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Stephen Stowe: Everything is good for a sound.

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Stephen Stowe: Welcome everyone to the December

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Stephen Stowe: Cec. 20 meeting.

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Stephen Stowe: My name is Steve, so i'm the president of the C.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: veto Are you able to take roll call

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VITO LABELLA: I didn't expect you so it will take me a few minutes.

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Stephen Stowe: I can do it if if you prefer.

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Stephen Stowe: Oh, Kevin, I'm: yeah, no. Kevin Kevin, Can you take roll call, attendance. Kevin can do it, Peter. That's fine.

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Kevin Vizhnay: Okay, President Steve. So

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Stephen Stowe: here.

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Kevin Vizhnay: Jennifer, you

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Jennifer Hu: here.

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Kevin Vizhnay: What is it? A chan?

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Kevin Vizhnay: Vita Lebello

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VITO LABELLA: here?

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Kevin Vizhnay: Where are you at?

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Kevin Vizhnay: Meyer Wasn't Black

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Kevin Vizhnay: Joyce

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Stephen Stowe: here.

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Kevin Vizhnay: Kevin Zau

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Kevin Vizhnay: Oh, yeah.

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Kevin Vizhnay: God, I mean

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Ghada Amin: you.

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Kevin Vizhnay: Jonah, you on a Sufi.

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jona isufi: Hi. I'm here

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Kevin Vizhnay: leaping Yang.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: good.

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Stephen Stowe: Thank you, Kevin.

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Stephen Stowe: I see Elizabeth is here, too. Wow, yeah.

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Stephen Stowe: we have a full house. This is great, really great. You guys. Can you guys spread out down there just to touch.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay,

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Stephen Stowe: If

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Stephen Stowe: i'm going to go over the agenda for tonight.

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Stephen Stowe: Kevin, Are you able to share that. Thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: So, for tonight we will have. First, we're going to have the the color guard from is 201. Open the meeting.

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Stephen Stowe: then we will approve the minutes from the November meeting.

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Stephen Stowe: We will have Superintendent Predos report.

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Stephen Stowe: I will have a few comments.

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Stephen Stowe: we will have.

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Stephen Stowe: So we need to change this agenda. The the

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Stephen Stowe: the resolution vote should be after the public speaking session, so that will be after the public speaking session. That's not during the

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Stephen Stowe: the report of Council Presidents

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Stephen Stowe: and then, after I speak, we will have the school liaison reports

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Stephen Stowe: and then public speaking session. 30 min.

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Stephen Stowe: and then we will have the vote on the resolution about the fair student funding working group.

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Stephen Stowe: And then immediately following the calendar meeting. We will have the business meeting.

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Stephen Stowe: And there are no agenda items on the business meeting other than approval of the minutes from last meeting.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay, you can stop sharing that, Kevin. Thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: So just administrative announcements for tonight.

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Stephen Stowe: we are holding the meeting at is 2.

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Stephen Stowe: I? That's what i'm doing right now. Yeah.

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Stephen Stowe: we are having a meeting at is 201. The Madeleine Brennan School.

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Stephen Stowe: There's a few important announcements I would like to make

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Stephen Stowe: first. I just want to remind everyone that this is a public meeting, and it is being recorded.

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Stephen Stowe: for Council members, please

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Stephen Stowe: please keep yourself muted. Unless you are speaking

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Stephen Stowe: and then for members participating remotely. Please make sure your name is shown on your zoom screen, and your camera is on

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Stephen Stowe: for members speaking here. Please use your make sure your placard is showing.

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Stephen Stowe: I want to announce that there are Spanish, Arabic and mandarin interpreters here tonight

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Stephen Stowe: for participants attending the meeting. Virtually

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Stephen Stowe: you should see video of these interpreters. Thank you to them for being here with us, and providing this important service to our Spanish arabic and Mandarin-speaking attendees.

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Stephen Stowe: They will now announce instructions for anyone who may wish to dial into the language lines at this time.

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Stephen Stowe: Could our Arabic interpreters please introduce themselves?

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Arabic- Selwa: Good evening, everybody.

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Arabic- Selwa: this is Arabic announcement for her.

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Stephen Stowe: Thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: Could our mandarin interpreter please introduce themselves.

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Mandarin-Max Chen: Okay, this is that

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Mandarin-Max Chen: Amanda interpreter. My name is Max Max Chen. I will start to make a nun with my me doing

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Mandarin-Max Chen: I didn't mean my way.

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Mandarin-Max Chen: Oh.

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Stephen Stowe: thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: Could our Spanish interpreter please introduce themselves?

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Spanish - Daniel: Good evening. My name is Daniel, and I'm. One of the Spanish interpreters for tonight.

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Spanish - Daniel: This announcement is going to be in Spanish

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Spanish - Daniel: it is today saves.

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Spanish - Daniel: I mean we are.

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Spanish - Daniel: which is.

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Spanish - Daniel: thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: because we will have simultaneous interpretation throughout the meeting.

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Stephen Stowe: Please try to speak slower than usual to allow the interpreters to keep up.

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Stephen Stowe: Third. Later tonight we will hold a public comment session

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Stephen Stowe: if you would like to sign up for public speaking.

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Stephen Stowe: please sign up at the form located on the Cec website.

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Stephen Stowe: and the form has also been posted in the chat.

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Stephen Stowe: When it is time for public comment we will take

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Stephen Stowe: comment from anyone in person.

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Stephen Stowe: Anyone who has signed up using the form.

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Stephen Stowe: We will also take comments from anyone on the language lines.

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Stephen Stowe: The interpreters can translate your comments into English.

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Stephen Stowe: and finally, if you have called in using your Phones

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Stephen Stowe: Press star 9, and we will unmute your line.

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Stephen Stowe: That's all for administrative items.

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Stephen Stowe: We'd like to begin the meeting with the color guard from I S. 2 o one. Would everyone please rise for the introduction of colors?

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Stephen Stowe: thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: I just want to welcome a few individuals who are here tonight, as always, we are joined by Superintendent Dr. David Preto.

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Stephen Stowe: We're joined by family leadership Coordinator. Bill Chin online with us is family support coordinator, Sylvia Jacinski, all from the

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Stephen Stowe: district office.

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Stephen Stowe: I believe. I also saw. I see Susan Zhang from Assembly men. Bill Colton's office here with us tonight.

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Stephen Stowe: welcome, Susan.

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Stephen Stowe: I see. Aerial Arroyo, our uft representative

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Stephen Stowe: here with us tonight. I believe Jane Capitanakas, Our Csa representative is also here with us tonight.

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Stephen Stowe: and so welcome everyone.

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Stephen Stowe: First order of business, approved the minutes from November. Kevin, are you able to share those?

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Stephen Stowe: I can also share him? If you want

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Stephen Stowe: cool thanks.

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Stephen Stowe: So everyone please. review the minutes.

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Stephen Stowe: and if there are any changes, please

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Stephen Stowe: speak, or we will approve them.

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Stephen Stowe: Can you scroll back up real quick, Kevin, just to the I just want to see the top of that vote. There. The the motion.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay, add.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay, All right, got it. Thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: Any changes to the minutes.

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Stephen Stowe: And actually

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Stephen Stowe: we're gonna have. I see in the vote. I see what you mean to him, but she definitely wasn't because

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Stephen Stowe: the vote probably has. Yeah, that's a good point, John. So that's one edit that has to be made is

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Stephen Stowe: my Rosenblatt Wasn't.

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Stephen Stowe: We have to double check that, so I double check my on the go back to the recording Kevin and just

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Stephen Stowe: double check that

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Stephen Stowe: I'm pretty sure my would be marked absent for that boat.

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Stephen Stowe: So approve mo. So any is there a motion to approve the minutes with that amendment made.

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Stephen Stowe: and someone else has to make the motion chair. Can't make a motion.

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Elizabeth Chan: Is there a second. My second are in favor of moving the minutes with that change

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Stephen Stowe: So the minutes are approved as amended.

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Stephen Stowe: let's begin with a superintendent. Credos reports

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Dr. David Pretto: So good evening, Council. good evening. Principals, community leaders, elected officials.

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Dr. David Pretto: and thank you, to Principal chula and staff for having us at as 2 of one. So i'm just gonna give an update on the gifted and talented application process which is currently open.

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Dr. David Pretto: Give a a brief update on the superintendent program task force

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Dr. David Pretto: address some questions around grading policy and attendance, and then provide the current status around

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Stephen Stowe: tutor and enrichment. In district. 20 schools. There has been a request around

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Stephen Stowe: how tutoring enrichment is happening in our district. 20 school. So i'll build a provide a report on that.

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Dr. David Pretto: Really, briefly, with the superintendent program task force right after the last meeting

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Dr. David Pretto: had an illness in the office which kind of delayed the identification of a date for December. So we were wanted to have December to be the jump off point. But we're delayed a little bit, so we'll be jumping off in January. so I will, but there will be

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Dr. David Pretto: again. The structure will still be the same with an added caveat that we will be, including some students in the task force and I'm. Currently in the process of working with our local high schools as well as our existing middle schools, to identify students

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Dr. David Pretto: to be able to provide input into the the design

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Dr. David Pretto: and recommendation of a of a a, a, a future superintendent, program and district. But we'll continue to include parent leaders, both from Council, from from

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Dr. David Pretto: Cec. I'm. Sorry from President's Council as well, and from title. One District Parent Advisory Council, in addition to elementary and middle school principals in the district. So we will.

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Dr. David Pretto: So I apologize for the delay. But we will begin in January. I identify a date and make that

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Dr. David Pretto: and make that those that outreach to all those constituents to begin the conversation.

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Dr. David Pretto: And then, really, briefly, there was a an outreach from the Council around the question of attendance, and put any potential impact of attendance on student grades. We recently had the conversation around a district wide attendance policy, and that

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Dr. David Pretto: that conversation and the decision making around the district wide grading policy was made in accordance with Chances regulation a 501 which dictates how grading policies happen in the New York State Department of Education and attendance is not a factor in overall grades. So

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Dr. David Pretto: I know that there is an uptick in

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Dr. David Pretto: absences due to illness Covid as well as the flu or sv like. You know we're seeing definitely an uptick in absence. So I know that the concern is coming from. You know the potential of. If my students absent is going to be impactful on their grades, the answer is no attendance is not a factor

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Dr. David Pretto: in grades. We have a lot of mechanisms in place now, with remote access, Google classrooms

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Dr. David Pretto: and other communication forms not just with parent coordinators, but also with teachers and the principal. So parents should be able to be in contact with their child's teacher around work and be able to communicate absences, and, you know, be able to support maintaining children being on track. For.

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Dr. David Pretto: you know, not falling too far behind

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Stephen Stowe: additionally with

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Dr. David Pretto: students who are absent due to a positive Covid results. We do have mechanisms in place to support students

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Dr. David Pretto: through office hours directly with the child's teacher, as well as ensuring that assignments are posted on to Google classrooms or other online platforms to make sure that children have access to their their work.

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Dr. David Pretto: for that week. So if there's any questions, any parents definitely reach directly out to their teacher to their parent coordinator or to their principal with any questions around how attendance is impacting a child's, you know progress, and being able to maintain

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Dr. David Pretto: being on pace with the class. And if there's any questions around that or any difficulties. Please reach out to my office, but that, you know attendance should not be and is not a factor into grades and should not impact children unreasonably on how they're able to maintain that

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Stephen Stowe: connection to the class access to assignments. And in communication with our teacher.

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Dr. David Pretto: Okay. So the gifted and talented Kindergarten admissions process is open, and I've just prepared a brief presentation on that process.

