Photo Gallery Pol to Chancellor: Expand Gifted Pgms. By QNS Editorial Posted on January 24, 2013 Sign up for our QNS email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer personally appealed to Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott to expand the gifted and talented programs in School District 30 during a special town hall meeting held by the district’s Community Education Council last Monday, Jan. 14, in Long Island City.