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Stephen Stowe: Okay, Good evening, Everyone welcome.

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Stephen Stowe: Can we mute that laptop

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Stephen Stowe: It is.

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Stephen Stowe: or should I

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Stephen Stowe: awesome? Thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: That is muted, and you the bottom of the laptop. Is it coming from the chat

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Stephen Stowe: there with us? We're just trying to get the technical setup

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Stephen Stowe: correct.

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Stephen Stowe: Let's try that. No

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Stephen Stowe: option is we just don't use the smartboard.

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Stephen Stowe: or

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Stephen Stowe: now I

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Stephen Stowe: let me just do this mute. My laptop

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Stephen Stowe: Is that still echoing.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah.

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Stephen Stowe: I don't hear I don't hear an echo. There

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Stephen Stowe: we have an echo here in the room.

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Steve Gonzalez: Oh.

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Stephen Stowe: I I maybe we don't need the smart board. I mean everything we present is going to be on our laptop, although it's beneficial for anyone who's in the wrong. But else

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Stephen Stowe: the members of

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Stephen Stowe: close it out

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Stephen Stowe: 1 min.

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Stephen Stowe: Hold on a second guys

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Stephen Stowe: so much going on.

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Stephen Stowe: Just the smart look at him. Not the

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Stephen Stowe: just hit power on the there you go.

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Stephen Stowe: Is that still echoing?

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Stephen Stowe: Yes.

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Stephen Stowe: How's that

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Stephen Stowe: now? Isn't that

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Stephen Stowe: Kevin? Just muting, hitting the mute button on that one? Good.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah. So we're good. Now.

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Stephen Stowe: i'm going to be hearing. Anyway. So you know.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: Steve Gonzalez, can you hear me online?

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Steve Gonzalez: I hear you.

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Steve Gonzalez: I hear you this, Steve.

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Stephen Stowe: Can someone online just acknowledge if they can hear me. Okay, I hear you. I hear you awesome. I was muted. I just realized. Okay, thanks.

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Stephen Stowe: Welcome to the January. 2,023 Cec 20 meeting.

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Stephen Stowe: I'm just gonna call a meeting to order at 604.

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Stephen Stowe: First, I'm going to take roll call attendance.

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Stephen Stowe: Steve Stoe, President here.

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Stephen Stowe: Jen, Hugh, first Vice President

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Jennifer Hu: here

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Stephen Stowe: Elizabeth Chan, second Vice President.

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Stephen Stowe: I think Elizabeth was going to be a few minutes late.

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Stephen Stowe: Vito Novella is excused.

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Stephen Stowe: Marie Brigarest Treasurer

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Stephen Stowe: Li ping jang.

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Stephen Stowe: Joyce

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Stephen Stowe: Joyce was also going to be.

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Stephen Stowe: Oh, hey, Joy!

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Stephen Stowe: Hey, Kevin J. I was excused.

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Stephen Stowe: Got to Amen was excused.

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Stephen Stowe: Maya Rosenbot

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Stephen Stowe: Maya, are you there.

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Stephen Stowe: you on it. Sufi.

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jona isufi: Hi. I'm: here.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: before we begin, I'm just going to make a few important announcements.

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Stephen Stowe: Please remember that this is a public meeting, and it is being recorded.

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Stephen Stowe: I just want to announce their Spanish, Arabic and mandarin interpreters here tonight for participants attending the meeting. Virtually.

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Stephen Stowe: You should see video of these interpreters. Thank you to for them

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Stephen Stowe: for being here with us and providing this important service to our Spanish, Arabic and mandarin speaking

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Stephen Stowe: participants. They will now announce instructions for attendees who 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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Stephen Stowe: Thank you.

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Mandarin Ying: You. The following message will be manager it

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Mandarin Ying: Thank you.

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Mandarin Ying: Thank you. And finally, could our Spanish interpreters

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Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: see?

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Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: Is she said, they say, a interpretation and a spaniel for for

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Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: what they say say.

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Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: yet they say squatro signal they numeral.

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Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: What up a deal in New Middle.

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Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: What we say, says

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Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: one L. Id

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Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: seen Goose Orcho

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Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: see if they say squat through

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Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: the

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Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: So you know they know. But as you go.

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Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: and

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Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: that's all for the Spanish

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Stephen Stowe: great. Thank you

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Stephen Stowe: because it is. We have multiple

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Stephen Stowe: because we have multiple interpreters here with us tonight.

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Stephen Stowe: Please try to speak slower than usual

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Stephen Stowe: to allow the interpreters to keep up

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Stephen Stowe: 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 on the form

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Stephen Stowe: that's on the Cec website as part of the meeting notice.

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Stephen Stowe: and Kevin, our administrative assistant, Kevin. Can you also please post that link in the chat?

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: we're very pleased to be holding the

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Stephen Stowe: meeting tonight

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Stephen Stowe: at Ps. 971

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Stephen Stowe: in Sunset Park

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Stephen Stowe: to start the meeting tonight. We have several students from the school who are gonna present the colors and the pleasure pledge of allegiance. We will have some opening comments from the school principal, and then one of the students at the school is going to read their

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Stephen Stowe: speech from the soapbox speech program.

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Stephen Stowe: So without further ado, let's go to the can. We get the main camera on.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: Should I be muted or unmuted? Right for the okay. So go ahead, guys. This.

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Stephen Stowe: Oh, can we all please rise for the pledge of allegiance.

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Stephen Stowe: Please stand for some flesh.

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Introduce

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Stephen Stowe: Speaker: do you want to come? Sit by my

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Stephen Stowe: Okay. Good evening, everyone.

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Stephen Stowe: First, I'd like to welcome all of the Cec Committee, members on Superintendent Predos, and families and parents of District 20,

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Stephen Stowe: and I'd like to say, welcome to our school. This is Ps. 971 school of healthy science, math, science, and healthy living.

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Stephen Stowe: And we pride ourselves in being problem solvers critical thing because

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Stephen Stowe: and healthy living people

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Stephen Stowe: we have a focus on nutrition. We are one of 4

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Stephen Stowe: vegan vegetarian schools in the city.

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Stephen Stowe: and we also pride ourselves on being a sustainable building, and our green team takes that very, very seriously. So once again thank you for being here. We are privileged to host the Cec this this evening, and I just like to introduce one of our students who

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Stephen Stowe: recently presented

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Stephen Stowe: in the soap box speech program, and she would like to share her so box speech with everybody here tonight.

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Stephen Stowe: So thank you once again, and introducing Fifth Grader Leo.

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I change it.

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New Yorkers walk and talk fast because i'm going to like to live here

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the best pizza, cause I have. Why, here

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Stephen Stowe: these are some stereotypes by New York State. That is my teacher.

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What? Just imagine

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a girl wanted to go shopping her best friend with a T-shirt bag again, and a beating

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Stephen Stowe: and defense it Ill you can't do that

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How would you feel. So I said that to you.

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The pain of stereotyping is real.

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Hi! I'm! And today

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i'll I'll be discussing a harmful effects of dinner still typing on today's kits.

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Stephen Stowe: Maybe it's important. You can still type of work. What exactly does it be?

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It means that all makes a journalized opinion about how boys and girls should act and dress in everyday life.

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Well, where, where exactly did they come from?

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Stephen Stowe: It comes from our parents social media, books, school and toys.

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I'll play a big role in kids adopting them.

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Stephen Stowe: We're going to talk about to play with.

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You have to play with. It makes them believe those are the only ways they should be allowed to be playing.

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Stephen Stowe: you know. Do you know that by the time you are toler pretty pick up

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for toys and color visual like as boys and girls

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when I was in first grade. I'll pass your cookies to my to my classmate or something.

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Stephen Stowe: so i'm going to see

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so you fasting, and so i'm going to take

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Stephen Stowe: a lot of

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what you just said. You get what you get.

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It is the same regardless of the color

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Stephen Stowe: we're going to Birmingham City University.

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So thisereotype, because of that effect on kids.

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Stephen Stowe: For example, boys may have a high suicide rate.

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and robots experience a lot of extreme and feel insecure about themselves.

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So here's a that.

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Stephen Stowe: Can you? Can you be allowed to guess how they want?

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Because it allows them to express themselves and show their to identity.

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Stephen Stowe: So how can we help adopt? You can help by

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you. You're probably about what you want and what's for your students and kids

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Stephen Stowe: kids and teams you could help to help. I.

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harmful passage, and are still typing.

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Stephen Stowe: or you could sign up for our friend. If you ever see them getting fully for doing something they they like.

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Stephen Stowe: Kindness is contagious, others may say, but why can't the kids teams on top to stand up for themselves if they ever got stereotyped.

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Stephen Stowe: But I argue that that everyone's very enough to stand up for themselves.

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and they and they just they signed.

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Stephen Stowe: So now will you be interested in help in helping me stop doing a stereotype? If you do, I will be a better place for to address how we want, choose what we want, and do what we want

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Stephen Stowe: as well. Fado Emerson said to be to be yourself in a world that's constantly trying to make you something else. It's a fierce accomplishment. Thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: Great John, Thank you so much.

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Stephen Stowe: Thank you so much. Principal Stanislas and students.

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Stephen Stowe: So, Kevin, can you just share the agenda If you don't mind, do you have that available?

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Stephen Stowe: I'm just gonna go over the agenda, and then we'll get started.

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Stephen Stowe: So the agenda for tonight's meeting first up will be a presentation by the school construction authority just going through the process. The annual process for capital request projects, which is the main item. Tonight. Then we'll have the superintendent superintendent, Dr. Pto. Here

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Stephen Stowe: i'll have a few words. Then we'll have our public speaking session. And after that Cec members will officially rank and approve the 23 capital project requests

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Stephen Stowe: and that will conclude the meeting. The calendar meeting the business meeting will immediately follow.

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Stephen Stowe: And there's only one new business item on that. We'll be discussing the purchase of some new meeting technology.

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Stephen Stowe: So we are pleased here to to have

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Stephen Stowe: here tonight with us from the school construction authority, Brooklyn, Deputy Chief RAM Sundar.

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Stephen Stowe: Eden Ryan, and Steve Gonzalez, the external affairs officer for district 20 Steve.

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Stephen Stowe: Would you like to take it from here?

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Steve Gonzalez: Okay, sure. First of all, like to say I didn't see what we call them? Addy rams, and I don't see them on the

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Steve Gonzalez: chat or on this screen. But he was going to try to be here tonight.

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Steve Gonzalez: First of all, I want to offer again many thanks for giving the sca the opportunity to do this presentation tonight

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Steve Gonzalez: in terms of the capital plan amendment. I like to give out a shout out to our partners that we work very closely, and i'll talk about them in a couple of minutes. Dsf.

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Steve Gonzalez: I see that in the gambino is on this call, as well as as well as Aramis Rodriguez. So with to our partners. There, Dsf: Thank you very much for joining tonight.

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Steve Gonzalez: and I also want to give a little shout out to our principals, who I see

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Steve Gonzalez: on the meeting tonight, and to Principal Stanislaus, because this school, 9, 71 was one of the first schools that I helped to open.

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Steve Gonzalez: I believe it was 12 years ago, Principal Stanislaus

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Steve Gonzalez: and

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Steve Gonzalez: I was very happy to have worked with there. Then it's nice to see her

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Steve Gonzalez: that she's doing well, and the school is flourishing.

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Steve Gonzalez: So having said that, I like to share my screen.

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Steve Gonzalez: Okay, i'm screen sharing, and

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Steve Gonzalez: I'm going to start first of all the Communication Community Education Council, 25 Year Capital Plan. Our mission is to design and construct safe, attractive, and environmentally sound public schools for children. Throughout the many communities of New York City

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Steve Gonzalez: we are dedicated to building and modernizing schools in a responsible, cost-effective manner.

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Steve Gonzalez: While achieving the highest standards of excellence in safety, quality, and integrity.

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Steve Gonzalez: The 5 year Capital Plan.

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Steve Gonzalez: from 2,020 to 2,024,

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Steve Gonzalez: includes the various programs, 8.7, 5 billiondollars in capacity.

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Steve Gonzalez: 3.5, 4, 9 billiondollars in mandated programs, 7.8, 7 billiondollars worth of capital investment projects, or capital improvement projects.

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Steve Gonzalez: city-wide highlights 7.8, 7 billiondollars for capacity, city wide.

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Steve Gonzalez: 750 milliondollars for accessibility.

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Steve Gonzalez: 400 milliondollars for electrification.

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Steve Gonzalez: 1.0, 2 billionfor technology projects that include smart boards

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Steve Gonzalez: and Promethean boards, 317 milliondollars for Tcu removals, temporary

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Steve Gonzalez: classroom units and playground redevelopment

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Steve Gonzalez: capacity projects. The breakdown is as follows: New capacity projects During this 5 year plan or 6.0, 2 billion

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Steve Gonzalez: replacement programs, 936 milliondollars.

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Steve Gonzalez: class size reduction 655 milliondollars

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Steve Gonzalez: capacity to remove tem temporary classroom units, 267 millionin early education projects 876 million

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Steve Gonzalez: Now, here is the list of the district 20 capacity projects. I'll go over what I have here. The 24,024, 5 year. Capital Plan.

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Steve Gonzalez: Those projects that are in progress as of this a moment.

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Steve Gonzalez: First of all, K. 676, which is the former angel Guardian home. I was there today. I witnessed i've witnessed the progress of that building. It's at 63 12 Thirteenth Avenue.

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Steve Gonzalez: Total seats, 547 seats, D. 75, 96 seats

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Steve Gonzalez: I can tell you at this point that it's moving a very nicely we have steel up

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Steve Gonzalez: steel girders. We have. The seller now built

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Steve Gonzalez: Now the following 3 sites broke the this sub districts Borough Park, Kensington, Benson. Her stalls had Part Bay Ridge, and

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Steve Gonzalez: capital proven projects. The sca performs major capital proven work and existing buildings. In addition to building new schools, this work includes projects such as masonry, repair windows and roof replacement new boilers, electrical upgrades.

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Steve Gonzalez: repairing major plumbing issues, Removal of Tc. Use and playground rehabilitation

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Steve Gonzalez: Division for school facilities which include school custodial engineers plant managers, facility directors, and Dsf Central staff is responsible for day to day maintenance and repair of school buildings.

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Steve Gonzalez: So our ages, a our agencies, are separate, but we do work closely together to maintain New York City schools, especially in district 20

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Steve Gonzalez: As you can see, we have 88 projects slated.

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Steve Gonzalez: bringing this current 5 year capital plan for a total of over 102 milliondollars. The bulk of these projects we have

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Steve Gonzalez: 15 point, almost 15.5 million invested in exterior masonry. We have 5 projects. We have 5 accessibility projects, which includes elevator upgrades

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Steve Gonzalez: Now, how does something become a capital project in the Sca's 5 year Capital plan.

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Steve Gonzalez: So in addition to suggestions from Community Education Councils, which of course, we're talking about the list later tonight, there are several routes that we include, including city y initiatives funding from elected officials. Those are res away projects.

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Steve Gonzalez: problems that come to us from the division of school facilities when they ask us what we call red dot projects

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Steve Gonzalez: and the last very important also like to note to the principles that are on this call tonight. The Building Conditions Assessment Survey.

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Steve Gonzalez: Okay, so i'll go over some of the capital improvement and capacity projects. Stand alone, Jim, that we've opened this past year, and Ps. 112,

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Steve Gonzalez: but they are, as I said, it's much more enhanced. We have steel now on site.

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Steve Gonzalez: Now the district 20 resolution res away projects as I refer to before.

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Steve Gonzalez: as you can see in District 20. There were 41 projects

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Steve Gonzalez: The bulk we're auditorium projects. There are 21 of them over 8,000,007 playground projects a little over 5 million. I want to give a also very special thanks to the Council members that represent and have helped in terms of funding for resume projects.

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Steve Gonzalez: First of all, Justin Brandon, I want to thank him for his.

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Steve Gonzalez: Here is one of the Ps. 748 same school as the playground upgrade. This is a reservoir auditorium that was finished this past year.

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Steve Gonzalez: Sca is dedicated to increasing the participation of minority-owned women owned and local-based business enterprises and sca projects.

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Steve Gonzalez: including through mwlb targets in our projects. This has been a very successful program it's been in place since 1,995.

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Steve Gonzalez: We also run a Meta program which is connected with the Mwlb program, which provides key support and access to capital and business opportunities for qualified emerging. MW. Lees.

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Steve Gonzalez: the the MW. Lbe program in fiscal year 22 citywide sca has awarded

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Steve Gonzalez: so over 778 milliondollars in prime MW. Lbe contracts across 413 projects to 186 firms in fiscal year. Citywide 22 city wide Sca is awarded all over 100 milliondollars in MW. Lbe

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Steve Gonzalez: In the last, but not least, the Cec. Building comment form

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Steve Gonzalez: we are asking you the the ce to submit

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Steve Gonzalez: As we've noted in the past, we do not accept requests directly from the individual schools, but any request from schools will always be forwarded to the appropriate Cec. For for review and prioritization.

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Steve Gonzalez: That includes my presentation this evening. Thank you. And I'm. Ready for questions.

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Stephen Stowe: Sure. Thanks so much, Steve. Great presentation. You sync to the point, hit the key topics. I just want to lead off for the couple. One is the school that we we are in now. Ps. 971, as you know.

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Stephen Stowe: You know a couple of times to gym space, and I've toured it today, and you know it really is a shame that a school dedicated to healthy living

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Stephen Stowe: I know we've talked about it in the past. Now I see the physical constraints in person, so I I understand where you're coming from. Is there anything that can be done kind of outside the box thinking here to get an indoor space, you know, set up for for a gym here, and you know, in light of the fact, maybe, that the school schools enrollment is a little bit down. I don't know what any thoughts on that.

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Steve Gonzalez: No. This school from its inception.

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Steve Gonzalez: I know at the beginning, when this school was opened. I know that they were request there were issues with the

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Steve Gonzalez: what with with Principal Stanislaus and some of these members of the school of community about having a gym.

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Steve Gonzalez: I know that there were suggestions about doing a rooftop, Jim Jim, but unfortunately I think that that that didn't go through. I mean I can go back again and ask couple of planning. I'll certainly

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Stephen Stowe: They They have a space behind the school so which is the outdoor yard. Could we could. You put a roof over the yard? So it it maintains the sort of the exposure to outdoor air, but it's also roofed in, so that Perhaps

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Steve Gonzalez: i'd have to ask Steve. I I You know I I could not commit, but I I can't commit, but I I can certainly ask.

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Stephen Stowe: You know what I mean. It's it's like the roof. I know. I know where I I know the the peers down in the on the harbor in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge Park. For some you could still put basketball hoops up out there, so in rainy weather you could still play outside, and it would still be open to the air and stuff like that.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay, please. That'd be great, and i'm going to quickly. I don't want to hog all the time I have a few questions, but if any other Council members do just jump in. See quick questions, St. Rosal: yeah, that was purchased a few years ago, right? That's correct. Yes. Finally got started. Yes. Finally got started. What happened? What delayed it? It was a Covid

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Steve Gonzalez: we were able to move ahead and begin to design. We are in design, I can tell you.

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Stephen Stowe: And you said, that's an an is with 4, 4 and 61 seats. Right? That is correct. That is an is okay.

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Steve Gonzalez: I find I checked the site. I was at the site today.

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Stephen Stowe: And what about high school, Steve? Can you help us sort of think and plan, and maybe work towards getting a sort of a high school process, just getting some kind of momentum behind a high school process in the day. I will certainly relay. I know that every year this does come up.

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Steve Gonzalez: many residents in the district that have been pushing for a high school. I certainly will again relay your

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah. And I I will mention who who are the people who are the decision makers in this whole process to sort of get this going. And this is something that you know we're happy to do the leg work on as well. If you can point us in the right direction. Well, let me let me work for my end. I I certainly will. I I have to would go through, you know, upper sca management and discuss that with them.

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jona isufi: Hello! Good evening. Thank you.

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jona isufi: I noticed that you included pictures of playground updates in the first part of the application, and then you also included them in the rest a port.

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jona isufi: Can you please? Just help me understand the difference. Like when can a playground

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Steve Gonzalez: Well, I I can tell you that the playground at Ps is 229.

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Steve Gonzalez: and they included the playground, and both of that they put. I think they. They worked out a a ramps in the back, and they also, and for safety of safety reasons, they did egresses and entrances on the side on the believe, on some of Benson avenue side of psi s 229

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jona isufi: Okay, Thank you. Because that has been an issue. For example, for people you have a particular school in in in mind. Yes, Cs: 1 70. They have been under construction of the rule for the past 4 or 5 years.