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Dr. David Pretto: So we are in winter and all applications go through the I'm. Sorry. Not all applications, but the application process and the ability for parents to research schools is through the my schools at mit account where you can search for schools and programs, and you can also submit your application online

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Dr. David Pretto: with my schools, and you could also submit your application via phone, which i'll share a phone number where families can submit their

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Dr. David Pretto: kindergarten application, including for it, get them and talented. And in the spring they've not. We have not identified a specific date yet, but in spring offers or result letter will be provided, and parents will need to. So

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Dr. David Pretto: parents will need to accept that offer, and work with the school, using the information on the results letter to register. And then in the summertime there will be, where applicable wait list offers made to parents for particular programs wherever that's applicable.

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Dr. David Pretto: So for this cycle this cycle is for children born any time in 2,018 and for children who are eligible to enter kindergarten in the fall of 2,023, and the application is open. The deadline to apply is January twentieth

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Dr. David Pretto: for families that are high by the deadline they'll receive proper offers in April.

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Dr. David Pretto: Most all children in District 20 have a zoned, program, and this and

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Dr. David Pretto: and most children attend their own program. A gifted and talented program is not necessarily at a child's zone school, but we definitely recommend on that application in addition to any other programs that families are applying to to definitely list the Zone school, as well as a choice on the application

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Dr. David Pretto: gifted and talented programs as well as general kindergarten programs. so if a family is interested in G and T, they need to make sure that they're listing that G. And T. Program on the application in true preference order when they say true preference order means that if a family truly

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Dr. David Pretto: wants the gifted and talented program at a particular school, to be the first choice, to list it as the first choice.

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Dr. David Pretto: That which will be evaluated by their current Pre. K. Teachers and pre-k students at private or parochial school programs, or for children who are not yet enrolled in school will be contacted by the vision of early childhood

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Dr. David Pretto: So there's some factors to know regarding a child's chances for each choice that they list on the application. So this goes down to priority groups that exist within the application process.

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Stephen Stowe: So the highest priority is the Zone school. So most all families in District 20 have a zone school.

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Dr. David Pretto: children have are entitled to a seat at their own school. most kids in New York City. Most people in New York City attend the Zone School for Kindergarten. but not all zone schools, particularly in district. 20 offer 3 care pre-k. In fact, the grand majority of district. 20 students were in pre care of 3 K. And 11 of our district, 20 Pre. K. Centers and

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Stephen Stowe: the district where he's on school lies. The Third Level is going to be the sibling priorities or programs of schools where you sibling is currently enrolled.

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Dr. David Pretto: the program where a student is currently enrolled. So there is a priority built in for children who attend a Pre. K. Or 3 K program where there is then a kindergarten program at it.

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Dr. David Pretto: and for G and T. Programs there is priority to families who have siblings or families who reside within the district. So if you're applying to a G and T program, and you have a, and you have a sibling or family member who attend school within the district. There is an additional priority layer built in for that.

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Stephen Stowe: but I I know that it's in the district, not in a particular school.

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Dr. David Pretto: So in the application, families can list up to 12 choices on the application.

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Dr. David Pretto: so the priority remains the same, no matter where a child or a family lists a particular programmer school on their application. So, for example, if your current student at a program listed on the application, you'll always have that priority, no matter where you list on the application.

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Dr. David Pretto: and that and that's especially true for a zoned program. So, for example, if I list my zone program at seventh, on the application, you are always entitled to a seat at that zone school.

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Dr. David Pretto: so the the Department is really trying to communicate to families that really to only list schools you want your child to attend to, not include choices you are not interested in.

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Dr. David Pretto: And then, finally, the application when the application is open, and it's open right now, and it quote, and the deadline is January twentieth. There are 3 ways to apply. So first and the one that we advise is where possible is to apply online at my schools to Nyc, which is

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Dr. David Pretto: and finally you can apply in person at a family welcome center, and you can search the sites of family welcome centers at schools to Nyc. Gov Slash, Fwc. There is a family welcome center, located at 4 1 5, 89 Street,

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Stephen Stowe: So the here's some resources. So first programs can be explored, like I said before, at my schools at Mit.

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Dr. David Pretto: So I wanted to, but I definitely wanted to pause there. If there are any questions around the the G. And T. Application process.

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Dr. David Pretto: encounters any issues with the my schools website. Can you change your school ranking? Yes, you can. Okay, so my my question and confirm if I'm. I'm not applying. So I don't know but it My understanding is, the teachers will evaluate

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Dr. David Pretto: I believe that's the process. But i'll have to just make to. Yeah, this enrollment. Yeah. So that's that's just challenging. Because then and how? How soon do the teachers have to provide the evaluation? Because that's to the point

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Dr. David Pretto: Okay, I want to ask about the superintendent program because another student and my son was asking me like

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Dr. David Pretto: they were doing better in their classes, and they were getting higher grade. So they were asking their counsel to put them into the superintendent program, but there was no space for them.

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Dr. David Pretto: So what about these kids that want to go into the superintendent program when they did better, and they.

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Dr. David Pretto: Christopher Calliff. Any other programs that a I think it was the Regents program. So that's that's what they were asking You

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Dr. David Pretto: around the the tutoring and enrichment opportunities. So last year we were able to increase the number of children who were taking the regions and passing the regions at similar passing rates that we had pre pandemic and this year we've had been able to even expand those opportunities even more so so, for example, at

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Dr. David Pretto: and they also have to sit for the test, and they cannot sit for the test if they don't aren't program for that class. So there a lot of planning has to go into place in order for the child to be able to qualify for the regions because it's a high school level class.

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Dr. David Pretto: That's right, so, and it. And in a middle school not every class is programmed for the regions because it's a high school level of credit rather than the eighth grade level.

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Dr. David Pretto: strategic programming to create more space where they feel like there is the potential for more and be able to offer those. But it has to happen on a year to year basis. So this year, based off of the increased number of children who are able to take it, and looking at the current state of the

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Dr. David Pretto: the the teachers, the spaces, and the time during the day to be able to offer it. Many of our schools are increasing this number by offering it in the morning, 150,

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Dr. David Pretto: offering it as an after school, in addition to the regular school day, to add the opportunity. And that's just purely sometimes. That's just

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Dr. David Pretto: those license math teachers are available to to do teaching of anything. So th there's certain constraints that they're working within in order to provide the opportunity. So something we're constantly looking at. but we really been pushing principles to find wherever possible. And they've been rising to the challenge. They've been finding ways to add

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Dr. David Pretto: more seats and more opportunities for kids. So we're gonna we're gonna continue looking at that.

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Dr. David Pretto: Yeah, no problem. And I but I understand it's not the answer that you're looking for. The student was asking because they were doing progressively well.

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Dr. David Pretto: and they couldn't get into a regions class. So i'm just saying it's bad for those kids that really want to do it.

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Dr. David Pretto: The the the good news is that for an eighth grader who's improving is one that they, when they're improving, which is great, and

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Dr. David Pretto: It's something it's required in high school, but it's not a requirement for eighth grade

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Dr. David Pretto: sixth graders and seventh graders who are making that similar type of growth to see would these be, you know, potentials for children who might be you know.

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Dr. David Pretto: ready for it in eighth grade, and seeing how they can do their programming and looking at their their teachers to see where it's possible to offer that to an increased amount of kids.

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Stephen Stowe: What what to do about You know this whole thing of using teacher evaluations? And, by the way, I was just looking online, and it. It appears that

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Dr. David Pretto: All eligible applicants are considered for offers. So there's really no strict timeline, for when the evaluations happen, but you know we've heard we I think it's

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Dr. David Pretto: I understand you. You know a number of times we share feedback with You and I just want this feedback to be heard because

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Stephen Stowe: you have different teachers. You have different classrooms, different schools. You have some teachers who may not feel strongly. We may not strongly support gifted talent.

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Dr. David Pretto: What can we do about that? How can families make sure that their kid is getting fair? Consideration

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Dr. David Pretto: mit Ctl. And with such an inherently subjective process, so the department and the office of enrollment provides training on the implementation of the evaluation tool to all teachers who utilize the tool. So all teachers are provided with the same information and the same training around how to utilize the tool to 150

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Dr. David Pretto: to address this concern around subjectivity as well as we would with any the implementation of any other tool. What's the tool? Can we see it? I don't it's not something that is, it's not something that's publicly available. It's something that's operated through the office of enrollment. And with do we staff who train the teachers? Is it like a questionnaire, or

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Stephen Stowe: I can't speak to like the I can't speak to the specifics around the tool, and how it's used to evaluate the children once they've applied. But I can, you know, definitely escalate that up to the office of enrollment, please. And and it would just be good to know how that process works, because I think a lot of parents are wondering

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Dr. David Pretto: how it works, and they want to be. They're concerned that they want it to be as fair as possible for their child.

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Dr. David Pretto: using a research based process to ensure that all children are being evaluated by the same criteria, and to the point of around the concern around subjectivity, that all teachers are trained in the usage of it, so that it's communicated to be utilized

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Dr. David Pretto: I believe that I have. I have to double check, but I believe that it's the same scenario that is happening with middle school applications

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Stephen Stowe: but I have to. I would I could double-check and make sure in this another question that we can when you do raise it, please. We would like to know the numbers the same way that they made. They made the enrollment numbers public for high school. we think that should be made public. All family should know the number

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Dr. David Pretto: and so I i'm not sure if it would happen any differently in the kindergarten. But I know in the middle school application process that the lottery number is listed on the my schools account under a students and a family's information. It's like that. Lottery numbers listed if we could make it for kindergarten, too. That'd be great for for everything. It's just going to be a lot of it. You would just help parents to know their position.

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Dr. David Pretto: I can't. I mean I can't speak specifically on the the different criteria. But there is more than one criteria. It's not a yes or no. So yeah, we would. I would love to see that. I think a lot of parents would love to know more about the criteria, the tool, I think, as you say.

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Dr. David Pretto: And then for next year. I, you know this is early early days, but I think a lot of us feel. I think it would be best for families if there was some objective measure introduced. And you know.

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Stephen Stowe: Anything else? Anything? Any other questions from Council members for the superintendent?

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Dr. David Pretto: Okay, any other questions on these topics for David.

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Dr. David Pretto: hey? So I so I did. We've been doing some research around the different programs that are being provided to children in the district before, after and on weekends and holidays, that this originated from a a request around. Just how are we supporting children with tutoring

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Stephen Stowe: Inventory of programs are being offered in the district, and this is not a final list.

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Dr. David Pretto: as schools are offering or opening programs in January and February, as they typically would. This happens a lot with weekend and holiday programs so that

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Dr. David Pretto: But this is where we're at right now. so what I've done is just kind of divided this by the the time of day W. Being before after, or we can tell. This I did not include during the school day, because that's just a

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Dr. David Pretto: It's going to be a lot. So I felt like this is a a place to start the number of schools that are offering currently before

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Stephen Stowe: after or on the weekends and the type.

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Dr. David Pretto: So for before school there's at least 20 schools that are providing different enrichment for tutoring opportunities for children. The tutoring includes specifically for literacy and math. we also have regions, classes that are being operated before school.

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Dr. David Pretto: but then we also have some others STEM or science, technology, engineering and math enrichment opportunities, social emotional opportunities, various clubs, language clubs, arts, clubs, a lot of different a lot of different clubs are happening before school.

