Newly elected Schenectady school board member Miles holds first community meeting | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 Even before her official seating on the School Committee next month, community activist Jamaica Miles pledges to be a sounding board for people with concerns about how the schools are run. The 46-year-old recent school board member-elect hosted a forum to discuss what priorities the district should set as it receives an infusion of $40 million in additional state aid over the next three years. Seven people attended in person. Others participated via Zoom. Going forward, Miles indicated she would meet with constituents one to two times a month on Sunday afternoons, in advance of School Committee meetings, to give residents a level of access it hadn’t enjoyed previously.