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Good morning everybody. We're
gonna wait for a few more people,

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we're gonna wait for Miss fan.

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If she logs on, if she doesn't,
I still got you.

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I try to make workshops that I'm
giving you information about or

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learning about.

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I try to make them quick because
as a mom myself,

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I know that you're busy. You
have things to do and to me,

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I don't ever feel bad if you
tell me that you're busy is having

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breakfast by yourself and
drinking a cup of coffee.

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That's still busy.

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That's still busy, so I respect
it.

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Good morning. Good morning.

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We're gonna wait for a few
people in the pan.

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I'm gonna try to start promptly,

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maybe not 8:30 cause people are
gonna start logging in,

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but probably 8:35, OK?

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OK.

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I don't know if this is
happening to you guys,

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but I feel like the older I get.
My eyes are going.

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I feel like I can't see.

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Definitely happened here. Oh my
God, Mr Mato, how are you?

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How are you? I'm good.

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So many people have asked me,
they're like, Where are you?

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I don't see you anymore. I'm
like, I'm on 108.

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I'm at the pre-K side. OK,
that's why we don't see you now.

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All these transcripts are bad.
They are not translating good.

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Yeah, yeah, no, no.

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I'm gonna have to switch it back
to English, that's no good.

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What you didn't see what one of
the things was in the

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transcripts. I'm like that's not
what I said in Spanish.

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I don't see it.

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You are wrong.

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I'm gonna, I told everybody
we're gonna start like around 8:35.

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I wanna make sure that I got
enough people to sign on.

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Some of you might know this
information, not a lot of changes,

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but There's gonna be a lot of
pushing from above,

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so I want you guys to be in the
know, be prepared.

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And I like you guys to know why
we do the things we do.

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Buenos Dias buenos Dias,
everybody, we're gonna start.

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We start like around 8:32, 8:35,
fingers crossed,

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get your coffee, your water.

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I have my coffee.

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Yeah.

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Good morning.

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I like technology.

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Why is it is not sharing the
screen that I needed to share?

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And I anybody who knows me knows
I I love technology though.

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I do. I find it makes it
simplifies things.

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For me, I don't know about other
people.

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I know that for me it simplifies
things.

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OK, it's 8:31. Let me go back.

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slide show.

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Give me 1 2nd guys.

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Let's see if this works.

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Um Yes, do you guys see?

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Uh, the slideshow, it says
attendances and Nickel workshop.

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Yes, yes. Perfect.

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I don't know why it wasn't doing
it before. That's silly.

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Oh, Miss McGee.

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I see you. Good morning.

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I had students come to my room
and tell me they knew the song.

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So I told them they have to tell
their teacher.

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Yup, I already started getting
text messages and emails.

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I love it.

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But you know I'm gonna make it
harder.

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The first song I was like the
case.

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So for the parents that are on
here before we begin,

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for Latin Heritage Month, right,

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I play Spanish music over the
loudspeaker,

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and it's a competition. All of
the classes have to send me.

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I don't tell them who the artist
is.

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I don't tell them who the name
of the song is.

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I only give them a hint and tell
them where the artist is from.

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And then the students and the
teacher have to send me via email

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or text message, the
information.

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So that, um.

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They went like a little party
that I give for them after 5 days.

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So start listening to some Latin
music at home and I,

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I'll quiz you and try to make it
harder as the days go along,

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so.

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The same way I know a lot of
West Indian songs and songs from

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other countries and Indian
artists.

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Let's, let's get to know some
Spanish artists,

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and it can't be Despacito, no
despacito, and no beza me mucho,

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none of that, uh, suavemente by
Elvis Crespo, none of that.

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All right, guys, so it's 8:34.
I'm gonna start.

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Um, so as you guys may know,

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you're gonna realize on that if
you did not know,

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why does it say host can't join?

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Miss Fan is trying to get him.

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Miss McGee, just in case.

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OK.

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So.

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Sorry guys.

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So a lot of things um that
you're gonna realize, right,

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you're always going to get stats
from the principal or at PTA

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meetings at most of our meetings
in regards to attendance.

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It is very important that all of
our kids, right,

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all of our students attend
school.

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Every day, or as much as
possible.

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Um. It does lead or studies show
it leads to academic success.

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The more they are absent, the
more they are missing.

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Just put it that way in your
mind, the more they miss, right?

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It, it's almost like playing a
catch-up game.

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Something else that I like to
address because I'm usually at the

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door, um, Ms. McGee or.

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Counselor for upper grades also
is aware of that sometimes

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parents don't know or you might
not know.

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Doors open at 7:50 a.m. all
students should be in their

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classroom ready to learn by 8
a.m. Do I understand as a parent

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that we stand by the doors or at
the gate till 8:05?

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Yes, I understand that.

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The door is open till 8:05, but
after 8 o'clock,

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your child is late.

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So sometimes I'll have someone
approach me and say, hey,

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but I dropped them off this
morning and I got a message or I

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checked the N's account and it
says my child is late,

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but I dropped them off this
morning. Yes, you did. At what time?

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Because if it's past 8 o'clock,
they're late.

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So I just want to be very clear
on that.

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Sometimes people move their
schedules or they come to school

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with the anticipation, oh, the
doors open till 805.

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Try your hardest. Do latenesses
happen?

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Yes, but try your hardest to
remember 7:50, the doors are open.

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They're in, they can greet their
teacher,

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take off their backpacks, and be
that much more prepared.

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For the day Um, also, Parents,

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all parents is coming in to the
building to pick up for a

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doctor's appointments, a
vacation,

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you must bring physical ID
something official,

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it could be a passport, it could
be your New York state ID.

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Whatever you need,

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but a picture ID is necessary to
enter the building,

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to pick up for an early pickup,
for an appointment,

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something else that we try to
stress.

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Try to Schedule doctor's
appointments if possible, right,

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after school or on weekends,
even though it's hard,

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I am a parent.

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Something that I recommend to
all of our parents is if the

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appointment is very, very early
in the morning. Right?

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If your doctor give you an
appointment at 9,

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take your child to that doctor's
appointment.

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If it's not something which is
gonna impede them physically or

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make them sick, bring them to
school after.

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They're going to be marked late,
but they will be present.

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And if the appointment is later
in the afternoon,

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not during lunchtime, but later
in the afternoon,

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then you can always drop them
off in the morning,

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have them go to school,
communicate with the teacher,

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they have an appointment.

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I'm gonna pick up early and then
pick them up early and take

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them to the appointment.

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This avoids all of those missed
days do do appointments,

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vacations. I know it's hard,
it's more expensive,

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but try to keep them to the
break.

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The children do have a lot of
breaks during the year even though.

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We don't think of it that way,
but they get the summertime,

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they get the winter break, they
have a few days, uh,

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in November for Thanksgiving
that kind of make it a 4 day,

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sometimes it's like a 4 day.

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So a 5 day weekend, they have
midwinter recess,

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they have spring break.

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So it's a good thing to kind of
try to schedule around that and

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that'll help bring down
absences. Ms.

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McGee, is there anything that
you wanna add or Miss Fan,

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I know that you're on via phone.

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No, I think you've covered a lot
of it.

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This year we are trying to
increase our attendance by 2%.

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Last year we had 92% for our
total attendance for the year.

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We would like to increase it to
94%,

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and that that we need your help
with that.

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So please, please, please listen
carefully.

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If there's anything that we
could do to support you in getting

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your child to school, please
call and let us know.

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We are more than happy to
support.

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So just so you're aware,

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attendance attendance is
extremely important,

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not only because of their
education, just like Ms. McGee said,

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every year the schools set forth
to Reach certain goals.

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So it's Important, right,

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and we need your help because
who brings your child to school?

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You do. Who makes sure that
they're healthy and good, you do.

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So it's a team effort, right?

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So believe it or not, the
children,

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I believe they are continuing it
this year, Ms.

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McGee, the class competition,
the best attendance.

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If you want me to, I can explain
it just quickly. Yes.

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So we have a couple of
attendance initiatives throughout the

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school year. Uh, throughout the
year in total,

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we have uh 2 or 3 that we run
and we've been running for the

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past 2 years. First is our hero,
uh,

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initiative where students are
here every day ready and on time.

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Uh, Mr.

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Giselle really, uh, initiated
this last year, and we, uh,

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two years ago, we've really been
loving it.

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It's for students that have made
the most improved attendance in

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a month and students that are
have a 100% attendance.

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Those students are pooled and
one student per grade is picked,

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they get a shirt. We get a
little like extra like.

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They get like a little pizza
party or they get to hang out for a

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little bit with um as a group
and get to celebrate their

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attendance.

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So that's hero and then we also
have um monthly attendance

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initiatives where uh we track
the schoolwide attendance

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percentages per class.

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Uh I create charts you can kind
of see it there in Rainbow.

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Every grade is a different
color,

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so I track their attendance and
the the class with the most with

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the highest percentage
attendance for the entire month gets an

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extra recess.

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And then we also have on the
right hand side up top there it's

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small, but you could see it.

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We have uh our attendance
initiatives uh for each class

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individually. So if you class
gets 100% attendance in a day.

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They earn a hawk sticker and
this chart is outside of the main

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office. Once they earn 10 hawks,
so 10 days of 100% attendance,

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they earn extra recess.

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So these are just the three main
attendance initiatives we have

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going through the year.

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We do have monthly attendance
initiatives that, uh,

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and like seasonal initiatives
that go on.

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Well, uh, and we usually send
flyers out.

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Last year we did like a winter
initiative to make sure the kids

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were coming around this the
winter break.

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We also did a spring to summer
initiative around testing season,

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so keep an eye out on uh Apu and
your children's backpacks so

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that uh you can make sure that
you get everything that you need,

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uh, in regards to these
initiatives at home.

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Thank you, Ms. McGee. So again,
it's important.

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I know that we're only in
September, right? But anybody,

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if you know anybody that's out
of school or you speak to us,

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we're always trying to plan
ahead.

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So trust me, October is coming.

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If you notice it's a little
nippy already today, December,

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kinda be prepared,

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make sure the kids are bundled
up if you need anything like Ms.

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Mickie said,

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if you need anything to help
with those days to ensure that your

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child comes to school, please by
all means reach out to me,

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reach out to the main office, to
anyone, we're here to help.

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So kind of start preparing them
for that and me personally as a

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parent, I feel like it also
builds resilience.

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It's like, yeah, I know that
it's not a beautiful day today,

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but we still gotta go. We have
our responsibility.

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These are the things that we
need to do for the day.

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So I pretty much appreciate it
very much. Um,

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so something else that's a big
thing that I get approached about

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is excused absences.

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When you bring in doctor's
notes, when you bring in, you know,

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uh, vacation permissions or
letters, etc.

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The absence doesn't go away
because you have sent in proof.

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It just changes from an
unexcused absence to an excused absence.

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That's the only difference.

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The reality is that if your
child is absent,

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they're absent but excused and
unexcused does make a difference.

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If you think about it, excused
is your receipts,

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your proof that you are aware.

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And that we are aware of why
your child missed school that day,

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or why they were late, etc.

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It is a good habit to begin to
do as a parent.

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Because once they're in middle
school and high school,

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I know this for a fact, they do,
um,

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reach out to you a lot more
about abscesses and it,

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it can become a problem if
there's a lot of unexcused abscesses.

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So it's something to kinda try
to get into the habit, oh,

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you were absent.

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Was it that they had a fever and
you kept them home for one day,

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it doesn't necessarily mean that
you took them to the doctor or

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urgent care or wherever, but you
can write a note.

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I, the parents of Absin Judah,
whatever, but it's your receipt.

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Think about it anytime you go,
you eat somewhere,

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you buy groceries, you go to the
store, you get a receipt.

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That letter is your receipt. So
it's a good habit.

