Many parents welcome idea of longer school year, while kids say not so fast

Many parents welcome idea of longer school year, while kids say not so fast

BY RYAN STRONG, RYAN LAVIS AND JUSTIN TINKER
DAILY NEWS WRITERS

Tuesday, September 28th 2010, 4:00 AM

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Many New York parents welcomed the idea of a longer school year, just as most New York kids blew the notion a giant and very predictable raspberry.

"There's no way I would want to stay in school longer," said Henry Minier, 16, of the South Bronx. "The quality of the school seems more important than how long

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Bronx hooker teacher blabs on about past

by BILL HUTCHINSON, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Melissa Petro, 30, an art teacher at Public School 70 in Mount Eden, recently revealed her dark side at the Bowery Poetry Club on the lower East Side.