Mar 7, 2008 12:27 PM
The city imposed a $180 million midyear cut in January, $100 million of which it took directly from the schools’ budgets. Schools took an immediate hit, ranging from $9,000 to more than $400,000 at some of the larger high schools. City officials are threatening at least half a billion in new cuts in September.
The “Keep the Promises” coalition, of which the UFT is a founding member, is calling on the city and state to keep their word to New York City school children even in these uncertain economic times. To win this fight, we need as many concrete examples as possible from school-based members of how budget cuts are hurting our kids.
To collect your stories, we have created a UFT email address: budgetcuts@uft.org.
Please give your name, grade level and school in these emails so we can follow up if need be, but rest assured that we will protect your confidentiality in any discussions with the DOE.
Thank you!