Help Wanted: CEC 20 has opening for new member
Bay Ridge education panel accepting applications
The “Help Wanted” ad could read something like this: Seeking member for an important panel working to improve the lives of thousands school children in Southwest Brooklyn. The Community Education Council (CEC) of School District 20 has an opening that it is trying to fill.
The 12-member panel is currently accepting applications from prospective members to fill a seat left vacant with the departure of Mary Ann Ortiz, who recently took a job as a parent coordinator in a school in neighboring District 21.
Parent coordinators are employees of the New York City Department of Education (DOE) and are not eligible to serve as CEC members under New York state education law.
Normally, CEC members are elected by parents of public school students in their districts. The most recent election took place in 2015.