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Steve Gonzalez: Well, my understanding is is that project is pretty much finished. I'm going to double check, but I think that project's done that. Ex that i'm going to look. I'm going to check

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Steve Gonzalez: like that whole thing has to be fixed somehow. You you also understand why they did that project. First of all, they did that project because they were structural issues with the building. So we had, as you know, and I, Cec. Knows we had a move fact through the

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Steve Gonzalez: through Mr. Wu's assistance. We had to move. Well, the do. We moved classrooms because of students to other schools. Why, we were doing the work in there. We had a lot of structural work

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jona isufi: I'm going to double-check but i'm i'm right phenomenal. Yeah. And he has done a phenomenal job through the whole process. Yes, he has. He's been very helpful and very cooperative. It's just that I want to bring to you, you know, to the I appreciate it. Thank you. You know that the outside now has to go back to some kind of normal page. I would agree.

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Steve Gonzalez: I haven't heard anything this. I don't think we've started any design yet. I don't have any updates on that.

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Stephen Stowe: Why the hold up. This was, I remember, 2 years ago, the last C. You you guys came and did the the the presentation.

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Stephen Stowe: And again, like the last you heard about it. It was all, as far as you know. I'll I'll I mean no problems with the property or anything any. No. The the properties been purchased. Yeah, but I mean environmental issues or anything. That's not that i'm aware of. No.

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Stephen Stowe: What stage in the process are we at with that particular piece of land? It never got you like you said, never got to design.

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Stephen Stowe: and the timing you mentioned is is the timing for K. 553, the old Medical Office site. When is that one going to be put into service with September 2,024. It's on target. That's all on target, that one. Yeah. We in fact, we have a new. We have a new.

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Stephen Stowe: and in the foreign sheet you've sent that. Did you send that over to us. Can you make sure that I don't know if I've seen it yet? But just

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Steve Gonzalez: so. That's cap a gas capital planning? But you know what i'll do. I'll send you a copy of this presentation. That's great, the form I i'll i'll send it after this. I mean i'll send you a copy of this presentation.

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Stephen Stowe: That's great.

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Stephen Stowe: Anyone else. Have questions for Steve.

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Stephen Stowe: Go ahead, Joyce.

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Joyce Xie: yeah, Hi, Stephen. This is Joyce also, because for Ps. 170 they apply for a couple of years for opening news.

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Joyce Xie: But I think they still decline last year, so attending to the for. Yes, 9, 71 when you ask no question, could you? Including Ps. 170

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Steve Gonzalez: For what? For? For a.

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Steve Gonzalez: For, Jim?

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Joyce Xie: Yeah, they have No, absolutely. They request for the loo, because

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Joyce Xie: when a rainy day.

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Joyce Xie: the junk doesn't really work only the June.

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Joyce Xie: So it's open air dream. They only work for night, sunny day.

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Joyce Xie: So for even a rainy day

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Joyce Xie: that is, the

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Joyce Xie: It's totally not working

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Joyce Xie: because it's not uploo.

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Joyce Xie: They are. They request for the blue thing last year. Also.

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Joyce Xie: Okay.

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Steve Gonzalez: I will

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Steve Gonzalez: you include it? No problem, Thank you, Joyce.

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Steve Gonzalez: I see Jennifer, who has. She's raised her hand.

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Jennifer Hu: Good, Happy New Year, so I I would like to ask a little bit about bathroom improvements.

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Jennifer Hu: so I have a school 1 one Ps. 112, that has like literal holes in the wall that has a sign that says, do not touch.

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Steve Gonzalez: Okay.

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Jennifer Hu: that looks pretty bad to me. And they they mentioned having sewer issues as well.

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Jennifer Hu: probably as old as the building, and they've never been renovated or updated, and the custodial staff has tried their best to

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Jennifer Hu: keep the thing the everything clean, but the bathrooms themselves need a massive update kind of like what what happened with 127 bathrooms, who are very, very old. These look almost exactly the same.

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Jennifer Hu: So what are the chances of this particular project getting funded?

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Steve Gonzalez: Okay.

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Jennifer Hu: Because it's pretty desperate. No, I understand

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Steve Gonzalez: they can go through 2 avenues, and I both. I mentioned them both before

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both Aramis

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Steve Gonzalez: and ends up on this call

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Steve Gonzalez: the custodial staff.

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Steve Gonzalez: the custodial Engineer.

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Steve Gonzalez: or ends, or an Aramis.

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Steve Gonzalez: if they feel that they cannot do the works on the and these bathrooms renovations, they can

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Steve Gonzalez: petition the sca for assistance.

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Steve Gonzalez: The other option.

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Steve Gonzalez: perhaps going through a res away

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project

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Steve Gonzalez: through the local Council member, I I believe, 112. I think it's Justin

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Steve Gonzalez: and Justin Brandon

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Steve Gonzalez: the other other option. I don't know when the

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Steve Gonzalez: when the be cast consultant

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Steve Gonzalez: is coming to the school.

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Steve Gonzalez: I'm i'm you know I don't. I don't keep I don't have schedules, but the next time the the the the be cast consultant comes to the school I would speak to Miss Jennifer to speak to the the principal, Miss Potter. Yes, yes, so they could talk to Jennifer Potter and discuss this with her to

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Steve Gonzalez: you know she can walk to the bcast, consulted and pointed out to out to the consultant.

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Jennifer Hu: So the be. Yes, yes, they do, and they schedule with every school

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Steve Gonzalez: I can. I stress it so important.

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Steve Gonzalez: and I police. I'm not denigrating the custodial engineer, anyway. Yes, hi! This is Aaron, is you? Mind if I try to in first.

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Steve Gonzalez: Yeah, sure, Aramis, go right ahead. I just wanted to have one thing. Aaron's

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Steve Gonzalez: again. No disrespect to the castle engineers. I I make it clear that the principal should walk with the be cast consultant when they come to the schools.

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Steve Gonzalez: Thank you.

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Aramis Rodriguez: Sure.

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Aramis Rodriguez: So hi everybody. My name's Darren, Ms. Rodriguez, I'm, the Director of Facilities for Brooklyn south.

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Aramis Rodriguez: My deputy and the gambino is on the call as well. What I do want to say regarding the issue that you brought up missile is, we're gonna look further into this issue. I was not aware of this. I don't know if my deputy was.

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Aramis Rodriguez: but I I have photos that the principal sent to, so I can forward that to you if you I'm going to include my email in the chat. So please feel free to record that and send over whatever the you have over there

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Aramis Rodriguez: for a bathroom that has exceeded it's useful life cosmetically can use an upgrade. Those are great candidates for resolution. A candidacy. If there's anything that's maintenance and repair related, that is not something that gets followed through the sca, but through our office.

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Aramis Rodriguez: and the first course of action would be for the principal to reach out to the custodian. We have a work order system for repairs

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Aramis Rodriguez: in which he or she, the engineer, can submit a request, and depending on the severity and holes in the bathrooms, definitely sounds like something we need to take a look at quickly.

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Aramis Rodriguez: It's something that from the custodian engineer. Once something is entered into our our work order system.

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Aramis Rodriguez: our deputy directors can prioritize work accordingly. So that's something that would go to Miss Cambino, and then we would go out there, survey to work, and whether through our skilled trades or outside contractors we'd be responsible for that repair.

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Jennifer Hu: That would be.

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Jennifer Hu: Yeah, she she mentioned there was flooding as well as sewer issues, and that combination just seems.

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Jennifer Hu: you know, you don't want your kids around that you know

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Aramis Rodriguez: the fact that you're telling me the wall is open. There's probably some other conditions as to why that's still like that. But we're going to investigate further. Thank you so much for that. Thank you so much for for letting me know how what to do with that, because it's pretty. Does.

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Jennifer Hu: That's it for me. Thank you so much, Steve. No problem, Thank you, Aramis.

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Stephen Stowe: Jonah. Did you have another question, or is your hands still up from before?

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jona isufi: No, I do have one more question. I'm sorry for taking the time. I You know I am so happy, and please that you guys are available to have this direct conversation, so I appreciate it. Given that Jennifer brought up the bathroom issues, which is a very popular item in a lot of principles.

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jona isufi: and I I wondered. I have Principal Gordon from Psi as one of 4,

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jona isufi: and she has also a bathroom issue. But her instance is that

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jona isufi: they need more classrooms available for the students. And is that something that

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jona isufi: relate to what Aramis was saying about? You know, through the custodial? Or if there is a reconfiguration needed.

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Aramis Rodriguez: so there is more space available to attend to the students. Who that's something. This through the F psea.

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Aramis Rodriguez: We'll look further into it. From from what I hear. It sounds like it might be a a space

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Aramis Rodriguez: situation, but there are a total number of restrooms based on the building and occupancy in the building, so we'll look further into the issue sometimes. Bathrooms that weren't used in the past

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jona isufi: might have been repurposed. I've seen that happen as well, so we'll take a further look into it, and Principal Gor should be, Provide you with a nice summary. I will forward that to you as well, and also

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jona isufi: the other, just because you know you're talking about that. I also had principal Parentini.

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jona isufi: and she also, and I was there. I had an in-person visit.

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jona isufi: and one of the bathrooms in the first floor. That also seems to be, you know, outdated and not touched like years, and that's actually a bathroom that serve the parents and the incoming flow to the school because it's right across from the auditorium.

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jona isufi: So if you don't mind, i'll reach out to you. We don't Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

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Stephen Stowe: Steve. Maybe just can you provide

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Stephen Stowe: any thoughts, as we, you know. Later tonight will be doing the ranking.

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Stephen Stowe: submitting the project list.

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Stephen Stowe: you know we chatted about this in the past, and I know that you, you're not always able to

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Stephen Stowe: speak with a, you know, predict what projects will get approved. What won't it?

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Stephen Stowe: I mean that that's that's not even my call. That's why I ruled that I ruled out asking you that as me saying, i'm not going to ask you this. But is there any other general guidance? You know we've looked in the past? I've I've looked at the last 3 years I've been doing. I've done this for 3 years. Now this is my third

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Stephen Stowe: third time, 2 years, and then one year before me, and I've looked at the projects get approved, and it really doesn't seem like there's too many patterns year to year, I think that's probably sort of fair, you know, is is that kind of a fair observation on my part?

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Steve Gonzalez: I'm going to stress when you're looking at projects tonight

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Steve Gonzalez: you may want to again safety, anything precluding with safety

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Steve Gonzalez: exterior. You know

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Steve Gonzalez: you know anything to do with safety, you know, in terms of exterior issues. You want to look at auditoriums.

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Steve Gonzalez: You may want to look at playgrounds, auditoriums as such.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, we've got them all grouped by those those categories you just mentioned. I noticed last year it seemed to be water found up rates were pretty popular is that

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Stephen Stowe: I have not heard that we got. We got a couple of 2 or 3 approved last year, and a bunch of this this year.

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Stephen Stowe: Would that fall under sort of a a sanitary health kind of

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okay?

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Stephen Stowe: And then, you know, as far as anything that

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Stephen Stowe: I think it's always good to have you sort of remind us what projects

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Stephen Stowe: you know are probably better suited for other types of funding, and you've sort of touched on that with your discussion of reservoir a little bit. But in your I think it's Red Reds Away projects would be auditorium, bathrooms.

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Steve Gonzalez: auditorium playground

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Steve Gonzalez: because

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Steve Gonzalez: the Council members, you know.

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Steve Gonzalez: I won't say they have extremely limited funds, but they have.

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Steve Gonzalez: you know they they don't have

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Steve Gonzalez: unlimited funding. So I would. Yeah, I would go for auditorium and auditorium cl projects, playgrounds, bathrooms.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay. So I got my son behind me. No worries all good, Steve. Does anyone else have any more questions for Steve

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on the air.

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Steve Gonzalez: No, I don't put air conditioning.

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Steve Gonzalez: I heard that they do not. No, no, don't don't consider a/C's. I've mentioned that before in the past.

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Stephen Stowe: How how about electric call?

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Steve Gonzalez: Yeah, You could put electrical projects in? Yes.

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I'm relieving.

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Steve Gonzalez: Why? Why such a strong No. On air conditioning, Steve, because a/C's, if i'm not mistaken, they they're not capital eligible. So that's why I always yeah.

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Aramis Rodriguez: I think that that's not changed. And if I could add some some context on window. A/C Specifically.

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Aramis Rodriguez: we do have a centrally funded a/C program. I know that

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Aramis Rodriguez: we're prioritized, based on over capacity sites D, 75 schools based on the limited budget. There were 2 phases that my office at the division of school facilities is managing. Some of those schools are in District 20, and those principals are aware, and expect me for that work to take place.

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Aramis Rodriguez: So a. On that front. There is some a/C work taking place, but you know, to pig it back off. You see, points it's not a capily eligible, upgrade request, and I assume something like I thinking about windows. There was a school. Ps. 971,

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Stephen Stowe: where the the blinds are like really dated. Then the

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Stephen Stowe: the blinds are really dated, and also the windows. Don't. Always open and close effectively. Are those capital eligible, those kind of projects

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Aramis Rodriguez: when those Yes, I would look at the B cash report anything rated between a 4 and a 5 earns. More consideration took place on the Sca's capital plan. But as far as shades are concerned.

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Aramis Rodriguez: we the division of school facilities are, are responsible for repair many times. Those 10 color shades that you see in most schools are what they were fitted with. Initially, it is a good candidate for

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Aramis Rodriguez: smaller great projects. I've seen a lot of principles trying to cell phone those, and my office has managed that work in the past. So on a case by case basis. I'd like for that to be escalated. Our way for for either repair or working with principles. On what other options exist for replacement.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: last question for me, Steve. You guys do a great job every year. You You always go through all the projects, and we always submit a long list of projects. I don't know if it's longer than other districts, but you know 30 plus projects every year. You guys always review all of them. I mean.

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Stephen Stowe: I know we're supposed to sort of organize the pros, and we'll continue to do that here, but safe to say, You guys, you know you guys will, we can expect to look at each one of the things that we submit.

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Stephen Stowe: Yes, absolutely. They will certainly look at every of every every one of your projects You're with Patrick requests. That's what I've noticed it. It seems you guys do that year and year out so appreciate it.

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Stephen Stowe: Any other questions for Steve or Aramis. I want to ask one more quote in question. Go ahead.

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Elizabeth Chan: Oh, so I was wondering if auditorium leaks is that C. Sc. A. Or maintenance issue, but I think it it depends on the severity of the project.

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Aramis Rodriguez: Yes, i'm i'm going to agree there. It's just depending on the leak and the severity of the leak. If there's a roof above that auditorium depending on that roof's integrity.

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Aramis Rodriguez: it may be something that we can try to handle if it's an isolated situation. But if that roof has exceeded its useful life, it's something that my office would refer to the sca.

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Aramis Rodriguez: and then again, depending on how bad that is. We may work together to Red Dot that for immediate action by the sca or go through the referral process. So I again I drop my email in the chat. I encourage you to please forward me your concerns, and we'll look further into these specific situations.

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Elizabeth Chan: Okay? And also the second question is bottle filling. Say, stations. Some people said it's part of the S.

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Elizabeth Chan: Ca: and some people say, sometimes you don't count it in. If you want. I can answer that Stations and and Dr. Prydo knows about this. We had an issues at the bottle filling station, and I know Agatha is on this call. She's on this meeting tonight.

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Steve Gonzalez: and I know Dr. Predo came to me last year.

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Steve Gonzalez: I I I got to recognize him. Hi, Dr. Bretto.

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Steve Gonzalez: and we removed that bottle that bottled Philly, we removed the the

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Steve Gonzalez: the bottle filling station. That was an issue with Dr. Prento. Originally my understanding is is that it richly was in the design

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Steve Gonzalez: for previous new schools.

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Steve Gonzalez: I believe it was taken out. I'm gonna double check, but it's no longer part of our design phase. I I got a double check.

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Okay.

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Aramis Rodriguez: If I could say a piece on Bottle Philly Stations. In my experience my office has managed those on the our market maker program. So principals who are in such a position have been able to self-fund them.

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Aramis Rodriguez: and I know new buildings are being fitted with them. So

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Steve Gonzalez: I I you know I don't think it was the bottle filling it was. It was something. It was a

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Steve Gonzalez: it's it's it's called like a spatoon.

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Steve Gonzalez: and we had it in and in the gym at 1 27. I'm sorry the bottle filling station stayed the same.

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Steve Gonzalez: But this this the spatoons

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Steve Gonzalez: I think I are not part of our design. They were

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Steve Gonzalez: a part of the sca design phase in in the past, but I think they have been removed.

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David Pretto: The stations are at 9, 36, and at 1 27. And.

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David Pretto: to my knowledge, they have not been removed yet.

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Steve Gonzalez: The 127 was not removed.

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Steve Gonzalez: Oh, i'm gonna double check. I thought they were they They it was a proof to removed David. I'm gonna double check out. Really. Okay.

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Steve Gonzalez: i'm going to check with my Sbo tomorrow morning.

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Steve Gonzalez: That was supposed to be removed.

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Aramis Rodriguez: And, Steve, if you need our help on that side, let's connect offline and try to assist with something like that.

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Steve Gonzalez: All right, i'll. I'll check on this

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Stephen Stowe: great thanks so much, I think, that

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Stephen Stowe: Yup.

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Stephen Stowe: go ahead. Choice, one more question, and then this we probably should move on. Go ahead, Joyce.

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Joyce Xie: This is Joyce.

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Joyce Xie: I got a last question. It's a nail, you say, in a council member, and they they they don't have no name on the funding. Is any name on the Ssca.

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Steve Gonzalez: Well, it the the funding from the sca again depends.

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Steve Gonzalez: Well, there's a limited funding. There's a certain amount of dedicated funding.

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Steve Gonzalez: I mean, of course it's

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Steve Gonzalez: it's. It's much higher than what the

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Steve Gonzalez: resident funding would be. But

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Steve Gonzalez: I mean again. It depends on the in the individual Council member. So

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Stephen Stowe: see what happened this year in the Budget sca's capital funding budget. I this is might be in the document. But did it go up down?

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Stephen Stowe: I am not totally sure I got a double check. I I don't want to commit to it, you know to that Answer. Because I don't know I have. It's just curious directionally, you know. We hear about the operating budget for the schools this year, you know, cuts proposed held harmless this year, but probably more cuts coming. Does the capital budget

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Stephen Stowe: stand to lose from expiration of Federal stimulus aid?

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Stephen Stowe: I I I would have to ask. Okay, Just curious. All right, Great. We have taken up a good amount of time on this, but I think we've made some great.

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Stephen Stowe: had some great discussions, made some great connections. I think Council members are very familiar, more familiar with than they were an hour ago, with the whole process, which is great, and

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Stephen Stowe: we will get the get the projects rank later tonight. And, Steve, I know you have to go, Aramis. Will you be sticking around, or do you have to to jump off as well?

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Stephen Stowe: Okay, I'm going to be honest. I just got into my child's auditorium for winter recital. So i'm going to cut it here also. No problem. All good, all good. It's ends, I see. And so just join back in ends of Will you be on, and just want to know if anyone will be here later when we're doing the projects. It's fine if you're not, I just want to know.

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Stephen Stowe: And so, gambino. I saw you just come in. But okay, anyway, we'll check later. Steve. Thank you, Aramis. Thank you.

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Steve Gonzalez: Thank you very much. Everyone and Great New Year appreciate it. Thank you for having me. Good night. Now, bye bye.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay, we moving right along. We will go to our superintendent, Dr. David Pratto.

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Stephen Stowe: David floor is yours.

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David Pretto: Okay, we'll look at the timing, too. Okay. Good Good evening, Everybody Council Members. It's good to see everybody. It's also great to see some of our colleagues, Steve and Aramis, and it's great to see you all as well, and also seeing a lot of our principles online our Csi Rep Jane kapitzanakis

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David Pretto: as well as a lot of other principals. I see I got the 127, and merciful and you know from 2 64, as well as some other familiar faces. Parent leaders.

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David Pretto: I think I saw Ellen, Mq. As well from City White Council, Special LED and and Tony from councilmember. Brandon's office ran it's good to see everybody this evening. I would like to start with our

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David Pretto: students, so we've got some some special guests in the at at the meeting today that I'm. Really really excited to present to the Cec. So it respect for all week is an annual event that happens in the Department of Education

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David Pretto: celebration of diversity, and our commitment to anti-bullying. Amongst other things, and respect for all week happens this week

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David Pretto: of the week of February thirteenth.

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David Pretto: through the seventeenth and in preparation for respect for all week

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David Pretto: all schools in district 20 engage in a respect for all essay and poster contests. So, starting at the classroom level, and moving all the way up to the school level. Students in district 20 design posters and essays around topics of their choice within the themes of respect for all and

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David Pretto: each school names, winners of the school level contest. So all of the winners are then sent to my office in my team, and my team spends a considerable amount of time reviewing all the submissions and ultimately selecting the district wide winners. And this year

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David Pretto: we have selected 4 winners, 2 poster winners and 2 essay contest winners. I'm really excited to be able to have a few of them here today, and we've got awards for them, and we'll bring them over to the to Mike to introduce themselves, and just speak

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David Pretto: very briefly about their contest, so about their their submissions. So I would first like to invite, and actually her principal is here. I Principal Angelou Sacco from Psi, as one in the seal account, see all Academy. But I would like to introduce our first winner. Who is

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David Pretto: Alina Lynn.

