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For immediate release: October 26, 2018 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org Elected and parent leaders urge the Mayor to fully fund need for school seats in soon-to-be released capital plan They warn that school overcrowding will worsen without a focused effort to expand capacity The new five-year capital plan for schools for 2020-2024 is […]
October 26, 2018 in overcrowding, Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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This media release is also available here. For immediate release: July 17, 2018 For more information contact: Leonie Haimson; leoniehaimson@gmail.com; 917-435-9329. On Monday, July 16, 2018, Brooke Parker, a NYC public school parent, filed a lawsuit against the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York, challenging the almost complete redaction […]
July 17, 2018 in Press Releases, Updates by leoniehaimson
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For immediate release: Media Contact: Carol Burris, Network for Public Education: 516-993-2141 (cell) cburris@networkforpubliceducation.org NPE calls decision “politically motivated” and […]
June 27, 2018 in Press Releases by admin
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June 5, 2018 Press Release (Queens, NY) – Today, Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, introduced legislation to invest $10 billion toward building new schools to address chronic overcrowding in primary, middle, and high schools. The School Overcrowding Reduction Act is part of Congressman Crowley’s Better Deal for Queens and the […]
June 6, 2018 in Press Releases by admin
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For immediate release: Monday April 16, 2018 Contact: Leonie Haimson, leoniehaimson@gmail; 917-435-9329 On Thursday April 12, 2018, Class Size Matters, the Alliance for Quality Education and nine parents from all five New York City boroughs filed a lawsuit against the NYC Chancellor Carranza, the Department of Education, and NY Education Commissioner Elia in the […]
April 15, 2018 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leoniehaimson@gmail.com Today a lawsuit was filed in the Brooklyn State Supreme Court against the proposed closure of P.S. 25 Eubie Blake in District 16, Brooklyn, a zoned neighborhood school, which Chancellor Carmen Farina and the Board of Education are attempting to close without […]
March 27, 2018 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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For immediate release: Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leoniehaimson@gmail.com NYC Class sizes increase again this year Parents, advocates and attorneys urge NYSED Commissioner rule on complaint and make DOE take action now Last week, the NYC Department of Education released class size data for the current school year, showing that class […]
November 21, 2017 in Press Releases, Uncategorized by leoniehaimson
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For immediate release: November 9, 2017 For more information: Leonie Haimson: 917-435-9329, leoniehaimson@gmail.com Johanna Garcia: 646-651-9728, johanna.newyork@gmail.com NYC Parent files FERPA complaint to US Department of Education DOE violated her child’s privacy by disclosing personal information to charter schools without her consent On Monday, Nov. 6, Johanna Garcia, President of the Community […]
November 9, 2017 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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For immediate release: September 21, 2017 For more information contact: Leonie Haimson, leoniehaimson@gmail.com; 917-435-9329 Today, Class Size Matters released a new report entitled Seats Gained and Lost in NYC Schools: The Untold Story. For the first time, this study reveals that more than 50,000 NYC public school seats were eliminated during the decade of […]
September 21, 2017 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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News articles about our legal complaint were reported by in WNYC Schoolbook: Parents Push NY to Enforce Smaller Class Size Law, NY1: Here’s how parents aim to reduce class sizes of city public schools, and the Queens Chronicle: Obey the Law, School Parents Tell City DOE For Immediate Release: July 6, 2017 Contact: […]
July 6, 2017 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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