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To kind of put into place, um,
there are,

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as much as we think that school
is like the whole year,

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a full year, like I said, we get
a lot of breaks,

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there's a lot of federal
holidays.

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I believe there's two at the end
of September now and one right

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away at the beginning of
October.

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We're already starting with a
few days off.

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So approximately the school year
only has about 180 days because

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people sometimes forget, right?

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You have Saturday and Sunday off
as well.

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Um, and 185 non-school days in
the year.

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So it would mean that if you're
to keep 90% of attendance,

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if I'm correct, Ms. McGee, to
keep at least a 90% of attendance,

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your child would have to be
absent for less or max 18 or 20 days.

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The, the number that is
considered chronically absent is 17.

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So if your child misses 17 days,

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then your child is considered
chronically absent.

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Right.

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Oh sorry, so 17 if you wanna
start keeping track.

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I think it's a a good way.

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To think of it if you want your
child to excel in everything and

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have that percentage and it does
help them,

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especially if I have parents
here that are going or considering

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middle school applications to
schools outside of your zones or

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neighborhood schools, attendance
is important, they look at it.

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So 4th grade, 5th grade, all the
grades,

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they do look at attendance. Like
I said,

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it's a good habit to keep
because once they're in high school,

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I have a high schooler now as
well.

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Once they're in high school,
that's also looked at for colleges,

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for programs, for sports.

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Attendance is extremely
important sometimes we don't necessarily

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see it that way, but the numbers
are calculated.

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Uh, Chronic lateness, am I aware
that sometimes, yes,

00:23:44.849 --> 00:23:47.280
you can be late, sometimes it
happens, right?

00:23:47.530 --> 00:23:50.550
Not every child wakes up saying
I wanna go to school today,

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or yes, I'm gonna let you do my
hair,

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or it's happened to me already
in these last two weeks at least

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twice.

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I get it. I'm a parent,

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but chronic lateness or
constantly being late is not only an

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interruption or disruption to
your child being able to start the

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day smoothly, but in reality it
is an interruption.

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It's a distraction also to the
other kids in the class and to

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the class as a whole. So we
really strive,

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we wanna push you guys and we
want you to help us, right,

00:24:22.109 --> 00:24:26.109
to strive for the most success
possible.

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In this fantasy and she wants to
add something,

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she has to let me know.

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Um, another thing or helpful
tips,

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please make sure that we have
the most updated address and

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contact information for you.

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It's not just in Apeu, if, if
we'll get to the next account.

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It's not just updating it there
in any New York City public

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school, if your address has
changed,

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:54.119
please update it with us
sometimes and I'm.

00:24:54.520 --> 00:24:57.899
Feel very um confident in saying
this.

00:24:58.199 --> 00:25:01.079
Sometimes people move out of the
zone and they're afraid to kind

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:03.069
of let us know, hey, I don't be
afraid of that,

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:05.120
your child is registered here,
they're here.

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The most important thing with
that, right, is the attendance.

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:12.530
So it's important so that we
know how to better assist you,

00:25:12.569 --> 00:25:14.900
that you update the address Miss
Tina's just gonna ask for two

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:17.449
proofs. If you need to know what
those two proofs are,

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:19.579
please let us know.

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After 3 consecutive absences, we
do need to know.

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One day your child is home,
understood, had a little fever,

00:25:28.890 --> 00:25:31.669
you kept them home, sniffles,
you write a handwritten off.

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But after 3 consecutive days,
let's say.

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That Ben was absent Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday.

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When you come back Thursday, we
do need a doctor's note.

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So please just understand that
we're not like, you know,

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purposely trying to Make things,

00:25:52.410 --> 00:25:53.650
sometimes people see it as an
inconvenience.

00:25:53.689 --> 00:25:54.640
It's not an inconvenience.

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Like I said again, always keep
in mind it's your receipt.

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What, what's the reason for the
absence?

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It's always better for you to
cover as a parent to cover your

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bases.

00:26:04.060 --> 00:26:06.920
You can send us a reminder
email, you can reach out to me,

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:08.729
you can reach out to the office.

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:10.550
If you don't get in touch with
the office,

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:13.890
most of the time if you've
gotten an email from me, right,

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:16.420
my mobile number is on there as
well.

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:18.880
You have the reminder for the
school,

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:21.900
please reach out to your teacher
and let them know that the

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:23.319
child is gonna be absent. So
there's many,

00:26:23.329 --> 00:26:26.540
many ways that you can just
please try to make it a habit to do

00:26:26.540 --> 00:26:28.540
so and inform us.

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Uh Same thing with early pickups
on the back of each calendar,

00:26:34.959 --> 00:26:37.239
so you should already have the
September calendar and you will

00:26:37.239 --> 00:26:40.469
get a calendar for every month.
On the back of each calendar,

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:46.359
it also shows at which
particular time your child is at lunch.

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I say this not only um as a
reference for the school,

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.719
but I say it as a parent, right?

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:55.839
If you're coming to the school
to pick up your child because you

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:59.920
have to make a doctor's
appointment or uh I've had situations

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:02.459
where you did plan a vacation or
something, right,

00:27:02.479 --> 00:27:06.049
unfortunately, and you have to
leave at a speedy time.

00:27:06.349 --> 00:27:07.510
We have our protocols.

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:09.670
You must go through security,
show your ID.

00:27:09.750 --> 00:27:11.709
Once you do that, then you're
allowed into the office.

00:27:11.790 --> 00:27:12.670
Once you're in the office,

00:27:12.709 --> 00:27:16.750
we must and absolutely will
check the blue card with that ID and

00:27:16.750 --> 00:27:18.500
make sure that you're on that
blue card,

00:27:18.670 --> 00:27:21.430
and then we locate your child
and bring them down.

00:27:21.469 --> 00:27:25.030
So there is a process to shorten
the amount of time that you

00:27:25.030 --> 00:27:29.550
wait to get your child. If you
look at the back of the calendar,

00:27:29.589 --> 00:27:31.910
you know that your child is
going to be at lunch,

00:27:32.030 --> 00:27:34.589
let's just say at 11 o'clock.

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:36.980
But you wanna pick up at 11
o'clock.

00:27:37.280 --> 00:27:39.439
My biggest recommendation,
number one,

00:27:39.520 --> 00:27:43.520
let your child know I'm gonna
pick you up during lunch, right?

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:46.539
Number 2, please inform the
teacher.

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:48.949
Unfortunately I have to pick up
during lunch.

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:52.160
Can you please make sure that
they go down to lunch with their

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:56.239
things because what happens is
that during lunch they come down

00:27:56.239 --> 00:27:56.619
to eat.

00:27:56.680 --> 00:28:00.640
They don't bring down their
backpacks and their extra things or

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:04.469
their notebooks that they come
down with their lunch boxes or

00:28:04.760 --> 00:28:07.470
none at all, their water bottles
and they're having lunch.

00:28:07.770 --> 00:28:10.290
If you pick up during that time,
then we have to, one,

00:28:10.329 --> 00:28:12.890
locate them in the cafeteria
during recess,

00:28:12.969 --> 00:28:16.260
then have someone escort them to
class, get them things,

00:28:16.560 --> 00:28:18.130
get their things, pack their
things,

00:28:18.209 --> 00:28:19.510
then bring them down to you.

00:28:19.810 --> 00:28:23.439
It wastes your time, not
necessarily. Ours right?

00:28:23.550 --> 00:28:25.540
we're here to the end of the
day.

00:28:25.750 --> 00:28:27.780
It doesn't bother any of us to
do those things,

00:28:27.949 --> 00:28:29.459
but sometimes if you're in a
rush,

00:28:29.469 --> 00:28:33.400
the best thing to do is if you
communicate with us and we plan

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:35.569
everything accordingly if that
makes sense.

00:28:35.869 --> 00:28:39.399
So that's something that I see
very often.

00:28:39.699 --> 00:28:45.640
And we will continue to
communicate about uh absences and

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.539
attendance.

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:48.839
So that's my first part about
attendance, Miss McGee,

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:51.079
do you wanna add anything, Miss
Fan,

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:55.160
do you wanna text me and add
something additional?

00:28:55.959 --> 00:28:59.959
Oh, where are you? Hold on, hold
on.

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:05.000
She's texting but I'm so let me
see.

00:29:07.170 --> 00:29:10.510
I apologize that, one moment.
Where are you, Miss Fan?

00:29:10.550 --> 00:29:12.550
I'm looking for you.

00:29:20.199 --> 00:29:22.569
Does anybody have a ques any
questions about attendance,

00:29:22.760 --> 00:29:24.760
about dismissal?

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:31.920
You can amute yourselves.

00:29:33.939 --> 00:29:35.939
It's not a huge group.

00:29:37.910 --> 00:29:41.910
No? OK. Or Rama, do you have
something?

00:29:48.010 --> 00:29:50.010
All right, so that's attendance.

00:29:54.469 --> 00:29:57.869
Now my second, and if you guys
want,

00:29:57.910 --> 00:30:00.469
I could send you these links.

00:30:02.550 --> 00:30:05.780
Information resources. Mhm.

00:30:06.849 --> 00:30:08.849
OK.

00:30:09.290 --> 00:30:11.069
And then we jump into the NISA
account.

00:30:11.150 --> 00:30:15.079
Everyone, the NSA accounts or
anybody who's kinda,

00:30:15.300 --> 00:30:17.540
any parent coordinator or
someone at the school we usually call

00:30:17.540 --> 00:30:21.039
it a Nn account, but it's the
New York City schools account.

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:23.339
That's what it stands for.

00:30:25.349 --> 00:30:29.239
And all of you should have
gotten a letter in regards to the New

00:30:29.239 --> 00:30:30.079
York City schools account.

00:30:30.150 --> 00:30:32.460
So if you see on the screen on
the little right,

00:30:32.760 --> 00:30:36.760
it'll show you what the initial
sign up pages.

00:30:38.020 --> 00:30:40.489
And I'm hoping some of you
already created the account.

00:30:40.689 --> 00:30:46.180
Please do not try to create this
account with your child's New

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:50.319
York City email. It must be your
email.

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:54.739
Pick whichever email you know
you're going to have for a long

00:30:54.739 --> 00:30:57.960
time that you're going to use
for a long time.

00:30:58.260 --> 00:31:02.719
And I put here on the screen my
email, my telephone number,

00:31:02.800 --> 00:31:07.239
this is the letter that we sent
home. Did everybody receive it?

00:31:09.209 --> 00:31:13.859
I hope so. Yes. OK. Thank you.
Yes, I did receive it.

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:15.000
Thank you.

00:31:15.300 --> 00:31:20.430
So what I will say is this, if
you already had an account,

00:31:20.760 --> 00:31:22.340
then you don't need to do this,

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:26.780
but I will say that the majority
of people forgot their password.

00:31:27.239 --> 00:31:29.239
If you did forget your password,

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:31.280
then you have to click forgot
password,

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:34.770
go through the three questions.
And reset it.

00:31:34.790 --> 00:31:36.040
If you have trouble with that,

00:31:36.329 --> 00:31:40.040
I have the ability to reset it
so that you can start new.

00:31:40.290 --> 00:31:44.040
If you've never had an account,
then you utilize this letter.

00:31:44.290 --> 00:31:46.589
Some people run into the problem
that they had an account and

00:31:46.589 --> 00:31:48.530
they forgot they had the
account, right?

00:31:48.810 --> 00:31:51.150
So they're trying to create it
and it's like an email already

00:31:51.150 --> 00:31:54.969
exists with this an account
already exists with this email

00:31:54.969 --> 00:31:58.969
address. If you run into that, I
can help you reset it.

00:31:59.430 --> 00:32:00.510
Please reach out to me,

00:32:00.630 --> 00:32:03.809
that's my telephone number here
at the school.