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David Pretto: an eighth grader?

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David Pretto: I think it's so much it sure.

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Yes.

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David Pretto: hi! My name is Elina Lynn from the c. All Academy and basically my poster is to spread awareness of bowling from the perspective of of it. Dump.

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David Pretto: basically saying a victim has the option to save themselves

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David Pretto: by

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David Pretto: accepting help from others and letting go of their own past. Thank you.

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David Pretto: Elena.

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Okay.

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your job.

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Thank you.

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Like congratulations.

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David Pretto: Okay.

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David Pretto: And our next winner from a sixth grader from

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David Pretto: is 2 59. But, William Mckinley.

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David Pretto: we have summer rabb

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David Pretto: Hi I'm Sam of a bar, and my poster was to show that funds left each other up.

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David Pretto: I did this poster to show that we could all split kindness, kindness if we could put over to it.

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David Pretto: Thank you.

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David Pretto: Thank you.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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David Pretto: We have 2 other winners who weren't able to make it today. However, we're really proud of them both as well. So i'd also like to announce a fifth grader from Ps. 176, the Ovington School, Ricky he

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David Pretto: and

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David Pretto: a fifth grader from Ps. 186 the Dr. Irving, Gladstone School, Allen Long.

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David Pretto: Dr. Prado, I'm. So sorry all week is again February thirteenth, through the seventeenth, and all schools will be engaging in a variety of activities to celebrate and promote celebration adversity and our commitment to anti-bullying

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David Pretto: the second piece that i'd like to do today of some some folks that I would like to introduce to the Council. We have new leaders at a couple of our schools in the district, so, as I I announced at our December meeting. It is literally just happened. So today I'm really happy to announce with the Prince the retirement of principal. Have your manise. We have identified a new interacting principle of Ps. 200, the Benson school. So i'd like to introduce Daniel Nola, Who is our

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David Pretto: you interacting principle?

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David Pretto: Good evening. Thank you. I just wanted to say Thank you to Dr. Preto for this opportunity and for the warm welcome here at District 20 I formerly am from District 31 in Staten Island, and I feel very honored, blessed, and I'm excited to be a part of this district. So thank you.

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David Pretto: Okay, Thank you so much, Principal Nola.

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David Pretto: and we have. I have another announcement of a a a new leader at one of our schools, so very recently principal Justin Berman from is 127 Kristen Mccall of school, has has retired, and and to replace him I'm really excited, to introduce and announce the formerly assistant principal at Christopher Mccall. If and now interim acting principal will maybe Wilhelmina or Mina

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David Pretto: Mina Sadiqi.

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David Pretto: Thank you. Everyone. Thank you, Dr. Pretto, as well as to thank you to Mr. Berman, for all of his support I have been, and this is Principal Christopher Hall of for the past 10 years, and I'm. Excited about continuing my work, and the excellence that crystal call is about, and I thank you so much for your support

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David Pretto: this Christmas.

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David Pretto: So i'm i'm. I'm happy and excited to announce and introduce both principal Nola and Principal Sediki to the Council.

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David Pretto: and then

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David Pretto: i'm

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David Pretto: happy to be able to provide a quick update on one of our district wide initiatives, which is our district partnership with the Civics for all

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David Pretto: office and program in the Department of Education.

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David Pretto: and one of the priorities that we had in District 20 around the 6, for all partnership was the soapbox

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David Pretto: Nyc initiative, which we are able to see an outstanding example of one of our students displaying what? So box is all about. So Box and Yc. Is a public speaking Forum, where students identify an issue or topic that is important to them do research on that topic

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David Pretto: and design, and proposed solutions to that problem or issue, and then

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David Pretto: deliver speeches. And I was really excited to see our student from Ps 971, presenting her speech very impressive to see it being memorized and a lot of them were being a lot of them are memorized.

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David Pretto: and we just had the citywide soapbox. Nyc. Competition happened at the New York Historical Site Society this past Monday. I was really pleased to have 18 of our schools represented at the city White competition, and I'm. Really excited to announce that of the

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David Pretto: over a 100 students, Citywide participated in the the soapbox competition. 8 students are selected for the final, which is a a final presentation on the stage for the entire congregation, including Chancellor Banks, who was there and was able to speak to the students as well as being given feedback by a panel of experts, including a member of the office of

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David Pretto: curriculum and assessment from New York, State and Department, but we had one of our students on the final stage.

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David Pretto: Carter Fung is second grader from P. S. 2, 64, and Carter also spoke about bullying, and it was really moving, and we're just really excited to see the the initiative moving forward. So I wanted to congratulate quarter and principal colon, you know for, and as well as all of our principals who have been working really

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David Pretto: hard since September, you know, getting this initiative off the ground for schools that were new to it, very excited that we had a couple of schools, including 2 59 Mckinley and principal Sacco. Here, from Psi s. 180, to see all Academy, who are in year 2 of civics for all, and and principal Sacco School is in year 2 of engaging in soapbox and Yc. So this spring

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David Pretto: we will have a our own district, 20 specific soapbox competition, where all 40, just to 20 schools, will have students in K. In Grades K. To 2, 3 to 5 and 6 to 8, compete against each other, delivering their own soapbox speeches at a location to be determined.

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David Pretto: But i'm really excited that that's ultimately the culminating goal for our civics for all partnership this year, and just very excited to see it in action in such a short time. So that's my Those were the the the topics that I was going to re present on for this evening, so i'm happy to take any questions.

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David Pretto: That's right. So at the same at the city, white competition will be the way that we're holding it at the At the district level. Kindergarten. First, second graders will have speeches in the same room or rooms, 3, 4, 5, and then 6, 7, 8,

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David Pretto: and then also a a another quick update that we can provide around another initiative. That was part of our work to enhance the academic experience and really make sure that children are being presented with

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David Pretto: rigorous opportunities, math and science. And the at was something that was presented to us by CC. Member, and we have been by my Rosvelt. If I'm not mistaken, and we we will. We do have a date now for our science, Olympiad. We will be holding it on. May 20, fourth.

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David Pretto: and we'll have students from the we're just getting that off the ground. But we're able to name the date, and we're Just be in the planning stages for having students engage in the school level portion of

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David Pretto: the science won't be at competition. But we'll have our district level event on May 24. So again, very excited to have that go on and be able to

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David Pretto: present that opportunity to the kids, so that that was another

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David Pretto: in the same realm. So

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David Pretto: David.

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David Pretto: 2 new principles or interim principals, is there a. C 30 process that we that happens next to go from being interim to permanent? Yeah. This the principals are appointed in the principalship and through the process.

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David Pretto: And I just want to clarify. Both are now interim acting. That's correct. Okay. And so the C 30 process. What happens? It takes place afterwards. So there's a certain a certain amount of time depending on the circumstances of the vacancy. The C 30 process is initiated soon after, though, like a we sometimes a month, sometimes 2 months.

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Okay, okay.

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David Pretto: What do you mean by the circumstances of the vacancies?

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David Pretto: I mean, I can. I? I mean I can share more, but it's it's a particular to the nature of the transition of the leader.

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David Pretto: I can, and we can talk more off on about it.

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But I just don't I want to like

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David Pretto: I don't want to. How do I say this

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David Pretto: between anyone's privacy like they're entitled to

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David Pretto: you know their own circumstances, for you know, transitioning out so

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sure

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David Pretto: anyone else have questions for superintendent.

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David Pretto: What would be the format? Is it more of a project based or kind of just general. It's the northeast region, science, Olympiad. So we're partnering with the northeast region. So they have their own set of activities that the children engage in. So we're following along with their format

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right.

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David Pretto: We first are doing our district, and then we're we're we're entered into there.

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David Pretto: We're entered into their thing. So beyond that my team is working on how? What next? Steps would happen for potential like going on to any. I don't know if if this are 21, I have a strong team, do they? Yeah. Yup.

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David Pretto: May Academy. Yeah, or train. They've had a strong team and we got to take them down. Okay, I mean no pressure

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David Pretto: none. No, I don't. It's about the kids having fun and learning. I know I always win them.

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Okay.

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Elizabeth Chan: any other questions for David.

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Elizabeth Chan: And I hope you remind the

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Elizabeth Chan: educators not to give lessons that will like a fight like that. Kids agree with doing January 20 third, because normally the day after.

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Elizabeth Chan: And it's just going to be a school day this year.

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Elizabeth Chan: A lot of students are still tired from the celebration, because it's one of the most important holidays for the Chinese.

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David Pretto: So the lunar New Year is holiday. In event in district 20 all schools, all school leaders teachers. This is

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David Pretto: something that the district is very well aware of, and is a huge celebration. In fact, some of our schools have their largest and most visible celebrations during the lunar New Year, so

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David Pretto: I have no doubt that we will have a very smooth and joyous and celebratory new little New Year. I want to look at the calendar. And just

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David Pretto: yeah, cause January 20 s is the actual New year. But this year we have school on the 20 third. So i'm just wondering if we could remind not to have lesson plans that are gonna affect the grade of students on the 20 third.

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David Pretto: and possibly if there's any Chinese teachers, could they take off that day of the 20 third.

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David Pretto: So we'll be very thoughtful about the placement of the date in light of the holiday in to to respond to a question around a a teacher

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David Pretto: taking a day off the the day would be considered as any other day that a teacher may or may not take off as part of their own individual, because before it used to be not counted against them like they could take the day of Chinese leaders off.

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David Pretto: But i'm gonna just double check something before I respond.

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Elizabeth Chan: If you get the Elizabeth, you are saying online, it's hard to hear you. You could just use mine when you're talking.

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Elizabeth Chan: I just didn't want it to echo. Yeah. I was just talking about Chinese New Year's which is, falls on January 20 s this year.

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Stephen Stowe: So January 20, third, which is Monday. It's. It's scheduled for school. So i'm asking about the students and the teachers.

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Stephen Stowe: What's gonna happen with the Chinese students and teachers that

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Stephen Stowe: on the twenty-second and very tired and coming in on the twenty-threerd.

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Stephen Stowe: Maybe David will follow up later with you.

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Stephen Stowe: Do any

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by one.

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Stephen Stowe: any council, any other? Cec. Members have questions for superintendent now.

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Stephen Stowe: and I do see a hand raised. We're we're just taking questions from Cec members. Now, the public speaking session will be

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Stephen Stowe: in a few minutes immediately following my comments.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: So let's move on. Now I will. Just i'm gonna talk 2 things.

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Stephen Stowe: One is the Cec elections and

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Stephen Stowe: let me.

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Stephen Stowe: I don't need to share my screen just yet.

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Stephen Stowe: As as we talked about several times in the last few months. This Community education, Council

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Stephen Stowe: and Citywide Education Council Elections season, has started as of January ninth.

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Stephen Stowe: Parents can who want to run can sign up

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Stephen Stowe: you. You will sign up at the following page: I'm just gonna put the link in the chat.

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Stephen Stowe: There you go. She'll be. Did you beat me to it? That's the main link. Right?

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Stephen Stowe: Thank you for for anyone who doesn't know. I I'll just

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Stephen Stowe: say briefly, Community Education Council serve as an advisory body to the K. Through Pre. K. Through 8 school districts. There are 32 of them in every school district in the city.

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Stephen Stowe: They have a variety of of tasks, everything from holding these monthly meetings that serve as a public forum

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Stephen Stowe: for community concerns to be heard

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Stephen Stowe: to working with. Working closely with the superintendent and with schools on education matters, as you see tonight on capital planning matters involving school facilities.

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Stephen Stowe: Community Education Council members all represent a certain number of schools they're assigned to build a relationship with those schools. They also do a lot. Ces also do a lot at the city wide level, and I think that's the big difference from

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Stephen Stowe: If you've served on an Slt or a Pta. If you join a Cec, you'll start to have exposure to issues at the district level and really at the city level, because the each Cec has a direct relationship with DOE Central.

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Stephen Stowe: and this goes all the way up to the Chancellor every other month.

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Stephen Stowe: I'm. On a call with Chancellor Banks and Cec Presidents, and so it's. Really, if you're really interested, maybe you've worked on a school Slt or Pta for a few years, and you really would like to sort of get involved with these issues at a higher level.

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Stephen Stowe: Cec might be a really good step for you and the other one is citywide councils. In addition to the District

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Stephen Stowe: Pre. K. Through 8 Cec's, there are 4 citywide councils, and, as the name implies, these cover the entire city, and they focus on certain student groups. And there are. There's a council for English language learners, a council for high school students, a council for District 75, and a council for a special education.

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Stephen Stowe: and those also you can also apply at the same website for those elections as well.

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Stephen Stowe: The timing I'll just repeat it again. It's, and i'll put it in the

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Stephen Stowe: drop it in the chat here.

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Stephen Stowe: Everyone in meeting.

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Stephen Stowe: So there's the timing of the events. January ninth. The February thirteenth is the application period

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Stephen Stowe: between February 20, seventh, and April twentieth. There will be candidate Forums district. Twenty's Candidate forum is Monday, March thirteenth.

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Stephen Stowe: It will be online. Start around 6 or so. The final time is still to be determined.

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Stephen Stowe: and then the voting happens from April 20, first to May ninth, and another reminder. In order to be able to vote. You need to have a nixa account.

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Stephen Stowe: There you go. Thank you, Sylvia.

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Stephen Stowe: So if you haven't already signed up for a Nixa account, please do so.

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Stephen Stowe: There's also another in addition to the page Sylvia posted earlier. There's a good elections guide.

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Stephen Stowe: I've just posted the English version there, but off the main website. There are versions in all the major languages that the DOE provides translation in.

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Stephen Stowe: And then, finally, if there are any questions, i'll just drop it in here

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Stephen Stowe: that's the DOE, the email elections 2,023 at schools

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Stephen Stowe: that you can email with any questions about this whole process. Oh, and the DOE is also running information sessions.

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Stephen Stowe: They're pretty regular, like almost every day for the next several weeks at different times, and you can find those on the main web page that Sylvia posted in the chat.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay, I think that's all on the elections.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay. So the second thing I just want to share tonight. Kevin, can. Kevin V: Can you share that G and t

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Stephen Stowe: presentation, please.

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Stephen Stowe: We've gotten a lot of questions

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Stephen Stowe: about the

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Stephen Stowe: the G. And T. Application process for kindergarten, and so I went to Liberty. I

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Stephen Stowe: gotten a bunch of information

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Stephen Stowe: over the last couple of weeks, and just put together a slide deck

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Stephen Stowe: that will help to inform parents who have questions. The process is currently underway, but we have until the twentieth.

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Stephen Stowe: Kevin. Can you scroll to the next slide?

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Stephen Stowe: So the first step for anyone who's interested the first step in is in this process, and this is brand new this year. So that's why there's so much confusion around it is

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in your My school's account.

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Stephen Stowe: You select the program

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Stephen Stowe: that is labeled as the District gifted and Talented program. And this is just an example from a school

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Stephen Stowe: where you can see that there's the general education, kindergarten application.

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Stephen Stowe: and then the option to select district, gifted and talented.

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Stephen Stowe: So make sure you select that, and it it should be readily. It should be very visible on your my schools account, and you can see the link there from my schools.

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Stephen Stowe: Can you go to the next slide, Kevin.

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Stephen Stowe: and there's it's interesting. There's there's sort of 2 paths that you'll take depending on if you are. If you're a Pre. K parent enrolled in a DOE pre K. Including charters. Or if you're in a non, do a DOE pre K center.

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Stephen Stowe: if you're in a do we? But the short answer to this is, if you're in a department of education, Pre. K. Now

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Stephen Stowe: your student will be evaluated by their current Pre. K teacher, if you're in a private pre-k or a parochial pre-k or not. In a pre-k program.

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Stephen Stowe: You you apply the same way.

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Stephen Stowe: but you will be evaluated by early childhood education experts from the division of early childhood education

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Stephen Stowe: next slide Kevin.

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Stephen Stowe: So the second step in the process is that the teachers will evaluate only the students

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Stephen Stowe: whose families have applied to the G. And T. So there's not going to be an across the board. Universal evaluation. It will just be the students who's with selected to be to apply.

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and there's 2 steps to this process. One is collect what's called authentic assessment data and observations.

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Stephen Stowe: and the other is to complete a program nomination form just referred to as the Gnt nomination tool.

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Stephen Stowe: So the next, the obvious question is, what is how our students being evaluated, and that's where this concept of authentic assessment data comes in

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Stephen Stowe: next slide. Kevin.

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Stephen Stowe: So authentic assessment it's. It has various definitions, and there's no one concrete definition but this these are 2

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Stephen Stowe: you know, somewhat representative definitions, and essentially it has to do with

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Stephen Stowe: is these.

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Stephen Stowe: as you can see here. It, you know, authentic assessments attempt to demonstrate what a student actually learns in class rather than the student's ability to do well on traditional tests and quizzes

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Stephen Stowe: another definition. Authentic assessment evaluates whether the student can successfully transfer the knowledge and skills gained in the classroom to various contexts, scenarios, and situations.

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Stephen Stowe: and the DOE has indicated that teachers will be asked to evaluate

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Stephen Stowe: using this general framework.

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Stephen Stowe: and then sort of overlaying that with specific rubrics that are written out in New York State, Pre. K. Learning standards and other assessment rubrics.

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Stephen Stowe: Can you go to the next slide, Kevin?

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Stephen Stowe: So just to get a little more specific on this, there are 3 areas the teachers are being asked to observe one is curiosity and initiative.

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Stephen Stowe: 2 is approach to learning.

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Stephen Stowe: and 3 is social perceptiveness, and self-direction.

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Stephen Stowe: And each of these areas has 10 different behaviors listed. So there's a total of 30.

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Stephen Stowe: And then, for example, under the area of curiosity and initiative, 2 examples might be, you know, is is the child curious about new experiences, information, activities.

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Stephen Stowe: and another example is enjoys expressive language plays with words asked about the meeting of words. But again, like I said, there's sort of a couple of dozen of these behaviors that the teachers will be asked to evaluate.

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Stephen Stowe: Can you go to the next slide, please?

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Stephen Stowe: And then the G. And t nomination tool

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Stephen Stowe: for each of the 30 behaviors the teacher checks Whether a student

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Stephen Stowe: demonstrates these behaviors on the nominating form.

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Stephen Stowe: A copy of the form is retained. Parents can request it. Parents can also appeal teachers decisions.

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Stephen Stowe: and this is the timeline, the timeline. January twentieth. Everyone has to have their applications in on my schools.

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Stephen Stowe: and then by January 20, seventh, it's a deadline for teachers to finish observing students

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Stephen Stowe: in January, the 30 first deadline for teachers to submit their nominations. I personally think that's a short timeframe

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Stephen Stowe: to be evaluating kids, but that's what it is this year.

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Stephen Stowe: Can you go to the next slide, please?

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Stephen Stowe: And then the third step how the seats get awarded. I've just used a very simple example. Here.

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Stephen Stowe: Let's say a particular school has 25 seats in a Kindergarten G. And T. Program.

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Stephen Stowe: Let's say a 100 students supply on them on my schools.

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Stephen Stowe: and then let's say 50 of those students are nominated by their teachers.

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Stephen Stowe: Then you'll have the lottery system used to award the 25 seats from among the 50 nominated students.

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Stephen Stowe: and for those who are not familiar, a lot of the the pre-k parents may not be familiar yet with the lottery, but this is similar to how the the DOE has been

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Stephen Stowe: doing some middle school and high school admissions to last couple of years.

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Stephen Stowe: I won't. Get into the details too much right now. But you can please follow up with the district or follow up with us at the Cec. If you have more questions about how that works, the

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Stephen Stowe: April is the timeline when when families will be notified of the G. And T. Program decision along with their kindergarten offer letter is the target date

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Stephen Stowe: one on the lottery. Again I Won't. Get into the details too much. But you'll get a number.

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Stephen Stowe: You can email. There's an email address. I

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Stephen Stowe: I think it's at the end of this presentation to get your lottery number Follow up with us, you can to, if you'd like to get your your or the district to get your lottery number.

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Stephen Stowe: But once you have your lottery number you can check how strong it is at the website that we've got here. You you plug in the number, and it'll tell you if you're if you have a lottery number that will put you in a, in a, in a, in a low percentile or a high percentile.

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Stephen Stowe: Can you go to the next slide, please, Kevin.

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Stephen Stowe: And then just some additional information here the G. And T. Web page.

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Stephen Stowe: and then the last actually

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1 s.

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Stephen Stowe: I'm just trying to think there was an updated version of this, and it's probably not worth actually Kevin. There was an updated version of this.

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Stephen Stowe: Oh, you know what I just sent it to CC. Members. I didn't send it to everyone.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay, Can you go to the last slide, please, Kevin?

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Stephen Stowe: And then, if any questions or feedback on this presentation. You know this was put together by myself, so feel free to send me

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Stephen Stowe: any questions or feedback on this presentation.

