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District 26 overview

NYC Geographic District #26 - Queens

What Community Education Council 26 records about local schools, budgets, and priorities.

Who makes local school decisions?

A Community Education Council within NYC Public Schools

Community Education Council 26 represents District 26 families in Queens. Its public meetings document local priorities, superintendent reports, resolutions, and advocacy. The council does not directly control the citywide NYCPS budget, school-construction capital plan, or systemwide policy.

Public representation

The council holds calendar and business meetings, records public comment, adopts resolutions, and elects officers.

Budget and class-size advocacy

The council receives district budget updates and uses public meetings to raise school-level funding and class-size concerns.

Facilities and planning

The council identifies School Construction Authority priorities and receives enrollment and capacity information from district planning staff.

The available official minutes run from September 2025 through July 2026. They record the council's actions and local reports, not proof of implementation by NYCPS, the SCA, or other agencies.

What the reviewed record shows

Official meeting records reviewedverified
11 monthly records, September 2025 to July 2026
District budget reported in reviewed recordverified
549,000,000 dollars
District K-8 students reported in reviewed recordverified
16,125 students

Major projects

PS 98 fifth-grade staffing appeal

Appeal denied; reconsideration requested

The district's appeal to retain two fifth-grade classes at PS 98 was denied because a single class of 31 is within the current contractual limit. The superintendent said he had asked the budget office to reconsider.

Next: A budget-office response or staffing decision would be needed to establish whether the class is restored.
  1. Parents and district staff discussed the denied appeal at CEC 26

Funding

School budget and Fair Student Funding; no restoration amount stated

Recent news

Reviewed every collected official CEC 26 meeting record from September 2025 through July 2026 after replacing the archived Drive viewer shells with their canonical PDFs.

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