building.
And um for those of you who play such an active role, I think you have a a real sense of what happens through relationships and trust and we have to show families who have not always historically been involved that their time is well spent building that trust and those relationships. Um and so we
you have our commitment to do that alongside of you. Um, and it's through those relationships that we see incredibly high high quality outcomes for our students. Um, so I'm excited for the work ahead. I'm very very very grateful for the council. Wanted to come
today just to um make sure that you all know that you play a critical role to us and our our front and centers in um the work we do every day. >> Thank you. Um we have to do roll call. Um, Masuma Octar,
Rebecca Alli >> here, >> Christy Angel, Stephanie Bonia. >> Yeah, >> Joanna. Huh? >> He's there. >> Yes. Oh, great. Great.
>> Joanna Gomez, Elijah Hobs, Fay Nimi, >> I'm here. >> Jazelle Ramirez, >> here. Jessica Rivera >> here. >> Karen Stewart, Michelle White present. So now we have
May quorum have six members present. >> You can actually count >> she doesn't have >> she doesn't have Okay. to the seven. So when people at home they're considered a part of quorum if you already have your
>> so not until you reach quorum with everybody who has exemptions or in person. >> Okay. >> So once you reach that quorum then whoever um additional can participate. >> Okay. >> If you don't make forum then they don't
even though they're Okay. Okay. Now we will move on to vote on the celebration. >> Yes. The end of year celebration to change the date. Okay. We want to change the date to June
the 5th. Anybody want to make the motion? Does everybody agree to change it to June 5th? >> From what? Yes. What's the current date? >> I don't know. That's fine.
>> All right, girl. >> June 19th. June 19th. >> June. June 19th to June. June. >> That's fine. Yes. >> Yes. Yes. And >> um do you want Nora to provide some
information on why we're moving in? >> Sure. >> Good evening, council members. Um council members here in the building and at home. Um the reason for the change is because the district will be providing
the space. So you will not be able you will not have to use your budget to pay for the venue. So, we are currently working on what that venue may be. Um, but I don't want to share exactly the
location until we are sure, but this will add back to your budget. So, this is a good thing. So, um, so Janu June 1st, I keep saying January, I don't want to turn back time, but going forward, June 5th is is the date. >> No, no, please. Um, I second that
motion. So, we're going to go on to a roll call vote. Okay. >> To change the date from June 19th to June 5th. Rebecca Alley. >> Yes, I agree. >> Msuma Akar, >> do I count then? >> Yes.
>> Okay. Okay then. Yes. Thank you. >> Christy Angel. Stephanie. Stephanie Bonia. >> Yes. Joanna Gomez, Elijah Hobs, Feday Ni,
>> yes. >> Jessica Rivera, >> yes. >> Jazelle Ramirez, >> yes. >> Sharon Stewart, Michelle White, yes. Seven votes. And so now we will move that till June
5th. Okay, our next order of business, um, any committee updates, outreach, busing and safety. Um, second vice president Bonia, do you have any updates for us? Yes. For busing, our next date will be
April 27 and the flyer will be shared out. As well as for capacity and utilization, the dates will be April 15 and April 29. We are still looking into our safety
date. And we just had sorry we just had um se certain meeting um for committee for busy we had second we had it yesterday
March 31st Sorry, we had it March 30th at 6:00. And for capacity and utilization, we had it on March 25th at 6:00. And for safety, we had March 24 with Miss Tara,
our safety director, for D75. and all of those videos will be uploaded into our CCD75 website. Thank you. >> Uh, can I add, Stephanie, it was a very good meeting on the busing and I'm not sure if Nora is here, but we just need
to follow up on the medic medical exemption form. For some reason, it's no longer on the site. So, if someone can send that to us so we can get that out to the parents. It's basically the form that you have to submit annually to get the limited time travel. And
unfortunately Sarah from PIST didn't have it and we I can't find it. I would definitely need a copy of that. >> Is this the medical accommodations form? >> Yep. The newest one is just not there anymore for whatever reason. >> It's not. Okay.
