Ian McGrath - Co-President: Thanks for coming.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: spring is nearly sprung so isn't nice thing to reach.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: see if it sticks sticks around or facilities.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: i'm.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: See, please sign into the meeting there's a link that should be in the chat um we sit around the minutes we irani this this afternoon, so minutes from from last month and.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: we'll have a look at those very soon or well well what through them.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: and
Ian McGrath - Co-President: The agenda was also distributed, but i'll be i'll be sharing that so so you can follow, along with the bouncing ball.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: And I mean the graph co President and.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: just wanted to quickly introduce him because i'm like my other Co President.
amykoza: Hello.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: So let's see I posted a link to the Minutes from last month, so you could have a peek at those I can do so again.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: But.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Theoretically, sincere distributor earlier.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: You can just move on to see if there's a motion to approve.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Okay, we have motion, we have a second.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Alex Alex stucco and i'm gonna i'm gonna start the recording so it's official, if I can go there is hope.
Renee (Pearl) Alevras: Hoping already started.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: He did that, for me, I don't have to worry.
About.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: We have a second.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Second, to approve the Minutes up Catherine Thank you all right seconded by Catherine Lopez alright, so the movements are approved from last month.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: And, and I did post a link to the video last night, so we can refer back to that as well.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Alright i'm going to share the agenda.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: on the screen and I guess, we can move on to the treasurer's report.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: So I won't share my screen because because tomorrow is going to want to share so here's I think tomorrow johnson's with us to give us the treasurer's report.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Just.
Tamara Johnson: Good afternoon, everyone.
amykoza: I tried to mirror.
Tamara Johnson: The treasury report for the month of March, which reflects the transactions by February 28.
Tamara Johnson: And I will check ins account, we have.
Tamara Johnson: $57,114 and 20 cents.
Tamara Johnson: In our PayPal account, we have $19,432 and 24 cents.
Tamara Johnson: given us a PTA funds total of $76,546 and 44 cents.
Tamara Johnson: The revenue for the month of February.
Tamara Johnson: is as follows.
Tamara Johnson: $312 from donations.
Tamara Johnson: That general donations.
Tamara Johnson: $274 and 91 cents from parent donations.
Tamara Johnson: And I will PayPal given fun interest was $3 for the for the month of February.
Tamara Johnson: The expenses for the month of February February, are as follows.
Tamara Johnson: $47 and 70 cents for wix COM which we use to pay for our website.
Tamara Johnson: $143 and 61 cents was spent at target to pay for the valentine's day candy grams.
Tamara Johnson: $12 was spent to spawn zero to pay for our software our accounting software.
Tamara Johnson: We reimburse Theresa case $78 and 26 cents for the go Daddy go Daddy, which is our domain for our website.
Tamara Johnson: And we reimburse amy causa $526 and 15 cents for our school merchandise, which was to purchase some winter hat.
Tamara Johnson: Just as a reminder that we are utilizing chatter up to collect funds for dues donations and school merchandise.
Tamara Johnson: And when we get to have in fundraising will be using that as well to kind of get away from using the PayPal for that.
Tamara Johnson: don't forget that, when we are purchasing via Amazon to subscribe to be able to pay to can donate to the Amazon smile account for the school's PTA.
Tamara Johnson: When you are purchasing gift cards be sure to use chuck wood scripts and if you are making a payment via PayPal please be sure to make a note of what you're paying for so I can make sure that is allocated to the correct money and categories, thank you.
amykoza: Thank you tomorrow.
amykoza: um Okay, so we have a few events happening I mentioned, these are at our last PTA meeting, but the cleanup.
amykoza: Day, preparations are well underway we're moving full force and we're still waiting for a finalist from teachers.
amykoza: You know that want to have their rooms cleaned out or spruced up to to try to figure out how we can arrange the sign up genius.
amykoza: to know where to put parents over so parents can know how to sign up.
amykoza: Basically, will be like painting or clearing out a room or working in the garden, those are kind of like the three the three categories that we have right now, but hopefully we can be more specific and get those out right away, many people have.
amykoza: offered to you know are emailing me to say that they want to volunteer that day, which is wonderful we've had a.
amykoza: really nice response so far, but we will have a sign up genius so everybody, please make sure when that.
amykoza: is sent out that you sign up because we're also taking lunch orders and getting account for lunch preparation so there's a lot of work that goes into that part of it and it's.
amykoza: It was a little chaotic because we had people joining at the last minute and dropping out, and so we just want to try to get that as organized as soon as possible Fernanda she's the one that purchase all the food and makes all the food, the day of with an army of people so.
Renee (Pearl) Alevras: That should be me, can you mention the date again.
amykoza: Sir, yes it's.
amykoza: April 9 Saturday April 9.
amykoza: And the rain date is April 30 but hopefully we'll have great weather the work that's happening in the garden is.
amykoza: rob murkowski and the policy kids are actually going to be creating they're taking everything out.
amykoza: Nan Nan might be able to speak a little bit more to this they're taking out all those plants because they're actually planting.
amykoza: A garden to grow food and they're using that as part of their curriculum and they're hoping to sell that food or use it in the camp cafeteria.
amykoza: At some point, so that gardens going to look really different next year, so they're they're basically pulling everything out and prepping prepping everything and getting ready to plant.
amykoza: I guess in the fall i'm not sure I don't not sure when they're planning to plan, but that's that's the plan for that garden going forward.
amykoza: So, so please be on lookout for the email and sign up because we need lots and lots of people to help out.
amykoza: And it was a great day and i'm hoping that we'll have great weather and have a really fun day it was so so fun to getting to know so many of the parents ronnie jury is going to be there checking everybody in So if you haven't met ronnie in person you'll be able to meet with her.
amykoza: And chat with ronnie for a little bit so that it should be great OK, the next thing is the.
amykoza: Step i'm going to go out of order because i'm just going to talk about this in the months that are coming up so staff appreciation is actually happening in May sometime.
amykoza: And you know so that's still to be determined if you're at the last PTA meeting you heard me speak about you know not still not sure if we can do things like have a.
amykoza: Like a Buffet catered Buffet lunch for the staff or if we'll do individual individual lunches so to be determined, but.
amykoza: Please be on the lookout for that, because I know that we're going to need at least probably having done this in the past i'm guessing.
amykoza: six or seven people to set up and like man, the tables and clean up afterwards, so if you are a person who has time to help during the day, and would like to be there to put on this lovely.
amykoza: event for the teachers and the staff, please, will have a sign up genius genius for that as well, you can just email me, and let me know we don't have a date for that yet that will be sometime in May, like mid may so if you're interested, you can email me directly.
amykoza: And our last event of the school year for the PTA is the oyster classic classic This is our five K around the island.
amykoza: So Angelina copper dano is been amazing and planning the behind the scenes work just put a lot of effort into this.
amykoza: partnering up with elite feats, which is a new service we're using this kind of a one stop shop for the oyster classic that site is live do we have a link for that that we can put throw in the chat.
Angelina Capodanno: And i'll get i'll get that for you and i'll put it in the chat yeah.
amykoza: This is the wonderful Angela to everyone who's been such an amazing job.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Well, I put the.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: I put our regular website, the moisture classic website in the chat and that that links out to a VP it's.
amykoza: Great so a lot of information there Angelina do you want to speak a little bit about this, do you have anything that I want to say.
Angelina Capodanno: i'm just that I hope everybody spreads the word and it, you know, obviously can run it, you can walk it and you know it's it's a really.
Angelina Capodanno: Nice distance and a way to see the island, I would encourage maybe inviting people with younger children who might be interested in the harbor school and years to come, just you know spread the word.
amykoza: And you can also volunteer if you're not interested in running or we need about 40 volunteers I.
amykoza: Think I said absolutely yes.
Angelina Capodanno: Here kids your children can volunteer if they don't feel like running and we have a special rate for students to sign up so.