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Stephen Stowe: and I want to grab. I want to try and grab that other email which I'm going to do right now.

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Stephen Stowe: this one that actually David sent to me earlier today because it's very useful to have.

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Stephen Stowe: Do any Council members have any questions about this, the

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Stephen Stowe: information here?

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Oh.

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Elizabeth Chan: I was wondering if

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Elizabeth Chan: Yes.

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Elizabeth Chan: Yeah.

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Elizabeth Chan: Okay. Use my

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay, I was just wondering. So sometimes parents won't apply. But what happens if some kids show extraordinary talent, can the teachers apply for them?

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Stephen Stowe: The the teachers can encourage the parent to apply

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Stephen Stowe: is how it works. But sometimes, you know, we have an immigrant population, and the parents don't want to go through the application, because it's very hard, or they're you know they're coming here first time

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Stephen Stowe: for those students to get

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Stephen Stowe: it has to come from the parent, and I personally think that's one thing that should be fixed. If the system going forward, I think there should be a broader

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Stephen Stowe: assessment of kids, because I agree with you a little bit. Some are not familiar, and part of it is you're gonna have. I think you'll have a situation where parents are in. The know parents are very proactive.

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Stephen Stowe: We'll make the request.

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Stephen Stowe: but, like you say.

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Stephen Stowe: and the second question is, if some of the parents it pill the decision. Will they be able to get assessed by outside teachers?

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I don't know the answer.

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Okay.

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that's the 2 questions. Thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: Do you know the answer to that, David.

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As far as the the application component, there are a couple of ways that parents can apply. They can apply via the my schools account. They can also apply.

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Be a phone.

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Stephen Stowe: It's great to call the family welcome center. And but i'm saying for the parents that students that show extraordinary talent, but their their parents. Don't, you know.

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Stephen Stowe: apply for them because they're

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Stephen Stowe: they don't know how to go through the process, so they don't know how to read English and stuff like that with the same process for applying for the they get some talented program. It's the same process that they take to apply for the general kindergarten program.

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Stephen Stowe: All right, I'm saying if they wanted to appeal the decision, how will they Would the student be able to get assessed by outside teachers?

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Stephen Stowe: I I don't know about that. I can.

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I can go back to enrollment and early childhood, and ask that question.

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Stephen Stowe: But you can also, and you can also ask the question yourself

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Stephen Stowe: to

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Stephen Stowe: de C. E. G. T.

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Stephen Stowe: That's schools to nyc.com, or

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what i'm looking for.

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Stephen Stowe: I'm just gonna drop that email in the chat, because I think it's good one to have to

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yeah perfect.

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Stephen Stowe: So just to confirm Steve, also a non enrolled pre-k students to have the opportunity to go through this process also.

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Stephen Stowe: even if they we correct not do we or just like some people don't enroll their kids in pre-k at all

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Stephen Stowe: correct?

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, so they could still go in. Yeah, through the second process.

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Stephen Stowe: and they still apply through my schools. But they'll be They'll be evaluated by a Obviously, they don't have a Pre. K. Teacher. So they'll be evaluated by a team from the division of early childhood education.

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Let me just

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Stephen Stowe: this email in there. Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: Jen, go ahead.

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Jennifer Hu: I think those slides were great. Thank you. And I just wanted to ask if you could post that on our website or some of the information about the process and the appeal, because I think there are parents who might be very interested in that.

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Jennifer Hu: The other thing more looking long term is

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Jennifer Hu: is something that I hope that we could push for is universal testing. So that would resolve a lot of the issues that Elizabeth has been bringing up because it's still relevant what she brought up this year. But going forward it'd be great if just automatically, you know all 3 and 4 year olds

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Jennifer Hu: would just get, you know, through this process, and the ones who are eligible, the parents can either decide to put them in or not.

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Jennifer Hu: That just puts the pressure off the parents to do all of this application stuff.

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Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, I agree with

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Stephen Stowe: thanks.

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I agree.

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Stephen Stowe: David. I have a quick question, just sort of academically, and I don't want to get too off, because I think it's probably

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Stephen Stowe: conversation for another time and place. But like

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Stephen Stowe: when we talk about tests, and I I generally am. I'm sympathetic to the idea that testing for your you know that's very commonly repeated, you know. Move away from that, and and I never had my kids. My kids never took the G. And T. Test, so I don't really even know what's on or what was on the old one, but I've been looking online a little bit, and there's

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Stephen Stowe: There's a huge range of quote unquote tests right. We're assessments and whatnot and aren't there some that you might consider like.

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Stephen Stowe: I mean, when I think about a young kid, i'm thinking about something that it

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Stephen Stowe: The only way I can describe it right now is more

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Stephen Stowe: based on the child's sort of experiences. It's not like drilling them on math formulas, but it's more based on kind of putting something in on an assessment in front of a kid, and seeing how they respond to it, or, you know, maybe like a softer, a qualitative, I mean, there's tons of these like.

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Stephen Stowe: you know, and I don't know the language well enough. You know it. Do you know what i'm getting at like

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Stephen Stowe: something that it that more honors the idea of

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Stephen Stowe: assessing the kid where they're at without being too a a really demanding thing that foreign kindergarten kids shouldn't be subjected to. You know what I mean?

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Yes.

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Stephen Stowe: Is there anything that comes to my or another conversation for another day? I mean, I

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Stephen Stowe: I think it's a

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Stephen Stowe: it's a it's a larger conversation that is

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Stephen Stowe: really, you know, mostly spurred, for

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you know, making some decisions around the submissions process that has happened for a long period of time.

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you know.

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No.

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I think that there are different

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Stephen Stowe: ways and different things that you assess children for.

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and

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Stephen Stowe: I think that the challenge has been with this process is about

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what you're exactly assessing for.

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and I think that the Department and the department of early childhood

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has made their best efforts to identify

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the the things that

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our

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you know at this

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Stephen Stowe: early stage

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Stephen Stowe: doing their best. I set to assess exactly what it is that you're assessing for typically in assessment. We're either trying to find out where a child is kind of what you're describing, so that they can meet

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particular standards.

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Stephen Stowe: or we're assessing to see at what point they have. They're progressing towards those standards where we want to set up that and some of it like when it says at the end, and see whether or not they met the standard or not with

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Stephen Stowe: with this particular topic.

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I think that because the

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Stephen Stowe: thing that they're

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trying to assess for is a little bit.

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I think people feel differently about the topic, but I just put it that way.

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I think, because of that.

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I think it's very. I think it's challenge in itself

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to

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to to that type of assessment. So I think the Department

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Stephen Stowe: last year and and and then this year is doing their best to kind of meet

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the demands of what's kind of being asked for, and also making sure that the right thing happens for all kids

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right

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and

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Stephen Stowe: all right. I don't want to go.

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Stephen Stowe: I you know I I just do want to mention, too. I think there is a concern when you have teachers. I mean it's ultimately, if you have human beings doing it, it's going to be somewhat subjective. You can train them and provide a checklist. But of course, at the end of the day it's going to be a subjective, and so

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Stephen Stowe: I hope that, moving forward next year, there's some kind of introduction of some kind of assessment, maybe in tandem with this

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Stephen Stowe: teacher, assess, teacher, evaluation process

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everything good on that anyone else. Questions

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Stephen Stowe: Go ahead, Joyce.

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Well

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Stephen Stowe: say that again.

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Is there a limit?

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Oh! Like of the number of students that they could or could not nominate?

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No, not to mine on.

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I do know that

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I think I sent it to you earlier in.

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you know, I remember.

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or whatever

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alright.

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Stephen Stowe: so the the tool. So this year nominate the the tool that

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students are going to be nominated.

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and then used to recommend the programs. This year. It's

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Stephen Stowe: aligned to research on, gets of behaviors, and ask teachers to take a hol holistic approach in determining readiness for get the behaviors. And then I've asked about whether there was a request to make the tool public, and I made the request.

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and i'm waiting to here responsible for it.

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Stephen Stowe: You, on a saying I can barely hear David. Oh, I probably have mine on him.

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Okay.

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we'll just go back to make sure we

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and

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Maya Rozenblat: I have a question. Hi, everyone. So

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Maya Rozenblat: in your presentation, which is very well put together. Thank you very much, Steve.

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Maya Rozenblat: The

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Maya Rozenblat: lottery number will be known to the parents in advance. But do you know how much in advance, namely, they will have up like? Will they have time

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Maya Rozenblat: to, you know, to go to private

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Maya Rozenblat: option. For example, if they see that they're not getting what they want from public education.

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Stephen Stowe: it's it's close Maya right? It's that that whole deadline we just talked about that they have to request the lottery number first of all.

936
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Stephen Stowe: which I don't think a lot of parents, especially if not a lot of pre-k parents are aware of.

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Yes, parents would have to email es enrollment@schoolatnyc.to replace the lottery, and they'll get it.

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Yeah.

939
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Stephen Stowe: in your right mind that the timing is tight here. I mean, they can. They can apply here. They can apply other places.

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Stephen Stowe: So anyway, that's in in April is when the the do we decisions will come out so.

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Maya Rozenblat: Oh, my God! To be like to be in my C parent is like you have a Ph. D.

942
01:42:27.980 --> 01:42:34.990
Maya Rozenblat: Because this year high school processes lottery drove everyone just not see who knows?

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Maya Rozenblat: Well.

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Stephen Stowe: yes, that's

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Stephen Stowe: we'll be here till 110'clock if we get into all that.

946
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Stephen Stowe: Any other questions

947
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Stephen Stowe: good on this

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middle school.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, sure. No.

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Okay.

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No.

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liping jiang: Steve. Before the a pride

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liping jiang: is the teacher. Give the information for their students or

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liping jiang: so the teachers, and I mean, I can. I can say this about the the teachers who will be assessing children who are in the district 20 pre-k program. The teachers are trained and will be trained this year on the tool prior to administering it, and we'll support every child

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liping jiang: in giving every child like

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liping jiang: the

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liping jiang: the assessment in the way it's meant to be given, so that every child is being considered in the same way for

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liping jiang: for the for the nomination that I can assure you like for the

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liping jiang: Crete centers take it very seriously all the way down to the assistant principal teachers, so they will all be trained, and they will administer the assessment the way it's supposed to be

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01:43:56.910 --> 01:44:02.090
liping jiang: that. Answer your question.

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liping jiang: You can hear me, she's asking before the submission. So it's a teacher getting a notice or a lounge. The G. And T program

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liping jiang: on the summation is opening.

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liping jiang: Allocation is open. Is it every teacher or sending out any note case, announce that you and T's program is open, so, so so so so so the the nominations happen by teachers. So the the teachers administered the not the

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liping jiang: the tool.

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liping jiang: and then nominate students, and then the students who are nominated are notified to mail, and also in their nicks account. Right, Sylvia.

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liping jiang: just via mail by my schools. I'm sorry. So in my schools, and via mail with another child was nominated

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liping jiang: for

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liping jiang: to to apply. And I think your question might have been even before that. Yes, right tomorrow Will the pre-k oh, no! A vocation is openly. Yeah, I don't want to make sure it's the the the information, the

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liping jiang: because I know a lot. Parents. They don't know about this.

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liping jiang: We have a

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Sylwia Jasinski: Hi. Yes. Our plan coordinate from our pre key centers actually on the call. She holds up meetings at every single site regarding application for kindergarten and the gifted and talented as well. She informs the parents

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Sylwia Jasinski: about the application process.

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liping jiang: I know a little.

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liping jiang: They will get email.

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liping jiang: but some parents they don't know how to use the email.

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liping jiang: So I I was wondering some parents like they don't use. They they can all good on the email.

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liping jiang: No. So it's any student. They get it for on the next

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liping jiang: letter from a school like that

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liping jiang: notice like from the school, and we'll work on this out.

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There's a lot of

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David Pretto: yeah, no problem. So there's a lot of methods that the DOE

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David Pretto: takes to notify families about the opening of all admissions, processes. So kindergarten, gifted and talented Middle School, and the like. That includes emails. But it also includes letters that go home, notices that are put on the Dewey website. I announced it at the last CC. Meeting.

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David Pretto: so I I'd be really interested to know, and schools have their own school base. I know that the the PC. From the Pre K program is very. She's very present online and on social media, and does a great job of kind of communicating through all the

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David Pretto: different methods that we have to like. Let parents know about what we're doing. So if there's any parents that

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David Pretto: are still not able to connect with the different information, I'd really like to know.

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David Pretto: Yeah, we could. We could. One could link them directly with the current coordinator. She's great, but also get a sense of what methods work for

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David Pretto: parents because we we're we're doing the letters. We're doing the emails. We're doing social media well, doing the announcements and doing the workshops and the workshops for parents. So, in addition to that, any ideas that

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David Pretto: you have that we could do a better job at we're all yours. We think she just pointed out Camille Lucas on. I was the parent coordinator. She just pointed out that all the emails and invites to workshops are translated.

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David Pretto: She's she's the Pre. K. Pound. Coordinator.

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liping jiang: Thank you.

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David Pretto: Let's move on. Next up is

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David Pretto: public speaking.

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Stephen Stowe: So

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Stephen Stowe: next up is public speaking.

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I will just briefly go over the

996
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Stephen Stowe: public speaking guidelines

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01:48:48.470 --> 01:48:50.799
Stephen Stowe: Once I find them.

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Stephen Stowe: Anyone who would like to sign up

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Stephen Stowe: for public speaking.

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Stephen Stowe: There is a link to the form.

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Stephen Stowe: Kevin, can you? You know You've been posting that throughout the meeting. Can you just post that one more time? We will also take anyone in the meeting with the hand raised.

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Stephen Stowe: and then, if anyone is on the phone, you can dial Star 9,

1003
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Stephen Stowe: and then finally we will take comments from any participants on the language lines.

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Stephen Stowe: So.

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kevin vizhnay: Kevin, do we have

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Stephen Stowe: from the starting from form?

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kevin vizhnay: Yes, we have one person, Michelle Magnus.

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Stephen Stowe: Hey, Michelle, and it's 3 min per speaker. Go ahead, Michelle.

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Michelle Magnus: Hello, everyone.

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Michelle Magnus: I'm Superintendent Preto and Steve Stowe and all the rest of the Cz members.

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so my only can

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Michelle Magnus: I don't know, just thinking here

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Michelle Magnus: there's been a lot of budget cuts this year. The proposal for budget cuts next year.

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01:49:55.160 --> 01:50:01.359
Michelle Magnus: Schools like P. S. 1, 85, who aren't title ones are going to lose a lot even more funding.

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Michelle Magnus: What's the potential like planning for this as a district

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Michelle Magnus: for the future for programs that maybe if like

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Michelle Magnus: district-wide, they were

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Michelle Magnus: provided, and I don't know, partnered with programs to cut like the funding, or

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Michelle Magnus: to cut the cost of paying for funding like I ready.

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Michelle Magnus: because as a title, we're not a title. One school. So we pay for I ready as a Pta.

1021
01:50:29.090 --> 01:50:35.070
Michelle Magnus: And yes, we don't need the I ready program, but it actually does help. Students who are taking these assessments

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Michelle Magnus: to be prepared and ready for that program. I don't know how much funding the district gets itself to provide for this school for programs.

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Michelle Magnus: But maybe I don't know something in the future to help

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Michelle Magnus: for these budget cuts to pool together and

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Michelle Magnus: provide funding and a better deal on programming.

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Michelle Magnus: especially like science, and they have, like those Lego science programs

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Michelle Magnus: to provide for all schools to be a part of.

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Michelle Magnus: I don't know. Just just thought on my head of hearing all these budget cuts, and more that we're going to lose and opportunities.

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Michelle Magnus: So that's kind of all I have. Thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: Thanks. Michelle

1031
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kevin vizhnay: Kevin. Anyone else on the Forum, not as everybody.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, I think. Yeah, Go ahead, David. That's since we have so few speakers. I think it's totally fine.

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David Pretto: I don't want to know.

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David Pretto: Hi, Michelle. It's good to see again. And thanks for the the question. So one thing that we are doing at the district level, and I did announce about it on November and December, and we have started our initial conversations around our task force to examine accelerated learning

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01:51:49.130 --> 01:51:54.119
David Pretto: in the district. We're looking at programming in elementary and middle school that

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David Pretto: that parents, school leaders and students find to be kind of addressing this question and gap in the district around. What does indeed, you know, kind of push and promote accelerated experiences for students in the classroom and across the school. The the the conversation that we're having is

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David Pretto: around, you know, potentially identifying programs that we come to consensus around in the district around what we do

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David Pretto: value as experiences that are accelerated, and part of that conversation is around. How you you know.

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David Pretto: being strategic in the future around how resources can be shared, coordinated, you know. Pull together to make sure that you know where an opportunity is happening in one place, and it can also happen in another. So th those those those are things that

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David Pretto: i'm thinking about as we kind of get into this, you know, as we were in the winter, we're starting to kind of already. Think about September right now, and think about the ways in which not just what do we want to see, but also how can we operationalize it? How can we make sure that it happens so just

1041
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David Pretto: knowing that we're thinking about that

1042
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David Pretto: at the district level with

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David Pretto: parent leaders, with school leaders and with students, both former students and current students from District 20.

1044
01:53:17.930 --> 01:53:20.350
Michelle Magnus: Can I just say something? Sorry

1045
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Michelle Magnus: I loved the program like Math Olympia? Actually, my daughter got selected for it. So we're very excited. I think programs like that are such great. But I would so love to see that for all kids to have the opportunity to be exposed to that level of thinking and math on

1046
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Michelle Magnus: every level for kids. So keep that up because I do love that science, Olympiad. I wish it was more schools or more more classes to offer, but resources for our school are very limited, so you know it. It would be helpful, I think, with just I don't know, because

1047
01:53:55.520 --> 01:53:58.929
Michelle Magnus: funding for for teachers to help support is kind of

1048
01:53:59.900 --> 01:54:07.599
Michelle Magnus: It's kind of hard. We have a great school, and the retention of our teachers are great, but it takes away definitely from our funding. So

1049
01:54:09.220 --> 01:54:10.920
Michelle Magnus: you know we're not title one. But

1050
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Michelle Magnus: anyway that that's my my piece of mine. Thank you for listening.

1051
01:54:15.310 --> 01:54:16.280
Stephen Stowe: Thanks, Michelle.

1052
01:54:21.530 --> 01:54:22.970
Stephen Stowe: Any other

1053
01:54:23.120 --> 01:54:30.889
Stephen Stowe: public speaker, Kevin. Anyone signed up. How about the the interpreters? Is there anyone in any of the language lines that would like to make a public comment now

1054
01:54:36.440 --> 01:54:39.539
Arabic-Taghreed: for the Arabic room and no questions so far

1055
01:54:42.590 --> 01:54:46.910
ZHEN ZHU- Mandarin Interpreter: for the for the Mandarin. No comments so far.

1056
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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

1057
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Spanish - Maria Fernanda Rendon: no comments on the Spanish line at this.

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Okay.

1059
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Stephen Stowe: And I do see one individual with a hand raised.

1060
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Stephen Stowe: I don't have my glasses on. I'm really sorry I can't read the name.

1061
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Stephen Stowe: I hope it's Allah! Yes, sure I how are you? Go ahead. Hi, everybody! Good evening.

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Alaa khalil: My only questions. Honestly.

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I feel like

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Alaa khalil: There's a lot of, you know. There's a lot of beautiful things going on there's a lot of

1065
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Alaa khalil: great like teachers people who the right people in the right places. But I think that parents need to be a little bit more involved with.

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Alaa khalil: let's say, if something not really in the budget. But let them have the option by knowing.

1067
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Alaa khalil: because you know I could

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Alaa khalil: if there's something that I could get. Let's say that like that, I it's first time for me learning about it. I don't, mind, you know, like, participate, and give more for my daughter and for all other kids. But I think

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Alaa khalil: I need to learn a little bit more how I can help everybody, parents or students, or like the board, or pretty much because

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01:56:04.710 --> 01:56:17.919
Alaa khalil: my job is actually a financial advisor. So I know a lot about the systems when it comes to the financial aspect, and how we can actually raise some budgets and take advantage of some financial.

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Alaa khalil: you know, like

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Alaa khalil: how I would say it's opportunity for everybody. So i'm not prepared today. I just wanted to understand a little bit more. You know a little bit about my daughter's situation. How I can, you know, get her to those kind of like programs, and competing and learning, and, you know, participate more.

1073
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Alaa khalil: and I will be figuring out out or trying to put some stuff together and be hopefully part of the solution.

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Alaa khalil: Thank you guys.

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Stephen Stowe: Thank you. Allah. Good to have you

1076
01:56:53.970 --> 01:56:55.420
Stephen Stowe: any other

1077
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Stephen Stowe: meeting participants like to speak at this point, or should we move on? Let's move on.

1078
01:57:01.440 --> 01:57:08.840
Stephen Stowe: and I do see in the room. Actually, I'll make one Ryan.

1079
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Stephen Stowe: Fatello, you're from Senator. Choose office, are you there?

