Q&A
Communication process regarding early childhood center closures
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Council Member Rita Joseph questions the representatives about how they first learned of the potential closures of their early childhood centers. The discussion reveals a lack of direct communication from the Department of Education.
- Centers learned about closures indirectly, through elected officials or board members
- No direct communication was initiated by the centers to NYC Public Schools
- A meeting was eventually arranged through elected officials to discuss the situation
Rita Joseph
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You mentioned that you first learned about the closures from families in your program.
0:21:15
What if any communication support did you receive from New York City Public Schools?
Ingrid Matias Chungata
0:21:19
Since the notice?
Rita Joseph
0:21:21
When when you heard about the closing, you said you heard it from families.
Ingrid Matias Chungata
0:21:24
So we I heard it from my chair who heard it from elected officials.
Rita Joseph
0:21:30
Okay.
0:21:31
Okay.
0:21:32
So it wasn't firsthand source, it was a secondhand, secondary source.
0:21:36
Okay.
0:21:38
And when once you found out and you reached out to New York City Public Schools, what what were you told?
Ingrid Matias Chungata
0:21:44
I didn't reach out.
0:21:46
My elected the elected officials reach out meeting and we were put in a room together, Zoom and we were informed of the three main points that were used to make the decision.