The New York City Parents Union filed a law suit yesterday against the Department of Education and a host of co-located charter schools in New York City to force charter schools to pay for their space and services in public school buildings.
United Federation of Teacher representatives and parents from at least three public schools in Bedford-Stuyvesant -- including P.S. 308, Clara Cardwell School -- have been at battle with the planned co-location of charter schools in their buildings.
Following a series of public hearings earlier this year in February, all three charter co-locations were approved. At P.S. 308, a charter from Teaching Firms of America was approved to