00:32:04.109 --> 00:32:06.109
And my email address.

00:32:06.829 --> 00:32:09.030
Anybody knows that if you email
me, text me,

00:32:09.109 --> 00:32:11.210
I try to get back to you as soon
as possible.

00:32:11.510 --> 00:32:13.810
Sometimes it'll be later in the
evening after I put my little

00:32:13.810 --> 00:32:17.090
one to sleep, but I do try my
hardest to get back to you.

00:32:17.390 --> 00:32:20.059
The NSA account is extremely
important.

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:24.040
I say this as a parent, not
because, and I'm one of,

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:26.439
I'm very honest, for everybody
who's on here,

00:32:26.560 --> 00:32:30.310
I will not sugarcoat things for
you. The reality is,

00:32:30.560 --> 00:32:33.930
DOE or the Department of
Education would like every parent to be

00:32:33.930 --> 00:32:35.310
logged into the NIX account.

00:32:35.520 --> 00:32:37.760
Some people receive the letter
and don't pay attention to it.

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.989
Please log into it.

00:32:39.280 --> 00:32:42.160
And I say that not because the
Department of Education wants you

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:47.079
on it, but because I have a
child just as you do.

00:32:47.479 --> 00:32:49.479
That from pre-K.

00:32:51.020 --> 00:32:53.020
Perfect. From pre-K,

00:32:53.459 --> 00:32:56.040
please email me so I can get you
the letter for your pre-K

00:32:56.040 --> 00:32:56.600
student.

00:32:56.900 --> 00:33:00.260
From pre-K, my child is now
entering 9th grade in high school.

00:33:00.560 --> 00:33:05.199
This NICSA account will follow
them through their entire

00:33:05.199 --> 00:33:07.619
educational journey, pre-K to
high school,

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:11.339
ending a high school as long as
they stay within a New York City

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:16.310
public school. So this is your
pass key as a parent.

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:20.609
To have it all in your hands,

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:25.750
and I really do believe that I
utilize it a lot. I'm not saying.

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:30.899
I'm not saying that children
aren't necessarily honest.

00:33:31.199 --> 00:33:35.430
You can have the most honest
child ever, right? But as a parent,

00:33:35.560 --> 00:33:38.160
I know we all do our due
diligence and we're like, OK,

00:33:38.280 --> 00:33:40.560
did you do this? Did you check
that?

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:42.069
Did you get to school on time?

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:44.750
Did we wanna be on top of it,
right?

00:33:44.959 --> 00:33:48.649
So this is the best way to do so
I feel.

00:33:48.949 --> 00:33:52.670
So these are all the things that
you have access to in that New

00:33:52.670 --> 00:33:53.859
York City schools account.

00:33:54.030 --> 00:33:56.970
A lot of people confuse it with
my schools.

00:33:57.270 --> 00:33:58.889
My schools is separate.

00:33:59.189 --> 00:34:03.130
I will always, always, always
use this analogy.

00:34:03.430 --> 00:34:07.949
My schools is you telling the
Department of Education.

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:12.010
Hand hand in the air, save a
spot for me. I want a chair.

00:34:12.310 --> 00:34:14.089
You're applying for something.

00:34:14.389 --> 00:34:19.600
My school is strictly for
application purposes 3K, pre-K,

00:34:19.750 --> 00:34:22.389
kindergarten, middle school,
high school,

00:34:22.469 --> 00:34:26.489
and specialized high schools and
also um gifted and talented.

00:34:26.750 --> 00:34:30.139
It is simply an application
platform.

00:34:30.439 --> 00:34:33.500
All my school does, it doesn't
even register you,

00:34:33.510 --> 00:34:37.949
you can apply to wherever you
can apply to a middle school.

00:34:38.080 --> 00:34:40.080
It doesn't necessarily.

00:34:41.070 --> 00:34:44.020
Put you in if you're doing 3K
pre-K or kindergarten, right?

00:34:44.189 --> 00:34:46.870
So always reach out to that
school or keep in mind that that

00:34:46.870 --> 00:34:47.899
school will reach out to you.

00:34:48.120 --> 00:34:51.989
So all my school does hand
raised, I want the seat,

00:34:52.030 --> 00:34:54.340
I want the seat, I want the
seat. That's what it does.

00:34:54.560 --> 00:34:59.500
NISA or the New York City
schools account does a lot more.

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:02.810
If your child is in middle
school or high school,

00:35:02.879 --> 00:35:05.830
most definitely, you're gonna be
able to see their schedule.

00:35:06.080 --> 00:35:09.979
In elementary school, they don't
necessarily do that. Hi, Ms.

00:35:09.989 --> 00:35:14.340
Van. Hi, I'm sorry. Before I
continue, I know Ms.

00:35:14.379 --> 00:35:16.570
Pan wanted to say something
about the attendance.

00:35:16.870 --> 00:35:20.870
Yeah, I'm using Ms. McGee's um
desktop.

00:35:21.310 --> 00:35:24.689
I get it. We're all busy. Go
ahead before I continue with Nixon.

00:35:24.989 --> 00:35:28.780
OK, so I'm sorry, I was late for
the meeting,

00:35:28.949 --> 00:35:32.429
so I just want to say something
about attendance, um.

00:35:32.729 --> 00:35:36.310
So, like I, like what Ms. Guzman
said, right?

00:35:36.469 --> 00:35:41.070
So, basically, to reach 90% of
uh attendance rate,

00:35:41.310 --> 00:35:41.949
you cannot be,

00:35:42.110 --> 00:35:45.570
your child cannot be absent more
than 2 days a month.

00:35:45.870 --> 00:35:48.560
So, if you think about it, we
have 10 months of school, right,

00:35:48.590 --> 00:35:52.159
in the school year. And then, so
2 days a month. It's 20 days.

00:35:52.459 --> 00:35:54.270
Um, so you cannot,

00:35:54.419 --> 00:35:58.290
your child cannot be absent more
than 2 days a month. So,

00:35:58.580 --> 00:36:03.060
and we just started and usually
our school's attendance pretty

00:36:03.060 --> 00:36:06.370
good in the beginning. And then
when the winter hits,

00:36:06.580 --> 00:36:09.330
and that's when the attendance
starts to go down.

00:36:09.629 --> 00:36:11.830
So, and I understand because,
you know,

00:36:12.120 --> 00:36:15.189
students during the school, uh,
winter time, you know, we,

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:18.580
we get sick, you know, um,
sometimes allergies,

00:36:18.830 --> 00:36:21.939
sometimes uh we get, we have a
cold or we have a fever.

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:26.459
So the, I would say, so listen,
think. Think of this way,

00:36:26.949 --> 00:36:29.790
that you're um thinking that
you're trying to think like you're

00:36:29.790 --> 00:36:33.210
saving days in the bank. So
right now,

00:36:33.510 --> 00:36:36.590
make sure you send your students
to your child to school every

00:36:36.590 --> 00:36:41.620
day. So when winter comes, uh,
when they get sick, um,

00:36:42.060 --> 00:36:43.989
they will be absent. That, it's
normal.

00:36:44.149 --> 00:36:48.469
I, I get sick too in November,
and in March too, you know, uh,

00:36:48.520 --> 00:36:51.500
I, I need to take a day off or
two, right? So,

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:54.959
Try to send your child to school
every day and try to save those

00:36:54.959 --> 00:37:00.010
days. So when winter comes, like
December, January, February,

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:02.479
you know, they'll get sick,
they'll have a cold, they'll,

00:37:02.600 --> 00:37:05.109
they'll be coughing, they'll be
like, you know, sneezing.

00:37:05.409 --> 00:37:06.600
Um, they can be absent.

00:37:06.649 --> 00:37:10.459
So, but then you have stay safe
for those months. OK.

00:37:10.610 --> 00:37:11.889
So that's just one strategy.

00:37:11.929 --> 00:37:14.770
I'm not saying that they should
be absent, but we,

00:37:15.050 --> 00:37:16.840
this is the reality, we all get
sick,

00:37:17.050 --> 00:37:20.610
especially during the winter
time. Uh, so try, try, try,

00:37:20.689 --> 00:37:23.109
try your best to send your child
to school.

00:37:23.409 --> 00:37:26.989
In September, October, November,
and then, you know,

00:37:27.189 --> 00:37:29.149
when spring comes, and then, you
know,

00:37:29.270 --> 00:37:31.340
make sure that they come to
school every single day.

00:37:31.590 --> 00:37:35.030
So this way, their attendances
won't be too bad, you know,

00:37:35.110 --> 00:37:38.590
we don't want them to reach 18
days of uh absences during the

00:37:38.590 --> 00:37:39.409
school year.

00:37:39.709 --> 00:37:43.219
So, you know, 18 days uh uh
absences during the school year,

00:37:43.350 --> 00:37:46.050
that's you, if you think about
it, it's only 20 days,

00:37:46.350 --> 00:37:49.800
2020 instructional days. In a
month.

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:53.310
So basically, they, if they miss
2018, 20 days,

00:37:53.399 --> 00:37:55.389
they miss a whole month of
instruction time.

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:59.120
So it's, we might, you might not
think that one day,

00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:01.290
two days here is, is no big
deal.

00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:03.780
You might think it's no big
deal, but when you add them up,

00:38:04.080 --> 00:38:07.409
You know, it's a, they miss a
whole month of instructional time.

00:38:07.530 --> 00:38:10.570
So, please, please, please help
us with attendance,

00:38:10.689 --> 00:38:13.260
make sure they are, they are in
school every day on time.

00:38:13.530 --> 00:38:17.159
Um, we don't want them to miss
not just math, reading,

00:38:17.330 --> 00:38:18.570
social studies. They,

00:38:18.689 --> 00:38:21.399
they're also going to miss a lot
of fun times that we have,

00:38:21.429 --> 00:38:25.429
we plan for our students here.
OK. Thank you.

00:38:26.649 --> 00:38:28.649
Thank you, Ms. Barron.

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:32.449
So as you can see on the screen,
I know Ms.

00:38:32.459 --> 00:38:35.200
Pham was talking about that and
the screen has something else,

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:37.449
but with the New York City
schools account,

00:38:37.459 --> 00:38:39.169
it is very important.

00:38:39.270 --> 00:38:43.629
For example, A lot of times you
might need proof, right,

00:38:43.709 --> 00:38:45.850
that your child lives with you
or that you're the guardian.

00:38:45.870 --> 00:38:48.699
If you go into your New York
City schools account and click on

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:50.379
guardian or the option for
guardian,

00:38:50.590 --> 00:38:54.739
it'll show exactly the child's
name, what grade they're in,

00:38:54.969 --> 00:38:57.110
your information, who you are to
the child,

00:38:57.189 --> 00:39:00.350
whether or not you resign,
address, etc. There's your proof.

00:39:00.429 --> 00:39:03.110
I utilize that for tons of
things in my personal life when

00:39:03.110 --> 00:39:04.369
people ask me, right?

00:39:04.669 --> 00:39:07.750
So that's something that you
don't even have to come to the

00:39:07.750 --> 00:39:07.830
school.

00:39:07.879 --> 00:39:11.349
You don't have to request it
from anyone, you actually have it.

00:39:11.649 --> 00:39:14.050
Talking about attendance,
believe it or not,

00:39:14.209 --> 00:39:15.290
their daily attendance,

00:39:15.370 --> 00:39:21.830
monthly attendance is there and
it's actually It it actually

00:39:21.830 --> 00:39:22.389
looks pretty cool.

00:39:22.469 --> 00:39:25.620
It gives you everything las,
absences, everything is there,

00:39:25.870 --> 00:39:29.780
and I will say that when it
comes to attendance during the year,

00:39:29.790 --> 00:39:32.969
if it's once a month that you
log into your Insta account to

00:39:32.969 --> 00:39:36.090
check the attendance, do so
because we are human, right,

00:39:36.149 --> 00:39:38.850
and we might make mistakes, um,

00:39:39.189 --> 00:39:44.260
your child or Ben or whoever
might walk in late and it's a human

00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:48.389
being that has to go into the
system and change that absence to

00:39:48.389 --> 00:39:49.839
late.

