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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

NYC Public School #Parents: Let the Public Advocate advocate for a new direction for our schools


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NYC Public School Parents: Let the Public Advocate advocate for a new direction for our schools

Let the Public Advocate advocate for a new direction for our schools


As one of only three citywide elected officials, the Public Advocate can play an important role in articulating alternative policies from those carried out by the Mayor In perhaps no other area would this be more important than for the NYC school system. because it consumes 1/3 of the City budget, and because the Mayor has untrammeled statutory control to run the schools.



The current Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio, is especially qualified to play such a role, as a public school parent and a former school board member in District 15 in Brooklyn,who considers himself a progressive, community based activist.



Unfortunately, nine months after his election, he has not presented a systematic vision for our public