Gonzalez: Parents, educators fed up with special treatment of charter schools
The endless number of co-locations has exceeded the capacity of public school buildings and straining quality of life for city students. Some feel it will only end if Bill de Blasio becomes mayor.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013, 12:24 AM
MARIELA LOMBARD/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Former Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz runs the Success Charter Network and has experienced opposition from parents upset by co-locations.
Former Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz runs the Success Charter Network and has experienced opposition from parents upset by co-locations.
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Like many public school parents and veteran educators, Lynn Manuell is fed up with the special treatment granted charter schools during the Bloomberg era.
She’s tired of the endless co-locations of charters in regular public schools decreed by the bureaucrats at Tweed.
This is already a hot issue in the race for mayor.
And it is bound to get hotter, given Democrat Bill de Blasio’s promise of a moratorium on co-locations and Republican Joe Lhota’s appearance this week at a protest organized by charter school advocates.
More importantly, de Blasio has vowed to follow state law and insist that charter schools pay rent when they use public school buildings.
Public school advocates claim the city has ignored that law, and a court suit over the matter is still unresolved.
Meanwhile, special ed teacher Manuell has witnessed the inequities of charter school co-locations
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