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BP’s offi ce announces seven new CEC appointments
BY ANGÉLICA ACEVEDO
AACEVEDO@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
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Acting Queens Borough President
Sharon Lee announced
the appointment of Queens
parents to fi ll vacant positions across
seven of the borough’s Community
Education Councils (CECs).
CECs are responsible for advising
and commenting on educational
policies as well as providing input
to the city’s Schools Chancellor and
the Panel for Educational Policy.
They are part of the New York City
school governance structure and
tasked with overseeing the elementary
and middle schools within
their respective community school
district.
“We received a substantial number
of applications to fill these
seven vacancies,” said Lee. “All 14
borough president appointees have
my confidence and trust in their
experiences, perspectives and
abilities to strengthen the ‘Borough
of Families.’ CECs are designed to
be the formal voice of community
input and insights into sharping our
school system. The ongoing COVID-
19 pandemic has deeply disrupted
the education and lives of our kids.
On this critical road of recovery and
rebuild, such voices are needed now
more than ever.”
The borough president’s office
received 65 applications to fill the
seven vacant seats across the borough’s
14 CECs. Following a multiweek
application period this summer,
Lee has announced appointees
for CEC 24, 25, 28, 29 and 30.
The seven appointees will serve
the remainder of the two-year term
that concludes at the end of June
2021.
CEC 24 (which covers Corona,
Elmhurst, Maspeth, Middle Village,
Glendale, Ridgewood and Sunnyside)
will welcome John D’Amico.
CEC District 25 (covering Flushing,
Beechhurst, College Point, Murray
Hill, Whitestone and Willets Point)
will welcome Anne Marie Kanable
and Brooke Stergion-Abady.
CEC District 28 (covering Jamaica,
Briarwood, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens
and Rego Park) will welcome
Rajwinder Kaur.
CEC District 29 (covering Jamaica,
Jamaica Estates, St. Albans, Queens
Village, Cambria Heights, Laurelton,
Springfield Gardens, Hollis and
Rosedale) will welcome Rochelle
Carter.
CEC District 30 (covering Long
Island City, Astoria, East Elmhurst,
Jackson Heights, Sunnyside and
Woodside) will welcome Dani Marr
and Charles Park.
CEC appointees must each be a New
York City resident and either live,
own or operate a business within
the community school district they
seek to serve.
The duties of CEC members
include attending monthly public
meetings; visiting schools to see
what educational needs those
schools have; review their district’s
educational programs and assess
their effect on student achievement;
approve zoning lines; and
submit capital plans to the Schools
Chancellor after holding public
hearings on their district’s capital
needs.
For more information on CECs, see
NYS Educational Law Section 2590-e
and Section 2590-b: www.schools.
nyc.gov/get-involved/families/
education-councils.
CEC 24 members and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza at March 2
town hall. Photo by Angélica Acevedo
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