"The steps of City Hall served as a classroom for participatory democracy on Tues., Jan. 26, as dozens of students from the Clinton School for Writers and Artists in Chelsea came to protest a Department of Education proposal to move the middle school to another location for an undetermined number of years.
Clinton School students rallied to stop the proposed move, along with parents and support staff from several other schools. Many of the students had daubed red paint, the school’s official color, on their faces to demonstrate solidarity as they chanted, “D.O.E. don’t be cruel. Let us keep our Clinton School.”
“In a time of massive budget cuts, this temporary move is fiscally irresponsible,” Susan Kramer told the crowd. Kramer, a parent and member of the Clinton School�Relocation Committee, called on D.O.E. to give the school another year at its current location while the purchase of a new school building near Union Square is finalized."
Clinton School students rallied to stop the proposed move, along with parents and support staff from several other schools. Many of the students had daubed red paint, the school’s official color, on their faces to demonstrate solidarity as they chanted, “D.O.E. don’t be cruel. Let us keep our Clinton School.”
“In a time of massive budget cuts, this temporary move is fiscally irresponsible,” Susan Kramer told the crowd. Kramer, a parent and member of the Clinton School�Relocation Committee, called on D.O.E. to give the school another year at its current location while the purchase of a new school building near Union Square is finalized."