>> And yeah, and the list of uh drive uh bus companies and information that link is broken on the DOE site. So you could actually click to find out, you know, for example, Logan Bus Company, you know, all this good stuff with the numbers gone. It's not there. So those are two important things. If I don't
know who to I'm new to this, who I would follow up with, but if you could just help us, that'd be great. >> So the form, um, Sarah was able to find it. She was able to send it in an email today, but the links, she's still trying to
find out about those as well. At my school, I was working with the PA and trying to get the parent coordinator to start getting it out to more parents. And I had recommended that it should be that like the IEP coordinator should also pass out >> so that way that missing step wouldn't
even happen. >> We can Yeah. >> And as well as with the bus list. >> Yep. >> Because PE parents should know that that has to be updated annually. So when you go into your meeting and you don't have that copy and then a month later when the bus comes at any time and you're
like, "Oh, you know, no longer have LTT." Why not? Because it's not updated. So it's an important thing like for my I have it every year, but I don't I can't get the form for my own meeting. So Stephanie, if you could email me, but I want to make sure it's the right form because I've seen a couple of copies of
it, but I think Nora will have a a pretty easy time finding that. >> No problem. Um any other finished business? Anyone wants to bring up new business? >> Anyone want a motion to adjurnn?
>> Yes, we do. >> Oh, no. No, we need to do the um transfer allocate the 4700 to the city. >> That's the unfinished business. >> Yeah, that's the unfinished business. >> So, we do have unfinished business. >> Yes, we do. So, now we're like the unfinished business. Yeah, we done.
>> You have five minutes. Start writing. I think it's something you about but I can email you emailing my mom. >> Okay. So, um well motion
>> Okay. Yeah. >> So the motion >> motion to allocate 4700 to the civic engagement line on the account. Thank you. >> It's already there. You just want to spend that money with the PO for the civic. >> So, we have to vote
>> engagement that you have. >> We have to vote, but spend it on what? >> So, you're you're voting to spend the 4700 that is in the uh the engagement line >> on the event that you're hosting on June
5th. >> So, we're not moving that to the >> It's already in the line. >> Yes. Okay. It was just a vote. >> Okay. So, I I'll make the motion to move the 4700 >> to allocate the money >> to allocate the 4700
>> for the PO >> for the PO >> for the event on June 5th >> for the event on June 5th. >> I second the motion. Just >> roll call vote. Rebecca Ally,
>> yes. Msuma Axar, >> yes. >> Chrissy Angel, Stephanie Bonia, >> yes. >> Joanna Gomez, Elijah Hobs, Valia Ni, >> yes.
>> Jessica Rivera, >> yes. >> Yazelle Ramirez. >> Sharon Stewart. Okay. And Michelle White. Yes. Seven votes for yes. So that item has been moved. I motion to
bring to adjourn the business portion of the meeting. Now >> I second the motion. >> Thank you. 6:55 p.m. >> Hi. Sorry to interrupt. This is one of the Spanish interpreters. I just posted
the information. Looks like Miss Coyado is not able to get into the meeting. I don't know if she's waiting to be let in or not. >> All right, I'll check. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> All right. Now, we want to bring Paul to
order the calendar portion of the meeting. Um, I'd like to, um, we have the interpreter here. Um, timekeeper. Yes, we do. Ally will be the time keeper. Yes.
>> Roll call. >> Roll call vote. Msuma Octar. >> Yes. >> Rebecca Ally. >> Yes. >> Christy Angel. Stephanie Benia. >> Yes.
Joanna Gomez, Elijah Hobs, NMI >> here. >> Gazelle Ramirez. >> Jessica Rivera >> here. >> Iselle Ramirez. Michelle White present.
>> Yes. Present. >> Okay. >> You don't have the minutes, right? You don't have >> No, I don't have it with me. So, I'll make a motion to table that next. >> So, I'm going make a motion to table um >> approval of minutes.
>> May the pool of um >> March's minutes. >> I second the motion. >> Thank you. >> We need a second and we're going to second. Okay. >> I second the motion. >> All in favor?
>> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Um the treasury report budget review. Is that what um give me one second? I'll put it on. >> We don't need to do reporting for the user.
