NEW YORK — David Banks, who was named the city’s next schools chancellor Thursday, said he wants to create a reimagined school experience.

“We’re going to listen to our parents. We’re going to listen to our teachers and we’re going to listen to our young people, and they will guide us along the way,” he said on NY1’s “Mornings On 1.”

A top priority will be building quality schools so parents don’t have to seek options in other neighborhoods, he said.  He also wants to ensure better integration within those schools.

Banks will do away with several choices made under the de Blasio administration that directly impact students.

Rather than slash the schools gifted and talented program, which Mayor Bill de Blasio said was further segregating schools, Banks wants to expand on it.

He also doesn’t plan to take away the Specialized High School Admissions test, or SHSAT, which the current mayor has sought to do. Still, Banks doesn’t believe one test should determine a child’s future.

“I fundamentally do not believe that one single test should determine access to any particular program,” Banks said. He said he wants to expand opportunities for young people to get into specialized high schools.

Banks wants to restore joy in schools.

“We’ve been doing a good job of schooling but we have not been doing a good enough job giving our kids an opportunity to do the kinds of things that excite them,” Banks said.  He also said he wants to help instructors love teaching again.

Banks is a longtime educator who worked in the school system for over 30 years.

Another priority for the incoming schools chancellor is ensuring students feel safe not only in schools, but in their neighborhoods. He will work with Mayor-elect Eric Adams to achieve that, he said.

Banks said he has nothing but faith in Adams.

“I think that he is going to be one of the most transformational mayors that New Yorkers have ever seen,” Banks said.