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Dr. David Pretto: We have yoga and mindfulness happening in schools in the am. You also see Title Iii. And L. So we have Title Iii. Enl. Programs being operated. Title Iii are Federal funds that are allocated to school specifically to support students who are English

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Dr. David Pretto: schools operate them before school. They operate them after school, and they operate them on weekends and holidays

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Dr. David Pretto: And then after school. There's more so right now we've got 30. We've been able to verify 34 schools that are operating after school programs. These after school programs that the school is operating not a Cbo, like Nia or or Camba or Bca, or something like that. so same thing. We've got Ela and math. We've got regions. We also have several schools offering shs at prep

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Dr. David Pretto: as an after-school program. we have what we call test sophistication. But these are going to be after school programs to specifically support students for the Ela and math test, and then also for the nicest slot test. The nicest slot test is a very involved process. There's speaking and listening as well as reading and writing. So it's kind of a

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Dr. David Pretto: how the test goes, so that they're prepared for it. we have a lot of language clubs. So children getting foreign language

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Dr. David Pretto: definitely at least mandarin Spanish just off the top my head, where children are able to get kind of like foreign language class after school, at tons of clubs, and then specifically homework help. We have a lot of schools that have an after school program that is specifically for homework help like

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Dr. David Pretto: I got assigned homework this week. I'm having a hard time with it. I can go either as a scheduled student or in some cases, and opt in like I. I want to go on. I know it's happening on this day, and I want to go and get some help from somebody. But I don't necessarily have to go every day that it depends on the school, but we do have a lot of schools offering that type of homework help.

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Dr. David Pretto: and then and then tutoring, and I think the difference between the tutoring and the homework help, and this is in the K is going to be, is a much more assigned.

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Dr. David Pretto: is going to be the difference between the homework help and the and the tutoring. but we do have some schools that are offering after school programs specifically to tutor some much smaller groups of students, not all, but some

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Dr. David Pretto: and then obviously, I I put clubs again because there's a lot of clubs happening in our after school programs the arts. So a lot of our dance theater band

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Dr. David Pretto: chorus, those types of programs in addition to schools that are operating them during the school day. A lot of them happen after school. and then I, our Cb. And then All of the Cbo programs are another separate piece that incorporate a lot of these same things. But aren't provided by a school staff

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Dr. David Pretto: and then the weekend holiday programs again, and there will be more to add to this. Once we come back from the break, a lot of schools work to verify that staff are available that they're able to provide a many staff. So how many

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Dr. David Pretto: depending on the number of staff that's the number of children they able to advertise to invite, and and many of our schools target specific students

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Dr. David Pretto: student populations. how students have done on previous exams to be able to invite to these programs to to provide support. Also, the the grand majority of our middle schools offer Shs a T. Prep.

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Dr. David Pretto: that was I, and I know that was a a a big question from the Council. So between the after school and the weekend or holiday programs, there's a there's more

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Dr. David Pretto: I i'm not going to say there's more

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Dr. David Pretto: service and demand. But there's a we have a we have a lot of opportunities for children to get prep. For shs at within the schools.

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Dr. David Pretto: and then the and then these homework help, title 3 and all programs.

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Dr. David Pretto: So we'll. I'll continue to monitor this list. I, you know principals know that we're looking to track and communicate to the community around how it's happening at the district level and so i'll continue

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Dr. David Pretto: to update this W where possible and appropriate, but I definitely anticipate adding some more with the weekend and holiday programs, because, as funding comes in to schools as schools are able to find staff that are available to do the programs they put them in place.

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Dr. David Pretto: I'm: Sorry the nicest lot. So New York State

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Dr. David Pretto: So the the New York State English as a second language test. So every student who is identified as a a student who is, who is an English language learner.

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Dr. David Pretto: has to take this nice, a slot test and based off of their performance on the nicest lot. Their the student is identified at a particular level of having acquired English

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Dr. David Pretto: in their first year of being identified as an English language learner do not have to take the New York State English language arts, Exam.

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Dr. David Pretto: But in year, 2, and every year afterwards they have to take the English language. Arts, Exam. As well as the nicest lab.

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Dr. David Pretto: principals and teachers find it really beneficial to provide.

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Dr. David Pretto: You know, preparation for that environment because it's such a different environment in order to take the entire exam, and the administration of the exam occurs over

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Dr. David Pretto: the because it's one on one in some cases, and then whole class and other cases for different components it. We start working with the children in

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Stephen Stowe: David, i'm sorry. I'm when you've described it. The Ela and math

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Dr. David Pretto: because are going to be support for children in those subject areas. Okay, yeah. And then. So let's put those in the bucket with homework help and tutorials that homework help. True, during all kind of comparable type things right? do. We have a way of sort of looking at?

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Dr. David Pretto: You know the schools in the district where these are offered, and then the schools that you know on the I ready? Maybe

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Dr. David Pretto: we're scoring lower on the I ready. Can we make sure that we're matching up

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Dr. David Pretto: the you know these type of programs with some of the schools where the the the need is greatest, the

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Dr. David Pretto: the be being able to pro. That's a great question, so like being able to provide the program is the combination of

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Dr. David Pretto: in in most cases that I have seen, there will be a a resource that a teacher would use to be able to, you know, support children in the Ela or the math, something that would be similar or definitely aligned to the standards that the children are going to take

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Dr. David Pretto: during an exam or otherwise in that grade level ideally, but also to really support children where they are in those in those areas.

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Dr. David Pretto: as and

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Dr. David Pretto: as one of the kind of primary methods for identifying children who they want to invite or kind of focus in and target to be able to to provide that level of support to children which would be different than homework help in that homework help is typically something that's

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Dr. David Pretto: kind of open to what the child needs help on it's not going to be like the

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Dr. David Pretto: The teacher is not typically going to have something prepared for to teach the child. Rather, they're going to be working with the child based off of what they're going to be bringing to the to homework. Help. It's not. I understand it's not called I ready Help!

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Dr. David Pretto: It's called homework, I guess. But again the the general point is, I would hope that we can look around the district and see at the schools where there's need. The need is greatest that we do have

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Stephen Stowe: supplementary programs, because I think the original question about a lot of this comes from. The effect of the pandemic hat is disproportionate right on certain schools, certain population. We just want to make sure that we're getting the

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Dr. David Pretto: Erez agmoni. You know the programs and the resources to the right places.

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Dr. David Pretto: am programs and after school programs invariably it's around students who are struggling, scoring low, who are students with disabilities. Obviously the title. 3 programs are all for students who are English language learners. But then, in addition to that, some of the

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Dr. David Pretto: Am. And Pm. Programs that are not necessarily funded with Title Iii. Dollars are still, you know, targeting students who are English language learners as well to support their development. It's all around helping students get to the standard for those programs. Yeah, when is the next time? The I think it's like now, right January is going to be when we start administering the mid year.

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Dr. David Pretto: please you

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Dr. David Pretto: for this program. You know it is not always to

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Dr. David Pretto: That's yeah. Usually it is the program that's happening in that school is going to be offered to the students who are in that school, but not always. We do have after school programs where children from other schools or from the community, are welcome to

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Dr. David Pretto: to participate.

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Dr. David Pretto: It's it's not a hard and fast rule, but in general, children who attend the school are offered the programs that happen at that school.

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Dr. David Pretto: And usually and and honestly, usually, for, like

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Dr. David Pretto: logistics, sometimes it's just not reasonable for a child who attends this school to be able to travel over to this other school to get to the program

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Dr. David Pretto: you like. That's usually the biggest barrier.

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Dr. David Pretto: Sounds cool because it doesn't for wine and the like. Maybe a couple of

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Dr. David Pretto: it happened. It it happens, there are instances where children who attend a a school that's like a couple of blocks away from another school.

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Dr. David Pretto: This happens a lot with Cbos who have room for children from other schools to attend that program. They'll have like a kind of a walking school bus type of system where they'll send staff over to one school and support Trans and pick the kids up and bring them over. So that that does happen.

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Dr. David Pretto: Yeah, these programs all by invitation.

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Dr. David Pretto: So both. I I think there are some that are in there, some by invitation. there are some that you have to be a specific

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Dr. David Pretto: demographic of student to be able to attend like the the Enl program, like you have to be an English language learner to attend the program. But other programs are children can pick and go, and and that's especially for the clubs.

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Dr. David Pretto: In general. The clubs are should like interest-based like kids want to apply, not always, but usually

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Dr. David Pretto: so. For example, like a band program, you know the Ch. A lot of times. There's a a a try out

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Dr. David Pretto: for a band program that has a high number of kids for some of our chess programs. Sometimes there's the the chess program where everybody gets to play, and then there's the the group where you kind of have to test in, because that's the group that's scheduled to like compete in the national thing. But they'll they'll try to provide both

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Dr. David Pretto: any other questions.

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Dr. David Pretto: All right.

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Dr. David Pretto: Gonna stop my share.

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Dr. David Pretto: Oh, and and I also want to announce that, and I will. I will bring. I will bring her to the next meeting in January, but I do want to announce that we do have a a new interim acting principle at

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Dr. David Pretto: Ps. 200, the Benson School, and her name is Daniel Nola. She just

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Dr. David Pretto: started literally like

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Dr. David Pretto: a few days ago, so I will bring her to the next meeting to introduce to the Council.

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Dr. David Pretto: Yes, so we had a we had a principal retire.

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Dr. David Pretto: and we and we've replaced the retire principle with a a new principle.

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Dr. David Pretto: Have your meetings?

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Dr. David Pretto: Yes.

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Dr. David Pretto: you see it in screen.

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Dr. David Pretto: Yes, I yeah, that it

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Dr. David Pretto: when it, When a new principle is placed into a school. There it's They're called an interim acting principle. until the official, c. 30 process has been initiated, and they're officially until a principal is officially appointed in the physician.

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Dr. David Pretto: She's the but but, like long story short, she's the principal

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Stephen Stowe: Do you mind if I ask

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Stephen Stowe: Was it a surprise to you

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Stephen Stowe: the retirement.

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Dr. David Pretto: Oh, I can't comment on that on the process.

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Stephen Stowe: Thank you very much, David.

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Stephen Stowe: Next up I will just have a couple

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Stephen Stowe: there with me while I

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Stephen Stowe: as I've been saying, for a couple of meetings. Now.

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Stephen Stowe: I just want to let everyone know. All parents know that

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Stephen Stowe: starting next year.

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Stephen Stowe: The procedure for those who aren't aware is to use your Every every parent should have make sure they have a Nixa account. New York City schools account.

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Stephen Stowe: I think almost everyone, I think District 20 has a very high rate of compliance on that.

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Stephen Stowe: because that's how you that's the account you will use to vote

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Stephen Stowe: and your parent coordinator can help you set that up, if you don't have one.

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Stephen Stowe: As as for those who may not know the ces are sort of the the advisory councils with some limited powers. that that represent the K. Through 8,

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Stephen Stowe: A. Pre. K. Through 8 schools in a district.

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Stephen Stowe: The dates to keep in mind are January the ninth to February, the thirteenth application period.

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Stephen Stowe: Then there will be candidate town halls from February 20, seventh to April twentieth.

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Stephen Stowe: and then from April 20 first to May Ninth will be the voting, and I will just post those

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Stephen Stowe: he dates in the chat.

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Stephen Stowe: and then I will

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Stephen Stowe: the link to help sign up for a nixa account

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Stephen Stowe: and

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Stephen Stowe: and then just let's talk. It's kind of the season for the Sc. A capital project requests.

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Stephen Stowe: Our Members Council members are busy reaching out to schools for liaison visits that should

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Stephen Stowe: hopefully always include a discussion of any capital needs. These will all be submitted for our in in time for our January meeting. So any principles on the meeting tonight make sure to let let let your liaison know about your capital project needs

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Stephen Stowe: in addition, our administrative assistant, Kevin, will send out an email next week

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Stephen Stowe: to all the principles requesting your your top priority, or you can. You can really send us any projects you want? we get lists of 5 and 6 projects sometimes.

