School overview
P.S. 199 Jessie Isador Straus
What the accessible school-level governance and family record currently shows. Part of New York City Geographic District #3.
A monthly School Leadership Team is described, but its current meeting records are not publicly archived
P.S. 199 Jessie Isador Straus is part of New York City Public Schools in Geographic District 3. Its published SLT bylaws describe a joint staff-and-parent body that meets at least monthly, prepares agendas, and approves minutes. The public PTA site currently labels a PT/SLT meeting control, but it does not expose a dated archive of agendas or minutes that can be collected.
Who decides
New York City Public Schools governs the school; the school-level SLT is a local staff-and-parent policy-making body.
How the SLT works
The published bylaws call for at least monthly meetings, advance agendas, approved minutes, and open attendance for the school community, subject to limited executive-session exceptions.
Family communication
The 2025-26 handbook identifies Konstella and kid mail as family communication channels, including emergency updates.
Record gap
The accessible public source did not provide dated SLT minutes, agendas, or a historical archive of recurring principal or family updates.
The missing public archive does not show that the SLT did not meet or keep minutes. It only shows that the current accessible school site did not make those records available for collection.
What is on the public record
Major projects
School-day personal-device storage policy
Published for 2025-26The family handbook says students may bring phones and smartwatches but must keep them off in school-provided pouches throughout the school day, with defined emergency and accommodation routes.
- State-law effective date cited in the handbook
- 2025-26 family handbook published
Funding
No school-level cost or spending record for the pouches was collected.
Review of the two public documents collected from P.S. 199’s school-associated PTA site, plus its linked PT/SLT meeting control, during the trailing-year review.
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