Standing under a banner welcoming UFT President Michael Mulgrew are (from left) District 25 Representative Joe Kessler, Mulgrew, IS 237 chapter leader Rosanne Kiviat, paraprofessional representative Jodi Schwartz and delegate John Polizoto.

The staff of IS 237 enjoys breakfast before the Q&A session.

IS 237 educators listen as Mulgrew speaks.

Mulgrew addresses the teachers.

Teachers Marilyn DeMauro and Erica Heintz speak with Mulgrew.

Teacher Paul Solomon (left) asks Mulgrew a question.

Mulgrew speaks with Gloria Nicodemi, the chapter leader at East-West School for International Studies.

In the East-West teachers’ lounge, Mulgrew speaks with a teacher from China who is spending the year at East-West.

The hallways at East-West are lined with paper chains to represent moments when students have been helpful or kind.

Students at East-West participate in "Rachel's Challenge" — to show kindness to others — in memory of Rachel Scott, who was killed at Columbine.