tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post2045285428746640915..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: Charter schools: the billionaire's boys club?Patrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-27894924171014398862008-06-01T12:51:00.001-04:002008-06-01T12:51:00.001-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-64924797304281322782008-06-01T12:51:00.000-04:002008-06-01T12:51:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-71061703157706737222008-05-16T18:28:00.000-04:002008-05-16T18:28:00.000-04:00Hah! The UFT fired someone working in their own U...Hah! The UFT fired someone working in their own UNIONIZED charter school!<BR/><BR/>Charters are public schools. They deserve public school space just as much as the district schools do. Squatters' rights should not apply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-37253743176568764322008-05-15T16:57:00.000-04:002008-05-15T16:57:00.000-04:00Zolly says: It is time for Ms. Haimson, Donn...Zolly says:<BR/> It is time for Ms. Haimson, Donna Lieberman, Randi Weingarten, the CSA president, Kathleen Grimm, Joel Klein and so many others to return to the classroom.<BR/> It is absolutely ludicrous that those who constantly criticize our schools never spent a day in the classroom as a teacher, or were able to get out of the classroom by political pull.<BR/> It is so easy to criticize pedagogues.<BR/> Zolly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-23093471327497330002008-05-15T16:54:00.000-04:002008-05-15T16:54:00.000-04:00Charter schools are popular because they were made...Charter schools are popular because they were made to circumvent union rules. Already, many teachers working in these schools have been fired for protesting actions against their administrations.<BR/> Bloomberg and Klein are out to break the UFT. Unfortunately, they have the perfect foil in Randi Weingarten. She agreed to give back so much in the 2005 contract. This was devastating as so many of the items will never be gotten back. Shame.<BR/> Zolly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-20821720252041870752008-05-13T20:59:00.001-04:002008-05-13T20:59:00.001-04:00Exactly. Public schools should get public buildin...Exactly. Public schools should get public buildings; and they haven't been under this administration. Don't you read the newspapers?<BR/><BR/>Instead, the policies of this administration have caused more overcrowding not less. And charter schools are a big piece of the problem.Leonie Haimsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317355552298136811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-4609982019062941092008-05-13T20:59:00.000-04:002008-05-13T20:59:00.000-04:00Exactly. Public schools should get public buildin...Exactly. Public schools should get public buildings; and they haven't been under this administration. Don't you read the newspapers?<BR/><BR/>Instead, the policies of this administration have caused more overcrowding not less. And charter schools are a big piece of the problem.Leonie Haimsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317355552298136811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-10982742629716943132008-05-13T13:09:00.000-04:002008-05-13T13:09:00.000-04:00The city doesn't hold private schools accountable ...The city doesn't hold private schools accountable for results. It holds district and charter schools accountable, and as such it should provide them with buildings. They are both forms of PUBLIC schools. Public schools should get public buildings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-4224446408821458302008-05-11T19:46:00.000-04:002008-05-11T19:46:00.000-04:00You can't hold a school accountable for results an...You can't hold a school accountable for results and not give them a building? Says who? All private schools have to be accredited. Does the city have to give each of them buildings? This is a ridiculous statement.<BR/><BR/>meanwhile, the Ross charter school is going into a building in one of the most overcrowded areas of District 2 -- meanwhile only 6% of the students are from D2.Leonie Haimsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317355552298136811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-77150802115862526152008-05-11T11:04:00.000-04:002008-05-11T11:04:00.000-04:00And this administration has certainly raised tens,...And this administration has certainly raised tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars in private philanthropy.<BR/><BR/>You can't hold a school accountable for results and not give them a building in which to get those results. The students in a charter school come from the district, so there is space available in that district.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-15113508159460760212008-05-10T16:32:00.000-04:002008-05-10T16:32:00.000-04:00The Robertson clan could clearly afford to pay the...The Robertson clan could clearly afford to pay the rent on a new building for the charter school-- as the application makes clear; rather than crammed into an existing public school building where it will disadvantage the students already there. Why not leverage the resources available from the private sector? I thought that this was one of the goals of this administration.Leonie Haimsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317355552298136811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-90553936738804926132008-05-10T15:16:00.000-04:002008-05-10T15:16:00.000-04:00Why should charter schools, who get less money per...Why should charter schools, who get less money per student than DOE schools do, have to pay rent when the DOE schools don't? Why should money that could go to teacher salaries go to rent, especially when there is space available in NYC DOE schools? Carrying a surplus is sound fiscal practice; it doesn't mean that there is money lying around for rent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com