Thank you. Anyone? So currently this is our budget report up until March 16th, 2026. So it is reflecting everything we did up
until then. Um we moved do I need to reiterate what we did last time? The six the 763 and the 808 again. Um >> move that to line and the consultant. >> Um
please let me think that's that's moved. >> That's moved. Right. >> Yep. That's moved. >> Okay. Okay. So currently as you can see our parent involvement we we utilize 300 for
our reoccurring New York City nice and we are utilizing the 4700 that we just voted on for our civic engagement on June 5th. So that is that 4700 you see in the blue member reimbursement up
until Mar uh it's a March 16th right up until March 16th. Uh, our total balance is $5,575 and our administrative consultant balance today is well up until March
16th is $2500, giving us a total of $12,775 left for up until March 16, 2026. An updated budget will be
available for our next calendar meeting in April uh in May. I apologize everyone. And that is what we have right now for our budget. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> Um so for the member reimbursement
um it is a little less than that. There was 10 purchase sorry there were 10 reimbursements submitted as of yesterday. Um so that will be reflected on your next budget also with the 2,500
and other administrative consultant that is now at zero because we did do a purchase order for that as well. Um and that was submitted. So that is currently at zero. So right now the only thing you have is the 4700 and whatever is left in the
reimbursement after those 10 >> once everything is allocated correctly. So next month it should the numbers will reflect correctly >> hopefully. Yes, we will have a updated fingers crossed updated. Okay, thank you. So, um, as our face rep, uh,
clarified for us, those are the breakdowns, but as of right now, this is the updated budget we have for now, but May's business calendar, everything will be adjusted correctly. Thank you. >> And the reason for it not being updated,
it was just some system errors that we came across as of right now. So, we can't we couldn't give a updated version. >> Hello. Um, this is Minnie. So, um, Moab is on the call as well. He's the SGO. He informed me that all the member reimbursements were approved as of
yesterday. >> Yeah. So, uh, hi, this is Moab. Uh, good evening all. So, uh, Anthony submitted 10 member reimbursement yesterday. They were all approved. The remaining balance as of today is 4325 for member
reimbursement. uh other administrative consultant. We generated a PO for the consultant who write the annual report. So the remaining balance is zero. And parents engagement or parents
involvement, you have the $4,700 which you already voted to spend it on the civic engagement on June 5th. So member reimbursement as I stated before you have 4325
as of today and that will be all member reimbursement from today through June 80 unless you have somebody arasers somebody who didn't submit for the prior months which I am not sure if you have
any member who didn't submit and are not up to date but that's what is the remaining balance 4325. >> Thank you very much. >> So in total that's 9,025. >> 9,025. >> Thank you. >> The purchase orders must be done by
April 9th, but Central has up until April 16th to complete if you need a few more days. >> Right. >> And I just want to reiterate that if you use MWBE vendors, they're already vetted by the the DOE. So you can go up to $25,000 and you don't need any bids for
that, >> right? So the 4700 uh is for the civic engagement. Uh I told Anthony to reach out to Christy Angel to you know to tell him the vendor number. So as many stated
if it's MWBE he doesn't need to have three bids because MWBE are exempted. So, uh, we don't know as of now because, uh, Christy Angel will let Anthony know what vendor number she would like to use or what vendor she would like to use for
that that civic engagement. And the the goal is to generate the PO before uh, April 16. So, by the next months when we provide the budget updates, that should be reflecting zero and we should be able
to use that $4,700 by April 16. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um, is there a written report of the president coming in? >> No. >> So, next month we'll table the um report
of the president until May calendar meeting. Um, >> a motion motion to approve the moving the tableing of the president's report for May calendar business calendar
meeting. >> I second it. Okay, >> everybody in favor? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, um the report of the superintendent >> I think Dr. McCoy, we can't hear you.
Hi, how are you guys? Sorry about that. >> Can you hear me? >> Yes. Now, perfectly. >> All right. Awesome. So, good evening. So, happy to be here today. I'm going to go through my updates and then I'm going to turn it over to Dr. Huggard. So
really quickly um I vis had the opportunity of visiting 277Q uh which is principal Bill's school and her wonderful assistant principles. We did a wonderful showcase um of the at with the ADL apartment culinary culinary program and wonderful other
opportunities for students. We also hosted Chancellor Kamar Samuels there with DC FOD and Chief Andy, President Christy, parent leaders, uh, Deputy Soup, Dr. Hugard, and many many more uh,
uh, officials. It was a great great day. Filled of energy, uh, Chancellor uh, Samuels had a wonderful time and it was just a really really beautiful visit. Um, we attended the CCD75 legislative
breakfast. That was my first one. Special thanks to CCD75. Um, and of course Christy Angel. We celebrated the Enchanted Garden Gala at 37R. I told them when I spoke really quickly, she gave me the mic. I said I
would always see this online on Instagram. And now I got to be there in person. And it was a beautiful experience to see all of the parents. um truly enjoying themsel and that was hosted by the PTA. PTA was truly a
wonderful evening. We had a district 75 in uft endow. We created a full house at 7:21m. It was a wonderful subpar nomination um experience. They had a show. They had um marching band and they had ballerina dancers and it was a full
house. Uh we celebrated real world uh learning opportunities for future para profofessionals. Shout out again to Christy Angel and the team. We have a woman's group that we launched March 26. Um we have our we have featured Dr.
