New schools chancellor Cathie Black faces taunts, tough Brooklyn crowd at first policy meeting
Thursday, January 20th 2011, 4:00 AM
Goldfield, Ken
Cathie Black was put through the wringer at her first education policy meeting.New schools chancellor Cathie Black got an education in rowdiness at her first education policy meeting.
Black was repeatedly interrupted by boos and catcalls by the roughly 200 parents, students and teachers assembled in the Brooklyn Technical High School Wednesday night.
She managed to plow her way through a four-minute prepared speech but later was taunted by parents waving condoms in the air, in reference to her unpopular joke last week that "birth control" might solvedowntown Manhattan's school overcrowding crisis.
"We know that we need to help those who need it most," Black told Wednesday
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