UFT, allies file suit to re-do PEP vote to close schools
The UFT, joined by community and education advocates and city and state elected officials, filed a lawsuit on Feb. 1 charging that city school officials “studiously ignored” key provisions of the school governance law in its campaign to close 19 New York City schools. The suit asks the court to re-do the PEP vote that “unlawfully rubber-stamped” the closings. Read More...
Angry showdown doesn’t stop school closure vote
Nearly 3,000 outraged parents, students, community leaders and educators packed the Brooklyn Technical HS auditorium on Jan. 26, where they urged the Panel for Educational Policy to reject the Department of Education’s proposal to close 19 schools. Read More...
For starters, 1,500 make their voices heard
Chanting “instruction not destruction” and “keep schools open,” more than 1,500 students, parents, educators and community advocates rallied against school closings outside Brooklyn Technical HS on Jan. 26. Read More...
Bloomberg: Cut teacher raises
“Unacceptable,” was UFT President Michael Mulgrew’s response to Mayor Bloomberg’s opening gambit in city budget negotiations on Jan. 28. The mayor threatened the loss of 2,500 teaching jobs if the UFT does not accept a a 2 percent raise, he said. All other municipal workers have received 4 percent annual raises for the same period. Read More...