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Stephen Stowe: Hi, yes, i'm here. How are you? I we'd be happy to give you a few minutes I saw you posted a long post, and certainly with with your position. You're You're more than welcome to have a couple of minutes here, if you just like to sort of stay out loud what you posted and sort of that'd be great.

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Ryan Fratello: Yes, thank you. Yes, it's such an honor to be here with all of you. I I had been with you guys

1082
01:57:33.890 --> 01:57:39.190
Ryan Fratello: for the last few months in Senator Bernard's office, and now i'm the scheduler for Senator Ewen Chu.

1083
01:57:39.220 --> 01:57:45.729
Ryan Fratello: So I've already gotten to know how the meetings go. And I've gotten to, you know, Really, See a lot of the presentations from all of you.

1084
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Ryan Fratello: It's really an honor to be here tonight, because

1085
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Ryan Fratello: the Senator to herself has served on C. E. C. 20 in the past, and

1086
01:57:55.700 --> 01:58:01.259
Ryan Fratello: now she gets to be the the center representing, you know, the schools in that district. So

1087
01:58:01.540 --> 01:58:12.850
Ryan Fratello: yeah, she wanted me to point out that she i'm going back to my statement here that she serves on all of the Education Committees in the New York Senate, and she's the chair of the Libraries Committee

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Ryan Fratello: so

1089
01:58:14.710 --> 01:58:20.740
Ryan Fratello: as much influence as she can have on education, she is able to exercise pretty much, which is a great thing. But

1090
01:58:22.330 --> 01:58:24.319
Ryan Fratello: and she really believes that

1091
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Ryan Fratello: no matter

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Ryan Fratello: how policy is made. It is made because of the fact that parents and and students and families are engaged in the process, and through you know meetings such as this, so she, our office is always open to help anybody with any of their questions or concerns. I I left my email in the chat.

1093
01:58:42.580 --> 01:58:50.680
Ryan Fratello: If anybody who ever wants to schedule a meeting or anything like that with the center. I'm the scheduler so I could, you know, arrange those things

1094
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Stephen Stowe: so just it's great to be here. And thank you so much.

1095
01:59:08.000 --> 01:59:12.860
Stephen Stowe: You know she's great to have her and she's. We look forward to working with her.

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01:59:13.110 --> 01:59:14.270
Ryan Fratello: Thank you.

1097
01:59:16.820 --> 01:59:23.369
Stephen Stowe: Okay, let's move on to the final, the final real agenda item of the night which is just ranking the capital projects.

1098
01:59:23.500 --> 01:59:26.210
Stephen Stowe: So for people in the room.

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Stephen Stowe: I think we yeah Kevin did print out. Thank you, Kevin. A list. So the current like ranking list, and then i'll just share the list

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Stephen Stowe: online.

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01:59:35.800 --> 01:59:40.350
Stephen Stowe: And Does anyone have any questions about what we're gonna do now? Just the process.

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Stephen Stowe: We're going to rank these things. It's just a conversation

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01:59:48.380 --> 01:59:51.779
Stephen Stowe: you heard Steve earlier, and this is something I've learned over 3 years.

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Stephen Stowe: We should rank them. We should try and prioritize.

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Stephen Stowe: but they look at everything. I just want to read it. I I think we're we're sort of safe to sort of.

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Stephen Stowe: you know you. You put a medium amount of effort into this, but there's a couple that I want to highlight, and I I do want to. I have one thing on the top 5 that I really want to highlight, but

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Stephen Stowe: otherwise I think we can rest assured that the sca will look at everything here, and usually they'll they'll direct it to the right place, whether it's the division of school facilities or direct it to someone for reservoir funding or something like that.

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Stephen Stowe: Give me one moment while I

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Stephen Stowe: and Kevin I I have this form, so You don't need to share this

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Stephen Stowe: on my desktop. I'll share it in a second.

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Stephen Stowe: So let's see. Okay, so it's not part of this. They're part of it. We didn't get anything, and we we told them they could. Oh, okay, because then I I see some missing things that I wanted to put in.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay

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Stephen Stowe: like pay for all last time. When we speaking she wanted the playground in front of 93 Street. She emailed us to us when I took, said it. On the last meeting I stated it, and also Ps. 163. They have the ongoing auditorium issue which isn't on here.

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Stephen Stowe: and they also forgot about Ps 69, the broken aspect and concrete that we mentioned last time. It has to be emailed in writing from the school from Daniel or Lauren.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay. So, unfortunately, just to. And I've had this come up before with people just bringing stuff up

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02:01:30.710 --> 02:01:32.519
Stephen Stowe: verbally, and you can't.

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Stephen Stowe: It has to be in writing

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Stephen Stowe: before this meeting. I don't suppose they are. Are they on the line? Are they on the call right now?

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah. Is there any? If If someone can get Danielle or Lauren to email those.

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Stephen Stowe: Because I agree with you, Elizabeth. Like, we all talk about the meetings, but a meeting we always have to have the principal submitting it in writing, the principal has to submit it. In this case it would be the directors. One of the directors.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, let's get let's get hopefully. David can

1122
02:02:02.360 --> 02:02:04.860
Stephen Stowe: uses. Oh, Danielle's right there she's in the meeting.

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Stephen Stowe: Danielle, Can you unmute?

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Danielle Bennett: Yes, I can unmute. Hi! How are you either?

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Danielle Bennett: Did you just hear the conversation. I did. I did so. Yes, there was something that I brought up about the project. I was just finding out a little more information about it, because I got it late.

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Danielle Bennett: and they had told me December 27 with it was the date that I had to have everything done by. So when I reached out to some people they said it would probably not happen this year, because the turnaround time.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: So this is a. This is a project that's already been approved.

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Danielle Bennett: It was just sent through the custodian. Had it done through the maker. So I have everything in place. I mean. I can send it over now. But I thought the deadline was too soon.

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Danielle Bennett: Our deadline was too soon. You mean your deadline and the deadline of the the quote that they had given to me. It said it had to be funded by December 27

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Stephen Stowe: of 2,001 2

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Danielle Bennett: I can follow up tomorrow, I mean. I don't want to take time up today, but I that's what it's all that's what it said to me in the quote.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: so it it doesn't sound like there's anything for us to do on that project right now. That

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Danielle Bennett: which one was that, can you? Just it, was for the playground at centers, the 111, because we had expanded and had 3 K. Added to the building. We wanted to have a smaller apparatus for the younger children.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: Now, Elizabeth, did you have some Pre. K projects because all we would need

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Stephen Stowe: is for Danielle to Well, we're Well, we're on the meeting here. Just email it to us. I can add it to the list as we're talking. Yeah, that that was the one that okay, she mentioned.

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Danielle Bennett: Yes, okay.

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Stephen Stowe: are you. You Good. Is there any other pre-k stuff that you had on your list?

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No.

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Stephen Stowe: no, that was the main concern. Okay, yeah, okay, Good.

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Danielle Bennett: Good. Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: Great.

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Oh.

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Stephen Stowe: and I think Jane Marie is on this, and i'm not pronouncing her name right.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, I I don't see her. Her issue with the Ps. 69, the broken concrete on the school yard, and then she need to extend the entrance exit yard

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Stephen Stowe: can you do me a favor? Well, we're looking so it's not on the list. Yeah, it's not on the list, and I mentioned it. I didn't know that you had a written

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, so let me find see if chain is.

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: I'm: here. Yeah. I was just trying to text with my Ap. Because it was my understanding that we had submitted it both to Cec. And we also reached out to the city council person. So

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: follow up with that.

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: because there was a gray area, since it had originally been funded through the City council

1153
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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: that we had to reach out to their office, which we did

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: so. I will follow up that I believe you had been copied on that. But i'll follow up with that tomorrow as well.

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: No problem. I'm trying to get a whole like I said I was trying to reach out to my Ap. But there was the confusion, or the consideration rather, that it had to go, since it had originally been funded through the city council that we had to ask for the additional funding through the city Council, because it really was a substantial amount of money. It was.

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: We were awarded $500,000 for the playground

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: work to get done, which is just gonna take care of the as false and the expansion of the exit entrance gates, but that because the scope of the work and the cost of materials has changed, that they want, we were advised by Sca

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: to ask for just the additional funding, and because it was so substantial

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: that we had to reach out to the city council which we did, and I I believed you had been copied on that. But I will follow up because we had sent that out.

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: All right.

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Stephen Stowe: Hey, Jane, are you in a position now to send a quick email? Just so we have it, official.

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: I I i'm on my phone. I'll have to get to my my laptop to dig it up and find it. I just did a quick search in my email for emails from you and I I it would have come from my Ap. I'll double check last name, please, Jane for your ap

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: Fernandez.

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: Oh, right, Lisa: yeah, yeah. I'll double check with her. No problem.

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: But thank you for remembering us, and thank you for thinking of all of our schools.

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Stephen Stowe: Let me just look through here. I'm: just

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: okay, and i'll just jump off and i'll come right back on, and i'll get that to you.

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Jaynemarie Capetanakis: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: So we will get. We will look for that from Ps 69 to come in while we're talking.

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Stephen Stowe: So, hey, Steve. Yes, go ahead. Can we bump up the priority for 1 112, because we can't depend on them getting res away funding for this? Let me yeah, let me pause 1 s. I I just want to pull up the the sheet on the screen.

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Stephen Stowe: Oh, yeah.

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Stephen Stowe: 1 s, and then we'll launch into all that.

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Stephen Stowe: Where did my sheet go?

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Stephen Stowe: Requests? Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: So I will

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Stephen Stowe: share my screen.

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Stephen Stowe: That's the wrong

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Stephen Stowe: excel document

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that is really annoying. Why is it not letting me

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Stephen Stowe: Yes, sleeping.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, Just wait 1 s. Okay, guys, just every hold off everyone. Let me get the document pulled up and then we can chat.

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Stephen Stowe: We're very eager as you can tell.

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Is there

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Stephen Stowe: okay? So here we go. Here is the

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Stephen Stowe: list, the current list of projects. So, Jen, go ahead.

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Jennifer Hu: They are currently listed as priority Number 13, which I think is way too low for a possible sewage and flooding issue in their bathrooms that are over a 100 years old, and have never been updated.

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Jennifer Hu: This is a pretty major health and safety thing.

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Jennifer Hu: I think it really should be in the top 5 and you know 127 had kind of a similar issue, I believe.

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Jennifer Hu: Was it?

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Jennifer Hu: Yes, principal.

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Jennifer Hu: and I think that you know she was able to secure some funding for her school, and I think that 1 112 has a very, very similar issue, and should also have be treated the same with the same priority.

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Jennifer Hu: cause it I mean, if you saw the I don't know if anybody else opened the zip file and all the photos it's it's bad. I mean it's really bad, and they have. The boys bathrooms are exactly the same as as what was at at 1 27, with the addition of holes in the walls and ceiling so.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: but just to be fair 1 27 they secured the funding, but nothing was done

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Jennifer Hu: still.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: Still.

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Jennifer Hu: Oh, God! I thought I thought there was movement on that by now.

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It's yeah, it's it's okay.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay. So Jen, i'll just I'll

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Stephen Stowe: temporarily. I have let me explain one thing about the top 5 for a second, but i'll

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Stephen Stowe: for your project

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Stephen Stowe: up to the top or up higher up the list. 13 is pretty good, by the way.

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Stephen Stowe: And by the way.

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Stephen Stowe: i'll say this again.

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Stephen Stowe: all of these things are getting reviewed.

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Stephen Stowe: But let me just say a quick word about the top 5 here, because I did what I did on the top 5 is I looked back at the last 3 years, and I looked at schools that

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Stephen Stowe: had put in multiple requests for different things, and had gotten nothing.

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Stephen Stowe: So, for example.

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Stephen Stowe: you want to school, Ps. Is 104

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Stephen Stowe: has put in 5 project requests in the 3 years I've been doing this and has gone over 5,

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Stephen Stowe: and they're requesting bathroom renovations, girls and boys bathrooms on the second and third floors.

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Stephen Stowe: and so I put them. That's how I've got them as number one.

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Stephen Stowe: and then I followed that with Ps 264.

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Stephen Stowe: I s 200 and 59 Mckinley.

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Stephen Stowe: and in our school we're, in now Ps. 971. They've each put in 4 times for different projects.

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and gotten nothing.

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Stephen Stowe: Now

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Stephen Stowe: some of the projects

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Stephen Stowe: might not necessarily be sca eligible. But that's how I have them right now. That's why I put those those in the top 5, and then I have a few other schools that are have submitted 3 times and gotten nothing. And it, you know. Jen. One thing i'll i'll mention again as Artemis

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Stephen Stowe: said.

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Stephen Stowe: Aramis said, If this is a real health and safety issue, then the division of school facilities will tackle it immediately, and they won't have to wait around

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Stephen Stowe: like. This process takes the better part of a year.

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Stephen Stowe: We don't get the answers back on this stuff until the fall of 2,023.

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Stephen Stowe: So let's just keep that in mind as we prioritize these things, that if there's a real emergency, it'll be brought, it should be brought up right away with school facilities.

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Jennifer Hu: Well, I mean they're handling it as best as they can. But that doesn't mean that the bathrooms aren't in dire need of an upgrade as soon as possible.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah.

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Stephen Stowe: So okay. So we've got

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Stephen Stowe: 1 12 bumped up a little, and I'm: i'm more than willing to talk about all the top 5 as well again. This is just a preliminary thing, so

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Stephen Stowe: no, I got you. If you have to go to a bathroom that looks like the ones that are in the pictures. You wouldn't be happy going there every single day for like

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Jennifer Hu: this amount of hours that you have to deal with that right? I mean, if you're a kid, you're going to hold it in and to get home, which is also really not healthy.

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Stephen Stowe: Right?

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Yeah.

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Stephen Stowe: I agree.

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Stephen Stowe: I just want to move on to here. But some other Council members might have to say.

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Jennifer Hu: Yeah, thank you.

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Section

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Stephen Stowe: the ping. Did you have something

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Stephen Stowe: unmute yourself. Yeah.

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liping jiang: I just have a question to ask you. The P. S. 205 is Smith on you?

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Stephen Stowe: Let me look.

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Stephen Stowe: I don't think I see anything.

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Stephen Stowe: Did you get anything from them leaving? She did last time? So i'm just wondering if there's missing

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That's fine. Yeah.

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Stephen Stowe: who's yeah, you're that's where you go to school, and so I know she mentioned it last time. So I was surprised. It's not any.

1244
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Yeah

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02:13:46.060 --> 02:13:48.689
Stephen Stowe: again. If they haven't emailed stuff.

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Stephen Stowe: it's not going to get on this list.

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Stephen Stowe: I guess we didn't get anything. I don't think I saw anything. Shall I so like if if we were, if they were to ask to be put on this list. They they have until Friday in the morning to do it until tonight. This is the deadline. Yeah.

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Stephen Stowe: all right, because also let me just see if I have any emails from her. Yeah, I don't have any emails from Principal Mandel on this. But I think she verbally also said it last time, right?

1249
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And then

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Stephen Stowe: what happens? What what if she writes? It emails you, and then you could put it in.

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Stephen Stowe: It has to come from the school, and the that's absolutely the procedure.

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Stephen Stowe: So. But

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Stephen Stowe: Ps. 163 back. Beach they have been talking about the auditorium issue, and they did email us. And they did come on

1254
02:14:41.080 --> 02:14:49.889
Stephen Stowe: to say about their ongoing Auditorium Leap, which is a sanitary issue, and it's not on here.

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I know, but

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Stephen Stowe: someone's got to find it.

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Stephen Stowe: and he also from my liaison. And he also talked to David.

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Stephen Stowe: So it's on here.

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Stephen Stowe: So they're saying it's on here.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, but they didn't add they didn't add about the auditorium issue.

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Stephen Stowe: They just talk about the request for padded floors.

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Stephen Stowe: but the auditorium issue has been ongoing, and he he did to talk to the superintendent last time about it. So I don't know why it's not on this paper.

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Stephen Stowe: Then I can address it. But if I, if there's no email that was sent to either us the liaison or I've spoken to them honestly, and you know there's different avenues that cause. He also said he did email and reached out.

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Stephen Stowe: So the school.

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The school can also apply directly.

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Stephen Stowe: like also, so like that process can also happen. So I don't know when is the last day for them to apply directly

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Stephen Stowe: the the applications, the process just opened

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or goes away.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay, so he, he said. He mentioned he talked to you. So I guess.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, this is totally different from res away. This is nothing.

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Stephen Stowe: nothing to do with resolution.

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One.

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Oh, even though.

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please, for that

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that make you

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Stephen Stowe: right. It has to come from a principle. But you know they probably thought that if we were to bring it up because we're we're members of the community that it will be on the list

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Stephen Stowe: because Don't, we have any kind of

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Stephen Stowe: power or anything.

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Stephen Stowe: because we are. We are the liaison, you know. We are representative of them with us to you. So i'm just

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Stephen Stowe: just curious. I'm wondering how come we

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Stephen Stowe: we can't be. It can be put on.

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kevin vizhnay: Yeah. So I sent multiple emails out. I sent one yesterday and one last week as well, and every email that was received. I did respond, acknowledging they were recorded.

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kevin vizhnay: So if they weren't received, I did say multiple, so. If they not in right now, I could try to input them right now. I did receive a couple

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kevin vizhnay: right now. I'm gonna Input: into the I'll she right. Now, from

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kevin vizhnay: what the Ps 69 and pre-k.

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kevin vizhnay: So if there's if you want to contact, you leads on to send the email quickly, and I can do it and i'm putting them right. Now.

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I saw your

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yeah.

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Stephen Stowe: We've done multiple emails on this, and you know, I apologize if if anyone's not familiar. But I know as a. C. You see, we've. I've sent out multiple emails on the process, and Kevin sent out multiple emails on the process. So

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I just

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: So you were able to get 69

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: I just want to make sure.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: Okay, Why, I

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Stephen Stowe: Who else is still unmuted.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: So let's see here. So yeah, so principal captain, I guess. Oh, perfect.

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Stephen Stowe: great. This is wonderful.

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Stephen Stowe: So we've got theirs in here. And this is why it's so important for principles to be on this call.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay, so for fiscal year. I just want to read this

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Stephen Stowe: an additional 500,000.

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I can. The text also on this chat.

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Stephen Stowe: if if a principal is, is, submits it

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Stephen Stowe: because meant on the chat. Now, i'd like it in writing in an email. So we can re Doc him. So we have it saved.

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Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: I'll just add this the changes sent over

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Stephen Stowe: so schoolyard renovations. Ps. 69.

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Stephen Stowe: There's a section where I've grouped a lot of the exterior work

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Stephen Stowe: down here and again all of this

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Stephen Stowe: we can discuss all of this guys. So i'm just putting it here for now.

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Stephen Stowe: Elizabeth, you're the liaison at Vincent Crippo.

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Let me see it's scul your renovation.

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What was the email for?

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Stephen Stowe: So I could ask them not to email us right now, so we could get it in tonight

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Stephen Stowe: at schools.

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Stephen Stowe: Dot. Nyc: go up

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yeah

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Stephen Stowe: today and pharmacy the scope of the project resurfacing the school yards.

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Okay, okay.

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temporary egos and phases.

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Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: So schools with the s dot Nyc: Go right?

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Stephen Stowe: Yes.

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I just want to confirm.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: go ahead for me.

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So

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: I guess

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: 2 things one Agatha Lacondro just emailed basically stating what we already know, that although the funding for her bathrooms has been awarded, and it's been awarded from multiple sources. At this point

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: nothing's been done. So is it possible, David, that

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: you can help on this issue? Because it seems like

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: it's not the funding it's the process that has been just so

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: cryptic where

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: something gets done. Then everything comes to a standstill, complete standstill, and then she's told that the quote is outdated.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: So it's been going on, you know, at this point for years

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: years, probably like 6 years.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: This is the case where they had put it up for bid, and the contractor had taken the bed, and then

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the because of the process for getting it it out and

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taken by

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: a contractor had this probably the last one. Yeah, I don't think this is what we should be having to. I don't think i'd have to go back to see what I was talking about. It's in that part of it was a state. It was a State grant. And then there's like a 1 million different multiple sources of funding. But she can't even get somebody

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: to come in to really do a quote, and when they do come in to do a quote, they do a quote for like a small piece of it, and she's saying, If you're going to do the work like, what about these other things? You know, I can like. This. One answer is, yes, I can help with making sure that

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: people get in, or that the right people are

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: aware of the priority of getting it done. But in terms of like the nut symbols around

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liping jiang: that we're multiple funding sources are involved in how certain money can be spent on a particular aspect of the project.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: Right? But just as as long as like you can be aware. And maybe, you know, I can have a direct line to you with principal lacondro, so that

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: just I believe that she feels very kind of

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: abandoned by the process.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: She knows that she has a direct

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: to me to for support around getting folks to to look at thing, and you have to say you can reach out to me directly.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: but you know, in terms of

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: guaranteeing that something is going to get done when it gets complicated with multiple

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: in my experience, and Steve have alluded to it in my experience with complicated projects, with multiple sources of funding. There's there.