Lucina Clark. It was a groundbreaking evening and we look forward to many more opportunities with our mothers. We attended the chancer's conversation at John Dwey High School. It was engaging and truly meaningful to be around many
of my uh colleagues and also Dial was present. DC FOD was sitting up in the front answering questions. We were broken up into groups and it was a wonderful day, a wonderful evening. We visited 94M led by principal Jasmine Maldonado and a colloccated all of the
colloccated buildings in D1. with us was Chancellor Superintendent sorry Chang Christina F Christina Angel Christy Angel and Ashley um and she's from President Council. It was a great time
that we visited all the colloccated buildings. We had a wonderful conversations with the community uh school principal um and principal Jasmine and we talked about more opportunities for collaboration. Next slide please.
Want to shout out 371 and the tell squad teley squad team on becoming Burrow's finalists. Uh the first for D75 in the video game fest competition. The finals will be held May 9th. Let's keep our fingers crossed and we're going to say
good luck because we want to come home winners and we know that they can do it. We want to shout out 79M uh Dr. Greer Phillips. She took her students to I hope I'm saying this right. I never get this right. Sing Woo.
>> Sing at Lincoln Center. Sorry if I did not say that correctly if I jacked the pen name. But it was a great experience and you see the beautiful picture. What a wonderful experience for students and families to to go and and see.
>> We are still pushing forth our attendance. We've been having a lot of professional development around attendance. We're now at 81.9%. We are working on the no-shows. We're working to working to make sure and we want everyone to communicate. We want our students in school. They must come
to school. Come to school. We are uh going to be looking at various schools to make sure that we know why they're not and how we're supporting those schools for for for those kiddos that are not coming to school. I'm gonna turn over to Deputy uh Superintendent Dr.
Hogurt and I am so happy to be here and thank you all of you. >> Hello. >> Thank you. Thank you so much, Dr. McCoy. Good to see everybody. Good evening, council. Um just want to share a quick few updates. Please mark your calendars for May 2nd. We are sponsoring our first
ever D75 Father's Health and Wellness Expo. It's going to be a day to remember and we're hoping that we're able to continue this each year after this year. But at the Father's Health and Wellness Expo, we're going to have free massages for our fathers. We're gonna have
motivational speakers. We're going to have music. We're going to have lunch. There's going to be um topics and conversations around healthy eating. We're going to have cooking lessons. We um community agencies are going to be there. So that way we have resources readily available for our fathers. We're
also going to provide child care. We're going to make sure that there's child care. So, when fathers bring in their um their children, there's going to be childc care set up. We're going to have kickboxing. It's going to be a day to remember. We were actually on the phone. We actually on the phone today with some barbers. We're looking to see if we can
have barbers come out for those fathers that might want to take a few minutes and go get a haircut. So, this is going to be a day to remember. Please mark your calendars May 2nd. Share it. Put the word out there, promote it. Please let all fathers that you know or that you come into contact with know about
it. So, we're excited about that. We also have upcoming our Lego League Expo is going to be on May 19th. This is an event in celebration of learning. Um the year has actually reached out to all of the schools. The schools are putting busing in place for our students. Um
they're going to each student each school is going to come with projects. They're going to present students are going to present their projects. So we're excited about that. And I want to give out um a shout out to uh Dr. McCoy and um the uft David Dorgga. We had a event where we celebrated our teachers
that completed probation downtown at the uft headquarters. It was a day and night to remember. We celebrated those teachers that made it to to the tenure mark. And these are teachers that really push our students forward. These are
teachers that are resilient, dedicated, and they have a deep commitment to our students. So, I just want to shout that out. And and and and again, this was something a little different for D75 this year. This was the first time where we actually collaborated with the uft and was able to kick off this teacher
tenure celebration. So I want to shout that out and kudos to Dr. McCoy and David Doga on that partnership. And as I always say, there's nothing like the power of collaboration. Thank you so much, guys. Thank you. I'm going pass it over now to our family engagement office.
