District 15 PAR Project

On Tuesday, June 15, 2021, CEC15 held Special Session to vote on the rezoning proposal for Subzone 3 of District 15. CEC15 members voted unanimously to approve the Rezoning of 7 elementary schools in Subzone 3: PS 15, PS 29, PS 32, PS 58, PS 261 and PS 676 – in line with the PAR Team’s recommendations.

The full resolution is posted on the CEC15’s website: https://cecd15.org/resolutions-1

Stay tuned for links to the zoom recordings.

As a PAR Team we are glad we’ve reached this moment and we remain engaged in the work. We are each committed community members who will continue to work – collectively and individually – towards the goals of our project. We look forward to continuing to collaborate with our communities, our schools, the DOE, D15, and the CEC on the implementation of the rezoning and our recommendations.

We thank everyone who has supported us and collaborated with us along the way so far!!!

More from us soon!!!

On May 11th we presented our recommendations and the DOE Office of District Planning shared their draft proposal for the rezoning of PS 15, PS 676, PS 58, PS 32, PS 29, PS 38 and PS 261.

You can see the presentation deck here:

D15 PAR Project Recommendations and DOE draft Rezoning Proposal May 11th, 2021

Community feedback on the draft proposal is welcome!

To provide feedback on the draft proposal please email: BrooklynZoning@schools.nyc.gov

We are excited to announce that we plan to share recommendations for the rezoning of sub-district 3 on May 11th at 6:30 pm, hosted by a Special Session of D15 CEC!

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The DOE and PS 676 have posted a proposal for the grade reconfiguration of PS 676 to slowly transform into a Middle School over the next several years.

As all this was in process, we hosted a Red Hook community meeting to hear from the Red Hook school leaders and community members about the vision for Red Hook. The proposal is responsive to community vision, needs, and desires. The PAR Team is excited for the possibilities and opportunities for Red Hook and beyond.

You can read about the proposal here: https://cecd15.org/

The DOE is hosting a Joint Public Hearing to provide the public with an opportunity to present comments or concerns on the proposal:
April 15th, 6pm, via teleconference: https://learndoe.org/odp/

Meanwhile, the PAR Team continues to work on rezoning!

Timeline Update! The plan is that the CEC will vote on the rezoning in winter/spring 2021 for fall 2022 implementation.

More soon from the DOE on the idea for PS 676 to transform into a middle school and on the rezoning proposal.

Tune in to the Dec 15th CEC Meeting for an update from the PAR Team and the DOE’s Office of District Planning.

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On Tues Nov 17th, the D15 PAR Project shared findings and initial recommendations at a meeting of the District 15 CEC. We are posting a link to a recording of the meeting here – the PAR Presentation begins around 1 hr 18 min

We will be presenting findings from our work at the Nov 17th CEC meeting, 6:30 pm! We hope you can join us there.

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Since schools re-opened for hybrid instruction on Sept 29th, we’ve been very busy with outreach – at schools, give-aways, in parks and playgrounds, at PTA mtgs, and more. We’ve continued to collect surveys and have conversations with community members. We’ll be providing a brief update on our recent work at the October 27th CEC meeting. And, we look forward to sharing even more at the Nov CEC.

If you haven’t taken our survey yet – please do! And, help us spread the word within your school community.

The D15 PAR Project is busy conducting community conversations and distributing the D15 PAR Project Survey. If you haven’t had a chance to participate in the survey yet – we warmly invite you to do so!

We are excited to announce that the D15 PAR Team will be introducing our team and our work at the next CEC meeting.

Please join us on Tuesday Sept 29th at 6:30pm

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