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 […]
February 21, 2017 A week from today, the City Council will hold hearings on the need to improve school planning and siting process. When: Tues. Feb. 28 starting at 10 AM Where: Council Chambers, City Hall What: City Council joint hearings of the Education and Finance committees on the school siting and planning process As […]
Talk out of School radio show and podcast airs Sunday night at 7 PM on WBAI 99.5 FM or online at www.wbai.org when Leonie Haimson and Daniel Alicea interview guests and discuss issues affecting public schools in NYC, the state level and nationally. You can stream or subscribe to the podcast here; or at iTunes, Spotify or Google.
We held our annual Skinny award dinner Wed. June 28, 2023, honoring Rep. Jamaal Bowman, former Bronx principal and now a progressive trailblazer who is fighting in Congress to protect and improve our public schools. More photos on Facebook .