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Stephen Stowe: Then at our January meeting, we will rank the submissions and send it to the

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Stephen Stowe: Just a reminder. This process supplements the ongoing work. The sca does. It's a chance for community input into capital projects. It does not replace any

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Stephen Stowe: sort of critical projects that the sca has on its own its own schedule, its own agenda.

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Stephen Stowe: and then just to share from last year.

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Stephen Stowe: I think it it may. It helps to give everyone a sense of the just just be realistic. About this. Last year we submitted 30 requests, and we got approved on 4, and we got one additional one. Additional one was approved under Resolution a, which is another funding stream.

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Stephen Stowe: and that's not uncommon in the several years I've been doing this. It's usually

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Stephen Stowe: a a small number. Get approved

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Stephen Stowe: Anyway, just last year the Sca Approvals were bathroom renovations.

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Stephen Stowe: upgraded classroom doors, and then 2 upgraded water fountain projects

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Stephen Stowe: In addition, the resolution, a project was a technology upgrade.

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Stephen Stowe: resolution. A is separate from the sca

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Stephen Stowe: from from our process. It's funding that's available from elected officials.

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Stephen Stowe: it's typically better for smaller projects. things like classroom upgrades, playgrounds, landscaping what I always like to tell people is basically anything that provides a good photo Opportunity for an electorate official when the project is completed.

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Stephen Stowe: the the a very good source to go to is the Borough President's office. So Borough President may know. So the the Borough President always has resolution a funding available.

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Stephen Stowe: Their office has told me they're currently finalizing application information for this year, and expect to have it completed in the next few weeks.

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Stephen Stowe: there's a capital funding fact sheet from last year that describes the process. We've been told it will be similar this year.

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Stephen Stowe: We don't have the deadline for the Borough President's resolution a funding. But last year it was February, the 20, fourth

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Stephen Stowe: And in in addition, city council members also have resolution a funding available. So any

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Stephen Stowe: schools can also should should also, and we're we're happy to help in this process. reach out to their City Council Member for potential resolution. A funding for a project.

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Stephen Stowe: Those are the only 2 comments. I wanted to make

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, I think that's it.

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Stephen Stowe: and then we're gonna have a yona, is, Sufi. It's just gonna make a brief comment. Yona, Can you hear me? And are you able to unmute?

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jona isufi: I should say Council Member Council member Yona is Sufi?

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jona isufi: Yes, okay. So hi, everyone

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jona isufi: I would like to announce that.

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jona isufi: hopefully starting in January, I will be part of the

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jona isufi: citywide wellness, Advisory Council.

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jona isufi: I do not. Unfortunately, I do not have a lot to report on.

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jona isufi: however, given that the next half of the year will be

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jona isufi: the last 6 months of the PC. Member. I thought it was a good idea to take advantage

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jona isufi: of this opportunity. we often, as parents receive a lot of

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jona isufi: information about the wellness programs about

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jona isufi: announcement or different workshops. So I am really delighted to start working with that group.

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jona isufi: They have reached out to me, but I have not had any meetings as of yet. Hopefully, in the next 60 meeting I can give you more

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jona isufi: proper update. But personally, I think that

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jona isufi: being able to serve in the CC. Also give that an opportunity

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jona isufi: to work with other areas that try to reach out to parents, so there will be. I will consist of a monthly meeting for the next 6 months.

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jona isufi: and depending on where those dates will fall. I will gladly give you guys an update.

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jona isufi: Thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: Thanks, Jana.

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Stephen Stowe: Now we are going to have 3 Council members just give a brief report on their liaison school liaison visits, and we'll start with Joyce. She

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Joyce Xie: can you hear me?

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Joyce Xie: Yeah, this is Joyce. Thank you for on the principal and a sixth and Principal I'm. Kind of called another support. So thank you for giving me

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Joyce Xie: sure

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Joyce Xie: like of yours.

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Joyce Xie: Okay. So this is choice. Say, thank you for all the principal, and the a second principle and panel for their support. Thank you for giving me this great opportunity for your school. I went to Jhs 259, which is mechanic Pre-k Center, which is okay at 21 Bay Street

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Joyce Xie: and ps 170. We talk about the in nomen funding 9 capital funding and covers they offer. We also talk about

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Joyce Xie: what our parents were concerned about and the schools challenge, and they also give us our opinion, the pandemic concern about the safety issue is in not in sign. A school building is around the school and the a mission. Now, as a women

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Joyce Xie: as a doctor present to 9 webinar gift, tense program and the application from the kindergarten. So a lot of components to building a process. Another screen program on the I mentioned to

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Joyce Xie: the school's challenge. must be about on the 9 middle school student, upon a social social media, on the student and the difficult of the controlling was due to that.

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Joyce Xie: What students are doing on the social media and the what are they posting? Also school one students to provide more in tip to respond to no questions, thinking and describe the detail.

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Joyce Xie: Also some more in that communicate with some dependence. We want more pants get involved finally in the teachers also feel about stress about a new Eoe system and the who to ask for not help, because the do we department

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Joyce Xie: legalization means. They also have to ask several people to get the answer.

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Joyce Xie: So we also got one who idea from the pre case center, which one on the

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Joyce Xie: upon the workshop will provide from the parents describing parents right. Pta was Pt. Mean PA, and the C. Seeming

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Joyce Xie: letting the parents know more about health support is very important.

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Joyce Xie: So we're also talking about, as I mentioned at the beginning on the Monday. So 2 of the school, 2 of the school, while waiting. I now have some in the capital partners. We request 2 60 or library update or evaluation to the digital library.

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Joyce Xie: because match on your double I am program doing a research program and the for Ps. 170. They want a school, Your garden, seniors, only in the

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Joyce Xie: they want to provide only green garden in the community. So hopefully they will get

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Joyce Xie: approved. So I know about a lot from this meeting. Thank you for letting me here, and the I have one question on the because I, as I mentioned on the 2 of the school, some main application for capital project, because

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Joyce Xie: we want to know it's a pre case Center can also submit in a capital project. Request

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Joyce Xie: absolutely.

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Stephen Stowe: And one thing I just want to echo. And and David. I know this is

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Stephen Stowe: not necessarily something you have time to focus on, but I I think it just really bears mentioning just like a lot of the teachers said it's it's hard to.

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Stephen Stowe: They have to talk to multiple different people and go to multiple different places to get answers on things. It's the same for us. It is such

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Stephen Stowe: a difficult system at times. Kevin knows very well how difficult it can be with

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Stephen Stowe: You know things like the the the procurement office.

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Stephen Stowe: you know, of course, all the other departments that that we interact with. It's just really really difficult, even for basic things. And I know you're in your role. You do what you do, and but if to any time you can sort of just

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Stephen Stowe: share this this, you know, or or make some change in these areas just in terms of You're very responsive.

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Stephen Stowe: I wish the whole system work that way, and it sounds like a lot of teachers do as well. So

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Stephen Stowe: worth repeating.

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Stephen Stowe: I hear you, and but whatever I can do in my office can do to like help.

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Stephen Stowe: You know, through some of those things, or answer some of those questions on my team is here to like help

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Stephen Stowe: cut through whatever it can be cut through, so that the experience is as listen as a parent. I

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Stephen Stowe: I understand the

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Stephen Stowe: complexity of

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Stephen Stowe: you know the of of the DOE. but I I know that part of the Chancellor's reorganization

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Stephen Stowe: of district offices was to help

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Stephen Stowe: parents be able to get more streamlined support and service regarding those types of things. So, yeah, so please like what it like, where wherever I can be helpful to like, cut through some of this stuff, please let me know. And do you have a sense as to what the teachers like, Joyce was saying. At one of the schools there was a lot. The teachers were sort of sharing feedback that it's. It's also similar kind of

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Stephen Stowe: issues, you think, with sort of the reorgan?

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Stephen Stowe: hard or hard to say. Have you heard anything specific about what with teachers are complaining about.

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Stephen Stowe: I I I I meet with U. Of T. Monthly I I hear about like a broad range of concerns, so it would depend on the concern.

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Dr. David Pretto: But I have encountered concerns with teachers that around, you know, administrative or other kinds of things that were difficult to get through. And

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Dr. David Pretto: you know my office has been working really hard to support, you know, kind of closing those gaps for them. Yeah, so I haven't made aware of stuff to, and we've been. We're doing everything we can to support. And as the transition has moved on, some of those things have become, you know more clear and easier to solve if that makes any sense.

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Stephen Stowe: Our next Cec. Member that we'll report is, Li Ping zhang. We think

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liping jiang: the

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Ghada Amin: she's mute

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in the

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liping jiang: for example.

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liping jiang: this is.

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liping jiang: please

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She was a

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Ghada Amin: excuse me. There is like a with the

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Dr. David Pretto: I think, mute

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Joyce Xie: And some question with more.

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Joyce Xie: these 2

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and basically

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TV,

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Joyce Xie: they have 25 s in temporary.

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Joyce Xie: This is

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me

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Joyce Xie: being used to support.

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Joyce Xie: As a

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Joyce Xie: Oh, they it can to help me make the appointment with the preschool. They need to join with me.

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Joyce Xie: They, you me as to by transport

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Joyce Xie: and thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: I'm sorry we ping, and we also

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Stephen Stowe: and

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, thank you so much, Li Ping, for for doing the visit. It's really really good work.

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Stephen Stowe: And then next up we will have Elizabeth Elizabeth Chan.

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Kevin Zhao: I I was able to talk some of my lia on school first off was

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Kevin Zhao: P. S. 69, and I talked to the principal there

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Kevin Zhao: and she's She wants us to be aware of the homeless problem in our area right?

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Kevin Zhao: And she's talking about the illegal, homeless encampment that all the students and parents and educators have to pass to get to school, and because her school intersects with Ps. 2, 3 oh, 1310. There's been elderly grandparents. I have

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Kevin Zhao: face harassment from some of the homeless population. So she wants us to keep being aware of that problem.

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and she's also said.

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Kevin Zhao: funding for Dy CD. Is needed so that the Pca program can allow more students because they have 115 Pca. Seats and 615 students.

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Kevin Zhao: and the school yard

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Kevin Zhao: has broken concrete and asked back. That needs to be fixed. City Council approved

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Kevin Zhao: the brand money that was awarded to them. But since the project got delayed the contract, the company expects the project to cost more, so she's asking for help and getting more funding, and it's a safety issue because they need to expand the doors coming in and out, and that is the only way for students and parents to get in and out.

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Kevin Zhao: And we talked more about. This is the main point that you wanted to.

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Kevin Zhao: And Ps: one is 163 back to be the Gerald Shapiro. The principal, said he still has an ongoing auditorium issue it's leaking, and he's been asking

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Kevin Zhao: since before 2019 to fix it, because it's a health and safety issue for his students.

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Kevin Zhao: and he's asking

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Kevin Zhao: that we get to it because he was awarded money for that. But in 2,019 the people that were rewarded. The bidders stopped.

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Kevin Zhao: I guess they they they didn't.

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Kevin Zhao: I guess they couldn't finish the project or continue on with the project. So he's asking for help. So the auditorium can be fixed.

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Kevin Zhao: And okay.

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Kevin Zhao: I wasn't able to get in contact with the CEO Academy or

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Kevin Zhao: no, there can be but

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One more person that I was able to talk to was

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Kevin Zhao: 3, K. For all, 7, 4, 15, and 4 Hamilton Parkway, Daniel and the principal. They said they have no concerns, but they do need an additional playground in the front of 90 Third Street facility.