Angelina Capodanno: it'll be a really great day, hopefully be studying.
amykoza: Students can earn community service hours for that day i'm guessing so so that would be wonderful and.
amykoza: there'll be some preparation ahead of time, so if you're interested in helping out with preparation ahead of time.
amykoza: or a day of Jane McNamara as another wonderful new parent who is offering to help us coordinate volunteers, so when we come to that time you know I think at the next meeting, we can.
amykoza: ask for volunteers will be prepared to ask us to hook everybody up with Jane McNamara and a sign up genius to start planning that part out so that is going to be an amazing event i'm so excited about it, I know.
amykoza: Hopefully we'll have a lot of people signing up.
Angelina Capodanno: Oh, and just one more thing if you if you if you know of any businesses, you might want to sponsor it get in touch with one of us, and we can send you information about sponsoring the race.
amykoza: And also, so if you're a person who doesn't mind soliciting we could use.
amykoza: People getting gift cards from trader joes is what we've done in the past hundred dollar gift cards, and then we turn around and use that to buy.
amykoza: Apples fruit for the day I think James working on trying to get bagels right for the day also so.
amykoza: yeah those kind of things, so if you want to solicit email me.
amykoza: And I will put you in touch with Jane or with Angelina okay great.
amykoza: So um we have a couple things that we need to vote on.
First.
amykoza: Austin steel this amazing parents had his was moving out of his office and they had a lot of amazing furniture and he helped me arrange a moving truck for.
amykoza: For the day before, to move everything out of his.
amykoza: His office we got three sofas some lamps for the wellness room a couple of chairs for the counselor sweet, so they are so happy like I just see just everybody just sitting on those couches there's a cat we gotta catch for jessica's.
amykoza: room for in her counseling room and.
amykoza: So that was just amazing because you know, we had planned to buy things for the wellness room, and so we got some free items freeing up the the rest of the funds for other things that we wanted to buy that we wouldn't normally been able to purchase so.
amykoza: That was amazing and that fee was $420 so we're hoping that everybody will.
amykoza: be okay to vote to pay for the the moving company, I was so proud we got this I was didn't know how this is going to work because the the.
amykoza: The course and was down for surface and so we had used the barge and it was just the day before we were moving and I had no idea if we were going to get this done or how many hours, it was going to take, but we did it an hour and a half and.
amykoza: Many students helped us unload that truck really quickly, so we get those guys back on the barge so it worked out, it could not have worked out better so you know we prepared to put this up for a vote.
amykoza: In your muted.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: So you don't hear me typing I.
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Ian McGrath - Co-President: I.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Think I just did it where is it now, so I can launch it untitled Pole, yes, you should title it.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Will just call it the untitled cool um alright, so this is the.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: This is due to to reimburse for the moving expenses for the furniture that was donated to the school this movie last week.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: And here comes the whole.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: should be appalling.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: lunch lunch that see.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: 30 SS and no knows.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: i'm just gonna let it go to one minute.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: So last call last call.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: haha.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Alright, share the vote.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Just seconds hahaha.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Okay, thank you very much.
amykoza: Thank you so much.
amykoza: guys i'm seeing like two black boxes on my screen does everybody else, saying that or is that just me having a bad connection.
Michelle Green: Yes, we're seeing.
amykoza: Okay okay that was just me.
Okay.
amykoza: Okay, great so i'm.
amykoza: Now you're here can you just speak really quickly about the benches, but this is our next vote that we have to vote on.
Nan Richardson: yeah um so we.
Nan Richardson: had allocated two years ago $3,000 from the PTA to buy benches for the garden, we did not buy them because co bit sort of intervened with that plan so we already have that kind of what bookmarked for the PTA to buy, but because of this change over in the garden to a.
Nan Richardson: To a working Gordon to a farm essentially creating food not flowering plants.
Nan Richardson: rob would much rather the garden committee would much rather have picnic tables, that would be right outside the entrance from the mess hall.
Nan Richardson: That could be used both by students and teachers for outdoor classrooms and, importantly, for the garden people who are all going to be working on the garden the garden committee.
Nan Richardson: Miriam Villa mill who is this wonderful parent freshman parent she also happens to be the head of edible schoolyard for all of New York City.
Nan Richardson: And she recommended a recycle plastic hundred percent recycled plastic with a metal base that she says a lot of her school or her schools had used.
Nan Richardson: to great effect, and that was very Sturdy and long lasting and you know fit all the click all you.
Nan Richardson: Ecological boxes, so I priced them out with three different suppliers and they're going to cost us.
Nan Richardson: I don't have the number in front of me right now, but basically we need to ask the PTA if they would allocate an additional amount of money and other thousand.
Nan Richardson: 1200 dollars to pay for the four picnic tables they're going to be used when we when we when I was part of the original garden committee that bought the wooden picnic tables years ago.
Nan Richardson: They were a huge hit at the school all the teachers wanted to teach outside on them.
Nan Richardson: All the kids were like sitting outside all the time, having lunch on them, in fact, the teachers, they were so popular she's us had to put up a whiteboard and you had to like.
Nan Richardson: sign in because there was so much competition to have outside classes at the picnic tables so i'm hoping that you will support this additional funding for.
Nan Richardson: These for the fourth picnic table, essentially, so we can have a set and this time because what happened in past is the picnic tables somehow blocked.
Nan Richardson: So from five picnic tables we shrunk two three I don't know where they went, but this time we're going to buy a little feet and nail them to the ground.
Nan Richardson: So they don't go traipsing around the island wherever they went to um, but I think I think it will be a real boon for the school they're pale grey with grey metal basis and their.
Nan Richardson: You know their picnic tables to perfectly fine.
Nan Richardson: um but you know I think there was a lot of discussion about what to buy and I think this was probably the very best solution that we could come up with so i'm asking you to approve that additional wish I had the number in front of me because i've been carrying no week but.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: You have to approve a number.
Nan Richardson: Okay, give me a second, then, once you move on to the next night it.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: doesn't have to be exact.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: We can say well.
Nan Richardson: Why don't we just say.
Nan Richardson: Up to 1500 i'm sure it's less than that but I.
Nan Richardson: Just can't recall, it was.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: OK and that's will also leverage the existing $3,000 it was approved in.
Nan Richardson: 20 1920 2019 or 2020 I don't remember exactly when but pre coated for sure.
amykoza: The total we're spending is up to 45 we already approved 3000 number approving another up to 1500.
amykoza: square feet okay great.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: we're ready to vote.
yeah.
amykoza: let's do it.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: All right.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Here comes the poll.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: 15 seconds.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: polling control.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: 35 votes that are 41 people.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: staff are allowed to vote.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: All right, thank you and then.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Sharing.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Another unanimous approval thanks very much everyone.
Oh.
Nan Richardson: Probably happy the garden committee we happy.
amykoza: Thank you.
amykoza: i'm going to be happy sitting out there i'm going to go sit out there yeah.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Are you seeing the results i'm trying to share them, are you seeing them.
amykoza: Yes, I saw them yeah.
amykoza: Thank you so much Okay, so that is the end of the voting portion of the meeting, and now we're going to hear from ronnie at injure.
amykoza: hey ronnie.
Ronni Ettinger: Hello everyone um I don't have much just a few things you should have all received a New York City school survey in the mail this week in the past, it was in that lovely green envelope.
Ronni Ettinger: The NS not in the green envelope this year, so if you get something from the school that's most this week that's most likely what it is, I urge you, please, please, please take a few minutes to fill it out.
Ronni Ettinger: The only way that we know what we're doing right what we could improve on.
Ronni Ettinger: We don't see your answers we just know that you filled it out, we don't actually see your answers your answers are sent to us, not from you and we'll just say like you know.
Ronni Ettinger: 10 parents said this, that their child feel safe in the school we don't know who fills out what, so it is confidential we're doing a raffle.
Ronni Ettinger: We are raffling off five gift cards to Amazon, we are also having students do the survey in school and teachers and support staff do it as well and.
Ronni Ettinger: So the students, we have a raffle for them as well and it's going to be for an Amazon gift card to so i've been going to the health classes and having the kids do it on their phones so.