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Who is it

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the

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: If the

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: overall project

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: costs

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: a large amount, and you're cobbling together funds, the the funds are.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: Have

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: the funds can have restrictions about how they're spent, or how they're brought together, or who they're spent on. And if that's the case, i'm talking about hypothetical here, I think I know about the details of this particular project that you're talking about. Then there's nothing that I there's no control that I have over like

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: removing any restrictions from like Federal funds or state funds.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: or versus like. Since then she's gotten more funds, and it's still I have to this. I don't want to talk about the nitty gritty of the details. I'm just wondering, Can I email you directly, David? Because sometimes you know, I I remember doing so in the past, and I just you know it wasn't about this. But like I didn't hear. So can you just remember that? Okay, thank you.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: And I just got in another.

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Stephen Stowe: But I can't see the mute button when i'm on.

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Stephen Stowe: Oh, it was really I thought I was unmuted.

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Stephen Stowe: Another project from is 223. Thank you.

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Stephen Stowe: Victor, and Principal Frank for getting this in. So I'm just gonna add this to the list right now.

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Stephen Stowe: They have a very detailed proposal that I know. Victor has

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Stephen Stowe: prepared

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Stephen Stowe: Victorian renovation.

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Stephen Stowe: I'm: just gonna look for a few details here, so we can get this

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Stephen Stowe: described.

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Stephen Stowe: 6 seats.

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Stephen Stowe: curtains, windows.

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Stephen Stowe: equipment.

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projector okay.

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Stephen Stowe: seats, windows.

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Stephen Stowe: projection screen audio visual.

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Stephen Stowe: This will

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Stephen Stowe: electric outlets

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lighting.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: Yes.

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Stephen Stowe: yes.

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Stephen Stowe: I'm. Just i'm trying to give a little bit of. They put a lot of time into this presentation, and we'll send the presentation as well along with all of our stuff. But

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Stephen Stowe: okay.

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Stephen Stowe: so thank you, Victor, and thank you, Principal Frank.

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Stephen Stowe: So I just want to. So, as we think about ranking these things, I just want to go down the I I'll go further down the list. I don't

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Stephen Stowe: necessarily, you know i'm totally open to how we want to do this, I guess. First of all, one question is, what

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Stephen Stowe: for the top 5 I've got here I sort of shared. Why, I thought they should be in the top 5. It more has to do with the school, having put in repeatedly for projects.

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Stephen Stowe: Does anyone have any thoughts on that? I'm. I'm. Sort of willing to

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Stephen Stowe: move things around? I have no problem putting Jen's in the top 5,

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Stephen Stowe: if if no one, if anyone else is okay. With that.

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Stephen Stowe: Thanks, Steve.

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Stephen Stowe: Anyone any objections.

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Stephen Stowe: I have no problem with that. So we'll do.

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Stephen Stowe: We'll do Jen's at number 3 for the

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Stephen Stowe: for the bathroom thing.

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Stephen Stowe: I'm gonna put

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Stephen Stowe: so with 971. This is tough, because you know the gym.

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Stephen Stowe: They've asked for it before it hasn't gone anywhere. You guys sort of heard us talk about the school.

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Stephen Stowe: I'd like them to consider alternative uses, so i'd like to keep it high, but

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Stephen Stowe: you know we could also move something else up to.

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Stephen Stowe: You know. I don't think this. I think this will be. I'm gonna move 264.

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Stephen Stowe: I'm going to keep it high, but i'm going to move it down just a little bit.

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Stephen Stowe: because I know 264 is a new building. New-ish building

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Stephen Stowe: in a tech project is really a good thing for reservoir

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Stephen Stowe: as opposed to this.

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Stephen Stowe: Go ahead Mary. What's up.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: You know. I just

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: again the auditorium seats at Ps. 48, Mapleton and I'm just

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: want to make sure that I guess all of the schools listening on the call to be aware that, although you know the priority might be lower on the list, it doesn't mean that the project won't get funded, because, you know, as you said. They

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: look at everything, and last year the projects that were funded. Some of them, you know, were

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: like way lower and the less. But I just

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: maybe now, like maybe you could have

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: either. One of you may have some advice, though the auditory receipts are really broken, and by broken, I mean

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: dangerously. There's a lot of right because they're over 100 years. And as you mentioned last year, auditorium somehow don't fall high on the list of these. But when they present kind of hazard.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: you know. So is it. Is it a reservoir, or is it here? Just maybe we can keep putting putting them through?

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: It's 75 seats, and it's a lot of seats that have broken.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: Yeah, no. I remember that. I remember that we can pump her up

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: because she got approved for something else last time.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: She has more bathrooms, she, you know, put on the list, but the auditorium seats, you know. I just wanted to kind of have guidance. Just keep going. I'm gonna move her up a little, but I don't want to like there's an auditorial that's higher. But that's at a school that's at Ps. 170, which has gotten nothing the last 3 years. So

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: i'm trying to

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: trying to ensure equity here. Right now. I understand that there's schools. You know that Haven't gotten anything. And

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: Ps 48 did

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so. That's

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Stephen Stowe: so marie do you think, yeah, cause she's got that outdoor project as well.

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Stephen Stowe: you familiar with that one, her in place based on the 60 first.

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Marie Brugueras CEC 20: Yes, it's just, I think, like the

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Stephen Stowe: the auditorium is Well, i'm gonna i'm gonna move that action. I'm gonna put the play on just talking about these tonight, like I I think, like auditoriums are such a

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Stephen Stowe: The other thing to keep in mind is what Steve

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Stephen Stowe: Gonzales said earlier. He did say.

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Stephen Stowe: you know building stuff. So exterior stuff, if there's any.

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Stephen Stowe: I don't see anything here that's

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Stephen Stowe: I mean. Jane's point was pretty good about the exterior of the school yard being like just unsafe like. That's the kind of thing that

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Stephen Stowe: I think if no one's opposed, i'd like to move. Jane's Project up a little bit Ps. 69

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Stephen Stowe: since they're kind of underway with that that's

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Stephen Stowe: Oh, yeah, and then we should talk about that. There's a couple of Hvac projects here, and based on what we heard tonight.

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Stephen Stowe: Those are a long shot.

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Stephen Stowe: in other words, not even eligible right?

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Stephen Stowe: So i'm going to move. Ps 69 project up.

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Stephen Stowe: because I especially because it's kind of started it's in progress. We should really try and

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Stephen Stowe: get that one completed. So the h back ones.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah. Principal

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Stephen Stowe: Ursula at Ps. 748 she requested

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Stephen Stowe: air conditioning units.

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Stephen Stowe: and we'll keep it on the list, but based on what Gonzales said, we just have to move it down

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Stephen Stowe: because it's kind of a long shot if if it's even eligible at all.

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Stephen Stowe: Can I just request an electrical upgrade as well, which I think is important. So i'm going to keep it in sort of this electrical category.

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Jennifer Hu: Sorry, since we're on the topic of auditoriums, can I? I'm. Sharing my screen, but is

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, is it? If it's a principle that's fine. But we're not taking public comments right now.

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Stephen Stowe: Be more than happy to have Principal Speak.

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Jennifer Hu: Wait, Steve, it's me jen

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It's. Jen.

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Stephen Stowe: Oh, go ahead, Jen.

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Jennifer Hu: because just wanted to ask a quick question. So I I noticed that 185 had submitted several auditorium requests.

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Jennifer Hu: but probably it's not all gonna get funded if it gets funded at all.

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Jennifer Hu: Is that something that they do like partially fund? Or

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Jennifer Hu: is that possible?

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Stephen Stowe: And I just want to. I want to look at. I want to pull up 185, so I can see what you're looking at.

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Stephen Stowe: Yeah, let me do

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Stephen Stowe: do some work on the spreadsheet. Here, hold on 1 s bear with me.

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Stephen Stowe: Appreciate everyone

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Stephen Stowe: hanging on for some of this tedious stuff.

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Stephen Stowe: Delete.

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Stephen Stowe: Okay.

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Stephen Stowe: So Jen, you're saying, okay, full out of full upgrade auditorium seats and floor.

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Jennifer Hu: Share replacement. Luna 6, 5 refurbished stage curtains. Oh, I see this is what you mean, Jen: right? There's more yeah, it's like itemized. But Probably, if it can it be like broken up, maybe, and

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Stephen Stowe: or are they maybe, will they partially fund some of the requests? Is that possible?

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Stephen Stowe: A partial approval was granted for this project, or part of this is under review, so that happens all the time. And I would say.

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Stephen Stowe: let's not us as Cec. Members.

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Stephen Stowe: I'm more than happy to break this up if you think that's

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Stephen Stowe: kind of in the best interest of the school. Ch: but I I didn't see this particular email, but i'm also.

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Stephen Stowe: I rest assured that when they review this they'll

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Stephen Stowe: they'll figure that out right. We're not technical experts. They know we're not technical experts

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02:34:54.490 --> 02:35:00.139
Stephen Stowe: in right now we've got them where they ranked. Now, this is in

1476
02:35:00.470 --> 02:35:11.850
Jennifer Hu: Yeah. So yeah, which is, I think, pretty pretty high up, especially since they are not a title, one school, so they're kind of really dependent on getting funding for help.

1477
02:35:14.830 --> 02:35:20.050
jona isufi: Hey, Steve, into the topic of auditorium. Can you just check real quick.

1478
02:35:20.320 --> 02:35:24.859
jona isufi: the 5 or 3, 5 of 6 auditorium.

1479
02:35:25.370 --> 02:35:35.080
jona isufi: and that and the Prince because I actually went there, and they're truly the schools are like joined like they're all together. So it does apply to both of them.

1480
02:35:35.530 --> 02:35:38.879
jona isufi: You can see. I've got all of them listed jointly.

1481
02:35:39.050 --> 02:35:41.410
jona isufi: Okay, Great? Okay? Because that

1482
02:35:41.900 --> 02:35:44.760
Stephen Stowe: so their auditorium project. Yona. We have that at

1483
02:35:44.820 --> 02:35:50.449
jona isufi: 29 right now.

1484
02:35:50.920 --> 02:35:52.880
jona isufi: and it is actually

1485
02:35:53.820 --> 02:35:56.079
jona isufi: like it was pretty rundown.

1486
02:35:57.160 --> 02:36:07.319
jona isufi: Do you want to move that that project up, I guess, like in comparison with the other auditorium, I mean, because if you don't so, let's look at it this way, so i'll.

1487
02:36:07.870 --> 02:36:14.240
jona isufi: And again everyone's got a, you know.

1488
02:36:15.460 --> 02:36:31.099
jona isufi: like this one. They actually, you know, like they have the old curtain. They Their sound system is bad. It's, you know, really old style, and because I believe that because both schools use it, maybe to just bump it up because it's benefit

1489
02:36:31.810 --> 02:36:47.240
jona isufi: like it, it will. Truly, whatever the project that I that we got from principal parenting. It's true with that Better could both school and of course. So here's a a general question for people. Do we want to move? I have these things grouped

1490
02:36:47.370 --> 02:36:50.080
Stephen Stowe: largely so all the auditorium projects are

1491
02:36:50.130 --> 02:36:59.769
Stephen Stowe: kind of in this 20 to 30 range. We do just hear me out on this? Do we want to move those as a group higher

1492
02:37:00.170 --> 02:37:20.120
Stephen Stowe: compared to other categories that are above them? The the only auditorium that's that's in the top 10 is 185, because they've g10, for 3. They've had put in 3 times and had nothing granted the last few years, so I just wanted to bring them to the top. But for all the other they're between 20 and 30, but if we wanted to, I

1493
02:37:20.130 --> 02:37:31.190
Stephen Stowe: I think we all know that these probably it's safe to say All these auditoriums have similar issues. Do we want to move those up? Maybe above the exterior projects as a group. That would be the question.

1494
02:37:32.270 --> 02:37:40.719
Stephen Stowe: because right now, auditoriums and exterior are grouped together, i'll just. I'll just hold on. Let me highlight both of them, so we can both see them on the screen

1495
02:37:41.340 --> 02:37:44.290
Stephen Stowe: like you can see I kind of blended them together.

1496
02:37:44.510 --> 02:37:50.640
jona isufi: Okay.

1497
02:37:51.160 --> 02:37:56.639
jona isufi: So there's such different category, and that's the problem.

1498
02:37:56.670 --> 02:38:09.769
jona isufi: I'm: I'm happy to just individually move 503, 5 with 6 up yona given. You know how how you feel about it I could

1499
02:38:09.820 --> 02:38:12.609
jona isufi: cool to the community. That's that's where

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jona isufi: that's what i'm thinking.

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02:38:18.010 --> 02:38:23.739
Stephen Stowe: So I will. I'll just bump that one up a little bit

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02:38:23.840 --> 02:38:35.379
jona isufi: like right away about the bathroom that it is a priority for both. Psi s 104, and the 5 of 3, 5 of 6. So I think that's how we have it

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02:38:36.590 --> 02:38:42.389
jona isufi: ranked. Now, if I'm not hold on, let me just double check that they they wanted that to be their first one. Right?

1504
02:38:42.980 --> 02:38:50.770
jona isufi: Yeah, that's Basically, i'm gonna double check that we have it. Now you can see their their bathroom project is 15.

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02:38:52.030 --> 02:39:07.209
jona isufi: Nice. That's fine. I think that's pretty good, and I do appreciate that you put one of 4 up on top because they're not a title one school, and you know we have worked with them last year as well, and that was the real issue for them.

1506
02:39:08.160 --> 02:39:09.119
Okay.

1507
02:39:09.530 --> 02:39:11.999
Stephen Stowe: Any other things I

1508
02:39:12.520 --> 02:39:22.350
Stephen Stowe: sorry. And they can. I just see one more time. The rating of the exterior for the yeah. Let me. I'm going to re-rank this. I've got to redo the numbers here 1 s.

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02:39:23.650 --> 02:39:25.410
Give me a second.

1510
02:39:28.810 --> 02:39:31.480
Stephen Stowe: So okay, you and what's the what do you want to see?

1511
02:39:32.070 --> 02:39:37.940
jona isufi: Can you show us the exteriors how they are ranked with all the exterior projects?

1512
02:39:38.010 --> 02:39:39.820
Stephen Stowe: Yeah, you bet.

1513
02:39:40.850 --> 02:39:43.630
Stephen Stowe: So here's all the exterior projects.

1514
02:39:46.030 --> 02:39:50.879
Stephen Stowe: and you can see a lot of those. A lot of those are lower ranked

1515
02:39:51.010 --> 02:39:54.140
Stephen Stowe: kind of in most exterior projects are in the thirties.

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02:39:54.400 --> 02:39:55.230
Stephen Stowe: I just

1517
02:39:55.270 --> 02:39:58.019
Stephen Stowe: again just kind of a judgment call, if

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02:39:58.250 --> 02:40:06.700
jona isufi: you know, focus on the inch of the building first and then yeah, okay. And my last. I'm sorry for occupying all of this.

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02:40:06.750 --> 02:40:13.359
jona isufi: I'm. Kind of done with my representation School my affiliated schools. Can you please

1520
02:40:13.720 --> 02:40:21.000
jona isufi: that outside the landscaping from Ps. 170. Can I just see one more time where it was right.

1521
02:40:21.320 --> 02:40:24.710
Stephen Stowe: Thank you so much.

1522
02:40:28.470 --> 02:40:29.560
Hi, man.

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02:40:32.830 --> 02:40:40.359
jona isufi: Okay, perfect. Thank you. And I did. I hope that speaking up to Steve directly about that hopefully, that will

1524
02:40:41.120 --> 02:40:54.890
jona isufi: bring you know this to his attention, because it is truly and and just to like, clarify. It is more than just the landscaping. It is the fact that for the past 4 years I mean my son is in third grade

1525
02:40:54.930 --> 02:41:01.200
jona isufi: that place like that play area. That outside area has never been available due to the construction.

1526
02:41:01.600 --> 02:41:02.400
jona isufi: So

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02:41:03.240 --> 02:41:05.330
jona isufi: thank you so much for that.

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02:41:09.150 --> 02:41:10.690
Stephen Stowe: Okay.

1529
02:41:11.140 --> 02:41:12.820
Stephen Stowe: Anyone else comments.

1530
02:41:14.740 --> 02:41:15.670
Stephen Stowe: Go ahead.

1531
02:41:16.620 --> 02:41:17.260
Yes.

1532
02:41:23.890 --> 02:41:25.769
Stephen Stowe: So

1533
02:41:29.830 --> 02:41:32.360
Stephen Stowe: okay. Let me pull it up here. So

1534
02:41:33.110 --> 02:41:35.820
Stephen Stowe: you You're talking about the

1535
02:41:39.110 --> 02:41:39.980
Stephen Stowe: right.

1536
02:41:45.800 --> 02:41:46.730
Yes.

1537
02:41:51.110 --> 02:41:54.450
Stephen Stowe: I want to try to get my the sheet showing the right things. Here, Hold on!

1538
02:41:54.830 --> 02:41:57.610
Stephen Stowe: I want to show electronic. And

1539
02:41:57.730 --> 02:42:00.209
Stephen Stowe: so it's electric and H. Back choice

1540
02:42:00.720 --> 02:42:02.200
Stephen Stowe: ps 179,

1541
02:42:02.800 --> 02:42:04.480
Stephen Stowe: and it's there

1542
02:42:05.180 --> 02:42:08.180
Stephen Stowe: is is the you see the project I'm highlighting on the screen.

1543
02:42:08.730 --> 02:42:10.460
Stephen Stowe: Is this the one you're referring to?

1544
02:42:10.740 --> 02:42:12.699
Stephen Stowe: The 2 cafeterias

1545
02:42:14.400 --> 02:42:18.530
Stephen Stowe: A/C units window a/C units. That's division of school facilities.

1546
02:42:22.390 --> 02:42:27.359
Stephen Stowe: Yeah, this one has to. I I think this one should be lowered to be honest because it's. This is the one that

1547
02:42:27.380 --> 02:42:31.760
Stephen Stowe: I mean it. It can be around. It can be in the same area as all the other ones, but it's

1548
02:42:31.890 --> 02:42:34.630
Stephen Stowe: probably not eligible, is what Steve Gonzales said.

1549
02:42:41.430 --> 02:42:45.420
Joyce Xie: It's on a category is a relay to electronic

1550
02:42:45.840 --> 02:42:55.439
Stephen Stowe: all you put on the edge of this one. This all they're saying in this one is their air conditioning. They only say I mean they they use it to work.

1551
02:43:04.800 --> 02:43:10.289
Joyce Xie: So the other thing is because they don't mention about the windows

1552
02:43:10.360 --> 02:43:13.319
Joyce Xie: Hot project on there on their request.

1553
02:43:13.920 --> 02:43:17.680
Joyce Xie: So it's the all. We so is it to 9, 19,

1554
02:43:17.830 --> 02:43:28.280
Joyce Xie: because I see no window window problem is safety issue, but it didn't may not request because 1 one within a school. Yeah, no window if you yeah, it's a lot.

1555
02:43:28.530 --> 02:43:29.869
Joyce Xie: So it's a

1556
02:43:31.990 --> 02:43:34.799
Joyce Xie: unless they can guess something.

1557
02:43:36.160 --> 02:43:41.510
Joyce Xie: And next school building is we, so I will take 4 of 4 school.

1558
02:43:43.460 --> 02:43:46.449
Joyce Xie: I think that in the school is very most not

1559
02:43:46.540 --> 02:43:47.510
Joyce Xie: holders.

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02:43:50.440 --> 02:43:57.070
Joyce Xie: I'm just i'm looking at their project straight. They have their water fountains, auditorium, and

1561
02:43:57.500 --> 02:43:59.400
Joyce Xie: the air conditioning.

1562
02:43:59.730 --> 02:44:05.309
Joyce Xie: Yeah, for now one of them can we do not adjustment because night, as we audio mentioned.

1563
02:44:05.420 --> 02:44:06.980
Joyce Xie: We don't do it for the battle.

1564
02:44:09.620 --> 02:44:20.860
Joyce Xie: or to no to Don't know. Just do no water fountain station, because they say no, no, we don't do any bottle of follow. We feel right because they mention it is follow station.

1565
02:44:21.450 --> 02:44:25.669
Joyce Xie: Oh, did they say that tonight? Did he say they're not doing following those I didn't hear.

1566
02:44:25.950 --> 02:44:26.650
Yeah.

1567
02:44:26.940 --> 02:44:27.949
Joyce Xie: any.

1568
02:44:28.190 --> 02:44:29.470
Joyce Xie: The

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02:44:30.120 --> 02:44:43.369
Joyce Xie: Is that what you're saying? Choice, Sierra said. They're not doing model stations because they said last year they they the approved on the following phone term. We got some problem with at home.

