Union’s ‘community schools’ initiative gets a boost from the city | GothamSchools

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Union’s “community schools” initiative get a boost from the city

by Rose D'souza

Teachers' union president, Michael Mulgrew, greets chancellor Dennis Walcott, at announcement for community school initiative.

When teachers’ union president Michael Mulgrew announced a grant program last month to bolster social services in schools, he said the union was moving ahead because the Department of Education was not.
But today, when Mulgrew announced the schools that will receive grants, Chancellor Dennis Walcott was standing next to him. The two came together in a last-day-of-school show of camaraderie after a year in which relations between the union and the city grew more strained than ever.
The joint appearance meant that amount of grant money awarded doubled, to $600,000, since Mulgrew’s May