Ronni Ettinger: Every day i've been hitting one or two classes and I hope by early next week of leads on march 25 is the deadline, right now, so please you can do it online, you can fill out the.
Ronni Ettinger: The form that was sent to you and just mail it in on your own or your child can drop it off to me at my office Okay, if you choose to do that.
Ronni Ettinger: If you choose to do it online or you choose to mail it in just please make sure that I know you did it, so I can enter you in the raffle okay.
Ronni Ettinger: And also, I think I spoke about this last month, I used to have a board outside the guidance wing, it was cool ronnie's round up because I love country music.
Ronni Ettinger: So, and I love anything maritime and we couldn't come out with a name that you know incorporate a maritime and.
Ronni Ettinger: Country music, so I just went with the country music to be a little bit different so it's ronnie's round up it's outside the gun and swing.
Ronni Ettinger: it's where I post and and I also send it out through email it's where I post any job opportunities that I find out about any volunteer opportunities any.
Ronni Ettinger: Stem programming that the kids to participate in, so I just started posting some things because I see like.
Ronni Ettinger: Just recently i've been getting a lot of information from Community based organizations so there's just a few things up there now, but once it's in full swing i'm going to send it out to the.
Ronni Ettinger: Students, to make sure that they go past there and they look at it, but they're also getting this the same opportunities in their email.
Ronni Ettinger: Okay, but I know all the kids don't check email so that's why i'm also doing the board outside of guidance on the second floor does anyone have any questions about that.
Ronni Ettinger: like this weekend I sent out summer youth employment, I did send it to all parents and I sent it to the students.
Ronni Ettinger: So just so you know I also process, the working papers so for some of you don't need working papers, so they can come see me for the information for the paperwork that is needed does anyone have any questions about that.
Now.
Bridgette (Antoine, Max, + Kyrie Mom): ronnie I have a question.
Bridgette (Antoine, Max, + Kyrie Mom): casper does the does the working papers, do they expire like are they only good for a certain amount of time.
Ronni Ettinger: So this one card that's for 14 and 15 and then there's one called that's for 16 and 17.
Bridgette (Antoine, Max, + Kyrie Mom): Okay, so just depends on when he got it okay.
Bridgette (Antoine, Max, + Kyrie Mom): Yes, okay.
Bridgette (Antoine, Max, + Kyrie Mom): yeah.
Ronni Ettinger: And they have to have the physical within a year of applying for that card so let's say there's one like he needs one for 2017 like I need to have proof of a physical within a year of that.
Ronni Ettinger: of window applies for okay.
Bridgette (Antoine, Max, + Kyrie Mom): Thank you.
Ronni Ettinger: you're welcome any if you.
Ronni Ettinger: did anyone have David is that you.
David Chang: yeah you still need to work on paper.
Ronni Ettinger: No, no.
Ronni Ettinger: Okay.
Ronni Ettinger: And then one other thing i'm really excited for this i'm i've been wanting to.
Ronni Ettinger: Do something for the young women of harbor school, a few years ago, I had a club for the girls i'm partnering i'm going to co facilitate.
Ronni Ettinger: A four week program with the girl scouts and and if you don't know girl scouts are some older girl programs because girls can stay in girl scouts or senior year of high school.
Ronni Ettinger: So we're going to be running a cyber security four week program So if you have any young ladies that you know might be interested.
Ronni Ettinger: we're starting on April 4 we're going to meet on April 11.
Ronni Ettinger: it's going to be for four weeks I don't know if i'm going to continue on Mondays because I do have a conflict of part of the restorative justice committee and we meet on Mondays.
Ronni Ettinger: But I want to gauge, I want to see what girls are interested, and if they.
Ronni Ettinger: have another day that they're available, then we will switch the day and then, if the girls really enjoy this I hope to continue on with doing some leadership.
Ronni Ettinger: activities with them, and I was planning on inviting in some other organizations such as girls who code.
Ronni Ettinger: there's also an organization out there that builds leadership through storytelling.
Ronni Ettinger: is also a company that does through comedy so I have some ideas of things I want to do so if you know of any young ladies that are interested ask them to please see me and we can talk about it okay and that's all I really have.
amykoza: Okay, any any more questions for ronnie.
amykoza: No okay we're gonna move on to the principal's report, and I think is a Jackie or Neil who's speaking on behalf of Jeff.
amykoza: Jackie.
Jackye Stephenson: hi there, good evening everyone, I just wanted to follow up to ronnies.
Jackye Stephenson: ronnie's message around the summer youth um.
Jackye Stephenson: We have partnered with the beam Center on governors island and we were we've been able to secure 30 spots for students.
Jackye Stephenson: To get summer jobs.
Jackye Stephenson: With younger students 14 and 15 will be paid a stipend.
Jackye Stephenson: The older students will be paid $15 an hour.
Jackye Stephenson: And this is, you know, just like the summer youth employment is July and August, but we really excited about this partnership, because they're basically guaranteeing our students jobs and students that you know, like you're very flexible in terms of students that might have other responsibilities.
Jackye Stephenson: or students that may have to attend summer school he might be able to work things out there just really supportive so we're excited about that and that's really all I had for.
Jackye Stephenson: The beam Center let me see I wanted to also before I forget Thank you amy.
Jackye Stephenson: And the parents that came out you did I mean it was wonderful and the staff they're really excited and students are excited the couches that are integrated suite people were really.
Jackye Stephenson: really happy, so thank you and I know how hard it wasn't just quickly to get everything.
amykoza: I think.
amykoza: I think it was harder for Austin Austin had to arrange all that stuff with the moving company in his office so i'm so grateful to him that.
amykoza: square it's so great, to know that.
amykoza: that's Bridget Bridget but the as husband, by the way, if the new if anybody doesn't know Austin steel.
amykoza: And so Jackie, thank you for helping you.
Jackye Stephenson: Sure, thank you.
Ronni Ettinger: yeah.
Ronni Ettinger: Can I just say, can you just tell us what beam is and also, if you can just I missed it on what you said about the younger kids what what they get and the older kids are paid $15 an hour correct.
Jackye Stephenson: yeah.
Jackye Stephenson: So the younger.
Jackye Stephenson: yeah so the 14 and 15 year olds.
Jackye Stephenson: they're going to apply for some of you, they will be paid a stipend the 14 and 15 year olds for working the six weeks in the summer, the older, you will be paid to $15 per hour for their work.
Ronni Ettinger: Okay, and.
Ronni Ettinger: Can you tell us.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): A bit about being made.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): Our son has been at.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): zillion years.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): Have.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): been made extremely well.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): Do you mind Jackie.
Jackye Stephenson: No, no, thank you.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): Okay, so beam is one of our all time favorite organizations, they work with kids across the city, they actually go beyond the city, they go.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): They had a camp, or they have a camp in new Hampshire and that camp actually stretches beyond.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): The United States, their kids that come from other countries, and what it is, is it's a collaborative.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): Well it's a philosophy, the two founders went to Camp together they grew up together and they were teachers or one of them was teacher.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): And they decided to found a program at this camp in which the kids work together of all ages and that they collaborate on giant.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): projects and there is hands on work happening, no matter what kind of tools are required the kids all have the opportunity to become confident using them.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): And it is an extraordinary process and very much part of the integral style in which they teach.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): And so being will do that on governors island Now this is their new version, and they are going to include kids in all sorts of activities and they love to teach teachers to.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): And it is all about collaboration and getting kids involved in doing things and doing them together and they love to have kids supervising kids.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): In a safe way, I mean it did grow up like using saws and all sorts of crazy equipment that scared the bejesus out of us, but.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): They do it carefully and responsibly, so our kids do get to have the experiences that give them a great deal of confidence.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): In building things and thinking and creating and offering up their ideas, so I would say it's an amazing gift that they're offering the harbor students, because once they're in being they're going to love it at least that's My guess my prediction, and my hope.
Jackye Stephenson: Nice all right, thank you, you did a much better job than I would have Tom but I agree theme, we met with them, and they are very eager.
Jackye Stephenson: And we're really excited to partner with them.
