Parents and teachers came armed with signs with their views.

More than 900 individuals came out for the UFT education forum at Staten Island’s New Dorp HS on Feb. 11.

Literature explaining the fight against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s education policies is readily available at the forum.

UFT Staten Island Borough Representative Debra Penny welcomes an audience of more than 900 to the forum.

The panel includes (from left) Tammy Greer Brown of the NAACP’s Staten Island Branch, PS 42 Principal Brian Sharkey, PS 37 special education teacher Melissa Beck, New Dorp HS 12th-grader Emmanuel Wehgar, PS 13 teacher Lillie Ogieste, Miguel Rodriguez of the Staten Island Federation of PTA’s, Port Richmond HS teacher Daniel Defazio and Community Education Council President Mike Reilly.

PS 50 teachers Evan Schwartz — who’s also the parent of two public school students — and Dolores Kranpost engage in a spirited discussion on education policy while Kathleen O’Hanlon, their colleague at PS 50, looks on.

New Dorp HS senior Emmanuel Wehgar answers a question.

A person in the crowd looks through the literature.

Nancy Zazulka, a teacher at IS 61 in Brighton Heights, sports dollar signs on her face and says, “It’s all about the money.”

Barbara Ruvolo (standing, white jacket), a retired teacher who is now an outreach specialist in the UFT Staten Island office, collects cards with questions for the panel.

Audience members get a chuckle from one of the responses from the panel.