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Kevin Zhao: They were awarded a Grant money.

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Kevin Zhao: but and so they will really appreciate the do. We, or Brooklyn politician help push the project forward because they have the money. But

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Kevin Zhao: the project is speed

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Kevin Zhao: it because of.

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Kevin Zhao: I guess. Red Team.

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Kevin Zhao: And okay. Oh, wait! What's my

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Kevin Zhao: sorry?

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Kevin Zhao: So here are my thoughts on this issue: maintenance of playground and school yard as a necessity, because it's improving that physical activity improves mental and physical well being of our students, and indirectly the well being of the larger community.

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Kevin Zhao: And we need these areas to be safe and secure

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Kevin Zhao: to be secure. They also have to monitor the homeless population that acts disruptive and unsanitary. Parents, students, and educators, and others have a right to a safe atmosphere.

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Kevin Zhao: and we also need police presence for unsafe drivers, especially when kids are going to school and leaving school.

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Kevin Zhao: and we need more money for after school programs. Some more kids can benefit. And if there is extra money programs to enrich the kids like, and please maintain our school buildings into your and exterior. And lastly.

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Kevin Zhao: Maybe there should be a delivery class for students that miss the day because they are home with the Flu. Covid or Rsp. Because yes, I forgot a lot of the schools mentioned that absences could be a problem. It's a district-wide program like 40% of the population are missing school.

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Kevin Zhao: Thank you.

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2 questions. What what was the

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Kevin Zhao: 69 You said? BC: a seats you were talking about a program. Yeah, Bca: like they wanted more funding for the Dycd.

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Kevin Zhao: and then it's interesting, you say about

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Kevin Zhao: I don't know. Like her, her computers. I primarily want people to hear her response. I think that's okay. Right. sure. Sure. it's interesting. You said about 163, because

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Dr. David Pretto: Principal shap here we had been thinking about having the the meeting there.

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Dr. David Pretto: in February, but he had said that the Sca. Was going to start working on the auditorium, so it wouldn't be available. But i'm sure you talked to him more recently. So the project has not been.

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Dr. David Pretto: Basically, what I think he told. But right, I just want to confirm, he said. There's the project is not going forward at this point is that I I believe so interesting. And yeah, he said. He talked to a preto, and he he just wants to keep cause it's been an ongoing issue for a long time. The leakage in the auditorium.

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Dr. David Pretto: Yeah, that's interesting. Okay. It just struck me because we had specifically, and this was a couple of months ago that he had told me so. A lot could have changed. Yeah, because the more the the structure maintenance we peers are being delayed the more costly it is because even 69 was complaining like across this board like the schools talking about like

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Dr. David Pretto: how the big goes through. But then, by the time they start work it gets more expensive.

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Dr. David Pretto: Yeah, and the way the world is to prices and inflation and a lot of them are just asking for help to push the pull projects forwards before they lose out on the money I've got. I I just have noted to follow. I'm. Very well aware of the Ps 69

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Dr. David Pretto: issue, and but I can definitely follow up with ninety-thirds through thek center, and definitely it

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Dr. David Pretto: Thank you

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Stephen Stowe: great. Thank you so much, Elizabeth. Thank you, Joyce. Thank you. Li Ping. Great reports.

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Just this one.

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Stephen Stowe: Go ahead. Ken: yeah.

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Kevin Zhao: Yeah, no. I just want to mention that.

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Kevin Zhao: when I hear it is about talking about this school, I ask for more police force for the safety reason we hear the similar request from another school.

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Kevin Zhao: It's joy to visit me.

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Kevin Zhao: so I think that was school. the county

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Kevin Zhao: like kidney right? The Mcinty, the principal, mentioned. Then there were only 2 police that

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Kevin Zhao: they have for the whole school.

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Kevin Zhao: and the school is negative. We are talking about like a 1,600 students.

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Kevin Zhao: and

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Kevin Zhao: very often. They only only only get one for this step over there. So

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Kevin Zhao: it's just simply not

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Kevin Zhao: sufficient.

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Kevin Zhao: That's it. I just want to raise it up.

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Joyce Xie: Because no reason why? Because in the school mostly time they prefer night to. By mostly time

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Joyce Xie: the prison will take off one. So there's only one safety agent in the school mostly time.

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Joyce Xie: So that's why the principal is concerned and the when they call, because right now they give no.

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Joyce Xie: the safety agent is below to no Christian.

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Joyce Xie: it's not gonna deal you can control. So we want to.

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Joyce Xie: Is there any way, how can we figure out

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Joyce Xie: That's what we need more support. Not just say the school is safety. So you don't need one.

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Dr. David Pretto: So this is the the safety agents.

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Dr. David Pretto: Don't necessarily work for the precinct. They work for school safety, and they they are

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Dr. David Pretto: managed by the Nypd in partnership with the Department of Education, but they don't necessarily work for the precinct. They are assigned.

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Dr. David Pretto: Schools are assigned to safety agent

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Dr. David Pretto: based off of the availability in the pool, the the

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Dr. David Pretto: the Nyp. Just graduated, a class of

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Dr. David Pretto: a few 100 new safety changes, I believe, and they're looking to add

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Dr. David Pretto: additional possibilities for more training of new safety agents.

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Dr. David Pretto: As far as the concerns around safety in the community.

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Dr. David Pretto: What we have been communicating to our partners in in the police department elected officials, the do we.

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Dr. David Pretto: and getting the feedback from families, the concern on safety has been in

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Dr. David Pretto: in the surrounding community, not in the school, and the safety agent is assigned to the school building and support school children, the school physically, the school building, and the immediate perimeter, so like the sidewalk that surrounds the school, and that's it.

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Dr. David Pretto: so in terms of addressing safety concerns in the community. the safety agent, Isn't going to be the way that we would address the the concerns that are happening out in the community, the safety.

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Dr. David Pretto: the safety agent would be the person that a community member could inform about a concern in the community that then could be communic, that they they have a direct line to the Nypd, and would be able to like.

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Dr. David Pretto: Call the police and inform them immediately over the radio. But the Safety Agent isn't going to be the person who is going to immediately

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Dr. David Pretto: on the immediate perimeter, like so like the sidewalk outside of the school and inside the school building. That's where the safety agent is going to address issues. But outside the community it's going to be.

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Dr. David Pretto: you know, out. You know, somebody other than the safety agent.

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Dr. David Pretto: Yeah, we also actually there was also discussing the basic.

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Dr. David Pretto: So once the first question is only the only 2 safety.

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Dr. David Pretto: The personnel is already. I simply not enough even for in a school.

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Dr. David Pretto: and this is a 259 right?

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Dr. David Pretto: We can't remember we can't remember.

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Dr. David Pretto: because I mean one example I was actually person brought up. Is that

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Dr. David Pretto: in the Standard Island earlier this year there was a student fight

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Dr. David Pretto: that involves somebody pull hold on the

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Dr. David Pretto: They still fight on the school bus stop.

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Dr. David Pretto: which is outside of school. But across the street a bus stop

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Dr. David Pretto: any. A gun was pulling out, but in a case

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Dr. David Pretto: what you this school agency, safety agency to.

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Dr. David Pretto: and

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Dr. David Pretto: all the police. no, no matter how many safety agents are assigned to a school building in a situation like that where a crime is being

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Dr. David Pretto: committed.

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Dr. David Pretto: gun or otherwise, 901 needs to be called immediately. That that's the first action that anybody around should take.

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Dr. David Pretto: Yeah.

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Dr. David Pretto: And then, David, I was just

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Dr. David Pretto: okay, can you?

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Joyce Xie: For this is the issue I also want to refer.

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Joyce Xie: So I was the first to. But the bill was saying

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Joyce Xie: is, yeah.

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Joyce Xie: I have a fire from the outside

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Joyce Xie: and

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Joyce Xie: the

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Joyce Xie: yeah

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Joyce Xie: hmm.

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Joyce Xie: She need

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Dr. David Pretto: She's

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Joyce Xie: yeah.

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Joyce Xie: that's outside the camera

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Joyce Xie: I got. I got the cameras.

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Joyce Xie: Not every school had.

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Dr. David Pretto: so not every school has

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Dr. David Pretto: cameras installed in in in the building, either for the exterior or the interior. so the the department and the office of a safety andute development does work closely with

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Dr. David Pretto: our principals and me to identify spaces that need them as well as need upgrades to them. So P. S. 2 of 5 is one I can. I don't know off the top of my head, but I could go back and take a look at the schools that we've been looking at in terms of the need

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Dr. David Pretto: for the cameras, and where they would be in that the the camera systems

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Dr. David Pretto: are funded through a variety of ways so that's something that I could definitely go back and take a look at in terms of the other 2 things you may I? I didn't know if I cut this right. This Did you say that there was a community member using the bathroom or something?

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Dr. David Pretto: Yeah, in a school? Yeah.

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Dr. David Pretto: okay, they don't have the experience

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Dr. David Pretto: filing. And this

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Dr. David Pretto: okay, I can follow up with the principal around

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Dr. David Pretto: around those

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Dr. David Pretto: no problem.

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Joyce Xie: Now, I have one more question from the school. Basically 2 of my school. They all for 2 language program and the we seen, because only maybe one and 2 class. We've seen a need for this

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Joyce Xie: biggest night as an example on the Ps. One-seven in 2 language program. They spend half time on the

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Joyce Xie: so we see it's a and it will expand on the 2 language program.

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Joyce Xie: I am currently in the process of expanding

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Joyce Xie: the tools like this programs in the district

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Joyce Xie: into into middle school, so that children who

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Joyce Xie: so currently. We have plans in place to expand our Mandarin, Arabic, Italian, and Spanish dual language programs to be able to provide pathways for children in elementary school to go to school. That has the same program.

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Joyce Xie: That's one thing that we're we're in the process of doing for next year.

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Joyce Xie: and so, as soon as those are solidified, and in the as an as solidified and options virtually, we'll notify families, so that that would be the the opportunity to apply to those programs, and that would be

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Joyce Xie: obviously, since there would be new programs, it would be past the original middle school process deadline. But favors have the opportunity to apply to those, since they would be good programs. So i'll definitely keep everybody informed on the on our progress there.

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Joyce Xie: and then in terms of expanding existing dual language program opportunities. I'm always looking at that.

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Joyce Xie: What? You, I think I heard you describe how students who were in the dual language program at 1 70 that were performing higher on the pla test than children who are in the like. The single language class, the the the typical general of the class. And that is true. And we do have

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Joyce Xie: a larger research around how children in dual language programs do outperform model that who appears in the same schools in setting on the same test. So we're always looking for. And and frankly.

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Joyce Xie: we have one of the

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Joyce Xie: one of the celebrations of this district is that we have a really multilingual

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Joyce Xie: community, and we have a lot of

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Joyce Xie: children and families who speak a lot of different languages. So

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Joyce Xie: wherever Pop Dual language is the type of program that really celebrates

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Joyce Xie: the the home language of native language, the first line which the L one will call it. While also supporting development English.

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Joyce Xie: The brave research shows how children who are bilingual.

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Joyce Xie: I have some.

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Joyce Xie: you know, increasing our pathways. It's it's in general a a good thing that we see for children to learn more than one language. So i'm. Moving to wherever possible to expand. This opportunity is Demand is a huge thing. So where families really want, the program is something that really helps us to expand, and also being able to find children who are

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Joyce Xie: who need

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Joyce Xie: the the

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Joyce Xie: We need the the language, support, or service in one language, and also the desire for my children who are English speakers to take on a second language.

