"Parents at a Lower East Side charter school are slamming the city for pitting a slew of public-school parents against them in a battle over scarce building space.
Parents of kids at the Girls Prep charter elementary school are set to rally at City Hall today over what they say is their unfair image as the 'bad guys' as a result of Department of Education space-sharing proposals.
The high-performing charter school is looking to expand into the middle grades.
But the three proposals outlined last month for allowing Girls Prep to do so have stirred resentment because they call for carving classrooms out of a number of successful nearby schools -- including the highly regarded Shuang Wen elementary school."
Parents of kids at the Girls Prep charter elementary school are set to rally at City Hall today over what they say is their unfair image as the 'bad guys' as a result of Department of Education space-sharing proposals.
The high-performing charter school is looking to expand into the middle grades.
But the three proposals outlined last month for allowing Girls Prep to do so have stirred resentment because they call for carving classrooms out of a number of successful nearby schools -- including the highly regarded Shuang Wen elementary school."