Education Councils representing
parents citywide have signed on to a letter to Mayor-elect de Blasio. In
this unprecedented show of unity, the Councils have issued a statement to de
Blasio raising concerns in numerous areas, including the decision-making
processes put in place by the Bloomberg administration. A copy of the letter is below.
The statement calls for, among other
things, reform of the Panel for Education Policy, a return to a Community
School District structure, serious changes to the way that decisions are made
concerning the space allocations to schools and future construction and
educational programming, and reversal of the contested co-locations approved by
Bloomberg’s Panel for Education Policy late this year.
The statement
seeks immediate review of the City’s assessment and delivery of special
education services. In addition, the statement seeks parental and
community input into the selection of the next chancellor, urges the City to
follow state law concerning payment of rent for charter school co-locations,
seeks engagement on the Common Core, seeks a moratorium on the use of
standardized testing in high-stakes decisions, and asks the mayor-elect to
protect student privacy.
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