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• ‘Flunk the budget, not our kids!’

  An estimated 200 parents, teachers, students and elected officials, supported by dozens of motorists honking their horns in solidarity as they passed by, rallied in front of PS/IS 87 in Middle Village, Queens, to protest the city’s plan to slash more than $400 million that are due the schools.

• Final city budget contains no classroom cuts

  After months of intense lobbying by the Keep the Promises Coalition, the New York City Council and the Bloomberg administration agreed on June 26 on a $59.1 billion city budget that protects public schools from budget cuts that had been sought by the mayor and Chancellor Joel Klein because of concerns about a downturn in the economy. “Chris Quinn and the entire City Council deserve a big thank you from all New Yorkers for championing children and working so hard with the Mayor to negotiate an agreement that protects all of our public schools from budget cuts,” said UFT President Randi Weingarten.

• Joining ‘hands’

  UFT President Randi Weingarten joined thousands of parents, students and community activists in a Hands Across New York City rally at City Hall to protest the school-budgets cuts ordered by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein.

• Contract for Excellence hearings

  Keep the Promises Coaltion members, parents, students and other activists were out in force in June for the public hearings in each borough to discuss how to spend state funding.