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NYC Public School Parents: Our schools are held hostage by an outlaw

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NYC Public School Parents: Our schools are held hostage by an outlaw

Our schools are held hostage by an outlaw



So let’s get this straight:

Chancellor Joel Klein violates state law by ordering 19 school closures and countless co-locations, without going through the mandated public process and preparing real educational impact statements.

When Justice Joan B. Lobis of State Supreme Court in Manhattan blocks the closures, finding “significant violations of law,” Klein ignores the court order by refusing to assign students to these schools.

When the city is sued by the UFT, Class Size Matters and others, charging that Klein failed