August 7, 2024 An updated version of the NYC School Capital plan for FY 2025-2029 was posted by the School Construction Authority on July 30, 2024. It contains an additional $2 billion for new capacity, as required by the state budget, and an additional 10,382 school seats, for a total of 33,417 seats. However, the […]
July 22, 2024 This morning, Class Size Matters sent the following letter to Commissioner Betty Rosa, urging her to require that NYC revise and fundamentally improve their submission to the state, and create and implement a real, multi-year class size reduction plan in compliance with the law. The letter is below and posted here; our […]
Articles about the letter were published in Politico and the Daily News. For immediate release: July 22, 2024 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org Class Size Matters urges Commissioner Rosa to require NYC DOE to revise and fundamentally improve their second year class size “plan” On July 22, 2024, Class Size Matters sent a detailed […]
Update: After receiving three extensions, the city finally replied to our Commissioner’s Appeal on Aug. 12, 2024; we responded to their reply on September 9, 2024. And on September 13, Advocates for Justice wrote a terrific letter of support, saying a new IEP meeting should be required before any school enrolls students in an online […]
June 25, 2024 1. We sent off our comments yesterday to the Mayor and Chancellor, urging them to improve their class size “plan”, which makes insufficient investments in staffing and space. It was signed by about 570 parents, educators, and community leaders. Thanks to those of you who signed on! The full petition is here. […]
July 2, 2024 1. The city budget, including for education, was approved last Sunday. The good news is that most of the Mayor’s egregious cuts were restored. But three Council Members voted no — Alexa Aviles, Shahana Hanif and Tiffany Caban –because while they said they were glad that the Council was able to prevent […]
June 29, 2024 The vote is tomorrow at 2 PM. Feel free to forward to your Council Members. You can find their contact info here. Full pdf below and here.
Press release here. Articles in Chalkbeat and Brooklyn Reader. June 24, 2024 This afternoon, we sent this petition to the Mayor and Chancellor, with copies to UFT and CSA, about the profound inadequacies in their draft class size “plan.” It was signed by about 570 NYC parents, educators, school staff, advocates and community leaders. If […]
May 20, 2024 Dear all — 1. Borough hearings on the DOE’s draft class size plan for next year begin this week this Wednesday, May 22 via Zoom. Please make your voices heard! Bronx – Wednesday, May 22, 2024 (6:00pm) Manhattan – Thursday, May 23, 2024 (6:00pm) Staten Island – Tuesday, May 28, 2024 (6:00pm) […]
May 10, 2024 Dear all — Just alerting you in case you’ve been too busy– this is your last chance to sign up for our annual Parent Action Conference, co-sponsored by NYC Kids PAC, that will be held tomorrow Saturday May 11 starting at 10:30 AM with two great keynote speakers, discussing Mayoral control: where […]
Please join us for a virtual Class Size Briefing this Sunday June 28th, where we will speak about the changes to the class size law, point out flaws in the DOE's proposed plan for next year, and provide everyone with strategies for advocating for smaller classes for all NYC students!
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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, Daniel Alicea and Kaliris Salas Ramirez interview guests and discuss issues affecting public schools in NYC, the state level and nationally. You can stream or subscribe to the podcast here at Simplecast; or at iTunes, Spotify or Google.
Sign here to urge NYC to implement a real, multi-year strategy to lower class size, as the law intends, without exempting up to half or more of all students.
