Hundreds of Fed Up Parents, Students to Rally to “Fix Schools, Not Just Close Them”
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New York City public school parents and students will be joined by leading advocates and lawmakers Monday outside Department of Education (DOE) headquarters to demand the City “fix schools, not just close them” as the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) prepares to vote this week on whether or not to close 26 schools. The rally is organized by the Coalition for Educational Justice and the Urban Youth Collaborative.
The protesters are angry with the DOE after it sought to close a number of schools under questionable circumstances – with no transparency in how and why they chose particular schools and not others – and