Noah Gotbaum on the announcement of new head for OFIA
Today it was announced that Ojeda Hall was leaving as head of DOE's Office of Family Information and Action, to be replaced with Jesse Mojica, former education aide to the Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. Jesse is a good guy and let's hope he was given real assurances that this is not a merely a PR move, but that Walcott really intends to start listening to parents when it comes to the DOE's wrongheaded priorities and policies. As public school parent and District 3 CEC member Noah Gotbaum says below, we all wish Jesse good luck. More on this appointment, and the DOE's dismal attitude and treatment of parents over the last eight years, see Gotham Gazette.Well, after telling us in April and then again in June that he had “100% confidence in Ojeda” and that