Jennifer Patton, Former CEC D30 Candidate

10/01/2022

Hey Everyone! I hope you all are well and safe as we continue to live through such uncertain times.

Just wanted to highlight that tonight at 6:30pm will be the CEC's Monthly Meeting.

Included in the agenda is a resolution In Support of Equitable Elementary School Planning Process in Long Island City.

Just last spring, it was thought that a 'few' outreach events would be enough to get feedback from all of LIC about the plans for elementary school enrollment, so now that the Office of District Planning has moved ahead with hiring someone to professionally facilitate community engagement, it is really encouraging.

It will be interesting to see what happens in the coming months so it's just not the loudest voices in the room that get heard.

If you can, please attend to speak in support of this initiative or send an email to [email protected].

26/10/2021

26/10/2021

Boosting D30 Rising post about the very problematic DESSA assessment. Parents/Guardians can write to the school/principal to OPT OUT!

24/08/2021

Remote Option Phone Blast to Our Elected Officials - Joining Forces with QRRC and PRESS NYC

Dear Bronx PLAG Members and Friends of Bronx PLAG,

Please join the Queens Restore Remote Coalition and PRESS NYC in amplifying the work we are doing by participating in this phone-banking action to call our elected officials to demand that the Mayor and the Chancellor give a remote option.

Please see the attached flier. Also, please use the links below to get into the fight. Thank you so much for your hard work to obtain a remote option for our families in the Bronx and throughout NYC.

Please use the link below to find your elected officials.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MQS27O0KshptfHfnqGMJIeMaWdFYFi-BtGt2SCKh7VQ/edit =1313217883

2. Please use the link below to find the scripts that you can use to call or email your elected officials.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FfGTsu4akP8DtkNambvHzOnk4BuQ_mELGp2OTtSWhNk/edit?usp=drive_web

3. Please use the link below to log in your calls, so that the organizers can assess progress and plan next steps.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1d3B7W94lBswd5rgp9MXAH_-AkzTiW646g0ViWg0HtY4/edit?usp=drive_web

06/08/2021

Hey Everyone!

I hope you all are having a safe and enjoyable summer. I've been pretty busy keeping my kids entertained while my husband is working from home in a new role at work so apologies for the lapse in posts! Currently we're taking a little family vacation and it's been great to unplug and unwind in anticipation for the fall.

Still, looking ahead to the new school year, there's a CEC meeting coming up this MONDAY evening with a new leadership team (!!) and I hope a lot of folks can attend. On the agenda is a resolution "In Support of Adding a Remote Option for the 2021-2022 School Year". We really need to do all we can to support the most vulnerable students and families in our community so I hope this resolution passes. You can attend in person (28-11 Queens Plaza North) or virtually via Zoom.

22/06/2021

It's Election Day!
It's Evie Day!

Rain is expected later this morning, so get up, grab a coffee and head to your polling site to vote. Evie has ALREADY worked hard to ensure affordable housing, stop the land-grabbing over-development and gentrification of our neighborhood, provide equitable educational programming in our schools and after-school sites, support our local businesses particularly during the pandemic, protect and push for a better environment and air quality in our district. Evie is the ONLY candidate with real Disability Justice, Seniors, and Arts platforms (among everything else, co-written with people for those specific communities). Let's all do our part to make sure our city and community has the best representation possible and is ready to stand up for D22 each and every day.

19/06/2021

Got more chalking done this morning before it got too hot! Even passerby’s gave some thumbs up of approval. We’re in the final days, folks!

15/06/2021

15/06/2021

Election outcomes can be people-driven instead of agenda driven, just like what happened right here in District 30! And it doesn’t have to end there. Let’s continue to have meaningful, equity minded conversations as we break out of our bubbles and back to our “normal” lives.

11/05/2021

ONE DAY MORE!!!

This is the last day to vote in the Community Education Council (CEC) Elections! Vote through your mystudent.nyc account or in person at PS 112 at 37th Avenue and Crescent Street from 4-7pm.

For assistance in accessing your mystudent account you can call 833-388-1506.

Once again this video is very helpful in guiding you through the whole voting process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIyJip0kYlc&t=13s

And be sure to share the awesome infographics from D30 Rising. GOTV messaging has never looked so cool.

True to my musical theatre dork roots, if I had the time and energy to spare, I definitely would have made out a CEC version of the lyrics to the infamous song from Les Mis. But alas, a simple gif will have to do.

10/05/2021

As of last Thursday, only 12K out of 1.1 million had voted in the CEC election 😢. Let's hope that number went way up over the weekend! Make sure to do your part - double check with friends to make sure they voted! Re-share posts on social media! Bring up the election with a parent you regularly see at drop-off/pick up!

Fingers crossed we see great voter turnout for District 30!!

https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/5/7/22425272/nyc-cec-community-education-council-election?fbclid=IwAR1q5m-XdlsVbB2Wxtfj0jfn8mKgou_nmt__fCedTMJAZIqgPJUT1_EmKYE

Voting is underway for New York City’s 36 parent-led Community Education Councils, and for the first time, all parents of children in education department-run schools can cast a ballot in the elections.