Jackye Stephenson: Yes, thank you.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): it's a beautiful partnership, they couldn't be a better group of folks to partner with and their intentions are wonderful so it's it's all good, this is a lovely marriage, we hope it works out really well.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Today, have a website.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): sure they definitely have a website and you could look at both beam camp that's the sleepaway camp it because they have scholarships so it's not off limits for a kid that might not be able to afford it, and they also have a website for just the beam Center.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): And all of their projects that go on in brooklyn as after school programs, as well as now governors island, this is a new outpost and they saw the urban assembly harper school as a natural fit and then natural partner so i'm so glad that they're partnering.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: I did a search for it and it's not obvious which which said I should be going to.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): Okay, well, it is being center.org.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Probably sentence.
Jackye Stephenson: virgin probably yeah.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): yeah Thank you amy Thank you Bridget.
Ronni Ettinger: I put in beam on governance islands and a whole article came up so you might want to Google, the last two was interest.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): rate I just we learned about being originally from a friend who knew the two guys that founded it and I just sat there weeping when I read the.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): description of what their philosophy was and what they were trying to foster and you know what honestly I cry every time they talk at they just are heartfelt sincere guys, coming from a place of really wanting to do right by the world.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): And they're doing it in a lovely way, so I hope that it's a lovely partnership.
amykoza: It sounds amazing.
amykoza: Jackie did you have anything else that you wanted to add for the Princess principles report.
Jackye Stephenson: I don't know if the meal, I know that she said that she might make it.
Jackye Stephenson: at seven at you were little little before that, so I don't have anything else if people have questions you know for i'll try to offer them, but a meal I think she might have had something to share.
amykoza: Make it till seven can we can circle back to her when she jumps on.
Jackye Stephenson: yeah good job.
Ronni Ettinger: Jackie do mine amy I could just you know remind parents about parent teacher conferences.
Ronni Ettinger: Which are tomorrow evening and Friday during the day Friday 123 and tomorrow six to eight, we sent out an email with a link in it to sign up to schedule an appointment with the teachers and then on Friday students will be dismissed at 1145 sorry Jackie.
Jackye Stephenson: Thank you Robbie i'm in transit, so I I.
Ronni Ettinger: I just saw the list of things to discuss i'm trying to think what else was on it.
amykoza: Well, we can I well, one thing I did want to mention that Jeff is very passionate about right now we spoke about this at the slt meeting last week.
amykoza: Is free ferry service for students, basically, like in lieu of taking the subway that you would get free ferry service, so I sent that email out through ronnie.
amykoza: Last week, asking for parents who felt passionate about having free ferry service for their students, just to write a little blurb Coco responded and I got several parents that responded.
amykoza: Long letters short little little blurbs you know so anything about a an experience about like especially how much time it will take it'll like shave off of your students commute.
amykoza: Taking the ferry as opposed to taking the subway and when parents have their their kid was taking the the ferry from the bronx.
amykoza: So I think definitely peppering it with things you know suggestions about how my kid will have more time for homework and.
amykoza: Reading or you know things like that is because that's what we want, that time for after school is for them to have time for.
amykoza: Just improve quality of life, so if you want to write a little blurb I think we have about six or seven right now i'm not sure how many Jeff wanted to include, but if we got an overwhelming response, maybe that would be a wonderful.
amykoza: You know, just to be able to include that in his letter to elected officials, I think that he's going to be writing that soon, so if please email me in the next two days, if you if you want to do that.
amykoza: um.
Jackye Stephenson: me if I can just I just remembered I want to add faq MPs a photo march 23 the 10th and 11th graders, no, no, no, no 912 greatest they want the independence.
amykoza: Right, yes, thank you so much for that.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Someone in the chat asked about if whether there's a way to get involved with the beam program on governors island yet.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): i'll just say they're very friendly so just send them an email if there isn't something formally set up Jackie I don't know if there is.
Jackye Stephenson: There isn't, yet we had our initial meeting with them, but i'm sure you know, in meeting with them i'm sure there are opportunities to support and partner with them, so we can find out more information about Bobby sherry.
Bridgette (Antoine, Max, + Kyrie Mom): Can I just clarify, I think.
Bridgette (Antoine, Max, + Kyrie Mom): I think it was mentioned that.
Bridgette (Antoine, Max, + Kyrie Mom): beam is going to be working with si P right the summer youth program and so.
Bridgette (Antoine, Max, + Kyrie Mom): yeah I think we were specifically asking how do they apply for that.
Jackye Stephenson: yep so they're gonna apply.
Jackye Stephenson: Through the application.
Jackye Stephenson: um and we are actually going to have information for the students, I know that my call him, he would be able to.
Jackye Stephenson: Get the names of the students that are interesting because they set aside 35 permissions for us and it's possible that that you know that could change but um yeah.
Jackye Stephenson: I think that's kind of initially what what we're we're we're at, but I know that they're open to supporting in other ways, so I think that will speak with them and we can get you know, whatever information we.
amykoza: Can okay great um you know, he asked me to give a little update about when we spoke about it last week.
and
amykoza: One thing from the student Council is that elections are underway so.
Bridgette (Antoine, Max, + Kyrie Mom): i'm sorry amy can I pause you just for a second apparent that has a question in the chat she has her hand raised.
amykoza: Oh i'm so sorry i'm so bad at looking at the chat i'm so sorry, please go ahead.
Nicole Arboleda: hi sorry um so I just had a question I had already applied for the SI P online and it asks you to at the end choose a provider or like you and being was not on the list, so I chose something else I don't know.
Jackye Stephenson: Okay that's fine if you would you could share me or jack Thank you now.
Jackye Stephenson: Okay, no.
Nicole Arboleda: Okay well.
Nicole Arboleda: Thank you so much, I appreciate your help.
you're.
Sorry, Nicole.
amykoza: Did anybody else have any other questions about the jobs or beam Center before.
amykoza: I talk about slt.
amykoza: Okay.
amykoza: So student Council they're having elections happening right now I guess they're doing videos I haven't seen these videos yet Marcel is doing interviews with candidates, which sounds.
amykoza: I really want to see those so we're off to figure out where those are being shown I think it's a YouTube channel, but I don't have the.
amykoza: I don't know where it is so maybe ask your student if you're interested ask your student if they if they've seen any of these videos because they but they're they're pretty great and.
amykoza: Michael vick the UFC REP so they're doing some loving in Albany Michael spoke to elected officials.
amykoza: Talking about budgeting and hiring more counselors and social workers because there's as everybody knows, there is a big emphasis on mental health in schools, which is why I, you know i've been in the the school so much and.
amykoza: I just hear from all the teachers just they everybody's interested in carving out little spaces, where kids can sit comfortably and quietly so it's just like such a focus around the school.
amykoza: So you know clearly there's a need, and I feel like our school is doing everything that they can to address that and it's it just makes me feel really good to know that this is happening inside the school.
amykoza: And that we have you know, Michael advocating for this with the Albany through the UFC.
amykoza: And let's see what else and I spoke about.
amykoza: jeff's the about the he spoke about the beam Center and the internships and about the free ferry service, so if anyone is interested in writing me a letter, please do.
amykoza: Okay, so we're going to move on to committees committee reports.
Diana: hey yes sorry to interrupt.
Diana: we're we're we're in bath time bedtime prep over here but.
amykoza: No problem.
Diana: One more announcement.
Diana: My I was just shushed so i'll.
Diana: Try to keep audible for you, but not ruining the sound of blippy.
Diana: In the back background.
Diana: I wanted to do a little brief.
Diana: update about the CTE introduction plan for the ninth grade.
Diana: We have.
Diana: will be starting a five week cycle, where we introduce all of the CTE programs to the ninth graders and so there'll be experiencing two programs on most days there'll be a morning program in an afternoon Program.
Diana: And then, on two different days they'll have a field experience in the afternoon.
Diana: or they will have a full day field experience, so the dates will be starting on the 30th of March and they'll be five consecutive Wednesday so i'll share out the dates to the ninth grade families.