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:54.840
It can happen. Do we often make
those types of mistakes?

00:39:55.040 --> 00:39:57.429
No, but that it can happen, it
can.

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:59.489
This is the best way for you to
track that.

00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:02.239
If you ever go into the next
account and you see a day and you

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:05.080
say, no, no, my child was here
that day I brought them.

00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:06.669
Look, this is the homework that
they did.

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:10.199
please come to us, we'll make
the adjustment and we'll fix it.

00:40:10.479 --> 00:40:14.479
And why would I tell you to be
on top of this?

00:40:15.270 --> 00:40:19.119
Because after June 30th you
can't change the attendance.

00:40:19.419 --> 00:40:24.459
So if your child, just an
example, this is their 4th grade year,

00:40:24.590 --> 00:40:26.119
right, or their first grade
year,

00:40:26.419 --> 00:40:29.709
and you're trying to be on top
of the attendance like Ms.

00:40:29.750 --> 00:40:33.010
Van said, you're trying to have
them stay 90 or above,

00:40:33.070 --> 00:40:34.869
you're on top of it, right?

00:40:35.169 --> 00:40:38.429
And somebody overlooked
something and there's a mistake in the

00:40:38.429 --> 00:40:41.099
attendance and it wasn't
adjusted.

00:40:41.399 --> 00:40:43.120
After June 30th of every year,

00:40:43.169 --> 00:40:45.479
there's no more adjustments made
for the previous year in

00:40:45.479 --> 00:40:47.479
attendance. It can't be done.

00:40:47.889 --> 00:40:50.620
So the best thing is to track
it, to look at it,

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:52.300
be on top of it.

00:40:52.600 --> 00:40:57.719
Also, test scores by the time
your child reaches 3rd grade, 3rd,

00:40:57.800 --> 00:41:02.600
4th, 5th, 6th, and continuous,
all state exams, Regent's exams,

00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:04.469
the scores for those exams,

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:08.020
you don't necessarily get from
the school, right?

00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:10.510
That it didn't even come out
during school time.

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:14.280
My son took 2 Regencies last
year and I didn't get it till like

00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:15.339
the end of summer.

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:19.060
But no one's gonna call me and
tell me that it's there.

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:21.659
Sometimes you'll receive a
message from the schools and say,

00:41:21.669 --> 00:41:22.919
hey, they're out.

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:25.419
Usually it's the parent
coordinators who do that.

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:27.360
But if you want the test scores,

00:41:27.439 --> 00:41:29.169
you find that in the NISA
account.

00:41:29.449 --> 00:41:33.280
If your child receives if your
child receives transportation

00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:33.989
door to door,

00:41:34.239 --> 00:41:38.199
half of the time it is updated
and you will see the timing,

00:41:38.310 --> 00:41:42.320
the routes, the bus all the
information in the NISA account.

00:41:43.469 --> 00:41:47.379
Their reading level, trackers,
everything,

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:52.100
it's all their report cards
sometimes you leave a little uh

00:41:52.100 --> 00:41:53.479
before the summer ended, right?

00:41:53.520 --> 00:41:55.000
You use some of those days like
Ms.

00:41:55.030 --> 00:41:59.439
Pan said that you saved up
because they weren't sick and instead

00:41:59.439 --> 00:42:01.639
of staying till June 26th of the
last day of school,

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:04.550
you left a little earlier and
you didn't get the report card,

00:42:04.560 --> 00:42:07.070
but you wanna see the report
card. You can,

00:42:07.320 --> 00:42:10.010
you can see it from any beach on
the world as long as you have

00:42:10.010 --> 00:42:12.950
internet or Wi Fi with your Nixa
account.

00:42:13.250 --> 00:42:14.939
The report card is there.

00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:17.959
So that's another thing that
sometimes people don't take into

00:42:17.959 --> 00:42:21.959
consideration or maybe they
don't know.

00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:27.899
Guzman, um. This year, we're
going to send home a report,

00:42:28.169 --> 00:42:31.320
I believe several times, like
during the school year.

00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:35.800
So in that report, you will see
your child's uh grades,

00:42:36.050 --> 00:42:39.419
and also, you'll see your
child's attendance.

00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:42.889
And also, probably also last
year's attendance as well.

00:42:43.060 --> 00:42:44.419
So they can see how they're
doing.

00:42:44.540 --> 00:42:46.860
So, that will be sent home uh
this year.

00:42:46.939 --> 00:42:48.689
Something new we're trying,
we're doing.

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:50.850
So this way, mom will know how
they're doing,

00:42:50.899 --> 00:42:52.589
how their child is doing in
school,

00:42:52.889 --> 00:42:56.889
and not just grades and also
attendance.

00:42:58.070 --> 00:43:02.399
So if you think about it, all of
these things, thank you Ms.

00:43:02.439 --> 00:43:04.280
Pan, all of these things, and
I'll go back,

00:43:04.489 --> 00:43:07.629
all of these things or like Ms.
Fan said, right,

00:43:07.929 --> 00:43:11.800
all of these things are a way to
set up your child for success.

00:43:12.010 --> 00:43:15.979
That's truly what. I feel here
at 62 we embody.

00:43:16.040 --> 00:43:20.370
I feel like every year there's a
step or there's a plan forward

00:43:20.580 --> 00:43:24.570
to try to get all of the
children on the right track to success.

00:43:24.820 --> 00:43:28.020
That's what we all want and the
reality is attendance plays a

00:43:28.020 --> 00:43:33.070
big part, but also your ability
to obtain information,

00:43:33.260 --> 00:43:37.000
your ability to know what's
going on as a parent is important

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:41.389
too. And I would like everyone
to know that the tools are there,

00:43:41.429 --> 00:43:45.060
the information is there, you
just need to know where to look.

00:43:45.310 --> 00:43:46.379
We're all here to help you.

00:43:46.389 --> 00:43:48.929
You can come to us and ask all
the questions that you want,

00:43:49.229 --> 00:43:50.830
including myself, anybody who
knows, I,

00:43:50.949 --> 00:43:54.129
I'm always down to give you a
hand with whatever you want,

00:43:54.429 --> 00:43:59.149
but I also want to teach you
that you have the ability to have

00:43:59.149 --> 00:44:01.359
this information also in your
hands.

00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:03.820
So as a parent, the more
information you have,

00:44:03.899 --> 00:44:07.899
the more ready you are, the
better it is.

00:44:08.399 --> 00:44:12.129
Ms. Fan, do you wanna add
something to that? Mm.

00:44:12.429 --> 00:44:16.179
Do you have any pre-K parents
here? Yes. OK.

00:44:16.479 --> 00:44:23.449
So, um, parents, I know, uh, our
pre-K students are like babies,

00:44:23.649 --> 00:44:24.800
like they're your babies.

00:44:24.969 --> 00:44:28.290
I understand, you know, my son's
19 now.

00:44:28.370 --> 00:44:34.600
So I've been there, done that,
um, in the morning, mommy, daddy.

00:44:34.790 --> 00:44:36.820
We want them to be independent,
right?

00:44:36.889 --> 00:44:38.850
It's important that they learn
to be independent.

00:44:38.879 --> 00:44:41.620
And then, trust me, during the
day, they're fine,

00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:42.770
they're totally fine.

00:44:43.060 --> 00:44:46.169
Uh, I don't really hear much
crying from pre-K classes.

00:44:46.300 --> 00:44:48.839
My office is right next to their
classes.

00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:51.470
So during the day, they're,
they're totally fine.

00:44:51.770 --> 00:44:54.449
So, please, please, please, you
know,

00:44:54.639 --> 00:44:58.050
there's something that we want
to um do for our child is that we

00:44:58.050 --> 00:45:01.149
want them to be, learn to be
independent.

00:45:01.449 --> 00:45:02.370
You know, that's the goal,
right?

00:45:02.409 --> 00:45:05.349
You want them to be independent.
You don't want them to be, be,

00:45:05.649 --> 00:45:07.000
you don't want them to depend on
you.

00:45:07.169 --> 00:45:10.570
So something that we want to
teach our, our child, our students.

00:45:10.689 --> 00:45:14.830
So in the morning, drop them
off, um. And then they'll,

00:45:14.909 --> 00:45:18.379
they'll learn to walk to their
classes by themselves, OK?

00:45:18.590 --> 00:45:20.270
And I know a lot of times in the
morning,

00:45:20.350 --> 00:45:23.700
you want to tell me something,
but I, I, I don't want to.

00:45:24.000 --> 00:45:25.649
You know, I, I don't want to be
rude,

00:45:25.770 --> 00:45:27.649
but a lot of times I can't
really talk to you.

00:45:27.770 --> 00:45:31.479
So sometimes you tell me to ask
me to tell teacher, uh,

00:45:31.489 --> 00:45:33.719
like give teacher certain
message, you know,

00:45:33.929 --> 00:45:34.439
be like in the morning,

00:45:34.530 --> 00:45:38.209
I need to make sure that your
child gets to the class, safe,

00:45:38.300 --> 00:45:40.129
right? That's my number one
priority.

00:45:40.250 --> 00:45:43.570
So, we need to make sure that
your child is safe in school.

00:45:43.649 --> 00:45:46.709
So in the morning, I might not
be able to talk to you.

00:45:46.850 --> 00:45:49.320
um, but it's just like, please,
please, please,

00:45:49.489 --> 00:45:52.935
just If you have any messages
that you want to let teachers know,

00:45:53.024 --> 00:45:56.094
you can remind them, send them a
message on remind,

00:45:56.385 --> 00:46:00.344
or you can call us, uh, we can
leave them a message. OK.

00:46:00.465 --> 00:46:01.544
So, or email the teachers.

00:46:01.625 --> 00:46:03.534
I know that they send out their
emails to you guys.

00:46:03.614 --> 00:46:06.244
Um, so please, uh, in the
morning,

00:46:06.544 --> 00:46:08.225
make sure that they have a
backpack on.

00:46:08.344 --> 00:46:09.695
By the time they reach the door,

00:46:09.824 --> 00:46:13.024
make sure they use the bathroom
before they come to school in

00:46:13.024 --> 00:46:15.104
the morning and then say bye to
them, let them go,

00:46:15.225 --> 00:46:16.159
they'll be there.

00:46:16.459 --> 00:46:19.719
I promise we have staff in the
hallway to, to take care of them.

00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:23.040
So, parents, trust us, they're
in good hands.

00:46:23.159 --> 00:46:28.280
We, we will never leave your
child unattended. So, please,

00:46:28.399 --> 00:46:31.389
please make sure that they have
a backpack on and then walk into

00:46:31.389 --> 00:46:33.389
school by themselves.

00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:36.870
Except in the bathroom
sometimes, but technically, you know,

00:46:37.080 --> 00:46:38.080
pre-K is a little different,

00:46:38.120 --> 00:46:40.629
but we can't go to the bathroom
with.

00:46:40.929 --> 00:46:42.469
It's not that they're
unattended.

00:46:42.560 --> 00:46:44.600
They're not, but I just wanna
put that out there.

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:47.360
But yes, I appreciate that Ms.
Pan brought that up.

00:46:47.600 --> 00:46:49.830
Like I'm just like Ms. Pan, just
like you,

00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:52.229
and I'm gonna continuously bring
it up so that people know that

00:46:52.229 --> 00:46:53.550
we do understand.

00:46:53.840 --> 00:46:57.600
I have a child that just started
3K and my other one started

00:46:57.600 --> 00:46:59.600
high school, trust me.

