Jaye Bea Smalley, public school parent, is a member of the Citywide Council on Special Education and a great parent advocate. Here is a letter her third-grade son wrote to Bloomberg. Sad but true when a third-grader understands the impacts of these proposed budget cuts better than Bloomberg seems to. Dear Mayor Bloomberg,
I don't think firing all the teachers will help save money. When you fire teachers it disapproves education and learning.
My mom told me that you are firing 5 teachers in my school and I hope that one of the teachers that is getting fired is not my next year teacher. What happened? I didn't get my neo 2 [classroom laptop] until the end of the school year. I hope you change your mind about firing the teachers.
Sincerely, Ivan Smalley