Diana: But we're excited to finally have the dates on paper and by the end of the five weeks the kids will have been introduced to all seven programs.
Diana: And they will have had to field experiences so we're pretty excited about that the key to know, one of the keys to know is the students will be doing this on Wednesdays when they come in on the nine o'clock boat, which is their regular schedule, but they'll be dismissing on the 3pm boat.
Diana: Which is the Monday, Tuesday Thursday, Friday schedule so i'll again share that out an email, but I did want to give a heads up here.
Diana: So that folks are aware that we are starting to see the introduction process as well and that goes hand in hand with what they've been doing when near pure panel as well.
Diana: But they get them the introduction from the actual cta teachers in their actual spaces and so we're pretty excited about that.
Diana: So that was that I wanted to make sure they were able to to share.
amykoza: Does anybody have any questions for Diana about.
amykoza: That process or what the kids will be doing.
amykoza: Any questions from freshman parents.
amykoza: With you Thank you so much Diana that was important to share.
Diana: hey.
Diana: Sorry individual teachers have individual links for signing up for parent teacher.
Diana: conferences.
Diana: as well, so so you if you don't have access to the link, we will be able to get you the links for for the teachers.
Diana: individually individually individual meetings.
Diana: Right so.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: I just posted the link there was in the email, and it seems like each teacher and first name is linked to the way that they expect you to schedule.
Diana: Yes, yeah so different teachers have different methods some teachers are using calland Lee some teachers are using other methods, so the email should have the have the information that you need.
Diana: I see me has her hand up.
Emi T: yeah Sorry, I have a question on so if there are too many students applying for one course, how do you decide who can go duck course and who has to go to the second choice.
Diana: So, with the CTE selection process, we are, we have a pretty good track record of making sure the kids get into their first second or third choices.
Diana: So we want, we want to be realistic, that not is not possible for everyone to get their first choice, and so a lot of different factors are considered.
Diana: But we do try to take you know we we look at their applications, we look at their ranking forms, we look at how.
Diana: strongly interested there, they are in each of the programs how much they've considered if they have an idea what a future career path what CD program might help them get to that path, your get further along that path, so there are.
Diana: A variety of factors that are considered, but the ranking forum and their interest is what we try to be most.
Diana: Most considered, because we know the kids are most successful and the programs that they're passionate about so.
Diana: Students will generally receive their first or second choice, but not everyone received their first choice and we almost always have students in their first.
Diana: second or third choice and if that's not something that can be accommodated, for whatever reason, we have a conference with a student and.
Diana: Their families, to make sure that we're able to help them get into a program that fits them and that they will be able to be interested in and successful and.
Emi T: Right, thank you.
Diana: that's all I have, so thank you everybody if you do have more questions have more questions arise about any of these things, but you know to.
Diana: CTE introductions specifically, please let me know and look out for an email from me with the dates and a little bit more about the process as well.
Diana: Thanks everyone.
amykoza: Thank you, Diana Thank you so much, and neal looks like Neil has just arrived.
amykoza: i'm a needle do you have something to.
amykoza: Say hi.
Aneal Helms: how's everybody.
amykoza: Good how are you.
Aneal Helms: All right, all right good, I do have a few updates to go.
Aneal Helms: Diana you haven't you just have to see to use it right.
Diana: I did this eat to eat but Jackie did I think most of the other announcements and ronnie added a few more so I don't know if there's anything on the Left that you need to.
Ronni Ettinger: teacher conferences and early dismissal on Friday.
Ronni Ettinger: Jackie.
Ronni Ettinger: Some other things.
amykoza: About a senior senior stuff.
Aneal Helms: As it.
Ronni Ettinger: Is yeah.
Diana: We got that.
Aneal Helms: talked about.
Diana: Yes.
And I to.
Diana: nyc fairy spy up.
Aneal Helms: Okay, great I can talk a little bit about.
Aneal Helms: We did have a senior meeting today with with our seniors with all of our senior entire senior class in the mess Hall, and we talked we wanted to kind.
Aneal Helms: of just.
Aneal Helms: Remind there were a lot of not a lot, there were a significant number of program changes for seniors.
Aneal Helms: That started at the beginning of this semester, and we wanted students to really understand why those changes happen, and they were really to make it so that their programs were a little cleaner.
Aneal Helms: So that they had kind of less holes in their program so they had kind of like less dead time in the middle of the day, and so we tried to really you know.
Aneal Helms: impart this, the importance of being on time and being to every single class for the next you just let's see just a few months left it was we talked about how this was their last semester at the Harvard School we talked about some senior events coming up.
Aneal Helms: And, which include the award ceremony prom date tbd the senior night, which is at great adventures on June 10 and graduation on June 23.
Aneal Helms: um I think it was a really positive meeting there's such a good class, I mean I really like they just kind of.
Aneal Helms: rally behind each other and they you know there's just a really, really good energy in the room.
Aneal Helms: There I really, really love this senior class, so I think it was really positive meeting and I think that they felt like they kind of understood, a little bit more about what what this semester would look like and what some opportunities were for them and yeah.
Aneal Helms: that's it.
amykoza: bittersweet.
Aneal Helms: Really.
amykoza: must be so proud to say goodbye to these kids every year that you.
Aneal Helms: know.
amykoza: You grow up it's yeah.
amykoza: i'm Okay, and you any questions for Neil.
amykoza: No okay Thank you so much in your.
Aneal Helms: yeah thanks everybody thanks Diana jack me.
amykoza: I was hoping that insurance Nick would be able to come, because in run you're going to have to help me with this Okay, with the psl sports, I just wanted to let everybody know or maybe people already know that this is happening PSA Oh, did they run he does everybody know.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: So.
amykoza: I.
Ronni Ettinger: don't know if anything was sent out to parents.
Ronni Ettinger: Okay um yeah.
Ronni Ettinger: it's all brand new I don't think we sent anything out to parents.
Ronni Ettinger: about it yet.
amykoza: Okay, so it's softball baseball and soccer this spring.
amykoza: With.
Ronni Ettinger: Do you know I think so.
Ronni Ettinger: I think it was soccer to yes, yes.
amykoza: I am will be.
amykoza: He is going to join us next.
amykoza: right there she's actually going to pick up equipment, he didn't really he said he had to do that so he's going to pick up equipment, right now, which is why couldn't make the meeting.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: But one clear who he is because he's not me.
amykoza: In.
amykoza: it's, not even a graphics instrument, the the the athletics director of the school and he is really excited about this program he's so passionate about it and it's Michael.
amykoza: ronnie remind me of his last name.
Ronni Ettinger: The mako.
Ronni Ettinger: Some coach Mike demarco.
amykoza: and Andrew.
amykoza: Andrew yeah.
Ronni Ettinger: And then I think this one other teacher involved.
Okay.
amykoza: i'm doing a really terrible job of explaining this, but the one thing that you should take away from this is how excited the students are.
amykoza: You have to meet a certain grade level sorry a certain GPA, to be able to participate in these sports and this allows us to be more competitive with other schools and playing in certain links.
amykoza: So he said that a lot he's known he's seen a really big effect with some of the students who know that they have to get their grades up if they want to participate.
amykoza: So it's already having a positive effect on the students and I just cannot think of anything better than for morale then like playing like a team sport coming out of covert.
amykoza: I just think it's just an amazing thing so i'm in I think they're going to need some help with some equipment.
amykoza: One thing I know that I heard from a parent, is that we need basketballs new basketball so i'm making i'm going to make a cheddar up.
amykoza: fundraising page So if you want to buy some basketball or baseball BATs or whatever else we need you know, there may need there may be some be some students who might need some financial assistance or you know uniform sales all these things, so we will have.
amykoza: Links going out pretty soon, if you want to contribute to this, then you know, please do.
Ronni Ettinger: It so maybe I could speak about it just a little bit because the incentive.
Ronni Ettinger: email out to staff.
Ronni Ettinger: Calm if you'd like me to add a little more information.
amykoza: Please do.
