Sign Our Letter To Gov. Cuomo – “We Are Our Children’s Lobbyists”
“We Are Our Children’s Lobbyists – We Are The Parents”
On January 4, 2012, New York State’s Governor Andrew Cuomo gave his annual State of State address. Covering many topics, Governor Cuomo spoke these words.
“I learned that everyone in public education has his or her own lobbyist. Superintendents have lobbyists. Principals have lobbyists. Teachers have lobbyists. School boards have lobbyists. Maintenance personnel have lobbyists. Bus drivers have lobbyists. The only group without a lobbyist? The students. Well, I learned my lesson. This year, I will take a second job — consider me the lobbyist for the students. I will wage a campaign to put students first, and to remind us that the purpose of public education is to help children grow, not to grow the public education bureaucracy.”
Parents in New York City and throughout New York State congratulate Governor Cuomo on learning his lessons
Statement on Charter Rent Lawsuit Ruling
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 3, 2012
Contacts:
Mona Davids, NYC Parents Union, (917) 340-8987
Leonie Haimson, Class Size Matters, (917) 435-9329
Statement on Charter Rent Lawsuit Ruling
On December 28, State Supreme Court Judge Paul Feinman confirmed the need for a trial to determine whether or not charter schools co-located in public school buildings should be paying for space and services to the New York City Department of Education (“DOE”).
The case, New York City Parents Union, et al v. The Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York, et al, and Harlem Success Academy Charter School 1, et al, was a request for a preliminary