00:47:00.149 --> 00:47:02.979
Big age gap, but I understand
where you're coming from.

00:47:03.100 --> 00:47:07.550
I understand how difficult it
is. I cried, she didn't cry.

00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:10.270
I was very upset in a way. I was
like, oh,

00:47:10.520 --> 00:47:15.449
but I was proud of my 3K student
that she didn't need me

00:47:15.449 --> 00:47:17.399
necessarily to take her up to
class.

00:47:17.479 --> 00:47:21.139
I was proud of her because it
let me know you're gonna be OK.

00:47:21.439 --> 00:47:24.330
You're gonna be OK and like Ms.
Fan said,

00:47:24.439 --> 00:47:28.419
our number one priority is
making sure that you guys are safe.

00:47:28.719 --> 00:47:31.949
And sometimes I understand that
everybody, you know,

00:47:32.120 --> 00:47:33.290
you wanna see them off,

00:47:33.439 --> 00:47:36.590
but sometimes the crowd at the
door or crowds in general,

00:47:36.840 --> 00:47:40.199
we forget that the little ones,
especially in pre-K,

00:47:40.320 --> 00:47:42.079
kindergarten, and even sometimes
first,

00:47:42.379 --> 00:47:44.169
they're a lot shorter than you.

00:47:44.469 --> 00:47:47.419
So when I'm looking, right, I'm
tall,

00:47:47.669 --> 00:47:49.979
so when I'm looking across or
ahead,

00:47:50.189 --> 00:47:55.909
all I see are adults by a door
and we are very observant and we

00:47:55.909 --> 00:47:59.070
do have to make sure and that's
why you see us standing at doors

00:47:59.070 --> 00:48:00.159
standing at gates.

00:48:00.459 --> 00:48:05.310
Their safety is our number one
priority every day and we like to

00:48:05.310 --> 00:48:08.929
make sure that we have a visual
on them all the time.

00:48:09.229 --> 00:48:13.229
So just so you're aware
sometimes I know I might get annoying.

00:48:13.750 --> 00:48:15.110
Even though it's not a good
intention,

00:48:15.189 --> 00:48:18.310
but just know that we worry
about your children and making sure

00:48:18.310 --> 00:48:19.939
that they're OK.

00:48:20.239 --> 00:48:21.889
And once they're in the
building, they're ours.

00:48:21.929 --> 00:48:24.360
I always say that. Every year I
say the same thing.

00:48:24.570 --> 00:48:26.770
Once they're in the building,
every door has an alarm, every,

00:48:26.810 --> 00:48:29.649
they're hours. That's it, you go
home, you have your coffee,

00:48:29.729 --> 00:48:31.729
they're my babies now.

00:48:33.489 --> 00:48:37.850
Does anybody have questions,
concerns, issues?

00:48:37.889 --> 00:48:41.889
Do you need help? Do you wanna
set up an appointment?

00:48:45.379 --> 00:48:47.260
These parents are very quiet
this year.

00:48:47.340 --> 00:48:49.340
I don't know what's going on.

00:48:51.020 --> 00:48:52.409
just told me it's too early in
the morning.

00:48:52.570 --> 00:48:56.570
No, I told you get your coffee.
Look, get your coffees.

00:48:58.770 --> 00:49:00.000
The morning see the morning.

00:49:00.300 --> 00:49:04.649
Um, I don't know if I received
that letter, but it does it,

00:49:04.810 --> 00:49:06.699
does it have like a specific,
um,

00:49:06.709 --> 00:49:09.260
heading on the email or
anything, um,

00:49:09.389 --> 00:49:10.699
because I'm doing it right now.

00:49:10.790 --> 00:49:13.590
Meanwhile you're talking so I
can get the creation.

00:49:13.810 --> 00:49:17.280
I, I put it on the screen again.
You mean this one?

00:49:17.580 --> 00:49:19.230
Yeah, I need the cre. OK.

00:49:19.530 --> 00:49:22.320
So, believe it or not, your
letter comes with a creation code.

00:49:22.530 --> 00:49:25.360
In this one, we removed the
creation code so that nobody,

00:49:25.659 --> 00:49:27.489
cause sometimes people look at
something on the screen and

00:49:27.489 --> 00:49:29.560
they're like, oh, I'm gonna do
it, and next thing you know,

00:49:29.570 --> 00:49:33.060
you're in somebody else's
account.

00:49:33.360 --> 00:49:35.360
So this is like a fake one.

00:49:36.580 --> 00:49:40.580
So it doesn't have, but yours
should have the creation code.

00:49:41.840 --> 00:49:44.909
Thank you so much. You're
welcome. Ms.

00:49:44.919 --> 00:49:48.070
Guzman, um, I got the paper, uh,

00:49:48.080 --> 00:49:51.429
the other day actually from my
child's, um, teacher,

00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:53.879
and I signed up and I did
everything,

00:49:54.159 --> 00:49:57.959
but I tried to sign back in and
it won't let me.

00:49:58.239 --> 00:50:00.510
So I did like the whole forget
password thingy,

00:50:00.719 --> 00:50:02.719
but it keeps saying there's, um,
actually,

00:50:02.800 --> 00:50:04.520
let me just make sure I'm
telling you the right thing.

00:50:04.560 --> 00:50:07.469
It says something went wrong,
please try again.

00:50:07.520 --> 00:50:10.550
And I've been trying like over
the weekend, up to last night,

00:50:10.600 --> 00:50:15.129
and it won't let me reset
anything. OK, can you direct me?

00:50:15.290 --> 00:50:18.429
Do you know how to direct
message on Zoom?

00:50:18.729 --> 00:50:20.860
Yes, just like during the chat.

00:50:21.270 --> 00:50:24.260
Yes, but direct message not to
everyone but to me.

00:50:24.429 --> 00:50:27.490
So when you go to the chat where
it says, yeah,

00:50:27.790 --> 00:50:30.050
so message me directly the name
of the child,

00:50:30.110 --> 00:50:32.899
and then I'll check the account
because I can't,

00:50:33.070 --> 00:50:35.659
how can I explain, I can't
create a new password for you,

00:50:35.830 --> 00:50:37.379
but if I can go,

00:50:37.389 --> 00:50:41.909
there's a system where I can go
in and see if the account is

00:50:41.909 --> 00:50:44.329
created, right? It'll tell me
the account is created.

00:50:44.629 --> 00:50:46.610
I'll call you and if you're
still having that issue,

00:50:46.669 --> 00:50:48.540
what I do is I reset it.

00:50:48.840 --> 00:50:51.800
It gives a temporary password
and then you do it again,

00:50:51.929 --> 00:50:55.419
you know what I mean? Got it,
yeah, thank you. I said the name.

00:50:55.719 --> 00:51:00.330
Perfect. I see it. Thank you. So
I have 2, got it.

00:51:01.320 --> 00:51:06.350
Miss Pan in the chat for her
information, her direct extension,

00:51:06.360 --> 00:51:08.360
and email.

00:51:11.100 --> 00:51:13.100
Also something that Ms.

00:51:13.110 --> 00:51:19.469
Goodman, so, um, I actually, I
just want parents to know that,

00:51:19.510 --> 00:51:23.469
you know, most of your students,
uh, know me actually.

00:51:23.590 --> 00:51:25.590
So I've been go.

00:51:26.149 --> 00:51:31.340
Besides 3 classes, maybe 1 in
1st grade, 22nd grade classes.

00:51:31.389 --> 00:51:35.189
I've been to all classes uh to
introduce myself.

00:51:35.310 --> 00:51:38.100
I mean, students from last year,
they, they know me already.

00:51:38.389 --> 00:51:40.100
So they know where my offer,

00:51:40.189 --> 00:51:42.090
I explained to them where they
can find me,

00:51:42.189 --> 00:51:45.270
if they need to talk to me, you
know, um, what to do,

00:51:45.350 --> 00:51:48.149
if someone's following them or
someone, uh, or something.

00:51:48.250 --> 00:51:50.979
Bothering them. So they know,
they know where to find me.

00:51:51.229 --> 00:51:53.820
Um, so this is my information.

00:51:54.110 --> 00:51:57.780
Uh, if you need me, just, you
can email me, you can call me.

00:51:57.989 --> 00:52:01.340
Um, I usually respond pretty
special email.

00:52:01.590 --> 00:52:04.350
I'll definitely respond in
within one day. OK.

00:52:04.469 --> 00:52:08.459
So, but, um, phone, if you call
me, leave me a message,

00:52:08.469 --> 00:52:12.469
I'll definitely respond within a
couple of days.

00:52:16.760 --> 00:52:20.760
Also leave uh Miss McGee's
information in the chat.

00:52:23.409 --> 00:52:28.320
Ms. McGee is the counselor for
34, and 5, and then I,

00:52:28.409 --> 00:52:30.520
as some of you might know or
don't know,

00:52:30.590 --> 00:52:31.950
I'm the parent coordinator.

00:52:32.250 --> 00:52:36.080
My job, even though I do know a
lot of your children,

00:52:36.169 --> 00:52:40.290
I absolutely adore each and
every one of them. It doesn't.

00:52:41.209 --> 00:52:41.850
Matter, right?

00:52:42.000 --> 00:52:45.109
Cause I truly believe when I
come to work, that once I clock in,

00:52:45.409 --> 00:52:46.500
all of your kids are mine.

00:52:46.679 --> 00:52:50.040
Like in my head, that's the way
I see it, and once I leave,

00:52:50.209 --> 00:52:52.250
then they're not all of them,
not a particular grade,

00:52:52.330 --> 00:52:53.520
not a particular class,

00:52:53.689 --> 00:52:56.929
all of them are mine because my
job as a parent coordinator is

00:52:56.929 --> 00:52:58.929
to be here for you.

00:52:59.250 --> 00:53:02.399
So anything you need, and it
could be minimal things.

00:53:02.489 --> 00:53:04.710
It could be things like creating
this account,

00:53:05.010 --> 00:53:05.620
sometimes people are like, Oh,

00:53:05.689 --> 00:53:07.810
help me set up my remind you
come, I put it.

00:53:07.879 --> 00:53:10.169
I have someone that brought me
documents that like I'm having

00:53:10.169 --> 00:53:11.349
trouble filling them out.

00:53:11.649 --> 00:53:15.159
I'm here for whatever it is you
need, including venting.

00:53:15.449 --> 00:53:19.300
If you need venting, they moved
me down to a different office,

00:53:19.449 --> 00:53:20.169
but believe it or not,

00:53:20.250 --> 00:53:22.330
I feel like we're further away
from people.

00:53:22.409 --> 00:53:24.950
So even if you wanted to come
and yell about something,

00:53:25.250 --> 00:53:29.189
I got your back. You come,
there's coffee, whatever you need.

00:53:29.280 --> 00:53:32.959
I've had like semi picnics with
some of my moms and we'll talk

00:53:32.959 --> 00:53:34.949
about whatever. I'm here for
you.

00:53:35.159 --> 00:53:38.199
A lot of people don't know that
just because I am a part of the

00:53:38.199 --> 00:53:38.709
school, right,

00:53:38.760 --> 00:53:41.199
or the Department of Education
doesn't mean that I'm not gonna

00:53:41.199 --> 00:53:43.709
advocate for you. That is my
job. That is my title.

00:53:43.959 --> 00:53:48.189
So whatever you need from me,
like I said, renting or not,

00:53:48.399 --> 00:53:50.399
that's what I'm here for.

00:53:52.479 --> 00:53:54.479
Oh, thank you.

00:53:56.870 --> 00:53:58.870
A little tear.

00:54:01.330 --> 00:54:03.589
Yeah, that was, that was my
spiel.

00:54:03.889 --> 00:54:05.090
I try to keep it short and
sweet.

