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Lease terminations and enrollment support for ECE sites
3:05:31
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about lease terminations and enrollment support for Early Childhood Education (ECE) sites. Jeff Klein from the DOE provides information on terminations and efforts to support enrollment:
- Four leases were terminated at sites due to landlord noncompliance in the last five years
- For sites with extended leases, parents were notified they could mark these sites as priority for next year
- The DOE has set up monthly meetings with programs facing enrollment issues
- The department worked to ensure families could amend their applications during the extended application period.
- Programs with enrollment issues are required to submit recruitment plans with SMART goals.
- The DOE's policy team is working closely with these programs to ensure they meet their enrollment goals.
Rita Joseph
3:05:31
Correct.
3:05:32
The landscape and the communities are changing very rapid and that's scary.
3:05:37
How many leases have been terminated in the last five years due to landlord noncompliance?
Jeff Klein
3:05:42
We asked our SCA partners and they told us four leases were terminated at sites.
3:05:47
Of course SCA could have more detail as they manage our city assets and I know they're coming soon, but we know a four, and I am happy to give the detail about what what those four were if you'd like.
Rita Joseph
3:06:01
The sites were extended for one year in my school.
3:06:04
Were parents whose children are currently enrolled at these sites notified that they could mark these sites as priority for next year, what has New York City Public Schools done to ensure that these sites will not be at a disadvantage for enrollment for next year considering they were added to my school in the middle of the application period?
Jeff Klein
3:06:20
Thank you for that question and I'm actually really proud that our team was able to contact all the families.
3:06:25
We've been working closely with the program to make sure that during that application period, that last couple of weeks before February 28, that families knew that they could amend their application.
3:06:37
And like I mentioned earlier, we've set up monthly meetings with these programs.
3:06:42
For those that we've identified enrollment issues, we've asked them to submit a recruitment plan, and our policy team is working closely with them to ensure that it is on track with SMART goals that are time bound as we reach the end of the year to make sure that they're meeting their goals.
Rita Joseph
3:06:57
Fair enough.