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Joyce Xie: whether it be we offer Arabic, Spanish, and Italian, more Russian in the district. So where children are interested in that that's also a a key factor in being able to expand the programs. But

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Joyce Xie: I say, i'm always looking for opportunities to expand those opportunities.

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Joyce Xie: David, just to clarify the Russian dual language.

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Oh.

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yeah.

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Dr. David Pretto: yes. The Russian program at Ps. 200 is still

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Dr. David Pretto: in place, and there's no plans to make any changes there.

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Stephen Stowe: David, there's one question from the chat from a little while ago. Are there any other upcoming principal changes expected in the district

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Stephen Stowe: and announce them. Okay. So as of now. No, I'm. Just this chat question. I'm just asking so. No other schools right now that are expecting new that have interim principles. Now, when you're looking to fill, or anything like that.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: I think we're all set, concludes your report concludes all the liaison reports. now we can move on to

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Stephen Stowe: my right public speaking. Let me just check my agenda.

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Stephen Stowe: Yes, public speaking.

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Stephen Stowe: I will just. I will just go over the public speaking procedure again. We will first take any members who are here in person.

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Stephen Stowe: If anyone in person would like to speak.

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Stephen Stowe: we do.

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Stephen Stowe: Oh, yeah, sure, yeah, Great awesome. I wasn't sure.

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Stephen Stowe: And it's a 3 min

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Stephen Stowe: speaking time.

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Stephen Stowe: And if you could just announce name and for your phone that'd be great.

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And

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Kevin Vizhnay: The whole list is there

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Kevin Vizhnay: from another client.

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Kevin Vizhnay: But in the last year that included more than a 100,000 kids in our schools.

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Kevin Vizhnay: and it could be anyone

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Kevin Vizhnay: you interact with people of no fixed address in New York City every single day.

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Kevin Vizhnay: a long time ago, in another lifetime

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Kevin Vizhnay: not so long ago that it doesn't still sting

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Kevin Vizhnay: that included me.

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Kevin Vizhnay: I live in an apartment where

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Kevin Vizhnay: the landlord

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Kevin Vizhnay: cut the water

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Kevin Vizhnay: of the he

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Kevin Vizhnay: I didn't have family in the city

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Kevin Vizhnay: all of my.

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Kevin Vizhnay: We didn't even have the back door

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Kevin Vizhnay: higher fence or security. So the outside temperature was the inside temperature right.

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Kevin Vizhnay: My temperatures drop the single digits.

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Kevin Vizhnay: and I saw the water on the toilet all start to freeze over.

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Kevin Vizhnay: I realized I have to get out.

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Kevin Vizhnay: I was in grad

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Kevin Vizhnay: at school. That's a day

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Kevin Vizhnay: at school. I close the library when I got home.

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Kevin Vizhnay: My keynote.

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Kevin Vizhnay: That was the beginning of 8 months.

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Kevin Vizhnay: If you knew me at the time.

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Kevin Vizhnay: you wouldn't have had any idea

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Kevin Vizhnay: that I was almost

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Kevin Vizhnay: as I didn't tell

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Kevin Vizhnay: it could be any of you tomorrow. Work in the morning.

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Kevin Vizhnay: It could be a fire

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Kevin Vizhnay: or flood.

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Kevin Vizhnay: or maybe you're living with a mean drunk.

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Kevin Vizhnay: and you find yourself

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Kevin Vizhnay: trying to figure out

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Kevin Vizhnay: you and your your kids are going to stay.

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Kevin Vizhnay: The fair student funding formula

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Kevin Vizhnay: proposes

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Kevin Vizhnay: not to take away any principles discretion.

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Kevin Vizhnay: It is going to target

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Kevin Vizhnay: funds to go to schools and students who need it most.

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Kevin Vizhnay: and this resolution argues

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Kevin Vizhnay: for an

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Kevin Vizhnay: it are used to give more resources

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Kevin Vizhnay: to schools that already have more than they are entitled.

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Kevin Vizhnay: It's been documented. It's been reported publicly about the bonus system that goes to these schools.

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Kevin Vizhnay: This

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Kevin Vizhnay: a resolution cannot be defended

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Kevin Vizhnay: pedagogically

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Kevin Vizhnay: legally

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Kevin Vizhnay: fiscally or moral.

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Kevin Vizhnay: It is a disgrace.

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Kevin Vizhnay: and anyone who supports it

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Kevin Vizhnay: should be a shame.

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Thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: We will now take any public comments from anyone who signed up using the Google form.

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Stephen Stowe: And if Kevin

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William Chin: Yeah.

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William Chin: So

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William Chin: yeah. So next we have Paul at Healy.

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William Chin: If Paula Haley is here.

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Paullette Healy: I am here. Can you hear me?

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Paullette Healy: I I mean, I could. Sorry. It's give me one moment, sure.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, to amplify for the whole. Yeah.

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Paullette Healy: can I? Can I start. Sure, let me know when I can start.

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William Chin: Good. We're all good. Thank you.

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Paullette Healy: Okay. So first of all, I just wanted to thank wholeheartedly the speaker that just spoke before me, who waited over an hour and 46 min to talk about his lived experience of what it felt like to Be Unho unhoused in our own community, and amplifying the fact that we have in the system right now

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Paullette Healy: that even prior to the influx of asylum seekers, we have over 150,000

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Paullette Healy: homeless students within our school systems attending pre-k all the way to high school right now, and being a member of the fair student funding working group and living in this community. As I had said in November's meeting, no outreach has been made to myself or any of the members of the fair student funding task force to ask us about clarity on why we came to these recommendations.

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Paullette Healy: No one is talking about the increase in base allocation which would actually increase $250,000 to every school, in order for them to be able to hire a social worker and a school nurse without having to look at school budgets in order to do so. No one is talking about how, in this present model

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Paullette Healy: the vent, the the Mckinney Vento act of funds that come from title. I only provide a provision of an average of $25 per student in temporary housing

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Paullette Healy: mit Ctl, and in terms of support. So it is a much-needed weight that we need to provide for our unhoused students right now they have been dealt a horrible hand in terms of circumstances and life experience. 150

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Paullette Healy: mit

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Paullette Healy: students with ips and students who need language assistance because they don't have access to it.

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Paullette Healy: I don't want to spend any more time belaboring this, because I've already said this in November's meeting. What I would like to highlight is the fact that normally in December

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Paullette Healy: we outreach is supposed to be done by this Eec. To our schools the 40 so 46 schools in our district about capital projects that we would like to request

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Paullette Healy: the Cec. Consider for our district.

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Paullette Healy: and that Hasn't happened.

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Paullette Healy: The only reason our our leaders, our parent leaders, know that this is our window is because of Presidents Council and Deepac meetings. I have a deepak training next week on how parents can submit a a capital project proposal to the Cec for consideration, and how to escalate that in order to be funded through our local officials.

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Paullette Healy: that should be something that we should be focusing on right now, considering that the window closes January tenth prior to your January meeting. So when is that decision going to happen? We have an entire 2 weeks off because of holiday. Are you guys really going to tell me you're going to come back from holiday and go through the multiple proposals. Your schools are are submitting, or you just banking on the fact that nobody knows about this window, and you only have 5 to put through.

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Paullette Healy: That is what we need to prioritize. Where is the actual community outreach from the Cec.

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Paullette Healy: Okay, nothing is that that you're presenting right now is is reflective of the needs of our communities and our community members that are here are watching, and they are asking for it, and they want to know why they can't contact their liaisons right now, because the information isn't available.

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Stephen Stowe: Thank you. Next speaker.

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William Chin: The next speaker is Suzanne Shuang.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): Hi! This is Susan John I'm Assembly man. We didn't quote and t 4 staff

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): I really appreciate it. You see 20. It's member really very active.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): and I don't see from the other

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): the easy Board members

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): for

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): the whole meeting. I was here, I here

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): the 3 type of things I here the first we don't have enough budget.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): Also I want to inform you. New York City City Council, or just past. They're going to cut more budget next year.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): So just to be aware of it, and the and we already start talking. What are we going to do to help all the schools in the community?

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): How do we increase funding for the community

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): schools.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): because

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): everyone know here I need to fix their needs fit. Even the student

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): number of students reduce. But

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): the expense for the school given large change, not because they have 2 less students in this class

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): school will have less expense.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): The school budget cut is wrong. We need to protest that

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): we cannot let that happen again next year.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): That's the first thing I hear

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): about money. Every school in affects every school need money

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): we'll. I will talk to a sample man quote and see what he can do in the State level. Hope more. See. The Council will do something for the community schools. The second thing is public safety.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): When

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): the students get out of school

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): there's not enough.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): I think it's not enough school crossing guard.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): and also there's a lot of parents. Talk to me about this issue. I'm. Going to address this issue with local precincts.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): and the third issue I see here is better system.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): We need a better system. We cannot let teachers or parents be running and run. This issue is not only in Education Department, it's in all the department. We face them. From constituents come to our office. We see that

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): not only education, even building department.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): give us running around everywhere. It's the same thing.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): We need a system more efficient, and they're able to resolve people the issue.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): That's a reply already. I'm going to talk to Assembly Man Cotton, and see what he, he can do to help our community.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): and I do think, for the second public safety issue.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): There are some schools. They have parents

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): as a volunteer after the school

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): dismissed. They volunteer help the crossing guard.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): Maybe some parents coordinator can

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): coordinate that in some schools, just some, otherwise. Not necessarily. You have to do that. But I definitely will.

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Stephen Stowe: That's 3 min.

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Susan Zhuang (AM Colton's Chief of Staff): Okay, okay, then, that's that's what I like to make.

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Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: next speaker.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: So we will. Now.

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Stephen Stowe: i'm on right. So we will now.

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Stephen Stowe: and i'll discuss, and then discuss the resolution that's up tonight.

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I say something.

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Elizabeth Chan: It really yeah related to the resolution. Oh, oh! Just right now related to what people were saying.

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Elizabeth Chan: we typically don't, cause I I kind of feel like I don't want the community to have the assumptions of us as CC. Members of way people are attacking us

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Elizabeth Chan: because when i'm talking about the homeless population, i'm not talking against anybody. I'm just talking about the mentally ill and the disruptive ones that are

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Elizabeth Chan: not giving our kids and our parents a safe environment or atmosphere to be in, and there's a bad assumption in in other districts that the CC. Members of District 20

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Elizabeth Chan: are rich.

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Elizabeth Chan: but so i'm just letting you know that a lot of us do understand the homeless population, our students. But we're when i'm talking about the homeless.

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Elizabeth Chan: the ones that he in front of my kids like my kids have the right to walk to school with a

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Elizabeth Chan: at the somebody's naked body.

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and that's all I just wanted to have.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay, we'll now discuss and the resolution that's up tonight. I'm just gonna

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Stephen Stowe: share my screen.

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Stephen Stowe: I'll share it

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Stephen Stowe: there with me.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: i'm going to introduce this resolution. It's a resolution opposing the fair student funding working group recommendations.

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Stephen Stowe: the the working group. This is a very important task. This is something that should definitely be done is examine how the budget, the New York City School budget

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Stephen Stowe: how effective it is, how it works, how it can it be improved.

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Stephen Stowe: What this resolution says is, they didn't do a good enough job of that, and we'd like them to go back to the drawing board and do it a different way.

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Stephen Stowe: This resolution does not say

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Stephen Stowe: we don't think we should fund our schools. This resolution does not say students who need support

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Stephen Stowe: shouldn't get support this, but we all think students who need support should get support.

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Stephen Stowe: There's a lot of factors that go into student educational outcomes.

