Youth, Education, and Libraries Committee
Monday, January 25, 2021 - 6:30 PM
This meeting will be conducted via Zoom
MINUTES: January 2021 Youth, Education and Libraries Committee Meeting Minutes
A livestream of this meeting can be found here.
AGENDA:
1. The New Admissions Landscape – NYC DOE Middle Schools and High Schools
a. Sadye Campoamor
Community Affairs Borough Manager
Division of Community Empowerment and Communications
New York City Department of Education
b. Elizabeth Rose, CB8 Board Member
Formerly, Deputy Chancellor of Operations, NYC DOE
CB8 Community: Please join us for this important and informative session on The New Admissions Landscape – the DOE admissions policies and the processes for Middle Schools and High Schools, and how they impact school admissions for the Upper East Side.
Parents and students will receive suggestions and guidance on the strategies to employ, to improve the prospects of a favorable outcome – to research schools and decide what schools to apply for, given the current DOE admissions process.
Following an initial presentation of the status of DOE planning for the admissions process to Middle Schools and High Schools, members of the community will be invited to submit their questions via chat.
2. Old Business
3. New Business
a. The Dual Language Initiative for the Upper East Side – Stephane Lautner
b. Proposal for DOE Initiative: Diversity our Narrative – Justin Greenberg
c. Universal Literacy
Taina Borrero, Peter Patch & Rami Sigal, Co-Chairs