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Mulgrew visits Automotive HS, Brooklyn

UFT President Michael Mulgrew on Oct. 27 visited Automotive HS, which is participating in the Department of Education’s School Renewal Program, to bolster spirits, provide practical advice and answer difficult questions as the faculty and staff of the Greenpoint, Brooklyn, school work to turn it around.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew discusses the issues with the staff at Greenpoint’s Automotive HS, part of the DOE’s School Renewal Program, on Oct. 27.
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UFT BASIS District Representative William Kalogeras (center) addresses members’ concerns.
Jonathan Fickies
“The Renewal Schools are key to us being successful and we need to do everything in our power to make them work,” Mulgrew told the school community.
Jonathan Fickies
Social studies teacher and dean Deyate Hagood expressed concern that the school is understaffed and teachers are overworked.
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Mulgrew chats with Automotive HS Chapter Leader Jeanette Acevedo and Leonel Toromoreno, the chapter leader at Frances Perkins Academy, a small school that shares space with Automotive.
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Automotive HS secretaries Marylynn Gulbrandsen (left) and Dimitra Maillis.
Jonathan Fickies
Christie Farriella, an art teacher, at the meeting.
Jonathan Fickies
Automotive guidance counselor Yvonne Jones (left) and English teacher Cathleen Antoine.
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UFT President Michael Mulgrew discusses the issues with the staff at Greenpoint’s Automotive HS, part of the DOE’s School Renewal Program, on Oct. 27.
Jonathan Fickies
UFT BASIS District Representative William Kalogeras (center) addresses members’ concerns.
Jonathan Fickies
“The Renewal Schools are key to us being successful and we need to do everything in our power to make them work,” Mulgrew told the school community.
Jonathan Fickies
Social studies teacher and dean Deyate Hagood expressed concern that the school is understaffed and teachers are overworked.
Jonathan Fickies
Mulgrew chats with Automotive HS Chapter Leader Jeanette Acevedo and Leonel Toromoreno, the chapter leader at Frances Perkins Academy, a small school that shares space with Automotive.
Jonathan Fickies
Automotive HS secretaries Marylynn Gulbrandsen (left) and Dimitra Maillis.
Jonathan Fickies
Christie Farriella, an art teacher, at the meeting.
Jonathan Fickies
Automotive guidance counselor Yvonne Jones (left) and English teacher Cathleen Antoine.
Jonathan Fickies
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