Ronni Ettinger: Okay, so um it's the harbor so right now spring of 2022 is the first season for the harbor school sharks varsity baseball and softball teams.
Ronni Ettinger: they're going to be competing against other schools at various venues around New York City and I I did look at the list and like one I think they're going to be at.
Ronni Ettinger: Central Park, I saw randalls island, which is great to get the kids you know to experience the city all over the city and they have to keep up, so the grades, the student athlete is earning has to earn a passing grade of at or above.
Ronni Ettinger: They must be up to date with all class assignments, and they have to be attending class 90% attendance night, including excused absences, so it is my daughter did it in high school P sal serious business.
Ronni Ettinger: But it really it was wonderful my daughter to track, it was a wonderful experience for her.
Ronni Ettinger: PSA l is very serious stuff you know so and and it's wonderful though they're going to be competing against other schools in the PSA.
Ronni Ettinger: l unit so it's great so that's all I have right now I know they're going to come next they're going to do a video and spoke with me about it today, he said, you know it's better if we come next month, so.
amykoza: Okay, these are going to be track.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): Because they're gonna.
Ronni Ettinger: They try to track I don't know what happened, I know in wanted to do track at some point and I thought, a meal or Diana, do you know I thought he had a track team, but I would happen with it.
Diana: So there are there are right now it's baseball softball and.
Diana: Potentially basketball.
Jackye Stephenson: There are.
Jackye Stephenson: I hear an ECHO, I hear it.
Diana: i'm not sure why that.
Jackye Stephenson: why that is.
Diana: I will double.
amykoza: I hear you I hear an ECHO.
Diana: Okay, so there are less formal clubs for for running and for other sports, but these are much more there's a lot more, you know I think frank.
Diana: has been having kids show up on Friday to go running in the morning and things like that, but in terms of PSA l for tracks we don't have that right now.
Diana: So I think we would love to be able to build more more programs when we can, but we want to start with this with these right now and then you know we'll see where we can grow but but currently there is not attracting.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: So are there signups that are happening or when is this getting going this just sounds kind of nebulous what.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: what's.
Diana: The softball and.
Diana: I actually.
Diana: I think the softball the the other team forfeited for their game, on Thursday, so our record currently is one to know, so the softball softball the softball team is and the baseball team are already getting started with practice.
Diana: You, so we will send out more information from you the athletic director.
amykoza: Any other questions.
amykoza: there'll be more information to come from in soon through ronnie ronnie she'll send be sending it out to parents.
Ronni Ettinger: When they sell for diane or Neil one of us.
amykoza: Okay looks.
David Chang: Like both islands.
David Chang: how's it work.
Ronni Ettinger: I don't I don't know em would have to speak about that i'm really not sure.
Ronni Ettinger: I help you know he'll be joining us next.
month.
Ronni Ettinger: already had a boss that.
Ronni Ettinger: Yes, I.
Ronni Ettinger: I don't feel like you.
David Chang: Thank you get the subway you can't get there, unless you have a car, so I can around rebels i'll example to get my car some.
David Chang: Some tea.
David Chang: For school that i've been they have been to this Charter bus so maybe some voluntary peaceful from have to get back to them.
Thank you.
Ronni Ettinger: Sorry, David I don't have more information.
Ronni Ettinger: For you.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: In the chat says this is someone's interested in baseball but didn't hear about the tryouts.
Aneal Helms: Yes, I just responded, please have your child speak with either coach Marco Paul or and tomorrow, as you can probably tell Diana ronnie and I have not been the main planners of.
Aneal Helms: This so.
Aneal Helms: I understand that a lot of people have a lot of questions about this, which makes sense to me but ronnie.
Aneal Helms: Diana, and I really and and Jackie has been more been more in it with Jeff and some Marco and Ian and Paul but um.
Aneal Helms: I understand that you want the information so i'll make.
Aneal Helms: sure that that's clear to tn and Paul and for Co.
Aneal Helms: so that you can make sure to get that information.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: yeah we really thought he was going to give em was going to be able to come tonight and talk, but you couldn't make it last minute so I think i'll come next month and and we'll be ready to pepper in.
David Chang: April.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: You really soft David, are you telling us.
Diana: I think that Stevens zito but I don't see Stephen spin so I don't I don't see Stevens pinata on.
David Chang: The call right now.
Diana: If you have questions you know we'll address that you know will send out more information, if you have specific questions, you can reach out to me for ninth and 10th grade into a Neil for 11th and 12th grade i'll put our email addresses in the chat just a second.
Diana: And you know will will we will be sending out more information shortly, but if you have specific questions that are that are more urgent than.
Diana: Then we can address right now, then we can are, the more that we have the information for them, we can we can address those as soon as possible.
Diana: um.
Oh.
amykoza: Sorry, I was just reading in the chat and then Neil answered the question about working papers and then you'll responded with them.
amykoza: an email that you can that you can contact for working questions about working papers.
amykoza: Okay.
amykoza: So i'm going to move on to these committee updates we just have a few things the the wellness room, we are just determined to have this room done by on April 9 and.
amykoza: We were hoping to just have this room completed with the cleanup day, so if anybody wants to there'll be some Ikea furniture involved, so if anybody likes put together Ikea furniture like be please join us that day.
amykoza: and help.
amykoza: And we're hoping to do some kind of wellness with Coco wellness event in a sound bath Thank you Coco so much I can't wait, we all could use it so maybe this is still in the works, we don't know what it's going to be yet, but something hopefully very soon will parents will be invited.
amykoza: So more two more to come on that and then, if we could have Nan we have a lot of things happening with see committee, so we have about.
amykoza: 20 more minutes before we're going to go to breakout room so Nan if you want to just speak a little bit and then, if you have any did you want to add some things about senior committee or did you do feel that and Neil already answered all those.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Questions I think in your cupboard.
amykoza: Okay, great so then.
amykoza: matt will go to you, and you can tell everybody what's happening right now for see committee.
Nan Richardson: um okay so what's happening is we've found out that the trust is the.
Nan Richardson: Is the party that's denied the land around the building to us not.
Nan Richardson: The SCA.
Nan Richardson: So that's important information to have and.
Nan Richardson: We are going to try to advocate very strongly that you know you wouldn't buy a house without would without the lawn in the back back garden right, so why would they give us this building, with only a perennial bit around it.
Nan Richardson: there's something really wrong with this picture.
Nan Richardson: we're going to have to.
Nan Richardson: You know, really push them on this, because you know they've they've said to us well you know we'll make sure that you get.
Nan Richardson: playing fields, and you know things like that and that and and I think they're missing the whole point here, which is that.
Nan Richardson: The kids are already strapped to the existing space with all 550 kids and if, as seo wants to do they want to expand the school to 1000 kids.
Nan Richardson: With no space for them to recreate in that will just be on tenable and impossible so we're not gonna we're not going to give up until we get an allocation of the existing.
Nan Richardson: front space this defined by the walk that exists there now and occur all the way over to Craig road which is this perimeter road rank of new silent, so we alert to clayton, which is the dividing space between 515 and our existing school and then over to Craig road which faces the water.
Nan Richardson: that's one thing, and the other piece of this is that SCA yes also said that we're only getting a mini pool 60 foot length, rather than the the length that we have always said.
Nan Richardson: That is necessary, which is 75 feet, which is competition like we were willing to compromise them with because you can do multiple heats if you want to swim match for them unless.
Nan Richardson: They haven't given us any good reason, any reason really why they can't accommodate what is basically 15 feet 15 feet short.
Nan Richardson: So we have to push back on that too, and then there's the issue with the gym, which is an elementary size gym which for high school kids who are like adult sized most of them.
Nan Richardson: is just impossible it's also unsafe.
Nan Richardson: And we're going to We have heard that there's a little bit of an opening now to have an extent, the gym built existing outside the building or have you know with a kind of walkway between so we're exploring that option as a real option and.
Nan Richardson: And you know there's a lot of work to be done, but we have to do it right now, because the least has already been approved by the Board of Governors island it's with the SCA.