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Stephen Stowe: there's a lot of mixed research on correlation between spending and educational outcomes. There's a lot of different factors that involved are involved in instruction and

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Stephen Stowe: sort of setting and location. We all the stuff we talk about all the time.

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Stephen Stowe: New York City already spends the most money per student of any large school district in the country, and i'm just going to share this chart here.

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Stephen Stowe: It shows the largest. It's from the largest, 100 school districts across the country.

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Stephen Stowe: New York city is number one. We spend 29,000 per student.

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Stephen Stowe: and it's it's it's not just because we're higher cost of living. The 2 are related. If you're spending more for your public services, your cost of living is going to go up.

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Stephen Stowe: so it's just something to keep in mind as we talk about

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Stephen Stowe: funding, and that's something that has to be.

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Stephen Stowe: All Parents should have it right

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Stephen Stowe: to say.

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Stephen Stowe: Are the schools making the best use of the money, the funding that they're getting

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Stephen Stowe: and that's what this resolution is asking.

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Stephen Stowe: This resolution, says

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Stephen Stowe: the fair student, funding working groups.

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Stephen Stowe: Changes

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Stephen Stowe: recommended changes. Right now. The system already spends. The system is already set up

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Stephen Stowe: to allocate more money to students who are in in sort of have higher learning, needs students with disabilities, el students all good things.

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Stephen Stowe: this would keep the existing system and add more weights onto it.

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Stephen Stowe: And what we're saying is that there wasn't any proof.

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Stephen Stowe: and there's a lot of tools you can use. You can do. There's a lot of policy analysis tools there's a lot of data analysis tools that you can use

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Stephen Stowe: to show if the

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Stephen Stowe: the increase in spending for different categories has had the desired effect over the years, because now we have many years of using the fair student funding formula. One

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Stephen Stowe: there's a lot of other cost, benefit, analysis, program, evaluation tools.

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Stephen Stowe: But the problem, if anyone for those who have read the report, is, it's very short on this kind of analysis.

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Stephen Stowe: So that's the one big point, and then the second big point that we really disagree with is the recommendation to cut funding to the Portfolio Academic High Schools.

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Stephen Stowe: These were the these are specialized high schools, Staten Island, Tech, Brooklyn, Tech, a number of other high schools around the city.

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Stephen Stowe: These were the only schools selected for a funding cut

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Stephen Stowe: in the proposal.

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Stephen Stowe: That's it.

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Stephen Stowe: Obviously they're targeting schools that support

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Stephen Stowe: students with with advanced at advanced learning levels.

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Stephen Stowe: And, by the way, these schools.

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Stephen Stowe: the these schools do not have

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Stephen Stowe: high shares of students with disabilities, Ell. Students that's well known.

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Stephen Stowe: As a result, they are funded at the lowest per capita rates

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Stephen Stowe: in the city. If you look at compared to all other high schools. All high schools get about $20,000 a student. These schools get 13,000.

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Stephen Stowe: Obviously other high schools have higher needs. But the question is, why target

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Stephen Stowe: the schools that are already

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Stephen Stowe: funded? About 33, 35% less.

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Stephen Stowe: So our ask is just that the this comes up for a vote. I believe it's either April or May at the panel for educational policy.

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Stephen Stowe: but the the DOE is going to be

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Stephen Stowe: making the rounds of cec starting in January to engage on this and so what we would just like to say is this report wasn't wasn't sufficient didn't sufficiently answer the question of how can the DOE best

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Stephen Stowe: spend its money?

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Stephen Stowe: we'd like a new working group that includes some experts in data analysis, a new work group to use data analysis techniques to determine. If the current system of funding schools is, where is optimal? Is working as good as it should or not.

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Stephen Stowe: And then, if we have some real concrete evidence of effectiveness, some predictive you know, predictive very predictive equations.

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Stephen Stowe: the group can recommend reforms and replacements.

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Stephen Stowe: So that's my introduction to the resolution. What any other members like to speak about the resolution

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Stephen Stowe: check?

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Jennifer Hu: so

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Jennifer Hu: what is that? Okay, yeah, I'm: I'm on muted. Okay, so basically I just wanted to point out that we don't

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Jennifer Hu: ask for fiscal responsibility. Nor do we ask about proof of effectiveness when we talk about funding for G and T classes and specialized high schools. But we're asking of this here and

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Jennifer Hu: on top of that. I do agree with Paul at that. She has a right to address the public

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Jennifer Hu: and address directly any concerns and questions that we may have had before we put out a resolution that rejects all of the recommendations altogether. I I don't think I think that's a very drastic step. I think there's some value to that report, and rejecting it.

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Jennifer Hu: Entirety in its entirety, is

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Jennifer Hu: unfair to the people who worked on it, and also unfair to people who really need this funding.

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Jennifer Hu: Thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: Go ahead.

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Marie Brugueras: There are lots of children.

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Marie Brugueras: youth that attend the specialized high schools that were

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Marie Brugueras: ell learners, but they tested out of it by high school age. So I think that you know just my comment goes to

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Marie Brugueras: They don't have a lot of yellow learners, but they do. They're just tested out, and they don't

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Marie Brugueras: get the English support any longer.

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Marie Brugueras: but that doesn't mean that they're not

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Marie Brugueras: immigrant population. They're not, you know.

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Marie Brugueras: commerce to the United States. They are

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Marie Brugueras: just by high school age. Oftentimes they are so proficient.

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Marie Brugueras: that they no longer receive support, so they're not counted as English language burners.

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Stephen Stowe: Thanks, Marie. Would any other Council members like to speak on the resolution?

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Kevin Zhao: Yup, I just want to emphasize. Yes, I

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Kevin Zhao: I just want to emphasize that 1 point in the resolution

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I mean the

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Kevin Zhao: per student capital in those school is already about 30% below the average city wide average.

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Kevin Zhao: so I really do not see no reason. I mean, I know we might need the money here and there, but I don't see a reason to kind of further down in the school days with nest money, but have a higher performance

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instead of cutting a budget. And

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Kevin Zhao: I think maybe it should be a place for us to be as a model

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Kevin Zhao: to improve that, to improve our education in a city.

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Stephen Stowe: Thank you, Kevin.

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Stephen Stowe: Any other members like to speak.

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Elizabeth Chan: I think, people have the assumption that the

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Elizabeth Chan: those specialized school has a lot of money, because I believe they get a lot of donations from corporations.

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Elizabeth Chan: but corporations probably donate to them because they're They're known as the best of the best, and we should keep them as like.

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Elizabeth Chan: you know, the pinnacle of what students could achieve in a way so that you know

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Elizabeth Chan: internationally.

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Elizabeth Chan: we'll be well. We still respect it for our education.

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Elizabeth Chan: Oh, I see.

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Stephen Stowe: Thank you, Elizabeth

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Stephen Stowe: Jen, Would your Would you be open to discussing your vote, or is your mind made up?

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Does it matter?

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, Sure. Because we could talk more

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Stephen Stowe: like a Congressional floor, Congressional debate. But if but it's fine, if not, I don't we don't have to believe or anything.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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let me just take a quick. Look here.

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I mean I don't

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just the

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I don't agree with cutting

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specialized high school funding.

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but I also just.

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I feel like

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we should also not be a fairly penalizing students who have higher needs.

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Stephen Stowe: want to make sure that everybody gets what they need, and I just feel like the way, this

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that we're crazy. Everything

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limited thing, and you know people can't All

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you don't have what they need, but I don't think that that's necessarily true. I do think some of the

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the recommendations have value, so I really wanna not. I don't want to reject it all all at once, right, you know.

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Stephen Stowe: No, I I hear you. I understand the points you're making

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Stephen Stowe: the

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Stephen Stowe: you know. As by the way back to your first comment, I I do. I certainly do ask for a proof of of effectiveness on Gnt and specialize, and David knows I ask a lot of questions about

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Stephen Stowe: scoring in the district, and I ready? And where are we going? And can we make this better? This this is unique because this is really a

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Stephen Stowe: This is a large city-wide, decision. And this is a there's a lot of data there that we could study, and there's a lot of

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Stephen Stowe: and the data is available, and it's available in a way that could be used to actually do some explanatory analysis. And I agree with your point about let's make sure the money gets to where it needs to. But my only thing was, they didn't prove 150

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Stephen Stowe: that they had a formula in place that actually

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Stephen Stowe: what we say, in sort of statistical analysis, actually affects the outcome. The the variable that they're changing is amount of spending.

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Stephen Stowe: and you can run You can use lots of tools to see if that affects the outcomes or not.

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They may have

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methodology that we can access to.

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Stephen Stowe: I think you could definitely address all of those questions if they were invited to.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah. I looked at all the stuff, and I went to a few of the meetings. and I and you know they they wrote in their report. The the report is what the group thinks right like

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Stephen Stowe: that. They that we have somebody. We have 2 members on that group that are in history 20 they can definitely come and represent.

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Stephen Stowe: And in January the the group will be coming. That's when the engagement process starts. and so that's kind of your Your point is, you think it's premature. Now, I don't. But okay, yeah, we can agree to disagree.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay, Any other comments from any members on this

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Stephen Stowe: good should we call the call about is, I know veto was having some issues.

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Stephen Stowe: Kevin, can you. I actually is there a motion to vote on the resolution?

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Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: Is there a second?

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Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: Kevin, can you

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Stephen Stowe: take the votes, please?

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Stephen Stowe: And if the if you agree to approve the resolution.

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Stephen Stowe: you'll say, approve if you

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Stephen Stowe: If you do not want to approve the resolution, I guess to say, do not approve

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Stephen Stowe: or no, Yes or no is also fine.

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William Chin: Ready?

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah.

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William Chin: Steven Stowe. Yes.

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William Chin: Champa, Who

1085
02:05:02.540 --> 02:05:03.290
William Chin: you?

1086
02:05:04.450 --> 02:05:06.100
William Chin: What is it, Chen?

1087
02:05:06.800 --> 02:05:07.669
It's the same

1088
02:05:09.290 --> 02:05:10.380
William Chin: vita la bella.

1089
02:05:15.630 --> 02:05:16.639
Stephen Stowe: He's.

1090
02:05:16.870 --> 02:05:20.040
Stephen Stowe: He's not. I don't see him online, Kevin. You can keep going

1091
02:05:20.270 --> 02:05:23.549
William Chin: Maria

1092
02:05:25.460 --> 02:05:26.500
William Chin: I mean

1093
02:05:27.730 --> 02:05:28.849
Ghada Amin: abstained.

1094
02:05:32.200 --> 02:05:33.469
William Chin: You're nice Sufi.

1095
02:05:34.380 --> 02:05:35.710
jona isufi: I abstain

1096
02:05:37.970 --> 02:05:39.210
William Chin: Li Peng yen

1097
02:05:43.750 --> 02:05:44.920
William Chin: my a rosen plot.

1098
02:05:46.000 --> 02:05:47.320
I support

1099
02:05:51.310 --> 02:05:52.309
William Chin: Joyce.

1100
02:05:52.680 --> 02:05:53.909
Joyce Xie: Yes, you did.

1101
02:05:56.970 --> 02:05:57.889
William Chin: Kevin's out.

1102
02:06:01.830 --> 02:06:02.530
Okay.

1103
02:06:02.860 --> 02:06:06.380
Stephen Stowe: we didn't hear yona or got it. I don't think

1104
02:06:06.520 --> 02:06:11.960
Stephen Stowe: I hate you. I know, too. Okay, yeah, I know. Can you just tell us all what Gada and Jona folks were?

1105
02:06:12.470 --> 02:06:13.240
Yes.

1106
02:06:19.510 --> 02:06:21.600
Ghada Amin: yes, I was saying. Okay.