00:54:05.129 --> 00:54:09.129
I know everybody has things to
do.

00:54:12.590 --> 00:54:15.120
I'm gonna try to keep, just so
you're aware for this year,

00:54:15.149 --> 00:54:18.610
I'm gonna try to keep some of my
workshops virtual whether they

00:54:18.610 --> 00:54:21.570
be in the morning or in the
evening and afternoon because we

00:54:21.570 --> 00:54:25.239
have of course a lot of cool
events planned for the year.

00:54:25.449 --> 00:54:28.169
There are some meetings like PTA
meetings and other meetings

00:54:28.169 --> 00:54:30.939
that are going to be in person
or hybrid,

00:54:31.129 --> 00:54:34.889
so I'm trying to keep your
calendar as free as possible for

00:54:34.889 --> 00:54:36.230
things that you have to do.

00:54:36.530 --> 00:54:39.439
So just know that some of my
things are gonna be virtual and I,

00:54:39.570 --> 00:54:43.570
when it's virtual, I try to keep
it. You know, the rag suit.

00:54:44.770 --> 00:54:48.770
But I'm here for you. Uh, one
question.

00:54:50.070 --> 00:54:50.919
Go ahead.

00:54:51.219 --> 00:54:55.219
Um, I was wondering, how do you
sign up to be part of PTA?

00:54:56.929 --> 00:54:57.909
So believe it or not,

00:54:58.000 --> 00:55:00.540
right now they'll definitely
take volunteers.

00:55:00.790 --> 00:55:04.830
They election every year in, we
did it in May.

00:55:04.949 --> 00:55:07.609
I think they had their election
in May at the end,

00:55:07.909 --> 00:55:09.620
it was at the end of May,
beginning of May.

00:55:09.830 --> 00:55:13.830
So we have right now a current
PTA, but trust me,

00:55:14.189 --> 00:55:15.340
we take volunteers,

00:55:15.389 --> 00:55:19.419
I take volunteers whenever you
have a time free.

00:55:19.770 --> 00:55:23.189
OK. Or if you get a monthly
calendar and you see that there's an

00:55:23.189 --> 00:55:25.620
event, by all means reach out to
me.

00:55:25.790 --> 00:55:27.780
I have the PTA president here
with me now.

00:55:27.870 --> 00:55:31.570
She's usually here with me, or
You know, I,

00:55:31.709 --> 00:55:35.250
I have a way to contact them.
Just hit me up. Anybody help me.

00:55:35.550 --> 00:55:38.199
Oh, I see that there's an event,
it just, do you guys need help?

00:55:38.389 --> 00:55:39.439
Do you want me to do something?

00:55:39.550 --> 00:55:42.060
I've had parents, Oh, can I
donate this? Can we do that?

00:55:42.350 --> 00:55:46.350
We're all for it. The more the
merrier. OK, thank you.

00:55:47.350 --> 00:55:49.379
I'm down, whatever you guys
wanna help with,

00:55:49.479 --> 00:55:51.479
I am totally happy with that.

00:55:55.439 --> 00:55:59.540
Hi, Ms. Guzman. Hello, Ms. Cole.
How can I help you?

00:56:00.189 --> 00:56:06.389
I need a help uh to order my
son's school winter dresses.

00:56:06.469 --> 00:56:10.060
I was going to the website on
smooth USA.com,

00:56:10.310 --> 00:56:13.379
but it's always say the store is
closed.

00:56:13.469 --> 00:56:15.790
So what can I do for that?

00:56:17.100 --> 00:56:19.100
OK.

00:56:20.919 --> 00:56:24.460
Perfect. One on the court. Uh,
the Ravinder,

00:56:24.760 --> 00:56:26.919
do you know how to direct
message me so I can get the child's

00:56:26.919 --> 00:56:30.800
name? I'll call you and I'll we
can how we can fix it because it

00:56:30.800 --> 00:56:31.709
should be working.

00:56:31.959 --> 00:56:35.879
I had a few people order
already, but we can work it out.

00:56:36.179 --> 00:56:36.520
All right.

00:56:36.679 --> 00:56:41.719
So, uh, you want me to message
the number you just provided?

00:56:42.239 --> 00:56:46.669
Yeah, right, right, give me one
second. I'm gonna put my cell.

00:56:47.439 --> 00:56:49.760
OK. You guys should be on my
mind,

00:56:49.840 --> 00:56:52.639
but I always give people my my
mobile number just in case of

00:56:52.639 --> 00:56:54.250
like.

00:56:54.550 --> 00:56:58.010
Emergencies sometimes or to get
info.

00:56:58.310 --> 00:56:59.500
People say, oh, I have this
letter.

00:56:59.550 --> 00:57:00.750
They asked me for this letter in
the office,

00:57:00.790 --> 00:57:01.790
but I can't run over there. OK,

00:57:01.909 --> 00:57:04.870
text it to me or email it to me
and I'll get it to the office

00:57:04.870 --> 00:57:09.020
that way you don't have to. Run
around 2 seconds.

00:57:12.209 --> 00:57:14.790
But an emergency isn't 9
o'clock,

00:57:15.090 --> 00:57:16.810
my child forgot the pencil in
the classroom.

00:57:16.850 --> 00:57:18.850
That's not an emergency.

00:57:19.810 --> 00:57:24.110
Just, just so you're aware, I'm
not an emergency.

00:57:24.800 --> 00:57:28.800
I can do that when I come in in
the morning.

00:57:31.300 --> 00:57:34.550
OK, so in the chat, everyone has
it, that's my mobile number.

00:57:34.739 --> 00:57:36.740
As I said, you can text and
call.

00:57:37.040 --> 00:57:42.159
I try my hardest to get back to
you and I'm a parent just like

00:57:42.159 --> 00:57:42.550
you.

00:57:42.719 --> 00:57:46.520
If you told me something at 7:50
in the morning at the gate.

00:57:46.820 --> 00:57:50.589
And I was like, oh, I got you,
I'm gonna do it, right?

00:57:50.889 --> 00:57:52.109
Give me a few, I go inside.

00:57:52.409 --> 00:57:55.010
Sometimes I come inside and then
I have a lot of people also

00:57:55.010 --> 00:57:55.919
asking me questions.

00:57:56.169 --> 00:58:00.000
If you see for any reason that
like 1011 o'clock I told you 9,

00:58:00.010 --> 00:58:03.760
I got you, and it's 1011 o'clock
and I haven't gotten to it,

00:58:03.969 --> 00:58:06.840
text me. Text me by all means.

00:58:07.889 --> 00:58:09.889
I, I'll do it.

00:58:10.530 --> 00:58:13.929
Just, you know, sometimes, not
all the time,

00:58:14.010 --> 00:58:18.010
but sometimes it gets a little,
you know.

00:58:20.570 --> 00:58:22.570
Anything else?

00:58:28.489 --> 00:58:29.729
Please check the calendar.

00:58:29.810 --> 00:58:33.250
We have a lot of things coming
up for all the 5th grade parents.

00:58:33.330 --> 00:58:35.080
There's a middle school
orientation.

00:58:35.290 --> 00:58:37.560
We got the PTA meeting tomorrow.

00:58:37.929 --> 00:58:40.399
SLT is coming up the week after.

00:58:41.620 --> 00:58:45.179
Um, I'll send you information on
that via Apple room.

00:58:45.479 --> 00:58:48.600
And then I have a workshop
coming up in October,

00:58:48.610 --> 00:58:50.429
so you guys will always be
informed.

00:58:50.489 --> 00:58:53.439
I'll probably always send out a
reminder text.

00:58:53.689 --> 00:58:55.169
If I send out a reminder text,

00:58:55.250 --> 00:58:58.349
I'm more than certain that I
sent you the information beforehand.

00:58:58.649 --> 00:59:01.189
Calendar flyers somehow, some
way,

00:59:01.489 --> 00:59:03.070
so always check the backpack
too.

00:59:03.370 --> 00:59:07.639
Excuse me, Miss Guzman, what is
uh Champion Day on the 19th?

00:59:07.969 --> 00:59:10.720
Oh, so Champion Day, you should
have gotten the flyer for that.

00:59:11.020 --> 00:59:14.169
So usually during the district,
if you haven't,

00:59:14.229 --> 00:59:15.590
please check your child's
backpack today.

00:59:15.669 --> 00:59:19.439
I'll double check because I know
that I sent it for printing,

00:59:19.669 --> 00:59:23.770
I think on Friday, so by Monday,
Tuesday you should have it.

00:59:23.989 --> 00:59:25.139
So all over the city,

00:59:25.229 --> 00:59:28.709
I don't know if you've ever
heard of Dad take your kids to

00:59:28.709 --> 00:59:30.280
school.

00:59:30.580 --> 00:59:32.750
Or dad take your child to
school.

00:59:33.050 --> 00:59:35.439
Some of you may have heard of
that, some of you may not,

00:59:35.689 --> 00:59:37.370
but it's a thing, right?

00:59:37.610 --> 00:59:42.320
It's to kind of foster that
relationship of dads or fathers,

00:59:43.010 --> 00:59:44.270
stepfathers, whomever,

00:59:44.570 --> 00:59:47.689
to be a part of their child's
education and take them to school

00:59:47.689 --> 00:59:51.889
and kind of have that proud
moment and get more involved or in

00:59:51.889 --> 00:59:55.839
tune with their child's
education now.

00:59:56.139 --> 00:59:58.989
I know that some people might,
might not agree with this,

00:59:59.120 --> 01:00:02.760
but I myself personally, right,
I'm in that situation.

01:00:02.840 --> 01:00:04.110
I'm a single mom of two,

01:00:04.320 --> 01:00:07.740
and there are other parents that
for whatever reason, right,

01:00:08.040 --> 01:00:12.040
might not have necessarily that
at home.

01:00:13.489 --> 01:00:16.209
So I kind of changed the name of
it a little bit,

01:00:16.250 --> 01:00:18.479
but that's what it is, it's
champion Day.

01:00:18.550 --> 01:00:22.090
There's some people that they're
champion or their person that

01:00:22.090 --> 01:00:24.889
brings them to school every day
or that is involved or that does,

01:00:24.959 --> 01:00:26.070
it could be grandma.

01:00:26.370 --> 01:00:29.760
It could be Grandma, it could be
mom, right? Just mom,

01:00:29.810 --> 01:00:35.409
it could be stepdad or stepmom
or their an older cousin that has

01:00:35.409 --> 01:00:37.469
taken on that responsibility and
that care,

01:00:37.530 --> 01:00:39.589
that love for that child and
their education.

01:00:39.889 --> 01:00:42.550
So you're gonna get home a piece
of paper like a flyer,

01:00:42.590 --> 01:00:44.590
it's gonna have a ribbon on it.

01:00:45.050 --> 01:00:48.810
And it'll say that you're
someone or this person, right,

01:00:48.889 --> 01:00:53.280
and they can put the name is uh
someone's champion at PS 62.

01:00:53.409 --> 01:00:56.689
The child will decorate the
ribbon however you want to decorate

01:00:56.689 --> 01:00:58.370
it. It doesn't have to be a
specific color.

01:00:58.449 --> 01:01:01.109
You could put glitter on it,
whatever your child wants,

01:01:01.409 --> 01:01:03.770
and with tape, a pin, however
you want,

01:01:03.810 --> 01:01:07.330
that person should bring them to
school on the 19th with that

01:01:07.330 --> 01:01:10.699
pin on and then the Boys and
Girls Club is helping me.

01:01:10.770 --> 01:01:14.619
We'll have like little frames,
no problem, Ms. McGee.

01:01:14.919 --> 01:01:17.219
Um, we'll have little frames,

01:01:17.260 --> 01:01:19.699
we take pictures and then I make
a little video and I can post

01:01:19.699 --> 01:01:20.850
it on our website,

01:01:20.860 --> 01:01:24.500
like a celebration of those
champions that bring the children to

01:01:24.500 --> 01:01:25.970
school.

