Community Education Council District 8

The deadline to apply to be on the Community Education Council is February 28th.

Community Education Council's (CECs) are education policy advisory bodies responsible for, among other things, reviewing and evaluating their district’s educational programs, approving zoning lines, and holding public hearings on certain matters.

https://www.schools.nyc.gov/get-involved/families/education-council-elections-2021/run-for-a-seat-on-a-council

Please come join the District 8 Community Education Council at its next meeting on Monday, February 22, 2021 at 6pm on Zoom. Flier is attached!

DID YOU HEAR? CEC 8 IS ON THE MOVE! PARENT VOICES ARE HAVING AN IMPACT! Parent voices defeated a major initiative by the Mayor and Chancellor.

Join us so we can talk about how we can continue to make our voices heard. UNFORTUNATELY, our Bronx reps on the PEP (Panel for Education Policy) -- the night that parent voices had a major victory in education policy -- actually voted with the Mayor, the Chancellor, and the Bronx Borough President against the wishes of the majority of Bronx parents.

Please join us as we discuss how to make the PEP, the Bronx reps on the PEP, the Mayor, the Chancellor, and the Borough President more accountable to parents, students and the wishes of parents and students.

Join us as we discuss our upcoming projects such as our Education Legislative Roundtable and our Education Candidate forums.

Join us as we plan to make sure that the interests of parents and students in underserved and under-resourced communities are represented in every conversation about education in NYC, NYS and the USA.

It is by no accident that the Bronx Borough President, the Bronx Education Consortium, and the School Construction Authority gathered on February 11, 2021 to discuss Reso A Funding for school buildings. That's the pressure that's the result of our voices.

JOIN US TO RAISE THOSE VOICES EVEN LOUDER!!! CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU THERE!

Please click the link below to join the webinar:
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Watch our Roundtable with the Chancellor! We focused on parent governance, networking and access. Thank you to the over 400 parents who joined!

Jan 11 CEC Town Hall - Chancellor's Round Table This is "Jan 11 CEC Town Hall - Chancellor's Round Table" by Learning on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

REMINDER: Elementary, 3K and Pre-K school buildings are opening tomorrow. Testing consent forms are now required for all students. Go to schools.nyc.gov/covidtesting for more info

IMPORTANT UPDATE: starting tomorrow, all

buildings are CLOSED for in-person learning until further notice. All students who were learning in school buildings part of the week will transition to remote learning every day. Visit http://schools.nyc.gov/coronavirus for more.

Today is the last day to enroll your student in blended learning. Sign up here: https://www.nycenet.edu/surveys/learningpreference

Our Costume Contest was a success!

We had so many awesome costumes, from the scary to the creative!

We ❤ our school community!

Join us on Monday, November 9th at 6:30pm for a Virtual Townhall with the NYC Schools Chancellor. Sign up here: https://learndoe.org/cec/

Join us tomorrow!

We marched and rallied to demand go 100% remote. Parents and teachers spoke loudly that the schools aren't safe or ready to deliver in-person learning. We are marching across the district on Tuesday to make even more noise!

Join parents and teachers this Friday at 330pm to rally and march against the reopening of schools!

Beginning Monday, September 21, in-person learning will begin for our 3-K, Pre-K and District 75 schools. K-5 and K-8 schools will return on Tuesday, September 29. Middle Schools and High Schools will return on Thursday, October 1.

Come out to Throggs Neck Community Alliance's Food Pantry if you need!

Throggs Neck, today from 1-3 pm!

Please be advised that reopening was pushed back and in person learning will start on September 21st.

For all parents who will need childcare for the 2020-2021 school year:

A new program called Learning Bridges has been created. The program has been created to serve parents who are looking into childcare options for children in grades 3-K through 8th grade.

If this sounds like a resource you are interested in, please fill out the attached survey and spread the word.

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Attention residents of the Throggs Neck Community!

There is a Food Distribution occurring on this Wednesday from 1 pm- 3pm. Please make sure you attend if these are resources you are in need of.

Be advised that distributions will occur every Wednesday and Friday at these times.

We had a great roundtable on the reopening of schools with the NYC Comptroller!

Check out his plan for strong schools here: https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/strong-schools-for-all/

Strong Schools for All A Message from the New York City Comptroller Dear Fellow Parents, There is no more critical operational task facing City government right now than reopening schools safely. Yet despite having convened a 45-person advisory council, and the traditional school year beginning in just 65 days, the Mayor....

We want to hear from you. Please complete our survey. We will answer as many questions and concerns as time permits at our next Town Hall meeting on June 17th 2020. http://bit.ly/cec8-617survey

Please visit https://www.schools.nyc.gov/freemeals to find out where to get up to 3 free meals a day!

As you are probably aware, all NYC Public Schools are closed until at least April 20th.

FREE breakfast and lunch will be available to go at EVERY school for ANY student.

We are working on getting our parents the resources needed during the times. Please stay tuned and safe!