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Borough Representative: Elizabeth Perez

Meet your Brooklyn borough office representatives

Address

335 Adams St.
25th floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Phone

Phone
DOE members, call 212-331-6311; functional chapter members, call 212-331-6312; retirees, call 212-331-6314

Hours

Hours
Day Hours
Monday 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Tuesday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Wednesday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Thursday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Friday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

 

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Flood of caring for family in need

NY Teacher Article Feature Stories
Teachers and staff at PS 377 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, came together to help a school family that lost everything when their apartment flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.

Therapeutic reunion

NY Teacher Article Feature Stories
More than 30 years ago, Antoinette Messina, now retired, taught an immigrant boy to speak English. In a simple twist of fate, that boy, who grew up to be a physical therapist, today is teaching Messina to walk again.

Holding history in their hands

NY Teacher Article Feature Stories
This Brooklyn teacher uses immersive, engaging lessons and storytelling techniques to bring the past to life for his middle school students.

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First day of classes 2021–22

There were plenty of smiles and a bit of trepidation as the 2021–22 school year kicked off with all students returning to in-person learning in their classrooms for the first time since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.

A woman wearing a mask with the words "love" directs students into a building.

Chapter Leader Keri Taibbi directs students into PS 91 in Queens. 

Jonathan Fickies
A group of parents and students waiting for the school to open. Two students are wearing backpacks, one is pink with stripes and the other is an orange shark.

Students and parents wait to enter PS 91. 

Jonathan Fickies
A teacher wearing a shirt reading "Hello First Grade" is centered in the frame and posing while wearing an all black mask.
Two teachers both wearing masks look down at a piece of paper with a list of students. The teacher on the left is wearing a pink Puma shirt and a pink and black mask while the teacher next to her is wearing a grey t shirt and mask.

PS 91 Paraprofessional Viola Limaj (right) helps Elodie Gard-Kodra and her daughter, kindergartner Alice, find their way.

Jonathan Fickies
A teacher wearing a blue camo mask is in her class and interacting with students also wearing masks.

Teacher Michelle Einhorn welcomes her new 3rd-grade class on the first day at PS 91.

Jonathan Fickies
A large group of parents and students waiting outside to get into the school building.

Parents and their children greet each other as they wait outside the front of Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School.

Miller Photography
A teacher on the right gives a nametag to her student.

Teacher Katie Zohn provides some guidance for a student outside Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School.

Miller Photography
Two teachers both wearing navy suits and glasses pose for a picture in front of a school building.

UFT District 17 Representative Rick King with Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School Principal Valerie Macey.

Miller Photography
A teacher wearing a floral dress is surrounded by students as she raises her arms in joy.

Teacher Denise Garcia raises her both hands as she welcomes students back to Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School.

Miller Photography
Two women with short hair are wearing masks and waving their hands. They are also holding a sign reading "Welcome to Ms. Jean-Pierre's Class" in rainbow lettering

Welcoming back Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School students are teacher Johanne Jean-Pierre (left) and Chapter Leader Sarah Abodunrin

Miller Photography
A teacher has her hands full of balloons that are inflated and in garbage bags.

Antoinette Labella, the parent coordinator at PS 236 in Brooklyn, can barely fit her welcome back balloons through the door.

Erica Berger
A woman wearing a white mask and white zip-hoodie walks down the street with coffee in one hand and balloons with smiley faces wearing sunglasses.

Justina Abruscato, a para for 4th- and 5th-graders at PS 236, brings smiley face balloons for her students.

Erica Berger
Groups of parents and students are lined up waiting for the school doors to open.

Excited 1st- and 2nd-graders line up outside PS 236.

Erica Berger
Two female teachers raise their arms up in the air. There is a sign behind them reading "Welcome to Pre-K"

Pre-K teacher Sheri Gargano (left) and paraprofessional Dyan Berger welcome their students back to PS 236 in Brooklyn.

Erica Berger
A teacher in a blue floral dress and white mask bends down to introduce herself to a student.

Jenna Matheis, a kindergarten teacher at PS 236, greets her students.

Erica Berger
Two men wearing masks engage in conversation from a relatively close distance.

UFT District 22 Representative Alan Abrams (left) talks with PS 236 Principal Salil Paingankar.

Erica Berger
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A woman wearing a mask with the words "love" directs students into a building.

Chapter Leader Keri Taibbi directs students into PS 91 in Queens. 

Jonathan Fickies
A group of parents and students waiting for the school to open. Two students are wearing backpacks, one is pink with stripes and the other is an orange shark.

Students and parents wait to enter PS 91. 

Jonathan Fickies
A teacher wearing a shirt reading "Hello First Grade" is centered in the frame and posing while wearing an all black mask.
Two teachers both wearing masks look down at a piece of paper with a list of students. The teacher on the left is wearing a pink Puma shirt and a pink and black mask while the teacher next to her is wearing a grey t shirt and mask.

PS 91 Paraprofessional Viola Limaj (right) helps Elodie Gard-Kodra and her daughter, kindergartner Alice, find their way.

Jonathan Fickies
A teacher wearing a blue camo mask is in her class and interacting with students also wearing masks.

Teacher Michelle Einhorn welcomes her new 3rd-grade class on the first day at PS 91.

Jonathan Fickies
A large group of parents and students waiting outside to get into the school building.

Parents and their children greet each other as they wait outside the front of Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School.

Miller Photography
A teacher on the right gives a nametag to her student.

Teacher Katie Zohn provides some guidance for a student outside Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School.

Miller Photography
Two teachers both wearing navy suits and glasses pose for a picture in front of a school building.

UFT District 17 Representative Rick King with Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School Principal Valerie Macey.

Miller Photography
A teacher wearing a floral dress is surrounded by students as she raises her arms in joy.

Teacher Denise Garcia raises her both hands as she welcomes students back to Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School.

Miller Photography
Two women with short hair are wearing masks and waving their hands. They are also holding a sign reading "Welcome to Ms. Jean-Pierre's Class" in rainbow lettering

Welcoming back Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School students are teacher Johanne Jean-Pierre (left) and Chapter Leader Sarah Abodunrin

Miller Photography
A teacher has her hands full of balloons that are inflated and in garbage bags.

Antoinette Labella, the parent coordinator at PS 236 in Brooklyn, can barely fit her welcome back balloons through the door.

Erica Berger
A woman wearing a white mask and white zip-hoodie walks down the street with coffee in one hand and balloons with smiley faces wearing sunglasses.

Justina Abruscato, a para for 4th- and 5th-graders at PS 236, brings smiley face balloons for her students.

Erica Berger
Groups of parents and students are lined up waiting for the school doors to open.

Excited 1st- and 2nd-graders line up outside PS 236.

Erica Berger
Two female teachers raise their arms up in the air. There is a sign behind them reading "Welcome to Pre-K"

Pre-K teacher Sheri Gargano (left) and paraprofessional Dyan Berger welcome their students back to PS 236 in Brooklyn.

Erica Berger
A teacher in a blue floral dress and white mask bends down to introduce herself to a student.

Jenna Matheis, a kindergarten teacher at PS 236, greets her students.

Erica Berger
Two men wearing masks engage in conversation from a relatively close distance.

UFT District 22 Representative Alan Abrams (left) talks with PS 236 Principal Salil Paingankar.

Erica Berger
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