Protesting parent: Stark resource gap divides my kids’ schools
For Natoshia Wheeler, the argument that schools do better when they have more resources is proven every night in her living room.
Wheeler has three children in Brownsville schools. Her youngest and oldest attend two low-performing schools that share a building, the General D. Chappie James Elementary and Middle School of Science, where she is PTA president. Her middle daughter attends I.S. 392, a selective middle school located just six blocks away.
Recently Wheeler’s middle daughter brought home a new laptop that her school provided, equipped with a tools for free online tutoring. The tools allowed her to complete complicated projects, such as building a model island with different biomes on it, that enthralled her siblings.
But at the Chappie schools, Wheeler said after-school programs have been cut, the art teacher was let go, and