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02:44:45.110 --> 02:44:55.369
Joyce Xie: I don't remember that I don't have to go back to Steve and ask I. Do you ever specifically the the conversation I remember with Steven? The ball goes specifically about removing these

1571
02:44:55.450 --> 02:45:01.310
Joyce Xie: I don't know is that you mentioned about I'm. I'm. S. 9, 36, I'm. Ps: 1 27,

1572
02:45:01.330 --> 02:45:16.700
Joyce Xie: You say. Nice to be removed from there. Were these others devices that are like.

1573
02:45:17.050 --> 02:45:19.319
Joyce Xie: Okay. But what?

1574
02:45:20.720 --> 02:45:23.559
Joyce Xie: J. So you okay, if we move up. I I personally.

1575
02:45:23.850 --> 02:45:26.760
Joyce Xie: when she emailed you, Principal Connolly.

1576
02:45:26.890 --> 02:45:33.489
Joyce Xie: Did she prioritize? Did she say, I don't remember. Did she say of her 3 projects. What was her highest priority?

1577
02:45:33.560 --> 02:45:35.769
Joyce Xie: Because I think she should be putting

1578
02:45:36.110 --> 02:45:42.829
Joyce Xie: the air conditioning lower honestly, and I think if the auditorium she talked a lot about the auditorium.

1579
02:45:42.850 --> 02:45:44.409
Joyce Xie: It is like.

1580
02:45:45.350 --> 02:45:48.119
Joyce Xie: I don't know. What do you do? You think we should move that one up? And

1581
02:45:49.710 --> 02:45:51.270
Joyce Xie: what do you up to you.

1582
02:45:52.840 --> 02:46:02.080
Joyce Xie: and you see what I have it on the screen here right 3 projects. So right now the H. The air conditioners are sixteenth. I think we should probably move that down because it's not gonna.

1583
02:46:02.810 --> 02:46:06.779
Joyce Xie: But is there one you want to put in place there the auditorium or the

1584
02:46:07.200 --> 02:46:09.110
Joyce Xie: or the water phones.

1585
02:46:09.910 --> 02:46:16.890
Joyce Xie: I think one of them, because it's kind of get more change for you to help the

1586
02:46:17.940 --> 02:46:19.919
Joyce Xie: so we will do

1587
02:46:20.860 --> 02:46:21.780
Joyce Xie: that

1588
02:46:25.620 --> 02:46:27.580
Joyce Xie: so 179,

1589
02:46:28.440 --> 02:46:34.679
Joyce Xie: because even I'll turn it. I see mostly in again the funding for the right. So I i've seen an email from the

1590
02:46:34.910 --> 02:46:44.740
Joyce Xie: Facebook on the they they also the email to from the yeah. Do you know, if they got in touch with their Council member, they talked a lot about that at the meeting.

1591
02:46:45.380 --> 02:46:47.389
Joyce Xie: Did you say anything about that? No.

1592
02:46:47.800 --> 02:46:50.480
Joyce Xie: not on the email.

1593
02:46:50.910 --> 02:46:51.570
Joyce Xie: Okay.

1594
02:46:54.290 --> 02:46:55.070
Okay.

1595
02:46:55.150 --> 02:46:56.520
Joyce Xie: I'm: just gonna

1596
02:46:57.320 --> 02:46:59.920
someone else.

1597
02:47:00.660 --> 02:47:01.440
Yeah.

1598
02:47:13.630 --> 02:47:14.979
Stephen Stowe: I am unmuted.

1599
02:47:17.770 --> 02:47:20.269
Stephen Stowe: So I've got these ranked now, once

1600
02:47:20.980 --> 02:47:21.539
okay.

1601
02:47:21.580 --> 02:47:22.430
come on.

1602
02:47:22.600 --> 02:47:25.239
Stephen Stowe: Okay, Any other changes, guys. I think we can

1603
02:47:26.590 --> 02:47:29.530
Stephen Stowe: move this along. These are a lot of projects.

1604
02:47:30.080 --> 02:47:33.780
Stephen Stowe: It's probably endless ways. We could reorder them. But I think we've done a good job tonight.

1605
02:47:35.070 --> 02:47:42.259
Stephen Stowe: So now, if we're done here, we will just take a make a motion, and we got all the emails that came in from people right? I think we did.

1606
02:47:42.370 --> 02:47:45.930
Stephen Stowe: So let's just

1607
02:47:45.950 --> 02:47:46.550
one.

1608
02:47:47.590 --> 02:47:48.840
Yeah, Thank you.

1609
02:47:50.880 --> 02:47:51.789
My underlying.

1610
02:47:53.790 --> 02:47:55.600
So first thing

1611
02:47:56.750 --> 02:47:57.430
Stephen Stowe: got it.

1612
02:47:59.010 --> 02:48:00.190
Stephen Stowe: We can do that.

1613
02:48:07.260 --> 02:48:09.620
Stephen Stowe: What was her second choice?

1614
02:48:12.810 --> 02:48:15.840
Stephen Stowe: Perfect? That works great. Let me just find the

1615
02:48:17.410 --> 02:48:18.889
Stephen Stowe: There's the

1616
02:48:34.720 --> 02:48:36.609
Stephen Stowe: Sanitary, and then

1617
02:48:36.870 --> 02:48:38.460
another project here.

1618
02:48:55.910 --> 02:48:56.580
Okay.

1619
02:49:18.000 --> 02:49:18.590
you.

1620
02:49:20.350 --> 02:49:21.360
Thank you.

1621
02:49:21.530 --> 02:49:22.140
bye.

1622
02:49:22.510 --> 02:49:23.910
that you can add

1623
02:49:24.280 --> 02:49:28.820
Stephen Stowe: I I I think, she said, we didn't need to if I heard her right

1624
02:49:29.880 --> 02:49:30.510
to my

1625
02:49:30.560 --> 02:49:31.180
Okay.

1626
02:49:31.400 --> 02:49:32.820
Stephen Stowe: right. But

1627
02:49:36.180 --> 02:49:39.010
Stephen Stowe: is she still on by any chance?

1628
02:49:39.030 --> 02:49:41.659
Stephen Stowe: Can someone ask her to unmute and just clarify?

1629
02:49:44.430 --> 02:50:04.199
Danielle Bennett: I can unmute. Yes, I I did say to put us on the list. I sent everything over, and I actually sent an email tonight to the person who sent me the email telling me about December 27, asking for an extension, saying that we are still trying to find funding, and I also do a side direct message as well, Steve.

1630
02:50:04.690 --> 02:50:09.189
Danielle Bennett: just regarding our type of funding, and Why, we can't fund it in our budget.

1631
02:50:09.240 --> 02:50:15.500
Danielle Bennett: Okay, Got it?

1632
02:50:16.450 --> 02:50:19.230
Stephen Stowe: Okay, I need to take a second. I've got a lot of

1633
02:50:20.530 --> 02:50:23.440
Stephen Stowe: messages here. I just have to take a look at. Hold on.

1634
02:50:31.000 --> 02:50:31.570
Okay.

1635
02:50:33.300 --> 02:50:38.099
Elizabeth Chan: I did. That's on the list. Thank you very much.

1636
02:50:38.280 --> 02:50:39.119
Stephen Stowe: So.

1637
02:50:39.160 --> 02:50:44.109
Stephen Stowe: Danny. Okay, I sent you. I see all these emails here. Now I sent the emails regarding the pre-

1638
02:50:46.460 --> 02:50:51.949
Stephen Stowe: Elizabeth, are you reading that E: do you have that email up right? Now, Elizabeth, can you read to me what she's

1639
02:50:52.340 --> 02:50:54.680
Stephen Stowe: got there, and I can add it to our list.

1640
02:50:55.610 --> 02:50:56.240
Right?

1641
02:51:05.720 --> 02:51:08.550
Stephen Stowe: Okay.

1642
02:51:09.750 --> 02:51:12.310
Stephen Stowe: Kevin, Go ahead, Kevin. What's the

1643
02:51:12.600 --> 02:51:15.990
Stephen Stowe: the project category? I'll just go to the general area of the sheet where

1644
02:51:16.170 --> 02:51:20.170
kevin vizhnay: it's playground equipment. So I'm: assuming exterior safety.

1645
02:51:20.240 --> 02:51:22.130
Stephen Stowe: Okay. So let me

1646
02:51:25.270 --> 02:51:27.550
Stephen Stowe: go ahead, Kevin. Can you read it from description.

1647
02:51:27.850 --> 02:51:32.240
kevin vizhnay: installation of new playground equipment, slash, safety surface tiles.

1648
02:51:33.170 --> 02:51:34.560
Stephen Stowe: Right? Okay.

1649
02:51:35.090 --> 02:51:37.560
Stephen Stowe: So we'll put it right. Next to

1650
02:51:38.440 --> 02:51:40.920
Stephen Stowe: is 30 had a similar one.

1651
02:51:42.890 --> 02:51:47.269
kevin vizhnay: Analysis and demolition of existing playground equipment.

1652
02:51:47.290 --> 02:51:51.149
Stephen Stowe: And is there? Is there a school name, or a school building attached to that

1653
02:51:52.600 --> 02:51:54.810
Danielle Bennett: which 1, 1 1

1654
02:51:58.640 --> 02:52:01.089
Stephen Stowe: Danielle? What is it, Elizabeth?

1655
02:52:01.390 --> 02:52:02.949
Elizabeth Chan: It's it's

1656
02:52:03.800 --> 02:52:05.160
kevin vizhnay: z 1 1 1.

1657
02:52:05.910 --> 02:52:06.490
Good.

1658
02:52:07.990 --> 02:52:08.840
Yeah.

1659
02:52:11.770 --> 02:52:13.009
Stephen Stowe: Thank you guys.

1660
02:52:13.310 --> 02:52:15.000
kevin vizhnay: And they have estimated costs.

1661
02:52:15.760 --> 02:52:17.159
Stephen Stowe: Hold on 1 s Kevin.

1662
02:52:19.830 --> 02:52:21.830
Stephen Stowe: Can you just read the description to me, please.

1663
02:52:22.060 --> 02:52:22.789
Yeah.

1664
02:52:23.010 --> 02:52:26.509
kevin vizhnay: It was installation of new playground equipment.

1665
02:52:30.790 --> 02:52:33.549
kevin vizhnay: slash, safety surface tiles.

1666
02:52:37.640 --> 02:52:38.320
Stephen Stowe: Okay.

1667
02:52:38.440 --> 02:52:39.210
kevin vizhnay: and

1668
02:52:40.480 --> 02:52:43.890
kevin vizhnay: Yup and demolition of existing playground equipment.

1669
02:52:44.330 --> 02:52:45.039
Stephen Stowe: Okay.

1670
02:52:50.340 --> 02:52:51.380
thank you.

1671
02:52:54.010 --> 02:52:55.809
Stephen Stowe: And you had an estimated cost there.

1672
02:52:55.950 --> 02:52:59.600
kevin vizhnay: Yeah, $127,500.

1673
02:52:59.820 --> 02:53:00.449
Okay?

1674
02:53:06.760 --> 02:53:09.010
Stephen Stowe: What else? Anything else that i'm missing

1675
02:53:09.310 --> 02:53:12.059
Stephen Stowe: either in the chat or email?

1676
02:53:15.150 --> 02:53:16.929
Stephen Stowe: Almost 50 projects.

1677
02:53:27.750 --> 02:53:28.340
Okay.

1678
02:53:28.390 --> 02:53:30.599
Stephen Stowe: let me just check my email one more time.

1679
02:53:36.590 --> 02:53:37.199
Okay.

1680
02:53:37.870 --> 02:53:44.479
Stephen Stowe: Alright, so now we just need someone needs to make a motion to approve these.

1681
02:53:47.000 --> 02:53:49.719
Stephen Stowe: to approve the list of projects for submission.

1682
02:53:52.070 --> 02:53:59.719
Stephen Stowe: So is there a motion to approve?

1683
02:54:00.960 --> 02:54:03.119
Stephen Stowe: I will take a vote.

1684
02:54:03.690 --> 02:54:07.529
Stephen Stowe: Vita. Actually Kevin, can you take a vote? Since Vito is not here.

1685
02:54:08.040 --> 02:54:09.909
Stephen Stowe: you can get some practice doing this.

1686
02:54:23.520 --> 02:54:24.840
kevin vizhnay: Okay.

1687
02:54:25.260 --> 02:54:26.260
kevin vizhnay: Steve. Still

1688
02:54:26.740 --> 02:54:27.670
Stephen Stowe: at all. Yes.

1689
02:54:28.860 --> 02:54:29.820
kevin vizhnay: Jennifer, Who?

1690
02:54:30.370 --> 02:54:31.250
Jennifer Hu: Yes.

1691
02:54:32.060 --> 02:54:34.250
kevin vizhnay: Elizabeth Jen.

1692
02:54:35.970 --> 02:54:37.460
Marie.

1693
02:54:37.660 --> 02:54:38.250
Yes.

1694
02:54:39.150 --> 02:54:40.229
kevin vizhnay: God, I mean

1695
02:54:41.220 --> 02:54:42.740
excuse

1696
02:54:42.900 --> 02:54:44.119
kevin vizhnay: you and I. Sufi.

1697
02:54:44.920 --> 02:54:45.860
jona isufi: Yeah.

1698
02:54:46.150 --> 02:54:46.880
Okay.

1699
02:54:47.540 --> 02:54:48.640
kevin vizhnay: Leaping in.

1700
02:54:49.560 --> 02:54:50.619
liping jiang: Yes.

1701
02:54:51.700 --> 02:54:52.920
kevin vizhnay: Maya Rosenblatt.

1702
02:54:53.100 --> 02:54:53.860
Maya Rozenblat: Yes.

1703
02:54:55.540 --> 02:54:56.550
kevin vizhnay: Joyce.

1704
02:54:56.680 --> 02:54:57.960
Joyce Xie: Yes, yes, yes.

1705
02:54:58.430 --> 02:55:00.570
kevin vizhnay: And Kevin. How's it? Excuse Correct.

1706
02:55:00.640 --> 02:55:01.420
Yes.

1707
02:55:02.840 --> 02:55:06.450
Stephen Stowe: Great. So the rankings are approved.

1708
02:55:07.320 --> 02:55:09.600
Stephen Stowe: That's your

1709
02:55:11.820 --> 02:55:13.399
Stephen Stowe: You can just read the result.

1710
02:55:15.090 --> 02:55:19.259
kevin vizhnay: What do I efficiently say?

1711
02:55:19.630 --> 02:55:23.219
kevin vizhnay: Rank is approved. We have 8 yeses and 3. Excuse

1712
02:55:23.480 --> 02:55:24.970
Stephen Stowe: great thanks.

1713
02:55:28.520 --> 02:55:34.790
Stephen Stowe: Okay. Last order of business for the calendar meeting approved the minutes from last month. Kevin, can you share those?

1714
02:56:07.180 --> 02:56:10.420
Stephen Stowe: So I have a please review the minutes. If there are no changes.

1715
02:56:26.490 --> 02:56:28.700
Stephen Stowe: Kevin. Can you back up a little bit?

1716
02:56:31.900 --> 02:56:33.219
Stephen Stowe: Can you? Back up more

1717
02:56:34.560 --> 02:56:38.249
Stephen Stowe: public speaking?

1718
02:56:45.300 --> 02:56:55.970
Stephen Stowe: We don't usually document I mean, we don't have many public speakers, too many public speakers, but generally the public speaking, we don't necessarily document person by person.

1719
02:57:01.250 --> 02:57:03.060
Stephen Stowe: I guess it's not really a big deal.

1720
02:57:03.440 --> 02:57:11.700
jona isufi: but going forward. I'm sorry I have a question if if, during the public speaking there are questions

1721
02:57:12.700 --> 02:57:20.219
jona isufi: I know, I personally have addressed a couple like after the meeting. But is there like a protocol like? How do we address

1722
02:57:20.820 --> 02:57:30.650
Stephen Stowe: the question?

1723
02:57:30.780 --> 02:57:33.519
Stephen Stowe: This is kind of like a.

1724
02:57:35.330 --> 02:57:52.139
Stephen Stowe: This is sort of a drier topic. It's about meeting minutes. It's fine, for now I don't care. No, no, but I mean like in general like, do we answer as a CC. Outlaw like, are we supposed, like we're supposed to address the questions right? Anything that comes up during any meeting. Absolutely.

1725
02:57:52.180 --> 02:57:54.170
Stephen Stowe: This is good for now we can move on.

1726
02:57:55.730 --> 02:58:03.169
Stephen Stowe: But if if you're looking kind of best practices generally, it says there was public speaking sessions. Topics covered included

1727
02:58:03.410 --> 02:58:12.460
Stephen Stowe: this, this and this. That's kind of like the best practice, because some of these can be really long, really lengthy.

1728
02:58:12.500 --> 02:58:13.850
Stephen Stowe: You can keep going, Kevin.

1729
02:58:16.190 --> 02:58:18.240
Stephen Stowe: We've got the vote on there.

1730
02:58:19.810 --> 02:58:21.660
Stephen Stowe: 1, 2, 3, 4,

1731
02:58:22.520 --> 02:58:26.059
Stephen Stowe: Actually, Can you back up real quick? I want to make sure.

1732
02:58:33.130 --> 02:58:35.680
Yes, yes, yes.

1733
02:58:37.000 --> 02:58:38.260
Stephen Stowe: Scroll down a little.

1734
02:58:40.300 --> 02:58:41.050
Stephen Stowe: Okay?

1735
02:58:41.730 --> 02:58:42.759
Stephen Stowe: Okay. Got it?

1736
02:58:44.370 --> 02:58:46.209
Stephen Stowe: Any changes to the minutes

1737
02:58:48.740 --> 02:58:51.529
Stephen Stowe: If hearing none. The minutes are approved.

1738
02:58:53.310 --> 02:58:56.440
Stephen Stowe: Is there a motion to turn the calendar

1739
02:58:58.590 --> 02:58:59.909
Jennifer Hu: motion to adjourn?

1740
02:59:00.050 --> 02:59:01.000
Stephen Stowe: Seconds

1741
02:59:01.720 --> 02:59:05.769
Elizabeth Chan: all in favor.

1742
02:59:06.440 --> 02:59:09.519
Stephen Stowe: and let's go right into our business, meeting.

1743
02:59:10.330 --> 02:59:16.290
Stephen Stowe: Welcome everyone who's still on the call to the Cec. January business meeting.

1744
02:59:16.880 --> 02:59:28.359
Stephen Stowe: and i'll just make some announcements we have interpreters with us. Could the interpreters please introduce themselves. Can we start with our Arabic interpreter, please, for the business meeting?

1745
03:00:04.580 --> 03:00:06.710
Hadeer- Arabic Interpreter Al Amiri: By the

1746
03:00:06.780 --> 03:00:09.769
Hadeer- Arabic Interpreter Al Amiri: I'll go so many of them

1747
03:00:09.900 --> 03:00:13.199
Hadeer- Arabic Interpreter Al Amiri: some.

1748
03:00:38.600 --> 03:00:55.899
Stephen Stowe: and we can thank you very much. Thank you so much. Could our management, Mand. An interpreter please introduce themselves?

1749
03:01:23.430 --> 03:01:27.369
Stephen Stowe: Thank you. And finally, could our Spanish interpreter please introduce themselves.

1750
03:01:27.700 --> 03:01:28.630
Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: and

1751
03:01:28.900 --> 03:01:33.520
Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: for interpretation in Spanish.

1752
03:01:48.700 --> 03:01:51.969
Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: It's yet, they say.

1753
03:01:56.120 --> 03:01:57.650
Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: when they say, say.

1754
03:02:00.110 --> 03:02:01.589
Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: Cornel, Id

1755
03:02:10.140 --> 03:02:11.230
Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: that's

1756
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Spanish Interpreter-Victoria: Oh.

1757
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yes, yes.

1758
03:02:18.710 --> 03:02:28.970
Stephen Stowe: just a reminder to anyone who's speaking. Please try to speak, so to allow the interpreters to keep up here the agenda for the business meeting again, please.

1759
03:02:29.510 --> 03:02:36.099
Stephen Stowe: Actually, the the agenda is very simple. We're going to approve the minutes from the last month's business meeting. Kevin, Can you just share those minutes?

1760
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Stephen Stowe: Thank you.

1761
03:02:42.470 --> 03:02:46.780
Stephen Stowe: So everyone please review the business meeting minutes from December.

1762
03:02:47.640 --> 03:02:49.520
Stephen Stowe: If there are any changes.

1763
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Stephen Stowe: speak now

1764
03:02:58.410 --> 03:02:59.679
Stephen Stowe: any changes.

1765
03:03:01.000 --> 03:03:03.050
Stephen Stowe: So hearing none, the minutes are approved.

1766
03:03:03.250 --> 03:03:10.980
Stephen Stowe: And then tonight there was just, I guess. Let's just get a quick. Update Kevin from you, actually on the the technology item that we talked about purchasing.