Nan Richardson: And we need that least change to accommodate the land, and then we need the facilities that we've been promised for 10 years and it makes me very angry to have to read in the newspaper this week that Eleanor Roosevelt on the upper East side which didn't start asking until.
Nan Richardson: And didn't get approved until 2020 already has a fully built $6.5 million gym that open this week, so I mean we should really get on our you know get out there and.
Nan Richardson: and raise our voices because that's just not fair isn't it was so upsetting to read that because I know when they began.
Nan Richardson: And what they did, and I followed, you know their story very carefully at the time and it's just really aggravating to think we waited this long and we still are getting pushback on what the school needs for the next 70 years to be able to fulfill its mission as as.
Nan Richardson: As a maritime school on governors island so i'm going to need every single person on this call to write a letter and maybe what we'll do is a real push to call 311 and you know, have the mayor hear us because you know the mayor.
Nan Richardson: Is the person that appoints all of the leadership, but governors island.
Nan Richardson: So it's a city park and he has ultimate jurisdiction and you know we are the people we pay their salaries, so I really think that we have to.
Nan Richardson: Let him hear us and and explain to him why this is not a good idea, this is a very short sighted and very flawed.
Nan Richardson: way to go about this process and we need to push hard, because you know we have very little time to get in there between the lease.
Nan Richardson: So expect to see an email from me, and please could all of you promise to you know right call whatever we need to do we're going to have to really step it up beginning now okay that's it.
amykoza: Now here's a question for you was Eleanor Roosevelt a full size gym with other works in terms of.
amykoza: equipment for basketball court.
Yes.
huh.
Nan Richardson: Okay, and Lena, let me just point out to you, something that we found that because we did a little research here there are in downtown New York, there are four full size champ for.
Nan Richardson: On there are 12 high schools.
Nan Richardson: Three of those high schools are the elite high schools stuyvesant as opposed to as Jim NASA has a full section board has a full size gym and then the other full size jam is University, which shares it with four other schools.
Nan Richardson: You know SCA seven one building in downtown Manhattan is a nightmare it's very expensive, you know there's no space available all that kind of stuff.
Nan Richardson: One of the things we have a space we're going to silence, we have 172 acres of space and there's going to be 150,000 more people moving on to govern your silence as soon as this thing revs up and they start building on these buildings that they got and let's be clear about this.
Nan Richardson: Hundreds of millions of dollars.
Nan Richardson: of a building is going to be taking place there there's no shortage of money here, you know, taking a longer view no shortage whatsoever.
Nan Richardson: And the idea of having a gym out here, first of all, we can't just run off the island to you know have things happen, we we've experienced what that means for us for the diving crew depth go all the way to bushwick to be able to get their certifications.
Nan Richardson: And it's a pain in the neck, but a lot of those schools in downtown Manhattan once the ferry start running more and more frequently is that we're really started to know could easily come across and do sports and things like that.
Nan Richardson: And on the island, if we had a full size gym to be able to share with them and we've said from day one in this process we're happy to share.
Nan Richardson: This could be a Community asset that everybody would benefit from so you know we have to remind them of that that's what they agreed to.
Nan Richardson: You know, when a year ago they signed this agreement to to give this building to us it's been a whole year April 3 is when we got the news and everybody all the elected officials took about how great it was a fantastic one whole year.
Nan Richardson: And they told us that lease was going to be done in a matter of a couple of months because it had already been pre negotiate from 2018 to 2021 with the other building that they promised us that never materialized so you know at this point.
Nan Richardson: We got to remind them of all the things that were said, and not that there's no you no time to waste.
Nan Richardson: Anybody have any other questions.
Nan Richardson: we're having a bunch of elected officials come out on Thursday um.
Nan Richardson: We have assemblyman fall, who now is has in the new redistricting has governor's island is part of his purview we have our brand new Council member Christopher Marty.
Nan Richardson: we've spoken to both of them both and they're very sympathetic to our situation but they've never really seen the school, we have the deputy borough President.
Nan Richardson: Coming out I a keef and Members, for her staff, and we have several of the board members for the trust for governors island to haven't really seen the school are coming to check us out.
Nan Richardson: We also have Tom shepherd from the pep he's the he's the CC appointee to the pep.
Nan Richardson: he's a really great guy who helped us a lot, the last time we we were we appeared before the pap he was incredibly responsive and he's already.
Nan Richardson: tweeted and emailed David banks, the new Chancellor to say you really have to come out and see the school so.
Nan Richardson: You know, so this meeting on Thursday is important for us, because I think these are going to be new allies and important allies, for us, and I think we're reaching out to a lot of other elected officials, too, because.
Nan Richardson: You know when the dial move last time was when we got all the elected officials to write a joint letter to the Mayor and say, give them the pool already so we're going to try to do that again.
amykoza: Okay, great now i'm Kathleen priscilla has a question, do you want to go with.
Cathleen Purrazzella: katie i'm so question for you wonder if it makes sense to invite the.
Cathleen Purrazzella: Students or the students from New York City chapter of new exciting away i'm going to miss this up students for Climate Action right so they're their own little.
Cathleen Purrazzella: lobbyist policy advocacy group.
Cathleen Purrazzella: I know my daughter Julia is involved in with a bunch of folks from policy a couple of other students wonder if it makes sense to have that.
Cathleen Purrazzella: In there too, they can see some firsthand how how you know we interact with with local politicians that I know they've been trying to get something signed on their own way too so just thought, maybe, an opportunity to kind of give them some exposure.
Nan Richardson: Well, I think it'd be great to have the kids I kind of.
Nan Richardson: Left that to Jeff a little bit because.
Nan Richardson: You know, we i've talked i've talked personally to some kids that I know are very.
Nan Richardson: interested in this and activists, namely Mera for Garcia and maddie Nova who are the student Council presidents and Marcel current isn't and gabby.
Nan Richardson: gabby last name escapes me right now policy students both of them, and I know they're very eager to help in any way on Thursday and speak but katie maybe you could send me.
Nan Richardson: Some info about what Julia and who the other kids are because, obviously, to have the kids speak on this is really important, and i'd like to meet these kids too, because what we're thinking is.
Nan Richardson: Next Wednesday the 23rd is the monthly meeting of the panel for educational policy in front of the Chancellor, and you know we've in the past, gone to many of those meetings and spoken about our needs as a school but.
Nan Richardson: we're thinking this time of having the kids go, because the online meetings are very hard to line up.
Nan Richardson: In the coherence sequence, you only get two minutes, and then the you know the hook comes out.
Nan Richardson: And you're cut off mid sentence, so it takes a certain amount of rehearsal to get ready for it, but maybe those kids on that committee would be interested in that opportunity we can get them to.
Nan Richardson: speak for us because you know he's heard from us the parents, I mean this Chancellor hasn't heard from us really at all, but.
Nan Richardson: You know Alex pointed out the kids get to go first and there's very few kids that actually sign up to speak so our chance of having a.
Nan Richardson: Real lineup of kids sort of with a story to tell might be greater So could you put me in touch with them, and maybe we can see if we can make this happen after Thursday Thursday sort of our focus right now, but this would be for next week next Wednesday night.
Cathleen Purrazzella: yeah absolutely um.
Cathleen Purrazzella: I can see you as the policy.
CTE.
Cathleen Purrazzella: teacher, whose name is escaping me right he's there.
Nan Richardson: rob.
Cathleen Purrazzella: rob rob yep so rob's involved with them as well, but i'll have them reach out.
Nan Richardson: Okay, great that's great great.
amykoza: Any other questions on this topic, or anything else, before we move on to the breakout rooms, thank you man, by the way, thank you for.
amykoza: This can I just say how much that I just know I haven't been able to attend, many of the see committee meetings, but I.
amykoza: I they're happening weekly and the everybody that's on the see committee has been working so hard it's unbelievable so thank you, thank you, thank you so much, especially you know for spearheading.
Nan Richardson: Everybody.
hard.
amykoza: yeah.
Nan Richardson: A lot of people Hats off to everybody on this committee Jason.
