Our Schools. Our Future:
Conversations with the Chancellor

People having a discussion

Join Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels for a series of in-person conversations across New York City focused on the future of our public schools. 

Our Schools. Our Future: Conversations with the Chancellor is a citywide engagement series bringing students, families, educators, staff, and community partners together for honest dialogue about where our schools are today and where we must go next.

Across ten stops in every corner of the city, Chancellor Samuels will engage directly with communities to reflect on what safety, academic rigor, and true integration look like in practice, and how we strengthen our system for the years ahead. These conversations are designed to elevate lived experiences, surface shared priorities, and inform the Chancellor’s early direction for NYC Public Schools. This will also be an opportunity for families to share ideas for improving family empowerment in NYCPS, to ensure that family and community voices are at the table.

 Register Now

Grounded in the Chancellor’s vision, these conversations will focus on safety, academic rigor, and true integration, while uplifting family empowerment and community voice.

This will be a space for meaningful dialogue and collective reflection, so that we can shape the future together.

Ten Stops. One City. Our Future.

Date / TimeBoroughLocation
Tuesday
Feb 10, 2026
6:30–8:00 p.m.
Staten IslandNew Dorp High School
465 New Dorp Lane
Staten Island, NY 10306
Tuesday
Feb 24, 2026
6:30–8:00 p.m.
ManhattanManhattan Center
for Science and Mathematics
260 Pleasant Avenue
New York, NY 10029
Saturday
Feb 28, 2026
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
BrooklynThomas Jefferson High School
400 Granville Payne Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11207
Saturday
Mar 7, 2026
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
QueensChannel View School for Research
100-00 Beach Channel Drive
Rockaway Park, NY 11694
Tuesday
Mar 10, 2026
6:30–8:00 p.m.
BronxBronxwood Prep Academy
921 East 228th Street
Bronx, NY 10466
Saturday
Mar 14, 2026
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
ManhattanMartin Luther King, Jr.
Educational Campus
122 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10023
Tuesday
Mar 17, 2026
6:30–8:00 p.m.
QueensQueens Innovation Center
53-16 Northern Boulevard
Queens, NY 11377
Tuesday
Mar 24, 2026
6:30–8:00 p.m.
BrooklynJohn Dewey High School
2471 Stillwell Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223
Saturday
Mar 28, 2026
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
BronxRoosevelt Educational Campus
500 East Fordham Road
Bronx, NY 10458
Saturday
Apr 11, 2026
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Staten IslandCurtis High School
105 Hamilton Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10301