01:01:26.270 --> 01:01:28.270
Does that make sense?

01:01:28.870 --> 01:01:30.020
Yes, thank you so much.

01:01:30.139 --> 01:01:34.139
I don't think we got that paper,
but I'll check again.

01:01:34.540 --> 01:01:36.260
Thank you for letting me know.
That's another thing.

01:01:36.340 --> 01:01:37.699
If you see something on the
calendar,

01:01:37.739 --> 01:01:41.260
you didn't get a paper for it,
or you're like, oh wait,

01:01:41.459 --> 01:01:42.219
what's this happening?

01:01:42.260 --> 01:01:46.260
And I don't reach out to me
because I'm the first person to then

01:01:46.260 --> 01:01:50.219
bother whoever because I make
the flyers. I get the info.

01:01:50.260 --> 01:01:52.370
I send the print this for me,
send it to everybody.

01:01:52.540 --> 01:01:55.360
It's supposed to go out to
everybody and don't ever feel like,

01:01:55.379 --> 01:01:57.370
oh, I don't wanna get somebody
in trouble. It's not in trouble.

01:01:57.459 --> 01:02:00.030
That's our job. Right, that's
how I felt just now.

01:02:00.070 --> 01:02:01.689
I was like, oh no, I got so
much.

01:02:01.989 --> 01:02:06.909
No, no, no, as a parent, I
learned that I felt like that too.

01:02:06.989 --> 01:02:07.550
I felt guilty.

01:02:07.590 --> 01:02:12.459
I'm like, oh no, if I say so,
no, my job is to advocate for you.

01:02:12.590 --> 01:02:14.439
Our job is to keep you informed.

01:02:14.629 --> 01:02:18.179
Your job is to as a parent,
right, is to let me know.

01:02:18.479 --> 01:02:21.919
How you feel, what's going on,
how you,

01:02:22.040 --> 01:02:25.239
so whether I like it or not,
right?

01:02:25.520 --> 01:02:27.989
Because I know this sounds
horrible, but it's so true.

01:02:28.199 --> 01:02:30.109
Feelings aren't facts.

01:02:30.409 --> 01:02:32.219
You could feel like you're
getting somebody in trouble but

01:02:32.219 --> 01:02:33.599
you're not getting somebody in
trouble.

01:02:33.899 --> 01:02:36.340
It's me letting somebody know,
hey, did you complete this?

01:02:36.399 --> 01:02:39.459
You didn't. OK, so let's
complete it now. I need this out today.

01:02:39.580 --> 01:02:42.310
That's it. Got you. Thank you. I
really appreciate it.

01:02:42.469 --> 01:02:44.179
And I have to say I love your
energy.

01:02:44.350 --> 01:02:47.849
You're making this smooth
transition for me.

01:02:48.149 --> 01:02:50.669
My daughter is starting pre-K,
so it's, you know,

01:02:50.909 --> 01:02:52.679
just trying to get everything
done.

01:02:52.979 --> 01:02:56.820
Girl, if you have no time like
pre-K, trust me, it's different,

01:02:56.909 --> 01:02:58.609
but it's a step up.

01:02:58.909 --> 01:03:01.860
Even when your child goes from
2nd grade to 3rd grade,

01:03:01.989 --> 01:03:05.459
you just gotta think of it as
like a step up. That's it.

01:03:05.649 --> 01:03:08.570
In PK, you were able to wear
your pillow and do this, this,

01:03:08.649 --> 01:03:11.379
that, and maybe you don't have
as many accidents in pre-K,

01:03:11.409 --> 01:03:14.330
we're gonna learn that accidents
happen. We make mistakes.

01:03:14.409 --> 01:03:16.729
We're gonna work to make it
better. That's it.

01:03:17.010 --> 01:03:18.409
In Kindle, it's the same thing.

01:03:18.449 --> 01:03:22.770
It's a progressive ladder like
my, my high schooler.

01:03:23.659 --> 01:03:25.810
So all the parents that are here
in my high school that had it

01:03:25.810 --> 01:03:28.459
really good in middle school. In
middle school, yes,

01:03:28.620 --> 01:03:30.780
so are they teaching them a
little bit more about independence,

01:03:30.790 --> 01:03:32.790
scheduling, etc. Yes.

01:03:33.669 --> 01:03:35.520
But you got into a certified
high school.

01:03:35.570 --> 01:03:38.090
They're not playing this game
that you didn't finish your

01:03:38.090 --> 01:03:39.879
assignment there in middle
school, they don't either,

01:03:40.129 --> 01:03:42.790
but in high school it's
different. It's a step up.

01:03:43.090 --> 01:03:45.909
Now you gotta step up. Let's see
how you're gonna.

01:03:46.209 --> 01:03:49.199
And it's our job to kind of sit
back and guide them a little bit.

01:03:49.439 --> 01:03:50.280
You don't have to push them.

01:03:50.320 --> 01:03:51.899
You don't have to hold their
hand always.

01:03:52.199 --> 01:03:54.600
My son chose a school that was
far away from now you gotta wake

01:03:54.600 --> 01:03:56.830
up at 6 o'clock in the morning.
That's not my fault.

01:03:57.120 --> 01:03:57.919
That's what you wanted.

01:03:58.000 --> 01:04:01.330
Let's see how you fix this
because I'm not gonna fix it for you.

01:04:01.360 --> 01:04:02.479
I wake you up in the morning.

01:04:02.520 --> 01:04:04.189
I do everything I need to do as
a mom,

01:04:04.320 --> 01:04:06.840
but you need to also be prepared
and take accountability and

01:04:06.840 --> 01:04:08.270
responsibility, right?

01:04:08.570 --> 01:04:11.070
And children, even preschoolers,
know how to do that.

01:04:11.320 --> 01:04:13.360
We just have to, they just do it
in a different way,

01:04:13.370 --> 01:04:16.740
and we kinda gotta give them a
little bit of that rope.

01:04:17.040 --> 01:04:20.750
Gotcha. Thank you. That's it.
You got this. We all got this. Ms.

01:04:20.760 --> 01:04:23.610
Guzman, I have a question as
well about Champion Day.

01:04:23.840 --> 01:04:27.310
What's the approximate time the
parent is spending with the kid

01:04:27.310 --> 01:04:30.899
at school on that day? It's drop
off.

01:04:31.199 --> 01:04:32.580
It's a regular drop off day,

01:04:32.719 --> 01:04:36.719
but I recommend it be whoever
that child chooses.

01:04:37.610 --> 01:04:40.030
Like if you get what I mean, if
it's,

01:04:40.209 --> 01:04:43.290
if that is home and they can
bring them to school that one day

01:04:43.290 --> 01:04:46.159
and make it a thing, wear that
ribbon proudly.

01:04:46.370 --> 01:04:48.729
I take as many pictures and I
get everybody in the door to take

01:04:48.729 --> 01:04:52.729
as many pictures as they can,
and I make like a collage video.

01:04:53.169 --> 01:04:54.530
Thank you, you know,

01:04:54.610 --> 01:04:56.449
it's good that they feel like
they chose somebody,

01:04:56.570 --> 01:04:57.050
you know what I mean.

01:04:57.090 --> 01:04:58.409
It should be somebody who's
important to them.

01:04:58.419 --> 01:05:01.540
It's a special one day thing.
Come, take your picture,

01:05:01.840 --> 01:05:04.810
but we don't wanna intrude on
anybody's day.

01:05:05.110 --> 01:05:06.689
OK, thank you.

01:05:06.989 --> 01:05:09.219
Boys and Girls Club, somebody
asked about Boys and Girls Club.

01:05:09.270 --> 01:05:13.270
They're already taking
applications and it started on the 15th.

01:05:13.580 --> 01:05:17.580
So I know that there's a flyer
in the front.

01:05:18.280 --> 01:05:23.370
Neva, I mean, I see your
question Neva. I'm going to.

01:05:25.169 --> 01:05:27.510
I don't wanna bombard Boys and
Girls Club because I'm the type

01:05:27.510 --> 01:05:29.649
of person I'll be like, oh, I'll
send it to everybody.

01:05:29.949 --> 01:05:33.949
But there's a flyer that they
have in the front with the QR code.

01:05:34.429 --> 01:05:37.100
I would grab that paper ASAP,
scan the code,

01:05:37.110 --> 01:05:39.489
and reach out to Brianna Ali.

01:05:40.479 --> 01:05:44.639
She is usually at the Boys and
Girls Club office on 110th and

01:05:44.639 --> 01:05:48.409
Atlantic by 9, either her or
Joe.

01:05:48.709 --> 01:05:53.310
Joe is her assistant
administrator, so it's Brianna Ali, head,

01:05:53.479 --> 01:05:55.719
then it goes Joe. I would reach
out to them.

01:05:55.780 --> 01:06:01.209
They open at 9 and then they
come here to our school around 12

01:06:01.209 --> 01:06:03.639
o'clock. So they're not here all
day.

01:06:03.719 --> 01:06:07.719
They come around 12, set up and
get ready for dismissal.

01:06:08.280 --> 01:06:11.980
And then they healed till till
6, sorry, after that.

01:06:12.280 --> 01:06:15.270
But I would definitely reach out
to them cause they already took

01:06:15.270 --> 01:06:18.700
applications, they started on
Monday.

01:06:19.000 --> 01:06:21.000
Anybody else?

01:06:21.360 --> 01:06:24.189
And this goes, oh, go ahead,
it's OK. I'll ask later.

01:06:24.330 --> 01:06:27.230
No, no, go ahead. I said we're
on a roll.

01:06:27.530 --> 01:06:31.719
Oh, I thought somebody else was
going to, sorry, um,

01:06:32.010 --> 01:06:36.169
I have a question. Um, I saw one
video.

01:06:36.324 --> 01:06:37.754
Like it's, it's from a different
state.

01:06:37.804 --> 01:06:40.254
I don't know if it's in New York
as well or not.

01:06:40.554 --> 01:06:47.544
Um, like parents can come by
the, uh, not like sometime, uh,

01:06:47.554 --> 01:06:49.064
for the at the lunchtime,

01:06:49.195 --> 01:06:52.689
and they can spend some time
with their kids or not.

01:06:52.989 --> 01:06:54.989
We don't do that at 62.

01:06:55.989 --> 01:06:58.229
A lot of no, it's, it's from
the, yeah,

01:06:58.270 --> 01:06:59.850
it's from a different state.
That's what I'm saying.

01:06:59.909 --> 01:07:03.849
I don't know they do that in
the, in the New York City or not.

01:07:04.149 --> 01:07:06.300
New York City, not really.

01:07:06.510 --> 01:07:11.030
I know that some private schools
might like when my son was in

01:07:11.030 --> 01:07:13.860
pre-K. At a different center. It
wasn't here.

01:07:13.899 --> 01:07:15.209
He didn't do pre-K here.

01:07:15.379 --> 01:07:17.250
I tried my hardest to get him
here, and they didn't,

01:07:17.260 --> 01:07:19.080
so I ended up having to take
kindergarten here.

01:07:19.300 --> 01:07:21.120
But when he was little, the,

01:07:21.379 --> 01:07:23.889
it was a private school that had
a pre-K center,

01:07:24.060 --> 01:07:27.379
and they kind of allowed that to
do volunteers at 62,

01:07:27.389 --> 01:07:30.050
and a lot of the public schools
in our district,

01:07:30.219 --> 01:07:31.240
they don't do it.

01:07:31.540 --> 01:07:35.250
We have no problem if you didn't
know, I will tell you this.

01:07:35.300 --> 01:07:37.300
If you're new, a newer parent.

01:07:37.709 --> 01:07:39.810
And you didn't know this, I will
tell you this.

