Video, PS 196 Colocation Hearing: Brian De Vale Castigates DOE Office of Portfolio Planning
Are you proud of yourselves? Is this what you went into education for? To take things away from children? ... I guess if you are black or brown you don't need science labs ... Brian De Vale comments on Office of Portfolio declaring school science labs in poor communities "a luxury."An enormous turnout with standing room only last night. Lots of video to come. Again an anti-coloco rally
PS 196k: Another SRO anti-colocation rally/hearing not being covered by nyc ed press
... Which gush over charter school artificial rallies but ignore the massive outpouring at hearings all over the city by public school parents. Truly one of the most impressive organizing efforts, esp in a poor under resourced community. Hearing hasn't started yet and they're still pouring in. And lots of doe security in the room in case a kindergarten kid gets out of line - hi Jay, we miss you to
Parents Accuse DOE of Racist Co-locations
NEWS RELEASE Contacts: Williamsburg and Greenpoint Parents: Our Public Schools! (WAGPOPS!), williamsburggreenpointschools@gmail.com, Brooke Parker, 917/251-1596 Parents Accuse DOE of Racist Co-locations Parents, Students, and Teachers Rally to Oppose 3rd School Being ‘Shoehorned’ Into Williamsburg School Hundreds of parents, along with their children and their children’s teachers, will rall
10-21-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: PEP Video: Community Says "No MORE Charters"Panel for Educational Policy October 15, 2013:NYCDOE votes to cram 23 co-locations and charters into existing schools despite large protests, mostly unreported by the press which gave extensive coverage when charters closed schools for half a day and told parents they had to attend.Members of MORE help lead protest at PEP as pa