Nan Richardson: Hopkins been drawing until two o'clock in the morning, you know.
Nan Richardson: has been working like a demon to try to get these plans together that we can present to the elected officials.
Nan Richardson: Now grace MAC is is tracking people like grace Lee who's assembly woman.
Nan Richardson: You know we're trying to get her on board to come she's also happens to be a tourist board member, which is good.
Nan Richardson: we're trying to find Daniel Squadron, who was the former Senator who's now a private individual but he's on the trust board, I mean I can't tell you how much work is going into trying to.
Nan Richardson: Get people's attention for this and to frame it in the right way, so people understand is an equity issue.
Nan Richardson: Because some schools get a hell of a lot more than others and that's the fact and our school often gets forgotten.
Nan Richardson: be an overlooked, because we're small and we're out of here on the island and because people don't really understand what we do so.
Nan Richardson: there's a lot of education that has to go on to be able to you know, make them understand what this could do for New York if the school was empowered and funded properly.
Nan Richardson: So you know I mean this committee is really doing yeoman's work and they're fantastic and if anybody wants to join, we need help, we need help right now join.
Nan Richardson: email us.
David Chang: Maybe I actually have a connection to the water he's a personal friend, so I didn't know you guys know each other so send me a quick email, for that to you.
Nan Richardson: right away.
Nan Richardson: Absolutely.
David Chang: I about yeah I did his wedding So where are.
Nan Richardson: You yeah.
Nan Richardson: Yes, no he seems like a nice guy I have a weird personal connections, here too, but i'll tell you about it offline.
David Chang: About stuff to you it's funny Okay, thank you.
amykoza: Okay, any other questions about anything before we move on.
amykoza: Alex you Alex tackled or you're going to save your diving question you just hit you with some information for people is that right if you're going to save that you don't need to say it now you're going to sit for the breakout okay.
Alex Stachelberg (She/Her): As long as people in the diving realm are willing to stick around to the breakout room i'm happy to share it with them, but if they're gonna leave the second this is over, then i'm able to share it with you all it's up to you.
amykoza: let's let's let's see because we're literally going right into their yeah um you know you ready.
amykoza: To to launch the breakout rooms.
amykoza: No.
amykoza: Okay.
amykoza: Does anybody else have any questions about anything, this is probably going to take a couple minutes for you to set this up.
Catherine Lopez: um I actually do, can I ask a question about school attire like the sweatshirts with we purchased like the slip ups sweatshirts like the zip the one with the zippers are because now, the spring is coming, and instead of wearing sweat shirts, they could wear the zip up ones.
Catherine Lopez: Do you have a vendor that you guys deal with or how can we order it.
Ronni Ettinger: amy do you want me to speak about that.
amykoza: yeah I know that we don't have them.
amykoza: Right now.
amykoza: Using of.
amykoza: US you're.
Catherine Lopez: gonna say, do you deal with a vendor because I have a vendor that I deal with you could put it online they could ship it out, they could you know and it's all hands on, and then they send you the money for the profit and everything's done by the parent you don't have to do anything.
Catherine Lopez: They just bought it right, I mean if you wanted to express this i've been using this vendor for many years.
Catherine Lopez: he's great and you really for the PA it's very easy, as he deals with the orders, the parents go online just order it and.
Catherine Lopez: I could talk to somebody about in China, you know the vendor is and.
amykoza: Maybe we'll.
Catherine Lopez: just send them.
amykoza: Your we don't want to be in competition, like the school can order much.
amykoza: larger quantity an offer at a cheaper price than what the PTA so honestly it's better, I think, for the if we're gonna if a lot of kids want them it'll be more cost effective to.
amykoza: People, but I know that, like I ordered a zip up something from land's end because we have that you know we're registered with them and it took three months to get it, because of the supply chain, I don't know if that's resolved, but ronnie woody.
Ronni Ettinger: avoided from land's end and it's come right away, so it must be because a coven.
Ronni Ettinger: Like in the category code.
Ronni Ettinger: From i'm sorry.
Catherine Lopez: yeah so orphaned land.
Ronni Ettinger: yeah she can so.
Ronni Ettinger: lands and offers other items that we don't go for at school, but it is more expensive, so a lot of parents don't ask for because they prefer to pay the cheaper prices.
Ronni Ettinger: But they have very good quality items and they have different items that we can offer in school, not that we can offer it, but they have like jackets i've seen on their their backpacks on that, so I if you want that.
Ronni Ettinger: The link just send me an email and i'll send that to you in terms of i'm using a company that ships it directly we looked into that a few years ago I don't know why I don't remember why we didn't go with it, there was a reason, because I, my daughter's school had done that, so I.
Ronni Ettinger: Do it but amy had approached me about trying to add zip up onto our line at school, but i've been really, really busy, and I have been.
Catherine Lopez: I mean.
Catherine Lopez: yeah even in the future, I mean it's a great item, where the PA.
Catherine Lopez: Or the school it's just directly gets done since it's on the island, they could directly ship it or parents could go to their actual store and pick it up, if they want to.
Catherine Lopez: You know I mean and it's easy I mean for us because it covered, it was just and you also spoke to make a profit on it, you know they can we keep it down and it's a couple dollars on each item but it's easier for the school to do the orders.
Catherine Lopez: You know.
Ronni Ettinger: You don't mind sending me the impression I know we do have a vendor that we work with but it isn't where we have it where it shipped to.
Catherine Lopez: Do it so easy.
Ronni Ettinger: it's just i'm assuming this is shipping see.
Catherine Lopez: onto a couple dollars depending but.
Catherine Lopez: You know, even the people who go and pick it up, or you know they could also bring it to the school to the vendor will actually bring it to the school, they want to, I mean he's really I mean i've been using them for many years.
Catherine Lopez: it's just an easy and they make a whole website be used for the people who go on.
Ronni Ettinger: You could put some reason, there was a reason I can't remember, because I know our old PTA President her daughter was in laguardia and then you company.
Ronni Ettinger: yeah and I had looked into it at that point, and there was a reason we didn't I don't know Jackie is still on.
Ronni Ettinger: Okay, you may remember, but there was a reason we didn't go with it.
Catherine Lopez: there's a lot of different mechanism i've been in yeah.
Catherine Lopez: Well, so you know, maybe they could help and Morgan, you know i'll send that over to you.
Ronni Ettinger: If you could send me information to.
Catherine Lopez: manage everything for contacts.
Ronni Ettinger: Right and in the meantime, I know I have it on my list amy had asked me.
Ronni Ettinger: yeah one that we're currently using both they don't ship.
Ronni Ettinger: You know, it would just be.
Ronni Ettinger: Like kids could buy it at the school, I want to reach out to them as well and see if they could do zip up.
Ronni Ettinger: My long list of things to do.
Catherine Lopez: can leave those with certain.
Catherine Lopez: School once it gets hot of saying.
Catherine Lopez: he's not giving them home.
Catherine Lopez: I know that, so all right, thank you.
Ronni Ettinger: Thank you, thank.
amykoza: You Thank you so much, and thank you, everybody for coming to the meeting we're ready to go into the breakout rooms, the and said they're ready, so I hope you guys all have a really good night, and thank you so much, and see you next week.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Thanks for coming if anybody has trouble finding the breakout rooms stick around to help.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: You because you've got to be right amy.
amykoza: Yes, i'm Sorry, I have to run because I have my niece's visiting.
amykoza: So thanks goodnight.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Everybody seeing the control for jumping into breakout rooms.
Nan Richardson: and heavy get in again I don't seem to ever managed to actually access it.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: So you are.
Nan Richardson: like an on marine bio.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: you're on a computer or you're on a phone.
Computer.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: So check in more the ellipses morning.
Nan Richardson: More breakout room i'm clicking on marine by.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: To the right of the of the name of the breakout room is a word join.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: Sometimes it doesn't.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: appear until you.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: mouse over it.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: But the yeah the the join link is to the right of the across from the title of the breakout room.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: In the dialogue.
Ian McGrath - Co-President: All right, I guess everyone's doing okay i'm gonna.
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