tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post4854763443574442553..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: How the DOE missed the boat on enrollment growth, leading to inequitable budget cutsPatrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-81302573056204895072010-01-18T11:41:39.643-05:002010-01-18T11:41:39.643-05:00I believe this is willfull mismanagement. Mayor Bl...I believe this is willfull mismanagement. Mayor Bloomberg has changed policies for several critical aspects of city governance that have actually worked to make bad situations much worse, such as in homeless housing (another "crisis" that they were warned about years ago and whose policies they have changed to actually increase homelessness)and the closing down of the bigger schools to create "academies" that lessen classroom space and increase bureacracy in an already overcrowded system (so he could claim he "created" new schools during his campaign)instead of building new schools that are desperately needed.<br />And as the fallout from his failing policies continues to harm the city, he stubbornly refuses to review or change them and calls the resulting mess a "crisis" allowing him to appropriate education funds or place homeless families in luxury apartments for $3000 a month to placate his developer friends.<br />It's very clear what this Mayor's priorities are: money, money, money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-69610216018872635652010-01-14T16:32:34.519-05:002010-01-14T16:32:34.519-05:00Do you really think it's mismanagement and inc...Do you really think it's mismanagement and incompetence? I don't.<br /><br />What they're doing from so many different angles — from juking the stats, to advertising campaigns, to the legaling-up of school administrators to "take care of business," to creating an army of so-called leaders who do not understand classroom dynamics, to shaking up the stability of schools to get rid of tenure and bust the union, to no-bid contracts and corporate favoritism, to law-breaking at all levels — this is not a picture of incompetence or mismanagement. <br /><br />It is a full dismantlement of public education to build something that is not in the public's interest, particularly for those who do not have the money, language, or skills to fight back.Under Assaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222267229529062957noreply@blogger.com