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03:03:11.270 --> 03:03:14.359
kevin vizhnay: Yeah, sure, i'm going to share my screen and I

1768
03:03:14.740 --> 03:03:28.219
kevin vizhnay: on the couple of microphone, so we'll see she's looking for is a Omid directional microphone. So this would allow the CC. Instead of when we have issues with the mics and the echoes. We could have one microphone for everybody that gets that picks up all the audio.

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kevin vizhnay: and I found various solutions. Is i'm going to start from a low price range to a high price range, and this is a lower end model, and what I mean I plug and play in. The first description is that there's no software. We just anyone can use it. It's on one laptop

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kevin vizhnay: a USB. Or Bluetooth. It's low end. So i'm not. I've read some of you, and it is

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kevin vizhnay: I'm not too sure how well it could do with 8 people or one of our toym like right now. It could do very well, because it's already in close space. But we're not a toy in with

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03:03:53.700 --> 03:03:55.790
kevin vizhnay: a large table. It might not do that well.

1773
03:03:56.010 --> 03:04:02.370
kevin vizhnay: Positive is that has integrated control. So I won't have to be on the table doing anything, or I want to be in my phone or laptop.

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kevin vizhnay: That's a lot one model.

1775
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kevin vizhnay: and this is they upgraded to the same. If you notice the name of that Java speaker 7, 7, the previous was 5, 10, so it's a newer model.

1776
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kevin vizhnay: and it does confirm that's up to 6 people.

1777
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kevin vizhnay: and it's easily moved. It's this same features, the other one just upgraded, and I guess in the case called Daisy Chain, which means that we can link these 2 microphones and have to on the table, so it's essentially. We won't. Have any issues with audio

1778
03:04:27.680 --> 03:04:30.759
kevin vizhnay: that's upgrade. And then from here on it's a in a

1779
03:04:30.800 --> 03:04:32.429
kevin vizhnay: kind of drastic increase. But

1780
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kevin vizhnay: seeing it for seeing, as I I believe, the CC. Is going to continue to online meetings. It might be where it's to invest. Now

1781
03:04:38.510 --> 03:04:40.880
kevin vizhnay: with these microphones and camera setups.

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kevin vizhnay: So it's called the our labs, and it has a 360 degree camera, and it auto focuses on whoever is speaking. So if you put on the center table it'll automatically zoom in on to the speaker.

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kevin vizhnay: and it's a micro for up to 10 people 14 feet away. So it won't. Have any issues with your audio.

1784
03:04:55.710 --> 03:05:02.569
kevin vizhnay: and sometimes we present out its volume. It might be an issue. You might consider an issue. Is that 360 degree, but we can cut off.

1785
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kevin vizhnay: We can send you to the microphone to only pick up 180 degrees in one of the microphones. The the audio so we won't have. If someone's in the audit for me speaking, it won't zoom, answer them. It only stay on the people on the table.

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kevin vizhnay: It's also plug and play. But the one thing I don't like about is the app and desktop base. So we might have some issues where maybe a connection with my I have to control my app

1787
03:05:21.330 --> 03:05:22.880
kevin vizhnay: or how to use a computer.

1788
03:05:23.210 --> 03:05:31.419
kevin vizhnay: This is also it's a conversation between this and this is also very similar. It's only 100 eighty-degree cameras, so we had to position it in front of the

1789
03:05:31.480 --> 03:05:36.760
kevin vizhnay: auditorium or a table we're speaking in front of it's 4 K. And hands. The other one is only 1,080 P.

1790
03:05:36.950 --> 03:05:41.239
kevin vizhnay: As anfo we slide it, which means it's a field of view, so

1791
03:05:41.370 --> 03:05:47.319
kevin vizhnay: we don't have to have it position. It won't be a big issue, because you can. If we slide, it basically changes the death of which you see.

1792
03:05:47.490 --> 03:05:52.509
kevin vizhnay: and it has a physical app and remote, with the features to zoom in and out. So it's up and down mute

1793
03:05:52.650 --> 03:05:57.249
kevin vizhnay: rate, or raise and raise the lower the volume so anyone can have to control if

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03:05:57.600 --> 03:06:06.579
kevin vizhnay: i'm, you know, busy with the having to school out there open one of the Zoom Meetings. Steve could have the control. Anyone can have the control and just automatically mute it. Control the camera and see where it is.

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03:06:06.870 --> 03:06:12.419
kevin vizhnay: Has 3 microphones and front speakers. Pick up body up to 14 feet away. So it won't be an issue ping up any

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03:06:12.710 --> 03:06:14.110
kevin vizhnay: any audio during the meeting.

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03:06:14.910 --> 03:06:17.700
kevin vizhnay: And yeah, that was up to the Council now, to really decide

1798
03:06:18.240 --> 03:06:19.929
kevin vizhnay: what they're thinking. I

1799
03:06:20.150 --> 03:06:22.689
kevin vizhnay: ask them as kind of running the meeting. Now.

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kevin vizhnay: if we continue to ritual, I say it might be essential it might be just with it to buy one of these. Now

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03:06:28.750 --> 03:06:36.000
kevin vizhnay: I could look into more in depth. Into both of these I only saw more in that into the outlouse microphone, and not too much into logitech.

1802
03:06:36.170 --> 03:06:41.230
kevin vizhnay: And I did like the owl. The only thing I don't like is that it has it doesn't have a control. It's app based.

1803
03:06:41.430 --> 03:06:43.190
kevin vizhnay: But I think maybe if we all have.

1804
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kevin vizhnay: whoever wants to have control can just download it, and then it won't be an issue. But now it's really up to the Council. They want to have a microphone or a microphone and camera and invest. Now.

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Stephen Stowe: Kevin. Great presentation. By the way, thank you for doing this work. What do you mean by app or desktop based control like what I picked up on this one is it's this auto focus on the speaker.

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Stephen Stowe: So what kind of controls

1807
03:07:06.680 --> 03:07:07.850
Stephen Stowe: would

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Stephen Stowe: How would you be controlling it during the meeting? Does it?

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kevin vizhnay: The autos the auto focus Isn't Nothing. I do. It's automatic. That's autonomous. So if i'm speaking in the camera, I don't know if it's it's also essential on. Zoom. So it'll allow me to zoom into the person, because if we get one of these

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kevin vizhnay: that will, that we will usually have an essential laptop, and it the name is usually CC. 20. It won't be used when you speak, and that's not your name. It your base Isn't going to pop up on your personal. It'll be the camera over there.

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03:07:36.250 --> 03:07:39.670
kevin vizhnay: So. A. But based on the time it is the controls.

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03:07:40.050 --> 03:07:45.670
kevin vizhnay: What I mean is we i'd have to use the app to lower the raise the volume, change cameras, mute it.

1813
03:07:45.750 --> 03:07:52.919
kevin vizhnay: and sometimes i'm not sure if, like I have to be on my phone physically, which I I guess it's not that big of a deal, but having a

1814
03:07:52.960 --> 03:07:53.750
kevin vizhnay: Us.

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kevin vizhnay: Standard remote. Anyone get you passed around to anybody might be better. That's what the logitech camera comes in that has actual remote. Can I ask really basic questions?

1816
03:08:03.790 --> 03:08:05.799
Stephen Stowe: Because you know this stuff better than I do?

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Stephen Stowe: Let's say this is that

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Stephen Stowe: what was the one right before this? What it what's the name of it again at our labs? So say this is the our labs. We had a purchase, and we have a meeting like this.

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Stephen Stowe: and it gets set like we'd set it like right there. And then, if i'm talking, the camera turns toward me.

1820
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Stephen Stowe: Yes, and

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Stephen Stowe: the what happens on the screen. The screen will automatically

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kevin vizhnay: the screen. I don't need zoom on to your face and save. Maybe your lee ping speaks. The the camera will automatically zoom onto them because it's 3 to 60 degrees, so it automatically zoom onto them and the micro as what? There's 8 microphones surrounding the speaker.

1823
03:08:40.320 --> 03:08:46.879
Stephen Stowe: so it'll always pick up the audio he was speaking so it won't be so. All of our laptops could be muted.

1824
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kevin vizhnay: How would we be? We'd be hearing from the speaker from the speaker, and this and the speaker works so it has a noise cancelling. So you won't. We won't, hear, echo or anything, because when they speak.

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03:08:57.240 --> 03:09:05.430
kevin vizhnay: say someone from publicly speaking, it won't be very by anything. It'll be quiet on, on, on, on our end, so there's no more. There won't be an issue of you very many.

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kevin vizhnay: We'd say that again. Let's say 2 people are talking at once. What is on that end? It has 8 microphones. It'll pick up it'll we'll just be like any other environment. Yeah, it'd be a conversation like we'll go back and forth continuously. Okay, yeah, okay. And so sorry. What did you mean by then?

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Stephen Stowe: What kind of control? So during the meeting, what kind of controlling would we need to be doing for the Allo?

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kevin vizhnay: Maybe. Say, I think it's only like when the meeting starts. Maybe it's too loud, so you just lower it

1829
03:09:31.180 --> 03:09:34.780
kevin vizhnay: and you can. Yeah, and I could do all that as well.

1830
03:09:34.820 --> 03:09:49.769
kevin vizhnay: But there's also preset settings You can save if it once you figure it out. But compared to the other one, i'm not saying it's anywhere but the other one was just a single camera. That's 180 degrees, and so we would have to place it far away from the like.

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kevin vizhnay: And then, since you're in the middle, you could control the camera. But on that end, when someone speaks it won't be a face to face like on zoom. It'll just show the Council like sitting as you see. Yes, so logitech we could put it up there.

1832
03:10:04.370 --> 03:10:06.200
Stephen Stowe: Yeah, and it would catch

1833
03:10:06.220 --> 03:10:08.600
Stephen Stowe: this whole room and

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thank you.

1835
03:10:09.980 --> 03:10:15.510
Stephen Stowe: The the someone would have to control it with a remote and like I would have to turn it into a thing or to marry.

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kevin vizhnay: No, it has a large enough field that for you. It's not an issue, but it's just that. It won't zoom on it's anybody's face and all the people. Everyone who's watching online will just see the table and won't see anybody's like a close up.

1837
03:10:26.930 --> 03:10:36.239
kevin vizhnay: Maybe that's that personal. Now, if you want to have a When you speak, you want to be closed up, or do you prefer, when everyone just to use the Council, so that's preference but this but the advantage of it is that it's

1838
03:10:36.820 --> 03:10:41.030
Stephen Stowe: we could still have. All of our computers would be off. It would be one source.

1839
03:10:41.060 --> 03:10:43.130
Stephen Stowe: one input for sound

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03:10:43.160 --> 03:10:45.740
kevin vizhnay: and

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kevin vizhnay: yeah for both, both my for both devices. That would be the yeah range. I'm: sorry what you say. The range was like. It's both time, for I think the logitech was 14 feet away, and then the owls was 17 feet away. So that's more than enough, really.

1842
03:11:02.050 --> 03:11:09.059
kevin vizhnay: and we can put it because, as I feel the the of use lighter, you could put it close to table and enhance the field of you.

1843
03:11:09.130 --> 03:11:15.130
Stephen Stowe: so I won't be an issue where it's too far. We could always put it close and logitech. That would be like what people are seeing

1844
03:11:15.380 --> 03:11:17.970
on the meeting, and the screen would flip, depending on.

1845
03:11:18.530 --> 03:11:22.729
kevin vizhnay: Who's speaking it always? That's the that's I guess the issue

1846
03:11:22.910 --> 03:11:39.220
Stephen Stowe: with logitech. It's always gonna be one screen. It's gonna be that account which would be CC. 20, and it would. It wouldn't zoom on anybody. It would just so overall the counts. Because I like that. What you were saying about the owl, how it automatically focuses. May I don't know if that works perfectly all the time? It may not right.

1847
03:11:39.230 --> 03:11:47.039
Stephen Stowe: I don't see why, but at that price point better. What are the advantages of Logitech, I guess, is the question.

1848
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kevin vizhnay: I think, just to have a control.

1849
03:11:49.990 --> 03:11:51.500
kevin vizhnay: But other than that, it's

1850
03:11:51.620 --> 03:11:56.409
kevin vizhnay: now they're speaking about it. I also think the owl is maybe, but on that end, because

1851
03:11:56.700 --> 03:11:57.830
kevin vizhnay: with the

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kevin vizhnay: with the auto-foot auto focus on the speaker, you will still be only on one account, CC. 20, or whatever. Wherever we're hosting the Zoom Meeting, it'll be there. But now it'll zoom, and whoever is talking, no matter what. So it would all. It's still show face as opposed to having just a table. And you can't, really. You might not see you speaking. So

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that sounds really cool. Yeah.

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the

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kevin vizhnay: only if you want to control it. But if anything, we just have one, it could be me on the device, and if I see anything wrong, i'll just control it.

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kevin vizhnay: Or if Steve once. Yeah, you don't have to do it. You don't have to do anything. Just that's that's why that's the that's why they're both preferable. Because you guys just come in. Open your laptops to maybe see to the public, or be, or see what's being shared. But you won't have to on you or

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kevin vizhnay: ginger cameras

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kevin vizhnay: because you'll already be on the camera.

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Stephen Stowe: I have a question. Yeah. So oftentimes we're an auditorium in the long table. Is there a place where it's like too close for the hour, like where it actually, you know.

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begins to echo, or like, have distortion, or with the face like basically if we're at a long table

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Stephen Stowe: and it's positioned in front of Steve. Let's say, and Steve is here. You know the furthest it can be is like a foot and a half away.

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kevin vizhnay: It's called it's called the Dps

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kevin vizhnay: I Fair with stands for basically it basically means that it's

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kevin vizhnay: in a sense, noise cancelling. So if you're really close, it's not gonna sound really loud like it'll. It has 8 microphones. So I might even choose to pick the mic from the back, so it's not too loud. It's not gonna it's not gonna be to lab at all. And in that situation we can just

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kevin vizhnay: the video feed that. Yeah. Oh, when someone speaks, if it'll echo into a mic, is that what you say.

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kevin vizhnay: you know? And but the audio will only come from the from the device you won't have your laptop on you. You mean, like the visual like, could it be?

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Stephen Stowe: But I mean, is it? Is it video and audio that's like the

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Stephen Stowe: the

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when it's picking up the video feed

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Stephen Stowe: of the person. Is there a place where it's too close like

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kevin vizhnay: it's too close to.

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kevin vizhnay: I can't say yes, that's why I mean, if we're not deciding on the actual purchase. Yeah, I can look into it because I I

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kevin vizhnay: if you look at the logic as a field of view slide it, which means it will zoom in and out.

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kevin vizhnay: and I don't think i'm not sure if the owl has a zoom in and out in now feature.

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kevin vizhnay: so I can say yes, you know, so I can look into it.

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kevin vizhnay: But yeah, that's a good. That's a good point.

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kevin vizhnay: And then

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getting your hands up.

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Jennifer Hu: Yeah. So I did attend a hybrid meeting info session from the do you? Well back.

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Jennifer Hu: There was another Cec that was gifted, a whole bunch of meeting owls.

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Jennifer Hu: and so they've been using it for their hybrid meetings, and they said that they had a really good experience with it.

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Jennifer Hu: except for when the meetings get super duper large. So if if you have like.

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Jennifer Hu: you know that, like one time we had, like hundreds of people, you know, wanting to to attend. If that was a physical thing where hundreds of people show up at a school the meeting. I can't handle

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Jennifer Hu: that much.

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Jennifer Hu: but if if it stays at the way that wareh we're managing our meetings currently, I think the meeting hours more than enough.

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kevin vizhnay: That was my question of that technology.

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kevin vizhnay: Yeah. This I thought that because I was thinking of the past means that we had where we have public speakers come up and speak on the microphone.

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kevin vizhnay: but with the owl, since it's 360 degrees, and it's 8 microphones. You could block off one side. So if you bring up the water by example, you could block off the back.

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kevin vizhnay: and it won't. Pay anything that's talking behind it, or any loud noises. It won't auto zoom on them. It won't pick it up at all. It'll ignore it so you could have it to only be 180 degrees in front of you, or even smaller, say like 90 degrees, so only like the couple of doing 5 you can can speak. But that's that's where you? Yeah, when you say this practical and i'm not like

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Jennifer Hu: that's what they say, so that's why I can like report on. But if it's a that particular CC. Had already been using it for a while, and they they really liked it.

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Jennifer Hu: As for breeze, question about whether there is like a distance minimum, for whether it can work well or not. I don't remember reading that it had a minimum distance, so it should be able to handle it, even if it's only 2 feet away.

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Jennifer Hu: That was just my impression.

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Yeah.

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kevin vizhnay: and it's very. It's not that large. It's, I think, a little bit bigger than water bottle. So even then it's very easy to move around it Doesn't have to be in the center table. It could be a corner table because it'll it could still zoom round the person so it won't it could be. You like the way the logitech would be used is 100 degrees. We could still do that with the with the owl.

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kevin vizhnay: because you could just block off one side and then have it face to council, and it'll. It might be even better because it'll automatically zoom on. Who is speaking in front of it?

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kevin vizhnay: So it's it's options.

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Stephen Stowe: This is really helpful kind of do we think just it makes sense like i'd like to sort of. Let's wait a month, and next month come prepared to make a decision. Yes, no.

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Stephen Stowe: Does everyone think that that makes sense.

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kevin vizhnay: They were the cheap from the starting point, which is the Java, which i'm not sure if we'll even i'll open it up. It's 164.

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kevin vizhnay: That's the old version, and it's i'm not sure on how. Well it'll do with it might do well in these small meetings. But then, if you have a larger meeting saying auditorium, i'm not sure how well it pick up the audio

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kevin vizhnay: Java speaker, 7 $1,246. I think it'll be better, and if we don't.

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kevin vizhnay: if it is, if it if it works for up to 6 people we could always buy second one. It's called Daisy Chain. And so we connect these 2, and we basically have a microphone for 12 people.

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kevin vizhnay: But both of these now, i'm thinking about it. I'd say that they don't have what the owl has which it can cancel out. Noise from one end, so the speakers might also have an issue. If it's a large auditorium and a lot of people. It might pick up everybody's audio instead of focusing on just the table.

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kevin vizhnay: So the owl and the logitech starting at 1049 for the owl, and then $30 more for the logitech at 1079

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Yeah.

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kevin vizhnay: that's. Why, I mentioned if it's for these me if we're gonna continue having hybrid meetings, and it's just investing one of these now, because we, when we set up it is a little technical, and we're starting it when we start it's a little like what 5 10 min is like. Hold on, we're having technical difficulty, so it might be with

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kevin vizhnay: and best in one of these.

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It's not how many

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and like, could we could we?

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kevin vizhnay: We would still have to bring laptops right, or if you would, if you'd like to you. You don't, if you want to see if someone's presenting

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kevin vizhnay: actually, maybe not because you could just put up on the on the projector.

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kevin vizhnay: but it has to figure out because they might. There's all. Technically it's that they we'd have to have 2 speakers. It'd be one from the

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kevin vizhnay: the where we're projecting and the owl, so I might have to figure it out. But maybe the first, may I, If we get either i'll test them out.

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kevin vizhnay: but

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kevin vizhnay: if it. I think it's still be. Have benefits of being your own laptop, because maybe you may need to present something, or I need to look at some documents. But you you can even just bring your phone. But you want you don't have to join the meeting. Technically, if you don't want to, because the I will be there. You'll just audio picked up. So you don't need to have your devices.

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Stephen Stowe: So yeah, let's let's ponder. This: this has been great. Kevin. Let's. You know we're not in a position right now to make a decision. But we'll come back next month with the budget and this email between now and then, and I think it's it's great work, and thank you for doing it.

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Stephen Stowe: Talking about it, so informed.

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Stephen Stowe: Does anyone that's it. That's our business meeting.

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That okay

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Elizabeth Chan: motion to adjourn the business.

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Jennifer Hu: Are you considering a visual element as well that we have to bring with us? Or is it because that I hadn't asked about that last time, but

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Jennifer Hu: because you're talking about a projector.

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Jennifer Hu: right? Is that something that you would consider?

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kevin vizhnay: No, I mentioned that it just has a

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Elizabeth Chan: that I initially come up with one meeting.

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Elizabeth Chan: and

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Jennifer Hu: the the videos of of of the person's heads, as well as the audio with the speaker system. But if we're doing presentations, I I get that. There needs to be a separate projector. But I think

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Elizabeth Chan: Steve correct me if i'm wrong. But most schools will have some kind of a screen or projector thing available.

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kevin vizhnay: It might be some technical something that I have to learn to.

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kevin vizhnay: because when we connect the job. The the owl speaker. We also have to think about the projected speaker. So we're connecting to audio outputs into one device, the laptop. So I I had to figure out how I could exactly if there's an option to prioritize one.

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kevin vizhnay: So yeah, that's but we're not. There's no we're not investing into a

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kevin vizhnay: or buying a projected is in no need for them.

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Jennifer Hu: Okay, yeah, yeah. I was just asking. Thanks.

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Okay.