01:07:39.939 --> 01:07:41.770
Pre-K, pre-K does not,

01:07:42.020 --> 01:07:43.659
my understanding is they don't
eat in the lunchroom,

01:07:43.679 --> 01:07:46.889
they eat in the classroom. Pre-K
doesn't go to the lunchroom.

01:07:47.060 --> 01:07:49.250
Now every other grade, K through
5,

01:07:49.500 --> 01:07:52.520
they go to the lunchroom and
they're not by themselves.

01:07:52.820 --> 01:07:55.379
So when they go to lunch, the
teacher brings them down to lunch,

01:07:55.459 --> 01:07:57.459
they have assigned tables.

01:07:58.459 --> 01:08:00.669
At at that time, the teacher
leaves.

01:08:00.840 --> 01:08:04.179
The teacher is not with them
during lunch.

01:08:04.479 --> 01:08:05.899
Sometimes parents will tell me,
oh,

01:08:05.959 --> 01:08:07.469
but this happened during lunch,
and the teacher,

01:08:07.600 --> 01:08:08.820
the teacher's not there.

01:08:09.120 --> 01:08:13.209
Usually when the kids have
lunch, the teacher is also at lunch.

01:08:13.399 --> 01:08:16.999
That's when they take their
lunch. So.

01:08:17.299 --> 01:08:19.890
We have aides. We have school
aids,

01:08:19.899 --> 01:08:23.140
and there's school aids in the
lunchroom with the school aid

01:08:23.140 --> 01:08:27.430
supervisor who is Ms. Jessie and
Mr. Fusco.

01:08:27.620 --> 01:08:29.240
Mr. Fusco is a dean.

01:08:29.540 --> 01:08:34.459
They handle lunch and every
grade or table, right,

01:08:34.580 --> 01:08:36.580
class gets a school age.

01:08:37.449 --> 01:08:43.258
OK. All right. So my son always
say the name is Jessie,

01:08:43.318 --> 01:08:47.229
so that's why in my attention
that the teachers are not there.

01:08:47.338 --> 01:08:51.319
There's a a lunch teacher. He
always call it lunch teacher.

01:08:51.619 --> 01:08:54.258
My lunch teacher was, because I
tried to ask, you know,

01:08:54.338 --> 01:08:58.338
it's his first year in the
school. He's in 4th grade.

01:08:59.950 --> 01:09:04.759
So it's new, it's new and it's
different, but like Ms.

01:09:04.770 --> 01:09:06.249
Pan was saying.

01:09:06.549 --> 01:09:09.029
Most New York City public
schools is just not 62,

01:09:09.109 --> 01:09:11.389
so don't think that it's
something just us.

01:09:11.689 --> 01:09:15.109
They really work on trying to
get your child as independent as

01:09:15.109 --> 01:09:15.660
possible.

01:09:15.870 --> 01:09:18.790
Does that mean that if your
child can't open up their milk

01:09:18.790 --> 01:09:21.249
carton that someone's not gonna
help them? That's not true.

01:09:21.549 --> 01:09:26.148
They're going to. Help your
child. They will,

01:09:26.309 --> 01:09:30.338
but please understand that it's
a whole classroom there.

01:09:31.689 --> 01:09:32.919
Yeah, if you raise your hand,

01:09:33.000 --> 01:09:34.589
then can you help me with your
lunch card and OK,

01:09:34.720 --> 01:09:36.629
I might be helping Johnny with
his first,

01:09:36.640 --> 01:09:38.640
and then I'll get to you.

01:09:39.770 --> 01:09:43.420
All right. OK, thank you so
much. Yes. You have to ask.

01:09:43.720 --> 01:09:44.259
Sometimes it's, oh,

01:09:44.319 --> 01:09:46.600
how didn't you see that they
wanted to go to the bath?

01:09:46.720 --> 01:09:49.879
Did you ask to go to the
bathroom? Raise your hand. You have,

01:09:49.959 --> 01:09:53.558
they have to start learning how
to speak up for themselves.

01:09:53.858 --> 01:09:55.039
I wanna go to the bathroom.

01:09:55.079 --> 01:09:57.639
Can you help me with my, the
ketchup packets?

01:09:57.719 --> 01:09:59.769
I go into the lunch room
sometimes to help out.

01:09:59.918 --> 01:10:01.338
I've had kids run up to me, Miss
Gisele,

01:10:01.438 --> 01:10:03.548
can you open my ketchup packet?
I got you.

01:10:03.559 --> 01:10:07.389
And I, but they have to ask if
you sit there and you're looking,

01:10:07.519 --> 01:10:08.988
I'm gonna be really honest with
you.

01:10:09.119 --> 01:10:12.550
If you're just looking around,
right, because at home.

01:10:12.850 --> 01:10:16.549
You might only have 2 kids, 3
kids, even 4, but it's only you,

01:10:16.629 --> 01:10:18.229
one table, right?

01:10:18.529 --> 01:10:20.990
And you can see that they need
help with the ketchup packet.

01:10:21.029 --> 01:10:21.660
That's fine.

01:10:21.910 --> 01:10:25.029
But if you've seen our lunch
room and you have a long table and

01:10:25.029 --> 01:10:29.060
it's 21 kids, 40 kids, 2
classes,

01:10:29.620 --> 01:10:31.790
I might not see that you're
sitting there waiting for somebody

01:10:31.790 --> 01:10:33.100
to open your ketchup packet.

01:10:33.310 --> 01:10:35.830
Raise your hand, please tell
them, raise your hand.

01:10:35.910 --> 01:10:38.060
I wanna go to the bathroom. I
want my ketchup packet.

01:10:38.229 --> 01:10:40.229
I might want an extra lunch.

01:10:41.390 --> 01:10:45.850
I want another milk. Ask. I
can't get my water bottle open.

01:10:46.060 --> 01:10:50.890
I can't ask. Make sure that we
start telling them, ask.

01:10:51.100 --> 01:10:52.629
There's a saying in Spanish.

01:10:52.700 --> 01:10:55.470
It's not the best thing in the
world, but it's absolutely true.

01:10:55.700 --> 01:10:59.330
It can no grita, no mama. So if
you don't cry,

01:10:59.580 --> 01:11:02.349
anybody who's Spanish here laugh
all you want, but it's true.

01:11:02.649 --> 01:11:06.779
The saying it equates in English
to if you don't cry,

01:11:06.950 --> 01:11:09.029
you don't get to drink, right?

01:11:09.149 --> 01:11:12.580
Babies, when they call, you know
that they want milk.

01:11:12.790 --> 01:11:15.490
You know that they need the
diaper change.

01:11:15.790 --> 01:11:18.870
But when you're big and you're
older, if you say nothing,

01:11:18.990 --> 01:11:20.990
how do I know?

01:11:21.970 --> 01:11:22.740
Yes.

01:11:23.040 --> 01:11:26.350
So it's a good thing to practice
with them, tell them,

01:11:26.439 --> 01:11:29.359
even at home, sometimes I see my
daughter struggling.

01:11:29.399 --> 01:11:32.430
She's only 2.5 years old. She's
struggling with something.

01:11:32.560 --> 01:11:34.160
I don't go right away and I help
her.

01:11:34.399 --> 01:11:36.879
I wait for her to say, Mommy,
can you help me?

01:11:37.000 --> 01:11:39.940
Yes, I got your back. What do
you need?

01:11:40.240 --> 01:11:42.600
But you need to try first, you
understand?

01:11:42.810 --> 01:11:46.529
It's not that we don't love
because I, I love just like you,

01:11:46.609 --> 01:11:48.490
I would do anything for my
daughter. Yeah,

01:11:48.569 --> 01:11:52.129
but we are at the same time we
want them to be independent as

01:11:52.129 --> 01:11:56.100
well. You know, so just keep
that in mind with lunch,

01:11:56.169 --> 01:11:57.720
the teachers are not there.

01:11:57.930 --> 01:12:00.729
If your child tells you all this
happened at lunch,

01:12:00.740 --> 01:12:02.170
da da da it's not the teacher.

01:12:02.470 --> 01:12:05.940
You could come to me, that's
another thing, questions, concerns,

01:12:06.240 --> 01:12:07.959
complaints. Come to me.

01:12:08.200 --> 01:12:12.160
I take all of that information
and even if I'm not the one that

01:12:12.160 --> 01:12:14.189
was there in the classroom,

01:12:14.500 --> 01:12:17.120
I get the information to the
appropriate people so that we can

01:12:17.120 --> 01:12:18.840
handle it.

01:12:19.140 --> 01:12:21.569
Does that make sense? That's
part of my job too.

01:12:21.720 --> 01:12:24.779
Anything you need this happened
that I got you.

01:12:24.859 --> 01:12:27.650
Does that mean that immediately
right there I'm gonna say, Hey,

01:12:27.950 --> 01:12:28.870
Billy didn't get the milk?

01:12:28.970 --> 01:12:32.209
No, I investigated it and I go
to the correct people and I say,

01:12:32.220 --> 01:12:34.220
Hey, what happened?

01:12:35.509 --> 01:12:37.500
I'm gonna give you Ms. Brianna's
number, Ms.

01:12:37.509 --> 01:12:39.690
Navina at the Boys and Girls
Club.

01:12:39.990 --> 01:12:42.919
And the other question, I'm
here, open mic, whoever wants to go,

01:12:42.990 --> 01:12:47.160
go, my presentation is over. But
if you have questions.

01:12:48.290 --> 01:12:50.290
I got you.

01:12:51.060 --> 01:12:53.569
Let me see, Boys and Girls Club,
Metro Queen.

01:12:53.740 --> 01:12:58.620
So, so you're done whatever was
for the. All right.

01:12:58.740 --> 01:13:01.379
Thank you so much, Ms. Guzman.
You're welcome.

01:13:01.459 --> 01:13:04.389
My presentation is over. Whoever
wants to go can go.

01:13:04.689 --> 01:13:08.689
Anybody has more questions?
Neva, I mean, stay on.

01:13:09.299 --> 01:13:12.009
Mr. Amato. Thank you, Ms.
Giselle. I'm so sorry.

01:13:12.220 --> 01:13:16.020
We had a little bit of a
situation, but we are all good.

01:13:16.100 --> 01:13:19.790
I thank you so much for
everything. I was here. I was listening.

01:13:19.859 --> 01:13:21.729
You may not have heard me, but I
was here the whole time.

01:13:21.779 --> 01:13:25.870
I apologize. We're a team. It's
good. We're a team.

01:13:25.939 --> 01:13:27.689
That's why we're here for each
other, right?

01:13:27.979 --> 01:13:31.720
We have our other's back. Yes.
Oh.

01:13:31.899 --> 01:13:35.899
Let me get Neva this number
cause I want her to be able to call.

01:13:37.390 --> 01:13:44.299
I appreciate you guys. That's
what we're here for. Mm Wow.

01:13:46.390 --> 01:13:47.779
Next time get ready to play a
game.

01:13:47.870 --> 01:13:49.660
I'm gonna get all the parents to
play games.

01:13:49.950 --> 01:13:53.950
I'm so sorry, my baby is fussy,
so I don't wanna communicate.

01:13:54.549 --> 01:13:57.000
No, it's OK. Make sure you take
care of that baby.

01:13:57.149 --> 01:13:59.149
Yeah, the baby is fussing, so.

01:14:00.009 --> 01:14:02.009
It's OK I'm used to it.

01:14:03.029 --> 01:14:06.120
Put the information for Boys and
Girls Club on the in the chat

01:14:06.120 --> 01:14:10.109
as well, whoever needs it. OK,
darling, thank you so much.

01:14:10.229 --> 01:14:12.319
You have a blessed day. You too.

01:14:15.700 --> 01:14:17.700
Cy everybody.

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