The Community Education Council of District 3 officially released its resolution to address overcrowding in District 3 today. The buck is now passed to the Department of Education, which ultimately controls what actions will be taken. (DOE cannot redraw zone lines without CEC approval, but all other recommendations in the CEC resolution are up to the DOE to implement.) The DOE is expected to issue a statement soon describing what it plans to do.

The DOE is also fielding an appeals process from residents of the buildings that were newly excluded from the PS199 zone in the last week of the process. The goal of the appeal is to make sure this group of residents get the same chance as other members of the public to respond to the resolution.

Meanwhile, the Community Education Council of District 2 continues to work on overcrowding issues of its own. The DOE issued a Blueprint for District 2 enrollment and capacity last spring. CEC2's response emphasized concern over whether overcrowding in that district is being adequately addressed in DOE proposals.

No rest for the weary: Members of CEC3 will be present today when Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's Task Force on Overcrowding meets to discuss its recently released capital planning report. The D3 CEC has also committed to investigating school space issues above 110th street, starting in 2009. And of course, CEC3, like CECs all over the city, will be the point organization for collecting schools' comments on capital projects and repairs included in the DOE's new 5-year capital plan. Reading the capital projects part shouldn't take too long, as there are no construction projects currently planned for the next five years in District 3. But don't count on it: There's always the possibility that things could change.