1107
02:06:25.830 --> 02:06:28.819
Stephen Stowe: he's not on. Yeah. I don't see him on.

1108
02:06:29.990 --> 02:06:31.009
Stephen Stowe: Yeah, it is

1109
02:06:32.960 --> 02:06:33.620
okay.

1110
02:06:44.780 --> 02:06:51.189
Stephen Stowe: And actually, Kevin: yeah, okay. So usually the one accounts that. Do you want to read it off, Kevin? The results? You can say the motion.

1111
02:06:51.620 --> 02:06:56.130
Stephen Stowe: So it takes 6 to a pass of resolution or a motion.

1112
02:06:56.620 --> 02:06:58.990
Stephen Stowe: so you can read off the results if you like.

1113
02:07:00.070 --> 02:07:04.199
William Chin: just we just to reaffirm Jennifer. Hugh i'm Sorry. One more time.

1114
02:07:04.940 --> 02:07:08.339
Stephen Stowe: He just wants to get Kevin's just double checking your vote again.

1115
02:07:08.810 --> 02:07:10.529
William Chin: No. And then Elizabeth, Chen

1116
02:07:10.900 --> 02:07:11.519
Okay?

1117
02:07:14.630 --> 02:07:15.640
William Chin: And so that's

1118
02:07:16.900 --> 02:07:17.639
2, 3,

1119
02:07:31.820 --> 02:07:32.990
1, 2.

1120
02:07:33.100 --> 02:07:37.300
William Chin: So the vote is not pass. We have 5 yeses, 4 of scenes, and one No.

1121
02:07:37.700 --> 02:07:39.570
Stephen Stowe: I think it's 6, Yes, and 7

1122
02:07:41.020 --> 02:07:46.089
Stephen Stowe: doing. I think we've got myself. Yes, Marie. Yes, we Ping.

1123
02:07:46.290 --> 02:07:50.460
Stephen Stowe: Maya, Joyce and Kevin Marie, did you abstain or say, Yes.

1124
02:07:51.070 --> 02:07:55.520
William Chin: Okay, yes, I'm sorry. Excuse me sending Yes, they get the both. Those approved with 6 uses.

1125
02:07:56.170 --> 02:07:58.570
William Chin: 6 uses, 4 of scenes, and then one. No.

1126
02:07:59.810 --> 02:08:00.889
Stephen Stowe: thank you, Kevin.

1127
02:08:01.330 --> 02:08:04.000
Stephen Stowe: 3 3 abstains 6 yeses.

1128
02:08:04.430 --> 02:08:09.880
Stephen Stowe: 3 abstains one no, and then I guess veto is abstained by not here. It didn't answer. Okay.

1129
02:08:10.090 --> 02:08:10.960
Stephen Stowe: Thank you.

1130
02:08:11.570 --> 02:08:15.989
Stephen Stowe: that is all for the calendar meeting.

1131
02:08:16.890 --> 02:08:18.230
Stephen Stowe: Our next

1132
02:08:18.740 --> 02:08:21.560
Stephen Stowe: calendar meeting will be

1133
02:08:24.310 --> 02:08:26.099
Stephen Stowe: January twelfth.

1134
02:08:27.870 --> 02:08:29.030
Stephen Stowe: I believe.

1135
02:08:29.810 --> 02:08:38.290
Stephen Stowe: January eleventh is the next CC calendar meeting. So thank you everyone for attending we will have the business meeting to follow this. I expect it will be very short.

1136
02:08:41.990 --> 02:08:50.529
Stephen Stowe: We need to take a break, or are we good to just go right to the motion. So first let's make a motion to adjourn the calendar meeting officially. Is there a second

1137
02:08:51.120 --> 02:08:55.899
Stephen Stowe: all in favor? I? Alright, the calendar meeting is adjourned.

1138
02:08:58.800 --> 02:09:02.269
Stephen Stowe: Let's go right into it right. We don't have anything. So

1139
02:09:02.880 --> 02:09:08.929
Stephen Stowe: welcome, everyone. I will call the business meeting to order at 8, 13 Pm.

1140
02:09:09.440 --> 02:09:12.330
Stephen Stowe: welcome to the CC. 20 December

1141
02:09:12.360 --> 02:09:13.429
Stephen Stowe: business meeting

1142
02:09:18.740 --> 02:09:21.559
Stephen Stowe: Kevin, Can you take roll? Call attendance, please.

1143
02:09:23.180 --> 02:09:23.860
William Chin: Yeah.

1144
02:09:23.920 --> 02:09:26.009
William Chin: Steven Stowe Here.

1145
02:09:26.070 --> 02:09:27.080
William Chin: Jennifer Hugh

1146
02:09:27.700 --> 02:09:30.710
William Chin: Liz or Chen

1147
02:09:32.170 --> 02:09:33.719
William Chin: Marijuana

1148
02:09:34.560 --> 02:09:35.599
William Chin: got it, I mean.

1149
02:09:35.990 --> 02:09:36.870
Ghada Amin: Yes.

1150
02:09:36.950 --> 02:09:38.120
William Chin: yono Sufi.

1151
02:09:38.520 --> 02:09:39.809
jona isufi: Hi, i'm here

1152
02:09:40.050 --> 02:09:41.210
William Chin: we ping yang

1153
02:09:42.120 --> 02:09:43.380
William Chin: Maya Rosenblatt.

1154
02:09:46.550 --> 02:09:47.669
William Chin: my a rose and black

1155
02:09:49.590 --> 02:09:50.699
William Chin: do I see

1156
02:09:51.340 --> 02:09:52.000
Yeah.

1157
02:09:52.450 --> 02:09:53.559
William Chin: And Kevin's out.

1158
02:09:55.570 --> 02:09:56.280
Yes, I

1159
02:09:57.160 --> 02:09:57.820
Okay.

1160
02:09:58.060 --> 02:10:00.070
William Chin: I'm: sorry.

1161
02:10:00.640 --> 02:10:01.679
William Chin: That is roll call.

1162
02:10:01.960 --> 02:10:02.950
Stephen Stowe: Thank you.

1163
02:10:06.420 --> 02:10:07.840
Stephen Stowe: Yeah.

1164
02:10:08.210 --> 02:10:11.560
Stephen Stowe: First, I just want to remind everyone this is a public meeting it's being recorded.

1165
02:10:11.810 --> 02:10:16.180
Stephen Stowe: Second, I just want to announce there are Spanish, Arabic and mandarin interpreters here tonight.

1166
02:10:16.530 --> 02:10:24.760
Stephen Stowe: You should see video of these interpreters. Thank you to them for being here with us in providing this important service to our Spanish, Arabic and Mandarin speaking

1167
02:10:24.900 --> 02:10:30.420
Stephen Stowe: communities, they will now announce instructions for any who wish to dial into the language lines at this time.

1168
02:10:30.640 --> 02:10:33.620
Stephen Stowe: Could our Arabic interpreter please introduce themselves?

1169
02:10:37.150 --> 02:10:39.130
Arabic- Selwa: Hi! Good evening.

1170
02:10:39.370 --> 02:10:43.599
Arabic- Selwa: This is a Arabic announcement for Arabic agent

1171
02:10:48.580 --> 02:10:54.150
Arabic- Selwa: Lang

1172
02:10:57.830 --> 02:11:09.630
Arabic- Selwa: lang

1173
02:11:09.940 --> 02:11:17.690
Arabic- Selwa: lang

1174
02:11:21.850 --> 02:11:39.620
Arabic- Selwa: lang

1175
02:11:39.630 --> 02:11:45.480
Arabic- Selwa: lang

1176
02:11:45.610 --> 02:11:50.550
Arabic- Selwa: you

1177
02:11:50.920 --> 02:11:53.949
Stephen Stowe: could our mandarin interpreter please introduce themselves?

1178
02:11:54.710 --> 02:12:13.660
Mandarin- Dongfang: Lang

1179
02:12:13.670 --> 02:12:24.330
Mandarin- Dongfang: Lang.

1180
02:12:28.380 --> 02:12:29.880
Mandarin- Dongfang: Joe Bailey.

1181
02:12:34.970 --> 02:12:38.879
Stephen Stowe: Thank you. And could our Spanish interpreter please introduce themselves

1182
02:12:39.100 --> 02:12:55.760
Spanish, Alejandro: lang

1183
02:12:55.770 --> 02:13:16.719
Spanish, Alejandro: lang

1184
02:13:16.730 --> 02:13:24.150
Spanish, Alejandro: lang

1185
02:13:24.700 --> 02:13:26.529
Stephen Stowe: great. Thank you so much.

1186
02:13:31.540 --> 02:13:37.489
Stephen Stowe: Just a reminder to anyone speaking. Please speak slowly throughout the meeting, so allow the interpreters to keep up

1187
02:13:38.960 --> 02:13:41.679
Stephen Stowe: The agenda for tonight's business meeting is very short.

1188
02:13:41.790 --> 02:13:45.799
Stephen Stowe: We are just going to approve the minutes from last month's business meeting

1189
02:13:45.880 --> 02:13:49.010
Stephen Stowe: unless anyone else has any business they would like to discuss.

1190
02:13:49.680 --> 02:13:53.620
Stephen Stowe: so, Kevin, can you share the minutes from last month's business meeting?

1191
02:13:58.330 --> 02:14:05.039
Stephen Stowe: So everyone, please review the me. The minutes from the business meeting, and if there are no changes we will approve them.

1192
02:14:21.010 --> 02:14:22.260
Stephen Stowe: Any changes.

1193
02:14:25.880 --> 02:14:27.900
Stephen Stowe: Okay, the minutes are approved.

1194
02:14:28.730 --> 02:14:32.380
Stephen Stowe: Anyone have any business open issues, discussion.

1195
02:14:34.670 --> 02:14:38.850
Elizabeth Chan: Well, Jim sorted up that we should get a mic holder.

1196
02:14:39.470 --> 02:14:42.669
Elizabeth Chan: Yes,

1197
02:14:49.910 --> 02:14:57.369
Jennifer Hu: sorry. I thought it would be worth it if we could at least take a look into like a conferencing speaker.

1198
02:14:58.940 --> 02:15:05.399
Jennifer Hu: That would be that we could just put on the table. It would capture all of our voices, and also

1199
02:15:05.720 --> 02:15:08.919
Jennifer Hu: broadcast. Anybody who is speaking online.

1200
02:15:10.240 --> 02:15:28.780
Jennifer Hu: So it would have the power to pick up like if it was sitting here. Yes, it would pick up all all 360, basically and so even exactly. And then we'll just. We can mute all of our laptops. And just the speaker will be handling everything. All the audio

1201
02:15:29.150 --> 02:15:38.459
Jennifer Hu: I don't know if we've gone through this before, but there's always this process. Where the do we want you to buy from there, but I think we should look into it. Okay, that sounds great.

1202
02:15:45.370 --> 02:15:46.370
Stephen Stowe: Anything else.

1203
02:15:46.940 --> 02:16:01.390
Stephen Stowe: Motion to adjourn the business meeting is there? Is there a motion? I can't do it in a second. I'll take it all right, all in favor. I post no good night, everyone. Good night, and thank you for attending.

1204
02:16:02.010 --> 02:16:06.499
Ghada Amin: Good night. Good night, and happy holiday.

1205
02:16:08.040 --> 02:16:09.420
Spanish, Alejandro: Thank you for having us.

1206
02:16:11.340 --> 02:16:13.090
Arabic- Selwa: Thank you, and have a good night.

1207
02:16:15.960 --> 02:16:18.370
Mandarin- Dongfang: Good night, everyone. Thank you.