>> Um good evening. Thank you, Dr. Hogard. Well, Dr. Hogard um already uh shared about this amazing event, this Father's Alliance District 75, first ever event for Fathers. Um it is truly going to be
an incredible event. Um we invite all of our families. There's going to be interpretation services, metro cards, breakfast, lunch, motivational speakers. Um this is an event for dads, father figures, and we truly hope that you can join us. Um it's going to be located at
94M. I put the registration link in the chat. Um there is an incredible opportunity for families uh Spanish speaking families starting on April 25th ending on June 20th. the the uh program is going to change a little bit, but it's
an opportunity for families, Spanish- speaking families to join together to uh learn about their culture, support, um have advocacy, literacy, and social emotional supports. And uh before we reach uh discuss transition, I just want to remind
everyone that we are in the parent association PTA election season. Um we hosted two different OPA election overviews. Um if you are part part of a quirant association, please do not hesitate to reach out. If you need
assistance, if you need help, reach out to myself, to the president's council. Um we want to ensure that we are established by June for president's council um elections. I pass it on to my partner, Patricia Oliver.
>> Good evening families. Just want to share some quick updates with transition. So just following on with the parent workshops um upcoming for 56 is how to apply for SSI benefits. Also there is a work workbased learning expo
at uh Brew College and also upcoming there is a student rec recognition and business award ceremony. Sorry, I just want to know more about the workbased learning expo. Like for what is >> Yep. So Natalie McQueen u will be
sending out more information as it relates to that and I'll be sure to um just have her just send that over um throughout, but I know that they've sent correspondents, but I will follow up with that. Uh wait, hold up.
Okay. >> I apologize. Let's Okay. And um so we have our third uh stop on our uh stress-free Saturday tour. We
just came off of our Queen Stress Free Saturday tour which was amazing. Um just want to let you guys know that this is in partnership with all the burrow presidents. So, back in December, we did it with uh Vanessa L. Gibson um just this past weekend. It was a
collaboration uh with Mr. Donovan Richards Jr. and his team. And upcoming is Brooklyn on April 18th with uh President Antonio Reno. So, we are super happy. Um we have teams such as Emblem and Elmherst. I was able to um go and
get my blood pressure checked uh towards the end of the event because I was running around and just doing so much. Um, so I invite you all just to come along with this ride with us, engage in horiculture, engage in yoga, we have um healthy food trucks, and you know, we got to have like raffles and just see
families uh just be in community together. Um, and just have the students do what they need to do and have us have a day to relax and and refresh ourselves. Um, also the community mayor's camp is still open, so um the
deadline is fastly approaching. So, if you would like to have your students um be a part of that, just forward over the application, I'll be glad to walk you through that as well. Um and then here's a couple more um updates for our arts program. We have family and community celebration happening on 5:25. Um the
arts expo 5:16, the arts exhibition which is still which will be running from April 25th to the 31st. And as you can see, District 75, we we stay busy. So, thank you so much families and have a wonderful night. >> That's the truth. Okay. Um, any new business?
>> No. >> Any public comment? >> We do have an exciting um uh uh and I know you all already know about this, but the donation from the Brooklyn Burough President um of um $9 million for Brooklyn sensory rooms. Um and so
there will be an upcoming um press event around that um which will be which will be very exciting. So I'm sure much more to come. Huge appreciation to um Brooklyn President. Definitely. >> Okay. Um I make a motion to adjurnn.
>> I second the motion. That was and it is now 7:15. Thank you everyone. >> Thank you Michelle. You did great. >> Thank you. >> Great job. >> Great job. You did awesome.
>> Thank you Rebecca. >> You did wonderful. >> Good job. >> Have a good night everybody. Take care. Good night. Good night. Take care. >> Good night. Have a great break with your family >> and happy happy Easter everyone. Enjoy your holiday. >> Happy Easter.
>> Happy Easter. >> Happy Easter everybody. Stay home safe everyone. Thanks.